Snape's Daughter (Book Two)

Chapter Twenty-Six : The Last Marauder

Standing her ground, Ellia pointed her wand at the snatchers before her. Neville was standing securely in front of her. Luckily for the pair, the shield around Hogwarts had saved them from the evil trance of the Snatchers.

"Ha.. yeah that's right you losers!" Neville teased them as they stood awaiting a way to get in Hogwarts.

"Neville," Ellia said calmly, placing a hand on Neville's shoulder.

"What? These guys are the reason my parents are crazy, and I'll kill them," Neville cheered.

"Neville just stay calm for now," Ellia calmed him, lowering her wand. However, the ground suddenly shook, causing the pair to look up. The shield protecting Hogwarts and every single student and staff, had fallen. Ellia turned to face Scabior, his foot just peeping over on to the bridge.

"CHARGE!" He yelled, running on to the bridge unharmed. Grabbing Ellia's arm so she wouldn't get hurt, Neville dragged her along the bridge, whilst firing curses at Death Eaters.

"Neville do it!" Ellia shouted.

"No it'll kill us!" He disagreed. Overtaking Neville, Ellia now dragged him by the arm.

"Do it!" She shouted, becoming closer and closer to the end of the bridge.

"Stupefy!" Neville shouted at the wired bridge, sending off bombs to break the bridge. Running still, Ellia tried not to watch as Scabior and the rest of the Snatchers full flat to the ground beneath the bridge. Closer and closer the broken bridge got to them, yet nearer and nearer the end of the bridge, and Ginny and Harry, got.

"C'mon Neville!" Ellia shouted, before suddenly loosing her grip on the pathway, feeling it start to fall.

"Neville!" Ginny screamed at the top of her voice, watching him topple off the edge just as Ellia flew on to the edge of the remaining bridge. Cautiously, she pulled Ellia to safety before wiping away some of the blood on her forehead.

"Thanks," Ellia thanked her, before turning around to see Neville stood at the end of the bridge. Running up to him, she wrapped her arms around him.

"Woah slow down there Ellia, I still ache," Neville joked.

"Shut up you, I thought you were dead," Ellia said, letting him go. She grabbed her wand that was lying on the floor before running off to find Lupin. He had to be around somewhere. Running straight through the courtyard, Ellia was faced with a bigger challenge. Lucius. He stood his ground whilst duelling both Tonks and Lupin, and Ellia had to admit that he was quite talented in the art of duelling. But not talented enough.

"Malfoy!" Ellia shouted, formerly distracting him. He darted around to see the girls eyes looking straight at him.

"Miss Snape, it appears you've chosen the wrong side to be fighting for," Lucius replied, edging nearer to the girl.

"I chose the side that runs thick through my blood," Ellia snapped.

"If I don't recall, your father is a death Eater," Lucius snarled.

"He's nothing to me. My mother, she's a Hufflepuff. She would fight against you," Ellia snapped at Lucius, unaware that he knew who her mother was.

"Avada Kedava!" Lucius shouted. It all happened to fast, Ellia was almost prepared for the green jets of light to hit her square in the chest, yet a distant figure darted in front of her, before distinctly dropping to the ground. Lucius's jaw hung low as Tonks ran to the body.

"Remus!" She screamed, rushing past Ellia. Her head was fizzing as it hit her. Lupin Remus. Ellia's head spun around to look at the ground, before Ellia saw it. Or him. His lifeless, dead body. She wanted to drop to the ground, to scream, to cry, to mourn, but she froze, unable to move. Tonks wrapped her arms around Remus's body, rocking him back and forth.