Easy Mistake ; Harry Potter

O N E H U N D R E D A N D F O R T Y E I G H T | Oblivion

Eleanor ran with the rest of the Order members as they charged into a gigantic room. It almost looked like a coliseum. The room wasn't covered in the same black tiles as the rest of the Ministry seemed to be. No, this room was made out of black stone, as if it were a cave.

Eleanor wouldn't be surprised if it were, they were very far underground at this point. Despite the dark walls, the place was lit up. It wasn't much light, it was dull but it was bright enough for Eleanor to see the room, wall to wall. She could see near the back of the room, to the far left, a door. To where the door led, Eleanor didn't know.

She seemed to be far above everyone else and Eleanor realised that she had to descend some large stone steps to get to where everyone else was, which was why the place reminded her of a coliseum. That and the endless rows of seats that she could see. Eleanor watched as some of the Order members wasted no time in dashing down the steps, wands ablazing.

Eleanor was in a kind of daze. This didn't seem real to her. She realised she could hear whispers and her eyes were dragged, seemingly involuntary, to an archway that was stood innocently in the middle of the cavernous room. Eleanor realised this was where the light was coming from. The archway seemed to admit a dull faint light, and it seemed to stretch the entirety of the room. The archway seemed to call Eleanor in, the whispers became sharper, and suddenly her mind stilled. Everything else became background noise.

A thin grey sheet appeared to be covering the archway and it was billowing in an invisible breeze. It was quite beautiful, Eleanor thought, if only she could understand the voices. They seemed to be calling to her, she wasn't scared though, it was like they were singing to her.

Eleanor began to descend down the stairs, the need to reach the archway suddenly very urgent. A hand touched her shoulder and suddenly the spell was broken.

It was like she had been trapped in a soundproof box and suddenly it was broken. The noise around her was deafening, and it hit her hard, making her stumble back.

Eleanor watched as the Death Eaters took note of the Order. They looked panicked, and let go of their hostages, quick to defend themselves. Eleanor breathed out as she saw Neville, Luna, Ginny, Hermione and Ron. A weight seemed to lift off her shoulders.

The hand pressed down more urgently on her shoulder. Eleanor didn't turn around to see who it was, she knew who it was immediately. "You're not stopping me, Remus."

Eleanor heard Remus sigh behind her, but still she watched the scene happening far below her. It was pandemonium now. She watched as the Order members fought each Death Eater, locked in combat, their arms almost invisible with how quick their wands were moving. The room was suddenly filled with multi-coloured flashes of light.

Eleanor watched as Ginny ran to help Hermione up, together the two raised their wands to protect themselves from an approaching Death Eater. The three began to fight. Eleanor saw Luna locked in combat with a Death Eater not far from Hermione and Ginny. Luna seemed to be protecting Ron, who seemed completely out of it. That worried Eleanor but at least he was alive.

She saw Fred and George duelling, and not far from them, Arthur and Molly, battling fiercely.

But her eyes searched the battle for the two people she wanted most of all to see. Her panic doubled every second she couldn't find them.

"Let me get Josh," Remus tried. "If you wait here, I'll bring him to you."

Eleanor snorted. "Not a chance-"

And then Eleanor saw them. Harry was clutching on to Josh, protecting him. Her heart soared. They were standing by the weird archway, and Eleanor could see the Death Eaters trying to close in on them, but the Order were succeeding on keeping them back.