Battle of Hogwarts

Reaching the Shrieking Shack [Part 2]

The trio, invisible, found themselves in a corridor full of duelers, masked and unmasked Death Eaters fighting students and teachers. was face-to-face with , while was fighting . As Harry, Ron, and Hermione stood braced, ready to help, zoomed over them dropping pods on the Death Eaters, whose heads were engulfed in wriggling green tubers. However, some of the slimy green roots hit the Cloak over Ron's head, and seeing the tubers suspended in midair, a Death Eater informed his fellows that there was an invisible person. Using the temporary distraction, Dean shot a at the Death Eater and Dolohov had a shot at him by Parvati before he could react.

Pelting through the fighters, Harry, Ron, and Hermione viewed on the upper landing pleading with a Death Eater that he was on their side. Harry Stunned the Death Eater and Ron Draco from under the Cloak, commenting that it was the second time they saved him that evening. There were more duelers all over the stairs and in the entrance hall: was close to the front doors in combat with , and a masked Death Eater dueling right beside them. Harry directed a Stunning Spell at the masked Death Eater, but it missed and almost hit , who emerged with armfuls of , which happily began to attack the Death Eaters.

As Harry, Ron, and Hermione ran down the , the hourglass used to record 's house points was shattered and spilt its emeralds everywhere. At this moment, two bodies fell from the balcony overhead, and sped toward one of the fallen to sink his teeth in. Hermione threw him backwards from Lavender Brown, and as he struggled to get up he was hit on the head with a crystal ball thrown by , who threw another through a window with a tennis serve-like movement

At that moment, the front doors burst open and the gigantic spiders forced their way in. Panicking at the sight of the massive arachnids, the duelists broke combat and, temporary allies, fired spells both lethal and non-lethal into the mass of spiders. went to the spiders shouting for people not to hurt them, and he vanished into their midst as the spiders swarmed away from the onslaught of spells being fired at them. As Harry ran after him, a monumental foot almost crushed Harry. Looking up, he saw it belonged to a twenty-foot high , which proceeded to smash a fist through an upper window. came lurching around the corner, and the two giants launched themselves at each other savagely.