Worthy Of Magic

Part 42 - Theatre Of Abyss

Time Unknown. Hogwarts Great Hall.

The lives holding on to the glories of the past are trapped in time to suffer the consequences of living . They are in a a cage designed to hold on to rationality.

Having had no communication with the outside world that had now been destroyed was a terrifying thought to experience in their current state of existence.

Hogwarts had fallen.

What had always been a bastion for hope was now a shelter for a race afraid to confront the unknown.

"We don't know the whole story yet but our understanding is that London may have been destroyed by the dark lord."

An assembly had been called and only ten students had showed up.

"What does that mean?!"

"It means reduced to rubble moron."

"Where's Potter!"

"Does he know how to get the fuck out of here?!"

"Silence!" thundered Snape. He was sick being trapped as well, but keeping the students safe was his responsibility. It was what Dumbledore expected of him and he was not going to fail the old man who had given him a second chance at life.

A boom silenced them all and the entire castle quaked with tremendous force.

"What in Merlin's name?!" gasped Draco Malfoy.

Draco couldn't remember the last time he had a good day. His white blonde hair was uncombed and he wore his robes like a boy who just didn't care anymore. He had lost everything. His power, his family, the status his blood once held. Everything was gone.

A piercing sound began to scream through the air and McGonagall gasped in horror. That sound meant only one thing.

"The foundations!" she shouted in horror. "They've been damaged!"

"Everyone out of the castle!" Professor Flitwick squeaked in alarm. The half goblin - half human former duellist champion had never thought the day would come. They day he had to even consider that their beloved home was facing the possibility of being destroyed! The shock that thought brought about in him made him feel terrified by the thing that was capable of such an impossible feat.

The planned inquisition of the students had turned into a state of heightened alarm. All the fear they had been holding in and controlling had been bursting at the seams ever since Bellatrix and Harry had come.

Now the foundations of Hogwarts were hit and could quite possibly come crashing down? They couldn't take it anymore. The constantly suppressed urge to run began to seep through the cracks of their resolve.

Hogwarts quaked and groaned like steel screaming against rock.

From the Astronomy tower, flying on brooms, Hermione and her companions flew towards them. Hermione was sitting behind Cedric and clutching him around his waist for fear of falling off.

Hitomi landed beside Snape. McGonagall, Pomfrey and Sprout began shepherding the younger and more dependant students towards the grounds by the lake where there was no risk of being crushed by falling debris.

"How could he break the cage," Hermione said in shock and wonder.

All of them were familiar with the stories that revolved around Harry Potter in Hogwarts. He was termed a psychopath. A sociopath. A Dark Lord. A murderer. A special needs boy. The Boy who lived to Kill.

"There!" gasped Flitwick. He couldn't believe Harry had broken the cage. He had thought the rune structure unbreakable!

From the bend of the castle between the lake and the hidden cliff behind the castle, came Harry. His hair was grey with soot and dust. Robes still crumpled and repaired by Pomfrey.