You Found My Heart (Book 4: You Have My Heart)

Chapter 22: Reunion and War

*~*~ Audrey’s Point Of View ~*~*

“Where are they?!?” Draco calls over his shoulder, sending another curse at an attacker.

It’s probably only been ten minutes since Sarah and Harry separated from us, yet it feels like a year. We’ve been bombarded and ambushed.

“Everyone get down!” Ginny yells, sending her infamous explosive spell over our heads to hit some of the attackers.

“Where’s Jessica?!” I yell to everyone, realizing that the blonde is no longer by my side.

“Jessica!” I hear Fred scream.

“JESS!” George says after a few seconds.

”They’ve taken her!” Angelina calls out. “They must have!”

”Let’s get her back!” I yell to everyone. Coming out from hiding, I spring up and point my wand at an attacker. “Duro!” I call. As he leaps through the air to grab me, his body turns to stone and crashing to the ground.

I dive behind another cover, and I see Draco coming from behind his to send a spell. I run and slide behind the same rock that Ginny is behind, and look at her.

“We need to fall back. We can’t take them all by ourselves. We need Harry, Sarah, and maybe even Ron.”

“We can’t fall back; that’ll leave Sarah and Harry alone!” Ginny tells me.

“Then they need to hurry, because more people keep coming! I need to set the protective spells!” I say to her, worriedly.

By the second, more dark wizards and witches arrive, clouds of dark smoke trailing behind them.

”We need a plan,” Ginny says quietly.

”Ginny, look at me,” I say, taking a deep breath. “I need you to set the defensive spells the second you get the signal. You’ll know the signal when you see it,” I take another big gulp of air. “I know I may not be a Gryffindor, and my attributes as a Slytherin do not mention courage, I’m going to exhibit some right now.”

”Audrey, no,” she warns me.

”Ginny, we have to do something!” I tell her.

A green curse whizzes by the left of me, causing me to jump. “They’re coming closer! We need to do something soon, Gin!”

“It’s Ron!” I hear someone – I believe Fred – yell. I hear a loud crack behind me, and then suddenly, blazing red hair appears in front of my eyes.

The instant he Apparates in, he’s being attacked. George dives and tackles him to ground, practically saving his life. Seeing me, he runs over and slides behind the same rock Ginny and I am behind. He presses his back to the rock’s jagged side and looks at me.

“Where’s Sarah?” I ask before he can even speak.

“In the castle,” he pants. “She told me to Apparate home and get the kids back and stay home, but I couldn’t, so I came back to help fight.”

”Wait, the kids? Who else besides Bella?”

“James’s girlfriend,” he says, a small smile coming at his face. “Little James has got himself a girlfriend. But anyways, she’s still in the castle. Where’s Harry?”

”He’s not with you?” I ask, worried.

“No, why? He should be out here. With Sarah. Or they should both be on their way out.” He becomes very worried. “They should be coming out…”