Thursday, August 7, 2014

....preperations for the battle at Hogwarts



The Duel in the Great Hall (1998) Main article: Duel in the Great Hall Lord Voldemort's final stand. The crowd retreated and watched then as the two great enemies, Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter, bantered and circled each other. Harry dared Voldemort to feel remorse,[11] to which Voldemort responded by shooting a Killing Curse from the Elder Wand. Harry simultaneously fired his own signature spell, the Expelliarmus, using Draco Malfoy's wand. However, because the Elder Wand rightfully belonged to Harry, the Killing Curse rebounded and ended Voldemort's life once and for all, restoring peace to the wizarding world. Harry then, shortly after, used the Elder Wand to repair his own broken wand, and then placed it back in Dumbledore's tomb, hoping the wand's power would die with him.

Hogwarts is threatened! Man the boundaries, protect us, do your duty to our school!" —Minerva McGonagall commanding the suits of armour to protect the school, after bewitching them to life.[src] Minerva ordering Seamus Finnegan, Neville Longbottom, and Ginny Weasley to bring the Wooden Bridge down. McGonagall then ordered the students to be brought to the Great Hall. The students old enough to fight could stay if they wanted, while younger students would be evacuated by Poppy Pomfrey and Argus Filch by way of the passage through the Hog's Head Inn. The professors set defensive charms and spells around Hogwarts to fend off Voldemort, although they all knew that no matter what protection they gave, Voldemort would eventually penetrate it. As Hogwarts Castle was being fortified, Harry asked Flitwick about Ravenclaw's diadem, but Flitwick informed him that it had not been seen "in living memory." Meanwhile, McGonagall enchanted the school's statues and suits of armour to help defend the castle and ordered Filch to summon Peeves the Poltergeist to aid in the defence. Minerva telling the suits of armour to defend Hogwarts When Harry and Luna returned to the Room of Requirement, they found that even more people had arrived, including Lupin, Kingsley, Oliver Wood, Katie Bell, Angelina Johnson, Alicia Spinnet, Bill and Fleur, and Mr and Mrs Weasley. Fred had alerted Dumbledore's Army, and they in turn summoned the Order of the Phoenix. As younger students were being evacuated,

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an argument broke out about underage Ginny Weasley, who wanted to help fight. Her mother eventually relented to the point of allowing Ginny to stay at Hogwarts if she stayed in the Room of Requirement. The Weasleys' estranged son Percy suddenly arrived, and loudly apologised to his family for not supporting them; the Weasleys immediately forgave him. Looking around, Harry wondered where Ron and Hermione were. Ginny told him they were attending to something having to do with a bathroom, leaving Harry puzzled. Battle Voldemort's ultimatum "I know that you are preparing to fight. Your efforts are futile. You cannot fight me. I do not want to kill you. I have great respect for the teachers of Hogwarts. I do not want to spill magical blood. Give me Harry Potter, and they shall not be harmed. Give me Harry Potter and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter and you will be rewarded. You have until midnight." —Lord Voldemort's ultimatum, leading to the Battle of Hogwarts.[src] Transfigured suits of armour during the battle. Inside the Great Hall, every Hogwarts being, living or dead, listened to Professor McGonagall and Kingsley Shacklebolt saying that students would be evacuated before the battle began, though the older students could remain and fight if they wished. The Order of the Phoenix and the professors have agreed upon a battle plan and begin dividing into groups. As tension mounts over the approaching battle, Harry anxiously searches the room for Ron and Hermione, who were still missing.

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