Harry Potter And Bellatrix Lestrange

Harry looked at Lord Gold. "Please take your soldiers and cover the retreat of the northern flank. We need to keep our frontlines together while they pull back. Since you have the high ground, I leave command of the battle to you. Please locate General Rotan and Count Hiscophney as soon as you can. You three will be in command of the battle."

"What about you, Lord Polairix?"

"I need to head to Azkaban. Voldemort is there. The attack on the Ministry was a diversion. He's after the Rod of Dominion." Harry's eyes narrowed. "We need to get rid of those Dementors up in the air."

A soft pop next to him alerted Harry to the new arrival. Luna Lovegood smiled at him with her usual vacant smile, but he could see in her eyes that she was anything but absent. "We can take care of them, Harry," she said in a strangely melodious tone.

"Luna? But-"

"It is our battle, as well, Harry."

He looked at her helplessly for a moment, before nodding. "All right, but if any of you get killed…" he didn't need to say anything more. Luna understood. If any of the students died, he would never forgive himself. Her smile almost faltered as she realized that it would be inevitable in the chaotic battle, but she and Neville had realized that it was necessary for them to come, after they had spotted the wave of Dementors flying overhead. To keep everyone safe, they had agreed to use portkeys to transport Legion members - all of whom had volunteered - to locations that they deemed safe enough to cast a Patronus from.

"Look," Luna said, pointing up where dozens of silvery shields had just sprung up from where the members of Potter's Legion had cast their spells, effectively halting the Dementors' advance on Harry's position.

Harry looked at Lord Gold. "Tell your airships to clear the area immediately above me. I've got an idea." He looked down at his ivory wand, remembering the rush of power that had gone through him when he had cast the Patronus before.

The goblin nodded, belting out his orders. "I shall take my leave and assist the northern flank, as you ordered. I pray for your safe return and victory, Lord Polairix."

"And the same to you, Lord Gold. And all of your people."

The goblin nodded graciously, before his airship took off, spitting fire from its belly-mounted cannons. A few minutes later, the airspace above Harry was clear of airships. A mental command had all friendly Dementors withdraw to a safe distance, as well, and Harry suddenly found himself back under the immense pressure of a thousand Dementors as they closed in with him. He raised his wand, summoning all the strength he had.

" Expecto Patronum !" he shouted, and once more a brilliant beam of light speared from his wand into the mass of Dementors above. Dozens of creatures shrieked as they disintegrated when the beam expanded to several feet in diameter. Elation swept through Harry as he realized his crazy plan worked. Sweeping his wand through the air, he cut through the Dementors' ranks, decimating the creatures. When the beam faded, Harry collapsed to the ground, winded, but the skies were clear. A cheer went up all around him when the fighters realized that the oppressive mental pressure from the dark creatures was gone; the few stragglers that were left were easily held at bay by the Legion members and wizards that were present.

"In the name of the Queen," the ice soldier whispered in awe.

Luna quickly leaned down and pulled a flask from her belt, handing it to Harry. "A Pepper-up potion," she explained. "We figured we might need them if this battle goes on for a while."

The young lord of Polairix took the flask, gulping down the potion almost greedily. Within moments, he could feel his energy return, though he knew it was only temporarily. "My wand… where's my wand?"

"Over here, milord!" the soldier pointed out.

Harry walked over and picked it up, dropping it almost instantly again when the searing hot wood touched his skin. Smoke was wafting off the wand's tip as it lay smoldering on the marble floor. Drawing his black ash wand, Harry cast a quick cooling charm on it, before picking it up. He held it in his hands for a moment, looking at the wand crafter's creation in awe.

"I didn't think it was actually possible," he whispered. Then he realized something. "Azkaban! I need to get to Azkaban!"

"Go, Harry," Luna encouraged. "We can handle things here." She waved her hand towards the frontlines. The battle was still fierce; the Ice people's artillery on the north flank was still spitting fire, and the goblin airships were raining down death from above, while goblin soldiers were leaping from enemy to enemy, displaying surprising agility as they slit throats, stabbed, and clubbed their opponents to death. Spells were erupting anywhere where wizards or sorcerers clashed with Voldemort's dark forces, and a renewed battlecry echoed from the southern flank as Lord Silver's goblins relieved the Rotan's struggling company.

Sorcerers, Ice people, wizards, and goblins were fighting alongside a common evil. And for the first time since the battle had begun, Harry started to believe that Luna was right. They would handle things here. He had a date with the strongest dark wizard in centuries. "Take care," he told Luna, pulling the surprised girl into a hug. Turning to the soldier, he said, "make sure the Legion members have extra protection. Pull them all the way back inside if you have to. Understand?"

"Yes, milord!" The ice soldier replied with a smile, understanding why Harry had given the order. It wasn't so much because Harry wanted to save his friends at the expense of someone else's life - it was because they were children and teenagers, young adults of a new generation. A generation that was willing to fight for what they believed in, and Harry wanted to protect that. The soldier found himself agreeing.

Stepping back, Harry saluted the soldier. "Tell General Rotan and Count Hiscophney I expect this place to still be standing when I come back. I've got a dark idiot to kill."

Before the soldier could return the salute, Harry had already apparated to the fortress island of Azkaban.

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