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�Do
you guys really think it�s ready?� Susan asked for the fifth time.

�Of
course we do, but we don�t know what kinks to work out if the spell isn�t
performed,� Hermione said rationally.

�But
Hermione, this is going to be a really powerful spell, what if it back fires?�
she asked again.

�Do
you want Harry to do it? He has offered. He could probably conjure a shield
that would block just about any curse,� Hermione reasoned yet again.

�Well,
if he wants to do it the first time, I�ll be happy to repeat it as many times
as you want me to so you can see it worked. It�s just, well, I�m not a
Gryffindor, I do have nerves,� she said glancing at the other three nervously.

�Susan,�
Draco said in a soothing voice, �Let Harry do the
spell. I�m sure it�s perfectly safe, we�ve been
working on it for over a month now, Dumbledores going to want to see some
progress. He�ll cast the initial spell to show you it�s safe, and then you�ll
repeat it as many times as needed so we can observe closer if needed, okay?�

�Are
you sure you don�t mind Harry?� Susan said glancing at him nervously.

They�d
been working advanced form of the Patronus for over a month now. They had
created a Partonus spell that was laced with a back firing cheering charm, but
the two spells together could be explosive, which was Susan�s problem. They
gone through all the wand movements, and there was only one they were worried
about using, but as far as safety goes, the spell was pretty much harmless.

�No
Susan, it�s okay. But Hermione is wrong about one thing, I can�t have a shield
up, if I do then the I won�t be effected by the cheering charm,� he said giving
her a meaningful look that made her put her head down sheepishly. He supposed
she was ashamed of trying to manipulate him. He didn�t mind though, he was
dating the master of cons, Draco Malfoy. Harry took aim at nearby book shelf.

�Expecto Patronus!� he said. The incantation used to be all
that was needed, now there were wand movements with
it. The stag that Harry loved so much burst from his wand. The silver
apparition ran a few trots then turned toward him as if wanting direction on
where to go. �Come here Prongs,� he said affectionately.

�Okay
Susan, as much as Harry�s demonstration helped, he can already cast the normal Patronus.
This is going to affect you more than him, go ahead and try,� Draco coxed her.
With a new found determination from somewhere or something, she strode up
beside Harry and looked at his stag. It nuzzled her hand before disappearing in
a wisp of silvery substance.

�Okay,
here I go,� she said raising her wand in the same direction as Harry, �Expecto Patronum!� she yelled a
form came from her wand. To everyone�s surprise, it was a Mermaid, and a fierce looking one at
that.

�How
odd,� Hermione said tilting her head and examining the creature, but as soon as
she made the statement, the mermaid vanished.

�Not
very sustaining is it?� Draco remarked taking a note on his piece of parchment.

�It
could have been because her concentration was deterred,� Hermione said.

�I
think it�s that slight movement adjustment, remember, the rune was for a
corporal apparition. Remember we also use the counter for the rune for the
cheering charm. Of course, the first rune is stronger so its effects were
totally lost on the movement for the cheering charm rune. Maybe we should just
find another kind of charm to use. I would suggest a love charm, but I�m afraid
that the effect would be that a student, Auror, or
Professor would have the urge to walk up to the Dementor and kiss it,� Draco
said thoughtfully.

�Oh,
that defiantly wouldn�t do,� Susan said. She seemed slightly cheerful given the
made reference, but the glossiness of her eyes was wearing off as it was a side
effect of a cheering charm.

�Is
there a hope charm, that could be used,� Harry said taking a seat back at the
table and looking over his notes.

�How about a confidence charm?� Hermione said, �There�s a
potion for it, so I�m sure there has to be a spell for it.�

�That
may work, I just hate the fact that we�ll have to start all over,� Susan,
finally herself again, voiced.

�Oh,
it would only take a minute,� Hermione said a-matter-of-factly. �The components
would be the same because their both based on emotion. We just have to find
one,� she said exasperated. She grabbed an overly large tomb that they had been
using to splice the cheering charm with the Patronus charm and opened it to the
middle. She started flipping through it with her brow furrowed.

�Is
there no index in that thing?� Susan asked.

�Yes,
but its in alphabetical order in terms of incantation. It�s a reference, not a
book of theory,� Harry murmured looking through another book himself.

�Hermione,
how long do you think it would take for us to do a three way splice with this?�
Draco asked somewhat hesitantly.

�What
do you mean?� she asked looking up curiously.

�Well,
driving a Dementor off is good and all, but they�ll always be back. What if we
destroyed them?� he asked, again hesitantly.

�You�ve
been thinking about this for a while haven�t you?� Harry asked furrowing his
brow. The idea sounded possible, but the theory against Dementors was very
vague. Only accomplished Occlumist could stroll up to
one of the vile creatures. Because they prey on thought, such as Bogarts do,
their effects could be blocked.

�I
have. I just don�t see the reasoning of driving them away when we could develop
a spell that could kill them,� Draco said logically.

�The
only thing that is known to kill them is the Avada Kadava and we can�t incorporate that into our spell,�
Hermione said scornfully.

�Oh,
well it was just a suggestion,� he said with disappointment.

�Wait,�
Harry said getting an idea, �What if we just used another charm with the intent
to kill?� he said.

�Alright?� Harry asked steadying her; she looked up at him
with wide eyes.

�You
can�t Apperate in Hogwarts!� she wailed.

�Well,
I�m not sure if it constitutes as Apperation, but its close,� he said. Draco
just had a smirk on his face as Moody strode up from nowhere.

�Potter,�
he greeted looking at the other two with his magical eye. �You all
apprentices?� he asked looking Draco up and down. Draco, who knew Moody more
than he�d had liked, paled immediately. �Don�t worry kid, heard what Crouch did
to ya. Though, if it were me, would have just cursed ya, not transfigured,� he said with a smile.

�Moody,
don�t tease the kid,� Lupin said kindly making an appearance from the Great
Hall.

�Remus!� Harry said smiling, �I�d never thought I�d be
fighting with you.�

�It�s
nothing to be proud of Harry,� Lupin said putting a hand on his shoulder.

�Speak
for your self, I�ve been dying to use this thing for something worth while,� he
said waving his hand and letting his staff grow it its proper length. Moody let
out a high whistle.

�That�s
some staff Potter, what charms you have on it?� he asked looking up and down at
it with his magical eye.

�At
this point it doesn�t matter what our resident celebrity has done, we have been
assigned a job,� a silky voice said halfway down the stairs.

�Snape,�
Moody growled without turning around. �I�m assuming that you�re going to be
wearing a hooded-cloak?� he asked gruffly.

�Yes,
as if it mattered to you anyway,� Snape sneered.

�Enough,�
McGonagall snapped. �Let�s go, three of us will hide just on the other side of Hagrid�s
hut while the other four will hide behind the trees just beside the lake. Any
questions?� she asked. No body commented. �Good. Severus, Moody, you take Draco
and Granger and take post beside Hagrid�s hut. If you think you can be seen too
easily, Severus you are to hide in the paddock. I would suggest the others do
the same,� she said. This was her way of saying that though she was deploying
them, they still had their free will available.

�Potter,
you will come with Lupin and myself to the lake and take out any who get past
the other four, clear?� she asked again. They all nodded. �Right, head out,�
she said. Harry was surprised at her. She clearly sounded like one of the
generals from the army shows that Dudley was so keen on
watching on the Muggle telly.

They
all quickly made their ways to their posts and took position. Harry,
McGonagall, and Lupin could see the others from where they were, but from what
Harry could see, they were at a safe distance.

�So,
what have you been up to Harry,� Lupin whispered as they lay crouched behind a
large shrub a little ways from McGonagall.

�This and that. Classes are getting easier by the day,
that�s a relief,� Harry said not looking at him but at the Forbidden
Forest waiting for something to
emerge.

�Good,
good,--,� Remus began but stopped abruptly.

�What?�
Harry asked and followed Remus�s line of vision.
�What are they doing?� he asked looking at the other group. They were all
scrambling away from Hagrid�s hut and running towards Harry and the others.
That�s when Harry saw it.

From
the forest the cloaked figures arouse, but they were not Deatheaters,
they were Dementors. Harry stood up from behind the brush at the same moment
Remus did and rushed out towards them. The Dementors were catching up to them,
but they still had a good lead.

�Expecto Patronum!� he and Lupin
rang out in unison. A Stag and a burly black dog each erupted into existence
and hurled themselves towards the Dementors. They were still about twenty yards
off. Remus� faded just before it reached them and Harry�s not long after. They
were just too far away to be able to do any good. Harry rushed out towards
them.

�Harry!�
Remus yelled following the young man, but Harry was quick and met the group
faster than he did.

�There�s
too many,� he said panting, �We have to use the spell,� he said looking at
Hermione then at the advancing Dementors.

�Harry,
no it�s not safe yet, we�ll just have to use our regular Patronus,� she wailed
as they still ran.

�Fine,
I�ll do it alone and you guys can make it to safety, you know it won�t
disappear until every last one is gone, just stay hidden with the others,� he
tried to order.

�Potter
get your heroic ass back behind the shrubs and cast the Patronus,� Snape said
savagely. But Harry wasn�t having it.

�Draco,
will you cast it with me?� he asked looking at the other boy. Draco immediately
nodded not needing any more persuasion.

�It�s
not ready!� Hermione said stopping at yelling at the two of them.

�Hermione,
there are fifty of them and seven of us, we�ll be soulless before the ministry
even arrives,� Draco said. Hermione seemed to be battling an inner war with
herself before she finally threw up her hands.

�Fine,
but I�ll not be held accountable for any negative actions!� she huffed.

The
Dementors were now getting closer to them and the effects started to weigh on
everyone but Remus, Harry, and Snape.

�What
spell?� Remus asked looking at the Dementors and not at the trio.

�One
that we�ve invented but only tired out once. It hasn�t been tried out around
people yet,� Harry explained looking at him for his reaction.

�What
was the draw back?� he asked paling as he watched the vile creatures from
behind the bush.

�The
Patrons are vicious, almost destructive, we don�t know if they�ll only go after
the Dementors,� Hermione said gasping.

�Come
on, we need to do it now!� Harry said to the other two. Draco, who also looked
paler than usual nodded and all three of them stood and quickly made their way
around the bushes.

�NOW!� Draco yelled.

�EXPECTO
PATRONUM EXSTINGUO!�
they roared together.

Prongs
made an imperial appearance as did the other two. The Stag took off without a
second look or glance behind it and began to bear down on the Dementors. Harry
heard a gasp from behind as Prongs tossed a Dementor over his head and ran
after another that had tried to flee. The otter, if possible, was even more
ravenous as it clawed and bit at any piece of the Dementor that was available.
It truly looked rabid. The fiercest, or so Harry thought, was
the mini-dragon that came from Draco�s wand and tore into the mass of black
cloaks. It flew over the heads of the Dementors swooping down ever second
or so to bite at another head. All three of the Patronus� looked to be working
with one another. As Harry�s would chase after one that was getting away,
another would swoop in and finish what Prongs started. They were absolutely
savage and looked to be feasting.

It
took a total of ten minutes before the three Patronus� were through killing the
horrid beasts. Prongs reared up like a stallion in triumph and shook his head
snorting. The otter was prowling around the corpses and sniffing suspiciously
as if one of them were playing dead and the dragon was flying around above them
all snorting smokes of fire and acting as a guard so that none of the cloaks
came back to life.

�You
three developed that spell?� McGonagall finally said as she looked in awe and disgust
at the sight before her.

�Yes,
with the help of Susan Bones,� Harry answered.

�Harry,
that�s bordering on Dark Arts you know,� Remus said looking at the apparitions
of the Patronus�.

�We
know, but better dead than fled,� Draco said grinning at his dragon.

�I
hardly see what�s to grin about,� the Headmistress said sternly.

�Don�t
you see Professor? It worked, they�re not charging us, they�re just keeping an
eye on the Dementors bodies,� he said now smiling broadly.

�So
they are,� Harry said looking too at the Patronus�.

�How
long do they last?� the Headmistress asked again.

�Until we end the spell. I suppose they�ll just stand there
for eternity if we don�t,� Hermione finally spoke up.

�How
did you develop such a spell? They are mind linked, there�s no way you could
have made them corporals for so long,� Snape finally spoke.

�That�s
why we used the corporal rune in the spell,� Draco said.

�Well,
you three end the spells and we�ll return to the castle via port-keys. I�m
assuming the Giants were handled by the Headmaster and Hagrid because they
didn�t show,� McGonagall said stiffly before Harry and the other two ended the
spells.

Harry
took clutched his sleeve and thought about Hogwaentrentrance Hall and was suddenly
whisked away by the hook-in-the-navel feeling. The others appeared just after
he did and they made their way up the spiral staircase to Dumbledore�s office.
They were all silent as they thought of the wrath the Patronus� seemed to have,
well, at least that was what Harry was thinking about. After about five minutes
Dumbledore appeared in a flash of flames and was holding Fawkes� tail. He let
go immediately as the bird flew to Harry�s shoulder.

�Success?�
he said looking at the others.

�You
could say that,� Moody growled, �All dead.�

�Dead?�
he said looking sharply at Harry. Harry knew what he was thinking. They had
just had the talk last week about killing instead of apprehending.

�No
Sir, no like that. They weren�t Death Eaters, they were Dementors,� Harry
rushed to explained, but Snape cut him off.

�These
three had some harebrained idea that they would develop a spell that would kill
the Dementors rather than chase them off. Now we have fifty or so Dementors on
the front lawn in pieces,� he sneered.

�Really?� Albus said as his eyebrows shut up well over his
glasses.

�Best
damned spell I�ve ever seen!� Moody cried abruptly making everyone flinched.

�Is
this the same spell that you were going to be showing me Friday?� he asked the
three students. They all nodded.

�Oh,
but we weren�t going to use this one anymore. We only used it once and saw how the
Patronus acted so we went back and developed a different one. We weren�t sure
if the Patronus� were going to act the same way around people so we were going
to ask you what you thought first. But then, we were almost done with the
Patronus Binder spell today when we heard the announcement. Then on the
grounds, we were too out numbered, so we took a chance and did the spell hoping
it would help. We�re very sorry, it won�t happen again until we show the spell
to you,� Hermione explained very quickly. Dumbledore just smiled at her.

�It
was a great idea, though next time, it your spells are this important, come to
me as soon as it�s done, don�t wait until our Friday meeting. What did you say
the other spell was, Patronus Binder?� he asked.

�Well,
actually it�s the Dementor Binder, but the binder is made from the silvery
substance that the Patronus is made of. It keeps them at bay and won�t let them
flee and at the same time, they can�t get loose to hurt anyone. It�s just to
keep them where they are until someone can find something to do with them,�
Draco explained. Albus beamed again.

�So
how long until this one is done?� he asked. The three looked at each other
uncertainly until Hermione spoke up.

�We
could finish the spell in probably and hour, but it hasn�t been tested or
anything so I�m not sure. About a week maybe,� she said furrowing her brow.

�Let
me rephrase that, how fast could you have it done?� he asked her over his
glasses.

�Oh,�
she said blushing. Hermione, of course, was averaging in the time with all the
other classes they had and the free time they had to work on the spell.
�Tomorrow if we could find another Bogart Harry could use. He destroyed the
last one,� she said.

�Remus,
you and Hagrid will please find the group as many Bogarts as possible between
now and tomorrow. I want to take these to the Aurors as soon as possible. The
Muggle schools have to stop being attacked,� he said.

Remus
stood quickly and nodded saying, �Yes Albus,� and making his way out of the
office.

�You
three and Susan Bones are excluded from classes until the end of the day
tomorrow. Please try to finish it by then,� he said going back behind his desk
and taking a seat. �Severus, you have free reign of the Dementors bodies before
I hand them over to the ministry, take what you want to experiment with and
leave the rest there. The MLE (Magical Law Enforcement) will take care of the
clean up,� Albus said. Snape too left the same way as Remus.

Harry,
Hermione, and Draco got up and made to leave. Hermione seemed a little miffed
about having to miss classes but didn�t say so. As they made it to the door
Albus stopped them.

�The
Ministry owes you great thanks for this. I thank you all immensely,� he said
giving a small bow. They all thanked him and left to finise Dee Dementor
Binder.
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