raised by dementor

chapter 52

Fudge had been woken in the night to discover that his Dementor guard had moved on Hogwarts, at first it had been a joke but now it was a crisis.
"Why would they have done such a thing?" he demanded walking side by side with Umbridge
"It is currently unknown and many are flocking to the school now, it is almost as if they are being commanded," she answered with slight distaste for the creatures, Fudge shook his head.
"It can't be, why would anyone march on Hogwarts unless, is Sirius Black on Bellatrix Lestrange inside?" he asked knowing Dementors had decision making power when it came to them to.
"If they are then Dumbledore has not mentioned it," Umbridge pointed out,
"That gives us nothing, what the man doesn't mention is often a crucial bit of information, however at the moment we are going to assume they are and the Dementors are acting legally, assemble a team of arurors and prepare them for a search of Hogwarts. Also ensure they have Patronus training in case the Dementors are not acting in our best interests," he commanded wanting to hope for the best but fearing for the worst.
"Of course," Umbirdge answered before slinking away to do her job. Fudge walked into his office and sighed, why did this have to happen? Had something happened to provoke the Dementors? He didn't know.
Hogwarts
"Come on leaving might be an idea around now," Draco remarked for the group to speed up, they all knew Dumbledore would wake up sooner or later and at that point they wanted to be far enough way for it not to be a problem.
"Draco really? Sarcasm even when we are in the middle of an escape?" Cho demanded slightly irritated as they ran
"I used sarcasm as Dumbledore was threatening to torture us, I think now I'm just thinking here that it might have saved us, just thinking while we're running. Also while we're talking a Dementor army is descending upon us so maybe we should run faster and get to them before he gets to us," Draco suggested as they arrived in the courtyard, then he froze. It seemed a lot of students were also in the courtyard, some trying to get out but being blocked and others being herded there by the Dementors. Obviously the creatures were getting the students away from Dumbledore, however the students didn't know that. They were too busy fighting off the cold and negative emotions being forced into their minds.
"Well they want to get the students to safety how nice, now our safety depends on us leaving so does anyone else speak Dementor?" Draco wondered aloud knowing the answer. However leaving was suddenly looking less likely as a stir went through the crowd. Everyone was in their nightclothes as they had been woken up by a swarm of Dementors.
"They're all looking at us," Hermione worked out and Draco resisted the urge to clap sarcastically
"Might be because we're friends with a person who associates with Dementors," Cho pointed out
"It's them its Potter's friends," Ron Weasley suddenly proclaimed proving their point
"Great somehow Fate has decided to make this day worse," Draco sighed looking at the red haired boy approach, the Gryffindors were suddenly all looking at him with a lot of interest. They wanted to see how this would play out
"You did this," he accused suddenly pointing a pyjama sleeve to the sky, Dementors were overlooking the students and keeping them in the courtyard
"Sorry?" Draco asked caught off guard by this
"He's saying we summoned the army of Dementors," Luna clarified
"I know that I'd just like to know why he thinks that, I mean none of us have Dementor commanding experience," he told her while rolling his eyes
"You and Potter did this," Ron continued looking furious,
"Ok now we're elaborating now if you would give us your inane thought process so we can destroy it then we can speed this conversation up," Draco suggested already annoyed by the drama, Ron glared at him and a few Gryffindors moved closer
"I saw you on the train, Potter can talk to Dementors. He's the one doing this and you're helping him as normal," he accused and the group's shock at him knowing about the train gave the wrong message. Ron's anger was growing thanks to the Dementors chill and sooner or later things would get messy.
"See, I told you. Potter can talk to Dementors," Ron announced triumphantly and people looked at the accused party with shock horror, they had all heard about him getting close to a Dementor but talking and controlling one was something else.
"So what?" Hermione demanded "So he can talk to them does that mean he's responsible?"
"Shut up Know it all," Ron snarled but Hermione didn't flinch, she had seen worse than this boy.
"You have no way of proving it was him, no way at all," Cho defended glaring at him, her being a year above made her slightly more intimidating than Hermione, however Ron's anger was fuelled and he just glared at her.
"He can talk to them? And where is he? He's not with you lot so where is he?" Ron demanded with a smug grin,
"Right here," A voice echoed across the courtyard as Harry walked in, behind him were three Dementors
"Oh he is doing it, I would apologise Weasel but I'm not going to," Draco remarked looking at Harry instead,
"Did I miss anything?" Harry asked with a grin walking over to his friends, then he recoiled as Cho and Hermione slapped him,
"That's for not telling us that you were working with the hooded creep," Cho told him with a glare
"How did you... you followed me," Harry worked out feeling stupid, they had followed almost everyone they suspected so when he started to go out at nights why did he assume they wouldn't follow him.
"Well done, now if you would kindly explain what the hell is going on then we can sort this out," Draco requested looking slightly irked by the nights events
"He's an evil monster is what's going on," Ron interrupted and Luna looked around, then she lunged forward and kicked him hard in the groin, he fell on the floor
"Sorry I didn't get to insult him," she justified as the boor groaned from the floor,
"Me and the figure were working to find Peter Pettigrew," Harry began wanting to get across why he had to do it,
"Did you check the grave?" Remus Lupin asked suddenly, he was being escorted into the courtyard by a team of Dementors, he had fought them off but eventually they had overpowered him
"He was never dead, it was faked to frame Sirius Black," Harry answered knowing the man had been friends with him a long time ago; Lupin fell silent as Harry turned around.
"Can you bring him out?" he requested to Dora who was hiding in the air, however in one clawed hand she held a man, a short squirming man with messy hair and who obviously hadn't washed in some time. No student could have known him but
"Peter?" Lupin gasped looking a mixture of amazed and hate filled. When the Dementors had ushered the Gryffindors to this courtyard "Scabbers" the rat had been grabbed.
"In the flesh," Sirius Black answered jumping out from a pillar , he had been hiding their as a dog and if things had turned violent with Ron then he would have interfered, he however the students recognised and they all moved back.
"He's working with the murderer," Ron accused suddenly
"A cleared one, Peter here confessed to his crimes and has been arrested," Harry answered as Dora took the man away, she held him high so he couldn't escape and when he was handed over to the ministry she would ensure they knew he was an animgaus.
"You did it?" Lupin demanded looking at Pettigrew with more hatred than anyone could imagine,
"He did," Sirius confirmed looking at the man, Lupin turned to him
"Would you accept this wolf's apology for letting you suffer without help for all these years? And for me thinking you were the traitor?" he asked looking solemn, everything he knew had been turned upside down.
"Can you forgive me for the same?" Sirius smiled and the two friends embraced.
"So you caught the rat so why else are you doing this?" Cho asked wondering what else was going on
"Dumbledore, he was planning to take over tonight and hold students hostage until the minister stepped down and he was replaced, a secret coup that thanks to his sister we know about," Harry answered
"He wouldn't do that?" someone cried but they were ignored,
"Sister?" Sirius asked, when Harry had called him in the grounds he had only mentioned a coup not this part
"I'll explain later so as his friends are now in the castle waiting for him to begin we took the students and now I'm intending to get rid of Dumbledore," Harry announced looking at the castle darkly as he realised who was inside. The people who were all responsible in some way for had happened both to him at the Dursley's and to him in recent years.
"Might take some time, Dumbledore was knocked out by a bear," Draco muttered suddenly
"I wouldn't make jokes at a time like this Mr Malfoy," Lupin scolded
"He's not joking for once," Harry answered realising the old man must have captured them
"We're fine," Hermione told Harry before he could worry
"Dumbledore's not, he got hit by a bear, "Luna interrupted looking
"That was a fun part," Crabbe agreed and Goyle looked slightly envious.
Meanwhile
People turned to look in shock, the students being escorted by the Dementors just looked amazed and repelled, the Dementors did nothing as Lily Potter moved among them. A thinner, decayed Lily Potter that was, however the being controlling her did not care about them, it was focused on revenge. Dumbledore would be going to the clock tower most likely and he would ensure everyone there would be removed from this world.
"Lily?" he heard a frightened Minerva McGonagall call out as she was surrounded by nine Dementors, she was very proficient with a Patronus and had fought them off very well, however even she had been overwhelmed and it had taken twenty to take her down. Now nine were taking her to one of the courtyards, her wand was being carried by another. Her shock was absolute but the creature moved on, Fudge had placed a lot of Dementors in the school and now they had taken over. Harry had been right about them, the boy weighed a lot on his mind, Harry had turned the tables on it and instead of Harry being taught to be inhuman the creature got a glimpse into being one.
"What happened to you Albus?" he heard the concerned voice of Molly Weasley from above as it entered the mid section of the tower, of course she would betray him. She would be the first one
"You've been clawed," Arthur pointed out
"By some kind of animal?" Kinglsey Shacklebolt asked, Dumbledore's loyal mole inside the ministry,
"Ignore it, we have a much more serious situation, we need to escape the school and quickly. Somehow the boy has discovered..." Dumbledore trailed off as he heard footsteps. Diggle and Doge were the other two members of the gathering, so these were the people betraying him.
"Has it come to the point when I am not invited to the meetings of my own order?" everyone jumped back except Dumbledore as Lily Potter walked up the stairs.
"So you reveal yourself," Dumbledore remarked looking at his former ally with disgust
"Indeed, your sister sends her regards from the grave," it answered and Dumbledore looked slightly surprised
"She's dead?" he asked and the creature nodded and Dumbledore for a few seconds look saddened, then he was back to his usual self.
"Indeed keeping her locked up is never a good idea, I should thank you Albus. Your meddling meant I turned to Harry Potter for help, someone who has shown me more than you could imagine. However I do intend to put this little rebellion down, the Dementors have already taken the students away from you. Ministry reinforcements will arrive any second and they will know the truth, the mercenaries I am sure your hiding in the castle will be destroyed. They kept well hidden from the Dementors but I know you all, rich, clever or friends with the old man," the creature snarled at the Weasley's knowing them to be largely useless.
"So we were being led by Lily Potter the entire time?" Molly questioned
"No I am utilising her body, however after the Dementors foiled the plot and when the aurors end your escapade there is only one thing left, the end of you six. Kingsley Shacklebolt, Arthur and Molly Weasley, Dedalus Diggle, Elphias Doge and Albus Dumbledore. I am going to kill you,"