Harry Potter and Gaining Momentum

"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 backfires?" 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, Dumbledore's 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 Patronus spell that was laced with a backfiring cheering charm, but the two spells together could be explosive, which was Susan's problem. They'd gone through all the wand movements, and there was only one they were worried about using, but as far as safety went, 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 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 a nearby book shelf.

"Expecto Patronum!" 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 newfound 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 definately 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 put in, finally herself again.

"Oh, it would only take a minute," Hermione said matter-of-factly. "The components would be the same because they're both based on emotion. We just have to find one," she observed with a touch of exasperation. She grabbed an overly large tome 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 it's 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 an accomplished Occlumist could stroll up to one of the vile creatures. Because they preyed on thought, much as Boggarts did, 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 reasonably.

"The only thing that is known to kill them is the Avada Kedavra, 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?"

"Meaning?" Hermione asked worriedly.

"Well, we could take a leaf from Ron's book and tie it with a simple Diffindo charm," Harry said.

"But what would that do, tear at their black robes?" Susan asked, confused.

"The power that would have to behind the spell in the first place would be taxing because a Patronus is a complicated charm anyway. With so much power behind the spell, it wouldn't be a simple Diffindo charm, it would be much more powerful, even more so than the one used on Draco," Harry explained.

"It still seems dangerous, Harry," Hermione began. "Mere practicing of the charm could have disastrous results. Could you imagine teaching this to a room full of students or Aurors? They would slaughter each other," she said, giving a slight shudder.

"Then it would have to be practiced with caution, just like many other spells. Let's just do it this way for now and if Dumbledore says that it's too dangerous, we'll roll back and do a replacement on the spell and take off the severing charm," Harry said logically.

"Well... all right, I suppose. We'll lay the severing charm over the whole spell so that the power of the charm will be fueled by the two existing ones. That should take care of it as long as we don't have to add any counters to the runes we're already using. I just hoped Dumbledore doesn't look down on us for this, we're bordering on Dark Arts here," she said wearily. Harry knew she was right. Any spell with the intent to kill or mortally wound was Dark Arts. The only difference in their spell was that it was meant to kill a dark creature.

"I only have lessons with Dumbledore left, so I think that I'll skive off today and finish this, I want to be able to present him with something by the end of the week. Have any of the other groups come up with anything yet?" Harry asked, looking at Draco across the table. The other group was a Slytherin group, as well as a flock of Ravenclaws.

"The Slytherin group came up with something like a fogging spell that only the caster could see through, but no one else could. It would only be useful if the opposing party didn't know the spell because if the opposing party casts the same spell, they cancel each other out because they can both see through it," Draco explained. Susan smirked.

"Cunning," she said sarcastically.

"Hey, no one said that the entire house was cunning, there's also ambition," Draco said defensively. Hermione snorted in laughter but kept her composure.

"Keep telling yourself that, Malfoy," Harry said smiling. Draco just rolled his eyes and huffed.

It was another hour before they finally had their second finished product. Due to the time, six o'clock, Harry suggested they try it out on the grounds. He didn't want anyone in close proximity with the spell when he cast it. The butterflies in his stomach were fluttering like never before. There was excitement, panic, a little hopefulness, but mostly determination. This had to work, it was probably the only tool they had against the dark side at this time.

They all gathered around the lake and decided that the spot was the most sufficient.

"Harry, I just thought of something... do you think you could summon the Bogart from the Room of Requirement so that we can see the effects it has on the Dementor?" Hermione asked thoughtfully. It did make sense. They wouldn't know what the definite effects would be unless they tried it on a real Dementor and this was as close as it was going to get. Harry waved his hand and let his staff appear before using a simple summoning charm to summon the chest. Five minutes later it came zooming out of the castle doors at an alarming speed.

"Impedimenta!" Hermione yelled panicked at seeing the chest come at such an alarming speed.

"Thanks," Harry said. He had been so shocked at the speed his staff made the chest fly that he hadn't thought of stopping the thing. For all he knew, he was just going to jump out of the way.

"No problem," she said, looking at Harry's staff. Harry caught her look and banished the staff back to his finger.

"Well, we know that your staff works properly," Draco said through a nervous laugh.

"I've known that for quite some time," Harry said, "But that was the first time anyone besides Snape, Flitwick, and Dumbledore has seen it in action. Even I'm surprised," he admitted.

"Right, well, we'll all climb in the tree while Harry casts the Patronus and I'll release the Boggart. Do you have a quill and parchment, Draco?" Hermione asked. He nodded and pulled the supplies out of his pocket. "Ready?" she said looking at Harry, whose nod was not without a hint of nerves.

Hermione, Draco, and Susan all climbed on to a large limb just at the bottom of the canopy of the tree and sat with their feet dangling down. Susan had conjured a lap desk for Draco to bear down on and Hermione was holding the ink bottle for him. Harry ran a hand though his hair nervously. There was no guarantee that his Patronus wasn't going to turn on him, but he had hope. He drew away from the chest about twenty feet but kept it just in front of him so that the Boggart would see him first and use him. He made a small crack in his mental walls so the Boggart would see his fear and nodded to Hermione.

With a flick of her wand the lid of the chest flew open and the Bogart started to rise in a bundle of black robes. Harry was waiting for it to take full form before he summoned the Patronus but was struck cold as the figure grew its head. It was not a Dementor; it was Voldemort in all his glory.

"Ah, Potter, so nice to see you again," the Boggart-Voldemort hissed at him. Harry couldn't believe it, his greatest fear had changed, and it was no longer a Dementor but Voldemort himself.

"I trust you've gotten my messages Harry?" he asked with a maniacal grin on his face Harry just stood there for a second, both stunned and fascinated. He had faced Voldemort many more times than he had Dementors, but Voldemort was still his greatest fear.

Harry quickly fed the Bogart an image of a Dementor and with a 'pop' the Boggart changed into a Dementor. Harry nodded in satisfaction and brandished his wand. As the darkness started to press down on him and the screams started, he raised his wand.

"Expecto Patronum Exstinguo!" Harry shouted. He immediately felt the confidence charm hit him and held his wand strong as a stag erupted from the end of it. The only difference this time was Prongs looked ready to kill. Even more surprising was his antlers; they looked razor-sharp and lethal. He charged without a look at Harry and flung the Dementor/Boggart over himself with a flip of his muscular neck. Relentless was the only word that Harry could think of as he watched the startling stag mangle the Dementor. The stag apparently had no qualms about attacking while the enemy was down. He continued to thwart and slay as if Harry wasn't there. Harry finally closed off his mind and yelled 'Riddikulus' at the Bogart to watch it evaporate into silvery smoke. Prongs looked angry for a second at the fact that the Dementor had gotten away, but then Harry caught his eye. Prongs looked at him interestedly for a moment before he galloped towards him and nuzzled him with his snout. Harry smiled at this, it seemed safe so far.

"Thanks Prongs," Harry whispered before he muttered, "Finite Incantatem."

"Harry!" Hermione yelled coming out of the tree, "That was horrible!"

"What?" Draco followed, flabbergasted, "It was brilliant, it worked!" he argued.

"Yes, it did, but did you see how vicious it was? We'll have to rewrite the spell," she said, putting her chin in her and thinking.

"We are not rewriting the spell, it worked perfectly!" Draco argued.

"What if there were people around? It would have attacked anyone!" she said stubbornly.

"I was around; he just nuzzled me," Harry pointed out.

"Yes, but that was after the Dementor was gone. What if there were other students about? Do you think it would have contented itself with just getting rid of the Dementor, or do you think it would have gone for anything that moved?" she asked, exasperated.

"There's only one way to find out," Susan spoke up. She looked white as a ghost. Harry couldn't blame her though. Just last year they were all admiring how their Patroni were so graceful and such, but now - now they were battle warriors.

"Oh no we're not!" Hermione declared, "I refuse to chance my life and let Harry cast it with me around, no way."

"Has anyone ever told you how stubborn you are?" Draco asked in what seemed like amusement.

"Yeah, come on, where's your Gryffindor courage?" Susan taunted also amused by Hermione's tantrum.

"Why I never!" Hermione retorted in a very McGonagall-like way. Harry laughed out loud at this.

"Okay Hermione, we won't try it now," Harry said smiling, "When we present it to Dumbledore, we'll ask him about it and see what he says. If he thinks it's okay, we'll try it with just us, until then let's put this spell on the back burner and try to develop a binding charm for the Dementors. You know, like a ring of the mist that a Patronus is made of. That way we can keep them at bay and put them somewhere," he said.

"But that means we'll have to start all over!" Draco whined.

"Some cheese with that whine?" Susan asked, laughing.

"Humph," was Draco's only response.

"Well, for now I think that's a great idea, and it doesn't border on the Dark Arts," Hermione said approvingly.

"But we could have received an Order of Merlin for this spell!" Draco wailed yet again.

"What? You're move worried about what you get out of it than what everyone else gets out of it, like their souls?" Hermione asked disgusted.

"No, I was just looking forward to the recognition was all," he said deflated.

"You'll get it soon enough Draco," Hermione said, "We're quite intelligent so I'm sure the binding spell will be just as successful," she assured him. He just nodded.

"So we're all agreed? Back burner until we've had a discussion with Dumbledore?" Susan asked. Everyone agreed.

Over the next few days they worked on the Binding spell for the Dementors as promised. Draco didn't seem as into this one as he did the last, but at least he was making an effort. As it turned out, this one would be a lot easier, and since they had already put so much time into the previous spell, they decided to work off of what they already had. They immediately began to feel like experts when it came to the Patronus spell. They already had it broken down and splicing it with the other spells efficiently was the only hard part. But, as they proved, having four people do it as a team sped the process up rapidly.

By Thursday afternoon, they were in the library and just about done with the wand movement when Professor McGonagall's voice came booming from all directions.

"All students return to their dormitories at once. Anyone caught out and about will be in serious trouble," she bellowed from no where. "All apprentices please proceed to the Headmaster's office at once," she said hurriedly. All four of the students looked at each other before they packed up their things in a hurry and ran to Dumbledore's gargoyle.

"Fizzing Wizzbee," Harry said hurriedly and dashed up the stairs with the other three behind him. The door at the top was already open.

"Harry," Dumbledore said taking notice of the others that were with him, "You, Draco and Miss Granger are to go with Professors McGonagall and Snape. Hagrid spotted cloaked figures in the forest moving this way and has alerted us in time to set up a quick defense. The students on the grounds all apparently made it inside and are safe," he said flicking though his papers quickly and taking a piece of parchment out. He ripped it into four pieces and said, "Portus."

The pieces of parchment glowed blue for a moment before Albus picked them up once more and gave one to everyone except him.

"I trust you still have your pin Harry?" he asked looking at Harry over his glasses. Harry nodded and turned the sleeve of his robes, more precisely the cuffs, inside out and showed it attached to the inner lining. "Brilliant! Take no chances and if you get into too much danger you will take the port-keys straight back. It will be fifteen to twenty minutes before the ministry can make it here. There are a few Order members who are going to meet you in the Entrance Hall. Now, go, make haste," he said in a rush of words.

"But---Professor, what about you?" Harry said worriedly. He was hoping the Headmaster wasn't going to do anything foolish. Albus surveyed Harry for a moment before he finally spoke.

"There were two giants spotted with them. I know it's not all they have, but I think Voldemort is just trying to send us a message that he'll do what he pleases," the Headmaster said gravely. Harry nodded in agreement before he turned towards Snape, who was standing at the door impatiently. Snape opened the door and they made their way out. As soon as they were at the end of the steps, Harry dropped back and grabbed both Draco and Hermione by the back of the neck.

"We'll meet you down there Professor," he said quickly to Professor McGonagall before all three of them disappeared in a rush of flames.

They reappeared in the Entrance Hall and Hermione was the only one to stumble.

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

"You can't Apparate in Hogwarts!" she wailed.

"Well, I'm not sure if it constitutes Apparition, but it's 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 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 yourself, I've been dying to use this thing for something worthwhile," the younger man said waving his hand and letting his staff grow to 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. Nobody 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 sounded just 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' 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 Death Eaters; 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 and 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 tried 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 every second or so to bite at another head. All three of the Patroni 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 Patroni 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 plumes 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 Patroni.

"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 observed.

"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 Portkey. 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 clutched his sleeve and thought about the Hogwarts Entrance 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 Patroni seemed to possess - 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 asked, 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 explain, but Snape cut him off.

"These three had some hair-brained 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 flinch.

"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 Patroni 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 outnumbered, 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 probably finish the spell in about an 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 Boggart Harry could use. He destroyed the last one," she said.

"Remus, you and Hagrid will please find the group as many Boggarts 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 finish the Dementor Binder.