Disclaimer: Don't own it, unfortunately…..

Summary: During the summer before 5th year, Voldemort attacks an American magical school. Find out how this affects the lives of all of Hogwarts residents. Not severitus, hgoc, decent dm

You get chapter two along with this one since it's so short. Don't worry; the chapters will never be this short again. I have 12 chapters written out so far, and 4 beta'd. I plan on updating the story once a week, not sure on which day though…..hopefully Sunday's. I hope you enjoy the story. :)

Thanks to my two beta's: Kaydon and MakalaniAstral

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Chapter One

The Attack

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He was running down the stairs as fast as his legs could carry him. He was panting, sweat dripping down his facehalf-blinding his eyes. He held his wand tightly in his right hand, while dodging curses coming from all directions. At last he made it down the final flight of stairs, it was then he saw a group of younger students backed into a corner by a man in a black cloak and a white mask. He grabbed the portkey that was hidden in the banister and flew a curse at the cloaked man. He ran over to the students and quickly sent them on their way to an unknown location.

The headmaster had told the older students about the various portkeys that were hidden throughout the school and warned them that the portkeys should only be used under desperate situations. The headmaster had never mentioned an attack, but this was definitely a desperate situation.

He made his way through the fallen students and cloaked men and through the battles that were still being fought. He had one thought on his mind and it was to find his mother. He ran outside the doors to see the other professors fighting the cloaked men, and women, he now realized. He tried to move but was frozen in place as he noticed his mother fighting a cloaked man. They were locked in battle and she wasn't giving him an inch to get the advantage. He wasn't too worried about her because she was a master dueler. His breathe caught as he saw her trip, giving the cloaked man the opportunity to cast Petrificus Totalis on her. She was on the ground looking up at the man whom she had just battled. The cloaked man's back was toward him and all he could see was the shocked look on his mothers face as he removed his mask to speak to her. In the next instance the man had cast the killing curse at her and she fell limp. He had watched his mother murdered by a man he could only recognize by his long blonde hair.

Tears were streaming down the boy's face as he watched the man place his mask back on his face and turn towards him. He was knocked into moving when his best friend, Michael, grabbed his arm. Michael dragged him away from the mayhem, watching as the man stalked toward him. As they rounded the corner they both watched in shock as their headmaster fell at the hand of three of the cloaked men. Jumping into a side window, back into the school, they grabbed more students and ran to the basement level. The cloaked men had not noticed the basement level door that many students had gone down. The cloaked men's slip gave them more time to get the younger students out. They were able to send three groups of students via portkey before the cloaked men broke into the basement. Grabbing the rest of the students they took hold the last portkey and away they went.