Just as he reached the broken door, he was hit with a spell. Lord Voldemortist fell, petrified to the ground but, was able to shake off the spell in a few moments. Seething in anger, he entered the Entrance Hall of Hogwarts.

Rae was exhausted already. She was running on adrenaline, but she still needed to gather herself on the ground. She cursed at her weakness, however, when Voldemortist fought off the hex and headed into the school. With a grimace, she pulled herself to her feet and headed after him, refusing to look at the fallen students along the way.

Seeing Professor Rae head inside, Terry follows. She doesn't know what she can do, but she won't leave her by herself with Voldemortist.

ooc: Play has moved inside the castle.

Lord Voldemortist ran out into the sunlight. Due to the blinding light he had come from, the sunlight didn't phase him and he headed straight toward the forest, to a point he could apparate.

ari walked quickly followed lord voldemortist. she waited until they had reached the forest to make herself known.

"master. . ?" she called quietly, but loud enough for just him to hear.

He turned at the sound of a whispered word. "I have precious little time. What is it?" he asked, irritatedly.

"i . . i won`t take up too much of your time, i swear." she stuttered. voldemortist was the first & only person arianna has ever feared. being incredibly stubborn and strong willed as she is, not many people get to her, but she knows the powers he possess and his eays of dealing with things, and it wasn`t smart to cross the line while in his presence. the slightest muck up could cost you everything.

"i have to get out of here." she started, looking around frantically " i can`t stay at hogwarts. take me with you." she pleaded " where-ever it is you are going. . . i promise not to be of a disturbance." she said with a shake-y voice "this whole school has it in for me."

"And it's no wonder," he spat. "You were foolish and lost your cover."

He began to walk toward the forest once more.

"lost my cover?" she asked incredulously "master, there was no other way for me to divulge the information to you other than exposing myself. i did everything that you asked me to, and then some." she stated.

ari knew very well that she was risking her life by drawing out this argument. either way, she felt that she was in a lose/lose situation.

"I have no time for this and I have no further use for you," he replied, waving his wand at Ari, causing her to fly back into the castle. He spotted the Headmaster coming to and hurried toward the forest...

Once outside, Hendrik spots Voldemortist on his way to the forest.Thinking to himself,

"Good Googly Moogly! The forest! If he reaches the forest he will be able to Apparate....the Book will be lost....and both our world and the Muggle world will never be the same.....must reach him before he makes the forest..."

He points his wand at several of the bushes and shrubbery, transfiguring them into two Cockatrices. Hopefully they would slow Voldemortist down enough so that Hendrik could get to him.

He was pressing on, getting closer and closer to the Forest when he was suddenly set upon by two cockatrices. They flapped their wings, reaching out at him with their talons. He was forced to stop and, flicking his wand at one of them, caused the poor creature to explode in a flurry of feathers which transfigured back into leaves.

Lord Voldemortist spun around to see the Headmaster who was gaining on him. Just as he stepped forward, the second cockatrice snorted a small burst of flame from its beak, singing the Dark Lord's hair. He lashed out at it in his fury, knocking it to the ground before causing it to explode, as well.

Sprinting, the Headmaster catches up to the Dark Lord. As he reaches him he points his wand at the forest and a heavy mist erupts from it's tip and quickly forms a barrier between Voldemortist and his escape route.

Without hesitation he shouts "Incarcerous" at the Dark Lord.

A mist settled between himself and the forest and, expecting an attack, Lord Voldemortist turned back around while casting Protego. The ropes which had sprung forth from the Headmaster's wand bounced off the invisible shield and fell limply to the grass. "Not quite so easy, is it, Hendrik?" he sneered. "I've got the book, no mere copy this time, you cannot stop me."

Hendrik squinted his eyes at the Dark Lord for a moment before he muttered, "Effingo!"

No sooner had the spell escaped his lips, several Headmasters emerged from his form. It was like watching a Muggle copy machine making copies of the Headmaster. The duplicates quickly surrounded the Dark Lord and all pointed their wands directly at him.

"The Book, Voldemortist."

Lord Voldemortist laughed, "You can't defeat me on your own so you clone yourself. I don't think you'll be getting this book. Whatever was the Ministry thinking when they made you Headmaster after the most unfortunate demise of the late Headmistress Loryen."

He raised his wand at one of the Hendriks and cast the Killing Curse. The cloned version of Hendrik vanished in a puff of smoke. "One down, 5 to go."

HM#1 was down, luckly Voldemortist could not tell the copies from the original.

HM#2 pointed his wand at the Dark Lord and said, "Tarantallegra!"

HM#3 pointed his wand at the Dark Lord and said, "Relashio!"

HM#4 advanced upon the Dark Lord and said, "Gelo!" An icy blue bolt shot straight toward Voldemortist!

The original Headmaster was hoping to catch Voldemortist off guard with one of the spells. Knowing as a copy, they would not carry the strength to do much damage, however they could perhaps distract him long enough to obtain the Book of Mysteria from his clutches. As HM's 2,3, and 4 engaged Voldemortist, the original Headmaster positioned himself between the Dark Lord and the errie mist in front of the forest.

Hendrik was quite clever with his little clone trick as he managed to keep the Dark Lord distracted. He dodged the first spell and blocked the second but, the last one hit him right in the chest, causing him to stumble backwards as it knocked the wind out of him and iced his lungs, making it difficult to breathe. Apparently they'd had enough of his evil dude banter.

Despite the fact that the spell wasn't as strong as intended, it was still quite forceful, loosening his grip on the book. "Out of my way, Hendrik," he said, ignoring the clones and focusing on the Hendrik he believed to be the actual Hendrik, the one standing between himself and his goal.

He raised his wand, "Stupefy!"

The original Headmaster had been spotted! As the stunner spell wizzed toward him, he quickly dove out of the way, tucking himself into a ball and rolling to avoid the spell. He quickly unfolds himself and pops back up to a standing position shouting, "Immobulus!"

Without hesitation he hurls another jinx at Voldemortist....

"Impedimenta!"

Hopefully one of the two curses would make it's way to it's mark. The other HM's were anything but idle. HM#2 was busy creating a barrier of solid earth infront of the Dark Forest while HM#3 was summoning a dark, swirling mass of clouds overhead. HM's #4 and #5 quickly tightened the circle around Voldemortist.

A quick shield charm deflected Immobulus but, the Impedimenta grazed him and he was slowed, though not for too long. He aimed a blasting curse at Hendrik #2, causing him to explode in a puff of smoke while also forming a hole in the barrier he'd begun to form. Lord Voldemortist was getting quite angry now and blasted a few more random spells at the cloned versions of Hendrik.

Voldemortist's random spells did away with HM's #4 and #5, leaving only the original and HM#3.

HM#3 was still busy conjuring the dark storm clouds when the original Headmaster had an idea. He quickly picked up a stone and transfigured it into an iron rod, pointed at one end. He then took it in his right hand and threw it like a javalin at Voldemortist. Meanwhile HM#3 pointed his wand at the storm clounds shouting, "Sublevationis!"

A huge bolt of lightening shot from the clouds and hit the iron javalin in mid-air! Now Voldemortist was faced with an electrically charged spear headed straight for him.

Caught off guard, the rod grazed his right shoulder, the arm carrying the Book of Mysteria, and gave him a short shock. He managed to maintain a grip on the book, only just barely. Furious, Lord Voldemortist pointed his wand at the Headmaster and shouted, "AVADA KEDAVRA!"

He hurried through the hole he had blasted in the barrier, finally reaching a point where he could apparate, the Book of Mysteria in his injured arm...

With only seconds to spare, Hendrik dove out of the way of the killing curse. He heard the killing curse fly over his head....

Face down on the castle lawn, the Headmaster rolls to one side and sees Voldemortist make his way through the barrier.

"Accio Liber!" He shouted as Voldemortist turned to face him.

He turned just as he reached the apparation point, to see Hendrik's body before he left. Unfortunately, the Headmaster had ducked out of the way. Wasting no more time, Lord Vodemortist disapparated with a loud crack, but not before the book slipped from his grasp...