“They never learn,” Delphini cackled upon arriving at Hogwarts.

 Arthur, Albus, Rose, Scorpius, Lily and Hugo froze.

 “What are we gonna do now?” Rose asked, worried.

 “I got this,” Albus started to step up forward.

 “Look, it’s Potter and Malfoy,” Alyssa sneered. “How cute.”

 Arthur, Rose, Scorpius, Lily and Hugo turned their gaze towards Albus, who was marching across the bridge, and toward Delphini’s supporters.

 “Well, what are we waiting for?!” Pansy shrieked.

 Delphini and her supporters immediately started running towards the castle, only to be repelled midair.

 “Ugh!” Alyssa scoffed.

 “Damn it,” another follower cussed under his breath.

 “Those buggers cast protective spells,” another follower added.

 Arthur, Albus, Rose, Scorpius, Lily and Hugo watched as Delphini’s supporters fell to the floor with a great thump.

 “Yeah?!” Albus shouted mockingly. “You and whose army?!”

 “Albus, no!” Scorpius called.

 Albus continued to march across the bridge, ignoring his boyfriend.

 “Stand back or I’ll blow up this bridge!” Albus threatened.

 “And yourself with it?” one of Delphini’s supporters scoffed.

 Albus whipped out his wand, looking at him in the eye.

 “Incendio!”

 Delphini and her followers froze, their eyes on the fire that lit from the tip of Albus’s wand.

 “Albus!” Arthur hissed. “What are you doing?!”

 Albus held his wand out as if he was ready to burn the bridge down at any moment; his green eyes were filled with an unfamiliar, furious glow.

 “He’s mad!” one of Delphini’s followers cried, his face pale.

 Delphini and her supporters slowly started taking a few steps back.

 “Finite Incantatem!” Albus turned off the fire, satisfied, before turning away.

 “Albus! What were you thinking? You could’ve gotten us killed!” Rose scolded.

 Suddenly, there was a loud booming explosion from the bottom of the bridge that made Arthur, Albus, Rose, Scorpius, Lily and Hugo freeze, their eyes wide as plates.

 “You kids stay here,” Arthur said, before stepping forward, his wand pointed in front of him.

 Upon noticing the fire that was snarling like mad creatures, ready to attack at any moment, Arthur immediately sprinted back.

 “Someone set the bridge on fire!” he shouted. “Everyone, take cover! Into the castle, now!”

 Arthur, Albus, Rose, Scorpius, Lily and Hugo all started running toward the castle as the fire chased after them, amidst the cackles from Delphini’s followers.

 “Arthur, over here!” Sirius called, waving his arm.

 Molly and Narcissa were already running towards them.

 Meanwhile, those in the castle watched concernedly as the protective spells started coming off one by one. Delphini and her supporters started making their way toward Hogwarts.

 “They’re advancing!” Lorenzo warned everyone in the Great Hall.

 “Grab everything you can get, they’ll be here at any moment!” Teddy added.

 As her supporters began launching attacks elsewhere in the castle, Delphini stormed into the Great Hall, as everyone else froze.

 “Hand over Lorenzo Santini and you will be unharmed,” she hollered over the crowds, somewhat charismatically.

 “Didn’t you hear what she said?!” Alyssa shouted towards her classmates. “Come on, hand him over, what are you waiting for?!”

 Sirius, Andromeda, Teddy and Victoire, all of whom were shooting dirty looks toward Alyssa, immediately stepped up, shielding Lorenzo.

 Arthur, Molly, Lucius, Narcissa, Ron, Albus, Rose, Scorpius, Lily and Hugo stepped up next.

 Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour, their children Dominique and Louis, Percy and Audrey Weasley, their children Lucy and Molly, William Chang and Daisy Dursley then followed.

 Professors McGonagall, Longbottom, Davies, Flitwick, Slughorn, Greengrass and Hagrid also stepped up, followed by Madam Johnson, Charlie, George and Ginny Weasley, Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnigan, Ernie Macmillan and his son Henry, Luna Lovegood and Rolf Scamander.

Soon, Lorenzo ended up being surrounded by a protective shield of 41 pairs of glaring eyes, all determined to fight for him, for Hogwarts, for their cause.