Chapter Two: Proper Dueling Form
I ducked under an oncoming barrage of spells and rolled and got up again, brandishing my wand like a sword. I jabbed in the air, and said, "Vicketyra." It was a Normal spell. A bright white light shot out of my wand and changed into a hand, grabbing the dark knight off the broom and smashing him into the ground. James and Lily turned around looking at me shocked, but I simply concentrated. Next barrage of spells, I needed a shield to block my parents.
"Sghythurefy," I said, making a hard metal dome around us that absorbed most of the spells. Then I jumped into the air using a wandless levitation spell, straight into a dark knight's stomach. He went, "oof!" and fell off his broom. One of his friends swooped down to save him. I took his broom and flew circles around the knights. Holy cow! This was a fast broom, like twice as fast as my firebolt. I swooped down near the water fountain, feeling cool sprays on my back and shoulders. It was hot and that felt good. I suddenly got an idea. "Avigarjji" I said, an African spell this time. I knew a lot of spells. Hermione trained me.
The water rose in the air, a ball of swirling water. It shot like a bomb toward a cloud of death knights coming right for me.
Now they were all wet, and they couldn't maneuver on their brooms as well soaking wet. I grinned and turned around. But I didn't see a dark knight coming at me from the side. He kicked my ribs, and I fell. I was in a ten year old's body. I fell and fell, and felt something soft catching me: a bed. A house elf was there to the side. My mouth fell open when I saw who it was. "Dobby?" I said in surprise.
He nodded. "Happy to serve, Harry Potter!" Some things never change no matter what universe you end up in, it seems…
The dark knights were formidable opponents but I'd faced worse. Having to fight Voldemort half dead really taught you to see things in a new light. My main concern was for James and Lily but they were doing okay. I did a quick healing spell on my ribs. This would leave me exhausted later but now I needed to be in my top form.
There were seven dark knights left. James and Lily were really injured, they couldn't duel for any longer. I had to end this, and fast. I jumped out of the soft white bed and swung my wand through the air, "Bisave!" I said, letting loose a hot spray of magnum and lava at one of the death eaters. He screamed. This was major dark magic but it costed little energy so I could keep this up forever.
"Harry, what are you doing? Get away from here! Go to the fire-" James was saying, but a green curse started coming at him.
"James, duck!"
He turned to look behind him, and then the curse hit. He had a shocked expression on his face as he fell to the ground, dead. His eyes were still open.
Lily burst into tears and did a crazy charm with lots of wand waving. A wave of ropes shot out of her wand, like thousands of ropes trying to tie the death eaters. I shook my head, light magic wouldn't work in this situation. I needed to use dark magic for sure. But it was very corrupting…
"Finasji," I said, a Japanese spell that shot lightning. I hit two dark knights before three of them swooped down from the air, shooting spells I had never seen before. They made big explosions. Very dangerous. I summoned the bed in front an oncoming spell and started running into the house. "Mom, come on!" I shouted. I looked behind, and saw that she was dead, bleeding from the chest and stomach. There was a hole where her forehead used to be. Brains oozed out of her skull. I wanted to vomit. I guess I was all alone.
Into the house. Floo powder! I could use it to get Dumbledore and he would help me out. But where was the fireplace. I went into the living room: dark décor, expensive furniture, paintings that looked like they were worth a gazillion galleons. The fireplace was boarded up. "What the fuck-" I heard footsteps running after me. I hid to the side of the door and as the dark knight ran into the room I shouted, "Avada Kedavra!" The curse hit his back. Ironic, that felt like déjà vu some how.
Shit, I just did an AK. Didn't mean to. Just came out. What the hell's wrong with me? Two other dark knights in front of me. I ducked spells and shot a reducto back while running into the kitchen: marble white, extremely clean. Looked like a surgery room. There were knives of all sorts hanging on a rack. Perfect. I took the rack down. I was a good knife thrower, not the best, but pretty awesome. With magic anyways.
Concentrate Harry. Right, use the watchamacallit, the push spell. I levitated the knives into the air and as the two dark knights entered the kitchen shooting spells in all directions, I said, "Fokarune," and made all the knives shoot at them. One of the death eaters put up a shield. Shit. "Avada Kedavra!" Nothing blocks this curse. The green light went faster than the knives. The shield broke. Knives hit.
Two dark knights dead.
How many more were left.
Silence.
I think I killed them all.
I went cautiously into the grounds, and counted nine dead bodies. There were still like four more around here somewhere. I picked up a fallen broom and decided quickly that I would have to journey to Hogwarts. I made the map spell again and saw to my disappointment that the castle was about nine hundred miles from here.
Goddamit. We were on some island, not the UK. Some tropical island. It explained the heat.
Suddenly I saw a bright light coming from far away, from the woods. Something was slithering here. My jaws dropped when I saw that it was the same snake I had met in the forest. That felt like decades ago. How did she get here.
"Do you have magic powers," I asked her as she came closer.
"Of course," she said, nodding her head. "Magic comes naturally for me. I am after all, the Queen."
"Can you help me?"
She nodded, "I killed four of them," she said, "They never expected me."
"I bet not," I said, "Tell me, how do I get to Hogwarts really quick? How did you come here? Teleportation or something?"
"Yes, my kind of teleportation, I can take you to Hogwarts if you like. But first you must bond with me."
"Like a bond that witches make with cats? That kind of bond?" I asked.
"Yes, I need that to survive. I have a dangerous disease that will kill me if I don't bond with a powerful wizard. Do you accept?"
I said yes. Suddenly I felt waves of warmth going through me and then I saw in my mind two bubbles: one was me, and the other was the snake. There was a wave of red light that linked these two bubbles. We were bonded. That was fast.
The snake looked up at him and said, "My name's Nagini, and you are Harry Potter."
I nodded, "How will you take me there?"
"Touch my scales," she said, "I will teleport you to the forbidden forest."
As I touched her body I remembered that I heard her name somewhere before. Bloody hell, this was Voldemort's snake!
The question was… where was Voldemort?
Then I felt a powerful pulling sensation in my feet and I was whisked away from Potter mansion.
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AN: I know we're going a bit fast, but I'll slow down next chapter. Please review! I love reviews!
