Disclaimer: I do not own DGM or HP.
Warning: This contains mentions of child abuse, a female and dark harry, as well as mentions of PTSD, and slight gore. This is also an AU with alive Lily and James and a wrong-boy-who-lived.
TIME OF WAR
PART TWO
She fell asleep in her cupboard, Mint knew that she did, but she wasn't in it. She woke up in an abandon warehouse wrapped in a blanket. "Awake now little lady." Said someone behind her.
She turned and saw a boy. The boy looked to be about 17, he had fiery red hair that was held back by a bandana. He had an eyepatch that covered his right eye, while his other uncovered eye was a darker shade of green than hers that had a glint of mischief. He wore a black and silver jacket with a rose cross on his chest with black boots and pants. He had a holster strapped on to his thigh and a orange scarf around his neck.
The boy grinned and turned around and yelled, " Oi Lenalee, she woke up!"
A girl walked up from behind him. The girl looked to be about 15, she had green hair, that was so dark it looked almost black, up in twin pigtails. She had asian features with purple eyes that showed kindness and relief. She wore the same jacket as the boy but it was shorter with a short skirt and thigh high black boots.
The girl (lenalee) smiled at her. " You're awake that's a relief. We found you unconscience in the middle of the forest, and when we asked if anyone knew you they said no, so we brought you here. Are you okay?"
Mint was surprise, her magic has never done something like this before. Regardless of what others thought of her, she wasn't stupid. Magic was the only thing that makes sense, because strange things always happen around her. Not to mention that when the word 'magic' is said or mentioned anywhere near the Drusleys they looked nervously at her and deny its existence. (She still has the scars of the beaten she got when she said that word.) She had the feeling that her magic did more than transport her to a different location. ( Her instincts were hardly wrong.)
Despite the millions of question going on in her head, she stayed quiet. She hardly talked when she was around people she knew or was familiar with, so why should she talk to a pair of strangers. The girl looked slightly worried at her lack of response, while the boy had a calculating look in his eyes. She stared blankly at them, and just nodded not saying a word. "Can you talk?" The girl asked.
Mint could, but again she rarely talked. (No one listened anyway, so why bother.) Before she could respond however, there was an explosion outside that shook the ground. The boy and girl gave alarmed looks at each other, before the boy went running towards the doors. The girl turned to her and gave her a panicked look. " Stay here, whatever you do or hear, don't go outside until we come back." she said hurriedly before she turned and ran outside, closing the door behind her with a bang.
Explosion after explosion was heard outside,and the ground and warehouse shook each time. Mint was scared, she knew something major was happening outside, and that the boy and girl from before had something to do with it. She needed to get out of there, fast.
Before she could though, something burst through the doors. It was a huge turtle that stood on its two back legs. It had a helmet on its head and glowing white eyes looking directly at her. It had a big grin that showed sharp teeth. "Well, well, well, what do we have here?" It said in a voice that sounded metallic. Mint's instincts were screaming at her to run, run far away from this thing as fast as possible, but she stood rooted there, unable to move from the sheer fear she felt.
She snapped out of it however, when it opened its mouth and a green liquid came out of its mouth. She jumped to the side and avoided being hit by it. She looked at the place she used to be, and saw that the crates that were behind her were melting with a sickening sizzling sound. If Mint was scared before, she was now down right terrified.
The thing just chuckled ( which sended chills down her spine) and turned to her. "Just stand still sweetheart and let me enjoy your sweet screams." It said before it opened its mouth and fired again.
She stood up quickly and started running and dodging the acid. Years of running from her cousin and his gang finally paying off. "Stand still,damn it!" It growled impatiently as she continued to dodge its attacks. Mint hid behind a couple of crates, and trying to keep quiet.
The thing, now annoyed at her constante avoidance, raised one of its fists. "Fine you wanna play that way, I'll play my own way." It sneered before its fits started glowing purple. It slamed its fists into the ground near where Mint was hiding, destroying the crates and sending her flying.
Mint was on the ground now, covered in some debry of the destroyed crates. She was dazed and probably had a concussion too, since her head was bleeding. She heard something coming towards her, but she couldn't tell what it was since her vision was blurry. It was coming closer and she knew she need to get out of there, now. It was above her now, for even in her current state she knew the feeling of someone towering over you. (All the times her uncle and cousin towered over her before they viciously beat her.) It was that feeling that brought memories, unwanted memories of pain and abuse and fear.
She attempted to get up but she was still disoriented and weak, so she fell back down. Mint heard the thing laughing, it was probably taunting her but she was still so dazed she couldn't hear what it was saying properly. She suddenly felt a warmth spreading through her, and then she heard a crash behind her. She looked up from the floor and saw the thing looking back and snarling. A crate had smashed into its back, judging from the smashed crate behind it.
Then suddenly all the unbroken crates started floating and flew straight towards the thing. The crates smashed into it and buried the thing underneath all the remains of the crates. She managed to regain her senses and strength and managed to stand up. Only to be thrown back into the floor by the shock wave of the thing bursting through the debry.
If the thing was annoyed before, now it was angry. It was roaring in rage, shooting the acidic liquid in random direction. Debry was flying everywhere from its thrashing, with some flying her way and barely missing her.
Then something that was glowing landed right next to her head, she looked at it and was surprised at what she saw. It was glowing little cube, about the size of her hand, with two gears wrapped around it. The object was glowing faintly green.
A feeling of relief washed over Mint by looking at the strange little cube, for some reason. It felt like her magic, warm and safe. She could even feel her magic stir beneath her skin, her blood felt like it was on fire, and her heart raced as if she was running.
The turtle thing stopped thrashing and was glaring at the cube with pure loathing in its eyes. "Innocence." It hissed with pure venom in its voice. She flinched slightly at its tone, while its look sent shivers down her spine. (It's the same may her Uncle and Aunt would look and talk to her before receiving a beating.)
Mint didn't know why the thing hated the cube ('Innocence' the thing had called it.), but she somehow knew that it would help her. The Turtle thing opened its mouth again and was aiming at her this time, and she knew she wouldn't be able to move out of the way this time. Her hand started moving on its own (instinctively) towards the cube. As her hand touched the cube two things happened at the same time. The cube glowed brightly and was blinding to look at, and the thing fired the acid at her.
I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and I apologize for any mistakes I may have made.
Watch out for part three.
