The unknown hero

Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all other characters (except the Ocs) belong to J. K. Rowling The plot is loosely based on her GoF, but it´s mostly my own plot.

Rating: M

Pairing: OC/Fleur (more might be added)

Warnings: This story will have an OC and that is final. If you can´t deal with that, don´t read this.

Chapter 1: A letter from another world

Marcus awoke to an awful sound, coming from the window on his right. His vision still a little blurry from the sleep, he had to blink twice for it to clear, before the undefinable figure became an light brown owl, which scratched at the glass. Reaching out to open the window, the owl immediately jumped in and waited for Marcus to remove the letter, that was attached to her legs and as soon as that was done, it flew off. Marcus didn´t need to open the envelope to know about the contents: It was the item list for the next year at Hogwarts. As he thought about, a small smile formed on his face, as he remembered the last year.

All that buzz with those dementors just to find one prisoner! He still rolled his eyes in an amused manner as he thought about the obviously incompetent people in the ministry. At first their presence really did bother him and his friends, but it should not be for long. When the first half of the year had passed, one of those creatures tried to attack Fabio, as they headed for the school after a Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. They were kind of freaked out, as none of their spells worked on that thing. Luckily for them, their DADA teacher, Remus Lupin, showed up and cast a spell, that drove them off. Considering that event, he contacted his father to inquire about that spell and his father agreed to teach him in the holidays, that were only 2 days away. As he returned home, he trained the patronus charm for 2 whole weeks, but at last managed a corporeal one, which has the form of a dog, a small labrador, however his friends did not have that much luck. Berk at least managed a non-corporeal, but Fabio didn´t produce any form of it, despite having 2 girlfriends, which gave his friends perfect material for teasing him.

Returning his thoughts to the present he noticed it was only 7:20 am on a Saturday.

Briefly considering to go back to sleep, he instead decided to take a shower and take the dogs for a walk.

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Leaving a note for his parents he took the leashes, which awoke his two dogs, Lucky and Fina, both labradors, immediately and they raced to him. 'Always the same with you two.' Marcus thought amused 'As soon as you hear that, the only thing that could stop you is food.'. They barely left the house, as he noticed 4 shadows at the bus stop on the other side of the road. He could see some bottles on the ground and a faint smoke cloud at theirs mouths. 'Oh, great just what I need. A group of drunken morons, who smoke before breakfast and love to beat the shit out of younger teeagers. And I don´t have a wand with me! Oh joy!' Marcus thought, more than a little annoyed. He had a good idea, who those guys were and really didn´t want to encounter them right now. This bunch was responsible for the scar on his chin and some minor injuries on … other places. It was after that day, that he learned how to defend himself, without a wand or backup.

Taking a deep, calming breath, he started to walk along the road, heading for the nearby forest. The dogs obviously felt his anger towards the group as both started to growl silently. Of course this didn´t go unnoticed by the jerks, who now started to approach him. "Hey, wimp" one called out in a slurry voice "where do you think you´re going, huh? Think your stupid dogs will protect you?" Marcus turned to face his attacker and let go of both leashes while flatly stating "I don´t need them to face a bunch of drunken fools." That comment drove the bunch mad. The caller ran toward him, but Marcus merely sidestepped and made him trip over his foot, which in term caused him to ram his head against a tree, which knocked him out. 2 others were intercepted by the dogs, who effectively bit them in the legs, felling them and kept them down. '3 out, 1 more to go' The last attacker changed tactics and pulled out a knife. Marcus only grinned at that, while he encircled him. Then the attack came. Again Marcus sidestepped, but this time he grabbed the arm of his attacker and twisted it upwards, which made a rather loud cracking noise as his opponent screamed in pain. While still holding the arm, he used the other arm to punch a weak spot at the neck, causing the other to black out.

He called his dogs back to him. They weren´t aggressive in normal situations, but when their owners were attacked, they always defended him. He then looked at his surroundings again: 1 guy lay in front of a tree, with an apple next to his head, 2 more were unconscious with ripped pants and the last one lay before him with a knife next to an twisted arm. 'So much for that whole "have a peaceful walk in the morning" stuff' Marcus thought as he readjusted his jacket. 'Now, about that walk...'

BREAK (45 minutes later)

As he returned from the long, calming walk, he heard some voices from the garden. He heard thing like "Well those guys had it coming for a long time." he heard one saying, to which a female one retorted "Still, he really didn`t have to break that guys arm! I mean..." "That´s enough, Marie! That fool had a knife, while Marcus had nothing, but his guts!" she was interrupted by an gruffy voice. Marcus chose that moment to make an appearance. "Alright, did you pick those wimps up or did they leave on their own?" he joked, which brought him the attention of everyone present. "Oh, they got away themselves, bro." answered Berk, who stood up to greet his best friend. "But they were quite pale, mind to fill me in on the details?" he asked with obvious joy. "That´s what I´d like to know as well." said my mother in a sort of angry way, before Michael glanced at her. "Marie! We already talked about this. If Marcus really does beat up guys like that, he has a hell of a reason for it! We both know he only uses his strength in absolute emergencies and we also know his past, so there is nothing to yell at him for. Isn´t that right, Marcus?" he added, as he looked at his son. "Well, if you call being attacked by 4 drunken idiots, with one of them armed with a knife a reason, then yes, I suppose I had one. Oh, by the way, I only took down 2." he replied while nodding at the dogs. His father only gave a nod to confirm he heard and read the newspaper in front of him. Marcus then took a seat next to his best friend and talked with him about the upcoming year.

"So, you got your item list as well?" he asked Berk, to which he nodded affirmatively. "Yeah, can´t wait to return to Hogwarts. So got any plans for the year yet? I mean besides teasing Fabio about his... luck with the girls." He paused as Marcus rolled his eyes before continuing "Oh come on, man. We both know he has bad luck there, why do you always reject the idea of having a girl on your side? They´re not that bad, you know." At first it seemed as if Marcus didn´t want to reply, however after half a minute: "I can only tell you what I know. Every single girl I have ever encountered either want fame and admiration or money or an willing servant. And I refuse to sacrifice my freedom for the POSSIBILITY of satisfying one desire." he stated grimly. Now it was Berk´s turn to roll his eyes. "And what about Hermione? She doesn´t appear to want any of that, does she?" "Yeah, but did you ever look at Harry or Ron when she is nearby? They know her much better then I do and I don´t really want to ruin the friendship to them completely. Just let it be, ok? As for your other question, no I didn´t plan anything yet. And I don´t think there will be much going on this year. I mean we already had the sorcerers stone, a basilisk and dementors. I think this school played all it´s REALLY interesting cards already. So, got any ideas?" Marcus retorted with the clear intention of changing the subject.

"Well, we could always ask Fred and George if they a new invention ready for testing. As for ideas, I think I have some...".

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So this is it for the first chapter. I know it´s quite short, but I`ll try to improve upon it.

Please leave comments and advices, I`d be very grateful for that. Now the plan is to first get our boys to Diagon Alley and then get Fleur into the story. I hope you enjoyed this story so far and see you soon.