A/N: Thank you becky red for your kind reviews. Just as a side note, most of the spells used in this chapter are actual Latin. Some words may have been modified for it to flow smoothly.
This chapter is supposed to show how powerful the key is, and yet extremely simple.
Power of the Key
Time resumed.
"AUGUSTUS EXEO!" Harry bellowed. Instantly, the clouds parted, releasing a beam of white light that suddenly blazed from the sky and enveloped Harry, absorbing the curses.
Startled by the sudden escalation in Harry's power and unknown spells, the Death Eaters paused. Harry took advantage of this.
Harry pointed his wand at a cluster of Death Eaters and muttered, "Discutio."
The Death Eaters exploded in a shower of blood, flesh, organs, and bones. Without hesitation, Harry shifted his aim and cast his next spell.
"Aboleo!" His wand bucked and shot forth a small yellow pulse. The Death Eaters, having seen what Harry was capable of up, hastily erected shields. Harry smirked as the pulse passed cleanly through the shields and into the mass of Death Eaters, detonating with enough force to split Hogwarts in half.
Witnessing what Harry was capable of, the Death Eaters resorted to using the most powerful curses they knew of.
This time, Harry was forced jump aside as several killing curses sped toward him from the Death Eaters, who were now getting desperate.
Harry flicked his wand. The sheer power alone from the spell alone was capable of wiping out all the Death Eaters at once, had they remained in a single mob.
They scattered.
A violent explosion erupted from the ground, creating a twenty-meter wide and seven meter deep crater.
As many as Harry had taken out, there were still many Death Eaters left. Another jet of green light flashed toward him. Harry simply stepped aside and the curse struck another Death Eater.
"Stupid idiots," Harry muttered. He was wondering why the Death Eaters he was fighting were so weak when twenty more Death Eaters Apparated in.
The Inner Circle had arrived.
In unison, the Death Eaters sent killing curses at him. Harry ducked under them and sent another spell in response.
"Lapidesco!"
None of the Inner Circle were hit by the silver beam, but other Death Eaters who did crumbled to dust instantly.
"So, Potter has learned a few tricks," one of the Death Eaters said.
Harry paused and shouted back, "Well, look who's here. Lucius Malfoy, father of the ferret boy."
"Surrender now Potter, I may release your friends if you do," Malfoy offered.
"Perhaps not. You will leave now, or face the same fate as those you see around you," Harry countered. .
"Then you leave us no…" Malfoy left off. He realized that something was very wrong. Something very wrong with Potter.
"Lucius, be careful," a woman whispered from his right. "Potter, he is different."
"I know Bella, I feel it too. It's like he's a different person," Malfoy whispered back. "Do you think he is actually someone in Polyjuice?"
"Well, considering all the damage he's done here, most likely," Bellatrix said.
Harry watched Malfoy speak to another Death Eater, a female, most likely Bellatrix Lestrange.
"Are you done talking to each other yet?" Harry called out. "I have better things to do you know."
Malfoy turned to Harry. "Let us begin then!"
Harry and Malfoy took dueling stances and started circling.
"Accio wand!" Harry muttered. Malfoy was startled when his wand started to slip out of his grasp, but managed to yell out the shield charm, ending the summoning charm.
"Unusual trick Potter, but it will take more than that," hissed Malfoy.
Harry didn't speak, but gave Malfoy a calculating look, which unsettled him.
Malfoy pointed his wand at a portion of the floor and gave it a flick. The ground rippled and melted into a large molten mass. He waved his wand and the molten material expanded rapidly toward Harry.
Harry didn't even bother to step back or cast a spell for protection. He simply stepped onto the "lava."
"Impossible! It must be some sort of a trick," Malfoy breathed. Then he realized Harry was actually floating above the molten rock.
Pointing his wand at the "lava," Harry said, "Glacio!"
A jet of blue light enveloped the molten mass, flash freezing it. Harry lowered to the ground, crushing ice under his shoes.
"Crucio!" shouted Malfoy.
Harry dodged to the side and aimed his wand at Malfoy's. "Termino crucio!"
Malfoy had no idea what Harry had cast as well as the spell being colorless. Raising his wand, he shouted again, "Crucio!"
To his astonishment, his wand trembled, but the Cruciatus Curse refused to be cast.
"What did you did to my wand, Potter?" demanded Malfoy.
"I locked out the Cruciatus Curse. Now you can't cast it for the next four weeks," Harry answered. "I can restrict any spell as I see fit, and I can think of one right now. Termino Avada Kedavra!"
Malfoy growled and pointed his wand at Harry. "Tormenta!"
"Diverto!" yelled Harry. The sickly black curse seemed to strike an angled surface and rebounded away from Harry, striking yet another Death Eater.
"Malfoy, if you hadn't noticed," said Harry. "Every curse you throw at me always seems to strike another one of your own."
"Reducto!" Malfoy screamed. This time, Harry sent the spell straight back at Malfoy, forcing him to dodge to the side.
"Perhaps you should use a broader range of spells Lucy," Harry taunted.
Malfoy bellowed in rage and shouted, "Avada Kedavra!"
Harry could only shake his head as the restriction charm locked in the curse. Malfoy's wand started to emit a sickly green color, growing brighter and brighter. Suddenly, his wand exploded, destroying Malfoy's arm.
Suddenly, Harry's expression turned serious, very serious.
"It is time I ended this."
Harry raised his wand and released a multitude of deadly curses. The Death Eaters who were watching fell rapidly, bursting apart physically or into flames of various colors.
"SHIELDS! GET YOUR SHIELDS UP!" Bellatrix screamed. Altogether, the Death Eaters raised their wands and erected a variety of different colored shields, deflecting the curses.
"Can't get us now eh, Potter?" Malfoy managed to gasp.
Harry simply leveled his wand at the center of the shield.
"Transigo!" With a piercing screech, a bolt of yellow light shot from Harry's wand and into the shields. It blew cleanly through and splattered the Death Eaters directly behind the blast.
"STRONGER SHIELDS DAMMIT! AS STRONG AS YOU CAN GET IT!" Bellatrix shrieked. Harry was pleased to hear the fear behind her voice.
More shields snapped into existence, much brighter and larger this time.
Harry narrowed his eyes and repeated his spell. This time, it only caused a large ripple in the shields, but no apparent damage was visible.
"Looks like we…" Bellatrix went silent, clearly not wanting to anger Harry even more.
But it was too late. Harry had heard her.
"It is time you died Bellatrix, for murdering my godfather," Harry said coldly.
Pointing his wand directly at Bellatrix, Harry roared, "TRANSADIGO!"
Black light started swirling around Harry's wand, building up size and speed rapidly. After a full second, the light was rotating so fast it looked like an inverted vortex. With the force of a cannon, it fired from his wand like a rotating drill and slammed into the shield.
Black lightning erupted from the impact, shattering the rest of the shields. The black spiral continued on, but Bellatrix had moved, avoiding injury.
The rest of the Death Eaters however, weren't so lucky. Over half of them lay dead or dying on the ground.
Suddenly, every surviving Death Eater held an object of some sort.
"ACTIVATE!" Malfoy screamed. Instantly, every one of the living Death Eaters porkeyed away, leaving an enraged Harry and a devastated platform.
"Harry! Are you all right?"
Harry turned around to see Dumbledore, Moody, Tonks, and dozens of Order members Apparate onto the platform.
"What happened here?" asked Dumbledore.
Harry gestured around. "Death Eater attack."
"Death Eater attack?" Moody gasped. "This looks more like a muggle war zone than a Death Eater attack."
"Harry, did you do all this?" asked Tonks.
"Yes. I did all this. And no, I am not going to tell you how I did it," Harry muttered with annoyance.
"Out with it Potter," a voice spat out from behind him.
"Now Serverus, we don't need that-" Dumbledore started to say, but Harry interrupted.
"If he wants to see, I'll show him," he said. "Transigo!"
Snape raised a shield instinctively, but was forced to move aside in shock as the spell drove through the shield effortlessly.
"How did you do that?" demanded Snape.
"You mean penetrate your shield?" Harry asked with amusement. "Are you blind? I cast a spell, you raised a shield, and the spell broke through it. How else did I do it?"
Dumbledore frowned at him. "Harry, there is no need for that kind of language here. However, I too, am interested in how you learned these spells."
"I have already told you Professor," said Harry. "I will not tell you how I can do this."
"Harry-"
"ENOUGH!" Harry suddenly screamed, panting heavily. "That is none of your concern. Cease your inquiries or I will silence you."
Tonks stared at him, stunned.
"Harry, you've changed. What happened to you?" asked Tonks.
"None of your concern," Harry repeated coldly. "What I will do here is repair the damage and heal those who are injured."
"A simple Reparo will not repair the extent of the damage here, Harry," said Dumbledore. "This place will require extensive repair work, not to mention the damaged anti-muggle wards."
Harry looked at the ancient wizard and said, "Well, what about this? Redintegro!"
Immediately, scattered fragments of various objects, pieces of the floor, and everything else that were broken flew back to where they once were. Scorch marks, blood splatters, various damage, all cleared in the first few seconds. The crater that Harry had made filled itself back up with new concrete and smoothed itself.
In less than thirty seconds, all visible damage to the platform was gone. There was no evidence of a battle ever taking place, except for the scattered bodies of the Death Eaters.
Dumbledore could only look around in wonder. How had this sixteen year-old boy accomplish such a task in such a short amount of time while he himself would have taken at least ten minutes to do the same?
"I-I don't believe this."
"Yes, it's hard to believe isn't it?" Harry said with a smile. "But, it's done."
Slowly, all around them, the surviving parents and students started cheering.
"Harry! Harry! Harry!"
Harry groaned and looked to Dumbledore. "I hate publicity."
Moody laughed. Slowly, the rest of the Order left to clean up the numerous fallen bodies, leaving only Harry and Dumbledore.
Harry's eyes suddenly widened.
"Where's Remus?"
Dumbledore smiled. "Not to worry Harry. He is safe and sound at Headquarters."
"How did he get there?"
"It must have been something you did," said the headmaster, looking at Harry.
Harry looked genuinely confused. "But, I didn't do anything!"
"Harry, what were you thinking, or feeling, when the Death Eaters first attacked?" Dumbledore asked.
Harry thought for a moment. "I wanted Remus to go somewhere safe, someplace where I will not worry about him."
Smiling, Dumbledore replied, "Well, imagine his surprise when he appeared in the kitchen of Headquarters. He informed us of the attack and we left immediately."
"Wait. You left immediately? But why did it take you so long to get here?" Harry asked.
"What are you talking about so long?" Snape spoke up from behind him. "We arrived here in two minutes."
"Two minutes? Then that must meant I did all this…" Harry gasped.
"Incredibly fast, yes," Moody wheezed. "Potter, are you aware there are over fifty dead Death Eaters here?"
"N-no. Not at all," Harry replied, shocked.
Scowling, Moody walked off to clean up the remaining bodies.
"Harry, take this," whispered Dumbledore. He pressed a rock fragment into Harry's hand. "This portkey will take you directly to Hogwarts. Wait for me there."
Harry could only nod as Dumbledore counted down. "Three…two…one."
There was a jerk below his naval and Harry whirled away.