The next night Harry stood alone deep inside the dark forest in the pouring rain waiting for the demon he made a deal with to show up. The deal was simple, if Harry could defeat the demon Akura in battle not only would Akura remove the fragment of Voldemort's soul from harry and help harry find the evidence needed to clear his name of the crimes he didn't even do, but he would also grant Harry the ability to cast spells using his stamina and energy in the place of a wand or magical core.
The demon appeared the same as the night before, silently and without warning.
"Are you ready harry?" Akura asks the man transforming into what looked like a monster from the deepest pits of hell.
Harry thinks of how the three girls he was secretly in love with, Alicia, Angelina and Kate hated him. How they kicked him off of the Quidditch team because they lost one match and because they found out he could talk to snakes. Harry then took a look around at the forest, at the heavily raining night sky. A fitting place for him to die, Harry thought.
"No," Harry said, finally answering the question.
"All I needed to know," Akura growled out circling Harry.
Harry, who had been trying to find the courage and guts to pull this off, drew the sword of Gryffindor from the hidden sheath in his elder black horn tail dragon hide trench coat. A coat which he had stolen from the things Filch had confiscated over the years. He puts himself into a fighting stance stealing his resolve.
When Akura lunged at him Harry was ready, and swung the sword low. It nicked Akura on his left foot but it did nothing to stop him from his assault. Akura dodged, swiped, jumped and all the while Harry tried in vain to keep up and protect himself. Akura stopped his assault and changed into a manticore form, then clicked the two talons on his front right paw together. To Harry's left appeared all three girls he had a crush on. They stood in shock, before taking in Akura's appearance and screamed. Akura grinned at Harry snidely before turning to the girls, getting ready to pounce.
"NO!" Harry screamed as he leapt swinging the sword down and catching Akura's right shoulder, leaving a deep cut. Harry put himself in front of the girls and stood defiantly. "This was between you and me, not them."
Akura sat back on his haunches and started licking his wound. As he licked it, it started healing. When it was fully healed Akura changed back into human form and walked towards Harry. Harry held the sword up, keeping distance between Akura and the girls, "not another step."
Akura grinned, "All right Harry, I admit defeat; you win."
Harry stood in shock and lowered the sword. Then his jaw dropped even lower when Kate, Angelina and Alicia swarmed him. Babbling about whether he was okay or not and swooning from the fact that he had risked his life to save them.
"Harry, Albus Dumbledore has dropped his spell. He thinks you are broken and is now ready for the next step in his plan. Every night I will meet you and train you after removing Voldemort's soul, but by day you must act as if you are the broken, helpless boy he created; understood?" Akura asked, and when Harry nodded he disappeared. Leaving Harry to the three girls who just couldn't thank or apologize to him enough.