Chapter 7: Clear and Capture

Harry was walking a little ahead of a continually arguing Linus and Evangeline with a slight grin on his face. Harry wanted to fly back to the city, saying that he felt more at home in the air then on foot, which made Evangeline smile at him until Linus laughed and pointed out that an unfortunate design flaw in Werewolves was that they weren't given wings.

Harry had also found out (when Linus wasn't arguing and had the time to talk to him), that Linus wasn't controlled by the full moon and could change into the wolf at will, anytime he pleased and that he, like Evangeline, was born the way he is. He also learned that Evangeline and Linus had grown up together, because Linus lived on an island on the middle of the lake at Arcana Aegidis called Le Loup Garou Isle. Harry even told Linus about Remus. As much as he liked Linus and Evangeline he missed his old friends alot. Linus shook his head and whistled.

'I admire your friend. Seriously I don't think I could handle what he puts up with everyday just because of what he is.' Linus said

'Its called discrimination idiot.' Evangeline muttered from behind them.

Linus turned around and frowned at her.

'Who you callin' an idiot?' Linus growled.

Evangeline frowned right back at him.

'The idiot that messed up a month of tracking, that's who!' Evangeline hissed through her barred fangs.

Linus groaned frustratingly.

'I've said I'm sorry Evie! Can't you just drop it all ready?' Linus said.

Harry shook his head and kept walking, their arguing had started again.

Reminds me of the fights Ron and Hermione use to have. I wonder how they're coping without me? Harry thought, the smile slipping from his face.

They walked on, Harry leading the way his Vampire sense's leading him in the right direction. Suddenly, he felt something or rather sensed something up ahead. He stopped and frowned. He could hear soft voices and the cracking and popping of a fire somewhere in the distance. They sounded like wizards, more importantly Death Eaters.

Damn! Evie wasn't joking when she said I had great hearing! Harry thought smiling again.

He was vaguely aware that Evangeline and Linus had stopped arguing. Harry looked over his shoulder in alarm at Evangeline who was frowning, the light of the moon making her eyes shine an golden colour. Linus on the other hand looked completely bewildered. It was true he had great hearing, but nowhere near as good as the two vampires.

'What?' Linus whispered.

'Death Eaters, in the next clearing about 40m that way,' Evangeline nodded in the general direction Harry was now frowning at. 'So you can stop whispering, wolfboy, they can't even hear you this far away.'

Linus chose to ignore her.

'How many are there?' He asked, directing the question at Harry.

Evangeline shrugged.

'Don't kn….'

'Five, there's five in that clearing huddling around a small fire.' Harry answered, turning around at two shocked faces.

Linus grinned suddenly and barked in laughter.

'Oh, Harry my buddy, I bow down to you! You shut miss high-and-mighty up!' Linus cackled.

Evangeline smiled happily at Harry, who grinned backed.

'He learns fast.' Evangeline said.

Linus, who was now grinning like cashier cat, turned to Evangeline.

'So…what we gunna do 'bout them?'

Evangeline smiled evilly and with the moonlight shining in her soulless eyes, the effect was maddening.

'Clear and capture?' Linus asked, backing away a little.

'Clear and capture, and we get to see how the kid goes.' Evangeline grinned.

Harry frowned a little at what she said, but also, in a weird roundabout way, understood what it meant. In vampire terms, he was a kid.

'Harry, you know what clear and capture is?' Linus said, that mischievous grin back in place.

Harry grinned back.

'Oh I can guess, don't worry about that.'

'Heres the deal. Harry you stay near me, even though I doubt you'll have too much trouble. We don't have swords, so strength, speed and magic will have to do. Linus if you have to go wolfy, do it but both of you remember to at least knock one out for mum so she can question them.' Evangeline said.

Linus rolled his eyes and saluted Evangeline.

'Yes Captain Personality.' He muttered.

Evangeline turned to Harry.

'You ok with this? If your not just say so.' She sounded genuinely concerned.

Harry just grinned.

'If you had seen what I usually get myself into, this is a walk in the park compared to Voldemort himself.' Harry shrugged.

'You've fought Voldie? You serious?' Linus asked, awestruck.

Harry nodded, not really wanting to relive the experience to Linus.

'Well I'll be damned.' Linus muttered.

'Come on you two, and stay in the shadows. And Linus.'

Linus was still gaping at Harry unbelievingly.

'Hmmm…' He muttered turning to look at her.

'Keep up.' She said, grinning just before running off.

Linus turned to Harry.

'Go slow for me?' He pleaded.

Harry laughed, shook his head and ran off catching up with Evangeline a second later.

Harry and Evangeline were crouched behind a thick bush by the time Linus dropped down beside them, breathing a little heavier. Linus took a big gulp of air before talking in a very low whisper that ordinarily Harry wouldn't have heard.

'Me… go other…side.' Linus gasped, pointing to a thicket of trees on the left.

Evangeline nodded, trying not to smile, and waved him off. Linus stayed next to them for a few more minutes before running off into the gloom. Evangeline was looking out at the clearing watching the five death eaters huddling around the semi bonfire that every now and then coughed a different colour, at the moment it was purple.

'We'd have a better chance if we could put out that fire, that way we'd have the element of surprise.' Evangeline thought, frowning at the fire as if it was going to bite her.

What surprised Harry enough to make him jump in surprise is that he heard her thought loud and clear as if she had spoken it out loud. Hoping that he didn't imagine it, he tried to send a thought back.

'I have an idea, I think.' He thought.

This time it was Evangeline's turn to look startled but smiled to herself all the same, nodding.

'You do catch on quick! I wasn't even going to start teaching you this yet!' She thought. 'But whatever you're going to do, do it quick. I don't know wizard magic and that fire is quiet clearly wizard magic.'

Harry nodded, quiet pleased with himself but secretly hoping that his idea will work. He held out his right hand and closed his eyes in concentration, bending all his thought on a wandless version of the 'Finite Incantatum' charm. In the clearing there was a loud cough as the fire changed from purple to black.

Evangeline was watching Harry and the fire very intently, thinking something's gotta give, either the fire or Harry. Suddenly there was the sound of water being thrown on a hot fire and the clearing went pitch black. Startled shrieks from the death eater's, and as Evangeline could see, and it made her smile wickedly, that they were now standing in a group wands held out and eyes opened as wide as they could go.

Harry finally opened his eyes to see Evangeline's triumphant smile, the huddled Death Eater ring in the middle of the dark clearing and the (to Harry it sounded as if he was laughing) howl of Linus somewhere on their left.

'Excellent Harry!' Evangeline thought to him.

'Alright lets go before Linus beats us to it.' Evangeline said in a whisper this time

'Too late.' Harry pointed to the wolf he just saw bounding out of the bushes and tackling one of the death eaters causing the ring break and four cries of Lumos.

Evangeline and Harry moved in one lightning quick movement into the clearing, both using their mental powers to fling two fleeing Death Eaters into the trees, the wands flying to the opposite end as there masters. Linus was swatting, claws and all, at the Death Eaters keeping them in a tight circle barring his sharp yellow looking teeth barking and growling at them. It seemed that one Death Eater kept getting in the way of Linus's claws because as he collapsed Harry could clearly see torn pieces of his robe in odd places and deep bloody gashes on his legs, torso and arms. One of the Death Eaters that was standing in the little group shouted a curse at Linus who whined as he was thrown backwards into the remains of the fire.

Harry frowned in hatred for the man and rushed over there before Evangeline could stop him.
Harry had appeared suddenly in front of him, startling all the Death Eaters, looking absolutely furious at the man (he was even unaware of the fact that his fangs were barred) and the Death Eater backed away from him looking horrified. Harry held his right hand in a fist still staring furiously at the Death Eater.

Evangeline watched mouth agape as the Death Eater was lifted off the ground dropping the wand and choked. Harry was strangling him. Then Harry flicked his left hand at the strangling Death Eater flinging him into a near by tree, knocked unconscious.

Linus had gotten up from his little tumble and was know sitting next to Harry like a very large obedient dog. The other Death Eaters were looking at Harry in total shock. One of the Death Eaters, that had been flung into the trees, was creeping up behind him with his wand raised and a crazed grin on his face.

Evangeline spotted him and in her mind shrieked to Harry, not realising that he had all ready sensed the creeper. The Death Eater muttered a curse at Harry's back. Grinning to himself Harry jumped narrowly avoiding the cractus cruse hitting one of the Death Eaters instead. Evangeline had ran around behind the creeper and kicked him in the behind sending him sprawled out over the grass on his belly before Harry had landed and clicked her fingers causing all the wands to fly in her direction landing at her and Harry's feet. Linus was growling again and swatting at the Death Eaters like they were flies.

Harry and Evangeline walked forward smiling wickedly.

'Nighty, Night.' Evangeline said.

Harry clicked his fingers and the three Death Eaters were wrapped in very tight bonds until they toppled over in a great heap. Evangeline bend over all three, covered their eyes with one hand and using a tree branch, knocked them out.

Linus was now standing next to Harry eyes wide in awe and holding onto the shoulder that had been grazed when he landing in the dead fire ring.

'You all right Linus?' Harry asked, frowning.
Linus laughed.

'Yes, nothing but scratch but it bloody hurts! You…shit…how the hell did you do that to Mr. Unconscious over there?' He pointed to the Death Eater he had flung into the tree.

Harry shrugged feeling a little embarrassed at the stares he was getting from the both of them.

'I don't how I did it, I just… did it.' He replied.

Linus shrugged this time.

'Whatever mate…but it was awesome. Did you see their faces?!' and with that Linus broke into a bark of laughter.

Evangeline smiled. She herself couldn't believe that just after two nights Harry had picked everything up so quickly, it just came to him so natural, like was almost his fate, if you believed in such things, to become a vampire in the first place.

'Well, if there's one thing I've learnt today its that I will, never again, underestimate Harry.' Evangeline said as she dragged the Death Eater lying at the base of the tree by the arm over toward them.

'I second that!' Linus said grinning foolishly at her.

Harry was looking around the clearing, something wasn't right. That captured Death Eaters didn't add up.
Three tied up, one not. But weren't there…

'Ones missing. There were five to start off with know there's only four.' He said quietly.

Linus swore loudly kicking at a loose stone and Evangeline looked at him with wide eyes.

'One got away. Damn it, damn them to the deepest corner of hell!' Linus muttered.

Harry agreed privately.

'There's nothing we can do about that. If Voldemort finds out about this, about you Harry, there is noting to be done now. Lets go home now and take our little friend with us. Leave the others.' Evangeline said, picking the guy up as if he weight less then a feather and walked across the clearing.

Linus and Harry followed in silence. He hoped to god, his parents, Evangeline, Remus, Ron and Hermione that Voldemort wouldn't find out. But of course nothing that he ever wished, hoped or prayed for ever came true. It was an inevitable fact that yes Voldemort would find out about him, and very soon due to a simple mistake. Evangeline's voice suddenly broke his thoughts.

'Don't worry too much Harry, he can't get to you at Aegdis and anyway after how you went tonight he may just underestimate you, giving you the upper hand so to speak. You were brilliant, Harry. You learn very quick, quicker then anyone i've met.' Her voice said.

Harry smiled at her back.