A/N: Ok now I'm really depressed. Before I was kidding but now I can tell that there is something wrong with the story. 107 people visited the first chapter and only 40 went on to the second I really need to edit the first chapter. Maybe I could make it more detailed and less confusing. Sigh
Yeah as I stated before I will not be writing the details of the Quidditch match too much and I will barely mention it.
I find it funny that I attract people who love the horror genre. I mean the people I find and talk to all like horror over romance. Not a bad thing but I prefer romance myself, mostly fluff is better.
I will put a pairing for Harry. I want to see if can make the story more in depth. Just tell me who you want to see him with boy or girl.
I'm straight if anybody is wondering, I just can appreciate all literature and some slash stories do have good writing. I personally see outwardly gay people as the bravest people ever. They fight for what they believe in, take the crap people throw at them, fight against all odds for love, and they put everything on the line, their family, their friends, their future, and their life and still fight to be equal and change the world. You can believe what you want, but I will say what I believe in, and I'm actually a guy.
Before I said in this note that I would put in horror later, I was wrong and I was just falling to peer pressure. This fic will remain a light one.
Yay double digit chapter.
Chapter 10: Putting it into Practice
After the two family heads were calmed down, everybody sat down to enjoy the game, although in the case of the children they were standing at the rails and jumping up and down, even Draco forgot himself and cheered loudly. Mr. Malfoy was shocked at his son's behavior, while his wife just smiled at her child finally enjoying himself.
The match was won by the Irish, much to the dismay of Draco and much to the happiness of the Weasleys.
Taking into account his father's words, Harry made a subtle attempt at making peace with Draco by talking to him while everyone was distracted by the game. They got along well and parted on good terms. This went unknown to everyone except the three professors.
The Quidditch match ended and the crowd filed out of the stadium, the entire group followed heading to different destinations.
Back at the tents all of the children, the three eldest Weasley kids included, were celebrating the Irish winning the match in the Weasley tent.
The adults and Adrian had been invited by Fudge to have a chat at his tent.
Harry was off to the side laughing at the twins dancing and singing, then he heard something outside.
He poked his head through the tent entrance and quickly retracted it, narrowly missing his head being hit by a person screaming and running for their lives. He carefully poked his head out again and saw that everybody was running from what looked like a huge fire coming from the stadium.
Harry quickly ran to his friends and told them to grab their wands and move.
"C'mon we got to go." Exclaimed Harry.
"Why, mate its all good?" Said Ron.
Harry rolled his eyes and said, "Because the stadium is on fire and people are running for their lives."
At this they all jumped up and followed him out of the tent.
As everyone got outside they saw the chaos and headed towards a safer area.
Poor Harry was still smaller than most people and quickly got swept away by the crowd. The people ran around like chickens with their head cut off and knocked poor Harry around till he landed in the ruins of a tent and fell unconscious.
Ron and Hermione noticed that Harry was missing and tried to fight the oncoming crowd to find them, but they were swept away as the people kept on running.
As Harry woke up, he lifted his head and saw that everything was in ruins and that the ground were empty of people.
He looked around and ducked when he saw a figure walking through the ruins, smiling with glee.
Harry could barely see that the figure was a man and saw him reach for something on the ground. A wand, the man had picked up a wand.
Harry quickly checked his sleeve to see if he still had his wand and was relieved to find it still in its holster strapped to his arm. The man must have picked up a passerby's wand instead.
The man quickly pointed the wand to sky and shouted a spell. A gruesome figure of a skull eating a snake appeared in the sky. Harry gasped at the sight and quickly covered his mouth, hoping the man had not heard him.
Unfortunately for Harry, he did. The man shot a red spell at the spot where Harry was hiding.
Harry quickly moved out of the way as the ground exploded where he just was. He quickly made to pull out his wand, but stopped as he did not want the ministry to stick him with another charge for underage magic.
While Harry hesitated, the man shot another curse at him and Harry quickly jumped to the side.
Harry quickly reached for his spell deck and pulled out seven cards. This time when the man shot a spell at him, Harry quickly drew the symbol on the card and threw out the card and summoned a giant scarab. (Roughly the size of a pony, but fatter.)
The scarab charged at the man and took the spell, which bounced off of its shell. Unhindered, the bug continued its charge and tackled the man.
The man not expecting the blow and shocked that his spell had not worked and that a giant bug had just appeared. Was thrown backwards, but quickly got up and fired another spell.
Harry dodged again, however this time the spell exploded the ground next to him and showered him with dirt. There were rocks at well and they pelted and scratched him up slightly.
The man shot a sickeningly green curse at Harry. Harry drew the rune again and threw out another Scarab to counter it.
This time the Scarab fizzled out of existence when the spell hit it. The man smiled manically at his spell working and kept on launching the same spell.
Harry saw his spell lose and quickly decided that the spell would most likely kill him if it connected. He dodged with more vigor this time, not wanting to die. However Harry briefly wondered why the spell seemed eerily familiar, he pushed the thought to the side to focus on dodging.
Soon Harry was pushed into a corner and had nowhere to run. The man smiled and raised his wand.
In desperation Harry reached into his other pocket and drew out his treasure cards and threw one out randomly.
A green shield with a helmet design on its front was summoned as the man fired the spell again.
This time though the spell was rebounded by the shield and was sent flying back. The man quickly side stepped the curse and stared at Harry in shock before sneering and firing again.
The shield slowly revolved around Harry and always moved in front of Harry when a spell came at him.
Calming himself down now that he was somewhat safe, Harry looked down at the gold cards in his hand. He saw two cards with what appeared to be angels on them. Getting in the battle position that Adrian had shown him at Hogwarts, he drew the runes for life and balance and threw the two cards out and summoned the creatures on the cards.
Two women with wings came out from the cards. One had long black hair and was blindfolded, she held a curved sword in one hand and a scale in the other. The other one had long curly blonde hair and carried a traditional sword in one hand. They both wore what looked like Greek togas and floated in front of Harry.
The figures raised their weapons, the black haired raised her scale and the blonde haired one took her sword in both hands and raised it above her.
The first one struck her scale with her sword and the other one said something and was surrounded with a green light.
As they both did this a brown and green light surrounded the man and collapsed in on him, blasting him away. He got up clutching his arm, he dropped the wand and apparated away.
Harry collapsed backwards as the shield and winged figures disappeared.
When the angels blasted the man, the Aurors, the minister, Barty Crouch, Dumbledore, Adrian, Snape, Mr. Weasley, Ron, Hermione, the rest of the Weasley children, the Diggorys, and the Malfoy's all showed up to witness the sight and stood in awe at the magic. None of them saw the man's face. Except Adrian who kept running to get to Harry.
As Adrian reached Harry he quickly asked him if was ok and checked him over for injuries. Harry was far too drained from spell casting to protest.
The rest of the group rushed forward when the man ran away. Barty Crouch yelled at Harry and tried to interrogate him, but Adrian quickly punched the man for rough handling his son and yelling at him.
"Get off of my son, you *Censored Language*." Shouted Adrian as he punched the man.
Crouch quickly got up and yelled, "But he summoned the dark mark." He pointed to the sky.
"Are you a twit, did you not just see my son battling the guy who did, also the spell to make that thing cannot be found anywhere, so how would a fourteen year old know how to cast it!" Adrian yelled at Crouch.
An Auror came up and put in, "He's right sir, the man who was fighting dropped the wand he was using and our spells show that the mark was cast using that wand."
Dumbledore came up and said, "He's right Barty, you are way out of line. Please calm down."
Barty was still furious, for Bartlesby knows what, and exclaimed, "He still did underage magic outside of Hogwarts." He pointed at Harry, trying to move the attention off of him.
However the person who spoke up was surprisingly the Minister, Fudge. "Mr. Crouch I assure you that the magic that Mr. Potter performed is one that is not regulated by the ministry as we are unable to track it and it is completely safe. I discussed it with the Headmaster and professor Ambrose and they assure me that it was completely legal. Besides, if he did do underage magic, we would have gotten a message stating that he did."
Barty was at a loss for words and gave up and apologized sincerely for losing his temper.
The Aurors and the Minister, left with Crouch to discuss the event and notify the press.
The rest of the group, minus Snape, Amos, and the Malfoy's, rushed to check on Harry.
As they checked over Harry the Malfoy's excused themselves, Draco sent Harry a concerned look that Harry saw and smiled to assure him. Draco nodded and left with his parents, knowing that his status with Harry was going to be different.
When Harry was done assuring them that he was ok, everybody go up to leave the scorched battlefield and go home to rest. The Diggorys said their goodbyes and apparated away.
Adrian helped Harry stand up and dusted him off. Ron and Hermione talked with Harry for a moment.
"Are you ok Harry, did you get hit by anything?" Asked Hermione worriedly.
While Ron said, "That was brilliant mate, you were amazing and those spells were wicked."
Harry laughed and said, "Well… it was kind of cool, but I'm just happy to be alive,"
Adrian chuckled at his son's modesty and said, "I'm proud of you Harry, not only did you hold your own against a fully trained wizard, but you beat him with magic that you've never used before. Not only that, but you successfully pulled off three powerful spells. Most wizards train for months before even getting the spell, much less being able to use it. "
Harry smiled at his father's praise and asked, "What were those spells that I cast? One was able to reflect a powerful spell and those two figures were awesome."
Adrian smiled and said, "Ah, the first one was an Aegis shield, it is the best shield spell as it is able to block and absorb any attack, although I have ever seen it reflect a spell. Hmm" Adrian pauses in thought and continues.
"The creature with the one sword was a seraph, a high level life creature and spell. It uses life magic to attack its target. The second one was my personal favorite, the spirit of Judgment. It uses any amount of magic that you give it to launch a more powerful attack. The more magic you give it, the more powerful the attack."
Harry nods in wonder, he is surprised that he casted powerful spells like that.
Hermione and Ron just congratulated Harry on using the spells.
After looking to see if the tents were still salvageable, they found them in good condition and packed them up.
The Weasleys and Hermione were going to head back to the Burrow for the rest of the summer, while the professors and Harry would head back to Hogwarts.
Before they parted ways, Adrian asked Mr. Weasley, if Harry could come and visit to see his friends. Mr. Weasley happily replied yes and told Adrian and Harry to come by anytime, they would be expecting them soon, because when they tell Molly the news. She was probably going to kidnap Harry to make sure he is safe and feed him till he burst.
They all laughed at this and the Weasley family and Hermione paired up with each other and apparated away to the Burrow.
Dumbledore pulled out another portkey and told them to grab on to it.
Adrian and Harry paled, and Adrian politely refused. He told the Headmaster that he has his own way back.
Dumbledore nods and smiles knowingly and he and Snape disappear.
Adrian tells Harry to hold onto him and they disappear in a flash of light and balance symbols and reappear in Adrian's office.
They say hello to their owls and take a bath. Adrian in his bathroom and Harry in his bathroom that is connected to his room.
They change into their nightwear and exchange "goodnights" and head off to bed.
Harry collapses onto his bed and tells Hedwig of his day and she hoots in sympathy. Harry drifts off to sleep, the green spell on his mind, trying to figure out why it seems familiar.
A/N: If you are wondering about the fight, you can use a card without drawing the rune, but it has a lower chance of succeeding if you don't. Harry just got lucky with the shield and he drew the runes for the two spells to make sure that he could cast them, Adrian taught him this when at Hogwarts as it was basic knowledge and did not count it as learning before his classmates as Adrian wanted Harry to know how to use the cards if he was going to let him have it anyways.
You all probably know what spell Harry is thinking about. I won't mention it for a while so don't worry too much about it.
The Censored Language is there to emphasize what Adrian was saying to Barty is too graphic for the rating.
I'm also thinking of making another story, it would be less dependent on feedback and more just me writing.
Anyway read and review and get a new chapter. Seriously I can't write the next chapter without some input.