Chapter 25: Goblet of Fire Part 9
The ground came up towards Harry fast. He made a large thunk as he hit the ground. He instantly rolled up into a crouch. Viktor was beside him a couple seconds later. Harry used the sensors he had enchanted his eyes with to find the grouping of dark wizards who had congregated for the ceremony. He soon found a mass of magic signatures. He could pick out Kayla, Ron, and Hermione. Kayla's friends were tied to gravestones. Harry assumed that the Death Eaters were using Rona and Hermione to get Kayla to not resist. Unfortunately it wasn't working. Harry could see her shaking her head and trying to break the grip of Peter Pettigrew.
Harry immensely regretted not catching that filthy rat (literally the man was a rat animagus and his clothes were covered in grime.) Harry couldn't hear what the two were saying from the position he and Krum were located. He began to crawl toward the center of the graveyard where the Death Eaters were jamming Kayla up against a large gravestone with a grim reaper statue beside it. He and Viktor crawled from head stone to headstone to avoid being seen. After Kayla's back was against the stone the statue's scythe slammed down to stop her from escaping. Then the Girl-who-lived began to scream. The sound ripped through the valley holding the graveyard. Finally Harry was close enough to hear what Peter said. "What is the Girl-who-lived finally breaking down?"
All Harry could hear were sobs coming from the teenaged girl. He suddenly felt very sorry. He had always thought that it would have been great if he had found out that he was the Boy-who-lived and not Kayla. Now he wondered if he could do it any better than she could. Harry decided to go in guns blazing and save his twin sister from the clutches of evil. He tensed up behind the gravestone to run towards the group of men. Then he saw Viktor shaking his head viciously from the gravestone across from him. Harry shrugged his shoulders to question the Durmstrang champion. He said quietly to Harry, "They are ready to take you out," He pointed to two men in black robes circling the center of the graveyard, "See those two patrol the out skirts of the ceremony area. We'll have to take them out discreetly first." Harry nodded in agreement and stroked his chin in thought. Finally Harry had a plan. He rapidly bolted to the gravestone Krum sheltered behind.
"So here's the plan. We are going to wait until those two Death Eaters stroll towards this section of woods. Then we are going to stun them. Then we are going to bolt like demons from Hell towards Kayla. We will go in wands blazing with magic fire." The German looked at Harry like he was crazy. "It's the only way we will have a chance of surviving is giving them such a bloody nose that they retreat. Now are you in." The champion slowly nodded his head. "Now all we have to do is wait."
They didn't have to wait too long before the robed figures were next to them and the woods. Slowly Harry began to creep up behind them wand in hand. Viktor followed similarly without as much as a sound. Once Harry was directly behind the two men he aimed at the man on the left. He blasted him with a green blast. Seconds later Viktor's man was down as well. "Lets go we don't have much time. We have to stop them form resurrecting Voldemort." Harry looked over to the group of Death Eaters. They looked unfazed by the attack. Harry found this peculiar but still took it as one more advantage that he and Viktor needed to stop them quickly. He began to slowly walk toward a group of gravestones just out side the ceremony circle. Once he made it he ducked behind one, it was a large granite monolith. Harry leaned around to watch the ceremony as Peter drew a dagger across his forearm. He then let the drops of blood dribble into a steaming cauldron.
"Now it's your turn Miss Potter." The rodent like man leaned toward the black haired girl with a menacing smirk. Harry watched the Death Eaters physically tense up. He assumed that this was the key moment in the ceremony. He motioned for Viktor to join him in charging the group. The other boy nodded and pulled his wand out from his pocket. Then Harry put up his hand. He held out five fingers…four fingers…three fingers…two fingers…one finger. Then he held out his full hand toward the group. The two whipped out from behind their sheltered laying down blistering stun fire.
They succeeded in spectacularly knocking down several hooded figures whose faces were veiled with distorted iron masks. Soon the two were under a blistering wave of their own. Harry dragged Viktor behind a crumbling headstone. The stone began to shake as it was hit by many concentrated spells. Harry brought up his wand and leaned over the top of the stone. He felled two more Death Eaters with poisonous green magic. They wouldn't wake up again until tomorrow morning at the least. "Viktor we have to charge back in their but there is too many. We need to distract them with something." Then Harry snapped his fingers in excitement. "I'll use a doppelganger spell. I think I remember one. Was it impersonus physico? I think so." Then Harry pointed his wand towards his chest. "Impersonus Physico!" Then all of a sudden there floated up out of his chest a perfect carbon copy of him. The only thing wrong was that it looked like a ghost. It was good enough though to sufficiently confuse them though. He used his wand to motion the copy to head to the right of the headstone. As the copy lazily floated across towards the woods he was blasted by stun blasts.
While the Dark Wizards were preoccupied Harry ran toward the gravestone to free Kayla and Viktor went to free Ron and Hermione. Soon Harry was at the back of the massive granite slab. He whispered to Kayla around the corner. "Get ready to run for it when I blast this statue." He heard her whisper and affirmative. Then he swung around and used an explosive spell to shatter the grim reaper statue. After it exploded its arm fell to the ground and Kayla ran. She made it to Viktor, Ron, and Hermione. Viktor motioned Harry to follow her but he shook his head and motioned for them to leave without him. Viktor finally apparated with the other three back to Hogsmeade.
Harry decided he was going to give Peter a piece of his mind. When he stepped out from the shade of the slab he was blasted by a stunning blast that left him unconscious leaning askew on a headstone. Then Peter walked towards him, "The Dark Lord will be so pleased we finally have the Boy-who-lived." Then filthy man snickered to the sky.