Chapter 26

Harry could only gulp and slowly back away at the sight of his enraged fiancé. Victoria's normally peaceful silver eyes were glowing with rage as she approached him. The Sorcerer smiled, "hello love."

The response he got wasn't one of love and warmth, "Five."

Harry started to panic, "Victoria you know I would do something to endanger myself."

Her glare hardened, "Four."

Harry tried to swallow as his mouth ran dry, "You have to understand that this was last minute and I didn't want you to worry."

Victoria took another step, "So you think by not telling me I won't worry? That costs you two seconds."

Harry turned to the Battle Mages for support but they had conveniently found something to do. He glanced at his fiancé and gulped again, "Um, I did it because I love you?"

Victoria's fangs lengthened as her eyes momentarily softened, "How sweet, but that was a question, not a statement." Before Harry knew what was happening his manhood was in the vice-grip of Victoria who gave a little twist. Harry let out of high pitched yelp, causing many of the mages and vampires to wince.

"I'm going to ask you one more time; why in the hell would you lie about the attack, especially when it involves my father!" Harry was about to speak but her grip tightened, "I'm not done Harry! What do you…"

Victoria never finished as a strong voice broke her rant, "Enough child!"

Everyone turned to see Victor standing in the doorway with a silver cane in his hand as to help support his leg. Victoria saw her father's state and rushed to him, much to Harry's relief. "Father what happened to you? I'm sorry that I wasn't here to help, if Harry had only told me then I would have been here to save you from this."

Her silver eyes had a coat of tears in them as she spoke. Victor's steely eyes softened at the sight of his daughter in despair. He put a hand under her chin and tilted her head to the side so he could kiss her cheek, "My child I am alive and well thanks to your chosen mate. Did it ever occur to you that he didn't tell you because of the life within?"

Victoria's hands came to rest on her stomach as she smiled at her unborn child. Harry felt a moment of relief and walked over to his fiancé, "I did this so you wouldn't worry love. You and the baby don't need the added stress and this was something that qualified."

Victoria nodded and turned to him, giving a light peak on the lips, "That still doesn't excuse you from not telling the truth."

Harry smiled into her kiss and moaned as she deepened it. "I guess it was rather stupid of me." His lover agreed as she snaked her tongue into his mouth. She pressed her chest into his and smiled as he groaned, "That's why, you will be sleeping on the couch."

Harry was caught off guard when Victoria turned and walked away, swaying her hips more than was required. The Sorcerer looked at his fiancé with a gapping face only for Ky to chuckle.

Harry turned to him and watched as the Battle Master brought his right fist down on his left palm. "The hammer has just been brought down."

The Battle Mages around the area stopped what they were doing and all did the same thing, "THE HAMMER!"

Major Hochstetter looked at his commander with a confused expression, "Vhat do you mean zhe hammer?"

Ky rolled his eyes and whispered the meaning in his ear. The former Nazi got a sour look on his face, "I vill never do such a thing! You are talking about a veapon used by zhe soviet's and I vill have nothing to do vith them!"

Hochstetter was about to move when a deep and gravelly voice spoke, "And what is wrong with a Soviet?" The Major turned about to respond but lost his voice when he saw a towering figure at six foot eight. The man was massive, there was no other way to put it. He ran his hand over his bald head as he looked down at Hochstetter. His build was similar to a human tank and his blank expression was very misleading when his eyes had fire in them.

Hochstetter glared at the red patch on the man's jacket when he noticed the yellow hammer and sickle crossing, "I vill tell you vhat is wrong with the Soviets. Everything! If it hadn't been for….BAAHHH!"

Ky flinched as the giant man swung and launched Major Hochstetter into the air with a powerful punch. The man chuckled to himself as he followed the former Nazi, "He he, a flying Nazi."

Ky shook his head and turned to Harry, "Harry I would like you to meet one of my leading Battle Mages, Ivan Chernikova, but everyone calls him Heavy."

At Harry's confused look at the name Heavy took over, "I am, how do you say, the weapons master. There isn't a weapon that I can't figure out how to use."

Ky nodded, "Ivan has been under my command since I took over and there isn't a finer man to have at your back when you need a gun."

Mandelore chuckled, "Or a personal killing machine."

Heavy turned to Mandelore and nodded, "Da. You tell me to kill and I kill."

Victoria spoke from next to her father, "How come we never met him before?"

Ky spoke up, "Heavy has been doing a lot of weapons development for us lately but when I put a call out for my men to help he came running."

Harry offered his hand to the giant, "Then it an honor to officially meet another mage."

Heavy chuckled and patted Harry on the head, "It is nice to meet you too tiny man." The battle mages chuckled at Harry's discomfort as Heavy's hand hit him in the head. The Sorcerer turned away from the Russian and focused back onto Victor and his future wife. Victoria was sitting next to her father who was now resting against the wall, "When did you suspect that the army would arrive?"

Victor smirked slightly, "The day you and Harrison left. I have heard of how well Voldemort takes no for an answer."

Harry kneeled next to Victoria, "Do you have any idea of what that creature was in the tower?"

The Vampire Lord nodded, "It is a beast that is more dangerous than anything you know, a changeling." Ky sucked in his breath as he heard. "This creature has a base form of plasma and can take the form of anything it has laid its eyes upon. The fact that Voldemort has one at his disposal is very concerning. We would have held the army had it not been for that monster."

Victoria glanced at Harry with worried eyes, "Can it be killed?"

Ky spoke up, "No one knows. Changelings have always been something of legend and only a few people have claimed to have seen one. The down side is that there is no record of one ever being killed."

Harry stood up and took in a deep breath, "I have a bad feeling that the future of the wizarding world will be decided very soon. Voldemort won't let a loss like this go unpunished."

Harry turned to Victor, "My Lord I would highly recommend that you and your people disappear until the threat is done with."

Victor held Harry's gaze, "I will not run and hide like some mongrel pup. My people have been attacked when we chose to remain neutral. That is a declaration of war in any book, so this is what I will be doing. I will gather the vampires to my call and we will take the war to Voldemort."

Harry growled, "Victor this isn't up for debate. I realize that you are upset but Voldemort's powers are nothing like we first assumed."

Victoria put a hand on Harry's arm in support, "Its true father. The Dark Lord has done something to make his powers grow to the point that Harry isn't sure he will be able to defeat him unless it is in a one on one fight. But the way Voldemort works, the final battle will be with his army at his back."

Harry nodded, "This will force our side to worry about our friends and family instead of the enemy."

Victor's eyes softened a small amount, "What would you have me do? Thousands of vampires are dead because of that thing!" Victor spat out the last word like it was poison.

Harry spoke in a quiet tone, "Hide your people until the final battle. Then if we need your aid we will call upon you."

The Vampire Lord thought for a moment before nodding, "I will accept this Harrison but only if you remember to call upon us when he attacks." Harry nodded and turned away to help with the clean up.

*HP-HT*

Lucius struggled as he tried to get up from the spot he was laying on the floor. Every nerve in his body was on fire, his ears were ringing and he tasted blood in his mouth. Before him stood his Lord and Master, whom wasn't very pleased with the current situation.

"Tell me again Lucius why my army of nineteen thousand werewolves was destroyed by eight thousand. Tell me why months of preparation have gone down the drain because I can't trust my own men."

The blonde haired man struggled to speak, "My Lord, the battle was progressing as planned but the vampires charged the wall to try and get back their muggle weapons. Your assassin was holding them back with their guns but we were attacked from the rear."

Voldemort's scarlet eyes flared, "By whom?"

Lucius spat out a mouthful of blood and braced himself for more pain, "Lord Slytherin and the American Mages."

His punishment was dealt instantly, "CRUCIO!"

For two minutes Lucius endured the most excruciating pain he had ever felt from this curse. He cried out as the Dark Lord held his wand at him and continued his assault. Voldemort's gaze never left his minion as he ended the curse only to violently fling Lucius into the wall. He turned to the twenty three remaining Death Eaters who had survived the assault.

His eyes flared again as he thrust his wand at them, "AVADA KEDAVRA!" The sickly green curse split off from the wand into three separate beams of light that dropped three of the Death Eaters.

Voldemort continued his assault by slashing his wand and sending curse after curse at his now terrified followers. From the corner, Grindelwald smiled as he took a drag from his cigar. He watched for five minutes as Voldemort punished his followers before the Dark Lord finally stopped and turned. "Get them out of my sight."

Several house elves that were cowering in the corner rushed forward and took the injured men to get healed.

Voldemort turned to his assassin, "I find it amusing that you didn't stay for the entire battle."

Grindelwald shrugged, "I had done what I needed to so there was no reason for me to stay. Besides, with the Americans there it was a losing battle."

Voldemort's mind was now thinking on overdrive. If the American's were involved then he would have to tread carefully. The last thing he wanted was for the wrath of the American Military brought down upon him when he had yet to take Magical Britain, maybe once Europe fell, maybe.

*HP-HT*

Harry leaned back into his couch as he took a brief moment to relax. He had only been home for an hour before he found Dan Granger's reply to his letter. To add more to hit plate, Arthur Weasley had sent a letter saying that he had come up with a suitable punishment for his son. His girls were with him when he decided to respond, "I think it is only suiting that the two friends get their punishment dished out at the same time, don't you think?"

Daphne nodded, "It will be nice to see Weasley and Granger get taken down a few pegs."

The blonde beauty growled, "I get so sick of her know it all attitude that I just want to rip her head off."

Harry chuckled and kissed Daphne on the lips, "I love a violent woman."

Daphne blushed but kept her firm stance, "That's nice love but I hope you don't go easy on those two idiots."

Harry shook his head, "I don't plan to, Dobby?" There was a snap and the house elf appeared, "What can Dobby be doing for Master Slytherin?"

Harry smiled at his friend, "Prepare the dining room for a large diner party, we will say a max of then but at the very least five." Dobby nodded and set off to instruct the other elves.

Fleur looked at her fiancé, "You intend to feed them?"

Harry chuckled, "Of course not. But that doesn't mean I can't have guests over for a show." His girls smirked coldly as they realized their lover's plan.

*HP-HT*

Battle Master Ky was enjoying a few minutes to himself with a cold cream soda and a big sub sandwich. He put a potato chip in his mouth and chewed slowly as he read the headlines of the paper. He smirked and mentally cheered as he saw that the Green Bay Packers had won another game…come on, its football! He put his paper down and picked up half of his sub and took a bite. The Battle Master sighed as he let the flavors flow over his tongue.

A knock at the door made him look up to see Mandelore with his helmet off and under his arm. The man was pale and his eyes were wide. Ky's second in command stood at attention. "At ease Mandelore…what's with the sudden protocol?"

Mandelore put his left arm behind his back while his right held onto his helmet, "Sir, General Patton is here."

Ky quickly jumped to his feet and grabbed his best uniform. "Why the hell wasn't I notified?"

Mandelore didn't meet his commanding officer's glare, "I was under strict orders to keep his arrival a secret."

Ky quickly fixed his collar and made sure his medals were straight. "Have the men fall out and stand in formation." Ky was cut off by a stern voice, "That won't be necessary Battle Master."

Ky gulped as he turned to see his superior officer and the leader of the United States Magical Army…General George S. Patton.

Ky snapped to attention with a salute, "Sir."

Patton stood stiffly as he looked at Ky. His hands were on his belt with his pistols in their holsters. Patton stood in front of Ky and glared at him, "Ky I have seen a shit ton of war in my time. I fought in both the world wars and then went onto fight in the magical world. I always did as I was told and what I thought was best but I did fall within the guidelines that have been put there. Now I would like you to tell me how the hell an entire battalion goes missing overnight and then turns up in the middle of Germany fighting werewolves!"

Ky stiffened, "Sir, as per my original mission I was helping Lord Slytherin with protection of the British Mainland from the terrorist group led by Lord Voldemort. The Dark Lord has recently upped his attacks to include the mainland and launch an army of roughly twenty thousand to attack and over whelm the vampires. Lord Slytherin left to go and help and since it was a faction of Voldemort's regime I felt that it was alright to go with."

Patton got red in the face, "With an entire fucking battalion of American lives? How many of our men did you get killed?"

Ky sighed, "We are currently at a loss of three hundred and thirty seven."

Patton slammed his fist down on Ky's table, "You are telling me that we have almost four hundred families that we now have to inform? What the hell were you thinking Battle Master?"

Ky growled, "Sir with all due respect this was part of Voldemort's terroristic ways and if we had not intervened then we would have lost a very valuable ally, not to mention that a large force would be in Europe."

General Patton turned and glared at Ky. "You had better be damn pleased that I don't have the authority to execute you right now. Damn it Ky, you just risked not only the security statues of the Magical world but if any of the other countries get wind of this it could very well be taken as an act of war. Are you trying to start world war III?"

Ky shook his head, "No sir."

Patton looked at Mandelore, "I guess it only makes sense. I fought in the other two why not the apocalyptic one."

Mandelore stood stiffly. Patton turned back to Ky, "Here is the deal, I will try and make sure that your ass is saved for the time being. As far as I'm concerned, yes, you did good but the fact remains that you did this without the ok from the Government. This is an order Battle Master, I expect you not to leave that damn castle until you hear from me. If any of your men step out of line, especially that kraut and soviet, I will have your ass in front of a court marshal so fast you won't know what hit you." General Patton turned and stormed out of the room leaving an eerily quiet area.

Minutes went without anything being said until Major Hochstetter walked in, "Mein Herr, vould you please explain az to vhy I just saw General Patton valking around vhen he vas killed at zhe end of zhe var?"

Ky shook his head. "That was for the muggles. Patton's family has a long history of magical users. At the end of the War, Patton had tried pushing for an immediate invasion of the Soviet Union. He foresaw a major threat and insisted that we end the problem before it began. He argued this all the way up to the President and finally was put in his place. He was given two choices, the first was to be relieved of duty completely or the second was to give up his statues as head of the muggle third army and take up control of the magical one. It was believed that if he was head of this army he would be held under the security laws in place. Luckily we were right. So his accident was arranged and General Patton 'died' cause of a car crash after the war. In reality he simple moved to the Magical headquarters in D.C."

Hochstetter nodded with understanding, "I'm guessing he vas here about zhe battle?"

Ky nodded, "It seems that our higher ups didn't like us going on the mainland."

Hochstetter nodded, "Hopefully Patton can keep zis out of zhe media's attention." Ky could only nod his agreement.

*HP-HT*

Harry sat at the head of the table as the group ate quietly. The only sound was the occasional clanging of silverware on plates. His piercing green eyes flickered over his guests. Sirius Black was sitting to his immediate left and was dressed in very expensive looking robes. While Harry was still angry at his Godfather, he had been the one who at least attempted to look despite the fact it had only been a short amount of time.

Next to him were the Greengrass parents. Cyrus and Evelyn had eagerly agreed to come and witness their future son-in-law deal out rightful punishment. Cyrus saw it as a chance to view if Harrison would be able to not only protect his daughter but the future of House Greengrass. At the far end was the Granger Family. They were dress very nicely so Harry assumed that Hermione had instructed her parents on Wizarding customs.

At the right of the Grangers were four of the Weasley clan. Arthur, Molly, Ron and Ginny all sat in their best robes as they timidly ate their meal. Originally Harry had thought about eating in front of the opposing family but a quick word from Cyrus made him see otherwise. The Weasley's already knew they were in deep and for Harry to add to insult by having a large and fancy meal without them was rude. Harry took a drink of butterbeer and looked at the two accused teens, "Have you decided?"

Ron remained silent while Hermione took a deep breath, "Lord Slytherin I can't begin to say how sorry I am to you and especially Gabrielle. I got so caught up in the school rivalries that I forgot to use my own judgment instead of those around me. I have already lost many chances that I would have done anything for and it was all because of my own stupidity and again I am sorry."

Harry was pleased to see that she had tears in her eyes as she was speaking. Harry looked to Dan, "Mr. Granger what do you think about this."

Dan stood up, "My Lord I for one am embarrassed that my daughter would even consider such an action. I thought I had raised Hermione better than this but it would seem that she still needs life lessons taught to her. I will support any punishment that you feel should be included so long as it doesn't endanger my daughter's life."

Harry nodded and looked at his girls. Gabby was glaring hard at Hermione and Ron while Fleur held her little sister's hands. Victoria's fangs were visible as she looked coldly at the group. Daphne had on her famous ice queen mask that gave no hint of emotion. "This is my final ruling. Hermione, while you didn't originally go along with this the fact remains that you didn't try to stop it. In addition to your punishments at school I declare that during the summer time you will come to the Manor and work off your debt to my house. You will be working with the house elves and will learn to respect your betters."

Ron glared at Harry, "So you are treating her like a slave!"

Sirius glared at the teen, "Ronald shut your trap, and no Lord Slytherin isn't treating Hermione like a slave. What he is doing is showing her kindness that she doesn't deserve. He could have turned her into his personal sex slave if he wanted to."

Emma gasped and looked at Harry with a worried look, "Relax Mrs. Granger I have no intentions of doing that. Think of this as community service but for a long term. Hermione can stay here or if you would prefer we can work out hours for her to come during the summer." Dan and Emma nodded before Harry turned to Arthur.

"Well?" Arthur stood up, "My Lord it would seem that I am the only one who is able to decide on a proper punishment for my son. I plead that you find this adequate so you do not have to take my only daughter."

Harry's eyes narrowed, "That remains to be seen."

Arthur glared at Ron who slowly stood up, "Lord Slytherin I offer you the services of my son Ronald Bilius Weasley until such a time that you deem him to be free." There was a flash of light signaling the beginning of a magical contract. Harry raised his eyebrow and looked at Ron, "Do you have remorse for what you did?"

Ron glared at Harry, "Piss off."

Harry nodded, "That's all I needed to hear. Lord Weasley I accept you pledge and deem your debt to Slytherin House hence forth cleared." The two men shook hands and the contract was finished with another flash of light.

Harry turned to Ron, "You will begin as soon as school resumes. I have something special planned for you little weasel so enjoy your last days of freedom. Your hell begins in one week."

The assembled group shuddered as the room darkened with Harry's magic.

Chapter 26 is up.

A little shorter but I want you guys to have a few chapters this month.

I know that Patton is dead but I needed someone with authority for the story and he is one of my favorite Military leaders.

Let's see if we can break 1000 reviews with this chapter.

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