Ger0nim0: A wolf-eared Shinya could be nice. About Sumireko's limbs, you'll see eventually. As for Sumireko's wish, well she already say what it was. Haru's defeat. So yeah, killing her would technically grant her wish.
There was only one single word that came out in Haru's mind at that moment: why?
Overtaken by her survival instinct, Haru quickly got out of the way, avoiding the green light that would have been fatal. Haru remained on the ground, shocked, gazing at Sumireko with incomprehension. Hatu thought she was her friend. She trusted her. Yet she used the death curse on her. She couldn't understand why. It didn't make sense to her. The prefect continued to smile in a malicious way.
"I expected you to dodge it. Killing the girl who survived is not going to be an easy task."
"...why...Why?! Hanabusa-san...I thought we were friends!"
"Sorry to disappoint you, but I never viewed you as a friend. To me you always have been a rival to defeat, my arch enemy. Let's just say that you're not the only girl who survived, and that I'll prove to everyone that I'm stronger than you. Now if you excuse me, it's time for me to end this, before someone tries to get involved."
Sumireko raised her wand and aimed at Haru. The unpleasant and painful feeling in Haru's chest came back, almost paralyzing her. She didn't think she would manage to dodge it again. Was she going to die? Killed by someone she thought was her friend for a reason she didn't even understand? Haru moved one of her hands and felt something behind her. It looked like...her wand! She quickly and discreetly grabbed it.
"Avada-"
"Expelliarmus!" Haru shouted.
Sumireko's wand flew from her and she was now disarmed. She looked at Haru with an aggressive smile, which frightened Haru.
"Oh, but I do not need my wand to kill you, Ichinose-san!"
The Slytherin champion suddenly rushed at her. Haru didn't have the time to cast another spell that she was hit in the face with great force. Sumireko was way stronger than she expected. Didn't she say she had a frail body? Didn't look like it. Sumireko then grabbed her collar and Haru struggled, but all she managed to do was to fall. She lost her balance and fell from the arena. Quickly she stretched her uninjured arm and grabbed the edge of the arena, hanging from there. Sumireko went to retrieve her wand and aimed at Haru with a victorious smile on her lips.
"This is the end, Ichinose-san. Everyone will see you fall...literally."
"Hanabusa-san...please, don't do this! Stop!"
"Avada-"
"Stupify!"
Sumireko suddenly froze. She dropped her wand and began to collapse. Luckily for her, she fell backward, on the arena rather than falling from it. Haru heard footsteps approaching the edge. Her saviour was coming. And she already knew who it was.
"Ichinose, are you okay!?"
"Tokaku-san...you saved me."
"Of course, I told you I would protect you."
The blue haired girl crouched and grabbed Haru's hand, bringing her back on the arena. She then glared at Sumireko, who was unconscious.
"Hanabusa...I knew she was planning something, but to straight up try to murder you in front of everyone...what is wrong with her!?"
Haru wondered too. She looked at Sumireko with sadness. She thought she was her friend, yet she tried to murder her with the same spell Aoyasha tried to use on her. It was so painful. She wanted to believe Sumireko had her reason, but she couldn't think of anything to justify the fact she tried to kill her. It was just wrong, no matter the reason.
"Your arm…," Tokaku began to say.
"I think it's broken."
"What….what is happening!? Did Hanabusa try to…" Mizorogi began to say, confused and panicked.
"Yep, she pretty much tried to kill Haru-chan," Nio finished.
The crowd looked astonished by what just happened. Of course they were. They just witnessed a well admired and appreciated prefect suddenly tried to murder another student.
Suddenly, a red light hit the sky and formed a shape. Haru remained shocked when she was what it was. In the sky, made of smoke, was a big red spider.
A bomb exploded in the crowd. The students began to scream in fear and ran away.
"Everyone, stay calm and leave the area without panicking!" Mizorogi ordered. "The teachers will take care of...uh..who are you? What are you doing here...AHH!"
Haru immediately looked at her teacher, worried. Mizorogi was lying on the ground and next to him was a person wearing a black robe with a hood and a white mask, with the kanji for 1 on it. On their robe, there was a red spider.
"Attention everyone, I have an announcement. I'm Ichi (one), member of the Eight Legs. Today we declare war to the sinful institution that is Hogwarts High. Its crime? Teaching magic to those magic thiefs, those abominations that are mudbloods. As a punishment for this horrible crime against wizardkind, we'll destroy Hogwarts High, as well as everyone who stands in our way. If you are a pure-blood or a half-blood, your life may be spared if you leave this place. Otherwise, you'll perish as blood traitors with mudbloods. The choice is yours."
Suddenly, multiple individuals wearing the same outfit as Ichi, but without the number on their mask, appeared in the crowd. The students continued to escape and the teachers suddenly intervened to fight the Eight Legs members.
Haru remained shocked by what she witnessed. Eight Legs? Their symbol was the red spider. She knew about it. Wasn't Kouko who use it as an example for her homework? It was a symbol for pure-blood supremacist, and given what Ichi said, it was what they were.
"Ichinose, we have to get out of here, now!" Tokaku said.
"But what about Hanabusa-san? We can't just let her here!"
"Forget about her, she tried to kill you. She had it coming."
"No! I don't want to leave her behind, that would be wrong!" Haru protested.
"...fine," Tokaku agreed reluctantly.
But as she approached from Sumireko, a lighting suddenly headed for her. Tokaku had barely the time to cast the shield charm to protect herself.
"Haha, you're fast! I was expecting that from an Azuma."
Someone had appeared on the arena. They were wearing the same outfit as Ichi, but the number on their mask was 2.
"I'm Ni (two), nice to meet you," the hooded figure said cheerfully.
"Ichinose, stay behind me. I'll take care of this freak," Tokaku said as she went in front of her, defensive.
"Aww, but I wanted to play with the girl who survived so much! What a party pooper you are, Azuma," Ni said.
"Shut up!"
"So rude. I guess I'll have to go through you if I want to play with Haru Potter. Stupify!"
"Protego!" Tokaku cast.
"Your reflexes are quick, as expected from the granddaughter of Aoyasha. Then...Crucio!"
Tokaku suddenly screamed in pain and fell on the ground. Haru never heard someone screamed like that, it gave her goosebumps. It was like Tokaku was in excruciating pain. She was writhing in pain on the ground. Haru felt so bad and worried for her. She crouched near her, feeling powerless to help her, not understanding what was happening.
"Tokaku-san, what's wrong? Tokaku!" Haru asked helplessly, until she realized who was probably responsible for this. "Ni-san, please, stop! You're hurting her!"
"Hahaha, but sweety, that's the point! Once I'm done with her, you're next, Haru. I can't wait to hear you scream in pain!"
"Expelliarmus!"
Ni's wand flew from their hand, disarming them. Tokaku stopped to scream in pain and was heavily panting on the ground. Haru helped her to get up and saw who came to their help. It was Mako.
"Using an unforgivable curse on a fellow human being is a serious crime, you'll be arrested for that. Don't resist or I'll have to use force against you," Mako said.
"Tss, you're ruining my fun. But I came prepared for that kind of possibility," Ni said as they pulled out a second wand.
"Tokaku-chan, Ichinose-san, leave, I'll take care of them and Hanabusa-san," Mako said.
"But…," Haru wanted to protest.
"Leave, now!" Mako ordered.
The arena slowly landed on the ground. Haru helped Tokaku to move and they jumped from it, landing on the Quidditch field. Haru glanced one last time at her teacher, worried, as she left the area with Tokaku.
"Ichinose, show me your arm. Your broken one," Tokaku asked.
"Um, yeah…"
The two of them were hidden in an empty classroom. Haru showed her broken arm to Tokaku. It was quite painful. The blue haired girl cautiously took her arm and pointed her wand at it.
"Brackium Emendo!" she cast.
Haru felt a sudden pain in her arm, but it only lasted for a moment. The pain had completely disappeared. She tried to move her arm and was surprised to discover that it was healed.
"How…?"
"It's a spell to fix a broken arm," Tokaku explained.
The blue haired girl let out a signed and sat down, looking exhausted. Haru put a hand on her shoulder, worried.
"Are you alright? This spell Ni used on you…"
"Cruciatus, the Torture Curse. It causes excruciating pain to the victim. It's one of the three unforgivable curses. Using one of them on a human can send you at Azkaban with a life sentence," Tokaku began to say. "It was so...painful. I felt like my entire body was stabbed by hot blades."
Instinctively, Haru wanted to comfort Tokaku. So she hugged her softly.
"I'm sorry for what you went through, it must have been horrible," Haru said.
"No need to apologize, it's not your fault. Those people….they are dangerous. They are ready to threaten and use illegal spells, they are criminals, terrorists. The spell Hanabusa used on you was also one of the three unforgivable ones. Is she with them? It's possible. What is their goal? Only to destroy the school and eliminate muggle-borns? How are they going to do that…"
Suddenly, they heard footsteps approaching the room. Haru broke the hug and Tokaku pulled out her wand, ready to attack.
"W-Wait! Don't cast a spell, it's just me!"
Suzu had raised her hands, showing that she was not an enemy. Tokaku lowered her wand and Haru sighed with relief.
"Suzu-san, it's only you. What are you doing here?" Haru asked.
"I need help. I heard some of the Eight Legs taking about something. Apparently, they hid a bomb somewhere in the school and it's going to explode at any moment! I need to find a teacher, a prefect, anyone of authority. We need to evacuate everyone and find the bomb and stop it."
"A bomb!? That's not good. We need to do something," Haru replied.
"We have to get out, now!" Tokaku exclaimed.
The three of them left the classroom. But as soon as they were out, they spotted someone. Kouko was wandering inside the school, like she was looking for something.
"Great, the person I was looking for. Kouko-chan!" Suzu called.
The Head Prefect turned back and looked surprised. She then went to join them.
"What are you still doing here? You need to leave, it's dangerous here," Kouko said.
"But Kaminaga-san, the Eight Legs hid a bomb inside the school. We have to stop it before it explodes," Haru replied.
"I know," Kouko revealed.
"Uh, you know? How?" Tokaku asked.
"It doesn't matter. I know where the bomb is. If we got there quickly we should be able to stop it," Kouko said. "Come with me."
The prefect walked away. Suzu immediately went after her. Haru wanted to follow her, but she noticed that Tokaku was hesitating.
"We should really leave, it would be safer," the blue haired girl said.
"But if we let the bomb explode, people could get hurt, or worst, kill. I want to save everyone. Please Tokaku-san, let's go."
Her friend still hesitated, before finally agreeing reluctantly. They both followed Kouko until they reach another classroom. The first thing they noticed was a big lightful ball, probably some kind of magical bomb. Then they noticed that there was someone there, watching over the bomb.
"Irena-sensei, that's a bomb!" Haru exclaimed.
"Yes, I know," the teacher said as she turned back, a smile on her face. "Kouko-chan, take care of them please."
"Yes, Irena-senpai."
They didn't react enough quickly. They barely had the time to turn back that Kouko cast a spell on them. Haru, Tokaku and Suzu ended up on the floor, tightly tied up. The prefect looked at them with a gloomy expression. Haru didn't even know how to react properly to this sudden betrayal. She didn't understand what was happening.
"Why…?" Haru mumbled, shocked.
Kouko approached from the bomb, before turning back to stare at them, threatening.
"For the sake of wizardkind. The sinful institution known as Hogwarts High shall be destroyed, as well as all the people that support it. In any minutes, Hogwarts High...will be reduced to ashes."
Well, not only Sumireko's tried to kill Haru, but Kouko betrayed them!? Things aren't looking good for our heroes.
