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AN: Alright, here you go the proverbial Battle of Hogwarts. Trust me; you get to see lots of explosions today. Well, maybe not see but you get my point…
April 9, 1998: Milky Way: Earth: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Harry's pod gave one final lurch as the descent pod hit the ground. He was unharmed, though his enemies wouldn't be for long. He opened the pod and got out quickly, making sure to strap the RPG launcher to his back. Looking around cautiously, Harry left his pod and made his way to the only visible building in the area.
His pod had landed on a beach around a small lake. The rough landed had sent shockwaves throughout the area. A few trees had fallen and the lake was still rippling. The castle he was moving towards was swarming with robed figures…
Three red beams shot over his head, originating from the fortress. Harry hit the dirt to avoid the blasts and dove behind a fallen tree, using it as cover. Poking his head over the trunk of the tree, Harry observed the robed figures waving their stick-like weapons performing some kind of ritual. To them, he had apparently disappeared as they were no longer shooting.
Harry eased his G36K over the top of the tree and fired, the mode set to fully automatic. He relished the unique sound the weapon made as the Ancient-Design Disruptive Energy Rounds (ADDER) hit several blue shields, piercing the protective fields and hitting the people inside. The robed figures dropped to the ground dead. He couldn't help but feel an odd satisfaction as seeing his enemies die.
He could not be considered a sick individual who took great enjoyment in killing. However, these… people had taken a very dear friend from him, and attacked him and his Team without provocation four times now. To Harry Potter, Asgard Special Forces, that was a crime punishable by nothing less than death.
Several more of his enemies fell to the ground. The survivors dived for cover trying to formulate a plan to stop him. Harry ran out of ammo and replaced the magazine. While doing this, his enemies got back up form behind their cover and started to shoot at him with blue energy beams, each one taking a chunk out of his tree trunk turned cover. Cursing, Harry pressed the button on his wrist. Nothing happened.
The electromagnetic interference must be negating my cloak, Harry realized. That makes things a bit more difficult.
Without warning, the explosions from behind his cover stopped. Taking a severe risk, Harry poked one eye out from behind the cover to see what was going on. The robed figures had retreated into the castle, sealing the enormous doors behind them.
"Harry!" Said Ancient turned to see Sam, Daniel and Teal'c rushing towards him. The three other members of his team ducked down below his cover. "Harry, what do we do now?" Sam asked.
"Aren't you second in command?" Harry wondered confused.
"Hardly," Sam shook her head. "No matter what the official report says, you seem to be the Team Commander when Colonel O'Neill is incapacitated."
"Well," Harry said awkwardly. "I guess that what we do is blast our way through that big door there and try to find the source of the ECM Interference. Then, we should be able to beam out with Jack in tow."
"How do we do that?" Daniel asked confused. Harry motioned to his RPG Launcher.
-In Hogwarts-
"Ah, Arthur, how goes the interrogation?" Dumbledore inquired.
"Albus, he refuses to disclose any information whatsoever," Arthur replied. "Even torturing him fails to yield any results." Dumbledore looked at the man oddly then shifted his gaze to the redhead's hand.
"Arthur, were you torturing him with a rubber chicken?" Albus asked slowly.
"Yes sir, to the Muggles, it is the most form to torture that has ever been created," Arthur explained with a nod and a smile.
"Arthur, that television program stated that beating with a rubber chicken was the worst form of humor ever created."
"Oh."
-Grounds-
Harry aimed the weapon carefully and pulled the trigger. The Rocket Propelled Grenade shot from the launch tube and hurtled towards the doors. The shape charge hit the wooden doors nearly blowing them off their hinges. It created a hole large enough for a giant to walk through. Harry nodded and the remnants of SG1 quickly ran towards the door.
Harry was the first one through the door, firing several shots from his carbine in quick succession, killing three robed warriors. As the rest of his team entered, his own gaze shifted to another large set of doors, inside of which were dozens of people. They were unarmed civilians, by the looks of them. With only slight remorse, Harry started firing his weapon again.
Dashing down a side hall, Harry left his Team to deal with the enemies. As though guided by instinct, Harry turned a corner into a hall at the end of which was a large stone griffin. Through there is the source of the ECMI. If I can take that out, this might just work.
The Ancient grabbed the RPG Launcher from his shoulder and aimed it at the Griffin. He fired one grenade and watched with satisfaction as it pierced the stone and created a large opening. Beyond the Griffin was a stairway leading down. Sounds of gunfire behind him signaled Harry to the approach of his Team. Knowing they would see him running, he took off for the opening, dashing into the bowels of the castle, SG1 in hot pursuit.
The room he entered was dark, dimly lit by unseen purple sources. It gave the room an eerie glow to it. Stairs led from the main castle to an even area, at the center of which was a pedestal with an oddly shaped object on the top. Harry wasted no more time in rushing down the stairs to the pedestal. About the time he reached it, SG1, firing their weapons at unseen (to Harry) enemies entered the stairwell.
Harry's eyes widened. The object before him instantly registered in his mind as an Ancient Healing Device, or something akin to it. It was giving off an inhuman red glow.
"This is the source of the Electromagnetic Interference!" Harry called back to his friends. "Just give me a few seconds of cover!"
"I'm afraid that won't be possible." Harry turned slowly around to see an old man in purple robes standing over the unconscious bodies of his friends. It was the same man from London. "Marvelous, isn't it? That object is what first gave Muggles their magical power. I must say that I am truly impressed that you made it this far to see it."
"Ah, to hell with you," Harry cried out in disgust. "First you attack us, then you steal one of my friends and now you think that you can win me over with small talk. Better people than you have died for such an offense."
"You cannot destroy the heart of Hogwarts," Dumbledore said calmly. "If you do, the magic in the castle will become uncontrolled and will create a magical discharge that will destroy everything in a fifteen kilometer radius. You would kill hundreds of innocents by doing that."
"Then I suggest that you get your people to safety," Harry muttered his voice still full of disgust. "You have ten minutes. If you can get from London to here in less than that, you should be able to manage that."
"I'm sorry, but I simply cannot allow you to do that," Dumbledore shook his head. He raised an object quickly and muttered two words. A green beam of energy shot out of the object headed straight for Harry's head. However, a human doesn't get into the Special Forces by being slow. Harry dived out of the way and the green spell hit the object on the pedestal. The Ancient Healing Device, or whatever it happened to be, exploded.
"Correction," Harry told the shocked old man getting up. "Now you have ten minutes." The ECMI disappeared as soon as the object had been destroyed. The old man disappeared with a loud crack.
Harry took out the remote control device from his back pouch. Within a few seconds, Harry found Jack and beamed him to the room they had been currently in. The Colonel was unconscious just like every other person in the room except Harry. With another push of a button, Harry beamed the five of them up to the Corona.
Being the only one conscious to see it, Harry marveled at the explosion that he saw from orbit. Ten minutes after the destruction of the object, everything with fifteen miles had been incinerated. A faintly blue shockwave engulfed the entire though Harry did not notice it. In the back of his mind, Harry hoped that the civilians had gotten to safety. He had no sympathy for the old man.
Yawning, Harry walked over to each of his friends and woke them up. Sam was the first. "Harry? What are we doing on the Corona?"
"What do you mean, Sam?" Harry inquired.
"Weren't we just at the SGC?" she asked. Harry blinked and waved a hand over her, performing one of the Corona's more… domestic functions. Even as she looked at him in confusion, Harry scanned her mind as well as the other three Team members. Their memories of the last twenty four hours had been erased.
(End Chapter)
AN: There you go reviewers of mine. Sure, I left a single lose end but honestly, you got to see a battle, didn't you? Sure, it wasn't one of my best but come on people; I was bored and amused by all of your death threats. I think someone said they would try to kill me with a fish or something but that's neither here nor there. Anyway, the next chapter should be up any time between Tuesday and indefinite.
By the way, I need to know. I'm only going to do a few more of the episodes in Season 1 including Enigma and Solitudes. From there, I'll do There but for the Grace of God through the Serpent's Grasp of Season 2. If you would like to see any of the other episodes until that point, please tell me. Otherwise, you won't see them.