Sparks of Magic
I do not own Harry Potter, Transformers Bayverse or any of their characters
Pairings: Remus/Sirius, Harry/?, Fred/?, George/?, Jazz/Prowl, Ironhide/Chromia.
[Updated: 13/05/2021]
::Comms/Calls::
"Talking"
"Thinking"
Writing
~Radio~
Flashback
$Parseltongue$
Chapter 6: Mission City
Optimus' POV
Optimus watched as the humans knocked out each of the Wizards. Allowing their bodies to fall to the floor and would likely leave them with a headache when they woke up. Two men then proceeded to lift Harry under his arms and drag his body into one of their many cars, along with the twins. Optimus had to restrain himself from dropping down and rescuing them. Knowing that at this point, he could be doing more harm than good. Prime noticed that Samuel and Mikaela were placed in a car separate to the Wizards, likely to try and keep them from waking the trio up. The dropped wands had been collected by the man Bumblebee had lubricated on and once Bumblebee had been strapped to a trailer, hidden from human sight, they left the bridge. Leaving no trace that they had ever been there.
"Hang back, imma check it out" he heard Jazz call out, before climbing down from the top of the bridge to where Optimus was still hiding.
"Optimus, are we just gonna stand 'ere an' do nothin'?"
"There's no way to free Bumblebee without harming the humans"
"But it's not right!" he exclaimed in outrage.
"Let them leave" he said sadly, refusing to look at Jazz. Instead, he looked down to see tha Sam had dropped the glasses. The other humans must have deemed them unimportant.
"Then what bout Harry an' the twins. We're supposed ta be their guardians, we can't just leave 'em. They saw what they could do with the hair, the stunnin' and probably the teleportin'. What's stopping those humans from experimentin' on 'em ta find out how they did it?"
Optimus vented air, similar to a human sigh. He didn't want to leave Bumblebee or Harry with those men and would have gladly gone after them but he knew that they should never have even been brought into this war. They needed to get the Allspark before the Decepticons did and time was of the essence.
"We can only hope that they do not hurt a member of their own kind. Harry and the twins will be safer away from our war. At least this way, they will be kept out of all of it until the battle is over" he told the First Lieutenant as he picked up the glasses and looked in the direction the humans had left in.
Harry's POV
Harry woke up with a pounding headache from where he had been knocked unconscious. Looking around, he found himself to be strapped to a chair in what sounded like a helicopter.
The raven haired Wizard had been placed in between Fred and George, who were still knocked out with their heads resting on his shoulders. Sam and Mikaela were a little further up from them, along with a blond haired women wearing a tan jacket and a large, dark skinned man who was wearing a red jersey with the number 26 on the front.
Harry shook the two resting on him to try and get them to wake up "Come on you two, time to get up" seeing that it didn't work, he changed his tactic to something he knew would awaken them instantly "Percy and Ron are dancing uncontrollably in the great hall wearing tutus"
"It wasn't us!" They shouted, nearly jumping out of their seats had it not been for the belts keeping them in place.
There was a few moments of silence before Sam started awkwardly "So…"
"What'd they get you for?" The girl asked Sam.
"I bought a car. Turned out to be an alien robot"
"Wow" the man whispered.
"Who knew?" Sam joked.
The other two passengers then looked at Harry, Fred and George "What about you three?" She asked.
"We were there when his car decided to change and when one of the agents decide to try and intimidate me, I turned his hair neon pink. I don't think he liked it very much though" Harry grinned.
"And we're just here for the fun of it" the twins said together, making the man gape at them in disbelief.
The ride only lasted a few more minutes before they landed and were herded into some cars to take them to who knows where.
"At least they didn't handcuff us this time" although that thought should have relaxed Harry, he questioned as to why they didn't. They knew that he, Fred and George could at least take out their men and they did nothing to prevent it from happening again.
"Unless they think that our power comes from our wands. They probably do think that since we only used our wands when casting"
They soon found themselves outside of Hoover Dam. Once they got out, they saw that they weren't the only ones there. Along with the men in black suits, there was a group of soldiers and an elder man with greying hair. Simmons was also there, with his new hair standing out and catching a few confused looks. Next to him was a man with receding brown hair and a thick moustache
The elder man looked at Fred, George and Harry and grew very angry. He turned his anger towards the man next to Simmons "Banachek, what is the meaning this? Why have you brought children here?" He questioned.
"Hey! We're not children, we're 17" Fred and George told the man at the same time.
The man didn't seemed fazed by the outburst but his anger did subside somewhat when he addressed them "I apologise young men. It's just a surprise that someone as young as you are involved in whatever this is"
Harry simply walked up to the man and offered a hand "It's quite alright sir. We just got dragged into this by accident. The name's Harrison Orion and the two behind me are my brothers, Fred and George Orion" he said shaking the man's hand.
"John Keller, Secretary of Defence" he told Harry.
"Never would have guessed that you were brothers" A dark skinned solider stated, looking between the three to try and find similarities amongst Harry and the twins. He wore army combat clothes along with a red beret "I'm US Air Force Tech Sergeant Robert Epps but just call me Epps. None of that Mr or Robert shit, that's for my wife when I'm in deep trouble" Epps said, smiling at the Wizards.
Another man from the soldiers walked forwards. He was tanned, had short dark hair, brown eyes and looked like he smiled often "And I'm US Army Ranger Captain William Lennox, nice to meet you" he smiled, offering his own hand for the teen to shake.
Simmons angrily stalked up to Harry, attempting to grab his shirt but Fred and George stood in front of him "Change it back!" the agent spat out.
Harry just looked innocently through the gap between the twins "I don't know what you're talking about Simmons"
"The hair! Change it back!" he shouted. His face red from anger, complementing his hair nicely.
"Hey! What's your problem? What you do with your hair is your own fault, not anyone else's" Epps said, pushing the man away from them.
"The problem is that when Simmons left yesterday, his hair was brown and after a small encounter with Mr Orion here, it was turned pink. He, along with his brothers, rendered 6 of my best men immobile for a few moments without them even touching my agents" the one known as Banachek stated, watching as Harry and his brothers stiffened.
It was tense until Fred mumbled "Well they already saw, might as well tell them"
"Yeah, but I'm not going to enjoy all the paperwork this is going to cause" Harry sighed "Okay, short version, we're Wizards and what we used is Magic"
There was a burst of laughter from the soldiers, along with two who had been with them. That was until they realised that no one else was laughing and the three in question had completely serious expressions on their faces.
"You're not joking, are you?" Lennox asked, earning a shake of the head from Harry.
"Nope" Harry said "Thing is, we have our own hidden community that has been going on for centuries"
"Then how come we don't know anything about this" Banachek questioned. Wondering how this could happen without Sector 7 not knowing.
"It's because the current leader of each country is tasked with having a select branch of the government to deal with any Wizard related problems. Any outbreaks and the person's memory is wiped or they are asked to keep it secret which involves a lot of paperwork. Even then, it could still lead to their memory being wiped. Whatever you're doing obviously does not require you to know about our existence" Fred finished.
"Well shit, first robots and now Wizards. What's next, a Werewolf?" Epps exclaimed. He shook his head in disbelief.
The Wizards all grinned at each other, wondering what the man would say when he found out that Harry's papa was one. They turned their attention back to Simmons "As much as I love to see you look like cotton candy, it is very distracting. But unless you give us our wands, I can't change it back"
"No point telling him that we could do a few things without our wands. Let him think that's all we can do and he will underestimate us" Harry thought. Simmons called over one of the men in suits, who must have been holding on to their wands as he produced the three of them a second later. Handing the wands back to them with some trepidation.
Unfortunately, they had been given the wrong ones so they each had each other's wand. They were quick to swap them back "Why are you swapping them. Don't they all work the same?" Mikaela asked.
"Sometimes, but a wand is loyal to its owner and can reject those who are not them. Every Wizard and Witch have their own wand, usually given to them at the age of 11, with different materials that suit them. Take mine for example" Harry held out his wand for them to see "A wand is composed of different wood for the casing and a core. Mine is 11 inches, made of Holly and the core is a single Phoenix feather. Fred and George's are also different. While both are the same length of 13 inches, Fred's is made with Aspen and a Dragon heartstring core while George has one made from Blackthorn wood and Unicorn hair"
With a wave of his wand, he uttered the counter charm making the pink hair completely disappear and his brown hair to come back. Shocking the rest of the humans at the Magical display.
"Where's my car?" Sam asked Banachek once Simmons' hair had returned to normal.
"Son, listen to me very carefully. People could die here. We need to know everything you know, and we need to know it right now"
"Okay... But first I'll take my car, my parents - maybe you should write that down. Oh, and her juvie record. That's gotta be gone. Like, forever"
The man exhaled in slight exhaustion "Come with me. We'll talk about your car"
"Thank you" Mikaela told Sam gratefully.
"Sure"
Harry and the twins put their wands back into their holsters, before the agents decided to take them away again. They followed Simmons and Banachek into Hoover Dam along with the rest of their merry band.
"Alright, here's the situation. You have all had direct contact with NBE's" Simmons started his speech as they walked through the famous reservoir, passing by other people who were constantly running around the place.
"What are NBE's?" The solider, the one who had introduced himself as Epps, asked.
"Non-Biological Extra-terrestrials. Keep up with the acronyms" Simmons stated.
"Excuse me, but how is he supposed to know that when he just got here?" Harry raised an eyebrow when he asked the question, causing Simmons to fumble about as he tried to explain his little mistake.
"Shouldn't have tried to act like a bloody pounce" Harry thought.
"What you're about to see is totally classified" Agent Simmons continued on after as he led them into where, lo and behold, Megatron stood frozen solid. Scientist were studying him on platforms while others were keeping him frozen.
"10 Galleons says he comes back to life" Harry betted.
"Harry, I wouldn't even bet Leprechaun gold on that" George said back. Fred nodded his head in agreement.
"Dear God... what is this?" Keller asked.
"We think that when he made his approach over the North Pole, our gravitation field screwed up his telemetry and crashed into the ice, probably a few thousand years ago. We shipped him here to this facility in 1934"
"So they moved a potentially dangerous being to somewhere where he could easily be unfrozen if the power stopped. Are they stupid?" Harry thought.
"We call him NBE-1"
"I don't mean to correct you on all that you think you know, but that's Megatron. He's the leader of the Decepticons" Sam told the agent and the others who were there.
They simply ignored him and continued on with their explanation "He's been in cryo-stasis since 1935. Your great-great-grandfather made one of the greatest discoveries in the history of mankind"
"Fact is, you're looking at the source of the modern age. The microchip, lasers, cars, space flight: all reverse-engineered by studying him. NBE-1...That's what we call IT!" Agent Simmons glared at Sam when he said this.
"And you didn't think that the United States Military might need to know that you're keeping a hostile alien robot frozen in the basement?" The Secretary of Defence demanded, anger evident in his tone.
Harry saw the other man start to slightly sweat under the scrutiny "Until these events, we had no credible threats to national security"
"Well, you got one now!" He stated.
"So why Earth?" Lennox asked.
Sam answered that question "It's the Allspark"
"Allspark? What is that?"
"Well, they came here looking for some sort of cube-looking thing. Anyway, Mr. NBE-1 here, aka MEGATRON-" Sam glares back at Simmons before continuing "That's what they call HIM... who's pretty much the harbinger of death, wants to use the Cube to transform human technology to take over the universe. That's their plan"
"Are you sure about that?" Simmons asked with a small flinch. It was barely noticeable but Harry wasn't a Seeker for nothing.
"Yeah" answered Sam.
"You guys know where it is, don't you?" Harry asked suspiciously. He hoped that they put it somewhere else instead of the same place as Megatron.
"Follow me" Banachek commanded.
They were all led into a room with a giant glass window that gave them a perfect view of what Harry assumed was the Allspark. It was ginormous, reaching all the way to the ceiling. Strange markings adorned its surface, slightly similar to what he could see of the few that were on Megatron's body through the ice.
"Carbon dating puts the Cube here around 10000 B.C" Banachek starts to say "The first seven didn't find it until 1913. They knew it was alien because of the matching hieroglyphics that are also on NBE-1. President Hoover had a dam built around it"
"Four football fields worth of concrete was the perfect way to hide the Cube's energy from being detected by anyone or anything from looking for it"
Harry found it hard to concentrate on what the others were saying. His focus was solely on the Allspark. He could feel the energy swirling around it and could literally see the sparks of power running across its surface and in the air. He didn't notice that he, Fred and George had all stepped closer towards it or the fact that each of them had started to glow slightly. All he could feel was his Magic reacting to the Cube's warm energy. It almost felt like he was being hugged by it.
One of the other humans finally noticed what was going on with them.
"Uh, is it just me or are they glowing" Epps said pointing at the three Wizards, who were each looking like a misty haze had surrounded them. The twins were glowing a bright royal blue and even with the small distance between the two, the others could see that a tendril of the mist connected them together. Harry's was a golden colour and slightly brighter than the twins.
"What's happening to them" Keller asked.
"I think it has something to do with their Magic, it must be reacting to the Allspark" Sam commented as he waved his hand in front of Harry's face, instantly breaking him out of his trance and causing the glow to disappear.
"Are you okay?" Sam inquired the younger teen as Harry shook his head, trying to clear his mind.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just wasn't expecting that" Harry responded, turning to find the others Wizards in a trance like state. He also noticed that they were glowing blue and that a small rope of the energy was connecting them together. Harry wondered if it was because they were twins or something else before shaking them out of their daze, the glow disappearing as soon as he got their attentions.
"Hold on, you said the dam hides the Cube's energy. What kind of energy?" Maggie implored, wondering if it was similar to the Wizard's Magic for them to react like that.
"Good question" Banachek says, moving them away from the Cube and to a small room with a glass case in the middle "Everyone step inside. They have to lock us in"
They all looked at the strange claw marks on the walls but Epps was the one to voice a question "What's that? Freddy Krueger been in here or something?"
"Oh, no, man. Freddy Krueger has four blades, man. That's only three. That's Wolverine!" the man from the helicopter growls and then laughs to the other man at his apparent impression of this Wolverine "Right? That's Wolverine!"
"That's very funny" Simmons said in a serious tone, not looking amused.
"Who in Merlin's name is Freddy Kruger and Wolverine-"
"And why do they have claws? Are they Magical Creatures?" Fred asked in confusion.
Harry shrugged his shoulders at the question "No idea but I don't think that two non-Magicals would know about them if they were Magical Creatures" They both nodded in agreement.
"Does anyone have a mechanical device?" Simmons asked them "Maybe a cell phone?"
"I have a phone" the man from the helicopter offers, tossing his Nokia to Agent Simmons.
"Nokia's are nasty" Simmons commented placing the phone in the glass case "But you gotta respect the Japanese. They know the way of the samurai"
"Nokia's are from Finland" the blond haired woman whispered to Keller.
"Yeah, well he's a little strange" Keller whispered back.
They were all handed a pair of black, protective goggles which they all reluctantly put over their eyes.
"We'll be able to take the Cube's radiation and direct it into this box" Simmons explained, flipping a switch that made electricity run across the case and the phone. A second later, when the machine had turned off, the phone moved before turning into a little robot that looked completely frightened to Harry. It brought out a bunch of guns and attacked the box vigorously, trying to get out.
"Mean little sucker, huh?" Simmons commented.
"That thing is freaky!" The women said, watching in both fright and interest.
"Kinda like the itty-bitty Energizer Bunny from hell, huh?" Simmons was about to press the button again, to do what Harry didn't know but he had a bad feeling about it. He quickly drew his wand to shout out "PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!" completely freezing the man. He opened up the small box, even with all the others shouting at him not to, and placed his hand next to the phone bot. It was wary of him but soon realised it was in no danger, deactivating its weapons so that it could scuttle on to Harry's hand.
"Shush, it's alright, no one's going to hurt you" Harry cooed to the tiny robot, smoothing his head in affection and comfort.
"Do you have any idea what you are doing? That thing is dangerous and you're putting us all at risk!" Banachek shouted, his fear growing now that the thing was out of the cage. The boy simply stared at him with anger in his green eyes as the phone bot cuddled into his chest more, clicking and chirping in contempt.
"Every being has a flight or fight instinct. Tell me something, what would you do if you suddenly woke up with unknown giants watching you. You don't know how you got there or why but you know you have to get away. Then you find out your trapped with no way out, meaning you can't run away so the only option left is to fight" Harry looked at each of the people in the room, keeping eye contact with them until he moved on to the next one "Now that you have that in mind, imagine all that as a child"
"You mean to tell us-" Lennox began.
"That they have been making, most likely studying and killing children this whole time" Harry finished, watching as everyone's face turned from confusion to horror. Harry finally let the spell on Simmons go, who was shaking slightly.
"But… they're just machines… they can't…"
"They are not just machines Simmons. They have thoughts, they have feelings and they have souls! Just because they are more advanced when they are born than humans, does not mean that you have the right to go and torture them just because they exist!" Harry snapped at the man, his patience running thin. He calmed down when he felt the small Cybertronian shaking in his hold and continued to talk soothingly to the distressed bot.
"We didn't know" Banachek supplied weakly, his head downcast thinking of all the robots he had watched been brought online and then killed. He remembered their screams and at the time, thought nothing of it but now he knew. They were the cries of hurt children and he condoned such acts without a thought. It ashamed him that he had done this and doubted that the guilt would ever leave him.
The lights suddenly dimmed at that moment "Gentlemen, they know the Cube is here"
Banachek went over to a phone where he demanded what was going on, hanging up only a moment later.
"Banachek, what's going on?" Keller asked.
"Well, the NBE One hangar has lost power... and the backup generator is just not gonna cut it" he told them all.
"Do you have an arms room?" Lennox asked. They followed Simmons into a room full of guns, ammo and military vehicles, where they began to prepare themselves for the fight to come.
After the lights flicked again, Harry walked over to Simmons along with Sam "You have to take us to Bumblebee"
"Who?"
"Bumblebee, the alien you captured last night. He pissed on you, ringing any bells?" Harry smirked at hearing a few soldiers laugh from listening to their conversation "We need him if we want to hide the Allspark"
"Like hell am I going to let-" he was cut off when Lennox grabbed him by his shirt and slammed him up against the wall. This led to everyone pointing a weapon at each other.
"Take him to his car!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa-" Banachek said, trying to calm everyone down.
"Drop your weapon, solider. There's an alien war going on and you're gonna shoot me?"
"You know, we didn't ask to be here"
"I'm ordering you under S-Seven executive jurisdiction-"
"S-Seven don't exist!" Epps said, completely serious as he pointed his gun at one of the agents from Sector 7.
"Right, and we don't take orders from people that don't exist"
"I'm gonna count to five, okay-" Simmons threatened.
"Well, I'm gonna count to three" Lennox said, cocking his gun.
"You know, Wizards have a spell that can read people's minds. We could just take the information right from your head-" Fred said darkly, twirling his wand around in his fingers.
"We still haven't forgiven you for taking our little brother-" George copied his brother's action, the air surrounding them becoming heavy as Simmons' fear escalated.
"And we must say, were not the best at it so it will be very painful for you" they threatened together, pointing their wands at Simmons.
There was complete silence until Keller finally spoke "Simmons?"
"Yes, sir?"
"I'd do what they say. Losing's really not an option for these guys"
"All right, okay! Hey, you want to lay the fate of the world on the kid's Camaro? That's cool" he said, finally being let go by Lennox and taking them through some corridors to lead them to Bee.
They could hear Bumblebee's screams of pain before they even saw him, causing them to speed up to reach him quicker. When they finally came to where the Autobot was being held, they saw that he was being kept in place by people freezing him constantly. Harry tightened his hold of the young Cybertronian on his chest, covering both his eyes and where he though his ears were.
"Stop! You gotta stop! Stop! Stop! Let him go! Let him go!" Sam shouted, pulling them away from Bee. The rest of their group helping him to do the same thing.
"You okay? They didn't hurt you, right?"
Bumblebee was in obvious pain as he brought his guns out and aimed them at the humans who had been hurting him. A mask also slid down from his head to cover his face. Harry was tempted to fire a few jinxes at the scientists for what they had done but reigned that anger in. It was not the time or the place.
Sam calmed Bumblebee, the Wizards and humans down before they did something they'd regret "Listen to me, the Cube is here, and the Decepticons are coming... No, no, don't worry about them, they're ok, right, they're not gonna hurt you... Just back up a little bit, he's friendly, he's fine... Ok, come on, put the guns down, they're not gonna hurt you. Come with me, we're gonna take you to the Allspark"
They all went back to where the Allspark was. The three Wizards reigned in their Magic this time as they watched Bumblebee step towards the giant cube. He began to do something that sounded a lot like he was singing. Whatever it was, it got an immediate reaction out of the Allspark, which collapsed in on itself until it was a size where a human could carry it comfortably.
~Message from Starfleet, Captain- Let's get to it!~
Lennox was the one who took control of the situation "He's right. If we stay here, we're screwed with Megatron in the other hanger. Mission City is 22 miles away. We're going to sneak that Cube out of here and hide it somewhere in the city"
"Good, right!"
"But we cannot make a stand without the Air Force" Lennox told them.
"This place must have some sort of radio link" Keller said.
"Yes!"
"Shortwave, CV..." He suggested
"Right, yes!" Simmons exclaimed.
Lennox turned to the Secretary of Defense "Sir, you're going to have to find some way to get word out to them... Let's move!"
"Wait! Won't they be able to follow the signal the Cube gives off?" The blond woman said.
Harry thought about it and realised the woman was right. If Megatron found it once, then he could do it again "We'll be leading them right to us"
"Were not sure if any of our Disillusion Charms work on these guys, and we don't have time to test it to see if will last so we need something stronger than a normal Disillusion Charm" he told them, thinking about what they could possibly do to keep it hidden.
George suddenly clicked his fingers and brought out from the pouch around his waist, that Harry only just noticed he had, a very familiar silver cloak "We could try this"
"Yes. I'm sure a piece of sparkly fabric is going to help us" Simmons said sarcastically.
Harry ignored him "You may be right George. The Cube gives off energy similar to Magic and may be enough to use the Cloak's abilities"
Harry put the phone bot on his shoulder to take the Cloak from George, where he continued to spread it out on the floor. The little robot instantly scrambled on top of his head. Ignoring the confused looks he was getting off everyone he called up to Bee "Can I have the Allspark?"
Bumblebee handed it over to him. Harry had to control himself when he touched it as he could feel his Magic trying to get out; reacting to the Allspark's energy. He managed to hold it back as he placed the Cube at the edge of the Cloak and turned it over so that the Cloak wrapped around it. He heard gasps of surprise when the Cube completely disappeared, along with the Cloak but Harry could still feel the weight of it in his arms when he picked it up.
"Can you sense it?" Harry asked the Autobot who shook his head a moment later.
"How-" Sam asked, staring at where the Cube had been.
"It's still there just hidden, the sparkly fabric" he glared at Simmons for his earlier remark "is called an Invisibility Cloak. It should keep any of the Decepticon's sensors from finding it"
"Where can I get one of those?" Epps asked in excitement.
Harry shook his head in amusement, causing the little robot on his head to grip some more of his hair so he didn't fall off "Sorry, but this is one of a kind"
"Alright. Now that is sorted, Harry, Fred, George, Mikaela and Sam are going with the Cube and Bumblebee. Keep it safe until we get to Mission City to hide it" Lennox told them.
Everyone began to run around getting into cars ready to move. Bumblebee shifted back into his car mode with the twins instantly jumping in the back and Mikaela in the front seat. Harry put the hidden Cube under one arm and used the other to pick the phone bot off of his head. He walked over to the two who had been in the helicopter from earlier "Can you look after him please? He'll be safer here" he asked, handing the man his previous phone.
"Sure" he said, cupping his hands together so that the little bot could sit comfortably in them.
"Thanks..."
"Glen Whitmann" he introduced. Harry turned to the woman waiting for her to do the same.
"Maggie Madsen. Don't worry, we'll keep an eye on him" she reassured the Wizard.
Harry said goodbye to the bot before running over to where the others were waiting for him. Once again placing himself between the twins, the Allspark on his lap and Sam sitting in the passenger seat.
With a squeal of Bumblebee's tires, they raced out of Hoover Dam and away from the leader of the Decepticons.
Optimus' POV
::We are almost at our destination:: Optimus informed the other Autobots.
They had driven far from where they had originally started. Now, they were driving on a road with no other humans on it. The other Autobots had not talked to him since he had told them of his plans to not retrieve Bumblebee and the humans. He would have gladly gone to get their comrads but it was too dangerous, the Decepticons could easily get their servos on them. It was the only way to ensure that they were safe while they retrieved the Allspark. He could not ask their human allies to risk their lives any further. Especially Harry, who had already risked his life so many times before they even met. It was better to keep them out of anymore danger. Bumblebee, while young, was very resourceful. If anyone could escape the humans, it was their Scout.
::Hey OP. Imma gettin' a signal from Bee:: Jazz told him. After such a long silence, it was good to hear something even if that news was surprising to the leader.
Sure enough, only a nano-klik later, Optimus could see Bumblebee in front of several human vehicles. The Scout soon passed by them, Sam and Mikaela sat in the front of Bumblebee from what Optimus could see. Bumblebee then sent out a message that caused the Autobots to swiftly turn around as soon as the humans had passed ::Sir, I have the Allspark. The humans behind me are helping to hide it::
::Bee! Glad ta see yah still Kickin'. Are yah alright? How did yah escape? Where's Harry an' the twins an' whatcha mean yah 'ave the Allspark? We can't sense it:: Jazz fired off.
::The twins and Harry are with me. Harry has the Allspark in his lap. He's hidding it with some weird silver fabric, making it disappear from all my sensors including my optics. It's like Mirage's cloaking device::
Optimus would have sighed in relief if he had been in his bipedal form. He was just glad that they were all safe and hopefully, unharmed.
::It is good to see you youngling:: Ratchet commed.
::Ratchet! I'm not a youngling anymore::
::When you're as old as he is, everyone is a youngling:: Ironhide chuckled.
::Watch it Hide, otherwise you might find your next medical exam more extensive than usual:: Ratchet warned the Weapons Specialist.
By now, the road they had been traveling on had more humans on it in their cars. Optimus was distracted when he saw that there was a disturbance further behind them. Using his mirrors, he saw several cars crashing into one another. One very large vehicle was using some type of fork to flip the other cars out of its way.
"Decepticons" he thought.
::Autobots, protect the humans and the Cube:: Optimus commanded, slowing down slightly and readying himself to confront the Decepticon. He recognised the Con as Bonecrusher, who was steadily getting closer to where they were.
::What about you Prime?:: Ironhide questioned.
::I will fight against Bonecrusher and give you some time to get away:: he told them, before seeing the Decepticon transform. Optimus did the same just as they crashed into one another.
Harry's POV
Harry had been glad when he saw the rest of the Autobots following them. However, he soon became concerned as he watched Optimus disappear over the bypass with a Decepticon.
"Will he be okay?" Harry asked, looking through the back of Bumblebee's windows.
~Don't worry. About a thing~ Bumblebee said through the radio.
They finally made it into the city but there was absolute mayhem everywhere they looked. They couldn't get passed anyone. They ended up stopping in the middle of the street, getting out of Bumblebee to try and get through on foot instead.
Lennox had disappeared for a moment but soon came back to throw a box shaped thing at Epps, calling out "Here, I got shortwave radios"
Epps quickly turned them over in his hands before pausing and looking up at the waiting Captain with a confused expression "...What am I supposed to do with these?"
Lennox just rolled his eyes as he shouted back at him "Use them! It's all we got!"
"This is like, RadioShack dinosaur radios or something, man" his voice raised as he continued with "I'm only gonna get twenty, thirty miles out these things"
"Harry, what should we do?" George asked. His wand was already out along with Fred's, ready to fight.
"For now, stay close to the soldiers and the Cube" he told them, gripping the Allspark closer to his chest. At least he didn't have to worry about the Cube effecting him for now, what with its energy being dampened by the Cloak.
The sound of a engines got everyone's attention, looking up to see a single jet flying close to the buildings.
"Air Force has arrived, pop the smoke"
Epps attempted to radio the fighter jet heading their way "Raptor, Raptor do you copy? We have your visual. Green smoke is the mark. Provide air cover and vector Black Hawks for extraction"
The jet headed towards them but it did not answer back, giving Harry a very bad feeling about what was going to happen next. He clutched the hidden Cube even closer to his chest.
Ironhide suddenly transformed and shouted "It's Starscream!"
Harry heard Epps whisper is slight fear "Please tell me you copy..."
"Back up! Take cover! Bumblebee...!" With Bumblebee's help, Ironhide was able to lift up a truck in order to protect their human allies as the jet got closer.
"No, no, no, no... MOVE!"
"Back up! Back up!" Ironhide told them
"RETREAT! FALL BACK!" Lennox commanded.
"INCOMING!" Ironhide shouted, just before the jet was ground level and opened fire on them. It blew up the truck the Autobots were holding and caused everyone to fall to the ground, even with the twins putting up a shield around the humans. The Cube was knocked out of his hands as he fell, rolling out of the Cloak and on full display.
"What the hell was that?" Lennox demanded, hiding behind some rubble.
"What are you talking about?"
"What do you mean, what am I talking about? They shot at us!" Lennox shouted.
"F-22 pilots would never fly below buildings! That's alien... that ain't friendly!" Epps told him.
Realising that the Cube was no longer in his hands, Harry quickly got back up to only to see it nowhere in sight
Sam, after seeing the Allspark on the ground, had picked it up and put it in his jumper pocket for protection since he couldn't find Harry's cloak. He looked around to see Harry's panicked look so he called out "Don't worry Harry, I have the Cube"
Harry sighed in relief until he noticed the state Bumblebee was in. Dragging himself closer to Sam, the Autobot revealed that his legs had been blasted off from the knees down.
"Harry" George shook his shoulder and pointed over to something that he was staring at. He turned to see a tank coming straight towards them.
"You've got to be kidding me" Fred muttered, staring at the tank in astonishment as he speculated how it even got there with no one noticing.
"We need to get Bumblebee out of here" Harry told them. while Sam sat in front of Bumblebee and said "I'm not going to leave you!"
"Can't we just use Reparo?" George asked.
"I wouldn't want to risk it with his circuitry. We might do more harm than good" Harry told them. Mikaela was already one step ahead as she drove a tow truck right up to them.
A strange plane flew over them with Jazz in its grip, the Autobot trying to shoot them but it was impossible with him being swung around like that.
"Oh no" Harry said. He was getting another bad feeling so he told the twins "Fred, George. Follow and help Jazz"
"Are you sure?" they asked.
"Yes, now go" they disappeared with a pop as they Apparated to find their guardian.
"Guys, help me with this" Mikaela requested, handing them some cables to help get Bumblebee out of here. Harry wasted no time in joining her.
Twins POVs
They ended up on a high building to see that the unknown jet, the one who had grabbed Jazz, was in fact Megatron. He had transformed on a smaller building not far from them so they could hear what he was saying to Jazz, who was struggling under his feet.
"Is that all yah got, Megatron?" Jazz said, trying to get himself up but unable to as Megatron put more pressure onto the smaller Cybertronian.
"Come here, you little cretin!" Megatron said, grabbing Jazz by his own foot who began to fire at the Con now that his weapons were free.
"You want a piece of me? You want a piece?"
Whatever Megatron was about to say was cut off when Fred and George Apparated straight onto Jazz, hanging on to his chest plates as they pointed their wands at the spiked robot. George cast a "Diffindo!" that severed a few cables but not the metal. It was enough to make him drop them all as Fred followed up with a "BOMBARDDA MAXIMA!" straight at the Decpticon's chest, causing him to be flung away from the trio while the Wizards hung on to the silver Bot.
"ARESTO MOMENTUM!" they both cast on Jazz to slow his descent. This gave him enough time to land on his feet, instead of his back or even them.
Jazz looked at the twins as they removed themselves from the Autobot, his visor sliding back to show the gratitude in his eyes "Thank yah both. Ah could feel 'im pullin' meh apart an' if it hadn't been for yah two, he might have actually ripped meh in half"
"No problems" an explosion caused them all to look in the direction to where the tank Decepticon was still attacking the soldiers "Right now, let's just help the others" Fred said, grinning. Jazz nodded in agreement, grinning along with them and reactivating his visor as well as his weapons.
Harry's POV
"Wrap it around the head" Sam told Mikaela as she strapped a few cables around Bee.
"Sam! Where's the Cube?" Lennox asked, running up to them.
"Right here" he said, pulling it out of the pocket of his grey jumper.
"Where's my Cloak?" Harry asked with a raised eyebrow, looking up from where he was helping to strap Bee onto the pickup truck. He finally noticed that his Cloak was no longer covering the Allspark. Sam began to fidget under his growing glare.
"I may have... accidentally lost it" Sam said, looking sheepish.
"Look. We don't have time to go looking for it right now, okay. Epps, get those Black Hawks here!" Lennox moved away to look at something in the distance.
Harry just continued to help Mikaela with Bumblebee. He did however, look up when he heard Sam say "What?"
"All right, I can't leave my guys back there, so here, take this flare" he handed the flare to Sam, who looked horrified as he realised what Lennox was asking him to do.
"Okay, there's a tall, white building with statues on top. Go to the roof. Set the flare"
"No"
Lennox ignored his protest "Signal the chopper and set the flare"
Sam began to panic "No, no. I can't do this!"
Lennox just grabbed the distressed boy by the shirt and pulled him towards himself "Listen to me! You're a soldier now! All right? I need you to take this Cube. Get it into military hands while we hold them off, or a lot of people are gonna die"
"No offence to Sam, but he's not fast enough to do that and dodge any oncoming targets. Let me take it. I'm smaller and quicker than he is" Harry said, jumping down from the tow truck.
Before the others could protest, he continued to explain "Look, I know what I'm doing. I've managed to dodge a Werewolf and a Dragon. Plus, I can protect myself with my Magic. Trust me when I say I can handle it"
Lennox was silent until another explosions got him back into gear "Fine, but be careful" Sam handed Harry both the Cube and the flare. The Cube hummed against him but he made sure to hold his Magic back. Lennox then looked to the other two teens "You two got to go. You got to go"
"No, I'm not leaving"
"Me either"
"You need to go. Go" he tried to push them away but they refused.
"No, I'm not leaving until I get Bumblebee out of here, okay?" Mikaela told him, Sam nodding along with her as they both turned and finished securing Bumblebee to the truck.
"Army Black Hawk requested. Immediate evac for civilian boy with precious cargo. Headed to rooftop marked by flare"
"Harry, we will protect you" Ironhide said, getting his cannons ready. Ratchet nodded in agreement to show that he was also ready.
Harry breathed out heavily, preparing himself for what was to come and getting his wand ready "Okay"
Harry shot off to run to the building as fast as he could, the two Autobots following right behind. It seemed all that time running from Dudley and his gang had helped him in some way. Now he was a lot faster and could run for a while before truly tiring out.
He ran on even when the Decepticon in front of him began to fire but managed to dodge them. Firing a few spells of his own while Ironhide blocked ones that were getting to close to him.
"Keep moving Harry! Don't stop!"
Going around a corner, he would have done what Ironhide had asked had it not been for the jet. The same one that had fired at them before. It changed right in front of them, flipping cars over that would have landed on the Wizard but he was quick to erect a shield around himself.
As soon as the Decepticon had left, after firing at Ratchet and Ironhide, he dropped the shield to see that the two Autobots could no longer run with him.
"Harry, get to the building" Ironhide spoke, his voice laced with pain but still trying to get back up.
He paused only for a second before continuing on. He had to get the Cube out of here before the Decepticons came back. He didn't even look back when he heard something land not far behind him, hearing a deep voice rumble out "Give me the Cube boy"
Harry ignored him and kept on running, but cars were coming straight at him and he soon tumbled over the hood of one of them. He landed on the ground harshly, dropping his wand when he felt a pulse of power come from the Cube as he did. Standing back up, he saw that the Allspark had created three new robots. One was from a man's Xbox, another was the steering wheel of the car that had hit him and the largest was a green vending machine.
He tightened his grip on the Cube but couldn't find his wand. It had rolled away somewhere in all the confusion. Instead of looking for it, he picked up the Xbox bot and made his way to the confused vending machine one. The bot had a gun out ready, obviously scared of all the destruction going on around him. Harry was careful not to scare him anymore, in case he accidentally shot at him, as he told the green bot "You need to get away. Find a place to hide and I'll come back later for you. Protect the others" he must have understood him because the robot leaned down, allowing the driving wheel to scuttle away from the car and up the offered arm until he was on his shoulder. Harry then placed the Xbox one on the other shoulder before running in the opposite direction to them.
"I hope they'll be okay" he thought. He would rather not leave them but with a Decepticon not far behind him, he couldn't bring them with him or stay behind to help them find the Autobots.
Harry finally made it to the building that Lennox told him about and was just making his way up the stairs when he heard a crash. The same voice from earlier roared out "I smell you boy"
Harry didn't have time to be offended by that comment. He was now running across the floor above the Decepticon, but he did think "Rude, I don't smell that bad" just before something collided with the ground behind him. He looked over his shoulder to see the silver face of Megatron, his red eyes gleaming brightly.
"Maggot!" the Decepticon growled out as he ran up some more stairs to reach the roof.
Once he had finally managed to get on the roof, after going up the fire escape, he noticed there was two helicopters not that far away from him. He quickly banged the flare against the wall, setting it alight and waving it in the air for them to see.
He continued to run to the edge where another helicopter flew up to him. Harry was so focused on the aircraft, that he did not see the other Decepticon until it was too late.
"WATCH OUT!" he shouted, just as the missile hit it. The Helicopter went up in a giant explosion, pushing Harry away with the force of it. It was a good thing that he had been thrown, otherwise his top half may have been separated from his bottom half by the tail of the helicopter. It passed inches above him, raining broken parts of the building over Harry.
He stood back up and looked over the edge at where the helicopter had crashed. Feeling helpless as more people added on to his list that he couldn't save. In that instant, he realised that he had nowhere to go. He was trapped "Oh Merlin. I wish I had my Firebolt"
"Hang on, Harry!" He heard Optimus shout from somewhere to his right. There was a sudden crash behind him where Megatron had, once again, burst out of the floor. The only place left to go was at the edge so, using the statute to keep from falling, he hid behind it and tried to figure out what to do.
Without his wand he couldn't do much and although he knew a few wandless spells, none were useful in this situation. He doubted even a Cushioning Charm could protect him from this height.
"Is it fear or courage that compels you, fleshling?" Megatron footfalls came closer to where he was, shaking the roof slightly.
"To be honest, this isn't even in my top five of weird things that happened to me. I'm just going along with it now"
"Give me the Allspark, and you may live to be my pet"
"Guy needs to get some counselling there. It's not normal for someone to ask you to be your pet" Harry whispered before shouting "I'm never giving you the Allspark!"
"Oh, so unwise..." he finally came into view, changing his arm into what looked like a flail. Megatron heaved it at the statue, breaking it and causing Harry to fall.
"Merlin I wish I had learned how to Apparate early" he thought, closing his eyes and waiting for the inevitable splat. All the Wizard could think was that after everything he had been through, this was how he died. He wasn't falling for long before he was suddenly caught by a warm, metal hand which caused his eyes to shoot back open "I got you, Harry! Hold on to the Cube!" Optimus told him.
Metal slipped across the lower part Prime's face as he held Harry close to his chest and fell, using the buildings to descend down them. A sudden weight dropped on top of them however, making them crash onto the pavement.
"Disgusting!" Harry could heard Megatron say from inside the proactive space of Optimus' hand and then a pained scream.
"Well doesn't he just have a lovely vocabulary" Harry panted out, the act of such a long run catching up to him.
Optimus finally opened his hand, letting Harry out who still had the Cube in his hands. Optimus' face mask disappeared into the sides of his helmet, showing the bottom half of his face.
"Harry... you risked your life to protect the Cube"
Harry breathed in deeply, trying to get a second wind before he answered "Well as Sam's family say. No sacrifice. No victory"
Optimus quickly glanced at Megatron then turned his attention back on Harry "If I cannot defeat Megatron, you must push the Cube into my chest. I will sacrifice myself to destroy it"
"What! No, I won't do it" Harry said in shock. He couldn't believe what the other was suggesting.
"Harry you must, it is the only way" he looked over Harry to see that Megatron was getting up "Get behind me" he ordered, his mask coming back up while Harry jumped down from his chest.
Harry didn't like this but with his wand gone and only having a few minor spells in wandless Magic, he ran behind Optimus. Hiding himself in a trench that must have been created when they fell. Harry could hear both of their voices booming above him.
"It's you and me, Megatron-"
"No, it's just me, Prime!"
"At the end of this day, one shall stand, one shall fall!" Optimus stated.
"You still fight for the weak! That is why you lose!" Megatron roared, battling with his enemy once again.
Harry hid in the trench thinking about what Optimus had asked him to do "I can't let him die. Megatron won't stop his path of destruction because the Allspark is gone. He'll just be more relentless without Optimus to stop him. There has to be another way" turning the Cube over, he finally had another idea but it was risky. Looking up, he saw the two leaders grappling not far above him. Thinking about his parents and Cedric, he quickly made up his mind. Optimus would not die today.
He pulled himself right out of the ditch, just as the two of them landed by him. Both wounded enough so that they could hardly stand. Megatron tried to crawl closer to Harry while saying "I'll kill you! Mine... Allspark!"
"Well you're going to have to form a line. There are others in front of you who want to kill me"
"Harry! Push the Cube into my chest, NOW!" Optimus demanded, attempting to keep Megatron away from him.
"Like hell am I going to do that to you! The Autobots need you Optimus and I'm not letting this guy live while you sacrifice yourself!" Harry shouted, running straight towards Megatron chest instead and placing the Cube in it. He felt the Cube's energy soar out of its protective casing and into Megatron's chest, disintegrating in his hands as it did so. Although no one noticed, some of that energy swirled around Harry and then entered his own chest.
Megatron's movements became jerky as he tried to claw the Allspark out but it was no use. He finally fell down motionless next to Harry.
Harry stood up along with Optimus and moved towards the Autobot Leader, who simply looked at the Decepticon in sadness "You left me no choice, brother"
"Brother?" Harry thought in confusion. He kept silent though out of respect. The soldiers, twins and other Autobots started to gather around them.
Harry's adrenalin had finally been used up and his legs shook in obvious exhaustion. The Wizard let gravity do its trick and fell to the ground, too knackered to even bother to try and stop his fall.
"Harry!" Optimus face loomed above Harry as he gently picked the tired teen up "I'm just a little tired. Running and using Magic does that to you" Harry joked, causing the surrounding humans and Autobots to chuckle; including Optimus.
"Harry, I owe you my life. We are in your debt"
"Don't mention it big guy. Just remind me never to run that much ever again! I'll stick to my broom from now on" he said simply, laying on Optimus' hand and trying not to pass out in exhaustion.
Optimus smiled. Glad that even after this, there was someone who could ease some of the pain they all went through. He looked over all who have gathered and said "We have gained new comrades today and I thank you, all of you. You honour us with your bravery"
Bumblebee, Mikaela and Sam drove up to them in the tow truck. Once they stopped, the two humans got out and began to hold each other's hands.
Bumblebee suddenly stunned them all when he finally spoke in his own voice "Permission to speak, sir?"
"Permission granted, old friend"
"You speak now?" Sam asked incredulously.
"I wish to stay with the boy"
"If that is his choice"
Sam didn't have think about it for long before replying with a "Yes" and a smile at the yellow bot.
"So… does that mean you're all staying?" Harry asked. He didn't want them to leave, they were only just getting to know these aliens.
Optimus nodded in agreement. Jazz picked up both of the red heads to place on his shoulders "Can't get rid of us tha' easy" the silver bot grinned.
Optimus looked back at Megatron's still form to see something sticking out of his chest plates. He walked over, with Harry still in his servo, and pulled the object out to find it was a shard of the Cube.
Harry looked at it, puzzled before realising what it was "Is that-"
"The only piece of the Allspark left" Optimus told him, placing it into his subspace for now and turning back to the celebrating humans and Cybertronians.
Okay apparently the twin's wands are unknown so I had to be a bit creative, J.K Rowling used the Celtic meaning of trees for Harry, Ron's and Hermione wands so I'm going to use those meanings for the wands. Also I'm following along the lines of their strongest so Fred is Transfiguration and George is Potions.
Fred's wand- Fred is better at transfiguration and the top three meaning for Aspen is Victory, Transformation and Vision. With that in mind Fred has to have quite a creative mind for when he is thinking of new ideas for their joke shop along with George. Dragon heartstring is the most flamboyant and often produces the strongest spells which transfiguration would likely need, 13 inches in length simply for the length of his arms.
George's wand- George is better at potions so I chose Blackthorn as his wand for discipline, control and perspective. I know that they are not the most disciplined but potions does require this and a lot of control to make sure nothing goes wrong with them and one meaning of perspective is a particular attitude towards or way of regarding something. Unicorn hair is less likely to be susceptible to fluctuations and blockages perfect for potions, and same reason for length as Fred.
Thank you all for the reviews.
-CD