Sensing Magic
by Teddylonglong

Please refer to chapter 1 for my disclaimer and warnings. Thank you.

Marvolo was glad that he knew all about the Death Eaters' tactics and put up a shield charm in front of the muggle woman and her son as well as himself, while the other Unspeakables actively attacked the Death Eaters.

"Do you see this? This is called Daisy, the freak pacifier." Vernon Dursley shouted, as he produced a shotgun from under the sofa. He fired off two well aimed shots, hitting two of the Death Eaters into the head. From the corner of his eyes, Marvolo saw how one of the Death Eaters ran away in apparent fright.

'Was that Lucius?' he wondered. 'From the statue and his way of running, I suppose so.' Only seconds later, a green spell travelled from one of the masked men, and the fat muggle slumped onto the floor. "See? Your gun is useless against us!"

'Oh well, killing the Dursleys is long overdue, considering what they did to Harry,' Marvolo thought, when he realised in shock that two of the Unspeakables from Team 5 seemed to have been hit with some kind of spell as well.

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Harry was fast asleep with Lucy cuddled against his stomach, when all of a sudden, Marvolo's thought penetrated his mind.

'Killing the Dursleys is long overdue, considering what they did to Harry.'

'What?' All of a sudden, Harry was wide awake. 'Marvolo?'

'Ah, sorry, Harry, not now. I'm in the middle of a battle.'

'The Dursleys? No, I can't have them kill them.' He jumped out of bed, mumbled a hasty apology to Lucy and popped away, turning himself invisible on the way.

He popped himself right in front of the entrance door to the Dursleys' residence, however, it was closed. 'Was it all a dream?' he wondered, as he quietly crept around the garage into the garden.

'No, it wasn't,' he realised, as he took in the battlefield in front of his eyes.

Several people wearing Death Eater masks as well as a few Unspeakables were engrossed in a heavy spell fire. While two of the Unspeakables were lying on the ground, some others were standing in the garden. Most of the Death Eaters and one grey-robed figure were in the living room, pieces of glass from the garden door scattered about the terrasse.

'I'll look for the Dursleys first,' he decided and popped right into the living room. It was completely devastated, and Vernon Dursley was lying on the floor, unmoving. Dudley was hiding behind the sofa but seemed to be unharmed. Harry popped over right to his side, grabbed his arm and popped back home together with his struggling cousin.

"Dudley, calm down. You're safe here." He released his cousin, making himself visible at the same time.

"Ha… Ha… Harry?" Dudley shrieked, wide-eyed, causing Lucy to wake up and let out a small growl.

"Yeah, come, quickly." He pulled his cousin out of his room into the living room, where his parents were having tea together.

"Mum, Dad, this is my cousin Dudley. Please look after him. I'll have to see if I can save my aunt as well."

"Harry! No!" Regina all but shouted in apparent panic. "What happened?"

"Death Eaters attacked the Dursleys. Some Unspeakables are fighting them, but it's bad."

"I'll go."

"No, Dad. Mum and Felix need you." With that, Harry simply popped away again, leaving his parents to look after his distraught cousin.

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By the time Harry was back in the mostly destroyed living room of the Dursleys, the Unspeakables had apparently managed to stun each of the Death Eaters. Two of them as well as Vernon Dursley were dead, and Petunia and one of the Mento brothers seemed to be badly injured.

Seeing that the other Mento was leaned over his brother, apparently trying to help him, while the other Unspeakables dealt with their prisoners, Harry made a beeline towards his aunt.

"Harry, I'm sorry. I cast a shield charm over her and her son, but it failed, when her son suddenly vanished from the spot. I have no idea what happened to him."

Harry smiled upon recognising Marvolo's voice. "Thanks, Marvolo, for trying to help them. I came and took Dudley to Hogwarts, before I came back for Aunt Petunia. Let me try if I can help her."

"She's bad off."

Harry nodded in understanding, before he crouched on the floor next to his aunt, placing both hands onto her chest. He concentrated on her injuries and slowly let his healing magic flow into his aunt's body. He did not know how much time passed and what the others around him were doing. He was only aware that his colleagues were all sitting on the floor around him waiting for him, and for that, he felt very grateful.

Finally, Petunia opened her eyes and seeing him crouched over her let out a loud scream.

"Hello to you, too, Aunt Petunia." With that, Harry removed his hands and rose from the floor, while Whisker explained what had happened and that Harry had healed her.

Only then did Harry realise that the place was swamped with Aurors, and that someone seemed to have taken away the Death Eaters and Vernon. Some of the Unspeakables were missing as well.

"Where's Dudley? And Vernon?"

"Aunt Petunia, I've taken Dudley to safety at Hogwarts. My adoptive parents are looking after him. I suggest that I take you with me as well, until the house is repaired."

"To where all the freaks are? Never."

All of a sudden, Mrs. Figg appeared seemingly out of nowhere. "Mrs. Dursley, I suggest that you accept Harry's gentle offer. He saved your life after all, and all the wizards still remaining are only here, because they wanted to save you from the attackers. Not all magical people are bad."

"Mrs. Figg? You know about m… magic?" Petunia's eyes widened in shock.

"Yes, I know about magic, and I love it. Would you come if I accompanied you to Hogwarts?"

Petunia nodded, seemingly tired of the crowd of Aurors bustling around them.

"Well, then hold on to my hand." Harry reached out for Petunia's hand, offering his other hand to Mrs. Figg, quirking an eyebrow in silent question. As soon as he felt the two women hold on to his hands, he popped back right into his bedroom.

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While his parents and Rebecca in her Mrs. Figg form cared for Petunia, Harry motioned for Dudley to take the second bed in his bedroom and try to sleep. He telepathically called Misty, who gently transfigured Dudley's clothes into soft pyjamas and unobtrusively cast a light sleeping spell at the still distraught boy.

"Good night, Harry. Tomorrow, I want to hear the whole story, but I believe that you did something very generous tonight," she said, smiling, as she pointed her head in the direction of Dudley.

"It was the natural thing to do," Harry replied, before he closed his eyes and was just about to drift off to sleep, when Rebecca entered his room.

"Harry, please don't sleep yet. Mento needs your help." She seemed distraught enough for Harry to wake up once more.

tbc...

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