"Expecto Patronum" Grey saw Harry fall. One of them was reaching down to grab Harry. No! Grey blasted a path through and raced to Harry. The man standing over Harry saw her coming. He sent a disarming charm at her. Her wand flew out of her hand.
"I don't need it" She said, rolling her neck and curling her fists
"You fight like a muggle, mudblood" the cloak wearer said
Grey grabbed his arm. She twisted it back. He howled. He threw her back. She caught her footing. She ran forward and kicked him. She landed and flipped her hair back over her shoulder. He fell back. She threw a punch. He swatted at her. She landed another hit. He grabbed her arm. She flipped herself to break free. She tried to find her footing. He knocked her down. She dodged a punch to the face. She used her leg to trip him. He fell with a satisfying thud. She walked over to him
"Not so tough now, are you?" She said, with a smirk on her face. She saw a glint of something on his pale skin. He unsheathed a blade, a knife. Grey saw his arm. The dark mark, as clear as day. She stared. He sliced her arm. She gripped it and stumbled blood seeped through her jacket and shirt. She could see it gathering on her hand. The man made his way to where Harry still laid.
"We will both finally get to fulfill our great destinies" He said, reaching to grab Harry.
"Get away from him!" Ari yelled. She was holding a knife.
"Now what are you going to do with that?" The man asked. Her hands were shaking. She could barely hold on to the knife. Her dark curls stuck to her forehead from sweat. She swayed from side to side, trying to keep stable
"Oí, you heard what the kid said" Ron yelled. His wand was now aimed firmly at the man.
"Really?" He said.
"You heard him," Neville said, taking aim. Zaima was by Grey's side. She passed Grey her wand. Grey used her now blood stained hand to hold her wand. They took aim. The man was now the one surrounded. Grey looked around. The other cloak wearers were on the ground. They were trying to get up. She looked at their arms. She saw the mark. Red. Ron moved Ari behind him. Harry began to push himself off the floor. He clutched his head with one hand. The man stared at him.
"We will meet destiny another day Harry Potter" he disappeared with a pop. The others followed suit.
"Ari!" Mrs. Knells yelled
"Mom" She was still shaking. She dropped her knife as her parents ran to her. They embraced her.
"What were you thinking?" Her mother shrieked.
"I-I don't think I was" She said
"What on earth just happened?" Her mother asked
"I don't know," Ari said. Another whoosh filled the room. Robards stepped forward, flanked by Lyra and Proudfoot. Other Aurors appeared around the room. Ari, Mr. and Mrs. Knells stared. Ron and Neville helped Harry up. Grey put her wand back in her pocket. She faced her boss and walked toward him
"Auror Grey," he growled
"It's Senior Auror Grey, don't forget it" She said. He rolled his eyes "and before you gave me the whole spiel, we were ambushed. I didn't lead another team into a trap" she crossed her arms over her chest. He sighed
"Another?" Neville asked
"Was anyone hurt or killed?" He asked
"Couple of scratches and bruises, Harry got knocked out but besides that nothing too serious" she shrugged. Zaima stood by her side
"Castellano, call the healers," Robards said.
"On it" they said. Harry, Ron and Neville made their way behind Grey.
"What can you tell me about the group who attacked you?"
"Besides the fact that they're called the Risen Followers, Yaxley is part of it, they held Knells and their obsession with Harry, not much." Ron said. Grey pursed her lips
"We have more than that now," Grey said. The others stared at her. "They're the death eaters or at least a new breed of them"
"What?" Robards hissed.
"Most of them had the mark"
"Grey, this case-"
"We can handle it, Gawain." Grey said. He sighed
"We'll talk after you see a healer." He said
"I need to speak to the family first" Grey said
"You can take them to the healers and talk to them there."
"Are we heading to St. Mungo's?" Grey asked
"No, the public will swarm if you do. Go to the school"
Hogwarts, ScotlandHarry Potter found himself in the Hogwarts infirmary yet again. He sat on the bed, waiting for his turn to be looked at. They just needed to make sure he didn't have any spell damage and then he could be on his way. Madam Pomfrey was currently looking over the stitches on Grey's arm. Zaima, Neville, Ron and Ari were sitting on beds, waiting as well. Ari's parents were standing around her bed. Madam Pomfrey made her way to Harry's bed
"All right Mr. Potter, looks like you are back in your suite again" Madam Pomfrey said
"Oh come on, I wasn't here that often" Harry said. Madam Pomfrey raised her eyebrow.
"You really were, mate, you ended almost every year here" Ron said
"You can't talk Mr. Weasley, you were here just as often. I doubt I ever had a week without you or one of your siblings ending up here" Ron's ears turned pink. Harry and Neville laughed
"You can't talk either Mr, Longbottom, you were either here for herbology accidents or running around with those two" she gestured to Ron and Harry
"Geez you guys were bad" Grey laughed
"I would not laugh if I was you, Grey. You were here just as often" Professor McGonagall said, pushing open the door.
"You?" Ron asked
"Not all pranks are full proof and I was the pranking queen of ravenclaw in my day" Grey said
"Really?" Zaima said
"Yes, is it really so hard to believe?" Grey asked
"Yes," they said. Grey rolled her eyes
"It was always you, Tonks and Weasley" Professor McGonagall muttered
"Wait, you knew my brother?" Ron asked
"Oh yeah, we were in the same year and everything" Grey said "you didn't know?"
"Grey, might I ask you what you are doing injured in my school?" Professor McGonagall said
"We couldn't go to St. Mungo because of the press" Grey said
"That's not what I mean" Professor McGonagall said
"We were ambushed by death eaters dropping off Knells" Grey pointed to Knells
"Death Eaters?" Professor McGonagall said
"Well we think they're Death Eaters. They didn't exactly say 'ahh we're death eaters' or anything like that." Grey said
"I'm sorry, what is a Death Eater and where are we?" Mr. Knells asked
"Oh right, Sorry. I guess we forgot to fill you guys in." Harry laughed
"Right, we are in Scotland. This is Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It's the British Magical school" Zaima said
"Magic?" Mrs. Knells asked. Grey sent her patronus, a jill, in the air. The Knells paled
"Magic." Grey said "that's the patronus spell. It's a type of defensive spell. And to answer your first question, you need to know a little bit of magical history. Ok, there's this dark wizard, Voldemort or You-Know-Who. Anyways he gained a lot of followers in the 60s and 70s. They were the Death Eaters. In the late 70s and early 80s, he launched a war on the magical word to try to take control for himself and get rid of muggle, non-magical people, like you guys, and muggleborns, witches and wizards with only muggle lineage, like me. So a group, the Order of the Phoenix rose to fight them. Raise your hand if your family were in the first order" Harry, Ron and Neville raised their hand "in 1979 a prophecy was made saying that the one to defeat the dark lord was coming and he would be born in July of '80. That kid was Harry here. Anyway, long story short, Harry survived Voldemort's attack as a baby while his parents and pretty much every other person who ever faced him didn't. Not only that, Voldemort was defeated."
"So why are his followers attacking us now if he's been dead for so long?" Mr. Knells asked
"I'm getting there. So turns out Voldemort wasn't fully gone and was planning a return. That's why Harry and Ron were in the hospital wing so much, they kept getting in Voldemort's way. In 1995 he managed to come back. The order was reformed, I joined and so did Professor McGonagall. Harry, Ron and Neville fought him through the DA. It's like a high school equivalent of the Order that Harry, Ron and Hermione Granger form and then Neville, Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood took over in '97. The war got bad. A lot of people died. The final battle was here. We only just managed to win. Harry sent Voldemort to the grave, fulfilling the Prophecy and we rounded up as many death eaters as we could. Looks like some got away. But because of all of that, the death eaters have an unhealthy obsession with Harry. Did I miss anything?"
"No,"
"Nope"
"Don't think so"
"Any questions?" Grey asked. Madam Pomfrey finished up with Ari and gave her the all clear.
"A few!" Mrs. Knells said.
"Look, Ari is good to go. I'll give you my card and we can talk at some point down the road. I'll take you guys back to your place." Lyra said. They led the confused family out of the room.
"So what does this mean?" Zaima asked
"It means we have some Death Eaters to take down" Grey said