JKR owns the people and places, I own Karista, Julia, Amaia, Vanessa, some chick named Jolene and the dream...

Author's Note: If you really, really like Lucius Malfoy, I suggest that you just skip this part, as like the title, he gets his arse whooped.

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Chapter 19: Death Eaters vs. Cans of whoop ass

"Karista," Harry whispered hoarsely in the dark. He was looming over her, gently shaking and prodding her awake. "Karista, Hon, wake up."

"Wha-," Karista started. She quickly composed herself after being awoken so bluntly and finally came to her senses. "Well?"

"It was near an apothecary. I know where it is since I've been there before," answered Harry. He shuddered involuntarily at the thought of his last discouraging visit to Knockturn Alley.

"Alright. Let me get dressed and I will meet you down in the common room."

Harry nodded his head as he made his way into the common room. He mused over the fact that he had seen Karista once again in one of his dreams. It seemed strange to him that she couldn't see or hear him, yet she could feel his presence. But that wasn't what occupied his thoughts. Instead, it was the red-haired woman he had spotted unconscious in the jail cell. Her dark red hair stuck out to him strangely. For some reason, he was tempted to run and get his photo album to see if there was a picture of her in one of the many pictures he had acquired. He looked at the girl's dormitory entrance and saw Karista, still putting on her cloak.

"Let's go."

***

Harry and Karista, aided by the Marauder's map, made it into the busy entrance hall and out the doors without being noticed.

"For two AM, Hogwarts sure is busy," Harry muttered, crossing the grounds until they were well out of sight of anyone in the castle. "How long do you think it would take for us to get to Knockturn Alley?"

Karista thought for a moment before speaking. "I'd say at least six hours. That would make it around eight o'clock by the time we arrive there, and I strongly suggest that we wait until night before we act upon our search and rescue rendezvous."

Harry smirked wildly at Karista's remark before both of them kicked off into the air, taking a last glance at Hogwarts before soaring over Hogsmeade and into the moon.

***

"Harry! Hey, Harry, wake up!" Ron called from his bed. He crossed the room and made it to Harry's bed, ripping back the hangings. Harry's bed, although looking as if it had been slept in, was empty.

"Oooo, a midnight 'wandering' again?" Ron cackled as he raced out of the dorm and into the common room. He glanced around quickly to make sure that Harry wasn't there before making his way up towards the sixth year girl's dorm. Hermione was already awake, brushing out her wet hair.

"Hi Ron, have you seen Karista?" she asked as she set down her brush and gave Ron a kiss on the cheek. Ron started at this.

"Um, actually, I came to see if Harry and Karista were in here because they aren't in our room or the common room."

Hermione got a puzzled expression on her face before entering Karista's area and looking for her broom. Sure enough, it was gone.

"Ron, check and see if Harry's broom is there," Hermione said quietly. They both exited the room, yet Ron entered the boy's dorm again while Hermione searched the common room.

"Herm, it's gone…and so is his cloak," Ron said quickly, looking flustered. Hermione went slightly pale as they both exited the common room running.

***

"And you say that they aren't in Gryffindor tower, the Great Hall, the Quidditch pitch or by the lake?" Dumbledore said. He looked slightly puzzled, yet concern etched his face. "Where else…other than Hogsmeade?"

"We don't have a clue. They never go off to Hogsmeade on off days, or at least, I don't think," Ron stated as he lowered himself into one of the chairs before Dumbledore. Hermione followed suit.

"The Marauder's map is gone, so that gives us a tiny hint that they were probably trying to sneak out," Hermione said matter-of-factly. The door to Dumbledore's office opened and James Potter stepped in. Ron and Hermione immediately tensed. How were they to tell James Potter that his only son was missing?

"Ah, James you might want to sit down," Dumbledore said quietly. "Ron and Hermione cannot find Karista or Harry anywhere. Have you seen them?"

James' face became stricken as he shook his head. "Not since yesterday."

Dumbledore furrowed his brow. "Well, we should send some staff out into Hogsmeade, I would suppose. Remus, Sirius?"

Remus and Sirius who had entered with James and heard all the news perked up.

"Remus, check the shrieking shack. Sirius, please go down the Hogsmeade. I have a feeling they might be out having a bit of fun."

***

"Could I possibly buy some new quills while I'm here?" Harry asked as they ducked into an alley just off the main street and sat down.

"Sure Harry, if you have money," Karista giggled lightly before setting her firebolt down on the ground and wrapping herself in her invisibility cloak. "We need a plan."

"Alright. I say that as soon as it is dark enough not to be able to see anything, we move," Harry began as he thumbed the fabric of his invisibility cloak. "We then go in with our cloaks on for an advantage, get out Vanessa and the other woman without hopefully being seen, and get out of here."

"Okay, but the problem is that flying with two people on a broom would be impossible, including with one unconscious. I say that I make a portkey and we use that."

"Good call," Harry said quietly. Karista absent-mindedly groped her neck for her necklace, yet let out a startled cry.

"HARRY! My necklace! If Lucius, Avery or Hongton find out I don't have it, I can be in for some big trouble!" Karista moaned.

"It's alright, trust me. As long as we use the cloaks, they won't see us."

***

Dumbledore sat at the head of the table looking around at the other Order members. The sun was a pinprick in the night sky by now, and Dumbledore was far from worry; he was in fear.

"We cannot let Voldemort get to them. Anyone have any clue where they could possibly be?"

"We've already sent some people down to Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley, Brodern Alley and Celevin Alley, and they've all reported back nothing," Sirius said quietly. His fear for his godson and godson's girlfriend had turned him into a cripple. The silence was beginning to etch away at the people sitting there. Ron looked pale while Hermione quietly sobbed.

"I should've been awake, or at least heard something," Hermione cried all of a sudden causing people to jump beside her. "I thought something was wrong, I just knew it!"

"Hermione, the last person here to blame is you," James said quietly as he went back to holding his head in his hands.

"Dumbledore, we cannot possibly be worried about them. Karista and Harry are more powerful than any Death Eaters," Snape said dully. "Sure, we don't know where they are, yet they will be alright."

"I hope that everything you are saying is true," James swore bitterly before returning to his hunched position.

***

Harry and Karista moved stealthily passed the table where the Death Eater slept with his feet propped up and mask dangling off his face. Harry sneered before gently unlocking the door and entering. Vanessa looked up slowly before whimpering softly and submitting to any other punishment. She looked back up however into the face of the same sixteen-year-old girl that she had seen last night, except she looked...real.

"It wasn't a dream, was it?" Vanessa whispered, being unable to hide her smile. She looked slightly better than she did the night before, yet it wasn't by much. "You are real!"

"Shh…there is a Death Eater sleeping outside and I don't think he would like to be awoken," Karista said happily as she and Harry moved over to the jail cell. "Oh, and by the way, this is Harry."

Vanessa looked up into the face of the boy.

"JAMES! You aren't Harry! By Gods, I knew it was you!" Vanessa said through a harsh whisper.

"No, I am James' son, Harry Potter," Harry smiled knowingly before Karista removed a vial of potion.

"Harry, pour this on the door. I'll free you, okay Vanessa?" Karista smiled as she walked over and gently tapped each of the shackles. They sprang apart immediately and Vanessa dropped to the floor on her knees, clutching her wrists. She smiled up at Karista before the door burst open.

"You," Lucius Malfoy spat at Karista. She spun around to face the man who had removed his mask and lowered his hood to reveal his platinum blonde hair. "Looks like we will be having some fun here tonight."

Hongton stood behind him looking slightly nauseous yet still mad. Both men entered the room and pointed their wands at Vanessa and Karista. Good, they haven't realized Harry is here yet, Karista thought as she raised her stick in front of her.

"CRUCIO!" Lucius bellowed, sending a blinding red flash of light towards Karista, which she luckily dodged. It hit Vanessa straight on; yet she was still to weak to take the minor pain it inflicted and rolled over unconscious on the floor. "Ah, Karista. Given up your necklace, I see?"

Hongton sprung at her before she could get away and landed on her ankle which seemed to shatter from the blow. Frustrated, she disarmed the man causing him to fly against the wall with a sickening thud.

"Dear, dear. Looks like we have an injured bird," Lucius cackled as Karista tried gingerly to get to her feet. She could barely see Harry in the light of the room. He was creeping up on Lucius, his wand poised and ready. "CRUCIO!"

The pain was deafening in her ears as she clawed at the stone floor. Thousands of knives were piercing every inch of her skin as well as muscle and bone. As soon as it had ended, Karista slumped against the wall sobbing from the pain.

***

Harry didn't waist a breath as soon as Lucius had muttered the curse. He launched himself at the man who was struck completely by surprise. Lucius landed on the floor as Harry swung with all his might and hit him squarely in the Jaw.

***

Karista clutched the stone wall with ragged breaths and stood up, testing her weight. Harry was flung of Lucius hitting the wall with equal impact as Hongton, yet instead received a gash on his forehead. Karista waited until Lucius stood up and turned to look at her before kicking him square in the groin and kneeing him in the face. Lucius hunched over backwards before Karista got enough will power to stun him into oblivion.

"Karista, are you alright?" Harry almost yelled as he hobbled across the room to where Karista stood with mixture of pain and anger on her face.

"I'll…I'll be a-alright," she stuttered as she crossed the room to where Vanessa lay unconscious. "L-let's get o-out of here."

Harry looked at her curiously for a second before hobbling again into the cell where the woman laid and scooped her up into his arms. Karista muttered a charm causing Vanessa to slowly rise from the floor and follow Karista and Harry out the door.

Karista took off her shoe and held it in front of her, gripping Vanessa's hand and placing it on the top.

"Ready?" she mumbled.

"Yeah, we should stop halfway to Hogwarts though," Harry said softly. She nodded her head before steadying her hand over the shoe, which they were all touching by now. "Velidious mandiforous Kenton."

The familiar jerk behind the navel swirled them around until they landed heavily in a field outside of Kenton.

"Vanessa is stirring," Harry murmured as he set down the woman he had been holding and helped Karista rest Vanessa's head on the ground.

"Where…where am I?" She mumbled as she squinted her eyes. Two smiling faces met hers. "Did we make it?"

Harry nodded his head, as his smile grew wider. "Not only did we make it, but Karista kicked Lucius Malfoy's ass."

Karista began to blush as Vanessa chuckled lightly.

"Ah, tough old girl, aren't we?" Vanessa said mildly before sitting up slowly. "Oh, and I believe this belongs to you."

She pointed at the necklace dangling from around her neck and Karista released the chain. The cartouche immediately went blank and as soon as it was back on Karista, it resumed its' original form.

"That is a powerful amulet that you have there," Vanessa mused as she laid back down. "You guys wouldn't be able to splint up my leg, would you?"

Harry nodded and moved his wand around while muttering some words. A long string and board rose from his wand and attached themselves to her leg.

"Thanks. So, where to now?"

"Hogwarts, if we get moving soon," Harry said happily as he helped Vanessa to her feet.

"How far away are we?" Karista asked, immediately remembering her broom.

"Where did the portkey take us?" Vanessa asked as she hobbled on Harry's shoulder to a sitting-height rock.

"Kenton."

"About 20 miles from Hogsmeade, if I remember correctly," Vanessa smiled and remembered the other woman. "Oh! Let's see how she is doing."

Vanessa borrowed Harry's wand as she waved it over the face of the woman, cleaning it up. Once the grime and dirt was gone, she screamed before collapsing on the floor by the woman sobbing.

"LILY! LILY! Wake up, hon. It's me, Vanessa," she yelped, but it was in vain. Lily merely rolled her head. "Oh Gods, this is terrible! Harry, this is your mum!"

Harry froze. The woman on the ground before him couldn't be his mum, could it? She was too unrecognizable by the pictures that he had of her.

"That…that isn't my mum," Harry gasped. Karista laid a trembling hand on his shoulder. "That can't be!"

"Trust me, if your father is James Potter, and you have those beautiful brilliant green eyes, Lily Evans-Potter is your mum," Vanessa said silently as she gently shook Lily. She began to stir and opened her eyes to reveal glimmering jade.

"J-James," her voice rasped. She gently lifted her hand to touch Harry's cheek before passing out again.

Harry leaned back on his haunches and let out a deep breath. He was now trembling with anger and anxiousness.

"We have to get to Hogwarts now," Karista murmured before helping Vanessa up and grabbing both Harry and her broomstick. "Come on Harry. It won't help her to lay there."

Harry unfroze himself and gently picked his mum up. Karista helped him and her onto the broom while grabbing the invisibility cloaks and hopping on her broom.

"I always loved flying," Vanessa said quietly before hopping behind Karista.

"Harry, if you need to stop flying to balance her, tell me," Karista said before gently kicking off, immediately followed by Harry and Lily.

"I'll save you, mum," he murmured in her ear as they soared over the trees.

***

"Alastor, look," Mundungus Fletcher yelled to his counterpart as he pointed up towards the sky. Two large lumps looked as if they were flying towards Hogwarts at a snail's pace.

"Fletcher, let's get back to Hogwarts…now," Alastor said before apparating to the front gates of Hogwarts. Mundungus followed him quickly through the entrance hall and into the Great Hall. There was a hushed silence while Alastor and Mundungus sat down and began to fiddle their thumbs.

"Should we say something?" Mundungus whispered in Alastor's ear.

"No. Let their punishments come as a harsh blow and surprise, I'd say," Alastor grunted. James still had his head in his hands and Hermione had finally calmed down enough to be able to stare up at the sky. From the entrance hall came a loud bang as the door was thrown open. Everyone except for Alastor and Mundungus jumped and raised their wands, staring expectantly at the Great Hall doors.

"Karista, steady yourself," came a female voice from the corridor. Everyone seemed surprised but unmoved. Finally, the Great Hall doors were thrown open, showing four people who looked severely beaten up, yet in good spirits.

***

Karista looked up at the Entrance Hall doors.

"Karista, Madame Malvon should take a look at that," Vanessa said softly as Karista hobbled towards the latch and banged it open.

"Who is Malvon? Don't you mean Madame Pomfrey?"

Vanessa looked shock for a moment, then nodded her head.

Karista began immediately to fall to the floor.

"Karista, steady yourself," Vanessa said softly. Karista looked up at her and smiled. "Great Hall, I should think is where they are pining for us."

Vanessa reached the door first and threw it open to stare back into nearly a hundred staring faces. They were all adults, and were all anxiously awaiting them. Karista was the next to limp up, a gash on her forehead and bloody nose bleeding freely. Soon enough, Harry and Lily approached, Harry's own gash stopped bleeding a while ago and he took on a grimace of pain from his injured back.

All at once, the room spun around Karista. For which reason, she couldn't tell other than she found herself on the floor.

***

Snape was the first one to stand up along with Dumbledore and James.

"V-Vanessa?" Snape gasped as he looked at the blonde haired vixen in front of her, covered in blood and dirt from head to toe. Her robes were severely torn and she was limping quite fiercely.

"Dad…it's mum," Harry whimpered under the strain from his back. James ran to his son and took Lily into his arms.

"Oh God, what happened to her?" James yelped as he carried her into the hall followed by Harry. Severus was next to move until he saw Karista blank out. Karista looked around the room for a second, before fainting to the floor with a sickening thud and still clinging to Vanessa.

"Karista!" Harry yelled as he skidded onto the floor next to her. Dumbledore, Alastor and Mundungus quickly got up from their seats and went over to Karista while Vanessa caught Severus' eye.

"Sevi," Vanessa whispered before limping into his arms.