Chapter 10: The Rescue
It was early morning the following day as Ginny Potter slowly trudged down the halls of the Ministry of Magic completely surrounded by an armed escort of aurors. The Minister himself had taken the precaution of arming the guards with enchanted batons that carried a stunning spell. Should Potter try to neutralize their wands or the enchanted batons with the crystals he carries the aurors would still have a physical means of defending themselves as well as a numerical advantage.
As Ginny exited the prisoner transfer hall she looked around at the people gathered to see her off. Her mother, father, four of her brothers and Hermione all stood watching as a shackled Ginny Potter was about to be placed into the transport bound for Azkaban Prison. Molly desperately pleaded with Ginny to tell the Minister anything that might keep her out of Azkaban. However Molly's pleas fell on deaf ears. Ginny refused to give up her love and held firm to the belief she would not be traveling to the prison.
Arthur heartbrokenly watched as his only daughter closed her eyes and stepped towards the transport.
"LET HER GO!" A voice bellowed from behind the congregation.
Everyone turned to see Harry Potter standing in the passageway looking at the group of witches and wizards. He had materialized inside the Ministry itself and was a few steps behind the gathering of aurors. Everyone, with the exception of the Weasleys drew their wands and pointed them at Harry.
"Give yourself up Potter, there's no way you can get out of this building, the moment you entered an anti-apparation spell went into place." Amos informed the young man.
Harry simply shook his head. "Judging by your statement Amos you have yet to figure me out so allow me to give you this one enlightening fact." Harry said. "I am not using magic." Harry stated.
With that said, Harry waved his hand and the room watched as, with the exception of the Weasleys and Hermione all of their wands flew into the air and were snapped in half. The wands the broke again, and again and again until their was very little resembling a wand left. The Weasleys then watched as their wands floated up and were thrown far from their reach.
Immediately after the wand snapping Ginny's manacles unlocked and fell to the ground shocking all those in attendance save Harry and Ginny. The only thing keeping Ginny from her husband was the six aurors directly in front of her. Several of the aurors were planning to physically restrain Ginny when Harry gave them a warning, "Don't even think about touching her."
It after he made his warning that Harry recognized two of the men present as the ones that had taken great pleasure in roughing him up for his trip to Azkaban so many years ago. He watched as the two men disregarded his warning, grabbed Ginny's shoulders and shoved his pregnant wife to the ground with such a force that those gathered heard a very audible thud when the young woman struck the unforgiving floor. This act enraged not only Harry but Ginny's family as well.
Before Amos could say or do anything his entire group of aurors found themselves forced off their feet and thrown violently against the nearest wall by an almost bone breaking force. The sounds of pain from the aurors filled the hall. The only people still standing were Amos Diggory, the Weasleys, Hermione, and the two guards. With the exception of the two guards, none of the other spectators were capable of moving. Amos Diggory noted that if the guards were intimidated by this show of force they hid it well. The two men moved to attack Harry, a gesture Amos noted, Harry had hoped for by the smile on his face.
As the two men approached Harry took them completely by surprise by dropping a bag of marbles in front of him. For once in his life he was glad that the wizarding world knew so little about muggles as he watched the two men loose their balance and fall down. The one on his right flew up and landed on his back, the one on the left fell face first to the ground. Another wave of his hand and the marbles levitated up and back into the bag Harry had stored them in.
The guard that fell face first was able to recover fairly quickly and moved to grab Harry. Harry caught the man's left hand and twisted it counter clockwise bringing the man to his knees in pain. Using only a small amount of force Harry continued to twist it until the man's left wrist, elbow, and arm was completely dislocated. The man looked up only to see Harry bring his fist down across his face. This sent him down as if he were hit by a ton of bricks.
Harry's second opponent, who had managed to shake off the hard impact of the ground, was now trying to figure out how to attack Harry. He had only caught a few moments of the rather one-sided fight but he saw enough to know charging Harry was not an option.
Harry made the first move and landed a left cross to the guards face. The guard quickly counter attacked but Harry sidestepped the blow and delivered a right jab to the man's abdomen forcing all the air out the large man. Those in attendance watched as the guard keeled over, only to have Harry drive a knee into the man's face. The guard's head flew back and blood sprayed from his nose and mouth. The guard, whose vision was now blurry, barely made out Harry delivering a spinning back-fist to his face. The blow sent the man back to the floor.
Ronald Weasley, who had watched the attack closely, suddenly found he was capable of moving. He reflexively went for his wand only to realize he didn't have it.
"Ready for Round two Ron?" Harry asked.
Ginny quickly rose to her feet stepped between the two men, much like she did the previous night, and gave Harry a pleading look. Harry simply motioned for her to back away from Ron and himself. Hermione verbally tried to persuade her love not to fight Harry. Had she the ability to move she would be between the two men as well; unfortunately this was not the case.
"You think you can take me Ron?" Harry taunted the man who was once his best friend.
Ron didn't answer in a flash he expanded the sword that until this moment had been the size of a toothpick. In a fury Ron slashed at his opponent. Harry, much to the surprise of those in attendance, drew no weapon and simply evaded Ron's attacks, carefully working himself into a closer proximity to Ron.
Ron slashed at Harry only for his foe to move with a speed and grace that he'd not used the night before. Ron turned to see Harry behind him.
"Lose something Ron?" Harry asked.
Ron looked at him stupidly until Harry flicked Ron's dagger from his right hand. Ron checked the sheath and sure enough the dagger was missing. Ron came at Harry much like he had the night before. Harry used the blade- guard to keep the sword from cutting his hand. Ron looked at Harry with an evil grin.
Harry smiled back as he surprisingly spun the dagger on the blade. Ron watched the blade spin and Harry suddenly caught the grip of the dagger and cut Ron's right cheek.
Ron fell back some and touched the wound. He couldn't believe Harry had actually cut his face.
An enraged Ron executed a slash to decapitate his former friend. Harry ducked the slash, hooked Ron's arm with his left arm and delivered a head- butt to the mans face. Ron, tears in his eyes, attempted to break the hold only to have Harry wrench his right arm up, making Ron feel as if it were about to pop out of its socket. Ron dropped his sword just as Harry delivers a ridge-hand blow to his face, sending the bleeding redhead to the ground.
"Thus endith the lesson." Harry announced and tossed the groaning man a handkerchief to wipe his bloody face and nose. "This is your final warning Ron, don't try and fight me again, you'll lose... badly."
"Anyone else care to have a go?" Harry asked looking at Amos Diggory first, then at Ginny's siblings, and finally the ministry aurors still pinned to the walls, looking like they'd been nailed to a crucifix.
When no one spoke up Harry took his wife's hand and looked at Amos Diggory. "You and your men have no idea what I'm capable of Diggory. Till now I've been generous, however should anyone harm a hair on my wife's head I'll make you all rule the day you ever hear the name Harry Potter." The young man stated.
"Give my regards to Peter Pettigrew and tell him he can expect a visit some time in the future." Harry announced. He then held Ron's dagger by its tip and tossed it towards the transport that was to take Ginny to Azkaban. The blade impacted with a large thud as it imbedded itself in the wooden frame.
"I'll send you a card when the baby's born." Ginny informed her family as she clutched her husband. Harry kissed his wife's forehead as the aurors, Weasleys, Hermione, and Amos Diggory watched the Potters faded from sight.
It was early morning the following day as Ginny Potter slowly trudged down the halls of the Ministry of Magic completely surrounded by an armed escort of aurors. The Minister himself had taken the precaution of arming the guards with enchanted batons that carried a stunning spell. Should Potter try to neutralize their wands or the enchanted batons with the crystals he carries the aurors would still have a physical means of defending themselves as well as a numerical advantage.
As Ginny exited the prisoner transfer hall she looked around at the people gathered to see her off. Her mother, father, four of her brothers and Hermione all stood watching as a shackled Ginny Potter was about to be placed into the transport bound for Azkaban Prison. Molly desperately pleaded with Ginny to tell the Minister anything that might keep her out of Azkaban. However Molly's pleas fell on deaf ears. Ginny refused to give up her love and held firm to the belief she would not be traveling to the prison.
Arthur heartbrokenly watched as his only daughter closed her eyes and stepped towards the transport.
"LET HER GO!" A voice bellowed from behind the congregation.
Everyone turned to see Harry Potter standing in the passageway looking at the group of witches and wizards. He had materialized inside the Ministry itself and was a few steps behind the gathering of aurors. Everyone, with the exception of the Weasleys drew their wands and pointed them at Harry.
"Give yourself up Potter, there's no way you can get out of this building, the moment you entered an anti-apparation spell went into place." Amos informed the young man.
Harry simply shook his head. "Judging by your statement Amos you have yet to figure me out so allow me to give you this one enlightening fact." Harry said. "I am not using magic." Harry stated.
With that said, Harry waved his hand and the room watched as, with the exception of the Weasleys and Hermione all of their wands flew into the air and were snapped in half. The wands the broke again, and again and again until their was very little resembling a wand left. The Weasleys then watched as their wands floated up and were thrown far from their reach.
Immediately after the wand snapping Ginny's manacles unlocked and fell to the ground shocking all those in attendance save Harry and Ginny. The only thing keeping Ginny from her husband was the six aurors directly in front of her. Several of the aurors were planning to physically restrain Ginny when Harry gave them a warning, "Don't even think about touching her."
It after he made his warning that Harry recognized two of the men present as the ones that had taken great pleasure in roughing him up for his trip to Azkaban so many years ago. He watched as the two men disregarded his warning, grabbed Ginny's shoulders and shoved his pregnant wife to the ground with such a force that those gathered heard a very audible thud when the young woman struck the unforgiving floor. This act enraged not only Harry but Ginny's family as well.
Before Amos could say or do anything his entire group of aurors found themselves forced off their feet and thrown violently against the nearest wall by an almost bone breaking force. The sounds of pain from the aurors filled the hall. The only people still standing were Amos Diggory, the Weasleys, Hermione, and the two guards. With the exception of the two guards, none of the other spectators were capable of moving. Amos Diggory noted that if the guards were intimidated by this show of force they hid it well. The two men moved to attack Harry, a gesture Amos noted, Harry had hoped for by the smile on his face.
As the two men approached Harry took them completely by surprise by dropping a bag of marbles in front of him. For once in his life he was glad that the wizarding world knew so little about muggles as he watched the two men loose their balance and fall down. The one on his right flew up and landed on his back, the one on the left fell face first to the ground. Another wave of his hand and the marbles levitated up and back into the bag Harry had stored them in.
The guard that fell face first was able to recover fairly quickly and moved to grab Harry. Harry caught the man's left hand and twisted it counter clockwise bringing the man to his knees in pain. Using only a small amount of force Harry continued to twist it until the man's left wrist, elbow, and arm was completely dislocated. The man looked up only to see Harry bring his fist down across his face. This sent him down as if he were hit by a ton of bricks.
Harry's second opponent, who had managed to shake off the hard impact of the ground, was now trying to figure out how to attack Harry. He had only caught a few moments of the rather one-sided fight but he saw enough to know charging Harry was not an option.
Harry made the first move and landed a left cross to the guards face. The guard quickly counter attacked but Harry sidestepped the blow and delivered a right jab to the man's abdomen forcing all the air out the large man. Those in attendance watched as the guard keeled over, only to have Harry drive a knee into the man's face. The guard's head flew back and blood sprayed from his nose and mouth. The guard, whose vision was now blurry, barely made out Harry delivering a spinning back-fist to his face. The blow sent the man back to the floor.
Ronald Weasley, who had watched the attack closely, suddenly found he was capable of moving. He reflexively went for his wand only to realize he didn't have it.
"Ready for Round two Ron?" Harry asked.
Ginny quickly rose to her feet stepped between the two men, much like she did the previous night, and gave Harry a pleading look. Harry simply motioned for her to back away from Ron and himself. Hermione verbally tried to persuade her love not to fight Harry. Had she the ability to move she would be between the two men as well; unfortunately this was not the case.
"You think you can take me Ron?" Harry taunted the man who was once his best friend.
Ron didn't answer in a flash he expanded the sword that until this moment had been the size of a toothpick. In a fury Ron slashed at his opponent. Harry, much to the surprise of those in attendance, drew no weapon and simply evaded Ron's attacks, carefully working himself into a closer proximity to Ron.
Ron slashed at Harry only for his foe to move with a speed and grace that he'd not used the night before. Ron turned to see Harry behind him.
"Lose something Ron?" Harry asked.
Ron looked at him stupidly until Harry flicked Ron's dagger from his right hand. Ron checked the sheath and sure enough the dagger was missing. Ron came at Harry much like he had the night before. Harry used the blade- guard to keep the sword from cutting his hand. Ron looked at Harry with an evil grin.
Harry smiled back as he surprisingly spun the dagger on the blade. Ron watched the blade spin and Harry suddenly caught the grip of the dagger and cut Ron's right cheek.
Ron fell back some and touched the wound. He couldn't believe Harry had actually cut his face.
An enraged Ron executed a slash to decapitate his former friend. Harry ducked the slash, hooked Ron's arm with his left arm and delivered a head- butt to the mans face. Ron, tears in his eyes, attempted to break the hold only to have Harry wrench his right arm up, making Ron feel as if it were about to pop out of its socket. Ron dropped his sword just as Harry delivers a ridge-hand blow to his face, sending the bleeding redhead to the ground.
"Thus endith the lesson." Harry announced and tossed the groaning man a handkerchief to wipe his bloody face and nose. "This is your final warning Ron, don't try and fight me again, you'll lose... badly."
"Anyone else care to have a go?" Harry asked looking at Amos Diggory first, then at Ginny's siblings, and finally the ministry aurors still pinned to the walls, looking like they'd been nailed to a crucifix.
When no one spoke up Harry took his wife's hand and looked at Amos Diggory. "You and your men have no idea what I'm capable of Diggory. Till now I've been generous, however should anyone harm a hair on my wife's head I'll make you all rule the day you ever hear the name Harry Potter." The young man stated.
"Give my regards to Peter Pettigrew and tell him he can expect a visit some time in the future." Harry announced. He then held Ron's dagger by its tip and tossed it towards the transport that was to take Ginny to Azkaban. The blade impacted with a large thud as it imbedded itself in the wooden frame.
"I'll send you a card when the baby's born." Ginny informed her family as she clutched her husband. Harry kissed his wife's forehead as the aurors, Weasleys, Hermione, and Amos Diggory watched the Potters faded from sight.