Beta-Reader's Note:
Hi Everyone! Look, don't be angry at Lily for not posting this one sooner than it's supposed to be – it's my fault. There's way too much work for in the office to finish editing this one. Throw in irregular power failures and you've got yourself a jackpot combination. Enjoy the story! – LorD - VeemykE
Author: Lily Rose Evans
Story: Your True Love
Disclaimer: The Harry Potter world is not ours coz if that would have been the case, why would we write further fiction then? We'd be taking a really expensive package to the Caribbean right now basking in its crystal clear waters and thinking how people have been reacting to the long awaited release of book 5…
Chapter 6 – Stripped
Walking, wasn't Fleur's favorite thing to do. In fact, she was thinking along the lines of how it would feel to be in Harry's arms at the moment. This elaborate labyrinth had ruined what is supposed to be a perfect day in the park.
The exuberating feeling of being with Harry is mixed with the anxiety of getting out in the maze that was intricately laid before them. And above all, Fleur was having a premonition of sorts about what is going to happen to her and Harry and from her point of view, it's not something very good to look at.
" 'Arry, can we stop? I feel so tired…" Fleur said.
Harry gave Fleur a worried look and they both sat down. "Don't worry my love, I'll always be here to support you and protect you."
"It's not that 'Arry, I'm just very worried, we don't really know where we are and I'm starting to worry if we will ever get out of this maze…" right now Fleur can't help it but feel a bit helpless. She was faced by the fact that this is not a competition anymore unlike the previous Tri-Wizard tournament. A Dark Lord is after them and it seems that it is after Harry's life.
An idea struck Harry just as he was looking at the bracelet that Fleur gave him. The bracelet was an interweaving mixture of various spells. One spell is to access books magically signed by the owner and as Harry has one that deals on survival, he gave it a go.
"I think that I would be able to pin-point where we are." Harry said. He waved his hand in the air and traced something in the air before muttering "Revelatio Posturum!"
A blue light blasted out and went in to the sky. Fleur looked up in amazement as the blue light circled around and pointed left, which was north.
Fleur look at Harry and smiled her best smile. "Where did you learn to do zat? It was fantastic!" She gave Harry a kiss on the cheek.
"Come on, let's continue honey." Harry said and put the protective barrier over them.
The maze was getting longer, as it seemed to them. Twists and turns everywhere made it more complicated.
Fleur was sneaking glances at Harry, while Harry was doing it back.
"I forgot to tell you 'Arry, but remember zat letter I sent you wiz your birthday present? And I zed zat you will see me zooner zen you zink." Fleur said.
"Yeah, I remember that. What'd you mean sooner then you think?" asked Harry.
"Well, I got ze Defense against the Dark Arts job!" Fleur smiled.
"That's great!" Harry leaned closer to Fleur and whispered, "You'll have to give me good grades, of course since I've been your boyfriend for the last…2 days?"
"I'll 'ave to zink about zat." She said.
"Oh yeah? If you don't… then I'll do something really naughty whenever I'm inside your classroom…" with that Harry grabbed Fleur and tickled her until she was twitching from laughter.
"Oh my…'Arry…please…haha…stop…" was all that Fleur could manage because of the fits that she was currently having. "That's…hahaha…stop….favoritism…"
"Don't worry lover…I'll really study hard…with what I know right now, I can even perfect the N.E.W.T.s…I was just…teasing you….hmmmm" And he immediately buried his lips towards Fleur's laughing one.
"Ginny said something about you having a ton of boyfriends before me. What was that?"
"Well, I did 'ave quite a few at school. All of zem just wanted me for my beauty and …" Fleur looked away from Harry and she started crying.
"Fleur! I didn't mean to…"
Fleur buried her face into his shoulder and cried. Harry put his strong arm over her and murmured "Don't cry love…it's ok…"
After a few moments, Fleur lifted her head from Harry's shoulder and said, "I love you Harry Potter."
Harry looked at her for a moment and whispered it back, "I love you too."
They shared a kiss, which lasted until both were out of breath.
"Let's not keep the others waiting." Harry said.
But something was happening, up in front of them was a-
"Punte Di Amore!" Fleur cried out. "What is a creature like that doing out here? They are extremely dangerous and magical…and it is said that they are extinct… how come….", Fleur's voice trailed off as she realized what was happening next.
It was one of the prettiest creatures that Harry has ever seen. The Punte Di Amore looked like a miniature woman…a fairy if that is the proper term to give it as he has only seen them in the drawings that he saw when he visits the Muggle bookstores.
It looked very petite, and it was kind of cute, very cute if truth be told and with long pink hair and cute baby-blue eyes. The aura of the creature was a glistening blue swirling with streaks of violet while the immediate surrounding was bathed in a golden glow.
When Harry was about to ask Fleur what was it… he saw something in the eyes of the Punte Di Amore, it was a longing for love… the creature was lonely, or was it?
"State andando giù! You are going down!" it flew up into the air, even though it didn't have wings. It is levitating itself and situated itself directly above Harry encasing him in its golden glow. Harry
It started singing a song, it sounded like some kind of fairy music, but it had its own rhythm…a rhythm that speaks of longing…and seduction.
By the sun and the moon, you will long for me…
By the stars in the sky, you will embrace my heart…
And when we're together, nothing else will matter…
Be my knight in shining armor; protect me with your power…
You who will choose me above everyone else…
You who will want me more than anything else…
Caress me my love, feel my warm embrace…
Kiss me dearly, into my eyes, you shall gaze…
You will always be with me…lying down and touching me…
The passion, the longing, I have long waited for thee…
I have seen them in you my darling…only in you…
I have waited for you for so long and years I felt so blue…
Now that I have found you we will never part again…
Together we will share the joy of lovers flame in the rain…
Your body and my body pressed together in sinful moments for eternity…
Feelings of electrical ecstasy coursing thru from you to me…
Take me away from this mortal realm and carry me paradise
The pinnacle of happiness and emotions will be your prize
Oh how can it be that you are with someone else but me?
We are fated to be together…written in the cosmos, it is our destiny…
I can give you more than what a hundred of her can offer…
My body, my mind, my heart…everything this I swear…
Release your emotions…submit to my affections and ministrations…
Let me control your thoughts…your every single action…
For you want me more than what heaven and hell can offer…
A precious gift that you will treasure and always remember…
By the sun and the moon, you will never leave me…
By the stars in the sky, from now until forever…
And it ended its song with a firework display above her and a shower of colors speeding towards Harry. He was enclosed
Something was happening to Harry. His pupils in his eyes were turning into a part of his eyes; it looked like Harry didn't even have pupils.
"'Arry!" Fleur screamed.
Harry slowly began float toward the fairy. Reaching his arm out to touch and when he was able to hug the Punte Di Amore, Voldemort came into view from behind.
"Potter! You have finally fallen into my trap! I've spent more time than what is necessary to create this next spell! Behold! It is now time for you to say goodbye to your memories! " Voldemort laughed and came over to Harry and with a wave of his wand, he said his own made-up memory charm, "Omphores Memoryes!"
A shot of silver light streaked towards the mesmerized Harry, yet something odd happened. A swirl of red and golden color surrounded Harry and dispersed the spell that Voldemort uttered.
"What the hell is going on!? That is not supposed to happen! " cursed Voldemort and he ordered all of his Death Eaters to his side. " Summon all the Dark Powers that you can have and apparate here beside me now!"
A moment later, over a hundred Death Eaters appeared at Voldemorts side as the place that they were standing at magically expanded to accommodate the arriving number of people.
Voldemort is thinking along the lines of…Apparently, this boy managed to grow strong… frighteningly strong both in magical prowess and in the physical one…his mental faculties are carefully shielded. But the Punte Di Amore managed to hypnotize him since his heart is true for this girl…hmm but he will snap out of it soon. I have to perform this dark ancient spell that I have not mastered yet to ensure my success.'
And with that, Voldemort swished his wand towards his Death Eaters after encasing Fleur in a golden dome to prevent interruptions. The carefully enacted wand movements apparated all the Death Eaters to surround Harry and Voldemort. The formation if it can be seen from the sky is an inverted star and at the very center are Lord Voldemort and Harry.
"Blast you Potter! This can cost me my entire plans but I must do this now… Quantum Omega Dispersium!" The spells effect was immediate and dark swirls of smoke rushed towards the surrounding Death Eaters. It was like seeing an instant replay of a burning object…only backwards. The atmosphere surrounding the Death Eaters was an eerie one as clearly this is Dark Arts at its most complicated spells.
"The second stage begins now, Omega Pointum Idem!" At his words, various signs of runes in gray and pitch black colors surrounded him as the Death Eaters pointed their wand to him and then suddenly something happened that has clearly not happened yet in the history of the modern wizarding world.
The magical force of the Death Eaters although it will regenerate, left their bodies and rushed towards Lord Voldemort in an attempt to amplify his powers. Clearly for one purpose…
Break Harry's mental and magical barriers.
"And the final stage…" at this point Voldemort started chanting and tracing some eerie looking spell as the surrounding Death Eaters continued to point their wand at him. From afar, Lord Voldemort was glowing with hues of dark purple, sick blue and blue black. His aura was growing in intensity and then…all of it rushed towards his wand.
The tip of Voldemort's wand looks like a solar eclipse in that something was glowing yet at its center was something very black and blue. And with a final hint of strength both in physical and magical one, Voldemort muttered a deadly curse
"Executor Omphores Memoryes…"
The black ball of light rushed towards Harry until it met his magical barriers. It appeared that all would fail until a last ditch effort of Voldemort and his Death Eaters to amplify the spell further, resulting in the death of a third of the present Death Eaters, proved to be effective. The magical defenses of Harry gave way as he was clearly not in control if himself.
All of Harry's memories sort of flew out of his head. Different ones some looked like lines from a book, meeting Ron, Chamber of Secrets so many things gushed out of his head.
"No! Harry!!" Fleur yelled but it was too late, Harry's memories had gotten away from his head.
"Now then silly girl, why don't you go and meet those-" He looked disgusted as if he was saying a bad word-"friends of yours."
Fleur gave Harry a last look and muttered, "Please be all right Harry, please…"
And then she left.
"Now then Potter, what shall I do to you? I know! I'll put you in one of those Muggle orphanages so that you won't bother me any more. This has been the 'Rise of the Greatest Sorcerer in the World' me." The maze disappeared and
Fleur, Fred, George, Ron and Hermione were standing next to each other.
"What is going on?! Where's Harry?" Ron and Hermione said at the same time.
"H-h-he was captured by zome one called Voldemort. We haven't heard of him (Voldemort) too much in France." Fleur sighed.
"What about these keys?" Ron asked.
"They have to be a clue the help us get Harry back. You think?" Hermione replied.
"Maybe, but we have to tell dad and Dumbledore about this now!" Fred said.
~~~Dumbledore's office~~~
After explaining what happened at the park and Harry's disappearance, Dumbledore looked puzzled.
"May I have the keys? I'll have a look at them and tell you what I know latter. Now go get some rest."
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To be continued…