Chapter 5 – To Arms!

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Recap – In the last chapter, Dudley attempted to rape Sakura. Harry saved her. Harry discovered new things about himself. (power)

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Harry potter woke up in his room in privet drive. Staring heavily at the ceiling and thinking about the previous night [Was it some kind of horrible nightmare] and cringed at the thought of what he saw Dudley doing [god, what a nightmare].

'Ok Harry potter, it was only a dream. Don't worry. Be cool.' He muttered to himself.

'Harry!' came Sakura's voice as she ran to hug Harry

'What the-' Sakura had hugged him in tight embrace again immediately as he turned around, 'What happened Sakura?' said Harry as he put his arms around Sakura.

[What the-? Wait a minute, her clothes feel a bit different...] thought harry as he ran his eyes down her back. Immediately going red (as red as a tomato).

'Um...Sakura...' he began nervously

'Ye-Yes Harry?' She said softly

'Um...Er...I don't know if you know this...but...you're not wearing any...clothes' he finished.

'What!?' said Sakura before she kicked Harry in the shins and pushed him down on the floor.

'What the hell was that for?' he said as he cringed in pain [This really hurts, you know]

'HARRY! GET OUT OF THE ROOM! I NEED TO PUT SOME CLOTHES ON! NOW!'

Harry didn't argue.

[Well...you gotta' admit dude, she does look hot!] Harry smiled

'What the-' said Harry as he looked at the window in the living room 'Hedwig!' (The Dursleys had gone out for the day – "some garden keeping award" said uncle Veron)

'What...are you doing here? I thought you'd gone to Ron's house for the month!' asked Harry alarmed but still happy to see her.

'What's this? A letter' said Harry as he untied the note to Hedwig's wings

The note said

Deer Harry,

We'll be there at 11:00 am, today. Don't keep us waiting. Don't be late. Bring Sakura along. We're taking you directly to headquarters. Pack-up and get ready to leave. Both you and Sakura.

Signed,

R.J. Lupin

'What! They're coming to pick us up? But why? Ron must've' arranged that for us.' Harry said to Hedwig, his pet owl.

'Harry, who's that,' asked Sakura, who had also comedown from Harry's room wearing her jeans and one of Harry's old T-shirts. She was pointing towards the snowy white owl.

'Sakura, meet Hedwig. My pet owl' said Harry, showing her proudly to Sakura.

'Sakura! Get packed, we're getting outta' here, ok? Great' said Harry as he remembered the note.

The time was currently 10:00 am. They only had one hour to get packed.

One hour later...

[Well...let's see. Have I got everything?] harry thought as he started to count his belongings. He had already written a note to the Dursleys and kept it on the kitchen counter.

'Are you packed Sakura?'

'Yes' said Sakura turning red

'Are you all right?'

'Yes I'm fine, thank you Harry'

'Cool. They should be here any minute now'

Suddenly, there was a bright blue bang. Sparks were now emitting from the middle of the room. There was an oak door standing beside the table on the floor. It looked fake, even to Harry. But then, the door opened and out came three people.

'Hullo Harry' said a clumsy looking which who had a bright pink hair shade.

'Hullo Tonks' said Harry, smiling.

'Hi 'arry remember me?' Harry was stunned by the beautiful woman...Er...which who was standing in front of him. But a hard nudge in the ribs by Sakura (who saw Harry's reaction) was enough to bring him back to earth.

'Of course I do, Fleur' said Harry, feeling a bit hot in her constant gaze.

'Harry, how've you been?' asked a man's voice who had a scarred face and wore very-very torn robes.

'Good morning, professor Lupin'

'Please, Harry! Reamus, call me Reamus. I'm not your teacher anymore.'

'Ok, "Reamus".' said Harry.

'Good morning, Ms. Avalon' said Tonks

'Hello' said Sakura, apparently startled at the fact that a lady she had never seen in her life knew her name.

'Harry, we've been instructed to-' began Reamus

'-take me to headquarters, right?' finished Harry

'Yes' finished professor Lupin.

'So sal' we go' said fleur

'Sorry...' asked Sakura

'Sakura, she menas that we should get going before harry's aunt and uncle come back; now come-on.' Explained professor Lupin

'Harry, leave your luggage here. We'll bring it later. All you and Sakura have to do is step through the door with Fleur, Ok?'

Harry nodded.

'Good, now get going.' Finished professor Lupin

So they did as they were told. Harry and Sakura stepped through the door and came into a brightly lit corridor which was full of oak doors.

'What?- Where are we?' asked Harry

Harry shrugged, even he had no idea where an un-ending corridor of doors came from so suddenly..

'Harry, welcome to the Infra-Matrix' said Tonks

'The what?' asked Sakura

'The Infra-Matrix Ms. Avalon, It's the latest development in magical technology. It allows instant travel from any given point to anywhere else in the world almost instantly. It's a top-secret project the ministry is developing, and since Harry lives in a muggle area, we thought it was the perfect place to test it.' She finished.

Tonks turned to the right side of the corridor and said to no one – 'Number twelve Grimwald Palace' (AN- I thought I spelled it right).

Immediately, as if on cue, the fourth door to their left opened.

'Well...? What are you two waiting for? Go through that door. Harry, it leads straight into Buckbeak's living quarters. Ok? Excellent.'

Harry, Sakura and Tonks walked through the open door. Harry immediately felt the feeling of foreboding, like they had entered a dead person's house.

'Hullo Buckbeak' said Harry to the animal tied in the room. There was a musty smell of rotting flesh in the room, and Harry quickly saw why – There were half eaten meat pieces everywhere.

[Sirius really hasn't cle-] Harry was immediately reminded of Sirus Black, his god father and the closest person he had to a parent. He felt himself sweating and twisted his fingers into fists. The sting of wet tears hitting his eyes, trying desperately to hold his emotions back he said – 'Can we hurry up, I...Have to rest' [Ok, it's a lame excuse, but I don't think that...I can take it for long] Harry thought to himself.

Harry had been given the same quarters as in his last visit.

'Your friends will be here tomorrow Harry. If you need anything, anything at all tell me' Tonks smiled and closed the door as she left the room.

Harry lied down on his bed. [Half an hour ago I was in No.4 privet drive, and now I'm in Sirus's house] and he felt a pain in his chest which was quite familiar to him. The pain of loosing someone close.

Sakura didn't seem to want to talk to Harry either. This day was going to be a long memory train...

Next day Harry woke to a lot of people's noise coming from outside the room. He was surprised that he could even sleep till now! Harry got out of bed, got dressed and washed him self. He was just about to exit the room when there was a knock on the door.

'Come in'

The door clicked open to reveal a tall figure wearing half moon spectacles and long wizard robes. He had blue eyes, in extreme contrast to Harry's and he had the most comforting gaze.

'Professor Dumbledore!' said Harry, forgetting all his troubles momentarily.

'Hello Harry' he said, smiling at him.

'How are you feeling?' he asked with concern.

'Fine'

'Good, then please come with me' said professor Dumbledore

They walked through the halls of the corridors all the way to the second floor meeting room. Eyes and heads turned towards Harry as he walked past.

'Welcome back Harry!' said a wizard who Harry had never met once in his life

When they entered the meeting room Harry saw all the main members of the order. 'Mad Eye' Moody, Nymphroda Tonks, Reamus Lupin and even Fleur Delacuour [When did she start working for the order?] to name a few, and the founder himself - Albus Dumbledore, who was also headmaster of Hogwarts.

Everyone had taken their place and was seated.

'Harry, please stand here' said Dumbledore as he motioned to a small white square in the room.

'As you all know,' began Dumbledore 'what happened last night, I am not going to waste your time'

The members looked very serious as Dumbledore spoke.

'Shildelous!' said Dumbledore as blue sparks rushed out of his wand. Harry suddenly felt isolated. He couldn't even feel the breeze; he had been feeling a moment ago. When Harry tried to move out of the square Harry felt as if he hit an invisible wall.

'What- Er...Sir?' Asked Harry, looking puzzled

'Harry please bare with us – We need to confirm the report. I'll explain everything later. Now, Harry – look directly into my eyes'

Harry did as he was told [what is he about to do].

'Harry don't be alarmed, I'm just going to jog your memory and show you some images' said Dumbledore looking nervous.

Harry felt like he was leaving reality, and floating into the past.

Harry suddenly saw yesterdays walk – The gang...The beating...Dudley...His behavior...Dudley trying to rape Sakura in front of his gang. Harry immediately felt a rush of enormous rage and anger, like he would explode if he didn't do anything. His body suddenly felt strong. There she was being raped in front of him-

'AAA... Harry Help me! Please...'

Harry was bleeding profusely and was hurt badly due to the beating but he had to do something. Suddenly, he felt that he was reaching the limit of his tolerance.

A voice inside his head echoed 'Kill them! Kill them! How dare he touch her! Kill him! KILL THEM ALL!'

Somewhere in the distance Harry heard screams...screams of terror...

'Oh God...He's hurt...Get a healer!'

'Help me!...He's bleeding! Do something, make him stop'

'DUMBELDORE! WATCH OUT!'

'HARRY STOP IT, NOW!'

Harry was jerked back to the present. He opened his eyes.

Harry was half-way across the room from the square. The table was lying in pieces in different parts of the room, the light's had been dimmed. There were two wizards who were seriously hurt – one was bleeding heavily and the other had an injury (his throat had been sliced open half way through!) and was suffocating to death. Dumbledore was in front of Harry rubbing his neck which had deep bruises on it. Many other wizards seemed to have suffered bruises and broken bones.

'Um...Sir, did something happen while I was...I mean, when you were "jogging my memory"' asked Harry looking bewildered.

Dumbledore looked surprised but didn't have time to answer. A grope of people had just burst through the door, looking alarmed. Three witches dressed in white robes came running in (Harry assumed they were healers) and started tending to the two men who were seriously hurt.

'Dumbledore what's going on in here?' said a voice which came from the crowd that had just entered.

'Molly!' said Dumbledore looking delighted

'Good evening Dumbledore. Harry! Are you all right? What happened in here? We heard screaming and yelling downstairs! Are you hurt?' she asked hurriedly.

Dumbledore turned away from Harry, and went over to Fleur who was hiding in a corner. She was one of the few people who weren't hurt.

'Fleur! Use the Infra-matrix to get Dr. Otto Octavious here, NOW! It's an emergency!' Fleur gathered herself up and ran upstairs towards the infra-matrix door in Buckbeak's room.

'Harry mate, what the hell happened here' the voice made Harry smile.

'Ron! Hermione! You're here' said Harry to them as both of them ran towards him.

He was about to hug his friends when suddenly he felt somebody else him first.

Sakura had tears streaming from her cheeks 'Oh Harry! I was so scared. People were screaming everywhere, there were a sort-of explosion we heard downstairs and-and-...' She started crying on his shoulder. At first Harry took this as normal behavior, but then he suddenly realized – Ron and Hermione were in the room looking directly at him, with very amused expressions on their faces [Oh no Sakura - not here, not now! Awe maan! Damn it] thought Harry realizing it was already too late.

'Hey, Sakura – don't worry. Everything's fine. Its ok, I'm fine. Come on now, stop crying.' Said Harry comfortingly.

She almost immediately stopped crying.

'Who's your friend, Harry?' asked Ron, trying to sound innocent.

Harry went a bit pink 'Oh! Well...Ron, Hermione - meet Sakura Avalon. Sakura, meet Ron and Hermione, my most trusted and best friends at Hogwarts.' Finished Harry.

Suddenly, a porky looking man (Harry had never seen him before) came running down the third floor via the stairs. Shortly followed by Fleur, she was panting.

'Oh! You're 'ere Ron, It's good to see you again.' She said as she walked into the meeting room. The porky man was in deep conversation with Dumbledore.

'Oh man! When did she start to work for the order?' Ron asked Hermione looking embarrassed.

'This year, Ron! Don't you know?' She replied shortly

'Um...Ms. Avalon, I need you over here.' Said a wizard whom Harry didn't know.

Sakura went away.

'Harry is it just me or do you - for some reason always seem to make every girl who comes near you cry. I mean - last year it was Cho and this year it's Sakura'

'Ha-Ha-Ha, very funny Ron, Very funny indeed. Do tell us why you had to ask Fleur to the Yale ball in our fourth year...'

'...' Ron didn't answer.

'That'll teach you' said Hermione smiling.

'Harry! Dumbledore wants to see you three in his office on the first floor.' Said a wizard

Harry, Hermione and Ron walked down to Dumbledore's office.

'Sit down you three' he conjured chairs 'the reason I wanted to see you Harry is because I want to explain.' He looked at Ron and Hermione 'The reason I called you two is because I trust you two are the only ones who could keep Harry's secret.'

Ron and Hermione looked directly at Harry with a there's-nothing-new-in-that look.

But first, the explanation – Harry, what happened upstairs was none of your fault. It was mine. I pushed you back into your memory to a time which was all too condensed with anger and I provoked you. You see Harry, when Voldemort gave you that scar, he transferred a lot of his power to you. These powers have been appearing throughout tour teen-years. Being a Parcelmouth, an extremely short temper are some examples. Now we see a new power in you, which...well...we aren't quite sure if you're in control of. The night that Sakura got...', "ahem", Dumbledore cleared his throat and looked at Ron and Hermione, 'the night that the incident occurred with Ms. Avalon you displayed biblical amounts of rage, anger and frustration. You triggered your new power that night. Unfortunately, you also lost control over it. You killed two teenagers, severely injured six of them and almost paralyzed your Cosign from the waste down.

Ron and Hermione looked horrified!

'I WHAT!? BUT I...'

'Don't worry Harry; it's been taken care of.' Replied Dumbledore.

'Harry, what you haven't seen is - that your new power was strong enough to break through my containment shield. You almost killed two almost fully grown wizards today! You need help, and I'll get you the best help I can find.'

'Who – Who can help me, sir?'

Three minutes later...

'Harry Potter, meet Dr. Otto Octavious.' Said Dumbledore motioning to the porky man who was wearing a red shirt and grey baggy jeans. He closely reminded Harry of Neville Logbottom.

'Hello Harry,' Harry shook his hand 'you can call me Professor Octavious' he said smiling. 'I'm your new Defense against the dark (DADA) arts teacher.'

'Otto, please take Harry to your lab and give him the implant I told you about' said Dumbledore.

'"Implant" What implant; nobody said anything about an implant.' Said Ron, looking scared.

'Mr. Weasley, please calm down. Dumbledore has instructed me to surgically implant Harry with a mech-'

'WAIT, did you say "surgically"?' asked Hermione, looking shocked at the fact that Dumbledore would allow this

'Why?' asked Harry, looking puzzled 'Why do I need one?'

'Why! - Why to control your new found...gift of-course!' he said to Harry looking astonished. 'Now, come with me'.

Dr. Octavious had taken him Ron and Hermione through the Infra-Matrix ('THE LAB OF OCTAVIOUS'). It was an extremely clean room (It looked more like a warehouse for goods, because it was so huge). With many interesting things kept everywhere (Harry could only guess what they were). The sterile smell filling Harry's lungs as they walked from one end of the room all the way to the other end. It was cold inside, but the sunlight was coming in from outside, creating a panoramic view of the entire room all-together. When they finally reached the other side of the room Harry saw something under drapes.

[Must be one of his inventions] thought Harry as they neared the end of the room.

'Harry, please take off your shirt for me.'

'What!?' asked Harry, going a bit red around the ears.

'Your Shirt boy, take it off.' He answered.

'OK...Fine' said Harry as he un-buttoned his shirt and took it off. Revealing well developed chest muscles and a thin interior. Harry saw Hermione trying to hide her face behind Ron.

'Good...Good...You're in good shape. You're an excellent candidate for the experiment' said doctor Octavious with a mischievous smile, 'Did I say Experiment, I meant implant'.

'Harry, this is going to feel a bit cold.' Said the doctor.

He was right, Harry suddenly felt a wet and cold substance going about the entire length of his spine.

'Antiseptic solution' said the doctor 'we don't want contamination now, do we?'

'No we don't' said Hermione, a bit red in the cheeks

'Correct you are Miss Granger' said their new DADA teacher.

'Now Harry, were almost done.' Said Octavious, 'all you have to do is step on that pedestal and I'll take it from there, OK? Good. Oh and Harry, I'll be needing that watch of yours' He said as he took Harry's watch off his wrist

'What exactly is going to happen Er...Professor?' Harry asked as he stepped on the pedestal.

'Well...it's simple Harry, I am going to give your new power' he said as he walked over to the draped invention which now Harry realized was huge and had a few pointed ends, 'Shape' he added as he pulled off the drapes to reveal A humongous set of Electrical things which looked strangely like octopus tentacles. There were crevasses all over it revealing a complex network of machinery and a few things Harry didn't recognize.

[HOLY ST WHAT THE HELL IS THAT! IS THAT THE THING THAT'S GOING TO OPPERAT ON ME? I AIN'T GONNA' GO NEAR THAT THING! NO WAY!]

'Professor, what exactly is that?' Harry asked nervously. He glanced at his friends who were equally scared of the 'thing'.

'That Harry, is your new implant' said the teacher happily.

[WHAT! YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! WHO THE HELL AUTHOREZED THIS CRAZY SCIENTIST TO WORK ON ME? – DUMBLEDORE]

'Harry we don't have time, please step on the pedestal in front of the implant'

Harry did as he was told, though reluctantly.

'Now Harry, just relax. This will hurt a bit' said Octavious as Harry felt something like a snake (which felt cold like metal) crawl from the tip of his spine all the way to his neck.

'Get ready Harry,' Ron seemed to be holding his breath, so did Hermione '1...2...and 3'

The doctor started to operate the control panel to the left of where he was standing. Suddenly Harry heard the 'humm' of machines. Harry's heart was racing. [Any moment it would be over].

'Ready Harry?' asked Octavious

Harry gave him the thumbs-up, and closed his eyes. (Harry really couldn't see behind him)

Suddenly he felt as though seventy needles had dug deep into his spine, he was feeling pain like he'd only felt once – on the night when the ministry found Voldemort was still alive, when Voldemort himself had Possessed him, Harry to trick Dumbledore into killing him. He could feel his heart racing, he could feel himself taking shallow breaths due to the pain, he felt himself dying.

He was about to scream, when the pain suddenly became bearable and then died out completely. He was alive. He suddenly felt a hot sensation in his body and then a cold chill. He couldn't handle it anymore. He needed rest. He fainted.

'Is he going to be all right...'

'...I hope he is, this procedure was experimental.'

'What exactly are those, professor...'

'Look! He's waking up...'

When Harry opened his eyes he saw Sakura, Ron, Hermione and Dr. Octavious looking down on him. He was also back in Grimwald Palace

'What - What happened? Where am I, did it work? Did I get the implant? – Why are you all staring at me like that?' asked Harry.

Harry's head turned towards a mirror on the right side of the room 'Oh...My...God...' was all he could say (the shock was over-whelming to him).

This was definitely an un-expected twist; He now had eight limbs instead of four!

'THIS IS THE DAMN IMPLANT YOU WANTED TO GIVE ME!' He said as his temper shot like a rocket.

Un-fortunately, so did one of his arms. It went straight for the doctor's throat. He avoided it. 'Harry, keep your temper under control! Or else you loose controls of your arms!'.

'What's the point of keeping four extra arms?'

'Harry listens to you!' began the doctor 'Those arms are the latest thing in magical technology. Solid Titanium Alloy mixed with a hundred gallons of shielding potion – They are the ultimate shields against attacks. Extended reach provided to you will increase the capacity of your reach. You also get four extra eyes, they're at the tip of each arm. You also get the state-of-the-art grappling system which allows you to latch on or hold on to anything. They are water proof and you've got the strength of THREE HUNDRED people in each arm! You also have the ability to conjure and concentrate one blast of a single spell, and since these arms are linked directly to your magical core via your nervous system, you can now even use four extra wands at a time! All you have to do is to will it, like you will your hand to move by your brain.' He finished, looking extremely pleased with himself.

Oh and Harry, you also get a small device called – The Inhibitor chip, it allows you to control these arms by your conscious self, instead your sub-conscious. It also acts as a barrier between your short temper and the magical force of the arms, but only for so long. Don't get angry, Period!'

'Well...OK, but how do I keep it a secret

'Just will them to retract! They'll fold right in, Ok?'

Harry nodded

'Good, now if you'll excuse me I have to tell Dumbledore the good news!'

This wasn't what he'd expected, but now at least (Harry thought) he would be equipped with something if he ever found himself against Death Eaters...

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