A/N While doing the Polishing on this chapter I noticed how Richard Harris the Actor who played Dumbledore in the First Two Harry Potter Movies had sadly passed away from Hodgkins Disease at 72 years of age or slightly less then Half the age that J.K. Rowling the creator of Harry Potter says that Dumbledore is. This chapter is hereby dedicated to Richard Harris.
Chapter 5 Into the Lake
"So how are we going to fight the Grindylows?" Hitari wondered.
"Grindylows are strong creatures but have very weak fingers. All you have to do is grab their hands before The Grindylows grab onto you and break their fingers then try to use something like the Full Body Bind on them.
"Will our wands even work down here?"
"They should," Harry responded. "Just be careful."
They floated around with Myrtle doing what she could to protect Amy even though the princess was on hand and the Merpeople weren't too fond of Myrtle. Myrtle also knew that the other Spectral Guards weren't generally in the lake. They floated around for a while looking over the terrain as they followed the Princess towards the Merpeoples settlements. Amy chuckled a bit as Hitari swam through a big ring shaped rock outcropping in the surface. They also saw many interesting creatures under the water. Oh man the rest of my Care of Magical Creatures class has no idea what they are missing. I should almost do a report for that class on the underwater world of Loch Hogsmeade. As they were going by They saw a few Merpeople working to Domesticate a creature with the Head and Forequarters of a Horse but the rest of the creature looked like a Fish.
"That's a Hippocampus over there Gang," Harry commented. Several Spherical two legged fish were going along the Floor. One had tried to nibble on Shiki's feet and she tried to kick it only for their guide to tie it's feet together and throw it off.
"You have to watch out for the Plimpies they are mostly harmless but sometimes they try to do what that one did. At one point they even had to play water tag with the Giant Squid. Eventually they arrived at the Merpeoples main settlement. Some of the Construction was extremely elaborate almost like some Humans would have. A very regal Merperson came forward. By the similarity in overall looks it was obvious the newcomer was related to their new friend.
"Oh there's my mother up ahead," the Merpeople Princess called out.
"Fineola, where is Hagrid?"
"He couldn't come but I brought help."
"Who did you end up bringing."
"I brought Professor Potter, one of his fellow staff members along with several students. Hitari Translet, Emily Johnson-Weasley, Shiki Suta-Raito, Geoff Adams, Marcus Flint, Joshua Dursley and Amy Potter."
"Professor Potter, somehow you look familiar. By Chance were you part of the Triwizard Tournament many years ago?"
"Why yes I was. I was the fourth Champion. It was I that had stayed to make sure that Gabrielle Delacour was safely rescued."
"Ah now I remember you. I'm Merchieftainess Murcus . You've grown a lot since that day. Most of the time we can safely tame the Grindylows, but unfortunately the Grindylows causing us trouble are especially viscous and not easily tamed."
"I'm sure we will be able to get the problem under control. A few of the students that came are third years and we are discussing dark creatures in their classes so this will prove to be a practical lesson for them though Hitari, and Joshua will end up gaining some new experience as well."
"What house are they mainly from?" Murcus wondered.
"Mostly Gryffindor but all the houses are represented."
Fineola meanwhile had gathered up several of the Merpeople in order to prepare for the battle at hand.
Harry then started to train the Merpeople for the coming battle. They were working hard when two hours later a whole swarm of Grindylows came swarming in. Everyone, human and Mer alike had to go into Battle. Amy was going up against a very crafty Grindylow who had retaliated when Amy broke the fingers of one hand by using the fingers of his other hand to disrupt the Bubblehead Charm around her head. Geoff and Marcus noticed her Bubble pop.
"Amy," they called out. Myrtle meanwhile went to find Harry. By this time Amy was almost unconscious. She woke up hours later in the Hospital Wing. A very furry dog was next to her.
"Hi Sirius," Amy greeted him.
"Amy, you gave a few people a scare when that Grindylow popped your protective bubble."
"Is that what happened I thought Nastia had run me over again."
"As good an adventure as it was, I'm kind of glad Jaimie wasn't down there. Your mother asked me to watch over you. Apparently the battle isn't over yet."
"I'm surprised the Hitler of the Medical Community let you stay in here," Amy commented.
"Well I had a little bit to do with that one Amy," A figure said as He walked in; His hair extremely recognizable.
"Hi Albus," Amy greeted her new visitor given that the former headmaster had hinted a few months ago that she was welcome to refer to him by first name. "Didn't last long in my first battle."
"Grindylows can be tricky Amy. Mind you I'm hoping the war won't go on too much longer. We need everyone back on the surface."
Amy was passing by the Entrance Doors a Short time later after losing fifteen points for insulting Madame Pomfrey to find a very wet bunch of people walking in.
"How long have you been out of the Hospital Wing?" Marcus inquired as He, Harry, and Hitari walked over.
"Long enough to walk here. How did everything go?"
"There are a lot of very sore Grindylows in a protective Barrier fairly far from the settlements. We used special charms to make sure they couldn't break back through the barrier and after you were taken up and placed in the protective safety of the Spiritual Guard we strengthened all the Bubblehead charms."
"Where are you headed now?"
"Common Room I guess," Amy replied.
"I'll go back with you since everyone hopefully is awake by now. I want to hold a House meeting."
A/N I decided to end this here since I had originally intended not to have the House meeting be in this chapter. I know it's a short chapter and not exactly typical of my chapters but well it wasn't the kind of chapter you could easily make long. If anything this is the earliest in a segment of Amy's Time at Hogwarts that Dumbledore has made even a brief appearance. It's usually much later when he appears.