Chapter XXXIV: end of the war
Alucard smiled as he saw the golems thundered towards his fort. He knew that all it took for him to defeat the snow giants was a single spell.
But where was the fun in that.
"FIRE!" Alucard commanded and immediately, a barrage from the snow fort's cannons rained towards the golems.
"Something tells me that was not wise," Luna said as she saw what happened when the snowballs struck the golems. The snow creatures grew in size.
"Many foul words are entering my mind though for the life of me I could not choose the appropriate one," Ally said as he watched the golems attacking. "Should have seen this."
"Then are you a seer?" Hermione asked almost skeptically.
"You don't need to have the gift, Ms. Granger, to know what comes next," Ally said as he sighed. "All it takes is logic and application of knowledge. When you do those, you perform one of the basic elements of decision making."
"And that is?" Ron asked. Ally suddenly smiled and looked at his 'army' in confidence.
"We create a hypothesis based on the facts and datum received," he said confidently.
"We what?" Harry asked, slightly confused.
"We take a guess, Harry," Luna simplified much to the Harry and Ron's understanding.
"What now?" Hermione asked slightly growing worried at the nearing golems.
"We must find their weakness," Ally said.
"We could cast fireballs at them," Ron suggested.
"Could you?" Ally asked skeptically and Ron just slumped his shoulders. "Forget it, you especially Hermione. Unless of course you could evaporate every single particle of snow within a five mile radius? No? Thought so. Lilith knew their weaknesses and you should bet that she would know our strengths and weaknesses as well."
"How could she?" Harry asked.
"I don't know, she just does. Hope she realizes that it's nearing."
"What is?" Hermione asked but when she saw the smile on Ally's face, she knew he had a plan.
… …
"Oh, bugger," Lilith cursed as she watched the moon.
"Gabby!" Fleur admonished. "Language."
"It's not me," Gabby said as she turned their shared body towards her sister. "Lilith's making me."
"I would advise not to put foul words in my sister's mouth," Fleur glared at her sister, trying to make an impression to put Lilith in her place.
However, it did not work.
"Come now, Bill's beautiful flower. She's half an adult," Lilith said making Gabby blush.
"And she's still half a child. And I want her do be her own woman," Fleur glared. "And my sister does not curse!"
"Why did you curse?" Bill asked, trying to stop the argument.
"I reminded Lilith of a simple fact she might have forgotten," Gabby sighed.
"Which was?" Bill asked but when Gabby/Lilith looked to the sky, he sighed.
"What is it?" Fred and George asked bewildered at what was transpiring.
"It's almost the new moon," Bill said in clarification.
"So what?" Charlie asked just as bewildered.
"His personality changes with the stages of the moon," Gabby explained with a sigh. "Or rather, his sanity does. When the moon is full, Ally's the most dangerous being around."
"But when there is no moon… Ally's tame?" Charlie asked.
"More on docile than tame," Gabby said. "And when docile, he could be just as dangerous."
"How dangerous?" Fred asked but didn't get an answer for suddenly, the fort's fire redirected towards the paddock.
"Everybody, take cover into the paddock!" Bill commanded as he took Fleur's hand and ran deeper into the paddock.
"This doesn't feel right," Lilith said as she followed the group in.
"What doesn't?" Gabby asked but in truth, she shared the sentiment. The cannons were firing in such precision that Lilith and Gabby were suspicious of its actions. Then, Gabby suddenly realized why.
"IT'S A TRAP!" Gabby shouted as she ran towards her 'army'. But she slowly stopped as she saw Ally leaning on one of the snow-covered trees with his arms crossed as if he was waiting for her.
"I love it when a good plan goes without a hitch," he said as he smiled at her.
"That was a nice plan luring everyone into the paddock to a trap? Where are they?" Gabby asked as she smiled with mischief.
"Hermione and the rest are escorting them back to the Burrow. Covered in snow I might add. So? Do you concede?"
"Concede?" Gabby smirked as she suddenly aimed her wand at the tree Ally was leaning on. "NEVER!"
… …
"What's taking them so long?" Fleur said as she and the rest were back in the Burrow drinking hot chocolate trying to warm up.
"I don't think your sister would give up that easily," Bill said as he watched the paddock.
"What made you say that?" Hermione asked as Bill smiled and opened the door. Suddenly, Gabby came in running while she laughed and closed the door.
"Hide me!" she told the girls who, in mirth, ran towards Ginny's room. A short while later, a soft knock came and Bill opened the door, and much to their amusement found Ally covered in snow.
"You should be careful where you stand," Bill said as he handed him a cup of chocolate.
"We should be careful since we're up against the most devious women in the world," Ally smiled as he shook the snow off and laughed at the days events.
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A/n: Sorry. Major writer's block
