Me: Ello my people!

VampGirl: Too…Hot.

CJ: Seriously it is too hot or too cold with you two.

Me: You can't tell me this heat is not getting to you.

VampGirl: Yeah. I mean you're the pansy of the group.

CJ: If I could unstuck my self from this chair, I would get you so bad.

Fred:Put me back together
Or separate the skin from bone
Leave me all the Pieces, then you can leave me
alone
Tell me the reality is better than the dream
But I found out the hard way,
Nothing is what it seems!

(Duality-Slipknot)

Disclaimer: I really don't own you know. So this is really pointless.

Saying of the Day: I prefer tack over honesty. Now tell me I'm beautiful

One of the men in the black cloaks and bone white masks approached the furious Dark Lord.

"My Lord. I have an idea that will surely take Potter out of hiding." the man said.

"What is it Malfoy?"

The man leaned in and whispered his plan into his master's ear. The crimson eyed man smirked before signaling his death eaters to aparate back to England.

A few blocks away, a large tawny lion stopped dead in his tracks, roaring in anger.

'He's gone! I lost him.' Harry growled. The panther smirked, sitting on her haunches and letting the raven perch on her head.

'Serves you right for dragging us out in the middle of the night.' Vicki snorted. CJ dropped beside the cat, panting heavily.

'Less talk more sleep.' the dog complained. Maggie cawed in amusement. She fluttered her wings and dropped to the lab's head.

'You had to be the slow poke. You're a dog and I am but a simple bird. Toughen up Dogbreath.'

CJ gave a deep throated bark before snapping at the bird. Laughing, Maggie perched herself on a tree branch before proceeding to preen her feathers.

Harry had to roll his emerald eyes at the two. So different yet both had the same goal. His goal too now, he guessed. But he still had to defeat Voldemort. Would these new powers help him or hurt him?

A few days later, the four Protectors were happily lounging in Maggie's backyard. The weather was perfect. The sun wasn't too bearing but the breeze didn't chill their bones. Harry had donned a dark grey sweatshirt with the sleeves rolled up so he didn't overheat. His trainers were propped up on CJ's chair arm. He closed his eyes before a familiar hoot made him sit up in shock.

Hedwig, a bit worse for wear, but she was there, spiraling down to land beside him. She fluffed her feather and let her tongue hang out in a bird pant. Harry ran his hands over her body before he noticed a letter attached to her leg. He undid the roughly tied parchment and slowly opened it. He recognized Hermione's handwriting barely. It was roughly written as if she had been in a hurry.

Harry,

I hope that this reaches you in time, if at all. I don't know where you are but I pray to whatever god may be listening that Hedwig can find you. Here is why I contacted you. Voldemort has taken over Hogwarts. I don't know if Dumbledore is dead or what but we need you here.

I hope that you know that we all love you and that if you can't make it, we don't blame you. I know you can't be everywhere at once, but please come. We all need you. Not just as The-Boy-Who-Lived but as a friend.

Love,

Hermione.

Harry set down the letter, his hands shaking. He would never make it in time. Vicki pulled the letter out of his hands, reading it over quickly. She looked at him, blue-grey eyes swirling in distress.

"We're going now." she said, her voice firm. Maggie and CJ gave odd nods, not knowing what they were getting into.

"Won't your parents worry?"

"They aren't real. We made our 'parents' to look like the ones who were killed. They will just disappear if we stop feeding them our magic" Maggie explained. She stood.

"We'll never get there in time to stop him." Harry said, head in hands.

"You doubt us that much, Harry? We are frigin near immortal creatures with powers unknown to all but our own. You think that a little thing such as an ocean and thousands of miles will stop us when we have a mission?" CJ laughed.

Maggie rolled her eyes before her body began rippling and expanding at alarming rates. What had been a human girl was now a bird roughly the size of a large elephant. She ducked her head and allowed her friends to climb on. Harry held on loosely to the sleek feathers. His grip tightened when it felt as if his stomach was being jerked.

The bird Maggie gave a shrill cry before giving a beat of her great wings. The world swam and Harry leaned forward, eyes clamped shut. Another violent jerk at his insides and he was sure this was death. Then nothing. He felt his body sliding and he caught himself before he fell.

The cool grass under his palms caused Harry to open his brilliant eyes and take in that he was at Hogwarts. A fierce snarled alerted him that his fellows were battling. He let the change come quick. The golden lion shook his mane, roaring. The death eaters not tangled in battle with the Protectors looked at him with fear in their eyes.

The lion leapt, landing on two men. One he knocked unconscious while the other wet himself. Harry growled, smacking the coward with his great paw. One death eater raised a shaky wand before an angry dog landed on him, a terrifying growl rumbling from his chest. CJ turned to him, teeth still bared.

'Go. We can handle this.'

Harry laughed, launching himself at another death eater.

'And let you have all the fun? I think not CJ.'

The dog barked his amusement. Harry turned to attack another, but there was no one. He smirked in satisfaction.

"Who wants to go kick some dark lord ass?' He asked his companions. They laughed, joining him at the doorway, where he placed his giant paws on the doors and pushed.

They creaked open and the animals crept in.

'I'll go scout. Stay here.' Maggie said before flaying off, close to the celing and the shadows. It was not long before her voice trickled to them. 'All the student, I'm guessing, are in the hall with the weird celing. I'm thinking the guy with the cool eyes in the big chair is our guy. Those death eaters are all over the place. You will need cover if you want to get in.'

Vicki stepped forward. Her eyes flashed as she gave a throaty growl. 'No problem.' The cat's form stretched and darkened. Harry had a feeling they were now invisible. 'Stay close together or I can't shield you. I may be talented, but I ain't that good.'

Harry nodded and took a step forward. His eyes searched the shadows with intensified senses. He saw and snelt no one. Voldemort's getting bad, Harry thought, Only a few gurds at the front door, unless he wants me to get in, a trap. He knew he was walking into Voldemort's plans but he had to save his friends. A rustle of feathers and Maggie sat on his back.

'Ready?' she asked.

'Nope. Beggars can't be choosers. My friends need help and we're the rescue team.' Harry said, drily. Maggie laughed before launching into the air again.

The place where Harry had once eaten all his meals at school and hung out with his friend, was unrecognizable. Dirty, shaking, wide-eyed and cowering children huddled against each other and tried to go through the walls in attempts to go away from the terror they were facing. All that is, except that Slytherins who were clearly little death eaters. They stood proudly beside their elders and master. Harry searched for and found the teachers, bound and placed in a tight circle quite near the Dark Lord.

Maggie, cawing, soared across the room and landed above Voldemort. The man watched her with annoyance in his red eyes.

"Who let that blasted bird inside?" he asked his loyal death eaters. His followers shrugged. "Forget it. Ravens are a sign of dark magic anyway."

Maggie cried out in protest, taking off to perch on a small girl's shoulder. She clacked her beak at the man before proceeding to preen her feathers.

Voldemort scowled at the bird before turning to the blonde man beside him. "You had better hope that Potter gets here soon. It will mean punishment if he doesn't."

Harry turned to CJ, who nodded. It was time to reveal they were here. He shifted back to his human form. The black cloak whispered against the floor as he took a step forward.

"But I am here, Tom." he called out. The man leapt to his feet, eyes searching for his enemy. Vicki solidified and let the group be seen. Instead of turning human, she stood as the sleek panther. Maggie landed on his left shoulder. CJ pressed against his right leg. He took another step forward.

"Who are you?" Voldemort asked, wand at the ready.

'He really thinks a wand will do any good when we have banded together?'CJ laughed.

'Shut up and look more pissed off.' Vicki snapped. Her fur stood on end and she let and low yowl rumble through her.

"Oh dear Tom, don't you recognize your beloved enemy?" Harry asked, slipping his mask from his face and letting his hood fall back. Voldemort snarled, stalking towards the boy. CJ and Vicki took a step forward, teeth and claws bared, fierce growls forcing the man back.

"So you have come, Potter. You always did play the hero. Now you will fall at my hands in front of all your precious friends."

"I think not, Voldemort. I have been a busy beaver while I have been away and I am stronger than I was when we last met."

Harry smirked before slowly changing into his lion form. Maggie took flight and used her talons to distract the man while her friend shape shifted. The panther and dog leapt, deadly teeth ready to tear into flesh.

Voldemort swung up his wand, hissing under his breath. A streak of green light hit both animals in their chests, sending them flying. They hit the floor with a thump and lay, motionless.

Harry cried, using their mental bond to try and call them. There was only an empty void where the two had once resided. He threw back his head and let a roar tear through him.

Maggie, knowing they could not mourn at the moment, cut off his grief. 'We can do things right later. We have a fight to win and people to save. Remember what you know of us. We are protectors of the innocent and punishers of the guilty. Your Dark Loard will not waste time to sit down, twidle his thumbs, and let you get over their deaths.'

Harry bowed his head. She was right. He had a war to finish. He knew his friends were in danger and would die if he didn't fight. He looked up at Voldemort and leapt.

The man was ready and put his hands on both the lions jaws, keeping them from shutting. But he could not prevent the razor sharp claws from tearing down his front. Or the raven that dove and lunged for his eyes.

Voldemort, in all his pain, hit Maggie, sending her flying. She beat her wings, stopping her from hitting the wall with a bone-breaking crunch. She cried in anger before circling overhead, ready to help if needed.

The distraction was long enough for Harry to knock his enemy onto his back and trap him under raw, corded muscle. The loin looked down at the man he held prisoner. It seemed so anticlimactic after everything that had happened. But he had to do it. For CJ and Vicki and every other person whose death Voldemort had caused. He leaned down and closed his powerful jaws on Voldemort's throat.

Rich, warm blood flowed into his mouth and down his chin. He pulled his head up and stepped off the body. His emerald eyes darkened as he looked over to where he would find the bodies of his fellow Protectors. But they were not there. Only the human forms of CJ and Vicki sat, smiling like madmen.

Harry changed back, amazement and confusion clearly written on his face. "But how?"

"We warded ourselves a long time ago so that no human magic could kill us. You joining us strengthened that ward. So I guess you really did save the day, hero." Vicki laughed.

Maggie landed, scowling. Her icy eyes flashed. "You were pretending the whole time! I really thought you were dead, ward or no ward!"

Harry did not hear the rest of the conversation because the roar of the students swarming to him drowned out their voices. A flash of red hair and Ginny Weasley was on him, hugging him. He felt another embrace from behind and he looked to see Hermione. Soon he could not tell one person from the next. Ron weaved his way to him, clapping him on the back.

Through the crowd, Harry could see his four American friends, watching him with sad eyes.

'We have to go Harry. It is not safe for Protectors to stay around magical folk for too long.' Maggie said through their minds. It was the first time they had done that in human form.

'I know, but they are my friends.' Harry said in a small voice.

'Then stay. You know where to find us if you want to come crawling back.' Vicki said, a bit harshly. Harry winced and weaved his way through the students swarming him.

"Let's go." he said aloud. His Protector friends gave him smiles and CJ gave a huge grin.

"Where are you ging Harry?" Hermione asked.

"I have to go. Goodbye."

Harry's change was quick. He and the others turned and ran-or flew in Maggie's case-out of the doors. The crowd of students followed, yelling form Harry to stop. He ignored them and felt for once in his life, freedom. He was not the blessed Boy-Who-Lived. He was just the same as the other Protectors. He let out a roar of farewell before fading away into the night.

Me: That is it people. The end of a story. Review and the such. I may write a sequel around September when I get back from vacation. I know it is a cliffhanger but this is the only ending I have ever liked so poop to all who hate it. Again REVIEW!