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AN: Well, now that someone has returned, its time to see the consequences of Ginny's anger. Its short, but there's not much to do here.
Chapter 13 Black Day
And then, the most unexpected thing happened.
Harry began laughing.
It was a dark, cold laugh with an ethereal quality and the ability to steal the very warmth from everyone around him, right from their souls. A feeling of helplessness, of numbness, of despair settled on each and every one of their minds, hearts, and very souls, as if three hundred Dementors had arrived on the scene.
His head raised itself, and horrified gasps were heard all around.
His eyes were a dank Stygian abyss, with an infinite depth to them that threatened to swallow them whole if they stared too long, horrifyingly familiar to three of the Gryffindors, who barely managed to keep themselves together as they looked at him.
His features were warped somehow, though still Harry. They carried an unfeeling undercurrent of malice, which was barely restrained behind the smirk on his face, as if he was suppressing a dangerous rage barely, holding his calm facade like a dam holding back an ocean of power, ready to burst at any moment. All around him, the area seemed tainted by his dark presence.
The wind began to die down, as if beaten by the man's presence.
He cracked his neck, feeling the sharp snaps of bone on bone and hearing them, savoring them, and the smirk grew.
"I'm back…" Dark Harry said in a singsong voice.
"Oh Merlin, we're in trouble…" Ron whispered.
"Sharp as always, aren't you, Ron?" 'Harry' said snidely, turning the abyss of his eyes onto the redhead.
"What the bloody hell is going on!" Dean cried out fearfully.
"Nothing really. I'm just going to kill you all." The demon replied nonchalantly, his tone and mannerisms easily allowing people to believe he would kill them, without even changing that confident, calm, collected smirk.
Jaws dropped. This was not Harry Potter.
"Bring Harry back!" Ginny managed to shout, shocking herself as well as everyone else. She stood up shakily, glaring at the demon.
"But Miss Weasley, I could have sworn you said just a moment ago you hated Mister Potter." Dark Harry grinned, piercing her with his eyes. "You want you're punching bag back?"
"I… I didn't mean it!" Ginny shrieked desperately, "I swear I didn't mean it!"
"Oh but you did," The darker Harry said, smirk growing even bigger, "In the deepest, darkest corner of your heart, you did. You hated him for never noticing you, for being too damn nice but not nice enough to give you the time of day, for saving your life then never saying anything else, never talking, speaking, or noticing you." He paused for a moment, seeing the effect it had on the youngest Weasley. "You hate him."
"I DON'T!" Ginny yelled, firing a Disarming Charm at the demon, forgetting in her anger and shame that spells never worked on this demon for some reason. Shame at hating Harry, anger that the demon revealed that to everyone.
He batted the bright red light aside easily, continuing his verbal assault. "You do, and you hate yourself for hating him. That's the truth." Dark Harry declared.
Ginny quailed, and fell to her knees. It was true.
"But, all this conversation is making me hungry. You first years," The demon said dispassionately, turning towards the younger children who shuddered under his gaze, "Look like you could tide me over. Perhaps as an appetizer."
One little girl screamed and tried to run, but the darkness simply pushed her back. Hermione remembered what Professor Dumbledore had done, and yelled out, "Lumos Maximus!"
However, her spell was not nearly as bright as Dumbledore's, evidenced by only momentary loss of control the demon had before he smothered her spell. "Sorry, but it looks like you don't have what it takes to stop me." 'Harry' uttered contemptuously, but still in the same unruffled voice as before.
"We'll find a way!"
The demon turned back towards Ginny, who had risen to her feet again, glaring at him. "You can stop with the mind games. We will find a way to put you back in your place." Ginny snarled.
The black haired devil raised an amused eyebrow. "Will you now? Well, it seems that you are going to be more fun than I thought." The demon looked at her in an almost leering way that made Ginny feel very uncomfortable. "I'll have fun breaking you, so I'll save you for last, so you can watch me slaughter your friends and family, before I kill you."
"Leave her alone!" Ron yelled, leaping for the demon.
Dark Harry simply stepped aside as Ron crashed to the floor. "You Weasleys. You seem to have a fire in you." The demon observed in the same unperturbed tone, kicking Ron, who cried out in pain, "I'll enjoy putting it out. I'll watch you suffer before I kill you. And your precious sister will be last, without any of her big brothers to help."
"RON!" Hermione yelled, firing off a Force Spell that the demon sidestepped, glancing nonchalantly at the dent in the wall.
"Really, you Gryffindors don't know when to just GIVE UP!" The demon swung his hand out in a horizontal arc, and Hermione was thrown into the wall bodily.
Many gasped in horror, and Ginny rushed over to help her friend back up, but Hermione determinedly pushed Ginny away and stood defiantly.
"How-how did you escape?" Hermione stuttered, wiping a bit of blood from her mouth.
The demon gave an amused smile. "Well, I suppose I'll take last requests..." He looked over at Ginny, who shivered, and leered. "But I hope you don't waste yours on a question."
Ignoring the demon's innuendos at Ginny, Hermione asked again.
"Well, you see kiddies, hatred is a very strong thing, just like love. Twins you see, so close to one another that they mix and you can't tell which is which. Ginny's hatred, you see, at that moment, shattered the link, and I got out. Simple." The demon sneered. "Now then, anyone else want a last request?"
"How about you let those students go." Another voice rang out from the portrait hole.
Repeating his entrance a few nights before, Albus Dumbledore, along with most of the Hogwarts teaching staff, burst in.
And again, Dark Harry seemed unconcerned. "Uhoh, daddy's home…" He said mockingly, with a crooked, mocking grin on his face. He swept his gaze across the frightened Gryffindors. "Looks like I'll have to save that whole torturing thing for later." He added, looking like a child told to wait till after dinner for cookies.
As Dark Harry began to get surrounded, his adversaries boxing him in, his calm smirk never faded. "Not this time." He grinned.
He turned towards Ginny, ignoring the mighty witches and wizards who surrounded him, boring into her with his abyss-like ebony eyes. "I'll stand by what I said before, Miss Weasley. You'll die last, after each and every one you love dies. I'll break you before you die." The demon uttered menacingly, turning his eyes from her to sweep across the room, a hungry smirk on his face. "I'll enjoy it too", he smirked, before firing a powerful bolt of black lightning towards Dumbledore, who narrowly avoided it, and the others around him scattered.
As they turned towards the apparition, they found his back to them as he sprinted towards the nearest window, and as they raised their wands to fire, Dark Harry leapt out, shattering the window and creating a rain of glass that fell with him. He avoided any major damage as he raised his arms to shield his face.
"See ya round!" He called out, looking over his shoulder as he fell.
By the time they reached the window, the demon was gone, as if he had never been there, fading back into the Darkness.
"Well, you've got to admit, he makes a good exit..." Ron, who had staggered back up, joked weakly, breaking the silence.
Several people exchanged wry looks, and Hermione shook her head in frustration, before raising her arm.
"OW! Mione, what the bloody hell was that for!"
Thanks to That Kid Crying In the Corner, PinkyTheSnowman, jbfritz, Pleione, Hunter101, Nimbirosa, Zeromaru: Chaos Mode, spike blade, VFPC, Harrie, harrysmom, FroBoy, Moonlight Flowers, nogoalielikeme, Oomahey, mashimaromadness, QueenWeasel, eraser, Tanydwr, Julie Long, MaraudersIce05, and FirePhoenex for reviewing!
Q&A
Hunter101- Good question. Who knows? (Besides me, that is)
Nimbirosa- Once again, my apologies.
Zeromaru: Chaos Mode- The main theme for Dark Harry's appearance (that I like to play when I write these chapters, anyway) is One Winged Angel, from FF7. It's cool, and fits!
harrysmom- Themes of sacrificing love to save the world is tragic, and I will write that one day. But here... this story is more focused on Harry and his dark alter ego, but is also on Ginny. Just not as much.
Oomahey- Wow. No offense taken about the rant, its good to get stuff like this off your chest. As for your ideas that why would Harry try to get away from Ginny... he's just being stupid, really. We know that Harry shouldn't, but does he? Same thing with Voldemort. Now, as for WHY we (authors) do this... I don't know why others do it, but me... I personally think a little suffering never hurt anyone...
Why do I make life so hard on Harry? Because... I can. (Horrible answer, I don't hate Harry, suffering is just how I write) Now, as for giving Harry something to fight for, I give him Ginny, his friends, and the adults he cares for. Others sometimes give him nothing, but I have a few things he needs to fight for. I'll give him some more as we go on. Again, I'm not offended at all, in fact, I rather enjoyed this review.
eraser- Actually... I really don't. But as for your other questions, Dumbledore won't turn a blind eye to the demon's movements (it makes his job harder, actually), and Ginny... you'll have to find out.
Tanydwr- No, I've got a name. A very fitting name... or should I say names? (Ohhh.... plot hints!) One name is the demon's chosen name, the other is what he really is. (Although that second name might not make it to the final version of this story... its a bit sketchy)
MaraudersIce05- Yeah, it is pretty cold outside. I'm glad (strangely) that this story is that creepy.
FirePhoenex- Nice idea, but not where this is going.
AN: Well, looks like Dark Harry's loose on the world once more. What kind of terror will he unleash? Tune in next time to find out, and don't forget to review!