Harry Potter and the Elements of Surprise
Chapter 5: Additions and Revenge
Everyone had just sat down for breakfast in the great hall when the doors banged open (again). Standing in the Entrance Hall, framing the doorway, was a group of-roughly-20 people. However, two stood out in front.
One was a young man in his late 20's, early thirties. He had shoulder-length brown hair pulled back into a ponytail with piercing gray eyes. He wore a Grey, hooded cloak, 'though the hood was down.
The other was a woman with long, bright blonde hair pulled back into a braid. Her eyes were a sky blue that gave off a twinkle somewhat like Albus Dumbledore's. She looked to be somewhere in her 30's. She, too, was dressed in a hooded cloak with the hood down, though her's was blue.
"Good eve, kind people. My name is Cassiel. I am from Layahna. This is my sister, Elleanora," the man, Cassiel, introduced, bowing to the head table as he spoke, "We've come to help aid you in you're war as best we can.
"Help is always welcome. However, I'm afraid we have no knowledge of who you are or of this Layahna you speak of," Dumbledore replied apologetically.
"What do you mean? Surely Gryffin's told you about…" Elleanora demanded, trailing off as she noticed the Potters' absence, "Wait! Where are they? Oh my lord!"
"Calm down. Who are you looking for? Maybe we know where they are," Remus said soothingly, walking over to place a soothing hand on the woman's arm.
However, Elleanora continued to panic.
"I'm looking for Gryffin, Phoenix and Uni! Oh Lord, Cass! They didn't make it!" She screeched.
"Ella! Calm down!" Cassiel commanded, before turning towards Remus, a small amount of panic in his eyes as he tried to respond calmly, "We're looking for Harold, Virginia and Lilia Potter. They're the reason we're here.
"What do you want with them?" Remus demanded harshly, comforting mode completely erased as his eyes became guarded.
"We're not going to hurt them! They're our family!" Cassiel said firmly, disbelief creeping threw at the thought of attempting any sort of harm on his surrogate relatives.
"Oh screw the damn pleasantries!" Ella said harshly, before screaming-extremely loudly-"GRYFFIN! PHOENIX! GET YOUR ASSES IN HERE NOW!"
The woman continued to yell, and even began sending coloured lights from her body.
"Auntie Nora!" came the loud shriek of happiness, as a small blur with black hair went colliding into her knees, making Ella stumbled slightly.
"Uni!" she shrieked back, picking the girl up off the floor and hugging her tightly.
"Now, really, Ella! We weren't gone that long!" Harry teased lightly as he and Ginny entered the room.
"Oh, shut up Harry!" Ginny replied, smacking him in the chest before "waddling" over to Cassiel and Ella for a hug.
"Ow!" Harry cried melodramatically, mock-wounded, "Someone, call a nurse! A surgeon!"
"Shut up Harry!" Ella laughed hugging him tightly, squishing Lia in between them in the process.
"Well, nice to see the two of you have finished your sulking," Ron said, still sore from yesterday's events.
"RONALD STEV-" Ginny angrily started, but suddenly bent over with a scream, " Damnit Harry! He's two weeks early!"
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"HARRY! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" they could hear from outside the hospital wing, Ginny's screams were so loud. Remus, the Weasleys, the Daniels, Hermione, the Hogwarts' teachers, Lilia, Elleanora, Cassiel and Mike were all settled along the corridor outside the Hospital.
"You know, that's the same thing she said when Lilia was being born." Mike chuckled, gazing fondly at his niece.
There were a few snickers but everyone soon fell back into silence. An uneasy silence fell over them, because none of them really knew who the other group was.
The silence was soon interrupted, however, by a black owl tapping at the window. Excitedly, Lilia scrambled towards it, calling out "Boo!" with glee.
"Give Boo here, Uni," Ella said, gesturing for the owl. Lilia complied quickly, 'though she stayed near and stroked the bird's feathers.
"Father says Ginny brings a boy," Ella laughed, passing the letter onto her brother and pulling her niece into her lap.
"Sorry?" Remus asked, brow furrowed in confusion, tilting his head slightly.
"Our father is Drualt, of Layahna. He is our leader. He knows things before they happen, but no, he's not a seer." Cassiel explained offhandedly, eyes scanning the letter.
"I see..." Remus said somewhat hesitantly.
"No you don't," Ella giggled.
"You're right, I don't," Remus said, joining in with her laughter. "Now, maybe you can tell us where the Potters have been? They were about to tell us yesterday but there was a bit of a uh…disagreement."
"We-ell…"Elleanora dragged the word out, "What do you think Cass?"
"Well, they won't get too mad, 'cause of the new baby and all." Cassiel looked contemplative for a moment, "Yea, go ahead."
"Okay! Well, lets start after we left Mike. I had teleported-kind of like you Apparation thing- all of us to our castle in Layahna. You see, our people have a sort of prophecy that states our race has to help the chosen one. Obviously, that's Harry," Ella began.
"Soon after they arrived, Harry was almost completely healed. Because we all knew there was a bit of a time limit on Harry's stay, we started training him a week after he left. Ginny also began training, 'though once she became pregnant again, we had to push the intensity level down a couple of notches. And, by the time she was 8 months old, Lia was in a series of light training exercises." Cassiel continued for his sister.
"Wait, wait, wait!" Remus demanded indignantly, "Lilia was in training at 8 months?"
"LIGHT training!" Cassiel cried.
"Anyway!" Ella interrupted, "Harry has more power than even our father, strongest in all of Layahna. And, to add to that fact, he knows of more than 3 different ways to wield his magic. But, recently, Father's spies found out about your atrocious defenses."
"Harry decided to return to your world to help you all fight back. Of course, he didn't have too. Despite that the prophecy only said we had to train him, Harry's become an important surrogate member of our family. And he could have just stayed in Layahna with us, and ignored this "Dark Lord" of yours." Cassiel continued again.
"And so, hare we are!" Ella finished cheerily, a large smile spread across her face, "Oh, and-Ron, was it?- you should really try not to get on Ginny's bad side. She's learned a lot of new spells that could cause bodily harm." She warned.
The conversation was interrupted, however, when the infirmary door was swung open. In the doorway was Madame Pomfrey, hair frizzled and messy, sweat on her forehead, but a happy smile on her face.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to announce the arrival of our newest trouble-attracting Potter." She said, a small, proud smile gracing her features as she swing the door open in invitation.
Eagerly, the large group tumbled into the room, straight to Ginny's bed. She was leaning against the headrest in a sitting position, a small, tired albeit happy smile on her face. Cradled loosely in her arms was a small blue bundle. Standing beside her, pride practically radiating from him, was Harry.
"We would proudly like to present to you the newest addition to the Potter family: James Arthur Remus Ronald Mike Drualt Potter." Harry stated proudly, gazing down at his baby boy.
"Aw, he's got my name," Mike cooed.
"And mine!" Ron stated proudly, a large, goofy grin spreading across his face.
"Yea, yea, yea, hush up already! Let me see my grandson!" Remus interrupted, reaching his arms out for James.
Gently, Remus cradled the tiny baby in his arms. He was pink and wrinkled, but Remus thought he was gorgeous. Atop the baby's head was a small tuft of auburn red hair and, as James' eyes blinked open, Remus was met with Harry's emerald green eyes. A small tear trickled its way down Remus' cheek as he gazed down at the soon-to-be-replica of the late Lillian Rosalie Evans-Potter.
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Harry heaved a sigh of despair as he walked down the desolate street. He was alone, wishing to see what needed to be repaired in this world. He was dressed in all black, blended perfectly into the shadows.
The few people who actually braved the street scurried quickly along, coats and robes clutched around their bodies tightly. They kept their eyes averted from each other and skirted the many run-down houses and gave the allies wide births. They hurried quickly to be home, to shut out the cruel world this place had become.
As Harry watched, a tiny girl darted out from an alley, slipping into the shadows of one of the houses. Harry watched curiously as she crept forward behind someone, before moving forward swiftly and stealing right from their pockets.
The girl looked no older than 4. She had scraggly, shoulder-length black hair and gray(?) eyes. She was tiny, malnourished most likely, probably having outlived her life on the streets. Harry probably would not have given her a second glance if not for the uncanny resemblance to someone she possessed.
"Hey! You! Wait a minute!" Harry called out, stepping from the shadows as he called to the girl.
The girl's eyes widened as she realized Harry was talking to her. With a horrified look plastered to her face, she took off at a quick run. Darting through the sparse crowd. Harry cursed colourfully and teleported directly infront of her.
The girl stifled a scream when she collided with Harry's legs. Her eyes widened in shock and fright as she gazed up at Harry's face. Frightened, she yanked free and tried to run but Harry caught her arm before she could.
"Hey! Relax, I just want to talk to you," Harry said, voice soothing and reassuring.
"Lemme go! LET GO!" the girl hissed fiercely. She struggled violently, but still attempted to keep from attracting any attention to them.
"Okay, look I just want to know your name!" Harry replied, loosening his grip slightly.
"Why?" she demanded angrily, twisting to face him, her face hard and demanding.
"Because you remind me of someone I once knew." Was Harry's honest reply as he knelt to the ground to be eye level with the little girl.
"Ya? Who?" the girl asked, her voice was still harsh, but less so, more curious than anything else.
"My late godfather." Harry said softly with a wistful sigh.
"Does late mean he's dead?" she asked softly, a childlike innocence surrounding her.
"Yes." Harry replied, smiling softly at her.
"OH." She said softly, letting a quiet moment pass, before meeting Harry's gaze and continuing, "My name is Hope Estelle Black."
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"Okay guys, listen up and listen up good. We all were trained to fight dark wizards. You were rescued and recruited to help destroy Voldemort. Daemon is just another Voldemort. We overcame Voldemort and his terrorist-wannabes! So why, now, are you saying we can't do it again?" Harry demanded, striding angrily back and forth infront of the assembled Elementals.
"But, sir, Daemon's stronger than Voldemort was," a timid voice called out shakily.
"Then we will get stronger!" Harry roared, "Are you Elementals or not? Are you cowardly like those damn Death Eaters? Do you want to live your lives cowering in fear? Do you want your and your grandchildren to live in a world where Daemon is ruler?"
The crowd roared out, the "No!" deafening. As always, Harry was putting their spirits back into it, getting the fight back into them, straightening their spines, lifting their chins with a few simple words.
"I have three children to raise. I have a wife who I love more than life itself. I have a brother and brothers-in-law, as well as future sister-in-laws and nieces and nephews. I sure as hell don't want them to live the life I did. I don't want their lives to be controlled, I want them to be FREE! I don't want them to be killed, simply because they're related to me! Do you?"
"No!" came the yell again.
"Are you willing to fight for the lives of your children? For your husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, mothers, fathers, nieces, nephews! Are you ready to avenge the deaths of those who've given their lives before us, just so we could be free?" Harry demanded.
"YES!" came the deafening yell.
"The let's go! There are people dying right now because no one else has the balls to fight and defend them! Do you?"
"Yes!" "Let's go!" "Move!" came the varied responses from the crowd, ready and raring to go and kick some evil butt.
"Alright! Let's move," Harry commanded, a grin flitting its way onto his face as he watched his "troops" march out to defend and avenge.
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"How'd the raid go?" Ginny asked Harry as he trudged into the room, dirty and grimy from the recent battle.
"Great. For us." He smirked, "13 captives, 6 dead vs. 10 wounded on our side."
"Good. Now, you have to clean up and tuck Lia and Hope into bed." Ginny smirked, as the two young girls raced into the room, jumping onto her husband.
"Yes ma'am! Well, you heard the captain, it's off to bed with the two of you!" Harry said mock-sternly as he gave Ginny a joking salute.
"Aye, aye, sir!" the girls giggled, turning on their heels and marching back into their bedroom.
With a light chuckle and quick kiss from his wife, Harry left the room to go tuck in his two oldest children.
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"Lia's gone!" Ginny shrieked hysterically, sobbing uncontrollably.
"Sh, baby, we'll get her back. Don't worry," Harry whispered softly, clutching Ginny close though his eyes were locked on the letter Daemon had left behind.
Potter,
If you want your little brat back, you'll give yourself in now. You'll give in if you know what's good for you.
Daemon, your new master.
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"No, Ella! I'm going alone!" Harry insisted harshly.
"Harry, you can't! It's too dangerous!" Ella pleaded.
"Ella, she's my baby! This is what I've been training for! I have to do this!" Harry replied quietly.
"But not alone! Please Harry, take Cassiel or me! Please!" she begged.
"No Ella!"
"Harry, you are not going alone!" Ron said calmly as he and Hermione stepped from the shadows.
"We are coming with you." Hermione continued in her 'I-dare-you-to-say-no-to-me' voice.
"We all love Lia, Harry," Ella said softly, gazing into her surrogate-brother's eyes in determination.
"Alright," Harry sighed in resignation, "take my hands. I'll shift you with me."
With determination, they stood in a circle, hands clasped tightly. Harry sighed, but couldn't help but smile at his surrogate-siblings' bravery. Then, with a light glimmer, the four were gone, no trace left behind.
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"Go!" Harry yelled, "Ella, shift them NOW!"
"But, Harry-!"
"I said NOW Ella! Go! I can't hold them off forever!" Harry ordered, turning to stand in the middle of the hallway, protecting their backs.
"We love you Gryffin," Ella sobbed, before grabbing quickly to Ron and Hermione's hands, shifting them all back to Hogwarts.
"Stupid god-damn Death Eaters!" Harry cursed angrily as he shot arrows of fire at the dozens of approaching Death Eaters.
"Give it up, Potter!" a female voice yelled with unconcealed glee at the prospect of capturing Harry.
"Give me back my daughter!" Harry yelled back angrily.
With a sudden, angry snarl, Harry threw a great gust of wind towards the Death Eaters. Immediately, there was a chorus of yelps and screams of pain as they were thrown around and crushed by the wind.
Suddenly, there was another group of Death eaters at the opposite end of the hall, behind Harry. Before he could notice them, they'd shot multiple spells at him, including one that bound his powers, making him unable to fight back. Quickly a Death Eater bound him from head-to-toe.
"Come, our Master is waiting," snickered Bellatrix form behind her mask, causing fury to shoot through Harry at the sound.
Quickly, another Death Eater levitated Harry so he was following behind the group. There seemed to be at least 15 Death Eaters, and their laughs (More like cackles, Harry thought dryly) echoed loudly through the dungeon-like halls as they walked.
Finally, they reached Daemon's "throne room." They were, once again, in the castle that Voldemort had originally brought Harry to.
The Death Eaters unceremoniously dropped Harry onto the ground, getting rid of the bonds at the same time, beside a small heap. With shock, Harry recognized the bloody, tattered bundle as his Lia.
Without saying anything else, Daemon cast "crucio!" on Harry. This lasted for about 15 minutes, with Harry writhing on the ground in agony, resisting the urge to scream. Finally, Daemon lost interest in his unresponsive victim, instead turning his attention to his followers, who screamed bloody murder within seconds.
"What of the others that were with him?" he snarled at them.
The Dark Lord and his followers quickly became immersed in their conversation, forgetting about the two prisoners on the floor. As it was, they did not notice Harry painstakingly make his way over to Lia.
"Lia," he whispered hoarsely, "Wake up, Princess, Daddy's here. Come on, baby, you've got to wake up."
Blearily, and with a lot of effort, Lia opened her eyes. When she saw her father, her eyes widened in recognition and her mouth opened to talk. Carefully, but quickly, Harry covered her mouth with his hand.
"Sh, we have to be quiet, Princess." Harry whispered softly, "Here, put this on." He pulled out the cloak Lia had received from Drualt and co. and carefully slipped it onto his daughter.
"I have enough power left to get you to Layahna. Tell you're Grandpa Drualt to bring you to Hogwarts." Harry whispered, "I love you, Princess. Tell you're mother and siblings I love them too. And don't ever forget it. I'll always love you."
With all the magic energy he could draw, he teleported his daughter to Layahna. Once she'd disappeared, Harry fell to the ground in exhaustion. The curse he'd been placed under earlier seemed to drain him physically as well. He only had a few moments rest, however, before Daemon realized he was missing a captive.
"Potter!" he roared in rage, "You'll pay for that!"
Harry winced as he was hit again with another "crucio!" He knew he was in for a lot of torture, but he'd only had enough energy to teleport one person. And he'd much rather have his daughter live.
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Hey people! I know it's been forever, but life just doesn't give me a whole lot of time to write! Pouts It's not fair! I love writing! But my teachers are SO gay and mean and make me do stupid homework!L I was supposed to get this chapter as well as the next one up over March Break, but I got really sick and it lasted for two weeks. Actually, I'm still sick but I have to go to school and everything 'cause THAT"S LIFE! Lol
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