Harry Potter and the Elements of Surprise
Chapter 6:Danger and Rescues
"How could you have left him? And by himself?" Ginny angrily demanded.
"Virginia Molly-Anne Potter! Don't you dare yell at us for Harry's stubborn nature!" Ella hissed back, "You know how hard it was for me to leave Harry behind! He's like family to me!"
"I'm sorry, Ella," Ginny whispered tearfully, dropping back onto the armchair, "I'm just so scared!" she sobbed.
"G-Ginny? A-An owl came for you," Hope stuttered softly form the doorway.
She looked cared and lost, standing timidly in the doorway. Her dark black hair was wild and unkempt, and her eyes were red and raw form crying. The way she stood, her posture, made it seem as if she'd given up. Clutched loosely in her hand was a letter.
"Thanks love," Ginny said, offering her a weak smile.
She didn't look much better than Hope did. Her usual neat appearance had been proverbially thrown out the window. Her hair had been pulled back into a careless ponytail, 'though less than half actually remained bound in the tie. Her eyes, too, were red, and tears leaked continuously from them.
Hope padded soft and light across the room, gently handing Ginny the envelope. She turned to go, shoulders slumped, but Ginny pulled her back. Pulling the girl up into her lap, Ginny let her arms wrap around her, seeking comfort for the loss of her own child.
Cuddling Hope close, Ginny broke the seal and opened the envelope. Unfolding the letter, her eyes traveled quickly across the words,
Ginny,
I bear good news and bad. The bad is that Daemon has captured Harry. The man has put a spell on Harry, disabling the use of almost every kind of magic he possesses, and the tiny resource he did have, he already used. However, with that small resource, he managed to send Lia here to Layahna.
She is badly injured, and it's most possibly life-threatening. Our healers are trying to make her well enough to be transported there to Hogwarts. We shall arrive at 7 tonight.
All my prayers,
Drualt of Layahna.
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"I know losing Harry from our ranks was a devastating blow. But that's what Daemon's doing- trying to make us meek, to get us to back off." Mike said, his soft voice carrying through the room to the assembled Elementals. He and Diana were substituting for Harry.
"But instead of backing down, we have to strike back! To hit harder and faster!" Diana said vehemently.
The Elementals stirred nervously, looking uncomfortable. Their faces were filled with disbelief.
"Do you all love Harry?" Mike suddenly demanded, voice firm and slightly harsh.
"Yeah," came the murmur.
"Do you love each other?" Diana demanded, adopting the same tone as Mike had.
"Yes." Came the affirmative response, louder now.
"Do you love your families?" Mike continued.
"Yes!" they roared.
"Then fight for them! Fight for their right to free lives!" Diana ordered in a yell.
"For free lives!" they chanted in a roar.
"For family!" Mike yelled, the Elementals immediately taking up the new chant.
"For Harry!" Diana insisted loudly, the crowd taking up the new chant with vigor.
Diana and Mike gazed in with silent pride at the crowd. Both dearly missed Harry, but when-not if!- he came back, he'd want his troops to be ready.
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"Come, come Harry. You must have realized by now that you just can't keep this up. "Daemon said in a would-be friendly voice.
"Bite me," came Harry's insolent response, spoken in a hoarse, haggard voice. He'd been under the crutacious(sp?) curse almost constantly for the last 15 hours. And yet, he still refused to join the Dark Lord.
"Come, Harry! Join me! If you do, your family shall not be harmed! They shall become cherished members of us, while you take your rightful place as my second-in-command! Daemon conjoled.
"Then what? You kill my friends?" Harry's demand came out in a croak, "People I've fought alongside? People I love and care for?"
"Sacrifices must be made in every war," Daemon replied.
"Well I won't stand by while you murder my friends!" Harry snapped, "I'll never join the Dark! I'll never join you!"
"Fine!" Daemon hissed, eyes and voice turning ice-cold as he snapped, "Crucio!"
Harry let out a low moan, but he was determined not to scream. Even as more Death Eaters added crucio's onto Daemon's first, he suppressed, twitching slightly being the only way to show his agony. Just as he felt his resolve weakening, as he felt the scream creeping it's way up his throat, he fell gratefully into the blissful oblivion of unconsciousness.
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"Quick guys! Daemon's forces are attacking a muggle community in Belfast!" Mike called out, slipping swiftly into his uniform.
Immediately, the just-lounging Elementals jumped up and slipped speedily into their own uniforms. Standing swiftly at attention, they saluted once to Diana and Mike and apparated away. They ended up in the middle of a Death Eater raid.
"Spread out, but stay close with someone! Save as many as you can!" Diana yelled out, even as she herself trapped a pair of Death Eaters in a fire cage.
"Send them back to Hogwarts! To the Dungeons!" Mike called, sending a pair of particularly nasty Death Eaters through a fissure of rock.
The Elementals quickly and efficiently overcame the Death Eaters. The only one remaining standing was Bellatrix Lestrange. Mike was dueling with her while the other Elementals sent them back to Hogwarts, bound and gagged, via portkey.
"What's the matter Potter? As bad as that mutt at dueling?" Bellatrix sneered, "Or maybe as bad as that brother of yours eh?"
"You bitch!" Mike snarled angrily, shooting fireballs at her.
"You're going to have to do better than that Potter!" Bellatrix hissed, shooting an "Expelliarmus" at him.
Mike knew he'd never be able to move fast enough to get out of the way. Instead, he shoved a large wall of fire towards the cackling bitch. Even as he went flying through the air, Mike held a satisfied gleam in his eyes. And, even as he was slammed into a brick wall, Mike saw Lestrange engulfed in flames just before he fell into the abyss of unconsciousness.
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Ginny impatiently paced the Entrance Hall for what had to be the 1000th time. Two Elemental healers stood calmly in the entrance, watching her pace. Elleanora was also standing in the hallway, baby James nestled in her arms and young Hope standing beside her, slightly leaning against her side. They were waiting for Drualt and Lia.
Just as it turned 7, Drualt, Freya(Drualt's wife), Meryl, Rhys(both Elders) and Java(an important trainer) pushed through the great oak doors. Drualt had Lia cradled securely in his arms, and a grim worried expression dominated his face.
"My baby!" Ginny cried shrilly, racing forwards and hovering anxiously over Lia.
"It doesn't look good, Ginny. They caused her a lot of damage." Drualt said quietly.
Pushing Ginny slightly out of the way, the two healers stepped forward. The man, Lee May, swiftly but gently moved Lia into his own arms. AS the two Healers began to move away at a swift almost-trot, the other healer, Tiffany Domes, started casting her healing magic upon the child.
Swiftly, the others followed. Within minutes, the Healers began to move faster, a touch of urgency settling over everyone. Minutes later, they burst into the Hospital Wing and Lee gently placed Lia onto a vacant bed.
Immediately, the two Healers became blurs of activity. The group became increasingly worried as the Healers continued to hurry about urgently.
10 minutes later, Diana, Ron, Hermione and Julius burst into the Hospital Wing, Mike levitated between them. He was limp, and there was blood all over him from where he'd cracked his head open.
"We need a Healer!" Diana shrieked, her voice cracking with worry.
Instantly, a Healer-Jack Hart- came rushing over. Quickly, Mike was placed on a bed and Jack was joined by Ares May as they began trying to save his life too.
It was then that the two groups took notice of each other. Ginny's group stared in pale, wide-eyed horror at Mike. Diana's group returned the favour upon seeing Lia.
Diana was the first to react. Striding over to Ginny, she asked, "How is she?"
Tears filled her eyes as Ginny shook her head and replied, "Not good." The turning her eyes to Mike, she asked softly, "What happened?"
"Bellatrix Lestrange hit him with an Expelliarmus and he flew into a brick wall." Diana answered just as softly, tears making their way down her face.
Ginny slipped a comforting arm around her shoulders and the two leaned into one another. Silently, the tears flowed from them all.
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"Okay, guys, this is it! That damn bastard is not keeping Harry!" Diana said angrily, standing in front of the Elementals, "We need a plan! We need to get him out of there!"
"I might have an idea," spoke up a female voice. She had shoulder-length, wavy brown hair and hazel eyes. Her name was Blaise Zambini.
"What do you got, Zambini?" Diana asked eagerly.
"Well, ma'am, what if we sent in the less noisy Animagus, and some of the Shadows? It could be a discreet save that no one would know of for some time instead of a physcotic suicide mission."
Diana's face lit up with a smile and she said, I like how you think, Zambini!"
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There was a group of eight that they'd chosen for the "Save Harry Mission". The four Shadows were: Stephan Cairn, Anita Patil(both Shadow leaders), Parvati Patil and Rose Kurtis. The four animagus were Tahoma Eddy (Tiger), John White (white panther), Corey Baker (wolf) and David Shindoh (Leopard) -all swift, silent animals.
The group were teleported inside the Dark Lord's fortress by Elleanora. She gave them a whispered 'good luck' and then teleported away. The group would portkey home to Hogwarts once they got Harry.
Swiftly and silently, the group moved through the fortress. They searched entire bottom floor before going below, to the dungeons. They'd been done there for almost an hour, and were getting quite nervous, when wolf-Corey suddenly picked up Harry's scent.
Anxiously, they followed him at a run, just catching themselves from running down the middle of the hall instead of in the Shadows. They'd been at it for ten minutes, barely making a sound, when they heard voices ahead. Instantly, they slowed from a sprint to a stalk.
As they got closer, they determined 3 different voices. One was Harry.
They settled themselves behind a corner, impatiently waiting for the other two voices to leave.
"Poor little Harry Potter, The Boy-Soon-To-Die," snickered a deep voice stupidly. It was joined by a distinctly female voice.
"what the hell do you want?" they heard Harry ask heatedly, though his voice was hoarse.
"Aww, is Hawwy scawed?" snickered the female voice.
"Bite me" was Harry's response, followed almost immediately by a hacking cough.
Suddenly, a fourth voice joined them saying, "Move it, you imbeciles! The Master is waiting!"
The 3 unknown voices continued speaking but faded as they walked away. The group waited silently to be sure Harry was alone, then slipped around the corner. They were met with a dark, damp cell.
Laying a few steps away from the bars was Harry. He'd only been there four days, but he was atleast 20 pounds lighter-he didn't look much larger than a broom! His hair was greasy and tangled. His body was covered with bruises and scars. His eyes were shut and a look of exhaustion and defeat covered his face.
"Dear lord," he murmmured, coughing slightly, "Do what you will to me. Keep me here, it it's Your wish. But please lord, please, keep my Ginny, my Hope, my Lia and my James safe from these sadistic bastards.'
Another coughing fit wracked Harry's body. He groaned aloud in pain and curled himself into a fetal position, gratefully laying his feverish head against the cool stone floor.
"Milord!" Rose cried softly in dismay, rushing forwards towards the cell, eyes bright with unshed tears. The others, too, looked to be fighting back tears.
Harry sounded horribly like he was defeated. Never before had Harry ever given up. He wasn't made to give up. And it was such a sad thing for him to think all was lost.
Harry's eyes had snapped open at Rose's voice. They were cloudy, from his own tears but they were clear a moment later. His eyes widened with grateful recognition, for while no one else could ever see or sense the Shadow Elementals, Harry always could.
"Thank the lord," he murmured in praise, a small, gentle smile replacing the defeat.
Rose smiled softly back in return, and the rest of their group greeted their leader softly. It was evident, by the way they treated him and the way he treated them, that they loved each other as family. You could visibly see Harry's shoulders pull back and his eyes resume their authoritive light as he talked with the Elementals.
Grateful to be reunited with their leader, the rest of the group moved off to watch for intruders. Meanwhile, Rose began to magically unlock the cell, removing the many wards carefully. Once that was done, she swung the door open and knelt by Harry's side where he'd managed to pull himself into a sitting position against the wall.
Softly, her gaze travelling over Harry's injuries, she murmured, "We should have brought along a Healer.
Harry smiled softly back at her, ignoring the statement and instead asking anxiously, "My Lia? Is she okay?
"She's still recovering, Milord," Rose answered vaguely, unable to tell him the real truth of his daughter's condition, 'though he seemed to accept her answer.
"Thank the lord," he smiled. Then, "What about everyone else?"
"There's only been one fatal injury since you've been gone," Rose said, a touch uneasily as she averted her eyes.
"Who?"
"Milord, we really must-"
"Who Rose?" he demanded, in that 'answer-me-or-you'll-regret-it' voice that no one could refuse.
"Lord Swifttooth," she answered softly, gazing silently at the wall opposite them, not wanting to meet the anguish she knew was in Harry's eyes.
"Mike?" Harry whispered in slight horror, "What-?"
"He was smashed into a brick wall and his head was split open. He's been in a coma the last three days." Rose answered the unspoken question that Harry just couldn't seem to force through his lips.
"Milord, we really must be going. We've been gone for hours now as it is. Everyone will be in a right state if we don't hurry," John interrupted as he and the others entered the cell.
Just the presence of Harry made the Elementals feel more hope, you could see it, in their eyes, their walk and their stiffening spines. It brought a proud smile to Harry's lips.
"How are we-"Harry began to ask, but was cut off by another coughing fit. His Elementals watched him helplessly and concerned until it passed.
"Portkey." Rose answered the question for him, pulling off the black silk scarf she wore 'round her neck.
Each member of the group stood 'round in a circle, Harry being supported on either side by a happy Elemental. Each reached forward, placing a hand securly upon the black silk. Harry, too, grabbed hold.
From his pocket, John extracted a wand. Holding out to Harry with a happy, mischievous little smile, he asked, "Would you like to do the honors, milord?"
Harry laughed, a dry sound, but one that made the Elementals all smile gratefully and know that he was going to be okay. Reaching out, he accepted the wand from John's hand, reveling in the feel of the magic it produced.
Almost gleefully, he touched the wand to the silk. Imaging Hogwarts to the very last detail that he could, he practically shouted, "Portus!"
The happy grin didn't leave his face. Not at the whirling sensation cause, nor the hard thump to the floor. And, not when he was knocked flat all over again by his wife who squeezed him tight, reminding him off the pain he was in.
He was home.
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A/N HEY! I know it's been forever, but I can't really be blamed. Well I can, kinda, 'cuz it was my body's fault. See, I was sick for a bout 3 months and the doctors had no frikken clue as to what it was I had so I had to suffer! But, as it turns out, we think it might be Celiac Disease which is basically that everytime I eat wheat, my immune system attacks my small intestine. Sounds painful huh? And that's 'cuz it is!
But then, even after that, I couldn't really write 'cuz one of my friends died. He was at the beach and he drowned 'cuz he swam out too far. All I could do for like 5 days was cry with the rest of my friends. But, I'm okay now, and it's like one of the guys said, atleast he died now, when he was happy, without a lot of pain instead of years from now suffering from some disease.
And then after that it was exams, which I finished yesterday. You ask me, it's bull that I should have had to take them anyway, because I didn't really have a clue what I was doing so I may not even pass most of my courses for last semester. Thankfully, I passed all of my first semester courses , so I won't have to redo stupid gr. 9!
Okay, now that my rant is done, I'd like to tell you all I'm very disapointed and I don't really think you deserve the chapter ANYWAY! I got one review last chapter. ONE! That's sad guys, really sad! However, I would like to thank my one reviewer, who I love very much right now, bleddingblackrose, who rox my sox!(By the way BBR, there are some VERY hot goth guys in high school and I wish you all the luck with them!)
Oh, and yes, I did change my name. Oh, you don't like it? Well, that's too bad, 'cuz I do! Lolz.
Well, gotta jet. I'll get the next one up when I can, but I ain't makin' promises 'cuz my nana's in the hospital and I'm gonna go stay with her for a bit maybe.Catch ya on the flipz!
'My luv,
Red