Harry Potter and the Fall of Atlantis Chapter 5: Courage, a harry potter fanfic

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AN: Corrected Version

Thoughts

"speech"

"Beastspeak" (the context will explain which type of animal)

'parseltongue'

"flashback"

Chapter 4: Courage

For two hours he'd been going up the mountain, now he was tired and hungry. The only good thing he saw was that he was no longer wet, having dried of a while ago thanks to the wind, same wind that was currently trying to freeze him, even with the warming charms he'd put on.

"By Voldemort's nostril hairs this place is boring." Harry muttered to himself, "I wish something would happen!" Being who he was he should have probably known better than to tempt fate by now, but for everything he is, Harry Potter sometimes has to get the lesson beat into him.

'What issss that horrible sssmell?'Sarina muttered from under his shirt, where she was currently hiding from the freezing wind.

"What sme…BLOODY HELL" Harry attempted to ask but the smell reached his nostrils at that moment leaving him gagging and with nausea. "What in Voldie's underwear died up here?" Harry stopped to think for a moment about his previous statement and continued, "Might have bloody well been his underwear…URGH! Now that is something that I don't want in my mind." He knew that he had smelled it before, only not as powerful. He decided to take out his wand, after all better safe than sorry. Upon rounding the bend he was met with a sight that should've and would've scared most people, but he was not most people and had been in far too many dangerous situations to be worried about this one. But even while not worried he was surprised.

"TROLLS! What are they doing here?" He asked, in what turned out to be too loud a voice. 'They appear to be ssssssitting.' Sarina answered not too helpfully and in a tone of voice that said that it should have been perfectly obvious.

"That, my dear Sarina, is completely and utterly obvious." Harry said in a low and sarcastic voice. But thanks to his earlier shout the four 15 foot trolls had noticed them standing there.

While not looking very intelligent one of them grunted while pointing at its club, and then pointed at Harry and grunted once more. 'Not very ssssmart.' Sarina said from where she was peeking out. "With their size they don't need to be." Harry answered her.

By that time the trolls were getting up and grabbing their clubs, thinking that it'd be better to retreat today to fight another day, Harry started backing up, until getting a feeling that he should jump to the side, and being one to trust his gut feelings he jumped, only to be missed with an incoming club from behind by mere inches.

"Great two more." Harry muttered to himself. 'Makessssssssix of them.' Said Sarina from her spot in what was once again not very helpful and said once again as if it should have been obvious to him but for some reason she could not fathom wasn't.

"Guess we have no option but to fight." He said louder and with conviction this time before taking out his wand. Looking around himself to localize all the trolls and see if there was something he could use to hide behind he was disappointed to find nothing, of course unaccustomed to wearing a sword at his hip, he completely forgot about it.

Deciding that he had better do something about the trolls he muttered, "Wingardium Leviosa" at one of the trolls' club and took control of it. Surprised at seeing the club flying around the trolls stopped their attack to look in wonderment at the club. Remembering his first year at Hogwarts Harry brought the club down on one of the troll's head. But instead of seeing the troll fall to the ground, it just screamed in rage at the pain. And deciding that that method of attack wouldn't work, he chose a different tactic, Harry brought the club from in front of the beast and hit him in the stomach with such force that the troll fell back, and as it was standing at the edge of the cliff it went down in scream of rage, and possibly pain. One down, five to go. Harry thought to himself bitterly. Trying to use the same tactic as before on the troll next to where the other had stood he was disappointed when it used its own club to hit the one flying at him; this caused both clubs to explode in a shower of splinters everywhere.

By this time the other four trolls where close and started trying to hit him with their clubs. Seeing this he decided to try something different, he shouted "Reducto" at the feet of the troll that was still near the edge of the cliff and succeeded in blowing the ground up and breaking it enough to make the troll fall down the cliff. While usually he would not do something to kill another creature, with the exception of Lestrange, Voldy and Malfoy, in that order, he had decided that it was rather more important for him to stay alive at this time, than to worry about SFTPOBSC a.k.a. Society for the Protection of Bloody Stupid Creatures. He also knew that the hide of the trolls was too thick for a 'stupefy' to tickle let alone be effective.

There were now four trolls left but they were getting far more vicious because of the loss of two of their own, and he didn't really fancy becoming food for them. At one point he saw a club heading right for him. Without thinking he instinctively shouted a 'reducto' at it blowing up not only the club but half of the troll's head too, if he had looked closer he would have noticed that half the troll's body was blown off too. Choosing to ignore the splatter of blood and the splinters that had embedded themselves into his skin he started to attend to far more pressing matters; Like staying alive. But while he was dealing with the troll in front of him he failed to see the club aimed at his head from behind.

"EXPULSO!" Screamed a familiar voice from above him and he heard the sound of breaking bones and the slush of blood and flesh changing into positions it shouldn't go from behind and turned around to see the troll fall down in a mass of broken bones, flesh and blood. Looking up, to see who had saved him, he was surprised to see Professor Lupin there. Said professor jumped down and landed right besides him.

"Fancy seeing you here, Harry; but having a party and you don't even invite me along? Having such fun, I might add, makes me feel almost unwanted…or worse old." Remus said in a voice that indicated that he was in fact having fun, in what could have been a long time. But Harry's chock at seeing him, and then acting this way made him freeze up so much that he did not see the last two trolls aiming for them. Seeing his face Remus burst out in laughter and also failed to see the trolls.

"INFLAMARE MAXIMUS" Shouted another voice from behind the two trolls. By the time Harry and Remus had looked to see who had shouted this time, they saw the two trolls burst out in flames that were so hot neither troll had the time to scream before being completely incinerated. "Harry," the voice spoke in mock exasperation. "Can't I let you go out anywhere without you attracting trouble?"

He had reached the mountain almost an hour and a half before and he could see that the sun was already going down. Kiba had fallen asleep in his arms hours before. He'd been going up when his nose picked up a scent he recognized as trolls, he could tell there were more than one, but he could not tell how many there were exactly. He also knew they were quite a bit ahead of him, so he didn't have to worry for now.

He continued going up, but changed his direction so that he would reach the area they were in from a higher point, which he did after twenty more minutes of climbing. He could see four of them in the small clearing and one more heading up the path. Remus sat there waiting for the one that had left to get back so that he could go up the path without having to worry about finding it in his path, while still worrying about there being more than those five he'd seen. I've never observed trolls in the wild before, I could learn a lot from this, I wonder what they do to entertain themselves. His thoughts were interrupted by his small companion at that moment, "What are the big two-pawed stinking ugly creatures?" Remus chuckled while thinking that he could not have put it better himself and replied, "They're called trolls, and while they're fairly stupid they are very strong, and there are at least five of them, I'm waiting for the one that left up the path to return so that we can continue safely." His explanation done, he sat watching the trolls and was joined by Kiba who laid down to watch them too.

After ten minutes and not one movement from the trolls, Remus was convinced that they had to be the dullest creatures in existence. It was at that moment that he heard movement from the path that came into the clearing. He saw a kid that appeared to be around 13 with a sword strapped to his waist come up muttering something that he could not understand.

"TROLLS! What are they doing here?" The boy screamed, in what Remus considered to be far too loud a voice when said trolls where but 20 feet away. His exclamation was followed by some strange hissing that Remus could not tell the origin of.

"That, my dear Sarina, is completely and utterly obvious." The boy muttered in such a low voice that Remus wasn't sure he had in fact said those words. But because of the boy's earlier shout the trolls noticed him standing there, in what Remus considered to be a very brave act, even more so coming from this little kid, who happened to be five and a half feet tall and was currently standing in front of four 16 foot tall trolls without a shred of fear.

If one good thing came from the boy, it was that Remus now knew that the four trolls in the ground were indeed alive as one of them grunted while pointing at its club, and then pointed at the small kid and grunted once more. Once more he heard the strange hissing and to his even greater confusion the boy seemed to answer a question he was asked, "With their size they don't need to be."

By that time Remus looked back at the trolls they were all standing up and walking towards the boy. Thinking he had better help the boy Remus stood up and was about to go help when he saw 2 trolls come from behind the boy and watched in horror as one of them brought its club down on the boy's head. To his surprise he saw the boy jump out of the way and the club miss by mere inches.

"Great two more." He heard the boy say, in what became an increasingly familiar boy, but could not place with his worry towards the boy. This comment was soon followed by some more hissing, which Remus had come to the conclusion that it also came from the boy.

"Guess we have no option but to fight." Now Remus wondered who he was speaking too, since they boy obviously thought there was someone there with him. While wondering about the boy, he saw the kid look around himself and in that moment he recognized the boy, it's Harry. He thought to himself. With the shock of this realization he did not moved but just watched the boy in wonderment as he muttered. "Wingardium Leviosa"

Immediately the club of one of the trolls went flying into the air and all six trolls started looking at the flying club and ignored the boy. Remus winced as he saw the club come crashing down into one of the trolls' head, which cause said troll to scream in rage, obviously to thickskulled to he hurt too much by the hit. He saw Harry bring the club around in a circle to give it some momentum and hit the troll once more, only this time in the upper torso.

He hit with so much force that the troll went tumbling down the cliff face in a scream of pain. Remus watched Harry attempt the same tactic with the other troll, but this one brought its own club forth causing both clubs to explode in a shower of splinters.

The other trolls were now near Harry, at this point Remus saw him yell, "Reducto" at the feet of the troll that was still near the edge of the cliff and succeeding in breaking the ground and making it fall of the cliff.

Four left, Remus thought. He watched as Harry skillfully evaded a few hits by the clubs, and cringed as he saw a club that he doubted Harry would be able to evade, to his surprise Harry turned around in time shouting another Reductor curse, which blew the club and most of the upper part of the troll into pieces. Remus was quite amazed at the strength that such a feat would require. While not as strong as dragons or giants, trolls were still quite strong against magic.

It was at this point that Remus noticed that he had better start helping out as he saw a troll about to hit Harry from behind he shouted, "EXPULSO!" and was rewarded by the sound of cracking bones and the troll falling down in a heap of bones, blood and flesh. He also saw Harry look his way and the look of recognition that dawned on his face. He decided to jump down to where Harry was and greet him in true Marauder fashion.

"Fancy seeing you here, Harry; but having a party and you don't even invite me along? Having such fun, I might add, makes me feel almost unwanted…or worse old." Remus said in a voice that indicated that he was in fact having fun and mockingly reproachful at not having been invited. Seeing the shock in Harry's face made Remus burst out in laughter and it also made him fail to see the trolls behind them.

Hermione had been walking up the mountain for the better part of two hours when she heard the sounds of battle above her; soon after she heard an animalistic shout of pain, which was followed closely by a troll falling on the path a few feet behind her. This both scared and worried her, because she knew within herself and without a doubt that Harry was the one fighting up there. Hermione spent another ten minutes finding a way to reach the path from which she heard the fighting coming, she eventually reached a fork in the path that allowed her to go where she could still hear the fighting going on.

To her surprise and fear she met a troll along the way, but as she was too worried about Harry to care, she muttered a "wingardium leviosa" charm and sent the troll falling down the cliff without a second thought. She continued to run for another 5 minutes before reaching the site of the battle.

Here she saw a troll that appeared to have been blown almost in half by a curse; she also saw another crumpled in a heap of blood and flesh. Fighting the desire to throw up, she looked around the area and saw another figure jump down to where Harry was and commenced speaking to him. She could not see the second figure's face because the two remaining trolls were in the way. As soon as she noticed the two trolls she looked in expectation of seeing the two men attack them, but the trolls continued to get close to them and neither of the men moved.

Pushing down the bile in her own throat, she pointed her wand at the two figures and shouted, "INFLAMARE MAXIMUS" She could feel the heat from where she was standing, attempting to sound exasperated she said, "Harry, can't I let you go out anywhere without you attracting trouble?"

AN: Sorry for not updating yesterday, but I thought I had a test today, didn't have it though, prof changed it to this Friday, which unbelievably annoyed me; I'd rather be done with it already. Stay tuned, for I will post another chapter later today…er…well it might be today, could be tomorrow morning if I post it after 12am, no way to really tell, but it will be posted before sunup here in PA.

This is the fixed version.

Next chapter should be posted within 4 or 5 hours of this one

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