A/N: Well, I haven't gotten any opinions on a change of story title, but I'll live.
I'm still not sure about pairings, but I do know this.
Harry will have some flings with various girls before settling down with one.
Warning! This chapter may be slightly dark for some people.
Thinking
"Speaking"
(Thought speech)
Chapter 10-First Blood
Harry's eyes widened in wonder, he was standing in a beautiful glade.
Harry heard running water to his left, so he walked over to investigate.
Crystal clear water, moving swiftly down a narrow creek, Harry knelt down and dipped his hands into the water.
He was startled into a standing position when a voice resounded through his head.
"Welcome kinsman"
Harry woke up with a start, who did that voice belong to?
Harry glanced over at Dean's wristwatch that was dangling over the bed.
5:00
Harry frowned; he had a feeling of being trapped, which was strange since the dorm room was quite large.
I've got to get out of here. Harry thought desperately.
A sudden sense of panic gripped Harry, he leapt out of bed and grabbed his broom and ran out of the room.
He looked around the common room quickly.
Must get out, NOW!
Harry, in an act of desperation, jumped out of the open window, freefalling for as long as he was able before hopping on the broomstick.
Harry landed on the ground, and shivered, feeling the bite of the early chill.
Harry raised his wand and pointed it at the direction of his common room, "Accio cloak" Harry muttered summoning the cloak he bought during the holidays.
It didn't take very long for the cloak to be with in grabbing distance of Harry. Harry grinned; glad he made this particular purchase.
Harry had become very attached to his cloak and had openly said so, it was midnight black, and long, reaching all the way down to the Harry's ankles, and it also had a hood which he had Moody charm so that his face was unable to be seen except for the tip of his noses and sometimes his eyes.
Harry wrapped the cloak around himself, and sighed basking in the warmth.
Harry glanced back at the huge castle that loomed over the grounds, and wrapped his cloak around himself tighter.
Harry gazed out across the lake, feeling infinitely better since coming outside, like he was revitalized by his surroundings.
"Harry?" Harry's snapped open and he spun around, drawing his wand in the process.
"Whoa, calm down Harry it's just me" Drake said holding his hands up as if surrendering.
Harry grinned and turned back to watch the sun come up over the lake.
"What are you doing up now?" Harry asked, not taking his eyes off the scene in front of him.
"I was feeling restless I decided to take a walk around the castle, and I eventually found my way out here, though I must say I don't really like all this brightness" Drake said scowling.
"Brightness?" Harry said grinning, Drake just muttered something intelligible.
"So what are you doing out here?" Drake asked.
Harry sighed and told Drake about the feelings he was having and why he just had to get out.
"Wow, that's pretty weird, I mean, the castle is huge. It's not like you could feel claustrophobic" Drake said thinking.
"Let's go back, I've got DADA first, and I still don't know who is teaching it" Harry said as they walked back towards Hogwarts.
"I've got a catch up class for charms" Drake said gloomily.
"Don't worry, it'll be fun" Harry assured him.
"Better be" Drake muttered.
"Good morning class, my name is Professor Faely, and I will be teaching you Defense against Dark Arts this year"
"First off, Professor Dumbledore has asked me to see which of you are able to cast a corporal Patronus , while I doubt many of you can, if any of you can, but it's the Headmasters orders" Faely said, a doubting expression on his face.
Nearly every eye in the class turned to Harry when the professor had finished speaking.
Harry sighed and stood, "I can cast a Patronus and so can Hermione, and a few people in this class can get the mist but haven't achieved a corporal form yet" Harry said pointing to people in turn.
"And how, do you know what these students can do Mr. Potter" the Professor asked with his eyebrows raised.
Harry smirked, "because I taught it to most of them".
"Ahh, remind me to hurt you sometime"Drake said as he collapsed on the bench next to Harry, Hermione and Ron at lunch.
"What?" Harry said, trying his hardest not to laugh.
"You said Charms catch up would be fun…oh how wrong you were" Drake moaned.
Ron laughed, "C'mon it couldn't have been that bad", Drake glared at the red head.
"5 years of charms in four lessons…FOUR!" Drake barked, and the rest of the group laughed.
"Laugh while you can fools" Drake muttered darkly, only causing the group to laugh louder.
"At least you've got CoMC with us next" Ron said grinning.
"Yeah, at least I don't need any catch up for that" Harry said, also grinning.
"This 'ere is a Fellugian Gulper, can anyone tell me wha' it does" Hagrid asked holding up what looked like a cross between a toad and bird.
"Yes 'ermione"
"It eats insects and other small animals, which is why it used to be bred for the wizarding household" Hermione said matter-of-factly.
"Well done, 10 points to Gryffindor" Hagrid said smiling.
Drake yawned, after all the stories Harry, Ron and Hermione had told him of this class, he would have thought it would have been more exciting.
Drake looked over Hogsmeade, quite a way off, Drake sat up straight and squinted his eyes.
Was that the Dark Mark over Hogsmeade?
"Harry, look over there, what does that look like to you?" Drake asked nudging Harry.
Harry squinted for a minute before he let out a gasp.
"Students, would you please make your way back to your common rooms immediately" the Headmasters voice sounded around the grounds.
"I will not stand back and watch!" Harry shouted, glaring at anyone that looked their way in the common room.
"Harry, you can't be serious!" Hermione hissed, "We'll be outnumbered, it's suicide!"
"Don't come then" Harry snarled as he headed up to his dorm room to change.
"Harry, what are ya doing" Seamus asked confused, as Harry rummaged around in his trunk while flinging off his robes.
"I'm not going to stand here and watch Hogsmeade burn" Harry muttered.
"Neither am I" Drake said from the doorway already dressed in his battle gear, his dual scimitars resting on his back.
"You're not coming" Harry said strapping his daggers to his back.
"And who will save your ass if I don't?" Drake smirked.
"I will" Ron said, Battle gear also on, with a large broadsword slung across his back.
"Fair enough" Harry said standing and tightening all his straps.
"Let's roll".
"Finally! What were you all doing up there?" Hermione said waiting for them near the portrait hole.
"I thought you said it was suicide" Harry said raising his eyebrows.
"Well, I rather die with you then watch it happen to each of you" Hermione said, a ghost of a smile on her face.
"Don't worry, none of us will die" Harry soothed, "I'll make sure of it" he added coldly.
"Students, please make your way to the Great Hall and sit at your house tables" Dumbledore's voice boomed around the common room.
"Whatever" Harry said as they climbed out of the portrait hole.
"Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, Mr. Fallon and Ms. Granger! What you wearing!" Professor McGonagall gasped as she saw the weapons that they had strapped to them.
"You will not fight!" McGonagall said sternly.
"Says who?" Harry snarled, he knew his eyes must be glowing again as he felt power roll into his body.
"The Headmaster, that's who" McGonagall said avoiding Harry's eyes.
"Well then, let's change our dear Headmaster views then" Drake said nastily.
Harry glanced at his friend and did a double take, his eyes were glowing as well, Drake saw him staring andmouthed explain later.
He turned back to McGonagall to see her hurrying down the hallway. Probably to warn Dumbledore.
"Let's go see Dumbledore" Harry said turning and striding after the Transfiguration Professor.
"Ton tongue toffee, sherbet lemons…um" Ron trailed off, having no more sweets to name, and Ron had already named a fair few.
Harry sighed, "You will open now! Or I will ground you to a dust!" Harry hissed.
He actually saw the Gargoyle gulp before he stepped to the side and let them in.Hermione knocked politely on the Headmaster's door, behind her Harry and Ron looked at each other and rolled their eyes.
Harry placed a hand on Hermione shoulder, gesturing for her to move, "Dumbledore, open this door now! Or I will destroy it!" Harry said motioning the others to get out of the way.
"Don't be stupid Potter, you won't be able to destroy the Headmaster's door" Harry smirked as he heard his DADA teacher scold him through the door.
Harry nodded to Drake, who drew his wand and motioned for Ron and Hermione to do the same.
Harry took a deep breath and drew his fist back, gathering his power there like he had been taught to.
"Last chance Dumbledore" Harry said, waiting for a few moments.
When the door didn't open, he let his fist fly, feeling the raw magic power going with it.
The door didn't stand a chance, it blew up into thousands of tiny splinters.
They strode into the room, seeing most of the Order of the Phoenix there.
"Put it down Moody" Harry said not even looking in the ex-auror's direction.
"Harry, calm down" Dumbledore said from behind his desk.
"Calm down! Calm down! How many of the Order have you got out there? Huh? How many!" Harry yelled.
Dumbledore didn't say anything.
"None, that's what I thought, do you actually think the Aurors are there?" Harry asked sneering.
"The Aurors probably don't even know about it! Even if they did, that oaf of Minister would stop them for one of his stupid reasons!"
"Harry you cannot fight today" Dumbledore said looking him in the eye.
"You are just children" Dumbledore continued, looking over his half-moon spectacles.
"No! We are as much a part of this war as you are Dumbledore!" Harry hissed dangerously.
"And if you don't let us fight with you, then we will fight without you!"
"Harry…I can't willingly let you fight today…" Dumbledore whispered his head bowed.
"So be it" Harry spat, and sped out of the room with his entourage following.
"What are we going to do now?" Ron asked, "Are we going to go through the secret passage?" Ron asked again.
"No, we aren't going to sneak out, we are going to leave through the front door" Harry said. "We can't let Voldemort think that we had to sneak out to fight his Deatheaters, that would give him too much satisfaction".
"Potter, Granger, Weasley and Fallon! Where do you think you're going" Snape said as he came to stand in front of them.
Harry groaned, "people are being tortured and dieing out there! Just let us pass".
"Why?" Snape asked, surprisingly without a sneer.
"Because I am not going to give Voldemort the satisfaction of sneaking out, just to show that we aren't going to let Voldemort step all over us!" Harry said vehemently.
Snape nodded slowly, "Good luck…and don't get killed!" Snape waved his wand at the doors and muttered some words under his breath, and they opened up.
"Thank you Professor" Harry said before summoning his broom and grabbing Hermione as the others did they same thing.
"C'mon" Harry said as they flew off into the sky.
"I think we should ride Threstals, all the Deatheaters will see it because they've all seen death" Ron advised.
Harry groaned but went back down to the ground, he transfigured a plant into a bloody piece of meat and waited.
Slowly, Harry saw the horses appear, "Ok, hurry up and get on one" Harry said gently climbing onto the closest ones back.
He waited until they were on, after being mildly surprised that Ron and Hermione could see them.
"To Hogsmeade" Harry said as they lifted into the air.
"Fire!" Harry yelled as they neared the ground, shooting off various spells at the Deatheaters.
Most of the Deatheaters looked up and scrambled.
Harry jumped off when they were about 2 feet off the ground and drew one of his daggers in his left hand and with his wand in his right.
He rolled to avoid a bone-breaking hex, and fired a Parsel stunner back.
"Okay, everyone be very alert for incoming spells" Harry told them as they moved forward. They heard a scream coming from a nearby store and rushed to investigate, Harry saw a dark silhouette of something, and fired a disarming jinx at it.
It was blasted forward into the wall and Harry saw the white mask of a Deatheater on its face as it slid down to the ground.
"Check for people" Harry called out as he went down to the basement.
Harry stopped and listened, he heard rhythmic moans of pain and the occasional groan of pleasure.
Harry's blood boiled as he realized someone was getting raped, he tightened his grip on his wand and leapt down the stairs, and he saw it.
5 people dead around the Deatheater, most of them naked girls, Harry snarled and stabbed the Deatheater in the back, who was still preoccupied with the girl under him.
The DE gave out a cry of pain and rolled off the girl and groped for his wand.
Harrylashedout, cutting the DE across the throat, spilling blood everywhere.
He wiped his dagger on the Deatheater's robe and sheathed it, "Someone's alive down here!" He called up the steps as he transfigured a chair into some clothes for the girl.
When Harry neared her, she started to whimper, Harry's heart broke then and there as he saw the girl weakly try to crawl away."Don't worry, I'm here to help" Harry whispered soothingly as he handed her the clothes.
"Oh my god" Hermione gasped from behind him.
Harry turned to her, "can you help her dress?" Harry asked, when she nodded he ran back up the stairs.
"Ron, stay with Hermione, search through the rest of the shops" Harry commanded, "Drake come with me, we're going hunting" Harry said coldly.
"C'mon, girly, it'll be fun"the Deatheatersaid wiggling his tongue at her.
"Get away from me!" the girl said sobbing, as she attempted to run away.
She felt a spell hit her in the back and she fell to the ground unable to move, Please, somebody please help me!
...
"Don't they do anything else!" Harry growled as they saw the girl fall.
"You take the front door, I got this fucker" Harry snarled as he ran and jumped through the window.
Harry landed and rolled and fired a banishing charm, blowing the DE away from the prone girl.
Harry rushed the Deatheater, punching him in the gut, and then the face.
"WHAT-IS-WRONG-WITH-YOU-PEOPLE!" Harry screamed hitting the DE with each word.
The Deatheater slid to floor, leaving a bloodstain on the wall, Harry was panting heavily with anger, his knuckles smeared with blood.
He turned and knelt down by the girl and flicked his wand at her enabling her to use her body again.
She launched herself at Harry, thanking him over and over.
"It's alright" Harry said soothing her.
Harry picked her up and deposited her back on her feet, "follow me and be quiet".
He sneaked downstairs and saw Drake dueling with 4 Deatheaters.
"Wait here" Harry said and crept into the shadows, it felt like the shadows were welcoming him.
He had a feeling like sinking into water, just like what he felt on his birthday.
But he didn't let it bother him as he crept up behind the closest Deatheater and drew a dagger his right hand.
He just had to wait for the right moment…
Just as the Deatheater was about to fire a spell at Drake, Harry lunged forward and grabbed the DE's chin with his left hand and slit his throat with his right hand.Harry let the Deatheater drop to the ground, feeling no remorse of what he had done.
All the Deatheater's looked at him, "Who's next" Harry whispered dangerously, brandishing two daggers.
One Deatheater fired the killing curse at him which Harry dodged. Harry then ran jump kicked the Deatheater in the face sending him crashing down to the ground.
Harry turned around and yelled, "Who wants some!" Harry felt his anger fueling his power, making it grow larger and more powerful.
He looked down and saw flames traveling up and down his daggers, notmelting it or burning his hand but Harry bet it would burn the Deatheaters.
The Deatheaters backed away from Harry, and fell prey to Drake's deadly scimitars while they were preoccupied with fear.
Harry motioned for the girl to follow again, and she crept out from her hiding place near the stairs.
They saw Ron and Hermione outside pointing to Hogwarts and telling the people they had saved to run there.
"See those other people? Follow them to Hogwarts, you'll be safe there" Harry said gentlyurging the girl to get going.
"Had any trouble?" Drake asked the two, "not much, but it looks like you had some" Ron said looking pointedly at the now bloody weapons Drake and Harry were holding, although the flames were gone from Harry's daggers.
"You should've seen it before, Harry's daggers were on fire" Drake said grinning despite the situation.
"I'll tell you later, now let'skeep goingHarry said jogging off into the town.
They heard commotion from the one of the larger stores in Hogsmeade.
"That's Madam Rosemerrta (A/N: Is that how you spell it?) fighting those Deatheaters" Ron said pointing.
Harry looked over, and saw her and several other pub patrons fighting.
"Let's go help them" Harry said drawing his wand with his right hand and keeping the dagger in his left.
There was about35 Deatheaters in front of the small resistance force of Hogsmeade, "I'll clear a couple of them with a special spell I learnt" Harry said winking at Drake.
"Just give me some cover fire, while I get to my position".
Harry took a deep breath and ran into the fray
When he was approximately in the middle of the still unaware Deatheaters he pointed his wand straight up, "Fumulus Stupefy!" Harry shouted, and once again an orange shockwave blasted out, stunning most of the Deatheaters.
A shout behind Harry, gained the Deatheater's attention as spells rained down from behind Harry.
Harry stood up, shaking ever so slightly.
The spell didn't tire me out as much, probably all the power that I draw on now…
Harry took a deep breath, and gathered his nerves again, before joining the battle again with a shout.
"Everyone alright?" Harry called out.
Numerous calls of yes, yeah, and my back is kind of sore, were heard all around the carnage.
Harry stood up, and sighed, the battle might have been won today in a small way, but the war for the wizarding world had just begun...
A/N: Let me know what you think!
Slightly darker than usual but this chapter had to be.
Tell me what you think about changing the title!
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