A/N: Here it is, was a little longer of a wait than I said, but it is a little longer than usual. In the previous chapter I noticed quite a few mistakes and am sorry about that. I also realized I didn't include the egg from Salazar, in the time that it is now, the egg has hatched and you shall find out what it was that Salazar gave Harry. I hope you enjoy and please read and review.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of this, for full disclaimer look at previous chapters.
"It was the beginning of the Second War, three strangers entered the world and brought new hope to those that had none."
Chapter 8: Hogwarts and Alleys
Harry was extremely excited. He was finally going to be let out of the house to actually do something besides work, he had retaken his O.W.L. exams and had received an O in every subject but Divination. The make up examiners were quite surprised, and they had done a good job of concealing it, until he passed his NEWTs with the all O's. One of the examiners had tried to ask why he had not taken the exams in school, however it wasn't quite in that wording, add in a few of Ronald Weasley's favorite words and it would be about right. The examiners would have been even more surprised if they had found out it was Harry Potter who was taking his exams. They didn't know that however due to the fact that he and Sirius had become extremely skilled metamorphmagus's, he also looked nineteen not his supposed sixteen. He wore navy blue robes, with an outline of emerald green, his channeler's gloves, he wore three rings on his hands, two on his right one on his left, his goggles were sitting in a pocket of his robes, he had his wand in his back pocket and a few other small vials of potions in his other pocket for emergencies. He had given the name Darin Blaze, a name Sirius had chosen. The day before they went to the ministry for his testing Eidon had went to the ministry citizenship records and created a profile for Darin Blaze. He was a nineteen year old home schooled teen, who moved around a lot staying in muggle hotels, he had not yet taken his O.W.L.'s or NEWTs as he didn't have time with his moving around and his odd jobs, his job was a private auror who instead of working for the ministry worked on his own, with a full permit and he only worked for the light side. Harry or Darin as he was now called then went to get an apparating license and register one of his animagus forms. He had registered as a peregrine falcon and after showing the form to the examiners became one of the only legal animagus in the country. He left the ministry as soon as he was finished and headed to Hogwarts.
(hog, hogwa, Hogwarts)
Hogwarts had been desperately in need of a defense against the dark arts teacher. Many people after hearing what happened to Umbridge drew to the conclusion that the position was indeed jinxed. No one had yet interviewed for the position, and Dumbledore was seriously considering to give the job to Severus, and just find a new potion's master. That however would have been even harder than finding a defense teacher and as much as he would rather have a defense teacher, he couldn't just have an inexperienced wizard teach potions, it would just be asking for an accident to occur.
'No. I guess we will just do without potions this year, there is only a week left and if no one comes within the next week, I'll just give the position to Severus and see if he can teach potions one semester and defense another. The war has begun and we are lacking defense. What is this world coming too?' Dumbledore thought to himself. A few moments later his gargoyle statue was moving. 'Must be Severus. He's the only other one here.'
"Ah Severus. What can I do for you? Would you like a lemon drop?" Dumbledore asked the person he thought would be Severus, and realized his mistake when the man walked in. He was roughly 6'1, he had pale blue colored eyes, his hair was somewhat messy, he looked to be about nineteen, he wore navy blue robes and had about him a bunch of different gadgets and on his right had were two rings, one ruby, the other emerald, on his left hand was another ring this one was opal blue.
"No headmaster I am not this Severus you call me. My name is Darin Blaze and no thank you to the lemon drops. I'm here about an opening you have here?" The young man said all this calmly, yet coolly, as if he wanted to get straight to business.
"How did you get in?" Dumbledore asked angrily. This, this man had marched straight onto the Hogwarts grounds and had figured out the password to his very own office, without so much as asking for an invitation.
"Really, this is the most protective place in the world. As much as it may be during the school year, it seems as if that is far from the case during the summer. A death eater could just enter the grounds during the summer and wait until the school year to attack, you really need more security. Also you really shouldn't have the password to your office be a candy or sweet, it is just inviting for someone with bad intentions to off you."
"Who are you?"
"As I said. My name is Darin Blaze and I'm about the defense against the dark arts opening."
"You're here for the position? Do you have any experience? What side are you on?" Dumbledore asked still angry at the man.
"Yes to the first two. I do not believe the position is jinxed and if it is, the trend will break with me, that I can assure you. I do indeed have experience, I worked as a private auror, approved by the government and have fought the slime known as Voldemort many times, both his death eaters and him. So that should tell you I am not on his side, nor am I on your side, that is unless you work for the side of the Light, then I just may be." The man said with a smirk.
"You said Voldemort's name. Why?" Dumbledore asked as only a few people besides himself said it, but he was curious as to why.
"Because Voldemort is a fanatical hypocrite. He preaches on and on about pureblood royalty and yet he himself is a halfblood. Tom Marvolo Riddle is his true name and it is time the people learned the truth about him. He is both courageous and cowardly. I've heard stories that he is afraid of you and the boy-who-disappeared Harry Potter. You don't seem very deadly or dangerous to me."
"Don't judge on what you don't know." Dumbledore said mystically.
"The same to you old man. The same to you." Dumbledore stared at the man and tried to look into his mind, only to discover an extremely powerful block. "Don't try prying into my business and my head. What is there is for me and me only." Darin growled at Dumbledore.
"Of course. I'm sorry, it's just that I wanted to make sure you were loyal."
"I can assure you I am loyal and will not betray the side of the Light, and I would sooner go right into Voldemort's stronghold and completely destroy it, rather than cause harm to anyone or anything." Darin said this with a sad look.
"I see you've seen much death." Darin nodded silently. "Why do you want to teach?" Dumbledore asked finally.
"Because I need to. Not because I want to, but because I am needed. The Second War is going to begin soon, and evil lurks around every corner. I need to prepare the students for the inevitable no matter what the cost. Everyone deserves a fighting chance and I hope I will be able to give that to them."
"Okay. How do you believe you would get along with the other staff and you are okay with the pay?"
"I believe myself and the other staff will get along fine, just warn them not to mess with me, that goes for yourself as well, and everyone should get through this without a problem. The pay is one of the things I wanted to talk to you about." Dumbledore thought that something bad was going to come, so he was very surprised with what the man said. "I would like all my earnings to be forwarded to Remus Lupin's safe and make sure he has a wolf-banes potion for him at every full moon. Let's just say I am a concerned individual, he helped me out of a jam not too long ago and I feel I owe him a favor."
"That would be fine. You said there were a few more things you wanted to talk about?"
"Yes. I would really love this job, but I will not be able to make it until about a week after school starts. I hope that won't be a problem?"
"No, no it is perfectly fine, we can find a substitute for a few days, but why do you need a week?"
"That business is of my own, also I think I will make quite an impression a week after school starts, the rumors will be quite strange I bet."
"Indeed, the DADA is always talked about the most as we've never had a teacher for more than a year, hopefully that will change this year."
"So I have the job?"
"Yes. I'll show you where you'll be staying and the classroom you will teach in."
"Very well. Show me the way. But before I forget, is it alright if I bring my pet with?"
"I don't see why not. Why, what is it?"
"Don't judge me on this, but trust me, I will keep it safe and make sure the students don't see it.
"Is it dangerous?"
"Only to death eaters." Darin said with a laugh.
"I see. As long as you're certain it won't harm the students."
"Oh it won't. I probably have the only trained one in history."
"What is it?"
"I believe the Chamber of Secrets will make a good home for it. I heard another one once lived there." Darin said with a quiet chuckle. Dumbledore stopped walking and stared at the man.
"You have a Basilik? Do you know how dangerous they are? You say you are a servant of the light, and yet you have a minion of the dark as a pet."
"Like I already said, it is trained, he cannot kill, but he can petrify, luckily it is only when I want him to, and the only one who needs to fear her are death eaters. I am a parse mouth so I just need to know the location of the chamber of secrets. You can't have better security than that, if my snake harms anyone, I will face the full consequences, but just trust me on this." Darin said coolly. Despite the many warnings in his head Dumbledore let out one word.
"Alright."
(diagon, diagon, alley, alley)
Harry, Sirius (in disguise), and Eidon, (also in a disguise, not that he needed it) stepped out of the fireplace knocking the soot off them with a simple scourgify charm. The customers of the Leaky Cauldron stared at the three strangers in awe and silence, all three of them seemed to give off a powerful and almost visible magical aurora. They walked over to Tom the owner and Sirius shoed the people staring at them away.
"Tom." Eidon said.
"Do I know you?" Tom asked the three of them.
"No. Everyone has heard of you though. Has there been any strange folk about here, dark looking individuals?" Eidon asked.
"No. Not at the moment sir. The only strange folk seen here are the three of you."
"I see. Well good day thank you for the help." Eidon said and beckoned Harry and Sirius to him out at the back he tapped the wall and it began opening.
"Who are you looking for?" Harry asked Eidon while heading for the wizarding bank Gringots.
"No one in particular. Tom has just been too quiet as you said, I can't help but wander if he is planning on attacking Diagon Alley. It is a strategic maneuver, although with the enhanced security right before school starts he must not think an attack is worth losing quite a few of his men. Let me know if you see anybody in animgus forms." Eidon told Harry, who was silently slipping on his goggles, which adjusted to become normal looking glasses.
"There are two in that shop there. I've never seen either of them though, they were a pigeon and a collie. There's also a beetle which is Rita Skeeter in that alley over there. You know the other two?" Harry said.
"Nope. They may be the actual registered animagi I remember reading about a horse, a dog, a bird, a cat, a lizard, another cat, and a fish being the only registered animagi besides you. So they aren't illegal, and you already told us about Rita, so know worries there. Ah we're here, wait a moment while I ask for a specific goblin." Eidon said and beginning to converse with one of the goblins at the counter who then called over another goblin, this one Harry recognized. Eidon headed back over and began introducing his name.
"Griphook." Harry said.
"Do I know you? How is that you know my name?"
"This as Harry said is Griphook he is the kin of the goblin who took care of my estates, he says that he now only works for the Potter family as the Evans family married into the Potter."
"I had no idea you were still alive. My great grandfather used to tell great stories about you, it is a pleasure to meet you."
"Likewise Griphook."
"Now how is it that this one knows my name?" Grip ked looking at Harry.
"This is the last remaining heir of both two families, he went missing a little while ago." Sirius said smirking.
"Mister Potter?" Grip ked whispering.
"How do you do Griphook. Long time know see is it not? I'd appreciate it if you not tell anyone about me."
"Of course Master Potter. Do you have your key?"
"Yes. Hold on." Harry began rummaging around his expanding pocket to find it. "Ah here it is." Griphook swiped it out of his hand.
"Follow me." he said and they were led down to the vaults. Harry, Sirius, and Eidon stepped out of Gringots almost an hour later pockets full of galleons, sickles, and knuts. Harry had found a strange looking relic in his vault causing Eidon to give him both a history and usage lesson on the mirror pendant. Apparently it would give great strength and protection if given to the one you loved, Eidon told Harry to pocket it so he did. Since Harry was going to be a teacher, he had to go get supplies for his classes. His first stop was Ollivander's, Eidon and Sirius had split up heading for stores that would suit their own needs. Harry entered the shop feeling quite nervous, he saw the same single piece of furniture and the walls filled to the top with boxes, Ollivander was no where in sight. The last time he had been in the shop the old man has snuck up on him, he was going to make sure it didn't happen twice. He began occluding all thoughts and not too long later he heard a quiet feel of someone taking steps behind him. Harry chuckled to himself and then spun around just as Ollivander was about to grab his arm. Harry's face had a smile on it, as he turned around and grabbed the other man's hand and began to shake it. Ollivander was stunned that anyone could be able to find him, he had never been caught before except by Albus Dumbledore and James Potter.
"Mr. Ollivander. Wanderful to see you. My name is Darin Blaze and I'm the new defense against the dark arts teacher at Hogwarts. My own wand seemed to have a reaction with an opponents wand and caused something called priori incantum, so I was hoping to get another wand, my last wand had a phoenix feather as the core, so I was wondering if a complete opposite would work well?"
"Mr. Blaze? I don't remember you. I know every wand I've ever sold and I don't remember a Darin Blaze. That is an alias is it not? Mr. Potter." Ollivander said smirking.
"What? How did you? You shall not tell anyone I was here, right?"
"Of course Mr. Potter. A complete opposite might work quite well indeed, do you have something of dark nature to make the wand?"
"Yes. But don't ask me where I got it." Harry said pulling out of his robe a fang wrapped in newspaper articles.
"Is that, what I think it is?" Ollivander asked.
"Yes. Now do you think this will work?"
"Of course, but I don't make specially made wands for cheap."
"I kind of expected that." Harry said dropping a bunch of galleons on the counter.
"When do you need it by? The materials to create a wand with this core will be quite hard to get."
How about by Christmas?" Harry asked receiving a nod from the old man. "Good, I'll come by then and pick it up, now if you excuse me, I have to get supplies for my class."
"You're returning to Hogwarts?"
"Yes, but as Darin Blaze Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts."
"Congratulations Mr. Potter. I won't even ask you how you managed that, I bid you good day." Ollivander said shoeing Harry out as a new customer entered.
Harry's next stop was the apothecary where he purchased normal potions ingredients and then made a deal with the owner to get some more illegal items. He bought another cauldron at the cauldron shop, this one was because Sirius had somehow melted his while trying to play a practical joke on Eidon. He still didn't know how it happened. Harry then went to Eyelop's Owl Emporium for treats for Hedwig when he returned to get her. The last place in Diagon Alley that he went to was Flourish and Blotts. He bought many defense against dark arts books, he bough quite a few books on potions, a few on transfiguration, even more on charms, and a few on dangerous creatures and creatures of light and dark. While in the store he heard a voice he recognized.
"Hey Hermione. Did you get all the books we needed." Harry's friend Ron asked the bushy-haired girl next to him.
"Of course. It's quite strange though about defense." Hermione said.
"Yeah, I mean who in their right mind assigns us books on the dark arts, we probably won't even find any here. I mean seriously "Deadly Duelers Spells" and "Dark Arts of Torture and Pain", the first one was fine, but the last two? I bet you are new teacher is a Death Eater."
"Honestly Ron, Dumbledore would be cautious enough to not make the same mistake twice."
"Yeah he'd make totally new ones." Harry said stepping out from behind the bookshelf. Both Ron and Hermione looked at him startled.
Who the bloody hell are you?" Ron asked.
"Ron!"
"Sorry Mione." Ron said cheeks getting red. Harry had to fight to not laugh.
"The name is Darin. You must be Ronald Weasley, youngest of the male Weasleys. And you must be the all knowledgeable Hermione Granger, top O.W.L.s of all the fifth years. Congratulations. I hear you need to get into Knockturn Alley?"
"Yes. Our DADA teacher assigned us some books that are rather hard to come by. Why you asking?" Hermione asked.
"Ah, yes. The all mysterious Professor Blaze. Don't look shocked, Professor Blaze is a dear friend of mine, he is perfectly sane, and has quite an interesting year for you."
"You're a friend of Professor Blaze? Are you sure he isn't a death eater? In fact how do we even know you aren't one?" Ron said getting nervous.
"Because." A voice from behind called. "According to Dumbledore he has an extreme amount of respect for Professor Blaze." Harry turned around to see Ginny Weasley. When he saw her something in his stomach fluttered and a blush appeared on his face.
"Are you okay Mr.?" Ginny asked.
"The name's Darin. Yeah I'm perfectly fine, my you are a beautiful one Miss Weasley." Harry said then wondering why he had just said that.
"Thank you." Ginny said also with a blush hinting her cheeks.
"Hey, that's my sister you're talking to." Ron said beginning to dislike the older man already.
"Sorry. As I was saying, would you like an escort into Diagon Alley? I can also probably get your supplies for cheaper than the owner normally sells them for, I have a way with words, if you get my meaning."
"But are parents were going to try to get someone else to get them for us. Sorry you can't help."
"Ah, but if I know Blaze he gave specific instructions to the shopkeeper to only sell the books to the students, the parents won't be able to buy them. He said it had something to do with getting a feel for things." Harry said with a twinkle in his eyes.
"Bloody hell! You have a twinkle just like Dumbledore." Harry ignored Ron's outburst as Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Remeus, and Tonks came up.
"We're sorry children, but it appears as if the professor gave clear instructions that only the students could purchase the books, the shopkeeper wouldn't even let us touch the books without the students. It seems as f you have to go with us. It has already been so long though and we had a few things we needed to do for the Order." Mrs. Weasley said and then put a hand over her mouth as she realized she had mentioned the order to a perfect stranger.
"It's okay Mrs. Weasley, I know about the Order of the Phoenix, I might be joining soon. Also if you need to go do stuff for the Order I could watch them and go with them to get their books, after all I am a very good friend of professor Blaze. The name is Darin a pleasure to meet you." Harry said winking as the Order members realized that He was the professor.
"Okay, thank you dear, we'll be back here in about three hours, to take you home, make sure stay with Darin here?" Molly said quickly and leaving with Tonks, Remeus, and Arthur.
"They know you?" Ron asked.
"Yep. They just didn't know who I was until I said my name. Well let's get going to Knockturn Alley." Harry said leading the three to Bilke's and Boles Booksellers. Ginny, Hermione, and Ron looked around Knockturn Alley with a deep look of disgust etched on their face. Twice an old hag had tried to sell them something or scare them. A little farther down crunched between Sly's Web and Potent Powders was the store. It was quite small on the outside and the windows were cracked, a magic sigh kept flashing open, except for the O was missing and it said pen instead. They entered the store cautiously. The store was extremely dusty and old the shelves were rotten and the books were quite old as well, at the very back was a counter with two old vampiric looking men, who seemed to be brothers, they were the ones you took the books to. In the middle of the way to the counter were stands of the two books that they needed. The three students carefully selected them and paid for them, but then Hermione wanted to stay and look around the shelves for a bit and was surprised to find a light book in with the dark books. She asked Darin about it.
"Just because it is in Knockturn Alley and sells dark art materials, it doesn't mean that it is bad, nor does it mean that the dark arts are good. The Dark Arts are used exactly like the Light Arts it just depends on the way they are used if they are truly dark. I expect that Professor Blaze will tell you more about that once school starts." After that they could get no more out of him for quite a while, they were extremely curious about how the new professor would act, but he turned away all questions asked about him. Hermione was buying a few books, and Ginny was buying one on Parslemouths, her excuse was she thought they should get it for Harry if he ever returned.
"Harry will need it, besides it is interesting, I wonder how many people can do it." She said, this causing Harry to wonder if she had inherited Parseltongue from her brief possession, he wisely however didn't comment. It was then that Harry's rival entered the store.
(dragons, dark, light)
Draco had just entered the store to get his book, he had of course entered the store many times before with both his father and mother. But with his father locked away in Azkaban with twelve other members of the inner circle, he was for the first time in his life free. He didn't have to do what his father said, he also had a chance to get out of serving the Hypocrite Lord. When he first realized his father was in Azkaban he was angry, but during the summer without him, he had learned to like it and even thank Potter for it, not that he would ever tell him, but just the same, he owed a small deed to Potter. He had done quite well on his O.W.L.s, Granger had beaten him of course, and instead of being put down by his father for letting a mud-blood beat him, his mother had congratulated instead of his father ridiculing him. Lucius's arrest worked wonders for Narcissa Malfoy as well, she was now free to do as she chose and their was nothing Lucius could do about it, she could even mingle or dress like a muggle if she wanted, she wouldn't go that far though, and with auror's guarding their house, even her nasty sister couldn't tell her what to do. Yes, it was getting better for both Malfoy's and they were for once in their life time truly happy.
When Draco had gotten his letter to Hogwarts he was extremely surprised at the booklist for Defense Against the Dark Arts, the main reason being two of the books were on the Dark Arts. Maybe they would actually have a competent teacher this year. It was probably too much to hope. He had gotten all of his school supplies and entered his favorite bookstore, to get the Dark Arts books. He was extremely surprised when he entered and saw Granger, Weasley, and Weasley staring back at him.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't Weasley, mud-blood, an-" Draco never finished his sentence.
"Mr. Malfoy if I am correct. You should do well not to use that word in public, there are many who take offense to it, I am included."
"You're a mud-blood?"
"Mr. Malfoy, did I did I not just say to not use that word in public. And for your information I am not a muggle-born, my mother was one however, and you shall do well not to saying foul words in my presence, the same goes to you three." Harry said including Ron, Hermione, and Ginny. His eyes held a fire that startled all the teens. "Mr. Malfoy I understand your father was a death eater." Malfoy paled slightly at this. The other teens tried not to snicker. "I however do not believe I should treat you any different than Ms. Granger here. I understand you're father may have been a death eater, but until you show me you are one, I will not treat you any different. There is always a choice. If you ever feel the need to talk, Professor Blaze would be happy to talk with you. He is a dear friend of mine, now if you don't mind I'm watching these three sprats at the moment so we'll be leaving. Remember what I said, there is always a second chance and choice." Harry said, to his nemesis not angry at all for how he acted when they were younger, he thought he understood what was happening. He was at a crossroad, he could chose the winning or the losing side, he just didn't know which was which, nor right and wrong. As he looked back now he noticed that the slight fear he once held in his eyes was at the moment almost non-existent. He could give him a second chance, in fact he was going to be giving all students from all houses a second chance, he knew there would be some who didn't take it however. "Goodbye Mr. Malfoy, you too Mrs. Malfoy, the same I said to your son, I say to you. Draco I may be seeing you again sooner than you think." Harry and his three friends who didn't know him followed him out the door, wandering why he would say something like that to them.
(A-T-T-A-C-K)
After they left Bilke's and Bole's they headed out of Knockturn Alley and went to Quality Quiditch for Ron and Ginny. Ron looked at the Firebolt 2 longingly. Harry himself thought it was quite special, his Firebolt 1 was somewhere at Hogwarts, and as he wasn't going to be heading back as Harry, he wasn't planning on getting it back for a while. Ginny also looked at the broom, but looked at the original firebolt more than the newer one.
"Harry used to have one of these. It's probably still back at Hogwarts, he was the best seeker ever seen at Hogwarts." Ginny said when Harry asked her about it. Hermione was off in a corner reading one of the books she had bought at Flourish and Blott's. He saw Sirius and Edion at the ice cream parlor, Eidon most likely giving the employee a hard time about not having his favorite ice cream, chocolate chip cookie dough, with banana chunks and chocolate Yajo. Yajo was a type of sweet sugary substance, that looked like a weed that was extremely rare and extremely tasty, he never had ice cream without it, he however would sometimes substitute it for the muggle candy Butterfinger, being a wizard ice cream parlor they probably didn't have either of his toppings. He watched as a the aurors got ready to switch shifts, then as one they disapparted. It was then that they struck, all of a sudden Harry felt anti-aparation wards being set up, and in place of the aurors sixteen Death Eaters appeared, at the head was Bellatrix, off to her side was the only other death eater Harry recognized, he recognized him as Avery, the rest of the death eaters were wearing masks.
"Hermione, Ron, Ginny. I need you to stay here, no matter what you do stay here, I don't want anything to happen to you. I'm going out there to fight." Harry told them.
"But we can help you. Harry taught us in the DA, we can-" Hermione was cut off.
"Trust me." Harry said and then headed out to do battle, Sirius and Eidon heading towards battle as well. Harry made a quick detour and transfigured his robes into that of his magus robes. They were pure white with an outline of a silver phoenix on the back of his robes, while a Basilik was on the front, he then put his hood up and made it so his face was covered and only he would be able to remove the robe, anyone looking into them would only see a black emptiness where the face should be. He summoned forth his staff and went out to battle.
Sirius was busy fighting four death eaters from heading into Quality Quiditch. Eidon was battling four death eaters as well, they were quickly falling. That left Bellatrix, Avery, and six other death eaters for him.
"You think you can stop us?" Bellatrix laughed manically.
"Yes." Harry said in as cool a voice as possible, it was cold enough to turn two of the death eaters to frozen ice sculptures."
"The ity bity man is twying to scare us with fancy twiks." Bellatrix laughed again, Avery looking around worriedly, the other four death eaters staring in shock at their companions. "What's the hero's name?"
"If you think I am truly that stupid Bella, you should go back to you're hypocrite of a master and say to his face that Potter is better than him." Harry said smirking at Bellatrix's look of rage at calling her Bella. "What's matter Bella? The Reaper ahead of your sanity. You want to know why I'm called the Reaper, because I reap the souls of evil, and death eaters are included in that description. My companions are Grim and Scythe, we picked the names just for you and your master, Bella." Bellatrix went in a flurry of rage and sent the killing curse at Harry 'Avada Kedavra' , Harry took it full in the chest and fell back.
"Pathetic. No one ridicules myself and Lord Voldemort and survives, let this be a lesson to you, people of Diagon Alley, Lord Voldemort will reign supre-" Bellatrix was caught off as a green flash was sent at her, she fell to the ground with her lips in an O expression of surprise and terror, she hit it with a loud thump, she was dead before she hit the ground. The other death eaters panicked and began throwing everything they could at the entity known as Reaper. He blocked them effortlessly and when he did get hit by the killing he just winced in small pain and shrugged it off. They used the killing curse and he sent it back at them with twice the power, Sirius and Eidon had finished fighting a long time ago and were just watching Harry fight alone, ready to step in if he needed help. The remaining death eaters tried to disapparate, only to realize their very own anti-disappartion ward was in place, a few tried to use their portkeys only to discover they wouldn't work either. By the time the battle was over, only two death eaters remained uninjured and one was missing a limb, Avery ended up surrendering right away, and the other two death eaters did as well, although reluctantly. Harry stepped forward to them and took his staff and hit their hands. The death eaters winced in pain and a mark appeared on their hand, in the form of a hyren, although to them it just looked like a lizard with wings, or a dragon, he also took their wands. Harry then surprised Avery when he handed back the portkeys to the remaining death eaters and himself, they still would work however and when they tried to disapparate they weren't able to. The aurors apparated in and Harry, Sirius, and Eidon vanished. Eidon and Sirius headed back to the mansion where Harry went back in the store, after changing out of his Reaper outfit, the names were of course given by Sirius and Eidon approved fully, they couldn't release they were Magi yet, otherwise the core would be in the know and they couldn't have that. Voldemort had lost this battle, but they all knew that, that was just a small attack and more would soon follow.
"Where were you?" Ron asked as soon as Harry/Darin stepped back into the store.
"I got hit from behind and remained unconscious for the rest of the battle, luckily it wasn't a killing spell, I did manage to get two who had come out of Gringott's, but the one Avery got me from behind."
"You mean you were out of the battle the whole time?" Ginny asked. Hermione also looked skeptical.
"Yes."
"What's that?" Ginny asked pointing to his neck, where a fading lightning bolt like scar was slowly disappearing.
"Oh, nothing, must have been a wound from an earlier battle."
"Did you see those three guys out there, they took on sixteen death eaters on their own." Ron said excitedly.
"Yeah. But they all survived the killing curse, I'm going to have to check the libraries when we get to Hogwarts if there's anything about Reaper, Grim, and Scythe. Maybe I can find the way they survived the killing curse." Hermione said excitedly.
"Here come your parents and the other two Order members. I wish you good day, and I assure you we will meet again." Harry said glancing at the shelf and seeing a white rat, with a silver paw looking back at him, he couldn't do anything however, as only a select few knew Pettigrew was an animagus. 'Damn.' Harry thought to himself before disapparating back to Eidon's mansion.
A/N: How was it? Good. Bad. What? This is not an actual battle, it is just introducing the names Harry, Sirius, and Eidon will use to battle Voldemort's forces. No one will find out that Darin Blaze is really Harry Potter until very far into the story, at least I believe it will be far into, it may change however. I hope you liked this chapter, and at least one guardian was in this chapter, like I said. Harry will not meet any of them, and Snape will be the first one Harry meets as a Guardian, that is not until he discovers who Darin is of course. Next chapter is about a week after the start of Hogwarts, and we will see the trio, Malfoy, and of course Snape's reaction to the new teacher. I hope you enjoyed and please read and review, also thanks to everyone who is reading this story and a special thanks to those who are reviewing.