Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, he and all characters associated with him belong to J.K. Rowling. Also "Aliens" and "Predator" belong to 20th Century Fox. All of the Predator lore and vocabulary used was from the the novel "Aliens vs. Predator: Prey" by Stephen Perry.
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The battle scene in the common room was a collaboration between myself and an author by the name of Quillian, can read more down in the author's note at the bottom. But after reading this chapter you should go check out his stuff at He's writing an excellent Harry Potter versus Predator story.
Harry Potter and the Alien Hive
Chapter 15: Battle in Gryffindor
Prongs dashed passed them around the corner, back the to stairway that lead to the common room, and leaped the entire length and landed gracefully on the common room floor.
Harry had to run to keep up with him. He turned the corner, but there was nothing in the common room. Just as suddenly as it started, the scream stopped. Prongs was slowly inching towards the door, his double bladed staff out and ready. Harry looked to his left and spotted Luna and Draco standing up against a bookcase, their wands out and ready.
"What happened?" Harry whispered to them.
"The Portrait screamed." Luna whispered back calmly.
"They're right outside the door." Draco whispered harshly, not looking at Harry.
"Harry," Hermione stepped up behind him. "I got this spell book from my room, it says---"
"You went to your room just to get a spell book?!" Ron blurted out in the loudest whisper he could muster.
"---it says the impervious charm can repel not only water, but dangerous chemicals and potions as well. Strong acid is included in that list." Hermione continued, completely ignoring Ron.
"That means we can protect ourselves against their blood." Harry smirked as Hermione nodded in agreement. "All right everyone, put the impervious charm on yourselves and you won't get burned."
There was a simultaneous wave of whispers whispering "impervious." After casting the charm on himself, Harry pointed his wand at Prongs, who had his back to him.
"Impervious."
Kat'ja felt a strange tingling sensation all over his body, but just as he was beginning to wonder what it was, it stopped. He turned his attention back to the door and waited. There was a creak as the door opened ever so slightly. He heard gasps and whispers from the oomans behind him, but otherwise paid no heed to them. The door stopped opening and a small orange shape appeared from behind.
Kat'ja extended his wristblades.
"Meow."
"Crookshanks!" Hermione called out joyfully upon seeing her orange cat, who was sniffing Prongs' wristknives.
"Bloody cat." Spat Ron as everyone else chuckled.
Harry watched Prongs retract his wrist blades. And stand up straight from the fighting crouch he had been in.
But, the minute they had let their guard down the door burst open and a great black shape launched itself at Prongs. The black beast landed on the hunter, toppling him over. The coffee table they fell on easily snapped to pieces under their weight.
Six of the first black beast's siblings rushed in through the opened door. And attacked..
Kat'ja tried to get up, but the black beast pinned him down while it faced its companions and screeched something to them.
While Nyuki was pinning down the Yautja hunter, she gave the orders to her troops. Abeille, you protect the host for our future queen. The rest of you, attack them and bring back any possible hosts!
Yes! All of them chorused. And with that, they poised to attack.
Suddenly, a skittering could be heard behind them. A facehugger had noticed the group of prey moving around the castle. Nyuki tried to command it (Halt, weakling!), but it wouldn't listen.
Harry, on the other hand, heard their hissing, and when he figured out what their leader was commanding, he saw it.
A facehugger leapt at them, sailing in a big arc from behind the black beasts and straight at someone. A few seconds before, he saw whom the foul little creature was aiming for: Neville.
Neville seemed to freeze for a second, but he snapped out of it just in time. Quickly drawing at his wand, he yelled, "Petrificus Totalus!"
Several feet away from Neville's face, the facehugger suddenly seized up and contracted. The effect was quite interesting; with its powerful tail and several legs stuck to its main body, it landed at Neville's feet in a curled-up ball. Recoiling at the sight of it, Neville kicked it into the fireplace, where it screeched as it burned to death.
"Dumbass," Nyuki hissed, more to herself. "That's what he gets for trying to do that."
With that small interruption out of the way, the black beasts continued their attack. Abeille headed straight for Draco while the others simply leaped into the fray.
Draco found himself pinned against the wall instantly, with this new black beast simply keeping him in place. The Slytherin couldn't even move so he could draw out his wand, and he could only watch as the other beasts attacked the other students.
Justin and Luna fought together as a black beast attacked them; Hermione and Neville then both took on another together; Harry, Ron and Ginny all fought their own by themselves.
Justin's thoughts flashed back for a moment to his second year at Hogwarts, when he encountered the Basilisk and got Petrified; at least this thing didn't even have eyes, but it was still one terrifying monster. Summoning all the strength he could, he fired a Stunner at it; "Stupefy!"
The spell hit the black beast, but disintegrated into red sparks as it hit it. Both he and Luna then fired a few more; they were all nullified as the monster simply stood there, as though waiting for any more unsuccessful attacks.
"It's using magic it inherited," Luna whispered. Justin now looked fearful, he made move to try another spell, but Luna told him to wait.
The beast screeched then launched itself at them.
Suddenly, Luna raised her wand and calmly shouted, "Spiculae Argentae!"
A barrage of silver darts shot out of the end of her wand and at the black beast, all hitting it in the face and upper chest areas. It screeched in pain, and after Luna shot another curse, it finally fell dead. "just as I thought, they can only activate spell if they pull all of their focus in it.," Luna calmly amused.
"What?" Justin looked at her very frightened and very confused.
"By standing still the beast was putting all of its focus on defending itself so it was able to activate a powerful defense spell. However, once its focus shifted to the offensive move of trying to attack us, the defensive spell was broken." Luna spoke matter-of-factly.
Justin looked less confused, but more frightened of how calm Luna was during this whole ordeal.
Feigning fatigue, Kat'ja went limp. When the Hard Meat warrior now tried to strike, he quickly threw her off of him.
He growled in frustration. He had foolishly let his guard down and nearly got himself killed. Not only that, he had been attacked by the same Kainde Amedha he had met in the kitchen. He did not recognize it at first, it had gotten bigger, and it no longer had the smooth head of a drone, but the ridged head of warrior. However, the ooman trinket around it's neck was unmistakable.
The Hard Meat warrior quickly got to her feet and snarled. Reduced to only being able to use his wristblades and bladed staff, the yautja warrior quickly launched his attack.
The staff clashed with the Hard Meat's claws and tail; both warriors were at the peak of their skills, and often with all the fighting between these two alone, the other Hard Meat and oomans had to duck out of the way to avoid getting cut down by their own allies.
Just then, Ron managed to blow apart one black beast with a few Reductor Curses, sending its acidic blood all over the alien hunter. The latter immediately flinched at this, expecting it to hurt, but instead the acid slid harmlessly down his body like water.
This greatly surprised Kat'ja before he vaguely recalled the tingling sensation he had felt all over his body just before the attack. It made him able to withstand the Hard Meat's blood! But how?
In a flash of a tail the Hard Meat warrior knocked the staff out of his hands. Quietly cursing himself for being distracted like that, Kat'ja extended his wristblades and swiped at her. She recoiled and lashed with her tail instead, but encouraged by his new advantage, Kat'ja now tried something else.
He grabbed the tail and began swinging the Hard Meat around in a circle. She screeched indignantly, but couldn't do anything. Finally letting go, Kat'ja sent the Hard Meat flying and collided with the beast fighting Rry'ha, who dove out of the way just in time.
"The Yautja is going to die slowly and painfully for this one," Nyuki hissed as she tried to get up. "I'll make sure of that…"
Harry was a little stunned by Prongs' trick, throwing the beast like an athlete throwing the hammer was not something he would ever imagine anyone doing.
As he got himself ready for another round with the beast he was fighting, Prongs grabbed his spear and went after the one attacking Hermione and Neville.
Both Hermione and Neville were fighting this beast in turns; when it would go after one of them, the other would strike. It was working so far, until the beast nearly took off Neville's head with its tail spike. This caused him to trip and knock over Hermione.
Both of them looked up with something like fear as their monstrous foe loomed over them, and were about to recoil with a flash of metal moved near its neck in an arc. The beast flinched for a moment before its head slowly slid off and fell to the floor in front of them. Its mouth agape, they could see the inner jaw hanging loose.
Kat'ja laughed darkly, causing the oomans' hairs to stand up on their necks. That was easy! Kat'ja thought. For all the new abilities they gained from their hosts here at the ooman castle, they didn't even know when someone was coming up behind them!
Just then, there was a rushing sound and a flash of green light. Prongs whirled around to see what happened. The Kainde Amedha guarding the infected ooman fell to floor dead, but its body was completely unmarked.
That immediately stopped Kat'ja's dark laugh. Then again, he thought, better it than me.
Draco stood there, angry. So the black beast tried to guard him and continue to use him as an incubator for the unborn queen, did it? He didn't think so. The Slytherin prince wasn't too concerned about using the Killing Curse either, after all it was illegal to use it against another human being.
Why did you do that?! She was not you enemy!
A voice called to him. Draco looked around, he saw Luna running toward him.
"What did you say?" He gasped at the girl as she came up to him.
"Your name, that's all." She looked at him quizzically. She didn't look the least bit unnerved at the scene going on around them.
"Nothing else?"
"No." The confusion in her eyes told him she was speaking true. "What do you think I said?"
Draco looked back down at the beast he had killed. "A voice asked me why I had killed her, because she was not my enemy."
"I did not say that, you did what had to be done." A look of concern and wonder spread across her face.
"Then who….." Draco trailed off
The two were startled when the black beast with the ridged head, the one that seemed to be the leader of this attack, jumped in front of them.
It hissed.
"Come with me, I will protect you." She whispered.
Draco could not describe the feeling that seemed to wash over him as he gazed at the beast not far in front from him. He held his out his wand ready to use, but was shocked to find he had no will to use it. He felt that strange ambiance of ease and pleasantness one feels when they are under the imperious curse
Come with me...
Draco lowered his wand. He felt a strange warmth rising from his chest, and his mind began to grow foggy. He heard the distant voice of Luna calling his name, but paid no heed to it.
Come with me...
Draco took step forward in the direction of the ridged headed black beast. Suddenly he felt something grab his wrist and not only pull him back, but also jerk him out of his foggy state.
Draco shook his head and found himself staring at Luna.
The beast hissed angrily behind them.
Near the fireplace, Ginny fought her own opponent. The wretched beast knocked her to the floor, and her wand rolled on the floor beyond her reach. Growling, the thing opened its mouth, revealing the inner jaw, which was poised and ready to strike.
But Ginny wasn't about to go down fighting, especially not like this. Grabbing a poker from the fireplace, she thrust it into the creature's mouth just as it tried to bite her with its inner jaw. "Take this, you ugly git!"
The results were interesting, to say the least. The sizzling, red-hot poker went right up through the throat of its inner jaw and came out through the top of the creature's skull. Screeching horribly, it fell over dead a moment later.
From the side, Ron could only stare at what his "little sister" had done. Then he rushed over to help her up.
Across the room, Harry was once again fighting his own opponent. The thing actually managed to claw him at his arm, but by some miracle, it was only a few scratches. Retaliating, Harry yelled, "Expelliarmus!"
The black beast was lifted off the floor and thrown back several feet before its own magic kicked in. After it got its feet back on the floor, it leaped at Harry.
Harry, on the other hand, was ready and prepared for this. Using the reflexes born of his Quidditch training, he safely got out of the way and yelled, "Petrificus Totalus!"
The creature's limbs snapped to its sides and its tail curled around its legs as it feel to floor, shaking and growling while trying to get free.
Acting fast, Harry shot it with several Silver Dart Curses, just to make sure the thing would die. After the fifth time he cast it, he was sure it was dead.
Kat'ja whirled around after finishing one of the drones. The was only one left. Their leader.
Nyuki froze where she was, not at all in the mood for getting impaled, blasted, burned or spiked. But anger raged through her body. Her sisters dead because of the humans and the yautja and the host was still not in their possession. They had failed and her sisters were dead.
Stay alive. You are no good to me or the young queen if you are dead.
Her mother's words echoed in Nyuki's head.
There was a moment of silence as the students watched the alien hunter calmly and unflinchingly held its spear to the alien's neck. Before the hunter could kill his quarry, however, it raised its head as though hearing something, and then ran back out of the Gryffindor common room.
Another period of silence came as everyone seemed to take a moment to catch their breath.
"Is everyone all right?" Harry broke the silence .
"I'm tolerable." Ron groaned.
The others were were asking each other the same question and looking over their wounds. Harry walked up to Prongs who was looking out the door. Harry wanted to thank Prongs for his help, but he knew not how. It was then Harry noticed the still sparking gun on Prongs' shoulder. He wondered if "reparo" would work on alien technology.
Harry raised his wand and pointed at Prongs' shoulder cannon. Prongs jumped back and pointed his wristblades Harry.
"It's okay." Harry tried to keep his voice calm. He held up his empty left hand.
Prongs lowered his wristblades, but still looked tense.
"Reparo!"
Kat'ja's battle instincts kicked in when Rry'ha unexpectedly pointed his weapon at him. However, Rry'ha made no further moves of challenge, in fact Rry'ha held up an empty hand, the sign of submission.
He was probably being foolish in putting his trust in an ooman. All his childhood he had heard stories of ooman craftiness and treachery. But there was something about Rry'ha he could trust. The way the small leader showed no fear in the face of the Hard Meat, and the way he took care of the lives of his clan members did not seem to be the actions of an honorless being. Even if he was an ooman.
Kat'ja lowered his wristblades, but remained tense.
"Reparo!"
To Kat'ja's utter shock all of his equipment came back online. His shoulder cannon, the multiple views, and even his cloaking device. But how?
Rry'ha. He also remembered when he had been splashed with Hard meat blood in unarmored areas during the battle, but had not been burned. Had Rry'ha done that?
What great power this ooman had....
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So sorry for the long wait! Stupid final exams. Well after all, it is a long chapter and don't worry I should have chapter 16 up tomorrow.
Oh by the way, Abeille is French for "bee."
Please review! It always encourages me to write more faster!
Till Next Time!
-Vega Sailor
Hi everyone, this is Quillian. I wrote the battle scene in the common room for VegaSailor to return the favor for when she made the book cover for my story. I'm sorry if I kept any of you waiting too long, except I was busy with my final exams. On a brighter note, I hope you enjoyed it.