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 novel "Aliens vs. Predator: Prey" by Stephen Perry.

Harry Potter and the Alien Hive

Chapter 17: Old Friends

Ajka's blood rushed through his veins with unparalleled excitement. Here was his chance to go solo and hunt the Kainde Amedha by himself for a while. No students, no hot headed young males to look after, it was just him and the Hard Meat.

Course to pull this off he had to do a little faking. He had gotten himself "lost." Hikate had apparently been in this ooman dwelling before - why, Ajka did not know, or care - so he lead the way. However at one point, there was a fork in the pathway and when Hikate had taken one route Ajka had simply sneaked into the other.

He knew it was imprudent to do such a thing, especially since he was one of the leaders of this mission, but his longing for a solo hunt with the Hard Meat was too powerful and the opportunity was too good to pass up. Plus it all looked legitimate, this place was maze and it was very easy for someone to get lost, whether they wanted to or not. Of course Hikate would see right through this little ploy, but there was no way he could prove Ajka had gotten lost on purpose.

That was the best part.

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Luna Lovegood chased after Peeves as fast a she could. After years of running after strange and interesting creatures, and wild and weird happenings to get pictures for her father's magazine, "The Quibbler," running was one thing Luna was very good at. She was well practiced in running through dense forests, swamps or snow, so naturally running down unhindered hallways was easy.

She knew it was slightly insane of her, just running off like that and separating herself from the others, but she had catch up with Peeves, she just had to. The Poltrageist was Draco's only hope.

She rounded a corner and saw the black beasts pursuing Peeves into a room. Suddenly there was a loud screech and then as abruptly as it started it stopped. Luna cautiously entered the room and found out what had happened. Right in the middle of the room was a bubbling tar pit. Luna guessed it had been left from fifth year whenpractically all of the studentsplaced pranks all around the school in an effort to rebel against headmistressUmbridge. Most of the pranks had been cleaned up afterwards, but apparently this one had been missed.

Luna carefully made her way in. Peeves was circling the tar pit cackling madly.

"Peeves, could you help me with something?" Luna asked carefully.

"That depends, what is it?" Peeves gasped between bouts of laughter.

"You know how you ghosted the water balloons so you could go through walls with them. Could you do that to the black beast in Draco's chest, and remove it?" Luna looked at him hopefully.

"Oh too bad, I can't do such things with living creatures. So it looks like the Malfoys are going to have a monster serpent for a daughter, quite fitting really." Peeves giggled maliciously, then disappeared through a wall.

"Wait! I still need your..........help."

This was bad. She had counted on Peeves coming back with her and hadn't really thought of what to do if he didn't.

After letting a shiver run down her spine, Luna slowly turned and walked out of the room. No sooner had she taken two steps down the hallway when she heard terrible screeches coming from the other end of the hallway. It was the distinctive death cry of the back beasts. She took off at a run, perhaps Peeves was there.

However, she rounded the corner, she the body of a black beast lying at the feet of someone who was definitely not Peeves.

It was Prongs' brother.

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Albus Dumbledore led the way through the hallways of Hogwarts. It had taken much longer than he had hoped for the Ministry to call together the Wizarding National Guard from their various stations. But now they were here, and later was always better than never. He was leading them now to the Chamber of Secrets, where the black beasts had their nest.

While waiting for the Ministry to get things together, Dumbledore had contacted Alastor Moody to join them, his magical eye which earned him the nickname "Mad Eye" Moody, would be very useful in spotting black beasts lurking in the shadows.

So far their journey had been completely unhindered, until they entered a foyer that housed four statues of the four founders of Hogwarts. Moody stopped abruptly and focused on the head of Godric Gryffindor.

"There! There's one of them!" He motioned to the spot. The National Guard raised their wands in the direction indicated.

"And there, and there, and there!" Moody pointed to the Salazar Slytherin's shoulder, then to Rowena Ravenclaw's outstretched hand, and to Helga Hufflepuff's lap.

Mad Eye froze when hesawseveral dots of red light appear on his chest and abdomen. Suddenly Dumbledore got in front of him and held out empty hands. Now the small lights were on him.

"We are not your enemy!" Dumbledore called out into the dark. "We hunt the same creatures you do!"

Dumbledore turned his head back to the soldiers standing behind them. "Lower your wands."

The soldiers looked at him in confusion, but did as they were told. Everyone tensed when an animalistic growl came from the darkness.

Dumbledore smiled.

To the surprise of the soldiers and Moody, the red dots of light disappeared.

There was a loud thud just ahead of them. All they could see was a rippling in the air, almost like a mirage in the desert, along with a few sparks. Dumbledore calmlywalked out toward the ripples.

"Albus, what are you doing?! Be careful!" Moody yelled after the headmaster.

When he reached a foot away from the ripples, the figure causing the ripples chose to reveal himself.

"It's good to see you again, my old friend." Dumbledore greeted the hunter warmly.

Dumbledore raised his wand.

"Lingua Reddo!"

The spell seemed to swirl around the hunter's neck for a moment, then disappear.

"Is good to see you too." The hunter spoke in a gruff, husky voice, while placing a clawed hand on Dumbledore's shoulder.

The soldiers and Mad Eye Moody could only stand and stare in wonder at how this scene could possibly be taking place.

More of the giants, like the one standing in front of Dumbledore appeared. The wizards soon found that they had been completely surrounded by these fellows without even knowing it.

"It has been long time, since I was here." Even with the translating spell on, there quite a few grammatical errors due to the difference in language. "You will show us the way? It is much faster."

"Of course, there is strength in numbers, and going up against these black beasts will require a lot of strength." Dumbledore smiled.

"Strength we have." The hunter answered, then turned to his comrades. "Dumbledore is great human leader, he will show us to the Hard Meat."

The other hunters responded with many clicks and growls. The otherhumans were not sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing.

Now it was Dumbledore's turn to speak to his people. "This is Hikate. He and his people are our allies. They are trained in the hunting and killing of the black beasts. They will be following us to the Chamber of Secrets. And there is to be no friction between you, we are here for a common purpose. Is that understood?"

"Yes sir!" the wizarding soldiers replied.

"Leader, eh?" Dumbledore turned back to Hikate. "I always knew you'd make something of yourself."

Hikate nodded.

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What's this? Dumbledore is friends with a Predator? That's right, but I won't give away just how, yet. Next chapter Luna wonders if running into Ajka was a good thing.

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Till Next Time.
-Vega Sailor