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Chapter 7
Harry dashed towards the end of the train, brushing past other students who came out of their compartments. "What is going on?" asked some, obviously unaware of the attack. "Is that Potter?" asked some fifth years as he passed them in a blur. "Wow, he looks hot!" said one witch, temporarily distracted from the confusion. "Students, get back in your compartments were it is safe. Prefects, check on the first years. Head boy and girl and seventh years please join the teachers on patrol." A voice boomed throughout the train.
Harry quickly got out of the end door, grabbed hold of an overhead rail and swung himself on the roof. He quickly surveyed the area, 20 dementors are circling 30 meters around the train. 16 Death Eaters apparated 15 feet behind the dementors, 8 on each side of the train, then started to approach slowly. 'I have to even up the battlefield. Damn it, I don't want to reveal my strength to Voldemort this early.' He said. /No need to worry, master. It doesn't matter if he is alerted of our presence/ Griever assured him. /We will only fight for you and the side of light, master/ Shiva agreed. /Alright, lets give these intruders a beating they won't forget/ Harry replied smirking. He rushed to the center of the train, "Holy Expecto Patronum!" He yelled the fused spells, his wand raised above his head. The stag sailed into the sky, no longer just a silvery mist but blazing brightly with tendrils emanating from it like an aura. The dementors shrieked in extreme agony and began to evaporate as the tendrils drew them closer to the patronus.
The Death Eaters were shocked and froze in place for a few moments. A cold voice shouted and snapped them out of their stupor then ordered them to attack. Harry quickly scanned them with his glasses. Not all of the Death Eaters presented a strong aura, only two are adept at casting the unforgivables, as his glasses showed him the read out. It also identified them as Luscius Malfoy and Wormtail. 'So the two rats are leading this attack' he thought then leapt off the train to the side where Wormtail and Malfoy are. /Shiva, please protect the train/ he summoned. A pillar of ice erupted from the ground in it is the beautiful, ice blue GF. The pillar exploded releasing Shiva, she then raised her arms and gathered ice energy from the air, "Diamond Dust!" she casted. The train became enclosed in a dome of ice and jagged, deadly sharp pillars of ice erupted from the ground, surrounding the train. The Death Eaters casted "Incendio" in an attempt to melt the thick layer of ice. /Carbuncle/ he summoned next. "Ruby Light" he shouted as the furry, bunny-like GF appeared from a hole on the ground. It jumped up and the ruby crystal on his forehead shone brightly, casting "Reflect" on Harry and the train.
The spells rebounded to the Death Eaters, burning one who was too close and three who were too slow to dodge. Now the train is completely protected physically and magically. Harry ran towards Malfoy and Wormtail, he casted "stupefy" followed quickly by "expelliarmus" to two who jumped in his way. 'That takes care of four on this side' Harry noted as he saw Malfoy running towards him and Wormtail shuffling cowardly behind him. Two stunning spells rebounded off him, cast by the death Eaters coming around from the other side of the train. The spells hit one, Harry rolled to the left, casted "stupefy" and "expelliarmus" on two more. A full body bind bounced off him and hit its caster. "Confuse!" Harry waived his hand at two who ran to his left, away from his wand side. They then began to stun the other two behind them who in turn stunned them also.
Harry quickly faced Malfoy. "Potter, you will pay for interfering, Crucio!" Malfoy screamed. Not taking any chances even with a reflect shield, crouched low dodging the spell then caught Malfoy in a leg sweep. "You resort to muggle fighting, eh, Potter, so be it." Malfoy jumped up and conjured a two edged long sword and shield. "I'll kick your ass so bad, you'd wish you we're never born," Harry spat and drew his gunblade. Malfoy's eyes visible even with his mask on, widened in shock and worry as he caught sight of the unusual weapon. He attacked and metal clashed against metal, he put every ounce of strength on his strikes but Harry parried each with little effort. Harry's movement is fluid and graceful only adding to Malfoy's frustration as Harry continued to taunt him. "Is that the best you can do? A girl can hit harder than that!" Harry then made his two successive slashes. Malfoy's sword was thrown out of his hand as he parried the first slash, he then brought up his shield to block the next one. Harry pulled the trigger as the blade hit the shield; a huge blast shattered the shield as Harry used demolition ammo. Malfoy flew several feet back, he got up unsteadily to his feet, clutching his bleeding left arm, obviously broken. "You'll pay for this, Potter, Mark my words!" he snarled and apparated away.
"Wormtail, you rat!" Harry shouted at Peter Pettigrew, who he saw at the corner of his eye sneak around to the other fallen death eaters during his fight with Malfoy. The others who were not stunned had already apparated away while Wormtail was reviving the stunned and the one in full body bind. "Tell your master, Tom, his reign of terror will end soon!" Harry spat threateningly. Wormtail barely nodded as he is shaking in fear and apparated first, leaving the others he just revived. They all followed suit but before the last four could leave, a powerful blast of air flung them a few feet away. Staggering to their feet they stared in shock as a huge horned monster with bat wings loomed near the front of the train. It has long arms and large clawed hands. The lover torso is shaped like a bee's lower body and a sharp pointed stinger protruded at the end. It doesn't have any legs or feet. The Death Eaters quickly apparated, not wanting to find out what the creature is. "What the bloody hell!" Harry exclaimed, he took up an offensive stance, his jaw set in determination. /It's an elvoret, young master/ Griever informed him. /What the hell is it doing here now, I didn't even know it existed in this world. Heck, I'm not even sure Hermione knows they exist/ he replied. /They are rare in this dimension and other monsters even come here by accident when they happen to stumble upon a portal while others are rare or have the capability to exist in other dimensions like us GFs/ Griever explained. /Fight it, master. I feel a strong presence in him. Perhaps another has come to test you/
"I will fight it regardless, it might endanger my friends." Harry yelled a battle cry and rushed at the monster. He scanned it quickly and found it weak against the element fire and physical attacks. He junctioned it on his blade attack and switched his from demolition to fire ammo. He leapt at it, connected two slashes, also pulling the trigger, causing considerable damage. He flipped backwards to a safe distance. It swiped at him with its claws and he rolled to the left, barely dodging. He didn't anticipate the strong blast of air from its mouth and he was flung a few feet away. He twisted in mid air and landed on his feet. /Ifrit/ he called as he focused his left arm stretched with palm open. "Hell Fire!" Harry shouted. A loud roar boomed in the air as the horned, fire GF appeared looming over the elvoret, a ball of fire and magma at his feet. He clasped his hands and pounded on the ball hurtling it towards the monster. The elvoret screamed in pain as the ball exploded on it, burning its flesh with the intense heat. Harry rushed at it once more as Ifrit's attack subsided and attacked with renzokuken, hitting/blasting it with eight slashes, he then dragged his gunblade in the dirt and hit the monster with an upward slash finishing it off. The elvoret disintegrated and was blown by the wind leaving an orb of light. /Your actions during this whole ordeal deemed you worthy to command my power. I give you respect and allegiance. I am Pandemona/ a voice from the orb declared and then went into his body. /Thank you, Pandemona, for your allegiance/ Harry replied while leaning on his gunblade, he's exhausted from fighting on his own.
He walked towards the train after catching his breath and recalled Shiva, who was still guarding the express. The ice shattered into fine powder and Harry went to talk to the train's engineer. "Both of you alright?" he asked the two awe struck engineers. "We're fine but we can't say the same for the engine. You see the engine runs with a magical core and when that blast tore open the chimney, I think it caused some damage to the magical core," the engineer explained as he went out and approached the front were the iron chimney was supposed to be, there was now a big hole, a black gem the size of a basketball can be seen. "I am not sure since this engine is very old but its supposed to be enchanted to be self-repairing, if the core was damaged, it was supposed to be easily repaired just by giving it a boost with an enchanted trinket called a solomon's ring but its really hard to come by and we don't have one with us." Harry quickly pulled out the item from his pocket. 'Lucky coincidence' he thought. The ring shone and flew into the core, the damage was repaired and the engine looked brand new. Another orb of light flew and went into his body unnoticed by the engineer who was busy staring at the engine. /I have waited to be released by the one worthy of my trust. I am Doom Train/ a deep, baritone voice with a slight echo announced in his thoughts. /Thank you/ was all Harry could say, as he is still exhausted. "I think we should head out. They would sure be worrying about us by now." He said to the engineer. He quickly walked to the nearest door and went in, ignoring the students peering out of the windows.
"Amazing skills, Potter!" exclaimed some he passed by the corridors. "Wicked, you sure kicked their ass!" said some. "What spells did use for that ice dome and ball of fire?" asked some seventh years. 'At least they didn't see the GFs, I don't want to explain things yet.' He thought as he just shrugged and shyly smiled at their questioning looks. "Beloved!" Fleur exclaimed as he came into the car where their compartment is and quickly hugged him tightly. "We were so worried, that's very foolish of you to run off on your own. We could have helped. Why did you enclose us in that ice dome?" she reprimanded him, a bit furious. "It was something I had to do on my own for now. I'm sorry, I'll try not to do it again." Harry responded tiredly and gave her a quick peck on the lips. Fleur noticed this and quickly pulled him in to their compartment after stopping any more inquiries. "I'll answer all your questions later guys," he told Ron, Hermione, and the others in the compartment. "I'll just take a short nap, I'm so tired." He closed his eyes and laid his head on Fleur's shoulder.
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"Incompetent fools! How can you fail? This attack could have distracted them enough from our true goals if you have succeeded." Came the cold, sinister voice of Voldemort. "It was P-p-p-potter, my Lord. He stopped us." Wormtail replied, head bent low, prostrated in front of Voldemort, shaking in fear. "ARE YOU TELLING ME A FIFTEEN YEAR OLD BOY STOPPED A SQUAD OF DEMENTORS AND DEATH EATERS!" he bellowed.
"Unbelievable as it may seems my lord, Potter has acquired some power since the last we saw him. He possesses an unusual weapon and he also seemed to command magical creatures we do not know of." Malfoy informed him. He is kneeling in front of the Dark Lord, nursing his bandaged left arm. Voldemort rose seething in fury. He couldn't accept a mere boy again foiled his plans. "Stop making pathetic excuses! Crucio!" he cast on Malfoy and Pettigrew.
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Harry woke shortly and stared into a white ceiling. He sat up and blinked a few times to focus his sight. "Good you're awake," Madame Pomfrey approached. "My God, Potter, first day back and you already landed in the hospital wing," she said exasperated then went to check him over. "Well, you seem fine and was just too exhausted earlier. God knows what you've been doing but you have to be careful too. Professor Dumbledore wish to speak to you, let me get him." And she strode off.
"Feeling better now, Harry?" came Dumbledore's voice. "Yes, sir, I'm fine now but how long was I out." He asked. "It has just been half an hour ago when the express pulled into the station (A/N: Forgot the name. Was it also named Hogsmeade?). You were immediately brought here when your friends failed to wake you from your nap. The feast hasn't started yet since I needed to hear the reports first. Thanks to your warning earlier this summer that I had an inclination that the train might be one possible target to be attacked and was convinced to ask some of the teachers to board the express and keep a look on things. However, I never anticipated your actions." Dumbledore finished, the last line said in a soft reprimand. "I'm sorry, sir, I acted on instinct and didn't want to involve anyone else. I…" he was cut-off. "Everything turned out for the best, that is what matters. Now, care to fill in some details since the teachers weren't able to witness everything that occurred outside."
Harry recounted the events as best he could remember, as for the GFs he explained to the Headmaster that he will tell everything when they're in the privacy and security of his office. "Yes, very good decision. We don't want unwelcome ears to know about it. Come to my office anytime. I believe there are others anxiously waiting to see you. Let me just fetch them. Oh and 300 points to Gryffindor for a job well done" And the Headmaster took his leave. Fleur immediately rushed to him, followed by Ron, Hermione and Ginny, and hugged him. He stroked her hair and gave her a reassuring kiss. "You had us worried mate, what happened to you?" Ron asked. "I was just exhausted from the battle but I'm fine now." He then recounted the events. "Well, I certainly hope the Ministry would take some action for this. After all, a train full of students saw the dementors and death eaters." Hermione added. "Lets hope they do." Harry sighed. "So, when are you supposed to be let out? We can still go to the feast since it hasn't started yet." Ginny spoke. "I'm not sure but I feel fine now."
"Alright, I'll go and ask Madame Pomfrey," Ginny strode into the Nurse's office. "Promise me you won't do anything like that again, beloved." Fleur whispered softly. "I promise." Harry said and gave her a kiss. A few minutes later, Harry was released. "What the hell is she doing here?" Harry said in a low, cold voice when they entered the Great Hall, glaring towards the teacher's table, specifically on a large woman who looked freakishly like a toad busy chatting with one of the professors. "Who?" Hermione asked, well aware of the sudden tension coming from Harry.
"Minister Fudge's Hell spawn," he gestured viciously to the high table. "Umbridge."
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A/N: Wow, I never thought this chapter would come out in just a few hours. The words suddenly came to me as I sat staring at the computer screen. Hope you all like it. Keep on reviewing.
To Yenom: Thanks again for the review. Holy can kill the dementors, it's just that its potency was reduced since Harry was still recovering from the effects of being in contact with a dementor when one collided with him.
To Anonymous Idiot: Thanks for the review and wonderful insight. I'll reveal this one thing I will do with the story. Harry will be able to glean some facts and clues to help him in his quests but it won't be as easy as a walk through the park nor would he be able to access every detail on Voldemort's plan. The story wouldn't be that thrilling if he can plus, lets not forget, Voldemort himself is an accomplished Occlumence and Legilimence.
To WOW: Thanks for the review and sorry for the frequent ANs, I'm still relatively new here. I assure you I will be having lesser to practically nil ANs in the upcoming chapters. As for having this story removed, please don't, it would be unfair to those who are waiting for updates and quite enjoy reading this.
To Shinigami's Shadow: Sure you can do with them as you please, assuming there's anything left when I'm done with them. Hehehe. Keep on reviewing.