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Harry Potter and the Refraction of Light

Chapter 4: Big Fight Scene #1

Orion smirked shrugging off the heavy black robe he had been wearing to reveal black pants, dragon hide boots, and a sleeveless black shirt. He walked over to the rack and after a moment chose a broadsword of similar proportions to his own sword. Orion took out his wand and performed a dulling charm on the blade, "I don't want to cut you in half after all." Alucard folded his arms and shook his head giving Orion a positively bored look. "Whatever, just hurry up." Orion stepped into the arena and got at a ready stance.

Alucard stood with his hands to his sides, not even looking at Orion. The still living Harry smirked and ran at the vampire yelling, "Keep your head in the game dead boy, or this fight will be over before it even starts!" He swung the blade down towards where Alucard's head should be.

The blade met dead air and suddenly there was a sharp pain at the base of Orion's spine, he fell to the ground. "I told you that you wouldn't be a match for me. I guess I forgot to mention that I have an almost precognitive danger sense?" Orion wiped some spittle from the side of his mouth and stood up holding the sword. "Don't count me out yet you damn fake!" Orion ran at Alucard again and slashed at a downward angle aiming for the vampire's neck. Alucard didn't dodge this time; instead he caught the blade with one hand. "Who's the fake now?" He twisted his hand and wrenched the blade out of the shocked swordsman's grip, Alucard threw the sword to the side and kicked Orion hard in the chest. The man flew across the arena and landed in a heap. "Give up. You can't beat me, not only do I know all your moves, but I'm also superior to you in every way. As far as power goes, becoming a vampire was the best thing that could have happened to me."

Orion groaned getting shakily to his feet. "That's it; I'm taking off the kids gloves. I apologize in advance if I burn you to a crisp. This fight is just beginning!" The sword of Gryffindor burst into existence in Orion's outstretched hand, he smiled spinning the familiar weapon around. He held the sword pointed towards his undead opponent as orange flames started to creep up from the hilt, as the conflagration surrounded the ancient blade he called out to Alucard, "Let's get started, no holding back!"

Alucard grinned calling his own blade into existence, it burned dark crimson. "Maybe you will actually be a challenge. Fine then, let's see if you can make me sweat!"

The other Harrys stood outside the arena watching the fight take place, Harry had a look of utter amazement on his face, Casper too, though for a different reason, if he had known that Gryffindor's sword was capable of that, he might not have died in the Chamber of Secrets all those years ago. Brian watched the fight with interest, impressed by their skills and Astus looked on with a practiced nonchalance but even he was mildly impressed by the capabilities of their weapons.

The two swordsmen charged each other, Alucard's sword held nearly parallel to the ground in one hand, Orion holding his blade straight out in front of him with both hands. With a graceful swing the two infernos of power collided. The two Harrys were immediately locked in a battle of wills as they poured more and more power into their blades, each one trying to force the other to back down. Suddenly both of the warriors were blown across the arena. Orion stood up slightly charred but grinning, he swung the blade around once before charging at Alucard again.

The vampire smiled genuinely, I knew he'd be a challenge he thought to himself as he parried another blow of Orion's sword. "I only discovered this recently; let's see how you like it!" Alucard held the sword with both hands and the flames went out momentarily. Where there had been one sword a second ago, now there were two completely swords. One looked the same as the sword he had been wielding a moment before while the other was slightly longer and a black so dark it seemed to absorb light.

Orion blinked surprised before grinning, "Well that's interesting, but how are you with two swords?" Alucard smirked, "Let me show you." The two swordsmen met again but now Orion was on complete defensive, he managed to block every blow but just barely. He jumped back to rethink his strategy. "How did you discover this quirk to the Sword of Gryffindor?"

Alucard looked at Orion appraisingly, "I fight with my soul on the line, and the sword gives me the power to do just that." Orion only had a moment to ponder those words before the vampire was upon him again. The whirling mass of death continued for a good ten minutes before they jumped apart again. Alucard shouted at Orion, "I know you can do this, now really fight me!"

Orion took a deep breath and focused on what Alucard said 'I fight with my soul on the line, and the sword gives me the power to do just that.' What the hell does that mean! Is he saying that the sword is a manifestation of his soul? That's ridiculous. Or is it? He took another deep breath. Why am I fighting? To prove a point? That's a stupid reason to give it my all. I'm fighting to grow and if I don't give it my all I can't do that! So why do I want to grow? So I can defeat Voldemort and protect everyone.

All of Orion's introspection took only a few seconds but everyone stood waiting and watching. Orion nodded to himself and clenched the Sword of Gryffindor tightly focusing on his reason for fighting, the reason to put his soul on the line and there was a flash of light. He grinned as the flash of light condensed into an excessively huge black blade.(1) The sword was about as tall as him; the blade merged into a hilt without a guard, white cloth was wrapped around it as a cushion. Orion held the sword in one hand as if it weren't heavy at all, "Let's do this!" Alucard grinned and stood ready.

Orion ran with the massive sword pointing behind him he swung it in front of him, slashing at the vampire from the side. Alucard jumped nimbly over the strike and brought both of his blades down on the sword, trying to knock it to the ground. Orion gripped his sword with both hands and with a mighty yell knocked Alucard back. He started to strike with speed that defied logic considering the size of his blade. The undead warrior managed to block each blow but was clearly on the defensive.

"That will do!" Almus's voice was heard from the outside of the circle. The venerable old wizard walked into the ring and to the two swordsmen. "I don't need you two to cut each other in to pieces. If you spar again, use only the weapons I have supplied as they have all been charmed to cause non-fatal wounds regardless of where they cut." The vampire immediately let his blades disappear into nothingness. Orion did the same, but his reluctance was obvious. "Thank you, now I think everyone should return to their rooms and go to sleep. We'll start planning tomorrow."

Author's Note: I can't even complain about updates at this rate. I won't promise anything, but I will try to update again before the end of the month.

(1) That's what happens when you watch 62 episodes of Bleach. If you want a visual of the sword, google Bleach and find a picture of Ichigo's sword.