Harry Potter and The Guardian of Light
Chapter 4: Displaced Order
Disclaimer: i do not own anything that J.K Rowling owns
Story Written by Ewoks
A/N: Although i appreciate the reviews i am rather annoyed with the increased amount of people who disagree with my own methods. First of all SORRY for my horrible English skills, this will be the last time i apologize for this so stop complaining about it or read another story. Second, the pairing in this story is entirely up to me, i am rather tired of objections of this matter...It will be Harry/Ginny/Hermione and most likely tonks. Tonks is the only debatable character to be romantically involved with Harry. I don't care who you think these girls are with or should be with, but if you have suggestions on things other then my English and romantic pairing i will happily debate using them. Now...on with the story...
It was with a loud yawn that Harry Potter woke up the next morning, still both physically and mentally exhausted from the battle for Helga Hufflepuffs Goblet. Stretching he looked around him curiously "How did...oh...Tonks and Lupin must have levitated all of us to are beds." He smiled slightly slowly forcing himself to his feet, quickly noticing he still felt a bit dizzy. "Ugh, i feel like i just fought two bludgers back into there box..."
It was ten minutes before Harry was able to force himself out of his room, taking a quick shower he began down the stairs only to hear Ron calling him "Harry! Bloody Hell will you get down here already!" Sighing he walked into the kitchen sliding into a chair "you don't have to yell Ron"
Ron shook his head groaning "Well I've been pestered by everyone all morning about what happened, Oh! Here" He passed him a small vile of red liquid which Harry looked strangely at "Blood restorative potion, mom made um. Noticed all are cuts and went ballistic...Thought i would need a second one the way she was screaming" He sighed laying his forehead against the table "Have you seen Hermione? She hasn't woken up yet"
Harry blinked shaking his head "No...i figured she would already be up, i hope she's alright" Letting out another soft yawn he chewed on a piece of toast that was leftover from breakfast "Where is everyone?"
Ron simply shook his head with an exhausted sigh "Hell if i know! I woke up an everyone was here...but they all went off after breakfast. Guess things have been getting busier for the order...with Voldemort getting more active and all" Ron visibly cringed as he spoke the name but Harry would never forgive him if he didn't use it."Ginny's in the study i do know that, Hermione is still in bed...and Talon is...well i never know where that guy is, he disappears all the time"
Harry chuckled slightly placing the half eaten piece of toast in the trash after pushing himself to stand "Well i think I'll go check on Hermione..." He blinked feeling Ron grab his arm and groaned when he shoved the vile of liquid into his hand "Harry if i don't make you drink this mum will kill me!" With a sigh Harry popped the cork off "Fine fine...bottoms up!" He drank the vile in one quick gulp wincing at the terrible flavor "This stuff is disgusting!" He simply received a grin of understanding from Ron before Harry stumbled up the steps.
Harry groaned tripping over almost everything while heading for Hermione's room "Now i know what Tonks feels like, Some of these potions have the strangest side effects.." By the time he reached her door he was grumbling but quickly pulled himself together as he knocked softly "Hey Hermione are you awake?" He heard a shuffling of sheets but nothing else so he simply opened the door.
Hermione sighed pulling the covers off from over her head "What do you want Harry...i'm trying to sleep!" She slowly sat up with a tired yawn. Somewhere during the night she had changed into her muggle clothing, Jeans, and a white shirt with a pink button-up top over it.
Harry blushed slightly with a sheepish grin "Sorry...i just wanted to make sure you were alright, it's past breakfast and Ron said you hadn't been down yet." He saw her smile and he slowly headed for the edge of the bed, once again cursing the side effect of the potion as he tripped over himself falling on top of Hermione who quickly let out a squeal of surprise, her cheeks a deep red "Harry!" His cheeks were darker then hers if it was possible "Her-I-You see" Taking a deep breath he scrambled up sitting next to her "Sorry..."
Hermione's blush slowly faded as she sat up again "I-it's alright Harry...you didn't mean it" neither one of them looked at each other, both simply looking at the walls of the room like they were the most interesting things there. Finally after a long moment of awkward silence there eyes locked on each other. She wasn't sure how long she stared into those deep green eyes but it felt like an eternity to her. But she was slowly becoming aware of the fact that they were getting closer...and closer, until finally there lips locked in a soft, innocent kiss. Unfortunately it didn't stay innocent for long as it grew in intensity, but almost as suddenly as it started, Harry pulled away blushing.
With a deep blush Harry shot to his feet "I-i should go...I'm glad your ok, you should go see Ron i'm sure he has a blood restorative for you..." Before she could say a word he was gone, running full speed down the stairs until he leaned against the wall, his heart pounding and mind racing for answers. Was it another side effect of the potion? It could be...but he doubted it. He slowly walked into the study thankful Ginny had apparently evacuated it by now...he didn't know if he could face her.
Hermione sighed as she pulled herself out of bed "What do...i do" As much as she wanted to be with Harry he was still with Ginny...he could talk to her about it, but what would she say? Heading downstairs she headed for the kitchen, where Ron indeed had a potion for her. She drank it without a second thought, to distracted to notice the disgusting flavor.
In the study Harry had already sat down into a comfortable arm chair hoping to come to some kind of answer, but was distracted as Talon was thrown into the room by the fire place scaring the hell out of Harry "Talon! Where did you come from!"
The Wizard groaned as he stood up dusting the ash from his robes "Stupid fire place, Oh! Harry, sorry i was setting up your apparation test for today at the ministry. He noticed the distracted and confused look of his student and smiled "Well come on, let's get this over with Harry, i don't want to have to Side-Along aparate anymore." Harry thought for a moment before giving a nod taking the small handful of floo powder from Talon.
Harry sighed slightly, he really didn't want to take a test that required so much concentration right about now...but it was best if he got it over with "Alright, alright" Talon smiled throwing his powder into the old fireplace before stepping in "Ministry of magic!" With a pop he was gone. Harry was slightly confused since he had always gone to the telephone booth before but followed, disappearing with another pop.
At ministry
Harry arrived in the fire place, quickly brushing himself off as he looked at Talon "Since when can we use the Fire places?" He glanced around at the familiar setting the line of arrival fire places, and line of Departure fire places, he stared at the statures in the middle of the hall for a moment before sighing. The ministry was a lot quieter, people didn't seem to want to leave there homes anymore, even if it was to visit the ministry.
Talon grinned with a chuckle "Why do you think i left so early? I went to arrange the fire place. It takes to long for the whole Telephone booth thing. His head turned to a man running towards them who looked like a security official. As soon as he arrived he used several spells to make sure they weren't possessed, or under the imperious curse. And finally he searched them. When he was done he cleared his throat.
"Welcome to the Ministry of Magic" Removing a badge from his pocket he clipped it on his muggle shirt. "The apparation test is on the 6th floor, please head there immediately." Looking at Harry's confused look he seemed to read his mind "We do not register staffs at the security desk, only wands."
Harry finally remembered that he had stopped using his wand except when he needed it. "Oh...right. Thank you" He headed off towards the elevator with Talon walking beside him "This place is dead..." He received only a nod from Talon. When they finally had boarded the Elevators he headed for the 6th floor. As the door opened he stepped out blinking as Talon did not follow "Aren't you coming?"
Talon shook his head with a smile "I'm going to meet an old friend on the 2nd floor, but be careful, and make sure not to lose any body parts." Harry gave a slow nod as the door closed and headed down again.
"Oh well" He followed the corridor until he found the apparation test center, peeking in the door he found it empty except for a young lady sitting at a desk. Opening the door completely he walked in "Um, hello? I'm here for my test..." The woman gave a Friendly nod before standing up.
"Oh course! Harry potter, please come with me, we will get you done in no time!" She led him through a door into a large room, the floor nicely polished and kept, but was rather empty except for a chair, a red X on the floor, as well as a blue and green one scattered around the room. The young lady picked a clipboard off the chair before smiling towards him "Alright, please stand on the blue X and attempt to aparate to the Red."
Harry nodded slowly before standing on the blue X. He swallowed nervously trying to keep his mind on aparating. He took a deep breath before concentrating on the red target, spinning around he disappeared with a pop landing directly on the red X.
"Wonderful! Now why don't you try the green" With a nod Harry once again concentrated the best he could before disappearing with a pop, only slightly off from the green. "Very good, a little off but in the acceptable range." She smiled marking something on the clipboard "Now why don't you try the Yellow"
Harry looked around him before rubbing the back of his head "Um...excuse me Miss...but there is no yellow X." She simply smiled at him "The yellow X is outside the hogsheads in Hogsmeade" Harry gulped before taking another deep breath alright...here it goes. He imagined the yellow X in his mind before spinning with a pop. He appeared outside the hogsheads with his left foot on the X. He looked towards the grumpy looking man standing there with his own clipboard.
"Good job Harry potter, you passed...barely" He was writing on his clip board for almost 5 minutes before he handed him a small card sighing "You can aparate back now..." Harry did as he told picturing the room he had just been in previously before disappearing with yet another loud pop. When he arrived back at the ministry, things were..different. The young lady was panicking and gasped as he appeared again."Oh Harry! You shouldn't have came back!"
Arching an eyebrow he looked confused holding his staff tighter, he could tell something was wrong. "Why..whats going on?" She paced back and forth for a moment before screaming "D-death eaters! T-they got into the Ministry somehow! Theres to many of them, We shut down the elevators before they got to the 1st floor but theres not enough aurors to stop them from getting to the minister by the stairs!" She had tears pouring from her eyes.
Harry was shocked to say the least...the ministry was the last piece of order that fought against voldemort, if it fell things would get a lot worse. Without a word he ran out of the room and then the apparation test center. He noticed the floor practically empty, all wizards and witches that had the power to fight the death eaters had probably already gone downstairs. He quickly ran down the long flights of stairs and when he reached the 2nd floor he was shocked. The first corridor he was in had doors blown open and dead wizards and witches littering the floors, witha lot lessdead Death eaters. He ran full speed down the corridor until he reached the auror offices. There were a few dead aurors and 3 dead death eaters but most of the aurors must have headed down to protect the minister. He was amazed that they weren't trying to Stun the Death eaters.
Heading farther through the floor he saw two Aurors behind a turned over desk trying to fight 3 death eaters. One was hit with the Avada Kedavra before harry stunned two of the death eaters. "What the-" Turning to fight Harry he was hit with a Full-body bind from the auror who jumped up from the table. "Harry potter? What are you doing here!" He quickly tied up the invaders before sighing "You shouldn't be here, it's dangerous."
Harry shook his head "What happened! How did they get in?" The auror sighed fidgeting in his place "we...we don't know. Now please go home, i have to get downstairs, some guy in white robes and a few aurors are taking care of the Death eaters still on this floor" Harry's eyes widened...Talon was fighting here? When the auror tried to run off he grabbed his arm "Wait, I'll go with you" Before he could complain Harry was already running towards the stairs the auror quickly following.
They got to the stairs without much trouble, Harry had been hit with a stun charm, but the auror revived him after the death eater was subdued. The trouble started when they reached the first floor. The entire place had erupted in battle, death eaters and aurors firing curses and hexes like crazy. He and his new friend were able to sneak there way to the auror side of the battle before running into the Head of Aurors.
A woman in her late thirties instantly spotted the auror with Harry "Greg! Where have you been! And who's...Harry potter?" Greg and Harry had quickly joined the woman behind a large metal table "Yes mam...whats going on here?" The woman groaned firing a hex over the table "My names Rieza, the death eaters were able to push us to one side before pinning us down. A team led by there leader headed for the Ministers office. We cant get to him"
Harry sighed slightly firing a full body bind curse over the table hitting a death eater in the chest. "I'll go, think you can give me some cover?" The woman nodded eagerly "Greg go with him, take Terri with you" She grabbed a woman next to her pushing her towards them. "Quickly!" She jumped up from the cover of the table "Alright!" She hit two of the Death eaters closer to the door heading to the Ministers office before ducking.
Harry and his two temporary teammates quickly went from cover to cover until they were as close as they were going to get to the door. Terri groaned shaking her head "You two go, I'll make a distraction" She jolted out from the cover running towards the Death eater side firing hexes madly in succession. She was hit with the killing curse soon after but she did exactly what she was meaning to do, Harry and Greg had made it through the door.
Greg sighed leaning against the now closed and locked door behind them "I can't believe she's dead..." He shook his head for a moment before sighing "We got to keep going"
Harry sighed before giving a nod "Yes...we got to complete are mission..." He wiped tears from his eyes as he gripped his staff "come on.." They ran down the long corridor until they reached the end door throwing it open which surprised the three death eaters fighting an auror. They were hit by Full body binds and Stupefys before bound with ropes. The auror panted heavily a gash on his wand arm "Thank god! There in there with the minister right now, we couldn't stop them." he looked around at the 6 dead aurors and 4 dead Death eaters before sighing.
The auror quickly shook off his pain before running towards the door, as soon as it opened he was hit with the crucio spell falling to the ground in pain before another death eater hit him with the Avada Kedavra. Harry made his way to the door and hit one of the death eaters with the stupefy spell. He was hit by the crucio spell as he hit the ground hard "AHHH!" it was thankfully cut short as Greg paralyzed the death eater before pulling Harry off to the side. "are you ok?" He kept his wand pointed towards the door in case they came looking for finishing him off.
Harry groaned slowly raising to his feet "Yeah...T-thanks..." gripping his staff he jumped in front of the door with renewed determination "Enigma" in an eruption of red and blue flames the 5 death eaters standing around where thrown into the wall, obviously dead. Harry sighed approaching the tied up Minister before regretting it. "Expelliarmus!" Harry's staff went flying into the wall before he was hit with the blunt force spell, he felt ribs crack as he hit the ground coughing up blood. "Well well the all mighty Harry Potter is once again helpless" Rodolphus Lestrange smirked looking fanatical as he darted out the door hitting Greg, who was apparently trying to save harry with the full body bind.
Walking back in he sneered with a smirk "What is the famous harry potter going to do now? crucio!" He laughed as harry screamed in agony, waiting almost a minute before letting him out of the curse. "Pathetic potter, absolutely pathetic" He noticed harry trying to do something so simply kicked him in the chest "Poor little potter,Sectumsempra!" Harry felt like swords were cutting into his skin as blood gushed from him suddenly. He felt dizzy, his whole body was in pain. He was kicked in the chest again.
Worthless potter, absolutely Worthless!" He laughed like a maniac before picking Harry up by the collar. "Dumbledore isn't Here to save you now Potter" He was hit in the back with a Stupefy spell before falling forward releasing Harry. "No, but i am" Talon stood with a glare binding the surprised Lestrange in ropes before freeing the minister. "We'll be leaving Minister, aurors are on there way." He picked up the pained Harry who had apparently passed out, and took him 'home.'