Harry Potter and The Guardian of Light
Chapter 7: The End of hogwarts trials
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A/N: Those few who reviewed, thank you. I appreciate your input, now to the story!
Last time On Guardian of Light:
Harry grinned slightly handing the last piece of the key to Cho "Here" She smiled nervously and attached the last piece. "Well that's it, let's get to are next challenge" There all nodded and approached the large golden door in the back of the room.
Throwing open the door they all scattered through it, followed by Harry's new pet dragon, now shrunk to the size of a human in werewolf form. Harry sighed slightly looking around the plain room. It was a large square shape and was empty except for the door at the other end. But the strange thing was the one thing above the door, a black eye staring at them intently.
Hermione blinked looking around "What's with that eye? It's got to be something..." Ginny grumbled shaking her head "Bet it's something dangerous..."
Ron sighed as he listened to them break out into discussion about what the eye was. "What the bloody hell are you going to find out from over here?" He walked slowly towards the other end of the room despite the protests of the others.
Running after himHarry caught up with Ron about a 4th of the way across, pulling him back on his arm just in time to avoid seeing Ron get his head speared to the wall by a sharp arrow.
With absolutely shocked eyes Ron stared at the part of the wall the arrow was currently jammed into "W-what the bloody hell shot that!"The rest of the group slowly walked to them Talon looking rather intrigued "Hm, interesting, looks like this room istrapped from here on. I guess that eye decided when they should be sprung, Very ancient Magic, you infuse it with magic so it can act on it's own"
Cho stared at the eye wonderfully "T-that's amazing magic!" Luna had a somewhat dreamy look but that was natural. Harry sighed slightly studying the room "Meviso, you know anything about this room?" The dragon let out a snort before speaking "I never left the Den Young Master, but i assume the eye won't be fooled by simple confusion spells"
Talon nodded his agreement before sighing "Best thing we can do is run and avoid the traps." Neville looked dumbfounded at this prospect "A-are you serious! We could all end up dead!" Talon smirked slightly "Well then we can just send one person...Neville what was that? You want to volunteer!" Before Neville could protest this Talon pushed him forward almost getting him speared to the wall.
Neville stood quite still after that little incident and turned to look back at them "A-are you nuts!" Since no one seemed to stand up for him Neville gulped down the lump in his throat and ran forward Screaming as arrows flew from the left wall, and spikes began falling from the ceiling. "T-this is insane!" He ran as fast as he could and by the time he got close to the eye it narrowed at him and fired out a stunner which promptly hit him in the chest causing him to lump over as an arrow pierced his thigh.
Luna gasped "T-that thing fires magic! Amazing!" Harry sighed slightly considering that they were more interested with that then the fact Neville was unconscious with an arrow in his thigh.
Talon smiled slightly "wow...a little higher up and a bit to the right and Neville would be a lot worse off..." everyone shivered at this prospect and promptly followed the trail Neville made through the traps. When they got close to the eye it fired off rapid spells causing everyone to duck behind some of the random spikes that had tried to impale Neville.
Ron groaned from behind his cover "T-this is bloody insane! You hear me potter! I mean seriously, couldn't you like tell us about these things ahead of time!" Harry glared at him "What do you mean! I didn't exactly know what was going to happen!" he looked at Meviso who just seemed to be deflecting the spells shot at him with his silver wings. "Wait a minute...yes!" Running from his cover he reached his new pet promptly enlarging him a bit more before jumping on his back.
"Thank god for the large room. Alright Meviso Fly towards that eye" With a snort the dragon took off the silver body easily knocking off the hexes while harry blocked the ones that tried to hit him off with his staff. When they got close enough he shoved the end of the staff into the eye "Reducto!" With a loud explosion the eye broke apart and shattered hitting the floor.
Landing Harry was promptly greeted with cheers while they watched Talon heal Neville, Patching up the small wound Talon sighed "Can you walk?" He stared at the ceiling for a moment before slowly standing with a wince "Yeah...i think so...I can't believe i had to be the decoy."
Rubbing the back of his head sheepishly Harry smiled "Well...i usually use Ron, but i figured id give him a break" Ron glared but finally sighed "Well everyone, let's keep moving" Upon reaching the door they discovered a key had fallen from the shattered eye so they simply unlocked the door and walked through. Pushing into the small room they saw three different exits, one to the left, one to the front and one to the right.
Sighing Ginny looked between the three dark entrances "Well hopefully this isn't like the maze in that tri-wizard tournament" Hearing a loud roar from somewhere inside Ginny jumped. Chuckling Talon shook his head.
Cho sighed slightly "Maybe it's like that old Greek legend, the minotaur? Well let's split into groups." Hermione and Ginny promptly paired with Harry and his Dragon, leaving Talon, Luna, and Neville in a group, and Ron with Cho. Harry's group took the front path, Talon's the right, and Ron and Cho took the Left path.
Ginny clung to Harry's arm nervously considering the Lumos charm wasn't working in here they only had a very dim light. "Harry...what do you think is in here?" He shrugged as they turned a few times following the labyrinth of stone walls.
Sighing Hermione held her wand tight "Cho's probably right with that Minotaur thing..." Reaching a small circular room they found three more passage ways. "Well do we split up?"
Harry sighed slightly "I don't know if thats such a-" He was interrupted from a loud roar, all watching in horror as a three headed beast charged at them from the front passage. All jumping out of the way they gasped. "W-what the hell is that!"
Shivering Hermione scrambled to her feet "A chimera! This one seems to have been made with the head of a dragon, lion, and Serpent Harry!" Meviso roared flying at the Chimera, sinking it's claws into the beast's back before he was hit back by it's long tail. Hitting the wall the dragon slowly got to it's feet before getting knocked over the head by a falling piece.
Harry groaned slightly attempting a Reducto spell which was dissolved by some sort of energy the serpent shot. "Great! There goes are dragon! Should have enlarged him first!" Jumping out of the way of a serge of Fire he was bit by the lions head as the beast lunged for him "Ahh! dammit get off me!" Beating it on the head with his staff it finally released him, quickly shoving the end into it's mouth he smirked " Saive Filam" The lion's head glowed from the insidewith a silver lightbefore blowing off, a pained Chimera backing up against the wall.
Hermione sighed slightly "Great! There goes one head!" It wasn't long before it was on the offensive again. Almost immediately getting smacked by it's mighty tail Harry hit the wall, his shoulder still bleeding. Shrieking Ginny fired the first spell she thought off, which ended up being a severing spell. Slicing the neck partially of the Dragon's head Hermione Fired a Confudus charm to confuse the dragon head long enough for Ginny to finish taking the head off with another severing charm.
Before Hermione could take out the serpents head which was still battling ferociously She was hit in the chest with one of the energy blasts, promptly sliding across the room in agony, thankfully theenergy was countered by the strong protection of there new White robes, protecting her from any serious injury. It quickly backed Ginny into a corner who was still trying to find a hex or spell to stop it "AH! Reducto! Diffindo!" Before she could get attacked by the serpent she was saved By Harry Who leaped onto the monsters back.
Smirking Harry drew his sword "Take this!" with a strong slash the serpents head was promptly separated from it's body, the following gush of blood proving there victory. After cleaning his robes Ginny smiled "Thank you Lord Potter" he simply chuckled as they slowly were able to get there group healed to a point and reawakened.
Harry sighed slightly shaking his head "let's keep going" They reluctantly nodded and continued on, reaching the end of the labyrinth quite easily, considering the other to paths had collapsed in the fight, only the left remained..
Talon's group
As soon as Talon's group headed into the maze they ran into small traps and other obstacles but were all easily overcomed. Talon sighed slightly "It shouldn't be this easy" He was proven right when an ax almost took off his head, thanks to a quick duck he was saved except for a couple of hairs.
Whipping around the group quickly backed up "W-what the hell is that thing!" Neville screamed out firing a Reducto curse which was deflected by the ax. Talon groaned blocking a swipe of a second smaller ax with his staff "Minotaur, Half bull half man" Getting hit in the back of the head by the blunt side of the ax he fell unconscious.
Luna had a serious face like she usually did in a battle "Neville get behind it!" He nodded hesitantly and ducked under a swing fast enough to get behind it with his head still attached. Firing a confusion Charm Luna caught it by surprise enough to hit it in the chest with two Reducto spells, blowing apart several chunks of flesh.
Dropping one of it's ax's the minotaur ran forward in pain ramming into the young witch who screamed feeling a bone in her arm break. She was saved from further pain by Neville who was able to use a severing charm to take off one of the Minotaur's legs, which promptly fell backwards in agony. Putting it out of it's misery Neville quickly reached Luna's side, his walk still limping. "A-are you ok?"
Smiling weakly she slowly pulled herself off the ground "Of course, just a little broken arm, we can take care of it when we get back" Reviving Talon he made a temporary brace for the arm as they marched to the end of the labyrinth.
Ron and Cho
Ron sighed as the two trudged down the endless paths splitting in one direction then another "It's like were going in circles" Cho sighed shaking her head
"I bet Harry wouldn't complain like this" She gave no response when he glared at her and just kept walking. Ron groaned slightly used to getting into fights after comments like that with Hermione. Soon enough they emerged in a rather strange room "What in the world?"
Ron looked over the large room strangely "It looks like a Bloody Birdcage...why would someone make a room to look like-" His question was answered when a loud squawk came from above them. Both looking directly up they saw a giant bird perched on a long rail of wood. "What in Merlin's name is that!"
Cho tightened her grip on her wand as the bird tilted it's head, staring directly down at them "It's a stymphalian Bird, there feathers are like arrows..." Ron looked like he was about to run but aimed his wand at the bird firing a Reducto spell.
Spreading it's giant wings it flapped them once causing several feathers to soar down at them. One connected with his spell causing it to explode while the others were dodged by the two teens. Taking to the air it soared in a circle around them occasionally firring a fresh batch of feathers.
Groaning Ron dashed towards one of the perch's closer to the ground, just barely dodging several feathers. Climbing onto the large perch he jumped, locking his arms around another perch. Noticing what he was trying to do Cho tried to keep the bird distracted while keeping herself from earning an arrow in her body.
When Ron reached about halfway up the spiral stairs of perch's the bird caught him in his gaze, climbing quicker he screamed watching three feathers pierce his arm and lock it to the perch. "Bloody hell! those are sharp!" Gritting his teeth he slowly pulled the feathers from his arm with a muffled screamand continued climbing. Earning one in his leg and back he finally got close enough. Jumping he grabbed onto the birds back "Yeah!...Woah!" He cringed as the Bird through itself into the ball almost breaking Ron's back.
Finally getting a chance at the bird Cho fired a quick concussion spell causing the bird to black out and hit the ground, followed by Ron who landed on it's back with a loud thump. Slowly getting to his feet Ron cringed pulling the arrow like feather from his leg, while Cho removed the one stuck in his back, which thankfully wasn't driven into his spine when he hit the wall"Well that was easy" Rolling her eyes Cho congratulated him for his stupid tactics and they continued to the end of the labyrinth.
Finally reunited with his friends Harry smiled "Well looks like we all made it..." everyone groaned considering the rather tight situations they all got themselves into "Well let's keep moving" Nodding the group pushed a giant steel door open spotting a Tiara floatingabove a pedestal shaped like a star. Gathering around it everyone sighed.
Shaking her head Ginny rested her tired head on Harry's shoulder "So...who wants to try and pick the thing up?" When no one responded Hermione attempted but cringed quickly letting go "It's burning hot!" Sighing as Talon cured her burns they tried various spells to allow it movement.
Studying the pedestal carefully Harry smiled "I think I've seen this somewhere before...in a book i read with you Talon..." His mentor looked confused for a moment before nodding "Right right, Ancient Wards and spells: A defensive measure i believe."
Pulling out his wand Harry grinned, he now kept it with him for situations like with Rodolphus. Placing the tip against the top point he made strange designs as he touched point to point with the tip, finally the groups confusion was gone when all 5 points of the star lit up and the pedestal sank into the ground. Falling the Tiara was caught by Talon which immediately began to glow. Realizing why he quickly looked up at the others.
"Grab on, quick!" They all obeyed one hand from all, or teeth in the fact of Harry's peteach gripping the small tiara before they all disappeared in a swirl. falling out of the sky they all hit the ground rather hard outside the hogsheads. Groaning Ron pulled himself out of the pile of people "I appreciate the fact we didn't have to walk out, but why did it have to be such a rough landing!"
He was met by chuckles as everyone helped others to there feet. Shaking his head Harry smiled "Forget about it Ron, were alive and we have the Tiara, which i can sense has his evil, malicious soul." Everyone nodded slowly before Neville let out a yawn. This was followed by more chuckles, before the group apparated to grimmauld place, along with all three of there New recruits, and a Silver dragon.
As soon as they arrived in the study they all rummaged through the potions cabnit that had been made considering there new quest, and quickly found potions to help there various injury's. Finally heading off to bed, Ginny spending the night in Harry's bed, there new dragon staying in one of the many spare rooms which was now set up to accommodate there style of pets.
A/N: AH another chapter down, i hope it's alright.
Next time: A new order: A day to relax