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King of Bandit

Chapter 8

Lost in the Depths of Death

Harry sighed after that Molly Weasley woman had reprimanded her kids, his sisters, and even him for fighting with the moron Death Eater's while being too young. Then he had to grimace in disgust and horror as the 'plump' woman squished the life out of her sons and the girls, though thankfully leaving him alone. He shivered just thinking about it. There was just something wrong with people who were too nice.

She had been given orders to lead Harry and his sisters to this Sirius Black guy's house, where they held meetings for this Order of the Phoenix group of Dumbledore's. He was 'secretly' happy to note that she was forcing Ginny to come with them. So, he was pleased to walk with her as she really was that fine and then some.

Rose and June followed them as they moved outside. The Weasley twins had to stay to sort out fixing their shop along with getting rid of all the bodies, and to make sure stock did not go missing. The alley was swarming with people, aurors and ministry personnel trying to get the place up and running again as soon as possible as time was money.

The street was a mess with people down and out it was-covered in blood, and bodies littered the cobbled stones. There were mediwitches, mediwizards, and healers seeing to injuries, and others being-levitated on stretchers, some with blankets over faces, and some receiving treatment while on route to hospital.

It was a conundrum of chaos and mayhem. They could hear people crying, in pain, begging for help even while medical personnel were giving it. The second attack had been so unexpected that it cost a lot more.

There were people who were obviously delirious with spell-addled minds, and others laughing in a delirium. It was terrible seeing so many people hurt, even children, some having lost family were-being carted off.

Harry shook his head as he followed Mrs. Weasley towards the leaky cauldron. He tried not to sigh too much, but if he could help teach the Hogwarts students how to protect themselves from things like this then he should. It was partially why he accepted the crazy old guys offer. That and it would be easier to protect his sisters with the power of a teacher, rather than what might have made more sense of enrolling as a student.

In addition, given the roll of teacher at a school of proper sorcery he would have all-access to any of the books the school had to offer, which was a bonus as his sorcery was pathetic. He might actually have to go out and buy a wand of his own sometime soon.

Then he had other possibilities. He knew the Potters were an old wealthy family, so with Rose's help there. Maybe he could rob the library blind, if the idiot James Potter had not gotten rid of the books for whatever stupid reason, likely because 'books are your nerds'. Then there was this Sirius Black guy, maybe he would have some pretty neat books considering his family was old and rich too.

It took him a moment to erase those thoughts for a while before he turned his attention to Ginny, walking beside him. He had always had a liking for red heads, but then he did like other hair colours too, or just pretty girls in general. She sure was cute the way her pale skin darkens with red when she was embarrassed.

She kind-of reminded him of Ellie. He had met her a while back while they were both about twelve. Well thinking. He was twelve and she was about ten. He had gone for a walk, near the beginning of his trip while in some backwater town in South America. Though, Ellie's hair was reddish brown, and her skin tan from all the sun, they both had vivid chocolate brown eyes and cute freckles.

Ellie had run away from the orphanage after some older boys had tried molesting her. Her mother and father had not long since died in a car accident. They had been wealthy, and from Tennessee. He liked her southern accent, it was cute. However, she had gotten into some trouble with some travelling biker gang who might have been ditching the law south of the border.

They were rednecks, and not the cool and somewhat amusing kind you would see on show like Dukes of Hazards or the likes. These were-those-kinds that crept you out for no real reason with just a look; the type of men you just knew meant you harm; the racist-wife beating, child hurting kind who didn't believe in the law and thought it was beneath them.

He shuddered just remembering them and the fight he got into. Thinking of it, other than sparing, and tufts with friend's that was his first ever fight, and the first damsel he ever rescued. That orphanage would be shut down for kidnapping her in the first place. The boys it would turn out were to 'initiate' her, having been well groomed and trained themselves.

Ellie went back to live with her uncle and cousins in California on their ranch, or whatever you would call it. It must be nice living out in the country with horses and such. He liked horses; they were pretty reliable when you needed to flee some douche on a motorcycle.

Anyway, shaking those memories away for now he looked over Ginny while she was blushing but taking sneaky looks at him. He smiled and gave her a wink, which brightened her smile and blush.

He looked back at Rose and June as they held hands and followed close by, smiling at him when two filthy looking men charged out of a side alley, grabbing both girls with sneering smiles.

"For the glory of the Dark Lord!" they both roared out disappearing in a ripple of white light.

Harry's eyes widened as he left Ginny's side while Molly Weasley had turned, crying out in despair, but he was too late to try pulling them back as he reached out for the wormhole it was gone completely. He turned as Ginny screamed out in surprise as a third man came charging out behind him, grabbing Ginny with this filthy look in his eyes full of glee.

They both disappeared bringing back memories of Ellie and her attempted abduction, and her abduction by that orphanage just four years ago…

Even as he performed some magic while Molly Weasley screamed in panic, aurors, and remaining Order members came charging over in worry, he was in his memory.

"I beseech your wisdom, Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt!" he invoked with a blinding flash of light swirling around him as he opened his arms wide, white feathers exploded out around him in a white feathery whirlpool.

"Hone in on my youngest blood!" he continued as everything stopped to watch. "Please, show this humble man your mercy to find your sisters, my sisters, and bring them home to safety!" he cried out and all sound stopped for a moment as the light exploded into a thin inch round column of light reaching into the sky with Harry gone before it splashed away like the light was water.

"Filthy little brat!"

"We'll teach you not to mess with your betters!" the yokel bumpkins were jeering out at the twelve-year-old boy with the piercing green eyes.

The boy had a mock-confused look as he looked around at all of the leather-clad men, in total thirteen. Some had beards while others didn't, and behind them stood thirteen motorcycles. They were carrying chains and knives, and Harry was certain one or two had handguns, possible more, knowing these gun toting types loved to pack heat, and loved to kill even more, whether a bear or deer, or even a human.

He then looked himself over, wearing a white shirt with the top few buttons left undone it was neatly tucked into his black slacks with shiny black shoes, and a black suit jacket left open to complete the look. He had been at a gathering of sorts that he stumbled into and a strange woman insisted that he dressed the part. However, he got bored so wondered off outside into the dark of night to get some fresh air.

He looked behind him where a ten year old girl sat, kneeling with her dirty yellow dress torn enough so that he could see some flesh, her panties missing as she tried to hide her embarrassment as they had been torn off and the pieces of material lay on the floor. She was lucky he came when he did as he had to see some disgusting man put it away, unsure of the situation now Harry was on scene.

The girl was small with naturally tan skin and soft brown eyes and freckles along her nose and cheeks with long reddish brown hair to her shoulder blades. She had tears in her eyes as she whimpered and tried to hold off from crying.

Harry's green eyes looked up at the men with a rage he had never felt before. "Betters!" he repeated with a sneer to his voice. "All I see is thirteen men who are about to get the crap beat out of them," he commented with the utmost confidence and assurance.

However, the men burst out laughing at the same time, heads held high in mock. Then one man strangled out a cry, whimpering and the laughing stopped for wide-eyed horror as Harry had moved. He had punched one man in the stomach so hard he spit up blood, bent over as the twelve-year-old boy lifted the large and heavy man above his head, on his clenched fist before tossing him bloodied into a wall.

"Oh, my apologies," Harry said whimsically brushing his hands in mock. "I seem to have miscounted. It shall be twelve men I'll be beating up today, one for each year of my birth!" he said with a wicked grin.

It started with that moment as their anger took over any reasoning they might have had left. The first was a man with a knife, but Harry dodged back, his right hand coming up he grabbed his wrist and using the man's own momentum slammed him head first into a solid wall, cracking the bricks and he went down in a bloodied heap.

The rest of the men paused, hesitant, but Harry had no such hesitation. He shot forward and up, leaving the ground. His right foot smashed into one beefy man's face, shattering his jaw and spilling his teeth as he went flying back, crashing into the bikes, toppling several over and he wasn't getting up.

However, while still in the air, Harry back-round-house-kicked another in the throat where he started chocking, dropping to his knees, clawing at his throat in panic while Harry grabbed onto two of the men's faces as they stood together and with the momentum slammed them painfully into the ground, cracking skulls.

He stood up, his emerald eyes glowing as he looked to the last seven men as they backed up, showing signs of fear.

"W-what in hell are you, you monster!" one of the men demanded looking at Harry with hate and fear.

"No… you're the monster," he replied, smirking. "And I'm the monster hunter!" he said as he dodged as one of them pulled out a revolver, firing, the bullet just hit the floor in a bang. "I see, so it's time to bring out the big 'guns'?" he asked as they watched with wide eyes as a yellow ball of energy pulsed in his right hand, and boom, the gunman got it to the face, hitting down he slid down the far wall with a smouldering face, blast back by the attack.

"Y-you're some k-kind of witch!" one of the men screamed out in terror and hate. "Y-you're a heaven of the devil!" he roared out stepping back.

Harry just looked baffled and offended. "I'm not a witch, I'm a boy, and witches are GIRLS, are you slow or something. I kind-of prefer the term mage anyway, it's more unisex. And I don't get where a piece of scum like you gets off calling me a heaven of the devil when you're child attacking murderous bikers, like seriously double standards duckweed!"

He was smirking as they started trying prayer. "Seriously, dicks like you go to church?" he asked mockingly. "Well here's a proper prayer for you. It's odd, I never thought I would ever use it as it has such restrictions, but you meet them all," he said sounding quite awed by that himself.

"Ensnare and bind this contract, Warden held in reverence!" Harry begun with a soft murky green light caressing around him in a swirl with the light twisting into the ground the floor began to shake. "I ask of your favour, bring forth your binds," he said softly hands palms up; they were lit with light and warmth. "And hold these villains of darkness bound, their judgement shall be yours, Warden of the Dark Realm!"

Harry finished with a sweeping bow as he stepped back, panting for breath because of the exertion, which went unseen as he used his power to invoke the magic. Then the green light faded the men looked relieved as nothing happened and started mocking him, sneering.

"So that's the power of your god!"

"Pathetic!"

"The Warden is not a goddess," he answered softly. He smiled as they paused when the ground exploded up and opened. Black tentacle vines bursting forth, ensnaring the men, unconscious or otherwise, along with their bikes and pulling them through the fissures before it sealed up moments later, it just happened so quick all they heard were the men's screams.

"Idiots," he muttered as the last screams died down.

"You will pay your contract child!" whispered a soft, feminine voice from the shadows. "Those foolish human men will not be sufficient for my-summon. I shall return someday to claim my payment. Head my warning young summoner, and do not dare ask of us without true need, or you'll get hurt," she finished before she faded away and he made a promise to heed her warning.

He sighed since she was gone. "It's all just magic, all of it, we don't need to give reason or label anything," he commented out of nowhere, reciting what his grandfather had told him many times before. Shaking his head he turned to the girl; she whimpered.

He smiled as he crouched down, offering her his hands. "It's going to be okay now… I'll protect you. My name is Harry, what's yours?" he asked gently.

"I-I'm Ellie," she whimpered out timidly before he had to brace himself as she flew into his arms sobbing. "M-my mummy and d-daddy are gone and t-they won't send m-me home to Uncle B-Billy and m-my cousins in C-California!" she cried as he held her tightly.

He couldn't help but feel bad for her, but in the end he managed to smuggle her out of Mexico and back into the States where formal charges were made against the Mexican Child Services once she was reunited with her family or something like that.

"Let go of us you bastards," screamed Rose in panic; struggling against her captor, their wands taken and thrown down a huge chasm into nothing but darkness. It made her gulp as she was pushed and shoved with her little sister clinging onto her in horror and Ginny beside them trying to act tough. She had been satisfied that two of the original Death Eater's ran afoul of Kir as the guy bit them before he had to flee, turning invisible she was certain he was following them.

Rose, Ginny and June had been brought to a massive grubby dark cavern lit with huge torches with flames, not that they took away any of the creepy secret lair vibe with many more Death Eater's. She had not even known or thought that there were that many Death Eater's, especially since Harry had been killing them all off, and she doubted this was the tip of the racists reach.

The cavern led up towards some kind of pedestal where she just knew, 'he' sat on that throne wrapped in his black cloak with a hood up hiding his face like the melodramatic prick he was. She could feel his cold eyes moving with them, and the scar on her forehead stung.

However, she gritted her teeth in anger more than anything. She knew her anger would keep her focused, grounded, and stable. She ignored the jeering and cheering Death Eater's as she looked from 'him' to the 'spectators'. They ranged from young to old, from human to goblin, and then some other creatures she would have never expected.

She had just discovered her big brother and now they were going to die. What would Harry do? Would he avenge them, and go on a murderous rampage. A part of her really did hope he did, but she couldn't tell, not knowing him like she should.

They were stopped before the Dark Lord Voldemort as he stood from his throne; carefully he pulled his hood down with long bony fingers to reveal his deformed snake like features and crimson eyes with slimy baldhead. She felt June quivering more as she looked upon him for the first time, but Ginny just stared him down with her.

"Hello Tom!" Rose said, holding back the hitch in her throat as the jeers and noise went down. However, at her words the jeering went back up as she looked around in disgust, their capturers having left them, but they were surrounded so it looked like they would never get out of this mess.

The jeering cut out abruptly as the Dark 'Lord' rose a hand for silence. "Well, finally Miss. Potter," he spoke in a cool and calculating way, as if weighing everything he could say and choosing his words carefully. "I must say, I hadn't expected to see you… your sister, or friend so soon, but luck befell these three it seemed, until two were bitten."

"Harry will come for you all!" Rose spat out and the uneasy shifting told her they were all aware of him by this point.

Voldemort's lips curled up in a sneering smile. "Ah yes, the fabulous Mr. Harry King, quite the ruthless and powerful killer. If he wasn't such a thorn to my people I would be quite pleased to meet him!"

"Wow, such an honour coming from a dick like you!"

They were all startled as Harry knocked a few, Death Eater's out of his way as he stepped out from amongst them almost looking bored, but the danger in his eyes warned of a man who will not play around this time. It did not take Voldemort's control for them to not attack right then, they knew it could mean instant death.

"How did you get through my wards?" Voldemort demanded, enraged, and annoyed as his eyes flickered to see quite a few of his Death Eater's showed signs of fear and trepidation.

"Magic," he replied whimsically as he stood by the girls. "Do you know how annoyed I was when your filthy inbred mongrels took my sisters and new friend? Almost as angry as Artemis when a man used her tracking magic, kind of had to make a deal with her about something, but well, where was I, right, you filthy mongrels took my girls!" he said coldly to hisses of anger but Voldemort's look quelled them.

"You dare insult our pureblood-!"

Harry interrupted with a laugh. "Not so pure when daddy was a muggle!" he retorted further enraging the Death Eater's as they didn't believe it, but many other creatures did and really didn't care as they were not wizards and likely had their own agenda anyway.

Rose looked at Harry in awe while holding her sister tight and taking Ginny's hand so they were not separated if they were going to be running anytime soon. She did not know how he knew of Voldemort's muggle father, but what truly amazed her was how he was insulting the Death Eater's like it was a joke, fearless in their own cave. Though, if she got out free she would have to ask what he meant by his comment about a deal with, some girl called Artemis.

"Do you think us a joke, boy!?" the Dark Lord demanded, moving closer and drawing his wand, his minions moved further away. He completely ignored the muggle father comment, but most of his minions were too stupid to notice he didn't deny it.

"Of course not," he replied, smiling as blue light materialised a silver handgun in his right hand shocking many. "But I did restock on bullets," he said and in three bangs one after the other, three Death Eaters that 'snatched' the girls fell to the floor with bloodied holes in their heads. "So I'll tell you once and I won't tell you again, stay the fuck away from my sisters and their friends!"

The chamber was eerily quiet as Harry raised the gun to Voldemort while the Dark Lord readied his wand. He was not ignorant enough to not consider the muggle weapon dangerous, especially after the demonstration. Plus he had lived in the muggle world as a child.

Then it happened. Harry fired and fired and fired at Voldemort. The Dark Lord reflected two bullets before the third shattered into his shoulder. He was staggering back under the impact.

"Get him!" Voldemort screamed as he fell to his knees holding his wound. "Get them all, kill them, do whatever you want, just kill him!"

Harry smirked as he turned from Voldemort to the Death Eater's switching for a new and full magazine in his gun before they could fully react he had shot down three more men and panic started up. It was in human nature to fear death, so the weak nearby, screamed as the cowards they were, which caused a chain reaction as they started fleeing as Harry just emptied his gun into the crowd while they trampled each other to death in a semi-stampede in their desperation to get away.

"You can always count on a cowards fear!" Harry said to the girls in amusement as he grabbed them and started dragging them through the crowd, guiding them and slamming the crap out of any wise guy while Voldemort was yelling over the noise, screaming for order, screaming for Harry's death.

Harry led the girls down a narrow passageway off the side of the cavern, not sure where it led, but it had to be a nicer place than with the Death Eater's. They had to squeeze through tight rocks while sprinkles of water leaked from above, soaking them through, and by the time Harry pushed Rose and June through into a small chamber, and pulled Ginny out they were tired, sweaty and wet.

He laughed a little while the girls panted for breath. "Sorry, but I bet you and Ginny are glad you're not too big in the chest or we would have been stuck," he teased the two older girls for his own amusement and to lighten the mood.

"I-I can't believe how you got us out!" Rose said, blushing and choosing to ignore his comment as it was kind-of true. "They pretty much let us get away; I can barely believe it was as simple as randomly shooting into the crowd."

Harry shrugged sheepishly. "It's only a natural response to danger. I just played on their own fear of death and the large numbers that would try getting out of my line of fire."

"So, how are we going to get out of here?" Ginny asked looking up at the huge rocky walls going up, then to the small squeeze they came through before frowning as she noticed the light, startling as four white balls of light just drifted around them. "Where did the glowing balls of light come from?" she asked, curious and concerned.

"Magic," Harry replied, rolling his eyes. "How many more people are going to ask me such ridiculous questions when it's always magic?"

"Umm… how about, how are we going to get out of here? Or how did you get in here?" Rose asked looking at him with raised eyebrows as if waiting for a witty comment.

He just smiled, amused while June moved from her and climbing into her brother's arms, allowing him to carry her. "Climb is your first answer, and yes, magic is the answer to the second."

She groaned, rolling her eyes as they looked up the jagged walls. "You expect us to climb up there with no rope or magic?" she asked as if she expected him to say he was joking, which wasn't going to happen as he shook his head and helped June onto his back.

"Okay, June, hold on tight," he said, and without even waiting for Ginny and Rose to realise he was one hundred percent serious he grabbed hold of the wall and started climbing as if he were going up some stairs.

Ginny and Rose looked up in worry as they watched him climb, and in some cases jump from one hold to another, making it look easy until he was several feet high and reached a more open area where there was a ledge formation to climb further up.

"Come on you two, hurry up!" Harry called down as he wore his terrified little sister like a backpack as she held onto him tightly around the neck with her arms, and legs around his waist, looking down, wide eyed at how impossible it would seem to climb alone, but he carried her on his back.

Rose and Ginny looked at each other again, grimacing as they looked at the rocks, gulping. "I-I can't climb that," Rose said, worried.

"What about me, I'm wearing a robe, it could get tangled and I'll fall to my doom, my doom Rose!" Ginny added, sounding even more concerned.

"Take it off!" Harry called down as he was listening in.

Ginny looked both uncomfortable and embarrassed as she looked to Rose, and Rose understood so answered for her. "She isn't wearing normal people clothes underneath it," Rose called up trying not to show that it amused her.

Harry sighed, rubbing his eyes. "Just take the bloody thing off and I'll give you something to wear when we reach the top!"

"Go on Ginny," Rose said giggling at her embarrassed friend. "You're wearing those undies I got you so Harry will certainly like the show. And as I said earlier, I've seen you naked; you have nothing to be embarrassed about."

"Hurry up, school starts in two days!" Harry shouted down, startling them, and he could still make out Ginny's bright red face from his platform.

"Just do it Ginny!" Rose said as her friend just stood still as she took her robe off for her, revealing her tight, pale blue panties and bra, her fabulous body and smooth creamy legs, and small chest hidden away.

"I like this rescue mission," Harry muttered to himself as he tried to keep his thoughts clean-ish around his sisters, but what a fresh sight, he suppressed his smirk.

to be continued…