A/N Thank you all for the reviews. Like always I appreciate them a lot even the critical ones.
Harry Potter is not mine, this is a story from a fan.
Now there will be some France from now on. It is provided by me by my dear friend Naomi-chan203. It will be indicated with *1*, *2* and so on.
The translations will be at the bottom of the chapter with the same numbers.
Naomi-chan thank you so much.
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Amelia almost stumbled to the spot of the body. She lowered herself to her knees and almost gave a sigh of relief when she saw that Harry was still breathing even if it was hard for him to do. At first, she didn't know what had happened so she looked up at Tonks who stood by a tree with some guy. The next thing she did was to look back at Harry. "Harry, how are you feeling," Amelia asked him softly.
The silent was only interrupted by the heavy breathing of Harry. "I'm good Amelia," Harry said as he took some deep breaths. "I'm not as breathless as I use to be, but I did use a little too much of my magic. So please don´t say anything to aunt Poppy, but did you get any of them he asked with a forced smile. "I do know that Lucius was one of the death eaters that were wearing those masks, but I don't think you can do anything about it unless you caught him red handed".
Amelia smiled as she got back to her feet. "I'm sorry Harry but everyone has gotten away. But if I look at what you have done to the forest. Then I'm sure that Lucius and his buddies would think twice before they do this again. And yes, I can't do anything about Lucius. Fudge and his toad will block me at every corner, the one thing I do know is that he will not face you without Fudge or Albus at his side" With those words she walked away and over to Tonks and the guy next to her. When she got to Tonks she recognized the guy as the minister of France "Monsieur Delacour, I'm glad that you are well, but what are you still doing here".
As minister of France he was able to speak English a lot better then his wife or Daughters would. Jean Delacour which was his name turned to Amelia, "Amelia, how can a boy from what is he twelve, thirteen, throw a cutting curse that strong. He decapitates one tree with a perfect cut and damages almost seventy other trees" Jean said as he looked back at the tree. "I have never seen anyone throw that kind of power into a cutting curse, and certainly never that young".
With every word the minister spoke, Both Tonks and Amelia could hear that he was very impressed with Harry. "Jean" Amelia spoke up. "I know that it looks like a lot, but for Harry, it's really nothing. The shame in it is that he can only do it when he is really mad, That is something that only happens when someone is hurting his Bella or his Daphne. It is the way he does things if it didn't happen then he wouldn't be able to do it because he himself is still very afraid of the power he has. The question I have, however, is who did he protect that was so important to him. Because I can still see Bella and Daphne sitting next to him, and they look fine to me".
The minister who had only been listing to half of what Amelia was telling him turned back from the cut-down tree he had still been looking at. He gazed back at Harry who was slowly getting back to his feet as Jean was still rubbing the stomp of the tree. "I do not know if I saw it right, but the old woman that was fighting with them and the one that was also protecting me and my family was hit by a curse that had been meant for my wife. She took the curse as she jumped in front of it and was flung against a tree. She had been fighting with that boy and the girl with black hair".
"Oh NO," Tonks said, as she slammed her hand in front of her mouth. "Not Minerva". She just like Amelia knew that it could not have been anyone else then Minerva. They could only hope that it wasn't true, but if she had been hit and Harry had seen it all, it would certainly explain why he destroyed a big part of the forest.
Another question that kept running through the mind of Amelia was how Harry, Bella, and Daphne had been able to get here. There had been an anti apparating and disapparating ward put around the entire campsite. And Amelia knew he hadn't used a Port key. So whatever happened, one thing was sure. David, Augusta, and Minerva were on the losing side. She must have told it to Harry or he would never come here. Amelia gave another sigh as she shook her head and started to walk back to Harry. Without a word, she placed his arm around her shoulder so Bella could rest in the arms of Daphne.
Bella nodded thankfully because she too had taken quite a beating.
It wasn't long after that, that Tonks relieved her boss and took the other arm of Harry and placed it around her shoulder.
Harry looked up and wanted to smile but the painful expression told them enough. "I want to go home, I want to see Poppy and grandmother". He told in a soft voice.
Amelia nodded "That is okay Harry, but, I first have to see if everyone else is okay. Also, I have to arrange some healers for the injured people that are among them. And then I have to arrange for them to get out of here. I have to do all of that before I can take you to the edge of the campsite to take you home" she told him with a sad look.
Amelia wanted to walk on but was stopped by Daphne. "Miss Bones, I'm sorry to bother you, but I have to tell you something".
Amelia looked at her and gave her a reassuring smile. "Daphne, I see that you have recognized the minister of France, but he is an old friend of mine. So you can leave the formalities for now. This is Jean Delacour".
She then turned to Jean and said. "Jean these are Daphne Greengrass, Bella Figg, Nymphadora, don't call me Nymphadora Potter Tonks, and Harry Potter".
Amelia hadn't finished her sentence or the look from Jean went to the scar on the forehead of Harry. Harry rolled with his eyes and looked to the ground with some sadness.
Jean thought it was because he was hurting, but the others knew that he just hated it. Daphne who also saw that he was irritated went on before anyone could say anything. "Well, as you know, we too knew about the specialties that Lucius and his buddies were planning on doing something this night. Now the moment that we heard Harry telling us that his grandmother told him it was happening, we went on to execute our own plans. We" and Daphne indicated Harry and Bella. "and our other friends knew that Bumble would never do anything in preparation except for saving himself".
Amelia didn't react, but she knew that the friends had seen the situation exactly for what it was.
"Now because of Bumble".
And Jean looked at Amelia while Tonks was trying to hide her snort.
Amelia took pity on Jean and explained that Bumble was the short version of the nickname for Fudge and that the real one was, "That bumbling fool". But most of all that he didn't have any honor left among the friends.
Jean smiled at them and went on to tell them he didn't have any respect for him, and that most of the other country's saw him as the laughing stock from Britain, just before he indicated Daphne to go on.
Daphne gave him a thankful nod and went on. "So because we knew that Bumble wouldn't do anything we made our own plans which are," Daphne said as she held up her hand and started to count on her fingers.
Daphne then told Amelia what they had done just before she pulled out a bag and enlarged it. With her hand, she pulled out a shoelace and held it out to Amelia. This is a Port key to Potter castle. It will take six people at ones. With these shoelaces, we were sending the wounded to Potter castle to be cared for. After that we would be sending everyone we would see, why and how you will see when you are there. But be assured that we took care of everything".
Amelia looked with pride to Daphne and knew that the kids had done the things they should have done all along. "Okay, Daphne stop! I will see it all when I get there. What do we do now" she asked. while Jean gave her a surprised look.
Daphne smiled and held out the bag in her hand. "In this bag, I have about one hundred and fifty shoelaces. They are good enough to port key nine hundred other people to Potter castle. If they aren't enough, Tonks could make other Port key's that could take groups to the gate of the Peverell estate. But I would use the shoelaces for the wounded people first" Daphne told her.
Amelia nodded and thought about Potter castle. At first, she wanted to ask about it but knew that the friends had thought about that too. "Give me ten minutes," she said as she turned around and stepped over to the Aurors who were now standing behind her where she started to bark orders. When she came back she stepped over to Tonks. "You are going to Potter castle and you will take Jean with you. I will make sure to hand out the Port key's to the wounded first and then I will send People to the gate. I will make sure that Kingsley is the first one so he can take over. When he is there, you are to keep order and control".
Tonks nodded as she took one of the shoelaces and handed the bag to Amelia.
It was now that Amelia turned back to Harry. I will stay here until I'm sure I can leave and then I will come to. Can you make sure that Jean gets to his family and that they are kept safe, from the other guests"?
Harry nodded and took a good hold on Tonks as he placed his other hand on the shoelace. Daphne stepped over and took a good hold of Bella as she then placed her own hand on the shoelace.
It was then that Jean stepped over and also took hold of the shoelace as Daphne said "Activate".
*#*
Let's go back to Potter castle. Harry Bella and Daphne had just disappeared.
Susan, Neville, and Hermione were left behind. It was then that Susan called for Mini, Maxi, Dobby, and Snot as all three of them started to give orders to the house elves.
Isabella was looking around with unbelief in her eyes. The room they were normally passing their spare time in, was changed into a temporary infirmary in a matter of seconds. She gazed at the Painting and saw how Lily and James left the frame to reappear five minutes later.
Snot appeared with Poppy and disappeared not more than a second later. Dobby appeared with Andromeda and Sirius to right away pop out again.
Dan and Emma appeared at the hands of Snot and looked out of the window. They gave a sharp nod to Susan and made their way outside while they were followed by Ginny and Astoria.
Isabella blinked as she shook her head and went over to the window. As she looked out to the front door she could see Emma walking out. Her gaze went down the path where she saw the biggest tent she had ever seen. It was also then that she saw about sixty house elves walking in and out the tent with chairs and tables. At first, she was wondering where they got those tables and chairs, but then she saw Zanita standing to the site where she was transfiguring all the stones from the garden into tables and chairs.
As she was about to open her mouth to ask what they were planning, the floo erupted and out stepped a couple of healers and nurses from St. Mungo.
While Isabella was standing there with her mouth still open she was slowly pulled away by Susan and into the hallway. As she snapped out of it she gave another look into the room and turned her eyes to the friends that were now standing in front of her and the others.
At ones all the adults started to ask what was happening and why they were doing what they were doing. It was Susan who quiets them all down with a peer-sing whistle as she pointed with her other hand to Hermione.
Hermione took a deep breath and knew that she had to be fast because they were already running behind their plans. "When Narcissa told us that Lucius was planning on doing something, we" and she indicated to her friends. "knew that the Bumbling fool would do nothing in preparation. This idea became reality when Tonks told us that She would be walking up and down Diagonally for the rest of the night. Which is miles away from the campsite and the Quidditch final.
Now by knowing that there wouldn't be any Aurors to help, Lucius would have free range on everything he wanted to do. Meaning there would be a lot of chaos and a lot of wounded people. How severe we don't know but because of that, we made these preparations. We asked aunt Poppy if she would be willing to help us treat the wounded if there are any, and if she would have some healer friends from who could help her" and Hermione pointed at Poppy who was standing in the doorway. "We then asked Zanita if she and the house elves of Hogwarts could help us by making a tent big enough to give shelter to every guest that is and was at the final" and she pointed at the front door where Zanita was standing with her thumbs up saying that it was done.
"We already knew that Poppy was back in the infirmary at Hogwarts to make it ready, so it was the best solution to ask her. Now the reason we did this was because, Harry, Bella, and Daphne asked us to do it for the moment when the disapparated. He and we talked about it and he would only do it if Minerva, David, and Augusta were getting hurt. By him feeling the pain his grandmother feels, just like she can feel his. It was a clear sign that they were in trouble the moment she got hurt.
So with all that said, this is what we have to do. This morning we made a lot of Port keys that will bring six people at a time. The wounded we will bring to Poppy where she will heal them and take care of them. That room is now the Infirmary and her word is Law".
And Poppy smiled as she started to rub her hands together.
"So don't go in there if you don't have to," Hermione said as she gave a fearful look at Poppy that made everyone snort and Poppy pout.
"We will guide them to the Infirmary, but if they are okay then we will bring them outside to the tent where my parents. Astoria and Ginny will write down their names while they will be taken care for by the house elves from Hogwarts".
Just as Hermione was done talking a group of six people appeared next to her. Two of them were covered in blood and were rushed to the Infirmary as the others were guided down the hallway and straight to the tent that was standing outside. Before they even got to the door there was another pop and six other people appeared.
For over thirty minutes people appeared group after group. One group had just been guided to the tent as another group was coming out of Potter castle. When Susan came back she saw one of the persons she hoped she would see. But she also saw the one she didn't want to see.
There in the middle of the hallway stood Narcissa Malfoy together with her son Draco. Next to them were Nott and his mother but also Pansy and her mother.
Susan took a deep breath as she guided the six of them outside and to the tent.
As Susan was leading the six of them to the tend. Narcissa saw an opportunity to tell Neville that Harry was fighting next to his grandmother with Bella at his side, and also that they were holding their own.
As time went on the groups were coming slower and further between. Then suddenly Augusta stood in the middle of five other people. She was kept on her feet by two of them as she gazed around her
"NEVILLE" Hermione screamed when she saw Augusta standing there. She rushed to her and pulled an arm around her shoulder. when she took a step with Augusta she saw Neville already standing next to her. Together they brought her to Poppy where they found out it was only scrapes and bruises. Nothing major but because she was older it took a lot out of her. But Poppy told them she would be fine.
It was two groups later that David was brought in with four others. He wasn't as lucky as Augusta. It wasn't life-threatening but it would take a while for him to get back to his old self. He had a lot of cuts some were even deep but Poppy took care of them and he would be as good as new, she joked when she saw Astoria rushing into the infirmary.
Slowly it started to look like the biggest part of the People that were coming by port key was starting to come to an end. Neville had gone back to help the others when a group of four people appeared in the middle of the hallway.
Both Susan and Neville were openly gaping at three of the lady's. They were drooling and had a look like they were mesmerized by something. The fourth woman they had hanging between them was looking terrible. As Hermione and Isabella were rushing to the fourth women and stumbled the last few steps. They were shocked when her head rose but the look in her eyes told them she wasn't there.
"MINERVA" Isabella screamed as she took the arm of Minerva and threw it over her shoulder. As Hermione took the other side Isabella gazed over the body of Minerva. She was covered in blood and looked like she had been in a war all by herself.
"POPPY GET OVER HERE NOW, ITS MINERVA AND IT'S BAD" Hermione screamed as she started to pull Minerva and Isabelle along with her.
Her scream was so loud that even Emma, Andromeda and Zanita rushed into the hallway. Zanita didn't hesitate a moment and conjured a stretcher to carry Minerva further into the infirmary just as Poppy came out.
Poppy who saw Minerva laying there immediately started to work. Her wand was going so fast that it almost looked like a solid line in the air while the other healers guided her to an empty bed.
Augusta who was almost back to her normal self-got up and sat next to the bed of her dear friend. She had been there at her side and knew that Minerva had fought like a lion.
David who had been worse than Augusta was sitting up. His left side was in bandages but his gaze was focused as he looked at Poppy who was working on Minerva.
The three lady's who were actually a woman, teenager, and a little girl, were just staring at their long blond hair was emitting a glow that still had Susan and Neville in some kind of trance.
Isabella who had been beside herself from the moment Minerva had appeared in the hallway snapped out of her daze and grabbed the shoulders of the woman that had come with Minerva. "Where are my son and daughters" she screamed into her face.
The woman was startled and snapped her eyes from Minerva to Isabella who was still in front of her. Feathers appeared on her arm but vanished almost immediately when she saw the look in Isabella's eyes. She to was a mother and she too knew that look. The glow that was around her hair vanished as she started to talk.
*0*"Désolé mais je ne comprends pas, et je ne sais pas qui est votre fils ou vos filles. Je les ai peut-être vus mais je n'en suis pas sûre".
*0*"Sorry, ai don't understand, and ai do not know who yur son air daughtairs are. Maybe ai 'avé seen them but I'm not suré". She said with a clearly France accent.
"You mean le boy who was fighteng wiv zat Woman" and the teenager was pointing to the bed that was occupied by Minerva. "He was great just lik ze girl who was whit 'im. Mon papa eez steehl zere and 'ope 'e eez fighteng wiv zém" whose accents was thicker than the woman that was clearly her mother.
Everyone was looking at them when they said what they said but none of them really understood what they were saying.
It was an hour later that another group of five people appeared in the hallway that took everyone by surprise because they hadn't suspected it. But it did make everyone run to the hallway just to look at what and who had appeared.
Isabella was the last one there but stopped in the doorway when she saw Daphne standing there while she was holding Bella clumsily by her arm. That, however, wasn't what took the breath away from Isabella. She saw her eyes and they were telling her that Bella was just tired. No the one thing that did take her breath away was Harry. He was hanging between Tonks and a man, but the moment his feet landed his eyes shot open as he was trying to wrestle him out from the grip he was in.
"Where is my grandmother," he said as he jerked his arms from left to right.
Jean wasn't about to let him go, he was just afraid that he would fall down the moment he did. But the more he and Tonks were holding him in place, the more he was getting violent as he struggled on.
The woman who had been standing near the wall of the hallway stepped in front of Harry and gave a look at Jean. The glow in her hair came back as she again turned her eyes to Harry. Slowly the glow became brighter while Neville and Susan started to stare again. Even Daphne started to get that look in her eyes.
"Let Me Go" Harry screamed again Tonks and Jean as he gave a big jerk of his arms.
Tonks and Jean couldn't hold him and he stumbled to the floor as he popped back up. He was now face to face with the woman as she placed her hands on his shoulders.
The glow in her hair was increasing as she gazed into the emerald green eyes of Harry. She could feel the penetration of those eyes and it gave her a strange feeling. *1* "Restez ici Monsieur Potter. Je n'aime pas user de mes pouvoirs de cette manière, restez avec moi s'il vous plaît." It's better for me" *1* The lady told him in France.
Even as Neville and Susan were openly drooling at the side of the woman, Harry kept on looking back at her as if nothing happened. "I don't know who you are, I do not know what you are doing. I and my friends got you out of there just like my grandmother asked of us. But if you don't get out of the way right now. I will blast you out of my way because you are preventing me from going to my grandmother" Harry snapped at the woman in front of her.
The glow from her hair dropped instantly and she rushed to the side with disbelieve written all over her face as she took shelter in the arms of her Jean.
Whit little difficulty Harry stepped forward and into the temporary infirmary where he saw how Bella was already being helped in the back of the room. She was sitting on a bed next to the bed of his grandmother. As he walked on his gaze went over to her face and the tears were slowly building up in the corner of his eyes. She was lying beneath the painting of his mother and his father but didn't see the looks they gave him. He sat down next to her as he reached out to hold her hand.
Poppy wanted to pull him away but knew that he would never let her so she started to wave her wand over him while he sat there staring at his grandmother.
^Grandmother, how are you doing^ Harry thought to her. As he sat there staring he waited for an answer but it didn't come. ^Grandmother, p...pl...please, t..talk to..to ..me^. He turned back to poppy and looked up at her. "Aunt Poppy, I don't hear her or feel her. WHY". In the eyes of Poppy he saw that he wouldn't like the answer she would give, he also saw that she had trouble to tell him and that look was giving him more fear that he thought it would.
While Harry was looking up at Poppy with his best puppy dog eyes. The teenager that was among the three woman rushed over to her mother. *2* "Que s'est-il passé Maman? Pourquoi est-ce que cela n'a pas fonctionné avec lui?" Fleur asked her mother.
"Je ne sais pas, je lui ai donné toute mon attention et pourtant il n'y a pas répondu. Pas un regard!" Appoline told her.
"Cela ne se peut, personne n'est aussi puissant" Fleur said as she looked into the room at Harry with a little fear and awe.
"Et bien il l'est, et je préfère avoir une personne aussi puissante comme amie plutôt qu'en ennemi" Appoline said with the same fear and awe. *2*.
It was only moments later that Tonks took both Sirius and Jean by the arms and pulled them outside. They were immediately followed by the woman and the two girls. But also by Isabella and Augusta. When they came outside Tonks stopped and introduced them all to Jean.
It was then that Jean introduced his family to the others. "I'm sorry about all this but this is my wife Apolline Delacour. My oldest daughter Fleur and my youngest Gabrielle. The little girl blushed a little as she hid behind her father.
It was after that, that Jean together with Tonks told the others what had happened or at least what they thought had happened. And Jean told them that he joined the fight.
As they talked all the others of the family had gathered around them to listen. It was then that Apolline took over and told that how the fight went. When she got to the part that Minerva jumped in front of a curse that was meant for her they all looked at the castle and the window Harry was behind.
It was then that Jean took over from her. He told them that Bella wanted to pull him away for his own safety and after that, the destruction Harry had done to the forest.
For Appoline and Fleur, it was hard to believe. It was not heard of and not at that age. "But e is just a little boy," Fleur told them with a lot of disbelieving in her voice.
Zanita who had just walked over to them laughed loudly when she heard the words Fleur said. "Don't let my master hear you calling him a little boy. Even if he is my husband, he most definitely is and will always be my master. But then again if there is a man among them then he is most definitely the man" Zanita told them with pride. However, the only thing she got were looks of disbelieve and confusion.
"Oooh, I'm sorry Lady Hogwarts, I never introduced you" Tonks called out as she stepped closer to Zanita. "Minister Delacour, this is Lady Hogwarts, the girl inside that was fighting with you was Bella Figg and the intended of Lord Potter. The Girl that took you all here is Daphne Greengrass and also the intended Lady Potter".
Tonks smiled widely when she saw them all looking at her with their mouths hanging open. "Now, the boy that is sitting next to Minerva Magonagall is nonother than, mine brother Lord Peverell/ Hogwarts/ Gryffindor/ Potter. The boy who lived, the Conqueror of dark wizards, the destroyer of basilisks. The slayer of Dementors"
PATS: It was right at that moment that Andromeda stepped behind her daughter and hit her on the back of the head. "I'm really sorry about this. But whenever my daughter is speaking about her brother she intends to say a little more then has to. The last three are right but he doesn't go by those names, for the most part, he is just Lord Potter, to us he is Harry, to you I don't know yet".
As the talks went on Tonks and Sirius were walking to the gate to wait for the rest of the people that were coming from the campsite. They had just received a Patronus from Amelia that told them that she would be sending the first people in about five minutes.
Hermione took a drooling Neville and Susan back to the castle and was followed by Fleur and Gabrielle, as Isabella, Augusta, Jean, and Apolline went back to see how Harry was doing. They were just in time to hear the last bit from Poppy.
*#*
Everyone had walked out of the room and to the outside of the castle when Poppy laid a hand on the shoulder of Harry. "Harry" and Poppy waited before he looked up at her. "I cant tell you anything yet. I still, have some things to check before I can give you a clear answer. But the one thing that I can tell you is that it isn't good. So give a little time and I will get back to you in a moment".
Harry nodded as he felt the arms of Bella and Daphne took him to the side to wait for Poppy to finish what she wanted to do. So as a good boy he let go and followed them to the side.
It took a while but the moment Poppy was ready she gestured to him to come to her and Harry immediately rushed to her side. It was something Harry didn't need to hear twice. He took the hand of his grandmother in his and looked up at Poppy with the same puppy dog eyes he had before. But just like before he could see that it wasn't good.
Poppy shook her head and said. "I'm sorry Harry, but it isn't good, your grandmother isn't good at all. She was hurt in numerous places on her body. Now they have all been taken care of and are healing nicely. No, the worst thing was her head. The moment she hit her head against the tree it caused her brain to swell up. Now I did lower the swelling but she lost a lot of blood. However, because she had that swelling her body has slipped into a coma. And no this isn't the coma you were in. This is a natural coma and all we can do is wait if she comes out of it. And Harry, I'm sorry but it is a very big if, most of the time people do not awake from a coma-like this".
Harry could only nod as he kept his eyes on his grandmother. He knew that it was harsh the way Poppy told him about his grandmother, but in some way, he liked it that way. Now he knew that what it was and what he could aspect. His eyes went to his left and he looked at Bella. Over her shoulder, he saw Isabella standing in the doorway but also the tears she had streaming down her cheeks. He knew that she was crying from the feelings he was feeling.
Harry looked back at his grandmother and laid his head on her arm. It was a spot that he wouldn't leave anytime soon. Something both Bella and Daphne knew would happen.
Here are the English translations from the France parts.
*1* "Please stay here Mr, Potter. I do not like to use my powers like this but please stay with me".
*2* "Mama, What happened, why didn't it work on him," Fleur asked her mother.
"I do not know, I even gave him my full attention but he didn't even respond. not even a twist of his eye" Appoline told her.
"That can't be, nobody is that strong" Fleur said as she looked into the room at Harry with a little fear and awe.
"Well he is, and I prefer to have someone that strong as a friend than as an enemy," Appoline said with the same fear and awe. *2*.
A/N A have a special thanks to my friend Naomi-chan203 for translating my little bit of English to this perfect France.
This was it again for this week. See you all in two weeks.
Gr Winmau
