Remind me never to let Fred and George near where I am writing, I still don't own them or any of the other characters in this story.
Chapter Thirteen – A Bat in the Belfry
Harry and Hermione apparated near St. Philomena's and looked at the gothic building.
Hermione shivered and said, "No wonder he is so twisted, could you imagine growing up in a place so dark and foreboding."
Harry nodded and thought of his years under the stairs, but didn't say anything.
"Should we wait for Bruce's friend to get here," Hermione asked.
Shaking his head, Harry said, "No, I think we should see what we can find and remember try not to use magic. We don't need any Aurors showing up."
Harry then got out one of the new toys from the twins and put them on over his glasses. Harry flipped the switch and was surprised at what he saw. Not only did these adapted Omnioculars let him see perfectly at night, but they showed the aura of anything magical. Harry turned to look at Hermione and smiled at the soft hues of blue and purple that surrounded her body.
"Harry what is it," Hermione asked.
Blushing slightly, Harry said, "I'm just impressed with Fred and George's work. Follow me."
The two of them crept up to the building and Harry placed a hand on Hermione's wrist stopping her from moving. "I'm pretty sure it is locked, can you open it," Harry asked.
"Of course," she said as she got out a lock pick and placed it inside the mechanism. She smiled as the door slowly opened.
As the two of them entered the former orphanage, a dark figure watched them enter the building.
In Little Hangleton, Voldemort called for Severus Snape to come before him.
"It is time to send a message to the fools at the Ministry and especially Harry Potter. Do you have any ideas, Severus," he asked the Potions Master.
Looking up at Voldemort, Snape replied, "The eldest of the Blood Traitor Weasley family is getting married. Several Ministry officials will be there as well as Potter. Perhaps we should convey our good wishes on the happy couple?"
Voldemort nodded and stroked Nagani then said, "Yes I think I know the perfect wedding gift."
"Any idea where we should look Harry," Hermione asked.
Harry looked around the building through the Omnioculars and said, "The tower has a strange glow about it. If I were to guess I would say there first."
Nodding Hermione followed Harry up the stairs to the tower, when he stopped suddenly. "This is very familiar Hermione, I wonder if he did the same thing here as he did in the cave," Harry said.
Both of them looked around the wall where the signature was the strongest.
"Harry what did he do in the cave," Hermione asked as she noticed the stone gargoyles around the tower.
Finding a lightly covered rune, Harry said, "In order to enter, a sacrifice was needed. I think this is the same thing, can you tell me for sure?"
Harry handed Hermione the Omnioculars he showed her the rune. Hermione gasped and whispered, "Zrtvovati-Zrtva-Zrtvovanje. Yes Harry, this means sacrifice."
Harry nodded and took out a small knife and nicked his hand causing it to bleed and then covered the rune with his blood. The rune glowed briefly and the wall faded away to show an alcove. In the middle of the alcove was a small alter with a golden cup on it.
Hermione was about to go grab it, when she felt Harry's hand grab her shoulder and stop her from moving. "Wait," he said. "One thing I have learned is nothing is as it seems with Voldemort."
Hermione nodded and chastised herself at being impatient. Harry looked around the alcove with the Omnioculars and growled.
"What is it," Hermione asked.
"The entire room is saturated with magic, so these are useless here," Harry said.
"Then perhaps you need to try something different," a voice behind them said.
Harry and Hermione pulled their wands and turned around quickly to find themselves face to face with a dark figure, its face a mask of black with two horns on its head.
"The demon," Hermione gasped, "I thought it was just a rumor."
Harry looked at the figure and then at Hermione and said as he sheathed his wand, "I don't think so Hermione. I believe this is Mr. Wayne's associate."
"Very good Mr. Potter," he said as he looked at the alcove. "This doesn't make sense, this room shouldn't be here. Mr. Wayne showed me the plans of the building and there is nothing here, in fact this room doesn't exist as it is outside of the tower."
"That would be why it is so saturated with magic," Hermione said uneasily. "It isn't a room it is a pocket dimension."
"Let me try something," Harry said. 'Accio Hufflepuff's cup' he cast. The room glowed with an eerie red light and the spell seemed to fizzle as it approached the cup.
"I'm not surprised," Harry said, "Voldemort made it so you couldn't do that with the locket either."
Nodding the Batman took out a grapple and removed it from what looked like a gun. "From what you said, this Voldemort doesn't think Muggles a threat, so let's see if he thought to protect it from something less easy," Batman said.
Harry and Hermione both looked at each other with what he said and waited, while Batman tossed the grapple at the cup and caught it. The room flared once again at the perceived threat, but nothing happened. Batman had each of them grab the rope and they pulled the cup into Harry's waiting hands.
"That was easy enough," Harry said. "Thank you for the help."
As Harry said the word help, a dozen shrieks were heard all around them as were the sounds of stone moving and shattering. Quickly placing the cup in a satchel, Harry turned to the sounds, while Batman and Hermione stood behind him with their backs to each other.
The gargoyles had come to life, not living stone, but true gargoyles.
"Hermione, how do we deal with these," Harry asked quickly.
"Gargoyles are highly resistant to magic Harry, they are a subspecies of dragons," Hermione quickly rattled off.
"Wonderful," Harry said, "Aim for the eyes and try not to get hit by their claws and tails."
Batman dodged a swipe by one of the gargoyles and got behind it, he quickly grabbed the wings holding them together as he pulled the creature backwards, making it flip back into two others. Harry was casting spells left and right, 'conjuncivitis' 'stupefy' 'impedimenta'. He would hit one gargoyle and another would take its place. Hermione was banishing rocks, wood and shards of the stone at the gargoyles, tearing their leathery wings. Suddenly she screamed as one of the gargoyles tails hit her in the leg causing her to fall.
Harry turned and cried out, "Hermione!" As the gargoyle was about to swipe at her chest with its clawed hand, he cried out, 'Avada Kedavra'.
The green curse quickly hit the gargoyle causing it to fall backwards. Hermione lay there shocked a moment at the fact she had almost been killed and the fact Harry had saved her with an unforgivable.
Batman and Harry quickly finished off the remaining gargoyles and then Harry helped Hermione stand.
"Hermione are you all right," Harry asked fearfully.
"I'm fine, Harry," she said still in shock, "Thank you for saving me. We need to leave; the Ministry will be here any minute."
Hermione looked at her friend, afraid that he would now be in serious trouble for using that curse.
Batman looked at the two before asking, "Why will Mr. Potter be in trouble for saving your life?"
"The curse I used is the same one that gave me this scar Bruce. It is the killing curse and means an automatic life sentence in Azkaban Prison," Harry said.
A/N: Did the author make a typo? Did Harry figure it out? Tune in next time, Same Bat-time, Same Bat-Channel