Notice: I do not own Harry Potter. I am just borrowing the characters and plots for entertainment purposes.
Author's note: The first big duel is on! I hope you guys enjoy this one because I had one heck of a time writing it. I hope it lives up to your expectations and more.
Eternia:
Harry Potter and the Immortal's Knight:
Chapter 9: Enter Cerberus! The Hound of Hell:
Harry entered the lobby with Hermione. Ron was being led by a young goblin as the two ran after them. As they caught up with Ron and the
"How are we going to go out there, as Cerberus or as the Golden Trio?" Hermione asked looking at Harry.
"We will go as Cerberus. I think it is time to send Voldemort and his Death Eaters, as well as the rest of the Wizarding World, a powerful message. And who better to do the job than the Hound of Hell," the Boy-Who-Lived decided. He unrolled his left sleeve and sent a surge of magic to his forearm. The head of a powerful-looking hound in mid-roar appeared glowing with an emerald green light.
Ron and Hermione followed suit unrolling their left sleeves and sending a surge of magic to their left forearms. The same head of a hound in mid-roar appeared glowing in a dark red light and a light blue light respectively.
The emerald green, dark red, and light blue glowed brighter and brighter until it filled the room. Where once the Golden Trio stood, in its place were the masked and armored Heads of Cerberus.
Lightning, the First Head of Cerberus and the leader had black armor made of dragon scales. There was the mark of an emerald thunderbolt behind an emerald head of a hound in his chest. He wore a cape that ran down to his ankles made of dark green basilisk scales. The mask under his helmet had a phoenix that had its wings covering the sides and back of his head.
Terrus, the Second Head of Cerberus, also wore black dragon scale armor. A dark red fist behind the dark red head of a hound was on his chest showing off his insignia. His cape was woven with the dark red feathers of a griffin. His mask under his helmet showed rocks and boulders falling like an avalanche.
Owl, the Third Head of Cerberus, had a light blue owl behind the head of a hound on her chest. Her armor was of black dragon armor, and her cape was the magically dyed blue fur coat of a yeti. Her mask carried a white owl with light blue eyes in mid-flight.
Lightning exchanged looks with his two friends before caressing a run on his left middle finger. He thought about his destination and snapped his fingers. He was gone in less than a blink. Owl and Terrus grinned under their masks and snapped their fingers…they were all gone.
Diagon Alley:
"Mornin' there Tonks, Mrs. Tonks!" greeted a man wearing a red robe.
"Merrick! What are you doing here? I thought you were in France!" Tonks exclaimed. She hasn't seen the former Queen's Consul since he was reassigned to the French Ministry of Magic. "I heard you retired."
"Yes, I did, actually. I didn't want to, but my father passed away unexpectedly. Someone in the family had to take over his place. Whether it's fortunate or not, I happened to be the most qualified for the job," Merrick explained.
"Master Raul is dead? How come we haven't heard anything then?" Andromeda was very surprised and saddened to hear her old friend had passed away. "I mean, if his death was so unexpected, one would expect there would be lots of rumors going around as to what caused it. What? With his reputation and all that?"
"I can't talk about it here, but you can visit my mother. She is in our ancestral home in Kent. You do remember where it is, right Mrs. Tonks?" Merrick suggested.
Before she can answer there was the loud should of "Avada Kedavra" darkening the air. The spell hit a random witch killing her instantly.
Everything suddenly turned into chaos. Screams of fear filled the air. People ran around ducking for cover trying to shield themselves and their families.
"MORSMORDRE!" green light erupted from the wand of the lead Death Eater and formed the Dark Mark. "Show them no mercy! All of the Dark Lord's enemies will die!"
Spells and curses flew left and right terrorizing the innocent people who were there shopping that day. The Death Eaters seemed like monsters as they laughed at all the terror, havoc, and chaos they caused. To the innocent people that were there, it seemed like there was no hope until…
"Protego!" the shielding charm came up right in time to stop a Reductor Curse from killing a little girl who was separated from her parents by all the chaos.
"Go find your parents, little girl," the leader of the new group told the child kindly.
The arrival of the three individuals stopped the chaos momentarily. The leader of the three stepped forward to speak with the lead Death Eater, "Sir, is there any chance we could deal with this matter peacefully?"
"Who are you? And what are you doing here?" demanded the Death Eater.
"Mr. Malfoy, I see you are well out of Azkaban," greeted the tallest of the three.
"I said who are you?" the Death Eater repeated heatedly pointing his wand at the newcomers.
"I am Owl," the only witch in the group introduced herself. She then introduced her companions, "The tall one is called Terrus. And Lightning, there, is our leader. Together, the three of us make Cerberus."
"As to why we are here, Mr. Malfoy," Lightning started, "we are here to stop you. But if you prefer to deal with this matter peacefully, then by all means, we encourage you."
"Stop us? Ha! What a joke!" Bellatrix Lestrange sneered behind her mask. "There are over a dozen of us and only three of you! What makes you think that you can stop us?"
"It is the quality of the wizard, Lestrange, not the quantity that matters in a duel," Terrus wisely said. "Since you are so keen on finishing this matter violently…Bombarda!"
The bombarda struck a group of four Death Eaters on the side who were unexpectedly caught off guard.
"Not so fast, Mr. Malfoy. Your fight is with me. Reducto!" Terrus threw the curse with his right hand. His left hand stayed hidden within his cloak where it held the hilt of his sheathed dagger.
Malfoy ducked and rolled to avoid the curse before sending his own curse back at Terrus, "Crucio! Avada Kedavra!"
"Imperio! Imperio! Arrgh! Stay still!" Bellatrix screeched at Owl who was apparating all over the place to avoid her curses.
"I heard you were an excellent duelist, Mrs. Lestrange," Owl taunted. "I guess a decade and a half at Azkaban has dulled your wits and skills."
"Why you little-" Bellatrix was infuriated. "Crucio! I'm gonna enjoy hearing you scream!"
"Lacarnum Inflamare! Expelliarmus!" Owl returned. The fireball ricocheted on Bellatrix's shield and hit a random Death Eater. The Death Eater dropped to the ground attempting to stop the flames…his screams ceased as the flames finally consumed him.
Lightning was bored to death picking off a couple of random Death Eaters. The raid was a small one. It was only done to train new recruits as part of their initiation within the ranks of the Dark Lord's army. Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange were the only senior Death Eaters present. They were the only ones with any real skills out of the lot that came today.
Lightning watched as a young Death Eater ran from him once he saw that the Cerberus Head had set his eyes on him.
Lightning took out his sword and threw it at the Death Eater.
It missed as the young Death Eater ducked under it causing the sword to hit the wall instead.
"Avada Kedavra!" the Death Eater cast out desperately.
Lightning didn't even bother attempting to dodge. The curse hit him full force, but it had little effect on him. His left hand glowed and dropped a marble that he had been holding. The marble turned into a massive creature. It must have been about eight feet tall with arms as thick as a tree trunk. It was dark brown in color with a few black patches here and there. Its head was three times the size of a human head and it carried teeth so hard and sharp that they could crush steel.
"Clean up this mess," Lightning ordered referring to the Death Eaters attacking.
The hulking creature nodded and picked up the fallen Death Eater Lightning had been fighting and moved off to another Death Eater, "Roarrgh!"
"Haha," Lightning laughed. He turned his head slightly as if he sensed something. "About time he got here. It was starting to get boring."
"Avada Kedavra!" a sharp hissing voice shouted.
Lightning ducked then, "Reducto! Bombarda!"
"Protego!" a shield came up.
"Carpe Retractum!" Lightning pointed to the sword behind Voldemort. He cast another spell immediately to pin the dark lord in his place, "Aqua Eructo!"
The sword flew straight to Voldemort's vulnerable back.
Voldemort disapperated behind his opponent. The dark lord pointed his want at the vulnerable wizard, "Crucio!"
The masked wizard disapperated himself to the far end of the alley. Owl and Terrus ran to him as he watched Lucius and Bellatrix run to their dark master.
They three masked figures spoke through their mental link:
"We need a plan, Lightning. This duel can run forever the way it's going. We may be able to last that long, but I doubt that these civilians can," Terrus told Lightning gesturing to the civilians hiding in the sidelines.
"We can use Magicus Extremus," Owl suggested.
"I think we should use that spell we've been working on," Lightning said.
"Lightning, that spell is still untested. It could backfire on us. And we don't even know for sure what the side effects are going to be. Talk to the man, Terrus," Owl finished looking at Terrus.
"Owl," Terrus replied, "it is probably better if we go with Lightning's suggestion. Our civilian identities are known for creating and using Magicus Extremus. We cannon risk revealing who we are."
Owl knew that her friends were right. It is far too early to risk revealing any connection between Cerberus and the Golden Trio. She was still hesitant, though. She gave a nod of approval, "I still do not like this plan. But you are right."
Cerberus walked forward to Voldemort and his two cronies with Lightning leading the way. As one, the three Heads spoke, "THIS IS YOUR ONE AND ONLY CHANCE, MR. RIDDLE. LEAE OR FACE THE FULL WRATH OF CERBERUS. SEPARATELY, WE ARE YOUR EQUAL. TOGETHER, WE ARE INVINCIBLE DO NOT TEST US WITH YOUR PETTY GAMES OF POWER PLAY."
"MY NAME IS LORD VOLDEMORT! I AM A GOD! YOU SHOULD BE BOWING DOWN WORSHIPING ME! AND I WILL NEVER BE YOUR EQUAL!" Voldemort arrogantly declared.
"YOU ARE RIGHT, MR. RIDDLE. WE WILL NEVER BE YOUR EQUAL," Cerberus said making Voldemort smirk. "WE ARE FAR SUPERIOR."
"How dare-" Bellatrix tried to protest before Owl forced her mouth shut with a spell.
"Do not speak out of turn again, worm," Owl calmly said before sending the same spell to Lucius.
"WE HAVE SEEN, TALKED WITH, AND WORKED FOR GODS, MR. RIDDLE. IF YOU ARE TRULY ONE OF THEM, YOU WOULD HAVE NO FEAR OF DEATH OR OF ANYTHING," said Cerberus, "NO MORTAL CHILD…NO MORTAL COULD HAVE DEFEATED YOU FIVE SEPARATE TIMES WITH YOU HAVING THE ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE EACH TIME."
"You-" Voldemort was now angry at the mockery the three figures were making of him.
"Can we just finish this already?" Terrus interrupted casually. "It is past lunch and my favorite meal is getting cold waiting for me."
"Always so impatient, Terrus," Lightning said. He pointed his wand to the sky and shouted, "Lightning!" Emerald light came out of the watch and formed a lightning over the Dark Mark hovering in the sky.
"Terrus!" Terrus followed making dark red light come out of his wand. The dark red light settled besides the emerald lightning to form a fist.
"Owl!" Owl pointed her wand to the sky sending light blue light on the other side of the lightning to form a scroll.
The Three Heads of Cerberus crossed their wands. The three insignias hovering on the sky followed suit. Behind the insignias was a dog with three heads and was surrounded by hellfire…Cerberus, the hound of the Underworld. It was the Crest of Cerberus.
The three shouted again as one, "Cerberus! Come!" Storm clouds covered the sky and lightning and thunder roared like beasts. Cerberus's crest grew brighter and brighter as the elements picked up. Winds blew like hurricane circling the crest. Lightning and thunder struck their mark.
The crest spun until all that remained was whirlpool of light. The whirlpool grew brighter and spun faster until it separated into three parts that shot off towards Cerberus like speeding bullets.
The winds slowed down to a halt. The lightning and thunder struck less and less. But the light remained around the masked trio giving the impression that they were glowing. All who witnessed it was struck with awe. It was so inspiring. Voldemort and his Death Eaters felt small ounces of fear creep into the smallest crevices in their cores.
When the small storm was over, the lights surrounding the trio entered them immediately multiplying their powers. A powerful roaring bark was heard shaking the earth.
"Cerberus! Charge!" the Three Heads brought their wands down with force pointing them towards Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Beams of light came out of their wands straight to their target.
Sensing the amount of power behind the spell, Voldemort, Lucius, and Bellatrix apperated to a retreat. The rest of the Death Eaters soon followed. The light struck the empty spot where Voldemort once stood. The explosion it caused caught two Death Eaters who were too slow. One was killed instantly, but the other managed to survive.
Cerberus walked over to the fallen man. They said, "LIKE WE SAID, YOU SHOULD HAVE WALKED AWAY."
"Stop where you are!" a voice behind them ordered. They turned around and saw that the Ministry's aurors had their wands pointed at them and was surrounding them.
"It took you over fifteen minutes to respond. Voldemort and the Death Eaters have already left," said Terrus.
"Terrus, stop picking fights," Owl chastised.
"Roarrr!" the creature Lightning had created earlier had returned to its master's side.
"Ladies, gentlemen, we will take our leave," said Lightning. With a swish of his cape, he and the creature were gone. Terrus and Owl followed soon after.
"Who were those three?" one of the aurors asked.
"They called themselves Cerberus," a civilian answered.
"You should have seen them. They were great! They took care of You-Know-Who and those Death Eaters like they were nothing!" another civilian exclaimed.
"Can you tell us everything you saw during the attack?" the auror asked.
"Sure," answered the first civilian.
What did you think of the battle? Did I make the Trio too powerful? I was trying to make it as believable as possible, but I think I might have over done it a little. Anyways, send me your reviews on the subject.