Chapter 8 Saturday Night Special

A/N: This chapter will probably seem a little out of tone. That being said, it might get edited or added to later.

" This cloak and dagger bullshit is pissing me off, Champion."

" Quiet there Grey. You just be ready with those ice arrows when I order it alright?"

" Yes milord."

Harry looked over the small outcropping of the church balcony, with the Claimed Warrior, Grey, standing next to him with a bow made entirely of ice. He pointed at a Death Eater than had separated from the pack of ten, and gave the signal. Grey pulled an arrow back and let it fly. The glimmering blue arrow hit on target. Harry gave the second signal, pulling out his wand and firing a small, red winged bird into the sky.

There were loud screams of anguish and pain as the Goblin squad descended upon the Death Eaters using the cover of the moonless night. All twenty were captured, save the one Harry had ordered dead, though they all lost some blood. Harry smiled at the recognition he got from the commander, Lucius Malfoy. He laughed at him, " So, Lord Ferret, how does it feel to be overtaken by Goblins?"

The Lord Malfoy spit on the ground at Harry's feet, causing the Goblins behind him to yank his head back by his hair. One hissed, " You will show the proper respect to the man who holds your life in his hands."

Lucius smirked, " I doubt Potter would actually kill me. Hell, is he even really the Champion? Or is he another one of those Claimed Warriors like the one with the ice?"

Harry smiled as he pulled out his banner and unfurled it, " No, I'm the real deal Lucius. Which means all that money you and Dumbledore took from my vaults over the years is finally going to be coming back. And my Goblins happen to like the spoils of war. You will cooperate if you do not wish something bad to happen to that beautiful wife of yours."

" You wouldn't dare!"

" Dare what? Have your wife defiled by Goblins? Claimed Warriors? That's where you're wrong Lucius. I'm not the little boy that so eagerly defied you in Second Year. Instead, I am the Champion of Goblins who can cause men to tremble in their boots should they know what that title entails. Just ask Bill Weasley."

Lucius sneered, " Yeah right."

" Don't degrade the Weasleys so much, Malfoy. Ron alone has triple the courage of your entire family put together."

Lucius didn't lose his arrogant sneer, but it was clear that he was breaking a little. Harry laughed as he turned his back on the aristocrat. Nobles like the Malfoys were easy to break. They weren't accustomed to actual resistance, and they certainly weren't accustomed to paying for their crimes. Just minor threats and allusions could turn them into simpering fools, more so than they already were. Sycophants the lot of them. At least Damien was an ex-Auror, ex-Hit Wizard, and current Assassin.

Silver walked up, " Potter, one of the Death Eaters coughed up some information."

" Tell me."

Silver explained, " It appears the Dark Lord has created a variety of these objects known as Horcruxes. One is the Diadem of Ravenclaw, one is the Cup of Hufflepuff. However, we destroyed the Cup during an accident. His snake Nagini appears to be one as well. It would be in our interest to remove these problems as quickly as possible."

" Indeed. However, I do not think we shall see the Snake until the Final Battle is upon us. Due to the work of a man who is best off dead, we shall see Voldemort hiding his true weapons ever more jealously until the final fight. But when the time comes, it will be the Champion of Goblins who destroys him."

Goldclaw twiddled a dagger in his hand, " I look forward to see what this Dark Lord can muster against the Armies of the Collective Nation. But,", he stood up, " We will be needing orders. So, milord, what are your orders?"

Harry pulled out the Marauder's Map, which he had only recently come back into possession of. He whispered the keywords, and the map of Hogwarts appeared. He began to point at places on the map with a dagger, " We need to establish ourselves at Hogwarts before the Dark Lord moves on it. I would prefer to have stone behind us rather than stone in front during that fight."

The head Claimed Warrior, named Legault, nodded his head. He drew his own dagger, and began to trace a path in, " My thieves could get in from here, and we would be able to remove the Death Eaters within. However, it may be more profitable and worthwhile to set up a racketeering operation in Hogsmeade prior to infiltrating the castle."

Harry nodded, " Very well. Set up the operation. We need the money anyway. Champion or not, they're still making me pay out of pocket for these ops."

Silver and Gold smirked at him in the background. Harry scowled at them, " Leave it to greedy ass goblins to make me pay everything."

Gold snickered, " Too bad you're the champion there, Lord Potter. Otherwise, we might have taken offense to that."

Harry sighed. Typical Goblins. Taking plenty of human derogatory terms and turning it into humor. Anyway, Harry sheathed Starfang, and picked up the Scythe of Slytherin. It was a real piece of work, the entirety of the weapons was deep, emerald green. Even the blade. In fact, a test of the blade showed that it WAS made of emeralds. Silver looked at it with a cocked eyebrow, " Emerald isn't a very hard stone. Maybe a six. Why not diamond?"

Harry frowned, " This is Slytherin we're talking about. Then again, maybe it is diamond? Certain impurities change the color of diamond you know."

" Of course we know! We're goblins! Hell, I taught you that!"

Harry laughed, " So you did, Silverstrike. One should listen to one's own teachings sometimes."

One of the Claimed warriors from before, the Frost Archer Grey, handed Harry a sheet of paper. Harry frowned as he read, " Seems the Cold Prince wants you guys to take the Scythe back to him. He's allowing me to send Legault as I see fit. But, he is also placing me on leave for the next couple of months. Something about enjoying myself."

" He wants you to get laid,", Goldclaw chuckled out with a small sneer. Harry sent a glare towards the Goblin, but didn't voice his own opinion. Legault smiled at his commander. Harry tossed the Scythe to Silver. He ordered, " Well, we need to finish this up here. I want Silver to take the boys back to Gringotts and deliver the package to the Cold Prince. I'll…work on securing our allies."

With that, Harry activated his Portkey to Grimmauld Place. Back at the mission site, Gold jeered, " I don't know what happened to the old boy. He had a pretty promiscuous reputation down in the Tunnels. Granted, he spent a longer time with that one girl, but all the same."

Silver looked at his brother, " I'm not privy to how a human heart works, but I believe that Champion Potter was legitimately interested in the little Sorceress of Light. But he should have known better than to let his heart rule his mind in the tunnels. He almost got all of us killed that day. Remember?"

" Yeah, and I didn't like it. Never seen him that angry. You know he attacked the Prince that day right?"

Legault's eyes widened as he listened to the conversation between the Goblins. No warrior, no matter how powerful or privileged they were, attacked the Cold Prince and got away with it. But then again, Harry Potter had become somewhat of a hero to the Claimed warriors, and was on his way to becoming a legend. This only added to his growing fame. Silver chuckled, " That bastard's got some balls on him. Always said so. He's only gotten bolder and more audacious since spending time with the King of Audacious himself. You know, the Cold Prince. CP just laughed Potter's attack off too. Like he expected it to happen and was pleased that it had."

Goldclaw frowned, " That Cold Prince, he's not a living creature at all is he? Bastard takes every damn thing in stride, shows no emotions, no care, nothing at all. He sends men to die every day. He's a one of a kind guy I guess."

Silver laughed at his brother, " I once heard that he met a guy who was just like him. Name started with an L I think. Of course, there were some differences, this guy being a lot more emotional and with more qualms than CZ, but definitely birds of the same feather."

The Goblins laughed in the darkness of the new moon.

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( Dark Roads)

" Ah, Mikaiah, what brings you here?"

The silver haired maiden scowled at Lazarus, " That's NOT how my name is pronounced and you know it. You'd think a fellow Claimed would get it right."

" I assume you aren't here to bitch at me are you? Because if you are, then you are wasting your time."

The silver haired maiden sighed angrily, "No, it's about Champion Potter."

" Reconsidered his offer to you then? You're the only female member of our little company here that didn't submit to his predatory instincts."

She frowned, " How quaint of you. But no, that is not why I am here. Unlike most of these whores, I have a husband to worry about."

" One you'll likely never see again. A good deal of them had husbands too, but you see how that worked out. But, I am not here to convince you to loosen up. What are you here to relay to the champion?"

She smirked, " I want to join him on the surface. Several other warriors have expressed that wish as well."

Lazarus sighed, " I'll see what I can do. I'm certain Potter will not be displeased to learn of having more men at his disposal. But he will not be very happy to see you, you know this right?"

Micaiah smiled, " Yes I know this. But that's a risk I'm willing to take."

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( Harry)

Harry sighed angrily as he left Gringotts. The Cold Prince was as explicit in person as he was in the letter. Take your leave and get laid. Who the hell does he think he is? Oh well, can't hurt to do that second part. Need to solidify some alliances anyways. Harry thought as he crushed the papers with his orders in his hand. He thought over his options. He could always just go back to Grimmauld Place and lay around. He could visit the Weasley twins. Or he could go to one his allies' houses and hit up conversations.

He began to run over names in his mind of the people he was working with. Most of the families had daughters that they were willing to let him court if it were to be beneficial to them. And he was more than willing to make it beneficial to them. But it was always infinitely more beneficial to him.

He pulled a picture out of a girl his age with mid back length red hair. She wasn't the most impressive looking girl, not compared to Daphne at any rate, but she was still more impressive than most. Harry looked at the name. Lisa Turpin, he noted, eldest daughter of the Turpin family. Ravenclaw, just turned seventeen a few weeks ago. Right nice looking. Hell, I've fucked worse. Parents keep her at home because of Death Eaters at Hogwarts. Seems she had a little bit of trouble of the sexual kind when she was in Fifth year from Malfoy. Another reason to kick the little Ferret's ass. He didn't get past second base, but that's more than enough to cause intense trauma if I remember Leliana correctly.

He pulled another picture out, this one of Daphne's brunette friend Tracey. Good enough looking, but Ron'll be really pissed if I go Geralt on his girlfriend. As unbelievable as that is. So scratch her.

He sighed as he decided to pay the Turpins a visit. He didn't notice the small cadre of Claimed warriors that came out of Gringotts.

A/N: Hard to believe but I actually had someone talk about the lack of any action for Harry in a review. But if that's the only thing you complain about, then I'm doing something right. Same for Warlocke with his Page Break rant. Anyway, this is a short chapter for the simple fact that I really just wanted to get Harry's little mission out, and allude to why Harry isn't nearly as active as my summary might imply. There is a story for that, and it involves the latest round of Claimed warriors to join the fold.

Claimed Warriors of this Chapter

Micaiah: The Dawn Maiden of Daein, and of course, Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn. Her husband is a spoiler for a potential ending of the game. As for the misspelling of her name earlier, it was to indicate that Lazarus was purposefully mispronouncing her name, pronouncing it My-Kah-Ah instead of Mi-Kai-ah.

Legault: A Thief from Fire Emblem 6.

Grey: Is actually Gray Fullbuster from Fairy Tale.