Well here's the next instalment, I hope you like it, I must warn that there is a lot of Krum bashing in this, previous and later chapters lol, just to give you a late warning
"Normal Talking"
"Beast Talking"
"Spectral Servants Talking"
'Normal Thinking'
'Beast Thinking'
'Spectral Thinking'
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Harry woke slowly, his foggy mind barely registering the warm bodies on either side of him, or the blankets covering his body. After a couple of minutes his memory of the previous night returned and with a startled scream he jumped out of bed before collapsing to the floor with a pain filled hiss.
Two heads rose from the bed and groggily stared at Harry, who stared back in shock before a small smile crossed his face.
"I should have known it was you two," he smiled at the fox and dog laying on his bed, they yawned and lay back on the bed intent on going back to sleep, Harry grinned but it turned to a grimace as he slowly stood up, Lily raised her head and looked at him in concern as he made his way to the bathroom, a small red trickle making its way down his leg below his shorts as he walked.
When the door closed and the shower started up Lily swung her legs over the side of the bed and turned to Sirius, she opened her mouth to talk but snapped it shut with a frown when she noticed him snoring soundly, a wicked grin crossed her face before she suddenly pushed him backwards off the bed to which he landed on the floor with a thump.
"OOF!! Lily!" he whined, poking his head back over the side of the bed, glaring at Lily's giggling form; he pouted and with a huff crossed his arms. "What did you want?"
"I was going to say that we should get him out of here today, go and find Remus and James and tell them the plans been forwarded by two days," she said seriously, Sirius mock saluted before morphing back into his dog form and running from the room, Lily shook her head before also morphing back into her fox form and making her way to the shower to check on Harry.
Harry meanwhile was stood in the shower cubicle with his arms extended to the sides while he let the water wash over him, tears mingled with water as he stood there, he was broken out of his reverie by Lily mewling at the shower cubicle door, he smiled and opened it allowing the small red fox in.
He crouched down and chuckled at the bemused face on the fox as it kept getting wet, no matter where it moved in the cubicle.
"Well you wanted to come in Lily, so it's your own fault," he chuckled; Lily mewed in annoyance and glared at him as he stood and turned around to clean himself. When he'd finished he turned back around to see Lily still glaring at him, so with another small chuckle he turned off the shower and picked her up.
Carrying her to his bed he dropped a towel on top of her as he dried himself off, she yelped in shock at the towel and frantically tried to get out, when she eventually got her head free she found Harry half dressed and smiling cheekily at her.
"Well it's your own fault Lily, I've warned you thousands of times about going into the shower, but you obviously never listen," he placed his hands on his hips and looked at her sternly but when she mewled in apology his stern look melted away into a small smile. "You're too cute for your own good Lily," he sighed before moving over and quickly rubbing her down with the towel.
When he removed the towel Lily's fur stood on end making her look like a giant red fur-ball, he laughed at her openly to which she glared at him before shaking herself, her fur falling perfectly back into place.
Harry and Lily then made their way down to the kitchen for a quick breakfast but just as they finished Dudley came rushing in out of breath.
"Harry! Harry! Prongs is back, and Dad's not with him, hurry quick!" he panted before running back out. Harry frowned but quickly followed him through the house, out through the front door, past Victor who was coming up the stairs and round to the barn where a very nervous Prongs pranced about while Petunia and Dudley tried to calm him down.
Harry quickly ran up to him and grasped his reins.
"Whoa Prongs, calm down boy," he said quickly before catching Prong's blue eyes with his own, Prongs immediately calmed down and stood there panting in exhaustion. "Something must have really scared you, huh Prongs? Where's Uncle Vernon? Did something happen?"
Prongs moved his head as if to nod before prancing round so that Harry had a clear view of his side, Prongs turned his head to Harry and motioned for him to get on, which he did without question, bareback.
"Aunt Petunia I'll try to find my Uncle but I may be gone a few days, don't worry though," he yelled over his shoulder as Prongs started to head for the gates, they were nearly stopped by Victor who leaped out into their path but Harry glared and used Prongs reins to steer him around while shouting back.
"Not now Krum, I've got to save my Uncle from the damn forest again," then he was gone, with Victor staring at the spot he once occupied, with a growl he turned to Petunia and Dudley.
"I thought I told you he wasn't to leave the house for anything until later on today when I told him to! Did I not make myself clear?"
"Perfectly Krum, but this is an emergency, Vernon's missing and the only one that knows where is that horse and he'll only tell Harry, so if you knew of another way then do it, don't bother us anymore," Petunia said acidly before turning and walking back into the house a smug smirk on her face, Dudley followed soon after an identical smirk on his own.
Victor glared after them before turning to Ron.
"I want someone to watch this house 24/7 until Harry or his Uncle returns, got it?" he growled angrily, Ron nodded and watched him walk off moodily before sighing and sitting by the fence.
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Harry and Prongs sped through the forest only stopping every now and then to catch some breath, after about several hours of it Harry pulled Prongs to a gentle halt.
"I think we've run around enough Prongs lets go and get that stupid Uncle of mine," he sighed before letting Prongs lead him down a dark path, it was night again but Harry wasn't worried, he knew Prongs would look after him.
They trotted through trees that appeared to have seen better days and weaved along the path there, as they moved along Harry saw a shape looming up in front of them and when they approached he sighed as he saw that it was the wagon that was previously attached to Prongs and that the washer was totally destroyed in the back as well, Prongs didn't stop but kept moving forward, even speeding up slightly.
They eventually broke the cover of the trees but by this time Harry had fallen asleep on his back so he didn't see the large castle looming in front of them or the three figures waiting for him, James shifted forms and carried his son to the three at the gates with a smile.
"Sirius, Remus, Lily, nice to see you all again," he smiled; turning to Lily a small frown marred his face. "May I ask why the plan was moved forward to today, his birthday of all days? I don't think he even realises it's his birthday," he asked, Lily sighed and moved forward to brush stray hairs out of both James' and Harry's face.
"Yesterday, Victor Krum raped him and intends to force Harry into marrying him by making him pregnant, he used a potion from that Snape and Pomfrey woman to do it," she said sadly, James got progressively angry until his grip upon Harry caused him to whimper in his sleep, upon which James immediately calmed and loosened his hold with a small apology to Harry.
"That Krum is going to pay for this, but first let's get Harry into this castle," they all nodded in agreement and helped to place Harry back onto Prongs' back (after James changed back that is) and watched them move into the castle grounds.
As soon as they passed through the gate Harry started awake as a flare of something shot up his spine, looking around he saw they were in a giant courtyard with a tree to the right of where they were entering that was scattering silver and gold petals along the faint breeze that was blowing past, some of them settling in Harry's own hair before they reached the large doors.
Harry slipped off of Prongs and quickly removed the bridle still on him before letting him run; he then turned to the doors and gently knocked on them, when all he got was the echo of his knocking he pushed against the door, surprised to feel them open under his hands.
He gasped at the largeness of the entrance hall before his eyes were drawn to a hat laying on the floor by the door, bending down to pick it up he failed to notice the three sets of eyes on him, two were from spectral beings who were stood in the shadows to his right while the other was from a pair of silver eyes from the third floor balcony.
Looking at the hat he realised it was the same one his uncle was wearing when he left the day before, lifting his head he looked around for any signs of his Uncle but found none, he sighed in resignation.
"I guess it's up to me again to find him, now where to start?" he murmured, he swept the hair from his eyes and looked around the floor he was on, the silver eyes never wavering from him as he moved towards a door and opened it, he looked around before closing it again quietly and moving on to the next one, it was then that the owner of the eyes started on his way downstairs.
Harry went through the whole left side of doors before finding the door that led down a flight of thin winding stairs, so with great reluctance he started on his way down, wincing whenever his feet tapped on the stone steps loudly, he moved down the winding staircase slowly becoming aware of a dripping sound that when he emerged into the underground cave he saw was from the small waterfall in the far left corner.
The room that he emerged into appeared to be a large wine cellar with several rooms joining to it as well, several of them barred.
"Uncle Vernon!" Harry called reluctantly; he waited a couple of seconds before he heard a faint answer.
"Harry? Is that you boy?" a voice called from the third door down, Harry gulped and slowly made his way over to the door and looked through the bars, the next thing he knew a pudgy fist had shot between the bars and grabbed a hold of his shirt and slamming him against the bars with a small cry.
"Get me out of here, the guy's crazy! He's a monster and everyone else . . . " Vernon shuddered in disgust before glaring at Harry. "Get me out now boy, or you'll regret it," he growled dangerously to which Harry quickly nodded in fear before he was suddenly released and he fell backwards.
He quickly got up again and used what little strength he had to slowly move the bolt across and open the door.
As soon as the door was opened his Uncle moved out and grabbed a hold of his ear in a savage twist, Harry accidentally let out a small eep of pain before quieting and looking at his Uncle fearfully, neither noticing the greasy haired spectral form watching from the stairway, Vernon twisted Harry's ear again and smirked when Harry winced and gave a small hiss of pain.
"It seems in my day of absence you've gotten weaker, I'll have to fix that won't I? Victor doesn't want a weak boy like you for a husband," he sneered, Harry froze as he remembered something Victor had said the night before, before he had then raped him.
"You knew all along didn't you, you slipped that potion into my drink last night, you're despicable. . ." he was silenced by a hand slapped across his face leaving a stinging sensation in its wake.
"Don't you EVER back-chat me again boy, or you'll be feeling more than just my fist," Vernon sneered before grabbing a firmer hold of Harry's hair and proceeded to drag him towards the stairs, the only way out of the cellar, the black haired figure having left some time earlier.
As they re-emerged into the hall Vernon froze at the sight of the pale beast again, he thrust Harry in front of him and held him there as a sort of protective shield, the beast spoke before either of them could do anything else.
"What is going on here, trying to escape?" he growled at them, Harry froze as a shiver ran down his spine at the sound of the beasts voice and turning his head he caught his first glimpse of him, and was immediately spell bound by it. Vernon seeing that the creature wasn't going to do anything stood a little taller and spoke with a little authority.
"I'm leaving with this boy . . ."
"No you're not, one of you has to stay for trespassing on my property without my permission," the beast growled, Vernon paled then smiled gleefully.
"Fine then, take the boy, I'm sure he won't mind," Vernon said a little too quickly before letting go of Harry with a small shove, making him fall onto the floor in a heap at the beasts feet, and running for the door, the beast didn't try to stop him but kept staring at Harry who stared back.
"What's your name?" the beast asked questioningly, Harry stared up at the beast and gulped quickly before answering.
"Harry, Harry Potter," he said quickly, the beast stared at him a second longer before turning and starting to walk away.
"Minerva! Show Harry to his room, I expect him down for dinner at midday, no exceptions!" he growled out to the apparent thin air, Harry frowned as a spectral figure appeared next to the beast and curtseyed before moving towards him to reveal a tall, black haired woman in what might have been emerald-green robes, a pair of square glasses on her face, Harry nervously shoved his own further up his nose from where they'd slipped down.
"If you'll follow me Master Potter," she said with a small smile before slowly starting to move towards the staircase to the first floor, Harry following reluctantly behind her
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Wow that's the longest chapter I've ever done, sorry for taking so long to post the next chapter I suffered some Writers block about halfway through but I'm okay now, but if any of you have any ideas for something you want in later chapters then don't hesitate to ask
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