Hey everyone for the long update but I've been distracted recently with work and school. So I'm sorry this chapter came out a little later then usual. Also going to make a shout out to Fried Cucco Lady for helping with many of the edits in this chapter! She has really helped me make this story better! I salute you my friend! Thank you for your help! Now I hope you enjoy this chapter and keep on coming with the views!
Harry had moved from the outskirts of the town and now sat on a snow-covered rock outside the Shrieking Shake. He had stopped crying, streaks from the tears stained his face, as he sat in silence, fuming on the inside. He thought about his parents and what people had told him what had happened the night that they died. He balled his fists at the thought of the man, Sirius Black, who had been their best friend and betrayed them.
He got up and put the cloak over his body, walking back towards the town. He sneaked into the building where the passage way was and crawled through, walking slowly back to Hogwarts. He returned to the school and ignored everyone that tried to talk to him, including Hermione and Ron, and stormed into his room.
Ron looked to Hermione, whose face was full of concern. Ron reassured her that Harry was fine and convinced her to go down to dinner without the scarred boy. Harry lay in his bed and stared up at the ceiling, his thoughts running through his head. All of what was happening to him was becoming too much. Not only did he have this Phantom and Dark Link to worry about, but this whole situation with Black was there too. He groaned, rubbing his eyes to push back the headache that was forming. So much had been revealed to him in such a short time. His parents being murdered by a close friend that they trusted. The professor who had some horrific curse placed upon him, and the creatures that followed said professor to Hogwarts. All these things running through Harry's mind made him forget about dinner that night.
When Ron and Hermione returned from dinner that night, Ron went straight for their room, curious as to what Harry was doing. He walked in and glanced over at the boy's bed, all he saw was a dark expression on Harry's face.
"Harry, are you alright?" He asked, slowly walking over to Harry's bed, "It's not like you to miss dinner…"
"I'm fine Ron. I just want to be left alone for a bit." Harry mumbled, turning his back to his friend.
Ron's eyes widened a bit, shocked at the cold shoulder. He stood there for a moment, trying to figure out a response, but sighed and left the room. The rest of the night, Harry didn't say a single word, keeping his thoughts to himself. The next morning at breakfast, it was only Harry and Ron who had gone down, Hermione had something to do with school work. For that Harry was a bit glad because he knew Hermione would try to pester him about what was wrong. He was grateful for her concern, but at the moment he just didn't feel like talking about it.
As the two boys sat in silence eating, a hand came down on Harry's shoulder, causing him to jump slightly. He turned around and looked up, seeing it was Lupin, who gave him a confused look. Harry got up quickly and the two left the hall in silence. They walked to their training room and Lupin glanced down at the boy, curious as to why the chatty boy was silent.
"Harry, is everything ok?" Lupin asked, putting a hand on Harry's shoulder making him stop.
Harry forced a smile and slid out of the man's grasp. "Just something on my mind this morning." He said, stepping away from him.
"Are you sure?" Lupin continued, giving Harry a concerned look, "you can tell me anything. You can trust me."
"Everything is fine, I promise." He responded, smiling a bit more.
Lupin stood in silence for a moment, looking over the boy, then sighed. "If you insist."
A shrill scream broke through the air, making Harry jump. Lupin looked around for the source and quickly ran down the hall, Harry following close behind. They ran to the courtyard of the campus and saw a large amount of students running towards them, frantic and panicked expressions on their faces. What surprised both of them was Hagrid was with all the students and he was running away with them! Hagrid was yelling for all them to keep going away from whatever threat was behind them.
Lupin tried to stop Hagrid but the giant just ran past him instead he tried to stop on of the students. "What on earth is going on?" He asked. One of the students opened their mouth to speak when a shriek interrupted him. The students screamed and ran past the two, knowing exactly what the monster was.
Harry looked up and gasped at the creature. It was a human-sized lizard with green scales and dark blue eyes, its mouth wide open for an attack. Lupin put out his arm protectively in front of Harry as they slowly backed up from the creature.
"What is that thing?" Harry asked in a whisper, watching it look around the courtyard.
Lupin shook his head slowly. "I have no idea." He whispered back, slowly pulling out his wand.
Then the creature looked over at the pair and let out a roar that shook the area around them. It suddenly launched forward and opened its mouth, fire erupting from it.
Lupin's eyes widened and grabbed Harry's arm. "RUN!" He screamed, sprinting into the castle, dragging Harry behind him.
The creature dashed behind them, spitting out fire as they ran down the hall. It suddenly got close enough to try and bite Harry once, but he quickly turned the corner missing the monster by a second. They ran and dodged until they got to the courtyard in the middle of the school, finding that the students from earlier had gathered there along with Hagrid.
"Hagrid!" Harry yelled, running up to the giant, "What is that thing?!" He bent over, placing his hands on his knees as he regained his breath.
"Professor Link brought it in for me, I asked him earlier this year for something like this," Hagrid explained, earning a shocked look from Lupin that quickly became a frown, "But when I went to go get it, it had burnt through its cage and then attacked us!"
Some of the students gasped, getting the trio's attention. Harry spun around and saw that the lizard had followed them and now was in the entrance of the courtyard. The creature slowly crept its way towards the students and opened its mouth to attack.
Lupin with his wand already pulled out attacked the creature. "Stupefy!" the spell shot out from his wand hitting the creature. The monster staggered and struggled to regain its balance. Lupin then attacked over and over again. The creature shrieked after every hit, its high pitched screams made all the students and Hagrid cover their eyes.
The creature after another attack looked to fall limp to the ground. Lupin eyed it carefully as he slowly approached the monster. The body wasn't moving but Lupin noted that its eyes were still glaring at him.
Lupin put away his wand and returned to the group of students. "Hagrid, I've dealt that monster a good blow, now be a good man and get it in a metal cage this time" he lightly patted the innocent giant's arm "I would enjoy examining this creature while it's locked up" he said with a soft smile.
"Of course! I'll get it under…control…immediately…" Hagrid started to say when his voice trailed off as he became distracted.
Lupin turned around to see what had caused this thinking the creature had come back to attack but that wasn't the case.
Instead it was Link who was walking up slowly behind the creature. His sword withdrawn from its sheath. Lupin immediately knew what was going to happen and tried to stop him but before he could say a word, Link's sword impaled the creature making it screech horribly in pain. Lupin looked into the creature's eyes as they slowly faded into a dull black. He frowned deeply at the Hylian while most of the students seemed to be pleased at the outcome.
Link kicked the creature, making sure it was dead, and grasped the hilt of his sword and tore it out of the lizard's body. He sheathed the sword and looked over to the group in the middle of the courtyard, a dark expression on his face. His focus was on Hagrid, who gulped at the glare the Hylian was sending him.
"Hagrid," He said, sounding more like a growl, "I want a moment with you. Now."
"Ye-Yes, Professor…" Hagrid stuttered, glancing at Harry who gave him a reassuring smile. Lupin suddenly grabbed his arm and pulled the giant for a moment.
"I can take care of this for you…" Lupin looked at Link who had his arms crossed waiting for Hagrid "He won't be pleasant with what he will say and you don't deserve…"
"Please, mister Lupin, I appreciate the gesture but I got to face the professor with this one…it's my fault anyways so." Without another word Hagrid made the walk over to Link.
They walked for a few minutes until they reached an empty hall. Hagrid stared at the professor's back until he spun around, startling the giant.
"Are you stupid Hagrid?! Or do you not listen?!" Link yelled, outstretching his arms, "Don't you remember what I told you?"
"Professor, let me-" Hagrid said, but was cut off by the short professor.
"Shut up! I told you not to keep them for more than a week!" He continued, walking closer to Hagrid, "You want to know why you have to get rid of them by then? Well just look!" Link yelled hoarsely, outstretching his right arm and yanked at his sleeve pulling back the white fabric revealing an aged burn mark. The skin had still yet to heal, leaving that part of his arm darker than the rest of it.
"That's why! You've endangered all the students in this school for what?!" He yelled again, his anger boiling over. He shoved his sleeve down and crossed his arms over his chest.
"I think that's enough, professor."
Link's head snapped towards the entrance of the hall, revealing Lupin to be the source of the voice. Link grounded his teeth, balling his fists into the robe that covered him. Why the hell did this man always have to interrupt him?
Lupin slowly walked towards the two figures, looking up at Hagrid, and then sending a glare at the new professor. "Hagrid deserves none of this torment you are giving him. He has done nothing wrong."
Link scoffed at the comment and glared at Lupin, who now stood a few feet away from the two.
"You have no right in this conversion, Lupin. How much experience with Dodongos do you have?" Link asked harshly, earning silence from the scarred man. "Do you even know what they are?"
Lupin still stood in silence. Link forgetting about Hagrid came toe to toe with Lupin "They are horrible creatures, Lupin, ones that will kill and eat anything that's meat" Again Lupin didn't respond but just stared back at the professor. Link on the inside wanted to punch the man but he refrained from that. "If I wasn't here you would have been its next meal. No matter how much better you people think you are…." Link turned on his heel and began walking away "You will never know the meaning of true magic."
Lupin's calm composure broke, this man driving him to his last nerve. "You stop there now!" Link did in fact stop but didn't turn to acknowledge Lupin "Hagrid doesn't deserve the blame for this! If you knew how dangerous they were then why give them out in the first place!"
Link for a moment considered that idea, he was so in the moment that he didn't consider that maybe it was him at fault for all of this and…
"And don't think you're so superior to us! Hylians love to brag how great they are but I don't recall any of them actually fighting against Voldemort!" Lupin yelled at the blond haired professor.
Link turned to face Lupin, his expression cold and dark. Both of them glared at each other for what seemed like hours. Hagrid the usually calm cheerful giant was sweating from his forehead. Finally bringing up the courage he needed, Hagrid broke the silence.
"No, Lupin, he's right." Hagrid said, breaking the glaring match between the two, "I wasn't thinking. I should have just gotten rid of the thing when I had my chance but I just didn't have the guts to do the deed." He explained, looking between the two men.
Link, taking the confession, nodded at the giant and brushed by Lupin, walking down the hall until he disappeared from Hagrid's line of vision. Hagrid watched as Lupin flinched when the blonde passed him and turned away from the giant, glaring at the new professor. Lupin sighed, bade Hagrid farewell and left the hall, walking back to where he had left Harry.
Harry leaned against the wall, staring down at his feet. He sighed, bored with waiting, and moved off the wall. As he turned to leave, he heard footsteps coming towards him. He turned around and saw Lupin.
Harry walked up to him. "So what happened between Professor Link and Hagrid?" He asked.
Lupin frowned at the mention of the man's name, that smirk flashing into his mind. "Your professor was scolding Hagrid like a child and I thought it was not needed so I stopped him," He explained, and knelt down to his level, putting both of his hands on Harry's shoulders, "Harry, that man is dangerous, I want you to be very careful around him. Do you understand?"
Harry stared at the older man for a moment before shaking his head, moving away from him. "Sir, I don't understand, he's saved my life three times already. What could be so dangerous about him?" He asked, frowning.
Lupin stood, sighing tiredly. "Harry, that man has a terrible curse on him that no one can heal and, when unleashed, no one can stop. Not only that his people, the Hylians, are an arrogant race of noble lords. They hate us and what we are, there isn't any reason as to why that is and if I was Dumbledore I would have thrown him out by now." He explained, watching the younger wizard for a reaction.
Harry stood stunned for a moment but not because of the information. How did Lupin know about the professor's curse? Has he seen what the professor's looked like because of it? Should he, Harry, tell him that Harry had seen the bonds loosen on the blond professor? And what did he mean by Link's people?
Harry shook his head, deciding not to betray Link any further. He gave Lupin a simple nod, who nodded back and they both walked off together, Lupin escorting the young wizard to his next class.
That night at dinner, Harry was in a better mood, not letting his dark thoughts keep him down. Ron was happy to see this and beamed at the boy, smiling and cracking jokes whenever he could.
"Darn, Harry, you worried me! I thought you were going through some emo phase or something, had me worried there!" Ron said in a joking manner, nudging Harry's arm, who just smiled at the redhead.
"No, it was nothing, just had something on my mind," He explained, grabbing a piece of meat and putting it on his plate, "but it's nothing to worry about."
"Still, you didn't even care to talk to anyone! It was majorly off for you!" Ron exclaimed, "It had me worried, you usually don't dwell on things."
Harry smiled over at his friend. "Well, no need to worry anymore. And I'm kinda shocked, Ron." Harry said, chuckling.
"Why?" Ron asked.
"You worried about me more than you worried about food" Harry laughed, nudging the redhead's arm, causing the boy to playfully push back. They both laughed, but Harry stopped when he noticed something was missing from the moment.
He looked around the hall, then back to Ron. "Hey, where's Hermione?" he asked.
Ron stopped chuckling and thought for a moment. "Uh, I think at Hagrid's Hut. She had some questions on the homework I guess."
Hermione waved to Hagrid as she walked toward the path to school. She had been slightly confused by some of the magical creatures the giant had told them about, but he had given her answers that made it clear now. She walked up the path towards the bridge, walking down at a brisk pace when she heard something. She stopped and looked around, a faint galloping sound catching her attention. She shrugged it off as nothing and turned back to walk towards the school. She walked a little faster now, she didn't know why but something in her was telling her to go faster. As she got to the bridge she heard a snickering laughter come from the darkness, one she recognized from Link's class when…
Hermione began to run. She was scared, the sounds around her became louder and louder. The laugh and the galloping was all she could hear before she suddenly tripped. She hit the wooden floor hard enough to knock the wind out of her. When she looked behind her, she screamed in fear at the creature before her, a black horse with piercing red eyes that made her shiver. On top of the horse was a man, or what was supposed to be a man, with glowing yellow eyes that shined through the darkness. Even worse was the presence behind the horse, it was a dark humanoid mist with piercing red eyes.
The man on the horse slowly approached her "You're one of Potter's friends, aren't you?" It said nonchalantly, staring down at the frightened brunette, "Aaah, yes, you are…I can smell him on you."
She slowly started to back away from the creature, her eyes focused on the horse riding beast. "Wh-who are you and how do you know Harry?" She asked in a shaky voice.
"My name is Phantom Ganon and I am here to do Lord Ganondorf's biding." It explained, slowly approaching the girl.
The mist creature jumped in front of Phantom without warning staring directly at Hermione "And I'm sure you remember me!" Dark Link said standing up proudly coming into a more detailed form.
Hermione in total shock found her ability to talk useless. Dark Link merely smiled at this. "Hahaha, you're just like your boyfriend Harry hehehe, he didn't know what to say either!"
Phantom atop his horse used his trident to push Dark Link aside "Listen you, we don't have time for games, this isn't a spell like last time. We have to make a statement" Dark Link recovered from the unexpected blow and regained his composure.
He smiled from ear to ear "For once Phanty, I agree with you, hehehehe!" Dark Link slowly pulled out his evil version of the Master Sword "So what shall we start with?" Dark Link pointed his sword at Hermione who gazed at it him in terror "Her arms or her legs?"
Hermione not wanting to hear any more got up from her feet and ran as fast as she could from the two monsters. Phantom Ganon chuckled at this and dashed after the girl, catching up with her with ease. Dark Link simply walked across the bridge running a finger down his blade, happily humming a joyful tune.
Phantom Ganon shot beams of energy from his trident towards Hermione who yelped in surprise, dodging as much as she could. The phantom laughed at her attempts as she ran through the bridge as fast as she could.
"Try to keep it interesting for me, girl!" It screamed in delight, taunting the girl as he shot at her again.
Hermione dodged yet again and looked up to see the approaching end of the bridge. She tried to speed up when a shot of energy flew by her and destroyed the connection between the bridge and the castle. She skidded to a stop and gaped at the damage, horror washing over her. She slowly turned around and saw the Phantom towering over her, its eyes glowing in a twisted delight.
"Now now, leaving so soon?" The Phantom tsked, wagging its finger back and forth, "I was just beginning to have fun!"
"What do you want!?" She yelled, hoping that someone who would be passing by heard her.
"What do I want?" Phantom said in a thoughtful manner, "I want to make Link's life hell, I will make him so filled with anger and frustration that he will weaken mentally and then I'll kill him for my master! When that happens my master will return!" It exclaimed, causing Hermione to jump back slightly "That's what I want is that simple enough for you?"
An echoed voice behind Phantom had a different opinion "Your plan still sucks, hehehe!"
The phantom gave a deserved 'shut up' to his partner before lifting his arms over his head and charging his trident. His piercing yellow eyes staring down at the girl. "Any last words before I send you into the dark abyss?" It asked in a taunting manner.
Hermione's eyes widened in horror, staring up at the trident as it continued to charge up for the final blow. No one had heard her and it was almost curfew, so she knew no one would be out right now. For a split second, she thought it was all over and she thought of Harry and Ron, her two friends she had met on her first year. They didn't care where she came from or who her parents were. They liked her for who she was and, as she watched the dark magic gather around the creature, she thought only of them. Phantom was ready to cast his spell when suddenly a figure jumped over the broken bridge, through the flames that still remained. Hermione gasped in shock as she saw Harry jump at the creature.
Phantom shocked fell off his horse because of the unexpected attack from the boy. Hermione watched the scene and heard a voice from behind her, seeing Ron wave for her. She looked back at Harry and then back to Ron and quickly jumped over the bridge towards the redhead. Harry continued to wrestle with the creature, punching it a few times before the phantom kicked him in the gut, sending him backwards.
"You wretched brat!" screamed Phantom Ganon, grabbing his trident as he charged at Harry.
Harry seeing the angered creature, quickly jumped back across the gap between the bridge and the castle and fled into the courtyard. He saw Hermione and Ron quickly motioning for him to get to the castle and he dashed towards the pair when suddenly an orange barrier formed in front of him. Harry stopped quickly, startled by its sudden appearance. He reached out to touch it and got a strong electric shock from it causing him to yelp and jump back from the edge. Harry turned around and saw that he was in a large circle and the only other being within the circle was Phantom Ganon.
"Now I have you all to myself, boy," It said hoarsely, bringing out his trident, "I was hoping I would only have to scare the hell out of you, but now it seems I'm going to have to kill you instead."
Hermione and Ron watched in horror, seeing the creature approached their best friend. "Harry! Hang on, we'll get help!" Ron shouted, panicked.
Harry glanced back at them and nodded. "Alright, just hurry!" He yelled back, turning back to Phantom Ganon.
Harry whipped out his wand and got into a defensive pose ready to hold off the dark creature until his friends came back. Phantom Ganon spun his trident around and shot energy balls at Harry, who dodged them with ease. While he was able to dodge them Phantom was firing them so quickly that the boy had no time to counter them. Harry ran around Ganon as he continued his attack looking for some sort of opening he could exploit.
To Harry's dismay, he couldn't find anything he could use. By this time Ganon was angered about how the boy was not standing still. Phantom then changed his tactics and suddenly jumped into the air. Harry stopped shocked to see Ganon floating in the air. Without a moment's hesitation the creature shot down at the boy using the blunt-end of his trident to strike the boy. His glowing yellow eyes staring into Harry's for a split second before the strike happened.
Harry's right side exploded in pain at the forceful attack, causing him to fly back and roll onto the ground in pain. It had felt like he had been hit by a car his vision going in and out. But Harry's adrenaline kept him going and he got up, though not as fast as he wanted to. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that some students had gathered outside the circle watching the scene in a state of awe. But others were casting spells trying to break down the barrier but to no avail.
Harry quickly turned his focus back to Phantom as the creature began his attacks once more. He was able to dodge them and was even able to cast some counter curses, but Phantom was able to block them with ease with the trident. The attacks stopped, confusing Harry until he noticed that Phantom's focus wasn't on him anymore but something behind him. Harry turned and saw the familiar blond hair of Link, who was pushing his way quickly through the crowd sword in hand.
Link made it to the barrier and if looks could kill, Harry was sure that the phantom would be massacred by the professor. "GANON!" Link yelled enraged at the monster, "Your fight is with me not my student!"
Phantom barked out a laugh and looked at the hero taunting him. "And what will you do about it?" It asked earning a growl from Link, "I'm going to make this school watch his death!"
Link shook in anger and quickly moved his attention to his student. "Potter!" He yelled, getting the boy's attention "Hang on I'm coming! Just remember what I taught you!" He grasped his sword with both of his hands and brought it over his head glaring fiercely at the barrier.
Phantom chuckled and brought his attention back to Harry. "He won't save you, boy." Phantom Ganon said darkly and fired at Harry starting the attack yet again.
Link yelled and brought his sword down on the barrier with all his strength. Upon striking the barrier electricity shot up through the sword then to Link who screamed in pain. He grinded his teeth and kept the pressure on the barrier with his sword using anything he could to break it.
Ron and Hermione ran out of the castle with Dumbledore behind them making their way through the students who had gathered. They saw sparks and lighting coming from one area and made their way there to see the Hylian surrounded by the lighting as he tried to break through. Hermione looked from him to inside the barrier where Harry was still trying to dodge the attacks of the creature.
Dumbledore quickly ran over to Link concerned for the professor, when lightning struck just in front of him making him stop.
"STAY BACK!" Link screamed, sweat dripping down his face, "DON'T GET IN MY WAY!"
Dumbledore tried to move forward again, but didn't have much luck in his advances. "Professor! You're pushing yourself too hard if you continue you could die!" He screamed back, earning no response from the blonde.
Link shut out the other man and kept the pressure on his hands screaming in protest. He noticed immediately that his blade had made a crack on the barrier and grinned to himself. A sudden push from behind him made his sword strike deeper into the barrier. Link didn't need to look behind him to see who it was.
"Listen, old man! This magic is way outside your knowledge!" Link yelled at the headmaster.
Dumbledore grinned slightly "I cannot allow my professor's to fight alone! I'll be here with you, Link!" Dumbledore said while taking in the sudden pain that came from contacting the barrier.
Inside the barrier Harry was still dodging Phantom's attacks but just barely. Phantom was becoming more and more frustrated that such a small human could put up such a fight against him! Tired of this game, Ganon leapt into the air again however this time he didn't cast a spell at Harry. This time he concentrated his magic at the tip of his trident. Without warning he flew down and struck the ground with his trident. This caused huge waves of energy to make a mini earthquake like effect and knocked Harry over, in the process causing him to drop his wand out of his hand. Harry flat on his back tried to recover from the attack and tried to get back up but his legs felt numb and the rest of his body refused to listen to him. He looked up in horror to see Phantom Ganon right over him.
"I will admit you kept it interesting but now you must die" Ganon taunted darkly, finished with this game. He brought his trident above his head, ready to impale Harry in the stomach. The sound of cracking met his ears and Ganon looked up for a split second to see the barrier he had made was cracking. Before he could react to it the whole thing exploded causing smoke to cover the courtyard.
Phantom looked around quickly seeing that the boy was still in the same place as before. His gaze turned to the smoke as a figure's shape was walking towards him. His eyes widened at the realization of the only person that figure could be. There was only one person who could go through so much pain, still be able to walk, and was looking for a fight.
The figure appeared his rob littered with holes and nearly torn off his body. The green tunic was covered in cuts and dirtied from the sudden explosion. His hands covered in blood as he still grasped the blade firmly, his arms also bloodied. The Phantom focused on one thing though and that was Link's eyes which were filled with rage and anger his expression turning into a snarl.
"Don't you dare harm my student." Link growled, approaching the Phantom with vengeance on his mind.
Cliff Hanger! (on less you already read the originals I put out a few years ago!) If you got any questions just ask my friends and I will anwser. Also quick reminder Fried Cucco Lady helped with the edits for this chapter too so give her some credit too!