Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Percy Jackson
A.N. I thought I would warn there is some violence in this chapter and some is a little gruesome, not to bad, but I thought I would warn you anyway, and Harry and Piper have their first real fight, but don't worry they make up fast.
Chapter 17: Hogsmeade goes up in smoke
Harry's p.o.v.
After my fight with the Slytherins most people at Hogwarts avoided me, which was fine with me. I still had to take a potion everyday, but only once now, my leg was almost healed, I didn't even limp as bad as before. It shouldn't be much longer before I get to leave, a part of me was sadden by that, it felt so good to be back at Hogwarts, and Piper and I were having fun being here. When our friends had to be in class, I showed Piper around the castle, or sometimes we went to check on Marauder at Hagrid's, I even showed her to the kitchens. We would always eat at the Gryffindore table with our friends and when they weren't in class we mostly hung out in Gryffindore tower while they did their homework, chatting and joking around or playing wizard chess with Ron, while Hermione did her homework and frown about Ron not doing his.
And than there was a part of me that couldn't wait to leave, to go find the sword, and than get Nico so we could go find the rest of Voldemort's Horcruxes and destroy them, so he can be killed. Than put Gaea back to sleep and win this war.
What really ticked me off was all the boys who kept asking Piper out, I think most the Gryffindore boys, even a few thrid years have asked her to Hogsmeade. Cormac McLaggan had thrown a fit when Piper told him no. There was also a few Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws that asked her out. A Micheal Corner, and an Anthony Goldstein. I didn't know the Hufflepuffs who asked her out. They were seven years. If we didn't leave soon I think I might end up killing someone.
Seamus Finnigan was still telling his lies about me at ever chance he got. Which ended up with him and Piper having a shouting match right in the middle of the Great Hall. It only ended when I got up, threw Piper over my shoulder and carried her up to the common room.
The best moment had been when Gryffindore had beat Slytherin in the first match of the year. Katie had pulled to gether a good team, and even if I no longer could stand him, I had to admit Seamus was a good beater along with Dean, Lavender and the other new chaser a friend of Ginny's by the name of Robin Demelaz, were almost as good as Katie, and never missed a shot, and Ron stopped all the Slytherin shots from getting in, but the best part was when Ginny got the snitch right from under Malfoy's nose just ten minutes into the match. If they kept this up they would win the cup. To bad I won't be here to see it happen.
The worse part about being here was Enyo she seemed to pop up wherever I was, trying to get me to pick a fight with someone or just annoying me about all the plans she had for me. She scared poor Neville so bad, he barely left Gryffindore tower, only to go to class and eat. Enyo even scared the Slytherins. It was soon all over the school that she was my sister. Nobody knew of her being a goddess, besides my closest friends. So rumors soon started flying around about Enyo being a long-lost daughter of Lily Potter, since most heard her say, we had the same mother and me saying she was only my half-sister, the rumors went from Lily having her as a teen and was made to give her up for adoption by her parents to James Potter making her give her up when they got married. A few Hufflepuffs were claiming Enyo had been kidnapped and raised by Dark Wizards, which is way she was so evil. The most ridiculous of all these rumors had Enyo born right in Gryffindore Tower and kidnapped by the Hogwarts house elves.
Being Enyo's brother had the younger Hogwarts students sacred of me, with Enyo hugging me like she did after my fight with the Slytherins, gave them the impression that she actually likes me. Now except for Seamus, the people who believed him, and Malfoy and his friends, everyone was too scared to say anything to me. That and the fact I put half the Slytherins in the hospital wing my first day here.
For Piper the worse part about being here was all the girls that asked me out, which besides Cho Change was Lavender Brown, both Petal twins, Susan Bones, a couple Hufflepuff fourth years, a couple of Ravenclaws, one seven-year and this Gryffindore girl year under Ginny, her name was Romilda Vane, Piper got in a fight with her in the girls bathroom one day, she wouldn't tell me what it was about, but Hermione said they had over heard Vane talking to her friends about different ways she could slip me a love potion. After learning that, and then when Romilda started offering me butterbears and candy, I became more paranoid than Mad-eye Moody, and asked Dobby to make sure he makes all mine and Piper's food along with our drinks.
When Saturday got here Piper and I decided to go to Hogemeade together sort of like a date, since we haven't got to spend much time alone, and ever since she woke up yesterday morning Piper as been kinda down, and kept shotting me worried looks, and open her mouth like she wanted to say something, but then would close it. So I thought maybe it would do both us some good to get out of the castle for a while, and spend a little time alone.
Right now Piper and I were standing in line waiting to be the next person Flich poked with his little dark object detector. I was holding Piper's hand, that's something else she's been doing since yesterday, she hasn't let me out of sight, unless we went to bed, and seem to suddenly get the need to hang on to me, like hold my hand or set in my lap, or have her arms wrapped around my waist, as if she needed to make sure I was still here, I'm not complaining about it, I enjoy having Piper near, it's just worrying, because she's never been this clingy, in fact since we're been here she has spent a lot of time with Ginny and her friends, so I could caught up with Ron and Hermione. Even at camp she spent a lot of time hanging out with Annabeth or some other camp friends, in which for some strange reason now included Clarisse, while I was with Percy, or one my other friends, but ever since yesterday Piper has been right by my side, never leaving it, if I had to go to the bathroom, she would stand outside the door and wait for me to come out.
"Oh, come on, how long does it take for Flich to detect if we have some dark object hidden on us." Ginny complained, she was standing on the other side of Piper. "I happen to be meeting someone at the Three Broomsticks, and he's going to make me late."
Ron who had been standing in front of me turned around and looked at her. "Who are you meeting?"
"I'm meeting none of your business that's who." Ginny snapped at him. Her and Ron have been fighting none stop since we've been here. Piper told me it was because Ron didn't like the idea of Ginny having a boyfriend. I watched as Ginny started playing with her neckless one that I haven't noticed her ever having before. It was a bronze chain, with a gold eagle at the end of it, who had a silver sword hanging from its talons. one talon on each side of the handle.
Ron opened his mouth to say something back at her, when Hermione, who was standing next to Ron turned him around to avoid another shouting match between the two. Last one they had ended with the me having to jump between them to stop them from hexing each other.
Finally we got up to Flich Hermione was checked first and of course she had nothing bad on her, Ron got an extra poke when he protest loudly saying. "What does it matter if we take a something dark out, what should matter is if we bring something dark back in." Finally we got outside and all of us went our own way. Ron and Hermione went off somewhere, and Ginny went to the Three Broomsticks to wait for whomever it was she was waiting for and I showed Piper around Hogsmeade
"It looks like a picture on a post card." Piper said. Smilling for the first time in two days.
"You should see it when it snows," I said, smiling myself happy to see Piper smiling. "It really looks like a post card then." Piper had her hair a little longer today, down to her waist, and wavy, the two beards in her hair, she had red and gold, she's had them like that ever since Gryffindore won against Slytherin.
"I would love to see it then." Piper said, turning so she was walking backward. "Being from L.A. I didn't get to see much snow growing up, I can just image what it would look like." I stopped walking and pulled Piper to me, I put my arms around her waist, and kissed her, Piper smiled into the kiss, wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me back.
"That is so disgusting." a drawling voice said from behind me. I pulled away from Piper and without even turning around I said.
"Go away, Malfoy," Then started kissing Piper again like he wasn't even there.
"I can't believe you would stand there in front of a whole village full of wizards kissing your little pet muggle." Malfoy said.
"What did you just say." I demanded and this time I did turn around to face him. On either side of him stood Crabb and Goyle.
"You heard me, Potter." Malfoy said, sneering. My hand went to my pocket on my wand.
"No, repeat it again," I said. "What did you just call Piper?"
"Babe, it's okay," Piper said, laying her hand on my shoulder. "It doesn't matter what they think of me. Lets just go enjoy the rest of the day."
"Listen to your muggle pet, Potter." Malfoy said. "Go enjoy the rest of the day, while you still can."
"What the bloody hell is that suppose to mean?" I demanded.
"Just that my father knows what you did to me and the other Slytherins the other day." Malfoy said, a smug look on his face. "And he will be speaking to the Minster about you."
"Is he going to turn himself in for kidnapping while he's there?" Piper demanded. I snorted, but anger flashed in Malfoy's eyes and he took a step toward Piper and I stepped in front of her blocking her from him.
"Don't even think about." I said. "Come near her and it'll be the last thing you'll ever do."
"Hear that, Crabb, Goyle" Malfoy asked, "Potter just threaten to kill me." Malfoy gave me a smirk. "My father is already trying to get him declared unstable, now this." Malfoy shook his head in mock disappointment.
"I don't give a hippogriff's ass, what your father is trying to do, Malfoy." I said. "He can go kiss Voldemort's feet for all I care." Malfoy pulled out his wand and pointed it at me.
"Is something wrong here?" Someone came up and asked, I looked around Malfoy to see Tonks standing there, but she didn't look like the Tonks I knew, she had her hair a mousey brown, and her eyes was a dull brown color. Her eyes had bags under them, and were bloodshot. She looked as if she hadn't slept good in days.
"Nothing that concerns you." Malfoy turned around and sneered at her.
"Get lost than." She demanded. "Go on, get." Malfoy sneered at her one last time then walked away taking Crabb and Goyle with him.
When they got out of sight Tonks turned back to us. "Harry, Piper, what are you two doing in Hogsmeade? Sirius told the Order you two went missing."
"Demigod stuff," I shrugged. "Why are you here?"
"The Ministry has Aurors here to keep an eye on the village." Tonks explained.
"Why does Hogsmeade need to be watched?" I asked. "Has things in the wizardry world really got that bad?" Tonks nodded.
"You should see Diagon Ally." Tonks said. "It's getting to be a ghost town, shops boarded up, people being killed or dragged off, the bloke from the ice cream shop was dragged off not too long ago and the guy who runs Flourish and blots book store was found dead in the book store over the summer," I frowned. "He was killed by the Killing curse, and evey copy of a book about some kind of muggle myth has disappeared."
"Really, my dad never mentioned anything to me." I said. Tonks shrugged.
"Maybe he didn't want to worry you." Tonks said. "After all you do have a lot on your plate right now."
"What myth do you know?" I asked. Tonks thought a mintue, then frowned.
"Sorry, can't remember." Tonks said. "That's one thing about muggles I never learned is old myths and stuff, because it would have met more reading, and my dad was never into anything like that, and my mum's purblood, so anything my mum learned was from dad." I nodded wondering what myth would Voldemort want to learn about so bad he would kill over it.
"How is my dad doing?" I asked. I've wondered or more like worrying about my dad since I left. And how he was taken us disappearing without a word.
"Sirius knows you're probably off doing some demigod thing," Tonks said. "But he's still real ticked you didn't let him know you were leaving or where you were going. Sally has calmed him down a little, but Sirius is still treating to put you in the body-bind curse once you walk through the door."
"Sally?" I asked, trying not to think about how I was pretty sure Sirius was going to follow-up on that threat. "You mean Percy's mum?"
"She's been telling Sirius all kinds of stories where Percy has disappeared on her." Tonks almost smiled. "Sirius told her, all she had to do was just say the word and he'll put Percy in the body-bind curse for her. Sally said a spell wouldn't work on Percy, something about a heal." Tonks shrugged. "Anyway, Sally's real nice I like her. Been a real comfort to me lately, I've been kind of down. She makes really good blue chocolate chip cookies." I nodded, I've had Percy's mum's cookies before, I use to think nobody cooks better than Mrs. Weasley, but after eating Ms. Jackson's cooking I have started thinking over that thought.
"I have to get back to my post," Tonks said. "You guys go ahead with your day, I'll tell your dad you're okay."
"Thanks, Tonks," I said. "And tell him I'm sorry I left without saying anything, I'll explain when I get home. And I'll be sure to have the sheld charm at my lips, when I walk through the door." Tonks laughed at that, I smiled a little, glad I could make her laugh, she looked pretty down, and she was family after all."
"Will do." Tonks said. "And you two be careful, look after each other."
"We will." Piper said. Tonks gave her a smile grin, before saying bye and walking off. I took Piper's hand and we went about our date.
I showed Piper, the post office first, Zonks, then went to HoneyDukes.
"Look at all this candy." Piper said, "Leo would love this place." I nodded and showed her all the different candy.
"Ice Mice," Piper begin to read off the signs. "Makes your teeth chatter and squeak, Sugar quills, Droobles best blowing gum, frizzing wizzbees, jelly slugs," Piper made a face, "Gross, licorice wands, chocoballs, peppermint imps, makes you breathe fire for your friends." I leaned in and whispered in Piper's ear.
"I bet Leo wouldn't need one of them to breathe fire." I joked, Piper started laughing, then pointed at the peppermint toads."
"Hops realistically in your mouth," She read, "Lets buy some for Percy." I snorted, thinking about the reaction Percy would have with them, since he was still convince chocolate frogs were real frogs. I grinned and grabbed some.
"We should get Percy some." I said. Piper laughed as she picked out her sweets, which included, licorice wands, chocoballs, sugar quills, fudge, and then a whole bag full of nothing but chocolate cauldrons. She even got some peppermint imps so we could give them to Leo. I was just thankful my money was in my pocket and not in the bag we lost.
"Wonder what's wrong with Tonks?" I said, as I sat the sweets on the counter and pulled out my money. "If she's been down lately, and she didn't look her normal cheerful self when we saw her. And since when does she hang out at Sirius' that much. I know she's family, but she is usually working or doing something for the Order."
"Ginny told me Tonks has been hanging around her house a lot too." Piper said. "She has feelings for Mr. Lupin, but he refuses to have anything to do with her."
"Tonks likes Moony?" I asked. "And he dose like her back."
"No, he likes her back." Piper said. "He just won't have anything to do with her, because he thinks he's too old and poor, and for some reason too dangerous."
"Oh," I said handing the money over and the woman working here, begin to bag up Piper's sweets. I turned and looked at her. "How does Ginny know all this?"
"She was in the room a lot when Tonks talked with her mom about it." Piper said.
The lady handed me the bag of sweets and I put my arm around Piper and led her out. We chatted about nothing really as we walked toward the Three Broomsticks, we had agreed to meet up with our friends there, in about an hour. Since we had already walked all over most of Hogsmeade, we decided to go a head and wait for them to show up. When we walked in I led Piper to a seat in the back, and then went up to the counter to buy two butterbears. When I got back to our sit, Piper was chewing on her lower lip, with a look on her face that told me she was worrying about something, and when I sat her butterbear down in front of her Piper jumped a little.
"You alright?" I asked. Piper nodded picking up her butterbear and taking a drink. I grabbed the chair next to her and turned it so I would be facing her and not the table, I leaned in and kissed her cheek. "You sure?"
"I'm fine." Piper gave me a smile and leaned over and kissed me. I gave her one last worry look, before I leaned back and propped my legs in her lap. Piper raised her eyebrow at me, but said nothing. She sat her bag of sweets on the table and started eating some of the candy. I watched her a few seconds before speaking again.
"Wonder what books Voldemort took?" I asked. "Why would he kill some book store worker over some old myth."
Piper looked up from her candy at me. "Do you really have to bring Voldemort up while I'm eating?" I gave her a little smirk, before taking a drink from my butterbear.
"I think we should leave tonight or tomorrow night." I said, Piper paused in reaching in her bag for more candy. "We've wasted enough time here, we need to get to my Mum's garden and talk to the nymphs."
"I don't think that's a good idea." Piper said, slowly, pulling her hand out of the candy bag and laying it on my leg. "Your leg..."
"Is just fine." I interrupted. "I'm barely even limping anymore and we can bring some of the potion I've taken with us."
"I don't know, we don't even now where to find the garden." Piper begin to chew on her lip again, I reached over and pulled it out from her teeth.
"Don't chew on your lip, you'll make it bleed." I said, "And that's why we need to leave as soon as we can, think of how long it'll take us to get there, wherever there is. We are wasting time just hanging around here."
Piper didn't say anything, she just pushed her bag of sweets away and leaned back in her chair, and the hand on my leg gave it a small squeeze.
"Look, we are running out of time." I said, once I realized she wasn't going to say anything. "We still have to talk to the Nymphs find out where the sword is and still have to travel there to get it. And it's untelling how long that'll take or where the sword even is."
"I know, but I just don't want you to hurt your leg more." Piper said. I took my feet from her lap, and leaned forward and laid my hand on her cheek, and rubbed her jaw with my thumb. Something told me it was a lot more than that.
"I know, you're just worried about me, baby girl." I said. "But I'm just fine." I lowered my hand, took a drink from my butterbear then grabbed hold of both of Piper's hands. "I just want to hurry and get the sword, so we can get Nico and go find the you- know- whats. So we can destroy them, take out Voldemort and put Gaea back to sleep and win this war, so we can be happy."
Piper sighed, let go of my hands, and grabbed hold of her butterbear, and with the other hand begin to play with the cap. She was frowning as she tapped it on the table.
"Harry, I'm worried about you." She finally said after what seemed like hours of silence. "You're becoming a little too obsessed with killing Voldemort."
"I am not." I said, "Piper, I just want this war to be over, I want to be able to go out on a date with you, without worrying about Death Eaters popping up or Voldemort himself."
"I know, I want the same thing." Piper said, . "It's just...It's just not fair, you have to be the one to do it. I'm so scared I'm going to lose you, that you're going to end up dyeing on me, and after the dream..." Piper suddenly stopped talking and shook her head.
"What dream?" I asked, Piper shook her head, I laid my hand on hers. "Piper, what dream?"
"I..I don't want to talk about it." She let go of the cap and it rolled off the table and across the floor. I watched her a minute than Piper suddenly turned around to face me and laid her hands on my chest.
"Please, Harry," Piper said. "Please, babe, lets just forget about the sword and go home."
"Baby, we can't do that." I said. Piper gripped my rob in her hands.
"Don't you get it?" She cried, so loud that a few of the kids at the near by tables turned and looked at us. "In my dream we find the sword, but than...than you suddenly get grabbed by these black roots and pulled into this dark pit, I try to help you, but you let go of my hand so I won't get pulled in with you." Piper took a breath. "So if we give up looking for the sword, and not find it, than you won't get taken from me."
"I'm not going to be taken from you." I said, wiping her tears off her face, then taken her hands in mine. "Nothing can keep us apart remember my promise. We have to find this sword it'll help us defeat Voldemort."
Piper jerked her hands from mine and leaned back away from me. "So, you won't give up looking for this sword, not even for me."
"Piper, love, we can't just give up looking for it." I said. "Remember it wasn't my idea to find it."
"I see, you care more about finding that damn sword, then you do about me." Piper said. I was so shocked at Piper's words I flinched back like she had hit me. Then stared at her open mouth and wide-eyed.
"Piper, how can you say that." I finally asked "You know I care more about you then anything else in this world." I reached for her, but Piper pulled away.
"Then give up looking for the sword." Piper said. I sighed and looked down, running my hands through my hair.
"What sword?" someone asked, I raised my head and standing there with Ginny, hands on his hips, wearing jeans and a Camp Half-blood t-shirt was none other than my step-brother Jason Grace. On the other side of Ginny stood Leo Valdez. And without waiting for an answer for the first question Jason went on with more. "And just where have you two been? Why didn't you tell anyone you were leaving? Why in Hades are you two in England? What's this I hear about you being hurt? Annabeth thinks my dad's visit on your brithday has something to do with your disappearing. Percy thinks you're off doing that favor for Enyo, and Leo thought you two had eloped."
"You thought what?" Ginny demanded. She put her hand on her mouth and started giggling. I glanced at Piper, who was glaring at the wall with her arms crossed. If she heard Jason or even knew him Leo, and Ginny was standing there she wasn't showing it. I looked up at Leo with my eyebrow raised. He gave me that goofy grin of his.
"You can't blame me, Uncle Harry, the way you two go at it." Leo said, "Never know when you two will have to elope." He winked at me then wiggled his eyebrows, and even though my face turned red, I rolled my eyes and turned to Jason.
"What about Nico?" I asked. Jason shrugged.
"Haven't seen him," Jason said. "The day you disappeared he vanished into the Shadows and hasn't been seen since, the weird thing about it is he took Luna Lovegood with him."
"Umm...why?" I asked.
"Who knows why Nico does anything?" Jason asked, he then sat down at the table and Ginny sat next to him, and Leo came over and sat on the other side of me.
"So what sword were you all talking about." Jason glanced over at Piper, saw her mad look, and eyes red from crying and frowned. It was bracken my heart to see her like that. But I couldn't just stop looking for the one thing that could help me defeat Voldemort.
"Sorry, Jas, I can't tell you that." I said. "But I am on quest Zeus gave me. He said not to tell anyone but Piper." I glanced back at Piper, she wouldn't even look at me. She has only been mad at me twice and she has never been this bad, we have finally had our first real fight.
"Yeah, you'll do what Mr. Lightingblot asked, but not me." Piper said, still glaring at the wall. Jason looked from Piper to me, then over questionly at Ginny who shrugged and was also watching Piper with a worried face. But Leo to busy snickering at what Piper called Zeus to even noticed what was going on. We all fall silent, and Jason begin to look uncomfortable, but then jumped when Piper suddenly stood up.
"I'm going back up to the castle." She said and without another word walked out the door. I made to stand and follow her, but Ginny reached around the table and grabbed my arm.
"Let me go talk to her." She said, then turned to Jason. "I'll be right back." He nodded and Ginny gave him a kiss before she got up and followed Piper out the door. I sighed sat back down and ran my hand through my hair.
"So, Piper is mad at you." Leo stated, I glared at him. He held up his hands and snickered.
"What are you two doing here anyway." I demanded. Than a thought went through my mind and I looked at Jason. "Ginny owled you that I was here."
"Ginevra might have." Jason said. "But me being here has nothing to do with you being here. I happen to be on a date with my girlfriend."
"So, you're in the habit of taking Mr. Fireball on your dates." I asked, rasing my eyebrow and nodding my head toward Leo. "How did you even get here, how did you know where to come?"
"I didn't" Jason said, as Leo reached over grabbed my butterbear and took a drink from it. "But if you happen to be riding a Hippogriff that does it's easy to find."
"Buckbeak." I said. Jason nodded and Leo stole a couple of pieces of Piper's Chocolate cauldrons.
"I'm on Torch." Leo put in. When we had made it back to camp after our quest to save Hera last winter, we where all surprise to see the hippogriff we had been riding in the camp stables all but that pinkish color one Piper had been on, we still didn't know were she had went. "And I was made to come with Jason, Chiron won't let anyone leave came unless they take at least one other person with them."
"Ginny said something about your leg being hurt." Jason said. I explained about fighting Lamia, and her taken a big chunk out of my leg, that then got infected making me run a high fever.
"I'm surprised Annabeth and Percy didn't come with you." I said. When I was done explaining.
"They would have if they had been at camp." Jason said. "But Chiron sent them out to do something, don't know what he told them not to say. But they took Grover with them." I frowned wondering what Chiron sent Annabeth and Percy out to do.
"Who's Grover?" I asked.
"Some satyr Percy and Annabeth are friends with." Leo answered. "He likes to eat tin cans." I looked at Leo like he was crazy.
"You're lieing right?" I asked. I've seen the satyrs at camp, but I've never payed much attention with what they ate, but surely Leo was pulling my leg about this Grover bloke eating tin cans.
"They're part goat, Harry," Jason answered. "They eat anything."
"But tin cans." I said. "That's something even Ron wouldn't eat. Leo maybe."
"Ha ha, Uncle Harry, very funny." Leo said. He reached for more of Piper's candy, but I picked up the bag and put it in my pocket.
"You're going to think funny when Piper sees how much of her sweets you ate." I told him. "And stop calling me Uncle."
We sat in silence while Leo finished off my butterbear, suddenly there was a commotion outside, the sound of people running and screaming, than what sounded like wolves growling, Jason and I looked at each other with raised eyebrows, than we jumped up, and ran out the door as other people ran in to get away from whoever was attacking.
When we made it outside, we saw nothing but panic, people was running and screaming, Death Eaters was attacking Hogsmeade, along with giant size wolves, ones I knew to be Lycaon wolves.
"Where's Piper?" I demanded, looking around.
"I don't know, but where's Ginny." Jason asked, looking around frantically.
"Right there." Leo said, I looked and saw them both, Ginny was fighting with a Death Eater, and Piper was charmspeaking wolves to fall asleep.
"Come on, Jas, lets help our girls." I said, pulling out my wand, Jason got out his coin and tossed it turning it into a sword, Leo reached in his belt and pulled out a hammer and we ran forward, we made it to them just as the Death Eater hit Ginny was a stinging hexes knocking her down. Jason came up from behind him and knocked him in the head with the handle of his sword. I held out my hand and blasted the one a wolf away, while I hit the other in the head with the bottom of my sword. When I was done Piper threw herself in my arms.
"I'm sorry," Piper said. I hugged her tight and kissed the top of her head. As Leo bashed a wolf in the head with his hammer.
"I'm sorry too." I said. Piper smiled and pulled away.
"Look out." Ginny cried I turned around in time to hit a wolf in the head. I then blasted another one away, then a Death Eater that was coming this way. But then more and more wolves were surrounding us. Over across the road and down the street I could see Ron, Hermione, and Tonks fighting more Death Eaters.
"Anybody have any silver?" I asked. Then blasted raw magic at another wolf. Ginny suddenly reached up and took the eagle off her neckless, she then pressed the eagle's beak and it grow into a full size sword, she then stepped forward and ran it through one of the wolves then another. Leo then reached in his belt and pulled out three really big screw driver made of silver, he tossed one to me, one to Piper and one to Jason, he decided to keep his hammer which I noticed the head was made of silver.
I ran forward and stabbed the nearest wolf, while Jason took out the one next to it, then Leo bashed another one in the head, and Piper took care of another, then Ginny. We five worked together as a team taking out whatever wolf we could, sometimes a Death Eater or two.
But than as I was fighting a Death Eater I suddenly heard Piper scream, I blasted the Death Eater away, turned around and saw some hug guy had tackled Piper to the ground, making her drop the screw driver. He was tail, with shaggy hair, yellow blood stain teeth and smelled like blood, I took off running toward them, Piper was pushing him away with one hand while trying to reach the dagger on her side with the other.
"What a pretty little thing." I heard him say as sniffed her neck. "You smell so sweet." He opened his mouth and lowered it to Piper's neck, like he was going to rip out her throat.
"Get your damn hands off her." I said, then I jumped toward them grabbed hold of his side and did a kind of flip pulling him off Piper and we rolled together, than stopped and jumped to our feet, we glared at one another.
"Harry Potter." He said, licking his lips. "You interrupted my dinner."
I felt nothing but anger at the man's words, I dropped the screw driver, threw off my robs, and ran forward and put my sword right through him, he fall to his knees, and I pulled out my sword, but there was no blood on it. The man laughed and jumped to his feet.
"You need silver to kill me." He said, laughing like he was some kind of lunatic, he then suddenly drew his claw like hand back and came at me, but Piper ran forward and shoved me out-of-the-way, and the claw got her instead, Piper's eyes widen and she fell to her knees.
"No," I cried, going to her, she had three big gashes just under her neck, on her shoulder, her white blouse was already soaked in blood. I kissed her forehead then stood up in front of her.
"You're going to pay for that." I said, I trusted out my hands and hit him with as much magic as I could, he went flying through the air, toward Zonko's Joke shop and then crashed right through the roof. I wanted to run after him and finish him off, but there was no way I was going to leave Piper. I walked oer to her, got down and lifted her into my arms.
"Why did you do that?" I asked. Hugin her tightly, then pulled back and checked her wound.
"I...couldn't...let him...hurt you." Piper said weakly.
"Piper, Harry," Tonks came running our way. Along with Leo, Jason and Ginny. "I saw what happen with Greyback, but I couldn't get past all the people running." She looked at Piper. "How bad is it?" She answered her own question by checking Piper's wounds.
"Who?" I demanded.
"Fenrir Greyback." Tonks said. "That's who you were just fighting with, he's a werewolf. The nastiest one ever, he no longer needs to be in wolf form to attack he enjoys it so much." Tonks glanced to Piper then back at me. "He's the one that bit Rumes when he was little."
"What?" I demanded, suddenly feeling more angry.
"Yeah, his dad had upset Greyback, stood up to him," Tonks said. "So he took it out on his son. That's what Greyback does, he gets people to do what he wants, by threaten their kids."
"Thats awful," Ginny said.
"It's the way he is." Tonks said, there was suddenly curse throw our way, but we all ducked it, I covered Piper as I did.
"Damn them." Tonks cures, and ran off toward the Death Eaters. Ginny pulled out her wand and ran after her, and after only a moment Jason followed after Ginny.
"Harry, look." Piper cried, I looked behind me to see Greyback was up again and running my way.
"Leo, watch Piper for me, I'll take care of him." I demanded, then without waiting for an answer I grabbed the screw driver I had dropped and took off running toward him.
We met in the middle of the street, and when he jumped to attack, I ducked throwing him over my shoulder, he landed on the ground hard, but still jumped up right away. He came at me again and this time a side-stepped and tripped him with my leg, he fell face down on the ground and jumped back up with a growl. He jumped on me and knocked me to the ground and was on top of me. I brought my foot up and kicked him in the gut then lifted him up with my foot, and tossed him off me and over my head, I jumped back up, turned around and drove the screw driver through his side. Greyback stumbled back in shock, but the wound wasn't enough to kill him.
All around us was chaos, people running and screaming, spells and hexes was being thrown around like it was nothing, Death Eaters was laughing because more people ran from them, then stayed to fight, I could still hear my friends voices as they fought with the Death Eaters. But didn't take my eyes off of Greyback to look.
Greyback came at me again, I dropped to the ground and kicked his feet out from under him, as I got back up raised the screw driver again, when a wolf jumped up and knocked me down, the screw driver went flying out of my hand and out of reach.
"Harry," I could hear Piper's frantic screams, "Get off him, leave him alone."
"Don't worry I'll help Uncle Harry," I heard Leo tell Piper, before he came running over and he held out his hand and it caught fire and then he threw it at the wolf, the wolf growled out in pain and ran off me, just as his whole body went up in flames. He ran backwards in a panic and bumped into the shop behind him, and the wood caught fire and the building was soon in flames.
I stood but we were suddenly surrounded by five wolves. I could hear Piper screaming my name, Leo hit another wolf with fire, and then Jason came running over along with Ginny and they took out the other four wolves. I looked around into I saw Greyback he looked my way and we locked eyes, I then took off running toward him, same time he came running toward me. I tackled him to the ground by the waist and started pounding him, he just tossed me off like I was nothing, I jumped back up, as Greyback raised his hand and racked his claws across my arm. I cried out and stumbled back, tripped over something then fall to the ground, Greyback got on all fours and came running toward me, but suddenly there was a big roar and next thing I knew Marauder was jumping over my head and knocked Greyback away from me, they then bit and clawed and tore each other apart.
Piper had crawled up behind and put her arms around me, reached around and kissed my cheek.
"Are you alright, baby?" Piper asked me, I nodded, then gently took Piper's arms from around me and stood up, and then helped Piper to stand. I gave Piper a small kiss, then took off to help Marauder. When I made it over to them, Marauder just knocked me out-of-the-way, I guess he didn't want me to get hurt.
"HARRY, BEHIND YOU." Piper suddenly yelled, but before I could turn around a spell hit me in the back, I dropped to my knees screaming as it felt as if my whole body was on fire. Marauder turned from Greyback and gave a big roar and ran forward and jumped up to the Death Eater wrapped his large fangs around the lower part of his arm holding his wand, and pulled, I watched in horror as he pulled the bottom part of his arm off. Blood went everywhere as the Death Eater let out a scream, his mask fell to the ground and I saw he was that Lastrange guy that was married to Bellatrix. I turned my head and covered my mouth like I was going to be sick. Than a loud creak told me Lastrange had apparated away.
My eyes fell on Piper's and she was staring at me in shock, but during that whole thing we had taken our minds off Greyback and next thing I knew, he was in front of me and his claws were going across my chest. I stumbled back surprised, and grabbed my chest. When I pulled my hand away it was red with blood. I just started daze, and my chest hurt like hell.
"Harry," Piper cried.
Grayback raised his claw again, and Piper came running up behind him with the screw driver I had dropped her hand, and before he could claw me again, she pulled the screw driver back and stabbed him in the back, Grayback howled, then turned around and hit Piper knocking her a few feet away. She landed on the ground hard, but thankfully not knocked out. Than Grayback came running back toward me.
"Don't worry, Uncle Harry, I'll get him." Leo yelled as he suddenly appeared next to me. "Hey, wolfman, leave my Uncle alone." Leo threw out his hands and shot flames out of both and hit Grayback who howled as he caught fire, he then while still on fire turned and fled. I ran to Piper as she was sitting up.
"Are you okay." I asked, putting her on my lap and wrapping my arms around her. I noticed the side of her head was busted open and bleeding as Leo came running over to us and got down on the other side of PIper reached in his tool belt and pulled out a flask of nectar. He put it to Piper's lips and made her drink some.
"Harry, now." She choked out weakly when she got done Leo brought the flask up to my mouth and I rolled my eyes and took it from him and took a drink. I immediately fault my wounds healing even my leg.
I looked around to see that most of Hogsmeade was on fire, I looked back at Leo who gave me a sheepishly look and a soft "sorry" I snorted took another drink of the nectar then handed it back to Piper she took one more drink and handed it back to Leo.
I heard a lot of Death Eater appareting away, as Dumbledore and most of the Hogwarts staff came running on to the scene. I looked around and saw Marauder had disappeared because he was fighting with some wolves who were now running away. And I saw Hermione, Ron, Ginny, and Jason running our way, the fight was pretty much over, and Piper leaned into me and held on to my arms which was still wrapped tightly around her.
"Harry," Hermione cried. "Thank Merlin you're both okay." Piper gave her a small smile. I looked over to see Tonks explaining to Dumbledore what happen as Marauder came over and laid down next to me. He was covered in blood, but none of it seem to be his. I went to tae one of my arms from Piper to run it through Marauder's mane, but Piper tighten her grip on and wouldn't let me move. I smiled and kissed the top of her head.
"I'm okay." Leo said to Hermione. "Aren't you glad I'm okay too, Bookworm." Hermione looked at Leo as if he was crazy. Which to tell you the truth I believe he is.
"Don't call me that." Hermione said, in a voice that would make you think he had called her a bad name.
"I can't believe it." Ron said. "They attacked Hogsmeade." He looked at Jason, who was checking Ginny over. "And what are you doing here?" Jason just raised his eyebrow at Ron.
"That's none of your business, Ronald." Ginny snapped.
"When it's got to do with you it is my business, Ginevra." Ron said. Ginny's face turned red and she took a step toward Ron, but Jason stopped her by wrapping his arms around her shoulders, which made Ron scowl.
"DId any of you get hurt?" I asked. They all shook their head and I sighed in relief. Piper reached up and looked at my chest, through the rips in my shirt.
"They're going to scar." Piper said. She laid her hand over my wounds, they were now almost closed up. I smiled and leaned down and kissed her.
"I don't care, as long as you're okay." I said. Piper reached up for another kiss.
"Wow, you two they are other people here you know." Leo said. "Get a room." I broke from Piper's kiss and we both glared at Leo, Jason snickered, Hermione rolled her eyes and Ginny gave Leo a disgusted look. Before anyone could say anything else Dumbldore and McGonagall had made their way over to us. I noticed the others were using their wands and putting out the fires.
"Harry, I'm glad to see you and your friends are okay." Dumbledore said.
"Do you know why the Death Eaters attacked, sir?" I asked. "Greyback was even with them." I rubbed my chest, and McGonagall's eyes flicked down to my ripped shirt and the blood stains and frowned.
"I believe they just wanted to scare everyone." Dumbledore said. I happen to know that at the moment Voldemort has disappeared on some task and the Death Eaters just want everyone to know they are still out there, and can attack at anytime."
"Off doing some task?" I asked with a frown. Dumbledore nodded.
"With the information I have gathered, I believe Voldemort is trying to find ways of making himself even more immortal." Dumbledore said.
"But..what else can he do o make he's self more immortal?" I demanded.
"That, Harry I do not know." Dumbledore said. pushing up his glasses. "But I believe it is more his body he wants to be immortal. You see, Harry, after the last battle you and him was in together, he now sees that his body is way to easy to be damaged, the way he is now, if his body was destroyed, yes his soul would live, but he would become what he did after that night he put that scar on your forehead, and that, Harry, is something Voldemort does not want to ever happen again."
"Albus, do you really think this is the right time or place to be talking about such things?" McGonagall asked, as Piper reached up and traced my scar with her finger, which sent a shiver down my back.
"You are right, Minerva," Dumbledore said. "I got carried away." McGonagall looked around to make sure no one had heard.
"Lets just get these children up to Madam Pomfrey." McGonagall said. "I would feel better if they were checked out, make sure they do not have any lasting damaged." When she said that McGonagall glanced down at my chest wounds, then at Piper's shoulder. Dumbledore agreed and soon we were all standing and following McGonagall up to the castle, Dumbledore stayed behind to help put out the fires.
As I was walking with my arm around Piper, and Marauder by my other side I had a sudden feeling someone was watching me. I turned around to look and there stood Enyo standing in between two shops, she lowered her sunglass and gave me a wink, that sent chills down my spine, somehow I knew her little wink was telling me, that there was more to come.
A.N. hope this chapter was good, and no this isn't the big battle I mentioned happening, it'll be in the next chapter, this just leads up to the big one, which will happen at Hogwarts, and if you're wondering about Ginny's neckless, it'll be explained in the next chapter, but I'm sure you've already guessed who gave it to her, and they'll only be about four or five more chapters to this story then it'll be done, I was only going to have one more story, but after reading Mark of Athena I got an idea for another one so they'll be two my stories, so I want to hurry and get this one done, so I can start on the next.