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Warning there is Valence in this chapter.
Chapter 18: We take out the Auror Department.
Harry's pov
An hour after the battle we found ourselves sitting in the hospital wing, on the floor, after Pomfrey checked us over, and saw we were alright, McGonagall made us waite here for Dumbledore to return, so we had no other choose but to find a place out-of-the-way and sit down. Piper sat in the middle, her legs out in front of her, one leg crossed over the other, I was on her right, laying on my back with my head in her lap, her hand running through my hair, Marauder laid at my side his head on my stomach. At my feet sat Leo, on Piper's right sat Jason, next to him sat Ginny, with her hands wrapped around his arm, and her head laying on his shoulder, next to her was Hermione, and next to her sat Ron.
I had asked Ginny about her neckless, she said it had been a birth day gift from Jason. Jason explained that he wanted her to able to protect herself, against things magic didn't hurt or if she found herself not able to use magic. The sword was celestial bronze dipped in sliver. So it'll kill both werewolves and monsters. And to my shock instead of having Leo make it, he had asked Tyson. He's reason for that was because Leo had been busy with other stuff. And it made me wonder for the hundredth time, where the heck was my silver knife Sirius had gave me, the one that could untie any knot or unlock any lock, the one I killed Lycean with, I remember Clarisse giving it back to me after she used it to unlock Thanatos' chains and set him free. I remember putting it in my pocket on our way back to camp, what happen to it from there was mystery.
No one was saying anything we just sat here in silence, watching Madam Pomfrey and some wizards from the village look after the injured. On the bed across from us sat Neville Longbottom, he had a few minor burns and a hurt eye, but was other wise fine, I hadn't seen him at the time, but he had also stayed to try to help out, along with Hannah Abbott, who was laying in the bed next to him, apparently they had been on a date,.Hannah was sleeping right now, whatever Death Eater had attacked her had put her under the torture curse, so Madam Pomfrey gave her a potion to help her sleep.
In the next bed laid a Hufflepuff boy named Zacharias Smith, he had a broken his arm from tripping over his own rubs trying to push through a mob of thrid years running up to the castle. Madam Pomfrey was giving him a potion to mend his arm, so he'll be saying here all night.
Cho Change was also in here, along with Micheal Corner, and boy named Terry Boot, Seamus Finnigan, who kept glaring at me, and than the rest of the people was from Hogsmeade. Madam Pomfrey walked from bed to bed checking on everyone.
I had my eyes closed as I laid here, Piper's hand running through my hair was putting me to sleep. I could hear Jason and Ginny talking in whispers. But not enough to understand what they were saying.
"You know what I think?" I asked. Piper's hand stopped running through my hair, and I sensed her look down at me. "I think camp should get some sliver weapons, since it seem werewolves are on Voldemort's side, campers need a way to fight them."
"Yeah," Leo agreed. "I'll see what my cabin can do, when we get back to camp, if anything we can pull a Jason and dip some bronze swords into silver."
"Pull a Jason?" Jason asked, looking from Ginny over to Leo was a raised eyebrow. Leo shrugged grinning at him.
"I don't know why you're so worried, Potter," Seamus said. "You're in on everything with You-Know-who."
"He is not." Piper said. Though I choose to ignore him. Seamus just snorted and turned away from us.
"Asshole," Leo mumbled and I smiled up at him and propped my feet in his lap.
"What is taking Dumbeldore so long." Ron complained. "And why do we have to wait here for him anyway."
"Because, Ronald, he probably wants to hear our side of what happen." Hermione said.
"Can't you tell him," Ron wined. "I want to go get something to eat. Then take a shower and get all this mud off me."
"You should take a shower before you eat." Hermione said. "Because it's just gross if you don't."
"Well, sorry if I'm so hungry I can't want to eat." Ron snapped.
"How can you be that hungry, you eat in Hogsmeade." Hermione demanded.
"Here we go again." Ginny mumbled, barring her face in Jason's shoulder.
"That was sweets, Hermione." Ron went on. "I want some real food."
"Shut up, please." I said. "Knock it off."
"Yeah, guys." Leo said, he had pulled a marker out of his tool belt and was drawing little designs all over my shoes, something I didn't think Aphrodite would be too happy about. But I didn't care, I had a closet full of shoes anyways. "You two argue some much it's hard to believe you are friends. So you need to do one of two things."
"Whats that?" Ron asked. Leo gave him a big grin.
"Either have one big fight and beat the crap out of each other." Leo suggested, I looked up at him with my eyebrows raised. "Or get room."
I burst out laughing along with Jason as I laid my hand back down, Piper was smirking and I could hear Ginny trying to hide giggles in Jason's shoulder.
Ron's whole head turned as red as his hair, as he said something about him and Hermione only being friends. Hermione glared at Leo, her cheeks a little pink.
"Ron is only a friend." Hermione said. "I'm not interested in any boys." Ron didn't get a chance to reply, the door opened and in walked Dumbledore, McGonagall and Snape, they looked around into the spotted us, and then walked over to us.
"Harry," Dumbledore said. I sighed, really not in the mood for talk at the moment, Piper begin to run her hand through my hair again.
"Yeah?" I asked, without even opening my eyes.
"Harry, I know you and your friends most be tired, and some of you maybe in a little pain." Dumbledore said. "But I most ask you what happen in Hogsmead."
"It was attacked by Death Eaters and werewolves, what else is there to know," I said, rubbing my chest and wishing they would just go away, I was pretty sure it was more than Greyback making my chest hurt. I didn't know what was wrong with me, but ever since the fight in Hogsmead. I could feel my magic stirring, wanting to let loose, if I got the slightest bit angry, I didn't know what I'd do, and that scared me.
"We know about that." Snape said.. "We need to know about the fire."
"Severus," Dumbledore warned. "Harry, what we need to know is how the fire started in Hogsmeade. We have several eye witnesses who say it was not one of the Death Eaters." Something told me he's eyes flickered to Leo.
"What are you asking me for?" I demanded, trying to keep calm. "I was busy being attack by Greyback, I didn't see who did what."
"Potter," Snape snapped. Oh great if anyone can make me lose my cool it would be him. "I do not think you realized how serious this is, so let me explain it for even people with brains like yours can understand." Piper's grip on my hair tightened as she got angry. "We have a new Minster."
"New Minster?" I asked, opening my eyes and looking up at him.
"Yes," Snape sneered. "A new minster, Fudge made one two many mistakes. Fudge lost his job, and Rufus Scrimgeour became the new Minster, and he is roofless, he has already given the kiss to a number of Death Eaters, and anyone else caught doing wrong. And since you saw to it that there is no more wizard prison, and into a new one is built. Scrimgeour has made a room in the Department of Mysteries to house those a waiting trial, if what they did is not bad enough to get kissed, they get to choose from working for the Ministry or have their wands snapped and go leave among the muggles."
"What's any of this got to do with me?" I demanded. "I'm not even apart of the wizardry world anymore, I live in America now." started rubbing my chest again, this time Piper most of noticed and laid her hand on mine, I griped her hand and held it. "I'm apart of the demigod world."
"Potter, don't you realize that if not for Dumbeldore, then you would be locked up right now," Snape said. "Along with your...um.. friends."
"What for?" Piper demanded.
"I could list off a number of things," Snape said. "From breaking into the Ministry of Magic to destroying Azkaban, you are all lucky that you're walking free right now."
"Lucky, yeah, being hunted down by everything from Voldemort to monsters is lucky." I said. "I would be safer locked up, believe me. Not that I want to be." I shivered at the thought of being locked up somewhere and not able to get out, I have nightmares just thinking about it. My worse fear that wasn't about losing someone I care about.
"You little fool, don't you understand nothing." Snape said. "Don't you take anything serious, just like your father, both of them. You're..."
"Snape," I snapped, he was so shocked he stop talking. "I'm trying to stay calm right now, and not lose it. So why don't you do your ass a favor and shut your mouth, before I kick it."
"Harry," Hermione said, shocked. Leo snickered, Jason shook his head, Ron looked at me with his mouth hanging open, and Ginny raised her head to watch us.
"Why you little..." Snape stepped forward, but Dumbeldore pulled him back, then turned to me.
"Harry, I don't think you understand how serious this really is." Dumbledore said. "The Death Eaters that attack Hogsmeade got away, so the Minster is going to be after the next big target which is who set the fire in Hogsmeade, Scrimgeour is not nown for having mercy. So whomever started that fire will get the dementor kiss." I pushed Marauder off me and sat up.
"No," I said, out of the corner of my eye I saw Leo pale.
"So, you do know who did it." McGonagall said. I ran my hand through my hair, and glared at them. Before getting to my feet. Piper stood along with me, so did Jason, Leo, then Ginny, Ron, and Hermione.
"Let me say this now." I said. "Not me, my girlfriend or any of my friends are getting arrested, kissed or anything else."
"You plan on taken on the whole Auror Department ?" Snape sneered. "Because that is what you'll have to do." I opened my mouth to say something, but didn't get the chance someone else spoke first.
"Oh, he can." Enyo said, walking into the room, thigh bone handle sword hanging from her side. She gave us her creepy little grin. "He could and win."
"Just what I needed." I said. " A visit from my dear sister."
"You know you love me." Enyo winked, and I gave her my best I-hate-you-glare. Then turned back to Dumbeldore.
"Can't you just let the Minister think one of the Death Eaters started the fire." I asked.
"Didn't you hear, Potter." Snape snapped. "Too many witnesses say other wise."
"I didn't ask you." I said. I turned back to Dumbeldore. "What if I tell the Minster I started the fire." Next to me Leo looked at me shocked.
Dumbeldore sighed. "That won't work, the Minster won't care who you are. And I hate to say this, but since he came in power he has tried to get something on you. He believes you left us to the mercy of Voldemort."
"WHAT!" I yelled. "How the bloody hell can he think that? They're the ones who kicked me out."
"You must feel just awful." Snape smirked. "Can't get by with the things you use to by just saying your name."
"Do you ever shut up." Piper cried "Leave him alone." She shifted the bow on her back, then put her hand on her dagger, and glared at him.
"Listen, Potter." McGonagall said. "We hate to kick you out, but with the Minister on his way, we think it best if you leave before he gets here." I looked to all my friends, than Piper she paled a little because of the dream she had, but still gave a nod.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." I said. "I don't really feel like fighting right now anyway." I rubbed by chest again.
"I'm sorry to say, but I believe that would be for the best." Dumbeldore said. I nodded, than McGonagall did something that shocked me, she stepped forward and gave me a hug. My eyes widened.
"Do take care of yourself, Potter." McGonagall said, than let go. I nodded and gave her a slight smile, then turned to my friends.
"You guys got everything?" I asked, Leo and Jason nodded.
"We left our bags on Buckbeak and Torch." Leo said.
"Lets go then." I said, grabbing Piper's hand and turned to leave.
"We'll walk you out." Hermione said, and Jason took Ginny's hand as we walked out the hospital Wing and down the hall.
We walked in silence, I had let go of Piper's hand and we now had our arms around each other's waist, Piper and I stepped up on a stairway, along with Marauder and our friends, when suddenly it begin to move.
"Holy Hephaestus," Leo cried and grabbed on to Jason's arm, who glared at him and shook him off. I snickered a the both of them.
"What are we going to do?" Piper asked, I smiled down at her and gave her a kiss.
"We'll just get on another stairway, when this one stops, and go back." I told her. Piper nodded.
"I've always hated how these stairs moved." Hermione said. "My first year here I kept getting lost." I looked back at Ron and grinned.
"Remember when we first got caught on the moving stairs." I asked. Ron shivered.
"We ended up in front of the forbidding corridor," Ron said. "Filch was so sure we where trying to get in there."
"What about the second time." Now even Hermione shivered.
"Harry, don't mention that." Hermione said.
"Yeah, Mate." Ron agreed. "I still sometimes have nightmares about that dog." I laughed. And both my good friends glared at me.
When the stairs finally stopped we got off and stepped onto another one, which didn't take us back, but took us up, when we got off, I led us down a long corridor, and before I knew it we were lost; after about ten minutes we found ourselves standing underneath the trap door that led up to the Divination class room.
"Bloody hell," I cursed "How did we get here." I let go of Piper's waist and grabbed her hand, then turn to the others. "Come on before that door opens and Trelawney..." I didn't get to finish what I was saying because a misty voice said from behind us.
"It'll happen soon," Piper and I turned around to see Trelawney standing there, her eyes gazed over like she was in some kinda trance, like when she gave the prophecy about Voldemort coming back.
"What?" Piper asked, wide-eyed.
" Seven shall become six, with a deadly mistake, wizards and demigods work together, Hera's glory the twins will take, The Angel who wears the ring of endless death, well work with an immortal to make the enemy drew their last breath, the bronze tomb most break, and only with a kiss from true love shall the hero wake."
"What?" Piper repeated, backing away from Trelawney, who blinked at looked t us.
"Did you say something?" She asked. Piper shook her head, and Trelawney turned to me.
"Mr. Potter it's been a long time since I've seen you." She smiled. I grabbed Piper's hand.
"Not long enough." I said, as I walked past her and back down the way we came.
"Who the heck was that?" Leo demanded.
"Divination teacher." I said, as I step onto a stairway; I suddenly found it funny that it started moving us back the way we had first came. I had a pretty good idea of why we had ended up in front of Trelawney's class room, and decided right then, that the next time I see Apollo, I think I'm going to shove the sun where it doesn't shine.
"But was that a prophecy?" Piper asked. "What she mean about some twins taken Hera's glory, do you know anything about that."
"Oh, Piper, don't listen to Trelawney," Hermione told her. "She's nothing but an old fraud, reading tea leaves, looking in crystal balls, and telling prophecy, that's all nothing but rubbish."
"You should come to camp sometime, Bookworm," Leo said. "You and Rachel Elizabeth Dare will get along great." I laughed, knowing that they would do nothing but fight if Hermione ever did met her. I couldn't really stand the girl myself.
"Heracleitus," Jason suddenly said, I turn to him with a raised eyebrow. He had this thoughtful, fearful look on his face.
"Did you just call me Heracleitus?" I demanded. Jason looked at me then to Piper, then back at me, and shook his head.
"Never mind." He said. "Lets just fine the way out of here."
"What about the part about the ring of Endless death?" Leo asked. I shrugged.
"I'll see if Nico knows anything about that." I said. We fall in silence as we walked on.
"I hope the Minister hasn't shown yet." Ginny said. "With getting lost, we've walked around the castle for like thirty minutes."
"It doesn't matter if he has." I said. "He will have to go through me, if he thinks he's going to arrest any of us."
"And that's not easy is it, Little Brother." Enyo had suddenly appeared next to me, which made Ginny, Hermione, and Ron jump.
"Great, just when I was starting to miss you." I said. Rolling my eyes as Enyo fell in steps with me. "What do you want?"
"To watch you go through the Auror Department." Enyo said. "You know how much I love to watch you fight."
"I'm not going to fight anyone." I said. "If I can help it." Enyo said nothing bet just laughed. "Don't you have someone else you can bug, I bet Clarisse isn't doing anything."
"Don't you all think it's funny we haven't passed anyone in a while?" Ginny asked, Hermione looked around with a frown.
"You're right." She said. "It's like the castle is empty."
"Oh, it's because all the students were told to go back to their common rooms." Enyo said.
We reached the marble staircase that led down to the ground floor, then we headed toward the Oak front doors, were Leo suddenly grinned and ran forward to one of the suits of armor that stood on either side of the doors.
"Look." He said, pointing to a something carvedinto the leg. "My Dad's symbol. He made this."
"That's cool, Leo." Piper said. "But right now lets worry about getting out the front door, before some..."
As she was saying it, the front doors burst open to revile, Dolores Umbridge, Percy Weasley, and standing in the middle of them could only be the new Minster of Magic.
"And where do you think you're going?" Scrimgeour said, demanded. I narrowed my eyes at him.
"I don't believe that is none of your business." I said. I barely got the words out of my mouth when more people came up behind us, I didn't have to look behind me, to know they would be Aurors, and I didn't need to hear the gasped from Hermione to know every one of them had their wands out and was pointing them right at our back.
"Aren't you a brave lot?" I said. "Attacking people from behind." I My eyes fall on Umbridge, and then widen as light came through the door and shined on a gold locket around Umbridge's neck, it was a gold chain, with a large gold locket hanging on the end of it, with a snake shape S. Where or how she got hold of Voldemort's Horcrux I had no idea, and really didn't care. The only thing that matter was getting it from her. I don't see that happening right now, we needed to get out of here. I'll just have to tell Nico I know where it is, and we'll make a plan on how to get it from her.
While I was distracted there was a whisper of a spell behind me, then movement, and a gasped, the spell went past my ear, as I turned around in time to see Enyo pulling her sword out of the gut of a tall Auror, with black hair and brown eyes, it had been Hermione who gasped; she had her hands covering her mouth. The Auror fell to his knees, then slowly fell on his back, blood running out of he's gut and his lifeless eyes staring up at the ceiling.
That's all it took for every Auror to start shooting off spells, I grabbed Piper by the arm and ducked, as Ginny, Ron, and Hermione pulled out their wands, and started shooting off spells too. An Auror pointed a wand at me, I waved my hand and his wand went flying.
Jason had tossed his coin in the air, when it came back down it was his javelin, he twirled it around, then slammed it on the ground, thunder erupted and a blot of lighting came through the ceiling hit the ground and blasted five Aurors down the hall. He then twirled the javelin around knocked away what ever spell was thrown at him, it would hit the javelin bounce off and sometimes go back and hit the Auror that had cast it at him.
Leo had run over to the armor and was fooling with something behind its leg, and Ron was in a duel with Percy Weasley, and to my shock he was winning. Marauder was jumping up and attacking whoever tried to curse me. As I watched spells just bounce of his golden-brown fur, I was starting to feel there was something weird about my lion friend, he wasn't a normal lion that was for sure, and I had a feeling it had nothing to do with feeding him Hera's cow milk.
Piper had made it off to the side and was shooting arrows and hitting the Aurors in their hands, making them drop their wands. Hermione was dueling Umbridge, she yelped as a stinging hex it her arm, but then she got her back with a spell that made boils suddenly appear all over her face.
Enyo stabbing the tall Auror was the only thing she did, as she stood off to the side, laughing, and rubbing her hands together.
When ever a spell was thrown my way, I would block it with a wave of my hand, and with the other hand I would throw a curse back at them.
"BINGO." Leo suddenly yelled, and there was a suddenly click, and the suit of armor jumped down off the stone it was up on, then the one next to it did the same thing. They waved the spears they had in their hands, then begin to battle the Aurors, then both knocked a few down the hall then ran after them making the castle shake.
"Stupefy," Someone yelled, I turned in time to see the spell hit Piper, as she was about to shot an arrow, her eyes widened in surprise before she fell to the ground and didn't move. I looked to I found who had cursed Piper. It was an Auror by the name of Dawlish, a tough-looking wizard with wiry hair.
I narrowed my eyes and walked toward him, thrusting out my hands and knocking a few wizards out-of-the-way as I went. He looked at me as I got closer to him.
"You really shouldn't have do that." I raised my hands and two shadows came up from the floor' they formed large shadowy hands, grabbed him by the arms and lifted him up to the ceiling, I kept one hand up to keep him in the air, as I held up my other hand and mad a fist, this other shadow came from the ceiling forming a robe and wrapped around his throat.
"Harry," I heard Jason calling me, but it sounded like it was coming from far away, my whole body started to glow, turning from green to black, so were my eyes. Dawlish choked and struggled as his face started turning blue.
"Harry, stop," I heard, Hermione now, "What are you doing?"
Dawlish started kicking his feet back and forth as my friend called out me, the battle had stopped, to watch what I was doing.
"Yes, yes." Enyo laughed. "That's it, Little brother. He hurt your girl, you can't let him get by with that."
"No, I can'." I said. It barely even sounded like my voice.
"Anybody know how to wake Piper?" I heard Jason asked. "She could stop Harry." I heard footsteps running behind me.
"Rennervate," I heard Hermione say, as I lifted my hand holding Dawlish higher. Suddenly there was a gasped and footsteps ran toward me.
"Harry," Piper's voice said. "Stop, please, I'm okay," Her small hand touched my arm, I blinked and looked next to me, to see Piper's color changing eyes full of concern. I looked back up to Dawlish who was very blue, I then dropped my arms, the shadows let go of him at once and he hit the floor with a thump and begin to coughing and whizzing as he caught his breath.
I took a deep breath and the light around me begun to fad, and I put my arm around Piper and pulled her two me.
"You alright?" I asked. Piper nodded, and we kissed, but suddenly there was spells being thrown our way.
"POTTER!" The minister yelled. "You just tried to kill a person, I'll have your soul for that."
"We need to get out of here." I said. "Go, I'll distract them, go I'll meet you all at Grimmould Place."
"But, Harry," Piper tired.
"Go now." I demanded. I thrust out my hands and shadows begin to attack the Ministry workers, Jason grabbed Ginny's hand and led her out the door. After a moment Ron and Hermione followed. I then looked to Leo and nodded at Piper he got the hit, and grabbed her and threw her kicking and screaming over his shoulder and ran out the door.
Suddenly a spell got by the shadows and hit my in the chest, I was knocked down to the ground and Marauder jumped up on the Minister; who had cast it and knocked him down. I held out my hands and let loose raw magic, it hit everyone one knocking them down the hall.
"Marauder, come on." I yelled, then turned to go out the door when a spell suddenly hit me, I was knocked off my feet and hit the ground hard, which really made me mad. Marauder roared and went after him, but I called. "Marauder, no, I'll take care of him."
"Are you sure, My prince?" Marauder thought, I gave a nod and he stayed where he was standing, but he was growling at the guy.
"I was hoping you would say that." The guy said. He held out his arm and raised the sleeve of his rob, and right there on his left forearm was the Dark Mark. He then transfigured a wand that someone had dropped into a sword, then put his wand away.
"How about you and I have an old fashion sword fight." He said. I answered by pulling my wand out of my back pocket and twisted it into a sword. He didn't give me time to get ready, he came at me with his sword, and luckily I had Percy Jackson as a teacher, because I easily dodged and brought my sword down and hit his blade with a click.
Back and forth we went swinging and dodging only for our blades to connect, I moved toward the right, then when he went to block, I changed detraction and went for his right, but he was too fast for that move and his blade again blocked it. He then speed up, coming at me, I had to back up to avoid him, and tripped over something and hit the floor, my sword flew out of my hand and the Death Eater/ Auror came at me sword raised, as I heard footsteps came running our way. I paid no mind to whoever it was, and took my leg and knocked my attacker's feet out from under him, he dropped his sword and fell to the floor. I grabbed my sword and jumped to my feet just as he got to his.
He came at me, I spin around and got behind him, and when he turned around to face me I drove my sword right through him. His eyes widened and the sword fell from his hand, as he fell to his knees. I pulled my sword out to see the blade covered in blood. I looked back down to see the Death Eater fall over dead.
"Potter," Someone snapped. I looked up to see Snape and Dumbeldore staring at me. Snape's eyes were wide, but Dumbeldore's held shock and disappointment. Enyo over in the corner laughing and clapping didn't help anything. I looked down at the man again and suddenly felt sick, I had just killed someone.
"Marauder." I called. He came running over to me. I summoned Piper's bow and arrow, she had left behind, and then made sure my leg was touching Marauder as I shadow traveled out of Hogwarts taking my lion with me.
"A.N. Hope the fight was okay, and the prophecy, Trewlaney gave, I'm not very good with coming up with them, but I couldn't let Harry leave Hogwarts without her telling him one and sorry this chapter wasn't as long as my last ones, but I had got a bit of writers block And they will only be about three or four more chapters this story will be done, and I'll start on the next.