Halyn
By: MIA202
Summary: Harri Potter is a twin, not to mention a girl. Her older twin brother is named boy-who-lived, while she is swept aside, letting her brother have all the fame and spotlight. Eventually sent to live with the Dursley's. Harri grows up very different from her brother, and anyone else in the wizarding world. What happens though, when it turns out Dumbledore made a mistake? What if Harri has already made herself into a new person and barely remembers her past? Will she be bothered to save a world that has never thought anything of her?
Warning: fem!Harry, child neglect and abuse, offensive language, some violence
Disclaimer: I do not own or have any rights to any Harry Potter character or plots or universe. I only create plots and put the Harry Potter universe into them.
A/N: I know I missed last week! Sorry! Just to answer a few questions and make statements:
Ch9 Halyn left and the guys followed, sorry if that was confusing
I will explain what happened between Halyn and Charlie soon
I am happy everyone is enjoying the story!
Thank you thank you thank you for the reviews!
A/N2: like I said, I messed up, this is now chapter 13, previously chapter 12! Sorry!
Chapter 13
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They came quickly, suddenly, and all together unexpectedly, though we should have been on our guard. We, as a whole, had been lulled into a sense of security at the dragon reserve. It has been six months since we arrived, without any word of Dumbledore's group getting any closer. Halyn began showing up to the campsite on a regular basis, though she still lives somewhere out in the woods- she hasn't shared that information with me yet, let alone anyone else.
The day they came, though, Halyn was thankfully not at camp, and the five of us from Durmstrang had yet to leave the house yet. We hall had the day off from duties on the reserve and took to sleeping in. It was Charlie Weasley who ran into my room, shaking me from sleep, and whispering hastily to help him get the rest up. I was disoriented to say the least.
"Hurry the hell up Malfoy," he hissed, "They're here!"
That got me up and running. I quickly got dressed and woke Falv and Andrey while he woke the other two. We knew we couldn't be seen; it would only cement the fact that Halyn was indeed here somewhere. We had been seen following her after all.
"Where do we hide?" I asked Weasley once we had packed some provisions and clothes.
"You don't. They'll be sure to find you. Take everything that can be traced back to you and then run." He said, doing a sweep of all our rooms, making sure anything left behind didn't give us away.
"Run where?" Lestrange asked, as if the question was obvious and should have already been answered.
"Into the wood, the mountains, the wild, anywhere out there! You need to find Halyn." Weasley seemed exasperated, but then again, so were we.
"That's impossible! You yourself have told us she won't be found out there unless she wants to be!" Krum scoffed.
"Then you better hope today is a day she wants to be found!" Weasley quickly snapped back, "Look, I'm going to be making rounds here to keep her out of camp if she shows up, which I doubt she will. She has good instincts. However, if she doesn't realize something is going on here, you five are the best bet at finding her. You are the closest people to her. Use what you know and move fast!"
Our bags were shrunk and secured in our pockets right before we were shoved out the back door and past the tree line. What other choice did we have then? Determined, we started our trek into the wild. I led the way at first, to the lake and then past to the field where we would sometimes meet. Past there, we were just wandering aimlessly. I would say our aim is Halyn, but that would be assuming we knew where she is.
Four days passed with no sign of Halyn- she apparently left no trail or marks in her passing. We could only hope we were as lucky. The last thing we needed was to leave a trail for them to follow. We stuck close to the trees and low grass, to areas where the forest was clearer and there was less for us to disturb in our search. The tress helped keep up from sight from above. Though it was mainly the dragons we were worried about in that direction. While the dragons on the reserve were somewhat cooperative, there were others out here that even the handlers did not disturb.
We slept without a fire, the summer air here was warm enough, and moved quickly as we could during the day. Our provisions were running low by the end of the fourth day and when waking up today, we had to make a decision.
"We need to find food, today." Viktor states, standing from his sleeping position.
"Thank you for stating the obvious." Cordell snaps at him as his stomach growls. Andrey tosses him a piece of bread from the little that is left.
"I was saying so because it will set us back. We can not continue on looking for Halyn unless we find something to eat." Viktor scoffs as he too eats some bread.
Flav chimes in with something in Romanian then, and I find myself wishing that at least one of us could speak the language. I mean, he is Romanian and we are in Romania. It would be a big help.
"Flav says something about no meat and dragons come. That's about all I can make out." Cordell explains. I forgot he knew a little from Halyn teaching him.
"Perhaps he means we can't hunt animals. The blood would probably draw the attention of the dragons," I hazard a guess, from what I know of dragons, "Either way there isn't much we can do. We might as well continue on our way and hope to run into food and Halyn at some point. It is not like we know where we are going as it is."
"Malfoy has a point." Cordell says, and we all get up and keep walking.
Eventually the forest thins and we face the end of the tree line. There is another three line about a hundred yards away, but between the two is a torn up and scorched dirt and rock field. Looking either way, trying to see through the heat waves rising from the dirt, there doesn't seem to be anything crossing it to provide coverage- only more rocks and dirt and charred bits of trees.
"Damn it." I hiss. The area is obviously the work of dragons, and angry dragons at that.
"We have to cross it. We don't have another choice." Viktor says unhappily.
"Do you really think Halyn would cross this? Come to think of it, do you even think she'd be this far out? We've been traveling for five days. She visits the camp more often than every ten days. She could go and come from this far." Cordell says, sitting on a boulder not far from us.
The forest is silent as we think this over. I wouldn't put it beyond Halyn to cross the break in trees, but the timing thing makes me think. How far out are we? Have we been walking in a straight line, or circles, or even curves? There was no way to tell how far we really are from camp.
Flav chirped in Romanian again, pointing to the open area.
"He says it's a circle." Cordell says confused. Flav is squatting down and drawing in the forest floor with his finger. We all look on confused. He draws a circle, then a larger circle, and then puts an x outside the larger circle on either side directly in front of him. He says something again pointing at the first closer x then the farther x and then the inside circle.
"He says the closer x is us and the other is the other side." Cordell explains.
"And the inside circle?" Viktor asks.
"An island." Cordell says. "How do you know this?" He asks turning to Flav, who responds in Romanian. "He says something about delicious fruit and a book on Romania. Maybe the book tells about this spot." Flav nods his head in agreement.
"Well, that would solve our food problem." Viktor says, "But how do we get across?"
"We run." Andrey grunts, and we all follow him to the tree line, making an unexpected break for it.
I thank Merlin I'm in good physical shape with the pace we're going. Especially when I can feel the heat surrounding me, rising from the earth below us. We are about halfway across when we hear it. A loud roar and a huge shadow passing over us isn't a good sign. I look up and I swear my heart is going to beat out of my chest. Descending towards us is a large Hungarian Horntail. Shit. Shit. Shit.
I push my legs faster, but the dragon's decent is too quick and it lands right behind us, its tail smacking the ground, tearing deep grooves in the dirt. Its head rears back and I crash to the ground as fire flares overhead. I look to my left and right to see the others in similar positions. We get back up and continue our mad dash ands the dragon tears at the ground and takes back to the sky. Andrey has Flav over his shoulder now and Viktor, Cordell and I are right behind them.
"Move!" Cordell yells. I look behind us to see the dragon is the sky, sweeping in at up. We all leap to the sides as it barely misses us. We don't get much time; we have to keep moving. We are almost at the tree line when another stream of fire is aimed at us. Viktor is too slow in moving and takes some of the fire to his left side. I grab his right arm and tug him along as we move again, finally making it inside the trees- far enough to see the dragon, but be hidden.
"Is everyone here, in one piece?" Cordell asks, wheezing slightly. He got winded on the last dodge.
"Krum's a little banged up," I say, looking around, "but we're all here."
The dragon roars from where he is settled outside in the clearing. I can see its claws ripping up the ground but it stays where it is.
Pulling Viktor up again, we venture in deeper and find a huge field full of fruit trees with a lake in the middle. It must be a natural spring because there is no river leading to it. I help Viktor settle in the cold water before heading into the trees for food. Flav is laughing as he dances through the trees, eating. Cordell and Andrey are not far, settled in the shade with piles of fruit. I climb the closest tree and gather fruit for Krum and me.
We stayed there for the rest of the day, still hearing the occasional roars of the Hungarian Horntail. It quieted down at night, but we still did not light a fire. Viktor was dried off from earlier, though still hurting. There wasn't anything we could do though. Magic could be traced and we didn't know enough about survival to naturally treat the burns outside of the cold water. We all fell into a deep sleep eventually, exhausted from the events of the day.
I wake up to someone running their fingers through my hair. I bolt up and grab the hand, tuning to the person.
"Halyn." I breathed. I really hope I'm not dreaming.
"You guys shouldn't be here." She says softly before standing and grabbing a fruit from the trees. She takes a bit and a bit of juice runs down her chin. I lick my lips before leaning in and licking the juice and giving her a kiss.
Smiling, she moves away and wakes the rest, hugging them all. When she gets to Krum she frowns, and tells him to go soak in the water. Too shocked at seeing her and having her talk to him, he only nods and does as she says. After a bit she makes him get out and take his shirt off, and producing a jar out of nowhere she slathers cream on his burns. We all gather around her as she does this.
"You shouldn't be here." She says again, just as softly. "You don't have permission."
"Permission?" I ask when she is finished with Krum and she sits beside me. I immediately put an arm around her.
"From the dragons." She explains before saying something to Flav in Romanian, making him look sheepish. "Come, we need to go."
We follow her, assuming back the way we came. The dragon is still waiting when we get to the tree line. It roars once. Halyn lets go of my hand and walks towards it. I hate this feeling, being afraid for her but knowing I am powerless to stop her. Andrey puts a hand on my shoulder, squeezing once. None of our eyes leave her.
The dragon rears back for a minute, and my heart leaps in my chest, before lowering its head to her, letting her stroke its nose as she talks to it. With her other hand she motions for us to come. The dragon snorts, as we get closer, but stays passive.
"Get on. Use his leg to climb up." She says. Cautiously we follow her instructions and then she climbs up in front of me, at the front of us all. "Hold on."
Suddenly we are in the air, and I am gripping her while she manages to keep a grip on the beast. I look back over my shoulder to see Viktor and Cordell attempting to hold on while Andrey holds onto both Flav and the dragon. Flav has his hands in the air.
Looking forward I let a small smile grace my lips as the moment took over me. The dragon is headed toward the mountains ahead of us. I am only happy to have found her and know she is safe.
TBC…