So, I know the chapters haven't been that long, but I'll work on it. Another plot explanation: after the events of the World Cup Dante goes right back to Hogwarts and just waits for the kids to get there, so after this chapter, it skips right to the Sorting Ceremony and such. Anyway, on with the show!
AND PLEASE READ THE FINAL NOTE AT THE END!!! IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME!!!
Dante had managed to get to the Top Box with the others and they were sitting in their seats, waiting for the game to start. After a few encounters with people the rest of the group seemed to know, the mascots came out and Dante quite enjoyed himself as he watched the Veela dance.
Of course, being a powerful half-demon, he was immune to the spell being cast over all the men and it was up to him to grab Harry and Ron and forcefully shove them back into their seats.
Other than that, Dante mostly sat around pretending to be interested in what was happening around him. As he was not a wizard, he didn't know a thing about Quiddich, and, as many of you may already know, a lack of knowledge in something such as a sport often leads to a lack of interest in it.
When the game ended, Dante merely stayed seated as people around him jumped around and screamed in joy and excitement. All in all, this was turning out to be the most boring job he'd ever had. The only action he got came later that night. (I can't believe I just typed that. To those of you who didn't notice, sorry, it wasn't intended that way, and I probably wouldn't have noticed it myself if I hadn't been watching the weapon demo from DMC4 when Dante is doing the demo of the weapon you get after beating Berrial, Lucifer, so now my mind is in pervert mode because of the obvious innuendo in that scene.)
It looked like Dante was going to get a full night of sleep (What I would give for that.), but he was shaken awake by a panicked Mr. Weasley, who was bustling about the tent, trying to wake all of the other boys up. Dante heard screaming coming from outside, so he stepped out of the tent to see what was going on. (Btw, he was sleeping in his regular pants but without a shirt on.)
What he saw was people being levitated in the air by wizards in dark robes and masks. How cowardly. They can't even take responsibility for their own actions.
Everyone was gathered outside of the tents by this point. "That is really sick," Ron said as he watched a small child being spun in the air like a top. Dante internally agreed. No child should ever be submitted to the torture of this much chaos and fear.
"We're going to help the Ministry," Mr. Weasley said. "You lot-- get in the woods, and stick together. Dante, watch over them. I'll come and fetch you when we've sorted this out!"
"No problem." Dante led the way to the forest at a casual pace, drawing attention to how calm he was. The kids all started to run ahead of him. "Hey! Wait! It's dangerous in there!" This was true. Now that he was closer, Dante could feel the demonic presences of a very large amount of lower-level demons, and while they didn't pose that big of a threat, the children still wouldn't be able to defend themselves. "Heh, kids, always gotta make things complicated."
Dante found only three of the group when he caught up with them. Apparently, in the darkness, Ron had fallen down. "Tripped over a tree root."
"Well, with feet that size, hard not to."
Dante turned around to see a boy with white-blond hair that he recognized from the Top Box. Ron told him what he should go do in words that Dante highly approved of.
"Language Weasley. Hadn't you better be hurrying along, now? You wouldn't like her to be spotted, would you?" he asked as he nodded at the girl Hermione.
"What's that supposed to mean?" she asked defiantly.
"Granger, they're after Muggles. D'you want to be showing off your knickers in midair? Because if you do, hang around…they're headed this way, and it would give us all a laugh."
"Hermione's a witch," Harry snarled fiercely.
"Have it your own way, Potter. If you think they can't spot a Mudblood, stay where you are."
"Watch your mouth!" Ron shouted heatedly.
Dante decided that he'd had enough of their childish arguing. "Enough, we have to move, now. I suggest you get out of here too, kid. There are a ton of demons closing in on us as we speak, and I don't have enough room for a battle with them here."
Malfoy looked quite scared at the idea of confronting demons.
"Come on," Dante beckoned, guiding Hermione with a hand on her back. Eventually, they came to a clearing in the woods and Dante told them to duck down as close to the center as possible. He didn't need to worry about tripping over them, thanks to his half-demon grace, but he had to make sure that they were in sight.
"This is gonna get loud and messy," he warned them as he drew Rebellion. Suddenly, demons burst out of the woods from every direction. There weren't any higher-level demons at all, so Dante breezed through the fight in less than five minutes.
When he looked to check on the kids, he found that as they were huddled together on the ground, fearing for their lives, they were also looking at him with awe in their eyes. "H-How did you do that so quickly?" Hermione asked.
"Dante sighed. "It's a long story, you'll learn about it in class."
Harry didn't like it. This new teacher was far too secretive. He was really strong too. He slaughtered those demons so easily that Harry wouldn't be surprised of he'd been doing it all his life. He wondered whether he and his friends would ever discover the truth behind their new teacher.
But he couldn't say he was worried because Dumbledore obviously trusted him, then again, Dumbledore also trusted Snape. Harry was extremely worried about this new school year.
They were making their way back to their camp site when suddenly they heard someone shout, "MORSMORDRE!" and saw a blast of light shoot into the air.
So the next chapter starts on the Hogwarts Express since the whole Winky getting sacked thing would happen in exactly the same way and Dante doesn't meet Mrs. Weasley because he goes back to the school before the Weasleys, Harry, and Hermione leave. Hope you enjoyed it!
FINAL NOTE: I would like to apologize for the major delay in this chapter, but I've been mentally incapable of writing lately.
My choir teacher, Mr. Robert Green of Fremd High School, recently died. He was my favorite teacher, and he inspired me to major in music education. He was a wonderful person who made the choir program at Fremd as strong as it is.
Again, I apologize for the delay, but I hope you will understand my reasons. As repayment, I'll start working on the next chapter now! Thank you for reading my story and understanding the issues I'm dealing with!