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Chapter Sixteen
The moment everyone realised who had attacked them, pandemonium broke out. There were screams and shouts every where, asking what they should do. The Aurors sprung into action at once and tried to apparate the Minister out of danger. That was when they realised that there were anti apparation wards placed around them. It was something the Daywalkers had placed. It was different to the wards wizards used. It was different but served the same purpose. They were trapped, unable to apparate away.
Harry reached out with his own magic. He could feel the walls around him as he tried to test and see if he could break through them. He found that he could easily push the wards away so that he could leave. Problem was that he could leave but no one else could. If he tried to take someone with him, the Daywalkers wards would hold them back but allow Harry through. That wasn't really an option for him. He was stuck here with the rest of them.
He looked around him as the Aurors ordered everyone to get back from the windows and gather in the middle. The owner of the pub, Madam Rosemerta was looking very faint. She had already lost her pub once to these creatures. She didn't want to go through all that again.
No one was listening to the Aurors so James and Sirius stood up onto the table and shot out red sparks from their wands to get everyone's attention.
"Please! Everyone, calm down!" James shouted. Most of the people in the pub quietened down to listen to him.
"Remain calm. We know that these attackers are vampires! They cannot enter without permission! You are safe inside here!" Sirius told them.
Harry watched as chaos broke out again.
"That didn't work last time…!"
"They set the whole place on fire! They'll draw us out to them…!"
"We'll be a waiting target for them…!"
James and Sirius set out more red sparks from their wands in order to calm them down.
"Please! Remain calm! Panicking like this will solve nothing!" James shouted again.
At this everyone quietened down.
"The Aurors will handle the situation. Until we can bring down whatever wards have been placed here, you all have to remain inside. We'll make sure you all are safe!" James continued.
Harry had to admit that when his dad was in full Auror mode, he was quite impressive. He hadn't really noticed that about him before. 'Probably because you were too busy fighting him!' a voice echoed in his mind. Harry pushed those particularly disturbing memories aside. He didn't ever want to remember that!
Fudge was visibly shaken. It was obvious he had never been in a life or death situation before. He didn't know what to do. He was standing near the middle, white faced, clutching his wand like it was his very life source.
Madam Rosmerta shakily walked over to James and said something to him, her voice shaking badly. A look of relief spread on his face, he turned to the occupants again.
"Madam Rosmerta had just informed me that the Pub's walls and roof have impenetrable charms placed on it. Nothing can penetrate it. It is fire proof, so you all are safe."
Everyone sighed with relief at that information. Some colour returned to Fudge's face.
"We have to get as many people to come here, as possible. It's probably the only safe building!" Kingsley shouted to the other Aurors as they rushed outside.
Frank was among the first ones to rush outside. He left Neville standing there with strict instructions to stay inside.
Harry met his dad's eyes as he made to leave. James hurried over to him. Harry waited for his dad to ask him to join them in the fight. Everyone knew from the last attack, how well Harry could fight these beasts.
James looked at Harry, worry evident in his eyes.
"Stay inside, Harry"
Harry was shocked at that. His dad didn't want him to fight? But why? He saw the answer in James' eyes. He was afraid, afraid that Harry might get hurt like he had last time. Harry opened his mouth to speak but then changed his mind. If his dad didn't want to get him involved in this mess then that was fine. It wasn't his fight anyway.
James turned to leave but was stopped suddenly by Harry. Harry's hand wrapped around his dad's wrist, stopping him from leaving. Before James could ask what he was doing, Harry placed his hand on the tip of James' wand. As James watched, the tip of his wand changed to a pointed end. He looked up at Harry, amazed with the nonverbal spell.
"Straight through the heart." Harry whispered to him.
James smiled at his son's instructions and felt the urge to hug him. He fought it though, Harry didn't like hugs.
"Keep everyone inside" James whispered back and then left.
He shouted at all the other Aurors to do the same thing to their wands.
Harry watched, dread filling him. Hopefully the Aurors would remember not to use magic to fight them. That was useless. He anxiously watched the fierce battle outside.
Once the Aurors left, the remaining occupants looked at each other fearfully. Harry looked around at the people left. There were quite a few Hogwarts students. Fifth, sixth and seventh years mostly. His heart jumped as he released that Draco was not here. He approached the window and saw the Daywalkers fiercely attacking, burning the other buildings. Unfortunately, not all the building had impenetrable charms placed on them.
The Aurors were fighting well but were horribly outnumbered. They had learned from the past though, and attacked the vampires with fireball hexes and when they could, they stabbed them through the heart using their pointed wooden wands.
The streets were filed with screaming people. Harry watched in morbid horror as the Daywalkers attacked and started feeding on the helpless people. The Aurors were trying but couldn't protect everyone.
Harry turned around to see Damien looking out at the scene. He looked like he was going to throw up very soon. Harry pulled Damien to the side and sat him down. His eyes met a worried looking Lily and he gestured to her that Damien was okay.
"Stay here." he instructed.
He was faced with an ill looking Hermione next.
"Harry, we should do something!"
Harry felt torn. A part of him wanted to go and help. He didn't want his dad or Sirius or Remus to get hurt. But another part of him, the darker side to him wanted to stand back and watch. Let them deal with the chaos and the killings. It was the Ministry after all! They claimed to be able to deal with situations like this so let them deal with it.
The screams outside intensified and the horrid sounds of vampires feeding made everyone shudder.
The students watching out of the windows, let out a collective scream as two Daywalkers headed straight towards the Three Broomsticks. They scrambled to get away from the window. The two Daywalkers approached the pub and threw the small triangular devices at the walls. The impenetrable charms came into full force and repelled the devices, saving the pub from catching on fire. The vampires looked confusedly at the building. They figured out what had happened and let out an angry hiss at the protection. They tried again and again, but couldn't get past the charms. Angrily they headed for the door and blasted it open. The force of it threw the door of its hinges. Everyone screamed as the two Daywalkers glared at the occupants.
"Make it easier for yourselves and come outside!" one of them growled.
Harry already had his wand in his hand. He had figured what the Daywalkers were going to do. The walls and roof may have charms placed on it to stop any attacks, but the doorway didn't. It couldn't have any charms on it because that would stop everyone from coming inside. The doorway was now open and free. They could chuck whatever fire bomb they liked inside and it would force all of them outside.
His eyes met Hermione's and he pointed his wand at himself. He slowly and discreetly motioned it up and down his body giving Hermione a pointed look. She nodded to him understanding what they had to do. She looked at the other three and quietly whispered to them. All of them had taken their wands out as discreetly as possible.
"Leave from here! You can't come inside and you can't draw us out either! Just leave us alone!" Fudge had found his voice and foolishly challenged the vampires.
Harry had to bite his tongue to stop himself from first cursing the stupid Minister. Honestly, couldn't he just keep his mouth shut!
The two vampires smiled evilly at him and both took out the fire devices.
"We'll just have to put your theory to the test then, won't we, Minister!"
Both of them threw the triangular device inside, at that same time, Harry shouted, "NOW!"
The five of them, instantly leapt towards the door, Ron and Hermione on one side, Ginny and Damien on the other. Harry stood directly in front of the door. The five of them threw up their full body shields, successfully forming a multi coloured bubble. The bubble formed around the five teens and because they were standing near the door it blocked it, achieving the desired effect. The doorway was now blocked; the two devices hit the wall of their bubble and got thrown back at the two stunned looking vampires. They caught the device and looked dumbfounded at the bubble. They spotted Harry standing directly before them and growled angrily at him.
The five teens stood with their protective shield surrounding the doorway. Nothing the vampires threw would get past them. The Daywalkers reluctantly retreated back, eyes still fixed on Harry.
When they left, the five teens let down their shields.
Ron gave Harry a shaky smile.
"I bet you're glad you taught us that now, aren't' you?" he said.
Harry laughed and gave Ron a pat on the back.
"Good work, Mr Weasley." he teased. Harry levitated the door to go back into place. He muttered a quick 'Repero' to fix the broken door. It wasn't perfect but it blocked the doorway at least.
The people inside the pub looked at the five teens, dumbfounded. Lily was the first to snap out of the stupor and marched up to her sons. She hugged both of them, as if to make sure that they were still in one piece.
"It's not a big deal mum, nothing we haven't done before…" Damien started but clamped his mouth shut at realising what he just said.
Lily gave him a harsh look before turning to glare at Harry.
"What" he shrugged.
Molly was next to hug Ginny, Ron and Hermione as well.
"Oh my Goodness, what were you thinking? What if that spell didn't work? You all could have died!" she cried.
"Mum, if we didn't do that spell, we all would have definitely died." Ron explained.
Harry's eyes met Charlie's and saw that he was looking at Harry with such a deep seated hatred it made Harry want to look away. He didn't understand him. Why was he glaring at him now? As far as Harry could tell, he had just saved his neck along with the rest of them.
Charlie marched up to them and reached out to grab Ron. Harry first thought he had come to take away Ginny. He was surprised that it was Ron he was after. He pulled Ron into a corner and started arguing with him. Harry looked away; he didn't have time to worry about him.
"…so now he's teaching you things! What else has he been teaching you?!" Charlie's angry words drifted back to Harry.
"Oh sod off Charlie! You're being an idiot again! Just lay off Harry, understand!" Ron angrily retorted.
Harry couldn't help but smile at hearing Ron defending him. Ron soon walked away from a fuming Charlie and came to stand next to Harry, holding his wand in a tight fist.
The door suddenly banged open again. Harry already had his wand out but stopped as he saw an Auror carrying a severely injured woman in his arms. He stumbled inside and laid the bleeding woman onto one of the tables.
Lily was by her side at once followed by Rosmerta.
"Oh God!" Lily exclaimed as she saw the bite wound on the woman's neck.
The Auror spoke directly to Rosmerta.
"We have to bring the injured here! We can't apparate and this building is the only one that is somewhat safe! We're trying to get all the others here as well!"
Rosmerta nodded her head and looked at the dying woman on her table.
"Do what you can for her!" he said and hurried back outside.
Rosmerta looked mortified.
"What can I do? I don't have anything that will help!" she shrieked in panic.
Lily sprung into action.
"Rosmerta, get some clean cloths and some boiling water. You should have a first aid potions box. Get it!"
Rosmerta did as she was told and brought Lily all she needed. Lily started working on the poor woman straight away. Lily was no Healer, but she knew enough basics to help stop the blood loss and keep the wounded area clean.
Within a few seconds, more injured people were brought in by the Aurors and a large group of third year students rushed in from outside. They were terribly panicked but unhurt.
Lily reached into the first aid box to take out some more pain relief potion to give to the injured man lying before him. Her hand felt around the box but there was nothing in there. She looked at the box and picked it up. It was empty.
"No! we couldn't have run out! We need more! Oh God!"
She looked at the man lying before her. He was in so much pain. What could she do? She took out her wand and gathered all her strength. She had to stun him! That would probably be very painful in his current condition, but what else could she do? He was convulsing in sheer agony. A large chunk was missing from his neck!
With tears in her eyes she pointed the wand at him. Before she could cast the stunning hex on him, a hand reached out and stopped her. She looked over and saw Harry standing next to her.
"I have to. He's in too much pain. If he's unconscious he won't feel any pain." She explained.
Harry looked at the man and his eyes met the injured man's. Without saying a word, Harry reached into his robes pocket and pulled out a small box. Wandlessly he enlarged the box and placed it next to him mum.
Lily had seen Harry with this box before. Sirius had returned it to Harry after his trial. Harry always carried it with him. She opened the box and found a supply of potions inside. She stared at the potions, eyes wide with surprise. Harry was giving his own supply of potions to help. She looked up to thank him but Harry had already gone back towards the door, standing before it to stop any attacks.
She smiled at her son's compassion. He would always help but Merlin forbid anyone got the chance to actually thank him for it. She slipped some pain relief potion into the man before her, sighing with relief as the man's face relaxed.
Most of the older students were all helping doing what they could for the injured and helping to calm down the younger students.
"We can't keep this up! There's no more space!" Janice, a sixth year Ravenclaw cried out as another flood of people rushed inside.
They were terribly cramped. Harry suddenly realised something. Cursing himself for not thinking about this sooner, he pointed his wand at the table and chairs next to him. He uttered a shrinking charm and the table and chairs shrunk down to a doll house size. Harry picked up the shrunken furniture and placed it behind the bar. The other seventh year students that were watching Harry followed his lead and began to shrink all the furniture, leaving a few tables for the injured. Soon the place was much better, but still a bit cramped.
"Rosmerta, do you have a cellar?" Lily asked as she tried to stop a young man from bleeding to death.
"Um…yes." The owner replied, looking perplexed at the strange question.
Lily turned to look at the students and the other occupants.
"Everyone, please listen! We need more space, especially for the injured! Please head down to the cellar to stay out of the way, Rosmerta will show you the way!"
Rosmerta looked at Lily, her eyes showing how impressed she was with her logical thinking.
"I have a few rooms upstairs as well, we can use them!" she said, a little colour returning to her face.
Soon the place cleared up, most went to the cellar and a few, like the Minister headed to the rooms upstairs. The five teens, however refused to leave. They had to stay next to the door, in case their shield was needed. Harry was keeping his eyes fixed to the window, watching the battle rage on. They were losing! The Daywalkers were killing the people outside, feeding from them and then throwing their bodies to the side unceremoniously. He shut his eyes as he saw another young woman fall victim to them. 'It's not my fight, it's not my fight. These are Aurors! I won't fight alongside them, I won't!' he kept repeating to himself.
The battle raged on outside, a few times Daywalkers tried to attack the pub, but the five teens were quick to throw up the shields, blocking the doorway and protecting the pub. The place was now filled with the injured and dying people. Lily, Molly and a few other people were attending to them. Charlie was helping along with Neville. Harry watched, as Neville helped his mum, in silence. He had never actually heard Neville talk to anyone since the day Nigel and Ginny got captured. He brushed the thought away. It didn't matter anyway.
Damien was looking outside, watching for any attacks on the pub. He suddenly let out a strangled yell.
"Oh God! Harry!"
Harry rushed to him, looking out at what Damien had seen. His heart suddenly stopped at the sight.
Alice was running, Nigel in her arms. Frank had been at her side, trying to get her to the pub, to safety but three Daywalkers attacked at the same time. The sight of Nigel was too tempting for them and the three vampires lunged at Frank, ripping him away from his wife and son.
Harry didn't want to see anymore, he ran to the door and threw it open, stepping outside in the blood covered streets. He didn't care anymore. The Aurors couldn't beat them. No Auror would get to Alice in time. He had to help. He wasn't going to let Nigel get hurt. He wouldn't let that happen to him. Harry didn't realise it at first that someone had rushed out with him. He didn't realise that someone was running alongside him. He caught a glimpse of him out from the corner of his eye. Harry turned his head to see Neville running along with him. Their eyes met and Harry saw that look in his eyes. The same look Harry had seen the day Nigel was taken by Voldemort. Fear! Fear of losing someone dear to you.
Harry and Neville raced towards Alice as she struggled to fight of the vampires but keeping a strong grip on Nigel. Harry was only a few steps away when three vampires jumped in his path. Harry didn't stop running. He fired a fireball hex at them, but they easily dodged it. Neville was blocked as well and the two boys had to stop in their tracks. They had no option but to fight them first. Harry pointed his wand at the vampires, watching as their faces twisted in pleasure. They thought that Harry didn't know about magic not affecting them. Harry smirked at them and ran his hand over the wand transfiguring it immediately into a long gleaming sword. The grins slipped off the vampire's faces as they looked at Harry in shock.
Harry couldn't help but smirk back at them. Neville couldn't do wandless transfiguration and so settled for turning the tip of his wand into a pointed end. The vampires lunged at the two boys, two headed for Harry.
Harry felt his magic sizzle around him as he brought his sword down on the vampires. The familiar rush he got when fighting nearly overwhelmed him. He had not fought with anyone like this for so long. It took Harry less than a minute to slice off the vampires heads, turning them into a pile of dust. He didn't wait to see if Neville was okay. Instead he rushed towards Alice who had just been thrown to the ground
The terrified woman shielded her three year old son and tried to block him as best as she could. She turned fearful eyes up to the vampire standing over her. The vampire lunged at her, intending to drink her dry. She screamed and clutched onto Nigel tightly. She wasn't going to let go of him. The vampire, however never got to her. She saw Harry slamming into him and knocking him away from her and Nigel. Harry was instantly on his feet as was the livid Daywalker. Harry twirled the sword in his hand and aimed for the vampire. The Daywalker tried to save himself but Harry was too fast for him. The sword cut through him and the next moment the headless body turned to dust even before hitting the ground.
Without saying a word, Harry picked Alice up off the ground. He took Nigel away from her, taking the child's weight away from the exhausted woman. He ran with Nigel in his arms and Alice's hand clutched tightly in his own.
Neville was still fighting with the vampire. He saw Harry picking up Nigel and knew his brother and mum were safe. His dad was still in trouble though. Frank kicked out at the vampires that were trying to hold him down so they could feed from him. Neville managed to drive his wand straight into the vampire's chest. The Daywalker let out a piecing scream. As Neville pulled the wand out the vampire turned to dust. Neville looked initially stunned. He had never had to slay a vampire before. The sight was actually frightening. He quickly pushed way those feelings and attacked another vampire, one that was trying to sink his fangs into his dad. He plunged his wand into the vampire's back, pushing it deeper so it could reach the heart. He successfully managed to kill that one as well. Frank got up from the ground and fought with the remaining two vampires.
"I told you to stay inside!" he yelled at Neville as he fought with the Daywalker.
"You're welcome!" Neville replied sarcastically as he tackled the other vampire.
Frank and Neville spotted Harry with Nigel and Alice. Fighting their way through they reached them. Frank instantly took Nigel from Harry. They were only a few feet away from the Three Broomsticks when seven vampires blocked their way. They stood, glaring at them, licking their blood stained lips at the sight of Nigel.
Frank handed Nigel over to Alice before standing in front of her, shielding her. Harry and Neville both stood next to Frank, shielding Alice and Nigel as well. The vampires laughed cruelly.
"You won't be able to protect him. We have come for them in particular. Children as young as them offer much more power than adults. You can't save him!" one of them shouted out.
Harry felt his blood boil with rage. He really hated these vile creatures! All of the vampires attacked at once. Frank kept close to Alice, fighting off the two that had come towards them. Harry and Neville had to fight the other five. Harry was trying to attack them as quickly as he could. He swung his sword around, cutting the three vampires in the stomach. They backed off for a moment but came back in full force, reaching out to grab him. Harry flipped backwards out of their reach. He spotted two wands lying next to the dead bodies of Aurors.
"Accio!" he cried out and dropped his sword in favour of the wands.
The three vampires were already in front of him before Harry had a proper grip on the wands. One of them managed to kick Harry in the stomach, making him fall to the ground. Harry didn't stay on the ground for long though. He sprang back onto his feet and held the wands tightly in his hands.
"It's useless boy! You can't fight us, let alone destroy us!" one of them snarled at him, eyeing the wands in Harry's hands.
"Call me stubborn, but I love proving you wrong!" Harry responded.
The three of them lunged at him at once, intending to rip him apart. Harry kicked out at the one vampire heading straight at him, successfully throwing him to the ground. Two vampires came at him from either side, knowing that he couldn't fight both of them. Harry stood where he was, letting them come closer. He threw out his hands to either side, catching both vampires at the same time. The wooden wands buried deep into their chests. As Harry pulled the wands back out, the two vampires turned to dust.
Without waiting for the vampire on the ground to get back up, Harry drove the wood into his chest, meeting the vampire's wide, pained gaze.
"Point proven!" he said just as the vampire evaporated to dust.
Harry looked up and saw Frank struggling with the two vampires. He pocketed the wands and picked up his sword on the way towards him and fought of the vampires.
"Go! Get them inside!" Harry shouted to Frank, whose arms were bleeding badly as he attempted to fight off the vampires.
Frank grabbed Alice and rushed to the pub. Harry kicked the vampire to the ground before dusting him as well. He looked up just in time to see Frank throw open the door and lead Alice and Nigel safely inside. Frank closed the door and headed back to continue fighting. He helped Neville fight off the vampires before grabbing him and depositing him inside the pub as well.
Harry let out a relieved sigh, Nigel was fine. He survived this. Harry had just decapitated another vampire when he spotted his dad. James had just fought off a vampire barely avoiding its bite.
Harry hurried over to him, twisting the sword threateningly in his hand.
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Damien was watching the scene with bated breath. His eyes never left his brothers form. He watched as Harry sliced off the vampires heads as if it were child's play. His cool and collected fighting style was attracting all the others to the window to watch. Most of the students were down in the cellar or the rooms upstairs. It was mostly seventh years that were helping Lily and Molly. They watched out the windows in awe.
Damien watched as Harry bolted towards their father, swinging the sword in his hand. He attacked the vampire and helped James back onto his feet.
"Good Lord! You can tell he's done that before!" a Hufflepuff boy exclaimed as Harry killed another vampire.
Damien smiled at the memory. It was one of the most terrifying memories of his life, except meeting Voldemort that is. Harry had saved him from being attacked by four vampires. That was the day Damien had seen how much Harry cared for him. It was probably the turning point in their relationship.
Damien looked to his left and saw Charlie staring at Harry as well. His eyes never left Harry and the scowl he wore on his face was starting to relax as he saw Harry fighting alongside the Aurors.
"He never asked for this, you know." Damien said softly, catching Charlie's attention. The older boy turned to look at him.
"He was taken when he was only a baby. Everything he did was only because he didn't know any better. It was what he grew up believing was the way of life." Damien continued.
Charlie dropped his gaze and looked out the window again.
"It takes a lot to change everything about your life. Not everyone can adapt the way Harry has. He's had to sacrifice a lot in his life. Don't make him sacrifice her as well." Damien was now looking directly at him, asking him in the most civil manner he could, to step away from Harry and Ginny.
Charlie didn't say anything. He looked around at him and then dropped his head, a weary look on his face.
"She's my baby sister. You can't expect me not to worry!" Charlie answered.
Damien smiled and turned around to watch his brother again.
"All things considered, I think even you would have to agree that no one can protect Ginny as well as Harry."
Charlie gaped at him. When it became apparent that the fourteen year old had nothing else to say, he turned around and left heading to the other corner of the room. Damien watched as Harry jumped out the way as a Daywalker threw the fire device at him.
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Harry jumped out of the way as fire erupted at the spot he was standing in only seconds ago. He looked up to see a truly foreboding looking Daywalker glaring at him. His face was twisted to show how much he hated him, his mouth turned to a snarl.
Harry got up to his feet, watching the Daywalker take out another of the device and hold it up to show Harry.
"I think I now know who you are!" the Daywalker hissed at him.
Harry bristled at the sound of his voice. It was as if thorns were wrapped around his words.
"You must be that wretched boy that killed my brother!" he snarled at him, hate shinning in his eyes.
Harry smirked and gripped his sword tightly.
"You're going to have to be more specific than that. I've killed plenty of your scum! Which one was your brother?"
As predicted the Daywalker let out a roar of anger and threw the fire device at Harry. Harry lifted up his sword and muttered "Expandlim". The sword suddenly widened to form a rectangular shape and got hit by the small triangular device. It burst into flames but the fire merely slid off the sword. Harry looked at the Daywalkers, enjoying the look of shock and rage etched on his face. He shook the remaining flames away from his sword before returning it back to its former shape.
"You really are different from the rest! But I won't make the same mistake as Victor! You will die today, boy!" the Daywalker challenged as he took out his sword.
Understanding hit home. This was probably the Daywalkers' leader. His brother, most likely, was the leader of the Daywalkers that Harry had killed last year. The reason this Daywalker knew about him was probably because Harry had left one of the Daywalkers alive last time. He most likely went back and told the rest how their leader was killed by a boy. Harry grinned at that thought.
"So, you're the new leader? I didn't know leadership was passed down through family. I thought you all fought it out like the rest of the animals." Harry smirked as the Daywalker was again affected by his words.
"You will regret insulting us, boy! I became the leader because I am the most powerful Daywaker! Don't make your death more painful than I have planned!"
Harry pointed his wand towards the Daywalker.
"Plans rarely work out!" Harry answered cheekily.
That was enough for the enraged vampire. He belted towards Harry, sword drawn and aimed at Harry's chest. Harry blocked the attack and swung his sword to try and decapitate him but the Daywalker was quick to block Harry's attack. The two fought each other, trying to be the first to draw blood, but both Harry and the Daywalker were blocking one another's attacks. Harry blocked another ferocious strike and swung his sword towards the vampire's sword holding arm. A deep cut caused the vampire to drop his sword. Before Harry could get to him, four Daywalkers threw themselves in front of their leader to protect him. While they were attacking Harry, the leader Daywalker slipped away, far from him.
James and Sirius both saw Harry with the four vampires and quickly came to his aid.
"I thought I told you to stay inside!" James yelled at Harry as he fought.
"When have I ever listened to you?" Harry answered back, throwing a cheeky smile in his direction.
"Get back inside, Harry. I don't want you out here!" James yelled back as he prepared for another attack from two vampires.
Harry wasn't going anywhere. He brought out the wand he had picked up and transfigured it also into a sword. He fought with two swords, slashing and killing as many vampires as he could.
Suddenly, in the midst of all the shouting and screaming, a terrifying sound rooted Harry to the spot. He turned around, wishing with all his might that it wasn't what he feared. He cursed as he saw the sight before him. A small building was set on fire, forcing the residents to run outside. All Harry could see amongst the black smoke was red cloaks. Young children, still wearing their red cloaks, screaming in fear as they ran onto the street. Harry saw a few students with them, trying desperately to fire spells at the vampires to keep them away.
Harry ran as fast as he could towards them, vaguely aware of his dad, Sirius, Kingsley and a few other Aurors running with him. Harry brought down his sword at as many as he could, there number of the vampires heading towards the petrified children was alarming. Apparently the children were all gathered in the small café to get prizes for selling the most roses. They were trapped there when the attack happened and now were drawn out as the café was set on fire.
Harry had no other option; the vampires were closing in, trying to get to the children who were running in all sorts of directions. Harry transfigured his sword back into his wand and pointed at the large group of oncoming Daywalkers. He yelled:
"MOMENTUM EXPUR!"
The ground shook causing the vampires to fall onto the ground. The Aurors, who had seen Harry do this before, managed to stay on their feet and at once took the opportunity to kill as many vampires on the ground as they could. Some were hit with fireball hexes while others were stabbed through their heart.
Harry saw Frank running towards them. They grabbed the children and literally carried them towards the pub. Damien, Ginny, Hermione and Ron were standing near the entrance, door wide open, taking the scared children from them and carrying them inside to safety. While the other Aurors fought off the vampires, Harry and Frank carried the children to the pub.
Harry had just deposited a little boy into Damien's arms when he saw Sara looking frantically at the children. There was blood dripping from a cut on her forehead and her face was streaked with dirt. She had just been dragged in by Kingsley. Her panicked eyes met Harry's and he saw the tears in her eyes.
"Bella! I can't find Bella!" she cried, looking directly at Harry.
Harry's heart plummeted to his stomach. He turned around and headed straight towards the vampires again, looking desperately for the blonde haired child. They had taken all the children to safety. How could he miss one?
He fought off another vampire as he attacked him, but his eyes were still searching the blood covered Hogsmeade, looking for any sign of the child. His eyes suddenly met with a pair of colourless eyes. Harry felt his heart stop. The leader Daywalker was standing there, staring at Harry with a twisted grin on his face. In his grip was the little girl.
Harry felt his stomach clench with fear as the child's eyes met with his and her innocent blue eyes screamed out at him to help her. She was sobbing as the vicious man held her by the hair. Harry pointed his wand at him. His magic wouldn't work on the vampire but it could Accio Bella towards him.
"Acc…"
The words had not even left Harry's mouth before the vampire lifted the child by her hair and in the blink of an eye, he had ripped into her neck and started too feed.
The scream that left the little girl pierced into Harry, immobilising him. Harry shouted out his summoning charm but the vampire was holding onto the girl too tightly. His sadistic glare was still on Harry as he drank, as if he knew how much this was hurting him. Harry tore his way towards him, trying desperately to get to him, fighting his way through the vampires. The leader Daywalker dropped Bella to the ground and in one fluid motion disappeared into the crowd behind him. Harry reached Bella in a few seconds. He felt bile rise in his throat as he saw the bite wound on her neck. It looked like the vampire had taken an actual bite out of her! He picked the child up in his arms and rushed towards the pub. If he could get her inside quick enough, his mum could help her. She would survive this, she had to!
Harry ran into the crowded pub, yelling for his mum. He lay the five year old onto the table, his hands covered in her blood. Lily stifled the anguished moan that left her at the sight if the girl. Sara was by her side in a flash, crying her sister's name.
Harry watched with a painfully thumping heart as his mum ran her wand across the girl neck, stopping the blood flow. Her face fell as she checked the child's pulse. She pointed her wand at the small chest and muttered a spell. Harry watched as small jets of red light left the wand and hit Bella's chest. Lily kept on firing the jets of light, trying to revive the girl. At last she lowered her wand and her pained emerald green eyes met with her sons. She shook her head and let the tears fall. Sara cried out, clutching the body of her sister.
"Bella! Oh God, No! Please, God No! Bella!"
Harry stepped back, his eyes fixed on the dead body of the child. The familiar words being shouted were bringing back another memory. One that still ripped his heart to pieces.
Harry looked at the girl's face, her blue eyes were still open. A look of fear imprinted in them.
'She's only a kid! She only a child! An innocent! She can't die!' that thought kept repeating in his head. He watched as Sara clutched onto her sister, rocking her small body in her arms as she cried out her name.
He vaguely caught a glimpse of Hermione standing with Ron. Both had tears in their eyes. He didn't know that nearly everyone standing in that pub was shedding tears for the loss of an innocent life. Cutting through the sobs, Harry heard a laugh. A low gruff laugh. He turned around slowly, looking out of the open door. The leader of the Daywalkers, the one who had drank the child to death, was standing near the entrance. His laugh was ringing in the crowded pub. All eyes were on him but the Daywalker had his gaze fixed on Harry.
Harry felt something inside him snap. He turned to face the vampire.
Damien watched with the rest as the Daywalker jeered at Harry. He watched as Harry turned to face the horrid vampire. Damien felt his heart stop as he saw his brother's face. He knew what was going to happen seconds before it did. Harry's emerald green eyes started to darken.
"Oh God…!" was all that came from him before Harry tore out of the pub, heading straight for the vampire.
The grin slipped off the Daywalker's face as Harry raced towards him. It was the vampire's intention to draw Harry out, that was why he was standing there, taunting him with his laugh. He had seen the desperation in his eyes just before the little girl was killed. The Daywalker knew Harry would be enraged at her death. He had not contemplated how fearsome the wizard would look though.
The Aurors felt more than saw Harry come out of the pub. The ground shook with tremors as Harry headed for the vampire. Most of the Daywalkers rushed to protect their leader, leaving most of the Aurors to watch the scene.
James felt the air around him vanish as he saw Harry. His green eyes had turned completely black. His hand was closed tightly over the sword and his piercing glare was directed at the leader Daywalker. Before Harry could get to the vampire in question, four vampires leapt in his way. Harry didn't look away from the leader. His eyes stayed focused on the leader as he swung his sword. He had sliced off the four vampires heads in a matter of seconds.
He raised his hand towards the oncoming group of vampires. The five vampires stopped in their tracks and screamed in agony. Smoke started coming out from them. As the Aurors watched in morbid fascination, the vampires fell to the ground still crying out in agony. The smoke coming from an invisible fire was growing thicker. Suddenly the five exploded into dust. They had been set on fire from the inside.
Harry grabbed the petrified looking leader Daywalker and threw him to the ground. Before he could do anymore, a large group of ten vampires grabbed Harry and pulled him away from their leader. Harry regained his footing and turned to the vampires. The look of fury on his face made a few of them step back.
Harry tightened his grip on his sword and leapt towards the group. The students watching from the Three Broomsticks let out a collective gasp. What was Harry doing? He couldn't possibly fight a group as large as ten vampires, even with a sword!
As the Aurors and students watched Harry attacked the group with vigour. He slashed at the vampires, sometimes catching their arms and torsos, making them leap back in pain. Harry reached out and grabbed one of the vampires. He stabbed the vampire, making the sword go right through his stomach and out the other side. Instead of pulling the sword out, he pulled it up the way. The vampire was helpless to stop himself from being ripped into two.
Harry killed the vampires before turning to the leader. The Daywalker, now furious at losing most of his men, moved towards Harry. His sword drawn and aimed. Harry looked at the Daywalker and the air around him fizzled with dark magic. His black eyes were focused on the vampire, his mouth twisted into a snarl.
The Aurors wanted to move, to help to do what they could but the sheer sight of Harry, looking like he did right now, made them stay where they were. James swallowed the fear that came at the sight of his eldest son. There was no doubt in anyone's mind as to who Harry looked like right now. Eyes an inhuman colour, face twisted in hatred and rage, the essence of dark magic coming from him in strong waves. Even the ground trembling beneath him was very reminiscent of him.
James willed these horrible feelings deep down to bury them. Harry was not like Voldemort. He wasn't. But even as he thought this, he saw Harry attack the vampire, burying the sword deep into the vampire's chest.
Harry pulled the sword out and then swung around, catching the Daywalker's sword holding arm. The vampire let out a cry as his arm was sliced completely off. He looked up at Harry, eyeing his sword warily. Harry smirked, causing the watching Aurors and students to shudder with fear. There was so much darkness in that smirk. It again was strikingly familiar to him.
Harry wordlessly transfigured the sword back to his wand. The Daywalker tried one last time to attack. Harry easily blocked him and threw the vampire to the ground. He leaned towards the vampire, grabbing him from the front of his robes. The Daywalker shouted out to the rest of his men, ordering them to help him.
The surrounding Daywalkers ran towards him, trying to get him. Harry raised his hand towards them and most fell, writhing on the ground in pain, smoke coming from their robes.
Harry turned to the Daywalker in his grasp. The non verbal curse was repeated again and the colourless eyes widened in pain. Smoke started coming from the leader Daywalker as his insides started burning. He looked painfully into the dark orbs in front of him.
"At least you saw the same face as your brother did before ending your miserable existence." Harry spat at him.
He buried his wand deep into the vampire's chest. He pulled it out and watched with deep satisfaction as the monster before him turned to dust. The remaining Daywalkers fled from Hogsmeade after watching their leader turn to dust. The Aurors and students hardly noticed. Every eye was fixed on Harry. The teen still stood where he was. His eyes had turned back to their normal green. He stood, staring at the spot the Daywalker had been. He looked up and saw the fearful faces of the Aurors watching him. Amongst them were his father and Godfathers.
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