Two of harry's classmates turn out to be exorcists. Enjoy
Inside of the room of requirement, two students met in secret in the middle of the night. One was a large chested Hufflepuff with long red hair, while the other was the ebony haired beauty called the ice queen.
"Anything?" Daphne asks after her companion shut the door.
"All I can be sure of is what we already know." Susan sighed, "There is at least one piece of innocence in this school, but we're no closer to finding it."
"Right." Daphne grumbles, "Then we might as well Contact Komui."
Susan nods and lightly taps her earring, "Chief? Are you there?"
Rather than an answer, all they heard was snoring.
"Hey, Daphne… did you know that Lenalee asked me to be her maid of honor?"
Something breaking on the other end told them it was successful, "LENALEE, WHY?" Komui wails for a moment before saying, "This is Komui."
"Exorcists Bones and Greengrass at Hogwarts." Susan reports, "We've been able to confirm the presence of innocence at the castle, but we are no closer to finding it then last time."
"Well, that's too bad," he says thoughtfully, "Did the defense teacher pan out this year?"
Caught off-guard by the question, Susan nonetheless answers, "No. she was more of a monster then some akuma I've fought."
"Well then keep up the search. If you can't find it by the end of the year, I'll send a general as your new defense teacher next year." he replies, "keep me informed, and if nothing, contact me on the train tomorrow so we can prepare your pick up."
"Yes sir." She says as she cuts the transmission, "Well, you can tell that Lenalee still isn't back. Otherwise he might have the coffee to stay awake."
"Come on. Let's get back to our dorms. We don't want anyone to notice us." Daphne says as they step out of the room, which disappears into the wall.
"Harry?" Ron asks on their way down to breakfast the next day, "What's wrong? You seem pretty quiet."
"It's nothing." Harry sighs, "Just thinking about what Dumbledore said last night. I'll tell you and Hermione about it over the summer. Too many prying ears."
"Alright." Ron shrugs as they sit next to the two greatest gossips in the history of Hogwarts, "Have you seen Hermione?"
"Yesterday, after I woke up." Harry nods, "She was fast asleep, and Madam Pompfrey said that she might be able to have breakfast with us."
"Great." Ron laughs, as someone sits next to him, "Hey, Neville. How've you been?"
"Alright I guess." He mutters, "Just wish I could have avenged my parents, you know?"
"Nev, you did what a lot of fully trained wizards have done. You Fought Bellatrix Lestrange and came back in one piece. No one can fault you for that." Harry says comfortingly, "Just think, a few more years of training, and you'll put Bellatrix in the ground after I deal with her master."
"You really fought Bellatrix?" Parvati gasps, "So that means… you were with Harry when he….?"
Neville nods sheepishly as Parvati starts talking rapidly with lavender. Somehow, this story would reach the ears of everyone in the school within an hour, even though no one left the grand hall. Half way through, Hermione ran into the hall and threw her arms around Harry's neck, muttering words of sympathy.
"Thanks Hermione. That means a lot." He smiles as she sits across from them, "I'm relieved that you're alright."
"Yeah, Hermione. Out of the six of us, you got the most serious injury." Neville smirks, "You and Harry were the only ones. I broke my nose, Ginny broke her ankle, Luna had a concussion, and Ron got some scarring on his arms, but you two nearly died."
Harry could feel someone staring at the back of his head, but, figuring it was just Malfoy being Malfoy, he ignored it in favor of turning the conversation to Quidditch.
'I can't believe this…' Daphne thinks as she stares across the room, 'Harry potter… is an exorcist? But how? It didn't happen at the ministry, since the order would have known, and I'd have noticed if he had it before. So why now?'
Regardless, this changes things. She and Susan had a new job to do. Getting to her feet and ignoring the protests of the guys that were hitting on her, she strode over to the Hufflepuff table, where she was instantly shunned.
"What do you want, Greengrass?" Susan says coldly, keeping up the act.
"I need your advice, Bones." She returns in kind, "Since your aunt is the head of DMLE, I figured you were the best to ask."
"About?"
"What constitutes sexual harassment?" She says, glaring daggers at Malfoy, "And whether it would be legal to cut off someone's bits for trying it."
The nearby men wince at her tone, and Susan's expression softens slightly. Keeping to her act, she begrudgingly sighs, "Fine. Guys, I'll be right back."
"Want me to come with you?" Hannah asks her longtime friend.
"I'll be fine." She smiles, "Lead on, Greengrass."
The walk in silence across the hall, out into the entrance hall. Checking that no one was looking, Daphne opens one of the lesser known hidden rooms and ushers Susan inside, casting every privacy spell she could.
"What's up, Daph?" Susan asks, "That's the first time you've ever done that."
"Harry Potter is an Accommodator."
"What?" She snaps, "That's not possible. I thought you checked everyone."
"I did. But sometime since he went to the Department of Mysteries, he became an accommodator." Daphne sighs, "Needless to say, our objective has changed. "
"I'll tell Komui." She nods, tapping her earring, "Chief, we've got a situation."
"Is that Susan?" Reever asks, "Hold on, I'll get him." After a few whispered sentences, and another cries, Komui was awake.
"What's going on? You aren't on the train already, are you?"
"We've been able to confirm that a classmate has become an accommodator." Susan answers, "We'll be setting aside our current mission to escort him to the order."
"Understood. We'll be expecting you." He nods, "Johnny will be waiting at Kings Cross when you get off the train. He'll have orders to bring you, and our new friend to HQ."
"Got it. Now we just have to convince him to come with us."
"Well, Daphne isn't a Slytherin for nothing. Besides, I trust you can handle it." Komui says as the connection dies.
"Alright. " Susan sighs, "Any plans?"
"You know him better than I do. What's he like?" Daphne asks.
"Poster boy for Gryffindor, but I think he'd go pretty well anywhere else. If half the rumors are true, he's more loyal than half of Hufflepuff in our year, and you don't escape You-Know-Who more than once by being stupid." She says calmly, "His only real weakness is he tries to do everything himself. He doesn't want to see others get hurt. But unlike some others, he actually has the skill to back it up. He could probably beat everyone else in our year at once."
"So, he'll definitely be a great help to the order. Which brings us back to our original problem…" Daphne says as she thinks for a few minutes, "Look, you'll need to do all the hard work for this. I'm a Slytherin, so he'll mistrust me on principle. But you, at least, are on speaking terms with him."
"I can do that. "Susan nods, "So, am I to assume that you got a plan for me?"
"I do. Did you read the prophet yesterday?"
"Yeah. You-Know-Who's back, Fudge is out of a job, or soon will, Harry and Dumbledore are proven right, and now the prophets kissing up to Harry by calling him the 'chosen one'. Did I miss anything?"
"Nope, that pretty much sums it up. Whether he is the chosen one or not is irrelevant. You-Know-Who is hell-bent on killing him. If someone he trusts offers him training, I don't think he'll refuse."
"I've got it. I'll talk to him on the train. Hermione and Ron will be patrolling the cars, so it'll be my best chance to get him alone." Susan nods and both leave the room, wearing masks of indifference. Daphne thoroughly enjoyed the show she gave the Great Hall by slapping Draco and calling him a pervert. It was nice to do something she wanted instead of hiding behind her mask.
"Will you be alright, Harry?" Hermione asks worriedly as she and Ron get ready to patrol the cars, "What if Malfoy shows up?"
"I almost hope he does." Harry smirks, "After the last couple of days, I need to cut loose, and Malfoy is as good an excuse as any. Besides, the four of us took on Death Eaters. Malfoy and his goons won't have a chance."
"He's right, Hermione." Ginny adds, "We'll be here. You've got nothing to worry about."
"I'm sure everything will be fine…" Luna says in her dreamy voice, "Would anyone care for a Quibbler?"
"I'll take one, Luna." Neville nods, accepting the magazine and looking at the two prefects, "Shouldn't you be leaving?"
"Alright." Hermione huffs, walking out of the room with Ron behind her.
"Can someone please tell me how Lavender and Parvati can spread rumors so fast? It hasn't even been two hours and I'm already almost as popular as Harry."
"Excuse me…." A four year says from the doorway, "Neville…. I was wondering if you would be willing to sit with me…"
"I'm sorry." Neville smiles, "But you see, I've got to watch Harry's back. You never know what could happen. I'll try and stop by later though, okay?"
"Okay." She smiles before skipping back down the car.
"See what I mean? I got ten girls asking me to the first Hogsmeade weekend next years, and three of them just graduated." He sighs, "I can't believe that you've been dealing with this since the first year…"
"I never had it that bad." Harry shrugs, "I think that the since I spend so much time with Hermione, every girl assumes that she's got no chance so they don't bother. You don't really have any close female friends, so in the aftermath of the department of Mysteries, you just became the most eligible bachelor at Hogwarts."
"You think so?" Neville smirks, "I wonder what would happen if the girls found out that you and Hermione aren't a couple."
"Harry and Hermione aren't a couple?" Lavender gasps from the doorway and runs off.
Harry turns and glares at the laughing boy, "You did that on purpose!"
"Just a bit." He admits, "If I've got to suffer through this, you're coming with me. I'm just vindictive that way."
"Ouch." Ginny laughs, "That was mean, Neville."
"He must understand my pain!" Neville mock cries as they all laugh.
"Oh my…." Hannah gasps while looking at a scrap of parchment, "Lavender says that Harry is still available!"
"Are you kidding?' One girl asks, rummaging through her bag for the scrap of paper that every girl at Hogwarts got at the start of their first year, which could be updated by anyone to reveal interesting gossip. "Yup. Boy who lived still available. Not dating Granger."
"Hannah, when are the Gryffindor Prefects patrolling?" Susan asks, sensing her chance.
"First thing. My and Ernie take over at noon." She answers, smirking, "So, you going to make a play at him already? I didn't know you liked him."
"Well, I don't think anyone in here can honestly say that aren't. Probably only Parkinson can, and with her taste in men…" Susan shrugs, leaving the girls in her compartment laughing wildly.
She nonchalantly looks into each compartment, trying to find Harry. She catches a quick glimpse of Daphne, who nods ever so slightly before she moves on. In one of the last cars, she notes Romolda Vane stuttering in front of a compartment. 'Bingo.' She thinks, walking towards it. Everyone knew that Vane had a thing for Harry. She'd have gone running the moment she read that Hermione hadn't staked her claim yet.
"Alright… Well, if you change your mind…" Romolda smiles slightly before running off, a couple of tears at the corner of her eyes.
"Hey, Harry." She grins, "So, It looks like you became pretty popular once everyone found out that you and Hermione aren't an item."
"That was his fault." He says, glaring at Neville, "He told lavender."
"I will not suffer under a horde of witches alone." Neville says defensively.
"So, Susan, did you come to asks about that as well?" Luna asks pleasantly.
"Well, I won't lie and say that I'm not interested, but I actually had something really important that I wanted to talk to Harry about alone…"Susan says nervously.
Ginny seemed to gets that she wanted them to leave as she stood up, "Susan, come find us when you're done. I don't like the idea of leaving Harry alone with Malfoy one the train after Harry just put Malfoy senior away."
"I'll get you." Susan promises as Ginny grabs Luna's arm.
"Come on, Neville." Luna says calmly, "Why don't you go and see that pretty little fourth year?"
Neville stares at her nervously and sighs, "I think I'll wait in the hall. I'm worried about Malfoy…"
"Alright, Neville." Susan nods, "I'll try to be quick."
Once the three of them had left the room, Susan sat across from him and cast her usual privacy spells.
"What's this all about?" Harry asks after a moment.
"After you guys went to the Department of Mysteries, did something happen?" She asks calmly, "Something unbelievable, that you couldn't explain?"
From the sharp intake of breath, she knew that something had, "Please, tell me about it. I might be able to help."
"It's nothing." He mutters, "Just a hallucination."
"But it wasn't." She replies, "Your reaction wasn't from a hallucination."
"You'd never believe me…" he sighs.
"Try me." She says.
"A fat guy tried to kill me after making my godfather a mechanical skeleton." He chuckles, "Like I said, just a hallucination."
"This fat man was wearing a top hat and a really wide smile?" she asks, and he gasps, "You're lucky to be alive, Harry. Not many see the Earl and live, least of all after they create an akuma."
"You actually know something about this?" he stares, "You don't think I'm crazy?"
"No. Actually, this makes my job easier. Tell me, what happened after he revived your godfather?"
"Well, the skeleton thing tried to kill me. He stabbed me through the chest and tried to choke me." He answers, hoping that she could explain it.
"How did you get away?" she asks.
Well, it hit it in the head with the hilt of a knife and it evaporated." He mutters, "I still have no idea how…"
"Let me see this knife." She asks suddenly.
"It isn't even a knife. The blade melted off earlier that night." He says as he passes it to her.
"This isn't innocence." She mutters, turning the hilt over in her hand.
"Innocence?" Harry asks.
"It's a strange material that causes miracles."
"I know." He says, surprising her, "I heard about it from my parents."
"But your parents are…" she starts, and nods, "That confirms it. You are the accommodator of innocence."
"What does that mean?" He asks.
"I can't explain it now, but if you'd be willing to accompany my and a friend of mine, we'll take you to someone that can answer every question you have."
"When do we leave?" he answers.
"Thank you." She smiles, "They'll be picking us up at the station. I'll meet you there."
"Got it." He nods, "Any excuse not to go back to the Dursleys is welcome for me."
"Good. I'm looking forward to it." She smiles as she opens the door, "And maybe I'll be able to snag you before the other girls get a chance" she adds, making him blush as she leaves.
"What was that about?" Neville asks, taking the seat that Susan had just vacated.
"Nev, I couldn't explain if I tried." He sighs, "Since I have no clue what's going on myself."
"What does that have to do with Susan Bones flirting with you?" He grins, "Do you realize how many of our classmates would kill to be in your shoes right now? Bones is the hottest chick at school."
"I know." Harry smirks, "And apparently I'm going home with her, at least for now."
"What the hell did you two do while I was out there?" He gasps, then adds, "Actually, don't answer that. I don't want to think about what you might have done."
"How'd things go with you?" He asks, trying to move the topic away from his alleged sex life.
"Right. Malfoy should be here pretty soon. I sent his little goons running when they tried to get in." he laughs, "it wasn't even difficult. I just lied and said that I killed eighteen death eaters with my bare hands they couldn't get away fast enough."
"I told you boys he was lying." Malfoy sneers from the door, "Like Longbottom could ever defeat a flobberwrom, let alone one of the dark lord greatest."
Harry ignores him for the time being and asks, "Neville, what was the name of the blond ponce who you kicked in the face so hard that his nose broke?"
"I think it was Lucy Malfoy." Neville nods thoughtfully, "I really didn't want to, but after what she did, being a girl won't save her."
"How dare you!?" Draco growls, drawing his wand.
Harry drawing his even quicker, "Petrificus Totalus." he says lazily, Sending Malfoy crashing to the floor, "It's the truth, Malfoy. I wonder if he'll be able to fix it. Dementors aren't known to be very good doctors you see. One of them might kiss it better though."
The color drained from Malfoy's face before either of his goons thought to do anything. Crabbe was about to cast, when he got hit by a sickly orange jet of light. Suddenly, small brown shapes start flying out of his nose, attacking him. The light cream spell hit Goyle, and his ears turned to turnips. As he looks in surprise, Neville jumps up, knees him in the stomach, grabs his wand, and stuns him.
Harry leans over the furious face of Malfoy, "You shouldn't have come after us. I thought you learned years ago that you aren't nearly strong enough to mess with me."
"My father will hear about this!" He shouts, trying to break free of the body bind.
"Neville, can you put him in the luggage compartment?" Harry sighs, "His voice is annoying me."
"Sure thing." Neville grins, lifting the thin boy with ease, though he did 'accidentally hit his head on the ceiling before hefting him into the overhead luggage compartment.
"What about these two?" Luna asks, looking over here handwork, "I've heard that turnips are the preferred snack of Crumble Horned Snornack. Maybe he'll be eaten if we hide him well enough…"
"Well, let's send them back to the Slytherin compartments." Ginny sighs, "The compartments here don't have the space for them."
"Good idea." Harry nods, "At least they'll be out of our way." With a flick of his wrist, he levitated the two goons, "But first…"
Five minutes later, the Slytherin compartment erupted into fits of laughter and rage as Malfoy's goons flew through an open door, dressed only in their underwear. Daphne was among those laughing. Three guesses who was responsible and the first two don't count.
"You'll keep in touch, won't you" Hermione asks during her trademarked 'Hermy goodbye hug'.
"Yeah." He smiles, "Hopefully, I'll be able to come and stay at the burrows this summer. I've got a lot to tell you guys when I do."
"We hear you." Ron nods, "I'm sure mom won't have any problem with you coming by later. I'll let you know in a letter."
"Alright." He nods, "Well, see you."
"See you later, Harry." Hermione calls back as she runs over to her parents.
"Later Mate." Ron says before walking off with the rest of his family, including the recent drop outs Fred and George, who by their appearance had more money than the rest of their family put together.
Searching the crowd, he saw five order members interrogating his Uncle, 'Thank god I'm not going back there.' Harry thinks as he searches for someone else, 'He'd murder me if I did.'
Finally, he sees Susan and a girl with long black hair standing right next to the portal, looking around. Moving within the crowd so as to avoid being spotted by the order, he walks over to them, "Hello." He says happily.
"Finally." Susan glares playfully, "I thought you ran out on us."
"No, I'm just trying to avoid a few people who might not want me to go with you." He answers.
"Well, I can understand that." Susan nods, "Harry, this is Daphne Greengrass, one of my closest friends, though almost no one knows that."
"I thought you looked familiar." Harry says looking her in the eye, "You're a Slytherin."
"Not going to hold that against me, are you?" she says, staring back into his.
"I would if I wasn't afraid of what you could do to me…" Harry smirks.
"Well, you really aren't stupid." She nods approvingly, "I think we'll get along fine."
"Well, let's go before those people Harry was trying to avoid find us." Susan says, waving them towards the exit to muggle London. Along the road there were ton of cars, but Susan wasn't worried, easily walking straight towards a limo that had been parked straight in front of them, "We'll be riding in style today."
Daphne leans into the front window and says something to the driver, "Alright Susan, We're good to go." She says, opening the door and slide over.
Susan sits next to her, and Harry across from them. "Well, this shouldn't take too long." Daphne says calmly, "How much do you know?"
"Not much." Harry admits, "I told Susan what happened the night after the department of mysteries, and she just said it confirmed something and I'd get my answers by coming here."
"He created an akuma, killed it, and escaped from the earl." Susan smiles, "and then had a conversation with his parents in a dream. That sounds like innocence."
"Well, obviously." Daphne nods, "Any idea what it is?"
"He managed to kill the akuma with the hilt of a knife, but I inspected it and found no trace of innocence. I'm hoping that Hevlaska can help figure it out."
"What are you guys talking about?" Harry asks.
"I'll leave it to the chief." Susan smiles, but the limo grinds to a stop, "What's going on, Johnny?" She asks the driver.
"A dozen people just walked in the middle of the street and won't move!" He yells.
"Akuma." Daphne nods, "Shall we?"
"Sure." Susan smirks, "Harry, why don't you watch too? It'll give you something to think about before we continue."
"Sure…" Harry mutters, still completely lost as to what was going on as the three stepped out of the car.
"Keep the car on, Johnny." Susan grins, "This won't take long."
Daphne withdrew a small knife attached to a length of chain from inside her robes. Susan rolled up her sleeves, revealing two identical bracelets. In front of the car, twelve people stood unmoving until they saw the weapon, then each started to change, expanding like balloons with dozens of gun barrels along the outside, and a masklike face in the center. All of them floated towards the two girls, who didn't even flinch at the creature's appearance.
"Innocence, activate." Both say at once. Daphne's knife glows green, expanding until it looked more like a sword. The bracelets grew, forming around Susan's fist like a pair of boxing gloves.
"Let's see who can kill the most." Daphne jokes as she chucks her sword, which split one of the monsters in half. Controlling the thrown sword with the chain, she destroys two more before yanking the chain and grabbing it out of the air to deflect almost a dozen of bullets before throwing it straight through the akuma in question.
Susan wasn't sitting idly by while this was happening. Using strength that didn't look like it would be possible, she jumped from the ground to the top of the foremost akuma. Chuckling, she jumped to the side and punched it, sending it flying into a second. Both exploded in a shower of flames. Using the force of the punch, she reached a third akuma, which was dealt with as easily as the others.
Harry was spellbound as the two girls effortlessly defeated ten in a matter of moments. The remaining two attempted to escape, but it was futile. One was sliced in two by Daphne's blade, and just for overkill, Susan punched the last into its pieces, destroying every trace of them.
"Looks like I win." Susan smirks, "Seven to five."
"What are you talking about?" Daphne glares, "That last one was mine. It would have died on its own even without you blowing him up."
"But I did blow him up." Susan laughs, "So the kill is mine."
"Let's leave it to Harry." Daphne says staring at him, "Who killed it, me or Susan?"
"I refuse to answer." Harry chuckles, "Since both of you just proved you could kill me easily."
"Could be a smart move." The small man behind the driver seat of the limo smirks, "At least until you can control your innocence."
"Don't go scaring him before he even gets to the order." Susan glares, "So, what did you think? Who won?"
"We'd better hurry." Johnny says as he revs the car, "The chief is expecting us."
"Fine, we'll go." Daphne glares, "Just answer my question."
"I think it was a tie…" he mutters, "So let's just hurry before more show up."
"See? It was a tie!" Daphne says triumphantly as they file into the limo.
"Fine." Susan sighs, "Let's get to HQ before it gets dark."
Thirty minutes later, the limo stopped in front of a plain looking office building.
"We're here." Johnny says as he steps out of the driver's seat, "You two will need to get change before we go in."
"Alright." Susan nods, pushing Harry out of the car, "We'll be out in just a minute."
"Get changed?" Harry asks, "What do they need to get changed for?"
"The guards here are under strict orders. No one can enter unless they are black order personnel or accompanied by an exorcist. Since you are not currently affiliated with the order, unless they are acting as exorcists, you would be barred from entry. The only exception would be if they were killed while escorting you."
"Does that happen often?"
"Not really. In general, exorcists are stronger than akuma, but we've taken some serious hits recently. Seven have been killed in the last few weeks. That's more than the last couple years combined." Johnny says as the door opens again.
Both girls climb out, now wearing a black uniform with silver trim, and embroidered on the left side of their chests was a silver emblem shaped like a cross in front of a flower blossom. That was where the similarities end, however.
Susan's had black shorts and a short shelved shirt, displaying both her bracelets. It seemed custom made for fighting with her bare hands as she did earlier.
Daphne was wearing long black pants and her shirt had baggy shelves, perfect for hiding her whip chain and allowing her unrestricted movement for her arms, ensuring that she had total control.
"Good." Johnny nods, leading the group inside.
Where Harry expected to see was a large lobby or waiting area, but instead it was like he'd walked into a vault. There were guards everywhere, all armed to the teeth. Johnny led them to the very back of the main entrance where they were stopped by six guards, who surrounded them.
"Johnny Gill. Black Order, Science division." Johnny says as he passes them his id.
"Daphne Greengrass, Exorcist." Daphne says as she shows her whip.
"Susan bones." She says, holding up her wrist, "Escorting Harry Potter as a suspected accommodator."
"Yes ma'am." They guards says as they step aside, "We've been expecting you. The boat's ready."
'Boat?' Harry thinks as they walk through the hall, and in the very back was a small gondola in a river.
"This will take you straight to the Black Order Headquarters." The guard says as they climb aboard.
"Thank you, sir." Harry says as they kick the boat off and it starts down the tunnel. `
Obviously, next time harry goes to the order. Two more chapters to upload tonight, so keep watching.