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Chapter 8 – Matafleur

Harry had Severus turn a few of the women's extra dresses into portkeys. Within moments, the 60 women that were in the second cell were gone in a flash. Severus, Winky, and Hermione went with them. In moments, they popped back in.

"That was so easy," said Maritta. "We can do something similar with the children. We can get one mother to go with a group of children. From there you can work on getting our husbands free."

"The idea is to get them all out quietly and safely," assured Harry. "Is there anything at all that we need to know about the guards surrounding the children?"

"They are being guarded by a red dragon," admitted Maritta. "However, the poor dear is old and they are mistreating her as well. She is locked in a huge room and has no way of getting out. The children love her as they play near and with her. She sometimes thinks they are her children or grandchildren."

"She doesn't harm any of the children at all?" asked an astonished Gilthanas. "That is amazing as red dragons are he most ferocious and largest of the bunch."

"Like I said, she treats them as if they were her own children," assured Maritta. "They love her and she loves them. Many of the children would be upset if anything happened to her."

"Maybe we can rescue her as well," said Harry. "I'm not making any promises, but if she is being abused, then we will do what we can to assist her. I would rather not have to take the life of a dragon at all if I can get away with it. This way, if she is willing to work with us rather than against us, we can save more lives than that of humans today."

"She is a dragon," snapped Gilthanas. "She is an evil dragon in the service of the Queen of Darkness to be more accurate. I say just let her rot here and be done with it. You have WormSlayer. You will be able to use that to defeat her easily."

Harry glared at the elf in disgust. Maritta, Severus, Cedric, and Winky were also glaring at the man.

"You are a Prince of your people are you not?" asked an angry Harry.

"Yes," said Gil unabashed. "I am the youngest son and second in succession to the throne. What does that matter?"

"How would you feel if it was you locked in that room and people wanted to murder you for what you are?" hissed Harry. "Just because that dragon follows a different god than you doesn't mean her life is forfeit. The arrogance that you are putting forth is beyond annoying. If you don't have anything polite to say then I suggest that you keep your mouth closed. I have no problem doing it for you should the need arise."

"Were I you, I would just be silent," said Tanis. "This young man and his friends took a blue dragon right out of the sky and didn't even break a sweat. As you can see that same dragon has gifted him with a scale. Respect was given to him by a blue dragon. If Harry wants to see if he can save the red dragon, you are in no position to stop him."

"I apologize," said Gil quietly. "I was out of line and disrespectful. We elves revere life. We do not kill unless we absolutely have to. I offer my sincerest apologies for not thinking before I spoke. You are right. If she is being abused and hurt, then we should help her."

Harry sniffed but didn't say anything. He looked to Maritta and spoke in a gentle voice.

"How do we get to the children?" he asked. "We need to get them out of here first and foremost. Severus has been making port keys out of your extra clothing. If we work quickly and quietly, we can get the children out with little to no trouble."

"Sure," said the woman. "Follow us and stay under your invisibility spell. The less you are seen the better it will be."

Harry and Severus went around and disillusioned everyone again. From there, they walked with the women toward where the children were housed. From time to time, they would come across a patrol of Draconians. Harry and his group would quickly and quietly dispose of the creatures. Twenty minutes later, they got to the room that was before the one which housed the dragon.

"Why are you killing the draconians?" asked Tanis. "If you keep on doing that, then they will know someone is here."

"Don't you think they already know?" smirked Severus. "After all we DID cut the chains holding the defense mechanisms. I am sure by now that someone knows that something is going on."

"You do have a point," said Sturm looking at Severus. "Let's just get to the children and get out of here. The magic is making me nervous."

"Oh lighten up," said Harry with a cheerful grin. "It gets easier to accept after awhile."

Severus and Cedric hid grins behind their hands. Harry was acting like this was a family outing instead of a rescue mission. All knew that Harry was serious about what he was doing, but they also knew that he was determined to have everyone relaxed. After all, if a person wasn't relaxed, they were more inclined to make a mistake.

Harry gently opened the door and entered the room. The others made to enter the room and he stopped them with a quick motion. He beckoned Maritta forward.

"I want to talk to the dragon," said Harry. "What is her name?"

"Her name is Matafleur," she answered. "Would you like me to go with you? She knows me as the matron of sorts of the other women."

"Good idea," remarked Harry. "Severus and Hermione you are to make sure that no one comes down this hall. Ladies we will call for you as soon as we can. Please be patient with us."

"Maritta?" asked a gravelly voice. "Is that you?"

"Yes dear it is," said Maritta walking over and standing in front of the dragon. "I have brought someone here who wishes to speak with you."

"It smells like a male," said the dragon. "He is also carrying a sword. What is going on Maritta?"

"Revered One," said Harry speaking in parseltongue. "I am a defender of people and their rights."

"You speak the language of dragons!" exclaimed Matafleur. "No human is able to speak the language of our kind. How have you managed this?"

"My name is Harry Potter," he hissed at her. "I come from a different world. I was born with the power to speak to snakes and serpents. Dragons on this world are more highly evolved than on my home planet. I need your help Exalted One."

"Step forward and state your case," she replied. "For one reason and one reason only, am I willing to even listen, to you. I am only listening to you is because you speak the language. I also sense a being of greatness watching out over you."

"That would be Paladine," said Harry. "I am a cleric of his. My friends and I are here to rescue the children. I am to understand that they are prisoners here. It is our desire to assist and take them to safety."

"Why would you do that?" she asked. "You are not blood kin to these people. What do you care of their fate?"

"I am a cleric of Paladine and my mate is a cleric of Mishakal," replied Harry gently. "We are pure of heart and desire to see those that are in captivity freed from their suppressors. We wish to offer you your freedom as well. While we wear the holy symbols of those exalted gods, we are pretty much watched out over by all of them."

"I am of no use to the world any longer," she complained at last to him. "My eyesight is fading and I am old. There is no use left for an old dragon like me in this world."

"Maybe and maybe not," hissed Harry. "You are loved by these children. They would cause a serious fuss if we even thought about leaving you behind. My mate can heal your eyes so that you can get a better look at us and our intentions. We have no wish to harm you or the children."

"Let your mate enter then and heal my eyes," she demanded. "I want to see for myself that you are what you claim."

"Maritta," said Harry quietly. "Go and get Cedric. Ask him to come here and we will fix her eyes. She wants to be able to view us properly."

"You mean you were having a conversation with her with all that hissing?" asked Maritta.

"We were," answered the dragon. "This is the first speaker of our tongue that I have ever met that wasn't a dragon or a god."

Maritta looked at Harry with awe and left the room to get Cedric. Within moments, she returned with not only Cedric but Charlie as well.

"My mate Cedric will heal your eyes," said Harry beckoning his lover forward. "My friend Charlie worked with dragons on our planet and he knows the genetic makeup. If you would allow him to examine you so that we can heal all of your hurts, we can ensure that you are healthier by the time we all leave this place."

"Very well," she said. "Please send YOUR sword out of the room. It hurts my ears. That sword was a bane to my kind centuries ago. How you acquired it is amazing in itself. This is a story that I wish to hear."

"The elf king Kith Kanan gave it to me," said Harry simply. "The elf prince Gilthanas is slightly jealous."

"He will get over it," said Matafleur chuckling as Cedric said a quick spell and began fixing her eyes. "Elves are always so uptight about everything."

"That is what I told him," said Harry with a laugh as Cedric stepped back. "I noticed that everyone on this planet seems to get alarmed at the smallest of things. If they would just take the time and think things through, then they would have fewer problems and more solutions."

"I can see you all properly," she said. "Thank you Cleric of Mishakal and Cleric of Paladine. You have done me a great service."

"Cedric," called Charlie from her hind foot. "She is not doing so well here either. There is an infection in her scales here that I can't seem to fix. Maybe the healing goddess can help you. It needs to be tended to right away."

Cedric left Harry's side to head over and assist Charlie. Harry returned to speaking parseltongue to the dragon.

"Can we start getting the children to safety, Honored One?" he hissed. "The sooner we get them out, the sooner we can work on putting a stop to your captor as well."

"Yes," agreed the dragon quickly. "Ember will not hesitate to kill the children and their parents. We must get them out of here. Their safety is of top priority."

Harry quickly opened the door and let the others in the room. Maritta quickly led them to the room where the children were kept. Hermione and Winky were disgusted with the living arrangements of the children, but managed to keep them calm. Hermione quickly explained to them what was going to happen and between she and the remaining mothers, had the children stand in groups of ten. From there, the older ones helped by holding toddlers and youngsters.

Twenty minutes later, all of the women accept for five that were chosen were gone with the children. Matafleur watched all of this with awe. Not only did they move quietly, but with organization. Cedric and Charlie were busy examining all of her wounds and healing them. Severus was already giving potions to sick children and then sending them on their way with those that were escorting them to safety. When all of the children were gone, Harry turned back to the dragon.

"Would you like to come with us?" he asked. "We are going to rescue the men and then we are going to cause a little mayhem before we head out. You are more than welcome to join us."

"A mere child is doing so much for the world," she said sagely. "I am not sure of where I would go. I have no family left alive except for these human children that I have grown so fond of."

"We are going to be taking over the High Clerist Tower," said Harry. "Paladine has given me permission to live there with my family of sorts. You are more than welcome to join us there. We will ensure that you are safe from harm. Just because you are a red dragon doesn't mean that you have to be evil."

Matafleur looked closely at Harry. She could see the medallion of the platinum dragon glowing softly on his chest. She could also see the blue dragon scale hanging on a chain around his neck as well. What surprised her more than that was the power that was rolling off of him. It had nothing to do with the Divine Ones. Harry's power was all his own and he was basking in it.

Cedric and Charlie finished their inspection of her. All her hurt and cuts were healed quickly and efficiently. Matafleur looked at all three men for anther moment before she moved her tail and pulled off three tiny red scales. She then presented them to Harry, Cedric, and Charlie. Severus quickly created chains for Cedric and Charlie and added the red scale to the chain that held Harry's blue scale.

"I shall take you up on your offer speaker," she said solemnly. "I no longer have the desire to be in this place. I want to be able to watch my children play."

"How are you going to leave?" asked Harry. "The only way we can do that is to have a teleport spell. I do not think that any of us could apparate with something as large as you. I could open the wall so that you can get out that way."

"You say that you are going to cause a little mayhem before you leave," she remarked. "I would like to add to that mayhem. It is time for Verminaard to learn that we are not pets nor or we slaves to mankind."

"Dragons are far superior," said Harry smiling. "This needs a little planning. I am sure that the other red dragon will not be as cooperative as you are."

"He is a young upstart," she snorted. "Get the human males out of here and then let's see what we can do."

"Let's split up," said Harry. "Maritta you will lead Tanis, Sturm, Severus, and Hermione to the men. They can assist in getting the men to safety. The rest of us are going to start operation disaster. Mother Dragon, you are of course free to do as you wish. When you are ready just head to the High Clerist Tower. Your 'children' will be happy to see you active and happy to be free."

"YOU had better hurry Cleric of Paladine," said Matafleur listening to another voice. "Verminaard is growing angry and Ember is on the move."

"What is with this planet and all the alarmists it has?" asked Harry jokingly to the dragon. "Ember or Verminaard are no match for us. Come on Cedric, Charlie, Gilthanas, and Winky. We have problems to cause for an arrogant ass."

Matafleur snorted as Harry lead his party out of the room. Before they left, she told them that she would wait until Harry came back and gave the word before she left Pax Tharkas and headed to the High Clerist Tower.

"I wonder if we can figure out a way to make this place a decent place to live as well?" wondered Harry out loud. "There are ample rooms as well as places to create shops and other things."

"This building is huge," said Gilthanas. "Technically, it doesn't belong to anyone anymore. I see no reason why you and your people can't take it over and begin a new life here."

"We will have to talk about it when we get back home," said Harry with a thoughtful look on his face. "I know that we said we would take over the High Clerist Tower, but this place is probably better as we can trade with both the elves and the dwarves. However, I am tired of moving around. Let's just see if we can make it in the other place first. I have yet to actually look at it. I don't want to step on anyone's toes."

Severus and Hermione came back with Tanis and Sturm. Together the group made their way to where the men were being kept. Maritta was in here element as she led the group to them. Harry and Cedric went about and started working on a plan to start harassing the draconians.

"We can get them all out," said Harry to the group. They are not that hard to kill. If Mother Dragon decides that she wants to help, she can just melt them to nothing. However, we have to get most of this done before Verminaard and that other dragon find us here."

"Trust me," said a cold voice from the door. "I am very well aware that you are here Cleric of Paladine and Cleric of Mishakal. I am a cleric of Takhisis. I have known for awhile now that you are here. I shall have my forces destroy you and the rest of the slaves for this. You are surrounded and will not be able to leave. I suggest that you come out peacefully and I may spare your lives."

"Right," drawled Harry in an almost bored voice. "I am no more worried about you than I was of the three heads of the orders of magic on this planet. I am getting pretty sick and tired of people like you that decide they want to make others miserable. What is wrong with you? Has your mum and dad got tired of you and decided that they wanted to make you into an evil person for a kick? This is getting ridiculous. There are more prejudices on this planet than there was back on my own home world. That is saying a whole lot as between Dumbledore and Voldemort they were trying to rule over everyone. What is with everyone deciding that they are better than everyone else? We have twenty one gods all trying to be the best that they can be. Each one has their own personal agenda. I have elves that declare anyone that is not of a certain faith as automatically evil. I have mages that walk around on this planet that decided they were going to teach me a lesson. I have knights that are afraid of gifts that they don't possess. I have a better friend with a red and a blue dragon than with most people I have met so far and I am a cleric of Paladine."

Verminaard went to cut him off, but Harry was on a roll and would not be quieted.

"Now we have you, a holy man, telling us that he is going to kill people just to get his jollies off," he stormed. "It doesn't matter that your deity follows a dark path. Everyone should be able to look at all aspects of the world. If things are that bad then the gods should just split the planet up into twenty one sections and each one of them should just decide who is going to rule where."

"BE SILENT!" yelled Verminaard. "How dare you talk to me like that? You are nothing more than a child. The gods may be watching out over you, but you can still be destroyed and I intend to do so. NOW SHUT UP."

Harry turned to Severus and Cedric.

"Did he just tell me to shut up?" he asked in a quiet and deadly voice. "I know he didn't just tell me to shut up."

Hermione already had the men and women portkey out. They had returned after they settled the men with their families. She, Sturm, Tanis, and even Gilthanas were looking at Harry in awe. Harry was beyond mad. He was thoroughly pissed. It showed with every step he took towards Verminaard. The draconians made to stop Harry, but were frozen with a mere wave of his hand. When Harry was about twenty feet from Verminaard, he paused. He handed the Sword of Gryffindor to Severus and then WormSlayer to Tanis. From there, he lifted his fist and approached the Dark Cleric. He reached back and punched Verminaard in the face with all that he had. The power of his magic as well as the assistance of Paladine caused the punch to be so thorough that it broke the mask that was on Verminaard's face. Harry jumped on the man and started to beat on him with his bare fists.

"I am so tired of everyone on this planet telling me what to do," he raged. "I am just a simple guy that wants to have some peace and quiet in his life. I am going to make my way in this world whether you all want me to or not. You can take your stupid war and shove it so far up your ass that your bowels come out of your mouth. I hereby claim the High Clerist's Tower as my own and I also hereby claim Pax Tharkas as mine. If you or anyone else decides that they don't like it then they can all kiss my arse. I am Harry Potter and what I decree for MY people goes. I am so sick of you high and mighty people telling everyone else what to do that I am going to start beating some sense into each and every one of you. I am the leader of my people and I ask for help from them. I treat them as equals. I don't even have a problem with the Dark Queen and she is opposed to the God that is my Patron."

"You can't do that," said Verminaard trying to get Harry off of him but failing miserably. "My dragon will destroy you and then what will become of your petty claims. The Dark Queen will stop you. I am her cleric and my word is law in these parts. Ariakas will send a flight of red dragons to destroy you and your ragtag army."

"Do you want to see what I can do to a dragon?" asked Harry in a deadly voice punching him yet again to quiet him down. "Bring him out and about and let me show you how I deal with meddlesome worms. I have already befriended the female that you held captive in that room. She is just waiting for me to give the word and she will be with me in a heartbeat."

"EMBER!" called Verminaard smugly. "The prisoners have escaped and we have trespassers. Get over here and deal with them NOW!"

Harry got off of Verminaard and walked towards the door to see the giant male dragon land in the courtyard. He laughed and turned back to Cedric and Severus.

"Do me a favor and hold this maggot for me," he exclaimed. "I have to teach this dragon why I am the best flyer Hogwarts ever saw."

With that, Harry enlarged his broom and jumped on. He flew out into the courtyard to meet the rage of the red dragon sitting there. Cedric left Verminaard to Severus as he and Tanis rushed to the door to view the fight. Hermione was hot on their trail as she too wanted to see Harry in all of his glory.

Harry hit the dragon with a few consecutive curses before he turned towards Tanis and made a motion of throwing. Tanis knew immediately what he was after and threw WormSlayer into the air. Harry lifted his hand and called the sword to him. He made the same gesture towards Severus who threw Godric's sword towards him.

"I will destroy you," snarled Ember. "Your puny parlor tricks are no match for me and my abilities. I will roast you where you hover."

With that, the dragon inhaled and blew his flames directly at Harry. Harry retaliated by hitting the flames with a strong Aguamenti Charm. Severus, Hermione, Cedric, and Charlie also had their wands out and were blasting the dragon with the exact same spell. The dragon raged in fury. Harry jumped from his broom and levitated to the ground to stand in front of the dragon. With a well placed spell, he conjured strong manacles and yanked using the power of the god and pulled the dragon's head to the ground. He made a muzzle and put in on the snout.

"I am a magic user as well," snapped Harry to Ember. "I don't need spells like you do to use magic. So, if I even think, you are about to do something stupid, I will chop your head clean off your body and feed you to the gully dwarves that live here."

Ember could feel the power radiating off of Harry, but he had a direct order from Verminaard and indirectly from the Dark Queen. He started chanting in the ancient language of Dragons and Harry pointed his wand at him and hit him with a silencing spell. The dragon looked outraged at the mere human standing before him. He wanted to destroy this human but for some reason he couldn't. Harry was stronger than he was. He was far older and superior to the human. However, Ember was no fool. He knew that deep down inside there was nothing that he could do. He was intelligent enough to know that this child of a human was his match and better.

Verminaard watched all of this through half lidded eyes that were bruising and closing from Harry's fists. He was trying to commune with his Queen with regards as to what to do with this upstart boy that was causing so many of his problems today. The Dark Queen turned her back on him. She watched with baited breath to see what Harry would do with the situation. She was not his patron, but she respected his decisions and the way he handled things. The entire pantheon waited and watched the scene play out before them. Never had it been suggested that the world be split equally. This idea had great merit.

"I offer you one of two choices dragon," hissed Harry in parseltongue to the astonishment of the dragon. "You can both fly away and never return to this area, or you can die. The choice is totally up to you. This building is now mine and there is only room for one red dragon to live in or near it and you aren't that red dragon. I will let go of the spell that is holding you, but remember what I can do to you should you decide to try something stupid again."

Harry released the spells and stood directly in front of the dragon without a single fear in the world. Ember was seriously impressed with his ability to withstand the natural ability of dragon fear. Matafleur came out of her section and watched the scene with interest. Ember may be younger than she was and larger, but what she lacked in size and strength she made up for in experience and knowledge. Harry walked over to the ancient red dragon and placed a calming hand on her head and began scratching the eye ridges that he knew she would enjoy.

Ember looked at the scene before him with much going through his head. He knew he still had a job to do for the Dark Queen, but he knew that to upset this human further could and would cost him his life. Without a second thought, he lifted his head and spread his wings. With one mighty leap, he was airborne. He flew without a second glance back leaving Verminaard to his fate.

Harry didn't know what to do about Verminaard. He was not one to kill people unless in self defense. He looked to the heavens and called up to the three main gods.

"What am I supposed to do with this trash?" he asked. "I don't want to kill him and I am not a leader of a land to decide his fate. Who do I turn him over to so that they can decide what to do about him?"

Paladine, Takhisis, and Gilean all appeared in front of Harry. The group all gave a bow of respect to the gods. Harry stood and waited for the three of them to decide.

"As he is my cleric, I would like to take him off your hands so that he doesn't bother you any longer," she said looking at Verminaard. "He has failed, and will be punished accordingly. We have heard what you said and much of it seems like a reasonable and sound idea."

"We have each taken a part of the world," said Gilean. "It is divided into two parts. One side will be for the Gods of Light while the other side will be for the gods of Darkness. We have decided that we gods of neutrality will stay within both realms to help ensure the peace that belongs to each."

"The problem being is that it is up to you as humankind to decide if they are going to stay and cause more problems or move to the section of the planet that is being set up for each side," remarked Paladine. "We have battled for this side of the world for so long that it is not going to be easy to clear out all of the Darkness on it. My siblings and I have decided that the Light shall hold sway over this half of the world. It is up to you and the people that live in it to clear out the Darkness that resides in it."

"Well I am used to leading a war," said Harry tiredly. "I will take up the mantle once more and get to work on it. I still claim this Bastion as mine."

"You are more than entitled to it," said Paladine. "I think you should go to your people and move them here. As you stated earlier there is ample trade to be had between your people and the elves, dwarves, and humans that live in this area. The High Clerist Tower will also remain in your control until you decide that you don't need it anymore. There is one among the former slaves here that would do well as my cleric. Talk with Elistan. He has what it takes to be a cleric of Paladine."

"Deal," said Harry. "I guess we better get our groups together before to much more stuff occurs and we get stuck without a way to get things done."

With that, the gods left and Harry and his group apparated back to Palanthas.

Matafleur smiled as she scouted the area for a nice cave to make her new home in. She knew without a doubt that Harry would be back and with him, he would see to it that the people he came to rescue were taken care of. The area surrounding Pax Tharkas was rich in resources as well as food. Time would change and Harry Potter would be the one to make the change.

AUTHOR'S NOTE – I will stop right here. I know I moved them again, but I wanted them to have a nice area where they could accommodate all of the slaves as well as themselves. I looked at the map of this continent and felt that Pax Tharkas would make a great community for Harry and his people.