Harry Potter and the Unexpected Heir
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The rest of the week went past in a blur, it was spent training, practising, revising tactics making new allies; it was all hard work. The Trio were off timetable to help with the Order. On Halloween however a problem came up when they were about to leave. They were in Lillian's office when Hermione asked "Lillian I juts realised aren't people going to worry when they notice that half of the teachers are missing during the first major feast of the year?"
"Don't worry, Hermione I have come up with a solution" she called out something in a different language and about 10 little creatures appeared from no where in gold glitter. They looked like miniature humans but their clothing was very different, they were dressed almost Greek-god like, white robes and everything.
"These are Nature Pixies; they will help us today by becoming us. As they are part of Nature they can shape shift to our appearance, we will however have to give a piece of our hair so they will temporarily have our memories, emotions, ideas etc, they will know how to behave and what to say. Please be grateful they are our oldest allies and of complete trust" Lillian explained.
The others nodded and each gave a Pixie a piece of hair. The Pixies took them and stored them in little pockets in their robes, until the appropriate time.
"Its two hours until we leave, go and rest a bit and then put on your battle suits. And relax everything is ok."
When everyone left, Harry scooted Lillian up in his arms.
"Harry I have things to do" Lillian said
"Sweetheart you have revised everything down to the last wand and spell. All we need to do is show up and beat the crap out of them. Besides you said to relax" he said kissing her hard on the mouth. When they came up for air she said "I didn't mean me" he answered her by kissing her again. She stopped fighting with herself and quickly took of his shirt. He Apparated them upstairs to their bedroom.
Ten minutes before the whole party had to leave; they met at Headquarters, their departure point. Everyone was wearing their best protective suits. They were both excellent to shield from magic but also allowed them to move more freely. With the new training regime of the Order, many of the combats would move onto physical battle. Lillian was sure they would beat Voldie on this aspect; he underestimated the power and skill of the human body. They watched the Nature Pixies shape shift into copies of themselves and leave into the outside world. Five minutes before the scheduled attack they Apparated to their posts. And so the battle began.
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The town of Godric's Hollow was the same as it was every night. The people where outside watching the darkening skies and sipping their 5 o'clock tea from levitating tea cups. No one noticed the figures dressed in black cloaks, observing the area from dark corners.
The Order Apparated just outside the town. Seconds after they appeared Sirius came flying to them on his Firebolt 2 "We noticed some dark figures in town, here and in Diagon Alley. It seems to be less here but more in Diagon Alley, which kinda makes sense since it is the heart of magical Britain economy" he said
"Ok so that means get things over with quickly here then move onto Diagon Alley. Are the spells I made up working?" Lillian asked
"Yes, I flew right in front of Crabbe and he didn't notice anything. So either it works or he is just plain blind. I would say both actually. I am sure Moody is reporting everything to you now too" Sirius added
"Yes he is" Lillian said, Moody was indeed reporting to her mentally the situation in Diagon Alley "have you checked the earrings are working?"
"Yes, we have double checked every connection to every team including Tonk's team at Headquarters. All there is to do is for you to do your-usual-amazing-magic-impossible-to-the-rest-of-the-human-race spell"
Lillian and some others laughed "Thank you Sirius. I will do that and then I will Apparate to Diagon Alley and do the same there. You can all get into positions now" she told the rest. Sirius flew off and moments later around 200 people on broomsticks joined him. Now that the teams had gone into position only Lillian's team remained which consisted of her, Harry, Hermione and Ron. Lillian took out her golden wand and her staff, holding one on each hand; she stepped away a bit from them. She closed her eyes and concentrated her magic, a symbol made of white light appeared under her feet. As she kept repeating the spell more and more circular symbols appeared roughly fifty metres away from each one, they formed a circle around the town; seconds later a purple dome protected the city but turned invisible seconds later. Lillian them Apparated to Diagon Alley and repeated the same procedure. When she came back the attack had not yet started.
"It's 5 why haven't they come yet?" Ron asked
"I don't know but I did see the dark figures Moody and Sirius were talking about and there are indeed more of them in Diagon Alley" Lillian said. And then it clicked. The wind picked her up and she was zooming towards the city. The teams were confused; this was not part of the plan. The residents knew that something was wrong when they saw a figure flying towards the city. As it approached the main square they recognised Lillian Merlin from the pictures in the Daily Prophet. They also saw moments later Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger catching up to her, on broomsticks they had never seen before, at an incredible speed. Lillian located one of the dark figures; it was Crabbe.
"Took you long enough, but aren't you frightening these worthless locals?" he said. Soon enough he had the tip of Lillian's wand touching his throat.
"If the attack is there then why are you here?" she asked
"Lillian what is going on?" Hermione asked
Lillian waited for Crabbe to speak "Simple" he said "to give the impression that this was the attacking place. And you fell like little ducks. We can go and join our Master now, for the big attack. Goodbye" he tried to Apparate but realising he could not, he looked at Lillian. What he saw frightened him almost to death. Lillian was fuming angry. How could she not have noticed? All this was a diversion. Her eyes had left behind the calm blue that they usually wore and were now an electric, dark, midnight blue that could literally freeze people in their tracks. Her skin glowed from the mass power laying deep within.
"YOU WILL NEVER TOUCH THEM!" she roared with anger "VIDUS TERMINATUS MAXIMUS!" for the second time that year blue snake-like light shot out from the wand tip and wrapped itself around Crabbe's neck, absorbing itself into his flesh, the body hit the ground with a 'thud' as well as the other disguised Death Eaters around the town. People screamed and ran inside. Over their heads the purple protective dome became visible once more and shattered like glass. People began to Apparate into the main square. Ron recognised his dad running towards them.
"Merlin! Lillian! The barrier at Diagon Alley chattered! The Death Eaters just fell on the ground dead!" Mr Weasley said.
"Lillian what is going on?" James asked
At that moment Tonks voice broke into their minds "Their here! Come quick! There are thousands of them!"
"All this was a diversion. The real target was Hogwarts all along. How could I not see it? How could I be so stupid?!" Lillian said, loudly.
"What are we going to do? Lily's at Hogwarts! She's supposed to be safe!" James said
"The new wards protecting Hogwarts are spells I created from combinations of various types of magic, he can't pass them but as I am away from the school along with two Heirs they become slightly weaker, Voldermort is an Heir too, so he has natural power over the castle but I have talked to Hogwarts and she says that she will not allow him access. The problem is when he attacked my family he probably read some of our archives so he may know some of our magic. But as Lily is inside and Ravenclaw's blood flows in her veins the wards will still work. But nonetheless we need to get there as quick as possible, our wards don't cover Hogsmead. The plans remain but just in a different location, the people of Hogsmead need to be evacuated" After everyone contacted their teams the party left for the castle.
What they found shocked them all. Thousands of Death Eaters stood around the castle; some were attacking Hogsmead while others were throwing spells towards the wards. They Apparated into the grounds and looked up at the attackers. Voldermort smirked down at her.
"So Merlin Heir you have refused my orders to join and now you shall lose Hogwarts. What is funny is the fact that I only told one person about the plan, I mean at least long enough ago for you to come up with a detailed plan to fight back. He has been dealt with. I suspected that my plans were being leaked, you have caught us in many raids at the correct time, coincidence I think not. But tonight you shall die, you cannot hide in there forever, I will find a way to break through and take command over Hogwarts, I will forge the next generation of dark wizards"
"You talk too much crap Voldie! I will never hand over Hogwarts and we will beat you!" Lillian said, she flew towards the edge of the barrier followed by everyone else.
"Now Sirius!" She said mentally. Broomsticks appeared from nowhere and the flying teams attacked from the sides. Death Eaters tried to fight back but they were no match for the speed of the Firebolt 2's. At the town of Hogsmead the evacuation plan was going well and Shakelbolt's team successfully evacuated most of the town in the first half hour. In the thick of battle James, Sirius and Remus were going through opponents very quickly, most were new recruits with very little battle experience. Sirius spotted his target number 1 and ran over to him. Peter had been fighting one of the newest members of the Order and was losing badly. When he saw Sirius running with his wand pointing to him he ran away. Sirius caught up with him near the woods just outside the town. He performed a full body bind and Accio the rat's wand to him.
"Hello Peter, having fun hurting people?" Sirius asked, murder in his eyes
"My dear friend Sirius, I fought you were dead. I was extremely angry at Bellatrix for killing you, but I am glad to see you healt-"
"Cut the crap you filthy rat! You betrayed James and Lily to Voldermort and landed me in Azkaban! There is no Harry here to save you know. To be honest what I am most angry at is not the fact that you put me in prison; it's the fact that you betrayed James! The very person that was always there to help you when you needed, when you didn't understand the work, when we were trying to learn how to become Animagi! You are a disgrace Peter, you are worse that a rat! You don't deserve the air you breathe!"
"Are you just going to kill me like that? In cold blood?" the rat asked, frightened, if they fought he may find a way to escape.
"Yes I will, you don't have any honour to participate in a fair Wizards Duel. You would lose anyway; you couldn't even hold your ground against a new Order recruit. But the most important of all you will know how James and Lily felt when Voldermort killed them, after they were sold off by you, in cold blood!" Sirius said angrily. Peter tried to change into a rat and succeeded, but Sirius sent an Avada Kedrava towards him, and the rat was dead before he could even try to run away.
A few metres away James and Harry where fighting Bellatrix and another Death Eater named Fleming, Fleming was quickly disarmed and sent to Azkaban by Harry, while Bellatrix was having a hard time fighting James, and then it became worse when Harry joined the fight. Bellatrix sent a powerful dark cutting curse towards Harry but James knocked him down before the curse reached him. Instead the curse breezed James' arm, leaving a large cut on his upper arm.
James tried to heal his arm the best he could but it was still slightly bleeding and aching afterwards. Harry shot a ball of fire towards Bellatrix, burning her face, this gave Harry the opportunity to disarm her and knock her unconscious. After fully tending to his father and healing his arm he sent a Sending Charm towards the fallen Death Eater.
While that was going on Voldermort was in a very heated battle with Lillian. He was losing, but was giving Lillian a run for her money.
"It seems you have been peaking into my family archives" she said as he sent a spell towards her that was made by her great-great grandmother. It was a spell meant for good and she was disgusted that he was using it for evil.
"In a way" he said, she stared at him but before she could register what he meant, he added "Have you contacted your spy to check if he was alright?" Before she could answer a Severus Snape; bound in thick ropes and with his month magically sealed, appeared in front of him. Lillian looked apologetically at him.
"Severus, I'm sorry" she told him mentally, their connection was fuzzy.
"Don't worry…m…fine" he said
"Let him go Riddle" she said
Harry at that moment was having a heated battle with McNair and 3 others, literally. He was practically roasting the Death Eaters, throwing fireballs around or ripping through their flesh in one of his animagus forms. Soon he was moving on after sending the survivors to Azkaban; he looked around and saw that even though it was a surprise attack, the Order was winning; he noticed that Aurors from the Ministry had arrived sometime in the past two hours they had been fighting. He looked around; his dad was fighting two at once, Remus and a few others were trying to put down an enemy troll. He looked around for Sirius but could see him, Ron and Hermione were on a one-on-one battle with some Death Eaters a few metres away. At the very centre were Voldermort and Lillian. The two were having a very fast battle, it looked like it was being fast forward, spells flying, sometimes weapons, the two battled with a power that he knew he had not yet achieved. He came upon Bellatrix once more, who somehow avoided his Sending Charm for Azkaban, her hair and eyebrows were still smoking.
"No daddy to help you now" she said "I hope you have said your good-byes baby-Potter, I will kill him and your filthy mudblood mother" seeing the anger in Harry eyes she added "Have you finally the guts to fight for yourself? No Merlin here to help you and certainly no Dumbledore either" she smiled evilly.
Harry quickly pointed his wand at her "Crucio" he said with all his anger, the female Death Eater curled and seized with pain on the ground, he walked up to her and lifted her limp form by the neck, his strong hand squeezing her neck, he took the Gryffindor's sword from his waist.
"This is for Sirius!" he said and then drove the sword through her heart. When he took it out the blood was instantly repelled by the sword. Harry spent the next hour zooming through opponents at lightning speed, he killed some but most he sent to Azkaban. He hoped Ron and Hermione were alright; he looked around and noticed he was close to where Voldermort and Lillian were fighting; there was a 50 metre radius between them and the other combatants, for a good reason. Harry looked closely at their fight and was shocked with what he saw, Snape was being used as a shield by Voldermort but Lillian wasn't even trying to attack. Why doesn't she just shoot? He thought she should have killed him already for murdering Dumbledore. He noticed that Lillian was bleeding from her head and had a large gash on her leg. Voldermort had a very long cut going from shoulder to hip, some ribs could be seen but he seemed completely ignorant of the pain. Before he could see anything else a group of Death Eaters charged towards him, he recognised them as being part of the Inner Circle. He lifted his wand but his work was cut short when out of no where from behind him, four arrows hit each man on the heart. They looked surprised for a moment before the arrows, which strangely were made of fire, turned them all into ashes on the spot. The woman went to inspect the ashes, Harry couldn't see her face properly, she said something quietly but he still heard it, even with all the shouts of battle around them.
"No one tries to kill my dad and gets away with it" she said, power and emotion strong in her yet calm voice. When she turned around Harry held his breath. Her eyes were emerald green; so much like he's own and her hair was jet-black but curly. Her mouth was familiar as was her facial structure. He opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out. He tried again but he heard a loud 'thump' near his feet, looking at the roped figure ad then all he saw was white. A huge explosion just erupted out of no where sending all those around into the air. Harry however didn't feel a thing; he was being shielded by the mysterious teenager next to him. That's when he saw them. The explosion came from where Voldermort and Lillian were fighting, Voldermort was flying through the air and landed in a 'crunch' and several 'snaps'. Lillian was still zooming through the air, he ran after her but the girl next to him beat him to his wife. The wind picked her up and she was zooming towards the falling figure, which was heading for the Black Lake. But the water shifted and extended watery hands to catch the unconscious Merlin, placing her on the soft grass, rather than letting her sink into the black depths of the lake.
Voldermort, like Lillian, was unconscious and in a very bad shape. The Death Eaters, seeing that their leader had fallen began to retreat and run away. What survived of the Inner Circle Apparated away with Voldermort, soon only the defenders of the school remained. Shouts of victory erupted throughout the battle field. The Inner Circle gathered around Lillian's body. Harry was trying with all his might to wake Lillian up.
"Lillian? Lillian!" he said, he tried reviving spells but nothing. Burns covered her body, blood oozing out from various cuts and gashes. But then a silver light covered her body and her injuries began to heal. He looked around and the people there were also shining silver, as well as those on the field.
"What's this?" James asked "Who's doing this?"
"Hogwarts is" answered a voice from behind them, faces turned to look at the young woman with green eyes "She is rewarding and helping those who protected her and her children as she puts it. Come she must be taken to the hospital wings, as well as everyone else" Harry picked Lillian up and they made their way towards the school. The grand doors opened.
"Where are the students?" Harry asked the castle.
"They are in their common rooms. Many tried to leave to join the fighting but the entrances wouldn't open no matter how many times they tried" the gentle voice said
"Thank you for healing her and everyone else" Harry said
"I should be thanking you, but you must hurry, I can heal external wounds, but not the internal ones"
He sped onwards and burst into the Hospital Wing, Poppy immediately led them to an empty bed. She quickly began diagnostic tests. Giving her some potions she stepped back.
"There's nothing else I can do, no external injuries but many internal, broken bones, a stab in the lung, concussion and magical drainage, I have given her some energy potions but her magic wont allow me to do anything else" the matriarch said. Just as she finished speaking Lillian's golden shield appeared. Seconds turned to minutes. Minutes turned to one hour before the shield was gone and her breathing rate was back to normal. She opened her eyes just as Penna appeared and began soothing her with a song. She looked at Harry.
"Hi" she said, softly.
"Hi" he responded, his voice full of worry and love, "Are you ok?"
"You know me, it takes a lot more than Voldermort to bring me down, permanently anyway" she joked.
Harry didn't smile "I thought I would lose you" he said
"That will never happen" she said. He doors burst open and Lily was running towards James and hugged him with all her strength.