Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl: Weapons of Magic Chapter Thirteen
Location Unknown
It's been so long.
Too long.
They thought to kill me.
Wrapped in these magical bonds I cannot get loose.
But I will be free…
Soon…
Fowl Manor
Artemis was talking to Foaly on his Powerbook
"Okay, listen, I got the location of another chunk falling," said Foaly. "Guess where?"
"How should I know?" asked Artemis. "There doesn't seem to be any set pattern of where the Pimante falls, how should I know?"
"Oh, come on, guess?"
Artemis sighed. "New Zealand?"
"Nooo."
"Scotland? Wales? Bulgaria?"
"Noooooo."
"China, Russia, Mexico, Canada, Pakistan, Zimbabwe."
"Nope."
"Just tell me!"
If Artemis could have gone through the Powerbook screen and wrung Foaly's neck, he would have.
"Okay, gosh, so touchy," said Foaly, munching a carrot. "It's falling on Fowl Manor grounds."
"It is?" Artemis was surprised. "Where at?"
"The roof," said Foaly. "Maybe a little to the left, in the side garden."
"So if Aeron knows this, he will try and come to Fowl Manor." Artemis thought for a moment.
"I fought 'ermione 'ut' 'rotection 'ells-"
"Swallow the carrot gobs and then tell me."
Foaly swallowed. "Sorry, I'm hungry. I got up too late to make breakfast and Caballine forgot to leave anything for me. She went to her exercise class. As I was saying, I thought Hermione put protection spells on the house."
"Apparently they weren't strong enough, because Aeron got in here the last time to rescue Amadae," said Artemis. "Remember I told you?"
"Oh, yeah. Are your parents out of town?"
"Yes, Mother and Father are lobbying in America against farmers that want to start putting hormones in the livestock feed again," replied Artemis. "They want to fatten the animals up quickly, like they used before Opal tried destroying the world."
Foaly shook his head sadly. "Everyone was doing fine there in the aftermath, eating organic food and hunting natural meat, not something injected with chemicals and pumped up like Hercules. You humans shouldn't be eating that kind of junk."
"That's why they're fighting against it. They should be gone for a couple of weeks or so."
"Good. Because I have a feeling you haven't told your parents the full extent of your job."
"No. I haven't."
Artemis told the others about the conversation and that the Pimante would be falling on top of Fowl Manor (or very close) around six o clock tomorrow night.
"Okay, we have to be prepared," said Holly. "Aeron and Amadae might be coming."
"They didn't come for the last one," said Snape.
"Busy or something," said Ron.
Madeline was nagging Harry for a piggy back ride. "NOW!"
"Sheesh, Madeline."
Harry had to give Madeline a piggy back ride all through the house and the outside grounds. When he finally ran her back into the house, Holly was waiting for them in the kitchen.
"Were getting ready, and you're playing horsey."
"Madeline threatened me," said Harry.
Holly smiled. "Scared of a little girl?"
Madeline, her skinny arms wrapped around Harry's neck, pulled back.
"Come on, another!"
"Can't…breathe…"
Butler plucked Madeline off. "You just made him run like five miles with you hanging onto him. Give him a break."
Harry rubbed his throat. Madeline giggled and went to play with the twins.
"She's seems okay today," said Harry. "Not depressed."
"She won't be full okay unless we find her sister," said Holly.
"What if she's… not okay?" asked Harry. "What if Aeron killed her?"
"For Madeline's sake, and her parent's sake, I hope not."
They got set making preparations.
The next day, around five o clock, Harry went through the attic to the roof hatch and undid the locks and climbed onto the roof. Snape went with him and they were wrapped in cam foil.
"We got to be careful up here," said Harry. "Only I can fly. So try not to be blasted off the roof."
"I won't." Snape had his wand ready.
Madeline and the twins were locked in the basement with Juliet and Ron as protection, just in case something happened. Juliet had stockpiled snacks and drinks down there and there was a bathroom and a TV so there were be no boredom for the kids and they wouldn't start screaming to be let out. Now they were playing a new Super Mario Cart on the TV, eyes glued to the screen.
Butler was loaded with weapons and was waiting in a corner, wrapped up in cam foil (they had to use a lot for his bulk). Holly only had to shield and wait on a peak of the roof, her Neutrino ready.
Hermione was waiting in the garden, on a broomstick, so she could fly up and attack from behind should Aeron and Amadae (or anybody else) come for the Pimante. Artemis was waiting in the attic, using a small computer screen linked to cameras in the roof, so he could see what was going to happen. He had his own part of the plan.
Ginny was up there with Harry and Snape as well. Harry had wanted to her stay out of trouble, preferably safe in the basement with the twins, but she said she wasn't a child and had to do her part as well.
They waited as the sun began to sink, slowly.
There was a sudden crack before six o clock and Aeron appeared on the roof, holding Amadae's hand.
Aeron waved his wand and in an instant, the cam foil all evaporated. They were now completely visible.
"Shit," muttered Snape.
Even Hermione, down in the side garden, lost hers, and her choice of words was much less ladylike.
"Such silly child tricks," said Aeron, pulling his left arm forward. He was holding onto a little girl who looked like-
"Angel!" said Artemis in the attic. He was going to activate tiny bombs that were set in the roof, around where the Pimante was set to fall. They wouldn't kill anybody, but they might lose a foot. But he couldn't risk hurting Angel.
"Now, let's play a game," said Aeron, shaking Angel roughly. She was wearing a torn, dirty dress. Her hair was matted and filthy and she looked dirty, like she hadn't been allowed to wash up. She had some scarring on her arms and legs. "You let us have the Pimante and we let the girl go, and you get to live."
Harry gritted his teeth. He knew Aeron was lying. He wouldn't just take the Pimante and let the girl go and be on his way.
Amadae was looking at Harry with murder in her eyes.
"What? You think I'm lying?" Aeron was looking at Harry. "Okay, you're right."
Suddenly, out of the tree line on the far side of the ground, came several balverines, winged and regular. They converged on the manor rapidly.
Snape shot a spell toward Aeron and Harry leaped forward to grab the girl. Aeron flung the girl toward the edge. She tried to steady herself but she tipped over the edge. Harry let his wings out and shot over the edge and caught her before she had even fallen halfway. She was still screaming when Harry caught her. He flew to the front of the manor and opened the door.
"Get to the basement," Harry said rapidly. "Password is Aurum Est Potestas. You're sister is there."
He told her where is was and flew back up to the roof. Hermione was on her broom flying around, shooting spells. Holly had been knocked across the roof by a stunning spell. Her suit, of course, couldn't deflect it and she fell between some sloped parts and lay unconscious.
Harry flew up to the roof and went for Aeron, claws out. Amadae leaped on Harry's back and hooked an arm around his neck.
"Get off me!" he yelled, somersaulting in mid air. Amadae fell off and landed on a slanted part of the roof. She shot a spell at Harry who dodged.
"YOU KILLED MY SISTER!" she shrieked. "I'LL KILL YOU!"
"YOU'RE SISTER KILLED MY GODFATHER!" Harry swooped in close to her and grabbed her wrist with the wand. "I think were even."
Amadae kicked Harry between legs. Harry winced and tried not to show how much it hurt. His grip loosened for a second on her wrist and she kicked him in the stomach and tried to stupefy him. Snape reflected the spell, having jumped in front just in time.
Below, Angel was stumbling along the Tunisian rug in the foyer, trying to remember where Harry had said to go. She didn't think he was alive. After Aeron had taken her to a different lab, he told her that her sister and Harry had died. She had cried for weeks, thinking her twin dead and the man who had been kind to them. Aeron had often told Harry that Aeron would torture the girls unless he took it for them. And Harry had always taken it, so they wouldn't be hurt.
A window shattered behind her and a balverine came clambering through. She screamed and ran through the house into a hallway. The balverine would try to kill her. She would die-and Harry said her sister was in the cellar. She couldn't die now, not when she was so close!
She ran down some stone steps and there was a door. She pounded on it, screaming.
"LET ME IN! THERE'S A BALVERINE!"
Juliet heard the pounding and screaming.
Madeline heard the yells and dropped her controller. Luigi in his cart crashed into something and exploded. She didn't care.
"Juliet!" she cried.
Angel pounded on the door, and then remembered the password. "A-auroom is protesas."
The password was butchered but it sounded close to the real thing. Madeline shrieked.
"THAT'S SOUNDS LIKE MY SISTER!"
Ron pointed his wand at the door. "Alohomora!"
The door opened and Angel tumbled into the room. Juliet grabbed her and yanked forward and slammed the door. She could see a balverine running to the room.
She slammed it and Ron locked. They heard the balverine crash into the door with a snarl.
"ANGEL!" shrieked Madeline, snatching her sister.
"He told me you were dead!" shouted Angel, sobbing.
"No, no!" Madeline cried. "He lied. Were okay! Harry saved me!"
"Shit, the balverines are in the house!" said Juliet, not caring little ears heard her swear.
"It's just one," said Ron, brandishing his wand. "We can take it if it gets in."
"The door is reinforced," said Juliet, while the balverine slammed itself against the door and ran his claws along the length, roaring and snarling.
On the roof, the Pimante fell to the edge and landed. It tipped precariously for a moment, and then tumbled. Ginny made to grab it, but Aeron snatched her by the collar of her shirt.
"You want it so bad, go get it!" shouted Aeron and he flung her over the side.
Harry, fighting with Amadae looked over in time to see Aeron fling his girlfriend off the roof. Snape was fighting with two winged balverines that had flown to the top of the roof.
"NO!" Harry shrieked, abandoning Amadae and sliding down the sloped bit he was on. He shot forward, just as Artemis activated a bomb.
Artemis, thinking it was safe, detonated one. It would hit Aeron and Harry would swoop down to get Ginny.
Harry was too close and Aeron jumped back, but not in enough time. The bomb was small and one of Aeron's legs was badly damaged around the foot and ankle. Harry felt pain in his lower right leg. He got the worst of it and it felt like his shin bone shattered as well. He tipped off the edge and fell, managing to right himself just in time.
Ginny falling toward the ground, released, a little too late, she had been careless.
She hit the ground on her back, landing near the chunk of Pimante. Her spine snapped and her skull fractured. Both her legs broke and probably other things as well, she didn't know.
She didn't know anything anymore.
Harry landed next to her, furling his wings close to his body. Not Ginny…NO!
"Ginny!" Harry whispered frantically, feeling for a pulse. There was a slight one still, but it seemed to be getting slower. There was a trickle of blood coming from the corner of her mouth and her eyes were sightless, staring at the darkening sky above them. A slight breeze blew a few tendrils of red hair across her face, and she made no reaction.
Harry fumbled for the bronze ring on his chain and slit his arm and put it in. His hair, eyes and wings turned bronze. He placed his hands on Ginny's body.
"HEAL!" he shouted, willing his own magic to enter Ginny's as fast as possible. "HEAL NOW!"
The magic began to flow into Ginny, healing the broken bits of her. Harry looked up and noticed a group of balverines crouching near, thinking to take advantage of near dead and one preoccupied human. One of them bared its fangs and snarled and then leaped.
Harry kept a hand on Ginny and lashed his claws out at the balverine. The balverine found its face tore open and jumped back with a howl, like a wounded dog. More attacked and Harry slashed, leaping from one side of Ginny's body to the other, fending off the monsters.
Harry was growing angrier, and more desperate, afraid he wouldn't be able to hold them off forever, and Ginny wouldn't get healed. In this state, the balverines would make short work of her and the fading pulse Harry had felt would be gone. And no amount of his magic could bring her back then.
He felt an odd warm sensation in body. He couldn't see it but his bronze hair was shot through with white. He noticed his wings had shots of white through the bronze feathers. For a split second he realized he had two transformations going at the same time, but he couldn't ponder on it.
He slashed open the neck of a balverine and it fell, blooding spurting from his jugular as it fell, spraying them with blood.
Holly had awoken from her stupor and shakily got up.
"Holly!" shouted a voice in her helmet. "Get up!"
"Shut up, Foaly," snarled Holly flying into the air with her mechanical wings and firing off a blast at Amadae who was fighting Snape.
Snape was having a hard time fighting balverines and a witch and wizard. Butler was firing an automatic machine gun at Aeron who was deflecting the bullets with spells, smiling, standing on his one good leg.
Holly fired off a couple of quick blasts and the balverines fell off the roof to the ground below, landing in a pile of broken bones and cockeyed limbs. Snape was knocked out by spell though from Amadae.
Harry, in two transformations, realized his magic was flowing faster in Ginny, fixing the injured parts. Ginny's body began to thrash on the ground and Harry had to sit on her, to hold her down. One last balverine, not smart enough to see his dead brothers and run away with his tail tucked between his legs, rushed forward and lunged on Harry, knocking him backward. Harry kept one hand on Ginny and thrust his claws up through the chin of the monster. The claws sank in, splitting flesh and splintering bone, puncturing the brain. The balverine let out a pained gurgle and blood gushed from its mouth. Harry yanked his blades free and knocked its twitching body aside. He scrambled up, and held Ginny down while she finished healing.
Once finished, the sparks stopped dancing along and Ginny opened her eyes.
"Harry," she said.
"You're safe," said Harry, helping her up.
"You're eyes-they're bronze but there's red and-" began Ginny.
"Get to the house," said Harry.
On the roof, Butler had run out of bullets for the automatic gun so he flung it aside and pulled out a grenade, pulled the pin, and threw it. Aeron caught it as he spoke a word and instantly an orb appeared around the grenade. It exploded within the orb. Butler stared at it in shock as Aeron flung it into the air. The orb couldn't contain it for too long and magic dissolved and a little tiny explosion happened in mid air.
"Shit," muttered Butler, ducking and rolling to avoid a spell. Aeron began shooting spells and one nailed Holly. She went rigid and she fell of the roof, realizing she had been hit by a Petrificus Totalus spell. She couldn't move.
"Holly! Holly!" Foaly was shouting in her helmet. "WINGS! WINGS!"
Holly wanted to tell him to shut his mouth and ram a carrot up his bum. But all that came out was "mrfm."
She couldn't fly or do anything except watch the ground rush up toward her and she slammed face first into the concrete path in front of the door. She felt multiple bones break and her vision went fuzzy. The suit had absorbed a little of the damage, but being so rigid and falling on concrete from that height, some of her bones had shattered like glass.
Not now, please! I need to move!
Petrified, she lay there in agony, while her helmet informed her cheerily that she had sustained massive damage. The helmet rattled off a list of broken bones and how two ribs had punctured her lungs and one rib tip was a half inch away from her heart and her body needed to shut down while her magic worked.
She had done the ritual yesterday and was running hot with magic, but it would take a lot to heal her. She passed out, the pain slipping away while the sparks did their work.
"Holly!" Foaly shouted frantically. He couldn't see much from the helmet camera. He had seen the ground rushing toward it while Holly fell and had flinched when she landed. Now all he could see was some concrete and a little bit of the grounds. Holly's heartbeat was extremely elevated and he knew she was hurt bad.
Foaly's voice receded into nothing as Holly tipped into unconsciousness.
Hermione, having narrowly missed a spell, was hanging from her broomstick by her hands, frantically trying to get back on, but she couldn't hoist herself up. Her fingers were starting to slip. She kicked frantically, looking at the ground that seemed so far away.
Artemis went onto the roof from the attic.
"Artemis, get down!" said Butler.
Artemis shot a handgun at Aeron. The bullet hit him in the side. He looked up, shocked to be caught unaware by the raven haired one. He snarled and shot a spell at Artemis. Artemis tried to dodge and Butler lunged for him. The spell hit them both and they fell unconscious in a heap.
Amadae was directing balverines to enter the house.
"Now's a good time to kill Harry, and that's what I intend to do," said Amadae.
"Stay down," said Aeron, taking a needle out.
He injected the needle into his body and the liquid sank slowly into him. Sparks popped up to his damaged leg and he pulled the bullet out of him. The wound sealed.
"He's mine!" spat Amadae. "He killed my sister!"
"You don't have the power I have," said Aeron, looking at her, while wings sprouted from his back.
Aeron jumped off the roof, hurtling toward Harry who was directing Ginny to get into the house.
Harry looked up just as Aeron slammed into him, knocking him to the ground. Aeron with wings-how…?
Harry felt a fist punch him in the face and then something stabbed him in the chest. His claws and wings retracted. Aeron pulled the silver knife out and Harry went to let his claws out again, but then Aeron began sawing at Harry's neck with the blade.
Harry screamed as the blade sank into his flesh.
"This ends now, Potter," Aeron snarled, while blood flowed from Harry's neck. He tried to speak, but only blood came from his mouth.
"I'm going to cut your head off, cut your heart off, and maybe I'll let Amadae burn it," Aeron continued, digging the blade through a little more, while Harry struggled uselessly. "You've caused enough trouble for me!"
Ginny seen Harry being attacked and she jumped on Aeron's back.
"GET OFF HIM!"
Aeron dropped the blade and elbowed Ginny. She fell off and Aeron struck her across the face. She dropped her wand and Aeron grabbed her and dragged to the side of the house and cracked her head on the side. She fell to the ground, knocked out.
Harry yanked the silver blade out of his neck and felt his magic start working again. He stabbed Aeron in the back with his blades.
Aeron swung his hand out and Harry realized he had blades too.
"Surprised, Potter?" asked Aeron. "I found out to create a mixture with the Pimante to temporarily transform me into something almost like you."
Sparks began to heal the wounds Harry had made. He stepped back in surprise.
Aeron pounced on him and there was a flurry of slashing claws and blades. Blood flowed and spark stitched up wounds as they fought. Aeron grabbed the silver knife and managed to stab Harry in the stomach.
Harry grunted, while his wings retracted in along with his claws.
"What pity silver is your weakness," Aeron whispered in his ear. "I have no such weakness with the chemical I injected in me." He wretched the blade up higher, slicing up more of Harry's insides. He moaned in pain, while blood spattered the ground. His hands scrambled for the knife, trying to get Aeron's hand off it.
Aeron yanked Harry's head back by his hair.
"I made you and this is how you repay me!" said Aeron. "You could have worked with me."
"You're a monster!" Harry managed to get out. "You tortured me for months and transformed me in to this! I would never work for you!"
"Why should Muggles force wizards to hide and fairies underground!?" asked Aeron. "With no Muggles, fairies could live on the surface and wizards could come out of hiding. I would even let half bloods live as well and Muggles with magic as long as they didn't defy me."
"And kill all those with no magic aptitude?" asked Harry. "You're just a murderer, willing to commit genocide so you can rule."
Aeron brought the blade up a little more. Blood dribbled from Harry's mouth. Aeron released Harry's head and stabbed a claw into his eyes. Harry screamed jerked backward. Aeron twisted the knife and snapped the blade off so it was stuck in Harry.
Harry yelled and fell to his knees, one hand trying to stem the flow of blood from his eyes and the other trying to get the blade. Aeron slashed his blades across Harry's neck and Harry fell on his back, his throat slit open again.
In the house, Amadae had gone through the roof hatch and was in the house. Twenty balverines had gone into the house, although five brutally wounded each other over some left over bacon sitting out in the kitchen. Amadae stomped in, seeing them bleeding all the over floor and counters. One had a pot stuck on its head. Another had a wooden spoon jammed up its left nostril. Another was gurgling on the floor; it's snout in a puddle of lemonade and blood, glass shards from the pitcher wedged into its eyeballs. The least wounded one was cramming the leathery bacon into its mouth, making satisfied noises. The paper towel on the plate, used to soak up grease, was soaked in the congealed slop and the balverine began licking it.
Amadae swore at them and killed the five with her wand. They were useless now, filthy beasts. She had commanded them to find anybody in the house, and they got distracted by bacon.
The other fifteen were rummaging through the house, looking for anybody human to rend open with their claws.
Outside, Harry managed to get a grip on the end of the blade and pull it out. Aeron swung his blades again but Harry had his magic back and deflected it with his own claws. He felt the warm sensation in is body and his eyes turned red. His hair and wings went white.
Aeron stepped back. "What is that?"
Harry lunged on him, and began slashing at him.
Amadae in a room to the side of the house screamed when two figures came crashing through the window in a shower of glass. They landed on the floor, scrambling to get up and attack first. Aeron stabbed Harry in the chest and Harry slashed his blades and cut off Aeron's arm. Aeron yelled and looked and the bloody stump. Sparks started to hop around the stump and Aeron only had one arm now.
"GET ME SOMETHING SILVER!" shrieked Aeron to Amadae.
Amadae ran out of the room while Harry slashed Aeron across the chest, leaving deep gouges. Aeron should have cut his head off when he had the chance.
A few balverines in the room howled and circled around, looking for an opening. Harry was raging mad in this form and he snatched one balverine and stabbed it in the throat and then flung it at Aeron. It smashed into him. Aeron stumbled into another window, shattering it. Harry was on him in a heartbeat, lashing and slashing at him. Aeron was doing his best to deflect with his one set of blades.
Downstairs, the pounding on the door had stopped. Attempting to head butt the door, the balverine had knocked itself out and quiet had ensued. Madeline and Angel clung to each other on a couch, while Myles and Beckett stared at the door, expecting it to open any moment. Ron and Juliet were tensed, waiting.
More banging came on the door, and this sounded like it was from more than one balverine…
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I feel the power of that which helped originally make me…no remake me.
I can feel it and draw upon it. I will live once more…
And no one will stop me…
Okay, so this chapter is over. Can anybody guess anything about the parts at the very beginning and end of this chapter? Reviews would be appreciated so I know how I'm doing with this story. I'm trying to do better with my grammar as I got a review correcting some parts I mess up with. Next chapter up soon! :)