Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl: Evil Awakens Chapter Five
Fowl Manor
Uallach hung around a bit until it was later in the night. Most of the lights were out. Everybody would probably be asleep. She had a plan.
In the house, James woke up in the night, crying. Harry crept over to this crib.
"Bad dream, little guy?"
Harry picked James up and gave him a cuddle. Harry could smell that James had definitely left a surprise in his diaper. Harry took him to the bathroom and changed and him and brought him downstairs, because James kept saying he was "hungee."
Harry made him a bottle of expressed milk and went to the living room to watch TV while James slurped it down, and then fell asleep. Harry put James back to bed and was about to get into bed with Ginny and turn the TV on when he heard a crash downstairs.
Harry tensed. Ginny rubbed her eyes and sat up.
"What was that?"
"I don't know." Harry rushed into the hallway. "Stay here."
Butler was coming from his room, Sig Sauer drawn. Artemis was coming from his room, looking alarmed.
Butler and Harry went first. There was a light on in the foyer, and the window by the door was broken.
Juliet and Snape came up behind them. "Somebody is in the manor," said Snape.
Harry heard a shattering noise and a scream from the room he shared with Ginny.
Harry was up the stairs and in his room before anybody else could even twitch a muscle.
Uallach had busted a window and gotten in, and had Ginny by the hair. She was dragging her toward the window. Ginny was screaming and struggling. Uallach bashed her head against a wall and Ginny stopped moving. She slung Ginny over her shoulder and jumped out the window.
Harry was after them in a flash, jumping out the window and landing nimbly on the grass. He ran after Uallach who was heading for the edge of the property, Ginny's head bouncing against her back.
Uallach was running for Dublin, toward the coast. Harry was following, running as fast as he could.
Harry could smell the salt water before he even seen it. Uallach exited the wooded area near the docks and leaped across the sand to a dock poking out in the water. There was a big boat. Uallach jumped across the water and landed right on the edge on the railing of the boat and then disappeared.
Harry followed, wondering what the heck Uallach was planning. He jumped and landed on the edge. The boat was already moving. Uallach disappeared down a hatch.
A figure leaped from the mast and landed in front of Harry.
"Get back."
Harry went to shove the person away, but he suddenly felt blades stab him in the side.
The man stepped back and Harry darted to the side, clutching his side. Spark started to hop up, healing the wound.
The man wiggled his hand, showing blades. They came out his hand, just like Harry's. Harry's eyes widened.
"Surprised?" asked the man. "I'm like you. My name is Conway. Aeron created me, and I was almost perfect, but not quiet. I pretended to be completely retarded, so he wouldn't put a mind control device on me and send me out to do his bidding. My plan worked well and eventually Aeron never came back for me. I broke out and left the place and wandered until I met Uallach."
"I killed Aeron," said Harry.
Conway shrugged. "He deserved it. The man tortured me for a month and then decided to put me in the machine. I was going to kill him myself if he was still alive somewhere. I heard him talking to that woman that was with him, Amadae. He talked about you sometimes, and how you were perfect, and how angry he was that the mind control device didn't work on you."
"What are you doing with Uallach?" asked Harry.
"Uallach found me and offered me a place by her side if I helped her take over the world."
Harry wanted to roll his eyes. "What is it with people like you and her? Aeron wanted to take over the world and kill all Muggles. What the hell is wrong with you?"
"Uallach wants to create an entire vampire race," said Conway. "And the rest of the world will be enslaved to be used to work for her and as food. I understand she gave you the chance to join her, but you refused."
"I'm not a monster like that."
Harry heard Ginny scream below deck and he leapt for the hatch. Conway followed him and they tumbled down below decks, claws flashing and blood flying. Uallach had Ginny tied to a chair.
Harry went for his wife, desperate to save her. Uallach was laughing, fangs showing in her mouth.
Harry felt something pierce his back from behind. It went through his heart and came out the front.
A silver stake.
Ginny screamed, seeing Harry get stabbed. His skin started going gray and he collapsed on the floor.
"Now we have time for experiments," said Uallach.
Harry woke up in the room later, sitting on the floor, his wrists manacled to the wall. There were magical bracers on his hand, to keep his claws from coming out. He pulled, trying to free himself, but he couldn't.
"Magical," said a voice.
Harry looked up and seen Uallach. Another man was standing next to her. Harry didn't know who he was. Ginny was gone.
"Where is Ginny?" asked Harry.
"Don't be so worried," said Uallach. "This is my new friend, John. He's a vampire like us now."
The man smiled, showing fangs. His eyes were red and he looked desperate.
"I need blood now," he said. "Please, can I have the girl?"
"After you do my experiment," said Uallach. "Remember?"
"Yes, yes."
"Close your eyes."
John closed his eyes and Uallach stabbed him in the heart with a silver stake. He gasped and collapsed against the wall, his skin going grey.
"B-but-"
"I'm going to see if that kills you."
The man spluttered about her not telling him what the experiment was and how she tricked him. He soon went silent, passed out on the wall.
It took a few hours. John was passed out up against the wall, the stake through his heart. His skin was grey and the veins in his body were standing out against the skin. After several hours, his skin went pale white and the veins went away. He didn't move. Uallach removed the stake and tried to get him to wake up. Nothing happened.
"Hmm, guess it just takes awhile," said Uallach. "He's seems dead. I'll keep him around a bit, to see if he wakes up." She turned to Harry. "So I bet someone found you and pulled the arrow from you, before you died. Who was it?"
Harry didn't respond.
Uallach shook her head. "Tsk, tsk. I bet one of your friends came looking for you and you don't want to implicate them."
She took something from the wall.
"You may be nearly indestructible, but you still feel pain. So I suggest you answer me when I ask you a question."
She poked Harry with something that looked like a stick. Harry yelled as he felt himself get shocked. Uallach waited a minute and pulled the cattle prod back.
"You'll learn," she said. "Now I have some questions. I want to know where my book is."
"I don't know what you're talking about," replied Harry.
"My book, that tells how to make vampires and creatures and resurrect people," said Uallach, waving the cattle prod. "Conway tells me Aeron had it."
"Aeron never actually had it," said Harry. "So good luck."
"He knew of the spells."
"So?"
"I want my book!" said Uallach. "I found it all those years ago, back in the 500's, and I want it back!"
Harry knew the real book was in the Magical Museum. Aeron had only had a copy of it, pictures taken by Mulch, who didn't know what Aeron wanted it for. But he didn't want Uallach to know where the real book was. If she found it, she'd wreck havoc on the world.
"It's probably been destroyed," said Harry. "If you had it in the 500's, it's probably long gone."
"You know where it is, don't you?" asked Uallach.
Harry kept his face composed, carefully. "A few spells probably got copied down in other books throughout time and Aeron found a few. The real book is gone."
"You're lying," said Uallach. "I can tell. Guess I'll go ask the girl."
She left up the hatch. Harry struggled to get out his bonds, but he couldn't, even with his strength.
He heard Ginny scream above deck. Harry struggled harder.
Uallach came down, dragging Ginny by her hair, who had a black eye now.
"DON'T TOUCH HER!" Harry screamed.
Conway followed. Ginny had her arms tied behind her back and she huddled on the floor.
"Now, I know my book is not gone, because it had a spell on it to make it last!" shouted Uallach. "You think I'm stupid!? Now tell me where it is!"
Conway punched Ginny in the stomach. Harry snarled and fought to get loose.
"Tell me." Uallach tapped her foot.
Harry couldn't bear to see Ginny get hurt. "It's in the Magical Museum."
"Harry don't!" said Ginny. "She'll use it and-"
"SHUT UP!" roared Uallach. "Conway, take her back."
Conway dragged Ginny out.
Harry was livid. "HOW DARE YOU HURT MY WIFE!?"
"Tsk, tsk," said Uallach, rolling her eyes. "She's just a human. Don't be so attached. They die so easily and quickly."
She dragged the body of the dead vampire up the stairs and Harry heard the body flop on the deck. She shouted orders to someone and Harry heard someone answer. There must be other people on the boat, a crew or something. Uallach came back down.
"Now, you must be past your newborn stage," said Uallach. "It's been some time since I changed you. But I bet there is something you don't know!"
She gave him an annoying, know it all smile. Harry scowled at her, wondering what she had up her sleeve.
"You may have self control now, but you will not be able to control yourself if fresh blood is presented to you in a still living body," said Uallach.
Harry wasn't sure what she meant. He'd been around lots of people, with fresh blood pumping through their bodies and he hadn't gone crazy. He hadn't spent all that time in the gym, locked up, for nothing.
"If I was to unchain you, and take Ginny down here and cut her arm, you would not be able to control yourself," said Uallach, a smirk playing on her lips.
Harry froze. She wouldn't-
"And I am most tempted to do that."
She snapped her fingers and the shackles released Harry. He lunged for Uallach, who ran up to the deck. Harry stopped, seeing Ginny tied to a post, Conway had his claws to her throat.
"One wrong move, Potter," said Conway.
Harry froze. If Conway slit her throat, Harry wouldn't be able to heal her. He could cut his arm and put a bronze ring in sure, but Uallach and Conway wouldn't just stand around and let him heal Ginny. They would attack him and while he was fighting with them, Ginny would bleed to death on the deck.
"I give you a choice," said Uallach. "Either Ginny dies, or you make her into a vampire, since you're so attached to her."
Harry mind was in a turmoil. There was no way he could let his wife die, but he didn't want her to be like him, forever needing the blood of others. She would hate it.
But he couldn't let Ginny die. He loved her more than anybody else in the world, besides their baby.
He let his fangs come out and stepped forward. Maybe he could pretend to bite her, and then he could grab her and fly them away. Uallach couldn't fly, so she wouldn't be able to follow as fast.
Conway could fly though…
"On second thought," said Uallach, eyeing Harry's fangs. "I don't like you that much, or the red head, either. Soooo…she dies!" She giggled as if this was all very funny.
Conway cut the ties on Ginny. He sliced her arm open and shoved her forward to Harry.
"Oh, did I forget?" Uallach laughed. "If she dies, you're the one to kill her!"
Harry seen the blood flowing from Ginny's arm. She put her hand over it, trying to stem the flood. He held his breath, but it was too late already. Despite training himself to control his urges, Uallach was right. The sight of fresh flowing blood, from a still living, human body, was extremely tempting.
Too tempting.
The sun was rising and Ginny seen Harry's eyes go red, glinting eerily in the rays of sunshine seeping over the ocean. He was looking at the massive cut on her arm, the fresh red blood oozing out.
"Harry?" asked Ginny.
Harry was trying to control himself. He wanted that blood, warm blood; warm blood that didn't coming from a chicken.
That's my wife. She's not food. I can't kill her. I have to get her out of here.
Uallach's eyes were red too. Seeing the blood affected her as well, but she was holding off, hoping Harry would lose control first, and kill his own wife.
Harry was frozen, his mind battling his instinct to attack and suck Ginny dry. Uallach was getting impatient. If he wouldn't do it, she would. Might as well have a meal.
She began to walk forward coming up behind Ginny, who didn't hear her. Harry seen this and ran forward with a snarl.
Ginny screamed, seeing Harry rush toward her, eyes red, fangs beared. He pushed her aside and attacked Uallach.
"If you won't do it, I will!" screamed Uallach.
Harry let his claws out and slashed Uallach's face open and then her throat. It began to heal quickly of course.
Harry saw Conway out the corner of his eye, claws out, ready to strike. Harry turned and kicked Conway's legs out from under him and grabbed him by the back of his neck. The next thing Conway felt was his face smashing into the deck, busting his nose.
Harry was busy stabbing Conway in the back when Uallach jumped on Harry's back and put and wrapped an arm around his throat. Harry reared back into the railing of the deck, cracking the wood.
The men on board the ship didn't know what to do. There were two crazed vampires battling it out on the ship, while the red head was dribbling blood all over the deck.
A couple decided they should restrain the redhead and take her below decks. One came up in front of Ginny, a rope in his hand. Ginny wished she had her wand.
"Come on little girly," he said. Behind him, Harry had popped his wings out, dislodging Uallach from his back, who had been trying to gouge his eyes out with a small dagger she'd had up her sleeve. Uallach jumped up and clung to the rigging. Harry flew after her and they started fighting in the rigging.
"Get away from me!" said Ginny, stumbling backward. Where she could go on a ship?
Another came up behind her and clamped his hand over her mouth and dragged her into the hatch. The other followed.
Uallach stabbed Harry in the shoulder with the dagger. Harry yanked it out and kicked Uallach right in the stomach. She winced and fell to the deck below. Harry swooped down toward her and Uallach jumped up in the air. They crashed into each other. Uallach grabbed a handful of Harry's shirt as they fell to the deck with a thump and she bit his shoulder. Harry stabbed her in the gut with his claws and they rolled, teeth biting, claws slashing, droplets of blood flying.
The two men below with Ginny were trying to hold her down on the floor, thinking to take advantage of the distraction so they could have some fun.
"This'll only take a few minutes," said the first, dropping the rope.
"Less than a minute, maybe," sniggered the second.
"NO! STOP!" shrieked Ginny, trying to fight the men off her. "HARRY! HELP ME!"
On deck, Harry heard Ginny scream and he shoved Uallach off him. She had a hold his arm, and her teeth were sunk in. He punched her the face, causing her teeth to drag through his flesh and then come out. The wound began to heal up. He stabbed her in the head with his claws.
Ginny saw the abandoned spear lying on the floor and grabbed it.
The second man felt the tip enter his neck and plunge through. He choked and blood came out his mouth. The wound was fatal and he had seconds before he was fully dead.
Harry came crashing through the hatch, seeing two men about to rape his wife. The one with the spear in his neck gurgled and fell to the floor.
The first man screamed like a little girl as Harry charged him and body slammed him into the wall. Several of the man's bones broke.
The first one was twitching on the floor. Harry, breathing again out of habit, could smell it. All the still living blood… it was overwhelming. He needed to feed.
He sank his teeth into the near dead man and drained him of blood, feeling no guilt, since the man had tried to hurt Ginny and was about two seconds away from death anyway. Uallach came stomping down, her head wound healed. Blood matted her hair and was drying on her face. She looked livid, and not just because one of her crew ended up being vampire food and the other was laying on the floor, moaning.
Harry helped Ginny up and stood in front of her, his hunger abated. Uallach tried to wipe some blood from her hair, with little success.
"Get away from the girl," said Uallach. "Or I'll stick a spear through your heart."
She sprang forward. Harry was ready and jabbed his claws into her stomach and brought them up, slicing through organs and flesh. Uallach screeched in pain and then screamed as something silver suddenly poked through her chest and out the front of her shirt.
Ginny had taken the spear from the neck of the dead guy and stabbed Uallach through the back.
Uallach grunted and gasped as Harry retracted his claws. She collapsed on the ground.
Harry grabbed Ginny and pulled her up to the main deck and released his wings, wanting to get Ginny away. He swept her up in his arms and flew into the sky, leaving behind the ship and the men on the deck, some bent over Conway, who was still lying on the deck.
Harry flew for a bit, high up enough to where he could see the shore in the distance and he flew toward.
He stayed up high enough so people below on the ground would hopefully think it was a just bird and not a guy carrying a woman across the sky.
He landed on the Fowl Manor grounds. Ginny was still shaking, scared and bleeding.
Harry made a small cut in his arm and placed his bronze ring it. He placed his hand over Ginny and the wound began to heal. Once the wound and bruises healed, she began to cry and rushed to Harry.
"I thought she would kill us! I thought-"
"HARRY! GINNY!"
Holly was running across the grounds in her LEP suit, her helmet off.
"What happened!? Butler tried to take the jet to go find you, but someone fiddled with it and broke it! Artemis is fixing it."
"I killed Uallach," said Harry, his arms wrapped around Ginny. "Conway is alive I think but-"
"Get in the house."
Harry and Ginny had to explain everything to everyone.
"So Uallach is dead," said Artemis. "Conway isn't. He'll likely try to get revenge for his Mistress, or whatever she was to him."
"He's like me," said Harry. "Same powers. He said he was almost perfect except one little thing, but I don't know what that was. When we left the ship, sparks were going around him, healing him, so he's not dead. I just don't know what not 'perfect' about him."
Holly got a message on her helmet and stepped outside the office to take it.
She put her helmet on and Troubles face popped.
"Short, I need you in my office, as soon as possible," he said, sternly. "What happened with Harry and his wife, with the vampire girl?"
"Uallach is dead, sir," said Holly. "Harry killed her. There was another, not a vampire, but he has powers like Harry." Trouble only knew about Harry's claws and wings, not the vampire part. "Harry injured him but he's not dead."
"Another person like Harry?" boomed Trouble. "We don't need another Mud Man like Harry, all those claws and wings. Harry's alright, because he's not evil. So the vampire is dead? Huh, that was easy."
"It was not easy sir," said Holly. "Ginny was almost raped by two of the crewmen and Conway is still alive."
"Well, now the vampire is dead, Conway needs to be dealt with," said Trouble. "I need you down in my office, now. We need to have a discussion."
"Yes, sir."
"And don't dawdle!" Trouble cut off communication.
Holly couldn't believe she'd heard Trouble use the word "dawdle." Something must be wrong.
Holly told everyone she needed to leave and she took a shuttle down to Haven, wondering what Trouble needed to talk about that couldn't be done over a call.
She entered into Troubles office. Foaly was waiting there, looking a little anxious.
"Holly, have a seat," said Trouble.
Holly sat down. "What did you want to talk about?"
"First, we need to talk about the boat incident, tell me everything that happened."
Holly told him everything that Harry had told them.
"So this Conway will likely cause havoc," said Trouble. "Does he know of fairies?"
"He likely does," said Holly. "He acted retarded around Aeron, so Aeron and Amadae talked about whatever when they were with him, apparently. He probably saw that sprite, the one that was helping Aeron. Nobody knows where she is now."
"She's another problem," said Trouble. "Which now brings us to the matter at hand."
He looked at Holly for a moment.
"It'd probably be best for you to leave Haven."
Dun dun duuuun! Cue suspense music. Why does Trouble think Holly should leave Haven? What will Holly do!? Find out next chapter! Leave a review!