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Written as an assignment for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments)
Subject: Music History - Melody
Task: Write a story about a character from the Golden Trio
July Event: The Chosen Ones – Competition
Bonus Prompt: Assassin AU
Word Prompt Challenge: Allow
Gringotts: Charmed Season 1: Episode 9 – (Object) Gun; Charmed Season 1: Episode14 – (Action) Holding someone at gunpoint; How I Met Your Mother: Season 1 – Muggle AU; Muggle Occupation – Accountant; A-Z AU – Assassin; Prepositions – Atop, Down, Within
Word Count: 866
His Best Kill
Harry Potter, assassin for the cartel group known to the world as The Knights of Walpurgis, briskly walked down the street towards the home of his next target.
Believe it or not, Harry had not always followed this career path. In fact, by assassin standards he was fairly new to the trade, but after just three short years he was one of the best.
Until the event that changed his life forever, Harry Potter had in fact been a very respectable accountant. He had thrived on the nine-five hours he kept, and the rigid organisation of all his work, even though it didn't make him happy.
But all that had changed on the eve of his twenty-fifth birthday, when he had returned home earlier than usual to find his wife slumped on the floor, clutching their infant daughter, and a filthy man standing over their bodies with a sneer across his face.
In that moment, Harry had felt more rage than he had ever thought it possible to feel. He had grabbed an umbrella from the stand by the door, and charged at the disgusting animal, who was pointing his gun directly at him. He had jabbed him over and over and over again, until finally he stopped fighting back and was nothing more than another corpse on the floor next to his wife.
Any ordinary person would have felt guilt, or disgust at what they had just done, even if it was an act of revenge – but not Harry Potter, he had felt pride, and immediately set about disposing of the body in a calm and effective manner.
It was only half an hour later, when he had taken care of everything and discarded his own bloody clothes that he called the police to report his wife and daughter's murder. The investigation was carried out, and naturally it had yielded no results. The case had been closed less than six months later.
Ordinarily, this would have been the end of the matter, but Harry's actions had been closely watched on that fateful evening, and he had captured the attention of the very organisation that had organised the hit on his wife.
One evening he was approached by the leader of the organisation, Tom Riddle, and was offered a job by him. Tom had remarked on how impressed he had been with Harry, and how well he had covered his tracks. According to Tom, these were the markings of a truly great assassin, and with a little work on his technique, Harry could become one of the best in the business.
Harry hadn't needed any time at all to think about his answer, and immediately agreed to join the organisation. Ever since he had killed the man, whose name he had since learned was called Antonin Dolohov, he had been lusting after another opportunity to take another life.
Over the next three years, Harry had rose through the ranks, and had since earned himself quite a reputation, and had the best kill rate in the business. Within the organisation, there was even talk about him being 'The Chosen One'; the one who would take control of The Knights of Walpurgis upon the death of Tom Riddle.
Harry found this hard to believe, but it gave him such a rush to know that he was thought so highly over by his comrades.
The assassin finally reached his vantage point, atop a building across the road from his target's hom, and proceeded to set up his equipment. By his reckoning, it would be approximately fifteen minutes before his next target arrived home.
Right on schedule his target arrived home, and Harry stared down the barrel of his gun at his next target: Ronald Billius Weasley, a man who had offended his boss by defaulting on the last several payments of a loan, and had recently made threats about going to the police. This was something that the organisation could not allow.
Most of the time, Harry would have passed on an assignment such as this, and passed it onto one of the newer recruits, but this was Ron Weasley, the man who he had thought was his friend until he had married his first love. After that day, Harry had secretly hated him with a passion, which never subsided, not even when he married Ginny. It was for this simple reason that Harry had jumped at the opportunity to carry out this particular kill.
Harry's finger rested on the trigger as he followed Ron into the living room.
3,
2,
1!
Harry pulled the trigger back, and watched as the bullet flew through the air, hitting Ronald Weasley in the middle of the forehead.
A smirk crossed Harry's face as he watched Ron fall to the ground. He took a few minutes to savour the moment, before packing up his equipment, and heading home. After all, he needed to be ready to answer the phone when the recently widowed and vulnerable woman inevitably called him for comfort.
Harry Potter would forever remember this kill as the best one of his career, especially two years from then, on the day of his wedding to Hermione Granger, his first love.
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