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-Parseltongue-

Time Paradox

Chapter Fifteen: Alastor 'Mad Eye' Moody

Screams started coming from outside as Harry reached the table and set down the two full tankards. A young woman with long light brown hair ran into the pub, her blue eyes swimming with tears as she screamed for help. Alastor and Harry ran outside, it was bedlam. There was a large basilisk in the town square. Around the large snake was a number of Acromantula. Harry could here the mantra of the sixty-foot basilisk. 'Food…Hunger…' They looked around and saw a few people still milling around and a few lying still on the ground. Alastor looked over towards Harry.

"Harry go to the inn and call for back up. We need it. I will do my best to get the town folk somewhere safe. Just hurry Harry," he said to the younger man.

"Yes Ali," Harry agreed as he gave one last glance at the scene then ran as fast as he could to the inn where they were staying.

He ran into the inn and into his room after he blasted the door open with an unusually strong unlocking charm. He went over to his side table and pressed the call button, which sent an alarm to the Auror HQ. He went out of the room and down the stairs to wait for them all to arrive. It wasn't long until he heard the telltale pops of people apparating in.

"We have a basilisk, approximately sixty feet long and about a dozen fully grown Acromantulas in the town square fighting," He explained. "Agent Moody is already there trying to get the town's people out of the way. We may have causalities," he added as they ran out of the inn and back to the town square.

He saw Alastor lying on the ground huddled together with a smaller form of a child he was protecting from an Acromantula that stood attacking them from above. Harry began shouting spells at the Acromantula as it reared up to strike again. He finally managed to get a spell in, striking the place where its heart lay. It fell back screeching in pain as it died.

"Ali!" Harry shouted as he ran over to them. "Merlin!" Harry exclaimed as he saw the large chunk of flesh missing from his friend's face. The eye was gone from the left side of his face. "Myers!" He called for one of the medic Aurors. "Treat them both and then get them out of here as quickly as you can," he instructed the newly trained Auror that looked slightly fearful of what was going on around him.

"Yes sir," he said as he checked that the young girl was all right, she was suffering from a concussion. He then started to work on Alastor.

Harry got up, leaving him to his work. He saw the basilisk quickly working through the Acromantula that still surrounded the large snake.

"Why are you doing this?" Harry asked the basilisk as he started to stun the Acromantula that surrounded it.

"I need to gather food for my snakelings, they are hungry," came a female hiss from the snake.

"I can take you and your young somewhere safe, where there will be a lot of food for you to have and others like yourself," he told the young snake, he could tell she was young as she was more worried about her young than older snakes were.

"Can you guarantee me and my snakelings safety?"

"Yes," he answered as he stunned the last of the three Acromantula that surrounded the basilisk. "Please close your eye so no one dies."

"I will young speaker," she answered and then curled up with her eyes closed. "My snakelings will go with you and they will not harm anyone with their stare as they are not old enough to do so yet. They are not far into the forest."

"Thank you and I shall send someone to get your young," he said as he went to help the others stun the few Acromantula that were still around.

"The basilisk is a female and has some snakelings not far into the forest; they will not be able to hurt anyone with their stare as they are not old enough for that. She would like to go to the reserve. She said she would keep her eyes closed while you transport them. We'll take the Acromantula to the other reeve, they will be safe there," Harry told one for the higher up Aurors.

"Well done Potter. We'll get everything set up and ready to transport them all," Auror Pearson said gruffly.

"Yes sir. I'm going to take a few Aurors with me to the church. There was some young Acromantula and there are two adults missing," Harry informed his superior.

"Very well, Manods, Carter, Stire, Drade go with Potter to the church. It seems as though there maybe more of the spider things," he called and instructed the others. "Oh and Potter, I just got word about Moody, he will be alright."

"Thank you sir. There are still a few young Acromantula and two adults still lurking around so be careful and keep up your guard," he instructed as they quickly made their way to the old, disused church.

They looked in the windows and saw the young and one of the adult Acromantula inside. "Manods, Drade, Carter I want you three to go in and stun them. Stire and myself will look around for the other adult. Is that all right with everyone?" Harry suggested, they nodded in agreement and soon only Stire and Harry were left outside.

They walked slowly and cautiously around the building. They could hear what was going on inside. A crash came from behind them, but the Acromantula was quicker and had already flung Stire towards the wall, almost knocking the witch out. The Acromantula descended from the trees and straight onto Harry, quickly biting him on the leg causing him to fall. He shot off spells to try and stop the Acromantula. Another spell hit the giant spider just right, making it fall to the ground stunned.

"You okay Potter?" Stire asked as she got up and walked over to her friend rubbing her head as she did so.

"Yeah, I'll be fine," he replied as he got up with some help from Stire. "Thanks, let's go back and tell the others that we found the one that wasn't in the church."

Stire nodded and supported Harry as best as she could, as she was feeling slightly dizzy from the bang on his head. They came to the entrance of the church where Manods, Drade and Carter were already outside and waiting for them. Manods shook his head as walked over to the pair and helped them.

"We've got the other one stunned near the back of the church," Stire said as she leaned against Drade when she was hit by a dizzy spell.

"That's good; the others are all stunned as well. Let's go report to Pearson," Manods said as they slowly made their way to where he was overseeing the transport of the Acromantula.

"Sir, the other Acromantulas are stunned at the church and one adult is behind the church," Harry informed his superior.

"Best get yourself to the medic. Oh and the basilisk and her young have already been transported, we had no problems with them at all," he told the young man.

Harry was taken to the inn where the medics had set up triage. Manods helped Harry inside. He was placed down on one of the transfigured beds and waited until Myers went over to him.

"Well Potter. You need the anti-venom for the Acromantula bite, and a blood-replenishing potion, which I will give you in a moment. They will want you to stay in overnight at St Mungos, but you should be home by tomorrow night," he told him as he went over to his bag and took out a vial of red potion and gave it to Harry. "As soon as the portkey to St Mungos arrives you will be going," he told him.

"Okay," Harry said. "How was Alastor Moody?" He asked, concerned for his close friend and partner.

"He will be alright; he will be getting a new magical eye fitted soon when his injuries heal," he answered as the bloke with the portkey reappeared in the foyer of the inn.

Within thirty minutes Harry was set up alone in a room. It wasn't long until someone told him he had a visitor, a moment later Tom rushed into the room. His eyes showing worry and concern for his husband, Harry could see the brightness of Tom's pale blue eyes, showing that Tom was close to tears.

"I'm fine Tom," Harry tried to reassure his husband. "Really I am fine; I should be out by tomorrow," he added as an after thought.

"You still got hurt, and what about Ali? I heard that he was hurt as well. Do you know if he is alright?" He asked his husband, concern in his voice. He sat down on the chair that was in the room.

"He will be fine; when he is healed up he will be getting a magical eye. It may take him a little time to get better, but he will be fine," Harry answered, smiling slightly to reassure Tom.

"Well since he lives alone he will have to stay with us for a while, I don't want him alone and something else happening to him," Tom said. "Has he found anyone yet?" he then asked.

"He is seeing someone, a Hufflepuff girl called Katrina; she graduated a year behind him," he answered. "I wonder if they called her."

"I'll go and find him and if they haven't I will get him to give me her contact details so I can, you go to sleep and rest. I will be back in a little while. Sleep well Harry," he said as he lent down and kissed Harry softly on the lips. "Sleep."

Harry nodded his head and watched his husband walked out of the door. He snuggled down in the bed. The anti-venom he was given made him sleepy. With that to help and the excitement of the day he fell asleep.

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