Was it the timing, or was Harry's luck really cursed? Harry was simply walking past a classroom when a couple of hands grabbed him and pulled in the classroom, before someone closed the door behind him. He was thrown on the floor and as he looked up he saw Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood tied up hanging on their arms. Harry spun around, and saw Stephan Witherspoon staring back at him.
"Stephan?" Harry asked, before he was punched in the stomach by one of Stephan's friends.
"AUW" Harry yelled as Gary Stone hit Harry again, this time on his ribs, breaking two of them.
"I told you Harry, I told you that you'd be feeling sorry for crossing me" Said Stephan as he touched Harry. Stephan concentrated and instead of using his powers to heal, he started to such Harry's life out of his body.
"Stop it" Shouted Ginny as she and Luna looked at Harry who was trying to get free from the grip that Oscar and Benjamin had him in. Feeling her anger surging through her body, Ginny started to burn up, and before long had burned the ropes that bound her and Luna.
Having her arms freed, Ginny shot one of her famous fireballs at Stephan as he almost drained Harry's life force, while Luna was getting help.
Those fireballs were blocked by Gary Stone, who had turned his right hand into a shield and his left hand into a sword, all made of stone. "Come here, Pretty. I'll show you how a real man feels like" He said as he moved towards Ginny. His stone shield protected him from Ginny's fireballs, and as Ginny started to feel more tired then normal, her fire started to fail to produce the flaming balls to shoot at Gary. "Feeling tired Princess?" Gary asked as he transformed his feet into stone. "Here, take a nice long rest" Gary was just about to kick Ginny in the face, making sure that she would have a concussion, if not more, but as Gary was preparing to kick Ginny with his feet, that feet was blasted with a reducto curse.
"And that's three." Said Alex as he entered the room, followed by Luna, Hermione and the Flamels.
"Two times before I have looked away. Not again. You better stop right now, before I'll go al out." Alex said as he looked at all students. "Get Him" Stephan shouted as he sought a place to hide. Alex soon had to defend himself from several stones that were thrown at him, while Benjamin and Oscar fired high powered Blasting hexes.
Protecting Hermione and Luna, Alex build a strong shield around them and the Flamels, before he anchored the shield with several power runes. Looking for a break in their attack, Alex moved with speed and with several powerful spells had Benjamin and Oscar down and out. Each student had been hit with three stunners each, bringing them close to cardiac arrest.
"Your move. Come quietly, or stunned and maybe dead" Said Alex and he pointed his wand at Gary. Gary looked at his two friends, who were powerful wizards by their own right, and who were knocked out within seconds by Alex Summers. "You may be a strong duelist and a professor, but you'll never defeat us all" said Gary as he launched several new stones at the professor who had to dodge to avoid being hit. Throwing several new stones at Alex Summers, Gary cheered shortly as he hit the professor in the stomach. But his cheering was short, as Alex shot a piercing hex straight at his left arm, the arm that had shaped into a catapult to shoot stones at the professor.
The hex flew right through his left arm, shattering the stone layer protecting his arm , and right threw the bones of his arm. Holding his left arm close to his body, Gary turned back into normal flesh like all humans do. Seeing the wand of Professor Summers pointing at his head, Gary nodded and surrendered. He was only stunned once, before being bound with ropes.
Alex smiled at the young wizard that lay before him, before he turned around. Stephan was hiding behind one of the desks that he had turned on it's side. "Stephan, come her now and face your father like a true wizard, or die like a coward" Said Alex as he held his wand ready. "You'll die first, you mudblood wizard" Shouted Stephan, as he jumped from his hiding place, holding a gun that he pointed at Alex. Before Stephan even could fire the gun, his face was inflamed by a fireball from Ginny who looked at the boy with such hatred, you could almost feel it.
Stephan dropped the gun that he was holding and tried to extinguish the flames from Ginny. While the gun didn't went of, Alex still decided to hold on to it for evidence.
"Harry, please. Don't die" Ginny said as she barely felt the bond between herself and Harry. She touched Harry's face, and at first was terrified that she felt Harry so cold. She was shocked to see Hermione kneeling down next to her and Harry and started to feel at his pulse. She looked up, with a small smile on her face. "He's still alive Ginny. He's still alive" Hermione said and Ginny fell over Harry to hug him. "Harry, please. Wake up." Pleaded Ginny as she tried to shake Harry awake.
Harry didn't respond, and his head just moved from side to side, never acknowledging Ginny or Hermione there. "Harry, please wake up" Said Ginny, her tears falling from her eyes as Harry lay still. She bend over and kissed Harry's forehead, before she started to lay down next to the boy she slowly began to love, crying all the time.
Hermione looked ar Stephan who was in custody of the Flamels. She walked over and before either of the Flamels were able to stop her, she kicked him right in the stomach, before she turned around and used a double kick against the boy who had harmed her best friends.
"And where did you learn to kick like that?" Asked Nicolas Flamel, as he looked at the young girl, while Perenelle was holding on to Stephan. "I took some lessons from Professor Samual, while Harry and Ginny were having that argument a few days ago" She said, as she looked into the old man's eyes.
Nicolas nodded and wanted to ask more, but the door was blown open by a new blasting hex, and in the opening stood Alexandra Summers, Professors Lupin, Logan and mister Whiterspoon.
"Father" Stephan shouted. Mister Whiterspoon looked at his son who had caused so much trouble at the ministry. His normal dark brown eyes looked now night black. "Stephan Jonathan Whiterspoon, I have been told by Christopher that you were going to stay at one of your friends. Imagine my surprise when I get an emergency floo call from headmistress Summers that you and your friends attacked and bound two girls to use after you killed Harry Potter. Didn't you know that this can damage the family, BOY?" his father shouted, and Stephan paled more and more before he wet himself. His father pulled his wand and pointed at his son, still held tight by Professor Perenelle Flamel.
"By the power that is invested in me, by the families of Whiterspoon, and Leopard, I David Whiterspoon cast my son, Stephan Jonathan Whiterspoon from the family and retake to me all magical powers that my son might have. May he die a quick death." The moment that those words left his fathers lips, Stephan saw his magical powers leaving him in a swirl of colour. Reaching out to grab his power and putt it back into his body, Stephan's arms passed through the magical cloud as it floated to his father. His breathing began to come in gasps, as the oxygen absorbing cells in his lungs were shutting down. Falling on his knees, he looked at each of the professors, begging them for help. Help that would never come. His last view of the world, was of a crying Ginny Weasley who held a unresponsive Harry Potter close.
As the last beat of his heart died down, David Whiterspoon looked down at his, once bright son. He had such a bright future and now that future was gone, because he didn't trust in his own strength, his own powers. He believed that being liked by the professors was more important that doing great at school. "Professors." David said, addressing the professors. All but one looked at him. Remus Lupin had picked Ginny and Harry up and followed by Hermione and Luna had moved them away to the hospital wing. "My son is dead. I can't begin to explain his actions. The only thing I can do is make sure that this will never happen again. Please let me know how mister Potter is, and if he needs any potions or ingredients for potions, call me. I´ll make sure that he´ll get them" And with those words, David Whiterspoon flicked his wand at his dead 'son' and the body floated away, following his father.
"What is needed?" Asked Remus again as he listened to Alan Richards. Remus was in the hospital wing, two hours after he had brought Harry inside. Ginny hadn't left his side, and still cried softly, as Harry was still unresponsive.
Luna and Hermione also had shed tears, for the boy that became a constant source of life and love in their life. "What I said was, that we need to talk to the headmistress. Harry is stable now, but he needs a full melding of the soul with Ginny to survive and maybe even more. If he isn't fully bonded soon, then he'll die within ten days." Said Alan as he looked Remus in the eyes.
Remus held his eyes closed, but that wasn't enough to prevent a few tears from escaping.
"Remus" Alan said, touching the werewolf's shoulder. Remus looked up and saw some tear marks on Alan's face. "The boy is stable for now. Evelyn in in the wing, let's bring the news to the headmistress and let her decide how to go from here." Remus nodded and after giving Harry a kiss on his head, followed the doctor out of the hospital wing. The trip to the headmistress office was one of heavy silence, both men were hoping that the headmistress and Molly Weasley would allow the procedure to take place. Knocking on the door, both men entered. As they looked at the headmistress, both also was three redheaded sitting in the chairs before the headmistress desk.
"Remus, Alan. How are they?" Asked Alexandra as she saw the look on their faces.
"She is good, but he is unresponsive. It is tearing Ginny apart from the inside, as she has become quite close to Harry the last few days."
"What is Ginny doing here?" Asked the third redhead. He had long hair that was tied into a pony tail, and had a small dragon fang hanging on his left ear. He also wore some muggle clothes that wouldn't look out of place at a muggle rock concert. If Harry would have a look at him, he would describe the new guy as 'cool'. "Bill, please. Now is not the time." Said his mother as his father looked at Molly like she was crazy. Didn't she said to him that she wrote Bill and Charlie about Ginny's condition?
"Mum, you drag me here to this place of all places and talk about nonsense. Then these people enter the office and somehow Ginny is involved. What is going on?" Said Bill as he looked at his mother and father.
"Bill, that's none of your business. Now please sit and say nothing" said Molly as she used her own patented 'Mommy knows best' voice. Bill smiled. "That might have worked before mum, but I've been immune for that tone. Now tell me what happened to my little sister" Said Bill, his voice getting louder and louder. "Mister Weasley, please. If you want to know what has happened with your sister, please view this memory in that pensive" Said Alexandra as she handed Bill a vial with a silvery strain. Bill nodded. As a curse breaker, Bill had experience with Pensieves. "Now, Alan. What is the prognosis of your other patient?" Asked Alexandra as she ignored Molly Weasley completely.
"Basicly, Harry will die if we don't do anything within ten days." Said Alan, shocking everyone in the office. A silence fell, that was broken by Bill muttering several curse words as he returned the memory to the Headmistress. "And if we do nothing, his bonded will die as well." That brought a heavy silence in the office. "Who are we talking about?" Asked Bill.
His father answered, but it was not the answer he would have expected. "Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley."