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As soon as their feet found solid ground Rin found himself in a Victorian style cobble street. At one end, the close walls opened up into a shopping district. They stood beneath a stone arch which shielded them from the early afternoon sunlight. Rin suppressed a shiver at the uncomfortable enclosure. He immediately flattened himself against a wall by a large bin, hiding himself from view. He caught the eyes of Ron an Hermione and mouthed the words 'good luck,' which they returned with a nod. The sound of approaching footsteps from somewhere off to the left made his heart flutter and he slid into a narrow alley. Just as he turned to the wall he had to scale, he overheard a gruff made voice address Hermione.

"Madam Lestrange," he said, his tone surprised but his fear was noticeable.

"Good morning." Hermione replied squeakily and Rin facepalmed. The man walked off and Ron seemed to have read his mind.

"Good morning?" He said sarcastically. "You're Bellatrix Lestrange, not some dewy eyed school girl!" Rin scoffed at the remark and focused on the task at hand as the three walked off. He lengthened his nails into sharp points and began climbing the wall. He didn't know whether it was the strength of his nails, or the fact that he was still drastically underweight that allowed him to climb with them, and frankly, he didn't care. He reached the roof in no time at all and was thankful that the entire row of shops that lead to the huge sandstone building were attached, and began making his way towards it, keeping himself crouched so none of the shoppers below could see. As he got closer he was becoming painfully aware of how cold it had gotten, and stopped to try and rub some warmth into his aching wrists. Goosebumps had risen on all over his skin and the hairs on the back of his neck and tail where standing on end. He couldn't place a finger on it but he could sense something watching him, something dark.

Suddenly feeling overexposed, he glanced over the edge of the roof, there were few people on the street below and he could just make out Hermione and Ron walking into the bank. Nobody appeared to be looking up. He continued a few paces until he was a few shops away from the bank, when the cold seemed to intensify, the presence he felt becoming more notable. Automatically grabbing for the dagger he looked around. The cold became unbearable and he had to stop for a second to try and rub some warmth into his stiff wrists. He looked up to see if the sun was still shining as it had been, and came face to face with a black hooded figure floating above him. Rin jumped back in a panic and almost lost his footing, nearly tumbling off the edge. He quickly regained his balance and held the dagger in front of him. The being was like something from a nightmare, filthy ragged black robes covering its body, its hem tattered and floating in the warm breeze, gnarled, blistered hands twisted into claws ready to rip the life out of you. It hovered there unmoving for a few seconds in eerie silence, as the cold he had felt before intensified 20 fold.

Five, ten, even more materialized out of nowhere, circling him and cutting off any potential escape, waiting for him to make a certainly hadn't anticipated this. He held the dagger in both hands like he would kukurikara and willed his flames to cover himself and the dagger. The creatures backed away and the icy air subsided a little, giving Rin more confidence. He turned to the nearest one and dove at it, swinging the dagger and slicing through its midriff and setting it ablaze with sapphire. It writhed in the air and disappeared silently into a cloud of black smoke as Rin turned to the next one.

"Ok you bastards, who's next?" He swung at the one he was facing but it flew out of the way, placing itself just out of his reach before shooting back towards him. He leaned back to avoid it, barely catching a glimpse of the horror meant to be its face. There was a grotesque hole where its mouth should, its breath a death rattle. As it swooped past him he felt like the life was being drained from him and backed up, sweat cascading down his spine. He squared his shoulders, forcing himself to stop shivering. His knees weakened when another swooped down, feeling the same draining sensation as before. The cold sank further into his skin, settling in his bones and causing him to sway dangerously. The things seemed to gain confidence and more of them swooped down at him. He managed to take down another three, but the reason he was fighting was becoming less and less clear. He reached for the purpose of all this fighting but the only thing he could find was because he liked fighting, he enjoyed destroying things. He would destroy these creatures and then move on to something else. He felt the demon in him stir and welcomed the rush it brought as his flames blazed murderously around him. If only he had...he had...

His vision cleared and he looked at the dagger he held, where kurikara should be and a rush of memories broke through the dark mist that had taken a hold of his mind. His friends, his home, his brother. With a roar he let his flames roar wildly around him, the few dementors that had been around him disintegrated to nothing and the few out of his range hovered back to avoid death, after hovering for a few seconds they set off, leaving behind a train of black mist."Arg!" Rin cried out as he fell to his hands and knees, gasping for breath. His flames whittled to nothing and he dropped the dagger like it was a poisonous snake. The cold that had taken a hold of him vanished and his current mission came back.

"What the hell where those...soul suckers?" He gasped out loud. He grabbed the dagger and slowly got to his feet, legs feeling like lead. He looked around and realized, thankfully, he was right in front of the bank. Thankfully, the window he was going to climb through had a ledge, granting him easy access. The plan was that the others would wait in the cart while he snuck in. He pinpointed the window he had to go through, where there was a larger gap between that one and the one closer to the front, where the foyer was separated from the tunnels. Taking a steadying breath he took a few steps back, sprinted forward and landed on the ledge, one hand grabbing the stone face of some unidentifiable creature to keep himself from falling. Checking to see nobody had seen him, he scurried along the ledge to the right window, almost jumping for joy when he saw the group sitting in a strange metal cart. The window slid open with ease, and he realized he had a new problem. There was a forty foot drop to the floor, and after careful inspection, he found that there was no easy way down.

"What better time than now to see what you can do," He said shakily to himself, wondering when he had developed the habit of talking to himself. He balled his fists to keep them from shaking, taking a few deep breaths and wishing his heart would quit trying to break his ribcage open. He sat down on the ledge, legs dangling over the edge as he mentally prepared himself. He braced himself, gouging holes into the stone with his fingers, and shoved himself off. He heard a scream as he fell, the air rushing past him as he readied himself for the landing. Unfortunately, it came much quicker than he had expected. 'ohgodohgosohgodohgod'

He landed hard on his hands and feet, the shock running up his limbs and rattling his whole frame. There was the a sickening crunching sound and he fell forwards, his face hitting the stone floor. 'Great, just great.' He let out a pained cry and dared to look at the source of the burning pain that shot up his arm. He could taste bile in his throat at the sight. His forearm was bent at an unnatural angle, the bone jutting out of the skin. Blood oozed out of the wound, adding to the gruesome scene. 'Just. Fucking. Brilliant.'

"Rin!" Harry call, his voice bouncing off the walls and causing Rin's ears to ring. He pushed himself up and, blocking out the pain as best he could, jogged to the cart, cradling his injured arm.

"Oh my god!" Ron gasped, eyes fixated on his arm as he jumped over the gate, and sitting next to him in the cart.

"Don't look," he gasped and grabbed his wrist with his good hand. Closing his eyes and gritting his teeth he snapped the bone back into place, growling through his teeth. He looked down and watched the open would start to knit itself together, focusing his flames to that area in hopes that it would heal sooner rather than later."Any of you know any healing juju?" He hissed, forcing a smile as they fastened their seatbelts, doing the same with his other arm. They all shook their heads and Rin grimaced. "Some wizards you are." He said, trying to keep his mind off his arm. The cart started moving, steered by a goblin he hadn't noticed until now. He held the rail with his good arm as the cart rattled at its hinges, making him doubt its stability. Rin began think the jump wasn't so bad after imagining the cart falling apart with them still inside.

"Rin, you look awful." Hermione's tone was worried but he tried to ignore it. He turned to her with a curious look.

"I ran into a bunch of black cloaked things that tried to eat my soul. Any idea of what the hell they are? There were about twenty of them. Really tall with scabby hands." He explained as best he could. The three looked at each other in horror.

"You fought dementors? What happened?" Harry asked in shock. Rin shrugged, trying to focus on his words while the cart swung from side to side while the route dipped, escalated, and twisted in every direction, making Rin's stomach churn.

"I dunno, you tell me! They made me completely lose it and I forgot what I was doing, I defeated most of them with my flames and the rest disappeared and then everything was Ok." He tried to explain."You actually managed to-"

"What is it Griphook?" Harry's shout ended their conversation, as he pulled a lever and the cart started slowing down. It didn't stop in time to avoid the waterfall that crashed down on top of them. Rin cursed as he felt the gas mask he had forgotten he was wearing until now being ripped off, falling with the flow of water. The cart came to a halt moments later. Rin caught sight of Hermione and Ron who looked themselves again. Something long rose at the front of the cart and began flashing, next thing Rin had to cover his ears as an ear-splitting alarm sounded. Before he could ask what the hell was going on his seat disappeared from beneath him and he was falling towards the cave like floor a hundred feet below. He snapped his eyes closed and waited for the impact.

"Aresto Momentum!" Hermione cried, and Rin felt himself stop midair. He dared to open his eyes a slit and saw the rocky cake floor a few mere inches away from his nose. Whatever was holding him up released him, and he dropped, groaning as he fell on his mending arm. Hermione was at his side in an instant to help him up, carefully avoiding his bad arm.

"Well done Hermione." The goblin commented. Rin looked at her questioningly but she shook her head.

"Aresto Momentum, it stops a moving target."

"Thanks," he mumbled awkwardly with a blush. Ron looked at them horror stricken.

"Oh no! You two are like you again!" They all looked to Griphook for some sort of an explanation.

"The thief's downfall," he explained. "Washes away all enchantment. Can be deadly." The goblin dusted his hands off and started walking away, waving for them to follow, which they did obediently. After what felt like ages of walking, Ron finally broke the silence.

"Just out of interest, is there any other way outta here?"

"No." In order to dry off his wet clothes, Rin let his flames envelope him, the water turning to steam within seconds. Sometime later there was a huge roar that made Rin's tail hairs stand on end.

"What the hell was that?" He demanded, grabbing his dagger and looking around for the source."That doesn't sound good." Ron said, gulping. They came around a corner and their stood a pure white dragon, like a real dragon! A thick metal collar was attached to even thicker chains which where nailed to the rocky wall. Rin's awe turned to pity at the sorry state the dragon was in, scars littered its scale-less flesh, while it cowered in a defensive position.

"Who's there?" Rin jumped when he heard the aged male voice in his head, and his brows lifted.

"Bloody hell! It's a Ukrainian Ironbelly!" Ron exclaimed. Griphook handed a strange metal contraption to Ron and instructed him to shake it. A horrible clanging noise came from it, and the goblin paced forward. Rin panicked as the dragon recoiled backwards, roaring as if something was about to attack.

"It's been trained to expect pain when it hears this noise." The goblin sneered like it was enjoying this. Rin snarled, he could hear the dragons helpless pleas in his head.

"PLEASE NO! NO! Anything but that! Leave me alone! Let me free! PLEASE!" Rin took a step such a creature cower from something so stupid wouldn't sit right with him.

"We're not going to hurt you, please calm down!" Rin said soothingly. The dragon didn't seem to hear him and continued its pleas. "They've hurt you terribly haven't they?" He turned to Griphook. "STOP IT! You're terrifying him! Stop it!" He bared his teeth at the goblin, who's smile disappeared. Griphook stopped shaking the contraption.

"Rin what are you doing? Get away fro-"

"Sshhh!" He hissed at Harry, who shut up immediately. He faced the dragon who was cowering in a crouched position, wings encircled around itself in an attempt to shield itself. "It's Ok," Rin continued soothingly. "I can hear you. Please don't attack us." The dragon lifted his head a little and, even though blind, looked directly at him.

"You can hear me? Who are you?"

"I'm Rin Okumura. Nobody special. What is your name?" The dragons wings retracted and he stood, extending her head towards him and sniffing.

"You are a demon yet you do not mean any harm? Strange. My name is Grougaloragran. Can you release me?" (1)

"Groulagulagran. It's nice to meet you." Rin threw a glare over his shoulder at the goblin who was watching with wide eyes. "I'll see what I can do but first I need to go into this vault. Can you let us pass?" The dragons eyes narrowed before he sat, tail curling around him and head held high and proud. It was a magnificent sight to see, but there were more pressing matters at hand. Rin uttered a thanks and turned to the others who stood looking like he had suddenly sprouted antlers.

"You can understand him?" Harry asked in amazement. Rin scratched his head awkwardly under their gaze.

"It's like a demon to demon telepathy but I didn't even know- ack, lets just go, we need to get in that vault!" The group snapped out of their stupor and followed Griphook as he lead them to the huge door. He pressed the other Goblin's hand to it and it opened. Harry uttered something under his breath and the tip of his wand glowed a bright white, illuminating the huge room as they stepped in.

"Blimey!"

"Wooooooah..." Rin couldn't look around quickly enough, the entire room glimmered and twinkled gold, silver and bronze. There where tables and shelves lining the room and walls, every inch of which was littered with coins of various shapes and sizes, cups, goblets, plates, swords, jewels, the list was endless. Rin shook his head, they had came this far and Kurikara was somewhere. Harry held up his wand.

"Accio Horcrux!" Rin didn't know what the spell was supposed to do but nothing happened. "Rin, what's your sword called again?"

"Kurikara. The sheath and handle are blue with gold trimmings."

"Accio kurikara!" Again nothing happened. Rin frowned and started scanning the treasures for the koma sword.

"No kind of magic would work here." Griphook said matter-of-factly. "Is it here Harry? Can you feel anything?" Hermione asked. Rin kept looking around but couldn't spot his sword, but a small cup that fit the description of the Hufflepuff cup caught his eye. It was sitting on a high ledge in the very back of the cave-like room.

"Is that what you're looking for?" He said, pointing at the cup. Harry gasped and started forward while Rin continued looking for his sword. "Can any of you see my sword?" He asked, beginning to feel anxious. He looked at each of the others and they shook their heads guiltily, Harry too fixated on the cup to answer. He made towards the wall where there was a bucket full of various medieval weapons. and knocked over a plate as he walked. He watched as the plate split into five or six different copies, each an exact replica of the first. Rin watched in horror as Ron knocked a goblet off a stool and the same thing happened.

"They have added the Gemino curse, everything you touch will multiply." Griphook warned, casting a worried look around the room.

"Give me the sword!" Harry shouted at Hermione who pulled it out of her tiny bag and threw it at him. Harry caught it as more and more treasures multiplied, the floor disappearing under the growing mass of precious metals. Harry climbed the small hill clumsily, sliding and stumbling as he tried to reach the cup. Rin gritted his teeth and turned to Ron and Hermione, who where almost knee deep in gold, which Rin noticed for the first time seemed to grow hot as more items multiplied.

"LOOK FOR KURIKARA! I'VE GOT THIS!" He shouted over the noisy clinks an clatters of metal scraping together. They nodded and Rin crouched, leaping over the hill Harry was almost completely covered by. Rin scrambled to the ledge, grabbing the cup. It multiplied like all the rest of the treasure, but he kept a tight hold on the original so as not to lose it. He could just see Harry's blistered hands poking out amidst the burning treasure copies and grabbed it, pulling him out and pushing him backwards to the others.

"STOP MOVING!" Hermione demanded but Rin didn't wait to see why. Now standing at the highest point in the vault on the ledge he studied every inch of the walls. He turned his attention the metal mass, which had stopped growing, for even a copy of his sword.

"CAN ANYONE SEE KURIKARA?" He roared. Panic was beginning to creep into his thoughts as he couldn't see anything that even looked remotely like it.

"N-no, maybe it's not her-

"IT HAS TO BE HERE!" he screamed in fury. Where else could it be? He spotted another ledge and jumped to it, scattering a series of trophies and searched the room again. Nothing. He punched the stone wall behind him in anger with the hand holding the cup, peppering the treasure pile with golf ball sized pieces of rock.

"It's not here, we have to go!" Ron's pleading expression only fueled his anger.

"Here! Take your cup an go! I'm not leaving until I find Kurikara!" He snapped, tossing the cup to Harry. The cup bounced from his outstretched hand, landing a few feet from the goblin, who swiftly snatched it up. Rin turned and spotted another ledge but as he attempted to jump he slipped and landed face first, corners and ridges digging painfully into his already injured arm.

"We had a deal Griphook, the cup for the sword!" Harry's cold threat came from a few feet away. Rin gathered himself, ready to launch himself at the goblin just as he threw the cup forward, catching the sword that Harry threw back. Giphook backed out of Rin's grasp before he could grab him. Griphook grabbed the hand of his fellow goblin, who had been standing idly by the door, and pressed his hand against the entrance, which had shut behind them.

"I said I'd get you in, I didn't say anything about getting you out." The door opened and the two vanishing from sight. The treasure flooded out of the vault's open door, taking the four with it. Harry called after them but they where long gone, shouting 'thieves!' as they went. Rin looked around, and started wading his way back into the vault. 'It must be here, it HAS to be here!' The words circled his mind, but the more he moved, the further he was buried in the ocean of treasures. He could distantly hear someone calling his name but didn't look back, desperately scanning the room for any sighs of the koma sword.

"Accio Belt!" Without any warning, the belt holding his oversized pants up was yanked backwards, taking him with it. He flew through the air and landed against someone who steadied him and started pulling his sleeve."Rin! Snap out of it! It's not here! Let's GO!" Hermione's demanding voice did little to settle the panic that had gripped him at this point, he easily pulled out of her grasp. She grabbed the back of his shirt and tugged him out of the vault with a surprising, most likely adrenaline fueled, amount of strength. "The guards are coming and there will be deatheaters amongst them, your sword isn't here!" She hissed. She pulled him out of the way as a shower of lights flew through where he had just been, slamming his back against a stone column. He checked his surroundings, seeing them for the first time, just as more lights flew past and reduced the adjacent wall to dust. He saw the hallway they had came down was littered with the contents of the vault.

"I need to go ba-"

"It's not there!" Hermione repeated over the destroying of more walls, he hadn't ever realized until now that he was leaning heavily on her. She had an arm hooked around his waist, which he was thankful for because his body didn't seem to be responding. She leaned past him and shouted to the others who were standing behind a column a few feet away. "We can't just stand here!"

"You got any ideas? Should be a brilliant one!" Ron shot back sarcastically.

"I've got something, but it's mad!" She shot back. She knelt in front of Rin, bracing him against the column so he didn't fall."Rin, I need you to snap out of it, if we jump on the dragon and I break the chain can you tell it to get us out of here?" She said, brown eyes burning into his own. He clenched his teeth.

"B-but K-"

"No 'Buts,' we need you right now." Her pleading expression caught him off guard and he shook his head in an attempt to clear it.

"Yes I can do it," He said, sounding less hopeless. She smiled and grabbed him by the wrist, and dragging him out from behind the column. She let go just as they reached the edge and jumped over the railing, landing surprisingly elegantly on Grougaloragran's back between two of the huge spikes protruding from his spine. Rin jumped after and landed a little more clumsily in front of her, closer to the dragons head. Hermione shouted to the others to follow and shot a spell at the chain attached to Grugal's neck while Rin spoke.

"Alright Grugalulagram. The chain on your neck is broken, can you grab the wall in front of you and climb upwards? We can all get out of here safely." He said urgently. The dragon nodded his head without looking back. He paced forward and reached out with his front legs, gripping the stone easily and climbing up. It wasn't long before Grugal reached the incredibly high ceiling and broke through, Rin and the others getting a flash of the banks foyer as they tore right through the center of its floor, and smashed through the glass dome above. Grugal stumbled forwards and stood on a flatter part of the roof, head held high with torso moving up and down as he breathed in the fresh, cool air. Rin looked around in wonderment, seeing the witches and wizards looking up in astonishment from the secret street below and on the other side, the regular human streets of London. The elated feeling was swept away quickly as reality hit him hard again. Yes, they had succeeded in breaking into a magical bank run by goblins and escaped on the back of a real life dragon, but he still hadn't recovered Kurikara. Mr Olivander's words flashed through his mind and he let out a strangled groan, fighting back tears of anger and disappointment. The dragon took one more refreshing breath before taking flight at a steady pace, rocking them when he blindly smashed into the tops of buildings as he struggled to ascend.

"Go higher, you're almost past the bigger buildings." Rin mumbled just loud enough for the dragon to hear. The wind picked up as Grugal gained momentum. Rin gave a small smile at the wind rushing through his hair and Ron's shouts from behind.

"This is brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!" They travelled above the clouds, the world below barely visible, but they could still watch as the cramped shops turned into scarce farmland and eventually uninhabited countryside. Grugal eventually started dropping towards a rocky area by a mountain.

"We're dropping!" Harry voiced Rin's thoughts, the first time anyone had spoken in what felt like hours.

"Gru? Are you going to land soon?" He asked.

"Yes, I'm going to a mountain I know of. It's close, but it's also uninhabitable for humans." He said in his old-wise-man voice. "I won't be able to take off again if I land now, I am almost at my limit at this moment in time." Rin frowned, just as he tried to think of a way for them to get off he heard Harry shout behind them

"When I say, we jump!" Rin froze at the word, looking down and seeing the lake they were just flying over.

"When?" Ron shouted in horror. There was a pause and then;

"NOW!" The three of them unseated themselves and Rin watched them plummet towards the middle of the lake.

"I need to go, thank you for helping us, stay safe an good luck." He said as he swung his leg over, poised to jump.

"No gratitude is necessary. I shall forever be indebted to you for releasing me, if you seek me, come to L'île de Moon." Rin grinned a little as he let himself slide off the dragons leathery skin. Just as he started his descent, he felt an all too familiar rush take a hold of him. He felt his ears and fangs elongate and his flames enveloped him in all their unsealed glory. Someone had unsheathed Kurikara, but it didn't feel right somehow. Something unknown teetered on the edge of his mind and his body went rigid. He hit the lake with a loud splash, the icy water it swallowing him as he sank. His vision dulled as that alien sensation hit him again, he couldn't describe it, but it felt like he was a mere puppet and someone unseen was holding his strings. However, he felt no other presence, unlike when his demon side took over. His heart was hammering in his chest but he couldn't understand head felt like it was about to explode, and a paralyzing fear took him without warning. His vision was overcome by a series of images, playing out like a video in his head. A familiar face stood a few inches from his own, serpentine nose and slitted eyes illuminated by an all too familiar blue glow. He gazed at him with such a fury that Rin felt fear that was definitely his own. He saw him jerk back and felt a sickening tugging sensation in his stomach. The vision blurred for a moment, like he had moved his head to quickly, and next thing he was staring at the glassy, lifeless eyes of the goblin who had not long ago taken his precious sword and ran off, said sword was still clutched in his pale hand. The imagery faded along with his consciousness. Before he could fully black out, his head broke the surface and his surroundings came back to him.

"Rin, are you with me?" Ron's face swam into focus, his arm hooked over Rin's shoulders, keeping him afloat. "The shore is over there but you'll have to swim." Rin groaned as he forced his legs to kick, the two making their way in a lopsided doggie paddle to the pebble covered beach. When they reached it Rin crawled out of the water, Ron rushing to Harry who looked shaken an pail.

"He knows, You-Know-Who. He knows we broke into Gringotts. He knows what we took, and he knows we're hunting Horcruxes." Harry was saying to the others, his voice full of panic and exasperation. Rin sat back on his legs and stared at his palms, feeling empty.

"How did he know?" Hermione demanded.

"I saw him."

"You let him in? Harry You can't do that!" Hermione reprimanded her friend.

"Hermione I can't always help it. Well, maybe I can. Never mind."

"What happened?" Rin asked, brushing Hermione's words.

"Well, he's angry...and scared too. He knows, if we find and destroy all the Horcruxes, we'll be able to kill him. I bet he'd stop at nothing to make sure we don't find the rest." Harry was saying while changing into the fresh clothes that Hermione had given him. Rin had raised is head, staring at them with wide eyes in abstract horror. "And there's more. One of them is at Hogwarts. I saw the castle and Rowena Ravenclaw, it must have something to do with her. Harry met Rin's eye, and, when he was dressed, walked over to stand in front of him. "I saw your sword, it was covered in flames and he was using it to kill people in his rage."...He's... had some sort of break through an is...happy about it, something to do with your sword." Harry searched the younger's face for an answer, but Rin didn't react, instead falling into internal despair. Harry's suspicious expression melted into one of concern, and he reached out to touch his shoulder. Rin cringed away from the touch, head down and eyes shadowed by his hair. Hermione approached and tried to tug him to his feet, but he bared his teeth, growling in warning. The look of shock on her face was disarming, and he looked away, feeling only slightly guilty. 'Damn it, why did this happen so soon?' The human part of his brain despaired. He wasn't sure when but he was suddenly being held up by both his shoulders by Ron who was baring his own teeth in anger.

"Don't you dare threaten her!" He hissed. Without really thinking about it Rin's fist shot up from his side, punching the ginger in the stomach with all his might. He let go of the smaller, who staggered back to a defensive stance while Ron fell backwards, hitting the floor with a groan. Hermione and Harry ran to their friends side, staring at Rin with a mix of shock, anger and uncertainty. They drew their wands out and pointed them at him. The blue veil around Rin diminished without warning, along with the active aggression that he had felt. His features returned to normal, the realization of what had happened hitting him like a sack of bricks.

"I-I'm s-sorry.." He started, looking down to avoid the frightened look on Hermione's face. "Can you read his thoughts?" He asked the bespectacled boy who nodded, urging him to carry on. "I felt him, You-Know-Who, I felt him draw and wield Kurikara. I saw..." he wrinkled his nose in disgust, recalling the vision that had played out in his mind. "I saw through somebody else's eyes as he used Kurikara to kill them. I saw Griphook, he was already dead." He chanced a look up and saw the others lowering their wands, Ron was glaring at him from the ground. "T-there's something I didn't t-tell you about Kurikara and me, something Olivanders told me back at the cottage." Rin started retelling the memory, sharing his fears with them.

(5 days earlier)

"Mr Olivanders?" Rin edged into the room the elderly man occupied and closed the door behind him. The elder looked up from the book he was reading and greeted him with a wide but tired smile.

"Rin my dear boy, how are you feeling?" Rin rubbed at his still healing shoulder unconsciously.

"Much better, thanks. You?"

"Good, good. What can I do you for?" The old man was oddly cheery and it made Rin feel uncomfortable

."I wanted to ask about...what happened, them using my tail hairs and all." The old man's smile faded and his eyes cast down shamefully.

"I-I-I'd prefer not to talk about it, you know I'm so sorry about doing what they told me with your hair but they tortured me! They're cruel people I-" Rin held a hand up with a reassuring smile.

"It's Ok, I understand. It's not that, now that I'm free I can talk easily. How exactly does my hair effect their wands? I know it makes magic stronger an all that but how does it work? I'm just curious." Olivanders looked relieved, but his expression stayed severe.

"I had heard rumors of demons and how their hearts and tails have unimaginable magical properties, however they are beings of another world and merely possess physical items within this one. Their bodies would disintegrate if their hair or hearts were severed from their bodies. They tortured that information out of me and told me they had found someone born of royal demon blood, someone who had their own physical body right here in our world. I told them it was preposterous, how could a human bare the spawn of a demon who, to my knowledge, can't even possess something of substance within this world? They disregarded my words and brought me strange hair with dark magical properties. Although held against my will, I could not help but be fascinated. They demanded that I insert them into the cores of their wands. It was tricky but I managed it. However, the dark magic within the hairs overcame the original core of the wand and destroyed its own magic, rendering the wand useless. I...told them to bring me more so I could experiment and find a way to...I'm so sorry Rin, it is my fault they did such terrible things to you." Olivanders trailed off, eyes glazing over, but Rin, who had seated himself on the edge of the mattress, merely frowned.

"It's not your fault. They did it, not you. I can take a lot, I've pretty much been to hell and back already." Olivanders eyes shot open.

"Really? You've been to hell?"

"Not literally" he deadpanned. "Anyway..."

"Oh yes. So they brought me more of your hair and I found that simply tying it around the base of a wand allows the darkness from it to wrap around the wand's magic without destroying it. It wasn't until after I saw its power and what it did to people. It was almost like the dark magic provoked and brought out the worst of people, the darkest part of their hearts. Although everyone in You-Know-Who's rankings is rotten to the core, I watched them kill each other over the simplest of disagreements. He only allowed people with souls so dark the modified wands wouldn't affect them or those who had better self control to wield them. Once he was done with me he threw me in that cursed cellar with you and I immediately knew where it all came from. You, half demon, an impossible creature, the root cause of it all. While tampering with wands I hoped that whomever they were getting their...supply from would get caught in a crossfire. Then I met you and I thought if there really is a god why would he defile such an innocent with such a curse? But then I thought how can humans believe demons to be evil when humans, people, can do such things as this?" He inclined at Rin's tail, which lay slack on the sheets, and then his shoulder which he still clutched. Rin sat with his eyes fixed to the floor, lost in his own spiral. He had gone through the phase of 'why me,' and spent months convincing himself that he wasn't evil, but no matter how much he denied it, he was evil to the core, a slave to his cursed heritage and no amount of denial was going to change that. He suddenly felt a hand on his good shoulder.

"Do not despair, child. Some people work for power and choose to do bad with it, others are handed power, but no matter what it is, it is what you choose to do with it that shapes who you are. You are only as dark as you want to be." Rin gave a half hearted smile at the reassurance, but it did little to improve his mood. He stood, bowed and made to leave. "One last thing. They asked me if I could fuse a demons heart with something called the elder wand, a powerful wand that can make one invincible. Although I believe it to be impossible, keep your heart guarded at all costs." Rin froze in place, turning to observe the elder in horror.

"W-what would you say I-if I told you t-they already have m-my heart?" The elder's already sicken turned ashen and he observed the bluenette with a mixture of pity and terror.

"They have no idea of how to use it yet so you still have time." The old man took a deep breath and gave him a serious look. "b-but you must get it back."

Oooooh, So just what the hell is going on? What does this all mean for Rin, Kurikara and the HP gang? #dun dun duuuuuuuuun!

(1) Grugaloragran (pronounced as Gru-ga-loo-la-gran) is my favorite Dragon in the french cartoon Wakfu, I CANNOT BEGIN TO DISCRIBE JUST HOW GOOD IT IS! Rin can't pronounce it (I had trouble pronouncing it at first cause it sounds really weird when they say it and it's spelled differently) Grugal looks nothing like the white dragon in Gringotts but I couldn't pass up the opportunity XD

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StrayDogHowling028

Sorry it was a bit late, not had time to finish and upload all day =) Hope you enjoyed and review again! =)

Animegeek220

Thank you for Beta'ring! You my friend are awesome! Thank you so much for following and reviewing an putting up with some of the crap I spout XD

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Haha, no worries. I got that uou liked it but your comment on how I write really cracked me up! It broke down to "its good, kinda average, you should work on it, it's actually kinda awful...in a good way" XD its fine ^^ point of the reviews is to give an opinion good or bad ^^

#scared puppy eyes# I'm sowwy, hope this didn't take to long T.T Thank yoy for updating again! Hope you keep reviewing and hope this chapter waa more interesting! =D

ToxicKittySaurus

Thanks =) Dispite the grammar I'm glad you're enjoying the story overall. Got a Beta for this chapter ^^ he last one I was to impatient cause Betaring can take a while and it had already beena good while sinse I updated.

Aboùt Harry being stiff, not sure if it was just me but thats how they portrayed him in the movie, It was pretty far away from the Harry from the books an it doesn't help that Daniel isnt the greatest of actoers =/he was so focused on the Harcruxes and his own goals he didn't seem nto pay much attention tto anything else and tried to cut anyone and everyone loose who tried to help them. There is a bit of friction between Harry and Rin since he only allowed him to come because Ron and Hermione pursuaded him to and Rin doesn't like how Harry (from his pov) has just taken the position as leader and acts so hard done by when Rin's been through worse but doesn't act like a self absorbed brat who just wants to play the hero. His character will develope a little more further into this and his relationship/opinion of Rin but at the moment he's just stiff as he is =/thank you for reviewing!

Blackchaosaria2501

^^ Sorry the last chapters dragged a little, heres a ton of action! XD mwahahaha! The teachers won't be turning up until the next chapter but who xould they be? Would Mephisto send humans where people can kill each other woth a few words? ... well he would but who knows XD I never even thought of Shura and her snake demons ^^ might bare that in mind... Voldys snakes name is Nagini. Hope you enjoyed this one with some REAL action XD its very harry potter cannon (you'll probably recognise some of the dialogue cause I sat and wrote the whole freaking screenplay for it and then realised I don't even need it all! what a waste of a whole half a day!

No worries, I believe I did promise a RinxYuki fluff/smut in your honour XD I'll write it eventually! XD no worries, you want something you ask for it or you never get ^^

Hope you enjoyed an I'll update soon ^^

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