Harry Potter and the Holy Grail War
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(Start Fleur)
Fleur was currently using the shower as she was washing and preparing for the day. Outside her bath Berserker stood stalwart over his master awaiting her call. What made this slightly humorous was the fact he had been standing there like a butler holding her towel for when she has need of it. Berserker stood there ever quiet as he recalled meeting the Saber known as Godric Gryffindor. Her face reminded Berserker too much of another who had borne that face. Save the eyes the two were almost twins to Berserker at the time he saw them.
Truly so many regrets and now Fleur was forced to shoulder them to command the power of Berserker. If not for her Veela allure Berserker might have ended up fighting without end earlier. Just then the water stopped and not long after Fleur was heard moving opting Berserker to hand her the towel, he held for her.
"Thank you, Berserker." Fleur said as she took the towel and began to dry herself off. Fleur had grown accustomed to Berserker being near he hardly speaks and despite her Allure's effects on men he uses it to keep himself calm and tame. Most men would become putty to the allure and yet Berserker had been tamed less the madness of the Servant took over. Dressing in a bathrobe after drying herself Fleur used her wand to ensure that all her daily rituals were done as Berserker awaited her next order.
Just then a grunt was heard and in turn Berserker had passed the Daily Prophet over to Fleur who took it without much problem. Opening the prophet Fleur began to read through it and as she did so her eyes began to widen in shock and rage. "Oh, that little British." Fleur began as she saw what was written about them.
(Great Hall)
"CUNT!" Saber yelled as she slammed the Daily Prophet onto the table in front of Harry. "Now you see why I had us walk out of that piss poor excuse of a reporter's interview!" Saber yelled as her Scottish accent had grown heavy with spittle flying from her mouth again. "I mean how is this woman allowed to publish such blatant lies!" Saber went on as she had the page opened to the incident between the Servants.
"A crazy Saber thinks she's a Founder, Master loses control of her servant, oh and you'll love this one Ms. Granger, Muggleborn sicks her Servant on unsuspecting wizards and witches." Saber ranted as Caster sat nearby and glared at the same newspaper.
"Of course, she'll just print whatever she wants so long as it sells her editors won't care if its factual or not." Caster said as he tossed the paper down not caring for what was written.
"Why aren't their laws in place for such libel?" Hermione asked as she glared at the paper calling some questionable things.
"Isn't it obvious the Ministry controls the Prophet if certain parties can keep the statues que, they'll do whatever they can with the offered chance." Caster said not at all bothered by this almost like he had grown accustomed to it.
"Did you have to deal with this stuff when you were last alive?" Harry asked as he looked to Saber on this one.
"Oh, believe me we did but not for long." Saber said as she grinned a sinister grin. "When someone wanted to try and drag our names through the mud via blackmail or otherwise, Sally, Rowey, Hella, and I would have an entire scheme in place to get back at them." Saber said as she remembered the good times. "Sally would device the plan, Rowey would get the finer details done, and Hella would be with me as we set it off." Saber recounted the good old days from way back when but then grew sad as she remembered they're falling out. "I miss those days Sally would have probably have a plan in the works to get back at this woman." Saber said offhandedly as Harry heard her as he knew Sally was Salazar Slytherin a pureblood supremist from that era.
He was about to ask why she would miss Salazar of all people but then had to remind himself that before their schism the Founders were still close friends. Harry felt bad for the Saber Servant as he wondered if he should tell her about the Chamber of Secrets no doubt the Founders never found it after Salazar made it and left. Or maybe she already knows about it since she knew the sword that acted as her Cataclysm was bathed in Basilisk Venom.
Anyway, the Hall was soon filled with students out and about for breakfast. Apparently, an emergency announcement was being made after some incident last night. Saber looked upon the students who were part of her household before giving a concerned look to the students in the Slytherin's house.
Meanwhile the students were chatting about with some talking about rumors of someone may have been killed or a death eater was captured on school ground, but there was no clear answer on what is going on, and it got everyone worry other than most of the champions and their servants.
The professors all suddenly came in at once with the head master being last he step up to his podium as every student went silent without being told too as they Professor Dumbledore suddenly said, "Morning to you all, as I hope every student here gotten a good rest as earlier this morning, an terrible event had happen, as it was discover, Professor Moody was founded locked in a chest and sustain great injury and suffering from Malnutrition prior coming to Hogwarts."
After that all students were talking up a storm, as they wonder how could, this be when they had classes with the man and seem very healthy for a guy with a fake eye and a missing leg as Dumbledore soon spoken up saying, "Now-now everyone, calm yourselves. But I have more to say, the event that led up to finding Professor Moody in his state, as early this morning, a man named Barty Crouch Jr. was founded dead with the DADA office."
This shocked a lot of people as those who knows of Crouch Jr., he was a death eater who supposedly died in Azkaban as Dumbledore went on saying, "It was discover this man was taking Polyjuice potions to hide and impersonate Professor Moody."
What Dumbledore didn't say is that they found cases of the potion, but all vials of it found destroyed as well after seemly killing the death eater, to whoever did it made sure no one else could use those potions as well
But that wasn't the most terrible part yet as something mysterious had happen as it seem to have been tortured in the most horrific ways as there was nails within the man without an entry wound, as the point of the nail itself was sticking outwards not in, unknowing how that came to be, and that not all.
Whoever torture the man had used a cruse that was unknown to anyone, as it seem Crouch Jr. inners was set aflame but there wasn't any fire or smoke but a smell that tells that his organs were cooked to say but it seem it didn't end there as there was evident that Crouch Jr. was still alive even after having his inner set on fire and it didn't end there.
With caster just smirk at this knowing Dumbledore is trying to hide these facts, and more so no one can figure out who and how they did it, as caster cover his tracks well and left some evident behind, a journal that belong to Jr. that the caster may had to reanimated his body to make him write down in his own hand writing saying his father was the one to gotten him out of prison by swapping him with his sick mother who also took her son's form.
But that wasn't all as he had done as he make "Jr." write down that to help cover thing up, his father throw Sirius Black in prison without a trial after the Potter's deaths to have the people thing justice was served for everyone, and write down a few thing about Tom Riddle aka Voldemort coming back to life using a ritual without detail of how, no need of someone else figuring out while also adding the fact that "Jr" was the one to jinx the goblet and accidently cause the holy grail war to begin again.
And it didn't hurt to have a few pages slip out from said journal and into the hand of a certain Beetle Animagus journalist, with some hexes on those pieces of paper to make the bitch do something for a better cause.
"But I will assure you, whoever have done this will be found, and order will return to Hogwarts. That is all I have to say, so now I will say, enjoy your breakfast," Dumbledore finish saying as breakfast was soon served getting everyone back in a more clamming manner.
Harry, Hermione, and a few others were still shocked by this news as the teacher who was helping out many students, was a death eater in disguise, no doubt harry and Hermione figure it out that he was the one that messed with the Goblet of fire, and probably try to get close to harry to kill him or something else as Saber said, "How could this had happen, a once great school to keep student safe to learn became a shadow of its former self."
"Ha, if anything is to gain from this, would open people's eyes to see there is a problem, and have other not turn a blind eye to it or not be so ignorant to it, unlike some people," Caster said as Saber said, "Is that supposed to mean something Caster?"
"To you maybe, but to others yes, but if they refuse to do something about then they are better off dead like that snake follower," Caster said which Hermione soon caught onto what he said, as she soon said to him, "Caster, would you come with me for a moment, we need to have talk."
After that Hermione gotten up as she soon exited the Grand Hall as Caster just roll his eyes to this. In turn the Servant just followed his young master out of the Grand Hall and into the hallways where there was no student or spirit anywhere to see or hear them as Hermione said, "Okay spill Caster."
"Whatever do you mean my master?" Caster said in a mocking tone as Hermione gotten angry at this as she soon said outright, "Was it you, Caster, did you kill someone?"
"If I did, what will you do?" Caster said to her as Hermione just got angry at Caster answers which just avoiding the question as she said, "Tell me caster or else."
"Or else what?! You will use you command mark on me, turn me into an obedience slave?" Caster said causing Hermione to hesitate to raise her hand with the marking were on as he is calling out on threat as Hermione just ball her hand a bit before she raise her hand and snack him across his face which caster was taken a bit surprise by as Hermione said, "I will not order around, but I do not want you to do anything else on your own anymore, because if you do… then I will use them on you."
Caster held his hand on the red mark upon his face and then began to smile fondly for a moment. "I've almost forgotten." He said with a sad tone before focusing on the here and now. "We shall see." Caster said regaining his cold exterior and thus Hermione huffed before walking away. Caster was close on her tail as they took their leave of the area. "Be mindful of such idealism, I've seen many people like yourself die to it." Caster said making it clear that he will keep an eye on Hermione, but she will also learn that idealists never survive a war.
(Meanwhile with Viktor and Assassin)
"So that's who they are." Viktor said as he now knows who Rider and Saber were which meant he had something to study.
"Yeap!" Assassin confirmed with a big smile on her face while sitting on the table swinging her legs back and forth. "Rider is apparently someone named Iskandar and Saber is supposedly named Godric Gryffindor." Assassin said as Viktor considered this information.
'With Saber, I'm at a severe disadvantage she has the territory boost since Hogwarts is the birthplace of her legend.' Viktor thought trying to figure out how to go about the War now. 'If the war was in London, then Assassin would have no troubles with her Territory Boost.' Viktor thought as he strategized on his part while Assassin was acting like a child.
But then she vanished and thus Viktor felt a weight hanging off his back. Looking to the source he saw Assassin had taken residence on his back smiling fondly at him. "Master, I want this." Assassin said showing a Wizarding Magazine that displayed a new toy.
"No." Viktor said sternly but Assassin just pouted.
"But I brough this information back for you." Assassin said and thus Viktor closed his eyes to focus his thoughts.
"I'll think about it." Viktor said and thus Assassin smiled to this. Because for her this meant if she was good, she gets a new toy to play with or even a new dress and delicious treats. Viktor for his part was frustrated that his servant was a child... but knowing what and who she was to the finer detail it made sense. After all children abandoned by their mothers are robbed of their fathers.
(Scene Break that Evening)
Classes had come to an end for the day and after dinner Dumbledore had retired to his office. Right now, the DMLA had begun investigating the scene and regrettably Fudge had tried to censor it. The Key word in this was that he, 'tried,' and thus had failed because apparently Skeeter caught word of it and had published it and the apparent Crouch Jr's diary. What was startling was the great deal of information it provided and yet it was his cause of death that concerned him. Dumbledore had never seen such curses used before causing him to suspect that it was something completely different a new spell entirely. The other matter was just earlier today while Mr. Potter was in class Dumbledore was paid a visit by Harry's servant Saber AKA Godric Gryffindor about his sudden loss of a defense teacher with an offer that Dumbledore had trouble refusing.
But as he entered his office and took a seat on his desk the sound of something being dropped on his desk caught his attention. Looking at it he was surprised to find that it was the lost Diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw. Before he could touch it, a hand caught his arm revealing it to be caster.
"Six." Caster began as he then took the Diadem. "He made six and this was one of them." Caster said as Dumbledore was surprised by this.
"Six what?" Dumbledore asked feigning ignorance, but Caster simply growled at him.
"Tom Riddle Jr. the self-fashioned Lord Voldemort had made six Horcruxes I know the exact locations of at least two of them and know what four of them are." Caster said as he glared at Dumbledore. "You already know his diary was destroyed and this one had been accounted for. The others are a locket that's hidden in Grimmauld Place by the House Elf, a cup hidden in Bellatrix Lestrange's vault, a ring which is probably hidden close to Tom's old home, and finally a snake which Tom keeps with him 24/7." Caster said making sure Dumbledore got the information.
Dumbledore looked at the Diadem and then back at Caster and gave the Servant a skeptical eye. "Who are you?" Dumbledore asked and thus Caster scoffed to this.
"Someone who your failures helped to mold." Caster said before walking off to ensure that his Master did not get suspicious of his whereabouts. As Caster left Dumbledore casted the diagnostic charm on the Diadem and was surprised to find that it was in fact what Caster claimed it to be. Looking between the relic of the founders and the door Caster had taken his leave from and grew concerned yet curious over Caster's identity. Who exactly was this Servant before the Thone of Heroes had accepted his spirit into its realm?
(Scene Break the next Day DADA)
The Gryffindor and Slytherin 4th year classes were gathered in the DADA classroom. Ever since the incident everyone suspected that the class would mainly become a study hall this time around. At least that was the plan when all of a sudden, the doors opened and in came Saber in a muggle suit and carrying a case. Learning that Godric Gryffindor was in fact a woman was shocking enough, learning she was a servant in the Holy Grail War was also surprising. So, it came as a shock to find her entering the class and flicking her wand about to get everything in order.
"Now then study hall is over." Saber announced as she got to the front of the class and smirked to her new students. "Dumbledore and I have gotten to talking and until a new defense teacher can be found I'll be taking over the class." Saber announced and thus everyone went wide eyed to this for varying reasons.
"WHAT?!" Everyone in class screamed out as they had a Hogwarts founder as their Defense Teacher for possibly the remainder of the school year or until she is knocked off the Holy Grail War with Harry.
The Gryffindors were excited because since the founder of their house was teaching them, they don't have to worry about failing the class. Hermione on the other hand was excited to learn what vast knowledge a Founder of Hogwarts had to share with the modern world. The Slytherin's on the other hand were upset fearing that Godric Gryffindor was going to be playing favorites with this class and thus she might just fail them for being in her rival's house.
"Now then let's begin class with what you, young people call... a pop quiz." Saber said as she pulled out the paper with the quiz on it causing everyone except for Hermione to groan in frustration. "Don't worry it's not it's just so I can see where you lot are and modify my class around it." Saber added to calm the nerves of her students. "After all, having a different defense teacher every year might have screwed you lot over with your learning." Saber added and thus with a flick of her wand the papers were passed out for the students to start working. "Your time starts... now." Saber said as she flipped an hourglass over and thus the students had their quills out and got to work.
(Scene Break after Class)
Once the test had ended Saber had gone out of her way to give the class her syllabus they need to abide by. Of course, she will be giving them a great deal of leeway due to how late in the year this is, but that leeway has limits. They didn't learn much, but Harry reasoned is because Godric needs to know where the class is standing in their education at the moment.
Currently the seven masters were currently sitting around in Draven's classroom as he had a small announcement for them. With him was a Ministry official for the Tri-Wizard Tournament. "Ok I have a few announcements to make." Draven spoke as he used this time to give the masters updates on the tournament. "It seems certain parties are breathing down my neck to have you lot participate in the Tri-Wizard Tournament and regrettably their arguments of you lot losing your magic for breaking the contract is somewhat valid." HE spoke and then Harry went wide eyed to what was going on.
"Hold now you intend to make a small child participate in such a dangerous competition?" Rider was the first to speak as he spoke on behalf of Gabrielle.
"Bah how far has this world fallen to send an innocent child to her death?" Saber accused while Caster scoffed to this.
"Be that as it may the Mages Association have agreed only if handicaps are provided, and no loss of life is reported." Draven said and thus pulled out a list of the new announcements. "First rule if any Servant is defeated then the master is not only freed from the war but also freed from the Tournament." Draven said making it clear that all Harry had to do now was lose Saber. "To clarify this rule is put in place to help get us back down to three champions so if Harry and Hermione lose the war before Cedric does than that means Cedric is the sole Hogwarts Champion even if he loses Lancer.
"Second change your Servants are permitted to aid you during the tasks so even though you stand alone you have some backup." Draven said and then got to the final bit of announcements. "Finally, everyone who scores first place in the tasks shall get one of these." Draven spoke as he then pulled up his sleeves to reveal a familiar series of marks though they went up his arm and vanished into his sleeve suggesting he had more. "These are left over Command Seals from the previous wars for those who earn first place in the tasks you shall be granted an extra Command Seal useful especially if you have a most unruly servant." Draven said as he then sent a glare towards Archer.
"Now any questions?" Draven asked once he rolled his sleeves back over his arms hiding the Command Seals.
"Just one... are you going to bring up dragons as the first task or what?" Caster spoke up causing many to go wide eyed to this. Gabrielle was deathly afraid now as she looked over to Caster. "What none of you did your reading on the Tournament?" Caster asked as he glared at all of them, but Hermione knew he was lying about reading she had been with him the whole time. But judging by the shocked look of the officials Hermione suspected Caster was right on the money.
(Scene Break Undisclosed location)
Voldemort was not happy not at all, a wayward Servant of the Caster Class caught Barty. Said servant had even exposed his plans judging by the Prophets report on it. Thus, he and Peter were forced to move locations once more. The minister will no doubt try to cover it up, but Voldemort was not ready he needed more time. Thus, he found himself being carried by Peter towards the only place he could hide out at.
Riddle Manor was just a shadow of its former self, something Voldemort took great glee in ensuring long ago. Slaughtering his disgusting muggle father and his family Voldemort had ensured no Riddle was left in the world. But now with the Holy Grail War Voldemort was more desperate than ever to get himself a new body. If Harry Potter wins that he can easily use the Holy Grail to end Voldemort once and for all. Voldemort could not allow for that to happen and thus he needed more allies.
"Wormtail approach me!" Voldemort ordered as Peter cowardly made his way towards Voldemort. "I have need of the aid of Lucius Malfoy contact him tell him that his Lord has need of his aid." Voldemort ordered and thus Peter nodded and took his leave of the Dark Lord. Even if Voldemort cannot use the ritual, he intended to use he had other means that can provide him a body and if his luck held then a powerful Servant to claim the Holy Grail as his own.
(Scene Break Hogwarts the Next Day)
The meeting was short as it was only in place to make the needed announcements to the masters of the servants. Knowing what they know now Saber was quick on the uptake with her own master. Out in the forbidden forest Saber and dragged Harry outside for a sparring session. Both were wielding wooden swords that Saber had transfigured for the training session. Saber had slayed a few dragons in her time and was more than willing to prepare her master to do the same. It was not long before Harry found himself on his rear as Saber once more beat Harry during a sparring session.
"Not bad but a shit tone of room to improve." Saber said shouldering her weapon.
"Bloody hell why?!" Harry cursed as he got back up.
"Simple, it's to keep you from falling into the same trap every other Wizard and Witch fall into, you rely so much on your magic and wand you forget to train your body." Saber said being blunt about her reasons in physical training.
"Bloody mad woman that's what you are." Harry cursed as he knew Saber had a point.
"Now then Lancer you plan on coming out?" Saber suddenly asked and much to Harry's shock the blue clothed Lancer walked out with Cedric in tow.
"Ello Saber a pleasure." Lancer greeted with a Scottish accent clear as day as it was similar to that of Sabers.
"If your here for a fight then you might as well start walking, right now we're in a training session." Saber said as she summoned what looked to be air/condensed magic to her hands that took the form of a sword.
"Easy, Saber I'm not here to fight." Lance promised as he raised his hands in mock surrender. "My master and I just want to talk." Lancer added and thus Saber lowered her guard a bit.
"Sorry, Cedric she can be a tad bit bloodthirsty at times." Harry apologized as he learned fast that Saber tended to a be a bit trigger happy.
"It's all right, Harry. Lancer is the same way." Cedric said as he completely understood where Harry was coming from when it comes to unruly servants.
"So, what brings you here?" Harry asked and thus Cedric sighed to this.
"It's about what Caster said earlier about Dragons." Cedric said as he looked to Harry with concern.
"What about it?" Harry asked as he was curious as to what Cedric was on about.
"I heard you had ways to sneak around the school and I was hoping that you might by chance have some way to confirm it or not." Cedric said as this but Harry in a bind.
"What my master is proposing is an alliance we share valuable information, and we can assist each other against the other Servants." Lancer clarified as Saber grinned to this.
"So; an alliance between Hogwarts masters, devious." Saber said as she was grinning to this.
"Right now, the prize is up in the air and with seven people gunning for it, I recon alliances were a given." Cedric said but was not done. "Even more so when you consider Archer." Cedric added as Harry noted how nervous he sounded.
"Yes, despite his arrogance Archer seems to carry more power than he was giving out." Saber said as she had got that sort of vibe from the gold armored asshole. "Archer and his master might be people we need to watch out for." Saber said and in turn they all considered what they do know.
But before they could talk further a fog began to roll in obscuring all of their visions. This got both Saber and Lancer to react drawing their weapons while standing protectively around their masters. Harry meanwhile felt a gold chill blow through not just any chill but the one he only got when a Dementor was nearby. But before Harry or Cedric could move the pair began to cough violently as the area was covered in it.
"Bullocks the fog its poison!" Saber called out as this meant one thing.
"Assassin." Lancer said before both servants acted to save their masters.
Saber grabbed Harry and slung him over her shoulders while Lancer grabbed Cedric and helped guide him out. Running through the woods the pair of Servants moved quickly to get out of the area. Eventually they got to the wood line and into safety where Harry was tossed down like a sack of potatoes.
"You alright, master?" Saber asked with a grin on her face.
"Yeah, I'll be fine." Harry said as he began to get up. "But why did you do that?!" Harry asked referring to Saber picking him up and tossing him down like that.
"Seemed faster at the time." Saber said as she looked to Harry.
"That was as close call though." Cedric said as it seems no one wanted to follow the rules the overseer put in place.
"Yeah, we better leave before Assassin shows up for real." Harry said unaware of Assassin coming out from the woods behind him.
Seeing the servant Saber acted and pushed Harry out of the way. "Look out!" Saber cried out as she pushed Harry and slashed upward at Assassin disarming her of one of her daggers and injuring her as well. "Nice try Assassin but you're not getting anywhere close to my master." Saber said as she shouldered her sword ready for battle.
"Hey, you cut us, that wasn't very nice." Assassin said as she looked to Saber and the cut on her arm.
"Not very nice, that's rich coming from you Wraith." Saber accused as she pointed her sword accusingly at Assassin. "I'm quite shocked you haven't started feeding on souls yet perhaps the ambient magic in the air is sustaining you." Saber theorized as she had detected what Assassin really was from the get-go.
"What's so wrong with that?" Assassin asked as her face then gained a sadistic smile before she threw a barrage of daggers at them. Saber acted and deflected them all with her sword and armor while Assassin vanished into the mist.
"Master stay put!" Saber called out and charged into the fight.
"Wait for me!" Lancer called as he gave chase to Saber to help her out against Assassin.
"She's like a Dementor." Harry said once the Servants were gone. "I wonder..." Harry's voice trailed off as he looked to his wand knowing of one spell, he could use to counteract Assassin.
(With the Servants)
"Show yourself Assassin!" Lancer called out as he and Saber looked for the enemy Servant.
In turn Assassin answered and attacked the pair. The two Servants deflected the attack before standing back-to-back. "Wow your pretty good!" Assassin called out as Saber growled to this.
"So, what you will Assassin. But your no heroic spirit you're just a serial killer!" Saber accused as she glared out to where she suspected Assassin was hiding.
"Huh? How did you know?" Assassin asked not even denying it which surprised Saber.
"What?!" Lancer asked shocked over such a confirmation.
Just then Assassin appeared before Lancer and Saber as she began to whisper to them. "Our true name... is Jack the Ripper." Assassin revealed as the name she used was the name of the infamous serial killer of Whitechapel. Acting fast the two Servants slashed at Assassin who in response jumped away and landed on all fours. "Pretty-Pretty Please won't you tell us your name, Lancer?" Assassin asked as she wanted to hear the true name of Lancer.
Saber roared and slammed her sword down on Assassin only for the Servant to avoid it by flipping over Saber. "Wanna see our Noble Phantasm, Saber?" Assassin asked as she jumped into the shadows of the fog. "We can show you our Noble Phantasm since you're a woman let's do it!" Assassin called out but Saber then smirked to this.
"Noble Phantasm, huh?" Saber spoke as her tone sounded like a challenge. "Well then allow me to demonstrate my Noble Phantasm!" Saber called out and thus prepared to use her mighty attack. "My Sword had been impregnated with the abilities of all the foes it had defeated in the past allowing for me to summon forth that power!" Saber announced and thus her sword began to give off a powerful glow. "Class is in session and Professor Gryffindor is about to educate you with one of her own spells! Thunderwing!" Saber announced and with a swing of her mighty blade she summoned a storm to blow away the mist revealing Assassin to them. The thunder she brought with it tore through the ground as she demonstrated the power she was packing here.
"Well Assassin go ahead and show me your Noble Phantasm and I'll do the same and show you mine!" Saber called out pointing her blade directly at Assassin challenging her to a battle of Noble Phantasm. "Well, if you're not going to I will, prepare to die ASSASSIN!" Saber roared out as she charged into the fight to eliminate Assassin. Her sword once more glowed to life before the blade itself split in two with an arch of magical power surging between it. "Burn Up! Roar Forth! GRYFFINDOR-!" Saber began but was then cut off by something in the distance.
Forced to cut her attack off Saber and Lancer dodged an attack from a distance. Once they avoided it the group looked to the source and were then met with Caster who stood there with Hermione. In Hermione's hand was a book as she glared at Assassin. Caster then summoned forth a Scepter and held it forth ready to cast a spell.
Not long after Harry and Cedric arrived to find the scene before them. Glaring at them Caster knew he had to act and thus went ahead and did so. "Expecto Patronum!" Caster invoked and thus sent forth a Patronus Charm a powerful one at that directly at Assassin.
Assassin went wide eyed with instinctive fear of the attack so when it got to her, she cried out in pain. "It hurts! Its burning!" Assassin cried out as Caster continued to onslaught causing her even more pain.
"Good, suffer and die! Assassin!" Caster yelled as he glared at Assassin who was trying to get away from the attack.
"Caster that's enough." Hermione said her voice deep with concern as the screams of Assassin echoed out from the Patronus Charm burning her body.
"Not until she has been eliminated." Caster countered as the only time this will be done is when the opposing Servant has been exterminated. Caster did not care if Assassin was a child, she was an enemy Servant and thus had to be dealt with to claim victory in the Holy Grail War.
Harry meanwhile saw this as just cruel as Caster continued his onslaught against the screaming Servant. "Stop it... STOP IT!" Harry called out as he tried to stop Caster only to be knocked aside by the Servant of the Mystic.
"CASTER!" Hermione yelled having just about enough of his cruelty. "By order of the Command Seal! Caster you are to stand down now!" Hermione yelled out her order and thus Caster went wide eyed as his body betrayed him forcing him to back off and let the now crying Caster go. Her skin was burnt but with enough magic fed into her she will make a full recovery. In turn Assassin vanished from sight as Caster gritted his teeth and glared at Hermione for her actions.
"You IDIOT!" Caster roared as he glared at Hermione. "Do you have any idea what just happened! She's escape recover from her injuries and become a problem for us later!" Caster yelled as he glared at Hermione.
"Caster what you were doing was just excessive!" Hermione yelled focusing her rage on Caster and the fact she was forced to use a Command Seal on him.
"IT WAS NECCESSARY!" Caster yelled shocking many as very few times have, they seen Caster raise his voice like that. "You're an idealist you want equality and peace you want to change the world. But ideals and pretty words won't change anything actions will." Caster spoke as the words he said came from his tortured broken heart. "You don't march into a war to talk about your problems you march into a war to kill an enemy seeking to kill you." Caster said as he turned away from Hermione his hand resting on his mask. "You extol such virtues yet fail to learn the history of humanity is that of violence, war, greed, and corruption." Caster said before turning his attention back to Hermione. "I learned a long time ago that no matter how much magic you have how pure you are you can't change the nature of humans." Caster spoke and thus Hermione found herself unable to respond to Caster on this regard.
"You can't save the world without changing it and you can't force people to change without staining your hands with blood." Caster said with his fists clenched as he glared at the group. "I intend to win this war for you, and I will do whatever is necessary to win regardless of your objections." Caster said as Hermione stood there in shock to see the sort of monster she had summoned. "You need to understand that you can't save one life without allowing another to suffer." Caster spoke and in turn Saber looked to Caster seeing not a monster but a poor broken human being who had suffered a hell that no man nor God could endure.
"Is that why you despise us Heroic Spirits?" Saber suddenly spoke getting everyone's attention. "The words you speak hold truth, yet they cannot be spoken from just anyone." Saber said as she gave Caster not a look of rage but a look of pity. "You were betrayed by your ideals weren't you, Caster? You suffered a betrayal that had caused you everything you held dear leaving you as a hollow shell of who you once were." Saber said as Caster stood there for a moment and then turned away with a growl.
"Assassin is named Jack the Ripper, I don't think much research is needed on her." Caster said and thus he vanished into particles of magic no doubt teleporting, elsewhere leaving everyone there in shock.
"Hermione?" Harry asked as he looked to Hermione with concern.
"I don't know who he was... but whoever he used to be I've never thought anyone could be so... broken." Hermione said wondering just what sort of poor sick man Caster once was in life before becoming a Heroic Spirit and Hermione's Servant.
(TBC)
ESKK: Yes, short but as long as I reached a word count of 6,000 words, I can walk away happy. Anyway, be sure to leave a review before leaving and as I always say, ja-ne.