Garo Dark Hollow

ESKK: Well, here we are Chapter 8 let's get this started, folks.

(Start Malfoy Manor)

The Death Eaters were in a meeting once more as Voldemort was seen passing out Crucio's like it was Halloween candy. He was angry… no he was furious as he fired off curse after curse to his minions. The boy broke into the Ministry of Magic the blasted Potter brat even exposed himself to them. It was all over the Daily Prophet; Harry Potter was back and with it the Light were now fighting with increased vigor. Dumbledore may be dead, but the back-to-back chaos had allowed Minerva McGonagall to take over as Headmistress before Snape could fill the position.

Thanks to her many of their future recruits were being held under scrutiny as even the Callow siblings were not enough. Everything was going so well to boot but now that Potter had returned Voldemort's plans had reached a hitch in the road. Taking a moment to calm himself Voldemort glared at his scattered followers no doubt deeply angered by their incompetence at allowing Harry Potter's return to become known to the Magical Population.

"Now that I have your undivided attention." Voldemort began as he glared down upon the Death Eaters. "We are being met with a problem." Voldemort said as he glared at his followers. "They know… they know Harry Potter has returned." Voldemort said as he went around the room glaring at his followers.

"My Lord with all the chaos we were left without a way to control the situation." A Death Eater said only to be hit with a Crucio by the Dark Lord.

"I don't want excuses!" Voldemort yelled as he glared at his follower. "I want results!" Voldemort yelled as clearly; he was not in the mood to deal with their sniveling. "We have no choice I want Potter found do what you can to draw him out, I want every Snatcher we have on this NOW!" Voldemort yelled as he glared at his foes. In turn the Death Eaters started to move to find anyway they can, to hunt down Harry and bring him to Voldemort to end his life personally.

But before they can go Voldemort cried out in pain causing all eyes to look to him in shock. "My lord!" Bellatrix cried out as she looked to Voldemort and in turn Voldemort slapped her away with his wand.

Voldemort was wide eyed as he could feel it. Once of his Horcrux's was just destroyed. 'The Horcrux.' Voldemort mentally gasped realizing another one of his anchors was destroyed bringing the total up to three destroyed anchors. 'That's why he was there!' Voldemort gasped mentally as he now knew what Harry was doing right now.

(Scene Break Forest of Dean)

Lucas was currently being Lucas as he was currently stabbing the locket with his short swords only to find the locket was still as much a Horcrux as when he started. Lucas currently was on locket watch after Harry and Hermione went to clean up their tent. Their first order of business was to destroy the blasted thing and Lucas was trying to destroy it himself. That and he was just plain bored at, the moment while he watched the locket.

"Stab break stab break." Lucas repeated as he continued with what he was doing but the Zero Swords were unable to break through the outer shell of the locket.

"It seems the fragment within is using its energy to make the outer shell impenetrable, Zero." Silva spoke as she watched Lucas, waste time.

"Yeah, I can see that, Silva." Lucas said as he continued with his attempt to entertain himself.

"The locket belonged to Salazar Slytherin, correct?" Silva asked as she had long since noticed the crest of Slytherin on the locket.

"Seems that way." Lucas responded as he kept stabbing at the Locket.

"So that means we will need someone with Salazar's ability to open the locket for us." Silva said as she then hummed in discomfort for a moment which Lucas took note of. "Sorry the Locket was trying to corrupt you again." Silva said as she figured the fragment was getting annoyed with what Lucas was doing.

"Great going to need another one then." Lucas said as he sheathed the sword and stretched his arms and back. "I wonder if they are done yet?" Lucas wondered as he looked to the others who were cleaning up camp. Just then he looked and saw Harry and Hermione standing there with packed bags and their gear ready to ship out. "Well speak of the devil." Lucas said when he saw the two standing there.

"You ready for this Lucas?" Harry asked as he looked over to their new friend.

"As I've ever be, damn thing has been trying to get into my head." Lucas said as he spun the locket in his hand by its chain.

"Not like there is much of a mind for it to use." Silva joked and thus Lucas glared at his Madou Amulet partner.

"Ok then here is the plan, Harry will open it, I'll keep it contained, and you do the honors." Hermione explained as it was straight to the point for them. "Any questions?" Hermione asked and thus the two boys looked to each other and then back to Hermione.

"Nope!" Both Harry and Lucas responded showing they were ready to destroy this Horcrux and move on.

"Good." Hermione said and thus Lucas had more to add.

"Ok once we finish up here, we head to the nearest town, get a car, and continue the hunt." Lucas said but Hermione was skeptical.

"But do you have a?" Hermione asked only for Lucas to pull out his Driver's License with a smirk showing he was at least 18 years old. With these factors in place, it was clear that Lucas was of age to drive his own car. "Ok just checking." Hermione said and thus they got to work on their needed task.

Everyone got into position as Hermione erected a barrier to contain the Horcrux for when it was opened. Harry stood within hearing range so he can open the Horcrux locket. Finally, Lucas had his swords drawn held in a reverse grip ready for what they would need to do here. The locket then opened and nearly blew all of them back by shear force of magic. Thankfully the barrier Hermione had erected kept it contained.

"Well look what we have here, fragment of a shit kid who became a shit man." Lucas taunted as he spread his arms out at the soul fragment. The Fragment was about to try and tempt Lucas once more like it had done since Lucas held on using the power it absorbed from Umbridge. Thankfully Lucas was smart and fast as he then jumped up and slashed down on the locket removing the illusion before it could even try to tempt him. Following it up Lucas used his other sword to stab at it causing an ear-piercing screech to go off no doubt Voldemort's scream.

"Alright he shoots he scores, and the crowd goes wild!" Lucas cheered as he treated it like it was a joke which Harry found annoying at times but let Lucas have this for now.

"Well at least we know Soul Metal can destroy them." Hermione said with a sigh of relief on her part. "Now we best get moving preferably before You Know Who comes looking." Hermione said as Lucas then had an idea to really screw with the bastard.

"You guys go on ahead… I'll catch up." Lucas said taking the remains of the Locket with a smirk.

"What are you going to do?" Harry asked and thus Lucas smirked to this.

"I'm going to screw around with the bastard." Lucas said and thus Harry and Hermione had a bad feeling about this.

(Later The Forest of Dean)

Someone had said the name and thus Snatchers appeared to investigate the scene. As they were walking about, they had used their wand to track the movements of their prey only to be surprised when they could not find a trace. A few waves of their wands and still nothing to note of the fool who said the Dark Lords name. Well, that was not entirely true as they did find a source of some sort. They walked over to a Tree and saw a knife stabbed into it and hanging off it was a broken locket with a note on it.

"Property of the Heir of Slytherin… just thought he'd want it back -Zero."

When the Snatchers saw this, they had a bad feeling about this. But compelled to do so by some sort of force they took the locket to return it to its rightful owner. But when he got it back… needless to say, Voldemort was going to be pissed off with it.

(Meanwhile with the trio)

"I can't, believe you did that." Harry said as he looked to Lucas as even Hermione was shocked about this.

"Hey, he wants to start a war might as well screw with him while we do it." Lucas said with a cocky smirk on his face. "I mean come on 'Harry Potter has returned,' is going to be that rags headline and thus major morality boost for the people fighting against V." Lucas began as he looked to Harry. "We broke his Horcrux so if he lashes out against the people, they'll lash out harder so either he offs his followers while enraged or we start numbing the Death Eaters." Lucas said as they walked down the beaten path to the nearest town.

"That was a reckless gamble, Zero." Silva scolded as she knew her partner took a big risk doing what he just did.

"Hey Silva go all in or go home." Lucas said as they continued their path.

"Well, be that as it may, we should stay the evening at a hotel and continue on in the morning once we have a car." Hermione said as she walked with the two Makai Knights. "Once that is done, we head on to a village belonging to the Makai Order and plan our next move there." Hermione said as she had a plan on what they would need to do.

"Got it, just remember when we set up camp I'm nearby." Lucas said sounded like he was teasing the couple causing Harry to roll his eyes to the Silver Knight.

"Do you have an off switch by chance?" Harry asked as he looked over to Lucas who then smirked to Harry.

"Sure, I do Harry its next to the rectum… or is that the 'on,' switch?" Lucas joked and thus Hermione gagged at the crude joke Lucas had just made.

"Hermione… can you conjure some backpacks for us in case the Hotel is muggle owned?" Harry asked with a face palm as he tried hard not to laugh at the joke. "Preferably before Lucas does something stupid." Harry added and thus Hermione was already on it.

"We're going for the lost hiker's story?" Hermione asked as she conjured the bags.

"Yes, we are." Harry responded as they continued their path.

"Ok and what about the rest?" Lucas asked as Hermione thought about it. Due to their work with the Order, they had plenty of money to spare.

"Easy the friend who crashed our honeymoon." Hermione smirked as Lucas was about to argue on that one.

But then Lucas stopped himself and shrugged seeing the reason. "Sounds like something I'd do." Lucas said surprising Harry when the Silver Knight said that.

"That sounds something I might need to concern myself over." Harry said as he looked to Lucas with that one.

"Well at least he's better company then Ron would have been." Hermione said as she looked to Lucas with shock.

"Anyway, are we far enough form Lucas' little stunt?" Harry asked as he looked to Hermione while giving a glare to Lucas.

"We should be so Harry; Lucas gather close to me." Hermione said taking out her Madou Brush. Once they were all gathered, they got ready before disapparate away. Once everyone was gathered Hermione performed the spell and thus, they were all gone with a Makai Kanji sign left behind which then popped away.

(Scene Break Voldemort's lair)

In Malfoy Manor it was clear that Lucas's assumption was spot on when he predicted how ticked Voldemort would be. The Snatchers brought back his locket Horcrux destroyed and tarnished after the fool who did so spoke his name to draw them in. It had to be Potter and one of his new allies and they were taunting him with this. He was firing off his torture curse every which way as things were not turning out as he had planned.

Already Voldemort had raided Dumbledore's tomb only to find the Elder Wand was not there with him. The Unbeatable wand was taken by the one who killed Dumbledore and thus with no way to track it he was back to square one. He was infuriated beyond all belief as he held Lucius Malfoy under the curse to free himself of his own rage at this.

The Snatchers saw that whoever did it covered their tracks well and had spoke his name on purpose to draw them out. If they were smart enough to do this, then chances are they would at any moment use more extreme methods with the Taboo. Voldemort was no fool he had long since suspected the Taboo word could be used to draw his followers into a trap. But as luck would have it the weaklings did not realize this, and Voldemort planned to keep it that way for as long as he possibly could. If they learned of the Achilleas heel of the taboo word, he would be sending out his followers to their deaths.

Though while the Dark Lord cared little for his followers, he also knew he needed them to have a fighting force against the Mudblood infestation. For now, Voldemort had to wait for the ones hunting his Horcrux to slip up and when they did, they would suffer for crossing him.

(Scene Break Unknown Muggle Town)

The trio were currently at a Muggle Town after travelling for a bit and porting themselves there. The Hotel they chose was mostly vacant which suited them both just fine. The downside was that it was not associated with the Makai Order and thus they had to use made up stories to stay the evening. They also used a bit of magic to help with that so no one would ask unneeded questions of the trio. Since this was the low season, the hotel had quite a few vacant rooms and the receptionist was glad to give them the best room. For Harry and Hermione, the pair got a room that was intended for newly-weds while Lucas got a room with a single bed for himself. Hermione's credit card was accepted with no problems after she'd made sure it showed her new alias.

We now find Harry and Hermione in their hotel room as the room did in fact look like a newlywed suite judging by the furry handcuffs Harry found. Lucas would have had a field day with his quips if he saw this room at any point. Hermione was first to enjoy the bathroom, although not for too long. Her training played a role as well as the need to keep a shower under 5 minutes at best. When Harry heard the shower turn off, he saw how she came out, wearing the hotel's bathrobe.

"So, Lucas agreed to find a car tomorrow morning." Harry said as Hermione came out and sat on the bed while drying her hair.

"Good with his license it should give us a better way to travel without drawing attention to ourselves." Hermione said knowing they had to keep themselves hidden from those who wanted them dead. "Now then take a quick bath or shower and come to bed. We need at least four hours of sleep now." Hermione said and thus Harry opted to comply with her.

Harry in turn made his way to the shower and ignored Hermione's panties on the floor. While they had yet to become physically intimate with each other Harry was no stranger to her underwear. More then that he had clothing over at Hermione's parents place for the evenings he would stay over. So again, he was no stranger to her undergarments.

Eventually when Harry was finished in the shower he got out and began to approach the bed. As he grew closer, he found out that Hermione was already asleep, and the blanket was covering her up to her nose. Opting not to disturb her he put on a pair of boxers and joined her on the other side of the bed. When his head hit the pillow, it only took less then a minute for him to fall asleep.

(Meanwhile that same evening nearby)

A nun was seen walking down the street at night holding a winter coat around her shoulders as she walked. It was a peaceful town in London as streetlights shined the way for her. She was calm and yet looking to be bored as her aura suggested she wasn't fond of her life. As she walked through, the nun heard something and looked to investigate. She saw to her shock a woman completely naked as she laid on the ground unmoving.

"My God." The woman said before she ran over to the maiden and looked her over. "She's breathing." The nun said checking for a pulse. "God must have delivered a blessing to you." The nun said as she looked around.

"Are you ok?" She asked as the woman then looked up to the nun who gave her aid. "Are you not able to move?" The nun asked as she knew she had to get this woman somewhere warm. The Nun then sighed and picked the woman up before carrying her off to safety. Unaware of the horrors about to erupt this night. She in turn began to carry her to the Church in which she called home to the public but prison in her most private of thoughts.

(Later that evening Church)

The Nun had placed the mysterious nude woman on a sofa with a blanket covering her modesty as best she could. The nun was nowhere to be seen as around the room were marine animals with a few mice here and there.

Just then the door opened, and the nun walked carrying a dress of sorts as she walked over to the nude woman. She carefully sniffed the dress in question lovingly and almost with desire as she made her way to her unusual guest. "I do hope this is to your liking. It was all we had around here." The nun said but her guest was still unresponsive.

"Um… my name is Maria the same name as the Virgin Maria. Might I ask your name?" Maria asked as she looked to her unusual yet silent guest. But once more Maria was met with silence before she sighed in response. "Might I ask why you were lying out there like that? Did someone perhaps hurt you?" Maria asked as she looked to the quiet woman. "You need not answer if you do not wish to." Maria offered as clearly, she wanted to help her strange guest.

"Um… if you want, I can talk to my father he's the father who runs this church to let you stay for as long as you need." Maria said as she then began to walk to the sink nearby and grabbed a clean washcloth. "My father would never do anything to hurt you." The nun said as she rolled down her sleeves quickly to hide the apparent bruising there.

Maria soon went back to the woman in question and held the cloth at the ready. "I'm going to wash you now, ok." Maria said as she looked to her guest. Maria then carefully removed the offered clothing and began to do as she said she would. But at the same time Maria gulped as she could not help but admire her guests form. The sinful desires that entered her mind was the exact reason she became part of this church.

When Maria got the clothing out of the way she tried to keep these desires in check and pray to her God for strength before picking up the strange woman. She stood the nude woman up and began to use the cloth to wash her body. The woman in question did nothing to object as Maria felt her lips go dry from this action.

She continued to do so allowing the cloth to travel across her guest's body as she was making sure she was squeaky clean. Quiet soon Maria was done as she allowed the cloth to travel up from her folds to her guest's breasts. From there the two locked eyes on each other as Maria felt those desires she had long since buried resurface. Maria found herself blushing before gulping down the saliva in her mouth before looking away.

"I shall poor you a glass of water." Maria said before walking away to get the water. But as Maria walked away, she soon heard a loud splash of water and looked to the source. She saw one of her fishes was missing and in turn heard chewing sounds. She looked and saw that her guest was eating her pets raw not caring for the blood of it on her mouth. AS she ate Maria was amazed at seeing color return to her form from the meal she ate.

This in turn caused Maria to smile in response as it had been some time since she last saw such an act of magic… magic her father frowned upon as the work of Satan himself.

(Scene Break the next Morning)

The alarm clock on the bedside table awakened them, no doubt Hermione had set it before falling asleep. It was early afternoon by then and by the looks of it, early enough for the pair to have a late lunch. The alarm had also awoken Hermione as she proceeded to stretch in bed letting her joints pop back into place.

With a small yawn Hermione directed her attention to Harry and opted to greet the Golden Knight. "Slept well?" Hermione asked as she seemed peppy this morning.

"Splendidly! And you?" Harry asked casually not minding the fact Hermione was only in her knickers right now. Just then a knock was heard at the door causing Harry to sigh. "I'll get it." Harry said as he grabbed his pants and put them on to be somewhat decent for their new guest. Hermione nodded and opted to get ready for the day suspecting it was Lucas who was currently at the door.

As Hermione entered the bathroom with a change of cloths Harry opened the door to find it was inf act Lucas knocking on the door. "Lucas what is it?" Harry asked as he looked to Lucas.

"We got a problem." Lucas said as he held a red letter to Harry.

"Horror." Harry growled when he saw the letter knowing what tidings it brough to them. Harry took out his Madou Lighter and proceeded to light the letter on fire to unveil the message within it. "A shadow has appeared within this district seek it out in the house of God where it denies itself truth and cut away its sin." Harry read aloud as Lucas knew what this meant here.

"Orders are orders." Lucas said and thus Harry looked to Lucas. "Ok Lucas go find us that car while me and Hermione start on the Horror." Harry said as Lucas nodded to his fellow Knight.

"You got it." Lucas said as he then left to find their group a car.

Once Lucas was left it didn't take long for Hermione to come out of the bathroom as she looked to Harry. "Harry, was that Lucas?" Hermione asked as she looked to Harry.

"Yeah, he's heading out to find us a car, but right now we have a job to do." Harry said and thus Hermione knew what this meant, they needed to hunt down a Horror that has appeared. "I'll go get ready just be ready for anything ok, Hermione." Harry said and thus Hermione nodded and went to grab the rest of her gear.

(Scene Break that evening Maria)

Maria was seen grabbing some of the firefly eggs she had buried and brought it over to her guest. She held it before her mouth and smiled when she saw her guest eat it without question or argument. "Truly to eat what is given without complaint you had lived a hard life to appreciate such things." The nun said as she smiled at the woman before her. "But how can you eat these but not foods I eat?" The nun asked curious as she was curious how her mysterious guest could do such things.

The woman did not respond and in turn Maria was wide eyed when she found her hands roaming up the nude woman's thighs. Maria began to let any second guessing on such an action go to the wind as she had much baggage to get off her chest. "I envy you miss." Maria confessed as she looked to her guest with some envy and desire. "You don't have to hide or live a lie… unlike me… forced to do so since childhood." Maria said before she hugged her guest to whom she desired.

Maria then gasped a bit and let the woman go as she was surprised by this. "You are cold. I shall get you warm." Maria said as she helped her guest to her feet again. In doing so she proceeded to hug the mysterious woman close to help warm her up. Maria smiled as she sniffed her neck taking in her guest's scent. "You smell nice." Maria confessed as she savored the scent.

"I wish you were mine." Maria confessed showing she was not truly living as a nun should showing how much she hated her life.

Just then the woman's eyes went black as night as Maria then gasped in shock when she heard and saw the woman's back splitting open. The woman fell to her hands and knees as she began to breathe a husky sensual breath. She felt both pain and pleasure from it as her back split open revealing a new form underneath. Maria knew she should be afraid or that she should get help but instead she found herself rooted to the ground attracted and aroused by such an image.

From there the girl began to take a new form while freeing herself from the old shell she inhabited. Once she was free Maria ran over to her and looked her over in shock and wonder at what she saw. The woman then smiled as it was as if God had delivered this woman to her for her suffering and to free her from the lie, she was forced to live.

(Later that night)

Harry, Hermione, and Lucas were now out in town that night. Thankfully Lucas was able to get the car they needed and had parked it nearby for later use. Going around they had talked with several people that lived in the area.

Of course, they gave a few lies and truths while asking a few questions of these people. Hermione of course wrote down a few things on a small note pad with a pencil. "Thank you I'll make sure these are listed down in the reports." Hermione said to a few passing people who nodded and took their leave of the Makai Priestess. The pair soon began to walk away as Harry and Hermione looked to each other with all the information they had gathered on the Horror.

"Just as the message said the Horror's general hunting ground is around the local Church." Hermione said as she confirmed information they already knew about.

"We need a trail to follow." Harry said looking around for a bit. "Zaruba, do you have anything we can follow?" Harry asked as he looked to the Madou Ring.

"Yes, its faint but it's there." Zaruba said and thus Harry nodded before the pair followed to where Zaruba sensed the faint trail of the Horror)

(Later)

Harry and Hermione arrived at the scene where area Maria had discovered the woman as they looked around for any signs of the Horror. The pair saw that Lucas was already here no doubt following the same trail as them. "Lucas did you find anything?" Harry asked getting straight down to business.

"Not much but it's something." Lucas said as Silva and Zaruba were sensing around the area for a trace of their target. "So, this is where the gate opened right?" Lucas asked his partner as he looked down to Silva for any answers that he may have.

"Yes Zero." Silva confirmed as she looked to her partner.

"So where is it?" Lucas asked as he saw no sign of the Horror.

"Harry." Zaruba spoke up getting his partner's attention on him. "Look." Zaruba said as Lance made his way to the spot in question. Harry then placed his left hand on the ground and with Zaruba began to sense around.

"Is it the gate?" Lucas asked but Lance focused.

"No emotional residue." Harry said as Lucas was intrigued by this if not a tad bit concerned here.

"The Horrors victim?" Lucas asked but Zaruba spoke up to clarify what they found.

"No. This wasn't a Horror." Zaruba confirmed as he knew what was going on around here.

(Back at the Church)

Maria was taking pictures of her new lover as she realized they were moving quite fast. Though she cared little for it. She used a Polaroid to take the picture and smiled as she saw her lover all but posing for it like a Mona Lisa. Maria then took the image and added it to a board of sorts with similar images smiling to it.

Maria then returned to her love and caressed her hair as it was like she found herself again. She was once more made whole, and she cared little for how it went against everything she had been taught or had shoved down her throat her whole life. Her guest then made a small sound as Maria knew instantly what it was as the way she moved made it clear.

"Oh, you're hungry again?" Maria said as she then made her way to her remaining pets. "You are such a glutton sometimes sweetie." Maria said as she grabbed the nearest food and got it ready. "I envy you." Maria said as she made sure the food was nice and tender for her possible lover. "My whole life my parents had forced me into a mindset of their belief. I… I have magic but was forced to hide it and when my father found out about it with my mother…" Maria began holding back the tears. "They beat me trying to free Satan's grip from me as they said." Maria said rolling up her sleeves to reveal the bruises scattered across it.

"So, in private was the only time I could use my magic at least until the letters arrived. My father would not have me going to a school of Satanic worshipers and thus we were forced to move constantly until they shipped me off to a catholic school… there my life was made worse. My father learned of my true sinful self and sent me to that school to cure me." Maria confessed as she kissed the side of the woman's head.

"So, from then until now… I had lived a lie this form you see was just a mask… but you let me be myself… I thank you for that." Maria said hugging her lover until she heard movement from outside. Maria was wide eyed when she heard this and quickly got her lover to a hiding spot.

Then in just the nick of time the door opened and in came the man who controlled most of her life. Her father dressed as he always has a pastor. He walked in and began to inspect the area as he swore there was someone else in here when he arrived.

The pastor walked in as he looked around noticed the room despite being kept was a bit off. He then began to search around to make sure nothing was off about it. But then he heard movement and saw Maria walked out as she looked to the father shyly. "Good evening, Father what brings you here." Maria greeted with a small bow while trying to act natural.

"Ah Maria, you startled me a bit." The man said as he didn't realize Maria was here.

"Doing your rounds and inspection?" Maria asked as the man nodded.

"Of course… after all we can't have any." He trailed off as the next words that left his mouth was clearly insulting. "Unsavory sorts making its way here." The man said with venom to his tone as he looked around while Maria hoped he wouldn't look inside her closet of secrets.

"Of course." Maria agreed though not truly meaning her agreement.

"Well then." He began before he noticed something that clearly didn't belong in the room. He walked over to it and picked it up noticing it was a pair of panties. A pair he knew his daughter would never wear less she suffer the consequences for wearing such slovenly wear. "Where did this come from?" He asked as Maria was wide eyed in fear to this. When Maria didn't answer he got angry and began to raise his voice. "I said… WHERE DID THIS COME FRO?!" He demanded this time as Maria had to fix this fast.

"It's not mine." Maria tried to defend as the pastor glared at his daughter for this.

"If not then whose?!" He demanded intent on weeding out her lies if it killed her. Just then both heard the closet door creek as Maria was wide eyed when she saw it. The man realized what was going on and quickly went for the Closet Door to find out the truth. But as he opened the door, he was wide eyed at what he saw in fear until the girl Maria had brought in jumped the man and pinned him to the ground.

She once more unleashed her Xenomorph tongue and dug it into the pastor's head. The man cried out in both shock and horror as he was consumed by the Horror his daughter brought in. When the Horror was done, she began to reel back as Maria caught her in her arms. The Horror was soon being covered by a shell casing as Maria was shocked by this. But just then the doors were heard slamming open causing Maria to panic and with her lover run as the result.

(Meanwhile with the Trio)

Harry, Hermione, and Lucas arrived at the Church as they had tracked down the Horror's scent to this very building. "Zaruba is this the place?" Harry asked as he looked down to the Madou Ring.

"Yes, I sense the Inga, but the Horror is keeping itself well hidden." Zaruba responded and in turn the trio got ready to charge in.

The trio began to make their way inside the Church after having to force the door open. Thankfully no damages were done but still the place was quiet ominously quiet in fact.

"Looks like no one is home." Lucas said as he looked around for the Horror.

Just then Zaruba's eyes widened as he sensed a flare up from the Horror. "Harry the Horror!" Zaruba warned just before a scream of terror was heard. The group ran off to locate the source and in turn found the priest here with a hole through his head as near a window a shadow was seen carrying a limp form. The duo went for the attack, but the shadow got away leaving a door open. "I sense a taint nearby." Zaruba said and thus Harry looked to the door that was slightly opened to them.

Hermione then noticed something else and thus went to investigate it. Once she got close, she removed the cloth and gasped at what she saw. Harry saw this and then looked to the door once more as he had a sinking feeling about this situation.

"Holy Mother of God." Lucas gasped at what he saw before him.

"No sane human would do something so horrific." Zaruba said as he had seen many troubling things in his time but very few have reached this level for him.

Hermione then saw the scalding rage building in Harry as he glared at the scene before him. "Harry." Hermione trailed off as she knew that Harry wanted a go at this Horror regardless of what happens in the end.

(Scene Break Nun)

Maria was seen holding her hands to her chest as she looked down with a saddened look. She looked to her lover with longing as the cocoon her love had chosen to hide in was still and hard. "It's not fair." She began as she removed the veil from her head revealing her lovely black hair. "My father never gave me a choice neither him nor my mother gave me a choice." she said as she then laid down next to the cocoon. "I'm tired of living this lie. I want to be a monster like you I want to stop having to hide because my father says what I do is the work of the devil." Maria said as she laid down next to the cocoon and moved her hands to its form where she knew the hip was.

"Let's... let's be together for ever you can devour me, and we can be as one for all time." She said with a smile as she was clearly suffering from Stockholm syndrome... or so it would appear.

But before any more actions could be taken the cocoon began to crack open and reveal the beauty inside. The woman began to rise from her chrysalis as she stood tall causing Maria to smile at her magnificence as if God finally saw fit to grant her the reward she deserved for her suffering. The woman began to stand tall as bare as the day she was born as Maria stood tall as well as she smiled to her love.

"Beautiful." Maria said as she smiled and allowed herself to grow close to the woman. "I want... pleasure before you devour me." Maria said as she moved her hand across her cheek. "Grant me the pleasure of being true to myself before I die and go to hell." She said and in turn she began to make love with the woman who had stolen her heart.

As she continued to do this, she was clearly unaware of the truth but before it could go any further the Garoken was seen as the girl was pulled away from the nun. The woman then fell as she landed in the waiting arms of Hermione where she fell limp.

The Nun was wide eyed as she cried out and charged torts Lance grabbing his coat. "Kill me! Please kill me too!" She begged as she honestly wanted to die. "Please." She begged as she desired death above all others.

"Of course, we will." Harry said as he looked to the girl from behind getting her attention on him. "It's our job to cut down Horrors." Harry added as he glared down the girl who was shocked by this. He then walked over to the girl and then lit his Madou Lighter and surprisingly enough when the emerald, green flame was lit her eyes responded by showing the mark of a Horror.

Lucas then walked around her and held one of his swords close to her neck. "Geez why does it have to be the cute ones who are the Horrors." Lucas said with an annoyed sigh.

The nun by instinct alone began to panic and run for her life. "Help!" She cried out only to run into Hermione's waiting hand which she charged her magic into. In turn they watched as the Horror Nun's memories returned to her.

(Flashback)

The Nun was in her outfit as she was seen taking advantage of her first victim the first girl the Horror had taken the form of. She sighed in pure bliss and pleasure caring little for what her victim was feeling. She then drew a sacrificial dagger of sorts and in turn stabbed the girl through the chest between her breasts and in turn her pleasure increased revealing her sick desire of necrophilia.

The Result as Maria was seen fixing herself up, she looked behind her in time to see the Horror's possession of her.

(Flashback end)

Maria was wide eyed as the memories returned to her full force of what she had done because that girl wasn't her first victim, but she was her last victim as a human.

(Flashback continue)

The scene showed her home as she was covering another girl in sheets who had the unfortunate fate of being her most recent victim before switching to another one as at first it appeared she was cleaning her off but was in fact eating her. It was proven further as she ate what was assumed to be either her organ or heaven forbid a limb.

(Flashback End)

Maria was wide eyed when it came back to her realizing what she had been doing and those events before were her own delusions.

(Flashback continue)

Maria was once more in the church area, but a regular visitor walked in exploring a bit until Maria appeared behind her and turned her around. She then opened her mouth and sent a xenomorph like tongue through her forehead which was noticeable later when the nun was taking pictures of the dead nude girl who now had a hole in her forehead.

It later showed Maria's father walking in and going wide eyed in horror as to what he found in Maria's closet before Maria grabbed him, pinned him down, and proceeded to exact her vengeance upon him by consuming him as a Horror. In the closet the scene was that of many dead women all of which were Maria's victims whom she had taken great pleasure in ending for her own needs, desire, and food.

(End Flashback)

Maria cried out grabbing her head as Harry saw this for, he dared not to think what a Horror with its memories back was like. "Well, she remembers so I guess a second date is a no." Lucas joked as he walked around looking down upon Maria.

Maria began to get back up as she smirked and looked to the group gathered around her. "I remember." Maria said as she smirked to the group. "The flavor of terrified humans amuses me!" Maria said in a demonic voice as it was clear Maria a nun was both the murderer, rapist, and Horror. After all, who would suspect a servant of God to do such things and most of all a woman of all people?

Maria began to look upon her hand inspecting it as she smirked a bit. "The wretched humans are now a part of my body. Those, woman who were free to do and live as they pleased instead of locked away in some closet to pray to a God who would not listen to his suffering followers, and that man who became the source of that torment. None of them matter now!" Maria called out as the two Makai Knights got ready to do battle with this psychotic Nun turned Horror.

"The Horror known as Lazarus." Silva began as she made herself known while informing Lucas of what sort of Horror he was dealing with.

"It mocks life but lies to itself to feed its dark desires." Zaruba added as he gave information on the Horror to his own Makai Knight.

Understanding the warning Harry drew the Garoken and glared at his foe ready for combat. "I feel pity for you from your human life." Harry began as he then dropped into a battle stance to face the Horror. "But you let that trauma turn you into this. So, forgive me Sister but I will cut down your Inga." Harry announced and thus Maria snarled at Harry showing she was not going down without a fight.

In turn Maria roared out and thus she began to transform into her true form. When the transformation began her eyes blasted open to reveal antennas before her head demonically twisted upside down that then resulted in her entire body exploding into the Horrors true form. In her place was an insect like Horror with spider like legs and bladed claw like appendages for arms. Where Maria's mouth used to be pincers and fangs were seen as around her skull were insect like eyes. The head in general still resembled a human head but the teeth of the skull formed into some sort of crown with sickly ebony hair flaying off the top.

The Horror roared and snarled as everyone was ready to fight against the foe standing before them. To start off the Horror jumped and flipped so it was sticking to the ceiling. It proceeded to fire an acid like substance at Hermione. Lucas jumped in proceeded to summon his armor and began Zero and used his armor to shield Hermione from the attack.

Seeing how the acid melted through everything it encountered Harry proceeded to summon his own armor. When he sliced open the portal Garo soon stood in Harry's ready for battle. Acting fast Hermione left her cover and began to cast a spell with her Madou Brush. With a few quick movements and hand signs, that ended with a ram sign, the spell was ready. Once it was ready, she sent the spell over to Garo who pointed it at the spell and saw how his weapon of choice gained a lightning current coursing through it.

Zero then charged in and stabbed one of his swords at the Horror forcing it to come down. As it flew towards the ground Zero used the other sword of the pair to slash it before freeing it and kicking it towards Garo. Garo was ready to attack and thus with a roar slashed through the Horror ending it reign of terror upon this world.

The Horror was clearly a weaker one and thus easy for Two Knights and One Priestess to deal with this evening. Once the job was done the two Knights disengaged their armors and reverted, back to their regular civilian forms. The hunt was done and thus they would be needed to head out early morning seeing how late it was.

"Well, we did a lot in the past two days." Lucas said as he rolled his shoulder a bit. "We destroyed a Horcrux, I probably pissed off a Dark Lord, I got a car, and we hunted psycho nun turned Horror." Lucas said in a casual tone as he once more treated it like it was just a normal day for him.

"Yes, but its late now." Hermione said as she saw the position the moon was at in the sky. She then yawned showing that she wanted to rest for a bit now after the two days of excitement.

"I could not agree more." Harry said as they could all do for a lie in knowing full well that come tomorrow it will be a luxury for the trio. "Though in retrospect if we had gone Horcrux hunting with Ron we'd probably still be stuck on the Locket and stuck in a tent out in the middle of nowhere." Harry said as Lucas nodded to this.

"Sounds legit… even if I don't know who this Ron guy even is." Lucas said and thus Hermione sighed to this.

"Nobody you need to concern yourself with." Hermione said and thus with a shrug Lucas went off to find the car so they can be ready to depart to their next destination.

(Scene Break Dark Unknown lair)

The young man sat in his seat with a cup of scotch in his hand. As he spun the drink in the glass cup he smirked when the young woman from before approached him. "The Horcrux was destroyed and a significant drop in the chaos they caused had been noted." The woman said as she looked to her partner in crime/lord and master.

"Will that be a problem?" He asked with a calm tone suggesting he wanted the truth.

"At the moment no it may push us back in a few places but noting we cannot recover from, just so long as they stretch out the Horcrux's destruction between them." The woman said and thus the man understood the warning in her tone.

"Very well our best bet would be to put as many obstacles as we can to stall them between Horcrux's." The man said in a calm tone. "Make the needed arrangements." He said and thus the woman nodded to the man.

"As you wish." She said with a bow to him. "But what do you plan to do tonight?" She asked looking to the man before her.

"Heh…" He scoffed a bit and thus smiled to her. "A powerful Horror has appeared this evening, would be a shame if I let anyone else have a go at it." He said and thus his amulet glistened in the dull light of their lair.

The last thing seen of this man was a shadow of a Knight but one that gave off an ominous dark aura. Whoever these masterminds were clearly had advantages their foes did not and were playing the long game of chess. The question remained what was, their final move, what was their endgame. Only time will reveal this answer.

(TBC)

ESKK: Well, here we go a new chapter finished and over with. Now you all know the routine be sure to leave me a review before you leave and as I always say here ja-ne.