Garo Dark Hollow
ESKK: Well, here we are Chapter 11 years in the making. Now then let's get to work.
(Start On the Road)
Tonks had parted ways from them after the Land of Guidance and in her place taking shotgun seat was Simon who was leaning against the window of the car. It would seem Simon had received new orders to aid the trio making them a quartet as they hunt down the last Three Horcrux's. As it stands Halloween had come and go as did thanksgiving and judging by the snowfall Christmas was just around the corner. Hopefully, Horror activity would be lower this time of year, but Harry didn't count on it.
"Harry." Hermione began as she looked and saw Harry with a look of longing in his eyes. "Harry." Hermione repeated and thus got his attention.
"Oh? Sorry Mione I was just thinking was all." Harry said as he looked to the Witch who stole his heart. After figuring out the last three Horcrux's locations they had plans to raid Voldemort's base of Operations for it. Dobby would be their way in, but they needed to be smart about this and not go in swords swinging. As they continued their journey Harry had wondered if there may be some secrets hidden away for them to use seeing as this war was beginning to drag on for them.
Horrors were spiking here and there but nothing they could not handle it would seem. Regardless Harry began to allow his mind to wonder and in turn began to think. "Hey, Lucas can you make a detour?" Harry asked as he looked to Simon who raised a brow in confusion.
"Yeah, sure but what for?" Lucas asked wondering why they needed to make such a detour.
"Just need to be here is all." Harry said as he looked to the sign and thus Lucas did as was asked of him to do. Taking the exit, they began to head to their detour which was none other than Godric's Hollow.
(Scene Break Malfoy Manor)
Needless to say, Voldemort was enraged as so far, they had yet to find any lead on Potter's current location. It was maddening that while Potter is seen as alive still the Wizarding community will continue to fight back against him. Those parasitic mudbloods tarnishing everything pure in the wizarding world. So far, his agents have kept the status quo but the loss of Umbridge had set them back a great deal. Furthermore, with Amelia and Sirius Black heading up the fight against Death Eaters both within the Ministry and on the field, it was a constant stalemate.
But he was even more frustrated with recent discoveries involving a side project of his. The Unbeatable Elder Wand was not in Dumbledore's tomb when Voldemort had gone to retrieve it. At first Voldemort would have suspected that the old man had sent it elsewhere to keep it away from him at least until he noticed the stab wound on Dumbledore. This meant that the headmaster was murdered and whomever had done the deed was not the Elder Wands Master. This put a lot against him since he needed that want to be able to kill Harry since his own wand was unable to do it since it shared a core with Potters. With this major setback, it was evident Voldemort needed a new way to end Potter and as much as he abhorred the thought that he may need to use a blade to do the job instead. Still Voldemort was immortal he had nothing but time to end his enemy once and for all but there are other variables to consider. As of right now his remaining Horcruxes were secured in their hiding places.
One hidden in Gringotts, one hidden in Hogwarts, and Nagini safe with him. But if Potter was hunting them down, he may need to consider beefing up security around his anchors to ensure they remain in one piece. In the room he had claimed as his own Voldemort schemed and planned but all his plans had the consistent problem of Potter getting involved somehow. He may need to do something grand in order to remind the populace why they fear to even utter the name of the Dark Lord. So long as that damned Prophesy exists Voldemort would never know peace until Potter was eliminated.
He was the chosen one for magic born to purge these putrid mudblood from a pure magical society. He was destined to cleanse this world of the mongrels so only pure wizarding blood may remain to dominate the world. But to do this he needed to remove Potter as his final obstacle to his destiny. But first he would need information on that golden armor that Potter now wields. The light it was as if that armor were the very embodiment of the light and Voldemort would do all in his power to purge that reached light from existence. He was the Dark Lord after all and now light was too great for him to erase from the world.
Thus, Voldemort went on to continue his research on this armor hoping to find a weakness to exploit. After all Potter may have acquired power but in the end, he was still a mortal trapped to the inevitability of death. Voldemort shared no such weakness, and he will enjoy reminding why only Lord Voldemort is allowed to live in eternity.
(Scene Break Godrics Hollow)
In the shadows of Godrics Hollow a Death Eater was seen in an abandoned house skipping about enjoying his latest hunt. His mask was all but discarded revealing an unassuming figure underneath it. Surrounding him was the remains of his latest prey all of whom looked as if some sort of monster had mauled them.
He was humming a small tune to himself that sounded like a nursery rhyme with how it went. The entire scene was that of a horror movie as the entire home was stained with freshly spilled blood as the Horror had happily fed this evening. Taking a moment to stop he smiled to himself and thus sighed before looking to the night outside. "Well, let us continue the hunt." The Death Eater said and thus began to take his leave to start hunting for more prey to feed upon.
(Scene Break with the Makai Group)
The Group arrived at their destination parking out on the curve when they arrived. "Godric's Hollow." Hermione said looking around to see that they had made it and good news no problems on their part.
"Meh doesn't look like much." Lucas said as he looked around the place not making much of it.
"It's a community comprised of both wizards and mundane folks." Simon said as he looked around the snow-covered land. Winter had begun to set in and thus snow came with it as well. "It's also where..." Simon trailed off holding his tongue knowing full well the value of this place for Harry.
"It's where my mum and dad were murdered by Voldemort over 16 years ago." Harry said finishing what Simon was saying.
"Oh, I get it." Lucas said realizing that he had just poked a sore spot on the Golden Knight. "Sorry." He apologized realizing he should have just kept his mouth shut.
"It's fine." Harry said as he pulled his hood up to conceal his identity. "I'd would just like to pay my respects." Harry said and in turn Simon nodded in understanding.
"Understood." Simon said respecting the Golden Knight's wishes to visit the graves of his parents.
"Well, we better find a place to stay for the night preferably before it gets real dark." Lucas said as he rolled his shoulders a bit.
"Agreed." Simon said and thus they began to split up to cover more ground.
(Later)
"You didn't have to come with me you know." Harry said as he and Hermione made their way to the graveyard where James and Lily Potter were buried.
"I know but as the Makai Priestess supports the Golden Knight a Girlfriend supports her boyfriend." Hermione said as the pair entered the graveyard in question.
"I suppose so." Harry said as he had no way to argue with Hermione on this.
"Good choice." Zaruba spoke getting Harry's attention. "She would have come along regardless of whether or not you said yes or no." Zaruba said as Hermione chuckled glad to see Zaruba was on her side for this.
"Traitor." Harry jokingly said as they got to the grave in question. It wasn't too far away from the house which Harry was on the bench of it being a blessing or not but at least it wasn't far. As the pair (trio counting Zaruba) approached they saw the words etched onto the gravestone. It had the names of James and Lil as well as their dates of birth and the dates of their deaths. But most of all were the words etched onto the gravestone as a postmortem message.
"The Final Enemy to Defeat is Death." Zaruba read when he saw those words and knew the meaning behind such timeless words.
"Hey mum hey dad." Harry greeted the two silent graves knowing his parents remains were buried here. "I'm sorry I haven't visited in a while." Harry apologized wondering if his dead parents could even hear him. "Um... this is Hermione and well... a lot has been happening since you both died." Harry said as he looked to the graves. "I know you wanted me to live a good life but that was not where the cards fell." Harry admitted knowing this was probably not an enjoyable time to say it.
"I suspect that you hoped Peter was found out and tortured to revealing your location dad... but the truth there is that he was a backstabbing rat and gave us up to save his own skin." Harry admitted as he knew his father had to have trusted Peter immensely. "I'm sorry if I had to be the one to tell you this." Harry said and then went on with the unwelcome news. "Peter framed Sirius for giving you up after he went hunting him down and spent nearly 13 years in Azkaban while Peter went on the run as a rat." Harry explained but then got to the good news. "Thankfully, Sirius managed to get out and is doing a lot better as a free man." Harry said as Hermione just let Harry have his moment no matter how small of a moment it was.
"Albus Dumbledore on the other hand." Harry spat as the name left his lips with absolute venom. "He forced me to live with your sister and her family, mum." Harry admitted as he hated that. "The blooming bastard was setting me up to die you see I had a Horcrux in my head one of Voldemort's to be precise." Harry said as he hoped his mother was giving Dumbledore what for in the afterlife. "I suspect he was getting me ready to be killed by Voldemort before swooping in to finish it once Voldemort was rendered mortal again." Harry explained as that was as sound a theory as any.
"Midway through my 5th Year I reached my breaking point." Harry admitted and thus got down to it. "So, I left because I doubt you both sacrificed yourselves to see me die at a school where I was constantly put into danger." Harry admitted as he looked to the graves before him. "During my time away, I ended up in another situation where my life is constantly threatened but good news... it was my choice this time around." Harry said as he got to talking about the Makai Order. "I joined an Order of Protectors who defend the world from bloody demons from hell." Harry revealed as he stood there before his parent's graves. "In fact, I became the Golden Knight Garo this past year." Harry added and thus he sighed a bit letting a weight lift from his shoulders. "I truly wish you both were still here, but I'll keep fighting I'll keep living so no other child will have to be made an orphan like me because of men with ambitions of grandeur." Harry admitted as he smiled sadly to his parents' grave.
The two stood there in blissful silence for a bit as they let the quiet set in between them. As they stood there Hermione walked over and took Harry's hand in hers and rubbed his hand with her thumb. Harry seeing this returned the favor and thus they stood before the graves of James Potter and Lily Potter. At least that was their plan until movement was heard causing them to get on edge. Following it Hermione Horcrux tracking tool began to go off as she knew this meant that a Horcrux was nearby. But before she could pull it out a voice cut them off and thus the pair had to act natural.
"Harry Potter?" The voice spoke as Harry looked with Hermione and saw a woman he saw at the wedding.
"I'm sorry you must have me confused for someone else." Harry said looking away from the woman making sure to keep out of her sight.
"It is you, Harry Potter." The woman said as Harry cursed himself for not keeping aware of his surroundings. In response to this Hermione was about to draw a Madou Tool to erase her memories when the woman spoke more. "Dumbledore said you would come here for the tool." The woman said when she noted Harry and Hermione ready to leave.
"Tool, Dumbledore?" Harry asked glaring at the woman as he was still not on good terms with the dead man.
"Oh, pardon I did not realize you were not on good terms with Professor Dumbledore." The woman said as Harry was suspicious of this woman. "Allow me to introduce myself, I'm Bathilda Bagshot I'm the one who wrote the book on Dumbledore." The woman introduced as Harry glared at her.
"What's this about a tool Dumbledore left behind?" Harry asked with an accusing tone as he glared at the woman before him.
"Oh yes a tool he said you would come to claim said that it would be most valuable to you." Bathilda said as she looked to the pair while walking towards them. "You-Know-Who has eyes and ears everywhere I can't tell you more out here." She whispered to the pair and in turn eased back away. "Come I'll take you to my home for warm drinks and biscuits." Bathilda said and thus she began to guide them away.
"Harry." Zaruba began to speak once the woman was out of hearing range. "I smell the scent of a rotting corpse... be careful." Zaruba spoke as his tone showed the urgency of the situation.
"Also, Harry... the tool." Hermione added gesturing to the Madou Tool in her possession.
"Understood, let the others know." Harry said and in turn Hermione nodded and flicked an earring she had causing it to glow. The pair then began to follow after Bathilda to wherever it was she was taking them.
(Meanwhile with Simon and Lucas)
"Jeez of all the times." Lucas sighed as he scratched the back of his head a bit clearly frustrated over what had happened.
"It's unfortunate that all the inns in this town are full." Simon said as he walked with Lucas back to the car. "Almost too convenient if I may add." Simon added as his tone showed that of suspicion.
"Well, we better go fine the lovely couple and tell them the unwelcome news." Lucas said until a Madou Tool they both had begun to go off. Looking at it they saw that Harry and Hermione might have found something. "Well, there goes that plan." Lucas said as it seemed they had to find the Golden Knight and the Makai Priestess posthaste.
"There is more, Zero." Silva spoke up getting Lucas's attention on her. "I sense a Horror within the area." Silva added and thus they knew what this meant.
"It's true I suspect it hiding out for something, but it is close by that much I can confirm." Goruba added as the old bracelet of Dan made sure his partner was aware of what was going on. "I suspect a trap of some sort." Goruba went on and thus they knew they had to move.
"If this is a trap then we better hurry less our friends get themselves knee dip into trouble." Simon said and in turn they got moving to try and locate Harry and Hermione before their enemies got the drop on them.
(Later with Harry and Hermione)
The two were sitting at the table inside the old woman's home as they were offered drinks. Of course, something was amiss about this place as Harry and Hermione knew this was related to the magical world somehow. "So, what is this tool Dumbledore had left for us?" Hermione asked as she sat across from Bathilda with Harry.
"Yes, the tool most valuable tool to defeat the Dark Lord." She said as she seemed to be going around the circle as it were. "I had assumed he told you of it." Bathilda said as she looked to the pair, mostly Harry though.
"Would have been the first time he told me anything if he did." Harry said with a growl as he sat across from the woman.
"I suppose the tales of your falling out were not exaggerated." Bathilda said as Harry glared at her giving her the answer she needed. "I see." She said opting to change the subject. "Well, I suppose it falls to me to inform you of the tool he left for you to use against the Dark Lord." She said as Harry heard her say this before.
"Yes, the tool, what the bloody hell did the old codger left for me?" Harry asked as he suspected there was more to this then face value.
"Professor Dumbledore had a lot of secrets many of which he was unable to reveal to you Harry it would make sense that you're leaving our world had left its scars." Bathilda said as Harry was getting annoyed now. "All the death that had happened since then all because Voldemort did not have to worry about that prophesy when the chosen one had left." Bathilda said and thus Harry stood up and drew the Garoken on her pointing it at her neck.
"You said the jinx." Harry said as he glared at the woman in question. "The jinx that had everyone say, 'you know who,' or 'he who should not be named,' in fear of his damned name." Harry growled as he glared at the woman.
"You smell like a rotting corpse actually hiding it with Garlic doesn't exactly hide that fact." Harry added and thus the woman realized she was caught.
"I... I see." She said and thus her body began to convulse as something got ready to burst out of her chest cavity. Hermione saw this as all of a sudden, a massive snake shot out of Bathilda's chest to attack Harry and Hermione. Acting fast Hermione put up a shield stopping the snake in its tracks before surrounding it in that same shield. The Snake slithered around its prison trying to get out to kill Harry bit alas she was trapped.
"Nice try but his little xenomorph plan won't work." Harry said as he and Hermione walked around it as he pointed Zaruba at it.
"As I suspected, it seems this snake is a Horcrux it would explain how you managed to see the world through its eyes in the past." Zaruba said as Harry glared at the snake in question.
"The tool also confirms it." Hermione said as she had the Madou Tool opened as it confirmed the snake was in fact a Horcrux.
"Well let's make quick work of it." Harry said as he prepared to cut the beast in two with the Garoken. But just as Harry was about to signal for Hermione to drop the shield so he can do the deed something unexpected happened. From the windows blasting hexes came through followed by flames born of magic. Upon this Hermione yelped as her arm was nicked by a cutting charm and in turn the snake freed from its prison.
Slithering about it went after Harry first and foremost only for Harry to move out of the way. It lunged at Harry only for the Golden Knight to use the sheath as a chew toy for it and threw it aside. The entire house began to catch fire as the pair realized they needed to get out now before they too were lit aflame. Moving fast Harry and Hermione leaped out of the window after Hermione used a Madou Flame to seal the wound on her arm. Leaping out they were on the front lawn of the now burning house and were making their escape.
But standing in their path were a pair of Death Eaters opting Harry and Hermione to put their training to use. Making quick work of them the pair managed to incapacitate them and continue their escape from the premise. Once they were out the pair were soon met with several more Death Eaters as this opted the pair to go back-to-back as they were surrounded.
Growling to this Harry was ready to do battle as was Hermione until a familiar aura permeated the air. Looking to the source Harry knew the aura well because it was one that Harry never expected to feel again. "Ah Harry Potter after so long you have finally returned." Voldemort spoke as Harry glared at the bastard who cost him everything. Nearby Nagini slithered over to Voldemort and returned to her master who would keep her safe now that she knew Harry was hunting down those like herself.
"Riddle." Harry growled as he glared at the man he hated most in the world.
"I must confess Harry when word reached my ears of your return it had caught me by surprise after your carefully worded letter of renouncing our world." Voldemort said as Harry glared at the man.
"Frankly, I was more content with staying out of it until your lot decided to drag me back into this madhouse." Harry said keeping his composure against Voldemort.
"Yes, I suppose Dumbledore learned this the hard way." Voldemort said as Harry glared at the man. "Yes, it's well known that Dumbledore was murdered assassinated in the confines of his own office a most peculiar turn of events." Voldemort said making a small spectacle with how he spoke. "I suspect you may have had a role in it, after you renounced him at the Blood Traitors wedding." Voldemort spoke as Harry glared at the Dark Lord. "After all what few moles I have left in the Aurors reported that the cause of death was a blade through the chest followed by a killing curse and his wand nowhere to be seen." Voldemort said as he sounded annoyed by that last bit.
"And you think we, have it?" Harry asked as he glared at Voldemort. "Or that I had something to do with the old man's death?" Harry added as he then sighed in frustration a bit. "Well sorry to burst your theory but I haven't set foot in Hogwarts since I dropped out halfway through me O.W.L. year." Harry said as he made it clear he had nothing to do with Dumbledore's death. "And even if I have my animosity with him, I had nothing to do with his death." Harry said making it clear that Voldemort was chasing the wrong lead.
"I don't doubt that but it's most perplexing you must admit." Voldemort said and thus Harry suspected there was more going on here.
"If it's about the prophesy yeah I have the blasted thing." Harry said as he glared at Voldemort who was not surprised with how casually Harry admitted to that.
"So, you know it's full contents of the prophesy, yes?" Voldemort asked as he looked to Harry.
"Yes, not like it would do either of us any good at this point." Harry added as he then pulled out the prophesy orb which had grown dull as of late. "Here." Harry said and tossed the orb to Voldemort who caught it with his magic and looked it over. Glaring at it he gave the orb a cold look as it repeated the words of the prophesy to him. Even if a Prophesy were fulfilled it could still replay the contents and needless to say by the end of it, Voldemort was enraged.
"So, to think my defeat all those years ago would have been avoided if I had not hunted you down, Potter." Voldemort said as he glared at Harry.
"By the sound of it, Dumbledore wanted you to come hunting when you heard it." Harry said as Hermione wondered what Harry was doing at this point. "And when you did well the rest is history." Harry said making it clear that the Prophesy was one of those self-starting ones. "Though the part where you and I are linked is null and void I got rid of your taint recently I'm sure you've noticed what little of our link we had had vanished." Harry said as Voldemort had to admit that he lost his link to Harry in recent days.
"Apparently the neither can live while the other survives was a Horcrux you planted one on me by accident all those years ago because I'm damn well sure you would not want your nemesis to have something like that on him." Harry added as Voldemort glared at Harry for that, but it would make some sense. "Honestly, I would have let you do as you please if orders had not come in for me to deal with you." Harry said as he glared at Dumbledore. "I've been actually hoping to save you and your pet snake for last but since you made the effort to come out here." Harry began but Voldemort cut him off there.
"Ah yes quite strange I made all this effort to come to you instead." Voldemort said as he looked to Harry. "I had suspected you might return to this place soon, after all it was where it all began for us." Voldemort spoke as he hovered around the area with Harry following his every move for the impending attack. "The day I came to end a threat that I unknowingly created by your words and the words of the prophesy and was bested by your mudblood mother." Voldemort said as Harry had a firm grip on the Garoken. "And the day the tales of the Boy-Who-Lived took form." Voldemort said as Harry really wanted to get to the point.
"But now that the prophesy has no more hold on us... why must we be foes?" Voldemort asked and thus Harry and Hermione were caught off guard. "I've seen the darkness festering in you how you abandoned all those innocent people to me when they pushed you over the edge." Voldemort said as he looked to Harry. "And here you are now with a power unseen by them we can bring this world to its knees you and I." Voldemort said as he looked to Harry clearly trying to tempt him.
"You know if you didn't cut me off you would not have made such an offer." Harry said as he looked to Voldemort. "See while I've been away, I've joined a very special group of people, Knights some would call them." Harry said as he looked to Voldemort. "And this group has given me some specific orders that brought me back to this world." Harry said and in turn pointed the Garoken at Voldemort. "They ordered me to eliminate your Horcruxes and cut you down." Harry said as Voldemort glared at the half-blood before him. "We don't harm humans and let them judge themselves but your no longer human in fact your close to the sort of creature we do hunt, close enough that harming you won't break any of this orders laws." Harry said as he glared at Voldemort in pure contempt.
"Now then mind dropping the snake so I can cut it in two?" Harry asked and in turn Voldemort knew his attempt was futile.
"I see." Voldemort began only to suddenly turn towards Harry wand at the ready. "AVADA KEDAVRA!" He invoked and fired the spell off only for Harry to deflect the spell with the Garoken nearly hitting Voldemort instead. The Dark Lord had dodged the spell as he was caught off guard by his second would be rebound spell. Hermione acted fast and with a pre prepared spell sent off a flash of magic which got the Death Eaters blinded by it. Voldemort thankfully had the forethought to shield his eyes and thus was able to avoid an attack from Harry and the Garoken.
"The age-old conflict a question from days of yore, which is stronger a warrior or a wizard." Harry quipped as he went for the frontal assault on Voldemort who was trying to get distance from Harry to protect Nagini and himself. Hermione used her own magic to create a path as she forced the Death Eaters to part ways for them as Harry saw this.
"Fight me like a wizard Potter!" Voldemort demanded as he glared at Harry who smirked at him.
"You'd love for me to do that wouldn't you?" Harry said as he was aiming for Voldemort's pride this time. "After all it would be better to curve your ego with the fact that you were bested by Harry Potter who only used a sword to fight." Harry said making it clear that he was trying to make Voldemort a laughingstock here. Harry then began swinging his sword against Voldemort who dodged the blows only to be bashed in the head by the Garoken's sheath. This gave Harry the opening he needed and thus went for a slashed to his head. Voldemort saw this and went wide eyed and barely managed to dodge the attack. The blade nicked his face and the weapons power as well as the Soul Metal's properties burned Voldemort causing him to roar in pain from it.
"Harry!" Hermione called out and thus Harry saw this.
"Let's change venues, Tom!" Harry taunted and thus he chased after Hermione before the Death Eaters could regain themselves to fight.
"Don't you turn your back on me Harry Potter!" Voldemort yelled as he in turn fired off his curses against the Golden Knight who easily avoided them.
"Too late for that!" Harry called out and in turn Voldemort and his Death Eaters began to give chase.
(With Harry and Hermione)
The two were seen running through the streets as Death Eaters began to pop up one after the other. Running away Harry kicked a Death Eater to the ground as he tried to jump Harry. Following it up He sent a powerful punch to another cracking his mask doing so. As they ran Zaruba chose now as the time to speak.
"I don't want to be the bearer of unwelcome news but there is a Horror among those Death Eaters." Zaruba spoke his tone showing the urgency of it all.
"Well, that's just bloody well good." Harry sarcastically said as it was just becoming one of those nights for him.
Just then another Death Eater caught them by surprised only for Lucas to jump in and punch them in the gut before spinning around and performing a duplex on them. Getting back up Lucas smirked as he smiled to the happy couple. "Can't I leave you two alone without an angry mob after you?" Lucas quipped with a cocky smile on his face.
"Let's go!" Harry called out and thus they quickly got moving knowing they had to keep running.
Moving through the streets they took a turn towards to town square only to find several Death Eaters in their way. Jumping down from the building above Simon came down and spun his staff about bashing each Death Eater with it before clearing a path. "Move!" Simon ordered and thus they continued to run.
Once they got to the town square the three Makai Knights and one Makai Priestess found themselves surrounded by Death Eaters as Hermione leaned up against the statue in the square. As her hand moved against it a rune was left behind as it began to charge up power for what came next.
"Still running Potter?" Voldemort asked as Harry saw his old foe appear before him.
"No just needed to get you lot all in one place." Harry said as he then looked to Hermione. "Hermione do it now!" Harry called out and thus the statue let out a burst of magic which swept across the town. Anyone who was not a Horror would find themselves pushed back by it the closer to the center they were. But if they were a Horror the cleansing burst would force them to unveil themselves. Hermione had developed this rune a while back retrofitting an already existing one that took longer to prepare. These runes had a smaller range and less power, but it got the job done the way that was needed to be done.
"What was that?" Voldemort asked in a taunting look and thus Harry smirked to the Dark Lord.
"Showing you someone among you is not who they say they are." Harry said and in turn Voldemort looked confused until something was heard. Looking over one of his Death Eaters masks had broken off and under it he could see him shaking. His eyes were now pure white as drool leaked out from his gritted teeth. A gurgling sound could be heard from him as he stood there completely out of sorts. Just then his skin began to tear apart and from underneath a large creature came forth sending out massive arms to the nearest Death Eaters and proceeded to consume them.
As the Death Eaters all regained themselves, they saw the massive machine-like monster grabbing them and eating them. The dead corpses hanging from its mouth were leaking blood as it disgustingly and horrifyingly ate their cohorts. "I have no choice, but I never realized Pure Bloods were that much tastier then those mudbloods." The Horror announced as it consumed the Death Eaters.
"Kill this creature now!" Voldemort ordered and in turn the remaining Death Eaters began to fire off the Killing Curse upon this monster with every intent on killing it. But to their utter shock and horror the spells bounced off it like nothing. This opted the Horror to grab another handful of Death Eaters and stuff them into its mouth while they were still screaming in terror only to be silenced by the Horror chomping down on them.
Voldemort growled as he saw this and knew a losing battle when he saw one. With a silent order he began to make his escape much to Harry's charging. "NO!" Harry cried out and jumped after Voldemort but alas did not get to him in time before he popped away. The only ones left were the four members of the Makai Order and the Horror they must cut down now.
The Horror looked around and saw that any remaining Death Eaters had fled and thus looked ready to leave himself for more food elsewhere. "Ms. Granger! Erect a barrier around the area posthaste!" Simon ordered and thus Hermione was on the case.
"Right!" Hermione responded and thus sending out her spell via the Madou Brush the entire area was covered in a barrier to prevent the Horror from escaping. It served well as the Horror had thrusters of all things built into it. Thankfully, they proved useless in allowing the Horror to escape as it was now trapped here.
Harry was about to fight the Horror only for Simon to stop Harry with his staff. "Please Sir Potter... allow me to pull my weight." Simon said as he began to approach the Horror himself.
"Let him." Zaruba said as he saw where this was going. "It is the duty of a Makai Knight to hunt Horrors wherever they may appear, and this is his way of proving that." Zaruba said and thus the others backed off to let Simon do his thing.
Simon then roared and charged into the fight alone as the Horror saw this. Acting the Horror went for the attack and targeted Simon. Simon in response deflected the attacks with ease before he used his spear and stabbed at the Horrors exposed flesh. As the Horror roared in pain Simon then proceeded to use his spear as a javelin to fling himself into the air. Roaring the Horror forced the soul metal weapon out of its body causing it to fly to the sky where Simon was. Grabbing his weapon Simon cut open a portal to summon forth his armor.
The armor flew towards him as he landed on the Horrors arm where the armor then attached to him. Using the chance Simon flew off once more and landed on the monument of the town square. Once he landed Simon was seen to have been endowed with an armor or pure white as he spun the spear about ready for battle. This was a Knight who specialized in spear combat that whoever wields its power would be known by the title of the Midnight Sun Knight Dan.
Dan snarled at the Horror who roared back at the Makai Knight ready to kill the Knights and priestess so to make his escape. Charging at Dan the Horror went in for the kill, but Dan was ready and easily avoided the strike from the Horror before slicing down its side landing on the ground. The Horror cried out in pain from this as Dan turned to his foe spinning his spear a bit. Roaring the Horror went down to attack by Dan jumped away and avoided the attack with ease.
Dan stood there for a moment and held his free hand up to the Horror. "Come." Dan said glaring at the Horror with his topaz eyes making a gesture for the Horror to come at him.
Seeing the taunt, the Horror roared in fury and charged at the Makai Knight intent on ending him once and for all. Dan spun about using his spear to attack the Horror moving in a way not unlike that of the legend of Sun Wukong. Only instead of using a bow staff-based combat Dan used spear-based combat and thus with each blow the Horror felt several gashes and stabs into its body.
Dan knew the climax was upon them and thus taking out his Madou Lighter he lit a flame on it. Using the fire, he lit his spear on fire and thus got ready to end the fight once and for all. Dan then proceeded to start spinning his spear about building momentum and power as the flames made it seem like he had a wheel of fire in his hands. The Horror roared and charged at Dan who in response returned the charge now as a Makai Knight covered in a crimson red flame. Charging in Dan went to the Horrors now opened maw and in turn allowed it to chomp down on him. But this proved useless as Dan soon blasted out the other side skidding across the ground with his armor making sparks on the ground.
The Horror roared in pain from the attack as the roar revealed its inside were now on fire. Dan turned around and glared at his foe before snapping his fingers with his free hand. This caused several runes on the Horrors body to light up before it went up in a furious explosion causing the Horror to meet its end. Holding his spear up the black smoke of the Horrors death entered the spear before Dan spun his weapon and slammed the blade to the ground.
As the barrier came down Dan reverted back into Simon who let out a sigh to bring his emotions to a calm air. Everyone saw this as Lucas tweeted a whistle impressed with what Simon pulled out.
"Impressive." Goruba voiced as he saw the battle was another flawless victory for them. Simon smirked a bit before returning to the group knowing they had to leave now before any more surprises came their way.
(Scene Break that Evening)
They had parked the car on the side of the road towards a wooded area. In said wooded area they had set up a tent to sleep in using magic to make it bigger on the inside as a firepit had already been formed. "Well not how I expected our day to go." Lucas said as he had some dried meat in his hand which he began to eat.
"It was most unfortunate but now the Dark Lord knows we are hunting his Horcruxes." Simon said making it clear their mission might just become harder.
"He can't risk going for the last two at the moment not with the world after him." Hermione said as this meant they can beat Voldemort to the last two Horcruxes before gunning for him and Nagini.
"We'll need somewhere to plan our next move." Zaruba spoke as he also knew it was just about that time for Garo to have his armor cleansed.
"I know a place." Lucas said as he smirked to his friends. "It's not too far from here if we head out early in the morning, we should reach it by midafternoon early evening at the latest." Lucas said and thus they had a plan now.
"Alright then we know where to go next." Harry said and thus it was time for them all to hit the hay.
"I'll take first watch." Harry said as he knew they needed Lucas to drive.
"Right goodnight!" Lucas said and thus they each entered the tent while Harry stayed up tending to the campfire.
(Scene Break Dark Location)
The mysterious figure was being dressed by his female ally as he flicked his pitch-black duster a bit as the trinkets and charms on it jingled a tad. His hands were covered in varying rings with one of them being skull themed that were topped off by black nail polish. The woman then bowed to the young man as she held an axe for him which he calmly took. "Well, I suppose I've had quiet enough waiting around in this delightful game." He said before looking to the two others in the room with him. "Now then... It's time for us to depart." He said and in turn the two smirked knowing that their time to move was now.
Darkness has made it's play and now the long-awaited clash between light and dark was upon them. The question remained shall the light of hope cast away the dark or shall the darkness of despair consume the light. One can only wait and hope for the best possible outcome in this brewing war.
(TBC)
ESKK: Well, here we are Chapter 11 after so long has finally been published. I hope you all enjoy it and will join me for the next Chapter. So until next time I will once ask for you lot to leave a review as I once more say here, ja-ne.