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Harry and Gray paddled to an empty spot of land. They, along with Lucy, Natsu, Juvia, and Happy got out of the boat and hid behind a rock. Gray looked out from behind it toward the guards and what look like slaves. He turned fully back to his teammates.

"There are too many innocent people," he said. "We're going to have to find another way in."

"How?" Lucy asked quietly.

"I have an idea," Juvia said. "I could use my magic to see if I can find a cave underwater that will lead us inside."

"Good idea Juvia," Gray complemented.

Harry could have sworn he saw hearts in Juvia's eyes, if it wasn't for one small fact that he needed to tell them, if there is a way of getting in from underwater anyway.

"I shall be right back," Juvia said before diving into the water as silently as a tear drop. They waited for a little while, and kept their eyes out for anyone that could potentially spot them.

"Guys…there's something I should tell you," Harry started saying.

"What is it?" Natsu asked, now fully recovered from his boat ride.

"Well…" He couldn't say more, because the sound of water indicated that Juvia returned.

"I found a cave not too far from here. It will take about a few minutes to get there," she said.

"Good thing I can hold my breath for quite a while," Natsu said smugly.

"I can't!" Lucy hissed.

"Can you do something about the air supply while we're under?" Gray asked, and Juvia nodded in reply. "Well, can you do that? Then we can get going."

Harry coughed to get their attention. "You're going to have to go that way without me," he told them.

"Why aren't you coming with us?" Natsu demanded in both anger and concern.

"I can't swim," Harry said bluntly. Everyone went very silent for a few moments.

"You can't swim?" Lucy asked slowly, like she wasn't sure if she heard him right.

Harry nodded. "Then how are you going to get in?" Gray asked.

Harry pulled out his cloak. "Did you guys forget I have this?" Gray and Lucy made a face, one that said, darn we're stupid. "I'm going to go under this and sneak by them," Harry explained his way on getting into the tower.

Natsu made an O shape with his lips. "Well, why didn't you say so?" he asked.

"I was trying to tell you, but then Juvia came back; I couldn't finish," Harry replied.

"Alright, we all have a way in. Harry, you be careful. You and Fawkes will be by yourselves for a little while, but hopefully we'll meet up shortly again," Gray said.

Harry nodded to show he understood. While putting his cloak on, he said, "I'll most likely find Natsu first if he's fighting someone. He is far too loud."

{Gray being a very close second,} Fawkes added his two cents with a trill laugh.

"That's because I'm awesome!" Natsu said.

"Aye, sir!" Happy cried out, making Harry worry that they will be heard. Luckily they weren't. (An: I just realized that I didn't have Happy kidnapped. Oh well, it is too late to change it now.)

"Meet you on the inside!" Natsu said while diving into the water, followed by everyone else but Harry and Fawkes.

{I'm pretty sure the saying was, "See you on the flipside",} Fawkes said.

{Doesn't matter,} Harry said, before wrapping the rest of his body in his cloak. {Let…j…go.}

{You're getting better, but the word just got cut off,} the phoenix pointed out.

{Why…get…feeling you…mocking me?}


Harry with Fawkes on his shoulder is moving as quietly as he can. The cloak may hide him from view, but not from hearing. He stopped when a thought occurred to him. He should try sneaking up on Natsu and see if he could small him while under the cloak. He'll put that to the test the next time they are back at the resort or their guild.

Thanks to being deep in thought, he didn't notice a man dressed as one of the guards in front of him. Their shoulders brushed against each other lightly, but it was enough for the man to notice. The man stopped in his tracks to look at the spot Harry was standing. He was no longer there, because he moved a bit farther away.

Harry kept his eyes on the guard while holding his breath. He made sure to keep his back pressed up against the wall behind him, that way no one could sneak up on him. The people here would definitely know that someone is there with them then.

The man is unfortunately not as stupid as Harry would have liked, because he started to look around the area. He must have noticed there was no way he could have bumped into anything, since there is nothing to bump into but an invisible wizard. Harry's whole body stiffened as to try not to move. The man was walking closer to his place, making Harry very nervous.

{I say we knock him out,} Fawkes suggested.

{But we…supposed to…sneaking in,} Harry replied.

{I know we're supposed to be sneaking in, which is why I'm saying we knock the human out, and hide his unconscious body.}

Harry paused briefly in thought, realizing what his familiar is saying. He nodded his head in understanding.

Harry waited for the man to get closer. He held his wand in his hand waited to use the stunning spell. Once the guard is in front of him, Harry silently cast Stupefy. The man started to fall to the ground, but Harry caught him, and dragged him over to a well hidden spot, which is in a dumpster.

Harry came back out and looked around at his surroundings to see if there were any other people close to him so he doesn't bump into them again. While looking, he noticed the slaves again. Seeing how they were treated made him remember something.

In his mind's eye he saw a little creature with bat-like ears and wearing what looked like a pillow case jumping on a bed, having fun. The scene cut over to Harry sitting in a bed in what looked like a hospital of sorts with the creature in front of him, showing his hands that have been ironed for bad behavior. The next thing Harry sees and remembers is a long, platinum blond-haired man walking into an office with the little creature following him. He started to kick the poor thing a few feet away down some stairs, and again to make him move a bit quicker on their way out. After this scene, Harry saw he and some others trapped somewhere, and being saved by the creature. The creature grabbed them and brought them someplace safe, but he wasn't so lucky. The creature was stabbed just before teleporting away with him and his friends. He died saving them. The very last thing Harry remembers is asking the creature who he was; he said his name was Dobby.

Harry sucked in a sharp breath. Memories of the house-elf Dobby kept flowing in the longer he looks at the slaves in front of him. Dobby wasn't the only one anymore. There was another named Winky. Harry also saw himself slaving about for a horse-like woman, the fat man he saw before, and a smaller fat copy of the man. He was cleaning, gardening, and cooking their dinner, but he can't remember if he got any for himself.

Harry's eye lids are closed tightly together. He shook his head to clear it of the onslaught of memories. This is not the time for them. He got some help with holding the memories at bay for the time being by Fawkes, who pecked him on the head hard.

Harry looked away from the slaves and rubbed the spot his familiar pecked so he could get his thought sorted out and his breathing and heart calm. After he calmed down, his green eyes met back coals.

{We cannot let this continue,} he said clearly. {We need to help these people.}

Fawkes nodded in agreement. {You are right. Let's save these people, but first I have something to say.}

Harry tilted his head. {What is it? We don't really have time for this.}

{You have mastered telepathy. It would seem that when you are very upset about something and you need to talk, you learn how to master the arts of speaking to one's mind like you have been doing it all your life,} Fawkes said, making Harry's eyes widen in realization. He has started making full sentences without breaking up.

Harry feels really happy about mastering this ability, but this is no time to celebrate. Right now they have some slaves to free.


Harry, while still under the cloak, made his way to the nearest cell. He pushed the tip of the Elder Wand out of his cloak, about to cast a spell, but he stopped; he didn't read about the unlocking charm in the book of spells, because he didn't think he would ever need it; although, he, for some reason, thought of a three-headed dog.

With a sigh, Harry pulled his wand back under the folds of the cloak, and lifts the invisible cloth to reveal his face to the slaves. The slaves' eyes widen at his only visible face, but stayed quite when he lifted his pointer finger up to his lips. "Shh, I need you all to back away from the bars. I'm going to be blowing them up so you can all get out."

"Wait!" an older man said with his hand held up. "Even if we get out of here, they'll just catch us to punish or kill us."

Fawkes took that moment to show his face, catching the slaves' attentions. "That's why my familiar will be teleporting you all out of here," Harry said softly. "While he's doing that, I'm going to distract the guards."

"By yourself?" a little girl asked fearfully, obviously concerned for his well being.

Harry smiled reassuringly at her before nodding. "Yes, I'm going to be doing so by myself, but once Fawkes is done, I'm going to make my escape." His face grew serious. "What I want you all to do once you're no longer here, is to find one of the king's guards. We'll be sending you to Crocus. That way, once they find out what has been happening, they'll do something about all of this," he said.

{The Magic Council might try to blow this place up with us still on it,} said Fawkes.

{Hopefully not, but the chance of them doing so is 50/50,} Harry agreed slightly.

"Why are you here?" a little boy asked.

"I'm here to help save a friend of mine with the help of my guildmates. She is a member of our guild, so we followed to help her out. But when I saw all of you when we got here I couldn't leave you to suffer either; therefore, I'm getting you all out," Harry explained. "Now, please back away from the bars."

The slaves moved away from the bars. When they were far enough, Harry lifted his wand again, he cast lowly, "Bombarda." He didn't put too much power into the spell, but enough for it to still work. He only wanted to blow the cage open, not the people from within alongside with it.

The moment the cage was blown open, Harry knew the guards were onto him. Fawkes dived on into the cage and started to teleport the slaves out of there. Harry decided to keep his cloak on, so the guards wouldn't know what cage is about to be blown open next. Every time he made it to the next cell he called out, "Back away!" The slaves understood him, and followed his instruction.

Fawkes would be teleporting everyone that came free, and Harry had to cast a few Bombarda to keep the guards away. Then an idea came to mind. So Harry took his cloak off, allowing the slavers to see him, and wait for them to come closer. Once a few of them were gathered in front of him, he called out, "Accio: cell doors!" He jumped in the middle of the guards, who were about to attack him, but Harry jumped up into the air, all the while cancelling the summoning charm. This allowed for the cage doors to slam into the gathered guards.

Harry tucked and rolled, so he doesn't break his legs again when he landed. When he got up he exploded the bots that had the slaves that were working chained. He told them to huddle close together, which allowed Fawkes to teleport the whole group. Once that was done, Harry looked around for anymore slaves. He didn't see any, but when Fawkes appeared again, he asked him if there were any still there.

Fawkes shook his head. {No, we freed them all. Now how do you plan to get out of this?} he asked, looking at all the slavers that are advancing on them.

Harry smirked. {With this.} He held up a black stone that is in a ring. He had the Resurrection Stone placed into a band so he would be able to access it at any moment, like right now.

Harry used the stone to summon the spirits of those who have died in slavery here. This caught the guards off guard; it was just enough for them not to notice Harry replace his cloak back on, and take off into the tower.


Jellal was smirking down at his chess board, which he placed a new peace down on. This peace was of a grim reaper. "So, there was someone else that came with them after all," he said, moving the reaper to show that it had entered the tower. "Let's see how you will play this game, Master of Death."

TBC


Harry remembers Dobby! XD Sadly though, he also remembers him dying, too. :'( Good news, Harry is saving the slaves and causing havoc! ;)

Harry: How does Jellal know about me being the Master of Death?

Enj/Dark: At the moment, I don't know. The plot bunnies wanted it.

Zeref: Maybe he read about the Deathly Hallows.

Harry: Yeah, but how would he know I have them? I hardly use the cloak and stone while out on jobs, but even if I did, how would he know?

Natsu: I'm seeing the problem.

Enj/Dark: I see an opening. Thank you, Zeff and Harry! :)

Harry: What did he and I say to open a door for you?

Voldy: Jellal reading about the Deathly Hallows. You asked how he could know you had them. I would think that this Jellal knew because you, *points at Harry* did just use all three of the Hallows; however, he didn't seemed surprised by it, and didn't questioned it either.

Harry: Again, how did all of this open a door for you, Enjali? :(

Enj/Dark: You'll see, Harry. Please review! ^-^