"Harry! Harry wake up!" Harry was shaken to consciousness by a panicking Arthur.
Half asleep and dazed not realizing the panic on the older man's face he asked "what happened Mr. Weasley?"
Pulling him up slightly Weasley Patriarch exclaimed "We are under attack! Get to the living room!"
That woke teen as he dashed off to the living room his wand clutched in his hand. He was followed closely by Arthur and Ron. Arthur ordered franticly "We are under attack, Death Eaters! Bill and Charlie you are with me, we will help ministry guard hold them off until Aurors arrive" receiving nods from them Arthur turned to Twins saying "Fred and George keep these 3 safe and head toward the forest. GO,! GO! GO!"
The sight the group saw was one of pure unmitigated mayhem! People were running to save their lives, screaming to find their loved ones, the air was filled with the smell of ash from tents burning at some distance. They stood watching the scene of pure chaos, they were broken out of their stupor when a stray spell went over their head catching their tent behind him. Hermione yelled "Jump!" they all did jump on the ground and at that moment their tent burst in the brilliant flames.
Getting on their feet without a word making a run in the direction of the forest they held hands so they don't lose each other in the crowd.
The crowd of people, in a pure frenzy, were running in all directions, from every direction screams of agony echoed in the air. Pain and despair plagued the very air. The air already filled with the smell of burning tents had another scent into the mix, the smell of burning flesh.
Dashing and pushing through the people while trying to maintain a chain were five teens holding hands. Suddenly Harry broke the human chain letting go of Hermione's hands as he saw a bright orange curse heading towards them from the corner of his eyes.
Hermione felt his hand slip out of her she turned panicking yelling "HARRY!" but couldn't see him in the sea of people. Hearing his sister's scream Harry bellowed "YOU GUYS GO AHEAD I AM RIGHT BEHIND YOU! JUST DON'T STOP!"
Making sure not to stray from the path to the forest, he kept following the trail to reach his friends at the earliest. Suddenly he stopped just near the edge of the forest. His blood running cold and dread settled in his stomach. This was the effect of a voice or a scream to be accurate. It was the voice which according to Harry was the most melodic sound of the world but right now it was the sound of pure pain and agony. The feminine voice was faint but distinct at least to those who knew her and Harry did. It was the voice of the girl who made him feel things he didn't understand. It was Fleur! She as trouble!
Unknown to him his magic flared as he turned around, trying to find the source of the scream. It came once more, loud and clear. He finally located the source, his fears turned into reality as it was the person he prayed it won't be. On instinct, he started running in the direction of the sound.
His sprint came to end as he saw something that filled him with a rage of never experienced and his magic demanded the blood of those five men who were carrying Fleur into the forest.
Something in him Howled, Screeched, and Roared. No thought, no plan, no sense of danger lying ahead. The only thing he wanted was to save Fleur from whatever those men wanted to do with her. Once he broke into the sprint, pushing the people out of his way while keeping his eyes on the Fleur all time
Fleur's POV
After the match party was not happy for Delacour's as her parents, especially her mother was rooting for Bulgaria as it was the country with the second-largest Veela colony and was more acceptable. Fleur was playing with Gabby and teasing her to share the candy that Harry gave her
"I ate all of them in the match," Gabby said sticking out her tongue to Fleur. Fleur smirked saying "Okay, then I will go and buy some for myself but don't ask me to share when I get them, they are mine!" standing up and walking towards the entrance of the tent she giggled thinking about teasing her little sister. Gabby pouted whining "I want some too!" Fleur was only teasing her as she knew there were no stalls open at this time but Gabby didn't know that making it all the more fun. She planned to go out for a few minutes and come back with a pouch of candies she already had to tease her sister dome more.
"Non! You already ate your fill now it's my turn, au revoir Gabby!" waved her hand as she stepped outside the tent. As she did she noticed the guards assigned to protect her and her family by the ministry were lying stunned on the ground.
Drawing her wand she stood vigilant but not as much as she should have been as she was hit by a disarming spell, in an instant she lost her wand.
It was all too sudden for her to react. She looked around for the source of the spell only to find the group of 5 men dressed in black cloaks and white skeletal masks coming towards her. Her first thought was to return to the tent but it was not safe for her family. She knew in her bones that these were people have less than pure intentions so she ran fearing for her family and her safety. She was trying to get them away from her family's tent.
It worked as the five men followed her but it was not long before a leg locking hex got her and she fell face-first into the ground. The men came closer to her, one of them leered at her saying "Look blokes, what we caught, a bloody veela and a feisty one at that too. Let's enjoy our self shall we?" the other men laughed as the one took a step toward Fleur grabbing her by the waist. She shrieked shaking violently trying to get away from the bastard's hold "NON! LET ME GO!" the man winced throwing her over his shoulder slapping her backside making her shriek once again feeling violated "NON! LET ME GO!" the other man cast a silence spell on her grunting "Now the bitch will not attract attention and we can play as we like"
She was crying and shaking violently trying to call for help but to no avail as no sound came out of her mouth.
Harry was running with all the speed his legs could muster, following the men. He saw the group entering the forest and he followed them reaching the clearing behind the group. The sight he saw made his blood boil, Fleur was on the ground she was trying to scream but couldn't as she was under a silencing spell. A man from the group of five nearest to her tried to pin her down while two others were holding her hand and trying to… GROPE her!.
His magic flared even further creating a whirlwind around him as his already boiling reached the max and lifting his wand he yelled "REDUCTO!"
An overpowered orange orb of spell caught the man trying to pin Fleur down on the back with full force. The death eater flung towards the tree in front of him and over Fleur's head. Seeing their comrade getting hit, all the men turned to find the source of the spell. Only to see a fourteen-year-old boy standing and drawn and started laughing. One man said "Well look what cat dragged here the-boy-who-lived himself, must be our lucky day lads a veela and Harry Potter together. We can kill the boy and play with the vee-" before he could complete the sentence he ducked to dodge a stunner from the same boy he was mocking
Growling at the boy, his companions started hurling spells ranging from simple stunners to killing curses at Harry. Under the continuous barrage of the lights with the one that caused him all the trauma and suffering was in the mix it was tough for him to battle. But he did not have the luxury to digress into as he was continuously dodging, shielding, and taking cover behind the trees.
He was not sitting ducks either, he was countering with what limited spell repertoire he had after 4 years of magical learning. Cutting, stunning, reductor, and disarming spells with plenty of schoolyard jinx in the mix. It was a one-sided battle as Death Eaters batted his spells like they were nothing. Once again he came off his cover with a stupefy on his lips but he never got a chance as a man yelled "CURCIO!"
The spell connected and he went down on his knees in pain screaming as he felt all his nerve ends burn and multiple white-hot needles skewering every inch of his body left his mouth
The man cackled in sadistic pleasure keeping the curse going for 20 seconds before releasing it only to cast it twice more increasing the time every time. He was under the unforgivable for the fourth time when Harry saw Fleur balling and wailing as she tried to scream but the silencing charm was still there on her. She was trying to fight the two men holding her and one man tried to grope her
At that moment he forgot the pain as rage took over him. He was not going to let anything happen to her not now not ever. He lost his parents right in front of his eyes and he couldn't do anything back then. But now he will never lose anyone he loves. He will protect them even if he had to did doing so. At that moment he vowed to protect people he cared for or those who cared for him. Fighting through the pain he brought his Holly wand up, much to his torturer's disbelief. Channeling every ounce of magic he had in his body to the tip of his wand tip and it started glowing like a mini sun but only for a sec before it was released in a wave of pure magic. At that moment Harry once again heard Screech, Hollow, and Roar.
Fleur couldn't believe what she witnessed, the only word to describe it was, Impossible. Harry lifted his wand and sent a wave of pure magic knocking out all four men as it hit them. When it was about to hit her she assumed it knock her out too so she braced herself for the impact. But instead when the wave didn't hit her instead it showered her with what she could only describe as love, warmth, and assurance of safety. After reveling in the feeling for a second her eyes landed on the bloodied, beaten, and exhausted state of her savior who smiled at her.
Seeing that Fleur was safe, Harry allowed all the pain and exhaustion to take him over. It was too much for him, he fainted.
Fleur seeing him faint called for him loudly "Harry!" with all the strength she could muster in her vocal cords. But that was it as she too had no strength left and was exhausted from everything she went through. Still, she was worried about the boy laying few feet far from her convulsing and spasming uncontrollably. She stood with her leg trembling, she took few steps towards him before fainting just 2 feet before she could reach him
Somewhere in the forest in another clearing Twins, Hermione and Ron were waiting for things to settle down. That's when they heard screams and Hermione knew who it was and now she was worried for the well being of her brother, she shot up running only exclaiming "Harry, it's him!" towards the direction of voice but was not able to find it the screams were blood-curdling and suddenly a shock wave hit them which did not affect Twins or her but knocked Ron out
Back at Campsite
"FLEUR!" shouted Apolline Delacour as she was trying to find her daughter who went to get candy for her younger sister and didn't return. "FLEUR" she shouted again in a distraught voice. She saw three men coming toward her one of them asked "Madame Delacour, I am Arthur Weasley I work for ministry" at this Apolline replied asking "Mr. Arzzur, my daughter is lost I can't find 'er anywhere her name is Fleur, please help me find 'er" before Arthur can reply he looked in horror at a smoky skull in the sky and a snake slither out of its mouth. "Dark Mark" he exclaimed which caused Apolline to grow more worried. Arthur noticing the woman's worry reassured her saying "Worry not Madame, Aurors will be here-" before he could finish, the shock wave came and went nothing happened to any of them except for Bill who was knocked out. They looked up in awe as they saw dark mark was almost all gone due to the wave of magic and replaced by a clear sky.
They were joined by Hermione and Twins who were dragging unconscious Ron, seeing them Arthur took a breath of relief saying "Ah! Thank Merlin you children are safe" he paused asking noticing one was missing from the group of 5 "Where is Harry?"
Hermione replied worried "We got separated in the starting due to the chaos and we haven't seen him since then" as she finished several pops were heard it was Auror force.
Amelia Bones head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement along with Senior Aurors Kingsley Shacklebolt and Nymphadora Tonks-Black. Coming towards the group Amelia started " I will need to-" but before she could finish Arthur cut by her saying "We will co-operate Madam Bones but you must find Harry and daughter of Madame Delacour her name is Fleur"
Hearing this her eyes widened, she turned to Kingsley and Tonks ordering "I want all of you to comb every corner, leave no stone unturned" Hermione worried out her mind for Harry interjected her informing "You also have to search the forest I heard Harry's scream from there!" nodding in acknowledgment Amelia ordered Tonks "Auror Tonks you search the for-" before she could finish, Tonks took off running her eyes were moist as she was thinking 'Don't you die on me Harry-bear'
She was in the forest for 30 minutes before she found them, she saw 5 unconscious men Harry and a girl who she assumed was a French woman's daughter. She checked on her and found she was okay aside from exhaustion than she continued towards checking on Harry who was barely breathing his body twitching and spasming, covered in blood. Dread it was too late she fumbled on gripping her wand before quickly sending a red flare notifying she found them
Soon Amelia, Kingsley, and all others came," What in Merlin's name happened here, Kingsley I want all of these men in custody and-" worried out of her mind, Tonks cradling Harry's head in her lap snapped "HE IS BARELY BREATHING! YOU CAN DO YOUR INVESTIGATION LATER! WE NEED TO BRING HIM TO MEDICAL CAMP!" her hair was fiery red, Amelia knowing her folly for diving headfirst to investigate the scene gave nod. Without wasting a second she ordered for Harry and Fleur to be taken to Emergency Medical Camp.
At Medical camp, everyone was anxiously waiting in front of the tent. Head healer came out after checking both of his patients informing them "Mr. Delacour, your daughter is okay aside from mild exhaustion" Delacours sighed in relief. He turned to Weasley's saying "Mr. Potter is in a serious condition I suggest we shift him-" a voice cut him "to Hogwarts"
Everyone turned to see Dumbledore, who was a few feet away from the group and coming towards them continued "I think its better to move Harry to Hogwarts as it is safe and Poppy knows most about his medical history" he turned to Alain saying "I suggest Minister Delacour your daughter should also be moved there as I know, from past experiences with Harry as soon as he will wake up he will ask for her and I suspect she would do the same" Alain could say nothing but nod seeing it was logic in old man's suggestion. Dumbledore smiled turning to the healer saying "Very well then if you please put them in stasis to be moved" healer nodded and got to work
Nymphadora was sitting at Harry's bedside, tears flowing freely from her eyes she was holding his hand to her mouth and silently muttering 'Don't leave me' her hair was mousy brown. She saw his eyes flutter slightly and heard him mutter one word "Dora" before screaming as he felt all the pain. Hearing screams Healer came and gave him a Dreamless sleep potion followed by Draught of living death in small quantity as he was to be moved to Hogwarts.
Seeing that he was asleep she went to where others were and was called aside by Amelia. The fiery redhead informed her "I am giving you a special assignment Auror Tonks you are to stand guard to Harry Potter until he awakes" Tonks was happy as she got a chance to be on Harry's side.