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PART 2: Warriors
Remus had taken the kids away. Hermione looked to be on the brink of dying but hopefully the Healers back at Number 12 could do something.
As they were gone, moments later, Remus returned for the fight. Remus and Arthur tag-teamed together and made Deatheaters think twice before challenging them.
In the first war, Arthur Weasley was known to crush the insides of his opponents. People took him for a peaceful guy but when push came to shove, he isn't someone that you wanna cross paths with.
Remus however, was using his werewolf strength to over power him physically. However, left an opening between his feet and they were reachable for the enemy.
His enemy flipped him over and summoned an axe to drive it through his heart. Arthur and Mulciber were equals in regards to magical strength and strategy. They were constantly switching between staying in the offensive and being in the defensive.
On Remus's side of things, he managed to throw his enemy off him and threw him into the opening towards the atrium.
The duelling was led to the Atrium. Remus and Arthur were against Walden Macnair and Mulciber. Both of them were duelling in opposite ends of the room. Remus was fighting Macnair and Arthur was winning against Mulciber.
Here we are, don't turn away now
Remus was starting to lose the duel as he was being kept on the defensive. The spells began grazing him and his accuracy was getting worse as his wand arm's shoulder was injured. But he nearly had killed Macnair. He won't turn away now. He would finish it.
We are the warriors that built this town
Mulciber threw a cutting curse which Arthur dodged but it managed to clip his thigh. Whatever injuries he may suffer, he is not going to back down.
From dust.
Arthur had fallen and he was struggling to defend himself in a prone position. He sent a bludgeoning hex that crashed against Mulciber's shield which made Mulciber fall on his back.
It only took one spell, one moment for Arthur to get back up. He may be growing old, but his spirit never dies.
Remus was going toe-to-toe against Macnair. Macnair sent a Sectumsempra which Remus dodged and then casted a spell that he had created himself.
"EXCÆCANT OCULOS!"(1)Remus roared.
Macnair was temporarily blinded. He couldn't see for a few seconds but those few seconds were all that Remus needed.
Remus then cast a simple but effective cutting curse which chopped Macnair's wand arm away. He then chopped one of his legs of as well just to make sure he doesn't runoff. He had no problem to take care for apparation because the Ministry's wards were intact.
Remus cauterized the man's wounds so that he can question him later.
The Death Eaters had entered with the help of their inside man through the floo.
Arthur was winning against Mulciber but that bastard had burnt Arthur's left side. The skin looked mottled. Arthur looked pissed. Mulciber sent snakes onto him. Arthur froze for a millisecond but casted a maximized blasting hex to finish the snakes.
"BOMBARDA MAXIMA!", the Weasley patriarch roared. The snakes that were in direct content, were vaporized. The other's guts were strewn everywhere.
He flipped Mulciber away and used a flame curse to burn his wand arm. And he took morbid pleasure in doing so. After he decided that it was enough, he doused him in icy water so that the fire dies out and binds him. Just as he did, he was unaware that Voldemort arrived.
Voldemort smiled.
"Ah..if it isn't Arthur Weasley...good day Arthur.." Voldemort practically purred.
Arthur's attention snapped to him. His eyes widened for the briefest of moments but then
he narrowed his eyes at Voldemort. He hated him with every fiber of his being.
Voldemort had killed Arthur's parents. Arthur lied to everyone that his parents had died of cardiac arrest but he knew the truth. He had seen it.
Arthur knew he wasn't going to beat him. But he will not go down without a fight. He never did.
The Weasleys never did.
"Ah..I see you know that I had killed Septimus and Cederella Weasley. Rather a shame that I had to kill Cederella. A perfect Black marrying into a blood traitor family. Waste of a precious pureblood." Voldemort mockingly said.
Even if Arthur's boggart is Voldemort, he is not going to let him get away with his parent's murder. He waited for him to attack. Voldemort didn't. Arthur's patience drew thin so he attacked. He threw the first punch.
A Brain burner curse.
"CEREBRUM USTOR!" roared Arthur, the spell at a mighty power level but not enough to kill as the fear of Voldemort effected it. Voldemort side stepped that easily. With a lazy flick of his wand, he sent a chain of brain burners, gut burners, and constrictors.
Arthur conjured marble to block them and apparated away. He reappeared to the right 15 feet away and sent fire belts at him. Voldemort lazily put up a shield and sent a basilisk made of fire. Arthur countered that by a huge whirlpool of water which extinguished it. Voldemort then conjured a wall of marble and banished it towards Arthur as a distraction. Arthur sent a maximised exploding hex which incinerated the wall and turned it into dust.
From dust
Will come
When you'll have to rise
Above the best and prove yourself
Your spirit never dies!!
Voldemort focused now at the sight. He expertly twirled his wand around his head and sent a massive belt of fire. He apparated away and reappeared at a distance. Arthur retaliated with a wall of water. His elemental magic wasn't that good. He never excelled in elemental magic.
The fire extinguished and left a lot of steam in its wake which scalded Arthur's skin. (3) Voldemort stayed afar because he favoured the long range. He sent an arrow storm towards Arthur which he sent a blasting hex at. Arrows went everywhere. Voldemort conjured a knife and apparated behind Arthur. Arthur predicted this and jumped out and cast a blasting hex at him. It took a good portion of flesh away from Voldemort's shoulder.
But then something happened which shouldn't.
Voldemort regenerated that piece of flesh which was blown away. That wasn't supposed to happen. Arthur looked at him for a brief few moments in morbid shock and awe. Voldemort needed this. He then summoned the previously conjured knife and drove that into Arthur's heart and at that exact moment,Dumbledore joined.
Arthur Weasley was dead.
Seeing Arthur dead, Dumbledore saw red. He, however, controlled their anger as to not make any stupid decisions.
Dumbledore, wand at the ready, stepped first and said. "It was foolish to come here tonight Tom, the Aurors are on their way." Voldemort merely grinned and replied, "By which time I shall be gone, and you, shall be dead. Like your friend Arthur here." and he chuckled as he were laughing at a joke, and shot a killing curse. Dumbledore countered that with a disarming charm.
Dumbledore's red beam tried to make Tom's green submit. But Tom's killing curse ray was enough to stop it. He was cackling. Nobody knew why. But Tom's next spell answered that unsaid question.
"TRISTITIA TIGNARIUS!" and three sickly beams of yellow electricity poured out from his wand. They were aimed for Dumbledore but he briefly flew to avoid it. .
Dumbledore got hit a little bit on the feet. That was enough to make his brain stop for a second. And he fell with a thud on the floor. As he became aware again, he conjured a wall of rubber to block the lightning. As he was behind it, he regained his senses slowly and pushed the wall towards Tom.
He was closing the distance between them and extended his hand which transformed into a big metal hook and speared Voldemort's side. It connected with Voldemort's side but Dumbledore's hook arm was also hit by his lightning. Voldemort's left arm's bone was shattered. Dumbledore repeatedly struck him, not allowing him to heal
He anticipated that he was going to die if he stayed in Dumbledore's range.
So he apparated out to the Death Room and the Hall of Prophecies where he was sure his followers were.
He made a mistake. He apparated right between Ministry wizards and the Order fighting Death Eaters. He took his followers (he had to leave behind plenty) and apparated back to base. Dumbledore, in the meantime, used a halo-time reversal spell which allowed him to see what happened in the atrium before his arrival. He was impressed by how Arthur stood his ground even if he was scared.
He hung his head in silence for a moment for the fallen warrior. Afterward, he levitated Arthur's body out of there. Arthur's body was sent to a cemetery with the help of the Ministry. They had a few Healers in the Order. He had them check up on the Order's injuries.
All of them were banged up pretty badly. Remus, Tonks, Kingsley, and Amelia having the worst injuries out of them all.
Most of Remus's injuries were relatively minor but some were life threatening so he had to be sent to Saint Mungo's.
Tonks had internal bleeding in her upper abdomen. So she had to be sent to Saint Mungo's.
Kingsley had his right leg mauled and that leg was devoid of any feeling. So he was temporarily called back from duty to allow himself to heal. Amelia had a skull fracture and 5 broken ribs. One of them had punctured her right lung. She was sent to Saint Mungo's for immediate medical assistance.
The rest of them were tended to within Number 12 itself. Upon Dumbledore's return to Number 12, the kids and the Order immediately saw his downtrodden and saddened face. They deduced something terrible had happened. But they were going to regret their next 3 words for a long time.
"What happened Dumbledore?' echoed everyone. Dumbledore sniffed and said, "My friends, I have terrible news for you all. Arthur Weasley, Dedalus Diggle and Sirius Black have all been killed."
There was an echo of outrage and shock among the Weasley clan. They all were left alone in the kitchen to mourn the loss of their husband and father. The others cried out and mourned the loss of their trust worthy friends and allies. Harry seemed...devoid of any emotion. But it was only a matter of mere moments when Harry pulled Dumbledore outside of the kitchen and asked Dumbledore in bated breaths. "Professor, where is Remus, and what happened to him?" asked the nervous teenager. Not wanting to lose the last remaining link to his father. Dumbledore intoned, "I do not know the extent of Remus's injuries Harry. But I do know that he is not faring well.. Do you remember that I had taught you about Voldemort's signature attack as Ghidorah?"
*Flashback*
Rain pattered on the roof and windows of Dumbledore manor as Dumbledore made his way to the training room. He was happy to see the 3 waiting for him. "Good to see you 3 early." happily stated the Headmaster. The said 3 replied, "Thank you sir." and Dumbledore opened the door and they entered. After settling down, Dumbledore began. "Today, I would be going over Tom's Magus Titanus's form. It's history, attacks that you should avoid, etc. So before we begin, any questions? No? Good."
"Tom's form is of the Titanus Ghidorah species. They never were from the earth. They were from outer space. From Muspelheim, some have theorized." "Sir, what's Muspelheim?" asked Hermione.
"Ah. I had anticipated this question. You see Miss Granger, the universe is like a tree. Which some people refer to as the Yggdrasil. Also known as the Life Tree. It has many branches, symbolizing realms. Earth is one of them. Referred to as Midgard. There are 10 realms in total. Alfheim: Home of the Light Elves, ruled by Frey.
Asgard: Home of the Asgardians, ruled by Odin.
Valhalla: Realm of the honored dead which is distinct from but closely connected to Asgard.
Realm Below: Home of the insanely-savage Rock Trolls, located beneath Asgard.
Vanaheim: Home of the Vanir, the sister race of the Asgardians.
Jotunheim: Home of the Frost Giants, ruled by Laufey.
Midgard: Our home. Also called Earth.
Nidavellir: Home of the Dwarves, ruled by Eitri.
Svartalfheim: Home of the Dark Elves. Also called "The Dark World", it is ruled by Malekith.
Realm of the Dead: Hel and Niffleheim are two distinct realms although they are closely related. One of the two always appears on lists or explanations of the realms, but never both. At times, the names are used interchangeably, and the exact division or bounders remains unclear.
Hel: Realm of the dead who are neither honored nor dishonored. It is ruled by Hela.
Niffleheim: Realm of the dishonored dead. Also called "Mist-Home", it is a land of ice, mist, and cold.
Muspelheim: Home of the Fire Demons. Also called Muspel, it is a realm of eternal fire and is ruled by Surtur. This is where the Dark Titans arise from. Dark Titans such as King Ghidorah, Rodan, Destoroyah, Biollante, etc.
Heven: Home of the Angels. A paradisal realm ruled by the Queen of Angels. Heven was cut off from the other nine during a brutal war between it and Asgard. But it was reopened by Thor and Loki.
We are not alone in this universe. These are realms. There are a lot more planets apart from these. For example Xandar, home of the N.O.V.A force or Knowhere, home of the Collector. Or Saakar, home of the Grandmaster. Or Titan, home of the Mad Titan Thanos."
Dumbledore explained the concept of multiple realms for a few more minutes then he shifted his focus to Ghidorah.
"The Titanus Ghidorah species had invaded Earth during the Carboniferous period. They were establishing their rule but a Titan force, also known as the Titanus Gojira, has interrupted their plans and made the front line and the force that were to drive away from the Ghidorah. Both of the species fought viciously, leaving one combatant alive from either side. The last 2 went to fight. They both were heavily weakened and the Ghidorah retreated to heal and the Gojira's did the same. And Gojira, now known as Godzilla, is always ready and has fought off dozens of Titan attacks on earth and has established the proper balance of nature.
He has finished the ancient titan war with the last Titanus Ghidorah, and no one dared to stand in King of the Monster's fury. The main move that had killed the Gojira's was the Gravity Beams. Now known as the tristitia tignarius spell is cast through a wand. 4 Ghidorahs used to use this on one Godzilla to kill the said Gojira. You still need to be wary of this spell because this is as deadly if cast through a wand. It makes 3 beams of electricity pour out of the wand. If all 3 hits, you are dead. If you are fortunate to have been just struck by one, you are lucky enough to live, but it would take you 8 months to heal."...
*Flashback end*
"What are you trying to imply sir?" Harry knew what he was implying but was in denial. So he asked it directly from the Headmaster to wrong his fears. But what he said just confirmed and strengthened his fears.
"Harry, I have been hit by it on my feet" cleared Dumbledore.
"Sir are you ok?"
" Yes, Harry. I may not be able to move well for quite a time now. I may recover from this but even if I am permanently crippled, I will make sure from the inside the we will win this war."
The reality of the war began to sink in.
AN: Here ya go
1) That's a spell for a flashbang. A Flashbang grenade, if you will.
2) That roughly translates to "Lightning".
3) Steam has heat. Latent heat. Which can cause burns.
The song's name is Warriors btw. And the song from last chapter was Iridescent from Linkin Park.