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*** He didn't know where he was but everything around him was dark and damp. He could feel the hardwood floor beneath him. His attention was drawn towards the old man peering out of the window on the other side of the room. It seemed he was observing weird lights in the manor at some distance.
He watched as the old man cursed under his breath as he walked to the bedside table and retrieved a key. He followed the man as he exited the small house with a heavy coat on him, he followed the man through a graveyard with a torch in hand, his body closer to the ground.
He watched from his hidden position as the man climbed some stairs and reached the door of an old decrypt manor. It was a wooden door with webbing all over it. The man went for the key but stopped when he noticed the door was open. As the man stepped inside he followed behind observing as the man looked around for a while.
He could hear voices coming from upstairs and so could the man who turned to climb the stairs. Wood creaked under every step the man took. Slowly the voices became clear and he recognized a couple of them first was the man who killed his parents, the Dark Lord. Other two however he didn't know.
"… Mi'lord it will be done, I will not disappoint you," the unknown voice said. As they reached the top he could see the figure of a young man talking to someone who was sitting in a cushioned high-back chair but couldn't see the person.
The third individual was a huge man with a long brown overcoat feral features and a menacing look on his back. He once again heard dark lord "See that you do! Or It won't be the Greyback you will need to fear. Gather our old comrades send them a sign" he felt himself entering the room curling around his chair. He could see the dark lord's new form, a hideous baby, and heard as he spoke parsel tongue.
"Nagini says the old muggle caretaker is standing behind us," the Dark lord said and Greyback moved to kill the old man he watched horror come upon the man's face. But the dark lord interrupted the beast saying "Stand aside Fenrir so I can give our guest a special gift!"
{AVADA KEDAVRA!} ***
Harry woke up in a cold sweat from the nightmare which felt very real, unnervingly real. Shaking his head he looked at his right only to see Ron snoring away. Sighing he threw the blanket aside getting out of his bed he moved his hair through his hair. He retrieved the holly from under in pillow reveling in the warmth of familiar wood around his hand.
He stood up and walked out of the room towards the kitchen to get a glass of water. After down two he calmed down a little but not for a long time as his ears perked up. He heard strange noises coming from outside curious he moved towards the exit and peeked his head out only to see chaos and horror all around him.
People were running from those in black robes and skull masks who were attacking innocents, burning tents with people inside them, and torturing people. His mind racing he moved back into the tent and put a sonorous charm on himself banging on the room of Mr. Weasley and Twins yelling "GET UP WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!" repeating the same for Hermione before going back to his room to shrink his stuff before shaking Ron saying "Ronald Wake up! We are under attack"
"Sod off Potter!" Ron snapped in sleep before yelping as he was hit and yelled "WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM YOUR GIT!"
Not in a mood for his crap he scream back forgetting about the charm in place "WE ARE UNDER ATTACK YOU MORON! WE NEED TO LEAVE NOW" before stepping back into the living room where everyone was gathered except for Bill who left after the match.
"THE WHOLE CAMPSITE IS UNDER ATTACK," he said making others wince and cover their eyes. His eyes widened as he realized his mistake and took the charm off.
Recovering Arther took charge saying "Okay me, Percy, and Charlie will go to help the ministry security forces fight them off, Fred, George both of you are in charge of keeping these three safes, make it to the forest it's on the other side of the stadium, understood" getting nod he said "Okay let's get moving"
All seven of them marched out of the tent and made a few steps towards their right only to hear a bang behind them. They turned behind only to see their tent now on fire, Harry's instinct screamed as ducked a stray spell sailed over his head and broke everyone out of their trance. They resumed running, Ron still groggy "Who the hell are they?"
"Well Ronald I would love to answer you but I don't think they will give me an interview even if I asked them" Harry retorted sarcastically as he cast a quick protego on his side to block a fire spell.
Hermione rolled her eyes at his jibe asking "Boys! Not now" as she ducked another spell.
Harry smirked as they resumed running forward dodging and swirling around people trying to keep up with each other. On the way, they came across a man in a black robe about to set a tent on fire. He saw shadows of a panicking family inside, not willing to leave them to die he picked his pace pointed his wand, and cast {Depulso!} at the range so close man couldn't protect himself and was sent flying back and went unconscious when he hit another the ground.
"Guys we need to help them!" he screamed as he made his way towards the tent with Hermione following him with twins.
Ron protested "This is not the time to play hero Potter, we need to get to a safe place! Let Aurors do their jobs," he said standing in one place but when no one listened to him he growled and followed them.
Nearing the tent Harry called "Everyone stand back we are here to help you get out!" he said before waving his wand and undoing the simple transfiguration on the flap of the tent. The family of four consisting of parents and two boys came out. They thanked them but Harry stopped them "You can thank me later for now we need to move, the forest is the safest area. Go ! Go! Go!" he hurried them following behind the four.
He turned to Hermione "We help as many as we can on our way, it's the least we can do? Fred, George?" he ignored the youngest Weasley as he made his intentions clear.
"We are with you Harry!" both twins said together.
He nodded and all of them were once again on the move and came across 2 men who were torturing an elderly man. This time twins took the lead as in perfect unison they moved firing stunners which both men easily blocked with a shield charm but they expected it. It was where Hermione stepped in summoning the elderly towards them.
Harry ended it by binding both men in a simple {Incarcerous!} which was a conjuration spell as such it passed right through their shields. Checking on the elder man they left him in the side hoping Aurors find him later.
They continued on their way but didn't make it very far their little scuffle with the two men drew the attention of their partners who started following and attacking them, forcing them to take covers behind some sturdy-looking tents that looked very expensive.
But not all of them were successful as Ron was caught in his right leg with a bone-shattering curse and went down screaming "AHHHHHH!"
"Damn it! Fred George! Get him out of here we will cover for you!" Harry said as he came out of the cover and started a barrage of an explosive curse on the ground just a few meters ahead of it making a smokescreen of the dust and smoke. It gave Fred time to drag Ron to the side while George shielded the blind curses thrown by the attackers.
It was in the knick of the time as the dust settled and they were once again under heavy spell fire. Hermione yelled "Guys get Ronald out of here he needs medical attention! We are right behind you"
"No, we should stay together! Separating will only diminish our chances!" George protested ducking a stunner.
Harry groaned as a cutting curse grazed his shoulder "For Magic's sake! Just fucking go! All this won't matter if we are all dead. Now go!" he said as he returned the favor but send a cutting curse and watched with a satisfied smile on his face as it struck one of five men square in the chest.
"Damn it, Harry! Okay, provide us with some cover! But you better come back to us Potter or you are in for a hell of a year!" Fred warned as he took Ron's arm and put it around his shoulder with his twin copying him as they dragged their brother away, once again in the cover of smoke.
Hermione took his hand saying "Come on it's our window, let's go!" as she stood up only for him to drag her down, she looked at him questioningly.
"We have to take a different route, lead them away from others!" He remarked before sending a tongue-tying charm at their attacker followed by a full body binding curse both found their mark reducing the number.
He took Hermione's hand and said "I will use an incendio, light a fire in near them you cast ventus! It will give us time to make a break for it!" getting a nod from her, counted on his finger and one both rose {INCENDIO!}{VENTUS!}
The raging fire started startling the men in black that's when they started running across the fielding. Not stopping until they put quite a distance between their attackers and themselves.
They doubled over clutching their stomachs as they took cover in an empty tent. They quickly found some water to quench their thirst and took some with them in Hermione's bottle. They got out of the tent only to see their attackers searching for them "Look around! Potter and his friends must be here! One of them is injured they couldn't have made it very far!"
Being cautious they opted to be stealthy as they quietly started walking towards West when they got a little amount of relief when they once again found the crowded area which gave them better cover in the chaos. They finally reached the edge of the forest and took a sigh of relief.
Hermione took the bottle out after having her fill and passed it to Harry who chugged before saying "Who are they? Why are they attacking us?"
Hermione sighed "They are Knights Of Walpurgis or they once were but now they are death eaters, Voldemort's army. After our first encounter with Snake Face, I dug everything I could from the library and talked to Sirius after his trial" as she threw her head back resting it on the trunk of the tree.
"Great! School hasn't even started this time!" he commented sarcastically looking at Hermione but his eyes went past her as he saw something he never wanted to see in his life ever again.
The sweet little Gabrielle Delacour came out of the forest her little dress was torn and she had tear tracks on her cheeks which along with mud on her dress, she was constantly looking behind her.
He didn't say anything only ran towards her to intercept as she was running in the direction of the Death eaters. His sudden moment startled Hermione who looked where he was running off to and followed a second later.
Gabrielle didn't stop instead when she noticed it was Harry Potter, the savior of the wizarding world she sped up and didn't stop until she had her arms wrapped around his waist with her face buried in his stomach.
Putting his arms around the distraught girl he rubbed her back gently after a minute he he separated her from him asking "Gabby, Gabby, Gabby! What happened? Where is your family?"
He watched as her eyes became confused for a minute but widened when Hermione translated it and started to babble incoherently which made a pit of dread settle in his gut. Hermione turned to Harry "She said her mother and sister are fighting bad men, Marie and Celine were injured when they were escaping and she doesn't know where her father is"
An image he never wanted to ever see again came to his mind, of 2 women being defiled by those monsters. Taking a steadying breathe he asked "Stay with her Mione' I am going to help Fleur and Mrs. Delacour"
"Harry! You don't know ho-" she tried to protest
"Mione' we can't leave her alone!" he snapped before saying "Don't worry I will be fine, just stay safe and keep her safe" before he started running into the forest in the direction where Gabrielle came from. For a few minutes he was running blindly until he heard a shrill cry from his right, he recognized the voice even though only exchanged a couple of words with the owners, Fleur and Apolline.
They were in danger, they were in pain and just like when he fought Basilisk in his second year he turned and started running in that direction on autopilot. His blood filled with adrenaline gave him enough speed to reach a large enough clearing few meters.
He stopped only to see a prone form of Celine lying on the forest floor, fearing the worst he quickly checked her vitals and was relieved to feel a pulse under her wrist.
After placing her against the tree he resumed only to find Marie in the same manner but with a gash wound on her thigh which had since stopped bleeding to prevent it from infecting with a quick Agumenti he cleaned it before removing his thin jacket tying it around the wound tightly.
His action made the woman groan, knowing she would make it he ran straight to where he could hear screams coming from and the volume increasing as he got closer and closer. He stopped just a couple of feet behind the tree line not consciously but in shock.
His blood turned to ice at the scene that was playing in front of him as Fleur and Apolline Delacour withered in agony on the ground under a sick-looking crimson spell. Their clothes were tattered along with their undergarments surrounded by no less than 10 men in black robes and masks.
He didn't notice or see as his magic started to crackle around him in the air. Howls, Screech, and Roars pierced the silence of the night, his eyes started glowing in the night and his wand vibrated in his hands. There was no plan, no sense just pure rage and the every essence that made him a Gryffindor.
That was the last thing Fleur noticed in between her torture before it resumed. Her mind went to how all this happened.
French Tent 20 Minutes Earlier
Fleur couldn't believe how the visit she was dreading turned out to be very strange as she met someone very special in more ways than one. Harry James Potter, the boy who lived as the messiah of the magical world and now the only known male who was completely immune to a Vela's allure, something which was thought to be impossible.
But it didn't help that he had the most mesmerizing emerald eyes she had ever seen. She could have lost herself in them and not cared about what went on in the real world. Those eyes with his messy hair which were perfect to her hand through them.
She let out a frustrated groan before getting out of bed and making her way down to the living room. She knew her mother would be awake talking with Marie and Celine.
And she was correct as three women were sitting near the hearth with roaring fire engrossed in a deep conversation. Her entrance drew their attention.
"What is it, Flower? Everything okay?" Apolline asked concerned as it wasn't often when Fleur was up this late.
The girl in question shook her head saying "Non-Maman, I just couldn't sleep" as she settled in the seat near the hearth to get some warmth.
"A certain green-eyed enigma on your mind, Fleur?" Marie asked suggestively wiggling her eyebrows.
She blushed a little and nodded "Oui, 'e is unlike anyone man I've seen before!" before turning to her mother and asking "Maman how is it even possible?"
Apolline did the only thing she could do, she shrugged saying "I am as shocked at you flower, I have never seen someone who is completely resistant, straight and single man. I will ask Grandmere when we get back home, I am sure she would love to meet him to check it for herself"
Fleur nodded the point came to her mind too, her grand mere was the head of the world veela council. If there was someone immune to their allure they needed to know about him. But it also scared her a bit for what it would mean for Harry.
"So did you lose your bet Marie?" she asked the woman who groaned throwing her head back and making the other two women laugh.
"Don't remind me, stupid Krum and stupid Bulgarian team losing! I mean did you see how poor their chasers and keepers were!? Did they only train seeker and beaters?" she asked in irritation.
Celine scoffed "Oh please if anyone is to blame here it's you. It was clear from the start that the only reason they got to finally was Krum's performance while the Irish team has always been a well-rounded one"
Marie whined "Hey! Don't rub salt on my wound okay! It hurts I lost 20 galleons! Let me mourn my loss in peace" as she took a sip of butterbeer.
Fleur chuckled before asking "Papa isn't back yet?"
"Non-Ma Cheri, he had some important paperwork to work out with other dignitaries, ICW business," Apolline said with a smile as she took a sip of white wine. While the other two women simply smirked.
Noticing this she looked between all three asking "Okay, you three know what is going on, so can you please tell me?"
"Sorry flower we can't, Papa made us take an oath not to reveal it," Apolline said in an apologetic tone which didn't sound sincere as she enjoyed teasing the girl a little.
Fleur only huffed as a response as she got up asking "Hot Chocolate for anyone?" while Apolline and Marie shook their head Celine nodded.
She smiled and moved towards the small kitchenette which had very few supplies. One thing to know about veelas was that they loved their sweets, while Apolline loved her Vin Santo Rosso from Italy, and Gabrielle loved her Macrons, Fleur simply loved thick hot chocolate with some whipping cream and marshmallows on top of it.
After 10 minutes she returned to the living room with two steaming hot cups in it with a few ginger cookies on the side which were the favorite of Celine.
"Mon Dieu! I missed these so much" Celine said as she eagerly took off the cookie before taking a sip from her cup "Best as always"
"Merci Celine" as she settled in her seat and took her cup. She started sipping it unable to control it as her mind went back to the green-eyed teen.
Apolline was on the same page but with a little different concern. She could feel her magic reaching out to the boy she met. It was the first time she felt herself getting butterflies for someone and her her heartbeat got first when she was under his penetrating gaze. She remembered the way she felt when her eyes fell on her breasts.
Normally she would feel disgusted but today she felt happy that he noticed, heck she wanted to show everything she had to him. It was in Veela's nature to give herself completely to the one she felt the bond towards. More often a veela chooses a mate that is equal to her in terms of power.
And from what she observed she wasn't the only one, she glanced at Fleur who was quietly drinking her hot chocolate. She knew that bonding with the same man wouldn't be a problem as polygamy was widely accepted in the magical world.
It was something else that she was worried about but before she could ponder any further on the topic the sound of a loud explosion brought her out of her reverie as she put her glass down and stood up asking "What was that?"
Marie and Celine were on alert as they got up with the former saying "We will see what the ruckus is" with later completing "Probable the Irish celebrating their victory" as both of them walked towards the exit of the tent.
Fleur put her now empty cup down looking towards the entrance waiting for her friends to come back and wave her mother off but that changed when instead they returned with their faces ashened. Celine goes towards Gabrielle's room.
"We need to leave milady, the campsite is being attacked," Marie said as she extinguished the fire in the hearth vanishing all the signs that someone was there along with the tray that Fleur used.
That was when Celine came out with a half-sleep Gabrielle with her asking "What's going Maman?" yawning a little.
"Angel we have to leave bad people are attacking, we need to get out of here. Stay with us and if I ask you to run you run away, you run away no arguing or debating" Apolline said in a stern tone getting the nod she turned to Fleur saying "Same applies to you Flower"
But before she could answer outside another explosion went off making Marie bellowed "We must hurry!" as she took the lead getting out of the tent with their wards in the middle and Celine guarding the rear of their party.
They started towards the forest trying to weave through the chaotic crowd as people were running all over the. Gabrielle was in Apolline's arms and Fleur was behind her with her wand in hand ready to act. She was a dueling champion for the past seven years not someone to be taken lightly.
They felt safe once they reached the forest. They stopped as Apolline was panting and gasping she let Gabrielle down taking a bottle offered by Marie just as she ended a red spell came towards them only to be blocked by Celine.
"Go, we need to go deeper!" she bellowed as the assailant kept the assault going on her shield weakened with every spell that fell on it. She looked to check on others only to find they them running. She could hear Gabrielle calling for her.
The moment of distraction cost her as she was hit by a stunner and fell unconscious. As the assailant came forward the man behind the mask leered "Well isn't that a pretty little thing! You and me are going to have a lot of fun you slut" he tries to bend and grope the unconscious woman but was stopped by his colleague.
"Don't get distracted you dolt! We have veelas to catch!" the man snapped as they chased the party.
A few feet ahead Marie, Fleur, and Apolline kept their heads on their swivel with Gabrielle in the middle. It was for better as the five assailants chasing them came towards them opening assault with dark spells which Marie who was far more experienced blocked them with strong shields.
Taking this chance Apolline turned toward Gabrielle who was crying and hiccuping saying "Angel, run, run and try to find Harry! He is your friend he will keep you safe okay?"
"B…ut wha…..t abo..ut you? And Fl…eur? Ma…rie…? And Ce…line" the sobbing girl asked worried about being left alone.
Apolline smiled "We will be okay angel, we have magic and our wands with us, you need to get to safety, now run my angel, go" and with a nod the 7-year-old started running.
Apolline turned back only to see Marie's shield break and a bone-breaking cruse hitting the side of her ribs she cried "GO! Get out of here!" just before the pain took her.
"Marie!" a distraught Fleur went to help her friend only for Apolline to stop her pulling her towards the clearing. She looked a little hurt and gave her mother a questioning look.
They stood in the middle of the clearing they were surrounded by 10 men dressed in black cloaks. One man came forward announcing "Well well, it looks like we are in a feast my friends! We got 2 veelas in the cage, fell let's have some fun" as his voice was silky smooth.
Aoplline scoffed "I am sorry to inform you but the healer flooed, he informed me ten of you aren't men but cowards, nothing more nothing less"
The man growled "Oh quite a mouth on you slut, don't worry am experienced in how to break your kind, you can almost say it's I my blood" as he brought his wand up casting {Cruico!}
It was blocked by Apolline simply with a pebble with Fleur jibing "What are you done?"
The man smirked "You are dumb slut aren't you? There are two of you and 10 of us! How long will you be able to keep this up?" with a cruel smile on his face.
Together ten men cast the curciatus curse forcing both veelas to move which caused them to separate. Fleur on the right and Apolline left, in the middle columns of 5 men face each of them in a semi-circle.
Fleur went in an action fire a {Confringo!} as the ground tried to break their formation of the men but the combined shield performed by the man tanked it.
{Lumos Maxima!} {Reducto Maxima!} {Depulso!} {Incendio Maxima} was the chain that followed. It had a desired effect as the man were forced to cover their eyes and weren't able to hold their shields. The banishment hit the man in the center of the line making him fly in the air while another caught on fire.
On the opposite side, Apolline summoned three spears banishing the man in the blink of an eye followed by an acid curse at the feet of the one man who went down screaming and ending it wide-cuttinging curse which hit left the most man on the shoulder.
The leader behind his shield ordered "Enough! Break those sluts!" as he cast the torture curse Apolline blocked but wasn't able to stop another which struck her "AHHHHHHHH!" she went on her knees as screams.
Across from them, Fleur was distracted by her mother's scream but she dodged the cruciatus curse and sent a man on the ground with a bone-shattering curse. Seeing a gap between gap she sent a piercing curse at the leader.
It hit the man passing through his upper arm which made the man scream in pain and turn at her scream "YOU BITCH! I WILL KILL YOU!" as he brought his wand {AVADA KEDARVA!}
She ducked out of the sickly green curse and stepped back from a cruciatus curse from one man but right into the path of a cutting curse which hit her ankle making a deep gash. She stumbled a little which was what her attackers needed as she was immediately hit by the unforgivable curse and went down to the knee just like her mother.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed from her throat.
"That's it! Squeal you bitch! That's what your kind is all good for! Nothing more but slut! I will personally make you my cum dump! You will grovel at my shoe! I am your master, you whore squeal for me!" the leader gloated.
One by one every man took their turn in torturing both women. They used the cutting curses to remove their clothes not caring as their bodies were covered in gashes until both women's clothes only enough to cover their private parts.
Both of them were spasming uncontrollably on the ground and the leader of the attack watched in glee as he announced "Look at them! These are the half-breeds who are beneath us! They are creatures born to serve us! To be our slaves!" his followers cheered and laughed.
"We are Knights of Walpurgis! We are protectors of blood! The only thing that matters! And they" he pointed his finger to Fleur who was gasping for air "are taint on our magic! Our Lord will return! He will praise us when he tells him we didn't stop spreading his message! Doing the work he started! To purify our society of this dirt!" making his followers cheer once again.
He raised his hand with open palm saying "Now we take our reward! These beasts will belong to us! We will make them submit and turn them into their true form! Watch as I make this girl submit!"
With a menacing smile he moved towards Fleur and yanked her face up by pulling her dirt hair up asking "Tell me slut! Who do you belong to? Who are you master! Accept you are nothing but a slut Accept it!" he said his spittle flying at on Fleur's face.
Taking a shuddering to breathe saying "if….u…c….k…. Y..o…u, ba… t… ar… d…" before spitting on the man's mask.
The man smiled as he backed away casting {CRUCIO!} and watched in glee as she started screaming once again and went unconscious but there was a smile on her face.
For a minute there was no sound before a Howl broke it which was followed by a loudest screech of the bird and then a roar shook the very ground.
"Now I will bind her to me and purify her with my seed!" the leader said ignorant of everything. He brought his wand up but before he could cast the enslavement curse.
But before he could start casting another voice rang from the side {REDUCTO!} an orange curse sailed towards the leader who ducked just in time making the man beside him inadvertent victim as he sailed hitting the tree with a sickening crunch and going limp.
The leader just had time to see who cast the spell only to see a severing charm hitting another one of his men in the torso. It was sure to leave a mark, after the shock wore off all of them were now aware of the new arrival but couldn't exactly make out who it was as he was in the shadows with a wand in his hand, magic crackling in a small sparkles in the air and his emerald eyes glowing in the dark of the night. Most of them took a step back as the boy stepped out of the into the moonlight, Harry Potter.
The leader snarled "POTTER! Can't keep it to yourself! Just like your blood traitor father and mudblood mother!" as he brought his wand up {Avada Kadavera!} the sick green spell leaving his wand.
Harry dived to his left and noticed Apolline was unconscious too with her body twitching from torture. He counted his opponents who numbered in 8. He didn't know how but he wasn't going to let them escape even if he died. Readying himself he started the basic spell chain he knew {Stupefy!} {Bombarda!} {Depluso!} {Incarcerous!} {Incendio!}
The stunner was easily blocked but the bombarda aimed to the ground did its work disorienting 3 who were in the range and followed by the banishment charm that nailed the man in the chest and tied up in green rope. The fire curse was easily blocked by two who had recovered enough by that point.
"Don't just stand there you fools! Attack!" the leader yelled as he threw a cutting curse, stunner, and petrification curse. Others followed him as they started attacking.
Harry had never been more thankful for his seeker training ever before he started weaving and dodging the spells that were coming at him. But not all was going his way as he got nicked various times and bruised by a bludgeoning curse on his body.
He was forced back by their barrage and he had to take behind the tree. He was tired at first due to overpowering his initial assaults and was in pain from all the spells he took on the body.
Holding his hand up the leader called out "Surrender Potter, and I will make sure that your death is quick"
Gritting his teeth Harry didn't reply instead he took decided to counter with {Lumos Maxima!} {Expeliarmus!} {Stupefy!} {Incendio Maxima!} {Ventus!}
The light blinded some while others covered their eyes and they were able to move out of the second spell and ducked the flaming spell which sailed over their head hitting the tree which caught on fire the air spell only increasing its intensity.
{Confringo!} one of the men cast at the tree which Harry was taking cover behind making a blast and starting to fall in his direction. The force from the blast forced him to move.
{Protego!} he cast before doing a faint at right before going left but his shield was useless as the sickly red stream stuck to his side and he screamed in pain.
"Good work man!" the leader said in an impressed voice to the initiate who was holding the torture curse on the boy who lived. He turned but was surprised to see the boy still standing on his feet.
It was short duration but the pain was beyond anything he had ever experienced he wasn't going to give in not when there were lives at stake. He kept moving and took cover behind another tree dry heaving.
"I must commend you, Potter! Not many can stand after being hit by the cruciatus curse though it was performed by a novice let's see how you fare against a professional" the leader yelled as he waved his wand and transfigured.
Harry gasped as he felt the rough wood around him change before long he felt it wrap around his waist, hands, and legs in its confines. He tried to run away from its grasp but was unsuccessful as soon the animated tree with him in its grasp stood up and turned to its master. The grip was crushing him as he was now feet above the ground.
"Nowhere to run now Potter? Huh?" the leader smirked making other men chuckle. Harry squirmed a little trying to get his wand hand a little loose. Ignoring the jibes from his enemies.
"Watch him squirm," the leader said before he grinned saying "Now we conduct our experiment! How long will you last Potter those half-breed sluts endured a lot before they feinted" he turned to his colleague "What do you think my friends? Any guess?"
"I think 2" "I bet he won't last one attack from you sir!" the voices and opinions came from them.
The leader cackled and raised his hand "Bets are in, now shall we? {Curcio!} he bellowed.
Harry did the only thing he could do in the tight grip of his prison, he screamed in pain. He felt every nerve ending in his body was on fire. Nothing compared to the pain he was feeling, nothing not even a basilisk bit from his second year.
It lasted for a minute with him gasping for air and his muscles twitching a little. The leader chuckled "He is still conscious lads, let's increase the dosage shall we" once again casting the torture curse.
It lasted for a minute and a half. By the time Harry's throat felt hoarse from screaming, his body in pain every part of his body trembling he thought that it was a miracle that he still was able to keep his wand in hand.
The leader once again went to cast but stopped "Hmm, you are pretty tough Potter but I am afraid our time here is limited plus promised my men a little fun time with those veela sluts, who you came here to save, like a hero you are. But now you will live with the knowledge that you failed to do it"
Later in his life, the masked man would regret saying this sentence. His sentence spurred Harry's mind as with his half-lidded eyes he looked as the man moved towards Apolline and Fleur. He tried to move in the iron grip, to do anything he could. He wanted to save them. 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 has to die doing so. At that moment he vowed to protect people he cared for or those who cared for him.
Fighting through the pain he gripped his Holly wand, 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 in the confinement.
At that moment the Howl of the Wolf, Screech of the bird, and Roar reverberated through the forest, and next second a shock wave of pure untainted magic was released from him. The first victims to get hit with it were the death eaters around him as it passed through them knocking them unconscious.
The leader of the group just finished casting {Mosmorde!}
And turned only to see the wave coming for him took out his portkey and vanished after saying the activation phrase. It traveled at the breakneck speed bending the trees on its way in the outwards direction.
Hermione with Gabrielle heard the screams and was about to move when she saw the light coming toward her. She turned her body around to protect Gabrielle only to gasp when she felt warmth covering her when the wave hit her.
Similarly, Twins in the forest who were looking after their unconscious brother felt amazed as the wave passed both brothers looked at each other grinning like loons saying "WICKED!" Many who were deeply in tune with magic felt the shock wave as a ripple in the pond all over the world.
At the campsite were looking at the sky in horror which among them was Arther Weasley and his two eldest sons, of whom Charlie gasped seeing a smoky skull in the sky and a snake slither out of its mouth "The Dark Mark!"
But they were surprised when they saw it started vanishing when hit with a burst of magic. It was Percy who noticed the shock wave coming and yelled "Look out!" pointing in the direction of the forest, just when Arther and Charlie looked the wave passed them over not affecting them but rendering the other two unconscious.
A gong rang in the air as the wards set by attackers broke like glass giving the auror contingent led by Kingsley Shackelbolt a way to enter and help people. The tall man with a dark complexion dressed in the traditional garb of his country ordered "Move out! Help where you can and apprehend all fugitives!" he turned to his Junior asking "Auror Tonks take 5 men and scour the forest for any survivors or fugitives"
"Aye, Kings!" the woman with short neon pink hair and indigo eyes said trying to cover her worries with her humor as she took charge of the group of 5 men and started heading towards her target.
While Kingsley moved towards the VVIP area. He came to a stop in front of the huge tent in the middle. He came to stop taking in the scene, bodies of black-robed men littered on the ground, with many Aurors in the middle. He traversed through to reach where with 15 Aurors stood his boss, Amelia Bones, Director of DMLE. The woman with crimson red waist-long hair dressed in official red robes. She was panting with mud and blood on her face.
"Madame Bones, are you fine?" he asked in concern.
She turned to him sighing "I am okay Shacklebolt, but we lost good men and women here, if not for that… shock-wave you would be looking at a very different scene" ending it morbidly. Shaking her head she asked, "What's the status?"
"The campsite is almost deserted, most of the people escaped to the forest for safety I have our officers scouring the place to find any survivors or fugitives. Sent Tonks towards the forest" Kingsley reported.
"Good! Now we have families of dignitaries to look for" she said moving forwards and turning to order "Spread out! It's a search and rescue! If you encounter any of the black cloaks apprehend them for questioning! Now move people"
She turned to Kingsley saying "I am going to the forest to assist in the search" as she started walking toward her destination. Her mind trying to figure out how and when the remnants of the death eaters co-ordinate such a large attack.
There were almost 40 of them wreaking havoc on the people, she was glad she sent her niece home after the match, it was for the best. She saw that fire in the forest seemed to have spread. She knew something was going on in there but what she didn't know. Throughout the battle, she heard battle cries coming from there.
She was brought out of her revere when she saw her protege coming from the south with five people behind her. She was about to move when she spotted a group of teenagers coming out of the forest. She recognized them as the Twins of Arther Weasley caring for their youngest brother along with Hermione Granger who was a witness at Sirius Blacks and Peter Pettiegrew's trial, with a blond-haired girl in her arms
"Are you all alright?" she asked getting closer to them.
Hermione nodded "Yes but our friend here is injured and Harry went into the forest to find Gabrielle's sister and Mother" Her eyes started watering as she added "I heard him scream before the shock wave"
Amelia went pale as she nodded "We will find him, Ms. Granger, don't worry" She turned to Tonks who heard the conversation and simply nodded.
Tonks led the charge almost running worried sick about Harry, she finally had a chance to connect with him after all these years, he couldn't leave her alone again, he was her first-ever friend.
They quickly arrived where unconscious Celine was resting and 2 aurors were assigned to take them to a temporary medical facility. As they went forward they saw Marie and sent her away the same way as the rest of their team. While Auror was levitating the woman Amelia gasped looking at the clearing to the right.
Tonks turned hearing her and looked at the same thing, she felt hot tears coming in her eyes as she started running towards the clearing. There in the middle was Harry Potter unconscious trapped in the transfigured tree's grip.
She looked around only to see two blond women lying on either side of the clearing, with no sight of dark cloaks anywhere.
Tonks canceled the transfiguration with Amelia levitated the young man down. Getting a closer look at him she almost vomited. He was covered in blood and dirt, and his body was spasming and twitching even when unconscious.
"He needs special attention! Boss, my mum can look after him! I am going to take him home and look after him, with your permission" Tonks said her voice cracking as she took the teen's head in her lap.
Amelia nodded "You have my permission, Tonks, if what I am thinking is correct once again I and everyone here owe him more than anyone can comprehend" Her voice cracked a little as she tried to keep her emotions in check in front of her employees.
Getting permission she took out the rope and secured Harry in her arms saying "Home" and vanishing in a faint blue light.
Amelia sighed as she walked out of the forest with a horrible scene in her mind as she hoped for the young man's recovery. She reached for a wand levitating both women making her way to the medical center at the edge of the campsite.
She made her way to where Ms. Granger was and saw the girl stand up upon seeing him. She put her hand up stopping her question saying "Before you ask Ms. Granger, Mr. Potter is fine he was in pretty bad shape as such was sent for better medical treatment with Auror Tonks"
Hermione breathed a sigh of relief hearing that her best friend/brother was okay, "Thank you Madame Bones" before asking "What about Fleur and Mrs. Delacour"
"We found them unconscious in the same clearing as Mr. Potter. We don't know what transpired there, we will only be able to learn that when all of them give their statements, now please rest the portkeys for your return will be arranged shortly"
Hermione nodded and looked over to where in 6 beds lie 6 individuals who went through something horrible tonight seventh was getting treatment somewhere else. Seeing an empty cot beside Gabrielle she decided to take a nap and soon she slipped into the realm of Morpheus as fatigue took over.
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