Well, we can call my surgery a success. Belly still hurts. Especially when the stitches were removed. Now it's the longer term of does the cancer stay away? We shall see. I'll get quarterly scans for a year. **Now I get to see if the remade Shogun stands up to the original. :)**

[a/n]Glad a few got my Warner Bros reference. Roadrunner HAS to be magical. *meepmeep*

[a/n]Marcus Rowland posits "What if their reaction was a lot more extreme, e.g. that he tells them about the horcruxes" **Not for the faint of heart**

Harry Does Different DXIVd

Goblin Jihad

"Heheheheh. And a very good day for the Grip Clan." The goblin took possession of the long stolen blade "Thieving Humans."

As Harry yanked Ron free of the duplicating trap in the vault he snarled "Rotten bastard! It's as much for you we been doing this! Horcrux! Know what that is? Darkest sort of magic imaginable!"

"What! You have such evil!" Griphook roared in fury. His clawed hand stabbed the air and twisted in an unknown way. Within seconds alarms blared horribly and clanging metal approached rhythmically. Before the boys quite finished freeing their female compatriot, they were surrounded by an array of deadly weapons. He rush to one and dropped to a knee "Levenbrech! These Humans have defiled our sacred vault space. They are in possession of a Horcrux. Its corruption must have compelled me to bring them!"

The one in shiny armor glowered at his fellow Goblin "Perhaps you shall not die, cur. We shall see. But Humans here without cause risk a slow death. We will let the Bator judge."

"We really need to get out - - -" Ron protested beginning a wand draw. He screamed in fear as his wand was reduced to sawdust by an axe that did so took a knuckle as well.

Responding to the scream with a menacing smile, the guard said "Quark is my name. Disobedience by prisoners is my greatest pleasure."

"Let me see, Ronald." Hermione yanked off her tie and rapidly spun it around the wound.

None of the guards looked happy that the Humans complied. For all he was at least the same race, Griphook fared little better.

"Bator Argent. The cause of the invasion alarm." All four prisoners were pushed into a minimally appointed office.

While unfamiliar to the Humans, this Goblin's uniform was clearly that of a high rank. He did not rush to address the matter, and when he did, simply ordered "Report Levenbrech."

"We're after Horcruxes, sir." Harry jumped in urgently "Forgive us, but we didn't know who we could trust. But we must - - -"

There were two causes the rest of Harry's interjection went unheard. There was the roar of fury from Bator Argent. The second was his ponderous looking battleaxe that struck faster than the Human eye, precisely splitting Harry's lightning bolt scar in two. But neither skull nor brain was a hinderance. The Wizarding World's Boy-Who-Lived no longer did even before the gushing head hit the stone floor.

"HARRRY NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed both surviving Humans. Both lashed out at their captors. Ron managed to kill a Goblin. Hermione's less than magical use of her wand cost another his right eye. Then spears through shoulders brought them to their knees before the leader.

Argent nodded with a smile "Another of these foul creations on our territory destroyed. This will be dealt with immediately." He spurned the formerly Black possession with a gauntleted foot. "You two Humans were being led by one and pursued another."

"You fucking murderer!" this from Hermione. She spat blood at the Goblin.

Ron did not even think to quip at her cursing "Pretty tough with us on our knees. No balls for a fair fight?" He couldn't move much.

"You are a Weasley." Argent noted, seizing the young wizard's throat "Did you not listen to your own brother on this?" Tightening his grip and snarled in the agonized face "I see. A bank employee has violated his oath. Levenbrech, without polluting them, order that a squad terminate William Weasley. Leave none alive."

Ron surged through the pain, and twisted the spear in his shoulder. He managed almost gut a guard before dying with the Bator's knife in his throat.

"Secure both ends of this corridor. Possession Protocol. None is to show his face to a clean Goblin." Argent commanded, tone bitter. And once alone with Hermione, snarled "As for you, girl. Tell me about the other Horcruxes."

Hermione spit in the Goblin's face "You murdered the two best men on this planet! Fuck you you stinking ugly pig!"

"I know this hurts." Argent twisted the spear in the witch without effort "You were dead the instant you entered my office, Human. How much pain you suffer before then depends on the truthfulness of your answers."

Abcij

The tainted Bator, and his two guards, knelt before the Supreme Bashar under cloak thus ensuring their leader's purity "The one the Humans call Voldemort is the source of the taint, sir. I have already liquidated the Weasley traitor. Of course, the rest of the family must die as well." He spoke in a submissive dialect of Gobbledeegook.

"Regrettable. He was adequate, for a Human." the Supreme Bashar acknowledged "Your taint, and that of your troops, cannot be cleansed. However, destroy any remaining objects and your names can be restored."

"The Chairgoblin honors me and my unit. We will die with honor." Promised the now nameless Bator.

Abcij

"Goblins will support me?" the Dark Lord demanded of the combat-armored late arrival. Bombardment of Hogwarts had already begun.

The Bator shook his head "You mistake my purpose. My unit failed to prevent a raid by a Human traitor and his compatriots. Our sole purpose is to liquidate every remnant of the Weasley family associated with the breakin. Gringotts cannot allow this stain on our honor. That you are attacking the same site is a mere convenience. We shall kill anyone, or destroy any object, in our path to that vengeance. Berserkers on a single mission. With our deaths on mission, we regain our names."

"As long as you understand I rule here." Declared Voldemort for the clarification of his followers.

The Goblin shrugged "My unit, including myself, will be dead before the next sunrise."

"Sooner at the first sign of betrayal." Promised Voldemort with a sneer.

The berserker Goblin did not consider that worth replying to. Massive Goblin magic was on display in the breach of Hogwarts' defenses. Although the dozen or so of them did not enter until the invasion was well along. Most entered openly, though their killing did not align with the Dark Lond's plans generally. The Bator was not at his side to answer for this. A pair of the Goblins hardly fired a shot as they trailed Voldemort's favorite berserker.

"Get away from my daughter you bitch!" Molly Weasley was allowed to vent righteous hate. And to smile at Ginny. Then her head fell from her body. Ginny cried out as she was grabbed from behind.

The former Griphook cackled gleefully "The other Horcrux. And I get to kill it." His blade entered the Human's back and exited her chest in a smooth motion. This goblin did not have quite the strength of character of the soldiers, but he was a total believer in The True Faith. He tore his blade from the Human girl, nodded at the young zealot who took the taint voluntarily and swung at him. Both blades struck true and a pair of Goblin bodies without heads added to the general carnage.

"The combat is at last over." Lord Voldemort spoke to both sides assembled in the Hogwarts courtyard, his voice magically amplified. "I mourn the loss of every drop of magical blood. We must, together, rebuild what was destroyed and paint the way to the future!"

Displaying his now former high rank in the Goblin military, the Bator cut in "I would speak, oh dark one."

"Yes, my recent allies." Voldemort smiled "Certainly your contribution here, today, cannot be ignored. And I thank you."

Tainted Argent felt ill standing so close to the source of taint, but his time of cleansing had come "My troops were disgraced by allowing Harry Potter to enter Gringotts containing a crime against magic. And further, attempting to steal another. He and his fellows were summarily executed." This was intended to put the Dark Lord off his guard, and it worked "Indeed, the body will be on display tomorrow. But neither I, nor this self-described immortal, be around to see it. His Horcruxes are destroyed!"

"WHAT! YOU LIE!" Voldemort roared. And he was too shocked by the revelation of his secret to deny the fact.

Nor was his attempted violence quick enough against the fully prepared Goblins. The Bator, and his nearest henchman struck with their battleaxes, carving the just-victorious Dark Lord in thirds, then those pieces in half. And though no obvious signal was given, the eight remaining Goblin troopers screamed their forsaken names at the top of their lungs and exploded in strategically spread fireballs.

"We shall make sense of this later." Professor McGonagall took command of the situation "For the moment, imprison those surviving Death Eaters. See their injuries are treated. Once that is done, everyone rest." She wanted nothing more than to pass out, herself, but had to remain in charge.