The invisible sword

The next morning Harry woke up with a great pain in his stomach, actually he couldn’t remember when was the last time he had such a pain. He remembered everything that happened last night, and a lot of things happened in just 24 hours. Among what, the most remarkable things were; seeing Erni again, the unexpected aid from his friend, the little witch Florencia, the love sparks and the separation between him and Gloria, and the unbelievable meeting with mother Teresa. These all together in one day were way too much even for his stomach. His brain was getting flashbacks from the previous night, he was not sure whether everything really happened, he wasn’t sure on anything anymore. Was he really Harry Potter the wizard, the boy-who-lived? Did Dumbeldore, really existed? What about, He, Hermione, Draco, Voldermort, and Sirius, did they really existed? Or he was only a pathetic little o boy, who lost his parents in a crash accident, as aunt Petunia and uncle Vernon once told him? The little boy, Harry Potter, crushed by the cruel reality perhaps invented all these to escape the reality, could this be the case? He heard that stuff like this happened to little children who experienced great loss or big traumas in their lives. So was he actually here, or he was pretending to be here, while his original him is staying somewhere in Private Drive and day dreaming? Could this be true ? Slowly ,Harry was loosing ground, his legs started trembling, while he was fighting to get air, he knew that his face went red, even redder then Ron in his worst moments when Malfloy was enjoying his presence.

“ No!!!!!!” – he screamed

“ No. I’m not a result of imagination, I’m not insane! I’m not mental!!!!…. I will kill my self if I have gone crazy” -he thought

After saying this loudly he clamed down, it seemed that he believed him self once he heard him self speaking loudly, as if this assured and convinced him self on the opposite, He was not in Private Drive.

“ Good. Now lets go, I have a job to do”-he said again loudly, and disappeared in the bushes…

***

The same day, but couple of hours later Erni Macmilian was meeting Ronald Weasly, in the Three Broomstick café.

“ I’m telling you Ron, he fought like never before, and I know that he fights beyond any expectations. I couldn’t believe the spells he managed to conjure, never seen such things before Ron, believe me. I’m sure that he could have had us killed if he wanted. I was so happy when he managed to escape, both for him and for us.”

“ Wait, wait – Ron was saying- Let me recapitulate, if I understood well, you were sent there to arrest Harry on minister’s orders? Is this Tristan menta or whatl??? What’s wrong with him?”

“ Well, it seems that the rumours that Harry has attacked and nearly killed the minister of magic are true. But so far nothing has been published or made public, officially Harry is on non-paid vacation visiting you in the US.”

“ Well if Tristan thinks I’m going to cover his ass with this, he is very mistaken” replied Ron viciously. “And Erni, if you hear something about Harry’s location please let me know, he might need our help, I will call for DA meeting tonight, he NEEDS us again”

“ What ever you say Ron, we will be in touch” replied Ronald

Couple of tables below , Rita Skeeter, the famous, but now much older journalist was seating together with the witch known as JK Rowling , they were discussing something but they suddenly stopped once Ron passed near their table on his way out.

“ Mr Weasly” –Rita called, and whispered to the witch known as Rowling – “this is the famous Ronald Weasly, the best friend of the fugitive Potter, I met them when they were quite young, when Potter was attending Hogwarts, this one was one of the famous trio, I guess you have heard the rumours about them-finished Rita

“ Well, well who do I see here, Mrs Skeeter always nice to see you” – said Ronald ironically

“ Common, Ronni you don’t have to pretend, as you always pretended very bad. How is your friend Harry doing, still sees Voldermort around? ” –now it was Rita’s turn and she knew it.

Ron went completely red.

“ Good habits die hard, don’t they Rita”-said Ron- Which life are you messing up now?”

“ Yours for sure not! There is nothing much in your life Ronni when Potter is not around, is there Ronni?”

“ Oh, I have to go Rita, I just remember I have a meeting in the ministry, I happened to have some information about some unregistered Anig…”

But he was interrupted

“ That would do Ronald!!!! I apologise.- said Rita in a clam voice- But speaking of what, how come you are here when Potter is suppose to be visiting you as we speak ? Did you guys missed out each ether on the way” –asked Rita calmly. There was something inviting in her voice, like bound to conspiracy as if she was expecting Ron to tell her something, like they were on the same side, part of the same gang.

“ Hm, that’s interesting , could I have the pleasure of having a drink with you. But you have to introduce me to your friend first” – But Ron was not as naïve as he used to be in the old Hogwarts days, he didn’t forgot the price that some of his friends had to pay for thinking that Rita is just an innocent , good and easy going journalist without bad intentions, who has a nature of getting quite close very fast.

“ Oh, sorry, I’m so lousy. Ronald Weasly this is JK Rowling, a talented writer, she just came back from abroad, she was on the run from Voldermort and his friends. You must remember the Voldermort, the same one that you helped your friend Potter to finish him for good.”
“ Well, Mrs Rowling I don’t know how much you know our beloved Rita, but she can exaggerate often. I’m amazed by your introduction Rita”

“ So, enough with formalities – at this Rita took out her parchment and quill- how about you and Harry? How come you are here when he is suppose to be visiting you? Or the rumours that Tristan has sent a squad of Aurors to hunt him are true?”

Ronald began to speak, but he saw the text in Rita’s parchment even before he opened his mouth
‘ At the mentioning the name of his best friend tears fall from the face of the brave, handsome and youngest Mr Weasley’ . Ron smiled and continued

“ You see Rita, no one was more surprised then me when I heard this when I came back home few days ago to visit my family. Harry didn’t came to visit me, I would have been the first one to know it. Don’t you think?”

“ What do you think about the rumours that a squad of Aurors are looking for your best friend?”

“ I don’t believe that also, because only an extremely stupid minister could send a squad of Aurors against Harry Potter, and our minister is not stupid at all”-said Ron ironically

“ What makes you say that?”

“ First of all, it would take more then just a squad to take down Harry Potter. Has everyone forgotten that all the squads of Aurors that the ministry had stood no chance against Voldermort? And that Harry was the one who did the job that thousands of Aurors couldn’t? Second of all, why would someone hunt Harry Potter?”

“ Well, we all know about the triumph of Harry Potter over Voldermort. But he was supported all the way by many people, among which you were one of them and his closest friend”-Rita said

“ Listen to me carefully, I’m not going to repeat this twice, Harry Potter has powers that even Dumbledore and Voldermort together didn’t know. So, if those stupid rumours are true, then I would like to pass a message to those who would chase Harry. GIVE UP!!! IF YOU LIKE YOUR LIVES.”

“ Why should they?”- Rita provoked him, and Ron knew she wanted more, he knew that she though that Harry was on the run, but he has sent his best friend to explore on how the things stand at the moment and what’s the determination of the ministry, and the pulse of the public opinion as well.

“ Because when, lets say if they manage to catch Harry Potter. When you would think that he is crushed, that you have managed to defeat him, then he is in his STRONGEST element, you have no clue what could happen to you. Just Remember Voldermort, the one that some of us still fear to pronounce his name. Harry caused such things on him exactly in the moments when he though that Harry was done, so Voldermort died of fear, he paid with his own had. And I know that very well!! I was there!!!”

“ Hm, thank you very much Mr Ronald”-Rita replied

“ It is always a pleasure to chat with you sweet lady” - There was irony again in his voice of pretending to like Rita Skeeter.

After this, Ron walked out of the café while Rita continued her chat with her friend Rowling

“ So in his second year he fought the Basilisk…….”

***
The next evening ten people were gathered at the Burrow, chatting something in an undertone:

"I could have sworn someone was watching us," bhed hed Adrian, who had clearly been running.

"We were beginning to wonder what was taking so long; I was about to send Angelina after you." Tamara said with concern.

Well, we had to be careful didn't we?" Maria spoke up, "things will only get worse if we are caught."

The DA, but now grownups, with some changes since the days in Hogwrats slowly filed in and sat themselves around Ron’s table and on the floor. Peering around anxiously and waiting with bated breathe, while Clementina placed the cookies on the table, which were immediately spotted by Ronald.

"Let's get started." Neville said in a business like manner. "I assume Erni has briefed you all on the situation at hand, so the real question is: What are we to do about Harry's disappearance?"

“ We should go on the spot and perhaps we will get an idea”-suggested Erni

“ That’s an idea, yes, but we can not go all together. Lets send some of us, maybe 3 to 5 people and they will brief us once they return-Said Adrian, the newly elected DA leader

“ Sounds interesting –said Ron- but we should not stay only on that.”

“ That of course-again Adrian got involved, it was obviously that he and Ron didn’t like each other much- Erni, from your side , you will keep us informed about what the ministry knows on one side, while on the other side you will feed the ministry with information that we would approve. Now who wants to go to Serbian and see what we can find there?”

“I will go”-Ron volunteered first as the other were expecting from him

“ I also”-said Maria
“ Count me as well”- said Adrian


***

In mean time Harry was walking towards a small orthodox church, sinking deeply in his thoughts he didn’t even notice when he reached the big, brown, wooden entrance door of the church. He opened the door and entered in a round yard covered with wide old trees, in which middle rose a church, with an old, iron, orthodox cross. The door of the church contained a blue icon of an old man with a large white beard, what reminded him on Dumbeldore. Under the image of the old man, a text was carved in a strange alphabet. “ This should be old Slavic alphabet”- he thought curiously looking at the surroundings – “ Hermione should be able to read this- Harry smilee coe continued exploring the place and he was just about to enter the church when a man dressed in black stopped him:

“ Ne mozes uc tako u Crkvi, moras da se operas malo”.

Since Harry forgot to use the “ Lingua” spell he couldn’t understand a thing, and it was too late to take his wand and perform the spell.

“ Sorry I don’t understand you. Perhaps you speak English?” – Harry replied

The man who addressed Harry turned to another person, who was around 20 years old boy, a nice looking young man whose hair has been carefully combed.

“ Sta kaze?”

“ Pita te dal govorish Engleski?”

“ Ne. No ako ti govorish kazi mu da ne moze ovakav u crkvi, kazi mu da ide van crkve I da se malo opere jer smrdi kao svinja.”

The young person, smiled at Harry and said:

“ The monk apologise him self, he doesn’t speak English. But if you wish to enter the church you should wash, I mean clean a bit first. Come, there is a Shower cabinet in a small house behind the church, I will show you.” – said the young man and smiled again

“ Oh my God, I must look awful, please apologize to the monk. And yes, please take me there.”

The young man led Harry to a path that was going behind the church, they came to a little field on which right corner a small little house was placed. The house reminded Harry on Hagrid’s hut at Hogwarts.

“ Here -said the young man-showing towards the house- By the way my name is Oliver and the house belongs to my grand father, Ivo.”

They slowly entered the house, which Harry though must have a typical Serbian interior, but he was surprised to see that everything inside was typically British instead. The young man showed him the bathroom, and gave Harry a bright new towel and new underwear as well as a suit. Harry looked at him amazed but also he must have made a face full of question marks, because the young man answered: “ Don’t ask just go and change your old cloths”- and showed his the room with his hand where he could change his cloths. In few minutes Harry was enjoying under the shower, the water from the shower was bringing his energy back. It was like twenty minutes or so when he heard some voices coming from the house. He zoomed the room with his eyes for the wand , but then he remembered that he left the wand in the room. “Shit…I was cheated as a small baby….” , he didn’t even finished the sentence when the young man, followed by another three men and two women with their wands up entered the bathroom. Harry instinctively covered his lower part of the body with his hands.

“ Don’t be shy Lady Potter we all have one of those- the others burst to laugh - or have seen –said Oliver again, looking at the two witches who burst to laugh once more.

“ Hurry up, we don’t have much time Potter”- said a tall man behind Oliver.

Harry looked at them, each one of them, “ Who are you? And where are you taking me?”

“ Seems that you are forgetting who has wands and who doesn’t-said Oliver looking at Harry’s lower part of the body. Harry was sure that Oliver was doing that in purpose, just to make him even more uncomfortable. “ Move Mr Potter, we don’t have enough time for this, you will see”- he said and throw him the new cloths he had just given him before. As Harry was dressing up, the five of them were surveying him carefully, waiting for any wrong move so they could shut from the wands.

“ Nice bat this one, hasn’t he Vladimir ?” –said Oliver at the tall man, who replied by laughing even louder

Once that Harry was done all of them looked at him carefully, surveying his head as if they were trying to find his scar.

“ Its here- Harry said and showed them the scar- One day Oliver, you will find out the wonders that this scar can do, you can rest assured about that – finished Harry in a threatening tone

“ Well, if you continue like that Potter, that day might never happen, actually this might be your last day”- Harry knew that these lot were not Aurors, theyt bet be death eaters.

“ Ok, take me to Gloria, I have been longing to see her for a long time”- this time Harry had a challenging voice

“ Well done Potter. Draco warned me about you. He wanted to come here by him self, the good old Draco. But Gloria feared that he might kill you on the spot. That’s why she sent me, Oliver Polovsky.”

“ I will remember that. Nice to hear that the old crazy Draco hasn’t change a lot”-said Harry

They ordered him with their wands to move, he was going in-front with the two witches that placed their hands under his arms, while the three death eaters were walking behind their back. They entered a car, Lada NIVA. The Lada had an invisibility mechanism, so they flew immediately. They were flying and Flying for some hours, during which no one spoke, and Harry was too busy with figuring his way out. He suddenly realised that he kept a floo powder in his old jacket, which was packed in a bag behind him. He just had to find a way to grab the bag, take the floo powder. But that would take at least three minutes, enough time to get some five Avadas in his body.

“ Well Potter, aren’t you curios to know how we have managed to find you, how we knew that you would come? Perfect set-up, isn’t it? Common you have to admit, even you cannot imagine a better plan – Oliver was saying

“ Actually not, Oliver. I can not imagine such thing at this particular moment, because my brain is busy trying to come with the most severe spell which I’m going to use to torture you and your friends afterwards.”

“ We are angry now, aren’t we? Who wouldn’t be after falling in trap so stupidly? But perhaps we could calm that anger, by taking off your cloths and make you a little shy lady again? What do you say?- Oliver’s eyes were shining again as when he was surveying him in the bathroom

“ If you are looking for a boyfriend Oliver, I’m sure Draco is a better opportunity then me”-said Harry viciously

“ I would be careful with your sarcasm Mr Potter, instead of taking you to Gloria I can take you first to Malfloy, he would be grateful for that until the last day of his life”

“ I bet he will, seems he never managed to get it over, that I’m better then him in everything”

“ Vladimir, its time to go there, land the car before the place”-ordered Oliver

And so it happened, the car landed in a field. Harry immeely ely recognised the place, it was the same one, the church, the door. They slowly went out of the car. The same monk was waiting for them out side; he approached the car and spoke:

“ Now its safe, there are no lions outside”

With Harry in front, they all entered the church. Harry was not surprised to see the same monk speaking English, once he realized that he was in trap, he knew that the monk was part of it. The church it self had a very high ceilings coloured with motives from the bible, all the paintings were in a dominant blue colour. While the altar was covered with carved wood that also contained bible stories. Around the walls many icons hanged, while under them there were big-ted ted candles. They all entered the altar, except for the monk who stayed behind. They closed Harry’s eyes, he heard a door opening and some voices coming from a distant place. Once his eyes were opened, Draco Malfloy was standing in front of him and smiling.

“ What a pleasure Potter”- he said looking viciously at him, while his eyes were shining just like Oliver’s.

“ Not for me idiot-Harry replied

Draco was not smiling any long

“ You won’t be that arrogant Potter after the reception I have prepared for you tonight. You know where to take him”- He ordered the others

The next moment they tapped on the wall, the wall opened, and a big, dark corridor showed. They walked through the corridor and they turn left and opened a big wooden door. Harry saw a big hall, half size of the Great Hall in Hogwarts. The place was very dark and dirty, there were shelves full with dust. The tall guy called Vladimir gave Harry a big push in the back, Harry flew as a feather and kissed the floor, on what they laughed like crazy. In the next moment, Draco entered the room.

“ My friends, I have a good news for you, our Lady has left the monastery on an urgent matter. That means we will have an entire night for Potter’s welcoming party”

Harry’s worst nightmare was coming true, so it was Gloria who has sent for him, and Draco was trying to hide him from her. But why? Was he jalousie? Yes must be that, how else to explain the the mad look in Draco’s face?

“ See Potter. We had to drive you around because both your friends and Aurors were looking for you over here in the monastery. Guess what our friend here, the old monk, assured our red hair friend? He told him that if he sees you he would let him know immediately. Ha, ha, ha, ha… and the fool believed”

The other joined Draco in the laughing, and Harry had no time to think about how Ron was fooled.

“ Now Potter, let the feast begin as the old fool used to say”

“ Careful Malfloy , you might eat your own ass for this”-screamed Harry

But Draco has his wand out and the six of them shouted: “CRUCIO”

Harry was kissing the ground again, blood was coming from his nose like a river. He felt pain in all his body, his scar was burning like hell. One of the witch came near Harry and undressed him, he tried to cover him self buce hce he touched his lower side, Draco screamed again:

“ Crucio”, again Harry felt down, now there was more blood coming from his nose, he started vomiting, while the death eaters were laughing as if they were just watching the best comedy in the world.

“ Heya shy lady, why are your hiding your d…, we all got one you know… hahahahah… or you are a shame of his size” …..

Harry felt very down, he was losing breath, he felt uncomfortably warm, while the laughs of Draco echoed in the back. He was persistently trying to cover his lower part, but every time he tried Draco was torturing him, every time he tried to put his hands there, Malfloy was screaming: “Crucio”

“A shame from the little warm, are we?”

“ You better kill me Draco, cause if I live you have no clue what would happen to you “- Harry said with his last strength

“ You are still arrogant, are you Potter”

“ You will see how arrogant I’m once I get hold of Narcisa Malfloy “ –Harry insulted him

" AWA…

“Expelliarmus “ – someone shouted and all their wands flew away

“ ENOUGH MALFLOY!!!!!”- A snake voice shouted

Gloria was standing at the door. “ Explain your selves”-she turned to the others on the left corner, while Malfloy was standing on the right side. Oliver started first:

“ You see your highness we thought”

“ CRUCIO” –Gloria yelled while Oliver flew as a ball and ended on the floor with blood rushing from everywhere. “ You have no brain to think with Oliver, you are seating on your brain. You-she pointed at the rest- take Potter to my rooms, and I wish to see you latter Mr Malfloy”.