Harry Potter and the Sisters Black

Harry looks at the
dead woman before him for another moment more before his eyes track to where
the spell came from.

Dolohov just
stands there cackling madly, unaware of the fate that is about to befall him.

Harry’s eye’s lock
on the insane Death Eater and with an inarticulate roar, the young man throws
up his right hand and as his palm comes into alignment with the man, a green
bolt leaps from his hand.

The other
pedestrians look on in shock as the jet of green light hits Dolohov in the
chest, causing the man to drop like a stone.

Harry grabs the
fallen witch’s hand in both of his and shouts out, “HERMIONE!”

_____

Hermione finds
herself on a murky beach. As she looks
around, all she can see is fog. Off a
little bit, she can hear water flowing.
As she turns in that direction, Harry steps out of the fog.

“Hermione, thank
Merlin you’re alright. I was so afraid
I’d lost you,” the young man says. He
grabs her hand, “Come on, Voldemort is around here somewhere.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Once we cross the river you’ll be safe.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> He starts to pull Hermione behind him as he
trudges towards the river.

In a matter of
moments, the fog clears enough for Hermione to see a wide river; however, the
fog is still obscuring the other side.

style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Just as Harry is about to step into the water,
a voice from behind the calls out, “HERMIONE!”

Hermione says,
“That sounded like you.”

Harry gets a look
of panic on his face, “Ignore it Hermione.
That was just Voldemort trying to deceive you.”

The young witch
isn’t so easily fooled however, especially once she sees the look on the man’s
face, “Harry, what is going on here?”

The wizard grabs
Hermione’s hand and starts to tug incessantly, “Come on.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I’ll explain everything once we’re on the
other side.”

Hermione digs in
her heels, “I’m not going anywhere until you explain to me what is going on
here!”

The mask the man
is wearing starts to slip a bit and Hermione can see the ugly monstrosity
tugging her towards the river. Without
taking a moment to think, the witch kicks out and catches the creature in the
crotch, causing it to release her to grab its injured bits.

The witch takes
off running to roughly where she heard her name called from.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Behind her, she can hear the monster start to
run after her as she starts to panic.

Suddenly the fog
clears away and Hermione can see Harry standing by a fence, his arm stretched
out to her, with a golden aura surrounding her.

The creature is in
hot pursuit of the young witch and he redoubles his efforts to catch her before
she can reach the young man standing by the gateway.

Hermione locks her
hand around Harry’s wrist less than a split second before the monster can grab
her from behind. She feels a sensation
very much like a Portkey before she sees a bright flash of yellow light.

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Tears are flowing
down Harry’s face and one of them drops directly onto Hermione’s forehead just
before her eyes shoot open.

“H…style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Harry?”

The young wizard
looks dazed to hear his name and looks down at Hermione who is slowly trying to
sit up.

The witch in
question says, “Did anyone get the number of the hippogriff that hit me?”

Just then there’s
a series of pop’s as Harry’s Thralls arrive on the scene accompanied by Madam
Pomfrey.

In a thrice,
Hermione is bundled up by the disturbed looking matron and carted off to the
castle under heavy guard.

A few moments
later, the area is flooded by Auror’s and Unspeakables.

Soon the entire
town is cordoned off and everyone is questioned as to what they saw.

Harry gives his
statement to Tonks while the others go about their tasks.

As it become
increasingly apparent what Harry did, many of the Unspeakables look at the
young man with barely restrained awe.

Finally Madam Bone
arrives on the scene and quickly walks over to Harry, “Well Mr. Potter, you
seem to have a singular talent for causing me headaches.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Just for my information, would you please
give me a brief overview of what happened?”

“Yes ma’am.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Hermione and I were walking towards the Three
Broomsticks for a butterbeer after some headaches at school.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She suddenly collapsed and I don’t honestly
remember much beyond that.”

The older witch
nods her head, “That was more or less what I was expecting.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> How are you feeling anyways?”

“Besides the fact
that I’m worried sick about Hermione, I’m fine.”

Nodding once more,
Amelia says, “Harry, I’m surprised you are still standing.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> From all accounts, including a magical
examination of the body, you used the Killing Curse on Antonin Dolohov.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> However, we’ve already checked your wand for
that spell and found nothing. According
to the statements everyone has given, it would appear sir, that you have the
distinction of being the first one to ever use the Killing Curse without a wand
or other magical focus.”

A few minutes
later, the senior Auror on sight hands his boss a report.

Amelia says,
“Well, it looks like you won’t be facing any charges.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Physical evidence, or lack there of, not
withstanding, there’s enough extenuating circumstances that preclude any
possible prosecution. Oh, and just
between, us, you might want to file that paperwork soon.”

With that Madam
Bones signals for her people to pack up and Disapparates.

Harry is
immediately beset upon by Professor McGonagall, “The headmaster wishes to see
you in his office immediately Mr. Potter.”

As the elderly
teacher leads the way back to the school, Harry wonders why these things seem
to happen to him.

_____

Voldemort is slack
jawed when he receives the report from his spies about the amount of power
Potter had demonstrated. After a moment,
the Dark Lord starts to cackle, seeing only Harry’s use of the Unforgivable,
rather than what provided the true power for the spell.

A/N: Until next
time.