Harry Potter and the Unicorn King

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THE SILENT HORCRUX

The three of them had rented a room in the village inn which was located right in
front of the park\'s main entrance, the inn was the biggest house in Godric\'s Hollow,
it had three floors and was owned by a muggle couple who had inherited the
property from their parents. Harry sat by the window staring at the starlit sky, it was
already seven in the evening.

After Harry\'s moment at the ruins of their house, he insisted that they search more
for other things that might be hidden beneath the rubble... so they searched, but to
Harry\'s great disappointment, they found nothing else everything seemed to be
reduced to pieces. Harry was awakened from his thoughts by Hermione\'s voice.

\"You know, I\'ve been wondering,\" She started. Harry turned towards her. \"How did
you survive the collapse anyway? Not to mention who took you from the ruins.\"

\"I don\'t know... I don\'t remember.\" Harry said. \"Maybe Dumbledore got me out of
there?\" He suggested.

\"Maybe, but still that wouldn\'t explain how you survived.\" Hermione replied.

\"Magic?\" Harry asked.

\"I\'d be inclined to agree...\" Hermione said. \"Maybe that was your Prima Salamanka?\"
She asked.

\"My what?\" Harry asked back.

\"Prima Salamanka, your first magical moment, every witch or wizard has one...\" She
said. \"Mine was when I made a book fly from the top shelf of the school library when
I was at my old school.\" She said.

\"But I was only a year old...\" Harry started.

\"Harry, there\'s no age requirement for a child to show magical capabilities.\" Hermione
cut in. \"Besides, Your mother died protecting you right? I\'m sure that played a part to
how you survived too.\" She added.

Harry thought for a while, of course it did...

Just then Ron entered the room carrying a tray full of food.

\"I told the landlady that we\'d be eating dinner in our room.\" Ron said as he settled
the tray on the table by the window. \"I know you\'re tired of thsi question but, what do
we do next mate?\" He asked.

Harry thought as he took the bowl of soup Hermione gave him. What were they
looking for? There was nothing here... He said to himself. But, I don\'t want to go...
not yet. I feel like there\'s something to be done here.

\"Let\'s interview Mr. Martin and his wife tomorrow.\" Harry said. \"Let\'s ask them what
happened that night... I know this might sound weird, but I just know that I need to
do something here.\" He said.

\"Alright then, let\'s go to their house after lunch tomorrow.\" Hermione said as she
started eating her food.

* * * * * * * *

Harry woke up next morning and found Ron and Hermione\'s beds empty, he found
a note on his bedside table.


Harry,

Ron and I just went out for a walk, I didn\'t want to wake you up.
Don\'t worry, we\'ll be back before lunch.

Hermione


He put on his glasses and looked at the clock, it was already eleven. He quickly got
up grabbed a towel and from his bag and went in the bathroom to shower. He
emerged a few minutes later, he grabbed his new clothes from his bag and hastily
put them on he then got out of their room.

Though he soon wished he hadn\'t.

He was shocked to see Ron and Hermione kissing in the corridor, one of Hermione\'s
hands were playfully massaging Ron\'s butt while her other hand was raking Ron\'s
back under his shirt. Ron\'s right hand was stroking Hermione\'s curves, the other was
cupping her face.

\"You should do that inside you know.\" Harry said.

Both of them jumped and quickly released each other. Ron turned away from Harry,
his right hand on his mouth, Harry could see Ron\'s ears turn red. Hermione
starightened her shirt and spoke first.

\"Harry! We were... er, just going inside!\"

\"It\'s ok guys,\" Harry said as he put a hand on Ron\'s shoulder. \"I\'ll be downstairs
having lunch.\" He said as departed with a smile.

Thank goodness the two of them are getting along. Harry said to himself.

* * * * * * * *

The three of them were in front of Martin Fieldson\'s household two hours later. Harry
rang the doorbell.

\"Good afternoon dears,\" An old woman greeted, she was wearing a pink blouse and
a floral patterned long skirt. \"What can I do for you?\" She continued.

\"Good afternoon ma\'am,\" Hermione said. \"Is Mr. Martin at home?\" She asked.

\"I heard my name! Who is there anyway Patty?\" They heard Martin ask.

\"Some young people looking for you,\" Patty said. \"Come in, come in...\" She said as
she opened the door wider.

The house was very nice and warm, the floor was carpeted and there were all sorts
of antiques inside. There were a lot of paintings and tapestries on the walls.
Everything looked expensive.

Patty led them to the living room wheer they saw Martin sitting leisurely on a
comfortable looking armchair facing the fireplace, he was also smoking a handsome
looking pipe.

\"Lads!\" He sad as he stood up and shook their hands. \"And lady,\" He said as he
bowed corteously to Hermione.

\"I\'ll get you some cookies I just got out of the oven, do you want tea?\" Patty asked.

\"Yes ma\'am, thank you.\" Hermione answered. Patty went out.

\"Come sit down,\" Martin said as he gestured to the sofa across his chair. \"So what
brings you?\"

\"I was wondering If you could tell us what happened that night at the Potters\'
residence.\" Harry said.

Martin\'s eyes seemed to light up with excitement.

\"Well, I remember it well...\" He started as he started puffing his pipe. \"It was a very
windy night, foggy too... and oddly chilly, I was reading a letter from one of our
daughters in our library at the second floor when something caught my attention...\"
He paused as he blew out the smoke from his mouth. \"Someone opened the Potters\'
gate and was walking towards their front door.\"

\"Did you see who this person was sir?\" Hermione asked.

\"No, he was wearing a black hood and cloak... He was a very eerie character\" Mr.
Martin said as he closed his eyes in concentration. \"He continued walking to the
front door until he reached it and took out something.\" He said. \"I didn\'t see, but
whatever it was, he used it to tap the knob and the door flew open.\"

Hermione and Harry exchanged looks. Ron looked like he was listening to a very
tense story.

\"What happened next?\" Harry asked.

Just then Patty came in with a plate of chocolate chip cookies and a tray containing
pot of tea and five cups. She set it on the center table and started pouring tea in
the cups.

\"Well, I heard a commotion inside the house,\" Martin said suddenly as he sat up
straight, eyes gleaming with fiery passion. \"The man wearing the cloak entered, I
heard shouting, then there were some flashes of light, a few minutes later there was
an oddly bright green flash and then a mad cackling laughter.\" He paused.

Patty offered them the cups, Harry just took it to do something with his hands. His
heart was hammering in his chest, his mind was throbbing...

Your father fought valiantly... Harry remembered Voldemort\'s voice during his first
year.

\"And then sir?\" Hermione urged.

\"Then the laughter stopped, there were more movements, frantic steps going
upstairs and then there was Lily\'s voice, she was crying, trying to stop someone
from doing something!\" Martin said, his gestures were getting a lot extravagant now.
\"Then there was another flash of the same green light... everything was quiet now,
I was horrorstruck in my seat.\"

Patty seemed to be used to this story and started sipping her tea looking curiously
at the three teens in front of her. Who\'d want to listen to that story anyway? She
wondered.

\"Just when I thought everything was over, There was a third flash of green light...
but it was different now, after the flash there was a scream... of pure pain and
agony! It was inhuman I tell you! then the whole house shook, and there was a
blinding white light... the next thing I knew the house came crashing down!\" Martin
said with zest.

\"What did you do after sir?\" Hermione said.

\"I quickly ran down and called the authorities,\" Martin answered. \"\'Course It was
very late, already midnight! then when I finally got my phonebook a few minutes
later I started dialling and saw something landing from the sky.\" He said. \"It was
like a big flying thing, like a motorcycle...\"

Harry remembered his dreams when he was eleven. A flying motorcycle?

\"Then somebody got off\" Martin continued. \"He was a big person, very wide and...
and quite...\"

\"Gigantic?\" Ron injected.

Hermione glared at her. Harry didn\'t pay attention.

\"Yes!\" Martin said grandiously. \"Gigantic! not the normal person you\'d see! He
started looking around lifting off the still smoking rocks and then he found the thing
he was looking for,\" He said as he sipped some of the tea, quenching his parched
throat. \"He lifted something, it was glowing whatever it was... It looked like a
bundle of clothes, the giant looked at it and carefully took it inside his coat. He also
sent up some red sparks in the sky, like some weird kind of firecrackers or
something...\"

\"And after that?\" Harry asked impatiently.

\"He got on his bike and rode off... I watched as he vanished and then the neighbors
started peeking out their front doors...\" Martin finished dramatically, he looked worn
out but very satisfied.

Hermione saw that Harry\'s hand was shaking. She elbowed Ron to her left.

\"Thank you very much sir.\" Hermione said. \"But we must be going we\'l be leaving
before dark.\" She said.

\"Oh,\" Martin seemed disappointed. \"But I would just like to ask, why were you so
interested in the story?\" He asked.

\"We were just curious sir, because it seemed quite unnatural and all.\" Ron lied as
he stood up.

Harry wanted to stand up too, but his knees felt like they were frozen, his breathing
was also haggard, like he had ran for miles... Ron noticed this, he helped Harry up.

\"Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Fieldson.\" Harry managed to breath out. he felt Hermione
supporting him by the elbow.

\"Won\'t you stay even for a little while dears?\" Patty asked as she stood up. \"You
haven\'t even touched your tea.\" She said.

\"I am sorry ma\'am but we promised our relatives that we would be back before
dark.\" Hermione lied.

\"No need to show us out ma\'am,\" Ron said as he took some cookies. Hermione
glared. \"We\'ll be leaving now, thank you for everything.\" He said.

\"Harry are you ok?\" Hermione asked.

\"Yes, I\'m alright... Thank you again, ma\'am, sir...\" Harry said a she nodded to the
elderly couple.

A few moments later the three of them were out on the sidewalk.

\"Oh!, now that I think of it...\" Martin said to his wife. \"The Potters\' son was named
Harry, quite a coincidence huh?\"

Patty just shook her head and kissed her husband\'s forehead.

Harry felt odd. He didn\'t even know what to feel... it was all too weird for him, to
actually hear the event from a witness. At least his body felt normal now.

\"Harry? are you alright?\" Hermione asked for the umpteenth time.

\"I\'m fine really...\" Harry said honestly.

Indeed he felt fine, it was though a parasitic bug was removed from his insides.

\"I\'m pretty sure Hagrid was the one who picked you up.\" Ron said, biting on a
cookie.

\"I never asked him,\" Harr ysaid as they turned to muggle street. \"It never occured
to me.\"

Hermione just patted his back. They walked in silence until they reached Godric\'s
Circle.

\"You know what, I think we\'re done here.\" Harry said. Both of his bestfriends
stopped.

\"You sure mate?\" Ron asked.

\"Yeah, I\'m pretty sure... Although we didn\'t find anything.\" Harry said. \"Let\'s go back
to the Burrow now.\" He said a slight smile forming on his lips.

\"Ok Harry,\" Hermione said. \"It\'s ok even if we didn\'t find anything, what matters is
you\'re ok now.\" She said.

\"You go to the fountain, Hermione and I\'ll go get our bags and return the key to our
room.\" Ron said.

\"Thanks.\" Harry said. After sseeing Ron and Hermione walk to the inn, he jogged
towards the park.

It was a very cool night, the breeze felt very nice. Harry soon found himself in front
of Godric Gryffindor\'s statue. Hermione was right, it was shocking at first but he felt
ok now... just hearing it all made him feel complete. There were no more questions
now, only one more thing to do...

Harry gazed at the statue, he was thinking of what to do next and whereto hunt for
the next Horcrux when he remembered what Dumbledore told him.

\"Voldemort was really fond of collecting trophies, he also had a strong interest in
the four founders of Hogwarts...\"

Harry looked at the statue... realization hit him. NO... maybe... Could it? He
wondered.

He started pacing around the fountain looking at the statue at all angles... It was
well intact, too perfect for such an old statue... Harry thought.

\"Blimey, even I could see magic preserving that statue...\" He remembered Ron\'s
comment.

Just then Hermione and Ron arrived carrying their bags.

\"We\'re ready... Harry?\" Hermione asked.

Harry stopped right in front of the statue looking staright at Gryffindor\'s face a
gleam of triumph on his face.

\"Hermione, Ron this,\" Harry pointed at the statue. \"This is a Horcrux... I\'ll bet all
my gold in Gringotts this is a Horcrux...\" He said, taking out his wand from his
pocket.

\"Are you sure?\" Hermione asked.

\"Positive,\" Harry said climbing on the edge and examining the statue more.

It was already dark, the moon and the stars were starting to shine.

\"What do we do Harry?\" Hermione asked.

\"You are not going to do anything...\" A voice said.

Harry knew that voice... That cold, high-pitched, snakelike hiss that he despised...

They all turned around.

Wearing robes of black, hood up and crimson eyes with cat-like slits for pupils...

Voldemort was there walking towards the fountain.

Ron immediately dropped tehir bags and took out his wand, Hermione followed suit.

\"Bravery is such a foolish virtue,\" Voldemort said as he continued to stroll. \"It is what
has sent so many people to their graves...\"

\"Shut up!\" Harry said furiously as he stepped in front of Ro nand Hermione.

\"Look... the person I so wnat to see gallantly shows himself, commendable but
stupid...\" Voldemort taunted.

Harry cast a nonverbal spell at Voldemort\'s direction, Voldemort was taken by
surprise, but was able to deflect it with a flick of his wand.

\"Brave of you boy... I think it is time for you and I to finish our duel at my father\'s
grave.\" Voldemort said as he aimed a killing curse at him.

Harry pointed his wand at a nearby boulder and sent it flying in front of him, the
boulder caught the jet of green light and turned to dust. Voldemort looked impressed,
so did Ron and Hermione.

\"You have grown quite well Potter...\" Voldemort said, his wand pointed at Harry.

\"You haven\'t seen anything yet.\" Harry said.

Harry did not fear this evil man anymore... He hated him and that erased all his fear
of him.

They stared at each other\'s eyes, Harry felt Voldemort\'s eyes burning into him, but
he knew how to stop it... He cleared his thoughts, forming a wall inside his head.

\"Nothing there...\" Harry said.

Voldemort aimed another killing curse at him his eyes flaring with rage, Harry pointed
at a nearby trashbin and made it shield him from the curse.

\"Ron, Hermione, go alert the Order.\" Harry instructed.

\"But...\"

\"No more buts, just go!\" Harry said as he cast another nonverbal at Voldemort.

Harry felt Hermione and Ron run towards the same oak tree. what he heard then
caused his insides to panic. A howl was echoing throug hthe night sky.

Werewolves...

Harry looked at Voldemort and saw that his eyes were ablaze with triumph.

\"You see Potter,\" Voldemort said as he advanced towards Harry. \"I do not leave
anyone alive...\"

Hermione screamed. Harry turned. He saw that both Ron and Hermione were walking
backwards to a collection of benches, three werewolves were slowly making their way
towards them.

Harry faced Voldemort. He slowly walked backwards to the fountain.

Voldemort aimed another curse, Harry avoided it.

\"You cannot escape boy... More werewolves are coming.\" Voldemort said with glee.

Harry still had his wand pointed at Voldemort, Ron and Hermione were together,
their wands pointed at the beasts.

\"You die here now Potter, by the statue of Godric Gryffindor!\" Voldemort declared.

Voldemort drew his wand back and said the spell...

\"AVADA KEDA..... AAAAARGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!\"

Voldemort was pushed back so violently by an invisible force that he hit a tree. Two
of the werewolves who were after Ron and Hermione were sent flying in the air, one
of them was binded by ropes.

Harry then looked and saw an old man step from the shadows of a nearby tree.

\"Settle down tough guy.\" The old man said his wand pointed at Voldemort.

\"YOU!!! YOU CRAZY OLD CODGER!!!\" Voldemort hissed violently.

The old man had long silver hair tied into several ponytails behind his back, his
silver beard was also as long, tied with a scarlet ribbon near the end, He had deep,
ocean-blue eyes, His nose quite long and sharp, his eyebrows were thick and age
lines were shown on his face. The man was wearing scarlet robes with golden planets
embroidered all over, he had a monocle on his left eye, on his head was also a
scarlet wizard\'s hat, with a planet hanging on the end.

\"Yes, me...\" He said musingly moving beside Harry. \"A pleasant evening to you too,
Tom.\"

The new Headmaster, the new Leader of the Order... We\'re saved. Harry thought as
members of the Order started to arrive.

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