Disclaimer:
Harry Potter and all of its characters belong to J.K. Rowling.
I own nothing but the original characters I make.
"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
-Author notes-
Chapter 124: To The Rescue
"Bloody hell! Who did that?!" Rabastan Lestrange shouted, just after he saw his brother's hand become mangled and bloody.
"I told you I heard something before." Snape looked around the room once more. He could not see anyone but was sure someone was there.
He lifted his wand and channeled his magic. "Homenum Revelio!"
Thanks to Snape, they could now see four silhouettes involved in an eerie red light produced by the spell.
But the Marauders had the element of surprise in their favor. By the time they were spotted, Remus, Peter, and Sirius had already sent several spells in their direction.
Rabastan was pushed backward by a Flipendo Jinx while his brother was burned by an Incendio.
"Butcher those bastards!" Rodolphus shouted as he attempted to extinguish the flames from his robes. He had lost his wand and his right hand was useless, making the task extra difficult.
An Expelliarmus landed on Lucius. Unfortunately, it only managed to send his cane away, so the boy remained armed and angry.
"Sectumsempra!" Snape made use of his latest creation and sent it to one of the red shadows.
Snape had no way of knowing that his spell was going in Peter's direction, who had no way to defend himself against such a curse.
James conjured a metallic plate in front of Peter to absorb the impact and hurried to take care of Snape as this one continued to attack.
"It's you, Potter?!" Snape bellowed at the top of his lungs. No matter what he did, the same ones were always getting in his way. Even if he couldn't see his attackers, he was sure it was the four Marauders.
James had to keep track of the others as well. Rodolphus was out of commission for the time being as he had lost his wand hand and his wand.
Malfoy and Rabastan had recovered and were ready to strike back.
'Where is the other one?' There was a fifth boy, the one that Andromeda had knocked out at the start of this brawl.
James found him trying to sneak behind him out of the corner of his eyes.
'Bad choice,' he thought before he twisted his body and used his left hand to cast a low-level fire hex at the boy.
The unfortunate Slytherin senior whose name he still didn't know was sent flying away with his body covered in flames.
'He should be fine, I put little power on that one…' James had no time to worry about that.
"Protego!" Sirius managed to block two spells sent to him by Malfoy while Remus avoided Rabastan's assault.
Those two weren't doing so badly, but their opponents were clearly much more experienced.
Peter had disappeared and James could only guess that he had used his Animagus form to conceal himself.
'That's probably for the best.' The boy was not cut for combat and at least he no longer had to protect him.
Snape was going directly for him now while yelling, "Potter!"
'Okay, that one first.' His wand moved like lightning. "Sectumsempra!" He decided to give Snape a taste of his own magic.
"What?!" The boy was so shocked that he didn't even have a chance to raise any protection before the spell hit him.
All over his body, deep cuts began to appear and bleed.
James moved to the other targets. "Obscuro."
A dark cloud appeared around Malfoy's head, blinding him completely and making breathing very difficult.
"Get this off me!" Lucius shouted while attempting to remove the cloud using his hands.
Remus took this chance to attack again and finally managed to stun him.
"Diffindo!" Rabastan sent a cutting charm at Sirius and was about to use it again when James stopped him.
"Silencio." The silencing charm hit the target and took away his ability to speak.
This was quickly followed by an "Impedimenta" that reduced the speed of his movements and finally a petrifying charm to keep him in place.
"W-we won?…" Sirius spoke with disbelief as he watched his opponent become frozen in place.
James passed by Rodlphus's side as this one was done extinguishing the flames on his robes. "Stupefy."
The giant young man went down.
His eyes went to the boy he set ablaze. It seemed that he had managed to put out the fire as well, but he looked badly burned and whimpering in pain.
'He is alive.' That's all that James cared about.
He could not afford to have a dead student right now. If they did something like this outside the castle…that would have been a different story.
"Finite." James removed the bindings on Andromeda.
The girl hurried to fetch the wand that had been resting a few feet away from her and clutched it tightly.
"Who are you?"
The "Homenum Revelio" that Snape had used was still in effect, so she could only see their profiles as red shadows.
"We a—" Sirius was about to reveal their identities to his cousin when he saw James raise his hand and stopped talking.
James then pointed at Snape. He had diminished the hex that James had used on him but decided to remain on the ground, pretending to be uncouncious.
'Not bad, but not enough to fool me.' James pointed his wand at Snape and sent a stunner that hit his back.
"Let's not talk here," James then said in a soft tone.
It was still enough for Andromeda to recognize his voice. This calmed her down quite a bit, despite the fact that she barely knew James.
However, he had somehow earned the trust of her sister Bella, and that was no easy feat.
"Okay, I know a place where we can talk…follow me."
Andromeda dusted her robes, gave Malfoy and the others one last glance of disgust, and went outside the arena.
Sirius and the others looked at each other.
James nodded and pointed at the door, as if saying 'Let's go.' And they followed.
Andromeda guided them through the endless maze that was the dungeons until they reached some dead end.
She proved her knowledge of the area by opening a secret entrance and walking inside.
The boys stood there for a moment, and Andromeda poked her head out.
"What are you waiting for? I'm not going to bite you, so get inside before someone sees four suspicious red shadows and reports you to a professor."
A.N: - Remember to comment, vote, and/or leave a review if you have the time. Those things help me a lot and I would really appreciate it.
You can Support me on P@treon if you like and get 20 advanced chapters. You can also find characters images to view for free in Collections/Invincible Stage Images
-patreon.com/Kriogenix
For donations and commissions, go to ko-fi.com/kriogenix