Harry lay on the springy turf just next to the pond next to Black castle. He decided that he liked it here and really getting up was not in his best interest. Besides Hermione would just put him back down here, why had he agreed to a friendly duel with her again? Had she not enough of duels and fighting? He looked up to see Hermione stand over him smiling down at him offering him her hand. Groaning he sat up and glared at Sirius who was in the pond teaching Phin to swim. Sirius grinned at him clearly enjoying his godsons humiliation at the hands or wand of his girlfriend. What was worse was Severus, seated with Rita by him (they were dating) smirking at him!
"You two can shut it." Harry growled.
"You accepted the challenge." Severus said, "don't blame us."
"Besides witches are stronger than wizards, everyone knows that." Sirius said.
"Yes you are right there." Harry said getting up and taking Hermione gently in his arms, "especially my dear sweet Hermione."
Harry smiled down at Hermione and gazed lovingly into her warm brown eyes. She was perfect to him and he could not see spending time with any other than her. She had been there for him since the first day she met him and she had shown him care and love and acceptance along with her family since that day. She pushed him to be better, to do better and if she was a little bit bossy he did not mind, she was his bossy Hermione and she had a right to be that way with him. She loved him and was there to give him the support he needed with the self doubt would creep in, and that had happened more often than not. To him it did not matter if he had superpowers even for a wizard or that he had gone face to face with several death eaters and not only won but made sure they had breathed their last. He still suffered from the abuse his aunt had heaped on him and that would take time and tender care to go away. Right now though he held Hermione close, bent down and kissed her forgetting that he was being watched at this moment.
"Go Harry way to kiss the girl!" Remus said walking up grinning his arm around his very pregnant wife Dora.
"No more like way to go Hermione." Dora said grinning.
"Now that is a proud moment for a godfather." Sirius said pretending to wipe away a tear. "My little god-pup is grown up!"
"Oi mate get a room!" Ron called as he came to the pond getting a smack from Su, now his girl friend.
"Typical Harry, you just have to show off in public don't you?" Severus said trying to look stern, "fifty points from Gryffindor!"
"We are not at school professor." Harry said finally coming up for air, "besides Hermione is a lovely lady, why would I not wish to kiss my beautiful lady?"
"Oh Harry!" Hermione said blushing a bit but loving the attention he gave her, "you are my handsome knight."
"Now it's getting sappy around here." Sirius said.
"Phin why don't you go see your uncle Shadow for a moment, I have some business to take care of." Harry said.
Phin got out of the water and walked over to Severus and sat down cross-legged and watched as Harry threw off his tunic and dove, clad in his breeches only into the pond. Hermione stepped behind a tree and came out clad in a pink, modest one piece swimming suit and dove into the pool to take Sirius form the other side. Sirius found himself attacked by two teens and he went under, Remus helped Dora get comfortable, took off his tunic and sandals and dove into the pond to help Sirius. He was not much help even with his advanced strength and soon both Sirius and Remus were outnumbered and both had to call Pax or suffer utter defeat.
Harry deserved this time of rest, after Severus had come back wounded, nearly dead and still suffering from his time in Voldemort's hands Harry and Hermione put their fast training to work. Voldemort was a dark lord that liked to watch the world burn, as such he was the worst dark lord since the middle ages. Even Grindlewald had a reason for what he did but Voldemort did not. Which was why his planned attack on the isle of Mann and the capital of Douglas with fifty new recruits who had completed their training under him and were willing to go to battle. They were led by five of Voldemort's best of his inner circle and what none realized is they were walking into a trap.
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Harry could read Voldemort's mind, the connection was still there but fortunately for him it ran one way. He could read Voldemort and feed him false memories of himself so that Voldemort would think Harry was not as strong as he was. Yet on this night he was to find Harry was every bit as dangerous and deadly as he, unlike Voldemort he had something to truly fight for, freedom and the lives of his loved ones. Voldemort was too evil to feel love and that was his greatest weakness, that and the fact he enjoyed hurting others the most. Harry did not go alone to Douglas, the newly formed magical military who, like the rest of magical England answered to the Queen, (her involvement in the magical world might have something to do with Harry speaking with her along with the other lords of magical England) and swore to protect her and the realm.
Harry and Hermione, clad in robes, armor, cloaks and hoods of black, their faces hidden by black masks waited until the death eaters came to view and started towards the town. Once close enough the troops set the trap and Harry and Hermione went to work, to the song by ACDC called Thunderstruck. They stepped forward and started to slaughter the death eaters, they were not aiming to take any alive, all were to die tonight for this was war and in war one did not bind the enemy, one killed them. They were well trained in the arts of war and they were nearing their full powers as Shapeshifters. This proved deadly for the death eaters as may fell to the animal shapes of both Harry and Hermione with throats tore out, limbs ripped off and blood spurted and flowed freely that night.
"Surrender now or die!" Harry shouted.
"Never you will die!" Shouted a death eater who followed that with a killing curse.
"Nah, you die." Harry replied turning to a humming bird, then human behind the death eater he broke his neck easily killing him at once, "stupid git."
"You alright Smoke?" Hermione asked him.
"Yes Wisdom I am, shall we finish these evil things off?" Harry said, then at feeling a chill come over him, "Dementors, really?"
"Harvest time!" Hermione said taking out her sword.
It was the unspeakable Croaker who had found that Dementors could be destroyed with Basilisk venom, fiend-fire and an infusion of cocoa bean powder. As the swords that Harry and Hermione were using had been goblin made and had been infused with Basilisk venom they were more than ready to take on the Dementors. They quickly stuffed chocolate into their mouths and chewing they went to work. Soon all that was left of the ten or so Dementors were a pile of cloaks and nothing more. By the time the song ended there was not a single death eater left alive and both Hermione and Harry walked from the battle field with the solders stunned at the power of these two.
"What was up with the song?" Shacklebolt asked them.
"Helped me get my game face on." Harry said, "now I am going for a hot bath, then I have a trial to get ready for."
"Yes, he does." Hermione said.
A few days later the hearing that Severus had called for as heir of Slytherin was underway. The only problem was the fact that Voldemort, aka Tom Marvolo Riddle did not show up. He probably thought the Wizengamot would not dare try him but they did and his not turning up caused everyone to find him guilty of all crimes and order he be brought in dead or alive, with dead preferable. There was, of course a price on his head, but Voldemort scoffed at this, who would dare try to come after him after all? His arrogance would be the undoing of him in the end.