chapter 2
Harry’s POV
Harry grinned as he watched Bowie practically stomp out of the room, mumbling under her breath.
“She’s a little intimidating” Fili whispered as they made their way to the kitchen.
“Oh, she’s more”
“Then intimidating”
“She’s bloody terrifying” The twins said in unison.
“I HEARD THAT”
Fred and George let out a very manly squeak before hurrying towards the kitchen.
“You sure she’s the one you want to bond with Charlie?” Bill teased.
“DON’T MAKE ME CURSE YOU WILLIAM SEPTEMUS WEASLEY”
“Wouldn't want her any other way, I can deal with a little fire” Charlie whispered, clearly not wanting to anger her further.
“As you should young man, A daughter of the house of Black should be treasured and respected. My Granddaughter especially, treat her well or you can count on meeting her grandfather and I in the afterlife”
Harry couldn't help but laugh as he watched the men jump and look around for the voice. Charlie giving the portrait a stiff nod. “Hello grandmother. I think you may have scared our guest’s”
“Harry dear, why did you and Regulus rush past earlier? Is everything alright?” the portrait asked, Concern flashing through her painted eyes.
“He’s fine, mother. Harry just needed a little healing” Sirius said as he pushed to the front of the group. “Lucius and the others should be arriving soon, can you let them know we’re in the kitchen?”
“Of course I can dear, now go get our guest’s comfortable and fed” the woman said, smiling at her eldest son.
“the painting talked… how can a painting talk” Kili asked, staring at Walburga’s portrait.
Harry and Sirius ushered the others down toward the kitchen with promises to explain things better. Bowie was still mumbling under her breath when they entered the room, the others all seemed to be walking on eggshells around her, so while she had her back turned, harry walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist.
“I'm sorry” he whispered.
Bowie stiffened under his hold then spun around and hugged him tight. “don't you ever do something like that again, you hear me?”
All he could do was nod frantically, tears threatening to fall again. He loved her and her overprotective ways. When she let him go she looked him over “I’m alright, Reg patched me up”
“You need to eat, so sit down while I get this done” She took one last look and pushed him away gently.
He gave her a smile and went back to the table, taking a seat next to Aragorn. Looking up he saw concern in the mans eyes so he gave him a weak smile.
“How was that painting talking?” Kili asked again, looking around the room.
Remus chuckled as he sat down. “the portrait was talking because of magic. Shes Sirius’s and Regulus’s mother”
“Your mother is a portrait?” Legolas asked, eyeing the bottle of amber liquid that was placed in front of him.
“No, Mother passed away some years ago. The portrait is like a memory, Just transferred to canvas. Father is usually with her” Regulus smiled at the Blonde man. “Its beer, it wont hurt you”
“So where are we?” Fili asked as sat next to his brother and one of the Red headed Twins.
“Unfortunately, your’re in wizarding Britain. Home to manipulation, evil headmasters, a dark lord who wants to destroy everything, friends who betray you, illusions of grandeur, Hero worship, vilification and Lazy witches and wizards who deem it right for children to fight their battles. Am I missing anything?” Harry asked Sarcastically.
“Pretty on the nose, pup” Sirius grumbled. Now the adrenaline was running out, his mood was quickly souring.
“You sound like you would rather be anywhere else Little one” Boromir asked as he sat with Legolas and Gimli.
“That would be correct” Harry sighed, hunching in on himself.
“As soon as we can, I’m taking my family and we are getting the fuck out of here” Sirius growled, taking a seat.
“Then there’s the stragglers, were they go, we go” Bill added, taking a swig of Remus’s beer.
“Said family, didn’t I? considering dragon boy has his claws dug in and you and moony go all goo goo eyed” Sirius muttered. Bowie walked past and smacked the back of his head.
“Don’t take your bad mood out on others” she said as she sat in Charlie’s lap, the man pulling her closer possessively. She waved her wand and bowls of soup landed in front of everyone, quickly followed by bowls of bread and butter. “I’m Bowie by the way, the idiot behind me is Charlie” Charlie gave them a nod before nuzzling into her neck.
“Right proper introduction’s then” Sirius said, clapping his hands together. “Raise your hand when I call your names. So we have Regulus, Severus, Remus, Bill, Arthur, Fred, George, Percy, Neville, Luna, Viktor and Harry. And I'm Sirius”
“What are you Serious about?” Kili asked, his head tilted to the side.
“No that’s my name” Sirius Huffed.
“What is?” Fili asked, copying his brother.
“My name is Sirius” He growled.
Fili and Kili opened their mouths, but when Thorin cleared his throat, both men quickly straightened up.
“Pads, I think their playing with you” Harry chuckled as he watched them, catching the twins grinning he looked away.
“Spoil the fun why don’t you little one” Kili grumbled as Thorin elbowed him in the stomach. “Sorry”
“I am Thorin Oakenshield, Son of Thrain and King under the Mountain. These are my sisters-sons Fili and Kili” as the two waved.
“Aragorn son of Arathorn”
“I am Legolas, Son of the Elvenking Thranduil of Mirkwood”
“Gimli son of Gloin, of the line of Durin”
“Boromir, Son of Denethor II, High warden of the white tower”
They all stood and bowed, which made everyone uncomfortable. Harry cleared his throat “You really don't need to bow”
Sirius groaned as his head hit the table. “Pup”
“Did I say something wrong?” Harry asked looking around.
“No Little one, It’s just our way” Legolas said gently. “We are guest’s in your home so it is with respect and gratitude that we bow”
Harry just nodded along with what he was saying. “Siri, shouldn't the others be here by now?”
“Others?” Severus asked, brow raised at his Brother in law.
“I’m giving them another hour before I do something stupid. Lucius played his part well but I'm starting to get worried” Sirius started chewing on his nails, eyes flicking to the clock. “They should be here by now though”
Before anyone could say anything, Sirius and Bowie's hands flew to their chests. A sharp pained gasp leaving their lips before Sirius jumped up and ran from the room as loud thumps could be heard above.
“What’s happening?” Thorin asked as he stood, hand reaching for the blade at his hip.
“SEVERUS I NEED YOU” Severus and Regulus were out of their chairs before Sirius's frantic yelling was done. Harry took one look at Bowie and both jumped up and ran to follow. Breathing heavily as they made there way up the stairs two at a time making it to the ball room as they heard the pained gasps.
“what happened?” Severus said frantically as he laid out his emergency potions kit. Waving his wand to summon everything else.
“The Dark lord. When we arrived, Dolohov informed him of Bellatrix’s capture and of the destruction of the Prophecy. I didn’t have time to reinforce my shields. He saw all of our interactions, harry giving me the portkey and my recommending they finish her off. I was able to force him out before he saw anything else. He turned his wand on Draco and Rodolphus jumped in front of the curse. Its your curse but we didn't have time to heal him. Corvinus reached us just as the portkey activated” Lucius explained quickly, his arms wrapped around his wife and son. Corvinus and Rabastan watching as Severus worked.
“Lucius, give me your arm” Harry started making his way over as quickly as possible.
“Harry...”
“You saw what he did to dad and Reg. We need to do this now, Rabastan your next”
Lucius thrust his arm out towards him as he took a few steps away from Draco and Narcissa.
Harry grasped the blondes arm and pulled it to him, leaning over, he used his parselmagic, Pushing his will to over ride the dark lords commands as he had done for Severus and Regulus.
For ten excruciating minutes, the others watched on in silence as Regulus and Bowie held Sirius back and harry lent over Lucius’s arm as he silently screamed, Remus, thankfully, put up a silencing charm around the pair.
“Rabastan, now” Harry helped Lucius up and had Corvinus get him to a chair before he turned his attention to the youngest Lestrange brother.
“I’m going to lay down, that way I don't fall on top of you, little nephew” the man tried to joke as he positioned himself. Harry scoffed and started the process all over again.
Aragorn's POV
Aragorn watched in fascinated horror. He could feel the power coming from the young man, could almost taste it. He tore his eyes away from the raven haired beauty and watched Severus. His magic was just as powerful, though it had nothing on the intoxicating pull of His Harry. He shook his head to dispel that thought. Harry was not his, no matter how much the young man had ensnared him in so short a time.
They both worked quickly and he watched as open wounds closed in on themselves as the older man poured vial after vial down the others throat, a stick guiding the wounds to close as it went.
“What is he doing?” Gimli asked, paler then usual.
“Severus is a potions master and a healer. His using a combination of potions and his magic to stabilise Rodolphus” Percy, He thinks, answered.
“And Harry?” he asked, his gaze back on the young man.
“He and the Dark Lord share a rare trait. They both can speak parseltounge, meaning they can speak to most serpents. But as far as we know only harry uses Parselmagic, it has strong roots in the healing arts and we don't see the dark lord healing anyone. You see that mark on Rabastan’s arm?” Bill asked, pointing to the mans arm. He could see a skull with its mouth open, the snake seemed to be moving on its own. “That’s a Dark mark. The Dark lord brands those he calls followers. He can summon them through those marks but he can also cause them pain. I was there when he attacked Severus and Reggie through it. If Harry hadn't of panicked and started using his gift, they would of died. Lucius, Rodolphus and Rabastan wanted to continue spying for as long as possible, so they kept the marks. Their position’s have now been compromised, so harry is removing them as quickly as he can. You think that this is bad? Trust me when I tell you its a hell of a lot worse when the mark attacks”
“How can a mark do that though? Its just not done” Fili asked, head tilted as he watched the man writhe around on the floor, Harry was surprisingly strong to be able to keep a man that big as still as his arm was.
“The mark was created using parseltounge. When mouldyshorts created them, he used it to connect himself with them, But what those followers don't know is that it also acts like a leech. It takes some of their magic depending on their levels, transferring it to the Dark ass himself. The more powerful they are, the more magic they loose. Thus he is able to attack them through the mark. Harrikins here, has now freed five of his strongest followers. And his going to be pissed when the magical drain starts”
“He will not be happy brother dear… maybe we should send him some of our bath products… to relax his royal scalyness”
Aragorn didn’t know which twin was which. But watching them share identical manic grins made him weary. These two were not to be trifled with. The young Dwarf brothers seemed very interested to.
“You will not, I'd rather not have old snake face in my head again” Harry said as he stood. Aragorn watched as he stumbled and moved quickly to his side. He wrapped his arm around Harry’s waist and moved him towards an empty chair. “Thank you”
“your welcome. Are you alright” he asked as he tucked a lock of Harry’s hair behind his ear. His fingers lightly touching his cheek.
“It takes a lot out of me. But it’s worth it” Harry blushed. he couldn't take his eyes off of him.
“Need anything pup” Remus asked. Aragorn cleared his throat, stood and removed his hand. A feeling of loss following, making him wince.
“Some water. Than I need to do Rod’s mark” harry told the man. “Just give me a few minutes”
“Harry, it can wait” Rodolphus croaked, hand at his throat. “You need to rest”
“I'll rest when I know HE can’t hurt you anymore” Aragorn placed his hand on the young mans shoulder and watched as the tension fell. He could see Legolas staring at them, head tilted to the side. The young elf wouldn't say anything now, but he knew the questions would come later. Boromir to by the looks of things. But Thorin? The king was stone still. His eyes completely focused on Sirius and Rodolphus. The intensity of the stare makeing him shiver.
“Ok, let’s do this” Harry clapped his hands together and stood after a few minutes. Aragorn stepped back and watched as Harry started the process all over again. Rodolphus, laying on the ground with Sirius and Bowie to one side. Aragorn had to give it to the man. While the other two had screamed, he remained silent. His eyes starring right at the two beside him. He barely moved, the only way they knew he was in pain was when he twitched. But he never took his eyes off of the two.
Just like with the others, for ten minutes harry worked. When he was done, Aragorn watched as the mark flared bright red before disappearing with a loud hiss. Moving quickly, he caught harry just as he was about to fall. He picked up the young man and made his way to the chair from before. Just as he was about to place the young man down a hand on his shoulder stopped him.
“Wait a moment” An older Gentleman said, he waved his hand and Aragorn watched as the chair was transformed. “Now you may place him down”
“Thank you” he said once he got over the shock. He placed Harry down carefully and took the blanket handed to him. Making sure the blanket was tucked around him securely before he stood.
The man stood behind the transformed chair and watched him. A calculating look in his eyes.
“Interesting” He murmured “He doesn't usually allow people he doesn't know to touch him, yet I've seen you do it with no reaction from him. Interesting” he turned on his heel and walked away, throwing a look over his shoulder.
Aragorn didn't know what to say, so he stayed quiet.
“He will wake in a minute or two” Aragorn startled and looked down in to clear blue eyes. “It’s not strange you know. Feeling the way you do”
“I’m sorry?”
Luna giggled. “The mother knows who hold’s our hearts. We find them when she thinks we’re ready. Don't stop yourself from finding your happiness Aragorn, from finding your One. Now come, I believe your tale’s need to be told. The mother only allows me so much” she smiled warmly at him.
“What about harry?” he asked. Is that what the this feeling was? Had he really found his One?
“What about me?” Harry asked. Aragorn held out his hand to help steady him, warmth spreading throughout his body as harry accepted it. Looking over to find Luna still smiling.
“It’s time” Luna said as her eyes glazed over. Harry wrapped his arm around her waist as she seemed to drop.
“Time for what Ms Lovegood?” Severus asked, he and the others making their way over.
“To decide your fates, young ones” Her voice sounding strange even to him, like there was many trying to come through as it echoed around the room. “You have Two turnings of the moon to decide. Decide if you will stay and fight or leave… and Live”