Harry Potter - Series Fan Fiction ❯ Harry Potter And The Dawn Of War ❯ Club Attack ( Chapter 2 )

Chapter 2: Club Attack

 

Harry was getting more and more excited with every passing day, in just three more days it would be July 31st, his Seventeenth birthday. “Harry what do you want for your birthday?” Hermione had been driving herself crazy trying to find a gift for Harry but couldn't think of anything. Finally after going through several catalogues she caved in and asked Harry.

 

“How about another invitation, like the one for Valentine's Day?” Harry wiggles his eyebrows at Hermione.

 

“No Harry I'm not doing that again, how about, hmmm…” She still can't think of anything.

 

“Well how about a date?”

 

“We can't leave the house Harry, if a Death Eater sees us it wouldn't be good, you know that.” Hermione wishes they could go on a date, like before, but it was to dangerous now.

 

“Yes we can, we change our appearances, go somewhere Muggle, I can make a Fake ID for you and me if the place only lets adults in.” Harry remembered the fun he had at the club Amelia worked at, dancing, drinking. It had been a good memory for Harry.

 

“I don't know Harry, it would be dangerous, and I don't know how we would get there.” Hermione bites her lower lip thinking.

 

“Apparition, you can do it, I'll learn how to do it, soon. For now can't you take me with you?” Harry had read about `ride along' Apparition, Hermione should be able to do it.

 

“I never tried it Harry…” It was hard enough to Apparate herself let alone taking Harry or anyone else.

 

“Then practice, you have three days, it will be your gift to me.” Harry smiles at her thinking about where to go.

 

“Muggle money, we don't have any, I doubt they'll take our kind of money.” Hermione wasn't sure if it was a good idea and was looking for an excuse to get out of it.

 

“Then I'll have Dobby go to Gringotts and convert some of my money into Muggle Money.”

 

“It's supposed to be my gift to you, not much of a gift if you pay for it, is it?”

 

“It's ok Mione, it will be an early birthday gift for you, so we can get both our birthdays out of the way.” Harry leans over and kisses Hermione. “You know, I've been thinking of this place I saw before, when I was in the Muggle World.” But if Amelia was there, no, he would change his appearance so she wouldn't recognize him. He could go to another club but it wouldn't be one he was familiar with and he didn't want to risk it.

 

“If that's where you want to go for your birthday then we can go.” Hermione bites her lower lip in worry, if they were spotted someone might get hurt. “I saw something about ride along Apparitions, if I find that book I could take you along, but it would be easier if you could Apparate since I don't know where we are going exactly.”

 

“Ok Mione, anything you want.”

 

Three days later, with lots of reading and training, the two teens, now both adults, were ready to head out. “I better tell my Mom and Dad we are leaving.” Hermione and Harry were in the backyard wearing Muggle clothing.

 

“Ok, and if they say anything remind them you are an adult, you are a woman, my woman.” Harry kisses Hermione on the mouth hard, he was in a great move, he had turned 17, he was an adult.

 

“Alright Harry don't worry, wait for me.” Hermione goes back into the house, Harry counts to three, and then disappears from the backyard.

 

“Wow, place hasn't changed, they still got the same guy out front.” Harry had landed in front of The Underground. “I don't see any Death Eaters, better get back.” “You want to see Amelia so badly to do this?” “Shut up, this isn't about her, or Jim.” He wasn't Harry's son, Amelia thought he was but he wasn't. Harry Apparates back to the backyard of his house.

 

“There you are Harry.” Hermione had come back from telling her parents her and Harry were going somewhere to find Harry was gone. “Where did you go?”

 

“I just wanted to make sure the place was safe.” Harry smiles at her, it was the truth. “Ready Mione?”

 

“Here is your potion.” Hermione had worked on two potions instead of ride along Apparition, Harry had learned so fast there was no need to. They both take a drink, Harry's hair changes to red, his eyes to a bright Emerald green while Hermione's hair turns blonde and her eyes blue. “Wow, you look good for a red head.”

 

“You look great for a blonde.” Looking at Hermione she did change a lot, she had straightened her hair, fixed it so it didn't look like her usual hair. If someone like Wormtail was at The Underground she might be recognized but other then that she would be safe.

 

“Make your hair longer, your scar is showing.” Harry squeezes his eyes and concentrates on making his hair longer. He still could like before but without the extra energy he had gotten from Voldemort it took more concentration. “There you go, ok, where are we going? You have to describe it well enough for me to Apparate there.”

 

“No need, take my hand.” Harry was about to surprise Hermione. “One, Two, Three…” Crack

 

“Wow, how did you do that?” They had landed in an alley near The Underground. “You only had three days.”

 

“I did something so I could learn faster.” Harry had found a way to open up the connection to Voldemort, just like Voldemort could to him. He couldn't control or see what Voldemort was doing like what Voldemort could do but it was enough. “Good job boy I knew you could do it.” The voice had been the first to tell Harry to do it, why Harry didn't know, but it had never hurt him before.

 

“So where is this club? Do we need a Muggle ID to get in?” Harry takes something out and hands it to Hermione. “Hermione Potter? I don't weigh that much!” She punches Harry in the arm laughing, the ID looked real, and she liked the Potter at the end of her name.

 

“Yeah and you aren't 21 either but I fudged it a little.” Harry leads Hermione to The Underground. “Hello, is it still 20 pounds cover charge?”

 

“What? Where's your ID kid?” Harry hands his over. “Just turned 21? Your Missy taking you out? Just go up to Amelia at the front desk.” The large black man holds the door open for Harry and Hermione.

 

“Wow he didn't even ask me for my ID.” Hermione not paying attention runs into Harry. “What's wrong Harry?”

 

“I, it's nothing.” Harry had seen Amelia at the front desk, she looked nothing like she did before. She had gained weight, her face looked twenty years older than she was, nothing like the fun loving woman he had known. “Here you go Ma'am.” Harry hands 40 Pounds over then goes into the club.

 

“Wait, Amelia, which was the name of the Muggle girl you were with wasn't it?” Hermione turns back around looking at Amelia, she looked terrible, Hermione would have thought Amelia would have looked like a model or something, not a forty year old hag.

 

“Yes, she must have let herself go after Jim.” Harry and Hermione stand there watching Amelia, Harry looking at someone he had once been intimate with, Hermione looking at someone she had nearly lost Harry to, as she knew it. The phone rings and Amelia picks it up.

 

“What Mom? Again? Look I have to work here tonight, I need the money, then get more! I don't care Mom I missed last night and since I've been working at the front desk I haven't been making as good of tips as I use to. Well make Jim shut up then if he's crying!” Amelia slams the phone down on the receiver.

 

“Wow, Harry if you want to say anything to her I won't stop you.” Hermione squeezes his arm in comfort.

 

“No, I screwed up her life enough, even if he isn't mine.” Harry turns around and walks up to the bar with Hermione following him. He had been hoping to have fun tonight, hoped Amelia had quit or something, but now wanted to forget. “What's your strongest stuff?”

 

“Kid if you want something strong you better be ready for the consequences.” The female bartender turns around and takes a bottle off a shelf. “This is guaranteed to burn a hole in your stomach.”

 

“Harry don't you want to dance first?” Hermione wasn't a drinker, except for wine on the holidays.

 

“Harry? Hey I thought you looked familiar!” The woman puts a hand on Harry's chin and looks into his eyes. “You got contacts in but you can't change the shape that's for sure.” She then raises her hand and moves Harry's bangs out of the way to see the scar.

 

“Let go of him.” Hermione puts a hand on the woman's wrist.

 

“Hey Missy you his newest victim?” The woman looks Hermione over. “He already ruined one life you better get away before he ruins yours.” The woman takes a phone out from behind the counter and hits two numbers. “Hey Amelia you'll never guess who is sitting in front of me! No not the Prime Minister, Harry, I can tell those eyes from anywhere, and that scar.” The woman hangs up as Amelia bursts into the club from the front desk.

 

“You dare show up here with another woman after what you did to me!” Amelia was not happy to see Harry to say the least. “You freak! You know he's a freak right girl? Or did he trick you like he tricked me, spreading his Satan spawn in me!”

 

“Listen Amelia Jim isn't mine…”

 

“You know his name! How do you know his name!” Amelia reaches back with her right arm ready to smack Harry when Hermione grabs her arm.

 

“Stop it Amelia! Harry isn't a freak, Jim isn't yours, get over it!”

 

“Hermione stay out of this, let her yell, she has every right to.” Hermione doesn't let go.

 

“Hermione? Wait, that was the girl's name…” Amelia strikes out with her left hand and hits Hermione. “You're a monster just like him!”

 

“Whoa Amelia you can't be hitting the customers.”

 

“They aren't customers, they aren't old enough to drink.” Amelia pulls her arm away from Hermione. “He was only 15 when he tricked me, he can't be much older then 17 now, Robert!” Amelia yells loud enough for the large black man out front to hear. He comes into the club to see what the problem was.

 

“What it be Amelia?”

 

“These two are minors! They must have used their freak powers to trick you!”

 

“Amelia calm down, I saw the IDs, they were real, they even had the…”

 

“They are not! He's a demon! He can do magic, I've seen him do it, and she's one of them!” Amelia was shrieking, making other people in the club look over at what was going on.

 

“Now Amelia you can't be saying stuff like that, they paid to get in, they have every right to be hear.” Robert turns to Harry and Hermione. “I'm sorry about this, have a drink on the house.”

 

“No!” Amelia grabs a glass off the bar counter and throws it at Harry who puts his hands up, and without thinking about it, does magic. The glass is frozen in mid air, it just hangs there, nothing holding it up. “See! Freaks, demons, monsters!”

 

“Now there has to be an explanation for this.” Robert grabs the glass and finds it won't move. Before anyone can say anything else a red flash strikes Robert.

 

“Missed, oh well, Firis Boul!” Another red flash comes out of the wand headed towards Harry. He reaches to his side, his wand wasn't there, he had it strapped to his leg so it wouldn't be in the way that night. He ducks out of the way of the spell and it hits a shelf behind him hitting several bottles of liquor, two of them bursting into flames.

 

“Expelliarmus!” Hermione had her wand out and hits the man with the other wand. “Harry we have to get out of here!” She grabs his wrist and starts to pull him away when someone jumps on his back.

 

“No! No! No!” Amelia was punching Harry before Hermione could get him away. “You freak! You won't get away from me, that bastard child of yours is a freak just like you!”

 

“Stupefy!” Hermione hits Amelia with the spell knocking her off of Harry. “Come on Harry!” Hermione helps Harry back up and they run out of The Underground.

 

“How the hell did they know we would be there?” It was a Muggle place, why would a Death Eater be there. It had to be a Death Eater, no other Wizard would attack Harry Potter. “It's the only Muggle place I know about.”

 

“That's it Harry, they must have known about it, from your first time.” Hermione looks around to make sure no one was following them. “Come on Harry we have to get out of here.” She starts to concentrate, waits for the feeling, the noise of Apparition, and finds she can't. “He must have put a guard on the area, we can't Apparate.”

 

“Follow me Hermione I know where to go.” Harry goes through a couple alleys with Hermione following. Coming out onto a street Harry looks around, he was lost, or he just couldn't remember from before. “Voice?” No response.

 

“Harry what do we do?” Hermione had no idea where she was either, she had spent little time in Paris.

 

“I don't know.” He was lost, both directionally and mentally. He didn't know what to do, he had put Hermione in danger and Robert had been hit by a spell, was he dead? Harry and Hermione turn around when they hear screams coming from where they had just come from. There was the orange glow of a fire, screams of people running from it filled the air. “We have to help them Mione.” Harry runs back towards the Underground with Hermione running after him.

 

“What can we do!”

 

“I don't know, wait, I do know!” Harry kneels down and pulls his pant leg up and takes his wand out. “Reducio!” Nothing happened.

 

“Harry that spell only shrinks solid objects, try this, Deltrui Areis!” A Wind comes from nowhere, blowing hard, the fire seems to be blown out when an explosion comes from the basement as the fire had reached the liquor. “We need a flood, I know how to make water but not a flood.”

 

“Well, what's the water spell?” If Harry opened the channel to Voldemort he could make it more.

 

“Aquois Bata.” A liter of water spills out from Hermione's wand. “See, it isn't enough, I tried to make it bigger and that's all I got.” Harry concentrates, opens up the connection to Voldemort, feels the energy flowing into him.

 

“Aquois Bata!” The water sprays from Harry's wand like it was shot out of a cannon. A huge ball of water flies towards the burning club and lands, splashing what was left of the building, putting out most of the fire. “It worked.” Suddenly seven Death Eaters Apparate around Harry and Hermione.

 

“Right where he said they would be.” They have their wands out. “Don't move, the Dark Lord would like to see you.”

 

“I'm sorry but I can't allow that, Hermione duck.” Harry still had the connection open, still had Voldemort's power inside of him, and strikes all seven Death Eaters down with a single spell. He had used it in his fifth year and it worked just as effectively as it did then. “Dibol Pyris!” The seven Death Eaters burst into flame, or so they think. “Run!” Hermione and Harry run away as the Death Eaters try to put out the fire. Harry and Hermione run into a store as the Death Eaters realize they had been tricked.

 

“Hermione hide in the back.”

 

“No way Harry, how did they know we had gone back?” Somehow the Death Eaters knew where they were.

 

“I, no way.” Harry closes his eyes and concentrates on closing the connection to Voldemort and does. “Let's see if they find us now.”

 

The two teens wait in the produce aisle of the store for nearly an hour when Harry sticks his neck out around the corner and looks out the glass door in the front. “I don't see anyone, we better get going Mione.” Harry cautiously walks towards the entrance with his wand out. “We can go around and Apparate back home.” Harry holds the door open for Hermione and they quickly head to the back of the building.

 

“It's not working!” They still couldn't Apparate. “I don't get it, they could Apparate in but we can't Apparate out, why?”

 

“They might of opened it long enough to Apparate in, or a spell was put on us so we can't Apparate.” It was the best Harry could come up with. “If we get a Taxi we might be able to get back soon.” He still had a lot of Muggle money, he was going to be spending it on a night on the town but not now.

 

“Do you know the address?” Harry shakes his head. “Then we can't take a Taxi can we? We need to think of something.”

 

“But what? If we can't Apparate and we don't know what the address is we are lost.”

 

“The Ministry is in Paris, if we found it we could find someone from the Order and get back.”

 

“Yes, and our luck will be that we find the traitor in the Order and they take us to Voldemort.” Harry and Hermione start to walk towards the main part of Paris. The Ministry was the only place they knew how to get to.

 

After walking through Paris they found a building that looked familiar. “You would never know this was the Ministry.” The Magic shielding on the Ministry made any Muggle see an abandoned building. They walk into the building and aren't sure if they walked in the right place.

 

“Name, Rank, Position, Code.” There were two large wizards guarding another door that wasn't there before.

 

“Uh, we're lost, we were looking for a friend.”

 

“Who are you?”

 

“I'm Harry Potter, see?” Harry concentrates his eyes and makes his hair grow back to normal so his scar is exposed.

 

“No you're not, he has Black hair and blue eyes.”

 

“It's a spell, this is Hermione Granger, we're looking for Mr. Weasly, Arthur Weasly.” Harry was an adult, he could call Arthur by his name now.

 

“Muggle Affairs is closed.” The two wizards just stared at Harry and Hermione, not blinking.

 

“Well, uh, can you get an owl to Dumbledore then?” They don't move. “Come on I'm Harry Potter! Where's the Minister?” They don't move. “Mione we are going to have a big problem if we can't even get past these two.”

 

“Our hair and eyes won't change back for another three or four hours, we have to find someplace to stay until then.” Hermione and Harry walk out of the Ministry entrance. “Well we have some money where do we go?”

 

“We have as much as we need, I can duplicate it if we need to.” That was when he was connected to Voldemort and didn't even know it. Now he could connect at will but it seemed to give Voldemort his exact position.

 

“Harry that is against the Muggle Code Section…”

 

“I don't care Mione I've done it before and I'll do it again.” Harry had no reason to care for Wizard Laws, they had kept Sirius Black in jail for years. They had kept him from fighting Voldemort and the Death Eaters when he was younger. Laws were for the good guys, bad guys didn't follow them and he wouldn't either if that was what it took.

 

“Well if we can find a hotel we can stay there until tomorrow when Arthur gets to work.”

 

“Hotel? Hmmm, we can have a lot of fun there, make up for some of the lost time.” Harry gives Hermione a kiss smiling at her. “This is still my Birthday isn't it?”

 

“It sure is Harry. We have to find a hotel first, a cheap one so you don't do anything illegal.” Hermione and Harry find a hotel near the Ministry and stay there for the night.