Storm Front | By : Quetzalcotal Category: Harry Potter Crossovers > General - Misc Views: 7595 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2 |
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Quetzal- well here we go the battle you've all been waiting for! Orion Vs. Krios place your bets now! ^-^
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Chapter 22 - Storm Breaking
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Hermonie stared down at the seal melted into the stone of the cliff for several moments half listening to the storm raging over their heads that failed to drop either rain or wind on them for all that sky was nearly pitch black, and the sounding forest wasn't being spared the tempest. She looked up at the Triton and Percy. "You two ready?" She asked they nodded. "Chance's are they know we're coming, so be prepared for an ambush, Im going to need a few moments to recover from the spell when we get there so I wont be able to help all right?" She said they nodded again Percy pulling out Riptide and shifting it into its true form. She took a deep breath and focused her magic on the seal after a moment it connected, she waited a second for the spell to stabilize before nodding her eyes still closed.
She felt Triton put his hand on her shoulder and the resulting rush of power almost made her lose her hold on the spell. It was like getting dragged under in a raging river, but after a moment of struggling to send the power where she wanted it the seal under their feet began to glow a dull blue green that steadily brightened as it was feed more energy. The amount of power she was getting just kept increasing, causing the spell to charge much faster then the last time. Moments later with a bright flash of light they vanished.
Hermonie staggered at the sudden loss of energy as the power coming from Triton abruptly cut off as the light faded reveling the depths of the Forbidden forest. It was night with the full moon shining down through the clearing they had appeared in. Triton had his trident out and was surveying their soundings wearily for any threat, she had made sure to tell them just how dangerous this forest could be, with or without a Titan to worry about. She straightened up with a soft groan and stretched her shoulders out a bit trying to shake out the lingering tenseness from casting the spell and using Tritons power.
"We where we're supposed to be Hermonie?" Asked Percy glancing around the shadowed forest. She nodded tuning in a circle as she tried to determine the way to the castle from here, before spotting a tree that had been blasted to splinters. She stared at it for a second remembering the blast that had destroyed it. Had it really only been 3 days? She shook herself looking back at Percy.
"This way." She said drawing one of her twin swords and setting off into the brush on the same side of the clearing as the dead tree. They walked on, the forest unnaturally silent around them only the occasional shaft of moon light shinning through a gap in the canopy braking up the darkness. Hermonie was used to this having been in the forest before, but the effect seemed to be getting to her brothers. She glanced back at them and had to stifle a laugh, they were both eyeing the forest around them like it was going to jump up and eat them...then again this was the Forbidden forest it might very well do so if it was so inclined to a midnight snack. They had been walking for 20 minutes when Triton hissed at her to stop, Hermonie could see the light from the castle through the trees now, so why was he stopping? He was staring at the air in front of them with a frown on his face. "Whats wrong?" She asked he frowned and looked at her.
"Theres a ward here, its not mortal magic, I would assume its how they knew Orion was around. He wouldn't have been able to seance it." He said after a moment, she and Percy glanced at each other.
"Can we get by without setting it off?" Asked Percy Triton sighed looking irritated and shook his head no.
"Its a Titans spell Im not powerful enough to sneak by this, I could destroy it but that would alert Krios to our presence all the same." He said Hermonie nodded.
"Well, you might as well try." She pointed out. "We arnt getting in there any other way." He looked at her silently for a moment before nodding and tuning his attention back to the ward. After a few minutes of Triton pretty much staring off into space he moved. Grabbing them both and shoving sending them through where the ward lay diving after them as well. They all hit the ground in a heap Triton gasping like he had just run a marathon. "Im guessing that did it?" She asked hopefully he nodded slowly his breathing leveling off a bit.
"Yes, I don't think we were detected, but if we want to leave soon your going to be on your own from here on out. I need to recover my power if were going to be getting anywhere." He said she nodded looking around at where they were on the grounds before pointing to their left.
"We can drop you off at the lake if you want. Its not to far out of our way" She said he looked in the direction she was pointing and spotted the shimmering black reflection of the moonlight off the water and nodded.
"That would be for the best." He agreed tiredly Hermonie nodded and she and Percy helped him to his feet and set off following the tree line around to the lake. It wasn't far to go though and they soon found themselves all but dragging him into the water. He collapsed looking relived as his body changed back to the fish tailed form they were familiar with. He nodded to them looking a little more awake then he had the moment before. "Go now, you wont have much time to find him before we're discovered, ill be fine." He said they both nodded and took off over the grass to the castle that glittered like a massive jewel in the darkness its many windows alight. As fate would have it though it wasn't going to be that easy.
Just as they passed the last stand of trees to make a run across the open grounds to the side entrance by the green houses they both felt a chill, like they had just walked threw a wall of ice. They both froze exchanging looks of horror! "Ten bucks says that was another ward." She muttered.
"Shit!" Hissed Percy looking around. "Were going to have to make a run for it!" He said but Hermonie shook her head grimly.
"Its to far we don't have time." She answered drawing her second sword Percy cursed again and activated his shield which spiraled open with a snap. They both flinched as another wave of cold came over them.
"Well, well, well what do we have here?" Said a voice amused, Hermonie recognized Krios voice instantly and growled in frustration why couldn't everything work out the way it was supposed to for once! She thought furiously trying to figure out where the titan was. "What? Nothing to say brat? You've caused me quite a bit of trouble you know." He said stepping out of the shadows a sadistic grin on his face. "And I see no reason not to follow through with my previous promise." Added leering at her she just stared stonily back at him, not reacting to his comments. Krios just laughed at her silence and turned to look at Percy who was looking at him disgusted. "Whats the matter brat? Your fathers done worse." He taunted Percy growled and took a step forward Hermonie shook her head at him.
"We need to work together Percy or we don't stand a chance." She said never taking her eyes off Krios who laughed at this.
"You honestly think you can beat me?" He asked amused. "The other brat just got lucky, and thats a trick I wont fall for twice." He said looking between them. "But by all means don't let that stop you! Ill enjoy making you both scream before you die!" He said laughing and without another word Hermonie jumped into action Percy following close behind. Krios took a step back in surprise and barley blocked Hermonies slash as his side as she shot by. He twisted with a snarl following her only to catch sight of Percy coming at him from the other direction as he did so, and turned back to block the boys strike. This left him open to Hermonies second attack which left him a shallow slash on his side before she jumped away again. He snarled enraged at this and swung his blade at Percy, but the boy was already well out of rang of the hit. He growled and summoned a spear in his free hand using it to force Hermonie away from him while dealing with Percy with the sword.
They both knew better then to try to fight him head on, unfortunately for Krios. They knew they weren't powerful enough for it, and knowing this refused to stay still long enough for him to land a hit. It was however, a loosing battle, for all that they could stay ahead of the Titans attacks they were still only demigods and quickly tired, Krios did not.
Krios of course knew this, and waited holding back until he had them right where he wanted them. Then with their reflexes slowed by exhaustion he stuck. Percy was sent flying by a blast of energy and hit a tree hard falling to the ground with a groan and not getting up. Hermonie wasn't quite so lucky though, she backpedaled trying to put some distance between her and Krios as Percy went flying. He turned smirking, and Hermonies eyes widened as she tried to throw herself out of the way, but she wasn't quite fast enough though. The thrown spear punched into her shoulder launching her through the air and lodging several meters off the ground in a tree trunk pinning Hermonie by her shoulder. Krios laughed as she screamed in pain.
"Well now that was fun." He said stalking up to where she hung several feet off the ground. He didn't seem to notice that the ground was shaking slightly. "Now I do believe I have a promise to keep." He said leering at her and reached towards her only to be knocked off his feet as the ground next to the castle exploded. Sending boulders the size of dump trucks hundreds of meters into the night sky along with a massive cloud of dust. Krios staggered back to his feet glaring murderously as something massive moved in the dust cloud climbing out of the hole it had just blasted into the ground an angry sibilant hissing sound like the worlds biggest cobra accompanying it.
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Orion glared at the wall across from him trying to melt it with sheer rage alone, it wasn't working much to his disappointment. Dumbldore had been down here twice to torture him since he'd been caught, but with no light he wasn't sure how long that had been, no more then a day he thought sighing. He had learned several things thanks to Dumbdores monologuing though, which was truly the only upside to the situation. Apparently when they had drained the wards of the castle they had also completely collapsed them, completely destroying the 1000 year old protections. Not only that, but because of this school had been canceled until such time that new wards could be erected so the castle was empty.
Orion sighed letting his head fall back against the wall with a slight thud he was tired, he closed his eyes hoping to get a few minutes of sleep before Dumbledore came back again when a mental scream blindsided him. His mind reeled as he tried to think past the pain pounding in his mind. He was only really able to discern one thing through the pain, someone had hurt Hermonie...That person was going to pay. The spells keeping him in the room buckled as his magic tried to force its way through, but the spells had been set by Krios and held against the backlash, he snarled and his magic shifted. If he couldn't break the spells preventing escape by magic he would just break out the old fashion way. The spells couldn't hold him if there were no walls for them to be tied to he thought viciously, his form blurring as he forced his magic into the animagus spell, and not the more mundane half of it either no he had something else in mind.
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Hermonie stared at the moon lit cloud of dust dumbstruck. What the hell was going on? A loud screech sounded from the dust could as the shadow shifted and suddenly explode upward massive wings blocking out the moonlight for a moment, she stared upward at the slightly glowing dragon in awe. It was easily the size of a jumbo jet if not larger massive sharply raked wings cutting through the air with ease. It shot straight up looping over and circling for a moment staring down at them. The sheer power coming off it was astonishing it roared circling still and looked straight at her. Her mind ground to a halt, she knew those eyes, no one else had eyes that shade of green. "Orion?"
(He looks like this)- kl6. deviantart art/Reign- Of-fire-dragon-7 2734 710
(or look up reign of fire in general)
Flashback
"Quite, this however is not your normal animagus potion." He said they both looked at him sharply frowning now.
"How so?" Asked Hermonie.
"Simple really, the mortal version of the potion wouldn't be very affective on you both and very well might not work at all due to your dual mortal and immortal magics. So this was made to work correctly with demigods like yourselves." He said they exchanged curious looks.
"Whats so different about this potion?" Asked Orion examining his own vial.
"Simple the normal potion works by giving you a form that is a reflection of your soul and magic, but you both have dual magics so this potion has a bit more power behind it and will react properly with your own magics. So it would follow then that...?" He trailed off looking at them expectantly. They both stared at him wide eyed.
"Wait a second...Do you mean we get to two forms?" Asked Orion Bennu nodded.
"Correct two forms one for each kind of magic, one mortal, one immortal." He agreed they both looked at him blankly for a moment.
"What do you mean ones immortal?"
End flashback
Flashes of emotion echoed through her connection with Orion chief among them anger. The dragon that she was sure was Orion turned its eyes to Krios and roared again, the challenge obvious in his voice. Krios looked a hair uncertain at this turn of evens but wasn't about to let some brat make him back off just because he could turn into a dragon! Instead he laughed and returned to his true size stalking forward his swords ready to slash the moment the dragon was in range. Hermonie estimated that Orions current form would be almost eye to eye with the titan if he was on the ground that was one really big dragon. Krios sent a blast of energy at Orion who spun and dove easily evading the strike and sweeping downwards jaws wide open. There was a crackling sound and a bolt of lightning left his mouth slamming into the surprised Titan.
Krios snarled and slashed at the dragon as it swept by pulling its long narrow wings in to avoid the hit and spiraling back up a moment later. "You think you can win brat?" The Titan roared and changed shape becoming a massive demonic looking eagle as big as Orions dragon. Hermonie smirked, bad idea she thought, knowing right off the bat the Titan was probably better off on the ground, the way he plowed through the air like a freight train was a dead give away. Orion moved with the wind spinning and flowing with the currents never stopping, he wasn't so much flying in the air he was the air and just about as easy to catch by the looks of it as Orion flew rings around the titan. She just hoped he had better luck then her and Percy.
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Once he was in the air the blind rage that had let him change faded to a smoldering anger letting him think. He couldn't believe he had actually done it! The power he could feel now was astonishing he felt like he could do anything! He beat his long wing rocketing through the air. This was nothing like flying on his broom he thought spinning and looping for a moment before settling into circle the area. His wings bending the air the way he wanted instead of cutting threw. When he finally spotted Hermione his rage almost threatened to over take him again she was pinned, her feet several meters off the ground, to a tree a spear impaled in her shoulder holding her there. He saw her eyes widen in realization and he knew she had just figured out that the dragon was him. He turned his attention to the Titan and snarled roaring out a challenge to him, Krios laughed sending a blast of black tinged golden energy at him.
He pulled in his left wing rolling out of the way and into a dive as some instinct told him to open his mouth and he did so expecting fire, what he got was a bolt of lightning more powerful then anything he'd ever created before. The bolt lit up the night with a brilliant flash of white light as it hit. He pulled in his wings as he shot past Krios to avoid the titans wild swing and kited back up. He turned back to make another pass when Krios yelled something he didn't catch and turned into a massive evil looking eagle. Orion twisted midair diving around the now airborne Titan tearing out several tail feathers as he went making Krios screech in pain and snap at him as he tried to turn and follow. Orion spun back up effortlessly and slid sideways in the air over the Titan tearing his back open with a well aimed kick, and twisted diving around and under Krios to avoid his beak. This proved to be a mistake though as Krios closed his wings dropping, and agony tore through his shoulders, Krios's talons connecting and tearing chunks out of his back. He rolled breaking free of the titans claws and spiraling down red/gold blood dripping off his back and down his wings. He turned wheeling midair and ignoring the pain in his shoulders shot straight up slamming into Krios and latching on. Hooked wings claws buried in his neck and wing as he bit down on his neck tearing a mass of feathers and flesh off before letting go and dropping away, as he fell away he lashed out catching the titan left wing in his jaws and twisting in the air like a crocodile in the water, shattering the wing and turning it into a mess of broken feathers and bone.
Krios screamed in pain dropping through the air. As quickly as the damage healed it wasn't fast enough to keep him from hitting the ground. With a flash of gold light the titan was back to him human form his left arm a useless gold ichor covered mess of flesh. Orion wheeled in the air screeching mockingly at him, Krios glared up at him before smirking and looking to where Hermonie was still pinned. Orion dove knowing what he was up to before he even moved.
He knew it was probably just a trick, but he couldn't risk that. A few dozen meters away he flared his wings out braking his fall, and brought his rear talons forward to tear into the Titan, who spun back around grinning and punched him in the head as he snapped at Krios throat his talons hitting his chest and cutting long gouges in the flesh. Orion was knocked away his ears ringing with the impact as he slammed into the ground a short distance away.
"To think you honestly thought you were a threat to me demigod!" He said laughing his damaged arm almost completely healed. Orion, who had landed on his back, rolled over getting his back legs and wing claws under him. Not having front limbs that didn't double as wings was decidedly odd, he thought too himself. He wobbled for a moment trying to find his balance before crouching down and hissing. Krios laughed again stalking forward and taking a swing at the grounded dragon. Orion reared up spreading his wings and roaring as the sword cut through the air only a few feet in front of his snout. He backed up remaining balanced on his hind legs and roared again spitting another lightning bolt at the Titan who jumped back with a yell apparently having forgotten that little trick. Orion took a chance and leapt forward using the lightening as a distraction to close the distance between them. He bit down catching Krios's still not quite healed arm and shaking it like a dog with a toy while bringing his one of his wings up to knock krios sword away as he did so.
Krios tried to shake him off but Orion hung on sawing his teeth through bone now, and with a savage twist and yank of his head tore Krios's arm off at the elbow, jumping away with his grizzly prize. Krios howled in pain and swung wildly at him the sword catching a glancing blow on the crest of bone that ran down his head and cutting the side of his face. The wound was hardly life threatening but the red/gold blood down leaking into his right eyes was not helping. He spat the arm out and blasted the Titan with another lightning bolt nearly knocking him over, and twisted slamming Krios to the ground with his tail and blasting him with another bolt.
He could feel himself loosing strength as the wounds on his back bleed heavily he needed to end this quickly or he was going to his ass kicked! He took a deep breath gathering his power as Krios struggled back to his feet and let loose a barrage of lightning, one bolt after another. Krios howled staggering back under the assault, trying to shield himself with his own power but the hastily created barrier couldn't hold against the rage powered magic Orion was throwing at him. After a minute of continues bolts of lightning a tremendous howl from Krios split the night and Orion was nearly blinded as the Titan exploded into gold mist the concussion of power sending him flying into the lake with a massive splash as the golden mist faded away.
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Quetzal- well what did you think? i wasn't sure about the battle it seemed too easy really? Oh well next chapter were headed home and Albus gets whats coming to him! ^-^
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