Cannon (3).

"Hello, Professor John. Have you seen Professor Snape? He should've just passed through, I need to talk to him." Loki said keeping up the act.

"Oh? Professor Snape hasn't come here. I wonder why you're looking for him, anything special?"

"No, I was just confused by Potter that he was here. Must've seen something wrong. He even has glasses so he probably confused him with someone else. Sorry for taking up your time Professor."

But before he could turn around and leave, Mr. A spoke in a chillingly calm tone with a polite smile that made him look unhinged, "Do you know when human flesh tastes the best Loki?"

Loki froze in his tracks and *gulped* as his eyes met with Mr. A's crimson-red eyes that were as still as the black lake.

"It is when it is marinated in fear and pain."

"Haha~ That was a funny joke professor. I'm sorry I have to disappoint you but I need to leave."

"...are you sure we've never met before Mr. Loki?"

"I mean I've seen you in classes if that's what you're asking? Before that? Never met you, never even seen you before."

The smile on Mr. A's face dropped as his cold-blooded eyes scanned Loki from head to toe and then he said, "I would've believed that lie had you not had that ring on your finger." then he licked his lips and spoke with a smile, "And if not for the stench of fear that was emanating from you."

Loki's blood felt cold but he knew that this was going to happen when he took the ring. The Law of Beyonder Characteristics convergence would eventually bring someone from the Aurora order into his life.

Mr. A vanished from his spot and arrived in front of Loki swinging his effeminate hand at Loki's head, but Loki ducked low to dodge it, using the soul of Sequence 6 Dawn Paladin currently in the ring to enhance his combat abilities temporarily.

Not having anticipated Loki's dodge, Mr. A was left open without cover as Loki did his best to kick him away from himself using the strength of the Dawn Paladin as he made a mad dash towards the entrance that was covered in flames.

As he escaped, Loki pulled the whistle on his wrist and blew into it to call Sunny.

Mr. A moved his fingers causing the shadows in the room to become alive and attack Loki.

It suddenly felt like the entire room had shifted and tilted in Loki's perception, the shadows grew long and wonky making it seem like he was suddenly in an endless corridor where he would remain trapped for an eternity.

The only hope he could find was the bright flames at the door on the other end which glowed with confidence in spite of the darkness.

Loki rushed using all the strength he could muster from the soul of the dawn paladin, his abilities as a thief keeping him aware of all the shadows around him as he dodged them narrowly each time as they tried to capture him.

But very soon Loki realised that the shadows were faster and he'd be caught in no time.

So he devised a clever plan.

Pretending as if he tripped because of misplacing his feet in the wonky corridor, Loki tumbled along the rough floor, allowing the shadows to capture him.

Almost instantly, the shadows wrapped around his limbs and hung him in the air, pulling on all his limbs as if he were going to be torn apart.

A maddening smile appeared on Mr. A's dainty face as he walked closer to Loki, using his finger to inspect Loki's body as he turned him around and felt him up.

But this was exactly what Loki was waiting for!

He used the Soul of Sequence 6 Dawn Paladin once again and activated the ability, 'Light of Dawn!'

A ring of light descended into the room, enveloping both Loki and Mr. A causing all the shadows Mr. A had summoned and controlled to vanish in the blink of an eye.

'No!!! It didn't work!!!!' Loki shouted in his mind, in spite of becoming free from the shadows that had bound him.

Mr. A did not even flinch as his body came in contact with the ring of light, even though his skin was burning, it seemed like having his flesh burnt away earlier from the weaker Flaring Sun charm had caused him to get used to the feeling of having his body burnt.

Instead, Mr. A tossed a few pieces of flesh from a bag around his waist towards Loki.

The pellets of flesh came in contact with Loki and blew up into a shower of red blood that corroded Loki's skin wherever it touched him.

Loki faltered for a second through the sudden intense pain, but managed to compose himself since the ability the 'Light of Dawn' was nullifying the corrosive effects of the explosives while also hurting Mr. A.

But for Mr. A this momentary pause in Loki's actions that resulted from the explosions seemed enough as he rushed towards Loki and swung his arm at full speed towards his chest.

Before Loki could respond meaningfully, a heavy impact sent him flying backwards and he collapsed after hitting the wall.

It became difficult to breathe and Loki felt like all the food he'd eaten throughout the day was about to leave his mouth.

His lungs burnt trying to breathe in air but he just couldn't breathe.

Mr. A slowly walked to him once again, bending low to match Loki's face he pulled on Loki's hair and spoke in a seething voice.

"I've finally caught you. I don't know how you blocked my attempts at divination but I finally found you."

"Ho- how?" Loki asked with pain, spitting out a little blood from his mouth.

Mr. A smiled coldly and said in a happy tone, "Because of your height. You're small enough to be a kid and if you had any relation to Beyonders it meant you were a wizard, even if just a squib. I followed you to Hogwarts hoping luck would bring you to me and it finally paid off."

"Were you here *cough* *cough* just for me?" Loki asked in between coughing out blood.

Mr. A smiled but since his prey was in his grasp, spoke with passion, "No. Not just for you. The Lord has blessed me to carry out a mission that would help 'Him' immensely. I am here for-."

As he was speaking a soft melodious *squeak* interrupted him, Mr.A's eyelids suddenly drooped shut while Loki whispered, "Took you long enough!"

*Squeak* *Squeak* *Squeak* *Squeak*

Before Mr. A could react or even wake up by breaking Sunny's ability to put him into sleep by reciting a poem, Loki jabbed his wand up Mr. A's jaw until it pierced all the way into his head and reached his brain.

Mr. A woke up with a start, the immense pain forcing him to snap awake, held by his hand, Loki smiled widely, revealing his bloodied teeth as he looked right into Mr. A's eyes.

"Fa- *cough* *cough* fate's a fickle friend Mr. A, I hope you learn this first hand.", Loki said and 

Mr. A's eyes widened and Loki's smile widened as he spoke the fight's final words-

"Confringo you curly-haired baboon!"

A burst of fire exploded out of Mr. A's head, sending half of his face into oblivion, with his eyes exploding out of their sockets and sending Mr. A himself a few feet into the air before bringing him crashing down onto the floor.

Loki's ears were ringing from creating an explosion at such a close distance so he stood up a little painfully and walked towards the crawling bag of human flesh whose head was slowly regenerating.

'Tsk. Not dead yet. But that's good for me.'

Loki arrived in front of Mr. A and looked down on him, half of his face was just pure bones without any flesh. The eye on the side was also missing making him look like a ghoul straight out of fiction.

Loki finally brought down the ring on his hand over to Mr. A's writhing body and spoke, "You can consume him and graze his soul. Replace the Dawn Paladin's soul."

A small slit opened up on the ring from which a nasty black fleshy tongue rolled out and wrapped around Mr. A's body which tried its best to escape. The fight ended with Mr. A being dragged back into the ring in spite of how much the body protested.

Soon the Dawn Paladin's soul was expelled from the ring and to Loki's surprise the soul lingered for a bit and nodded to Loki before vanishing from sight.

Loki picked up the Beyonder characteristic that emerged out of the ring when the soul vanished and stuffed it into his pockets.

He then collapsed onto the floor, tiredness and fatigue consuming him at every turn, yet he kept his eyes open and did not sleep since he hadn't completed his mission yet.

Since Loki was using the soul of the doctor to heal his wounds slowly, he was slowly gaining back his sanity but that didn't stop his appearance from looking scary since half of his face was covered in blood, with his robes torn and the skin underneath slightly burnt and corroded.

*Squeak* *Squeak*

"Come hide in my clothes, the fight's only going to get tougher.", Loki said pulling Sunny into his robes and relaxing a little to calm his tense nerves.

Loki's eyes were closing due to the amount of blood he had lost, but he kept reminding himself of the mission he had to accomplish to keep himself awake.

'I need to do this for Hermione.'

'I need to do this for Hermione.'

'I need to…'

Loki stood up while chanting the same phrase over and over again, working himself up to ignore the pain from all the damage his body had been subjected to.

And with one final push, he walked himself into the next room after making sure he still had all the trump cards that he would use in case he had to fight you-know-who.

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