Chapter 240: The Castle Guardians
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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
-Author notes-
Chapter 240: The Castle Guardians
"Avada Kedavra!" The green spark of light manifested from the wand of the Death Eater and flew directly to Lyra.
No one was able to react in time to save her, and they watched the green specks dissipate after the impact, right in front of them.
"Nooo!" screamed Ginny.
"Lyra!" Luna and Astoria exclaimed together.
"Oh no!" Neville covered his mouth in horror.
"Huh?... what is that?..." Lyra stared in awe at the stone hand that had appeared in front of her, just in time to block the spell.
The hand had come out from the ground and was made of some sort of pearl white stone.
The two Death Eaters didn't understand the situation any better.
They had both assumed the girl was dead and were ready to move on to the other children, but then they saw that thing appear out of nowhere.
They then saw the stone hand rise further and further into the air.
An entire figure was now coming out of the ground but it wasn't breaking the floor tiles, it was more like the stone was changing shape and moving around to let this white figure out.
Ginny hurried to grab Lyra and move her back. She did not want her friend close to whatever that thing was, even though it had just saved her life.
"That's a golem!" Neville was the first one to recognize the creature that appeared in front of them.
The golem was now completely in the open and it stood between the children and the two Death Eaters.
The construct was humanoid in shape, almost three meters tall, and had very simplistic features, with something resembling a basic face and some lines across its body to represent muscles.
"It looks a bit like Goly…" Lyra said. The golem in front of her reminded her of the small toy that Harry had made for their sister. Except this one was made of stone and was much, much bigger.
"Where did this thing come from?" one of the masked men asked.
"I heard some rumors that Hogwarts' statues and suits of armor were able to move and fight during emergencies… but I have never seen this one before," the other one added.
"What do we do?..." Neville asked.
"It looks like he is on our side. I wouldn't worry too much," Luna said.
"Let's hope so…we don't need more enemies," said Ginny while clutching onto Lyra.
"This thing is creeping me out… blow it out," said one of the masked men.
"Tsk! It's always me… Bombarda!" The other one pointed his wand at the golem and gave it a flick.
A soft crack could be heard before a tiny piece of white marble fell from the golem's chest.
"What the… how is it still standing?" the man who had just shot the spell asked. "What about this then… Bombarda Maxima!" He put a lot more magic into the spell now. This would be enough to bring down a magically reinforced wall.
Once again, they heard a soft crack, and a slightly bigger piece, around the size of a pinky nail, fell onto the ground.
The golem stood as if nothing had happened. The cracks on its surface had already started to be magically repaired.
"It's heavily reinforced… this must be a creation from the Headmaster!" one of the men concluded.
"Then… what do we do?!"
The golem started moving towards them, and the two men became more anxious.
"Let's go find the others, then we can bring some trolls to break this thing!"
"But the boy…" The Death Eater glanced at Neville. The rest were not important, but if they left without killing the Boy Who Lived after being so close… they would definitely be punished.
"We have no choice… we can't destroy that thing. But at least, golems are always slow… so we can l—"
Both Death Eaters heard a strange sound and when they looked over… the golem, who had been standing some good sixteen feet away (5 meters)... had disappeared from its previous position and was nowhere to be seen.
"What the..."
They then noticed that all the children were looking upwards, so by mere instinct, they followed their eyes and just for a fraction of a second, they were able to spot the golem… descending from the air and landing right on top of one of the two masked men.
The Death Eater had his body crushed under the weight of the massive construct while his companion watched in horror.
"Wh-what is t—" The masked man muttered the words as he tried to stand back and get away from the golem.
The golem twisted its body at lightning speed and before the man had time to process what was happening, one of the golem's hands got a strong grip on his head.
"Nooo!" the masked man screamed. He had never felt this afraid before. Because he was aware of the futility of the situation. This golem was going to kill him and there was nothing he could say to change its mind.
The magical construct had no feelings or empathy. It just followed its last given command.
But the masked man had to try. "Please… let me g—"
That was as far as he got before the golem used its powerful grip to crush his skull… as easily as breaking a raw chicken egg.
The golem's eyes were made of some type of crystal and at that moment they started to shine with an eerie blue light.
[Kill the Intruders]
The golem didn't open its mouth to speak but sound came out of it. A command that had been given with a familiar voice.
"Harry?..." Lyra could have recognized her brother's voice a mile away.
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