Chapter 259: Speak to me
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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
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Chapter 259: Speak to me
Fenrir jolted when he realized what was happening and tried to distance himself from Harry. In his current state, he was more like a wild animal, guided by its instincts. And right now, those instincts were telling him to get away from the threat.
"He's transfiguring his body before he can do any damage. How can he do it so quickly?" Lyra asked, her voice trembling.
"It's not just fast…he's doing it under the pressure of having a monster like that just inches away, ready to rip him apart. Transfiguration requires complete focus...otherwise, it wouldn't work at all," Daphne added, her eyes wide with a mix of fear and admiration.
"Human transfiguration sounds very scary…to change someone's body with just a touch," said Neville, his voice barely above a whisper.
"It is, but it has many downsides. Compared to the many deadly curses one can use from afar, this type of magic requires one to be right next to the target," Lily explained. "I don't think there are many wizards out there who would dare to stand that close to a werewolf to use transfiguration. You would need to have absolute confidence in your skills to even attempt something like that."
"Right…I wouldn't want to get close either," Neville agreed, shuddering.
Harry walked toward the retreating Fenrir. "There is no escape from this room…"
The werewolf scrambled away from him, fear clear in its previously fierce eyes.
Harry frowned at the sight. "I wanted to make you suffer more than the rest since you were the one in charge, but right now…you are nothing but a scared beast. You can't even talk, can you?... I mean, even if you had a mouth."
Fenrir got to his feet, turned around, and started running away from Harry.
He used Apparition to get in the beast's path and hit him again with his staff.
Fenrir's legs started to shrink until they disappeared from view, and he tumbled down, but the beast continued to move, using the stumps of his arms to push his body around.
"This is pathetic…I guess this was your way to prevent me from getting answers. Then again, I may be giving you too much credit." Harry glanced at the desperate beast moving away and knew there was nothing else he would get from him. 'I will have to use another method…let's finish this then.'
He pointed his staff at the scared creature that had once been the mighty Fenrir Greyback. "Fulmen."
Sparks jumped around the surface of the staff before converging and forming a large bolt of light that impacted the back of Fenrir's head.
The protective charm around Lily and the students disappeared.
"Harry, are you okay?" His mother was the first one to reach his side.
He glanced at his mother and the rest of the group with concern.
"I should be the one asking that. I'm sorry it took me so long to find you. The paintings were going crazy trying to track you down…in the end, I had to lead all of you here."
"Wait, it was you who changed the castle? We were so lost!" Lyra exclaimed.
"Not exactly me…I just asked Hogwarts to bring you here," Harry answered.
"Is the castle really alive?!" Luna asked with interest.
"That's what that lady in the painting said," Ginny confirmed.
"Yikes…there is blood everywhere!" Neville was trying his best to avoid stepping in any of the werewolf remains splattered all over the chamber.
"Dobby." Harry called.
"Master Potter Harry, sir! What can Dobby do?" The elf hurried to answer.
"Call the other elves…I need you all to clean the castle. There is a lot to clean. You can use the Chamber of Secrets as a disposal place. There is an abundance of room in the waters" Harry said.
"Right away, Master Sir!" Dobby disappeared with a loud 'pop.'
"The Chamber of Secrets?!" Neville had heard tales about it but didn't know that Harry had found it. He was about to launch into a barrage of questions but then stepped on someone's intestines and was brought to reality. "Bleeeggghh!"
"Ahh! Careful, Longbottom. Don't you dare vomit on my new shoes!" Daphne moved away from the boy as fast as she could.
"You can leave now. The castle is safe once more. There are no more invaders." As Harry said that, the door reappeared.
"Harry?" Lily asked, wondering what he was planning.
"I need to have a word with this man." He pointed at Fenrir.
"I don't think he is going to talk much without the head," Lyra pointed out.
"Oh, you are going to use that thingy?" Luna asked.
"Yes, I will use that 'thingy'." Harry answered.
"What thingy?" Lyra didn't understand anything, as usual.
"Just wait for me outside, I'll be there in a moment," Harry insisted.
Lily knew him well enough to know he didn't want them to see what he was going to do next. "Okay, come on children. Let's go out. This is no place to stay anyway…" There were corpses and blood everywhere. She was already surprised by the fact that her daughter and the rest were not freaking out more.
The only one who reacted in a more normal way was Neville.
"Bleeegh!"
"Ahh! My dress!" Ginny jumped away.
"Your dress is half burnt anyways." Luna reminded her.
"Gross…" Astoria moved quickly to the exit.
"Mom! Help me bring Neville out before he gets more sick," Lyra requested.
"Just close your eyes, Neville. Come on, grab my hand," Lily said.
Once they were all out, Harry approached the remains of Fenrir.
"Speak to me…Fenrir Greyback."
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