As Harry ducked out of the way of another spell, several spells quickly closed the distance to their single intended target. All of them were right on the mark. The Death Eater threw up a shield and stood confidently as the spells began to deflect back. The first two spells were both red and were deflected harmlessly away from the man. The third spell, however, was a dark purple color. When it struck the shield, it did so with a force that jarred the man slightly, making his wand arm slip. The fourth spell cleaved through the dissipating shield and struck the Death Eater, sending him flying into the wall of the building behind him and rendering him unconscious.
With only one opponent remaining, Harry had little trouble avoiding the spells flying in his direction. He quickly closed some of the distance between himself and his enemy as he began flinging out stunners with reckless abandon. The man didn't stand a chance. When he too fell to one of Harry's stunners, Harry summoned all their wands to him. He snapped each one individually.
His next course of action was to summon any portkeys they may have been wearing. Harry was careful not to touch them as six portkeys zoomed towards him. Instead, he vanished the lot of them. He then bound each Death Eater and moved them into an alley. He set up a quick and simple illusion charm followed by a confundus charm to keep anyone from noticing the bodies there.
With that accomplished, Harry set off into a brisk jog into town. He could still see some wandfire in the distance, so he knew that this battle was not over yet. The streets were shrouded in darkness, hardly any light to guide his way. No lights were on in any of the houses that he passed. The town looked eerily deserted. Harry changed into his panther form to cover the distance more quickly.
Within a couple of minutes, Harry could see what all the commotion was about. Barricaded against the front wall of the Three Broomsticks were Kingsley Shacklebolt, Mad-Eye Moody, and Minerva McGonagall. They were holding off Death Eaters attacking them from all sides but were having little luck doing anything more than just surviving. They could hardly get any spells off without taking a hit, and when they did, they hardly ever hit their mark. The Death Eaters had them cornered.
And while that was going on, Harry could see random Death Eaters in the streets knocking in walls and starting fires. It appears that Mrs. Weasley wasn't able to summon much help for Hogsmeade. Harry began with the Death Eaters causing damage, separated from the main group. He was hoping that he could eliminate each threat without drawing any attention to his presence.
He began with the Death Eater furthest away. He was easy to dispatch, not really paying much attention to his surroundings as he tried to cause as much destruction as possible. Harry snapped his wand, vanished his portkey, and tied him up, leaving him in another alley. He didn't bother with any illusions this time.
He came upon a pair of Death Eaters next and knew that he would have to strike them both at the same time if he wanted to remain incognito. Even just a second delay could give the second man enough time to call for assistance. One man was casting reducto into a building, while the other was casting flame spells to light it on fire. Harry could see that this seemed to be a trend as he looked further down the street to see walls banged in and a blaze that was starting to spread.
Harry crept as close as he felt comfortable doing and sent out twin stunners to take out the pair. He repeated his same process of snapping wands, vanishing portkeys, and tying up his victims. He left them in the alley between the last two houses they were attempting to destroy. Harry took down two more Death Eaters before he made his way back to the group.
There had to be at least fifteen Death Eaters surrounding the three Order members. Harry studied the battle for a minute, trying to come up with some plan of attack. He didn't know how the Order would react to his presence. He was unknown to them. He assumed that they would continue to concentrate on the Death Eaters once they noticed that he was on their side. He continued to watch and noticed that only Kingsley and McGonagall seemed to be firing back now. Was Moody down?
He wished they hadn't spread out so much. This was going to be a difficult battle. He crept around to the back of the Three Broomsticks and decided to attack from the alley way and work his way around. He didn't want to start by attacking the middle of the Death Eaters' formation, only to have to defend from both sides from the onset. If he could keep all the Death Eaters in front of him, he might just be able to do this.
Harry wasn't holding any punches this time around. He couldn't risk allowing anybody to reenter the fight with a simple ennervate. So he didn't cast a simple stupefy to stun his opponents this time around. He had been practicing a more powerful stunner for a few weeks now. It was time to see how everbero worked in real live action.
As he raised his fake wand from the alleyway, he pointed it at his second target. His left hand was held out toward his first one. Harry pushed out with his magic and two deep red lights shot out into the battlefield. When the first man was hit, he was lifted bodily off the ground and thrown several feet through the air. As luck would have it, he was thrown directly into another Death Eater. The second target sailed into the wall of the building across the street and slumped to the ground. All attention turned toward Harry as he stepped out from the shadows.
"Is this a private party? Or can anyone join in?" Harry asked loudly. That was when all hell broke loose.
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