Harry Potter and the Darkness of Life-Chapter 5, Rescuing Her

"Get up." Daemion Qin hissed as Harry James Potter struggled to get to his feet.

"It's not even noon yet, and already, you're half dead." Daemion stated as Harry frowned at him.

"Didn't expect the lesson to be this hard huh?" Daemion asked as Harry looked down, and slowly, shook his head.

"There's something you've got to understand Harry Potter," Daemion muttered under his breath as Harry's head snapped up, and their eyes met.

"I told you not to call me that." Harry whispered as Daemion stared back at him with a dark look on his face.

"As I was saying," after a moment of silence, Daemion finally spoke, "there's something you've got to understand... several people may see you as the boy-who-lived, others may see you as a weapon."

"A weapon?" Harry looked confused now.

"Yes, A weapon. Although it may not seem possible, Dumbledore is one of those people who look at you from that perspective." Daemion said as Harry's shoulders fell.

"I sort of guessed he'd be one of them." Harry sighed sadly.

"That's not my point Potter. You don't get what I'm trying to tell you. Although there are people who think that way about you, there are also others. Those who look up to you, and care about you very much. Those that can't afford to lose you as their friend. For them, you've got to push yourself and try harder. You can't give up."

"I didn't say I was giving up!" Harry snapped as he glared at his current mentor.

"Good. That was the response I hoped I would receive. Now get up. And fight me with both honor and dignity Potter. Forget about your pride. Just fight, and don't worry about losing." Daemion said as Harry got to his feet.

Daemion handed him the wooden stick they were now using for practice, and the two of them got into their own little stance.

"Begin." Daemion whispered as Harry immediately brought his stick down towards him.

Daemion blocked each attack Harry threw at him with ease, and could see determination in the eyes of the young wizard.

-Crack-

-Swish-

-Crack-

Daemion spun around, blocked another hit, before falling towards the ground, and tripping Harry. The fifteen year old fell to ground once again. Harry tried to get up, but Daemion forced him to stay down.

"Do you know why you lost that match?"

"I'm a beginner and you've been going at it since you were young?" Harry guessed as Daemion gave him a look of amusement.

"Yes, also because you failed to analyze the fight. You need to watch the opponent's every move and attack, so you can be one step ahead of him, but you can't do that when you're throwing everything you've got at him all at once."

Harry nodded to show that he understood. Daemion was about to say something else, when suddenly a dark and worried expression overcame his face. As if he had just realized he left the stove on or had left his car unlocked in the middle of a mall parking lot.

"What's wrong?" Harry asked.

"Trouble." Daemion paused, then looked down at Harry.

"You lost the fight, now it's time for the battle. Get dressed now. We're meeting your little friends." Daemion said as he placed his wooden sword on a nearby table, and walked towards the exit of the training room.

"What? What do I wear?" Harry asked as he looked down at himself.

"Choose a color." Daemion said said as Harry frowned slightly.

"Um... black?"

Daemion waved his hand, and the once sweat stained clothes Harry was wearing changed slightly. Everything he had been wearing earlier had been turned black, and his clothes were no longer stained with sweat.

"Whoa!" Harry gasped as Daemion frowned at him.

"Let's go already."

Harry snapped out of shock, and followed the warrior out of the room immediately. Minutes later, they were speeding towards the amusement park in search of Christine.

Meanwhile...

"Christine? Christine?" Ron shouted loudly as he looked around his surroundings.

"Where could she be?" Ron asked as Hermione frowned at him.

"Ron, we're in the house of mirrors. You do realize this is the worst place we could've chased her into?" Hermione half stated, half asked as Ron shrugged.

"Look! There she is!" Ginny cried out suddenly as she pointed to the left.

Indeed, Christine stood there staring at them in shock.

"We've got you now!" Ron shouted as he ran forward.

"Ron no!" Hermione and Remus Lupin both yelled, but Ron wouldn't listen.

SLAM!

"Owww! What's a mirror doing here?" Ron asked as he grabbed his nose in pain.

"Ron, how thick can you get?" Ginny asked in barely a whisper as she turned around, and saw the real Christine standing a few feet away from her.

"Come on Hermione!" Ginny said as the two of them hurried after her.

"Hurry up there Ron." Remus said as he helped Ron to his feet.

The two wizards chased after the girls immediately after Remus checked Ron's nose wasn't broken.

Up ahead, Christine had safety made it out of the house of mirrors, and had made her way into the crowd of people. She noticed that there seemed a lot of people crowded around the concussion stands, so she hurried off towards that direction, and dodged around people, trying to hide herself.

She somehow made it to the front of the line in less then a few minutes, and realizing that she was rather hungry and tired, she decided to buy something to eat.

"Coke. Co-ke. One coke." She said slowly as she held up a finger to show how many she wanted.

"Ah. Ok. One min-ute po-li-ce." The cashier said in poor english as Christine rolled her eyes.

'He must've meant please.' Christine thought to herself.

A few seconds later, Christine handed fifty dollars over (around $2 dollars US/Canadian Currency), and began to walk away enjoying her coke.

She had almost forgotten that she was being chased by wizards and witches, until she suddenly heard another familiar cry from behind her.

"There she is!"

It was the red-head boy.

'What an idiot!' Christine thought to herself as she began to run once again.

Apparently, one of the girls chasing after her thought the exact same thing.

"Ron, you're not supposed to yell that out when you're trying to sneak up on someone!"

Christine continued to run, until she reached the parking lot by the amusement park.

'There's never a taxi around when you need one huh?' Christine sighed as she looked around frantically.

"Stop where you are!"

"Ron, that is the gayest line ever!"

"Shut up Ginny!"

Christine ignored the side-conversation the two red-heads were having as she turned around and faced the group of people.

"Listen, I can't tell you where James is." Christine said as Ginny Weasley pulled her wand out.

"Ginny no!" the girl with the brown hair was trying to get her to put the wand away now.

"Hermione, let go! We need to find Harry!" Ginny snapped as Christine continued to inch away slowly.

"Don't let her get away!" Ron yelled as he too, pulled his wand out and approached her.

Just when Christine thought all hope was gone, a loud screeching sound was heard from the other side of the parking lot. It was the sound of a car making a sharp turn.

"Daemion!" Christine shouted when she recognized the black sports car her friend favored so.

The car screeched to a stop in front of her, and Harry looked up at her before shouting: "Get in already!"

Christine hurried in, but by the time she had gotten into the car, it was too late, the four witches and wizards had surrounded the car already.

"Harry! Come out!" Remus Lupin shouted as Harry looked over at Daemion who frowned slightly.

"Do as they say, but when you're talking to them, make sure their wands are lowered, and your hand is making contact with the car." Daemion instructed.

"The car?" Harry asked in confusion.

"I'm transforming it to a portkey." Daemion whispered as Harry nodded, then got out of the car.

"Harry, is that you?" Hermione asked in shock as Harry nodded.

"What do you want?" Harry asked as everyone stared at him in disbelief.

"Harry, we want you to come back with us." Remus said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"What if I don't want to?" Harry questioned.

Once again, jaws dropped in shock.

"But... why?" Ginny asked as Harry sighed.

"I need a break from my life."

"What's wrong with your life?" Ron asked stupidly.

Now everyone was staring at him as if he was insane.

"Other then the fact that Voldemort—" a few people flinched, Harry noticed Hermione was one who didn't, "—is trying to kill me."

"But Harry, we can protect you!" Remus stated.

"Yeah, just like how you protected me when I was nearly ran over in London by cars after I fainted." Harry said harshly.

"Harry—" Remus began, but Harry cut in.

"Listen Remus, this isn't about me anymore. It's about Voldemort. He'll kill whoever stands in his way to power, and right now, I'm the one in his way. I need to train to be stronger, but I can't when I've got order members watching my back all the time. With failure comes the chance to improve." Harry said as Ron looked at him blankly.

"Look mate, I don't understand a word you're saying—"

"That doesn't matter Ron."

"—and as much as I... wait a minute, what you meant that doesn't matter?" Ron suddenly had an angry expression on his face.

"I've got to go." Harry said as he looked at Daemion, who nodded.

"But Harry!" Ginny and Hermione both cried out as once, but Harry looked away.

"5—" Daemion began to countdown.

"No!" Hermione had ran forward and grabbed Harry by the arm.

"—4—"

"I'm sorry!" Harry had shoved Hermione away, making sure she was nowhere near them when the portkey was activated.

"—3—"

"Harry, don't!" Hermione and gotten up and was running towards him again.

"—2—"

Hermione had grabbed Harry once again.

"Get off!" Harry pushed her away once more.

"—1—"

"Tracartio!" Remus hissed as a spell was shot towards Harry.

"—0—"

The spell hit Harry just before they disappeared, and Hermione got to her feet with tears streaming down her face.

"I can't believe he just left like that..." Hermione sobbed as Ginny, Ron, and remus ran over to her.

"It's okay. It's going to be okay. I managed to get a tracing charm on him before he left. He's in..." Remus waved his wand again, and muttered a spell under his breath before speaking once more.

"Beijing."

A/N: Hey guys... I FINALLY updated this story... sorry for taking sooooo long... I don't really have a good reason for not updating other then laziness... anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter, and I promise to update soon!