F.F.O.

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Chapter Seven

Weasley Dragoon

“Ron?” Harry said, smiling

Before Ron could say a reply, the sound of an explosion caused the three companions to find cover.

“Blimey, these boys don't know how to quit, do they?” Ron said peeking out a corner

“Ron, where were you?” Harry asked

“It's kinda of a long story, Harry” Ron grimaced when debris started falling from the sky “maybe I can tell you all about after this catastrophe”

Ron was right, Harry almost forgot that they were at the battlefield. Ron went on a crouching position and peeked over their cover

“By the way,” Harry said, imitating Ron “Nice lancing skills”

“Thanks” Ron smirked “I was in doubt of myself but I turned out pretty good…”

“Er, guys” said Rapticon Sr. “Hate to break the friend talk but I think we have company”

Behind them were five Natsi troopers. Harry recognizes one to be a white mage due to the white cloak.

“Surrender now!” shouted the soldier on front flourishing a sword

Harry, Ron and Rapticon Sr. stands up slowly. Harry exchanges looks with Ron and they both nodded. Harry gives the same signal with Rapticon Sr.

“Put down your weapons! Now!” shouted the soldier

Harry looked at Rapticon Sr. who smirked at him. Rapticon Sr. then did the most drastic thing Harry has ever seen.

“Harry! Ron!” Rapticon Sr. shouted “Duck!”

Harry and Ron did as they were told. Rapticon Sr. took out his brown coat and tossed it at the five troopers. Seamlessly, Rapticon Sr. grabs his sub machinegun and starts shooting them through his tossed coat taking them by surprise.

“Go get them, Harry!” Rapticon Sr. said as he reloaded “There are only three left!

Harry engaged them into battle with Ron.

“You go, Ron” Harry said

Ron ran down the gap between the two parties and using his lance, he stabbed the first soldier he saw making him jump off his feet. Fortunately, for him, the armor served a good defense.

“Harry, you go” Ron shouted as he jumped back to his former position

Harry runs towards the same soldier Ron attacked and slashes him with his sword making the soldier fall to his knees taking hold on his wound.

“Bastard!” shouted the soldier's comrade

“Nice shot” Rapticon Sr. as Harry went back to his position with a backward jump

“Cure!” shouted the opposing white mage curing his party member.

“I'll take out the white mage, you take the latter!” Rapticon Sr. shouted running towards the white mage, killing him with the smash of the hammer

“Hya!” Ron and Harry shouted as they attacked the remaining two.

“Argh!” yelled the soldiers as the impact of the two boys forced them to fly backwards to their demise.

“Let's get back to the commander” Rapticon Sr. said “Ron, where's yours?”

“I seem to have lost him back at the beachhead” Ron explained “But since I found you, I can team up with your team”

“Good” Harry said. He wasn't too keen to part with Ron any sooner

“Let's go!” Rapticon Sr. said

The party went down the edges of the town square, avoiding fire from the enemy. They finally reached the area where Harry's team came from. Luckily for them, their commander, the black mage, who is now under treatment by a white mage, was there.

“Sir!” Rapticon Sr. came to him as they took cover beside him “The town square is almost secured, from what I saw; Team Ultima is flanking the latter”

“That's good” said the black mage “Lieutenant, I want you and your current team, regardless of what squad they are, to take the remaining the nest at the street leading to the square. I will send a -“

The commander blacked out for a second. Harry began to wonder why when he heard the sounds of thundering footsteps from afar.

“What was that?” Ron asked as the sounds of continuing firing and explosions started to cease

Boom.

Harry peaked out of their hiding place.

“What do you see?” asked Rapticon Sr.

Harry lowered himself down quickly with a shock in his face.

“What did you see, Harry?” Ron asked

“Something big” Harry said

- - -

Riding on top a robotic Behemoth with a size of a three story building, a Natsi soldier guided the metallic creature down the square to help his comrades.

“Message from the commander-in-chief” said the radio in his ear “'Kill the rest and capture the magic makers. Sir Schneider is expecting some potential in them”

“Yes, sir” said the rider

- - -

“What is it?” Ron asked

Harry lowered himself in state of shock… there was something huge coming this way. And it doesn't look like things can get any better for them.

“Holy Christ” Rapticon Sr. said “We're screwed”

“Position now, men!” yelled a nearby officer

Harry looked to his right and left. His fellow allies were positioning themselves strategically at some corners of the square. All of them had the sign of dread and fear etched to their faces as the Behemoth moved closer.

“Oh bollocks” Ron muttered “that's those half-machine things my Guildmaster has been talking about”

“Half-machine things?” Harry asked in surprise while his breathing became heavier “The general never mentioned any “half-machine things”!”

“Yes, he did” Ron stated “You were at the briefing right? Anyways, by the looks of it, they are using this as a last resort of surprise…”

Amazed at Ron's extensive knowledge of this, he looked at the Behemoth moving closer. Its metallic plates seared into its organic skin looked haunting. The skull was had some blood oozing down while the right side of its face was entirely made of metal with a red glass for an eye.

“So how can we beat it?” Harry asked “Did your guildmaster mention anything at all?”

“Sadly, no… but he did mention that its weakness is a good strategy”

Harry gave Ron a look

“I know it doesn't help but what else do we have?” Ron defended

“That I don't know” Harry said as he heard the footsteps thundering closer

“My word” said the black mage commander who was still under medication “They are actually using it!”

“What is it?!” Harry asked hoping to get the wondering feeling off his head

“It's a Mecha-Fiend…” breathed the black mage “one of the Anarchy's most feared tools of destruction. They come in varied forms and the Behemoth, which is coming this way, is said to be one of the most powerful ones… the only way to defeat it is to aim at its organic parts! That's what we did during the war a decade ago!”

“Then looks like we have to hop on its weak point and attack it for massive damage then” said Ron

“Correct… for a Behemoth, you have to attack the openings of its armor” said the black mage “You do know this, right?”

Ron and Rapticon Sr. nodded. Harry wondered why he didn't remember such briefing of Mecha-Fiends. Then it hit him… he was probably in stupor during that part. Harry smacked his face subtly promising himself to be more attentive at next briefing… if there ever will be a next briefing.

“Good,” said the black mage sitting up higher seeing the rest of the troops flanking the approaching Behemoth “hopefully, their commanders informed them what to do”

“Do we have anything big that can destroy it?” Rapticon Sr. asked

“The black mages can use their advance magic to destroy the Behemoth but that will only happen if we completely remove its armor plates” said the black mage “It is your job to do that”

“Affirmative” said Rapticon Sr. “Looks like we have a lot of homework to do boys”

Harry looked on as the Behemoth entered the square. It towered down the square and looked around. Harry spotted a rider above the head.

“Strange…” said the black mage “Why do they have a rider up there? They usually have them in a shell behind the Behemoths”

“Dunno, sir… maybe they have something for a change” said the white mage

The Behemoth stopped on its tracks giving the sense of foreboding Harry has felt before. At this point now, he prays for waking up at his comfy four-poster bed at the dormitory at Hogwarts.

Closing his eyes, he said in his mind

Please let me wake up, please let me wake up, please let me wake up…

Harry opened them and saw that he was still at Ibarra. He sighed and hoped for the best…

“Ahem!” boomed a loud voice that came from the Behemoth

Everyone looked at the Behemoth and saw that the voice came from the rider on top of it.

“Greetings to you, my fellow adversaries…” said the rider with an accent that sounded Eastern European “As you can see, it is pretty obvious that you fear the monstrosity that is the Mecha-Fiends. You know the history that surrounds this beast… the lives it has caused through the Great War. Now it has returned with new and impressive bravado! Fight it and you'll face death… surrender now and I'll spare you -“

“Like we can take his word for it” muttered Rapticon Sr.

“ - your lives!” yelled the rider

There was a long silence…

“Won't surrender, eh?” muttered the rider. He chuckled “Sir Schneider was right after all… looks like I'll have to bag the magic users” he them spoke loudly “My leader has warned of the iron fist that will push through your ranks and into the heart of your pride! Yet you come here with pride hoping that you'll defeat us once more! Things have changed; there is no “next” victory! There will be a “new” victory and that will belong to us!”

Harry gasped as the Behemoth rammed a large meaty fist down the ground causing the earth to shake violently. At this point, a large orb emerged from above the metallic creature causing strong gust of winds and flashes of red and blue lights surround the square.

“Argh!”

Harry turned to see the black mage commander flung to the air together with the white mage who was tending to him.

“Gotcha!” Ron said as he grabbed the black mage by the hand “Give me a hand here!”

Harry was about to help when he saw from afar that many mages were flying towards the orb screaming for their lives.

“Dammit, that orb is sucking them in!” Rapticon Sr. said “But why isn't it sucking us?”

“Because we are not mages…” Harry said

“What?!” said Rapticon Sr. squinting through the gust of wind

“Because we are not mages!! Look around you! Mages are being sucked in!”

Rapticon Sr. surveyed the area and saw Harry's right.

“You're right! Here, I'll help!” Rapticon Sr. said as he grabbed the black mage commander by the hand

Harry helped out but the gravitational pull was too strong that the white mage who was grabbing the black mage by the feet flew into the orb as he screamed for help.

“No!” Ron shouted “Do you think they'll die!?”

“I hope not” Rapticon Sr. said as he pulled harder “HARDER!!”

Harry pulled harder as the black mage commander looked on the orb that had many mages circling around, screaming.

“Let me go!” yelled the black mage

“What?! Are you crazy?!” Harry yelled

“Just do it! I may be lost but I've lived long enough to see the world. All hope is at your hands!” said the black mage “Let me go now and defeat the Behemoth!”

The three companions looked at the black mage with utmost remorse… They wouldn't let go… they just couldn't

“JUST DO IT! That's an order!” yelled the black mage

Harry gulped and let go together with Rapticon Sr. and Ron.

“No!” Ron yelled again as he saw the mage's body spun wildly as it traveled towards the orb which now had lots of mages circling around still screaming. Harry then saw that Gunners were shooting down the Behemoth but for some reason it doesn't seem to feel pain.

“Dammit! How can we defeat it?” Harry said ramming a fist down the car that covered them the whole time

“I know… but by the looks of it, we can't puncture through its armor with normal firepower” said Rapticon Sr. “The guy did say they are stronger now”

Harry pondered… how could they defeat it? They lost their commander and many magic users… he looked on as the Behemoth raised its arms whirling the orb as the magic users screamed violently.

“We can fight it face-to-face” Rapticon Sr. said out of nowhere “I know it's a hopeless gamble but what else can we do? I can only shoot it down with my machinegun which doesn't even have the firepower…”

Firepower, Harry thought.

Then it hit him… Harry looked behind and saw the road that lead to the beachhead. There were tanks stationed there for support and not to mention… they have more firepower than a machinegun.

“Wait… there are tanks down there right?” Harry said gesturing to the direction of the beach

“Yeah,” Rapticon Sr. said “But they can't go further due to the obstruction of terrain. What are you cooking up there?”

“A plan” Harry said “I just need to find a way to get the Behemoth's attention”

“What are you saying!?” Ron said “Harry, you do know that can kill you, right!?”

“I know, Ron but…” Harry looked at him “We have an order to fulfill”

Ron looked down remembering the black mage commander. He looked at Harry and nodded.

“But what do you think will distract it? Dung bombs? Because if I can recall correctly, there are no joke shops!” Ron said

Before Harry could answer, a loud “clap” emerged from the square. Turning to see what it was, he saw the Behemoth clapping its hands repeatedly and with final clap, a burst of light blinded the whole square.

“Argh!” Ron grunted as he shielded his eyes

The flash of light subsided giving everyone proper vision again. Harry opened his eyes and saw a new scene.

The Behemoth was still there but this time it was clutching in its right hand a metallic cage which seemed to be filled with -

“Mages!” Ron gasped “That thing has held the mages captive!” Ron pointed at the cage “What do we do?”

“Looks like we have to rescue them” Rapticon Sr. said “Every cage has a key”

He pointed dramatically at the cage. Harry and Ron followed where he pointed and they saw a large keyhole but where is the key?

“Where's the key?” Harry wondered

“There” Ron said pointing at the rider

Harry looked at the rider who was tossing the key at the air and catching it again

“But that's a small key, Ron” Harry said

“I know but I've heard somewhere that there are items that can enlarge itself if you have the proper words… like the Engorgement charm back at Hogwarts…”

“Ron's right” Rapticon Sr. said as the Behemoth roared loudly at the attacking troops “I've read that somewhere around Moco's place -“

“You rang?” Moco said as he popped out of the bag

“Jesus Christ, Moco!” Rapticon Sr. said as he fell back “DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT!”

“Is that a moogle?” Ron said “There are lots of Dragoon Moogles”

“Now's not the time” Harry said “Moco, stay in there, looks like we're in for a rough ride”

“Gotcha, kupo” said Moco as he went in the bag of Harry

“We have to hurry!” Ron said looking at the mages squirming in the cage “Or else we are dead meat”

“Yeah, we can't have coffee breaks right now… wait, what the hell am I saying?!” Rapticon Sr. said loudly as he suddenly jumped out of their cover and ran towards the Behemoth

“Is he nuts!?” Ron looked in awe

“C'mon, He's right” Harry said. Harry got his backpack out and opened it “Hey Moco”

“Yeah, kupo?” I'm gonna leave you here for awhile, okay? I'm going to do something drastic and it might harm you”

Moco looked at Harry and made a curt nod.

“Sure thing! I'll find a place to hide, kupo. Don't worry, if we all make this out alive, we can always meet at the victory party, kupo”

Harry smiled and patted the creature on the head who made a “Kupo” sound.

“Now go!” Harry said

The Moogle nodded and using his wings, Moco flew out of the town square and into the beachhead.

“C'mon, Ron!” Harry said as he left his hiding place.

“Wait for me!” Ron yelled as he followed Harry

Harry moved forward as the Behemoth started throwing numbers of rocks that came from fallen debris at one throw towards everyone. Harry dodges one of them as he ducked behind a huge rock.

“Harry, this is suicide!” Ron said as he sat beside Harry

“I know…” said Harry at once “but if this is the only way to get us out of here then I'm all up for it. C'mon!”

He grabbed Ron by the wrist and dragged him down the path of rocks and boulders. The Behemoth roared as the rider yelled “Go show `em who's boss!”

Harry feared the worst praying that it won't summon a Meteor like back at Hogwarts.

But it wasn't a meteor… the clouds darkened as bolts of lighting struck the ground in quick pace.

“Harry!!” Ron yelled as he ran for cover right before a lightning bolt zapped the area he was at

“Ron!” Harry said as he dodged a lightning bolt “Be careful!”

The battlefield was filled with yelling troops finding cover from the lightning bolts and the flinging rocks from the Behemoth. Harry jumped in surprised as one of them got caught by the bolts causing him to wring in pain at the ground which made Harry feel sick and sorry for the man.

“HARRY!” Ron yelled

Harry looked at Ron and saw a boulder flying towards him. Harry ran and tackled Ron out of harms way.

“Thanks, Harry” Ron said standing up “How can we get to that beast?!”

Harry groaned as he saw Rapticon Sr. shooting the Behemoth down but to no avail. What can defeat the monster? The rider seems to be under some shield which stops him from any pain.

“Ah!” Ron yelped as he grabbed Harry and strafed to the left before a bolt of lighting could zap them “Glad thing you can tell where the bolts attack!”

The words of Ron made sense… Harry saw orbs of lightning emerge before it could fire a bolt of lightning.

“Ron, let's go”

The two ran down the square ducking and dodging from any attacks from the Behemoth. It was tense and Harry couldn't believe he was actually moving at this scenario… it felt so real.

“We're almost there!” Ron yelled “If only we can - ARGH!!”

Harry jumped backwards as the Behemoth tossed a rock towards them only landing beside them causing an area of effect damage.

“Ow…” Harry groaned as he rubbed his behind “Ron?” he looked around

Harry looked up as an orb of lightning emerged.

“Dammit,”

Harry rolled to the left as the lightning orb zapped the ground with a bolt of lighting.

“I hate lightning!” Harry muttered

Placing his arms on the ground, Harry felt something at his left… he looked and saw a four feet metallic pipe that had a shape of a letter “T” …

Conductor

Harry looked at his leather gloves and remembered that his gloves are part rubber and rubbers are stoppers for lightning…

“Oh what the hell” Harry said as he stood up and picked up the heavy pipe… he was expecting it to be heavy but for some reason, it felt light… but how's that possible? Did training made him used to carry heavy objects?

“Look out!!” yelled a nearby Gunner

Harry turned and saw two rocks flying towards him!

Oh no…

Harry winced in fear and swung the T-shaped metal pipe at the two rocks as if that was the most obvious thing to do in the world! But alas, the results were different… Swinging the T-shaped metal pipe caused him to “capture” the two rocks thanks to the arms of the “T” that the pipe's shape adapts to.

What?

Feeling confident, Harry swung the T-shaped metal pipe in a three-sixty degree motion. Harry looked on as lightning zapped the pipe causing the pipe to be electrocuted strongly. As expected, Harry wasn't zapped thanks to his gloves.

It was… amazing. He could swing a metal pipe with two rocks suspending at the edge with lightning surrounding it! As if instinct told him, Harry jumped at mid-air a few feet above the ground and after one spin he tossed the T-shaped pipe right at the Behemoth.

“Argh!” yelled the rider

The T-shaped pipe rammed into the ribs of the Behemoth causing it to roar in pain as the metal pipe slid across its waist causing it to bleed.

Harry landed on his two feet quite shocked at what he has just done…

Looking at his hands, he wondered: How was I capable to do that?

“ROOOAAAAARRRR!!” boomed the Behemoth as it fell on its knees

“Ah!” groaned the rider as he tried to struggle with the fallen beast “Get up, you!”

The rider wasn't able to do anything at all due to interruption by Rapticon Sr. who took advantage of the current situation.

The raptor ran up from the back of the Behemoth and onto the head.

“Hey!” he yelled

The rider looked behind him and met a fist of Rapticon Sr. causing him to toss the key to the air.

“I got it!” Rapticon Sr. yelled as he jumped out of the head for the key which was flying across the air

Grabbing the key, Rapticon Sr. landed at the ground with a graceful roll and went to a crouch stance where he tossed the key towards Harry.

“Harry!”

Harry looked at the key and grabbed it.

“Yes!” Harry punched the air

“Open the cage now!” yelled Rapticon Sr. as he ran towards the Behemoth which was still stunned.

Harry nodded and ran towards the cage which the Behemoth dropped after being damaged earlier. Biestavale troops were now running towards the Behemoth with full spirits.

“Look out!” yelled a Warrior

Harry turned and saw the Behemoth emerge from its stunned state and roared loudly. It made a large clap of lightning causing everyone to flee for cover. Harry took a step backward and tripped on debris.

Harry groaned as he tried to stand up but he felt like he was being watched…

He looked up and saw the Behemoth looking at him with pure anger… that look made the hairs on the back of Harry's head stand on end. He looked at the key he was holding and saw the Behemoth looking directly at it… it was very obvious.

“Oh no…” Harry said as he started running backwards and in an instant, he broke into a run.

“AARRRRRRGGGHHH!!” the Behemoth roared as it started running towards Harry on its four legs

“This can't be happening, this can't be happening, this can't be happening!” Harry said to himself repeatedly feeling the beast running closer… he felt the fear going up to him as he started sweating.

I need to go to the beach!

Harry sprinted towards the pathway which leads to the beaches. He ran as fast as he can. It was the run for his life from a beast that was worse than the Basilisk or a dementor put together.

“Get the key back and KILL HIM!!” shouted the rider

“NO!!” yelled a voice from the left of the Behemoth

Harry took a quick turn and saw Ron jumping from a heap of rubble and stabbing the Behemoth's hind legs with his lance. The Behemoth stalled a bit but recovered and started chasing Harry again.

- - -

Rapticon Sr. looked beyond the square and saw more Anarchy troops marching in.

“Shoot” he muttered

He looked around and saw a commander

“Sir! Over there!” He directed

The commander looked beyond and saw the troops. He nodded and ordered for an attack. Now with that taken cared off, Rapticon Sr. ran for the Behemoth.

He armed himself with a grappling gun, a Mercenary item, and ran towards the Behemoth, who had Ron suspending on its hind legs thanks to his lance.

Bless the boys for such courage!

And thus, he ran

- - -

Ron stood on the back of the Behemoth and unsheathed the lance from the beast's hind legs. He worked on his balance on the back of the Behemoth as he moved towards the rider.

Ron nearly fell of the beast as the beast steered left. Looking forward, he saw Harry taking many quick swerves down alleyways to escape but would later be caught by the Behemoth.

“I must save Harry”

- - -

Harry ran as fast as he could. He felt like he was at the first task during the Triwizard Tournament with the Hungarian Horntail… oh how he wished to be back at Hogwarts.

“Feast on his man-flesh!” yelled the rider

Harry took a swerve down a wide street where a tall and wide obelisk stood proudly at the center. He hoped Ron will make another stall.

And he did.

The Behemoth yelped in pain as Ron stabbed it at the back. Harry stopped on his tracks and saw Ron stabbing the beast on its back with blood spraying everywhere.

“Harry! Run!” Ron yelled

“What's this?” said the rider “Another tool of the kingdom” he took out a pistol from his holster and aimed at Ron.

Ron gasped and ducked from pistol fire.

“Watch out, Ron!” Harry said but gasped

The Behemoth regained its strength and saw Harry. It made a roar and started running to Harry.

“Woah” Ron said as he nearly fell off

“Give it up, boy” said the rider, who was sitting on the head of the Behemoth perfectly thanks to the platform he was standing at “We'll all die anyway in the end”

“Not on my watch you git” Ron answered back coolly

Meanwhile, Harry ran towards the obelisk and made a turn. The Behemoth mimicked Harry and started chasing Harry around the obelisk.

“Harry!”

Harry looked around and saw Rapticon Sr. enter the street on a motorcycle. He stopped the vehicle and aimed a grappling gun at the creature.

“Just keeping turning!”

Harry nodded and continued running around the obelisk while the Behemoth did the same.

Rapticon Sr. shot the grappling gun on the metal plates of the beast.

“Gotcha!”

He started the motorbike and drove it around the obelisk at the opposite direction of Harry's.

“Let's see I can do an AT-AT” said Rapticon Sr. as he spun around

“Ah!” Ron gasped as he jumped off the Behemoth dodging another shot from the rider who is now having difficulty with the grappling hook's rope wrapping around the Behemoth and the obelisk.

Harry stopped running as he saw the Behemoth constricted by the ropes that Rapticon Sr. wrapped around.

“Ha!” Ron cheered on

The Behemoth tried to struggle but it tripped causing it to fall on its knees. The sheer force that was implemented on the ropes and the Behemoth caused the rider to fly of the head of the beast.

“AHHHH!!!”

The rider flew across the sky and landed at the face of a brick wall making a very sick “thud”.

“Ewww… “ Ron said as the body of the dead rider fell to the ground.

Rapticon Sr. stopped the bike and detached the rope from his gun.

“Amazing how long and sturdy these Mercenary grappling guns can be, eh?” he said smirking

“You did it, sir!” Ron said

Harry sat down on the ground panting hard… that was a really long run.

“Hey Harry!” Rapticon Sr. called “C'mon, hop on! We need to free some mages out of their bird cage”

“Can I just rest a bit?” Harry said

The Behemoth made a loud grunt making Harry think otherwise.

“Never mind, lets go”

Harry rode on the sidecar of the motorbike with Ron taking the back seat of the bike.

“Ready?”

They both nodded and they were off.

- - -

The bike left the wide street leaving the Mecha-Fiend alone, trapped in ropes…

The Behemoth started struggling hard and tried gnawing at the ropes but with no avail. It roared load and pulled downwards making the obelisk, where it was tied to, crack.

With a lot of strength, the beast pulled harder and harder and finally…

CRACK!

The obelisk fell causing the ropes to loosen. The cyborg removed the ropes around itself and made a thundering roar…

A Behemoth never forgets what their prey looks and smells like.

- - -

“Do you hear that?” Ron asked while he was grabbing Rapticon Sr. by the waist

“That's probably the Behemoth roaring out of pain” Rapticon Sr. replied “You two made a show back at the square”

“Thanks” Ron said “Wait… there is one thing I want to know…”

He turned to Harry as they went down another street

“Harry, what was that thing you did to the Behemoth? You know, those fancy flips with those rocks and that pipe?”

Harry wished he knew what he did… he never knew he was capable of doing something that flashy.

“I wanna know too” said Rapticon Sr. “Did someone trained you to do it? Cause that was some awesome moves you did”

“Umm… er - actually, I wasn't aware that I could do such a thing” Harry said

“What? What do you mean? It looked like you knew what you were doing!” Ron said in amazement

“Look, I don't even know what I'm capable of okay?” Harry defended “Just look at you, you were able to destroy a vehicle with your lance and I don't think you were capable of that before, weren't you?”

“Harry's right, Ron” Rapticon Sr. stated “Remember that this is not our world… things are different here and so do we except we know each other and have our same personalities… what's different about us is what we can do in this world…”

Harry pondered what happened back at the square… if he was able to do that devastating move, what else can he do? He remembered back at the first time he used a sword against the bangaa thugs, it felt so easy to use… as if he knew what to do…

What could this mean?

“I have a theory…” Harry said

“Fire away” replied Ron

“Um… I can't seem to put it in words right but what if… we are in this world but not “placed” like that - I mean look at Hermione, she's the General's daughter and it seemed like she has a life and it looks like she lived here for a long time…”

“Wait, you met Hermione already?!” Ron said in shock

“No” Harry said “We saw her but we never got to meet her… we're working on it though… anyways, what I mean is… do we have lives here in this world?”

“I get it” Rapticon Sr. nodded “You're wondering if we have our own place in this world? Like how Hermione is the General's daughter, you are wondering if you have a life here. Am I correct?”

“Something like that…” Harry said “If I knew how to do those things then that means I might've been trained by someone from the past that I don't even know off”

“Interesting…” Rapticon Sr. said “F.F.O. is truly an amazing place”

Ron made a double take.

“I knew it! That thought has been pondering my brain for the past week! I found myself at an alley at the Greater District and went around and I eventually became a Dragoon… you guys better fill me in everything you know, okay?”

“Sure,” said Harry “For now I'll tell you that I ended up at Gysahl Plains which is a day away from Biestavale”

“I ended up at the belly of Civilian District filled with thugs and what not” Rapticon Sr. said

“Question, how do we get out of here?” Ron asked

“We need Accula” Rapticon Sr. stated “He made this book, so he probably knows how to get out of it”

“'Probably'?” Harry asked

“How should I know? But it's likely” Rapticon Sr. made an apologetic look

BANG!!

Rapticon Sr. stopped the bike and looked behind him.

“What was that?!” Ron said looking at the back.

“ROOOAAARRR!!!”

It was the Behemoth.

“Oh my Merlin” Harry said

“Step on it, sir!” Ron yelled

“Got it!” Rapticon Sr. said as he accelerated down the road as the Behemoth chased towards them fueled with anger.

“I thought the ropes were unbreakable!” Ron shouted

“They are unbreakable!” replied Rapticon Sr. “Maybe the obelisk didn't hold the bastard that well”

“Wait,” Harry said realizing the old plan he devised back then “Professor, go to the beachhead, now”

“What? Why?” Ron asked

“There are tanks over there and they can fire on the Behemoth! That way, its armor will fall of and they can go for the kill. It's that simple!”

“You're nuts, Harry!” Ron replied “First, we don't know where the beach is!”

Ron was right… he hoped he was equipped with a map.

“Then let us do a little `Trial and Error' then, huh?” Rapticon Sr. said “I'm taking southeast now!”

Rapticon Sr. made a dramatic swerve catching the Behemoth by surprise. Ron screamed as the beast went over them. Rapticon Sr. then stepped on the break and ignited the engine to go forward as the beast recovered from its abrupt brake.

“Nice move” Harry said, remembering the action movies he watched back with the Dursley's

“Thanks, I always wanted to do that” Rapticon Sr. smirked.

They drove down the road south as the Behemoth caught up on them. Harry felt relieved that it wasn't as fast and aggressive as before thanks to the damage they caused to it ages ago.

“Almost there!” Rapticon Sr. yelled as he saw a sign that stated the beach and docks were ahead. They were then met with a fork on the road.

“Alright, guys… fork ahead!”

“Your call, Ron” Harry said

“Er - right”

“I think left” Harry suddenly said

“Make up your mind!”

CRASH!!!

The three gasped as the Behemoth appeared out of nowhere ahead of them. It burst through the fork on the road causing the buildings to collapse. Using its massive tail, it tail whipped their vehicle causing the bike and the three to fly off a high distance from the ground.

“Argh!!” Ron yelped beside Harry

The three landed on the ground with a thud. Harry coughed up blood and saw that his glasses were broken.

“Oh snap” Harry said looking at his specs

But the mighty roar of the Behemoth stopped him from observing his glasses. Harry stood up and saw that he was near bodies of water… they were near the beach at last!

But where were Rapticon Sr. and Ron?

Harry scanned the area and saw them unconscious. He was about to run for them when the Behemoth landed between him and his friends. It was almost a sight to see a Behemoth's face this close.

Oh my Merlin…

The Behemoth's face was leveled with Harry's. Its breath stank of stale meat and saliva which didn't accommodate Harry's nose. Harry wished now he woke up from this horrible nightmare!

Now it's the time to wake up, Harry!!

But there were no dreams or nightmares… everything is as real as it gets.

The Behemoth made another might roar and approached towards Harry on its legs, Harry walked backwards and started making some small backward runs away from the beast until he was at the edge of the docks… it was at this point Harry realized that he wasn't at the beach… they took the wrong place.

“Dammit” Harry swore looking down below…

So this is where it ends… looks like I'll never apologize to Hermione, after all.

The thought of something so awful made Harry feel tearful… he was never going to see his home, Hogwarts, again. His friends, life and everything… he's all going to lose it in a place he's stranger to.

Harry knew what was coming… and if it pained him more than ever then so be it!

The Behemoth closed its ugly face towards Harry to the point they were pointblank of each other. It sniffed him and made a grunting noise. Harry felt his knees shivering out of fear and his sweat falling down like a waterfall. Never in his life would he feel such fear from a creature.

The Behemoth then opened its mouth. Harry knew what was coming…

He looked inside the beast's mouth and saw its purplish tongue and twin tonsils… it was so disgusting seeing the saliva flow everywhere and the red dot that was flickering at the ceiling of its mouth -

A red dot?

Harry did a double take. Was that a laser pointer he just saw?

SWOOSH!

The sound of what seemed to be a rocket rang in Harry's ears triggering his instincts to make him jump out of the way.

“Argh!” Harry gasped as he saw a missile pass by above him. The roar of the Behemoth was made as the rocket made contact to its mouth causing a humongous explosion.

Harry landed on the surface below the lower docks. He landed on his back and yelped in pain as his back felt like he broke it.

“Ow my back…!” He groaned

Harry opened his eyes and looked above. From the looks of things, he just saw the most disgusting thing ever.

Lying on the floor was a decapitated corpse of a cyborg Behemoth with its head severed showing off the innards of its neck as blood oozed out of its neck. The foul smell of the corpse spread like wildfire.

“Ugh,” Harry groaned as he covered his nose

Wait, who saved his life?

Harry looked around to see who shot the rocket launcher. He was about to give up finding the person when he saw Yumi Kusamari a few feet away from him holding a rocket launcher on her shoulders.

“I knew I should've came with you guys!” she said

“What are you doing here?!” Harry said sitting up, wincing in the pain on his back

“Shhh, Harry..” Yumi said walking towards him dropping the rocket launcher “You're hurt, you better be brought to a white mage fast! Where's Rapticon Sr.?”

“He's over there…” Harry said pointing towards the entrance of the docks “with a friend of mine, he has flaming-red hair and goes by the name Ron”

“Oh, you found your other friend?” Yumi said, smiling

“Yeah… but now is not the time - wait - how did you get here?”

“Stowaway” Yumi clarified. There was a supply boat that was headed here and I hopped on cause I was er - “ she blushed “- worried about you”

Harry looked at her in the eyes and saw that it was genuine.

“Yumi, I know you like me” Harry said making her blush furiously a lot more “But you know that I don't belong to this world and if I ever get into a relationship with anyone who lives here then that will make things complicated!”

“No, no, no, Harry!” Yumi said waving her hands defensively “It's not like that! I - I like you because I see you somewhat of a big brother figure…”

“What?”

“A big brother…” she said “I - I never had one and I wished I had someone who would take care of me and something like that…”

Harry looked at her with a peculiar look… was this damage control? Because back at the alley, she was totally checking him out.

“So if you're implying that I have a crush on you then save it cause I don't!” she said “Not saying you're not boyfriend material”

“Yeah” said Harry at once “Look, now is not the time! I promise I'll talk about this later but I should go back to the towns square and free the mages held captive!”

“Oh yeah, I was there ages ago! They cleared the square, it's now friendly territory!” Yumi said

“That's great!” Harry said trying to stand up but the pain on his back stopped him from doing so “Ouch… um - er… a little help here, please?”

“Okay, Harry” she said helping him out. Harry looked at her and saw that she wasn't blushing despite holding him this close “Just be careful next time okay?”

“Yeah, I'll make sure I have a thief with a rocket launcher as a backup plan”

Yumi giggled

The two saw Rapticon Sr. and Ron and recovered them with revival items. After a little explanation of Yumi's presence, the party headed for the town square where they freed the mages from cage. Thanks to some magic, the key's size enlarged causing it to be as big as the keyhole.

“Great job, men” said the black mage commander to Harry, Rapticon Sr. and Ron “I've seen what you're capable of Mr. -“

“Potter”

“Weasley”

“Raptor”

“Ah yes,” said the black mage with a chuckle “Well, after your heroic efforts in today's operation, I think a reward is in order!”

“Sweet” said Ron in excitement

“Thank you, sir” Rapticon Sr. nodded “Speaking of which, I think you should see this, sir”

Rapticon Sr. took out the manifest plans of Operation: Biestavale which he found at the bunker ages ago. The plans intrigued the black mage.

“Th - this - this is - I'm lost for words! We should inform the Council immediately! Thank you for the find, Mr. Raptor! Your initiative shall be noted!”

Harry looked at the town square where the battle for his life had commenced… it was over… finally over.

Wow… I never knew I'd make it this far…

The feeling of surviving this war gave Harry a fulfilling soul… if only he could find Hermione and get out of this place but right now, he just wants to have a peace of mind from the recent events… he survived, that's all that matters at this hour.

The place was being filled with Biestavale soldiers moving in Ibarra securing the area for any remnant troops and such. The town was already under protection from Biestavale in a matter of minutes.

It was now a matter of time that Olaf would arrive.

“Solid effort! Solid effort!” cheered Olaf as he came up to them “I've heard a lot about what you did” he gestured to Harry and Rapticon Sr. “And you! Mr. Weasley, I also heard of your courageous effort to save Harry from the raging Behemoth! So far, I'm very impressed by your battlefield performance… we need people like you in battle!”

Harry wished he wouldn't be in battle again, though but nonetheless, he was flattered and nodded in response.

Olaf chuckled

“Looks like we'll be having the victory party, after all!” said Olaf “My, my, would General Grangeré be happy to hear the news! He'd probably expect it! He is the best strategist in the world! And his daughter will smile after hearing the liberation of Ibarra!”

Harry and Ron looked at Olaf at the sound of Hermione.

“Speaking of which, I think we should all go back home and prepare for the preparations for the celebrations!” he nodded “Hermione Grangeré will be happy to know that there will be a party, she loves attending them!”

“You mean she'll be there at the victory party?” Harry asked

“Knowing her personality, yes” said Olaf smiling

Harry made quiet “yes!” and turned to Ron and Rapticon Sr.

“Did you hear that?” Harrry said

“Yep, we're gonna meet Hermione after all” said Rapticon Sr. and to think we were trying to sneak around the castle to find her! Bless us!”

“What? You snuck in the castle once?” Ron said in amusement “You seriously should tell me what happened this past week!”

“Don't worry, Ron” said Rapticon Sr. “We will tell you everything! But first, I want to relax and have a nice cup of tea”

“Yeah, me too” said Harry

“Harry!” yelled the squeaky voice of Moco

“Moco” Harry said as he turned to the Moogle

“You're alright, kupo!” said Moco “I knew we'd make it out alive!”

“I know” Harry smirked rubbing the head of Moco “Oh yeah, I want you to meet someone” he carried Moco to Ron “Moco, meet my best friend, Ron Weasley. You can call him Ron”

“Hi! Harry spoke a lot about you and Hermione, kupo!” said Moco

“Heh, he did?” Ron said smirking at Harry “Yeah, that's Harry, always saying good stuff about people but between you and me” he lowered his voice “He's just sucking up!”

“I heard that!” said Harry jokingly as the others laughed at the recent turn of events.

It was a sunny day as they sailed back to the city of Biestavale. With the victory party at hand, being united with Ron once more, surviving in battle and seeing Hermione again, Harry wouldn't think of a better place to spend this wonderful day but in the end the taste of adventure and fantasy is fresh in Harry's tongue.

Who knows what adventures lie ahead of him and his friends? It all depends on choices as the road ahead of them can spawn many possibilities… possibilities that are likely to happen in the mysterious realm of Atrynömunal…

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