HP : TRIUMPH

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~the same. And then he was through the trees and meeting a relieved Narcissa and Draco. Harry watched as they vanished with a crack.

The demon woman he had summoned appeared with nary a sound not even a second later.

"All the men are dealt with." She said in a soft voice. "They have been restrained and left for your people to retrieve."

"Thank you." Harry said, still in Grim form.

He lips twitched into a smirk.

"It was fun, call me again should you need any assistance in battle."

Xi-Wong nodded once and followed Harry back out of the mall to the apparation point. Harry paused a moment to remember the coordinates that Sirius had wrote for him when sending the tickets. He grabbed Xi-Wong and with a crack they appeared on an old hillside.

"Help me look for a boot." Harry said to the confused Xi-Wong. "Sirius said you had to catch a portkey in and they ran every two hours here. If we find it in the next five minutes we can catch the ride, if not we have to wait two more hours."

They found the boot in under two minutes. Grabbing a hold of it they were swept off. They landed on a hill similar to the one they had been on. The only difference was this one was overlooking a huge stadium and a huge camp beside a forest. Xi-Wong wrinkled his nose in a frown while Harry grinned. He reached into his satchel and pulled free a summing slip. Pushing magic into it, it exploded in a cloud of smoke. When the smoke cleared Harry found himself face to face with a 'Knife Bird'. It chirped mechanically.

"Please lead me to the other summoner here."

Tracking Demon Beasts had the ability to sense necromancers which were fairly uncommon. The knife bird squawked but took off at a pace Harry could follow.

.-.

"Harry."

His name was only a breathless whisper of relief from the tall redhead. Valentine picked him up like he was nothing but a small child and stroked his hair with on free hand as he hugged Harry close.

"We were worried." Valentine breathed as he buried his face in Harry's hair. "Your magic was tied to your wards in a way and we felt it flare in one brilliant burst."

Harry shrugged the knowledge away as he clung to the tall vampire.

"I missed you." He admitted.

Even if it had only been a day he'd missed his friends. He felt Valentine's natural wild magic brush against his own and took comfort in the familiarity. Harold clapped him on the back as he absently examined Xi-Wong from the corner of his eyes. Dudley had appeared amazed at Xi-Wong's appearance and was shyly sitting next to the demon at the table. The tent they had set up was nice, but not extravagant. It had two bedrooms, a large living room, a small cooking area, and a bathroom.

"We'll have to set up a bed on one of the couches for our new guest." Valentine said softly.

"I brought my own tent." Harry replied.

"Ah." Valentine said. "Do you wish for help setting it up?"

"That would be nice."

They slipped from the tent and right next to it set up Harry's smaller one. When it was set up and the magic activated Harry stepped in. It was the same from Egypt with a small sitting room and kitchen, a bedroom and bathroom. The sitting room had two chairs and a small wooden table. The bedroom had a twin bed. Tan rugs covered the floor to match the tan walls. Harry lit the lamp hanging above the table as it was around six and from their position in the valley of the hill the sun was fading.

Then she grabbed his left paw and nicked it with her finger. He felt the familiar spark of magic and then she vanished with a puff of smoke. Harry knew when he changed back to human he would have another tattooed band on his left wrists.

He breathed out in a rush and looked to the sky. He'd have to go find the others before they started to worry

a sound not even a second later.

"All the men are dealt with." She said in a soft voice. "They have been restrained and left for your people to retrieve."

"Thank you." Harry said, still in Grim form.

He lips twitched into a smirk.

"It was fun, call me again should you need any assistance in battle."

Then she grabbed his left paw and nicked it with her finger. He felt the familiar spark of magic and then she vanished with a puff of smoke. Harry knew when he changed back to human he would have another tattooed band on his left wrists.

He breathed out in a rush and looked to the sky. He'd have to go find the others before they started to worry.

Harry sighed.

.-.

"Lord Black!" Switchblade called with relief, a snarl on his face despite his tone. "We were very worried!"

He hurried over and checked over every bare inch of him. Harry just rolled his eyes and held on carefully to the small glass box in his hand. Inside the glass box was a small red flower he'd been examining earlier. Switchblade just about decapitated Xi-Wong as the demon stepped from the trees.

"Switchblade!" Harry called to stop the goblin. "This is Xi-Wong. He's a demon I summoned."

Xi-Wong raised a brow but did not correct him as the goblin eyed him warily and tense. Finally he grunted and relaxed, waving them to follow him inside. Harry walked into Elewa's living room to find the man nervously sitting on a couch, the other guard goblin across from him eyes focused on him and spear ready. The man's face lit with relief as he spotted Harry.

"Switchblade?" Harry asked with a frown.

"We were not convinced he had nothing to do with your disappearance." Switchblade grunted.

"I am glad to see you fine my friend." Elewa said, "Else I would be but a cooling body on the floor."

Harry chuckled but smiled at Elewa.

"And who is this?" Elewa asked curiously.

"This is Xi-Wong. My guard." Harry said.

At Switchblade insulted glare he held his hands up in surrender.

"I trust you with my life Switchblade but he was much more suited for guarding me in the jungle."

Switchblade grunted his acceptance.

"We should be leaving." Switchblade announced after a moment. "Griphook expected us an hour ago."

Harry sighed but followed the goblins from the house, Xi-Wong at his side. Elewa stood on the steps as they stepped just on the edge of his ward lines.

"I cannot thank you enough." Harry said, gratitude seeping into his voice.

"You are paying me, that is thanks enough." Elewa laughed, teasingly, grinning even wider at Harry's embarrassed flush.

"I shall make sure Griphook puts that at the top of his priorities." Harry grinned.

Elewa stepped forwards to ruffle his hair. Harry swatted the hand away but shook it as the man held it out again.

"It was good to meet you Harry."

"You to Elewa. And thank you once more."

Elewa just ruffled his hair again. Harry shot him a mock glare and grabbed the portkey held out by Switchblade. In a swirl they were gone.

.-.

It took only five minutes to get Griphook to stop flaying Switchblade on why they were so late and introduce the mean goblin to Xi-Wong. The goblin calmed after his explanation and asked him to hand over one of his earrings, which he always wore. Actually the goblin hadn't really asked. It had made a couple remarks that had Harry blushing in embarrassment and practically throwing an earring at the goblin while the other two goblins snickered behind him.

"Why do you need one?" Harry asked, nervously smoothing down his shirt as he tried to will his blush away.

"I'm going to add another language translation onto it." The goblin said curtly leading him from the room they'd portkey'ed into

"Oh." Harry said simply.

Switchblade and the other goblin left them in Griphook's care with barely a nod before heading the opposite way. Xi-Wong prowled only a few steps behind Harry, eyes darting every which way and the hand holding his spear twitching slightly at times. He kept an especially keen eye on Griphook. Harry noticed.

"Xi-Wong," Harry said softly in the empty hall, "I trust Griphook with my life."

Xi-Wong frowned just slightly but seemed to leave it as his eyes didn't stray over the goblin anymore. Griphook led them around a few more turns before stepping into a room. Inside were a few desks with a couple people sitting behind them doing paperwork and the like. They all looked up and stared as the three entered. Griphook led him to the far desk and set the earring down on a stack of paper.

"I need a translation spell on that." Griphook ordered curtly.

The man blinked but drew his wand.

"I thought you had cast the spell." Harry said as he watched.

"No, Translation spells are not as simple as saying the incantation and then knowing the language. The spell is essential the memory of a language. The caster must know the language as the spell pulls the memory of the language from his mind."

Harry blinked in surprise.

"So if you wanted to be able to understand Japanese you'd have to have someone who knew Japanese cast it?"

"Correct."

"Huh." Harry said, a bit surprised at this new knowledge.

The man held the earring back out and Harry took it, putting it back in his ear.

"What language was that one?" He asked as Griphook led him from the room.

"Bulgarian."

Then the goblin shoved another portkey in his hand. Xi-Wong barely had time to grab him before they were gone in a swirl only to land right outside Harry's house, just past the ward line.

"Well, this is the place I call home." Harry said cheerfully.

The demon tilted his head and eyed the flowers and trees as the passed by. Harry threw the door open in a burst of energy and jumped into his house.

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