章 119: The flame giant
// THIS IS AN OLD CHAPTER. THE NEW CHAPTERS ARE IN VOLUME 2. YOU CAN READ THESE CHAPTERS IF YOU WANT SOME INSIGHT ON WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN LATER BUT SOME EVENTS CAN BE DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW CHAPTERS.
"LANA!" Quahog rushes towards the explosion which must not be far from the position where he thought Lana was. People are running around as the fire giant destroys everything in its path.
When I arrive on the scene the president of MACUSA holds his daughter in his arms. She doesn't look burnt, and her chest moves to the rhythm of her breathing. The shock must have made her unconscious. Several bodyguards are near them trying to convince the president to evacuate. I was about to help them when I heard the voice of a very angry old man.
"Who dares to disturb my marriage?" Ephthalius is red with rage. He looks around, spotting the wizards who haven't run away yet. Her son is getting up, helped by my father, and Fleur is not far either, she is helping one of my veela cousins to run away. "All of you with me. Finite." He points his wand at the fire giant and a golden ray burst out, hitting the giant. It screams in pain and falters as Ephthalius continues to feed the spell.
"Finite" My father and the son of Ephthalius in turn raise their wands. "Finite" I join them too. "Finite" Fleur and Quahog cast the counter-spell. Gradually, the wizards who did not succumb to panic join us to contain and destroy the giant. Eventually, our combined power made the giant collapse and disappear into a spray of flame that starts a forest fire.
It only took us a few minutes to contain the incident, but there are already repercussions. The Founders' Park is completely devastated, and I can already hear the police sirens coming towards here.
"Sean, take Tommy and James and go take care of the police, they're level two officers so they're under your command. Then, I want you to go to town to erase everyone's memories. I'm calling in reinforcements to quarantine the town. Mr. Bones Senior, sorry to tell you. But you are temporarily requisitioned by the Magical Congress of the United States of America. Go help your son." The president does not waste a minute while giving directions.
"You two with me." I take the so-called Tommy and James with me and we all run to the entrance to the park where I was welcoming guests not so long ago. We line up as four cars from the sheriff's office come at full speed in our direction. They stop by braking violently and about fifteen police officers came out while pulling out their guns. Liz runs right in my direction.
"Sean what happened, we heard an explosion." I don't even pay attention to what she says.
"Now gentlemen. Obliviate" We multiply the amnesia spells on all the police present who fall like flies on the ground. When they get up, their eyes are vague, and they don't seem to give a damn about the situation. Shortly after, we have to start again with the ambulance and fire trucks arriving. Once we have taken care of all these beautiful people. Tommy and James Apparate me to town since I'm not officially able to do so. A troop of men in black suits has fun going door-to-door, holding lists of names in their hands.
"Get to work gentlemen, go help your comrades. I don't want any information leaking. I live here and I want to be able to repeat the same sentence again tomorrow."
"Yes sir!" The two men runoff. When I turn around Sheila Bennet comes trotting in my direction.
"Sean, what's going on? I heard an explosion and then wizards in black suits arrived." She doesn't seem panicked, and my danger detector isn't responding. There is little chance that she was the one who organizes everything.
"There was a magic fire attack at the wedding today. We are all on war footing to make the city forget the events and try to find the culprit. Go home. Please don't try to resist when they come to erase Bonnie's memory, they won't hurt her, but she has to forget. " Sheila looks at me coldly but nods and heads back to her house.
I spend the rest of the day running from house to house to erase the memory of my neighbors. When I finally received a call from the president asking me to come back as soon as possible to report the situation to him. I call out to another agent who brings me back to the park.
Wizards are already repairing the damage and a tent has been set up to deal with the injured. Grandma is helping a man to sit on a chair when she sees me.
"Ah, Sean. Is the situation under control in town?"
"Grandma, I'm so sorry. Your marriage turned into a disaster. And you were so looking forward to this day. "
"Disaster? Stop talking nonsense, my boy. I have never had so much fun since my mother's fifty years birthday. At the time, a dragon trainer had lost control of his animal, and all the guests left to hunt the creature. Finally, the poor creature ended up on the menu and in the stomachs of the guests. " Seeing how she laughs; I want to believe that she is having fun.
I glance into the tent and luckily no one seems to have been seriously injured. Small superficial burns, bruises, but nothing fatal. I end up falling on Quahog sitting next to a cot, Lana is lying on it. The bottom of her dress is a little scorched after the explosion and she is still unconscious, but she is alive and well.
"President Quahog, we are almost done erasing the memory of the people in town. The last teams should have finished soon." Tears are running down his cheeks, he looks completely dejected.
"Fine, go home. There's not much to do here."
"Is she okay?" His face changes from sadness to anger in a second.
"ARE YOU DEAF? I TOLD YOU TO GO HOME!"
"I ... very well. My best wishes for her recovery." I move away from him to go back to town. I find myself in a discreet corner behind a tree to Apparate. It's really weird to see one of the most powerful men in the world in such a state but he's also a father above all.
When I got home, I barely crossed the threshold when my mother pounced on me.
"Sean! Are you hurt? I was worried sick. I lost sight of you after the explosion and went to shelter Susan. Where are your father and grandmother? "
"I'm fine mom. Grandma is playing camp nurses and she's having a blast. And dad has been requisitioned by the president to help deal with the situation."
"Okay, do we know more about the origin of the attack?"
"Not that I know of, I was too busy erasing the neighbors' memories to deal with this. I don't think it's related to Voldemort or we would have seen the Dark Mark in the sky. It was most likely aimed at either Ephthalius or one of the guests. "
"I don't like it, Sean. We left England to be safe and even here we can't live in peace." If she really wants to live in peace, Mystic Falls might not be the best town.
"Don't worry, we'll be fine. Okay, I'll go to bed. I'm completely washed out."
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