The-Catastrophic-Aftermath? (I) [Chapter 201]

Himera shot up with a gasp and her hands immediately went to her neck. She started to frantically rub her neck with her hands and after a few seconds, she finally sighed in relief when she realized that her neck was still intact… ‘Fuck! That was a weird nightmare’ Himera slumped in relief. It was really such a weird nightmare, she remembered she kind of lost her head out of the blue and died.

“That wasn’t a nightmare” A very familiar voice casually pointed it out from the side and she slowly turned her head to find Harry sitting on a table with a book in his hand. He finally closed the book with a snap and placed it down on the table. “You did lose your head and you did die, at least, technically… That is why we are in the morgue right now” Harry said as he pointed at her bed.

Himera looked down and found herself lying on a steel bed… She was completely naked just as the day she was born, but she didn’t pay it any mind as Harry had already seen her naked, so there was no point in trying to cover herself and she had other important things to deal with, such as her technical death… Though there was the fact that she wasn’t ashamed of her body and she wouldn’t mind showing it off.

“What…!” Himera tried to say something, but her voice came out to be extremely hoarse and raspy. So, she cleared her throat and moments later, she was finally satisfied with her voice. “What happened?” Himera asked with a frown as she tried to climb off the steel bed, but Harry stopped her from doing that, so she simply decided to keep sitting on the bed.

“What is the last thing you remember?” Harry asked as he Conjured a stool for himself to sit on and with his other hand, he Conjured an oversized plain-looking t-shirt and handed it to Himera, who accepted the clothing article before putting it on while she started to remember what happened…. It only took her a few moments to recall everything.

“Yeah, shit happened and I lost my head… It felt really weird to die” Himera admitted with a grimace. “So, what happened to me after I ‘died’?” Himera asked.

“Your body went into some sort of stasis to preserve your organs and brain… That is the best I can come up with for the time being. Though I don’t know if your body would have grown a new head or your head would have grown a new body with given time” Harry slowly explained and Himera nodded her head in understanding. “I simply placed your head near your body on a hunch and moments later, the cut on your neck started to heal” Harry added with a smile.

“I see…” Himera mumbled as she once again rubbed her neck. This was the closest she ever came to dying after she became a mutant and to be honest, it was an eye-opening experience for her… While she never wanted to die, dying for real made her realize that she really didn’t want to die again and she would do anything to avoid that… “Thanks for not burying me, I guess” Himera thanked Harry with a tight smile on her face.

Harry stared at her for the next few seconds before a smile appeared on his face… “I am glad you are back, Himera and I am sure that the others will be too” Harry slowly stood with a smile on his face. While she was still unconscious he wondered if he should ask her to participate in some experiments after she woke up as he wanted to learn more about her X-Genes, but after playing with the idea for only a couple of seconds he dropped it.

After all, considering what she went through under the tender care of Hydra, it was highly unlikely that she would agree. Though she might have agreed to become his lab rat after she became fanatically loyal to him or at least extremely loyal to him, which would probably take a lot of time if he didn’t twist her Mind with Magic, but he didn’t want to do that… He may not be a good guy but did have some limits.

So, she simply decided to cut off her right hand and collect some blood from her while she was still unconscious and stored them aside for further testing… It didn’t take her long to regrow a new hand before she finally woke up… It did make him feel a bit guilty, but he simply couldn’t miss the chance as she could basically survive decapitation. The value of her power increased in his eyes thanks to that.

“I don’t think you would need a healer to look you over, so you can leave as I don’t think you would like to stay over in the morgue for the night” Harry said in a mirthful tone and Himera agreed. She didn’t want to stay in the morgue for the night. Though why Harry didn’t take her to a room while she was getting healed was simply beyond her. “Call a house elf and get something to eat, I bet you are hungry” Harry suggested, but Himera wasn’t feeling hungry or anything.

With that said Harry turned around on his heel and started to leave… Himera stared at his retreating back with a complicated look on her face before she finally decided to speak up… “Harry” Himera called out nervously. Harry stopped and turned around to give her a questioning look… Himera hesitated for a bit before a determined look appeared on her face.

“I want to become strong. I don’t want to experience death again, but if I have to, then I don’t want to go down that easily” Himera declared with a determined look on her face and Harry simply smiled at her words… He was really happy that she finally agreed to train under him and become stronger. He never offered to train her as he wanted to see if she had any desire to become stronger in the first place or not.

After all, it would be impossible to train her to become strong if she didn’t have any intention to, but now that she asked him to train her, he would be happy to oblige… If she managed to become as strong as Katerina, or even Jacklyn, then she would be a nightmare on the battlefield, especially with her X-Gene…

“Good. I expect you to be at the training ground at 4 am sharp” Harry declared before he disappeared with a soft pop, leaving Himera to her thoughts before she finally climbed off the steel bed and decided to leave…

~~Wizengamot Chambers, Ministry of Magic~~ (A few hours later)

It was utter chaos inside the Wizengamot Chambers… People could be seen screaming at each other and there was so much pandemonium that even the Auror guards looked completely helpless… It had been a few hours since Harry Potter, Gellert Grindelwald and the Lost Garden as a whole attacked Hogwarts and then left after crushing the Ministry forces with overwhelming power.

Though that wasn’t the end of it… Apparently, they also kidnapped Albus Dumbledore and that alone was enough to send the people of Wizarding Britain into blind panic… Alas, Albus Dumbledore wasn’t the only one kidnapped… The Lost Garden also kidnapped Igor Karkaroff along with some of his students and within them, there was Victor Krum, a high-profile International Quidditch Player.

Bulgaria would be crying for blood due to such a transgression and there was a chance that they would send their own forces to deal with the matter…

Unfortunately, that wasn’t the last blow to the people of Wizarding Britain… Apparently, everyone in the high-security wing of Azkaban escaped and all the Azkaban guards were dead. While a couple of them were murdered, most of them were kissed by the Dementors… Amelia tried her very best to convince the Minister that it was Voldemort who broke them out, but the man simply refused to believe her.

He was completely convinced that it was Harry Potter and Gellert Grindelwald who broke them out… They simply used the attack at Hogwarts to carry out the deed without alerting anyone. According to him, Harry Potter was a Dark Lord and he was planning to take You-Know-Who's place. That was why he freed his followers from Azkaban… He even suggested that it was probably You-Know-Who who was masquerading as the Boy-Who-Lived.

After all, how was it possible for a one year old babe to beat a terrible Dark Lord as You-Know-Who?

Amelia was so frustrated that she almost punched the Minister and his pet toady, but she was stopped by Connie before she could punch the living daylights out of the Minister and pink abomination… Amelia glared venomously at the Minister from her seat while the Minister was trying her best to ignore her glare… Then all of a sudden, Amelia felt her body freeze, it immediately sent her into panic mode, but there was nothing she could do.

She felt someone sit beside her and then she felt that she could move her head… She slowly turned her head to find Sirius Black sitting beside her… It was obvious that he was responsible for her current condition, but she started to wonder how he managed to cast a Spell within the Wizengamort without triggering the alarms and why did he decide to make such a move in the first place…

“Just look at that… Pathetic isn’t it?” Sirius asked as he looked around in disgust. “These people basically run Wizarding Britain and a simple reality check was enough to send them into panic mode. It doesn’t bode well, does it, Madam Bones?” Sirius asked in an amused tone and Amelia’s eyes grew comically wide when she realized who was actually sitting beside her.

After all, the person sitting beside her didn’t talk or act anything like Sirius Black…

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A/N: I was planning to write two Chapters today, but once again, I was busy at my office...