Chapter 3

Everyone was looking at what must have been quite a spectacle to them. There were three teenagers and a twelve year old walking into the ministry like they owned the place. Truth be told, between all of their power, they probably could own it if they so desired. But there was no way in hell that Harry was getting into politics.

When they stopped at the receptionist desk, Harry just there to be reignited by the secretary. When she finally looked up, she gasped at the sight of the phoenixes and wolf. "H-H-How can I help you"

"We're here to see that Ministry of Magic about his demon problem. My name is Harry Magus," he decided to take that named along with Hermione since they were both Magus. "And this is Hermione Magus and Ginny Weasley and Kara." He was a little embarrassed about not knowing her last name.

"Do you have an appointment?"

"No, we don't. But if would please tell him that Magus' are in the building he'll agree to meet us. We are here talk about destroying the demons."

"Hold one moment please."

Then she got up and went to an office in the back of her office. They heard a lot of hushed voices and finally a shortly built woman in her mid-thirties came out with her secretary. She stuck out her hand to shake Harry's as she spoke" My name is Amanda Marshell. And I am the minister of Magic. Please just call me Mandy. Come with me to my office and we can discuss business."

Harry liked her immediately. As they walked in the office workers gawked at the Phoenixes and wolf that was walking beside Harry. When ever one would get to close the wolf would growl. The people thought he was vicious. But Harry knew for a fact that he was growling for the sheer amusement of watching them jump.

<That isn't nice you know.> he sent telepathically.

<Yeah, but it is fun.> the wolf replied with a chuckle.

When they all made it to the office, they all had to conjure up some comfortable chairs and ice tea to drink. They asked Mandy if she wanted something and she ordered as neat scotch. They sat there and finished their drinks in silence until finally Mandy broke the silence. "So I take it you're here to help with our demon problem?"

Hermione spoke next. "That's the plan, yes. However, we need more information before we can begin. First, how many demon lords are there?"

"At the current count there are four demon lords here. They have about twenty minor demons in under them. Our troops have tried to fight them, but they are frighteningly powerful. Sometimes I wish I never took this job," She ended, slumping in her chair.

Then she seemed to straighten up and gain her bearings. "On top of that they have kidnapped the queen of the land about a week ago. Everything has been in chaos ever since. The people are screaming bloody murder for something to be done. They are even talking of throwing me out of office, not that I care anymore. This job is more of a headache than I had anticipated it would be.

"The good news is that we know where they are holding the queen. The bad news is there are about forty demons guarding her, along with a demon lord. And believe me when I say that Demon Lords are Powerful! It's like being in the presence of a god. But since you're here, we might actually have a chance."

It was now Harry's turn to speak up. "Does magic work on the demons?"

"It does on the minor ones. It just makes the Demon Lords angry."

Harry turned to look at the others. "Ok, here is the plan. You girls take out the minor demons and I will go after the Demon Lord with my sword. It goes without saying that we save the queen first. This is going to be a toughie."

Harry then looked at the Minister and asked a question. "Do you have anyone that would lead us to the base that is holding the queen?"

"That should be easy enough; they have taken over her palace. I'll have a Combat Wizard go with you. She's a little young, but she is exceptional at what she does. She has already killed thirteen demons by herself.

With that, she got up and headed out of the office. Five minutes later she walked back in with a woman that looked no older than seventeen. "This is Leena Smith. She will be the Combat Wizard that will lead you to the palace."

"The girl in question was staring in awe at the fact that all the people in the room had Phoenixes on their shoulder. She turned to the one that she thought was the leader. "It a pleasure to meet you Harry Magus."

Harry just smiled at her. It was weird not being famous for being the boy who lived, but a Magus. "You're reputation proceeds you. The Minister here informed us that you killed thirteen demons on your own. Is that true?"

"Yes. The minor ones are very weak against a very intense fire," she replied with a wicked smirk. She really hated demons. Especially since they killed her partner.

Harry filed that information away for later use. With that, all of them stood up. "Well, there is no time like the present. Let's go liberate a queen." He said, and then made sure his sword was still stuck to his back. He was going to need it.

As they waked down the main street people moved out of the way because of the Phoenixes and the dangerous look in the five warrior's eyes. All of them were ready for battle. All of them were ready for a blood bath. If they were not demons, Harry would have almost felt sorry for them.

When they got to the gate there were four demons guarding it. Even though they looked like humans, he could tell they were demons. They very air around them was saturated with evil. It was a stench that made him want to lose his lunch. "Move aside. We want the queen."

The first demon smirked at him. Why don't you try to take her mortal?" The other demons laughed.

Harry just smirked. "As you wish." Then, using his Magus power to strengthen the spell he sent a out a spell. Incendio. The spell hit the four demons and they were instantly turned to ash. "Well, that's four down."

Leena just looked at him in Awe.

Forty more demons came rushing out of the castle at that moment. "Use the same spell I did until they are all ash." And that was what they did. None of them had a scratch on them and forty demons were turned to dust. That was when a second wave of about forty demons came out and met the same fate.

Then came the main show, the Demon lord cam out. Harry could feel the power and evil radiating of him. It was enough to make him want to throw up. Kara and Leena did throw up. The demon just stared at his. In one hand he had a wicked sword, and in the other he was holding what must have been the queen.

When the demon spoke, it was almost pleasant, but there was a sinister air behind it. "You know your magic won't work on me, Magus. And my magic won't work on you. So I propose a duel with swords. The winner gets the queen."

It went without saying the loser would lose his soul. "I agree."

Hermione stepped up to him and whispered. "Are you sure about this, Harry?"

"It's the only way, Hermione."

With that, Harry but his hand on the hilt of his Katana and drew it out while it made a metallic sound coming from the scabbard. The demon three the teenage looking queen about twenty feet from his position and brought up his broadsword in the guard position. "You do know that I have been practicing for years. Your head will make a nice trophy for me," he sneered.

Harry just gave a sardonic laugh. "I'm glad you think so."

Because Harry had enchanted his sword, the fight was over far quicker than anyone would have imagined. Harry struck first with a mighty blow. His Magus strength came into play, and along with the enchanted sword, his blade cut clean threw the broad sword and right through the demons neck—decapitating him quite easily.

Harry watched the head fall of with a look of disappointment. He thought the fight would last longer than that. Then he was disgusted because black blood spouted from the neck and drenched him before the body fell to the earth. All and all, it had been a good day for qa fight. No one lost any of their lives.

With a spell he cleaned his clothes of the blood and put the sword back wear it belonged.

With that, the Queen ran over to him and hugged him as hard as she could, sobbing all the time. He stroked her back and tried to tell her everything was all right. It was quite the sight, the queen usually didn't act like this, Harry found out later. Finally she calmed down enough for him to ask her questions.

"Are there any more demons in the palace?"

The redheaded queen spoke with dignity when she spoke. "No there are not any more inside the palace. You killed every one of them including the demon lord. He was the worst of them all. He would do all sorts of nasty thing to my servants, but for some reason he would not touch me. Which I was glad for."

Hermione spoke up next. "Well, what do we do now, Harry."

"We, we still have three more demon lords to kill, and a bunch of minor ones as well. I think that we should give it a rest for tonight and start in the morning. We might get lucky and kill all of them in one day."