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Author: zimagesto
Title: Harry Potter and the Legacy of Slytherin
Summary: Seventh year at Hogwarts. Contains: the Lord of Darkness, the Dark Lord, a bunch of elves, a lost kingdom and a lot of interesting stuff. Twisted story with a twisted end. Not conventional. Worth reading. R&R
Author's Note: This is the sequel to 'Harry Potter and the Green Flame Torch' which was my first novel-sized fiction. Therefore, its beginning has a few problems that were taken care of during time.
It is not necessary to have read the 'Green Flame Torch' to understand what is written here –I'll try to summarize everything-, although it'd help a lot. Trust me.
Also, there are two side-stories: a fic called 'The Four Founders' Hunt' that is in the same universe as these two stories and 'Behind the Veil', a story about Sirius's rescue.
Chapter 1: The Beginning of a Terrible Summer
Harry Potter was enjoying himself by munching on Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans while lying on his bed with a book opened in front of him. The book was quite interesting, he had to admit: it was about Transfigurations in general and it had a lot of interesting spells he just couldn't wait to try out. Unfortunately, there was a whole month to go until his birthday, so no trying until then.
The book had been picked up from a very special room in Hogwarts... Quite the story, actually. At the beginning of the year, a 16 year-old girl from Romania had joined Hogwarts and well... she was weird. Hyper and all that. But really nice. She had joined the trio he, Ron and Hermione had had –after awhile of bugging them and acting like a complete idiot and annoying brat, that is-. In her insanity, she had gone to the Department of Mysteries and went through the veil, returnng with Sirius. Supposedly, she had even met Death.... And she had met Jack Towers, a weird freaky guy who had helped Sirius hide and then he cleared the Animagus' name.
After returning to Hogwarts from that adventure, she had somehow managed to get into a relationship with –ugh- Snape. It also turned out she had psychic powers, so she could feel things around her. In one of her 'feelings', she had somehow opened a secret room in Hogwarts that had two bookshelves with unknown books and ever-roaring fire. That was where the book Harry was reading now came from.
Also, another weird thing that had happened last year was that Draco Malfoy –out of all people!- had joined their group of friends. Which now contained Harry, Ron, Hermione, Amala –that was the name of the Romanian weird girl-, Neville, Ginny, Mark Evans –first year, Harry's cousin on his mother's side, previously unknown-, Jane Chase –first year, the girl turned out to be the heir of a king from an unknown kingdom and she was supposed to lead that kingdom that was somewhere in a different realm, and of course, she hadn't even met her people-, Luna Lovegood and of course, Draco. Who had an excellent mind for plans.
Together, they'd have gotten the Green Flame Torch, Harry becoming its bearer and getting a lot of power because of that. And there had been an attack on Hogwarts he'd repelled with it, after which attack a human goddess or something of the sort had appeared and she had stayed at the castle for awhile.
And, thinking about weird things, the man whom Amala had encountered when saving Sirius had started teaching at Hogwarts when their new Defence Professor –Iris Rose- had to leave for awhile and then he'd had to run away when the Ministry thought he was on the wrong side. He had also pulled quite a show of it, proving that he had Animagus powers and becoming a dragon, flying away. Then, they had wondered whether the weird man that always talked about his Master was on their side or not... And he had proved to be on their side at the end of the year when he had given his life to save the ten of the group from Voldemort's clutches.
After that, they had found out he wasn't even human, that he had been a being that wasn't even supposed to be born. He was a weird sort of being they knew nearly nothing about.
Basically, their sixth year had been a complete chaos, even in dating. Hermione and Ron, Amala and Snape, Ginny and Draco –Ron wasn't really happy- ... Needless to say anything else, no? But there was another pair that Harry was shocked to find out about: Sirius –who had come back from the dead, as previously stated- and their new Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor: Iris Rose.
And adding to the chaos had been quite a lot of things, like the attack on Azkaban on Christmas or the Ball where Harry had went with Luna or the lessons with Towers or the 'journey' to get the Green Flame Torch or Severus 'admitting' in public that he dated Amala... All types of things.
There was a soft knock on the window, making Harry get up from the bed, let his bag of Beans and the Transfiguration book down and open the window for a brown owl that was flying outside with a letter to enter.
"Hello there" he said slowly to the brown bird which hooted in reply. "What do you have there?"
He took the letter from it and sat on the bed, the owl flying down next to him, obviously waiting for a reply. Harry frowned to himself and opened the letter, two pieces of paper falling out of it, one written in black ink and the other a page from the Daily Prophet.
"Harry,
Attached, there is a page of the Daily Prophet this morning. It's really, really, terrible. I can't believe it... Poor Jane...
Dumbledore said you should spend the rest of the summer with Sirius...
Answer back,
Hermione"
Harry had a sense of panic as he took the page of the paper and saw a picture of Jane in front of a house. She was shaking and crying terrified and Harry could feel a lump in his throat as he saw her like that. His eyes fell over the words written beneath it and he could see the reason for the girl to be like that.
"Yesterday night, twelve year-old Jane Chase left home to spend the night with a friend. She was the lucky one of the Chase-Monroes...
When she made it to the house next morning, she could see a crowd gathered in front of her home and the Dark Mark hovering above the house. Scared but brave, she was the first one to enter the place and she found both her parents dead in their bedroom, signs of struggle all over the place.
The young Chase quickly alerted the Aurors and soon the Muggles in the area were obliviated. There is no obvious reason for the attack on her parents, Jane Chase said. "It should have been me!" she said to our correspondents between tears. "I was the one who dared face the Death Eaters barely two weeks ago! Not them! They had nothing to do with that and anyway, my father was a cauldron-maker, my mother was a healer..."
We think that the Death Eaters might have attacked the Chase-Monroes to hurt young Jane Chase. The girl has proven courage and strength beyond anything we would have expected. She will be helped by some of her friends, she has not given us any names. The rest of the group of students who were captured by You-Know-Who will also go into hiding, along with their families.
And so, we all wonder what this war will be getting to and how far You-Know- Who will go..."
Harry didn't read the rest of the story. He looked at the Jane Chase in the picture that looked up at him and waved sadly. He felt tears building up in his eyes and he picked up a quill and some parchment and replied to Hermione or whomever that he was ok with going to Sirius...
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"So, basically" Harry said, slowly "I should be going"
Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon and Stupid Dudley stared at him wide-eyed as he finished his story.
"You mean to say, boy, that her parents got killed and you want us to get killed when you leave?" Uncle Vernon asked, his moustache moving threateningly.
"Not even Voldemort thinks I love you a lot, so he won't kill you" Harry replied with a sigh and watched their outraged faces. "But I should be going. They'll be picking me up at seven o'clock."
"It's half past six now. How are they arriving?" Aunt Petunia asked with a glare.
"I have no clue" Harry replied a bit pissed. He wondered when he would meet Jane... and what he would say.
The next half an hour was one of the worst he ever had. He had packed his trunk awhile ago and he was wondering what would happen next. What he would say to Jane. What he would say to the others... He remembered the Chase- Monroes from the train station, barely a week ago. She had seemed like a very nice woman, not the very smart type, but the very kind one. And he was the short and plump type, wearing a pair of eyeglasses, looking like a beaver or something of the sort. He hadn't even paid too much attention to them... Nearly none at all.
What would he do when he saw Jane? What would he say? And she was probably in tears...
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Two people appeared suddenly in the middle of the living room, making Harry's aunt and uncle jump up in surprise and Dudley crash from the chair he sat on.
"Hello" one of them, a grey haired, poor looking man said.
"Hello" the second one, richer looking, who had long black hair tied up in a ponytail said. "Ready Harry?"
Harry stared at them for a second before replying:
"Hi, Sirius, Remus. Yes, sure I'm ready. Portkey, huh?"
"Yeah" they both nodded, Sirius looking a bit worried and Remus looking a bit more worried.
They picked up his trunk and the Dursleys couldn't even make too many comments as they all touched the same boot that Sirius was holding and disappeared from sight.
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AN: Not the best chapter I ever wrote, but I'm just getting into hand. The next one will be better.
I'd like to thank everybody who reviewed 'Harry Potter and the Green Flame Torch'. And everybody who will read 'Harry Potter and the Legacy of Slytherin'
Author: zimagesto
Title: Harry Potter and the Legacy of Slytherin
Summary: Seventh year at Hogwarts. Contains: the Lord of Darkness, the Dark Lord, a bunch of elves, a lost kingdom and a lot of interesting stuff. Twisted story with a twisted end. Not conventional. Worth reading. R&R
Author's Note: This is the sequel to 'Harry Potter and the Green Flame Torch' which was my first novel-sized fiction. Therefore, its beginning has a few problems that were taken care of during time.
It is not necessary to have read the 'Green Flame Torch' to understand what is written here –I'll try to summarize everything-, although it'd help a lot. Trust me.
Also, there are two side-stories: a fic called 'The Four Founders' Hunt' that is in the same universe as these two stories and 'Behind the Veil', a story about Sirius's rescue.
Chapter 1: The Beginning of a Terrible Summer
Harry Potter was enjoying himself by munching on Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans while lying on his bed with a book opened in front of him. The book was quite interesting, he had to admit: it was about Transfigurations in general and it had a lot of interesting spells he just couldn't wait to try out. Unfortunately, there was a whole month to go until his birthday, so no trying until then.
The book had been picked up from a very special room in Hogwarts... Quite the story, actually. At the beginning of the year, a 16 year-old girl from Romania had joined Hogwarts and well... she was weird. Hyper and all that. But really nice. She had joined the trio he, Ron and Hermione had had –after awhile of bugging them and acting like a complete idiot and annoying brat, that is-. In her insanity, she had gone to the Department of Mysteries and went through the veil, returnng with Sirius. Supposedly, she had even met Death.... And she had met Jack Towers, a weird freaky guy who had helped Sirius hide and then he cleared the Animagus' name.
After returning to Hogwarts from that adventure, she had somehow managed to get into a relationship with –ugh- Snape. It also turned out she had psychic powers, so she could feel things around her. In one of her 'feelings', she had somehow opened a secret room in Hogwarts that had two bookshelves with unknown books and ever-roaring fire. That was where the book Harry was reading now came from.
Also, another weird thing that had happened last year was that Draco Malfoy –out of all people!- had joined their group of friends. Which now contained Harry, Ron, Hermione, Amala –that was the name of the Romanian weird girl-, Neville, Ginny, Mark Evans –first year, Harry's cousin on his mother's side, previously unknown-, Jane Chase –first year, the girl turned out to be the heir of a king from an unknown kingdom and she was supposed to lead that kingdom that was somewhere in a different realm, and of course, she hadn't even met her people-, Luna Lovegood and of course, Draco. Who had an excellent mind for plans.
Together, they'd have gotten the Green Flame Torch, Harry becoming its bearer and getting a lot of power because of that. And there had been an attack on Hogwarts he'd repelled with it, after which attack a human goddess or something of the sort had appeared and she had stayed at the castle for awhile.
And, thinking about weird things, the man whom Amala had encountered when saving Sirius had started teaching at Hogwarts when their new Defence Professor –Iris Rose- had to leave for awhile and then he'd had to run away when the Ministry thought he was on the wrong side. He had also pulled quite a show of it, proving that he had Animagus powers and becoming a dragon, flying away. Then, they had wondered whether the weird man that always talked about his Master was on their side or not... And he had proved to be on their side at the end of the year when he had given his life to save the ten of the group from Voldemort's clutches.
After that, they had found out he wasn't even human, that he had been a being that wasn't even supposed to be born. He was a weird sort of being they knew nearly nothing about.
Basically, their sixth year had been a complete chaos, even in dating. Hermione and Ron, Amala and Snape, Ginny and Draco –Ron wasn't really happy- ... Needless to say anything else, no? But there was another pair that Harry was shocked to find out about: Sirius –who had come back from the dead, as previously stated- and their new Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor: Iris Rose.
And adding to the chaos had been quite a lot of things, like the attack on Azkaban on Christmas or the Ball where Harry had went with Luna or the lessons with Towers or the 'journey' to get the Green Flame Torch or Severus 'admitting' in public that he dated Amala... All types of things.
There was a soft knock on the window, making Harry get up from the bed, let his bag of Beans and the Transfiguration book down and open the window for a brown owl that was flying outside with a letter to enter.
"Hello there" he said slowly to the brown bird which hooted in reply. "What do you have there?"
He took the letter from it and sat on the bed, the owl flying down next to him, obviously waiting for a reply. Harry frowned to himself and opened the letter, two pieces of paper falling out of it, one written in black ink and the other a page from the Daily Prophet.
"Harry,
Attached, there is a page of the Daily Prophet this morning. It's really, really, terrible. I can't believe it... Poor Jane...
Dumbledore said you should spend the rest of the summer with Sirius...
Answer back,
Hermione"
Harry had a sense of panic as he took the page of the paper and saw a picture of Jane in front of a house. She was shaking and crying terrified and Harry could feel a lump in his throat as he saw her like that. His eyes fell over the words written beneath it and he could see the reason for the girl to be like that.
"Yesterday night, twelve year-old Jane Chase left home to spend the night with a friend. She was the lucky one of the Chase-Monroes...
When she made it to the house next morning, she could see a crowd gathered in front of her home and the Dark Mark hovering above the house. Scared but brave, she was the first one to enter the place and she found both her parents dead in their bedroom, signs of struggle all over the place.
The young Chase quickly alerted the Aurors and soon the Muggles in the area were obliviated. There is no obvious reason for the attack on her parents, Jane Chase said. "It should have been me!" she said to our correspondents between tears. "I was the one who dared face the Death Eaters barely two weeks ago! Not them! They had nothing to do with that and anyway, my father was a cauldron-maker, my mother was a healer..."
We think that the Death Eaters might have attacked the Chase-Monroes to hurt young Jane Chase. The girl has proven courage and strength beyond anything we would have expected. She will be helped by some of her friends, she has not given us any names. The rest of the group of students who were captured by You-Know-Who will also go into hiding, along with their families.
And so, we all wonder what this war will be getting to and how far You-Know- Who will go..."
Harry didn't read the rest of the story. He looked at the Jane Chase in the picture that looked up at him and waved sadly. He felt tears building up in his eyes and he picked up a quill and some parchment and replied to Hermione or whomever that he was ok with going to Sirius...
/-/-/-/-/-/-/-
"So, basically" Harry said, slowly "I should be going"
Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon and Stupid Dudley stared at him wide-eyed as he finished his story.
"You mean to say, boy, that her parents got killed and you want us to get killed when you leave?" Uncle Vernon asked, his moustache moving threateningly.
"Not even Voldemort thinks I love you a lot, so he won't kill you" Harry replied with a sigh and watched their outraged faces. "But I should be going. They'll be picking me up at seven o'clock."
"It's half past six now. How are they arriving?" Aunt Petunia asked with a glare.
"I have no clue" Harry replied a bit pissed. He wondered when he would meet Jane... and what he would say.
The next half an hour was one of the worst he ever had. He had packed his trunk awhile ago and he was wondering what would happen next. What he would say to Jane. What he would say to the others... He remembered the Chase- Monroes from the train station, barely a week ago. She had seemed like a very nice woman, not the very smart type, but the very kind one. And he was the short and plump type, wearing a pair of eyeglasses, looking like a beaver or something of the sort. He hadn't even paid too much attention to them... Nearly none at all.
What would he do when he saw Jane? What would he say? And she was probably in tears...
/-/-/-/-/-/-/-
Two people appeared suddenly in the middle of the living room, making Harry's aunt and uncle jump up in surprise and Dudley crash from the chair he sat on.
"Hello" one of them, a grey haired, poor looking man said.
"Hello" the second one, richer looking, who had long black hair tied up in a ponytail said. "Ready Harry?"
Harry stared at them for a second before replying:
"Hi, Sirius, Remus. Yes, sure I'm ready. Portkey, huh?"
"Yeah" they both nodded, Sirius looking a bit worried and Remus looking a bit more worried.
They picked up his trunk and the Dursleys couldn't even make too many comments as they all touched the same boot that Sirius was holding and disappeared from sight.
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AN: Not the best chapter I ever wrote, but I'm just getting into hand. The next one will be better.
I'd like to thank everybody who reviewed 'Harry Potter and the Green Flame Torch'. And everybody who will read 'Harry Potter and the Legacy of Slytherin'