All the chapters within this 'story' will be unconnected unless otherwise mentioned. Think of them as failed idea's or just cliché plots that I just wanted to try myself.

Kingdark

Harry Potter and his ability to make minions.

Kingdark: The world of Harry Potter and stargate are one and the same.

The things that Harry can make have three stages in which they can 'evolve.' Each stage will make them more powerful. The only way to evolve is with experience and if Harry focusses his own magic into his creations. His creations are a mix between the BORG of star trek, the REPLICATORS from stargate and bits and pieces from the transformers in general.

'Minion'

A 'newborn' minion comes with the collective link already active. The new minions are taught what they need to know in the first few months. It is not something that happens instantaneously. The minions are fairly stupid and need constant instruction and supervision of older more experienced Drones. Minions share what they see and do with each other which is then 'uploaded' into a database that the drones can access. The drones filter the information even more which is then send to a second more secure database. Harry can try to look for information but this is more like surfing on google. It takes a while and you need to know what you are looking for.

This is what minions can do.

Minions are the soldiers.

Minions can do some very basic manipulating of energy.

Minions are born with the collective link already active.

Minions can only replicate more of themselves.

Minions upload whatever they see, hear, do and feel into a database.

'Drone'

The drone is smarter, more advanced and is of a 'higher rank' than the minions. Think of the drones like the officers in an army and the minions as the soldiers. Drones can eat items and then replicate them perfectly. The item does not need to work. The drones sort through what the minions record and filter through the garbage. Drones can make more minions or if they have enough resources they can make more drones as well although the resources required to do that are high.

Drones are the officers.

Drones can do more advanced spells and energy manipulating then minions.

Drones are smarter and more advanced then their little brothers: 'minions.'

Drones can absorb or eat items and then replicate them perfectly. This includes themselves.

Drones can change their appearance as long as they have the mass to do it.

(This means that a drone the size of an ant cannot shift into a lion because it does not have the mass to do so. The drone would need to eat a lot of raw matter (stone, metal) to grow in size before it could begin to shift into a lion.

'Android'

If the minion is the soldier and the drone the officer then the android are the generals. They are the highest authority and help Harry look for the information he needs. They take care of the lower ranks on their own. The androids are the most advanced, the smartest and just the best all around.

Androids are the generals and the admirals.

Androids can replicate themselves plus they can repair and replicate items with minimal resources.

Androids can manipulate energy and magic a lot more easier then their subordinates.

Androids adapt themselves to their enemies. (like how the Borg adapt their shielding and armour.)

Androids have virtually no limitations in what they look like.

Androids have a special ability that can take over a human against their will. This happens very slowly but no longer then two months or how many Androids invest in hastening the process.

'Shift'

If Harry is the supreme commander then 'Shift' is his second in command. Shift is the first creation that Harry ever made and has the highest ranking among the others. Like the androids shift can take over humans. It takes one whole month before an android or shift is ready to use it.

Prologue

Harry had always been a lonely child. Maybe that is the reason that he was blessed with the power to make companions? How or when he had made his first friend Harry couldn't remember. He just knew that it had always been with him and that his hated uncle, aunt and cousin couldn't see it. And if they couldn't see it then they couldn't take it away from him.

It was one of the few pleasures he had in his young life. His first friend was actually able to shift into four different forms on top of his starting one. A rat, dog, stag and a bird. Depending on the situation his friend could actually split himself in four separate beings. But no more than four. Since his basic form appeared to be that of a big spider there were rarely issues that he was detected. Whenever he did change forms, he could always pick the size he wanted.

Since Harry had now a good friend that he called Shift. Shift had told him that when he was bigger, stronger and more experienced that would be limitless in what form he took. He needed time and resources to evolve though and neither was directly at hand. Shift could only eat that many rocks and stones before the rocks in the area were all gone. And shift had used those rocks to upgrade himself as much as he could.

When Harry's eight birthday arrived Dudley had invented 'Harry hunting for the first time. It didn't take long for Harry to realize that being caught was bad. It was only because he was just naturally faster then his cousin that Harry managed to escape. It was that time that Harry realized he needed help. And shift was just the guy to help him out.

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"What do you mean you can't help me?" Harry demanded.

"Exactly what I said young master." Shift answered calmly. "And please don't raise your voice. It doesn't suit you."

Harry flushed in embarrassment. "I still want a better answer you know." The boy insisted.

'Sigh.'

"What do I need above all else in order to upgrade myself or to repair things for you?" Shift asked calmly.

"You need materials and the energy that we haven't been able to explain yet." Harry answered automatically.

"Exactly." Shift agreed. "While I can certainly eat my share in order to make more copies, they would be far weaker then myself. Not only that but they would not be able to do the same things that I can do." Shift told Harry.

"Is that a bad thing?" Harry asked. "If you got more copies that means you have more processing power. And more processing power means that you yourself are better all around too."

Shift -still in his basic spider form- considered those words carefully. Harry could communicate flawlessly with him as if they were speaking the same language. Even though he looked like a spider, he was still a mix between technology and magic. That meant that he had been able to insert a microphone and a basic speaker. Shift wasn't actually speaking English. They were speaking a language that Shift had created over six months time. And it had only taken another six months to make Harry fluent in the language.

Shift switched to English to be able to form a decent response. While his language was fairly adaptable it was still new and sometimes he had to invent new terms and words to connect it to something else.

"That would leave them vulnerable though." The spider look a like pointed out.

"That still doesn't make the fact that Dudley is going to catch me one day go away." Harry retorted calmly.

'Sigh'

"Fine." Shift admitted defeat. "I'll go visit that second bedroom of Dudley and see if I can eat a couple of things that Dudley will never use again. I swear I saw some kindergarten toys around the other day."

"The quicker you do it the better buddy." Harry said again. "I wish there was something else we could do though."

Shift wanted to say that there was a solution but didn't say anything. That option was a last resort and while he trusted his master, the boy was still eight years old and had the maturity of one. That was to say that he was advanced for his age but that still didn't remove that fact that he was eight. The ability would take a lot of time to work out, possibly years. But if and when it was completed it would be incredible beneficial.

Two years later...

July 31st 1990 - Privet Drive

A lot of things had changed in only two years. Shift had subtly used his ability to take over a human to take over the biggest bully of number four: Vernon Dursley.

With Vernon taken down a peg or two life was much more comfortable. That didn't mean that his life was normal. Petunia was an just as much a bitch as she ever was. And Shift was itching to take her down a peg or two as well. But that could wait. Thanks to the link that Harry had with shift and the minions, Harry was able to study a lot better. If he didn't understand something then the 'collective' would explain it to him a thousand times if it was required to do so. Harry had no need to be embarrassed at all. The minions were unable to betray him period.

Technically, it was cheating using the minions as help. But they were as much a part of him as his hand. So he couldn't just ignore it. Nobody knew about his minions in the first place so it was pointless.

The fact was that he was one of the smartest ten year old's around. Dudley didn't dare touch him any more because Harry was helping anyone that needed it. And if they mentioned Dudley beating Harry up, it would get back to Vernon eventually. And while the man would never really hurt Dudley, he could still take away privileges. Dudley knew that he would do it if he broke a rule because it had already happened.

Harry had been able to get himself a scholarship -it meant that he was able to go to a better than average school- if he was able to keep his points up to a certain level.

It was in that year that something happened that irreversibly changed Harry's character. It changed him from an easy going boy, to a child plotting for revenge. It was in that year that the Gryfindor part of him was suppressed and the scholar part of him took control.

Shift still hadn't told Harry what he could do. The boy had matured by a lot, and his only excuse was running out. Shift didn't want to admit it to anyone -even to himself- but he was worried what his master would do if he found out about it. Shift was worried that if Harry found out that every third evolution -the android- could do the same thing as him -the only fourth evolution- namely to take over a human being once they had gathered sufficient resources.

Shift could order Vernon to do anything and he would do it. Vernon could resist of course, but with enough pain applied that resistance would fade eventually until he did what he was told.

Harry had spend a lot of resources to evolve a handful into androids. It had tired him out constantly, but it had been well worth it. Those androids were able to protect him whenever it was needed. Since they were able to transform into an adult human they were able to scare away whatever threatened their master.

The point was that with the five of them being fully evolved it would mean five humans under their control. Swift didn't know if Harry would handle such a thing maturely and carefully.

July 31st 1991 - late afternoon

Swift had finally decided to come clean. He was going to tell his Master what he had been doing.

Swift had chosen a time where his master was relaxed and particularly happy. His received grades had been some of the best of the region and that was more than enough reason to be proud and happy about it. Swift joined his master, shifting into his favourite dog form but not making it too big. He looked like a big puppy the most.

"We need to talk about something young master." Swift told the young boy after thirty minutes of comfortable silence.

'?' Harry didn't say anything but simple moved his head like a curious cat. Just a bit to the side.

"Remember that power I was developing?" Swift reminded carefully.

"You are talking about your ability to infect a human and take control of that person to something akin of permanent mind control." Harry corrected gently.

Swift didn't react for a few moments. "When did you found out about that?" The dog looked particularly cute. Swift had found out about the typical cuteness a puppy had, and that Harry had a weak spot when he looked his cutest.

"I connected the dots." Harry shrugged. "And you forgot that I have access to the Collective."

It actually took a few moments before swift realized what Harry meant. "You actually found out about it by looking into the collective' database?"

Harry shrugged. "I trust you buddy. You have proven that to me countless of times already. If you thought I shouldn't know about it... I decided to put it out of my mind unless there was an emergency situation that called for it." Harry explained calmly.

"I've been doing without that for years now. You taught me the advantages of an ace in the hole. And your ability to enslave people to our will certainly belongs in that group."

Swift swallowed nervously. "Isn't the term 'enslaving' a bit harsh?" He asked.

"I mean, I keep a pretty tight leash on Vernon, but that's a given. But should it be used on others... I don't think you would need to keep an equally tight leash on them as well."

Harry just shrugged. "Like I said, I don't plan on using it when I don't need too. And correct me if I'm wrong, but they don't have to enslave the ones they 'infect' now do they?" Harry pointed out calmly. The boy had a knowing look. Like he knew something, or had realized something that he -swift- hadn't.

That is when it hit him. The way they 'infected' a human was actually rather simple. And rather cliché too if you looked in the fictional sector. They were infected with hundreds of thousands of tiny little nano-probes. Or nanites if you wanted to use the more known word.

The nano-probes could do many things. They could increase their natural healing factor, or they could even enhance their magic to make them more powerful. On the other side of things, the nano-probes could make them feel sick and pain if they were doing something that Harry wouldn't like. But what Harry found the most interesting was that the nanites were able to change how their hosts saw things. They could for example, make them see Harry in a most positive light and make them ignore or forget about their negative aspects.

So on one hand you had the healing and making them more powerful by enhancing their natural magic within their bodies. On the other they were able to make their hosts virtual slaves to Harry's will and they wouldn't even realize it!

That was the power of the nano-probes that Harry could deploy. It was a different way to gain loyalty but just as effective.

Harry had proven himself to be a very intelligent boy. But more importantly, he knew when to show those smarts of him and when not too. Harry 'knew' that he had an unknown type of energy that he was able to manipulate. And to be truthful, he had only managed to do a few low key things. He had gotten the idea from the 'charmed' television series. The stuff that Paige could do, or to be precise to summon things to her.

So he had begun experimenting with that type of energy as well. The results weren't as positive as he wanted but still... He could do it but its range was rather limited. That didn't mean that it was short... Just that it was too limited for the stuff he had in mind.

His range was about a kilometre in range with him standing in the centre. His summoning wasn't as flashy thankfully. It just appeared in his hand with barely a sound at all. The only downside of it -aside from its range- was that it tired him out by a lot. That meant that he couldn't go on a... 'Borrowing' spree in the stores and shops in the area. Not only that but he had to have a very clear image of what he wanted. And if it wasn't there... Then he had wasted the energy for nothing at all.

Aside from summoning things to him, he had another couple of things he could do. He could teleport himself to whatever location he wanted with no range limitation. Or at least he hadn't found out if it had a range limitation. Just like the summoning bit, he had to have a clear image of where he wanted to go.

The last few things were just small things. Locking or unlocking a door, making himself unnoticeable unless he did something unusual.

Harry's world would be turned on its head when he would receive his letter for the school he was registered on since he was born. Harry J. Potter would take that world into a golden age whether they wanted it or not. Those politicians that thought they could manipulate him would be surprised to see that it wouldn't be as easy as they had hoped.

And a certain headmaster would become very frustrated as he tried to figure out how the boy who lived thought. Having Harry as a friend would nearly guarantee a good job. And for the parents it meant that they had the voice of the boy who lived himself. And that support could become invaluable.

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This is not what I had in mind really. I got stuck like I usually do.