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Author's Note: Right, here's the next installment of my Inevitable trilogy, please read and review, reviews brighten up my day and encourage me to update quicker. A massive thank you to everyone who fave'd Inevitable: Bane and virtual cookies for everyone who reviewed. You guys are the best and are the reason that this part of the story is getting posted so soon. The bold is Harry's 'Bane' voice, as in, don't mess with him, runaway voice. Ciao.

Prologue: Then

So what happened when Harry dropped all pretenses and showed the world who he truly was? Let's find out...

Exert from the end of Inevitable: Bane

Then as everyone looked on in shock at the power in Harry's voice, the air around Harry began to distort as his anger got out of control, causing him to lose his hold on his normalcy illusions. Then, as everyone watched, Harry's ears pointed his eyes slitted, becoming a much more vibrant emerald green and two snakes appeared, wrapped around each arm.

"Harry" said Hermione worriedly, taking a step forward.

"That's not Harry any more" said Therin grabbing her arm.

"Then who is he?" asked Hermione confused as well as worried by the deep fear in Therin's voice.

With a look so grim you'd think someone had died and in a voice laced with fear Therin answered with one word that filled all those who heard it with dread, he simply replied with "Bane".

"Bane?" said Hermione incredulously.

"Are you sure? How do you know?" asked Lily quickly, her voice slightly higher pitched than normal.

"I can never forget those snakes, the right one draws power from the source of all magic and the left draws power from the Void" said Therin and he and the other originals were looking fearfully at Harry's left arm, which seemed to be in a dark gloom.

"Plus in his last life his eyes were that exact same shade of vibrant emerald green' added Nathanial perplexed that a reborn Bane could still look the same.

"I'm so touched that you remember so much about me" said Harry sounding as though he didn't have a care in the world, which he probably didn't, not to mention that his voice had strange unidentifiable harmonics when he spoke.

"I must say it's nice of you for not trying to kill anyone yet" said Isabella in an overly sweet tone.

"Hmm" replied Harry preoccupied.

"Um… Therin? Did you know that he hasn't taken his eyes off of you once?" asked Hermione slightly worried.

"Yes and I'm trying to ignore that fact" said Therin in a tight voice.

"Uh, Harry? Wait! Do I call you Harry or is it Bane?" said Draco looking at Harry.

"You may call me whatever you wish" replied Harry and for the first time since he'd changed he took his eyes off of Therin as he looked at Draco.

"Okay, and… well, thanks" said Draco a faint and slightly shy smile crossing his features.

"You're welcome" replied Harry and the strange unidentifiable noise that lingered when he spoke finally coalesced and became recognizable.

Whenever Harry spoke there was a sibilant whispering that got inside the mind and whispered different things to all those that heard it, not to mention the fact that the whispering continued for about a minute after he'd finished speaking.

"What are you talking about?" demanded Ron and he gave Draco a nasty look as though it was he's fault that Harry had changed.

"A while back Harry, Blaise, Neville, Pansy, Seamus and I had a talk and I decided that if I ever met Bane then I would thank him for freeing my father from Azkaban" answered Draco unperturbed by Ron's dark look.

"What I want to know is what that monster has done with my son" said Lily pointing an accusing finger at Harry.

"I am him and he is me, it's that simple" replied Harry simply.

"You can't be and what is that sound!" said Lily slapping her hands to her ears in pain as the incessant whispering got inside her mind.

"That sound comes whenever Bane uses his true voice and the only good thing about it is that while Bane is using it he can't use his magic enhanced voice to control people" explained Therin and he and the other originals were all wearing the same strained expression.

"What's wrong?" asked Bane in his dead tone, causing the four originals to flinch at the echoing vibrations and sweat to bead along their brows.

"Who cares if he can control people! I just wish he'd stop using this voice, it's torture and I wish he'd tell me what he's done with Harry" said Lily breaking down and she threw herself into her husband's warm embrace as tears began to fall down her cheeks.

"You don't understand! If he stops using this voice then he can control us!" said Therin a glassy look entering his eyes.

"What's so bad about that?" asked Sirius curiously.

"Because you can't resist it! Your mind remains free and knows what's happening but you can't stop your body from doing as he says, I've seen people kill loved one's at his command!" said Therin.

"What's really nasty is that sometimes he releases people from his control but only after telling them their not allowed to take their own lives and that they must always try and stay alive. A lot of the time those that he frees do try and take their own lives because he's already ordered them to kill all their loved one's but they can't kill themselves 'cause their bodies remember the command he gave about not killing themselves and so they stay alive hoping for death but fighting to stay alive" explained Natalya in a blank tone.

"That's horrible! But so is that voice!" said Hermione and the strain was evident in her tone as she struggled to ignore what the incessant whisperings said to her.

"Another bad thing about this voice is that it has a different effect on everyone who hears it, which is why some of us are more affected then the others" explained Isabella in the same blank tone as Natalya.

"Draco?" said Harry suddenly and although it was faint there was unmistakable warmth in his voice as he spoke to Draco.

"Ah, yes?" asked Draco cautiously.

"Would you prefer it if I returned to my false self?" questioned Harry with the faint warmth strengthening in his voice and as he looked at Draco there was a faint echo of that warmth in his eyes.

"Um, sure?" replied Draco uncertainly.

"Then, as you wish" said Harry with a slight bow of his head.

Then as everyone looked on Harry's features went into reverse and it wasn't long before he was looking once more like Harry Potter, complete with scar and Dark Mark, both of which had disappeared when he had shifted to his true self.

"There, is that better?" asked Harry and everyone realized with a start that his voice had also returned to normal.

"Harry?" asked Lily and she looked at her son with hope in her eyes.

"I suppose I should explain some things to you all first, first I am who I am, if you remember back to the stories about me you'll remember that I said I would be back and that I would not be so easily recognized, well here I am. Secondly, to make it absolutely clear I have not possessed Harry, I have not killed Harry, I am Harry and the reason that no-one knew until now is that until I turned sixteen and came into my inheritance I was a normal kid. Thirdly, to keep myself safe when I turned sixteen I gave my soul a voice so that it could explain everything to me and advise me on how to keep myself safe until I became whole, which only happened when I realized my feelings for Draco and that is when my soul returned to its normal state. Fourthly, I'm really not as evil as you all seem to think I am and lastly, if you take one more step your dead" explained Harry calmly, though with the last sentence his voice had darkened and he turned an uncaring gaze to Therin who had been trying to edge closer to Draco.

Deciding that trying to move closer to Draco unnoticed when he'd been spotted was a waste of time Therin sprung in Draco's direction but Harry beat him to it, not that he actually moved, he just stood where he was and said, bewilderingly enough, in a clear firm tone "Nova, Koda defend".

The result of those three words was instant and shocking, Therin immediately jumped back and he and the other originals became on guard and called their weapons to them, while two figures appeared out of nowhere in front of Draco and stood there calmly.

The two figures were women of the exact same build, weight, height (about five foot eight), really pale skin tone, waist length hair, both were wearing the same floor length skirt with a slit on either side that reached to just above the knees and both had the same styled, tight halter neck top but there the similarities ended. The one on the left had eyes, hair and clothes of the exact same light absorbing black, while the other one had eyes, hair and clothes that were of all colors but no colors.

"Now before anything else is said, because it is obvious that some of you guy's recognize one or the other of these two, I'd like to introduce you to Nova, who's the one in black and Koda, obviously the other one and here's something most of you do not know, they are my weapons" explained Harry passively.

"They're your living weapons?" asked Hermione incredulously.

"That's right, some of you know Koda because she came to the Order and said that I was going to go through a few important changes this year and that if you weren't careful then you would lose me, never to return, right?" said Harry.

"Um, yes?" answered Hermione slightly hesitant.

"So then, what did Nova say?" said Harry looking at Draco and causing everyone else to look at him as well.

"She appeared to the Dark Lord and said that you were going to go through a few interesting changes this year and that if we could get you fixated on one of us then the Dark side would end up with a really powerful ally" replied Draco with a shrug.

"Why would you tell your weapons to say those things to both sides? Do you think this is some sort of game?" demanded Ron angrily, slightly pissed off that Harry wasn't really Harry or he was Harry but he was also Bane who was also Harry who was also Bane, who knows? We'll just say that he was really confused and pissed off.

"Of course life's a game but I didn't tell Nova or Koda to do that, I didn't even know where they were until you mentioned Koda in the Library that day. Besides if you remember you were told by the 'originals' that Nova and Koda can think and act for themselves and of course they would know, being the traitorous scum that they are" said Harry switching his gaze to the originals where all emotions left it.

"That's the second time you've called them traitorous, is there a reason for that?" asked Remus curiously.

"Yes there's a reason, you see the four of them are spies that I planted within the four races long ago" answered Harry calmly.

"What?" asked Lily totally shocked as was everyone else.

"Here's another interesting little tid bit, none of them are actually Demons, Angels or whatever" said Harry with a malicious smile as he looked at Therin, Nathanial, Natalya and Isabella who had all gone very white.

"Then what are they?" asked Sirius curiously, while watching Therin and the other three carefully out of the corner of his eye.

"Don't listen to him! This is exactly how Bane works, he gets inside your mind by saying things that could be true and the next thing you know your suspicious of everyone including those you love the most" said Therin warningly, while a look of fear crossed his features.

"I hope you're not planning on doing anything stupid, Therin" said Harry turning his dead gaze on Therin who had once again been trying to etch closer to Draco unnoticed.

"I don't get it, why does he keep trying to get to me?" asked Draco bewildered and he made a very smart move by moving closer to Harry.

"Because he and the other three had a, strangely for them, smart idea and asked the dragon tribes for information on me and the dragon tribes told them that if they had the Dragon Master then they could control me. So you see Draco, Therin wants to get a hold of you because in two different languages your name literally translates into Dragon Master" explained Harry looking at Draco, while keeping his other senses alert to Therin's movements.

"Wait a second! If these four really are spies that you planted then wouldn't they already know all the vital information about you?" asked James curiously and causing everyone to look at Harry to see what his reply would be.

"Once they did it's true but they have been in these current forms too long and have forgotten" answered Harry calmly, not taking his eyes off of Draco.

"There's no point asking him anything, the bastard will have a convenient answer for everything you ask" said Therin acting like he wasn't after Draco.

"That's enough, the other three are bad enough but you, you really get on my nerves Therin and I think it's time I returned you to your normal form" said Harry and before anyone could react he held his left arm, palm first, towards Therin.

Everyone looked on in shock, none more so then Therin, as the black light absorbing power of the void first swirled around Harry's left arm and then flew to engulf Therin. There was an unintelligible sound of despair from Therin as the void returned him to his true form, for he was what is known as a void beast. When it was finished with Therin the void spell returned from whence it came and revealed to everyone what the four 'originals' truly were. No longer looking human, though he was still humanoid Therin now stood at around seven feet in height and had bulging muscles.

Therin was now the same color as the void but unlike the void magic that Harry commanded he did not absorb the light, he also had slightly too large pointed ears and hands and feet that ended in wicked looking claws instead of fingers and toes. He also had unnaturally large, awkward looking skeletal wings sprouting from his back, large navy blue eyes, a nose and mouth more like those found on a wolf and you could tell that he was definitely male, he wasn't wearing any clothes.

Everyone saw Therin in his true form for no more than a second because as soon as the spell was done with him a thick, black ropey like smoke began to come off of him and with a howl of pain he disappeared into a black hole, much like the one the void snake disappeared into actually, only larger.

"What the hell was that?" asked Ron jumping back in shock.

"That was a void beast, which is exactly what Therin and the other three are and the reason he didn't stay around to chat is because they don't like sunlight. None of the void creatures do, come to think of it" said Harry looking mildly at the spot where Therin had disappeared.

"Hang on a second! If these three are also void beasts then why are they in the sun?" asked Hermione wisely.

"Because they have protective shields and spells, I thought that to a girl as smart as you that, that would be more then obvious" replied Harry.

"We may be void beasts but you're the monster!" said Isabella distraught and tears begun to fall from her eyes.

"Are they acting?" asked James looking at Isabella sympathetically and he wasn't the only one.

"No, in their current form they really are as nice as they seem and they really do wish to help you but if I was to change them back to their true form then they would once more be loyal servants for me to command" explained Harry passively.

"Um, Harry?" began Lily tentatively.

"Yes?" asked Harry looking at his mother when she seemed unable to say anything else.

"I was just wondering if you really are Bane, memories and all?" asked Lily in the same hesitant tone.

"I am" replied Harry firmly.

"So you're the one who actually killed all those guards at Azkaban prison?" said Lily in a cautious tone.

"Yes" answered Harry simply.

"Then you really are a monster and I think it would be best if you left" said Lily in a firmer, albeit sadder tone.

Apparently unbothered by his mother's words, Harry stood quietly for a while and examined all the faces before him and he noticed that his mother wasn't the only one who wanted him gone. So in a voice without emotion and with a darkened heart Harry replied in a dull tone.

"I see, then I shall not burden you with my presence any longer and I shall discard the name of Harry James Potter and I will return to my true name of Bane. With my true name returned to me and the side of light closed I will join the forces of darkness but I will say one last thing to you all as Harry, may the gods have mercy on your souls".

As Harry had been talking the skies had slowly been covered by thick purply-black roiling clouds and with his last words there was a flash of lightning and an ominous rumble of thunder, as if in warning. Bane was back but this time he had chosen a side.