Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

A/N: I would like to thank my dear friend ThatOneGuyWhoWroteThatOneStory for beta-ing and also allowing me to use his Inheritance Test for Harry. Also, parts of this story will be based off of his own stories.

This is going to contain incest. The pairing will be Harry x Lia x Daphne Greengrass, and that is final. If you don't like it, don't read it.

One last thing, many of the spells Harry uses have been lost in translation by me, oops. So I have no clue what they were anymore and Google Translate isn't translating it properly, so, I'll start typing out what they mean immediately after I translate them, starting next chapter.

Gray Lord Rising

"Gobbledygook"

"Shadow Tongue (Dementors)"

"#Parseltongue#"

Thoughts

"Normal Speak"

'Mind Link'

Chapter One

A man with long black robes and emerald orbs that glowed with unbridled power walked calmly down a rocky road. He was calm and collected, knowing that if he wasn't, the consequences could prove dreadful. He stood at 6'2" with posture that screamed nobility. Raven-black locks flowed down to the small of his back. His body was well built and had muscles in all the right places and a very small amount of fat, none that was noticeable. Had he not been wearing his dark hood, one would see many scars marring his face. These scars, however, only enhanced his natural beauty.

In his hand was a weapon that would be feared by all, feared almost as much as the man himself would be. In his hand he held a wand. Not just any wand, but the most powerful wand to have ever been made, even more powerful than the fabled Elder Wand, which he also possessed. Unknown to the Hogwarts headmaster, the wand he had was a cheap imitation of the real Elder Wand. The core of the wand in the man's hand was a mixture of willingly given royal phoenix tears, willingly given king basilisk venom, the heartstring of a Dementor, the heartstring of a Thestral, a willingly given feather from the emperor gryphon, the scale of a one-of-a-kind dragon that controlled the elements, also willingly given, and finally, the blood from the king of Hell himself, Satan―also known as the Devil and Lucifer―who had willingly given it to the man due to his fondness for the wizard. The wand itself was made from a combination of wood from the famous Norse tree, Yggdrasil, wood from the same Elder tree the Elder Wand was created from, a bone from the first Dementor, and was imbued with a small amount of the virtually nonexistent, magic enhancing metal known as mithril. All in all, it was the perfect wand for any type of magic.

He continued his trek in silence, contemplating the events that had occurred over the course of his short life. Events that nearly stripped him of his sanity due to all the pain he had endured. Thinking of the pain made the man snort, he couldn't believe how weak he had been.

All of a sudden he came to a halt and stared at the massive gates that stood before him, signifying that he had finally reached his destination, his home: Hogwarts.

Harry James Potter had returned, and he wanted revenge.

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*Flashback*

17 years prior…

"James, Lily, since Lia is the child of the prophecy, you must give her all of your attention, it is imperative that she grow loved so she can fulfill her destiny of finally destroying Voldemort. I'm sorry to say, but you will have to send young Harry away, if she is to reach her full potential," a wizened old wizard named Albus Dumbledore said.

James and Lily Potter looked at each other for a total of two seconds before Lily spoke, "Fine, we don't want anything to do with him, anyways. He will only try to steal our attention away from Lia and does not deserve to live. So, please, get rid of him. Do as you want. Place him with my sister for all I care. That should be a fitting punishment for the pathetic brat."

Dumbledore saw James nod in agreement and beamed at them, happy that they agreed to do as he said so quickly, "Very well, I will do as you wish."

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9 years later…

Ten year old Harry James Potter had learned at a very early age that emotions were for the weak, for every time he showed them, he was harmed. His face was riddled with various scars that his uncle had carved into his face as punishment for his emotions. He grew up knowing that he was loved by no one and always wondered why. He knew his parents were still alive, but he couldn't figure out why they abandoned him. After a while, though, he couldn't bring himself to care why they had done what they did.

Not even an hour ago, his Uncle Vernon Dursley had abandoned him to the streets of London where he now stood walking around looking for something, anything. As he walked he wandered into a building dubbed The Leaky Cauldron. He sat down for a bit before noticing an open wall that led to a large alley filled with people. Naturally, he was shocked, though he hid it well, how had the wall suddenly become an alley. Before he could ponder it further, the wall shut itself, blocking the alley from view. He waited a few minutes before seeing it open again, it was at this point that he decided to go exploring.

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He soon found a giant marble building filled with strange creatures and walked up to the nearest one and politely asked, "I'm sorry to bother you, but could you please tell me where I am?" Upon finishing his sentence, he was shocked to realize that, instead of speaking in English as he had meant to, he spoke in a bunch of snarls.

It seemed that he wasn't the only one shocked however, for the creature before him soon replied, "Of course, young wizard, you are in Gringotts Bank."

"Thank you," he answered, once again shocked at hearing himself snarl. To be honest, he wasn't all that surprised when he heard the creature call him a wizard, strange things always happened around him.

"Happy to help," the creature responded with an ugly grin. "I must say, it is incredibly rare for a wizard to show us goblins even the slightest bit of respect. It is even rarer for one to speak in our tongue, in fact, only two others have ever been able to do so. If you don't mind, I would like to take you to meet the goblin king, Ragnok. I am certain that he would like to meet with you."

Harry nodded in response and followed the goblin until they came upon two giant golden doors. On the doors were scenes of goblins viciously fighting against people holding sticks, whom Harry immediately assumed to be wizards.

"Lord Ragnok, I believe you would like to meet this young man and perform the tests. He speaks our tongue, which, in and of itself, is a remarkable feat, as you know."

"Very well, enter," a voice sounded on the other side of the grand doors. Harry walked in and sat in the chair he was motioned toward and stared at the goblin king in confusion. Ragnok was currently examining the young wizard in front of him while the goblin who had brought Harry to him got out a piece of parchment and a silver dagger and placed them in front of Harry. "Young man, before we speak any further, I request that you cut yourself and drop some blood on the parchment so I may know who I am speaking to."

Harry made a large gash in his hand and did as he was requested to, and soon the goblin king took the parchment after getting over the fact that the boy in front of him hadn't even flinched while slicing open his hand.

He then looked at the parchment and gasped in shock. His eyebrows flew up to his bald head and he sat stock still examining the parchment in front of him.

After a few minutes of awkward silence, the goblin handed Harry the parchment, which he then read.

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Inheritance Test

Harry James Potter

House of Potter (Lordship claimed)-

Monies: 36,982,421 Galleons; 18,264 Sickles; 83,945 Knuts.

Properties and Other Assets: Potter Manor, Scotland; 862 Godric Blvd., Godric's Hollow, Scotland; Potter Villa, Italy; 25% Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions; 10% Ollivander's Wands; 2 seats on the Wizengamot

Items: large amounts of rubies, diamonds, and other precious jewels; Potter Head of House ring; Invisibility Cloak (Inherited from ancestral family: House of Peverell); extensive library on Charms, Transfiguration, and Ancient Runes

Marriage Contracts: None

Inherited Abilities: animagus transformation

House of Peverell-

Monies: 45,252,985 Galleons; 17,234 Sickles; 103,496 Knuts

Properties and Other Assets: Peverell Manor, England; Peverell Castle, Wales; Peverell Mansion, Scotland; 3 seats on the Wizengamot; 50% Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions

Items: Invisibility Cloak (In possession of descended family: House of Potter); Elder Wand (In possession of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore); Resurrection Stone (Missing/Hidden); extensive library on the creation of magical items; large amounts of precious jewels; Peverell Head of House ring

Marriage Contracts: None

Inherited Abilities: metamorphmagus

House of Black (Lordship claimed)-

Monies: 25,952,278 Galleons; 18,125 Sickles; 59,187 Knuts

Properties and Other Assets: Black Manor, Wales; 12 Grimmauld Place, London, England; 2 seats on the Wizengamot; 15% Ollivander's Wands; 25% Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions

Items: extensive library on dark magic; large amounts of precious jewels; Black Head of House ring

Marriage Contracts: None

Inherited Abilities: metamorphmagus; animagus transformation

House of Gryffindor (through magic)-

Monies: 258,083,387 Galleons; 180,268 Sickles; 39,875 Knuts

Properties and Other Assets: 25% Hogwarts; Gryffindor Castle, England; 4 seats on the Wizengamot; 25% Ollivander's Wands

Items: Sword of Godric Gryffindor (Missing); Gryffindor Head of House ring; massive library on all light magic

Marriage Contracts: None

Inherited Abilities: animagus transformation

House of Ravenclaw (through magic)-

Monies: 201,895,365 Galleons; 86,488 Sickles; 45,789 Knuts

Properties and Other Assets: 25% Hogwarts; Ravenclaw Manor, Ireland; 4 seats on the Wizengamot; 25% Ollivander's Wands

Items: Diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw (Hidden in Hogwarts); Ravenclaw Head of House ring; extensive library filled with Rowena's personal research

Marriage Contracts: None

Inherited Abilities: animagus transformation

House of Hufflepuff (through magic)-

Monies: 198,784,432 Galleons; 100,528 Sickles; 92,189 Knuts

Properties and Other Assets: 25% Hogwarts; Hufflepuff Castle, Wales; 4 seats on the Wizengamot; 25% Ollivander's Wands

Items: Cup of Helga Hufflepuff (Hidden in House of LeStrange Family Vault); Hufflepuff Head of House ring; massive library on healing magic

Marriage Contracts: None

Inherited Abilities: animagus transformation

House of Slytherin (through magic)-

Monies: 297,894,379 Galleons; 5,637 Sickles; 21,195 Knuts

Properties and Other Assets: 25% Hogwarts; 100% Knockturn Alley; Slytherin Castle, Scotland; 4 seats on the Wizengamot

Items: Salazar Slytherin's Locket (Hidden); Salazar Slytherin's Familiar Bazel (Sleeping); Slytherin Head of House ring/Gaunt Family Ring (Hidden)

Marriage Contracts: None

Inherited Abilities: Parseltongue; control of all serpents; animagus transformation

House of Drakul (The House of Vampires) (through magic)-

Monies: 853,946,153 Galleons; 94,127 Sickles; 49,973 Knuts

Properties and Other Assets: 100% Albania; Drakul Castle, Albania; 6 seats on the Wizengamot; Drakul Manor, Romania

Items: Drakul Head of House ring; massive library on body magic, dark magic, blood magic, and dark rituals

Marriage Contracts: None

Inherited Abilities: control of all vampires; increased agility, strength, speed, intelligence, endurance, etc.; animagus transformation; metamorphmagus

House of Azkaban (through magic)-

Monies: 896,983,836 Galleons; 84,953 Sickles, 50,433 Knuts

Properties and Other Assets: Azkaban Island in its entirety; Azkaban Manor, Azkaban; Azkaban Prison, Azkaban; 100% Gould's Wands; Azkaban Castle, Azkaban; 7 seats on the Wizengamot; 100% Borgin and Burkes

Items: Azkaban Head of House ring; massive library on blood magic, soul magic, and dark rituals

Marriage Contracts: None

Inherited Abilities: control of the Dementors and Lethifolds; Shadow Mage; animagus transformation; metamorphmagus; ability to speak all magical languages; wandless and silent magic proficiency; natural legilimens; natural occlumens

House of Le Fay (through magic)-

Monies: 8,152,573,327 Galleons; 549,775 Sickles; 145,151 Knuts

Properties and Other Assets: Le Fay Castle; Palace Le Fay; Le Fay Manor; Le Fay Tower

Items: Le Fay Head of House Ring; massive library on every form of dark magic, known and unknown

Marriage Contracts: None

Inherited Abilities: all dark magical abilities

House of Emrys (through magic)-

Monies: 9,878,674,323 Galleons; 948,267 Sickles; 263,215 Knuts

Properties and Other Assets: Isle of Avalon; 100% Gringott's Bank; 10 seats on the Wizengamot; 100% Diagon Alley; unknown

Items: completed real Philosopher's Stone; extensive library on all things magic; massive amounts of precious jewels; Emrys Head of House ring

Marriage Contracts: None

Inherited Abilities: all magical abilities; control of all magical creatures

Overall-

Monies: 20,846,962,886 Galleons; 2,103,666 Sickles; 954,448 Knuts

Properties and Other Assets: Isle of Avalon; 100% Gringott's Bank; 100% Albania; 100% Gould's Wands; 100% Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry; 100% Knockturn Alley; 100% Diagon Alley; 100% Ollivander's Wands; 44 seats on the Wizengamot; 100% Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions; Drakul Castle, Albania; Azkaban Island in its entirety; Azkaban Manor, Azkaban; Azkaban Prison, Azkaban; Azkaban Castle, Azkaban; Slytherin Castle, Scotland; Hufflepuff Castle, Wales; Ravenclaw Manor, Ireland; Gryffindor Castle, England; Black Manor, Wales; 12 Grimmauld Place, London, England; Peverell Manor, England; Peverell Castle, Wales; Peverell Mansion, Scotland; Potter Manor, Scotland; 862 Godric Blvd., Godric's Hollow, Scotland; Potter Villa, Italy; 100% Borgin and Burkes; Le Fay Castle; Palace Le Fay; Le Fay Manor; Le Fay Tower; Drakul Manor, Romania; unknown

Items: completed real Philosopher's Stone; Emrys, Drakul, Azkaban, Potter, Peverell, Black, Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Le Fay Heads of House rings; extensive and massive libraries on all fields of magic; Invisibility Cloak (In possession of descended family: House of Potter); Elder Wand (In possession of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore); Resurrection Stone (Missing/Hidden); extensive library on the creation of magical items; large amounts of precious jewels; Salazar Slytherin's Locket (Hidden); Salazar Slytherin's Familiar Bazel (Sleeping); Cup of Helga Hufflepuff (Hidden in House of LeStrange Family Vault); Diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw (Hidden in Hogwarts); Sword of Godric Gryffindor (Missing); massive library on healing magic; extensive library filled with Rowena's personal research; massive library on every form of dark magic, known and unknown

Marriage Contracts: None

Inherited Abilities: Shadow Mage; control of the Dementors and Lethifolds; ability to speak all magical languages; Parseltongue; control of all vampires; increased agility, strength, speed, intelligence, endurance, etc.; animagus transformation; metamorphmagus; control of all serpents; all magical abilities; all dark magical abilities; wandless and silent magic proficiency; natural legilimens; natural occlumens; control of all magical creatures

Note:

ALL LORDSHIPS MUST BE CLAIMED IN ORDER FOR ABILITIES TO BE UNLOCKED!

IMPORTANT:Subject's magical core currently has a 95% block placed on it.

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Harry stared open-mouthed at the sheet in front of him.

"How would I claim the available Lordships?" Harry asked.

"It's very simple, just say, 'I hereby claim my inherited Lordships.'" Ragnok replied.

Just as Harry finished repeating the goblin's words, a magical explosion erupted from within him, obliterating the block on his core, also signifying him taking his Lordships.

"Thank you," Harry replied. He and Ragnok continued their conversation for around three more hours, at which point Ragnok was called upon to deal with an attempted theft.

Harry then called upon the knowledge he gained of magic and apparated straight into his vault. He then proceeded to walk around until he felt a pull to a large staff his left. When he grabbed the staff, he felt his magical power double, giving him an exhilarating rush of power.

I am Magicis Cor, Harry heard in his mind, I am the most powerful wand/staff in existence and you are now my master. My core is made from a mixture of willingly given royal phoenix tears, willingly given king basilisk venom, the heartstring of a Dementor, the heartstring of a Thestral, a willingly given feather from the emperor gryphon, the scale of a one-of-a-kind dragon that controlled the elements. More cores can still be added to me due to what I am crafted from. I am made from a bone of the Unknown, the very first Dementor, along with a branch from Yggdrasil and a branch from an ancient Elder tree. I also have some mithril inside of me. The process to combine these four materials was extremely tedious and complex, so I'm not even going to both explaining it. I serve you and only you. Now we must begin your training, master. You will get a letter from a place called Hogwarts, ignore it. I am to be your teacher as was foretold by my previous master, Merlin. I will teach you everything Merlin himself knew and you will be just as powerful, if not more, as Merlin.

Over the next eight years, Harry would proceed to learn everything about magic that his ancestor had known. Magicis Cor told him of his family's treachery. This set Harry off and he went on to obliterate an entire pack of werewolves that had been tracking him. Upon killing them, Magicis Cor whispered in his head, Contrary to popular belief, Merlin was gray, not light. He killed but he also saved. He told me to inform his heir that it is up to you to decide which path you will follow.

I choose to be gray, but I want my revenge upon the world, Harry thought with conviction.

From that point on, the worst―and arguably the greatest―Gray Lord to ever exist was created, he was worse than every Dark Lord combined to his enemies, but also kinder than every Light Lord combined to his allies. He, however, chose darkness more than he chose light.

During his travels, he came across a soul serpent, the rarest breed of snake in existence, and the most powerful, and he took it in as a familiar. He then proceeded to name the snake Animus, or Soul. Within the next year, he was confronted by the Devil himself, who shocked Harry by looking at him fondly―or as fondly as the Devil can look at someone―and gave him a vial of his own demonic blood to add to Harry's wand's core.

Upon the third year of wandering, Magicis Cor told him to head to Azkaban where he resided for the next five years.

*End Flashback*

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Current time…

He came out of his reminiscence and casually flicked his wrist at the gate. He noted that within the grounds of Hogwarts, a massive fight was taking place between the Death Eaters and the Order of the Phoenix, who had most of Hogwarts' inhabitants on its side. He saw the snake-faced man he knew to be Voldemort and the ancient wizard he knew to be Dumbledore dueling, trying to get the upper hand on the other.

"#Are you ready, Animus?#" he asked his serpentine companion.

"#Yes, master,#" was the hissed reply.

"#Then let us announce our arrival,#" he grinned maliciously.

He pointed his wand at a group of Death Eaters and spoke his spell, "Incaendefacio."

His spell had devastating effects and completely obliterated three of the Death Eaters on the spot, and severely burned five more.

He then turned his wand to a group of students and whispered, "Flante."

Just like the previous spell, the results were catastrophic.

Upon seeing their followers or students fall so easily, the two leaders both started a duel against Harry, completely forgetting their opposite.

"Avada Kedavra!"

"Duratus!"

Harry just flicked his wrist and the spells sizzled out of existence, shocking all present save himself. He then began to casually throw back random curses at his two opponents and soon had them on defense, while all of their followers just watched helplessly as their leaders were losing to an unknown opponent.

After five more minutes of helplessly watching, the Potters, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Kingsley Shacklebolt, and the entire Weasley clan―save the two youngest―hopped into the fray to aid Dumbledore. Similar to their counterparts, Lucius Malfoy, the LeStranges, Augustus Rookwood, and Antonin Dolohov all joined their master in his duel.

With all the added support, the two leaders of their opposing factions soon came off the defensive and went back to the offensive. Just as they were pushing their enemy back, a loud rasping sound boomed over the grounds, "Come to me, my servants."

Almost instantaneously, hundreds of Dementors appeared in the sky and soared down toward their master to give him aid. They began their assault on their victims and sucked out the souls of at least ten of their enemies before the Light followers cast their Patronus charms, repelling the Dementors, forcing them to swarm next to their master.

During the few seconds of chaos caused by the Dementors, the tides of the duel had once again swapped and Harry was now blasting Voldemort, Dumbledore, the Potters, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Kingsley Shacklebolt, the Weasleys, Lucius Malfoy, the LeStranges, Augustus Rookwood, and Antonin Dolohov with many of the darkest spells to have ever existed, along with many elemental spells known to none but he himself.

"Anima ardere! Anima deglubent! Benedicite glacies, et ignis! Gehénnam! Grando spiciformis! Congelationis! Adore!" He continued shouting out spells in rapid succession, never seeming to take a break, until finally, his onslaught of spells overwhelmed their defenses and left them all writhing on the ground in pain. He slowly stalked toward his enemies, savoring the moment, when he heard a shout from behind him.

"Mum! Dad! Stupefy! Sectumsempra! Diffindo! Confringo! Bombarda! Confringo! Sectumsempra! Expelliarmus! Incendio! Diffindo! Stupefy!"

Harry merely turned and swatted every spell away like one would a fly. The one who attacked him was an eighteen year old girl with long black hair, emerald green eyes, and a look of utter terror plastered on her face.

He cocked his head to the side before speaking to her in his deep, young voice, "Good spell work, girl, but you'll need a lot more than a few curses to harm me. Tell me, who are you? You seem… familiar."

She let out a breath, "I am Lia Lily Potter, daughter and heiress of James and Lily Potter. The Girl-Who-Lived, and champion of the Triwizard Tournament."

Harry froze upon hearing the name of his sister, which was quickly followed by his eyes narrowing. The sister that he had never known. The sister that he had blamed for everything that went wrong with his life, despite the fact that she had nothing to do with it. Without hesitation, he attacked her, "Grando spiciformis! Anima ardere! Congelationis!"

The girl, shocked at the sudden attack, barely managed to dodge the spells in time. She could feel the hatred and power that radiated off the man in front of her, but she didn't know why he loathed her so. "Who are you? Why do you hate me so much?" she asked, desperate for him to stop his onslaught.

Harry cackled crazily, approaching the state that he had once been in. He was on the brink of insanity once more. "Who am I, you ask? Who am I? It doesn't matter! As for why I hate you so much, you, your parents, and Dumbledore ruined my life!"

"What? How?" she asked shocked.

"Enough! Die! Gehénnam! Adore! Avada Kedavra! Benedicite glacies, et ignis! Conge―"

"Stop!" he suddenly heard, at which point he quit his casting and looked toward the speaker, who was none other than Albus Dumbledore.

"Why should I? I've suffered for many years because of you and the Potters. That suffering has created a monster, and this monster wants to be UNLEASHED!" he shouted at the end, allowing his magic to blast outward, blasting everyone within a hundred yards off their feet and into the air.

Dumbledore and Voldemort shakily rose, it was obvious to every trained eye that the two of them were tired. They were both eyeing Harry a little scared, not that it showed. Neither of them had ever been able to do that, as it required nearly double the amount of power they had. What scared them, though, was the fact that their new enemy didn't even seem to be weakened, if anything, he seemed more powerful. They could both feel and see his magic flaring around him, lashing out at anything and everything. Most of his aura was nearly pitch black, darker than Voldemort's by far, yet it had a few blotches of pure, white light scattered within it. His aura was like the void of space, and all who were near him felt as if they were suffocating from the sheer power he gave off.

"IT'S TIME FOR YOU ALL TO DIE!" Harry shouted in a demonic voice.

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When Lia heard the demonic voice, she knew everybody was doomed. The amount of power and hatred that the voice contained made her best friend, Ron Weasley, tremble in fear. Her other friend, Hermione Granger, was also shaking in terror.

She watched in morbid fascination as the man rose into the air, still radiating his dark aura. She watched as his body dissolved into black smoke before the cloud of smoke rushed toward the fallen leaders. As he reached twenty yards away from Voldemort and Dumbledore, his body solidified. Eyes that were once a glowing green were now glowing blood red, emanating an aura of fear and malice. But, just as she thought he would end the two wizards, he cocked his head, almost as if someone was telling him something. Suddenly, his eyes immediately turned pitch black.

"Count yourselves lucky," she heard him say. "I have business elsewhere that I must attend to. You'll be seeing me soon," and with that, he disappeared.

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Elsewhere in the castle…

Draco Malfoy was slowly approaching the Greengrass heiress, prepared to make her his forever. He had the girl bound and gagged, now all that was left was to commit the deed. He took slow steps, relishing the fear that his victim's eyes revealed. However, unknown to the two people, somebody else was there.

'#Master,#' Animus hissed through his bond with his master, '#you must come quickly, a boy is about to rape a girl, and I know how you feel about such a heinous act.#'

Animus could sense his master's fury grow greatly, but felt no pity for the boy.

'#I'll be there soon,#' was the short response he received.

Not even a minute later, he felt his master appear by his side in his smoke form. Not wanting to give himself away, he told Animus through their bond, '#While I torture the boy, protect the girl.#'

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Malfoy was mere feet from Daphne Greengrass when he suddenly heard the incantation, "Cutem Musca!"

He soon fell to the floor and writhed in agony as his skin was flayed from his body. A man with pitch black eyes slowly approached him before picking him up by the neck, pointed his wand toward Malfoy's genitals and muttered, "Castrare."

Malfoy once again screamed in agony as he was castrated by the mysterious man, who then threw him onto the ground hard, effectively knocking him out. Then, without missing a beat, he walked toward Daphne who was stuck between relief, awe, and fear at what had just happened, wrapped his arms around her waist, much to her shock, put her into a deep sleep, and apparated through the Hogwarts wards once he felt Animus wrap himself around his leg.

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Azkaban…

When Harry reappeared in Azkaban, the first thing he noted was the army of Dementors bowing down to him in their customary greeting.

"Greetings, my servants. I wish to say that you all did wonderfully today and I'm very proud of you. I must also say that the girl I am currently holding is not to be harmed. In fact, for now, she is to be treated as if she were me. That means do as she says without asking any questions, unless, of course, her orders are unreasonable. Also, make sure you do not let your aura affect her. She is to stay in my quarters until she awakens. Now, who will volunteer to care for her," he asked.

Nearly every Dementor volunteered for the job, but Harry just chose the one he trusted the most. He soon dismissed the Dementors and watched as the Dementor carrying the girl floated off towards Harry's living quarters.

"#Somebody's got a cru-ush,#" Harry heard Animus tease.

"#Don't be absurd. I have never cared for anybody other than myself and you, and I never will.#"

"#Mmhmm, then tell me, why did you bring the girl back here? Hmm?#"

Harry sputtered indignantly, bringing out the less serious side that he always hid so well. The side of him that only Animus could ever bring out. "#Why am I explaining my reasoning to you, you're a snake#."

"#A damn smart one,#" the serpent hissed back.

"#Whatever, go spend time with your snake-girlfriend, or whatever snakes call their relationships. Meanwhile, I have other things to attend to,#" Harry said dismissively.

"#Sure you do,#" he heard the snake muttered as it slithered off.

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A few hours later…

The first thing Daphne knew as she regained consciousness was that she was in a bed. A very comfy bed. She could easily tell the sheets were made of silk, but she couldn't decipher what the mattress was made out of.

She then opened her eyes when she heard a rasping sound above her and screamed in terror. Floating above her was a Dementor, and it was only three feet away from her face. The Dementor recoiled in shock and started to wave its hands around as if trying to calm her down. It was at that point that she realized that she wasn't feeling any of the effects one normally felt when around Dementors, which left her curious. After a few seconds of the Dementor seemingly trying to calm her down she relaxed, only to hear a door slam shut. She turned her head and saw a pair of eerie glowing green eyes. Daphne then remember what had happened and guessed that this was probably the man who rescued her. She was a little fearful, though. After all, he could just end up committing the same deed Draco had attempted. She quickly hid her fear, though, behind her usual Ice Queen mask.

"Good evening, miss," he spoke in a smooth, cold tone.

"Good evening, sir," she answered, hiding her caution of the man behind her mask.

"You need not worry. Had I meant to harm you, I would have done so already. You are safe here."

"Where is here?"

"Azkaban," he shrugged.

"What!?" she screeched.

"Welcome to my home. I am your host, Lord Emrys Le Fay Azkaban, along with many other titles that I don't care to remember."

"Oh…" she said faintly.

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Same time…

The Great Hall, Hogwarts

Albus Dumbledore, the Hogwarts professors and the senior members of the Order of the Phoenix were gathered around the staff table, talking about the most recent attack by Voldemort and the mysterious man who utterly destroyed everyone in the fight.

"What are we going to do, Albus? Voldemort is getting bolder. That's the second time he's attacked Hogwarts in the past month alone! I fear for our students' lives," Minerva McGonagall, the stern Transfiguration Professor, shouted.

"Yes," Dumbledore's voice was grave. "I, too, fear for our students. As for what we are going to do, we must continue to train Lia. She is our only hope of defeating Tom for good. While her talents have increased exponentially since we started tutoring her, she's still not powerful enough to defeat him. I have complete and utter faith in her ability to do so, but she is just not ready yet. I also fear that my age is catching up to me. Had it not been for the mysterious man coming in, I fear I would have died today. I was beginning to tire from my duel with Tom when the man showed up. While he was more than capable of killing us all, the man didn't. I was dead tired by the conclusion of the brief duel with him and I doubt I would have been capable of blocking another one of his spells. We were lucky he left when he did. It was thanks to him that Tom retreated, but it's also because of him that so many are dead."

"Who was he, anyways?" Lily Potter nee Evans asked.

"I am afraid I do not know, Lily," Dumbledore explained, tiredly.

"He sure was powerful," Alice Longbottom added. (She and Frank were never found in this story.)

"I'll say. I could literally feel the magic radiating off of him," James Potter responded.

"Yes, he was indeed incredibly powerful," Dumbledore nodded in agreement.

"And those spells!" Lily exclaimed. "I'd never even heard of a single one of those spells before. And the effects of each one was devastating! Do you know of any of them, Albus?"

Dumbledore sighed and rubbed above his eyes, exhausted, "I only recognized one of them, and it is one of the most advanced spells from the darkest branch of magic. I only know of this spell due to some research I've been conducting, and even then, it was only mentioned briefly."

"Well?" Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody questioned.

"The incantation was 'Anima deglubent'," Dumbledore spoke quietly.

"And? What does it do?" Kingsley demanded.

Dumbledore sighed deeply, "It flays a person's soul. If the spell is properly cast and successfully connects with its target, your soul is shredded to pieces. There is no afterlife for your soul if it connects as the spell literally destroys it, completely obliterating you from existence."

The group all absorbed the information with growing amounts of horror. A spell with the potential to do that should not exist.

"Luckily," Dumbledore broke them from their horror-filled reverie, "it can only be cast by somebody who has mastered the branch of magic it belongs to, and there have only been three other people to have mastered the branch, everyone else was driven into insanity within days, which is what happened to Tom."

"Who were they, Albus? And what branch of magic does it belong to?" Filius Flitwick, the diminutive Charms Professor, asked the ancient headmaster.

"The only ones to have mastered the branch of magic were Morgana Le Fay, Myrddin Emrys―also known as Merlin Ambrosius― and the very first Lord Azkaban," the others were in awe from the revelation. "As for what branch the spell belongs to, it belongs to the darkest branch of magic to ever exist. This branch is even worse than Necromancy. Soul magic."

Everyone save Alastor Moody was shocked that such a branch of magic even existed. The very thought of even considering to mess with souls was abominable to them. Their faces were filled with disgust that such a thing even existed.

"Well, what do we do? We can't just have that man roaming around! Did any of you see how he looked at everyone? He glared at everyone with hatred. But, four―in particular―of our number were glared at harder than the others, though," Mundungus Fletcher exclaimed.

"Who?" James asked.

"You, Lily, Dumbledore, and," he gulped, "Lia."

Chaos erupted from the table as the final name was revealed. They understood Death Eaters hating Lia, she had, after all, destroyed their Master once before, but a complete stranger hating her? Especially one so powerful? That was bad news.

"What makes you say that, Dung?" Hestia Jones demanded.

"After he knocked most of us out, he had a brief chat with Lia. Once she introduced herself, his eyes flared with an immense hatred. He then stated that it was all her, her parents, and Dumbledore's faults and that they ruined his life," he remarked, surprisingly sober for once.

Dumbledore and the Potters failed, though both for different reasons. The Potters paled because another extremely powerful person hates them and their daughter. Whereas Dumbledore paled because he had an idea as to who the man was, and boy did he hope he was wrong. He certainly remembered the young black-haired, green-eyed boy whose magical core he blocked. After all, the boy's magic at the time was even more powerful than his own, and that was when the boy was only a baby! He blocked the boy's core because of the chance that the boy would go dark and that nobody would be able to stop him. It turns out he might've been right to fear the boy going dark.

"Albus? Are you ok?" Molly Weasley asked curiously.

"Y-yes. But I think I might know who the man is," he stuttered, still bone-white.

"Who?" James demanded.

"I-I fear that the wizard is―"

BOOM!

Every head turned towards the door and saw Lia Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom, and Luna Lovegood all walking towards them. The first thing they noticed was the sickened look on Neville and Ron's faces. The second thing they noticed was just how pale they all were. The final thing they noticed, and probably the most obvious, was the mutilated body of one Draco Malfoy floating slightly behind them.

"Professor," Lia began, "we f-found Malfoy laying in one of the corridors. It looks like he was castrated and skinned," she finished, gagging slightly at the sight of the body that she presented.

Poppy Pomphrey rushed forward to examine Draco, only to be scared witless when he took a deep, shuddering breath, proving that he was still alive. She quickly worked to heal what damage she could, which wasn't much, and only managed to lessen the pain his exposed nerves would feel from not having their protective barrier, the skin.

While Poppy was attending to Draco, Dumbledore motioned for Lily, James, and Lia to follow him so he could tell them of his suspicions. They did, after all, have every right to know. He just feared how Lia would react, especially since she had never been told that she had an older twin brother.

Regardless to say, it ended badly and Lia ended up leaving the safety of Hogwarts to seek out her brother by the end of the night.