Nox Noctis Est Nostri

By- ainaak ka-lyrra

The GhostWalker Creed:

We are the GhostWalkers, we live in the shadows

The sea, the earth and the air are our domain

No fallen comrade will be left behind

We are loyalty and honor bound

We are invisible to our enemies and we destroy them where we find them.

We believe in justice and we protect our country and those unable to protect themselves

What goes unseen, unheard and unknown are GhostWalkers

There is honor in the shadows and it is us.

We move in complete silence whether in jungle or desert.

We walk among our enemy unseen and unheard.

Striking without sound and scatter to the winds before they have knowledge of our existence.

We gather information and wait with endless patience for that perfect moment to deliver swift justice.

We are both merciful and merciless

We are relentless and implacable in our resolve

We are the GhostWalkers and the night is ours.

Nox noctis est nostri

Chapter 1- Prologue

Harry sat quietly on the floor, ignoring the toys scattered around him. To anyone looking at him he would seem like a pouting 15 month old baby, but known only to himself and his dead parents he was an extraordinary 5 year old with many talents and the amazing ability the change his age at will.

Harry knew for a fact that Peter Pettigrew was the cause of his parents death but he could do nothing about it, to the wizarding world he was just a toddler who had defeated the most powerful Dark Wizard in the world, a toddler who had lost his parents in the process and who had no real meaning of right and wrong. But unknown to the wizarding world or even their closest friends, Lily and James Potter had been keeping him a secret for years.

Harry completely understood the need for secrecy, they had been only fifteen when he had been conceived, he would've been taken away from them if they had told anyone, and it hadn't really been intentional, the wonders of alcohol could bring about many things. This particular brand of alcohol had brought about his existence, so he wasn't terribly sad about it. One might say that his thoughts and feelings were too mature for some one his age, but when you grew up the way he had, seen the things he had seen, you had to note he had to grow up no matter how much his parents had tried to shield him from the happenings in the world.

Harry glanced around the large spacious room, taking in the various children that ran around it. He was very envious of them, they who ran around freely not knowing about the terrible world just outside the doors until they had to leave this safe haven and had to open their eyes and take notice. However others would leave and remain ignorant until it was too late. He sadly had not been allowed either luxury.

He often wondered why Professor Dumbledore had placed him with those horrible people he had the dishonor of calling aunt and uncle. They had not even seen fit to take him in instead they had sent him to an orphanage, not that it was a bad orphanage. Harry was very sure that he would've been better taken care of in a strict orphanage then with his relatives anyway.

The door suddenly opened and he dully noted that it was a older man that was balding who had bright calculative blue eyes, eyes that seemed to take in everything at once and analyze it piece by piece until they got a desired answer, this man had the eyes of a scientist. Harry wondered what a man with eyes like those was doing in a orphanage.

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He glanced around the room taking in the children and he tried not to cringe in disgust. So much talent wasted, they could be powerful, they could be acknowledged as the respected protectors of the world, but instead their talents and abilities wasted away from disuse and they grew too old to be manipulated into the perfect weapons.

"May I help you?". came a voice behind him, and he turned and looked at the motherly woman standing behind him. He smiled at her warmly. "Yes you see, my wife and I want children and we cannot have them." he said sadly. And inwardly smiled when she gave him a look of sympathy. " I'm very sorry to hear that, we have children here at all ages, which ones would you prefer to adopt?". She asked kindly. "Well since my wife and I want to raise a child it would best be a baby newly born or children too young to walk and talk, my wife and I want to be able to teach them how to do all of these things. It would also be best if they were female. My wife always wanted to have a big family so I wish to adopt many of them." he said cheerfully.

The woman seemed very surprised. "We have been planning this for a long time, ever since we discovered we couldn't have children together." he explained. She nodded and motioned for him to follow her.

They stepped into a room that had a lot of cribs in them. "The right side has all of the girls, call me back when you have decided." she said, before stepping out of the room.

He slowly stared down at the small baby girls as he walked pass them, weighing their worth, and quickly began making plans when three of them looked him straight in the eye. He knew that he would be taking these three. He went to leave the room when a gurgle met his ears. He tilted his head to the side and noticed the very last crib had a small light surrounding it, nearly invisible if you didn't have sharp eyes. He stalked towards the crib and froze, the little girl had several wisp of pure white hair and her eyes were void of color. Faint pieces of light danced over her skin and he knew she would be joining the rest of them.

After calling the woman back in told her the ones he wanted and carried two, while the woman carried the other two. He took another look around and found himself staring in bright green eyes, it was little boy, but in his eyes spoke a wisdom he probably wouldn't be able to comprehend. Yet. He smiled as he turned toward the Woman. "I want that one as well." he said.

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