The Half-ling of Hogwarts
Summary: Sort of based on the Hunchback of Notre Dame- Harry Potter is raised in the highest tower of Hogwarts Monastery by Minister Thomas Riddle. He has spent all his years watching the people below him wishing he could spend one day with them. However, Riddle told him he was filthy and that only the Church could contain his filth, so Harry never dared go outside his tower walls. His job there was to ring the bells with his Godfather and guardian spirit, so he was not always alone. One day however, Harry notices a festival being set up, apparently for the return of King Albus and his Queen Minerva. Harry cannot resist temptation and sneaks out, without Riddle ever knowing.
Disclaimer: I'm not rich, so I don't own Harry Potter nor any of the other characters/terms used in the story. The above mentioned belong to J.K. Rowling and the originators of the myths I used, who ever they are.
Warnings!!! : This is SLASH as in (boy x boy) exclusively!!!!! Don't like it, please don't read it. I'm a fan of DracoxHarry, so I'm sorry if you don't like it, but I'll write what I feel like writing. Rating might go up, not too sure so be warned.
Chapter 0- The Beginning
The kingdom of Hogwarts was young, but prosperous at the beginning of our story. The chosen young Prince Albus Dumbledore had just ascended to the throne, and had married his best friend Minerva McGonagall. He was a powerful wizard, the strongest they say after his legendary triumph over the evil warlock Grindlewald. He was privy to all sorts of secrets, even those of the Gods. This secret of the Gods is known by all, as mere legend now. It is the beginning story of Noah and the Ark, and the original reason for the great flood. Albus was friend to one of these holders of the secret, and soon figured out what his friend was.
His friend was named James Ukko Potter, and he was still young even in human years. James was one of what were called the Grigori, or the Watchers; a group who are in one legend guardians of the "doorways between the physical plane and that which is beyond." The Watchers were dispatched to Earth simply to watch over the people. The first group that were named the Watchers began to lust for the human women they saw, and at the prodding of their then leader, they defected en masse to illicitly instruct and procreate among humanity. They became a group of fallen angels, and their union to humans gave rise to a race of hybrids known as the Nephilim.
The Nephilim were savage giants who pillage the earth and endangered humanity. Not only did their children attempt to destroy the world, the fallen taught their humans arts and technologies such as weaponry, cosmetics, mirrors, sorcery, and such which were intended to be discovered gradually over time by humans, not given to them all at once.
The Nephilim are the reason one God allows a Great Flood to rid the earth of them, but He first sends the angel Uriel to warn Noah so as not to eradicate the human race. It is supposed that the Nephilim still remain of earth even after the Great Flood, but it is also told that the Watchers themselves are bound in the valleys of the Earth until Judgment Day. It is according to the belief that their sins filled the Earth with violence and the world was destroyed as a result of their intervention that this story takes a turn for the worst.
James is part of the second dispatched Grigori, and like their predecessors they fell in love with the beautiful daughters of man. Now in the know, the Gods made it so that angels feel no lust, and were unable to procreate with humans. Anytime an angel looks at a human with anything remotely resembling a lustful feeling are instantly feeling decidedly ill. This brings us back to Albus and James sitting in the Hogwarts castle.
"James my friend, what is the matter?" A young Albus Dumbledore asked worried for his new found divine friend.
James Potter glumly sighed and perched himself on Albus' desk in his private study. "I've not yet found the love of my life Albus, and I know I won't fall for any human girls thanks to the sick feeling we all get when we look at them. I've been looking for the best, and only want the most beautiful, intelligent, and perfect woman the universe can offer. However, I can't seem to find her." He replied sorrowfully, looking at his only human friend with such a pitiful face, Albus couldn't help but laugh slightly.
"Oh, don't worry so James! You'll find her one day when you least expect it. Besides, you're still young- barely 20- and that is saying something for you angels. You have many more years to search for the perfect woman, so don't give up hope so soon." Albus said reassuringly, smiling at his friend for added support.
James smiled back. "Yeah, you're right. It's not like me to get so put out like this. It's probably because today's the day Padfoot is going to be sacrificed for that new church of your Kingdom's. Speaking of which, he wanted me to be there for him, and it's almost three already! I'll see you later Albus, and tell Minnie I said hello."
With that, the Wished-he-was-Fallen angel spread his wings and took flight soaring out the open window on his way to Hogwarts Monastery. Albus frowned, thinking of the truly barbaric church rituals that were being performed, and that he now knew they meant nothing to the Gods. James had told Albus all about a large black dog named Sirius (nicknamed Padfoot by James) who had become James' best friend 5 years previous. The black dog is essentially a nocturnal specter, often associated with the Devil, and its appearance is regarded as a portent of death. James' friend was going to become a Kyrkogrim, otherwise known as a Church Grim, today- the last building day of the new Hogwarts monastery. They would bury this completely
Black dog on the North side of the grounds whilst he is still alive, creating a guardian spirit, the church grim, in order to protect the church from the Devil. Albus did not have the power to tell the church to stop their rituals and hoped Padfoot would assist James in his search for the "love of his life."
Unbeknownst to the group of friends, James would find said love when he least expected, just like Albus said he would. Only the meeting would not happen for another 50 years, whilst James was lost in his flight over the Forbidden Forest, so named by humans who feared the mischievous and malignant spirits and demons whom resided there.
50 years, 8 months, 1 week, 4.5 days, 12 hours, 15 minutes, and 43 seconds later~
"Curse you Albus with your 'eventually find her' speech. Padfoot isn't helping either the jerk. Just because he's fallen in love with the captured werewolf residing within the church walls he doesn't care about my love plight. Though admittedly, Remus is a nice guy and will be good for Sirius and his overly enthusiastic bell ringing." James grumbled to himself aloud, mentally counting in another minute and 5 seconds to his "Waiting for the Love of my life" watch.
James looked around briefly, before pausing in his flight. "Where am I?" He looked down at the forest below him and almost fell over having realized he flew a lot longer than he thought. He recognized where he was, but that was not his main concern anymore. For below him, was a large spring of water and he could see the most beautiful woman his eyes had ever had the fortune to lay upon.
Hurriedly flying down and hiding in a tree nearby, James carefully observed his surroundings and the creature his beloved was. The Forbidden forest was chalk full of dangerous creatures that wouldn't hesitate to take a bite out of him simply because he was and Angel, or because he was male. He deemed the area around him safe, but that had averse affects on his hope that the beautiful red haired lady was not a dangerous creature.
He took in her blood red hair and captivating emerald green eyes, and on her naked back were beautiful dark red webbed wings. She was wearing a pale pink dress made of a fine material, looking similar to the clothing of ancient Egyptians. James knew what she was now and he smiled happily. He had heard of the misfortunes that fall upon humans who meet one such as her, but he didn't care what befell him if only she would return his love. He looked at her again noticing her stand and wade into the water carefully.
James smiled gently at the Dones d'aigua- commonly called water-women. She was not immortal, but would live for thousands of years and retain her beauty and youth no matter how close she was to death. James couldn't have thought of a better creature to love than one which symbolized the fertility and life-giving virtues of water, and who would try to bring wealth and well-being to the areas they lived in. He wondered briefly if she was able to perform magic with a hazel wand like many of her kin, and even some humans, could.
Slowly and carefully James approached her spring careful not to startle her nor enter her spring as it would be seen as an insult. Having heard James' soft foot falls, the red haired beauty hurried turned around and hazel wand magically appearing in her hands, her stance defensive. Her eyes widened briefly noticing James' angelic wings. James held his hands up in surrender.
"Hello there, my lady. I happened to be flying by (admittedly lost) and I noticed you down her admiring your obviously beautiful reflection and I absolutely had to come and say hello." James said soothingly.
The Dones d'aigua narrowed her eyes. "Well you have, now leave."
James smiled warily. "I see you don't quite trust me…. Oh, I know! I'll give you my name and you can use it however you wish. Call upon me if you ever need me, or even when you don't. "
She smiled. "No, now leave."
James gaped. "N-no?! But I have searched for near a century to find the most beautiful, intelligent, perfect woman in the world, and now that I see her lovely visage before me, she turns me away?! Lord, my God, my creator… how you must despise me!" James yelled up to the heavens.
The Gods meanwhile looked at each other carefully. "Have any… sevens?"
"Go fish."
Meanwhile the water woman couldn't hold back a blush, knowing as she did that angels did not lie, especially in the middle of an emotional outburst. While she watched the angel fume despairingly she could help but laugh. James paused in his tirade and stared in shock at the laughing lady of water. He sat down at the edge of her spring, careful not to touch it, and he smiled brightly at her.
She calmed herself and waded closer to him. "Alright then Watcher, my name's Lily- Lily Luna Evans."
James' smiled grew broader in his happiness. "It's nice to meet you Lady Lily! I'm James Ukko Potter."
Lily smiled back. "You share the name of my Goddess' husband- unusual for a non-Dones d'aigua. How'd you come by it?"
James smiled. "Ah, a wonderful story that my mother enjoys telling me constantly. My mother whilst pregnant with me was flying somewhere (she doesn't know exactly where) when she noticed a giant sea serpent chasing after a Dones d'aigua. My mother was always trying to help people, thus without care to her own life (or my own apparently) she hurried in and saved the Dones d'aigua from the serpent. The Goddess of fertility Akka was so grateful that my mother was willing to sacrifice herself and that of her unborn child that she blessed my mother and my birth, allowing my mother to give me her husband's name as my middle. That is of course the short version, as the longer one will put you to sleep instantly, believe you me."
Lily laughed, and James swore he had never heard a more beautiful sound on Earth or in Heaven. When James left it was with a promise that he would return the next day, and he did constantly. In the mornings he did his job as a Watcher, mostly chatting with King Albus and Queen Minerva and then visiting Sirius and the seemingly constantly blushing werewolf named Remus. Then he would book it to Lily's spring, where they would talk, laugh, dance, and when finally convinced swimming and flying. Lily's wings were small and mostly used to help her swim faster, but were able to support her in flying. James however was always nearby just in case.
It was a few years later that the two decided to marry, and they did so at Hogwarts Monastery so Sirius and the recently deceased Remus could attend. King Albus presided over their union and the Gods thought nothing of it. After all, who were they to stop true love when faced with it? Besides, they never banned their Angels from falling in love, only stopped their senseless lust for the daughters of man. And a bonus (in their eyes) Lily was not a Daughter of man, but a powerful Dones d'aigua. Three years after their marriage, Lily gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on July 31st. Their baby was the perfect mix of the two of them with James' wild black hair and one angel wing; and with Lily's emerald eyes and one webbed wing. They named him Hadrien Akko Sierra Viselle Potter, or Harry for short. Sirius was named his godfather, while Remus was named his guardian spirit.
It was a few months after Harry's birth that the King and Queen were called away to meet with foreign monarchs for an alliance. The Minister in place, a Tom Riddle, decided that the Kingdom was being over run with sinful filth, and began his plans to purge the Kingdom of said filth. He started small, beheading criminals of all types- petty thieves to murderers- then he began to target those who did not pay their taxes on time, dealing out harsh punishments and raising the taxes. People began to die left and right, either from Minister Riddle demanding their beheading, starvation from raised taxes, or by each other. The Watchers were called to gather, as they had to report Riddle's misdeeds, and knowing they had to somehow stop him. The Gods however told them not to interfere as they could possibly make it worse. James was the only one who could not abide by their judgment, as Riddle was already targeting creatures, some driven toward extinction. Sirius and Remus were safe so long as they stayed within the church, but lily and his son lived in the Forbidden Forest which was steadily being emptied.
James did the only thing he could think of, and that was to rally the rest of the creatures to fight for their freedom. It did not take a lot of work, as all creatures were vying to fight against the murderous human who dared tried to exterminate them. James had been reluctantly persuaded to allow Lily fight as well, and they left Harry with Sirius and Remus.
Somehow, Minister Riddle had found out about their rebellion and was prepared for their arrival. A legion of Riddle's supporters and the royal guard had been waiting for them, and though things seemed fairly evenly match, James and the other creatures were surprised when Riddle himself came out into the battle. They were further surprised to see a wand in his hand and a book of spells, belonging to Albus, floating beside him. Lily recognized the book instantly and carefully watched Riddle's wand movements, pulling out her own wand. Spells were cast and countered by the two, almost evenly matched with the other creatures adding in their own special brands of magic whilst fighting off the soldiers and such.
The two sides withdrew for a reprieve, both sides being exhausted. Minister Riddle sent out the order for James and Lily Potter to be captured dead or alive above all else. He sent spies to find out who their closest friends were, and where they lived, who was in their immediate family? Anything and everything he could find out he did, and he would stop at nothing to destroy and take away all that they held dear for daring to defy him.
It was soon after his spy came to him with knowledge of James' and Lily's only family and friends besides the King and Queen. A Kyrkogrim, a deceased werewolf- both of whom resided within the Church, a place Riddle could not touch nor invade- but there was one he could reach. The son of Lily and James Potter still lived within the Forbidden Forest, but from what his pry told him all the creatures were dead set on protecting their leaders and their son. Why though, Riddle's spy did not know. Not only that, but even if he could distract the rebels in a battle, they left their son with his Godfather in the Church. Riddle locked himself in his study (Albus' study) and thought long and hard, plotting a way to capture the son to the rebel leaders, and to kill the family stirring the filth of the land.
Word was sent that Lily Potter whom had matched Riddle in a magic fight three times now was to be killed on sight, and anyone caught aiding the rebels would be destroyed, be they human or ghost. The Church Grim, Sirius, and his mate Remus shared worried looks at the news before hurrying to James and Lily to share the news. Sadness and fear was met by the news, and creatures called for Lily to take her son and hide within the Church of her Goddess, as Riddle could not enter without being boiled alive. James had to agree, for Lily was now a major target, and if they left Harry with Sirius and Remus at the Hogwarts Monastery they would be exorcised by Riddle's darkest spells. The only problem they saw was that the Church of the Goddess Akko was only accessible through the Black Lake, which was at the doorsteps of Hogwarts castle.