Magic and Warships
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, Kantai (Kancolle Collection) or anything else I may reference
Chapter 1
27th December 2026
United Kingdom
London
Buckingham Palace
Dull purple eyes casually flickered between the many objects that littered the halls of the old palace from the old scarlet carpet which draped itself over the floor to the paintings on the wall filled important members of the royal family. Personally he wasn't a fan of red and gold it reminded him to much of a certain set of people who he had just spent three and a half years with all the way up in Scotland, then again it wasn't up to him on the colour scheme he didn't live in the building and it was doubtful that he would be here for long. Besides the paintings and obvious signs of luxury which came with being royalty the constant presence of armed military personnel was a new experience especially when he could practically feel their stern gazes landing on him tracking his every movement. Why where there so many members of his Majesties army was located in the building with their loaded guns in their hands well it was probably due to a number of reasons the first being who he was and the second being due to the current situation in his island home.
As for his clothing well he was hardly dressed the part for meeting the King of the United Kingdom and the Common Wealth of Nations but that was hardly his fault since he had just been asked to go with members of his Majesties secret Service as he was walking along the streets of dear old London.
Still as he walked through the old halls of Buckingham Palace he could feel the constant tension of the air and the unwanted feeling that he could be killed at any time if he made the wrong decision or didn't act fast enough. Of course his go to escape method was completely off the table since the entire palace was warded preventing apparition and even if it wasn't the magical presence of the two secret intelligence service members ensured that he would be dragged right back here. However if this ended in a fight than he was pretty sure he could handle himself well after all he had spent more time then he normally would have thinking of counter measures to bullets and for all their speed and stopping power it was useless when as soon as they approached they would be transfigured into feathers.
Continuing to march through the old halls flanked by the people who had brought him here he soon found himself outside a set of gilded white doors protected by more British Grenadiers dressed in their scarlet uniforms stood at attention. With a nod from the man behind him the two guard opened the door revealing both the contents and people inside deciding not to get in a fight and potentially die he walked through the doors and into the room.
"Your Royal Majesty Heir Nathanael Tempest" With his introduction out of the way by the secret agent behind him Nat walked forward his entire body straight and with elegance suiting a person of his station. Slowly but confidently he walked to the man in the centre of the group of people who had gathered before bowing his head in respect.
"Your Royal Highness allow me to apologise for my lack of suitable dress if i had known i was to be attending to your home I would have worn more appropriate apparel " His tone was polite and respectful as he spoke to the king all the while out of the corner of his eyes he took in the other people who were standing in the room. To the man's right was the current prime minster Andrew Hawthorn leader of the current Labour government, to the prime ministers left was the sectary of state for defence Amanda Livingstone after that was the secret unless you lived in the magical world and paid attention the muggle magical relations, Sectary of State for Magic Kenneth Brown. To the kings left was the First Sea Lord Kenneth Carpenter and next to him was somebody he didn't know but going by his uniform he was also part of the Royal Navy and highly ranked more than likely an admiral. Besides these people there were four more people in the room consisting of the two agents which had brought him here a butler which was brining in tea and. Frowning internally he also realised that the minister of magic a certain Mrs Hermione Weasley nee Granger was also in attendance despite his distaste for her, her family, her politics and pretty much anything else related to her he kept it hidden after all he was in the presence of the king.
"Mr Tempest" Hearing the brunette haired woman speak his name he turned his attention over to the minister of magic keeping a calm expression.
"Mrs Weasley" Despite his perfectly calm response giving away no emotion the woman gave a brief frown at Nathanael after all she was use to people addressing her by her title unless of course it was from Nathanael and the group he belonged to who addressed her in not a rude way but a way which signalled that they did not recognise her authority. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed that the sectary for magic frowned at his apparent lack of using the title that had been given to the woman due to her position.
"Heir Tempest if you could please take a seat we could begin discussing what you have been brought here for" With a small tip of his head in respect Nat walked towards the large English oak circular table that stood to the left of the centre of the room pulling out his seat and waiting until the king sat down for permission once he had done he followed the man's example. "Now Heir Tempest before we begin allow me to introduce you to everyone". Beginning with the prime minster's lot the king than transferred to naming the two men who were wearing uniforms. "This is the First Sea Lord Kenneth Carpenter and this man here is recently promoted rear admiral George Sycamore"
Looking at the man who had apparently just been promoted although he wasn't quite sure considering the fact that nobody had been able to access the sea or oceans for just over ten years which had practically made navies utterly useless but then again when nobody was applying and your numbers were non existent you had to choose someone to take over. Still for the appearance of the man he seemed to be rather young although he wouldn't know since he hadn't served in the armed forces but the man looked in his early thirties. Pale skin, athletic build due to training, hazel eye's and hair as well as clean shaven essentially the man looked like he belonged in the military something which was made clear by his uniform. Taking his attention of the man he returned to the kings introduction of the people.
"Of course you know the minister of magic and these two fine gentleman can be referred to as Adrian and Reece" The two spies did nothing as their obviously fake names were stated more than likely for his benefit so he had something to refer to them as not that it mattered much as he doubted he would have much interaction with them. "Now on to the task at hand". Graciously accepting the cup of tea that was handed to him by the butler Nat proceeded to take a sip before watching the king as he informed him of his goals.
"One month ago Adrian managed to get a hold of a ritual during his time in Japan from Sakura Saito" Nat didn't react as he heard the last name he was more than aware of who the woman was and her reputation of being mad although she was also considered a genius at least until she mysteriously disappeared. "Unfortunately she passed away however before she did she passed the ritual onto Adrian in the hopes of passing it onto you" With a small nod of his head towards the secret agent the man took a drink of some of his tea before carrying on what the king was talking about.
"Whilst the two of you have never spoken to one another it is a known fact that you have studied each other's work even if you decided to keep that secret". Nat didn't say anything as the man spoke giving him the time to continue after all it would be rude to intercept. "Before she died she stated that this ritual would be able to solve the world's sea problems; however, she also stated that to complete it she needed to work with you. Since you are the only person who has discovered and kept secret the knowledge on how to get magic to work with technology" Seeing that Nat wasn't reacting the man carried on. "After translating the ritual we discovered that it was a summoning type and proceeded to test it out, Hopefully so that we see what it would do however as you can guess by your presence we failed." Keeping his typical calm expression Nat finished taking a sip of his tea before he spoke.
"I do seriously hope you put in protective measures when doing this Adrian; after all the last time summoning magic was performed demons came forth and we had to restrain them at Azkaban at least until you and your predecessor Mrs Weasley. Especially since according to them it was better to release soul sucking demons into the general populace, we can only be thankful that some of us had the intelligence to hunt them down and bring them back to the island" Nat didn't have to do anything as he felt the rage building up in the woman for insulting her and her policiys but if the minister had any intelligence or respect for wizarding culture then she would have realised that the policies that she and her fellow like minded families were putting in place was going to lead to a full scale civil war again.
"Indeed we did, all spare artillery, aircraft, Aurors, and military personnel were ready in case the worst broke out" The quick reply was to be expected of a man who was more than used to telling other people what the situation was and to the younger wizard in the room it was nice to know that people had planned ahead before attempting to do something so foolish.
"Good to know but that leaves the question what exactly do you want me to do with this ritual?" At those words there was a very small flash of annoyance in the eyes of the people present.
"Due to the nature of the ritual Miss Saito not only keyed it to the both of you but also enchanted the paper that the ritual came on so only you would have the full details of her notes. As such if this ritual works you will be the only person capable of performing it; therefore, we would need you to spend your time with us in Portsmouth and help us maintain whatever the ritual is". Curious Nat looked over at the small notebook that he was being given just going by its magical signature alone he could tell that it had been keyed to him by blood magic although how he could only think if a few ways. Opening it up Nat had a quick read through of its contents refusing to access the full amount until he gained privacy later; however he could very much understand why whatever magical people they had were unaware of what the ritual actually summoned.
"If i were to agree with this plan what would i get in return?" He kept his calm expression as his eyes constantly moved onto each member of the room trying to figure out what each person's angle was in this entire game. The first to crack in this case was the prime minister as he looked him in the eye.
"Ten million pounds a year as well as anything within reason we are also aware your duelling career so unless it is in dire situation we would allow you to attend events or training" Despite the way the man spoke it was very clear to Nat just how desperate the man seemed to be but than again he remembered the mans election pledges of gaining control of the seas and oceans thankfully he wasn't one of Corbyn fanatics. When the man died suddenly from being pushed in front of a train it had sent the politics of the nation out of wack for a bit but a new leader was found who supported some of the mans policies but not all of them and was also a lot stronger. Using that to his advantage the fairly unheard of politician was able to make his way to the top of labour kick out Corbyns supporters and refashion the labour party making it far more vote friendly to people.
"Very well I have a few things one i would like a fully operational driving license" The group looked at the young teenager before them and nodded as they weighed up the consequences of such a decision.
"That can be arranged while you are young you will be working with the military and therefore may need to travel between places without the use of magic" It was an interesting change to hear a prime minister with a northern accent but it was a nice one as the man had concentrated far more on improving the rest of the U.K rather than just London.
"I would also like an apparition license despite graduating both Magical and Mundane education i have been turned down personally by the minister of magic despite passing all qualifications to do so" Eyes turned to the minister of magic as she narrowed her eyes at the young teenager he distaste for not only the young man but the people he represented was well known especially when she had made a mess of trying to put forward a child from the "light side" to take his place as Britain's duelling representative in the under seventeen world duelling championship.
"Minister Granger while you have been independent for a long time and you personally fought int he second wizarding war is it not against your own laws to discriminate" Seeing the pressure mounting on her from the muggle governments the woman nodded but obviously in distaste.
"I will see to it when we finish this meeting" With an unimpressed look the kind nodded before turning his attention onto the teenager.
"Now Heir Tempest is there anything else you would like to request of us" Speaking gently but firmly the King and leader of the common wealth of nations figured out what a person would want in return for such a massive undertaking.
"With your respect your majesty the ability to vote as well as that no attempts will be made to part me with my knowledge." There was a silent nod of heads as they agreed to the terms besides Hermione who was rather angry although she glared at the teenager before speaking.
"Heir Tempest as I have made before you cannot keep such important information that could enable the merging of magical and muggle societies to yourself. If you continue in trying to do so than I will have you arrested" Keeping calm Nat refused to even look at the woman, sometimes he even wondered how such a person who didn't even bother to learn the culture of wizarding society had been elected but then he remembered she rod of her popularity from the war. She may have support from the larger amount of light families but she was making clear enemies and if she went the way she was going by ripping up traditions and heritage all for her master plan then she would end up dead and start a war due to her stupidity.
"As has been explained to you before Mrs Weasley you do not have the power to do son and our own laws about family magic are set in stone that you cannot change. If you continue to try and defy that then you will find yourself on trial in time or starting another war" The laws regarding family magic were old going back to before even the establishment of magical governments while technically not set in stone or magic they were considered so like the rights in the American constitution.
"I could always have a law passed through the Wizengamot that all family magic should be made public i'm very sure i would have support for such an action especially with how desperate the mundane raised community are to have working technology around magic" It was an idle threat from the woman and one of the reasons for the ever widening divide in magical society. Nat didn't know if the woman had realised yet that supposed "Light" side was leading magical society to yet another civil war then again with her bullheadedness he doubted it.
"As I said before Mrs Weasley you canot enact such a decion without massive consequences" Growling at the little brat as he managed to stay calm the rest of the people could only watch as the two members on two different sides of the magical society clashed in a verbal duel with each other hoping for supremacy.
"I'm sure the light wouldn't mind if this meeting ended with death eater filth like you in the ground" The immediate response to the threat was a glare from the two secret intelligence members as they subtly prepared themselves in case a fight broke out and things got lucky.
"Such language is not acceptable in front of his majesty" Hermione glared at Nat but couldn't find a single crack as he continued to speak calmly and professionally unlike her who had started to become angry with it showing in the way she spoke. Realising that she had been defeated in this duelling spar she continued to remain quiet realising that she had made herself look like a complete and utter fool. "Going back to our conversation i realise that this is only possible if this ritual turns to be a success otherwise i expect things will return to normal".
"Indeed Heir Tempest now the reason why these two fine gentleman are here is because if this succeeds than they will be the ones in charge of any possible operations with such a creature" Nat nodded with the man's statement despite not being able to tell what exactly the ritual summoned it was more than likely some kind of powerful sea creature that would be used against whatever lurked in the oceans and seas of the world. He also agreed with having people in the actual navy take control of operations and whatever he might summon, after all whilst he could summon such a creature the actual control and mission command would be better left to the people who specialised in that job; and in this case, it wasn't him. With any luck all he would have to do is be nearby and just get whatever the creature was to calm down. Summoning magic after all had a tendency to link the two sets of people with magic; meaning he would have to inform the creature that whilst he was its master it had to do the orders of the nice people in the military uniforms. With any hope they had a lot of guns, if this turned out to be some kind of water demon who had intent on sinking the entire worlds land mass so it could then consume the souls of the creatures he would like to know that h has some serious firepower behind him. However despite the brief look at the ritual he doubted he would be summoning anything near that power and if he did well he wouldn't see the consequences since that type of raw power would just knock him dead. Powerful he may especially with him being considered the next Dumbledore but he was still just fourteen and had graduated Hogwarts besides what would his sister say.
"It is a pleasure to meet you Heir Tempest i look forward to working with you in the future" Looking over to the rear admiral Nat shook his hand since it was the polite thing to do.
"I take it than you will be in charge of commanding such a creature if it works" The man nodded as he looked at the person who was apparently their last chance of being able to put back ships in the water though if they were successful fish would more than likely forever curse his name.
"Indeed do you by any chance have an idea of how long it will take you to complete the ritual "The eagerness in the man's tone was rather obvious but Nat couldn't blame him after all in a sense it was the rush of battle finally being capable of doing something the same feeling he had whenever he entered combat.
"The ritual seems fairly complete besides adjusting it to work with magic and reading what has been hidden with blood magic, i would say i should be ready to go on the first of January" The Admiral gave a small smile as his eyes continued to burn with excitement as he realised that he was even closer to maybe taking back the seas than he had initially hoped.
"That is good i look forward to seeing you at Portsmouth" Nat nodded to the man as he recognised the fact that he would be working with the military in a few days time changing his point of interest to the two secret agents he asked another question.
"The basic list here states that we're going to need oil, ammunition, steel and bauxite have you cast the appropriate charms to give an infinite supply?" Nodding the two men remembered what they had to do as they set up their base of operations on the old major harbour for trade into the city well it had been thirty five years ago though it alongside every other single town city or village on the coast had been obliterated.
"We have and if it wasn't for magic we would be dangerously low on supplies and you could only imagine what the reaction would be if the public discovered that magical's had the ability to give and infinite supply of items" Nat didn't say anything but the mans choice of words was rather poor of course he knew what the reaction would be full scale riots and possibly a revolution like the French had. Suffice to say if you read between the lines than you would discover that this ritual was the last hope that the United Kingdom had.
"Good i will contact you if i discover that there areany more materials needed" The men nodded as much as they disliked having to wait for any possible details they couldn't afford to mess up they had tried anything they could think of all to no affect and their supplies were dangerously thin if this plan had any percentage of success than it was worth it in their eyes.
"Very good Heir Tempest i take it we have an agreement" The King spoke happy that the meeting was coming to a close with all people agreeing to the terms a contract was quickly wrote up and with all people signing it the people inside the room left one by one until only the young purple eyes wizard the secret agents and the king remained.
"Heir Tempest I am thankful you accepted this in all honesty i was expecting you to flatly refuse to work with the current government due to Mrs Weasley being involved" The old man's words were highly evident of what he thought of the situation though they then turned to a darker tone.
"I would be careful around that woman. i know that there will be another magical war i just hope that you can keep it contained and delayed until we at least have a foot hold in the seas if not. Well if it comes down to it i will issue you and your sister immunity so that you may continue to help our nation though in all truth when it comes down to it you have my support in the war as you do the secret intelligence service" A quick glance behind him informed Nat that the two men who had brought him into the old building were ready to fight and die for what some muggle raised magical's referred to as the conservative party in the magical government.
"I appreciate the support your Majesty i only hope that this ritual will work" With a bow once again showing his support to the man he apparated out of the building since whilst the palace was guarded they couldn't have wards as they would short circuit the electricity in the building.
1st January 2057
United Kingdom
Portsmouth
Crack
The sound of a wizard using magic to apparate would have been heard in the streets of Portsmouth had anyone actually been there to hear him but that was not his fault. Looking at his surroundings Nat kept his calm expression as the old and destroyed city remained silent in ruins, the description of such a place was like that of a city during the second world that had been bombed heavily. Craters were everywhere and not a single building was left intact only rubble of what had once been houses remained and buried within that rubble and destroyed city were bodies. The bodies of the deceased had long since been reduced to bone alone as wear and tear had ravaged their corpses leaving the area like that after a nuclear apocalypse.
Continuing to walk along the old dead streets of Portsmouth once a highly important city hosting many ships for both trade and war as well as museums with HMS Victory being the most legendary among them. He could only imagine what this place would have been like before humanity had been forced out of the seas by whatever lurked in the fog, Unfortunately he had only been a child and therefore never visited Portsmouth before it was decimated. Only that it would have been much better than before the country had lost over half its population as a result. Still he had no time to reminisce on the past he had a job to perform and the people here were waiting for his arrival perhaps if he was successful in summoning whatever this ritual did than the old city may one day finally be returned back to its former glory with the ships coming in to trade and the Royal Navy's warships docked proudly instead of being sunk at the bottom of the ocean.
Casting a trail spell an improvement on the old point me charm a small glowing fog trail emerged showing him the way to wherever the Royal Navy had set up shop to house the creature that he would call forth. Unfortunately since the satellites had been down longer than humanity had been forced from the sea he only had old images of the area and was therefore forced to apparate on the edge of the city and make his way in.
As the wind blew through his hair he gave it a quick charm to tidy it up again so he could prevent it from getting knotted up and causing problems later on. His appearance wasn't anything really special for somebody his age standing at 176cm he was just slightly taller than the average male for fourteen years old whilst his body shape was a mix of acrobatic and athletic designed so that it could handle the stresses of being a magical duellist. The tone of his skin was paler than average and the structure of his face would be considered plain by most people if not slightly ugly, it wasn't a case of having any malformed body parts bur rather purely by genetics. His hair was a neatly combed bright golden blonde coloured that extended halfway down his back something which had become rather rarer among people nowadays since most people were having shorter hair on average. If anything was unique about his appearance it would be his dull violet eyes they weren't anything like how people imagined such eye colour to be with it being bright and beautiful or really clear instead acting more like an old neglected piece of amethyst which had become seriously darkened. Due to his slanted eyebrows the eyes made it appear that he was constantly angry but then his facial parts were small, small boring plain lips, small ears, and small eyes.
To complete this look his clothing was rather plain with it all being black the only splashes of colour being on his jacket but even that was small being nearly completely over whelmed by the dark black that it contrasted with. The clothes themselves only consisted of a t-shirt a hooded jacket, trousers and boots since he had a rather poor opinion on trainers in general.
Finally arriving at the only intact or more than likely rebuilt using magic building in the entire city Nat knocked on the door to the old warehouse where some random person dressed in a naval uniform and seemingly compared his face to one on a photo before letting him in and escorting him tough the old structure. After a quick tour which consisted of the man simply stating where things were compared to their current position Nat was finally brought into the largest area of this new base that was more than likely rebuilt to host whatever creature he summoned up with the ritual that he had inherited.
The current area seemed to be more of an old type of warehouse with its high ceiling and dangling down lights though what gave away that it was a warehouse on the coast was the small bay of water that acted seemingly like a pool. This was where he found the man who would be in charge of whatever came from this attempt to retake the seas he was checking over the supplies that were apparently needed for the ritual as besides the four that were originally mentioned in the ritual apparently a flag was needed. As a result the man was looking at the items in confusion before one of his subordinates approached him informing him that the wizard had arrived reacting to this the thirty year old admiral turned around and approached the wizard giving him a nod.
"Heir Tempest are you ready for this" Nat nodded to the man as he acknowledged his presence before replying.
"Yes did you have the items you arranged in the way i told you to" The man nodded as he looked at the strange shape that they had been organised in.
"Yes do rituals typically do this type of thing?" Asking the question Nat noticed that the other muggle's were interested in the answer as they stopped work to try and sate their curiosity of just getting more information on magic.
"Depends on the ritual though with this one it still doesn't state what we will be summoning so i hope you have your spare weaponry ready" He spoke calmly even as he internally thought of every single possible creature he could summon on to this planet suffice to say it wasn't pretty and he only hoped that he was wrong or whatever did come was controllable.
"Indeed artillery is in range and aircraft are ready to scramble as well as Aurors ready to apparate in" With a nod of his head a wand instantly appeared in Nats hands where he quickly cast a set of privacy charms preventing people from seeing what he would be drawing. Using the cutting charm he then proceeded to carve through the stone floor creating the symbols of the ritual as well as changing them where needed to allow technology to work with magic rather than the latter shortening out the former out and ruining the plan. This continued for half an hour as he followed the rather complex diagram which he had since adjusted allowing for the ritual to work as planned rather than failing however Saito had arrange for this making him wonder how much she knew what was going to be called forth.
It was a five pointed star inside a circle where each of the original materials had placed at the end and the flag of the United Kingdom was placed in the last as a result these would all act as catalysts. A silent command was given As Nat apparated back from the recently drawn ritual allowing all those with weapons to point it at the centre of the ritual ready to open fire should the worst occur.
"What do you think will happen?" Idly looking to his left Nat replied to the concerned voice of the admiral obviously anxious at the result of such magic something that Nat could completely understand. After all summoning like this had been illegal for centuries the last known time it had occurred brought the dementors into the world and the result of that fuck up was still with them in the modern day
"Well considering who made it i would probably say some type of tentacle monster or Godzilla since that what Japanese are obsessed with" Remaining quiet the admiral could only think about the odd few Japanese inspired films he had seen before he gave the order to finish the last step of the ritual.
"Do it"
Allowing his raw power to flow out of his body via his wand and into the summoning ritual the people in the room all braced themselves for combat as the floor lit up before becoming brighter and brighter where it quickly became a pillar of light almost blinding people. Thankfully the wizard and admiral had brought sunglasses preventing the light from damaging their eyes allowing them to see as the catalysts utterly disappeared before the light than condensed and started to die down.
With his wand pointed at the light Nat watched as the light column condensed until it became a shape it was only when the light utterly disappeared that he alongside the rest of the people watching took in the shape of what they had summoned.
It was small if Nat was to guess it was only a metre and a half tall it also had pale skin making it appear human though it seemed to have clothes as fabric started to wrap around its body quickly taking in what was probably a white skirt which covered the knees as well as a blue and white chequered shirt that had a bow tie of the material instead of a tie. Flesh became more apparent as a human body structure made its way known to all those in the room as did the small legs which supported this creature as it stood up for the first time in its entire existence. After that though came the most surprising thing as the final amount of light died away giving shape to a young girl who stared straight at them giving a proud salute whilst her black hair which had been tied into a pony tail stopped swaying as if it had been caught in a magical wind. The creatures face was cute as if she was only eleven years old had she been human though the apparent happy expression it was creating made some of the people think that it was more cute than absolutely terrifying. As if a potential demon was as adorable as some puffed up kitten. Looking at one another briefly both the wizard and the admiral shared their confusion with one brief look but what worried every living being in the room and watching via cameras was what happened next.
"HMS Cambletown reporting for duty"
This story is one of three new ones I am creating it uses the same main oc from my original story of Magic and Eldertale (Harry Potter+Log Horizon crossover). This story as well as the others may not be continued since it was something i am trying out however i will be creating a new poll on my profile so people can vote on which story they would like continued on the most.
If this story is carried on some things to know is that there will typically be mistakes in sentence structure and punctuation there is also the possibility that since Magic and Eldertale is my main story that i may accidentally reveal things or put in things too early. These stories will also have recent politics, changed timelines and strong opinions of the main character. If you read my first story ahead of this one than you may get a better idea of who the main character is since at the time of publishing this story Magic and eldertales has 29 chapters and 324,397 words.
If you wish to read the other stories they will be under the following titles.
Magic and Eldertale (Original fanfiction, Harry Potter and Log Horizon)
Magic and Gods (New Fanfiction Harry Potter and Danmachi (Is it wrong to try to pick up girls in a dungeon)
Magic and Warships (New Fanfiction Harry Potter and Kantai (Kancolle collection)
Magic and Remnant (New Fanfiction Harry Potter and RWBY
