The Mything Potter
A crossover between
J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter"
Robert Asprin's "Myth Adventures"
A story written by Richard G. Hosman
Disclaimer – I do not own either the Harry Potter stories or characters nor do I own the Myth Adventure stories or characters.
Chapter 1 – The War Is Over
As Harry sat in the Headmasters office talking to the portrait of Dumbledore, he wondered what would become of his life now that the Dark Lord was gone.
"What am I supposed to do now? Somehow school just doesn't seem that important any more."
Dumbledore smiled down at Harry. "Maybe not, but you should never stop learning. Can you imagine how plain and ordinary I would have been if I had stopped learning after school?"
Harry looked up with a crooked grin. "I can't imagine you ever being plain and ordinary, but how do I keep learning if school has nothing left to teach me?"
"Harry, just because Voldemort is gone doesn't mean your job is done. Your victory has proved to the wizarding world that you are indeed the "Chosen One", because of that, people will always come to you for help."
"How can I help them? I don't know enough to be any good to them even with help from Hermione and Ron."
"And that is the key to it all. You can't do it on your own Harry. You need the help of others and if you are willing, then I have the answer."
Harry let out an exasperated sigh. "Of course I'm willing, I'm just out of ideas. So, what have you got in mind this time?"
"There is a group of people that you and your friends need to meet. They can help you learn what you need to know in order to help others in ways that you could never imagine."
Harry didn't even try to hide the surprised look on his face. "Who are they and how do I find them?"
"You can find them by using the portkey you will find in my pensive. Take it with you, it wont work unless you are all touching it at the same time. As for who these people are, they are a diverse group of people, maybe a bit strange to you at first, but they are great friends."
Walking over to the cabinet where the pensive was kept, Harry stepped on the stone that would open it and looked inside. Sitting in the middle of the bowel was a paper bag with a note on top that said, FOR HARRY POTTER. Harry took the bag and looked at it. It was a plain white bag with black lettering that said YELLOW CRESANT INN.
A few days later Harry, Hermione, and Ron, were back at Number 12 Grimould Place trying to relax. Harry was wondering how he was going to tell his friends about the conversation with Dumbledore when Hermione saved him the trouble.
"So Harry, what's next?"
"What do you mean next? Haven't we done enough?"
"Come on Harry, you know better than that. People aren't going to just let you slide into the background and rest. If anything they are going to come to you to solve problems just to see if you can."
"Oy, Hermione, we just won a war. Don't you think we deserve a break for a while?" Ron asked his question through a mouth full of food.
"Well yes, I do, but others wont."
Harry stood up and started walking around the drawing room with his hands behind his back.
"What are you thinking about Harry? You know whatever it is, Ron and I will help."
"I'm thinking that before we start making plans, we need to have a meeting with everyone involved."
Ron stopped with his hand half way to his mouth and stared. "What are you talking about Harry, we're right here, isn't this a meeting?"
"I'm not just talking about us Ron. There are other people involved here."
Hermione gave a thoughtful look and asked, "Who else are you thinking of Harry?"
Harry kept pacing the drawing room as he spoke. "Well, there's Ginney, and Neville, and Luna. They went with us to the Ministry and have been with us since, so they should have a say in what happens after all they have done the last few years."
Hermione, still looking thoughtful, said, "O.K., I can see that, but you are thinking of others as well aren't you?"
"I'm thinking of Ron's parents, George, Luna's father, Professor McGonagall, Neville's grandmother, and Percy. All of them can help and should be given the choice instead of just assuming they are willing."
"Of course you're right Harry," Hermione said. "We know how to get in touch with Professor McGonagall, and she can reach Neville and his grandmother."
"My dad can get in touch with George and Percy, and even Luna and her dad," said Ron.
A week later, after all the plans had been made and everyone had been contacted, Harry was finding it a little hard to believe that everyone had been so willing to come.
The drawing room had been turned into a meeting room for the occasion and every face looked a little confused, wondering what it was all about.
Harry still hadn't told anyone about his plans. Even Ron and Hermione were still in the dark. Every time they asked, he just told them he didn't want to have to explain everything twice.
As Harry called the meeting to order, all eyes were on him and he couldn't help but feel like he was back in the Hogs Head in fifth year.
Harry told them all about the conversation with Dumbledore and what his plans were for going on this trip. When he was done it was Professor McGonagall that spoke up first.
"Potter, while I can understand and admire your faith in Albus, I can't understand why you felt you had to tell everyone here. You are an adult now, just go if that's what you want to do."
"I am going Professor, but my decision isn't the only one that matters here."
"Potter, you know, sometimes you can be just as stubborn and confusing as Albus Dumbledore. Are you sure you weren't related in some way?"
Even though she looked serious, the whole room broke into wild laughter. Finally, even she smiled and chuckled a little bit.
"While I appreciate the compliment, at least I think it was, I am thinking of the future, mine and everyone here."
Molly Weasley was looking quite confused by this remark and asked, "Harry dear, I'm not sure I understand. What does this have to do with the rest of us?"
"Dumbledore and Hermione both said that people aren't going to leave me alone just because the war is over. In fact, people are going to keep coming to me to solve their problems if not because of the prophecy, then just because they don't trust the Ministry to help them any more, and personally I can't say as I would blame them on that second point."
No one said a word as Harry spoke, especially since they knew he was right.
"The problem with trying to help everyone is that I can't do it alone."
Ginney faked a feinting spell and slid out of her chair onto the floor. "The world is coming to an end. Harry Potter just said he needs help!"
Again the room broke out in laughter and when things calmed down again Harry said, "Yes, I do need help, and that's why everyone is here."
"While I plan to go and meet these people and learn what they have to offer, I'm not the only one this trip is being offered to."
Hermione almost looked insulted at Harry and said, "Harry how could you even ask? You know that where you go Ron and I will be there with you."
"Oy mate, to even think we wouldn't be there, that would be like trying to keep Hermione away from a book."
"I had no doubt about the two of you since I have trouble keeping either of you from following me to the bathroom because you think the toilet paper will attack me."
Looking around the room he continued. "However, there are others that I must extend this invitation to."
The confused look on everyone's faces made him keep going.
"Neville and Luna, you were the ones that took the D.A. To heart and kept it going even when it meant that you could have died helping me, even though you had no idea where I was at the time. I can't go on with this without asking you to join us."
Neville's grandmother spoke up for the first time. "While my grandson is legal age and is free to do as he chooses, I must say that I can't see him doing anything else with his life at this time. You have given him hope and reason to fight the good fight. I will do everything I can for both him and you."
"While Luna has not yet reached legal age, being able to make her own decisions was very important to her mother and to me as well so I will leave this choice up to her and just say that I will support her no matter what her answer is."
Harry turned to Neville but before he could ask Neville said. "I'm with you Harry, no matter where or when. Just try and keep me away."
Turning to Luna, Harry noticed there was a tear in her eye and guessed ti was from what her father had said about her mother but soon found out otherwise.
"I never had friends until I joined the D.A., then I knew what it was like to be included in something that was worth doing. Neville and I kept it going because we believed you would be back and need our help. We didn't care what happened to us because we wanted you to be proud of us. I will always be your friend and will follow you no matter where you go. Besides who else is going to keep the Nargles and Wrackspurts away from you?"
Professor McGonagall gave a small sniff and said, "Potter I must admit that while I share everyone's admiration for you and your friends, and applaud everything that has been said, there are still some people wondering why they are here. I for one am curious since I am neither a parent or guardian."
"That's the second part of my plan Professor. I think that when we get back, the best way for us to help others is to form a company so we can pool our talents and resources together so we can be more effective. As to why I asked you to be here today, as well as the others, is because I don't want any of you to feel this is something you have to do. This should be something you want to do of your own free will."
"Potter, I am proud to say that the doors of Hogwarts and all the resources within the castle walls, be they books, tools, equipment, or people, will always be open to any of you. I trust that you all know that should any of you need anything, all you need do is ask."
"Thank you Professor, that means a lot to all of us."
"Harry, Fred and I have been with you from the beginning and even though Fred is no longer with us, I know that we would both say that whatever you need us to do, we will do it no matter what. So what can I do?"
"If you are willing George, I would like you to make things that we can use but can't get anywhere else. You and Fred had a knack for creating the absurd and impossible and we can use that to our advantage."
"You give me a list of the things you need and they will be waiting for you when you get back mate."
"Mr. Weasley, you and Percy are in a position unique to everyone else here in that you both work at the Ministry. We all know from experience that they don't tell us everything that is going on, nor do they always tell us the truth. Can I count on both of you to keep us informed as to what is really going on inside?"
"Of Course you can Harry, and I can do you even one better. Bill wanted me to tell you that both he and Griphook will give you any support you need from Gringotts."
"Great. Mr. Lovegood since we all know the Daily Prophet prints what the Ministry tells them, can we depend on the Quibbler to print the truth?"
"Harry, for you, the pages of the Quibbler will always be blank just waiting for you to fill them."
"Mrs. Longbottom, you have so many contacts, not only in the wizarding world but the muggle world as well. Would you be willing to use those to help keep us in the know?"
"You silly boy, of course I will. After all, whatever helps you helps my grandson as well."
"Ginney, although I want to ask you to join us I know that like Luna, you aren't quite legal age yet so I must respect your parents wishes on this."
"In that case I will answer for my daughter," Mrs. Weasley said crisply. "I can not expect my entire family to back you and support you while Ginney just sits here and waits for you to return. Being separated from you for so long was so hard for her. She tried not to let it show but a mother knows. If she wants to join you then she may, but be warned Harry, if you don't bring her back safe and sound then you will have me to face and I promise you that you will wish You Know Who was still alive."
Once everyone had calmed down and said their good bye's, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginney, Luna, and Neville were sitting around the large kitchen table eating dinner trying not to think about the coming trip. None of them knew where they were going, but they all trusted Dumbledore and he had never failed them before.
Finally Harry spoke up. "We should probably finish eating and get to bed. We don't know what to expect tomorrow so an early start might be the best idea."
"Harry woke up the next morning to find Hermione and Ginney already in the kitchen making breakfast for everyone. Yawning good morning to the girls he sat down at the table and
Ginney brought him a cup of coffee and said good morning with a kiss.
As they sat drinking their coffee the others can in and joined them. Hermione got coffee for Ron and Luna got coffee for her and Neville.
After Breakfast they each made sure they had a bag packed with what they thought they might need. Hermione also had her magic bag around her neck for all the things that were to big for a backpack, Ron had his light putter outer, and Harry made sure he had his invisibility cloak with him.
Standing in the middle of the drawing room again, Harry explained that once they were all touching the portkey all he had to do was count to three and it would work, taking them where ever it was they were going.
"Well," said Luna, "no time like the present is there?"
With that they all reached out and put a finger on the bag and off they went.
When everything ended they were piled up in a bunch on the floor of a large indoor garden with benches, statues, a stable, a large fountain, and lots of sun windows in the ceiling. They were just getting their bearings and started to separate from each other when they heard a voice growl at them from somewhere close.
"Bout time you showed up."
Ron opened his eyes to see a large pair of green scaled feet. He looked further up and saw a slightly shorter than average, although very broad and muscular green scaled body. Looking up even further up he saw a face with a mouth that went all the way across, pointed ears that laid flat against the head and very angry gold eyes with yellow flecks in them and even more green scales.
All of the sudden the mouth smiled showing two rows of three inch long teeth with very sharp points on every single one.
Ron let out a startled "Bloody Hell!" and passed out cold.