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CHAPTER 2
"Captain, suit up, you are going in with Romanoff; Stark, I want you to lock down the energy pattern of the sceptre and secure it, you are clear to go after you've finished that. Potter, stay here with , I don't want you to expose yourself so early in the game; you are to go only if Cap isn't able to take out Loki on his own" Fury commanded.
Surprisingly, the order was met with complete obedience, with all of them focused on one thing-Loki.
Harry followed Banner into his lab and turned on the broadcast. There he was, covered in Asgardian armour with the sceptre in his hand, Loki was standing tall, in front of hundreds of people, all forced to kneel. Harry saw as the Cap arrived in his striped suit, with the famous vibranium shield, trying to force Loki to surrender.
Harry had read all about the infamous super soldier serum, how it was supposed to grant the prowess of gods, but he could see that against an actual god, Cap was hard pressed to gain an advantage. Loki, being an Asgardian, had strength in bounds and had no problem returning Cap's blows with strikes of his own. Add to that, the sceptre powered by the tesseract and in no time Cap had lost the advantage. Not wanting to test Cap's capabilities any further, Harry got up and apparated without a word.
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"Is this all you can do? The famous Captain America, protector of the lands? Is this the extent of your pathetic power? Let me show you what true power means!"
Loki raised his hands and fired off a full powered blast from the sceptre, capable of levelling a small neighbourhood of its own. He watched in curiosity, as a huge ball of energy left the sceptre and trailed Captain America, only to be left astounded as he saw the ball of energy suddenly stop, as if being held by an invisible force. He turned around, trying to find the cause of this interference, to lay his eyes upon a man, covered in robes and scaled armour, a wand in his hands. The most remarkable feature of this person however were his eyes, emerald green and glowing.
"Why not try your powers against me, Loki Laufeyson" the man commented dryly.
Rage as he had never felt before, filled his mind. Angry beyond measure that some Midgardian dare call out that name he started firing energy blasts from the sceptre at an alarmingly fast rate, not even caring about the fact that the man had managed to stop all of them. So engrossed was he in the fight with the wizard, that he didn't even notice the Iron Man fire energy blasts at him until all went black.
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Captain America stood shocked, as he saw the largest ball of energy leave the sceptre and travel towards him, only to be stopped in its path by an invisible shield. He looked around to see Harry, dressed in mystical battle robes, using his wand to hold that strange shield. He watched in amazement, as the shield continued to take more hits and yet didn't give way to the overwhelming force of the blasts, which was enough to make an impact on him, even after using the vibranium shield. He saw Stark come and attack Loki, who was completely focused on attacking Harry.
"Pack him up Stark; we'll take him to the carrier" he said.
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Harry could hear Tony and Cap arguing over something silly. The Cap made a point though, it had been too easy to capture Loki. Seeing him fire multiple shots off is sceptre made Harry sure that he wasn't fighting the Cap with his full strength. It had taken everything he had to stop those attacks from Loki, but he knew that it would be catastrophic if even one of the shots hit any of the buildings nearby. He was reliving the battle he just had when suddenly a huge burst out of lightening came from the sky.
"What's the matter? Scared of a little lightening?" he heard the Cap taunt Loki, who suddenly had become very uncomfortable.
"I'm not overly fond of what follows" Loki replied.
Trying to think about what it meant, Harry was shocked when a loud thud came from the top of the vehicle. A moment later, the door was torn open by a tall muscular man with golden hair- Thor.
His wand out and a shield charm on his lips, Harry saw as Thor rounded up on Loki and took him away in a fraction of seconds. He saw Iron man take off after the two of them and was about to join him when he heard Romanoff saying "You should sit this one out Captain, these guys come from legends, they are basically gods."
"There's only one god ma'am and I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that" was Cap's reply.
Harry mentally facepalmed himself, 'this guy has got to sort himself out' he thought, before jumping off the plane, hearing shouts of "Stop!"
They needn't worry; he knew how to fly, wandlessly!
It was a neat little trick he had learned from the Black books. All it needed was synchronization of your body and magic, something which only four people had achieved in the 20th century.
He followed Tony and saw him start a fight with Thor.
'Great! Pick a fight who might just help you with your problems.'
He saw Thor flinging Mjolnir towards the back of Tony's head.
'Can't let that happen now.'
"Depulso" he cried out in his mind, and saw the Mjolnir swerve just as it was about to make contact with the helmet. Thor stood rooted to the spot, wide-eyed, seeing his trusted Mjolnir be affected by the mysterious man.
He reached out his hands and the Mjolnir came back rushing to him. Raising it in the air as high as possible, he summoned lightning and directed it towards Harry.
Tony reached out to intercept the strike and just barely managed to do it.
"What's the damage JARVIS?"
"There's no damage reported sir, and the power levels are at 400%."
"Great" and with that he started to throw out huge laser beams at Thor; hitting him right in the chest.
Flying back, Thor eventually managed to gain balance and then taking his hammer and giving it a swing, flew out to attack Tony, sending him crashing a long way back.
Knowing that there was no shield which could stop any attack from the Mjolnir, Harry quickly transfigured the nearest rock into a huge golem and cast an unbreakable charm on it.
Taking his wand out, he carefully visualised the golem acting as a soldier and whispered, "Animatis Locomotor."
A moment later the golem stood in front of him, holding out his hand as a sword.
Thor had his eyes wide open at the sight of such a magical field, but recovered quickly to attack the golem.
CLANG. A huge sound resonated throughout the woods as the hammer struck against the unbreakable golem, sending Thor flying back.
Tony came just in time to see this and couldn't help but exclaim "What in the hell is that thing?"
Even Thor didn't attack again, instead lowering his hammer and walking up to Harry slowly.
"Who are you? Midgardians are not supposed to be capable of such feats!"
"I am no mere Midgardian Thor Odinson, you would do well to remember that. Now I must ask you to surrender Loki to us, he may face Asgardian justice, but he will not leave Midgard before the tesseract is located and returned."
"What the hell just happened? I came here to save your arse Potter, but here you are, making magical constructs and chatting with the guy" Tony said as he slowly joined them, the hammer leaving a huge dent in his armour.
"Let's head in first Tony, we'll talk later."
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"In case it's unclear, if you try to escape, there will be nothing to stop you from taking a jump from 30,000 feet" Fury said, as he locked Loki in the cell built to contain Hulk.
"Impressive, though not built for me, I think" Loki jeered.
"Built for someone far stronger than you."
"Oh I've heard; a mindless beast, how desperate are you to call upon such…creature to defend you."
"Very desperate, you threaten my world with war, speak of peace yet kill for fun, you will meet your match here Loki, and I am not sure you will be glad you did." With that, Fury turned away and went towards the assembling room.
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Everyone could feel the tension in the air rise as they saw Loki taunting Banner. Harry was about to offer reassuring words when Fury stormed in.
"Potter, a word!" he said.
"Yes?" Harry asked, clearly knowing what was about to come.
"I want to know what the heck happened down there! You were flying without any support, raising constructs and making them do things that a shield made of vibranium isn't capable of. I want information, now!"
"I have already told you Fury, I do magic, that's all."
"Do not test my patience now Potter! I want to know how you were able to do all those tasks. We have no information on you, this is not the way we work!" Fury roared.
"Ahh! So this is about the trust issue. Let me assure you Director Fury that I have no interest in sabotaging any of the SHIELD's plan as long as they don't put the people of this world at risk. I sincerely hope that you or your superiors don't make such a mistake. Until then, I am with you. As for the things I did down there, I transfigured the rocks and constructed a golem, animating it to protect me."
"What?!"
"If you do not believe this, I hope this will allay some of your fears of me turning evil."
With that Harry brandished his wand, and whispered "Expecto Patronum."
Immediately, a huge ethereal glowing silver thestral emerged from the tip of his wand, filling the room with ambient magic of pure emotion and happiness.
"What is that?" Banner asked bewildered, all his rage and tension gone.
"This is a patronus , a part of white or holy magic, powered by raw undiluted positive emotions. It is considered to be impossible to cast by anyone having evil intentions. The patronus works as shining orb of light, to guide us in the darkness, provide us strength and support to shoulder our responsibilities and stay true to ourselves."
"It has made the other guy very quiet. You have my gratitude for that ."
"I had theorized that this would help you keep calm; the other guy feeds into negative emotions such as rage, anger, hatred and a patronus drives all of that away, leaving a sense of bliss in your mind."
"Whatever your concerns are Director Fury, they should be cleared by now" Stark commented without a pinch of sarcasm, taking everyone in the room by surprise.
Seeing that everyone in the room, including Romanoff were convinced by him, Fury nodded his head and left the room quietly.
"Harry Potter, I would like to speak with you in person if it is no trouble for you" Thor said, his loud booming voice carrying through the room easily.
"Very well Thor Odinson."
Following Thor towards an empty room, Harry could not help but think that something in his life was about to change.
The moment Harry stepped into the room, Thor called out to him.
"You are a Seidhr."
"Hello to you too Thor; won't you say the weather outside is quite nice?"
Thor looked bewildered as Harry disregarded his statement and started talking about weather, only to quietly remove his wand and whisper "Muffliato."
"What did you do?"
"I assume that whatever you had to say to me was confidential, hence I used this spell. It enables us to have a private conversation, without the risk of anyone listening to us."
"Good."
"What were you talking about when I entered the room?"
"You are a Seidhr. At least a descendent of one."
"What do you mean by that? I have no idea what a Seidhr is."
"Seidhr were an ancient race allied with the Asgardians of the ancient times. It was during my grandfather's time, the King Bor, that the fight with the dark elves reached its peak. In a surprise assault by the dark elves, the Asgardians were heavily outgunned and outnumbered, and were on the verge of losing when the Seidhr came to our rescue. Using sorcery of their own they were able to hold off the attack and create a portal for us to escape. The portal however collapsed after the first Seidhr crossed it, leaving the rest of them stranded on the battlefield. Creating a portal was extremely exhausting for them and hence, they were easily defeated by the dark elves. Malekith, the leader of the dark elves was enraged that your race had allowed the Asgardians to escape from the trap they had devised. Using some dark rituals, he created a portal of his own, connected to a realm beyond the reach of Ygdrassil and banished the Seidhr. The sacrifice of the Seidhr was not in vain though, as King Bor raged a war with the dark elves on their own land, Svartalfheim, with the force of the whole Asgardian army, and Malekith was vanquished. The sacrifice of the Seidhr made King Bor swore an oath to the throne of Asgard, that should any Seidhr ever cross the barrier and come back to the realms within Ygdrassil, he would be welcome in Asgard" Thor explained slowly and in a reverent tone before continuing "As the crown prince of Asgard, it is my duty to invite you to Asgard once this matter is dealt with."
Before Harry could respond, a loud boom resonated throughout the helicarrier, with sirens wailing and red light illuminating the path.
"Guess the matter needs even more attention to be dealt with" Harry said, palming his wand.
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The Assembly room:
The temporary truce observed when Harry had cast the Patronus had long since been lost.
Tony Stark and Captain America were arguing with each other, as well as with Nick Fury.
"Tell me Director Fury, why is the SHIELD building weapons of mass destruction using the tesseract?" Banner asked.
"We are just examining the prototypes found-"
Whatever he wanted to say, he couldn't finish as a huge blast tore through the walls of the secure helicarrier.
"Number three engine is down" Agent Hill's voice could be heard throughout the chamber, as the most secure vessel of SHIELD was invaded.
AN1: That's it for this chapter. Hope you liked it.
AN2: I have no knowledge of the Norse mythology, and as such any reference to it may not be historically and/or factually correct.
~purebloodpeverell.
