Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, or any of the franchises that I am pulling characters from. Nor do I own any of the franchises I make reference to in this story. I make no money from this or any of my other fanfiction stories.
Author's Note: Do to the awesome response to the first chapter, I thought I would go ahead and post the second chapter early. Do not expect this to be a regularly occurring phenomena however.
xXx Three Weeks Later xXx
Harry walked into the Kitchen of the Night Raid Compound and stopped dead to observe the individual sitting on a chair at the table in front of him, not quite sure what to think of the fact that this particular person was sitting in his kitchen.
It was at this moment that Mine descended the stairs and stopped dead, "Harry, who's the yellow eyed albino?"
"Um… I never really learned her real name… everyone just calls her Tenshi where she is from." Harry admitted sheepishly.
"It's Kanade." the now identified Kanade stated in voice barely above a whisper.
"Aww, she's so cute!" Mine crowed.
"Kaasan… she's um… despite appearances… she's a lot older than you…" Harry said sheepishly.
"Yes… I have been wondering how I got chibified." Kanade asked.
Harry gave her a look, "Chibified? Really?"
Kanade blushed and looked away from Harry.
"You mean you didn't always have the curves of a two by four?" Mine asked.
This statement only caused Kanade's blush to deepen, while Harry looked between the two females incredulously. "Tenshi-chan, seriously?"
"I did actually have a bust before coming here… however upon arriving… no bust. I went from having an A cup… which is still a bust even if it is a small one… to a prepubescent no-cup… how does that happen?" Kanade groaned in agony.
"Harry-kun… did you by chance, maybe without realizing it… wish for someone your own age who could protect you while you are at school?" Mine asked of her now legally adopted son (thank you mundane court system).
Harry scratched the back of his head and sheepishly said "Yeah, maybe…"
"Hold on… protect him? This is a world of the living, right? So how would I… oh Kami, whatever you did to bring me here pulled all my abilities from Limbo with me, didn't it?"
"Limbo? As in one of the three destinations a soul can go to in the afterlife?" Mine asked in confusion.
"Yes…" Kanade admitted.
"Okay… I think I might know at least some of what Harry is doing now." Mine admitted.
"What is that?" Kanade asked.
"Well… this is extremely vague, and only really referenced with any substantial weight in various works of fiction or mythology in this world… but I think… Harry is capable of accessing the tapestry of the Multiverse. How he is pulling people across that tapestry and into this world I haven't the foggiest idea."
"Makes as much sense as any other theory I could have come up with to explain what is happening." Kanade admitted.
"Good… now… what abilities did you have in Limbo?" Mine asked apprehensively.
"You mean aside from wholesale slaughter and destruction?" Harry asked equally apprehensive.
Kanade pouted and said "I only attacked them because they attacked me first."
"Weren't you the head of…"
"The student council? Yes." Kanade admitted.
"Limbo has a student council?" Mine asked in an intrigued tone of voice.
"Can you think of anything more monotonous than eternal life as a high school student?" Kanade asked in a bored tone.
"Yeah… that… would be pretty bad… especially if all of the teachers were clones of Ben Stein." Mine stated.
Kanade facepalmed "Did you have to bring that up?"
"They were, weren't they?" Mine asked.
"Yes." Harry and Kanade stated blandly.
"Anyways… I guess we delay your first day of school another day so that we can get Kanade-chan situated and enrolled." Mine stated.
"Do… do I really have to sit through primary school all over again?" Kanade asked in a timid voice.
"For all I care you can sleep through every class. I could care less about grades for every person Harry summons… the only grades I care about are those of Harry himself. The job of the girls Harry summons is that of bodyguard… and maybe girlfriend when he is older." This of course caused both kids to blush bright red. Kanade at least had an actual appreciation for why she was blushing at that statement.
xXx July 17th, 1991 xXx
xXx Night Raid Compound xXx
Harry, Kanade and Mine were all staring at the two Owls sitting on the kitchen table.
"I honestly don't know why I am even surprised that the Magical Society of this world uses Homing Owls to deliver letters… but I find that I am." Mine complained. "Well… you two might as well open them, we pretty much already know what they are, don't we?"
Harry picked up the one closest to him, unsealed it and began reading the contents. As soon as he reached the bottom two loud bangs erupted from the opposite sides of the upper floors of the compound.
"Let me guess… two more of the people you observe through… what did you start calling it… the Kaleidoscope? just showed up, didn't they?" Mine asked.
The question was answered as two girls with long pointed ears came down the stairs from opposite sides of the room. The two girls took one look at each other and the more lithe of the two facepalmed herself, while the other one fell on her rear end laughing her ass off.
Kanade and Mine looked at the two of them and said "Huh…"
"They could be identical twins… except for the rather obvious difference, you know?" Mine asked.
Kanade had to ask, "Aren't you just a tad bit… top-heavy?" of the girl sitting on the floor.
The girl chuckled and said "Yes, kind of…"
"How did… Deedlit and Tiffania? Really? And at the same time too?" Harry asked… "I can't help but think I am being pranked or something…"
"Didn't you mention that there was a troll out there who can access the Kaleidoscope or something like that?" Kanade asked.
"Oh… dammit… Zelretch of course. He would have noticed my usage of the Kaleidoscope and invariably done something to mess with me at some point or another… well at least now I know what he was planning to do…" Harry stated blandly.
Deedlit, the more lithe of the two seeming twins, decided to speak up at this point, "Can someone explain to me what is going on?"
"What do you know about the multiverse?" Mine asked.
"Enough to know that it isn't something to be messed with casually." Deedlit stated.
"Yes… well Harry seems to be capable of messing with it casually and almost subconsciously." Kanade stated.
"Joy." Deedlit said.
"Oh… it can't be too bad, this world, from what I can sense of it, seems to be just one big pile of fun for people like us to interact with. Did you know that compared to you and me, Onee-chan, the magicals of this world are basically still in the dark ages of magical discovery?"
"Onee-chan?" Deedlit asked, "But… you're older than me…" Deedlit stated incredulously.
"Yes… but you're obviously more mature." Mine stated dismissively.
Deedlit sighed in annoyance.
That however was when Deedlit and Tiffania noticed the letters on the table. Deedlit hissed at the sight, while Tiffania raised a hand and caused both letters to be enveloped in a orb of blackness that seemed to crush in on itself at an infinite rate until nothing remained of the letters or the light.
"One of the two of you want to explain that?" Mine asked.
"First things first, did any of the three of you touch one of those letters?" Deedlit asked.
"Both Harry and I did" Mine stated.
Deedlit walked over to the two and chanted in a weird language that none of the three of them could understand.
"Curse taken care of?" Tiffania asked.
"It wasn't really much of a curse… I don't really have much training in Divine Magic, but even the most basic cleansing spell in my arsenal was able to eradicate it." Deedlit stated.
"Well, that is because the sole purpose for the curse was to detect when magic is cast in the vicinity of person it is cast upon, and ping a detection ward which will in turn try to identify the spell that is being cast." Tiffania stated. Her attunement to the flow of magic was just so much greater than anyone else in the room. Which is only natural considering that she is the only living Hexagonal Mage… well at least in this universe. "Curiously these detection wards seem to be strategically placed in area's where I am detecting the signature of only a single Mage within several miles distance of where that particular ward is."
"That implies that the Magical Government monitors the magic of young Witches and Wizards who are raised in mundane homes, but not those raised in magical homes… doesn't it?" Kanade asked.
"Yes… and we will be checking you two for those curses each and every year after you get home from Hogwarts, won't we ladies?" Mine asked of Deedlit and Tiffania.
"I have nothing better to do, raising some children could be fun." Tiffania admitted.
Deedlit shrugged, "I'm not being someone's mom or anything like that. I'm too young for that. But sure, why not. I doubt it would be advisable to try to send me back where you got me from anyways."
"You're an Elf… you're over one hundred years old." Harry pointed out.
Deedlit stuck her tongue out at him before saying in her most mature voice possible "To an Elf the age I am is roughly equivalent to a human who is fifteen years old."
"Old enough to fight, but not old enough for kids." Kanade stated sagely.
"Exactly." Deedlit stated.
xXx July 20th, 1991 xXx
xXx Night Raid Compound xXx
Minerva McGonagall sat in the living room of the Night Raid compound and looked back and forth apprehensively between the two women claiming to be Elves.
"I… do you mind if I summon one of the Hogwarts Elves… I feel that might clear up my confusion in this matter." Minerva stated.
Mine nodded her head to give Minerva the go ahead "Tweaky, could you come here please?"
A popping sound announced the arrival of a small brown skinned creature, and induced a giggling fit in Tiffania.
Deedlit chose to state the obvious "That… is a Brownie, not an Elf."
"Brownie? I have heard that term used in a similar context… but only in extremely old mythological texts in the Muggle World." Minerva stated, but she was cut short by Tweaky making an exclamation…
"Ladies Aes Sidhe… it is an honor to be meeting such distinguishable personages as yourselfies…"
Tiffania stopped giggling and said "Whoo boy… that is an archaic name you just drummed up there, Tweaky."
"It's an Irish term… literally meaning 'people of the mounds.'" McGonagall stated.
"There is a little bit more to it than that." Tiffania stated. "It may be Irish in this world… but where I am from it is derived from an early dialect of the Elven Language. It literally means 'People of the Veil.' and there is a reason for that name. And it was only ever used in reference to Elves like me… Elves who could use the magic of the Void… the Magic of Negation. Deedlit, regardless of how powerful she may be, does not qualify as she cannot use Void Magic."
"I've never heard of that… what is Void Magic?" McGonagall asked.
"In the absolute most bare bones terms… Void Magic is the magic that no one in their right mind wants an affinity with." Tiffania stated with a huge smile on her face as she made a joke that none of the other members of the room… except perhaps Harry… would ever be able to get without her explaining it.
Everyone except Harry stated out a "Huh?"
"She means it tends to blow up rather spectacularly in the face of an untrained Void Mage." Harry stated.
"You've been spying on Louise, haven't you Harry?" Tiffania asked.
"She is one of the funniest people I have ever watched using my powers… can you blame me?" Harry stated.
Tiffania hummed and said "Well, she is that. But I don't think she would be too impressed if she were to learn you have been spying on her."
"Yes… well she isn't going to learn about that, now is she?" Harry stated.
"I feel like I am missing something." Mine said.
"Louise's personality resembles yours greatly Mine… just the you from before you met Tatsumi" Tiffania stated, having had sufficient private girl talk with the only other female in the room who was emotionally prepared for the task of being a mother… well except perhaps Minerva.
Mine's eyes widened dramatically at that statement and she promptly smacked Harry upside the head and said "Stop spying on that poor girl."
"Yes, Kaasan." Harry said in a defeated tone of voice.
"Does he actually… look at these girls in these other universes when they are… you know…?" Minerva cautiously asked.
"Indecent? no… he doesn't." Kanade stated in an amused tone of voice.
"Yes… that was rather hilarious if I do say so myself." Mine admitted.
These statements from both Kanade and Mine caused Harry to blush to epic proportions.
"I think that the three of us are missing something…" Deedlit stated.
Kanade smiled brightly, "In the world I originated from… if you could really call it a world… I had the physical maturity of a sixteen year old girl… even if I was rather on the smallish side in certain aspects. The very first thing I noticed upon arriving here… was a noticeable lack of certain feminine features that I am only just now beginning to regain."
This caused McGonagall to blush even if both Deedlit and Tiffania started laughing at this revelation.
"Yes… well… these are the Hogwarts School Supply Lists. I made certain to provide ones that will not impose the Trace, as we call it, on any of you as per your request. Diagon Alley can be accessed from the Leaky Cauldron on Charing Cross Road… and this is the key to Harry's Trust Vault… it should have sufficient Wizarding Funds within it to supply both Harry and Kanade for their first year at Hogwarts, and is refreshed each year from the main Potter Vault. Do not under any circumstances give the key to his Trust Vault to anyone who is not a part of your family. I have no idea why Albus had it, and I also have no idea where the key to the main Potter Vault happens to be at the moment, but it is imperative that only the people you know you can trust be able to access Harry's vault."
"Do you have any recommendations on who we can and can't trust within your world, as I feel I can trust you." Mine inquired.
Minerva sighed and said "That is a rather loaded question. Let's see…"
Minerva thought about the issue for a few minutes before saying "First off, Narcissa and Andromeda, the two daughters of the House of Black can be trusted, even if Narcissa's husband cannot be. It remains to be seen whether her son follows in his mother or father's footsteps however. The reason for this is because the House of Black puts family above all else… well at least the sane members do. He may only be a distant relative, but Harry is still a son of the House of Black through his Grandmother Dorea Potter."
"You keep mentioning the sane members of the House of Black… can you explain that." Deedlit asked.
"Yes… well aside from Bellatrix Lestrange, the sister of Andromeda and Narcissa… who is certifiably insane. There is the fact that Harry's godfather, Sirius Black, the heir of House Black… has been incarcerated in Azkaban Prison on the charges of giving the secret of the location of the home in which Harry and his biological parents were residing within to the Dark Lord of the time, as well as the simultaneous murders of thirteen people."
Harry frowned as he scanned the Kaleidoscope… "That… isn't... what happened."
"Harry… explain…" Mine stated.
"I… can't. I can tell that isn't what happened… but something is blocking me from seeing what did in fact happen." Harry stated.
"Zelretch?" Tiffania asked.
"No… this… this is different. This has a more feminine feel to it than his antics usually do… the feel is also that of someone vastly older and more experienced than Zelretch. Zelretch plays with the Kaleidoscope… whoever this is… they use it like a tool to get a specific task accomplished, but the identity of who this is is also masked. The entire point of their manipulation seems to be to stop me from getting knowledge about events that have a direct impact on my life before I would normally have been able to learn about them in any other universe. It's not perfect… but it is effective." Harry explained.
"What this basically means is that you are still going to be summoning people more or less reactively to the stimuli of the immediate environment rather than being able to plan your summons ahead, doesn't it?" Mine grumbled out.
"Pretty much, yes."
"So… why did he summon each of you, if you don't mind my asking?" Minerva inquired.
"I was essentially summoned on a whim… he wanted someone who could look after him and rescue him at from the Dursley's. The only person I can think of who would have done a better job at that task was Akame-chan… and she would have slaughtered the Dursley's on principle." Mine explained.
"As for me… I honestly think he summoned me 'cause of a subconscious crush that he had on me… I may have a tendency to dish out the unmitigated bloodbath, but I was honestly the most moe person in Limbo… sure, Yui also qualified to hold that title… but as near as I was able to determine her only purpose for continuing to exist in that world was to be moe."
"Moe?" McGonagall asked.
"It roughly means 'Eldritch Horror of Cuteness.'" Mine explained. "That is all that the Moe-Blob exists to do… be cute."
"I'm not that bad, am I?" Kanade asked innocently.
"DAWWW" Tiffania said as she ruffled Kanade's hair.
"Stop that!" Kanade huffed.
"As for Tiffania and myself… as near as any of us have been able to figure out… the reason we were summoned was to serve as the punchline in a prank on Harry by Zelretch… though one of us might of actually legitimately been summoned in instinctive response to the detection of that Trace curse…" Deedlit explained.
"I see... and… I can expect Harry to be summoning more people… possibly quite randomly?" McGonagall asked.
"That seems likely." Mine admitted.
"Anyways we got massively sidetracked… other people you can trust… well most of the Weasley's are trustworthy. However, I have never gotten along with Molly, the mother of the clan. There are a number of reasons for this.
"First off, she has this tendency to coddle her children to the point where they flee the house at the first opportunity that is presented to them, no matter how dangerous the thing they leave to do happens to be. The Eldest son is a Curse Breaker for Gringotts which has an incredibly high mortality rate. The second oldest just secured a position in Romania as a Dragon Handler for a preserve."
Deedlit hummed and said "Let me guess. Dragons in this world are more akin to savage beasts than the highly intelligent but still dangerous creatures from my own world?"
Tiffania cocked her head and asked "So the Dragons in this world don't turn into cute little girls?"
"No… I don't think so." McGonagall admitted, "And Deedlit is correct in her assessment of the nature of Dragons in this world… anyways…"
"Of the three Weasley's that are currently attending Hogwarts… one is a pompous ass… and that tells you something when even I say that about someone… and the other two are the absolute best kind of pranksters… the kind who will prank everyone equally, including themselves. Your father could have learned something from these two Mr. Potter."
"Yes'm." Harry said.
"The two youngest… well… I don't have high hopes for the boy… the girl is smart, and has a good sense of humor… but she has a problem that is rather concerning for me… especially if she discovers the living situation in this home." McGonagall stated.
Mine groaned "She's a ruddy fangirl, isn't she?"
"To truly be fair… the vast majority of the young girls who are within a year or so to being the same age as Harry, will be predisposed towards that sort of behavior towards him."
Suddenly there was a remarkably loud KRAKOOM sound that was heard outside of the house.
"I take it I am about to be witness to the arrival of someone new?" Minerva asked.
"That would appear to be the case." Deedlit admitted, and since she was the only one standing up, she walked out of the room and to the front door, opening it. "Well… this is something one doesn't see every day.. Kanade… I think it is safe to say that you have officially been knocked off the roster of people with embarrassing nicknames… the girl in front of me is clearly better suited to the name of Tenshi than you ever were."
This resulted in several curious faces among the group.
