Hey. Dog of Fate here. Before we continue, I'll answer some points made in the review by Dreare. First, this one won't have too much 'ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD!' Granted That is the MO for Dagda, but he'll have to tone it down in a school where there are too many variables in the picture, like hidden Angels and weird old men in bathrobes that are way too strong. Also, I'm glad you liked the Enoch thing. But I can see why you're disappointed. But only Metatron's shown his face near Dumbledore alone, so Gabby'll be more inconspicuous to everyone else.
I can see why the Divine Powers reveal is a bit too early, and I might have jumped the gun. But, the 'Basilisk' not freezing people solid and instead killing them would raise some confusion for everyone reading the story without knowing SMTIV:A, to me at least. And as for Stephen... From the Wiki, 'Stephen is loosely based on the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking' along with 'Kazuyuki Yamai (producer of Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse) stated in an interview that Stephen is the same person across the series, traveling across time and space to the various universes in which each game occurs.', so I decided to make the link a bit more solid. And yes, Fundraising. Suffice to say, a fun thing to do to demons and Angels, and amazing to do to everyone else.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoy!
It was a few weeks after Hermione Granger had her dream… Encounter with that being that she first encountered the magical world in full. In the middle of a place called Diagon Alley, she looked around in wonder as she saw owls in cages in shops, then to people chatting outside of a bookstore, and then to a place called Ollivander's. She looked at the old woman who was leading her and her parents around, one in a green cloak and hat.
"Careful kid. This world's hiding a lot more than you think the pretty exterior shows." The young girl frowned at this. The being was still in her mind, seeing as cell phones didn't work in magical areas, he took residence in her mind. She was terrified to learn she died, but to know she died by some outside means? Even more terror. And then she made a deal with him, becoming his… She frowned deeper, getting noticed by her Mother.
"Is everything ok, sweetie?" She looked at her mother and nodded silently.
"Godslayer… You better not be turning towards them and thinking they'll understand. This whole world is new to them… And besides, you and I both know these people will kill you if they find out.' She learned quickly that the being… Dagda was his name, that he didn't like being close to people. The young witch, or as she learned her true title was Godslayer, was nothing more than a puppet, he said. But he left her free will intact.
A paradox she called it, and he merely laughed. When she awoke after that night, she learned very quickly how he felt about her thoughts. She nearly died a second time. He took away his power from her and laughed as she coughed up blood.
"Let me be clear, kid. I don't care about you. I need you to kill every God in my way. And I don't care how you feel about it. Your 'free will' will be intact, but you step out of line and I will make you obey." She learned after that to never disobey the Deity lest incur his wrath. She soon watched as they entered a store, Ollivander's she noted, and watched as an older man appeared from nowhere. And then Dagda got angry.
"One of them?" She heard him mutter and looked at the old man, who looked her over carefully.
"Excuse me, McGonagall… Can I take the miss Granger alone? I have something to discuss. Muggleborn things." He looked at her carefully, and despite her parents questions, the teacher led them out. And Hermione did not miss the glazed look in her eyes. She turned to the wand maker as he sat down, watching her.
"What did you need, sir? I don't feel like-"
"Silence." The girl blinked and stepped back after being cut off, seeing the old man's eyes glow white. "We were expecting a normal child of man, not a Blasphemous 'Godslayer'." The old man stood and his form changed. No longer the old man, now stood an armored being, armor like days of King Arthur, wings extended out with a blade in hand. "Come out, False one. The Lord commands obedience."
The girl stepped back in confusion and worry. This was an angel. An actual angel. An actual angel that did not like her one bit. Before her, an energy swirled as Dagda formed, unamused.
"And why should I obey a worthless God like YHVH?" The girl blinked at the name. She understood the letters in it, but it came out like a record scratch. She repeated it in her head and got the same result in full, but letters alone separated. "In fact, why should I obey some stupid creature like you? You mindless drones are all the same!"
The Angel snarled, "You dare offend the name of the Lord? How dare you! The child might be innocent now, but to save her soul… I must rid her of the Filth within!" With that, it charged at her with a shout, and the world changed.
Hermione stood on one side, alone, as the Angel floated before her, holding the sword in hand. A vortex of sorts surrounded the two, and she felt even more confused. "D-Dagda? What's going on!?" She watched as the angel flew at her and cut at her, a scream leaving her mouth as it cut her arm.
"Calm down, kid! Focus! This isn't a normal fight! This Archangel will either kill you or you kill it! So fight!" She heard Dagda scream at her from within, and she managed to dodge another swipe from the newly named Archangel. She was shocked she did it, that another cut landed on her, sending her to the ground.
"Pathetic child… I replaced the Old Man to see the Messiah we will have, and I find a pathetic pile of Filth. I shall end you and make sure you return to hell where you belong!" Raising the sword, it prepared to drop the sword before the battle got another interloper. A young girl, wearing a shirt and pants, with long black hair in a ponytail and a lightning shaped scar on her forehead.
"Stop right there, Angel!" She roared, getting into a fighting pose. The Deity within Hermione seemed to balk as it appeared to notice something about her, as did the Archangel.
"Who are you? And why do you… You are-"
"There's no way… That kid can't be..."
"I am Alice Potter! And as a Samurai, I will end you for Humanity!" She roared at the Angel, and charged it.
A few minutes before, Alice Potter watched as a half giant troll thing named Hagrid pressed a pattern into a brick wall. She remembered him taking her to the Dursley's a long time ago, and then he showed up to deliver a letter. He seemed confused on why she was a girl, and she simply replied they got her gender wrong. And somehow, the man believed her. She had sighed in relief at that, and remembered she was on an isle in the middle of nowhere because her relatives were annoyed by the hordes of letters that came in to send her to the wizard school.
She had to admit, the lack of food was annoying, but then Hagrid showed up, with a cake, and she felt relieved for once. Granted, it wasn't as bad as Tokyo's food, but it could have been worse. Everything could have been worse. So stepping into the wizarding world with this large man, she expected something else like him showing up and leading her around, but instead she found a bustling street and Hagrid motioned for her to follow. Alice was a little worried with the people staring at her, but she followed the huge man carefully.
"Now Alice, can I call ya Alice?" She nodded at the man. "We'll be gettin ya a wand for school and such. Just be careful not to hit anyone with a spell or something… McGonagall! What're you doing here?" The Samurai Reborn looked at an older woman in a cloak speaking to some parents.
"Hagrid. I am taking a family of Muggleborn parents around to see the Wizarding world. What are… Is that…" She watched as the woman moved towards her and stepped back, unconsciously suspicious of the woman. Perhaps it was the way she moved or her eyes, but the girl got a sense that something was off. "Mr… Potter. Are you here to get your supplies? Perhaps I can help you." This got some outrage by the parents and she turned towards them, getting an annoyed look from the teacher or whoever she was.
"Is something wrong?" She asked, walking over to the two. The mother pointed at the shop named Ollivander's and instantly Alice felt something familiar. Something she hadn't felt since… And then she ran for the building, getting demands to get back from McGonagall and shouts were sent to her from the parents. Hagrid looked more lost than ever as she kicked the door down and entered, but he stayed put from a glare of the witch.
On entering,Alice realized what was going on. She felt Hama-like energy coming from within, and lo and behold, an Archangel was ready to kill a young girl. Bushy brown hair, lime green eyes, and odd markings on her hands and face, she was a clear sign of something an Angel would want dead.
"Stop right there, Angel!" She roared, getting its attention as the vortex of battle encompassed her as well. She noticed the confusion and shock from the girl and the Archangel turned its attention towards her and gaped.
"Who are you? And why are you… You are-"
"I am Alice Potter! And as a Samurai, I will end you for humanity!" With that, she charged forward and kicked the being away from the girl. She turned and nodded at her. "Can you fight? I don't have demons with me, so I need you to help me kill it."
The girl on the floor slowly nodded and stood up, looking at her wounds. "I-I don't think I'll be of much help with these…" Alice cast a quick Dia to heal the brunt of the damage and held her arms ready to fight them off. The girl stood and looked from her to the Angel, before nodding.
"I did not expect that the Messiah the Lord seeked would turn against His Angels." The Archangel sighed and held its blade at the ready. "I am afraid I will inform Lord Enoch of this development when I am finished here!" With that, the battle truly began.
The Archangel struck first, aiming a hand at the bushy haired girl and gathered light in its hand. "HAMA!" It cast the spell to eliminate the girl entirely. Alice watched as the spell did nothing before she scanned the clothes she had on. Weak to Fire, Resistant to Ice, and Nulled Light. She had to feel more annoyed that her own clothes were the same, before she smiled. "How?! You are infected by a demon! You should have died to the Lord's Light!"
The girl looked at her hands before glaring. "T-That's what you get for thinking I'm weak because he's within me!" She charged forward, gaining a glowing green glade in hand and cut across the Divine class Angel and sent it back a bit. The blade vanished as she landed, and that's when Alice took it as her time to act, as it wasn't the time to be impressed by a newbie Hunter.
"Bufu!" She cast the ice spell and covered one of its legs in frost as it flew back a little. The girl stood next to her again and held her arms above her head as the Archangel growled and smashed its blade into the ground, catching the two off guard.
"HEAT WAVE!" The impact hit them both and Alice was lucky enough to jump over the wave of physical energy that swept at her, as the girl wasn't as lucky. She was hit full force even as she held her hands to block the impact. Confusion was clear to see before Alice turned and sighed.
"Demon attacks break through our defenses. We either boost with status magic or we go all out on offense. Let's go!" She charged again and held her hand out. "Zan!" She hit the Archangel with a blast of wind, knocking it back and into as wall. The bushy haired female jumped forward and hit the Divine classed being with the same green blade as before. And at that moment, everything began to go wrong.
The Archangel moved back and held its hand out, flames dancing between fingers. "AGILAO!" Before the other girl could hit it, she was lit aflame and screamed, hitting the ground as a feeling of power was getting stronger around the angel. "Agilao!" Another flame hit the girl, the one that the Angel seemed to have a problem with, and the screams only got louder. Alice watched in shock and horror at this, before the Angel spoke again. "It is clear, no? A monster like her has tricked you into attacking me, an Angel of the Lord. I attacked because she was a lost Lamb, and the blasphemous being within her tricked her into betraying the Lord. Now come, Messiah. We shall leave her to her-"
Alice saw red. A memory she knew she never had appeared in her mind, the Seraph Merkabah standing next to her as she stood before a young woman, who had just cut her throat with her blade.
"It is clear that the manga given to her by those demons and devils tricked her away from the Lord. Let us remember her as a sad reminder of how stepping away from the Lord can change everything."
Just that memory set her anger ablaze, more than she had ever felt before. Her hand suddenly full of magic she had never used before, a potent, dark magic that made the Archangel move back in confusion. "MUDOON!" She cast the spell, blasting the being with a dark circle and a blast of energy. She didn't care if she was angry, or how much power she was letting out of her body. The Samurai was going to murder the Archangel before her entirely. After seeing the Divine one move back in pain, she roared angrily and charged right back at it.
All Hermione could feel was pain. Burning, severe pain. It was horrible, and she couldn't stop screaming from the flames covering her. She rolled around, trying to get rid of the flames clinging to her to no avail. All she could do was sit there, burning like there was no tomorrow, before she heard Dagda speak.
"Pathetic… A few small flames and you're down for the count? Is my Godslayer really this weak?" She wanted to growl at him, to tell him that this wasn't her job, but the flames prevented her from answering at all. Dagda continued, "I expected you to be able to withstand the raging torrent of YHVH's power! And all I get is a pathetic bitch who can't even withstand some fire burning at her body!" A sigh echoed in her mind before she felt the pain slowly ebbed away, and in her confusion, she looked up and saw an outline of the Deity looking down at her.
"I want to let you stay dead kid, I am so close to doing so. But I'm going to be honest, I need you. You're the first host that actually managed to keep me in without dying. So… I'm going to make you stronger. For now… You're going to help that girl, alright? Help her and kill that Archangel. Ruin YHVH's plots! And destroy every God in this world!" Hermione Granger felt something fill her and she stood shakily, just as Alice Potter was blasted back, flames covering her body as well.
"Wonderful..." The Eighth Choir member almost frowned as it looked at the girl, before it gathered more flames around its hands. "One moment ago I left you burning, and now you… Why is part of your body green?" It looked at her, and then she looked at herself.
Parts of her hand was now green, and under her clothes where holes had been burned through, she could see green etchings in her flesh. On the back if her left hand, four green v's made a marking similar to a four leafed clover, with green covering the ends of her fingers. She looked at the Angel as the young Potter girl tried to stand, only to have Hermione push her back down, getting a look of confusion and anger from her.
"Mine." She answered calmly, walking forward and gathered magic of her own. She didn't know why nobody else entered the battle, but this Archangel was going to die. She held her hand out and felt something connect to her, before a being formed before her. It was as tall as the Divine being, but there were many differences. No armor adorned it, but two horse heads were clear to see, as were arms and legs ending in horseshoes, and it roared at the foe.
"You summoned a demon!? What kind of creature are you!?" It demanded, only to get a horseshoe hitting it full on the face. The young Granger felt Dagda chuckle before going into full on laughter as she smirked.
"What am I? I am Hermione Granger… Godslayer for Dagda!" She shouted, glad to see it was now in too much pain to evade or even use the flame attack from before. Summoning the blade she used before, she dug it into the Angel's chest and twisted it before she cut to the left. Moving backwards, it held the part of its body that was cut open as cracks began to form all over its body.
"Lord… Sir Enoch… Sister… I failed… To bring the… Messiah… To you…" The cracks spread all over the body and it began to glow red. After a loud scream of pain, the Archangel, the first being that Hermione ever fought like she did, exploded and the odd barrier vanished. She fell to her knees and breathed heavily, her mind finally realizing what she just did. Dagda formed before her, arms crossed as he looked down at her.
"Good job kid. You killed an Archangel. Granted, the TRUE Archangels would beat you within seconds. But, you did well… For a start." She glared at the Deity as she stood, Alice watching the two of them.
"W-who… What?" Alice was clearly confused, but neither group got to speak as a hole in spacetime opened and a man walked out, a smile on his face. A top hat on his head, a suit and dress pants, and a cane in hand, he bowed from behind the counter Ollivander was meant to stand at.
"Greetings. I am Saint Germain. And I am glad to see the two new Messiahs of this world have started their mission. Now… Might I suggest some healing and have a bit of explaining to the children… Dagda?"
Stephen sighed as he looked at the two children that he was to talk to. The bushy haired girl, a young Hermione Granger who knew this world's counterpart to himself, and the young Samurai Alice. He rubbed his forehead as Hermione asked so many questions on how he was here, able to move, to talk without his machine, and so many more. It was a little bit annoying, but he had his job.
"My apologies, Miss Granger. I must explain the situation as soon as possible before your parents break in." The girl stopped and sat down, the Centaur from before standing guard behind her. "Now, Alice, I never thought that the Angels would want you. I assumed they were still in Heaven and would never leave it. I was wrong. And if they are out… Then Lucifer himself will be out and about." Alice crossed her arms and sighed, and the wheelchair bound man nodded.
"So… She can summon demons without a COMP or Gauntlet or whatever." She looked at the girl as Stephen nodded.
"Indeed. Dagda changed her when she allowed him control. Forgive me miss Granger… You aren't entirely human anymore." The girl looked down and rubbed her arm, worried now. "But don't fret. I doubt he'd kill you anytime soon. To kill every god isn't a task done in a day." He was glad the Irish God was speaking to Saint Gerham about the ability to build items for these two. "But I'll continue on the subject I was going on before. Do you remember the item and weapon shops of Tokyo?" He turned to Alice, who frowned in confusion.
"I do. But why are you asking?"
"Simple. Saint Gerham will be offering you weapons and items for Macca, or Galleons, or even currency that isn't from Britain. But, seeing as your Gauntlet isn't done yet, I have to ask you wait for demon summoning. Hermione here can deal with that due to Dagda." He looked at the happiness on Hermione's face and the acknowledgement on the Samurai's own.
"... What else?" She was happy to see him, and blinked as Stephen passed over a wand to the both of them.
"You will need these. Demon magic will be useful for dealing with demons, but you will need these to pass in the Wizarding world." The two children took them and sparks flew out of them. Alice was more confused as to why sparks were flying out and Hermione was watching in awe.
"Anything else?" The former asked, putting her wand away, before the one in the wheelchair handed over a handle she remembered from ages ago. Grabbing it, she pressed a piece of the handle that was popped out and a sharp blade extended from it. The Nameless Blade, a weapon she held from her first day as a Samurai until she became the Star of Hope for Japan.
"I thought you would need a weapon that wasn't your fists, so I grabbed this from Chiron and fixed it up when not working on your Gauntlet." He smiled as she looked over her weapon and pulled her finger off the part, and the blade went back into the handle. The two looked at him as he coughed and sat back in his chair. "Now, I know that the two of you are strangers, but allow me to explain the situation clearly. Angels and Demons are now in our world, and the Axiom has not noticed any of them. I will ask this of you two… Eliminate all that the Axiom has not noticed and allow for the world to go back to normal. You won't be strong enough now… In about a year, you will have your Gauntlet, and then you can truly begin your mission. But please… Help humanity."
Hermione turned as Dagda entered the room, arms still crossed. "While I would say to ignore him, kid, we need some help. If he's right, then all of YHVH's minions will be around. And who knows what else is here. So… I agree with this plan. So long as we get to kill all other Gods." Stephen nodded as Alice sighed before standing, turning to the other.
"Well… It seems like we're partners. I am Alice Potter, a Samurai from Mikado and apparent Girl who lived. And you?" She hald a hand out, and the young Granger took the hand.
"Hermione Granger, Godslayer and nobody special yet. But I hope our arrangement will be a good one." She smiled, getting a small one from the ponytail wearing girl. Stephen smiled at these two Messiahs that would go against the Axiom's mistake.
As he prepared to leave, a crow landed outside and looked through the window. None noticed it, and its many eyes watched Stephen leave, Dagda vanished back into Hermione, the two girls speak as Saint Gerham greeted the parents of Granger and informed them of who Alice was. With a screech, it took to the skies and vanished.