A/N I was wondering if any of you have been listening to the music I have included. If you have, have you enjoyed it? Do you have any music you like to listen to? If you want to reply feel free to review or simply send me a PM.
Songs for the chapter :
Linkin Park - Castle of Glass
Lindsey Stirling - Night Vision
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter
Telepathy : "Telepathy"
Spells : Spells
Parseltongue : 'Parseltongue'
Chapter 4
Harry Potter is 11 years old
Harry woke up to the thunderous bellow of, "BOY!"
Harry slowly awoke and opened his eyes, as usual he was in darkness although he no longer feared the darkness, darkness was no longer an enemy but a friend to Harry. He involuntarily shivered as the cold draft from the door struck him before he was greeted with the usual warming presence of his friend Selene who trilled a soft note and welcomed him with her customary, "Good morning young one."
Harry grunted and threw the covers off his bed and began getting dressed in the huge handoffs from Dudley amid the gentle tinkle of Selene's laughter in his head to which he responded with a mature poking of his tongue.
Harry cast a quick charm to check the date and time with a simple thought of "Tempus", a smoky 7:00 AM appeared in the air and hung still before swirling and changing to form the words 31st July 1987.
Harry was looking forward to today, his 11th birthday, because today was the day he had been waiting for. Harry had been preparing for 5 years, using Selene's vast knowledge to teach himself all the magic he could through their bond. He had been very surprised when Selene had started teaching him dark magic and when he questioned her she replied with a snort and said, "You humans call us Phoenixes light creatures. Ha! As if we would bind ourselves to human laws and beliefs."
Harry walked out into the kitchen and said to his uncle, "Uncle can you please call Dudley and Aunt Petunia down here."
Vernon focused his beady eyes on Harry and then said, "Fine boy."
He turned around and shouted for his family to come downstairs. Petunia and Dudley came downstairs and shoved past Harry to sit at the table before asking Vernon what he wanted. Vernon turned his gaze towards Harry and said, "The boy wants to speak to you."
Harry started smirking then said to Petunia one simple word, "Hogwarts."
Dudley looked confused and asked, "Mummy what's a Hogwarts?"
Petunia ignored Dudley and focused her rapidly widening eyes on Harry and said, "No. When we took you in we swore we would have nothing to do with my freakish sister and her freakish ways."
Vernon looked over at his wife and asked her, "Is the boy like them?"
Harry butted in and said, "If you don't want Dudley to find out send him to his room while we speak."
Vernon's face was purple with rage but he affirmed what Harry asked and sent Dudley to his room.
Vernon then said, "Well it seems you are just like your good for nothing parents." He was expecting Harry to get annoyed but instead was surprised when Harry smiled and said, "I may hate you but we can agree that they are filth." that statement seemed to appeal to Vernon as he visibly calmed down.
"Well boy what do you want?"
Harry said, "In an hour a wizard will come here, you will behave exactly as I say and then I will leave and never come back."
HPU HPU HPU
Harry Potter is 15 years old
"Crucio" Harry writhed in pain on the hard floor for almost ten seconds but not once did he cry out until the curse was lifted. Harry looked up while panting and smirked at the large burly man in a grey cloak who was holding out a hand for Harry to grab and said, "You're losing your touch Marcus." while grasping the man's hand. Marcus hauled Harry to his feet and chuckled before saying, "No kid. You're improving."
Harry straightened out his grey cloak and then said," Well Marcus was that performance enough to merit a distinction in the Unforgivables?"
Marcus swelled with false indignation and scowled at Harry before cracking a smile and saying, "Kid never mind a distinction it's time we had a drink." while putting his arm over Harry's shoulder.
Harry laughed and said, "Marcus it's morning besides it's my turn now."
Marcus swore under his breath and replied, "Fine kid. Take your best shot."
Harry pushed Marcus away from him and gathered his magic to form a pool of glittering green light in his hands and then while thinking of all the things he really hated. The things that he hated so much that he would gladly torture them if possible and he cast the torture curse on his teacher with a snarl of "Crucio!"
Marcus watched the blood red curse fire from Harry's outstretched hand and gave a cry of pain when it caught him directly on the chest. He felt excruciating pain the like of which he had never felt before and after a few seconds of resisting he finally let out a primal screech of pain which made Harry instantly release the curse.
While holding Marcus under the curse Harry felt that same desire. Every time without fail he felt it. The corruption of dark magic spreading through his veins, calling to him to lose himself in the raw power. Harry heard Marcus scream and he lifted the curse. He felt proud of himself. This was his first time being able to resist the lure of dark magic. All past attempts to do so were futile and Selene had to bring him back from the brink. Selene who was flying around above the two saw what Harry accomplished and swooped down to land on a rising Marcus's shoulder and soothed his aches with a calming tune.
Selene said, "Well done Harry you have managed to do what few dark wizards ever accomplish. Many wizards fall to darkness. All these dark wizards cannot control the magic, it controls them. The darkness whispers into and twists their minds, leaving them shells of their former selves if they continue to use dark magic however you are one of the few pure hearted people who can restrain the darkness and harness it's power for themselves without falling to it's corruption."
Marcus looked incredibly proud and stated so to Harry along with, "Harry I think it's time to get your own unspeakable robes. Come on we can do this now."
HPU HPU HPU
In the Department of Mysteries several minutes later.
Harry followed Marcus through the dark hallways until they reached a large dome shaped room in which rows of grey Unspeakable robes lined the walls. The robes were spread eagled and seemed to be floating in the air while tethered to the wall, with magic who knows? They could have been after all.
In the middle of the room there was a small orb of light. The orb was sitting on a three pronged pedestal and was a pale blue colour. Harry spoke aloud, "What is that Marcus?" his voice echoed softly in the empty room and Marcus replied, "That's an inheritance orb. The goblins have their ways, we have ours. Ours are much more pleasant as goblins will draw blood to test you whereas we use this orb. You simply approach it and touch the orb and it will tell you what it can."
Harry approached the orb and gently pressed his forefinger to the smooth glass. He frowned when nothing happened for a minute before the orb suddenly began vibrating. Harry quickly backed off. The orb glowed faintly, a soft white glow which enhanced the pale blue orb before the white seemed to crack and tendrils of black stretched across the orb until they met in the centre. The orb now was a strong white colour with what looked like veins of dark running through it.
Marcus said to Harry, "The orb is mimicking your magic. It is showing us that you are both light and dark, as we expected. However the dark is not as deep as I had thought perhaps this is because of Selene's influence."
Harry softly said, "It doesn't matter. Let's do what we came to do."
Marcus nodded his head in affirmative then said to Harry, "Approach the orb again but this time think of what you need and keep the thought at the forefront of your mind."
Harry did as he was told and when he connected with the orb for a second time a loud ring of a bell sounded. Once. Twice. Three times, before a strange voice spoke, "Harry James Potter.". The voice sounded strange, like many people were all trying to talk at once. The pitch and gender of the voice changed too rapidly to place any specifics of its nature. Harry ignored the cacophony and turned to his mentor. "Marcus what now?"
Marcus turned to the orb and asked firmly, "I want to know if Harry James Potter is the magical heir to any of the old noble families?
"Yes he is", the orb replied to a delighted Marcus.
"Who is Harry James Potter the magical heir to?"
The orb did not respond for a few minutes before it suddenly broke the silence of the room again and said, "Le Fay. Harry James Potter is the one and only heir of Morgana Le Fay."
Harry's face had an incredulous look on his face, he turned to see Marcus looking at him with pride etched on his hard face.
Harry said, "Well that was unexpected."
Marcus chuckled and shook his head, "Only you kid."
Harry mumbled, "Shut up Marcus." and took down one of the robes. He was surprised when he lifted the robe, it was much heavier than he expected. The dark grey material looked like cloth and felt like cloth and that thought didn't reassure Harry. He looked over to Marcus and hefted the robe in his hand and said in a distasteful way, "Do these things offer any actual protection?"
Marcus smiled and said, "Kid that stuff is Basilisk skin. It's even more protective than dragonhide."
Harry scowled at his robes before asking, "Can I make it look like real armour rather than this crap?"
Marcus simply tapped his wand onto the robes in Harry's arms which shimmered and changed to form basilisk armour and explained to Harry, "All you have to do is think or ask to it to change into armour while charging your voice with magic and it will change, likewise for robes."
Harry looked interested at the implications of what Marcus said and asked, "So if you guys use voice commands to activate enchantments in your robes why don't you do the same for non-magical explosives?"
Marcus chuckled and said," While I'm no Muggle hater, the fact of the matter is that their explosives while impressive are nothing compared to our magical equivalents."
Harry's face screwed up in concentration and he asked while handing his robes to Marcus, "What do you mean? Muggles have atomic weapons, weapons so strong they can destroy cities!"
Marcus replied with a grim look on his face," Yes they do but they aren't effective against wizards. We can hide where we are so that Muggles simply cannot find us. We can conjure Shields strong enough to take direct hits from the strongest of bombs. We can apparate into their most heavily guarded locations and slaughter everyone of them, leaving no time for them to retaliate with simple spells."
Harry looked horrified at the implications of that but Marcus, seeing the look on Harry's face reassured him, "Harry don't worry. Pureblood wizards recognise nothing. They are content to fight between themselves for power. It is wizards like Tom Riddle who rile up the purebloods as they see the potential."
"If Voldemort sees the potential for him to take over the muggles why hasn't he done so?"
"Harry Voldemort realises that he needs to deal with the wizards first, they are more of a threat to him."
Harry smirked and said, "Well then let's make him see we aren't just a threat, we are to be feared."
HPU HPU HPU
Harry Potter is 17 years old
"Oi Harry get your lazy arse up!"
Harry groaned and rolled out of bed landing on the carpeted floor with a dull thud. He checked the time and date with a mutter of "Tempus" and realised that today was his 17th birthday. Harry was ecstatic, today was the day he became a fully fledged Unspeakable.
He arose from the floor and with a flick of his hand summoned his Unspeakable armour to him and left his small bedroom to go downstairs.
"So Harry how are we gonna do this?"
Harry looked over at Marcus and smiled and said, "Just announce me and I will come my own way.
2 hours later
Marcus walked through the dark hallways in the Department of Mysteries before coming to the training room. He stood to the side and watched a few of his Unspeakables dueling, they were one of 5 battle squads. The battle squads were the best, they were trained mercilessly and were used in cross country events and times of emergency to combat any threat to the magical people. This particular squad were the best of his 5 battle squads.
He was brought out of his musings when Harry told him they were ready.
"Get your fecking arses over here now!"
The Unspeakables realising that the head of the department was yelling for them instantly came over. Most of them were there in seconds and were patiently waiting for the others. A few of them arrived a little later as they were finishing assorted tasks and projects.
Marcus looked at one of the men. He was a broad man with a square face. He was renowned in the Department as one of the most fearsome and merciless fighters in the place. He was an ex-spetsnaz from the cold war. His units were some of the most brutal and many of the men were wanted worldwide for crimes during the cold war. Marcus barked out, "Ivan!"
Ivan replied in a heavily accented voice, "Sir?"
"You think you are the strongest here don't you?"
Ivan looked affronted and said arrogantly, "Of course I am the strongest. No one here can trade spells with me I always am more powerful."
Marcus chuckled and said under his breath, "You'll do you fecking idiot."
"Does anyone here think they are better than Ivan?"
A chorus of jumbled no's and no sirs came back to him.
"Now who here thinks they have the best dueling abilities?"
Two petite woman stepped forward and said in perfect harmony, "We do."
Marcus nodded his head to the two and asked again does anyone think they are better than than the twins and received more no's.
"Right then." Marcus pointed his wand at his breast and lifted the insignia off his robes and asked, "Do you three think you are deserving of this?"
All the Unspeakables shuffled nervously when he lifted his Head Unspeakable insignia and asked if the three were deserving, this was a very important moment. The role of Head Unspeakable was a huge honour, one which some people would kill for. Both Ivan and the girls immediately stated that were deserving and then Marcus chuckled and said in a humoured tone of voice, "Well you are going to have to fight for it."
Ivan arrogantly said, "Marcus you're just an old man past his time."
Many of the Unspeakables looked surprised, a few even shook their heads at Ivan, to directly challenge Marcus like that was unheard of.
Marcus merely smirked and turned to the twins and asked them if they thought they could take him. They seemed to share a non verbal communication while staring at each other and then respectfully said, "Sir we think that we could out duel you."
Marcus smiled and said loudly, "Well it's not me you will be dueling. Come on out kid."
In the large space between Marcus and the Unspeakables a large mass of swirling purple flames appeared and a figure stepped out, unharmed by the flames.
Harry PoV
Harry heard Marcus say his name and then asked Selene to make an appearance for him, who obliged but teased Harry saying, "You're such a drama queen."
Harry stepped out of the flames in front of Marcus and slowly turned around to see 25 Unspeakables with their wands trained on him. He gave a short laugh and said to Marcus, "Really only 25?"
Many of the Unspeakables looked annoyed at the nonchalance of his question. Ivan and the twins looked downright furious at his dismissal of them.
Marcus said to all the Unspeakables, "This is my apprentice, I started training him a few years ago since he was 11."
Ivan snarled at Marcus, "What age is he now?"
Harry spoke up and said in a taunting voice, "That doesn't matter."
Ivan bellowed at Marcus," A child? You would have a child command us?"
Marcus said, "He is better than me."
Ivan furiously said, "You are lying, he's only a child."
Harry conjured a large golden shield around himself and said, "I am going to take Marcus' place as Head Unspeakable. If you want to I will allow you to waste my time trying to beat me?" he looked over to the twins and said, "All three of you."
An Unspeakable wearing a long robe with a cowl to cover his face shouted, "Marcus this is insane, they'll kill the kid."
Marcus snapped back, "John you don't know him so shut your fecking mouth."
John looked hesitant to listen but stepped back into line again.
During their argument Harry and his opposition had been preparing. Harry said to the 3 people in front of them, "This will be an informal duel if you want and I ask that the only rule be no attacking a downed opponent."
Ivan scowled at Harry and said, "No. If you truly think you are better than the three of us then you will accept a formal duel with our penalties."
Harry looked at the twins who nodded in agreement with what Ivan said and then he lowered his hood and lifted his right hand level with his chest, palm facing inwards. He heard a few of the unspeakables gasp as they saw his face and he chuckled aloud and said, "Well? Are we doing this or not?"
One of the twins stuttered out, "Daniel Potter? The-Boy-Who-Lived? What are you doing here?"
Harry's face instantly twisted into one of rage and he snarled at the woman, "I am not that pathetic child." Blue sparks began to dance up his outstretched arm as he lost control of his temper before reining it in viciously, stopping the sparks, letting out an audible breath and coldly stating, "My name was Harry Potter and I was the oldest child of the Potters. Now I am much better than them. I am the Lord De Fay and unfortunately for you, you have said one of the only things which gets me angry. You will accept a no holds barred informal duel with no rules except no killing allowed or I will kill you right now."
Ivan said, "That little display does not frighten me. You claim to be the Lord of one of the oldest families and a family whose most known member practiced magic so dark even Merlin feared her. Liar! You are but a child and a liar and I will defeat you easily." he then walked forward and clasped hands with Harry. A bright flash of magic emitted from their clasped hands and a snake of fire slowly entwined around their hands and Ivan said, "I, Ivan Markovich, swear on my magic that if I lose a duel to you in the next 10 minutes I will not oppose your position as Head Unspeakable." another flash of light and a snake of fire appeared.
Harry said, "I, Harry Le Fay, swear on my magic that if I lose a duel to you win the next 10 minutes I will not oppose your position as Head Unspeakable." a third flash signified the arrival of the third snake of fire and then the vow was swore.
Harry repeated himself to the twins and one of the them stepped forward clasping his hand and saying, "I, Julia Greengrass speak for both myself and my twin Juliet Greengrass, we swear on our magic that if we lose a duel to you in the next 10 minutes we will not oppose your position as Head Unspeakable."
Harry then turned and walked away, head held high and with a look of confidence on his face and took a place near the edge of the twenty metre long dome of golden magic. His three opponents stood opposite him on the other edge of the dome.
Harry called out, "Well come on then big shots!"
Ivan called back, "Where's your wand boy? Have you given up and gained some sense?" Harry simply stood still and smiled at them.
Julia shrugged at her sister then sent a stunner at Harry who continued standing and smiling at them as the spell splashed harmlessly against his chest.
Julia looked surprised so she upped the ante a little by casting a piercing jinx at Harry with a spoken "Defodio" Harry twirled out if the way gracefully and taunted them, "Come on is that all you have?"
Ivan brandished his wand in Harry's direction and said, "Try this one and sent an overpowered blasting curse at Harry with a cry of "Confringo Maxima!" Harry thrust out his left hand and smirked as the red spell flew at a conjured wall of marble.
The blasting curse impacted against the wall and exploded causing splinters of the rocks to fly in all directions.
The three Unspeakables looked confident in their victory until 2 bright green glows shone from where the blasting curse impacted the marble.
Harry made his eyes glow green amidst the smoke from the explosion and used a localised summoning charm to counter. He cast the charm on the unspeakables and suddenly all the splintered marble shards rose into the air and sped towards the unspeakables.
The taller woman, Julia, hastily vanished the shards.
Harry smirked at them and said, "That was pitiful, this is how you do it." he thought "Confringo Maxima." and a jet of red light left his hand. The three blocked the spell with a joint cry of "Aegis" which conjured a shimmering pale blue shield which instantly solidified into a darker and impenetrable wall of light. Harry's blasting curse struck the shield and exploded with a deafening boom and destroyed it, sending all three Unspeakables to the ground.
Harry's eyes flashed dangerously at them as they rose to their feet unsteadily. "Are you going to take this seriously now?" his voice was a whisper but it carried throughout the room. Ivan took this challenge to heart and began casting a series of incredibly overpowered spells with cries of, "Ossis Fragnum" and "Ossis Praemium" causing assorted red and purple spells to fly at Harry who blocked them with rapidly conjured blocks of marble however one of the bone explorers got through and destroyed his left arm. Harry didn't even bother with his arm, he just furiously sent back chains of spells at the Russian and his companions.
Jets of light flew from one side, some of the spells so strong they were leaving scorched paths along the concrete floor. The Unspeakables were conjuring blue and gold shields to block spells and firing back mainly dark spells which were red and purple and a few yellow spells. Harry was conjuring marble shields repeatedly and avoiding any spells he could but this was not an easy task and he could feel his energy draining quickly so with a last ditch effort he transfigured some of the larger blocks of marble into wolves which attacked the three and with a final yell of, "Fiendfyre" he summoned cursed fire. The fire poured from his hand a steady stream of white hot flame until abruptly figures formed in the flame, huge writhing masses of flame formed Basilisks, Griffins, Chimeras and a huge Phoenix which streamed at the Unspeakables who almost fell over trying to leave the dome. Harry saw his opponents leave the dome so he restrained the flames and called out to his opponents who were trembling in fear, "I win." and then flashed out in his customary flash of purple flames.
Marcus looked at the Unspeakables who were thoroughly shaken and snorted aloud and stated, "You idiots are lucky he was feeling bored and didn't try his hardest."
The Unspeakables if possible looked even more terrified and he shook his head and shouted," Well what are you doing standing around like chickens? Get back to work!". He thought to himself, "God these people are going to need a lot of training for what is to come."
