Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, locations, or everything at all to do with Harry Potter, as it officially belongs to J. K. Rowling. I do not own any of the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha characters, elements, or worlds, as they belong to Seven Arcs.
Hey readers, sorry for taking so long to update, but summer school has to come first.
Just some notes. I've been going over the previous chapters and have fixed them up slightly. They aren't major changes, just little ones that are clearing little areas. E.g. I explained why Harry didn't hear Yuuno's cry for help in Chapter 3.
Now on the matter of Harry's core, this isn't going to be one of those stories where Harry's core is fixed in a matter of seconds, then he is suddenly more powerful then everyone. This is going to be more realistic. The Jewel Seed Arc, Nanoha will be more of the main character in magic with Harry the minor one, but still having an important part in it. The Book of Darkness Arc, Harry will start becoming more of a main character besides the girls, as his core will have been partly fixed at that point.
Without further ado, I hope you all enjoy chapter four.
Key:
"Talking" – 'Thinking'
"Using Spell" – [Device Spell using]
{Mage Mind Link} – [Device Talking]
Wednesday 12, April
Once again the beeping of his alarm clock, on the desk off to the side, had caused a silent growl of annoyance from under the covers of the futon. It continued to the point that the normal daily routine occurred.
Waking up and climbing out of his bed to stop the alarm, sighing and heading downstairs to wash off and get ready for school, then, finally, make and have breakfast before leaving his apartment for the day.
Harry ate his breakfast with a yawn, turning the television on. The boy had got in really late the previous night with everything that had occurred.
All of it was still fresh on his mind.
Flashback
It was very late by time the three of them had reached Nanoha's house.
The girl, holding Yuuno in her arms, had silently pushed the sliding wooden gate open to sneak in. She hoped that her family hasn't realized that she was gone and was now trying to sneak back into her home.
Sadly, due to paying so much attention to Yuuno as they walked home, she never paid attention when Harry had pulled his phone out when it beep. She believed it was either Suzuka or Arisa texting him, just like they do with her.
The text was in fact from her older brother, asking if Nanoha was with him, as Miyuki had already checked with Arisa and Suzuka. The boy replied positive, telling Kyoya that he ran into her at the Vet as she wanted to check on the ferret, he was now walking her back.
This showed as Nanoha's older siblings, Kyoya and Miyuki, were hiding in the shadows on either side of the garden waiting for Nanoha to return home. However, while Harry noticed them, Nanoha didn't see them and tried to sneak inside with Yuuno in her arms.
Obviously, trying to sneak inside wasn't going to work.
"Nanoha…" Harry tried to warn the girl, but it was too late.
"Welcome home."
"O-Onii-chan…" Nanoha replied, as she quickly tried to hide Yuuno behind her back and turned to see her older brother, Kyoya, stepping out of the shadows.
"Where did you wonder off to, so late?" Kyouya asked his younger sister.
"Umm, well, um, uh…" Nanoha stammered as she tried to come up with an excuse, failing.
"My, it's so cute!" Miyuki stated as she appeared on Nanoha's other side.
"Onee-Chan?!" The girl blinked looking to her right, her back now to the door, as she was now holding the ferret in front of her.
"Nanoha, did you go and visit the vet because you were worried about it?"
"Well, um…" She still stammered, not knowing what to say or do.
"I understand how you feel. But you still can't run off without telling anyone." Kyoya scolded his youngest sister, before turning to Harry, who had closed the gate behind him. "Thank you for letting me know where she was and walking her back, I'm sorry if this has caused you any problems."
"No, no, it's already." The boy replied, waving the apology off with one hand while the other still held his groceries. "I just wanted to make sure she got home safe."
"Come on, it's all right," Miyuki spoke up, as she walked forward. "She's back safe and sound. Besides, Nanoha, you're a good girl, so you won't do anything like this again, right?" She asked, giving a slight wink.
"Yeah…" Nanoha quietly agreed with her older sister. "Onii-chan, I'm sorry for sneaking out and worrying you." She bowed her head as she apologized to her brother.
Kyoya still seemed to be a little angry with her actions, but he seemed to have forgiven Nanoha.
"Well then, everything's all right now," Miyuki concluded before taking a look at Yuuno. "But it sure is cute isn't it? I'm sure mom will think it's so cute and faint when she first sees it."
"I'd say the probability of that is very high." Kyoya agreed, looking at the ferret.
No less than ten minutes later…
"Ah! He's so cute! He's so cute! He's so CUTE!" Momoko Takamachi was screaming while swinging the ferret around in her arms.
"Mom! Please take it easy…" Nanoha tried to calm her down, but it was useless. Whenever, her mother saw something cute, she wouldn't let go of it and wouldn't listen to what others said either.
Other than that amusing scene, everything had winded down from there. Nanoha and Miyuki had made a small bed for the ferret in Nanoha's room while Momoko and Kyoya were looking up tips to take care of ferrets.
Nanoha's father, Shiro Takamachi, had given Harry a lift back to the apartment buildings as it was late out. They made small talk, like how the man's soccer team, JFC Midoriya, would be playing a semi-final match this weekend on Sunday.
As they stopped out front of the apartment building, Harry climbed out with his bag of groceries and thanked the man for the lift. Just before leaving, Shiro stopped the boy and pulled something off the back seat.
"I was going to have Nanoha tell you tomorrow, but it will be easy now." He said, pulling out the boy's newly repeated wooden training-katanas.
"Thank you so much for fixing them, Mr. Takamachi." Harry replied bowing his head slightly, glad that they were finally fixed.
"You're welcome. Just remember to go easier on them this time." Shiro told him, as he waved goodbye and head on back home.
Flashback End
"…the van crashed into Uminari Vet at around 09:30 P.M. last night. Thankfully, there has been no casualty reported." The male news reporter spoke into his mike, standing next to a giant hole in the wall of Uminari Vet.
Harry silently watched the TV as he took another bite of the breakfast he made, realising that the barrier that had been created yesterday hadn't fixed all damages done.
Putting that to the side for now, he focused on two other matters at the moment.
The first one involved the Jewel Seeds. Harry wondered if the ferret, Yuuno, would allow him to look at one of the two that have been recaptured. After all, his family magic was based around jewels and gems.
The second matter involved Nanoha.
A girl that knew absolutely nothing about magic, was now involved in it. In a sense, it could be seen that she did it against her will, mainly because it was either use the given magic or died by the blob monster.
He would have to be careful with how he talked about this with her. Plus, Harry had a hunch that while Nanoha knew he was shocked like her with what had happened, the girl noticed that he wasn't as surprised about the existence of magic.
So no doubt she's going to question him, after all, for someone like her to discover the existence of magic, as well as use it last night. It wouldn't have been surprising for her to feel overwhelmed by all that has happened recently.
Cleaning up the plates and putting them away, the boy turned the television off and picked up his bag pack. Once making sure his homework and books are inside it, he left his apartment and headed on to the bus stop.
Though as the boy stood in the elevator as it went down, he was thinking about what to talk about with Nanoha, involving all this. Something interesting happened.
He felt something knock against his occlumency shields. Not violently, like someone trying to invade his mind, but more like someone knocking on a front door. Lowering them slightly…
'Harry, can you hear me?'
Harry had to blink as Nanoha's voice rang out in his head, causing him to freeze for a second, as he looked around.
'Nanoha?'
'Ah, it worked!' the girl sounded excited as she continued speaking into his mind. 'I wasn't sure if I would be able to speak with you like this but it seems like there was no need to worry.'
As the boy slowly walked out of the elevator, not wanting to act suspicious, he began to think for a couple of seconds. Judging by the way Nanoha was able to respond to his thoughts, it would seem that Nanoha was communicating with him telepathically.
But that should be impossible, as in the wizarding world you would have to be a master with occlumency. Even then, you would need to be making eye contact with the person to talk with them.
'How are you doing this?' He slowly asked the girl in his mind, as he exited the apartment buildings.
'Yuuno told me that I should be able to talk like this since I'm a mage.' The girl explained, causing the boy to blink again. 'And it seems that I can talk to you as well!'
'That's amazing!' Harry was impressed by how talented his friend was.
First the monster, now the ability to communicate telepathically in just a single night…was this the magical power of, what did she say, a mage?
He thought this because there was never any mention of a mage in wizarding history. There have been sorcerers, wizards, and witches, as well as a warlock. But there had never been a mention of a mage.
'Okay, well I'm heading to the bus stop. I'll meet you there. Okay?' he asked and was met with a positive response.
Upon, not hearing her voice anymore, the boy rose his occlumency shields back into place. Shaking his head, Harry muttered about how complicated this was becoming, as he walked on towards the bus stop.
It wasn't even eight o'clock yet.
Days off for the owner of Lupin's Books and Tomes were a bliss. Officially, he would have three days off every month, on the time of the full moon, where he would be 'away' on the certain business trips. The location of the trips was unknown.
So to have a day off, which wasn't related to those 'three days', was a bliss for Remus Lupin.
He couldn't have picked a better time since it was a certain Potter's birthday in a few days. The man had to make sure he had a gift picked out for her, as he didn't want to turn up empty handed.
Of course, being a man his age, it was hard to try and think what a soon to be six-year-old girl would like for her birthday. So, for this reason he had brought help alone with him. This help came in the form of a nine-year-old girl sitting in a wheelchair.
Because of her condition, plus the fact that police are informed there are no wheelchair access ramps, he wouldn't have to worry about her being in trouble for 'skipping school'.
Plus it was a win, win for her. As she had a medical check-up on this day, so after helping him with the shopping, he was leading her directly over to the hospital. This is where they were going, right at this moment.
Hayate smiled as she had Kat's wrapped gift on her lap. She had help Mr. Lupin pick it out, after hearing about her quirks and having met her, and hoped the girl would like it. Though she had to sigh, inwardly, in sadness.
As this meant the man would be leaving on Friday, she wouldn't then see him at all until Monday.
"So, how long do you think you will be today?" Remus asked, causing the girl to look up at him from her chair.
"Hmm…" She ponders for a few moments, before replying. "It's only a basic check-up today, so about an hour at most."
"I see," The man replied, as they reached the hospital. "How about we go and get something to eat afterward?"
The girl smiled and nodded her head, happy to spend more time with him.
At the reception desk, Hayate was greeted like normal. With how many times the girl have been here over the previous years, it was kind of understandable how everyone, from the doctors to the nurses, knew her name.
It was only a handful of minutes waiting before they were greeted by Hayate's doctor.
Doctor Sachie Ishida, a blue haired woman who not only works at Uminari City University Hospital, but was also in charge of neurology section. The woman greeted them warmly, as she led them up to her office.
It was through Remus that Hayate made her very first friend, Harry. In this situation, it was in reverse. As it was through Hayate, that both Remus and Sachie were introduced to one another. On a day like this.
It was a bit rough to begin with, the soon the doctor was glad there was another person out there, looking out for Hayate's wellbeing.
"How have you been lately, Hayate?" Sachie asked once the three were in her office.
"Everything has been going fine." The girl responded truly, as it had been this past month.
"No chest pains?"
Hayate shook her head. "I haven't had those in a few months now." She informed the doctor with a smile, hoping this was the start of having her legs cured.
"Hopefully," Doctor Ishida said.
Deciding to start with the check-up, Remus left the two alone for the hour while he went to explore some more shops. Though soon enough an hour passed, climbing the stairs and walking down the hall, it seemed that the man was right on time.
As the door to Doctor Ishida's office opened, with Hayate being pushed out of the room by the doctor herself. Both of them were smiling and laughing, something that brought a smile to the old werewolf's lips.
"I guess I arrived, right on time." He said, bring their attention to him.
"Yep." The girl replied shyly, as her smile never left her lips.
Though as she had closed her eyes and smiled up at him, Remus took to opportunity to mouth to Sachie. 'How did Hayate's check-up go?'
The smile was replaced with a look of slight worry, as she mouthed back 'The same as usual.'
'Ah…I see.' Lupin thought to himself as he understood what she meant, there was no improvement. Hayate's condition hasn't gotten worse, but it also hasn't gotten better at all. Meaning she was going to be in the chair a while longer. "Well then…seeing as it is nearing midday, do you want to get something to eat Hayate?" Remus asked her as he quickly change the topic.
His answer came in the sound of a rumble coming from her belly. The girl blushed, as the two adults chuckled slightly.
"I'll take it the Little Raccoon is hungry." He said.
Though Hayate now held a pout on her face, once again cursing Harry for giving her the nickname of 'Little Raccoon'. This was mainly because the boy had noticed how she would put so much hard work into something, before quitting it and doing the same thing to something else, before quitting that and so on.
She had pointed out that she was older then the boy by a month, but her waved it off saying, she was little in height. To make a point with the nickname, Harry got her a special hoodie for her birthday. One the hood of the hoodie was a pair of raccoon ears while on the base of it was a raccoon tail.
While Hayate knew it was a gag gift, she still cherished it.
"It seemed the Little Raccoon is pouting," Sachie said, joining in on the teasing as she poked Hayate's cheek.
"It seems you are right," Remus added, patting the top of the girl's head.
The girl's cheeks turned red as she gained a shy expression on her face, slightly embarrassed by the teasing. Though she wouldn't say it out loud, the girl did love the attention that she would receive from these two adults.
It was this attention and feeling that would always leave a smile on her face.
"Are you free right now?" Remus asked.
The doctor in turned pulled out her schedule books checked through it, flipping through the pages, she nodded her head. "I'm, official, on a lunch break right now."
"In that case, would you like to join the two of us for lunch?" Remus asked her, neither noticing the look Hayate gained as she looked between the two. "There is a small café just down the road a bit, so it's not that far of a walk."
"I would love to, Remus," Sachie replied, walking back into her office to put her doctor's coat and equipment away.
Hayate put a hand to her lips to stop herself from giggling, though didn't do a good job as she felt someone poke her neck. Because it was a ticklish area, she squeaked. Turning her head, she looked up to seeing Remus looking at her with a certain look.
This caused the girl to look away, whistling and acting innocent. The man rolled his eyes and pushed her chair along the hallway, as the woman joined them.
While the two adults talked between one another, Hayate just smiled at the scene. Placing her hands over her heart, as she wondered if it was what it felt like to have parents that cared for you. While the girl knew her real parents were dead, Hayate knew that these had both tried so hard to make sure she was well looked after since they appeared in her life.
It was something that she would always be thankful for.
"Hey, did you guys hear about what happened last night?" Alisa asked Nanoha and Harry, as they sat down in their normal spot for lunch. Only this time the seating order was Harry, Suzuka, Nanoha, and Arisa.
"About what?" Nanoha asked the blonde girl, having not watched the morning news.
It was Suzuka who replied, while looking worried. "On the news this morning, they said that the vet we went too yesterday, had a car accident and the wall was smashed in." As the two hadn't had the time to talk to them about it earlier.
"Oh, I saw the news too!" Harry told them, as he recalled what was on the morning news. "They said that a van crashed into the vet." He added on, playing along.
"Eh!" Nanoha turned to the boy, with wide eyes in surprise. "A van?" She asked as they boy gave her a brief nod.
"So we've been worried about the ferret…" Alisa told them, Suzuka nodded in agreement.
"Um, about that…" Nanoha tried to explain to the two girls, but was cut off by Harry.
"I came across Nanoha and the ferret outside the vet last night, it is currently at Nanoha's house right now."
"Really? So he's safe in your house, Nanoha."
"I'm relieved to hear that."
Alisa and Suzuka smiled in relief at hearing this information, while Nanoha laughed nervously and was wondering how the boy next to her was keeping so calm.
"Well, it's a good thing that we didn't get involved in any car accident last night. Right, Nanoha?" Harry asked with a smile, inwardly thanking his occlumency to hide his true emotions. Plus what he said was true, they didn't get involved in a car accident…it was more of a monster-style incident.
"Huh? Oh yeah. Ahaha…" Nanoha laughed nervously while looking uneasy.
Noticing this, Harry added that he might had to teach her the basics of occlumency, which he knew. It was then that he felt the knocking from earlier.
'Hey Harry, we're not lying are we?' Nanoha asked telepathically, once he lowered his shields.
'Of course not. We are just withholding information. After all, we don't want them to find out about the monster and Jewel Seed right?' He asked, playing it safe.
'I suppose so…' Nanoha didn't sound convinced but still agreed with him.
Meanwhile, Harry noticed that Suzuka and Alisa were staring at Nanoha, who was still laughing nervously and decided to change the subject. "Anyways, it seems like Nanoha's parents are fine with having a ferret around. So, it seems like Nanoha will be taking care of it for a while."
"I see," Alisa muttered suspiciously, as she looked at the girl who finally stopped her laughing. Before remembering something. "So all we have to do is come up with a name for him."
"Have you decided on a name for him?" Suzuka asked Nanoha while wondering which name would fit the ferret.
"Yeah. His name is Yuuno." Nanoha told them, remembering the name the ferret introduced itself as.
As the three girls continued to talk about the ferret, Harry tuned out as he turned to his lunchbox. His thoughts about what's going to happen from now on, plus on what he had observed from earlier.
From being friends with her for so long, the boy could easily notice that Nanoha was pretending to pay attention to class, as she seemed distracted. To take a guess, Harry believed that she was communicating telepathically with the magical ferret.
He didn't know what was said, but she gained a determined look in her eyes. Which probably means that she…
The boy was brought out of his thoughts has he felt something poke his cheek, followed by a voice saying. "Harry, you awake? Come on, respond!"
"What is it?" He asked the poker, having turned his head to the left to see it was Suzuka who was poking him.
"Sorry." She responded putting her chopsticks down, blushing slightly. "I asked you a question, but you seemed to have zoned out on us."
"Yeah, you have your thinking face on," Arisa added, chew the bread piece she placed in her mouth.
Harry shook his head. "I don't have a thinking face."
"Yes, you do," Arisa replied, making a face that looks like she was focusing on an object, but her eyes were focused elsewhere. "Something like that."
"I don't make that kind of face." The boy stated, his eye twitching slightly.
"You do, too." The girl argued back, causing Nanoha and Suzuka to sigh as they knew where this argument was leading.
"No, I don't."
"Yes you do."
"I do not."
"Do."
"Not."
"Do."
"No-"
"Anyway," Suzuka interrupted, cutting the two off before they go any further into their mini-style argument. "I asked, it was you little sisters birthday this Saturday. Right?"
Harry nodded his head, dropping the argument for now, as he closed his empty lunchbox. "Yeah," he replied, looking at the girls. "Since we don't have Cram School today, I'm going to go and buy her birthday present."
"She is turning six, right?" Nanoha asked as she remembered meeting the girl one in the previous year. It was only briefly, but she seemed to be full of life.
"That's right." The boy replied, as the bell rung. The four followed the other students as they headed on down the staircase, heading back to their staircases. "I'm going to get her a wolf plushy."
"Are there meanings behind these plushy's you buy?" Arisa asked as they reached their classroom.
Harry looked at her, putting his empty lunchbox away, and asked. "What do you mean?"
"Well, from what I remember Nanoha saying. You got her a Stag plushy for her birthday two years ago, followed by a Deer plushy that following Christmas. Then last year you got her a big Dog plushy for the birthday and a huggable Rat plushy for Christmas." She explained, remembering the previous two years. "So we're just wondering if they had meanings.
The boy smiled as he replied to the girls in a simple answer. "Yeah, they do."
However, before any of the three could ask, the teacher entered the room causing the three, as well as other students, to return to their seats. Harry chuckled inwardly, knowing that his bare answer had annoyed Arisa more than she showed.
The rest of the day seemed too flown by, as they continued on with the classes light they did every day. The bell rung signalling that the day had come to an end, it wasn't long before students were leaving school for the day.
Suzuka and Arisa had both wanted to join Harry as he picked out Katherine's gift, but the two girls had violin lessons that afternoon. So Harry and Nanoha waved bye as the two girls were picked up by Arisa's chauffeur.
As the limo drove on down the road, the duo walked on down the pavement towards the centre of the town. Normally, the two of them would be talking between one another, but it seemed Nanoha was currently busy at the moment as she seemed to be 'lost' in her thoughts.
He chuckled to himself as they continued to walk, before sighing inwardly, as he knew he couldn't delay that talk about the previous night and how the Ministry of Magic could affect her, should they discover her and her ability.
"Hey, Harry." Looking towards his walking companion, he saw she had a curious look on her face. "About what Arisa asked earlier, did those certain plushy animals have meaning behind them?
The boy smiled and nodded his head. "Yes, they do."
"What do they mean?" The girl asked, curiosity in her voice.
Looking to the sky, Harry replied. "The Stag represents my dad, the Deer is my mum. The big dog was my Uncle Sirius, the big huggable rat represents Uncle Peter." Upon saying the last one, Nanoha noticed a sad look on his face. "Finally, the wolf one that I'm going to get today represents Uncle Remus."
In the past three years, Nanoha had only ever really met Harry's Uncle Remus. After all, he runs the bookshop just down the road from her own family store. She has only briefly met the boy's parents, just before they were leaving.
So having seen those three, she tried to figure out how those animals represented them. Plus, did something happen to his Uncle Peter, by the look on Harry's face when he mentioned him.
"By the way, Nanoha."
This time it was the girl who was brought from her thoughts, to look at the boy walking beside her. She was slightly thrown off by seeing the serious look on his face.
"Yes?" She asked.
"I need to talk to you about last night." He told her, sighing lightly. "The world of magic, it is far larger than what you believe."
This one sentence threw the girl completely off.
She knew that Harry must have known about magic beforehand, as she had noticed that he was more shocked about what happened, instead of the fact that magic existed.
But now…
"Hey Nanoha." The boy's voice spoke again as they stopped outside a shop, through the window you could see all kinds of Plushy's inside. From different shapes and sizes. "Would you give me a minute, I'm just going to get Kat's gift."
"Sure, I'll wait here." She replied as Harry headed on into the shop. Sitting down on a nearby bench, she tried to process what he said. But sadly, she wouldn't have enough time.
A burst of energy hit her, causing her to look off into the distance. Without thinking or even waiting for Harry, the girl took off down the way and contacted Yuuno. He running had surprising a few people as she ran pass.
A few minutes later, Harry had exited from the shop and was carrying a bag that now held Kat's wrapped up birthday present.
"Okay Nanoha, lets…" He blinking as there was no Nanoha present. "Nanoha?" He asked, looking around but couldn't find her. Seeing a street vendor, he walked over. "Excuse me."
"Yes?" The man asked, looking up at the boy.
"Have you, by chance, seeing a girl about my height, with white ribbons in auburn hair, pass here?" Harry asked.
The man pondered for a second, before replying. "Hmm. Yes, she seemed to be in a rush. She ran that way." He pointed the direction out.
"Thank you," Harry replied, bowing his head slightly as he headed in that direction.
As he ran on down the street, he tried to think of what locations could be in this direction. It couldn't be her family shop, as that was the other direction. The school was to the east of them, with the ocean to the west.
It soon hit him, the shrine was in this direction.
When Harry got to the hill that the shrine was on, it seemed her was correct as the barrier from the previous night was engaged again. The boy did have to wonder why he was allowed in, but yet the Auror's were locked out?
He continued to move until the stopped at the base of the steps. From the top of them he could hear a roar along with flashing pink lights.
Running up the steps leading to the entrance of the shrine, he stopped as he saw what appeared to be a very large black dog…no, perhaps it's more correct to say that it resembled a dog because it had four eyes and had tusks and horns growing out of it.
Only the beast had been chained down, in the form of magical pink glowing chains.
"You did it!" Yuuno's voice shouted, looking to the side Harry could see him and Nanoha. The girl was wearing what she wore the previous night while holding that staff. "Now seal it Nanoha!"
"Ok!" Nanoha replied, pointing her staff at the monster. Causing the boy to move out of the way, so he wasn't caught up in it.
The boy watched just like the previous night as pink blast of light shot from the girl's staff and wrapped around the monster. However, having the monster in close range, the two could see the Roman numeral 'XVI' had appeared on its forehead.
"Jewel Seed Serial XVI! Seal!" Nanoha shouted out, as the light shone throughout the area.
[Sealing!]
In response to the staff's mechanical command, the monster started glowing before turning into a small dog with a blue jewel floating above it before it got absorbed into Nanoha's staff.
[Receipt: No. XVI.] The staff, Raising Heart, confirmed that the Jewel Seed had been sealed.
"We did it!" Nanoha smiled as she returned to her school clothes and returned her staff into a red jewel.
While the girl was in joy, Harry was lost in his thoughts. He recognised the jewel that was just sealed, it was exactly similar to the one that he had back in his apartment. The only difference was that jewel had a Roman numeral carved in red on it.
But that didn't stop the boy from thinking. Did he have a Jewel Seed in his apartment? He tried to think back to that event on the beach when he found it, but it was blurred. He could only remember up to the point of picking it up.
"So this little dog was the monster?" Nanoha's voice asked.
Looking up he saw her standing before the unconscious dog on the ground. The boy soon walked over and joined Nanoha looking at where the dog was laying on the ground.
"Harry?" The girl blinked in surprise, having not noticed him coming up the stairs to the shrine.
"Yes, the Jewel Seed possessed this animal and turned it into a monster," Yuuno explained, stopping the two from saying anything to one another, before pausing for a second. "But this one should have been a lot tougher than the monster from last night due to the Jewel Seed having possessed an animal, but it seems like you didn't have any problems with it…"
"Maybe she stopped it before it had a chance to grow in strength?" Harry suggested which the ferret nodded to, accepting it as a possible answer. Since the monster from the previous night had at least more than twenty-four hours in its form. This one had less than an hour.
Nanoha smiled as she turned to the boy, about to apologise for running off like that, when he grabbed her arm.
"Come on, we need to get out of here before the Auror arrives." He said, pulling her off through the shrine and down the hill, instead of taking the steps. Before she could question him on what he was doing, she could hear multiple 'popping' sounds that were followed by voices.
Deciding not to question it at the moment, she allowed Harry to pull her off down the way, away from the shrine.
They wouldn't speak on the matter of magic until they were both seated in Nanoha's room, under word that they were working together to get the homework for school finished. This wasn't really a lie, as they did get their homework finished before they finally started on the subject.
To start the conversation off, the Harry asked the girl a question. "If I ask you about magic, what would you think of?" He waved his hand as she picked up Raising Heart. "Before the events of the other night."
"Oh…um." She muttered, thinking about the answer as they sat there. Yuuno was lying in the basket that have been set up for him, on Nanoha's desk. "Before last night, then I guess Fairy Tales, Sorcery and Witchcraft. Those kind of things."
"As do many people in the Muggle world." The boy spoke, causing the girl to look at him confused. "Muggle means those who were not born with magic." He explained. "With many people in the Muggle word, they see it as nothing more than a fantasy to enjoy and escape are normal everyday lives."
The girl nodded her head understanding, after all, she own quite a pile of fairy tales herself. "But what did you mean by, 'The world of magic, it is far larger than what you believe'?"
'Here we go.' The boy thought to himself, as they reached that part of the conversation. "What if I was to tell you that magic did exist, in large amounts, on this planet of Earth?"
Even though, he wasn't saying anything, Harry could see that Yuuno was listening to this conversation with full focus.
"If that's true, then why haven't we seen it?" Nanoha asked, finding it hard to believe that this could be true. After all, if it was that large, how hasn't anyone figuring it out or discovered them yet.
"What kind of magic users are you talking about?" Yuuno asked as well as he sat up in the basket he was in. "And how large?"
"By magic users, I am talking about wizards and witches. The ones that use wands to cast magic with." Harry replied to the ferret's question first. "As for how large, well, for every country on Earth, there was is a counterpart magical government, known as the Ministry of Magic, which governs the magical people."
"That is large…" The ferret muttered, wondering how the Time-Space Administration Bureau hasn't picked up on this. Or if they have, why haven't they acted out and tried to make this an Administered Planet.
Taking this in, Nanoha repeated her last question. "But how hasn't no one discovered them? And why hide from us?"
"The answers for that are simple." The boy replied, taking a drink from the glass in front of him. "There are repel barriers that stop anyone with no magic from seeing and approaching them." He explained for her first question. "They hide because the general magical population from around the world doesn't know much about 'muggles', as well as their way of life."
Seeing the girl's confused look, the boy sighed and explained in simpler words.
"In other words, the magical population doesn't know anything about the non-magical population with their technology and medication." He spoke, before adding. "All their information is at lease, fifty years out of date."
"Wow." The girl spoke, trying to take this all in. "Are there any other reasons why they hide from us?"
Harry nodded his head. "It has been shown multiple times that the magical population has, and still does, fear that certain muggles will start a war against them if they learn about the knowledge of magic. Which is understandable."
"How?"
"Because there are religious people out there that see magic as the black arts. There are those that would demand favours and things from those that could use magic, the kind that would abuse it. Finally, there are those that would be frightened by this new world and would see to kill them."
Looking at the boy across from her, Nanoha asked. "What is your relation to this world?"
"I was born into it…but sadly, I lost the ability to cast magic." This was the answer that he gave her.
"Then, that means your family is magical?" She asked, making the connection with what he said.
Harry just smiled and looked out the window. The boy took note that the clouds were starting to form as the sun was beginning to set. Some minor rumbling could be heard, signalling that there may be a lightning storm tonight.
"I should head on home now," Harry said picking his school bag up, along with the bag that was carrying Kat's gift. "I'll see you at school tomorrow, Nanoha."
"Sure, Harry." Nanoha softly replied. She was still trying to take all this information in, but then again, from his mother told him, she had reacted the same way when she first learned of the magical world. Though there was a two year age difference from discovering it. "Um…can we talk more about this at a later?"
"Sure." He replied softly. Bidding goodbye, Harry left the Takamachi home and walked on down the pavement.
The sky seemed to rumble again, some sparks of electricity could be seen. This caused the boy to pick up his pace, heading on back to his apartment. Though he was confused, as it was forecasted to be clear skies for the next few days.
Shaking his head, he put that to the side and thought on other matters. One being if he should tell Remus about this? The only problem is Harry knows that his godfather would report Nanoha to the ministry, the boy was scared on how they would act, especially since the magic and gear used are not earth based.
The boy knew he had to keep quiet for now, but if it goes too far then he would tell his godfather.
The second was about the jewel in his apartment. Had he found a jewel seed or was it just a basic jewel. After all, it has yet to activate and the way Yuuno talked about them, it should have activated the moment he picked it up.
He would keep an eye on it for now, then if it is, he would have it over to Nanoha.
Hearing the sky rumble once again, the boy picked up his pace as he jogged down the alleyways heading in the directions of the apartments. The last thing he wanted right now was to be struck by lightning.
However, the lightning would rumble well on into the night.
It would rumble until it reached the point that a jolt struck down from the sky, striking against one of the tallest buildings in the city. Once it cleared, a lone figure could be seen standing on the edge of the building.
From the figure, you could make out the person was a young female. Her long golden blonde hair gently moved from left to right, as the wind blew through her hair. Her crimson eyes observed the city below her. In her right arm was what could be considered a black axe.
From behind a growl could be heard, sitting a few feet away in the shadows was an oversized orange furred dog, which had razor sharp fangs and markings on her head. The dog just sat there, watching the girl in front of her.
"The Lost Logia are in this area?" The girl asked in a soft voice, as the clouds seemed to clear. "The form is a blue gem, normally called a Jewel Seed." She said, confirming the facts that she had been given.
The wind continued to gently move around her, as the city lights were still shining.
"Right." She confirmed in the silence. "I'll have them in my hands in no time." She stated determined, as the dog behind her released a loud howl. One that echoed through the night sky.
The clear skies shined upon an open meadow, upon which a beautifully carved manor. That and land around it was covered with wards that hid it all away from the eyes of those they don't want to see or find it.
The manor itself was called, Potter's Manor. Not very original name, but all pureblood, and half-blood, in the wizarding world in Britain name their family homes. This manor was the ancestral home of the Ancient and Most Noble House of Potter, a home that has been passed down from Lord to Heir when the time comes.
At this present point in time, in 1989, the manor fell under the ownership of Lord James Potter. A man who inherited that manor and position of Lord, when his father and mother were killed during the first British Wizarding War. Though didn't accept the position until a few years prior.
They have lived in this manor for the previous two years, despite their cottage having been fixed up in Godric's Hallow, it was far safer here. As well as having their privacy, without anyone invading it.
From the position of the sun, it was about eight o'clock in the morning and the family in this manor were waking up for breakfast.
Like all wizarding families, the Potter family had elves that keep maintenance over the manor. However, when it came to cooking meals and tending to the flower gardens out back, then those were the jobs of Lillian Potter.
Today was no different.
The woman was happily humming as she set breakfast up on the table, along with some drinks. Unlike other days, she was in a slight happier mood today, mainly due to the talk with her husband from the previous night.
Yes, she understood the dangers that could happen, epically since they have no choice but to invite 'them'. But, the fact that her family would be united under the roof of their true home, once more, is more than enough to make her happy.
"Mama…"
Hearing the groggy voice, Lily turned and was greeted by a tired Katherine. The little one looked like she just woke up, as she was still dressed in her kitten pyjamas. They looked like normal pyjamas, only they had a kitten tail, along with a hood that had cat ears on it.
"Good morning, my little Kat," Lily replied, picking her youngest up and carrying her over to the table. No sooner than placing Kat on her chair, her eldest daughter entered the room, also in her pyjamas. Though she was more awake then Katherine, as she rubbed the grime out of her eyes before fixing his glasses back in place. "Good morning, Evelyn."
"Morning, mum." She replied, taking her normal seat at the table, which was to Kat's left.
As if continuing the chain, the backdoor to the manor opened, as Jayden entered through. Unlike his sisters, the boy was wide awake and in his training outfit. Unlike his father, Jay took more after his mother, he was an early bird. He would use this time to go and train outside, making sure to keep himself fit.
"Good Morning!" He greeted still full of energy, despite having jogged around the property a few times.
He got an equally energised good morning from his mother, but sadly his sisters, like Harry, take after their father and were not early birds. So all he got from them were groggy good mornings, which in turned sounded like something else.
"Dad not up yet?" He asked.
Lily had to snort at that. "Your father sleeps far more than your siblings, especially on days he doesn't have work."
"Well, better fix that then," Jay replied, grabbing the alarm egg timer from the kitchen. He set it to go off in two minutes. "Missy."
With a soft 'pop', one of the young elves appeared before them. "Young master be calling Missy?" The young elf asked, looking at Jayden.
"Please place this on my father's side of the bed. That is all." He told the elf, who took the timer and vanished. Lily didn't bother to say anything, as she was going to send a House Elf to wake her husband up anyway.
At least this way, she knew he will be woken from his sleep.
Soon enough, the four heard the alarm from the egg timer go off from up the stairs, which was followed by something crashing into the ground. The mother of the three children sighed to herself, it seemed her husband was now awake.
Setting the last of the food onto the table, a pair of feet could be heard descending the staircase. A few moments later, James entered the dining room with a tired look on his face, as he kept pushing his glasses back into place.
They could easily see he was sending an annoyed look at the culprit, but the man was still too tired to do anything at the current moment. So he sighed in defeat and took the seat between Katherine and Jayden.
"Papa, good morning." Kat, now slightly more awake, greeted her father.
James had to smile and kiss the top of his youngest forehead, after pulling the hood off. "Good morning, my little Kat." He greeted, patting the top of her head. An action the girl always liked, since Harry started it all those years ago.
Breakfast was like every other day, laughing and smiling faces, which were increased when a certain dog father had once again crashed breakfast. The man had once again appeared out of nowhere, taking a seat at the table between Eve and Lily, and digging in.
However, Black's enjoyment was short lived, when he was smacked across the back of the head by Lily, who growled at him and told the man.
"How many times have I told you, not to randomly show up uninvited?"
"Hmm…lost count." Sirius laughed.
A voice cut through the man's laughter. "Six hundred and seventy-two." All heads turned towards the eldest daughter, who was wiping her lips with a cloth. "He has been told six hundred and seventy-two times, over the last three years."
"How the bloody hell do you remember those f…"
Anything else Sirius Black was going to say was cut short by one protective mother. Who in turned grabbed the dog father by the collar of his shirt and dragged him out of the kitchen, growling that he would dare use inappropriate language around her daughters.
"Come on, Lily." The man panicked as he was dragged out of the dining room. "It was an honest mistake…James! A little help over here!" The man called to his brother in all but blood for help.
"Sorry Padfoot, I would help you in many things. But I'm not about to go against my wife, when she's in this mode." The man replied, pouring himself a cup of tea. Ignoring Black, who was calling him a traitor.
James just shook his head and thought, as he helped pour a glass of milk into a cup for Kat.
'When he becomes a father, he will learn to never cross his wife, especially if she has a fiery temper.'
Having grown use to this, the remaining Potter family continued to eat breakfast. Ignoring as their godfather cried out in pain, as Lily used a mallet, something she found in the Ladies Wing of this manor, on the man.
As breakfast wind down, Lily took Kat on up to her room to get her changed. This was mainly because James wanted to talk to his older children, without any distractions.
Having the house elves take the plates and cups to clean, the man sat across from his two children at the table. Sirius also seemed to have found his way back to the table, though his head was heavily bruised.
"I'm going to cut right to the chase." He said looking at Jayden and Evelyn, still slightly tired. "This Saturday, on Katherine's sixth birthday, Harry is going to be present."
At this piece of information, both of them were smiling at the thought of him being there. They also knew that it would make Kat so happy as well, to have him there. But that happiness was soon replaced with worry, worry that showed on their faces.
Something their father saw and was glad about, seeing that they were using their heads as they knew who would be present.
"Because of this, I am going to need the two of you to keep a close eye on him." He informed them. "As when the 'darker' fraction of the Wizengamot see him, they won't act, but they will most like have their kids do something when you are ushered outside to play."
Looking at each other again, Eve and Jay agreed to watch out for him. Plus to also step in, should anything happen.
"Don't worry about them doing anything to rash," Black told them, focusing in on the conversation. "As Lord of the Ancient and Most Nobel Family of Black, a lot of the 'darker' faction owe my family money. Even Lord Malfoy would be on his toes, since he knows I can easily annul his marriage with his wife, but also call back the Bride dowry."
James nodded in agreement, as he added on. "That is true. However, they will still try underhand tactics, such as insults or minor attacks when no one is looking."
Again, both Evelyn and Jayden nodded their heads in agreement. Understanding everything their father was telling them, knowing that they would have to keep an eye out on Harry.
Two days have passed since that talked between the two. Today was Friday and come tomorrow would not only be the weekend, but also Harry's little sister's birthday.
The last two days have been basic, like every other day. Wake up, go to school, then Cram School on both of these days. So very basic, though the girls seemed to plan to spend the day at the new opening pools on Saturday, before the soccer game on Sunday.
Also, he did receive word from Yuuno that Nanoha had been training herself in the early morning.
Apparently Nanoha has also been looking for more Jewel Seeds after school and late into the afternoon. On both Wednesday, right after he went on home, and yesterday, having gotten back in before her family became curious.
She had exhausted herself and it was slightly noticeable in class.
Harry had sighed knowing that it had been less than a week since she started using magic, no matter how talented she may have become at it, there's no way she could use its full potential.
This is because, as it was explained to him and Jayden, the magical core in one's body had three stages of maturity.
From when you born to before your eleventh birthday, the magic in one's body is completely raw. It's the main reason magical families train their children in controlling their magic, as when they reach eleven, they hit the first maturity stage.
It is at the age of eleven that magic in one's body becomes slightly more stable and balanced. This is why it is the age for magical schools to start their studies. Though sometimes, the age of ten could also be considered the age for the first stage. However, it depends on the situation.
The second maturity stage is when they reach seventeen years old, as this age in the magical world marks adulthood. At this stage, the magic of one's body is increased and made stronger than what it previously was.
The final maturity stage was more frightening. Only a handful of magical users has ever achieved it. To attend this step, one's body must enter a state of life or death and survive it.
But back to the point, Nanoha's magic was completely raw. The more she uses it in this stage, the fast she becomes exhausted. She still has a long way to go in controlling it and was dealing damage to her body by forcing large sums of magic out of her.
When he brought this to her attention, the girl apologised and promised to take it easy.
Of course, she quickly went back on that promise.
Harry was huffing slightly as he ran through the back alleyways, heading towards their school.
Cram School had finished a while ago and the boy had just finished his sword lessons for the day. He was going to head on home, after picking some milk up from the shop, when he got a message from Nanoha that another Jewel Seed had activated.
Getting closer to the school, the barrier once again came into play.
Only this time, Harry had to stop and hide behind a wall. Looking around the corner slightly, it seems the Japanese Auror's were now starting to respond faster every time the barrier was engaged. Though like before, they couldn't seem to enter it.
This was something that seemed to piss them off, as certain aurors were throwing spells after spells at the barrier. Trying to either bring it down or create a hole in the barrier large enough for them to enter through.
Nothing they tried worked.
The head of the group ordered a perimeter to be built around the barrier, anyone if anyone attempts to go in or comes out, are to be detained for questioning. As well as muttering that they were lucky the Muggle's couldn't see the barrier.
He had to wait a few minutes before he would finally see his chance.
Pulling his hood over his face, the boy ran towards the barrier. A couple of Auror's noticed his presence and shouted at him to stop, as they charged at him. Just like before, the barrier seemed to accept him as he passed through. The Auror's, on the other hand, crashed into the barrier like a solid wall and was thrown back.
Sighing in relief, he ran on up the last stretch and pass the entrance to Seishou Elementary.
There was a roar as the Jewel Seed turned the monster had jumped to the top of the school building. The monster was almost exactly the same as the first Jewel Seed monster. However, this one had more of a human form to it as well as being slightly more solid.
The more noticeable feature was the fact it was holding a Kendo sword in both hands. It seemed that someone had left this jewel in the storage cupboard, and not bothered to have cleaned up like they were supposed to.
"Harry."
To his left, Nanoha was leaning against the wall of the building. She had slight bruises against her, from being hit multiple times from the swords. While Raising Heart was strong, the staff wasn't designed for close combat.
"You okay?" The boy asked as the monster seemed to be watching them from the building.
"Nyahaha," She laughed weakly, finding it slightly hard to stand. "Yeah, Yuuno was able to create barriers to defend me." She replied as the ferret was at her side. Just as bruised and exhausted as her. "But the monster is fast. I can't get a clear shot at it, plus it's too dangerous when it gets close."
Looking at the monster, Harry asked. "It's a close combat fighter?"
"Yeah."
Reaching behind his back, he brought the case before him and opening it. "How long do you need to charge the sealing spell?" The boy asked the girl, pulling out his two wooden training Katana's.
Balancing herself, she looked across the field. "About ten minutes." She had replied before realisation appeared in her eyes. "Harry, please tell me you're not…" She was silence with the boy putting a finger to her lips.
"I know there's little to no chance of me winning, especially against that thing." He replied looking up at the monster. "But speed and endurance are my strengths, I should be able to distract it enough and give you enough time."
"Okay." She said weakly, accepting this. "Just don't get hurt too much."
Walking forward, Harry was taking deep breaths. Looking up, the monster seemed to accept his challenge to fight as he jumped from the top of the school and landed a few feet in front of him. Both swords at the ready. Seeing this, Harry seemed to take note that each Jewel seemed to hold its own personality.
Though as the fight started, it was sad to say that the battle was pretty much one sided.
Firstly, because Harry was still a beginner at sword fighting, the boy only knew how to deflect and strike, but that wasn't enough here. Secondly, he hardly had any strength compared to the monster, who with every missed attack left a small hole in the ground.
The only things he had to go for him, as said before, was his speed and endurance.
Every time he was knocked back, unable to hold his ground when its sword clashed with his, the boy was able to get back up. Also, he was able to move at a faster pace than the monster, keeping some distance away from it.
However, it seemed that this Jewel Seed monster adapts to its environment. As its speed suddenly increased tenfold, catching the boy completely off. In a simple swipe of its sword, both of Harry's training swords were knocked clean out of his hands.
Plus he didn't have time to react and grab them, as he fell back onto his back, to avoid the attack from its second sword.
"Harry!"
"Chain Bind!"
The monster roared as its arms and body were trapped by glowing green chains. Chains that seemed to cut into the creatures arms as it was dragged backwards, towards a certain spot.
"Now, Nanoha!" Yuuno, the caster of the Chain Bind having regained some strength, shouted as the monsters body was starting to break apart to free itself.
"Okay," Nanoha replied as she pointed her staff at the monster with a spell charged up, just like before they could see the Roman numeral 'XX' had appeared on its forehead. "Jewel Seed Serial XX! Seal!" Nanoha shouted out, as the light shone throughout the area.
[Sealing!]
Just like many times before, the pink blast shot out from Raising Heart. The monster was unable to move because of the chains. The light surrounded around the monster, glowing for a bit before the creature crumbled away and left behind the small blue Jewel Seed.
Harry sighed in relief as he watched the familiar sight of Jewel Seed getting absorbed by Raising Heart.
[Receipt: No. XVI.] Raising Heart confirmed, now that the Jewel Seed had been sealed within it.
That's finally been taken care of." The ferret spoke, catching his breath.
"Harry, are you alright?" Nanoha asked worried, her clothes having reverted back to normal, though she kept the staff out.
Harry just nodded his head, still slightly winded. Though he was glad that he was of some help this time, not just sat off on the side lines like normal. Picking up his training swords, he moved over to them.
"You should get back home, Nanoha, before your brother worries again." He heard Yuuno tell the girl, who nodded her head.
"Okay…" Nanoha replied back weakly as she walked the way of the entrance.
Or was before Harry stopped them. "We need to find another way out of here, the auror's, magical police of this world, are waiting just outside the barrier." He told them with slight worry in his voice. "Anyone caught leaving is to be detained for questioning.
"Ahh, then what do we do?" Nanoha asked worried, not wanting to be arrested.
"I got an idea," Yuuno informed them, as a green seal appeared beneath them. "Hold on." He told them, as the magic was starting to form itself. "Transporter."
However, as they disappeared in the green light, the three didn't notice a figure watching them from the shadows. Unlike those men outside the barrier casting spells with those wooden sticks, this woman had no problems getting into it.
Looking at her, you would see that she was in thought over what she had witnessed.
The girl, she could proudly think, was by no chance a member of the Time-Space Administration Bureau. It could be clearly seen by her lack of understanding of how she performs her magic. While the woman had to admit her spells seemed powerful, a lot of potential in that areas, it seemed that she lacked experience and knowledge.
The ferret was a strong familiar, especially in the areas of defence and teleportation.
Finally, the boy seemed to have hidden potential. He was quick on his feet in speed and endurance but lack strength. He didn't show it, but he must have some kind of Linker Core because he wouldn't have been able to enter the barrier or even see it if he didn't. But what his style of magic was, remained a mystery.
Having taken this information in, she turned to leave as the barrier begun to drop. But stopped…
She felt a presence on the back of her neck coming from the school. Deciding to check it out, she was shocked to find that there was a second Jewel Seed on sight, not too far away from where the battle took place.
Placing a sealing spell on it, not wanting it to go off on her, the woman picked it up and pocketed it in her shorts. Though as she turned to leave again, she was met with multiple men pointing wooden sticks at her face.
"Ma'am, please place your hands in the air." The leader of the group spoke, as the moved into a formation of a semi-circle around the woman. It would appear that the barrier had fully dropped.
Looking at the group, she seemed to now understand why the boy had the ferret teleport the three of them from the site. Quite smart as well, as it looks like she was to be blamed for the barrier. She made a note that she would pay the boy back for this.
Even if he didn't realise what he done in the first place.
Seeing that she wasn't responding, the tip of the leader's wand glowed red. "This is your last warning, place your hands in the air. Otherwise, we will open fire."
Smiling to herself, the woman thought that this might be a fun chance to test the strength of the magic users of this planet. So, in no less than a second, the leader of the auror's was pounded back onto his back. The woman stood in his spot with an outstretched fist.
Looking around, she smiled at them. "Who's next?"
Housing District, Uminari City
If anyone had been present in the alleyway at that time, they would have seen a green flash. As well as taking notice of two figures appearing out of nowhere, once the flash had died down.
"Where…" Harry muttered, trying to gain his barring's after what just happened.
"I was able to teleport us close enough to Nanoha's home," Yuuno replied, casting a minor healing spell to heal some of their bruises, so questions wouldn't be asked. The sun was starting to set overhead. "Just in time too."
Slowly, the two made their way down the alleyway towards Nanoha's house. Harry was just tired, he didn't take a big enough beating like Nanoha, who was leaning on her staff as they walked. Speaking of which…
"Hey Nanoha…"
"Yes?" The girl tiredly asked, looking at the boy.
"Shouldn't you return Raising Heart to its jewel form?" Harry asked as he pointed to the staff that the girl was dragging along.
"Oh…you're right…" Nanoha muttered as she noticed that she was indeed walking around with a staff in her hand, which was a big no, with the magical police seemingly keeping a watch on the area.
"Are you okay Nanoha?" Yuuno asked the girl as he watched her struggle to keep her eyes open.
"I'm fine, but…I'm just a little tired…" Nanoha muttered before collapsing to the ground.
"Nanoha!" Both Yuuno and Harry rushed over to the girl.
"Are you alright?" The boy asked, immediately checked her neck for a pulse…
"Zzzzzzz…"
…only to hear her snoring lightly.
"She fell asleep?" Harry muttered in disbelief, before sighing. "You can't sleep here, Nanoha." He tried to wake her up by gently shaking her, but she gave no sign of waking up.
"Nanoha has been looking for Jewel Seeds over the last three days, so I guess it's only natural for her to be this tired." Yuuno commented, changing Raising Heart back to its Jewel Form.
The boy nodded in agreement. "That's true. Not to mention it must be exhausting for her to use magic since she isn't used to it yet." He answered back as he gave up trying to wake Nanoha up, the boy picked her up in his arms gently in an attempt to not disturb her sleep. "By the way, can we take a break from Jewel Seed hunting this weekend?"
"Ah, you mean to hang out with your friends?" Yuuno asked as he recalled Nanoha talking about the day at the pool and cheering for the soccer team that her father coaches with her friends last night.
"That too, but our sleeping beauty here needs all the rest she can get," Harry replied, chuckling slightly as the girl muttered and pouted in her sleep. "Besides, we already got four out of twenty-one Jewel Seeds in less than three days. So it would be fine to rest over the weekend, right?"
After looking up at the boy for a moment, Yuuno nodded in agreement. "Yeah…Nanoha probably won't be able to go on if she doesn't take a rest soon. I don't want her to hurt herself over finding the Jewel Seeds."
"It's settled then, we are all going to relax this weekend!" Harry stated with a nod of the head. "But first things first, let's drop off…damn it, Nanoha." Harry exclaimed as the girl was now drooling on his arm, muttering about some delicious food.
He picked up his pace and ran to Nanoha's house, Yuuno sat on his shoulder and Nanoha in his arms. He passed Nanoha over to Kyoya, who had just arrived home himself. Harry told the young man, upon being questioned, that they were working on a project lately and sadly the girl has been pushing her limits.
Kyoya sighed and thanked him for being her home, as he carried her into the house. Yuuno following after them, allowing Harry to head on home.
Central Park, Uminari City
In the centre of the park, there was an area where a small waterfall fountain was. Water would stream from the main fountain just up the way a bit, to this bit was water would pour over the edge like a waterfall, leading on down to the swears.
Around it were step like seats, where one could sit to rest. This was where one girl was seated, looking at the small waterfall fountain before her. Her blonde hair and burgundy eyes were simply looking at the water, she was wearing a black shirt, skirt, and boots. She looked nine overall.
The only odd sight in this site, if anyone were present, would be the virtual screen that was right in front of her, appearing there with no known electronic device to date to create it. On the screen was a woman with long orange hair, blue eyes, with a red jewel in the centre of her forehead. Finally, a pair of animal ears instead of normal ones.
"…that is my report." The woman spoke, having informed the girl on what happened over at the school. "Also, we were in luck." She said, holding a blue jewel that had the Roman numeral 'V' engraved on it. "They left in a rush that they didn't realise that there was another Jewel Seed on sight."
The girl smiled lightly at the actions and words the woman said. "How many Jewel Seeds do you thing they have?"
The woman closed her eyes in thought. "I don't know, but I'm going to have at least say two or three." She replied her opinion based on how they fought the seed and how they acted. "Anyway, I'll keep looking for more Jewel Seeds on this end. I'll let you know if I find anything."
"Thank you, Arf." She replied softly, before adding. "I'll meet you back at where we are staying."
Upon saying that, she closed the screen before her. All she had to do now was collect the rest, looking up at the star night sky. The girl hoped that her mother would be impressed with her once they collect a handful of the jewel seeds, she hoped that her mother would smile at her success.
Rising from her seat, the girl headed on out from the park and down the pavement, passing people on the street, to the building the two were staying in.
As she walked down the street, she think over what should be done about the three Arf reported to her.
The main two were the girl and her familiar. While she wasn't a problem right now, she could, could, get stronger with the experience gained from collecting the Jewel Seeds. Jewel Seeds that she would have to steal away from this girl.
The girl's familiar, well, she was confident that Arf would take care of the little thing.
As for the boy, he was a wild card. What Arf told her was correct, he had to have some strong magical abilities, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to enter the barrier like those men. Plus, there was the fact he didn't show a drop of magic during the fight…letting himself get beaten.
Couldn't he use magic, or has he been told not to reveal it yet?
She soon pushed those thoughts off to the side and headed on to the location. She would worry about those three later, as sooner or later they are bound to meet on the field for when another Jewel Seed activates.
Urban District Apartments, Uminari City
Meanwhile, Harry sighed in relief as the elevator reached his floor at the apartments, as he was now only a few minutes away from his bed. Though as he walked down the hallway, he made a note to take the gift over to his Uncle Remus tomorrow, so he could take it with him when he headed to the manor.
Standing before his apartment door, the boy typed in the code and unlocked it, before entering.
Like normal, he removed his shoes and placed them on the shoe rack, before entering the main area and turning on the lights. Where he placed his bag down on the table, as he opened the fridge and pulled out a carton of Orange Juice.
Drinking from the carton, as he didn't feel like having to wash up this late. Closing it, he something caught in the corner of his eye.
Looking across to the living area, on the table was the blue jewel. Many times over the last two days, the boy had looked at that jewel, trying to figure out if it was a Jewel Seed or not.
Of course, his mind was telling him to take the jewel to Yuuno and Nanoha, have them test it and see if it was. But for some odd reason, the boy couldn't bring himself to do it.
Biting his lip, the boy felt his legs move in that direction.
Never knowing what came over him.
Now kneeling before the table, the boy hesitantly, he opened the case. Reaching out, his hand hovered over the jewel as he went to pick it up. Taking a breath, he closed his eyes as to calm his mind in the dark.
The moment Harry touched the jewel with his bare hand, the raw magic running through his nerviest system had connected to that of the jewel.
Only this time, since he had wanted to test it. The boy's magic was calling out to the jewel, instead of trying to calm it.
'Do you wish for power?'
Startled by the voice, Harry looked around for the speaker of said voice, only to find no one standing there.
'Do you wish for knowledge?'
The boy slowly rose to his feet, still trying to find the source of the voice. "Why do you ask?" He replied, when the jewel in his hand shone bright and floated into the air before him. Making Harry fall back and land on his rear.
On the jewel, the Roman numeral 'I' appeared in a red glow.
'Do you wish for both?'
"No…I don't wish for either…" He muttered as the jewel floated a few inches away from his face.
'Then what do you wish for?'
Harry would never in the future remember why he replied, after seeing everything these jewels can cause upon their wielders. "I-I-I…"
'Yes?'
"I wish for my magic to be fixed." He blurted out, taking a few breaths to try and calm his nerves.
The jewel floated there for a few minutes, just when Harry thought it was over, the jewel spoke clearly.
'You're wish shall be granted.' Causing Harry to cover his eyes, as everything when bright. 'However, from the damage that has been done it shall be fixed in time, but you will taste are power. Then, only then, you will grant mine…'
The blue flash erupted around him, as everything went black.
Blinking opening his eyes, the boy looked around confused. His hand was still hovering over the case, the blue jewel was in it. Clenching his hand a few times, he was confused. Had he picked the jewel up already or was he going to?
Trying to think, he remembered holding his hand over the case and went to pick the jewel up. Did he pick it up? He pondered as he reached down again, when there was a knock on the door.
"Who could be here this late?" he asked himself, completely forgetting about the jewel as he closed the lid case. "Yes?" Harry asked, opening the door slightly and was surprised at who was standing there. "Mum? Dad?"
Opening the door, both of his parents step through. "Sorry about arriving here at such a late hour, Harry." His father spoke as the man looked at his wife, who nodded her head. "But we need to talk to you about Katherine's birthday tomorrow."
All Harry could do was looked between his parents in confusion. Knowing that he was going to have a major headache after everything that has happened today.
End of Chapter.
There we go, Nanoha has now been informed of the hidden world on Earth. Plus the arrival, of the Black Angel has occurred. Just to let you know, the next chapter is based of episodes 3 and 4. However, they have been altered to an extent of when they happen.
This was a fault on my side, as I got the dates mixed up when I first started the story. I should have started it at the beginning of April. Before you say, no, I am leaving it as it is and just changing when the seeds are sealed. Also, info for the pool for those of you wondering, listen to Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha, sound stage 01.
Next Chapter: The sixth birthday of his little sister is here, though an unexpected event of one seed causes damage to be done. A soccer game the following day, causes a forest to overgrow and the IWC to ask questions. Plus a rival decides to make her appearance known.
Non-Story Related Note: I'm planning on writing a story for Valentine's Day in two weeks. The elements are going to be based off this story, but not fully connect to it. What I want to know is what kind of pairing would you like to see paired with Harry for this crossover series?
The choices are between Nanoha, Fate, Hayate, Arisa, Suzuka, or one for each. For those wondering, their ages in story is going to be ranged between 9 to 19. Please let me know what you think by review or pm.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please tell me your thoughts for this in the reviews.