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WAREHOUSE #5 WAREHOUSE AREA, LONDON RIVER – It was late afternoon and Draco was back at Warehouse #5 with Auror Parker, as well as Captain America and Hawkeye, who had finished in Washington DC and flew over to visit him. "Shouldn't we be here with back up?" asked Clint.
Draco looked at him. "Is the mighty hawk chicken?"
"No." said Clint.
"He's right." said Steve. "There's only four of us. Who knows how many are in there, or what is in there."
"Look." said Draco. "50 Deatheaters were reported missing from this Warehouse #5. I have discovered interesting things about the entity I collected here last time…"
"And?" asked Steve.
"It seems to be drawn to power." said Draco. He looked at "If you and Hawkeye were to step into a room, it would most definitely take you." Clint gave him a look. "No offense love. But given the Captains super soldier enhancements, he is superior to you and that's what it's drawn to." He sighed. "Given the Auror reports those 50 missing Deatheaters where very high ranking ones…"
"So what is your plan?" asked Auror Parker.
"My first task was to find out what it was…A portal that absorbs power." Said Draco. "My next task is to learn and understand why."
"Do you have a plan?" asked Hawkeye.
"Today is just to observe. Who is in there, if there is someone in there and see what happens. Feel free to arrest whoever you can and keep an eye out for the dark portals. Especially you two." said Draco looking at Captain America. "Caleb would skin me alive if anything happens to you Captain." He looked at Hawkeye. "And I will do far worse to you." Clint winked at him. "Ready?" Three nods and they were off into the warehouse.
ASGARD PALACE, ASGARD – After 3 hours of socializing and dancing Harry and Thor went out to the terrace and into garden, beside the palace, for some alone time. Thor saw Harry staring out at the rainbow bridge and the bifrost. "You miss Draco."
"Yes." said Harry. "Everything would be perfect if he were here." He looked at Thor. "Do you want to go see Heimdall?" asked Thor asked. "He can look down into Midgard for you and see him."
"Yes." said Harry. "Please, lets go."
WAREHOUSE #5 WAREHOUSE AREA, LONDON RIVER – Draco was far from the group. He took his wand and chanted a tracking spell. "TRACKIAM." His wand pointed him to a remote corner of warehouse. A strong gust of wind knocked him off his feet and into darkness. When he woke up he was in a barren cliff side in a large cavern. He heard large rocks moving echoing through the place. "Steve! Clint!" he called out before changing to his true elven form. He pointed his wand into the air and chanted. "REVELIO." He turned to see a flowing red light coming from in between two large black rock pillars. "This must be the source of all this madness…" He approached and peeked in there was a glossy liquid substance swimming around in mid air and a glowing red light and odd eery screeching. Before he could turn the liquid substance grabbed hold of his arm and pulled it hard in and inbetween the rocks. He felt a sudden flaming burn before he was released and yanked his arm out. Looking back in the screeching substance lunged at him but before it could get out the rock came down locking it away. Draco checked his arm and saw his veins glowing red form the inside out. "What the hell?" He gasped before everything went black and he collapsed.
DARK ELF SPACE STATION, SOMEWHERE IN THE DARK UNIVERSE – Malekith awakens from his sleep and walked around seeing his fellow dark elves slowly awaken "The Aether has awoken us." he said. "The Convergence returns."
BIFROST CHAMBER, ASGARD – Harry and Thor arrived at the bifrost chamber. Heimdall bowed to them. "Your highness, your grace."
"Hello Heimdall." greeted Harry. "Did you enjoy the party?"
"Very much." said Heimdall. "But that it was time to return here, to my duties."
"On a night of celebration?" asked Harry. "You could have taken the night off."
"I must keep persistent watch always." said Heimdall.
Harry chuckled. "I admire your dedication. But for the future, everyone deserves a break, even if it's for a night."
"Harry needs a favor." said Thor.
Heimdall nodded his head. "Anything."
"Harry has been missing Draco, the fourth and final Heksgard our family." said Thor. "He misses him and would like to know how he is."
Heimdall turned to the bifrost balcony and looked out into the starlit space.
"How is he?" asked Harry.
Heimdall stares deeper into space. "I can't see him."
"What?" asked Harry. "What do you mean you can't see him?!"
"He is no where." said Heimdall.
Thor turned to Harry. "Could he be at Horgarts?"
"It's…it's a possibility." said Harry. "But… he could also be in trouble."
"What do you sense?" asked Thor.
Harry remained quiet for a moment. "I sense he's in trouble." He touched the Hogwarts jewel medallion and focused on Draco, the necklace glowed each one of the stones on it flashing bright. "I sense nothing." His eyes watered. "I can't sense him…" He looked at Thor with scared and worried eyes.
"You want to go down to midgard." said Thor.
Harry nodded. "Yes." said Harry. "Immediately Thor."
"Very well." said Thor. "Lets get your siblings and we will go." He looked at Heimdall. "Prepare the bifrost." Heimdall nodded. He raised Mjolnir into the air and they blasted off into the air towards the palace.
WAREHOUSE #5 WAREHOUSE AREA, LONDON RIVER – Draco returns back to the warehouse, gasping for air and looking around as Captain America and Hawkeye ran in.
"Draco!" cried Hawkeye, kneeling down and hugging him.
"Are you alright?" asked Captain America.
"Yes." said Draco. "Lets get out of here." He got up and Hawkeye led him and Captain America out. Outside the building he saw Auror Parker and Auror Tracking Squad, 30 of them. "You called the squad?"
"Draco." said Hawkeye. "You were gone for 5 hours!"
"What?" Draco looked around and saw it was night.
Then the bifrost opened two feet away from them and Harry Hermione Thor and Caleb ran to them. "Draco!" cried Harry.
"Harry!" greeted Draco hugging him.
"Steve!" smiled Caleb, hugging his boyfriend.
Steve hugged him tight. "It's good to see you." Kissing Calebs neck. He and Hawkeye hugged Hermione and Thor.
"What are you doing in London?" asked Harry.
"Our mission in Washington was finished and we decided to take an extended vacation and come and see you." Said Captain America.
"And a good thing we did too." said Hawkeye.
"What happened Draco?" asked Harry. "I tried tracking you with the Founders necklace but couldn't find you. Are you alright?"
Clint went to touch Dracos arm that inadvertently released a burst unearthly red and black energy, blasting everyone away five feet.
Hermione ran over. "What happened?"
"I don't know…" gasped Draco. Clint went to touch him again. "Clint no. Don't touch me. Not until we know more."
"We must return to Asgard and consult our healers." said Thor. "I sense this force is not of Earth."
"We have to report this to the Ministry." said Auror Parker.
"No." said Draco. "With my history they will accuse me of being the next dark lord and that's the last thing I want."
"What do I tell them?" asked Auror Parker.
"Use your imagination." said Draco, exasperated. "Tell them I needed to leave due to a very sensitive and personal matter." Auror Parker nodded. "Besides, you have all my notes up to now, there is nothing new to report…" Auror Parker looked at him. "Not until I know exactly what is wrong with me. Just keep it quiet." Auror Parker was not convinced. "Please." Parker agreed.
Thor led Harry Hermione Draco Caleb Clint Steve into the bifrost circle. "Heimdall!" The bifrost immediately opened and the septet vanished in a swirl of rainbow colored light.
SVARTALFHEIM – DARK ELF PLANET – The Dark elf ship arrived in the dark barren dead planet. "Look upon my legacy, Algrim." said Malekith. "I can barely remember a time before the light."
"Our survival will be our legacy." said Algrim.
"The Asgardians will suffer as we have suffered." said Malekith. "I will reclaim the Aether, and restore our world. I will put an end to this poisoned universe."
HEALING CHAMBER, ASGARD PALACE, ASGARD – Five magical healers were with Caleb and Hermione performing magical diagnostics on Draco, analyzing his magical core and his aura. Thor was with Harry watching from the side. "This is not of Earth." he said. "What is it?"
"We do not know yet your highness." said one of the doctors.
"What the bloody hell is that?" asked Draco.
"This is a soul forge." said Hermione. "A magical diagnostic chamber that analyzes and transfers magical and biological molecular energy from one place to another."
Draco turned to Harry. "What the bloody hell does that mean?"
"Don't get her started Drake." said Caleb. "Lets just say, it's checking to see what is wrong."
Odin walked in as one of the healers went to touch Draco and he was flung into the wall by a dark red and black blast of energy.
"Draco!" said Harry, running over and taking his arm. Everyone saw Harry could touch him. "Are you alright?"
Draco nodded. "Just tired." He sighed. "Drained."
Odin walked over and moved his hand over Dracos arm seeing through into it, he saw the dark force flowing through Dracos veins. "It's impossible…"
"The infection it's… defending him." said a healer.
"No." said Thor. "It's defending itself."
"Come with me." said Odin.
PALACE LIBRARY, ASGARD PALACE, ASGARD – "There are relics that predate the universe itself." said Odin leading them deep into the heart of palace library. Like the Great Hall of Hogwarts the ceiling was bewitched to show the universe with multi colored galaxies and stars. "What appears to be inside Mr. Malfoy appears to be one of them. The Nine Realms are not eternal…" He pulled out a book from the shelf and brought it to the table. "…They have a dawn as they will have a dusk…" He opened the book, all written and drawn in gold. "…But before that dawn the dark forces, the Dark Elves, reigned absolute and unchallenged." He turned the page.
"Born of eternal night, the Dark Elves come to steal away the light." added Thor. "I know these stories, mother told them to us as children."
"Their leader Malekith made a weapon out of that darkness and it was called the Aether." said Odin. He flipped five pages ahead. "While the other relics often appear in stones, the Aether is fluid and everchanging."
"How does it work?" asked Steve.
"It changes matter into dark matter." said Hermione. "It seeks out host bodies drawing strength from their life force and magic, the darker the host the stronger it grows."
"That is why it has been feeding on Deatheaters." said Draco.
"Bloody hell." said Harry, feeling lightheaded he leaned on Thors torso for support.
"Malekith sought to use the Aether's power to return the universe to one of darkness." said Hermione, flipping the page tho show the continuation of the story.
"But after eternities of bloodshed, my father, Bor finally triumphed…" said Odin. "…ushering in a peace that lasted thousands of years."
"What happened?" asked Caleb.
"He killed them all." said Odin.
"Are you certain?" asked Thor. "The Aether was said to have been destroyed with them, and yet here it is."
Odin looked at his son. "The Dark Elves are dead."
"Does the book mention how to get it out of me?" asked Draco.
"No." said Odin. "It does not." he sighed, leaving the room. Everyone could tell he was worried.
"They are not really dead are they." said Draco. "Come on guys."
"After what we have lived through, I think anything is possible." said Caleb. "No I don't believe it." He put his hand on Draco, it didn't reject him.
"It seems to accept family related people." said Draco.
"Why do you say that?" asked Hermione.
"Harry touched me, I did not attack him." said Draco. "Caleb touched me now and it didn't react either…" He looked at Clint. "I'm sorry love, you will have to keep your distance for now."
"I can handle it." said Clint. "For a while…" Draco looked at him and he winked. "We'll fix this."
A guard came into the room. "Your highness. Sif and the Warriors Three have arrived with some prisoners."
"Take them to the dungeons." said Thor. "We will see to them in time." The guard bowed and left the room.
ASGARD PRISON, BENEATH THE PALACE, ASGARD – Loki watched as the guards led the new prisoners down the hall. "Odin continues to bring me new friends…How thoughtful."
"The books I sent you. Do they not interest you?" asked Frigga.
"Is that how I am to while away eternity?" asked Loki. "Reading?"
"I've done everything in my power to make you comfortable Loki." said Frigga.
"Have you? Does Odin share your concern?" asked Loki. "Does Thor? I must be so inconvenient, them asking after me day and night." he said sarcastically.
"You know full well it was your actions that brought you here." said Frigga.
"My actions…" said Loki. "I was merely giving truth to the lie I had been fed my entire life. That I was born to be a king."
"A king?" asked Frigga. "A true king admits he faults. What of the lives you took on Earth?"
"A mere handful compared to the number that Odin as taken himself." said Loki.
"Your father…"
"He's not my father!" yelled Loki.
Firgga stood her ground, but Lokis words hurt her deep. "And am I not your mother?"
"You're not."
Frigga scoffed politely. "You're always so perceptive about everyone but yourself…" A tear rolled down her cheek as she vanished in a swirl of white lights.
CHERRY BLOSSOM TREE LINED PATH BORDERING & OVERLOOKING THE ASGARD BAY, MARKETPLACE NEAR THE PALACE – Draco was walking around with Thor Hermione, Harry Caleb, Steve and Clint. "So can someone tell me how I got in and out of that infernal place?" asked Draco.
"Thor?" asked Harry.
"The Nine Realms travel within Yggdrasil…" Thor explained. "…orbiting Midgard much the way your planet orbits the sun and every 5,000 years the world align perfectly and we call this the Convergence. During this time the borders between worlds become blurred." He looked at Draco.
"It's possible you found one of those points in Warehouse #5." Said Cline.
"We are lucky it remained open." said Steve.
"Why?" asked Draco.
"Once the worlds pass out of alignment then the connection is lost." said Thor.
"So what is going to happen to me." said Draco.
"We will find a way to save you Draco." said Harry.
"But Odin said…" started Draco.
"My father doesn't know everything." said Thor.
"Don't let him hear you say that." They all turned to see Frigga dressed in white dress robes and silver armor with a white diamond and pearl tiara.
"Draco Malfoy please meet Frigga, Queen of Asgard, my mother." said Thor.
Draco stood up straight. "Your majesty." He kissed Friggas hand.
"Welcome to Asgard." smiled Frigga. Suddenly the palace alarms went off. BONG BONG BONG BONG! "The prisons."
"Loki." said Thor.
"Go." said Frigga. "I will look after them."
Thor ran to up the steps Mjolnir flew into his hand and he blasted off the ground towards the palace.
"Come." said Frigga. "We must return to the palace." She led the group into some hidden passageways.
"By the way." said Draco, taking Hermiones red ball gown, Harry and Calebs elegant dress robes. "Why are you three dressed like that?"
*** This was a fun chapter. Draco is finally in Asgard. And I'm sooo happy Clint and Steve are there too! Up next WAR comes to Asgard. Will everyone make it out alive? REVIEW REVIEW! I'll be answering everyone up next! ***
