Chapter 7 Stormblown
" So you are descended from Merlin? Well, that means that we are related Harry! Albeit, by a very, very large gap. How many trees were there? Twenty?"
Harry smiled at Aleroth. He was taking it better than Harry would have thought, given his immense hatred of Merlin. He seemed more interested in Harry's descent from Elves. So did Cary for that matter. She exclaimed," Fingolfin! My great-grandfather's brother! So you are part Elven too?"
Harry laughed, " Not really. The next time you cut yourself while sharpening your sword, you'll probably bleed more Elven blood than I have in my entire body."
Aleroth joined in, " Funny thing is, he is probably right. Going by Liberace's sequence at any rate. Still, it does concern me that you can lay a claim to all these houses. Well, it explains a lot actually…."
" Like what?"
Aleroth frowned, " Like that you have a Battle Tower that is almost a thousand feet taller than mine? Like that all the best artisans in the land have flooded your lands? Like how there are almost a million warriors patrolling your lands?"
" What! Is that a problem?"
Aleroth laughed, " I'm joking with you Harry. There is no problem. Although, yes, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers patrolling your land. Shall we return to Dragonland?"
" Yes, just let me go get Ron and the others. Let them ride us."
Aleroth warned, " Be careful though. Bonded dragons typically don't let other people ride them, so I hope you can carry a couple."
" Bloody Hell…,", came Ron's whisper as they passed through the Gates of the Dragon. Harry hadn't really had the same reaction. The sounds of wild dragons issuing the Challenge scream filled his ears. Aleroth beckoned for Harry to follow him, so he told Ron and Percy to hold on, and made a tight banking turn to follow the crimson dragon.
Soon, they entered what Aleroth called Harry's lands. A Battle Tower of immense size, second only to the High Dragon's came into view. Harry looked down at the ground when he heard a cacophony of sounds coming from below. He saw legions of soldiers marching, many of them saluting, many others holding banners, and still many more shouting. Some were banging their swords on their shields. Aleroth began a steep climb in height. Harry followed, and soon, they were on an Aviator's platform.
" Welcome Lord Potter, to your Battle Tower."
Ron and the other Weasleys, even Malfoy were dumbstruck. Unlike Aleroth's, which was jet black like it had been scorched by thousands of dragons, Harry's was a glistening emerald color. Silver highlighted many areas, and in some places, were sky blue. Malfoy commented, " I see what they mean by ' Good things happen if you hang around Potter.'"
Ron struck back, " Just be prepared for Fate to shit all over him for some unexplained reason. Happens to us all the time."
Cary shouted, " I doubt that will happen here."
Ron whispered where no one would here, " You would be surprised how many times I said that."
The first indications of such stirrings began when Harry was met in his Throne room by Carolyn's parents. The father was obviously where Cary was Elven from, he met Tolkien's description of a Noldorian Elf to a dot. Grey eyes, dark brown, maybe black, hair. Serious, contemplative, and about a foot taller than Harry to boot.
Her mother on the other hand, was about Harry's height. She was where Cary got her blonde hair and icy eyes. Aleroth greeted her, " Hello there Erin."
She replied, " Nice to see you again, Uncle Aleroth."
The elf announced, " Good evening, Lord Potter. My name is Celeborne. It is nice to meet you Lord Potter."
" The same to you, Lord Elwing. How may I help you?"
Celeborne answered, " I think you know that question, Lord Potter. As you know, much has been made ado about my daughter…"
" So you would be interested in arranging a marriage with me? That the reason you are here?"
Erin answered, " That is exactly why we are here. As you probably know, a Dragon Knight is allowed to have an unlimited amount of mistresses, but only one wife per world. Since you are of two worlds, and by two I mean you are active in those worlds, you are permitted two wives."
" Hmm, Aleroth didn't include that in the job description. If I had known that, I would have made use of the Unlimited Mistresses part. But never mind that. I have all the money I'll ever need, since it was revealed that I have direct connections through blood to about ten Ancient Houses in my world, not to mention being a descendant of Gil-galad. "
The Elf twitched at that statement. Maybe he was having second thoughts? He voiced these, " Lord Potter, I had no idea that you were descendant from my great uncle. I trust you have read Lord of the Rings?"
" Indeed I have, as well as the Silmarillion, so I know all about the Doom of the Noldor, and how House Feanor gave up the High Kingship as a gesture of thanks to Fingon, Fingolfin's son, by Meadhros. Which brother are you descendant from?"
The Elf hesitated, but his wife answered for him, " Maglor. He commands all our cavalry as a result. It appears he inherited his grandfather's temperament, but his father's skill."
" So that's what happened to Maglor after he threw the last Silmarillion into the Western Sea… Well, let us retire to my chambers for more discussion. I don't think Celeborne would like anymore of his secrets exposed to the public, and I would not like to reveal all of mine as well. Let us go."
( Hogwarts… Beginning of Term)
" Thank God I don't have to rid that mother fucking train anymore!"
Harry admonished, " Now Draco, it isn't nice to badmouth something like that."
Fred and George laughed in unison, " Because we know you miss dicking around with your posse."
"Pssh. Fuck Pansy and the rest. They can burn in hell for all I care. All I got to say is that I got a little something the Muggles call Job Security. Ain't that right Potter?"
Harry cocked an eyebrow, " If you say so Draco. Then again, Diplomacy and cutthroat negotiation is not Percy's strong suit. I guess you do have Job Security."
" Hell yeah! And you can just remember that ole Drakey bought you your first piece of pussy."
They all laughed at that one. Harry commented, while blushing, " I think you should stop hanging around Damian. I see his American tendencies and vulgarities are starting to rub off on you."
Fred shouted, " Yeah, it never better than the first time Harry! Just remember! Unlimited mistresses, but you only got one wife left!"
Harry sneered, " More than you guys will ever have."
Draco laughed, " I think he just iced you."
Fred shouted, " BS! I got Angelina last year!"
" Now I'm calling BS on that. Because I got Angelina! You got Alicia!"
Ron laughed, " Well, I got both, so you can just fuck off!"
" Woah nelly! No need to go there little brother!"
Harry and Percy simply shook their heads. They clearly had no idea what it meant to be in a serious relationship. Of course, Percy's girlfriend Penelope dumped his ass when he said he was going to quit his Ministry job to work for Harry. Harry got to make his joke about the Weasleys having weak wands again, though it cost him a nut shot.
Hagrid shouted up from the platform, " Oi! Ya be a little early don't you think Harry?"
Harry commented, " Need brocks time yet late is better than never. Early is better than on time."
" Harry! I ain't never known ya to get here on time! As I recall the Train's only arrived on time once in your entire tenure!"
Percy smiled. He was exactly right. The only time Harry arrived on time was when he was a First Year. The next year he got to fly a car. The year after was delayed by Dementors. This year, it was right on time.
Harry and his boys had taken great pleasure in forcing Damian and Cary to ride the School Train. It was a little bit of hazing, as they too would be joining them at Hogwarts. Percy, not exactly, he had found himself a job in Hogsmeade.
(Start of Term Feast)
The Sorting went well. Damian ended up in Gryffindor just as Harry said he would. Cary, on the other hand, ended up in Slytherin, prompting Malfoy to sit next to her and look at Harry while he was acting like he was liking something. Harry sent him the finger, which Malfoy nodded his head.
Harry found his first day back was his first day as the most popular guy in the school. Somehow, him being a Dragon Knight made him cool again. He had to tolerate the Creeveys acting like he was God all over again.
One improvement, was that now the girls were noticing him, and he wasn't afraid to talk about it. He had already been approached by girls ranging from Third Year to Seventh years. Of course, Hermione didn't like it at all. Harry couldn't even try to guess why. Ron was enjoying Harry's coattails, but he lamented that he only got the girls Harry didn't like, like Lavender. Harry had somehow missed Dumbledore introducing whoever the new DADA Teacher was, but Harry was very surprised to see a tall, intimidating man wearing what looked like fire resistant leather armor.
The man had a spiked set of plate armor on his desk, and some arrows that Harry recognized as Dragon Slaying Arrows. For reasons best known only to God, modern weaponry did next to nothing to a dragon, but these specially designed arrows were a Dragon Slayer's best friend while on the hunt. Gnarled at the end to penetrate between scales, these arrows were descended of the design of the famous Black Arrows used by the Men of Dale. These said arrows were also the arrow type of the arrow used by Bard during the sacking of Esgaroth, AKA Lake Town. It was a story that Valdaerg loved to tell, despite the fact that Smaug was his father. Apparently, much like Aleroth and Merlin, there was little love lost between the two, and Valdaerg thought he had it coming to him.
The teacher stood up and introduced himself to the students, " Good evening, Students! My name is Al-Raheem of Rhodes. I am a Dragon Minder of some renown, so your Most Glorious Headmaster has hired me to teach you."
Raheem spoke with a twisted Arabian accent that was borderline driving Harry crazy. It didn't help that the man was a Dragon Minder. In other words, he was a Slayer who had been hired by Dumbledore to keep an eye on Harry and Cary. Raheem stared them in the eye as he began the first discussion.
Raheem didn't make his allegiance unclear at all. Everything he did in class was somehow tied into being able to defeat a Dragon. The new spell he taught, Conem Glacies, or Cone of Ice, was particularly powerful Ice Spell. Another, the Ice Spear. The Old Dick was not only trying to control him, but had hired someone to teach everyone else how to kill him if he rebelled. Worst, was how everyone seemed to hang on Raheem's every word.
Snape had been an asshole as usual, giving Harry a zero despite that he had prepared the potion perfectly. Even previously easy teachers, like Flitwick and Sprout, were suddenly real dicks to Harry. He suspected Dumbledore was trying to push him into doing something stupid.
Harry found himself back in the Gryffindor Common Room, surrounded by people eager to listen to his stories of being a Dragon Knight. For the first time in what seemed like forever, the Gryffindors were actually happy about an anomaly of Harry's rather than rallying around the enemy. Ron was sitting there, watching everyone, when Damian came up to Harry. He whispered, " Harry! Come with me?"
The two left the Common Room, only to go to a room not far from the Fat Lady's Portrait. Harry asked, " So, Damian, what's the big hustle about?"
Damian whispered, " My father sent me a letter today. He told me to give you some words of advice."
" Like what?"
Damian sighed, " Like actually using your Unlimited Mistresses rule?"
" Just because I'm not using it right now doesn't mean I won't use it later."
Damian groaned again, " Father said that when a Dragon Knight is young and still getting used to his power, he can be what is called Desensitized."
" Which means?"
Damian explained, " It means they can't feel any sort of sexual feelings at all. Believe it or not, having sex is actually kind of important to maintaining your powers Harry. Aleroth said doubly so since you were a bound wizard going through puberty when he found you."
"Bound? What does that mean?"
Damian scratched his chin, " It means that your magical power was limited by an outside barrier. Someone set it on you. What it also did, was limit your maturity growth. Now, while everyone will always say that teenage boys are the least mature beings on earth, they also know that it is an important stage in life!"
" What about Cary? I already had sex with her once."
Damian tapped his fingers on the desk, " Apparently, that doesn't count, because she is your wife after all. Malfoy did negotiate the contract, you were there watching it, and you were the one who accepted the proposal. That nice emerald ring of Cary's is proof. You are broadcasting a kind of aura that is attracting everyone, male or female, to you. This normally wouldn't be a problem, except that it drains your stamina and makes you tired."
" Is that why you are here?"
Damian scowled, " Nope, I've had plenty of fun over with the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs. I figured you would have your way with your own House. I mean, those Foxes do look pretty good, and I am in Gryffindor too…."
" Ok I get the point. I should be screwing all the girls that move, is that right?"
Damian laughed," Not below your year, but yes. Speaking of points, I think you should definitely distance yourself from Ginny Weasley. She may have something the doctor can't cure…"
" What?"
Damian laughed louder, " It's an American expression for STDs."
" Yeah, I see what you mean. Maybe I could start to work on that then…."
Damian patted him on the shoulder, " That's the way you should be thinking Harry! But my dad wants to talk to you tonight, so I don't exactly suggest taking a witch to bed tonight. My dad isn't exactly known for his politeness. Hell, if I didn't know any better, he would watch you screw her, and then, right after you come, he shouts 'Hello There! I am Doctor Rabbit!' or something like that. Keep that in mind."
" Alright. But how will he contact me?"
Damian waived a finger in front of Harry, " That's for you to find out, not me to tell."
The two reentered the Common Room, with Harry Potter on the Prowl for one of his mistresses. He found himself talking to Katie Bell for no apparent reason, like he hadn't actually done any of the moving. He saw Ron striking up both Lavender and Parvati, then looking over at Harry with a smirk on his face. Harry didn't even notice that he was now walking up to the Dormitories with Katie. Like someone had put his body on Auto-Pilot.
(Fred And George)
Fred and George were busy working Angelina and Alicia respectively, when Damian came walking up. Fred looked up from his busy work of snogging Angelina to shout, " It's our partner in crime! How did it go?"
Damian smiled, " Perfectly. Harry actually believed that junk about siphoning off his power. Although now that I think about it, my father did say something about talking to Harry tonight…"
George looked up, " Don't worry about that! Who'd he go with?"
Damian gestured at the dorms, " Looks like he got that blond girl you guys play Quidditch with."
Fred and George looked at each other evilly, " Do you think it is possible…"
" …That our dear Harry got.."
"…The Golden Fox?"
" No fucking…"
"…way. We gotta see this. Holy shit.."
" No worries brother. We got a little something…"
"…To let the whole common room enjoy the show…"
Damian finally had enough of the infamous Twin speak, " What are you guys talking about?"
Fred started, " Well, we got these things called Extendable Ears. They let you hear things in a room, even through Silencing Charms and Privacy Charms. These are just prototypes, and I was really hoping that our time in Dragonland would give us time to fix them, but these should work."
George pulled out really stringy, flesh colored hearing aid devices with a smile, " I've heard rumors that Katie was a bit of a screamer, so I know Harry would have put some sort of Silencer on the door."
" But brother, I don't know if Harry ever heard those rumors. I mean, I know Oliver said she was, but Oliver was about as sexually active as a box of rocks. To be honest, I think she is. I know I've passed her locker and thought I heard something."
Damian smiled, " You guys are nuts. But oh well. May as well join in on the fun?"
" Now you thinking like a Weasley Twin, dear partner in crime."
George grimaced, " You think Harry would forgive us if he found out we spied in on his girl time?"
" Hell no! "
" You right. I expect he would do it to us if he could."
" Damn straight brother."
Damian broke in, " So, we heading up or not? They may have already started, and while I got two Claws, and three Puffs today, I am not ready to call it a day."
Fred, George, Damian and Ron took up seats next to the door to the fourth year dorms. Harry had thought ahead and put Silencing Charms on the door, but he didn't think his friends would be such perverts. So Fred placed his head against the door, and whispered, " Silenced, but he didn't put an Impenetrable Charm on it. Operation Scream is a go."
The fleshy strings ran under the door, and the room went from being silent, to full of laughs. Fred shouted after putting an outside Silencer on the door so Harry wouldn't hear them, " Damn! Oli sold her short! I don't think Percy's old girl is that loud!"
Ron was overcome with laughing and Damian was snickering, " Damn Harry! I don't know how he finds them like that !"
George laughed pulled out a recorder, " Courtesy of ole Arthur. Let's record it, and use it to make fun of Lord Potter later."
Angelina walked up, " You guys do realize that if Harry doesn't kill you, then Katie definitely will right?"
Fred looked innocent, " What do you mean! We aren't doing nothing!"
George picked up on cue, " Yeah! Its Harry who's doing stuff!"
" I think the more appropriate expression is that he is doing Katie. Quite hard by the sounds of it."
"Right again bro!"
Angelina just huffed and left. But then Mrs. I'm-your-worst-nightmare, Hermione Granger came up, " What are you guys doing?"
" Like I said, WE aren't doing anything. Harry's the one doing something."
" Like the bro said, we aren't doing anything!"
Hermione looked unconvinced, " I think you guys are spying on Harry! He wouldn't be very pleased if he found out."
" How do you know?"
Hermione cut her eyes at Ron, " Because I think I know Harry better than that. Though I must admit, I was beginning to worry if he was gay or not. Even after he showed up with that blonde slut."
Damian rounded on her, but Ron cut him off, " Quiet Damian. Hermione, don't be so mean to Cary. She's really quite nice you know."
Hermione turned red, " Like you would know right? Dumbledore said that Harry shouldn't be hanging around with her. I don't think Dumbledore would do something that wasn't in Harry's best interests, do you?"
Again, they had to cover up Damian's mouth, and Ron answered, " You never know Hermione. Road to Hell is paved with good intentions you know."
" Of course I know that Ron! Why do you think I spent all that time hanging out with you two?"
Ron snickered, and Hermione huffed at him, " Ron, just because you don't like Dumbledore doesn't mean he isn't a good guy."
She turned around and left. Damian commented, " Definitely cursed. I can tell by looking at her, that is not the way she would normally be acting."
" Actually, Hermione pulling the Authority figure isn't that unknown. Her belief in the power of Authority is well known. But I do agree that she is cursed. Isn't Snape the guy we always expected?"
" You are right dear brother."
Just then, Fred flinched noticeably. George asked, " What's wrong Forge?"
Fred pulled the Extendable Ear out of his with a grimace, " Katie just screamed like a banshee."
" She's been doing that , what the difference?"
Fred scowled, " No, this was like a terror scream. It was definitely different. Trust me George, me and you have had enough girls to know the difference between a scream of pleasure and a scream of terror."
" Wonder what's going on? "
Damian looked at his watch and paled.
A/N: Doesn't that sound like something the Weasley Twins would do?
Easter Eggs:
1 Maglor: His fate is never exactly told, only that he wandered off along the shores singing dirges about the fall of Beleriand. Silmarillion for more details.
2. Al-Raheem: A WarHammer 40k reference. He was an Imperial Guard Commander for Tallarn.
3" Hello There! I am Doctor Rabbit!" Remember those old Colgate commercials? Now Dr. Rabbit is a meme.
4. Americanisms: As an American myself, writing a story that takes place in Britain, I substitute a lot of American Jargon in rather than their English counterparts.
5 Other Fanfictions: The Aura signal and Harry's sexual level being that of a child is based off of zArkham's Harry Potter and the Rejected Path. Cone of Ice is from Jbern's Lies that I Lived ( a spell I see lots of others use as well.)
6. "Need brocks time…" One of Eomer's lines prior to the Battle of Pelinor Fields.
