Fleeing Light
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Fairy Tail or Harry Potter
An: Sixth chapter is here. This will display the magic that Neville, Ginny, Draco, Seamus, Tracey, and Daphne have. The others will come sometime after the First Task and the other three Champions will display their skills next chapter, in the First Task. Also, for the ones who won't stop bugging me about when Fairy Tail will show up, it will happen in the end of the next chapter, after the First Task is said and done.
Chapter 6
…It's another
'Oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap oh CRAP! What am I gonna do? What am I gonna DO?! Out of ALL the things they would have us fight, it JUST HAD to be FUCKING DRAGONS! DRAGONS OF ALL GAL DAMN THINGS!' Harry thought frantically as he paced in front of a large tapestry on the seventh floor.
It was a week before the First Task, and Harry was training for it when he heard something near his training ground. Curious, he investigated. Upon arriving in a clearing, he saw four large, temperamental dragons! Bill and Charlie were there discussing safety percussions for the First Task with another Dragon tamer. Harry nearly gained there attention when he heard them talking.
Furious and scared out of his mind ('I have to fight a DRAGON AGAIN?! NO no no no no no no no no!'), he informed Viktor, Fleur, and Cedric, with Cedric being the only one not knowing. Harry began to double his efforts in his training and racking his brain trying to think of a good strategy.
"Harrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyy…" Cassiopeia whined. "You worrying too much! You'll beat bad dragon! You're the strongest wizard here! No dragon can beat you!"
Her confidence in him calmed him down slightly. "Thanks Cass," he said. "I mean, it's not like I gotta fight Acnologia again. I know what I'm fighting this time." He chuckled uncomfortably. He knew dragons here weren't like the ones in Fiore, but it still didn't help his nerves any. Even here, a dragon's scales were impervious to magic. There was a reason wizards didn't openly try to fight these behemoths.
"You welcome, Big Brother!" she said happily. She looked up to him and tilted her head to the side. "Big Brother, why is your necklace glowing?"
"Huh?"
Harry looked down at his necklace and noticed that, in fact, it was glowing. It was faint, but it gave off a feeling of malevolence and hate. Harry's eyes widened. He had felt this before!
"Big Brother?"
Harry shook his head. "Cassi, how would you like to spend some time with the Patil twins?" he asked.
Cassiopeia's eyes widened. "Yes! Yes!" she cheered. She loved hanging out with Indian twins.
Harry nodded. "Alright, then, let's go find-"
"Well, well, if it isn't our old pal Harry, Gred!"
"Yes it is, Forge! And with his dear sweet sister too!"
Harry turned to the voices and grinned. "Fred! George! If you guys aren't a sight for sore eyes! How've you been?!" he exclaimed.
The twins grinned at him. "We've been great…" Fred started.
"How about you?!" George finished.
Cassiopeia giggled. "They funny."
"Oh? And who is this-"
"Lovely young lady?"
Cassiopeia giggled again. "I'm Cassiopeia! Harry is my big brother!"
The two grinned. "Then consider us your brothers as well!" they shouted in unison, making her giggle.
"Hey, guys, you think you can gather up Draco, Neville, Ginny, Daphne, Seamus, and Tracey? I need their help with something."
"Of course we can, Harry!" Fred said.
"Why do you need them?" George asked.
Harry shook his head. "Hopefully, nothing."
/
Draco, Neville, Ginny, Daphne, Seamus, Tracey, and the twins were all standing in front of the large tapestry once more. Cassiopeia and the Patil twins were up in Harry's and Cassiopeia's room for the time being.
"May I ask why you want us here, Harry?" Draco asked irritably. He was able to start training with his new magic a few weeks ago, and Harry had pulled him away from his training with it. He still wasn't very far into it, but he was a bit further then novice now.
"This," Harry said holding up his glowing necklace. "When I arrived in Fiore six years ago, Porylusica discovered something was residing in my scar, preventing it from healing." This shocked everyone. "Upon reading through his library, Sirius discovered it was a piece of a soul; Voldemort's to be precise." Gasps erupted from the small group. "It was then we came across the concept of Horcruxes, a very dark magic that is basically a piece of your soul placed in a physical object, making you immortal."
"Voldemort made you one these…Horcruxes?" Ginny asked shakily.
"Unintentually," Harry replied. "We suspect he made more, because I believe Tom's diary was one as well." Ginny gasped loudly. "After she and Gramps destroyed the soul fragment, they bound the residual dark energy to a necklace."
"Your necklace," Neville deduced.
Harry nodded. "It has never glowed like this before. My guess is that it's glowing like this because it's near something very similar to itself."
"Another Horcurx," Tracey whispered.
A door appeared opposite of the tapestry. The nine jumped away and fell into a fight stance. The door opened to reveal Snape walking out. The nine relaxed while Snape raised an eyebrow.
"Pray tell what you nine are doing?" he drawled.
After a quick explanation and Snape telling them of the Room of Requirement, Harry walked in front of the tapestry three times thinking, 'I need the room where Voldemort's Horcrux may be.'
A door appeared. Harry walked up and opened it. The room was filled to the brim with stuff. The others walked in and were amazed at the shear amount of stuff in the room. Snape brought up the rear.
"This is what the House Elves call 'the Room of Lost Things,'" Snape explained. "If you are going to hide a Horcrux, this is the place you want to hide it."
Harry grabbed his necklace and examined it. The glow was brighter. He turned to the others and said, "Follow me. I believe I can lead us to where we can find the Horcrux."
"Touch nothing," Snape instructed. "You never know what might be cursed in here."
They walked through the rows of stuff for seemed like hours. Several times someone would try and pick something up, only for Snape to hex them and tell them not to.
Turning to the next row, Harry looked up and saw a crown atop a mannequin. The glow was startlingly bright. "That's it," he said pointing towards the crown.
Daphne gasped. "That's Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem!"
Harry felt his eyes widened. "Voldemort used one of the Founder's items?!" he exclaimed.
Snape scowled. "He certainly seemed to think it had some meaning to it," he mumbled under his breath. He levitated the diadem down and conjured a bag to place it in. After the diary incident with Ginny in her first year, Snape wasn't about to take chances.
"We can't destroy it," Tracey said. "It belongs with the Ravenclaw House."
"I hope Flickwick knows of a way to remove the soul fragment," Harry stated, "because I don't know the spell Porlyusica and Gramps used."
"If he doesn't, the Goblins will know a way," Snape said.
Draco nodded. "We might need to just send it there. With something so dangerous-"
Suddenly, they all heard a loud crash. Seamus had been standing too close to one of the mounds of items when he tripped over a goblet that was near his feet. He had stepped back onto it, and then, gravity took hold of him.
"Idiot boy!" Snape snarled angrily.
"Sorry! Sorry, my bad!" Seamus apologized. "Wasn't watching where I was going."
"Well, then, Finnigan," Draco cut in, "next time, pay attention."
Seamus was about to reply, but he was cut off by a large suit of armor that came out of the mound of items and slammed its shield into his side, throwing him away from the group. Several more suits of armor walked out of the pile. They're armor was stained red with blood, and sickly purple light shone through their closed visors.
"Cursed suits of armor," Harry mumbled under his breath. "Nice." To Snape: "How come Dumbledore hasn't cleaned this place out yet, again?"
"It's Dumbledore, remember?" Snape replied dryly.
"Oh yeah."
"Um, guys," Daphne cautioned. "We've got a hoard of deadly cursed armors walking towards us with the intent to kill."
"What now?" Neville questioned.
Harry looked at the Gryffindor and deadpanned. "You guys have magic, right?" he barked. "So get to USING IT!" Harry vanished in a flash of light and appeared in front of one of the armors. "Light Chakrams!" he shouted, and two sunlight yellow magic circles appeared under his palms, quickly turning into circular hand-held blade saws. Harry grabbed them and executed two diagonal slashes to the suit of armor. It fell to the ground in pieces. He proceeded to charge a ground of armors exiting another pile of stuff right next to the one they were currently at.
Tracey blinked. "Oh yeah," she said slowly. She waved her hand in a complicated pattern and a light purple magic circle appeared before her. "Amaterasu, Formula 13: Potshot!*"
Multiple condensed shots of explosive magic shot from the seal, impacting three suits in front of her, exploding on contact. Tracey let out a loud whoop. "Yeah! Take that, suckers!" she shouted.
A suit of armor sprinted towards her, but a large tree sprang out of the ground and slammed one of its thick limbs down on the cursed suit, flattening it. Tracey looked over to Neville, who was smirking at the tree.
"Didn't think I could conjure a Whomping Willow with my Nature Magic," he mused before absentmindedly conjuring some Devil's Snare behind him, capturing six more armors.
Meanwhile, Draco and Daphne found themselves surrounded. A cursed armor ran towards Draco swinging its sword. Draco conjured a sword out of darkness and deflected the blade. His sword was single-edged and curved like a katana. At the hilt, the blade tilted downward before becoming straight once more.
Draco slashed the head of the armor and cut another in half, continuing the actions while Daphne stared down about ten. The armors all threw spears or assorted furniture, goblets, and anything else they could get ahold of at her. Daphne fell into the traditional Ice Make stance and gathered up her magic energy. Waves of cold flowed off her.
"Ice Make Shield!" she chanted and outstretched her arms. A large shield that looked oddly like a flower or the side of a seashell appeared before her. The suits of armor continued to throw items at her. The shield shook, but Daphne held on. However, one spear hit the shield and shattered it completely. Daphne cried out as the backlash knocked her to the ground.
Draco heard her and looked behind him to see what had happened. He saw the spear that destroyed her shield heading straight for her. Eyes wide, he began gathering his magic as fast as he could. Once he felt he had a significant amount, he threw it in a wide arch, screaming, "Galaxia Void Gate!*"
A dark mass with several star-like lights sewn into it arched around Daphne, consuming the spear and all other objects that were heading towards her. Draco smirked at the mass of darkness, remembering something he had read in the book on Galaxia Magic.
**Flashback Start**
Galaxia, much like its counterpart Solaria, can show how good or evil its caster is. In Solaria, when the light is a bright, glowing yellow, the caster is good of heart, and of good will. But, if the light is either a pitch black or a stark white, the caster's heart is filled with wickedness and hate and their will contains only blackened evil.
Galaxia works in so what the same fashion. When the magic is represented in the likeness of a starry night with the night sky a deep blue, it reflects the good in the heart of the caster. However, if it is represented as dark black with no stars, it shows all the evil of the caster's heart.
However, unlike Solaria, there is an in-between for Galaxia. If it is shown as a black mass with the stars seemingly sewn into it like a quilt or a tapestry, it shows the caster once held darkness in his heart, but seeks a chance of redemption. It shows that the caster accepts he/she was lost in the darkness…but saw the majesty of the stars and seeked to prove they deserved a chance to stand amongst them.
**Flashback End**
He quickly pushed the thought away and turned his blade at a suit of armor coming up behind him, separating its torso from its body.
Ginny, who had not a lot of time to experiment with her Shoton Magic, simply settled for conjuring large crystal spikes around her. The twins were firing spells back to back with Snape providing cover fire in the form of some new battle potions. The Flare Ring Potion was thrown and created a large field of flames around the three. George capitalized on this by casting a spell to make the flames jump out and attack random suits of armor, incinerating them instantly.
Seamus was gathering a lot of magic energy while several armors surrounded him. He smirked. "Explosion Magic: Blaze!*" he shouted and a pulse of dark red flames expelled themselves from Seamus's body. The armors exploded.
Harry was surrounded by the multitude of cursed armors. The armors began trying to stab and slash him, but Harry proved faster. He dodged and parried any strike that got too close. He smirked at the armors. "Let's end this! Solaria Magic: Big Bang!*"
A bright light and sounds of metal ripping encompassed the area. As the light faded, the armors around him were nothing but shrapnel. Harry stood in the midst of it all grinning like a loon. Suddenly, several armors jumped up into the air behind Harry. Harry turned and was about to cast a spell when he heard, "Ice Make Arrows!"
Several ice arrows pierced the cursed armors and sent them slamming into the large pile of junk. The light mage turned and saw Daphne with a grin similar to his on her face. "That felt good," she commented.
"You're learning fast," Harry told her.
Her expression turned smug. "I have my ways," she said mysteriously.
Neville and Tracey were facing off the last ten cursed armors. Neville concentrated for a moment before a bright green magic circle appeared below his feet and engulfed him in a bright light. As it died down, he was wearing his Nature's Wrath Armor, his Nature Magic's ultimate defense/offense. He created a spear out of the vines of the armor and charged the armors. He stabbed one through the chest, stopping it dead. Shifting his weight, he swung the blade horizontally and cut down three more.
Two came up behind him, and on pure instinct, two large tree limbs sprang from the back of his armor and slammed the two in the ground. Neville gaped at the limbs before grinning. "Sweet."
Tracey was dodging the last four armors. One tried to take her head off with a sword swing, only for her to duck. The last three thrust forward with their spears in an effort to skewer her, but she jumped to the side. She held out her hand and a dark purple magic seal appeared before it. "Amaterasu, Formula 10: Lucky Strike!"*
A single purple streak of light shot out of the seal. The light slammed into the three suits of armor individually, making them explode into metal shavings. She grinned savagely.
"Ha!" she shouted, folding her arms across her chest. "Couldn't take the pain, huh?!"
"You done?" Snape drawled as he and the others were vanishing the remains of the armors. "Because we could use some help here."
Tracey blushed. "Oh, sorry." She pulled out her wand and vanished the armor remains.
Harry looked over at the bag that the Horcrux was stored, thrown to the ground during the fight. He walked over to it and picked it up and examined it.
"Well, that's one thing solved," Harry announced. He turned to everyone and asked, "Anyone know what we should do next?"
/
Amelia rubbed her temples in a vain attempt to stall the coming headache she felt coming on. THIS is NOT what she signed up for when she came here for supervising security for the TriWizard Tournament.
Snape, Harry, and several students came up to her and told her of an 'urgent' matter, and told her to meet them in Professor Flitwick's office. She was glad she came instead of sending someone else now.
"Let me get this straight: Voldemort made these…Horcruxes in order to escape death," she began.
"Yes," Harry confirmed.
"And you believe he's made more than this one because of an incident with one your second year that wasn't reported to the DMLE."
"Uh-huh."
"And this one needs to be taken out of the school without Dumbledore's knowing to Gringotts, correct?"
"Yes, Amelia," Professor Flickwick said this time. "I do know a spell that could, figuratively, remove the taint on the diadem, but I sadly do not have the materials to do so. My brothers at Gringotts are the only ones with the necessary items needed for a spell of this magnitude."
Amelia groaned as she again tried in to stop her headache from arising. "I so don't get paid enough for this," she complained. "Alright, first things first, we need to find a way to get the Horcrux out of Hogwarts without Dumbledore knowing. Any thoughts on how to do that?"
"I may have one," Snape said, "but first, Harry, you need to make your way to the Headmaster's office for the Wand Weighing Ceremony. As a champion, you must be present."
Harry frowned. "I don't have my wand anymore. It broke when I entered Fiore. Why should I go to it?"
"Tradition," Draco drawled.
Harry sighed. "Fine," he relented as he vanished in a flash of light.
"He enjoys that way too much," Snape mumbled.
Harry flashed into the Headmaster's office, scaring everyone save the other Champions, Dumbledore, and Ollivander. Harry looked at everyone and said, "I was told I was needed here."
Dumbledore smiled. "Why, yes, Ha-Mr. Potter," he said professionally. He finally got the hint that if he wanted Harry to trust him again he needed to let his anger at him abate. "As a Champion of the TriWizard Tournament, we must make sure your wand is legal to use."
Harry nodded thoughtfully. Good reason. However…"I'm afraid I don't have my wand anymore."
Cue dumbstruck looks. "W-what do you mean, Mr. Potter?" Crouch asked.
"Upon arriving in Fiore," Harry explained, "my wand was broken. Fortunately, I do have Solaria Magic, which is a type of wand less magic here." He looked at Crouch and added, "Most Wizards in Fiore use some type of wand less magic."
"Oh! A mage of Paradise!" Ollivander exclaimed grandly, startling everyone in the room. Harry narrowed his eyes.
"How do you know that term? I thought only the ghosts and portraits of Hogwarts knew it!" Harry demanded.
Ollivander just smiled cryptically. "That, my boy, is a secret you must find out for yourself. Now, come closer. Show me your magic, and I'll decide whether it is acceptable."
Harry was confused, but shrugged it off. He walked over and concentrated. A bright orb of light shot out of his hand and flew around the room. It vanished when it returned to his hand, and Ollivander laughed joyfully.
"Bravo! Bravo!" Ollivander said loudly. "I haven't seen a magic like that in a while! Tell me, how did you come cross this magic?"
Harry grinned. "In the archives of the Fairy Tail Guild," he told the wand maker.
Said wand maker's grin widened. "Oh, that explains it! Well, your magic is legal by my standards and the Tournament's."
"Thank you, Ollivander," Harry said bowing. "May I leave? I have some more training I need to do before the First Task."
Crouch nodded. "You may. It is not required for you to stay after you have had your turn in this ceremony."
"Thank you."
"Wait!" a certain blonde haired woman shouted. "You can't-"
She was too late. Harry vanished in a flash of light. "Yet." Rita scowled. "That was rude."
The other Champions, at the moment, were glaring at the spot Harry had been. How dare he escape Skeeter without them?!
*Amaterasu Formula 13: Potshot- creates multiple exploding bullets.
*Explosion Magic: Blaze- sends a powerful wave of fire around the caster, exploding on contact with a given surface.
*Galaxia: Void Gate- creates a mass of darkness, which can be used to store objects indefinitely.
*Solaria: Big Bang- powerful, short range explosion with a disorienting flash of light, similar to a flash grenade.
*Amaterasu Formula 10: Lucky Strike- a spell that alters the probability of a given space in the caster's favor by creating a large projectile that will destroy any the caster views as an enemy.
An: There's the end of Chapter 6. Sorry if it is not very good. It's a filler and I was having trouble writing it down. Right now, I intend to finish off Black Ivy, then start back on RWBY, JNPR, & HAIL. 'Till next time!
