Disclaimer: Yes, I do not own Harry potter, there is no need to rub it in…
The Next Great Adventure Chapter 6: The Boy and His Desperation
Harry began his story with his life with his muggle relatives. He left out most details of their abuse to him while telling the story.
It was a bit difficult to explain to Wulfric how there was such a thing as people who lived without any type of magic in their lives. Even people who were not mages in his still used some type of magic in their day to day lives
Some used magical weapons… well a lot of people used magical weapons, some used magical candles or other regular house appliances… but no magic at all? How did they do anything?
Wulfric began to feel drowsy as Harry went on with his story, all he was really getting from it is that he went to a school where there was a man named Dumblydora (or whatever it was) who had little to no right to be anywhere near little kids, a bad guy that was seriously a fool (like REALLY… did it ever occur to him to just stab Harry if their little wands didn't work?), several friends who fit the roles of bookworm, fool, and pompous jerk quite well, and that his government was bound to self destruct.
That's why he began to doze off around the beginning of fifth year so by the time Harry had reached the end he was snoring loudly with his tea cup still clutched in his wizened old hands.
Harry looked up at the sleeping old man and smiled. "I think that should count as me knocking you unconscious." He said loudly
Wulfric choked in his sleep and his eyes flew open "I was faking it."
"You were not." The boy who lived protested
"It still doesn't count."
"Yes it does." Harry argued hotly
"It isn't up for debate." Wulfric said firmly
"What isn't?" A voice said behind them
They both turned around to see the man they found, leaning against the doorpost tiredly.
Harry jumped up and dashed towards him, crushing him with a hug.
"Down boy, I'm still hurt you know." The man said with a small groan of pain
After being guided to a chair next to the fire and handed a cup of tea by the old man he looked at Harry with curiosity.
"Where are we?"
"In my tower of course." Wulfric said "I healed you after you got stuck in my net."
"Why do you have a magical trap in the middle of the river?"
"He uses it to steal from merchants that trespass on his river." Harry clarified.
"His river?"
"Why does no one believe it's my river?" Wulfric wondered out loud "I even have the net to prove it."
Harry just sighed as the old man sunk into mutterings about how to prove the river was his.
"So where are we aside from the old man's tower?"
Harry shrugged his shoulders "Not far from Zandoria. I'm not sure if you know where that is."
"I do… I've been here for a few years now."
"You have?" Harry asked "How?"
"When… well, I died. Or at least I think that's what happened. I suddenly woke up here."
"Oh yeah… I saw you." Wulfric said
"What's happened to you here?"
The man nodded "I traveled around a bit, did a few odd jobs here and there to get by. I got caught by that bastard Alton. He kept me in a prison in his bandit cave until some guy named the Hero of the Dimensions destroyed the place and left Alton with his cronies hanging upside down. He must have been quite the wizard."
The man missed Harry's deep blush when he mentioned the fake name Qenaz made up.
"I haven't been to the mainland so I was going to try and get there." The man finished "But you guys 'caught' me."
Harry rolled his eyes at the pun while Wulfric chuckled to himself
"Yes I dare say you were a bit 'tied up'." Wulfric said jollily
"So how have things been for you Harry?"
Harry shrugged "Oh nothing much… I died, came here."
"You died?! What about Dumbledore? He swore he would protect you!"
Harry lowered his head and stared into the fire. "He died." He said at length
"How?!"
"It doesn't matter." Harry said, hesitant to talk about it.
Seeing Harry was distressed and not wanting to answer they changed the subject.
"How is your training going?"
Harry took that moment to glare at Wulfric who was grinning to himself as he waited for Harry to reply.
"It could be going better." Harry answered truthfully.
"Well I'm off to bed." Wulfric said "I'll see you all in the morning."
Harry stayed and chatted for a bit more but when to sleep soon after
The next morning he awoke to the already in the morning sky. The smells of food were wafting down the hall. He got out of bed and dressed quickly. Determined to finally get his apprenticeship, he walked down to hall towards the kitchen for some breakfast
Wulfric was sitting down at the table next to the man they saved, now fully rested, but not fully recovered, eating like a starved dog. The old man had his usual book in his hand and was delicately eating while reading.
"Mornin' Harry." The starving man said, wolfing down food.
"Greetings Harry." Wulfric said "Any plans for the day."
Harry shook his head and began piling food onto his plate to eat. "Not really, just planning on working on my magic really."
After several minutes of quietly eating, Harry discreetly took his wand out and aimed it at Wulfric
"Petrificus Totalus!" he whispered
Expecting Wulfric to get hit by the body bind curse, Harry was surprised when he heard Wulfric chuckled behind his book.
"Harry there is to my right. Could you swat it away?"
The-boy-who-was-sent-to-another-dimension-with-an- annoying-senile-old-man-that-refused-to-teach-him- in-it looked up suspiciously and looked to his left to see the fly.
Instead he saw he spell bolt floating above the unaware eating man, threatening to hit him at any moment.
Harry glared at Wulfric who smiled warmly back. The spell bolt did several swoops around the eating man but didn't actually hit him. After several minutes it flew out the window.
Harry took a deep breath of relief and finished his food much to the amusement of Wulfric.
After his breakfast, he took to the library to prepare an elaborate trap for the old man. He wasn't a prankster like the marauders or the Weasely twins, but he was sure he would manage.
First he had to etch several runes he saw in a book to make a magical cage to catch Wulfric in when he entered a certain hallway. Setting them up in unobvious places was a bit difficult, but he managed.
Second, he cast a spell that would turn the hall into a swamp, (thanks to the twins that wasn't too hard). He had to make sure it would only go of after Wulfric was caught in the magical cage.
Harry then proceeded to cast several charms and enchantments on several things that would hopefully attack and capture Wulfric to give him time to stun the old man.
That was the whole point of the test right? Show off his magic skill. Well he wasn't the head of the DA for no reason, stunning a bloody old man couldn't be hard if he actually set his mind to it.
Right?
Seriously wrong…
Several hours later Harry dashed into the living room, fear was faked on his face as he ran over to the sleeping mage.
"Wulfric! There was a loud explosion over by the Room of Illusions! I saw smoke pouring out of the door!" Harry said loudly, shaking the old man awake.
The mage was up and out of the room in a few seconds, muttering about how worried he was that his five hundred year old Room of Illusions might be breaking down.
Harry stayed behind the bend of the hall as Wulfric sped through.
The old man took one step around the corner and knew something was wrong. A magical was slapped around him, before he could somehow break it, the floor turned into a swamp.
A rope whipped out of nowhere, grabbing both his hands and raising them into the air. Another slithered down them and tied itself around his mouth.
Three statues of armor creaked around the hallway, suddenly coming to life and leaping at him with large plungers in their hands. They hit him several times, taking away all energy from his body.
Cursed plungers… nice touch
The ropes were loosened and he dropped onto a mattress that wrapped itself around him for several seconds while the statues of armor tried to suck away any energy he might have left. It let him go and he wearily stood up, swaying slightly
Several potion bottles were lobbed at him from several different directions filling the room with a mixture of green, blue, red, yellow and teal colored gasses. Wulfric began coughing before collapsing onto the mattress.
The gasses and armor statues cleared the room leaving only an unconscious Wulfric on a mattress.
Harry came around the corner with a triumphant smile on his face. The last part of the trap was set off as cameras appeared and snapped many photos at several different angles.
"Bloody hell… I did it." Harry crowed
He lifted his wand and pointed it at the body just for good measures.
"Stupefy!" he shouted
The red bolt flew at the old man and hit him square in the chest.
Harry's smiled momentarily grew bigger thinking he had won.
Then the body began to fade…
It faded until there was nothing more than a smile pile of ash on the mattress.
"That was quite the complex trap you set up there…" A voice said behind him
Harry spun around to see Wulfric standing behind him for gods only know how bloody long.
"Stupefy! Immobulus! Petrificus Totalus! Levicorpus!" Harry screamed in frustration, shouting every curse he knew to knock the old man out.
All four of the spells zoomed Wulfric but he took off down the hall at full speed before any of them hit him.
Harry sped off after him without a moment's hesitation.
Wulfric ducked behind a large vase that promptly exploded as several hexes hit it. Not allowing Harry another chance at him, he waved his hand sending an invisible force at Harry pushing him back while he dodged into the living room.
When Harry felt the force let him go, he sprinted into the living room, sending a flurry of curses in every possible direction.
The mage raised his hand, deflecting several back at their caster.
The-boy-who-was-sent-to-another-dimension, dodged the spell bolts, and ducked behind a couch as Wulfric began to fight back, firing off many spells he never heard of. He had to roll out from behind the couch and duck behind a large trunk after a few seconds when what looked more than a few potatoes ripped into it.
He ducked as a book was hurled at his head and he fired off several more stunning curses.
The spells stopped for a moment and peeked around the side of the large trunk. He just managed to see Wulfric flee the room.
Jumping up and running after him, he stopped in the hall to see where he went.
Tearing into the kitchen, he found Wulfric hiding behind the barely recovered man who was quietly sipping a cup of coffee.
"Stupefy!" Harry shouted sending yet another spell at him
"Hermenakan!" Wulfric retorted with a wave of his hand, causing the red orb to disappear and reappear a large juicy apple.
The apple landed in front of the man who smiled and bit in to it.
Promptly collapsing… out cold.
Harry stared in horror at Wulfric who just shrugged saying "He'll survive." before suddenly disappearing as well.
It took Harry a few hours before he found Wulfric again. He was sitting on the highest tower reading a book in the setting sun. Harry had to scale most of it to get to him.
"Hmm… so you found me." Wulfric said "But do you have enough energy to fire more spells at me?"
"Y-yes!" Harry stuttered, holding on the tower with his dear life, his grip was slipping
"You are quite the stubborn one, Draco."
"My name… is Harry!" Harry shouted, suddenly losing his grip and plummeting towards the ground.
Wulfric sighed and waved his hand, vanishing Harry back to his bed to sleep of the magical exhaustion. He finished reading to the last bit of sunlight before going down to his living, repairing it, and having a last cup of tea before bed,
Harry awoke abruptly. He was falling… wasn't he?
He reached out for his glasses and found them sitting on his bed stand next to his wand. Picking them both up, he redressed himself and walked slowly out of the room.
Slowly sauntering through the halls, he crept to the kitchen to find Wulfric sitting down next to the already eating man, who forgot completely about eating an apple that stunned him the day before.
"Good morning Harry, sleep well?" Wulfric asked with twinkling eyes
"I slept fine." Harry said curtly "I was exhausted after… my training."
"That's good." The eating man said "Your magic will become stronger that way."
"He speaks the truth." Wulfric said "When you empty your reserves, they will come back stronger and more powerful."
Harry nodded and sat down in his usual seat. He looked at the table and noticed something was missing.
"Where's the bacon?" Harry asked
"I finished it; there is more on the stove."
Harry got up and went to the stove. He grabbed the heavy iron pan of bacon and walked back to the table.
"Thank you Harry." Wulfric said as Harry moved the bacon to the platter.
Turning back around to put the pan on the stove, Harry paused and looked at the back of Wulfric's unsuspecting head.
Then he looked back at the pan… contemplating
He shook his head and turned around to put it back, but halted again, glancing at Wulfric.
Harry shrugged his shoulders and pulled his arms back in ready for the swing
*THWACK*
Wulfric crumbled to the floor
The eating man stopped, fork in midair and stared in shock
"MERLIN'S HAIRY ASS WHAT THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU JUST DO?!" he screamed, leaping up "YOU JUST HIT AN OLD MAN UPSIDE THE HEAD WITH A CAST-IRON FRYING PAN! ARE YOU OFF YOUR BLOODY ROCKER? MERLIN'S BALLS HE'S NOT GETTING UP."
"Oh it just means I think I'm, finally his apprentice now." Harry said dismissively
"What in the bloody name of god are you talking about? You just literally cooked his face!"
"He'll be fine…"
"HIS NOSE HAS TURNED FLAT!"
Harry bent over Wulfric and cast a quick "Rennervate."
Wulfric groaned on the ground and slowly stood up. His neck was bent at an angle that shouldn't be possible. He grabbed it with both hands and there was a sickening crack as he bent it back into place.
"Well that was fun." He said to the shocked faces that were staring at him
"So I guess this means I'm your apprentice now." Harry said cheerfully
"I guess so." Wulfric said giving Harry a smile "Well done."
"You can't be serious." The man said watching them dumbstruck
Harry grinned at the man and patted him on the shoulder.
"Of course I'm not serious. You're Sirius."
Aaaaand end!
I'm sorry about the long wait for this. I just got over having the flu and my allergies decided to start smacking me in the face at the same time and just to top it all off I lost internet in my house again. I'm posting this from my Country Club.
I got only like one review last chapter which made me kinda sad… I really as hoping this story would be liked… I might have to try again because I think I might have failed here. I'm not sure, but I might have.
Anyways I'm sorry if the chapter was not as satisfactory as you would have hoped. I's having a bit of trouble getting this story to start because I keep finding myself focusing on my other stories, trying to get them finished, but anyways it'll get better real soon. I plan on making the chapters longer when the adventure goes on the road. Right now I just don't want the updates to be too far in between while it's still in its early stages.
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