You may see me struggle
but you won't see me fall.
Regardless if I'm weak or not I'm going to stand tall.
Everyone says life is easy
but truly living it is not.
times get hard,
people struggle
and constantly get put on the spot.
I'm going to wear the biggest smile
even though I want to cry.
I'm going to fight to live
even though I'm destined to die.
and even though it's hard and I may struggle through it all.
you see me struggle...you will NEVER see me fall.

-Joyce Alcantara

Chapter 11: The Break In

~Loki~

Loki wasn't entirely sure how this situation came to be but it was perhaps one of the stranger moments in his life involving his son. Luna was staring at him expectantly and Harry seemed to be distracted explaining Loki to his other two comrades…it was unlikely he would save him. Finally Loki sighed and nodded in acceptance while Luna clapped her hand excitedly while getting out a blank note pad with some quills.

"Which one first?" Loki asked in resignation.

"Yours if you don't mind," Luna said happily.

Loki nodded since he usually visited his son in Midgardhr garb it was a simple thing to call forth his full Asgardian regalia, horned helmet and all. Luna hummed happily at him as she buzzed around him drawing his outfit in quick strokes of her quill along with measurements and the like. Loki thought this might not be as bad as he had feared.

"Okay, Sif's next!" Luna chirped mischievously.

It seems he thought too soon, Loki sighed and pulled Sif's form from his memory before he shape shifted into it. Again Luna buzzed around him like a happy bee, taking notes, sketching his appearance as well as taking the measurements down.

"Who now?" Loki asked almost afraid to know.

"Thor!" Luna said happily. Loki barely managed to keep his eyes from rolling but did as she requested. Transforming into Thor was always uncomfortable; it always felt like he was cheating or something. Luna was practically skipping around him now, as she drew his new visage and took in the new measurements.

"Anyone else?" He asked with a drawl almost afraid she would say yes.

"Nope!" Luna said, Loki was thankful it was relatively painless.

He shifted back to his own form thankfully; it was never an entirely comfortable experience walking around in someone else's skin. Harry joined him then while his three friends seemed to converge together in a gossipy group. Loki very nearly was tempted to laugh had his next actions not been so grave.

"I wanted to see one thing before I leave you my little prince," Loki said as he conjured the casket between his hands. Harry eyed the casket curiously, not knowing what it was…or what it could reveal. "Would you take this in your hands? I wish to see something." Loki asked as he held the casket afloat with his magic not daring to touch it himself.

Harry nodded and took it in his hands without question. Loki studied him very closely and so he saw it just as it happened with himself. A blue blush crept up his son's arms and then like it had with himself it engulfed his face. Loki noticed the difference right away, where his skin turned a dark blue of deep still waters…his son was a pale blush of blue of the sky. His eyes also were different, his became a solid bloody red, his son's eyes held their green only it was set on red now…not white. All in all a nightmarish visage…it did not suit his son.

Loki took the casket from his son casting it back into the void inside his magic. "Thank you for indulging me, it seems the casket reveals you as it had me," Loki said softly as he kissed his son's cheeks. "Good luck with the bank, I hope your plan goes well, I will be back in a few days with some more food for you and your friends." Loki said as a way of goodbye, Harry nodded tears in his eyes. It was always hard telling his son goodbye, because they both wished to remain in each other's company.

~Harry~

After his Dad left Harry sat for a while staring at the last place he had seen him. His Dad was trying to hide it, but he couldn't hide it well enough that his son wouldn't see. There was a lot of pain in him, a lot more than there had ever been and Harry couldn't help feeling a bit useless at the moment because he could not help his Dad. His Dad was suffering as silently as he always had and it was a very hard thing to watch.

Harry thought of all the other times he could not help his Dad with his pain, every time he had visited him in his cupboard his Dad had the same look as he had when he left just now…total devastation. It was no easy thing for his Dad to watch Harry suffer as it was no easy thing knowing you were a constant source of pain for your Dad. Still, Harry knew he could not afford to dwell on it for much longer…his Dad had given him some advice on his break in plan…and it needed to be done as soon as possible.

The longer they waited to destroy one of Voldemort's anchors the longer it took to end this war…the more chance of failure went up. So Harry turned his attention to his friends and they began to put the finishing touches on their break in plan. His Dad had given him the means and the finishing touches…it was up to them to actually accomplish it.

"We leave first thing tomorrow morning, we'll hit Gringotts the moment they open the doors in the morning…a lot depends on timing and we have to be as close to perfect as we can." Harry said as they readied everything they were going to need. "We won't have time to wait for Luna to finish out our armor…I hope we will not need it." Harry said.

"It is better that we go in light anyway, this plan is going to be delicate and need a very light touch." Luna said as she helped gather their things from the campsite.

"We will need a back up escape route in case this goes wrong mate," Ron said seriously as he took down the tent with Hermione. "It's a never good thing to only have on strategy it leaves you vulnerable to enemy attacks." He said as he attached his trench knives to his back.

"I think we'll need at least two alternate escape routes…and a rendezvous point in case we get separated. Also I think we should account for if we're captured and an enemy impersonates us. We should have two passphrases and at least two ways to get emergency messages to each other." Hermione said as she packed away the last of the deer.

"Alright, we have the rest of the night to iron out details…we need to be ready at first light. Also Hermione do you think you can manage to copy the map so we each can have a copy…it's a labyrinth down there if we get separated somehow we'll all need one," Harry said as they clasped hands to begin their jumps.

"It shouldn't be a problem," Hermione said just before the left.

~Loki~

There was so much to do, and very little time in which to do it in. He turned his gaze to Midgardhr and began the search for the only anchor piece they did not know the location of. It was harder then Loki expected it to be, the Diadem had been hard but this was getting a bit ridiculous. His son only needed to destroy three more pieces and then Voldemort would begin to unravel at the seams.

With little else to go on Loki reviewed what he did know, the four pieces they had captured and destroyed were: the diary, the ring, the locket and the diadem. There items Voldemort picked held either some great significance to him or to the magical mortals somehow. The locket and the diadem were both items belonging to two of the mortals that founded the magical school he had attended.

The cup was also an item of one of the founders…in fact he had one item for each founder so far except for one…Gryffindor. Gryffindor's sword had never been found until Harry had used it to slay the Basilisk in the chamber of secrets. However, such things came in pairs during the founder's time…his sword hadn't been found but Loki wasn't so sure his shield hadn't been. So that told him the…what…now all he needed was the where.

Loki cast his mind inwards as he tried to see some reason in Voldemort's madness and how he could have managed to conceal such a thing from him. All of the other anchor pieces had been relatively easy for him to find, while the protections around them had been good they hadn't been enough to hide from his gaze. Voldemort did not know such ancient magic since it had fallen in obscurity and was more than likely lost by the time Voldemort had cast his protections.

However, he knew of one he hadn't left very protected but Loki had the hardest time finding…the diadem. It had been shielded by the more ancient magic that Hogwarts had and so it had been the most difficult to see but not obtain. If he followed that trend then the last anchor must have been hidden within Hogwarts…in a place with more protections then the room of requirement. Loki felt a slow wicked smile alight his face, ah, now isn't that clever.

The only place Loki had ever had such a hard time seeing was the chamber of secrets…for if he had been able to see his son battle the basilisk then laws or no laws Loki would have stepped in to save his precious little boy. No, he had been blinded that day from the protections laced into the chamber and in fact had not known anything had been wrong with his son until he had called…and given him a hole to see into the chamber. The Shield of Gryffindor must lie within the chamber of secrets somewhere…Loki had to tell his son as soon as he got out of the bank safely.

~Harry~

The sun was just peaking over the horizon as the lone figure of Harry stepped into the doors of Gringotts bank…this would probably one of the more dangerous parts of the entire heist. His Dad told him plainly, if you cannot sneak in then don't…it doesn't mean you can't be sneaky. So here Harry was coming to check in on his vaults, he would have maybe fifteen minutes to get everything in his three vaults before someone tipped off Voldemort to him being there.

Then he would need to appear to leave before anyone could come for him…his father was a master of illusions and Harry wasn't that far from mastery himself. So while he would be going to his vaults, it would only be an illusion everyone saw leaving and thus he would have time to get into the Lestrange vault without someone coming to look for him.

There was a reason magical mortals thought that would couldn't place people in a magically expanded bag…it was highly uncomfortable. The expanded space was pure magic and while that was fine for non-living items it made things that were alive uncomfortable…like trying to breathe water. Prolonged time inside the space…eventually lead to death…but that didn't mean it was impossible for someone to climb into an expanded bag and live. It was just not recommended since there time was short once inside…a maximum of twenty five minutes.

This was why Harry was in a very big rush to get to the first vault to allow his three friends some air before they got back into his bag. It would have been too difficult to make a realistic illusion of all four of them…it was beyond his abilities at the moment. So to insure no one caught onto the fact the Harry that was going to walk out of the bank was not the true Harry his friends had braved the expanded space inside is bag attached to his hip.

It wasn't ideal…but it was safer than trying to do magic outside of his abilities that was more likely to get them caught trying to steal from Gringotts. Luckily there was only one other person here this morning and there was unlikely to be much more before 'Harry' left. He got to the first Vault within five minutes a good ten before his friends needed air to live. He emptied out his vault, dropped the first of four illusion stones his Dad gave him.

The stone made his vault appear full, and read full to the wards placed upon it. The Goblins were not likely to cooperate if they knew he was emptying them so this bought them more time. By the Third vault Harry had moved past nervous and gotten into a cool calm that would probably last until they made it out of the bank. As he had before he left the Goblin escorting him outside the vault, closing the door, letting his friends out…then together they cleared the vault of everything.

Then he dropped the second to last stone making everything appear as it was before. The Hermione, Ron and Luna got to finding the entrance to the shadow halls while Harry crafted his doppelganger that would have to leave the bank with the next four minutes to avoid 'Harry' getting caught. They found the entrance quickly, it was covered but some very subtle spell work opened it up to them.

Hermione went in first with her map, Ron went next following close behind her and Luna waited for Harry to join them. What Harry hadn't expected was how much he did not want to squeeze into the tiny enclosed space. It was a surprise the sudden rush of frantic panic that came to him as he faced it. It was silly, he had been locked in a cupboard most of his childhood and quite a few times the Dursleys had locked him under the crawl space under the house.

This shouldn't have been a problem for him, he should be at home in tiny dark enclosed spaces but the thought of going in there was making it hard to breath. It must have been that he hadn't had to do such a thing in years…and now the thought of going in there was making him more frightened then he ever had been. Luna took his hand, offering him comfort without saying a word and Harry forced himself into the space with Luna holding his hand right behind him.

There was no time for him to have a break down…later when he got out of here he would allow himself to…but not now when doing so could mean all of their deaths. Still as he shuffled behind Ron, Luna shuffling behind him, sandwiched between to walls barely able to move either way…it was perhaps the hardest thing he had ever done holding back the panic…not allowing himself to break down. Tears pricked the corners of his eyes but he didn't let them fall…he never let them fall.

There was a time when he had been small that he had cried a lot between the visits of his Daddy…crying silently as he wasn't allow to make much sound. He had cried a lot…then one day he decided that crying never helped him it only made it worse and so he had resolved never to cry again over things he could not change. This was the same…he had to keep moving there was no getting out the shadow halls until they reached their destination so he had to lock it all in.

Hermione was the only one who had to risk light, light enough to use the map to guide them to the Lestrange vault and so all they had to see was a very dim glow ahead of them. Ron would take care of any nasty creatures they might find inside here…besides the spiders and cobwebs. Luna was clearing those out to keep from screaming should he run into any, Harry had been supposed to do that but he couldn't handle that while he was so close to panicking.

The next few hours were the tensest moments in their entire lives, the shadow halls were an elaborate labyrinth with twists, turns, dead ends, slopes that went up and down. There were times were they had to risk being seen running across the guarded bracer halls to get to the shadow halls they needed. Thankfully they had managed to recreate the marauder map's ability to show exactly who and where people were so they could time their runs perfectly.

Still, it was all a huge risk, they couldn't make a sound for fear of someone hearing them in the walls…they could barely see since the only light they could chance was a very dim glow to allow Hermione to see her map. Ron was clearing out the creatures as they came, they risked a lot every time they had to deal with a boggart since any noise could sign their death sentence. Finally seven hours after they first started their slow shuffle through the shadow halls they reached the Lestrange Vault.

Then came the hardest part…getting into the vault without tripping the wards or alerting any goblins wandering around to their presence. All four of them worked together to open up a hole big enough to allow Harry to slip through past the wards into the Vault. It was also a slow process, Hermione knew the most about wards but cracking them would take all of them. It was very delicate work that if any one of them messed up would start a domino effect tripping the wards.

Ron was the one most nervous about this part he didn't have nearly as much control over his magic as they did and he was the weak link in their chain. They managed, just barely, to do it. Harry slipped in quickly since their window would only stay open for about three minutes. He got the cup, placed the final illusion stone to fool the wards once they were gone and got out. He put the cup into his bag so they could deal with it later…it would be unwise to linger to do it while they were still in Gringotts.

Then they started the most dangerous part of the entire break in…getting out. They had discussed many options, from taking a dragon through the roof to kidnapping a Goblin to use as a hostage. The cleanest way was also the most likely to get them caught…they had to take the shadow halls to the very heart of Gringotts to where the Goblins lived in the catacombs. Once there they would have only five minutes to get to the center where the wards were the thinnest and then Harry would have to phase them out.

That would start the chain of jumps that they would alternate the leader to confuse any who would try to track their trail…and it was very likely that the whole Goblin nation would try. The moment Harry used the Goblin hole in the wards to phase out the wards would trip and the Goblins would know they had intruders. It wouldn't take them long to figure out who but they all hoped they would be long gone by then.

The trip to the catacombs was nerve racking, it took them three fours to get there and every second they waited for someone anyone to find them. It seemed too good to be true that they managed to remain undiscovered so far, and they all thought that soon there luck would run out. But…they made it to the hole and the last thing they heard before Harry started the jumps was the blaring ring of the wards tripping. They had done it!

A.N.: XD the break in is all finished! I can't hardly believe they managed to be so smooth! It must be that Lokison luck! Lol Well what do you guys think? Next chapter will be out soon! Keep an eye out! Thanks you all for reading and reviewing so faithfully! I can't tell you guys how much it means to read your comments and your notes of encouragement about my little story! I'm all fired up to continue updating as quickly as I can as long as you guys continue to review and motivate me! XD

Quick Note, I do have a plan to account for the tech advances between the Hp verse and the marvel verse no worries! A lot of people had voiced their concern on that and I just wanted to let you all know it will be as seamless as I can make it. I think I've done a fair job of merging the two stories together so have a little faith in me, ok? ;)