Disclaimer: My dog ate my legal forms to the claims of Harry Potter, so I guess J.K. owns everything now.
Chapter Ten:
The Dark Lord Voldemort's folly. Bad meetings.
"Absolute power corrupts absolutely"
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Harry's breath rattled in the air as he made his way through the flames, his robe becoming burnt, he stepped out and his colourless eyes pierced the area, Hermione was on the floor just in front of him, he bent down and checked her pulse to find a weak pulse, he gave a rattling breath of a sigh as he breathed in some of the warm air around him into her body creating a thicker fog around him and knew that she was going to live, Harry stood as Neville was thrown to the floor and gave a deep rattling intake of breath for effect, Neville and Quirrel looked at him, Neville in fear because Harry's haunted pale white eyes were viewable as was his face which bore no resemblance to his own, Quirrel was wide eyed because he had never seen a Dementor that willingly showed it's face nor had such clarity for the mortal body, Harry let a deep rattling laugh echo through the room and said in the deep rattling voice that was frosty and almost dead like "so, we have an arrogant little boy who has skills, a little girl who tries so hard to be better than others and a husk of a man who's life hangs by a thread only because a leech resides in his soul, what will happen next?"
Quirrel looked at him closely and said, "You are sworn to Voldemort, kneel before your master"
Harry felt a slight push against his will to kneel down and pay reverence to him, but Harry simply squashed it and stood there firmly "a Dementor I may be, but not one that you know of, I am no more of service to the leech in your head as I am to the Ministry, I serve myself, I am here only to view proceedings, you may carry on as if I were not here, I will not intervene"
Quirrel suddenly looked livid and shouted "YOUR KIND SWORE TO THE DARK LORD THAT YOUR KIND WOULD ALWAYS SERVE HIM!"
Harry waved his pale hand dismissively "that is neither here nor there, and I think you are misinformed, my predecessors never knew what to make of me, so I am neither a Dementor or human, I am not even a half breed dog like your…"
"Let me speak to him" came a raspy voice.
"But Master, you are not strong enough to…" Quirrel started.
"I am strong enough for this" came the voice.
Quirrel whimpered and Harry raised his eyebrow as Quirrel undid his foul smelling turban and let it fall to the floor, Harry, who knew what was happening, watched as Quirrel turned and Voldemort was etched on the back of Quirrel's head like a deformed leech or parasite "so, who are you and what are you?" Voldemort questioned idly.
Harry bit back a laugh and said in the dead voice "I am an offshoot cousin of the Dementor, but I am neither Dementor nor anything else, I am me"
Voldemort's left 'eye' twitched "and how did you become… you?" he questioned again.
Harry smiled thinly "I became me through evolution, I am me because I chose to change, have you noticed how the air is much more chilled than you would get for one of my cousins?"
Voldemort gave an impatient noise "yes, I have noticed that, I have also noticed that you exert much more control over your abilities than your counterparts"
Harry gave a small inclination of his head "indeed I do, but my abilities are not that which is in question, but the outcome of this little… adventure"
Voldemort's head turned to Neville "I was expecting the Potter child, but this… I was not expecting the Longbottom fool to come"
Harry shook his head "Neville Longbottom would be the most obvious choice, after all, he is Dumbledore's little weapon against you, the Potter child is just a pawn, a decoy to deflect his most powerful piece, his king"
Voldemort thought for a moment before saying "yes, it all makes sense now, Potter cannot defeat me, he is remedial at best, but Longbottom… he is different, he has power"
Harry smirked inwardly 'this is too good, spout off a few lies, make them sound as convincing as possible, boost Longbottom's ego by saying he is the one who stopped Voldemort, and hey presto, everything falls into place and hopefully Dumbledore will stop his little crusade to reign me in' noticing the deadly quiet except for his rattling breath, the wheezing of Voldemort, the nervous beating of Neville's heart and Quirrel's stiff breaths, Harry gave a deep sigh and moved to the side "I am not a part in this, I am here, like I have done for many years, to watch how events play out"
Voldemort looked at him with a calculating look and Harry smirked before turning human and keeping a still physical form of the grey hair and pale eyes that had a slight tinge of mahogany brown "how many years have you watched things happen?" Voldemort asked slowly.
Harry thought for a moment and felt the brushes of Legimancy against his mind, he spouted off fake images of battles and wars, Grindewald's face and a few faint pictures of other things, memorable periods of time down to a picture of Gryffindor himself with Ravenclaw that he had seen in the Ravenclaw vaults "I would have to say that I have been wandering around this planet for close to five thousand years nearly" he lied easily.
Voldemort's eyes widened slightly and Harry smiled slightly "so, you have developed more powers than…" he trailed off with realisation.
Harry smirked, he had fed him the lie that he was seeing the First Dementor in the flesh, so to speak, he inclined his head and said "Gladius Herule, at your service" he said calmly as he stated the First Dementor's name.
Voldemort's eyes widened comically and Harry waved his hand to conjure a black mahogany chair, he sat down and steepled his fingers calmly "please, go on, I assume this whole scenario needs to go ahead, besides, I have other things I need to do, there is a potential uprising of Werewolves in Scandinavia and I would like to be there to see it if you please, so hurry up and continue" he said as if the potential end of the world was a common place occurrence which made Neville fearful and Voldemort severely unnerved.
Harry leaned forwards and watched intently, his head on his hands, elbows digging into his knees, he had what Neville would later refer to as an excited and expectant gleam in his eyes "please, continue with your little activity, oh, and I would ask that you not harm that little girl over there by the fire, she is under my protection, you all understand?"
Voldemort's eyes widened and the head moved, Neville sneered but gave a nod all the same "so boy" Voldemort started "it would seem that Dumbledore has you as his little weapon, not Potter, it would seem as if I was mistaken in who the Prophecy talked about"
Harry inwardly cheered 'I win! I have it all done! Nobody will be looking my way when I work to take down the fool that is Tom Riddle! What idiots! And Neville will tell Dumbledore about that bit and everything will be set into place, Dumbledore will ignore me in favour of crafting Neville into the ultimate weapon, am I brilliant or what?' he thought gleefully.
Neville flew forwards to Voldemort and Harry closed his eyes slightly to sense Hermione's life energy and frowned slightly, while stable, it was weak and very low, still, he had o play the part, knowing that Hermione would be safe from Voldemort and Neville, he turned his attention back to the two ignorant people before him "what do you see boy?" questioned Quirrel, Harry smirked when he saw his duplicate drop into Neville's pocket.
"I-I-I see myself beating Potter and becoming Head Boy, Quidditch Captain, holding the House Cup and the Quidditch Cup high, I see… I see myself being approached by Madame Bones to become an Auror like my…" he was stopped as he was thrown aside.
"Fool boy, I need the stone," mumbled Quirrel.
"The boy lies!" Voldemort said loudly.
Quirrel turned to Neville while drawing his wand "Accio stone!" he cried out loudly.
Harry watched his copy fly out and land into Quirrel's outstretched hand, at that, Harry stood abruptly and clapped his hands slightly "bravo, I must now make haste to my next destination, this has been most amusing" at that, he vanished in a gust of frigid air.
Quirrel turned to Voldemort while Harry quickly made his way to Hermione and gripped her tightly in his arms, calling out his magic to heal her as he looked at her face with worry "so, Neville Longbottom, I think that it is time to say goodbye, Avada Ked…" he was stopped by a blast of light that slammed into his back and sent him flying.
Dumbledore stepped out from the flames and took no notice of Hermione but gazed intently at Neville then looking at Voldemort "hello Tom, so nice to see you again"
Voldemort roared in rage and completely took over Quirrel's body and waved the wand quickly while sending a steel spike from his wand at Dumbledore who side stepped it with a quickness that never ceased to amaze anyone and sent a Blasting Hex at the stone which was blasted into a million pieces, Voldemort howled in fury and sent a spell at Neville, Dumbledore waved his wand quietly and the spell was deflected into Quirrel's body which was decimated by flames and left a burnt and mangled skeletal corpse with blackened bones "Neville, I think it is time to leave" Dumbledore said quietly.
Neville nodded and stood up quietly, Dumbledore waved his wand at the flames which were dispelled and he made his way out, Neville passed by Hermione without a look then froze as he remembered what Harry, pretending to be the First Dementor, had said "Professor, we need to take Granger to the Hospital Wing"
Dumbledore gave a heavy sigh "must we? She is Potter's little whore, surely we can leave her be and let her die down here, it would save me all the more time and much trouble"
Neville nodded slowly and said "this guy, Gladius Herule, he said she was under his protection, I don't think we should do anything to anger him sir"
Dumbledore froze at the name and whispered harshly "what was that name?"
Neville blinked "I think it was Gladius Herule sir, the guy said that you were using Potter as your pawn as well sir, that you were protecting me, your king or something like that, and the Dark Lord said that it all made sense, like I was some sort of weapon or something and that Potter was useless, that I proved to be the real threat to him, said I had more power than Potter did"
Dumbledore's eyes were twinkling as he levitated Hermione's limp body but Harry, he was shaking in pure rage and fury, taking control of his emotions, Harry used one of the Dementors powers and vanished into the shadows only to appear on his bed in the Hospital Wing, he closed his eyes as he changed back into his human body, his clothes forming back into his school robes, he waited for a few minutes before he saw Dumbledore walk in with Hermione, Madame Pomfrey bustled in and Harry heard her have a sharp intake of breath as she looked at Hermione float in with Neville walking over shakily "good evening Poppy, I was hoping you could give Mr Longbottom something for the Dementor effect"
Harry scowled at that, Hermione was on the verge of losing her magic and her life and Dumbledore was more concerned about Neville?
That arrogant prick!
Harry felt the unnatural rage of his Veela self build up, wanting for revenge, begging to be let free, he absently noted that the room was heating up but he paid only attention to Hermione, his eyes intently on her, an unnatural rage built up, wanting to rip Dumbledore to shreds, to tear him to pieces, he let out a small moan as he looked at her, a pining moan and got up, he felt his body shift slightly and gave in to the feelings, he turned into his Veela body and immediately shifted into his Avian form, wings sprouting from his back as he screeched and charged at Dumbledore who looked scared and quickly moved to the side as a fireball was thrown at him, Pomfrey quickly took hold of the spell and watched in an amused fashion as Harry chased Dumbledore out of the Hospital Wing.
Harry chased Dumbledore down the corridors, fireballs being flung left, right and centre, pure anger coursing through his body, not really hearing the logical part of his brain that cursed his hitting puberty only a few weeks ago, after he threw one past McGonagall who was shocked to see a male Veela throwing fireballs at the Headmaster who was running for his life, scorch marks scattering the walls, floor and random pieces of decoration, he started closing in the distance and sent a fireball at the back of Dumbledore's head causing him to fly across the floor, Harry quickly charged up towards him and twisted him around, held up his left hand which had a huge fireball flaming dangerously bright, people were watching him as he struggled to get control, the fireball vanished after a minute and he quickly stood then ran to the Hospital Wing, passing singed students who backed away at his furious expression, his Avian Form of his Veela body still active in his anger, some suits that had not been totally blasted to pieces were backing away from him with their useless swords at the ready, Harry blasted apart the doors to the Hospital Wing and grabbed Madame Pomfrey by the collar of her robes and screeched loudly while pointing at Hermione, she nodded fearfully and Harry let her go, looking at Hermione intently with a small look of hope glimmering in the avian eyes that shone in the light as Poppy Pomfrey started healing Hermione quickly.
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Harry gazed at Neville as he was seated in the Hospital bed surrounded by people, Hermione, who was talking to her parents who had just arrived and had yet to speak to Harry, scowled in the direction of Neville and muttered "arrogant, smarmy git" Harry choked back a laugh and looked at her with a raised eyebrow, she looked at him defensively and asked in an offended tone "what? He is an arrogant, smarmy git"
Harry rolled his eyes and muttered so only she could hear "you forgot ignorant and blind"
Hermione choked back the laugh this time and looked at her parents who were watching in amusement "mum, dad, this is Harry"
Their faces hardened at that and they looked at him, Harry stiffened his body at a muttered "stupid Mudblood and her filthy Muggle parents" from Neville.
Harry stood up and drew his wand and said in an icy tone "excuse me Hermione, I have vermin to slaughter"
Neville looked truly fearful when Harry made his way over and pushed a Third Year girl away with little trouble, Harry let out a small growl and hissed dangerously "do not insult my mate or I will find a way to Transfigure you into a rat to feed to my snake"
Neville paled dramatically and stuttered out "y-y-y-you'll be thrown out of school"
Harry gave a small flick of his wand turning the Chocolate Frog in his hand into a Viper that hissed and spat dangerously, he leaned down while pushing away a Sixth Year boy and said in an icy tone "I do not really care if I get thrown out of the school, I will protect my mate until the very end, you understand me you petty human?"
Neville nodded quickly and Harry smirked before flicking his wand viciously, turning the Viper into a jellybean, Harry took it from Neville's stunned grip and popped it into his mouth, he smirked one last time before turning and walking back to Hermione's bed "Harry, you didn't have to do that, and what is this mate thing?" she asked.
Harry shrugged as he sat down and folded his arms, his wand laying precariously on his forearm while still clasped in his hand, wary that Neville still had his wand with him and it could cause a Priori Incantatum effect like Voldemort's wand "I do what I need to, and as for you being my mate, ever wonder why you don't go all giggly around me while the other girls swoon and quiver at my presence?"
Hermione nodded and frowned then her eyes lit up in understanding "Harry…" she breathed loudly.
Harry smiled slightly and waved his hand "anyway, I suppose we should be introducing me to your parents who could be my potential guardians if Dumbledore wants to do anything" turning to the two adults who were eyeing him speculatively, Harry bowed his head while waving his wand in a an unobtrusive manner "Mr Granger, Mrs Granger, it is a pleasure to finally meet you, I am Lord Harry James Black-Grindewald-Ravenclaw-Slytherin-Gryffindor-Potter, Master of Magic, Hybrid Mage, Order of Merlin First Class, Boy-Who-Lived, International Confederation of Wizards member and holder of six Wizengamont seats in the British Ministry of Magic, fiancé of Hermione Granger and Chosen One to defeat the Dark Lord" he said in an imperious and aristocratic tone and smirked at Hermione's wide eyes "what? Did you thought that I would go all those years in Diagon Alley and living by myself without studying?"
Hermione gave a small laugh and said "no, I just thought that you managed to pull the wool over Dumbledore's eyes too well"
Harry shrugged and looked at the two adults, Hermione smiled slightly "mum, dad, this is my boyfriend, Harry Potter, remember how I told you about him?"
They nodded warily and Harry scanned their minds, finding out why they were so wary, Harry stated calmly "I am not the type of person to discriminate against Muggleborn's at all, I admire them in fact" he stated calmly.
They looked at Hermione who smiled warmly at Harry "Harry, this is my mother Emily Granger and my father Tom Granger"
Harry looked at her and gave a small laugh, he broke into low chuckles then broke into full laughter, Harry carried on like this for about five minutes before calming don enough to take a breath, wheezing slightly, Harry looked at the disdainful looks Hermione's parents were giving him and the scorn filled look that Hermione was shooting, Harry wiped the tears out of his eyes and said "sorry, when you mentioned the name Tom, it brought back so many fond memories of me taunting an insane Dark Lord to the point of his utter annoyance and frustration, simply memorable, highly amusing to see someone so powerful to froth at the mouth and sputter absolute nonsense"
Hermione cracked a grin "you were busy in the three year separation I see"
Harry shrugged "that is neither here nor there, what matters is I am with you, simple really"
Emily forced a smile and Harry looked at her eyes while penetrating her mind, as she stretched out a hand, Harry looked at it and frowned slightly before shaking his head "I am sorry Mrs Granger, but I cannot accept your hand"
She pulled back her hand, startled, and Mr Granger looked severely pissed, Hermione laid a hand on his knee and said "mum, dad, he has a reason for it, let him explain"
They calmed down and Harry looked at them "see, there is a small ability called Legimancy, it is the ability to look into peoples minds and read surface thoughts and read memories, eye contact is not necessary for reading surface thoughts, I need only be within range, eye contact allows me to go far deeper than just surface thoughts, reading the most recent memories and even some of the darker memories locked away, with my wand, I could have unlimited access to your minds and search around at will, with physical contact, I would most likely live your memories as if I were you should I not actively turn it off, and as I want to keep it active at the moment due to certain… parties present in the room, I cannot shake your hand, maybe when we are alone, we can have a more intimate contact, but that is in the future"
Mr Granger looked at him closely and asked in a neutral tone "what are your intentions with my daughter?"
Harry raised an eyebrow and looked at Hermione who shrugged, Harry looked at him and said "simple really, I plan on making her into something similar to myself through a series of Potions that will alter her genetically, physically, mentally and magically, I then plan to ask her for her hand in marriage and, if she accepts, intend to have a few dozen children which will be provided for and spend the rest of our lives together as mates should"
Mr Granger raised his own eyebrow "mates? You make it seem as if you are not human"
Harry shook his head "far from it, I am not human, I have not been since I was seventeen when Hermione lost her life, I have not been human for nearly a decade"
Mr Granger looked at him closely "and you plan on turning her into something like yourself?"
Harry shrugged "it is up to her really, but I know she wants children and, because I no longer can have children within any other species of the world as my genetics do not allow it, I have to make myself another person of the same species to have children, therefore, she will have a largely elongated life and still be able to have children with myself"
"How long is largely elongated?" Mrs Granger asked curiously.
Harry frowned, doing mental calculations in his head, after coming up with an answer, he smiled slightly "I would have to say anywhere between five hundred and two thousand years old, give or take a few hundred years"
Hermione gaped at him openly "how long was that?" she asked.
Harry grinned "well, seeing as how the Phoenix blood is inside me, I can safely assume that I would have a larger portion of immortality than I would have had usually, I would have said, without my modifications, that I would have lived to be about three hundred years old, with the total modifications I have made, I would say, without unnatural causes doing me in, I would live to be about one or two thousand years old, thank the Phoenix blood on that, same as with any other people who may manage to duplicate my findings which will not happen as it is a very complex theorem that, quite easily said, is difficult for anyone else, and it is quite permanent as well"
Hermione raised her eyebrow and Harry sighed, "yes Hermione?" he questioned.
Hermione glared at him "you weren't going to tell me this any time soon were you?"
Harry shrugged his shoulders lightly "I would have thought that you would have figured it out before the end of they year when I planned on getting my phials of Potions ready and mix them for you, besides that, it helps with your mental acuity and stability in the absence of specific sacrificial rituals which damage the soul and corrupt people to the point where you are a carbon copy Voldemort"
Hermione nodded in understanding and, seeing the confused looks on her parents face, explained to them "when you use a sacrificial ritual like Voldemort has done, you sacrifice a part of yourself to achieve what Harry has done in less than one tenth the time and without any serious changes to his physical, mental or magical purity and it will not corrupt him as anything else would have, he took steps by equalising the Dark creatures and Light creatures to become balanced, though why he used the Dementor and Veela blood, I will never know"
Harry smirked wickedly "so I could subdue the opponents easily, there were more female Death Eaters coming in and I had the idea that, since I had the Dementor blood already infused within me and the men were more severely affected than the women were at the Dementor aura, I had to find a way to incapacitate the females which is where seduction of the Veela Charm comes into affect"
Hermione sighed, "I see" she said with a tint of jealousy in her voice.
Harry noticed this and was immediately by her side and holding her in his arms "Hermione, I would always remain faithful to you"
Hermione relaxed into his arms and Harry kissed her cheek softly before looking at Mr and Mrs Granger who were eyeing him apprehensively, he frowned slightly and let go of Hermione "I must leave Hermione, I think that your parents disapprove of me, I do not wish for myself to end up as I did with Professor Dumbledore, I am sorry, truly, I am" he waved his wand quietly and took one last look at Hermione before striding out with an aristocratic grace.
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Harry filled out his form to remove himself from Hogwarts and finished it off with a quick loop, looking at it closely, he sighed softly and ran his hand over the print to make it magically binding so Dumbledore could not escape it, as he was out of care from any guardians at the moment, it could not be changed and Harry could leave Hogwarts at any time he wished to do so, he looked around the Library and frowned as girls were looking at him with loving eyes, Harry shook it off easily and rubbed the bridge of his nose tiredly as Dumbledore came walking forwards, he looked up again and said politely "hello Professor"
Dumbledore smiled slightly, a glint of knowing and victory in his eyes "Mr Potter, I assume you have heard the news?"
Harry shook his head as he looked at Dumbledore "can't say I have Professor, please enlighten me"
Harry absently noted that Dumbledore's eyes narrowed only slightly "well, I am to take you to a hearing concerning your guardianship and housing until you come of age"
Harry frowned slightly, narrowed his eyes at a thought then placed a passive mask on his face "I assume you have also heard my news as well?"
Dumbledore shook his head and Harry smiled "as I am without guardianship both magically and non-magically, I am allowed to make my own decisions, and it just so happens that I have signed a magically binding contract for my withdrawal from Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry should any change in my current living and guardianship situations occur and I was to be transferred to a school of my choice which is non-negotiable, I do think that I have also placed a clause or two concerning my housing and guardianship requirements in another binding contract written and signed in blood and sealed magically, I suppose they may hinder the hearing a fair bit, sometimes the most inconvenient things happen at the most inconvenient of times, won't you agree Professor?"
Dumbledore nodded with a smile "indeed, that is most inconvenient" Dumbledore sent a Compulsion Charm at him and Harry absorbed it "but I am sure we can forget about it just this once, don't you agree?"
Harry frowned "I shall have to think about it Professor, if you will excuse me, I am having trouble keeping my anger in check around you and am quite irritated at the moment, and as amusing as it is to chase after you while flinging fireballs at our head, I would prefer to not run the risk of injuring the students, and this is the last day the library is open and I was going to check out a few books for reading"
Dumbledore frowned as Harry packed everything up and tried as a last resort "but Mr Potter, would you not like to live with someone to call family?"
Harry turned around swiftly, a cold gleam in his eyes as he stated coldly "I want no family that knows nothing about me, I want nothing to do with people I know noting about"
Dumbledore flinched back as Harry started to slowly gain his avian eyes and quickly cast a series of Calming and Cheering Charms at Harry who stepped to the side as the flew at him, slamming into the wall behind him, Harry held up his hand and a dark red fireball appeared in his hand "move away or die" he said in a cold voice.
Dumbledore turned and started to run and Harry gave a vicious smirk as he sent the fireball at the back of his head making him fly the last ten metres, through the doors and down the hallway before landing on the floor and sliding along the stone for a few seconds before the doors closed, Harry relaxed and smirked inwardly 'I am so getting the hang of this whole Veela transformation thing, even the Veela charm is beginning to fade slowly, I might even be able to use it liberally and have lots more control before I start Veela puberty, that is going to be fun' he though the last bit sarcastically before turning his attention to the books he wanted to read, he looked at the stack and frowned before copying down the names on a piece of parchment and banishing them back into their places with a flick of the wand in his hand, taking a breath of reverence for peace, he calmly walked out and settled for walking placidly down to the Entrance Hall where he was going to pick up his trunk and go back to the Leaky Cauldron for a good holiday away from barmy old coots, insane Dark Lords, stupid children, arrogant little twits and boy crazy, jealous girls who followed him everywhere.
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Authors Note: Love it? Hate it? Got suggestions?
All Reviews are read and respected.
Sorry for the long update time, I had am having a few troubles with my computer and have to use a friends computer until the virus that I got is wiped from the system.
Maybe I need a new computer.
Anyway, hope you like it, the immortality bit was a joke that I placed in, honestly though, it seems more likely that he has achieved a highly elongated life span, though I have no real idea what is happening with that bit, all I know is that Hermione cannot have children until she has those Potions that Harry made.
Keep on reading!
Seth O. Blade.
