Of Stranger Magic Chapter 15, a Harry Potter + Naruto Crossover fanfic

Of Stranger Magic

Harry Potter x Naruto Crossover Story

Of Stranger Magic Chapter 15

Summary 1: "You two will be taking this mission it'll probably be one of the most important missions of both of your lives." stated Tsunade tiredly, "Is there a particular reasoning for that Hokage-sama?" asked Shikamaru standing just a tad more straighter in his slouched posture. "Dumbledore-sensei is an old friend." stated simply by Tsunade. "But Shishou-" "I said he was a friend, not that he was mine."

Summary 2: "I'm trusting you to do this for me Severus. It is of the upmost importance that you get those two to the headquarters as soon as possible." "Of course headmaster, but are you sure about these ninja?" "Absolutely. I believe we are in need of a stranger magic than our own."

Chapter Excerpt: She didn't mention it to him or anyone really but she was anticipating Owl's presence once more. The morbid atmosphere from the funeral depressed her greatly.

Parings: Sakura Haruno x Shikamaru Nara; Hermione Granger x Draco Malfoy

Minor Pairings: Sasuke Uchiha x Hinata Hyuuga; Naruto Uzumaki x Ino Yamanaka; Ron Weasley x Luna Lovegood; Harry Potter x Parvati Patil

Rated: M+

AN 1: I want to go and take this time to explain some of my reasons for changing things up so far in this story compared to the original plot. There was just too many contradictions and loopholes, that were never backed up in canon.

In Order of the Phoenix …

Dumbledore is portrayed as politically ineffectual. He apparently fails to do anything substantial to force Fudge or others in the Ministry or Wizengamot to acknowledge Voldemort's return or to counter the slander leveled against Harry and himself, even allowing himself to be removed from the office of Chief Warlock. Why? Dumbledore is an experienced member of the wizarding government. A simple pensive memory of Harry's experiences at the end of the third task would have gone a long way to ending such slander and mobilizing the forces of light. If Dumbledore is the great, wise, experienced wizard he is supposed to be, it is ridiculous for Fudge to be able to walk over Harry and Dumbledore unless Dumbledore deliberately allows it. Clearly this is yet another simple plot device to set up the plot for Umbridge's placement in Hogwarts; a case of expediency over consistency and reason. Suitable for children's books, but failing when examined in a broader context.

I absolutely do not understand JKR's blatant disregard of Dumbledore's supposed political prowess. To grant Dumbledore these life changing and indispensable roles such as that of the Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot and Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards, with an Order of Merlin, First Class award. In this question with Hermione's help, Harry will be questioning these things, and will be getting most of his wonderings answered.

What use is the Order of Phoenix guard at the Department of Mysteries? Only Harry or Voldemort can remove the prophesy, so what use is having a single guard at the DoM? If Voldemort doesn't come himself, the prophesy sphere is safe. If he does come, what good will it be to have a single guard in place? Indeed, what happened to that guard on the night of the battle? If Malfoy's group met and waylaid the guard, wouldn't that alert the order well before Harry's group got there? If they snuck by, why didn't Harry's group encounter the guard?

Another thing I never understood as JKR put a lot of emphasis on the fact that only Voldemort or Harry could even touch the prophecy, let alone remove it from the Department of Mysteries. Taking this into consideration, shouldn't the Order, with how many Ministry of Magic workers, realize this and not be as worried as they were within canon? The prophecy isn't going to be a focal point in this story, meaning their won't be a Battle at the DOM.

Is Snape just a really bad Occlumency teacher or is something else at play? Later conversations with Hermione confirm that Snape just tells Harry "clear your mind" before launching a Legilimency attack. No explanation, no notes, no reference book. Is he trying to teach the art or open Harry's mind to Voldemort? This ambiguity in the book may be deliberate to give the reader suspicions about Snape's loyalty as well as playing up the cliche nasty character. It may also be justified as part of his act to hide his role from Voldemort. However, being a bad, vengeful potions teacher is not directly harmful. Viciously attacking a student's mind is quite another thing.

Taking into consideration that Occlumency is a delicate art and an even more complicated and obscure brach of magic involving one's mind. Harry will be learning this skill in a more realistic way than how JKR portrayed it. I seriously doubt even in canon the proper way of learning such skills is by a frontal mental attack, repeatedly over long periods of time. As if the implied abuse from Harry's childhood wasn't enough mental distress.

When using a Pensieve, do you extract the memory itself or a copy? At the start of Harry's Occlumency lesson, Snape extracts memories from his head and places them in Dumbledore's Pensieve supposedly so that Harry can't accidentally access them in his mind. However, Dumbledore has a collection of memories that don't seem the sort to have been removed from someone's mind, just copied. Also, Slughorn provides two copies of his memory of talking to Riddle about Horcruxes (one tampered with, one genuine). Snape's use of the pensive seems at odds with other references. Perhaps there are two methods of using it.

Also, its odd the memory Harry finds is about his father, rather than Snape telling Voldemort about the Prophecy, foul deeds Snape committed as a death eater, or other secrets. Perhaps Snape had long practice protecting other memories from Dumbledore or Voldemort, but hadn't previously guarded memories of James. Perhaps he thought seeing Harry who looked so much like James was likely to bring the memories of James to the surface. Was Snape trying to keep the memory from Harry to protect himself from embarrassment or to protect Harry from a negative memory of his father?

I absolutely hate how this part was played out in canon, personally I think the reason Snape chose to pick out those memories in his mind was because he was embarrassed by them and didn't want to relive them himself and removing them wasn't about sparing Harry but more about doing so for himself. In this story that part of the story won't be happening and the only insight to Snape will be through Draco about every ten chapters or so, as my main focus is still on Sakura and Shikamaru.

Why would Harry fly all the way from Hogwarts to London? Unless thestrals are very fast, he would have to expect Sirius to have been killed by the time he got there. They should fly to Hogsmeade and Floo from the Three-Broomsticks or Hogshead. If nowhere with a Floo was open in Hogsmeade and they couldn't break in, they could at least summon the Knight Bus.

This was such a glaring piece of common sense, even flying, traveling to Scotland to London would take more than a good little minute. If the vision he had was true Sirius probably would have died a few moments after witnessing his torture. In this story Harry will be using something I like to call common sense, I understand he was overcome with adrenaline and potential self-sacrifice but acting so rash like that was completely taking it to a whole new level of angst.

7. Harry's scar is a horcrux. There are many problems with this. First, a horcrux is serious magic and we are asked to believe one could be created by accident? Second, Lily's protection caused Voldemort possessed Quirinus Quirrell to be burned by Harry's touch (in PS). So, how could a horcrux attach itself to Harry or once attached survive extended contact with him? Third, how could Harry survive extended contact with a Horcrux? Horcruxes have an effect on their bearers. The Diary possessed Ginny (in CoS). The amulet had a strong influence on each of the trio (in DH). Neither Ginny nor the members of the trio were in constant contact with those horcruxes. What chance would a fifteen month old child (with limited magic and reasoning ability) have against a Horcrux imbedded in his head? Fourth, wouldn't either the basilisk venom or phoenix tears have destroyed it (in CoS)?

Screw Horcruxes. They aren't going to exist in this story and I'm debating whether or not to add in the Hallows.

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Previously:

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DAILY PROPHET

Attack of the Ministry. Danger in Dead of Day.

Article By: Charlotte Harrison

It appears that certain allegation,s made by the once esteemed Minister against Albus Dumbledore, chief Wizard in the Wizengamot and Harry Potter the desirable Boy-who-Lived, are not as far fetched as we were lead to believe.

In the early afternoon, of 19 October 1995, several injuries and unfortunately a most shocking death occurred in the perplexing Department of Mysteries within the Ministry of Magic. No names shall be released yet, due to personal and legal reasons. But the Prophet and myself included wish the families of those affected our condolences…

"Do you, Narcissa Malfoy, still wish to be married to Lucius Malfoy and be associated with the Malfoy name?" Sirius wasn't met with silence this time as Narcissa hurriedly shook her head in the negative, the magical bond due to her marriage not allowing her to betray her husband.

"Honestly, I'm sure if the injuries you say Malfoy has are real, why wouldn't he want a few extra hours to recuperate. And as for the guards I've only seen Owl all day, though that really isn't a lot we usually see glimpses of both he and Jaguar, though she's been missing since you've seen her last nigh, Harry. I'm sure Dumbledore knows where she is and everything is perfectly fine."

It didn't fail Ron nor Harry's notice that she didn't sound too convinced of her own words.

"Well, well. What do we have here? Mr. Potter out past curfew."

Owl rolled his masked eyes at Umbridge's ignorance, surely she couldn't be stupid enough to ignore his presence.

"Perhaps I'll go and fetch Professor Snape to deem your detention since I am no longer capable due to that unfortunate misunderstanding."

And obviously he had just been proven wrong.

"This is a seriously injured boy. What you should be asking is why the hell his, 'Head of House' isn't more aware of … violence between his own students." Jaguar was very tempted to use the word bullying, though she doubted the blonde would appreciate that.

"Why haven't you escorted him to Madame Pomfrey?" the Headmaster's voice was returning to normal, something he was very grateful for as he led the young woman and boy towards his office.

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Now:

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It was a dark sense of macabre that emitted from the residents of 12 Grimmauld Place and the Burrow.

Jaguar had taken to taking shifts with her slugs at each residence to ensure the safety of both the Order members and the rest of the grieving Weasley Clan. Both places however were exceedingly more somber than they were previously. And that was saying something considering how Grimmauld Place wasn't already a depressing area.

In both homes, curtains had been drawn back and all of the clocks had been stopped at the hour of death. Veils and crape covered all of the mirrors. A wreath of laurel tied back with black ribbon was hung on the front door of Grimmauld Place, one of boxwood was hung at the Burrow. Harry and Hermione realized quite shocked that the mourning rituals of the wizarding world weren't that far off than theirs only a few centuries behind. Lit candles and flowers were found in every corner of the Burrow and Jaguar was happy that Owl with his slightly enhanced sense of smell was not here at the current time.

After the first day of learning of Mr. Weasley's death, Molly had taken to wearing an inauthentic smile, no doubt under the guise to appear strong in front of her children and friends. The woman however, matched the new color of her wardrobe and Jaguar deftly wondered how long she would be charming her clothes black for.

The funeral procession, was to be the next morning and she also wondered exactly how everyone would cope then.

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The funeral cortège was an extraordinary sight. It was led by several foot attendants: pall bearers who carried batons, feather men, pages and wizards who dressed in magnificent gowns and robes, all carrying and brandishing their wands. The coffin was shiny and polished, a gray marble, decorated with moldings, metal handles and inscribed plates, covered with a dark green cloth that was attached to it with silver headed nails.

Most men wore full mourning suits underneath their darker colored robes and except for a few of the younger boys, all wore top hats with crape bands. The women wore black veils and gloves to match their dark gowns made of silk. Mrs. Weasley even held a black-edged handkerchief to her eyes underneath her veil.

The procession made its way at walking pace from the Burrow, and towards one of the main roads leading to a nearby cemetery.

Jaguar listened half-heartedly as the now deceased body of Arthur Weasley was lowered into the catacombs. Her ears were too focused on Mrs. Weasley's now renewed sobs, the first of which since she learned the news of her late husband, and the strain of the coffin against gravity as the wizards solemnly lowered him into the ground. Dumbledore's speech of how good a man Arthur was was lost on her, though as she looked on at the proceedings a couple hundred yards away, she felt a strange sensation on her face.

A feast was held at the Burrow though only family and a few of the Order members were invited, Jaguar being one of them. Ham, cider, ale, pies and cakes were set before everyone, though Jaguar found she was not the only one unable to eat. She felt so out of place and for a few moments she wished she was anyone of her other friends from the generation, they all seemed like they would know how to handle the situation better than she was now.

Once the feast was completed the little vacation to the Burrow did as well and Jaguar took the remaining wizards back to 12 Grimmauld Place. She didn't mention it to him or anyone really but she was anticipating Owl's presence once more. The morbid atmosphere from the funeral depressed her greatly and it was only when she was truly alone did she kneel on the cold floor of her and Owl's shared room and slowly take off her mask did she realize.

The strange feeling never left her face once, though a smile graced her face as she continued to cry.

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AN: A lot of the references made towards the funeral come from Victorian customs and traditions following the death of a loved one. This chapter was originally a lot longer quickly moving from Arthur's death to continue on with the story but as I read over it I immediately took out the funeral bit and turned it into a chapter of its own. Mainly because I'm mourning the loss with my characters on this one and feel if I added in the original work I created I'm rushing through Arthur's funeral and that's honestly the last thing I want to do considering I debated long and hard on my decision to end his life. His way of dying and his killer won't be revealed for quite a few chapters yet but a common ground between the Weasley children plus Harry, Hermione and Draco will be established between them and Draco will reveal what he believes he knows about the mysterious guards to the Golden Trio.