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"speak"
"thoughts"
"spells"
§…parseltongue talk …§
§…parseltongue thought…§
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"Maybe pissing them off before asking for help wasn't the best course of action." He thought belatedly, and judging by the malevolent grins that marred both their faces Harry was in for a world of hurt.
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CHAPTER 15
9 years later
The 48-year-old Harry Potter was excited. He had progressed far enough in Spirit to FINALLY learn enough of the Elements for Maggie to let him go. Which meant he could soon get started with Tina's training. He, admittedly, was curious about what Tina would teach him, as she was surprisingly tight-lipped about it. Sure Harry had some ideas but nothing concrete.
As for his gains during the last 9 years they were something like this:
Telekinesis:
He could move both inanimate and animate objects with his mind at will, with little to no difficulty. According to Maggie the only, mortal, living beings Harry couldn't currently move, as their resistance was greater than his current limit were Dragons, Giants, 1000-year-old Basilisks; creatures with incredibly high magical resistance in general. Harry learned Telekinesis' Elemental Manipulation (or T.E.M. as he came to call it), but before he started fusing it with his original E.M. Harry went on to learn Telekinesis' Spatial Sense, which allowed one to sense his surroundings through Telekinesis. Then he learned Telekinetic Teleportation, which was a great way to cover great distances apparently, and as an added bonus, it wasn't half as uncomfortable as Apparition, or so Maggie said, not to mention it could apparently bypass just about any ward, say Hogwarts' for instance. The only downside with Telekinetic Teleportation was that you had to either have already been there before or have a picture of the place you wanted to go to. It was only after he learned these 3 advanced abilities that he started fusing them with the various properties and abilities of the other Elements.
He had successfully fused together his Spirit's Orbital Field with his Air's Tornado Wall and he was right; he could now not only control the redirection of the curses or objects but also increase their redirected speed, it also had the added bonus that he could now use it not only around himself but also around others that weren't in his immediate proximity, though they still needed to be in the same room or within eyesight; and it was now powerful enough to shield against both the Unforgivables and curses like Fiendfyre; Maggie decided it was his right as the teacher to name the fused abilities naming this one the 'Orbiting Tornado'.
Once he learned Telekinetic Elemental Manipulation and fused it with his own Elemental Manipulation Harry received a major boost. Specifically he actually managed to master both his Air's Air Manipulation and his Flight (further increasing his already considerable speed to over 190~mph something no broom was capable of). All his other Air Abilities significantly strengthened as well. His Air barrier's deflecting speed and power increased, it could now handle everything up till the Unforgivables, even offer him some protection from Fiendfyre. What's more is that Harry also managed to fuse his Air Barrier with his Spatial Sense; giving him both a detailed 360o vision and the ability to see through walls; Maggie named this one the 'All-seeing Eye'. Harry could now easily throw his Tornado ball, which was also strengthened into a pretty scary attack. Both his passive increased speed and his Speed Burst have had their speed increased, covering more ground, while Speed Burst's cooldown period disappeared altogether. Harry also learned how to generate Electricity through atmospheric pressure; creating Lightning. He could now use Electricity to stimulate his nerves allowing him to increase his reaction time; Maggie decided to call this ability 'Lightning Reflexes'.
Everything else also received a boost, though it wasn't an equally great boost. Specifically for Harry's Water Element, through his fusion of Telekinetic Elemental Manipulation with his own E.M. Harry's Water Manipulation managed to reach a level where he could actually manipulate blood, both his own and another's. According to Maggie that showed that Harry had master Water Manipulation and he should move on to 'Blood Manipulation' as Maggie termed it. Even though Harry wasn't interested in learning that, he did learn enough to help with his Water's Healing and Purifying properties.
His Fire Element it's Regeneration property was also boosted by T.E.M. to the point where, even if it still took certain amount of time, it no longer drained him to re-grow lost limbs; still hurt like a sonavabitch though. His Fire's Illumination, which he had mostly only ever used it for his Night Vision, also received a boost. It was no longer just night vision, it could now filter light at will letting it also work as super-tinted sunglasses; Maggie, in all his ancient and experienced wisdom, decided to call it 'Night Glasses'. Fusing Air's Clear Mind, Focus, Lightning Reflexes and Fire's Situational Awareness and Timing with Spirit's Spatial Sense Harry was able to learn how to enter his Increased Perception State (AKA I.P.S. AKA appear to slow down time) at will.
As for the boost his Earth Element gained from his T.E.M. Harry gained the ability to manipulate vibrations either Omni-directional from his body or One-directional from his limbs, a punch with using that was bound to drop just about most magicals. This Vibration Manipulation allowed Harry to generate powerful waves of vibrations which can produce effects resembling those of earthquakes. He is also immune to any harmful effects of the vibrations he creates. Harry also learned to use both Stone and Sand Manipulation like Maggie had told him he would.
All in all his Telekinesis train had went well, that is not to say his Telepathy training had gone badly though. No, in fact even if it wasn't as diverse as his Telekinesis Abilities, he learned some very useful ones. Sure they were some pretty Grey stuff, useful but Grey. Hell most of them were couldn't even be considered Grey no matter how you spin them.
Telepathy:
The only ability Harry learned that could be considered purely Grey was Telepathic Prediction, which let him know his opponent's moves and attacks by reading their brain waves. It wasn't perfect but when coupled with his I.P.S. it came pretty damn close. Telepathic Speaking Inducement on the other hand was, at best, a darker Grey ability, after all, making others say what you want them to say can cause quite the damage if done correctly. And then there were abilities like Memory Manipulation, Emotion Manipulation, Subconscious Manipulation, Subliminal Messaging and flat out Mind Control; these could only be considered Dark, even if Harry were to use them with good intentions. But Harry had long since stopped viewing the world as black and white; he would use everything he could to keep his precious people alive and well. And if that meant using these telepathic abilities that everyone else would see as Dark then so be it; Harry wasn't an idiot, at least he liked to think that he graduated from that during his time training in this place. He had come to accept that Voldemort would eventually return and when he did he would target Harry, and by proxy everyone he cares about, with a vengeance. The emerald eyed man had no intention of letting anyone he cared about be harmed because of a demented, delusional, power-hungry psychopath. Whether Riddle went after someone he didn't know or someone who treated him wrongly without even bothering to listen to reason (like say, the majority of Hogwarts' student population) Harry couldn't care less. Granted Harry wasn't actually planning on letting anyone in on all the abilities he'd gained in his stay here, some things were just better left alone. He was planning on fighting the self proclaimed Dark Lord when he eventually returns but only for his own and his friends' sake.
"Alright Harry, you better get ready cause it's finally my turn now!" exclaimed an excited Tina.
"I am. I've actually been curious about what you were going to teach me to be honest."
"Ehehe, I see. But I have to warn you, whatever it is you were expecting it, and I can tell you've been expecting similar lessons as your ancestor and his older brothers, you won't be expecting this. In order for you to understand I'll have to properly introduce myself."
"You see, Harry, I am more than just a deity of Death. I am the personification of the Primordial Goddess of the Night, Darkness, Death and Shadow. Born from Chaos, I stood near the beginning of creation alongside my four siblings. I go by many names such as Erebus, Thanatos and Schia in Ancient Greece. In Sanskrit I was called Rájas, in Gothic Rigis, in Old Norse Røkkr ; I have had many other names but the one prefer is Nyx. Well, I've actually gotten pretty used to 'Tina' lately but that's besides the point. Now being a Primordial has, like everything else, its advantages and disadvantages. In this case I cannot just start teaching anyone, even if they are a descendant of mine, about my Domains as I feel like. The best I can do is have you choose one of my Domains and teach you everything about it. For unlike Maggie's elements you won't be able to train in it further once you leave this place."
Harry remained stock still having blacked out pretty much at the beginning of Tina's introduction. Noticing she had lost his attention Tina called out to the emerald eyed man.
"Hello? Harry? Are you in there?" she asked, waving her hands in front of his face.
"You aren't going to get his attention like that Tina." started Maggie before continuing.
"This is how you bring him back to the present." He said, smacking Harry upside down in the back of his head.
"Ow!" Harry yelped. "What the hell man?" he asked Maggie.
"Not my fault you where spacing out kid."
"Well excuse me for needing some time to accept the fact that I lost my virginity to a freaking Primordial Goddess that's been around since pretty much the beginning of everything!" Harry yelled, still having trouble coming to terms with it.
"Gives a new meaning to the term 'cradle robber' doesn't it?" Maggie said, chuckling at Harry's reaction.
"Watch it, Magnus." Tina said, her face darkening and along with it the sky, the trees, the grass darkened, even the shadows became deeper, it was like darkness arrived to blot out the sun, or whatever it was that gave off light in this place.
Maggie did the sensible thing and shut up. After all it wasn't every day that a primordial used your full name like that. No, they mostly did that just before they reduced you to cosmic dust, to be reformed a few millennia later with a different name, personality, hobbies, everything that makes you, you really.
Looking away from Maggie after she was sure he wouldn't jump in to 'help', Tina looked back at Harry waiting for him to speak. She had to actively keep herself from reading his mind, or his expression for that matter.
For his part, Harry had already gotten over his original surprise; spending decades with these two had done wonders for his ability to just go with the flow and was contemplating what Tina told him about her domains and the limitations placed on them.
"Say, what exactly do these Ancient Laws say about Primordials teaching their domains? What even are Domains in the first place?" he asked.
"Well, we can't really talk about the Ancient Laws." Answered Tina with a sheepish look
"Seriously? What is this? Fight club?" Harry asked exasperatedly before re-asking his question.
"So, again what are these Domains?"
"Let's see, how best to describe a Domain…I guess the easiest way is to think of a Domain is as a trunk."
"Huh, I'm sorry I think I misheard you, I think I heard you say it's like a trunk?!" Harry asked, wondering how she could be messing with him now of all times.
"Hear me out. Picture a trunk with some stuff in. You may own the trunk and everything inside but that doesn't mean you can't lend out something that's inside the trunk, or give someone else access to it. You can also teach another how to use the stuff inside the trunk. But it is dangerous business because once you give someone access to the trunk and its contents they can turn around and steal it. Whether all of the stuff that were originally inside the trunk were there when it was stolen doesn't matter. If the trunk is stolen you lose both it and everything that was inside it when it was stolen. And those who have multiple Domains have multiple trunks. There have been plenty of wars because a fellow God either attempted or succeeded in stealing another's Domain. And a few where a mortal turned God or a mortal student also stole a Domain. So you see no matter how unlikely it is possible to usurp a God's power, regardless of whether you are one. It was for this reason that we distanced ourselves from the mortal world."
"Huh, what do you know; Domains do sound like trunks." said Harry still wrapping his head around the implications of sharing a Domain with anyone else. He gave Tina a square look
"And you trust me to not abuse this? I mean I could sweet talk you into teaching me secrets you otherwise wouldn't, not to mention the danger of letting someone else access to your Domain, even a mortal. Like you just said there have been instances where a mortal stole from a God."
Tina just smiled. "I know you Harry, you won't abuse this. And to answer your next question, even if in the future you change into someone who would abuse this, something I wholeheartedly hope never happens, I already told you; you won't be able to train or usurp it once you leave this place, it's part of the loophole if a God wants to share his or hers Domain no matter what."
"Ok, fine. But do Laws say I must only choose one domain and nothing else. Or can I choose some powers from one domain and some from another. Not everything from one domain but a few things from a few domains."
"You mean like a Jack of all trades kind of thing?"
"Yeah, I guess."
"Hmmm, to be honest I don't think such a thing has happened before. The Laws certainly don't forbid it, heck such a thing isn't even mentioned in them." Tina answered before breaking into a smile
"I do believe you found a loophole no one else has noticed before. And coming from me that is saying something."
Harry smiled at the compliment
"So how are we going to do this?" he asked.
"Hmmm, let's see… thanks to the loophole you found my main problem of what to teach pretty much disappeared, though we should be smart with this, wouldn't want someone else finding out about it before we're finished." Tina mused.
Maggie, who figured it was ok to speak again, couldn't help himself.
"Maybe we could name it the Harry loophole… no that doesn't sound right. Maybe the Potter loophole?"
Tina chuckled "How about we don't name it something that would put a target on his back? Not all of us are as accepting to the fact that a mortal figured out a loophole with basically zero knowledge of the Laws, not to mention one as young as Harry."
Harry grimaced "Yeah, if you could keep me out of whatever godly trouble you're going to cause that be great."
"… I suppose I can come up with a better name for it." Maggie grumbled
"He isn't going to make his own names about the things you'll teach me, is he?" Harry couldn't help asking, already having had enough of that.
"Hahaha, no Harry he isn't. It's actually the other way around it. He went out of his way to name your abilities because everyone with a Domain has already named everything in it. He was feeling left out."
"Huh, that makes sense, I guess?"
"Not really Harry, but enough about that. I have decided which powers I'll grant you. However we cannot proceed to teaching you here; this is Maggie's world. It is impossible to train here for anything other than Maggie's Elements. The reason you could train and fuse Metamorphosis with the various Elements was because it was an ability that originated from Spirit. Now we have to go to my realms. I hope you're not afraid of the dark, Harry, it will be a while till you see light again." And with that, without giving Harry a chance to speak let alone brace himself, there was a flash of black light and the two were gone.
"Hmph! How rude! Leaving like that, not even saying goodbye, even though she knows I'm not a Primordial and therefore can't enter their realms." Maggie grumbled.