A Room of Ice

Everyone watched in horror as their friends disappeared. The Ancients stiffened.

"So in the end you were to cowardly to actually fight them with honor so you send them to an environment where they don't stand a chance of survival," the green-eyed Ancient said scornfully.

"You know as well as I do that it is easiest to just finish them off," the entity said smoothly. He looked down at a ball of light that appeared in his hand. The ball shined dimly than faded to black. "They are dead." The implications of this sentence struck everyone in the room. Before anyone could respond, Death Eaters and Goblins started climbing through some portals that just appeared. The entity turned to them.

"Masters coming," a goblin grunted. The entity smiled dementedly again as two figures made their way to the front of the crowd. Everyone from the group stiffened when they saw who the figures were.

"Koboi." Root growled.

"Voldemort." Harry muttered with equal disdain.

"Since when do either of them take orders?" Mulch asked. Opal shot him a look of contempt.

"We don't take orders." Opal said nastily then she turned to the entity.

"Greetings allies," it said politely. "I am glad you could make it."

"We made an agreement." Opal said stiffly. The entity smiled again in its demented way.

"Right down to business I see. Alright, you have kept up your sides of the bargain for helping me get the descendants and getting out of my prison, it is time I fulfilled my promise," it said. It held out its arms and everything around them started whirling in color and they appeared in the grounds of Hogwarts. Hoards of Death Eaters had students and teachers alike captured and at wand tip. It was obvious Hogwarts had been captured. Voldemort looked pleased.

"The world will be yours for I have granted you the power to seize control, but before I do anything else," the entity turned to the still shackled group. "I want to exterminate you and my dear sisters."

The entity hand signaled to a Death Eater. A sixth-year girl with red hair covering her face was pushed forward. "Tell me, what do you believe to be the most painful torture in the world?" the entity asked smoothly. The girl looked at her feet.

"I think… the torture curse?" she said meekly.

"Incorrect. The most painful thing for a mortal is to see a supreme being in its true form. And the most painful thing for a supreme being is to be forced into that form," The entity smiled madly and waved its arm. Blindfolds appeared across his allies' eyes. No one attempted to remove them. "Begone."

Navy magic shot into the Ancients. With a gasp they all fell to the ground and convulsed painfully. They all seemed to be biting back a cry of pain that was fighting to break out. All four of their eyes began glowing violently and suddenly their face and body looked like a costume, as though it wasn't real…

"Cover your eyes!" Dumbledore exclaimed. Everyone tried to, but the entity waved his hand again and paralyzed them. Nature in itself seemed to be crying out in pain even though the Ancients managed to keep their own cries down. As everyone watched the Ancients seemed to become bigger and light began radiating from them. It got to the point the light was so bright it was painful to watch. Finally the human form fell away completely.

Everyone felt it. The very sight of the Ancients' divine form was beginning to burn them. The Ancients were about as tall as a red wood tree and they looked like they had four legs like a wolf but it was hard to tell. It was hard to tell anything about them really, the glaring light was enough to blind onlookers. The only thing in focus was their eyes. The eyes were the same colors but they were sharp and wild. The wind picked up and whipped past anything in its way and it started to howl. The Ancients towered over anyone and everyone even as the wind got so loud people could barely hear each other. For the first time, everyone was able to fully appreciate the fact they were the ones to create the worlds. They were the ones to create pleasure and pain and they were the ones to protect the worlds and their inhabitants even at the cost of everything they had. For once, they weren't the Ancients, the people who were the ones to create the universe, nor were they the four girls whom no one knew anything about. They were everything and nothing at the same time. They were the hearts of all that existed. They were gods.

I light blue and silver sheen started glowing all over the onlookers. "Why aren't we burning?!" Mulch shouted over the din.

"Something is protecting us!" Lupin answered with just as much confusion in his voice that Mulch had had.

"Impossible!" screeched the entity. The blue sheen came over the Ancients and they returned to their human forms. Dawning comprehension crossed their faces.

"I love time travel." The redheaded girl from earlier said. Everyone looked at her to see her hair not covering her face. They could see her eyes. Brilliant green eyes.

Harry's eyes.

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