Hey I'm back! Thanks for the reviews!

After much deliberation, I have decided not to put my life's story on the web, or at least not come right out and say it.

I will, however, say that as I've mentioned before, Star's character in Gun&Magic is a self insert in personality, and her past is based on my own. Also Hermione and Sally-Anne's past is the closest to my own.

My past is very personal, however, to give you an idea, I was raised for a specific purpose in mind- my previous 'profession' that ended when I was 11- so I was raised to believe that all types of relationships: Polygamy, incest, and specifically Pedophilia, were OK and natural.

Although my circumstances have changed, namely not having that kind of 'job' anymore, my personal belief is still this:

It doesn't matter who you love; You cannot change it; You cannot control it.

You can only accept it.

For the world needs more love. Not less.

I hope that that's enough of an explanation, but my story isn't for the faint of heart, and I don't want it up on the web. If you want to know the details, let me know and I will PM you and will be blunt.

Anyway, enough of the dark stuff; It's on to the next chapter of Takamachi Nanoha and the Philosopher's Stone.

By my calcs we only got six chaps left after this until this book is complete. Here we have some fun hijinks with training, then the first four Tasks of the Stone Obstacle Course: Fluffy, Devil's Snare, the Keys, and the Chess Game, up until the Troll Room, were they meet up with someone. The next chap it's the Nanoha v. the troll rematch, the Potions Puzzle, and if I have enough length, the first part of the Stone battle, where Harry gets to show what he's learned from our favorite Aces. The chapter after is a massive info dump revealing some world building, including where Nanoha and Fate get their powers from, and a revelation of what the Stone is.

After that is the second part of the Stone battle, and some chapters dealing with loose ends, including Precia's surprise and the revealing of Fate and Alicia's father.

Anywho, that said, as always,

Enjoy!

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The next day in the library, Nanoha and Fate stared at their friends- Draco, Tracey, Daphnae, Hermione, Neville, Ron, and the addition of Pansy Parkinson- stunned at what they asked.

"Eh? You want us to train you," Nanoha asked.

"You-Know-Who is out there right," Pansy started.

"You've been training Harry," Draco continued, "So why not us?"

"We want to help fight him," Ron said.

"Me too," Neville said, the timid boy having come a long way from the blubbering mess he had been at the start of the year.

"And you Pansy?" Nanoha asked, "Are you sure about this?"

Pansy nodded. "Of course I am."

"So, what do you know," Fate pried.

"Daphnae and I know some Karate, and how to shoot," Tracey said.

"Me too," Hermione said, "Dad was a part of MI5."

The purebloods' eyes raised. "Is that how you're such a good shot," Draco asked, "I mean, Father taught me some dueling, but you're too accurate!"

"Anyways," he continued, looking at Harry and Nanoha, "We're your friends. We stick together."

Nanoha nodded. "Very well then," she grinned, causing the assembled to unconsciously shudder, "Let's train."

(Cue Eye of the Tiger)

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A bleary eyed Draco, Pansy, and Ron eyed the pile of black bands that the two mages held.

Neville- used to working in a garden- Hermione, Tracey, Daphnae, and Harry- used to training- were more awake.

"What, are those," the tired Malfoy heir asked. Six AM was way too early to be up.

"Fate's and my old training weights," Nanoha said, "To build strength. We will start with twenty pounds, and as you get used to them raise the weight. Fate and I are very far ahead of you in that regard, so you have plenty of room to improve before you need to buy your own."

As the four reluctantly strapped them on Nanoha continued, "Once you get those lets start running."

Hermione, Neville, Daphnae, Tracey, Fate and Harry started off.

The three trudged in the rear, their weighted arms and legs lagging as Nanoha jogged backwards, shouting encouragement.

'Oh kill me now,' Draco whined in his head.

Two weeks later:

Draco looked at Ron, Neville, and Pansy as they did their stretches after their run. He had to admit that Nanoha's regime had results. He had never felt more alive before, never as energetic.

"So now what Nanoha?"

"Well, Fate and I have been talking, and we decided to start your close quarters combat training.

"Fate's off with Tracey, Daphnae, Hermione and Harry since they already know, while I teach you the basics." Nanoha was absolutely giddy with excitement of being able to train with someone besides Fate.

"I'm still recovering, so if I can't defeat all four of you, please don't hold it against me." She smiled as she shifted into a stance, her feet shoulder-width apart, hands balled into fists at her sides. "Now, come at me."

That night, a groaning, sore Draco stumbled into bed.

"Are you alright Draco," Theo asked.

"Nanoha, defeated four of us at once in 30 seconds," Draco wheezed, "That girl's a monster."

One month later:

Draco saw just Nanoha and Fate as he walked into the abandoned classroom. Fate had her black wand out, pointing it at the wall. "What are you doing?"

"Trying out Nanoha's family spells," Fate said.

Draco frowned. "Um, you have to be a member to use Fami-"

"Oh Holy Light, Come to my assistance."

Draco's eyes widened as a dark, burnt yellow runic circle matching Nanoha's appeared underneath.

"Form spheres that reverberate through the sky under my guidance." Sparking, burnt yellow spheres appeared on either side of her. "Divine Shooter..." she pointed her wand at the wall, "Shoot!" The balls shot forward, striking the wall with an explosion of rocky shards, leaving behind a distinct smell of ozone.

"Uh, are you sure you're adopted," Draco asked, eyeing the blonde warily.

Nanoha and Fate looked at each other, and shrugged. "As far as we know," they chorused.

"Huh." Draco made yet another mental note never to anger the two. Getting on the bad side of one Divine Buster user was bad enough. Now there were two of them.

Two months later:

Nanoha looked at the four boys apprehensively. In hind sight, Draco should have realized that that was a bad sign.

"Uh, are you sure about this," she asked.

"It's a good spell to learn," Draco told her, "It hurts a lot, but otherwise harmless. And you need to practice on a live target."

Nanoha nodded slowly, and she and the four girls across from them raised their wands. "Inguine impetum!"

Four pale orange bolts struck the four boys. "Ow!" They cried out, holding their crotches.

'That smarts,' Draco thought. Suddenly, a shudder ran through him. The boy could feel himself shrinking a couple of inches, his face bones gave a pop as they rearranged, his chin becoming more pointed. Then suddenly, the hand holding his abused nuts closed. Giving a startled yelp- that he would vemonetly deny afterwards, he pulled back the now lose waist of his trousers. "It's gone!"

The chorus caused Draco to look at his fellows. Like himself, Harry, Ron and Neville hadn't overly changed much beyond shrinking an inch or so to 4 ft 9- 4ft 7 for Harry- and a subtle softening of they're features, but Neville's excess baby fat had shift to his chest, forming a pair of B cups that strained his...her... shirt.

The four girls that had fired the Groin Attack Hex blinked. "Are you four..." Nanoha began.

"Girls? Yes."

"Kuso."

Music ends.

The headline of the next day's Daily Prophet read: The Boy-Who-Lived Now Girl-Who-Lived!

The four transgendered barely read "Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Ronald Weasley, and Neville Longbottom were subject to accidental gender change via a botched Groin Attack spell." before their heads hit the table in frustration.

"How the Hell did word get out so fast," Nanoha asked.

"No idea," Draco groaned.

"At least exams are done," Ron observed.

Just then, Harry felt a burn in her scar, her hand going to rub it.

At the same time Nanoha's eye twitched as she felt a burn, the familiar snakelike face flashing across her vision.

"Are you two alright," Hermione and Fate asked at the same time.

"My scar," Harry muttered, "It's burning."

"Mine too," Nanoha affirmed, "And I'm getting flashes of some kind of face."

"It's happened before right," Fate asked, remembering the feast at the Shorting at the beginning of the year.

"Hai," Nanoha confirmed.

"I think it's a warning," Harry added, "I think it means danger's coming.

No sooner than the newly turned girl said this, then her eyes lit. "Oh I'm such an idiot. Hagrid has always wanted more than anything is a dragon-"

"And someone shows up and just happened to have one," Nanoha facepalmed. "We're smarter than this Fate," she chided mentally, "How did we miss this!"

The two Children-Who-Lived quickly left the Great Hall, followed by three Gryffindores, three Slytherins, and one Ravenclaw as Nanoha and Harry continued, "How many go around with an illegal dragon egg in they're pocket!

They didn't have to go far to locate the half-giant, who was sitting in the courtyard playing a song on his wooden flute.

"Hagrid," the two called as they ran up, causing the big man to look at them.

"Who gave you the dragon egg," Harry asked.

Hagrid shrugged, "Dunt rightly kno'. Cuddent see 'is faice. Kept 'is 'ood up."

Nanoha's eyes narrowed, her investigator's instincts kicking in. "That is suspicious."

Hagrid shrugged, "Not really. Meet a lut of shaddy foks adda 'og's 'ead."

"Did he talk to you at all," Nanoha asked.

Hagrid thought about it. "Well, 'e asked wat shorta creatures I looked afta. I told 'im 'Afta Fluffy, a dragon's easy."

"He didn't," Fate sent, unknowingly echoing the other's thoughts.

"Did he seem interested in Fluffy," Harry asked.

"Cerse 'e was intristed in Fluffy," Hagrid said annoyed, " 'ow offen doya cume across a three 'eded dog?" He then smiled, very pleased as he continued, "But I sed "da trick wid any beast ista lern 'owta calm 'im."

'He did,' everyone thought.

"Taik Fluffy fer exampal: jest plaiy'im a bita music en' 'e falls sraighta sleep," he said with a shrug. Then a look of horror fell across his face. "I shoudna toldja dat."

The group of ten quickly ran back inside.

"What now," Tracey asked.

"We tell a teacher," Hermione said.

"Snape would know what to do," Nanoha said, causing the four Gryffindores to glare at her.

"He's the one after the stone!"

"No he's not," the five Slytherin's insisted.

"McGonagal's closer," Daphnae said, "she's the Deputy Headmistress too."

Taking the compromise, the ten headed out as Nanoha sent a tightly beamed mental message to Snape. Foregoing all courtesy in her haste she simply barged through his shields."Sensei! I have a feeling Quierill's going after the stone tonight."

Ignoring the obvious display of power because he knew her well enough to know that she wouldn't do that except in an emergency, he replied "How certain?"

"Both Harry and I are feeling pain in our scars, and I keep getting flashes of a human snake face I'm guessing is Voldemort."

"Reasonable. I take it Harry and the others suspect me?"

"Hai Sensei," she replied as Harry barged into the Tranfiguration professor, demanding speak to Dumbledore. "We'll probably go down tonight."

Knowing that he wouldn't be able to stop them he replied, "Be careful."

Nanoha cut the connection just in time to hear that Dumbledore had left for London.

"WHAT!?" the pint sized mage exploded. She composed herself then said, her tone calm, "We need him back, now."

McGonagal closed her eyes and said condescendingly, "What the Headmaster does is none of your-"

"This is about the Philosopher's Stone," Harry said.

McGonagal looked shocked at that. "Now, I don't know how-"

"Fate," Nanoha sent.

"It's forcing our hand and revealing something."

"What other choice do we have? We don't even know if she'll recognize it, but since Dumbledore is the Head of the Senate Body and International Body..."

"-you found out about the stone but I assure you-"

"Do it."

SLAM!

Everyone jumped as Nanoha slammed her fist down on the the desk, her limited strength leaving an actual handprint in it. Nanoha's serious expression was so foreign to the Professor and so glaring that she lightly gulped. Then the girl surprised her again: "TVB CODE: Echo Two Niner Gamma Charlie Yankee One Zero Delta. Happy?"

For the first time McGongal's cool demeanor was dropped, leaving the poor professor absolutely flabbergasted, an expression mirrored by Draco, Pansy, Tracey, Neville, Ron, and Daphnae.

While Nanoha remained serious on the outside, inside she, and Fate, was giggling like a maniac. "I've always wanted to use that code!"

Seeing McGonagal gaping like a fish, Nanoha sighed. "Never mind how I know that Sensei," she said coolly, "I will tell you later. Just know I do not use it lightly. Fate and I can stall, but I would suggest telling that to Dumbledore."

With that, the mage turned on her heel, marching out the door, followed by the others. It wasn't until the door was closed that she and Fate descended into giggles.

"Did you see her face," Fate gasped between breaths before noticing the gaping looks that the six purebloods were giving them.

"Yes, we're bodyguards," Nanoha said, "We'll tell you more once this is over. Hopefully it will get McGonagal to recall Dumbledore-Sensei but we cannot take the chance or take time to explain."

"She's right," Neville said with a shake of her head.

"What do we do," Hermione asked.

"Whoever's after the stone" she pointedly ignored the coughs of 'Snape' from the Gryffindores, "will most likely wait until later when everyone is asleep.

"Hermione is the smartest one among us that has better combat training, Ron is a brilliant strategist, and Harry is smart, powerful, and has had the most training from us. You three use the cloak and meet me and Fate immediately after curfew. Since we're in different houses, it would be better if Fate and I go alone since it is easier to sneak with just two people. The others will run interference. Agreed?"

The others nodded.

"Get to your stat-" Her scar itched, and she caught a flash of the third floor door. "Never mind! We go NOW!"

The five named rushed off as Nanoha tossed Hermione and Ron her duffle that contained her and Fate's Quidditch armor. "Put the armor on quickly! Fate and I already have our bodyguard armor on. Just give it back when you are done."

Thankful for the earlier practice the two complied only slowing a little as they placed the armor, the automatic straps wrapping around them to hold the plates in place.

"Are you sure about this Nanoha," Fate asked in Japanese, "You know that you-"

"I'm not a baka Fate. I know I'm not completely healed yet, even if my core's almost stable. I'll use my natural talents and Wizard Magic as much as possible and who can do the heavy stuff."

Nanoha looked at her favorite blonde, as they ran side by side, the red head wearing an expression Fate hadn't seen since they faced down the Book of Darkness."Either way...This threat ends tonight."

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As last time, all will be explained in the next few chapters.

See ya next time!