Harry Potter: The Prince of Games
Disclaimer: SEE FIRST CHAPTER
Plot: Harry never went to the Dursleys; instead, he went to James' brother and was raised in a life of fun, mystery and excitement. But, as it always does, destiny soon catches up with Harry as he discovers strange powers, dark destinies and unusual truths about himself.
Author's Note: Okay, so this one is an idea that's completely random and yet fun at the same time; and, as always, I say that if you don't like it, then don't read it
Dedication: I'd like to dedicate this story to Goodfella96 and Above the Winter Moonlight for being my inspiration for this story; their stories are also my recommended reads: Battle Born by Above the Winter Moonlight and Harry Potter and the Stone of Ra by Goodfella96;
Also: If you've enjoyed this story, then go and check out Different Dimension Duellist by The Mad Prince: it's an amazing adventure of a read;
Key Pairings: Harry/Alexis; Jaden/Yubel;
Normal Speech
'Thought'
'Spirit/Mind Speech'
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Review Answers:
Above the Winter Moonlight: How right you are, but the tide can always turn: as Jaden says: 'A duel isn't over until the last card is played' and Harry still has cards, including most of which Jaden has never even heard of, remember?
T4: I hope you're not disappointed by the end, then;
While Ocean's attack points returned to their usual 1500 points, Harry looked from his field to his hand, a look of actual amusement on his face as he considered what was going on.
'So, this is what nearly losing to a clean sheet feels like…well, this duel's not over yet!'
"It's my draw, Jaden!" announced Harry, drawing his next card while, at the same time, a few members of the Academy were surprised to see that, caught in his own battle scenario as he was, Harry's demeanour wasn't the only thing that changed;
Once more, his eyes had turned Supreme King gold as he stared down a situation that he wasn't all that used to.
A situation that he was determined to get out of…no matter what!
Chapter 29: Civil War pt. 2
"Harry's not duelling like his usual self, is he?"
"I think that's more obvious than ever, Syrus," remarked Alexis, watching with a mild hint of worry as Harry began his next move, although the situation was unlike any that she had ever seen him in. Behind on life points with an empty field and no real defences to go up against the power of Jaden's Elemental Heroes.
In fact, if Harry didn't make a game-changing move soon, Alexis feared the same thing that everyone else feared: their rank number one would be beaten by Jaden in next to no time at all. He wasn't even playing with his usual strategies or the same brash strength that he displayed whenever he duelled.
It was almost like there was something off, but Harry seemed determined to put it to one side for the moment.
"Let's hope he can turn this around now," muttered Zane, watching his hopeful-successor with a searching gaze as he mused, "Otherwise, on his next turn, Jaden can finish Harry off."
'Come on Harry,' thought Alexis, clenching her fists while she watched her boyfriend go to work, 'Make it count.'
Prince of Games
Harry: 1700 (Harry's field: Half Token-Elemental-Hero-Stratos (900/150) Elemental Hero Ocean (1500/1200) no face down cards)
Jaden: 4000 (Jaden's field: Elemental Hero Wildheart (1500/1600) no face down cards)
As Harry drew his next card, he looked from his hand to the field, taking notice of the bleeding obvious as he knew that if he didn't pull something out of the hat soon, he would be at the mercy of Jaden's monsters.
At the same time, the young Potter duellist was aware of a familiar cold tingling brushing against his mind, one that made him frown as he asked mentally, 'Haou, what do you think you're doing?'
'Giving you the strength to keep going, my friend,' replied the Supreme King, though his words were soft and distant, almost like the whisper of an ethereal spirit. 'You need to trust in yourself if nothing else; whatever it is that's bothering you, save it for later. Just focus on the here and now, at least enough to give your friend and your classmates the duel that you promised them that you would give them: the kind that they'll be talking about long after this day is done.'
Eyeing his hand, Harry felt the cold lifting from him while Haou went on, 'If you wish to win this on your own power, then fine, but don't hold back just because you fear the strength we both know that the real Harry Potter, the real Prince of Games possesses.'
As Harry listened, he felt a jolt of realisation cut through him as Haou went on, 'You have the strength to fight with or without my aid, Harry; either way, you are not a weak Slifer or an underdog. You are a great and powerful duellist and, if nothing else, I have always believed that about you.'
"Huh," gasped Harry, before he closed his eyes with a smile that seemed both thankful and a little amused as he asked, "You really believe that?"
'Why else would the Powers That Be choose you to hold my power in this modern age?' asked Haou, a note of pride in his own voice as he told Harry, 'I once told you that I would never go against your wishes, so if you want me gone, then say so and I will leave this duel to you, but I will not let your doubts and fears hold you back. That's just not what a friend does, little one, even a friend like me.'
'Then…' thought Harry, feeling the full power of his duel energy pass through him as he smiled again, his left eye shedding a single tear of thanks as he told the King, 'Stay…my friend…and let's win this: together!'
'If that is what you wish,' replied Haou, although he seemed to laugh as he said it; at the same time, Harry opened his eyes, revealing a colour scheme that was a lot like Jaden's when Yubel took him over: one-part emerald-green and one-part Haou-gold, the power of the King on full display, much to Jaden's delight.
"Welcome back, Harry!" beamed Jaden, his own eyes flashing Yubel's colours for a moment as he asked, "Where'd you go?"
"Into darkness," replied Harry, his voice almost-distorted so that it sounded like a mix of his and the King's. "But now I've come back, this duel is still on and, last time I checked, it's my move, so for that move, I activate the spell card O, Oversoul: with this, I can bring back one Elemental Hero from the graveyard and I choose Elemental Hero Stratos (1800/300) and next, I activate his special ability, which allows me to add one Hero card from my deck to my hand."
Once again, Harry's deck shone as his chosen hero card was added before he went on, "Next, I activate the magic of Polymerisation: with this card, I fuse the Elemental Heroes Avian and Burstinatrix that I drew with Stratos' effect to summon out a new type of hero: Jaden, say hello to Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer (2100/1200) in attack mode!"
"Huh?" asked Jaden, watching as the familiar fusion vortex revealed a brand new monster, but it was one that wasn't the one that Jaden had been expecting. "Where's Flame Wingman? I thought he was the fusion that those two made?"
"He's one of them," answered Harry, lifting his hand with a proud look on his face as he explained, "Here's the other: Phoenix Enforcer!"
From within the fusion vortex, a humanoid hero with red and black-coloured skin appeared on the field, his back and the top of his head holding a green-coloured face mask and wings that were more like Hero Avian while unlike Flame Wingman, this new hero had both hands clear of obstacles and a fierce look about him that seemed to be emphasised by the draconian-like tail that extended from his rear end.
As he settled onto the field, Phoenix Enforcer actually smirked while Harry, with three Elemental Heroes in play – and all three of them looked like they could take on Jaden's monsters without much fuss – smirked as he added, "So Jaden, it looks like you counted your chickens before they hatched: let me show you what happens when that happens: Elemental Hero Stratos attacks Wildheart: go, Whirlwind Vortex!"
Once again, Hero Stratos began spinning furiously, although unlike the last time that he'd attacked, Jaden had no defences to stop Stratos, so, this time, Wildheart was cut down to size by the spinning blades of the wind-attribute hero, dealing damage to Jaden in the process.
Harry: 1700/Jaden: 3700
"And perhaps you forget, Jay," laughed Harry, thumbing towards the newest of the heroes on the field as he added, "But I still have my Phoenix Enforcer and he's going to attack you directly: go, Phoenix Enforcement!"
Launching himself into the air, Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer swooped down towards Jaden, slashing both of his hands in an X-shaped attack that cut through Jaden's life points, dealing even more damage while he also brought the two duellists back to almost-level.
Harry: 1700/Jaden: 1600
"And now that my Battle Phase is at an end," continued Harry, holding up his last card as he explained, "I'll place this last card face-down and end my turn: looks like the tables have turned, eh, Jay?"
"Maybe," agreed Jaden, smiling with a hint of raw challenge while he went on, "But you should remember the old saying, Harry: a duel isn't over until the last card is played and…"
Holding up his now three-card hand, Jaden smiled once again as he told Harry, "As you can see, pal, I still have cards to play, so it's my draw and first, I activate the spell card Graceful Charity, which lets me draw three cards, but then I have to discard two to the graveyard."
As he did as he said, Jaden's smile widened before he added, "And guess what? One of the cards that I chose to discard was Elemental Hero Necroshade, so thanks to his special ability, I can summon out a high-level monster without a sacrifice, so as good as your Phoenix boy is, my guy's a whole other league. You might even say that he's…out of this world?"
"Good," laughed Harry, pumping his fist in excitement as he exclaimed, "I was hoping for the chance to cross swords with him!"
"Then you should be careful what you wish for," laughed Jaden, holding up his card as he explained, "Because now you have to contend with my Elemental Hero Neos (2500/2100) and next, I think I'll introduce Neos to your new guy: Neos, attack Phoenix Enforcer: Cosmic Crush!"
Just like in their duel with Yugi and Kaiba, Neos leapt up, his fists shining a bright blue-coloured light that began to grow stronger as he plunged down towards Phoenix Enforcer. However, unlike that time, Harry smiled with a hint of trickery in his look as Phoenix Enforcer's huge wings suddenly closed in around him, causing a shockwave that ricocheted across the field, dealing damage to Harry, but keeping the Enforcer in play.
Harry: 1300/Jaden: 1600
"Ugh…not…not bad, Jaden," chuckled Harry, his eyes shining as he told Jaden, "But unlike you, I chose my hero with care: for instance, Phoenix Enforcer can't be destroyed in battle and, now that you attacked him, the Battle Phase is ended."
"Not before I throw down a face-down and activate the spell card Mirage of Nightmare," argued Jaden, earning a light smirk from Harry as he remembered Jaden using this combination against him in their last battle. "No doubt you remember what happens, so, with that in mind, I'll call it a turn, so let's see what you can do now."
"All right, I shall," agreed Harry, drawing his next card; as he did so, both of his eyes suddenly flashed gold as a proud, victorious smile crossed his face while, at the same time, Harry saw Jaden perform the same Mirage/Emergency Provisions combination from their last duel. As he'd drawn his four cards, Jaden then activated Emergency Provisions and discarded Mirage before it could hurt him: in return, he gained a thousand life points back, taking the duel back once again.
Harry: 1300/Jaden: 2600
"So you now have double my life points, huh?" asked Harry, his eyes shining once more as he told Jaden, "It won't do you any good, but I won't just talk: I'll let my cards do the talking. First, I activate my face-down card, De-Fusion, which splits my Phoenix Enforcer back into Elemental Hero Avian (1000/1000) and Elemental Hero Burstinatrix (1200/400) so welcome back you two."
As the new fusion monster became divided, Jaden's eyes narrowed as he asked, "What's the point in that? Phoenix Enforcer was the only one with half a chance to take on my Neos thanks to his superpower, so what's your game, Harry?"
"I'll show you," answered Harry, holding up his card as he explained, "Because now, I activate the spell card known as Elemental Enforcement!"
A spell card showing what looked like Elemental Hero Flame Wingman rose onto the field, his two hands – including the dragon-like head – holding onto a swirling orb that seemed to hold the six different Elemental Attribute Crystals.
"Thanks to this card," explained Harry, holding up his disk as he told Jaden, "I can draw two cards from my deck for every Elemental Hero on my field and I count four of them, which means eight cards."
"What's the point?" wondered Jaden, watching as Harry drew his cards before he asked, "So what now? Because I doubt it's called Enforcement because it just lets you reassemble your army, right?"
"You're right, Jaden," answered Harry, holding up two cards that he had drawn as he explained, "Because next, I can choose two Fusion Material Monsters either on my field or in my hand and, by sending them to the graveyard, I can summon out their Fusion without Polymerisation!"
(Elemental Enforcement: SPELL/NORMAL: Draw two cards from your deck for every Elemental Hero that you control; select two Elemental Hero Fusion Material Monsters on your field or in your hand and send them to the graveyard. Special Summon one Elemental Hero Fusion Monster from your Fusion Deck that has the two selected monsters as Fusion Material Monsters.)
"Wow!" exclaimed Jaden, before his eyes widened as he saw two familiar-looking red-skinned heroes being the ones that Harry selected, "Hold up: why are you going with your aces? Heat and Lady Heat?"
"Because they're good on their own, I'll give you that," explained Harry, watching as a fiery plume of energy then rose up onto his side of the field as he added, "But do you remember when I told you that the new heroes that I have can unleash true powers that even you haven't dreamed of? Well here's that power, Jaden: from the deepest pits of the hottest flames, I summon out Elemental Hero Nova Master (2600/2100) in attack mode!"
The heat from the fiery plume seemed to spread across the entire field as the monster that Harry selected from his deck rose onto the field; to look at him, you'd think that he was a knight of some sort as he was dressed in red and golden coloured armour that seemed to resemble living fire itself, each part of his body radiating heat and strength while his whole body seemed to let off an amazing amount of energy that filled the field with warmth and an air of victory.
As this new hero took his place on the field, Harry then smiled as he told Jaden, "You played a good game, Jaden, but it's like you said: a duel isn't over until the last card's played and I have cards to play. So let me introduce you to their power: Nova Master, attack Neos with Blistering Inferno!"
The entire body of Nova Master seemed to become a living embodiment of fire and raw animalistic power that seared across the field, incinerating Neos and dealing damage to Jaden at the same time.
Harry: 1300/Jaden: 2500
"And next," exclaimed Harry, his eyes shining while he told Jaden, "I think I'll remind you of the fatal four way on my field: Avian, Burstinatrix, Ocean and, of course, Stratos, attack Jaden directly: Flare Storm, Whirlwind Vortex, Ocean Sabre and Quill Cascade!"
As one, the four heroes launched their attacks, all three of them dealing greater damage to Jaden than he could have anticipated, giving Harry the victory and the strength that he had sought since the start of the duel.
"Game over, Jaden!" exclaimed Harry, giving Jaden a proud smile as he told his friend, "But you almost had me there; I'll admit that it wasn't my finest hour, but it certainly was my greatest match to date and that includes the bout we had with Dad and Seto."
As Jaden pulled himself to his feet, he brushed his chin with the back of his hand before, holding out his hand, he shook Harry's hand in his as he told him, "Good match, Harry: you'll give North Academy a run for their money for sure."
"Indeed you shall, Harry," agreed Chancellor Sheppard, stepping up onto the arena while he applauded Harry's victory. "And now that our representative is decided, it gives me the greatest of pleasure to announce and grant you full promotion to Obelisk Blue: good job! As for you, Jaden, you will be promoted to Ra Yellow, although I suspect that the two of you will stick around Slifer for just a little while longer."
"At least til the end of the year, Chancellor," replied Harry, giving his friends and classmates the thumbs up while he added, "But in the meantime, I've got one thing to say to North Academy and we all know what that is, don't we, folks?"
Over the cheers and cries of the entire Academy, students and staff alike gave off Harry's signature cry, their cheers echoing throughout the halls and over the entire island as though sending a message to North Academy:
"LET THE GAMES BEGIN!"
Chapter 29 and Harry has gained promotion to Obelisk Blue, but now that he seems to have finally laid his demons to rest, can he trust in Haou's power enough to protect the future of his friends and his second home?
Also, what will happen when North Academy go to war against the Prince of Games himself? What strategy will Harry use to let the games begin? (Rhetorical question)
Keep Reading to Find Out
Next Chapter: Before he takes on North Academy, Harry has a little home truth to tell and a new dorm to get used to, but when he moves into Obelisk, he finds answers waiting for him, the likes of which he never expected to get;
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