Oceanbreeze7 here!
Pairings (Relationships): Not many if any. There may be slight LutainXNagini close to the end, do not expect any infatuation or love interest to be different from the books/movie.
Warnings: Some parts may be slightly graphic for young readers. I shall not be held responsible if writing is to strong or you do not feel comfortable to read. Viewer discretion is advised (I've always wanted to say that!) Some parts may have bad language, or blood. This is not intended for the weak hearted to read during Death Eater raids.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling, I however own the sole plot idea as well as a few creatures/characters such as Lutain and Skylar. I do not own the spells (even if you have not heard of them) They are the slightly altered word or combined words in the Latin language.
YESSSSS! MY COMPUTER IS WORKING AGAIN!
Okay, i need help with this. It seems my computer is messed up- (Reasons for not updating listed below)
And i need help, any way to fix this problem.
I log on, of course, but the little line at the bottom of the screen which holds those quick action cursors, the internet explore button and stuff, when my cursor goes over it, it gets the little hourglass symbol and freezes. It simply refuses to work. Then if i trick the computer to pull up the internet or microsoft word- it glitches and doesn't respond for hours on end.
Help?
P.S. This is 7,000 words long, this better make up for it.
Lupin just stared; he stared for easily about three minutes. If he ever blinked- Harry missed it. Harry shifted his weight slightly, and held his gaze steady- for as long as he could anyways.
Then Lupin lunged, tacking Harry to the ground as Lupin trembled from the wicked sobs that wracked his large form. Harry awkwardly just stood there, not knowing anything about comforting humans. He was rather good at comforting snakes though…
Harry was just still as his Professor and Godfather fell to pieces in front of him, eventually blubbering out a wet sobbing 'How?'
"The Durley's- they left me at an orphanage. You must understand that this was not done by yourself, Lupin. Dumbledore influenced the entire thing, he is the chess player, and you are all his pawns." Harry wistfully stated, getting Lupin to pull back and sniffle, blinking his red eyes.
"I know. F-for years I've k-known." He sniffled and Harry nodded, Lupin flinched slightly as Lutain slithered slightly closer, dragging his tail behind him in no manner at all, eyes watching Lupin closely.
"Yes, for the light's Chess Player, he doesn't pick his opponents well does he, using Skylar Potter as his main move over and over again." Harry snorted and rose to his feet, wincing as his adrenaline fell down, and he felt the burn in his muscles and the pain in a cut on his calf he had never noticed before.
"You…Harry, You said that we were all pawns. Normally I'd be against such high beliefs, but I've seen your grades and your…ambition. What are you on this…game?" Lupin asked, finally whipping his eyes to clear the faint tear tracks. Harry breathed deeply, and blinked slowly, a small smile curling at his lips.
"I am the queen."
The two gasped as a wave of coldness and a chattering moan seemed to groan through the forest, and Harry spun, pulling out his wand, and facing his back to Lupin, who mimicked his movements.
"Dementors!" Lupin gasped and Harry's eyes widened as he saw the swarm- easily twenty overhead.
"They're going for me. The Ministry classifies us as dark creatures, and the Dementor's job is to rid of them!" Lupin shouted, sending a slight repelling charm at one as it hissed and swung away, scaly hands clawing at the shield.
"Oh Bloody Hell." Harry groaned as he saw forty more of the creatures lunge over the trees towards the two. Lupin almost scolded him for his language- until he saw the amount.
"Oh this is it. I find you after years of searching, and now we're going to die." Lupin gasped, arms trembling as he summoned a large mist wolf to snap at a Dementor as it swept low enough.
"Master!" Lutain hissed, coiling as tight as he could around Harry's legs, and Harry looked around desperately.
"We're dead, we're dead-"
"Oh Master, I am grateful for this wonderful life-"
"Oh that's it, Shut up!" Harry hissed, sending out a very dark fire spell which reared up and snapped as a few Dementors, sending them back effectively, however not as effective as a Patronum.
"Harry!" Lupin began in shock, and Harry clenched his jaw, imagining how long the rant would be about Dark Magic.
"Shut it, werewolf, I'm saving our lives here!" Harry hissed and sent another fire spell up at a Dementor which screamed as its cloak caught fire and burned to a crisp, showing the decomposing skeleton with frozen maggots half eating it's bones. It seemed to wither and flail the broken stumps for legs before disintegrating and scattering away in dust.
"Was that-"
"No. The Dementor will gather and reform once more; you can only kill one with that bloody Patronum charm of yours. Which I CANT DO!" Harry shouted in anger, sending another one aflame, but the Dementor's were getting angry, and they were growing more and more frantic.
"Harry!" Lupin screamed and Harry spun, blasting away one as it came within inches of sucking the soul out of Lupin who gasped and struggled to his feet once more.
"Master!" Lutain was cornered, and in his weekend state, he couldn't fight them off, and Harry was torn as once more.
He spun, and his eyes were wide, flinching back as a Dementor swooped down, and before Harry could react, his eyes widened and he was blind, gasping for air and feeling nothing.
Harry walked, kicking a small rock as the other kids ran around and talked in loud voices while putting up their tents. Harry scowled at them, shooting glares behind their backs as he set up the ruddiest tent of them all, curses that Madam Clover.
"Hey Harry!" Harry's hand bunched up the worn thin canvas as he turned to look at the sickly innocent Virginia as she pointed and laughed loudly, her dark brown hair bobbing in the twin pigtails so much like Suzie's own.
"Look at that little tent, and you're supposed to sleep in it!" She pointed and laughed once more, as if it was the funniest thing on Earth.
"Ickle little Harry, all alone in that tent!" She laughed once more and Suzie's old roommates exchanged looks. Harry's eyes narrowed, and when Virginia walked back to her own tent, it collapsed, nearly impaling her with a broken pole.
Harry turned and slipped inside the thin fabric.
Harry gasped and keeled over, barely able to punch the Dementor in the face as it tried to force Harry's soul out.
Harry gasped and pulled back his fists, ignoring the high shriek of pain and the way his fists were turning slowly blue.
Lupin was on the ground, coughing but maintaining his Wolf Patronum. The Dementors were getting trouble getting the soul out of Lutain as snakes only breathed through their noses.
"Master! No! Hold on Master! Don't leave me! I don't want to be alone again!" Lutain shrieked in pain and Harry groaned, as another Dementor swooped down.
Lightning flashed once more and Harry tossed over in the thin blanket, grunting and shivering as the tent obviously was not water proof.
Thunder boomed and Harry shivered, burring his head in his soggy pillow, trying to drown out the sound of the rain as if they were children taunting him once more.
Drip…drip…drip.
He rolled over so quickly he almost didn't hear the weak voice calling out quietly in the rain.
"Humans, oh Humans, have mercy."
Harry stalled for a moment before getting to his feet. The voice didn't sound as a child, or the snotty adults.
He quickly pulled out the crappy flashlight and shined it on the ground trying to find what had spoken.
His arm tensed as he spotted the snake, a beautiful deep black snake as if his body had been made from lava rock.
"Hello? Are you okay?" Harry asked quietly, noticing how his voice had changed to a hiss and the snake looked up, showing twin rubies for eyes, each slowly growing darker as it trembled.
"A speaker, how long it has been since I have heard from another."
"Well come inside- it won't help too much, but you can coil around my arm." Harry offered, not liking how the snake seemed too hopeless.
But the serpent merely let its head drop back down into mud and it shiver against the rain, wincing as every drop hit its back.
Harry didn't have any time to waste, he lunged forward, grabbing the poor serpent before it could bite, and pressed it carefully to his chest, allowing his body heat to seep into the squirming snake.
"My name is Harry, and who are you?" Harry asked, and the snake shivered once more, pressing itself more firmly into Harry's torso.
"Humans and their guttural sounds. Pray tell I try and learn what they speak."
"Well you could try." Harry softly stated, allowing the snake to look up with red eyes wide in shock. Harry smiled ever so softly.
"I have no name, speaker, I have nothing." The snake hissed almost sadly as it pressed its skull just into the flesh below Harry's neck as Harry lied back against the wet pillow.
"Then I shall name you…Lutain."
The snake just blinked before responding rather crisply.
"Lutain? The substance found in spinach? The yellow goo?" Harry almost snorted at that, no! Heaven's no! Lutain was just something that sounded cool!
"No, it's Lu-T-AI-n. And if you paid attention- wherever you're from. Lutain is naturally a deep red or orange color- like your eyes." Harry noted and the Snake blinked slowly on purpose. Harry bit his lip but the snake seemed to smirk- if one could.
"Very well, and I shall name you Master."
Harry gasped and rolled over, flashing his eyes open just as he saw something silver about to leave his mouth. He spun, grabbing his wand and with the recent memories brought on by the Dementor's he pointed his wand and shouted.
"Expecto Patronum!"
Now, Harry expected something like a snake or a panther even to come out of his wand. But honestly, he had no clue what his Patronum was.
It was large headed like the Muggle animal of a crocodile, and it was filled with sharp curved teeth. Its body was large and swelled out to show two fins then along the body two more fins and a thin tail. It seemed to flap while closing and opening its mouth before charging and flipping its tail to 'swim' in the air.
Lupin gasped and struggled back as the…thing Patronum lunged and practically destroyed the other Patronum' Lutain escaped and slithered over.
"Master! What is this magik's you used!" Lutain hissed in surprise but Harry was just confused.
"Professor Lupin- what the hell is that?" Harry asked, watching as the giant fishy thing started swimming once more and Lupin just stared in shock.
"It seems that you adapted a magical creature known as a Pliosis. The Muggle's found a few skeletons and named it a Mosasaur." Lupin gasped, pressing his hand against a cut on his arm. Harry just watched in complete confusion as he recognized the name.
"…my Patronum is a dinosaur fish."
"Well, I wouldn't say that exactly-"
"A fish."
"Not reall-"
"I represent a fish."
Lupin didn't have time to respond as more Dementors dove in, now there were at least a hundred, too much for the Wolf and Mosasaur to take on.
"Run! The lake is this way!" Harry shouted, darting off with his physical fitness and Lupin's werewolf endurance.
The Dementor's were gaining as the two skidded to a stop on the smooth riverbed, barely able to not fall over. Harry spun frantically, wincing as his leg flared from the pain.
"Harry." Lupin warned, raising his wand and Harry growled, running his hand through his hair as he thought.
"Okay, Lupin, please don't freak out." Harry warned and Lupin raised an eyebrow, shaking his head.
"I just found out my Godson is alive and a Slytherin, he attends Hogwarts, and not only was he able to perform a Patronum charm, but it turns out to be a giant fish-"
Harry glared at that mention but Lupin rolled his eyes, pointing his wand at the flying Dementor's.
"What could possibly surprise me now?" He sighed and sent the wolf at a nearby one, but the wolf faded and flickered this time, not staying in perfect position.
"Mylla! If you are out there! Please help us! Help us! Please!" Harry hissed out loudly, using a Sonorus charm to help magnify his voice, and his eyes lit up with wonder as he heard a few other faint hisses in the forest, enough to cause a slight smirk on his face.
"You're a Parsletongue." Lupin asked, his face completely bone white and Harry gave a curt nod, looking at the forest once more.
"I am Shadow, the heir to Salazar Slytherin, I, My familiar, and my friend are under attack from the dark creatures of the sky- Dementors. Do you wish to aid us in a battle between the demons, and strike them down from our true den?" Harry hissed with a Sonorus, only stopping when he noticed the agonizing cold in his right fist.
It was silent and Harry was afraid his plan would not work, that is, until the Dementors tried to land.
Snakes the exact shade as the rocks sprung, snapping onto the robes and pulling, hissing and spraying acidic venom that caused the creatures to shriek.
Lupin spun and laughed a breathless laugh in shock and surprise.
A few dozen Ashwinders hissed and moved quickly over the ground, rearing and striking a few cloaks with glowing red fangs, only for the cloth to burst into flames.
"Master, did you know the Ashwinders could do that?"
"…Had to get their name somehow." Harry offered and Lutain snickered.
More snakes- vipers, constrictors. Pythons and Runespores, only three though. They attacked and reared, but there were still a few dozen Dementors unguarded.
"Speaker- watch out!" Harry spun as a Dementor tried to grab him. He nodded thanks to a slightly panicking pet Python who lunged at a weak Dementor near him.
The main one swung back, about to charge, but it shrieked as long clawed hooves ripped the body into pieces. And a great Thestral called out a booming laugh before landing in a trot and a toss of her mane.
"Hello Shadow, Pardon my absence, but these demons have been guarding the skies where my herd flies for a while now. It is a pleasure they will be gone soon."
Harry smiled and turned to face Lupin, who just stared.
"You just started a fight- no a war. You just started a war in the woods with snakes because you're a Parsletongue. You now have a friend Thestral and are defeating the Dementors."
He blinked then shook his head, looking completely stunned.
"Any more secrets?" He asked in a pleading tone.
Harry lifted an eyebrow and let his glamour drop.
"I'm the Dark Shadow?"
It was then, Lupin promptly fainted.
x-(X)-x
Professor Lupin groaned when he awoke, wincing as he realized that he was leaning on something.
Or someone.
His eyes flashed open when he realized he was on a back of a creature, a Thestral actually. And a little boy was in front of him with a pitch black snake wrapped around the Thestral's neck, hanging on tightly.
Remus gasped as last night's events flashed into his mind.
"I hear you're awake now." Harry nodded, keeping his eyes trailed forward as Lupin tried to inch back without falling off.
Harry snorted softly as he looked around; down at the cities through the faint clouds the Thestral's clawed hooves parted gently.
"…You're the Dark Shadow."
"And you're my Godfather. I don't blame you for not recognizing me; I did cover my tracks rather well." Harry said with a slight nod, and Remus took time to notice that Harry was wearing the legendary Shadow robes, the ones that seemed to radiate death.
"…Where are we going?" Lupin asked after a small quiet break of the tension. Harry exhaled and looked down, then turned as far as he could to face Lupin, who noticed the long silver scar on his face.
"Dumbledore will be out for your blood now that he realizes that the Dementors were after you. Same as the ministry, the blind fools. They'll have manhunts for you Lupin, nowhere in Britain is safe for you." Harry nodded before his snake hissed something and Harry nodded slightly.
"That's Lutain, the only Diamondcross Snake bonded on Earth. The beautiful Thestral you are riding is Mylla, the greatest of them all." Harry introduced, and Lupin edged slightly back from the black and red eyes snake who flicked its tongue at him.
"Oh hush Lutain." Harry scolded, lightly tapping Lutain on the head who turned to face out at the sky once more.
"If…If I'm not safe from the Ministry or the Order- where are we going?" Lupin asked, shivering slightly from the cold.
And Harry smiled slightly, looking out as Mylla's calm and steady wing beats fluttered faster for a moment before stalling and tucking in as Remus' eyes widened and he hung on for dear life.
He almost screamed as the Thestral plummeted deathly fast. He might have been a chaser in Quidditch, but this was nothing compared to that.
His teeth rattled as he thought they must have broken the sound barrier- or the loud haunting booming noise was from Mylla herself. Then the wings spread and Lupin practically slammed into the horse's body, Harry only faring slightly better.
It was there Harry noticed a strange castle, almost like Hogwarts but not as grandiose as the pointy spires. The rock was a chilly black and the ground was decorated with strange yet beautiful flowers that reached up with thin leaves and pale petals.
A few crows fluttered away, cawing loudly and Lutain hissed at them, causing them to dart even faster.
And Lupin groaned as they fell through an invisible bubble, feeling it pass coldly over each and every one of them. Even Mylla shook slightly before steering herself and turning to run on the top of a cleanly tar built roof. Then she dove, gently landing on the ground with the heel of her hooves so her claws would not disrupt the flowerbeds.
Lupin stayed on for a moment before he remembered how to loosen his legs and slide off the horse, wincing as he felt how weak they were.
He turned to Harry who was gently hissing to the horse in Parsletongue, and Remus sighed. As if Parsletongue would translate to horses…
Imagine his surprise when the horse nodded and jumped into the air, vanishing into a black spec easily three times faster than when they rode her.
"Come now, only two hours until dawn." Harry nodded and moved silently, ignoring the stone platform that suspiciously looked like a dueling stage.
Remus' breath was seen as he panted and looked at all the snakes that hissed up and recoiled, before bowing slightly and parting. He also noticed how…big Lutain was compared to them.
"That's Gibira- came from an abusive owner." Harry nodded to a large Burmese Python that had one eye dim and scars tracing over her skull and face. The vipers in the pictured leered down, flicking their tongues, and Remus was getting unnerved.
"Harry-"
"Call me Shadow as I am here. No one can hear you say that name to me- or you would be beheaded." Harry nodded and Remus flinched, feeling slightly sick as he imagined his Godson with the name of a murderer.
They took a left and veered onto a larger tunnel, supposedly a great hall with silver trophies and beautiful green fires burning in lamps on the sides. Remus suddenly felt very sick.
And they continued on, moving quietly and Remus saw nobody, he wringed his hands nervously and looked around warily. But Harry didn't look at it with any problem what so ever.
"You can relax, you know." Harry stated after the silence causing him to jump slightly. Harry turned his head slightly to the left so Remus could see the scar and the faint trace of silver skin.
"It's just that- You said that Dumbledore and the Ministry couldn't get us here- where is here?" Lupin gulped and Harry shook his head with a sigh, rolling his eyes almost.
"The only place in Britain where I can relax and do whatever I please-" Harry started, turning to another corridor and stopping in front of large silver doors, a small smirk came to his face and he turned to face Lupin, who was steadily figuring it out and growing pale.
"Welcome to the Dark Lords Manor."
x-(X)-x
Lupin was shock still and said nothing as Harry walked towards the door, gently pulling his hood up to hide his face before grabbing both of the heavy silver doors and yanking them open, causing them to slide back soundlessly.
Lupin's heart practically gave.
The room was fit with the large throne and the steps leading up to it, as well as a balcony far above the throne fit with curled iron rails.
But even more frightening was the man sitting in the throne, looking down at three people bowing low in ragged clothing. The main one had dirty brown hair and his two lackeys seemed nervous as they wriggled on the floor.
Harry walked in with no hesitation, and Lupin followed, barely holding down the instincts to run and whine in submission.
"Shadow." Voldemort stated, hiding his surprise well only in the slight widening of his eyes. Harry gave a curt nod and turned to the three, walking in between them before running his hand down the leaders face, who growled very slowly.
"Remus, this is Fenrir Greyback, I assume you two have met." Harry nodded, and Voldemort's eyes flickered up to Remus, who flinched and tried to look away quickly.
"You have brought Remus Lupin- James Potter's close friend if I am mistaken, here?" Harry's father asked with slight confusion, only enough for Harry to get a tiny hint of.
"That I have."
It was silent a moment before Voldemort waved his hand at the three werewolves still low in a bow. They quickly scrambled up and darted out as quickly as they could, Greyback was slightly slower, trying to show that he feared nothing.
The doors swung shut, ending with a slight click that seemed horribly loud. Harry waited a few moments before flicking down his hood and turning to Lupin, who was still a little ways up.
"You are aware of who this man is." Harry's father asked and Harry turned, looking at him dead in the eyes and with no fear.
"Remus Lupin, friend of James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew-Death Eater. Fourth member of the Marauders, and a werewolf. Currently my Godfather as those ties were never broken." Harry quickly stated and Lupin frowned, not wanting to say anything.
Voldemort said nothing for a moment before Harry suddenly smiled and looked over towards a door, where a large snake was moving out quickly. Lupin noted that Harry's own snake dropped to the floor and slithered over quickly, conversing.
"Why have you brought him?" Voldemort asked after a while and Harry sighed, shifting his weight and looking completely at ease.
"He almost killed me when he was a werewolf. I had to tell to get him not to kill me- and he knows too much to go back to the old coot. He needs to stay here, or die. But If he die's then Dumbledore will know that we're out for his precious 'Golden boy' I suggest we plant a note, you agree?" Harry asked the last bit to Lupin as he turned partway through. Lupin still couldn't say anything.
"Nothing to say? No? Okay, he's still a little bit in shock. We took a Thestral over here, I'm not sure if I could have taken Lutain as well as Remus." Harry nodded and Voldemort gave a brisk nod, looking at Harry and hissing something low in Parsletongue, Harry rolled his eyes at that.
"You are aware that you will have to take him in full responsibility." Voldemort asked and Harry nodded, turning with a swish of his cloak.
"He can have the room across from mine- And for Merlin's sakes, tell your followers not to shoot him on sight."
"If they do, you may deal with them as you like."
"Thank you Father."
Lupin flinched as Harry called Voldemort 'Father' but hid it surprisingly well. Harry turned and Lupin followed after, not saying a word until they had rounded the corner and finally moved out of hearing range.
Lupin let out a sigh of relief and Harry eyed him with raised brows.
"Really? You people grow up to fear him that much?" He asked and Lupin chuckled weakly causing Harry to shake his head once more.
"How pitiful, the light afraid of us that much." Harry snorted before taking a right and stopping at a portrait of a feathered snake, right across from a stone dragon.
"The dragon guards my own room. This is yours the password is of your own creation; state it and your name."
Harry responded briskly before spinning and twisting a claw on the Dragon statue It turned, moving aside and Harry walked up the steps, beckoning for Lupin to follow. And he did, rather hesitantly.
Lupin moved forward rather slowly and had to catch the door as it almost fell on him, Harry was already ahead, tidying up slightly and looking around, fixing a metal grating over a fire place burning black.
"…This is your room?" Lupin asked in awe, looking at the tiny house practically, Harry snorted and rolled his eyes, picking up a silver knife he didn't remember getting.
"Yes, and don't expect me to be in here often- I still have Hogwarts to go to." Harry sighed and set down the knife, running his hand along the desk and feeling various papers and parchments, treaty copies from the Vampires and a few demon groups deep inside Knockturn alley.
Harry was working hard on finding a few of the lost species of 'Fallen', known specifically as angelic like beings. They made rather a ruckus for the Ministry a long time back, tricking the public into thinking they were light harmless people before striking and killing almost all of the current Ministry leaders. They were then forced on the run, nearly going extinct.
"You're still going to go to Hogwarts?" Lupin didn't even try to hide his shock and Harry lifted an eyebrow while turning to look at him, his lips twitching ever so slightly in amusement.
"Lupin, you aren't the first one to have figured it out. In fact, most of the people who figure it out get their mind wiped or get in a situation in which they can't say anything about what they know." Harry shrugged and Lupin was silent before walking forward.
"Who? Who knows and who did you kill for knowing?" Lupin asked so softly Harry almost dropped the papers Bellatrix had put on his desk, apparently reports from the Ministry about him, all knowledge against him.
"You want me to list them?" Harry said slightly slower, as if trying to make sure Lupin actually wanted to know.
A short nod was all it took for Harry.
"…Theodore Nott, Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkston, Crabbe, Goyle, Blaise Zambini, Millicent, that bloody girl Scott- they all had their memories wiped of me. They witnessed too much, my temper got away from me and It didn't end well."
Harry stated rather coldly, filing away the paper work and Lupin was silent, waiting for Harry to continue.
"I lost it and I killed Suzie- she was one of the muggle brutes from the Orphanage. Then, I wiped Daphne's memory, but she had a potion that counteracted the spell."
Lupin's sharp inhale of breath was enough to tell he was horrified.
Harry gently set down the file once it was done and moved back towards the entrance to the room, leaving Lupin pale and stiff in the same spot.
"I'm sorry; I honestly wouldn't have told you anything if I knew that this is what would have happened, Remus." Harry sighed and opened the door, hesitating in the doorway.
"I'd advise you to start your own room soon; you would be surprised at how rude Death Eaters can be with the new ones."
And Harry left, finding Lutain and vanishing with a puff of black smoke.
x-(X)-x
Harry was seated once more in the Slytherin Common room. Reading the tome he had nicked from Dumbledore before buying one from the black market in Knockturn alley.
He had found Horcrux's finally, but it didn't say how to make them. Of course, you had to split the soul, but that wouldn't work for Harry, his soul had already been broken too much.
So how, was there an incarnation or something? A way he had to kill the person? Eat their hearts? You know, it actually wouldn't surprise him if he needed to.
"Shadis!" Harry snapped his head up as Theo scrambled into the room with some sort of a smirk on his face, Draco right next to him. Harry very slowly closed the book, and slid it away, making sure nobody could take it.
"Yes?"
"Lupin! The Defense teacher- he's gone! People are saying that the creature got him too!" Theo panted breathlessly and by Draco's disheveled hair Harry assumed they had to work to get that information.
"Is that so?" Harry asked, leaning back with a slight smirk, Draco nodded quickly.
"Yeah! The students are freaking out! Now that Snape's gone and we have Slughorn, it's all changed!
Draco grinned and Theo wrinkled his nose at the mention of Slughorn.
"Yeah- bloody lard that man is. Having his little 'Slug Club' of only the perfect students, no Mudbloods allowed he says. Oh- he told me to tell you also." Theo nodded to Harry whose cheek twitched in displeasure.
"You're telling me, I only got him off my back by ruining a good potion." Draco moaned as if that was the worst thing in the world. Harry only gave a curt nod before getting to his feet and grabbing his book.
"I see, and when is this meeting?"
"Not sure, I think its Friday afternoon." Theo shrugged and stilled for a moment, sending a look at Draco who shivered slightly before Theo looked away, trying to pretend that whatever had just transpired never happened.
Harry noticed this but ignored it as another one of Draco's antics, he gave a curt not and stood up, grabbing his book and retreating to his room.
The next few days were not of any great importance. A woman was brought in to replace Lupin's place, apparently one of Dumbledore's old friends, but at one glance, Harry could tell that she was to hypnotized by the lights 'glory'
Potions were a pain, and much to Draco and Harry's annoyance, almost overnight Potter increased in potion abilities to rival Harry, Draco, and Hermione Granger.
Slughorn was picking favorites, walking around and forcing students to join his little 'Slug Club' as if they were trophies to be shown off, and of course, no showcase could be finished without a prize.
And Slughorn was torn between Harry and Skylar.
The Mudblood Granger kept bugging him also, and with her persistent bugging and questioning, as Draco's sudden disappearances with Theo, only to be bugged nonstop about how to perform a spell correctly- Harry was getting nowhere in his book about Horcrux's.
He couldn't find an incarnation.
Harry was currently moving down the halls to Professor Slughorn's room, a meeting for the Slug club filled with all of the extra good students in his class- almost all pureblood.
Draco and Theo had come up with some excuse about needing to visit Daphne to see if she was better, and it would look odd if Harry suddenly skipped.
He had to do this.
Harry sat at the table, next to Blaise who had been unlucky enough to be tricked here. He was sitting next to a Ravenclaw boy, and a few others, who really stood out were the two Gryffindors.
Hermione Granger sat, slightly out of place in her pristine black robes- apparently new. Skylar Potter sat next to her, his face slightly pale and looking tired, but still a hint of his arrogant self, although that was deflating over time.
"Well! Looks like we're all here." Slughorn beamed as he wobbled out and sat at the table, looking around at everyone.
"Well, good thing we all know each other!" He laughed, giggling slightly and Harry blinked slowly, wrinkling his nose as a toffee like Sundae appeared in front of everyone as well as a caramel brittle in it for a spoon.
A few people dug in, like Blaise but Harry refused to touch it as well as Skylar, as he looked as if he would be sick.
Slughorn attempted to start a conversation, eventually asking about parents and the magical exporting business of magical wood and creatures with Blaise, who responded that it was going well. The group had been rather confused at what a 'Dentist' was, and Harry almost laughed at their arrogance.
"What about you, Mr. Shadis. It seems that you never talk about your parents!" Slughorn laughed, clapping him on the back. Harry's eyes narrowed a sliver but Skylar noticed this, and his lips twitched. Reminding to ask Hermione about it.
"What is there to know?" Harry asked, rivaling Slughorn at his own game. Slughorn blinked in surprise before blushing and declaring rather loudly.
"My father and mother work in Romania, part of the magical ministry there. It greatly saddens me that I cannot share any more information on account of the ministry inside Romania." Harry responded smoothly and not very sorry at all. Slughorn blinked in confusion a few times but said nothing else. It was common knowledge that the Romanian ministry was very tight on information.
Harry tried to ignore the fact that Hermione did not let her eyes wander the entire meeting.
Harry noticed that Skylar seemed rather annoyed at Slughorn for the next few days, and Harry heard faint whispered of the two of them arguing in the passing.
And still, Skylar was getting better at potions, however so Harry was clueless, which was rather rare.
Hermione spent more and more time inside the library, inside the history section and the political section which had Bulgarian books- those seemed to attract her attention when Harry was looking.
Harry was getting further on with his studies, coming to a simple conclusion.
There wasn't an incarnation for making a Horcrux, which brought Harry to a slight problem. The only information found that could help him in that genre was to go into Knockturn alley and bargain with the vampires, they always seemed to have good books.
One of which Harry had been sent not long ago under night fall by a crow.
Cra, Carpatha's crow to be exact, and the book was strangely ironic, how to be an animagus.
And it got better than that, translated over from nymph, it was probably one of the easiest ways to become an animagus, not to mention the now possibility of being a magical animal.
Harry worked on that in his free time, noticing how he was definitely a snake much to Lutain's pleasure, but Harry didn't care too much for it. It was just a snake.
So Harry put this aside until Lutain jumped on him, demanding that he 'grow a tail and slither on his belly'
It took a while to get Lutain to understand that it took time to become an animagus.
Lutain had given him three days.
Harry wanted a week.
Lutain's lack of patience brought him to the Slug Club, the fourth meeting, and again Draco had tried to skip.
But Theo had forced him to come, and this time, Harry noticed it.
Draco was getting rather scrawny, and pale, his skin almost waxy as he refused to eat saying that he had an upset stomach all the time. He was rather jumpy and hurriedly did spells in class when told to do so.
Harry saw the signs, and his lips curled back like a feral cat as he grinned in pleasure, and he paid more attention, the signs were there for other children as well, Theo had a few signs, Blaise, Millicent, even a little bit from that Scott girl!
But Harry looked back at the table as little chocolate cakes were served, and Harry once again, refused to touch the thing. Skylar Potter looked less tense and ill, but this time Slughorn seemed to have the shakes, as if regretting doing something.
Harry locked this away inside his mind for future references.
"So, the year is almost over." Slughorn mentioned, piping it up in a sad attempt for small talk, Harry only sighed through his nose.
"Erm- what are your summer plans?" He asked, looking at a few kids who shrugged, he looked over at Skylar in exasperation.
"You know, the usual, trying not to be killed by You-Know-Who and his bloody son." Skylar shrugged, more morbid than usual. Harry couldn't help but chuckle slightly.
"I'm going to France." Hermione supplied helpfully, still slightly nervous from something unseen. Harry sighed once more and leaned back against his chair.
"I'm going to Spain." A Hufflepuff girl finally added and soon people were admitting what was going on.
"What about you Shadis?" Theo pried, after admitting he had to go to Italy to help with a vampire problem.
"I will be returning to my father's estates in Romania." Harry nodded and only stopped when he heard a rather large disbelieving snort.
"Have something to say, Granger?" Draco growled, before blinking quickly and shaking his head, mumbling something about a headache before taking deep breaths and leaning back on his seat.
Hermione finished her look with an impressive glare before looking at Harry with a strange look.
Harry had a bad feeling about this.
Lutain instinctually tightened himself and Harry slipped his wand into his hand as Hermione started to talk.
"You're family's not in Romania. In fact, I've gone through every single book in the Hogwarts library, not a single mention of a Shadis family." Hermione stated rather proudly, and a slight smile came onto Skylar's face as he looked away.
"Now now Miss Granger, let us not be j-" But Slughorn cut off by the glare he received.
"I have a friend, Susan Bones, her mother works in the ministry. She looked up the name Shadis- nothing. No documentation of birth, purchases, even immigrating to this country." Hermione stated rather proudly and by this point a few people were muttering to one another, looking at him with wide eyes.
"Then we checked old records of pureblood lines ranging back to the founder's time- nothing, No such family as the Shadis'. We did a potion with some of your hair from a brush in your room, Suzie gave it to us, we checked and the potion couldn't figure you out. Which leaves us with two options." She finished and Lutain hissed rather loudly rearing up in anger, his eyes flashing.
"Master, the majority of humans in this room have undergone a memory spell- another one and they would be brain dead, leaving you unharmed and the lead suspect."
Lutain was right, and Harry gently slid the wand back into his sleeve, Granger had timed this almost too well.
"The first option was unlikely, and it was strange that Suzie died right before we were able to confirm the solutions-"
"Are you accusing me of Suzie Forstar's death, Miss Granger?" Harry challenged and Hermione shook her head, her eyes flashing in defiance.
"Of course not. I just find the chances of you knowing Suzie before Hogwarts very probable." She shrugged, pointedly looking.
"Sweet Salazar, she has found out. Oh Merlin, she knows."
Harry said nothing, not willing to approve of this claim, nor was he willing to deny it. He swallowed and tried to get the scratchy lump out of his throat. He blinked slowly, and his hand clawed at the table, a few kids started whispering even more as he did nothing against these claims.
"Bloody hell Shadis! You're a mudblood!" Draco shouted in shock, and Draco yelped as his Carmel Sunday (curtsey of the house elves) burst into large green flames, as well as all of the other Sundays before Harry exhaled slowly and the raging inferno died down a little into a candle flame. Enough magic was at work to make even Slughorn pale as he watched. Granger still held her head high however.
"I am a half-blood. I was disowned, Granger." Harry growled, and the fire burned slightly brighter, causing her face to be cool and collected.
"You were sent to Suzie's orphanage then? We had our suspicions from your Boggart, there was a reason why she ignored you after that. She claimed that you tried to kill her multiple times." Hermione challenged once more, and Harry blinked slowly, hand stroking Lutain.
"You claim that I attempted to kill Suzie as a child?" Harry challenged with a growl, and Hermione shook her head once more.
"No, accidental magic happens all of the time. Although, you do seem to have a knack for 'accidents'…" She mused and Lutain took this as a perfect chance to rear back in anger.
"Foolish girl. She will die soon!"
Harry confirmed his thought with another stroke.
"Wait- you're not from Romania?" Skylar asked, bolting upright as if he suddenly realized this, Harry's eyes narrowed ever so slightly but he said nothing.
"What bloody idiot would disown you?" Theo muttered, rather loudly and enough for everyone else to hear, Theo paled, realizing what exactly he had said and who had noticed it.
"That-" Harry started, his fists clenching ever so slightly. "Is what I've wanted to know for years."
The entire meal was aborted after that- nobody could eat with Harry staring at them, refusing to eat himself.
It was a rather quiet night in the Slytherin common room.
x-(X)-x
The next few days were quiet, Harry did not venture out to be social, and nobody tried to talk to him, still slightly edgy that they had been fooled by a Half Blood- no matter who it was.
The dark itchy feeling was getting worse throughout the year, the addictive feeling Harry felt when around the others grew greater. Lutain spied, and was rather happy to report that all of the Death Eater children were getting letters in secret- from their parents about something, or from Draco.
It was a Dark Arts rally, which was for sure. The problem with this tough, was that the hearts of the kids were still too weak, they were yet to be broken.
It was rather bad in Harry's mind to say that. The word broken- it caused an impulsive twitch or a lump that remained in his throat no matter how many times he swallowed.
Broken: fragmented or fractured, not functioning, interrupted, violated. That was broken.
Broken.
"Hello Granger." Harry nodded, not turning to look at her as he stood at his spot in the covered bridge, the spot where Daphne fell what seemed like years ago.
"Shadis." She sent back, her voice lacking the usual annoying know-it-all tone, or the pesky bug that seemed to infect everyone around her.
Two owls below circled and she approached the wall next to him, leaning over the edge to see what he was so blankly looking at, but truthfully he was just thinking, and he thought she knew from the way his eyes were glazed.
Fragmented- fractured
His hand slowly curled into a fist, fingers scraping over the stone like Daphne did before. Hermione noticed this but stayed silent as he looked out sightlessly, waiting for him to start the first conversation.
"We went out long ago- to see the northern forests of Cardiff- where the elves once lived." Harry stated quite randomly, and Hermione looked at him, he was still fairly out of it.
Shattered into tiny little bits.
"We stayed there all day- of course we didn't do much, I was too young." Harry snorted and Hermione just stared, not really sure about what he was talking about.
Interrupted
"We watched the sunset, my brother and parents- we watched it from one of the highest trees- my birth father had brought his Quiditch broom." Harry gave with a slight smile at the end before it slipped off his face, and Hermione just stared. She knew that he was an orphan, but just who was he talking about now.
Violated.
"That was the best memory I ever had of that place- with my birth parents. I shouldn't even remember that, I was only two." Harry shrugged, finally looking at the owls circling above and below.
"Why are you telling me this?" Hermione whispered, and Harry blinked, getting rid of the glaze on hs eyes as he turned to look at her, and she practically recoiled from the depth of his eyes- such a young boy that had seen so much.
"Because you tried to learn. You tried to figure me out, and you almost have. I'll give you a fair warning, Hermione Granger." He stated, and he stood, turning his entire body to look at her. Her breath stilled as his eyes drilled holes into her mind- he probably wanted to also.
I'm broken, so so broken.
"Learn what? You aren't a seer are you?" Hermione tried to joke, but failed as she looked into his eyes.
"I hold the world but as the world, a stage where every man must play a part, and mine is a sad one." Harry recited carefully, and Hermioine's eyes widened as she recognized the style and the author of such a piece.
"Shakespeare?" She guessed, and Harry's lips twitched once, looking at the owls once more.
"Listen to my words Hermione, I may not be a seer but I know of what is to come anyways." Harry muttered and looked at her, Hermione instantly fell silent.
"There is no light or dark- only the intentions used for the spells. Voldemort kills- a quick painless mercy kill, and yet Dumbledore thinks he is so much more then that- he ruins you Granger. He rips your heart and lets you only look into the blinding white light, causing you to believe it is the best thing in the world." Harry stated rather firmly, and Hermione frowned, she didn't like the way Harry was talking?
"Oh? And what do you think then?" She challenged back, and Harry blinked slowly, choosing his words quietly.
"The world is like the sky, when the sun is to bright it's blinding. When the air is to black, it can cause a grown man grow mad." He responded and Hermione frowned, actually understanding this one.
"The best part of time, is the night. When you can see the beauty of darkness and still reach for the stars."
Hermione was about to say something else, but she noticed something, Harry was awfully close to the edge of the bridge.
"Harry get b-NO!" She screamed as he gave a manic grin and fell back, plummeting quickly, and soon he was only a black dot, then he was nothing as he disintegrated into nothing and flew away as smoke, slamming into rocks and causing them to crumble.
But who in this world isn't?
I want to give a special shout out to a few loyal people out there- who knows, one might be you :D
dalistar123:
I don't like any of the suggested pairings. Maybe you should wait to be certain. Until maybe fifth year. Though I think Harry should chain Daphne to him in some way, so shed never speak against him, reveal his secrets, and be loyaly bound to him. I don't think she should die. He could even take her to the Yule ball.
I think Harry should be entered in the tri-wizard tournament under the name Harry Potter. Harry could use a time turner or illusion to appear both at the task and as Harry Potter. He could wear a concealing cloak so as not to ever reveal his features and always be silent, even in spell casting. It could reveal the truth about what the Potters and Dumbledore did, putting them in a bad light, and have them chasing after Harry, though never catching him.
Anyways, I've noticed your updates became less frequent. Hope there's more to come. Please update soon!
Okay, information about the pairings are listed below in the general information area beneigth responces. (god i killed that spelling)
Chain Daphne to him, hmm? Interesting idea, i'll keep that inmind when she wakes up, but that won't come into play for a while now.
I feel like hitting myself right now, You are a GENIUS! I can't beleive i never thought of that before! Sadly, i won't be able to put the TWT into this book because i'm messing with the orders.
Update information is listed below.
SeeMeDurpin:
My mom nearly yelled at me for the amount of times I've complained to her that Harry isn't a good guy. O.o
The funny thing is, she still doesn't believe me...
The simpliest way to solve that problem, make her read the story :P
percyjackson13georgeweasley27:
i'm dressing as shadow for halloween. i have a snake,the cloak, and the wand.:D
YES! HAHAHA! Finally! I just KNEW somebody would! Thank you, i honor you (bows)
Becca12345:
I love this story! Really addicting! Can't wait to read more! I simple ADORE Lutain xx
I know right? At the beggining, i wasn't sure how people would take to an oc snake, but now. I can't think 'Harry Potter' without him!
Mai Ascot:
I'm glad you didn't kill Daphne. VERY GLAD. And I'm even happier than Lupin knows.
What are you going as for Halloween? I'm going as a corpse bride, but my friends going as Shadow, so you have a DEFINATE fan in her... It's quite spooky actually 0_o
Yeah, killing Daphne just didn't seem right since all of you practically love her to death.
I went as a leopard- cut fingers on gloves and stuck in plastic claws, actually drew blood with those...
Your friend. And please recite this to her. Using the quotes.
'Is AWESOMEEEE!'
Anony:
I quit this story. in first year he can hold his own against Dumbledore and the Order but he can't beat 1st-3rd year student? he's growing weaker instead of stronger and I don't like it :(
Oh, sorry about the confusion, i'll clarrify here for you.
First year- he trained and knew all of the spells needed, he had knowledge that could rival Dumbledore in a clean fight. The reason he was harmed was because it wasn't a clean fight and it had cheep shots and Phoenix tears.
second year- It wasn't his actual aim to kill him. He was toying with Ron and Ginny at the time, then Adalonda took the hurt as lemon candy caused her to hurl up a dead unicorn in which the horn stabbed her. Harry then bewitched the entire chamber.
Third year: He's against a bloody werewolf. Skylar's seen him with it, and if he kills Lupin, he gets the blame. He has no choice but to stop him by telling.
atymer:
Enjoying the Harry in the Dark story very much.
I have no desire for Shadow to 'come into the light' and forgive the cruelty and callousness he was subjected to. I think he would have always been dark, just not as murderous has he is, if he had not been abandoned.
I grant he could have been born psychopathic or sociopathic
(he seems a combination of the two) or just plan EVIL for all that, from the very beginning. No one will ever know.
That his empathy is so lacking he can not even fake it, sort of sways my thinking to just evil. He has shown remarkable control, considering after every defeat of his plans, he as not retaliated by killing every kid in the school.
He has not even bothered to recruit the Slytherin children, mostly ignore them, unless they interfer with his actions.
I can't imagine a pairing for Shadow since he cannot even pretend to care for another person at this time. The most emotional response is reserved for his familiars and other 'dark' magical creatures.
Kudos to Oceanbreeze7 for being able to write Shadow with the emotional detachment that makes it so easy to interpret others from his point of view.
I am very curious how the author will conclude this tale, so I am putting it on Story Alert and expect to add it to my Fav list(so far)if the conclusion bears out my expectations.
I am honored and will add things in as i read your very nice responce.
I will not allow Shadow to become nice and to the light (wonderful word choice also) He would not have been as crazy/emotional as he is now if he grew up properly, so you are right with your assumption. He does indeed show control as he had to too live with Death Eaters as a child. He does not find the Slytherins important or threeatning so he leaves them alone. There will NOT be a pairing for Shadow.
Kudos for you, for writing one of the best reviews i have ever gotten.
I hope my work will further impress you.
ThepatientwaiterIsabella:
Hi.
My name is Isabella, and I'm dying.
Not skipping around that, I'm expected to die within three days. Perhaps less.
I've really enjoyed the time I've had to read you story. It makes my days a bit brighter. I just wish I could read the next chapter. Just one more chapter, and I would be happy.
Since it doesn't look like that's going to happen, just let me say this.
Updating today is literally the chance of a millenia. 11-11-11.
This isn't going to happen for another thousand years.
But, if you miss this opportunity, you miss it. :(
I love your story, I'm glad I got to read it until the last days of my life. :)
Love,
Isabella
(By the way, in case you were wondering, I'm suffering a sever case of Noupdateitis. And a bit of a sniffle. ;))
Please read the very top as it has an excuse why i was screaming when i could not update on 11-11-11 11:11 PM.
If you actually are dying, you have my sincerest appologizes and i wish you the best for health. If not, please refrain from typing that again- reasion why is below.
TheLovelyLadyWinksAtYou:
BUGGER YOU! *pants* BUGGERBUGGERBUGGER You!
If your not going to update, then sod bloody off, you prat!
For heavens holy sake. UPDATE!
You can't just leave us hanging! YOUR BLOODY MENTAL!
UPDATE!
(Narrows eyes)
...That was uncalled for. Look at the information tab at the bottom of this page for more information on why i did not update.
INFORMATION:
Pairings:
There will be no pairings as they do not fit in. I apologize all of you Daphne/Harry Lovers, as well as you Luna/Harry and you...Draco/Harry People...
Daphne:
Daphne is NOT dead, she is in a comatose state in which her magic is healing her and she cannot hear, smell or see. I'm not sure if she can taste, but that would be torture with those nasty smelling potions. She WILL wake up...eventually.
Lupin:
Luping will not be killed as Harry has just found his family. Trust me, you'll know when the time is right.
WHY ARE YOU NOT UPDATING?
I have several reasons for not updating actually.
1) Word of advice- NEVER restart your computer while updating. The entire bloody file, completly gone. Has to rewtire from scratch and copying and pasting from Fanfiction.
2)Computer problems- listed in the first AN, any help on that? Thanks.
3) New video Game- It's called Skyrim, takes up hours when you think only half has gone by...
4) Team Mary- A girl, somebody i knew acutally. A friend of mine, she was diagnosed with Luchemia. A type of Cancer that is common for children. Please help us, there is a link on Facebook, Team Mary- but be safe when you log on with that. Who knows what else is on the site.
It's been hard for me, please understand that.
Oceanbreeze7- out.