So... It's been... a minute... and the world is now tits up, but hey... I've got nothing, sorry about the long wait, with everything going on, I've been in a funk, but here's the next chapter, I hope you like it, and ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE END :)
Chapter XV
Alexis coughed and groaned as he began to regain consciousness, he was unaware of the damage he did, but as he slowly got up, he saw a blanket of ice mist covering the entirety of Hogwarts, he slowly stood up and with a bit of concentration, the mist disappeared, revealing the aftermath.
The entire world around him was covered in a blanket of ice, he looked on in horror as not only were the Deatheaters frozen solid, but a few of the Hogwarts staff and student were as well, and something told him that they weren't going to be brought back to life without some help. He groggily continued to scan his surroundings, taking in the utter silent chaos and fear etched on the faces of those who didn't have their masks on, and on the students and staff unlucky to have been caught in the blast.
"Oh my god… I can't believe I could cause something like this… I… wait… is that my voice… it sounds… wrong… different… strange," Alexis muttered softly, as he did, he soon realized that his voice had a permanent echo to it, he glanced at himself and noticed that his skin was now a snow-white color.
"It seems… as if I finally find myself a challenge," a voice spoke up from the distance, Alexis turned to see the man that attacked them, Voldemort, who looked a little worse for wear.
"Voldemort… no, you don't look like him… you look like that creature in my vision… who are you?" Alexis growled as he raised his hands and two long ice spikes formed in his hand.
"You are… correct, I'm no longer Voldemort, all of my pieces are reunited, even the one in your scar, I am whole once more… and you are no longer a threat to me," Voldemort smirked as he stood up straighter, Alexis finally got a good look of the dark lord, his slightly pale skin was now an olive sun-kissed skin, his slim physique was now a well-toned physique, his dark brown hair was now black as a raven's wing, and he still had his eyes a dark crimson red, like blood.
"It doesn't matter to me that you're whole or not, I'm just glad I get to put an end to your pathetic existence, and you're wrong in not fearing me, but you'll soon find that out," Alexis gripped the spikes tightly and got in an offensive stance, but before he could do anything, Voldemort disappeared with a cloud of dark crimson red smoke.
"Not yet… pet, I have plans for you... and your brother," his voice echoed as he let out a hauntingly chilly laugh, Alexis sighed before disappearing the spikes, and deciding to investigate, how massive the damage was.
God… please let them be alive, he thought as he looked around the courtyard to find any survivors, holding on the hope that he didn't just cause a mass genocide.
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Henry was looking through the ingredients, it was almost time, he was worried on how this would be playing out, and he prayed that both Harry and Henrik gave him the strength to do what needed to be done.
Don't fucking damage my body Henry, Harry called out from within their mind, it was still a weird process of the merger, as this wasn't a true merger, after Henrik's talk about having the perfect vessel to Harry, there's still this lack of true compatibility, or even synergy with the union.
It's OUR body Harry, just because you provided the body first, doesn't mean that it isn't also my body, Henrik argued.
"Great… now I have a migraine," Henry groaned as he placed his head on the counter top of their home.
"Har… I mean… Henry, is everything okay?" Nick asked worryingly, ever since the reveal about an hour and a half, things have been a bit… strange to say the least, especially when Kol, Rebekah, Elijah, Klaus, and Finn hadn't left for their mission yet.
"Henry, what's wrong? Is everything okay?" Klaus was the first to arrive by Henry's side, making the others slightly jealous.
"I'm fine Nick and Klaus, it's just… Harry and Henrik are being stubborn as usual, look, just go look for the items we need, I just need some peace and quiet for a few minutes, that's all," Henry replied with a slight groan.
"Are you sure, if you want, I can stay here and keep an eye on you," Nick offered.
"I think it should be better if I stay," Klaus suggested.
"Alright you two, before you give Henry an even bigger headache, Elena, Finn, and I will stay with him, this way we'll help him with the spell, and the rest of you just find the ingredients for the spell," Bonnie spoke up as she noticed how the lights around them flickered a bit.
"Fine, but anything happens to him witch, I will personally have you head on a platter, and nothing will save you from me," Klaus growled as he gave Henry a final smile before turning around and leaving.
"Wait for me!" Caroline called out as she knew that she had to keep an eye on him at all times, unless they want anything bad to happen.
"Call me is anything happens Bonnie, please," Nick said as he gave Henry a hug and left with Rebekah, Kol, and Jeremy, with the latter taking Nick by the hand.
"Henry, I just talked to Liz, it seems that there's been another 'animal' attack, Mat and I will go to investigate, but we're going to talk later," Damon said as he got off the phone.
"I'm guessing it's not really an animal attack, give me a second, and I'll tell you who it is…" Henry sighed, as he closed his eyes and muttered in his breath. "It's a vampire… no… two… one male the other female… the female is close to 900 years old… she's from Finn's bloodline, Sage… her name is Sage, she is joined by her own sired… Troy Jefferson, 623 years old, he's extremely loyal to her… but her love for Finn is stronger… that's all I can get from it," Henry replied as he opened his eyes and found that everyone was staring at him. "What?"
"How did you do that? How can you do that?" Bonnie asked.
"It's Harry and Henrik's magic flowing through me, while not as powerful as mother, Henrik was able to tap into a form of magic that mother never could, traditional magic, and Harry's natural magical prowess and core allows me to do magic stronger than what they could do individually," Henry replied.
"Okay, so now we know that we're looking for Sage, so what do we do with her?" Damon asked.
"Finn, you'll need to distract her, I know how much you care about her, but she has something I need for my spell to work, let me get a vial of your blood, and then go to her," Henry said.
"I understand, please be safe brother," Finn nodded before leaving Henry a vial of blood then leaving.
"Alright, now that everyone has something to do, let's head out," Damon stated as they left, leaving Henry, Elena, and Bonnie on their own.
"Okay... so, what is this prison? I've never heard of a spell like that," Bonnie asked.
"You wouldn't have, this spell comes from a different coven of witches, they're known as the Gemini coven, they used a different version of this spell by using your Grams' blood to banish one of their own for murdering his family, I... or rather Henrik doesn't know much about what happened, but he was able to create a modified version of the spell, allowing me to send them both into a new prison world, away from the other one," Henry replied.
"I see, so how does this work? Are you sure you'll be strong enough?" Bonnie asked intrigued by the type of spell.
"Once I activate the creature inheritance at the right moment, I'll be strong enough to not only make father into a vampire, but I'll also be strong enough to send them both into the prison world, mother may be the strongest practitioner of magic at the moment, but even she will have no power against me," Henry replied.
"Okay, about this whole creature inheritance, what exactly does that mean? I mean, can anyone have that?" Elena asked curiously.
"So... this is something slightly common within the magical community, and by that, I mean the core users, while some of the more... conservative of them would abhor the mere thought of being with someone that wasn't of a 'pure' wizarding line, there are some that would do it just to keep the lines 'pure', regardless, in that community, there are humanoid creatures, sirens, elemental faes, demons, and other types of human-like creatures, and some would marry and have children with them, of course something like this would've happened hundreds and hundreds of years in the past, but that's why it's called a creature inheritance," Henry replied with a slight smile.
"Hold on... when you mean... 'keep the families pure', do you mean that they...?" Bonnie frowned before her face contorted into slight disgust.
"Yeah, my... I mean Harry's godfather, the one he killed was actually his 2nd cousin, Harry's grandmother was a member of the Black family, she was that man's aunt by his father's side, and she married her third cousin, who was a black by his great-grandfather's side, so... yeah, a lot of incestual marriages, especially between older houses, however, that's caused the decrease in magically born children," Henry replied.
"EWW!" Bonnie and Elena groaned.
"Yeah, anyways, back to the whole creature inheritance, a member from the Potter family married a death phoenix, who have a human form, and are powerful dark magic users, some say they're the originators of dark core magic, but that's just one of the many theories, anyways, death phoenix have powerful magics, those who inherit their power through blood, gain an immense increase in their magical reserves, they're much more resilient than normal, they've got a mild increase in speed, strength, and stamina, they also have a natural resistance towards mind magic, and they can grow wings and fly, but that's only after they've fully matured their abilities, but when I first merge with my creature, I'll have a massive increase in magical power, but I'll also descend into darkness, that's why I'll need someone to bring back from that," Henry stated with a slight chuckle before going back to the first point.
"But... what if we can't bring you back?" Elena asked worryingly.
"Then... kill me," Henry stated with a straight face.
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Alexis continued to walk through the rubble, his heart sinking deeper and deeper, so far, all he could see was death, every time he went to one of the Hogwarts students, he tried to unfreeze them, but the minute his magic touched them, they would shatter, leaving blood and guts on the floor.
By the time he was a few feet from the castle, he was already covered in the blood of about nine Hogwarts students, tears were threatening to fall down his face, please... god, let just one of them be alive, he thought fearfully.
He reached the stairs and when he went through the damaged doors, he saw that it seemed as though his power didn't reach inside, he walked through the rubble and the bodies of fallen students and deatheaters until he reached the Great Hall, when he opened the doors, he nearly cried in joy as he saw Cedric, Viktor, Fleur, and the First to Third years still alive and breathing.
"Alexis?" Cedric muttered as he took in the teen's appearance.
"You guys are alright... you're alive..." Alexis muttered as he went to hug Cedric tightly.
"Alexis... what's wrong, what happened, it's been too quiet outside," Viktor asked.
"You've combined with your creature, oui?" Fleur asked.
"Yes... and it was exhilarating... but... I... I didn't know it would do that; I was trying to stop the wolves from coming... but... I didn't know... I was hoping to save them, but... I didn't know how powerful it would be," Alexis said.
"What do you mean? What happened out there?" Cedric asked.
"I froze... everything, it's all frozen," Alexis stated.
"What?" Fleur frowned as she lowered the barrier, but as soon as she did that, they heard cracking and watched as the castle was beginning to freeze over, as if it was resuming.
"What the hell?" Cedric said as the temperature began to lower.
"Fleur raise the barrier, now!" Viktor all but demanded.
Fleur nodded before her eyes whitened and the dome reappeared, they watched as the ice steamed and liquified disappearing.
"What's going on? How is this happening?" Alexis asked.
"It must be Fleur natural vela fire affinity, it cancelled out your burst, or at least somehow push it back until the barrier went down and resumed the ice over," Viktor stated.
"Fleur... can you... can you expand it outwards?" Alexis asked hopefully.
"Not too far, it is still hard to maintain it now," Fleur replied.
"What are you planning," Cedric asked.
"I tried to unfreeze a few of them... but they shattered, Lavender, Ernie, Parkinson, Crabbe and Goyle, the twins, Cho, and Dean, they all shattered, the minute I touched them they just shattered, what if Fleur's abilities can thaw them out, save those that are still out there," Alexis stated as he knelt down tears streaming down his face.
"God... what else happened?" Cedric asked.
"Voldemort... Tom, whatever the fuck he calls himself now, he's still alive, his souls have joined him, he's stronger than I've ever seen him, I sensed his magic... it's unlike anything I've ever felt," Cedric stated.
"What about his followers?" Cedric asked.
"Iced over as well, the wolves, giants, Acromantulas, all of them, they're frozen, if we can somehow get these guys somewhere outside from the range of this, and then we somehow thaw the students and staff, I can shatter the deatheaters and the rest, that way we can at least save them, and get rid of his followers, this way we can at least slow him down from attacking again," Alexis replied as he began to think of a plan to get back at Voldemort.
"Alright, we'll need to send them somewhere out of the blast zone, Cedric, Viktor, we'll need to cast a teleportation spell," Fleur stated.
"I'll start with the giants, I'm guessing they'll need more power to shatter," Alexis said as he headed back out.
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Henry watched as the owl dropped off the package, he gave it an owl treat and went to open the package, he saw smiled bitterly when he saw that it was the ingredients he needed for the spell, along with a note.
-Harry/Henrik/Henry
We have felt the shift in your magic, and in your name, so we hope this letter finds you in good health.
Things have gone horribly wrong, Voldemort attacked Hogwarts, he has regained his body, and he has regained his soul fragments, we've tried contacting anyone from Hogwarts, but so far, we've been getting nothing.
We also sensed a change to your brother's magic, it seems as though he's activated his creature inheritance, we will continue to figure out what's going on, and we'll inform you of everything as soon as we find out.
Griphook
"FUCK!" Henry growled, as his headache began to get worse.
Get me to Alexis, I need to find out what's wrong, I can't leave him like this, Harry thought.
Calm down Harry, there's nothing we can do at the moment; besides, we're currently trying to imprison my parents, which has to be done by tonight, Henrik argued.
If anything, so much as happens to my brother, I will fucking hurt yours just to get back at them, Harry growled back.
Try it, and I'll go after Nick next, trust me, I'll stop at nothing to save my family, Henrik argued back venomously.
"Will you both shut up!" Henry growled as he clutched his head.
"Henry! Are you okay?" Bonnie and Elena rushed up to Henry's room to check on him.
"Did something happen?" Elena asked.
"Yes... but it's not something we can get to at the moment, but it's causing Harry and Henrik to argue, and it's getting hard to concentrate," Henry replied with a sigh.
"What happened?" Bonnie asked.
"Harry's brother, Alexis, he might be in trouble back in England, the Dark Lord Voldemort, he's back from the dead, and seemingly in full power, Harry wants me to go to Alexis, and check on him, but Henrik wants me to continue the spell, and ugh, I can't wait until this is fucking over," Henry groaned as he went into the liquor cabinet and grabbed one of the bottles, and poured himself a drink.
"Are you sure you should be drinking that right now?" Elena asked worryingly.
"Try having two idiots in your head constantly bickering, and then you'll understand," Henry replied drily as he finished his drink.
"Sorry about that, do you think you'll be able to work on the spell?" Bonnie asked worryingly.
"Yeah, I'll be able to do the spell, I just need both of your bloods, and I'll need a few minutes to memorize the spells, after that we'll be golden," Henry replied as he took another sip from his drink and sighed as the two in his mind were being much quieter.
"Alright, we'll get that ready," Bonnie as she and Elena went to get everything ready.
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Jeremy, Kol, Rebekah, and Nick were watching as Mayor Lockwood was supervising as a group of people and construction workers were helping restore the Wickery Bridge.
"Alright, how do we do this?" Kol asked as he leaned against one of the trees.
"We need to find a way to replace the old sign with a copy of it, or at least, make a duplicate of it," Nick stated as he glanced around trying to figure out how to make a copy of the item.
"Seems like we have a plan, afterwards, do you know what he's planning?" Rebekah asked curiously, making sure not to mention either Henry or her parents, in case they had people listening in on them, which she guessed the three guys figured out.
"I honestly don't know, I've read about those types of spells, but the power required to do them, it's extremely immense, it'd take an entire coven to do cast it, but at the moment it's just him," Nick replied softly.
"Can't you help him out with it?" Rebekah asked curiously, and also worried about what it might do to her baby brother, she didn't care how Henrik came back, all that mattered is that she had her baby brother back alive.
"I'm not well versed in spirit magic; besides, I'd be less helpful if I tried anything," Nick shook his head.
"Do you think he'll be able to make it?" Jeremy asked.
"I'm not sure, but I don't want to think about that right now, let's just get the things he needs," Nick replied as he began to search out with his magic for the original Wickery Bridge sign.
As the group continued on their search, they were being watched from a distance by a witch who was making sure that whatever it was that they were planning wouldn't interfere with Mikael's plans, so she stayed silent, but still close enough to keep them within her radar.
"It seems as though they're trying to get some ingredients for the spell you need, however, they seem to be planning something else, I was able to skim through their thoughts and realize that the boy is planning to include Esther in the spell," the woman said as she took out her phone and called Mikael.
'I see... well, that's just fine, I can't wait to meet my beloved, I will enjoy watching her cry in agony as she watches what I do to her children,' Mikael chuckled as hung up the phone.
The woman rolled her eyes before hanging up the phone, she grew tired of spying on the group so she decided that she got enough information and left the group to begin her plot back home, soon... soon I'll destroy the nine and I'll be the true ruler of New Orleans, I'm going to take great pleasure in killing Marcel... she thought as she hummed to herself.
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Henry was glancing through the spells and rituals thoroughly as he glanced up in the sky noticing that the moon was slowly reaching its apex, and it's was going to be ready in 3 hours.
"Are you sure you're ready?" Nick asked worryingly.
"I'm not sure, but it has to be done," Henry replied as he placed the ingredients onto the stone alter, he took a deep breath and mentally prepared himself, making sure to silence both Henrik and Harry, as he didn't want anyone especially those two to distract him.
Soon the Mikaelson sibilings arrived with the rest of his friends.
"What are you guys doing here? They can't see you," Henry stated shockingly.
"We're here to support you brother, as you know... family is always and forever," Nik stated softly.
"We're here for you Henry, you're our best friends, we don't want to leave you alone with them," Elena stated with a smile.
"Thanks, you guys, I'm not sure if this is going to end well," Henry stated softly.
Before anyone could say anything else, they heard a rustle from both sides of the clearing, they turned to see Esther and Mikael walk through, each with a different goal in mind, but neither ready for what was to come.
"Hello mother... Mikael," Klaus growled as he watched them walk up to them, he instinctively stepped in front Henry to protect him.
"Hello bastard, hello my love," Mikael smirked.
"How... how is that possible?" Esther asked shocked.
"I took a page from your filthy book among another," Mikael stated with a smug smirk.
"Enough of the mindless chatter, we're losing precious moonlight, Esther, I know about the link between your kids, I've severed it, took me a while, but I was able to break it, but I know you have a backup, which is why I'm going to take a page off your book as well... Mikael here, this is a wand from a core witch, might look like some decorative stick, but it's enough to get the job done," Henry spoke up, getting his courage in check, he turned to see Esther's shocked face, before throwing the wand at Mikael, who grabbed it and siphoned it's power.
"Fucking hell, now that's magic," Mikael chuckled after he siphoned off the magic from the wand, causing it to become brittle and break apart.
"What are you going to do?" Esther asked, she could feel the Bennett witches whispering of danger, and telling her that she needed to stop what was to come.
"I'm keeping my promise... I'm making Mikael into a vampire, given his Siphon status, he'll become a hybrid, half vampire and half witch," Henry stated as he went to the alter and before either Esther or Mikael could react, he lifted his hand together in front of him and muttered a spell, 'Imperium monstrum,' soon Esther and Mikael found themselves unable to leave their limited area.
"What is the meaning of this?! I told you what would happen if you crossed me!" Mikael roared as he tried to siphon the magic from the barrier, but found himself weak and unable to.
"You should be feeling it's affect by now, the wand you siphoned has a bit of a kick, while powerful, it leaves you weakened after it's been siphoned, you'll be temporarily unable to siphon anything for at least an hour, giving me enough time to cast the spell to make you a vampire," Henry stated.
"I will kill you all once I get out of here! I will kill you all in the most painful and slowest way," Mikael growled as he tried to get out of his entrapment.
"I cannot allow you to continue to create more abominations, I have to stop you," Esther stated as she looked ready to cast a spell, but soon realized that her connection was cut out, she couldn't connect to the Bennett line.
"It seems like you're finally realizing that you're cut off from the Bennett line, the barrier was made for the both of you in mind," Henry stated as he grabbed the goblet in the alter and began to make his way toward Mikael, "drink and be killed, then you'll shortly awaken... and well... you know the rest," Henry stated as he gave the goblet to Mikael.
Mikael growled and took the goblet, he looked into the boy's eyes, and felt a familiarity, but he couldn't help feel as though he knew the boy, but he ignored that to drink the goblet, as soon as he did, he felt a searing pain on his chest, he looked down and saw a large dagger run through his chest.
"See you a bit... father," Henry smirked before Mikael closed his eyes and fell onto the ground.
"What?" Esther frowned.
"You'll find out soon... mother," Henry stated with a smirk as he went back to the alter, he looked at the moon and saw that it was close to being at it's apex, soon... soon we'll get rid of mom and dad... and soon my family will be safe, I'll have Alexis here soon, and we'll be a family, he thought as he prepared for the end.
ANNOUNCEMENTS!
So, that's the chapter, I hoped you all liked it, and I know it might not have been my best, but it's what I was feeling at the time.
Now, onto the announcements...
To the person that told me to kill myself... sweetie, I'm still here, if my anxiety, paranoia, depression, and overall lack of self-preservation couldn't stop me, what made you think that insecure, little child would be able to? Now, I see you, I accept you, and may you have an amazing life, and stay pressed ;)
To the person that is slamming this story for it being gay... I've news for you sweetie... DON'T FUCKING CONTINUE TO READ MY STORY, IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT, I DO NOT CARE IF YOU HATE THE GAY SHIT, YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE GAY SHIT AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO STAY PRESSED.
Again, if you do not like gay themes, then by all means, ignore my story, but don't complain when you know it's going to be slash, almost, if not all, of my stories will contain Gay relationships and will be filled with gay shit. if you don't like it, don't read, don't comment, and don't flame my stories, because I will report your ass... that being said. I hope you all really liked this chapter, I'm not sure when I'll have the next chapter posted, but I'm working on Chapter 16 as we speak.
To everyone going through this Dumpster Fuck of a year, I wish all safety and positivity, and we'll get through this :D
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