(Hey all! Before we begin this chapter allow me to fill in any questions from the previous chapter.)
What Pairing will it Be?: Hmm truth be told I pretty much suck at romantic pairings sometimes since I prefer to be more focused on action but if i would guess it wouldn't be a pureblood since Michael hates stuck up morons who can't tell if they are outmatched, it might be an OC I may make up on the fly but who knows.
What is Hermione's role in this?: Good question, my original purpose was to put Hermione in just to try and toss the two idiots some knowledge and back away from Paragon, had they listened they wouldn't be treated like a punching bag by Fear, but i think i'll have her miss know-it-all and probably attempt to boss a HIGH ranking Commander that practically outranks all positions she can think of only to be scared to her britches since Paragon hates people who think they are knowledge superior than anyone else, it reminds him too much of Tyrants who see people as play things.
Will the Second Task Happen?: That i'll let you figure out.
Why didn't anyone say anything of the disownment?: The Potters publicly declared Harry (Now Michael) a squib and did the whole disownment, it was in the public newspapers and everyone understood, though some secretly hate the potters for this for almost killing an innocent child, oh and trust me their Karma will hit them hard, Paragon knows how to cripple people and knows how politics roll, if he wishes he can have specific people killed without it being traced to him.
Who's getting bashed?: Pretty much Purebloods, Dumbledore, Potters, Maybe Snape, and anyone on the tip of my tongue.
Will you update A Displaced Summoner?: Sadly no, i've fallen rather out of touch of the game Brave Frontier so its in Hiatus.
Also to the moron who completely trash talked one of my stories Fillers exist for a reason, they fill in certain blanks for people out of the loop and that story was back when I was still learning to write Fanfiction Stories, if you wanna make a better story go ahead, or if you hate it don't bring some toxic reviews to my Stories, my stories have been getting good criticism and I tend to keep it that way.
OK Rant and questions over, if you have more questions pop it in this Chapter and itll be answered next Chapter!)
A Few weeks later - First Task
A Calm and collected Michael is Meditating in the tent, the training Paragon has put him through will be put to the highest of tests, looking back he can recall what has happened over the past few weeks.
After Paragon had him get a grasp of his Aura he moved him onto applying a Gravitational Effect to his Aura which took approximately 2 days, the purpose of the Gravitational Effect is to have the Element's cling to him as if he is a planet in space but leave a thin line around him so he doesn't get injured from his own Armour which happens frequently as Gravitational Effects are very difficult to apply as you need to match it to how a Planet's is like.
It took him awhile but he was able to produce the needed effect but it was rather draining to keep it constantly up, though Paragon mentioned that although draining it acts like his Aura, meaning the more he uses it and masters it the less he will feel the drain.
Once he has both the Aura and Gravitational Effect learned they finally moved onto Element Armour, Michael had to admit that it was an exciting thing, he was even more hyped when Paragon mentioned that Masters of Element Armour Manipulation can conjure a Titan and fight in it all while not suffering any damage, this was quickly shown when Paragon conjured a Titan made from both Earth AND Water that was as big as Hogwarts itself, their was quite a bit of chaos when the students got a scary wakeup call from a giant outside the school.
When they begun Paragon started him off easily by tossing small pebbles at him which he couldn't get a grasp off and they hit him if only slightly, he did explain that the trick to Element Armour Manipulation is to have the Aura act instinctively, have it develop the ability to make the armour, since it's connected to his mind he needs to send the mental commands to it in order for it to work.
Seeing what Paragon had meant Michael attempted to create the Mental Link to his Aura which he managed to do in 1 hour, once he created it they started off small with pebbles which clung to his Aura but fell off after a second to which Paragon mentioned that he hasn't applied much force to it, he tried it again with that much the only thing he accidentally did was bring a huge boulder to him which almost crushed him if Paragon hadn't stopped it to which he says too much and told him to think of perhaps an even balance between the two factors, too little it wouldn't stick too long while too much would make him a magnet for the elements, eventually it took a few tries (And a few bruises) before he managed to find the correct factor for it which eventually he managed to create an Earth Armour made of pebbles.
Once he had a bit of practice of doing some of the Earth Pebble Armour they moved onto grabbing clumps of the earth itself, pebbles don't exactly offer much protection but Earth itself may, the goal of it was for Michael to take chunks of the earth and bring it towards him, the hard part of it is to de-attach the bits of earth and how much he needs to do it, an example was shown when Paragon took clumps of Earth around them and formed some armour around him to which he understood how much he would need.
It took him nearly a week to do this as the bits of Earth were part of an entire planet but eventually he managed to de-attach a decent size of Earth to which Paragon mentions that the next part is to break the piece apart to more manageable chunks which will then be automatically used to form the armour, it did take a day to apply a Telekinesis to it and break it down but he managed to break the chunk of Earth and his Aura had automatically formed the armour around him when it sensed the correct sizes and in a mere moment his first Elemental Armour was formed, however after 5 seconds of him forming it he collapsed from exhaustion while Paragon smiled at the progress they made and decided to let him rest for a day.
During his rest day their was quite a commotion in front of the base and Michael recognized one of the voices being that girl who was with his Ex-brother and his friend, he can still recall that situation along with how scared she got when Paragon vented his anger at her and beat her when she foolishly attempted to "Challenge" him.
Flashback - Camp
A Relaxing Michael is sitting in his Tent reading a book about Elemental Manipulation when he heard a lot of arguing at the entrance of the camp.
"I DEMAND that I speak to your leader this instance!" A loud and annoying voice shouts which Michael recognizes as the girl who he saw when Paragon was teaching him Aura, getting up he puts his book away and goes to investigate what she wants.
As Michael exits his tent he notices Paragon walking nearby and goes to ask him what's going on.
"What's going on?" Michael asks.
"Apparently a noisy student wishes to speak with me, it's the same girl from before that was with your Ex-brother, the one trying to warn him about not speaking ill of Fear which didn't exactly work out for him." He says though Michael can tell Paragon was in the middle of a nap, it's not uncommon for him to take a nap since its a daily occurrence, he would hate to be the person who awakens a sleeping Guardian.
"Your not going to hit her are you?" Michael cautiously asks.
"No, but I do make exceptions to certain Women if they piss me off." He says before they eventually reach the front of the camp to see the two guards standing like Statues looking on ignoring the whining student.
"I said I want to speak to your Commander!" she yells getting red in the fact and if Michael can tell steam is billowing out of her ears.
"Muffle your damn Loud Speaker of a voice i'm right here!" Paragon snarls as he stomps over to which the two soldiers instantly salute and make way for him, they really don't want to be near him when he had just woken up from a nap.
"Perfect timing! My name i-"
"Hermione Granger, Muggleborn, Miss Know-It-All and the Castle's apparent Banshee by the sounds of your vocal cords." Paragon bluntly says making the nearby soldiers and Michael choke at that insult while trying to hold their laughter.
"Wha- How dare you!" she shouts making the nearby soldiers wince despite the anti-sound wards on them.
"What do you want Miss Banshee?" Paragon asks giving her a glare to which she shrinks before she regains her composure which to Paragon reeks of pomposity.
"Well i demand that you leave the grounds of Hogwarts, your antics have been making some chaos at the school and many students are wanting you to leave." She orders with a smirk.
A minute passes before Paragon bursts out laughing with the rest of the soldiers doing the same, surely she cannot be serious?
"Tell me Miss Granger, what is your Military rank?" Paragon asks giving her a glare with a mix of seriousness in it.
"Well i am a Fourth Year Gryffindor so I don't hold a military rank bu-"
"Then what makes you think you can command a Commander? My rank outranks you on a whole other level, I command a fully functional Military that I have led for decades, so tell me Miss Granger, how are you going to ORDER me from here hm?" Paragon says with a smile.
"W..Well as a Commander you surely must understand the safety of innocents and Civilians right?" She asks a bit of a shake in her tone.
"That's correct, however there hasn't been any reports of injuries by my troops has there? Well regardless of Demon Lord Fear, his jurisdiction is something else and can be a bit agitated if you know how to push the correct buttons." Paragon offhandedly says making her shudder at the injuries he made.
"W..Well i still demand you leave these grounds this instant or else!" She shouts making the troops give a sharp breath at that, surely she's not going to challenge the Commander of all people?
"Or else what?" Paragon asks starting to get annoyed with this Banshee.
"Or...Or else ill duel you to get out of here!" She shouts
The reaction is instant as the soldiers gasped at that while the children talk about what she just proclaimed.
"Surely you cannot be serious, what advantage would you have against me of all people? Or has that confrontation at that Inn left your mind?" He asks sarcastically.
"I have magic and from what i heard you merely used Brute Strength!" She cockily says but her skin turns a white pale as she sees something that is impossible to do.
Paragon is holding a sphere of pure energy in his left hand while bouncing it in said left hand.
"Oh? I may use brute strength but I do own an energy that isn't like magic, care to try your luck with me? I won't go easy on a girl like you no matter what morals." He venomously says.
"I..It's a trick! One of your soldiers must be projecting it!" she spews in a last ditch effort.
At that he sighs before he gestures his soldiers to back away to which they do.
"Must I show a demonstration to get through that thick skull of yours?" He says.
"Wait, what are yo-"
She gets cut off as Paragon drops the sphere in front of him and before it can get halfway past him he slams an upper kick into the sphere before it is sent sky high, the second its at a reasonable height it detonates generating a gigantic explosion in the sky with a shockwave breezing through the area and shaking the distant mountains and the tree's before the explosion subsides.
"That a good enough demonstration?" He asks.
She promptly faints to which a round of laughter is heard.
Flashback End
After that Fiasco Hermione never went near the camp, though she did shudder when she saw him near the lake or other places outside the castle.
Though the "Demonstration" did upset the idiotic Purebloods who came with the whole Auror unit to arrest Paragon for that and citing he used "Dark" magic, though the energy he used is a mix of dark and Light magic but to them it was "Dark".
After a while of listening to fudge's demands and Aurors moving to arrest him of all people Paragon decided to make one hell of an example, he did it in a way to get the point across: He beat the ENTIRE Auror unit black and blue and shattering their bones, after a few minutes the entire group was on the ground down for the count while the only people that were left standing was Dumbledore, Fudge, The Toad and the Potters minus their son who is still being treated, he did allow medics to come collect them but warned the next time they attempted to use their own jurisdiction he would take drastic measures to make sure they get the damn point across.
Michael knows what Paragon meant by that, afterall he was told the drastic measures Paragon would use is "Assassination", despite him being a guardian of balance he does have a special branch of Hitmen who specialise in taking out their targets quick and clean, the most efficient and plain Hitmen Paragon has is Agent 47, a man who is a contract killer and knows how to set a scene, he's read up on Agent 47's Hits and he must admit they were rather clean and didn't link him to anything, he can tell it won't be long till Paragon contracts Fudge or Dumbledore who in his mind deserve to die since they have been trying to force them out of here and get him back to his "Loving" family.
Another thing that happened is that both Demon Lord Fear and ArchAngel Mira have came to pick up the children for their own sides and the arrival of these two individuals was ...interesting since that toad from before arrived with some Aurors and Fudge and demanded that the creatures be killed, though Paragon couldn't stop Fear from making a mess of things.
Flashback - Day of the Pickup.
It was 10 in the morning and Michael was doing some Aura training with Paragon when all of a sudden two portals opened up which were both blue and red indicating they are portals from The Dark Spire and The White City, a figure steps out from each and they are an Angel Guard and a Demon Soldier, though when both came out they gave each a glare but turned their attention to Paragon.
"Commander Paragon, message from Lady Mira, she says she will be here at 12 to pick up the Angel Children." The Angel Guard says with a light voice.
"The same with Lord Fear." The Demon soldier says with a heavy voice.
"Alright, tell them to be here, i will arrive with them 30 minutes before the appointed time giving them a chance to have the families brought together." He says.
The two of them nod before they re-enter the portals to which they close.
"Looks like training is put on hold today Michael, let's go tell the children the good news" He says.
"Yes sir." Michael says to which he packs up his stuff and heads back to camp with him, unaware of a certain old man staring at them from his office.
Two hours Later
It's Been 2 hours since the announcement, when Paragon told the children they were ecstatic to learn that they are going home! But best of all their realms leader's are coming to PERSONALLY pick them up!
Paragon did say that the non-demons/angel children will be picked up tomorrow by a Carrier which will have their families who are distraught ever since the incident.
As the children are assembling at the pick-up point two Squads of Auror's and Fudge, Dumbledore, the Toad AND the Potters arrive with looks of both curiosity and annoyance along with being all high and mighty.
"Mr Paragon, may I ask why you have assembled the "Children" from your camp here along with some of your soldiers?" Fudge nervously asks looking at the soldiers with a weary look.
"Pick up." He bluntly says while he checks the digital watch on his command console on his arm.
"Pick up? Who may I ask is picking up the Children?" Dumbledore asks furrowing his eyebrows.
"You'll see, bear in mind that one of them is prone to attacks and insults, trigger him and I won't stop him, that especially goes for you Miss Toad." Paragon says giving Umbridge a glare to which she splutters.
"H...How dare you insult ME! A High official in the ministry!" She shrieks making the Aurors wince, though they won't exactly attempt to arrest him, his fists pack like a giant and they recently came out of St Mungo's.
"Quiet, the children are starting to get scared by you." He Says offhandedly as some of them hide behind the soldiers and him too.
"Tch, creatures like them shouldn't be scared if a man li-" James Potter is cut off as two HUMONGOUS energies are felt making the entire area shake and making the group of wizards bow to their knees with sweat pouring down.
"W...What is this D...dark magic?" An Auror asks struggling.
"That, is one of them." He says before two flashes are seen in front of the lake before a red and blue portal opens up.
Stepping out from the blue portal is a woman that is by far a gorgeous, with a curved body that can put anyone to shame with a set of gold and silver armour on her, she has long silky hair with a beautiful face with blue eyes while four large white wings extend from her back, the wizards instantly recognise her as an Angel, she also has a calming Aura.
"Greetings Commander Paragon, I have come for my young charges to escort to the White City." She says with a melodic voice.
"You too Archangel Mira, we just need to wait for Fear to come out then we can begin the transfer." He says to which she scowls slightly before nodding.
"Very well." She says
They didn't have to wait long before a dark and twisted Aura fills the area squashing the calming aura and making the wizards shake uncontrollably before a heavy metal boot steps out from the portal and a large and muscular being comes out which the wizards instantly recognise due to the fact he beat up two students: Demon Lord Fear.
"I'm here, had to calm the stupid nobles down when i told them i would be meeting with Mira, they kept demanding i kill her." Fear says clearly annoyed.
"I'm guessing you told them about the Multiversal Treaty?" Paragon asks, after the Multiversal War both Fear and Mira had to sign a peace treaty with Paragon overseeing it, the treaty states that both factions will not go to war ever again and will not support any rogue groups.
"Yea but they kept insinuating it's fake, anyway let's get this over with." Fear says while sending a glance at Mira.
She sends the same, both of them may be polar opposites but they have one thing in common:They both care greatly for children.
"Alright, Demon Children go towards Demon Lord Fear, Angel Children go towards ArchAngel Mira, once all are accounted for you can depart." Paragon says to which the children nod and run towards their respective leaders all while chattering excitedly.
"Everyone accounted for?" Paragon asks.
"All 20 are accounted for." Fear says after a head count.
"Wait...20? I only have 19." Mira says.
Paragon counts the Angel children and she's right, 19 kids.
"Sure you didn't leave one at the camp by accident?" Fear asks.
"I'm sure, lemme do a pulse." Paragon says before he lets off a miniscule of his energy that pulses throughout the entire area.
Fortunately he found her and for some reason she is in Hogwarts in a room with 3 Wizards, by the looks of it kid ones too.
"Looks like she is in the castle somehow, 3 kids have her surrounded and by the looks of it, she's scared." Paragon says with a frown while Mira looks apocalyptic.
Before she can even say anything Fear suddenly vanishes.
"Oh boy…." Paragon mutters with a facepalm.
Not even 1 minute three blood curdling screams emit from the castle before a grinning Fear returns with a small bit of blood on his chest plate appears with a bloody bag in his hand and a shaken Angel Girl whose clothes are ripped.
"Dare I ask?" Paragon says almost dreading the answer.
"Found the girl about to get raped by some ferret and two brutes, when i pushed him away he starting spouting about his "Father" and said something about getting me killed, when i told him to fuck off he sent a strange spell at me which just pinged off, i retalitated and cut off their prime jewels." Fear says with a very sickening grin holding the bag which is dripping making Paragon wince, OK he has to admit Malfoy and his goons deserved it but there's no way stopping Fear from doing a cruel act like that ...plus he hates kids about to be raped.
"Y...you did what!?" Fudge yells in disbelief.
"Aurors Arrest him!" The Toad screeches to which the Aurors look at Fear who smiles sadistically making them pale, no way in hell are they going to go toe-to-toe with a guy like that, plus he may just mutilate them horrifically, especially that gigantic sword on his back, that thing looks like it can sever a dragon!
"I think that would be a bad idea Miss Umbridge." Dumbledore says, for once in his life he agrees with that statement, that Demon radiates a power that makes both him, Grindelward AND Voldemort look like squibs and he knows how to effectively use it, he may be able to face him but his brute strength alone could potentially shatter his entire body in one blow.
"Then i'll do it myself!" She screeches as she takes out her wand and sends a cutting curse towards Fear to which it just bounces off his chest plate.
Nobody moves, only the sound of the wind and breathing is heard.
Fear suddenly smirks. "Well i guess i know your wish." He says before he vanishes and reappears infront of Umbridge and in a quick flash his sword separated her entire arm from her body making a fountain of blood pour out making her scream in pain but it's quickly muffled when Fear grabs her head with his hand.
"I wonder...if i pop your head will it be Red Blood or Green Blood?" He asks with a grin paling her eyes widen. "Let's find out." He says as he starts to apply pressure to her head making her scream muffled while battering her last arm on his hand and before anyone knew.
SQUELCH!
Her entire body stiffens as Fear's hand instantly crushes her head leaving a now headless body which drops to the ground making the Children scream.
"Well i guess it's red after all, she IS a human!" He says with a smirk before vanishing and reappearing next to the portal.
The entire wizard group is silent but their jaws have dropped in aghast while both Fear and Mira enter the portals with the children before they close leaving a silent field and a facepalming Paragon.
I'm not going to get a single ounce of sleep am i?
Flashback over
Thanks to that Fiasco Fudge went nuclear and started demanding the arrest of Fear but due to him being unreachable he settled for Paragon, but nobody dared to arrest him as he had the strength to single-handedly take down a whole Auror unit and Hogsmeade's residents were terrified of him too especially at the Inn where he stayed there for a night drinking Fire Whiskey as if it was water, though a few Aurors did pop by and tell him to pass a congratulations on to Fear for ending Umbridge.
The weeks rolled by with Paragon extensively training Michael who has been getting more and more prepared for the First Task, it took a lot of time but eventually he mastered Elemental Armour, he was ready for the First Task.
"Michael." Paragon's voice says as he enters his tent knocking him out of his thoughts.
"Yes?" He asks.
"It's time." He says with a monotone voice.
At that he nods and equips his Gauntlet, when the Weighing of the Wands came he baffled everyone when he said he doesn't use a wand and instead uses a Gauntlet which focuses both the Elements and Spells, the protest to ban his Gauntlet was immediately squashed when Paragon unleashed his own power which made everyone shut up and it was reluctantly allowed.
Getting out of the tent he looks around and notices the remaining children but with Adults playing with them, when it came time to take them home they DEMANDED to watch Michael in his tournament to which the adults agreed wholeheartedly wanting to watch the boy who saved their children in action, even the soldiers stayed.
As he walks through the camp he gives a couple of High-Fives to a few soldiers and spins a few kids around when they asked, eventually he exits the camp where Paragon is and the both of them head to where the First Task is.
It's time For the Tri-Wizard Tournament to Officially begins.
(Bip Bip Bip! Hey all! Sorry for this mini-cliffhanger but i wanted to save the next chapter for the Task, i hope you enjoy this and see ya'll next time!)