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World 4675
A Breathing heavily Michael Vendril is on the ground with his armour and uniform in tatters while around him is debris of various golems and elementals he had to face with a serious looking Paragon standing on top of a bunch of rocks.
"Very good, you managed to defeat them but barely which is a nice improvement Michael." Paragon says with a smile.
Ever since they came to this outlying world Paragon had decided to start Michael off by having him face off against small golems and elementals, given what he is going to face for the second task he decided to have him face off against different types to have him get a grasp of it, in all honesty he was originally going to have him face off against him but he threw that idea out when he realised Michael isn't even at his level, true the kid can adapt but he can adapt more quickly than him and can defeat Michael easily.
"T...Thank you sir…." He says as he winces getting up from the ground.
"Catch." Paragon says as he tosses a red potion which Michael recognises as a healing potion to which he immediately drinks it to which he feels all his wounds and broken bones heal miraculously.
"Although you did very well in that battle you still need to improve on your awareness." He says.
"Awareness sir?" Michael asks.
"Yes, one thing all warriors and fighters must use is to be aware of their surroundings, recall that time when that Earth Elemental nearly crushed you with those 2 walls." He says gesturing his head to two broken walls that were smashed together.
"Ah that, do i need to focus my magic around me like a sonar?" Michael asks.
"Somewhat, it's a rather advanced but costly technique, I will teach you it right now and you can practice it back at camp." He says getting a nod from Michael.
At that a small faint aura surrounds Paragon making Michael choke a little due to the proximity to Paragon to which the aura expands and he can feel it going through him.
"That technique is known as "Aura Pulse", the basis of it is to channel your magic around you which as you saw formed a barrier like Aura around me to which when it was at a certain point I can release it and allow me to sense anything whether its magic or living." He says, though subconsciously Paragon can do it without using the technique due to the fact he has practiced it to a point its second nature.
"So if I can't see my enemy I can sense them instead? What if they are invisible?" Michael asks.
"You can still sense them, though it may be tricky if they are the size of an ant and yes they can exist." He quickly responds when Michael opens his mouth.
"Now then, focus Michael, concentrate your magic within you, try to form the barrier around your body, don't put too much into it otherwise it will hurt or worse kill you." Paragon says to which Michael nods.
He merely closes his eyes as he taps into his Magic reserves, although he was exhausted from that training session he was trained to have his magic quickly recharge itself, in a battle your opponent wouldn't even give you a single chance to recover which made his magic recover to a nominal point.
He manages to get a grasp of his magic and starts to focus on it, allowing him to spread it throughout his body, although more experienced magic wielders can use it to even heal their wounds Paragon did say he will teach him that at a later point once he has the battle part down.
As he focuses a small barrier starts to surround Michael which makes Paragon do a small smile at that.
"Easy there Michael, lower it by a small margin." He says noticing it was going past the part he needed.
He does what he says, lowering it by a small amount all while concentrating more, keeping a firm grasp on his magic.
"Now then, with the correct amount of magic you have I want you to release the grasp." He says to which Michael does that and once he releases the grasp the barrier expands greatly to which he can sense both him and Paragon but nothing else.
"Incredible…." He says as he looks at his hands speechless but he breathes heavily for doing that.
"Yes it is, it can help you a variety of times, if you're in total darkness but don't know any light spells you can do that to get a gist of how many enemies are surrounding you." Paragon says.
"Wait, if i start practicing this in camp won't the others ponder why i am doing that?" Michael asks looking up at him.
"I will alert them so that they know you are practicing the spell, they won't think it is an attack, especially since some of the magic users will know it is your magic signature, now are you ready to get back to camp?" He asks as he vanishes the rubble of the golems and elementals.
"Yes sir." Michael says.
"Good, let's go." Paragon says as he creates a portal to which the two of them enter with it closing behind them.
Balance Force Camp - Hogwarts Grounds.
As the two of them exit the portal Paragon made, they hear a loud commotion at the camp entrance.
"For fucks sake it better not be those two dunderheads." He says with a groan, he is seriously tempted to at least send out assassins to kill both Dumbledore and Fudge, those two are more annoying than anything.
"Why don't you just expose them sir?" Michael asks as a medic gives a scan of him and gives him the all clear.
"Because they haven't irritated me enough, if they do I would." He says to which the both of them head for the entrance.
As the two of them reach the entrance they see a stern old witch who Paragon recognises as the head of Gryffindor Professor McGonagall.
"For the 25th time you old hag Michael Vendril is out training with the Commander!" One of the guards shouts, and by the sounds of it he is much less irritated by her constant pestering.
"H...How dare you!" She shouts, her face angry from that insult.
"What's going on here?" Paragon asks as he approaches, to which the guards give an immediate salute.
"Sir! This woman demands to speak with Michael Vendril, apparently some sort of important event is approaching and she is asking to speak to him about it!"
"I see, tell me what this event is." Paragon sternly asks, crossing his arms while Michael stands next to Paragon, curious of why she wants to speak with him.
"There is a ball happening soon at Hogwarts which is mandatory for all Champions to attend it, I am here to tell Mr Potter to attend it otherwise he will lose his magic." She says.
Silence fills the area as the guards and everyone else stare at her.
"I dunno if your that thick headed or if your ears need cleaned out but i highly doubt this "Ball" is mandatory, i have researched the Triwizard tournament and it isn't Mandatory in the rules and the regulations, it is merely a ball to raise international relationships, not to mention it's to get some horny students to get other students pregnant…." Paragon bluntly says making some of the guards choke at that blunt reply with the professor looking at him with a gaping mouth in shock.
Gathering her composure from that reply she replies.
"Well recently Headmaster Dumbledore has petitioned to make it mandatory with the Tournament commission and has been granted it so Mr Potter has no choice but to attend." She says but Paragon can tell she has a hint of smugness in that tone.
Michael looks at this with wide eyes, has that old man seriously lost it!? Does he truly want to have all the cards on the field?
"B...But that's not fair!" Michael protests without thinking.
"Tch…." Paragon says with a scowl, it looks like Dumbledore did a card on the field, he may need to take drastic measures at this point if he continues to put barriers and blockades in the way of this operation, perhaps he should give Rita the all-clear to post that story he told her on the First Task.
"In about a month the Ball will begin, if you do not attend your magic will be forfeit." She says.
"I see, perhaps i should tell him this, if Michael were to not attend then i will not hesitate to DESTROY the entire castle if i see him drop dead at my feet, children or not be damned for i will NOT allow a brainless old fart like him trying to boss us around!" Paragon says as his Energy starts to leak making his soldiers back away in fear while McGonagall is petrified at this.
"Sir stop!" Michael yells to which everyone looks to him curious.
"I'll go." He says with a glare.
"Michael?" Paragon asks with a head tilt and a raised eyebrow.
"I said I'll go to it." He sternly says.
"You sure? If you want i can-"
"No, I wish to do this on my own, you said that a soldier has to confront unexpected events such as this head-on and formulate a plan if the situation arises, this sounds like the perfect chance for me to test that out." He says.
McGonagall regains her composure and returns to her normal look.
"Very well, when the day comes your pa-"
"No, i won't let those scum come pick me up, to them their nobodies, i will be picked up by my TRUE parents, the ones who gave me a life and a home! Not the filth that used me as a BATTERY to that pathetic excuse of a human being!" Michael snarls as his magic leaks a bit.
Paragon makes a mental note to not leave Michael with Fear again, apparently he's rubbing off on him too much.
"H-how dare y-"
"You heard the boy, now get outta here or do I have to teach you how to fly?" Paragon says, cracking his knuckles while his soldiers' weapons give a whirr of powering up.
She gets the hint and bolts away not wanting to test his patience.
"It seems that i will have to replace some lessons of how to combat elementals with teaching you how to dance, a pity that as i was going to have you face some more golems and elementals tomorrow." Paragon says.
"It's alright sir, it will give me a chance to see the inside of Hogwarts and get a lay of it" Michael asks, getting a nod from Paragon.
"Yes, it does give us an advantage, if we decide to infiltrate Hogwarts you can locate some key areas such as the Chamber of Secrets where some ancient books of Salazar Slytherin are kept and the Room of Requirement where the next Horcrux is." He says.
"My only problem is finding a date, since well balls are where someone with a date goes." Michael says with a frown.
"No need, one can attend the ball and wait patiently for someone to offer to dance with them, unless i can convince Mira to attend and she would oblige if to get you closer to your goal, though she may be approached by the more fanatical purebloods thinking she is the perfect wife which won't end well as ones who tend to annoy her a lot can find a arrow through their genitals." He says with a wince while his soldiers shiver at that and nervously clutch their crotch, Mira can be a scary one when pissed.
"That does sound like a plan, though I take it you may assign some soldiers with me as a precaution or to help?" Michael asks.
"Mhm, Dumbledore may try something we wouldn't expect or control you, they will be with you throughout the entire event and help with the Room of Requirement too." Paragon says.
"So, i am guessing my parents will be teaching me how to dance?" He asks, he doesn't see Paragon the dancing type.
"Yes, i have seen your parents attend dances or balls before though they may be angry at the move Dumbledore pulled, anyway get some rest Michael you got a long few days ahead." Paragon says.
"Yes sir." Michael says with a salute as he turns and heads back to his tent to which Paragon turns and looks to the office where a silhouette is watching him.
'Watch me all you want Old Fart cos the more moves you pull the high chance i will pull a move even you wouldn't be able to weasel your way out, i have faced more manipulative bastards than you and you won't try to outsmart me.' Paragon thinks as he turns and heads back to his Command Tent, he has to inform the news to the Vendrils and remake the schedule.
Timeskip - 1 month
The month for the ball passes fast as Paragon continues to train Michael in combat and his parents teaching him how to dance, as expected they were both shocked and outraged at the stunt Dumbledore had pulled, John had to hold back his wife who looked ready to go and kill Dumbledore until she calmed down when Paragon stated 'I have enough dirt on Dumbledore that even Fear would gladly torture him forever and keep him alive.'
At that statement she had calmed down but they were happy when he said that they would be teaching Michael on how to dance and pick out his uniform for the ball which they eagerly did with him, they had multiple shopping trips to get the best wear for Michael but nothing extravagant to make him stick out, the dance lessons were fair and simple and ways to not step on a females toes as well.
The training lessons were a bit watered down since Paragon didn't wish to risk it and have him lose track of time with Michael, although the rule was utter garbage he didn't want to try anything and toned it down for Michael to only fight small elementals, though at the end of the week he fought a single large elemental which he handled really well showing he is progressing at a rapid pace.
During the month's wait however, the camp received an unexpected guest in the form of a certain dungeon bat who showed up asking for a meeting with Paragon urgently as he had critical information.
Flashback - 5 Days after the announcement of the Ball
In his tent Paragon is scrying over his documents and any plans he has, as Commander it is his job to oversee them which include reports, recruit lists, names, spy reports and more importantly blueprints of potentially new technology the science department has been developing which he would need to approve, the latest blueprint he looked over was for a new Terraformer that would restore an entire planet at a rapid pace and less fuel consumption, as he is busy a voice is heard outside his tent.
"Sorry to bother you Commander but you have a visitor who wishes to see you." The soldier outside says.
"If it's the old fossil and Fudge head tell them to fuck off, im in no mood for their gospel." He says, he swears those two are the most stubborn people he has met.
"It is Severus Snape sir, he declares he has important information for you." The soldier says which makes Paragon direct his full attention to the front with a questionable look wondering why he of all people is here.
"Send him in." He says, the man isn't the most social person and detests many things and yet he wishes to speak with him? He wonders if its to convey a message from Dumbledore.
The tent flap opens and in walks the tall pale imposing figure with a hooked nose and greasy hair, Severus Snape.
"Well well, what's a cronie of Dumbledore doing here? Come to give me another declaration from Dumbledore like his Deputy? If it is then I ask that you leave before I send Dumbledore a more permanent message in the form of a battered corpse." Paragon threatens with a glare which makes Snape flinch since he looks to be serious about that threat.
"I am here on my own without any messages from Dumbledore, i am here to give you information and a warning, a warning about what will happen in 4 days." Snape says.
That piques Paragon's curiosity, it is unlike Snape to give anyone a warning unless it is a Slytherin.
"Well, take a seat and be done with what you wish to say, as you can see i have work to do." He says gesturing to his table of papers.
Snape nods to which he takes a seat from across Paragon but looks around cautiously.
"If you're worried about any Dumbledore spies then don't, i can easily detect a hidden spy from here and kick them out, not even spells can escape my perception now what do you want? And if it's to assassinate me, you're welcome to try, I've gibletted men who tried that and they merely left as small pieces of flesh." He says as he crosses his arms.
"N...No, i recently left a meeting with Dumbledore who wanted me to deliver a message and offer to Fenrir Greyback." Snape says.
Paragon raises an eyebrow at that, Dumbledore must be desperate for something if he's brokering a deal with the most dangerous werewolf ever, the werewolf is unpredictable as anything and he did declare that if he saw Fenrir anywhere he would kill him on sight, that man is someone who shouldn't live.
"I take it you also left that meeting with Fenrir?" He asks about getting a nod from the Potions Master.
"Yes, Dumbledore gave Fenrir an offer: If he and his werewolves can take you out then he can petition for Werewolves to have a more amenable presence and remove the bounty from his head along with other things that Fenrir wishes." Snape says.
Paragon frowns at that but inwardly he is angry at that, this camp may be secure but there's still innocents such as Children and their Parents still here, true he and his men are well trained and equipped, couple with Fear and Mira coming by they can withstand any attack even by a god level but there's a high chance that werewolves can get by and cause damage and casualties, something that angers him, he would have to come up with a plan to do this.
"You didn't come to me with this information without something in return, what do you want." He asks to which Snape sighs deeply.
"I want out….." He says.
"Out…? Explain." He asks, confused at that response.
"I want out because i am being used as a lapdog by Dumbledore, he uses me as his own potions supplier, i am basically under his thumb, i barely get any rest, have a chance to research potions or get any free time, if the Dark Lord rises i wouldn't be able to get a wink of sleep due to the Dark Mark i still wear, so what i want in return is i wish to escape both of them." Snape declares which surprises Paragon slightly.
"I could take you to the Capital City of ours known as Libra, itll get you out of this planet, universe and to a area you can live free without anyone bothering you at all." Paragon says.
"If it gets me away from Dumbledore and the Dark Lord I would gladly take it." Snape says without hesitation.
"The only thing that needs to be done is to get rid of any spells, oath's and that Dark Mark off your hand, my on-hand Magical Division can get those spells off, the Oath's and the Dark Mark i can easily handle." Paragon says.
"Impossible, no-one can break an oath unless the person you give the oath to does it, as for the Dark Mark only the Dark Lord could take it off." Snape says.
"Oh i can break those, i have lived far far longer than that fossil of a headmaster and i know trillions of spells and magic, some ranging from healing to destruction to spells capable of levelling half this planet, an Oath and Dark Mark are nothing to me, it'll hurt slightly but the pain will be worth it." Paragon says.
"Then prove it, try and break the Oath I have on me." Snape snarls slamming his hands on the table ruffling the papers which makes Paragon frown at that, he organised those in columns to make it easier, he will have to redo the columns after this meeting.
He merely raises a hand while an aura surrounds Snape to which tendrils of magic slither out, a total of 6 rather come out with a slight chain connected to them.
"What you are witnessing are the Oaths, these Oaths are connected to the individual you did the Oath too, they are governed by Magic itself but considering how she is terrified of me i can break them without her supervision, she knows that trying to interfere with my business would lead her to be replaced and a quick death, bear this in mind is that when i break one of the Oaths the one you made it too will be alerted, i suspect Dumbledore will come immediately when he feels an Oath or 2 you made to him be broken to which my men with rudely kick him out, now are you ready? Do remember that this will slightly hurt." Paragon says.
"Can't you break them all at the same time?" Snape asks curiously.
"No, you would die a slow and agonising death from an influx of Oaths breaking, when I break one i need to wait a bit for the pain to subside then I can do it again until all are broken." He says.
"And the Dark Mark….?" Snape asks, showing his hand.
"That would be simple." Paragon says to which he unsheathes an elegant long blue sword.
"What will you do with that?" Snape asks, eyeing the sword wearily.
"Simple, i will stab the mark where your hand is, it is completely painless mind you as this sword is Divine in nature as it was made by the Arch-Angels, the amount of Good and Light energy in this will purge the mark and heal the wound at the same time." Paragon says as he sheathes it.
Snape merely ponders at that while Paragon gets up and walks around.
"Now then, are you ready for the Oath Breaking?" He asks.
"...Yes." Snape says with conviction.
"Good." Paragon replies to which he grabs one of the Oath tendrils and with a quick flick from his wrist.
The Oath Tendril snapes with the sound of a chain breaking to which Snape winces and collapses to a knee sweating slightly and panting while a certain Headmaster bolts up from the head table and runs out of the Hall as if he has Dementors after him greatly confusing both his staff and the students.
"Told you it would hurt." Paragon says to the kneeling Snape who is sweating and panting while trying to stand up to which he uses the table as leverage.
"Merlin i thought that the Cruciatus Curse was bad." Snape says as he shakily stands up, it felt like his heart just got stabbed!
"I'll wait till you're ready then we can resume." Paragon calmly says.
After a minute or two to catch his breath Severus stands up.
"Continue." Severus says as he prepares for more pain, he is definitely glad he didn't break them all at the same time, if the pain was THAT bad he wouldn't wish to feel all of them break!
A quick grab and flick the second Oath breaks to which Severus winces but leans on the table barely so he doesn't kneel to the ground while outside the camp Dumbledore arrives breathing heavily and he stands before the camp guards.
"Let me in this instance!" Dumbledore demands.
The guards merely stand there motionless, they wanna hit him as much as possible but until he tries to force his way in or starts to get aggressive they will continue to just stand like statues but they will glare at him while Dumbledore's response is to start shouting at them and declares ALL of his titles and how powerful he is which doesn't make the guards even flinch, they've seen the Commander on the battlefield and compared to what they fought in their military life a old fossil such as the one in front of them isn't the most intimidating.
"He bothering you two?" A dark demonic voice says behind them to which they straighten but are shaken from the deep and evil voice of Demon Lord Fear.
"N...No sir." They immediately say, they don't wanna piss HIM off all people off, he has a temper if you push the right buttons.
"So, what brings an old ruin like you to the camp? If you're looking for a retirement home then you are in the wrong place Bummydore." Fear says as he steps past the shaken guards, his footsteps thundering.
Dumbledore merely looks bristled at that insult but keeps his composure but inwardly he is shaken by the power this being holds, compared to Grindelwald and Voldemort and Him, they wouldn't even stand a chance against this demon, he has tried looking up ancient seals but some are so ineligible or lost that he couldn't find anything. Infact he tried contacting contacts in other countries but they didn't even answer.
"So, are you going to answer or will you suffer a heart attack for my own enjoyment?" Fear asks with a grin, enjoying this moment, he enjoys tormenting mortals such as this one but he adores tormenting immortals with painful tortures, he can stab em as much as possible and they wouldn't die! It's music to his ears.
"I demand access to this encampment! Your leader has taken one of my Staff as hostage and I demand he release him!" Dumbledore declares.
No-one makes a sound to which Fear gives off a deep laugh that sends chills down everyone's spine including Michael's who saw the conversation and was curious, that laugh was of someone who enjoys torture.
"You must have some balls to demand something from a Demon Lord of all people! If i wasn't here for my own personal enjoyment of Paragon's predicament i would've gutted you right here and burned this ENTIRE area to nothing but ashes!" Fear says as he continues to laugh while Paragon breaks the 4th oath in his tent making Dumbledore flinch and he has decided to make drastic measures.
"If you won't let me in then i'll force my way in!" He declares to which he storms forward with his wand out to which the guards power up their weapons, but before they step forward Fear raises his hand to which they stop.
"You sure you wish to try that course of action? If you try to kill me I will kill you much like that toad, attacks on me i don't take lightly." Fear says with a grin.
"Not even a Demon like you can take on "Light" spells!" Dumbledore declares to which he raises his arm and before he can fire a spell off Fear appears in front of Dumbledore with a firm grip on his arm tightly making the weary Headmaster flinch from the pain.
"Hmm, quite a unique wand, i am surprised it is with you." Fear casually says as he forces Dumbledore's fingers off the wand to which Fear quickly snatches it and let's go off Dumbledore's arm as he inspects the wand, he is all too familiar with it since it oozes the scent of death, and besides it is an artifact he wanted to destroy: The Elder Wand.
"Return my wand this instant!" Dumbledore yells as he rubs his arm while glaring at Fear in pure hatred.
"Oh this isn't your wand i am afraid, this wand went through many people's possessions, some for good, others for pure evil, infact if i recall you were trying to collect all of the Deathly Hallows for your own deeds which unfortunately failed instantly when Paragon destroyed the Cloak of Invisibility, however it will continue to be failed as you will lose one thing." Fear declares as he turns to Dumbledore with the wand in his hand.
"And that is?" Dumbledore demands as he grits his teeth at Fear who merely smirks in pure evil.
"This" He declares to which a red flame appears in his outstretched hand where the wand is with powerful screams emitting from it as the demonic flames burn the wand to ashes with Dumbledore looking in shock.
Dumbledore merely looks at this in shock, he never believed James when he said that the Cloak of Invisibility was destroyed by the new arrival but now he does once he had witnessed Fear burn The Elder Wand in front of him, that merely leaves one Deathly Hallows left that he hopes hasn't been found yet.
"You fool! Do you know what you just did!?" Dumbledore snarls as Fear tosses away the ashes of the fabled wand.
"Yes, I destroyed an artifact made by Death himself, I would expect a meeting with him but a being such as him is practically terrified of me given my nature, now if you must know I want to go back to sleeping since you woke me up." Fear says to which he turns and starts to walk away.
Dumbledore visibly angry at this ignores the pain in his arm and runs forward at Fear since his back is turned intending to hit him with a wandless Bombarda in his hand, it usually takes alot of magic to form it but he's so damn angry now while unaware that Fear expected this.
"Pathetic." He says to which at the last second he dodges the Bombarda and brutally slams his fist into Dumbledore's face, there isn't alot of power in that fist but he can hear the cracking sound of bone from his nose as well as several cracks from the force on his skull to which he is launched several feet back and across the ground to which he lays on the ground with blood seeping from his now broken nose and bruises on his face.
When he tries to get up from that brutal attack he cries in agony when Fear appears above him, a foot pressed to his chest. "That was a mighty stupid move on your part, i can see why your family is named "Dumbledore", your family aren't exactly the smartest in wizarding history, now here's a nice little hint, if you try to attack me again or anyone at this camp you can expect me no later to appear before you and give you the most brutal beatdown of your life and i won't hold back, what you just had was a very small taste of my power, now then with that small lesson scurry on back to your "Castle" and don't come near the camp again, we clear?" Fear asks.
He could only nod fearfully to which Fear takes his foot off his chest to which Dumbledore shakily gets up and skurries back to the castle limping.
"I can't leave you for a minute and you're already giving me a headache." A voice says to which Fear turns around and sees Paragon with a shaky Severus Snape.
"It was to get the point across, too bad I couldn't gut him." Fear says with a pout while he looks to Snape wondering why he is here.
"Our new friend here came to me with disturbing information, I was going to come get you until I heard the commotion and came to see you giving Dumbledore a beating." Paragon says to which Fear shrugs at.
"Oh well, so what's this information?" Fear asks, not caring if Paragon's angry knowing the bastard had it coming.
"Fetch Mira, she would need to hear it too." He says to which Fear scowls at.
"Do i have to fetch that bitch?" He asks with a snarl, everyone knows that Demon and Angel hate each other but Fear and Mira have resisted having a large scale confrontation, though it would make Paragon step in since the war would cause a universal disruption of balance, something he upholds greatly.
"Yes." he sternly says to which he turns around and walks back to his tent expecting Mira to be angry and Fear possibly angry and laughing at the pathetic plan.
Flashback End
As Paragon had expected Mira was angry at the plan that Dumbledore had used while Fear merely just laughed at the pathetic plan, an army of Werewolves to attack a camp like this when three universal level beings here? He may as well send an army of peasants with pitchforks than them with rocks as ranged weaponry.
Once he had briefed them on the new information they decided to discuss a plan on how to deal with this new development, an argument did break out when Fear blatantly just suggested letting them attack to which Mira shouts at him for that idea disregarding the loss of life to which Fear snarled back with the two bickering back and forth so much that they had unconsciously let off some power which made the area shake slightly and before they decided to come to blows Paragon had to break it up, he doesn't want them destroying the planet in a fight or worse the Universe since a fight between these two is catastrophic, he can attest given how he faced Fear in the Multiversal War.
Eventually it was Mira who came up with a more solid plan, since Dumbledore had specifically asked Fenrir and his packs to ONLY target Paragon and had disregarded both her and Fear it would make it a easy plan, the plan was on the day of the attack at night (Which as it turns out is a Full Moon too) Paragon will go into the Forbidden Forest and take a stroll, his scent would cause the Wolf Pack to converge on his location only since somehow Dumbledore had gotten his scent for Fenrir and his pack to find, to Fear and Mira it would be a massacre, even armies wouldn't stop Paragon even if they came with machines armed for war and Fear had grinned asking if he can come along since he wishes to partake in such a massacre to which Paragon after thinking nodded since it would sate Fear's ongoing bloodlust since if he doesn't kill quite often he would get a bit more…..violent, infact the other day he challenged 5 soldier's to a brawl and they left on stretchers with several bones broken and in critical condition but he was slightly satisfied.
However since only Fear and Paragon are doing this plan Mira had to stay behind and pick off any Wolves that decide to escape and hit the camp and since her arrows and expert marksmanship with her Celestial Bow are widely known she would be in the treetops of the forest picking off escapists but if Fenrir shows up (And he will) then she has to leave him to Fear and Paragon since he is one of Voldemort's more powerful Death Eaters and massacring this wolf pack would diminish his allies severely, the Giants that would ally with him when he rises were taken care off courtesy of Fear who returned with him covered in blood and his sword dripping with fresh blood which made many of the men startled and one of them had to get him a large towel which he demanded to clean off the blood.
After some time between training Michael and preparing for the attack the night quickly approached to which all three of them prepared and got into position while Paragon had ordered the camp in lockdown meaning if its big and furry and it ain't human it should be killed on SIGHT, if Dumbledore or Fudge or some moronic idiot comes over they have permission to inflict injury on them and send them packing, it doesn't matter if they are curious kids they aren't allowed in a Lockdown camp and besides the Hogwarts Students are far too curious for their own good, infact the resident pranksters the Weasley Twins tried sneaking into the camp to put a hefty Laxative into Paragon's coffee but they accidentally walked into Mira's tent instead when she was changing to which she reacted angrily and sent a dozen hailstorms of arrows at the screaming Weasley's who bumped into Fear who gladly kicked them out after giving them some broken bones since they had ruined his dinner which was a large leg of lamb he was having into the campfire.
Flashback - Night of the Werewolf attack.
Strolling down a path in the Forbidden Forest a casual calm Paragon and an evil grinning Fear look around admiring the forest, though Fear has a slight bit of blood on him when 3 Centaurs came across them to which they were about to attack to which Fear killed them as quickly as possible.
"You really couldn't hold it in could you?" He asks, sending a glance to Fear who still grins.
"The massacre we are about to do has me hyped, it's been a bit since i have participated in such a bloodthirsty fight, the only fight's i have is just spars and brawls!" He says with a deep chuckle while Paragon sighs at that.
"Just try not to go overboard and obliterate the entire forest and landscape with one of your attacks, your Dark Core has more than enough power to obliterate this entire continent as your one who doesn't hold back in the slightest." He says.
"I am a Demon if you keep forgetting, I don't hold back unless the opponent interest's me and I kick it up a notch." Fear says as he smashes a rock away sending it hurling through the forest.
"Yet you went all out when the two of us fought in The Multiversal War and you took me seriously when I managed to land a hit on you to which you got angry and went full power considering how i hurt your pride." Paragon says calmly.
Once that is said he reacts instantly and catches a fist from Fear inches from his head to which a shockwave emits from them scattering branches and destroying the bark off a few trees with pebbles turning to dust.
"Don't you dare fucking remind me of that!" He snarls as his eyes glow ominously.
"I am merely stating facts." He says as he throws Fear's fist away and continues walking making the Demon glare at him to which he runs and catches up with him.
"Well if you want we can have a rematch here, i have gotten stronger after rigorous training." Fear says as a small dark aura surrounds him hoping he would accept the offer.
"No." Paragon blandly says not rising to the bait, he knows Fear and Him would destroy this universe and several others in the ensuing rematch since their power is beyond anything comprehensible.
Fear merely scowls and dissipates his aura, his bloodlust is getting rather high, he just hopes this pup brings his Werewolves cos he needs something to kill.
After 30 minutes the two of them stop in a very large clearing to which Paragon tenses and his nose twitches.
"Smell that?" Paragon asks to a smirking Fear, he knows that smell.
"Yea…Werewolves…" He says.
At that saying the sides rustle to which a dozen figures jump out surrounding them as a barrage of paw's hitting dirt and snarling is heard as they are surrounded in a circle to which eventually the entire clearing is filled to the brim with Werewolves and by the look and indication there's is surprisingly 400 werewolves, it seems Fenrir brought extra's as a precaution.
"Huh, looks like Snakey boy was 100 off." Fear says looking at all the snarling Werewolves.
"Doesn't matter, we have taken on more than Werewolves and armies, this is more like an angry mob." Paragon says to Fear.
"Care to say that again?" A gruff but deep voice says.
The two of them turn around to see the Werewolves parting to reveal a slightly bigger Werewolf who towers over some of them to which Fear gives a smirk.
"Fenrir Greyback?" Fear asks.
"You guessed right, I know who that is next to you but i don't know who you are, are you a traitor to The Dark Lord?" He asks with a snarl.
"Oh please, as if someone as weak and insignificant like him could tame a Demon Lord such as me, he would have to be as powerful as my ally here to even stand a chance against." Fear says with a scowl, how dare he think that HE can be tamed by a lowly piss-ant like Voldemort! He will make this mutt BEG for death!
The nearby Werewolves growl when they hear him declare his title, they sensed he was an unusual being but now that he admitted it and in close proximity they can tell he is the real deal.
"So you are an enemy as well?" He asks, baring his teeth.
"He is, he has an unsatisfied Bloodlust and when my spies found out about the attack on my camp I decided to come out here to lure all of you out, he volunteered willingly since a massacre like this made him all the more excited." Paragon says off-handedly making the werewolves growl.
"Do you truly think you're strong enough to take all of us on? We outnumber you 400 to 2, you are nothing but a mere muggle while we have the strength of a wolf!" Fenrir boasts.
"Well then, I suggest we have a condition to this "Slaughter" that will commence." Fear suggests with a grin as he cracks his knuckles.
"You're going to suggest we fight unarmed, aren't you?" Paragon idly asks Fear who's grin widens more.
"You are foolish to take on werewolves with nothing but your fists!" Fenrir snarls out.
Fear and Paragon's response is to unsheathe their respective weapons and stab them into the ground, while Paragon's swords are stabbed into the ground with no aftereffect Fear's weapon causes a spiral of cracks into the ground making some of the werewolves back away slightly.
"If you think we are foolish….."
"Then how about you attack us now mutt!?" Fear shouts.
Fenrir growls at that insult along with the other werewolves.
"Slaughter them!" He orders.
Once said the werewolves howl and stampede towards the two.
"First one to have the highest kills get's Fenrir." Paragon says.
"I'll take you up on that!" Fear says to which the two of them assume their stances when the werewolves leap.
Once in range the two of them leap into action and smash their fist's into a werewolf shattering their upper skeleton with sickening cracks, the two of them start to go on the attack dodging and weaving around any claw strikes, while Paragon's dodges have the grace of a Ballerina Fear's dodging is mostly him taking them head on with the attacks barely even scratching him as he savagely brutalizes his target's. Paragon's attacks are more counteractive as when a wolf scratches at him he grabs the offending arm and snaps it in half before he slams a foot into their chest crushing their organs at the same time while two attack him from behind and he responds with a roundhouse kick knocking their head's clean off, two attempt to attack him from the sides to which he jumps into the air and when they miss he comes down with his feet and smashes their heads into the ground leaving a bloody mess. When one of them grabs him from behind and another goes for him from the front he responds by smashing the grabber's foot turning it into dust and countering his attack by flipping over him and throwing a fist into his back sending him flying into a tree branch impaling him while he grabbed a rock and with his strength threw it through the wolf that grabbed him into its head making it pop while he goes to face more werewolves. Fear on the other hand takes much joy in the werewolves, they are like him but have no tact and just attack on instinct, infact when a group charged at him he grabbed the nearest wolf after he stomped his foot through its chest and smashed it's corpse hard against the group sending them flying while he used his corpse-mace as a temporary weapon sending more flying and when it was finished he tossed it away like a wrapper and continued brutally slaughtering his targets, he hasn't had a slaughter like this on here for a while and he is in heaven!
Fenrir however is growling and sweating slightly as the two combatant's are butchering the army of Werewolves he managed to get over the years due to the laws regarding them, hell he even got some over the world since the purebloods there despise them and yet even they are getting kicked around by these 2, when he was told by Snape about targeting one man and his combat prowess he decided to bring as many werewolves as he could thinking he is a experienced wizard and thought that numbers would win, he wasn't expecting a second being to be with him and he's a demon no less! The aura and energy he emits makes Fenrir quiver in fright as he takes glory in killing while his intentional target kills them with a poker face and countering as if he is used to this! Looking to the left to some werewolves who are at the back he barks out an order.
"I want you 30 to hit the camp, these two are most likely the most powerful defenders so it should be easy pickings." He commands getting nods to which they stampede away.
"Hey, some stragglers are scampering away!" Fear shouts over the chaos as he breaks a wolf literally in half with his hands and tosses the ends away.
"Let Mira handle em!" Paragon yells back as he blasts a werewolf away.
Seconds later over the battle Fenrir would hear the howls of pain from the direction he sent the Werewolves making him think that this isn't the only two here.
After 30 minutes of brutal slaughter Fear and Paragon stand in the middle of a field of carcasses all around them, both do not look even tired or injured, Paragon has small splotches of blood from his kills while Fear just stands there with a satisfied grin and drenched in blood.
"Well i am satisfied." He says as he sheathes his sword while Paragon sheathes his weapons.
"You do." He says as he looks to where Fenrir is or was, it seems he fled.
"Who won?" Fear asks.
"You did, I got 180 while you got 190." Paragon blandly says, he wasn't fighting seriously so Fear win's this round.
"So….." Fear says as he looks to where he knows where Fenrir ran.
"Go ahead." Paragon says with a sigh.
That sentence made the blood drenched Demon Lord vanish on the spot making him run to where Fenrir is escaping while said Werewolf is running as fast as he can, his entire army of werewolves was butchered like anything, he knows that when The Dark Lord rises he will be angry at what happened, while he thinks on that he is stopped in his tracks as he slams face first into a wall to which he shakes his head and looks up, only to pale when he notices the blood drenched Fear with a sickening grin.
"Going somewhere fleabag? It's not nice for an army captain to run off while his soldiers are being killed, but since you're the captain I am going to take my time and make sure your pain is endless unlike them." He says as he cracks his knuckles with a vicious smile.
Fenrir merely does a whimper of a pup.
Flashback End
Fear wasn't lying in that sentence, when he took Fenrir he experienced torture the likes of which he never imagined while he was in the Demon Lord's grasp, for 3 days straight he didn't have a chance to rest or anything and by the 4th day Fear decided on a scary way to humour himself, it was during the beginning of breakfast that when Dumbledore and the staff sat down for breakfast along with the Student Body that the tortured body of Fenrir appeared dangling from the Great Hall's ceiling, in fact when it had appeared everyone looked on shock with many turning green, the silence breaker was when Fenrir's stomach ripped open after a Demon Time Torture charm kicked in that the Great Hall broke into pandemonium with many students injured and fainting greatly from the sight, even the "Boy Who Lived" fainted and puked from this.
After that gruesome display the school day was cancelled while Auror's looked over the crime scene with Amelia Bones despite seeing the Voldemort War almost lost her breakfast at the sight and thought it was Paragon's work, yet when she went to confront him he merely told her to take it up with Fear but was warned to NOT confront him about it, a satisfied Demon Lord is more easier to control and he did quote "Better Fenrir and his packs that your Auror's, infact he was one step away from going on a killing spree." That made sense to Amelia who reluctantly didn't confront the Demon Lord, she didn't want to incur his wrath, she did get along well with Mira and Paragon but Fear is someone she doesn't wish to mess with regardless of how much she wished to tell him off.
After the Werewolf fiasco it was back to training for Michael, he took greatly towards the dancing lessons but noticed Paragon didn't give him more harder elementals to which he responded he didn't want him injured when he took his dancing lessons, he was also shocked that Mira the Arch-Angel accepted if only reluctantly, though from what Paragon said she took a fit and her growl even made Fear shiver in ecstasy since he enjoys seeing people lose their temper, infact Paragon did tell him that a few Purebloods "Tried" to court Mira when she was exploring Hogsmeade but were rather angry when she ignored them and tried to hex her but only received an arrow through their hands and given how it was Angel Energy the people at St Mungo's had to wait for it dissipate which took 3 painstakingly days for it to but it left a permanent hole and scar in the wound since the energy in the arrow burned the wound sealing it up and the remnant energy was stuck, infact Dumbledore tried to dispel it but his only gift he got for trying was to be thrown out of the Hospital's window harshly.
Time was passing by and the Yule Ball was closing in, his parents did do a bit of shopping and bought him a tuxedo with the fancy shoes and a well refined haircut which would have someone mistake him to be a noble with the way he was raised, he wasn't spoiled or bratty due to the conditions and training he went through in The Balance Forces and his school, infact people who signed up for The Balance Forces were bratty/spoiled that 3 weeks into the training they tried to bribe their way through but the trainers didn't take the money and merely gave them harsher punishments and had quit after said punishments, it wasn't a total loss since the Balance Forces get many recruits throughout the Multiverse.
Finally after training with dancing and facing off Elementals it was the night of the Ball.
Day of the Ball
Standing in front of the mirror Michael nervously looks over himself while his parents and Paragon stand in the background, this is the first time he will be going to a ball and the only balls he knows are ones that are used for political reasons that politicians and millionaire's do in order to show off but this one isn't that but rather just a "Dance" to help entertain the students.
"Mum, Dad, when you went to a dance like this how did you handle it?" Michael asks his parents.
"We handled it like anyone would: With a level head and a calm face, although this is a ball that would anger you since its hosted by Hogwarts and by extension Dumbledore we honestly don't know the outcome for this." Viola says.
"I remember the first ball I went to with your mother, it was a beautiful ball that was hosted by Paragon when he created the city, in comparison to many other balls the one he hosted was incredibly large and was jam packed but the security was very high." John says.
"I usually don't attend balls since to me they are a waste of time but CODEX and my General's insisted that I host one to show that I care for the city's population and to celebrate the construction of the city, so i gave the go ahead and they went ahead with the planning." Paragon says as he looks at the clock.
"Out of curiosity did you ever attend a dance or ball?" Michael asks, turning to Paragon.
"Hmm maybe a few times but those times were when i needed to keep up my disguise and to infiltrate my target's home of residence to locate evidence, even though i could order my forces to do it it woulda been preferable if i did it." He says with a shrug.
"By the way Paragon, when me and Viola went past Arch-Angel Mira's tent we noticed large knight's in white plating with large kite shields and tall Halberd's as tall as them, may i ask as to who they are?" John asks.
"That would be the Paladin's of Order, they are a elite group of warriors that personally protect the Arch-Angel, a single Paladin is difficult to take down in the battlefield as they specialise in a variety of tactics and boast a huge pool of energy, they may wear armour but it doesn't hinder them despite their size, those Halberds are both a melee weapon and a ranged weapon, in fact if i recall when they wish to use them as a Ranged Weapon or as a spell caster they merely need to channel their energy into it and think on the spell they wish to use while those Kite Shield's act as a anti-magic and anti-energy negator which dispels anything that impacts them but can also bounce it back to its user but at twice the power." Paragon responds.
"And why would Arch-Angel Mira bring her own personal guard here?" Michael curiously asks.
"Most likely as a cover, Arch-Angel's always have a personal guard with them given their position in power, Mira can always handle herself well on the field but with the enemies she made on this world after giving some Pureblood's a permanent injury there is no shortage of enemies so she probably brought them as a cover." He says.
"Oh I see…." Michael says as he adjusts his tuxedo while his mother looks over him with a fine tooth comb.
A few minutes later a soldier comes in.
"Sir, Arch-Angel Mira is ready for Mr Vendril and she is starting to look a bit angry as Demon Lord Fear seems to be mocking her." He says to which Paragon sighs at this running his hand down his face.
"Tell her we are coming…." he says to which the Soldier nods and leaves to deliver the message.
"Well, I suppose it's time to face the music as they say." Michael says as he turns and walks out of the tent with his parents and Paragon following.
A few minutes later the group arrive at Mira's tent and while Fear is noticeable given how he has the most terrifying armour possible and a large sword Mira is noticeable and Michael admits that she looks stunning as she is wearing a dress made of the finest linens, her hair is all braided up with adornments such as earrings and her wings are tucked in at the back while her guards stand ready near her and they are enormous, probably eclipsing the size of Fear.
"E...Er Hello Lady Mira, you look stunning tonight." Michael says sweating slightly.
"I thank you for the compliment Michael, I am not one for wearing such dresses since I do not attend such out of date balls like this but for this occasion I will be, I do hope my guard's won't intimidate you in the slightest." Mira says.
"Uh no, not at all Lady Mira, shall we be going?" He asks as he hoops his arm out to which Mira takes.
"Transport is ready, although you could walk there we don't exactly want a risk of Dumbledore or some moron trying to ambush you." Paragon says as he looks at the path to Hogwarts noticing there's potential places for an ambush.
"Very well, lead the way Paragon." Mira says to which he takes the both of them to one of his forces Transports with some guards.
"Well I must admit we are making a heck of an entrance." Michael nervously says trying to not blush in the slightest, who can blame him? He is going to a ball with Arch-Angel Mira, one of the Avatar's of the Multiverse and a beautiful one.
"Indeed, though some I hear are more…..extravagant such as some coming from a portal with trumpets, guards and a fanfare this is more….applicable I suppose." Mira admits.
"What is the most obscure and extravagant entrance you've seen?" Michael asks as the guards open up the door to which the two enter while the Paladin's decide to sit on top of the transport given their size.
"That would be the entrance of a God-Level enemy, they tend to make destructive entrances where they impact the surface of the planet creating havoc and devastation and make a large speech before they begin the battle, infact Fear's would be the most destructive given his power, though he wouldn't destroy the planet when he arrives if a foe catches his interest or when his Army is causing devastation, he would merely act as a spectator and witness it while Paragon's is somewhat basic, he arrives silently and in a neutral tone makes a remark or when a foe is about to unleash an attack he cancels such an attack easily before he fights." Mira says.
"And how would you enter Lady Mira?" Michael asks as he pours out some water for both him and Mira.
"It would depend on the situation I suppose, if it was in the middle of a fight I would interrupt the battle and attack the one who has bad intentions or when they are overwhelming my own forces." She says as she takes the glass of water offered and sips it.
"Commander Paragon has mentioned you are accurate with your bow yet i never saw any weapons on you unlike Demon Lord Fear and him, do you use a form of Energy Manipulation?" He asks.
"Very astute Mr Vendril, yes i do use a form of Energy Manipulation but on a grander scale as i can only summon my two weapons which are a bow and a elegant rapier, i can summon projectiles but i prefer my own weapons at times depending on the situation." She says as she sips some more.
Eventually the two dive into talks such as the politics and how the world they are currently on works to which they both agree on many topics regarding the stupidity of the Wizarding World, Purebloods and the Fossil known as Dumbledore and the quivering Minister Fudge. They eventually arrive as the vehicle is felt stopping and a knock is heard.
"Lady Mira, Mr Vendril, we are here." A soldier says from outside while the sounds of the Paladins are heard outside landing on the path outside.
"Well it looks like we better get this show on the road as they say." Michael says with a sigh, he has a bad feeling that Dumbledore and some other morons are going to test his patience given what he knows.
"Try to stay calm Mr Vendril, if they try to spell you they won't be able to given how your clothing has many protection charms that i asked Paragon and as a precaution Fear to place on them so your invulnerable to every aspect and spell so they are welcome to try." Mira says with a smile.
"I do humbly thank you for that Lady Mira." Michael says as he holds out his arm to which Mira gracefully takes to which the transport's door opens up and it reveals to the two they are at the entrance of the castle with both the soldiers and the Paladin's standing at the side.
"I must admit that the castle does look excellent, I can already detect very strong wards around it but they seem to be decaying." Michael says.
"It is but negligence, the Headmaster of the school has the responsibility to renew them but due to him and many laws and the corruption they have been neglected for a long time, i would say 3 - 4 years before they completely collapse, infact a weak energy pulse from either me, Fear or Paragon can shatter the wards like glass." Mira says as the two walk forward while the guards follow with some staying with the Transport.
"Tell me, do you have a Council in the White City? Paragon told me about them being selfish nobles and others but some are honest and not corrupted such as key Military figures." Michael asks curiously.
"He is right, we do have a Council but its mostly greedy Noblemen on the Council while important figures such as the General of Defences and the High Paladin are loyal and honest, many nobles have tried to bribe them but they refuse, a majority of the city loathes the Noblemen but i try to stem the corruption as in the White City only my word can guarantee whatever may pass, it is tiring to deal with their squabbles but i suppose it beats desk work." Mira says as the group enter the courtyard of the Castle and catch the eyes of a few students with many looking wide-eyed.
Ignoring the whispers and stares they press on towards where the Ball is held which is in the Great Hall, however along the way one of the Paladins comes up close and leans down to Mira.
"Lady Mira, I can sense a foul power hidden inside this castle within a Pocket Dimension." He says with an echoey tone in his voice despite his size.
"It must be the Horcrux in the Room of Requirement, if we manage to destroy that one then the only Horcrux left would be Nagini, Voldemort's pet snake who he keeps nearby at all times." Michael mentions.
"Indeed, then the only thing left would be a Mortal Voldemort who will appear resurrected at the end of the Tournament, I trust you are proficient enough to defeat a resurrected foe?" Mira asks.
"Yes, Paragon said with the rate of training i have done i could defeat such a foe on my own and many others." Michael says, a bit of pride from what he said.
"Then I look forward to the outcome of such a battle Mr Vendril." Mira says with a smile.
Eventually the group arrive at the Main Hall and as they step in they would notice the size of the hall is pretty large with the middle being plenty of room for dancers and side tablets, though the ceiling is impressive the enchantments on it don't surprise them.
"The Hall looks impressive especially with the Medieval design but it doesn't look to be as clean as one would think." Michael mentions as he notices a small stain.
"Indeed, come we should fi-"
"Ah! Mr Vendril, how nice of you to attend!" An Annoying voice says as he walks up in his sparkly blue robes and long beard.
"Hello Headmaster Dumbledore, may i introduce you to Arch-Angel Mira, leader of the White City and Angels." Michael says as Mira gives a nod to him, the man in front of her doesn't deserve such a courteous bow from her given how manipulative he is.
"Charmed to meet you." Mira says with sarcasm.
"May I ask why you have such a Protection detail with you? The sight of their weapons I'm afraid isn't allowed." Dumbledore says with his grandfatherly tone.
"It is allowed Headmaster, if Diplomatic Envoys attend the ball then they are allowed to bring an armed escort in the event an assassin attempts to kill them, you might've noticed such a rule in the book but decided to ignore it." Michael says with a sneer making Dumbledore wince.
"I….See, will they harm anyone or cause some trouble?" He asks wearily looking at the Paladins, their size reminds him of Hagrid.
"Unless either me or Mr Vendril are attacked they won't do anything, the Military Soldiers Commander Paragon assigned can act like a normal human but are trained to be perceptive, i'm sure you already met the ones at the camp." Mira says as they look around garnering shocked looks from both students and teachers though the Potters, Mcgonagall and the "Boy-Who-Lived" are just glaring at them in disgust.
"Very well, please enjoy the ball." Dumbledore says as he turns around and walks off.
"Be Vigilant Mr Vendril and mind the food and punch, i wouldn't put it past me if the fool spiked the drinks and food with spells or potions to return you to the so called "Light" of the wizarding world." Mira warns, making Michael nod in understanding, he has studied the Angels and how they uphold the Light side of the Multiverse, what the Wizarding World has is a bastardized version of it.
"Understood Lady Mira." Michael says.
"Now then, let us go find a table to sit at until it's time to dance." She says as the both of them walk to a table that is unoccupied and the nearest to the door with their guards following.
Once they reach and take a seat they notice that the whole room has gone quiet which isn't unusual given how they have a very armed escort here, though they do notice at a quick glance that some of the Purebloods are looking their way with sneers while some of them are eyeing up Mira like meat which annoys her, she is millions of years older than them yet adolescent youth's such as them decide that because of their so called "Pureblood" gives them the right to try and take anyone that catches their eye.
"It appears that your appearance has caught some of the student's attention Lady Mira." Michael states, though he notices the one that tags along with his Ex-Brother ogling Mira without an ounce of chivalry.
"It is not an uncommon sight Mr Vendril, the Angel race are both beautiful and powerful, though unlike both Paragon and Fear only the leader of the Angel's can be female due to….disastrous errors with a previous Leader of Angels." Mira says with a frown.
"May I inquire as to what made this change permanent?" Michael curiously asks, he never knew about such a thing since the basics of both sides are dictated in the Balance Forces archives stating that each faction is responsible for their own territories disputes, the only time they interfere is if that faction steps beyond their boundaries that threaten the Multiverse, the only time they were forced to interfere was when the war between Demons and Angels escalated to the point that they were forced to intervene which turned from the Multiversal Demon Vs Angel war to The Multiversal War.
"Eons ago the first Leader of the Angels was a female who had chosen a successor, she deemed him a man that would uphold the principles of the Light and ensure that it is kept in order, however what she didn't foresee is that the man had a hidden agenda, when he was made the leader he decided to steal funds from the Vault of Life and the most powerful artefact in it that gives the user and holder ultimate power: Reincarnation but with all their abilities, powers and memories intact." Mira says, though she frowns when she notices some of the faculty and students are eavesdropping to which she creates a barrier.
"What is the name of the artefact and why would he steal it?" Michael asks.
"The Orb of Generations, it is a sphere capable of like i said before, Reincarnation the user, when they are at age where they will die their soul won't be purified which removes all their memories, powers and abilities but rather it keeps them intact and they are placed into a new born, their power doesn't manifest until they are at a key age to retrain and can use them. As for why he had a plan that when he was forced to step down he would kill himself and his soul would be transferred to a new body, once he trained and got his powers in order he would lead a rebellion that would destroy the city and allow him to plunder what treasures there are and possibly use them to conquer The Multiverse." She says tapping the table in thought.
"How did you thwart him?" Michael asks.
"We didn't, it was during his 30th year that Paragon came by to meet the current leader, the one i speak off was the new Guardian of Balance, unlike the Demons who only take the position as leader by combat and us where we do a ease of transference when we choose a successor the Guardian's of Balance have a tournament where many people from across the Multiverse participate and only one can be the Guardian of Balance, during the tournament the current one would observe all the participants and decide if they are worth it or not, when Paragon won after he acquired a new power the previous Guardian of Balance merges with it's successor giving him all his powers, strengths and everything." She says with a smile.
"Wow…." Michael says in amazement.
"We are getting off topic, when Paragon came by he spoke casually with the Angel Leader but he frowned when he noticed he was getting a bit antsy and fidgety which is unusual since all the factions know of him, after their conversation Paragon was leaving until he bumped into me, at the time i was the leader of the Paladins of Order and a member of the High Angel Council, i was suspicious of the Angel Leader too given how he didn't act like one and we both spoken and agreed on certain facts, in fact the following day Paragon returned asking to look at the Vault of Life to confirm a theory of his, when he denied access to him the suspicion went up a lot since when the Guardian of Balance requests access then you need to give him it, after a verbal argument he was brought out, when he came to my home he told me what happened and i enquired as to why he denied Paragon permission to enter to which we both planned the greatest plan that is still known." She says with a knowing smile.
"What did you both plan to do Lady Mira?" Michael asks.
"Simple: We staged a infiltration of the Citadel and the Vault of Life, because of his predecessors memories he was able to navigate it but some area's were changed and i had to accompany him to help navigate since i know the guard patrol routes and where Security Wards are, it took a while but we managed to get to the Vault of Life, i must admit at that time i never stepped foot into there until the Infiltration, when we were there Paragon and I immediately went to the Ledger which tells if anything has been taken, when we discovered the Orb of Generations wasn't registered we went to personally check, when we found out it was empty we were greeted by the Angel Leader who was angered and said i would go to prison until Paragon read off one of the written laws for an Angel Leader to follow: Never steal anything of power for your own agenda, doing so will forfeit both your life and position." She says making Michael go wide eyed at that.
"I'm guessing Commander Paragon tried to arrest him." He asks.
"Yes, however he was a stubborn fool and he decided to do battle with Paragon while i fought his guards, i must admit that it was a grand battle that went through the library and into the city, it got intense to the point that the Angel Leader went full power while Paragon was forced to break one of his Limiters to get on par with him, however it was during the battle that a special artefact fell from one of the glass cases, the weapon was the Spear of Extinction, a special spear that eradicates anyone's soul from existence, no reincarnation or regeneration can save you from it, during the apex of the battle with both of them getting wounds and injuries i used it as a moment of opportunity and lunged at the Angel Leader from behind spearing him through the back and straight through the heart, once it was done he started to shake and was about to explode until Paragon tackled me away and shielded me to which a pillar of light shot up and broke through the clouds creating a immense beam of power." She says.
"What was the Aftermath?" Michael asks.
"The aftermath was grim, the battle between Paragon and the Angel Leader damaged the city severely, the battle had also caught the attention of the Goddess of Light Hikari, she was alerted when she sensed a immense power in the city and watched the battle from her own dimension, she was impressed when i used all i can and ended the fight by using the Spear on him and had expressed sorrow for what had occured, a week or 2 later it was suggested that i become the Leader of Angels after Paragon commended me for assistance and my dedication, though Fear was a bit disgruntled since i was female but i merely said my distaste with him which had riled him up, once the ceremony was done Hikari had decided to make a ban on any Male potential leaders so that a stunt like this would never happen." She says as she finishes her tale.
Michael is deep in thought until he asks a question nagging at him.
"Lady Mira, throughout the story you merely called the one who stole the orb "Angel Leader", why do you not use his name?" Michael asks to which she sneers.
"It was agreed we would never mention his name at all for he was the worst leader of all times." She says with a tone that Michael decides to not ask anymore.
"Mr Vendril, Lady Mira, the dance part is about to begin." A Guard says as he gestures to the moved tables.
"Good heavens, it seems my story took up much of the time, very well, care to lead Mr Vendril?" Mira asks as she holds her arm out.
"It would be my pleasure Lady Mira." Michael says as he gets up and takes her arm to which the both of them head for the middle of the hall and take up position while noticing a fair amount are too along with the champions.
"I do hope the lessons your parents taught you will be beneficial Mr Vendril." Mira says with a smile.
"They have, they also have given me etique like I have shown you, it is a gentleman's duty to be polite to a lady such as your stature." Michael says.
"Your flattery will get you some places Mr Vendril." She says to which the both of them assume the dance position and once the music starts they begin to do a dance that is fit for a ball.
Thanks to the Dance Lessons his parents put into him Michael was able to dance as elegantly as Mira, although she is a bit taller and significantly older she is taking the dance in a slow stride much like him and has managed to efficiently lead Michael in the dance, as they dance they notice that the guards are on alert watching the crowds with keen perception incase anyone decides to ruin such a moment with a hex or curse, although Michael would be angry, Mira would be furious and seek to find the one that has did such a thing, being humiliated would make her anger soar to the point the castle would crumble, though they do notice Malfoy looking at her with a face full of lust thinking she would be a trophy.
Mira mentally scoffs at that, it wasn't a secret as to what Fear had done to Malfoy and his guards, infact although Mira would frown at such a action against a child it's clear that the boy and his guards were pompous and reminded her of the nobles that tried to court her several times, plus Fear did it so efficiently and quickly that her and Paragon wouldn't stop him, not that Paragon would even try to since he hates people with egos the size of planets given his kill list of egotistical gods in the past that he had developed a permanent hatred for them.
Eventually the music dies down and the dancing slows to which a polite applause is done to which Mira and Michael turn to each other and give a bow and walk back to their table.
"You did very well Mr Vendril despite not knowing how an Angel dances." She says.
"I've read up on books and heard about how an Angel dances but my parents never showed me how to and i couldn't exactly visit the White City to get personal lessons from you given how im bound here." He says sneaking a glare at the Goblet of Fire.
"Although I don't dance much we are taught to always know everything especially when one is a Noble." She says as they take a seat.
"Mr Vendril, Lady Mira, the Commander has sent some food here, he doesn't trust the drinks and food here as a precaution incase of poison." One of the soldier's says as two others are holding two trays of food which have some wine.
"I see, do pass along our gratitude." She says as both soldier's place the trays and food down to which they salute and walk off.
"Commander Paragon does think quite ahead alot, though i do not understand why he hasn't decided to take matters into his own hands and hunt down Voldemort himself." Michael says.
"He is merely here to act as the representative of the Military and as a precaution incase Dumbledore attempts something, as for the part about Voldemort, destroying the Horcruxes is a one time thing as he sees it as a abomination since it breaks the Law of dividing one's soul up to cheat death and wants to see if the Wizarding World has enough brain to even defeat him this time." She says as the both of them continue to eat.
"Then why not oust the corrupt Ministry of magic?"
"He has no need to do it unless they plan to expand from their own universe which is a breach, when a universe breach's this he hunts down all known participants, research and anything that can do it again, i will admit he is efficient and ruthless when it comes to such things, the Werewolf attack was one such example when both he and Fear took down the entire wolf pack." She says taking a drink from the goblet.
They continue to talk until they decide it's time to hunt for the Horcrux once they notice that a few students and couple's are going into the courtyard to which she nods to the entrance and the both of them and their escort move, aware that Dumbledore is eyeing them wearily.
"Lady Mira, when we move to the Room of Requirement what of the Ghosts, Portrait's and suits of armor that inhabit the place? From what i was told they answer to the Headmaster." Michael enquiries.
"A quick Spell should conceal us and make them ignore us, Angel Magic is stronger than normal magic which can be broken easily if one knows about it." She says, making Michael nod.
Once they arrive at a semi-isolated area they put their plan into action with Mira applying a Concealing Spell mixed with a spell that makes anyone or anything ignore them.
"It's kinda tingly, I never knew Angel Magic was like this." Michael says looking at himself.
"It has different effects on a Demon, they would feel a itch or pain, if you have a small trace of Demon Blood you would have the itch while a full blooded demon would be in pain, it might feel tingly to you since you did after all have a shard of a dark lord in your forehead." She says.
"Shall we move out?" He asks.
"Yes, I know the location of the Room of Requirement." She says to which the both of them move into the castle while the guards stay where they are to indicate the two of them are having a private conversation.
10 Minutes later Mira and Michael arrive on the floor where the Room of Requirement is which is behind a large banner.
"It's a bit nauseating here Lady Mira." Michael says shaking his head.
"The Horcrux must've been festering and no doubt siphoning magic for a long time, it shouldn't have a corporal form though unless you wear it." She says to which the both of them go under the banner and arrive in a large empty room.
"It's…..empty?" Michael questions as he looks around.
"At first glance it is, however the Room of Requirement only makes things that the user wishes, merely think on what you wish and it shall appear, after all this Room is a modified Pocket Dimension." she says to which Michael nods and start's to think on the one thing they came for.
The Horcrux.
After several seconds he can sense the magic moving and the barriers of dimension's shift, once it stops shifting he opens his eyes to gaze upon towers of items of everything, from books, to armour's to even non-moving paintings.
"Very good Mr Vendril." She says while sensing the Horcrux in here with it's vile power in the room like a toxic gas, how she loathes them.
"This Horcrux seems a bit stronger than the other ones." Michael says.
"Years of being inside the castle has forced it to leech the magic from the ward's and any students that pass by the room, don't think that it will be complicated to purify, it may have a piece of a soul but it isn't strong enough yet to make a corporal form." She says as she leads the way through the maze of things.
"Is it possible we could take most of these things away? it would be a real shame for them to deteriorate and not be used." Michael says noting many of the objects are ancient and are surprisingly in good condition.
"Perhaps, you would need to confer with Paragon, though there are a few demon artifacts and Angel One's which will be given to both me and Fear." She says.
"I understand." He responds as they come across the Horcrux sitting on a cushion in the form of a circlet.
"Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem, one of the relic's of the founders and the current host of a Horcrux, there is legends saying that whoever wears it obtains great knowledge, sadly the magic in it has deteriorated or was devoured by the Horcrux so it would be nothing but a mere trinket." She says as the Diadem pulses slightly making Michael shiver.
"This close to it is making my skin crawl, are Demon Relic's as vicious as this?" Michael curiously asks.
"Much more vicious, Fear has a repertoire of Demonic Relics that can impose insanity to the user or corrupt them the more they use it, one such example is the Armour of Blood, when the user kills anyone with it on they start to develop a taste for killing, they can be injured but when they kill someone all their injuries are healed but they gain great strength the more they fight." She says as she takes out a vial of a white liquid with blue specks inside it.
"Sounds brutal….." Michael says as Mira uncorks the vial.
"Fear is rather creative when it comes to cursed items, at times he makes them and throws them into a random Dimension out of boredom, when chaos erupts on that world due to it either me or Paragon have to deal with such a thing." She says as she tips the vial making the liquid pour and hit the diadem to which a shriek and sizzling sound is heard before the Diadem glows white before it dies down to reveal it purified of any evil.
"So we only got one Horcrux left correct?" Michael asks as he takes the Diadem and hides it in one of his pockets.
"Indeed, if Paragon's guesses are correct then Voldemort will resurrect and his Snake will be there, once it is there target the snake then Voldemort, he shouldn't be revived after that at all." she says as she puts the vial away.
"I think we have been away for long enough, shall we head back?" Michael asks.
"Indeed, although i do slightly enjoy making Dumbledore nervous there is a chance he will attempt to barge in and see if we are there." She says to which the two of them turn and leave the Room of Requirement hoping to end this ball and head back to camp.
(Phew! Took me a few month's to do this but I have FINALLY made the new chapter, i deeply apologise for the long hiatus but I was having multiple writer's blocks everytime. It's not easy when you're mostly just doing battles rather than casual conversations but hey! Hope you enjoy!)