Harry soon was bombarded by why he took off from everyone after releasing the two Patronus. He sighed and looked to Minerva who now had a smile and hope in her eyes he had never seen before. She nodded her own permission and came to stand by Harry. It seemed she had something as well to explain. Before he could start she grabbed his arm and asked him to cast the counter curse Morgana taught him to free her. He was shocked she knew about that Particular curse or that it was on Minerva. Then again it made sense as to why they were soul mates or the fact she accepted everything soon as he showed it to her or said it. He whispered "tabulae novae permanens" and tapped her on the head.
They all watched as she soon was skin bubbling and shimmering before a very young Minerva was standing there in front of them. She looked only to be in her 20's and had flawless skin. Her hair to their surprise was a mixture of red with black. Her face was in a diamond shape with eyebrows slightly thinner but matches her beauty. Even her eyes changed color to an almost winter grey coloring, it was greyish white with a black edge. Some of the parents were shocked she looked as such. Most of them were taught by the woman. Yet her beauty was one they never witnessed before. Her height seemed to get bigger as well. She soon was standing close to Harry's height considering he was now almost 6'2. Which he only grew that tall because of the Dracul line. Her body was now matching some of the ancient greek females. It did cause some thoughts of jealously to spread through all women's minds. It was as if the woman was a Veela by the reactions of all the men except for Harry and Kastor.
Harry was studying her with wide eyes at the change. He then noticed she had a tattoo on her face or better yet it was two together. They were the druidic tattoos for perfection surrounding her eyes. He could seem more surrounding her body where there was some skin showing. He did have to blush as he noticed she also was really well developed. Her clothes seemed to be very tight on her now in places. He noticed her eye color changed from dark green to a now silvery looking color. The biggest thing about her eyes was there was no white or pupil to her eyes at first glance. He did finally notice a very small one in the center of her eyes. He wondered if they would reflect the light in the dark like a cat.
He smiled at her since he knew what was going on with her. He did not reveal that to everyone plus he knew what the same Patronus meant. He grabbed her hand and held it tightly. He looked to everyone standing there before sighing and asking the group."How many of you know what exactly two of the same Patronus mean?" No one but Sirius and Severus was the only ones who knew what it meant.
Seeing the shakes of heads from everyone. He looked and told them the truth."The same Patronus. I mean right down to the same details of it. That can only mean one thing to the casters. They are truly soul mates. Now as we all saw this morning me Vanessa share that connection. It also showed that Minerva and I are soul mates as well. It seems from the counter course I had to use. She was under a spell that could not be reversed till the right one came along. It seemed Morgana could not do it herself when it was casted. So it fell to me to fix such a curse. Minerva and I will have to work on getting to know each other but I hope this I okay with everyone. She will eventually become part of the family."
Everyone, there was still shocked to the core that a simple Patronus could decide such a thing. It seemed though they accepted it as fact since Harry was able to remove a curse that even Morgana could not. This even cemented their beliefs that he would be changing the world for the better. Neville looked to him as if he was god on earth with a hidden question in his eyes. Harry saw the question and knew exactly what he wanted more than anything. Yet he was scared to voice what he wanted. He nodded his silent answer to the boy and he could see even more hope return to the boy.
Every one of the girls soon was surrounding the two and firing many questions off. It seemed the revealing revealed more questions than answers for them. Harry and Minerva tried to answer everything that they could. even if she had 2000 years of life and experience on her it wasn't like she had every answer.
The one everyone was curious about was how she avoided detection of being immortal. Or how the unspeakables never came for her. Since they always want things a mystery under intense study to figure out how to break it or destroy whatever it is. They tend to not want any mysteries they did not understand.
She answered that the best she could."Everyone who comes into contact with me outside of school as they grow up sees a glamour of me older and older. Even parents of past students see that. Honestly, the worst part was going through the school system every 130ish years. You can only get taught somethings twice before it becomes boring. I am surprised Hermione who I have seen looking at the old teachers of the school never recognized me from my previous posts. I honestly think the only one who figured out who I was before has been Marchbanks. She was a student and then later one of my teachers. She was always one that never let anyone slip by her. Every time she saw me out of school during summers she would try to figure me out and I think by the 40th year after I left as a student and James and Sirius were just starting school. When she figured it out and asked if I was beyond a normal witch. She has kept my secret of that under oath for so long I trust her explicitly."
Harry and a few of the adults were shocked about the fact that Marchbanks figured it out. It showed That Mrs. Marchbanks was a trustful person even after 40 to 70ish years. Then again he has noticed that most wizards only accept things at face value and not try to dig deeper into things. How often do adult misjudge kids and get surprised when they explain things in a view that is hard to argue against.
After the two new biggest bombs dropped on everyone's lap. It was a unanimous vote to spend one more day relaxing before the work and training begins. It wasn't shocking the teachers pulled out some folders and what seemed plans for the next year as they needed to get these done before the term started. Harry then was curious about something."Do you as teachers heard of exactly who is supposed to be covering the DADA position? Since there is no teacher I expect someone will have to fill in for the year. Or has Dumbledore had trouble finding someone?"
Severus was the one who answered since he was Dumbledores little spy during the day." Harry from what I have heard from the meddler as you call him. He has hired a man by the name of Gilderoy Lockhart. An author of eight books of his adventures. I do have worries about the man. He is a blowhard of Sirius Proportions. I really doubt there will be anything he can teach you. I have included in all lists for school the old books from 3 years ago for all classes. I feel they will help more than he will. I believe all three of us here permit to bring out your trouble maker sides and make his life hell."
Harry heard what the man was saying but he figured out what he meant. Harry soon was smirking almost goblin-like which a lot of them caught and shivered at the sight. He was truly terrifying when he did that, which these days was more often than should be for a teen. It was as if Harry was of goblin decent and was ready to steal everything from you and slip a dagger in between your ribs at the same time. Filius saw the look and adopted the same smirk. Which made everyone realize and remember the tiny charms Professor was not short but a half-goblin himself. He knew what was coming to Hogwarts and would enjoy the show about to be unleashed. Minerva was shaking in her skin thinking of the hell that will come. She remembered the hell His father and his band of friends unleashed on the school. She was surprised that Severus wanted that unleashed on the school once again. Then again he has been dumping everything he could to Amelia and her about Dumbledore and all his plots and twists that revolved around Harry. Even if he did tend to keep others out of certain plans details so Severus did not know them all.
Everyone soon shrugged off everything when a blast of water hit the group. When the water finished dousing them, they looked to where it came from and was surprised as to what hit them. There in the water was the sea Dragon and what appeared to be a Giant Squid. Harry saw it for what it really was though. This was a Kraken of the sea. He was curious as to how it got to the lake or how it could survive in freshwater.
It wasn't possible then for it to be alive. Yet maybe there was magic surrounding the creature. He would have to investigate that later. He and the others soon pulled out their wands and returned fire. Harry though used his staff along with his wand. The fighting back and forth would be legendary to them and their families.
It lasted over 2 hours but slowly people backed out as they were exhausting their magic. Yet by the end, it was only three left standing. It was Harry, Tonks, and Minerva that was left. The adults and students expected Harry and Minerva. Yet the group was curious as to how Tonks was a clumsy person. Yet she was casting as if she was a Senior Auror. She knew spells that no one would have guessed she would be this strong. Hell, she might even be better than Amelia was at her age. They were wondering if Harry was the reason she was so good at casting. 'What other training did they do?' was the thoughts in everyone's head as they were memorized.
After a particular harsh blast of water from the two creatures, Amelia and Tonks were out. It had sent them tumbling down the beach and in a tangle of limbs. They looked to the last one standing and were shocked. He was covered in his magic, some of his dragon features were coming out to be seen. This made them worried they wondered if seeing them get flung like that sent him over the edge and was going too far. It seemed even the sea Dragon was now worried as it backed up a bit. The Kraken seemed unworried, it seemed it was the cause of them going for a tumble.
Before anyone could react Harry slashed with his wand and stabbed with his staff. The Kraken did not stand a chance it soon was floating in a ball of ice above the lake. They were shocked at the size of the creature. It was at least 3 times the size of the giant squid at Hogwarts.
Harry soon jumped into the air and sent his fist forward. It unleashed a blast of air that smashed the ice and caused the Kraken to fall back into the water with a giant splash. What the group wasn't expecting was the giant wave that would be caused by the splash. They were far enough inland to not hit by normal waves or the water fight yet this wave seemed to rise far enough to smash into the entire group. It soon soaked everyone once again right after they just finished drying off.
When the wave stopped crashing and the group was finished getting soaked they looked to the Kraken and were surprised Harry was also in the water. Or better yet he was floating above the water. He and the Kraken were seemingly laughing at the group. It showed when the two of them almost seemed too high five. It would be funny seeing a person's hand get slapped by a giant tentacle. Soon they had to stop as they felt a shiver go through their bodies. When Harry and the Kraken looked to the group they both noticed everyone had their wands out and were aimed at them. it seemed the prank was not well received by everyone. The only one who was laughing on the beach was Sirius as he thought it was perfect and the fact it got the three older witches and Wizard from when he was a student.
What surprised everyone was that the Kraken and the dragon made a retreat which also made Harry realize he was on his own. They could see his mouth moving to grumble about the two leaving him to the wrath of everyone there on the beach. Harry was shaking a bit but they could see it wasn't fear at all. He soon busted out laughing at their expressions. He wasn't scared or anything. He wasn't expecting the fact that they could still throw spells. Most of the people there had recovered and soon there more spells than he could dodge flying at him. Harry could only widen his eyes at the number of spells that came his way. He was able to dodge some of them from the kids since the speed was slower. He smirked and let the smaller lighter spells hit him. He dodged the meaner pranking spells he saw since he knew they wouldn't do anything.
After the spell barrage was done the laughs from everyone were heard. He was sprouting some interesting new things. First off he was now looking like a Peacock or Fwooper. His hair turned into a rainbow and a looked like he belonged in a circus. His clothes were turned like dumbledores weird style. Harry's skin was turned into a silver-tone with black and gold stripes, webbed feet, and hands. He was absolutely comical to everyone.
Harry smiled at everyone's laughing, this was the whole point. He had a tiny secret he convinced the two big creatures to start the little war. He knew after the big conversations that spread around after he flew away. He knew Minerva and Sirius had a conversation. There were some other conversations he watched happen while the two left. The elves told him summaries or snippets. He avoided finding out the details of conversations as they were private. Then the event at the beach was not what he expected between Sirius and Severus. Yet he was then surprised by the fact that Minerva was as old as she was and yet there was a draw to her. Something he could not figure out exactly why it was. Maybe he would need to talk to his mother again or maybe magic itself would provide the answer. Harry shook his head and forced his magic out and around his body.
Everyone looked at Harry and watched as every hex did to him and turned back to normal. Everyone watched as the colors dissolved and his hair returned to normal. Sure enough, he was back into his knew wizarding gear greaves and all. They were shocked sure he was strong enough to break every single charm. The group was filled with powerful people Sirius, Severus, Filius, Minerva, and Nymphadora. Yet Harry was able to break every single one of them as if they were nothing. The sight truly was curious as to how much power Harry had. then again he was able to lift a Kraken with ease that and he was able to make Dumbledore squirm and get off tilt, which to most of them was comical. Yet he was only a child why would the magic of the world give him so much power.
Harry floated back to the group and just gave him a smile and then flopped down on the ground and rolled on his back and started to enjoy the sun a towel appearing under him. His clothes dissolved and he was standing in trunks once again. Everyone seemed to take his lead and soon there people playing in the water again or sunbathing. Some of the older generations seemed content under umbrella's and drinking from some bottles the elves summoned for them. Again the BBQ was brought out a bit later and everyone soon was filling up on the food. It seemed Severus found a vice in some potato chips that tasted like Sour Cream and Onion. Eventually, everyone was winding down and with the water fight earlier it showed that most were magically exhausted. All except for Harry who again thanked his stars he was or Morgana's blood and his core recharged quickly. He was more physically and mentally exhausted than anything.
The next day everyone woke up early a tiny bit sore from the previous fun battle. When everyone was down for Breakfast they were all wincing and rubbing the soreness out of their limbs. Yet when Harry joined them walking as if he was fine. This made everyone faintly glare at him. All Harry did was grab some food and put it on his plate. He finally looked at everyone and noticed the glares. Harry just send his crooked smile that made everyone falter. The parents all had flashes for when James was a kid or teen. Severus had a slight grimace and thought back to 6th year, the day he owed James saved his life. The girls in the group all had a bit of heart swell seeing that smile. Yet soon everyone was back giving him dirty looks. Harry raised an eyebrow and simply said one thing."All my Bloodlines, remember core charges insanely fast."
This made almost everyone smack their heads in annoyance. They were really thinking he got all the good stacks in terms of power and bloodlines. Yet everyone winced at the thought of what he lost to become who he was today. He lost his family, his childhood, and now his innocence. It seemed Sirius decided it was time to get serious, and spoke up." Now that everyone is here and eat let's figure out what we are teaching these kids and young lady. I know Harry has had almost as much training as most of us thanks to his side trip to Morgana. Yet these kids here from Vanessa to Astoria have to train hard. She is young but I know people will try to hurt her to get to the others. She will have to know how to defend her self, now I know Harry and the others will do anything to protect her but they can't always be there. Now I know some of you think I am crazy or channeling an inner crazy Moody Auror."
Yet when Sirius looked around to the parents and the kids he saw the understanding in everyone's eyes. He could see the fear and worry in some of the parent's eyes, yet there were a few in the eyes of the kids.
Harry nodded and finished his breakfast along with everyone there. Once the food was done with and eaten and digested with light conversation. Harry stood up and everyone turned to him and waited. He smiled and motioned for them to follow him, as he walked away he explained where they were going." Well since we are practicing such things. We will need a place where we can do that. Sure the yard is big and enough room, yet there is a reason we are not practicing out here. The elves that take care of the yard would probably tan our hides if we wrecked it. So let's move downstairs to a special area of the house. This is a spot that I think honestly would make the DMLE's training area look like a joke from what my elves told me. The Gladiators even got a diagram from the elves when they started building their own. Since they know this Places training area is the one to aim for. Why do you think, Minsc had the gun or from what I saw was ten wands and Basilisk armor with Dragon scale, then on top of that was Mithral plating armor. It shows they are prepared for any type of scenario. Way better than the DMLE or any of the European versions of the DMLE."
He was continuing his walk to the basement everyone else followed him thinking of what he said. Amelia was really curious as to where she could get everything for her Aurors. Harry in the meantime stopped in front of a door that looked like Redwood and golden metal, almost like Orichalcum one from ancient Greece. Minerva gasped and moved forward and was about to touch the door, seeing the metal of her childhood.
Yet she paused as she guessed the door was sealed only to be opened by Harry's touch. She was shocked as she felt his hand on top of her own and touch the metal first. The metal was cool to the touch and it brought memories to the forefront of her mind. Times when she and her mother were alone on their island just them. Before the darkness named Merlin came to Greece and messed her life up and killed her mother and cursed her.
He let her feel the metal and let her hand go. Everyone, noticed the silent tears falling and realized the connection to the lady. They gave her a minute to collect herself. Minerva soon whipped the tears away and turned to Harry and nodded. What surprised everyone was harry touched the door and the Orcichalcum moved from the door and soon spun itself into a pendant a symbol of the ancient house of Aeaea. It shrunk and soon was on a woven chain made from the same Orichalcum, with an emerald in the middle in a twist with some gem that matched her eyes. She was shocked that he did such a thing or that he accepted everything about her so quickly or the fact what she told them.
Harry and Minerva finally opened the door once again both pressing on the door together. When the two doors opened from them pushing on it and the room was revealed. What shocked them was the room was pitch black, there was no source of light and it seemed as if any bit of light was sucked in and ended two feet from the door. It was confusing to everyone there. Harry smiled and almost pulled Minerva into the room. Soon as they cleared the door the place lit up with mage lights. The course and training room now were light up and everyone's eyes bulged and mouths dropped to the floor, no one noticed Harry's hand flick behind them to hit them with his jaw-dropping spell. Sirius and Amelia could not believe what they were seeing. They were almost scared for the kids to do the course. It was one that they figured even as young Aurors would not be able to do.
They noticed the area with the dummies and were shocked they looked so realistic they even had faces of people there. Yet it seemed the group of dummies was based on Death eaters since they had skull masks with black cloaks. Then nearby was a sitting area with a couple of bookshelves filled with books. Most were leather-bound books with weird names. The interesting thing was 90 percent of the books were written by Potters over the last few hundred years. Sirius recovered first and walked over to the books when he saw two names on the shelf. He pulled them off and looked at them both and was shocked. Dorthea Potter wrote a book called 'Battle magic of the Blacks'. Then to even more shock right beside it was another written by his best friend. This had a title he was not expecting 'Transfiguration and the use of Potions in Battling for Your Advantage: Points given by Severus Snape a Potions Masters'. Sirius grabbed the book and brought it to Severus with a raised eyebrow.
Severus was shocked that the one person he has hated more than Dumbledore and Voldemort. Yet the man used his potions to fight. He almost fell to his knees thinking about how he misjudged the Potter. Severus looked to the younger Potter and was filled with grief and sorrow. Yet Harry smiled at him and nodded as if he knew everything about the past. Which from he what understood Morgana had shown Harry everything that led to the point of him getting to her. Everything was laid out for him to see and judge. Yet Harry never really did anything to flaunt it or anything like he could of. He even befriends people from other houses including Slytherin and helped whoever he could. Hell, he has heard he was able to do things even people with masteries were not able to do. Example making a giant Raven statue of obsidian from a white marble floor that even had felt alive according to Filius. Which to most defies the laws of transfiguration and charm work. Even if you could combine the two you cannot give life to an animate object. Severus could not deny that the boy was special or would change the world, or the way they see the world.
Harry noticed the emotions running through the two older men. Men that at one point could not stand one another. Yet here they were now friendly and willing to work together it seemed. Harry turned to everyone else and soon a discussion in the room was told about the rules and dangers of the room. Yet everyone soaked it up with vigor as it seemed that everyone was willing to train and wanting to help Harry in his endeavors. Soon the teens were splitting up and showing what they could do under the watchful eye of the parents and teachers.
Then Minerva also opened up a bag and started pulling out some of the family heirlooms she had hidden away from everyone in her life. They were shocked at the sight of what she had. She was pulling out armor suits of the greek style. Yet they could tell they were of the lighter variations. Instead of solid chest pieces, they were a scale armor on top of strips of some kind of leather. The scales were all white in color except one was red, yet they had a metal sounding when rustled. She saw the confusion and explained."These are scales from beasts from my homeland. She and her sisters were banished to Sarpedon Island. They later became the Medusa and Gorgons. My mother knew the slayer of Medusa She was able to get the scales from her snake-like body. After I was cursed I dealt with the other two Gorgons which was a battle that flattened the island in the end. Which had the same powers as she did to which could turn people to stone. When I killed the two others and gotten the scales I had gotten with a special leather from a chest my mother gave me before she died. I got all these sets of armor made for those that would need it. I think they would be better for everyone here to use."
They all looked to see Harry was drawn to the red one armor set. Which made sense to them as he was the leader of the group. He was soon picking it up and looking at it closely. He could feel the magic embedded into the gear. It wasn't just the scales or runes carved into the leather. There were carvings on every single scale, even the studs on the shoulders had runes carved into them. These were masterfully done, he wasn't really shocked seeing goblin ruins carved into them. Considering she has been around for so she must have picked up some of the tips of the goblins. He was curious so he threw the suit on. It soon was resizing for his body to the perfect size.
Harry moved his body around and was shocked he did not lose any movement or agility. It was as if the armor was a second skin. He knew he did not really need this as he could bring out his Hyperion scales. Morgana showed him was immune to every curse except the imperious but his immunity to mind magic fixed that issue. Yet he knew he could not keep that partial transformation for long without losing control. That would never be good to do in class or in public for sure. Everyone soon went over to the rest of the armor and picked out a set for themselves. When Vanessa put it on it showed that it accented to the curves of her body and even covered her large bust. Harry was soon curious as to how it worked with Meta's when Tonks solved that. She transformed into a few different sized people and they wanted as the suit was able to cover someone almost a person near Hagrid's half-giant size. Then again Harry was also close since he stood so far at 6 foot 5 and was wider than Severus was. Harry was figuring he was near 13 to 17 stones in weight. He was big for his age but that's from all the family magic coursing through his veins.
Soon everyone was in gear for the kids and some of the adults. Some of them wore the gear only for protection. Vanessa and Tonks did so. What surprised them was Promfrey grabbed one and Minerva already had a golden one on under her robes which she did shed to show them. Harry saw some extra loops and holders on his armor. He looked to Minerva and she told him simply that they were weapon holders. Ones that prevented summoning and makes the weapons weightless so as not to be a heavy burden. Harry smiled at that and soon brought out the Hammer and Excaliber and fitted them to the loops. Hermione's parents were in awe at the sword since it was known throughout the entire United Kingdom.
Harry shrugged and was curious about a shield he might want to counter the sword or hammer. Minerva saw the look in his eyes and knew what he wanted. She had two shields from her days of adventuring. One she found in Athens under the temple floor. One that would be dangerous to have around others. This was called the Aegis made of brass with Medusa's head implanted onto the front. The other was one Godric and Salazar gave her after their mother died. It might make him uncomfortable to use as it was made from the bones of a dragon. What dragon they never said but it seemed to be important to them. All they told her was to give it to the one who broke the curse.
She motioned Harry over and pulled out the last two items from the founders. He almost wasn't sure what to do with both of them. He felt the magic off the both of them. The eyes of medusa followed him and yet he wasn't turned to stone from the gaze. He knew the bone one instantly as he saw the bones from when he transformed. They were of Hyperion dragon from the Island or when they were forced to change into what they are today. He noticed the smoothness from them and the coloring of the scales. They were made from Morgana herself. This one was making him angry a bit. She wasn't really dead thanks to her magic and the magic of the world.
Just as he was about to yell at Minerva about using the bones for her own gain his mom's voice sounded in his head."I gave her permission to use the spines after I passed away from earth. I knew that you would need them when it was time. Now is the time Harry use it well and don't worry the spines and scales grew back when I awoke here. To be honest, either shield is perfect for you mine is lighter but go with mine as the material is too valuable to be given to anyone else."
Harry instantly settled down as she talked to him. He then ran his hand down the shield feeling the embedded magic from his mother inside the shield and smiled he slipped it onto his off-hand and watched as the shield collapsed and looked like a bone along his arm. He smiled at the size since that would be very easy to hide. Minerva was also smiling at him for picking it and packed the other shield away since that was a bit too dangerous for anyone else at the moment.
Everyone soon got into groups with adults and were soon casting spells and learning everything they could. There were, even more, spells from the parents and teachers. Severus of course was teaching them about how the death eaters fought. He was also giving them potions lesions for whenever they had to bow out of the casting due to near depletion of their magic. Since most potions could be made without magic to guide the way or making it get the properties. It also seemed the potions section of the training area had a never-ending amount of potion supplies. Some of which made Severus envious as they were potions ingredients that even he had an extremely hard time finding. Even Hermione's parents were getting into the potion-making. Jessica Granger seemed to have a better grasp at the actual theory and David Granger was the potioneer of the two. Severus was impressed by them both and soon was showing the many little secrets he developed and showed how to do more. It seemed the two had a calling for the magical world after all.
Soon before everyone realized it was late. Dahlia was the one who popped in with her arms crossed and a stern face as she pulled Harry away from the targets."Master Harry and all families have been very naughty. You all have skipped lunches and supper. Now that is enough practice for today and you will all go up and eat before you drop in hunger." It seemed this shocked everyone and made them pause and as they mentioned missing out on the food everyone there had their stomachs rumble. Now to their own embarrassment, it seemed everyone blushed red and soon was getting cleaned up and heading out to see if they could beg for food from the elves.
Not realizing that the elves figured this would happen and waited till Dahlia was angry and got them did they cook. So by the time everyone was clean and ready to beg for food, it was still hot and ready to eat. Harry noticed it of course and looked to Dahlia and noticed a not so subtle smirk on the little elf's face, he now understood that she and the other elves had played them. He raised his goblet to the elf and watched as she beamed and left to do something else it seemed. It wasn't long after that it seemed everyone realized how tired they were and soon everyone was heading to bed. The teachers soon handed a bunch of teaching material for the parents to read and teach the kids over the summer. Madam Pomfrey was the only one staying since she stayed in Edmonton when school was out. This was just in case as their job dictates they can't always come over and teach since they had to prepare for the next school year. Everyone soon hit their beds and were almost all instantly asleep as their heads hit the pillows. They all had smiles on their faces as they laid their heads down, each of them excited for what they were going to be learning over the summer.
