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Chapter 26

Hero Unbound

In so short of time, no enemy had been greater than one of your own. Harry Evans didn't flaunt the magical world to the muggles, or show them it existed. He showed them magic, and wonders that they would slowly comprehend in scientific terms. Then the world would see the truth as wizards saw it, but then they would have seen to look beyond, and understand that not everything was so simple. One man was close to discovering that now, now there was no going back to the way things were; the world had changed, and nothing could undo the past, which would lead onto a brilliant new future.

The President of MACUSA entered his office and closed the door with a sigh as he rubbed his greying brown hair and neatened his blue robes before turning to his desk. He was a tall man in his mid-fifties. He walked forward a few steps with the feeling of unease when his chair; the chair behind his desk spun around to his surprise, and fright to reveal a young man wearing a black muggle suit looking highly amused. His hair was a neat array of spikes and he looked completely at ease with his emerald eyes on him with an odd twinkle and darkness in them.

The older man drew his wand quickly, but the young black-haired man did not move or look intimidated. If anything, he looked like he was having the time of his life, as he gestured to his right where a man with dark brown hair stood holding some kind of weird black weapon with red markings on its sides, aimed at him. He was wearing a dark black muggle military uniform, and he didn't look like he would mind shooting him.

"I suggest you put the stick down, Mr. President," Harry said with his smile widening. "I'm just here to talk with you about the future. Colonel Mitchell will be on his best behaviour, but if you insist on keeping that weapon trained on me, I can't be held responsible for any harm to befall you, as he is my friend, and friends can get itchy trigger fingers while concerned for another friend's well-being, especially in situations like this."

The President gritted his teeth in anger as he was careful to place his wand down on his desk before moving back warily. "What do you want with me, Evans…?" he demanded straight to the point, concerned with the security of MACUSA, as this shouldn't be happening, and reminded him eerily of when he first got into office and visited the President of the United States, and now knew how that felt, and it wasn't nice.

Harry chuckled shaking his head. "I wish to talk to you about the possibility of… working with us instead of allowing Dumbledore to corrupt and use you, otherwise I'm afraid we'll have no choice but to put a stop to you, and reform MACUSA straight off the bat, no slow roasting, to get mage used to joining the rest of the world, and that would cause us all problems, and we don't want any one to die, because of ineptitude on either side.

"However, We cannot sit idly back, and allow you to attack our people, or for you to ever again threaten to take children from their families because they don't want to join your world any longer, and we are opening some schools to just, well, offer them a chance to learn their own powers, for their safety and ours of course, and I believe that those born with the gift have a right to learn their powers."

The President just glared. "It's our right, Evans, to have them; they're our people and have to see that they belong to…!"

"They belong to no one!" Harry suddenly hissed out in anger as he stood from his seat, eyes alight with his fury, darkening, nearly black, and the President knew he didn't want to see Harry like that; it caused the President to wince back, and he knew this boy was sealed, but he could still feel that power, trying to get free, and would hate to be on Evans's wrong side if his power was ever freed. "Yet you don't think that of lesser mage do you, from your world or the muggles… I mean nomaj. But I understand magic grows with the mage. These are my people, and I shall set them all free from your oppression, and control one way or another; so, you either work with us or we'll crush you into the ground, and spread the enlightened words of freedom, and have too many issues we would rather avoid, by easing them back into civilised society… would be much more appreciated all around!"

The President glared back in anger. "Like filthy nomaj could do anything, with our magic we're superior to all of you!" he spat out in rage, but there was a quiver in his voice, as he already knew that wasn't true, and so did they.

"I see," Harry said straightening out and regaining his composure. "Then it seems like you're declaring war on us, but rest assured, Mr. President, we have weapons the likes of which you could only dream of… wait, what am I saying? You don't have the imagination to dream of anything! Now if you'll excuse us, I believe I have a press conference to arrange with the nomaj and mage…"

Harry just went to Cam, about to leave with him when the President called out in a panic. "Wait, what are you talking about? You can't do anything; you've already broken the Statute of Security; you can't tell the nomaj anything more, anything about us?"

Harry looked back at him, smirking. "I'm sorry; I didn't give a shit about that law while I was a part of your world… so what makes you think I give a shit now?"

The President paled as he was left with no choice but to listen, and accept the world the way it would be, but it wasn't all bad, but he realised the children would be taught differently, lose tradition, and magical lore would become a thing of history, and mockery.

He sighed as he took a seat the wrong side of his desk, mourning the world that was, and wondering what Dumbledore would try; to stop what had already come to be; nothing. Then listening, he was scared, but wondered, what they had to fear when the future could honestly be that bright – if everyone had access to 'magic' – could life really become that simple?

One week later…

"I do!"

Daphne said those words, a light blush on her cheeks as she looked into those stunning green eyes. She looked so brilliant in her white silk dress, hugging her body perfectly. Her veil pulled back in her long flowing blonde hair like a headband, and her grey-blue eyes were sparkling, and her heart was pounding in love and joy as she could barely believe it was finally happening.

"I now pronounce you, husband and wife," the Druid Priest said with a smile, as lights from runes around the couple faded away. "You may now kiss the bride," he finished, closing his ritual book.

Harry smiled where he stood, holding Daphne's hands, and they were both wearing new gold bands on their fingers, with runic markings to symbolise each other. Harry was wearing a rich black stain suit with white shirt. He smiled wider as his lips met Daphne's in a sweet and lingering kiss. He felt tingles through his body as he pulled back, looking behind him at friends and family, as he cuddled his wife lovingly within his arms while they cheered and applauded.

His sister was standing to Daphne's side in a beautiful blue bridesmaid dress, with Daphne's maid of honour, her sister, Astoria, with her best friend Tracey, and Ginny, Luna, Susan, and Hannah. Harry had as his best man because he was winging and everyone agreed just to shut him up, Sirius with Remus, Kalam, Draco, Justin and Ernie standing to his side.

There were some pools running around the sides of the temple, and around behind the dais, where Éclair, Mary, the twins, and Klips joined the wedding, leaning over the top with two older mermaids, all in water designed dresses too. They would be having the after party back home, so they would be able to use the pool network, but they planned to use the beach anyway, as it was large and fun, especially for the kids.

The hall was packed, and Harry smiled as Dora was seated behind him with his side of the 'family' and friends while Daphne's friends, new and old, as long as they were not Death Eaters or Death Eater supporters sat the other side.

Daphne smirked as they could see the lining of the seals now, on Harry's face, glowing orange as they dissolved. "Amazing," she said, holding onto him while their guests applauded their marriage, and the ritual it took to unbind Harry's natural powers.

However, moments later, the doors to the chapel explode off and in, and if it were not for a few quick skilled mages deflecting the doors, they could have hurt someone. It was Bill and Fleur Delacour protecting some children, their own two-year-old daughter, Victoire included. Bill had taken his wife's family name, as he wanted nothing to do with his parents (mainly his mother) while they worshipped Dumbledore's idiocy, especially.

It was Dumbledore and over thirty of his minions, Harry's brother and father included. The old man walked in as if wands had not been trained on him by natural mage or muggles. He was smiling as if he owned the world until he saw Harry. His eyes widened as the orange light was eating at his seals, his eyes pitch black, as his magic had 'returned' in full force.

"You're not on the guest list, Dumbledore," Harry growled out in a rage no one had ever seen in him, the ground started shaking, and stained-glass windows shattered, but it did not fall but floated in Harry's presence, but nothing happened to the tanks, as Rose fearfully took Mary's hand. "You're disturbing my wedding when my wife and I should be leading everyone back to the reception to have a good evening. If you do not see fit to leave now, I'll be forced to make you!"

"Harry Evans; you are under arrest!" Dumbledore said so smugly.

However, Harry just rolled his eyes and blinked away to reappear in front of the old man to his shock, waving his hand the glass fixed itself and filled the window frames again, as the shaking ground stopped.

"I shall fulfil your prophecy, and finally end your tyranny over the mindless masses!" Harry said, shocking Dumbledore into stepping back. "And by the way," he said stepping back and turning from him. "Arrest my father for the rape of my mother, and the illegal enslavement of a human being!" he said, and in that moment white lights blazed into the temple with armed men with blasters.

"What's he talking about dad?!"

Harry was intrigued as he looked back as he had been walking to Daphne to see Terry aiming his wand at his dad, shaking with fear or rage he could not be sure, but he ignored the police and they waited at Harry's nod.

"N-nothing, now put your wand down, we have other problems!" James was quick to say, nervous. "I told you we'll rescue your mother as soon as we can and have her back, everything will be fine and back to normal."

"No, it won't, and you won't ever have her back, you bastard!" Kalam spat out as he marched towards him, drawing his wand. "I hate you; you're no father of mine. I have seen mum since she was cleansed, and she is in a right state, crying, and apologising all the time. She couldn't even come to the wedding because she's too unfit; having fought so hard she's mentally exhausted!"

"And you would allow this old bastard to do this to me too!" Rose demanded in, leaving Mary; her wand aimed at their father as she stood with her little brother. "You sicken me, James Potter!"

"Y-you… you kidnapped mum!" Terry asked, shaking more as he looked at his father in horror, and seemed moments away from throwing up. "This was all you… and Dumbledore. I'm not so stupid that I haven't noticed. My brother… Harry was always the smart and powerful one. I'll admit I was jealous; people like him because of who he is, not some stupid Boy-Who-Lived shit. For fuck sake, he was kind to House-elves, and was respected by non-humans that wouldn't even respect Dumbledore, or V-Voldemort!

"He never looked down on anyone… except us, bullies. I do not even like myself any-more. I have grown up since then. If you wanted a hero to fight V-Voldemort, it should have been Harry!" he said before turning to Dumbledore. "B-but it was that prophecy you told me about. It did not say Harry would become the next dark thing, did it? It said he would do this, that he would change the world, didn't it?!" he hissed out, near hysterics.

Dumbledore sneered, for once angry. "Shut up, you stupid little boy!" he roared out, startling Terry and the Order into stepping back. "The prophecy tells that the boy who vanquished the Dark Lord shall grow strong, and reveal magic to the world! I could not allow that! Never! I shall never allow this menace to give away our right."

"It was Harry, always Harry!" Terry said; his eyes cold as he looked at Dumbledore, enraged. "You ruined so many lives because you were going to lose!"

"Actually, Dumbledore is wrong in a sense!" Harry interrupted, smirking. "I looked into it, did some research and took some tests while Terry slept. Terry Potter, or Evans, whatever. He was struck with the killing curse, not me. If you had cared to check, you would see that. Ironic that Terry does have a special power, really. I called it the Light Hawk.

"It's why he's so weak. When it prematurely woke when we were babies, it protected us. Then reflected the killing curse. However, it was new, too young, so it lay, sleeping, recuperating so to speak. It draws on his mana to regenerate, and once it wakes, he'll have his full power back."

"I-impossible!" Dumbledore cried out, everyone looking shocked, as they had all started to think that Terry had no special power.

"Don't worry, he won't be able to unlock the Light Hawk," Harry replied, shrugging. "Not without a valour of unconditional love, and unless he's changed a lot since school, it's not going to happen."

Terry looked away at that, knowing it might be true because he had gotten big-headed, so arrogant, and became a bully with Dumbledore's blessing and guidance, and he hated that about himself. He turned to walk out when he felt a hand on his shoulder; he looked to see Ron glaring at him.

"What do you think you're doing Terry!" he demanded, enraged. "Look, my sisters here too, lets grab her and Rose first. What can these pathetic muggles do to us? We're wizards-!"

There was a mass grimace as Ron smashed into a wall as Terry banished him, screaming in rage, before Ronald fell to the ground, bloodied, out cold. Terry tuned again to see Hermione. She had been trying to tell him that they should leave, but he had not listened.

Hermione offered her hand with a sad smile, and Terry took it, pulling her to him before they both walked away, and with Harry's nod, the police let them leave.

"Oh, Harry, congratulations," Hermione said, stopping briefly at the exit, looking back with a sad smile. "And thank you, because of you back in year seven, I learnt occlumency the correct way and managed to get this fool to do it my way, your way. Without that, Dumbledore might have got to me when he saw my doubt, and questions."

"You're welcome, Hermione," he said with a cocky smirk and wink, before she smiled, happy as he watched them leave. "Arrest James, Ronald, and Albus, the rest can leave!"

"I'm not going anywhere!" Molly Weasley screamed out. "You've taken all of my children except for Ron and Percy, and my husband has recently left me because of your evil! I don't care what you think, or about your reasons-!"

"Arrest her too!" Harry said, bored as the police moved in closer.

"Mum… Dumbledore is filth!" Ginny commented, nonchalant. "Oh, and by the way, Luna and I are getting married next June in the country side, at this cute little estate house," she added as an afterthought while the blood drained from her mother's face in horror. "I just thought I would tell you you're not invited."

Harry groaned as his wedding had been great, but all those people and his magic being unbound was exhausting, but he couldn't help but grin, later that evening, as he lay on his back on his and Daphne's bed with his bride crawling on top of him in her wedding dress, smirking. Her lips captured his for a moment before pulling back.

"Harry, so, the old basket case got away," she reprimanded gently as his eyes were that stunning green once more, she loved so much, but she had gotten to know him enough to know when he was annoyed with himself for something silly like that. "We still arrested the two Weasley's and Potter! Did you honestly think capturing Dumbledore would be that easy? And now the police have a warrant out for his immediate arrest, and authorisation to use extreme violence! And the party was fun and Klips and the twins loved getting to play with all those other kids."

"Okay, baby, I get it," he said, pulling her lips to his, kissing her deeply, and sucking on her tongue as she pulled back when they started as they heard a bleeping.

"Answer," Harry said with a sigh.

"This is the SGC. An Asgard ship has just pulled into high orbit," the voice over the comm. said. "We have communications and you are being requested sir."

"This will only take a moment, Love," he said to Daphne. "Okay, patch him through!"

"Harry Evans, it is good to talk to you again!" Thor said over the comm., "It appears that your visual is not working."

"It doesn't have one in the bedroom," he answered. "Okay, how about we meet up in approximately ten Earth hours. In the meantime, you can set up. If you contact Samantha Carter, she will be able to assist and help you set up some equipment. Do you have a laboratory on your ship, or would a place on land be feasible?"

"My ships facilities would be suitable, but I feel that a proper laboratory would make for a better location. I shall contact Samantha Carter and have her assist setting up our technology within your facility. I do thank you for your help. I do hope I did not interrupt something important."

"Just… never mind, I'll see you in around ten hours then, maybe sooner."

"Very well, I shall look forward to meeting with you again," he finished and the comm. bleeped to signal that the call had ended.

"Now where were we?" Harry asked, smirking as Daphne grinned, her lips touching his, working together. "Computer, hold all calls unless it's an emergency!" he called out into her lips, kissing with a passion, his fingers running through her long blonde hair while hers were trying to get him out of his suit.

to be continued…