Revelation exited the room he slept in after a solid 7 hours of restful sleep only to come to a stop when he saw Vitaetus standing at a podium writing on some parchment, with a few books around him. He had his axe held in the large mechanical claw extending from his back, as though it was not easily one of if not the most advanced and powerful weapons on the planet. He had a small stack of parchment already next to him. Revelation cleared his throat and saw Vitaetus gaze snap to him before he stuffed the parchment into his robe and gave a bow. "Forgive me my lord, I had gotten engrossed in my work and failed to hear you exit. I shall strive to do better in the future, I swear it. I do hope you had a restful sleep."
"I did," Replied Revelation as he held out the data slate which Vitaetus quietly took and tucked into his robe. "And think nothing of it, I too have become engrossed in my work before and had the outside world just fall into the background. I am surprised to see you at work already though, given how new you are to the world and all the revelations that came about last night. What is it you are working on, and where did you acquire these things?" The second half of the question was asked with hesitation. Knowing how Vitaetus has acted so far, he was worried the cyborg had harmed or scared some of the children or adults into getting them for him.
"One is to never let their surroundings or emotions stop them from serving The Omnissiah to their best might, lest heresy and corruption take root. The tomes and podium came from those daemon things with big eyes and ears. The tomes themselves were not for the heretical information they contain but for examples of the written form of the language English." Stated Vitaetus, "As for my work here, I am forced to rewrite the Treaty of Olympus Mons my Lord. The original is no longer valid due to it being between the Adeptus Mechanicus and Imperium of Mankind which no longer or at least does not yet exist. I am currently getting the basics laid out though. That the Mechanicus shall have sole sovereignty of Holy Mars and any worlds we directly settle, it shall remain a sovereign entity from any and all governments if there are more than one. Only The Mechanicus and yourself shall have access to the entire arsenal of weapons, vehicles and civilian products. These and many other things though when humanity comes together as a single nation with you at its head it shall have to be rewritten again. It will take years to finish from this basic draft due to agreements having to be made between us as well as any nations to exist but it is a start. I only wish I could write it on properly sanctified parchment and not this worthless pulp."
Revelation's eyes had an inquisitive look when Vitaetus explained some of the various parts of this treaty. It must have been very important if Vitaetus deemed it as his first major project to start. "I see. Well I do look forward to us coming to an agreement and treaty in the future. Though if I may make a suggestion?" Revelation receives a nod. "Instead of constantly adding to and editing the main treaty, use it as a template for each government as needed when they wish to make deals with you. This allows you to keep the base document for yourself and I and any under us but also lowers the chance of contradictions or loopholes within."
Vitaetus started with an inquisitive mind, his mind running calculations and simulations of Revelations suggestion when after nearly 30 seconds, he spoke. "I shall do so My Lord. It shall make the process vastly faster as well as prevent rewrites being needed whenever a new government rises or falls."
Revelation clapped his hands together and smiled down at the priest. "Very good, but let's put that off for now. I have news I wish to share with you and the headmaster so let us go find his office to speak more."
"Of course My Lord, I shall guard your person to the best of my ability while we travel." With that said, Vitaetus let out a small shrill noise that caused revelation to wince before down at the end of the hall, his servo skull came flying around the corner. Once it was back in his grasp, Vitaetus connected a data cable to it and tucked the device back under his robe. As he did, he missed the slightly disgusted look Revelation had at the thing. "I am ready to leave when you are my lord. I had sent out my skull a couple hours ago to map out the castle, though it did not locate the headmaster anywhere it had been. Forgive me My lord."
Revelation nodded and responded, "That is quite alright, it is a large castle so is bound to have many hidden rooms and the like." With that, he turned and began to wander the castle until he found his destination. He knew he could simply look into the warp for where to go but chose not to so he may see more of the ancient castle. He knew Vitaetus was duifully following, most likely mapping out every inch of the halls in higher detail than any camera made by man to date.
As they started down the hall, Revelation spoke once more. "Do you know what time it is?"
"It is 2:38 and 47 seconds in the afternoon my lord." Responded Vitaetus, "That is of course assuming this schools bell is accurate on the hours and that it is the Standard Terran Hour of 60 minutes of 60 seconds with each second being 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition of the outermost electron jumping between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133."
All that Vitaetus got in return was a simple nod as Revelation continued down the hall.
After a few minutes of walking, Revelation extended his physic sense to find the headmaster as to know where to go. He knew that he could simply break through the wards and move himself and Vitaetus there but wanted to take these few minutes to get to know the General better and how he is feeling after everything that had been revealed. "Vitaetus I want you to be honest with me, how are you feeling? After what you were told of when and where you are, who you are. It has to be a huge shock."
Vitaetus first instinct was to say that he was fine, that he wished to only serve The Omnissiah. Though before he could say this, a thought crossed his mind of if that was honest as his lord demanded. He would never lie to the Omnissiah but that doesn't mean Vitaetus wouldn't lie to himself. It was almost a full minute before Vitaetus responded, the time spent looking over the memories and emotions that were cataloged during the discussion and thinking on what they could mean. He never locked away or removed his emotions but had never before spent time thinking about them, only even acknowledged and cataloged them.
Finally he spoke up "I am not sure my lord. I don't know why I am here. By all rights I should be bead, devoured by daemons in the warp. This is a blessing and a curse. To be here, on Holy Terra in your very presence is something I had never even dreamed of happening because I knew it was impossible. For millennia it has been stated that only your Custodies see your physical form. Words can not put into form the awe I feel. But at the same time, everyone and everything I have ever known is gone, they do not exist yet and may never exist again. To know my mere existence here is responsible for the death and destruction of so many, or maybe the whole universe from my time."
A pause, "Should anyone live with such knowledge? I have all the knowledge I could ever want but know not what to do with it. I am not sure how I should feel, my Lord. For the time, I am simply cataloging away my emotions so they do not distract me and lead me to possible heresy. That is the most honest answer I can give."
Revelation nodded at that Vitaetus had said. Truthfully he had expected the cyborg to state he was fine and move on, not a thought out answer as that. "That was more than I expected, General. But do not take that as a bad thing. I felt much the same when I was young and found out the truth about myself. It felt as though everything good and bad that could have happened to me happened at once. To know I would live forever but have to see my loved ones all die around me while I stayed the same. The day I laid my siblings to rest was I think when it finally kicked in, to see them there dead, at peace while I looked the same I did 50 years ago, it was hard to accept. In the end though, I could only move on and do the best I could. To accept the path before me while remembering how it made me feel at the beginning. That is what I suggest for you Vitaetus. Move forward, do the best you can but remember how this made you feel, let those emotions guide you."
Vitaetus thought about this and nodded. It is good, solid advice but that is to be expected from The Omnissiah. "Thank you my lord, I shall take your lesson to heart and move forward. As you said, it is the best that can be done. It may take time but I shall heed your words my lord. I shall pass your words on in any future sermons I hold so that others may know of your holy wisdom."
Revelation was a bit taken aback at how quickly Vitaetus latched onto and accepted his words. He had only meant it to be friendly advice but the way Vitatus spoke and promised to incorporate it into sermons showed that Vitaetus saw his words as much grander than simple advice. But it is slightly worrying that Vitaetus said he wanted to one day give sermons. That required people for him to pray to and for. Was Vitaetus hoping to grow his cult and religion once again?
"Vitaetus," Revelation hesitantly asked, "What are your plans for the future? Both short and long term I mean."
By this time, Revelation had led himself and Vitaetus to the east side of the castle and up an additional 2 floors. Vitaetus responded after a couple minutes of thought on just what he hoped to accomplish in this time. "Well my lord, long term I wish to assist you in rebuilding the Imperium and helping mankind regain our rightful-"
Quickly though, Vitaetus was silent and standing in place, listening carefully with his still organic ears. He knew he had heard a soft voice and was waiting to see if it spoke again. "...says he is about half way down this hall…"
There it was. Whirling around, drawing his serpenta and raising up his Volkite Blaster. Scanning over the hall with normal vision, he saw nothing so switched his eyes to infer-red and there, just by the corner he saw two boys under some kind of cloth that was hiding their visible light. "Under the ever vigilant gaze of The Omnissiah, you are hereby ordered to remove the cloth from yourself and step forward. Any hostile action shall be met with immediate execution. You have 5 seconds to comply."
It was 3 seconds before the cloth had dropped to the ground and 2 red headed twins were revealed, terrified looks on their faces and hands in the air. One of them was holding what looked like a stack of papers. Vitaetus idly noted they were dressed as students but did not let that sway his actions, the enemies of man were known to use any tactic to achieve their goals. He commanded the two once more, Revelation doing nothing to stop him as his gaze was drawn to the cloak the two were wearing over themselves. "If you have any of those sticks, you are ordered to slowly place them on the ground and step forward. As stated, any hostile action shall be met with immediate execution."
The twins looked out of the corner of their eyes at each other before slowly using one of their hands to place their wands on the ground as well as the map them slowly walking forward. Their eyes turned to watch as the cloak and papers both flew past them and into Revelation's hands, Vitaeus paying the items no mind. Once they got 10 feet away, Vitaetus ordered them to stop.
Vitaetus quickly shifted his gaze between the two, the green of his eyes, almost the same green of the killing curse, causing the twins to sweat slightly. "State your names and the name of the one who sent you to harm the Omnissiah."
Fred and Gorge had a slight look of confusion behind the fear at the mention of them being sent to harm someone. "I am Fred Whesley and this is my brother George"
"Yeah," Continued George, nodding his head, "And we were not sent by anyone to harm anyone."
Finishing together, the twins replied, "We came to find Harry Potter." The fear the twins had seemed to be taken over, if only slightly, by hoping to see the hero of the wizarding world.
Vitaetus made his eyes glow slightly red in lieu of narrowing them before responding with a hostile tone. "You expect me to believe you were sneaking around this building under a chamilin cloak without harmful intentions to the Omnissiah? Under Imperial law 11,975-463-374 and Mechanicus law 5,738,928 lying to an Imperial Official and high-ranking Mechanicus members is punishable by death to be carried out immediately." Vitawtus raised his Serpenta to the head of one though before he could pull the trigger, he felt a hand put a strong grip on his shoulder and calm wash over his mind and body, the anger at the potential assassins was simply gone. This caused him to lower and power down his weapons.
While Vitaetus was beginning to question and order the two, Revelation had pulled the cloak and bundle of paper to him so he could examine the items. The piece of cloth seemed so familiar to him and the paper because he could sense a fair amount of physic power from it, the power being from a few different sources. Examining the cloak with a fine eye and stretching his sense to it, his eyes went wide and a soft smile crossed his face. He knew this cloak, he had not seen it in a long long time but he remembered it for sure. Looking over to the paper, he saw nothing on it but something was hidden under the physic power. Quickly pushing his power into it a bit, he was surprised when a map appeared. It looked like a full map of the castle though before Revelation could examine it more, he heard Vitaetus state the children were to be executed right away.
Dropping the map and quickly stepping forward and placing his hand on the general's shoulder, and perhaps squeezing a bit hard, he forced the general to calm down and lower his weapons. Once this was done, Revelation stepped between Vitaetus and the twins, both to protect the children from him and speak to them one on two. He began speaking to them in a calm voice while slightly pushing out some power to help them keep calm. "Please forgive me for not stepping in sooner, children. I know General Cogblade can be… extreme but I never imagined he would go as far as he did. Sincerely, I apologize for his actions."
Receiving nods back, Revelation smiled at them, causing the red headed twins to smile back. Carefully holding up the cloak Revelation asked. "This cloak, does it belong to the two of you?"
The twins shook their heads no, "No sir," replied George, "Our younger brother Ron got it for christmas last year. The packaging did not have a sender on it so we don't know who he got it from. We borrowed it to try and find Harry Potter."
Revelation looked fondly down at the cloak before handing it to the two, "I see. Well tell your brother he needs to take very good care of it. Trust me when I say this, that cloak is very old and very special. And this Harry, how do you two know him?"
This time it was Fred that responded, "Everyone knows about him sir. He is famous in the wizarding world. He defeated He-who-must-not-be-named when he was just 1 year old. Our mom would read us stories about his adventures when we were growing up. We were really hoping to meet him."
"Well I am sure you will one day. For all we know, he may be closer than you think. Let's hope he is up to your expectations. Were you using this map to find where he is?" Receiving a nod, Revelation unfolded the map and pushed his power back to it, activating the map again and flipping through it. "This map is quite something. A nearly complete map of the school that keeps track of everyone in it. Did you two help make this?"
"No," the twins replied in unison, "We took it from Mr. Filch's office. It had been sitting in a drawer in his desk for years so we figured he would not miss it."
"Uh-huh. Well if he has not taken it back, I'm going to guess you are right that he wouldn't miss it. Can you show me the last place on this map you saw Harry Potter?" Asked Revelation, if the map tracked his psychic signature under the name Harry, it would be another thing pointing to him being from this time.
He handed them the map and watched as they flipped through it to the 9th floor, the one they were all on before turning it back to Revelation. "Right here sir. Here is George and I, these weird symbols where… you are… as well as Harry Potter behind them…" Fred and George's eyes went wide before looking between the map, themselves and Revelation with Vitaetus right behind him.
Fred pointed a shaking finger at Vitaetus with his eyes wide and exclaim with both fear and delight, "H-He is Harry Potter-"
Though the child had not gotten more than that before Vitaetus spoke to him with a harsh voice. "You shall refrain from referring to me by that name." Though this command was enough for Revelation to finally turn and snap at Vitaetus.
Standing and turning around to look directly at Vitaetus, Revelation used his power to pull an image of his future self from Vitaetus' mind, of himself in grand gold armor towering above all. He used his power to change himself to look as his future self, this God Emperor of Mankind and then addressed Vitaetus directly, anger seeping into his voice. He knew the cyborg would listen but wanted to make his point crystal clear and knew that the look Vitaetus most associated with him would do it. He stopped holding back his power as he spoke so Vitaetus could feel it "Magos Vitaetus, and it will be Magos until I feel you have EARNED the title and rank of General, you are to stand there AND BE SILENT until I tell you to speak. You harmed the headmaster, you damaged this school and now you threatened to kill children. CHILDREN! I am far from pleased with you. Your actions so far have been truly abhorrent. You WILL apologize to these children. You WILL let them address you as Harry Potter. If they want something from you before they leave this hall, you will give it to them. Am I clear?"
Vitaetus did all he could do and nod at his god, his mind full of terror at the rage directed at him, but behind that there was horror at just what he has done, that he has displeased and angered the living embodiment of his god.
Outside of the hall, unseen and unheard to its occupants is complete silence and stillness. All around the castle and out into the village beyond, people were quiet and still. Everyone felt the magical power radiating from the castle with anger behind it. It felt to them as though an angered god had awoken within the halls. All the wards around the school and buildings in the village began to glow gold as they fed off the power being released. Slowly though, the power began to fade and the glow from the wards began to fade away. As one every person released a breath before they all began to look at one another, fear and worry in their eyes as the power felt by them all.
Up in the headmasters tower, Dumbledore was looking over the Hogwarts grounds, watching students and teachers out and enjoying the afternoon sun when he felt it, magical power that was so much more than he could ever dream, it was godly in its strength. He could not move or speak as it washed over him, only think. Was this Revelation, was he truly so powerful? This made Dumbledore, who for a long time was considered the strongest magician in Great Britain, feel like a simple squib. As he looked over the grounds, Dumbledore saw the wards of Hogwarts glow gold, the normally invisible protection there clear to the eye.
Slowly, as the power around him began to dissipate, the wards began to fade once more back to their normal invisible ways. After a minute, he was able to move once more and he let out a breath before quickly casting a spell to check on the wards, he was shocked at what it revealed. Hogwarts always had great wards making it one of the safest places in the wizarding world. But if what they were before was comparable to a brick wall than now it was as if they were a meter thick reinforced steel wall. They were utterly and absolutely impenetrable. Just what happened to cause such a wave of power? Turning, he grabbed and downed a glass of firewhisky he had left forgotten on his desk. He would need that for the discussion to follow for sure.
Fred and George were the most affected by the release of power. They at first fell back when they saw Revelation change in the blink of an eye to a man taller than even Hagrid covered head to toe in gold. Then they felt the power. Unlike the others that were affected, they did not just feel the power wash over them but through them due to being right there behind him. They felt it reach deep into them and touch something. In that instant the two became what would one day be called sanctioned psykers, their psychic powers, or as they called it magic, stabilized and amplified by Revelations' own. As they stared at his back both twins were thinking the same thing, that this man who just a second ago seemed so inconspicuous and forgettable was god-like. That the armor he wore was fit only for an emperor of all. The only way to describe the man in front of them was an Emperor-god. They both knew deep down that he was the only one fit to rule all magicals. No, not all magicians but all of humanity in the future.
When Revelation changed his appearance, he could have never known that that simple action sparked the beginnings of a new religion, one that would spread to encompass all of humanity in just under 200 years and it started with just two young boys. Though this wouldn't truly start to grow for over another decade or more. When revelation finally contained his power once more, he changed his appearance back and turned to look at the boys that were on the floor, looking up at him with both reverence and fear in their eyes.
As he knelt down to them, he felt something in the warp. 2 new connections and flows of faith to him. Quickly tracing them, he saw they were coming from these two boys. It was small, just a trickle of a running faucet compared to Vitaetus' raging river but it was there.
The Weasley twins only opened and closed their mouths for a moment before Fred spoke with a low, quiet voice. "You, are you a god?" This causes revelation to have a sad smile.
Revelation focused his power to get the children off of that topic for the time being, "I do not believe I am, but right now who or what I am does not matter. What matters is Harry, or as he goes by, Vitaetus has to say to you." Revelation looked behind at the man and gestured him forward before getting up and standing off to the side, crossing his arms over his chest.
Vitaetus stepped forward and looked over at The Omnissiah, who nodded his head. Taking it as permission to speak, Vitaetus knelt down and bowed his head before speaking. "I apologize for my earlier actions. My goal was only to protect my liege and lord, The Omnissiah from any harm. I had no knowledge of your wish to only meet who you view as a celebrity. Where I come from, our enemies are known to use any tactics to achieve their goals and they wish nothing more than His death. I ask for your forgiveness of me only for carrying out my duties."
Fred and George looked at one another before Fred looked back and spoke. "You were only doing your job and trying to protect your friend?" Receiving a nod, he kept speaking, "Well it was terrifying how ruthless and commanding you are but if you were only doing what you think was right and protect him. If George can forgive you I can as well"
George nodded his head at this. "I can, Fred and I would both do whatever we can to protect our friends so we can't judge you for doing the same. We forgive you."
Vitaetus looked up upon hearing this. He had expected to be sentenced to execution as would be expected for his actions and the anger the Omnissiah showed to him. "I thank you Mr. and Mr. Weasley. Truly, if there is anything I may do for you you just need to say. Implants, weapons, knowledge. As my lord commands, I shall give you anything you wish before you leave this hall." Vitaetus said this, though deep down he knew it was pointless to want forgiveness from his lord. He did not deserve it now.
Fred and George had no idea what these implants or weapons are so decided to simply ask the kneeling man a question. "We just want to know, are you really Harry Potter?"
There was a moment of hesitation before Vitaetus answered, unsure of it himself. "It is unknown at this time but there is mounting evidence to suggest such a conclusion, yes."
The twins' mouths went wide at this, the man who threatened to kill them and was covered in muggle metal had just said he was Harry Potter, they think. Quickly, a wide smile spread across the faces of the two. Fred was the first to speak "Oh my god, it really is him. We have to get our autograph, Ron and Ginny will be so jealous. Fred, do you have any parchment with you?"
The twins scrambled, looking in all their pockets for parchment and a quill though both looked up when they heard a whirring of servos as Vitaetus swung his servo arm out in front of him and pulled parchment and a quill out from his robe. Quickly but neatly, he wrote down the name Harry Potter in large letters on a couple pieces and handed them to the twins, both of whom were looking at the servo arm and cybernetic hand. "What happened to your arm and what is the claw? They look like muggle contraptions, none of the stories ever said anything about them? Oh our dad would love to meet you if those are muggle devices. He loves figuring out how they work.
Worried that this conversation might lead to Vitaetus discussing the future, as well as wanting to meet with the headmaster sooner than later, Revelation took a step forward once more and placed himself between the priest and children. "I am afraid we do not have the time to discuss that as the Magos and I have a meeting with the headmaster soon. But I'm sure Harry would love to talk with your father in the future. Why don't you tell him to send a letter when you get home. Run along so we may get along with our day. I'm sure you are both excited to tell the story of how you met Harry Potter."
Revelation focused his power to urge the two to get on with their day and not stand here asking a hundred questions though as they nodded and turned to leave did Revelation remember a couple last things. "Though Fred, George before you leave may I see your map again?" Receiving a nod and the map, Revelation directed his power to change it ever so slightly as to not show his location as well as change Vitaetus name on it from Harry Potter to Vitaetus Cogblade. Handing it back, he explained what he did to it. "There, I removed myself from your map as well as changed Harry's name on it. Though that may be who he is, that is not what he wishes to be called. Now before you go, I have a request for you two. Do not tell anyone what you learned or saw here today. I do not want to be known and Vitaetus will reveal he is Harry when he wants to. Can you do this for me?" Receiving a nod, Revelation smiled down at the two before walking with them to the end of the hall.
As Revelation walked with the twins down the hall, Vitaetus drew his side arm and looked down at it. He knew that he no longer deserved to be here, His transgression could and would never be forgiven and he had shown himself as a heretek. All he had worked for, his whole life was for naught now. Vitaetus knew there was only one thing left he could do for any sort of repentance.
As the twins rounded the corner, Revelation turned back to continue on to the headmaster when he saw Vitaetus standing stock still in the hall, his head hanging and looking at his pistol. When Revelation took a step forward, Vitaetus' head shot up, his mechanical eyes locking on his god. Revelation could tell that behind the glowing optics was great sadness, regret but also a strong conviction. Quietly, VItaetus spoke "For over a century, I have dedicated my life and work to you my lord. Great machines and vast weapons all built in your name. Yet, in less than a day I have made it all for naught. I have committed the ultimate sin and angered you. I am unworthy of being in your glorious presence for a moment longer."
Revelation watched with horror as Vitaetus raised his weapon and pointed it at his own chest, directly over his brain and shutting off his eyes. This action caused Revelation to rush forward and try to reach the priest. "Only In death can forgiveness be earned from the Omnissiah. Holy Terra is no place for a heretek such as I." With this last statement, Vitaetus squeezed down on the trigger of his Phosphor Serpenta right as Revelation reached him.
