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The Disappearance . Chapter 5 .
The death eater with the hot poker had apparently delighted in burning strange designs in Harry's skin. But by far the worst part of the torture was when he had thrust the poker straight through Harry's left wrist leaving a gaping hole. Harry had simply glared at the man throughout the entire session unwilling to scream for the amusement of his captor.
Harry felt himself slipping into darkness and quickly pictured his ancestors. Suddenly he was back on the silver and red bed with Merlin leaning over him. "Hello Harry, ready for your training?" he asked.
Harry just groaned and sat up. He glanced at his arms but the burns were gone and his wrist was intact. Merlin saw his confusion and explained, "Here your physical injures have no manifestation, Harry. So let's get on with the training."
Godric waved him over to what looked like a duelling room. Every sort of weapon lined the walls. Godric picked up a golden sword and told Harry to choose one as well. Harry picked up a silver sword with a green jade handle. It reminded him of Salazar but seemed to fit him well.
Godric looked sadly at Harry's sword. "That was Salazar's. No one else has ever been able to use it but it suits you. I hear you are called 'deathdancer' so let's have a mock duel first." They faced each other and bowed. "Begin!" shouted Godric.
Both weapons moved so quickly they seemed to be only gold or silver flashes. Harry and Godric twisted, lunged, and parried in what looked to be an elegant dance. Godric could see why Harry was called 'deathdancer' as he smoothly executed every move. After half an hour Godric called a draw and the duel came to a halt.
"That was great Harry," Godric said gleefully, "I haven't had anyone to match me with the sword for the longest time. Salazar preferred the axe, Helga: daggers, and Rowena: bow and arrows. Let's see how you do with daggers. Helga, come here!"
Helga walked over and immediately knew what Godric wanted her to do. She picked up two gold-white daggers. Harry chose some that were a mix of blue and silver. They faced off and began. This time the thrusts and blocks were more abrupt due to the weapons but the duellers were evenly matched and Godric was about to call a draw when Harry used a twist-spin kick to knock Helga off balance. In a second he had his daggers across her throat.
Godric clapped enthusiastically, "Adding martial arts, nice touch." Helga bowed to Harry, congratulated him, and left. "Okay, I don't think you need much help in fighting, so I'll just show you some techniques and how to defend against them," Godric commented. He spent the next 45 minutes demonstrating and Harry picked it up quickly.
Next, Harry went to Rowena. She had decided to teach him gymnastics first but since Harry was already incredibly agile all she had to do was show him the movements. In no time Harry was doing flips, handsprings, walkovers, and ariels. Rowena smiled proudly and led him to a piano. She taught him to read notes and the keys on the piano then left him to his own devices.
At first Harry slowly and laboriously picked his way along the keys but it soon became easy and his fingers flowed smoothly as if he had been playing for years. He was running through Beethoven when Rowena returned to check his progress. The founders were astounded by Harry's advancement in everything but Merlin only smiled, a knowing glint in his eye.
Helga quickly took Harry through voice control since he had a natural talent for it. They also covered pain control. Harry did this easily as well since he had rather a lot of practice.
Merlin taught Harry to become a dragon animagus. It was simple but as he had never been able to accomplish it before he hadn't tried after Drake's death. Harry's dragon form looked almost exactly like Drake aside from the lightning scar and green eyes but it made sense since Drake had given him the gift.
Merlin also instructed Harry in shape shifting. It was like his pretender ability but without having to make up a background and he could only become a thing that already existed so he would have to be carefully about copying people lest they show up while he was impersonating them. Harry winked at Merlin and became his twin. Walking over to the founders he asked, "What do you think of young Harry's progress?"
They looked at him strangely. "Merlin, we already discussed this. It is astounding," Godric replied.
"You really think so?" Harry questioned shifting back to himself. The founders started to laugh hysterically. Godric was on the ground, Helga was doubled over clutching her stomach, and Rowena had tears streaming down her face.
Helga got herself under control first and explained, "That is exactly like something Salazar would have done."
Harry smiled evilly at her. "Yes, I'm sure we will have a lot of fun with this when I get back."
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When Hermione ran into Draco's office and saw Draco and Salazar looking so downcast she knew that Harry was really gone. Clutching his letter even more tightly in her fist she sat down next to Salazar and started to cry. Hearing her, Draco decided that he had to pull everything together. Harry had trusted him.
"Hermione," he said gently, "Can you go wake up the rest of the inner circle? Have them come to the conference room as soon as possible. We will meet you there." Hermione nodded and ran off down the hallway.
Within ten minutes the inner circle, in various states of awareness, had assembled. When they heard the words 'Harry is gone' they immediately snapped to attention. Hermione handed those who had been half-asleep the letters she had found in their rooms.
After Sirius finished his he looked stricken and said, "I don't care what Harry says we have to find him."
Draco shook his head. "Harry is right. There is no way we could find where he is being kept. We will just have to trust him to get out of this on his own." Seeing Sirius was about to argue Draco continued, "Those were Harry's orders. I will follow them and you will follow mine." He showed Sirius Harry's ring and he went silent.
"Good. While Harry is gone he has entrusted me with his duties. He left instructions for most of you. Neville, you will check on Dudley." Neville nodded. "Sirius and Severus, you will refrain from killing each other, Ron will be coming with me to see the Sea Witches, and Hermione and Remus are to continue their research.
Also, Salazar will be second in command and is doing research as well as meeting with the vampires. I will check up on all of Harry's agents and Sirius, if you will listen to this quote I will have one less item on this insanely long list.
Sirius looked puzzled so Draco pushed on, "item 17: Sirius- make sure he doesn't twist my kidnapping so it was his fault. I have no idea how he will do it but he is quite capable. Also, make sure he doesn't try to find me." Everyone smiled at how well Harry knew Sirius.
"Okay, one last thing if anyone sees agents, vampires, griffins, Angels, scary black dogs, Elves, or dwarfs please direct them to me."
Ron and Sirius laughed. Draco raised an eyebrow, "I wasn't kidding," he stated. Ron and Sirius paled. "Alright, everyone get to work." The circle broke apart and each person went to work on their respective task. Draco consulted the list of duties again and decided to visit Nick.
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So the days continued. Harry was tortured though a variety of cuts, burns, general beatings, Crucios, and anything else the death eaters could come up with. Voldemort made a few appearances to taunt Harry and attempt to extract information, but as he never got any he became increasingly frustrated. Voldemort had let it slip that they were in a fortress somewhere in Russia. Harry filed the information away for later use.
Harry was advancing through his training very quickly. Godric had finished teaching him Lie Detection, which had proved useful already when Voldemort tried to bring Harry to despair by telling him the Order had been destroyed and all his friends were dead. They were now working on Lightning Control.
Rowena had taught Harry archery which he enjoyed thoroughly. He could hit the bull's eye every time so Rowena had given him the task of crafting his own bow and arrows. Harry had decided to use holly, the same wood as his wand and since he could transform into a griffin he used his feathers for the balances at the end of the arrows. He created the arrow tips by changing into a phoenix, crying, and then freezing the tears with his water elemental ability; thus making a substance harder than diamond.
Rowena had also been teaching Harry art but it was a talent he already possessed. Harry had never shown anyone the numerous sketches he drew but he had created a likeness of everyone in the inner circle in his sketchpad. The pictures were so life-like they almost seemed to move despite not being enchanted as wizarding pictures were. So Rowena had given Harry paints, brushes, clay, sketching pencils, canvas, and paper and allowed him to work on whatever he wanted.
With the paint and canvas Harry made a painting of Hogwarts that the founders greatly admired. Using the clay he fashioned a beautiful unicorn figurine that he planned to give to Blaise when he returned. Harry painted the unicorn pure white with flecks of gold on its coat and silver stands in its mane and tail. The horn was made of opal and the hooves were ebony.
But his last project was the one Harry was most proud of. It was a large colour sketch of Salazar that he intended to give the founders as a thank you gift for all their help. He had captured the essence of Salazar perfectly, from the flowing emerald robes to the mischievous smile on his face and the ever-present sparkle in his eyes. He had hidden the picture and moved on to learning the guitar. This came as naturally as the piano so he soon had learned the drums and violin as well.
Helga had finished teaching him the extent of his healing abilities and they had begun muggle studies. Harry was learning physics, biology, geometry, algebra, chemistry, statistics, literature, history, technology, anatomy, geology, and any other miscellaneous things Helga felt he should know.
Harry had also been attempting to transform into his final animagus form. He had been working straight for several hours and was getting frustrated. He had managed to change his hand into a strange gold/red paw but that was all. 'It would probably be easier if I had any idea what I'll turn into,' he thought to himself.
Suddenly Harry felt himself changing. His body lengthened and sprouted a tail. His hands became paws and his senses became even more acute. Harry could see the founders and Merlin gaping at him and opened his mouth to ask what he was but a loud growl came out instead.
He prowled over to the mirror and almost yelped at the sight. Gazing back at him was a creature that looked roughly like a jaguar but its fur seemed to be made of fire with lightening streaking across it. Out of his paws long golden claws that appeared to be solidified light extended. His eyes remained the same glittering emerald but with fire and lightening flashing in their depths. The lightning scar that made him so famous was scratched into his left ear.
Harry quickly pictured himself and became human again. After a minute of shocked silence Godric said, "Wow!" Harry turned toward him to agree but felt himself sliding back into consciousness.
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Well, tell her what you think. Go on!
The Red Dragons Order
Another chapter! YAY!!!! Enjoy!
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The Disappearance . Chapter 5 .
The death eater with the hot poker had apparently delighted in burning strange designs in Harry's skin. But by far the worst part of the torture was when he had thrust the poker straight through Harry's left wrist leaving a gaping hole. Harry had simply glared at the man throughout the entire session unwilling to scream for the amusement of his captor.
Harry felt himself slipping into darkness and quickly pictured his ancestors. Suddenly he was back on the silver and red bed with Merlin leaning over him. "Hello Harry, ready for your training?" he asked.
Harry just groaned and sat up. He glanced at his arms but the burns were gone and his wrist was intact. Merlin saw his confusion and explained, "Here your physical injures have no manifestation, Harry. So let's get on with the training."
Godric waved him over to what looked like a duelling room. Every sort of weapon lined the walls. Godric picked up a golden sword and told Harry to choose one as well. Harry picked up a silver sword with a green jade handle. It reminded him of Salazar but seemed to fit him well.
Godric looked sadly at Harry's sword. "That was Salazar's. No one else has ever been able to use it but it suits you. I hear you are called 'deathdancer' so let's have a mock duel first." They faced each other and bowed. "Begin!" shouted Godric.
Both weapons moved so quickly they seemed to be only gold or silver flashes. Harry and Godric twisted, lunged, and parried in what looked to be an elegant dance. Godric could see why Harry was called 'deathdancer' as he smoothly executed every move. After half an hour Godric called a draw and the duel came to a halt.
"That was great Harry," Godric said gleefully, "I haven't had anyone to match me with the sword for the longest time. Salazar preferred the axe, Helga: daggers, and Rowena: bow and arrows. Let's see how you do with daggers. Helga, come here!"
Helga walked over and immediately knew what Godric wanted her to do. She picked up two gold-white daggers. Harry chose some that were a mix of blue and silver. They faced off and began. This time the thrusts and blocks were more abrupt due to the weapons but the duellers were evenly matched and Godric was about to call a draw when Harry used a twist-spin kick to knock Helga off balance. In a second he had his daggers across her throat.
Godric clapped enthusiastically, "Adding martial arts, nice touch." Helga bowed to Harry, congratulated him, and left. "Okay, I don't think you need much help in fighting, so I'll just show you some techniques and how to defend against them," Godric commented. He spent the next 45 minutes demonstrating and Harry picked it up quickly.
Next, Harry went to Rowena. She had decided to teach him gymnastics first but since Harry was already incredibly agile all she had to do was show him the movements. In no time Harry was doing flips, handsprings, walkovers, and ariels. Rowena smiled proudly and led him to a piano. She taught him to read notes and the keys on the piano then left him to his own devices.
At first Harry slowly and laboriously picked his way along the keys but it soon became easy and his fingers flowed smoothly as if he had been playing for years. He was running through Beethoven when Rowena returned to check his progress. The founders were astounded by Harry's advancement in everything but Merlin only smiled, a knowing glint in his eye.
Helga quickly took Harry through voice control since he had a natural talent for it. They also covered pain control. Harry did this easily as well since he had rather a lot of practice.
Merlin taught Harry to become a dragon animagus. It was simple but as he had never been able to accomplish it before he hadn't tried after Drake's death. Harry's dragon form looked almost exactly like Drake aside from the lightning scar and green eyes but it made sense since Drake had given him the gift.
Merlin also instructed Harry in shape shifting. It was like his pretender ability but without having to make up a background and he could only become a thing that already existed so he would have to be carefully about copying people lest they show up while he was impersonating them. Harry winked at Merlin and became his twin. Walking over to the founders he asked, "What do you think of young Harry's progress?"
They looked at him strangely. "Merlin, we already discussed this. It is astounding," Godric replied.
"You really think so?" Harry questioned shifting back to himself. The founders started to laugh hysterically. Godric was on the ground, Helga was doubled over clutching her stomach, and Rowena had tears streaming down her face.
Helga got herself under control first and explained, "That is exactly like something Salazar would have done."
Harry smiled evilly at her. "Yes, I'm sure we will have a lot of fun with this when I get back."
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When Hermione ran into Draco's office and saw Draco and Salazar looking so downcast she knew that Harry was really gone. Clutching his letter even more tightly in her fist she sat down next to Salazar and started to cry. Hearing her, Draco decided that he had to pull everything together. Harry had trusted him.
"Hermione," he said gently, "Can you go wake up the rest of the inner circle? Have them come to the conference room as soon as possible. We will meet you there." Hermione nodded and ran off down the hallway.
Within ten minutes the inner circle, in various states of awareness, had assembled. When they heard the words 'Harry is gone' they immediately snapped to attention. Hermione handed those who had been half-asleep the letters she had found in their rooms.
After Sirius finished his he looked stricken and said, "I don't care what Harry says we have to find him."
Draco shook his head. "Harry is right. There is no way we could find where he is being kept. We will just have to trust him to get out of this on his own." Seeing Sirius was about to argue Draco continued, "Those were Harry's orders. I will follow them and you will follow mine." He showed Sirius Harry's ring and he went silent.
"Good. While Harry is gone he has entrusted me with his duties. He left instructions for most of you. Neville, you will check on Dudley." Neville nodded. "Sirius and Severus, you will refrain from killing each other, Ron will be coming with me to see the Sea Witches, and Hermione and Remus are to continue their research.
Also, Salazar will be second in command and is doing research as well as meeting with the vampires. I will check up on all of Harry's agents and Sirius, if you will listen to this quote I will have one less item on this insanely long list.
Sirius looked puzzled so Draco pushed on, "item 17: Sirius- make sure he doesn't twist my kidnapping so it was his fault. I have no idea how he will do it but he is quite capable. Also, make sure he doesn't try to find me." Everyone smiled at how well Harry knew Sirius.
"Okay, one last thing if anyone sees agents, vampires, griffins, Angels, scary black dogs, Elves, or dwarfs please direct them to me."
Ron and Sirius laughed. Draco raised an eyebrow, "I wasn't kidding," he stated. Ron and Sirius paled. "Alright, everyone get to work." The circle broke apart and each person went to work on their respective task. Draco consulted the list of duties again and decided to visit Nick.
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So the days continued. Harry was tortured though a variety of cuts, burns, general beatings, Crucios, and anything else the death eaters could come up with. Voldemort made a few appearances to taunt Harry and attempt to extract information, but as he never got any he became increasingly frustrated. Voldemort had let it slip that they were in a fortress somewhere in Russia. Harry filed the information away for later use.
Harry was advancing through his training very quickly. Godric had finished teaching him Lie Detection, which had proved useful already when Voldemort tried to bring Harry to despair by telling him the Order had been destroyed and all his friends were dead. They were now working on Lightning Control.
Rowena had taught Harry archery which he enjoyed thoroughly. He could hit the bull's eye every time so Rowena had given him the task of crafting his own bow and arrows. Harry had decided to use holly, the same wood as his wand and since he could transform into a griffin he used his feathers for the balances at the end of the arrows. He created the arrow tips by changing into a phoenix, crying, and then freezing the tears with his water elemental ability; thus making a substance harder than diamond.
Rowena had also been teaching Harry art but it was a talent he already possessed. Harry had never shown anyone the numerous sketches he drew but he had created a likeness of everyone in the inner circle in his sketchpad. The pictures were so life-like they almost seemed to move despite not being enchanted as wizarding pictures were. So Rowena had given Harry paints, brushes, clay, sketching pencils, canvas, and paper and allowed him to work on whatever he wanted.
With the paint and canvas Harry made a painting of Hogwarts that the founders greatly admired. Using the clay he fashioned a beautiful unicorn figurine that he planned to give to Blaise when he returned. Harry painted the unicorn pure white with flecks of gold on its coat and silver stands in its mane and tail. The horn was made of opal and the hooves were ebony.
But his last project was the one Harry was most proud of. It was a large colour sketch of Salazar that he intended to give the founders as a thank you gift for all their help. He had captured the essence of Salazar perfectly, from the flowing emerald robes to the mischievous smile on his face and the ever-present sparkle in his eyes. He had hidden the picture and moved on to learning the guitar. This came as naturally as the piano so he soon had learned the drums and violin as well.
Helga had finished teaching him the extent of his healing abilities and they had begun muggle studies. Harry was learning physics, biology, geometry, algebra, chemistry, statistics, literature, history, technology, anatomy, geology, and any other miscellaneous things Helga felt he should know.
Harry had also been attempting to transform into his final animagus form. He had been working straight for several hours and was getting frustrated. He had managed to change his hand into a strange gold/red paw but that was all. 'It would probably be easier if I had any idea what I'll turn into,' he thought to himself.
Suddenly Harry felt himself changing. His body lengthened and sprouted a tail. His hands became paws and his senses became even more acute. Harry could see the founders and Merlin gaping at him and opened his mouth to ask what he was but a loud growl came out instead.
He prowled over to the mirror and almost yelped at the sight. Gazing back at him was a creature that looked roughly like a jaguar but its fur seemed to be made of fire with lightening streaking across it. Out of his paws long golden claws that appeared to be solidified light extended. His eyes remained the same glittering emerald but with fire and lightening flashing in their depths. The lightning scar that made him so famous was scratched into his left ear.
Harry quickly pictured himself and became human again. After a minute of shocked silence Godric said, "Wow!" Harry turned toward him to agree but felt himself sliding back into consciousness.
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Well, tell her what you think. Go on!
The Red Dragons Order