Harry Potter and the Icons of Myth
By: souls
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Author's Note: This is my first Harry Potter fanfic, I know there'll be a couple times I may lose my way so bear with me. I'm not J.K. Rowling so be kind when you review.
Also I do not own the rights to Harry Potter or any of his co-stars. The situation and a few guests to the Harry Potter world are from my warped mind.
I warn you now this is rated R just to be on the safe side I'm used to writing action/adventure comics with.Ahem gratuitous violence.
Author's Note: I do not speak Latin. I used a Latin-English online database. So you'll just have to excuse me if it is quite a rough translation.
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jacy: Thanks for the great review. I will continue to write and do the best that I can. I hope you enjoy this chapter.
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Harry Potter and the Icons of Myth
Chapter 4: Halloween Tidings
Halloween was in full swing at Hogwarts. The fourth years were very excited about the ball that night. Everyone was in a lively mood. This festive atmosphere still did not dissuade the teachers from continuing to teach class whether the students were listening or not. Professor Binns was a prime example of this. He continued to drone on about the first of many ancient wizarding cultures. The first of course being the island continent of Atlantis.
"Atlantis was the ancient Magi's first attempts at coexisting with Muggles. Most of the information we have comes from the sketchy accounts of Muggles, which are probably the descendants of those who brought about its subsequent downfall. This may have precipitated the first of the Mage Wars which legend has it was fought over the remnants of the Atlantian relics. These relics.the last of their combined power and knowledge." A chime interrupted him. "I want two rolls of parchment on how the Egyptians differed from the Atlantians."
Hermione seemed to have been the only one awake by the end of class something she found quite irritating and had the intention of voicing this to Ron and Harry as soon as they regained consciousness.
"Really you two should pay more attention to Professor Binns. It was a most enjoyable lecture on ancient wizarding cultures." Noticing that she wasn't getting anywhere and Ron was still half sleep she gave up. "It's time for Defense Against the Dark Arts and since I had to wake you two up we'll probably be late. Merlin knows what Professor Marlow will do then."
The rushed into the class room right in behind Draco. The Gryffindor's had the misfortune to have DADA with the Slytherins this term. Professor Marlow glared at them, "So nice of you four to join us today." Harry still wasn't sure how come they all tended to run afoul of the newest Hogwarts teacher.
"As I was saying today we will be doing a practical. The subject being Dark Wizards. I believe you've all studied the Unforgivables under previous instructors. So I'm going to be showing you a few things you haven't seen before. I might even go so far as to say that your Ministry has yet to encounter many practitioners of the Daemoniac Arts."
Many hands shot up before Jacob called on Lavender. "What are the Daemoniac Arts?"
"They are those arts used by lesser demons or classified to be the use of demonic energies. They aren't as inherently dark as the Unforgivables."
"Why is that Professor?" Hermione asked.
"Because many are quite useful but they all tend to take quite a toll on the practitioner's body. For example one power allows for astral projection but can also be twisted for the possession of another's body. These arts can seriously hamper the body and the flow of magicks within a wizard for several hours if used too long. I was trained by the Obsidian Order who stressed the knowledge of all arts: Dark, Light, and the Daemoniac Arts. Their goal was that by understanding the use of all magicks one can more easily help prevent the creation of beings such as Voldemort." Everyone in the class flinched with the exception of Harry. "I am going to demonstrate several different techniques and counters. I would suggest that you not try this for as I said before it could take a lot out of you physically and magically."
Jacob levitated a huge trunk from the back of the room and placed it on the desk. "I want you two to place an object inside the trunk and then lock it." He said to Dean and Seamus. They stood up and dropped their transfiguration books inside the trunk before shutting and locking it. Jacob moved to the trunk and said the incantation "phasma forma". His hands passed through the chest and brought back out each book. He dropped the books and removed his wand to transfigure the chest and books into rabbits. They immediately began hopping around the room before Jacob uttered another incantation, "animus gelu". The rabbits stopped in mid-hop their body's shuddering frozen in the air as strange sounds ushered from them.
"These powers do not require the use of a wand as you have just seen. The magic used is in its rawest form. That is why it is much harder to achieve and much harder on the body. Even so there are many applications for such powers and not all of them are productive. Ms. Granger, name some of the productive uses of the ghost form and the soul frost powers. Mr. Malfoy and Weasley, name some of the more destructive uses of each."
"You could use the ghost form for defense against hexes or to traverse insurmountable obstacles. You could use soul frost to inhibit the movement of attackers." Hermione said as she scrutinized the frozen rabbit.
"They could both be used to torture people." Said Ron who noticed eyes on him.
"How so Mr. Malfoy?"
"You could disrupt a persons body, stop their heart or kill them with either power." Draco finished Ron's line of thought.
"That is correct. The main reason that you are all required to take this course is for you to learn a valuable lesson. Just because you can do something doesn't mean that you should do it." Jacob said as his eyes connected with Draco's. A clock chimed in the distance breaking the contact and ending the class. "Take that with you as you leave. Remember to study Chapters 120 -122 on demonic possessions."
The students moved out grabbing things in their haste to get back to their common rooms. Hermione waited as Harry and Ron gathered their things. Besides them and Professor Marlow, Draco was the only one left. He just sat there for several minutes with a strange expression on his face. "Draco are you alright?" Hermione asked taking a step toward the dazed Slytherin. Ron grabbed her and shook his head before dragging her from the classroom.
"What's wrong with you Ron?"
"Nothing, I just recognize that look ol' Ferretboy's got. He just wants to be left alone and anyway his pride wouldn't be able to handle sympathy well."
"How do you know?"
"I may not like the slimy git but I'm beginning to understand him a bit."
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In the common room Ron and Harry sat patiently.okay not as patiently as one might consider being patient but patient none-the-less. For the fifth time they'd stood up and gazed up towards the girls' dormitory. Ron's emerald dress robes shifted as he moved going from black to green. Harry's, having been fashioned in the same style as Ron's, went from blood red to black which each shimmer of light. The urge to rush up the stairs to the girls' dormitory was unbearable but they resisted the temptation. The number of times their date had waited on them was immeasurable.
Twenty minutes later Hermione descended the stairs. Her normally frizzy hair was straight and adorned with bloodstones and emeralds, which sparkled in the light of the common room. She had enchanted her gown to shift periodically to match her escorts' dress gowns. Hermione smiled at their awestruck faces remembering the twist of fate that spurred them to both to ask her to the Halloween Ball at the same time.
They quickly pulled themselves together as she stepped between them. "Shall we?" She said as they took her by each arm. The entrance to the Great Hall was decked out in orchids and roses. Mini thunderstorms roamed the room flaring bright reds, blues, and purples. The House ghosts floated here and there in a silent dance. As Hermione's group entered eyes quickly traveled in their direction.
Harry gestures to Dean and Ginny who were standing near the punch bowl as they came in. From their vantagepoint they could all see Professor Dumbledore dancing with Professor McGonnegal. This year Dumbledore was able to get Chris Kramer and His West Nile Band.
"Ron come on let's dance." Hermione said as she dragged him onto the Dance floor.
"Hey Dean how are you holding up?"
"A lot better than Seamus is, Harry. He and Pavarti decided to come together. She doesn't look too happy either."
"She must be having flashbacks of last year's Yule Ball." Harry winced as he remembered his not so attentive attitude during the dance the previous year.
"Oh boy Seamus is definitely in trouble then. You'll never guess who Neville ended up with?"
"Who?" Harry asked. Dean pointed behind him at a very graceful Neville Longbottom who was dancing with one Lavender Brown. "H-How?"
"Neville told me that after our date last year he asked his Gran to set him up with some dancing lessons." Ginny said, as she took the punch Dean offered her.
"It sure worked." Harry said as Hermione came back with a panting Ron.
"I guess it's my turn. You care to dance Ms. Granger?" Harry said with a mock bow. Harry, Hermione, and Ron danced the night away. The only person who didn't seem to have enjoyed himself was Draco who spent most of the night in the shadows brooding. Hermione could not help but wonder what was wrong with the Slytherin who had become the newest member of their group albeit unwittingly.
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TBC
By: souls
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Author's Note: This is my first Harry Potter fanfic, I know there'll be a couple times I may lose my way so bear with me. I'm not J.K. Rowling so be kind when you review.
Also I do not own the rights to Harry Potter or any of his co-stars. The situation and a few guests to the Harry Potter world are from my warped mind.
I warn you now this is rated R just to be on the safe side I'm used to writing action/adventure comics with.Ahem gratuitous violence.
Author's Note: I do not speak Latin. I used a Latin-English online database. So you'll just have to excuse me if it is quite a rough translation.
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jacy: Thanks for the great review. I will continue to write and do the best that I can. I hope you enjoy this chapter.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------
Harry Potter and the Icons of Myth
Chapter 4: Halloween Tidings
Halloween was in full swing at Hogwarts. The fourth years were very excited about the ball that night. Everyone was in a lively mood. This festive atmosphere still did not dissuade the teachers from continuing to teach class whether the students were listening or not. Professor Binns was a prime example of this. He continued to drone on about the first of many ancient wizarding cultures. The first of course being the island continent of Atlantis.
"Atlantis was the ancient Magi's first attempts at coexisting with Muggles. Most of the information we have comes from the sketchy accounts of Muggles, which are probably the descendants of those who brought about its subsequent downfall. This may have precipitated the first of the Mage Wars which legend has it was fought over the remnants of the Atlantian relics. These relics.the last of their combined power and knowledge." A chime interrupted him. "I want two rolls of parchment on how the Egyptians differed from the Atlantians."
Hermione seemed to have been the only one awake by the end of class something she found quite irritating and had the intention of voicing this to Ron and Harry as soon as they regained consciousness.
"Really you two should pay more attention to Professor Binns. It was a most enjoyable lecture on ancient wizarding cultures." Noticing that she wasn't getting anywhere and Ron was still half sleep she gave up. "It's time for Defense Against the Dark Arts and since I had to wake you two up we'll probably be late. Merlin knows what Professor Marlow will do then."
The rushed into the class room right in behind Draco. The Gryffindor's had the misfortune to have DADA with the Slytherins this term. Professor Marlow glared at them, "So nice of you four to join us today." Harry still wasn't sure how come they all tended to run afoul of the newest Hogwarts teacher.
"As I was saying today we will be doing a practical. The subject being Dark Wizards. I believe you've all studied the Unforgivables under previous instructors. So I'm going to be showing you a few things you haven't seen before. I might even go so far as to say that your Ministry has yet to encounter many practitioners of the Daemoniac Arts."
Many hands shot up before Jacob called on Lavender. "What are the Daemoniac Arts?"
"They are those arts used by lesser demons or classified to be the use of demonic energies. They aren't as inherently dark as the Unforgivables."
"Why is that Professor?" Hermione asked.
"Because many are quite useful but they all tend to take quite a toll on the practitioner's body. For example one power allows for astral projection but can also be twisted for the possession of another's body. These arts can seriously hamper the body and the flow of magicks within a wizard for several hours if used too long. I was trained by the Obsidian Order who stressed the knowledge of all arts: Dark, Light, and the Daemoniac Arts. Their goal was that by understanding the use of all magicks one can more easily help prevent the creation of beings such as Voldemort." Everyone in the class flinched with the exception of Harry. "I am going to demonstrate several different techniques and counters. I would suggest that you not try this for as I said before it could take a lot out of you physically and magically."
Jacob levitated a huge trunk from the back of the room and placed it on the desk. "I want you two to place an object inside the trunk and then lock it." He said to Dean and Seamus. They stood up and dropped their transfiguration books inside the trunk before shutting and locking it. Jacob moved to the trunk and said the incantation "phasma forma". His hands passed through the chest and brought back out each book. He dropped the books and removed his wand to transfigure the chest and books into rabbits. They immediately began hopping around the room before Jacob uttered another incantation, "animus gelu". The rabbits stopped in mid-hop their body's shuddering frozen in the air as strange sounds ushered from them.
"These powers do not require the use of a wand as you have just seen. The magic used is in its rawest form. That is why it is much harder to achieve and much harder on the body. Even so there are many applications for such powers and not all of them are productive. Ms. Granger, name some of the productive uses of the ghost form and the soul frost powers. Mr. Malfoy and Weasley, name some of the more destructive uses of each."
"You could use the ghost form for defense against hexes or to traverse insurmountable obstacles. You could use soul frost to inhibit the movement of attackers." Hermione said as she scrutinized the frozen rabbit.
"They could both be used to torture people." Said Ron who noticed eyes on him.
"How so Mr. Malfoy?"
"You could disrupt a persons body, stop their heart or kill them with either power." Draco finished Ron's line of thought.
"That is correct. The main reason that you are all required to take this course is for you to learn a valuable lesson. Just because you can do something doesn't mean that you should do it." Jacob said as his eyes connected with Draco's. A clock chimed in the distance breaking the contact and ending the class. "Take that with you as you leave. Remember to study Chapters 120 -122 on demonic possessions."
The students moved out grabbing things in their haste to get back to their common rooms. Hermione waited as Harry and Ron gathered their things. Besides them and Professor Marlow, Draco was the only one left. He just sat there for several minutes with a strange expression on his face. "Draco are you alright?" Hermione asked taking a step toward the dazed Slytherin. Ron grabbed her and shook his head before dragging her from the classroom.
"What's wrong with you Ron?"
"Nothing, I just recognize that look ol' Ferretboy's got. He just wants to be left alone and anyway his pride wouldn't be able to handle sympathy well."
"How do you know?"
"I may not like the slimy git but I'm beginning to understand him a bit."
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In the common room Ron and Harry sat patiently.okay not as patiently as one might consider being patient but patient none-the-less. For the fifth time they'd stood up and gazed up towards the girls' dormitory. Ron's emerald dress robes shifted as he moved going from black to green. Harry's, having been fashioned in the same style as Ron's, went from blood red to black which each shimmer of light. The urge to rush up the stairs to the girls' dormitory was unbearable but they resisted the temptation. The number of times their date had waited on them was immeasurable.
Twenty minutes later Hermione descended the stairs. Her normally frizzy hair was straight and adorned with bloodstones and emeralds, which sparkled in the light of the common room. She had enchanted her gown to shift periodically to match her escorts' dress gowns. Hermione smiled at their awestruck faces remembering the twist of fate that spurred them to both to ask her to the Halloween Ball at the same time.
They quickly pulled themselves together as she stepped between them. "Shall we?" She said as they took her by each arm. The entrance to the Great Hall was decked out in orchids and roses. Mini thunderstorms roamed the room flaring bright reds, blues, and purples. The House ghosts floated here and there in a silent dance. As Hermione's group entered eyes quickly traveled in their direction.
Harry gestures to Dean and Ginny who were standing near the punch bowl as they came in. From their vantagepoint they could all see Professor Dumbledore dancing with Professor McGonnegal. This year Dumbledore was able to get Chris Kramer and His West Nile Band.
"Ron come on let's dance." Hermione said as she dragged him onto the Dance floor.
"Hey Dean how are you holding up?"
"A lot better than Seamus is, Harry. He and Pavarti decided to come together. She doesn't look too happy either."
"She must be having flashbacks of last year's Yule Ball." Harry winced as he remembered his not so attentive attitude during the dance the previous year.
"Oh boy Seamus is definitely in trouble then. You'll never guess who Neville ended up with?"
"Who?" Harry asked. Dean pointed behind him at a very graceful Neville Longbottom who was dancing with one Lavender Brown. "H-How?"
"Neville told me that after our date last year he asked his Gran to set him up with some dancing lessons." Ginny said, as she took the punch Dean offered her.
"It sure worked." Harry said as Hermione came back with a panting Ron.
"I guess it's my turn. You care to dance Ms. Granger?" Harry said with a mock bow. Harry, Hermione, and Ron danced the night away. The only person who didn't seem to have enjoyed himself was Draco who spent most of the night in the shadows brooding. Hermione could not help but wonder what was wrong with the Slytherin who had become the newest member of their group albeit unwittingly.
~*~
TBC