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: If I step off the beaten path anywhere please tell me.
I'd like to take the time to say thank you to my new Beta, jacy. Thanks for all of the help. I hope that everyone enjoys the new chapters.
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Harry Potter and the Icons of Myth
Chapter 5: Into the Dark, Darkness Descending
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[HERMIONE'S JOURNAL]
December 19th
This is the first time I've actually had the opportunity to write anything. Harry was a bit reluctant to accept the journal considering what happened second year. I suggested that we take the journals to Dumbledore, who found nothing, wrong with them. Professor Marlow appears to be okay. It was really difficult, the first few weeks following his demonstration in the library, to understand how he could have apparated within Hogwarts.
That was until I started thinking of the ways he couldn't have done it first. So far I've eliminated apparation, portkeys, rune travel, and tessering. There are too many wards for him to apparate. He wasn't holding a portkey at the time, not that I saw anyway. Rune travel requires the casting of runes within a pentagram drawn with special chalk or entering the perimeter of a rune stone. As for tessering it isn't allowed due to the fact that it sometimes has adverse affects on time. I know I'm missing some crucial piece of the puzzle. Maybe Harry's right and I'm dwelling too much on it. He says "Everything can seem clearer after a good nights sleep."
~*~
December 20th
Harry was right a little sleep did wonders for to help clear my head and this morning it finally hit me. How could I've been so stupid? He practically told me the answer in class. It was probably a Daemoniac Art. I have no idea where to start looking in the Restricted Section and it is possible that the Restricted Section might not have any books on the use of demonic powers by wizards. I will just have to see. Maybe I can talk Ron into going to the library with me. It'd probably be a whole lot easier to just ask Draco to come with me. Both of them can be so infuriating at times. Harry'll come if I ask him.
~*~
After breakfast Hermione dragged Harry into the Restricted Section of the library. As they walked through the dark and dusty stacks Harry kept an eye out for anything that might jump out of nowhere to spirit them away. It would probably sound strange to some but he never put it past some of the things that Hogwarts' kept secreted within its stone walls. They'd been perusing the stacks for hours for anything dealing with demons or Daemoniac Arts and midday was steady approaching. Around a corner came Hermione with a load of books in her arms. So many books, it seemed as though she'd topple over at any moment. He took them from her and placed them at a table. A chill like icicles in his veins came over him as he read the titles, "'The Tides of Darkness', 'Maleficient Tools of Lesser Beings', 'Nameless Evils', 'Incantare de deorc', and 'The Dark Wizard Codex'."
"Hermione, do you think we have enough books here?"
She looked the books over critically before answering, "For now I think. I took the time to grab a few for your research on You-Know-Who." She said as she plopped down in a seat next to him.
Two more hours went by before Ron entered the library. Draco who didn't seem to have anything else to do at the moment entered the library attempting to finish his task and hoping not to see anyone else. This being impossible at the moment so he walked over to a table nearest to the History and Genealogy sections and began reading.
"I guess there's no getting around it I've gotta go over there." Ron said, to Harry and Hermione, as he reluctantly joined Draco.
"Good luck." Harry said as he picked up another book.
"Hmm.these look really interesting." Hermione said as she skimmed through the various books her quill furiously scratching against parchment. Harry didn't hear her his thoughts being so engrossed in 'The Dark Wizard Codex'.
"The Dark Lord, Voldemort (a revision) born Tom Marvolo Riddle, is the darkest and most powerful sorcerer of this age. Not too much is known of the many dreaded transformations that attributed to the visage that is 'He- Who-Must-Not-Be-Named'. He is a gifted parseltongue (rarest of abilities) and swordsman. Some accredit his survival at the hands of Harry Potter, 'The-Boy-Who-Lived, as the use of the most deplorable of Dark Arts. Others suggest that 'The Dark Lord' sold his soul to the Princes of the Netherworld for ultimate knowledge of the Dark Arts." Harry continued to read until he'd exhausted the book's knowledge of Voldemort.
Hermione closed the last book, 'Incantare de deorc', and slipped it into her bag along with one Harry was sliding her way. "Are you ready to go 'Mione?" She nodded and stood up. "Ron, we're gonna head back to the Common Room. Are you coming?"
"I'll be up a bit later."
"Okay! See you later." They said as they turned to leave.
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Hermione pulled the book she got at the library from her bag. Opening her journal she begin to jot down the many thoughts of the day while they were fresh in her mind.
~*~
[HERMIONE'S JOURNAL]
December 20th
I found what I was looking for. There are three different ways to transport one's self inside the wards of the Hogwarts' grounds using Daemoniac Arts. These three possibilities are shimmering, shadow walking, and the Umbra. There's only one possible art that Professor Marlow could have used, shimmering. The book I borrowed from the library states that when shimmering a person goes out of phase of their normal dimension and then relocates them in another area. It takes place so fast that it appears that the individual shimmers out of being. It can appear as a rippling of shadow and light. The other two are fairly interesting because they involve folding shadows and gating through reflective surfaces. Each requires an incantation until a person's body masters the ability to record its position and reorient itself.
~*~
Her quill burned its way across the paper as she listed each incantation.
~*~
Scimerian ~ to shimmer.
Caminar La Sombra ~ to shadow walk.
Perforar Velo Umbra ~ to access the Umbra.
That book contained several interesting and useful rituals. Most were easy to understand but others were written in a strange runic style. They require strong magic to accomplish. I will need to get Harry and Ron to help me with them. The protean ritual may help with our intro to Animagus transformations. I'll jot down the other rituals and what we'll need for them and I'll finish the translations later.
~ Percibir magia onda ~
This incantation requires focus to achieve the rituals desired affect. You must allow yourself to be immersed with the magic within and the instrument by which your will is manifest, i.e. a wand.
~ Inbibere animalis cor un proteus sentido ~
The ritual requires a draught made from crushed belladonna, powdered unicorn horn, a dram of manticore venom, three drops of phoenix tears and the spellcasters blood. The draught must simmer upon a blue flame for three hours and cooled with fresh water. It must then be taken, in a wooded area at midnight during the new moon, after reciting the above incantation.
~*~
Hermione put down her quill, rubbed her eyes and yawned. Her mind moved from the rituals to Draco and his role in their group. "These are things best left till later." She thought. She would just have to talk to the others about it in the morning.
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TBC
By: souls
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
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: If I step off the beaten path anywhere please tell me.
I'd like to take the time to say thank you to my new Beta, jacy. Thanks for all of the help. I hope that everyone enjoys the new chapters.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
Harry Potter and the Icons of Myth
Chapter 5: Into the Dark, Darkness Descending
~*~
[HERMIONE'S JOURNAL]
December 19th
This is the first time I've actually had the opportunity to write anything. Harry was a bit reluctant to accept the journal considering what happened second year. I suggested that we take the journals to Dumbledore, who found nothing, wrong with them. Professor Marlow appears to be okay. It was really difficult, the first few weeks following his demonstration in the library, to understand how he could have apparated within Hogwarts.
That was until I started thinking of the ways he couldn't have done it first. So far I've eliminated apparation, portkeys, rune travel, and tessering. There are too many wards for him to apparate. He wasn't holding a portkey at the time, not that I saw anyway. Rune travel requires the casting of runes within a pentagram drawn with special chalk or entering the perimeter of a rune stone. As for tessering it isn't allowed due to the fact that it sometimes has adverse affects on time. I know I'm missing some crucial piece of the puzzle. Maybe Harry's right and I'm dwelling too much on it. He says "Everything can seem clearer after a good nights sleep."
~*~
December 20th
Harry was right a little sleep did wonders for to help clear my head and this morning it finally hit me. How could I've been so stupid? He practically told me the answer in class. It was probably a Daemoniac Art. I have no idea where to start looking in the Restricted Section and it is possible that the Restricted Section might not have any books on the use of demonic powers by wizards. I will just have to see. Maybe I can talk Ron into going to the library with me. It'd probably be a whole lot easier to just ask Draco to come with me. Both of them can be so infuriating at times. Harry'll come if I ask him.
~*~
After breakfast Hermione dragged Harry into the Restricted Section of the library. As they walked through the dark and dusty stacks Harry kept an eye out for anything that might jump out of nowhere to spirit them away. It would probably sound strange to some but he never put it past some of the things that Hogwarts' kept secreted within its stone walls. They'd been perusing the stacks for hours for anything dealing with demons or Daemoniac Arts and midday was steady approaching. Around a corner came Hermione with a load of books in her arms. So many books, it seemed as though she'd topple over at any moment. He took them from her and placed them at a table. A chill like icicles in his veins came over him as he read the titles, "'The Tides of Darkness', 'Maleficient Tools of Lesser Beings', 'Nameless Evils', 'Incantare de deorc', and 'The Dark Wizard Codex'."
"Hermione, do you think we have enough books here?"
She looked the books over critically before answering, "For now I think. I took the time to grab a few for your research on You-Know-Who." She said as she plopped down in a seat next to him.
Two more hours went by before Ron entered the library. Draco who didn't seem to have anything else to do at the moment entered the library attempting to finish his task and hoping not to see anyone else. This being impossible at the moment so he walked over to a table nearest to the History and Genealogy sections and began reading.
"I guess there's no getting around it I've gotta go over there." Ron said, to Harry and Hermione, as he reluctantly joined Draco.
"Good luck." Harry said as he picked up another book.
"Hmm.these look really interesting." Hermione said as she skimmed through the various books her quill furiously scratching against parchment. Harry didn't hear her his thoughts being so engrossed in 'The Dark Wizard Codex'.
"The Dark Lord, Voldemort (a revision) born Tom Marvolo Riddle, is the darkest and most powerful sorcerer of this age. Not too much is known of the many dreaded transformations that attributed to the visage that is 'He- Who-Must-Not-Be-Named'. He is a gifted parseltongue (rarest of abilities) and swordsman. Some accredit his survival at the hands of Harry Potter, 'The-Boy-Who-Lived, as the use of the most deplorable of Dark Arts. Others suggest that 'The Dark Lord' sold his soul to the Princes of the Netherworld for ultimate knowledge of the Dark Arts." Harry continued to read until he'd exhausted the book's knowledge of Voldemort.
Hermione closed the last book, 'Incantare de deorc', and slipped it into her bag along with one Harry was sliding her way. "Are you ready to go 'Mione?" She nodded and stood up. "Ron, we're gonna head back to the Common Room. Are you coming?"
"I'll be up a bit later."
"Okay! See you later." They said as they turned to leave.
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Hermione pulled the book she got at the library from her bag. Opening her journal she begin to jot down the many thoughts of the day while they were fresh in her mind.
~*~
[HERMIONE'S JOURNAL]
December 20th
I found what I was looking for. There are three different ways to transport one's self inside the wards of the Hogwarts' grounds using Daemoniac Arts. These three possibilities are shimmering, shadow walking, and the Umbra. There's only one possible art that Professor Marlow could have used, shimmering. The book I borrowed from the library states that when shimmering a person goes out of phase of their normal dimension and then relocates them in another area. It takes place so fast that it appears that the individual shimmers out of being. It can appear as a rippling of shadow and light. The other two are fairly interesting because they involve folding shadows and gating through reflective surfaces. Each requires an incantation until a person's body masters the ability to record its position and reorient itself.
~*~
Her quill burned its way across the paper as she listed each incantation.
~*~
Scimerian ~ to shimmer.
Caminar La Sombra ~ to shadow walk.
Perforar Velo Umbra ~ to access the Umbra.
That book contained several interesting and useful rituals. Most were easy to understand but others were written in a strange runic style. They require strong magic to accomplish. I will need to get Harry and Ron to help me with them. The protean ritual may help with our intro to Animagus transformations. I'll jot down the other rituals and what we'll need for them and I'll finish the translations later.
~ Percibir magia onda ~
This incantation requires focus to achieve the rituals desired affect. You must allow yourself to be immersed with the magic within and the instrument by which your will is manifest, i.e. a wand.
~ Inbibere animalis cor un proteus sentido ~
The ritual requires a draught made from crushed belladonna, powdered unicorn horn, a dram of manticore venom, three drops of phoenix tears and the spellcasters blood. The draught must simmer upon a blue flame for three hours and cooled with fresh water. It must then be taken, in a wooded area at midnight during the new moon, after reciting the above incantation.
~*~
Hermione put down her quill, rubbed her eyes and yawned. Her mind moved from the rituals to Draco and his role in their group. "These are things best left till later." She thought. She would just have to talk to the others about it in the morning.
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TBC