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Two days later found Harry in his office talking with Hermione, Professor Flitwick and Professor Vectra.
"Are you postive this spell will work?"asked Harry, his eyes wide as he glanced between the three others in the room.
"No. The spell requires a power even greater than that of Albus, so we can't be totally sure it'll be effictive or even work part-way. That's why we waited so long before asking you to try it Minister."said Professor Vectra with a blush clearly on her face.
"Call me, Harry. Don't worry about it either, the only thing I need to try the spell is a boggart, if my worst fear is still fear itself that is."said Harry with a small glance towards the nearest window, causing the Charms Professor to frown a bit.
"Why would you say that, Harry?"asked the Charms Professor, drawing a sigh from Harry.
"While I was in the past, one night I while I was asleep on a mission to gather some potions ingredients, I was attacked by a vampire. I fought him off, but in the process was bitten. I was saved the full effects of the vampirtic curse thanks to Lord Slytherin's Potions Skill, as he himself was a half-vampire. Ever since that night, however, I can't help but put up wards that are so complex that it takes me an extra hour to get to sleep anylonger."answered Harry as he allowed the three in the room to see part of his true appearence, which included very, very pale skin, but not as vast as if he was fully vampitic.
"Do you still require to feed every so often?"asked Professor Vectra with a small thoughtful look on her face.
"I'm afraid so. I would never if it wasn't required, but it is. Now, I have an idea for a spell that I could use your help on building, since you are most likely the most advanced Spell Crafters in history, bar myself and Rowena, as well as a few others probally."said Harry with a grin as he withdrew a packet of parchment from his desk.
"What does the spell compass, Harry?"asked Hermione looking over her own copy of the notes.
"A Demon Sword Summoning."answered Harry causing the three to look at him in mild horror, not that they hadn't already started to get used to it.
"Why in the world would we ever need a Demon Sword of all things!?"yelled Professor Flitwick in shock after a moment or two of sclience.
"I am afraid that I detected a Demon Ritural occouring last night from Riddle's Headquaters."answered Harry causing the others to all pale greatly.
"We'll get straight on it, Harry."said Hermione after a moment before she and the other two Professors got up shook his hand and left rather quickly.
"Would you care for something to eat Minister?"asked Percy as he walked into Harry's office carrying a tray of tea.
"Sure thing Perc, but how many times do I have to tell you to call me, Harry?"asked a smirking Harry as he started to write a letter to the goblin repenstive, Griphook.
"Until you're no longer the Minister, Minister."answered Percy with a grin as he sat their tea out.
"I have a small question for you. Why haven't I heard from Ron all summer? I mean, I haven't gotten so much as a short note saying he's alright."asked Harry with a serious look on his face, causing Percy to sigh.
"He's gone. We woke up about three days after your first letter came and found a letter from him saying he was tired of being in your shadow and leaving for good."answered Percy before a loud crack was heard echoing around the room, as Harry had jumped out of his seat so quickly it had flew back into the wall and shattered into over a thosand pieces as Harry summoned his staff and started for the door.
"Minister! What happened?"asked Kingsley as he and Mad-Eye ran into the room, wands drawn.
"Have the ten best Auaors we've got meet me in the planning room, in ten mintues."answered Harry with pure rage and power rolling off him in waves.
"Yes sir."said Kingsley before he and Mad-Eye ran out of the room in a mix of duty and fear.
"What are you going to do Harry?"asked Percy running to keep up with Harry as he had started to walk towards the planning room with his fast walk.
"Pay back the trator, greatly."answered Harry in a hiss as Percy now looked at him in shock and fear.
"Wh-Wha-What d-do yo-you me-mean?"stuttered Percy stopping in his shock.
"I looked into Riddle's mind one day while I was still healing and saw Ron bowing at his feet, kissing his robes no less. At the time, I had dismissed it as nothing more than a vision that Riddle was trying his hardest to plant into my mind. Now, however, I can tell that it was no false vision, but the real bloody thing."answered Harry in his now rather famous, quiet but powerful voice, as there looked to be a fire brewing in his eyes that would have encompassed London ten times over.
"Minister! We have reports of an impending attack in Diagon Alley!"yelled Kingsley as he came running up to him and Percy.
"Alright, have Remus take the rest of the Aurors to Diagon Alley, while the ten Aurors I requested, prepare for a trip to Azkaban."said Harry starting to head for the planning room once again.
"Yes sir."answered Kingsley before running back off.
"May I come along as well, Minister?"requested Percy.
"No. For one, your mum would kill me. Two, Penelope needs you much more than we do. Finally, I need you to travel to Hogwarts and inform Albus of everything."answered Harry with a frown on his face, as he watched a small spark appear in Percy's eyes before nodding and running away rather quickly.
"Now, you all know your jobs, so please don't blow this."said Harry as he looked over the ten top Aurors in all of Great Britian.
"We won't Minister."assured the young Auror, Joshua Merlin with a small grin.
"Good. Now, let us get moving and quickly."said Harry before the group all quickly stood and started to gather their battle robes, weapons from Harry's insistance, not that Joshua hadn't already been carrying his sword and quiver of arrows.
"In what order should we depart, sir?"asked Kingsley as they gathered back together a few moments later.
"We'll go in teams of two. Tonks and Kingsley. Joshua and I will also go at the same time. The rest of you can divide yourselves up."answered Harry before seeing the group all nod and then group themselves as Joshua walked over to him with a grin.
"Should we depart now, Minister?"inquired Joshua with a serious look crossing his face now.
"Yes, now. Everyone, be ready, I fear that we may be too late to save most of the guards, but that won't stop us from taking back the prisoners! Let's go!"yelled Harry before with a small flash, he and Joshua were gone with the rest of the two person teams doing the same right after them.
When Harry and Joshua arrived at Azkaban prision, the first thing they noticed was the small shouting of curses and hexs being thrown from around them, but not at them.
Rather quickly Harry drew his sword, which stood at just over five feet long with a emense emerald green glow that seemed to come from the core of the sword itself.
"Harry!"yelled Joshua, dodging a curse that had just been thrown at him.
Harry was quick enough to avoid being hit full on by the arrow that had just been fired at him, but not quick enough to dodge it all together as the wooden tipped arrow was able to embed itself about an inch into his left arm. As he had started to feel the pain from the arrow, he was forced to turn and stop a sword from crashing down onto his head and in the process finding out who had attacked him.
"Ron."hissed Harry as he pushed back on his sword causing him and Ron to start circling each other.
"Potter."answered Ron his voice much deeper than Harry remebered, which caused him to stare at Ron in a bit of mild shock.
"He summonded a Aging Demon."said Harry as he looked at Ron once again, he seemed to be around the same age as he was himself.
"Looks like my Lord was correct about you Potter."snarled Ron before launching into another attack bringing his sword around as if he was going to bring it down on Harry's head again, but quickly changed its direction and brought it towards Harry's right side, who was only just quick enough to stop the blade.
Seeing that he wasn't going to be able to defeat Ron on his own. Harry quickly started to clear his mind, while still blocking Ron's attacks. It was then that Harry found the one place he needed to be in order to access his version of The Arts of Magic, his magic pool. After running towards the pool in his mind he jumped head long into it, throwing all he had taught himself to the wind, knowing that he had to win this fight at all costs.
Harry quickly regreted doing this as it started to feel as though his body was about to be ripped apart by his own magic. He could feel, taste, even see his own magic trying to break free from his body. Knowing that he was now on the verge of passing out from his over load of magic, Harry started to chant in Parsletounge.
"Allasss Sevvverusss Maxiumssss!"hissed Harry before in a shocking black flow of magic, a ball of energy shot out of Harry's sword shooting itself right at Ron, who looked at the ball in fear and shock before rasing his sword as if to block the spell, only to find a moment later, when the spell made contact with the sword that the sword could not handle the magical power either and snapped right into thousands of pieces before allowing the spell to hit its target dead on in the chest.
"Ahhhhhhh!"yelled Ron in agony, as he started to feel a part of him die and disappear forever.
Harry, however, was now laying on the ground trying his best to let the magic out of his body in small bursts, but finding it hard without releasing too much at once. He found quickly after that, that if he called upon the earth to help him he could let the magic seep into it instead. After five mintues of doing this, Harry was uncionus and sleeping while the battle still raged on around him.
Joshua Merlin had always been known for his skill with a sword and now he was really beginning to see why he was known for it. He and Harry had already been in the battle for over ten mintues and he had already taken out thirty of the Death Eaters, that had apparently not been expecting him as they all seemed to be concertrating on something else, rather than him.
It was only then that he noticed the sickly blood red figure that was currently fighting with a guard. The figure seemed to radiat evil, more so than the time Lord Voldemort himself had approached him, offering him a possible position in the Death Eater ranks.
This figure, seemed to be the postive incarnation of evil itself. It looked to be just over seven and a half feet tall, with arms the size of most men's legs. It also looked to be made of muscle only and nothing else. Joshua's eyes were glued to the figure as with a sickening speed and strength it launched itself at the guard before wrapping its hands around the guard's head before with a rather loud 'pop' the man's head was thrown from his body, which promptly fell to the ground limp.
The sight was revolting to the say the least for Joshua, but he was unable to turn away from the scene as the horrible figure quickly turned and started to advance at him.
Coming to his senses rather quickly after seeing this, Joshua raised his sword and started to charge at the figure as fast as his legs would carry him. With a startling clang of metal on metal, Joshua saw the sword that the figure had pull apparently out of his own back before reacting and bringing it around to meet the thrust from the young Auror.
Pary, Slash, Dodge, Slash, Pary, Thrust, Thrust, Pary, Dodge. Was all that Joshua was thinking, trying to find a way out of this fight to the death alive, when he finally started to notice the one weakness in the figure's attack, he was holding himself more to his left than his right, apparently protecting some sort of previous injury of some kind.
Trying to take advantage of this, Joshua allowed himself to be apparently knocked backwards a bit before doing something he knew was slightly crazy, but not carrying at all. He dove towards the ground with his sword making a sweeping motion from east to west. It was a slight shock to the figure as the sword was brought around with enough force to throw its own sword from its hands before completing the swipe which was enough to slice through both of the figure's legs like butter.
With an cry that seemed to shake the very ground that Joshua was now laying on, the figure fell to the ground before in a giant flash of black light that seemed to swallow the light around it before disappearing and there was no trace of the figure whatsoever.
Apparently knowing that they had been completely defeated, the still living Death Eaters all disapparted with one large gathered 'pop'!
"Joshua! Are you alright?"asked Tonks as she came running over to him with Kingsley and another two Aurors following right behind them.
"As well as can be expected. Do you have any clue as to where Harry went to?"asked Joshua with a slightly pained look on his face, as Kingsley helped him to stand.
"No, but most of the group are too badly injured to help. I hate to say that we may have lost Alastor to a Demon attack."said Kingsely as Joshua now looked at him in shock.
"Was that Demon a blood red color?"he asked in a slightly shocked voice.
"Yes, but how would you know that?"inquired Kingsley with a confused look on his face.
"I just destroyed it."answered Joshua bluntly causing the others gathered to look at him in complete and total shock.
"Please tell me that was a joke."said Tonks looking pale.
"I wish it was, now I do at least."answered Joshua now knowing the full extent of what it was he had just done. In destroying that Demon, he had almost guarrented that the Demon race would join forces with Lord Voldemort rather than stay out of the war all together.
"We need to find Harry and fast."said Kingsley as he looked around to recieve nods from the gathered Aurors before they all set off in their own searches.
It was another ten mintues before Joshua found Harry, who lay uncionus with none other than Ronald Weasley also uncionus not more than ten feet away from him, with both of them being pretty badly cut and brusied from an apparent fight.
"I found him!"yelled Joshua before a moment later both Kingsley and Tonks came running from around a wall towards him.
"What in the nine hells happened here?"wondered Kingsley in his shock before shaking his head.
"We really need to get them both to St. Mungo's or Hogwarts. This place isn't gonna stay together much longer."said Tonks before waving her wand and the two uncionus men were floating in mid-air.
"I'll take them to Hogwarts with me."answered Joshua before walking over to the two and touching them both. A moment later, with a rather loud 'pop' the three were right outside the welcoming gates of Hogwarts, where none other than Albus Dumbledore waited for them.
"Joshua! You look a mess, let me help you get these two up to the castle, and quickly."said Albus with a small smile as they both noticed Hermione running up the road from Hogsmade rather quickly.
"Albus! I just got back, they said that Harry....."Hermione trailed off as she saw the unciouness forms of her former two best friends, one now an enemy and one now a lover.
"I know, Joshua has just arrived with both our young Minister and Mr. Weasley."said the Headmaster his eyes slightly dull.
"Shall we head up to the school Headmaster?"asked Joshua a small smile on his face.
"Yes, yes."answered Professor Dumbledore, as he withdrew his wand and attempted to levate the two unciouness men, but found shockingly that only the body of Harry would float.
"What in the world....."muttered Hermione a deep frown crossing her face.
"Headmaster! We have a problem!"yelled Severus Snape as he came running down to the group in an apparent distress with half of the staff also following him as well, all looking just as worried as the Potions Master if not more so.
"What is it Severus?"questioned Professor Dumbledore with a frown on his face.
"Every single one of our magical dectors went wild just about 15 mintues ago and we have no idea why, except for the fact that the source came from Azkaban."answered the Potions Master as he took notice of the two uncioness men.
"What in the nine hells is that trator doing here!?"yelled Hagrid in a slightly dull roar causing Harry to moan a bit.
"I found both him and our Minister in a room that was completely trashed, it now also appears that Mr. Weasley has no more magic in his body, like it has been destroyed."answered Joshua with a small frown.
"He must have studied under the Dark Lord Slytherin then. That is the only way I can possibly think of a curse being strong enough to kill a wizard's magic for good, it must have been Parsle Magic."said Severus with a grand smirk as a few of the Professors glanced not only at him, but Harry in mild shock.
"I could have informed you of that myself, Severus."said the Headmaster with a small smile. "I have only had a younger version of him living behind my desk for the last fourty or so years."he added with a small chuckle.
"What should we do with Mr. Weasley, Headmaster?"asked Joshua trying to help Professor Dumbledore regain some control of the situation.
"Take him and the Minister up to the Hospital Wing. I would, however, ask that Hermione, Severus, Hagrid, Minerva, and yourself to please follow me to my office, we have a rather desperate situation with a few of our required books."answered the Headmaster as the other Professors quickly started to gather Harry and Ron and carry them towards the Hospital Wing located in the castle.
"What do we really have to talk about?"asked Joshua with a wide smirk so like his father's rather famous one.
"Why you of course. I believe it is time for you to reveal yourself to the Wizarding World, Joshua. There is no need any longer for you to fear for your life. You have stood up against Lord Voldemort and came back to us alive and well. Plus, I believe that our new Defense teacher would rather enjoy learning a few of the newer curses from someone as versed as yourself, as I'm afraid that your father shall be busy with other business."answered Professor Dumbledore looking not at Joshua, but Severus the entire time as the group started the rather long walk towards the Headmaster's office.
"Are you trying to make a point, Albus?"hissed Severus, his face rather flushed which seemed to alert others that something big was happening.
"I'm trying to say that you should allow your son to reveal his true family to the world!"answered the Headmaster in what sounded like a rather escaprated voice, which only shocked the others even more.
"Did you ever consider that I might not wish for my true family to be revealed as of yet? Considering the fact that no one has ever even known that my true mother even had a child?"asked Joshua, his sneer instantly reminding Hermione of the man standing right next to him, Joshua Merlin, was the son of Severus Snape!
"You're his son!"bellowed Hermione in slight shock, as Minerva and Hagrid also looked for this to be confirmed, only to seem mild amusment in the eyes of the other three.
"You seem to have gotten a little slower, Professor Granger. Might I suggest a visit to Madam Pomfrey?"asked Severus with a small hint of a small grin, that he was trying hard to hide, but failing miserbtly.
"Oh stop teasing her, dad. She only just took the N.E.W.T.s and got an Outstanding on all of them from what sis, said."said Joshua with a full hearted laugh, as the other three looked at Severus and Joshua in complete shock.
"Sis? You have a daughter, Severus?"asked Albus with a small twinkle in his eyes.
"Yes, she just happens to be the evil twin of this one."answered the Potions Master with a small smirk as Joshua glared at him.
"Hey! I resent that, I'm the evil twin, not her!"shouted Joshua with a small grin.
"You aren't kidding either."muttered Severus.
"Wait a mintue. Why of all the possible last names, did you chose Merlin?"asked Minerva with a small frown on her face.
"That was Kristina Merlin's last name remeber?"asked Albus with a small chuckle.
"Oh yes, she was the mother then?"asked Minerva.
"Yes. She is the real reason I ever left the Dark Side as well. It was a two weeks after Joshua and his sister were born that she told me that she wanted to marry me, I knew I could never do so as long as I was in the Dark Lord's inner circle or in his ranks at all for that matter. She died not long after the end of the First War, killed by my pitiful father, who was commited to Azakaban last I'd heard about it. At the time, I couldn't bear to look at Joshua or his sister, so I sent them to a rather trust worthy brother of Albus' in America and that was the last I'd seen of them until a year ago."answered Severus with a small sigh, right as they reached the Headmaster's office and he opened the door.
"So, where will you be at this year?"asked Joshua with a small look at his father.
"I am aucally working on some rather decliate antidotes for a few posions that have no known cure in our time at least. That is another reason while we will need you, to help us gather a few of Harry's books if you can possibly, they may prove to be so vital that we could never repay the donator of those books."answered Severus as the group took seats around the fire place in the Headmaster's office, with Hagrid's chair protesting rather loudly.
"You know, we could just ask Harry for the books."suggested Hermione with a rather hard glare at Snape.
"Yes. We could do that, but what is to say that Mr. Potter would not hold some of his resources from us?"questioned Severus with a small smile as Hermione couldn't think of a reply to that.
"Or you could listen to Hermione and trust me to just give you all of the information I have that you ask me for."came Harry's voice from the courner of the office shocking the room's occupants greatly as they all turned to see him smirking at them.
"Ha-Har-Harry?"wispered the Potion's Master in total shock.
"Yes. I guess I should have informed someone that my magic is tied directly to the magic surrounding the school. So, when I was brought within the wards I awoke fully healed and re-energized."answered a still smirking Harry.
"So, is there anyway we could gain access to your books Harry?"asked Hermione looking rather hopeful.
"Sure, but I must ask that you be rather careful with some of them. I added Merlin's charm to them, so it may take a while for you to get the information, unless you just think to ask me what it is you need. I do have a rather photographic memory now, you know?"said Harry with the grin his father had made famous causing Severus to shake his head and put it in his hands.
"What have we done......"muttered Severus more to himself than anyone else, causing the room to either grin or burst out laughing madly.
End Chapie 2
(A/N: Alright, first of all, I'm very, very, very sorry for the wait, but I keep getting side tracked by real life, in other words named, Melissa, Megan, Chelsea, Autumn, Nikki, Lisa, Jessica, Kristina, Brandy, and Amanda. No, I'm not dating any of them, but lets just say that they keep me rather busy, espically when I'd normally write......at night. So, yeah, I'm very sorry about the slight delay in the second chapie, but like I said I've been rather....err....busy with some things or people rather. Yeah, my life is screwed up though, I like all of those girls and out of them there are like four that I know I could end up living my life with, so, I'm trying my best to figure out which one out of those it is, but trust me I'm having a very, very, very hard time with it, and as you can probally tell my writing is suffering. Then again, that could also be suffering from the fact that I broke my right hand a week ago in a fight defending one of the above(Chelsea! Who happens to be the head Varsity cheerleader at my school!) But yeah, I'll do my best to have the thrid chapie out by next week or the one after that, I'm just slightly stressed out at the moment, which is the main reason why I'm about to head over to one of the above's house, where I expect to not return home at all tonight, so yeah, sorry, but if you've any advice on how to go about chosing between four girls you could see yourself with for the rest of your life, I'll be very greatful, as I'm starting to get rather edicted to Advil. So yeah, see ya all later, and I'd love any advice from girls as well! Thanks all! Kimaru-Merlin)