Summary: It's Harry's fifth year and the war between Good and Evil is starting. Voldemort is on the rise and is trying to tip the balance to the side of Evil. Harry discovers new powers not even the Gods could dream about and learns some interesting facts after he is thrown into Azkaban by Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge. What Fudge doesn't know is that he just triggered the series of events that will lead to the greatest battle the history of muggles as well as the history of wizards have ever seen.

Warning: swearing, angst and tragedy.
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Author's note this is my first attempt at fanfiction so don't expect too much and enjoy reading this fic.

Harry potter and the Betrayal of Trust

Power to the masses

"Harry James Potter, you'd better explain, NOW!"

Harry jumped out of the sofa he was sitting in and took a defensive stance as Hermione strode out of the bedroom and over to where Harry was standing while Hades and Ares were smiling like mad.

"Hermione, please listen..." Harry said in a high pitched voice but was interrupted.

"Don't you Hermione me," she yelled while practically poking Harry's left eye out with her finger, "how dare you tell me you'll explain everything and then escape from it by giving me a sleeping draught."

"Fifty meetings in my place says that the girl hits him on the head." Hades muttered at Ares just loud enough for only them to hear.

"The same says that he gets away with it." Ares muttered back

"Deal"

"But Hermione, you had to sleep of the effects of the Cruciatus curse and I knew you wouldn't go to sleep before you had an explanation." Harry said while he was trying to get some distance between him and Hermione.

Suddenly she stopped advancing and her face showed that she was reliving what had happened in the dungeon.

Suddenly her knees buckled and she slumped forward. Harry rushed forward to catch her.

He caught her deftly in his arms and rubbed her back soothingly while she broke down in hysterical sobs.

Ares and Hades took their cue and left them alone for the moment.

"shh, it's okay Hermione, he can't hurt you anymore." Harry said while he hugged her tightly.

"It's just that I had this nightmare that he kept torturing me and wouldn't stop, he kept casting that curse over and over again." She managed to say between her sobs.

Meanwhile in a dank dungeon somewhere in the UK

A tall man with a snake like face appeared with an evil smirk on his face expecting to finally get rid of the brat who nearly ended his life.

What he saw wasn't what he had expected.

He waved his wand and the remaining torches in the room lit up.

He looked around incredulously at the damage inflicted on the dungeon.

In the back of the room seventeen pillars lay crumbled on the ground and the wall behind them was cracked in several places.

A cracking noise was heard and a large piece of the ceiling fell down on his left.

He growled and was already preparing to punish a certain incompetent Death Eater.

"Lucius, were are you, you incompetent fool." He hissed.

But nobody showed up.

"Point me Lucius Malfoy." Voldemort hissed. His wand pointed towards the back of the room and he stepped over to where his wand was pointing.

His wand suddenly pointed down at a spot where some ashes were lying in the centre of a scorched piece of floor.

Suddenly he heard a noise behind him, turned around, "Crucio," he hissed, all in the blink of an eye.

Someone started to scream and fell to the ground, writhing in agony.

Voldemort broke the connection from his wand and the person on the ground.

"You must be Draco, Lucius' son." He hissed "What happened here?" He said while he lifted the boy up with his wand so he could stare straight into his eyes.

Draco was panting and shuddering from the curse but felt himself float as he looked into those blood red eyes.

"My father came down here with Potter and the mudblood, he started torturing Potter for some time but when he started torturing the mudblood Potter got angry and it looked like he used the torches to kill my father and get away from here, he burned me to." He said very quickly, terrified at the prospect of getting another dose of the curse this man loved to use.

Voldemort looked down and saw that the boy's left leg was badly burned.

He looked back up and Draco thought he was very angry but without eyebrows on the man's snake like face it was hard to tell.

"And you did nothing to stop them." He hissed angrily as he pointed his wand straight at Draco's heart.

Draco was too terrified to utter a word and prepared himself for what was coming.

"Crucio"

Harry just sat there on the floor with Hermione in his arms thinking it was too bad he had killed Malfoy, he would love to torture him some more.

He noticed Hermione's sobs had stopped and that she had fallen asleep but sensed that it was a not a peaceful slumber.

'The sleeping draught is probably still trying to get her to sleep, but how can I help her with this nightmare.' He thought while cursing himself for letting this happen to her.

Suddenly a house elf appeared next to him and handed him a potion flask with a dark purple liquid in it, the elf disappeared the moment after the bottle left its grip.

Harry read at the label 'Dreamless Sleep' and woke Hermione gently.

"Come on Hermione, wake up." He said.

Her eyes shot open and she jumped to her feet while looking around fearfully.

Harry stood up as well and tried to calm her.

"Easy, it's all right, he can't hurt you anymore." Harry said to her and she relaxed and slumped down in one of the couches.

"I had that nightmare again." She whispered while she curled up on the couch.

Harry saw that she was about to fall asleep again and offered her the potion.

She eyed it suspiciously. "what is it?" She asked while she sat upright.

"A Dreamless Sleep Potion." Harry said.

She took it gratefully and downed the entire content.

She swayed a bit and was about to fall out of the couch but Harry caught her and carried her back to the bed and let her sleep of the effects of the Cruciatus curse.

He wondered if the Death Eaters had the same problem after being cursed. 'Why would anyone want to join snake face if you get tortured all the time when you make a mistake or he's in a bad mood?'

He walked back to the hall in search for Hades, he was very angry about what was happening to Hermione and was thinking of a way to get rid of some of his anger.

He found both Ares and Hades sitting in the centre of the room on what seemed like air and they were playing chess on a floating board.

Harry observed them for a minute and found out that the game was even more brutal than wizard's chess.

When you caught a pawn of your opponent something, determined by the power of your pawn, would kill the opponent's pawn.

Harry saw Ares' queen take out Hades' bishop by summoning a storm cloud above its head and striking it with lightning and the pawn vaporised.

Something else that struck Harry was that they didn't give commands to their pawns, they didn't speak at all. They just sat there in silence.

Both had thoughtful expressions on their faces and also a little worried expressions, they were very concentrated on their game so they didn't notice Harry immediately.

Harry coughed slightly and attracted both men their attention.

"Ah Harry, how's your friend doing, I hope she's okay." Hades said immediately.

"She's fine she's sleeping for the moment." Harry said "Hades, I've been thinking of something,"

"What's on your mind Harry?" Hades asked curiously while waving a hand over the board and making it vanish into thin air.

"You're the king of the underworld, right?" Harry asked and Hades nodded an affirmative, "so you have control over were the souls of the dead go, right." Hades nodded again.

"Were do they go, I would like to pay a visit to one of them." Harry said.

"Whoa, wait a second, who do you want to visit?" Hades asked.

"Why don't I tell you what happened just before I arrived first." So Harry told them the events of that day as well as the story of Tom Riddle's diary and how it got in Ginny's hands and how Malfoy's treat people 'below their standards.'

"So I take it you want to pay a visit to this Malfoy and make him pay some more for his crimes." Hades asked with a gleam in his eyes and relief on his face.

"Who else did you think I wanted to visit?" Harry asked curious.

"Never mind, it's not important at the moment," Hades said quickly, a little too quick in Harry's opinion "but before we go we will have to look into something. I suggest we go to your quarters." Hades continued.

Harry looked puzzled for a moment but shrugged, there was still a whole lot of stuff he had to learn about his knew abilities.

Both got up from their seats of air and followed Harry into his living area.

"What did you want to look into?" Harry asked curious.

"It's a theory I've been thinking about for a while," Hades said "why don't you try picking up that sword you liked." He suggested.

Harry walked over to the wall with the various weapons on it and picked up the blade with both of his hands because he knew he wouldn't be able to hold it otherwise.

To his surprise the sword seemed much lighter than the last time he tried to pick it up.

He took it out of its sheath and found out he could hold it up, although barely.

"Where did you get that?" Ares asked Hades all of a sudden.

"The Creator gave it to me. He said it would look nice in my collection." Hades answered surprised "Why?"

"That's my sword, the one I used to defeat Zeus and Poseidon." Ares exclaimed "I thought it was left on Earth when the Creator transported us here, he forbade me to go and get it back at the time. By the time I finally went back to Earth I went to look for it but couldn't find it anywhere."

Ares walked over to where Harry was standing and Harry handed Ares the blade.

The sword seemed to shimmer for a moment as it recognized its owner.

"I haven't felt that in quite a while." Ares said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Harry and Hades asked at the same time.

"Well, you see, my sword is something like your wand Harry, it has a core and can be uses to cast spells, just not everyday spells like the ones in transfiguration, mainly offensive spells. It was feared as a very powerful weapon back in the Times of the Great War, as they were called." Ares said as he aimed to sword at a couch and blew it up.

"It has been too long since I have used this sword." Ares sighed while repairing the couch with a wave of his hand.

"Why do you think the Creator gave it to me instead of you." Hades asked curious. Ares just shrugged and admired his sword.

"But why didn't I feel something when I touched it." Harry asked.

"Probably because it was costume made especially for me." Ares explained "Maybe we can have one made for you, there must be someone around here that can make a sword."

"There is one person who can certainly make one." Hades said. Ares just looked at him curiously "Vulcanus." Hades aid simply as if it was the most logical thing in the world.

"Vulcanus?" both Harry and Ares asked at once.

"Vulcanus, he's the blacksmith of the Gods. Not many gods have even heard of him because he is a man who likes to be left alone, never attends any of meetings. Though Vulcanus isn't his real name, nobody knows what it is. It's what we call him because he lives in the middle of a volcano in his own realm where he has tried to make the perfect blade, and has been for as long as he has been here. He made most of what hangs on this wall." Hades said and nodded at the displayed weaponry.

"Maybe we can visit him later, I would love to meet him." Ares said "But first we have to make a social call and he stepped towards the door, "Shall we?"

They walked through the hall and down the corridor that Harry first arrived in, he noticed the dragons on the door again and decided he had to ask Hades about it when they got back, right now he really wanted to punch Malfoy in the face.

"So what was it you wanted to see in the first place Hades and why was I able to lift Ares' sword now, I haven't been working out that hard." Harry asked.

"That was the thing I wanted to see. I believe your increased magical power also helps your physical shape but I think it works in the opposite direction as well. I believe your physical shape also helps your magical output." Hades said.

"How do you mean?" Harry asked.

"The better your physical shape, the more powerful your spell casting will be and the less risk you will have for a magical burn-out." Hades explained.

"It seems logical." Ares said.

"But why haven't you tried this out before?" Harry asked "I'm sure you could have tried that out yourself.

"Actually no," Hades said "with us gods our powers have reached their maximum and this realm also enhances the body to its maximum after stay here a year or two in our time. Why do you think we get bored, we don't even have to work to stay in shape." Hades said with a chuckle.

Suddenly the hallway came to a dead end and Harry was about to ask what to do next but just as he opened his mouth a giant door appeared right in front of them and Hades put his sceptre in a giant keyhole and turned it around one time.

He stepped back and a loud click was heard.

Very slowly the doors opened and Harry was momentarily blinded by the light coming from the outside.

When his eyes had finally adjusted to the light outside he looked at what lay in front of Hades' home.

He nearly fainted from what he saw.

Author notes: Reviews are still VERY welcome. My Yahoo group is still open for everybody who wants to join and discuss my fics or anything else related to HP. The address is http/groups. New chapters will always be posted there first. And it thought it would take much longer to write a chapter with my exams coming up, although I am done with school at noon to 'study' for the next exam but I just can't study more than two hours at a time without a two hour break after that so I have some time to spare for the moment. The next chapter should be up in a few days.

Special thanks to my beta reader Ekstasis for doing a wonderful job on this chapter.

Review responses:

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Shadowed Rains: You know, I really think you should consider drinking less coffee. I can't express my joy in words about those longer reviews and even MORE rambling. Now where is that block button again?

Athenakitty: when Harry gets back from making Lucius a bit more dead than he already is.

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