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Malice Magic
By Demonabyss
Harry sat in the dorm waiting for the others to arrive. He was reading the guide to Wonderland, which also acted as a spell and potions book. Right now he was reading up on an interesting item he had made and was using since a few days after he had met Alice, the Rage Box. It was a metal and glass box with a spike pointing down from it. The Box was similar to a Pensive in that it stored something from a person. However, unlike the Pensive, which stored memories, the Rage Box as it name implies stored emotions as well as copies of the memories that created them and the power that was created by them. The Rage Box contains the emotions but while they're in there they will dissipate. However, in Wonderland they would not fade and if you kept adding more emotion to it before it completely faded it would have the opposite effect and cause those emotions to grow. In short, if you kept adding rage, it would cause it to grow exponentially.
Harry had been using one, a highly modified one since he had a lot of rage at everyone and everything from the past fifteen years, since the beginning of summer. Instead of it being magma red and giving off amounts of heat, like Alice's Rage Boxes when she told him about them, his were neon purple and cackled with electricity. Different people had different rage energies. However there was a small price to pay for using it as well any object obtained from Wonderland. The price was two things in small amounts, will power, which Harry had in abundance and would easily be restored in a day or so, and sanity, which could be restored if he wished but he didn't bother.
After losing just a little bit of sanity he finally realized that Dumbledor was no better then Voldemort. Both were old, powerful, manipulative, deceitful, kept valuable information from their subordinates, and both had a superiority complex the size of Hogwarts castle. Since then he had given up quite a bit of his sanity, like Alice had long ago, to see the world much differently and he liked it. Also, his madness had also helped him plan how to get Alice her own body and if it worked, she'd be walking around very soon. He looked down next at his hand, which held a bunch of identical pendants.
The pendants were shaped like hearts, perfectly round and smooth and colored a dark red. In the center of each of the hearts was a black crystal that appeared to be filled with a type of red and black liquid. In truth it was blood, more specifically Jabberwocky blood, one of the most lethal, toxic, and dangerous substances ever except to those who bonded to Wonderland like Harry and Alice. All he had to do was hand these pendants over to some lucky "volunteers" and everything would be taken care of.
Harry looked up as the other Gryffindors came along with Professor McGonagall. They all came in cautiously, not sure how Harry would react. After that display of wandless magic in the Great Hall, no one was sure just what he was capable of. Also, his aura was disturbing. "Can I help you Professor?" he asked innocently with an odd smirk on his face.
McGonagall stared at him for a moment before responding. "The Headmaster wants to see you immediately Mr. Potter," she said evenly. After seeing his display of raw power when he countered Malfoy, she really didn't wasn't to anger him. However, he seemed perfectly at ease, as if he had never gotten angry once in his life. That was the part that worried everyone, even those who didn't have a clue as to how deep his troubles ran.
"Heh, so the old geezer wants to have a chat. This'll be interesting," he muttered as he got up and left as everyone watched him. Everyone shivered from his aura. It wasn't dark per se, more chaotic, infectious, addictive, and definitely dangerous.
Harry walked towards Dumbledor's office, black and red bangs hanging over his eyes as he held a conversation with Alice in his mind. 'What do you think the old man wants?' Alice asked curiously. Having never been to Hogwarts, she had no clue what to expect from the people here.
Harry snorted. 'Most likely? He wants to talk to me about my little display and how I learned such a spell,' Harry explained with a chuckle. 'If he knew what I could really do then he might just have a heart attack.'
'Now that would be amusing. The leader of the side of Light dies from heart attack after talking to the Boy-Who-Lived,' she replied with a slight malicious giggle. Harry also chuckled at the thought of Dumbledor keeling over like that; he'd pay to see that happen.
The dark haired boy came to the gargoyle that would lead to the Headmaster's office. Instead of speaking the password he held his hand out towards the ground. "Rigaras!" he ordered, causing a purple bolt of energy to emerge from his hand and strike the gargoyle. Once it hit, it created a tether of energy that connected Harry's arm to the statue. With a flick of the wrist, the bolt forced the statue to move to the side and allow the boy entrance. He entered to find Dumbledor at his desk with Remus Lupin and Professor Snape with him as well. "You wanted to see me?" he asked calmly.
Dumbledor stared hard at the young man for a moment before speaking. "Harry, I am concerned for your well being." Harry snorted at this, but the headmaster ignored it. "Rest assured you will not be expelled, however I must know where you learned to do such a spell, especially without your wand," he said kindly.
Harry didn't buy this for a moment but he still smirked. "Alice," was all he said.
"Pardon?" Dumbledor said for once in his life confused.
"Alice taught me that spell. Well actually we both created it and I helped perfect it," he said calmly.
Lupin was the first to ask what all three men were thinking. "Who is Alice?" he asked in a curious tone. According to all reports, no one had visited Harry during the summer and he had not written to anyone other than the Order telling them he was fine. He had had a confrontation with his relatives after which everything turned around. He was treated like he should've always been treated but something was wrong. The Dursleys didn't respect Harry; they were scared shitless of him. Also, Harry had been acting strangely, getting his hair died and getting contacts as well as working out a lot. But one thing was certain; no Alice was ever mentioned. They would've known if a girl, especially a witch as it seemed, had come into contact with him. So who in the world was this Alice?
"Potter, what are you talking about? There has been no one visiting your house, we know that," Snape sneered, hoping to get a rise out of the boy as usual. Unfortunately what he got instead unnerved him. Harry laughed, loudly as if Snape had just pulled one of the Weasley's pranks.
"There's more then one way to meet someone Snape. Alice and I have talked every day and we've developed quite a few spells together among other things," he said with a twinkle of his own in his eye. However, this wasn't a twinkle per se, it was more like a dark fire, daring them to do something ungodly stupid which he knew one of them would do.
"Harry, who is Alice and how did you meet her?" Dumbledor asked in a gentle manner.
"Alice is my friend and quite frankly it's none of your business," he stated firmly, his grin leaving him and being replaced with a dark scowl.
Snape scowled at him, "Fine then, if you won't tell us well find out ourselves. Legilimens!" Snape immediately tried to break into Harry's mind, doing the ungodly stupid thing that he had predicted one of them to do. The moment Snape entered the boy's mind he was assaulted by a power twisted into light and darkness. He gripped his head and let loose a piercing scream that broke through all the silencing charms and rang throughout Hogwarts. It felt like an army of twisted creatures and beings were invading his mind, all of it coming from Harry. However there was one creature that stood out in the onslaught. It was a young woman, about Harry's age with long dark hair in a blue petticoat with a white apron, holding a twisted looking butcher blade. She was also covered in splats of blood but despite this, or because of it he couldn't tell, she had a lovely little smile on her face as her two green eyes shown like dark emeralds. She seemed to be LEADING the creatures that assaulted his mind. The young woman then dashed forward, her body dissolving into the form of a large, red, horned, demon as she commenced the final attack. Snape rolled around on the floor of the Headmaster's office, yelling and screaming at the top of his lungs for the monsters to get out of his mind. After a few moments of unsuccessful help from Dumbledor and Lupin, Snape went still, breathing in shallow breaths with his eyes glazed over.
Lupin turned to Harry while Dumbledor attended to Snape. "WHAT HAPPENED?" he cried out staring at the boy who was now mildly inspecting Snape as if he were an insect on a leaf. He poked and prodded and unknown to the two professors, slipped in one of the pendants onto Dumbledor's desk, privately grinning to himself.
Harry just shrugged. "He tried to break into my mind, quite rude actually. As for what happened to him, let's just say he met Alice the hard way," the boy said cryptically. "He'll probably be like that for a few days afterwards he'll be fine, eventually. Now then, if there's nothing else you wish to discuss?" he asked calmly as if nothing had happened at all. When neither of them said anything he took that as a yes. "Good day then." He walked out of the office, leaving one stunned werewolf, one extremely worried Headmaster, and one comatose Potions Master.
As Harry casually walked back to the dorms, using the Darkened Looking Glass to slip past the Professors all rushing to see what the hell had happened, he smiled genuinely towards Alice. 'Very nicely done milady. I trust you had a good time?' he asked politely.
Light, but twisted, giggling answered him. Harry always enjoyed hearing Alice laugh; it was uplifting to him, especially when it was at Snape's expense. 'Oh yes, most fun I've had in a while. I hope we can do that again sometime. I'll show you some of the things I acquired from his mind, most interesting. Next time, may I attack that old fellow? He seemed to hiding quite a bit from you,' she stated like a child asking for candy, which was also another thing Harry liked about her.
'Dumbledor? Perhaps, if he tries something stupid like enacting the Thrall laws,' Harry said darkly. He got the mental equivalent of a raised eyebrow from Alice. 'The Thrall laws basically state that if someone is under a prophecy, like me, they can be forced to fulfill that prophecy whether they like it or not. I wouldn't put it past that old bastard to use them, considering what he did regarding my parents' and Sirius's wills.' Alice returned the sentiment, knowing how Harry felt about that and what Dumbledor had done.
Near the end of summer, Alice had been curious about Diagon Alley so Harry had gone there to let her see the area through his eyes. It was easy to sneak past his "guards" with the Darkened Looking Glass and take the Knight Bus there. Almost no one had recognized him in his plain robes as he walked around. They had stopped at each place in turn, using the excuse that he was just buying school supplies, which he was but it wasn't his main reason. When he had entered Ginggotts however was a different story. Sliphook had recognized him immediately and went up to him. "Ah Mr. Potter I'm so glad you could finally make it so that we settle this matter of the Black and the Potter estates," he said calmly.
Harry stared at the goblin in confusion. "What are you talking about?"
"Didn't you receive the letter concerning the wills of both the Black and Potter estates?" the goblin asked confused.
"I haven't received any mail all summer. I think you better explain to me what's going on Sliphook," the boy had asked. The goblin then explained that in light of Sirius Black's recent death, he was named sole heir to the entire Black family trust and had been summoned to discuss what was to be done with it. They had also summoned him regarding the Potter inheritance as well. After a few minutes of explanation, Harry found out that it was Dumbledor who had prevented him from knowing as well as forging his parent's signatures in making him trustee to Harry's inheritance. They had figured out the forgery once Harry saw the signatures and used a spell learned in Wonderland to prove that his parents did not make the signatures. Needless to say, both Harry and Sliphook were pissed at finding this out. "Sliphook, I would like both vaults of Potter and Black to be closed and merged into one vault if you please. Put them under the name of Harry James Potter Black. As for the estates and property, could you make so that no one is to set foot on either state without my knowledge and permission?"
The goblin nodded, pleased with what the wizard in front of him was doing. "Yes Sir, anything else?" he asked.
"Yes, I request that you put the strongest wards possible on the property, even if they're restricted and or forbidden, money is no object. I DO NOT want my things being tampered with by anyone, ever. Also, I want this done as inconspicuously as possible and that none of the press or public know about this. Please contact Madam Bones about this and inform her of the situation. I want this investigated immediately and I want to know exactly what that old coot has been doing with my money," Harry order, still pissed that Dumbledor would pull something like this. Harry was going to get him back for this and nail his ass to the wall using the one thing he couldn't fight, the law.
Harry smiled to himself as he headed up to Gryffindor tower. 'This is going to be an interesting year don't you think?' he asked his mental companion.
'Oh yes, most interesting,' Alice replied with a Cheshire like grin.
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AN: Tell me what you think. I plan on having Harry be an animagus in the future and would like to know what you readers think. What animal(s) should Harry be?
Griffin
Phoenix
Hungarian Horntail Dragon
T – Rex
Velociraptor (I like this one)
Hippogryph
Roc
Cobra
Eagle
