DISCLAIMER: I only wish I owned this! Anything you may recognize belongs to JK Rowling, and I ain't makin' a dime off of this. Wish I was though, and then maybe I could move out of this spacious cardboard box, lol!
A/N: Ok, I'm going to do this a little differently. Expect an update once a week, although if I get one out sooner, then all's well, but I'm not gonna try for the every two day updates since I seem to always miss that.
"Phoenixus"
'Mind speech'
"Atlantian"
Chapter 4: Revelations
Boy-Who-Lived…Alive?
According to eye-witnesses, yesterday during an attack at Hogsmeade from Death Eaters, none other than Harry Potter arrived to help save the day. His identity was verified by Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, after the fighting was finished while they were questioning one of the Death Eaters. According to witnesses the Boy-Who-Lived, and a woman that is speculated to be his girlfriend, dealt a harsh blow the You-Know-Who's forces when they worked together to subdue 15 Death Eaters whom were placed in custody directly after the confrontation. "They were completely decimating the Death Eaters, and neither got hit once by a curse! I didn't see a wand on either of them, but they seemed to be casting spells flawlessly! The woman with him was even shooting arrows made of fire at the Death Eaters," Dean Thomas, 20, tells this reporter.
What may be nearly as shocking as the Boy-Who-Lived being alive was one of the Death Eaters that were captured in the battle yesterday. In an official press release the Wizengamot had this to say, 'Peter Pettigrew, Order of Merlin Third Class posthumous winner, was found in full Death Eater regalia after placing the Cruciatus curse on one of the fighters. After questioning under Veritaserum his identity has been confirmed and he has admitted to being the one to betray the Potters on Halloween 19 years ago. Mr. Black was awarded 19,000 Galleons in compensation as well as a full pardon. Sirius Black did not comment when he was released a short while ago although we'll attempt to reach him for comment as well as Harry Potter.
Jack Murphy, Daily Prophet reporter
"Okay Albus, what can you tell me about what happened to my parents," Harry asked after he read the special edition Daily Prophet.
"First I want you to know that when it happened, I thought the matter needed no more investigation. I never knew that Peter was the one to betray your parents," Albus replied gravely before he began the explanation. "After a seer made a prophecy about the downfall of Voldemort being tied to either you or another boy, I informed both parents about what was going on and begged them to go into hiding. The other couple decided to hide with their relatives and not take any further precautions than extra wards while your parents decided to use the fidelus charm to hide. Unfortunately I, like everyone, thought that Sirius was their secret keeper for the charm, but it turns out they made a switch at the last minute without informing me. On Halloween night Mr. Pettigrew sold your parents out to Voldemort and led him straight to your house. That night he showed up and murdered your father and mother before attempting to murder you, but he made a miscalculation when he killed your mother because she invoked old blood magic to protect you. When he cast the killing curse it reflected off of you banishing him from his body."
"Does Voldemort know the full prophecy," Eliz asked as it seemed Harry wasn't in any position to ask.
"No, he does not, I am currently the only person who knows," Albus responded sounding even older than he looked.
"Did you at least tell my parents the full prophecy," Harry asked through gritted teeth. He wasn't really angry at Albus, just angry that one of his parent's friends betrayed them to their death.
"They knew, along with the parents of the other child, but alas, after Voldemort died some of his servants tracked down the parents of the other boy and tortured them into insanity," Albus responded.
"I don't need you to tell me the prophecy, I already intend to be the one to bring Voldemort down, and I'm assuming that since he couldn't kill me it means I'm the only one who can do it," Harry told Albus coldly. The sound of Harry's voice, and the look in his eyes, quite frankly scared the aged wizard as his eyes held more determination than he ever though possible when referring to fighting Voldemort.
"Well, shall we get to the meeting? I'm sure that everyone will want to meet Harry and I and you'll have to do some explaining," Eliz suggested.
"That sounds like a wonderful idea," Albus agreed while standing from behind his desk, "Let's go to the staff room, that's where they are waiting for us. Before we get there however, do either of you remember Remus Lupin?"
"Of course, it's only been a few weeks for us Albus," Harry answered trying to figure out where this was going.
"He's the current Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, so he will be there as well," Albus explained to the confused faces.
"This will be interesting," Harry muttered as they walked out of the office. Each person was deep into their own thoughts of the pandemonium that was about to break out so not a word was shared between the office and the staff lounge. As they entered all conversation, that up until then seemed to permeate the room and drown out any individual conversation, ceased.
"Now that we're all here, why don't we get down to business," Albus said as he took his seat at the head of the staff table.
"Harry," Remus asked from his seat confused.
"Hey Remus, long time no see, well, for you at least," Harry said cheekily.
"Remus, you know this man," Professor McGonagall asked.
"Yes Minerva, don't you recognize him? He was being taught Potions in my fifth year here, but he still looks the exact same," Remus responded somewhat dumbfounded.
"How's it going Remus," Eliz asked from next to Harry with a huge smile on her face.
"How is this possible," was all Remus could respond with.
"Let me explain that," Albus said breaking into everyone's musings, "It seems that Mr. Potter and his new wife have known most of us longer than we knew they knew us. According to their testimony, and verified by another person, Eliz met Harry roughly 6,000 years ago while he was training his magical powers in Atlantis. After his training finished, and he participated and helped win a war, he was sent with Eliz to 1974 where he trained in the art of Potions to round off his magical education. Once he was finished with his education they were sent back to the moment that Harry left at."
"How is that possible," Minerva exclaimed, "There are no time turners that powerful!"
"That's because we didn't use a time turner. Timeus, more often referred to as the God of Time, sent me back," Harry explained. Nearly everyone in the room cracked up in laughter thinking he was joking.
"What are they laughing at Harry," Timeus asked as he popped in.
"I don't think they believe that you abducted me and sent me to Atlantis," Harry mused as he looked at everyone.
"And who would that be," Snape sneered motioning to Timeus.
"That would be the God of Time," Eliz responded coolly.
"You're an arrogant fool like your father if you think that we'll believe this hogwash," Snape snapped.
"My, my Severus, you don't seem to have gotten a better attitude through the years," Harry mused.
"It's Professor Snape to you, you arrogant little prick," Snape nearly hollered as he stood up.
"I think I prefer Snivellus," Harry commented, "After all, you did earn that nickname after you were caught bullying some of the younger years."
"Why you little…Glacialis Sanguis," Snape roared pointing his wand at Harry. The spell just fizzled against Harry's shield which left Harry quite amused.
"Severus, Harry, stop this right now," Albus yelled, "Severus, the next time you cast a dark spell like the one you just did you'll find that my leniency only goes so far."
"Headmaster, why is he even here to begin with," Snape asked coolly.
"Severus, that is enough," Albus admonished, "I don't believe I've had the pleasure of meeting you, Timeus is it?"
"That is correct Headmaster," Timeus responded jovially shaking Albus' hand.
"Can I ask why you felt the need to send Harry back in time," Albus asked cautiously.
"Of course! After the car accident his magic, that had spent 12 years growing, was finally released. There was nobody in this time capable of teaching him how to wield his powers safely as there aren't any Mage level Wizards left in the world. Not only that, but there aren't any Elementals left. There are those that have the power, but there isn't anyone trained in the arts," Timeus responded.
"Oh come on Timeus, tell them the real reason," Harry joked.
"I suppose my sister gave me a little incentive to do it," Timeus responded meekly.
"Who is your sister," Madame Hooch asked.
"Destiny, she's not someone you want to make angry either," Timeus explained meekly.
"Wait, are you trying to tell us that Mr. Potter is stronger than Albus," Minerva asked in a tone of voice that made it clear she thought it was impossible.
"It wasn't by much, the Headmaster is quite a strong Wizard, but he isn't quite at Mage level. Harry only had a little bit more power when I sent him back, of course due to the training he received and the war his reserves grew a little more," Timeus explained.
"That's preposterous," Severus commented waspishly, "There is no way the son of Potter could be stronger than the Headmaster."
"I think you'll find that grudges should be let go of, especially after the person that caused that grudge died," Timeus replied while glaring at Snape, "Unless you want to find out how powerful I am." After he said this he let his aura show which was quite a sight bigger than even Harry's, and completely dwarfed Albus' aura.
"How did Mr. Potter get the blocks on his magic in the first place," Vector asked.
"After being physically abused for his magical outbursts he prayed that whatever caused it would go away. One of the gods heard him and obliged him, the blocks were so successful that not even a trickle of power was allowed to escape," Timeus told them.
"What proof do we have that you really areHarry Potter," an unidentified person asked.
"Besides the scar on my forehead," Harry asked rhetorically, "Well, there's always the point that Albus knew where I was growing up and a few of my friends also knew these relatives. If that's not enough proof, how about the fact that I've been called Harry Potter for as long as I can remember?" Not a single person in the staff room thought to question these points, as he did have the scar on his forehead, and the fact that Albus believed him.
"Harry, before I go I need to tell you that you're going to have to spend some time with Nyx and Tenebrae. There is a certain spell that you would only be able to perfect there that will be of the utmost help to this war," Timeus told Harry before disappearing soundlessly.
"What's the problem Potter, too good to use normal spells? Do you believe you're higher than the rest of us, and can only use special spells," Snape sneered.
"Snape, I challenge you to a Wizards duel, right now," Harry snapped finally having enough.
"Agreed," Snape replied.
"Both of you stop this immediately," Albus yelled while trying to maintain control of his faculty.
"It's too late for that Albus," Harry said without looking away from Snape.
"Where," was all Snape asked.
"Great Hall, immediately," Harry answered as he left the staff room stalking towards the Great Hall with Eliz trotting to keep up with him.
"Are you sure about this Harry," she asked warily.
"Yes, he deserves it after everything he's done," Harry responded with determination harder than steel apparent in his voice. As they entered the Great Hall all conversation ceased. It appeared that students were just coming down for dinner, and were quite puzzled at the site of the two people who just walked in. Not a moment later the rest of the staff followed, led by a pissed off Professor Snape, each and every student watched what was happening with quiet wonder as to what had pissed Snape off. As Harry continued his walk towards the head table he used his wandless magic to banish the table itself and conjure a standard dueling platform. "Students, I apologize for interrupting your meal, but as compensation you'll be receiving some entertainment. Professor Snape and I will be having an 'exhibition' duel."
"Shut your mouth Potter and get ready," Snape ground out, in the silence of the Great Hall it was almost as if he shouted it, letting every student know that this man who was going to duel their potions professor was none other than Harry Potter. This set off bouts of whispered conversations throughout the hall as people were surprised and excited to learn that the famous hero they grew up learning about was in the school.
"At the ready," Professor Flitwick squeaked. Harry and Snape stood 10 meters apart eyeing each other up deciding which spells would be the most effective. "Set…Duel!"
"Stupefy," Snape shouted attempting to end the duel early.
"Pretoga," Harry answered with his shield before shouting, "Tarantella!" The old tickling charm missed Snape by a hair who was still trying to figure out how his opponent was casting spells without a wand.
"Diffindo," Snape cast as soon as he came back to himself, followed up by, "Incarcerous!"
"Pretoga! Diffindo! Silencio! Stupefy," Harry yelled, casting a shield to block the Diffindo curse and Diffindo to cut the ropes before attempting to subdue Snape.
"Protego! Petrificus Totalus," Snape sent in response.
"Locomotor Mortis! Rictusempra! Terelae," Harry cast after dodging the body-bind. Deciding to just finish Snape off cast 10 of the more powerful Atlantian curses in a row completely overwhelming Snape. The end result was Snape lying on the ground unconscious missing his shirt and outer robes, and to top it off, every other square inch of his torso and face was sporting bruises.
"Winner, Harry Potter," Flitwick squeaked looking quite impressed. Every student in the Great Hall burst into applause, well, except for a vast majority of the Slytherins.
"Harry, are you going to wake him up anytime soon," Albus asked looking quite serious. He noticed the spell that Harry used to render the teacher unconscious and knew from experience that nobody would be able to do so, except for Eliz, until Harry did it himself.
"I suppose," Harry commented grudgingly before casting, "Exsusitare." Snape groaned painfully as he woke up not quite sure what happened until the end of the duel came rushing back. It didn't take long for his infamous sneer to come back onto his face.
"What have you done to me Potter," he spat as he sat up.
"I cursed you," Harry answered before walking out of the Great Hall with Eliz amongst more applause.
A/N: I hope you all enjoyed how I dealt with Snape. I was going to add some of the other conversations into this chapter, but as I wrote it, I just couldn't fit it in with what I wanted accomplished. They'll be in the next chapter, most likely. Hope ya'll enjoyed it!
Review responses:
Tanydwr: I hope you enjoyed the duel, and I plan on Sirius coming in the next chapter. Although I don't know if that'll happen, I'm still planning on it.
Blackdragonofslytherin: Hope you enjoyed this chapter! I don't want to disappoint, lol.
Bubbafatt: Thank you! I'll still try to improve on the battles more though. Thanks for the review!
Moneymachinety72: I'm glad you enjoyed the capture of Peter. There will be more duels and battles coming up before the end of the war so I'll be having Eliz get into a few, no worries there. I'm not sure if Aberforth is going to play a role in this story or not, he's really just a background Order member, and I won't be going too in-depth into them as it is. He might make an appearance though.
Triquetraperson: Sorry you have to wait for the Order meeting, that'll definitely be the next chapter. It was supposed to be this chapter, but I really wanted that duel because I wanted Snape to get knocked on his sorry arse. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Phoenixfeather6988: Thanks for the praise, I'm still trying to get better at them, but I suppose this one was better than the previous ones I've done. I hope you enjoyed the duel!
Uten: Thanks for the ego boost, lol, j/k. Harry and Eliz are powerful, but they can be beaten, especially if they're alone. Neither one is too used to watching their own back anymore so the chances of someone coming up behind them and cursing them is quite good. As evidenced by the fact that Wormtail pulled it off. Voldie's army has purebloods from around the world in it, the numbers are somewhat low in every country, but if you add them all together they number quite a few. Plus the final battle will have something in common with the one from the first story to make it interesting. Atlantis will be coming soon, but I still have to finish up the war. I know exactly how I'm going to kill Voldie off, and I hope I can make it amusing for you, lol.
Shadowed Rains: LMAO! You definitely made me laugh. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, lol. Thanks for the review.
Night-Owl123: Sorry it took so long.
TuxedoMac: I'm glad you enjoyed that scene. As for Peter, I thought I mentioned it in the first chapter, but I guess I forgot. As soon as Voldie was reborn Peter left the Weasleys to bow down to his Master. Sirius didn't find out about Harry's death, the guards saw no reason to tell him as they figured it would be a happy thought for Sirius. Thanks for giving me your 1,000th review!
Kaaera: Well, it's not the Order meeting, but I hope you enjoyed the reactions I put in there. Things will be even more comical in the next chapter, lol.
Gaul1: You'll have to wait on seeing how Sirius is, well, until next chapter at least. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
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