Catcher
A/N; Those more observant of you may have noticed my new story, make sure to look in on it and see what you think! I am not stopping this one as is obvious. Enjoy!
Chapter 12; The City of Magic
{Hogwarts}
Albus had sent for Madam Pomfrey and Minerva as soon as he had sensed the approach of the Muggles along the road to Hogsmead. They stood in silence as the small group approached.
General Granger walked silently with the Airforce Marshall next to him, his counterpart for the air. The look on his face was stern. A group of students followed his entourage up to the castle curious after hearing the few gunshots and the explosion.
They kept their distance though, probably due to the three black body bags on a rolling table behind the General. The oldest of the wizards, obviously a local kept the students back as he recognised the guards with the General.
The older wizards knew these men, dress in dark trench coats hiding knifes and guns. They were the anti-Wizarding division. The government's main task force against magic. Highly trained, they could be used for anything from reconnaissance to assassination. Most wizards were right to fear them, they were easily a match for most wizards.
The group stopped suddenly with the appearance of one of the few Wizards the general trusted on the base, one Arthur Weasley. The Muggle-Wizard Alliance Minister looked over the group. Took in the General and Marshall with a brief nod, then his eyes widened as he took in the ten AWD members, but quickly recovered with a nod at the Captain only distinguished by a dull silver strip across his coat collar. His gaze finally settled on the three bodies. Each with a sticker reading "Identification pending affirmation." He fell to the side of the General and gestured to the castle and they continued their trek.
When they arrived at the castle the headmaster silently led them into the Great Hall. Five of the AWD fell into guarding positioned outside the door as they closed behind the rest of the group. The students in the Entrance Hall wisely keeping their distance as rumours quickly spread up through the school.
Inside the Hall, Snape waited and quickly took in the situation. He quickly noticed that the five members of the AWD kept an eye on him. The bodies were quickly uncovered as the General turned to the Headmaster.
"Headmaster Dumbledore, did you make it clear that the base was not to be approached by the Students or any other Wizard or Witch?" With Albus' nod he continued. "I am sorry for the loss, but these individuals were on the suspect Death Eater lists, they attacked after being warned and the attack was on the lists of potentially lethal curses."
"They were warned," Snape cut in, "trust a Malfoy to attempt to prove his worth against that sort of force." Snape had seen many Muggles fight in the first war against Voldemort and from the vantage point of being at the aim of the AWD's fighting techniques, he had decided to not try attacking a base.
Albus turned back to the General. "What of your men?"
"Two with slight injuries, one took the brunt of a 'Reducto' curse, he died a few minutes after the attack."
"Do you need us to treat the two injured?" He already knew the answer but thought it polite to offer anyway.
"No, the two in question asked to be treated Non-Magically, it seems that this attack made a few more anti-wizards. I trust this will defer anymore attacks against the base by students?"
With that the conversation quickly ended and the team made to leave.
"Before I leave I ask if you wish to have a few AWD here as protection?" The general decided to leave the 'against whom' for the Wizard to work out.
"That probably would be wise, how many can you spare?"
"Well we have one hundred in the base, I will leave these ten with you and send another ten later with both squads equipment. Before I leave I would ask for a conversation with my niece if I may. I haven't had a chance to talk to her since before my brother was killed."
"Of course, I will send for her immediately, would you mind if her boyfriend attended, they don't seem to separate lately?"
"I wouldn't expect to be able to keep him away from what I have read on the Weasleys." He laughed lightly as he looked at his Wizarding guide, the Weasley family patriarch.
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{The City of Magic}
Harry lay in his bed, his friends bed a few metres to his left. Their weapons lay on the table at the foot of their beds apart from the single daggers sitting at the heads of their beds. The curtains blocked the evening light from entering the window but neither slept as they went over the days events. Both were quite exhausted.
After their shock of where they were and being lead through the City with everyone watching them. Elves, Dwarves, Leprano and Fairies all seemed interested in them. Though the Leprano seemed more interested in Harry then Matt.
They were led to the largest building, which sat at the centre of the city midway between the cliffs on a massive bridge. They were met by the rulers of the City that to Harry's surprise bowed to him and looked surprised in return when he bowed back.
He soon realised why they were so surprised. They explained who he was in relation to the city. 'His' City by inheritance. He soon took in the information. Built at the creation of Magic by a man known as Lord Creator, subtle name Harry mused to himself. Then again they had called him 'Lord Catcher' and explained why. He was Lord Creator's heir chosen by him those many years ago. The 'Heir of Magic.' He had been told that according to 'his' library's documents he had the ability to completely control Magic. He promised that come morning he would visit the Library and read everything on this man and this Cities history.
After eating a meal with the Rulers he had been asked by the Lord of Leprano to accompany him. He left Matt with some elves eager to hear of Kristoshia with a cheery bye and followed the Lepra outside to a small courtyard. After being shocked by the appearance of twenty Lepra, he had taken on his Animagus form which he soon discovered wasn't really an Animagus, but his alternate form. They taught him all they could about their culture and powers. Including why he had seen the Panther shapes walking around. Some of the Leprano could change into a discreet form. Well discreet compared to the fiery death look. Harry couldn't see how a Panther with larger feather wings spanning out two metres to each side of him could be called discreet. He also managed to surprise the natural Leprano by morphing again into a simple Panther with no wings. That was subtler. The Leprano figured that as he was human as well it made sense. He was the only non-Lepra to ever take on the form. He had thoroughly enjoyed the meeting as he found the Leprano thoroughly enjoyable to be around. As smart if not smarter than humans.
They had informed him that some would accompany him back to Earth when he went and that they could not be detected by traces and were masters of disguise.
He had soon rejoined with Matt and eaten the last meal of the day as Matt informed Harry of the meeting with the Dragons that had bonded with him, and he could now summon to him. It seemed that Harry's powers of absolute manipulation of magic and Matt's dragon summoning powers were what the prophecies had mentioned.
They talked for hours getting to know each other better and using the link had transferred the memories of many of their adventures including, at Matt insistence the Death of Cedric, Sirius and the activities on Earth.
"If I am to live on earth, I need to know about the real events not the stories in our libraries about the Founders and Merlin." He had said.
Harry had in turn witnessed the battles on Kristoshia and the last stand of the Solem and the pirate attack, absorbing the information like a sponge. They had quickly discovered that their knowledge gained individually could be taught to the other across the link in a few seconds.
With those thought flying around his head he listened as his best friend fell into sleep and Harry soon followed lulled by the steady breathing from his left.
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{Hogwarts}
Black drapes hang from the walls as the start of year feast began in remembrance of the Malfoy and his companions, though only the Slytherins really felt unhappy about his departure. They event had been explained half an hour before, instead of putting the news through the first years as they first arrived.
The sorting soon finished and the feast was well under way. The twenty members of the AWD stood silently at the ends of the hall, ten behind the headmaster and ten by the doors. Normally they wouldn't be attending the meals but as this was the start and their general sat with his niece at one of the tables.
They were the first to react to the bright light shinning through the door and had their guns drawn as the door opened and two people entered. The two people who had entered gave a brief look at the ten guards closest to them.
"State you names and purpose!" One of them demanded. The two people shared a brief glance and waved their hands simultaneously, throwing the ten muggles back on the floor to either side of the door in a blast of magic.
The effect on the room was instantaneous. Half of the school had their wands drawn, a jittery Slytherin third year through a curse at the man, but it was efficiently blocked but it seemed to break the stalemate as most of those that were now standing threw curses or hexes. All were either blocked or dodge with great effect. The ten other AWD's waited for their general's signal but still aimed at the intruders.
One of the intruders took a step behind the other as he carried on blocking the curses with great effect. It soon overwhelmed him though as the students started to send volleys at them. A wall of magic appeared around them as a ward appeared around them. The woman stepped out from behind the man and smiled as the curses were absorbed. Light glowed around her fingers.
"Stop, before I start sending them back!" She yelled, the Headmaster heard and called a stop, he himself hadn't drawn his wand but had called up his magic to build up a net around the door to stop them moving further into the hall.
The shots slowly came to a close but a stubborn Ravenclaw sent a 'Stupefy' at the ward and it seemed the woman wanted to prove that she could and the spell bounced back but didn't reach the boy as it hit another ward. The headmasters.
"Smart move," came the woman's voice as she smirked at the Headmaster, "We only wish to talk, we bring bad news. Since we do not have long we must talk now."
They both headed to the Head table but were stopped as they hit the ward. The man sighed. "We really must insist Headmaster," he turned to his partner, "Portal?"
She nodded and to the surprise of the students, circles of light appeared to their sides and by the headmaster. Before anyone could react they stepped through and reappeared by the headmaster.
The headmaster seemed to relax, "Lower your wands, they will do us no harm." He knew that dark wizards could not achieve portals, but only by powerful ones especially in Hogwarts, he himself could but it drained him.
They nodded in return. And the Headmaster recognised the signs of a wandless silencing spell around them.
The woman spoke, "My name is Alandria Quintis, this is Valice Aurta of the Interworld Order of the Zalot. That name will not leave this spell. We are here as the named mentors---and friends---" she added with a slight hitch to her voice "to inform you that Harry James Potter has died on a mission to save the Royalty of a planet plagued with Evil."
Valice took over at the shocked look on the mans face, "We too have seen the 'form' of Harry Potter on this earth doing damage, but have the proof of his innocence, we must discuss this elsewhere. With that they opened a portal and waved the Headmaster through to his office. Valice was the last through and broke the wards down before smirking at the surprised faces. A quick memory charm wiped everyone present's memories of the occasion before he too stepped through the portal, letting it close behind him.
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Good? What do you think? Please review!
Thanks to all my reviewers;
Wytill; Yes I am, I don't think Muggles get enough justice in stories. It adds a slight twist.
CelticKnight; I really don't know, we will have to see!
Also athenakitty, gual1, Jenni Miller, Pblegacy and anyone else that reads but doesn't review!
A/N; Those more observant of you may have noticed my new story, make sure to look in on it and see what you think! I am not stopping this one as is obvious. Enjoy!
Chapter 12; The City of Magic
{Hogwarts}
Albus had sent for Madam Pomfrey and Minerva as soon as he had sensed the approach of the Muggles along the road to Hogsmead. They stood in silence as the small group approached.
General Granger walked silently with the Airforce Marshall next to him, his counterpart for the air. The look on his face was stern. A group of students followed his entourage up to the castle curious after hearing the few gunshots and the explosion.
They kept their distance though, probably due to the three black body bags on a rolling table behind the General. The oldest of the wizards, obviously a local kept the students back as he recognised the guards with the General.
The older wizards knew these men, dress in dark trench coats hiding knifes and guns. They were the anti-Wizarding division. The government's main task force against magic. Highly trained, they could be used for anything from reconnaissance to assassination. Most wizards were right to fear them, they were easily a match for most wizards.
The group stopped suddenly with the appearance of one of the few Wizards the general trusted on the base, one Arthur Weasley. The Muggle-Wizard Alliance Minister looked over the group. Took in the General and Marshall with a brief nod, then his eyes widened as he took in the ten AWD members, but quickly recovered with a nod at the Captain only distinguished by a dull silver strip across his coat collar. His gaze finally settled on the three bodies. Each with a sticker reading "Identification pending affirmation." He fell to the side of the General and gestured to the castle and they continued their trek.
When they arrived at the castle the headmaster silently led them into the Great Hall. Five of the AWD fell into guarding positioned outside the door as they closed behind the rest of the group. The students in the Entrance Hall wisely keeping their distance as rumours quickly spread up through the school.
Inside the Hall, Snape waited and quickly took in the situation. He quickly noticed that the five members of the AWD kept an eye on him. The bodies were quickly uncovered as the General turned to the Headmaster.
"Headmaster Dumbledore, did you make it clear that the base was not to be approached by the Students or any other Wizard or Witch?" With Albus' nod he continued. "I am sorry for the loss, but these individuals were on the suspect Death Eater lists, they attacked after being warned and the attack was on the lists of potentially lethal curses."
"They were warned," Snape cut in, "trust a Malfoy to attempt to prove his worth against that sort of force." Snape had seen many Muggles fight in the first war against Voldemort and from the vantage point of being at the aim of the AWD's fighting techniques, he had decided to not try attacking a base.
Albus turned back to the General. "What of your men?"
"Two with slight injuries, one took the brunt of a 'Reducto' curse, he died a few minutes after the attack."
"Do you need us to treat the two injured?" He already knew the answer but thought it polite to offer anyway.
"No, the two in question asked to be treated Non-Magically, it seems that this attack made a few more anti-wizards. I trust this will defer anymore attacks against the base by students?"
With that the conversation quickly ended and the team made to leave.
"Before I leave I ask if you wish to have a few AWD here as protection?" The general decided to leave the 'against whom' for the Wizard to work out.
"That probably would be wise, how many can you spare?"
"Well we have one hundred in the base, I will leave these ten with you and send another ten later with both squads equipment. Before I leave I would ask for a conversation with my niece if I may. I haven't had a chance to talk to her since before my brother was killed."
"Of course, I will send for her immediately, would you mind if her boyfriend attended, they don't seem to separate lately?"
"I wouldn't expect to be able to keep him away from what I have read on the Weasleys." He laughed lightly as he looked at his Wizarding guide, the Weasley family patriarch.
* * *
{The City of Magic}
Harry lay in his bed, his friends bed a few metres to his left. Their weapons lay on the table at the foot of their beds apart from the single daggers sitting at the heads of their beds. The curtains blocked the evening light from entering the window but neither slept as they went over the days events. Both were quite exhausted.
After their shock of where they were and being lead through the City with everyone watching them. Elves, Dwarves, Leprano and Fairies all seemed interested in them. Though the Leprano seemed more interested in Harry then Matt.
They were led to the largest building, which sat at the centre of the city midway between the cliffs on a massive bridge. They were met by the rulers of the City that to Harry's surprise bowed to him and looked surprised in return when he bowed back.
He soon realised why they were so surprised. They explained who he was in relation to the city. 'His' City by inheritance. He soon took in the information. Built at the creation of Magic by a man known as Lord Creator, subtle name Harry mused to himself. Then again they had called him 'Lord Catcher' and explained why. He was Lord Creator's heir chosen by him those many years ago. The 'Heir of Magic.' He had been told that according to 'his' library's documents he had the ability to completely control Magic. He promised that come morning he would visit the Library and read everything on this man and this Cities history.
After eating a meal with the Rulers he had been asked by the Lord of Leprano to accompany him. He left Matt with some elves eager to hear of Kristoshia with a cheery bye and followed the Lepra outside to a small courtyard. After being shocked by the appearance of twenty Lepra, he had taken on his Animagus form which he soon discovered wasn't really an Animagus, but his alternate form. They taught him all they could about their culture and powers. Including why he had seen the Panther shapes walking around. Some of the Leprano could change into a discreet form. Well discreet compared to the fiery death look. Harry couldn't see how a Panther with larger feather wings spanning out two metres to each side of him could be called discreet. He also managed to surprise the natural Leprano by morphing again into a simple Panther with no wings. That was subtler. The Leprano figured that as he was human as well it made sense. He was the only non-Lepra to ever take on the form. He had thoroughly enjoyed the meeting as he found the Leprano thoroughly enjoyable to be around. As smart if not smarter than humans.
They had informed him that some would accompany him back to Earth when he went and that they could not be detected by traces and were masters of disguise.
He had soon rejoined with Matt and eaten the last meal of the day as Matt informed Harry of the meeting with the Dragons that had bonded with him, and he could now summon to him. It seemed that Harry's powers of absolute manipulation of magic and Matt's dragon summoning powers were what the prophecies had mentioned.
They talked for hours getting to know each other better and using the link had transferred the memories of many of their adventures including, at Matt insistence the Death of Cedric, Sirius and the activities on Earth.
"If I am to live on earth, I need to know about the real events not the stories in our libraries about the Founders and Merlin." He had said.
Harry had in turn witnessed the battles on Kristoshia and the last stand of the Solem and the pirate attack, absorbing the information like a sponge. They had quickly discovered that their knowledge gained individually could be taught to the other across the link in a few seconds.
With those thought flying around his head he listened as his best friend fell into sleep and Harry soon followed lulled by the steady breathing from his left.
* * *
{Hogwarts}
Black drapes hang from the walls as the start of year feast began in remembrance of the Malfoy and his companions, though only the Slytherins really felt unhappy about his departure. They event had been explained half an hour before, instead of putting the news through the first years as they first arrived.
The sorting soon finished and the feast was well under way. The twenty members of the AWD stood silently at the ends of the hall, ten behind the headmaster and ten by the doors. Normally they wouldn't be attending the meals but as this was the start and their general sat with his niece at one of the tables.
They were the first to react to the bright light shinning through the door and had their guns drawn as the door opened and two people entered. The two people who had entered gave a brief look at the ten guards closest to them.
"State you names and purpose!" One of them demanded. The two people shared a brief glance and waved their hands simultaneously, throwing the ten muggles back on the floor to either side of the door in a blast of magic.
The effect on the room was instantaneous. Half of the school had their wands drawn, a jittery Slytherin third year through a curse at the man, but it was efficiently blocked but it seemed to break the stalemate as most of those that were now standing threw curses or hexes. All were either blocked or dodge with great effect. The ten other AWD's waited for their general's signal but still aimed at the intruders.
One of the intruders took a step behind the other as he carried on blocking the curses with great effect. It soon overwhelmed him though as the students started to send volleys at them. A wall of magic appeared around them as a ward appeared around them. The woman stepped out from behind the man and smiled as the curses were absorbed. Light glowed around her fingers.
"Stop, before I start sending them back!" She yelled, the Headmaster heard and called a stop, he himself hadn't drawn his wand but had called up his magic to build up a net around the door to stop them moving further into the hall.
The shots slowly came to a close but a stubborn Ravenclaw sent a 'Stupefy' at the ward and it seemed the woman wanted to prove that she could and the spell bounced back but didn't reach the boy as it hit another ward. The headmasters.
"Smart move," came the woman's voice as she smirked at the Headmaster, "We only wish to talk, we bring bad news. Since we do not have long we must talk now."
They both headed to the Head table but were stopped as they hit the ward. The man sighed. "We really must insist Headmaster," he turned to his partner, "Portal?"
She nodded and to the surprise of the students, circles of light appeared to their sides and by the headmaster. Before anyone could react they stepped through and reappeared by the headmaster.
The headmaster seemed to relax, "Lower your wands, they will do us no harm." He knew that dark wizards could not achieve portals, but only by powerful ones especially in Hogwarts, he himself could but it drained him.
They nodded in return. And the Headmaster recognised the signs of a wandless silencing spell around them.
The woman spoke, "My name is Alandria Quintis, this is Valice Aurta of the Interworld Order of the Zalot. That name will not leave this spell. We are here as the named mentors---and friends---" she added with a slight hitch to her voice "to inform you that Harry James Potter has died on a mission to save the Royalty of a planet plagued with Evil."
Valice took over at the shocked look on the mans face, "We too have seen the 'form' of Harry Potter on this earth doing damage, but have the proof of his innocence, we must discuss this elsewhere. With that they opened a portal and waved the Headmaster through to his office. Valice was the last through and broke the wards down before smirking at the surprised faces. A quick memory charm wiped everyone present's memories of the occasion before he too stepped through the portal, letting it close behind him.
* * *
Good? What do you think? Please review!
Thanks to all my reviewers;
Wytill; Yes I am, I don't think Muggles get enough justice in stories. It adds a slight twist.
CelticKnight; I really don't know, we will have to see!
Also athenakitty, gual1, Jenni Miller, Pblegacy and anyone else that reads but doesn't review!