System: Sol
Planet: Earth
Country: United Kingdom
Date: July 1995
"So, as far as what that locket was, according to Rowena, it was what was known as a Horcrux, otherwise known as a soul container." Harry began.
"Rowena? As in Rowena Ravenclaw?"
"No, it's the designation that my assigned Ancilla gave herself." Seeing their confusion, Harry brought out his holoprojector.
"Rowena, if you would please." A second later, a translucent woman with blue-colored skin wearing robes appeared.
"Hello, my name is Rowena. I am an Ancilla assigned to Spartan B-312, otherwise known as Harry." At this, all of them gaped when someone spoke up.
"Spartan B-312? What type of nonsense is that?!" At this, Harry glared, looking to who spoke. It was Mudungus Fletcher.
"It's not nonsense. Just shut up and listen." He nodded for Rowena to continue. And so she explained what happened and how the locket was destroyed.
"I'm going to contact Gringotts and ask them to do a sweep of their vaults to look for these items. That said, I now know what the hell came out of my scar." At this, Dumbledore seemed to get curious.
"What do you mean what came out of your scar Harry?"
"When I was redoing my augmentations, black liquid came out of my scar, and a terrible screech happened, not unlike what happened to the locket." At this, Dumbledore nodded and seemed to contemplate this.
"As helpful as this has been, Harry, you shouldn't have to worry about these things. Your only 15." Molly said worriedly.
"If the Aurors had been authorized to use deadly force back when this mess started, things wouldn't have gotten to this point." Harry said, giving a sideways glance to Dumbledore before turning to Molly.
"As far as being a child, I have never been a child in either life." This declaration was met with silence. Some being shocked, others confused.
"You have been remembering a past life, Mister Potter?" A tall well dressed black man inquired.
"Yes, I have. I don't believe we've met before. I'm sorry, I didn't get you name Mister…." Harry replied.
"Kingsley Shacklebolt." At this Harry nodded.
"It was a future society. A society at war with itself and the government deemed fit to take orphans and turn into child soldiers unleashing them later onto rebels that disagreed with the ruling government body." As he said this he had a very far away look on his face.
"How were you orphaned in your past life Harry?" Hermione asked. At this Harry looked at her curiosity.
"My parents were killed when our colony on a distant planet was attacked. They were able to get me on one of the last transports off planet before the planet was glassed by beings known as the Covenant. This happened when I was an infant and my parents perished on that desolate rock. From there I was placed in an orphanage till I was six. The Office of Naval Intelligence took me from that orphanage and sent me to a planet known as Onyx. There I was conscripted into the United Nations Space Command and trained to be a war machine the likes the earth had never scene since the Spartans of ancient times and our , I guess you could say older brothers and sisters in the Spartan II program. At fourteen the Spartans were given a series of augmentations that made us faster and stronger than the average soldier. These augmentations we're evasive and had a high chance of death but I like my brothers and sisters pulled through it. After recovering and training with my augments in order to get used to them, one of the officers in charge of the program took me and used me as his personal grim reaper."
"What did you mean by your planet being glassed?" Remus asked. Harry was about to reply when he thought better of it and gestured for Rowena to explain it as she had a better understanding of it. At this Rowena nodded and turn to the others.
"To explain the Human-Covenant War, we have to go back to over five years before Harry was born. The war started when the world known as Harvest was attacked on February 3, 2525 and ended on March 3, 2553 at the Battle of Installation 00. The total casualties on the human side numbered in the hundreds of billions." Rowena explained causing looks of horror on the faces of everyone, except one, taking note of who that one person was. Harry continued to speak.
"Before the end of the war I was assigned to NOBLE Team who were stationed on Reach, our primary military world. Reach's defenses were so secure they were considered second only to Earth's. Through circumstances that I am not aware of, the Covenant found Reach. Over the next couple of weeks, myself and the rest of the NOBLE team fought the Covenant in multiple engagements. As we fought, my team started to fall one by one." At the mention of his fallen comrades Harry seemed to take on a sombre expression and tone as he remembered.
"The first of NOBLE to fall was the oldest of us, his new was Jorge,his designation was NOBLE 5. He was the only Spartan-II on the team. He passed on when he decided to give his life taking out a Covenant Supercarrier by detonating a makeshift nuclear bomb we made from a Slipspace drive. The second to go down was Kat, Designation NOBLE 2 and the yes deputy commander. She took a hit to the skull from Jackal Sniper while trying to cover our retreat. The next to fall was the Commander himself Carter...NOBLE 1." At this Harry seemed to close his eyes as if trying to fight back tears.
"The crazy bastard crashed a Pelican dropship into a Scarab to defend Emile, NOBLE 4 and myself, NOBLE 6 in order for us to get a military asset to a dry dock. When we got there I fought on the ground while Emile manned a Mac cannon knocking enemy air support out of the sky. He started to get overwhelmed and in his last moments he threw himself and an Elite 30 ft off the Mac gun killing them both. From there I was able to man the same MAC gun and bought the Pillar of Autumn, the ship we were protecting, a chance to escape." At this Harry's face became truly grim.
"The next few days saw me fighting a seemingly endless horde of Grunts, Jackals, Brutes, Hunters, and Elites. I was finally killed by three enemy commanders teaming up on me when everyone of their subordinates refused to get near me. They took me down not before killing one of them and mortality wounding another." Harry finished explaining while Rowena displayed holograms of the various Covenant species as he mentioned them.
"How were you able to fight them for so long?" Moody asked, quietly impressed at the young man's exploits.
"NOBLE Team was outfitted with the MJOLNIR Mark V Variant B Powered Assault Armor. Combined with the armor's strength enhancement, sensors, and energy shields, we were engines of destruction on the battlefield. We weren't invincible by a long shot, but if we were careful, we could do some serious damage to our enemy." Harry replied.
"Harry is understating things a bit on how much damage that he himself could do." Rowena said, while smirking as she crossed her arms across her chest giving him an expectant look
"What do you mean by that madam?" Dumbledore asked to which Rowena responded.
"He is one of only two SPARTAN super soldiers that received the designation 'Hyper Lethal'. When NOBLE 6 was serving as Ackerson's personal grim reaper, he gained quite the reputation having it be known to the entire UNSC that he could wipe out entire groups of Insurrectionist Militia.." Harry rolled his eyes at this grumbling about AI being to smart for their own good to which Rowena just stuck her toung out at him.
"Hey Harry you only mentioned five of the members of NOBLE Team. What happened to NOBLE 3?" Hermione inquired, her voice curious yet having an edge to at the same time. At this Harry raised an eyebrow but responded.
"NOBLE 3 was Jun, our sniper. He survived to the end of the war and was the head recruiter for the SPARTAN-IV program. This program pulled from the ranks of Special Operations groups such as the Orbital Drop Shock Troops and the regular Army and Marine Corps troops rather than kidnapping children like they did with the SPARTAN-II and SPARTAN-III programs."
"Harry, there are several things that I need to ask you." Dumbledore stated, speaking for the first time in a while.
"Yes, Headmaster?" Harry replied, looking at the man.
"When did you leave your relative's house?"
"At approximately 0145 hours this morning. I took the night bus to Diagon Alley. From there, I went straight to Gringotts and spent the next several hours there going over my accounts and getting an audit started on them. I left that evening around 1830 hours. I then proceeded to go back to Surry using the night bus. It was about 2 hrs after that Moody and here retrieved me. On the way to the port key point we were accosted by 2 Dementors which I took care of with my sniper rifle. Just in case Tonks and Moody sent out the Patronus charm. " At the end of this Harry took on a contemplative look.
"Let me guess, the Ministry, in all their infinite wisdom, has decided that I cast the charm and has expelled me?" Sarcasm very clearly dripping from his voice.
"Unfortunately, that is the case. However, I was able to use some of the little remaining influence that I have to change it to a hearing rather than outright expulsion. The hearing is to be held this coming Monday at 10 AM." Dumbledore said.
"So in other words I need to get to the Ministry at 0600. Gotcha. That said, the fact that the Ministry emancipated me by forcing my fraudulent participation in the Triwizard Tournament last year. Therefore the Trace should have been broken some time ago to say the least. Another thing about the trace is that it should have broken upon my accepting the Lordship ring of House Potter." This drew a few gasps from those surrounding him.
"Harry…"Dumbledore started.
"No Headmaster. It is about time I took part in society. Thank you for trying to prevent me from cutting my childhood short but in neither life have I been a child. So please." At this the headmaster just nodded with a sombre expression. Though he did speak up.
"There are things that you are not ready for Harry." Dumbledore said firmly, At this Harry nodded.
"When the time is right I expect to be told Headmaster but I'll let it rest for now. However, I'm going to impart some advice to you." At this the Headmaster nodded, waiting to be told.
"Don't let knowledge drive a wedge between you and your organization. It will destroy you by keeping everything to yourself." At this Dumbledore nodded. With that Harry picked up his holo projector, clipped it to his belt and went to walk out the room but before he did he turned his head halfway and said.
" Oh and on more thing if you ever forget what we are fighting for remember this saying 'Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum'." With that he left the kitchen and went to go up stairs.
"What does that mean?" Tonks asked as she tried to puzzle out the unfamiliar Latin phrase.
"If you seek peace, prepare for war," Hermione said firmly.
Edited 01/26/2022:
Work with grammar and such nothing to big.
That's Gonna be all for this chapter and as always, stay happy, healthy, and safe in these trying times.
-MariousPluton