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Now enough of the ramblings of Blue Fire and on with the story!
Phoenix Rising
Chapter One: Traitors In The Snake Pit
17 years later….
The castle loomed like a dark shadow in the gloom. The sky above it was dark and the clouds were low and heavy in the sky. There was a storm coming. The castle itself looked so dark and desolate that to look at it one would think it had always been that way. The dark magic was present in every line of the structure it practically oozed with it.
But this was not the case. Once not so long ago, though many had chosen to forget it in the times that had come after the castle had been one of the most influential strong holds of the Light. It was a sorry sight to see such a memorial run down as it was.
The thunder crashed above the castle signalling the beginning of the storm. Inside what remained of Hogwarts, now renamed the Palace Of Shadows, a storm was brewing for a totally different reason.
Inside the main all in the Palace Of Shadows the High King Lord Voldemort sat in his throne with his Council surrounding him. Only the highest-ranking Death Eaters were present. Thirteen in all. Voldemort sat at the head of the table listening to the reports from the last month.
He had just returned to the Palace after an extended leave to recruit more Death Eaters in the South and abroad. He did not like what he was hearing. The Order of the Phoenix, the sole core of resistance against his rule had been overly active in his absence and caused more trouble than the King had time for.
"They stopped an execution last week. Rescued one of their own in broad daylight." One of his generals Bellatrix Lestrange said. The King felt himself getting angry he did not have time for mistakes such as these. He had expected his generals to co-ordinate an attack on the Order of the Phoenix and what did he get? More resistance!
"Can't you stupid fools do anything right?" He screamed standing up abruptly. The Generals cowered in fear it was not a good thing when the King was in a bad mood.
At that moment though the door swung open and Voldemort's attention wavered. In the door way stood a man of 18, 6"0 with shaggy dark hair and vivid emerald green eyes. He also had the mark of the Lightening Bolt on his forehead. He stood in the Death Eater uniform as was necessary in Voldemort's rule: Black cloak with the Dark Mark inginia on the front. Each insignia was different telling the outside world what level Death Eater they were.
The man in the doorway though was different. He was a level 7 Death Eater the highest you could go. He had the sliver and green Dark Mark to prove it. There was only one person this could be. There was only one Death Eater that had climbed high enough to be that rank. Harry Potter. The Dark Lord's Dark Heir, the Prince of Darkness.
Harry walked into the room and surveyed the Death Eaters. Just by looking at them he could see they were in trouble. The Fools! Had they not followed his commands? Then he looked at the High King and bowed his head for a moment when he lifted it he walked to the Throne and said,
"Starting the party without me father?" Voldemort's eyes flashed violently and Harry could tell that there was Death on the cards tonight. "Never my son, pray tell why you are late to my little gathering?"
Harry smirked. "I ask your forgiveness in this case, I was not aware you were returning tonight. I was dealing with an allegation made by Bellatrix." He nodded to her and she stood up and bowed low in return.
"What allegation is this my son?" "That Balise Zabini is a spy for The Order Of The Phoenix and that her nephew is an incompetent fool." Harry smirked again. "A quote from our dear Bella here." He laughed and his laugh was so like his father's the generals shuddered.
They did not like to think what Harry would have done to the two in his care. He was quite creative when it came to getting the answers he wanted. One of the reasons he was as feared, or more than his father.
He had no conscience.
Every singe one of them had been left at the hands of Harry Potter at one time or another, target practice the king had called it and they never wanted to have to again. Harry, they thought in many ways was worse than his father, Or had become so since coming into his powers.
"And what have you found my son? More than these fools here I hope?" "I believe I have I was just about to interrogate them I was looking for Lucius but since your back father would you like to witness this?"
Voldemort's eyes lit up. "That would be quite entertaining, Yes, I believe I would like some entertainment tonight." He stood and touched his dark mark. It connected him to all his Death Eaters. He sent a message to Lucius to meet them in the Mortality room. The interrogation room.
Then he and Harry turned to leave. The Death Eaters shuddered in relief but then Voldemort turned back and smiled. "All of you are overdue with your appointments to see Killian I suggest you refresh his memory."
Then he swept out the room behind his son and left his generals horrified. Killian was the head Inquisitor, the head torturer one of three level sixes. He ran the room of Mortality and he enjoyed seeing blood flow and laughed when screams echoed round the dungeons of the castle. Still better Killian than Harry…
Harry led the way through the winding halls of the castle his cloak fanning out behind him. His father walked beside him they walked in silence each contemplating the outcome of the interrogation.
They reached the room of Mortality in record time and Harry placed his hand against the locked door it opened for him immediately. Killian scuttled out from inside the dark depths of the room. A small hunched man with grey, almost sliver hair and only one working black eye.
"Master Harry, My King," He bowed almost to the floor. His voice was almost as slimy and dirty as he was. "You honour me with your presence!"
"Get up Killian!" Harry snapped sharply. He did not have time for this. "Where are they?" "They're in room four. "I trust they'll be safe in your care? The King has ordered his Generals to see me and I expect them momentarily." He cackled.
"Very Well," Harry nodded. Then he smirked. "Have fun." He walked past Killian and heard the King say, "Make sure they remember this Killian. I want you to make sure they're not safe even in their own minds."
Harry could hear the excitement in Killian's voice as he said, "Yes My King. Of course." Harry himself shook his head and smiled. The dungeons would be echoing with screams in no time.
He just hoped that it would not interfere with his own interrogation. If it did he would not be pleased. And Killian would know it. He pushed open the door and found his two childhood friends chained to the walls.
"Well, Well." He said leaning against the wall. "This is a cosy place for a get together." He said conversationally as if they were simply in his rooms discussing the next mission. "What the hell have you done to upset Bella now. I'll have you know I had the biggest headache ever." "She's a stupid bitch and she's had it in for me ever since mother seduced her husband." Balise snarled.
Harry had to smile. That was true. "And you Draco what have you got to say for yourself?" Draco said nothing just stared at the floor. "You didn't do it did you?" Harry asked. Still nothing. Harry shook his head in disgust. "I told Lucius when we were fourteen that he was waiting too long." Then he turned serious. "I hope Bella is wrong. The King is here and he will show no Mercy. Get your stories straight."
This was uncharacteristic show of, well it wasn't kindness, The Prince of Darkness did not know kindness but it was something. Maybe understanding, maybe some sort of loyalty to his friends. Something that few knew the Prince was capable of.
But his friends knew different. Harry was tough and a warrior. He knew more spells and magic than most but he did not punish and he certainly not kill unless he had too. But when his wrath was unleashed…well you'd better hope that you're a thousand miles away. His wrath was often worse than his father's.
That is not to say that he was not willing to punish them. No, he would do it if the allegations proved true they could not have spies in their midst. Double agents? For the side of the king- Yes. Spies for the Order? No. Harry looked hard at both of them and they gulped. He was not someone to cross and definitely not someone to anger. He was not the Prince of Darkness for nothing.
At that moment Lucius, the Mortality guards and Voldemort walked into the room. Draco looked on with fear flashing through his sliver eyes and Balise with defiance that marked him as one of the best field agents. He was terrified Harry knew but he was not about to let them know that.
"You may start my son," Voldemort said and then hissed but Harry heard everything. Nagini my dear you may have some fun tonight. At that moment the snake in question slithered into the room and Draco winced.
Harry walked forward and Voldemort smiled viciously as his son began to change. He had chosen well in his son. He had never realised how powerful Harry would become and now he was well under his control.
His son had been the most interesting student to teach. He was able to do most spells and exceeded in defence. He was amazing at fighting and he also exceeded in the Dark Arts after a little persuasion. Voldemort remembered the night Harry had first created the Avada Kedavra curse on his own. That was the curse he had struggled most with but at the age of twelve he had mastered it and Harry had never looked back once.
But Harry's capabilities did not end there, oh no. Harry was no ordinary teen wizard. He was the Prince Of Darkness true but he also had one of the most powerful gifts known to wizarding kind. He was an Elemental.
That meant that he had more raw power than any wizard alive, even, though no one knew it, his father. It also meant that once he let his powers free many were forced to tell the truth of their actions because they could not stand to be in his presence. It was painful to lie.
As many had found out.
Harry himself found the whole experience quite entertaining seeing the most hardened of wizards crack under his questioning. It was that he lived for, the crack, the pop the telltale sign that they could take no more.
Harry changed in front of his friends and saw them gape. He grinned. Harry had never transformed in front of his friends before. They knew he had power because when he was younger he had had a temper tantrum and the castle had rocked with his power and he had generated enough lightening in the storm to light up the castle for a week.
Elementals were rare. Rare and powerful and those who were close to Harry on the Council had learned long ago that to anger him was to suffer endless amounts of pain.
Draco and Balise couldn't help but gasp as Harry's eyes changed from emerald green to a colour that was somewhere between emerald green, sapphire blue and mercury but one thing was for sure they weren't human.
A glow seemed to surround him and the power could almost be felt as he glided across the room. The air was full of static. Harry knelt down opposite his friends and said in a voice that was almost musical, "I don't want to hurt you but I want the truth."
Harry smiled as he saw Balise and Draco's eyes glaze over. He could tell from their magical signature that they were fighting it but he had yet to find someone that had totally fought off his magic.
He turned to his father and said, "Record time we'll have our answers soon." Voldemort smirked his eyes cold but glittering at the thought of blood. Just then the halls began to scream.
Harry frowned. "Father please send Killian a message and tell him that if he spoils my fun he will become it." Voldemort nodded his head his eyes glazed for a second and then he looked at Harry. "You may have your fun with Killian yet my son."
Harry nodded and turned back to the task at hand. He whispered, "Legimins!" Within seconds he was behind both boys blocks and asking awkward questions that they had no choice but to answer.
Harry crushed Draco's walls first because he was already more than certain what he would find in the Malfoy heir's head. Draco had been sent out on his first assignment to kill this week and from what Harry had gathered Draco hadn't been able to pull off the Killing Curse in the window he had been allocated and so the mission had failed. And seeing inside his head Harry was able to see that this had been the case.
Draco had simply not been able to pull of the Killing Curse as disappointing as that was. Technically this could earn Draco a death sentence but Harry knew that it was Lucius' fault as much as Draco's and so Harry thought in this case better than those a potential spy because Draco's mission up until that point had been flawless Harry thought they could afford for him to be re-evaluated and re-educated and make him realise what WOULD happen the next time if he messed up again.
He pulled out of Draco's thoughts and Draco collapsed on the floor. Harry turned to his father. "Unfortunately the Killing Curse seems to be Draco's biggest problem here I suggest a swift re-education to make sure he gets it right next time and make sure he is aware of what will happen if he does not."
Harry took a step away from Draco as if he was disgusted by him and turned to his father. "Apart from the curse Draco's mission was flawless. I know we cannot afford to make mistakes but I am SURE this will be Draco's last mistake.
He looked at Draco then. "Isn't that right Draco?" Draco hastened to nod and then Harry, seeing he had the answer he wanted said, "The re-evaluation and re-education is what I have decided. Draco does that seem fair?"
Draco looked up into the face of his friend. But Harry was gone replaced by the Prince of Darkness. Harry may have phrased it like a question but there was only one answer Draco could give if he wanted to get out of the Hall of Mortality in fact and having skipped and appointment with Killian.
"Yes my Prince, you have been merciful I deserved less." Harry hauled him up by the scruff of his neck and threw him across the room to where his father was stood stone faced in light of what was happening to his son.
"See that you remember it. Now wait there." He spun back round and Balise couldn't help but gasp at the fury he saw in the Prince Of Darkness' eyes. He knew he at least had to fight Harry's magic he had to try and protect himself.
Harry however was to strong fro him and like he had done to Draco simply crushed Balise's mental blocks. Harry grinned as he saw that these were stronger than Draco's. He would have to congratulate Balise later.
What he saw however made him want to scream. Balise had been spying for the Order since he was fifteen. Since his little brother had been killed for displeasing the Dark Lord. Harry saw that he had been an extremely good double agent but had still carried out orders for the Death Eaters.
Harry grinned when he realised that those missions were the ones that Harry himself had headed. But that wasn't enough to save him. He had betrayed the New Order. He was a traitor to the Dark King.
Harry, having seen enough to convict his friend of treachery pulled out of Balise's thoughts effortlessly. The pain of lying had Balise gasping for breath and he collapsed back against the wall.
Yet Harry still wasn't done. He wanted to know how much Balise knew about the Order. His treachery may be used for something yet.
Harry was seething and that was never a good thing. He stood over his former friend and said in a voice that was calmer than he felt, "Are you a member of the Resistance."
Balise fought for a moment and then said, "Yes." Harry paced for a moment to vent his anger and then said, "Indeed. And what was your mission?" Again Balise fought. "To gather information on the Prince of Darkness." "And what information did you collect?" Harry asked getting more and more wound up. He did not like the thought of being used.
"That the Prince is a loyal Death Eater." Balise spat the words. Harry raised an eyebrow. "And you expected less?" "There were hopes." Harry laughed. "Dumbledore. I should have known."
Then his laughter died and he said, "Now do you know the location of the Order of the Pheonix?" This time Balise didn't fight. "That information is not kept with me." Harry almost felt like stamping his foot in frustration.
So close yet so far. He knew there was nothing else that could be learned from the traitor so he stopped.
"Bellatirx's accusations were founded." Harry said turning to his father. "The punishment is up to you my King." Voldemort's eyes glittered with fury. "The punishment for such a crime is death by burning take him to the cells. He will die tomorrow at dawn."
Death Eaters that had posted themselves outside the room flooded in and took Balise by the arms. Just then there was an explosion further down the corridor and the guards turned towards the noise. There was a huge red explosion and the guards were blown back against the wall.
When the dust cleared Harry was seething.
Balise was nowhere in sight.
Sirius Black and Remus Lupin where heading a mission for reconnaissance around the Palace of Shadows or the Snake Pit, as the members of the Order of the Phoenix liked to call it.
The Prince of Darkness' nineteenth birthday was approaching and Voldemort had made sure that it was a big event as most of his heir's birthdays were. But for some reason this was to be bigger than most. The Order wanted to know why.
All at once the castle seemed to explode into activity. Red sparks shot out into the sky and the Order members dropped into the shadows. They had not expected this amount of activity their spies had said that Voldemort was busy with the Council of generals.
Apparently not.
The Order knew that if there was something going on side the castle then they had better not be caught. They headed towards the outskirts of Nagini, which had once been Hogsmeade to escape the anti-apparation wards before the Death Eaters caught up with them.
Their mission was a success and they did not need any more casualties. The Death Eaters were already outnumbering them 3 to 1. At the gates Sirius' squinted. He was able to see a shadowed outline and as they grew closer he swore as he recognised the form of Balise Zabini.
Balise was slumped by the gates unconscious and he had obvious signs of being beaten. Sirius swore again and Remus quickly scooped him up. The yells of the Death Eaters seemed to be getting closer.
"Quick Moony!" Sirius yelled gathering the small team together. As Remus gathered the Balise to him a note in Balise's hand fell to the floor.
Sirius noticed and picked it up.
He opened the note and his eyes widened at the script,
Hunter,
I know you and your team are out scouting in Nagini tonight. Be sure to take the little Snake home with you. He is ill and has taken a battering from the Prince of Darkness tonight. I had to be inventive to get him out. I was almost caught myself in the process. No matter he is safe.
You Phoenixes are getting sloppy. I expect more from you. Especially since your spies in the Snake Pit are usually so resourceful. No important information was divulged and another Phoenix lives to fight again.
The Night Phoenix
Sirius swore again. That meant that another of their spies had been found out. This was getting dyer. They had to get back to the base.
"Pheonixes move out!" He yelled.
They ran as one unit all heading for the point at which they could apperate to a safe distance before the base.
Sirius was apparating when Harry and the other Death Eaters appeared but before they could fire a spell at the team the unit disappeared leaving the Death Eaters to the wrath of the Dark Prince.
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