Author's Note: Now before I start this next chapter, I would like to apologize for the long time in updates, but if you read my other works, you would know this is because my muse and the mood to write has not been there for me until recently. Next some of you know that I have been doing a side-story to this one, and I would like it if you could read it too. Whilst the side-story isn't important to this story, it'll explain about the Mystics more, and it'll explain how Voldemort came to be and his reactions to the Mystics.
Remember, I am altering the timeline quite a bit, and one of those things is when Voldemort came to be. In this case he came about after World War 2, and so his up being would be different and such. One of the things that I've changed is about how Tom came into his darkness and who helped him, I've also alter a few other things too. But to know what, and learn about more about the Mystics, I would recommend you read the side-story, as it'll explain a few things that you would miss in this story.
One last thing before I start, I did have a new Beta Reader, who has worked on the first two chapters, whilst nothing big has been changed, he has made the story read smoothly more. So if you want, you can see what he has done and I hope that you'll like what he had done.
This chapter is in memory of Alan Rickman, may he rest in peace, a great actor that made Snape a bit more bearable.
Chapter Four…
Harry's Childhood - Part 4!
(The Mystic Island!)
14th of March 2008 - Mystic Island:
Harry wasn't sure how long he was unconscious, but when he awoke, he looked around and realized that he was in a completely white room, without his glasses, he couldn't tell exactly where he was. But he noticed he was in a very soft bed, the bed was so comfortable, he felt as if he was melting within the bed's embrace. As he sat up, he began to extend his arms, moving them in precise, practiced motions, attempting to find his glasses. As he was doing so, he heard a man say, as he handed him his glasses, "I believe you're looking for these."
As Harry put his glasses on, he had to take a moment to ensure that what he was seeing was, in fact, reality, to do so he took his glasses off, before rubbing his eyes. As before him was what he thought was a seven foot human/dragon hybrid wurmling. To Harry, it looked like the person was wearing the uniform from the movie: Star Trek: Nemesis. He was wearing a blue turtleneck shirt, and around each of the wrist was a blue coloured hoop, the cloth surrounding the neck was also blue, the rest of the uniform was made of a fabric resembling carbon fibers, due to the texture of the cloth, and grey/black appearance. Over the area of the left breast, was a pearly white star.
Before thinking, Harry asked blatantly, as he tried to move away, and a fireball in hand, "What the hell are you?"
The human/dragon hybrid didn't seem to be offended by this, in fact, he chuckled, as he said, amused, "Haha, worry not, young one, extinguish your fireball, I mean you no harm. I am Mystic Healer Drakon, in the normal world where you came from, you would call me a doctor." Drakon informed Harry as he saw Harry's confused look, "And, as you can see, I'm a human/dragon hybrid."
Upon Harry hearing his explanation, he warily extinguished his fireball, but was ready to defend himself, even if he couldn't win, he would make it difficult for them to take him. Whilst hearing that this, was a doctor of some sort, somewhat eased his worried state, a bit, not by much, but what do you expect Harry to feel when he was face-to-face with a seven foot tall human/dragon hybrid? Attempting to make sense of the situation, Harry asked, "How is that possible?"
"Hmm, let me see, how can I explain that?" Healer Drakon said to himself thoughtfully, as he knew that this young child knew nothing about Mystics, "seeing that you're here, you're able to something that no one else, or not many around you can do, such as: summon things, fix things with a wave of your hand and such, correct?"
"Those are two of a few abilities, that I am able to wield," Harry warily admitted to the Healer, not allowing him to have the knowledge of the full extent of his abilities, "I can wield the deadly power of fire, to an extent, I cannot do much, but I only started to wield fire about a year ago."
"Oh, now that is interesting," Drakon said with a small smile, "so you have been attempting to utilize your magic to do different things to see what works, correct?" At this statement, Harry simply nodded, wondering where this conversation was going, "While, in my case, when I was a child I was fascinated by dragons, I loved drawing and reading about them, I even tried to watch any shows I could about them. So, when I learnt that I was special and could do things that no one else I knew could, I thought, maybe I could transform into a dragon and back. Sadly, though, there was some kind of accident, I have no idea what, neither do the people I work for, though they think I was too young and didn't have the power at the time to attempt such a transformation, but I was stuck in the form you see now, ever since."
"Oh." was the only thing Harry could say as his mouth made an 'O' shape.
"Yeah, over time, I had a few people that reacted like you have when they first saw me." explained the Healer, what he didn't say was that: it was a lot worse and people threw multiple items at him and wanted to kill him because of his appearance. "I'll admit, it was difficult, attempting to control my new found power and people not fully understanding me, but when I was found by the Mystics, they helped me and made it so that those people didn't remember me and took me in, afterwards, I learnt to become a Healer."
"What's a Mystic?" Harry pretended that he didn't know what a Mystic was, well he wasn't really lying, he knew of them and that they were magical, but that was all he really knew about them. "And, where am I?"
Before Healer Drakon could answer Harry's question, a voice from the doorway said, "I think I can explain that, Mr. Potter."
In the doorway, stood a man in his thirties, he had black hair and was wearing an outfit that was similar to the Healer, the only differences were, the outfit had a red turtleneck and hoop around the wrist. "My name is Mystic Knight Erebus, and I am here to speak to you and explain a bit about the Mystics." Turning to the healer, the Mystic Knight asked, "Healer Drakon, is Mr. Potter allowed to leave?"
"I was unable to find any injuries, so, as long as he doesn't try to Jump for the next few hours, he should be fine, as the electrical charge he suffered has temporarily ruined his accuracy, at Jumping." The Healer began to explain to Harry and Erebus, "So, should you Jump, you could miss your target by miles, which, could be dangerous, depending on where you are going. So, it is best he stay here for a few hours for the electrical charge to leave his body, otherwise, he is fine to leave, Mystic Knight Erebus."
"Thank you, Healer Drakon," Erebus thanked the Healer, before asking, "but do you have in your possession, a spare hooded cloak he could borrow for a short while?"
"Sure, I have a few, just in case." admitted the Healer as he got a small cloak and give it to Harry.
As he did, the Mystic Knight said to Harry, "Until I say otherwise, I want you to keep the hood on the cloak up."
"I'll explain shortly, let's get out of here, I know that kids at your age dislike being in a hospital longer than you have to be." Erebus said with a soft voice, as he led Harry out of the room and hospital.
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As Harry and Erebus left the hospital, Harry was amazed at the grounds, he could see beautiful land, filled with amazing plants of all kinds, and animals that he had never seen before. The seven year old could only be lead out of the grounds, by lightly pushing him, as he took in the view of the land surrounding him, covered with many plants, some of which had, long black stems, with blooming white flower petals, the disk of the flower, was a pale blue, the plants of this particular variety, were scattered throughout the grounds. Another flower had a poisonous yellow disk, while the droopy petals of the flower were a dark violet, the stem was a rich blue, this particular flower was close to the exit of the hospital, possibly due to medicinal purposes. Another one of the flowers that stood out was, a flower with a light green disk, droopy yellow flower petals, and a dark grey stem, this flower, was closer to the bunches of houses, for what purpose he did not yet know.
Lounging around, outside of some of the houses were strange animals, one of which, being a lupine creature, with large floppy ears, golden brown eyes, grey fur, as well as being the size of a small horse. Another of these strange creatures was, a feline animal with small ears that stood up, purple, slitted eyes, gold fur, and was the size of a large dog. Near some of the few houses, were equine creatures with orange eyes, black fur, attached to the back of the equine creature, was a pair of wings with purple feathers, the creature was the size of a small house.
As Harry was looking at all the different houses in this neighbourhood, Harry spotted that many of the residents were looking at him strangely, and some seemed to look at him with pain present within their faces. After seeing this, Harry asked the Mystic Knight, "Why are they looking at me like that, and why do some of them look like I caused them pain?"
"I would have liked it if you were older before you learnt this, but, if you're going to be here more often in the future, it would be better to tell you now, you would find out sooner, rather than later." Erebus explained to the young boy, "But first, I should give you some background concerning the Mystics and the world of magic…" and so, Erebus began to tell Harry the basics of the Wizarding World, and the Mystics, which every child on the island knew.
Once Harry digested the information that Erebus had given him, he was pondering over the knowledge he had recently been gifted with, and, after a few moments, he said thoughtfully, "So, let me ensure that all of what I have heard, is, in fact, the truth, the Mystics were created, by your leaders: the Carter Twins when they acknowledged the fact that they were able to wield their magic in a way that the rest of the Wizarding World could not do, and they feared them because of this. And they wanted nothing more then to stop this, but the twins fought against this and their work resulted in the creation of the Mystics."
"Those are the basics." Erebus admitted, amazed at how mature Potter was. He often wondered if magic was the reason that most children, even himself, were so mature at an early age - although, he had seen a few who acted as if they were older than they actually were, non-magicals that had no magic. But from what he could sense about the young boy, he seemed to be more mature than any other kid he had seen, and he had to wonder why, but that would be something he would look into at a later date.
"But what does that have to do with people looking at me weirdly?" asked the seven year old.
"Before I answer that, I would like to ask you this: what do you know about your parents death?" the Shadow Mystic asked Harry.
"Other than what my uncle and aunt told me, which I suspect is a lie, is that they died in a car crash," Harry gave a half truth, he wasn't going to say what else they said about them, it wasn't the Mystic's business, "although I don't know what it has to do with why people are looking at me strangely."
Erebus sighed, he had to hoped that Harry already knew the truth, he didn't want to be the one to inform the young boy the truth. But as he said not too long ago, he was going to learn the truth sooner rather than later, which he disliked. So, with a sigh he asked, "Do you remember what I said about the Mystic Knights joining the Civil War in the Wizarding World against the Dark Lord Voldemort, because a group of Dark Mystics were aiding him?" Harry just nodded, wondering where this was going, "Whilst we were able to stop the Dark Mystics', and few of the Death Eaters', plans, we were never able to stop or defeat the Dark Lord."
"So, how was this Voldemort person stopped then, was it the Wizarding World that stopped him?" asked Harry.
"Sort of," the Shadow Mystic admitted with a dark look creeping onto his face, "the truth is, that it was you who stopped the Dark Lord, and you were only one year old."
"What!?" Harry yelled in surprise when he heard this, how could he,a one year old stop a Dark Lord, did he throw his nappy at him? "How is that possible that I was able to defeat him at one years old, when no one else could, what about my parents, what happened to them?"
"They died protecting you from the Dark Lord who for some unknown reason wanted you dead," explained Erebus softly, seeing the boy's shock and disbelieve, "and we do not know how you were able to defeat the Dark Lord. When we first learnt of his defeat by you, we wanted to find you and see if we could find out how, so we can save so many more lives, as he used a spell that is unblockable and kills every time unless you move out of the way, or are able to put up a thick wall between you and the spell. But someone hid you, and until last year when I was able to find you by dumb luck."
"Do you know who hid me, and when did you find me? And why haven't you came up to me before?" asked Harry, who was now worried, as he wondered how long they have been following him.
"We don't know for sure who hid you, but we think it was Albus Dumbledore, the Headmaster to his worlds Magical School known as Hogwarts. He is also Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, who has the final say in Wizengamot, which is wizarding Britain's high court of law, when the votes are undecided or deals with people who can't agree with something and things get out of hand. He is also the Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards, which is a wizarding intergovernmental organisation, roughly equivalent to the United Nations."
Harry was shocked to hear how many titles this Dumbledore had, and had to ask, "How on earth does he get the time to do jobs properly?"
"That we do not know, we have a few ideas, but nothing we know for sure." was all Erebus would say about it, before he went on to say, "Any we found you last March, when you first discovered your powers, and Jumped for the first time. Since then we learnt you had some control of fire, how much we do not know, able to Jump and have a Psychic Entity Creation or P.E.C. for short."
Harry was relieved to hear that they didn't know the full extent of his powers, but he was upset they knew so much already about him. But he was curious about something and asked, "What is a Psychic Entity Creation?"
"It's what the Researchers here calls Imaginary Friends that magical kids might have from time to time, these Imaginary Friends react differently to normal ones that most children have, be they be magical or not. They are rare, but they meant to be able to can see things that their creation cannot, they have their own intelligence, other than that the Researchers don't know what they can do. Although from two of kids who had one, they seem to be able to interact with the caster, as if they were really there."
Harry was shocked to hear that Lucy wasn't the first of her kind, it would seem that there were others like her. Something he would talk to her about, and see if he could find others like him and Lucy. But he was also unhappy that they knew so much about him and her, he would have to be careful around them, "Isn't Psychic Entity Creation a strange name for something like that?"
"I thought so true," admitted the Shadow Mystic, "but be happy they didn't call them Mystical Friends or something like that, the Researchers here, and the people who make up names here don't have much imagination, the island is called Mystic Island, the High School is called Mystic High and the academy for Mystic Knights is called Mystic Academy, so you see my point. Either way the Researchers would like to talk to you about your Imaginary Friends to see if she is a P.E.C. or not, but only if you agree to. We won't push you to do anything you don't want to."
Harry had to admit the people who named things here didn't have any imagination when it came to naming things, it was something he would call things, and that's only because he was seven years old, and it was suspected of him. But adults, they can be strange at times was Harry's thoughts. As for talking to the Researchers, he had no plans on doing so, as it would mean they would learn more about him then he would like. But not wanting to give things away he said, "I can't promise anything, but I'll think about it. Now back to the point, why people look at me weirdly?" asked the seven year old.
"Because you are famous," Erebus told Harry, "at the age of one you done what no one else could, defeat Voldemort. Now the reason they are looking at you as if they are upset, it's because they had sent you thank you letters and gifts, and yet you never once send a note saying thank you or reply to their letters."
"But I didn't get any letters or gifts from anyone over the years." Harry admitted to Erebus . He would have known if anyone sent anything, as Vernon would talk about Freaks sending him letters and would give all the non-magical items to Dudley.
"Hmm that is interesting, I wonder…" Erebus said mainly to himself, before saying to Harry, "I'll have to look into this for you, but it would seem someone is rerouting your mail for some reason. For now, it's best to not to upset the people here, or do anything that put you more in a bad light with them. For now let's get a carriage and take you to the town, and show you around there."
Whilst Harry couldn't say much about the letters and gifts that he didn't get until he knew who was behind stopping him getting them, he could say something about going to the shops. "Whilst I wouldn't mind going to this town, I don't have any money on me at the moment."
"You don't have to worry about that, there's a bank in town and whilst there you can ask about the Potter Account." the Shadow Mystic explained to the young man, "Whilst I don't know much about the account, I do know they had one, and had most likely set a Trust Vault for you to use until you come of age at seventeen."
Harry was shocked that he might have an account of any kind, as he would have thought his uncle would force him to empty it for himself (Vernon,) and his wife and son, and wouldn't give Harry a penny. So it would nice if he did have one, so he could spend it on some new clothes and such. But coming of age, that confused him and so asked, "I thought coming of age was eighteen in England."
"In the non-magical world yes it is, but in the magical world, the coming of age is at seventeen." explained Erebus, "Now come on Harry, let's get to town, I think you'll enjoy yourself there." and so Erebus lead Harry to the Carriage Station.
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They won't far from the Carriage Station, when to Harry's shock to see a church. From what his uncle told him, the church anything magical and wanted them to be burnt at the steak. As they passed the church, they saw a forty year old black man, in a white suit, a black shirt and a white collar around his neck, coming out of the church. Next to him was a redheaded girl with green eyes, who looked like she was around seven or eight years old - she was wearing a light blue dress.
AS this person in the suit saw them, he and the girl walked towards them, and when they got to Harry and Erebus, the person said, "Greetings Mystic Knight Erebus, I hope you are well… is this a new protectial Mystic?"
"Afternoon Preacher Matthew, I'm fine thank you very much," Erebus said with a smile, he and Matthew were friends, and he spent some time with Matthew's family at the weekends, "and yes he is a new protectial Mystic."
"Why is he a hood, is he ugly or something and you don't want to scare everyone or something." the young redheaded asked innocently enough.
"Oh no nothing like that Holly." Erebus said to the little girl, her name was Holly Grace Halliwell, and she was one of the casualties in the war of the WIzarding Civil War, she was found by a priest one day, she was in a blanket with nothing more than an armlet with her first name and what they suspected was her date of birth on it. When they learnt she was magical at two years old, they sent her to Mystic Island where she would be taught to become a Holy Knight. Over the years Holly thought of Preacher Matthew as her father. "This is Harry Potter." Erebus said warmly.
"Why is he wearing a cloak if he isn't ugly or deformed somehow?" asked the young girl.
"For his safety," explained the Shadow Mystic, "as you know there are still many dark Mystics out there, some even here even though we can't find them, and they would like nothing more to harm Harry for one reason or another. He is wearing the cloak to hide what he looks like so that it would make it harder to capture him."
"That is a wise move Erebus," admitted Matthew, before turning to Harry and asked, "So young Harry, what do you think of Mystic Island so far?"
"I only seen the hospital and this area, but so far it looks good, but I am confused to see a church here." Harry admitted to the preacher.
"Oh and why is that young Harry?" asked Preacher Matthew.
"Some my Uncle Vernon told me many times about the church and their beliefs about magic," Harry admitted darkly, "he said they believed this, thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."
"I'll admit that sadly there are many in the church that believe that," Matthew admitted with a deep sigh, "but there are many like me and those in the Vatican believe in what our Lord Jesus once said, 'Those without sin, cast the first stone.' Meaning we all have sinned, but it doesn't makes use bad or evil, just misadjusted, just like magic users."
Harry had to admit that the preacher had a point, but before he could say anything, Mystic Knight Erebus said, "I'm sorry Matthew, but we have to get moving. I'll talk to you later, and if we got time I'll bring Harry along so he and Holly could get to know each other."
"That's a wonderful idea, so I'll see you later." said the preacher, the four of them bread each other farewell, and parted ways.
But as as Preacher Matthew and Holly walked back towards the church, "Father are you alright?" asked the young girl, seeing that he was suddenly looking concerned.
"It's Potter," Matthew said with a whisper, "I don't know what his life been like, but I sensed a great deal of Darkness within him. The Holy Knights well have to keep an eye on him."
"Shouldn't we tell the Mystic Knights?" asked Holly.
"No not yet," said the preacher, "now that Potter is found, whatever the darkness is within him should vanish. For now we should watch and see, our main goal is dealing demons, not getting involved with the Mystic Knight issues. We have no place in their affairs, so for now we keep an eye on Potter and if he interferes with our affairs, then we inform the Mystic Knights."
Holly nodded at father's word, seeing that she didn't think he was wrong. Little did she knew it at the time, that in years to come, her life and the life of Harry Potter would one day be connected in ways she never thought possible.
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14th of March 2008 - No 4 Privet Drive:
It was evening, and Harry found himself back at Privet Drive in his room after a strange afternoon. First off, he found himself on Mystic Island, one place he didn't think he would ever see. Then he saw a strange Dragon/Human hybrid who was one of the Healers on Mystic Island, and he found out that there were many others like him, who were hybrids of human and beast of some kind.
Not only that, but he had learnt about the Mystics itself, and how they came to be. He was shocked that there were two types of Magic Users: the first was the Mystics, and the second was what the Mystics called the Wand Users. The Mystics were a group that used the time old favourite of trial and error, using comics, videos and such to learn how to use their powers, just like Harry done. As for the Wand Users, as the name suggested, they use sticks to cast magic, and need to know spells to learn magic. Something Harry thought was somewhat limited the person as what they could do. Sure what he found out depending what the Mystic decided to learn, there are a few things that a Wand User could do that a Mystic could not, and vice versa.
Harry learnt that there was eight classes that first years go to, three classes that learnt spells, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration and Charms. In Harry option, other than maybe Charms that he learnt about, Wand Magic was useless in most cases, as you wouldn't really need it for everyday use.
Defence was good, but unless you were planning to be a magical police, you would only need to know the basics, and not need five years worth of training to do so. Basically you would need to learn how to shield yourself, how to disarm the other person and a few basic defence spells just in case you can't run away, was enough to know for a normal everyday sort of thing.
As for Transfiguration, from what he heard most of the things that one could transfigure, only last for a period of time before needing to recast the spell - be it hours, days, weeks and sometimes months, it would need to be needed to be re-casted. Other than using Transfiguration to defend yourself, and maybe changing your looks and becoming an animal, there was no real use for it in the day by day life.
And lastly Charms, this class Harry believed that if he had learnt what he needed, would be the most useful of the three classes that taught spells. Like the charms to unlock doors, levitate things, warm yourself up, dry yourself, and summon and mend things, along with setting things on fire. Whilst there might be more, these were the most useful spells, and ones that Wand Users needed to learn for everyday use.
Then there was the non-magic classes, where you don't need to learn spells, Astronomy, Flying, Herbology, History of Magic and Potions. Out of those five, Harry didn't see the point of Astronomy, why would they need to know about planets for? Harry didn't ask at the time, as he was getting his head around what he was learning, but Harry could only suspect that the planets affect magic somehow. Although he wasn't sure how, he had been doing magic for a while now and use it almost daily and he had no problem so far, and so he had got no idea how the planets could affect magic.
Flying Harry had no interest in, as they use brooms to do so, and he was planning to learn to fly without one, and from what he heard, after the first year the students wouldn't be taking the class again. History of Magic did sound like an interesting class at first, but then he learnt that it was taught by a ghost, that not only go on mainly about Goblins, but sent people to sleep, so no point taking the class if he wasn't going to learn anything useful.
The only two non-magic classes Harry found interesting and useful was Herbology and Potions, Potions as he could learn many thing to heal and defend himself with. Herbology would allow him to learn to grow his own potion ingredients, which would be cheaper than buying them all the time. Harry was in two mind about going to a Wand Using School like Hogwarts, he would need to think about the pros and cons about going and learn what else they teach, before deciding if he'll go or not.
Should he decide to go to a Wand Using School, he would have to decide if he would go to one in Europe or not. As from what he learnt about the European Wizarding World, was that most of the place in Europe were stuck in the Dark Ages, and so he would have to think about the pros and cons about that and see if the pros in learning in the European Wizarding World, would fit into his plans for the future. Not only the Wizarding World backwards, another thing that wasn't going for it was that it didn't have a backbone. They feared to say the name of the Dark Lord Voldemort, they would call him You-Know-Who or He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
Whilst he might understand why they would fear him after everything Voldemort had done, but fearing to say his name only give him more power. And seeing that it had been nearly seven years since the Dark Lord disappeared, they shouldn't have a problem with saying the name. Whilst he might be able to understand why the Wizarding World feared the Dark Lord's name, he couldn't understand why Muggle-Borns and Muggle-Raised would fear the name, as they should know better growing up in the normal world learning the say, 'Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.' So why would they fear the name all of the sudden, was it possible that they been put under a spell to do so or something? Harry wasn't sure, but it would be something he would look into should he go to Hogwarts.
Anyway, back to his time on Mystic Island, he was shocked to learn about the place, and that most of the place was run of magic instead of electric. The magic that was used was a magical item known as Lacrima, that powers things like the fires in their rooms, and the street lights around the island, along with so many other things. Once he left the preacher and the redheaded girl, he was shocked to see what the carriages, Erebus called them Hippogriffs. A magical creature that has the front legs, wings, and head of a giant eagle and the body, hind legs and tail of a horse. Harry was told that Hippogriffs was used not only to pull the carriages, but work on the field on the farms in the underwater domes.
As for the town in the Mystic Island, it was full of different shops and flats where people lived in for the people who worked in the town. The shops had different kind of Lacrimas that people could buy, and different kind of magical items, along with the basic items for day by day things. But before he could buy anything, he had to go to the bank known as Gringotts, that was ran by magical creatures known as Goblins - a highly intelligent race of small hominids with long fingers and feet that coexist with the magical world.
He was shocked what he learnt at Gringotts, after making sure he done a small test to make sure he really was Harry Potter, he learnt he had a few Vaults. The Potter Family Vault, which had the main family money in, which had around two million galleons, which in normal money was about ten million pounds. The Goblins informed him the Potters were once much more richer, but with helping in past wars with money and whatever help, they won't as rich as they used to be.
Than there was the Heirloom Family Vault, where the Potter Heirlooms were kept, there won't much left seeing that things were sold to defend against Dark Lords in the past. But there were a few things still in it, one being the deeds for the Potter Family Manor, and a few other properties.
The last vault was his Trust Vault that his parents set up for him, which when he was born had, he had ten thousand galleons in it - which was fifty thousand pounds. And over the years on his birthday, another ten thousand galleons go into the vault. So by now he had about seventy thousand galleons, which was about three hundred fifty thousand pounds. And unless he talked to the Account Managers at Gringotts, he had an allowance of one hundred galleons or five hundred pounds to spend a month. Harry also learnt that there was seventeen Sickles in a Galleon, and twenty-nine Knuts in a Sickle, meaning there are four hundred and ninety-three Knuts to a Galleon. He also learnt that should he sale a Galleon, an appropriate value of the Galleon would be around twenty-four pounds and sixty pence. When he learnt this, Harry decided to make a mental note about it, as it might be useful at a later date.
Harry had to admit when he life the bank, that whilst he didn't know what he was suspecting that the bank would be like, but what he saw wasn't it. It looked like another bank, counters, cash machine and such. When Harry asked the Account Manager why the bank seem to look like a normal bank then a more outdated banks like the from the middle ages that he was suspect, the Manager that before meeting the Mystics, all the banks were different and was like the middle ages bank. But once meeting them, and learning about Muggle technology, after some talks, the Goblins decided to work with the Mystics and update their system.
So whilst their main branches would be the same, where all people would have to go to setup an account and where the vaults would be. The smaller branches would have the computers and cash machine and such, that would be connected to the main ones so it would be easier to get to their money.
Anyway, once Harry got some money, Erebus took some shopping, the first place they went to was a Trunk Shop to get a trunk to keep his things in. The trunk that Harry got was made from dark red dragonhide, one of the strongest, so that the trunk won't be be scratched, burned, dented, or damaged in any way. It was also keyed to Harry only, so that unless Harry allows it, only he would be able to open it and the four compartments. The trunk also had the ability to shrink and enlarge by a touch of a button on top of the trunk.
The first compartment was made from cedar, this one was to allow him to put his clothes in. Harry had wonder if his clothes would smell as fresh after being in the trunk, although he did like the smell and didn't mind if it did so. It would hold then more than a normal trunk.
The second compartment was sectioned off for different uses, so that it would hold his school supplies, parchment, ink, quills, books, cauldron, potion ingredients, his broom if he got one, and anything else you might need for school. And like the first one, it was able to hold more than a normal trunk.
The third one like the others held more than a normal trunk, would hold all his personal items, journals, letters, bank statements, galleons, muggle money, and anything else that he didn't want other people to see when he opened his trunk to get his clothes or school supplies.
The fourth and last compartment was like the last three, being that it was bigger, but this was had four books bookshelves, they had no real size to them other then they fitted into the trunk, the height all depended on how much room he needed. More room Harry needed, the bigger the bookshelves would become. Harry was glad that he was able to arrange to take out three hundred Galleons out of his Trust Account, as the trunk cost him a hundred and fifty Galleons to buy, but it was worth it. Because as long as nothing happens to it, he wouldn't need another turn again.
Once Harry got his trunk, he went to different shops to buy a few things. Mainly it was clothes that fitted him, as he didn't want Dudley's hand me down much longer. Harry was surprised to see that most of the shops whilst sold things that you would suspect to see in magical shops, most of the shops sold Comics, DVDs, Video Games, anything that had ideas for powers the shops sold them. Erebus explained that this was so that new potential Mystics to find the powers they would like to learn, so it was no surprise that Harry got a few things to help him. Not only that he got a few extra books on spells and history of both the Mystics and the Wizarding World, so he could show Charlotte.
During his time looking around the shops, Lucy reappeared, but seeing that he didn't know that she was there, talked mentally. Both she and Harry was shocked at two things about the books that Harry got, one was that the pictures of the Authors were able to move about in the frame, even disappear from it. The other was that there were books on him, almost all of them were made out to seem to be real, but instead they were all faction. And from what he remember hearing about what he received money wise, he knew that he didn't see a Knut of it.
When Harry asked Erebus about this, to see if there was anything he could do about it, he learnt there was nothing he could do about it. In the Wizarding World, there was no law against slender, and making out that what was faction was real. Also there was no law saying that the writers would have to ask permission to do so from Harry. And sadly seeing that they won't part of the Wizarding World as such, they had no say in the making and changing of the laws.
However though, the idea of books of Harry and moving pictures give Harry and Lucy an idea, one that would help them gain more money. So as Harry and Erebus shopped, Harry and Lucy had a mental chat about their idea. The idea was of someone on Mystic Island, creating a comic book of him as some sort of Mystic Warrior. They needed to think some more of this before seeing someone about it.
After some shopping Harry asked if there was somewhere closer to shop for Mystic Items, as Japan was too far out. This was where he learnt about Diagon Alley, this was where Gringotts main branch for the UK could be found. Erebus explained that with some talks between the Mystics and the Ministry of Magic, they created a sub alley for shops Mystic Shops. But Erebus warned Harry that there were other sub alleys other than the Mystic one, some were darker than others, and so would need to be careful.
Erebus also warned Harry that before he went to Diagon Alley, he either get a hooded cloak of his own, or something to cover his face, or learn to change his looks. As he said earlier to the young girl Holly, there are those around that would like nothing more but hurt the Boy-Who-Lived, as they would want to make a name for themselves for defeating the one who got rid of the Dark Lord Voldemort. This was something that Harry had to think about, as he had thought about learning the skill to change his looks, but until now, he had no real reason to do so.
Once Harry got everything from the shops, comics, video games, and a few light and fire Lacrimas to try out, he had the Shadow Mystic to take him back home. Once there he returned to Privet Drive to think. He would have went to see Charlotte and told her what he had found out, but she was working and so wouldn't be at the usual place. Although he knew that Charlotte had to do what she does to live, it ate him up, as if something within him wanted to hurt whoever dare touch her, he felt that only he could do it and yet he didn't understand why. For now all Harry could do was sleep for the night, in the morning he would decide what to do next.
To be Continued!
Author's Note: Here ends the fourth part of the Saga, Harry's Childhood, I would like to apologize again for the long time in updates, but as I said my muse and the mood to write has not been there for me until recently. Either way, I would like to thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoyed it.
I hope what I have done with the chapter, and how I set things up in the story. I'm still looking for OC Mystics, and if you were reading the side story, I'm looking for OC Books of Zeref's: Etherious. If you can help me, please let me know of any ideas you might have. Any that I like, I'll use in this story and give you thanks for them.
Either way, I would like to thank you once again for reading and I hope you spare a few minutes to leave a review and let me know what you think of the chapter, and any ideas you might have for the future chapters, and any powers you would like to be used in the story.
Question: Got another question for you, how would you feel if I made Dudley a Mystic in the story, it would be something that would kick Vernon in the gut and piss him off. But I would like to know what you think, and what power should he have should he become a Mystic?
Next time on Rise of Overlord Vulcan:In the next chapter of this story, the story continues with the fifth part of Harry's Childhood. In Chapter Five, Harry's true descent into darkness begins as he becomes Maverick, who'll rise the money Harry'll need to take over the world. So read as Harry create his alter ego Maverick, and starts becoming more dark.
Bate Reader Needed: I'm looking for a Beta Reader to help me, whilst my Beta Reader Dovahkiinwolfghost7, is good at his work, I have had this chapter done for two weeks and yet he had not finished betaing it, most of the time he would keep saying he would do it tomorrow. Knowing that people have a life and often busy, but there comes to a point where you have to say enough is enough. So to help him out, I'm looking for another Beta Reader. So if you are good at spellings, grammar and sentence structure, please let me know ASAP, as I need the help. So if you're interested in helping me please let me know, I'm after someone who can help with coming up with original ideas and plots. Also if it is possible, I'm looking for someone who'll can help add and remove things from the story to make it better, and not someone who'll just do one or two words here and there.