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Chapter Four: The Rest of the First Term
With the newly founded Dumbledore's Army, school has become ten times better. When Umbridge made Educational Decree Number 24, It became even more fun, at least for Gil, knowing that the toad probably knows what they're doing and yet still doing it anyway. He's also impressed with Hermione. When he signed a paper to swear secrecy on the group, he used Sha Naqba Imuru, and he found that Hermione jinxed the paper so that everyone who signed will suffer with Acne spelling out "SNEAK" in their forehead if they ever snitched. He's surprised that she'll make something so damaging (at least, in a teenager's point of view), it's either she was sure no one will tell, or she wants the one who does to really suffer. This makes him glad he's in his child self, else this world will soon get its own version of Kotomine Kirei. Though he could use the same tactics that he did on him to make Hermione a little less uptight and more fun.
The spells that they learned in DA are simple enough. He's one of the few people who are able to do the spells easily in the first few tries, and is definitely the best among the Ravenclaws, and he's aware of it. He likes making his housemates know that they are being one-upped by the first-year brother of Loony Lovegood.
In speaking of houses, one thing that changed ever since DA was the fact that he and Luna now eats in the Gryffindor table. He's not entirely sure how that happened, but he remembers Harry inviting them, and they've been eating there ever since. Not that he's complaining. They don't have any friends in Ravenclaw anyway.
"I'm sorry Luna, but there is no such thing as Crumple-Horned Snorcacks! There's no proof!"
And the conversations in this table are entertaining to say the least.
"Just because we haven't found them yet doesn't mean they don't exist. Perhaps we've been looking at the wrong places," retorted Luna.
"Archer," Hermione turned to him. He's actually surprised that she's still talking to him, considering the whole Winky debacle. Perhaps it's his charisma. "Don't tell me you believe all that too."
Gil shrugs. "Beats me. But I trust the Quibbler more than I do the Prophet, so I'll take their word for it."
Before Hermione can say more, Gil heard another voice call out his former class name. He looked and saw that it was Colin Creevey.
"Hey Colin. What's up?" Gil greeted.
"I finally finished it," he said proudly, and handed him a chocolate frog card.
Gil looks at the card, and a smile formed on his face. "Wow. This is amazing!"
"What did he do with the card?" asked Ron.
Gil gladly showed the red head the card. He paid Colin to turn his King Arthur Card into a girl. He is now the proud owner of the only Chocolate Frog Card of Artoria Pendragon.
Ron looked at Colin with shock. "You turned King Arthur into a chick?!" he said, flabbergasted. "Why?"
"Because who knows?" Gilgamesh answered. "She might have been a woman and was pretending to be a man this whole time."
Hermione shakes her head. "King Arthur had a son with Morgan Le Fay. It's biologically impossible."
"Mordred could be a homunculus clone," suggested Luna. "Use your head Hermione."
The brunette flushed red in anger and embarrassment while Ron and Harry laughed. Gilgamesh instead had his attention at Colin. "Really though, Thanks a lot!"
"No problem," Colin assured him, and with that, he went back to join his brother, but not before waving at Harry, who awkwardly waved back. Gilgamesh turned back to his friend group. "So, what were we talking about again?"
"Hermione's not using her head," answered Luna. The other two boys laughed again while Gilgamesh can only stare at an irate Hermione. "I hate you all" was all that she could say.
Quidditch. It's a weird sport, but entertaining. Of course, the King of Heroes isn't particularly interested in riding a flying broom and try to either dodge, throw, or catch flying balls, but that's not the only way one can enjoy a sport.
What Gilgamesh truly enjoys is the betting that's happening behind the scenes. Today's match is Gryffindor and Slytherin, and he ended up betting on Gryffindor. Even without his EX Rank Clairvoyance, he knew that Gryffindor would win. Ron might be bad at being Keeper (though the song that the Slytherins made certainly didn't help) Harry is an amazing Seeker, and what matters in the game is who catches the overpriced ball that is the Golden Snitch. Doesn't hurt checking though. As is foretold, Gryffindor won, and Gil joined everyone but the Slytherins in cheering for the lions.
As he collects his winnings, Gilgamesh saw Draco Malfoy shouting stuff to the Gryffindor team. One look with Sha Naqba Imuru and he can see how bad this could go. He decided to go and prevent the worst-case scenario.
He opened the Gate of Babylon, just a little bit so that no one can see, and fired a curse aimed at Malfoy. The same one that Ron apparently tried, and failed to do to him in their 2nd year. As the blond boy continued speaking, slugs suddenly came out of his mouth. Gilgamesh can see that the anger that Harry and the Weasley twins were feeling turned into amusement, as is the case with everyone watching.
Madam Hooch took notice of the vomiting boy and flew down to him. "That's what you get for talking smack, young man," she said to him, and she sends him off to the Hospital Wing, still vomiting slugs.
With the crisis averted, The King of Heroes sat back and enjoyed the treasure that he reclaimed. Just another day of being King.
After the Quidditch match, nothing interesting has happened besides DA for the next few weeks. In this particular one, Gilgamesh spends his weekend reading books in the library. He wanted to learn if the magic in this world and the magecraft in the other one has any similarities. So far, he knows that Vampires and Dead Apostles exist in this world, Bounded Fields are a thing, and a lot of the extinct Phantasmal Creatures, including some that he encountered in life, are still around in this world. Also, based on the book that he's currently reading, Reality Marbles existed, but have since been lost magic like in the other world.
"What are you reading about," a voice asked him. Gilgamesh looks up and saw Hermione staring down at him.
"Lost and ancient magic," he answered. "Want to sit with me?"
Hermione looks taken aback. He can't blame her. They're not exactly close, and with their differing beliefs when it comes to things like elf rights and Luna's theories, they're not really in good terms most of the time. Still, she obliged and puts her books on his table. The next few minutes are spent with silence as the two read their respective books.
Eventually, Gilgamesh finished reading the school books, and proceeded to read nonacademic books that he stored in the Gate of Babylon for leisure. Hermione took notice of the book. "That's a Muggle book, right?" she asked.
"Yes, it is," confirmed Gilgamesh.
"I'm surprised you know that kind of stuff. Aren't the Lovegoods a Pure-Blood family?
Gilgamesh nodded. "Yeah, but I lived in muggle Japan for 10 Years. I learned a lot of things there."
Hermione nodded in understanding. Gilgamesh handed her the book. "Want to read it? It'll make you feel at home."
"No thanks. Vampire romance isn't my fancy."
"Is that so? Oh well, I'll see what I can recommend to you."
After a few more minutes of silence, Gilgamesh spoke once again. "It's your OWLS year, right?" he asked Hermione.
"Yes," Hermione answered. "Why do you ask?"
"Maybe I can help you study?"
Hermione shook her head. "No thanks. I'm perfectly fine on my own. And besides, I'm not sure what a First Year could know about OWLS."
Gilgamesh lets out a small snicker. "Says the 5th Year who studied the NEWT level course."
Hermione opened her mouth to retort, but instead finds that the young boy is right. "Good point. Still, I think I can handle studying without any help," Hermione affirmed.
"What about Harry and Ron?" Asked Gilgamesh. "From what I heard, they're not exactly the brightest students in the School."
Hermione thinks on that. "I suppose they could use some extra help. Yeah. I think you could help me in tutoring them. But can I ask you something?"
"Ask away," said Gilgamesh.
"Why do you want to help?"
Gilgamesh smiled. "Because that's what a good king does."
Hermione rolled her eyes in that response. Then Gilgamesh started laughing.
"What?" questioned Hermione.
Gilgamesh holds back his laughter. "Sorry, but it's just really funny. Harry and Ron, two 5th graders, being taught by a first year." Gilgamesh breaks into laughter again, and when Hermione thinks about it, she joins him too. The two laughed until Madam Pince chased them off the library.
Christmas. It's one of Gilgamesh's favorite holidays. Sure, the story where the guy whose birthday everyone is celebrating came from stole a lot from his own, but no other holiday resonates with him so much. A time for getting whatever you want. Of course, he already owns everything, but still, spending the holidays gambling and drinking proved to be fun. But in his child form, he's more benevolent, and is willing to indulge in the other aspect of Christmas: giving. That is why the King of Heroes is spending the day before Christmas break in his room, wrapping gifts for his friends.
For Hermione, he decided to give her the book that he promised. She already told him that she's not interested the likes of Vampire Diaries, and she seems to be the type who's already read something like The Hobbit or Narnia, so he settled on giving her Manga. Hopefully, something from another country can poke her interest.
For Ron, being excellent at Chess, he gave him a copy of his Servant Chess board, enchanted to move like Wizard's Chess (though he'll probably have to teach him how to play with it later on).
Since Harry is the Gryffindor Seeker, he got him a bust of a Golden Snidget, the bird that predated the Golden Snitch.
And finally, he made Luna a silver bracelet, the name "Gilgamesh" inscribed in it. This one he didn't wrap, and was instead put back in the gate. He's giving it to her himself.
Once he finished wrapping the presents, he called for Winky, who instantly appeared in front of him. "What is master's bidding," she asked.
"Take these and give them to whoever's name is in it." He ordered, handing the presents to the House-elf.
"It will be done your majesty," she said, and she disappeared. With that, Gilgamesh lied on his bed, and quickly dozed off for the rest of the night.
After one of the weirdest dreams he's ever had, Harry finds himself in the room of requirements. He figured out that he's still dreaming when he sees an Albino woman wearing a black dress standing in front of him. "It's been a while Harry," she said.
It took a while before he realized who he's talking to. "You look different" is all that he can say.
"I got bored with that form," she shrugged. "So, how is life?"
"You should know the answer to that question. You're me after all." Granted, he's starting to doubt that. Not that he really cares that much. Whatever it is she's doing to him, he's liking it for some reason, and he doesn't want her to stop.
"I know, but that would be soo boring! I'd rather talk about it, so come on. Spill!" The fact that she looks like someone in her mid-20s, yet sounds like a teenage girl reminds Harry a little bit of Tonks.
"Well, there's the DA meetings that we're doing behind Umbridge's back."
"How was it?" she asked.
"Fun, you know? For some reason I really like it. I mean, it's sort of exciting isn't it? Breaking the rules."
The woman nodded. "Anything else?"
"Hagrid's back," answered Harry. "And he brought his giant brother with him."
Harry's dark side perked up. "Now that's interesting! Imagine all the damage it can cause? Maybe we can even get the toad to the Forbidden forest and make Grawp eat her."
Harry lets out a small chuckle. "Isn't that a little too much?"
"Oh no. In fact, I think it's a little bit to kind. I think she should get raped by the centaurs first, and then we feed her to the giant."
The two laughed for a while, and then they started talking about various subjects, such as morality, the nature of humanity, and dozens of ways to torture their enemies. Eventually, the white-haired woman looked at the room's clock. "Oh, looks like my time is up! Well then, see you next time Harry!" The room of requirements started vanishing, with the woman fading as well.
"Wait!" Harry yelled. "Before you leave, tell me what I can call you?"
She paused for a bit, before giving him a smile. "I suppose you can call me Avenger."
Harry was woken by Professor McGonagall. He looks around and sees that Ron is also awake. "What's the matter professor?" he asked.
"It's an Emergency," she answered. "You two come downstairs with me now."
Harry and Ron followed the Professor downstairs. When they got to the Common Room, Harry found that Ginny and the Twins are already there.
Ginny was the first to speak. "Professor, what's going on?"
The head of the Gryffindor house hesitated for a moment, then she finally spoke. "It's your father. He was injured while working for the Order."
A/N: I changed the title because I don't think it would fit in the long run