As harry observed the shocked faces of the three magicals his smile disappeared as he shrank back to his normal size. The shrine following him and restoring back to it's normal state. A wave of his hand also righted the upturned and broken furniture as well as changing his transfigured table and cushions back to normal as well.
"Have you learned your lesson yet?" He questioned softly as he settled himself down on a fluffy white pillow and pulled the kotatsu blanket over his knees before looking at the them expectantly.
"What do you mean you're a god?" James shouted as he stood up angrily despite Lily's attempts at keeping him near her and the sharp look he received from Albus.
"It means I am a god. The previous Earth God of this shrine decided to retire around 4 years ago. He blessed me with the mark of the shrine and now I am the God of The Mikage Shrine." He explained simply and a bit slowly as if James was too simple to understand him fully.
James face had turned a rather violent shade of red and he opened his mouth again, most likely to begin yelling. Before he could though Albus stepped up and murmured something in James ear which caused him to calm down somewhat. His breathing evened out and his face returned to a somewhat normal shade.
"Hadrian my dear boy I do believe we've underestimated you." Albus said smiling at him gently. "Perhaps we should explain why it is imperative you return to Britain with us. You see my dear there is a prophesy connecting you to the dark lord Voldemort. It states that only you can destroy him." He explained this all seriously but still with too much light heartedness for such a topic.
"And why exactly should I care if some stylized dark lord wants to take over a bigoted country that's stuck in the dark ages?" Hadrian questioned calmly but with a hint of steel in his voice. He pinned the aged headmaster was a cool stare, the golden flecks in his eyes stirring slightly as he began speaking again. "What exactly does this so called prophesy state?" His tone booked no argument at all that he be told the prophesy.
Albus sighed deeply and in that moment looked much older than he normally did, the wrinkles deepening on his face and his usual genial smile gone from he face. He seemed to focus for a moment before reciting the supposed 'prophesy'.
"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches...
born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies...
and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not...
and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives...
the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies..."
"Sybil Trelawney was the one who spoke the prophesy to me during an interview at the hogs head in the village of Hogsmead outside of Hogwarts. I did not know that a spy of Voldemorts was listening outside the door and heard the first half of the prophesy. My brother is the one who warned me of that which is how I was able to keep your parents and brother safe. Not safe enough however because Voldemort was still able to find you and your family." Albus explained in a tired voice with his eyes downcast in perhaps shame Harry thought.
Everyone in the room stared at Albus. Lily and James in shock because he parted with the prophesy so easily. When they had worked to pull the prophesy from the old man it had been like pulling teeth!
Hadrian and Tomoe however just looked unimpressed. There had been no negative reaction at all and Harry appeared to even be waiting for more information. Tomoe on the other hand simply heaved a deep sigh of self-suffering before rolling his eyes and resuming his fierce glare. Aimed at them of course.
"That's all there is to the prophesy? You essentially ruined my potential life for that load of drivel?" Harry asked incredulously both his eyebrows raising almost to his hairline it seemed. He seemed genuinely shocked and was staring at them incredulously.
This last statement shook Dumbledore out of his forlorn demeanor as he immediately straightened and his eyes snapped straight to Harry's and bored into his. His blue eyes were snapping sparks at him and his face was set in a fierce scowl.
"It is not 'drivel' as you put it Mr. Potter! This prophesy finally gave us hope that we would be able to defeat the nightmare that Voldemort had become! Evan is worshiped at home as if he was the second coming of Merlin due to his status as the Boy-Who-Lived!" This was the first time that the Headmaster had given a hint of being angry. His magic was lashing out harshly but Harry simply batted it away.
"Yes it is." Harry responded coolly. "That is what is called a self-fulfilling prophesy. If you had simply left well enough alone and not tried to play god the prophesy would have simply turned to dust." Dead silence was the response he received. All three British magicals mulling over what he had said. Hadrian and Tomoe both could practically see the wheel turning in their heads.
"Understand it now old man? You are what caused the situation we are currently in. You've made your bed an now you have to lie in it." Harry said dismissively. He had no personal feelings on the matter. All of this had happened either before he was born or very shortly after it. Their abandoning of him hurt him deeply but not because he loved them or missed them but because they were his parents and he wanted them to love him but they didn't. He didn't need their love now and their rejection had simply left a small hole in his heart.
Albus seemed to go into some type of shock after Hadrian's statement. His face had gone completely slack and his eyes were glossed over in deep thought. He sat this way for a few minutes before he seemed to shake himself free of whatever he was thinking. He had a determined look in his eyes as he stared at Harry.
Tomoe had up until this point stayed out of this argument between Hadrian and the other three as it wasn't his place to intervene in what was apparently a family matter. However as soon as the determined and slightly desperate look in his eyes set his teeth on edge. Dumbledore was planning something and it most likely wasn't going to end well.
Hadrian noticed the look as well. He was tense and waiting for what the stressed wizard might do. They sat for another moment and simply stared at one another before Dumbledore all but leaped into action. Spells were flying from his wand one after another but harry easily disabled them before they even reached him. They circled around each other with Tomoe and his parents staying out of the way. Tomoe out of respect of Hadrian's power and his parents out of fear.
They were simply in awe as they watched the tiny slip of a boy wave a way every spell and enchantment that Albus hurled his way and Albus was by no means a weak wizard. He appeared to be getting frustrated as well. After a few more minutes of this spell exchange Dumbledore changed his tactics and began using spells that most would classify as 'Dark'.
Even with the change in tactics however Hadrian was completely unaffected and had also decided to simply stay in one place as he continued to disable every spell Albus attempted to use. He was cool and calm in the face of Dumbledore's increasing agitation at his inability to land even one spell on the child.
Hadrian allowed him to grow weaker and weaker. His spells now lacked any real bite or substance to them at all. Albus was old after all. He was tiring out, moving slower and his breath was becoming labored. Finally he flicked his wrist and his wand was wrenched from his hand and flew into Harry's outstretched fingers.
Albus immediately froze and actually stumbled and fell to the wooden floor in shock.
Hadrian raised an brow in curiosity before moving his eyes from the fallen wizard to the wand he now held in his hand. It was very faint but the wand emanated the power of a God. A death God if his feeling was correct. His eye moved back to Albus Dumbledore as Lily and James helped him from the floor.
"And just how exactly did you obtain a wand made by a God of Death Albus Dumbledore?" Harry inquired softly and he turned the wand with both hands to inspect it from all angles. It was a beautiful wand and ancient too. Made of elder wood and bearing carvings that resemble clusters of elderberries running down its 15 inch length.
"Interesting. Very Interesting" Harry whispered softly as he continued to observe the wand. He raised it towards his ear and closed his eyes for a few minutes. After several moments he opened them again and stared at the wand again for several long seconds.
Suddenly he looked up and locked eyes with the old wizard for just a moment before he held his hand out in front of him. He released the wand but instead of falling to the floor it hovered vertically above his hand before silvery white light began emanating just from his palm. I t wound it's way around the wand before absorbing it into Harry's body. Leaving no trace of the physical wand itself.
"NO!" Albus shouted out lunging for Harry with his hand stretched out as if to throttle him before he was frozen mid stride by a simple blink from Hadrian.
"Well? How did you come by the wand? It changed allegiances to me quite easily." He stated simply. Albus however refused to meet his eyed and simply glared at him as much as possible while being frozen where he was.
"Not going to say? How disappointing but it does give me an excuse to invite Death and Botan over for tea. They'll have no qualms telling me the full story. I'm afraid that's all the time I have to entertain you this evening so I'll be sending you home now." On that final not from Hadrian he extended out his left palm towards the three of them as Lily and James had clustered around Albus per usual. Silver smoke poured from his palm and enveloped them in a swirl before it vanished from sight taking them with it.
As soon as the last trace of silver left the shrine Harry breathed a deep sigh before turning and barreling into Tomoe who had been expecting this. Hadrian didn't fight or argue with anyone very often so when he did it was very emotionally taxing for him. Hadrian was crying softly into his shoulder and gripping him tightly. At times like this all Tomoe could do was hold the tiny God and push all the love and happiness through their bond he could. He only hoped that this encounter hadn't upset him too much. there would be hell to pay if it did.
*Scene Change*
Albus, lily and James appeared in Potter manor in the exact same place they had port-keyed from earlier that day. The silvery mist that had surrounded them like a cocoon dissipated almost instantly causing them to squint as sunlight poured through the windows into the room. It was around 3:30 in the afternoon here as apposed to the 10:30 at night it was when they were forced from Japan.
"Albus..." James started as he helped him into a nearby armchair. "... What are we going to do now? And why did you panic so much about your wand? You know you can obtain another one." He questioned as he settled into a chair as well.
"I'm not sure what we'll do from here James and as for my wand... We''ll never be able to acquire another that compares to the Elder Wand." Albus intoned sadly as he gazed at his clasped hands. He didn't see Lily and James exchange concerned glances with each other before their eyes moved back to him.
