A/N: Merry Christmas to you all! As a gift here the new chapter (though only partly betad since my poor beta has a lot of Christmas stuff going on) and 19vanelkc…did you have a look at the rating of this story? There is a reason for why I cut that part out but maybe if I have the time I'll write them out and put them in a side-story for you to enjoy.

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Chapter 33: MACUSA has Fallen

Loki blinked a few times gaping at the banner when he heard a shout coming from some distance to the right.

"LOKI LAUFEYSON!" a man, who looked similar to a more warrior-like Dumbledore with a shorter beard and hair as well as an eyepatch, shouted. "SHOW YOURSELF!"

Right at that exact same moment, a few pops sounded off to their left and four clearly magical people appeared before they swarmed out after a few words from their leader.

"Oh shit!" Loki cursed before he vanished into thin air leaving a surprised Harry behind.

Harry though, by now used to the pagan's antics, shrugged when an evil idea occurred to him. He turned towards the banner. After a few moments, the lettering was added to, a second one appearing beneath it.

ODIN SUCKS!

That earned him an angry roar from the man off to the right who now frantically looked over the assembled people evidently trying to find the culprit. When he didn't see him in the nearby vicinity, he stormed off away from Harry. The magicals though had not such a hard time finding the culprit as they were collectively walking towards him now.

"Hi, can I help you?" Harry asked with an innocent smile that might have fooled Dumbledore but obviously not the four people in front of him.

"Hello, name's Marcel Reynard. I'm the Head Auror of the DMLE of MACUSA. Were you the one to conjure the banner that is currently covering the White House?" the leader of the four asked him.

"Okay, I'll just pretend that I understood anything from what you just said," Harry retorted with a snort, he knew what an Auror was and the DMLE but who or what the hell MACUSA was he had no idea of. "What makes you think that it was me?"

Reynard raised an eyebrow at him before he started to explain obviously thinking that Harry was a magical born to No-Majs as the Americans tended to call the muggles, or at least someone unfamiliar with the American government structure. "An Auror is someone you could say akin to a police officer while the DMLE is the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. MACUSA is the Magical Congress of the United States that handles all the magical and otherwise supernatural affairs here in the States. Clear so far?"

Harry nodded giving the man a glare that clearly asked him whether he thought him stupid.

"Good. Now, did you conjure this banner up?" he asked again.

"And if I did it? What's the problem?"

The Auror sighed deeply. "Listen, you cannot just conjure up something like that in front of so many No-Majs, this is dangerous and could end up in the revelation of our world to them. Moreover, do you have any idea who Loki really is?"

"What do you mean who Loki is? I know very well who he is," Harry retorted with a sneer that could have rivalled the one his favourite potions professor liked to dish out.

"Kid, I know that Loki sounds like the best pagan god out there with all the pranks he plays but believe me he isn't as cool as he looks, he's dangerous," he explained while crouching down so that he was at eye level with Harry.

"So you want to tell me that he isn't the funny guy I made friends with? The one person who's saved my life multiple times? The one who got rid of my relatives so that I won't have to return to them ever again?" Harry asked challengingly.

"He what?" one of the other Aurors choked out.

"Oh the horror, it's such a shock. He killed my relatives," he deadpanned. "My relatives who treated me worse than the poorest house-elf, who beat me since I could think, who called me a freak and an abomination. You don't like Loki? Well, I do. Now go bugger off."

With that, Harry turned around and walked away from the Aurors in search of something more entertaining. However, it seemed that those idiots didn't want to leave him alone.

"Hey kid," Reynard shouted after him. "I fear that we'll have to take you with us."

Harry groaned but turned around to stare at them when an idea hit him, and he grinned like the Cheshire cat.

"Okay," he replied overly cheerful though he could see how the four Aurors instantly became wary of him. What they didn't know was that they would soon rue the day they heard the name Harry Potter for the first time.

"What's your name? We can hardly call you kid all the time."

"Harry Potter."

Reynard looked at him a bit surprised but firmly grabbed his shoulder. "I'll go and sidelong apparate you," he said as an explanation.

A sucked through a rubber tube feeling later, Harry found himself standing in the entrance hall of a huge building. On the wall on the other side of the room, a large emblem was embedded with the crest of the MACUSA. In front of that stood a giant statue depicting a phoenix and many people were bustling around.

When everyone landed behind him, they led him down several corridors past offices, a cantina and meeting rooms though most people were in the cantina since it was lunchtime. Unknown to his escort Harry used this time for some fun. So he magicked a few potions courtesy of the twins into coffee machines and food, hexed doorknobs or other things that were likely to be touched or set up whatever else he could come up with. Everything was on a time delay, of course, he wouldn't want to alert anyone too early.

Soon, however, he found himself in a small office sitting in front of a massive desk with stacks of paper littering all over it while Reynard took a seat behind it.

"So you're Harry Potter?" he asked carefully.

"Are you sure that you're allowed to question me without my guardian being here?" was Harry's counter question.

"Your guardian has already been informed and is on his way here as we speak."

Right at that moment, the door to the office opened but who stepped through wasn't a person but a goat with an overly long beard followed by a monkey.

"Uh uh ah," the monkey said obviously enraged while the goat looked at him with an amused glint in its eyes.

Reynard, on the other hand, looked at him with a gaze that could have killed, but Harry was utterly unimpressed by it.

"Oh, this is rich, I never thought that Dumbledore was the one you informed," Harry brought out between bouts of laughter.

It seemed that this was the point where Reynard had enough and drew his wand, though before he could do or say anything, it fell to the ground with a clattering sound because the Auror transformed into a horse. That set Harry off into even more laughter.

"It was nice meeting you, but I think I'll leave now," he said once he had cooled down enough. "Oh, and a little parting advice…when you take in the apprentice of Loki the next time…make sure that he cannot hex anything and everything in his reach."

With a lazy wave of his hand, Harry stepped around the goat who bleated at him in amusement and left the room. When he stepped out into the corridor, he saw that the entire floor was complete pandemonium. Birds were flying around, and there was even the proverbial elephant standing in the room trying not to move too much lest he destroyed anything. Monkeys were racing around in obvious confusion and a bit of panic while papers were scattered everywhere.

Harry snickered at the sight and made his way back to the atrium. There he stopped shortly and turned towards the emblem embedded in the wall. A few seconds later another banner appeared reading:

LOKI'S APPRENTICE 1 : MACUSA 0
Ps.: Your security sucks!

Laughing about how he had taken out the entirety of MACUSA singlehandedly and only with pranks, he stepped out through the front door only to find that he wasn't in Washington DC anymore but in New York.

"Ah, that reminds me…I always wanted to go see the Statue of Liberty," he muttered to himself before he set off towards the nearest train station that was luckily at the next corner to see how to get there.

About half an hour later he was on a ferry to the Isle of liberty. Once he arrived there, he enjoyed a tour through the statue and was now sitting on a bench outside looking at the statue musingly, wondering what to do now. While looking at the statue an idea came to him and with a smile that would have the devil running and fast he went to work.

He was just in the middle of giving the Statue of Liberty a make-over via glamours and colouring charms when he heard the tell-tale sound of multiple apparitions. Looking around he soon spotted seven Aurors that came his way and didn't look very amused.

Harry snickered lowly, waved at the approaching Aurors before he activated the portkey Severus had given him leaving behind enraged Aurors and a banner covering the side of the statue's socket that faced them reading:

LOKI'S APPRENTICE 2 : MACUSA 0

Harry didn't know where he landed, and honestly, he didn't really care because he was so busy laughing his ass off over the indignant and enraged faces of the American Aurors he had left behind and who realised that they had no way to follow him. He didn't even care that he fell flat on his backside because…well activating a Portkey while sitting is generally a terrible idea.

The sound of an arriving Portkey, as well as the ringing laughter, caught the attention of Severus who was sitting in his study and correcting the exams but now worriedly rushed into his living room in Hogwarts.

"Harry, what's wrong? What happened?" he asked while walking over to him in a brisk pace and casting several diagnosis charms on the boy to see whether he was hurt.

"I…their faces…," Harry brought out between bouts of laughter.

"What. Did. You. Do?" Severus asked pronouncing every word but only sighed when Harry laughed even harder.

Knowing that the boy wasn't hurt he sat down on one of his armchairs and waited for Harry to cool down enough to be able to tell him what exactly happened. It took Harry more than 5 minutes though before he was even remotely able to form a coherent sentence.

"So what did you do?" Severus asked again now that the boy he swore to protect was able to hold a normal conversation.

"I might or might not have pissed off the entirety of MACUSA," Harry retorted with a broad grin while he stood up and sat down on the chair opposite of his Potions Professor. "Oh, and I found perfect blackmailing material on Loki!"

Severus, on the other hand, pinched the bridge of his nose and took a deep breath lest he lost his composure over his protégé's Gryffindorish stupidity.

"Okay I think it best if you start from the beginning," he finally said.

With that Harry began to tell Severus what he did, starting with the White House, how he took out the MACUSA via pranks and lastly what he did with the Statue of Liberty. He had just finished with describing the look on the Aurors' faces when someone knocked on the door leading to the corridor and the rest of Hogwarts.

Severus glared at Harry but with a flick of his wand the door open and admitted Dumbledore and two British Aurors entrance.

"Good evening Professor Snape, Mr Potter, it was brought to our attention that you Mr Potter not only used Magic outside of Hogwarts but also did so publicly and in full view of several muggles. What do you have to say to those accusations?" one of the Aurors, a tall and dark-skinned one wearing blue robes, asked.

Okay, that entire thing bore one massive problem, Harry had no idea what Dumbledore told them since he was very well aware of the fact that yes indeed Harry had been at the MACUSA not too long ago. That was when he remembered something Loki told him some time ago about the usage of hand-magic.

"Sir, I don't know who told you about it," he carefully began with a brief glance at Dumbledore who only smiled grandfatherly at him. "But I think that an examination of my wands should solve that problem."

He took out both of his wands and handed them to the bald-headed Auror who carefully took them and cast a Priori Incantatem over both of them. However, the spell told them that the last time he used either of them was on the last day of Hogwarts where he had used his second wand he got in America to levitated his trunk.

"It seems gentleman that it is as I said a misunderstanding," Dumbledore told them with a twinkle in his eyes.

"That indeed seems to be the case. Thank you, Mr Potter, for your cooperation and I have to apologise for the inconvenience. We will leave now that this is solved," the man said. "Thank you for your time and good evening. Headmaster, we'll find out on our own."

With a curt nod, the two Aurors turned around and left the room, closing the door behind them.

"A second wand?" Dumbledore asked Harry curiously.

"Yes sir," Harry began but was quickly interrupted by Dumbledore who now sat down on the last empty armchair.

"Please call me Albus, we have holidays, and I'm not your headmaster at the moment."

"Very well Albus, I got the second wand when I visited America during the winter Holidays. The holly wand is quite nice, but the new wand is far better," he sheepishly admitted

Dumbledore snickered lowly. "Yes, this is the downside of premade wands. What I'm more curious about is how you did it if you didn't use either of your wands."

Harry grinned broadly and flicked his hand towards Severus. The man narrowed his eyes on him having felt the magic coming towards him when a strand of his hair fell forwards and he saw that it wasn't black anymore but emerald green with a few silver strands. However, the only reaction he gave to that was a resigned sigh and pushing the loose strand back.

"Hand-magic, I have to say that I'm impressed," Dumbledore said. "Am I right to assume that Mr Laufeyson taught you, my boy?"

Harry's reaction was instant, he tensed and warily looked at Dumbledore.

"Don't worry, my boy, I know who Mr Laufeyson is. I actually knew right from the beginning, you forgot that I control the wards and therefore know exactly who is coming through the gates of Hogwarts," he explained with a gentle smile.

"Well, yes he did," Harry replied looking down on his hands. "You're not going to send him away are you?"

Dumbledore could see how much Harry feared that he would part him from the pagan god. "No, I will not send him away. This is also the reason for why I declined his request to teach History of Magic. You see, I observed you right from the point you stepped through the doors into the great hall for the first time. I could see that you were not the happy child that I hoped you would be. However, over the months I could see that you became happier…more frolicsome and it was because of Mr Laufeyson," Dumbledore explained with a sad smile.

"And you told me that he was a pampered prince," Severus growled.

"I told you that he was well cared for and that was what I honestly thought. Harry, you cannot fathom how sorry I am for what happened to you," a pained expression flittered over the old man's face and it seemed as if he aged several years over the last few minutes.

"Don't worry, you're not at fault anyway," Harry waved the concerns away.

"Unfortunately I am, my boy, I was the one who placed you there after all. I honestly thought that you'd be safe and well cared for there, but I was obviously wrong. Was it really so bad?" he tentatively asked.

"Loki gave them a speed trip to hell so what do you think?" Harry deadpanned.

Severus in a rare show of affection stood up, pulled Harry up and sat back down in Harry's chair with the boy in his lap before leaning him against his chest and draping his arms protectively around him. Harry gladly complied.

"Then it is as I feared, I'm truly sorry!" Dumbledore muttered.

It was right that moment that Loki chose to appear next to them.

"Ah, here you are, little devil," he chirped with a broad grin. "But did you have to piss off Odin?"

That was what Harry needed to get rid of his depressed mood, and he smirked at the pagan god. "What? Didn't you like it?"

"Odin, you say? I happened to come across him at MACUSA, he looked quite…interesting," Dumbledore snickered, gladly taking the chance to change the topic away from Harry's relatives.

"What do you mean?" Loki sceptically looked at the old man.

With a grin, Dumbledore summoned one of Severus' many empty vials, placed his wand at his temple and after a moment drew out a silvery strand that he put in the vial. Once he was sure that everything was safely contained he taped the vial with his wand so that the memory situated within it was projected for them to see.

The figure whom they saw was clearly Odin, but he looked anything but the proud warrior Harry had seen at the White House. No, he looked quite comical actually. His helmet was missing, and instead, a chicken sat on his head as if it was breeding eggs, while a chameleon was climbing up his beard. On top of that he was wholly littered with bird scat, his face one of indignant rage.

Loki blinked a few times before he broke out in heavy laughter directly followed by Harry and even Severus couldn't keep a smile from forming on his face.

"I need a picture of that," Loki said after a few minutes still chuckling. "That's perfect blackmailing material!"

He waved his hand over the vial, and a picture dropped in his hand with the moving image of Odin.

"Oh, I also have something that I want to show you," Harry suddenly piped up leaning forward but still sitting in Severus lap. "How does that work with that silvery memory stuff?"

Dumbledore turned towards him with his usual grandfatherly smile back. "I'll place my wand at your temple, and you think about the memory you want to share. Once you're ready, I will remove it."

Harry nodded and soon Dumbledore had a second vial with Harry's memory in his hand. With a tap of his wand, it was projected.

What they saw was the Statue of Liberty and how Harry slowly morphed it. In the end, it looked like Professor McGonagall in Dumbledore's bright robes. Harry chuckled lowly.

"I have to admit that I'm impressed. Not everyone your age manages such a feat," Dumbledore said once the memory stopped.

Harry blushed and hid his face in Severus' shoulder in embarrassment. "It is just a glamour. I didn't think that I would be able to transfigure it and I didn't want to try either since there are people in the Statue," he sheepishly muttered.

"And that was the right thing to do," Severus praised him, he couldn't stop Harry from pranking, but at least he could make sure that he knew how to do it without endangering anyone.

"Thank you," Harry replied with a smile before he turned towards Loki. "Could you make a few pictures of it? I think Professor McGonagall would appreciate a copy."

"Sure," Loki shrugged. With a wave of his hand five copies of the memory fell into Harry's hand who nodded in thanks and held out one for Severus. The man accepted it with a smile.

"Albus, could you perhaps give Professor McGonagall the picture?" Harry asked the headmaster, not knowing whether the woman was even at Hogwarts at the moment.

"Of course my boy, and I think one copy will make a good addition on my desk," Dumbledore answered and took two of the pictures.

"Harry, I think it is time to return, before Sirius levels America to the ground in a bid to find you," Loki said with a broad grin.

"Ah well," Harry said while hopping of Severus' lap. "We don't want that, do we? Off we go and thank you, Albus, for not outing me."

"No problem, my boy. But one last question if you would indulge an old man. Why did you have to use a permanent sticking charm on the banners?"

Harry snickered lowly. "They are semi-permanent and will stop working when I want them to," he replied with a grin. "But don't ask me to stop them…who knows when I'd need some bargaining material."

"Ah yes, I see your point," Dumbledore said. "I'll see you then at the beginning of the new school year."

"Next time only use the portkey in case of an emergency," Severus tried to tell him sternly, but the amusement in his eyes betrayed him.

"And here I thought getting away from a hand full of angry Aurors would count as an emergency," Harry cheekily retorted.

"Go you brat before that mutt does anything stupid!" Severus shook his head with a smile.

Loki placed his arms around Harry, and they both vanished.

"Should I pity the MACUSA?" Severus dryly asked.

"At least he pointed out a serious security problem to them," Dumbledore replied with a smile before he left the Potions Master to his work.

Severus shook his head but returned to his study where the end of the year exams still waited for him to grade them. At least that had been a nice distraction.

A/N: Yes, this isn't the last we saw of Odin and I can promise you that more deities will show up soon and even some of the angels. 'til next chapter!