The Xarkian Epic

Chapter 8: The Calm Before the Storm

IMPORTANT: There Will Be A Time Skip Of 5MonthsIn This Chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter nor do I claim to so this is not canon to the Harry Potter Canon Timeline, Hope you Enjoy This Fanfiction Will Include Fanfiction content from other creators which I do not own. The stories which these creators have written have either been completed or have been abandoned.

Tuesday, January14th 2026

Harry, Draco, and Ron sat in the living room of the manor in New York City on a quiet Tuesday morning reading when a knock came at the front door of the manor. Harry got up and walked over to the door. Harry then opened the door to see the smiling face of Ginny in front of him with James, Albus, Lily, Scorpius, Rose, and Hugo following behind with luggage. "Hey Harry we're here." Ginny greeted Harry.

Harry then smiled "Well come in we've been waiting for you for only the last two days." The large mass of friends and family then came into the manor where Draco and Ron hearing the mass of footsteps turned their heads towards them and both smiled. Draco and Ron then came over to the group and caught up with them. Harry then hugged Ginny before exclaiming.

"Its been a long week." The group of friends then laughed at that quip relieving the stress of current events and the excessive arrival of friends and family. Harry then showed them to the various rooms inside the manor where they would be staying for the time being. As Harry and Ginny walked to their bedroom Ginny remarked, "Harry despite it only being a couple weeks we all missed you." Harry then sighed "I know all too well what you mean Gin."

Hermione sat in her office annoyed at dealing with the many letters from the various departments of the British Ministry of Magic she was receiving every second which neatly piled themselves in a neat pile on the table next to her desk.

"If I get one more bloody letter from another department about Harry's absence someones getting laid off."

she in thought in annoyance. Then a letter came in and landed in front of her on desk. "Ah great what now?" Hermione thought in annoyance. She noticed this letter was different than the others as the white paper of the letter was lined with black ink and the seal was composed of black ink with a blue phoenix with its wings spread.

Hermione raised an eyebrow at the letter in question. "This isn't a letter from a department. Who sent this letter."

She thought in annoyance the letter than opened itself and to her surprise the contents of it flew out and the only thing Hermione saw was a sheet of black paper with a glowing blue rune written onto it before she found herself suddenly in a very large room where she saw large figures in avian like black armor with large black feathered wings of black protruding from their backs.

They wielded glaives with blue glowing silver blades. They were lined up along the edges of the room standing straight with their glaives held tall and straight.

She was so intrigued by them that she failed to notice the man sitting in a throne of black obsidian like metal on a raised part of the floor at the back of the room with a massive obsidian statue of a phoenix with its wings, back, and eyes lined in blue burning flame with it perched behind the throne overlooking the whole room with an intimidating glare in its eyes.

The man then stood up from the throne revealing his towering height, glowing blue eyes, and jet black hair and beard on his handsome pale face which displayed a confident smile. He wore a suit with a blue tie and on his chest where a handkerchief pocket would normally be was the iconography of a black phoenix surrounded by blue fire with its wings out stretched. He also held a 13 inch wand in his right hand made of dark gray elder wood and a silver lined hilt.

The man then spoke calmly but with an authoritative undertone to his voice. "Ah Mrs. Weasely, The Minister of Magic of the British Ministry, supporter of the downtrodden and discriminated, I've been wondering when my letter would arrive to your office." Hermione then looked angry not intimidated by this man and his guards, "Who are you and why am I here." The man then stepped closer to her and his face took on a cold calculative sneer.

"Ah yes where are my manners I am Lord Xarius the lord of Castle Blackfire, Leader of the Revanant, the third dark lord, and the Black Phoenix. And you are here to discuss a possible alliance between the two of us in order to ensure to the greater good of all mankind and justice for those who have been dealt injustice and their cries unheard."

Hermione's face then paled in shock, "This is the third dark lord we've been looking for and he is right in front of me but why has he brought me here." Hermione thought, "Minister Granger my goal is to avenge all those who have had to suffer because of the statute of secrecy and the pureblood scum who have used their pathetic traditions to further spread pain and misery in the world without acknowledging the pleas of the many dying and suffering since the fall of Rome and the separation of our worlds.

All of them pleaded in their last breath for something or someone to save them from war, disease, famine, prejudice, injustice, persecution, and all things that caused their suffering and oblivion. We stood by and let them suffer, we let the rest of the world suffer when we could of done everything to help. While we so ignorantly took pride in our magic without considering even integrating the wonders of the non-magical world which created things to rival our own wonders and even surpass them in many ways.

Its time our worlds unite and we prosper in the gifts of each other and finally have peace. I know you fought for the rights of house elves, and you worked with one Kingsley Shacklebolt to stop purebloods taking advantage of your people in the British Isles." Hermione then took on an irritated expression. "How do you know all this about me and why have you brought me here." Xarius then laughed, "I brought you here to give you a chance to make a change for the better and to rule aside me as my empire begins a new era of prosperity for all mankind. Hermione then looked serious at hearing this."Your goals may be admirable but you will fail because power corrupts absolutely.

This happened with Grindelwald and Voldemort who had similar goals to you but were corrupted by their power just like you will be." Xarius then looked insulted and angry at hearing the name of the second dark lord. "How dare you compare me to the filthy wretch that is my cousin." Hermione then looked genuinely surprised. "Voldemort's your cousin?" Xarius then looked irritated at Hermione's surprise before he sighed. "Yes he's my cousin, he, his followers, and his ideals are also responsible for my families torment and demise twice. Why else do you think I speak in parseltongue like him." Xarius then looked at the floor and then spoke in parseltongue before a circular hatch opened and a basilisk slithered out of it with its eyes closed.

Xarius then turned to it and spoke in parseltongue it then stopped slithering and faced Hermione with a scarily intelligent sneer of its fangs as if it somehow knew Hermione from a long time ago. Xarius then sighed, "Regardless I give you a choice Minister either you join my cause and we prosper in both science and the arcane or you face the fate of all those who have opposed my goals for mankind." Hermione then slowly shook her head. "I will not join you."

Xarius looked enraged at this then the room suddenly changed to a massive balcony overlooking a mountain range with a massive army in front of the balcony which seemed endless and she could hear the repeated roaring of the millions of soldiers chanting "DEATH TO THE PURE". She saw a beautiful women come and had stopped and stood right at Xarius side wearing a black dress and wore a gold necklace with 3 large rubies set in the necklace. The women then faced her and she then noticed the women had the same greens eyes, lighting bolt scar, and black hair she knew from her best friend. Except those same green eyes now glowed with a power that promised violence. Along with the scar looking much less red than in the Harry she knew, and having elegant long black hair.

Hermione looked scared and shocked at seeing this. "Is that Harry?" she said in a voice that was a whisper with a look of betrayal on her face betrayal. Xarius then to Hermione's annoyance laughed. "Oh heavens no, well at least not this worlds Harry. I recruited Circe from another world in an another time, another place. She willingly choose to serve me so something that happened to her and her world would never happen again to our world." Circe then saw Hermione looking at her and then her face took on a longing smile before speaking in a sultry voice "Hermione I wondered when I would see you again. You can't imagine how long I've waited to see you again since Sirius's funeral. Please join our cause its for the greater good."

Xarius then smiled before he and Circe suddenly changed form. Circe then took the form of a 7 foot tall black haired wolf like humanoid which seemed to take the appearance of a wolf that took on human features with the same green eyes that Harry had.

While Xarius took on the form of an 8 foot tall humanoid black phoenix with two large black wings protruding from his back and where his suit once was, now was a suit of golden plate armor with a golden crown with three sapphires set in the front of the crown. The armor also had 5 black feathered silver talons coming out of the gauntlets. And his wand had transformed into a silver European style longsword which had three sapphires set in the hilt with the name Xarius Blackfire inscribed on the blade.

The name then glowed blue before the blade ignited in blue fire. Xarius then glared at her with eyes that now were glowing blue with fire in his eyes. While his silver eagle beak sneered. "Enough pleasantries Minister you now see what is coming to you and the rest of the ministries if you don't swear your loyalty here and now. You either join me and my allies or you will face the fate of all those who defy me."

Hermione then sighed with reluctance but then looked completely serious. "I will not join you Xarius." Xarius then looked furious before speaking angrily while Circe looked betrayed and stricken with pain.

"Then may Fate be merciful with your soul Minister." Xarius then held up his wand before a beam of blue light came out before Hermione's vision then blurred before she found herself sitting in her office seat at the ministry like how she was before but she was sweating and breathing fast. Because of this she concluded it was some sort of legilimency message. Hermione then paled in fearful realization, "Oh my god I have to warn Harry."

Harry was walking down a street in downtown New York City deep in thought.

"What Xarius said about himself. About his parents and what happened to them and how it affected him. Its not so different then me and Voldemort. And Xarius seems to be fighting for those who were persecuted by Voldemort perhaps he's right about what needs to be done." Harry then shock his head at the mere thought. "No, his cause may have good intentions but what he's done to see it through is wrong."

Harry then turned a corner on the street when a hand grabbed him out from an alley and before he knew it he apparated. He reappeared in a dark room only lit by a roaring golden fire. In front of him was a figure in a black overcoat and a gold face mask with the features of a beautiful women's face.

He noticed the figure had long silver blond hair and behind the mask he saw she had glowing violet eyes eyes. Harry then glared at the figure with a questioning glare in his eyes. "Who are you and why have you brought me here."

Harry demanded. The figure then took off the mask it wore revealing a beautiful women underneath the mask. The figure then smiled at harry with amusement. "My apologizes Mr. Potter my name is Francia Blackfire. I brought you here to talk about my former husband and the threat he poses to the entire world." Harry then raised an eyebrow.

"You mean the wizarding world right?" the women shook her head slowly with sadness and regret shown on her face. "No Harry the whole world, muggle and wizard alike." Harry's eyebrows then narrowed in disbelief.

"You can't be serious, can you?" The women now stared into his eyes with a serious look in them. "I am serious Mr. Potter. Me and Xarius worked hard to combine muggle science and technology with magic and we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams."

Harry's eyebrows were now narrowed in suspicion at the women. "You said you were Xarius ex wife, Are you one of his followers?" Francia then chuckled.

"I was his wife I was also his second in command. I am also the 2nd Solarch and the gene sire of the 2nd phoenix guard legion the Sun Dragons." As she said this six tall humanoid figures in golden avian armor then stepped in from the darkness and with red wings coming out of their backs they entered the room wielding golden glaives. Three of them looked feminine while the other three looked masculine.

"These are my gene children and my soldiers." Harry then grabbed his wand and pointed it at her face. "If you think I'm letting you take me to Xarius. You got another thing coming." and to Harry surprise and annoyance she laughed at his threat. She then smiled at him, "Relax Harry I don't work with Xarius anymore in fact I brought you here to offer you and your friends help in the coming war."

Harry then lowered his wand before he looked at her with wide eyes. "Well in that case I can say I'm happy to have someone as an ally who knows what we are about to get into. What do you know about Xarius, his forces, his technology, and the magic he possesses."

Circe was walking down the corridors of Blackfire castle to the Blackfire Council Room for an important meeting called by Xarius. As she arrived she noticed two goblins armed with spears and dressed in gold armor guarding the entrance to the room.

As she walked in she noticed the entire counsel was there including Galmar Snowpelt, Delphini, and Xarius himself and the goblin meeting them from what she learned about world history from her personal M.K.I.D (Magical, Kronotic, Information, Device) it was the current High King of the Goblin Nation Grimkar Krelok.

She took her seat on Xarius right and joined the meeting. The Grimkar looked at Xarius and raised an eyebrow. "Mr. Blackfire why have you asked me to come here." Xarius smiled. "I have brought you here to discuss a possible alliance between the Revanant and the Goblin nation." Grimkar then chuckled. "That is assuming we want an alliance with your kind Blackfire."

Xarius continued to smile before his face turned into a wide grin. "Well in that case let me give you my terms Lord Krelok." Xarius then pulled out his wand before he calmly said the incantation, "Accio Case-B 17."

In an instant, a metal crate flew through the entrance of the room and landed itself in front of Xarius on the table. Grimkar raised an eyebrow at this in question. "What is this Mr. Blackfire."

Xarius chuckled to himself at this before he smiled at the goblin. "This is what I have to offer in exchange for an alliance between the Revanant and the Goblin Race." Xarius then flicked his wand opening the grate revealing it contained various samples of wand cores, various boxes of metal alloys, and two large books."

Grimkar's eyes widened at the sight of what was inside the crate. Xarius then spoke with a smile. "This is the one thing your race has desired ever since you joined the wizarding world. The art of wand craft and the materials to create them. You'll find I wrote the books from my own experience creating wands along with my experiments with replacing wood with metal in wands."

Grimkar's eyes were now watering with what Circe guessed was the way Goblins experience what is akin to tears of happiness. Grimkar then smiled with his sharp teeth. "I think we have a deal Lord Blackfire." Xarius smiled back before Grimkar and his guards took the crate. Before they left Xarius cleared his throat to get their attention. They then turned their heads to look at him. Xarius then smirked,

"And Lord Krelok be sure to share this with all your artisans and craftsmen for every one of you deserves what you have desired for the entire history of your race. You deserve because you have been mistreated by the purebloods who torment us both." Grimkar then nodded before him and his guards left. Xarius then turned to Circe.

"We have made another alliance. Be sure to provide them with the proper supplies and goods to ensure they are inducted into the Revanant." Circe then nodded before she left to enact this order.

Harry was sitting in the living room of the manor that night when the fireplace came alight in green flame. He then saw Hermione's face in the fireplace. He walked over to the fireplace and sneered at Hermione. "Hello Minister Granger." Harry mocked. "You didn't tell me you got the clearance for the mission from MACUSA because you told them that I was coming."

Hermione winced at this before sighing. "Harry I'm sorry I did that but I just thought it would help." Harry frowned when he heard this. "Did you ever think I didn't want people especially my friends to use my fame to give them what they wanted." Hermione looked like she was getting impatient. "Harry I didn't call to antagonize you I came to warn you about Xarius."

Harry's face paled at this. "What do you want to warn me about." "Xarius has a massive army hes gathering bigger than any army the world has ever seen along with advanced tech and powerful magic. He also has another version of you from another universe helping him who is both a women and an unknown type of lycanthrope." Harry looked concerned at hearing this.

"So wait Xarius can access other universes and has another version of me working for him." Hermione nodded frantically. "Yes he does Harry but wait why are you not surprised about his army or his technology?" Harry sighed. "His ex-wife told me about all that along with offering her entire legion of soldiers to help us." Hermione then sighed in relief. "That's good news, Harry. Call me if you need anything else." The two then said goodbye before the fire burned itself out and Harry went back to reading.

Friday, June 26th, 2026

Harry was sitting in the living room of the manor with Draco, Ron, and his family when there was a knock at the door. Harry then walked to the door wondering who it was. He then opened the door seeing Hermione, Rose, and Hugo at the door. Harry then gestured them in. Harry then raised and eyebrow and smiled. "So are you guys ready for the quidditch world cup."

Well guys I'm going to have to end this chapter at a cliffhanger. And If you enjoyed can please review if you have anything I want to say such as possible edits for me. Can't wait to see you for chapter 9 where I will finally get into the universe of Phoenix Tears by Slytherin Nette. PS at the time this chapter is release I will be releasing an additional content piece to the story in the form of the first War gear Catalog.