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This chapter explains how the 3 main factions see things, and more revelations occur, along with Harry waking after the battle.
The rest of the day was full of counting how many were lost in the battle, which was considerably more than most had hoped, but most of which were death eaters, Molly and Ginny Weasley also having fallen during Voldemort's crazed Killing curse experience. Harry, however, slept through most of the day, allowing his body to adjust to the power boost from the elder wand. While this was happening Micheal called the eleven he was told to call together and they all arrived at the Parthenon, which had long been a neutral place where factions could meet and not be seen as invading any other factions territory.
"Thank you, Michael, for doing as I requested," A huge red dragon said as the 11 leaders and Fawkes appeared.
"Great Red, I was only doing my duty, I assume this has something to do with the appearance of the Magi again, " Micheal said calmly, despite the fact that it was clear that the leaders of the various factions wanted nothing to do with being in the same space as the others.
"What, the Magi appeared again, when did this happen and why was I not told?" Azazel said frustrated, at the knowledge that the whole reason why the factions had gone to war most recently, was again in the picture, and he had not been told early enough to start preparing his own faction for the inevitable war to come.
"Yesterday, Fallen, do not be so concerned, none of the major factions have changed a Magi into one of their own, but this is what I have been tasked to discuss with you all by my siblings, don't ask me why I am sent and not my annoying sister Ophis, but no matter," Red said calmly.
"You said major factions, does that mean minor factions have changed Magi into their own?" A Green haired man said curiously.
"Lord Beelzebub, the minor clan of Dracul from the vampire faction has been trapped inside the wards of the Magi for about 700 years, but have not changed any magi in 300 years due to a war against the Magi, also a clan of the lesser werewolf faction was trapped here who knows how long ago, and they still change magi, but as they are lesser werewolves they are not immortal," Fawkes said calmly.
"I see, that is interesting, does anyone who how the wards collapsed, something we were unable to do in the thousand years of their existence?" Uriel simply asking the question that all of the three factions wanted to know the answer to.
"I can answer that as well since I had been trapped inside the wards for over a hundred years, most of which time I was in my Phoenix form. In this time I discovered the wards were bound to three things, first a basilisk's life force, and this basilisk could only be killed by a sacred sword, the second was a ward stone somewhere in the castle that I lived with the one who bound me, third was to the defense wards of the castle itself. Five years ago, a young magi and sacred gear holder, who at the time was just about 13 years old, killed the Basilisk with the sword Ascalon the dragon killer, to save a girl who planned to use magic to bind his mind to her through use of a love potion. Yesterday the same Magi found the hidden room and destroyed the Ward stone, somehow. Then almost immediately after which an evil magi broke the defense wards," Fawkes said sadly at the end.
"So a child is who we have to thank for letting us gain more powerful members to our ranks, whatever happened to the child? Great Red could you answer that, and confirm if what this devil said is even true," Micheal asked intrigued at the though, spitting out the word devil.
"He died, killed by the evil Magi, and that was the last thing I saw before I returned to my home not being willing to watch the boy's body be destroyed, as I am sure the evil Magi will do," Fawkes said sadly despite Michael asking Red.
"And that is where your narrative is wrong, and part of why I called this meeting, you see my sister Chaos has long wanted to break the Wards the hid her creation and so when this magi, whose name is Harry Potter, was just a year old he was attacked and his parents killed by the same evil Magi, whose name is Tom, but Harry's mother's sacrifice saved him and created a tiny gap in the wards allowing Chaos to bless the child with his magic to be 75% more powerful than he would naturally have, but she did not see he had a sacred gear. From there Phenex's narrative is correct," Red said calmly.
"So this Harry was born to break the wards and then die?" A dark-haired woman said in shock, which was even more of a shock to the Angels and Fallen who did not think the modern devils could feel compassion.
"No Lady Leviathan, the narrative of Phenex is accurate until he left, Harry did die, but when Tom had attacked him as a babe, he had inadvertently put a piece of his soul in him, so when Tom killed him, my brother chose to interfere, especially since Tom, I was just told, was a Key, my brother gave Harry the option to either return to the world of the living and finish off Tom, or go to heaven, Harry chose to return to the world of the living," Red said before a blonde woman raised a hand at which he nodded.
"Father spoke to this Harry, does that mean he is growing strong enough to soon return?" The woman said hopefully, something the other factions also wanted to know since the last time true peace had existed was when The God of The Bible had played an active role.
"He was about 10 years away from being back to the strength enough to make a return, however contacting myself, along with our other two siblings, the minor faction heads, and Harry has put him back about 50 years, now may I continue the story?" Red asked with an understanding smile.
"Of course, Great Red, forgive us," Michael said slightly irritated at his right hand having been dismissed so quickly.
"No need to be forgiven, I am sure if I had a father who I had not seen in over a thousand years I too would want to know more, now one more thing that needs to be explained before I go any further, the ward breaker holds three sacred gears that were created since the wards were erected, and are known as the Elder or Master Wand, the Stone of Resurrection, and the invisibility cloak, but I do not know the full extent of their powers," Red said before a balding man spoke.
"While I understand that this young magi has three sacred gears what does that matter to the story exactly?" The man asked confused.
"Lord Asmodeus, the last gear is the most important part of the rest of the narrative, The Master Wand will not kill its master, it only did so one time due to the piece of Tom in him, so when Harry returned to the world of the living every spell that Tom sent to kill Harry went and killed one of Harry's foes instead, and then when Harry reached Tom, having destroyed all but his soul piece in his body, Harry took the wand and set Tom ablaze while also stabbing him with Ascalon," Red said causing the man to nod in understanding.
"Now while this is all nice to hear, what does it matter to us exactly, the wards are down so now we can make contracts with Magi, I do not see what more we need to discuss," A man with a buzz cut said simply, hoping to leave so he could start converting magi into fallen.
"Baraqiel, that is what we need to discuss, first unbeknown to you all but the wards also protected you, as it hid the higher powers from those without those powers, so with the wards broken," Red said letting them understand.
"With the Wards, broken cities such as Atlantis, Olympus, and more are now able to be seen by those who would destroy all higher powers due to lack of understanding," Sirzechs said finishing Red's statement from his own thoughts as which Red nodded causing all the others eyes to go wide.
"Exactly, so I had hoped that you all would be willing to set aside your differences and help set up new wards, second my siblings and I would ask that you do not just go guns blazing into convincing magi to join your races, as they have no idea of your existence so tread as though it was humans, especially since some of their spells could kill even a low-class angle or devil, the ward breaker is skilled in both, though he has only cast the killing curse, which could kill an angel, twice, but, he also is very skilled in the Patronus which is a spell which acts like holy water to fallen or devils, and his first Patronus was a stag with big antlers," Red cautioned before Fawkes rose a hand.
"His first Patronus, I know for certain a Magi can only have one Patronus, the Magi I was bound to, was powerful and he could only make one corporal Patronus," Fawkes said simply.
"Well remember Harry has The Master Wand, which duplicates his skills, before Albus had the elder wand he could barely cast the Patronus mist, with the wand he could create a corporal form, Harry can already create a corporal form powerful enough to drive away 1000 Dementors, so either he will have a second Patronus or his will be able to kill Dementors, but Ascalon can do that already I doubt the wand will give him that as a boost," Red said to Fawkes' shock.
"Great Red, you have given us so much information on the Ward breaker, is there any way that we could repay him for breaking the Wards?" A man with black hair asked respectfully.
"At the moment, aside from not restarting the great war and pulling him into it no, not that I know of, Raphael, except creating this new ward, and if Phenex could continue keeping an eye on him, in his bird form, since he already knows him, perhaps that could be a benefit," Red said calmly.
"Of course, my Lord, I would be more than happy to do so, as long as you don't expect me to bind myself to him," Fawkes said calmly.
"No, nothing like that, now shall you do the ritual to create the initial wards?" Red said kindly.
"The initial wards, what do you mean by that?" The final member of the group asked very confusedly.
"Shemhazai, once these Wards are set I will meet with the leaders of the secondary faction, and then the tertiary factions and have them strengthen the wards further and add ones they feel best, with my advice of course," Red said and seeing the leaders nod, they began the ritual.
The following Day at Hogwarts, Two days after the Falling of the Wards.
"Finally awake I see, Mr. Potter, glad to see, you do realize that many have been wanting to talk to you, your friend, however, encased the doors in a wall of ice, making it impossible for anyone to come in," An older woman with white hair said as she saw Harry sit up.
"Oh, that's good I guess, Madam Pomfrey, is Daphne still in here then?" Harry asked kindly with hope evident on his face.
"I'm here Harry, do you want me to remove the ice?" Daphne asked carefully.
"Yeah, as soon as Madam Pomfrey finishes her checks that is, else someone may blow a hole through the wall," Harry said causing Madam Pomfrey to glare at him.
"If anyone dares do that I will vanish every bone in their body and make them take Skele-grow until it grows back, but for you, you have a clean bill of health, aside from you former injuries, and being that somehow your time gone seems to have made you a lot for fit, and your magic levels seem to be comparable if not exceeding Albus's, though I cannot say for sure as I never was allowed to heal him, he did all of his on his own," Madam Pomfrey said with a smile.
"Okay Daphne I suppose you should take down the barriers then, by the way, where did the two black dogs come from?" Harry asked pointing out two black dogs that looked rather like Sirius's animagus form.
"I am not entirely sure, they appeared shortly after you came in and have not left your side since," Madam Pomfrey said simply.
"Well that's interesting, but anyway, here comes the mob," Harry said as Daphne thawed out the ice Barrier and a huge crowd came crashing in.
"Harry, what the Hell happened there?!" A Red-haired man said angrily grabbing Harry by the collar only for one of the two dogs to tackle him.
"Thanks, boy," Harry said cautiously before the dog moved to nuzzle his hand.
"Mr. Potter where did these two dogs come from," the headmistress asked as she split the crowd.
"To be honest I am not sure, Madam Pomfrey and Daphne said they appeared shortly after I arrived," Harry said sheepishly.
"Mr. Weasley, I will not allow you to attack one of my patients, and so I am glad the dog took you off him, else I would have removed the bones from your hand," Madam Pomfrey said coldly.
"But he killed my mother and sister," The red-headed man said coldly.
"Harry did no such thing, from the time when he started fighting Voldemort until he killed the Dark Snake, he focused solely on killing the bastard, how in the hell do you think he killed your mother and sister?" Daphne said angrily.
"Of course that is what a filthy snake would say, defend the dark wizard, why don't you," Ron said coldly.
"Mr. Weasley, you will stop this, this instant, I too saw the final battle and as Ms. Greengrass said Harry focused solely on Tom Riddle, I am sorry your mother and sister died, but you have no place to attack Mr. Potter," The headmistress said angrily.
"Can someone please explain why I am getting blamed exactly?" Harry asked before two identical-looking red-haired men walked over and started speaking.
"Well, from what we"
"could gather, from Ron,"
"one of the later killing curses"
"somehow targeted and"
"hit our mother, and"
"another hit Ginny"
"So our stupid,"
"rather blind"
"and traitorous brother"
"thinks that since almost all"
"The other killing curses"
"Hit death eaters"
"That you were"
"Controlling the spells," The two men said going back and forth.
"Which I would like to point out was a great help, and turned the tide of the battle, as more than a thousand death eaters, werewolves, and most of the Dementors were killed by these targeting killing curses, there were only three that we did not understand why they were targeted, which were Molly and Ginny Weasley, and Argus Filch," A dark-skinned man said as he walked up.
"Okay, as hard as understand you Fred and George, I think I understand what you were saying, for the most part at least, but thank you, Kingsley, for further explaining it," Harry said after taking a few moments to process what was said.
"Wait, Lord Shacklebolt how were over a thousand death eaters and werewolves killed, let alone Dementors, there is no way to kill them," Daphne said confused at the very idea.
"Well knowing how desperate Voldemort likely was he was likely casting as many killing curses as possible and since he is the only known person to be capable of casting them silently he likely was casting about 60 per minute, and from Minerva told me, Harry took his time walking up to Voldemort, taking about 15 minutes to cross the 150 feet long great hall, so Voldemort likely cast over 900 killing curses. What also made these killing curses odder is that with the lower ranking Death eaters which were fighting together, there are reports of the spell bouncing and killing more than one. As for the Dementors, we have no idea how they were killed by the killing curse as we had one of the few remaining death eaters try and kill one of the dozen or so remaining Dementors with the curse and it just sailed right through and killed another death eater, Mr. Potter do you have any insight on why this would be?" Kingsley asked calmly.
"My best thought is maybe the spells that hit the sword that I used to deflect some of them were given some of the properties of basilisk venom like the sword is," Harry said with a shrug.
"But why did the spells veer away from you, to begin with?" The Headmistress asked confused.
"Well maybe his wand was broken," Harry offered not wanting to reveal that he had the Elder Wand when there were reporters.
"I guess, now Mr. Potter, the magical world wants to know what you plan to do now that you have beaten Voldemort," the Headmistress said sadly.
"To be honest for the past number of years I thought I would be dead by now, so have not given it a lot of thought. I do know that I am going to spend the next year studying for my NEWTS and bring myself back to the level I would be if I remained in the muggle world, and the go-to a muggle university, likely out of Europe," Harry said calmly causing most of the crowd to start talking all at once.
"Harry when did you make this decision?" A girl with bushy brown hair asked walking over.
"Well, Hermione, after we had our conversation in the tent back in May, I started thinking about how backward the magical world really is for no clear reason, and if we are ever discovered I don't want to be on the wrong side, as muggles have bombs that could wipe out the entire planet if they wanted, and so after coming back here I talked with Daphne, Susan, Su, Luna, and Neville and they all thought it was a good idea as well, maybe to start incorporating the magical world in with the muggle world," Harry said simply.
"But I thought we were going to be Aurors together," Ron said glaring at Harry.
"Personally, I'm tired of fighting dark wizards, and if what Kingsley said is accurate, then most are dead anyway, so we would probably just be pencil pushers if we were lucky, or with my name, I would probably be made into a politician something I have no desire to do," Harry said firmly.
"I, personally, can not blame you, will you be planning to study for you NEWTS here at Hogwarts?" The Headmistress asked calmly.
"I'm not sure yet, I want to see if I own anything here in England first and then I plan to talk with Ted Tonks to see if he can help me find someone who could help me with catching up in the muggle world. But first I will have to ask for the Goblin's forgiveness for breaking into Gringotts, so…" Harry said before trailing off not noticing Fawkes flying out of the hospital wing with a smile before returning to the Parthenon where the leaders were still recovering from the ritual.
"Back so soon Phenex, did something bad happen?" Sirzechs asked tiredly.
"No the opposite, in fact, I have discovered two ways we can help repay the Ward Breaker," Fawkes said happily.
"Is that so, devil, then if that is the case that is good news, how can we help?" Raphael asked intrigued, truly hoping to learn more about the second naturally created race from Midgard, who had been the cause of so much pain in heaven, especially during the great war where the other six Seraphs had been killed.
"Well it seems that the ward breaker plans to attend college in among the mortals, but due to having attended school with the Magi, he is rather behind, where he could be, though I know he is a quick learned, a skill which likely has been enhanced by The Master Wand, but he will need a tutor," Fawkes said calmly.
"Well I have studied almost every field in the world of the mortals, as has Uriel, and Shemhazai, so we could all offer to tutor him, maybe have Baraqiel, Raphael or Falbium teach him martial arts," Beelzebub said thoughtfully, hoping that by mentioning the scholar leaders of the other factions would keep a fight from erupting.
"I like that idea, Ajuka was it, perhaps a member of each faction could aide him, and we could use it as an excuse to maintain the peace, or better not, since we do have some of the hosts of heaven who would see this as a declaration of war," Michael said stopping mid-sentence and realizing the dangers.
"I agree with you brother, but perhaps a fallen and an Angel could help him, or a devil and a fallen, I think a devil and angel might be a bit of a stretch, however," Azazel said after a moment of silence among the leader who while setting up the wards had been able to feel the powers under all the earth and saw that many of the paths to Trihexa had been trod in the past three hundred years, by devils, angels and fallen, meaning that there were some who wanted to free the dragon.
"Fawkes you mentioned he wants to go to a university, is he set on staying in Europe?" Sirzechs asked slowly.
"Quite the opposite in fact, why?" Fawkes asked as the rest also looked at Sirzechs in confusion.
"A few centuries ago of years ago my father saved a man named Omori Kuoh and made him his bishop, Omori's family land has since become a city and luck would have it his seven great-granddaughter Kina Kuoh opened an all-girl university in the town and named it after him, bad luck would have it that my father saved her as well as he was again in the area, and made her his bishop, using the exact same piece as Omori, as Omnori had long since gained the right to have his own peerage, so my father is the second-largest financier for the school, which to gain more funds he went and recently changed the school to allow boys in as well," Sirzechs said carefully hoping the other factions would not attack him.
"Wait your family runs Kuoh Academy of Nursing and Law?! My little Sona just started there this past fall, as it is one of the highest-ranking universities in the world," Serafall said excitedly.
"Well that will be fun, surprised my Rias has not mentioned Sona being there since she also started this past year, but no matter we can discuss that more later, but my thought is that, if we have an angel and fallen work with the Ward-Breaker before he goes to a university, could get a good handle on his thoughts of higher powers, and then if he were to go to Kuoh, we could all watch him and if the chance arises then the first to him, gets the ward breaker," Sirzechs said proudly.
"I think we could do that, then he would have interaction with angels, fallen, and devils and in the next year we can each set aside a member or two of our factions to attend Kuoh, and if we have Uriel tutor him in most subjects, and have Baraqiel, wait actually switch Uriel for Shemhazai and Baraqiel for Raphael, just so Raphael can help him with his swordplay and not get burned as badly as Baraqiel would since he does have a Holy Sword," Fawkes offered choosing to be aware of the fact that since their fall, fallen could be hurt by Holy weapons.
"As much as I would like to train him in martial arts, I see your logic, Phenex, if Michael, Azazel, and Sirzechs are in agreement let us move forward with this plan," Baraqiel said slightly sadly.
"I think it is not a bad plan, but how would he be convinced to have an angel and a fallen as his instructors?" Michael asked after sitting silently for a few minutes contemplating the idea.
"Well he plans to go see the goblins of minor clan Gringott, who store records, if you went and asked them to recommend them, perhaps he may be willing, also there is a Magi who's name is Ted Tonks, who the Ward Breaker plans to go see and get his thoughts so perhaps go and visit him and get him to know how good you both are," Fawkes offered.
"You bring up many good ideas, Phenex, I think we will go forward with these plans and hopefully we can aide him to the best of our skills, now is there anything else?" Michael asked calmly.
"Yeah one more thing, he might also ask if you could tutor some of his friends as well, other Magi, but I am not sure, but some may need more help than others as they have only lived as Magi," Fawkes mentioned.
"We will take that into account Phenex, thank you," Gabriel said dismissing him.
AN: Please continue to let me know which of Harry's friends should or should not have sacred gears, Ron will not in any way FYI