Everyone at the Ministry of Magic was afraid. Completely and utterly afraid as it sunk in that Hogwarts had turned into a starship and left the Earth for a bit. It had gone to a space colony and helped deal refugees and aid to rebuild.
Bartemius Crouch really hoped they didn't ask him to handle this. Especially with the rumors You-Know-Who's wraith possessed a giant monster and Londo Bell considered it a normal day. They also beat him up and forced him to flee.
Arthur Weasley hoped he didn't have to handle this as Londo Bell literally won't care and Arthur didn't want to push the issue. Especially given Ryoma Nagare or Hayato Jin might push his head off in reaction. Or go and do that to Fudge for fun.
Nymphadora Tonks groaned as she knew she'd be the one stuck having to deal with this mess.
The Auror had no idea how big a mess this was or that it involved a time traveling first cousin with the other two being also related to her on her mother's side of the family.
Somehow she wasn't going to be surprised that Londo Bell considered the whole incident a normal day. Or that they preparing for something far worse that was coming.
V-V-V
Harry Potter had seen a lot of weird things even before becoming part of Londo Bell. But he found even a limit to things he could take. Meeting his time traveling son named after two people he had intention to ever name his kids after was one of them.
"...WHAT?!" Harry yelled. "I named one of my kids after who?! I mean Thomas Peter Potter sounds more sane and rational than that…."
"You said you named me after the two bravest headmasters you knew," Albus Severus said softly.
Harry stared at him in complete and utter disbelief. He didn't even want to think about how Snape got made headmaster of Hogwarts. He had a feeling it'd be over Dumbledore's literally dead body. And possibly Professor McGonagall's dead body too when he thought about it.
It was likely also over the dead bodies of the other heads of the Houses too.
"Was I drunk of my arse or high?" Harry asked. "Why not go with Alex or Albert. And don't get me started on your middle name. That's just disturbing."
Harry just put his head on a table and groaned. There was no sane reason for him to name his kid after two. How could he hate one of his children that much? Or hate his life in general that much at that point to take it out in that way on a kid?
Albus wasn't expecting this to happen. Then again he also didn't expect to end up in the wrong universe either. This whole thing had gone completely pear shaped and nothing made any sense to him.
"And worse I have a son that thinks messing with time is a good idea," Harry groused. "I take it Megas and the Glorft mean nothing to you."
"Should they?" Albus asked as he did recall that weird metal golem. Something about it scared him even more than most of the others.
Which said something as deep down they all scared him for their abilities and the fact they shouldn't be here at all. They certainly hadn't existed in the past he learned about.
Yet even Albus Severus knew just feeling that way wasn't going to make them go away.
"Commander Andru a giant robot back into the past so it could turn the tide of a battle lost," Gilliam informed him. "It ended up headless and in a dump in New Jersey. It was found by a very unique man who got it working."
"And somehow a time beacon got turned on and lead a group of aliens that had destroyed Earth's defenses and pretty much were unbeatable right to our time," Harry spoke up. "So time travel isn't the best way to fix things. Also annoyed no mention of the existence of wizard time travel devices so far in my schooling at Hogwarts."
Harry was starting to wonder why he didn't get tutors to learn magic. The holes in "muggle' subjects being avoided along with interesting magical devices and beings not being discussed was starting to really annoying. He wanted a full education, and get his money's worth.
"They are letting your friend Hermione use it to take more classes," Gilliam noted with a slight bit of bemusement.
Harry groaned in annoyance.
"That's stupid enough for me to believe magic users would do it," Harry admitted as he rubbed his forehead. "And explains how Hermione has taken classes that happen at the same time."
"She told me there was a rule of magic users avoiding seeing their past selves as they would be attacked," Gilliam remarked.
"Again stupid enough to sound like it happened," Harry commented. "So the Ministry even have a protocol for dealing with time traveling buffoons?"
"Hey!" Albus Severus snapped as he was offended at being called a buffoon.
Harry gave his son a dirty look. "You are the one who decided to mess with time and not even having fully trustworthy allies."
"Even in the past you are against Scorpius!" Albus yelled as it was always the same.
Harry looked utterly confused at that comment. "What you talking about? I mean Delphini who turned out to be Riddle's daughter. Though on Scorpius I had to fight a giant bloody snake with nasty as can be venom and kill people with eye contact due to his grandfather."
"You always hated Scorpius and had the headmistress use the Marauder's Map to keep an eye on us!" Albus snarled and slammed his hands loudly on a table.
"The what and why would I ask the head of the school to do that?" Harry asked confused as this didn't make any sense. "I mean whoever it was aren't they busy with far more important things than to keep watch over two students?"
Harry then shook his head. "Never mind I'll just ask Sirius or Uncle Moony later as I'm sure they had a hand in the making of that map. Probably also be surprised I didn't know of it. Then again that'd require people to tell me things and they hate doing that."
Albus Severus was completely shocked to hear his father be so casual about talking to those two. At this point he shouldn't even be aware of them being friends of the family. Or even that Sirius Black was innocent at this point let alone have a way to talk to him.
There had to be something that changed even what Albus knew of the past.
Gilliam wondered if the kid was ever going to figure it out. He did seem very hard headed so he might not get Londo Bell had changed things for the better.
"I noticed no one answered the question on if there is any Ministry protocol to deal with time travelers," Harry said annoyed.
"Frankly we have no idea," Gilliam admitted. "And honestly rather deal with it ourselves."
"Hayato wants to throw them into a Getter jet and see if magicals can survive what it does to people doesn't he?" Harry mused.
"That or the recovered Getter we found on Frontier IV that Ryoma had Lowe and Coop repaint black," Gilliam admitted.
"Man they got a lot of black paint as isn't that what they also painted that Mass produced Great Mazinger they are working on?" Harry asked.
"I still don't understand why everyone is so into those giant metal golems," Albus grumbled. "It is all a bunch of bloody pointless nonsense."
"Don't let the fact I am biologically younger than you mean I won't send you to your room," Harry snapped as he looked Albus right in the eye. "As I pilot a mobile suit and it has been far better than learning at Hogwarts the overpriced and massively underperforming school of magic."
Harry knew his ability to be objective when it came to Hogwarts didn't exist, but after what he'd had to deal with for two years he felt could express his opinion all he wanted. Plus the fact that the Minister of Magic felt having soul sucking monsters as "guards' to be seen doing something this year.
Albus Severus stared at Harry. Harry didn't care and kept staring right back at him. He also crossed his arms across his chest.
"What?" Harry commented. "Nearly being killed a bunch of times, having to deal with a potions teacher that shows Hogwarts staff can't deal with shite, and everything besides learning magic is completely lacking or joke."
"You never talked about Hogwarts like that," Albus said after a moment.
"I should have if your father had the same experiences I had before Londo Bell showed up, and likely had an army of Dementors try to murder him at the end of his third year," Harry said sharply.
"How did you know?" Albus Severus asked in surprise as that hadn't happened yet.
Harry facepalmed. "Of course that would happen to me if Londo Bell hadn't come and destroyed them."
"What?!" Albus Severus gasped.
"We handled the problem," Gilliam commented. "Something I am sure you are unaware of due to fools being unable to do anything right being the norm for everything you experience out of 'adults'."
"The one thing that changing would nice," Harry groaned. "Same with them actually able to enforce the rules equally."
"I can understand that completely," Gilliam agreed.
Harry smiled slightly as once more his teammates understood things it seemed many in the wizarding world didn't.
"Also did you consider that your plans might cause you and your friend to never be born?" Gilliam inquired.
Albus's blank stare said it all. He figured his father and mother would get together like they were intended to and have kids the same as before. Nothing could change that in his mind. It was set in stone to him.
Harry rubbed his temples. This idiot and his best friend had no idea what they were doing and Harry was sure even without Delphini the whole thing would be one massive screw up that wrecked a lot things.
Harry was sure that he'd be the one forced to fix it.
"So you find the time turner as the prize in a box of cereal?" Harry groaned.
"No, we had to solve a trio of puzzles," Albus admitted.
"Which professor had it?" Gilliam asked. "Full name not just last name."
"Professor Hermione Weasley," Albus stated quickly.
"...Please tell me she married one of Ron's brothers," Harry muttered. Bill was cool, Charlie was interesting, either George or Fred would be a courtship that would have a lot of stories.
It also was something Harry could see happen somehow. Ron and Hermione getting together before Ron's change he didn't see working out at all.
The silence he got at that didn't help his nerves. Nor did Hermione doing the typical Hogwarts professor shite defenses for anything important.
Gilliam really did want to tell Harry his friend got called out on that after the trio got the time turner. However Harry would want to know how he could possibly know of events from an alternate future.
"And I doubt Ron became a...whatever and matured as a person," Harry sighed.
"Hey I like Uncle Ron," Albus stated sharply.
"So Ginny is your mum?" Harry inquired and gave Albus a look that scared him.
"Yes…" Albus Severus said quickly.
"Urge to let your grandmother give you a howler for being an idiot rising," Harry groused. This mess was getting more annoying by the minute. Also clear that anyone actually learning anything besides magic didn't happen.
Albus Severus didn't expect that to be his answer to that. Everything was completely different than he imagined.
"You decided to mess with time in a completely and utterly stupid way," Harry pointed out. "Was your plan literally go back in time, a bunch of question marks, and then profit?"
"Not really…." Albus stated as he had no idea what his father was talking about.
"Was it any more well thought out?" Gilliam inquired.
"No…." Albus Severus admitted softly.
Harry groaned again and felt like banging his head on a table or a wall.
"And you wonder why your plan has completely and utterly failed," Gilliam remarked to Albus.
"I just wanted to spare my father and everyone else the pain they suffered in a pointless war that didn't really change all that much!" Albus yelled.
"Look I am glad you wanted to do that," Harry stated which shocked Albus. "But screwing with time is never really the best idea."
What his son had done, and they were letting Hermione do proved to Harry that frankly the Wizarding World or at least those in charge had nowhere near the sense needed to time travel.
'Then again not sure anyone is,' Harry admitted to himself. 'But the Wizarding World especially not.'
Albus Severus looked like no one had actually had this kind of talk with him before.
Harry wondered the legalities of who would be his son's guardian and such as once more his life had gotten really weird. But he was getting used to that and was sure Londo Bell would help him figure that out.
"Wait you said Scorpius was trying to redeem the Malfoy name," Harry commented. "So what other things did his grandfather do and what things did or will or whatever tense his father do?"
Albus Severus did not look forward to having to explain his father's 6th year at Hogwarts nor that even after all that and a war Draco Malfoy was a free man.
However the gleam in Gilliam's one visible eye made it clear he was going to answer that question.
"You really are not going to like this," Albus groaned before starting.
Harry had a bad feeling about that.
V-V-V
"ARE YOU BLOODY KIDDING ME?!" was heard all around Hogwarts.
Then came "RYOMA AND HAYATO WILL KILL THEM IF THEY EVER TRY THAT!"
Said Getter pilots wondered what Harry was yelling about, but had a feeling it involved thinning the herd of pureblooded magic users.
Ken Kaido looked a bit annoyed to not be included in that.
"THEY DID WHAT?! AND THEY ALL WEREN'T KILLED AFTERWARD?!"
There then was some quiet before "THANK MERLIN THAT WOMAN GOT KILLED BY A GIANT DRILL!"
Mio snorted hearing that comment.
"SHE SAID WHAT?! BLOODY HELL DID THEY SCRAMBLE HER BRAINS TO BE A BERK LIKE SNAPE?!"
Then several minutes later came "THEY LET SNAPE BE THE DADA TEACHER AND HE STILL IS AN ARSE?! AND WORSE HE DOESN'T LEAVE AT END OF THE YEAR?!"
Severus Snape decided he really didn't want know, and that frankly avoiding Potter probably would be his best plan at this point.
V-V-V
Hermione Granger was nervous as can be as it was her birthday and that she might get a mech as a birthday present. Or her own choice of mecha to pilot.
Lowe and Coop were running their own mecha repair and customizing course. Though neither wished to be called professor nor their last names. Neither man was one to stand on ceremony after all. Rumor was Hayato Jin recruiting for his Getter Robo was used as a threat if the staff got in the way of what Lowe and Coop were doing.
Plus Ron was acting very strange and pensive around her. It was just so out of character for him and weird. She had no idea what had caused that to happen.
Though not quite as strange as Ginny was around Harry after he told her something. It was like Ginny had no idea what to make of Harry after that. She was shy, or bold or contemplative at the drop of the hat around Harry now.
'I am really worried something utterly insane happened,' Hermione fretted as the worse part of her imagination going wild was the thought that with Londo Bell it could get even weirder.
They lived it seemed to make the impossible possible and demolished remains at most of a great deal of Dementors proved that. Remains that no one was sure what to do with and frankly not much of those.
And there was the fact her two friends now had their own mobile suits to use. Harry's trainer mech having been updated by Coop and Lowe into what was rumored to be the Potter variant of the Rezel.
Hermione still was having trouble in her mind seeing Ron 'can't understand what a football is' piloting any mech. Even with his newtype sort of abilities.
Things kept getting weird to her. And weird beyond that of learning more about magic. Londo Bell was adding their own brand of madness to Hogwarts.
'Of course the Getter team could also shoot Getter rays at ghosts to see what that does,' Hermione pondered. One of the scientists working with the Getter team might as them to do that.
Two of the Getter pilots scared her. Even more so that Harry was friendly with Ryoma Nagare and Hayato Jin.
Which lead to her imagining what Harry having those two men around when he was considered the Heir to Slytherin would be like and sure the school would be a lot emptier by the time they finished. It also would be covered in blood from the disagreements.
There also was the trio of teens that had been found on Frontier IV that Londo Bell was watching closely. People talked about them but most didn't ask Londo Bell members what they were.
They had no idea that Londo Bell would tell them they were a trio of magic user time travelers. That was something the team had dealt with before. Though they liked Kiva a great deal more than any of the time traveling trio they got now.
Hermione's using the time turner that day didn't help her nerves as the looks Harry gave her made her think he knew what she had. In her distress she missed his looks of thinking what she was doing was the stupidest use of time travel he had ever heard.
But instead Hermione was dreading her birthday having aliens invade or something. Ginny's birthday party was now the stuff of legends due to that. Though Hermione wondered if even with just Londo Bell showing up that birthday party would be legendary.
'I hope I can avoid even more Londo Bell members catching me use my time turner like Major Yeager had,' Hermione pondered to herself to get off that train of thought.
She had no idea the man had been there and she was sure that he didn't care she had a time machine of some kind.
Hermione didn't even want to think about what Major Zonvolt would say if he found out. The man was very bombastic and able to give speeches she was sure even Dumbledore couldn't make work.
Every moment of her classes felt to be in slow motion as Hermione was sure the next moment something insane would take place.
Yet somehow she got through the day and after dinner there was a birthday party for her held in a room off the Great Hall. It was a room she actually didn't even know existed before this.
Inwardly Hermione was not surprised a bunch of Londo Bell members were at the party. She actually was friendly with more of them than with her classmates.
Asuka smiled at Hermione. Hermione smiled back shyly at the very head strong and assured Evangelion pilot. If Hermione was honest, she'd have to say the Second Child was closer to her than almost everyone she knew.
"So still showing the inbred losers up?" Asuka inquired with a bemused tone.
"I won't put it that way," Hermione muttered.
Asuka rolled her eyes. "Seriously if that Malfoy brat is considered anything but whiner with a rich daddy this place has issues. Lots of issues."
"And he's supposed to be in a house of cunning and ambition," Harry noted. "It took the sorting hat a moment at most to put him in that house. Still not sure why it was that fast."
"Oh yes dividing kids up by a character trait...I'd love to teach that talking hat about psychology," Asuka commented.
"Better than threatening to put it on Coop's head," Jamie mused.
"I want to help people not see if he could drive it insane," Asuka huffed.
"That would be Coop's actions not his mind," Kiva interjected. "Plus after a thousand years or more of the minds of children I doubt even the Getter team would make that strong of an impact."
Hermione still was shocked at how open to magic Londo Bell had been. They didn't bother them at all and was no issue at all for them.
It won't help her nerves to remember that You-Know-Who didn't impress them at all.
"So you hear that Lowe and Coop have made it so their Great Mazinger can do a photon beam attack and it is even more powerful than the breast burn attack?" Harry asked.
"Harry I am more concerned with school," Hermione remarked. "Though I can see how that shop talk is important to you and Londo Bell."
Harry shrugged. "That's true."
"Also I really don't want to pilot a mech," Hermione stated.
"Really?" Harry asked. "As getting you training with Burning PT or with a Rezel or Nero is no problem."
Hermione sighed. "I'm not gung ho about piloting a giant robot."
"Ok," Harry said and was willing to drop that.
He'd seen way too many people forced to pilot giant robots to do that to anyone. Asuka however was not as willing stop there. She didn't let things slow her down when she put her mind to something.
"Really?" the Second Child remarked. "You don't want to pilot a mech? Admittedly it wouldn't as powerful as my Evangelion but pretty sure after Coop and Lowe get done with it no one sane would want to fight it."
"There are a lot of insane people with mechs," Hermione nearly snapped. "And I don't want to go out and get myself killed just because I could use a mech!"
That got an amused chuckle from Hayato Jin.
"Quite rare for us to see someone that didn't get forced into a mech or didn't wish to pilot one," he commented.
That was something Hermione had to admit was true and rather worried her as she found it irresponsible for kids and teens to be forced to pilot giant robots. Yet so many acted like it was perfectly good thing to do even when there were trained pilots available.
The door then was forced open and Draco Malfoy looked in for a moment before Hayato Jin smiled at with the Getter smile. Hayato loomed over the just starting to be a teen third year looking extremely menacing.
"The Ravenclaws ever tell of what I can do?" the pilot of Shin Getter 2 inquired as he instantly was standing in front of Draco.
Draco clearly hadn't but felt even more afraid that with that savage muggle who could have broken his arm.
"Go," Hayato ordered. "You were not invited nor do I believe you and your...associates...came with gifts."
Harry was bemused Malfoy left without a word. And inwardly groaned as without Londo Bell to keep Draco in check he'd do shite that foul his mood.
"Hermione you get the feeling that without Londo Bell to force the professors to teach Malfoy to mind his manners that he'd get away with trying to kill someone?" Harry inquired.
"I hadn't thought about it, but have a feeling you are right," Hermione sighed.
"Seriously," Ron interjected. "I'm sure I could get along with Slytherins that think Malfoy is annoying."
"I'm fairly sure your paternal grandmother would be embarrassed he was in her old house," Harry noted. "Pretty sure it'd be the same with my paternal grandmother."
Ron thought about it for a moment. "Yeah that's probably true."
Hermione turned to Neville to see if he'd heard all that.
Neville shrugged. He was getting used to this.
Hermione wondered how much Harry had learned from his godfather. There never had been a good time and place for her to ask since learning about Harry talking with Sirius Black.
Luna giggled and Hermione wondered why that very strange girl kept wearing those sunglasses and that red cape. Or why it amused Mio so much.
Mio then walked up to Hermione and held up a box covered in martial arts anime themed wrapping.
"Here's your gift. Just don't show your parents," Mio chuckled.
Hermione unwrapped it and found inside it was a nearly 1.4 kilogram cherry flavored gummy in the shape of a horse's heart.
"Three pounds of sugary goodness," Coop remarked as he eyed the candy.
Hermione considered it not the oddest gift she could get, but still was up there.
"I didn't know they made candy in that size," Ron admitted as that heart was huge.
"They usually don't," Jamie said as he was amazed to see a candy that huge.
"Oh well," Ron shrugged.
Hermione was starting to think everyone in Londo Bell was extremely eccentric at the very least.
Asuka shrugged looking at the massive candy.
Harry figured it'd be a good time to give Hermione the gift he got for her.
She unwrapped the gift and it turned out to be a fountain pen.
"Harry this is...really nice," Hermione stated as she really liked it.
'Glad you like it," Harry said warmly. "I saw them one day and figured you'd want one."
Hermione really wasn't sure what the Getter team could have gotten her, and hoped it wasn't something that once was attached to a human body. Or a dinosaur body as she thought about it.
"We didn't bring you a gift," Hayato admitted to Hermione.
Hermione was very relieved at that.
Ron then handed her a gift.
"And I am sorry I have been a complete and utter arse at times over the years," Ron said sincerely. "Especially that Halloween."
Hermione wondered what Ron could have gotten her.
She opened the package and found it was an interesting letter opener. It was shaped like a heat hawk.
"Worked hard over the summer to get it," Ron explained. "Various tasks at the mundane homes around the Burrow."
"Thank you," was all that Hermione could say to the gift.
Ron felt a lot lighter and happier now. He had gotten out something that had been bothering him since he pondered it one morning before getting up.
Hermione wasn't surprised Ron went over to eat more of that one meat and cheese dip that Londo Bell had served at Ginny's birthday party.
Hermione then blinked as she got to see the Mazinger head cake likely made by Koji.
"Yeah Koji and Ratsel got to meet the Hogwarts cooking staff," Harry grinned.
"And who are they?" Hermione inquired.
"House elves," Harry replied.
"I truly do hope they are treated far better than Dobby had been," Hermione said sharply as to make clear she would be extremely unhappy if she was wrong.
"They are treated far better," Harry assured her. "And Dobby is working as part of the Hogwarts house elf staff."
Hermione let out a breath of relief.
"I am not sure what to make of house elves," she admitted. "But if I saw another house elf discarded or abused I'd want to change things for them."
"I don't get why we haven't learned about them way sooner," Harry groused.
"Yes with their being many of them on site would make that extremely easy," Hermione mused.
"Wizards and witches," Mio remarked and shrugged.
"The lack of common sense is starting to get annoying as it bleeds into teaching and crime scene investigation," Hermione groaned.
Harry really hoped Hermione kept that healthy attitude. He'd gotten a taste of what happened if she didn't.
He also didn't look forward to having to explain that to her at all. Though given how loud he was earlier he probably would have to tell Hermione sooner or later.
Ron came back with a bowl full of the dip and crisps.
"You know Mum has been sharing recipes with Koji and Ratsel?" Ron asked them.
"And that your mother rather we were all just normal Hogwarts students or Koji and the others pen pals or exchange students with Sanger the long time DADA teacher and Ratsel teaching cooking at Hogwarts," Harry said with a slight smile.
"I'd also like to not have nightmares about my pet turning out to be an animagus," Ron sighed. "As the things he could have done scare me. Same with Percy."
Hermione realized that made a lot of sense.
Harry patted Ron's shoulder.
"Actually surprised you didn't try to kill him," Ron noted.
"It wasn't easy," Harry admitted.
"Have you heard that they are starting a new dueling club this year?" Hermione inquired to change the subject.
"Also they're talking about forming a volunteer club," Harry commented. "To see who else wants to pilot a giant robot at Hogwarts."
"Dear lord," Hermione muttered as she was sure that would be a popular club.
"Major Kitamura is going to be the one running it," Harry then added.
"Won't that allow the unit to be officially dubbed the Aggressors?" Hermione asked.
"If he wants it to be," Harry replied.
"I think they also want to have it also cover the crew for when this school became a ship," Ron mused.
That actually amused Ron as it meant that he won't be the sole one getting a howler from Mum. It was petty, but Ron in that instance didn't care.
Hermione groaned as that meant she was being dragged into this.
Harry patted her on the shoulder.
"You probably will be able to work on another Londo Bell starship after Hogwarts due to that," he assured her.
Hermione wasn't sure what to say to that.
"Welcome to my world," Harry remarked.
"Harry has anyone told you that your world is completely insane?" Hermione quired.
"All the time," he admitted.
"It is worth repeating," Hermione groaned.
"Yeah it is," Harry said bemused. "And I frankly like it that way."
Hermione just hoped she had a normal birthday party..and perhaps if asking Luna what the sunglasses and cape were from.
'And perhaps if those sunglasses have a communication device built into them like Harry's glasses,' Hermione mused.
The often believed rule of electronics not working at Hogwarts had been proven to not be true or if it had been true Eldoran had changed things.
Hermione then gasped as she saw her parents. She had no idea how they could be invited to Hogwarts, and it felt so good to actually see them on her birthday after having to spend several without them.
Edward and Danielle Granger had to admit Londo Bell making it possible for them to visit Hogwarts was a great thing on many levels.
And seeing the red haired boy that was one of her friends actually living up to he'd done some nasty things to her and want to make up for them made the pair feel good.
Edward smiled at his daughter.
"Happy birthday," he said warmly.
Hermione hugged her father in front of everyone.
Danielle looked at Mio and the mech pilot shrugged.
"And she still is better than that brat that tried to get in," Danielle remarked.
"Mother," Hermione sighed.
"Really with people like that Malfoy boy, his father, and his godfather along with the adventures you were part of makes you wonder if this school is like the J9 West District of the asteroid belt," Edward commented.
"He means the the Knockturn Alley of the asteroid belt," Harry translated. "And probably is misunderstood."
Ron opened his mouth and then closed it.
"Basically people that want to live their lives are there and store owners want people to buy their wares or patron their establishments?" Hermione mused.
"Yeah as I'm sure there are people living in both places that have done things to give them a tarnished reputation and you should be careful when going there," Harry replied.
"I'm not sure how true or not that is," Ron admitted. "Though pretty sure two years ago Hagrid along to give you a tour would have been safe."
"He didn't exactly like going there much," Harry shrugged.
"How did you end up in the bad part of town?" Danielle asked sharply.
"I mispronounced Diagon Alley the first time I used the floo," Harry admitted.
Danielle rubbed her forehead and turned to Ron. "And your parents didn't have him try several times to learn to say the word clearly if that can happen why?"
"I have no idea," Ron admitted. "As I didn't even know that could happen before Harry stumbled into it."
"I take it floo travel is not covered at Hogwarts," Edward noted.
"Well everyone kn….." Ron started and stopped.
Edward smiled slightly. "To be honest I am not sure everyone would know how to floo travel works and very sure it is some very interesting bits of magic."
Hermione sighed as her parents it seemed even at Hogwarts couldn't resist pointing out the things it should teach but didn't. Still they were keeping it civil and away from the ones that would try hexing them for daring to think or be critical of education given at Hogwarts.
Neville pondered how the floo network actually worked and realized he had utterly no idea.
Danielle noticed that and nearly groaned as that shy boy from what she's heard from Hermione was one of the purebloods with a long history. If they didn't know then who at this school really did?
"So been able to get any answers out of the professors?" Harry inquired.
Edward snorted. "Haven't had the chance to question them in person yet."
"Though we look forward to it," Danielle remarked with a feral smile. "They won't."
Harry wondered how he could tell them to make sure Hermione didn't become like the professors.
Danielle didn't notice Harry's expression and handed Hermione a present.
Hermione was glad for her Mum to be able to do this. She had missed seeing them regularly so much.
It made her wonder how often Londo Bell would have her parents over.
"Also Londo Bell wants our help in providing dental services for Hogwarts," Edward commented amused.
"As I don't recall any mention of any spells or such to deal with the mouth," Danielle said annoyed. "Or anything on brushing, flossing, and such."
"Yet another thing to bring up to the professors I guess," Harry remarked.
"Yeah we have a huge list," Edward said with a shrug.
Hermione had to admit that she might like seeing her parents but the professors were going to hate it.
"Do parents actually get told anything important?" Danielle then inquired. "Or would that require the headmaster to not treat this like his fiefdom or care what other people actually think?"
"I ask that question all the time," Harry admitted. "Even more so finding out my father and his friends got away with a lot of things. That along with my mother marrying my father is why the potions teacher hates me...and my school house too."
"Oh we got a lot questions to ask him later," Edward said darkly. His mood then lightened up. "Sorry to bring that up at your birthday party."
"I understand," Hermione stated. "Looking back the Hogwarts staff seem to think they can do whatever they want."
"Well at least before Londo Bell showed up," Ron noted.
It said so much to the observers that it took the biggest symbol of the Terran League to turn a boarding school around.
"I also notice besides Luna here that you don't have any friends outside of your gan...er house," Danielle remarked.
Harry chuckled at that.
"And I met her outside of school," he admitted. "While on liberty in Las Vegas and having a great time."
"Yeah I'd have loved to visit a city with cheap all you can eat buffets," Ron said with a wide grin.
No one was surprised at that. Though they did wonder if Ron could keep up with Musashi or Koji or Coop.
"So have fun," Edward said warmly. "And it is nice to be able to meet all your friends other than Harry."
That didn't bother Ron as he knew that Harry and Hermione had ways to keep in touch over the summer he didn't have access to. Plus Hermione's parents didn't really get a chance to know any of them at all after the mess things become at the bookstore.
Actually he was surprised Hermione still was enrolled at Hogwarts given Harry would tell them all the adventures they had.
Ron still was waiting to be pulled from Hogwarts by his mum when she found out he had a mobile suit and fought psychopaths among more normal mercenaries. Not even Duke Fleed could sway her after she learned about that.
"Just don't try to eat that whole candy at once dear," Danielle commented. "Fairly sure Coop or Koji are the only ones that could do that."
"And not regret it the next day," Edward mused.
No one disagreed with that, and Hermione hoped things would calm down.
She wasn't holding her breath on that last part however when Harry and Londo Bell were around.
V-V-V
Albus Dumbledore felt bad for his friend as Alastor got to see the memories Eldoran had given him of a time that had not been, yet had. Yet he had to show what sort of threat that was coming.
"Well that was disturbing," Mad Eye commented. "Glad someone wants to stop anything like that from happening."
"Though I am not sure on our allies," Dumbledore admitted softly.
Alastor nearly snorted. "Albus you just are unhappy they don't look up to you at all."
Dumbledore sighed. "Is it too much to ask for them to respect me and my experience?"
"Well people becoming monsters and things trying to ravage the Earth is kind of their thing to deal with," Mad Eye noted. "Now when they had a bunch of kids that had been cursed to become dogs if their identities became known...yeah I'm sure your help would have been a great help."
"The fact I didn't learn of that incident until last week worries me," Dumbledore commented. "Or that Jean Luc Delacour knew of it but didn't get involved."
"Of course back then there was that Robot Empire, something they call the Moon Wars, and the Meganoids trying to turn people into robots," Alastor remarked. "So sealed magical beings trying to be freed probably was more normal."
"Things like that make it seem like Harry riding a dragon to save girls or even go to the store seem sane and rational," Dumbledore groaned as he rubbed his temples.
"And now what he's done has topped that," Alastor noted.
"Indeed he has," Dumbledore mused.
"Gilliam Yeager knows more than he lets on," Mad Eye stated. "I'm not sure in what ways, but there's something about him I don't trust."
"He is a military intelligence operative," Dumbledore said after a moment of thought. "Their job is to gain information and he seems to be the kind of man who doesn't do things by halves."
"That is true…" Alastor admitted. "But it seems like something even more than that. Frankly I don't like it."
Dumbledore considered what his paranoid friend had said. He won't dismiss what he had said as with things as insane as they were anything was possible.
"Also…" Mad Eye said sharply. "Why did you ask for my help with a lot of things that happened to Harry Potter in this castle? "
"I...I...I didn't want the attention of those that would harm him to find out," Dumbledore said softly.
"Or that fact that anyone with the dark mark could walk through the front doors of the school?" Alastor noted. "Your spy, Malfoy, and even Voldemort on the back of someone's head."
Dumbledore said nothing to that. Mad Eye knew he wasn't going to get any more out of his friend on that. He knew the signs of Albus not willing to discuss something further extremely well.
"And I'm still shocked another seer said to ignore the one given by the one you have here," Alastor mused. "And that it is a bunch of dragon dung."
"It is an...interesting situation," Dumbledore remarked. "Yet the Riksent royal family have been seers and the current princess is no exception. Plus given the trust she has among Londo Bell it is easy to see Harry will follow their example and her words."
"I doubt even the Unspeakables have ever run into that," Mad Eye commented. "Or know where to begin with whatever you saw."
"As you have a much better relationship with Londo Bell than I do," Albus began. "Can you inform them of those memories?"
Dumbledore saw no reason to avoid having Alastor give that news as they would be more receptive to it from him.
"Sure," Mad Eye remarked. "Though very sure it isn't one of their foes or Tom."
"I can see Harry or Londo Bell informed you of that," Dumbledore noted.
"It also is part of why I believe Major Yeager knows more than he lets on as he told me Tom would like put his alias under a taboo," Alastor commented.
"It was something we believed he was planning before being defeated," Dumbledore countered.
"Yeah, but how was he to know about what a taboo was?" Mad Eye disagreed.
"I can think of an individual," Albus mused.
"Not completely sure he asked Black about it," Alastor remarked. "Or even Black knew about that to be honest."
"Something about him reminds me of seers I have met," Dumbledore admitted.
"Perhaps," Mad Eye sighed. "With that bunch anything could happen or be the answer."
"So have you heard about those with the dark mark having changed in strange ways?" Dumbledore inquired.
Mad Eye nodded. "And heard that the theory being Tom in a Mimetic Beast getting hit with a Getter Beam causing it. Also that Londo Bell has Pettigrew."
"Indeed they do have him and I do doubt how long he will still be alive if he tries to escape," Dumbledore stated. "Or in a state he'd wish to be living if they show any restraint."
"If he betrayed us I hope he gets what is coming to him." Alastor growled.
"I am sure you know several in Londo Bell very willing to do that," Dumbledore noted dryly.
Mad Eye's smile was rather disturbing. Mostly doing to how damaged his face was, and that the smile itself was predatory and all teeth. It was the sort of look that would make anyone sane wish to avoid messing with Alastor.
"And there is the issue that Harry has been expressing accidental magic from time to time," Dumbledore stated.
"Albus every time he's done that it involves him being extremely angry," Alastor said sharply. "Being it that you knew exactly what was happening to him at the Dursleys or the fact his tormentors were godfather and godson."
"And don't tell me Snape has your complete trust," Mad Eye snapped to cut that off. "I know. But you trusting him doesn't mean his actions are all good. Or he's that great at teaching the skills he has."
"It is a difficult position," Albus said softly.
"Dragon dung," Mad Eye countered. "You easily could have kept him in line and he'd tell his Death Eater friends why he changed was you telling him to ship up or you'd fire him. It isn't like you couldn't do that if you desired."
"I might be forced to use that," Dumbledore groaned.
"No kidding as I'm telling you Albus that Londo Bell has Harry Potter, Sirius Black and Luna Lovegood as their primary examples of what Hogwarts is like," Alastor stated. "So two kids treated poorly until this year and a prankster who had been let get away with way too much."
"They have to be aware those are extreme cases," Dumbledore said quickly.
"You think they care?" Mad Eye remarked. "Would you have let any student with guardians or parents to the wolves over the Heir to Slytherin mess like Volunteer Ensign Potter was?"
"Alastor it was a very trying…" Dumbledore started.
"Answer the damn question," Alastor snarled as he glared at his friend. "Or are they right in believing you wanted to toughen up the boy so figured sitting on your hands and the rest of the staff would follow your lead like a bunch of sheep?"
"What was I to do?" Dumbledore once more said softly.
"Not treat the kid like he was the Heir of Slytherin and tell the others he wasn't," Alastor firmly stated. "If they didn't believe you...well frankly they weren't going to listen to anyone at that point."
"Perhaps it is easier in hindsight to," Dumbledore began.
"Albus you do realize that and the rationalizing is why Londo Bell thinks you just say things instead of do them," Alastor groaned. "They aren't proper Slytherins or political animals. For them you deal with problems and hammer them to the point they don't want to fight you ever again."
"So I have learned the hard way," Dumbledore admitted softly.
"Good," Mad Eye grinned. "Someone has to remind you that you are just a man and not perfect."
"It is a lesson I did not enjoy," Dumbledore groaned.
"Harry feels the same way on finding out how most of the staff act," Alastor noted. "A kid that frankly should have had me as someone to contact on suspecting Snape going for a certain stone after the troll, broom, and killing unicorn messes."
"And what would you have done?' Albus inquired as his friend's opinion would be interesting.
"Tell them that you taking a broom to get anywhere clearly was to get whoever wanted it to act, that you clearly were still around or easy to get, and that I'd handle the mess and thank them for taking the security of the school seriously," Mad Eye replied.
The Auror then gave his friend an annoyed look.
Dumbledore sighed as he knew what was coming.
"Which is more than I can say for most of the stone's defenses," Mad Eye commented. "Sure the logic puzzle with the potions and the mirror were decent, and a troll is usually a pain in the arse but honestly the rest were terrible."
Dumbledore really had nothing he could say.
"And of course telling the students right where it was," Alastor groaned. "Albus you've been a teacher for a long time. How could you not understand you might as well have taken the kids there and had them pet Fluffy."
"I had hoped they'd follow my word as headmaster," Dumbledore groused.
Mad Eye snorted. "Yeah and if I transfigure wings onto my back I'm an angel."
"You'd have better luck making Londo Bell feel those...beings called that they fight in Tokyo 3 are that," Dumbledore noted.
"I can believe that," Alastor commented.
"And to be honest it worries me those so-called Angels are not the threat that got Eldoran's attention," Albus admitted.
The Angels scared Dumbledore as they were alien in a way that most aliens weren't as they didn't communicate and had a single minded determination to get something in Tokyo-3. Albus was sure they were not Mimetic Beasts.
"So any luck getting a pair of glasses that also double as communication devices?" Mad Eye queried.
"I haven't had the time to be fitted with them," Dumbledore said with a shrug. "I do want a pair like Harry has."
That didn't surprise Alastor at all.
"I'm more for the tactical information they can also display," Mad Eye stated.
That didn't surprise Albus at all.
Dumbledore also pondered exactly how magic could be used to replicate the same sort abilities those technological glasses add ons had. He instantly regretted that his schedule would be so full that he couldn't give that sort of project the attention it deserved.
Suddenly Hogwarts changed once more into ship mode and rocketed off the surface of the Earth.
Dumbledore wondered what was happening now, and how insane it was going to be.
V-V-V
For Orgun he was so close and yet so far as he was on the Earth's moon. He could see the world he wished to get to in the distance. The Earth was so massive and inviting to him. Like it was welcoming him after he and his group had been away from it for so very long.
Of course there was a ship after him and working to make sure he won't go any further.
Inwardly he felt this slight bit of morbid humor as the Detonator ship that had come to the Solar System to deal with him got blasted.
'I know my thought of as betrayal was important but to not even look to see if the locals had seen them,' Orgun pondered.
Detonators launched from the ship and right into the main guns of Hogwarts and the Macbeth. Hogwarts in particular let out insanely massive blasts of energy. The students manning Hogwarts CNC were surprised at how powerful Hogwarts was.
The human size mecha were hammered, but still kept on going. Detonators were made to be tough after all.
D-Boy stared at Detonators. They looked so similar to himself, and yet he could tell they were not.
"Those aren't Tekkamen," he informed Bright Noa. "I am completely sure of that."
Captain Noa barely kept in a sigh that of course there would be another group of hard to kill man sized mecha out there.
Bright then noticed that the orange on Ron's Nero was extremely bright. Even at a glance he could tell what mech he was looking at.
It seemed the invaders also could make out the orange easily as well as they attacked the Nero.
Ron was trying to avoid getting killed.
"Really be nice if invaders introduced themselves before attacking," Ryusei commented as he fired the G-Revolvers at the man sized units.
The pair of units proved to be hard to hit. They dodged with an ease that would make a variable fighter pilot jealous.
"Not as much fun though," Ken Kaido grinned and tried to cut one of the units with the Ganzanto.
"This isn't supposed to be fun," Hikaru Makiba remarked. She was glad for the Space Mobile so the Diana A could be deployed in space.
Harry went for the bigger target and sliced the ship with his mega beam sabers. The ship was not as fast as Detonators nor quite as durable.
A hand on Megas retracted and a massive tennis racket looking flyswatter came out. The "strings" started to glow ominously.
The Detonators tried to avoid that but Coop was very erratic in his movements.
If there had been air there would have been a loud snap as Coop hit a Detonator.
The other Detonator stopped for a moment like that was supposed to be impossible. Of course no one told Coop that.
Judau then let the other Detonator have it with the high mega cannon. The Detonator was sent flying by the blast through the starship it had arrived in the Solar System in.
"That looked painful," Harry remarked.
Cybuster then rammed into the ship while ablaze in space.
"Did he just do what I think he did?" Ron asked as was completely surprised by what he saw.
"Yep," Mio grinned.
"They call that an Akashic Buster," Harry noted.
"Looks like the ship didn't like it," Ron remarked as he took in how weird being a mech pilot in Londo Bell was.
The tomahawk of Shin Getter then came down on the battered Detonator starship.
Inside the ship there was a bit of panic as the Detonators were not used to foes having the resolve and especially the firepower to hurt them.
The bridge of the Detonator ship then got a new opening as Sanger shoved his massive sword into it. Any remaining Detonators after that were worried they could get killed in this star system.
Megas then forced the fingers on both hands in where the Type 0 Grungust had made a hole and ripped the starship in half.
"So who wants chicken covered in a chocolate sauce?" Coop asked. "I'm in the mood for some."
"That sounds interesting," Ron said after a moment. "Thought not sure getting the recipe for that will make Mum happy I'm doing this."
Orgun took this as the perfect time for him to leave. He had places to go, people to meet, and the massive blue robot with flames on it scared him.
V-V-V
Sirius Black was enjoying the weather in Riksent. It was the perfect day to relax on the beach and sip drinks.
The only part he hated was that he couldn't tell Remus all about this just yet.
'Once Peter gets put on trial...then I'll do it,' Sirius mused.
Then his mirror started vibrating.
He took great amusement in that he was able to answer the magic mirror in public saying it was like those video phone glasses, but he didn't want to wear it on his face.
He then wondered what insanity his godson got into this time.
"Oh hey Harry," Sirius said with a smile. "So what madness happened this time?"
"The usual," Harry replied. "Say Sirius I was wondering about something."
"Go on," Sirius stated. "I'll try to answer it."
"Do my parents or grandparents have any paintings of them? And would there be a family home they'd be at?" Harry inquired.
Sirius groaned. "Given how things when very sure for the first, definitely for your grandparents, and yeah there is one but I'll have to get back to you as the beach really isn't the best place to talk about that."
"Oh you're in public?" Harry said a bit worried.
"I'm just having a tele...not sure what this counts as exactly as this isn't a conference," Sirius admitted. "Anyway I'll get back to you in a bit and tell how to get to Potter Manor."
"I have a manor?!" Harry gasped.
"Potters were old money," Sirius explained. "It is a long story and something I rather do in private."
"Got it," Harry remarked.
The call ended and Sirius rubbed his forehead. He hoped the painting of Charlus Potter gave Dumbledore a piece of his mind.
V-V-V
Delphini was not happy to be stuck in some cell in Hogwarts. It was talking all her metamorphmagus abilities to speed up the healing of her broken leg as it seemed they didn't want her to have any potions or magic to help it.
She was barely able to keep looking her disguise as becoming her natural appearance would cause her bones to grow and given one of them had been broken would cause her incredible pain.
She seethed in rage, and wanted to make everyone pay for this. She wanted to start with the one who had broken her leg. Though now she had to wait for the right moment to get her revenge.
V-V-V
Prince Heinel was not happy. The alliance with the Oni was not being as fruitful as he desired. Worse was the fact that nothing seemed to be going his way trying to conquer this world.
He also wasn't sure what to make of Burai's claims of the Getters being a threat to the galaxy, and that the human in a bright orange mech was important somehow.
Plus Heinel was no fool and knew the Oni only allied with him because they knew their horns made them acceptable to him and they needed all the help they could get.
Needless to say the attention of the Radam and rumors of Killer the Butcher having shown up worried Heinel. They'd make if he actually conquered the planet meaningless.
Plus the Muge Empire got crushed by humanity so he had to grudgingly give the hornless species respect.
Though Heinel never expected to see what looked like a face made of fire to appear in his throne room.
"Greetings Prince Heinel," the flame being stated. "I am the Emperor of Darkness. I believe we share a common enemy called Londo Bell."
"Tell me more," Heinel remarked as this might be useful. Either Londo Bell crushed or whatever forces this so called Emperor had would be.
V-V-V
Character Notes
Gilliam Yeager is from SRW OG. He is an intelligence officer, was a member of the Aggressors, and has some very interesting secrets.
Hayato Jin is from Getter Robo. He is a sociopath and not one to mess with if you want to keep breathing.
Ryoma Nagare is from Getter Robo. He's a crazy martial artist and can smash dinosaur skulls with one punch.
Ken Kaido is from Mazinkaiser SKL. He likes using bladed weapons.
Mio Sasuga is from SRW OG. She can break the 4th wall, and likes shounen manga.
Harold "Coop" Cooplawski is from Megas XLR. He loves video games, prowrestling, cars, mecha, giant monster movies, and food. He is a force of chaos.
Sanger Zonvolt is from SRW OG. He is the Sword That Pierces Evil! He is awesome.
Asuka Langley Sohryu is from Neon Genesis Evangelion. She is very proud of being pilot of Evangelion 02. She also has a boatload of psychological issues.
Jamie is from Megas XLR. He's a coward yet there is more to him than even he knows.
Kiva Andru is from Megas XLR. She's stuck in the past and with Coop and Megas.
Orgun is from Detonator Orgun. He feels an attachment to the Earth and wants to protect it.
Takaya Aiba aka D-Boy is from Tekkaman Blade. He does not look forward to fighting any of the other Tekkamen at all.
Bright Noa is from Mobile Suit Gundam. The original space ship captain dealing with all kinds of insanity.
Ryusei Date is from SRW OG. He's a massive mecha fanboy living the dream, and also finding reality is different from the dream.
Hikaru Makiba is from Grendizer. She pilots the Diana A in Mazinger Angels.