The world was not quite what Albus Dumbledore imagined it'd be. He'd graduated Hogwarts recently and he expected to be head of the family dealing various mundane things. He expected to be longing to travel the world as he had to deal with minor problems around the Dumbledore home.
Instead he had people bursting open like overripe fruit and savage monsters roaming the muggle and magical world. Chaos reigned as social order shattered to pieces and the Statue of Secrecy died as it didn't matter anymore.
It was like his life had become a nightmare and yet he could not wake up. The Earth was nothing but a wasteland. Nothing could be saved, and humanity was completely and utterly doomed. Nothing could change that.
And then one day it all never happened, and yet now Dumbledore remembered it thanks to a supposed guardian spirit of the Earth. What he had seen terrified him to his core, and he was sure that Eldoran had a reason to show it to him.
A reason beyond tormenting him. At least he hoped it was for more than that. He hoped a supposed guardian spirit of the Earth would not be so petty and cruel.
Didn't he have enough burdens with Tom? Or what had once been a friend and what Gellert had done in the name of their philosophy they had created before that? Why did he need even more sins to deal with?
Dumbledore looked at himself in a mirror and wondered what things in his visions or memories meant.
What terrors did the memories mean were coming? What sort of menace was going to try destroy all life on the Earth? Would Londo Bell do any better than those who had been there the first time?
If Dumbledore was willing he'd wonder if this was how Harry had felt his first two years at Hogwarts getting bits and pieces but never the full message at once. It however was not a thought that came to mind for him as he was lost in his thoughts.
Albus was frustrated and worried about those memories and the fact that Tom had a daughter that had come from the future. Frankly Albus was sure that Tom had frankly to be honest done things to himself to gain magical power and abilities that would render him unable to become a father. Or frankly even had the desire to have children in the first place.
He also wondered what Londo Bell was going to do with that girl. Given Ryoma had broken one of her legs when she first met them he didn't think they were going to be nice with her.
Dumbledore would wonder if that girl could be saved, but given her intention of travel back in time to be with her father and take over the world kind of made that even to him something that was impossible. She was beyond any chance at this point.
He just hoped that it didn't involve strapping her into a Getter jet and watching it inflict internal damage to her body like it had Professor Saotome when he had tried being pilot of Getter 3.
What the Getter jets could do to someone was something Dumbledore was sure he'd never forget. Well without using memory charms to deal with it and even then Dumbledore wasn't sure if it'd quite get it all.
It was disturbing how brutal the Getter Jets were and Dumbledore was sure a magic user might survive using one of them. Not that he believed many would desire to do so.
Coordinators also could survive that and not many even wanted to try their luck.
Piloting a Getter was not for the faint of heart or physical ability.
It also made him wonder who the newtype second pilot of the Getter Queen was. He also was impressed they had survived piloting that prototype Getter unit. He also was sure that the Getter pilots knew who she was, but didn't want to talk about it.
It made him curious as to why there was such secrecy.
Dumbledore then wondered what sort of madness today would bring. When previously he had probed the mind of a woman whose mind was closed off to him or had seen Dementors destroyed it could be anything.
'I do wonder if my being able to tell them that young woman's memories and mind are buried deep was of comfort,' Dumbledore mused.
Dumbledore also wondered why many of the uniforms for the Dannarbase staff were made the way they were. Even for a man who liked extremely colorful robes he had to admit they were not practical. Albus was sure the outcry if Hogwarts girls wore those outfits and enough heating charms to keep a mansion warm would be extremely loud and annoying.
The least insane thing he could imagine happening today was Masaki clashing with that alchemist that Londo Bell knew. A man that Albus really wished to meet as Shu Shirakawa definitely would not be boring and have some interesting insight.
Plus Albus had to admit he didn't really have a lot of peers on alchemistry. Nicholas was the one who had the most connections.
'Also it is a good thing there is no mystery going on at the school as I'd rather not be on the casting end of a man who reportedly would make Sherlock Holmes look like he wasn't trying," Dumbledore admitted to himself.
Another thing on his mind was the realm of La Gias that Albus had to admit he really wanted to visit. It just was he hoped he'd actually live to go there and enjoy a vacation. He knew he needed one after Harry had started going to Hogwarts, and alien invasions were actually a normal thing.
With a sigh Dumbledore mentally prepared himself to the day. Then he got the mental image of his friend Alastor being chipper and happy to see what the day would bring. It was something that before this Dumbledore could never imagine being possible before Londo Bell had turned up at Hogwarts.. Mu La Flaga was not kidding when he said they made the impossible possible.
V-V-V
Minerva McGonagall had to admit this school year was one she would never forget. Hogwarts had been changed forever and it oddly in many ways was much calmer. It seemed having an irregular army in the school put many on their best behavior.
'Also the physical exercise seems to do far better for dealing with those that cause trouble than anything else we did for punishments,' Minerva mused to herself.
Frankly she had no idea that they could have had a physical activity room set up. It was so new and interesting to her. Though she had to keep Oliver Wood from trying to move into that room as he loved the place.
She still was annoyed with herself that it took an outside force to sort out many festering issues Hogwarts had. Plus there was the fact that she could had a hand in those issues along with Dumbledore. Of course Filius was completely angry with himself at what had happened in his house, and Minerva had little doubt what he had done would go down into Hogwarts lore for generations to come.
What made Minerva feel even worse was that the thing she had feared would be after Harry turned out to be the least worrying thing as Sirius turned out to be innocent and wished merely to protect Harry. In fact Sirius was someone she could talk to over a mirror if she desired. She knew that Remus talked with him often and was extremely sure Harry had talked to him as well.
She also wondered exactly what happened to Pettigrew as he was not the same as he used to be. Which given how insane things had gotten opened up a lot of things could have happened, and currently Londo Bell only had a theory with the Dark Mark and Getter Rays.
The Deputy Headmistress was pondering cutting back on at least one of her positions as it would allow her to understand all the madness Harry had brought. And also to her amusement work with a woman who was the head scientist at NERV's Tokyo 3 base on what exactly D-Boy did exactly to transform into a Tekkaman.
Minerva had to admit to herself that AT Fields were extremely interesting and really wanted to discover how they interacted with transfiguration. She also had to admit she found Ms. Sohryu to be extremely bright and a shame she wasn't a magic user.
Though she wasn't sure if Ms. Sohryu would have been a Ravenclaw or part of her house as the girl had plenty of smarts and bravery. Plus Minerva was sure that the girl won't discover her mother's body after committing suicide.
Professor McGonagall frowned as that was the mess weird than what happened to the mother of another of one of the Evangelion pilots. And boy was that incident weird and disturbing.
Even with Yui Ikari turning into a puddle, AT Fields were much easier to understand than Getter Radiation for Minerva. The radiation seemed to thumb its nose at the laws of physics and she was sure magic as well. It was something that maniac pilot of Shin Getter Two had been noted as commenting on.
Also she wondered if Hagrid was learning how to pilot a mech by that Burning PT game that actually had become extremely popular with the Hogwarts students and members of the staff. It was likely Burning PT also helped keep people busy and out of making trouble.
The fact that Londo Bell pilots had deflated the egos of many students thinking that doing well in Burning PT made them an ace pilot also helped. This group also included the youngest of Arthur and Molly's children, and still no one was sure what Ronald was.
Which really said a lot when it took having such a gift and learning what Harry's life was like to get Ronald to not be jealous and more focused. Like he had found something that made him stand out from his siblings. It had calmed down Ronald and made him much easier to deal with.
Though Ron also now had a taste of what life was like for Harry as reportedly deranged mercenaries now had a reason to want to kill him. The deputy headmistress had been glad to not have to tell Molly about that.
Professor McGonagall was very willing to let Londo Bell deal with that disaster.
Minerva inwardly groaned as she thought of another disaster Hogwarts was having. Horace had been sorting out those he wished to teach potions to as many students and their parents wished to hire him like Harry had. When a professor was seen as doing such a poor job that the students wished to do that was a bad thing for the school.
'I do wonder what Mr. Yeager had done to spook Horace," Minerva pondered as Horace seemed to nervously watch the intelligence officer every time they were in the same room.
Severus seemed to not mind his former head of house taking various students from the potions class. Though she had to admit he seemed to focus more on teaching, and less taking away points unless it was necessary. He also made sure to avoid Ryoma Nagare and Hayato Jin.
Minerva wondered if Hogwarts would have survived either men being students in it for seven years. Somehow she doubted that greatly. It'd likely be unusable afterward.
She then shook her head as she was here to see two more mech pilots that were going to be based at Hogwarts with the MacBeth mecha force. Both to be part of Octo Squad which the Deputy Headmistress hoped they would be like Mr. Bagman instead of the other two. She then had the thought if Russel was related to Ludo Bagman in some manner.
Anger then swelled in Minerva as she recalled how the third member of Octo Squad had been treated as trash by people literally unable to understand his enhancements beyond the norm that made him a 'failed' Ultimate Coordinator. Like many she doubted if they had the supposed successful Ultimate Coordinator they'd understand things. They'd just have to find something else to pretend was the cause instead of themselves.
No wonder Molly Weasley wanted to more or less adopt Canard among other children. Minerva also wanted to give the parents of Judau Ashta a piece of her mind as he shouldn't have had to give up his own future so his sister could have a better one.
A sister that had become a mecha pilot in Londo Bell like her brother. Just that she had been assigned to the Hiryu instead of the Macbeth hence why no at Hogwarts had met her yet. Something that Minvera was sure was going to change sooner or later.
The Transfiguration teacher focused on the matter at hand really hoped that Charlotte Hasting and Wieltab Text didn't have tragic histories like Masato Akitsu, and others. Or worse were psychotic like Ryoma Nagare, Hayato Jin, Ken Kaido, and Ryo Magami.
Hogwarts didn't need the four maniacs it had right now let alone even more of them. They were extremely frightening and destructive if they felt like it.
Of course the leader of Octo Squad was no prize on personality as she loved having a beater bat on hand. It took the term "swagger stick" to a whole new level.
That things had gotten to that made Professor McGonagall wonder if Londo Bell still would be at Hogwarts even after Harry graduated.
Or if there would be a Hogwarts left then to be honest.
It was a thought many had involving the special taskforce and Hogwarts. Crazy things followed Londo Bell and they also were extremely dangerous.
'They also don't respect the Statute of Secrecy, but then again all the things they've seen of magic and otherwise makes it pointless,' the Transfiguration mistress mused.
She had to wonder if the Space Knights would be having a branch of their operation in Hogwarts soon. They had taken an interest in D-Boy and wished to understand how his transformation worked.
The Space Knights just could spend more time on the tekka crystal and how it worked compared to a woman who had three positions in a busy boarding school and a the head scientist of a group fighting giant monsters with biomechs.
Which made Minerva wonder when the world went completely mad when that thought was completely normal.
She was sure that she was going to see lot of insane things and wondered what madness would be unleashed this Halloween.
It frankly scared Professor McGonagall to her core that an all out alien invasion would be considered normal by Londo Bell. Or killer machines on the loose would be the same thing. They had to deal with it before, and they were sure that at least one of their foes was that now.
So she didn't want to see what considered an insanely bad situation by Londo Bell.
Thankfully she got to see the pair she was going to show around Hogwarts to get her out of those so cheery thoughts.
Velt looked at the massive castle with wide eyes.
"Well this is impressive," he remarked.
"Fancy," Lotte whistled as she took the incredible sight.
Minerva hoped they took to magic existing well. Things would go badly if they didn't.
What shocked her was the appearance of a third person. A man named Banjo Haran, and who among other things was the pilot of the skyscraper sized mecha known as Daitarn 3.
A man who been to Hogwarts before as he was part of the group to slaughter all the Dementors.
"Ah Deputy Headmistress McGonagall it is a pleasure to meet you," Banjo stated kindly.
Minerva was rather shocked.
"Manners are something I am sure the more rough members of Londo Bell don't show," Banjo admitted. "They are not the sort of people to attend high society functions."
"I can believe that," Minerva commented.
"Also I must say that I don't care much of sending soul sucking beings as a defense against anything," Banjo remarked. "Especially given their lack of control by anyone."
Minerva had to admit that Fudge and his stupidity were going to color the interactions between the Ministry and the muggle government for a long time. She also wondered what having Lucius Malfoy scared of Londo Bell to the point he avoided them said about the special taskforce.
"To be honest with the Minister he does what can get him seen doing something instead of something productive," Minerva sighed.
"I've met many in political office with that mentality," Banjo noted. "I do wonder how your Minister would take being not so different than 'muggles' working the same sort of job as him?"
"I could not comment," the deputy headmistress replied as the front doors to the school opened for them.
Banjo Haran looked bemused.
"Of course," he said a bit swavely.
No one asked why Peeves was running from Coop. Especially the deputy headmistress as she was sure it involved some insane random events again.
Minerva had learned to not ask after one "Sailor Galaxia" had tried to attack Peeves and been able to hurt the annoying denizen of Hogwarts. She also had learned about the Cosmic Cadets, and found that shocking.
'And yet that still was better than Ms. Sasuga asking if I had a second animagus form and what some acts count as in those forms,' Minerva thought with a mental groan.
That girl had either an insane imagination, was a deranged seer, or something else entirely. Or possibly all the above.
"I wonder if anyone has an unlicensed nuclear accelerator," Velt mused.
"I'd be more surprised if Getter Rays have not been used on that poltergeist," Banjo commented.
"We have been working hard Mr. Haran to keep experimentation with those and magic," Professor McGonagall assured the pilot of Daitarn 3.
"A wise thing as they are unpredictable," Banjo nodded. "Thankfully Sirius and Klein had no issues keeping any devices using it out of the department store."
Minerva stopped in her tracks realizing that Banjo Haran was one of the backers of the Noir Department store.
Banjo smiled slightly. "Oh it was an interesting little project and reminds me we need to deal with the painting of Sirius's mother."
The transfiguration headmistress was sure whatever did to that painting was going to be too kind.
"I had to deal with that...individual many times," Minerva sighed. "I believe Mr. Haran you liked those Meganoids far more than she liked most people on the planet."
"The story Sirius and his cousin Andromeda have told of her were unpleasant to say the least," Banjo Haran agreed.
Minerva won't be surprised if they had met Ted and Andromeda after finding out Sirius liked them, and their daughter being involved in this matter.
The transfiguration professor then turned to Coop. "And Mr. Cooplawski I hope you have not done something insane today."
"She is aware Londo Bell and insane is the same thing right?" Lotte stage whispered.
Velt rubbed his forehead given Professor McGonagall easily was able to give them a look that made them feel like they were misbehaving students at Hogwarts.
"Yes I am sure the Depute Headmistress is aware of that," he remarked.
Minerva was impressed that the pilot was aware depute was the Scottish version of deputy. And for Hogwarts either one worked.
"I didn't do anything," Coop protested.
Banjo was sure that Coop didn't intend to do anything if it he was at fault.
Then came the sight of a furious and soaked Katina Tarask.
"Get back here!" she yelled as she held her beater bat and chased after Peeves.
Expletives then echoed in the halls of Hogwarts as the leader of Octo Squad hunted after her prey.
Russel Bagman sighed as he ran past. He was sure if Peeves being a spirit was the only reason the entity would be willing to show his face after this ended.
Canard was glad he was a coordinator in this instance as he was able to move quickly, but felt more like just a brisk pace to his muscles.
"Just another day at Hogwarts isn't it?" Banjo mused.
"Thankfully no one has tried shooting Peeves with antimatter," Minerva admitted and glad that Peeves avoided annoying 'D-Boy'.
"Though it would be an interesting test of if ectoplasm counts as matter," Banjo pondered outloud.
"Perhaps," Minerva admitted. "Though I think it'd just make a giant hole and Peeves would be fine."
"Also very likely," Banjo shrugged.
There then was a loud noise and Minerva realized it was Coop's stomach.
"Well that was something I have not heard before," she muttered.
She also could live with not hearing that sound again.
Banjo chuckled and then got to see Sayla Mass. She also had been soaked by Peeves, but it seemed that she was coldly furious and had gotten the Bloody Baron as he was one of the few things that Peeves feared and respected.
Minerva wondered what Ms. Mass could have said or done to get the Bloody Baron's aid. She did know however that Peeves not going to enjoy the end results of his annoying various Londo Bell pilots.
If anything the poltergeist was going to be left with something he'd never forget.
It amused her as Peeves had annoyed her for far too long.
"Perhaps telling them about Dumbledore would be handy," Banjo commented.
Minerva sighed. "He is not that wizard from the Lord of the Rings."
Gandalf the White had been mentioned many times in describing the appearance of Dumbledore. Also adding if he had a very odd fashion sense.
"Well things are not going to ever be boring," Velt mused.
"Though some of us remember what that meant," Minerva stated.
"Really?" Lotte asked.
"It merely has been over three years," the deputy headmistress admitted.
"Don't expect it to come back any time soon," Banjo Haran said with a slight bit of amusement. "Or there to be a lack of Hogwarts graduates that have mecha experience."
"No one is going to be surprised if half of them have joined Londo Bell," Minerva groaned.
"Quite," Banjo remarked.
"I also hope that you will not judge everyone merely on the word of two students," Minerva said quickly.
"And a trio of time travelers?" Banjo inquired.
"That as well," the transfiguration mistress said quickly.
"We have to be completely honest," Velt commented. "This schools like a boarding school that had gotten out of control with a small and overworked staff."
"With members of the staff now trying to inflict damage due to that which they had taken as a student here," Banjo noted. "And believe me that's not a good thing."
Minerva had to admit Severus and all the things that happened to him didn't help the case of Hogwarts at all. If anything he was making this place look even worse.
Plus there was the fact that for some reason one of the time travelers had Severus as a middle name when Minerva could think of many,many,many other ones that would be far better for the boy.
What Minerva did not fight even in her head was the fact that in all honesty the Board of Governors if they did their job should have dealt with these issues many years ago. Of course with Lucius Malfoy at the head explained why that didn't happen.
Now she had no idea who was head of the that board, and if the gotten off with imperius Death Eater would want that title back given how it'd mean he'd have to deal with a force that wanted him dead.
"I will admit I and many others likely did the easy thing instead of the right thing," Minerva admitted. "And that what happened to Harry would enrage and shame Lily and James."
"It probably won't help that one of my business partners on Noir Department store is thinking about writing a series of books called 'What Hogwarts Can't Be Arsed to Teach' on matters of politics, history, magical creatures, and more," Banjo said with a bemused expression.
"Yes Sirius was always on the nose with his humor," Minerva remarked.
"It also will include how to sell the bodies of magical beasts someone kills," Banjo noted. "Such as giant snakes that can kill by looking at you."
Minerva had a sinking feeling Harry was going to have a meeting with the goblins sooner than later on that matter. Also that Banjo Haran was a well informed man who likely was far more wealthy than Lucius Malfoy yet didn't have any of the arrogance.
Banjo then wondered if anyone that taught at Hogwarts had been informed of the Terran League President having had a chat with the Minister of Magic and Chief Warlock.
"He also intends to include how keeping up with the mundane world is an extremely good idea for those not born into the world of magic in his books,' Banjo added. "Or that getting together with others like them and forming their own extrasolar colony might be a good idea."
Minerva sighed as Sirius being after Harry likely would be less damaging than that series book and the advice that would be within them.
Banjo smiled roguishly. "The books and the department store have kept Sirius busy and allowed him to regain contact with his cousin Andromeda."
He then leaned in closer to the deputy headmistress. "Also Mrs. Tonks wonders why she has not been introduced to Harry. Quite sharply too as she never was under any cloud of being dark and there have been matters she and her husband Ted would have been very willing to get involved in."
Minerva had this feeling Londo Bell was enjoying building up some very unique and interesting contacts and allies in the Wizarding World. The Tonks family, Alastor, Remus, Sirius, the Lovegoods, and who knows who else.
What annoyed Professor McGonagall was that Albus had made some stupid decisions that cost him the respect of Londo Bell. Some of which frankly made it so she understood why they threw some of his usual phrases back in his face. She still respected Albus and considered him a good leader, but she knew he had made a bad impression with Londo Bell and you only were able to make one first impression.
She also was sure using memory charms to try to get a new first impression would involve Ryoma Nagare or Hayato Jin breaking Albus in two. With Ken Kaido running him through with a sword or Ryo Magami shooting him repeatedly if they beat the pair of Getter pilots to the punch.
Minerva was thankful that most of the Londo Bell pilots were not as violent as those four, and most frankly were not a problem for her.
The deputy headmistress then focused on the matter at hand.
"Alastor shares those complaints," Minerva stated to Banjo. "I had believed Albus to have handled all those issues without my input being required."
"I see," Banjo said noncommittally.
Frankly Banjo had heard of the professor in front of him not handling things like a bunch of students saying someone was after a treasure being held at the school, nor did she put her foot down on students turning on a student thinking he was the "Heir to Slytherin". None of that impressed him in the slightest.
Minerva could tell Mr. Haran was going to be one of those she was going to have to work hard with her deeds get their respect. Still at least she could work with that.
Banjo then looked amused.
Velt had a feeling that no one had told the teachers that someone had been assigned to take over as captain of Hogwarts.
"Deputy Headmistress McGonagall there is someone else coming as well," Banjo Haran informed her. "Vrlitwhai Kridanik is to come to Hogwarts and help teach them on starship operations."
"What kind of name is….that?" Minerva asked in surprise.
"Zentradi," Banjo replied.
Before that moment Minerva McGonagall had never put much thought in actual aliens being at Hogwarts. Even with Londo Bell around she had only see the Fleed siblings and both of them were so close to human that no one would notice.
The Zentradi had various factors that could allow them to stand out as not being normal humans.
On reflection Minerva was surprised it had taken this long for someone to teach starship operations to be assigned to Hogwarts.
'Then again maybe they needed to find someone who could take the madness of Londo Bell,' she mused.
It also meant she was going to have to give another tour of the school soon. And with an alien being that was created for war at that.
Things had gotten to a point for Minerva that giving all the parents of the muggleborns a tour of Hogwarts actually would be refreshingly normal.
"Specifically Vrlitwhai Kridanik was the commander of the Zentradi fleet that first came to the Solar System," Velt spoke up. "And the first to see humans kiss as well."
"Oh Merlin," Minerva muttered as she didn't expect that.
"Now that the bombshells are out of the way I believe we be shown where the various houses sleep, where the pilots sleep and such," Banjo stated.
Minerva just hoped that go more normally.
V-V-V
Neville wondered if he heard right as he'd been sitting in the common room doing homework before Hayato Jin came up to him and asked him a question.
"You want me to pilot that...Getter?" he asked in utter surprise.
"Your family seems to have as much regard for sanity on child raising as Ryoma's father had, and your magic seems to work in keeping you from being broken," Hayato commented.
"My gran was not a maniac who had me punching tigers and wild dogs," Neville said sharply. "And I will not put up with anyone suggesting that sort of nonsense."
"I'm sure you could scare your Great Uncle Algernon," Hayato suggested with a hint of bemusement. "And I could also teach you how to do the infamous smile."
Neville wasn't sure if he really wanted to pilot any mech. Especially one of the hardest on the human body ones around.
"Also don't those units need three pilots?" Neville inquired.
"At the moment we are trying to figure out what if anything the previous owner had done to the unit," Hayato answered. "And what Coop and Lowe had done to upgrade it."
"I heard what happened to the last owner," Neville remarked.
"We replaced the chair and cleaned up the mess," Hayato said with a slight smirk.
"That...doesn't really help," Neville admitted.
Hayato shrugged at that.
"And aren't there a lot of prototypes or damaged units from the Moon Wars at Saotome Labs?" Neville inquired.
"That is true, but most them are extremely damaged or had been used for parts years ago," Hayato replied. "What is left is pretty much cannon fodder at best."
"I see…." Neville commented unsure about piloting a mech in general. Especially when it wasn't even a trainer option mobile suit like a Rezel or a Nero. Or like the Gespenst that had a simulator that used the cock pit.
"There also is in the future that never will be that you cut off the head of Riddle's snake familiar with the same sword Harry used a few months ago," Hayato stated. "So at least you don't become a gutless wonder like many I could mention."
"I still can't believe You-Know-Who actually had kids," Neville muttered.
"Nothing really was stopping him," Hayato Jin smirked. "Just that most people believed he had no desires in that area."
"Anyway," Neville said to change the subject. "I have to think about. Especially given I need to know how to pilot a mech before even trying to use a Getter."
"Well there is always using a device to teach you how to pilot it like I gained," Hayato said with a chuckle. "I'm sure we can make another one of those."
"I think I want to learn how to use a mech like the Burning PT cockpit is set up for or one of the training mobile suits," Neville stated forcefully. "I am not going to jump right to a Getter as my first attempt."
Neville and Hayato ignored the gasps of people shocked that Neville was even willing to speak forcefully to a man that the entire school was either in awe of or afraid of. Or both as well given Hayato Jin was that kind of man.
Harry was working on his runes homework and found it vaguely amusing how Londo Bell had helped get some of the attention off him. Though he found it annoying when people seemed to think he was the leader of the group. He did not have any leadership position in the special task force nor wanted one.
He then smiled slightly as Voldemort's true identity had become very well known by the Hogwarts students. Not always believed, but it was getting harder and harder for people to deny that a timeline for Tom Riddle to become Voldemort was extremely workable.
Hayato Jin then shrugged. "Well if you want to learn how to control a mech before trying out a Getter be my guest."
As Hayato left Neville turned to Harry.
"You know some weird people Harry," Neville remarked. "And seem to want to have us use giant weapons."
Harry looked up at Neville. "They are used to having people using Eldoran's stuff as part of Londo Bell."
"Really?" Neville asked.
"Yeah," Harry replied.
"Huh," Neville said softly.
"Yeah a bunch worked with Londo Bell years ago," Harry stated. "They literally were the only ones able to pilot their mecha."
Neville thought about that. He was not the only one.
"And what about those Getters?" Ginny then asked. "What is so special about them?"
"The original Getter was like shoving his body into a meat grinder for Professor Saotome," Harry explained. "It took a very special sort of person to be able to handle the stress it put on the human body."
That Neville had even been considered being able to do that impressed a lot of people. They had idea he had such hidden depths. Or would cut the head off the familiar of Voldemort even if Londo Bell hadn't shown up.
"That is.." Neville said looking for the right words.
"Insane I know," Harry agreed.
Ron shrugged as he worked on his potions homework. "The Death Caprice Squad had something similar happen to them."
Harry grinned and changed the subject. "So Snape angry he's not as scary as a mechasaurus to you Ron?"
"In an angsty teen way I am sure," Ron snorted. "Given he has to have his fragile ego feed the fear of students to feel good."
Ron then rolled his eyes at everyone shocked he said that.
"Seriously people this can't be a surprise to you all," he muttered. He no longer was claiming all Slytherins were evil as frankly Malfoy and his godfather were no long that scary to him, having one of the idols of his twin brothers turn out to be a betrayer of Harry and his family, and reading up on that Ali al-Saachez.
After all that most students that wore green and silver were kind of just people to Ron now. Ones he'd not mind talking to if they agreed that Malfoy was berk.
"They still aren't used to you being so different than the first two years," Harry commented.
"I just hope they get used to it by next year," Ron groused.
Neville pondered smiling like those Getter pilots at Snape in potions class. Which caused him to smile a bit as that was funny and he was sure Snape would just snark to not imitate those maniacs in any fashion.
He was actually tempted to learn how to pilot a less physically demanding mech before piloting the Getter. It might be fun, and definitely be one way scare his family.
"So Harry where I sign up to get time in the Burning PT things?" Neville asked.
Harry grinned as he was going to enjoy seeing Neville become a mech pilot. Hermione rolled her eyes as she more and more frankly
"Do you want everyone to join you in being in Londo Bell Harry?" she inquired.
Harry shrugged. "Walking a mile in my shoes has done wonders for Ron."
"Well that and having abilities like a newtype helped," Ron admitted.
"They still working on a name for it?" Hermione asked.
"Well they think it is in the x-region of my brain where it comes from," Ron shrugged. "So X-something I guess."
"That is really interesting," Seamus commented with some surprise at Ron knowing about any part of the human brain.
Hermione considered all that had happened to her friends educational. Also at this point she honestly won't be surprised if a McDaniels ended up being put in Hogsmeade next to the Noir Department Store. Likely one that would have the department store versions of various sodas for sale.
That gave her the image of seeing Harry eat some Lunar Teriyaki with a Merlin's Thunder for his drink.
'Admittedly the Lunar Teriyaki is from the MacDaniels on the Moon, but won't surprise me if that got added to the menu for the one in Hogsmeade,' Hermione mused.
Hermione then wondered if any of the purebloods at Hogwarts even knew what teriyaki was. She doubted it and realized that she was taking people learning how to drive mechs to be normal when her mind had drifted to food.
She was much less worried when she realized it was almost dinner time so the latter part was understandable.
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It was supposed to be a quiet port, and yet for the local cops the youngest member of one family kept getting into trouble.
The police had no idea that soon they'd rather it stayed that way.
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Delphini was feeling much stronger now. Yet she knew she had only one chance to get out of Hogwarts and try to find allies.
She felt the school quake as it once more took off.
"Perfect," Delphini muttered as that meant the group that was holding her would be busy fighting other things.
She needed to escape and gather allies to handle Londo Bell. They had ruined her plans and considered her father nothing more than a run of the mill encounter.
Even with history somehow completely changed she knew there had to be those like her mother around that could aid her. Revenge was something she needed like a man at sea needed fresh water.
Delphini tested her leg and she was sure it had healed enough to run. At least she hoped it was good enough for a lot of running.
'Curse that maniac who hurt me,' Delphini mentally growled.
She wanted to kill Ryoma Nagare. She had no idea she was in a long line for that and she frankly wasn't even the most angry with him.
He was a man who frankly had made many enemies and honestly didn't care. If anything he'd look to seeing them try, and he'd be able to crush them.
Delphini also hoped that whatever Londo Bell was fighting didn't blow up as she was getting away. That would ruin her plans completely.
She also hoped Harry Potter would survive because her father was who should kill him and not some strange menace or their army. She desperately didn't want to admit without killing Potter that her father would never get any respect from the various forces that roamed the Solar System and the Milky Way.
Nor did she want to think about the fact that her father had been bested three times already would make him see weak and his foes so pathetic that they could be crushed in a weekend by any decent force.
Delphini's ego could not handle be considered nothing nor even more so her father being considered a joke.
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Gorrath was not pleased as he intended to go far away from the stomping grounds of that Earther and somewhere he doubted the Earther's allies would be.
Somehow he'd run into someone with a terrible camo pattern starship was wrecking things. Which of course dragged in the Earther and his allies to deal with it and of course the Glorft. After the mess on the Moon Gorath wished to avoid this for once.
"Commander," Gorrath growled. "Make that fool with the ugly starship pay!"
"Yes sir!" the hoping to not be hit in the face XO replied.
Out on the battlefield Harry let the Glorft have it with the long mega buster his custom Rezel was equipped with. The variable firepower weapon tore through the various Glorft mecha with ease.
"So anyone got any idea who is in the new mech?" Kyosuke inquired as he introduced one of Killer the Butcher's weird fish mecha to a stake revolver.
"No idea," Gilliam replied as he avoided fire from one of the two headed mecha of Killer the Butcher. He then returned fire with his Gespie's shotgun.
The campy maniac was quite annoyed to have his fun interrupted by yet another group not of this planet.
He wanted them dead! Dead! Dead! And he would make them that way!
Kappei was glad his grandpa had taught him in his sleep how to handle the Zambo Ace. Though he was not sure why he didn't tell him outright about it because mechs were cool and having his own personal one even cooler.
What Kappei didn't notice or care was that Londo Bell noticed a cabin on an island wrecked as he fought one of the Glorft mecs and that he just kept on going.
"We're going to have to work on that," Amuro commented as he let one of the weird mecha chicken with tentacle-like arms of Killer the Butcher have it with a barrage of missiles.
'My guess is that is another kid in a mech," Velt remarked as he avoid chaingun fire from a Glorft mech.
Ron wondered if the Glorft and the other guy even had a reason to be out here making a mess. He won't be surprised if there wasn't any.
Ryo Magami had an amused smirk on his face as he tore through the enemy forces with each shot.
Gorrath once more wondered how the Earthers had lost their edge in his time as now they were an actual threat to him. He nearly winced as those Mecha Megas units that had been built were being crushed by that red Earther mech with the strange eyes that seemed to be looking at him.
"How could the humans not have that in the future?" Gorrath muttered.
Inside Shin Getter One Ryoma Nagare smirked.
He then saw Sayla Mass's MP Nu Gundam move and went the same direction. The pair of mecha avoided being blasted by the weapons on Killer the Butcher's ship.
"Looks like he wants his ship attacked again," Hayato commented.
One could almost imagine Killer the Butcher's eyes widening as Megas went Super Destructor Mode on the gaudy starship.
"The fact the Earther managed to put in that much firepower impresses and sickens me," Gorrath remarked.
Daitarn 3 then unleashed a massive burst of energy at Killer the Butcher's starship.
Harry then helped by putt the long mega rifle at full power and unleashed a huge blast which struck the starship.
Harry blinked to see if he'd blown a hole through the ship. He hadn't, but you could fly a Zeong into what he had done.
Killer the Butcher for all his madness figured now was a good time to leave as his ship tried to dodge a lot of firepower.
"Retreat!" Gorrath called for as Londo Bell had just him and his forces to focus on.
Kappei was pleased as punch to have worked with Londo Bell, and he was sure be recruited into it. It had to be much cooler and more fun than the town he'd been stuck in.
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Delphini ran like the wind. Her leg hurt way more than she expected, but she knew she'd never get another chance.
She had to get out before the mech pilots returned.
Delphini smiled as she found a certain sink.
"Open!" she said in what would sound to others as a hiss.
Her pleasure turned to shock as there weren't any stairs or a slide behind the door and instead it opened to outside the ship. With a major gust of wind she was sent flying out of Hogwarts and forced to use her magic to end up anywhere safer than several thousand feet in the air.
With that intent she appeared in a Liberian Works facility in the country of Balic with a massive bang.
Thomas Krieger was surprised to see a teen change appearance into a woman who looked a lot like his old looks and that of Bellatrix.
"F...Father?" Delphini gasped before passing out.
"Well…" Thomas mused after a moment. "This day certain has gotten really interesting."
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Chapter notes
Ryoma Nagare is from Getter Robo. He is a badass no one should mess with.
Gilliam Yeager is from SRW OG. He is an intelligence officer and has more to his past than he lets on.
Hayato Jin is from Getter Robo. He is a maniac and not one to be messed with.
Ryo Magami is from Mazinkaiser SKL. He loves ranged weapons and snaps when people talk about destiny and fate.
Charlotte Hasting is from Super Robot Wars V. She is a very cheery and nice. She pilots a Grungust
Wieltab Text is from Super Robot Wars V. He is a very tactical man and willing to talk about his enemies and allies at the drop of a hat.
Banjo Haran is from Daitarn 3. He is a badass spy, billionaire business owner, and mecha pilot.
Harold "Coop" Cooplawski is from Megas XLR. He is pure chaos given physical form.
Katina Tarask is from SRW OG. She is a very prideful and very angry person and commander of the Octo Squad.
Vrlitwhai Kridanik is from the original Macross. He was known as Breetai in Robotech. While he had died in Robotech, the character hasn't really shown up beyond a flashback in Macross Delta since the original show.
Kyosuke Nanbu is from SRW OG. He always takes the long odds.
Kappei Jin is from Zambot 3. He shows why you don't give kids mecha and let them loose on the world.
Amuro Ray is from the original Gundam. He is the first Gundam pilot and not someone to ever take lightly.