Chapter 8: Harry's New Home and the First Path to Power.

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Spells/Abilities/Primals

Mother Crystal

Thoughts/Echo Flashback/Parseltongue

Zacharius walks away from Gringotts apprenticeship contract in hand. As he walks his mind wanders to his possible charge.

"Hmmm, truth be told I still need a way to train Harry effectively in a short amount of time," he thinks, "I could ask the goblins if they would be willing to lend us their Time Dilation Chamber. Unfortunately, the chamber itself is not built for combat training but for healing."

Navigating the busy street, he continues to make his way towards his home.

"If only there was a way to give Harry the same experiences I had when I went through when I was starting out…."

Zacharius stops and comes to a realization.

"The Echo could allow him to experience what I have but I would need to create some sort of medium that would allow Harry to… wait didn't that one story have something similar to what I want?"

Zacharius nods to himself and continues toward home already planning to do some research.

Meanwhile Albus, Severus and Harry have concluded their discussion.

"It is agreed then Harry will stay here with Zacharius as his apprentice." Says Albus.

"Indeed, I still have my reservations about this arrangement, such as Harry living near Diagon, but this seems to be the best option." Says Severus.

Harry nods, "I just want…"

Zacharius enters the living area and calls for his House elf, "Biggs! Come here a moment."

Biggs pops in and asks, "Yes, Master Zach how can I help?"

Zacharius looks at Biggs and asks him to bring the 22nd Volume of Negima to him.

Biggs nods and snaps his fingers delivering the manga to his master.

"Thank you, Biggs that is all I need from you." Biggs nods and goes back to his other duties.

Zacharius flips through to the back of the manga to the Lexicon entry describing Magia Erebae and the Phantasmagoria that the protagonist was placed in to so he could learn the magic.

"This is perfect all I need to do is replicate the magic combine that with the Echo and I should be able to have Harry trained sufficiently enough for at least the first thirty lessons on whichever discipline he chooses."

A cough pulls Zacharius from his dialogue and he looks towards the others and smiles sheepishly.

"Sorry about that," He says, "I get carried away sometimes."

Harry nods and asks, "What were you talking about anyway? It sounded like you were talking about my training."

Zacharius nods and says, "Yes, while I was coming back from Gringotts I was pondering on how I was going to get you started on training when Hogwarts starts so soon."

Albus, Severus and Harry nod in understanding. Harry does wonder what the book in Zacharius' hands has to do with train and asks.

"What does that comic book have to do with my training?"

Zacharius smiles and begins to describe his plan.

"Basically, Harry there is no way to get you ready in time for Hogwarts. We simply don't have the time." Explains Zacharius.

Harry looks down disappointed but nods in understanding.

"Don't look so sad Harry. I didn't say that I could not teach you I just said we don't have the time." Says Zacharius.

Zacharius grins, "So we make time."

Severus gasps as he realizes what Zacharius means.

"You can't seriously be thinking of meddling with time?" Severus asks.

Zacharius shakes his head, "Are you asking if I intend to use a Time Turner?"

"Yes, that is what I am asking." States Severus.

Harry looks at Albus and Albus answers the unasked question. Zacharius and Severus continue their conversation.

"No, a Time Turner is to dangerous especially to someone as young as Harry." Says Zacharius

Severus sighs in relief, so to do Albus and Harry.

"No, I plan on creating a new magic item I will call a Phantasmagoria Scroll." Says Zacharius.

"What is a Phantasmagoria?" asks Harry.

Albus answers, "A Phantasmagoria is a sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream. If I am right Zacharius here is going to train you in your dreams where time has no meaning."

Zacharius nods, "Exactly by combining the Phantasmagoria effect with the Echo I should be able to draw Harry's consciousness into the scroll which will then play out the sequence of events that will train your mind on how to wield your new abilities. Then when you exit the Phantasmagoria you and I can do some accelerated training that will get your body's muscle memory up to speed."

"Alright but why the comic book?" Harry asks again.

"The protagonist goes through a similar experience to what I want you to do in this volume." Says Zacharius.

"That book is fiction though what you are proposing is just fantasy from the mind of a muggle!" exclaims Severus.

"Actually, Ken Akamatsu is a Japanese wizard who writes stories for both magical and muggle audiences." Says Albus, "He is well known as a theoretical spell crafter who uses his field of study to inspire his writing."

Severus looks gob-smacked.

"What about the Statute of Secrecy?"

"What better way than to hide in plain sight Severus?" asks Albus.

Zacharius just grins and calls for Wedge, "Wedge please bring me the box from my armory. It is time to see which Job Harry will begin training."

Wedge pops in with the box and hands it to Zacharius.

"Thank you, Wedge. Would you and Biggs bring the contents of chests Z03146 and A7134 to my workshop? I will be crafting some items later tonight."

Wedge nods and pops off to get Biggs and the chest ready for his master.

Zacharius takes the box and sits down in his chair he motions for Harry to sit on the couch opposite him.

"Harry, it is time for you to begin your training first though you and I need to sign this Apprenticeship Contract. Albus, Severus please look over the contract to see if you have any objections." Zacharius hands the contract over to Albus who nods and start looking over the contract while Severus reads over Albus' shoulder.

After awhile Albus hands the contract over to Severus so he can get a better look at it while he contemplates what he just read.

"It is a standard Apprenticeship contract. It does have several clauses in which Harry, Myself or Severus can enact to remove Harry from Zacharius' teachings if anything untoward happens." Albus muses.

He looks to Severus who has finished reading the contract. They say nothing using legilimency to communicate with each other. They nod, and then address Harry and Zacharius.

"I find this contract agreeable as does Severus we will witness the signing" Albus states drawing a quill from nowhere.

Zacharius nods and takes the quill and signs his name to the document.

"I, Zacharius Clay, take Harry Potter as my apprentice. May he grow and learn much under my tutelage."

Zacharius hands the quill to Harry and he signs the document, and says, "I, Harry Potter, take Zacharius Clay as my master. May my knowledge grow under his teachings."

Zacharius and Harry smile as they feel the contract take effect. Zacharius then opens the box.

"Harry, just like at Olivander's, please focus your magic on the gems inside the box."

Harry does as Zacharius asks and focuses his magic. Soon he feels the soul crystals reacting to his magic. One however sings and rises above the others and practically shoots into Harry hand.

Harry opens his eyes and looks down at the gem. It is a red gem with what looks like a rapier carved into its face.

Zacharius smiles, "Well then it looks like I get to teach you about the power of the Red Mage."

Harry smiles back but then starts to yawn.

Looking towards the clock Albus realizes that it has past Nine PM. Both he and Severus need to return to Hogwarts and finish the preparations for the coming school year.

"I fear it is time for Severus and I to take our leave. There is still so much to do before the year starts so we shall take our leave. Zacharius please test your Phantasmagoria and make sure it is safe before letting Harry use it." says Albus.

Zacharius nods, "Of course I will no need to worry I won't experiment on Harry. His safety is a priority now that I am his guardian."

Severus is saying goodbye to Harry and promises to make time for him during the year to speak more about his mother.

"G-good bye Professors I will see you soon." Yawns Harry

Zacharius smiles and leads Harry up to his new room as Albus and Severus see themselves out.

"Do you want a snack before you go to bed Harry?" asks Zacharius.

"No thank you Zacharius." Answers Harry.

"You can call me Zach is you want Harry we will be working together as you train."

Harry smiles at his new mentor, "Alright Zach thanks for everything."

Zacharius nods and opens the door to Harry's room, "You are welcome Harry. Biggs or Wedge will get you up for breakfast in the morning. After that we can go into town and get you some stuff so you can make this room your own."

Harry nods and climbs into the bed and falls asleep.

Zacharius chuckles and closes the door. He walks back down stairs and into the basement armory/workshop. He goes over to his work bench and pulls out four vials of viscous liquid, some parchment, a pinch of black metallic sand, a red see through sphere and a bottle of pure sparkling water from chest Z03146.

"Alright let's get to work on this Phantasmagoria Scroll."

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Hello! I'm back and truth be told if I hadn't been reading Negima this would have taken much longer to come out. That chapter on Magia Erebae and the Phantasmagoria scroll Jack Rakan pulled out really helped me get this chapter moving. That being said Negima is the property of Ken Akamatsu I'm just borrowing and adding my own twist to his wonderful magic.

Next up Harry goes to Hogwarts and meets new friends and Echo adventures galore.

OK now to answer some Reviews.

Midgardsormr jr & Primusprimefan32: Midgardsormr is tricky I have a few scenarios in mind for the Big Guy I will say that even if he is not seen he is still connected to Zacharius so he will show up later. Triwizard comes to mind but so does what I have planed for the Grand Finale.

Doomsday's Hero: Unfortunately, there are not enough years at Hogwarts to learn all the Jobs. I am trying to stick to one Job a year. I could possibly go and make Harry learn three Jobs for the Triwizard but I think it would really over complicate the story.

Tigertronus433: Mr. Happy is great and I plan on using his Bestiary videos as inspiration. Ethys' lore videos will also be used as a resource as well.

Sonic Nerd: I have two Ideas for a World of Warcraft / Harry Potter Crossover. I want to at least finish Book 1 first before I start anything else though.

Rune-Dovahkiin: Please go to the lodestone play guide deep dungeon on the Final Fantasy XIV Website for answers there is so much information that I do not feel I could explain well enough to do justice to the magnificence (Horror) that is Palace of the Dead.

Thunder Dragon: Hedwig will be showing up next chapter don't think I forgot about her. Harry will not have any more familiars. Now Luna on the other hand might get a few. As for Voldemort having new Powers yes and no. First couple of times he is going to be the same as cannon. And then he meets an Ascian and well we know how much they love to screw with us don't we.

Leviathan's Heir: Let just say it involves a snake and a lake. That poor giant squid.

Loki's Tongue: Quatermass is one of my favorite authors on FF and I have read his Cetra Heritage Cycle. It was one of my inspirations for writing this story.

5/2/2019 Edit: Hey there as I continue working on this story; I realized that having at least one Job per year would be too much for myself and for Harry deal with as I feel it would burn both of us out. So, one edit later and a bit of tweaking on the chapters that I am still working on and Harry becomes a Red Mage. As I stated earlier I will be changing the number of Jobs Harry will have down from seven to four. Two DPS (RDM [Caster] and one other TBD) One Healer (White Mage) and One Tank (either DRK or Gunbreaker [though I would need to play that class first before I would let Harry take the reins]). As for those who asked if the others of Harry's group would be getting some Job love I have thought about it and while I cannot say for sure that they would have a place in the story I have picked out Jobs for them.

Luna: Scholar / Summoner (yes, she would train in both Jobs since technically they have the same base class Arcanist)

Weapon: Encyclopedia Quibbler (Scholar) but flip it upside down and it becomes… Pandora's Grimoire (Summoner)(cookies to those who get the reference, double if you get both references)

Hermione: Black Mage

Weapon: High Allagan Rod

Ron: Truth be told Ron is Tricky I could go tank and let him be a Warrior, or he could be more like his dad (in this story at least), Arthur, who likes to tinker with machines so a Machinist. So, Ron is still TBD.

Neville: Botanist… sorry I went there. Really though, I can see Neville as a White Mage (since the base class is a Conjuror deals with Nature and keeping the Twelves Wood in balance) plus being a White Mage means he could find a way to heal his parents and I am a sucker for happy endings.

Weapon: Black Willow Cane

Ginny: Truth be told Ginny is also Tricky her signature Bat Boegy Hex makes her a candidate for Black Mage, but her skills as a seeker also make note of her agility so Ninja is also a possibility in my mind.

These five are my main focus on those who would get Jobs outside of Harry.