Chapter 4:
Six years prior:
A young Harry sat at a desk within the Slytherin manors library reading a large black book by candlelight which was the only light available expect for the silver lines of light coming through the windows
"so what do you think?" Salazar's painting asked Harry
"well I already had a loose view on what light and dark magic is but now I understand it's not the spell that matters it's the intent of the cast as single use spells only work if the caster wishes for what that spell does, the magic isn't dark it's the caster." Harry answered
"good now you aren't limited to using what spells you can learn, if one wishes true magical perfection they cannot leave knowledge out because of their views of what's right or wrong, a spell looked upon as dark in one situation can save lives in another it's best to be prepared for all situations."
"agreed but I'm still human so I need sleep" Harry said leaving for his new bedroom
The next day Harry woke up to his breakfast already made by the house elves which were never seen or heard by Harry. During the morning Salazar had Harry hang up empty paintings around the house so that he could jump to anywhere in the manor, he then had Harry do some light physical exercises. After a small lunch Harry asked how he could practice magic without a wand and Salazar suggested that Harry check his vaults at Gringotts for any his ancestors may have left until he was old enough to get his wand from a proper crafter. So Harry took the floo to the leaky cauldron and as before snuck in behind a family that opened the wall up. Once in Gringotts Harry asked the teller to hand him his file on his belongings and found that in the Le Fay vault there was a whole sections under 'heirlooms'. So Harry made his way down to the Le Fay vaults and made his way through the labyrinth or tunnel and rooms inside the vault until he reached the heirlooms room. The room was full of precious stones, jewellery and other trinkets, once he sorted through all that he found a small collection of wands still in their boxes and so he tried a few until he found one that would suit its purpose. A white wand with a series of cravings at the handle. Harry pocketed the wand and made his way back to the old pub but then he went past the news vendors and on their papers headlines 'Potter child missing! Death eaters involved?' Harry only smirked
'so they finally realised' he thought to himself and continued home.
"they've finally realised I'm missing" Harry hissed at the painting in the library
"it will do them no good only you know of this location, now since you now have a wand the first spells I want you to practice is charms the bread and butter of magic it will be a nice introduction"
So Harry spent the rest of the day practicing charms on any items he could get his hands on levitating books and summoning quills, he picked it up easily as it was only putting into practice what he had been studying all those years. After a very nice meal Harry went to sit in the living area in front of the large fireplace in there, he had spent most of his time in the library even eating there but Harry found it much comfier in here and now he could use the summoning charm he didn't even have to get out of his seat as long as he knew which book he wanted. So there he was sitting on an expensive looking sofa contemplating the day's events he liked to do this to make sure he didn't miss anything. Until the portrait frame in there was filled by Salazar
"now every night before you go to sleep you are to read a book on wandless magic one has already been placed by your night stand" he spoke
"the house elves should be thanked" Harry said back
"then thank them, just as the runes in this manor they are also keyed to you so they can always hear you"
"but why wandless magic? Only a selected number of adult wizards in the world can perform it"
"because of your blood, much to the light sides displeasure there is power in wizarding blood as many families have special abilities they past down such as your old family they are competent flyers before even holding a broom"
"it's worth looking into anyway best to try and it not be there than to waste a talent" Harry agreed but was getting very tired and wanted to get to bed as fast as possible
"good, now of to bed" Salazar ordered
"yes Professor" Harry smirked before complying
The next year of Harry's life went on just like this him practicing all branches of magic and getting taught by Salazar when the subjects got harder (hey he was a teacher in life). Harry flew through the lessons rarely failing in his attempts but when he did that just increased his determination. At this point Harry could go head to head with any second year at Hogwarts and come out on top. When Harry reached the age of 10 Salazar started to teach him Curses and hexes which the boy had been learning in secret anyway and which behaviour Salazar encouraged saying it was healthy for a young Slytherin to disregard the rules set by others as long as they weren't caught. This type of magic was darker in nature and as so was to be monitored by Salazar because as he put it these types of spells gave the caster a quicker amount of power and as so could become addictive but they could not change a person as the Dark arts could. Harry much to the delight of Salazar he took to it as if he was born to do it and Harry showed more promise with fire based spells such as the fire curse and fire whip curse. Harry loved his life he was becoming more powerful than he could have ever dreamed of. Harry during this time had to limit the time he spent away from the manor because the last time he went to Gringotts to look at more artefacts there were missing posters of him in the alley and he drew many strange looks from the other people in the alley.
When Harry turned thirteen Salazar said it was time for Harry to learn the dark arts because at thirteen his body and magic were maturing and if Harry used the dark arts while it was doing so his core would become used to dark magic and result in him having a higher resistance to the less desirable effects of using the dark arts. So Harry armed with the Slytherin library started to learn dark curses, potions and even rituals. Once when Harry was reading a book on rituals he saw one that would increase his magical reserves and this particular ritual had different levels which meant Harry could gradually increase the strength of the change so less risk involved. He brought the subject with Salazar who grudgingly gave Harry his blessing as long as he could supervise it. Being a low level ritual it only took a few resources such as the correct runes and dragon blood mixed with his blood, which Harry found in the manors laboratory. Salazar as birthday gifts told Harry secrets about the manor and its secrets a different secret for every year, the guy was a painting what else could he give? Harry completed the ritual but passed out after its completion as his body was trying to handle the power boost.
When Harry was fourteen Harry continued his lessons in the dark arts along with his research into the more advanced subjects of the core magical branches such as potions, transfiguration and charms. During that year Harry completed the second level of the power ritual and another ritual that increased his healing and regeneration of his magic reserves though it was another low level ritual. Harry during this time also got into the habit of carving runes into his clothing for example runes meaning speed on his shoes or warmth on his dragon leather jacket he had found in a wardrobe in one of the guests rooms so when he pushed a bit of his magic into the runes they would activate.
Harry then started to realise others his age would be entering their fourth year at their magical schools, this made Harry think that if only had more time to practice so when the time came for him to the wizarding world he would be unstoppable. Then it struck Harry amongst his reading of most of the books in his library he had come across mentions of how magic could be used to manipulate time. So Harry made his way to the library and looked for the category marked with mystic arts then bingo there it was a collection of pieces on how a wizard in Africa had created a confined space where time moved slower than that of the time outside the space. Harry read through everything he could find on the subject until he had all the right conditions set up around his own bedroom
"are you sure about this boy consequences always come to those who mess with time" Salazar hissed from a frame
"ye I mean what could go wrong?" Harry said confidently
Harry entered his room closing the door which completed the line of runes on it and the wall, Harry felt it instantly a constant pulse of magic around his room similar to repulsing runes that was around the manor the runes he had in his room was repelling time itself.
'ha see Sal no problems' Harry thought as he lay down on his bed and opened a book
This success lasted for about two days in Harry's time for when he decided to wash and it came time for him to look in the mirror he found himself with a full beard. In a panic Harry deactivated the runes and exited his room
'what went wrong?' he asked himself inspecting the runes
"wow how many years has it been?" a painting of Salazar asked from his frame in the hall
"shut up paintings can't tell time you're only awake when someone is around you" Harry hissed back
"did you draw the runes properly?"
"of course I did it's me"
"did you get the values of the runes inside correct against the ones on the outside?"
Harry then realised the problem when the books brought up the runes it stated that the runes must be set to different values depending on the amount of time they wanted time to slow in the chamber or as the book put it the X and Y value.
"hahahaha" Salazar laughed
"I'm never going to hear then end of this"
Time skip a few months and Harry was working on collecting what he needed for a ritual that would enhance his physical body in every aspect. He was in the forested area of his estate around the manor collecting what he would need. His ancestors had made sure the forest was full of magical plants and creatures. Harry was using wandless magic to summon the items he needed as practice, thanks to his older body which was about 18 Salazar guest meant that he had a more developed magical core which allowed him to use more difficult types of magic for regular use such as wandless magic. He was looking for a specific root that only grew in Acromantula nests until he found a collection of the huge spiders using the fiendfyre curse to scare away or kill the spiders he made his way to the core of the nest where he found a silver glowing root
'the alpha of the nest must've died' Harry thought as he hadn't seen any giant spiders large than average it would explain why there were so few of them. Taking the root he made his way back out of the nest covered in cobwebs, whilst complaining Harry realised how quiet the wood was so he sent out a magical probe to see what was going on till he felt a strong presence. Dropping his basket of items had whipped out his wand whatever was coming was too strong for him just to use wandless magic. The light around him seemed to dim and the air became cooler, Harry prepared the strongest spells he knew but only two would work the fiendfyre curse and the killing curse. Then in a burst of dark light a birds figure burst into being, Harry with the killing curse on his lips took a moment before casting a saw the bird was a phoenix bust unlike the ones Harry knew about this one was pitch black and it also was looking at him just looking at him.
"hey I just want to be on my way I don't want to fight you" Harry said 'why am I talking to a bird?'
The black phoenix gave a Happy chirp and Harry took a slow step backwards still looking at it, this made the bird move closer to him
"is it me you want?" Harry asked again the bird gave a happy chirp
"and why would you..." before Harry could finished the phoenix swooped in and landed on his shoulder and Harry tensed like a child being handed a snake which in Harry's case would be fine but this was an incredibly powerful magical creature but then the bird started pecking his ear playfully
"do you want to come home with me?" Harry asked and the bird rolled its eyes?
Harry then gathered his items and headed back to the manor the bird still happily on his shoulder. When Harry showed Salazar the phoenix he was surprised to say the least and said that it was a shadow phoenix and they were so rare only two had been recorded in history. Harry deciding to take this as a good sign decided to continue with his plan of the ritual
"blood of the unicorn grant me unyielding health" Harry said drinking a vial of silvery blood
"heart of a dragon grant me strength and durability" this time Harry took a bit of a huge looking heart and swallowed
The he wondered what he could do to increase his healing abilities, as if it could hear Harry's thoughts the phoenix flew to his side and chirped. 'Of course phoenix tears' Harry thought
"tears of the phoenix grant me regeneration" Harry said then the bird dropped a single tear in his mouth
After a few minutes Harry started to feel drowsy as the tears hadn't been a factor he prepared runes for
'it's find I just need a magical binder Vampire venom should do, crap I used the last of it up last time. Great another trip to Transylvania' Vampire venom only turned people if it is injected straight into the blood stream but if it was ingested via the kidney it had many valuable qualities
So Harry put on his jacket and picked up a silver knife from his bedside draw since it would be more effective than spells. So Harry apperated to Transylvania's outskirts and started looking for some stray vampires. After about half an hour of searching he found one vampire alone, taking his wand in his right hand and the knife in his left he shot a overpowered lumos spell to blind the target and then slashed with his knife gathering a good amount on the blade before stabbing the Vampire through the heart destroying it
'must've been a freshly turned that was too easy' Harry thought collecting the blood from his knife into a vial. Then a noticed another vampire approaching
"ah the turner I presume" Harry smiled
But before he could attack a blue portal appeared next to them and sucked the Vampire in causing Harry to start laughing but he stopped when he got sucked in.
End chapter 4.