Harry Potter the God Slaying Sword

ESKK: Let's start this chapter and please let me know if any of you would like to do a character reaction reading for this fic I'd like to be the first to be informed about such a fic.

(Start)

Harry and Al were gathered in Hagrid's hut with Hermione and Ron as Al was pasting in one of her rages over the Daily Prophet and that Draco did that. "The Nerve of that little platinum blond weasel!" Al roared as she pasted back and forth in an angry tirade.

"Sorry about her everyone." Harry said as they waited for Joseph and Elisa to rejoin them.

"I don't blame her mate if I was in your position I'd do the same." Ron said as he didn't want to be Draco when Al got her hands on him and his cronies.

Soon a knock on the door was heard as Hagrid heard this and saw it was Joseph and Elisa as they ran in. "Welcome ten." Hagrid said as he was only slightly annoyed that Joseph had barged in like that.

"Hey guys I heard what happened!" Joseph called as he ran inside the hut avoiding Fang who coward before him.

"How did Draco get your photo Joseph?" Hermione asked as Joseph looked.

"He must have gotten it before we got detention might have waited till I wasn't paying attention and tore the part off and sent it to the Prophet. He may have put a charm on it till the original part returned and then put it back." Joseph said as Elisa sighed.

"I told you a photo album would have worked better Joseph." Elisa said taking a random seat.

"I know I should have listened I'm not always right you know." Joseph said as Harry looked and couldn't help but agree with his friend.

"So what do we do till this blows over?" Ron asked as Joseph looked.

"I say during the day we hide out here until it does and then come night stay in bed till morning." Joseph said as that was there best bet.

"We? You're not the one Draco told a bloody lie on to the Daily Prophet." Al snapped but she appreciated Joseph's concern. "But I think things are only going to start getting worse from here on out." Al said as she was referring to Master Therion being on Hogwarts grounds apparently able to enter and exit without any major effort or problems.

"Yeah…" Joseph said as he then sighed. "Guys… can I be honest here?" Joseph asked as he looked to his group of friends.

"Go ahead." Harry said as Joseph looked to Elisa and nodded.

"I think someone is trying to steal the philosopher stone." Joseph said as Harry and everyone looked.

"How?" Al asked as she made a signal for Joseph to keep it download.

"I met a Centaur in the woods after the earthquake hit and… I think someone really wants that stone I don't know who or why though I just know." Joseph confessed as Elisa looked.

"I think we should tell a teacher to have them double up on the stones protection." Elisa said as she made a tone showing here wasn't a good place to talk about it.

"That probably be best." Hagrid said as he wasn't well versed on Master Therion's existence as a Major Dark Lord of great power.

"Come on I think the heat died down." Joseph said as he got up as they all agreed on this.

(Later at the Lake)

The group gathered as they were alone at the lake near Hogwarts as Harry was the first who spoke on his theory of the possible thief. "Snape wants the stone for Voldemort," Harry said rather plainly.

Ron physically shuddered several times in a row before he hissed, "Don't say that name."

"Ok which name do you prefer the M and T words or the V word?" Al countered as Ron actually looked like he was debating on the lesser of two evils between Voldemort and Master Therion. That was when Al realized what the two had said about Snape. "Hang on, you lot still suspect Snape?" Al asked as she just felt that Snape wasn't the thief somehow.

"Hmmm, let's see here-who else would be evil enough to try and do something like this?" Ron scoffed. "It just makes sense. I mean, he is a Slytherin after all." Ron said as then Joseph and Elisa cleared their throats as Ron realized what he did just now. "I didn't mean you two I mean most other Slytherin's." Ron said as Al sighed.

"Ron… just shut up." Al said as she knew Ron dug his grave just now.

"Also for the record Ron being a Slytherin doesn't equate with being evil." Elisa retorted as she glared at Ron on this subject.

But before Ron could get another jab in, Hermione spoke up. "Perhaps we should continue this somewhere else before Filch comes back." Hermione began as she looked around to make sure no one was listening. "Like the common room tonight before the new Harry Al fan club ends up waiting up for you two Harry and Al." Hermione said as Joseph nodded as did Elisa.

"Ok then let me know when you guys are going to try something." Joseph said as then he remembered something important. "By the way guys you should know I looked up a bit on Cerberus's and well music tends to knock them out." Joseph said as then when he said this everyone realized what this meant.

"Wait you don't think." Ron said as for a teacher the Cerberus if one knows the secret would be child's play why fight it when you can sneak around it as it sleeps.

"Uh oh." Joseph said realizing how bad this will turn out if they don't hurry.

"Wait before we jump the gun we need to discuss the clues we have thus far." Al said as everyone agreed on this.

"No for starters it's more than Fluffy defending the stone that much is certain." Joseph began as Elisa nodded.

"Yes its only logical a guard dog alone won't keep the thing defender perhaps a gauntlet stands between the thief and the stone's location." Elisa said as she used common sense.

"Ok so we know that the stone turns any metal into pure gold…" Harry stated as they all learned this.

"And produces the Elixir of Life," Al added in as Hermione nodded.

"So it grants immortality if done right." Hermione said as she looked to her friends.

Harry nodded his head. "Well, Snape wants it and he's bullying Quirrell into helping him. I heard Snape tell Quirrell that he needs help getting past the hocus-pocus to get to the Philosopher's Stone. So there's more than just, Fluffy guarding the stone like Elisa said." Harry said as Ron was kind of getting an understanding of this.

"Are you sure that's what Snape said?" Joseph asked as Harry nodded his head in response. "Well, then if it's up to Quirrell to defend the stone, we're doomed." Joseph said knowing Quirrell shouldn't even teach DADA with his personality.

"Hang on though, maybe we're not giving Quirrell enough credit. I'm guessing, at least as of last night, Snape hasn't gotten the stone yet. After we saw last night…" Al said as it was clear Quirrell was aware of the stone but to her he was suspicious like Ron's inherited pet Rat.

"You mean Voldemort." Harry said as Ron shivered at that one but not as bad as before knowing Master Therion was far worse.

"Yes, if he still needs unicorn blood then, he couldn't have used the Philosopher's Stone yet." Al said as things were starting to finally add up now bit by bit.

"So, Snape is working for You-Know-Who." Ron said finally giving his two scents here.

"It makes sense though." Harry said as Joseph then spoke up as he rolled his eyes to his two Gryffindor friends.

You only say that because you hate him." Joseph said as Elisa agreed on this.

Harry looked at his childhood friend pointedly. "And you're only saying that because he doesn't hate you." Harry countered as then Elisa spoke up for this argument between the two.

"He might not hate Joseph, but that doesn't mean he likes him." Elisa defended Joseph while also trying to defend Harry and Joseph's friendship.

This time it was Harry who rolled his eyes. "I'm pretty sure not hating someone is Snape for liking someone." Harry partially joked and majorly argued as he did know Joseph had a gift for potions.

Al sighed, knowing that she wasn't going to win that argument with her contract holder and master. But the more Al thought about it, the more Harry's words made sense...at least concerning Snape working for Voldemort. She hadn't wanted to believe it, but she was resigned to giving her owner the benefit of the doubt on this one for the time being. "Now what?" Al asked as they needed a plan of action to use.

"Well, we can't tell the teachers, they trust Snape," Harry offered as he may have a plan for Joseph and Elisa to take part in.

"I kind of figured that," Joseph responded. "But I'm guessing there's something you want me to do." Joseph asked as he looked to Harry who nodded his head rather sheepishly. "Keep an eye on Snape, right? You want me to keep an eye on him?" Joseph asked as Harry nodded his head again. "I'll do my best, but I'm not going too far out of my way to stalk him. He'll get suspicious, assuming he already isn't." Joseph said as he looked to Harry before he spoke.

"By the way Harry…" Joseph began as he then reached into his pocket and pulled something out and showed it to him. Harry looked and saw a photograph and was wide eyed as he saw it was the Potter family with Nero as they were smiling with three other unknown people as Harry saw this. "This… was in the box during Christmas and… well I finally have a clear picture of what my mother looked like." Joseph said as he pointed to Nero who was next to Lily as the two looked more like sisters than anything else.

"Ok… I'm happy for you Joseph." Harry said as he was happy as the picture also showed him true images of his own parents smiling.

"Wait remember when Hagrid had the Dragon Egg how he got it?" Al asked as something had just occurred to her she missed.

"Yes why?" Hermione asked as Al looked.

"Well hear me out for a second Hagrid said the guy was awfully glad to be rid of it. Now one would assume he stole it from a Dragon Nest which would have meant the mother would have hunted it down but the mother never showed up." Al began as Ron began to see it. "Hagrid placed Fluffy to protect the stone so wouldn't that mean Hagrid knew how to get passed fluffy also?" Al asked as it began to make sense.

"Wait are you suggesting that the person who gave Hagrid the egg tricked him on how to get passed Fluffy?" Hermione asked as Ron looked shocked.

"Why didn't we think of that before?!" Ron asked as Al glared.

"Because you're an idiot." Al said as Harry sighed.

"Walked into that one Ron." Harry said as Joseph and Elisa both agreed with Harry on that one.

"Ok then let's go we have enough clues to make a valid warning to a teacher." Joseph said putting the picture away as they knew which teacher to inform about this new and dangerous development.

"Well we better move fast otherwise we may end up too late." Al said as everyone agreed they had to hurry to Professor McGonagall office.

(Later McGonagall's office)

Harry and Al eventually led their small group into the Transfiguration classroom where Professor McGonagall appeared to be busy grading written exams. Joseph and Elisa had to admit that they wasn't completely sure why they were visiting Professor McGonagall. If it was because she was deputy headmistress they would understand seeing as she is second in command to Albus in the going on within Hogwarts and it was just logical. So relying on the logic that she was deputy headmistress they went along with it.

The six students stopped in front of McGonagall's desk and the professor looked at them curiously. "We need to see Professor Dumbledore immediately!" Harry announced to the deputy headmistress knowing that he himself needed to keep the Marauders Organization a secret until Therion forces there hand to reveal themselves to the populace of the world.

Professor McGonagall scrutinized the first years in front of her for a moment before she answered, "I'm afraid Professor Dumbledore is not here. He received an urgent owl from the Ministry of Magic and left immediately for London."

"You're kidding, right?" Ron asked.

"Why on earth would I be kidding, Mr. Weasley?" Professor McGonagall said, looking over the brim of her spectacles at Ron who sheepishly shied away.

"He's gone? Now? But this is important!" Harry groaned. "This is about the Philosopher's Stone!" Harry called out as Al cringed and face palmed herself for that.

No one knew they knew about the stone...except for maybe Hagrid. The fact that they knew was news to Professor McGonagall. She sat up a little straighter and started, "How do you know…?"

But Harry interjected before she could finish. "Someone's going to try to steal it!" Harry announced as Al glared to Harry on this one.

"They obviously know that Harry." Al muttered to herself. "Otherwise they wouldn't be protecting it." Al silently said as it was obvious. "So thank you captain obvious." Al said to herself as this entire mission to recruit new members was huge annoying headache.

"Professor McGonagall, I agree with Harry that someone going to try to…" Hermione started but was interrupted when Professor McGonagall put her hand up to stop the girl from continuing.

Professor McGonagall slowly stood to her feet and walked to the front of her desk. She glanced at each of the first years in front of her rather sternly. "Now, I don't know how you six found out about the Stone, but I assure you, as Miss Azif suggested, it is perfectly well protected. It's a nice day outside and I suggest you enjoy it or arrangements for detention can be made."

"I think we'll be going. One detention was more than enough this year," Al said to Professor McGonagall before she yanked Harry by the arm with Elisa doing the same for Joseph as they both pulled them away before either said something stupid especially Joseph as Elisa knew he would jump to Harry's aid at the drop of a single bruised face. Ron and Hermione walked behind them.

The four first years walked into the near-empty corridor with their heads hanging slightly. They came to a stop and Leila pushed herself onto one of the ledges as Harry, Al, and Ron stood huddled in front of her. "Well, I'll just say what we're all thinking," Al said as she knew this may mean they have to jump in. "This isn't good." Al said as Joseph and Elisa agreed there.

"I thought for sure you'd agree with Professor McGonagall since it's protected." Harry said as he knew he and Al could stop Snape's scheme.

But Elisa jumped in and shook her head. "Dumbledore leaving is no accident." Elisa said as she looked to her fiend's on this subject.

"I hate to say it, but she's right." Hermione sighed as Harry wasn't convinced nor was Al. "Snape probably purposely sent that message to the Ministry or even Dumbledore himself. He knows that Dumbledore is the only one that could stop him." Hermione said as it began to add up.

"And that was no stranger Hagrid met in the village. It was Snape. Which means he knows how to get past Fluffy." Joseph added as he honestly didn't want to believe Snape was responsible for this.

"Well, this just keeps getting better and better." Ron groaned sarcastically.

"And with Dumbledore gone…" Hermione began before stopping suddenly.

"We'll have to do this ourselves." Al said as everyone looked shocked save for Harry.

"Pardon?" Joseph asked as he was shocked as was Elisa.

"Let's think for a minute Joseph can plan about 10 or 50 moves ahead he's probably already figured out how we can get to the trap door Fluffy is guarding." Al said as Joseph cleared his throat as Elisa could agree there. "Plus if the teachers are guarding the stone with traps designed by them I can bet you all of us exceeds in one of those classes each so we can work together to solve them and get to the stone. Joseph is a wiz in Potions and we already know how to get pass Fluffy." Joseph said as it began to add up for them.

"So you're saying we need to do this ourselves." Elisa spoke as Ron gulped a bit.

"Heh just like dungeons and dragons we're the party of adventurers ready to enter a dungeon to complete a noble quest." Joseph said as Ron looked confused.

"Dungeon and Dragons?" Ron asked as Joseph looked.

"Ok come summer I am inviting you guys all over for a game of it." Joseph said as it was one of his favorite games after all.

"Good afternoon," Snape drawled from behind the trio of Gryffindor's. Joseph and Elisa mentally kicking themselves for not noticing him sooner and judging from the looks on the Gryffindor's faces, they did too. "Now, what are four young Gryffindor's and two Slytherin's, such as yourselves doing inside on a day like this?" He asked as Joseph had an idea.

"Well, we were-uh-just-uh…" Granger stuttered and Harry and Ron looked at Joseph to save them as he then gave them the 'I got this look.'

"See professor we were talking about this muggle board game I played with Harry when we lived in the Muggle world. It's called Dungeons and Dragons an RPG Tabletop game that me and Harry played a lot with Al and Elisa and on rare occasions Harry's cousin Dudley." Joseph covered for them as he smiled. "See I wanted to invite Hermione and Ron over during the summer to play it seeing as Hermione is a Mundane born witch and Ron could use a bit more of Mundane in his life." Joseph said as Hermione nodded.

"Yes! I never played it before so we were discussing when we could meet up and where to meet up at during the summer break." Hermione said as Ron nodded innocently.

"But your right Professor we need some fresh air on such a wonderful day who knows we may end up LARPing a bit and look like children while we're at it." Joseph said as Snape looked confused as he saw Nero there for a moment.

"LARPing Mr. Theo?" Snape as Joseph nodded.

"Yes Live Action Role Playing and not to be rude but RPG stands for Role Playing Game." Joseph explained covering for his friends.

"You ought to be careful," Snape drawled. 'People will think you're...up to something." Snape arched an eyebrow at them. Then without another word, his expression changed to a scowl and he quickly turned on his heel to walk away.

The six breathed sighs of relief when Snape rounded a corner and was no longer visible. "Phew! That was closed," Ron breathed, holding his chest where his heart was wildly beating. "I thought we were goners." He said as he was grateful for Joseph helping them.

"Any moments longer with Hermione covering us, and we would have been goners." Elisa said as she then looked to Hermione. "No offense intended." She said as she honestly didn't mean anything offensive from it.

"None taken." Hermione said as she didn't deny the truth.

"Regardless though what's important right now is what are we going to do to stop Snape." Al said as this has become a Marauders Organization mission now.

"We? As in the six of us?" Joseph asked incredulously looking between the four Gryffindor's.

They all remained silent for a moment, but then Harry nodded his head before he responded solemnly, "There's only one thing we can do. We go down the trapdoor. Tonight."

"Ok then I'll come up with a plan to get me out of the common room you guys be ready to get me and Elisa with the Invisibility cloak ok." Joseph said as Harry nodded.

"Will do." Harry said as the group parted ways as Joseph walked away with Elisa but the two as they walked made a small sinister smirk as no doubt Master Therion was going to be making an entrance for the Philosopher Stone Tonight.

(Scene Break that Night Daphne)

Daphne was going over the data from HQ as she saw from Harry Al's report that they were going to move in on the Philosopher Stone. Daphne knew Master Therion could use that somehow but she also knew he wasn't interested in eternal life or gold so why did he want it. She may have to look at a worldwide standpoint to figure it out. But she then saw with the reports were two letters of recommendation for recruitment as she knew who they were for and knew Harry and Al must trust those two young First Year Gryffindor friends.

"Hopefully they can aid in our war somehow." Daphne said as she knew they needed all the help they can get against the Black Lodge.

(Meanwhile Gryffindor Tower)

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Al climbed down the steps as Ron held the cloak as they were in normal clothing. Al herself was back in her normal garb as well glad to be out of those stuffy robes at long last. As they descended the steps they heard croaking as they looked and saw a familiar toad. "Trevor." Harry said as Al looked to the pet toad.

"Should I make fried toad red neck style?" Al asked hoping to scare the toad off somehow.

"Shh." Hermione shushed her as if Trevor was here Neville may be nearby.

"Shh Trevor go on you should be here!" Ron whispered as Trevor didn't budge as from the chair Trevor was on Neville showed up.

"Neither should you." Neville said as he looked to the four. "Your sneaking out again aren't you?" Neville asked as Harry looked.

"Now Neville listen we were just." Harry tried to explain but Neville cut them off.

"No! I won't let you you'll get Gryffindor into trouble again." Neville said as he looked to his housemates. "I-I'll fight you." He said as he then took an untrained sloppy combat stance for what a man being mugged would take against a mugger.

"Oh forget this." Al said walking up to Neville and tapping his forehead causing Neville to freeze up from a Petrificus Totalus charm and in turn fall to the ground out for a good amount of time for the group to act fast. Ron and Hermione looked shocked to Al as they did not expect her to do that or even pull it off. "What?" She asked as Ron looked.

"How… did you do that?" He asked as Al glared.

"I'm a Grimoire I thought we've been over this already." Al said as that made sense considering she was a Grimoire with a physical form it should be no surprised she can easily cast spells.

"Well saves me the time then I suppose." Hermione said as she was going to do the spell herself as well.

"You know." Ron began as he gulped a bit. "You're a little scary sometimes the two of you brilliant but scary." Ron said as he did not want to ever get on Al's bad side at any point in time.

"Let's go." Harry said as he faced Dagon one time so he didn't think there could be anything scarier than an incomplete Elder God.

(Later in the halls)

Joseph and Elisa were walking about the barely lit halls of Hogwarts looking for their group as they should have been here already. "Dammit where are you guys?" Joseph asked as Elisa looked around.

"They may have ran into trouble on the way out." Elisa said as they wondered the hall.

"Joseph, Elisa." Harry's voice whispered as the two looked to the source as Elisa ended up having her pony tail slap her in the face as she sputtered a bit from that before removing the hair from her mouth. This gave Harry enough time to run down the corridor toward her, panting for breath.

"Sorry," Harry wheezed when he approached his friends. "We ran into a little issue. Neville actually decided to stand up for himself and the worst bloody time." Harry said as Joseph understood.

"No problem I already ran the math if we don't hurry we'll be too late." Joseph said as Harry understood.

When the four arrived at the third-floor corridor, Joseph scanned the area for Weasley and Granger, but he couldn't spot them. Suddenly, Ron Weasley's head appeared out of nowhere as Joseph and Elisa nodded to him. Ron quickly motioned for them both to get under the Cloak. So, Harry, Joseph, and Elisa did as they were told. Good thing too, because seconds later, Peeves rounded the corner. He must have heard their feet move from trying to situate themselves because he called, "Who goes there?"

The six first years, under the Invisibility Cloak, froze. They had come so close only to be thwarted by a pest like Peeves. Joseph made a gesture to follow his lead no doubt anticipating Peeves showing up during their little scheme for the stone.

"Should call Filch, I should," Peeves taunted. "Specially, if there's somethin' a-creepin' unseen." He said as Joseph then silently cleared his throat here.

"Peeves!" Joseph said in a hoarse, low voice that could even make him sound like a Bloody Baron clone. A hand reached out to cover his mouth, but Elisa quickly slapped it away. Clearly, no one was catching onto his plan save for Harry, Al, and Elisa. "Peeves! You will answer when the Bloody Baron calls you!" Joseph called a little louder this time in the same deep, hoarse voice. It was then that the three Gryffindor's figured out what Joseph was doing.

"So-so sorry your bloodiness," Peeves stammered, turning around in circles with his face hidden behind his hands. It was clear he was looking for the Bloody Baron while trying not to see him at the exact same time. "My mistake-my mistake. Please forgives old Peevesies for this little joke." Peeves said as Joseph in turn remained quiet with his eyes on Peeves for a moment. It was almost enjoyable watching the poltergeist squirm. Ron nudged Joseph in the arm after he had been quiet a little too long.

"Now, Peeves, I have business in this part of the castle tonight," Joseph pretending to be the Bloody Baron continued. "I don't want you interfering...again. So, stay away. I think we both remember the last time…" He said as even Joseph knew of what happened the last time from his fellow Slytherin's.

Peeves squealed and his face with his hands. "Yes-very well, your bloodiness. Peevesies remembers a little too well," he said as he rubbed at his bottom. "Peevesies will leave now, your bloodiness. Peeves hope-hopes your business goes well. Peeves will not bother. No, he will not." The poltergeist quickly zoomed away in the opposite direction of the First Year Quintet.

The group stood there frozen for a moment until they were sure that Peeves couldn't hear them. Then Joseph bent over and started to cough though he was faking it honestly. He grasped at his throat, which he did to make it seem as it was sore from talking so low before puberty took full effect on him. Harry gently patted his best friend's back. But it was Ron that shocked her. "That...was...brilliant!" Ron gasped in shock at what Joseph just did for them.

"Next time we need to do that you guys are on you own." Joseph snapped but was glad he could help.

"Don't worry hopefully we won't have to." Joseph said as he looked. "Now let's hurry we're short on time after all." Joseph said as they had to get the stone before the thief can get to it before them.

So, they walked silently under the Invisibility Cloak until they reached the door the door Al had snuck into months ago. As they came to a stop, Ron accidentally trampled on both Al and Hermione's feet. Both girls shared an annoyed groan when Hermione pulled out her wand to unlock the door.

"Alohamora!" Hermione whispered as then there was a small click and the door unlocked. She reached for the door handle when Harry reached out and grabbed her hand to stop her.

"If any of you want to go back now, I won't blame you...any of you," Harry whispered glancing specifically at his two longtime best friends in Slytherin. "You're more than welcome to take the Invisibility Cloak and go return to your dormitory, me and Al can go the rest of the way." Harry said as he looked to his group of friends. It was then that Ron spoke up first to their rag tag team of misfits.

"Don't be stupid mate," Ron responded. "We've made it this far, haven't we?" Ron said as he looked Harry ready to roll.

"Ron's right, Harry, Al." Hermione piped in. "We're coming." Hermione said as she wasn't going to let her friends walk into danger alone especially since Al was an age old Grimoire and the book worm can never turn down a book with knowledge.

"What you're going to go in alone mate? We always did everything together ever since we were eight Harry you're not going in without me." Joseph said patting Harry's shoulder.

"I will also come Joseph may be smarter then all of us but he rarely sees when he bites off more than he can chew." Elisa said as those events have happened many time before.

Not questioning her any further Harry ended up smiling happy to have made so many good and close friends. Harry then reached out and twisted the doorknob, opening the door. It slowly creaked open and the four Gryffindor's and two Slytherin's pushed themselves inside. They were sure to quickly shut the door behind them. For a moment, they remained pressed against the door, remembering their last welcome to the room, but all four of them were shocked to find Fluffy laying down on the floor and not madly barking. Instead, there was an oddly calming tune being strummed.

Ron moved to take a step forward, but Leila and Harry held him back. "Hang on, he's-he's snoring," the Weasley boy observed as low rumbled emitted from the large creature in front of them.

"Well music does sooth the savage beast." Joseph said pointing to the harp that was playing right now.

"If the harp's playing, then that means Snape's already been here and put a spell on it," Harry groaned.

"You probably also could have guessed that from the open trapdoor too." Al said pointing at the ground, several inches from one of Fluffy's paws.

"Great." Elisa said as they had to move before Fluffy woke up.

Harry groaned again before he ripped the Invisibility Cloak off the Quintet as he muttered to himself while he quickly rolled the tight and then stuffed it in his back jeans' pocket. Harry then motioned for Al, Hermione, Joseph, Elisa, and Ron to follow him. The six first years drew closer to the trapdoor...and Fluffy. They all stopped and gathered around the trapdoor and looked down inside. They couldn't see anything except darkness. Whatever was down there was going to remain a secret until they went down there.

Fluffy snored and then exhaled warm air onto the children. "Ugh, doggy breath," Ron groaned. Just then drool dripped from Fluffy's mouth and onto Ron's jumper. "Ugh...and he drooled on me. Disgusting." Ron attempted to wipe the huge glob of drool from his shoulder, but the goop only seemed to stick to his sweater.

"I don't know looks good on you mate." Joseph joked as Ron glared at the jokester Snake.

"Alright, listen up," Harry said he and Al glancing between Hermione, Joseph, Elisa, and Ron. Ron stopped picking at the slobber and wiped his hand against his jeans before he made eye contact with Harry. "I'll go first with Al." Harry told them. "Don't follow until both Al and I give you a sign. If something bad happens or only one or none of us don't you a sign, you get yourselves out. Got it?" Harry said as he was going to make sure everyone got out safe before he, and Al start fighting their way out as a Magius.

Joseph, Elisa, Hermione, and Ron all nodded their heads. Harry nodded his in return before he looked around the room rather curiously. "Hang on. Does it seem a bit quiet to you?" He asked as Al also took notice to the odd silence that arrived.

The six listened carefully for a moment when Al realized what happened. "The harp stopped playing." Al said as they all freaked out a bit.

Another glob of drool fell on Ron. This one fell on his head and ran down his face. He spluttered as he wiped the goop from his face so that he could breathe properly. And before anyone could tell Ron otherwise, he complained rather loudly, "Ugh! Yuck! He did it again!"

Fluffy then opened one eye and looked directly at Al as Joseph and Elisa yelped a bit in response. Al backed away torts Harry ready to form as Joseph and Elisa backed away torts there friends in false fear. "What now?" Ron asked with fear evident in his voice.

"Joseph do your thing." Harry said as Joseph looked shocked by this.

"Fine but if it kills me keep Draco away from my funeral and make sure my entire funeral is a celebration of my life like a big bash money is not an object." Joseph said as he then gulped as Elisa hid behind him.

"Don't die." Elisa whispered as Joseph walked torts Fluffy as it looked at him as the Dog didn't attack but it was on the defensive. The closer Joseph got to it the more it backed up barking and yelping at Joseph as if to keep him away.

"Wow animals really do hate him." Ron said as he should probably bring him over to the burrow it would make pulling the gnomes out a thing of the past for him.

"Guys get into the trapdoor now." Joseph said as he kept his eyes on the alpha head of Fluffy. "NOW!" Joseph yelled as the five nodded as they each jumped in one at a time not knowing how long Joseph can keep the Cerberus away.

One by one the six entered as Joseph now had Cerberus to the corner of the room as it now had nowhere else to back away to as it looked ready to pounce like a cornered animal. When Joseph saw his friends were safe he ran to the trap door as he counted to five until Cerberus went back at them but alas Joseph slid on the ground and got into the trap door as Fluffy tried to attack them.

Joseph and his friends all yelled as they fell downward and in turn landed on a large amount of black vines and plants as Joseph looked around. "Blimey lucky these plants were here." Ron said as Joseph, Al, and Elisa were wide eyed.

"Nobody move a muscle." Al said as she looked to the place around them.

"Why?" Ron asked as soon the vines began to wrap around them as the guys were wide eyed.

"Ok I've seen enough of Dudley's Hentai to know where this is going." Joseph said as Harry was wide eyed.

"Wait what?" Harry asked as Joseph looked.

"I found the stash during his birthday last year not one of my favorite ways of finding out he's going through puberty." Joseph said as Ron looked.

"It's, better you don't know Ron." Hermione said as she knew what Joseph was talking about.

"Stop moving all of you." Hermione said to the struggling group. "It's, devil's snare you all have to relax or it will only kill you faster." Hermione said as Joseph saw this.

"Ok sounds simple enough." Al said as Joseph and Elisa agreed.

"Kill us faster?! Oh now I can relax!" Ron called out as Joseph looked.

"Ron imagine the most fun and relaxing thing you have done in your life thus far focus on it and you will be fine you will survive!" Joseph called as Ron looked.

"Ok fun and relaxing no problem." Ron said as Joseph nodded.

Soon Hermione sunk into the vines followed by Joseph, Elisa, and Al. "Hermione! Joseph! Elisa! Al!" Ron called all four while Harry was silent.

"Wait I still have my contract with Al." Harry said as he still felt the bond.

"Yeah I'm down here Harry!" Al called as Ron and Harry were surprised by this.

"Relax trust us!" Hermione called as soon Harry did so as Ron saw this.

"Harry!" Ron called out as he was now alone.

(With the others)

Joseph had taken out his journal and was doing math as Harry saw this. "HE's not relaxing is he?" Harry asked as Hermione looked.

"No." Hermione said as then Joseph looked.

"Yeah I got this." Joseph said as he had his wand out. "First to avoid a migraine… SHUT UP RON OR I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Joseph yelled out which surprisingly, that worked to shut him up. "Next a spell since these puppies hate light." Joseph said as he got his magic spell ready. "Lumos Solem!" Joseph invoked as he sent a powerful light to perforate the darkness and caused the Devil's Snare to shrivel.

Seconds later, Ron was screaming once again, but not because he was being eaten by a giant plant, but because he free-falling through the air. Ron on landed much like Harry did on the ground which made him groan in pain. Joseph sighed and walked over to him and reached out a hand to help him up. Ron looked at Joseph rather hesitantly with his hand hovering over Joseph's. "You're not really gonna kill me, are you?"

"Nope but it did shut you up. In fact a part of me was wagering that the thought I'd kill you would help you relax. I was wrong." Joseph joked as he gripped his hand on Ron's before she helped pull him up to stand back up.

Ron stretched his arms out and then brushed the dirt from his jumper. "Phew! Lucky we didn't panic!" he announced.

"Really? We?" Al scoffed as she looked to Ron on his words of bull shit. But Harry nudged Al's side with his elbow, which was her cue to stop. Joseph rolled his eyes before he glanced up to where they fell down from.

"Well no going back now." Joseph said as he looked up above.

"Yes only way now is to go forward." Elisa said as Harry then took the lead of things down here.

So, Harry led them down a corridor. The further they walked down it, the louder a strange sound seemed to grow. Joseph and Elisa lagged behind as Joseph looked sadly upon Harry and Al as he stayed out of Ron and Hermione's view as Elisa took Joseph's hand in a comforting squeeze knowing the Outer Great Ones cruelty even to their own half human offspring.

The Quintet came to a stop outside an old wooden door. "Do you hear something?" Hermione asked curiously as they all looked around on this.

"Good I wasn't the only one hearing it." Joseph said as Al looked around also.

"Maybe it's a ghost," Harry suggested.

But Ron shook his head before he cupped his hands around his ear and pressed against the door. "I don't think so, mate," Ron started. He bit his bottom lip for a moment and squinted his eyes, listening carefully to whatever was on the other side of the door. "It sounds like wings." Ron said as Al growled at this information.

"If Hagrid put another bloody creature..." Al started but before she could finish her statement, Ron opened the door. They paused for a moment, but when nothing attempted to attack them they walked into the room, with Ron leading the way.

Inside, were brightly colored jeweled, birds flying about freely. Al reached up to touch one, but if flew a little beyond her reach. Thankfully, Harry managed to get his hands around it. He brought it down for Al and Joseph to see, but when he opened his hand it flew back above their reach.

"Curious." Hermione stated attempting to touch one, but it flew higher before she could touch it. "I've never seen birds like this before." Hermione said as she looked around to the 'birds.'

"That's because they're not birds," Harry responded as he had gotten a good look at them.

"They're keys/" Joseph said in amazement. "It's a charm. Probably Flitwick, I'm guessing." Joseph said as he remembered this class on the subject of enchantments and what not.

"Meaning I have to be sure to thank Professor Sprout for nearly dying back there." Ron muttered sarcastically.

"And let's not forget about Hagrid and Fluffy,' Elisa added as they were all lucky to have Joseph that animals are practically terrified of him.

"How could anyone possibly forget about them?" Ron groaned which made Al softly smile. If they weren't in grave peril, she almost would say that she was enjoying herself.

Hermione huffed as she folded her arms across her chest. "Who cares which professor did what. I want to know, what are the keys for?" She asked as she didn't like being left unaware of things.

Harry was the one with the answer. "I'll bet that one of them fits that door over there." Harry pointed across the room at another old wooden door that most of them had missed.

Ron was the first to run over to the door, nearly running into an old broom that hovered midair. The Weasley boy jiggled the handle of the door. "It's locked!" he called to them before he pulled his wand out and shouted, "Alohamora!" But nothing happened. Ron jiggled the handle again. "Damn. It's still locked. It was worth a shot though." Ron said as Al sighed at this stupid tactic.

"Why didn't they use that spell on the first door?" she groaned referring to the lock which Alohamora wasn't effective. "But no, they had to use a spell that all first years learn. They were just asking for someone to find Fluffy that way." Al ranted as it was like asking for disaster to strike.

"Never mind their methods," Hermione stated while looking to her friend though partially agreeing with Al's statement. "We've got to figure out which key will open that door." She glanced upwards and shook her head. "There's got to be thousands of them flying around up there." Hermione said as Harry looked to his Grimoire.

"Can you undue the lock Al?" Harry asked as Al looked.

"Sure just tell me when you want whatever alert spells there are here to go off as the entire school and Dumbledore realize what we're doing." Al said as she was being cautious about this plus every time the formed there Magius form they shoot out a detectable burst of magic that can be traced if they're not careful.

Ron got down on his knee and examined the lock. "I think we're looking for a big old fashioned one," Ron said. "Probably about this big and rusty like this handle." Ron said as he examined the rusty keyhole in question.

Each member of the quartet glanced upward toward the vaulted ceiling and the shimmering keys overhead. Al could hardly keep track of the ones she attempted to rule out. They always seemed to come back into her viewpoint and then she was never sure if she had already ruled them out or not. Thankfully, Harry, with his Seeker-like reflexes and eyesight spotted it. They key hobbled about a bit as it flew due to its broken wing.

Ron motioned for Harry to walk to the broom. He did, but he shook his head. "It's too simple," Harry offered. "None of the other ones were this simple to figure out." Harry said as something felt off about this.

"Well, technically the Devil's Snare was," Granger retorted knowingly before throwing a somewhat shady glance toward Ron.

Ron rolled his eyes and ignored Hermione. "Oh, go on, Harry." Ron encouraged. "If Snape can catch it on that old broomstick, you can! You're the youngest Seeker in a century!" Ron said as Joseph then cleared his throat on that statement. "Sorry ONE of the TWO younger Seeker's in a century." Ron corrected himself as Joseph smiled at his standing ovation.

"Way to feed his developing Ego Ron." Elisa taunted as they all looked back to Harry as basically either of the two seekers Harry or Joseph would chase down the key on the broom.

Harry then mounted the broom but when he did he was barely atop the broom when the keys began to scatter much faster throughout the room. Harry zoomed through the air, weaving his way through keys that seemed like they were trying to attack him. His Seeker skills were definitely to his benefit as it made it easier for him to focus on getting the one key they needed. They watched as Harry pushed himself into a standing position on the broom, just like he had done at the Gryffindor versus Slytherin match.

"What he's doing it again?!" Al called as Joseph cheered.

"Go Harry!" Joseph cheered as everyone glared at Joseph. "Sorry." Joseph said as he was just trying to lighten the mood here.

Harry was being attacked by the keys as he kept his eyes on the rusty old key chasing it down. Soon Harry got it as he then held it tight. "He got it! He got it!" Ron called as Harry flew down torts the Quintet.

"Catch the key!" Harry called as he threw it to Joseph who caught the key and then used the key in question. Ron, Hermione, Joseph, Elisa, and Al quickly ran inside and ducked as Harry flew into the room before Granger shut the door behind them. Harry crash landed to the ground with a grin on his face.

"We made it." Joseph said as Al did a playful smack to her master Harry.

"Ok what is next then?" Elisa asked as they still haven't gotten to the stone in question.

The new room was dark. But once they walked further into it, the torches lit and spilled a dim light into the cavernous room. Only, it wasn't a normal looking room. It was actually quite strange and unwelcoming. Broken shards were scattered along the perimeter of the room and giant figures loomed across the room. "I don't like the look of this. I don't like this at all." Hermione muttered as they drew closer to the statues as Joseph took notice to the way they were set up.

"Is it just me or does this look like an oversized Chess Board?" Joseph asked as he looked at the entire room.

"Looks like a graveyard to me." Harry said as then Ron spoke up on this.

Ron glanced around the room quizzically, with squinted eyes for a moment before he gasped. "Joseph is right this is no graveyard, mate. It's a chessboard!" He called out as Al looked around seeing what this meant.

"We have to play to get across." Al said as she realized who set this trial up. "McGonagall." Al muttered to herself before Joseph stepped up as he smirked.

"My time to shine." Joseph said as he may not have experience much of Wizard Chest but he was the 6 time reigning champion of the local Chess tournament back home in London Surrey.

"Wait but." Ron began as he knew he could do this but Harry cut him off.

"Ron you could never beat Joseph in Wizard Chest out of all of us he has the best shot at pulling us all through." Harry said as Joseph then took charge as his entire demeanor changed to a calculative cold chess player true to his Slytherin House name.

"Harry, you take the empty bishop's square. Hermione, you'll be the queen-side castle. Elisa you're the King's side castle. Al and Ron you two are knights and as for me… I'm going to be a King." Joseph said as everyone got ready to move.

The six first years then stood there waiting for what was going to happen next. White always made their move first, so the opposing side's piece moved up the board toward them. "You don't suppose this is quite like real Wizard's Chess, do you?" Hermione asked a bit scared of getting killed.

Joseph then stretched his shoulders a bit as he then cracked his neck before releasing a very audible and ominous breath as he then opened his eyes and glared at the opposing side.

The quartet looked to each other, unsure. "There's one way to find out." Al offered as she knew Joseph was there best chance at winning.

"Let us begin." Joseph said in a cold calculative tone as he glared. "And this entire game is just a formality because… I've already won." Joseph said as he had always said that to scare his opponent and it even worked sometimes. "Pawn 4 to D-5." Joseph commanded in an authority tone and in turn the pawn responded and moved to the spot in question.

Soon the white pawn took the black pawn destroying it as Joseph then smirked at this. "He's testing the waters." Al said to Hermione from her Knight spot as it was clear that Joseph had a plan.

Thankfully, Joseph had also been thinking ahead when he sacrificed one of their pieces to test the waters, because now Hermione was open to take one of the opposing pieces which Ron called a bishop. Hermione walked toward the bishop and it toppled over. She stepped over some of the shards before stepping into its square. She then looked back at Joseph and nodded.

The game continued turn after turn. They lost several more pieces and the white pieces showed them absolutely no mercy, which completely made sense given that McGonagall had designed this task. But Joseph responded with the same lack of mercy as he also made sure none of his friends were sent into battle unless needed. It was clear that Joseph had the skill and cunning to challenge even the most renowned of Chess Player as they saw how every so often Joseph would spin a black King piece in his hand when contemplating a possible move. Joseph was quite impressive when it came to chess, he always seemed to be a step ahead, which was good for them as it was clear he was many moves ahead of his opponent trumping every possible plan they came up with to stop them.

The game suddenly slowed down until it came to a standstill. The white queen turned to face Ron with her blank face. Ron looked back at them before he turned back and around and muttered to himself. "What's going on?" Hermione asked as Joseph was contemplating longer then he would have liked to admit here.

"I won't do it I won't sacrifice Ron." Joseph said as he looked to Ron who heard this.

"What?" Ron asked as he was surprised Joseph wouldn't do that but why.

"Why what happens if we sacrifice Ron?" Elisa asked Al saw this.

"The King will be left open when the Queen gets the white side stuck in check Harry will be open to place the King in Checkmate." Al said as Ron was shocked to hear Joseph was risking victory for him like that.

"Joseph can you think of another way!?" Hermione called as Joseph looked at his hand which was shaking bad and saw his reflection in the floor as it flashed to another which he looked away.

"There isn't another way is there?" Harry asked as he saw how Joseph was silent on this one. Harry forgot Joseph with all of his friends here had given the White Pieces a major handicap and in turn it was now biting them all in the rear end like Fluffy.

"I'll think of something." Joseph said as Ron saw Joseph was hesitating so in response Ron acted instead of Joseph.

Ron shook his head before he acted though. "Do you want to stop Snape from stealing the Stone or not?" He growled at Joseph as Joseph glared at him.

"I'll think of another way just give me some time!" Joseph argued as Ron wasn't going to give Joseph that time since they didn't have that time to spare right now.

"Knight to H-3!" Ron called as Joseph was wide eyed.

"Ron don't!" Joseph called but it was too late the Knight moved as Joseph fell to his knees in shock as Elisa wanted to move but she knew they were still playing the game here.

The Knight advanced to the spot in question as Joseph was wide eyed in shock and Al looked away giving Ron her absolute respect as Harry clenched his fists while Hermione looked away not wanting to see what will happen.

"Check!" Ron's voice reverberated through the room as everyone then watched what was to happen next to the young Weasley. The Queen then began to move as Joseph stood still unable to form a cohesive thought of response as the Queen came closer and closer to Ron.

Harry saw this as he knew he had all his friends to thank for making it this far but he didn't want to lose them like this either. As the White Queen grew closer to Ron Joseph could only hope Ron would make it out of this alive.

Seconds later, his screams filled the air along with the sound of an explosion. Without looking, Al knew the queen had taken him. Hermione's screams echoed through the room. "Ron!" Harry called as Joseph yelled in anguish at this as Hermione looked ready to move.

"Hermione stay put!" Joseph roared as he wanted to return the favor but he wasn't going to dishonor Ron's sacrifice either.

"He's right we're still playing," Harry reminded Granger. "You'll waste a move and then she'll take Al next." Harry said as Joseph then nodded to Harry to do so. Harry then walked over the King as he then stood before it as he glared at the King. "Checkmate." Harry announced as soon everyone watched the king drop his crown at Harry's feet in defeat.

Everyone ran over to Ron as Elisa and Al checked him and saw he was still breathing. "He's alive." Al announced as everyone let out a sigh of relief.

"Hermione stay with him ok and then get to the owlery and call Dumbledore." Elisa said as she stood up.

"Yeah if I know one thing if Snape helped but the protection on the stone then the last test is something from him… that's where I come in." Joseph said as he and Elisa were the top potion makers in their individual classes after all.

"Come on… we should move." Al said as they had to stop Snape or whoever was trying to steal the stone.

The four then raced down to the door on the opposing side of the room and as one thing they agreed on, there taking down the thief themselves even if they lose that fight.

The four soon spotted another door at the end of a long corridor. A terrible odor intensified as they got closer and closer to the door. Once they were at the door, Harry stopped and listened through it. He narrowed his eyes in confusion and glanced at Joseph. "I don't hear anything." Harry said as Joseph then listened in next.

"Neither do, I." Joseph said as Harry then shrugged and opened the door.

The stench nearly knocked them off their feet. They pulled their shirts over their noses to help block out the pungent odor. In the middle of the floor lay a troll, even larger than the one from Halloween, but it was knocked-out cold with a giant lump on his head. Joseph and Elisa walked through the room with Harry and Al as they looked around the potion room.

They had to climb over one of the troll's legs. Harry climbed up first and then helped Al, Joseph, and Elisa across. "I'm glad we didn't have to fight that one," Harry said matter-of-factly and Al rolled her eyes on that.

"Not like it could beat us." Al said as they took down the troll easily before once Hermione was safe from the grey idiot. That had been the easiest trial thus far, but only because someone had done it before them. Harry then opened the door to the next room as they all climbed on through to the next room on their journey.

Together they all crossed the threshold into the next chamber. Once they were all inside, purple flames shot up blocking the doorway behind them and black flames shot up blocking the doorway before them. Harry picked up a scroll and read through it as they soon walked over to the table in question as they found it had seven bottles lined up on it as well as a scroll of paper lying next to them. Harry handed the scroll to his friend Joseph.

"He's playing your song." Harry joked as Joseph took the scroll and began reading.

Joseph unrolled it finding it looked like a poem at best and in turn read aloud:

Danger lies before you, while safety lies behind,

Two of us will help you, whichever you would find,

One among us seven will let you move ahead,

Another will transport the drinker back instead,

Two among our number hold only nettle wine,

Three of us are killers, waiting hidden in line.

Choose, unless you wish to stay here for evermore,

To help you in your choice, we give you these clues four:

First, however slyly the poison tries to hide

You will always find some on nettle wine's left side;

Second, different are those who stand at either end,

But if you would move onwards neither is your friend;

Third, as you see clearly, all are different size,

Neither dwarf nor giant holds death in their insides;

Fourth, the second left and the second on the right

Are twins, once you taste them though different at first sight

"You need to tell me what it means, Leila. Can you figure that out for me?" Harry asked as Joseph was re-reading it as Harry saw he was already working on it.

"Seven bottles. One to go forward, one to go back, two nettle wines, and three poisons." Joseph said as he looked at the seven bottles as he was already working out the riddle. "The first clue says that the poison is always to the left of the nettle wine. The last clue says that the second left and second right are twins. The only liquid that has a twin is the nettle one. So...the first bottle is poison, the second bottle is wine, the fifth bottle is poison, and sixth bottle is wine." Joseph said as he looked upon the poison for a second tempted to drink it to try once more to stop what was to come but decided against it for now.

"Alright, the second clue says that the bottles on the ends are different. We already know that one of them is poison. We've accounted for both of the wines. Meaning that the last bottle is one of the potions we're looking for. The clue also says that it won't help us going forward...meaning that the last bottle will help you get back." Joseph said as he used that large brain of his to work through the old scrolls riddles.

"So, one of these is a poison and the other will help you for forward. Now for the third clue: neither dwarf nor giant holds death in their insides. Well, vial number three is the smallest of them all, meaning it can't hold poison and we've already figured out the backward potion and the nettle wines. Number three. It's number three Harry." Joseph said as he was done as Al was impressed by Joseph's cunning.

Joseph then took the last potion as he knew it would help their friends get back as Elisa took it. "I'll get these to the others, Harry, Al, Joseph you three go on ahead." Elisa said as she then gave Joseph the subtlest of looks the one he knew meant that the 'other guy,' has to appear against Voldemort again.

"Ok… come on Harry." Joseph said as he made sure his heir ring was secured on his middle finger knowing that it will drive Voldemort nuts seeing it on him.

The three began to go down the path as Al and Harry both glowed as they soon merged into their Magius form as they weren't going to let Snape do as he pleases now. Joseph put the cloak over his form as he stayed close to Harry no doubt for a surprise attack as needed.

As they entered the chamber, Harry saw who was there and gasped in shock as Al was also shocked by this. It wasn't Snape standing in front of them. No, it was Professor Quarrel as Joseph chose to stay close to Harry on this run.

"You?" Harry scoffed. "N-no. It can't be. Snape-he-he was the one…"

Quarrel threw his head back and laughed. "He does seem to be the type, doesn't he?" Quarrel spoke, his tone clear and no hint of stutter in his voice. "Next to him, who would suspect p-p-poor st-st-stuttering Professor Quarrel?" Quarrel said as he used the fake persona he had as a taunt to Harry's stupidity was still nursing the injury he got from Harry earlier who was now in the form he took before the other dark being showed up.

Joseph under the cloak moved to wall to get a good strike in as he knew something wasn't right about this. "But that day during the Quiddich match Snape tried to kill me…" Harry said as he walked to the side a bit trying to make sense of this as Josephs saw Harry walk the opposing side.

"No he tried to kill you Harry!" Al said from next to Harry's head pointing an accusing black paw finger at Quarrel.

"Yes your little Grimoire friend is right but if Snape's cloak had not caught on fire I would have succeeded even with Snape muttering his little counter curse." Quarrel countered as he glared at Harry who was shocked at what he called Al just now.

"How do you know about Al?" Harry demanded as he glared at Quarrel with hatred.

"It took a bit of digging mind you during the winter holiday but when I found evidence on the Grimoires well it all made sense to me." Quarrel said as Harry realized he almost condemned an innocent man for a crime he didn't commit.

"Snape was trying to protect me." Harry said as he was shocked to hear this information. "You let the troll in! Why?" Harry demanded as Quarrel glared.

"I knew you were a danger to me from the start you and your little friend Al Azif how a mud blood is apparently the most powerful Pureblooded Wizard in the world's last living descendant just popping up out of nowhere. It was odd and unheard of but then when I compared and contrast to his greatest creation the Necronomicon the world's strongest Grimoire next to one other it made sense he knew she would come back one day and was ready accordingly." Quarrel said as Harry glared at the one responsible for this.

"Snape was area of you from the start and went up to the third floor on Halloween not to get the stone but to head you off didn't, he!?" Harry demanded as he glared at Quarrel as Joseph was listening in on this.

"Yes and after the fact he never trusted me again." Quarrel said as it was clear a high stakes game was being played here.

"Well clearly you're not alone then! If that wraith from before is anything to go by!" Al called out glaring at Quarrel.

"That is true… I'm never alone." He said as he then looked to the mirror. "Now...what does this mirror do? I see what I desire. I see myself holding the Stone and presenting it to my master. But how do I get it?" the man pondered. A hissing sound came from nowhere as Harry looked for the source

"Use the boy and his Grimoire." The Voice hissed as Joseph looked around for its owner knowing who it is.

Quarrel then cracked his neck and looked at Harry. "Come here, Potter NOW!" He called as Harry was on the defensive.

"I'm a Magius Quarrel you don't have any room to give orders." Harry said as he also saw Quarrel didn't have the stone either.

"No you fool you need something else to make him act." The voice hissed again as Joseph could hear it as well.

"How about we ditch the secrets then." Harry said as he looked around. "You know most of mine so how about I learn some of yours." Harry said as he was getting fed up with this unseen voice hissing like a snake. "I know your hear whoever you are so come out of the shadows and face me instead of hiding like a bloody coward!" Harry demanded as the voice had enough of Harry's impudent nature.

"Let me speak to him!" the voice hissed again as Harry smirked seeing this coward needed rely upon a host.

"Master, you are not strong enough," Quarrel begged as Joseph attempted to look around the room again. Still, he could not find the person.

"I have strength enough for this," the voice stated as they all watched as Quarrel carefully unwrapped the turban atop his head. Al found that a rather curious thing to do at a time such as this, but once the turban was removed she understood immediately.

They all saw in shock that on the back of Quarrel's head was a second face which shouldn't be there. The face was pale white, with red glaring eyes, and snake-like slits for nostrils. Both Harry and Al knew exactly whom they were looking at, but only Harry breathed the cursed name; Voldemort.

"Heh Voldemort, do I feel sorry for you." Harry taunted as he saw the decrepit state Voldemort was now current cursed in.

"Harry Potter we meet again." Voldemort hissed as he ignored Harry's taunt for now.

Voldemort opened his mouth and stretched his face, a rather uncomfortable sight to behold. "Yes, Potter," he hissed coldly glaring at Harry. "See what I've become? See what I must do to survive? I must live off another...as a mere parasite. Unicorn blood can sustain me, but it cannot give me a body of my own. But there is something that can. Something that conveniently lies in HIS pocket!" Voldemort called out as Joseph was shocked as he reached into his pocket and felt the stone they were all looking for was in fact there.

"Why do you need that I think you're getting the better deal here guy acts as your vessel and he feeds you a regular meal of Unicorn Blood and other needed food groups." Harry taunted as he then had one more as he knew Joseph was shocked to have the stone if the silent gasp was anything to go by. "And I can see why you need to do this to survive you know with the new big bad Dark Lord running around." Harry said as he smirked as Voldemort glared at Harry.

"That upstart Master Therion is no Dark Lord only I hold that rank of power!" Voldemort argued as Harry caught the chink.

"Yeah you think of Master Therion and he shows up or so people say he's already got one up on you there since they say your name and you appear." Al said as she was joining in on the taunting.

"I will deal with you in but a moment. Joseph Theo I know you're here. You cannot hide from Lord Voldemort." Voldemort called as Joseph only had one shot. Too bad Voldemort's Legitimacy skill isn't nearly as powerful as Josephs own Occulomency power.

Joseph then came out of the hood holding the stone in his hand as he looked to Voldemort. "Good now Joseph you seem to be a sensible type. You are after all in my Hogwarts House. Slytherins look out for their own, do they not? Bring me the Stone and you will not suffer, I promise you." Voldemort said as Joseph then smirked as he took out the stone showing it was in the hand with the heir Ring one which Voldemort recognized.

"That ring… where did you get it?" He asked as Joseph smirked as all the pieces falling right into place.

"I inherited it from my mother." Joseph said as he looked to Voldemort who got angry. "The ring of Salazar Slytherin am I right?" Joseph asked as Voldemort glared at the other heir before him. "It's been in my family for generations before you got your mitts on it by chance mind you but I think it went back to the right hands in the end." Joseph said as he smirked at Voldemort.

"You putrid muggle born there is only ONE heir to the great Salazar Slytherin and I AM HIM! Not you a putrid half blood or that upstart Dark Lord Master Therion!" Voldemort said as he remembered how Therion used the ancient tongue when they met in the Dark Forest the other night. "Now return what is mine!" Voldemort yelled out as he had Quarrel use his wand and hit Joseph with a spell.

"CRUCIO!" They both yelled as Harry saw that Joseph was in pain as he cried out and fell to the ground heaving in pain.

"Joseph!" Harry called as Voldemort followed it up with a blasting curse which knocked Joseph to the pillar knocking him out cold.

"Now to take back what is mine and then deal with upstart Master Therion after I have the stone." Voldemort said as the stone in question was knocked to a different part of the room.

*Insert Demonbane OST I'm laughing at the beast

Soon a large mass of dark magical energies began to build up large amounts of energy before a dome appeared before in turn it burst out revealing Master Therion in person as he stretched his neck and breathed in as he then looked upon those gathered here. "I had felt something going on here, glad I chose to appear." Master Therion said as they were all shocked to see him here.

"Impossible!" Voldemort called out as Master Therion made a playful smile as he kneeled down taking the Stone in question.

"It's very possible and I'll be taking the stone now." Master Therion said as he held the stone in his hand.

"Hand it over!" Voldemort demanded as Master Therion chuckled.

"Now why should I?" He asked playing with his food. "As far as I see it's in my hand so if you can take it I may be inclined to give it." Master Therion taunted as Harry saw that Therion was edging Voldemort on.

"Are you challenging me?" Voldemort demanded as Master Therion.

"No it be pointless to face a weak pathetic little parasite feeding of the strong to look as if it was strong as well." Master Therion taunted as he allowed the stone to float in his hand by means of magic.

"Don't you dare taunt me boy." Voldemort called out as Master Therion chuckled.

"Does the truth hurt then?" Master Therion said as Voldemort was getting very angry at this foe.

Meanwhile Harry and Al were stuck in the possible collision of two dark Lords. "Who do we fight Al?" Harry asked as he looked to Al.

"I guess the winner but the problem is Master Therion will be the winner here." Al said as they tried to decide who to aid and who to defeat.

Master Therion chuckled as he then put the stone away and gestured for Voldemort to come. "If you believe yourself one of the two true heirs of Slytherin and wish for the stone then by all means fight come and fight me." Master Therion said as Voldemort then glared as he then made Quarrel draw his wand and aim at Master Therion.

"Avada kadavra!" Voldemort invoked as the spell shot out as Master Therion yawned and to both Harry and Voldemort's shock he caught the spell as it was building up in his hand the more it came his way. Voldemort with his meat puppet was forced to cut the spell off as he was shocked and horrified to see Master Therion do the impossible.

"Oh are you done?" He taunted as he seemed to not have noticed. "Then allow me to return the favor." Master Therion said as he pointed the ball of green death energy at Voldemort before smirking and aiming it at Harry and released it.

"Mystic Defense!" Harry invoked as he blocked the spell just in time as Master Therion was then upon Voldemort's face in a flash.

"You never had to get up close like this with a foe now did you? Typical of you Merlinian and Morganian Wand holders relying on such an outdated arcane weapon like a wand to use your magic." Master Therion said as Harry then came at Master Therion.

"SCIMITAR OF BARZAI!" Harry invoked as he slashed at Master Therion who avoided the attack with ease as the blade vanished from Harry's hand.

Voldemort then saw his chance but Harry saw it and jumped away in time as Master Therion applauded the show before him. "I acquired what I had come for and know this Voldemort I hold no interest in announcing myself the true heir unless situations force my hand to take comfort in knowing your undeserved spot will not be taken so soon." Master Therion said as he stood next to the mirror and soon both Master Therion and the Mirror of Erised were both gone in a bust of magic.

*End OST

"Dammit he got away." Al called as Voldemort growled as he was angry furious even at this.

"We will meet again Therion and when we do I will have your head." Voldemort growled out as he then glared over to Harry and Al. "But first I will have the satisfaction of taking your head Harry Potter and with it claim your Grimoire as my own!" Voldemort yelled but soon Harry went for the exit. "Stop him!" Quarrel called out as soon he snapped his fingers summing walls of flames which blocked Harry's path to freedom. Harry could easily break through as he was simply caught off guard but then he looked to Voldemort.

"Why waist such power Harry Potter the Necronomicon contracted to you and you alone nothing short of death could undue it and for a Magius in this era… none can challenge you." Voldemort said attempting to corrupt Harry Potter. "With the proper training you can even bring back your parents with nothing but a wave of your hand." Voldemort said as Harry then glared at him. "I can show you how all I asked for in return is loyalty." Voldemort said as Harry had enough of him.

"You don't get it do you Voldemort." Harry said as he glared at Voldemort. "Your right I could if I wanted to and honestly I do want to… but I won't let their sacrifice for me be tarnished by teaming up with the likes of you." Harry said as he glared at Voldemort.

"Then why don't you don't you realize there is no good and evil." Voldemort began as Harry had a flashback to everything from when he met Joseph all the way to this moment. "There is only power and those too weak to seek it… but that power you have you didn't seek it now did you it chose you." Voldemort said as he looked to Al floating next to Harry's head. "Together the three of us can do extraordinary things just kneel before me." Voldemort said knowing a Magius could do things many thought mythical even feats of divinity.

"You don't get it Voldemort! There is such a thing as good and evil because in the end you can have all the power you want but eventually there WILL be someone whole take you down and put you 6 feet under!" Harry roared at Voldemort with rage in his eyes to the snake. "So if you're going to try and make me submit to you! Come and try because as far as I'm concerned your nothing more than a has been no less than that you were never a threat to begin with and I've faced Elder Gods before and let me just say it now you are just a small infant compared to them!" Harry roared taking a battle stance as Voldemort had enough of Harry's impudence.

"KILL HIM AND BRING ME THE NECRONOMICON!" Voldemort ordered Quarrel who then flew at Harry as Harry flew back and then grabbed Quarrels arm and threw him to the ground hard but Quarrel was screaming in pain more so then normal. AS he got up Harry and Al looked and saw the arm Harry had grabbed was turning to ash before his very eyes.

"Did you do this?" Harry asked Al who was just as lost and confused as Harry was on this.

"No I thought it was you." Al said as he looked to Harry.

"What kind of magic is this?!" Quarrel cried out as he saw his hand turn to ash and fall apart.

"Kill him you fool!" Voldemort roared out as Harry smirked.

"MIRROR OF NICTORIS!" Harry invoked as soon the two saw multiple Harry's made of illusions appeared.

"There he is!" Voldemort called pointing to a smirking Harry.

"REAPERS SHADE!" Harry invoked as soon he vanished as Voldemort used his Legitimancy to search for him but found he could not sense him.

"What's wrong can't read two minds in one?" Harry called from everywhere as he ran circles around Voldemort's vessel as he grabbed one Illusion after the other trying to find Harry.

"What's wrong Voldemort can't find a putrid half-blood?" Harry taunted as Voldemort glared.

"Impudent brat who do you think your talking to?" Voldemort demanded as Harry smirked next to him.

"Not Professor Snape at least he has a chance of scaring me." Harry said with a taunt as Voldemort was getting angry.

"Silence!" He roared as Harry was atop the wall ledge.

"What none of your victims were able to fight back much? Maybe that's why you're so weak you went after weaker people. Maybe you had some bad past that you're trying to make up for with being in control." Harry taunted as he grabbed a broken rock from the explosion spell. "Maybe the real reason you want to be immortal is because you're afraid to die." Harry taunted as Voldemort glared.

"Don't you try and analyze me boy!" Voldemort screamed as he then saw Harry appear as he threw a rock at Voldemort hitting Quarrel.

"Oh I don't need a diploma or a degree to figure you out Voldemort." Harry taunted as he kept at it wanting to make him squirm before vanishing to his Reaper Shade again. "The real reason you became a dark lord is because everyone considered you some kind of annoying pest or something am I right?" Harry taunted as Voldemort glared.

"I'm not hearing this." Voldemort said as he tried to figure out where Harry was but his voice was echoing in this hollowed room.

"Take a hint snaky your no pureblood savior you're just a psychopath with a lost mother complex and an inferiority complex." Harry continued as Voldemort glared.

"Shut up, shut up." He said as he was being lectured by a child of all things.

"I mean come on Snakes in the sky a group called 'Death Eaters,' that just screams you're afraid of dying." Harry said as Voldemort glared about using Quarrel as his head.

"Show yourself coward!" Voldemort roared out as Harry had one last shot to make.

"You're so pathetic Voldemort that you make me laugh." Harry finished as he then began to laugh at Voldemort as Voldemort was getting furious.

"Stop that!" Voldemort yelled out as Harry kept laughing at him.

"So you got a ring you got from somewhere and decided to become a Dark Lord? What couldn't make it as rich Pureblood or pawn it off to a store?!" Harry taunted as he laughed at Voldemort had Quarrel draw the wand once more.

"Don't, you dare laugh at, me!" Voldemort yelled as Harry kept going.

"What the truth hurts I find it hilarious!" Harry called out as now was time to finish it. "ATLATCH-NATCHA!" Harry invoked as soon Voldemort was shocked to see his vessel was restrained my red magical web as Harry appeared no longer laughing while raising his hands to him.

"Ha-ha." Harry said as he then grabbed Quarrel and Voldemort's head as both of them felt the pain from it as soon the entire body turned to ash before crumping as dirt as Harry looked down upon him with his spell having been undone.

"…Joseph!" Harry called as he undid the transformation and found Joseph and saw he was still alive. "Joseph speak to me! Say something!" Harry called as Joseph moaned a bit.

"Something." Joseph joked as Harry sighed in relief to his friend being ok. "Harry Al next time we do something like this give me a warning or something ow." Joseph said as he was hurt but all in all he was in one piece. "Did we get the stone?" Joseph asked as he looked to Harry.

"No… Master Therion got it and Voldemort well." Harry said pointing to the robes left behind from Quarrel.

"Man what a letdown in my day Dark Lords actually could put up a fight even in that state they'll make anyone a Dark Lord these days." Al said as she was glad this was over for the time being.

None of them heard the rustling noise coming from behind them, they were too focused on having survived to pay much attention to the formation of dust in the air. But when Joseph finally caught a glimpse of it in his eyes, a blood-curdling scream escaped his lips. The dust formation was shaped exactly like the face on the back of Quarrel's head. Apparently, Voldemort wasn't quite finished with them. While he was no longer in his parasite form, he still had one final go at them. He shouted and hurtled his dust formation toward them as Joseph then acted as his eyes then glowed a topaz yellow as behind him the mark of Yog-Sothoth appeared as Voldemort saw the mark as it matched the mark of Master Therion and soon he was blasted back but to Harry and Al he had hit them head on knocking out both of the Gryffindor First Year Student out cold.

Joseph followed after exerting to much of his own magic on that as he fell down just before a set of heels was heard walking up to them. As the female figure looked it was none other than Nya as she smiled down upon Harry, Joseph, and Al.

"Quite a clever play you did Joseph using Elisa to act as Therion to cover your tracks after she got the others to safety." Nya said as she smiled at this. "But in the end this moment had went on not entirely as expected but still with the desired end result." Nya said as she looked down upon the boy and the demigod. "The-Boy-Who-Lived the-God-Slaying-Sword and The Cursed Child the Evil-Priest-to-a-Dark-God the origin points of the Light Lords and the Dark Lords I wonder what you two will accomplish in your final battle to come." Nya said as soon her face warped to that of what one would assume was a Greater Outer God as she smiled upon the tools of her greater grand scheme.

Soon Nya vanished as she knew others would be here soon but she wondered how long the Ministry will keep rejecting that Master Therion is real and how long it would take for people to realize he's stronger the Voldemort. Stronger… and far more terrifying with his grand end game created by herself and her trapped fellow Great Ones.

(TBC)

ESKK: Well next chapter is the Epilogue and before I begin I will say this story will have a sort of filler mini arc but don't worry about it I'll try and keep it short. Anyway leave a review as you leave and like I have always to you ja-ne.