Chapter 29

"You have been questioned by my people about your roles in my kidnapping and I am… ambivalent about the fact that neither of you were involved."

Harry didn't look happy to see the Queen of England and her Prime Minister sitting at his round table with the other magical leaders and his friends.

The Queen looked insulted at his statement. "You kidnap us, subject us to involuntary questioning and then expect us to just accept it all without consequence?" She was incensed.

"Yes."

She wasn't actually expecting that as an answer.

"You already threatened me, remember? You're lucky I didn't deal with you back then. We could have been friends, colleagues. But your treatment of me means that I have no desire to even think about you." Harry sneered.

"Let's get down to business." Frank interjected before they could really start arguing. "The Unspeakables have been dealt with. The Dementors kissed the ones that Harry didn't kill during his escape.

"Dudley and Terrence are assembling a team to deal with the Department of Mysteries itself."

"I don't want them going in there yet." Harry ordered. "I'll speak to them both and explain my plans."

"Very well." Frank moved on. "The majority of the personnel at the American military base were killed, either by Harry, the Dementors or the Goblins." He nodded to a proud looking Ragnok.

"It was the first time some of my people experienced a true battle!" Ragnok said gleefully. "Their blood is singing for more!"

"Soon as I find it." Harry promised.

"You kept your word." Ragnok assured him. "We will remember and be patient."

"Dudley practically stripped the base bare." Frank continued. "He has taken to using the Room of Lost things to store it all."

"Have guards placed on the seventh floor. It is now off limits to anyone without my personal authorisation. Ragnok, would you be willing to supply a rotation of guards as well?" Harry asked.

"We have no bank to guard, so I see no issue." The goblin king shrugged.

"The American magicals have been cleared by Poppy." Frank reported. "They show signs of abuse and torture. She has requested mind healers take a look at them."

"Albus, can you work something out with some of your friends?" Harry asked the former headmaster.

"As soon as we are done here." Albus promised gravely. Despite his demotions, Harry often used him for his experience and contacts.

"Colonel O'Neill has graciously submitted to mind scans and veritiserum questioning. Due to the respect he has shown us we have respected his military oaths and not asked about anything more than his personal intentions and trustworthiness towards us.

"As a result, I have personally reiterated Harry's offer of a position amongst his personnel." Frank informed them as he nodded to the Colonel who looked slightly uncomfortable at a table of leaders and magical beings.

"Colonel, you have my personal thanks." Harry said formally. "You also have the thanks of my country. Without your aid we would be at war with your country."

O'Neill just nodded stiffly. Preventing war was just one of the reasons he had essentially defected.

"Is that everything, Uncle Frank?"

"Other than dealing with the fallout from your absence and the President's suggestion of a state visit."

"Colonel, what was your feeling about the Presidents mention of that?" Harry asked.

Jack frowned. "He was… heavy on the emphasis about the visit and the 'paid personnel'. It felt like he wanted to be able to talk to you privately but couldn't be seen to be talking to you.

"It felt like a spy movie." He sighed in frustration.

"I personally believe that the President wants to discuss the plight of magicals in his country." Harry offered. "His specification of 'paid personnel' lends to that as the magicals were prisoners and not paid. I believe he was telling me to take them and free them."

"Mister Burns, please ensure that an invitation for a state visit is issued to President Lancet immediately." Frank instructed. "We require more information."

"We do not cater to the whims of dictators." The Queen said with a superior look.

"So you are going to stand back and watch as tensions build to an inevitable eruption between America and Britain?"

"This has nothing to do with my Britain." She sneered. "Our relationship with America has never been stronger."

"Take her to the dungeon. She is being held for treason." Harry instructed.

Two suits of armour stepped forward and manhandled the elderly woman out of the chair. She managed to maintain her dignity by holding her tongue and going peacefully.

"Are you going to be a problem?" Harry asked Burns pointedly.

The older man swallowed nervously. "I have to consider the safety of my country. At this time, that means I must cooperate."

"Not cooperate." Frank said firmly. "You obey. His Majesty is the ruling monarch of all Great Britain. Comply, or be replaced."

"Arrange an accident for the Queen." Harry instructed. "She is no longer fit to serve. We will make it look like she died in a plane crash and her body was unrecoverable. In truth, she will serve out her sentence and then be forced to live her life, isolated from anyone who will recognise her."

"That's very harsh."

"Tell that to the thousands who died today." Frank retorted.

"You need to learn your lesson, muggle." Ragnok sneered. "We goblins learnt the very same this day. All will suffer if the King is allowed to come to harm. My people lost hundreds as our magic failed. Most of our old and infirm died, healthy workers and soldiers were killed as the magic in some structures vanished causing catastrophic collapses."

"The same happened to us." Magorian scowled. "We despise being beholden to humans, but the very Earth herself has decreed the King as sacred."

"Elveses lost so many." Dobby said forlornly as he pulled on his ears. "So many masters and mistresses died. Elveses go with them."

"Excuse the pun, but we got lucky." Fergus said solemnly. "We don't use magic to build things, the only things we suffered were our contracts being nullified. Some of our granted wishes also got cancelled. We'll be needing a statement from ya about what happened otherwise our honour will be called into question."

"It is on the agenda for straight after this meeting. At the moment, Dudley has a team preparing a suitable excuse for muggle media. Luna and The Prophet are already prepping an emergency edition." Harry promised.

"David, you will be given the information for the media within two hours." Harry stood up. "In the meantime, I want you to start on the invitation for the state visit. This week we will deal with the Queen."


"You! You I like!" Harry declared loudly as he marched into the school hospital. He was pointing at the American magical he had argued with back in Nevada.

Behind him, Fleur, Daphne and Gemma followed. Next to him was a casually dressed Jack O'Neill in jeans a shirt and light jacket.

"You stood up to those bastards and you stood up to me. Want a job?"

The American contingent looked absolutely non-plussed. They had no idea what to expect after the boy in front of them had dispatched their guards the previous day. They certainly hadn't expected to be transported to Britain and freed from their collars.

"Who the devil are you?" The man asked, almost pleadingly.

Daphne stepped forward and spoke formally, but with a smile. "May I present My Lord and Master, His Royal Highness, King Harry of Great Britain."

"Lord and Master?" Harry asked her tiredly.

She just grinned back impishly.

"England has a Queen." The man retorted.

"Had. As of today she has been taken in for treason. I have been High King since the new year and she has conspired against me." Harry shook his head in disgust. "Anyway, I have a feeling that there will be a lot more American Wiggles coming under my care soon. I was hoping you would act as liaison with a view to becoming the equivalent of a leader under my rule."

"You don't even know my name."

Gemma was about to speak up when Harry raised a hand to stop her.

"I don't need your name to make that decision." He said seriously. "All I need to know is that you are the reason your people didn't suffer worse than they did.

"I got intelligence straight from some of those soldiers I killed about how you threatened to detonate your collar to protect the women from rape.

"I'll never ask you to place yourself in that position again, but I am hoping you would be willing and able to use that moral compass to guide you in protecting more American wiggles."

"For some reason he calls magicals, 'wiggles'." O'Neill explained as he gave a gestured that said 'What can ya do?'.

"What do you call normals?" One of the other men in the group asked curiously.

"Muggles." Harry sighed. "Pureblood wizards used to rule the British Wizarding World. They called non-magicals 'muggles'. I didn't like it, but it wasn't like they were going to stop so I started calling wizards and witches: 'wiggles'." Harry said proudly.

"I'll take the job." The older man chuckled.

"Sweet! Erm… what is your name?"


His name was Eric Mantle. Despite the fact that Jack admitted to being to being US Air Force, the pair seemed to get along well.

Too well.

Daphne made sure to instruct them in staying away from certain people who they would irritate. They tried not to smile indulgently at the fifteen-year-old girl who was lecturing the two older men.

The disaster that crippled the country caused by Harry's abduction was passed off as an atmospheric anomaly involving a massively charged storm that turned into a freak lightning based EMP.

Conspiracy theorists had a field day.

The Queen was declared dead due to an aircraft crash caused by unforeseen damage caused by the previous day's disaster. In truth, she was sitting in the dungeons as a prisoner. Amelia would have her charged and tried in the Wizengamot and then taken to prison if convicted.

She was still stripped of her crown.

Fortunately the Royal Family had very little power, the power they did have was more ceremonial. They could certainly command the armed forces or try to meddle with political appointments, but then people would get upset that their right to choose was being infringed on.

Which was why it was better that they didn't know Harry had that power and actually used it.

Of course, Harry had no desire or intention in meddling in the day-to-day affairs of his people. He left that to Amelia and Augusta. Instead, he worked on his personal projects. Which included making sure his cousin stayed alive and well so Fiona didn't hurt him.

"Dudley, Terry, meet Hansel and Gretel." Harry gestured to two, small, bi-pedal, waist high creatures.

Said creatures waved at the two boys.

The boys hesitantly waved back. Luna, who was also in Harry's lab, for reasons yet to be revealed, smiled and waved happily.

The creatures had no eyes, ears, mouths, noses. No defining features. A clothes shop mannequin had more detail.

"I got the idea for these before the First Task when I saw this little girl." He gestured to a large glass terrarium where his little water dragon was sleeping. Harry had given both Fleur and Viktor a place to keep their dragons as well.

"This girl got me thinking. How was it made? How long would it last? What level of intelligence did it have and how self aware was it?

"That brought me back to him." Harry jabbed a thumb at the stool next to him, upon which sat the Sorting Hat.

"Dudley, Terrence, Luna." The hat greeted them.

"He's incredibly intelligent and gifted."

"Thank you, thank you, please, no… you're too kind!"

"And has an ego bigger than Fudge."

"No need to be that insulting."

"Anyway! We came up with these two." He turned back to the two creatures. "Completely artificial beings. Despite not having obvious sensory organs like eyes, they can do everything every other mammal out there can do.

"They are also enabled with various detection charms like you would find on sneakascopes, probity probes, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

"You will be using them when you start your investigation at the Department of Mysteries. You don't touch a thing unless they tell you you can." He ordered with no joviality.

"Don't worry Harry. I'll make sure we follow rules stricter than those in anything from McGonagall's and Snape's lessons to our little club's." Terry assured him.

"Good. Now, the reason I had Luna here too, is because I also made her a companion." Harry gave a quick whistle and a large Golden Retriever came bounding out happily. "Luna, you can name him what you want. He isn't a real dog and there is a reason for that." He turned around and picked up three pairs of glasses, two he handed to the boys.

"Don't put those on yet." He turned to the 'dog'. "Slip slip."

To the boy's surprise the dog barked once and vanished.

"Oh no!"

"Relax Luna, he's perfectly safe." Harry smiled as he put the glasses on and gestured for Dudley and Terry to do the same.

"Whoa!"

"Bloody Merlin!"

"Gentlemen, you are currently seeing what our dear friend Luna can see." Harry said gravely.

"How the hell do you concentrate?!"

"Language Dudley Dursley!" The Hat admonished.

"Y-You can really see them?" Luna asked in amazement.

"Giant, multi-coloured, multi-legged bug like creatures? Yeah." Terrence was in awe.

"Some friends of Albus figured out the charm so we could see what Luna sees." Harry explained. "Slip slip."

The dog suddenly reappeared back in the lab.

"Stand back Luna."

Dudley quickly grabbed her by the shoulders at his cousin's warning.

Harry walked up to the dog with a piece of paper and swiped across the dog's back. "Clean clean."

The dog glowed briefly and barked once, happily.

"See?" He held up the paper that was disintegrating. "The atmosphere in the other place is extremely acidic. Your new friend here can easily travel between the two dimensions, he has to clean himself though when he comes back. Normally he will do it automatically.

"He is very durable. Feels no pain, has the same abilities as Hansel and Gretel and also has the ability to learn. He is bound specifically to you, Luna, but I have ultimate control just in case something goes wrong and he needs some work.

"So, you go pick a name and get acquainted."

"Does he need feeding?" Terrence asked curiously.

"Nope. He is completely self-sufficient. He runs purely on magic." Harry smiled.

"Come on Durry, let's go play!" Luna said happily as she ruffled the 'dog's' fur.

"Durry?" Harry asked.

"Dudley and Harry combined." Terrence smirked.

"You've always protected me and been my friend." Luna said bashfully.

"And we always will." Harry assured her. "Go on, go and introduce him around."


"Could one of you please explain what is going on?"

Harry had been dragged into his bedroom by the girls and was being stripped down to his underwear.

"We need to get you ready for tonight!" Pansy said exasperatedly.

"What's happening tonight? I bloody well hope it involves more clothes." He said as he tried to cover himself. He tended to wear boxers. They had bought him new y-fronts before but they were too constricting. It turned out he had been wearing Dudley's hand me downs and there was a lot more room for Harry.

Harry had forbidden anyone from mentioning this to Dudley.

He wanted it for ammunition later.

"Tonight is the Farewell Ball." Gemma explained. "It was announced a week ago."

"That's today?!"

"It is the last day of school, Harry." Tracey sighed as she began pulling out dress shirts. "You were there when Aunty Amelia made the announcement."

Amelia Bones had taken on a more motherly role with the girls. Perenelle filled the grandmother slot.

"My times are still screwed up." Harry grumbled. "I thought I had more time, it was only two days ago we were in America."

"You don't have to give any speeches." Daphne assured him as she brought out a long flat case that held his cape and circlet crown. "All you have to do is look handsome and dance with us and Fleur." She gave him a cheeky wink.

"It would be best if he danced with a few of the other women that will be there." Gemma frowned.

Pansy nodded. "Specifically the wives of the French and Bulgarian Ministers. As well as Aunty Amelia, Penny and Madame Maxime."

"What?! Look, I might not be five foot nothing anymore, but I'm still shorter than Albus and even he looked ridiculous dancing with her. I refuse to put either myself or her in a position to be ridiculed."

"Terrence sent this up." Tracey opened a small Tupperware box to reveal cookies with the words 'Eat Me' spelt out in chocolate drops.

"If I wind up naked and stuck… I'll turn him into a cat to go with Luna's dog."


"It was most impressive to see you dancing with Headmistress Maxime. You made it look natural."

Harry inclined his head respectfully to his dance partner, the French Minister's wife. "I thought it would be difficult acclimating to my new size, but I didn't really notice the difference until I looked at all those smaller than me."

"Would you believe me if I told you she and I were related?" She asked with a sly smile.

"Sure. I've seen pictures of Hagrid's dad."

"Olympe and myself are cousins." The Minister's wife explained. "We attended Beauxbatons together. She knows how hard it can be to go through childhood being so different. It is why she is very attentive to how the Delacour sisters are treated."

"Gabrielle? Isn't she too young for secondary school?"

"Yes, but Beauxbatons is also a primary school and college."

"I'll have to ask Madame Maxime if she could give Aunt Minnie a tour. She's going to be heading up the new school in September, it sounds like it will be similar to Beauxbatons."

Harry was passed off from woman to woman, all wives of high ranking officials or high ranking officials themselves. By the end of the night, all that was left was to dance with Fleur and the girls.

"What time is it?" Harry tried not to yawn as he simply swayed with Daphne, his last dance.

"Nearly three am. You've been on your feet non-stop for ten hours." The girls were quite proud of him. He hadn't complained once.

Harry sighed and pulled her closer so he could rest his chin on her head. "Remind me to tell Gemma not to let me get roped into too many of these things."

"I will."

"Also, have someone tell Poppy and Sev that I had to take four bezoars. I think Ember has been doping my drinks with her tears."

She pulled away sharply. "You were poisoned?!"

He pulled her back grumpily. "Too tired. Deal with it in the morning."

Harry didn't see her hand drop behind her as she gestured frantically.

"Do you know who did it?"

"Dobby sorted… it."

"What's going on?" Pansy asked as she, Gemma, Tracey and Fleur ran up.

"Harry says he has been poisoned multiple times."

"Don't matter." Harry couldn't stop the yawn this time. "Magical potions. No… affect… me."

"Harry?" Daphne said as she tried to remain calm. Her master had just gotten a lot heavier. "Help me!" She hissed to the girls.

Tracey immediately ran off to get help. Fleur and Gemma pulled their wands to cast diagnostic spells whilst Pansy helped Daphne hold him up.

Barely seconds later and Poppy, Severus, Yoshiko and Filius ran up. The three wiggles cast their own diagnostic spells.

"He's just exhausted." Poppy sighed in relief. "He's asleep."

"Professor, can you animate his clothes?" Pansy asked, the worry was still clear on all of them. "He can't be seen as weak."

"Professor Snape, if you could make a distraction I can switch out." They turned to see Tonks standing there.

"I am a potions master, Miss Tonks." Severus eyed her sternly. "I believe you need the services of my wife, the trickster."

"I know." Tonks nodded as though it wasn't an issue. "I was actually talking to her. Professor Yoshiko Snape." She managed to maintain that innocent look as said trickster smiled smugly at her husband.

"Is there anyone here we don't like?" Yoshiko asked as she calmly looked around. "Oh, never mind." She said as she spotted her target. A little flick of her finger and a fairly drunk Ludo Bagman tumbled off his chair and into the leg of one of the drinks tables.

It went everywhere.

Filius quickly disillusioned Harry whilst Tonks tapped her watch quickly three times causing her attire to match Harry's, including the circlet and sword.

The watch was something adapted from the Pottery Club. It was meant to switch out regular clothes in an emergency and replace them with what was needed. It was mainly for Harry to allow him to walk around without always wearing a bullet proof vest. The muggleborn wiggles had designed it so they could easily get dressed in the morning and switch to casual clothes after classes.

That particular group were congratulated on their ingenuity.

Then chastised for their laziness.

With Harry's absence dealt with Poppy and Filius were able to lead the invisible Harry away. The girls had to stick with Tonks to maintain the illusion.


Harry had the wonderful opportunity to actually enjoy his holiday. Granted, he wasn't exactly a student, but he could travel with his friends on their summer excursion this year.

This was mainly due to the excursion happening on Atlantis.

They were staying on Atlantis itself in one of the buildings near the city coast. Atlantis was a massive city, its internal system of transport was elevator type rooms, they took you were you needed in seconds.

The city was about thirty-two square miles, the highest tower was about half a mile high. Everyone was staying in one specific tower that was a lot smaller and clearly in a residential area. Harry had revealed a veritable army of armed mannequins. They were placed around the area where the holidayers were allowed. Anyone trying to get past them would likely get booted back home.

Harry took Luna, Dudley and Durry to visit the continent. Tonks, who Amelia and Sirius had appointed as his official bodyguard, accompanied them.

Luna was coming in case they saw any animals that they didn't recognise. There wasn't too much to see on land, but Harry was able to take them to the lower decks of the city where they could see huge fish like animals below the surface of the ocean.

With plenty of time to waste, the five-some headed off to other planets in the galaxy. The stargate was fully functional so there was no reason not to use it, other than Harry's insistence. Jack had insisted on them calling it the stargate as it was easier. Harry had turned to Amelia and decreed his own portals were to be called Galactic Bus Stops, or GBS.

Amelia was too tired to argue.

The third planet they came across was actually populated by human like people. They were now also accompanied by Jack, Fiona and her brother, David. Amelia had requested David be assigned to Harry's protection detail. David hadn't been too pleased but it was made clear that he wasn't being removed from his regiment, he was being assigned as a liaison. The Black Watch was being introduced to the world of magic and aliens and they would be the Kings Own Guard in off world matters. They were to be stationed on Atlantis as the first ever off planet regiment. They were a good choice as their current assignment had them stationed in Hong Kong.

"I suppose it makes sense that there would be humans here." Harry mused as the little group stood on the outskirts of a village. It was the middle of the day and the people were bustling about.

"Are you wearing your vest, sir?" David asked as he discreetly fingered the safety on his assault rifle. He was the only one in military gear, despite his objections.

"Dave… next time you call me anything other than 'Harry', I will sting your butt." Harry said slowly, despite his face smiling. They were drawing the attention of the villagers.

"Greetings travellers." Came a friendly voice. The crowd parted and a young woman, about Tonks' age walked towards them. She was quite attractive with dark tanned skin. "I am Teyla Emmagan, welcome to Athos."

"Hi, I'm Harry Potter, these are my friends, Dudley Dursley, Luna Lovegood, Fiona Macdonald and her brother David, Tonks and finally… Durry." Harry gestured to the 'dog' as he gave Luna an unimpressed look. She just looked sweetly innocent.

"Those are… interesting names." Teyla said diplomatically.

"Nearly as interesting as 'Teyla'." Harry returned with a grin.

Teyla just smiled and nodded in acceptance of the fact. "Have you come to trade?"

"We can trade." Harry nodded enthusiastically. "We are actually just exploring the area, but we would be happy to trade for information or guides."

"You do not need food or materials?" She asked doubtfully.

"Nah, we're fairly self-sufficient."

"Do you need food and materials?" Fiona asked carefully.

"Or healing?" Dudley added.

"Or information?" Harry chipped back in.

Teyla looked a little overwhelmed. "You have a lot to offer." She laughed.

"Harry wasn't really correct about us being self-sufficient." Luna spoke up. "We can be, but we like to trade. We like to make friends."

"Where are you from?" Teyla asked. She noticed Luna with her hand in Durry's fur. "I have never seen an animal like that one."

"That is a dog. Native to our home world… at least I think it's native." Harry said thoughtfully. "Those bloody Alterans loved to spread things around.

"Anyway! We come from a planet called Earth."

"Sir, word." David interjected quickly.

David led them away a few feet as the others talked to Teyla. "Sir- Harry!" He backpedalled as Harry's wand appeared in his hand. "It may not be wise to give out information like our planet's name. From a security point of view."

"I called it Earth." Harry shrugged. "That name won't mean a thing to anyone not born on our planet in an English speaking country. Now, if I called it Terra, that might be a problem." Harry assured him before heading back.

Teyla looked torn between shock and amazement. "You came from Atlantis?"

Harry turned to David and sighed. "Ok, so that might be another name that they might recognise."

"But you are not the Ancestors." Teyla continued.

"No, but we are their descendants." Harry admitted. "One of the Ancestors has asked me to reclaim the city and all their works. They are worried about threats in the universe."

"The Wraith." Teyla scowled, mutterings of fear spread through the villagers.

"Exactly. They are asleep at the moment, but it doesn't hurt to get a jump on preparing plans and defences."

"How do you know that the Wraith will not sense you are there and awaken?" A man challenged angrily from the crowd.

"You know as well as I do that there are always some wraith awake. The ones that collect us to keep them fed whilst the rest slumber." Teyla admonished the older man.

"It's unlikely that Atlantis would wake them up." Harry reasoned. "They were never able to access it."

"So the legends say." Teyla said uncomfortably. It was clear she didn't put all her faith in them.

Harry stepped forward and lowered his voice to stage whisper. "Listen, do you have any animals around? If she doesn't get to see them she might do a runner, then we have to go and track her down… it's really easier to just show her the damned things." He said with dramatic exasperation as he gestured to a clearly antsy Luna.

Teyla smiled brightly and took the blonde haired girl's hand, leading them off. "Tell me more about the animals on your planet."

"Have you heard of elephants?"

Harry and the others followed a few feet back, smiling at their happy friend.

"This planet will be good for Luna. I can see her coming here very often."

"Oh?" Fiona queried.

"There doesn't appear to be a planet at this location in the other world." Harry smiled.

Dudley released Fiona's hand to pull out the pair of glasses he always kept on him now. "There's nothing." He said as he looked around.

"Tell me, what are those?" A tall man with a deep voice asked respectfully as he indicated the glasses.

"Ideally they are for correcting bad eyesight." Harry explained. "I can't see without mine. Everything is blurry. Dudley's have a special ability that lets him see a world that is out of phase with ours. Luna can see it without the glasses and on our planet there are scary creatures. A friend had these made so we could understand what she saw."

"You can make people see?" The man asked in surprise.

"We have medicine that can help with a lot." Fiona answered. "If someone is born blind it is a lot more difficult, sometimes impossible."

"Is this technology from the Ancestors?" He asked.

"Nah, good old human ingenuity." Harry shook his head. "Have you ever seen a piece of glass or clear material that makes things look bigger?"

The man nodded.

"We took that and made them so they would fit on our faces." Harry shrugged.

"Ingenious!" The man enthused. "My brother has poor eyes. Forgive me, I am Halling."

"Nice to meet you Halling. Hey Teyla, Halling and I are going to see his brother about his eyes. Is that ok?" He called out to the woman in front.

The woman looked at Halling in surprise. "If that is what you think is best." She told the man.

"Dud, Fi, stick with Luna. Dave, Tonks, flip a coin. One of you stays with them, the other comes with me." He instructed the bodyguards.

"You stick with your sis, Dave." Tonks patted the tall man's shoulder. "I'll keep his Highness out of trouble."

Harry just grumbled and turned to leave, he was stopped by a heavy hand on his shoulder.

"Are you carrying?" Dudley asked him.

"And wearing." Harry sighed. "It's so bloody hot." He grumbled.


Teyla's planet was clearly a paradise for Luna. She made frequent requests to visit. Teyla had also made herself a new friend as she found herself caving to Luna's pouting when asked to show them more planets.

Remus had taken over accompanying Luna on these excursions, as a former werewolf he found something of a kindred spirit in Luna who was often seen as a bit of an outcast, despite her close friendship with the King.

Teyla actually proved very helpful in introducing Remus to other settlements on different planets.

Harry was beginning to spend a bit too much time in the city's control room where the stargate was located. He would sit in front of one of the consoles going over the information and activating and modifying various security systems that would protect the city and keep the visitors from going out of allowed areas.

"It's time for you to take a break, Harry." Fleur insisted as she pulled him out of his chair. "We are on holiday."

"I guess I can take the day off." Harry sighed.

Fleur gave a sarcastic laugh. "Ha! It is after lunch. The day may as well be done. Tomorrow you are spending the day with us."

And so, it came to pass, that His Royal Highness, King Harry James Potter the First of Great Britain, was lying on a deck chair millions of light years away from his home surrounded by five nude sunbathers.

"If someone sees you five I'm a dead man." Harry grumbled.

"If someone other than you sees us then they are dead." Pansy scowled without looking up.

The girls were lying on their backs, they claimed they wanted a full tan with no lines. When they had informed him of their plan Harry had pointed out that there were potions and charms for that.

Which was why he was now sitting uncomfortably with a book on his lap trying to cover himself. It didn't help they had taken his wand.

"Master Harry! Master Harry!" Dobby suddenly popped in a panic. "Mister Wolfy needs helps!" He said as he waved Harry's watch around.

Harry sat up quickly. He took the watch. "Mooney, what's wrong?"

"We've got strange planes attacking Teyla's people! They are kidnapping them as if they were hit by portkeys! We've lost ten already and my mag-"

"Get to cover Remus. I'm on the way." Harry strapped his watch on and slammed his fist onto the face. He was instantly dressed in his combat gear. He then spoke to his watch. "Ragnok. We march."


The first thing the goblins did when they arrived on the planet was topple and cover the stargate. They didn't want the enemy to escape with prisoners.

Well, the goblins didn't want them to escape, they wanted a good fight, not a chase.

David and Tonks were with Harry, all three were carrying assault rifles, Tonks did not look comfortable with hers though and the safety was on and it was slung on her back. She was a witch and she stuck to her strengths.

Harry didn't care what he used as long as it took out the enemy.

David didn't care as long as it defended his charge.

Goblins were crafty bankers. Subtle in the contracts and banking laws they crafted.

Goblins were as subtle as a five-year-old in Hamleys when it came to war. They left a ten person team to guard the gate whilst Ragnok led his screaming horde towards battle.

Harry's group followed silently and invisibly.

They were able to track Remus, Teyla and Luna using Harry's watch. They had run to some ancient caves with as many villagers as they could.

All three were standing guard at the entrance with Durry, who growled at anything presenting a threat.

"Remus, Ragnok and his people are out there now." Harry informed him as he grabbed Luna by the shoulders and began checking her over. "Ember!"

"No. I'm not leaving." Luna said firmly as the little bird appeared. Said bird sat on the girl's shoulder in a show of solidarity.

"Fine. Ember, go get Blinky. He can guard the entrance with Durry."

Ember vanished again, the villagers and Teyla were amazed at what they were seeing.

Then they screamed as they saw the massive snake.

"Blinky, if it comes to the cave and it isn't human or goblin, then kill it."

The basilisks head snapped towards Harry. "Can I eat what I kill?" It asked hopefully.

"Only if there is more than one. I need one for examination. But you can eat that one after." Harry shrugged.

The happy snake slithered towards the entrance.

"Remus, Teyla, how many are we missing, how many ships did you see and how many ground troops?"

"Ten ships, thirteen villagers were seen being taken and five are unaccounted for. I didn't see any of the attackers on foot." Remus reported.

"Ember, I need Hagrid and Fluffy." Harry turned back to Remus and pulled out a bag and handed it to Luna. "Take Remus and set this up in the back of the cave. Go through and ask Kasuf for temporary sanctuary for these people."

"We cannot leave our home!" One of them village men argued.

"Really? Because there are thirteen of your people who have just proven that you can." Harry glared at him.

"How do we know this isn't a trick? What if he is working with the Wraith?"

"I have been with Luna and Remus for days. They showed me the Ancestor's city. I would have known if they were working with the Wraith." Teyla argued heatedly. "You will do as Harry says. You will go with Luna and Remus. Better to lose our homes than our children."

"Dad, can I eat Fluffy?"

"No you bloody well can't!" Harry hissed back at the entrance.

"But he isn't human or goblin." Came the whiny response.

"You keep that up and I'll show you a mirror. You aren't a human or goblin. You can try eating yourself."

"Oooh! Like the great Ouroboros!"

"I swear he'd bloody well try it too." Harry muttered quietly to himself.

"'Arry! What's 'appening out there? All them planes and the goblins shooting spells at them."

"The village came under attack. The planes are kidnapping villagers. We know they have thirteen but there are five we don't know about. I need you and Fluffy to find them and get them back here."

"Don't get caught in the light that the ships shine on the ground, Hagrid." Remus warned him. "That's how they kidnap them."

"We'll find 'em." Hagrid promised as he hefted his crossbow.

"Potter! These bastards are cowardly curs!" Ragnok's angry voice piped out of Harry's watch. "They refuse to come down and fight us. We got two of their ships but the rest have flown higher."

"Fortify your position on the ground. I'll have my ship come in and try and knock them out of the sky for you to deal with."

"Make it quick. The stargate is secure but they might try and fly up into space to RUN LIKE THE COWARDS YOU ARE!"

Harry winced at the rage in his ally's voice. And the volume.

"Dud, grab a ship and crew. Head to Teyla's planet and knock the ships flying about out of the air. They have hostages so don't destroy the ships."

"On it Harry."

"The door is ready, Harry." Luna called back.

"Start sending people through." He replied.

"Ember, can you take us to my ship?"

The little bird jumped into the air and held out her tail feathers. "Everyone who's coming, hold on to me."

David, Teyla and Tonks immediately grabbed him.


"What the hell are you lot doing here?" Harry demanded, he didn't miss a beat as he headed for his chair.

"Now is not the time to be arguing." Fleur said just as snappishly. "We were there when you called Dudley. We knew you would want this ship ready."

"And the rest of you? Aurora, this-"

"I was enjoying a nice night of star-gazing on Atlantis, Harry. How could I possibly continue when people are in pain?" The dark skinned woman scowled.

"If any of you die, I will be very pissed." Harry glared at his bunch of misfits.

"Probably shouldn't tell him about the Black Watch boys in the next room then." Sirius whispered to Filius. It would have been more effective if he had leaned down further.

Harry just growled. He punched a few places on his screen and the view of the castle walls went dark as they shot through the large portal.

"Dudley, I'm on site. What's the situation?"

"We need better pilots!"

"Focus Dud." David said over the comm. "How many ships are still in the air? Are you ok?"

"We're fine Dave." Came Fiona's voice. "We got one ship down, but Dudley is the best flyer out of all of us. Those ships keep darting all over the place."

"Roger that. Oh, and consider yourself grounded."

"Focus Dave." Came the sarcastic and bratty response from his sister.

"Family." Harry grinned at him. "You love them and they love to make you hate them."

"Aren't you an orphan?"

"Low blow, Dave!" Tonks whacked the soldier on the arm. "Besides, what do you call Dudley and Sirius? Not to mention Professors Flitwick, Flamel and McGonagall?"

*THUD*

"What the hell was that?" Sirius asked as they grabbed onto handholds. They hadn't actually felt anything though.

"One ship on the ground." Harry answered as he continued to fly.

*THUD*

"Two ships."

"Sir, if you are going to take these things into battle, you need to arm them." David grumbled.

"Working on it."

"Work faster!" Sirius said worriedly, just before Harry thumped another of the ships with his own.

"How can you tell we are moving?" Teyla asked as she looked around.

"We just have to look out the window." Fleur answered from where she and the girls were strapped into a couch. It was really just a precaution. "Harry likes to build things well."

"That's all of them Harry." Fiona reported. "Do you want us to land?"

"No, Fi. You guys stay in the air. If more of these bastards arrive then you can harass them till I get airborne again."

"Ok. And don't swear."

"I might have just killed people and saved people… do I get a 'thanks'? No I get told not to mind my fu-mmmmppphhh!"

"Trace, put us down will you?" Gemma asked as Harry was manhandled out of his chair with Pansy attached to his lips.


"Good news bad news." Harry announced as he walked into the conference room in the Atlantis Main Tower. "Well, actually it is more like good news, good news, good news, bad news, b-"

"Harry, I'm already past my first century. I'd rather not spend my second sitting in this room." Filius chided him.

"We recovered the ships mostly intact and working. We haven't figured out how to extract the kidnapped Athosians though. Working on it.

"They do seem to be safe and the Wraith need live and healthy humans, so they should be unharmed.

"We also got some prisoners. Some of the Black Watch boys have begun interrogations."

"That may not be wise." Teyla said quickly. "The Wraith are a hive, they may be able to communicate."

"Shit! Be right back!" Harry said before vanishing into thin air.

The group sat there. Filius, Sirius, Teyla, Remus, Hagrid, David, Tonks and Jack.

"So… big dogfight?" Jack asked, trying to break the tension.

"Nah." Hagrid shook his head. "There weren't nothing left for Fluffy to chew on."

Jack opened his mouth... paused… and closed it.

"Sir, the Colonel was referring to the aircraft fighting in the skies." David explained with an amused smirk at the American officer. "Muggles call those fights: dogfights."

"Humph. Would'a thought you'da called 'em 'Bird Battles'."

Jack opened his mouth... paused… and closed it.

Hagrid was oblivious to the others trying not to laugh at the Colonel.

"It was fast and effective." David told Jack. "I've seen fighter jets in combat from the ground but I was in the air for this one. According to Dudley, he couldn't keep up with the Wraith Darts but Harry had no problems."

"Where is Dudley?" Filius inquired. "I would have thought he would be here for this meeting."

"He said something about talking to the Pottery Club." Remus answered.

"Alright! The prisoners are now completely comatose and… elsewhere." Harry said evasively.

"Haaarry…"

"Oh relax, Uncle Fil. They are perfectly safe."

"I don't give a kneazle's left nut about their safety." Filius spat. "I'm worried about our safety."

"Language, Uncle Fil!" Harry said in mock horror. Then he grinned. "Hey, that's kinda fun."

"Was there any other news, Cub?" Remus asked as he tried to get them back on track.

"Erm… yes. Let's see, bad news, Hagrid found two of the missing villagers dead. Good news, he found three alive. Teyla, I don't know what your burial rites involve so I have had the bodies of your fallen preserved until you or your people take custody."

She nodded sadly.

"Final good news, the rest of the Athosians are safe and accounted for. Kasuf is keeping them calm and Daniel is aiding him.

"The final bad news is that your planet is not safe. The Wraith that attacked will eventually be missed. They probably knew they were going to your planet and they will send people to investigate."

Teyla sighed. "It is not the first time my people have lost their homes. But it is the first time we lost a planet."

"It's a nice planet, as long as you don't mind frequently unscheduled alien abductions." Harry offered weakly.

Teyla gave him a sad smile. "I know of a few planets that will accept us for a while-"

"Like us."

"You have done so much already. You… you have saved our lives, rescued our people."

"And we wouldn't want all that work to go to waste by shoving you out into the wild to get abducted again or wind up in some other hot zone."

"Just nod your head and say 'thank you Harry'." Filius sympathetically patted her hand. "You won't win this argument."

"Where were you planning on relocating the Athosians?" Jack asked with a hint of trepidation.

"Well, I do have all that land in Nevada." Harry grinned.


"How goes Operation Revolution?" Harry asked as he entered his lab to find Severus waiting for him.

"You are aware that this isn't really a revolution?"

"Yep, but if anyone hears us mention it…"

Severus just sighed. "We have made contact with the necessary people. We have also been undetected. Within two weeks we will be able to implement the plan as soon as you give the order."

Harry just grinned evilly.