Hello lovely Readers,
Here's the next installment to A Shadowed Life!
I added a few creatures and other things to this as well as keeping all creatures mentioned in the books. :3 Hope you enjoy.
Lord Mushie: I'm glad you like it and I hope to eventually sate your curiosity eventually with Snap and Harry's relationship. X3 I have a few Ideas, just might be a couple… or few chapters later that I can implement them a bit more.
Fortheloveofb: XD omg lol, yeah it is a bit weird and your right Harry has had a crappy life.
Anaelyssa: lol, yeah it should be rather interesting to say the least –chuckles- Yep he sure is being nice :3 Well you get to find out in this chapter :D it's not a big dragon thing, but it's a bit of a help for Harry X3
Evenstarlily: First off it's okay XD I understand that the whole misspell was an accident :3 and x.x so many questions –chuckles- I hope to eventually address some things in the next chapter, not this one sorry, but I hope you still enjoy this one all the same X3 As for Harry's dragon its rather complicated. They are technically the same being and could be considered of the same mind as well, just with two different places of thought within one mind. Er if that makes any sense. X.x I'm bad at explaining it. Think of it as a split personality disorder thing. They are the same person, but two different consciousness in one mind and there will be times both converge during certain events only to separate when all settles down once more.
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Things in the story you might want to know.
"Talking/ spells"
'Thinking/ sound affects/ Memories'
§ Music Song/ Magic Song §
-Parseltongue-
.:Spells:.
~Dragon Telepathy~
*Dragon Language*
Chapter Twenty-Four- Into the Deep
Harry wasn't so sure about this task and to be honest with very little time to have been prepared for this task he wasn't so confident. Even his dragon was wary to say the least. These tasks were meant to test and push young wizards beyond their limits. He still felt dumb for not thinking about listening to it under water. After hearing it he had spent a lot of time trying to think up as many spells as possible, let alone ways to stay under water for long periods of time. He figured he could use the spell he'd created and couple it with a few others when it runs out of time, since it didn't last for an hour.
If he had too he could easily cast the bubble head charm just right before the other spell died off. He could use his dragon form, considering that a lot of dragons including the serpent types from Tom's books were able to swim. They could stay under water for long periods of time without much of an issue. The only issue is he didn't want anyone to see it considering that the Minister Representative was there, on top of that there were many other visitors were there as well. This in turn meant he couldn't change anyone seeing his dragon for, least he be noticed amongst those there.
He'd fought at the dragon reserve area when he'd been a dragon, in this time line, about almost a year ago now…give or take a few months. He really couldn't remember considering he himself saw it as having been over thirty years ago to him. He cast a quick .:Tempus:. and found it was nearing the time to start the second task. He had about an hour and a half to get down to the lake.
He rose from his seat and looked to Draco, Blaise, and Theo who'd hung around just to make sure Harry got to the next task. They didn't want Ron cornering him in the halls with the three Gryffindors that had been stalking him. He caught Draco's eyes and he nodded to him. He caught Blaise's and Theo's attention when he and Draco both rose from their seats. They made their way from the Slytherin common room and through the halls to Hogwarts grounds south of the castle. Harry had expected to see a dock of some kind near the edge of the lake that lead out to the lake itself, but it looked as though they had changed their minds of using the dock. It was probably another change due to Dumbledore encouraging something new to happen. Harry sighed as he took note of the large floating platform in the middle of the lake. The docks themselves had been turned into spectator stands, though he was rather sure this wasn't much of a spectator sport.
"I thought they were going to use the docks as the starting area?" Draco voiced out loud.
"Looks like the old fool talked them into this… and it looks like they'll ferry the champions over to the plat form."
"Do you think they will have a way to spectate this?"
"If they do then I have no idea what they're using for it."
"Well… only one way to find out right?"
Harry nodded, "Yeah, I don't want to chance too much so I'll stick to some spells I found and made."
"You made a spell this close to the next task? How do you even know it will work? I mean you didn't even have long to work on it much since you finally figured out the egg."
"Well… I got to test it a couple of times… still short on the time, but it will help. The spell can't be used twice in one day, mostly because it's kind of like a transfiguration spell. You need time to adjust to the spell before you can use it often and since I haven't practiced much with it I'm not expecting it to last too long before it wears out. I'm going to avoid using my dragon… if anything I'll probably use the dragon's eyes. Less noticeable and makes it easier for me to see in the murky waters."
Draco nodded, "Okay, what about when the other spell runs out?"
"I plan on using the bubble-head charm shortly before the designated time for it is over… so about a minute or two before it drops. That way the bubble-head charm will last me a good time, before it too is useless. With the two together it should be enough for me to get through it without drowning."
"Good… I really shudder to think what would happen should something unexpected were to happen to you," Draco sighed.
Harry quirked a brow at Draco, "This coming from the Slytherin, that wanted to be in it?"
"Well… after seeing the stuff you're going through I don't think I would be ready for it. Heck even that Hufflepuff Cedric is barely clinging to it tooth and nail… as well as the other challengers… you got lucky," He sighed.
Harry chuckled, "I know I was lucky… I felt like I kind of cheated though, even though I hadn't considering it's a skill I personally possessed."
Draco snorted, "There aren't rules in any of the tasks that prohibit you from using anything to your disposal. Skills, spells, items… Well… You're allowed your skills and your wand, if you can summon the items then it's not illegal. I though you knew this?"
Harry chuckled slightly, "I read about the cut because it intrigued me… not the rules to the tournament itself."
Draco snorted, "Figures…"
"Hey it's an interesting magical artifact… why wouldn't I want to know more about it?"
"You know… you really do sound like Granger when you say stuff like that."
Harry chuckled, "Tends to happen when you read as much as I do… but no that isn't the entire reason Dray. I have always loved magic and it has fascinated me ever since I was eleven. I just enjoy finding out new things about magic it's how I went about knowing how to create my own magical spells. Learning about magic helps to understand it on another level."
"Seriously?" Draco raised a blond eyebrow at him.
"Of course… how else did you think I created the spells I know?"
"Thought you just did them with little effort… you're a genius when it comes to magic."
"Mmm… I wouldn't say genius… I think anyone can do it. They just have to delve into books to learn how to go about doing it."
Draco snorted, "Stop being so modest… If there is one thing I've learned it's that your smarter then you often give yourself credit for."
Harry shrugged deciding not to start some form of argument over it. He wasn't all sure if Draco was right, but he was thankful for the compliment none the less. His dragon however, hummed in pleasure for the compliment in the back of his mind. Harry gave a faint smile, he was glad his dragon was back. It had been way to lonely in his own mind since it had vanished. To say Harry had grown attached to its presence was an understatement.
Harry split off from his friends and bid them farewell for now. Draco and Blaise bidding him good-luck and Theo nodded his head showing Harry he too wished him luck. Harry smiled and made his way over to the dock slowly, where a boat was waiting for him and the other champions. He gave the other champions a smile while also bowing lightly to Fleur. She giggled slightly.
"Oh, Spring you are a delig't," Fleur giggled again.
"If you say so M'lady," Harry said with a smirk.
Cedric rolled his eyes, but also chuckled, "Yes, Evan is very much the charmer."
"Hey… someone from Slytherin house has to show some form of nice formalities, since the other refuse too."
"Yeah… I guess you're right," He chuckled.
"Vhat do you have for every one today Spring?"
Harry laughed, "Everyone will have to wait and see. Can't give away my secrets before the task is finished now can I?"
Krum gave a smirk, but it vanished as quickly as it had appeared, "That vould be a vaist now vould it?"
Harry smiled and chuckled softly before they were motioned to the boat waiting for them to board. Unlike the others only Harry could see the Hippocamp that was supposed to draw the boat away from the docks. Harry leaned over the edge of the boat once he boarded and gently petted the sea horse silently, drawing and stare from Fleur and the others. Harry blinked at them once he settled down in his seat.
"Vhat vere you doing?" Krum asked.
Harry blinked and tilted his head slightly, "Petting the Hippocamp that draws the boat." Fleur and Krum's eyes widened, though Krum's was less obvious, then Fleur's.
"A what? Seriously Evan there is nothing there," Cedric said with an incredulous look on his features.
"Actually there is…a Hippocamp is what others would know as a sea horse… not the mundane ocean creatures, but an actual horse with its hind quarters like that of a fish."
"Well how can you see it then and no one else?" Cedric asked curiously.
Harry hesitated, but he didn't have to answer since Krum beat him to it, "Hippocamp have a spell on z'em, dat only people who have been… sexually abused can see."
Harry's jaw was clenched as Fleur's face seemed to fall with sadness and Cedric was gaping, "So that was why Dumbledore said to not ask to many questions… because of that?"
Harry simply nodded before speaking, "Yeah… but it was a long time ago…" and that was technically true for him, however to those who'd known about it… to them it was only a couple to a few years ago.
"Er… sorry for bringing up something you probably wanted to forget Evan," Cedric said softly.
Harry shook his head, "Its fine really… it was a long time ago, okay?"
Cedric nodded before he became too curious and he too leaned over the boat to feel if it was there. Harry helped him and grabbed his wrist to move it to the sea horse's head. Cedric jumped a bit to find there was actually something solid there, though to him all he could see was water. Cedric smiled and Harry chuckled before sitting back properly. When the boat started to move Cedric too straightened back out and seemed to have a happier mood after their discussion.
Krum was watching Harry and Harry simply ignored it as he shot off in discussion with Fleur over random things that came to their mind. Harry found it was rather easy to make the young Quarter-Veela women smile. It was at that point that Harry remembered something and he looked back at the docks. If Draco was a part of the task then how were they going to get him to be a part of it while he was in the stands? Had they changed their mind and decided to go with someone Harry knew yet didn't pick? He puzzled over it, but couldn't think of anything, or one for that matter, who would be picked as his task.
They got to the platform only to notice Dumbledore and the Minister Representative wasn't there yet. Were they to start without them? Harry shook his head and gave the others a puzzled look, but they too seemed confused about what was to happen. Since they all didn't know it was probably better to stick around and not start the task, just in case they were supposed to wait. They ended up waiting the last hour and one more added hour before the Headmaster and the Representative showed up.
"We apologize for the inconvenience," Bagman said nervously, "We were still in the process of placing the task you are to seek out."
"Do we get a hint as to what it might be?" Cedric asked.
"You will know once you get there…" Bagman said with a genial smile.
Harry glanced back at the stands wondering if the reason why they had taken so long was because of Draco. He knew the other male usually didn't leave his group and when it came to getting up in the morning he was always with someone. It was possible it had taken so long because they had to not only find the boy, but also lure him away from other students so it wouldn't be known. They might have used Snape to get the boy alone because Draco trusted the man.
Harry looked back to the two men silently remembering to shrink away from any contact Dumbledore tried to bestow. The man was relentless in trying to touch him. Then again the older wizard seemed to have a strange habit of wanting to touch people period. Though, it seemed to have gotten worse since his dragon having been forced out of him a while back. Harry noted that Krum was still watching him silently and had taken note of his movement away from the older wizard. He glanced over at Krum and noted that he was putting dots together in his head over just what might have happened to 'Evan Spring'. He knew it wasn't unheard of, of male's raping other male's and with Harry's not to subtle avoidance of older males touching him showed just what kind of sexual encounter he'd had.
"All right champions take your places and we will begin shortly," Bagman said with a nervous edge to his voice.
It was at that point that Harry noticed a metallic object hovering around them. It almost resembled that of a snitch, but it was silver with white wings and a small black area he assumed was almost like that of a camera. It was then that it hit him, 'So this is how they will view the event… A magical camera… nice touch at least no one will be bored now… to bad Draco won't be seeing it anytime soon.' Harry almost snorted, but kept the sound locked away before it could ever get free. He glanced back at Dumbledore as the older wizard started to do the announcements to the second task. Harry listened silently as the silver camera snitch fluttered steadily before him as it took in his expressions for the audience to view, before moving on the next champion in line.
"Alright champions… On my mark you will begin," Dumbledore transfigured, out of thin air no less, a clock and he waited for the hour minute had to reach its mark before he told the champions to go. "GO!"
Harry wasted no time and dove into the water. Once out of sight of the surface he quickly removed his wand from his holster before pointing it at his legs and wordlessly casting the spell he'd made. Harry felt the tingle of magic as it rippled over his skin. He saw the tendrils of magic working to do their job correctly as he willed it. The spell picked up speed and he watched as his legs practically melded together to create one tail fin. In between his finger webbing appears as well as small, what can be assumed as, Pectoral fins along his elbow area. He could feel the Dorsal Fin that ranged from between his shoulder blades to the middle of his lower back. Along the base of his jaw area just below his ears he could feel gills appear and his ears lengthen into what looked to be fin like ears.
He glanced down at his fins where his Pelvic and Anal fins were as well as his Adipose fin in the back side of his tail. Each area was almost wavy like that of ruffles on a dress. His tail was smooth scaled with that of an almost teal-blue color. Harry smirked before looking around to notice that Fleur and Cedric were heading off in different directions using the bubble head charm.
Victor was nowhere in sight, which could only mean he was swift in casting his own spell and on his way to find the object of his task. As he looked around he took note of the small silver camera's following Fleur and Cedric. He glanced up and over his shoulder before spotting his own, 'Looks like they're water proof… well looks like restricted spell casting it is then.' He mentally sighed before flicking his tail and rocketing, him through the water. The up and downward stroke of his tail felt odd to him and even though it was his first time actually using this spell in open waters rather than the prefect's bathroom. He willed his eyes to take on that of his dragon's eyes and nothing more. The change in eyes meant it allow him to see better in the water then 'Evan Spring's' human eyes did. However, the color stayed the light slivery blue color they'd been an effect of the color to make sure his eye color never changed from the set color the collar had.
Harry took note of the other creatures that lived in the lake besides the ones he'd known had lived there. Most of them were fish, but there was also many other creatures there he hadn't known about. Afanc was one of the creatures he spotted, which was a mythical creature from Welsh Mythology. It was a cross between a crocodile and a beaver however, it was still rather dangerous. The only creatures he knew were at least tolerant or remotely friendly was the Mermaid people and the Hippocamp.
It was during his silent internal catalog of the lake inhabitants that Harry heard a disturbing sound like that of a scream. He looked down and around before finding the sound. Fleur had been ambushed by a group of Grindylows. They were biting at her as they drug her down into the darkness of the seaweed. Harry quickly flitted into action and shot towards her his wand out as he cast a severing curse at one of the Grindylows, a sharp squeal wretched from it as a slash appeared on its side, making the others scatter in surprise of the sudden attack from above.
Fleur's panicked eyes meet his and at first she didn't recognize it was him, until she saw the wand in his hand. He gave her a toothy grin and she shot him a relieved one as she righted herself. She was about to thank him when suddenly Harry very much found himself ensnared by a long black tentacle. He had forgotten that the giant squid lived in the lake. His eyes go wide as his arms are pinned to his sides. What's more he notices that Krum, who he hadn't noticed until know was also in a similar state. Though, it was odd to see the other male with a sharks head instead of his own head. Fleur was just out of range her wand pointed at the creature as she started to cast spells to help them. Cedric appeared from around a rock face and looked in their direction, wide eyes taking in the scene as he pulled his wand out to help. Harry struggled in the tight grip, the suction cups on the squid rubbing painfully against his scales and irritating them more.
Harry felt annoyed when he saw Cedric get captured as well as Fleur, their, own spells seemingly having not phased the damn thing in the least other than to piss it off. Harry quickly started to sift through his thoughts on wandless spells that would be useful in this kind of situation. Though, it was getting hard to think when the tight hold on him seem to tighten painfully and without much thought on it Harry bit down hard on the squids fleshy tentacle.
The sound that came from the creature was that of a mix between an outraged roar and a whined cry of pain as Harry's needle sharp teeth pierced its fleshy hide. He was surprised that it actually let him go rather than tightening its hold on him even more. Quickly he moved out of range of the tentacles as he quickly thought up a plan to help the others. He swiftly cast spells ranging from severing curses to that of spells he knew would be safe to use while there were cameras in different angles taking in the scene. His own now, once again, hovering close to him, having not followed him when he'd gotten captured.
He cursed under his breath before he got an idea. It was reckless to do what he was about to do, but he had no other choice. He couldn't use a stunner spell in case it works and only would end up crushing the others beneath the creature's weight. With more resolve then he truly felt he had, he launched himself forward, this time his camera following him closely as to see just what he was about to do. He paused when a tentacle cut off his path forcing him to double back in the direction he came before looping around another one and heading towards where Viktor Krum was. He knew if he could get to the other male the chances of them getting out of this was greater. With his shark like teeth he could chomp down on the tentacles around either Fleur or Cedric like he had done to free himself.
It was hard to do considering that the Squid was bound and determined to keep him away from the others. He almost lost the stupid snitch camera when one got to close to hitting him hard. A muttered spell to pull it back away from it had kept it from being destroyed. With quick reflexes that he didn't know he was really capable of he shot around the remaining tentacles. He was almost to Krum when he got clipped by one slamming him into a rock hard. Harry's arm slammed against the rock between him and the rather sharp surface and making the pain all the more painful to him. Harry whimpered in pain as the sharp rock cut into his skin. He quickly pointed his wand at his wounded arm and muttered a healing spell he'd created as Orion, mostly to cover up his healing ability.
Harry gritted his teeth, his temper rising from having been struck like that. His time as Briar Rose wanting him to lash out at the creature and with that thought as it came down on him again. He bit the tentacle after successfully evading it. The squid cried out in anger and in pain as it reached for him again only for Harry to dodge and swim around the rock face for the perfect chance to complete his goal.
He launched himself at the tentacle around Krum who swiftly got loose and help Harry in getting Fleur and Cedric as fast as they could, avoiding tentacles as the squid frantically waved about trying to capture its prey once more. Angry squeals leaving it as it tried and failed to catch Harry and Krum as they darted about and tangling the tentacles that where chasing them into other ones that seemed to only get in the way. Before long they had both somehow managed to get the others free and away from reach before turning back to the tangled up squid. It wouldn't take long for it to untangle itself.
Harry looked to the others and they looked back as the nodded together understanding what needed to be done. Aiming their wands at the beast they all cast stunners at it making it go ridged before it fell over temporarily subdued for the time being. With a relieved sigh he nodded once more to the others before they split off to once again find their task. They had probably wasted a good chunk of time over that infernal beast, but Harry wasn't going to let it slow him down.
It was around the time that he got into the Mermaid village that he felt the tell-tale signs that his spell was waning out. He quickly cast a bubble head charm and allowed his dragon eyes to fade away, in order to make it seem as though the spell had caused his eye change. Shivering at the odd feeling of the fish like scaled fading back into his skin he continued forward. He noted that the merfolk hung back and unobtrusive. He took note of this and figured what he was looking for had to be somewhere close by. This meant they had at least kept the people out of harm's way. Even the squid was smart enough to stay away from the underwater populated village. Swimming slowly Harry maneuvers around the towering buildings of the underwater village, before he comes across statue with four floating figures tied down. He noted small bubbles, flitting forth from their slightly parted lips.
Harry's eyes lit up in triumph and he swam forwards to get Draco, who was floating between Hermione and Fleur's sister. He glanced over at Hermione and quirked a brow, he figured her being there was definitely Krum's doing. He knew the other male would be around for her so ignored her for the time being. He wrapped a arm around Draco and the severed the rope holding him down. He pushed off of the statue giving him a good bit of momentum. He quickly glanced around and saw none of the other Champions and he hoped that the squid had returned to were ever he usually was during the day.
He kept casting glances at Draco as he swam to the surface seeing when the spell cast on him would be lifted. He quickly glanced back down and saw Krum just now appearing in the village and Harry picked up his speed reaching the surface before the other male was even half way. When Harry broke the surface Draco seemed to come alive, spluttering and coughing with wide eyes. Confusion literally was in his every feature before he looked at Harry with wide eyes. Harry smirked at him and they swam to the platform and pulled themselves up right as Krum and Hermione broke the surface.
Cheers were filling the air as Harry turned and helped Hermione up as Bagman handed blankets out to everyone. Harry gratefully took his when he'd had Hermione out of the water, Krum having hoisted himself up with little problems. Harry shivered and quickly cast a warming charm on himself realizing the water had been colder then he thought it had been. Maybe the transformation spell he'd used had made his body able to acclimate to the cold lake water.
Draco leaned up against him giving Harry his own natural body heat, "You okay?"
Harry smirked and nodded, "Yeah… so you surprised?"
Draco narrowed his eyes at him, "Beyond surprised 'brother' and something tells me you knew."
Harry chuckled, "Yes, I did but I couldn't tell you."
Draco rolled his eyes as he looked at the water as it bubbled and Cedric came up with Cho Chang. Fleur came up a few minutes later, but by then she was a minute over the hour limit. Harry helped Fleur's sister up and then her, which she gave a grateful smile to him. He smiled back as Bagman walked over and handed her and her sister a warm blanket. They all looked to Dumbledore when he used the, .:Sonorus:. Spell once again to announce the scores.
"In first place is Evan Spring for use of spells both known and unknown, on in which transformed him into a sea creature similar to that of the merfolk. He is awarded an extra ten points from the usual points for the second task, for having reacted quickly and helped in the release of his fellow champions. He completed the task within the time limit first and his awarded points are 60 points making a total of 70," cheers broke out and Dumbledore moved on, "in second place having used a partial transfiguration charm and several other spells such as the severing charm and Stinging hex. Viktor Krum finished the task within the time limit and only one minute after Mr. Spring, he is awarded 50 points."
Krum raised his arms and the stands broke out in cheers. Harry couldn't help, but chuckle and Viktor glanced over at him giving a smug grin before letting it fall away once more. Hermione looked like she was still stunned, but otherwise seemed to be aware of what was going on now. A small grin on her face as she watch Krum silently egg on the crowed with his raised hands, before the fell back down to keep his warming blanket close to him.
"In third place with points of 45, Cedric Diggory, who used the bubble head charm as well as the severing hex multiple times. In last place with only 35 points, Fleur Delacour, she used the bubble head charm and other spells but because she finished after the time limit was up she was docked points."
Fleur still gracefully waved to the stands wide a wide smile, sill showing how dignified she was. Harry knew she was only five points less than Cedric and if she got lucky in the final task she would place third or second in the tournament depending on how many points the third task would give them. Harry followed Draco to one of two boats that had come up to the platform. Harry was glad that that Viktor, Hermione, Fleur, her sister joined them. It meant he didn't have to be in the same boat as Dumbledore and Mr. Bagman.
"Evan, you were amazing!" Fleur breathed, "I 'ave to z'ank you for saving me from zee Grindylows and z'at 'orrid squid."
"I agree… dat vas some quick thinking on your part in regards to da squid," Krum nodded.
"Also z'at spell you used to transform into z'at sea creature was amazing as well," Fleur smiled widely, "May I ask w'at z'at spell was?"
Harry chuckled, "Actually it is a spell I created called, .:Sircis:. it is a combination of the name of both Latin words for mermaid and fish and those words are Siren and Piscis."
Everyone except Draco gave him a look of shock before Hermione spoke up, "You made a spell that transforms you?"
"Oh… I keep forgetting you and Draco couldn't see it… maybe those magical cameras they used kept everything recorded. I'm sure if you ask Mr. Bagman or the Headmaster they will allow you to see the footage," Harry said to her, "But yes I did… I wanted something effective to use in the task and I haven't worked out the length of time for the spell yet or how many times it can be cast in a day, but I say today was a good step in showing it at least works."
"Where were you when you created it?" Hermione asked curiously.
"Well I asked Professor Snape if I could use the prefect bathrooms to come up with the best solution for the task. I didn't want to use the bubble head charm, mostly because of the fact I was afraid of it failing early or having to constantly reinstate the charm. I could have use Gillyweed, but the text on salt verses fresh water was too vague and I didn't want to chance dying just to finish a task."
"So you took a chance on a recently developed spell?" Hermione asked incredulously.
"He does it all the time, Granger," Draco spoke up.
"What?" She gasped.
"When he's left alone or bored he creates a few spells here and there… some he discards as failures, but most of the time they are successful. Orion taught him how he went about creating his own spells and so Evan got it into his head to try doing so as well," Draco sighed.
Hermione turned big eyes on him as though she was just seeing him in a new light. Harry only chuckled slightly as Fleur and her sister spoke to each other softly. Krum was once again watching Harry and he turned his eyes to look at the other male silently back. He wondered just what was going through the other males mind and he was about to ask when Hermione spoke up.
"Did you use any other spells you made?"
"No…" Harry said looking out over the water.
"He doesn't like showing off," Draco said somehow suppressing a snort.
"It's not that…I just prefer to keep most of what I make to myself," He sighed.
"But those spells could be useful to other people," She encouraged.
"I'm aware, but there are a lot of spells that the wizarding world just isn't ready for yet," He glanced at her trying to convey with his eyes that not to push it.
"Not ready?" She asked instead.
"Hermione… Britain is biased in what they believe is light and dark. They put away everything that is considered dark and even dark creatures are treated poorly because the ones in power have fed the wizarding world a bunch of tripe," He sighed, "The spells made by me… would be labeled as dark one, because I'm part of the Malfoy family, two I am a dark wizard, and three they are spells that are hard to ward against or penetrate."
"I don't understand… why ban something when it's hard to ward against if it's useful?" She asked puzzled.
"Because they believe it's too dangerous to leave to chance… even a well-placed, .:Bombarda:. could, kill someone and a severing charm if used the right way could cut a major artery and kill someone by bleeding them out with it. The leaders we live under are biased… simple as that. Places like France, Russia… etcetera let their students preform magic outside of school as long as they don't cast spells in front of muggles. Beuxbatons promotes a more neutral based schooling system, but allow the choice to go one way or another through tutoring outside of school. Durmstrang allows and equal teaching of light, dark, and neutral magic's, but Britain is the only one that shoves Dark Arts aside was well as dark creatures while promoting neutral and light based teaching," He explained and he could tell Fleur and Krum were impressed he knew much of their school, "See Hermione… as long as they shove aside a part of a wizards magic there will always be biased views on it."
"I guess… what do you mean by a Wizard's magic?" She seemed puzzled.
"To be honest not everyone is adept to either magic. The core of a wizard is based on old blood… each wizarding family had creature blood in them. Light creature, and dark creature blood. Humans were an amazing pot to mix the bloods in, however most families are usually of just one affinity those that are of a mix of both say like the Potter line and the Greengrass line… can go Dark or Light. Orion's family is of the Dark affinity even if they were to learn light magic it would never be powerful enough for them to use, because their core is Dark Creature related. Though, since history has blurred and obscured the truth of it all people don't even know that they even have creature blood in their families. It's the same with squibs and supposed Muggleborns, if one were to research and trace back their family lines they would see just which creature blood is in their families… people can easily find this out through the goblins, they just don't know they can."
"'ow did you learn z'at Evan?" Fleur asked.
"Orion Black… He has been researching the whole topic of Muggleborns and Squibs for quite some time now on top of his more stable job as a ward maker. He kind of stumbled upon it with some help from another Wizard," He stated simply, "He actually published a few books already on the subject."
"Z'at is amazing… I would very much like to meet z'is Orion someday," Fleur smiled.
Harry chuckled, "I'm sure he would be pleased to meet you if you ever did meet."
Hermione had gone silent as she silently listened to Harry as well as mulling over what he'd already said. She already knew Orion and Evan were Harry and that Harry wasn't the same boy she once remembered. From all the rumors about Orion she knew too well that Harry's aptitude to learn and explore knowledge had grown exponentially larger than her own. Harry noted her glance up and over at him, he could practically see the gears going in her head. Eventually she caved and asked him if she could ever get ahold of the book Orion made as well as books that could help her understand a bit more about the subject.
Viktor Krum showed a moment of excitement that Hermione was pursuing the knowledge he'd mentioned. He could also note a bit of relief flitting through the man's almost stone hard eyes. He'd probably been worrying about Hermione being less inclined to accept the Dark Arts. He wondered just how often the two spent together to warrant such emotions in the Bulgarian. Harry filed this information away for the time being before telling Hermione that he would ask Orion about it and that he would likely let her since it would cause no kind of harm. Hermione seemed to glow brightly at the thought of learning something knew.
Harry glanced back at the other boat and he could see Dumbledore was watching them silently as Bagman spoke with Cedric and Cho Chang. The older wizard was peering over the edge of his glasses at him with a look that quite frankly puzzled Harry. He looked away as they pulled up to the dock and got out of the boat and made their way over to their fellow students, who swarmed them immediately with questions and excited exclamations.
"Wow Evan that was amazing what was that?" Harry just laughed.
"Evan teach, us some of those spells you used, Please?"
"You were amazing against that squid… you and Krum got the bloody thing good."
Harry placated them by telling them the transformation spell was one he personally invented and that it wasn't ready for other wizard uses and that the other spells had been taught to him by Orion Black and that he didn't want to teach something if it wasn't okay with the other male. All the while he could feel Dumbledore's eyes on him and Harry dutifully ignored it.
Something about that stare did not bode well. He was pretty sure he hadn't used any spell or skill he'd used as Briar Rose and he could easily pass of some spells as Orion having taught him them. They reluctantly backed off and Harry decided then to take his leave with Draco and Blaise, Theo wanted to stay behind and talk with Vincent and a few other Slytherins Harry barely knew the names of. All the while Harry had the unnerving feeling that Dumbledore was thinking something that couldn't at all be safe for the old man to be thinking. Harry had made it into the deep and back, but he couldn't help but feel that he'd jumped from a frying pan and into the fire.
Next Chapter- Shrouded in Darkness
Well this is it for this chapter and since it is the end of term I will be done with this terms classes starting on the 12. I will be out of classes until next term in January. So between that time and now I hope I will be able to write more yay! X3 If not then I'm sorry ahead of time .
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