Angel's Wings: Chapter 2
Disclaimer: As Before, The plot, the Magi as in this story and any OC's are my own, as are in part any modified/new spells. Anything you recognise is likely owned by one person or another, with the bulk belonging to J.K. Rowling and Square Enix.
A.N. Most Magi Arts will be explained either in this chapter or the next. As it is a part of the story plot at the start of this chapter, White Magi are those who are aligned with the healing magicks that Magi alone can use. A lot of these magics will have some basis in the White Magic of the Final Fantasy Series, although many will be developed further. The majority of the White Magic used in this chapter will be dispelling magic, although the spell in the games of the same name will not be used. At the end, rather than having a five year old Harry calling Chaotoformes by his full name, he will refer to Chaotoformes as Uncle Chaos (a shortened form of the full name, I thought.). From now on, I will mostly be referring to Chaotoformes as either Gaia, or as Uncle Chaos if it is from Harry's POV. I will only be using Chaotoformes if it is a formal situation, and it is necessary.
Previously:
Gaia finds Harry Potter on Number 4's Doorstep, finds out that he has had the majority of his powers blocked and takes him away to unblock him. As he is a potential Magus through his Peverell inheritance, Gaia has decided to raise Harry and train him in the Magi Arts.
Chapter 2: Releasing the Blocks
Gaia re-appeared in front of an ancient and picturesque castle, having taken Harry from the doorstep of Number 4, Privet Drive. As he approaches the building, the doors open as if they can sense his presence. Once he is inside, he withdraws his stave (A.N. from this point forward, the 'pole' mentioned in the previous chapter is a stave. – AngelMagi42) and whispers into the tip, channelling his magic into the tip.
"This is Lord Chaotoformes Gaia Maijus. Calling all White Magi to Maijus Manor – Category 5 Blocks – Please come to the Ritual Chamber on the second floor at once."
He then slammed his stave into the ground, and incanted: "Traducit Insulae voce defer mea. SONABITE INFINITUS!" (A.N. The sentence was translated from Carry my voice across the Isle. Sonabite is altered from sonabit – resonate, and infinitus is a step up from maximus in this story)
He then ascended the stairs and quickly marched towards the intricately carved doors that formed the entrance, and seal, of the ritual chamber. This room was designed for the performance of rituals, but a side effect was that the chamber would absorb sudden bursts of magic, preventing it from causing harm while a person's magic was out of control, making it the perfect place to remove the massive number of blocks on Harry safely. Gaia opened the doors, which seemed to almost pulse under his hands, and walked in. He glowed brown, and seemed to trill softly. As he did so, a table seemed to grow out of the ground, with a soft top to put Harry on while he and the other White Magi started to remove the blocks.
After a few minutes, all 49 White Magi filtered in, and Gaia spoke.
"As most of you know, a major event happened just yesterday evening, resulting in the one known as the Dark Lord Voldemort losing his physical form. He has not died yet. I investigated and discovered a child being removed. He seemed to have vast quantities of magic being suppressed, so I found out where he was being moved. When I found him again, he had been abandoned on the doorstep of a mundane family. I used the health scan spell to check if he was in good health. He was not." He then proceeded to list each and every thing Harry was suffering from, before explaining why he had called the White Magi.
"With the sheer number of blocks on him, it would have been fatal for just one person to remove the blocks. However, I brought him here after discovering that he is a descendent of the Peverell Line, and was able to discover the keystone part of the curse. I will be destroying that personally. As a result of his Peverell blood, I have sworn that I would protect and raise him until he reaches majority. Now, may I ask that all of you assist me in releasing the blocks?"
After the assembled White Magi all agreed, they formed into seven concentric circles of seven, with Gaia in the very centre. And so they began. First off, they decided to transfer the soul fragment, as this was likely to interfere in the process. Gaia lead the ritual:
"Per gratiam magicae ego Chaotoformes Gaia Maijus, hoc vocant in mortis imperium se ut aufero hoc fragmentum animæ ac reponite in uase hanc inanimatis. Sic fiat semper."
This was repeated seven times, and a black vapour-like form withdrew from the curse scar and flew into a crystal sphere conjured for this purpose. This would later be used to find the rest of the soul this fragment belonged to. It was decided that the mental blocks would be removed fully first, starting with the Memoria Caligo curse. This would help Harry control his magic as it was released.
"Ortus Multitudinum Caligo Quae Mentis"
A white mist flew from the various foci that the White Magi were using, and entered Harry's head, after a few minutes the mist withdrew, surrounding a purple fog which was promptly destroyed by a blast of fire. Afterwards, they began to chant anew:
"Purgare et restituere mens sit puero huic magicae potentia ad eius plenam, Restituere eidetic memoriae pueri huius, Dimittere mentem pueri huius. Per virtutem divina. Sic fiat semper!"
A web was revealed over the sleeping form of Harry, and started unravelling. By the end, what once looked like a ball of yarn was now showing a complex weave of thought and memory, as if his mind had never been trapped by the web of spells placed to suppress his mind. After this they began to restore his magic. They needed to do this in a specific order. First, they removed the Core Blocks:
"Dimittere core magicae intrinsecus puero hoc. Sic fiat semper."
Upon the last word, an immense wave of magic was released, which took a good few minutes to withdraw. Once this had happened, the White Magi started to remove the blocks on his abilities. Fortunately one was taken care of with the soul fragment already, so they worked on his shapeshifting, his Empathic powers and his core alteration. This was all done at once, and his stolen summon would need to be found and restored to release the block:
"Restituere potentiarum dotatis quibuscunque puero hoc. Ad suum formae verae magicae reparare, restituere formae potestate situm est mutare suam, restituenda affectibus sentiendi vim aliorum"
As they spoke, his magical core became visible, a great sphere of gold and red. With the second part of the invocation, his core mutated to become an even larger sphere of silver and gold, with streaks of every colour running through. This showed that he would be powerful in many areas when he was older. Then he started shapeshifting, flowing through many different hair colours, skin colours, body shapes and more, until he settled into his original form. Finally, his magic began to reach out, and the more sensitive magi who were on the island at the time reported feeling a probe that was sensing their emotions, which is remarkable for any empathic mage, let alone one who is less than two years old and untrained.
Once this was done, many of the younger Magi in the ritual room collapsed, having expended much of their magic. Gaia waved his hand, and they all flashed away. Gaia then walked the towards the infirmary, making sure that all the collapsed Magi had arrived safely. Occasionally, he knew, flashing someone to another location can go wrong, but it is a rather efficient way of moving unconscious people. The other Maji were dismissed, having followed Gaia to the infirmary. He weaved a monitor around the infirmary, and left to create a new room for his charge.
As he walked to the family wing on the 5th floor, he suddenly felt an intruder entering his castle. He launched a silent pulse to determine who or what had entered, and discovered it was a Phoenix summon. The summon quickly reached Gaia and Harry, and suddenly flew straight into Harry's chest, being absorbed in the process. Then immediately the summon block was destroyed by the force of Harry receiving his summon again. They continued up to the fifth floor, to find the old nursery next to the Master's Suite. It was perfect for now, so all Gaia did was conjure a cot for Harry, and weave layer upon layer of monitoring wards so that if Harry woke up, he would know. The next day, he removed the curse placed on the Peverell line, and Harry transformed to his true form. All Magi possess one or two unique characteristics, mostly passed on through the line. Harry developed the silver streak of hair, the black, falcon-like wings and the glowing eyes that were common to the Peverell line, even if they mostly were able to hide their unusual features.
For the next few years, Gaia looked after Harry, who grew into a fairly mature young child. When he turned five, the Council of Magi decided that it was time for Harry to begin training. So, the next day, they arranged for Harry to discover his alignment. This is an important part of training as a Magus, for not every mage can cast certain types of Magi Arts. Gaia had spoken to Harry that night about the Alignment Test.
(A.N. Time Jump, it's now just after Harry's 5th Birthday, so early August 1985 if I've done the math's correctly)
"Harry, you know that tomorrow you will be learning about your Alignment, yes?"
"Yes Uncle Chaos, I know. How does that work anyway?" Harry asked
"Well, Harry, the Alignment Orb is a magical artefact which can determine which Magi Arts you will be able to cast. If like myself you end up living for a ridiculously long time, you will eventually find a way to cast most Magi Arts, but for now you will be focusing on your affinities." Gaia explained
"How old are you, then, Uncle Chaos?"
"Hm, let me think about this for a bit… Ah yes, after a time magic incident I got sent to the very beginning of time itself, I was in my 20s then so I'm several billion years old. Most Magi don't live that long, I think the accident gave me some bizarre form of immortality, to be honest, but no-one knows how or why." Gaia answered after thinking about it for a few minutes.
"Wow, that's old" Harry said, shocked. "Do you think I could be that old one day?"
"Possibly" was the hesitant reply.
"Cool. Anyways, what types of Magi Arts are there?" Harry wondered.
"There's several schools of thought on this, the one I follow is the 'Colours' System. Black Magic, my weakest affinity, is primarily battle magics, although any elemental spell, such as Elemental Shifting, which is the ball of fire transportation I often use, although the other seven elements have their own version. White Magic, my Primary Affinity, is spells that focus on Healing, Restorative, Protective and Resurrection magic. Resurrection is rather rare, as there is rules as to who can be revived when and where. At least for true Resurrection, but the other forms of resurrection, such as reanimation, are more Demonic spells. Blue Magic is primarily unusual battle or restorative magic that was developed from the innate abilities of various creatures. Those are rather difficult to learn without an affinity, but possible with the right methods. Green Magic is primarily chants or nature magic. That's mostly things like tree-walking or water-walking, which just takes focus. It also includes any way of manipulating natural energy. The final grouping, and the only one that does not have a colour assigned, is Space and Time Magic, which is near impossible with anything lower than a secondary affinity, at least for time travel or stopping time. The speed of time can be altered more easily. Space magic is gravity based, and always grouped with time magic. Any questions for that one?"
"Yep," said Harry, "What are the elements?"
"The elements are eight-fold, and are paired with their opposite. Generally, beings of one element are weakest against their pair. There is Fire and Ice, Lightning and Water, Wind and Earth, and the most powerful elements, Light and Dark. Unlike most magicals, Magi do not believe that Dark is intrinsically Evil, as some Light spells can be fatal just as easily, and the worst Dark spells can be used to save lives. I'm a Light/Fire elemental for magic, although I have learned the others by now." Gaia explained. "Now, you need to go to bed so that you can be up early to get to the Test tomorrow. Good Night, Harry."
"Night, Uncle Chaos." Harry called as he ran up to his room, which had vastly changed from the nursery it had been when Harry was first brought to the castle by Gaia years ago. Gaia chuckled, and went to bed himself, it had been a long day.
A.N. This was certainly a rather odd chapter. I originally planned to have the conversation in it's own chapter, but I'd rather have one longer chapter that has a bit of a time gap than dividing it so, because both parts were a bit short. As before, Constructive Criticism would be preferable. I decided to refer to Chaotoformes as Gaia because it was a bit of a difficult name to type out over and over again. My fault, but I did want an unusual name. A lot of people do chose to be known by their middle names, so I decided rather than change the name, I would just refer to him as Gaia, which is his middle name. Any questions about the Magi Arts or even the Elements system that I have made (loosely based on the magic systems of the Final Fantasy Series. Even though I have not written it, Harry does know of his heritage, as a Potter and as the child of James and Lily. He also knows that his Uncle Chaos found him left on a doorstep with several mental and magical blocks, and the person who did them. Gaia was able to decipher the names of the two people placing blocks on him, so when Harry and Gaia meet Dumbledore later on he will NOT like him one bit. They also know about Voldemort. This Harry Potter WILL be OOC.