Harry Potter of Atlantis.
Chapter 3.
Harry, meet the Troll.
The day was October 31st at Hogwarts. Ever since the first day when Harry met Snape, things have changed dramatically in the school.
For one, it was now common knowledge that Ravenclaw and Slytherin had declared open war on another. It had started with Flickwick and Snape's, 'Lets see who can take and add more points to our respective houses' contest.
Flickwick, having enough of snape's games, started to play, he started adding points to his own house for the oddest of reasons.
"You look good, 10 points."
"For breathing, 5 points."
"For not falling asleep in History of Magic, 25 points."
He even started to take points away from Slytherin for the same reasons as Snape did for Gryffindor.
After that, some pissed off Slytherins attacked a 3rd year Ravenclaw, which led to retaliation, and eventually an all out animosity. Many people were surprised when Marcus, the Leader of Ravenclaw, had appointed Harry as Commander of the Ravenclaw forces.
Harry had earned that post when he personally led the retaliation against Slytherin. He had sent a false note from Snape to the same group of Slytherins responsible for the attack to meet in a specified location, which of course was an ambush.
By the end of the battle, all the Slytherin were sent to the Hospital wing for various treatments. One guy was unlucky enough to have tentacles sprout from his face and slap himself and others who attempted to get near him, including Madam Pomfry.
The fighting got so bad between the houses that the traditional Gryffindor rivalry with Slytherin was pushed to the back burner and they were forced to watch.
Of course, Fred and George weasley didn't like it. So they set up a small business by trading supplies to Ravenclaw to use against Slytherin with a low price.
They were made honorary Ravenclaw for their sheer inventiveness of their pranks.
In other news, Harry and Hermione were best in year, easily out performing everyone, and of course, per Ravenclaw tradition, they tutored their fellow Ravenclaws who were having trouble. But other than that, they spent as much time as possible in Harry's trunk learning about ancient technology.
Harry was determined to learn about the ZPM technology, he spent every moment possible learning the theory behind it and how it worked.
He could of course already build them, there was the tech available to do it, but Harry didn't want to build one till he knew how it worked, in case of problems.
Hermione, of course spent time with the Puddle Jumpers, trying to figure out their ins and outs. She also spent time with the Drone weapon system, as well as shields and armor.
They were both very busy, and they wouldn't have it any other way.
Currently, Harry sat in the great hall eating his dinner, when he noticed that Hermione wasn't present. He of course thought that she was caught up in her research, again, that is until this moment.
"Um, excuse me, Harry Potter?" asked a shy Asian woman.
"Yes?" he asked.
"I think your friend, Hermione I believe her name is, needs your help." She said in a whisper.
"Why?" asked Harry.
The girl leaned in closer to whisper into his ear, "just a few minutes ago, I caught her in the girls restroom crying. I tried to talk to her, to help, but she wouldn't listen, I thought that since she's your friend, maybe you could help her."
Harry looked at her in surprise, "why was she crying?"
The girl shrugged, "I don't know, she wouldn't tell me."
Harry said his thanks when he was interrupted by professor Quirrel coming in screaming.
"There's a troll in the dungeons, thought you should know." He then fainted.
The students screamed as Dumbledore stood, "prefects, lead your houses back to your dorms, we will take care of this."
As the students rose, Harry's eyes widened, 'Hermione doesn't know!' he thought in alarm.
He stayed in the back, and when his group entered the hall, he split off and ran to find her.
He found the girls bathroom when he heard a crashing noise followed by a scream.
"HERMIONE!" Harry yelled as he ran inside, only to find the troll with his club over his head, about to smash her.
"Accio Hermione!" yelled Harry, and the girl came flying to him, slamming into him and falling to the ground, he immediately activated his armband, making him and Hermione invisible.
They watched as the troll looked confused when they disappeared.
"Thank you Harry." Hermione said.
Harry simply smiled, before he pulled out his wand.
"Harry, what are you doing with your wand?" Hermione asked.
Harry smiled, "getting rid of the troll of course."
Harry, still invisible, walked up to the troll, and used Wingardium Leviosa to levitate himself in front of the troll; he then pushed his wand up the troll's nose and yelled out, "Reducto!"
The result was the trolls head exploded covering the bathroom with blood and brain matter.
Afterwards Harry holstered his wand, grabbed Hermione then deactivated the armband, just as the staff came bursting in.
"What happened here?" asked a surprised McGonagall.
"I blew his brains out." Said Harry, stating the obvious.
Dumbledore walked in, followed by Flickwick, and Snape.
"Harry, would you mind explaining why you went after the troll?" asked the aging headmaster.
Harry smiled, "well, Hermione was in the bathroom when the announcement was made, and I knew that she didn't know about the troll. So I took it upon myself to risk life and limb to track down my fellow student and to inform her. When I arrived, the troll was about to smash her, so I blew his brains out."
"50 points to Ravenclaw for saving a fellow student and for killing a troll." Said an excited Flickwick.
Snape scowled at that while Dumbledore chuckled.
"Would you mind telling me how you killed him?" asked Dumbledore.
"I mean no disrespect, but I'd rather not reveal all my secrets." Said Harry.
Dumbledore smiled, "that's ok, and all that matters is that you're safe. Return to your dorms and we'll see you in the morning."
On their way back, Harry turned his head and asked, "Hermione, why were you crying in the bathroom?"
Hermione looked shock, "how did you know?"
"Someone told me, now please answer Hermione." Said a worried Harry.
"It was some stupid Gryffindor, Ron Weasley. He was making fun of my large front teeth." She said sadly.
Harry nodded, he knew Hermione was sensitive about her teeth, and the teasing was uncalled for.
Once they got into the common room, Hermione went to her dorm to rest. Harry climbed into his trunk and activated Malia.
"How may I be of service?" she asked.
Harry ginned, "do you have knowledge of magic?"
"Yes, your mother uploaded her entire collection of known spells and instruction on how to use said spells. Your fathers is also present. Before you use said spells, it is advised that you go to the training room for further instructions." Said the hologram.
Harry asked for a map, and followed it to a large circular room at the base of the tower, it took the entire floor. When he entered, Malia activated inside the room.
"What is the function of this room?" asked Harry.
"This room functions as a training area in the use of spells and firearms. You can learn all the spells in the library and I will instruct you in their properties and proper use." Answered Malia.
Harry smiled, "are there any spells for pranks?"
"Accessing James Potter records. Yes, there are numerous entries." Came the reply.
Harry grinned, time for some payback.
Next morning.
Harry sat at the table with Hermione by his side; he had made sure that Ron was in his direct line of eye contact.
He waited till the food arrived, and he discreetly pointed his wand under the table in Rons direction.
FART.
Everyone in the great hall looked in Rons direction when they all heard the very loud fart. Ron looked embarrassed, and his face flushed when he let out an even bigger, wet sounding fart.
By that point everyone at the Gryffindor table slide away from Ron. He got up and started to walk out when an even bigger one came out.
Ron started running as people laughed, and when people caught sight of a little brown falling onto the floor, they laughed even harder.
Harry smiled at his success, when Hermione looked at him, "what did you do Harry?"
Suddenly the nearby Ravenclaws all turned to listen, "I got even Hermione, and he made fun of you and a very sensitive issue, which almost led to you getting killed by a troll. I thought it was time for a little pay back."
The Ravenclaws started clapping at that declaration, they watch out for one another after all.
It was during potions classes that Harry caught sight of Snape limping, it was barely noticeable, but it was enough to get his attention. Snape caught him looking though and sneered, which Harry ignored.
'this bears investigation.' He thought.
As Harry finished his last class for the day, he walked up to Hermione and asked, "Hey, up for a little adventure?"
She raised an eyebrow, "what kind of adventure?"
"well, I was thinking we use the armband to stay invisible to any danger, and we can take a look." He said.
Hermione thought for a minute, "well, I guess we can go, just best to be prepared though."
Harry smiled.
Midnight
Harry and Hermione activated the armband as soon as they left the tower. Once they reached the third floor corridor, they deactivated the armband, opened the door, activated the band, and walked in.
Inside they found a giant 3 headed dog, sleeping. They walked closer and Harry saw something, "Hermione look, it appears it's guarding a door."
She looked, and sure enough, it was there. Luckily nothing was covering it, so they opened it and climbed in. they landed on something soft, and in darkness.
"lumos." Said Hermione.
She looked down and saw a plant, it started to suck them in, because even if they were invisible, the plant can still feel them.
"incindia." Said Harry, catching the plant on fire.
They fell through and they turned to look at one another.
"why would there be so many of these creatures? It's like a freak show." Said Hermione.
"or maybe they are guarding something." Said Harry.
Hermione' eyes lit up at the prospect, "a mystery, I like."
They smiled as they made their way in further.
They came across a mountain troll, who of course couldn't see them so they just walked past him.
On the living chest set, Harry took charge and using his supreme intelligence, managed to pull out a victory.
"your never going to let me forget about this are you?" said an exasperated Hermione after they finished the chess.
Harry grinned, "Nope."
They ran into a potion bottle challenge, which Hermione solved, and there was even enough for both of them to go on. The chase the key challenge was solved in an unconventional way, Harry shot it down.
When they came across a mirror, Harry deactivated the armband and then walked up to it, intrigued.
Inside, he saw a reflection of himself, the reflection smiled, then it lifted its hand and dropped a red stone into its pocket, which the real Harry felt.
He reached inside and pulled it out.
"what's that?" asked Hermione.
"that my dear, is the sorcerer's stone." Said a voice.
They turned around to see Professor Quirrel standing there, looking displeased.
"why are you here?" he asked.
"treasure hunting." Harry said.
"let me see him." said a raspy voice.
"but master, you're not strong enough." Said Quirrel.
"I am strong enough for this." It said.
Quirrel took off his turban and turned around, showing the face of lord Voldemort on the back of his head.
"Whoa! Ugly!" Said Harry.
"Hello Harry potter, do you remember me?" he asked.
"Aren't you that creepy guy whose ass I kicked when I was a baby?" asked Harry.
Voldemort growled, "kill them!"
Quirrel jumped forward to try and attack Hermione; Harry pushed her out of the way and tackled Quirrel to the ground. He reached up and tried to strangle Harry, only to cry as his hands were burned. Harry, seeing what was going on, put his hands on the man's face and watched as he was killed and turned to dust.
As he got up, he saw a dark wraith exit the body and fly off in agony.
Harry smiled, "Me: 2, Voldemort: 0."
Hermione went to check up on Harry, "Harry, are you alright?"
"yeah I'm fine, that was nothing." He said.
Just then they heard a sound, and not one to take chances, Harry pulled out his wand and aimed it at the heart of the man that walked in, Albus Dumbledore.
Upon seeing who it was, Harry holstered it.
"Harry, Ms.Granger, what is going on here?" he asked worriedly.
Harry and Hermione recounted the tale of what happened while Dumbledore listened intently. After they were finished Dumbledore spoke, "if what you say is true, then Quirrel must have been planning this for some time. He probably put a magical alarm on the door to this chamber so he and he alone would be alerted if anyone came in. he most likely showed up when he detected you and came to retrieve the stone. It was obvious that he was not quite prepared to take the stone himself, it would seem you two forced his hand."
They nodded, understanding, then Harry asked, "headmaster, what is the stone and why is it so important?"
"ah, well you see the stone is a legendary artifact. It can create gold and make what is known as the elixir of life, which prolongs one's life." he answered.
Harry looked at it, then put it into his pocket, "I think I will keep this, it will most certainly prove useful in expanding my bank account."
Dumbledore nodded then said, "As a reward Harry, you may keep it. However I must ask that you don't use the elixir of life. immortality is not all it's cracked up to be."
Harry nodded, "that's fine, and I never intended to use it anyways. Immortality doesn't quite fit into my plans."
Dumbledore smiled, twinkle in full force.
"well, then I suggest we take you two to the infirmary, then tomorrow I will make an announcement to the school. I will have to change some detail a bit though, I hope that is ok?" he asked.
Harry and Hermione nodded, already feeling the nights activities catch up to them.
Next morning.
After being given the all clear, Harry and Hermione returned to the trunk, where had placed the sorcerer's stone for protection. He then asked Malia if there were some sort of security measures that could be implemented, and after receiving an affirmative, had them activated in the room the stone was located in. now only Harry had access to the stone.
When they arrived at dinner after classes, Dumbledore rose to give a speech.
"my fellow students, I have an important announcement to make. As you all know, the third floor corridor was off limits for this term. Well, last night two of your fellow students, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, defied those orders and went there anyway. The reason it was off limits was because Hogwarts was guarding a precious item, and it was guarded by a variety of enchantments, but with their combined intellect, both students got passed the enchantments and made it to the treasure. However, when they did, they encountered Professor Quirrel.
It was learned that Quirrel was a servant of the dark lord and was trying to steal the treasure for himself. He attacked Mr. Potter and Ms. Granger, and in the vicious battle, it was Mr. Potter that ultimately defeated Quirrel. Last night, one more Death Eater was defeated in the name of the light, so in reward for that, I would like to award 50 points each to Mr. Potter and Ms. Granger for doing a special service to the school by thwarting such evil intentions."
When Dumbledore was finished, everyone rose to clap, except a few Slytherin, and Harry's fellow Ravenclaws cheered louder than before, for getting an additional hundred points.
The rest of the term went by quickly, Harry and Hermione passing their entire test with flying colors and made the top students. During the Ravenclaw elections, a female student by the name of Samantha Parker was elected the new leader of Ravenclaw, and Harry was given the permanent position of commander and defender of Ravenclaw till he resigned or left school.
After the ending feast, which had Ravenclaw the victors of the house cup, Harry and Hermione boarded the train and shared a compartment.
"So Harry, what are you going to do?" she asked.
"well, I'm going to continue studying about the ZPM, I almost got it, I'm positive. I never thought I would understand it so quickly. Other than that, I'm going to study the spell library and training section, since I am able to practice there without being detected by the ministry. This will most certainly help in the inevitable confrontation with Voldemort. How about you?" he finished.
"well, I'll probably go on another vacation. I'm also thinking of drawing up plans for my own starship, just for fun. When the holidays are over I'll go into the Holo room in your trunk to see if the plans would actually work or not. As for you understanding the ZPM so quickly, that's probably because you have the entire library stored in your head, it makes it easier for you than other people." she stated.
Once the train ride was over, they made their way into the station, stepping over the bodies of Malfoy and his goons; apparently they pissed off the wrong Ravenclaw.
Harry gave Hermione a hug before going off to his relatives. It was going to be an interesting summer.
A/N: hello again, I hope this is good. I know it was rushed, finishing harry's first year so quickly, so let me explain why.
I am going through Harry's first, second, and third years as quickly as possible, for they are mostly un important. However, during the summers in between the years, that is where the real story picks up. I will go slower once I reach Harrys 4th year, for that would be about the time my plans begin to fall into place.
I have grand plans for this story, and I promise not to disappoint.
I have also received a lot of requests for a harry Hermione pairing. I have to say that it is undecided who harry will end up with, for it will not be for a very long time. So please, I ask kindly, stop sending me requests about who he should end up with. It gets annoying real fast.
Thank you all for reading, till next time.