The-Demon-Who-Lived
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Naruto. They are both respectively owned by J.K Rowling and Masashi Kishimoto.
A/N: Note about the Akatsuki rings. While the ninjas predated the wizards, the people of today don't really know much about chakra/magic and its old uses so any items said to be created by someone with extraordinary powers is just assumed to be a wizard/witch by them. So even though the Mandarin is said to be a wizard he could have also been a ninja or any one of many titles.
Chapter 5: Stone
-Tuesday, November 19th 1991-
Harry grinned as he held up the vial of dragon's blood, the red liquid glistened in the moonlight as he studied it.
'Almost time.' he thought placing the vial in his pocket next to its twin. A small sound to the side drew his attention.
/Ready Hebi?/ he hissed at the large ball of scales to his left.
/Yess masster, Ive drained nearly all of it./ the serpent replied, its voice coming out deeper due to its enlarged state.
/Alright then, set it free./ Harry ordered.
The serpent hissed once then seemed to gag, bit by bit the large bulge at its center seemed to move forward as it was pushed out. After a few moments like this Hebi gave one loud gurgle and spat out a shriveled and soggy house elf. Harry grinned as he crouched down next to the creature, it was still alive if just barely but it could hardly move more than its eyes which just stared at him in fear.
"Thanks for your assistance, Blinky was it? Yes, I thank you for your help, when you wake up you may return to the castle." He said with a wide smile, the elves eyes widened as Harry's demon bone wand was leveled at its face.
"Obliviate." with a powerful flare of light the spell did its job. Grinning down at the unconscious creature Harry walked over and allowed the grumbling serpent to wrap around his arm before jumping off into the forest.
A few minutes later they landed in one of the deeper clearings.
/Stop complaining and digest it Hebi./ Harry ordered, the serpent hissed one more comment about filthy unwashed elves before falling silent in concentration.
Harry gasped as he felt the foreign magic enter his core through his familiar. Hebi had spent the last 13 hours absorbing the magic of the house elf and now that same magic was being filtered and passed to him through the serpent. Closing his eyes as well Harry concentrated on the foreign magic now inside his core, he located it right next to the bond with Hebi and began to isolate it from his core. If left alone it would most likely spread and disrupt his control over his core but by isolating it he could have it stored away for later use.
Harry's eyes snapped open as the last of the magic was contained, grinning darkly he tightly held onto his familiar and concentrated. With a slight pop they disappeared in a vortex only to reappear inside the Slytherin common room. Another pop and he was back in the forest.
(While Kamui is usually silent the introduction of house elf magic to the technique causes it to make a popping sound.)
/Yess, it worked, good job Hebi./ he cooed excitedly.
Thanks to the new magic within him he could now pass through wards just like house elves, he had been unable to warp around Hogwarts because of its powerful wards but now thanks to his familiar and its abilities, nothing could stop him.
And all it cost was one measly elf once a year.
Closing his eyes once more Harry vanished inside his vortex. A moment later he reappeared inside a familiar room.
"Hello Fluffy." he grinned.
As the dog finally dropped down asleep Harry practically skipped over to the trapdoor, while it was now simple for him to just warp through, he had wanted to go the long way. Mostly to finally defeat his nemesis of the last two months, Fluffy the Cerberus.
Throwing the door open Harry peered down into its depths, he couldn't see what lay at the bottom but he could definitely sense it. A demon plant.
Shrugging he turned intangible before dropping into the hole, as he fell he heard the trapdoor slam shut behind him. Harry grinned as he phased down through the plant-
'Devil's Snare' he noted
-he was almost tempted to destroy the whole thing but it wouldn't do to let anyone know he had been here, and these defenses were obviously meant to protect that package Hagrid had picked up.
Silently landing on the stone floors below the plant Harry hummed as he walked down the sloping path towards a small wooden door. Throwing the door open he whistled as he entered a large circular chamber. The sound of buzzing and flapping wings drew his attention to the hundreds of small birds flying above.
'No wait, those are..keys?'
Instead of the small birds he thought they were Harry noted that there were instead hundreds of small silver keys flitting around the room. Turning his attention away from the flying keys he spotted a broom leaning against the wall and next to it was a door with a large keyhole.
'So I'm supposed to find the one that fits?' he snorted.
/Hang on tight Hebi, this might hurt./ he hissed softly, the serpent didn't reply but Harry felt it tighten around his arm.
Concentrating on his new house elf magic Harry became intangible once more and rushed the door. He felt as the multitude of wards and enchantments placed upon the door attempted to fight him off and push him back into the chamber but try as they might the combination of his elfish magic and Hebi's magic absorption allowed him to push through the powerful wards and exit on the other side.
Coming out onto the other side Harry cocked an eyebrow as he found himself in front of a giant chess set. Shrugging his shoulders he attempted to pass through but as he approached the door the white pawns drew their blades and blocked his path. Growling in frustration Harry glared at the chess pieces before him before locking onto the tall king.
'Well I haven't gotten a chance to destroy anything yet.' he thought with a smirk.
Shrugging Harry drew his demon wand and in one smooth movement fired a spell.
''Bombarda"
His ring pulsed as his magic flowed through it and into his wand, the diamond at the tip glowed a dull brown before the spell was fired. Powered by the powerful wand and the Dagon ring the spell plowed through all protective enchantments on the chess pieces and struck the king. The chess piece seemed to shudder for a moment before the large stone king exploded in a shower of dust, the overpowered spell reducing it to powder.
The rest of the chest pieces seemed to look from him to the layer of powder before wisely backing down. Harry smirked as he heard a click and the door at the end swung open. As he walked towards the door he threw a look back at the board, the pieces were now back in position except for the white king. Frowning to himself Harry pooled his energy and made a single hand sign before slamming his hand onto the ground. The ground shook as another white stone chess piece rose from the ground where the king would be. While this one lacked the necessary enchantments it would be enough to fool anyone else unless they took a closer look.
Turning swiftly Harry swept from the room and entered the now open door. He was deposited in a small square chamber and as he entered the room the torches on the walls sprang to life illuminating the room. Harry twitched an eyebrow as he spotted the source of the first demonic presences on his floor. Laying against the wall of the room was a large sleeping troll.
The creature was almost twice the size of the last troll which meant it would be far stronger, smarter and more resilient to magic. Lucky for him that it was already asleep.
His frown deepened as he surveyed the small room the troll was trapped within. Unlike Fluffy the Cerberus, the troll didn't look like it was well taken care of and the room it was trapped in was barely large enough for it to stand upright.
'Filthy humans, trapping a magical being for their own uses.' he thought with a frown.
Throwing all pretense of stealth to the wind Harry concentrated on the troll, his power seemed to swirl around him as his eyes began to glow. The amount of power focused into them caused the illusion to fall and the silver-purple of his Rinnegan glowed brightly as the Sharingan tomoe began to spin.
''Jikukan Ido (Space-Time Migration)''
The troll having been awakened by the amount of power Harry was releasing only had time to growl before a vortex spun into existence dead center in its chest, it barely had time to spot Harry before it was sucked into the portal and gone from the room.
Nodding to himself Harry entered the next room.
A troll grunted in confusion as it found itself now standing within a forest rather than the small dark room it had been trapped in for the last few months. The last thing it remembered was awakening to the feeling of danger before being sucked into some strange void and appearing where it now stood.
Grunting once more the troll gripped its club tightly and wandered off into the forest. Had it been smarter it would have noticed the strangeness of the forest. For one thing the sky was blood red while the trees were pitch black. For another the sky was filled with various sized cubes of white stone each with a small black forest on top of them.
As soon as he entered the next room the door closed behind him and a wall of purple flames rose to block his path, across from him a wall of black flames rose to block the way forward.
Harry rose an eyebrow at the black flames.
'Cheap rip off.' he scowled before turning his attention to the table that had just appeared in the middle of the room. On top of said table were a number of vials and bottles each a different shape and color and laying in front of the vials was a slip of paper. Stalking up to the table Harry snatched up the paper and read.
'Hmm a logic puzzle huh? Well no sooner time to do this than now.' he thought with a wide grin.
/Hebi, prepare yourssself for the ritual./ he hissed silently to his familiar.
/Yess masster./ the serpent hissed in replied as it uncoiled from his arm and slid down onto the floor.
Biting his thumb Harry kept the wound from healing as his hand moved around drawing intricate shapes on the floor with his blood. Minutes passed by as he continued to focus on the patterns now appearing on the ground with one last swish of his hand he finished and allowed the wound to close up. Where there had been empty stone there was now an intricate seal matrix drawn in Harry's blood. In the center of said matrix Hebihada was coiled with its eyes closed in concentration and its mouth wide open as it devoured the surrounding magical energies.
Nodding to himself as he triple checked the seal work Harry drew his bone wand and pointed it at several locations in the seal matrix. Each time the wand stopped it would glow blue before a rune was engraved onto the ground, this continued on for several moments until Harry twirled the wand and slipped it back into its holster.
/Finished ssscaled one?/ he asked softly.
The serpents eyes snapped open as its concentration was broken /Yess masster, there are no more interfering magicsss in the air./ Hebi replied.
Harry took a good look around and just like Hebi had said there was no foreign magic around the seal matrix. The ritual he was about to perform was ancient yet simple, it would allow one creature to gain certain traits of another creature permanently with none of the weaknesses. The only problem with the ritual was that it had to be performed in an area clear of foreign energies unless the ritual could be contaminated which led to less than desirable results.
Nodding to himself Harry entered the center of the seal matrix and picked up his familiar. As he moved he could feel the seals and runes below him drawing upon his magic to power themselves, the seals glowed with a luminescent white light while the runes glowed gold as they recieved more and more power. As the ritual reached the peak of its power Harry felt a tingle rush through both his and Hebi's bodies signifying that it was ready.
Reaching into his pocket he withdrew the two vials of dragon blood and in one swift movement pulled out the stoppers keeping them closed.
/Bottomsss up/ he hissed as he poured the liquid down both their throats.
The magic of the ritual immediately locked onto the nature of the blood picking apart its useful traits before adding them to that of the caster. Harry felt his body heat up until it got so hot it felt like his blood was boiling, suppressing a scream of pain he clenched his teeth tightly and shut his eyes as the pain increased in magnitude. This was another reason the ritual had fallen into obscurity, the amount of pain it induced was immeasurable, when used by a human the ritual would either kill them from shock or drive them mad from the pain. A demon on the other had had a higher pain tolerance so there was less risk for him but it still hurt like a bitch.
Right when he was almost at his limit and was about to scream and abort the ritual the seals and runes gave one final flare of power before they exploded, leaving Harry and his familiar laying in a small patch of blackened stone.
'Ugh, god that hurt.' Harry thought groggily as he picked himself up, a low hiss from Hebi showed that the snake was alright as well, which was expected since the magical serpent had no pain receptors.
Harry grinned as he looked down at his familiar, rather than the long dark blue scales it usually had Hebi now had slightly rounded greenish-blue scales. It's head had straightened out and was now looking more snakelike, also rather than the small beady eyes it had before the serpent now spotted a pair of crimson slitted eyes. Splayed to either side of his familiar were a small pair of thin, leathery dragon wings.
Hebi having spotted it's new appendages, spent a moment examining them before extending them to their full length and with a powerful flap soared up into the air. The serpent gave a gleeful hiss before shakily gliding over to its master and wrapping back around his arm, the wings shuddered before they straightened and magically slid into the serpents body until only the tips were visible.
/Impressive Hebi, It sseems that the ritual was quite sssuccessful./ Harry hissed petting the serpents head.
The serpent raised its head slightly and expelled a small red fireball that exploded against the wall and left a small scorch mark.
/Yess masster, the changess will take getting ussed to but they are mosst impressive./ Hebi hissed in reply as Harry gawked at the scorch mark left by his familiar.
/That wasss pretty cool/ Harry replied with a smirk, he had only been aiming for fire proofing but it seemed his familiar gained more abilities than were expected.
'Eat your heart out Dumbledore, my familiar beats yours.' He thought as the phoenix came to mind. 'Wonder what I gained.'
Waving his wand Harry conjured up a full length mirror in order to take in his appearance. Unlike his familiar he had suffered from only minor changes, his canines were slightly elongated and the rest of his teeth were now sharper, his fingernails were longer giving them the appearance of claws. He had also gained slit pupils like those of a dragons and a small ring of red encircled them. All in all the changes were barely noticeable and could be covered up by another illusion.
'Ugh, I wonder how it affected my demon form though.' Harry thought with a grimace.
There had only been one reason to acquire the dragons blood for this ritual, fireproofing. As a greater demon he had some of the traits of most demonic creatures, like the Veela's allure and natural beauty or the vampire's rapid healing. As such he also had some minor fireproofing from imps and other such creatures. But his fire proofing was minor compared to those of a dragon or phoenix, and since those were summon creatures he didn't have their abilities. He was immune to natural flames and such but a magical flame like the one he stood before would still harm him.
That was why he had decided to partake of this ritual, Dragons were neutral creatures so adding its blood with his would not harm him, and tainting it with his dark powers would make the protection twice as powerful, right now Harry was sure he could even walk through the flames of Amaterasu unharmed. There was also the bonus of increasing his control over the fire element and the power of his flame based attacks.
What he didn't expect though were the physical changes on both their appearances, like other humanoid demons such as the Veela and werewolf he had both a demonic form and a humanoid form, but thanks to the ritual his human form was now more of a half-human half-demon form instead of a full human. Harry grimaced as he prepared to change forms.
A tingle at the back of his mind snapped his attention back to the reality of his situation, one of the barriers he had set up in Fluffy's room had just been crossed, someone knew he was here and they were quickly making their way through the rooms. Growling in frustration Harry banished the mirror and rushed through the black flames and the door they protected. The flames lightly tickled his skin and reduced his robes to ashes but other than that he and Hebihada were unharmed.
'Going to need some fireproof clothing.' He thought with a frown. Ignoring his nakedness Harry opened the door before him and entered the next chamber.
He rose one eyebrow as he looked around the room for traps.
But there was nothing, no magical or even muggle traps. The chamber was completely clean with nothing protecting the small paper wrapped object laying on the ground. Shrugging to himself Harry conjured up a long black cloak with a hood that would obscure his face should he be caught, making his way to the center of the room he picked up the small paper package and unwrapped it to reveal a small red stone.
(The Mirror of Erised doesn't get moved here until after Christmas break.)
Harry gasped as the paper glowed slightly, the runes written all over it deactivated allowing the power of the stone to wash over him, he gaped as the crimson stone released a familiar malevolent aura.
'K-kyuubi?' he thought shocked as a shaking hand reached out to touch the small stone. Harry gasped once more as memories seemed to enter his mind.
-flash-
Finally the boy was calling on him once more, grinning to itself Kyuubi poured four tails of power into its host. The boy easily fell into its grasp as the demon roared loudly into the sky. Its roar turned into a low growl as the toad man began shouting at it, telling the boy to regain control. Roaring once more Kyuubi slashed at the foolish man leaving long claw marks across his chest.
The demon growled in frustration as the boy began fighting back, it tried to push more power at the boy but something was stopping it, the demon shook in frustration as the small stone necklace the boy wore began draining its power. With a roar of anger the demon withdrew its power from the boy lest the blasted stone take it all.
-flash-
Kyuubi roared in anger as his opponent gloated at him. All he could focus on was ripping that hateful snake man to shreds. The boy seemed to awaken as the pink haired wench called his name. The blasted girl was going to ruin everything, whipping out one of its tails Kyuubi smiled in satisfaction as the girl fell. Unfortunately this had the effect of angering the boy and he began to fight back once more. Kyuubi cried out in anger as that blasted stone began to suppress and absorb its power once more.
Roaring in fury it forced more power into the stone in an attempt to destroy it or at least fight it off until he could regain control over the boy. The demon was forced to give up its plans as the wood man used his abilities to suppress his yoki. Growling in frustration Kyuubi withdrew its yoki from the boy and stone and decided to bide its time until it could run free once more.
-flash-
Kyuubi howled in happiness, the sage man had just killed the brats mate. It was time to make its move once more. Roaring in anticipation Kyuubi pushed six tails of power at the boy when he asked and grinned when it felt the blasted stone affecting it once again. Drawing more power Kyuubi poured its yoki into the stone mixing it with the nature energy of the stone just like how it had gleamed from the boys memory.
The demon grinned in satisfaction as it felt its power corrupting the stone yet it was happening far too slow to help. Roaring at the sage man Kyuubi forced the boy to reach up and tear the stone from his throat, grinning the demon ripped open a portal to Makai and threw the stone within, where it would never bother him again.
-flash-
An explosion of power swept through the room as the stone dropped into the center of the rune matrix, ripped from its place between realms the stone had been called upon by a human that desired its powers.
''Did it work Nicolas?'' a feminine voice asked from one end of the room.
A tall gray haired man stalked into the center of the matrix and picked up the stone, he grinned at it as he held it up to the light. The once green gem was now crimson and the once slim stone had increased in size over the centuries from the amount of energy it now contained.
''Yes dear it did, behold the philosopher stone.'' The man announced gleefully.
Harry gawked at the small gem in his hand, the philosophers stone, said to have the ability to turn lead into gold and grant the user immortality. He grinned as he examined it, to think that the Shodai's crystal gem would survive over the ages and become such a rare and powerful artifact. He could sense the mixture of nature and Yoko energies that swirled within the small stone he held in his hand.
The ability to liquidize nature energy and grant both youth and immortality to those that drank it regularly while using the Yoko energy to shape-shift one material into another. The crystal gem necklace was indeed a powerful artifact but why was it here then, inside a school full of children? The last he heard it belonged to Nicholas Flamel and his wife.
Shrugging to himself Harry tucked the stone into his cloak's pocket and formed a few hand-signs before stomping the ground with his foot and releasing his energy into the ground. A moment later a small red stone exactly the same as the crystal gem rose from the ground, focusing on the small stone Harry cast a small genjutsu over it so it would release the same aura as the real stone before wrapping it up with the brown paper and placing it back in its original position.
He had just set the stone on the ground when the door to the room was blasted apart and five figures swept in with their wands drawn. Flitwick, Quirrell, McGonagall, Snape and Dumbledore entered the room and immediately spotted the cloaked figure reaching down to pick up the stone.
Harry leapt away as various spells were fired at him from each of the teachers, four of whom kept their wands pointed at him while Dumbledore lowered his wand and took a step forward.
"I don't know who you are but come peacefully and you will not be harmed." the old man stated calmly.
Harry grinned inside his cloak as he allowed his eyes to show through the darkness of the hood. The five professors recoiled in shock at the strange ringed eyes that glowed with power inside the hood. They stared transfixed as the tomoe in each eye began to spin lazily as Harry observed them all.
"What makes you think you can take me old man? The five of you are nothing before my might." Harry replied in a deeper voice. His comment served to draw everyone's attention back to the situation and they stopped studying his eyes.
Dumbledore studied him quizzically and Harry felt the old man attempting to enter his mind. Rather than thrust him out immediately Harry focused on some ancient bit of information and thrust it at the man before closing up the rest of his mind. As the old man studied the information he had gleamed Harry examined the other teachers. Snape was watching him with a scowl, McGonagall and Flitwick were watching him warily while Quirrell's eyes were darting from him to the small package laying in the center of the room.
'So Quirrell really is after the stone huh? Interesting, too bad I cant tangle the fact that I have it in his face right now' Harry thought.
"Are you done attempting to read my mind old man?" He asked amplifying his mental defenses and causing the headmaster to flinch as he withdrew his mind probe.
Dumbledore frowned at him "I don't know why you want the stone or how you learned it was here but you will not succeed.'' the old man stated in a powerful tone as he raised his wand.
Harry grinned as he formed a plan in his mind. Just as Dumbledore and the other teachers began firing stunning and disarming spells at him Harry disappeared in a blur of movement, faster than they could follow he rushed to the center of the room and picked up the package. Harry cut his thumb and with small rapid strokes drew a seal on the package while decreasing his magic output and concealing his presence. Dumbledore and the others looked around in surprise as they could no longer sense him in the room.
With the seal drawn and his power suppressed Harry concentrated on the pools of energy within his core. His human magic signature may be traceable by someone as powerful and knowledgeable as Dumbledore and his house elf signature would be recognized by the castle wards but those weren't his only choices. Dropping deeper and deeper into his core Harry bypassed the three surface energies belonging to him and his familiar and tapped into a deeper power, his demonic yoki.
Harry grinned darkly as more and more of his yoki filled his body and permeated the air, it had been a long time since he had last let his demonic powers loose and he shuddered as pleasure flowed through his body. Pure dark energy swam through his veins, urging him to destroy the pathetic humans before him, urging him to slaughter all who would stand in his path. Harry took a deep breath and reined in his blood-lust, it wouldn't do to lose his head right now, he would most likely level all of Scotland if he did.
His power burst from his body and filled the entire area, all his magic signatures in the last few room were easily overcome by the yoki that now permeated the air. The other occupants of the chamber shuddered and paled under the oppressive amounts of dark magic in the room, they found it difficult to breath due to the killer intent radiating from the cloaked figure standing in the center of the room.
"You win this time old man but you would be wise to look out in the future." Harry growled in a deeper tone due to dark power flowing through him, grinning he tossed the stone high into the air.
As he expected Quirrell's eyes followed the stone as he made to catch it while the others kept their sights firmly on the cloaked figure releasing so much dark power. With a wink Harry vanished in a vortex much to the surprise of the professors as they sensed him slip through the castles powerful wards.
From his pocket universe Harry watched as the inhabitants of the room searched around for him before deciding he was gone, he watched as Quirrell caught the stone and began slowly sidling towards the door. Harry frowned as the soul of Voldemort within the turbaned man seemed to pulse and Quirrell stopped moving and seemed to listen as Snape asked Dumbledore a question.
"Did you learn anything about that man headmaster?" Snape asked in a whispered tone, he was still shaking slightly from the killer intent Harry had released.
Dumbledore frowned before addressing them "I learned a few things about our cloaked friend but it was only after he spoke that I realized that he only let me see what he wanted me to see so the information may not even be correct." the old man announced wearily.
"Well? What did you learn Albus? The man just slipped through the wards easily, that is worrying enough." McGonagall added, her shaking seemed to have ceased as her face returned to is regular sternness.
"Well all I learned was that his name is Pein and he is the leader of some sort of organization." Dumbledore replied gravely.
"Pein?" Flitwick squeaked.
"What organization?" Snape asked.
"I wasn't able to learn his goals or plans I was only able to get his name and that of his organization." Dumbledore replied.
"And what is the name of this organization" McGonagall asked annoyed.
The old man frowned as the name came to his lips.
"Akatsuki."
Harry grinned as he moved back to his private clearing. He suppressed his yoki and slipped back into reality, hopefully the yoki would throw them off his trail should Dumbledore ever suspect him. Using the Akatsuki and the name Pein had all been just a spur of the moment thing to throw off the old man and the rest but now the more he thought about it the more it sounded like a good idea.
He hadn't really planned what he would do once he was finished at Hogwarts, or what his goals in his long life would be but perhaps a change was needed in the magical world. He had already read every book in both the school and the store in the nearby village, he had even purchased one of every book from the stores in Diagon alley and with the use of his clones and Sharingan he had easily assimilated all the information he could find, from what he had read he had learned or the corruption of the ministry of magic, not just the one in Britain but in all countries worldwide. He knew how his fellow magical beings were treated by the humans, his kind were either classified as unintelligent or sub-human and were treated like animals.
Perhaps it was time to change that, time to bring the magical races to their former greatness. Of course the humans would fight him on this, they would do anything to keep their perceived superiority but no change ever came cheap. If he wanted to change the magical world it would have to be through blood and war.
Grinning to himself Harry contemplated his new goals. Could he really change the world for the better? Bring equality for all races? Return his kind to their former greatness? Could he really make this choice? Deciding to leave it to chance he reached in to his pocket dimension and pulled out a galleon.
'Alright, Heads I'll go with world domination. Tails, I'll go with the flow and see how the century plays out.' flipping the coin into the air he closed his eyes and snatched it as it fell. Slapping it down on the back of his other hand he peeked out and smiled when he saw the small golden dragon inscribed on the top, Heads.
'World domination it is.' he settled with a grin.
He didn't know weather or not it was possible to succeed at this, but it would be fun trying. After all what was the point of immortality if you didn't have some fun every once in a while. If his goals failed he would just have to try again in another century or so.
Conjuring a small orange mask with a black swirl and two eye holes Harry chuckled to himself as he placed the mask over his face. His cloak billowed behind him as he entered the dark forest, the cloak shimmered slightly as small red clouds began to form on it.
'Heh, I suppose Madara had a few good ideas, even if he was completely insane. Only a crazy guy could make a mask this badass and orange.' Harry thought to himself walking into the forest to begin his planning.
"Akatsuki? What sort of name is that?" Snape asked in confusion.
"I don't know, it might be a different language. We'll have to look into it." Dumbledore replied. He got a few nods as the professors all turned to leave the room.
"The stone if you will Quirinus." Dumbledore stated holding out a hand.
Quirrell came to a stop as all eyes turned to him, his eyes darted from one person to the other as he clutched the stone tightly.
"Run...take the stone and go.." Quirrell flinched as his master's voice resounded in his mind. His eyes darted around as he began backing away from the other professors.
"Quirinus? What are you doing?" McGonagall asked gripping her wand tightly. Snape and Flitwick both raised their wands.
Dumbledores eyes narrowed. "The stone Quirinus." He ordered forcefully.
Clutching the stone tightly in one hand and his wand in the other Quirrell backed out of the room, but the second he crossed the threshold of the room he gasped as he felt a warmth from the object in his hand. Dumbledores eyes widened as the stone in Quirrell's hand let off a red glow. They all took a step back as the glow intensified before the stone exploded in a pillar of fire. Quirrell only had time to let out a pain filled scream before he was reduced to ashes.
McGonagall gasped out as a cloud of black mist rose from the ashes of the DADA professor. The other three drew their wands as a glowing pair of red eyes focused on them, a familiar pair of red eyes.
"Tom.." Dumbledore whispered.
"Don't call me that old man, you may have stopped me this time but I will find a way back. The world will bow before Lord Voldemort" The mist hissed out in a deep voice before disappearing.
"A-albus? Was t-that...?" Flitwick squeaked.
"Yes Filius, I'm afraid Lord Voldemort has been possessing Qinirius. This is very troubling." Dumbledore stated with a frown.
"What are we going to do Albus? That..That monster was around the children!" McGonagall shouted hysterically.
"Calm down Minerva, I've been suspicious of Qinirius all year. I was keeping an eye on him." Snape drawled out.
"Watching him? Watching him! If you were watching him why didn't you notice he had Lord bloody Voldemort on the back of his head!" McGonagall screamed.
"Relax Minerva, there was no way any of us could have suspected this." Dumbledore stated in a hushed tone. Inside he was frowning, something had happened to the stone, this wasn't one of his traps. What happened to Quinirius?
He cursed inwardly as he sifted through the ashes with his foot, other than Quirrell's ashes there were a few crimson shards in the ashes showing that the stone had been destroyed as well. Dumbledore frowned again, both he and Nicolas had planned on destroying the stone anyways but this was not one of his plans, what had caused that reaction with the stone?
A pair of silver ringed eyes popped to mind as he thought.
'That flare of energy when he held the stone...Pein did this?' Dumbledore thought 'If he could have left unchallenged then why didn't he take the stone and go? Unless this was never about the stone...he just wanted to leave a message..'
Banishing the ashes and shards Dumbledore swept out of the room with three frightened and confused professors following behind.
Snape frowned as he followed Dumbledore out of the chamber. The revelation about the dark lord and Quirrell was shocking enough but something far more shocking was troubling him. It was that man, Pein. There was something about him, about his aura. It had been similar to the dark lords but there was something else about it, something different, something dangerous.
When he had stood before the dark lord the mans aura of dark magic would call to him, make his magic shiver within him, it was exciting, thrilling, pleasurable. Only a being of powerful dark magic could bring out such a feeling in other denizens of the dark. It was why the dark lord had risen to power so easily, his magic called to other creatures of darkness and they accepted him as their master. If he had been any weaker they would have torn him apart the second he tried to assume the title of dark lord.
But that man Pein, his aura was different; it didn't just convey powerful dark magic but an overwhelming amount of darkness, an endless pit of malevolent and powerful magic that would make even the darkest, most powerful of creatures bow in obedience. He wasn't just another second rate dark wizard aiming to be a dark lord; or the leader of some unheard of and minor organization. The man was a dark god, the alpha omega of all dark creatures.
Snape shuddered in fear and anticipation. A new age was coming, it was time for the dark lord to step down and be replaced. Time for the dark to take their rightful place in the world. As he glanced at Albus and the others Snape smirked, hopefully the knowledge and information he had gained as a spy all these years would serve the dark well, Pein was not a man he wanted to stand against.
Voldemort cursed over and over as he sailed through the night air towards places unknown.
Curse that damnable old man and his traps. To think that the great Albus Dumbledore would destroy such a powerful artifact just to spite him, after all his rebirth was inevitable. No...that wasn't Dumbledores style, the old man would rather fight him face to face than set such a trap. Then who? Ahh...it was obviously that man, Pein. Leader of an organization eh? No matter, the man would rue the day he dared cross Lord Voldemort.
Growling to himself Voldemort set aside all thoughts of the cloaked man, any thoughts about the aura of death, dark magic and evil the man exuded were all thrown aside. After all, none were as powerful as Lord Voldemort.
"Hehe found you my pretty little friend." Harry chuckled from his spot high in the tree tops. Below him lumbering around was the large troll he had captured in the castle, it had taken him a few minutes but he had managed to track down the troll and catch up to it as it maneuvered around the forests of his pocket dimension.
The troll came to a stop and looked around in search of something but seeing nothing it relaxed and lowered its massive club. It perked up and looked around as a whooshing sound was heard.
"Squealch"
With a loud thud the troll dropped to the ground with a long dagger hilt extending out the back of its head. Without a sound at all Harry dropped from the tree tops and landed next to the downed troll, he took a moment to examine its body before withdrawing his dagger from the back of its head and rolling the body over.
'Bit big but you'll work excellently for what I have planned.' He said with a grin. 'You will serve our kind even in death.'
-Thursday, November 21st 1991-
With a silent pop Harry exited his dimension and landed silently in the dark chamber.
"Lumos"
The overpowered spell shot from his wand tip and brightened the entire chamber with its golden glow. Harry grinned as he examined the small room he was in, it was a simple room made of stone with no entrance or exit; a room known only to one other, the sorting hat. While plain, the room contained something he wanted, four somethings actually.
Grinning to himself Harry turned his gaze to the four stone tombs stored within the room, each tomb was covered with elaborate designs of magical creatures and animals. The lids were designed in the form of their inhabitants, expertly carved to match the likeness of their inhabitants. There were two females and two males, buried deep below the great castle in a location known only to him and a secretive cap.
Stalking over to one of the male tombs Harry grinned as he grabbed hold of the lid and with a great feat of strength tore it right off with one arm. His grin widened as he peered down at the unmarred and magically preserved corpse.
"Hello Godric.'' he laughed.
-Monday, December 23rd 1991-
"So you wanna come to my estate for the holidays?" Draco asked for the fourth time that day.
"Like I said before Draco, I plan on staying here all winter break, I have things to do." Harry replied with a huff.
"But why? It's going to be so boring here alone." Draco whined.
"But I won't be alone Draco, I'll have Hermione here to keep me company." Harry grinned. The girl in question blushed lightly from his comment. Hermione, as with the other girls of there little group, was getting resistant to his allure. While it was still in its weakened state she and the rest were able to stay around him without being reduced to blushing giggling messes like the rest of the girls in the school.
Why was it in a weakened state? Because of that damnable book! Ever since he touched that copy of Icha Icha, his allure seemed to jump to new heights. After he had left that room and walked through the halls all eyes had been on him, the males sending him hateful glares and some lustful looks. The females on the other hand would simply melt in giggles or just plain faint. Thanks to the perverts book his demonic allure was far more potent which forced him to spend hours in solitary confinement until he could lower his output to new lows.
"Fine be that way, you can both stick around here and be boring." Draco huffed.
"Maybe we should stay too Draco." Pansy added.
"Why would we do that?" Theo asked with a raised brow.
"Well with no DADA teacher for the rest of the year we're gonna have to self-study, maybe we should study here during the break." she replied
Blaise scoffed "Teacher or not, I'm gonna enjoy my vacation."
"Besides it's not like Quirrell actually taught us anything." Daphne added
"What happened to him anyways?" Draco asked
Harry smirked "Maybe someone got tired of his pointless classes and killed him."
Hermione sighed sadly "I wish they would get rid of Binns too."
Harry's grin widened "Here's hoping."
-Sunday, January 12th 1992-
With his hood pulled up Harry quickly marched through the streets of Godrics Hollow. It was still dark and far too early for anyone to be up and about, perfect for what he needed to do.
Steadfastly stalking through the streets, he didn't even slow as he phased through the graveyard gate and made his way past the rows and rows of grave stones. Channeling his chakra to his feet he walked on top of the snow in order to leave no prints, it only took a few seconds to reach his goal, a small, plain looking gravestone buried halfway in the snow.
A wave of his hand caused the snow to slide off the grave stone as if it were a living creature. Another wave and all the snow covering the grave jumped up and settled to the sides. Harry went through several hand-signs and stomped his foot on the ground, he grinned as the ground began to rumble and shake. A sliver of light from the rising sun landed upon the grave stone, brightening it for all to see.
''Ignotus Peverell"
With the coffin slung over one shoulder and the grave carefully filled again Harry walked deeper into the cemetery in search of his second goal. He hummed to himself as he followed the mental map he had ripped from the grave-keepers mind.
'Wheeerree arrrre youuu little Ariana.' He called out mentally.
-Tuesday, February 18th 1992-
"How are you so much better at this Harry, we study at the same times" Hermione fumed.
Harry chuckled as his sculpture floated about the room.
"Just constant practice Mione." He replied smiling.
Hermione simply huffed and returned to her assignment.
"Bet you sneak into the library with that damn invisibility cloak." he heard her mumble.
Harry simply chuckled lightly.
Several miles away another clone popped and sent the information to the others.
'Goodie, almost finished' he thought gleefully while his face remained impassive.
-Five minutes earlier-
"Timberrrrr!" Harry shouted mockingly as his larger opponent fell.
"Boom!"
The ground shook and trembled as the giant fell to the ground dead, the blood flowing from the large hole in its head staining the snow red. Grinning beneath his orange mask Harry hummed as he strolled around the large body. He could already hear the sounds of several other giants as they ran towards his location.
A pair of giants reached his spot a few moments later but all that was left was a large patch of blood and the indent of a fallen body.
Friday, March 6th 1992-
"Harry old chap-" the first twin started.
'Might we have a moment of your time?" the second finished.
Waving his friends ahead Harry turned to the two redheads. "Sure thing Fred, George. What can I do for the two of you?" He asked politely.
"Well mate-"
"We were hoping you could-"
"Explain something-"
"For us."
"Hmm, depends what it is boys." Harry replied, he frowned as the two pulled out a brown piece of parchment, the Marauders map.
"Well mate it's like this-"
"See how you're here with us?" they asked pointing to his dot on the map.
Harry nodded, he could already guess where this was going.
"Well Harry, why is it-"
"That you're also here-"
"And here, and here and here-"
"And there, and all over the forest?"
He sighed as they finished, he really should have realized that his clones would show up clearly on the map. What to do about these two now...hmm...perhaps? Grinning to himself Harry locked eyes with both twins and began sending them minor compulsions.
"Well boys I'll have to answer your question with another of my own." he replied.
"Oh?"
"and what would that be?"
"How would you two like to join me on a glorious prank?" he asked coyly.
"A prank you say-"
"May we ask who on?"
"Why the world gents, the whole wide world." Harry answered, both twins looked at him skeptically.
"And what sort-"
"Of prank would this be?" they asked.
Harry grinned and spread his hands out wide "Why the world domination kind of course."
The two twins shared a glance and grinned.
"It is tempting Harry-"
"But we're going to need-"
"A bit more than that-"
"As well as to see your-"
"Platform."
Harry chuckled "It's one of those take over the world to make it a better place kind of things, should we fail at least we'll have fun along the way. And I'm also willing to sweeten the deal." he replied.
"We'll the platform-"
"Sounds sound, now-"
"Sweeten the deal-"
"Old chap.
"Well boys, have you ever heard of Kekkai Gankai?" two no's "Well no matter, I'll explain later, tell me what do you know of the Philosophers stone?"
"That's a pretty rare item mate-"
"It can give immortality and-"
"Turn lead into gold, why-"
"Do you ask?"
Harry simply held up a small red stone.
The twins grinned.
"Count-"
"Us in."
"Good, here's what I need you gents to do..."
-Monday, April 23rd 1992-
"Grawww!"
'Crap...crap...crap...crap!" Harry repeated his mantra over and over again as he hoped and dodged over dozens of flailing vines. Several meters away was one of the deadliest demonic plants in the known world, the Devil's Flytrap. It was a mix between a large sentient Venus Flytrap and Devils Snare, with vines over a hundred meters long the plant could grab any nearby prey and devour them in moments.
Becoming intangible once more he rushed forward as several dozen vines pierced through his body. Harry dodged quickly to the side and became tangible long enough to fire a blade of wind at the plant bulb. The blade cleanly sliced off a part of the plant that was quickly sucked into a vortex, a moment later Harry followed it.
-Monday, June 29th 1992-
"Hey what do you guy's have planned for the summer?" Harry asked as they walked towards the large scarlet train.
"Not much, I think my parents want to go to France or Italy." Hermione replied, she was currently hanging off his left arm and was ignoring the various glares sent her way from surrounding females and a few males.
"Father is dragging me to Russia for the summer, there are a few pure-blood gatherings that usually take place." Draco drawled out, the rest of the group nodded along.
"So other than Hermione and I the rest of you will be together for most of the summer?" Harry asked with a raised brow.
Blaise grinned at him cheekily "Looks that way mate, you want to come along? Better than hanging around those muggles."
"Oh that's a fabulous idea, why don't you come along with us Harry?" Daphne added with a smile.
Harry returned the smile causing her to look away blushing "Maybe next year, I have a few things planned for this summer."
"Oh, that's too bad. I was hoping you could come." Millie commented.
Together they entered the train and searched out a compartment, as the train pulled away the conversation turned to other menial matters. It was a few hours later that the door to their compartment slammed open and Weasley and his friends entered.
"Well well well, if it isn't the slimy snakes and the traitor Granger." Weasley sneered.
Harry sighed "What do you want Robert?" he asked in a bored tone, the rest of the group snickered at the look of rage on Weasley's face.
"My name is RON!" The boy shouted.
"Whatever." Harry replied before yawning in boredom.
Weasley's temper cooled before he looked around the compartment "Anyways Potter I was just checking what you had planned for the summer, me and the fellows are gonna be playing several rounds of Quidditch while you're stuck at home with the muggles." Weasley smirked.
Harry simply raised an eyebrow lazily "That's good? You fellows have fun with that." he replied with a bored tone.
Weasley frowned as his comment got no rise out of the other boy, he opened his mouth once, twice.
"Careful Rolonda, you might get some flies in there.'' Harry stated.
"My name is RON!" Weasley shouted once more. "You guy's know my name is Ron right?" he asked the rest of the compartment.
"Who?" Finnegan asked from behind him with a grin on his face.
"Can you leave already?" Harry replied in the same bored tone.
"Yeah Weasel, you're pooring up the compartment." Draco drawled out.
The boys face turned the same shade as his hair before he huffed and stomped out of the room, the door slammed shut behind him. Harry took a moment to see if he would come back before turning his attention to Draco.
"Pooring up the compartment? Really?"
"What? whats wrong with that?" Draco defended.
Harry simply chuckled and shook his head.
-Friday, July 3rd 1992-
"Are you sure about this boys?" Harry asked looking towards the twin redheads walking ahead of him. He was currently following them as they hiked up the mountain.
"Sure thing mate-"
"We found it when we-"
"Were kids and dad brought-"
"Us all here for vacation." the two explained.
They were currently deep in the mountains, the twins having already completed their first two tasks had contacted him for their third. After making them swear vows of loyalty and silence Harry had assigned them three tasks for the summer. The first task he had assigned them was creating a way of communicating with other members.
This had been solved by studying and recreating the rings he had bought in Diagon alley last summer. With some of Harry's seals added to the enchantments, the rings now had an unlimited communications range and could also be used as reverse portkeys, allowing him to summon the wearers to his spot with his master ring or talk to them anywhere in the world.
The second task he assigned had been a scouting and surveillance mission. The twins had spent the last few months of their school year exploring the castle and making note of all the secret entrances in and out of the school as well as anything that may not be mentioned in the Marauders map.
They had also been tasked with studying their fellow students and finding the ones that would be willing to support his cause or at least the cause they were led to believe. Any new members would be told they were fighting for equality and a brighter future for all but only he, Fred and George would know that they were also doing it for the fun of it. A prank on the whole world.
The third task he had given them was to search out a suitable base of operations that was well hidden. That was why they were now hiking through the mountainous wilds of England, about a kilometer back was the camp site the boys had been taken to as kids and they were now leading him to a spot they had discovered one day.
"Here we are mate-"
"Just gotta crawl through." both twins announced pushing aside a large bush.
Harry rose an eyebrow skeptically, the twins had led him to a rock face deep in the mountains and they now stood before a small cave. The entrance to said cave was only three feet high and two feet wide, it was easily hidden behind the nearby trees and shrubbery and unless one was looking for it, it would be easily missed.
"You're sure this is safe? No rabid animals waiting for me inside?" Harry asked with a frown. There was most likely nothing inside the cave that could harm him but still something about crawling into a dark unknown place upset him. Besides these were new robes and he didn't want to dirty them.
"Nothing to worry about Harry-"
"It's safe to enter, or at least we think it is." the twins replied.
"Uh huh." Harry stated still frowning "How about I meet the two of you inside?"
The twins shared a glance before shrugging. One after the other they knelt down and began crawling through the small entrance way, after they had both entered Harry scoffed before turning himself intangible and walking through the rock face. Exiting out the other side he couldn't help but gasp as he took in his surroundings. He had expected a small cave or something he would need to build on but instead he found himself standing within a large empty cavern.
The cavern was at least several hundred meters across and went up so high he couldn't see the top, even with his excellent night vision. Something that mostly startled him was the fact that the entire place seemed to be man made. The walls were too smooth and the ground far too flat for it to be natural, he would need to talk to the twins about this.
Harry was drawn out of his examination by the sound of grunts from behind him, turning he smirked as the first of the twins crawled out of the small tunnel and stood, a second later the other twin followed. They waited a few moments but he could see the unease on their faces when he didn't come in after them.
"Where's Harry?" one twin asked.
"Dunno, thought he would come in right behind me." the second replied.
Smirking to himself Harry pulled out his bone wand and pointed it up at the roof.
"Lumos Globus"
Both twins startled as a ball of light the size of a beach ball flew from his wand and floated several meters up before hovering and illuminating the entire cavern.
"Ahh!" they both screamed.
"What the hell Harry-"
"How did you get in here first?"
Harry simply grinned in reply and looked around the cavern once more, with the light from his spell he could now see better and could easily see the various cave drawings that adorned the walls.
"What's up with this place guys? Who made it?" he asked turning back to the two boys.
"Dunno mate, when we asked dad-"
"He said it must have been some old muggles-
"Cave people he called em."
Nodding along to their explanation Harry grinned once more.
"Good job guys, this place will work out excellently." he stated, the two boys beamed brightly "As promised you'll receive your rewards at the end of the month, the new moon should help things nicely and I want some time to practice first."
Both boys nodded before following him around the cavern as he examined the drawings on the walls and made his plans.
-Saturday, July 11th 1992-
"Welcome one and all, it is unfortunate that I have to call you all together once again but nevertheless it had to be done." Dumbledore announced as his eyes swept around the table. Before him sat the 'inner circle' of the Order of the Phoenix. To his left were Alastor Moody, Arthur Weasley, Molly Weasley and Minerva McGonagall. To his right were Mundungus Fletcher, Remus Lupin and Severus Snape.
"Just cut to the chase Albus, we don't have all day." Moody growled as his fake eye rolled around, watching everyone and everything.
"Very well then, as I'm sure you all remember we are currently searching for information about the man known as Pein or his organization. Has anyone found anything yet?" Dumbledore asked, no one spoke for a few moments before Moody grunted drawing attention to himself.
"Yes Alastor?" Dumbledore asked.
"Well I found out something about this 'Akatsuki', not sure whether or not to trust it though." Moody explained.
"You actually found something?" Minerva asked with a raised brow
"Yes, after getting the message from Albus, I talked to a few of the older Aurors who then put the word out." Moody replied "It was just last week that I got a reply, it was in the form of some really old and expensive scrolls."
"Scrolls? no one uses scrolls but the.."Arthur began
"The Asians." Moody stated cutting Arthur off "Very well too since the name is Japanese."
"Japanese? Curious.." Dumbledore muttered "What did these scrolls have to say Alastor?"
"Well it took me a while to get them translated, see they were written in ancient Japanese, something that hasn't been used in the last 1000 years. Had to call in a few favors from an old archaeologist buddy of mine." Moody explained "According to the scrolls, Akatsuki means Red Dawn or Daybreak in English. The organization was created thousands of years ago by what I would assume were a group of dark wizards."
"Assume? You mean you don't know?" Severus drawled out.
Moody glared at him with his good eye "I say assume because the scrolls didn't say much about magic. According to the scroll the Akatsuki were extreme revolutionaries, the name Red Dawn means bringing about a new age through blood and war."
There were a few startled looks around the table as this information was revealed.
"War! Their planning a war!" Molly asked hysterically
"Now now Molly, we don't know that yet, perhaps the name is just coincidental." Dumbledore stated calming the others down.
Severus having kept calm the entire time posed a question for Moody "What makes you say they were dark then? Wanting change doesn't make one dark."
"It wasn't their goals that made them dark, it was how they planned to go about it." Moody replied with a frown.
"And how did they plan to do it?" Lupin asked curiously.
Moody stayed silent for a moment before replying "This is the part that has me skeptical, according to what we translated they planned on summoning powerful demons to destroy their enemies." he explained.
"Demons!" Molly shrieked.
"Is that even possible?" Lupin asked bewildered.
"Of course not fool, there are no such things as demons." Snape replied, although he still looked calm he had turned slightly paler at the news.
Murmurs broke out as they contemplated this news.
"Calm yourselves, like Alastor said this is ancient news, who knows how correct it could be." Dumbledore stated, once more calming the others.
"Anything more to add Alastor? This is already frightening enough." Minerva asked.
Moody grunted before replying "The last bit that we got was how to recognize a member of the organization." Moody stated.
All eyes turned to him
"All members are usually dressed in black cloaks with red clouds on them." Alastor stated.
Dumbledore was about the wave this off since the man Pein wore nothing of the sort but a choked sputter from Mundungus Fletcher drew everyone's attention.
"Something to add Dung?" Moody asked with a raised brow.
Dung took a moment to compose himself before speaking in the shaky voice "There was a fellow wearing a cloak like that in Knockturn last week." he explained.
Several eyes widened as Dumbledore beckoned for him to continue.
"The man wore a long cloak like the one Moody mentioned, I didn't see his face cause he had this orange mask with a black swirl design. Most everyone saw him, the chap was mad as they come." Dung replied shaking.
"What makes you say that?" Albus asked.
"He was skipping down Knockturn humming as he went. Few of the fellows though to put him in his place and maybe make some cash out of the chap." Dung replied shakily.
"What happened then?" Moody asked, both eyes locked on the shaking man.
"I dunno, one second the chaps about to be lynched, the next second his attackers are burning to death." Dung replied with a gulp.
"Burning? He used a flame spell on them?" Dumbledore asked ignoring the startled sounds from the others.
Dung shook his head "He didn't even go for his wand, just looked at them and poof their covered with black flames." he replied.
Only Albus, Alastor and Severus startled for the right reason.
"Black flames? Are you sure?" Severus asked quickly, Dung nodded in reply.
"Who cares what color they are, the man's a killer!" Molly shrieked.
Moody's growl silenced her "The color matters because only powerful dark magic can create black flames, those can only be used to build barriers and that usually takes various minutes of chanting and wand waving to even call up such flames." Moody replied silently.
"But didn't you use black flames to protect the stone Albus?" Minerva asked softly.
"That was my work." Severus replied for Dumbledore "And even that small wall of them took me half an hour to call up."
Dumbledore stroked his beard as he thought "This is troubling indeed, to be able to call up such powerful dark magic with only a glance. The man must be either a powerful dark wizard or at least a fire elementalist." Dumbledore stated "Either one is still bad news." he added
Dung snorted at that "Don't I know it, those flames burned on of seven days and seven nights leaving nothing but a kilometer deep hole where they were used."
"My god..didn't anyone try put them out?" Albus asked with a frown.
"Oh we all did, those fellows owed me some money but nothing we did worked, the flames just absorbed our spells and kept on burning." Dung replied.
"That can't be possible, not even the dark lord could do something like that!" Snape snapped out.
"Well this fellow could." Dung retorted.
Before they could start any arguments Dumbledore cut in "Very well, all of you should pass on this information to other members of the order. We need to be on a look out for this Pein character before he gains too much power..."
"Oh, it wasn't Pein who did it Albus." Dung interrupted.
This set off the others again as Dumbledore asked "How do you know? You said he had a mask on."
"I heard him say something when he skipped off, Like I said the man was mad." Dung replied.
"Well get on with it, what did he say?" Moody barked.
"He was skipping away and he said 'Tobi's a good boy'." Dung replied.
A shudder ran through the room and Albus could only think 'This might be troubling.'
-Wenedsday, July 15th 1992-
"Finally finished." Harry announced joyfully as he powered down his chakra scaples and washed the blood off his hands. A gag from the back of the room made him chuckle.
"That was so-"
"disgusting to watch mate." Fred and George gagged.
Harry simply smirked at them as he looked over the room. Before him lay six covered bodies with their sheets soaked with blood, off to the side was a mountain of discarded organs and flesh, the entire floor was soaked in blood.
"Well the two of you were the ones that wanted to watch." Harry replied.
"Couldn't you-"
"Have used magic?" they retorted.
"Sorry boys, don't know the spells yet only know how to do it by hand." Harry answered.
"Speaking of which-"
"What did you do?" they asked.
He shrugged as he formed a response. Ever since they joined him the twins had been a bundle of questions, it was the fact that they had willingly sworn various sorts of oaths that got them any responses. The unbreakable vows he had requested would protect his secrets from others, not even a legilimens could pry anything from their minds.
"As you know these are the bodies of the six most magically powerful wizards and witches I could find." Harry began, he had already revealed the identities of the bodies to the twins.
The first belonged to Ignotus Peverell, one of the Peverell brothers who were three of the most powerful enchanters known to date. They created some of the most powerful magical artifacts to date, one of which being the invisibility cloak he had recieved last Christmas.
Next was Ariana Dumbledore, sister of Albus Dumbledore and a witch so magically powerful that she had no control over her magic and it cost her her life. Although the rape and abuse she recieved from a group of muggles also had something to do with her sub-par control and lack of mental fortitude.
Beside Ariana was Helga Hufflepuff, one of the founders of Hogwarts and the most well known mediwitch to date. Helga invented most of the spells, balms and potions used by mediwitches and doctors today and was said to be able to heal almost any injury.
After Helga was Rowena Ravenclaw, founder of Hogwarts and the smartest witch to date. She was well know for her skills in creating magical items as well as her knowledge of various forms of magic from around the world.
Next was Godric Gryffindor, founder of Hogwarts and the last known Battlemage. Godric was well versed in all sorts of offensive and defensive magic as well as different styles of hand to hand combat and weaponry.
Lastly was Salazar Slytherin, founder of Hogwarts, Parselmouth and potion master. Salazar was the only dark wizard he had and was well versed in various rare and powerful potions, dark spells and parselmagic.
Harry grinned greedily at the six corpses before him, soon to be his six paths. Each had a different area of expertise with one being a blank slate for him to build on, Ariana was powerful but she had no magical education or expertise before her death. Once he brought them back to life as his paths their knowledge of the magical arts would become his and he could make little Ariana into whatever he wanted. He would also be able to access the forgotten vaults of each member and increase the funding for his organization. Unfortunately each of the bodies were buried without their most famous artifacts.
Godric's sword, Helga's cup, Salazar's locket, Rowena's diadem and Ignotus's cloak. Each was an extremely powerful magical artifact with a different ability to compliment their master. They had all been lost long ago but by chance of fate the cloak had made itself to him and now lay off to the side waiting to be reclaimed by its original master.
"Yeah we know that-"
"What we don't know is-"
"Why you have them-''
"What you just did to them-"
"And what you plan to do with them?" the twins finished.
Harry grinned at them "I found them, I improved them, I plan to control them."
The two shot him an annoyed look.
Harry chuckled "Finding the founders wasn't hard, I simply took the information from the sorting hat during my sorting. By now I'm sure the two of you have realized that I'm far more powerful than I should be." two nods "I was able to use legilimency, the art of mind reading, to steal information from the hat when it was trying to read my mind."
"Ah that makes-"
"Sense, we suppose."
"So, what do you-"
"Mean when you say-"
"You improved them?" the asked.
Harry pointed at the small pile of organs and flesh off to the side.
"See all those?" two nods again "Well those are the leftover tissues and organs of both a troll and a giant." that got him two wide eyed stares and a gag "Well all I had to do was replace some of the normal human muscles and skin with those of the giant and troll. This makes them physically stronger as well as more resistant to spells, then a small pigmentation spell and they look just as normal as before."
The two gaped at him.
"That's possible?" one twin asked.
Harry gave them a wink "Only If your dead." he replied chuckling at the down fallen looks on their faces.
"What do you plan to-"
"Do with them then?"
"The last step is using an old and secret technique that lets me control six other bodies at the same time. Basically I'm going to use them to fight." Harry explained.
Both twins shared a glance before turning back to him.
"Wicked."
Harry groaned once more as his head swam. He was starting to regret this already, not only did he have to get used to seeing things from seven different perspectives he also had to deal with the influx of six different sets of memories and knowledge as well train himself so he could control each body individually. Quite frankly if the Rinnegan didnt already prepare his mind for such a task he was sure he would have gone mad long ago.
Another downside he found to this was that he could no longer use as many shadow clones as before. Due to having to split his soul into seven different bodies he could now only make 1/7th the number of clones as before and it was cutting down heavily on his training. The only good news was that Voldemort had never discovered a technique like this.
Splitting your soul in seven parts was enough to keep the man anchored to the earth, but if he ever discovered he could have powerful Horcruxs that he could control and use to battle? Well even the dark lord would cream his pants over that. Also unlike the Horcrux ritual this technique kept all seven pieces of his soul connected. He wouldn't suffer the side effect of insanity and if one of the bodies died the soul within it would simply be sent to the outer path until he could give it a new body or fuse it with his main soul.
-Wenedsday, July 29th 1992-
"All right, are the two of you ready?" Harry asked for the third time, and for the third time he received an affirmative answer. "All right here we go." Flying through hand-seals he began to chant as the rune matrix in front of him started glowing.
In the center of said rune matrix lay both Fred and George Weasley, both naked as the day they were born. After weeks of practice Harry was finally able to give them what he had promised, a Kekkai Genkai. It was the new moon and he was about to make the two twins official members of the Akatsuki.
Concentrating on only the chant and the hand-seals Harry drowned out the tortured screams of the two boys as their DNA was rewritten. The ritual he was using was weaker than the one he had used for the dragon blood but the effects were still the same on humans. As a demon he was easily susceptible to change but the human body wasn't built to change so easily meaning it would take the twins ten times longer to change their DNA when it would only take him a few minutes. Had he used the ritual normally then the two would either die from shock or be driven mad from pain.
Luckily for them Harry had in his possession an item able to create the most powerful healing elixir known to man. Using the philosophers stone in the ritual he had bathed the boys inside and out with the elixir of life allowing them to heal both physical and mental damages from the ritual and come out alive and sane, or as sane as the Weasley twins could be.
After close to two hours of chanting and sealing the rune matrix finally gave a final pulse of magic before disappearing, with a sigh Harry rested his sore throat and throbbing fingers as he examined the two bodies laying on the ground. They had screamed themselves hoarse an hour ago and could do no more than whimper as they lay on the ground breathing heavily. Pouring out another glass of elixir Harry made his way over to the two and helped them drink some down. With the amount of elixir used today he had already extended their natural lives by 150 years but he was sure they wouldn't complain too much about it.
"You guy's okay?" He asked when they finally caught their breath.
"Yeah mate-"
"Just peachy" they replied sarcastically.
Smirking Harry's eyes glittered with scientific curiosity as he regarded them "Well? Gonna try it out?" he asked excitedly.
The twins shared a glance and smirked before shrugging. Holding out both hands one of the twins placed both palms on his brothers back and pushed. Harry watched in excitement as the twin continued to move forward sinking into his brother until only one twin remained standing. A moment later a second head popped up from the boys neck and the two identical heads on one body turned to look at him.
"Brilliant work Harry" they said at the same time.
"Brilliant indeed" Harry agreed.
Tapping the small tattoo on his arm Harry waved off the resulting puff of smoke and grabbed the items he had unsealed. Holding out the packages he handed them to the twins. The boys having now separated grabbed a package each and unwrapped it. Both grinned widely as they saw what was inside each package.
Each package contained a long black, hooded cloak with red clouds, a spare wand specifically created for the twin that held it, a wand holster, a dagger, and a ring.
"The wands were made just for the two of you so they'll work way better than the ones you have now." Harry explained "Be sure you keep them a secret. I'll be teaching you some advanced battle spells as well as hand to hand combat, stealth and knife fighting so bring the daggers with you to school. Right now they have no enchantments but we can add some when you're more proficient."
Both twins nodded as they examined the two items before setting them aside.
"The rings are very special, as you know they already contain the communication charms we created but there are also another set of enchantments on those rings. They are enchanted to never come off unless you're finger is cut off or you're dead, they can be used as reusable portkeys, they can project a medium power shield and they are also invisible when worn unless you want them to be visible." He explained.
Fred held up his yellow jeweled ring with the kanji for south on it while George held the blue jeweled ring with the kanji for north on it.
"Bloody hell Harry that's a lot-"
"Of powerful enchantments on one item."
"What sort of material did you find-"
"That could handle so many-"
"Powerful enchantments and-"
"Not melt, shatter or break?" they asked.
Harry smirked "Dagon"
Both rings clattered to the floor as the twins stared at him in shock.
"Holy shit.." they both whispered
Ignoring their shocked looks Harry continued on "The holsters there have anti summoning charms on them so no one can get your wands." The twinks blinked and looked own at the holsters in a daze. "Oh just put the blasted rings on already and pay attention." Harry snapped in an amused tone.
Both twins startled and slipped the rings on, they still looked down at the two items in awe but continued to listen to him.
"The cloaks have a variety of defensive and comfort charms on them, they'll allow you to walk through a barrage of low level spells but anything more powerful than a Stupefy will take you down so be careful. The hood is enchanted to obscure your face when worn so no one will recognize you and lastly the cloaks are sort of our uniform so keep them hidden and only wear them for a meeting or a mission. Okay?"
"Yes sir." both twins saluted with a grin.
"Come brother of mine lets go test out our new toys." one twin said.
"A brilliant idea twin of mine." the other agreed. Together they picked up the items and stood.
Harry grunted "At least put on some clothes first, and don't take too long you need to be home in the next hour or so."
"Ahh home sweet home." Harry whispered with a smirk as he entered #4 Privet drive. His family could be heard in the kitchen eating dinner and from the car out front he would guess they had some guests.
Having just dropped off the twins Harry was quite exhausted and would rather head to bed than deal with whatever guests the Dursley's had over. Using the best of his stealth abilities, he easily slipped past the dining room and up the stairs towards his bedroom As silent as can be he opened his bedroom door and entered..
Only to stifle a yell as he spotted a strange creature sitting on his bed.
'Why the hell is there a house elf on my bed?' Harry thought with a groan