Knowledge Versus Imagination

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
-- Albert Einstein

Harry James Potter the newest scholar of Wolfram and Hart sat at his office with three books: Physics by Kris Falk, Magic Theory by Louis Arando, and The Rise and Fall of Lord Voldemort by Rita Skeeter.

"Sarah, come here." Harry ordered.

"Yes Boss?"

"What do you know about this Rita Skeeter lady and Lord Voldemort?"

"Nothing more then what is in that book Boss. The Wizarding World avoids letting us in on what happens behind their warded walls."

"So is it true that I killed him?"

"Possibly, it explains that scar on your forehead."

Harry nodded and waved a dismissive hand at her. She promptly walked out of the room.

Harry then began scanning the physics book which basically stated that nothing could go against the laws of physics so on and so forth. Magic could however go against it. 'Now I killed Voldemort at the age of one on accident. That alone goes against laws of physics, magic, and common sense.' Harry thought to himself 'But what if it doesn't what if it was physics, magic, and daemonic magic working as one?'Harry looked at the physics book and spoke into it, "Daemonic Magick Full Compendium" and suddenly the book changed, got thicker and a pentagram appeared on the cover. 'Daemonic magic is the only magic that doesn't have rules of any sort. But it only works on the demons in theory. Even then only a demon with full control over their magic could do such a thing…' Harry flipped to the protection section of the demon theory book and it read.

History of Protection Magicks

The Sacrament of the Shadowlands

An old order of demons called the Kaen Clan in the early 10,000's faced a terrible war. Fear gripped them that their race would be eradicated. So in a last ditch effort the elders of the clan gathered together and made a pentagram with each elder as being a point on the pentagram. The oldest of them stood in the middle of the pentagram and looked to the sky. He then said in their daemonic language the equivalent of, "Death is coming my lord, We 6 offer to you our lives in exchange for those of our future generations. We ask that those future generations who sacrifice themselves for their offspring receive their wish and their offspring be spared. Please oh good and gracious lord, spare them." Then the eldest got on his knees carrying an old ritual knife and slit his wrists. Each corner of the pentagram then followed suit. After their deaths every demon of that tribe survived the war. However, the elders never told their own people because they felt that if they cared they would try to sacrifice themselves for their offspring no matter what. Now 12,000 years later the line is almost eradicated. Those that survive share other demons blood and have blended into society. The Clan of Kaen lives on, barely. Yet this was the beginning of Daemonic Protection Magicks.

Understanding the Protections

To understand Daemonic Protection Magick one must understand Daemon society. Daemons are brutal, murderous and hold honor in battle alone. To use such a petty thing as magick to protect one looks bad and is not honorable. That is why protection magick amongst daemon races is so rare. No daemon wants to admit that they feared the enemy that much. Yet that doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Most daemonic protection magick is cast upon the armor that the warrior is wearing. There are several different types of protection magick. There is sacrifice magick, incantation magick, and inner magick.

Sacrifice Magick

The strongest of the magicks. Sacrifice magick requires a debt to be paid to the gods. Normally such a debt is paid with a life, or a soul. This is the strongest yet the darkest of all type of sacrifice magick. One must give a life without restraint to the gods without even knowing if they accept the sacrifice. It is a dangerous procedure and there is no right way to do it. All that is required is a life to give and a way to connect to the god you want the help from. For a description of a Sacrifice read the history.

Incantation Magick

Incantation Magick is strong but not extremely. It is considered one of the most flexible of the 3 types of protection magick and most creative as well. For best results, use Latin it's the closest language to the original daemonic one. One must incant some words that have will power, belief, and a focus behind them. The will power must come from the desire to do what you want to, the complete and utter desire to do so. Second one must believe it will work, doesn't mean it definitely will but you need to atleast convince yourself it will. Last you must have utter concentration and the correct words. For example if you wish to protect yourself with a force field you may say something like, "Navitas Servo Rectus Orbis Mihi" Which translates into, "Energy Protection Encircle Me"

Inner Magick

Inner Magick, hard to do and almost pointless to do. Basically Inner Magick is the equivalent to a wizards accidental magick. One must be at a high stress point and without words are able to make things happen. It isn't unheard of but it rarely happens. Only one daemon has ever mastered such an ability. His name was Abraxas. It is recommended that one doesn't toil in such magicks as inner magick because it can have severe consequences if done wrong.

Harry tore his eyes away from the book, "Sarah come in here,"

"Yes Boss?" Sarah asked.

"Is there a test we can run to find out if I have any demonic blood in me?"

"Er… maybe, I'll ask the demon department head to come down here. Her name is Kira. Be polite please boss. I'll go get her now."

Kira Sanchez, with flowing red hair and in a lab coat, walked into Mr. Potter's office 10 minutes later, "So Mr. Potter, what exactly do you need with the demon department?"

"I'd like a test or two run, I think I might have some demon blood in my viens."

"Mr. Potter, although possible that is indeed unlikely. What makes you think that you might?" Kira asked.

"Why does it matter?'

"So I know if I'm wasting my time or not," Kira stated coldly while shooting Harry a glare.

"According to some history books I survived a killing curse that should have killed me. The only explanation I have found is that my mother sacrificed herself for me and she might have had demon blood in her. According to the Daemonic Magick Full Compendium there was a tribe of daemons called Kaen who put a spell on their future generations to protect the offspring. It stated that if a parent sacrificed themselves to save their child nothing could kill that child. I'd like to know if my mother and I have daemon blood."

"Fair enough Potter, I'll have the tests run. There's no guarantee that this won't hurt you know." Kira said with a malevolent smirk

Harry shrugged, "No pain, no gain right?"

Kira got on her cell phone and in a minute or two, two men walked into Harry's office. One held Harry down and the other one stuck him with a needle.

The two men then stalked out of the room to run the test.

"I'll have the results on your desk within the hour, Potter. While I'm at it I'll check for your lineage if you don't mind of course?"

"Go for it Kira."

Harry then turned back to his books and back to reading about Daemonic Magick. Within the hour Harry learned several things. Including:

Demons had 2 faces: Human and non humanTheir spells all fell under the same exact categories as the protection spells except three extra cateogroiesBlood MagickRequires blood and can do hundreds of things with itNecro MagickRequires bodies and is very powerful Combined MagickCombines two or more of the 5 sections of magick together

At the end of the hour Kira walked in with a grim look on her face, "It all came back as known but classified. "

"What does that mean?"

"It means that only the Senior Partners know and they don't want me or maybe even you to know just yet." Kira said shaking her head.

Sarah smiled and said, "I knew there was a reason why the Senior partners requested a meeting with you a few minutes ago,"

"They did what? And you didn't tell me? What the hell Sarah?"

"Well I figured you'd want to wait a little bit so I told them I'd go…"

"Sarah call back their secretary and tell them I'll go to the meeting whenever they want me there." Harry said and Sarah just kind of stared blankly back at him, "Now!" Harry barked.

Sarah nodded and picked up the phone, "Hello, yes Miss it's the Secretary for Mr. Potter, it seems there has been a misunderstanding, he will be attending the meeting. Tonight? Alright. 9 o'clock? Should be fine. Thank you Miss."

This specific story is set at the beginning of season 5 when Angel was just given the keys to the LA Branch of Wolfram and Hart for accidentally stopping world peace.

Alright, I just realized that some people do not know about Wolfram and Hart or Angel. So I'll give you the quick skinny on it. Angel is the Spin off to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Angel is a vampire with a soul who has decided to spend the rest of his immortal life saving people.

When he doesn't have his soul his name is Angelus. Angelus was one of the most evil vampires of all time. He was the scourge of England and was at almost every massacre in the last 250 years along side his lover, Darla. Angelus ended up killing the wrong person, a gypsy princess. To get back at him her father cursed Angel with a soul. He can only lose his soul if he has a moment of pure happiness. So far only thing that makes him purely happy is sex with Buffy. However there have been other ways found to get rid of Angel's soul as well as put it back in him.

Wolfram and Hart has been around since the begining of time. They have branches in every major country in the world. They protect evil legally and not so legally as well. They spend billions of dollars researching magic, science, other dimensions, and things like that. They are the cutting edge and represent not only evil but the big Whigs of the world.

The Senior Partners are obviously those who run every Wolfram and Hart in every dimension. They have bigger plans and use each branch to do so. You almost never meet with the senior partners. They are some of the most powerful people/demons/things (no one really knows what they are) in the world.

One of the Senior partner's plans has always been to bring Angelus back permanently