Disclaimer: I still do not own Harry Potter or 07 Ghosts. The ownership papers I have of them are apparently forgeries.
Now I am pleased to give you my loyal readers a special treat! I super long chapter that will get us past the Bastien arc and on to the main story, this is the end of the beginning of the story, next update we will dive into things head first! YAY!
It was so long I am separating it into two parts!
This lovely chapter is made of three chapters!
Warnings: Cursing, Hariel burning Castor's dolls to ash, Castor's dolls forcing Hariel into a dress, a bon fire made of porn, general Hariel and Frau violence, murder, betrayal, general craziness
On with the show!
Chapter five:
Part 1: Of evil dolls and budding friendships
After dinner Hariel and the three ghosts met in front of the fountain. Things were starting to look very grim. There was definitely at least one warsfeil in the church, who aside from being strong, was competent and had a strong desire to kill. All in all things were going to get bad quickly.
For a warsfeil to enter the church's grounds, which should be impossible thanks to a barrier surrounding the church, they needed inside help. They needed someone of Bishop level at least. This of course meant that they not only had a warsfeil in the church but a traitor among them. It was Castor who started the discussion.
"For him to have broken into the church to challenge me, he's quite confidant in his abilities. At any rate, his desire to kill was strong."
Hariel had to suppress a shiver. With the bishop exams going on and hundreds of hopefuls flooding the church there was no telling who it could be. This made things very dangerous, combined with the spy it make things lethal.
"You can never tell a good seed from a bad seed until it blossoms." was Labrador's subdued reply.
"The real question is how entangled are the roots of the blossom with the other flowers." was Hariel's quiet response.
"Right and we can't send away anyone who's come to be a priest. There's nothing we can do" said Castor
Frau humped at this as if it was nothing to serious. Hariel had to hold in the urge to push him in the fountain. The man was insufferable, everyone was in mortal it seemed it was no big deal to him. However Frau's reply shocked him momentarily.
"Let him flounder about. I'll kill him eventually" was his almost care free reply
Labrador was worried enough to accidentally cut off one of his precious flower blossoms. It was then Frau placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"Relax! I'll protect everyone." This proclamation was said with a confidant smile on his face.
Labrador and Hariel couldn't help but give the guy a week smile for his willingness to protect them. Though Hariel hid his smile and would throttle anyone who dared claim he had smiled at that bastard.
"Oh by the way Hariel" said Castor with a smile and a positively evil glint in his eyes. Hariel did as his instincts told him and tried to run, only to be caught up in the man's damn zaiphon.
"Now that wasn't very nice!"
Admonished Castor as Hariel was being wrapped up like a fly in a spider's web. Hariel just managed to hold in a whimper as he started to feel like a fly caught in a spider's devious web.
"We need to keep an eye on Teito. Frau was kind enough to tell me you swore fealty to him so I've taken the liberty to give you night time guard duty of him. Don't worry you won't loose any sleep! You see I had a little accident with one of your students healing salves, I spilled it on your bed and well… it happens to be a puddle right now!"
Castor was positively chipper while giving Hariel this bit of information. Hariel on the other hand stared at the man in horror. This bastard did not just melt his bed on purpose so he had to room with Teito and the Oak brat. No he was hallucinating. No one could be so evil as to stick him with pubescent teenage boys. He was nineteen damn it he didn't want to spend any more time around brats than necessary. Sure Teito was rightfully the king of the Raggs Kingdom, and he had sworn his loyalty to him, BUT, he was still a brat! Hariel started to struggle violently.
"This is cruel and unusual punishment! I haven't done anything wrong! Damn it put me down! Make Frau do it! Nooo! You evil bastard!"
Hariel's escape attempts were futile as was his verbal assault. In the end he was hand delivered to Teito and Hakuren's room by the three sisters pulling him along by the threads that bastard had happily solidified before telling the nun's his bed had been melted and he was to room with Teito. Passing the stings off as Hariel trying to avoid curfew and getting caught. Gaining him an unneeded lecture about the importance of sleep. That was it no more Mr. nice guy! Tomorrow Castor's sister dolls were coming in contact with a basic flame charm! Then they'd see who'd be laughing!
Hariel was brought out of his inner plans for revenge when the sisters knocked on the brats' door and handed him over saying that his bed had been accidentally melted by one of his students so he was sleeping on the extra bed by the door. Once the explanation was made and Hariel unraveled from the evil strings of doom Hariel gave a small smile to Teito and flipping off Hakuren sending the two into a battle of death glares.
Yes it was now completely obvious that Hariel and Hakuren still hated each other's guts. This would be a battle of wills to see who would come out on top. If one could out last the other in the battle to come the conflict would not only be over but they'd have some sort of sense or hierarchy in the room. Now Hariel needed to do was push Hakuren out the window if it was the first story or dangle him if it wasn't until he conceded and Hariel was the undisputed master of the room… Or they could pursue less homicidal approaches and just glare at each other.
While less dramatic it was far safer. Yes it was settled, it was a battle of death glares. Hariel had the advantage, not only had he dealt with Vernon (as a child) and Snape for years, he'd faced off with Voldemort and the glares that came from him. Voldemort having fresh blood red glowing eyes had given the glares a whole other level that they would normally. Yes it was destined for Hariel to win the staring war of doom. The petty fighting between the two was interrupted thirty minuets later when the sisters opened the door and rather threateningly told them to go to bed, which both he and the Oak brat were more than happy to do. Females were scary when angry, period. It didn't matter what dimension you're in all females could be scary! (1)
Hariel settled down for the night. Fully aware that Teito was going to be taught by Castor that night and he would be safe for the moment. Right now all he wanted was at least thirty minuets of deep relaxing sleep instead of the light half awake sleep he'd have to assume once Teito got back.
That had at least been the plan. Byurrpah was distraught from being separated from Teito, that combined with the Oak brat's yelling at the poor thing wasn't helping. Finally the Oak brat got up and offered the poor thing a bowl of milk. Which Byurrpah promptly spilled on him by using the bowl to leap to the window.
"You little! And I was trying to be nice!" started Hakuren before seeming the forlorn face Byurrpah was making while looking out the window for Teito. Hariel was silently reminded of his faithful friend and companion Hedwig. Heck Hedwig had practically been his mother. She showed the same love and devotion to him as Byurrpah was showing to Teito. He was about to yell at Hakuren for being cruel to cute little Byurrpah when Hakuren seemed to understand Byurrpah's devotion and feel bad for the cruel things he had been saying to the little guy. Hariel saw Hakuren the Oak brat of all people kneel down with a gentle smile next to the tiny pink dragon hatchling.
"Are you really that worried?" Asked Hakuren in a gentle voice. Byurrpah responded by leaping up to Hakuren's shoulder and nuzzling his cheek. Hakuren smiled at the cute hatchling and allowed the little guy to stay on his shoulder.
"Well what do you know you actually have a heart." Hariel said gently. Hakuren looked at him, and a silent truce was formed. They both understood that neither was as bad as they first seemed. Now with the truce there was a chance for a friendship to bud. Hariel quietly sat on his bed and pulled off his shirt, not caring for the moment, if they other boy saw. If he told anyone he could always kill him, or have Frau erase his memory which ever was more convenient. He could feel Hakuren's eyes on him, or more specifically the collar and brand. Hariel idly wondered what his reaction to Teito's own collar and brand would be. IF he was shocked by an obvious runaway house sklave his reaction o a runaway combat sklave would be priceless.
Since Byurrpah had settled down next to Hakuren to sleep Hariel decided it was time for him to do the same. Now he was looking at an hour top of deep sleep. Off the record it was worth missing extra sleep time to see the soft kind side of the… of Hakuren. 'Maybe making a truce will be worth it' was Hariel's last coherent thought as he gave into sleep at long last.
An hour or so later Teito finally came into the room. Looking dead on his feet and practically dragging himself to his bed. Once he got to it he half collapsed on it. The poor kid had been worked to the bone by Castor. Byurrpah sensed him got up and with an adorable squeak leapt over to greet Teito. He perked up enough to smile at Byurrpah and scratch his head.
"Sorry for leaving you behind" Teito said sincerely to the little pink dragon with a smile as he scratched the little guys ears. It was then Hariel noticed a slight variation in Hakuren's breathing signifying his wakefulness. He decided to stay still and wait to see what his reaction would be for Teito coming in so late obviously exhausted. Things got even better in Hariel's humble opinion at the look of guilt that passes Hakuren's face upon seeing Teito's combat sklave brand. One could tell from looking at him that all the cruel things he said to Teito he was seriously regretting. Teito was of coarse oblivious to Hakuren's little revelation.
"Sorry! Did I wake you?" Asked Teito worries he had disturbed his room mate, not noticing that Hariel was also awake across the room. Hakuren covered his thoughts with the reply,
"The little guy just couldn't sit still while you were gone." Teito smiled down at Byurrpah while the little critter seemingly smiled back at him.
"He's the reincarnation of a dear friend." Said Teito the love obvious in his voice. Teito looked up to see Hakuren staring at him.
"B-but you don't have to believe it if you don't want!" said Teito a little desperately as
if afraid of being called crazy.
Hakuren however didn't say anything of the sort. "So he's like a brother to you."
"Isn't he? I'm taking this test just for him." replied Teito a solemn look on his face his voice oddly flat.
"So you have a reason?"
"Yeah Mikage was the first person to hold his hand out to me." Teito replied. And the conversation went on.
Neither Teito nor Hakuren noticed Hariel slowly sit up listening to their conversation until Hariel shifted to avoid looking at them. He was being petty but he envied them. Even for all their troubles they still had people precious to them that they were making their choices for. Hariel was doing much the same with the resistance for Anita and Claire, but it didn't quite seem the same as theirs. His reasons were also tinged with the anger and hatred of the injustices of the empire, not only pure intentions like these to. But he had been through more then even Teito had.
"Well since we're telling life stories, I'll give you a brief insight if you talk I'll kill you!" This last bit as said with an absolutely evil look that made Hakuren shiver knowing the boy in front of him was not lying.
"I'm not a healer and really couldn't give a damn about teaching those demon children." Here Hariel looked Hakuren in the eye.
"I'm the leader of the resistance Hakuren Oak and I am doing this for my adopted mother and sister, for the freedom of slaves, for my homeland Raggs." This was said with an intense charismatic passion. It was ruined slightly by Hariel giving Hakuren a death glare worthy of Voldemort,
"And I will hide your body so they will never find you if you even contemplate telling." Then Hariel's look softened.
"But for the sake of your mother I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you are not like your father and brother."
He looked Hakuren in the eye once more his eyes glowing faintly. "I was owned by your family before I escaped. Your mother is a saint being as nice as she is while she has to put up with what she does"
Hakuren smiled gently. The proverbial olive branch had been offered and accepted. After the three of them said good night they went to sleep.
-The next morning-
Hariel had snuck out early as planned and burned all of the evil dolls he could find of Castors in retaliation for melting his precious bed. It wasn't that he hated Teito and Hakuren far from it, they were starting to become the first friends he had since the betrayal of Ron and Hermione but it was the principal of the thing! You just didn't go melting people's beds to make them do what you wanted.
Satisfied in his revenge Hariel happily headed off to an early morning lesson with Bastien-sama. He was really starting to see the man as a role model of how he should be after the rebellion had done what it was meant to. Dare he say it the man was becoming a father figure to him, a responsible father figure, not a reckless immature one like Sirius had been. He loved Sirius he truly did but the man had truly gone off kilter in Azkaban never quite sane never quite crazy.
It was after the lesson that Hariel got a note, one he could actually read delivered to him by a child who worked as an assistant in a shop in the city surrounding the church. The message was simple if coded.
Dear Big Brother
Mommy is sick. She needs some of your medicine before she can get better. The doctor is being mean and won't give us good medicine
Love Rebecca
The translation was simple.
Hariel we have been infiltrated. We need to know what to do with the informant to avoid further damage. There is a issue with who is in charge while your away.
Rebecca was one of the code named for the resistance for under cover operatives. Now Hariel needed to get out of the church undetected. Some how setting off fire works in a church just didn't sit well with Hariel. He needed help. He sulked. Now he needed to go see Castor who could disguise him, the guy who'd dolls he had incinerated with a incendio spell that morning. This was going to be painful.
Hariel wished a lot that he wasn't always right when it came to trouble. Oh Castor happily agreed to help him. That was suspicious in itself. Then he dropped the bomb shell on Hariel.
"Yes the best disguise for you Hariel is a peasant girl's out fit!" Said Castor with a pure evil smile on his face. Hariel took that as his cue to run but Castor's new and improved dolls grabbed Hariel and dragged him to Castor's doll work shop where he kept spare clothes he made for his dolls.
Hariel glared daggers at Castor. Sure he needed to sneak out of the church undetected to meet an informant for the sake of the resistance but this was crossing the line!
"You know you're a bastard right?" ground out Hariel as Castor's new dolls dragged him behind a screen.
A scuffle was heard was well as ample cursing and loud bangs from behind the curtain before Hariel was shoved out in a peasant girl's dress only to be promptly smacked on the head by Castor.
"You burned my dolls! I'm one of the seven ghosts and you burned by dolls! You should show some respect for authority!" yelled Castor seething over the loss of his beloved dolls.
Hariel gave him a blank look. "You do know I'm the leader of the resistance right? Rebelling against tyrannical authority figures is in the job description."
Hariel took it as his cue to run away quickly as Castor was shaking in rage. Luckily Hariel made it to a busy hall before Castor got to him and tried to get revenge. Hariel easily slipped out of the church and into the market he was supposed to meet his subordinate. The meeting went well from the information they had had well as names Hariel was able to pick which one was the infiltrator and gave the order for the execution of the man.
After a brief report affirming the military's plan to attack Antwort and an order to alert the King of Antwort and get as many civilians out of Antwort and to the safety of the large farms various members of the resistance had bought not only to feed them but to give sanctuary to people who needed it. Hariel told the man to move these along as quickly as possible and if anything were to happen to him Guren would be in charge.
"Are you in danger Hariel-sama?" Asked the young recruit that they had rescued from a military run mine. Hariel gave a nod and explained he had peaked the interest of one of the black hawks. Then he smiled and gave the man a sheaf of paper. He had dictated to Labrador what he wanted written and the man had happily helped him. It was a the report that he had found the heir to the Raggs throne and he was alive.
"There is a new king of Raggs. The Son of our late king lives' With that he sent the messenger off who had tears of joy in his eyes. Not only would it give moral to the resistance but all with under cover jobs would spread the word among the slaves that the next king lives.
After a quick stop at a food stall for a beef and lamb kabob(he missed meat damn it) Hariel made sure to make it back to the church when the main gathering of civilians were coming for mass. From there it was a simple matter of blending in grabbing his hidden healers clothes once inside, a quick change later and no one suspected he had been doing anything other than hiding from the demon children he taught.
Hariel then headed to the room he shared with Teito and Hakuren and collected his beginner books. He had an hour until the lesson with Bastien-sama began but he could practice reading before hand. It was when he opened his book that he got the shock of a life. The pages of his beginner books had been removed and replace…with PORN! A certain perverted bishop by the name of Frau was going to die but first. An absolutely evil grin crossed his face. He had already burned Castor's dolls, why not have a bon fire made from Frau's porn stash.
One big bon fire later and Hariel was hunting down Frau. Sure he had burned the man's porn but the man had ruined with hard work AGAIN! This time Frau would learn a lesson he would never forget.
Hariel cornered Frau in a hallway off the courtyard. Hariel advanced on Frau with broom raised over his head to strike.
"Hariel calm down you don't need to take a leaf out of doll boy's book!" Said a panicking Frau.
Hariel was backing him into a corner in view of the general public. There was no way he was escaping by pulling his ghost trick.
"You replaced by beginner's book pages with PORN and ruined all my work! I'm not going to hurt you I'm going to KILL YOU!"
With that Hariel proceeded to brain Frau as the man desperately tried to escape the smaller man's wrath. It would have been funny to the on lookers to see Frau running in fear from someone over a foot shorter than him… if it weren't for the forceful whacks and Frau's yelps of pain.
Ten minuets later found Hariel smiling sweetly at a bruised and battered Frau.
"And what did we learn today" Hariel asked sweetly
"Its not polite to gut innocent books to hide porn in?" was Frau's disorientated and hopeful reply.
Hariel gave him a beaming smile. "Very good now if you'll excuse me I have another lesson with Bastien-sama. With that Hariel happily headed off to his lesson leaving the battered Frau in the garden. He didn't have the strength to get up. Hariel, evil cruel Hariel had burned his porn stash life was no longer worth living.
Having done his good deed for the day, yes burning Frau's porn stash was a good deed.. Not only was there less filth in the world but Frau would help the economy of the common man with all the porn he would have to buy to replace his stash. Hariel proceeded to his lesson with Bastien-sama and explained about the book. Bastien-sama had muttered about Frau being naughty and gave Hariel and other book.
An hour later a practically glowing Hariel left his lesson Bastien-sama had praised him saying he had never had a better student. Hariel was unused to getting complements and one like this made his year. After a for once leisurely dinner and taking a loaf of honeyed bread to his room to share with Teito, Hakuren and Byurrpah after their lessons with Castor ended Hariel settled down for what was supposed to be a calm night only to learn that Teito and Hakuren had been attacked. He practically flew to Frau's rooms where the boys slept to check on them, then proceeded to sit at the foot of the bed watching his two.. There was no other words for them now but friends… with that realization Hariel smiled lightly and watched over his two sleeping friends never noticing when he fell asleep with them.
The next morning Teito and Hakuren woke Hariel up with their conversation. Though he was relived that his two friends were alright he was not a morning person. After sending them a light sleepy glare he gave a mumbled 'morning glad you two are alright' and was about to go back to sleep when an alarm clock went off and Frau popped out of a large coffin like structure in the room. He barely had time to say anything before Hariel's hair trigger instincts kicked in and he tackled Frau and knocked him out with a blow to the back of the neck. After the initial response he looked down to see an coconscious Frau beneath him and a shocked Teito and Hakuren behind him on the bed.
"Hehe oops?" was Hariel's sheepish response. It was a very grumpy Frau that come back to consciousness. Glaring daggers and Hariel and muttering things about evil porn burning resistance leaders and their tendencies to attack innocent sleeping people. Which prompted Hariel to thwack Frau on the head. After a breakfast of soft boiled eggs, quiche, tea and some sweet bread Hariel left the three to their conversation and sought out Labrador in the gardens. He and Labrador were planting very small plants in the upper corners of hallways and above doors to act as sentinels. Hopefully they would help getting intruder alerts to them faster. By combining their powers in the seeds, the plants would be nearly impossible to get rid of and as such would serve the church for years to come.
Things were deceptively calm these past two days. The members of the church seemingly forgetting the murder. But Hariel knew that things were just getting started…
Chapter Five:
Part Two: Of murders and Arrests
Warnings for this chapter part: We learn Sirius's fate! Thanks Alibandi for the plot bunny baby!
It was a seemingly peaceful day the morning was calm and things were proceeding normally. Hariel was ,surprisingly, walking with Frau. There was no fighting, verbal or physical. In fact they were actually getting along as surprising as it was to everyone they passed. Normally it seemed the two couldn't stay in each other's company with out Frau making some comment that had Hariel yelling about perverts and trying to hit him. The person who this phenomena seemed the weirdest to however was Hariel himself.
'Who knew the pervert can actually behave himself?" was Hariel's inner thought was he walked side by side with the tall bishop. Then came the pulse of that slimy power, the power of a warsfeil that froze them in their tracks and had both Hariel and Frau turning their heads in the direction.
"And it was such a nice morning two" Hariel lamented aloud. Now Hariel was not only nervous but cranky to. He wanted to go at least a week with out feeling that power it made him feel slimy just from the feel of it. When he found the warsfeil he was going to impress upon it the necessity of the cleanness of a soul. No one wanted to feel their oozy soul aura get on them. Eww it was nasty in the highest since.
"what was that just now" Asked Frau his eyes narrowed.
Hariel gave him a blank look. "That was corrupted slimy power that made me feel disgusting. What do you think it was an angel? You idiot! And you call yourself a ghost!"
That of coarse set off a bout of argument between them. Hariel and Frau knew full well they were to far away to deal with it and the others would so they released their frustrations with the first thing that came to mind for them fighting with each other.
In the end Frau was one again left twitching on the floor after a volatile Hariel had beaten the stew out of him for a perverted comment. This one about his looks and his ass. A few people passing the scene shook their heads. Frau never seemed to learn.
"One would think they were an old married couple with the way they fight" said someone in the crowd. Which while raising Hariel's ire even more protected the one who said it as Hariel couldn't tell. They better hope he didn't find them! He'd go marauder on their ass!
Needless to say Hariel was going to be grumpy for the rest off the day. He and Frau did not act like a old married couple! They didn't no way. Nuh Uh! These people were delusional. That was it! They're all deluded. Anyone who wore boxes with veils for hats had to be deluded. No sane person would wear something so stupid looking. Yes that explained everything!
'Still why did those crazy people say Frau and I acted like an old married couple?' Hariel inwardly whined. Hariel was not sulking. No way. Hariel of the resistance did not sulk. He quietly and inwardly felt bad for his predicament. That was in no way sulking. It was when Frau and Hariel both felt another jolt of that evil power that they gathered themselves and ran in its direction. The power was coming from the library. The things intent was malicious. They arrived after it had been dispatched.
"Castor are you ok?" Asked a worried Frau Hariel and Labrador not far behind him. Hariel noticed Teito and Hakuren and went over to check up on them. Shocking them both with the look of worry that was on his face, then the pure relief that they weren't harmed.
"You're both alright thank goodness" Hariel said a smile on his face.
It was at that moment Castor said "Fortunately no one was harmed." Hariel had to resist the urge to throttle the man at the slight smirk he sent his say after his display of emotions. But settled instead to breathe a sigh of relief like Frau.
It was only then that Hariel noticed a piece of metal in Teito's hands. It seemed Frau did as well as he let out a startled noise.
"What's wrong" Asked Castor
"That man said the church was not on my side"
"Are you going to worry about the same ting again?" replied Frau.
Hariel had had enough idiocy for the day.
"So your going to listen to a doll made by a warsfeil that said the church isn't on your side… I had no idea you were such an idiot" Said Hariel and with that stalked off.
Yes he had sworn loyalty of Teito but at the moment he could not take that child's blatant idiocy. Yes he was confused by way even listen to an evil being trying to lure him away from the church. This was a warsfeil they were talking about. The Ayanami that Teito wanted to kill was one. The idiot should know not to trust them. If he wanted to trust them and get himself killed…. Hariel stopped leaning on a wall in a deserted corridor. A tear of frustration sliding down his face as he slammed his fist into the wall. Damn it! He had lost everything and had to rebuild himself in a new world. In his life as Harry Potter though he had admittedly floundered at times he never gave into the darkness. Teito was in the same position he had once been in. But for that idiot child to even give that evil, an evil more potent than Voldemort had ever been the time of day made him physically ill.
This child had been raised a combat sklave. He should know by now that the military was not nice. He should also know that warsfeil were irredeemably evil. He didn't even need the church to tell them that.. Look at what Ayanami had done to him. The church was offering him training. Teaching the brat to fight. A damn sight more than he had ever gotten from the order, from anyone. He had had to look after himself as Harry Potter. He had no support system. Yet he had defied the darkness every time. Even when there seemed to be no hope.
Yet this child who was being given everything he would have killed for as Harry Potter on a silver platter by the church. The child who he had sworn fealty to. Why couldn't he just listen to his instincts. Why did he have to doubt them at every turn. He wiped his eyes on his arm. He wasn't crying damn it… He wasn't.
Hariel reached into his pocket and pulled out his moke skin purse. Reaching into it he pulled out his most prized position. A still photo of a smiling Sirius. One before Azkaban, before he had being half crazed. Hariel sunk to his knees looking at the picture and for the first time since it had happened, he allowed himself to cry for his godfather, to cry for his parents, Lupin, he cried for the lost of the war with Voldemort. He cried for his innocence that had died a painful death. He cried for a life that would never be. He just sat there and let all the pent up emotions from the war that he had never released, that had been loosened by Teito's doubts. Hariel could no longer deny it. He was bawling silently as he sunk to the floor and brought his knees to his chest.
It was like this that Hariel was eventually found by Labrador. After a small amount of coaxing Labrador took Hariel to sit in a gazebo of the church gardens and after making some tea, Happily let Hariel vent to him. About his pent up feelings from past, and his current worries for the future. In particular his worries for Teito. It was when he showed Labrador the photo of Sirius that he got the shock of a lifetime.
"You're God father did indeed come into this world." Labrador said handing Hariel back the photo. "But in a different way than you did. Teito's Grandfather thought he was unable to have children. One day he went to a church in Raggs to pray and a portal of shining light opened in front of him. From it came a baby with dark hair and grey eyes. The King saw this as a sign from God to raise the child as his son and he did. Naming him his heir. The child was well loved. A couple years later the king did have a son of his own but kept the baby from God as his Heir. The baby did become the King of Raggs, and was Teito's father" Hariel listened to this stunned. Sirius had come into this world as a newborn baby? Impossible! OR at least that is what he thought before Labrador opened a book and showed Hariel one of the few remained photographs of the last King of Raggs.
So Sirius had come to this world, and was now dead. While Hariel mourned his passing deeply yet again, the fact that he was related to Teito though distantly shook him to his core. Hariel's paternal grandmother was Sirius's paternal aunt. Making Sirius his third cousin, but his cousin none the less. Hariel's head was spinning. Labrador just smiled pretending to be oblivious to the mental mayhem he had caused his young friend.
"I think I'm going to lie down for a bit" Said Hariel shakily and he staggered off to his room looking shell shocked. Labrador just smiled. While Teito would not find out for a long while his true relationship to Hariel it would help in the long run. It would help both of them.
Hariel had been sleeping only for a few hours when another wave of slimy aura washed over him. Hariel was awake in an instant. Ready for attack but there was none. Immediently Hariel tried to stretch out his senses to find the tainted power only to get a hint of it. Hariel jumped to his feet a second later running towards where the taint was coming from. Its exact location was lost on him since he had been asleep at the time. It was going to take him a few minuets to find the source of this evil power.
When Hariel arrived it was to see Bishop Frau being put in chains. The warsfeil was gone and the bodies of criminals were chained to the wall their mouths sewn shut.
"Bishop Frau you're under arrest under suspicion of being a warsfeil." Before Hariel could contain his emotions he tried to fling himself between Frau and the men arresting him. This could not be happening. There was no way they could even suspect Frau of being a warsfeil!
"You've got the wrong man! It can't be Frau Let him go!" Hariel yelled s he was grabbed by two of the four guards with Frau. Hariel struggled as best he could while not blowing his cover as a trained combatant.
"Hariel calm down!" Came Frau's voice shocking Hariel into stillness. Frau smiled at Hariel as he was chained by the churches guards. Looking as calm as ever while tears came unbidden into Hariel's eyes.
"But Frau!" He said a tear falling down his cheek. As Frau was lead away from the scene of the crime. It was out side of the room that they ran into Bastien-sama
"Bishop Frau" Yelled a distraught Bastien seeing the man he saw as a son being led away. Frau turned and smiled to him.
"Stay with the arch bishop and make sure he doesn't have a heart attack when he hears about his." The last part was spoken to both Hariel and Bastien.
"He's not the type of person who would do this!" cried Bastien-sama trying to run to Frau only to be blocked by one of the Guards as Hariel had, albeit they were much gentler to Bastien-sama then they had been to Hariel.
"Darkness resides in the hearts of all men Assistant Arch Bishop Bastien" was the captain of the guards reply leaving a shocked Bastien and a now silently crying Hariel behind.
As Frau was lead away and Bastien-sama and Hariel went tot tell the arch bishop Hariel couldn't help but notice even through his silent tears the once bright and pure aura of the church dimming. Things were getting even darker. The storm had come.
Chapter Five:
part three: Of Truths and Darkness
Hariel couldn't believe what was happening. Frau, perverted porn addicted Frau, his dear friend, had been given the death sentence for being a warsfeil. Hariel ran ins search of Labrador and Castor as soon as he heard the news. Listening to the flowers, they guided him to Labrador, Castor and Teito.
"Frau's been arrested for being a warsfeil. They've given him the death sentence" He cried out distraught. This time however no tears adorned his face. Hariel was beyond distraught, but he wasn't going to cry any more. He needed to be strong.
Labrador, Castor and Teito were in shock for only a moment before what he said hit them.
"The Death Sentence?" Yelled Teito shocked.
"What's going on?" He demanded
I wasn't going to tell you but Frau has been arrested under suspicion of being a warsfeil and murdering the criminals of the church." Said Castor.
"He was caught holding a warsfeil knife with out a protective seal at the scene of the crime. He has been imprisoned in the dungeon of light." Said Hariel bitterly turning to leave.
"If you'll excuse me I have to check on my patent and then check on the arch bishop." Said Hariel giving them a weak smile.
Hariel did indeed check on his patient. After purifying the wound with holy water Hariel worked to the best of his abilities on the man. Even going as far as pushing a little magic into him and directing it to help heal him a bit, so the man would be better faster than he normally would from such an injury. If this man could get better quickly enough with out being suspicious then he could save Frau with his testimony! Hariel frantically thought.
Though Hariel pretended to have nothing bust distain from Frau he did in fact care about the pervert. Not that he'd admit it out loud. Frau was dear to him. The idiot had admittedly grown on him in the short time he had been in the church.
After he was finished with the criminal he hurried over to check on the arch bishop Jio-sama. The man was physically fine. As was Bastien-sama even if he was very shaken.
After making sure they were both alright and giving them an herbal blend of tea to help with shock, Hariel hurried as fast as he could towards the dungeon of light. Thankfully the flowers had given his impeccable directions. While talking his way past the guards took a while Hariel did eventually get to see Frau. He was sitting on a bench under a window which showed water and columns. Showing that the dungeon was under the fountain. Hariel Sank down against the bars upon seeing frau.
"They've given you the death sentence" Hariel told him forlornly.
"I don't see anyway out of this for you unless the real cultrate is caught and caught quickly" Hariel murmured straining his thoughts for a way out for Frau.
"I didn't know you cared so much pretty boy" Said Frau a teasing grin on his face.
"This is no laughing matter Frau! They're going to execute you!" Yelled Hariel angry that the man would treat this so lightly.
"I'll be alright Hariel, Take care of Bastien-sama and Teito for me in the mean time won't you?" He asked.
Hariel unable to bring himself to answer him just nodded and left the dungeon. Hariel had almost forgotten how painful having people close to your heart could be when they were in danger. Hariel clenched the fabric above his heart. The pain was much sharper than he remembered as well.
That day Hariel threw himself into work, going as far as skipping meals and drilling a basic healing salve into the demon children he was being forced to teach. He had worked so hard that by the end of the day the church had twice as many remedies as it needed on a six month basis. Hariel even took some extra and packaged them to send along to the resistance. He even left the church grounds to have the package me made mailed to a store front for the resistance in the next district over.
It wasn't until night fall that he ran into Teito and Hakuren looking for the spot Frau had been caught with the warsfeil knife. Hariel was more than happy to lead them to the area, provided he got to help look for clues to help release Frau. Hariel could no longer claim to hate Frau and think he was nothing but a pervert. His actions during Frau's arrest and after had all but told the entire church that he did in fact care about the pervert.
Unfortunately by the time they got to the room, it had been purified and there were no clues left. They did however run into Bastien-sama who told them stories about Frau's childhood. It was nice to hear a little of Frau's past and that Bastien-sama believed in the man he saw as his child. After this Hariel, Teito and Hakuren spilt up. Hariel heading back towards the infirmary having agreed with Teito and Hakuren to get the survivor to full health as soon as he was able. His testimony could save Frau after all. It was on his way to the infirmary that Hariel was attacked by a wars.
The only thing that saved Hariel from being devoured was a desperate attempt at a patronus. While the attempt wasn't quite caporal it did make a solid shield around him that kept the wars ay bay. Hariel would admit later that he was rather impressed with his first attempt at the patronus charm in this world. It was a wandless cast, and he had unconsciously also cast it wordlessly. Something that would have normally been nearly impossible even for the most practiced practitioner of wandless magic. Hariel's theory was his magic felt his need and felt the danger and reacted as best it was able.
It was thanks to this bit of albeit draining magic that Hariel managed to survive until Labrador and Castor had defeated their opponents and came to purify the wars. Since his patronus wasn't caporal all it could do was shield him instead of driving away or killing the wars. By the time they did come he had almost passed out due to magical exhaustion. Once he dispelled his shield he did fall into the darkness of unconsciousness. A couple hours later he woke to hear news that devastated him. Bastien-sama had been using black magic through a bascule and had attacked not only Teito and Hakuren but had sent the wars that had attacked him after him to devour his soul.
Despite his feelings of betrayal at Bastien-sama's attempt to kill him Hariel did attend the funeral. He donned mourning robes and attended with the others of the church. Even going up to Bastian's body and placing a blue rose in his clasped hands. He had seen this man as someone he would have wanted as a father. The man who had taught him to read and write. The man who had tried to kill him. Hariel felt dumb looking down at the man's body. As he walked away listening to the whispers about the theories about why Bastien-sama had done what he did. The attack on Hariel wasn't able to be covered up, and thankfully everyone seemed to agree to the theory that Hariel had found out what Bastien-sama had been doing and had been going to get help when he was attacked. Hariel wasn't connected to being a criminal, or being a member of the resistance, but an innocent who had found out what Bastien wanted kept quite and since he felt he was dealing out justice.
Hariel was the recipient of many pitying looks while people were wishing Frau had been the warsfeil instead of Bastien. Hariel left the funeral service for Bastien-sama as soon as it had been polite to do so. People wrote it off as Hariel's feeling of sadness and betrayal for the man he had admired so much.
Hariel met up with Castor, Labrador, and Frau at the church they were all heading towards Frau's room where Teito and Hakuren were resting after their ordeal. Once they entered the room and saw Teito awake Hariel and Hakuren tactfully retreated from the room to give Teito and the three Bishops privacy to talk. Hakuren and Hariel headed to the kitchens. Hakuren to get a pitcher of water for Teito, Hariel to grab him some honeyed bread. They were heading back when they saw Teito standing completely still as if frozen in stone. Hariel had an unbidden memory of the petrifactions in his second year of Hogwarts.
"Teito?" Asked Hakuren. Only to see a wars rise up and attempt to swallow him. Hariel and Hakuren dropped everything they were carrying and ran to Teito's side immediently. Hakuren attempting to fight the wars and Hariel making a barrier as best he was able with his deleted magic stores. In the confusion Hariel saw Frau running towards them and tried his hardest to slow down the wars by pouring as much strength as he was able into his patronus. It turned out to be useless and they were surrounded by the wars and dragged with it to a new location only for it to open up and be confronted with two warsfeil.
"We did it Haruse." Said the smallest Warsfeil, who looked to be no older than ten.
"Yes Kuroyuri-sama" Was the taller warsfeil reply
"Hold on Teito!" Yelled Hakuren. Teito was despondent there was no reaction to either Hakuren's nor Hariel's voice. Just as the taller Warsfeil was walking to towards them asking Hakuren if he was a member of the oak family Hariel's protective shield flickered and died. Hariel looked pale and was sweating bullets. It had been years since he had used his patronus. Since he had been forced to use magic wandlessly thus making it less used due it its exhausting effects Hariel no longer had the magical stamina he once did. The stamina that would have allowed him to keep up a patronus shield like this for hours on end was no more. Now he was lucky if he could keep this shield up for thirty minuets at a time. Yesterday's desperation had drained him and now this weak attempt left him practically defenseless against these two attackers. If they choose to kill him now nothing short of a miracle would save him.
Hakuren bravely stood to face the warsfeil alone. Hariel attempted to stand with him and only managed to get to his knees before he was utterly exhausted again. There was a reason that a wandless patronus charm back in his world were forbidden to use unless in the most dire of circumstances. Most people who did manage to cast even a shield like he had died shortly after. While Hakuren faced off and brandied words against the taller one the smaller warsfeil appeared behind them saying Hakuren knew nothing about them. Hariel attempted to stab the warsfeil with a dagger he had hidden on his person only to have his wrist grasped painfully and have the knife drop from his hand. Hariel received a punch to the face for his troubled, sending him sprawling from the force the little guy packed. When Hakuren turned to look in horror at the smaller warsfeil and Hariel he too was taken by surprise with a punch to the gut from the other one.
When Hariel next woke up He, Hakuren and Teito were falling.
"When the hell did this happen?" He yelled in shock grabbing Hakuren and Teito and using his quidditch experiences with falling to slow them down a bit. It was lucky he did. His slowing them down allowed Frau to grab all three of them and pull them on to his hawkzile from mid air.
"About time you're useful for something pervert!" Hariel called playfully despite the danger of the situation they were it. It was how he dealt with pressure like this after becoming the leader of the resistance. After all he couldn't be an angsty teenage about things going badly while under mining tyrannical rule now could he?
Frau ignored him and proceeded to pour holy water of Teito purifying him and driving the wars from his body. Finally the wars retreated into the eye of Mikhail.
"Teito Wars have gotten into the eye take it out so I can break it" Said Frau.
Before Teito could reply the eye of Mikhail took over. "it's pointless no once can break me"
It was then that the Military air craft Ribidzile under the command of Ayanami came into view. The eye of Mikhail was unable to keep Teito's lust for revenge in check.
"This is not going to end well" Said Hariel as he saw Teito's reaction to Ayanami being on the ship. As if fate had heard him and decided to give weight to his words their Hawkzile was hit by zaiphon. It broke apart. Frau and Hakuren were able to commandeer hawkzile from army personal below then but Teito instead starting going for Ayanami. Hariel in a bid to save his cousin and king stayed with him free falling after him in an attempt to stop him or at least cushion his fall should they not fall in the water. It would be a suicidal move but it would save his king.
Teito instead landed on the small Warsfeil, Kuroyuri's hawkzile and attempted to kill him. Hariel still to week to fight had no choice but to stand by him as he was still unable to use his magic.
"Teito you fool!" Yelled Hariel frustrated as Kuroyuri started to manipulate the wars inside of the eye taking control of Teito's arm. However the wars in the eye was over come by the eye itself and it pushed Kuroyuri off the hawkzile. However the other warsfeil Haruse came up behind them and grabbed Teito around the neck with a tendril made of a wars. It was a suicide attack for the flowers Labrador had planted on him were sucking out his dark powers, slowly draining him of his life.
Hariel at this point could do little more but feed a tiny bit of his nymph powers to the flowers, giving them a little more power so they could suck the life out of Teito and his attacker more quickly. Things were looking grim for Haruse.
Hariel himself wasn't looking well either. The reason witches and wizards use wands was to make using their magic less taxing to them. A wandless magic user only used that method in dire circumstance as over use could have a bad effect on the body. That was what Hariel was suffering from now. If he used much more magic he would be in a healing sleep for a week. If he used too much… at this point even a Wingardium Leviosa to save himself from becoming a pile of goo on the ground if he fell would kill him.
All he would be able to do safely now would be to give who ever touched him a painful shock with his magic. Crude but effective if used correctly. The eye apparently had decided to save Teito and take over. Teito's eyes turned red and he smiled at this captor.
"You can not have my master. In the name of the arch angel Mikhail, awaken from thine ancient slumber and punish those who hath incurred the wrath of heaven." Chanted the eye. The area surrounding Hariel, Teito and the warsfeil was bathed in a blinding red light. Hariel subconsciously released his grasp on Teito to cover his eyes to keep himself from going blind.
It was in that moment that the eye left Teito and Teito dived after it trying to reclaim the eye. Hariel seeing Teito in danger directed his body so as to follow him, His arms pressed to his sides, his body used to such things from years as a seeker ,even if he hadn't played in years, naturally got onto position for a drive. Hariel was unaware of the damage being caused around them due to the eye until he saw the flames. Determined to help Teito Hariel shed his healers robes which were slowing him down, causing him to fall faster still towards Teito.
Teito spotted the eye and tried to grab it unaware of the danger just below him. Hariel on the other hand wasn't and positioned his body once more, to fall between Teito and the Warsfeil that had come in his shop all those months ago. It was a good thing he did. Frau managed to grab Teito just as the warsfeil who had already caught the eye had lunged for him, the warsfeil grabbing Hariel around the waist in stead.
"HARIEL!" Was the combined scream from Frau and Teito. By this point Hariel wasn't able to do anything to save himself. He gave Frau and Teito a smile.
"I'll be alright! Frau take care of Teito! So help he if you try to corrupt him with porn I'll team up with Castor!" Was Hariel's yelled reply. He was however only putting on a brave front. In reality he was scared witless. He was in the hands of the military, the black hawks to be precise. He was in big trouble. The rebel leader falling into the hands on their enemy is never a good thing no matter what the circumstances.
So As Teito and Frau headed to the safety of the church Hariel and the eye were being taken aboard the Ribidzile. The eye in the pocket of the warsfeil, Hariel in chains being forced to follow behind him.
Thus began Hariel's stay aboard the Ribidzile as the pet and toy of Hyuuga.
End of chapter
AN: Ok guys My little sister who is 14 had a seizure in front of me about an hour ago. WE had to call 911 and she is in the hospital right now. She was taken away in an ambulance and honestly I finished the last bit of this chapter after this happened to be able to post this but I feel numb and empty right now. That's my precious baby sister you know? I helped change her diapers. She's never had this kind of problem before but to see her like that has really shaken me. We know she doesn't do drugs, and I had seen and talked to her in the back yard five minuets before she that she left for the creek and was gone for only a minuet or two.
Before she drunkenly stumbled into the neighbor's house and my mom at first thought she was playing around, but I noticed something was wrong and called 911. There was also what looked like a puncture mark on her shoulder. My other sister and I think either she brushed up against a bush and was bitten by a snake hiding in it, or a boy about her age who has been giving her problems who she used to walk with at that very creek did something to her.
Sorry about his mini rant but I am freaked out, shaking like a leaf and bawling my eyes out. I am posting this unedited so you all get your update then I am going to wait for the god damn deliveries I'm waiting for ( a refrigerator and my baby sister's ADHD meds) that I have to sign for as a favor to my parents who are down at the hospital, then I am going to call a cab and have them drive me and my other sister to the hospital. I know me and my sister are to emotionally distressed to drive at the moment and the last thing I need is to cause an accident.
Have a pleasant day and if you believe in some sort of higher power I don't care who it is please pray for her, if you don't just wish her luck.
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