Hello again, everyone! Welcome back for chapter 30 of The Glacial Ones!
To start things off as usual, review responses!
Cerxer: Probably not any time soon, simple because it wouldn't mesh well, and I could never bring myself to finish the series. At a later date though, that may change. Thanks for the suggestion!
The Perfect Re TPR: Firstly, to explain the whole dimensional travel thing, I haven't commented on it, but I had Harry put a marker down in his world for a reason. The idea is that when his pushes his magic into Shambhala, it tears a hole in reality and throws him through. The first time it went to his home world as there is still a connection between the Horcrux in his head and the other six, so after the Horcrux is removed it will become completely random where Shambhala takes him.
As for your suggestions, thanks! Tokyo Ghoul and Elfin Lied could be interesting, but I can't see it quite working at this point. Highschool DxD could be a good one, and would allow Esdeath to face some opponents on her level. Highschool of the Dead doesn't seem like it would work from my perspective, but Bleach could be interesting. Attack on Titan and Death note wouldn't mesh well at this point, and I don't know Undertale, but Percy Jackson could be rather funny. At the moment I just want something that would mesh well with what I have already written before I start trying others.
And as a final note, I was under the impression that most writers answered their reviews in some form or another. Considering that when I started writing I had no plan whatsoever and what little I have now came from support from reviewers and PM's, I find that keeping an open method of communication with readers is important. Anyway, thanks for you feedback and suggestions!
Drunkle Qrow: To start with, thanks for the support! I appreciate it! As for the chapter length, it's a tossup between longer chapters and slower update speed or visa versa. Currently I'm writing four thousand words per day, which is several hours work… yeah, I know, I have too much free time.
As for Esdeath killing off Voldemort, at the moment I'm thinking of something along the lines of Harry capturing him and returning to the Empire briefly to have Akame kill him. Or freeze him at the bottom of the ocean. Either way, I don't intend to have Esdeath conquering the world, but Voldemort isn't going to be a huge problem either. Thanks for the support!
Aku No Kotei: Hmm… an interesting idea. If I feel the need to cut the Akame Ga Kill story line short, I would be possible to have them kill Honest for it even before the Emperor is dead, simple because with Shambhala capable of traversing the multiverse, she no longer needs him to sate her love for war. An idea to keep in mind. Anyway, thanks for the suggestion!
Wildman90: While they will never change their methods of fighting and all that, Esdeath and Harry will be learning from Harry's home world. Canon actually comments that Esdeath likes to study when she is bored, so I can't see her not at least examining Earths military history etc. Plus even if she can't use magic, both she and Harry will study it. Thanks for the question!
Jharrell819: Not for a while. I intend to evolve their relationship to involve more cuddling and all that, but you have to remember that Esdeath is a homicidal maniac and Harry is an emotionally stunted boy who looks up to said homicidal maniac. I may evolve their relationship to kissing after they enter the Potterverse where they will have more examples of proper relationships around them. Bols is probably the only example they have now, and he wears a mask in public, so… yeah. Thanks for the question, and feel free to ask more!
And a big thanks to Imperial warlord, Eurigos, Yami-Guy, BARON and Exiled Soul Nomad for your support. I have low self-esteem, so all of this support is awesome!
And now, without further ado, onwards to chapter 30 of The Glacial Ones!
I do not own, in any way, shape, or form Akame Ga Kill or Harry Potter.
-T.G.O-
Chapter 30: A Moment of Peace (For Some)
Harry sighed as he looked across the hills spread out before, the morning sun blazing down from a clear blue sky above him.
Beside him, Esdeath grinned as she noticed his reaction to the comment she had made a moment before.
"Hmm? I thought you would be happy to return to the Capital?"
Harry shook his head as he lent his head sideways against Esdeaths shoulder without thinking.
"Not really. The Capitals fun and all, as long as you stay in the right areas anyway, but it's nicer out here."
He turned his gaze down towards where the Air, Fal and Luna were training in the field below them.
"How are those three progressing?"
Giving him an amused look but otherwise letting him remain leant against her side, Esdeath glanced up and followed his gaze down to the three girls.
"Rather well. Better than I expected to be honest. Air still needs to be able to use Samael for longer periods as a bow, but that's to be expected."
Harry nodded against her shoulder. No one had been surprised when Air had been able to use the Bow of Spite. It may as well have been prophesised.
Shaking off the odd feeling that was welling up inside her, Esdeath kept on speaking.
"Fal is good at close range and can pack a powerful punch, but she has very little tactical knowledge or ranged ability. The sooner that we find the last part of the set for her, the better. As for Luna, she is fast, but lacking in physical strength. On the same note, she is very effective with those pistols of hers and can think up strategies on the fly."
Harry hummed thoughtfully.
"What about the Book of Lies. I haven't really seen her use it a lot recently since it's a stealth based Teigu."
Esdeath nodded.
"She has only managed to increase her range by just over four metres from what it was, but we have been focusing on endurance, so it's no real surprise. On the other hand, she has increased the amount of time that she can use it on the three of them significantly."
Nodding, Harry grinned before glancing up at Esdeath from his position leaning against her side as a thought occurred to him.
"Do we have anything planned out for today?"
She raised an amused eyebrow as she realised he had thought of something.
"No. There is still some remnants of the Western forces around, but they are being dealt with as we speak. We are only here in case there is a resurgence. What do you have in mind?"
Harry hummed contently.
"Well, you know how I made it back to my home world?"
She nodded, a thoughtful look appearing on her face as he continued to speak, glancing down the hill to where Air was firing blunt arrows at Fal.
"Well, I left the marker in the cardboard, so I need to move it at some stage to somewhere more secure location, then we could start doing some digging around for other people like me. I doubt I'm the only one in the whole world to have abilities."
Esdeath grinned down at him.
"I was intending to put it off until the war with the Revolutionary Army has ended, but I'm bored and scouting the area out does seem like a good idea. Call over those three for a moment."
Harry grinned, not even bothering to wonder why she didn't do it as he sat up from his position leaning against her and shouted down the hill at the three girls training below.
"Air! Fal! Luna! Come up here for a moment!"
The three stopped their training, glancing up at him with smiles on their faces before walking up the hill, Fal reaching Harry and Esdeath first.
"Hey, Harry, Esdeath! What do you need?"
Esdeath stood, patting herself down before reaching down and pulling Harry to his feet as she spoke.
"Harry is going to return to his home world and reset his marker so that he can Shambhala all of us into his world together. We are going to be scouting out for anyone with his kind of abilities."
The three nodded, interested looks on their faces as Harry used Shambhala to set a marker at their current location. He glanced around them, grinning as he held up Shambhala.
"Alright then, I'll be back as soon as I find a good location to set up the marker. See you!"
He vanished in a flash of blue light, leaving the four females to wait for him to return.
-T.G.O-
With a flash blue light that briefly lit up the cupboard, Harry appeared, in a crouch, not wanting to bang his head on the roof. He was small, but not that small.
Regaining his balance, Harry threw a veil of power over himself to avoid detection and reached out with his mind, unlatching the bolt on the door and sliding it open slightly.
He peeked through the gap.
The hallway was dark, with no signs of nearby life. Satisfied, that it was night and the owners of the home where not going to find him, Harry pushed open the door and stepped out.
It wasn't that he was in any way afraid of being spotted, but it would be annoying for him.
Stepping into the lounge, noting that it was vastly changed from when he had been there over three years ago, Harry peaked out at the street from behind the curtain.
It was almost pitch black, the street lights the only source of light as dark clouds blocked the moon above. He briefly considered teleporting or warping outside before dismissing the thoughts as he travelled to the front door, unlocking it as he went.
He didn't really want to have to go through the less than pleasant sensation of teleportation for such a short distance, and warping would create a rather noticeable amount of light in the dark street.
Anyway, why waste energy warping or teleporting when he can walk out in a matter of seconds.
He stepped out onto the driveway, breathing in the night air as an odd sense of nostalgia filled him, the car in front of him bringing back old memories. The Empire had no vehicles like cars and the other transport his home world had.
Harry relaxed. He had forgotten how, other than his own circumstances, peaceful his world was compared to the empire.
It was… nice, to be able to relax without something attacking him or him attacking something else.
"Stupefy!"
Spoke to soon.
The voice shouted the words out from just over four metres behind Harry, a red flash shooting towards him. Unfortunately for his attacker, Harry was a trained fighter who had been given said training by the Empire's Strongest, so, by the time the first syllable of the word had left his attackers lips, Harry was already moving.
One of his swords flashed out of one of the two sheaths on his back as the red light flashed past him, Harry crossing the distance between himself and his attacker, a rather… scruffy man stinking of alcohol, in a matter of seconds, his blade flashing over his head.
Harry's sword arced downwards.
The man raised the stick in his hand, preparing to do something.
He never got the chance, as Harry's blade came slashing downwards.
Blood splattered across the night time air as Harry sliced the man's arm off at the shoulder before spinning and preparing a kill blow to hack off the man's head.
Then the sequence of events caught up in Harry's head and he realised that the man had used some form of power similar to his.
Pulling back his blade, Harry instead turned his spin into a crushing round house kick to the side of the man's head, picking him up off the ground with a crunch and sending him crashing to the ground in a crumpled heap.
Skidding to a halt as he dispersed the energy of his spin, he gazed at his attacker.
After a moment, Harry approached the prone figure, ice spears materializing around him and pointing towards the fallen figure in case it was a trick. He knew his powers and he knew that if the man had similar powers, then it would do well not to underestimate him.
A moment passed.
Stepping forwards, Harry crouched down, checking that the man was truly unconscious, ice spears pointing at him the entire time.
Noting with a sigh that the man was indeed out cold with a possible concussion, Harry stood back up levitating than man's body beside him as he tried to remember a nearby location where he could set up the marker.
He jerked around once more as a series of loud pops broke the silence of the night, dark figure appearing throughout the area, surrounding him as an elderly voice spoke out.
"Surrender now! We only wish to talk!"
A moment later, several sticks in the hands of the new arrivals began to glow, bathing the area in a bright light as Harry felt a heavy veil settle over the area. He was already moving, warping away as light filled the area, the veil seeming to be trying to stop him from leaving for the slightest of moments before Harry was gone in a flash of blue light, reappearing under a street light at the end of the street.
His attackers spun, looking around for him as they realised he was gone, one shouting out as they saw him vanish in another flash of blue light from underneath the lamp at the end of the street.
It was too late.
Harry warped a second time, then a third, then a fourth time, bouncing from one patch of light to another with his first attacker floating beside him. He cursed the fact that he could only warp to areas within his sight as he came to a stop in and ducked into a park cloaked in darkness, vaguely remembering it from before he left his world as he slammed Shambhala down, looking over his shoulder to make sure he didn't have any pursuers as a flash of blue light confirmed that the marker had been made.
The he was gone in another, identical blue flash, taking his prisoner with him.
-T.G.O-
With yet another flash of blue light, Harry appeared where he had originally left Esdeath, Air, Fal and Luna, the unconscious man crashing to the ground beside him as he was dropped.
Looking around, he noted that Luna, Fal and Air were back training, Esdeath sitting where she had been before he left mere minutes before, grinning at him.
"Done now, Harry?"
He nodded with a grin.
"Yup! I set the marker. I ran into a little trouble along the way though."
She raised her eyebrows a little before looking down at the man Harry had brought back with him, a flicker of disgust flashing across her face as she took in the image of the rather disgusting looking man, the scent of alcohol burning her nostrils. On the other hand, she also noticed that he was missing an arm, which Harry had obviously already remove, which made her feel a little better.
"Luna! Air! Fal!"
Luna, Air and Fal all reacted to her shout, turning towards the two before hurrying over after they realised that Harry had returned, stopping beside him and giving the man at his feet a half disgusted, half curious look.
Esdeath spoke once again, asking the same question that the other three were thinking.
"And who is this? Why did you take him back here?"
Harry just grinned wider.
"No idea who he is, but I do know that he has some sort of power like mine, plus he was waiting around the house for me. As much as I dislike torture, I think he could be useful for an information source."
Esdeath grinned as she nodded in agreement, her smirk taking a more sadistic turn.
"We don't have time for a proper interrogation right now, unfortunately. Take him back to camp and then we will continue with our original plan."
Harry nodded, before speaking again.
"Some other people also showed up using my form of teleportation before I could set the marker, so I had to run a bit. I don't want to fight anyone who might have similar powers to me without prior knowledge of their power levels."
Giving and an approving nod, Esdeath smiled affectionately.
"I doubt they would have been a threat regardless, but it pays to be careful."
Nodding once more, Harry vanished in a flash to the marker he had set at the Imperial Army camp, the man hovering beside him as he reappeared.
The soldiers of Esdeaths army didn't so much as blink as Harry appear out of nowhere in a flash of light with an unconscious and injured man beside him, several waving and grinning. Harry returned their grins as he swept through the camp to a cage like wagon made for prisoners, waving at the soldier in charge of it.
"Hey, could you take this guy off me? Esdeath wants him alive for interrogation though, so make sure he doesn't bleed out or something."
The man nodded with a grin.
"Of course I can, Harry."
The soldier picked up the man and dragged him off as Harry vanished yet again in a flash of blue, reappearing in an identical flash back with the patiently waiting group of women.
He grinned at Esdeath as he appeared.
"All done! Now we can head back to my home world!"
Esdeath nodded, grinning as the five huddled together as Harry activated Shambhala once more.
With a flash of blue light, the group of five was gone.
-T.G.O-
Dumbledore was beginning to get rather frustrated with the trouble Harry Potter and whoever must be helping the boy was causing him. First he vanished from his home, then he reappeared and they barely missed him, and just moments ago he, or at least someone closely related to him who could tell them where he was, had appeared again and they still lost him or her.
He took that back. He was beyond frustrated now.
To make it even worse, Mundungus Fletcher, who had been on guard that night in case of an event like this, had also been taken away by whoever it was that had appeared, leaving behind his severed arm with his wand still in its hand.
On the other hand, he had learnt something new about whoever it was who was involved with Harry Potter. The method at which they teleported around appeared to be safer than apparation and was able to smash though all the anti apparation and anti portkey wards they had put up but, if what Dumbledore had deduced from watching them appear only in light spots, it only worked in light and was short range.
It also gave him a lead to research when he got the chance.
Currently, however, he was sitting at the head of the table in the kitchen of 12 Grimmauld Place, all present members of the Order of the Phoenix sitting around listening as Molly Weasley spoke up towards Dumbledore, a concerned look on her face.
"What happened, Albus? Did you find him?"
Dumbledore shook his head with a sad sigh, those who didn't already know deflating as their fears were confirmed.
"No, unfortunately, we did not. We did encounter one person who could have been Harry, but they escaped before we could see them properly."
Sitting a little way down the table on his right, Lupin spoke up.
"Why didn't you put up Anti-Portkey and Anti-Apparation wards?"
Leaning against the doorway, his prosthetic eye rolling around as it observed the room, Moody snorted.
"We did. Dumbledore and I both threw up Anti-Portkey and Anti-Apparation wards, and even stacked they barely slowed the bastard down."
At the head of the table, Dumbledore nodded sagely.
"Indeed. I believe that our mystery man or woman wasn't using either apparation or a portkey. Not only could they pass through the wards, but they seemed to only be able to do it to locations of light, as well as appearing and disappearing in a blue flash whenever they used it."
McGonagall's eyes widened.
"You mean that someone has made up an entirely new form of magical transport? Wouldn't we know this kind of things?"
Dumbledore sighed.
"Only if they decided to show the world. If they have a method of magical transport that can pass through wards, then chances are that they are keeping it secret for their own purposes."
Across the table, Molly spoke up once more.
"What about poor Harry? Do you think that whoever it was did something to him?"
With a sigh, Dumbledore gave a solemn look around the table.
"Considering that whoever it was sliced off Mundungus' arm when he tried to stop them and then kidnapped him, we must assume they are hostile. Add the fact that they have a method of magical transport that can pass through standard wards, even possibly being able to pass through blood wards like the ones I set up in order to protect Harry…"
He released another sigh.
"…if we also add in the fact that whoever it was appeared, with at least a little of Harry's blood on them, mere days after Harry appeared in the cupboard I'm sure he would never want to enter again, I believe we can come to a grim conclusion."
Sitting on his right, Sirius' eyes widened.
"Your saying that whoever it was we saw was responsible, or related to the people who took Harry away?"
Dumbledore nodded grimly.
"I believe that Harry must have escaped with some form of accidental magic, it's not impossible for people his age, and appeared in the place he had the strongest feelings for, which was the cupboard, even if they were negative feelings. The people who took him away are now chasing after him, likely using his blood as some kind of tracker."
The faces of all those present were horrified by what Dumbledore was saying, as whatever divine entity that decided it was a good idea to create wizards banged its head on the table that conveniently appeared.
It was odd how human minds could delude themselves so. Because they wanted to believe that Harry's disappearance was not theirs or their leaders fault, they invented another party. Because they didn't want to believe that Harry Potter, their saviour, would injure someone so obviously Light, even if Mundungus did make a few black market deals, they instead blamed it on the fictional third party, thus proving their existence even more to the group.
To make it even more convoluted, they somehow took the fact that someone had a new form of magical travel that could pass through wards as evidence that they must have kidnapped Harry, conveniently forgetting that they could just as well have been rescuing him from the Dursleys.
Truly, the human minds ability to delude itself and create stories in the places of those a person didn't want to hear was astounding.
All they had to do was accept that Harry may have been the one to attack Mundungus and none of the following confusion would have ever happened.
But they didn't, so within an hour of the meeting, the various members of the Order of the Phoenix were looking up dark forms of magic travel as others began hunting a fantasy group that did not exist.
Yet.
-T.G.O-
While Dumbledore and he Order of the Phoenix were getting themselves perfectly confused in a mess of conspiracies, ancient dark magic and evil criminals who had stolen their saviour, said saviour was appearing in a flash of light alongside his four companions.
Fal was the first to speak.
"How come its night here and day back home?"
Harry and Luna both went to answer, only for Esdeath to speak first.
"The two worlds must just have slightly different time zones. Day for us is night for them and day for them is night for us. At least in this part of the world."
Fal nodded her understanding.
"What are we going to do?"
Esdeath answered her once again as Harry created as small ball of light do they could see each other.
"A library first. Harry's information is three years old, and he wasn't allowed a lot of information in the first place, so the first thing we need to do is find out as much as possible."
She turned an affection gaze towards Harry.
"Can you lead us to the nearest library?"
Harry nodded with a grin, turning without a word as he led them through the night.
They walked in silence through the streets, Luna, Air and Fal glancing around at some of the things they had never seen before with no small amount of curiosity, Esdeath gazing around slightly more analytically.
Air broke the comfortable silence that had settled over them.
"You know, it's one thing to hear you talk about things like 'cars' and a completely different thing to actually see them."
Beside her, creeping slightly closer to Harry's right, Luna nodded.
"Indeed it is. It's also so… peaceful here. It's rather dull and boring, but it's still peaceful. If this were the Capital…"
She let the sentence trail off. They all knew what the Capital was like.
Instead they continued onwards down the abnormally normal street.
A single moments respite from the coming storm, a moment of peace. But of course a moments respite does by no means mean that the storm was dead.
Indeed, the storm was still rising.
And the Empire was still falling.
-T.G.O-
And that is chapter 30 complete!
A slightly shorter chapter in order to provide some more interaction into the Potterverse as well as give Esdeath and Harry a way to learn about the Wizarding World. Poor, poor Mundungus.
Next chapter will probably back some form of fluff back at the Capital before kick starting the next part of the story.
Anyway, as always, any and all constructive criticism, ideas, likes, dislikes and advice are all welcome and accepted! Please review!
Lastly, I hope you have enjoyed The Glacial Ones so far, and I'll see you next chapter!