Ditto on the note in Chapter 2 except one thing that'll come up that will require a Disclaimer though it'll be at the end of the chapter so it doesn't spoil anything.
Timeline note: This takes place a couple or so months after the characters attending New Year's Rockin' Eve.
Author note: Heh, once again, I thought I'd just get something out of the way first, this time being Harry having glasses. This is partly to address the old bit about all-but the current version of Superman in Smallville always wear glasses and tie into his known problem with eye sight. However, his discomfort is actually setting up something else entirely as you'll see.
As for his senses, I've decided that everything related to his senses except heat and X-Ray vision, which are actual powers, are going to come naturally instead of being directly tied to his adaptation powers. In other words, his super hearing and telescopic vision will eventually come along with his other superhuman senses, but they won't be a power as they are in the comics.
Another thing I wanted to get out of the way was the whole escapade with Norberta, but it's just a brief summary as well as getting a certain other subplot out of the way. And would you believe I almost completely forgot about the first few incidents with the Mirror of Erised?
One other thing I wanted to get out of the way is a little fact that I had forgotten to mention in Hidden heritage, namely why Harry was alone instead of with Ron and Neville. I had completely forgotten about putting a reason why when it happened. Sorry. Anyway, hope you enjoy reading this as much as I did writing it.
Harry Potter and the Phantom relic
Chapter 3
Harry sighed as he took off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose. He had been having a headache off and on for a few days now and was wondering if it was a good idea to wear glasses after all since he didn't need them.
Though his vision was more than perfect, Harry had recently started wearing glasses with clear lenses to pretend that he had become badly near-sighted since the revelation of his alien heritage. His mum even charmed them to appear as normal glasses to everyone else.
'But it doesn't make any sense,' Harry thought, 'They've never really bothered me before, especially not this much. Something else must be going on, but what?' Wanting to put it out of his mind, he decided to go for a walk around the lake.
About a month ago, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville had found the Cerberus Snape had been talking about after Malfoy had tried to trick them into getting caught out after curfew under the pretense of a duel.
They had barely gotten away with their lives and used the Marauder's Map to avoid Filch as they headed back to Gryffindor tower. The next day, they had discussed what had happened when Hermione had realized that the Cerberus had been standing on some kind of trap door.
Given what they had heard about his tendencies to large, dangerous animals, they had gone to Hagrid, who let slip about a man named Nicholas Flamel. The boys had all found the name vaguely familiar but couldn't quite place it.
Of course, Hermione suggested looking through the library books for the name but the search was fruitless. After they figured it could be found in the Restricted Section, Harry had snuck in after closing and tried to read one, but it started a high-pitched wailing the second he did.
Harry tried closing the book but it didn't stop, so he hurried out of there and tried heading for Gryffindor tower, but in his rush, he had gone the wrong way and had to hide in an empty room just as Filch and Snape were passing by to check out the disturbance in the library.
Harry had then turned around to find that the room wasn't as empty as he had originally though, as a large mirror stood in the middle of it. Backwards letters ran around the frame saying that it was called the Mirror of Erised and that it didn't show one's reflection but one's innermost desires.
Intrigued, Harry peered into the mirror… and was shocked to see a world vaguely like Earth but with as many differences as similarities, mostly the fact that it was revolving around a red sun. Some instinct told him that he was looking at his long destroyed original home world of Krypton.
Then the image changed to that of a youngish man that looked decidedly familiar, as if Harry was looking at a mirror image of himself in roughly thirty years. "Hello, Kal-El my son," the image of Jor-El mouthed.
A beautiful youngish woman with red hair also joined Jor-El, also mouthing the words as they both placed on a bassinet that suddenly appeared. As with his father, there was no mistaking that this was his birth mother Lara.
Harry's eyes had been drawn to the bassinet, to where a baby was also peering at him with familiar green eyes. If the image was any indication, he apparently hadn't been much more than a year old when Krypton had been destroyed.
Harry looked back up to see that several other people joining his parents. His eyes were especially drawn to another couple to the right of his parents, who were also holding a newborn. They seemed so familiar…
Suddenly, the image changed to one of Harry wearing a very gaudy red, yellow, and blue costume and fighting numerous beings, taking them out with ease with various super powers. His friends were beside him, casting spells left and right, and there were quite a few people cheering them on from the sidelines.
Suddenly, Harry remembered that he had to hurry back or there would be pretty much no way he wouldn't be caught out after curfew even with the Marauder's Map and invisibility cloak.
Harry left, but not before promising the mirror images, which had gone back to those of his Kryptonian family, that he'd be back. In his rush to leave, he didn't notice one of them images didn't disappear right away, one that seemed to be his mirror image that was studying him as he left.
And returned Harry did, this time followed by his friends. They each saw something different of course, which made him finally realize what the writing along the frame meant.
'Except that costume, which is way too gaudy to ever even think about wearing, it showed exactly what I've always wanted to see,' Harry thought, 'My birth family, where I came from, and what the future could hold for me.'
Wanting to see more of his Kryptonian family and his original home world, Harry had gone back a little later in the day and was found by Dumbledore. He was able to talk honestly about what he saw since the Headmaster knew of his secret.
However, Dumbledore then warned Harry that many people died by losing themselves and implored him not to look for it again. Though he wanted to see more of Krypton, he reluctantly did as the Headmaster requested.
As he saw Hagrid's hut, Harry thought back to another big event that had gone down a few weeks ago. Him and his friends had gone there for a visit and found that he had finally gotten his lifelong wish and received a dragon. It hatched into a Norwegian Ridgeback, one of the deadliest species of dragons.
Unfortunately for Hagrid, the night the dragon hatched, Malfoy had been tailing the group and had seen the dragon egg from the window, then took off running towards the castle like the coward he was when they saw him. They were able to get a hold of Charlie Weasley and he came to pick the dragon up.
Malfoy had tried to get them in trouble, but Dumbledore had instead give them points for being such good friends to Hagrid that they'd risk trouble helping him. 'Speaking of Malfoy…' he thought as he saw movement out of the corner of his eye.
"Hey, Potter," a voice called out. Harry turned to find Malfoy standing a few feet away with Crabbe and Goyle. "You don't seem so tough without your friends to back you up, now do you?"
Harry laughed. "Though I do like to know I have friends to watch my back, I don't need back up to take care of all three of you," he said. To prove his point, he quickly whipped out his wand and put Crabbe and Goyle in full-body binds before they could even blink.
"That will be twenty points from Gryffindor and detention, Potter," Snape said as he seemed to appear out of nowhere. He dispelled the body bind on Crabbe and Goyle and the four sneered at him.
"For what… defending myself?" Harry demanded angrily. He hadn't failed to notice that the points Snape had taken away from him were what they had gotten from helping Hagrid with Norbert. He also had a feeling that this was also the greasy git's way of getting around McGonagall's pseudo-probation.
Malfoy smirked. "Defend yourself?" he asked, "Against what? We didn't even have our wands out before you decided to… what was it you said? Oh yes, 'Take care of us'." Harry had noticed him quickly putting his wand away while he was binding his two cronies, but had simply thought it was him showing his usual cowardice.
Harry glared at the group but left before he said or did something he would regret. As he was walking back to the castle, he was bumped like someone was brushing past him, but he didn't see anything, though his headache did return.
Glancing up at the clock in the main square, Harry saw that it was almost lunch time. 'Crap, didn't realize I was out for so long,' he thought as he rushed to the Great Hall, 'If I don't hurry, Ron will eat it all as usual.'
Snape, Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle were gloating over getting one over on Harry when all of a sudden a dung bomb was thrown into their midst and exploded before they could react, letting a stench out that immediately had the younger wizards retching while the older one cast a Bubblehead Charm. "POTTER!"
Harry explained to his friends what had happened by the lake. "You should go tell Professor McGonagall," Hermione said.
Harry shook his head. "I can't," he said, "They set it up so that Snape could take away the points we had earned helping Hagrid out and not break the restrictions she put on his unfair punishments and point deductions. Besides, I…"
The doors to the Great Hall burst open and Snape came storming inside, heading straight at Harry when he saw him. "POTTER!" he shouted, "YOU REALLY THINK YOU'RE FUNNY, DON'T YOU?"
"What are…" Harry almost literally choked on his words when he noticed the smell coming from Snape. 'Wow,' he thought, 'Reminds me why I don't use dung bombs.' "What are you talking about?" he asked, trying his best to block out the smell by breathing through his mouth.
"YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!" Snape shouted, "YOU THOUGHT YOU'D GET US BACK BY THROWING A DUNG BOMB AT US! THAT'LL BE ANOTHER 50 POINTS FROM GRYFFINDOR AND…"
"Severus, what are you talking about?" McGonagall asked as she joined Snape at the Gryffindor table. "And what is that god awful smell?"
"I CAUGHT…" Snape stopped himself, calming down a bit. "I caught Mr. Potter hexing Crabbe and Goyle and about to hex young Mr. Malfoy and he took it upon himself to get back at us by throwing a dung bomb at us about 5 or 6 minutes after apparently leaving."
"Is that what that smell is?" McGonagall asked, "I was beginning to think that you… never mind. Is this true, Mr. Potter?"
"The part about them ambushing me in order to take points away is, yes, Professor McGonagall," Harry said, "But I came back to the castle after that. I noticed that it was almost lunch and hurried straight here."
"Can anybody confirm where you were?" McGonagall asked.
"Actually, I can," another voice said. An attractive young Hispanic girl a couple of years ahead of Harry and his friends stepped forward. He vaguely remembered her as a 2nd year Ravenclaw he heard had transferred from America the year before. "I was outside as well and was just a few steps behind Harry the entire way to the Great Hall."
"Then it must have been one of his friends," Snape said. He was eyeing the twins in particular.
"They were in my office until a few minutes before lunch serving a detention," McGonagall said.
"And we were heading this way and in the common room since breakfast," Hermione said to head off Snape accusing her, Ron, or Neville. Several Gryffindors confirmed this.
"So I'm afraid you'll have to look somewhere else for your culprit," McGonagall said, "The deduction in points you took because of the prank on you and any other punishment you had in mind for Mr. Potter are hereby negated."
Snape could tell she was giving him a subtle hint to leave. "Very well, but I'll be looking into this," he said, "And I can promise that whoever's did this will wish they never hadn't." He sneered at Harry. "Your detention will take place Saturday. I'll inform you of the time." With that, he stalked off with the usual billowing of his robes.
"Mr. Potter, exactly what happened at the lake?" McGonagall asked.
Harry glared at Snape's back before answering. "About twenty minutes ago, I was taking a walk around the lake when Malfoy and his stooges confronted me," he said, "They all had their wands drawn and threatening at first me but when I put Crabbe and Goyle in a body-bind, Malfoy was quick to put his wand up.
"I noticed it but since he's such a coward, I didn't think much of it until Snape popped up," Harry continued, "He took exactly the points we had gotten from helping Hagrid with Norbert and gave me a detention, claiming that I had attacked defenseless students."
"Can't you do anything, professor?" Hermione pleaded, "He was obviously set up."
"I'm sorry, but without witnesses to confirm Mr. Potter's side of the story, I will have to take Severus' word that he was sticking to the restrictions in place," McGonagall said. It was obvious she wasn't happy about this.
Harry turned to the girl that had helped him. "I don't guess…" he started.
The young woman shook her head. "Sorry, but I just caught up to you as you were coming in the main entryway," she said.
Harry sighed as Professor McGonagall went back to the staff table. "It's all right," he said, "Thanks for stepping in and helping."
The young woman nodded. "No problem," she said, "I'm Yolanda Vasquez by the way." She extended her hand. "You can call me Yoli."
"Nice to meet you, Yoli," Harry said, shaking the offered hand. "As you heard, I'm Harry Potter and these are my friends Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley and his brothers Fred and George, and Neville Longbottom."
"I know Fred and George and I met Ron at Diagon Alley this last summer," Yoli replied, "But nice to meet the rest of you." Harry nodded, remembering that the Weasleys had gone to Diagon Alley quite a bit ahead of him because of a sale on second-hand robes and school supplies.
Neville usually joined them since his gran was too busy to be able to take him herself but Harry usually had too much to do around the farm, which was why he was alone that day of his confrontation with Malfoy in Madam Malkin's.
"Care to join us?" Hermione asked. Yoli shrugged as she took a seat. "So, I heard you transferred in from America. What's it like there?"
"It was cool," Yoli said, "Dad had to get a job here because they're getting scarce over there. To be honest, they're much more modern than here. Hogwarts is pretty cool though. I came in kind of late last year, but my school there was quite a bit ahead so I didn't have to catch up."
"Then why don't you go back there if you hate it here so much?" a snide voice asked.
Yoli turned to find Malfoy sneering at her, Crabbe and Goyle on either side of him. "Apparently the tiny brains that go along with pureblood inbreeding also comes with even worse hearing," she said as she rolled her eyes. She sniffed and made a face, crinkling up her nose. "Nor does it give them good hygiene apparently."
"Since you missed it, que poco endogámica idiota, I never said I hated it here," Yoli replied, "I do, even if it is more than a bit… medieval. I've got a question for you, though… do you ever take a bath? Because I could probably smell the funk comin' off you back in the US."
"Why you…" Malfoy and his goons started towards Yoli but were brought up short by not only her wand but those of Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Neville.
"What was that, culo tonto?" Yoli taunted. Muttering about what his father was going to do when he heard about the incident, Malfoy reluctantly turned and headed towards the Slytherin table. As they walked away, she couldn't resist shouting "Despejar el camino si no quieren ser asesinados por el olor!"
As she turned back, Yoli saw Hermione cracking up, but Harry, Neville, and the Weasleys obviously didn't know she had said, though they all started laughing as well when she translated that she had called him both a little inbred idiot and a dumbass then warned everyone to clear the way or die from the smell.
"Sorry about the Spanish," Yoli said, "But since my friends back home spoke some and it's practically all that's spoken in my house, I forgot that not very many might know it here. Especially the purebloods, who think English is the only language blessed by God just because they speak. No offense of course if any of you are."
"I know what you mean, so none taken," Neville said, "My gran made sure I knew enough French to keep from getting too lost when she reluctantly took me with her to Paris a few years ago, but otherwise, that's about it."
"I'm also somewhat fluent in French, but that's about it," Harry agreed.
"We never really leave Britain except to visit my two oldest brothers, so my parents never really bothered," Ron said.
"I'm guessing you're fluent in Spanish," Yoli asked, looking at Hermione.
Hermione nodded. "And French and a little Russian," she said, "Mum takes me with her on business trips to France and Spain all the time and I picked up some Russian from a neighbor we had a couple of years ago." Lunch ended shortly afterwards and the group parted ways and headed towards class.
They found out later that Snape had tried to take points and give out detentions to all but the Slytherins over the incident, but McGonagall had been ready with a list of witnesses to attest to what had really happened, effectively shutting him up. And with the restrictions in place, now all he could do was glare at them during Potions.
Until Harry's detention that is. The entire time, Snape had tried baiting him in order to give him a reason to take more points or give him more detentions, but the young Kryptonian was able to keep his cool and ignored him.
Over the next couple of weeks, a series of mysterious pranks were played all over the schools. Harry and his friends were thought to be behind them, a notion that Snape wholeheartedly encouraged, so they made sure to have plenty of witnesses wherever they went, even the library.
The pranks were minor but added up to be a headache for the staff, especially the janitor, a very nasty man named Filch. He was often seen cleaning up messes while muttering various descriptive and even imaginative ways of finding the pranksters and what he'd do to them.
After a month, the staff wasn't any closer to finding the prankster, who seemed to be able to either be able to move at superhuman speeds or intangible, though they were sure it was one person. They tried blaming it on Peeves but couldn't prove it, a fact he delighted in reminding them of every chance he got.
Harry was walking down the hallway to the bathroom when he was suddenly hit with a bad headache. He rubbed the bridge of his nose and closed his eyes to stave it off and when he opened them, he noticed a strange blur rushing past him.
'That must be why I'm getting headaches,' Harry thought, 'I'll bet that's the prankster and my powers are adjusting my senses to able to detect them.' He narrowed his eyes and focused on the blur and was surprised to see that it was Yoli.
"HEY!" Harry shouted, surprising her.
Yoli stopped and her eyes widened when she realized that Harry had seen her running. "Youcanseeme?" she asked rapidly/
"Of course I can see you," Harry said, "How can you move that fast?"
"Quick," Yoli said, apparently kicking out of super speed mode. "Follow me." She led Harry down the hall into a nearby empty classroom. "Nobody's ever been able to see me when I'm blurring."
"Blurring?" Harry asked.
"That's what I call it, because that's what I look like to everyone but you," Yoli said, "But you're avoiding the question. How were you able to see me? Have you been able to see me the whole time?"
"I couldn't see you until just a few minutes ago, no," Harry said, "But I think I've been sensing you when you're 'blurring'. As for the how… it's a long story."
"I've got the time if you do," Yoli said, "Did you get your powers in some kind of accident like I did?"
"No, but is that how you can blur?" Harry said.
Yoli nodded. "I was helping a friend of my dad's who was a teacher in my old school back in the States trying to create a new potion that speeds up a plant's metabolism last year," she said, "When applied properly, it could a plant can grow to full maturation within minutes."
"Wow, that would change Herbology as we know it," Harry said.
"Yeah it would have …" Yoli said. She paused then shook her head. "We were doing it outside because some of the ingredients were a bit toxic and a lightning bolt came out of nowhere and struck the potion, shattering the flask we had it in.
"My teacher died from exposure to it and the secret went with him," Yoli said, "But somehow, my body absorbed it. But it obviously had a different affect on me than on the plants we had experimented on.
"Since then, I could move at speeds that very few Muggle machines could match much less anything organic and nothing could see me," Yoli continued, "Until I met you of course." Harry nodded. "And don't think I didn't notice you avoiding the question yet again. How could you even sense me moving around much less see me?"
"I'm sorry, but I can't tell you the whole truth about my powers right now," Harry said, "But let's just say that I come by my powers at least somewhat more naturally and being able to see you is just the tip of the iceberg." He grinned as a thought occurred to him.
"In fact, if you wouldn't mind an experiment, I think I may even be able to match your speed if not out race you," Harry continued, "If you don't mind going at a somewhat slower pace so I can try to attain super speed."
A thoughtful expression crossed over Yoli's face before she grinned. "You're on," she said, "Raceya." With that, she took off back out of the classroom and down the hallway. Grinning, Harry started off after her. Before long, his speed started picking up and he was "blurring" along with her.
Good thing it was the weekend and there weren't any classes, as the two raced around Hogwarts for hours, also getting the chance to know each other as they ran, becoming really good friends. Harry was overjoyed in finally being able to cut loose around a new friend and Yoli seemed to feel the same.
Harry learned that Yoli had gotten expelled from her last school because she had been implicated in the accident where she attained her super speed powers. She had also almost gotten in legal problems but had avoided it. Her dad had gotten a job in England to get her away from all that, which was what brought her to Hogwarts.
Yoli also reluctantly admitted that she had been the one who had dropped a dung bomb on Snape, Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle and apologized to Harry for almost getting him and his friends into trouble, but he waved off the apology saying that there was no harm done and had been hilarious so she had nothing to apologize for.
With that mystery solved, it didn't surprise Harry when Yoli also confessed to the mystery pranks he had been noticing. He told her about the pranks that he and his friends had been pulling and they decided to pool their knowledge together to become a real force to be reckoned with.
Harry eventually became as fast as Yoli, but worked hard to keep himself at just below her level. 'I've got the potential for so much more,' he thought, 'Might as well let her be the fastest woman on the planet. Not that she needs the charity. She really is as quick as a flash.'
They were both exhausted by the end of the day, but laughing as they headed down to dinner. "I don't know when I've had that much fun," Yoli commented, "Between the accident, being expelled, and the move, things have just been so hectic I haven't been able to really test out my speed."
"I know what you mean," Harry said, "I was just getting used to my super strength when I came to school and had to hide it. Only the headmaster and now you know about them here. And now with super speed… well, I'm just glad I could really cut loose for once."
Yoli nodded. "And I appreciate you telling me, even if you can't tell me the full truth," she said, "And don't worry, I can keep a secret. I'm great at Occlumency, so nothing short of a Crucio or someone threatening my family would make me blab about your powers."
"I know and I'll keep your secret too," Harry said, "And I might tell you about the truth behind them in time, but as I said before, I honestly think it would hurt you to be let in on the full secret than help anybody right now."
Yoli nodded. "I can understand that more than anybody here," she said.
Just as they were about to enter the main hallway and head towards dinner, the sounds of an explosion startled them. They raced towards the sounds and found an entire section of hallway in the dungeons collapsed. They were further horrified to hear moans and screams from under it.
"We'," Harry said. Yoli nodded and the two used their super speed to carefully tear through the wreckage. They found several students there as well as Professor Snape and luckily there wasn't anything more than a few broken bones.
After stunning everyone that wasn't unconscious to keep their secrets, they made sure they were all far enough away from the rubble before taking back off and just in time, as most of the staff had come rushing onto the scene. They headed towards the Great Hall to wait to see what happened next.
The two headed straight for his friends, acting as casual as they could while also seeming curious about what was going on. "Where have you been?" Hermione asked as Harry took a seat next to her.
Harry shrugged. "Just been talking with Yoli," he said, "We lost track of time and were heading this way when we heard an explosion. What's going on?"
Hermione shook her head. "We don't know anything yet," she said, "The staff told the Prefects to keep an eye on the rest of us and took the Head Boy and Girl to check it out." Harry nodded.
About twenty minutes later, the staff and Head Boy and Girl came back to the Great Hall minus Snape and Madam Pomfrey. Dumbledore headed up to the main podium, causing the students to become quite.
"As I'm sure you've heard, there was an explosion almost thirty minutes ago in the dungeons that collapsed part of the hallway near Potions," Dumbledore announced, "Professor Snape and several Slytherins had been caught under rubble but were lucky to sustain only relatively minor injuries compared to what could have been.
"We don't have any further information, but don't worry," Dumbledore continued, "We will be looking into the incident to make sure it doesn't happen again and Professor Snape should be fine by Monday, so Potions classes will not have to be cancelled or rescheduled. That is all." He went back to the staff table.
After dinner, Yoli was called into the Headmaster's office. Harry had a bad feeling what it was about so he went with her. All of the Heads of Houses being there didn't quell the bad feeling.
"Ms. Vasquez, it has come to our attention that you were gone from the Great Hall when the explosion in the dungeon occurred," Dumbledore asked.
"Yes, but we got there not too long afterwards," Yoli pointed out.
"We?" Dumbledore asked, raising his eyebrow.
Harry nodded. "I was with her," he said, "I was getting to know Yoli and we lost track of time and were heading to dinner when we heard the explosion. We thought it best to hurry to the Great Hall. Why? You don't think she has something to do with the explosion, do you?"
"I'm afraid we have to consider the possibility," Dumbledore said.
"Why, because of the accident at my old school?" Yoli asked.
"We do have to take that into account, yes," Dumbledore said.
Harry saw Yoli starting to panic and knew there was only one thing that might help the situation. "Professor Dumbledore, is there any way we can talk privately?" he asked, "I think I can prove that she was with me the whole time and had nothing to do with the explosion here or in the US."
Dumbledore nodded and asked the other Professors to leave his office for a few minutes and they stepped out into the hall. When they were gone, Harry looked at Yoli. "He's one of the few that knows my full secret," he said, "If we're going to prove you had nothing to do with the explosion, we have to tell him."
Yoli hesitated then nodded. "Professor, the accident back in the US, it… it changed me," she said.
"How?" Dumbledore asked.
"The potion my teacher and I were working on that was supposed to speed up a plant's metabolism to cause it to become fully grown in a couple of days," Yoli explained, "We were almost done when a lightning bolt hit it, causing it to explode and drench us both.
"My teacher's body couldn't handle the toxic nature of some of the chemicals in the potion and he died and the secret of the potion died with him," Yoli said, "But my body somehow absorbed it and ever since then, I could move at what non-magicals would call supersonic speeds."
"That's fascinating, Mr. Vasquez," Dumbledore said, "But can you prove…"
At that, Yoli and Harry looked at each other and grinned. Suddenly, the Sorting Hat disappeared from the nearby shelf and appeared in her hands. It swayed for a moment before becoming still again. "What in the world," the Hat said, "Miss Vasquez, this is wholly inappropriate."
"I'msorry,butIthoughttakingtheprofessor'," Yoli said rapidly. She grinned sheepishly at Dumbledore who was watching her in a shocked manner.
"She sometimes does that when she's coming out of super speed," Harry said, "It takes her a few seconds to fully come out of it." Dumbledore nodded. "Well, I guess I should say we both have that problem sometimes."
"So you can move at supersonic speeds now too?" Dumbledore asked.
Harry nodded. "But there's something you should know," he said, "When we heard and felt the explosion, we rushed to the site and used our speed to sift through the rubble and get the people trapped underneath out. We had to stun a few to make sure they didn't know it was us."
Dumbledore nodded. "Too bad I can't give you two awards or even points for that," he said, "And I'm sorry to say, Ms. Vasquez, that without a provable alibi, you will have to at least be place under probation until the incident can be investigated."
Yoli nodded and sighed with relief. "As long as I'm not expelled outright, that's fine," she said.
"I'm afraid the governors might still call for that," Dumbledore said, "But I'm confident that I can stall that until the investigation is complete. Until then, you are confined to Ravenclaw tower except for lunch and classes and will have a teacher with you at all times. I'm sorry, but it's the rules."
Yoli nodded. "I understand," she said.
"However, there is a bright side to this if you're cleared," Dumbledore said, "As the Supreme Mugwump of the International Confedration of Wizards, I could put forth the recommendation that your expulsion from your old school in the US be rescinded. They won't necessarily do it, but I don't see why they wouldn't."
"To be honest, that would have been great last year," Yoli said, "But now, I have good friends here…" She glanced at Harry. "And I think I've finally started to really fit in except in the case of bigoted little inbred pureblood idiots. While mom and dad would be thrilled for the chance, I'm really starting to like it here."
"And we would be glad to continue having you here of course," Dumbledore said, "I was just thinking you might like the chance to move back. Anyway, you may head back to your towers since dinner is over."
"Just a second if you would, professor," Harry said and turned to Yoli, "I know you probably have your mind made up, Yoli, but would you mind if I run something past you regarding you decision on whether or not to go back to the States?"
"Of course not," Yoli said.
"Ever since I found out about what I can do, I've been wondering how I could use them to help the world," Harry said, "About a month ago, I ran across an object that showed me the good I could do, but it also hinted that I couldn't do it alone, as my friends were beside me helping me fight crime." Yoli nodded.
"Now, I didn't think it was possible at first," Harry said, "There's no way I could put my friends in that kind of danger and without anybody else with powers anywhere like mine, I thought it would be a job only I could do… until today."
Yoli nodded again. "And even with the two of us, it would be tough," she said.
"Yes, but if the two of us have powers or are at least willing to fight crime, there's bound to be others right?" Harry asked.
"A very reasonable theory," Yoli said with a nod, "So you want me to go back to the US to try to find other people that are fighting crime or at least willing to, super powered or otherwise, and recruit them?"
"Not just that, but yes," Harry said, "Eventually I also want to expand that to a much a larger scale and create a worldwide network of those like us to help out whenever we're needed. A Justice Society, if you will."
Yoli nodded. "I remember hearing about a few in the States," she admitted, "The nearest would be some kind guy in… what was it, Bothan City? No, that sounds like something in some galaxy really far away.
"Anyway, a worldwide network of crime fighters is a good idea and moving back to the US, but I'll have to think about it," Yoli continued, "I've built a pretty good life here and leaving it would be about as hard as coming here."
"And we all would miss you, don't get me wrong," Harry said, "And I especially don't want to influence your decision, but I did think it best to bring up the idea and see what you thought about it. Just think about it.
Harry turned to Dumbledore. "Thanks for letting us stay, professor," he said, "That just came to me and I thought it would be better to discuss it here where there isn't anyone to overhear."
"It's no problem, Harry," Dumbledore said, "I will do anything I can to help my students… within reason of course… and this is especially something important to the world at large. But I do think you should run along." The two nodded before leaving. Flitwick was waiting for Yoli and her and Harry parted ways.
It eventually turned out that some older Slytherin students had thought they'd get ahead in Potions and asked their parents to send potion ingredients that they couldn't. It didn't seem to work at first and they disposed of it.
But it turned out some of the ingredients couldn't simply be disposed of and that's what eventually caused the explosion. Luckily, there hadn't been anybody caught in the lethal blast radius and Harry and Yoli had acted quickly enough to keep anybody from getting badly injured being under the rubble.
Though the students that caused it were expelled for criminal negligence by law, the incident was generally considered to be an accident since they hadn't meant to cause it and legal measures weren't brought against them.
To Yoli's delight, the US magical government had taken Dumbledore's recommendation and fully investigated the accident that had given her super speed. They quickly cleared her name and she was offered the chance to come back. Though she was reluctant, she decided to take them up on their offer.
Harry was standing on the Hogsmeade train platform with his friends and several other students that Yoli had befriended during her time at Hogwarts. He was one of the last to give her a hug goodbye and was a little surprised when she gave him a kiss on the cheek first. Unbeknownst to both, Hermione saw this and frowned.
"I think I'm going to miss our races most of all," Yoli murmured in Harry's ear.
"Same here," Harry said. They pulled away. "I hope you'll write often."
"Of course I will, silly," Yoli said, giving Harry a wink. "Especially if I find out anyone that has a Social life like ours."
Harry nodded. "You should also be careful," he said, "You never know when the wrong eyes could see you blurring reality."
"You too, especially when you're pumping iron," Yoli said. With that, she headed into the Express and it started towards Diagon Alley.
"Don't worry, mate," Ron said, clapping Harry on the shoulder as they headed back to the castle. "I'm sure you'll see your girlfriend again." Neither boy saw Hermione glare at him.
"I know," Harry said, "And she's not my girlfriend. I barely got to know her." 'To you knowledge,' he added mentally.
"Sure did look awfully cozy to me," Ron said, "She didn't hug me and give me a kiss after all."
Harry turned red. "Oh shut up," he murmured, causing his friends to laugh. He looked back at the train that was slowly starting to disappear. 'She'll be back, especially if an emergency comes up and I need her help,' he thought, 'And hopefully she'll be bringing back up.' With that, he led his friends back into the castle.
To be concluded…
Don't worry about the "To be concluded" bit. It just means that the next chapter would be the end of Year 1. I still have at least six other stories in the series based on Harry's years at Hogwarts, at least one story set between Years, and a possible spinoff or two.
Anyway, guess I'll start the main part of this off with Disclaimers. Don't get used to it, as she won't be appearing here until much later. Anyway, I don't own the Flash. It's owned by DC Comics, Warner Brothers, whoever did the old series, and whoever made the game that tied in to the Justice League Heroes that came out on the Game Boy Advance several years ago.
However, while how this Flash got her powers borrows from the comics, it also borrows from a short-lived show (would be surprised to find that it had lasted 2 full seasons) I watched when I was younger called "My secret identity", where Jerry O'Connell played a teen that's hit with a ray of energy and given super speed and limited flying ability. Unfortunately, I have no idea who owns that.
With that legal crap out of the way, I'll start my actual footnotes by apologizing for the usual, rather long exposition at the beginning. I had quite a bit to get out of the way that more or less followed canon with a few exceptions, most of them being simply out of order.
Hope I didn't piss anybody off over making fun of the traditional Superman outfit. Don't get me wrong, I like it, but it serves my story better for THIS Kal-El to find it gaudy since I intend to create a completely new one from the ground up.
Haven't decided how different it'll be since I'm nowhere near actually introducing it. It'll probably end up being some kind of mixture of all the Hogwarts colors and that it could be a little more like the one that Conner wore when the Newsboy Legion first bust him out of Cadmus and until not that many years ago.
However, I have decided that how different the S will be. It's going to more diagonal and jagged like a lightning bolt to fit in better with Harry Potter. I know it's generally the logo for the Flash, but I'll also be overhauling her logo and overall costume for when she starts wearing one.
I don't know about the colors I'll be using for Yoli's costume, but I was thinking of using for a symbol for the Greek/Roman messenger god… I just remember the Roman name, Mercury… for the logo, since the legends tell of him being superhumanly swift. As I said, I'm a long way away from that.
While the translation back into English might a bit rough, the Spanish phrases I had Yoli using are more or less what she said except the first one, which is the roughest of the three but what she said was what I put into a English to Spanish translator webpage. Her warning about the smell might be a bit rough too, but the more or less exact phrase I put into the translator was "Clear the way if you don't want to die from the smell".
As for the way she talked, I made Yoli American for a reason. I wanted a character that I could put in dialogue for and didn't have to worry about tripping over British terms (though I'd like to think I've gotten pretty damn good about not doing it anyway). Besides, I think her mixing American English and Spanish slang gives her a pretty hilarious sarcastic bit. What do you think?
As for Yoli's looks, I'm using Selena Gomez from Wizards of Waverly Place as a physical template. She's Hispanic (not many in the DCU that I've seen), she's very pretty, and she's young. As for her being the Flash, I thought it was the best way to introduce Harry's super speed powers and who better than the Flash right?
As for not going with one of the established versions of the Flash like Jay Garrick, Barry and Bart Allen, or Wally West, I was going to, but since I decided when I started this story that I was going to build a new version of the DCU from the ground up, I felt that I should stick to that.
While it mostly borrows from how Barry Allen and Wally West gained their powers, Yoli's origin story also borrows from an old show called "My secret identity" starring Jerry O'Connell as a guy who was gains super speed and limited flight after being accidentally hit by a beam of energy.
As for why I had Yoli go back to America… well, there's a reason for it that I don't want to go in to here beyond saying that I'm considering a spinoff starring her, but don't fret. She'll be back and probably with a vengeance.
As for Harry's headaches, they're the first manifestation of his super speed powers rather than a separate power. I was reading a copy of the Flash several years ago (not long after Zero Hour if I remember right) and came across him saying that when he starts running, his senses are as much in hyper drive as the rest of him.
And on a final footnote, as Harry said, I'm putting together a worldwide network of crime-fighters. I think this is a good way to really expand the story somewhat, literally and figuratively, as I might do a spinoff series to showcase at least Yoli's attempts at recruiting heroes in the US.
The upside to this idea is that I think I've found a way to bring in Batman after all, hence Yoli's line cross-referencing both him and Star Wars (came up with that joke at work the other day when someone asked me for a species from Star Trek and I said Bothan instead of Bolian). Probably won't actually be using Bruce Wayne for the same reason I didn't use a known version of the Flash but eh, who knows?
Now, I know Justice League is the more known way of thinking of a group of heroes in the DCU, but I honestly think that Justice Society has a better ring to it in this case, especially since the actual one from the comics probably won't be making an appearance as a group and Jay Garrick… or Barry and Bart Allen or Wally West, for that matter… probably won't at all with powers since there's only one Flash here and that's Yoli. Besides, the name "Justice Society" will most likely be simply the code name for the crime-fighting network Harry and Yoli are forming as a whole while the actual teams they're going to be forming will probably still be called Justice Leagues.
There will be plenty of code words based on that (look for Justice and/or either Society or references to a heroic Social life like Yoli did earlier capitalized) and their superpowers in general as well when they mention blurring (super speed) and pumping iron (super strength of course) for starters. However, since Yoli most likely won't be appearing that much here, it's something of a background plot point anyway and not really anything you really have to pay that close attention if you don't want to.
Edit: Was too busy bringing in the Flash and a new power for Harry that I didn't really think the detention with Snape through. Thanks for catching that and telling me, JNottle. And yes, Diresquirrell, I do know that how Yoli received her powers is like Barry's and Wally's (which is kind of the point) hence the Disclaimers above. However, The whole bit about it being an experiment on a plant was almost directly taken from the show I mentioned. Anyway, thanks for reading and Pueda el solitario dios encuentra la paz por ultimo.