Hey guys! Sorry for getting this out a week late, I've had a busy week on top of being sick, so I didn't have much time to go over my written chapter and find the mistakes, so if there are any mistakes, I apologize.
A few of you had questions so... Q&A time!
SinOfDisaster: Well, it's more like Leo has all Leo power and very little Harry power. As for your second question, I hope that this chapter will be able to answer that question! Dumbles... Is a sad old man with a manipulative brain and kinda big ego. I suppose he kinda wants the fame, power and glory coming with helping Harry defeat Voldie, I don't know about this Dumbles yet since I haven't written much. ^^; As for the immortal part. He's only immortal because he can go back to the Celestial Spirit Realm to heal, but if he's stuck on Earth with no way out... Kinda kills the immortal thing. So basically... He's immortal only on Earthland and not on Earth. It's okay about the rant! It was interesting to read and you were expressing your opinion. When I write a story like this, I try and explain everything as it happens... So I hope you will stick around and find out where it goes and what happens to his powers and stuff! ^u^
Espe9: Reading this chapter, you'll find that it's not exactly over... I have plenty to write about thank you, I have the plot all planned out and it's going to be as great as I can make it while being more of the 'down to earth' kind of writing. And yes, for the plot's sake, I did.
Toby860: Pissed... She's going to be very, very pissed...
Well... That's the Q&A.
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Dumbledore's normally twinkling blue eyes were looking up at the orange-haired stranger in shock, the twinkle no longer in his eyes as he clutched his bloody, broken nose.
When Dumbledore had found out that the 'Veil of Death' wasn't really a 'Veil of Death' – thank you Hogwarts library and Unspeakables – but a Veil of Magic's, his hope to get Harry out of it so that he could finish the prophecy had risen and the Headmaster had practically thrown himself into studies in trying to find a summoning spell to return Harry to their world.
It had taken almost three months, but Dumbledore had finally found the ritual to pull someone out of the Veil of Magic, or rather, to pull them back to the world.
He had immediately set up everything he needed – it took a few weeks to hunt down and get all the ingredients for the summoning potion needed for the ritual – when he could and had expected to find the scrawny, abused fifteen – almost sixteen – year-old that was his student. What Dumbledore hadn't expected though, was the young man standing in front of him, with orange hair – still having the messy locks that was the Potter curse – and glaring hazel eyes.
No longer was Harry Potter a scrawny fifteen year-old, but now a man in his early twenties, though his muscles weren't very noticeable, they still were there. The signs of his abuse were gone as well, and as Dumbledore slowly got to his feet – silently casting a charm on his nose to stop the bleeding until he could set it right and heal it properly – he looked over the young man.
Orange hair and hazel eyes – that were hidden slightly behind a pair of blue-tinted glasses – faintly tanned skin. He was wearing long green hoodie with a false fur collar, orange colored shirt with a skull on it, and dressy black shoes. A few rings adorned his hands and the young man – Harry – was currently curling and uncurling his fingers as he glared darkly – dark enough that it caused a shiver of fight to go up Albus' spine – at Dumbledore.
"Hello my boy." Dumbledore said in a chipper tone – though it was a bit subdued due to the fact that his nose was still broken – "I see you are well."
"What the hell do you want Dumbledore?" Loke snarled, fighting back his urge to punch the old man again, taking a few deep breaths in an attempt to calm himself.
"Ah, my boy… Here I thought you'd be glad to be free of the Veil of Death." Dumbledore pretended to smile sadly as he moved to sit behind his desk, motion with one hand for Harry to sit in the chair in front of his desk.
Loke didn't move, his eyes narrowing as he glared again at the Headmaster. "Cut the crap. We both know that the 'Veil of Death' is a Veil of Magic." Loke's nails were digging into the palm of his hand, leaving marks and a few cuts as he stayed stubbornly were he had been summoned to. "Now tell me why I'm here and then sending me back, I was on a date that you have ruined. I'll be lucky if she wants to go out with me ever again!" The orangette moaned as the thought hit him. "And I worked hard for that first date, damn it!"
Dumbledore watched the orange-haired young man in surprise as Loke continued to rant under his breath and Dumbledore had to clear his throat several times before Loke's rant was cut off and those angry hazel eyes looked at him again.
"Harry, my bo-"
"Loke, or Leo. It's not Harry anymore, hasn't been for eight years, for me at least… How long have I been gone on this planet?" Loke cut the Headmaster off with a slightly angry huff – making Dumbledore frown.
"Three months." Dumbledore replied calmly, clasping his fingers together he rested his elbows on his desk and his chin on top of his fingers. "You say you've been gone for eight years?"
"Give or take… In the Celestial World anyways." Loke waved a hand uncaringly, silently taking pleasure in seeing the shocked look in Dumbledore's face when he mentioned the Celestial Realm. "I'm almost Seven Hundred and Fifty years old on Earthland though." He shrugged, running a hand through his hair.
"Celestial Realm? Why would you be there?" Blue eyes were wide as Dumbledore stared at the young man.
Celestial Spirits were something that every Pureblood – and almost every Half-Blood – family knew about. Celestial Spirit keys were very, very rare, and a Celestial Mage even rarer so when one was born and a key given, the Mages were treasured. The last Celestial Mage that Dumbledore knew about had been born in the 16th Century, and the one before that was in the 13th Century.
"I just told you to call me Leo, didn't I?" Loke smirked at Dumbledore, his more animalistic side showing in his eyes as his grin widened, showing his slightly elongated canines. "Leo the Lion, King of the Celestial Zodiac. Now… You owe me answers Dumbledore."
To say Dumbledore was shocked was an understatement. Harry Potter was a Celestial Spirit? How in Merlin's name did that happen?!
"How..?" Dumbledore asked as Loke – rather unhappily – took a seat in front of his desk.
"Lady Magic herself changed me after I was thrown into the Veil. I did something utterly selfless, on top of having so many horrible things done to me by humans and Fate herself… Fate – don't ever tell her I said this – is a complete bitch. Constantly argues with Lady Magic over me… Though, Fate is scarier than Aquarius when pissed." Loke shivered. "Lady Magic is even scarier…" The Lion Spirit grimaced.
Dumbledore simply stared at Loke in unhidden dumbfoundment.
"Now, why am I here?" Loke asked, his lips turning downwards into a frown as he – without Dumbledore (who snapped out of his shock) noticing – casually pushed lightly against his Gate, trying to get back to the Celestial Realm, his eyes darkening slightly and panic starting to fill his veins as the Gate didn't give in or move even the tiniest centimeter.
"My boy, ("I'm not your boy") there are things we need to talk about…" Dumbledore's expression turned grave. "A few months before you were born, I was in the Hog's Head for an interview for a teaching position, it was for the Divination post and there was a pr-"
Loke's right eye twitched angrily as he spoke quietly, no small amount of venom in his tone. "Are you talking about that damn prophecy?"
"How do you kn-"
"Lady Magic told me you old coot with dragon-dung for brains!" Loke's temper was starting to snap.
He had been dragged away from his first real date with Lucy – something he probably wasn't going to ever get again thanks to the old coot – he wasn't able to open his Gate – something that was causing him to panic – and the best day he had in a very, very long time was ruined.
"The prophecy became void the moment that Lady Magic changed me, changed my magic! I no longer have that damn oh so called duty to defeat no-nose Voldemort!" Loke snarled, "I can't open my Gate either! What did you do to me?!"
Dumbledore had paled the second that Loke had stood up when he had started his rant and the blue-eyed old man resisted the urge to gulp as angry hazel eyes glared down at him.
"What did you DO?!" Loke nearly roared; his tone raising.
"A complex ritual that would pull you from wherever you had been sent to… But you will be sent back, as soon as your purpose for being here has been done… You have to kill Tom, Harry. Otherwise you won't be able to return back to your new home."
Loke had never been one for swearing, but now as those words hit him, a string of cusses – trust me, he knew at lot, thanks to having several owners over several years – in every language he knew left his lips as he paced around the Headmaster's office, trying not to hit the old man again.
He wouldn't be able to get back to the Celestial Realm, with his Gate shut so tightly. He wouldn't be able to get back to Earthland – where the Magic there at least was more in the air than it was here on Earth – it had been only because his Gate had had a small crack in it that Loke had survived those three years, while the Magic that had leaked through his Gate wasn't enough to sustain him. It had been enough to prolong his life, not he didn't even have that. There was also the fact that Magic hung so heavily on Earthland, while on Earth… Even in Hogwarts, Magic was barely noticeable.
"I hope you know where you want me to start, and how to get rid of Voldemort quickly, Dumbledore." Loke laughed almost insanely, his eyes looking over at Dumbledore and hazel met blue.
"Because if you don't. I'm dead within a year."
Lucy stared at the spot where Loke had disappeared at; brown eyes wide in shock and worry as panic and fear gripped her heart.
"Loke?! This isn't some stupid trick of yours, is it?!" Lucy called out, panic flaring into her tone as she looked around worriedly, "Loke?!"
"Lucy." A quiet voice spoke from behind the blonde and Lucy whirled around, her heart jumping in her chest and brown eyes widened further at seeing Aries standing in her doorway, the lights in her house on as the Ram Spirit looked at her owner worriedly.
"Aries? What are you doing here? Where's Loke?" Lucy asked worriedly and Aries smiled grimly, moving over she waved a hand at the inside of the house.
"Lucy, we'll explain things inside…" Aries spoke softly, her pink hair falling into her face as she shifted nervously.
"Okay..?" Lucy looked at her Spirit in worry, but did as the Ram asked and entered her house, and her jaw dropped at seeing all her Spirits – plus all Twelve (Minus Loke) Golden Keys – standing in her living room, each exchanging worried glances.
"What going on?" Lucy demanded, looking around at everyone while Aries shut the door behind her. "Has this something to do with Loke disappearing?"
Aquarius – who was sitting in an inflated pool filled with water in the middle of Lucy's living room – nodded gravely while Scorpio looked around the room uneasily.
"I can understand you guys being here…" Lucy trailed off, looking at her Celestial Spirits before looking over at Libra and both human-looking Pieces. "But I don't really understand why you're here too."
"Leo is a Celestial Golden Key, he is by all means our brother. What has been done to him is unforgivable and we wish to do everything in our power to help him return back to us. Also, we didn't get the chance to thank you for convincing the Celestial Spirit King to let him return to his rightful place into the Heavens until your death." Libra spoke, her voice slightly muffled behind the cloth covering her face.
"I was just helping a frie-… Wait, you said that Loke's only allowed into the Heavens until my death? I thought…" Lucy trailed off, her eyebrows furrowing in confusion and she didn't notice Virgo glaring at Libra from behind her.
Libra smiled weakly and shook her head. "I see he didn't tell you…" The Celestial Spirit sighed and the rest of the Celestial Spirits looked away guiltily as Libra spoke. "Despite it only being an accident, Leo the Lion did break our laws; and while he has suffered on Earthland for those three years, that wasn't the end that the Celestial King sought. He has allowed Leo his place into the Heavens until your death, in which his old punishment shall return and he shall suffer for three years once more on Earthland… Unless…" The Spirit trailed off, her lips pursing in thought as she eyed Lucy, who tilted her head to the side slightly.
"Unless what?" The blonde Celestial Mage asked.
"Unless he retires as a human and decides to stay on Earthland. But his punishment is not what we're here to discuss." The Libra Spirit cut the girl off before Lucy could ask anymore questions. "We're here to discuss his disappearance."
"So what did happen?" Lucy asked, looking around at her Spirits – plus two – in confusion. "One moment he was there, the next he was gone…"
"Leo the Lion hasn't left this world of his own accord…" Aries started, "Leo… He isn't from this world, most of us aren't…"
"I know." Lucy said, surprising most of the Spirits in the room. "Loke told me that he used to be called Harry, and that he was a wizard from another world until he fell into some kind of veil and was changed by magic." She stated. "He told me a lot of stories about his childhood, well… After he turned eleven."
The Spirits were staring at the Mage, absolutely speechless. Virgo's surprise was the first one to disappear, followed shortly by Aries and the female Spirits exchanged smiles. So Loke had told Lucy? That truly showed how much he had fallen for the blonde Mage.
"I see… Well, that makes this much easier." Aquarius nodded. "Leo the Lion was summoned back to his home world by the Sorcerer named Albus Dumbledore. Normally that wouldn't be too much trouble and Leo could've easily returned to the Celestial Spirit Realm…"
"But..?"
"But that damned old bastard used a Summoning Ritual that would keep the Summoned trapped on the Plane or World he is in until the task he has been summoned for has been completed." Scorpio scowled, the red-head's eyes narrowing.
"Which means that Leo cannot return to the Heavens to replenish his Magic, nor on that world does Magic hang so heavily in the air as it does here… And the crack that used to be in Leo's Gate was healed when you returned him to the Heavens." Aries spoke.
"In short, Big Brother will be dead within a year if he does not complete his task." Virgo spoke bluntly, but softly as tears glistened in the corners of her eyes as she looked down at the ground, her hands clasped tightly together and Lucy's own brown eyes widened and started to fill with tears.
"And as his owner, he cannot take any missions without your permission." Taurus's nostrils flared angrily at the thought of the Lion dying because of the old man. "He was able to while you were gone because you both had agreed to suspend his contract until after the S-Class trails, but when you Summoned him again, that contract was reinstated and he isn't allowed to take one again."
"Couldn't he just suspend the contract again?" Lucy asked, fear gripping her heart and tears threatened to spill when the Spirits looked away again and Scorpio shook his head.
"A suspended contract has to be an agreement between both Owner and Spirit." Scorpio explained, "He is unable to suspend the contract without your permission…"
"Then how is Loke going to get out of this alive?" Lucy asked in horror.
The Celestial Spirits exchanged glances and Aquarius asked; her tone deadly serious as the blonde Mage turned to look at her Spirit, the Water Bearer's eyes locked onto the Mage's.
"How much does Leo mean to you?"
Brown eyes blinked in surprise at the question and Lucy looked at the Spirit in surprise. "What..?"
"What does he mean to you?" Aquarius demanded again, the blue-haired woman's eyes narrowing.
"What kind of question is that?" Lucy demanded as she snapped out of her surprise. "Loke's a close friend and he's always been there for me! He means a lot to me!" Her cheeks flushed as she brushed her fingers lightly against her lips, where Loke had kissed her just under a half-an-hour ago. "And… And I think…" Her flushed deepened as she looked pointedly down and away from the Celestial Spirits. "I think I love him…" She murmured, to low for normal human ears, but the Celestial Spirits heard her mutter clearly and they all smiled.
"Well then." Aries smiled softly. "Lucy? What do you think about taking a little trip?"
Sirius Black glanced up from where he had been staring at the wall when a large pot had been slammed near where his head currently rested.
"Damn it woman, try to keep the noise down." The man groaned and covered his ears weakly while Mrs. Weasley glared down at the dark and messy-haired man. Almost puffing out with anger she hissed.
"No I will not Sirius Black! You are going to get up and help the children and Remus clean the house!" The usually kind woman spat.
"Alright, alright! Keep your hairnet on…" The man grumbled, tactfully ignoring the glare that the woman sent him as he got up on shaky legs and walked out of the door.
Ever since the incident at the Ministry – which actually got Sirius' name cleared – Sirius had fallen into a pit of depression no one seemed to be able to get him out of – even though he still did minor things like cleaning and such.
It didn't help that Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Mrs. Weasley would occasionally give him accusing looks.
Remus tried to help – bless Moony's soul that he still put up with the poor, drunken, sad excuse that was now Sirius Black – but even he didn't help.
It was his fault. Sirius often blamed himself for Harry falling through the veil, after all, it was him who got pushed out of the way when the dark-haired teen that was his Godson had pushed him out of the way of his bitch of a cousin Bellatrix had sent at him.
It was him who had some out almost unscathed that day, and Harry had been the price.
Sirius often found himself wishing that it had been himself that had been hit with the curse, and not Harry.
Ignoring Hermione, Ron and Ginny's glares as he entered the room that they – and Remus, who looked at his oldest friend with worry – were cleaning.
"Sirius, do you think you can help me figure out what this curse is?" Remus asked before Sirius could open his mouth and the shaggy-haired man nodded once before drawing his wand from his pocket and strolled towards the werewolf.
They worked mostly in silence for most of the morning. Remus and Sirius took down the hexes while the other three cleaned in the Muggle way. They stopped for lunch – eating in the room that they had been cleaning in, as Mrs. Weasley had brought them up freshly made sandwiches, (Sirius didn't eat much) – and they continued their work until long into the afternoon, only stopping when it was time for dinner.
"Hurry up dears." Mrs. Weasley told her children – and Hermione – as she ushered them out of the room as Sirius and Remus finished undoing a particularly hasty hex.
Remus and Sirius exchanged tired looks – they weren't jealous of Bill Weasely, eldest of the Weasley's brood of children, who was a curse/hex breaker for Gringotts – and followed Molly and the children out of the room on the fourth floor and down the stairs towards the kitchen.
When Molly entered the room she stopped in surprise at seeing Dumbledore standing near the head of the table, someone – who she didn't recognize but absentmindedly wondered if he was a distant relative on her husband's side of the family, due to the stranger's bright orange hair – lurking in the shadows behind the old wizard.
"Headmaster! What a surprise. We were all about to sit down for dinner, care to join us?" Molly smiled widely at the Headmaster, who shook his head.
"I'm afraid not, Molly. I'm only here to drop off our, ah… Unexpected guest." The Headmaster smiled at the plump woman while Remus and Sirius stifled snorts of amusement at hearing the stranger's low mutter – thank you Moony and Padfoot – of:
"Unexpected my ass. You summoned me you old bastard."
If the Headmaster heard the other's mutter, he ignored it. Sirius noted that the Headmaster's eyes were twinkling as the old coot spoke.
"If I may… Molly. Mr. Weasley. Ms. Granger. Ms. Weasley. Sirius. Remus. I do believe you all know Mr. Potter." Dumbledore nodded his head slightly towards the stranger who rolled his hazel eyes at Dumbledore as everyone's eyes widened and their jaws dropped in surprise.
"I told you, Dumbledore. It's Leo or Loke!" Loke grumbled unhappily – shooting the Headmaster a glare for the umpteenth time that night – before turning to face everyone.
"Hey guys! Long time no see!"
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