History Strongest Magister Harry: Hogwarts Year 2
6 Under the Sea
November was getting colder and Harry knew that everyone would be wearing more coats to keep warm. Though looking Harry glance out his window and down at the lake and decided to make his way there. It has been a long while since he'd visited the lake and wondered if those merfolk remembered him. On the way down Harry had run in with Luna who was carrying Orochi around like a necklace and petting him like there's no tomorrow.
"So that's where you've been," Harry thought looking at Orochi who was getting all the love from Luna.
The moment he got to the lake Harry glaze over the still surface and thought of something.
"That could work," Harry said glancing from the lake to the castle and then back to the lake.
Later Harry was making plans for his club activity. It was true that all they've done were eating and sitting around the clubroom and not doing anything worthwhile. He'd been going around the school and asking permission from Head of the Houses and the Headmaster for a little club field trip for a Saturday afternoon. All of the professors approved and encouraged the trip except for one blonde celebrity. Professor Lockhart has been adamant to allow the field trip as long as he's chaperone but one look from Professor McGonagall and his idea was shot down faster than his smile.
Saturday came and Harry was wearing his swim trunks and watched all of his club mates shivering in the cold. Padma was wearing her one piece swimsuit with her hair tied in a ponytail while her sister opt out of coming. The rest of the boys were wearing their one-piece swimsuit that dated back to when men had to fully cover their body. Hermione on the other hand was wearing a two-piece swimsuit that got a lot of attention and she'd looked a lot better after she'd stayed over night with Madam Pomfrey.
The school nurse literally tore into Professor McGonagall who looked down in shame. The nurse put her foot down and told both Professor McGonagall and Hermione that she must take only the maximum classes and the time turner must not be used again. From what Harry gathered Hermione was taking four more classes and using the time turner, a time traveling artifact, to attend all the classes that were scheduled at the same time. Now that she dropped three classes she was doing a lot better and less agitated and less cranky.
Hermione wore a two-piece swimsuit that was having all the boys from the magical side taking glances at her. Both Katie and Angela were looking at Hermione and glaring at each other for not thinking about bringing the style Hermione had on. Alicia had a giant one-piece swimsuit that was suited for renaissance fair and looked embarrassed for wearing it.
Off to the side Harry had spotted a throng of girls hiding in the tree lines leering down at him and the other boys. Deciding to ignore them Harry hand out leather straps to all of his friends.
"Okay, what are we doing?" Oliver asks while trying to stay warm with his large towel that was flapping in the wind.
"We're going to visit the Merfolk of the Lake," Harry said pointing to the lake that was behind him.
"You do know that we can't breath underwater," Fred said while George was nodding his head in agreement or was because he was cold.
"Neville?" Harry said holding out a bag and hand it over to the shy plump boy.
When Neville took a look in the bag he gasps and said, "That's Gillyweed! Where did you get them?"
"Made them," Harry said and then offers it to Neville who took a small handful, "Gillyweed is a special kind of weed grown near the Mediterranean Sea and at the same time with the right mixture it would allow any mammal who'd ingested it to stay under water up to an hour. The Mediterranean mages have been using this mixture for under sea dive and exploration."
"Harry-nii?" Hermione said shivering as if to say get to the point.
"Right safety first," Harry said pointing to the leather straps he handed out, "This is engraved to tell me everyone's location and vice versa at the same time it will keep track of time for how long we have before we need to surface. Finally I asked Professor Vector and Professor Flitwick to spelled them to send you to the surface of the water if and when you are in mortal peril. Do not take them off while under water and do not go off wondering and get lost. So strap it on your wrist and we could get underway."
"But, I've never seen mermaids in the lake before," Cedric said.
"Because you don't have the charm that is our dear Leader have!" Fred said flopping on Cedric's left side and then George come onto his right, "That's true my dear brother. I think this littler excursion would tell us how to be more like our dear Leader over here and get the ladies to swoon over us."
"KNOCK IT OFF!" Katie barked smacking the two from behind.
"Now remember stay together and please be mindful," Harry said and tightens Oracle around his waist.
"Don't be to hasty!" Someone scream and down walk Daphne looking regal as ever.
"Glad you can make it Daphne," Harry said handing the bag of gillyweed and she in turn took a hand full and the leather strap.
"What's with the pack?" Cedric asks.
"Oracle?" Harry asks pointing the his kit, "This is an emergency kit made by my master. I promised Orochi that I would carry it on at all times because of the chamber incident."
"Oh," Everyone said taking the news very well.
"Wands, ready?" Harry said seeing everyone strapping their wands at their ankles and or their other wrist. "Let's go."
Harry munches on his gillyweed and slowly moves towards the water. Slowly his friends follow suit and it didn't take long for Harry to jump into the water and everyone to follow albeit choking on air while above water. Looking at his body Harry checked out his web hands and foot and his gills that was on his neck. His sight seems to enhance underwater.
Looking back at his friends they too had web hands and feet with gills. Daphne easily adjusted to the new environment and was swimming like a fish. The blonde girl was wearing a nice one-piece swimsuit that fit her and at the same time held several charms to protect her while underwater. Her hair was tied into a ponytail like the rest of the girls and out of her field of vision.
Harry taps his gold manacle and suddenly words sprung out gaining their attention. The words spelled out, "Tap your strap." Everyone did as they were told and then Harry begins his lecture, "Okay everyone, while you have that strap on we will be able to talk under water. Please follow me."
With one good kick Harry was off with his friends following and some were having trouble keeping up. Slowly they came up two merfolk who greeted Harry like they were old friends.
"Everyone I like you to meet, Seth and Meith," Harry said pointing to the two, "They're Aroth tribe, merfolk, like the old days of kings and knights merfolks lives in tribes."
Meith had grown since Harry last saw her. Her hair was longer and her build was that of an Olympic swimmer. While the other girls
"Greetings, Harry," Meith said swimming up to Harry and tightly hug him.
"Ho-how did you two meet?" Hermione asks nervously seeing that closeness Meith was with Harry.
"Last year while I was sitting by the lake," Harry said and went up to Seth and shook his forearm. "They will be our guides through Aroth village."
"Why wasn't this in the Hogwarts: A History?" Hermione asks.
"Like many of my people, when we try to tell our history we leave some information out because we don't find it appealing or worth while," Seth said in a musical voice.
Harry nods his head and agreed, "Seth-san is correct, we humans do that all the time. Some may call it propaganda."
For the next half hour Seth and Meith guide the group through the village that sits in the depths of the lake. Everyone was at awe at how organized the village was. There were farmlands for agriculture and a large cage to keep in their livestock. Neville and Cedric made a comment that there way of doing things weren't that different than they would do. At the same time they were introduced to the merfolk's village military and most of the boys found it exciting and amazed at it. While Hermione was a little more interested in their magic which she found was a topic that they couldn't talk to outsiders about.
All the while the girls and the boys save for Harry noticed the closeness that Meith was during the whole trip. Meith would at times accidently bump into Harry or asked for his hand to guide him through a certain part of the village or when she would run her hands all over his body. Granted to the eyes of those on the surface the fresh water merfolks weren't that great at first glance on the surface of the water but when you enter their domain your eyes shift and what you see is a totally different person.
On the surface the merfolk looked all grotesques and slimy with shark teethes and scale like skin. Now that they are underwater they looked pretty close to human but with the exceptions of their skin showing a row of scales and their fingers sharpen like claws. It was unreal for them to see the merfolk this way.
Fred was swimming along when he notice something sticking out of the ground and then he said, "Hey guys, what's that?"
"Oh, that's the Unmovable Sword," Seth said and gather them to the sword that was sticking out of the ground near a patch of seaweeds, "It's been here for close to a thousand years and no one could move it."
"Interesting," Harry said examining the sword and notice that it was close to a rapier style sword but thicker like a two handed sword of the medieval days. It had several magical engravings that told him of runic work and surprisingly it wasn't that decorative if his suspicion were correct of the owner.
"There he goes again," Katie said and then Meith looks over as if to asks what. "Harry gets like this when he finds anything that's historical. If I know him he's figured out the date of its creation, who owns it and what magical properties it has."
"You are correct on two count Katie," Harry said pointing to the sword and Katie threw her hands up as if to say see, "Iron and steel, a very well common metal used to create a sword but this one has both which was very uncommon. It's shape and size indicated that it was a personal sword and custom made to fit the user. The runes on the sword were very poorly engraved and amateurish at best but one thing that struck out was the way it looks to me. This is a person who knows what a weapon needs and how to use it. Judging by the sharp blade and niches in them. Though I don't know who it belongs to except that it was owned by a very wealthy Knight."
"See!" Katie said pointing to Harry.
"Oh, come on, this isn't a sword in the stone!" Oliver chime in and made may to the sword and tried to pick it up but to no avail. "What?"
"Trust me, my human friends, we've tried but it will not move," Seth said chuckling at Oliver's misfortune to only laugh even harder when Fred and George went up to try.
"You do know it's impossible to lift it correct?" Harry said watching the guys try to pick it up the sword and even Neville was convinced to try and like everyone else they fail to lift it.
"What? Does it have a personal identification runes?" Padma asks, "That wasn't created until 1809."
All Harry had to do was smile at the Indian girl and she went up to the sword and tried to find the etching.
"When were you going to tell us?" Fred and George said out of breath.
"Well, how are you going to cancel it?" Seth asks.
"Two ways, overload the magic runes resulting in the destruction of the sword and the surrounding area," Padma surmise, "The second is to find the descendant of the owner and get them to remove it."
"Is that Excalibur?" Neville asks.
"No," Hermione said, "Excalibur was an artifact given to Author by Merlin through they're Magister and Minister contract."
"Wait, wait, Merlin's a Magister Magi?" Cedric asks in shocked.
"Well, there are a lot of discrepancy in our history book but Harry-nii says otherwise," Hermione said pointing to Harry who was examining the sword with Padma.
After a moment Harry stood up and face the group, "The discrepancies are all over Europe and the only place that's consistence are the records in the Nordic. Earlier stories of Merlin supports the Nordic's stories and through time the Europeans didn't like that fact that Merlin was a Magister who gave one of the most powerful weapon to a non Magical. So they changed the story of Arthur pulling Excalibur from the stone placed there by Merlin to find out who's worthy of ruling Britain."
"Why wasn't it in history books?" Hermione shouted out in frustration.
"If you go to the Nordic Historical Archives you would find the stories there and at the same time if you get access to the Goblin's Archive then they will have the full account of what happened back then," Harry said giving out sources so they would be able to go find the truth.
Suddenly an alarm of gongs went off. Harry swims upward and his eyes gaze towards a massive dark shadow from afar. Instantly Harry swims down to his friends and activate their strap and a blue orb envelope everyone except for Harry. After a second the orb shot up towards the surface like torpedoes all the while Hermione screaming Harry's name.
"Harry, you need to get out of here!" Meith said whipping out her spear and Seth follow suit.
Seth slowly cast a spell in mermish and his eyes widen ten folds. He then turn towards Harry and said sharply, "It's the Hunter! Get out of here!"
"The Hunter?" Harry asks and slowly it dawned on him. Merfolk never give a title to anything unless it's important. The title of the Hunter means they revere this animal and at the same time they fear it. "Do you need help?"
"No, we can't have a student from the surface die down here!" Seth barked and a group of merfolk wearing their armors swims up to them. "Besides our village's have safety spells to protect from invading force."
"Stay safe!" Harry said activating his runes on his brown strap and everyone nodded in reply. A few seconds later Harry was encase in a gold orb and shot upward towards the surface.
Harry urge his orb to climb faster and saw his friends off in the distance. A screeching noise caught his attention and he looks down to see serpents charging after him in hordes.
"The Hunter's are Sea Serpent of the Norse?" Harry shot out seeing the red, orange and purple sea serpents baring their fangs at him.
The horde that was the shadows weren't after the village but the students from Hogwarts. Harry's ascending speed was enough to keep out of their reaches and he kept his eyes on his friends who were nearing the surface. Fred and George were looking down and saw Harry's golden orb but they spots the serpents that were nipping at Harry's heels. As if as one both teens pull out their wands and Harry's eyes widen.
"DON'T, KEEP GOING!" Harry yell but within the speed and the rushing sound of water the twins didn't hear and cast a spell destroying their safety bubble. Harry grit his teeth and deactivate his orb and torpedo towards the twins who were now floating in the water and only ten meters away from the surface. He grabs each one by their wrist and shot towards the surface.
The moment they were out of the water Harry snatch three potions from Oracle and shove one in each twin's mouth and one in his to cancel the gillyweed affects. A millisecond later Harry rip his leather strap off and slap it onto Fred and activate the safety bubble with George in it. With that done Harry faces the water and pull out his staff and lands on it mere inches from the rippling surface and shot off towards the shore where the twins were heading. On the shore Harry saw his friends still encase in the bubble and are still under affects of the gillyweed. Next to them stood the Professors who were looking towards him with their eyes widen in shock when the serpents broke water trying to get Harry.
Professor Dumbledore had his wand out and cast several spells over the water and another that was more of a command. The surface where the Headmaster stood suddenly had an eruption of ice rushing over the surface of the lake trapping the serpents underneath it. The Headmaster then sweep his wand to cast a spell and all the serpents underneath the frozen lake was gone.
Harry made it back to the shore with no injury and immediately the Head Nurse shot right to him and rattle off questions, "Mister Kousaka are you hurt? Did they get you? Where does it hurt?"
"I'm not hurt Pomfrey Sensei," Harry reassure the nurse who went towards the twins who were still incase in the safety bubble and still sports gills and webbings.
Of to the side Professor Snape was giving potions to the other students to cancel the gillyweed affects and in came Hermione who had a look that a mother would wear if she heard her child was hurt."
"Harry!" His friends came over and began questioning him.
"Mister Kousaka," A firm voice pierce through his friends voice said and there stood Professor Dumbledore with the contingency of his staff. "How is he Poppy?"
"Well, he's right as rain," Madam Pomfrey said a little shock after hearing the students shouting about being attacked by monsters.
"Mister Kousaka, please meet me in my office after dinner," Professor Dumbledore said and motion for his staff and students to go back to the castle.
"What, that's it?" Someone barked and everyone groan inwardly knowing that voice very well, "The mermaids were attacked and you're not going to question him about it?"
"I will after dinner, Mister Weasley," Professor Dumbledore said trying to keep his cool.
"For all we know he'd summoned those serpents and had it attacked the mermaids down there!" Ron declared, "How many will it take to die before you see that he's evil?"
Harry's eyes shot at Ron when he'd mentioned the serpent. His feature sharpens and zoned on the youngest Weasley. When Harry breached the water he was a good several hundred yards from the shoreline unless someone had an eyesight of a hawk no one would know that he was attacked by sea serpents. Hermione knew that look and grab Harry's arm to stop him from doing something he would regret.
Thanking Hermione for calming him down Harry asks Ron, "What was that?"
"You're dark!" Ron exclaims in glee. "This is more proof that you are!"
"No, before that," Harry asks and slowly everyone who was part of his club understood what Harry was asking.
"Ron, what were the serpents again?" Fred nervously asks.
"Serpent of the Norse!" Ron said smirking knowingly.
"We never said what the monster was," George said eyeing his brother closely.
"Course you didn't, it doesn't take a genius to figure out what evil creatures he'd summoned!" Ron shot out as if it was the most obvious thing. Oblivious to most of the more intelligent person and staff eying him with suspicion Ron arrogantly smirk at Harry as if he got one over the evil tosser.
"Mister Weasley," Professor Snape dangerously ground out, "Come with me this instant."
"What? Why? Take that dark evil bastard!" Ron barked slapping Professor Snape's hand away. "He's the one that tried to kill the Mermaids!"
"NOW!" Professor Snape barked sending a stinging hex at the red headed teen that yelp in pain.
That evening Harry was making his way back to his dorm room after answering everything the Headmaster could think of. Harry told the professor about activating the runes on the strap that alerted the Head Nurse and all the Head of the Houses. Professor Dumbledore listened to Harry's story and knew that the teen was telling the truth. Professor Dumbledore had talked with the Chieftain who explained everything that matched up with Harry's story. Before he left the office Harry asked the Headmaster of his suspicion about Ron's involvement and the Professor only reply by telling him that the investigation was still active and he couldn't say anymore. After that he was sent off to bed.
"Rough day?" Orochi asks.
Harry chuckled and answer, "You have no idea."
Slowly he starts to write a letter and when he was finished Hedwig was ready to take it.
"Safe trip," Harry said smiling at the white owl.
"She's not going to like this one bit," Hedwig said ruffing her feather and spread her wings to fly.