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Sluttish Hermione Granger in a harem. That does sound fun but she'd need a strong motivation to do such a thing. I don't think knowledge would be enough. To protect Harry Potter maybe but since I'm not putting him in the Triwizard Tournament it might be a while until she offers herself to Damien for such a trade. Still I could alter the story a bit to ensure that it happens.
A W
That's a great idea. Help Nott get Potter into the Tournament and then arrange an accident so that Nott dies but Voldemort won't do anything about that if Potter is the Tournament as he'll be to busy trying to salvage his plan to care about the likes of Nott.
As a bonus Harry in danger would give Hermione a motivation to serve Damien as he can ensure Potter's protection.
tylermech66
Yes well done, but who are these gods of the interweb of which you speak?
Z2010Deadmeat
I've lost all interest in Hero Gothic I might get back to it one day but don't get your hopes up.
All the Gothics together that would either turn into a complete bloodbath with one Gothic left standing or create a force that could conquer all realities causing many. many bloodbaths as the multi-verse itself comes crashing down around us all.
As for Minecraft Gothic well I don't think so I never really got into Minecraft.
Lord Edric
Damien isn't interested in working with metals he's a Dark Wizard not a blacksmith. Plus if he did bring in more magical metals that could upset the economics of the Wizarding World which he doesn't want to do to much as its the value of gold that makes him rich. If he brings to much of an even rarer metal than could devalue gold or maybe not it could just cause the creation of new coins I suppose. I'll have to think about it.
That said it small amounts it might not do that much harm as if Damien controls that supply it would give him more power over people
douchiesnacks
No it won't be funny. Well not until Nott is no longer needed.
war sage
Yes she will be in the harem but not just yet. Damien needs to romance her a bit before he wins her loyalty.
The First Gothic. Book One. A Wizard In Training. Part 26.
Hogwarts School. The Great Hall. The Wizarding World.
Theodore Nott smiled as I agreed to aid him in getting Harry Potter to take part in the Triwizard Tournament.
In my view he was nothing but a fool and I looked forward to the day he would die at my hands. The only reason he was still breathing now was because he wasn't yet a true Death Eater. Had he been his body would be in possession of my Necromancer counterpart along with the Hand Of Glory I'd gotten him as a gift.
"The Dark Lord will surely reward us well if Potter is forced to participate in the Tournament," Nott was saying as we walked into the Great Hall.
Carefully I directed the future Death Eater over to a quieter part of the Hall. There wasn't much chance of us being overheard due to everyone's attention on the Goblet of Fire but I saw no reason to take risks.
"I'm sure he will," was my reply "but first we must do as he Dark Lord commands".
"How do you intend to get Potter's name into the Goblet Of Fire?" asked Nott.
It would be rather easy to get the name in the tricky part would be the confundus charm, which was needed to ensure that Potter name would come out of the Goblet.
I'd practised using Neville's name so I was sure I could do it but it could go wrong as the charm was a tricky bit of magic to pull off.
"Go find a seat and you will see" I assured the Pureblood inbred.
I was about to walk away but Nott pulled me back.
"The Dark Lord is still very eager to met you" reminded Nott.
Yeah I bet he was but I had no intention of going anywhere near Riddle until the time was right. Voldemort would die after Harry got into the Tournament not a moment before.
This way Granger would feel a strong enough motivation to come to me for help and she would pay the price for that help. Once that happened I'd remove the danger to Potter and ensure that Voldemort would bother no one ever again.
"I'm sure he is," I said to Nott "but there is no point me meeting him until after Potter is assured a place in the Tournament. If I fail then I'm sure our Master will be able to come up with a new plan".
More likely he'd kill me for my failure which was why it was important that I got Potter into the Tournament. If I managed it Voldemort would not suspect that I was his enemy and that would give me the chance to strike.
"Now watch, but don't get involved" I ordered Nott.
Without another word I walked away while looking at the new ring on my finger. It was so hard to believe that the jewel on this ring was one of the Deathly Hollows.
Tizzy, my House Elf, had easily recovered the Ring as Riddle had not defended this Horcrux nearly as well as he had the Locket. The most potent defence the Ring had been given was the curse upon it along with a compulsion charm that would try to force whoever found the Horcrux to wear it and fall victim to the curse upon the ring.
A strong willed person could ignore such compulsions as could a House Elf who had been ordered by their master not to put the Ring on. Dumbledore had, or would have, failed to resist because he'd wanted to contact his dead sister but all my family were alive so there was no reason for me to use the Stone and therefore no reason to wear the Ring Horcrux.
Neville had destroyed the Ring Horcrux with his Basilisk venom imbued sword, which had made the Hollow safe to use. I'd lied and told Neville that the jewel was just some silly decoration that Voldemort must of added to make his horcrux fancier and that I was going to keep it as a trophy for finding the Horcrux while he got the honour of destroying it as my of thanking him for his loyalty. Neville being the trusting sort took me at my word.
Luna had been trickier to deal with she had a reason to want to use the Stone so letting her see the Ring Horcrux would have been like aiding her to commit suicide, the compulsion charm wouldn't have even been needed.
But I couldn't use the Ring even if I had wanted to as summoning the dead is Necromancy, something my reward didn't allow me to do, but Luna could and she was now allowed to speak to her mother twice a year.
This arrangement worked rather well as while being pulled to the world of the living was unpleasant for the dead if it was done only a couple of times a year it was more like a quick holiday than disturbing the natural order of things. Something the dead were resentful off.
Since I couldn't use the Stone for any form of Necromancy, which was all the Stone was good for, it was safe with me and while The Resurrection Stone didn't seem to have any other powers but it was suggested in books that even having one Hallow boosted a Wizard's powers.
Also if I did get the Elder Wand as planned some of the books on this subject said that the Hallows boost the power of each other meaning that having The Resurrection Stone would increase the power of the Elder Wand, which I planned to take from Dumbledore once I was seventeen and free to become the next Dark Lord.
My feet had taken me to a seat and I was just about to put Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire when Hermione Granger moved down a few benches so she could sit with me.
Her doing this didn't surprise me as ever since I had turned Ron Weasly into a squib she'd started to seek out my company more and more often.
One would of thought that Potter would of gotten closer to Granger once Ron was out of the way but it wasn't so. With the Ginger Prat out of the way Harry had gotten other friends and was now rather popular.
Ginny had moved in to replace her brother (at my suggestion) rather smoothly while Neville had offered Harry male companionship without needing any prompting from me. And since neither Neville or Ginny were as off-putting as Weasly had been other people had started to gravitate towards Potter forming a large group of not so much friends but more like small groups of friends forming a large social clique made up of all Gryffindor's 'cool' kids.
Hermione unfortunately for her didn't fit in as none of the group cared to study or discuss things that teenagers didn't tend to care much about. I was sure that Potter wasn't trying to drive her away but they had grown more distant. It was sad to see but quite understandable friends can drift apart without meaning to so easily.
As I'd once been a sociology student it had fascinating for me to watch this clique come into existence and it tickled me no end that Ron Weasly had been the factor needing of removal in order to create the clique.
The clique was also interesting as it was very different from my own social network despite the fact that Potter and I were quite a like these days in social standing. What with us both being you rich heirs to old Pureblood families.
My social network was made up of small groups of people as well but the smaller groups like best friends Susan and Hannah, who had their friends, had little to do with best friends like Neville and myself ,we also had friends that didn't know each other very well. But In contrast Harry's group all knew each other and did talk with each other even if they weren't that close.
I could see this for myself as right now they were all laughing and joking with each other as under-age magic users tried to get past the Headmaster's age line.
"What are you thinking about?" inquired Hermione once she got fed up of me sitting there thinking and not paying attention to her.
"About sociology" I answered.
"Oh" was her reply.
Feeling a bit sorry for the girl as her loneliness wasn't something you needed to be empathic to sense I started up a conversation. Not caring that Nott was waiting for me to put Potter's name in the Goblet of Fire.
"I'm also wondering if any of our peers have figured out how to get their names into the Goblet".
I turned to Granger and asked.
"How many ways have you thought up?"
"None," she replied "Dumbledore drew that age line no one under seventeen can put their name into the Goblet of Fire".
Her faith in Dumbledore as a good man had been shattered but she still had respect for the old man's power, and to be far he was a very powerful Wizard but he was from all powerful as I could prove.
"I can think of three ways" I told the teen.
Before she could call me out on that Victor Krum walked into the hall in order to put his name in the Goblet of Fire and he caught Granger's eye. She met his and there was certain spark in the air as just for a second they looked into each others eyes.
I suddenly felt very possessive over Hermione and a voice in my started to scream something about killing Krum to protect the Harem, which was odd because I didn't really have a proper harem yet but now I really wanted one and Hermione had to be in it.
Once Krum left I like all men who feel a girl they want to sleep with is looking elsewhere decided to show off.
"I'll make a bet with you Hermione," I offered "if I can get my name into the Goblet Of Fire right now you have to go on a date with me if I fail you get ten galleons".
Which was in Muggle money about fifty pounds which was worth a lot more in 1990's than it was in 2013.
"But what about Luna," reminded the teenage witch "won't she mind you going on a date with me".
Luna wouldn't mind if I started an orgy with the Hollyhead Harpies, as long as she could join in. She was also the one pushing for the harem because in her mind proper Dark Lord's had harems. I had no idea where she had gotten that idea from but I wasn't going to question it.
"No she won't mind," I assured "it will just be a date after all no more than a kiss goodbye I promise. Anyway what you worried about you said Dumbledore drew the age line so I shouldn't possibly be able to get past it".
"Okay fine do it, get your name into the Goblet and I'll go on a date with you to Hogsmeade".
She said that just loudly enough that it got people's attention. I now, thanks to her I had an audience.
If this had been the last time I'd been in school I'd of been way to shy to go through with this but given my powers I wasn't worried enough not to use this as a chance to enhance my reputation.
Bypassing Dumbledore's silly little magic line would make me very popular for a while. I'd also get into trouble but Luna could do with some company in the detentions she was serving for being caught crawling into my bed the other night while I was asleep.
"Okay time for some showmanship" I muttered to myself as I walked into the centre of the Great Hall.
"Ladies and Gentlemen!" I shouted out "Hogwarts students of all ages come observe as I Damien Mason, Ravenclaw genius and Witch Weekly's most eligible bachelor three weeks running, defeat Professor Dumbledore's defensive barrier with only one spell!".
"There's no way you can do that," argued Seamus Finnegan "its impossible".
"Au contraire " I disagreed "not only shall I defeat the age line but I will do it without moving from this spot all to win a date with the lovely Miss Granger".
Everyone was on the edge of their seats now and I knew that if my Dark Lord career plan didn't work out then at least I had a future as a children's entertainer.
Taking out the piece of paper which was I had Potter's name written on it in his own hand I placed it on the floor took out my wand and said.
Wingardium Leviosa!
With ease that only came with practice I moved the piece of paper through the air. As it reached the age line there was a collective intake of breathe and then a gasp of relief when nothing bad happened to me.
Now came the tricky part. Verbally casting the confundus charm while also keeping another spell going.
If I was just adding a name I wouldn't need the charm but I needed the Goblet to think that Harry Potter was entering under the name of a forth school in order to ensure that he took part in the tournament.
I muttered the word confundus under my breathe while keeping my wand perfectly still then I moved my wand just enough so that the Goblet took the piece of paper.
When everyone realised that I'd done it they cheered aside from Hermione
who looked very shocked, either because she now had a date or because I'd defeated Dumbledore's magic with a spell that was taught to every student in their very first practical Charms lesson.
"Anyone else want a go" I offered to the crowd.
They didn't get the chance.
"Well done Mr. Mason!" came the booming voice of the Headmaster "I admit that I did not consider levitation as a method of bypassing the age line. Twenty points to Ravenclaw for your cleverness but ten points taken because now I shall have to recast the age line before the whole school gets the chance to put their names in the Goblet of Fire".
Dumbledore's own enhanced charisma wasn't as powerful as mine but he'd been using it a lot longer so he was able to undo the effect my power had over everyone without making himself look bad. Which he'd failed to do with Fudge but children are more impressionable and easier to control.
His words had brought the crowd under this control and when he ordered everyone to leave the hall they did so without question rather than buck the system like I had wanted them to do.
Bravo old man. You win this round.
Purposely I didn't move as quickly as everyone else but neither did I disobey. I did however take the ring of my finger despite the fact that the Stone had the colour charm cast upon it in order to make it look different as I didn't want Dumbledore to notice the magical artefact.
Granger ended up half dragging me out of the Great Hall and into a nearby corridor.
"I can't believe you did that so easily" she said with great excitement in her voice "I really thought that no one would get past that age line but you did".
"Actually if you think about it I didn't," I pointed out "the age line worked it just didn't matter as I didn't try to physically cross it".
"That's what makes it so clever you thought about it logically, I never met a Wizard who could do that".
By force of habit I took us to a quiet spot, which was an empty classroom, and then cast the normally privacy charms.
Hermione realised that were alone and she blushed a little when asking.
"Are you sure about this date?"
I sat down on top of a desk opposite her and assured the teen.
"Of course I'm sure Luna understands that men aren't as monogamous as women and since our contract states that we must get married as soon as we leave school I need to date now".
"What about her?" inquired Granger "can Luna date boys?".
I hadn't really considered it since Luna didn't seem to care about anyone male other than her Dad, and myself. She did seem to like Neville somewhat, not in a romantic way as he was my best friend but I knew that she cared about him which was more than could be said for every other male that she knew.
"I guess so," I said to the Gryffindor student "the only limits in our contract is that she has to be a virgin when we get married".
That wasn't something I'd asked for it was pretty standard in such deals but Granger didn't think so.
"That's not fair, you can do it with girls but she can't with boys".
It was old fashioned that much was true that but I was paying a virgin's price so I should fairly get a virgin. Not that I would tell Hermione that.
"Well if all the girls have that sort of contract it is sort of fair because I can't sleep with them if they have to stay virgins," I pointed out "plus it ensures that Luna and I will have children once we are out of school and not before. It's very important in the Wizarding World to have children within wedlock as it ensures the child's inheritance".
"Still its barbaric" insisted Granger.
"Yes I know" I agreed "its one of the reasons why I want to start the rebellion".
She hadn't forgotten about that but she was thinking about being a rebel after she finished her schooling, she wasn't thinking about doing such things now like I was.
For now I felt that it was best to take her mind off things at least until after Harry's name came out of the Goblet then she would come to understand how badly this civilization needed to be changed.
"Anyway, I can date, kiss, have sex" I said wanting to keep Granger focused on the date "so yes going with me to Hogsmede is fine with Luna".
"I've never kissed..."
I'd known what she'd she was going to say so rather than let her say it I moved to kiss her and she didn't mind one bit even when it turned into a full blown snogging session.