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That's funny because I wasn't going to post the last chapter until the latest chapter of Dungeon Keeper Gothic was ready (which it still isn't) but for some unknown reason I suddenly changed my mind.
Actually with the Faires I think its a case of vanity. Although I did once read in a fanfic that they feed on Christmas magic which is an idea that amuses me.
War Sage
You'll find out this chapter.
A.W
Harry thinks Hermione is the one helping him out with the Triwizard Tournament. He in no way suspects that Damien is the true mastermind behind events.
I do intend for them to be, as you said, cordial with each other but they will never be real friends.
The last thing Damien would do would be to try and drive a wedge between Potter and Dumbledore. Damien will avoid anything that will bring the wrath of the Headmaster down upon him.
Thankfully the Headmaster is currently under the impression that Damien is an oversexed teenager who cares more about getting into girl's knickers than he does about learning magic or becoming a Dark Lord. Its a good cover really.
Plus Dumbledore is going to be rather distracted soon.
Winter Feline
I'm sure there are ways to inflict pain without using the dark arts those two Slytherin girls will find that out failing that I'm sure the caretaker has all the tools for corporal punishment looked away somewhere.
I'm glad your enjoying this story.
Don't forget Dumbledore, there's no Draco to try and kill the Headmaster nor is there a ring to curse him. This means that it could end being a four way fight if Harry wises up. Sadly that doesn't seem likely in this story as I've portrayed Harry as nice but dim.
Lord Edric
The objective of the labyrinth is get out so there will be some tricks but nothing lethal as its going to have elements of a puzzle.
Maybe I should rethink the lava then.
Guest
Harry and Damien have met they have classes together its just that they don't talk to each other outside of class as they are not friends, and when in class its just pleasantries. Damien has a rather low opinion of Harry.
Tylermech66
Well I think it works, and does explain how a species such as the House Elves could come into existence.
Yes British Highschools have Prefects, or at least mine did. They even had badges. I don't actually know what they did as I wasn't one but I assume they were good for something.
Garion Faldor
He is a Grey Lord I suppose he just won't be called that because that's not how the Wizarding World works. Damien will be labelled as a Dark Lord even he is just a gadfly most of the time.
I have dyslexia so there isn't anything I can do about my grammar. I really should get a Beta but so far everyone I've asked hasn't gotten back to me.
The First Gothic. Book One. A Wizard In Training. Part 35.
Umbridge House. The Umbridge Estate. The Wizarding World.
Along with Flora and Hestia Carrow I made my way quietly through Madam Umbridge's House heading for the room the twins knew to the toad's study.
"This way my lord" instructed one of the twins in a whisper.
Soon the three of us stood outside the bitches' study and I took a deep breathe before steeping forward right threw the door. Once on the other side of the door I breathed out and became corporeal again. I still couldn't get use to doing that. Being able to walk through solid objects was a useful power even if it was unpleasant.
Upon seeing me Umbitch was greatly surprised as from her perspective I'd simply appeared out of nowhere and I was also wearing black robes which covered my entire body with a hood that covered my face.
Given this it was natural that the cardigan wearing kitten lover panicked. However the panic was short lived as I stunned the Witch before she could make any moves.
I then unlocked the study which allowed Flora and Hestia to enter.
"Its been a long time since we've seen this place" informed one of the twins.
The twins had told me that once years ago before attending Hogwarts they'd been 'tutored' by Umbridge. She'd been attempting to make them both proper Purebloods. This had included the use of a blood quill at least once, and that was all the justification I needed for getting rid of the foul woman.
The 'tutoring' seemed to have worked somewhat but the young Carrows had never really gotten into the whole 'Purebloods are better than everyone else the world' ideal.
"Somehow its gotten more... pink" commented the other twin who used the word pink in the same way other people would use the putrid.
Rather than reply to either of them I took the Staff Of Magnus out of my pouch and then I used it to strip the Senior Undersecretary of her magic.
The twins had never seen me use a staff before so they were understandable fascinated by what they saw.
"What did you do?" asked one of the twins.
I was still unable to tell the twins apart due to the fact they looked exactly alike and that always wore matching green and black outfits, but they didn't seem to care. Being twins they would have simply gotten use to it during their lives and I never addressed either of them by name anyway.
"I took away her magic" I answered.
Rather than react as if shocked both the twins smiled. I suspected that they were happy not simply because I'd just helped them get payback, but also because they had been given further proof that I was the Dark Lord worth following.
In order to cement this idea I'd shown both of the ambitious teens a few of my more impressive powers, like the walking through walls thing, and I had also taught them both a few tricks, so this wasn't the first time I'd seen that expression on their faces.
"So now that the bitch is helpless you ladies have a chance for some payback".
The two sneaky snakes looked at each for a moment and seemed to have a quick telepathic conversation. Perhaps that was exactly what they were doing, twins have a special connection after all and with magic many things are possible.
"Lets just kill her" they said in unison.
"Very well," I said in reply "but there's no need for it to be a pleasant death".
That Umbridge would die tonight had never been in doubt.
Originally I'd not intended to do anything about Umbridge unless she came to the school or somehow started up something like the Muggleborn Registration Act, but that had all changed when the Daily Prophet had mentioned that Fudge would be assigning a new History of Magic teacher at Hogwarts. I hadn't been certain that it would be Umbridge, it could have been anyone from the Ministry, but I wasn't going to take that chance.
Still if it hadn't been for a few things that the Carrow twins had told me about their 'tutoring' I might of done nothing until after Umbridge did something to earn my ire.
"Take a look around the house," I ordered "make sure that there aren't any portraits or anything else that can talk around here. There must be no witnesses. Oh and we might as well trash the place since we want it to look like a Death Eater attack, that means you can steal stuff too".
The twins gave a short bow and said.
"As you wish, Lord Mason".
They really had to stop calling me that, at least when not in a secure place. To enforce that message I sent a couple of mild stinging jinxes at their backsides as they left, but the spell was meant to discipline rowdy children so all it did to the teenagers was make them jump a little.
Judging by the smiles they sent my way as the door closed they'd actually enjoyed the spell. I was so going to have to try something more extreme in order to keep them in line. Maybe I give them a time out on another world, that was certainly scare them a little.
Umbridge started to wake up so I got on with the next stage of my plan.
After downing some ageing potion I grabbed the wicked Witch by the shoulder and teleported us both somewhere else with the Portal Spell.
Empire City. The Slums. The Overlord's World.
Dolores Jane Umbridge, Senior Undersecretary to the Minister of Magic return to the land of the awake people and at once regretted it.
Only mere moments ago, from her perspective, a hooded man had suddenly appeared in her study and stunned her.
If that wasn't bad enough she now found herself chained to a post right outside what seemed to be a large grate of some kind, and behind that grate was a giant creature of some sort.
It did not look friendly.
"Good evening Madam Umbridge" said a deep male voice.
Upon seeing her attacker once more Dolores reached for her wand and attempted to cast a spell, only nothing happened the wand did not so much as fizzle.
"What have you done to me!" the Ministry employee demanded to know.
"I took away your magic" answered the hooded man.
The Senior Undersecretary attempted to prove the man false but no matter what she tried she could not cast a single spell.
"How dare you take away a Witches' magic" fumed the vile woman "The Minister will hear of this. Cornelius will put things right!".
"The Minister won't be able to find you here," explained the hooded man "we're not exactly in Kansas any more Toto".
The reference to the Wizard of Oz meant nothing to Umbridge but she panicked anyway and started to call for help.
With a flick of his own wand the hooded man silenced the Senior Undersecretary.
"There's no point in calling for help," said the Wizard "nobody who lives in these parts would come to your aid".
Indeed no one had, and by the looks of things there wasn't anyone around to help. The slums looked abandoned, it was as if the whole city had been evacuated long ago and nobody had bothered to return.
"I was going to tie you to a tree under a full moon and let a werewolf stumble across you," the hooded figure was now saying "or perhaps I would have thrown into a cage with a hungry vampire, but something like that would simply support your bigotry so instead I came up with a more amusing death for you".
"Please don't kill me" the soon to be murder victim begged.
"Oh I won't kill you" replied Umbridge's kidnapper.
A ball of light appeared in the man's hands and it was then thrown towards the large circular grate. The creature behind the grate was illuminated. Umbridge could now see the giant toad that was waiting to be released.
"Somewhat of a family reunion by the looks of things" commented the light throwing man "perhaps I should take a picture".
Indeed they did look alike, not that the Senior Undersecretary would admit such a thing.
"These giant frogs, or possibly toads I can't tell the different, are capable of swallowing a human being whole" informed the robed person "It must be horrible way to die".
At this point Umbridge started to beg for her life but her pleas for mercy fell on deaf ears.
The man waved his wand a few times. The first spell cut the chains which had kept Umbridge from running, but she couldn't run now as the second spell created ropes which bound the woman's legs.
"Your a bad person" said the Wizard "you hurt children, you used your authority as a means to pursue your own twisted, bigoted agenda. The more power you obtain the worse you get. I will not allow that possible future to come to pass".
The Minster of Magic employee had no time to consider what her kidnapper meant by 'possible future' as next spell cast freed the giant frog, or possibly toad which at once went for Umbridge swallowing her in one mouthful.
"Professor Hagrid would love one of you as a pet" commented the man before he vanished in a display of blue light.
Umbridge House. The Umbridge Estate. The Wizarding World.
Once I got back to the Umbridge Estate I took the potion that would restore my youthful appearance.
The ageing potion didn't actually make you older otherwise it would fool an ageline it simply gave the drinker the outward appearance of being older, but the twins wouldn't recognise me unless I returned to my natural youthful form.
Really I hadn't needed to take the potion, but I'd wanted to taunt Umbridge a little before she died and fourteen year old boys aren't very intimating. Also brewing the potion was good practice and I did need to study more if I wanted to stay top of the class.
Once I looked like my not so old self again I hurried off to find the Twins who were systemically destroying everything in this house, room by room.
"Having fun girls?" I asked.
"Yes, Master" they replied once more in unison.
This time I didn't mind what they said as we were alone, and I had to admit that I felt good when they said. It was as if having young women call me master was somehow natural and right.
I pushed those thoughts aside and started to take a look around to see if there was anything worth stealing, or perhaps looting would be a better word.
Before coming here I'd emptied my expandable bag and also my mokeskin pouch so I had plenty of room for loot.
Being a Ravenclaw by nature I was drawn to the library which was still intact as the twins wouldn't destroy books without first seeing which ones were worth stealing.
Looking around the massive library I considered the fact that I didn't have the space to store all these tomes. My house in Skyrim was already full just from storing Merlin's relics. I was going to need a much bigger home.
Which I did have really as both Mason Manor and Mason Mansion were by all accounts very large places, but I couldn't access them yet. My Mansion was closed to me until I was seventeen and I'd let the Ministry make use of the renamed Malfoy Manor for the foreseeable future.
A short term solution to my problems was provided when I came across one of those multi-compartment trunks. It was empty and covered in a layer of dust, meaning that it hadn't been used in a long time. They were also very expensive to buy but they could carry a lot which was why I'd been willing to pay so much for one rather than simply buy a standard school trunk.
"Pack!".
While focusing on the books I did the spell and they all flew into the waiting trunk even going as far as to stack themselves by subject.
"I really love magic" I muttered to myself as I watched the shelves empty in next to no time at all.
One of the twins then came running into the room ending any chance I had of looting further.
"Someone just floo'd into the study and then left in a hurry. They shouted at us and said that they were from the Ministry".
Damn that meant the Aurors would soon be here.
"Did they see you?" I asked.
The girl shook her head and said.
"No whoever it was shouted out that they were from the Ministry and that they were going to report us".
Thinking fast I decided what to do.
"We're leaving now" I ordered.
I dragged my loot out of the house and called Tizzy who took the trunk and the girls back to the Room of Requirement for me. I would follow on in a moment, but first.
"Morsmordre!".
The Dark Mark appeared above me just as I heard voices from come from inside the house.
This pleased me as it meant that the Aurors would see the Dark Mark and a hooded figure in black.
Even the fools working for Fudge should be able to piece the clues together, and come to the conclusion that Voldemort was back in action.
Of course that didn't mean that Fudge wouldn't deny it, but the Aurors would see what was going on and the seeds of doubt would be sown.
That was enough for now.
Author Note: A short update but Umbridge's death deserves it own chapter.