Author Note
After forty chapters I feel the need to move on with this story. Damien still has a lot to learn about magic but he's not really doing that at Hogwarts since he spends so much time worrying about things he can't do much about or he schemes to change the things he can do something about. I think its time he moved on in order to complete his education elsewhere. He can come back to the Wizarding World in the future but for now perhaps some practical experience is in order.
Also I think this story needs more sex and action so this will be the last chapter for A Wizard In Training. The next book A Wizard In Practice will be starting soon and it will be more adult.
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Z2010Deadmeat
I've rather over used the colt so I'll go with the Ghostbusters idea. Will make for a fun flashback in book 2. I plan to have Dumbledore view the memory.
Hamanaptra hmmm that could be a fun adventure. Most likely I'd take the book of the dead so that The Mummy never wakes up at all thus avoiding potential Armageddon. But where would he store all that gold? He'd need his own Gringotts.
Wand of Watoomb I shall look into it. If it could be used a Wizarding World wand as well Damien wouldn't need anything else.
Wait hold on there's already a Traveler is it like my Traveller? I thought I'd made up something original!
As for Overlord Gothic well I could see Damien running into him as they both like to collect witches. I'd just need a witch for them both to go after. Any ideas?
RedtheBattler.
If I need help I'll let you know.
Ideas do multiply a lot its almost as if they are alive in some way.
Tylermech66
Hunting people for sport is called murder in my book. Killing Death Eaters however, that is a public service.
Mattblue
No more updates for this story.
The First Gothic. Book One. A Wizard In Training. Part 40.
The Forbidden Forest. Hogwarts School Grounds. The Wizarding World.
"There he is!"
The shout could be heard over the sound of my heavy breathing and the frantic beating of my overworked heart.
"Arrest him!".
All this over a freed Minotaur. I promised myself that if I made it through this alive and managed to avoid being food for the Dementors that I would one day return to the Wizarding World to make them pay for trying to arrest me just for saving the life of a sentient being.
It was all McNair's fault. Bloody Death Eaters.
The Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures seemed to delight in the death of anything that wasn't human. They'd decided to put the Minotaur down simply because they hadn't expected the animal-human hybrid to survive the Third Task. They could of sent it home, but no executing what was pretty much a person was just easier.
Then because I had promised to save the creature's life I'd gone to its cage and freed the man/beast
McNair, another Mort Muncher that should be dead by now, or at least rotting a cell, had caught me and then starting firing spells while screaming that I had freed a monster. If that wasn't bad enough he'd claimed I'd tried to the use the Killing Curse on him.
Just how thick were the guys at the Ministry? Why would anyone seriously believe that a teenage boy would, or even could, use the hardest of the Unforgivable Curses?
Quickly I moved behind a large bush and with the ease that came from practice I became invisible using Elder Scrolls magic. This form of invisibility was easily broken but as it was still daylight a Chameleon spell might not have been enough to fully hide me.
Standing completely still I held my breath until the Ministry goons were out of earshot. Once I was sure they wouldn't be able to hear me I collapsed to the ground and tried to calm myself down.
At least now use the Portal Spell to escape as I had time to clearly picture my destination. But I couldn't leave without my Luna and Hermione.
Well maybe Hermione would be okay. She had friends and support outside of the Outcasts. However Luna only had me and a Dad who I wouldn't trust to look after a pet rock never mind a young woman with the powers of a Seer. Luna was for all her magical power and foresight not completely all together in the head. Plus I did love her, or at least care deeply for her well being.
Thinking about my situation I soon came to the conclusion that I had to grab one or both of my girls and run for the hills. If possible I also needed to grab the Carrow Twins as they needed to escape as well but from their Death Eater relatives not the Ministry.
The rest of the Outcasts were Purebloods and therefore enjoyed certain protections due to being inbreeds. They at least didn't need me to whisk them away and besides we'd been drifting apart recently. This seemed a good a time as any to cut the cord.
Okay so plan time.
I had a manor house in Solitude. Skyrim was far, far away and I was still a member of the College of Winterhold as was Luna. It wouldn't be to hard to get Hermione enrolled and maybe the twins too.
So running away and attending the College that was an idea. Now I just had to figure out how I was going to get to my wives.
"Iz master okay".
The voice had been a whisper but the lack of volume hadn't lessened my surprise.
"Tizzy!" I yelped.
The House Elf made a shushing noise and then said.
"Master must be quiet bad wizard is looking for you, e as an axe".
McNair was coming after me personally. This was more than just a psychopath being denied a chance to satisfy his lust for killing this was part of a plan to get rid of me.
"Tizzy" I said in a soft voice "I need to get to my house in Solitude, but I need my stuff. Can you bring it to me?".
"House Elves go where they iz needed to go" replied the magical creature "if Master says go Tizzy goes, if Master says fetch things Tizzy...".
I stopped the Elf there.
"Thank you Tizzy. I need my school trunk taking to my manor in Skyrim".
I had everything but the properties I owned and the contents of my Gringotts accounts locked away in that trunk. It was one of those multi compartment trunks that were so big that a person could be held captive in the largest compartment with room to spare.
Tizzy then vanished with a soft 'pop' and I was left to ponder how in the name of Merlin I was going to get both of the Mrs Masons to safety.
"Point me Luna. Point me Hermione".
They were both back at the school judging by the way the wand was pointing so that didn't help. If they had fled as I'd hoped then they would be heading south which judging by the sun was the way I'd been running
Maybe Tizzy would bring them to me if I went on ahead. That might not work because House Elves didn't tend to kidnap people but I could give the Elf a note from me to explain things to the girls.
Luna knew to go the Veil Of Death if something happened to me and she felt her life was in danger. I might never see her again if she did flee to another reality but it was better than being at the mercy of soul sucking demons or being killed by insane bigots.
If things were currently going to plan she should be waiting for me there in a few hours but only if things went well. Perhaps my girls were being questioned about me. Should that be true they could be in serious trouble.
I had to go back for them and if most of the Ministry idiots were out combing the woods for me then now was a good a time as any.
There was just one thing to check first.
"Point me Mcnair".
The results of this spell made me smile. Mcnair wasn't with the other fools he was going in a different direction. Maybe he was chasing the being I had set free.
This time I used the Chameleon Spell and to increase my stealth I silenced the soles of my boots so that my movements created no sound.
I found the Mort Muncher easily enough as he wasn't trying to be quiet and the moment I was in spell range my invisibility ended and the very nasty Disembowelling Curse sent his entrails flying out of his body to cover a nearby tree trunk. Blood splattered and coated the forest floor with red. The whole thing also smelled really bad. Killing people was hell on the nostrils.
The Death Eater lived long enough to scream and I knew that would draw the attention of those who hunted me here so now was the time to get back to the castle.
The Room Of Requirement. Hogwarts School. The Wizarding World.
Before I could react to finding both Hermione and Luna waiting for me in the Room of Requirement I was tackled by the speedy form of Hermione who hugged me so tight that I would swear one of my rips cracked.
Luna didn't seem surprised to see me at all. She'd likely foreseen that would be here. Although why she hadn't know that I would get into trouble for freeing the Minotaur was a question I intended to ask, but that would have to wait.
"The school's full of Aurors" reported Hermione "its like they knew there would be trouble".
It was highly possible that they did. I was almost one hundred percent sure that the Death Eaters were after me. Given their wealth and influence it wouldn't be hard for them to set up a man hunt.
I was also pretty sure that it had little to do with Voldemort. My current thinking was that it had to do with the amount of money I had. Perhaps this was all about keeping so much wealth out of the hands of a halfblood rather than payback for a fallen Dark Lord.
Well whatever the reason it really didn't matter. We had to flee, more so now that I had just killed McNair. Governments didn't like it when you killed their staff. Soon I'd have a Kiss on sight order on me and the Dementors would be hunting for a snack. Not that they could take my soul but that didn't mean they wouldn't help to hunt me down.
The rest of the Outcasts soon appeared and I told them that I was leaving. I found it rather heart warming that Gin and Nev wanted to come with me but that would have been foolish. They had protection, Nev had his formidable grandmother and Ginny had her large Dumbledore supporting family.
My wives soon explained that the Headmaster had covered for both of them when the Ministry had demanded they go to London to be questioned. So really it was only me who was in danger. I could only assume that Hermione and Luna weren't considered to be worth bothering with.
"I'm disbanding the Outcasts for now" I told Neville and Ginny "but I'll be back one day. For now you should disown me".
"What!" they both replied in shock.
"Disown me" I clarified "tell people we'd stop being friends because I was talking bad about the Ministry and planning to stir up trouble".
To their credit neither of them were happy about doing such a thing but they agreed in the end to go along with the lie, at least until I returned.
After a somewhat awkward goodbye I was left with my wives and we started to plan for the future.
"I have a manor house in Solitude. We can go there" I said explaining my plan "Luna knows this already but there's a sort of magical academy in Skyrim so we'll still get some sort of education".
The idea of learning about a whole new system of magic, with its own rules and spells excited Hermione but there was a problem. Well more than one actually.
"What about parents, and Harry and Voldemort" reminded Granger.
Luna mentioned nothing about her Dad but she did care about the magical creatures of this world.
"Don't forget about what you promised to the centaurs"
Well this had to be one of the slowest get away attempts in history. Really I should of answered this questions later but Hermione never liked to wait for information.
"I'm going to kidnap them. Harry will be fine. And Ghostbusters".
Next I answered Luna.
"We can scout out a suitable world from Skyrim as easily as from here".
Apparently that wasn't enough so I gave more complete answers.
"We'll kidnap your parents and relocate them in Australia so you can visit them whenever you like. Harry will be fine without you, ever since his scar faded he's starting showing some real power and he's still got Ginny and Neville to help. As for Riddle well he's a ghost thing so I plan to hire the Ghostbusters to get rid of him".
I'd dismissed the idea before but after considering it some more I'd begun to realise that it might actually work, and even if it didn't there were other ways to trap spirits. Protecting from possession was the main concern however there were magical ways to do that and I would find them. I could of done it a while ago but until now I'd not been motivated enough to try.
"We'll let things cool down here and come back in a few years when we're ready to overthrow the Ministry" I said "the system needs to be taken down and when we return with magic no one here can counter. Then we can fulfil the prophecy and start fixing this messed up world".
"You make it sound so simple" commented the bushy haired vixen.
At least Luna wasn't worrying. Although that could be because she was too busy staring into space to care enough to worry.
"That's because it is simple" I countered "we can stay here in a world where I will be hunted like a dog and you will be persecuted because your parents aren't each others cousins or we can go to a world where I can have adventures and you can explore your full potential".
"And we can live in a nice house together and not have to hide our relationships. I can stop wearing clothes".
This version of Hermione Granger was rather kinky so having a place where she could explore this was very appealing to her, as was possibly Luna's nudist plan, but I knew her well enough to know she needed more.
"If adventuring isn't your thing we could even do something safe like open a shop" I pointed out "or even invent the printing press and start up Skyrim's publisers".
"Well when you put it that way" Hermione replied "I'm so in".
Ah books they never fail to win her over. The amount of blowjobs I'd gotten in thanks for first editions made the expense quite worth it. If I got her a libray of her I might be able to convince her to 69 with Luna.
"Wunderbar!" I exclaimed once my short day dream about lesbian oral sex ended "let's get to your parent's house before the Aurors or the Order do. Tizzy can fetch our things and transport them to Solitude for us".
Luna finally joined us in the present and put her left arm around my waist.
"I should tell past Daddy that's he's not Daddy any more before we leave".
Err yeah whatever.
"Luna your so odd sometimes" remarked my second wife.
I couldn't of said it better myself.
"Okay I'll drop you two off at home before I go hire the Ghostbusters to help me capture the disembodied spirit of the Dark Lord".
"Damien your also so odd sometimes"
Rather than reply I used the Portal Spell to get us out of Hogwarts and I wondered if I would ever see the place again.
Author Note:
A little too short and not enough killing in my view. Perhaps I will come back and rewrite this chapter when I have more time.