Harry Potter & the Power of the Eclipse

"Like this is speech." Like this is written words. Like this is thoughts. Like this is telepathic. Like this is different language.

Chapter 5

For once in his life Harry was relaxed and happy, because for once in his life there was no Order of the Phoenix breathing down his neck, no Voldemort out for his head, and no Uncle Vernon out to brutalize him for every thing that went wrong.

He was sitting on a rocky out crop looking over a small pond that hung over the entrance to the cave he was living in. If you could call it a cave that is. Because it more like an underground house than anything else. Though the curved tunnel that lead into it was like a normal cave entrance as to not attract attention, while the house inside was quite clean, organized and modern.

Flashback

Harry found himself on a rock over looking a small pond. He got up and walked down the hill. He looked around the clearing and saw that the rock he had been on had a cave under it. Not knowing what had happened or how he got there he pulled out Sirius's wand. He walked around for a while careful to keep track of were he was. After an hour he came to the edge of the trees. What he saw was a city, but it was not a city in England and so he pocketed the wand and started walking around. He spotted a sign that said 'Californian Cheese, Yeah its just good.'

California! I'm in America! How did I get here?

A couple pasted him and saw his confused looks. The man spoke up.

"Needs some help? You look lost."

"Could you take me to the city hall?"

This time the women spoke. "Sure we were heading there to get our driver licenses renewed anyways. What's your name?"

"Don't have one. I am going to see if I can get a legal one at city hall." He lied. But he didn't want them to know who he was and he didn't want to give a fake name yet.

"Well I'm John Belks and this fine woman next to me is Alex Kushem, my fiancé. Glad to meet you. You know you're the first person we've met since college that we have met aside from officials and random people that walk right by. I would like to get to know you better." They started walking.

"Sure but I think I want to get some stuff taken care of before I can talk freely. I don't even know if I am staying here."

They had idol a chat while walking and Harry discovered they were wizards when he saw the same glow as the death munchers on their wands which were in their pockets.

"I didn't know America had wizards." He said in a hushed tone to them. They jumped a little.

"How did you know we were mages?"

"I saw your wands. And I take it we are called mages instead of wizard. That sounds better."

"How did you see them? They are under invisibility spells." He shrugged. The it hit him. He could see certain types of magic. He didn't know how but he could.

"I don't know. Um does America have a government for magic?"

"Yes it is a branch off of the citizen one." At Harry's confused look Alex added. "That is what we call non mages. You're not from America are you?"

"No I'm from England and I don't know how I got here." They nodded as they reached the city hall.

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After being shown the magical section of the city hall Harry had explained what had happened, or that he was from England, didn't really feel like going back, and needed a name.

The Californian Governor of Magic had been called in to talk to him. By that time he had finally come up with a name to use. It was Shadow S Grim. He chose his last name as an honor of his godfather, who could turn into a large black dog, which most wizards call a grim or dog of death. For his first he chose Shadow because it was what suited what he wanted, a place to hide and to go unnoticed. For the S it could stand for anything from Stag to Sirius, but he just left it as S when he wrote it down. With his name out of the way he could begin the magical conduct of becoming an American, seeing as how he didn't want to go back to England still.

"Mr. Grim, do you swear to up hold the United Magical States of America rules, laws, and standards, oh deities help you if you lie right now?"

"Yes."

"Good then if you will sign the first paper in this stack you will magically become a UMS citizen. Now that you have done that we need to figure out where you will live. Do you have any suggestion?"

"I might. The forest I appeared in had a cave. If I can get a transfer from Gringotts and exchange it to dollars I should be able to pay for the building of a house in there."

"That is easily done so all you need to do now is get a wand for school and show us what level you are." Harry figured that he would get a new one instead of using Sirius's because it might not work that well all the time.

"Ok. Um what is the American equivalent to European N.E.W.T.S.?"

"My they are teaching you a lot there. Here it is college level. So once term starts you will attend at the local university."

"Thank you sir."

End Flashback

He had gotten his new wand two days ago, which was of red wood with a eclipse wolf fang for the core. He thought it odd that he had a fang for a core but didn't ask about it. He had also stayed in touch with the people he had met before. They were quite nice and showed him around. As it turned out he was the first person that they had befriended here. Which didn't bother him. Some movement caught his eye and he slowly looked towards it. It was one of the wolves that lived in the forest. The first few times he had seen glimpse and when he first saw them in the clearing they had the same glow as the death munchers that the order had fought. So he guessed they were magical, seeing as he figured that type of glow meant invisibility. It was nice to see invisible people but it was odd to have the power just appear. But today the wolf was looking at him. It seemed to sense that he could see it because after sniffing the air, it ceased to glow. Shadow froze. What ever the wolf was going to do he sensed that it involved him.

He seemed to be right for the wolf slowly trotted towards him. He slowly came down off the rock, knowing that being higher would be threatening. When they met the wolf sniffed him a little bit, backed away and stared into his eyes, then rubbed against him. It then turned and gave a growl to the tree line. As if it was a signal over twenty wolves came from the forest and repeated the process as what Shadow guessed was the alpha male, had done.

Guess I'm part of their pack now.

A lot of the cubs pounced at him when it was all finished. So he played with them a bit, but was careful not to harm them, seeing as he might anger the pack around him.

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Shadow was walking through the forest a few days later, exploring. He had adapted quickly to the way things worked in America. He hadn't gone to the mall yet but John and Alex had told him that the mage area was accessed by the elevator. He was going to go tomorrow with the couple. What he like the best though was that there was little to no separation of mage and citizen. The only way you could tell them apart was if you could see magic which then you would see their focus, which was a wand made into a citizen device. He had already taken a test to get his wands turned into them. He had gotten one of the higher levels in defense, which was none the surprising.

All of the sudden he was brought out of his thoughts by the sound of crashing. When he look around he saw a troll. It was smaller then the one he faced in first year but it had a sword, not a club. It seemed it had also spotted him for it let out a roar and charged at him. He got out of the way just in time as the blade slashed down into the ground. It seemed to be dull but it also looked old. On the second wing a rock shot out from the impact and him in the leg, with enough force to break it. He shouted in pain but could do nothing as the troll raised his sword again. but before the thing could bring it down, the alpha male appeared out of no where and lunged at its throat. The troll grabbed him and threw him down next to Shadow with a crunch. Shadow had finally pulled out his wands and sent two reductos at the things head. It fell to the ground with a dead thud.

Thank goodness. Oh no, he hurt the alpha really bad.

As it turned out the wolf was near death and by the looks of it had several broken bones from the crushing grip and the impact with the ground.

Why is it every one who comes to save me gets hurt?

There was nothing he could do so he stayed there by the wolf's side until he died. The pack had shown up shortly after the fight and the alpha male had growled at them a bit before silencing. After he had died Shadow buried him right there, then set the troll ablaze. Turning back to the pack he made a silent promise to the departed wolf that he would protect his pack for him like he had protected Shadow.

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Shadow was walking with his two friends in the mall, looking at all the non mage stores. He liked that they had more of the clothes he liked. When they got done on the fifth floor they got onto the elevator and the lights flashed for a millisecond. If not for his seeker eyes, he would never have seen it. A button appear that said floor six. He looked to John who pressed it.

"The mage stores are on the sixth floor, but the mall is only five floors high. It's the government's idea. Really smart to. The flash scanned for wands and unless you are a friend or a relative of the mage with you when you are citizen then you will not see the flash or the button. But the button will only appear after the flash. Don't know why but it keeps the non mages form pressing it by accident I guess."

"Ingenious." Was all Shadow could say as the doors opened and they walked out. They headed straight to Focus Focusers, the store that made the focuses. Upon entering a clerk appeared.

"How may I help you? And I suggest you have your son go to another store while waiting for you."

"I'm not their son. I'm a fried of theirs. Besides I'm here to get my focus as well."

"Wh-what? You look way too young to get one."

"Well here are my test scores so I can get my wands changed before I go to school." He handed the man his scores and watched as the man's eyes bulged.

"Dear deities! These are the highest defense grades I have ever seen, even on record. How old are you?"

"15." The man's jaw dropped. He quickly regained his composer and took the others' scores. After entering them into a computer he brought back three cases. The first was full of jewelry which he showed to Alex who chose to have her wand made into a ring, so that it would be ease to access. The second had watches, and some small knives as well as other things like a key chain. John who it was shown to, picked a watch, with similar reasoning as his fiancé.

Shadow on the other hand was shown a case full of weapons including guns, swords, and arm bands.

"Hey Shade what's with the weapons. I mean you're still a teen."

"Yes but Mr. Grim is avid with defense it seems and that is this is the case the computer said would best suit his total scores. Now then young man. If you will pick a basic focus so that I can pick the correct mold of your core I can start with all of you."

"I'll take a pistol and that kind of short sword." The man gave him a questioning look. So he pulled both of his wands out. The clerk mouthed an 'Oh' and went to get the molds. When he came back he asked for their wands and shrunk them, before placing them in the correct molds. He asked Shadow which wand he wanted to go in which mold and he decided to put his wolf wand in the pistol mold while Sirius's wand went into the sword mold, which the man called a kodachi. After setting them in a furnace like object he suggested they come back in an hour for their focuses. They obliged.

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They came back an hour later with several bags. Shadow had the most, seeing as he had already bought more clothes before coming to the sixth floor and he had also bought several books from Barns & Nobles, Mage Selection. Most of the books were on defense and the other core classes he had taken, as well as magical creature books and a thick book that was titled 'Runes of War, Defense, Attack, and Strategy by Dominic Elliot'.

"Ah you are back. Good. Here are your focuses." He handed Alex a beautiful silver ring that was etched with a gold phoenix design. John was handed a gold watch with a digital face that was ringed in silver and the band was studded with quarts.

For Shadow he handed over the kodachi first. It was in a sheath that had a belt loop, which he was thankful for, and the handle was made of black metal with a fine white silk hand grip. When he pulled it out he saw a silver blade that looked to be made of unicorn horn and silver mixed together. The blade was elegant and light and he found a carving of a large black dog on one side of the blade while on the other there was an M with three animal situates in front of lightning. All together it was beautiful.

It seems there is a bit of him in here. He even took out Wormtail and put in lightning to represent me. Thank you Sirius. I loved you like the father that was stolen form me.

After putting it on his belt it disappeared. But he could feel it was there even with out his magical sight which was still week. With the sight he could see things that other couldn't but he could not identify every ward or charm he saw in place. It was more of a guess when he saw the one at Diagon Alley. He again was brought out of his thoughts by the clerk handing him the pistol. It was ebony black and the handle came from the middle of the barrel, making it easy to hold, hide, and maneuver. The handle itself had old lightning down both sides and what looked like a silver wolf with emerald eyes on either side of the barrel. It wasn't as elegant as the sword but it was still beautiful to him. He looked back up at the clerk.

"Can I get a holster that has the same charm as the sword sheath?" The clerk nodded and quickly got it. And with that they said thank you and left for home.

"Man Shade. I mean you scored a 14 out of 10. How did you do it?" Alex asked.

"Don't know. I've just always had a knack for defense."

The drive to the edge of town was silent as each individual admired their focus more. After waving good by to the couple Shadow turned towards the woods and jogged to his clearing. Upon reaching it he found the pack growling at large black wolf that he guessed was an outsider. It was tying to hurt them. He dropped his bags.

That is the wrong thing to do to my pack.

He pulled out his pistol and fired a stunner off with out a second thought and with out saying anything. The people at city hall had told him that focuses did not need words to work and usually did not need the normal motions to cast a spell most of the time. The spell struck the intruder and it fell to the ground.

Shadow quickly went to the pack and started to check those who were hurt. It seemed they were only scratches. After healing them with a spell he had heard said by the school nurse in Hogwarts a great many times(A/N: He's in there enough that I think he would learn most of the potions and spells by heart.), he headed over to the one who made the wounds. He looked at it as it lay there. After he set up a barrier that he had read from one of his new defense books around it he undid the stun. It left up almost instantly and hit the barrier. Shadow stared at it coldly. Though he thought it would not understand him he spoke.

"You have hurt the pack under my charge. If you had harmed them any more than what you have I would kill you. But because you only scratched them I will leave you here for a ten hours before releasing you else where." To his shock the wolf seemed to deflate at his threat. He went over to his bags and picked them up and took them inside. After putting the clothes away and the books on the shelf he pulled down the book on runes and took it out side. The pack was still in the clearing as it normally did as night came. They continued to growl at Shadow's prisoner now and then. He went up to his normal spot and started reading.

The art of War Runes is one that most have never heard of and it is because it has not been used for a long time. The Native Americans were some of the last to use when they fought the British. But even then they only knew a small amount. In this book you will find the entire list of War Runes of both defensive and offensive purposes as well as the strategies best used with them. These runes are designed to last longer and be stronger then any other type of rune and most are quick and simple to do, seeing as it is not good to take a minute to draw a shield rune when in the middle of battle and…

He found it quite interesting and read for over an hour before the sun began to set. But just as it touched the horizon, to the east the moon began to appear. He dropped the book as pain lanced through him as the sun and moon were exactly half exposed. His body began to change and for some reason he felt like it was not as bad as it could be. By the time the sun had disappeared and the moon fully risen, in place of Shadow was a large wolf with a long tail, spikes down its spine, large dragon like wings, and draconic hand like paws. But there was something different from the creature that had graced Privet drive almost two weeks ago. There was no rage in its eyes. It had no need to kill. It had no need to escape before the Order of the Phoenix went to look in # 4. And because of that instinct was not in control.

This time Shadow was fully aware of his surroundings.

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Declaimer: Don't own HP and don't want to, fame only brings publicity and ppl that want you for your money and fame but nothing else. Kind of like Harry. Ctms. Poor guy. If it was some other dude they would love it I bet or at least the girls liking them bit.

A/N: From here on Harry is Shadow/Shade. I don't want to confuse anyone by using both names unless it is some one referring to Harry(OotP, Ron, Hermione, Ginny.). But that will only be then saying the name not the name being used to identify Shade as the speaker. And for chapters that Shadow is not being the POV, such as in Britain, he will also be Harry but they do not no his new name. Also not going to name city that Shadow lives near just take a pick and work with it. R&R please.

A/N: Sorry I took so long getting these reposted but I had a lot of people say they were too short. Once I looked back at them even I said it. I will try and get the next chapter up as fast as possible.