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 12

Malfoy stood on the platform waiting for the American to show up. He wore expensive battle robes and had his wand already out. Everyone was in the great hall where the fight was to take place, the tables replaced by a Greek arena getup. Albus sat where the ruler would have in the real thing. Ginny snorted at his ego. When Shadow walked into the room he looked extremely out of place. Instead of battle robes he wore some old, slightly fading black jeans, a black tank top with the moon on the back, his usual pair of combat boots, and his ever present belt that Ginny knew had his focuses on it. He looked around and gave a small snarl towards the headmaster.

Egotistical old man. He thought to himself.

"Well Grim, I thought you might not show up." Malfoy said with a sneer. Shadow just stared at him calmly. "Well seeing as you did show up here are the rules I have chosen." He was acting like he already won. "One, you can't use your focuses."

Shadow pulled the two sheathed weapons from the back of his belt and deftly tossed them to Ginny, who caught them, more out of shock then skill.

"Two, I can have as many people help me as I want." This caused several people in the non snake house to shout of unfairness. Shadow looked bored.

"And three, the only way you loose is when you can no longer get up off the ground." He had a smug sneer on his face.

Shadow nodded his acceptance, while Albus looked curious as to what Malfoy had done to anger this young man to this point. He thought back to what the order members who had followed Shadow had said.

They found no sign of living quarters and yet he has a different shirt almost every day. They are still a little disturbing. 'Vampires suck… But what is the question.' And from what Ronald said his personal spies that sat near Shadow at dinner said he was wizened in knowledge and outlook. Do Americans really know that much more than us?

A tap on his shoulder brought him back to the present. It was Minerva. He needed to start the match. When he looked at the field he saw twenty Slytherins facing the American exchange student. These odds looked bad for Mr. Grim.

"May the duel begin!" He shouted.

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Spells fired rapidly towards Shadow. He gave a quick smirk before running to the side. He leapt over a few curses with ease and even managed to do a spinning flip away from a nasty reducto. He danced away from some stunners and rolled under a petrifying jynx.

Ginny held her breath for most of the first ten minutes that Shadow dodged during. All of the sudden he ran straight at his opponents, startling them. This was not how wizards dueled. Being closer meant less time to dodge. But none of the spells seemed fast enough. He leapt forward into the air and kneed Goyle in the jaw, spun backwards while still in the air, and sent a double kick into the gorilla's throat when they came to that angel again. Goyle fell back gasping for breath and sounding like a walrus with azma, throwing his wand in the air. Shadow caught it and started running again, backing away from the group as he did so. Ginny's lypocrathy enhanced eyes caught sight of his index and middle finger making some kind of rune in the air near the wand he held in his hand. She guessed Remus saw it too, as he was also a werewolf, and Dumbledore, with his experience, would too.

All of the sudden Shadow stopped for a second and put his hand over the rune, the fingers still the same but the hand was turned sideways and was parallel to the rune. He turned it so the fingers pointed along the wand and a flash emanated from the rune. To everyone's shock in his hand was now a pole axe. But soon the fight resumed when Malfoy shot a curse off.

Shadow began to spin the weapon in his hands quickly and soon it was a blur. Every spell that hit it ricocheted off. Even a reducto was sent off at another angel. Suddenly he stopped the axe horizontally on the spot. A gleam in his eyes was all the warning his enemies got besides that. The next instant he swung the axe blade, firing off spells from the spike on top. This greatly shocked most of them, sending them to the ground from various jinxes curses and spells. There were still ten of them left though.

He rushed forward, making a quick rune that made the axe blade disappear, and smacked the pole across a guy's face, sending him to the ground. Shadow threw the pole at another who was running to get around him. The pole went in between the girls legs, tripping her, and there was a crack as she broke her ankle. It seemed Malfoy finally realized he was loosing and resorted to the only thing he knew aside from 'call Daddy', agitation.

"Stop fighting like a muggle Grim! Petrifacus!(?Spelling?) What would your girl friend think? Reducto! That whore of an ugly hag might ditch you for it! She might be desperate to get a better guy!" He sent an exploding hex. "I think I would take her myself if not for the fact that she probably sleeps with a different muggle each night during the summer! Reducto! Maybe I should end her for you!"

Shadow froze. Malfoy, finally seeing his chance shouted 'REDUCTO MAXIMUS!'. The curse zoomed towards Shadow but still he did not move. It slammed into his chest with a boom and sent him flying back and into the air. Many heard the snap of bone when he hit the barrier about ten meters in the air and then fall to the ground with another sickening crunch. Several girls screamed.

But to their shock, Shadow stood up. His tank top, having been ripped to shreds in the front when the reducto struck, fell off all together. Even more girls gasped. Some were from his well toned body, but most were from the two scars on his back. They were parrellel to his spine and were slash like with smaller slashed scars jutting out from the main scar.

Ginny gasped. What Ginny saw shocked her more then the scars. On his back there were three tattoos. All of them were on his spine. The top one was in between his shoulder blades and was an eclipsed moon. Below that was a black and silver Peruvian Vipertooth and below that, just above the dragon was what looked like a rune with a large black wolf standing in front of it. But the one on his chest drew her attention the most. It was a black phoenix with gold and silver tipped tail and wing feathers, identical to the one she saw on Harry's the day before he disappeared.

When Shadow raised his head so he was looking at his opponents. They all froze. His eyes glowed with a deadly light and his retinols were vertical slits. A frightening growl emanated from him and reverberated around the room. Draco Malfoy pissed his pants as he started wishing for his mommy.

Shadow had an aura of pure rage around him. But it was not a rage of blinding, noted Albus and several other teachers, it was a rage of tranquility. Albus was impressed, as very few could acquire such a state.

With another growl Shadow shot forward, state at the Slytherins. They finally started shooting off hexes again, adding things like the cutting curse, out of fear. Shadow dodged effortlessly and even made a shield with a quick rune. But he barely slowed though, ramming into the closest person, sending them back. With in two minutes he had incapacitated all but two of his opponents.

Malfoy was paler than anyone had ever seen him and he looked scared. He and his cohort fired relentlessly, adding things that had questionable legality. Shadow was circling quickly and it reminded Ginny of wolves when they cornered an animal. They would run around it, scaring and disorienting it, before delivering a quick blow.

With out any warning, just as Ginny expected, Shadow rushed inward and kneed the second Slytherin in the face, flipping over him. He landed just behind the teen before he fell, turning and punched him in the back, followed by a swinging kick to the hip. The guy fell instantly after that.

Shadow jumped back as Malfoy sent a flaming hex at him. Again he ran in a circle around his prey.

"What are you?" Shouted Malfoy. "Face me like a wizard you freak!"

Shadow didn't say a word. His face was filled with feralness. It even unnerved Dumbledore with the fact that a human could look so, so animalistic. It was as if he was a wolf or something. But animegi don't get like this and no werewolf got like this while human, regardless of anger.

The American rushed in again, this time he let out a growl as a warning. Malfoy raised his wand.

"Painulu-Aaaahhhh!" Before he could finish the curse Shadow was upon him, past the wand, and grabbed his wrist. His knee shot up and connected with his elbow, causing a snap and Malfoy to scream. The whole school gasped. Shadow punched him in the gut once while still holding his wrist before dropping him to the ground. He turned and started walking towards the doors.

Suddenly Malfoy pulled a second wand from a hidden location with his left arm.

"Painuluncate Viperase Venomaten!" He bellowed and a huge snake the color of the crutacus curse with crimson eyes shot out strait at the back of Shadow's neck.

Ginny screamed as the snake bit into his flesh. He howled in pain and grabbed the serpent, ripping it from his neck. He grabbed its head as it tried to strike at his face, and twisted it right off. Throwing it to the ground he rushed at the blond again.

"Painuluncate Viperase Venomaten Maximus!" Malfoy shouted again. This time two snakes shoot out.

Shadow jumped two meters off the ground, dodging the curse produced snakes. He landed in front of his aggressive prey and his right hand shot out, grabbing Malfoy's throat. He squeezed tightly as he lifted him off of the ground. Draco looked down into Shadow's eyes and he struggled to breath. What he saw in those glowing emerald eyes with slitted retinols would haunt his dreams for life. Draco Malfoy saw pure rage and animalistic bloodlust, and he now knew true fear, a fear that not even the Dark Lord could create with his attacks.

"The fight is over Grim! Release him!" Shouted Albus. Shadow did nothing but hold Malfoy in the air by his neck.

Ginny saw this and shouted out.

"Shadow Stop!"

Malfoy fell to the ground, gasping for breath and cradling his broke arm. Shadow stepped back and closed his eyes, breathing deep calming breathes. When he opened his eyes again they were no longer glowing and the retinols were circles again. He stood there for a while before he howled in pain again as the wound on the back of his neck glowed angrily. He fell to the ground as it pulsed again, clutching it.

The teacher were making there way down from the raised observation area as fast as they could but Ginny beat them by jumping down from the arena stands, rushing over to Shadow who was growling in pain again. She cradled his head in her lap as he went unconscious, her tears falling onto his face, completely ignoring the professors as the helped the Slytherins and the students stares at her. They were shocked that she had jumped, as the stands were one story above the arena floor.

She felt a tap on her shoulder and looked up to see Tonks, Remus, Madame Pomphry and Dumbledore standing there.

"Ginny, Shadow needs to be looked at and we can't do that with you clutching him." Said Tonks. Ginny blushed and loosened her grip. Madam Pomphry then conjured a stretcher underneath him and cast a locomotive charm on it as it rose from the ground.

"I'm sorry Ms. Weasley but I can't have you in the hospital wing. Tonks, Lupin, can you two make sure she stays here?" With that she led all the stretchers out of the room, which returned to normal, leaving every one that had been in the stands, standing near the walls around the four tables. They were all talking loudly about the fight. Hermione, Luna and Neville walked over.

"Ginny how did you not get hurt when you jumped from the stands? They were a good three meters up." Asked Hermione.

Shoot I was so worried about Shadow I forgot to be cautious.

"I guess I used some accidental magic to keep me safe."

Hermione bought it. As did the other, except Tonks, but she knew the real reason she came out of the jump unhurt.

"Yeah, I know I would do almost anything to keep my Mooney safe, of course if he bit me I would have less trouble doing so." Tonks said.

"No way am I biting you. I have said it before, I am not putting this curse on anyone." He replied back.

"Shadow doesn't think it's a curse." Stated Hermione. "He said it was a gift. Oh yeah I forgot to give him his book back." She pulled it out and handed it to Remus.

"He says it is a channeler of the moon's power for humans. The book if you look talks about it, including a way the Americans have found to end lypocrathy, but won't do it." She continued.

"Why not? I mean if you could end the suffering of so many, why would you not do it?" Remus asked.

"Because it would effect to many people, mainly the animals. The way they found to end lypocrathy is to destroy the moon. That would effect to many things in a bad way, including the werewolves." Ginny stated.

Remus glanced through the book until he came to the lypocrathy section. He read it over and then handed it to Tonks who wanted to see it. He was shocked at what he had read. They described it in such a way that anyone could understand. Realization dawned on him as he thought of what it had said.

"Hang on, you mean that if a werewolf excepts its wolf half, they will have more control with out wolf's bane draught?" Tonks nodded when she finished reading that chapter. She handed it to Ginny then went over and hugged Remus.

"It's ok Remus, how should you know that Mooney was only violent because he was being outcasted?"

"But he was always visious, every time I changed, until the Marauders found out… Dear god your right. When he was around them he was calmer, and it was only his hunting instincts that made him attracted to humans." Tonks nodded coming to the same conclusion. Ginny looked through the book while they were talking. The first page caught her eye.

"Hey listen to this. 'Not many know this but there are strong sources of magic all around us. These sources are the sun, moon, stars, elements, and planet. Each has its own children and gifts. The planet has the most, including humans and most nomag, or non magical, animals. Its gift to its children is mainly in the area of healing and normal magic as well as connections with nature, whether it be with plants or animals. The elements hold some of the most magi, or magical, animals and a very small amount of humans as their children and their main area is in control of their respected 'parent element', meaning a child of fire can control fire. The stars' children are of the least and usually aren't consisted to one group, but gives their gift of sight and/or knowledge to random beings, when it is a human they are either called seers or bookworms, depending on which of the two groups the fall under." At that she look at Hermione, who always had a thirst for knowledge.

She continued. "The moon has the most misunderstood children, as they include werewolves, wolves, tigers, and many other kinds of creatures that are feared. Its gift mainly grants balance, stealth, insight, and serenity, as well as being naturally adapt in runes, ollcumasy, legimasy, and areas similar, along with defense/offence magic." She paused as she thought about how well Shadow used the runes he did as well as how Harry did at DADA spells.

Again she went back to reading aloud. "The sun has few children for some reason, but is the strongest among the five sources. Its children are like those of the stars, being random among all creatures, but its gifts are of a wide variety. Those gifts include metamorphagi, animegi, and mage sight." She looked at Tonks. There have been several cases where the sources share children, such as a werewolf who is an elemental or a metamorphagi. Unfortunately in this book you will only learn of the moon and her children, as I am not adapt in the other sources, though my friends have each written a book on their respected 'parent', going into more detail in those areas…'. This is really interesting." She said as she stopped reading.

"So Remus is a son of the moon, I am a daughter of the sun, Hermione is a daughter of the stars, as is Luna I think, and Neville is of the planet?" Tonks asked.

"I guess so. I think Shadow is also of the moon, as was Harry, as they were good in fighting. I think I am going to read this while he is asleep." She makes to go to the hospital wing.

"Ginny didn't Pomphry tell Tonks and Remus to keep you away from there?" Noted Neville.

"Oh yeah, sorry Ginny but we can't let you go." Said Remus.

"Fine, try and stop me." She bolted from the great hall faster than Remus had expected and he had a hard time catching up. He guessed it was the adrenaline and magic that had helped her get to Shadow after the fight that was making her so fast. Just before he grabbed her though, she stepped to the side and stopped, letting him shoot right past her and into the dead end.

"An old wolf should know how to stop fast." She tutted and ran the correct way to the hospital wing, slipping in just in time to here the current conversation.

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Declaimer: Don't own HP or anything else you recognized from the books.

A/N: You know how the coliseum looks? If so that is the set up in the great hall, but the room is enlarged to allow it. The lowest part of the stands, which start at the wall are a story up off the ground, and the observation area where Albus sits is three stories up. The curse Malfoy used I made up and yeah I know it is a little corny thing to say. R&R please and I hope you liked the fight.