Outsider Chronicles: Dark Eclipse
The First Year is over and Leo is already working to right wrongs. However, darkness is beginning to stir, and not just at Hogwarts. As Leo gets more powerful, his nature as an Outsider begins to take effect and worlds are drawn together. Add in some family drama and reveals and Leos migraines are only going to get worse. Sequel to Black Zodiac
And we're back. Nothing really to say here, so lets dive straight in. Enjoy!
Chapter 13
"So, your a Warmage," sneered Riddle, "This might actually be a challenge. Very well Leo Black, lets test your resolve against the power of Lord Voldemort, the Heir of Slytherin!"
He spun around and marched towards the Statue, hissing out the command. The statue's mouth began to open, revealing the Basilisk stirring inside.
"Zodiac Lance, I really hope you have something that can help me," I muttered, "Damn, I really shouldn't have taunted him…"
"MODE, LIBRA, PERFECT BALANCE."
The head of my staff lit up, before a bolt of icy blue fire shot out and hit the Basilisk full in the face as it slithered from its lair, covering its head in a coating of ice. The giant snake let out a roar of pain and began writhing in pain, crashing into the side of its tunnel.
"That'll work," I said, before swinging Zodiac Lance and unleashing a blast of light that blasted the stone around the Basilisk.
Unfortunately, it did absolutely nothing to the snake itself and only served to get its attention.
"Aw crap."
I banked out of the way, just barely evading the serpents counter. Riddle hissed something as I danced around the snakes lunges.
"This was a really stupid idea!" I thought as I fired another spell at it, only for it to splash off the serpents hide, "I forgot this stupid thing was resistant to magic!"
I generated the energy blade at the head of the Lance and swooped in, attempting to do at least a bit of damage to the damned snake, only for it to be about as much use as trying to cut it with a feather. I was tempted to get out my sword, but I had no idea whether or not it would work against the Basilisk since it wasn't a Greek Monster and I really didn't want to risk getting caught out.
"Gods damn it, I can't beat this thing on my own!" I thought, "I need some help damn it!"
Ginny POV
Ginny had never before felt as helpless as she did in that moment and she did not like the feeling. She knew that she probably should have stayed back at the rockfall after Lockhart took her Wand, but the idea of being alone in the dark tunnel wasn't all that attractive and she had no idea where the Monster, now revealed to be a Basilisk of all things, was hiding. If she had stayed behind and the creature attacked her, she would have been completely defenceless, so she decided to go with Leo, thinking that she could at least get Luna out of the way.
However, even that had proved unnecessary as the creature known as Tom Riddle was completely ignoring them in favor of watching Leo go toe to toe with the Basilisk, leaving her to watch over her friend and brother while trying to ignore how still they were and how cold their skin felt. Ginny stifled a gasp as she saw Leo just barely dodge the Basilisk as it tried to bite him, clenching her fists so hard that she felt her nails dig into her palms.
"Damn it, I feel so useless!" she thought, "If only I had my wand, then I could at least do something to help Leo!"
"Is that so?"
The red-head nearly jumped out of her skin at the sudden voice and turned to face the source. She was surprised to see that the speaker was the Sorting Hat, who was held in the talons of a beautiful, red feathered bird the size of a swan that she recognized as a Phoenix.
"W-what the hell?" she spluttered, "Where did you come from?"
"Oh, Fawks here heard your call," said the Hat.
"My call?"
The hat gave an approximation of a nod.
"Thats right. I knew you'd call out to me eventually, but I didn't think it would be this soon."
The Hat turned to look at the battle going on.
"Hmm, yes, I would say that it is necessary, both for you and Mr Black...Very well."
He turned back to Ginny.
"Put me on Miss Weasley."
Ginny did as she was told, not sure what else to do.
CLANG!
"Ow!"
Ginny took the hat off and looked at what had landed on her head, only to find a silver sword with a large, glowing red gem in the hilt.
"What…"
"This is the weapon known as Gryffindors Sword," said the Hat, "However, it has been known by many other names over the years. It is yours by right. Take up the sword, call out its true power and help your comrade."
Ginny swallowed and slowly grabbed the hilt of the sword. The gem on the hilt immediately lit up and Ginny felt a wave of power flow through her.
"LOGGING ON, NOVA BLADE."
Fire erupted from the blade as Ginny lifted it from the hat, before it dispersed, revealing an italian style longsword with a red gem set into the crossguard.
"ACTIVATING COMBAT MODE, CELESTIAL DRESS."
Ginnys clothes glowed, before they were replaced with a beautiful red, off the shoulder dress with black frills.
"Their, now you have the power needed to help Mr Black," said the Hat, "However, should you find that it is not enough, you can call on the full power that dwells within both you and the Nova Gem. To do that, remember your past and call out to the Flames that dwell within."
Ginny was about to ask what the hell the animated piece of fabric was talking about when an especially loud crash drew her attention back to the fight. Leo had managed to corner himself while dodging the Basilisk and now the snake was readying itself to finish off the Black heir.
Without even thinking, Ginny moved, crossing the distance in the blink of an eye and blocking the snakes attack, stopping it cold, causing the ground under her to crack from the force of the impact. Ginny forced her surprise at the move down in favor of shoving the snake back with a blast of fire.
"Huh, maybe I should get used to being saved at the last moment," said Leo.
Ginny felt her eye twitch.
"Well then, next time I'll leave you to get crushed, idiot," she snapped.
Leo chuckled and patted her on the head, making her growl in irritation.
"Heh, no need for that firefly," he said, "Nice save."
Ginny blinked as Leo was momentarily replaced with an older version of him clad in golden armour before the vision faded as he stepped forwards.
"So, you up for ending this fight?" asked Leo.
Ginny nodded and the two held out their hands.
"Hey Riddle," said Leo with a grin, "Remember how you called my beliefs foolish? Well how foolish is this?"
White and red light appeared in the two kids hands, before swirling together into a ball of energy that made the air around it vibrate.
Riddle let out a snarl and hissed at the Basilisk, which immediately charged the two Warmages, mouth gaping and ready to swallow them hole
"UNISON RAID, SUPERNOVA BURST."
The swirling orb shot from their hands and vanished into the snakes mouth, which immediately froze, its eyes bulging behind the layer of ice that stopped its deadly gaze. The Basilisk let out a hissing groan as steam began to flow from its mouth and a dull glow began to emit from its stomach. Its body began to bulge slightly as it let out another hiss of pain and glowing cracks appeared on its body, before…
KASPLAT!
The giant snake exploded with a wave of energy that instantly vaporized all the water around the serpent and blew Riddle off his feet.
"W-whoa," gasped Ginny, staring at the stretch of scorched stone where the Basilisk had been, "D-did we really just do that?"
"That we did," said Leo as he walked over to where Ron and Luna lay, drawing his sword as he went, "As corny as it may sound, we truly are more powerful together than apart."
"Y-you…"
"Oh, are you still alive?" asked Leo, turning to Riddle where he was struggling to his feet, "Can't you just give it up?"
"H-how dare you?" growled Riddle, apparently not hearing Leo, "You can't beat me, I am Lord Voldemort! I am the greatest Wizard to ever live!"
"Riddle, shut the hell up and die," said Leo, driving the tip of his sword into the Diary.
Riddle let out a piercing scream of pain as the dual coloured sword pierced the book, before he turned into into black smoke and vanished. As soon as he did, Luna opened her eyes and sat up.
"Luna!" shouted Ginny, running over to her friend and hugging her.
"Oh, hello Ginny," said Luna, "You're right on time."
Back to Leo
While Ginny checked on Luna, I knelt down next to Ron, who was still not moving, and checked his pulse. To my begrudging relief, he wasn't dead. Sure he was annoying, but I didn't really want him dead that badly and besides, if he had died, we'd have had to put up with Molly's wailing.
I glanced over at Ginny, taking in her new look. It wasn't really that much of a surprise that Ginny had somehow gained a Gem, what with my dream, that story and the fact that this world seemed to run on Anime logic in people gaining new powers at the last minute to win the day, but there was one thing that confused me. In both my dream and the picture I'd found, the Knights had been wearing armour, not the smart clothing that was our Celestial Dress. It made me wonder exactly why that was, whether it was the fact we were different or maybe the armour wasn't a part of the Knights magic. I had my doubts about that though and was willing to bet that we'd likely access them during a fight for an extra boost of power. Maybe after we thought an enemy beaten, only for him to come back even more powerful and we need an extra boost.
"Look out!"
Luna suddenly tackled me, just as a bolt of sickly green light shot through the place where my head had been just a second ago.
"Oh you have got to be shitting me," I growled as I got to my feet and turned to the source of the attack.
Sure enough, their was Riddle, looking largely unharmed and pissed as hell.
"You didn't actually think you could beat me that easily, did you?" he snarled, another bolt of light forming in his hand as his eyes glowed an ominus shade of red, "I am Immortal! I have the power of the Darkness flowing through me, you can't beat me!"
"The Darkness huh?" I muttered, narrowing my eyes.
That sounded a lot like what Darquesse had said in my dream and the glowing eyes were a dead giveaway that something was off, not to mention the fact he survived the destruction of the Diary. I moved to get to my feet, ready to face this new threat, but before I could, Luna put a hand on my arm as Ginny stepped past me.
"This is my fight," said Ginny, lifting her sword.
I blinked.
"Ginny?"
"She needs to do this," said Luna, "This is her stage, the moment she regains who she was."
I turned to the Ravenclaw First Year and was completely unsurprised to see that she had a glowing, yellow crystal ball floating above her hand.
"Let me guess, your one too?" I asked.
"Yep, Luna Lovegood, Knight of Singularity, at your service," said Luna with a dreamy smile.
"Great, so what, shes going to go full power?" I asked.
"That she is," said Luna, before turning to watch the show.
"Ha, so you wish to fight me alone?" scoffed Riddle, "What a foolish little girl. If you wish to die so badly, I will oblige."
Ginny didn't answer, instead she just stood their, her head bowed slightly so her eyes were hidden by her fringe.
"I won't back down," she whispered.
"What was that?" sneered Riddle.
"I said, I won't back down!"
Ginnys head snapped up, her eyes blazing with determination.
"You hurt my friends, you took Luna and you nearly killed Leo! I won't forgive you for that, no matter what!"
Riddle stared at Ginny like she'd just slapped him with a fresh tuna, before he burst out laughing.
"Forgive me? Are you serious?" he laughed, "What kind of a fool are you? You really think you stand even the slightest chance against me? I am Lord Voldemort!"
Ginny didn't answer, instead raising her sword, which burst into flames, and closed her eyes. I stiffened as I felt her magic spike and Luna leaned forwards.
"Not going to answer, girl?" hissed Riddle, "In that case, DIE!"
He fired a bolt of sickly green light at Ginny. I moved to push her out of the way or conjure a shield, but before I could, Luna grabbed my arm.
"Its time."
Ginnys eyes snapped open, revealing twin pools of swirling, red energy.
"Flames of Heaven, answer my call!" she exclaimed and was immediately engulfed in a blast of fire that consumed Riddles attack and forced Luna and I to cover our faces.
After a moment, the heat vanished and we were able to look again. Her red dress had been replaced by a suit of armour I was willing to bet would get Mt. Molly to erupt. It consisted of a black, red and gold breastplate that looked more like a one piece swimsuit than a suit of armour with a pair of red and black, dragon like wings emerging from the shoulders, a pair of elbow length, armoured gloves and thigh high armoured boots which shared the same colour scheme. Her sword had changed as well, becoming thicker and changing to a design that matched her armour and her hair was now tied up with black hornlike clips. Basically, it was Erzas Flame Empress Armour.
"W-what the hell is this power?" stuttered Riddle.
"I remember," whispered Ginny, looking down at her sword, "I remember who I am...Sixth Knight of Heaven, the Knight of the Nova, Ifrit."
I was mildly surprised that a background of some kind didn't appear behind her with that declaration. Hey, after Lockharts sparkling, it wouldn't be the strangest thing to happen!
"Is that supposed to impress me?" snarled Riddle, "A change of clothes won't help you defeat Lord Voldemort!"
He flung a wave of green bolts at her. Now, under normal circumstances, I would agree with Riddle, but the fact that I knew someone who would, in the not so distant future, be fighting monsters in a miniskirt, I knew that this world operated on the kind of Anime Logic that said that a change of clothes meant a power boost. It also helped that I could sense Ginnys current power levels and they were off the charts.
"Fool," said Ginny as she swung her sword, causing a wave of fire to erupt and consume the energy bolts, "Know your place!"
Ginny leaped at Riddle, swinging her now blazing sword before he could react, slicing him nearly in two.
"NOOOOO!" screamed Riddle as his two halves were consumed by flames.
Ginny took a deep breath as she straightened, her flames vanishing. I could see what was about to happen and leaped forwards as she toppled over backwards, catching her neatly before she could hit the floor.
"Excellent work Ginny," I said with a grin, "You beat the boss and gained some new powers for good measure."
"Heh, I feel like I'm in a bad Anime of some kind," she muttered as she struggled to keep her eyes open.
"You and me both," I muttered, "Now you get some rest. I'm sure that Fawks can get us out of here, right?"
I looked over at the Phoenix, which chirped in agreement.
"Great, Luna, can you grab the idiot?"
Luna nodded and grabbed Ron by the ankle, dragging him over to me as Fawkes flew onto my shoulder and dropped the hat onto Ginny's stomach.
"Exelent work Miss Weasley," said the Hat, "I admit, I never thought I'd see the day that the Nova Gem's power would be used to its fullest again."
Ginny gave a weak smile, before the stress of using the Gem for the first time caught up with her and she went limp in my arms.
"Fawkes, can you take us to the Hospital wing?" I asked the Phoenix.
Fawkes nodded and we vanished in a flash of fire.
And thats the end… I do apologize for the utter ridiculousness of this chapters fight. To be honest, I was debating back and forth whether I should do the first transformation here or wait, but since the Chamber is such a pivotal part of Ginnys past in canon, I thought it would be a good place to have her go full on Knight.
We also met Luna, who is the Seventh Knight and the Seer. No surprises their.
As mentioned up their, Ginnys armour and weapon in Knight Mode is Erza Scarlets Flame Empress Armour from Fairy Tail. Most of the armour and weapons for the Knights will probably be taken from elsewhere, but not all of it.
I know I've already said this once and was proven wrong, but the next chapter really will finish up this story, even if I have to stretch it out! Anyway, until next time!