I OWN NOTHING!
also hope you like this chapter but if not it's ok i just realised i have to come up with ways for quirell not to die in a couple of weeks of school starting so it is not exactly great
Harry walked straight into the forest without any hesitation. While he was supposed to be in class the thought that someone had been in HIS forest hunting made him very angry, even Voldemort would have been scared.
Harry angrily just walked into the forest and started walking in the direction the centaurs were the previous night.
"Stay hidden Fenrir they may attack and we need every advantage we can get if they do" Harry ordered.
Harry heard a laugh from the wolf as he jumped out of hiding and grew to normal size, Before Harry could order him to do as he was told Fenrir shimmered and then disappeared camouflaged to blend in. "Don't worry Master they will not know i'm here."
Harry smirked and continued on walking. After half an hour Harry noticed centaurs silently following him trying to remain undetected. After another five minutes of them following him Harry got annoyed "you know when you stalk someone you are supposed to remain undetected" Harry yelled out.
A few seconds after Harry's outburst eight centaurs stepped out into the open. The one who stepped forward obviously the leader of the group, a centaur who Harry remembered was very frightened the night before, was holding a drawn bow aimed at him "why are you in our forest human?" the centaur spat.
Harry could hear Fenrir growling in his mind "calm down I will show them who is in whose forest without permission" Harry told the wolf.
"What makes you think this is your forest centaur it might be mine" Harry called out smug.
The centaurs all started murmuring in anger while the lead tightened his grip on his bow "leave now human or i will shoot you."
Harry smirked "where was all your courage last night why you seemed absolutely frightened then."
"What so you know of the werewolf attack last night" the centaur yelled angrily.
Harry cracked up laughing much to the annoyance of the centaurs "all I did was run through your group TWICE and you say a werewolf attacked you last I heard werewolves only appear on the full moon."
"That was You! You attacked us? Die you human" the centaur yelled in anger loosing his arrow. Harry effortlessly side steeped the arrow in a quick few steps was in front of the centaur. Before the centaur could react Harry jumped on it's back and pulled out his sword holding it to the centaur's neck.
"I am the Beast Lord, alpha of this forest do not make the mistake of attacking me again or you will die" Harry growled out scaring all of the centaurs.
"Yo-you cl-claim to be th-the Beast L-Lord but only Ly-Lycans can g-gain th-that title" a centaur stammered out.
"What? A you mean someone who has control over their wolf so when they change they can run through a herd of centaurs without killing them? Or someone who can change into his werewolf form without a full moon? Is that what you mean?" Harry growled as he did he changed into his wolf form sword never leaving the centaur's throat. "Maybe someone like me?"
All of the centaurs minus the one Harry was on kneeled in shock. Harry gracefully jumped off the centaur and stood in front of the group "For all any of you knew I was just an eleven year old boy and you drew weapons on me without any warning. Did you ever think I might be lost? Or maybe I had a reason for seeking you out yet you treated me with hostility for no reason at all" Harry yelled in anger "granted I did deserve it after the conversation started but treating someone who has done no harm with hostility what do you have to say for yourselves."
The centaurs all murmured apologies except the one who attacked Harry "You what do you have to say for yourself?" Harry growled.
"I do not bow to a lowly human" the centaur spat.
"Master may I kill him he is trying his luck and I wish to teach him why that is never a good idea" Fenrir growled mentally to Harry.
"We will give him one last chance to apologize then if he does not I will goad him into a duel and as you are my familiar you will be able to fight in my stead" Harry told the wolf "now show yourself my friend lets show him why he should not mess with us."
Suddenly the forest was filled with the sound of wolves howling when in the middle of the centaurs and under Harry's feet Fenrir appeared. But as he appeared he grew larger and large until he was easily the size of a car and Harry was standing impressively on his back. This all happened fast enough and the centaurs were shocked that none of them even thought of taking a shot at the wolf or Harry.
"Now this is your last chance" Harry snarled "apologize or we will duel and as Fenrir here is my familiar and linked to my soul he will be allowed to join in as he is a part of me."
All of the centaurs backed away in fear and the one who had made Harry angry paled in fear though he said and did nothing else.
"Do you apologize or will we duel?"
"I-I-I apologize m-my l-l-l-l-lord" the centaur stammered obviously not meaning a single word.
Fenrir growled but Harry gave him a calming pat before willing the wolf to a slightly smaller size "good" Harry exclaimed "now that that is sorted the reason I have come seeking you is that I have reason to believe someone is hunting unicorns for their blood is this true?"
Harry did not think it was possible but the centaurs go even more pale.
"I'll take that as a yes" Harry growled "what do you know about the person hunting my unicorns."
"We have reason to believe it is the one called Voldemort, sir" a centaur called out.
"Master if it is indeed Voldemort as they say then we need to be careful. Even in a state of half-life he would still have more power than most wizards" Fenrir advised sounding almost worried for his master.
"Hmmm what would you suggest then Fenrir?"
"Master I suggest we find out why he is here? If he is indeed possessing Quirell? and I suggest that we find the Tree of Magick if you use it's power to control the forest then it would give you an advantage against him when he next goes hunting"
"But until we find out all of that he will still be entering my territory and attacking my unicorns without permission" Harry growled though the centaurs did not know that he was having a conversation with Fenrir the amount of hate Harry radiated was enough to make all of them take a few steps back.
"Master if you find the Tree of Magick and take ownership of the forest then all animals and creatures inside it's bounds will do as you command I am sure you can use them to protect the unicorns and your borders not to mention without fresh unicorn blood he will be severely weakened" Fenrir reasoned.
harry sighed "fine." He then turned and faced the centaurs "can you lead me to the Tree of Magick?" he asked.
One of the centaurs nervously stepped forward "it has been dead for over a century my lord."
"Look just take me to it" harry sighed.
The centaur nodded then turned around "it is this way my lord."
After half an hour they came upon the Tree of Magick it was a giant of a tree easily twice the size of any in The Forbidden Forest but it was dead. thje leaves were gone, the wood was rotting and cracked, huge branches had collapsed and every bit of plant life in half a kilometre around the tree was dead or dying as well. The Tree of Magick was completley dead.
Without any conscious thought Harry walked up to the tree and placed his hand on it. Without warning Harry felt ..something... being drawn from him and into the tree. Whatever was being drawn was taken slowly but the results were apparent the Tree of Magick started to grow leaves, the mold and decay quickly disappeared, every crack in it's bark healed and the surrounding area started to fill with life. It was half an hour after everything was back to normal, and three hours after it started that Harry felt the tree stop taking whatever it was and he collapsed to the ground suddenly exhausted.
"Master are you alright?" Fenrir asked nudging him in worry.
"Wha-what just happened?" Harry asked tiredly.
"I believe that to heal it's self and the forest the tree absorbed some of your magic you must have incredible magic reserves if it took the tree three hours to drain them" the wolf responded in awe.
"It didn't drain them, not completely" Harry replied "the tree just did not need any more magic so it stopped."
"Y-you mean you still have more magic left?"
"Not much but still a little bit"
Fenrir didn't say anything just looked at Harry with a look of pure awe on his face. Harry stood up and looked around. surrounding him and the Tree of Magick was a group of centaurs, unicorns, arcromantula, wolves, bears, a wyvern, a giant fox and a shadow panther and every single one of them was bowing to Harry. (a few bird flew out of nowhere and put a crown of daisies on his head :P sorry for some reason that popped into my head :P)
"So i guess I am now the ruler of this forest then?" Harry asked in surprise.
"not yet my lord you must first enter the tree and bind the heart to your magic" a centaur said.
While looking at the tree and wondering just how he was meant to enter it a door appeared in the bark. "So that's how" Harry whispered to himself before opening the door and walking inside.
He was surprised at what he found insides the entire tree was hollow with a winding staircase going around the outside of the room up into other levels. the tree seemed to be alot bigger on the inside than the outside, also it was furnished like a log cabin. the first room Harry found was what seemed to be a common room with wooden carved chairs and couches, a small kicthen and a fire pit in the middle of the room. the next few rooms were what looked to be dormitories with hammocks instead of four poster beds like in Gryffindor Tower, then there was a library with enough books that Hermione could never read them all and surprisingly enough the books all seemed to be about Wild magic and finally the last room was completely empty except in the middle of the room where a heart made of wood seemed to hover in the air. Harry knew that this was the heart of the tree.
"What do I do now?" Harry asked Fenrir.
After Fenrir instructed Harry on what to do harry pulled out his sword and lightly touching it to the heart said "I Harry James Potter, also known as the Beast Lord promise to protect the forest and all that reside within. So mote it be" there was a great big flash and Harry knew it had worked.
With the act of binding himself to the heart Harry became aware of everything in the forest. He knew exactly how many acromantula there are. He knew where every single centaur was. He knew exactly where the borders to the frest lay. He could feel the magic of the forest and even knew how to manipulate it. If anything had to do with the forest Harry knew it including the fact that he was currently standing in the Asena house dorms which had been unoccupied for the last nine hundred and sixty two years.
After that Harry made his way to the library and spent the rest of the day and night reading.