Legacy of a Saiyan

by Vulkan

DBZ Crossover. Wizarding world is at war and all hope is lost. Harry Potter has been missing for years. Then he is found... and he has no magic. Completely different chain of events.

3. Eternal Events

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or stuff. I am just writing for the fun of it.

Chapter 3: Eternal Events

28 June 1999, London

Harry Potter was packing his clothes for his trip to Japan. Two suitcases were already filled to the brim and he was debating about taking his weights and exercise equipment with him. It would only take him a few trips and he could easily fly those without any problems. He sighed and stopped packing in favor of getting something to eat. He went to the kitchen and peered into the fridge. He groaned when he saw that there was nothing in the fridge except for a few fruits. He had not bothered to stock up on the rations since he had decided to leave tomorrow. With the amount of food he ate, he should have guessed the food would not last.

Therefore, Harry decided to walk to the supermarket. It would be quite a while since he would return to England and he wanted to catch the sites so to speak. He put on his jacket and left the house. He watched people pass by and vehicles moving on the road with a bittersweet smile on his face. He shoved his hands into the jacket's pockets and hummed a tune as he walked along. He did not have the luxury to take life easy like all the people he watched. He did not have a normal life like they had. All the things he had done in his life plagued him and he was sad that there was no one like him around. He had never found another person or a creature with energy signature like him.

His musings were cut short when he noticed some disturbance a few sights away. His eyes were keen to pick up some laser like rays of light begin shot at people. He quickly moved to the scene and found four people attacking another person. Harry watched as the single person defended himself from the lights ably for a few minutes. He would create a shield, which would stop some of the rays of light and dodge the other lights. The four attackers were trying hard to pin the person down. Harry did not know what the lights that they were shooting out of a piece of wood were. They would wave the piece of wood in a particular fashion and shout something to create those jets of light. When he sensed their energies, he got a shock. All five of them had energy signature as Ginny had. He watched transfixed as they traded jets of light. Some had interesting effects. Some jets of light created cuts on the person, another made a person unconscious only to be woken by another jet of light. Some created minor explosions and some pushed the attackers a few paces back. He continued to watch curiously until the person who was being attacked was relieved of his wooden stick. The attackers closed in on him.

Harry decided to test if his shield would work against these jets of light. Therefore, he created an invisible shield above the fallen person. To his dismay, a blood red stream of light passed right through his shield and hit the downed person who screamed in agony.

Harry had heard and seen enough. He reached for his dagger only to realize that he had forgotten all his weapons in his haste. Therefore, he rushed at the attackers and smashed into them. He quickly picked up all the wooden sticks that shot the jets of light. He waited for them to get up. They got up quickly and looked around frantically for their sticks. He was very curious about these people and he wanted to know more about them. The attacked person was taking in ragged breaths and he seemed to be bleeding in many places. The four attackers wore weird clothes. It was of the same style as the guards he remembered guarding Ginny's house. They wore black robe kind of clothes and white skull marks. In his opinion, they looked ridiculous.

He waved the sticks in his hand and taunted them "Searching for these?"

One of them, presumably the leader spoke with an extreme disgust in his voice "Silly muggle, trying to play the hero are you? Return our wands and we shall spare your wretched life."

"Oh what makes you think that I will let you go alive from here?" Harry asked him with a cold voice. His face was a perfect mask of an emotionless cold-blooded killer. His emerald green eyes were cold and focused at them. He could almost sense their fear that they tried to hide beneath their masks. They all gave an involuntary shudder as they looked into his merciless eyes. He gave them no time to answer. He put the sticks in one of his pockets, rushed towards the leader, and caught his neck from behind in a firm grip.

He waited until they realized that he was behind their leader and had him in his hold. As the remaining attackers turned towards him, he could see the fear in each of their eyes. He knew he was playing with them but he reasoned that they deserved it after trying to hurt a single person. He spoke icily "Do you think the same now?" His voice had no emotion but held a promise of ultimate pain. He even spotted one of the attacker's legs were shaking from fear and the others were not far from it either.

He jabbed his index and middle finger at the leader's temple to render him unconscious. He moved towards another person and punched him in the face while kicking another in his stomach. He caught the remaining attacker and knocked him unconscious with jabbing his temple. He did the same to the other two fallen people. He wanted to keep them alive and it was not his right to kill them. The attacked person should decide their fate, as he was the person who was wronged. He had always lived by this old principle that the wronged person dishes out the punishment.

It was only now that he realized that other people were not paying any attention to the little scene. Harry was confused as to how people could simply ignore all the lights and shouting. He moved to the fallen person who was coughing blood now. He held his shoulders in his arms as he supported him and asked in a soft voice "Are you ok?"

The person was wearing faded slacks and a full sleeve shirt. They looked used but well maintained. He had brown hair, which were mixed with a bit of gray. He looked around 40-45 years old. His eyes were light blue in color and right now, they held pain. He stuttered between coughs "Thank you… I... was ambushed… My wand… Need to go… Madame Pomfrey…" Harry observed that he was finding it very difficult to speak. He quickly but gently pressed his temple to put him to sleep while telling him "It's ok. Rest now, I will take care of you."

Harry had somehow developed a soft spot for this person in his arms. He had no idea about some of the things he had spoken but he needed help. He looked around for his piece of wood thinking that he referred to it as his wand. He gently laid down the person and found the 'wand' nearby. He put it with the other sticks. He stashed the bodies of the attackers in a nearby alley and hid them from plain view. He still could not figure out why people still did not notice the ruckus. He tried to sense the reason and found a dome of energy surrounding the nearby area. It was a strange kind of energy, similar to the energy in these people yet very different. Forgetting about the food he was going to get, he gently lifted the injured person in his arms and decided to fly home since people did not pay attention to the area he was in.

He flew home slowly not wanting to injure the person any more. He descended in his backyard away from prying eyes of neighbors. He balanced the person in his arms while he found the key and opened the back door. He walked to the sitting room and placed the person on the sofa. He went to the bathroom and came back with a clean cloth and a bucket of water. He removed the person's clothes since they were bloody and was sticking to his skin. He gently washed the blood away from the skin and cleaned the wounds with disinfectant. He realized he had no medical supplies, so he rushed off to the nearest medical store and bought some ointment for the wounds and a few rolls of bandages. When he returned, he cleaned the wounds again and applied the ointment on the wounds. He secured the bandages gently. While he was doing this, he was utterly shocked to find that some of the smaller wounds were closing before his very eyes. Harry himself had never been injured badly in quite a while but this was amazing. He made a note to ask the person once he woke up. He decided to let him sleep till he got a little better. He covered him up with blankets from his room so that he would stay warm.

Once that was finished, he remembered he was still very hungry but he was in no mood to prepare food. Therefore, he went to a local restaurant and ordered a lot of food to be packed. It was around 5 PM and not many people were in the restaurant, so he did not have to wait long. He went home and ate half of the packed food heartily after making sure that the person was comfortable enough. He spent time till 9 PM packing the rest of his stuff for his trip to Japan. He was still not finished but it was time to wake up the person and have a bit of food. He thought that the wounds would have partially healed by now if they continued to heal at the rate he had observed earlier.

Harry went to the sitting room and again prodded a pressure point at the temple to wake the person up. When the person tried to bolt upright, he gently but firmly pushed him down and said "Whoa, hold it. You were quite injured there. Take it easy. However, for now, you must be starving. Come on then, let us have some dinner." Harry then proceeded to the kitchen to set up the table and the food.

Remus Lupin was confused. He could not clearly remember where he was and how he got here. He wanted a break from Hogwarts and had gone to muggle London for some burgers… and then it hit him. He was ambushed. He had declined Sirius's offer to accompany him and had left alone. He had apparated to a deserted corner of an alley and was walking towards a pub when four death eaters attacked him. He was successfully holding them at bay for a few minutes before he was disarmed. He had quite a few wounds from the fight and he had lost a large amount of blood. Then they were taunting him and the leader sounded like Avery. Then he was put under crucio and then some mysterious person had saved him. He had run headlong into the death eaters and then moved at an unbelievable speed and disposed off the death eaters. He suspected that his savior may be a Vampire but it was still early evening and Vampires could not be out at that time. Then he was put to sleep to wake up here.

Slowly he took in his surroundings. He was in a sitting room decked out in a pale blue. He was comfortably placed in a large sofa and he was covered in blankets. He felt that he was near naked under the sheets and he was covered in bandages. This was a muggle home of presumably, his savior. He slowly got up working the kinks in his body and winced when he came upon a sore spot. He did not have any clothes on apart from his briefs and he did not see any clothes around. He did not have his wand, so he could not conjure some temporarily. He did not want to reveal anything to a muggle so he could not ask for a wand either. He would think it was a joke or that he was insane. So he called out nervously "Hello… could I have some clothes?"

Harry realized he had forgotten to lay out some clothes for him. He went to his room and picked out a blue shirt, a white t-shirt and two black pants. He took them out to him and gave it to him saying, "These are the only two sizes I have. See if you can fit into them. Your clothes were too far gone but I have kept them in case you have something in the pockets or something." That said, he turned around so that he could have some privacy.

Remus slowly dressed wearing both the t-shirt and the shirt and the black pants that seemed to fit him. It was a bit loose as he was not as filled out as his savior. He silently observed his savior. He was very well built. His loose clothes did not hide all the well-built muscles. He was quite tall and seemed around 20 years old. He had dark brown hair, which stuck out it all directions. He spoke gratefully "Thank you for the clothes and what you did for me. My name if Remus Lupin."

Harry turned around and smiled at him, Remus Lupin. As soon as he looked him in the eye, Lupin took a startled step back saying something bizarre "Oh Merlin".

Remus, for his part, was extremely shocked as the sight of familiar emerald green eyes, the eyes of his friend Lily Evans Potter. This could not be Harry Potter. Not him. Yet there he was. Messy hair though not black as Harry's would have been, the exceptional green eyes and the lanky yet muscled body so similar to James. But then he noted that he had no lightening bolt scar on his forehead like Albus said he had. So he hesitantly asked "Harry?"

Harry was taken aback when the stranger scrutinized him with intense eyes for a few seconds before calling his real name. Only years of practice allowed him to maintain the same composure. He shook his head and replied, "I am sorry. You must be mistaken. My name is Kit, Kit Walker. But we can talk later, please come to the kitchen so we can have some dinner." Harry quickly made his way to the kitchen to hide any signs of recognition. How much ever he wanted to know about his past, he was still wary of strangers. He could not just trust them when he had only seen them once. This Remus Lupin called his name with more than a bit of familiarity, so he decided to get to know him better while trying to ease info out of him without raising any suspicion.

Remus made his way to the kitchen by following Kit who he still had doubts was Harry. The table was laid out with a feast that would satisfy at least six people. He was hungry, so he decided to wait to talk and confirm his doubts.

Harry got a bottle of water and two glasses before sitting down ad indicating Lupin to do the same. "Please help yourself." He told him before tucking in.

They ate the meal in silence. Remus was astounded that the young man in front of him ate food enough for five people all on his own. Even his friend Sirius who was a bit of a slob could not compete with him. Kit did not seem to be satisfied either. The food was obviously from a restaurant but it was good. He silently sat after dinner while Kit cleared the dishes on the table. His offer to help was shot down. After that, he was once again led to the sitting room where they both settled down on armchairs. Remus was a tad uncomfortable with all the bandages but he did not want Kit to know his advanced healing prowess due to being a werewolf.

Harry passes one of the coke cans he had brought to Lupin and asked, "So Mr. Lupin, what was that all about? Why were you attacked?"

Remus shifted a bit wondering if he could break the stature of secrecy in this case. He replied calmly "I am not sure what you mean Mr. Walker. It is still a bit hazy for me."

Harry fished out the sticks he had taken and laid them on the table in front of him and asked again, "This is what I am talking about. Masked people in strange clothes attack you with these sticks. You too use this stick to defend yourself. All of you shoot out lights from the stick yelling some nonsensical words which seem like Latin. Then the leader of the attacking party calls these sticks wands then you mumble something about your wand and some Pomfrey. Then when I bring you home, I see you heal at an incredible rate. So tell me Mr. Lupin what was it that I saw."

Remus saw the wands on the table and debated if he could snatch the wand and subdue Kit to obliviate him. Then he remembered the speed with which Kit moved and dropped the idea instantly. He was still suspicious about what Kit was since nobody could that fast other than the Vampires and he was not a Vampire. But for now, he decided to come clean… after all Kit had saved his life from death eaters. He sighed loudly and settled into his seat before beginning "Please call me Remus Mr. Walker for we are going to have a long talk."

Harry replied like wise "Call me Kit Remus."

Remus continued "Ok then Kit. How do I explain this to you? Oh, all right. Kit I promise you what I am saying is true. Some of it… no all of it may seem unbelievable but trust me it is the truth. Magic is real. There is a whole world of magic hidden from the world that you know." Remus carefully watched for reactions form Kit as he said this. He was surprised when Kit hardly showed any outward emotion other than nodding for him to continue. "There are people who can wield magic. Men are called wizards and women are called witches. As you have seen, we can wield magic through tools like wands. Wands focus our magic and the movements and the words shape the magic to do what we want. The lights as you say were spells. There are thousands of spells that are known. There are different kinds of spells too – jinxes, hexes, charms, shields, offensive spells etc. There are many other forms of magic too."

"We have our own society which is hidden by the use of magic. We have our own government and minister. The Ministry of Magic enforces the rules. Even now, I am breaking a few rules. We are not supposed to reveal anything about magic to the outside world of muggles i.e. people with no magic. There are laws for maintaining the secrecy, which are enforced by selective memory wiping and such from the ministry. I know it may seem cruel but muggles would try to attack us or mob us for help for every other thing. Since we can use spells and such, muggles cannot do much against us. Therefore, it is somewhat better if nobody knew of the wizarding world. As such, there is a minister of magic who is in charge of the wizarding affairs. Different countries have different ministers. Countries are separated like in the muggle world. There are wizards in many countries who are all hidden."

"In England, the government is basically a group of departments presided by the minister. It is very different from the muggle political structure. There is no House of Lords and House of Commons but we do have what is called Wizengamut. It is a group of people from prestigious families who also serve as the judiciary. They have to approve of new rules and it is their responsibility to sentence criminals or punish offenders. The head of the Wizengamut is called the Mugwump. Currently, the supreme Mugwump and the head of Wizengamut is Albus Dumbledore. I will tell you more about him later. To enforce rules, provide security, and deal with criminals we have the department of Magical Law Enforcement. This is like the police in the muggle world. However, it is a lot different. There are aurors who take of the daily work. Then there are wizards called hit-wizards. The are called only in special cases. They are something like super police. Then like Scotland Yard or secret detectives, we have unspeakables. Even the public is not aware of the work done by the unspeakables. They work on many things across various fields from creating new spells to discovering secrets of our history to analyzing and creating magical objects. There are also departments for muggle relations, transport, maintenance of magical creatures, mishaps etc. With me so far?" Remus asked.

"Yes, continue" Kit said. He deduced that the different type of energy he had sensed was magic. So Ginny too was magical.

"Okay, like the government, we have our own hospitals, schools, sports etc. The main hospital in England is St. Mungos. Doctors are called healers. They use spells, potions and runes to heal people. We will get to that later. Now for schools. England has only one main school for witches and wizards – Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry." At Kit's snort, he chuckled "Yes I know, stupid name but it is one of the best in the world. Four very important and powerful magicians established it a thousand years ago. The other well-known schools around the world are Durmstrang in Bulgaria, Beauxbatons in France, and Salem's academy in America. There are many other minor schools all over the world in many countries. Now all witches and wizards start their schooling at the age of 11. Hogwarts teaches you for 7 years. There are two levels of exams called Ordinary Wizarding Level or O.W.L and Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests or N.E.W.T. There is a wide range of subjects that students can choose from. The mandatory subjects are History, Charms, Defense against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, and Potions. History, as the name suggests is the study of history of the wizarding world. It deals with old well-known wizards like Merlin and some wars. Charms is the study of spells to do various things like cleaning, levitating, making objects do something etc. Defense deals with study and practice of offensive and defensive magic. Shield, hexed, jinxes and charms are included in defense. Transfiguration is changing one thing into another – be it an object, an animal or a human. Potions is mixing many ingredients to have a substance, a potion to have some specific effects on human body. There are potions to mend broken bones, to calm your nerves, to heal your injuries, to give you a boost of energy, to cure diseases etc."

Remus was telling all this to Kit hoping to convince Kit to reveal that he was indeed Harry when he gave the final info about James and Lily Potter. He noted that Kit seemed very interested to know about magic but it would be the same with all muggles. Kit did nod every now and then and he seemed to follow what he was saying. Therefore, Remus continued to give details even if it was not required.

"There are other subjects some of which are optional and some of which are mandatory for a few specific years. Care of Magical Creatures is the study of various other creatures which have magic like dragons, unicorns, phoenixes etc. Astronomy is self-defined. Ancient Runes deals with lost languages and magic through symbols. The knowledge of utilizing runes in an active capacity is lost. It is believed that true users of runic magic can do everything with runes alone – whatever we achieve though spells, potions etc. Sadly, the study of runes now only deals with reading manuscripts of history. Arithmancy is mostly like algebra. Spells can be analyzed and developed using Arithmancy. The spells can be broken down into equations to study or modify them. The parameters involved in the working of magic are studied using Arithmancy. Dueling is currently the most sought after subject. It is basically learning to use whatever you have learnt to fight an opponent. Healing is another important elective. Divination is the art of prediction the future or seeing the unknown. Palmistry, tarot reading, crystal ball gazing etc are the techniques taught in the class. There are many other subjects that are offered to students."

"After these basic levels of study at Hogwarts, there are options for further study at the ministry. Mastery can be achieved in various field of study like Transfiguration, Charms, potions, Runes etc. There is training involved for various departments of the ministry. To become an auror, there is further training of three years. They are looking to increase that now due to special circumstances. It is unknown what is required to be an unspeakable. Witches and wizards attain the level of Sorcerer if they can completely control their magic and have a few masteries. There are very few sorcerers left alive today. There used to be a level of magicians called Magi but they have dwindled out of existence. Some suspect they may still exist somewhere in the world and are hidden but they have not been seen for over 5 centuries."

Remus took a long drink from the coke can before continuing, "Transportation is very different from normal means that muggles know. The most common means is apparition. It is disappearing from one location and appearing at another using a person's magic. Similar to that is portkey travel. An inanimate object is turned into a port key. People in contact with the portkey when it is activated are transported to the new location. Portkey can be programmed to activate on touch, at a certain time or with a certain word. Portkey creation and travel is regulated by the ministry. Only few people can create portkeys and have the authorization to do so. Another popular method of travel is floo. A special powder called floo powder is thrown into the fire at the fireplace. Is you step into the fire and call out your destination to travel. For sport and short distances, we have brooms. Yes, that traditional belief of muggles. There were also flying carpets but they were outlawed a few decades ago."

After a few seconds of silence, Remus started on the war. "That was the basic details of magic and wizarding society. Now the whole of wizarding world is at war." He noticed Kit sit up a bit straighter. "This is the second war against a person who calls himself Lord Voldemort. The first war started when I was still in school. Lord Voldemort delved deep into dark and forbidden magics. He gathered followers who he called death eaters. They were all pure bloods. Pure bloods are families that have records of heritage for a very long time. They believed that lesser families and people of mixed lineage should not be allowed to live. They thought that these people corrupt and weaken the magic in the general populace. Their ideals were that old pure blood families should rule the world and that muggles should be exterminated. There are witches and wizards who have muggles as parents. This is a fairly common phenomenon. These muggle born witches and wizards find it difficult to exist in the wizarding world due to various rules and practices that suppress them. Then there are a class of people called squibs who are born from magical parents but do not have enough magic to cast spells. The death eaters were bent on killing these people."

"Lord Voldemort, their leader was stopped some 18 years ago by a baby. There was a prophecy made by a seer that stated that a child who as born in July to parents who had defied Voldemort thrice would be his downfall." Remus continued while watching Kit intently for any reaction. "At that time, Voldemort did not know the full contents of the prophecy. There were two families that met the criteria – the Longbottoms and the Potters." Remus definitely noted a peak in interest in Kit. He decided to confront him later. "He attacked the Potters who were hidden using very old magic called the Fidelus charm. Their friend Peter Pettigrew betrayed them to Voldemort. He attacked on the Halloween of 1981. He killed James and Lily Potter with the killing curse. When he tried the same curse on Harry however, the curse was rebounded. The killing curse, Avada Kedavra is unblockable and it was a huge relief to the society that Voldemort was gone. It was theorized that Lily Potter's sacrifice based on love enabled baby Harry Potter to rebound the curse."

Harry who was hearing even a little bit about his parents was trying very hard to not show any emotion. This was the most he had heard of his parents and he was hungry for more. For the first time in his life, he was unable to make a decision. He could not determine if he could safely reveal himself to this man before him. He had often wondered about his parents and their death. To know the truth was more enlightening. For an orphan to know that your parents died for you was the show of ultimate love. And so Harry Potter, assassin Rayden or generally Kit Walker felt like crying for the first time since he left the Dursleys. He only held back tears by a supreme effort. He was absolutely silent and stiff hearing his history.

Remus noted the emotions pass in Kit's eyes and he was pretty much convinced that Kit was Harry Potter. Remus definitely decided to make him admit that he was Harry and take him with him.

"Many believed that Voldemort was dead but Dumbledore knew that he was not. Voldemort was reduced to a shadow existence due to rebounding of the curse. He regained a body in 1991 using an artifact known as the Sorcerer's stone. Some call it the Philosopher's stone. It grants immortal life and has the power to change any metal into gold. Voldemort performed a ritual to regain a body by destroying the stone. From then on the second war is going on. Three years ago, he broke into the Department of Mysteries, the area of unspeakables. He revealed to the world the prophecy that was made about him and Harry Potter. It basically stated that one had to die at the hand of the other. He claimed that Harry Potter was dead and there was no one to defeat him. He was driven back that day by Albus Dumbledore."

"That year marked many changes in our world. Albus Dumbledore revealed the knowledge he held about Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter. He too was unable to find Harry Potter after he discovered that Harry had run away from his relatives years ago. Harry Potter could not be found by any magical means. Albus Dumbledore is a very well respected man in out community and is one of the most powerful sorcerers known. He is a master of Transfiguration and the headmaster of Hogwarts. He is also the supreme Mugwump and is very well versed in many obscure branches of magic. He is the only person Voldemort fears. Dumbledore is one of the very few people who have faced Voldemort and come out on top. He had defeated the previous dark lord Grindlewald in 1945. He is the current leader of our side in the war. He fired the previously incompetent minister Cornelius Fudge. His confidant, Arthur Weasley was elected the minister."

Harry listened to his importance to the wizarding world. He was a bit overwhelmed with all the information. This Dumbledore was an interesting man. Harry almost choked when he heard about Arthur Weasley. So this was why the ponce wanted to kidnap Ginny. He was still crushed to think what he had done to Ginny.

"Albus Dumbledore pronounced that Harry Potter was dead. A year after that, a new prophecy was made concerning the fall of Voldemort. Dumbledore assured the public that the new champion was being trained and was safe. People began to fight again but the minister was attacked and put in coma." Remus decided not to tell Harry about the incident involving Ginny. This was a particularly sensitive information and a personal one too. "A new minister was elected, Rufus Scrimgeour. He was an auror before that. He and Dumbledore are now working together against the threat of Voldemort. Dumbledore leads a group of wizards called Order of the Phoenix. He had formed it in the first war. The ministry too is fighting but Dumbledore leads the fight since he is the only one capable of holding his own against Voldemort."

"What you must understand is that till recently, people feared the name of Voldemort. Once the prophecy was unveiled, Dumbledore told the public what he knew about Voldemort. Voldemort's real name is Tom Morvolo Riddle. He is the last heir of Slytherin, one of the founders of Hogwarts and the darkest wizard till now. Voldemort started attacking other countries as soon as he learned that he could not be defeated due to the death of Harry Potter. Till date he is unsuccessful in completely capturing any major country but he is getting more and more powerful daily. He is gaining followers and allies by the hundreds. His death eaters revel in rape and torture. They tear apart families and kill with abandon. Almost all the magical creatures have taken sides in the war. This is the most decisive war in the history of the wizarding world. The whole world is in danger even the muggle world. The innumerable unexplainable muggle deaths is due to Voldemort. Recently, he has not concentrated on England so there are very few deaths compared to other countries. But sooner or later he is going to reveal everything to the muggle world. Then he is going to conquer much of the muggle world before we can stop him. He is too powerful and Dumbledore cannot be present everywhere. The ministries have formed an alliance but they are isolated from each other to offer real support."

Harry was relieved to hear that he no longer had the burden of that magnitude. It was stupid to place the burden of killing a madman of a single person's shoulders. But when he thought about it, did it matter? He would go after the son of a bitch who killed his parents. Powerful wizard or not, Voldemort would meet his end by his hand. He did not believe in all the mumbo jumbo about seers and prophecies. So what if there was another person to vanquish him, he would hurt him so bad that even hell shall shudder. So these death eaters huh? He suddenly got up and said "Could you wait a few minutes please? I will be right back."

Without waiting for an answer, he rushed out the backdoor and flew to the place where he had hidden the death eaters. He found them still unconscious in a heap. He sensed that the wall of magic was flickering. He hoisted two of them on his shoulders and held the other two in his hands and flew back to his house. All in all, it took less than two minutes.

Harry went to the sitting room and dumped them carelessly. He sat down before a astonished Remus and said "Here are your attackers. Deal with them as you please."

Remus was utterly shocked as Kit came back within two minutes carrying all four attackers without any effort and dumped them aside. Even with his enhanced werewolf strength Remus couldn't carry that much weight without effort. He sputtered unintelligently "What… how… strong… fast…"

Harry grinned and replied mysteriously "It is for me know and for you to find out." Harry had no idea that when he grinned, he looked so much like his father James Potter because all the Potters had the same lopsided grin.

Remus broke out of his stupor and suddenly he felt that he should remember something. But for the life of him he couldn't figure out why this particular thing should stand out in his mind. As he regained his senses, he asked "Could I use my wand to send these death eaters to aurors?" He knew how dangerous it would be to attempt something like taking back his wand. He knew that Kit didn't trust him yet.

Harry just shrugged indicating that he didn't care but he was curious to see and sense the magic at work. He guessed that Remus would create a… what was it called again… a portkey. He watched as Remus picked up the belt he had been wearing from his pile of clothes and tapped it three times and muttered 'portus'. Harry had attuned himself to sense everything clearly in the vicinity of his sitting room. He sensed a bit of energy gathering at the wand and released into the belt in a changed form. The change in energy as it left the wand was cosmetic. The base signature was the same but there were changes in the beam of magic. For the first time, he sensed that even though the energy signature of Remus and the attackers seemed the same, the signature of Remus was inconsistent. It was a bit wild and seemed to rage within the body. It was odd since all the attackers were the same. He watched as Remus hit all the attackers with a scarlet beam and made all their hands contact the belt. Then he stepped away and tapped the belt with his wand. As he tapped the belt, the energy or magic within the belt seemed to flare before they all disappeared. It was fascinating to watch and sense the magic at work.

Kit asked Remus as he sat down "What is different about you? You have magic that I can see but you feel different than the others. Your wounds healed in front of my eyes. Is it the same for all magical people?"

Remus was once again in a quandary. How could Kit doubt that he was a werewolf? Had he given some clue to make him believe that he was different? But the main problem was what to tell Kit. He had yet to convince him to acknowledge that he was Harry. So he had to be completely truthful to get Kit to trust him. "Kit, believe me when I say I am not dangerous." He took a deep breath and said "I am a werewolf. I heal quickly due to my condition."

Harry for his part was amused that Remus would think him dangerous. After all he had yet to meet somebody who could overcome him. He replied in an amused tome "What makes you think that you could ever be a danger to me? I can believe that werewolves are real with all that you have said today. So what if you are one? If I remember correctly, they turn psycho only once a month during the full moon. But even then a good thump on the head will knock out even a werewolf. Your furry little problem is of no consequence."

Remus was once again reminded that Kit was indeed Harry. The flippant way he talked about the danger involving a werewolf was so similar to what James had said. He just had to get Kit to admit that he was indeed Harry Potter.

Harry suddenly had an ingenious idea. He quickly went to his workout room and got two sets of free weights and a pile of weight discs. He turned to Remus "Hey enough of the dreary stuff. So Mr. Magic Man make yourself useful and make these weights weigh ten times what they do now. You can do that cant you? I am so tired of doing repetitive sets on negligible weights."

Remus was not sure he had heard correctly. Make all the weights weigh ten times more? Was he serious? But it was good to note that Kit was starting to joke around him. He might be opening up to him. He asked again to make sure "Are you absolutely certain that you want all of these weight pieces to weigh ten times more? Are you sure you can handle the weights?"

Feeling slightly mischievous, Harry asked "How about a bet? You make them weigh ten times more and if I cannot lift the free weights, I'll but you something that you want."

Remus was a marauder for nothing. He was never the one to back down from a challenge. "Ok I'll bite. What do you want if you win?"

"Let me hold it in check. You would owe me one when we meet next. So how about it?" He asked again.

Remus nodded and performed a transfiguration spell in a circle to make all the weights weigh ten times more. At the end, he jabbed his wand at one of the free weights to make it 15 times more heavy. He wanted to win so that he could spend more time with Kit. He felt so relaxed in his presence that he remembered his school days with James who made him feel the same way. There was this calm but mischievous air about both of them. He pointed to one of the heavier free weights and said "Go on pick that up if you can."

Harry shrugged and lifted it up. He guessed it weighed around 75 kilograms. The cheeky bugger had tried to cheat. They weighed only 5 kilos previously but it was somewhat insufficient. This would do for repetitive exercises but for others, he needed more weight. "You sneak. Tried to cheat did you? But you gotta do better that that. This is still not enough. Can you make the other set weigh double and the discs too?"

Remus was once again shocked at Kit's capabilities. He dumbly did as he was requested. He wondered how many more shocks he would get before he left.

Harry got another idea. He quickly got his two favored leather jackets, four t-shirts and a few pants and work out clothes. He thought that constantly wearing and moving in heavy clothing would help him develop his strength and speed faster. Once again he asked "Hey Remus, could you make these jackets weigh around a 100 kilos and other clothes weigh around 25 kilos each? These would help me train easier."

Remus raised an eyebrow and asked "Are you not going over the top with all this?" But he did what he was asked.

Now came the hard part for Harry. He wanted to know more about his parents and this wizarding world where they lived but he had decided to go to Japan for a final stint hoping to learn the Samurai arts. Should he cancel going to Japan and go with Remus? Surely Remus would accommodate him after all this and if he revealed that he was Harry Potter, Remus would in fact insist that he go with him. And he could meet Ginny again. He was afraid to face her again but somehow he felt that it was not yet time to back to his roots. As much as he wanted to see Ginny one more time, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to control himself if he saw he with another man. As much as he hoped that she would have found happiness with another, he loathed to admit that he could not stand to watch her with another person.

So he asked casually "Thank you for all the help. So you can apparate with your wand right?" He waited for Remus's nod to continue "Do me a favor and tell Ginerva Weasley that Ray says he's sorry." Before Remus could wipe the shock or could try anything, Harry slipped behind him and pressed his temple to make him unconscious. He eased Remus on the couch again. He went to his room and entered his walk in wardrobe. He rolled up the rug and lifted the hidden trapdoor. He opened the lid of the trunk that he used to store help fund. This was where he stored the cash he had stolen from drug smugglers. There was only 30000 pounds left. He had kept this for emergencies and this was one emergency. He wouldn't see Remus in quite a while. Besides he still had his war chest in the garage. He picked up the money and closed the lid and relocked the trapdoor before rolling up the rug again.

He gathered Remus's clothes and put them in a carrying cover along with the wands of the death eaters. He put the money inside Remus's shirt so that he wouldn't miss it and carried him and the cover outside. He flew as quick as he could to Ottery St.Catchpole. He hoped that he would not see Ginny again at her house. As he neared the lop sided house, he didn't notice any activity. So he flew down to the front door and laid down Remus gently. He flew back to his house and packed his bags. He left early in the morning with all his luggage to Japan wearing the newly altered clothes.

The next day, 29 June 1999, the Burrow

Remus was shaken awake from a deep slumber. Instantly he sat up startling Molly Weasley. He frantically looked around for Kit or Harry. He swore when he realized what the brat had done. As Molly started berating him for his foul language, he apologized to her and waved away her concerns. He quickly excused himself and picked up the carrying bag lying beside him and apparated to Hogsmeade.

Once he landed, he noticed something inside his shirt. He put his hands inside to see what it is and nearly dropped it in shock. Here were three bundles of notes amounting to 30000 pounds. He stuffed them back inside his shirt and made his way to Hogwarts. Hogwarts would be relative quiet today since end of exams were going on. Students would be busy with studies and exams and the seventh years would be relaxing somewhere since the graduation party was over on the 6th of June.

As he made his way to the defense classroom, he hoped that Sirius was free from monitoring duty this morning. He wondered if he should collect Ginny on the way but he decided to talk to Sirius about it before calling her. He wished the teachers who were patrolling the corridors and avoided the great hall where the exams were taking place.

He gave the password as he reached the defense class to the portrait. The portrait opened to reveal Sirius and Ginny laughing about something. He shouted to them "Thank Merlin I found you both here."

"Why are you so worked up Moony? Did some girl manage to smack you on your ass yesterday and leave you unsatisfied?" He wriggled his eyebrows suggestively as both he and Ginny laughed.

"No time for jokes Padfoot." Remus snapped before dropping the bag and pulling out his wand. He put silencing and impenetrable charms on the door.

Seeing Remus's furious expression and his actions, both Ginny and Sirius sobered up. Ginny summoned a chair for Remus to sit and asked carefully "What is the matter Remus?" Remus was not a person to be angered easily. Ginny had only seen Remus furious once and that was after the Ray episode. For him to be furious, this had to be something earth shattering. She did not know then how right she was.

Remus ignored the chair completely and paced agitatedly in front of the desk. Never the one to be patient, Sirius asked "Out with it Moony. Tell us."

Remus stopped pacing and sat down heavily on his chair. He sighed deeply before looking directly at Sirius "I believe I have found Harry" and turned to Ginny to say "and Ray who said he was sorry."

If the situation wasn't so serious, Remus would have loved to take a picture of the comical expressions on their faces. Ginny and Sirius both asked simultaneously "What… how… where?" Remus knew how sincere Ginny was about her 'Ray' as she had not dated after a brief bit due to Molly's insistence. Ginny had confessed to him and Sirius about her 'assassin' and how much she loved him. Whatever they said, she maintained the belief that she loved him and he loved her. If she could hold on that belief for three years, who was he to dissuade her? This was the reason why he wanted to tell her all this.

"You know I went for some muggle food yesterday right? Four death eaters ambushed me and were ready to kill me before somebody saved me. He dispatched the death eaters without any trouble at all. He did something to make me unconscious and took me to his home. I woke up to find myself bandaged, still am actually. I was shocked to see my savior. He had brownish black hair which was messy and had startling green eyes. Is this not the description you gave Ginny of the assassin?" Remus asked.

Ginny who was listening intently nodded to confirm the information.

Remus continued "I called him Harry but he told me his name was Kit Walker. We had dinner where he polished off more food than anybody I have seen." He ignored the indignant sputters of Sirius "Yes Padfoot, he ate almost two times what you eat." He waited a bit and added "In a day." At their shocked expression, he couldn't help but chuckle. "You have no idea how many times I had the same expression in front of him yesterday."

"I watched him closely to confirm my suspicions so I told him in detail about magic. We never gave a damn for the rules anyway. He was definitely interested in some aspects of magic. Then I told him about the first war and when I got to James and Lily, he seemed to freeze up. As I continued to tell about their deaths, I saw all the emotions pass over his eyes. As much as he tried to hide it, I saw them all. I wanted him to acknowledge that he was Harry so I told him all about the first war and the second war. When I mentioned about the activities of the death eaters, he excused himself and brought back the death eaters he had subdued. I guess it was very far from his house but he came back with in two minutes. What was more astonishing was that he carried all four of them effortlessly and dumped them like rag dolls. You know that even with my werewolf enhanced strength, I would not be able to do that. I asked for my wand and portkeyed them to the ministry. Remind me to go to the ministry to clear it up later."

Remus took no notice of the gaping expressions on Ginny and Sirius. "Then he asked how I was different from the death eaters since he somehow sensed something. I admitted that I was a werewolf and imagine my surprise when he said almost the same thing James had said. You remember what Prongs had said Padfoot? Prongs referred to it as my furry problem and he said the same thing. He even claimed to be capable of handling me on a full moon. He felt so sure of himself too and after seeing what he did to those death eaters, I am inclined to agree."

Sirius was uncharacteristically solemn remembering James and Lily. He never really got over their loss and with the disappearance of Harry, he took a really long time to be himself again. His stay in Azkaban had not helped at all. In some part of his mind, he still blamed himself for their deaths since he was the one who had suggested that Peter be the secret keeper. He shook his head to break away from depressing thoughts and concentrated on what Remus was saying.

"He grinned at me with the same lopsided grin of James and asked to do some magic to make some weights weigh ten times more. When I asked him if he could handle it, he made a bet that he could. Being the marauder that I was, I made one of the sets weigh more than he asked. He lifted it with no problems at all. It must have weighed something like 60-70 kilos. Then he asked to double the weight of the rest of them since it was not enough. After that, he asked me to do the same with some clothes so that he could train. Then when I was thinking how to proceed talking to him, he asked me if I could apparate and told me tell Ginny that Ray said he was sorry."

"Now sometime while talking to him after noting his appearance I felt that I should have remembered something but I couldn't recall it. As we talked that nagging sensation in my mind was more pronounced. Only when he told me take that message for Ginny did I figure out that he was the assassin that kidnapped her. This was confirmed because he left me at the front door of the Burrow. Even if he told me his name was Kit Walker, I am sure he was also the Rayden you talked to us about." He finished and settled down in his chair.

Sirius and Ginny took a while to recover from the massive multiple shocks to their systems. Ginny suddenly got up and started dragging Remus to the door while saying "Come on lets go. What are you waiting for." Surprisingly she was stopped by both Sirius and Remus.

Sirius told her "Wait Ginny, we need to discuss this before we do anything. For one thing. Remus does not know where he was taken. Then another thing is do we ask for help from Dumbledore and the Order? It could make it easier. Final thing is that he is the assassin who kidnapped you. Granted he was quite calm and friendly with Remus but what do you think he will do if we find him? He is more than likely to attack first and ask questions after he has managed to cut us down to a manageable number. You yourself told us how easily he killed the others back then."

"I cannot believe you Sirius. How can you think like that?" Ginny shouted at him while trying to free herself from their grasp. She accidentally knocked over the bag Remus carried with him. Four wands rolled out of the bag.

Seeing the wands, Remus remembered about the money. He and Sirius dragged Ginny back to the chairs and made her sit down. "Ginny I understand and I agree that he would not hurt me or you is he could recognize you." He brought out the 30000 pounds from within his shirt. "You see he even gave me money though I am not sure why. But he doesn't know any others and I don't know if he can recognize you after three years. You have grown into a very beautiful girl after all."

"I know Ray will recognize me. I am positive that we can find him." Ginny protested.

"Come on Ginny be reasonable. You know me. I rush into everything without thinking and am the least patient person you know. Yet here I am trying to think this through. You know it is not one of my strong points. We need to make some decisions before doing anything. Ginny please think on this. I promise you whatever the decision, I will help you search for him." Sirius placated her.

Ginny hrrumphed before conceding. She said firmly "Both of you promise me that this will stay between the three of us." At their protests, she argued "Think of what my brothers will do if they find out. I know that they will be the ones that will be hurt and I don't want that. The Order will probably try to drag him into this war. Granted he can do some unbelievable things and might want to help out, but do you think it is fair of us to ask? What do you think Voldemort will do when he learns that he is still alive? Whatever he is known by, be it Kit Walker or Rayden, people will notice his likeliness to James Potter. You know Voldemort will find out no matter how much you try to hide it from him. I really don't think Dumbledore will do anything special to protect him. So please keep it between us. Please Sirius, please Remus." She begged them.

Remus thought about it and agreed as did Sirius. Remus brought up some suspicions he had about Harry's abilities. "How did he do all that? He did not use lightening as he did in front of Ginny but he was incredibly fast and strong. I am sure he was faster and stronger than any Vampire I have seen. It was still in the evening too so he couldn't have been a Vampire. And how does he do all that. Did he really not know about magic or was he pretending in front of me and had learned some new way to utilize magic to be that fast and strong? He did in a way sense that I was different from the death eaters. Did he sense the magic in me? Could he be one of the fabled Magi?"

Sirius and Ginny pondered about all the valid questions Remus had raised. They discussed a bit more but couldn't come to any possible conclusion. Harry Potter or Kit Walker or 'Ray' still remained mystery to them. They all decided to search for Harry under the name of Rayden since he was more well known by that name in the muggle criminal world. They surmised that he used the name Kit Walker for general walks of life. The each agreed to search and ask in a specific area in London since Remus met him in London. This summer would be hectic for all of them but it would be well worth it if they could find Harry. Ginny had already planned to do so and with additional help, she was sure they would find him. She had already collected the money and had made discrete enquiries about the shady parts from muggle born students from London.

As they were to leave, Sirius winked at Ginny and asked Remus "So Moony, now that my godson was gracious enough to give you money, are you going to finally take Nymphie on a date?"

As Remus blushed, Ginny further goaded him "You know Remus I think she prefers you without any money or clothes." Remus was completely red by now. Sirius and Ginny burst out laughing as Remus tried to deny it all.

August 1999, London

Ginny, Remus and Sirius were tired after searching nearly the whole of London where Harry might have visited. They asked in almost all pubs for anyone named Kit or Rayden. They suspected that some people in some of the pubs knew of him but they never talked. It was as if they were terrified to speak of him. They had also asked in various popular restaurants and shops but they still found no clue about him. Even their fairly accurate descriptions of him didn't help.

Now Sirius and Ginny made their way to the last pub where they thought Harry would have visited. It was called Shoreman's Pub and was located near the London docks. It was a dingy place but it was crowded when they entered. There were all kinds of people there. Like Sirius whispered to her, it was Dung's or Mudungus Fletcher's paradise. People were gambling in one corner. Everybody was drinking and smoking. They saw quite a few arm wrestling matches going on while people around them cheered. There were quite a few females too who were as involved as the males in the pub. There were some young people dressed in weird clothes who had spikes and studs all over their bodies. One thing they all had in common was they all wore leather jackets or bomber jackets. All in all the place was very rowdy.

Ginny was wearing some jeans and Ray's t-shirt. She wore a black sweater over the t-shirt. As she entered, there were quite a few cat calls and whistles directed at her. Sirius made some rude gesture and they all laughed and went back to what they were doing. Ginny separated from Sirius and went to a group of people who were taking bets on a female arm wrestling match. Sirius went towards another group. They made discrete enquiries but they came up with nothing. One or two of them stilled a bit and refused to answer. Ginny was getting really frustrated that a whole summer's worth of searching had not led them anywhere. She was at her wit's end.

As Sirius left to go to the toilet, Ginny made her way towards the bartender for a drink. She was stopped mid way by a punk looking 20 something goon. He pulled her to him roughly and asked her hungrily "What do you say beautiful? Ditch the old sod and lets get wild tonight." People all over the pub stopped to watch the pretty bird who they all wanted and a guy who tried to get her.

Ginny didn't like it one bit and made it abundantly clear by kneeing the bastard solidly in the groin. She was already pretty pissed at not finding Ray and this guy had the balls to hit on her. The whole pub winced when they heard the kick connect. She discretely drew her wand and held it within the sleeves of her sweater and cursed the idiot with a mild blasting curse while she made a show of punching him. He flew back a few feet and crashed on a table knocked out. She raised an eyebrow challengingly and asked coldly "Anyone else wants to try?" For once in the history of the pub, it was dead silent. "Didn't think so."

She walked to the bartender as the people slowly resumed their activities. Sirius came a few minutes later and joined her. Ginny ordered a coke for herself and a malt whiskey for Sirius. Sirius asked her "So did you find out anything about Rayden?"

Ginny replied "Nothing yet but one or two might know something."

Just then the bartender came to them with their drinks and leaned towards them over the counter "I overheard that you are looking for Rayden. I might have some information for you if you want but why do you want to know about him?"

Ginny and Sirius exchanged significant looks and thought the same thing – 'finally'. "I have some unfinished business with him that's all." Ginny told him casually.

"It will cost you though." The bartender said greedily. Sirius passed him a 50 pound note but the bartender shook his head. "No No No, I am not risking anything for measly 50 bucks. It will cost you a lot more than that."

Ginny shrugged as Sirius passed the man 500 pounds and warned him "It had better be worth it or you wont have a pub tomorrow."

"Yeah Yeah I have heard it all before. You want to hear the info or not?" At their nods, he answered "Rayden was a frequent visitor here until 3 years back. After that, he came in here rarely until six months ago. He has not been here since. Three years ago, he was the most successful assassin. He never botched up a mission. He charged pretty hefty sum too. No job was impossible for him. People sought him for some pretty impossible jobs and he did them without leaving any traces whatsoever. Once an employer made a mistake of trying to cross him but he was never heard of again. The employer's boss was so shaken when he found the body in his personal room that he paid double of what he was charged to fend off further attacks. Rayden never poked his nose into others business. He did his job and he got paid. He fought in those pit fights the mob bosses arranged. I hear that he has not participated in them too in the past few months. He always won his fights and never got hurt in any of them."

"There were rumors that he single handedly destroyed the drug smugglers in the whole of London. This was proved to be true a few months ago by one of the bosses who shifted bases to America. Everybody is afraid to deal with drugs now. Rayden killed them all so brutally that the bodies were rarely recognizable. News traveled fast and all pubs were on the look out for him. People desperately wanted to hire him but he was not available. None of the pubs have seen him in the last six months. Many believe that he has moved to some other country for higher money or that he is after other drug lords in other countries. He has something against drug lords and rumor has it that has it that his kid sister was a victim. One of the drug lords was hung in the middle of Main Avenue with half his body missing. The missing parts were found in his home crushed like paper. He is a person we all avoid. You best do it too and forget whatever previous business you had with him. And you didn't hear any of this from me." The bartender moved away to service other customers leaving Sirius and Ginny to think deeply on what he had said.

1 September, 1999 Hogwarts Great Hall

It was the start of yet another year at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Even though a war was being waged in their world, people still sent their children to Hogwarts where they knew the future generation would be safe under the protection of Albus Dumbledore.

As usual for the start of the year feast, the hall was very noisy and students were seated at their tables. This year many changes had taken place in the hall and the curriculum. The main difference this year was that all the auror trainees were also present. The minister and Dumbledore had decided that auror training would be extended to four years and the training would take place at Hogwarts. Since the new trainees were killed very quickly in the field, the training was extended another year so that they could be properly trained to deal with the harsh battles in the outside world. So this year there were a few hundred extra people and the hall was expanded to accommodate them. The trainees had no separate table to sit and were settled in various house tables.

Everybody became quiet as the first years arrived for the sorting. After the customary song sans any warnings, the students were sorted. Just as Albus Dumbledore got up to tell them to tuck in, the sorting hat spoke up again.

"Hear well students and teachers for this will be the first time Hogwarts shall speak. Take heed to what she says for it shall decide the fate of you all." It spoke in a harsh voice.

A soft melodious voice filled the hall which seemed to be originating from everywhere. It said

" Hear well my children for the era of darkness approaches. The dark lord shall usher a new age of darkness. Worlds shall be shattered and rivers of blood shall flow.

A statement from the fates that nullifies all previous prophecies. Heed this statement for there shall be no further guidance. This is your last chance.

Beware… the destroyer of worlds shall arrive to stop the decade of destruction. Mock him at thy life for he shall be the one to bring down the dark lord. Stand not in his way for you shall not survive.

From a race of fiercest forgotten warriors he shall rise above all others. He cannot be controlled for he shall be supreme. He is unique, the unconquerable champion.

The speaker shall befriend an ancient who has thwarted the dark lord. The champion shall be drained to protect you all for he is the only one who can.

The nature's child arrives to herald a new era. She shall hold the heart of the destroyer for she shall be the only one calm him. Harm her and you shall bear witness to the wrath of the destroyer who shall spare none alive.

Two parts of a soul shall merge across worlds to bear my mistress. Once wronged by the champion, their love shall help to usher a new peace.

A previously immortal love shall help them. They shall guide the destroyer and help destroy the hidden treasures of the dark lord.

They shall break away from the two great armies and with the help of the raiders shall build their army. One shall tame the uncontrollable and the others shall help end the war of darkness.

Worlds shall collide and the dark lord shall conquer much of the known world before he can be stopped. He shall gain prowess in magic like none have ever before but he shall fall before the destroyer.

Tear them apart and the dark lord shall triumph. Stall them long and they shall leave you to your fate. Aid them you cannot for they are destined to leave forever.

Now sleep my children for I shall provide."

As soon as that was complete, all the people and creatures in the great castle were rendered unconscious. All of the inhabitants of the castle and the surrounding areas were magically drained by the castle itself to make the necessary changes. The tremendous amount of magical energy was used to raise a war worthy Hogwarts castle.

Albus Dumbledore was the first to awaken for he was the strongest wizard in the castle. He slowly got up and checked him self and found his magic severely depleted. He noted that he was unconscious for two weeks. He quickly enervated the other teachers after deciding to let the students sleep until they could determine what had happened. The other teachers were even more weaker than him but they agreed to scour the grounds and the surroundings of the castle. Dumbledore himself went to his office to determine the status of the wards. The last he remembered was the voice of Hogwarts uttering the only valid prophecy in existence.

After hours of touring the borders and the surroundings, all the teachers gathered in the headmaster's office. What they had found was unbelievable. Numerous buildings had sprung up all around the castle. A giant 50 foot wall had emerged to surround a very large area comprising of many miles. Hogsmeade and other surrounding areas were engulfed within the wall. All the residents of Hogsmeade were drained magically along with all the creatures of the forbidden forest. They found the extremely magical creatures like unicorns and thestrals awake and the rest asleep. Innumerable housing complexes and farms had arisen. Many turrets and towers had risen along the walls of the new Hogwarts. Medieval siege weapons had appeared along the battlements and towers. The whole of forbidden forest was included within the walls. Roughly the walls covered a hundred miles in one direction and a hundred and fifty in the other. A new city had been born.

The main castle too had undergone major changes. The castle had risen a level. The great hall had been expanded by more than five times. The long house table were no more. They were replaced by smaller round tables all over the great hall. New work areas had appeared. Some were dueling rooms, potion labs, huge class rooms and many storage areas filled with many useful things. The armors which were previously stationary seemed alive and were tested to take orders from Minerva McGonagall and Albus Dumbledore. They could move and attack as instructed by them. A great many war rooms were also discovered along with a huge medical wing. All the dormitories were enlarged a great deal. Many meetings areas having comfortable couches and chairs were present in all the levels of the castle. New quarters were also found in the teacher's wing.

The old wards and the other wards put up by the headmasters over the years were completely obliterated. New very powerful wards were discovered. Anti apparition and anti portkey wards covered the whole area within the walls. This was pretty unbelievable because the area consisted of so many square miles. There were a few more protection wards active over the main castle only. Dumbledore also detected a few more obscure inactive wards. Dumbledore was very impressed with the wards. In all his long life, he had never detected such strong defenses. He didn't even recognize few of the wards around the main castle. To construct so many wards, it required tremendous amount of magical power. Dumbledore laid many fears to rest informing them that Hogwarts herself had done this to prepare for the coming dark days.

The teachers discussed the prophecy that they had heard. They came up with so many interpretations that nothing seemed concrete. One thing was for sure – this was now the only prophecy in existence. It spoke of the key players. They surmised that there could be destroyer, a champion, a speaker, nature's child who was the destroyer's love, Hogwarts mistress. Maybe together they were the raiders that the prophecy told them about. But it may include other people too. They thought that these people had to be united for the dark lord to be defeated. They were not sure about taming the uncontrollable part or the joining of two halves of a soul. They guessed that the champion had to give up his life to protect the people in Hogwarts. They were not even sure about the ancient or the aiding part. They were afraid of the consequences if they incurred the wrath of the destroyer for it was said that he would destroy all life on earth. The immortal love part baffled them all. They wondered what Voldemort could consider a treasure since they had to destroy it. The future was bleak before these people arrived to save them. All of them shuddered to think of what Voldemort shall do because it said in the prophecy that he would gain godly powers in magic and conquer much of their world. Sirius was the only one to mention that this was probably the longest prophecy ever recorded.

Albus Dumbledore for his part was very, very relieved. He had made up a false prophecy with the help of Arthur Weasley when he was the minister to give hope to the public. They were the only two people who knew that the prophecy was false. Harry Potter had still been the only one to be capable to defeat Tom. Now with this new prophecy which incidentally was the only valid prophecy, he could hope to defeat Tom once and for all. He would make sure that all these people would be found and kept safe. He would not make the same mistake he had made with Harry Potter. He would keep them all safe within the castle and train them as hard as he could. He was worried about the many implications of the prophecy. He shall have to examine it very carefully with the help of specialists in the unspeakable division. The line in the prophecy about the treasures of the Dark lord confirmed his suspicions from long ago about his immortality.

He was happy with the new Hogwarts city that had sprung. It was a safe haven for all in these dark times and could hold thousands of people. He vowed to do his best until the heroes mentioned in the prophecy arrive.

A/N: I changed the name of Harry from Rayden Masters to Kit Walker. I didn't like it and so I picked a new one from "Phantom" comics that I read when I was young.

Next Chapter: Harry and Ginny finally meet up after five years.