Holiday Hijinks Part 3
In France Harry, Daisy, and Abigail arrived on the back of Beau and Harry was in his Dragon Booster Form while Beau was in his true form as the Gold Star Class Draconium Dragon of Legend. Daisy and Abigail were wearing their kaiju-hide and mithril armor under their robes and they also had Harry's invisibility cloak with them in the event that things went south. They took a good look and to their shock and horror all of Paris looked like it was under the spell of dark magic. The lights were dimmer than usual, the streets looked like they were filled with debris, muggle shops and businesses were suffering while the magical shops were surviving. The air was so thick with fear that a toxic purple color could be seen and as for the people themselves most were struggling to get any food due to the virus while ethe only ones walking about were the ones that dressed like wizards and witches which was basically people in typical wizarding robes. Needless to say, Harry, Daisy, Abigail, and Beau were shocked and even more so when a black hound and Shadowkhan ninjas passed by via shadows and the Potter Siblings were left terrified.
"This is worse than we feared," Daisy said, "But we cannot let fear stop us now. Countless innocent people need our help so we can't back down now. We have to buckle down and focus."
Harry, Abigail, and Beau all agreed with Daisy as Beau walked with the Potter siblings on his back as they explored the town hoping to find some answers to what was going on. Their search led them to the outside of a manor that looked like it had been bombarded by a massive attack such as the second world war.
"Please tell me that this is not on the same level as World War 2 because if it is then we're in trouble," Abigail whispered quietly, "Let's hope this is a place we can hide because if it's not then we're all gonna be in serious hot water."
As if on cue growling could be heard and it was a grudge hound but this time the hound was leading a pack of robots and it looked stronger than ever. Harry, Daisy, Abigail and Beau took cover behind the house as the robotic squad scanned the area before moving to continue patrolling the city.
"That was way too close," Abigail gasped, "We need to watch our step or we're all gonna fry."
"The thing is where do we go from here?" Harry asked worried, "We have no idea where a safe house is and I doubt a solution is going to present itself so easily."
As if on cue a solution in the form of an ad flew right into Harry's face showing the ad on the paper in question was for that of Kingsman's tailor shop in Paris.
"This is where we need to go," said Daisy, "If there are any answers as to what's going on around here then they'll be in the Kingsman Tailor Shop in Paris."
"That may not be necessary," a female voice spoke up causing Beau and the siblings to turn and see a very attractive female wearing a MEGTAF suit. The woman in question had blue hair tied in a bun hidden under the helmet she wore and said suit did nothing to hide her very curvy and buxom figure, "Forgive my bad manners I'm Coraline De Grandpre nee Arkwright. As you can see I am a dark mage and an Aquatic Arkeyan Sorceress."
"Perhaps you can tell us what's going on Coraline," Daisy asked wanting to get right to the point, "What happened here? Since when is Paris a dump?"
"I'll explain everything but not out here. We are not safe on the outside," Coraline said having cast powerful anti-eavesdropping spells, "Follow me. Your answers await."
Harry, Daisy, Abigail, and Beau followed Lady De Grandpre into the manor knowing they had no other choice if they wanted answers to their situation.
At Hogwarts Castle, Professor McGonagall was heading up to the divination tower to go and get Sybil to discuss Yzma's challenge. She was thanking Merlin that in this life time Professor Milano had talked sense into Sybil when she had been a student and was taking the subject seriously or Abigail Bones would've had to fire her on the spot. By the time she arrived at the Spiral Staircase she approached carefully as if she were on business but once she opened the door she got a huge surprise. Sybil was all fours on a bed in the middle of the class room and her husband Mr. Trelawney a muggle working for Kingsman was naked and plowing her from behind as he fondled Sybil's breasts making the Divination Professor Moan in delight from the sheer pleasure.
"Helga's Huge Hooters not again!" Minerva gasped closing her eyes, "Sybil do you and your husband have any sense of self control?"
"Oh, Minnie calm down," Sybil said, "But you know how passionate my husband and I are. We can't help it. Sometimes the mood takes you."
Sybil and her husband continued to go at it.
"That's a minor issue and I'm glad that you and your husband are enjoying yourselves," Minerva spoke, "But you need to start locking the door. At least you have the sense to clean the class room afterwards. Do you know how many times the rest of the staff walked in on you during the holidays?"
"It can't be that bad," Sybil said.
"30 times," Minerva said.
"You kept track," Sybil said.
"Not by choice now get yourselves cleaned up." The Transfiguration Professor said, "Dumbledore wants to see us."
"Fine fine," said the Divination Professor as she and her husband got dressed and made themselves decent.
In the Staff room the entire Hogwarts Faculty minus Gilderoy Lockhart who was away on an autograph tour to try and raise public morale were talking about the recent events and the fact that as of this moment MEGTAF had their hands more than full. Those among the faculty members who were married were joined by their spouses and they too had a lot to say about recent events. Right now they were video chatting with General Jack O'Neil and he was joined by his Dark Mage wife who also served as his personal assistant and liaison to the Monster Girl communities. Currently the General and his wife were annoyed with all that had been going on as of late.
"General O'Neil I take it this is not a social call," Colonel Bradley 'Blitz' Barnes spoke knowing that this was not the time for any wiseass remarks.
"Actually it's an emergency call so you're right about that," said General O'Neil, "We have a big problem well more like a lot of problems on our hands but a big one mainly."
"More bad news already," Snape said in his usual neutral tone, "I'm not surprised considering a muggle agency has absolutely no clue on what you're up against or who they are facing."
"Severus will you show an ounce of restraint with your usual remarks?" Jackie spoke to Severus before facing the general, "Please excuse my colleague and forgive him for his rudeness. Personally, I would rather leave threats like this to the proper authorities."
"If I were anything like the Arkeyan Weapon Masters I would have you eliminated on the spot for that insult," General O'Neil said seriously, "Fortunately I'm nothing like the Arkeyan Weapon Masters. Even so the subject of the Arkeyan Empire is one of the reasons why we're even having this conversation. A MEGTAF squad found one of Arcanon's Energon Mines and they're ready to move in. the problem is that if I give the order the Arkeyan Weapon Masters will likely attack since Arcanon is aligned with the Malfoys this year and the protection bylaws forbid any action to be taken against them for at least one year."
The staff groaned yet again at how the Malfoys and those who were in the conservative circles of the Wizarding World were twisting the Arkeyan Empire's bylaws to raise the agenda of keeping Purebloods on top and anyone they despised below them and Delores Umbridge was getting more vocal about her views than ever before. Rumor had it that she was considering a new law that would allow the senior undersecretary to hand pick the new Chief of Staff if something happened to the current Chief of Staff which meant that protecting Alaric Bones was more important than ever before but first they had to attend to a more immediate problem.
"When was this information about the energon mines gathered?" Yuzu asked. Yuzu and Pele were present as support staff and liaisons between the staff and Dragon's Peak home of the dragons that shared Pele's mindset of not bowing down to those protected by the Arkeyan Weapon Masters due to their bylaws or in some cases bowing down to the Arkeyan Weapon Masters themselves, "We need to know in order to proceed."
"The information in question was passed to us about a year from today," General O'Neil said, "Why?"
"There we go we have a plan to counter attack or at least MEGTAF does," Pele said seeing confused looks before explaining, "Since the intel on Arcanon's energon mines was gathered before Minnie's breech of protocol then that gives MEGTAF the right to raid the energon mines that were located before the breech of protocol happened."
"Anyone would think that you're telling us this just because you want to get revenge upon the Arkeyans for the suffering they caused you and your entire clan and those you encourage to stand up to the Arkeyan Empire," Margaret Rosenblatt spoke having been informed of Pele's history by Duncan who in turn was informed by the High Chancellor himself.
"While I have issues with the Arkeyans themselves the real enemy is those aiming the Arkeyans at anyone they despise in an attempt to rule the Earth," Pele the Dragon explained, "The ones behind this mess are nothing more than cowardly bullies to take down. They think they're so high and mighty but when confronted with somebody who won't take crap and is capable of fighting back they flee."
"Okay so how is any of this going to help us take on the forces of Darkness?" Professor Wendy Forester asked, "Uncle has already reminded us over and over about what they're capable of."
"Basically, we're going to take a page from the Texas Rangers playbook," yuzu said, "or to be more precise Cordell Walker and James Trivette's playbook when the faced a cartel operating out of north eastern Mexico. Said cartel had a former US Marine helicopter pilot and a state-of-the-art stealth helicopter. Basically, we're going to keep hitting them, hitting them, and hitting them until they have to react."
"Ah Operation Pressure point," Felix said, "My American relatives mentioned that but for more information we might want to ask the Texas Rangers involved with that. Namely Walker and Trivette."
"You do realize that if we are not careful this could backfire in more ways than one," Snape pointed out, "Kai Malfoy is nobody's fool and from what little I know of his relatives and his allies neither are they. What I'm trying to say is that Lord Arcanon is sure to slaughter and butcher the team responsible for the raid along with all of their relatives and target the Arkeyan Weapon Masters themselves for allowing this raid to go through so we need to be very careful."
"For once I agree with Severus and he's right. This is very dangerous," said Professor Burbage, "And I do fear for the wellbeing of the relatives of the staff and field agents at MEGTAF considering that this is one of Arcanon's Energon mines they're about to raid."
"I do know this is very risky but with the Swordfish disk having been placed in safeguard mode progress on the vaccine is slower than we thought," said General O'Neil, "We are so far behind the eight ball it's not even funny. Slughorn is having problems due to the safeguards and once winter break ends and Arisa returns to school the disk will teleport right back to her."
"Then I suggest the strike force be made up of volunteers that have no families of their own," Duncan said as he entered. "Hi, Uncle Jack. And I say it's time to stop pussyfooting around; only take prisoners that surrender, strip the mines of what can be carried easily, then blow them to kingdom come! Leave NOTHING for Arcanon to salvage!"
"Okay that takes care of the Energon but what's to stop Arcanon from simply blowing the miens or hacking the agents into pieces?" Professor Babbling asked, "Arcanon is bound to have runes in place to prevent any muggles or any intruders in general from breaking in or alerting him in case said intruders find a way to get past the runes. He is no idiot."
"Obviously you don't know that our armor is immune to any magical attacks and it's strong enough to stand up to just about anything," Colonel Barnes replied. "Besides, our scouts have already found no such runes or ANY detection alarms of any kind in place. Obviously Arcanon is arrogant enough to think his reputation is protection enough."
"So, I suppose your uncivilized muggle armor is strong enough to stand up to the power of the Star Saber?" Snape snidely questioned, "Or is that armor just for show?"
"The Armor MEGTAF designed was never tested against the Star Saber," Barnes replied, "That said, the Armor can block energy waves from the Star Saber but it was never intended to block the Star Saber itself."
"Which basically confirms what I suspected," Snape remarked, "Your armor is useless against the Star Saber."
"On a different note, Arcanon's got monsters made of negative energy and soon he'll have created minions that feed on the negative emotions of their enemies," Madam Pomfrey said, "That said Margaret, Duncan, and Druella have a solution on how to generate some positive energy but it's very risky. There's also the risk that this could cause Yzma to fail her challenge due to the potential backlash this solution is sure to cause. I'm sure that I remind everyone present about the incidents that occurred over the previous school years before Sex Ed was made mandatory."
Everyone present knew what Madam Pomfrey meant for a lot of Muggleborn girls had gotten pregnant and the school was forced to expel them along with some halfblood and pureblood girls who got pregnant due to blatantly ignoring the rules and also foregoing any kind of protection. The school was also forced to expel the boys who got said girls pregnant in the process if they didn't leave on their own. Needless to say, the Arkeyan Weapon Masters were quite furious at the lack of proper protocol for that and demanded that sex education be taught in all of the schools both muggle and magical and that said education be very detailed and everyone knew the full picture not just was important to both boys and girls.
"I understand the risks and this is very dangerous but hopefully the raids on Arcanon's Energon Mines will allow us to show the world that we can still fight back," said General O'Neil, "Speaking of which I've given the order for the team to strike and as planned I've taken my great nephew's advice about the strike team. I'll also remind them that standing still to be chopped to bits would not be smart," he smirked at Snape.
"You DARE mock me, muggle?!" the potions-master sneered, affronted.
"Professor, it's ME," the General said amiably with an edge of sarcasm. "Of course, I dare mock you. You assumed that seasoned soldiers would be dumb enough to simply allow themselves to be killed just because they're not magical. For a man who is supposed to be so smart, you can be incredibly stupid."
The Vehicon and skeleton miners kept working tirelessly day and night. This was the largest energon mine outside of kaiju territory, and Arcanon wanted it fully exploited. It was now approximately half mined-out, with tons of refined energon stockpiled outside the mine for pick-up, and even more raw energon still inside being processed, and even more still being dug. It was a dark night, with no moon, and two Vehicons standing guard outside...until both suddenly fell from mini-railgun shells piercing their spark-chambers!
MEGTAF vehicles silently moved in. While a number of soldiers began loading the refined energon onto some of the trucks, other more heavily armed units moved into the mine.
"Hurry! They just reported an 'all clear' to Arcanon! We got less than 15 minutes to get this done and be gone!", the strike leader urged quietly.
They reached the main chamber of the mine; wherein they found the refining equipment, the stockpile of unrefined energon, and the branch shafts leading deeper into the mine. A few skeletons were loading refined product onto carts headed outside, more were loading the refiner. There were four Vehicons in the chamber and about a dozen skeletons.
"Snipers, take out the Tall-men first," the leader said, referring to the Vehicons.
"Then we mow down the rest."
The snipers carefully loaded and aimed their rifles; actually, miniature railguns capable of firing .55 caliber titanium-tipped, Teflon-coated, stainless-steel shells faster than the speed of sound! At the drop of the team-leader's hand, all four shattered the spark-chambers of the transforming robots before they even realized they had been hit! As they fell, the soldiers emerged, spraying the surprised skeletons with full-auto fire, shattering their bones like kindling.
"Set the charges!"
High-explosive thermite bombs were set on the refining equipment and into multiple mining carts sent down every shaft. "OUT! Let's go-go-go!"
Moments later, a communicator on the refining machine beeped. "Mine XJ-5-7, report?"
A little over a mile away, the MEGTAF strike leader smiled as he pressed the button on the detonator. "Boom."
The explosion shook the Earth for miles around, the glowing blue cloud could be seen hundreds of miles away like an eerie blue sunset in the middle of the night! Arcanon saw it as his ship approached the mountain range that stood in between them, the light nearly blinding, and the head of one of his Vehicons smashing and imbedding itself into the windscreen he was looking through, it's lifeless eyes staring back into his furious orbs!
Back at the school the Staff and the General had gotten live feed of the events that happened compliments of Professor Paradox who had shown them the video and needless to say most of the staff were shocked but once again Snape had another comment.
"You do realize yet again that Lord Arcanon will not take this insult to him and his operations and alliance with the Malfoys lightly," Snape remarked and as if on cue a massive wave of dark energy strong enough to bring all the staff to their knees and terrify them to the bone could be felt, "Like I said Arcanon is bound to find out."
As if on cue the staff saw the Strike Team surrounded by legions upon legions of the undead, Shadowkhan, and Insceticons and so were the scouts and all the relatives of the scouts and this time the armies of darkness were joined by a massive grudge hound and a giant vulture made of Arcanon's own negative energy and rage.
"How did Arcanon find them so fast?" Jackie yelled, "They're gonna get crushed out there!"
"No, they will not," said General O'Neil, "Just watch."
"Watch what?" Snape snidely commented yet again, "A bunch of muggles getting butchered by Arcanon's forces? So far I'm far from convinced MEGTAF can stand up to whatever ways Arcanon has of finding the teams and the scouts and tipsters so fast."
"I hate to say it but for once Severus is right," Professor Trelawney said, "Unless there's something you're not telling us."
"There is but just watch," General O'Neil spoke as the group watched the scene unfold before them.
Railgun emplacements popped up from nowhere and fired, immediately taking all the insecticons out of the fight! The 'homes of the relatives' all exploded with the Shadowkhan and undead warriors inside, blowing them to bits! Those attacking the MEGTAF soldiers found their attacks ineffective against the Nth-metal armor they were wearing while they in turn were mowed down by the combination of the soldiers' training and weapons.
When the grudge hound and grudge vulture charged in, two 4-foot tall sexy figures emerged from cover wearing an odd combination of female-issue MEGTAF armor and an assortment of gadgetry. Each aimed at a grudge creature, and fired a pink, goopy substance when it was close enough. Covered by the glop, both reacted violently; collapsing to the ground, screeching in agony, and melting away to nothing as if soaked in acid.
"Merlin's beard! What...?" Snape sputtered in absolute shock.
"Agent Mei Hatsume," Gen. O'Neil spoke into his radio, "Please explain for our friends?"
One of the shorter figures, the one with pink hair and a huge smile, smiled into the camera, "Sure, General O'Neil Sir! When Prince Duncan reported his success in destroying that grudge hellhound, that got me and my sister gremlins thinking of ways to weaponize positive energy! THIS is what we came up with; pressurized pycho-reactive ectoplasm! This first batch was charged up by a few days and nights exposure to the love-making of the Demon-Queen Lilith herself and her husband while we built the prototype pressure-cannons!"
"You really put a lot of thought into this," Professor Victoria Bathory said.
"I didn't think Gremlins would be among MEGTAF's staff," Tohru said.
"Of course, they did," General O'Neil spoke, "And don't be surprised that they can do so much."
"But what of the relatives of the scouts?" Jackie asked, "Where did they go?"
"They've been moved to shielded safe houses before the strike was mobilized so they'll be safe from the forces of darkness," General O'Neil spoke.
"The question is for how long," Snape put in, "The Forces of Darkness somehow can find anything and as long as they exist nothing is safe."
"Grease mop is right," Uncle spoke.
"If Arcanon wasn't pissed before then his rage is sure to be immeasurable," McGonagall gulped terrified.
"Which means we're all gonna be in for the biggest fight of our lives," Sprout added scared to the bone of what Arcanon planned to do next.
"And that means we better hope and pray that Yzma Wins her challenge and soon," Flitwick finished scared stiff.
"I know about Yzma's challenge and that brings me to the next issue that I need to bring up and it's from Colonel Barnes," said General O'Neil, "Yzma Milano as newly minted deputy headmistress and the new Head of Slytherin House you swore that you would do something about the discipline since that is on your hand. Yet according to Colonel Barnes nothing has been done about it why?"
"I can only intervene if the students say something," the newly minted Deputy headmistress and Head of Slytherin house said, "But unfortunately they're too afraid to speak up lest they be labeled as snitches and outcasts and you know the muggle saying snitches get stiches. Unfortunately, I've seen too much of that when I was the school guidance councilor here and it's not just them the relatives of those who did speak up wound up in the hospital bed or worse eliminated by the forces of darkness. Basically, with the descendants of the forces of darkness who escaped justice present it's only a matter of time before word reaches Arcanon and the conservative circles."
"Translation Yzma Milano is officially screwed and so is the discipline at the school," Yzma's nephew Felix added. "Personally, I blame everyone but aunt Yzma and the newly hired staff equally since the fiasco of the previous year is a prime example of why the students are afraid to come forward."
All the staff and the headmaster knew full well what that meant but the General spelled it out.
"So basically, Yzma can't do much of anything and Margaret's got it worse because nobody want's to be seen as a squealing pig and slaughtered like one," General O'Neil spoke to which everyone present nodded before sighing. "This is messed up beyond belief."
"That much is obvious but what are we going to do about it?" Aurea Dumbledore head of the Hogwarts Administrative Staff, cousin of Albus Dumbledore and resident Arkeyan Sorceress of the Magic and Tech Elements and Dark Mage spoke.
"We have portraits around the school," Yuzu said, "Magical Portraits yes. Why don't we let them be our eyes and ears incase the bullied students are still too scared to speak up."
"That's actually a good idea and I can't believe I forgot about that," said Yzma, "We could also ask the ghosts of Hogwarts to report such things considering they're already dead and there's nothing that can be done to threaten them other than using powerful dark spell seals to curse them but there is a way. Regardless the students need to know they have the right to defend themselves."
"Yzma's right and there's more I'll have Harry and the rest of his inner circle spread the word for nobody to go anywhere alone, to stay in groups and if they're confronted by thuggish bullies then they are NOT to START anything but defend themselves if they have to and be sure to finish it," Duncan spoke.
"That's actually a strategy that the Arkeyan Weapon Masters employ when somebody is foolish enough to insult them and I would know considering half the school bullies across the planet wound up in the hospital along with all of the offenders relatives," Professor Trelawney said, "But how is that gonna help things?"
"The one thing that throws bullies off is that victims who refuse to be victims," said Duncan, "Trust me and my relatives on this on this."
Little did anyone know that once again the Mysterious Warlord in the Fire Dimension had seen everything yet again and had found the locations of Section 13 and MEGTAF. The Warlord Also sent additional security to all of Arcanon's Energon Mines and also sent Arcanon the location of a device created by Tana's employers.
In Germany Myra and her husband Linus Lupin I were in a museum checking out the exhibits and the kids were with them taking in the sights and sounds since this was one of the few times they were able to explore the muggle world and be themselves in the process. At the same time Myra and her husband Linus were discussing recent events including news that the recent explosion at a mountain was caused by MEGTAF destroying one of Lord Arcanon's Energon Mines and then surviving wave after wave after wave of Arcanon's forces including, insecticons, Vehicons, Shadowkhan, Ghouls, Grublins, and even one of the Dark Master's Golems. By the time the waves were done MEGTAF's strike team was still alive but they had been brought to their breaking point and Arcanon began attacking the other branches of the American Armed forces as revenge for the destruction of his energon mine.
"The news shows that while the forces of darkness can be beaten nobody but MEGTAF is willing to take the risk and even then they were pushed to their breaking point," Linus said, "The entire strike force and the scouts are all on bedrest for at least seven weeks. Even so this proves the forces of darkness are going full throttle despite the fact that MEGTAF held their own. What does concern me the most is the fact that the forces of darkness found the strike team so fast. At first I thought it was the trace but the trace breaks at 17 and the team were made of non-magical."
"Then that means there's only one other thing it could be," Myra said, "People were afraid to say the name of the leader of the death eaters because they feared him to the point that if you said his name he'd show up and eliminate you on the spot and it's the same with the Dark Portal masters that all the Arkeyan Weapon Masters fear. My guess is that it sounds like the Dark Lord's Name is Taboo and the Dark Portal Master that we Arkeyans fear most is also taboo and opposing either of them is a death sentence. The thing is people are afraid of the forces of darkness for a reason and even more so than us Arkeyans when we're pissed off beyond measure which means the people of this planet better watch what they say literally."
"Well, that's just great," Linus sighed, "If the Taboo's active then we need to know what triggers it and more importantly how we plan to break said taboo."
"That I don't know," Myra replied, "But I'll tell you one thing we should be thankful that there isn't a taboo for insulting or disrespecting toad face Umbitch in anyway shape or form or half the ministry would be in the hospital by now."
"That's true but you have the star saber and normally I would suggest using it to eliminate Arcanon and his organization and allies would be simple but Arcanon's base is hidden and cloaked so we have no way of finding it," Linus continued, "But that's the least of our problems." I don't need to tell you what our grandkids told us what's going on at the school as of late."
"The forces of darkness are getting bolder by the minute and there students from non-magical families found all of their relatives beaten within an inch of their lives for squealing like pigs," Myra sighed as she replied, "In fact one of the students had their relatives turned into squealing pigs, rats and stool pigeons at the hands of one of Arcanon's top lieutenants. We had to get one of the curse breakers to reverse it but it took everything they had to undo the curse and they got burned badly. Clearly Arcanon's sending a message that breaking any curses casted by him or his empire is a dangerous mistake and he will pay them out for it."
"We used Arcanon's name but people don't fear him enough not to say his name even though you Arkeyans are dead terrified of him," Linus spoke as Myra nodded in confirmation, "I'm just gonna say that the Dark Lord's name is the name that's been made Taboo while crossing, opposing, or insulting the Malfoys, Arcanon, or anyone related to them or their allies. Unfortunately, from what little I know about the Taboo the only way to break it is to eliminate the caster and this taboo curse is linked to the curse upon the position of defense professor at Hogwarts which means the curse is not going anywhere until You-Know-Who and the caster of the taboo curse are dead. Still the bright side is that once Yzma wins her challenge the brotherhood can go full force on Arcanon's army and if we're lucky eliminate You-Know-Who in the process."
"That's why we need to make sure we present enough of a case for Yzma's defense," said Myra, "With You-Know-Who being the Heir of Slytherin and him having found a way to return to Hogwarts due to the wards destruction he's likely using one of Yzma's grandchildren as a vessel to open the Chamber of Secrets and unleash the Basilisk within to attack. At this point my boss and the other seven Governors of the Arkeyan Empire will not tolerate a third attack and I need not remind you what'll happen should any students die during Yzma's challenge."
Linus did know what that meant, which also meant that Yzma would need all the help she could get from Duncan to present a strong case regarding her challenge.
Back at Potter Island things were not going as well as Kenny was chatting with the rest of his foster relatives about the Swordfish Spirit and the state of Japan and Mainland Asia.
"Just when we thought the way was clear and we were making progress we find Arcanon has caused even more problems for his enemies and for us," Isaac sighed, "And now we get news that a soon as anyone opposes Arcanon in anyway shape or form or those he's allied with the taboo triggers."
"I wouldn't be surprised if You-Know-Who had his name tabooed," said Cordelia, "The only ones brave enough to say his name are also the only ones brave enough to stand up to him. It's a great way to hunt down his enemies along with all of his enemies relatives and scare everyone else into submission."
"So, what are we supposed to do about it?" Charlus asked, "If we can't even say his name without risk of triggering the taboo and being thrashed by Arcanon's armies we're doomed."
"Perhaps not," Abraham said, "Cho and I spent some time studying together in the library and I think we figured out something that can help. The Fidelus Charm should be able to protect any property from the effects of the Taboo. Perhaps that can inspire hope."
"Speaking of inspiring hope all of our efforts to do so are not going well," Kenny said, "Arisa refuses to deactivate the safeguards around the Swordfish Spirit and the MCDC refuses to let a civilian into the lab where they're working on the vaccine and once winter break ends the disk will return to Arisa's hands which means we're back to square one."
"All we can do is hope the positive energy helps but regardless the big cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong are bound to be homes to issues and that means more negative energy and Arcanon's bound to find other ways to harness that negative energy and unleash it in multiple forms," Ryan pointed out as the rest of the Potters nodded but little did they know that Arcanon had already done exactly that and even found a way to use MEGTAF's own slime against them.
Back in France, Harry, Daisy, and Abigail Potter were discussing all that their host Coraline had told them about the state of France and it's magical community and ministry. Basically from what they and Beau could make out France was in dire straights.
"Let's review what we know so far," said Harry, "The Forces of Darkness have put all of France and by extension Europe under their Iron Rule and belief of magical superiority."
"And anyone brave enough to stand up to any signs of pureblood supremacy winds up dead," said Daisy, "The Forces of Darkness have routed the network of supporters of the GFMC and they've been forced to flee from the monsters created from the negative energy that's been generated. Fortunately the Assassin Dens are still holding up but we don't know for how long that will be."
"We also know that a virus has forced the entire Veela population into hiding because while Coraline does not understand Veela powers and Veela biology enough to give an exact explanation she does understand enough to give a good guess about why said virus was casted, "Abigail said, before continuing to explain, "However if she had to guess then she'd say that something related to the Veela would normally be able to keep such monsters and such negative energy from even showing up in France at all. Regardless, this just means we need to talk to Arisa about the Swordfish Spirit. Perhaps we can get her to give France some relief from this until we get the vaccine created."
"True and I keep thinking that would be the best idea but while the Swordfish Spirit may clear France of the Virus the negative energy remains in many forms and shapes," Harry pointed out, "Marissa warned us that the Walrus had friends all over Surrey when we started school which based upon the observations of the Assassin Brotherhood any member of the staff at the primary school we went to who reported our case wound up fired by the headmaster."
"That's a good point," Daisy said, "Why do you think I told Marissa everything about the abuse the Dursleys put us through?" She knows how to get abuse cases looked at by the Assassin Brotherhood which means walrus butt feel and fell hard on his fat ass."
"And since we're safely inside the De Grandpre manor perhaps we had best call Duncan and ask him to look around and bring Arisa in the process," Abigail suggested as she found the controls to Coraline's ground bridge which she activated by accident, "Oh boy."
The Ground Bridge activated and to Harry, Daisy, and Abigail's surprise the very person they were talking about emerged from the Ground Bridge Vortex, Arisa Shiba.
"Harry, Daisy, Abigail this is unexpected," Arisa said surprised, "I wasn't expecting to run into you. I take it you want something from me. Your cousin Kenny already is in some hot water of his own."
"basically we need the Swordfish Spirit to wash away the virus that's covering the continent," Daisy said, "Once that's done the rest will handle itself."
"Absolutely not," Arisa said firmly with a ferocity that she used against Kenny, "I already lost the Swordfish Spirit once and I had to fish for it twice so the answer is not going to happen. Ever. If you want the fish you'll have to wait since I don't have it."
"If you don't have the swordfish Spirit the spirit then who has the fish?" Abigail asked.
"Some bigwigs from a facility showed up and outright demanded I hand over the Secret to deactivating the safeguards I put on the disk for the Swordfish Spirit," Arisa said, "Naturally I told them to fuck off or I'd set the full wrath of the entire Shiba Samurai Clan upon them."
"Wait a minute," Daisy said confused, "Did you already give the disk to our cousin Verity?"
"You think I'm a fool to leave the swordfish disk vulnerable?" the Eldest of the Shiba children at Hogwarts said, "I risk retaliation from the enemy."
"Well in that case we need to come up with a way for us to fight back against he who must not be named," said Abigail, "And by the way I only called You-know-who that instead of saying his name because our year mates from magical families are too afraid to say his name. if we were to return to the library we might find answers since I suspect Grandma Dorea would likely want to find a way to fight the forces of darkness no matter what form it takes."
"Well, if that's the case then the library at Potter Manor should have the answers we need on how something like this is happening and how to block it," Harry said, "But none of that will be of much help at the moment."
"Maybe not but I can at least do this," Arisa spoke summoning the Swordfish Spirit Dish in her hand before using her bow and all the power she had to fire a shot into the Skies of France to cause a massive rain storm, "That should wash away the virus but now I have to go into hiding since washing away the virus will incur the wrath of our enemies and armies upon armies will spread the virus faster than before not to mention scour the land in search of eliminating me and the swordfish spirit."
Arisa returned the disk to Abigail and opened a ground bridge to get the potters back to where they arrived but before she could do so she passed out on the ground.
"I guess using the Swordfish Spirit like that to cover all of France in it's oceanic purifying powers took all the power Arisa had," Abigail spoke, "Which means we need to get Arisa back to Potter Island at once."
Daisy and Harry agreed as Beau arrived to mag all four of them on his back before stepping through the ground bridge portal to return to the safety of Potter Island.
Author's Note: Sorry that took so long. Real life and writing got in the way but I'm back now and ready to bring this story to a close. Thank you that is all. Please read and review.
