The prisoner

Chapter fifteen: Voldemort goes mouldy and a new threat is revealed

It was organised chaos at Hogwarts. Though how chaos can be organised was a questionable thing in Percy's eyes as he head counted the last of the first years into one of the secret panic rooms hidden in the bowls of the castle.

Each of the houses had a set of panic rooms used for when the castle was under attack from a vastly superior force. For now was a good example, for the last three months was a prime example of organised chaos.

Every week at a random time Dumbledore would activate the alarm signifying an attack on the school and everyone hurried to the panic rooms aside from those in fifth, sixth and seventh years that were willing to fight alongside the teachers, the demi-gods and the Order of the Phoenix.

Harry's forehead began to itch and burn furiously with every passing day and his visions were becoming more and more frequent. With help from Nico, Harry had been able to create sufficiently powerful mental shields to keep the false visions out.

Whilst Harry was focusing on his mental warfare with Voldemort, Nico, Percy and Katie had utilised Nico's shadow travelling ability and with the Order Members launched several raids into Death Eater hideouts capturing and killing several dozen and catching a two members of the inner circle such as Dolohov and McNair. Meanwhile Fenrir Greyback had met his demise with a silver dart charm from Remus Lupin who had been on a raid with Moody, Sirius and Kingsley Shacklebolt.

Now the klaxons rang out in earnest as Harry and Nico detected numerous thunderous bangs and a high pitched cackling echoed throughout the grounds. Voldemort had apparently broken the gates and weakened the wards enough to allow apparition onto the grounds. Harry scrambled to a window to see a horde of people along with several Death Eaters, Trolls and Voldemort himself standing nearly three hundred meters away from the castle.

"All students willing to fight alongside the Order of The Phoenix and the side of the light are welcome." Declared Dumbledore as the First to Forth years filed past him towards the panic rooms. Harry looked to Nico, Percy and Katie and they got their weapons ready.

Harry walked out the front doors of Hogwarts with Nico and Percy flanking him. "So Potter, come to die?" Hissed Voldemort from the back of the Dark mob who jeered and laughed at the Dark Lord's statement, Harry and Nico smiled very dark smiles at the Death Eaters and the Snatchers.

The snatchers were the rather uncivilised mob created to mob muggleborn witches and wizards. "Nope, just come to watch you fuckers dine in hell." Harry succumbed to the power of the Ghost Rider and erupted into the form with the full fury of a hellish storm.

"SERVE ME!" Shouted Nico ramming his sword into the earth which cracked open around him revealing various eras of soldiers mainly from WWII or Roman Britain, "It seems you've gotten better at resurrecting an army cousin." Stated Percy who gulped slightly at the sight of the undead soldiers.

"GET THEM!" Screamed Voldemort and with that the Snatchers and Death Eaters charged across the field to get past the line of defence and into the castle to rape, pillage and kill anyone who stood against them. Harry smirked and ignited hellfire in his hands and pulled his sword into one hand and chain into the other causing them to glow red then white hot from the flames emitted from his hands.

"Percy, a storm would be nice." Percy nodded and flung his arms wide and almost as if he was a conductor a storm blew in. Hurricane force winds raced across the grounds picking and throwing Snatchers and Death Eaters alike from side to side and inadvertently speeding up non-hostile spells so they impacted the oncoming force with lethal force.

Harry revelled in the slaughter stygian iron sword stabbing and slashing and chain whipping, crashing and dismembering all that came within three feet of him. Three Death Eaters were clove clean in half as the whip cut through them. "GET OVER HERE!" Harry growled throwing his chain through another two and yanking them towards him.

"AVADA KEDAVRA! AVADA KEDAVRA! AVADA KEDAVRA!" Screamed Voldemort in frustration as he entered the battle. The three killing curses slammed into Harry in quick succession the first weakened the unnatural hellfire aura around him. The second forced him back into his human form and the third took the boys life as the curse naturally should have done.

As Harry fell to the floor, Katie screamed in anguish as Percy and Nico snarled in anger forcing the storm to increase and more undead soldiers to rise from the ground. Katie raised her shield and sword as she began to hack, slice and slash any Death Eaters that came her way. Katie decapitated Rabastan Lestrange and eviscerated Rodolphus Lestrange whilst Neville grabbed Harry's sword and swung wildly at Nagini who had at this point detached herself from Voldemort and was slithering her way towards the valiant defenders who were slowly being pushed back by the unrelenting flurry of killing curses by the Death Eaters.

The snatchers had by now fled the fight as Amelia Bones and the loyal aurors apparated into the battle. Meanwhile Harry woke up in a white expanse and standing in the vast expanse were Lily, James, Hades, Poseidon, Hectate, Thanatos, Sammael and Zarathos. "Welcome to limbo, Harry." Stated Thanatos causing Harry to smirk at the angel of death.

"Shouldn't I be dead?" Asked Harry causing the immortals to fall about laughing "Not unless you wish to be...Anyhow you are here because your powers are too vast for being a demigod and you are slowly turning into a god. Thus we give you a choice." Explained Sammael, Harry nodded and Zarathos cut in.

"You can either die or go back. However if you go back, you must either sacrifice your soul and become the ghost rider or sacrifice your ghost rider powers and become a demigod." Harry calculated his choices.

"Will, I have both of my godly parents strengths and weaknesses?" The god nodded and Harry made up his mind "I want to remain a demigod." Sammael and the others nodded and began to chant.

"Son we are proud of you." Said James and Lily as Harry began to dissolve into light "Oh and tell Katie we would like her as a daughter-in-law." Harry nodded just as he dissolved completely he heard Hades and Poseidon call out "Tell Nico/Percy they are on our minds and good work."

"HARRY POTTER IS DEAD! SURRENDER AND YOU SHALL SURVIVE! LORD VOLDEMORT KEEPS HIS PROMISES!" Shouted Voldemort at the weathered and battered defenders of Hogwarts. Harry's body had been reluctantly left on the grounds during the hasty retreat along with the bodies of the fallen Death Eaters, Snatchers and Trolls. Suddenly during the speech the clouds darkened and lightning crackled, rain began to lash down as the wind began to scream and the earth began to shake.

Harry twitched as his soul reconnected with his body, as if he was rising from the dead (which he technically was) Harry summoned his sword "Hey Voldemort, father says he'll see you soon." With that Harry grabbed summoned his sword wandlessly and began to spin. Harry grabbed his stygian iron sword in his right hand and calmly sliced through Voldemorts neck like a hot knife through butter.

As Voldemort fell to the floor all Death Eaters began to scream in pain as the Dark Mark faded from their arms and claimed their lives. As the screams reached Harry's ears, black started to roll in and he had a vision.

A boat was in the ocean. It was a cruise ship. On the ship was a horde of monsters and renegade demigods but one in particular that caught his eye. This boy stood in capris shorts and a white polo shirt with a double edged sword made of celestial bronze and tempered steel. 'Luke Castellan, son of Hermes.' Harry thought as Luke knelt before a coffin Harry's heart froze.

The coffin was ornate gold with a hint of frost on it. Inscribe in gold in a language older than greek inscribed on the side of the coffin Harry didn't require a genius to decipher it "Kronos, Lord of Time." He whispered before blacking out.