Chapter 6-The new darkness of 2nd year
In the surprising empty throne room of the Outworlds Dark Lord Shao Kahn, a silver bearded figure and a ghost white figure exited a portal from their dimensional jail, their names: Albus Dumbledore and Quan Chi. Where the later looked around frantically, before realizing that they were along and then commented, "You should be more careful Albus, this is the throne room of the tyrant lord of Outworld and he's fifty million times worst than Gellert was, as well as 100 million times worst Voldemort," then he took a breathe and finished, "And he is also an all powerful Demigod," (Shao Kahn is more half-god than full-god in my opinion) "Come now Quan, this lord can't be that bad? Voldemort had plunged Britain into the dark ages," Albus responded, which was retorted by a new arrival, "I'm worst than that sorcerer, allow me to show you," before Shao Kahn bellowed, "SEIZE THEM," as his guards, dutifully followed his orders.
While in the Lin Kuei training room, Steven and Jade were sparring, getting ready for the next, up and coming Mortal Kombat tournament, with Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, whom the latters had been entered into, while Harry was off on a visit to the Weasleys, as to not disturb their training. At the Burrow however, Ginny was writing in her dairy (not the Riddle one) about the year before and what she'd hope for the year to come, Ron was asleep, Fred and George were blowing things up and Percy was looking threw his new books on Outworld magic, while Molly was looking threw Jade and Harrys recipe books, with Arthur at work.
Meanwhile in the manor of the Malfoys, both lady and lord Malfoy were appalled, as their heir filled them in on what happen during the school year just gone, though they were appalled for 2 different reasons, Lucius was appalled because: His son – his noble blood was outscored by the mudblooded students and also of the disrespect that Dumbledore shown towards the elder gods and Raiden, while Narcissa was appalled because: of the depths Dumbledore would go to manipulate people for his own benefit and power, so from there they both filed for their son to be transferred to Durnstrang, a pureblood only school to finish his education.
Then with Severus Snape, whom was now taking in stock that: his job is no longer secure and began to look at his options; treat the son of his grudge fairly (as well as the non Slytherins) or resign. Several days later the option of resigning became more appealing, when a position opened in Defense Against the Dark Arts at Durnstrang, Institute of Magic, which pays better and frees him from any of Dumbles plan, so he ran off his resignation to Hogwarts and written an application to Durnstrang.
Now half way into the summer, Harry and his friends began to spend more time with each other, while most of it had been with Harry and Hermione (via Letters) torturing Ron into doing his homework, so they could have fun, Harry however spent more of it with Ginny (whom asked if Harry could teach her the basics in the Art of Lin Kuei) and training himself for the tournament he'd be legally allowed to enter at 16 years and so that left Hermione and Ron arguing about Rons homework more often. Then a week into June, Harry was seen training Ginny in the final basics of the Lin Kuei, while Ron whom finally got some of his homework done, was starting to pester the Defenders of Earthrelm to a chess match, meaning he was challenging: Striker, Jaxon, Remus and Raiden, and the other Weasleys were either studying for the next school year or still making things blow up.
July 1st came up and went, with Neville and Hermione visiting the temple, when their Hogwarts letters arrived earlier than last (McGonagalls new policy to give them more time to purchase their supplies and choose their electives when needed), they then made plans to meet up in Diagon Alley sometime during the coming weeks, so with that planned Molly, Hermione and Harry finally got Ron to start more of his homework, though he was grumbling about how it was unnatural for a person to work on a holiday, while Ginny, Percy and the twins enjoyed their holiday (the twins while Molly never realized had finished their homework, because they had not want their mum to yell at them [also they knew that if they got their work out of the way it would free up their holiday]).
Then finally with the Outworlds group of Dumbledore and Quan Chi, who were now hanging by their ankles, in a dungeon of the Kahn's castle with another, he was Shang Tsung a sorcerer under the former employ of Shao Kahn and now failure, now you may ask, 'Why'd he fail,' he lost in the Mortal Kombat tournament way to many times, to count and therefore in the dungeons. But however back to Harry and his friends, in Diagon Alley, which Harry and Ginny traveled there via a flurry of emerald and ruby snow, while the rest used the Floo network from the Weasley with: Jade and Molly chaperoning, where the children were collecting their new supplies, and Ginny. crafted wand: a 11½ inch Birch with a core of Yeti fur suspended in Anka tears and scale shavings of the ice ring dragon; Hyorinmaru, this the shopping trip went off without a hitch and the group was finished in a reasonable amount of time.
After the shopping trip to Diagon Alley, meeting of the Wizengamot was convened and it started with Dumbledores replacement: Bartimeus Crouch Sr. banging loudly on his gavel ordering, "Order, Order," to call an immediate attention to the lords and ladies of the wizarding world, before continuing with, "Now the first topic of address is the appointment of Lord Sirius Orion Black and Steven Saibot Zhang, to the Wizengamot seat of Black and Potter, first to the seat of the Most Ancient and Noble of Potter all those in favor say, 'Aye,'" which was met by a shout of, 'Aye,' 80 percent from the members, with part of the 20% against being followers of Delores Umbridge and Cornelius Fudge (as they had not believe a muggle had a right to be here [neither knew of the Defenders of the Realm]), to which Barty barked, "Motion approved," as he smacked his gavel to its base, while Steven took his seats and waited for the rest of the meeting went on the way. After Steven was seated, Sirius Black was called to be sworn in with Crouch saying, "All those in favor of returning, Sirius Orion Black to the seat of the Ancient and Noble Family of Black, say Aye," and this time got a seventy five percent of Aye from the court, while the last twenty five percent of court protested, 'Nay,' as they would loose a hell of a lot of power and money (Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle, Nott and other Death Eater family.)
During the meeting of courts, Harry and his Friends were at the Lin Kuei temple, sorting threw their trunks for school (Hermione [She's going to come to the Lin Kuei first then head to the station], Harry, Ginny and Neville) or having a chess match (Ron and Remus), while the twins and Percy were either making stuff blow up or reading, before it came time for the Weasleys and Hermione to leave. While they went their separate ways, Raiden had been called to the council of the Elder Gods, where he had learned that the Mortal Kombat Tournament was to begin during the Christmas Holidays of this year and the coordinator was to be Shang Tsung.
3 weeks went by and it was time get ready for Harry's birthdays, as well as Neville's, so with the decision to have both birthdays on the same day, the whole gang was invited to the Longbottom Family estate. Then on the 30th of July, the Longbottom Manor was abuzz with: family, friends and a few teachers mixed in with the Politics (or at least the ones that have a beneficial alliance with either: Potter, Black, Longbottom or Weasley) all of which had varying subjects on conservation and debate (adults) and while the Kids were having fun with the kids games, both: Muggle and Magical.
Soon it was time for the presents to be opened and what Harry and Neville got as the shared presents were: extra subject course books, books on Magical Law and guides on Careers and their Requirements, while separately Neville got: rare magical plants, wand crafting kit, books on rare mundane plants and his father diary of homemade spells, and Harry received: books on Runes, sword enhancement seals and the Marauder hand guide to become an Animagus. Then it wasn't long after the presents were opened that the banquet on a dinner was served.
Now after a dinner of royal proportions, Harry and his friends returned to their games, while the adults talked about the weeks that had gone by, to which they had conversed on many subjects and finally landed on the topic of the kids education (and Dumbledore), while going threw new laws and acts that were placed with, "I cannot believe how much reckless abandon Dumbledore displayed," Molly stated, absolutely frantic, "I mean to go against the gods, regardless what the situation is," she ended as she slumps over in defeat, while Arthur swings an arm over her and replies, "I don't know Molly!" in a quite murmur, as he continues with, "I just don't know, its like he doesn't believe in their abilities protect them," as he looked over to Augusta and the Zhangs, their faces showing a myriad of emotion, before Arthur ends with, "I mean these are the beings whom grant us the use of magic," in a knowledgeable way, but then Augusta goes, "True but Dumbledore had always had to be right, even when dead wrong," knowingly, like she'd expected this to happen, while the others looked at her.
While now in the Outworld palace dungeons, Dumbledore was finally able to free himself from his bindings with a well placed unlocking charm, fired threw his finger, before he slumped to the ground, returning to his feet and then running the portal room, with one thought in mind, 'I must return to earth, before my power is usurped,' while leaving Quan Chi and Shang Tsung behind. Then back at the Longbottom Manor, Neville was saying goodbye by to his friends and thanked him for their presents and the presents, while all of them were unaware of the danger lurking.
Evil Cliffhanger Spell.
