Before we get to the Grand Magic Games, I was wondering if I should change the challenges of the game or not. Let me know in the poll on my profile.
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Recap: The guild hall was silent for the span of 2 seconds before everyone inside the guild cheered and welcomed them home, and Harry had quickly found himself on the ground and in the arms of two people he never thought he would see here of all places.
"Welcome back, mate."
"Don't you ever scare us like that again or else I'll hex you."
The two that spoke were none other than Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.
Happiness was all Harry could feel in that moment. Here were two people he thought he was going to have to go searching for, but now... They may as well have come to him.
"Ron...Hermione... What are you doing here? Not that I'm complaining or anything. It's just..." He couldn't get what he really wanted to say out loud. He wanted to tell them how much he missed them, and how happy he was to see them alive and well and in the guild he joined so long ago.
"What? No 'I miss you guys' or anything?" Ron teased.
Harry shrugged. "You both know I do. It had been so long. I never thought I would see you again," Harry said with a smile and tears misting his eyes.
"You had us thinking the same thing, Harry," said Hermione in a scolding tone.
"It was thanks to me that any of these people had any hope that you and the rest of the guild were still alive," said Ron pridefully. "After all, you are a hard guy to kill."
Harry chuckled, "That is true. So are you going to answer my question? What are you guys doing here?"
"We are two of the new members of the guild. Well, I say new, but we joined with Simon and his sister, Kagura, two years ago," said Hermione.
"You are members of Fairy Tail?" Harry asked.
Ron and Hermione showed him and the others that came back from Tenrou Island their guild marks. Ron's mark was on his right shoulder in the color orange, and Hermione's mark was on the back her right hand in the color blue. Harry couldn't help but show his own guild mark in his right arm.
"You know... all our guild marks are on our right arms," said Harry with a grin on his face.
Ron and Hermione laughed.
"Well now," said Makarov, "I think now is the time we celebrate our return from the dead and give our new members our full 'welcome to the guild' PARTY!"
"YEAH!" shouted everyone in the guild.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fawkes, and Castor were sitting at one of the tables in the guild talking while everyone was still partying. Harry was surprised that a brawl hadn't started up yet, but he's still waiting for it.
"So what happened with everyone else from Hogwarts when you all woke up?" Harry asked.
"Well mate," started Ron, "when we got up, a few of the Death Eaters were still there. We tried to capture them, but they escaped."
"We have yet to find them, but we are still keeping an eye out for them," said Hermione.
"So they are around now too, huh...?" Harry shook his head.
Castor looked up to Harry in question. "What are Death Eaters?" he asked.
"Bad guys," Harry said simply. "Just like dark mages."
"Oooh," Castor said softly.
Harry turned back to his friends. "You never told him about our adventures?" he asked them.
Hermione smiled sheepishly. "He didn't want to talk about it. He said learning about that kind of thing when you're not here makes it sound like you were never coming back and that you were truly dead," she said. "We didn't want him to think that, so he told him what Hogwarts was like instead."
"Yeah mate, you should have seen our faces when we found out you adopted a Malfoy," said Ron. "Castor told us that you took him in when the mayor of the town you found him in was trying to tear down his house. I'm not surprised that you would take in a child after that, but I couldn't help but think what you were thinking."
"I didn't have my memory at the time," said Harry. "When I woke up, I couldn't remember anything other than my name. Besides, even if I did remember, I wasn't about to leave a child."
"That is just like you. Since you recognized us, does that mean you remember most things?" asked Hermione.
"I remember everything," Harry said with a smile. "Got them all back within a year of being trapped in Fairy Sphere."
Both Ron and Hermione tilted their heads in confusion. "What's Fairy Sphere?"
"That is what saved us on Tenrou Island from Acnologia. By the way, that dragon was HUGE. It was bigger than anything I have ever seen." Harry turned to find Natsu. "Hey Natsu! How big was Igneel?"
"Just about as big as Acnologia!" replied Natsu, making Harry's eyes widen. "Are all dragons that big?"
"My mom wasn't that big, but she was close," said Wendy.
"Same for my dad," said Gajeel.
"Wait..." said Ron. "You guys were raised by dragons?"
"The dragons are different from the ones we're used to," said Harry. "They were not only bigger, but stronger and smarter."
"Yeah, Igneel was able to blast the top of a mountain off with just his fire breath!" Natsu said in excitement. "It was so awesome, I wish I was just as strong as him."
"Yeah, we know," said Harry with a smile. He turned back to Ron and Hermione. "So how about you two fill me in as to what happened to the others back at Hogwarts."
"We all went our separate ways. Fred and George* went to their shop after we went back and told everyone what has been going on. They decided to fix everything up, but it seems someone was already doing that. You wouldn't happen to know who, would you Harry?"
Harry laughed, "Yeah it was me. I tried to clean it up and take care of it along with the other shops, but it wasn't easy. I didn't even get the chance to finish with the other shops due to being trapped on an island for 7 years."
"At least it was 7 and not another 507 years," said Ron.
"It was just 500 for me, but yeah...that would have sucked. So what about the teachers?"
"For all we know, they are still at Hogwarts," said Hermione. "I know they left every now and then, but they always return to the castle."
"I should visit one day. I wonder how Diagon Alley is doing nowadays..." Not long after Harry said this, they heard shouting.
"Watch where you're going, flame brain!" Gray shouted.
"Watch where I'm going?! You're the one who bumped into me, ice queen!" shouted Natsu, who threw the first punch. Harry knew what was coming, and so got up from his seat.
"We should go out before it gets too crazy," he said.
"Wait, what is even going on?" asked Hermione. "Shouldn't we stop them?"
"Only Master and Erza can do that," said Harry, and not a second too soon after saying that an all out guild brawl was in full swing.
Ron and Hermione's eyes widened. "We're right behind you!" They left the guild hall with Harry and Castor.
Harry smiled. "Judging by your expressions, this hasn't happened to you while you were here?" His friends shook their heads.
"After we joined, we were too busy making sure that the guild was still standing and not falling behind in the Grand Magic Games. When those idiots in Twilight Ogre showed up and tried to take the guild down, we, along with Simon and Kagura, stopped them," said Hermione.
"So it was you guys that protected the guild and kept it from hitting rock bottom. I was wondering about that," said Harry. "Thank you for that. Also where are Simon and Kagura?"
"No problems, mate. We also tried to help them get stronger, but we're not like you. You would have been a better teacher than us," said Ron. "As for Simon and Kagura, they are on a mission currently."
"I wanted to bring them, our guildmates, to Hogwarts to see if they could learn a thing or two from there, but their magic is so different from ours," said Hermione.
"It's not that different," said Harry. "It is just like when you cast spells wandlessly, but with your favorite type of magic. Like Natsu with fire."
"Dad," said Castor. "Can we go get ice cream?"
Harry had looked down when Castor called him and smiled when he heard his request. "Sure, let's go get some ice cream and spend the day together."
"I agree," said Hermione.
"Same here. I'm starving," said Ron.
"You're always hungry," said Harry, Hermione, and Castor. Fawkes, who was silent the whole time, trilled in agreement with the three of them.
"By the way, I've been meaning to ask," said Hermione. "Is that Fawkes?"
"So Harry, what kind of spells did you learn?" asked Hermione while they were eating their ice cream.
Harry froze, and not because of the treat. He stopped dead, because he learned dark magic, and he knew he was going to get an earful for it. 'Maybe if I tell them about Bickslow and Freed first, they'll understand that it can be used for good too.' So Harry told them how the two members of Fairy Tail used dark magic, but not once used it for evil.
{What about that time Laxus tried to take over the guild?} asked Fawkes.
"Okay, well, they did try to help another member take over the guild, but it worked out in the end," said Harry with a sheepish grin.
"What do you mean they tried to take over the guild?" asked Ron.
"What I mean is... Laxus, the leader of Thunder Legion in Fairy Tail, wanted to take over the guild because he thought everyone in the guild was weak. Natsu was the one to stop him, and in the end Freed also tried to stop him before he ended up killing Natsu. They aren't bad guys, and they learned their lesson. Laxus was banished from the guild, and Bickslow, Freed, and Evergreen were still members, but they no longer had a leader for their team."
"I think Freed was the new leader for a while," said Castor, "but I could be wrong. It had been 7 years since then."
"That is true," said Harry.
"Harry," Hermione started. "Why did you talk to us about two people who could use dark magic in the guild when I asked what kind of magic you learned?"
{Busted...! ~} said Fawkes gleefully.
"I think you already know, Hermione. I learned some dark magic. Like Fiendfyre for example..." Harry said the last sentence quietly, but it was still loud enough to be heard.
"You what?!" Ron exclaimed.
"Look, I didn't remember at the time that dark magic was frowned upon in our time, but it isn't so much now. Mira, the white-haired, beautiful woman in the guild, she can use dark magic too by using the souls of demons," said Harry. "I didn't see anything wrong with learning dark magic, so I did. Besides, every jinx, hex, and curse is still dark magic, and we learned that in school."
Hermione sighed, "I guess you have a point there," she said. "But how did you learn to control Fiendfyre?"
Harry told them when and how he learned to control the cursed flames, and that they are alive. "There is something else about Fiendfyre that isn't taught in a book." This caught Hermione's attention. "I learned through Jigoku no hi Hebi - Hihebi for short - that a controlled Fiendfyre only takes one form, or summons only one hell fire creature, while an out of control Fiendfyre takes on more than one form, or summons more than one creature. Since I have it under control, I can only summon Hihebi."
"Wait...is Hihebi the name of your Fiendfyre?" asked Ron. Harry nodded to confirm his friend's question. "It's a snake, isn't it?"
"Yup," said Harry with a smile. "A cobra to be exact." From here, Harry decided to tell them what other spells he learned from the book Spells for Wand Magic, which he promised Hermione she could read since he was done with it. He also told them how he got to Fairy Tail with the help of Gildarts. He had debated telling them about his first run in with Zeref, but decided not to. He would need to find out how to tell his friends about him. There was a high chance that Hermione had already heard of him and all the 'crimes' he had done in the past.
After they finished eating their ice cream, they went to the park to relax and play hide and seek with Castor. Just as the sun was starting to go down, they had to go home. Harry asked where his friends were staying, and Hermione told him that she was staying at the Fairy Hill, and Ron was staying at an apartment. Harry found out that the apartment Ron was staying in was his old one. He told him as such, which made everyone chuckle. They said goodnight to each other, and headed home.
TBC
A small info chapter. :) By the way, I won't be writing next week, but I'll update 'Natsu Hates it When Zeref is Bored' the week after since that week is Christmas.
*I decided that the twins should stay alive and together. I couldn't bring myself to have one of them killed off.
Fun Fact: I had just learned that 100 Jewels is $1 USD. I wish I had known that a long time ago. -_-' Now I just need to know how much wizard money is in pounds and I'll have everything I need.
Harry: That would have been helpful. :(
Natsu: Could you use that from now on?
Enj/Dark: I think so, because I forget my own money count...whatever it's called, so I believe I can use it from now on.
Zeref: What are you going to do with the twins?
Harry: Have them- (!)
Enj/Dark: *covered Harry's mouth* Don't say anything.
Voldy: When are you going to start the Grand Magic Games?
Enj/Dark: Hmm... I don't think I'll do it next chapter, but the one afterward. The next chapter is going to fill in about how Laxus got back to being a member of Fairy Tail, and who is going to be on the teams. I should have Harry be a member. Meaning I'm going to have to kick someone out of one of the teams.
Natsu: Wait... Since Fairy Tail isn't rock bottom, would gramps still have two teams.
Enj/Dark: Let's say Fairy Tail is... *long pause* They managed to get past the first round, but almost always lost the other rounds.
Harry: That means Makarov is so going to put two teams up.
Enj/Dark: This also reminds me what I need to do for the next chapter. Please review! ^-^