New York: Graves Homestead
Hydrus bared his sharp fangs in irritation as his magical circle faded and crumbled away. He had finally begun his training in using ambient magic and it was by far the most difficult thing he had ever done. A magic circle was a combination of a Runic Array and an Arithmetic Matrix. The whole point in using a magic circle was to essentially make a void. One would either project a circle using legilimency or physically draw it. The circle would separate the spirit particles in the air, making a void where there should be magic. Ambient magic would rush to fill the void and would be trapped within the magic circle and undergo Spell Transformation. Spell Transformation was just taking magical energy and either through incantations or runes, would transform that energy into usable spells. Spells that were powered with ambient magic were known as Extreme Magic.
Since Hydrus didn't know how to use legilimency, and thus couldn't psychically project images, he had to actually draw his circle, and this was the source of his irritation. Nobody who used Extreme Magic was going to draw a magical circle in the middle of a fight, and he was flat out forbidden to learn legilimency. It didn't help his irritation that his mother and grandmother had picked up on using Extreme Magic almost immediately.
Upset that nothing was going his way, Hydrus crushed the ritual chalk he had been using into a fine powder within his fist. This couldn't be the only way.
"Having trouble Hydrus? It's alright, come to Grandma and I'll make it all better." Druella called, beckoning him forth. Hydrus felt his legs move automatically and his heart started to race. Clearly just as excited as he was, Druella met him halfway and scooped him up. She gave him a searing, passionate kiss that left him reeling.
Hydrus narrowed his eyes in suspicion. "Orchid?" He asked, sounding a little unsure. Druella seemed to change, her hair shortened and changed color, her eyes turned murky green, and her stomach swelled with her pregnancy.
"Surprise! It was a good impression, wasn't it? Though I had a feeling you of all people would see past it." Orchid said happily, her tail wagging.
Hydrus misted out of her grasp. "How is this possible? There's no way you're a metamorphmagus. So, what's the deal?" He asked, highly curious. Orchid picked him up once more, using her superior strength to stop him from wiggling.
Orchid had a very predatory look in her eyes, and she was growling ever so softly. "Do you know what happens to soulmates who spend a long time together? They take on each other's attributes. I've gained your shapeshifting powers. Among other things." She said nipping at him with her teeth.
Hydrus was silent. He knew Orchid couldn't hurt him, but she was acting strange. Then it dawned on him. While he had been on punishment, Druella had made sure to keep all of his milk to herself. Since Orchid was a werewolf, she could satiate her hunger by eating the bone marrow of people, but if she had taken on enough of his attributes to gain shapeshifting…
An idea shot through Hydrus like lightning. Orchid had an affinity for ambient magic just like he did. Converting ambient magic into Sun magic was part of how she controlled the werewolf transformation. If he could learn to do what Orchid could do, then perhaps he could finally tap into ambient magic.
A loud snarl from Orchid brought him back to reality. He gave her a kiss on the cheek and Orchid blushed a deep pink. Hydrus rolled his eyes. "She's so dramatic sometimes." He thought. Just as he thought it, the growling came back, and Orchid began to tickle him mercilessly.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean it! I surrender! Cut it out already!" Hydrus pleaded through short breaths. "Not until you agree to fuck me all day! Over a week is completely unacceptable!" Orchid's thoughts slipped through his mental shields like they weren't even there. Hydrus picked up on what was happening immediately.
Soulmates who spent enough time together got each other's abilities. Orchid had his shapeshifting, and probably other powers of his, but Hydrus had gotten her legilimency. Hydrus would've laughed if it didn't come with the threat of Orchid pinning him to a wall and using him all day. He merely mentally agreed and asked his mother if he could take a break and play with the dog.
Bellatrix gave both of them a critical look, before she gave Hydrus a warm smile. "Of course, my love. Just remember to save your energy. You haven't finished making up for our missed time after all."
As soon as Bellatrix finished speaking, Orchid apparated away. Arriving in the bedroom, Orchid threw Hydrus onto the bed and lept after him. She was a maelstrom of kisses and touches as continued her enthusiastic assault.
"Heel!"
Orchid froze immediately, but not due to anything magical. The training she had been submitted to was deep and psychological, her werewolf physiology helped Orchid resist psychic magic. But resistance was not immunity and Orchid had been very well trained.
Hydrus gave a small laugh at the woman's canine like whining. "Eat!" Orchid gave a vicious grin, and using her sharp teeth, ripped his pants off. She began licking at the precum that had dribbled down his length. Orchid's tail wagged happily even as she gagged herself silly on her soulmate's meat.
"I'm close!" Hydrus warned. Orchid sped up her ministrations and was rewarded with a torrent of seed that she slurped down noisily. She had a blissful look on her face as she savored the taste. Orchid licked her lips and lay on her side, motioning for her lover to come here. Hydrus joined her just as excited.
Athens, Greece:
Team 42 snuck about under the cover of darkness. They needed to be careful. The world was a tumultuous place right now, and everyone was IDA's enemy. Even the mudbloods, once they realized the ICW didn't care about helping them in the slightest. The Time Force object that they were searching for was one of immense power if the mission briefing was to be believed.
The object that they were looking for was the Flame of Prometheus and that the Ministry would have an idea where it was.
Once the members of Team 42 were in position, they weren't to do anything else until the completion of Team 13's mission.
A mission to incite rebellion around the country. This country would become the first battleground of the Wizarding World War. All Team 42 had to do now was wait. Once the Grecian forces were splintered and weakened, Team 21 would launch an attack on the city, and that would be the signal for Team 42 to enter the ministry and search for the Flame.
This was the reality of war. It wasn't all bloody battlefields and black ops. Sometimes it was just waiting for death, whether it be your own or someone else's. As far as Sirius was concerned, he had no intention of living through this war. After all, what would be the point? He had already lost his family, his real family, long ago.
Unless Lord Noctis could bring the dead back to life, there was no point in trying to find meaning in suffering anymore.
"Never doubt Lord Noctis. He'll find a way, he's a god after all." Antonin said.
"Stay out of my head!" Sirius growled.
"Then stop thinking so fucking loud! Sheesh, you try to help a guy out and he bites your head off." The twisted man complained.
"Enough, both of you. We're supposed to remain incognito. Black, if I were you, I'd do everything in my power to survive. After all, Lord Noctis is very, very close to mastering Death." Said Corban Yaxley. The blonde man revealed a silver necklace that had a circle within a triangle that was split vertically with a line.
"The sign of Grindelwald?" Barty said, suddenly interested in the conversation. Corban shook his head.
"He made it popular, but it's so much more than that. I assume you've all heard the tale of the Three Brothers?"
"The kid's story? Do you mean to tell me you believe in that crap?" Antonin said mockingly.
"I do, and they're very real. Why else would Lord Noctis send the two of you on a quest around the world for Dumbledore's wand in particular? The three of you weren't there that night in the Dark Forest, but Master Hydrus gained True Invisibility. He's clearly collecting them, and I have no doubt that he will truly master Death." Yaxley said, his eyes brimming with faith.
The others were quiet as they reflected on Yaxley's words. If Lord Noctis gained control over Life and Death, then he would truly be a God in every sense of the word.
"Zephyr? I need you to do something for me." Sirius called. The others gave him a curious look.
"I'm listening." The spirit replied.
"This Time Force object we're looking for, what would happen if Lord Noctis got a piece of it? Like not all of it, but just a bit. Would he be able to work with it?" Sirius asked.
"It's hard to say. Time likes being linear. It doesn't like alternative branches or rewinding. If Lord Noctis were to get his hands on Time, then he would become the True Creator."
"What do you mean by True Creator?" Barty asked sharply.
"If the Time Force were to come into Lord Noctis's possession, he would eventually have control over Time, Space, Life, and Death. Basically, almost everything you need to create planets, or even different universes with their own branching timelines. The only thing he would be missing would be the Order Force."
"What's the difference between a different universe and a different timeline? Sounds kind of the same to me." Antonin asked.
"The Space Force generates different dimensions. Dimensions are completely different universes separate from our own. Time is the sequence of events that happen within that universe. If Time were to be altered, you would still be within the same universe, with the same fundamental rules, but with slight variations to history and a different future. Lord Noctis calls this Parallel Future and it's something he used to be good at before Lumina stole the Time Force." Zephyr explained.
"Steal? How do you steal Time?" Sirius asked.
"It's like I said. Time likes to be linear. The main goal of the Time Force is to have a universal timeline with no variations, something that is actually impossible as long as Chaos exists, which is the main reason that Order and Time team up so much. None of that really matters though. Time is super dangerous, it's the only Force that can consistently stop Lord Noctis."
"If Time is so dangerous, why isn't he seeking to bring it under his control again, why is he seeking death?" Yaxley asked.
"Well, that's obvious isn't it. Nothing other than Death would be able to kill the metaphysical." Zephyr said. The others were left to ponder Zephyr's words as Barty ordered them to be silent once more.
Celtic Sea: Ravens Nest
The real Druella was frustrated beyond belief as she actively tried to not snap the neck of the mud blood who had dared to mouth off at her. The island that Hydrus's pet elf had found had been Ravens Nest, the Black Family Island. Druella was here because there shouldn't be people on this island.
However, she wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. Right now, she needed to stockpile all the magical life she could get her hands on. Still, Druella had her pride as a pure blood and mud bloods speaking to her at all was a huge offense.
Druella sharpened one of her fingers and gave the mudblood a scratch on the face, before throwing it to the ground. Before the disgusting creature could try anything, Druella used one of her many vampiric powers, blood manipulation, to accelerate the wound. Blood gushed from the mudblood's face, knocking it unconscious and robbing the creature of one of its eyes. She had done all of this without ever drawing her wand. Druella licked her lips at the smell of fear the crowd gave off.
"I have been gracious enough to allow you inferior life forms to live on this island, my island, for several years rent free. You may continue to do so, but from here on out there are going to be several major changes-"
"Avada Kedavra!" There was a flash of green light that came from the crowd, cutting Druella's speech short. Unfazed however, Druella merely stepped to the side, dodging the curse, and it slammed into an innocent bystander, killing them instantly. Druella zeroed in on the one that had cast the curse and snapped her fingers. The mudblood exploded into a bloody mist.
Finally drawing her wand, Druella gave it a lazy wave and every single drop of blood in the air transformed into a blood sword that was poised to kill everyone in the crowd.
"I am offering you all the chance to continue your existence! Do not irritate me further!" She shouted, her magic shaking the earth. Knowing they couldn't win, the mudbloods threw their wands to the ground in surrender.
"As I was saying, there will be major changes happening here. The first one being your enslavement." The blood swords transformed into blood shackles that bound their hands and feet and mouths. Preventing them from fighting back, running away, or screaming.
"Actual, real witches and wizards are going to take your properties and if you learn your place, perhaps your families won't be separated. That is all." Druella walked away, leaving the mudbloods laying on the hard cobblestone. She meandered to the town square where Narcissa was waiting for her.
"The locals have been subdued and members of the Church are setting up the wards as we speak." Narcissa said. Druella nodded, barely acknowledging her youngest daughter. She looked around at the little community the mudbloods had built. There were various shops and homes and even a community school, and Druella found it all repulsive.
If this was going to be the foundation of Nocturnia, then this heaping pile of shit would need to be burned to the ground. It would set her plan a little bit but that was fine, Hydrus deserved the best after all.
"When the others are done with the wards, I want them to burn this shitty town to ashes. Once that's done rebuilding can start, but final designs and city layout are to be approved by me first. I want you to build for ten thousand inhabitants, but plan for much more. You know what to do after that." Druella ordered.
"Yes Mummy, it will be done." Narcissa said obediently. Pleased at her daughter's submissiveness, Druella pulled the blonde woman in close and kissed her deeply, rubbing her pregnant belly.
"Good girl Narcissa. Keep doing a good job just like this, and I'll let Hydrus love you again." This was the arrangement between Druella and Narcissa. Her plan was too large in scope to do alone, she needed an unquestionable loyal servant to do the heavy lifting for her. Thankfully, Narcissa had lots of clout within the Church of Noctis, and through her, Druella did too.
Druella planned to transform Ravens Nest into a country. A country for Hydrus to rule and terrorize forever. However, Druella wouldn't be satisfied with just creating a country for her beloved. She was going to make sure that no matter the pain and suffering the citizens went through, they would always be unquestionably loyal to Hydrus.
And to do that she needed a ritual.
Druella had been developing this unique ritual for months. With the light repository on this island, along with her ability to use ambient magic, she had finally reached the power requirement. Now all that was left was the sacrifice.
The sacrifice of ten thousand magical people.
The ritual would act like a powerful blood maledictus curse affecting every single person and creature born with magic. With the completion of this ritual the entirety of the world would belong to her god, Hydrus. Druella was going to give everything to give her beloved, quite literally.
When it was done, and Hydrus held the world in the palm of his hands, Druella would gift him the Black Family ring and happily take her place as a cow, useful for only breast milk, and breeding. She giggled at the thought. Druella didn't care about holding onto power, or riches, or anything like that. What she did care about was Hydrus, and making sure he was always smiling, always happy, and always using her body at his convenience.
Shaking herself from her thoughts, Druella activated her portkey, and disappeared in a mass of swirling lights.
Graves Homestead:
Druella arrived and immediately shed her clothes. There was an insatiable heat in her core as she caught the scent of Hydrus's mouthwatering semen. Making her way into the bedroom, she found Hydrus being serviced by Orchid and Bellatrix. They were both covered head to toe in white gold as they slobbered, licked, and sucked at Hydrus's meat.
For a brief moment, Druella glared at Bellatrix and Orchid's swollen stomachs, envious. Hydrus caught sight of her and smiled, motioning for her to join.
"I'm thirsty." The boy said simply. Druella shoved her breasts into her beloved's face, and gasped slightly in pleasure as Hydrus drank her breast milk. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled the older woman into her lap. Hydrus looked deep into her eyes as he teased her entrance.
"Mine." He said, softly yet possessively. An orgasmic shudder ran down Druella's spine. She placed a wet kiss on his forehead. "Cum." She commanded simply. Druella was rewarded with several sticky blasts of her favorite food. She chuckled menacingly as she felt the others' anger at her interruption, and at their jealousy that she could bring their God such pleasure with a mere command. She sat down on her lover's length, enjoying the filling sensation, and Hydrus's cute moans.
"Fuck! You're doing a wonderful job, Hydrus!" Druella cried out, as Hydrus began to slam into her, fondling and squeezing her large milky breast. Both she and Hydrus were surprised when her tits squirted and leaked warm milk. She didn't have much time to contemplate as Hydrus renewed his assault.
"I'm going to cum inside you!" Hydrus told her. Desperate for more of her grandson's semen, Druella moved faster and was once more rewarded with her favorite food. Her eyes rolled back as she whited out briefly from her orgasm.
The two lovers enjoyed their afterglow, making out heavily as they embraced. "I'm going to get pregnant and make a new toy for you to fuck. I'm going to give you everything, Hydrus. I swear." Druella vowed. It was the same vow she made every day and she would keep making until it came true. Hydrus grabbed and squeezed her voluptuous ass.
"As long as I can have all of you forever." Hydrus said simply. "Of course. We're going to be together forever." Druella and Bellatrix said at the exact same time. Orchid merely rolled her eyes but mentally confirmed. "Good." He said. Hydrus relaxed and allowed the three older women to continue to milk him and feast off his magic.
The morning sun rose, and Hydrus could be found outside practicing his ambient magic. He had finally gained insight on how Orchid used ambient magic. She used a different medium other than a magic circle. Orchid used her body as a way to take in ambient magic. Hydrus had figured he could do the same thing, but it was turning out to not be the case.
When he brought the issue up to Orchid, she had told him that ambient magic could be expressed in unique and individual ways. Hydrus and Orchid had similar soul compositions but by no means were they the same person. How Orchid did things wouldn't translate one to one with him.
He had to find a way to grow and develop his powers in his own way. He wasn't in a rush though. His talk with Bellatrix had helped with his obsession with power. A little, anyway.
Ambient Magic was something Hydrus had been interested in for a long time, and he wasn't going to pass up the chance to practice. This little vacation wouldn't last forever, and Hydrus wanted to slaughter and torture muggles with his mother before they went home.
Hydrus had decided to try and use his shadow as a medium for ambient magic for the time being, at least until he was older and could safely use psychic magic to use his consciousness as a medium.
It was harder said than done, however. Ambient Magic had a different feel to it and Hydrus had no idea how to absorb magic using just his shadow. Not knowing what else to do, Hydrus plopped down in the grass and closed his eyes, trying to brainstorm. Drawing a blank, Hydrus decided to take a nap for a bit until everyone else woke up.