Okay, from the AN that I had put up last week, I got a few reviews from it, and they confused me. They were saying, "Great idea! It'll weaken him!" Something like that. However since I was talking about Zeref, I thought that they meant Zeref will be weaker or something. I'm not too sure if that is what you were talking about, or not, but let me say something. If Zeref's demons die, it'll only make Zeref stronger, not weaker. Zeref's life force is infinite as of right now, so that would never bother him. As for his magic, I think that when his demons die, he magic has no reason to keep pumping into them, so they just go right back to Zeref.

PS. I don't want to weaken Zeref. He plays a big role in the story. I'm not telling you what it is; you all will have to find out toward the end of the fanfic.

PSS. If you were talking about Voldemort somewhere in there, he can't get any weaker. Harry had more of Voldemort's soul than the dark lord himself before Harry got rid of it. Now the reason I brought all of this up was because all I wanted to know was if I should count a kill from Zeref's demons, like if they kill some mage, to Zeref's body count. But I decided on my own that I'm not doing it, because they have a mind of their own.

That is all, enjoy the chapter! :)

16

"Harry Potter?" Harry froze when he heard a male voice call his name, but didn't recognize it. He searched the room, trying to find the one who spoke, only to find no one. "Look over to the pictures," the voice called out again. Harry did as told and saw the pictures, and realized one thing they all had in common: they can all move.

Harry stared for a few moments, knowing that he remembered this kind of magic already, but to see it in person after such a long time is a bit of a surprise. He shook his head to clear it and look back at the pictures. All, but one, were asleep, so Harry guessed that the old man that is awake and looking at him is the one that called his name. "Who are you?" Harry asked, feeling like he should know this person, but couldn't place it.

The portrait sighed, "I'm not surprised that you don't recognize me, but it is I, Draco Malfoy." Harry looked on in shock. Why was his long time rival so old? Draco glared at him. "What are you staring at?!"

Harry snapped out of his shock, and answered, "Sorry, I'm just a bit surprised, you're older than I remember. Why is that?"

Draco scuffed at the answer. "Why do you look the same? Then again, you and everyone that fought 500 years ago just all vanished into thin air, including Hogwarts. You were all declared dead when they found nothing."

Harry thought over what he just heard before answering. "There was a fight?" he mumbled quietly. The more he thought about the fight, the more sorrow and pain he would feel, as well as flashes of light which he knows are spells flying around him. "Sorry, but I don't remember much of then. My memory is fuzzy, but some are clearing up," he told Draco.

"Do you know what happened to you and everyone else at least?"

"Fawkes told me. He said that the Dark Lord used a spell that he didn't understand, and it trapped everyone inside. It was some kind of time freezing spell," Harry explained, and watched as Draco processed what he heard.

"Okay, I don't fully understand, but I do have a theory as to why everyone and Hogwarts disappeared. I don't think it just stopped time, but more like sent you into the future. Or it could have something to do with the barrier that no one could get passed."

"What barrier?"

"After you all vanished, witches and wizards searched the grounds, but they were stopped by some force field. It was similar to your invisibility cloak, but not at the same time." There was a pause before Draco said. "Please continue."

"Well, the spell put us all to sleep, and was supposed to last for 507 years before it let up. However, the Dark Lord and I got out sooner. I got out a week after him. Fawkes doesn't know the real reason for it. That's all I really know."

"Hmm, how long have you been out now?" Draco asked after he thought a bit.

"Almost a year now," Harry answered.

Draco nodded his head. "I see." He stayed quiet for a moment before adding, "What are you planning on doing with Castor?" he asked protectively.

Harry was a little thrown off with the topic change, but answered nonetheless. "I plan on adopting him. He's too young to be living on his own. Besides, I think I owned your family. …That reminds me; how is it you weren't affected by the spell?"

Draco was surprised by both the answer and the question. "Well, if anyone adopts Castor, I would rather it be you then just anyone. As for not being stuck in time. I and my parents ran away in the middle of the war. We wanted nothing more to do with it. We knew that the Dark Lord would lose, so we ran and went into hiding," he replied.

Harry nodded in understanding. "Okay, thank you for telling me." He looked at the clock that is on his desk that said that it's almost past dinner time. "I have to go. I need to make dinner for Castor and I. Fawkes can take Edge and Dash out to hunt. I'll talk to you on another date."

"Right, you better take good care of him, if not I'll find a way to kill you from within this painting," Draco said with a snarl.

"Don't worry I will. Later." With that said, Harry left the room, into the kitchen, cooked dinner, did everything else that he and Castor needed to do to get ready for bed, and slept the night away.

The next morning, Harry made breakfast for Castor and he while Fawkes went out hunting for the others. Every now and then, Castor would give a piece of bacon to his familiars while they waited for their meal to arrive.

Not much longer did it take for Fawkes to come back with 2 rabbits clutched in his talons. He gave one to the cat and owl, and kept the other for himself. The two were smaller than him so they were able to share their food. Dash was a tabby cat, and Edge is a greater sooty owl, also known as a black owl, or dusky barn owl.

While Fawkes was about to eat his bunny, he turned to the two humans in the room. {Before I forget, Erza and Natsu are about to start their fight,} he told them, or more like Harry since he's the only one that can hear him.

Harry told Castor what Fawkes said, and also said that the two soon-to-be-fighters made a deal before they went to fight Eisenwald. Harry told him while they eat dinner last night about some adventures, and told him the rest of what happen with Lullaby today.

"Can we go watch?" Castor asked with hope and excitement in his grey-blue eyes.

Harry smiled at this. "Yeah, we can watch. Are you done eating?" His charge nodded his head. "Then I'll put the dishes in the sink and spell the sink and cleaning tools to clean the dishes. The spell will end when they're all done," Harry explained. It happened a while ago, when he and Mira had a lot of dishes to do. So, Fawkes told him of a cleaning spell that someone of a mother figure to him used a lot. Harry asked if he could teach him, so the phoenix did. Ever since then, Harry would use the spell when there are too many dishes, or for occasions like the one they're going to, and don't have time to wash the dishes himself.

Fawkes, Edge, and Dash go with their masters to watch the fight. Fawkes deciding that his rabbit can wait a while, and so the other two animals followed his lead.

Harry, Castor, and their familiars made it to the place the fight is going to happen. It wasn't hard to find since there is a huge crowed surrounding the two fighters.

"We're in luck, they haven't started yet," Harry said.

"I can't see them," complained Castor. Harry bent down and picked him up and put him on his shoulders.

"Better?" he asked, and Castor nodded.

Erza requipted into her Flame Empress Armor. 'What does that do?' Harry wondered.

"Flame Empress Armor; that cuts fire attacks down by 50%," someone from Fairy Tail said, unknowingly answering Harry's question.

Harry returned his focus onto the fight that just started by Natsu making the first attack.

The Fire Dragon Slayer charged at Erza with his right hand alight with fire and threw the punch at his opponent. Erza blocks the attack with her flame sword, and pushes him back by kicking him in the gut. Natsu grunted at the force of the kick, and gets ready for his next attack.

Natsu and Erza exchanges blow after blow with Natsu's flame and Erza's blade. The S-Class mage sent fire at Natsu when she saw that he was tiring out; Harry realized that she must be having too much fun for this to stop yet, because she knows that Natsu is just going to eat the flames, which is what he does.

Natsu was about to send a Fire Dragon's roar at Erza, but a loud clap stops everyone from cheering and the two fighters from fighting.

Harry, along with everyone else turn to see who it was, and saw a frog being.

"This fight is over!" the frog called out. "I'm a messenger by the Magic Council. Erza Scarlet, you are under arrest."

Everyone was shocked speechless. Castor on the other hand was confused. "What's going on? Why would a frog arrest Ms. Scarlet?" he asked.

Harry turned his head up to look at his charge. "I'm not sure. She didn't do anything wrong. Not that I know of anyways," he replied.

When they arrested Erza, Natsu was about to stop them, but Harry had to stop him from doing something stupid. "Prohibere!" he called out. When the spell hit Natsu, he stops dead in his tracks. The why Natsu froze up from the spell reminded Harry of a girl he couldn't remember the name of, who was paralyzed and lying on a hospital bed. He couldn't remember how or why she was like that. All he knows was that this bushy-haired girl was a friend of his.

The frog and whoever it brought with it took Erza away, and Harry asked Fawkes to carry Natsu back to the guild hall for him.

When they all got there, Makarov asked Harry if the spell on Natsu will wear off, and the green-eyed teen said yes, he just doesn't know how long the spell last. He said that it depended on the mage.

Natsu feels the spell that Harry put on him wear off. Once he was able to twitch his whole body, was when he knew it was time to sneak away. He looked around, and saw that no one was looking. He crawls under the tables to get passed everyone, and out the door.

Harry was sitting at the bar talking to Mira when he heard, "Natsu's gone!" He along with everyone else whipped their heads around to the spot Natsu was stuck in only to find that he was indeed no longer there.

"We have to find him before he does something stupid!" Makarov shouted. "Split up, and search everywhere!" he finished with an order; one that everyone follows to the letter, or at least most of them anyway.

Natsu was at the edge of the forest when he was caught by Macao. Natsu gives the man a pleading look. "Macao, please I need to do this," he begged.

Macao lifted up both his hands in surrender. "I'm not here to stop you. I'm here to help you escape." Natsu was confused, but understood when Macao turns into a red lizard with fire on his head and tail.

Romeo walks up from around a tree and sees Macao, but he didn't know that the lizard was his father. Natsu watched as the 8 year old grabs the lizard. "Hey, I find Natsu!" Romeo called out to the others nearby.

Macao turns to focus on Natsu. "Now's your chance. Get going," he whispered, and Natsu sneaks away again.

Natsu thought he finally lost everyone, but once he got out from one of the bushes, he sees brown sneakers covering the feet of Harry Potter.

Harry was now on the receiving end of Natsu's puppy eyes. But before Natsu could say anything to him, he says, "I'm not here to stop you. In fact I'll just pretend I didn't see you, and believe that the others caught you." Natsu tilts his head in question, and so Harry explains. "I still need to sign papers to get legal custody of Castor here."

Harry knows that Natsu now just noticed his soon to be real charge. He knows that the reason for Natsu not knowing sooner is because he made sure that Castor and he were down wind.

"If, or more like when you get caught by the Magic Council, just tell them that you were following Erza's scent, you don't know I'm there. That way when they ask me about you, I can tell them that I thought you were caught by the rest of Fairy Tail," Harry explained his plan. He wants to make sure he adopts Castor, even if it means Natsu is stuck in jail for a day. He knows, unlike Natsu, that the trial that Erza has is for show. "Let's go," Harry sighed.

TBC

The spell Harry used was one he learned a while ago. I was just never able to use it until now. Also, the answer to the contest was Draco Malfoy. I thought a lot of you would have gotten that, but only one did. Verteller, you have the power of choice. I'll give you until the end of this month to pick, and if I don't have an answer by then, I'll make a poll. Speaking of Polls, please vote on the current one. There have been a few more Team names added.

Natsu: The one fits us perfectly. :)

Enj/Dark: Yeah, I know. If there is a tie, I'll just go for the one that fits your team the best.

Zeref: You should add Team Destroyer.

Enj/Dark: That's a good idea! :D

Voldy: I'm glad you're not counting the kills Zeref's demons do, because to me, that's cheating.

Harry: I think that's why she's doing it.

Enj/Dark: That, and they have a mind of their own. Zeff?

Zeref: Please review. :)