February 2013, London, Jane's Apartment
"He was arrested?!" Jane shouted as she looked at Darcy and Ian.
"Yup. He went streaking in Stonehenge." Darcy said, popping the p loudly. "We had a plan to get him out." She said and went on to explain how her and Ian would pose as family members to release him from the mental institution he was staying in.
"Don't worry about it too much." Harry said as he stepped in. "Show me where he is and I can get him out."
"Aren't you Summoner from the battle of New York?" Ian asked as he looked at the man wearing robes and a cowl.
"Sure am. I found Thor here," Harry said as he patted Thor on the shoulder, "trying to help Jane. She had some alien magic item draining her life-force. Now we have to stop an invasion of Dark Elves. Speaking of invasions." Harry turned his head and looked at Thor, "Do we call the others in?"
"I am not sure the size of Malekith's army. It might be prudent to get help from anyone available." Thor answered so Harry turned away to make a few phone calls. Moments later he was opening a portal allowing a familiar red and gold armor to walk through it. "Man of Iron! It is good to see you."
"Thor. I hear we have another invasion on our hands?" Tony asked as his face plate opened up.
"Indeed. The Dark Elves are an ancient enemy of Asgard. They plan to use the convergence to destroy the nine realms." Thor explained seriously.
"Well looks like it's time to beat down more aliens. Anyone else coming?" Tony asked as he looked at Harry.
"No, just us today. Seems like Captain is working with SHIELD on the Winter Soldiers they found, Nat and Clint are off grid for a mission, and Bruce is in the middle of that conference he's speaking at." Harry said as he put away his phone.
"So what next?" Tony asked as he looked at the assembled group.
"First we must pick up Selvig. Then we prepare for battle." Thor said. It didn't take long for Harry to get Jane and Darcy over to the institute that was holding Dr. Selvig. With a bit of magic and some talking Selvig was in his own clothes on his way out the door. Turning the corner Harry made a portal back to the apartment allowing the group to reconvene. Unfortunately the apartment was feeling quite stuffy with over half a dozen people, so Harry and Tony both stepped outside.
"How's tricks Gandalf?" Tony said as he tried to lean against the railing of the balcony they were on, but when it creaked ominously he stood back up. Harry grinned.
"Forget that the armor actually weighs something?" Harry asked with some mirth. Tony rolled his eyes. "Things are good. I've been working on ways for the spaceship to travel without my interference. I took a trip the other day and the ship moved fine but not nearly fast enough to go anywhere far in a decent amount of time."
"I was actually studying the same thing. What if you used parallel dimensions to travel faster?" Tony asked.
"The problem is some of those dimensions have beings of such power that by stepping foot in their world you could be corrupted, killed, or enslaved." Harry explained with a frown.
"What about apparition?" Tony asked after a pause, this time Harry didn't respond right away, "You told me that it was like traveling through a tube right?" When Harry nodded he continued, "That sounds close to a wormhole, that would mean you could cut travel time down by massive amounts."
"Apparition is a very energy intensive process. It might not be feasible to do it with such a large vessel and such large distances." Harry elaborated.
"Just keep shooting down my brilliant ideas why don't you." Tony sassed as he fronted and crossed his arms. Harry just rolled his eyes.
"Quantum…" Tony mumbled.
"What was that?" Harry asked.
"Quantum realm." Tony said a bit louder as he looked Harry in the eyes. "There was a scientist who proved the existence of a subatomic realm that exists alongside our universe. His paper dictated the dangers of going there, but with magic that uses quantum energy, we could protect ourselves."
"How would becoming smaller help travel great distances?" Harry asked with some curiosity.
"The Quantum Realm is constantly in flux. If we could map it out we could travel only a short period of time before finding an exit close or at the location we want to be." Tony explained as he got more excited. "With the right guidance the quantum realm could allow intergalactic travel!" Tony exclaimed. Harry agreed and got Tony to tell him all about this realm. Tony explained how it could be reached using Pym particles but he wasn't sure about other methods. Harry removed that notion by implying his connection to the energy source of the sub-universe he could make a connection easily. They were interrupted by the group telling them they found where the convergence would take place. Harry chuckled at Tony's face when he clearly wanted to keep talking about their inventions.
"Come on Tony. Sooner we deal with these Dark Elves the sooner we can get back to the lab." Harry said as he knocked on the shoulder of the suit. Tony shook himself out of his funk and lifted off, flying towards Greenwich College. Harry followed the rest down stairs to the van they would be taking. When he got in the back of the van he pulled out his phone. "Summoner requesting personnel."
"State your reasons, Summoner." The voice of Maria spoke over the line.
"Probable invasion of a hostile force due to cosmic activity. Requesting rescue and evacuation at Greenwich college for civilians." Harry responded.
"Enemy numbers and response force?"
"Numbers unknown, but not likely to be overwhelming. Thor, Iron Man, and I are en route."
"Acknowledged. Rescue and Evac are on the way." Maria quickly hung up. Harry looked up to see everyone looking at him.
"What?" He asked.
"Did you just call in an evacuation?" Darcy asked from the passenger seat.
"Yeah, and?"
"Dude, that's awesome!" Darcy said with some excitement. "That makes you seem totally legit!"
"We are legit. The Avengers are backed by SHIELD. If we need help with a situation we have the ability to call in reinforcements." Harry explained as he sat back in his seat. It wasn't long before they pulled up at the college. Tony came flying down and landed near them.
"There are space distortions all over the campus. They started small, but they are getting bigger by the minute." Tony said as he watched Jane and company pull objects out of the van.
"We need to set these up around the center of the convergence. It should help stabilize space to keep random portals to a minimum." Jane said as she handed two of the poles to Ian and Darcy. She was about to continue her explanation when leagues of SHIELD marked cruisers started surrounding the campus. Agents were pouring out and calling for a full evacuation. Others were setting up a perimeter and barring other civilians from entering.
"Geez they work fast." Darcy said as the agents efficiently moved around.
"You called SHIELD? Nice." Tony said as he watched them clear out the area. Jane shook herself loose from watching as she bustled off with her equipment to set up the stabilizers. Tony, Harry, and Thor watched the agents for a few minutes, but it wasn't long before a giant tear in space opened allowing a huge contingent of Dark Elves to walk onto Earth. Leading the group was a buff alien with half its face scarred.
"Thor Odinson, you cannot stop what was always meant to be. Hand over the Aether and I shall kill you quickly." The leader said.
"Malekith," the alien leader's eyes widened, "yes my father told me of you. I will not stand by and watch you eradicate my home. Today I shall finish what my grandfather started." Thor called down a bolt of lightning that charged his body. Thor then rushed Malekith and swung his hammer, nailing him in the chest. He chased after the man and they both disappeared into a rift in space.
"Guess it's just you and me buddy." Tony said as he lifted into the air and started attacking the dark elf forces. He swooped low and used a laser to bisect a few, but was mostly blocked by energy shields. He raised his arms and launched several magic bolts that blasted several of them off their feet. His movement was forced into evasive patterns when they started opening fire with energy weapons. The barrage of blasts was cut off when a wave of flames fell over them like a tide from the ocean. Harry was moving faster than usual as he morphed the ground into spikes and boulders. Some of them were destroyed or diverted but a number of the dark elves were pulverized by the onslaught of eaten attacks. Tony capitalized on their distraction and started to send out runic bombs to thin their numbers. When Tony was about to sweep around again he found himself being blasted out of the air by a spaceship that exited the largest portal in the sky.
Harry, seeing Tony get grounded, kneeled down and shoved his arms into the earth shortly before raising them up and creating two giant golems made of stone. He waved them forward before he fell back to check on Tony. The golems were slow, but each of their movements left devastation in their wake. The elves attempted to destroy them but were making less headway than they wanted. One of them eventually took out a round object and tossed it forward, hitting one of the golems in the chest. It imploded into a black sphere that consumed the golem and disappeared.
Harry had found Tony getting up from a crater in the side of the building. "What's the plan?" Tony asked.
"Focus on that ship, we can't have it trying to leave and deal damage elsewhere on earth. I'll take care of the grunts." Harry said before he saw his golem be swallowed by darkness. "Also watch out for those grenades." Tony just nodded, watching what looked like a miniature black hole. Tony took off towards the ship and Harry sprinted forward, his hands being covered in orange mandalas. He clapped his hands together and pulled them apart to show a long line of energy. Whipping it off his right hand, his left now held a long whip that he used to start attacking and tossing enemies in the air. Any elf that fell to the ground was soon crushed under the heel of the earthen golem. When the elves started to scatter and attack the surroundings, Harry dropped his whip and pulled his sword. He flooded his body with magic and was soon sprinting along the ground, each step seeming to be two. His sword sang through the air like a keen whistle heralding the end of another elf. Soon he was chasing down stragglers, removing appendages or heads, stopping them from causing chaos. When he was done he heard a loud crash as the ship that attacked tony was grounded dead center of the battlefield. Tony landed next to Harry as they approached the craft. The exit ramp was blasted off by a hulking monster of an enemy.
"Where's Bruce when you need him?" Tony whined as the massive creature stepped off the ship. A fresh group of dark elves were exiting behind it. "So big guy or grunts?"
"I'll take the big guy." Harry said with a roll of his eyes. "You take the grunts." Tony acknowledged before lifting off and blasting the elves with his magic bolt throwers and flame thrower. Harry instead rushed forward and met the massive creature. When he got within striking range he ducked below the haymaker and jumped into the creature's guard. His knee was glowing red with power as he stuck home in the creature's chest. It was sent flying across the field, smashing into statues and pillars before finally stopping when it hit a set of cars parked off to the side. Rushing forward he jumped and slashed down with his sword, glowing in the light of the fires coating the blade. The creature parried the attack with its bracers before retaliating with a combo of jabs and kicks. Harry dodged, blocked, and parried every attack until he got winged by a shot from a lone dark elf on the edge of Tony's awareness. Harry's momentary distraction cost him as he was grabbed and tossed into a nearby car. Coughing he slowly stood up to see the massive creature moving towards him. Instead of reengaging he slowly backed up as he started animating the vehicles around him to attack the massive elf.
Harry watched as the creature was slowly buried under tons of metal, but to make sure he lifted both his hands and crushed them into fists causing the amalgamation of vehicles to squeeze down . Seeing no movement he waved his hand and repaired the vehicles. When they were out of the way Harry could see the massive body of the dark elf contorted and crushed, now laying on the ground. Sighing, he floated the creature and moved back to the main courtyard of the fight. Walking back in he saw Tony standing over the sea of dark elves looking up.
"You think Thor will make it back before the portals are closed?" Tony asked as he watched the convergence. Harry sat down and closed his eyes.
"Of course he will. I just hope Jane can wait until he-" What he was about to say was cut off as Thor landed in front of them carrying the body of the elf he was fighting. Seeing the dead elves littering the ground Thor laughed in cheer.
"Well fought my friends! Tonight we shall feast in Asgard!" Thor boomed out as he dropped the dead ruler amongst the bodies of his subjects. Jane came running across the field before she jumped and hugged Thor. "My lady. Are you alright?"
"I'm fine Thor. " Jane said with a smile as she stepped back from their embrace. Harry was still ignoring them with his eyes closed while Tony was grinning with his face plate up. "The convergence is about to reach the zenith." Jane said as she looked up at the sky. The giant portal above them showed a line of portals all in different environments. Watching in awe of a natural cosmic event they were all startled when Harry jumped up cheering.
"What's got you jumping for joy?" Tony asked as Harry was grinning widely.
"I was studying the energies that made the convergence possible and came to a conclusion. The portals use a sub-dimensional series of pathways to create the portals." Harry explained.
"What does that mean?" Thor asked. Harry just grinned and snapped his fingers. Thor, Jane, and Tony all found themselves floating in a space of silvery light that was flowing up and down the pathway they were on.
"Harry, where are we?" Tony asked as he studied the area. It was a massive and long hall with other paths splitting off everywhere. Colorful lights and streams of energy traveled to and fro within the area. Outside the path they could see a thin membrane that traveled through vast areas of complete darkness.
"This is the circuitry of the universe, or better known as Yggdrasil." Harry exclaimed as he too took in the sights.
"Yggdrasil?! Truly?!" Thor asked as he whipped his head back and forth.
"Yup!" Harry said, popping the p extra loud. "This sub-dimension has paths that lead all over the universe."
"What doesn't this mean-!" Ton exclaimed.
"That we could use these paths to travel across space? Of course." Harry grinned, "It's thanks to you, Tony I even had this idea in my head when I was studying the convergence anyways. You mentioned using dimensions to travel with ships in space. So when I found this I immediately saw the advantages. Unfortunately the amount of distance needed to travel is still large, but it would still be faster than light travel. We can also use this to upgrade the portal frames. We don't have to use dimensions I'd rather not visit to travel anymore."
Tony and Harry started to brainstorm and plan, but were eventually pulled out of it by Jane who wanted to get back to Earth. Snapping his fingers again the group found themselves standing exactly where they had left from. Darcy, Ian, and Selvig were all looking around the area to find them while agents were slowly moving in. "Alright I'm off. Harry, have fun with the paperwork." Tony said before he quickly slowed his helmet and shot off as fast as he could. Harry eyed the SHIELD agents and groaned.
"Thor, feel free to stick around if you like. Jane, I'll need you and Selvig to help verify that this won't be happening again for many years to come." Harry said in defeat as he approached a blandly smiling Coulson who stepped out of a nearby SUV. When he saw Harry's resigned face his smile got a bit bigger.
"Ready to report Summoner?"
AN: Quick little note to give out some meta knowledge:
The Death from the previous chapter is the concept, not really a person or figure, so really it's the end all be all. That means Harry isn't really the 'Master of Death' he's the master of his own death, which yes means that he can techincally end his own immortality, but he hasn't thought of that yet.
The Deathly Hallows are basically the Infinity Stones of the Harry Potter Multiverse. I split them up into three Aspects; body, mind, and soul. These three things are hte embodiement of the Harry Potter magic. The wand is the body, the physical representation of magic and its affect on the world. The stone is mind, the complete and total access to all the knowledge held by dead magicals. The cloak is the soul, the most illusive and intangible of the three aspects. It has no presence and can shroud the owner from death itself. In my story, the cloak is the one hallow that could save you from death without being the master of your own.
The Reality Stone will be making many changes as Harry learns to use it, but he won't be weilding like Thanos does. I mena he's a wizard, he could do that already. Instead it's going to act like a booster. His abilites; physical and magical, will be getting a boost all around. He'll be faster, stronger, and have greater stamina. A few special things will be revealed later, I just wanted to give a heads up about how it'll effect him in the short term.
Hope you all are enjoying the story.
-Galaleo
