Chapter 06
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Previously
Vaggie and charlie were really worried about what could happen to their baby by accident.
Now
Harry was laying in vaggie's arms when he stirred from his impromptu nap, getting her attention. "Hey there, little dragon. How are you feeling?" vaggie asked him. "Tired, mommy," harry said, before he let out a big yawn, showing sharpened incisors, shocking vaggie. Did some of his teeth get sharper? Vaggie asked herself. Just then, alastor opened the door, carrying a sack that was dripping blood, surprising harry and vaggie. "What's in the bag, alastor?" vaggie asked, as she held harry a bit tighter to her. "Oh, since i knew that the child was going to wake, soon, i decided to get some fresh meat for some food i was going to make him, using my ma's recipes," alastor said, before he did a quick bow and sank into his own shadow.
A few minutes later, there was a smell coming from the kitchen. To vaggie and most of the people in the hotel at this point in time, they had varying degrees of disgust on their faces. To harry and alastor, on the other hand, they were positively drooling. Alastor came out, carrying a cauldron in his hands, while his shadow carried plates, forks and spoons. The ones in the hotel with sensitive noses (like husker) turned green and fought the urge to puke, while the rest turned a bit green. Alastor put the cauldron on the table, before having his shadow put the plates, forks and spoons on the table. He then put a bit of the food into the bowls he brought, and harry fought to get free of vaggie's grip to get at the food.
"Harry, baby, calm down. You can't trust whatever that stuff is-" vaggie was trying to keep her son safe, but he got free and sat at the table before he grabbed the bowl and dumped the contents in his mouth, where he swallowed the food nearly whole. Those watching (not alastor) were shocked that a kid would willingly eat something so disgusting. Seeing their looks, alastor decided to explain. "You all smell something disgusting, yes?" he asked, and they nodded. Alastor smirked, before he started the explanation.
This is actually a family recipe from when i was alive, and to anyone other than family, it will smell disgusting. To the family, the scent is incredibly tantalizing. Plus, it's full of things that help with malnutrition, so it'll help him grow and fix what was done while he was alive," alastor said, while patting harry's head.
The others were surprised at that. Alastor then grabbed a bowl of the food and ate it just like harry, surprising them, since he's normally dignified when eating. That is only the beginning, however, before both harry and alastor began to eat whatever was in the cauldron and began to fight over the food. Once they finished the food (there wasn't even a drop of it left) alastor looked at vaggie. "Alright, i'm gonna begin his training now," alastor said, before he picked up his cousin and went into the basement.
Basement
Alastor placed his cousin onto the floor and gently woke him up. When harry awoke, he saw the smiley man over him. In a flash, harry's shadow surged forward and slashed at alastor, who was caught by surprise, sending him crashing into the wall, cracking it. "Stay away from my host, monster" harry's shadow said. Alastor chuckled at that, as he stood. You believe me to want to hurt him, hm?" he asked the shadow. "For your information," alastor began as he dusted himself off. "Firstly, i do not attack children. And secondly," alastor's shadow grew behind him and took a menacing appearance. "I don't like to hurt family," he said, static appearing around him and distorting his voice to sound more menacing. Alastor quickly shook his head for a moment, before he continued. "Finally, i am going to attempt to get your host to master his shadow abilities, so he does not worry his mothers," alastor said to harry's shadow.
"I will be watching you," harry's shadow said, before vanishing back into harry's shadow on the ground. Harry was looking at alastor in nervousness, before he asked, "are you family?". Alastor chuckled as he walked to harry, knelt in front of him and had a hand in harry's untamable hair. "I am, young one. I'm actually your cousin," alastor revealed to harry. Harry, feeling brave for a moment, glomped alastor. However, because of the strength and size difference between the two, alastor did not fall. Although, he did stumble a few steps, so alastor chuckled as he hugged his young cousin.
So, harry cried a bit as he hugged alastor as tightly as he could, while alastor hugged him back and rubbed his back in a soothing manner. The two cousins stayed like that for a few minutes, before they broke apart, before alastor sat indian style, with him telling his cousin to do the same. "Alright, cousin, i am going to teach you how to master your umbrakinesis, which i have," alastor said. Harry paid attention as his cousin began to teach him. "First, close your eyes, cousin," alastor said. Harry did so, and alastor continued. "Next, meditate to find the source of the umbrakinesis. It can be anything dark, from your own thoughts to nightmares deep in your subconscious. For me, it was hidden in my rage towards our family when we were alive, cousin," alastor explained. Harry looked shocked, so alastor explained more. "Cousin, what do you know of your parents, when you were alive?" he asked harry. "I was told that they were drunks and drug dealers that died in a car crash," harry explained as best he could.
Shadows began to appear around alastor, and they were raging in response to alastor's own anger. However, before he could scare his cousin, he forced himself to calm down. "Cousin, i can say, with almost perfect certainty, that whoever told you that was lying to you," alastor said. Harry was shocked, but he didn't want to interrupt.
"Who raised you, cousin?" alastor asked. "My aunt petunia dursley and my uncle vernon dursley with my cousin dudley dursley," harry answered. Whatever harry was expecting alastor to do, it was not bending over and holding his mouth to keep himself from puking. It took a bit, but alastor managed to swallow his bile. "Sorry about that, cousin. It's just, when i was alive, 'dursley' was one of the families that absolutely disgusted me," alastor explained. "Why's that?" harry asked. "Because, for one, the dursleys from my time looked like humanoid animals while believing that they were better than most people, and hated magic with a passion, dubbing it as 'freakish' and 'unnatural' as they said to my ma when they were insulting her," alastor explained.
"That's what they called me, 'freak' or 'boy', while i quietly referred to them as 'animals'," harry said. "I see," alastor said. "Well, i shall explain what little i remember about british magic users when i was alive," alastor said, getting harry's attention even more. So, alastor explained how the magical world of britain tends to favor what they called 'superiority of blood' and how old a family was, over morals, ethics and whether or not you were good at your job. He explained how the 'purebloods' tend to mostly look down on magical creatures and how they were stuck in the 16th century and have had no progress since then.
"Well, those kinds of lessons can wait for a while," alastor said, ending the bit about the magical world of britain. "It's time to help you master your umbrakinesis," alastor said. Harry nodded eagerly and began to meditate, with alastor watching him closely, so his cousin don't make any mistakes, like he did in his youth.
Harry's mind
Harry wandered his mind, looking around in surprise. What he saw was a mishmash of various buildings. However, he began to explore, looking for the source of his 'umbrakinesis' as his cousin put it. As he explored, he felt a large amount of raw anger and desire for death somewhere in this place. So, he went looking for it.
Outside harry's mind
Alastor had been watching his cousin meditate for about 20 minutes, when he noticed a small twitch appear on his cousin's face. Remembering what his ma told him about that, how it was a sign that the person was getting close to something, alastor's eyes glowed and he entered his cousin's mind, just to keep an eye on him.
Inside harry's mind
Alastor appeared in a mishmash city, so he looked at the buildings, curious. "Hmm, looks like the buildings have changed since i was alive. These buildings are reminiscent of earth and the pride ring," he said softly. He felt his cousin getting close to something and so, he quickly went into his own shadow and reappeared near his cousin, and what he saw shocked him.
Harry POV
I was getting closer to the thing that radiated hate and death, when i noticed something rather large. Size wise, it was about as large as mama's hotel. It looked like it was covered in smooth scales, was black and purple in color, had red iris surrounded by silver, and it has teeth that might as well be made of sharp swords. It looked at me, growled menacingly and lunged at me, causing me to scream in fear. However, instead of being torn apart, i heard an odd noise. So, i opened my eyes and saw my cousin defending me.
With alastor
Alastor saw the thing his cousin encountered. "Hmm, that's a rather gorgeous dragon," he said to himself. However, he saw the dragon lunge at his cousin, with harry screaming in fear. Without hesitation, alastor teleported to in front of his cousin and used his shadows to block the attack, causing an odd sound. Having an odd feeling, alastor put a finger on the snout of the dragon, and received a surprise. "I see," he said simply, before having his shadows throw the dragon into a building, before retracting his shadows and turning to his cousin and knelt to his level. "Cousin, that dragon is the source of your umbrakinesis. Much like it did to me, it's hidden in the rage you possess and it wants to spread a lot of death," alastor said to his cousin, surprising him. "You fear it, so it attacked you. You must overcome your fear and take control of it, or it will destroy you, and all you hold dear," alastor said to his cousin.
Harry looked scared, but he had some resolve in his eyes. "Good, cousin. Now, fight and claim victory," alastor encouraged his cousin, before he stepped back.
3rd POV
Harry stood there, waiting for the dragon to reappear. When it did, it burst out of the building and raged towards harry. Harry, in a desperate attempt, managed to summon a wall of darkness, causing the dragon to slam into it. Getting a bit bolder, harry mentally changed the wall of shadows to chains that held down the limbs and neck of the dragon, surprising alastor. Hmm, he's doing better than i did. Probably because i had to figure out what to do on my own, alastor thought to himself as he watched his cousin. Harry walked up to the dragon, who proceeded to snarl at him. "Why are you angry?" harry asked the dragon. The dragon stopped trying to attack him, huffed angrily, and did something neither harry nor alastor expected: it created a shadow screen and showed why it was angry.
On the screen, it showed vernon and petunia verbally and physically beating on harry, degrading him every chance they got, which caused harry's rage to build. The screen went out, leaving harry and alastor surprised. "I see, you're mad at them for attacking us, and at me, because i did nothing about it," harry said. The dragon grunted in agreement. Harry then did something that neither the dragon nor alastor expected: he hugged the dragon's snout.
"I see, that's one way to handle it," alastor chuckled. Both harry and the dragon glowed a bright white, blinding alastor. When the light cleared (and the stars were gone from his vision) alastor saw something surprising: the dragon had greatly shrunk and had wrapped itself around his cousin's torso, with its head on his cousin's shoulder. Alastor clapped, getting harry's attention. "Well done, cousin. You actually managed to do that faster than i did. Granted, i had no one to help me, but still," alastor said. Harry beamed at him.
"Now that you have conquered your umbrakinesis, it's time to teach you how to actually use it," alastor said, before he faded from harry's mind. Harry panicked a bit, before he too faded from his own mind.
The basement of the hotel
Harry opened his eyes and tried to stand, but his legs cramped. "Easy, cousin, your legs are stiff from sitting like that for three hours," alastor said, as he helped harry stand. "Get your legs unstiff first, then we can begin working on your umbrakinesis," alastor said. Harry began walking around stiffly, as alastor went to get them something to eat.
The kitchen
Charlie and vaggie were at a table having lunch, when alastor walked in, humming a tune. Charlie quickly ran to alastor, grabbed the sides of his coat and pulled him towards her furious face before yelling in his face. "WHERE'S MY BABY, ALASTOR?!" she yelled in his face. Alastor gently removed her hands from his jacket and dusted it off as he answered. "My cousin and i were in the basement of the hotel, my dear. Less chance of people coming in and interrupting a delicate process. Right now, he's walking around, trying to get the feeling back in his legs, while i was getting us something to eat," alastor said, before he gently pushed charlie aside and started to cook some food for himself and his cousin.
After making some food, he took it down to the basement and gave half the food to his cousin, who ate like a carnivore. After they finished eating, alastor began to teach him the basics of umbrakinesis. A few hours later, alastor could happily say that his cousin had mastered the basics. "Alright cousin, i will happily admit that you took to the basics better than i did, and you actually mastered them faster than me, as well. However, there is ONE rule about the shadows that i want you to promise me that you will always follow," alastor said. Harry preened at the positive attention from his cousin. However, he got a bit nervous at the tone his cousin used when he spoke about the rule. "What rule is that, cousin?" he asked nervously. Alastor looked at him, dead serious, as he said this: "no matter how much it tempts you, NEVER surrender to the shadows. Understood?" alastor said.
"I promise," harry said sincerely. "Alastor nodded happily, before he offer his hand to harry, who took it gladly, and led him to the lobby. When the other people in the hotel saw him holding hands with a child, with both looking happy, they were all shocked, with vaggie and charlie a bit less so.
Harry let go of alastor's hand and happily ran to his mothers and hugged them, with charlie and vaggie returning the hug. Alastor noticed the looks the others sent him, and he simply smiled at them. "What, i can't be happily with a member of my family?" he asked them, shocking them.
Charlie and vaggie, on the other hand , were looking over their son for any damage that alastor might have given him. "Mama, can i play with tavi?" harry asked charlie. It took charlie a bit to remember that harry was actually at goetia manor, earlier, and that he was getting along rather well with stolas' daughter.
"Sure thing, sweetie. I have a meeting with her father in a bit, anyway," charlie said. Harry quickly hugged charlie with all the strength he could, giving her a slight breathing problem, but nothing that she couldn't handle. Vaggie pouted at the attention their son was giving to charlie, which harry noticed. So, after releasing his mama, he hugged vaggie with the same amount of strength.
A few minutes later, the family of three was in the limo heading to goetia manor for the meeting. Once they arrived, they were shown in by an imp with a butler outfit. Harry took the time to watch the artwork and plants go by him, as he was being carried by charlie. A few minutes go by, and the family of three were at a large pair of doors, which the imp knocked on. "Come in," a voice called out. The imp then opened the door and allowed the family of three into the room.
Once in the room, harry saw that it was a kind of office, similar to his mama's paper room. Stolas looked up from his paperwork and saw that it was the princess, her girlfriend and their son. "Ah, princess and company, a pleasure," stolas said to them as he walked around his desk to them. Harry, seeing the large owl in front of him, was a bit intimidated, but he remembered him, despite the fancy clothing he wore this time, as compared to the robe harry saw him in the first time.
"And who might this little one be?" stolas asked charlie and vaggie as he looked at harry. He remembered the child from earlier, but did not get his name. "This is harry, stolas," charlie said, introducing her baby to stolas. "It's nice to actually know your name, harry," stolas said to harry kindly, before he made a sigil of magic in midair. "Octavia, darling, please come to my office, i'd like you to meet my guests," he said into the magic sigil, before the sigil vanished.
Harry perked up a bit upon hearing octavia's name, which stolas, charlie and vaggie notice as they try to hide their mirth at the reaction. A few minutes later, the doors pushed open, revealing a small owlette demon that looked like a chibi female version of stolas, and she wore a pink dress with white stars all around it with a white neckline. "What is it, daddy?" octavia asked stolas. Stolas simply nodded to charlie, who got the message/prompt, and put harry on the floor. Once he was on the floor, harry looked behind his mama's legs and saw octavia.
Octavia, once she saw that it was her new friend, quickly ran to him and wrapped him in a hug, causing the three adults in the room to quietly coo at the sight. Breaking the hug, octavia said, "come on, let's go to my room," before she grabbed his hand and led him to her room at a fast pace. Stolas chuckled at that. "That girl may favor her mother with her appearance, but her personality is closer to mine, thankfully," he said as he sat behind his desk. "Now then, shall we get this meeting started?" he asked.
With octavia and harry
Octavia practically dagged harry ot her room, excitably chatting with him about what they can do together, with harry responding just as fast. Once they got to octavia's room, they sat on the floor and began to chat in earnest for a few minutes. Octavia began to show harry some magic that her dad showed her: conjuring a localized starry night around them. Harry looked at what octavia did in wonder. Harry then focused on his hands and summoned a bit of darkness, before kneading his hands in a pattern.
"What are you doing, prince harry?" octavia asked him in curiosity. "I'm trying to make something out of darkness, by giving shadows physical form," harry answered, not breaking focus on his project, while octavia watched in wonder.
The meeting
Stolas, charlie and vaggie were currently planning on what to do about octavia and harry, when stolas had an urge to check on his daughter and her friend. So, drawing a viewing mirror in the air, the mirror showed what the children were doing. "What are they doing, stolas?" charlie asked, while vaggie looked on in curiosity. "It looks like they are showing each other their magic," stolas said, having recognized what he taught his daughter, and having deduced what harry was doing with some literal shadows in his hands as he somehow kneaded the shadows.
In octavia's room
Some sweat was appearing on harry's forehead as he was beginning to feel exhaustion. "Not now, so close," he said to himself. Forcing himself to finish his project, he breathed a sigh of relief as he held a physical object in his hands, instead of a formless mass of shadows. "Wow, that was incredible, prince harry," octavia said in amazement. Harry gave her the object, and she accepted it, as she looked at it. It was a large black beanie with a gold crown on the front. Octavia quickly hugged her friend in her excitement and as thanks, before she released him and quickly put it on, with the beanie trying to slide over her eyes, much to her amusement.
At the meeting
The three were cooing at the interactions between the two, before stolas erased the magic viewing mirror from existence and looked at the two in front of him. "Well, based on what we just witnessed, it would seem that my little starfire and your son are rather fond of each other. I propose that those two get together, but it must be natural," stolas said, before he looked miserably at his desk. "I don't want her adulthood to be like mine, full of arguments and depression," stolas said.
Charlie and vaggie quickly moved to his sides and placed a hand on his hands. "Stolas, that would be ideal, your daughter and our little dragon falling in love naturally," charlie said. With that, both charlie and vaggie hugged stolas on his sides, and he began to sob in misery. They stayed like that for about 10 minutes, before stolas had it all out of his system. So, with some thanks to both of them, stolas stood up, prompting them to do so, as well. "Well, i believe that this meeting is concluded?" he asked. "Yes, stolas, it is," charlie said. "Then how about we go to my daughter's room, so you can get your son, hm?" stolas proposed, to which charlie and vaggie agreed, and the three left for octavia's room.
3rd POV
The three adults got to octavia's room and the three looked in, and saw something that they very nearly cood at, though they managed to contain it. What they saw was octavia, with her new beanie on her head, was cuddling up to harry and using him as a large teddy bear. Harry, on the other hand, was hugging her, and his tail was loosely wrapped around her waist. Both children were asleep. "Ohh, it's almost a shame to wake them," charlie said, before she snapped a pic of the two. "And yet, we must, sadly," stolas said. Despite that being said, both charlie and stolas didn't have the heart to wake them. So vaggie went over to the children and gently woke them up.
"Nng, mommy vaggie?" harry blearily asked as he rubbed an eye in sleepiness. "Hey, little dragon. The visit is over, so we need to go home," vaggie said gently. Pouting a bit, harry gently woke octavia as he forcefully unwrapped his tail from her. "Hm, harry?" octavia weakly asked. "Hey, tavi, i need to leave with my parents," he said sadly. "Oh, ok," octavia said, before she went back to sleep.
Stolas chuckled a bit at that, before he went over to the children and picked up his daughter, before she cuddled up to her father in her sleep, while vaggie picked up her son, bid stolas goodbye, and harry, vaggie and charlie left for the hotel.