Disclaimer: Harry Potter, Jackie Chan Adventures, Assassin's Creed and anything else some of your recognize does not belong to me. I'm borrowing them for the story that I'm about to present to you. All Original Characters and anything that you do not recognize is owned by me unless otherwise noted by myself: D.J. Scales. Thank you that is all.

Harry Potter and The Shadow of Japan

Written by D.J. Scales

The Darkness Strikes

Nearly three weeks had passed since the battle for the Position of Chair of the Hogwarts Board of Governors. Varis had won and was now the new Chairman of the board which meant that Harry and his sisters Daisy and Abigail would have to remain in America for the time being as to build up their confidence in case the grudge of the Dursleys in the form of another monster came after them or anyone who crossed them. They also had to fear for the lives of their Arkeyan friends from primary school such as the McGowans and the Angels as they were the only ones who made friends with Harry Potter and his sisters Daisy and Abigail as everyone else was too scared of being beaten to a pulp by Dudley Dursley and his gang to do so and knowing the forces of Darkness a new monster would likely go after them to remind them why being friends with anyone Dudley Dursley hated would land them in the hospital.

General Jack O'Neil was typing up some reports on his laptop when the intercom beeped which let him know that a serious situation had occurred in the field and the team needed help. The general pressed a button and a screen showed Hayes Abbot looking panicked.

"General O'Neil we've come under heavy attack," Hayes said franticly, "Rangers Walker, Trivette, Gage and Cook are gone."

"First I need you to calm down and tell me what happened," General O'Neil spoke seriously, "Wlaker and his team are the toughest Texas Rangers I know so this has to be serious."

"The forces of darkness sent a new army to attack the Red Cells and the relatives of all the red cell members as well as anyone brave enough to help said red cells," Hayes explained, "I don't know how it happened but somehow they drained energy from Walker and is team and transported them somewhere. I managed to get away but I'm low on energy myself and the forces of darkness are everywhere."

"Okay let me see if I can get into contact with Walker and his team," General O'Neil spoke as he began typing, "It's a long shot but if I can just activate the com links they might still be in communication range. Rangers Walker, Trivette, Gage, Cook. Do you read me?"

"We read you general," Walker spoke, "I take it Hayes Abbot told you what happened."

"He said that you've been transported somewhere," General O'Neil said.

"We're in some sort of prison dimension," Sydney said. "We think Arcanon is after all the Red Cells."

"And if he were to face the Arkeyans in battle he'd likely force them to trap anybody powerful enough to help in the Omega Dimension," Gage replied.

"Our comm links are low on power and we're low on energy," said Trivette finishing up the conversation. "This may be our last transmission for some time."

"Can you find a way to get us out of here?" Walker asked as the transmission got cut on that note.

"Hold on guys I'll figure out a way to get you out of there," General O'Neil said before returning his attention to Hayes Abbot, "Okay Hayes it's up to you to recuse them. First you'll need to get back to MEGTAF headquarters so we can build a game plan. Then we can work on rescuing the others. The Forces of Darkness will be looking for you so you'll have to be quick."

"I'll do what I can," Hayes said as he was riding upon a Draconium Dragon, "I'll get them back count on it."

"I know you can don't worry," General O'Neil said, "I'll be with you every step of the way."

Ranger Hayes Abbot ended the call as he rode his Draconium Dragon back to base being careful to avoid the forces of darkness.

Once back at base he stood before General Jack O'Neil as the general debriefed him.

"Ranger Abbot I'm glad that you made it back here in one piece," General O'Neil said, "Let's get your draconium dragon healed up and your saddle repaired so we can begin rescuing Rangers Walker, Trivette, Gage, and Cook. The Forces of Darkness will be unable to find us here in the base but they'll be scouring the land looking for the Assassin Dens as a favor to the templar order and target anyone else they want eliminated so we'll have to move fast. It won't be easy but we can do this."

"Let's not forget the forces of darkness will likely target Harry and his sisters as a favor to the Dursleys since the dark forces still need the Dursleys," said Hayes.

"Which is all the more reason why we need to hurry and get some back up to arrest the Dursleys. The sooner they're out of Arcanon's reach the better since he can't use their negative energy to target any of Harry's friends," said General O'Neil, "My grandchildren have spoken with Harry, Daisy, and Abigail and they told me how Dudley used to beat up anybody who tried to be friends with Harry aside from Marissa Angel's kids since they were the ones who stood up to Dudley and Marissa herself cursed the Dursleys each time. I have a feeling that Arcanon may target the Arkwright clan next as a favor to both them and as part of his plans. I hope and pray that I'm wrong but I also have a terrible feeling that this is the opening act."

"That makes two of us," Ranger Hayes Abbot said, "My kids and their cousins are also going to help out too even though I'd rather have them train and focus on school work. Still, this is gonna help in the long run by building discipline, teamwork, skill, and character."

"Yep and I think that Arcanon's made some moves that sound a bit out of character as of late," said the General, "Moves that don't sound like his usual moves but rather moves that are on behalf of somebody else. While I get the analysts in the lab to figure this out you and your draconium need to get back into shape. Head over to the training course at once."

Hayes Abbot took his dragon to the race course outside of the base while General Jack O'Neil was deep in thought. He knew that making a request to block the Kaiju and by extension render the GFMC powerless for the duration of the protection clause was not a move that Arcanon would normally make and not so soon which meant that he was acting on behalf of somebody else. He had a feeling that Delores Umbridge was behind this ever since she witnessed Christina Payson Carlin's defeat at the hands of Kai Malfoy and Abigail Bones' defeat at the hands of Varis Malfoy. Both defeats were quite brutal and meant to intimidate the enemies of the Pureblood Conservative Elite of Great Britain and that in turn was the main reason for Umbridge being so bold as of late.

'Yeah, good luck keeping the kaiju out of things, after sending Duncan to Gods-know what dimension,' Gen. O'Neil snorted with derision. 'And the Red Cells and their families? I've placed their security in the hands of someone who CAN'T be spied on. He'll see that they CAN'T be attacked off-mission and that their families are safe. As for the Igasaki Clan and the Arkeyans? They don't wanna work together, fine. But the LEAST they can do is put aside their differences and work with US until the greater threat is dealt with!'

Little did the general know that the mysterious warlord that informed Arcanon of the recent events had also found a way to make sure they had eyes and ears everywhere and they would ensure that nothing was going to remain safe from the forces of darkness.

At the same time Harry was racing Beau with Carol riding Arrow but they weren't alone. Dragon Racers from Ilvermorny were helping to train Harry and Carol and Verity was training with some Quidditch players from Ilvermorny. Arcanon's army was getting stronger which meant that they had to train fast if they were going to help rescue the other red cell teams.

"Are you sure it was a good idea to bring our relatives friends and spouses to be for this?" Issac asked Cordelia as they were among the dragon racers from Ilvermorny helping Carol and Harry train, "Arcanon has probably figured out their connection to us by now and considering we don't have Duncan with us for the time beign and all the red cell teams have been captured. Arcanon's taboo curses are working overtime and getting stronger and stronger so I don't want to know what Arcanon has in his giant army or his massive fleet and frankly I'm terrified beyond rational thought."

"I know you're terrified and so am I," Cordelia said, "But I believe that Arcanon and those who are aligned with him or protected by him are going down. The red cells will see to that once we rescue them. The real problem is Arcanon probably has the Dursleys in his main headquarters which means it'll be impossible to capture them and make them face justice."

"Moving enemies and terrorists out of U.S. jurisdiction is Arcanon's way of spitting and shitting right in the face of America and showing them that nothing and nobody can stop them," Isaac spoke, "And by them I mean Arcanon, the forces of darkness and all of America's enemies. With all the negative energy that's been spiking since Abigail Bones' brutal beatdown at the hands of Varis Malfoy the darkness is spreading which means we'll have to open portals to rescue the red cell members."

"Again, you make a good point but the main problem is that with all the negative energy covering the planet and Arcanon's armies scouring the land and Arcanon being the most powerful Dark Portal Master and Warlord feared even by us Arkeyan Weapon Masters," said Cordelia, "The only way to rescue the Red Cell team is to open small portals. The problem is that we'll need some dinosaur DNA to trigger the portals since the Dino Masters have also been kidnapped aside from Master Tyranno and we can only open one portal at a time. It's our only option to make sure Arcanon does not catch on to our plans."

Isaac and Cordelia nodded as they went back to training hoping that their grandfather General Jack O'Neil had a plan.

After hours of training, Cordelia, and Isaac along with the rest of their siblings and cousins went to go see their grandfather. Ranger Abbot was present as the General called telling them he had news to share with them.

"Hey grandpa got any good news for us?" Cordelia asked, "We could really use some right about now."

"I managed to find a way to free the Texas Rangers and rescue the other Dino Masters from the other dimension," said General Jack O'Neil, "The Dino Masters should be able to escape if we trigger the portal with dinosaur DNA. The problem is that the fossils for said Dino DNA according to Keplar are scattered across the planet and portals to the other dimension are unstable which means we can only allow one Dino master to escape at a time. Hopefully with a Texas Ranger."

"Which means we'll need Jackie Chan's help considering he's an archaeologist," said Isaac before looking concerned, "But what if we can't find enough Dinosaur DNA in time?"

"The scientists led by Keplar of section 13 already factored that into the plan," said the General, "They're already looking into alternatives just in case the Dinosaur bones are destroyed."

"Once we free the Dino Masters we can turn the tables and go after Arcanon's armies head on," said Ryan, "But we have another big problem. Aurora Sinistra."

"I figured you'd bring that up," Zeus said, "I observed the staff as of late during the last school year and I'm noticing that the professors in charge of the core classes have been on edge as of late but Aurora is more afraid than usual. The thrashing she got at the hands of Kai and Arcanon's arrival not to mention Abigail Bones' beatdown at the hands of Varis pretty much was the final nail in the coffin for her. That said Grandpa Jack what are we gonna do about Professor Sinistra and the current situation. Her negative energy and fear could undermine all that we worked for considering Arcanon is harnessing the negative energy of his enemies namely the fear of his enemies."

"Not to mention that due to whatever Power Arcanon has the portals are only stable enough to allow one Dino master to escape," said Calla, "Basically Arcanon thinks that he has us screwed."

The rest of the group looked at General O'Neil for any answers to the issues presented.

"Then it's a good thing MEGTAF had THESE locked deep in the vault," O'Neil said, removing a cloth covering a velvet-lined tray on the table. Inside were about a dozen thumb-sized gems of various colors. "Duncan acquired these on one of his dimensional side-trips a couple years back. They're called 'the Energems'. The original users didn't need them anymore and wanted them taken somewhere else for safe keeping. Each contains the power of a different dinosaur, so I'm told. They just need a little bio-DNA to activate them. Fortunately, the Dino Masters aren't the only ones with access to what we need. Several kaiju have dino-genes in their DNA: Leviathan, Pterax, Sauron, Armagon, Talonus, and Dhambalon. With the exception of Dhambalon, they all happen to be on the short-list of kaiju that Belloc has earmarked for red-cell duty, and I'm sure snake-face won't dare refuse a request from his King; so getting the DNA should be no problem."

"True but we're forgetting that Lord Arcanon is a Dark Portal Master," Abigail Potter pointed out. "What's to stop him from sensing any portals that open up and then somehow jamming all of them at once. I think that for safety reasons we should rely on finding the Dino Bones and open only one portal at a time just so we don't risk anything else unpleasant escaping from the Prison Dimension."

"As much as I like the idea of opening more than one portal at a time I think we should keep it simple to avoid what my sister just said," Daisy spoke.

In Arcanon's battleship Lord Arcanon was giving Voldemort's rudimentary form a tour of the ship and of the lab he used to get a sample of the elixir that brought him back. He was also showing him a list of all the relic he and his team collected which included the Skeleton Key, the Forge of Solus, the Gauntlet of the Gods, the Cosmic Staff, the Sky Boom Shield, the Grimoire of Elgante Pryce, the Bok of Skelos, the Crown of King Eric, the Journal of Secrets, the Locator Compass, the Seeker's Map, the Geno Scroll, the Witch Blade, Scabbard of Excalibur which was currently holding Deathcalibur on the Dark Portal Master's Back.

"Welcome to our collection of relics Lord Voldemort," Lord Arcanon said, "As you can see my team and I have been busy gathering relics but there are some relics that have escaped our grasp. However, I entrusted a relic to Delores Umbridge, the Amulet of the Chief God to be precise. Unfortunately, with your old magical guardian Yzma Milano having won her challenge she put in the Truth Will Out Bylaw in all of the Magical Schools and put in the Truth Will Out Bill in all of the governments respectively as one of her requests. She also requested that all the measures favoring the purebloods and suppressing muggleborns and monster girls be disposed of for good. Basically, she finished up the Great Potter Alliance's work in the Ministry much sooner than we expected."

"This is completely unacceptable!" Lord Voldemort hissed as Arcanon showed no fear of Voldemort having been his advisor and the brains behind Grindelwald and the Axis Powers in the second world war by giving them access to his technology and weapons, "I thought you said Yzma would fail like she did in the timelines your mysterious benefactor showed us?"

"Our benefactor told us the Arkeyan Governors were divided four to four and neither would change their vote," Arcanon said, "Once the Omega Dimension Crushes the Rosenblatt pest and the Prison Dimension does the same to the Red Cells then we will rule the entire universe unchallenged."

Alarms rang out on the ship telling Arcanon that somebody was opening an invisiportal to the Prison Dimension which also let him know that said somebody was MEGTAF. Arcanon and Voldemort were warned of this by their mysterious benefactor and scattered the imprisoned inhabitants to the deepest reaches of the Prison Dimension while also having Arcanon request that all of his enemies be revealed to him having already cleared a higher gauntlet challenge than the Arkeyan Governors Gauntlet.

"Seems the Taboo for opposing us has triggered yet again," Arcanon said as his engineer began typing, "Fortunately our benefactor warned us about this and not only somehow hijacked the Arkeyan Empire's greatest ally but also had the relics used to summon said ally scattered to the farthest corners of his dimension. The benefactor used said ally to make sure my requests could not be reversed by anyone including the Elder Gods themselves but also that Delores Umbridge could not be monsterized by any circumstances and that her office have the same level of protection that she currently has in the process. Basically, for the rest of her life she's untouchable due to the Holy amulet she's wearing and in her own words those filthy monster whores can't turn Umbridge into a monster girl under any circumstances."

"So basically, you've got Umbridge in you debt and she's acting as your eyes and ears inside the ministry and she doesn't even know it," Voldemort said, "I hate to admit it but I'm impressed so far Lord Arcanon but what do you plan to do about the portals to the prison dimension and the rescue attempt by those muggle fools to rescue the fools you banished there already?"

"Way ahead of you on that Lord Voldemort," Lord Arcanon spoke, "I've already sent my new army of monsters out to scour the land for any other dino bones and I've given them orders to destroy them on the spot. The taboo is linked to any portals that open since I am a Dark Portal Master. That said my army will attack and I'll be able to make sure that the portals collapse so that regardless of what happens we'll win no matter what."

Voldemort seemed to accept that for now considering the other recently acquired help that Lord Arcanon somehow received from another dimension.

Back in MEGTAF the general was about to introduce a plan to open the portals to his grandchildren when the proximity alarms rang out and the team saw that Ranger Abbot was riding his dragon along a man around his age wielding a sword. This was of course Master Tyranno as he had Tyranno themed knight armor but the kids didn't know this yet. They did see the duo riding on Ranger Abbot's Draconium dragon as they were fending off some type of floating lobster creature that shot energy balls at them but they dodged each and every shot.

"They're running out of time," said Calla, "They gotta find the fastest way to deliver the dino bones to the invisiportal. I'd suggesting going to help but we can't risk leaving the base unprotected."

"You may not have to worry about an attack on the base Calla," Iris said to her younger sister, "Ranger Abbot's got all the needed Dino Bones and he's taking them to the portal as we speak. We should get a lock on one of the dino masters."

"That leaves us with two questions which dino master are we gonna free first and what will they be able to tell us?" Abigail Potter asked.

As if on cue the team saw that a Pterodactyl themed warrior was in the invisiportal leading to the prison dimension. Master Tyranno and Ranger Abbot triggered the portal which allowed the Master to escape from the Prison Dimension but they didn't see a Texas Ranger with said master.

"Thanks for getting me out of there Master Tyranno. That place was disorienting and freaky," The Dino Master Spoke before noticing Hayes Abbot, "Whose this?"

"This is Texas Ranger Hayes Cooper Abbot," said Master Tyranno, "He and MEGTAF helped me to rescue you Master Ptera."

"Welcome back Master Ptera," Ranger Hayes Abbot said to the Ptera Dino Master, "You're going to be a big help in defending the Earth from the Forces of Darkness. General O'Neil gonna be wanting to know what the heck happened so we better go see him at once."

Later on the Trio were before General Jack O'Neil and the rest of his family minus Duncan who was still trapped in the Omega Dimension as they brought him up to speed on what was going on.

"And as you can see General we think that Arcanon's trying to come after the Dino Master since we can channel our powers through the Mega Fury Saber," Master Ptera spoke, "That's why we think Arcanon went after Myra to prevent her from interfering with his plans for this year. Before I was captured I overheard the dark forces mention something about Yaxley and Malfoy's positions being secured and then I was drained of my power and tossed into what I now know as the Prison Dimension the Dark Forces left with a glowing orb. Does this mean anything to you lot?"

"Yaxley and Malfoy I don't know but as for the orb thing it might be a clue," said Hayes Abbot, "What I do know is that we need to rescue the other Dino Masters and the other Texas Rangers before the forces of evil power any more of those orbs."

"Perhaps General O'Neil and his family can shed some light on that," Master Tyranno said.

"We can. Corban Yaxley has been made Chief of Staff of the British Ministry of Magic thanks to Lord Arcanon defeating Alaric Bones in an arena battle since he is a Dark Portal Master the most feared and powerful dark portal master of all time," the General explained, "He's so deadly that even the Arkeyan Weapon Masters are afraid of him and as for Malfoy, Varis Malfoy crushed Abigail Bones in the Arena and now Hogwarts is stuck with him for one year as Chair of the Board of Governors."

"That would explain why the conservative circles in the other nations under the influence of Arcanon and the Forces of Darkness have the Arkeyan Weapon Masters and their allies in hiding and why somehow the Arkeyans said that the Hogwarts PTA is unable to pull the kids out from school for the duration of the year," said Master Ptera, "Which means we need to find more dino bones to rescue the other masters."

"And we still have no way to rescue the rest of the Texas Rangers," said Ranger Abbot, "And if Arcanon found out about this portal somehow then you'll bet he'll know about any other portals we try to open up."

"There is an easier way to get the Dino DNA needed to free the other Dino Masters," said General O'Neil, "As for the Texas Rangers we'll have to work on that."

"Anyway, we'd better keep searching for answers," said Leilani, "Something's bound to turn up. Perhaps we should work on finding the Assassin Dens before The forces of Darkness start attacking those next."

"And then there's the matter of the Igasaki Clan," said Fleamont, "They've undermined and insulted the Arkeyan Empire for far too long. We may have no choice but to eliminate the entire Igasaki Clan on the spot or at the very least let house Roberts, Arkwright, and Perkins do that for us."

"We'll have to worry about the Igasaki Clan at another time," said Master Tyranno, "I just got a call from some allies. They're having some problems in Japan. Our Assassin Network has taken a huge hit."

"We gotta get there at once," said Master Ptera. "The Assassin Brotherhood needs our help."

"Master Ptera perhaps you should rest first," said Harry, "Let Carol, Verity, and I go with Master Tyranno and Ranger Abbot to find the Bones."

"I need to be there," Master Ptera said, "Once we get to Japan we can figure out what the heck has happened. If we're lucky we can rescue one of the other Dino Masters but if we're really lucky we can also rescue a Texas Ranger in the process. Perhaps we can find some Dinosaur Bones."

"Actually, I have a better idea," General O'Neil said, "I was suggesting we use the Dino Gems. They contain the Dino DNA we need which means we don't have to worry about finding dinosaur bones anymore."

"That should make freeing the other Dino Masters much easier," said Master Tyranno, "But we better check on the Assassin Dens. I have a feeling that things will fall apart soon."

The Team nodded as they went to go to Japan to check on the Japanese Branch of the Brotherhood.

In the British Ministry of Magic Delores Umbridge was not in a good mood at all ever since another of Yzma Milano's Security Measures for the ministry was passed and approved by the great alliance that in her eyes had been destroying the rightful way of life for the purebloods by removing laws rightfully favoring the purebloods and shattering laws suppressing the mudbloods and filthy half breeds. The only bright spot was that Corban Yaxley was the new Chief of Staff in the Ministry thanks to Lord Arcanon defeating that filthy blood traitor Alaric Bones whom thanks to the Daily Prophet somehow getting ahold of information on all of Delores' enemies and publishing it in the way that the Dark Faction wanted said information presented, was married to a Youko.

Umbridge somehow also gained all the information that she and Yaxley were looking for which meant which members of the Hogwarts PTA worked at the ministry and had relatives in the Muggle Military and knew if any of them had relatives at Hogwarts attending as Students and She also knew where to find each and every one of them on the spot if needed.

'Soon the Perkins, Roberts, and Arkwright clans will pay for what they did to my family and so will those French rats,' the Senior Undersecretary thought as she hadn't forgotten the curse that House Perkins, Roberts and Arkwright threw upon the Umbridge Family in the aftermath of the 100 years' war between England and France thanks to House Delacour, DeVille, and LeClerc ratting her family out and cursing the Umbridge Family to lose all power wealth, status, and magic for all time and banishing them to another realm the same realm as the Order of the Chief God. The banishment part would've worked if it hadn't been for a mysterious warlord countering all the curses thrown upon the clan and the banishment spell in the process before thrasing said clans in the process. Umbridge's grudge against the six wizarding clans was so great that it too the form of a massive black cloud of darkness which snaked its way out of the ministry and made its way to Arcanon's battleship via shadow.

In Arcanon's battleship Lord Arcanon's command chair was currently being occupied by Kai Malfoy while Fumi was brushing up on Japanese Magical History and legends as the former had fully recovered from his injuries that the Rosenblatt pest inflicted on him through the use of the Horse Talisman. He was overjoyed when Lord Arcanon told him that his Armada of Darkness banished the insolent pest to the Omega Dimension where he'd die from the cold alone leaving them free to reshape the world in favor of the Purebloods.

"What have you been working on my dear?" Kai asked Fumi.

"I've been doing some research with Daolon Wong and we can get some extra muscle to help us not only take over the Ministry when the time comes but also finish off our enemies," Fumi said, "Once that's done we purebloods will have all the power in the Wizarding World. Umbridge and Yaxley are already assisting your cousin Lucius in making sure the Minister follows the conservative agenda and fires all those who don't toe the line so to speak and replaces them with people whose world view follows the conservative agenda."

"Excellent work, the Dark Lord will be pleased to hear that," Kai said, "And once he's back and finishes up some up some unfinished business we can finally render our enemies powerless. Fortunately, Arcanon's away taking care of a gauntlet challenge in the Arkeyan Empire. It's tougher than the Arkeyan Governors Gauntlet."

"Arcanon's powerful enough to crush the Arkeyan Gauntlets," Fumi said, "And the Rosenblatt pest is finally gone for good. But did Umbridge have to get him to keep the Kaiju out of our affairs until the end of Draco's 6th year at Hogwarts?"

"Arcanon only did that to get Delores Umbridge to help us," Kai said, "She is our eyes and ears inside the Ministry as Senior Undersecretary and while Yaxley may not be able to fire anybody this year she can remind fudge that he also has the power to hire, fire or suspend ministry employees. And the Hogwarts PTA is in for a brutal surprise once Arcanon gets through. After all they're about to learn the hard way why nobody crosses us and lives."

Fumi smiled as this year was the year where they'd unleash the full fury of the forces of Darkness and bring back a shadow from Japan's past.

Duncan awoke with a start and shook his head to clear it. The last thing he remembered was being pulled into the swirling vortex of a dark magic portal. It was dark, and it was COLD. So cold, in fact, that were it not for the intensity of his inner fire, he would have been frozen solid immediately! He shot a 'flare' fireball upwards to see his surrounding, and saw only a frozen plain, at least as far as the firelight would reach before it went out. Growling in mild frustration, he switched his vision to infrared. In most directions he saw nothing but the same uniform cold, until he saw a slightly higher temp in the distance. Extending his wings, he flew toward it.

'Arcanon and the Malfoys probably thought this realm would kill me on arrival just from the cold,' he thought to himself as he flew. 'I will show them just how wrong they were when I get home!'

Eventually, he saw an arched structure was the source of the slight rise in temperature, as runes glowed in the stone. However, Duncan also began to to see dozens of forms that looked like they were frozen mid-march toward the structure. He landed at the foot of a long, shallow stairway up toward the archway. He was right, the forms were the frozen-solid bodies of beings of various species that apparently failed to reach their destination. The freezing wind seemed to pick up, and swirl viciously around him as he turned to start up the stairs.

He had gone about a quarter of the way when he heard the sounds of marching through the howling wind. He stopped when he saw a cadre of knights made of ice marching toward him! They raised their weapons and attacked like mindless automatons; obviously golems of some kind, Duncan smashed them easily enough.

Then he felt the heavy footsteps of something bigger. MUCH bigger. He looked up the steps and saw a huge beast; twelve feet tall, massively muscled with white fur and icy fangs, claws, horns, and armor and wielding a double-bladed battleaxe nearly as big as he was! Roaring, the thing charged him, swinging the axe with the ease of a willow wand! Duncan dodged by jumping back, but the beast then seemed to 'ice-slide' to shoulder-check him! Snarling, Duncan shot a fireball, which the frozen horror swatted aside with its axe. It glared into Duncan's eyes malevolently, and the kaiju Prince suddenly gripped his head in agony! BRAIN-FREEZE! The beast tried to take advantage, but Duncan countered with a stream of fire breath; which countered the brain-freeze effect and kept the monster at bay by forcing it to shield itself with the axe again.

The beast looked confused that its weapon was now ruined, and the distraction allowed Duncan to charge in and strike! Thunderous thrust-kick to the gut! Volcanic upper-cut, sending the monster into the air to land unceremoniously on its back! Duncan then blasted it with a sustained blast of intense flames. It roared in pain...until it roared and moved no more.

Duncan huffed a bit. Fighting in extreme conditions was never easy, and this was a tough opponent on top of that. He continued up the stairs to see what needed to be guarded so preciously. When he finally reached the Archway, he saw the small figure of an ancient, robed humanoid in robes holding an ornate crystal staff illuminated in the glow of the arch's runes. He looked up at Duncan with wized, ice-blue eyes.

"[I am the Elder Sage of the Omega Dimension. You are not of this realm]," the figure spoke in a language Duncan couldn't understand. "[Your very nature of Light and Fire is the antithesis of existence here. Your very presence here is a threat to our Reality. I know not what realm you came from, nor how to return you, but you cannot remain here. Go.]"

With his final words, the old one waved his staff at the arch, and a portal appeared! Duncan hesitated a moment. That portal could go anywhere! But then again, he couldn't stay here. He nodded in thanks to the old man and stepped through.

Author's Note: Guess whose back? I'm back with a new story and a whole new adventure. This season of Harry Potter is going to be epic filled with epic battles between the forces of good and evil and epic rescues and Clans deciding where their loyalties lay.