272Angel's Light
Chapter 13
AN: Hello all and welcome back. First and foremost as always I want to thank everyone who reviewed. Next the poll is closed and the Harem voters won. I don't need any ideas on who to include as I already have that part pretty much figured out myself and it's not going to be massive I promise, but that's for later down the line. Also for a bit of visualization I've done a bit of fan casting for Daphne and Tracey. For Daphne I chose Sabrina Carpenter and for Tracey I chose Rowan Blanchard, the Girl Meets World versions obviously. I'll change the kids up for the most part though as they get older some of them at least.
Next since I know not everyone has read Immortal Diaries which this idea spun off from I want to give you guys a bit of back story before I start:
Background: Naruto Uzumaki is nearly 9,000 years old. While dying during the 4th Shinobi War he made a deal with the Ten-Tailed beast otherwise known as the Shinju or God Tree. Basically in return for sparing their lives Naruto and the eight other Jinchuriki like himself would become guardians of the God Tree so it didn't have to deal with any more people and humans would over time slowly lose access to chakra. On his wedding day the Shinju linked Naruto's natural life span to that of his new bride Hinata Hyuga so that he would not out live her.
Upon death Naruto, Hinata among others were revived in their spiritual forms and informed that Naruto along with Gaara, Yugito, Han, Utakata, Haku (replacing Yagura who refused), Fu, Roshi and Killer B were now bijuu, making two sets now as the original ones are still around, and essentially Gods. Naruto spent most of his time in the spirit world but eventually he and Hinata agreed he'd need to get out into the world as his sex drive had grown to powerful for her to handle on her own. Since then Naruto has traveled the multiverse and different realms and in that time gained a small harem.
Sometimes the bijuu throw parties in which case they usually get stupid drunk and somehow new godly pantheons end up being founded such as the case with the Greeks, Norse, Roman and Shinto. Because of this Naruto has been known as Poseidon, Thor and Susanoo. He also has a tendency to have clones running around various worlds some who know they are clones but many that don't and live human lives. In the case of the latter Naruto receives the memories of the entire lives of the clones when they die.
As for this crossover universe it was created when multiple reality spheres where broken by kids playing where they shouldn't and these spheres are representations of different universes. As a result these universes were then merged together and all the bijuu or anyone in their circle with a godly persona had to give something to help stabilize the universe while some chose to go there and live new lives again. Naruto however could not go initially as the universe was incredibly weak and would not be able to handle his power, thus we find him only just now arriving.
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When Harry awoke that morning it was to a level of quiet and comfort that he had never quite experienced at Hogwarts. That isn't to say that his nights at Hogwarts had been bad, there was nothing that could be worse than his formulative years in Privet Drive in his mind. Still his last two years in Hogwarts had a few issues the biggest as far as the dorms had been concerned had been the cold and the snoring. When he woke this morning neither of those had been an issue. The cold which had previously been the bane of any Hogwarts student's existence had been taken care of by the central heating with the vents circulating the heat through the tower. The snoring had been fixed by his no longer sharing a room with Ron, Neville had been a big part of that as well but that had been seen to during his time at the Seven Saints Clinic.
With that being the case he'd taken the time to simply relax in his new bed and the warm room. Climbing out of the bed and onto the carpeted floor he made his way to the in-suite bathroom that he and Neville would be sharing. Inside however was only the toilet and the sink with no tub or shower to be found. Taking care of his morning business he wandered back into the room just in time to see Neville getting up himself.
"Morning"
"Morning." Muttered the Longbottom heir before making his way to the toilet.
Grabbing his watch off of his bedside drawer he checked his watch and sighed. They had an hour before they had to be at the morning meal, which this being the first one of the year was the one that was mandatory. Thankfully as it was a Saturday there was no need to wear the uniform and as such he'd be dressing much more relaxed today. Calling the time out for Neville he gathered his clothes for the day and stepped out of the room only to find Parvati rushing through the sitting room apparently heading out to do the same. As the dorm room door closed behind the pink clad blur that was Parvati, Harry could only chuckle lightly as he moved more sedately through the room and to the shower room at the end of the hall.
Forty-five minutes later found Harry entering the Great Hall alongside the rest of his hall mates. The Great Hall itself was packed and though they weren't late Harry could see that they may have to start arriving earlier in the future. Moving over the to Gryffindor table they found the room was still filling up and as such they wasted no time finding their seats. As more and more people began to arrive and take their seats Harry sat I silence as he took it all in. Most of the conversation was minor concerning the rooms but there were many who were taking the chance to get to know each other. One interesting thing of note was the people who were congratulating Percy who was now sporting the Head Boy badge. He personally didn't really care who the Head Boy was, just as long as the coward who had it initially was replaced he was fine. Of course there were other conversations, but they were mostly people going through the dance of getting to know each other so he ignored them.
Instead his mind was focused on some of the things his newfound connection to the school had brought him. The first that he noticed was a sense of security that had not been with him in prior years. As an Heir to two Founders he now knew that as long as he was within the walls of the castle or on the grounds he would be protected, just as he would in any Potter or Black property. The wards protecting Hogwarts were much more powerful than even the wards of Potter Manor due to a combination of factors not the least of which being that it sat upon the nexus of seven ley-lines.
He also now knew that Hogwarts was alive, and not in the joking way that students had always claimed it was. While not truly sentient, the school could sense the number of people on the grounds, the state of their health and much, much more. Harry as an Heir to both Gryffindor and Slytherin now knew exactly how many students where in each house and their names or anything else the school felt he should know about them. This had limits though, it couldn't tell him what someone was thinking or feeling emotionally or anything personal really, he had no idea if this was just because he was a student or if this really was the limit the castle was capable of.
He also knew the passwords for the entrance to each house's common room and a few secrets regarding said houses. As far as the House of Slytherin was concerned he and Sirius had sat and spoken about that one at length when his godfather had become Lord Slytherin. As it turns out the Slytherin bloodline had been split quite some time ago. Normally a House's heir both legal and magical were the same person, however sometimes this did not turn out to be the case as with the House of Slytherin. In this case the Slytherin family magic had taken to a daughter instead of a son, a daughter who had gone on to marry a man that would become Lord Black. Their child had thus carried the magical might of both the Black and Slytherin families.
Tom Riddle Jr descended from the son who the magic had skipped over and when Riddle, then going by the self-styled Voldemort had branded Regulus Black as a Death Eater and thus subservient to himself magic had looked at it as a surrender on Regulus's part. At that point Riddle while Lord of the legal line of Slytherin had become Heir secondary to the magical line of Slytherin. Sirius had of course been the heir primary, his grandfather Arcturus oddly enough had not been Lord Slytherin, despite him being Lord Black. In fact from what Sirius had told him the Slytherin Lordship had been dormant for a long time prior to when he had gotten it as it had not felt any one was worthy of it.
As for how Harry had come to be the heir it was a combination of factors. For one he was Sirius's magical heir and had been named as such upon his birth and would remain so unless he had kids of his own. This would unfortunately never happen as that ability had been lost to him due to his tie in Azkaban. Sirius had theorized he could probably have a child through ritual magic but didn't want to risk it as the child could be unbalanced mentally. Normally this would mean the house would be absorbed by the House of Potter but his father as James and Sirius had been cousins as Dorea Potter had been born Dorea Black and Arcturus Black was her brother as such Harry could carry the Lordships of both houses.
As for how he became the heir of Slytherin it was because he'd fought and defeated Voldemort three times, first as baby, then in his first year when he had possessed Quirrel and then just last year when he'd beaten his shade. The last time counted as it had drained enough life force out of Ginny that it had returned to a physical form, thus being able to pick up and use her wand. As far as the conquest rules go the first time as a baby had been enough to snatch the title even unknowingly, the third time however had been enough to cast Riddle out of the line of succession entirely both legal and magical.
A gentle nudge to his side broke him from his thoughts and had him looking over to Hermione who looked pointedly at the Head Table. Following her gaze he found McGonagall had arrived while he'd been lost in thought and was currently standing at the podium.
"Good morning, everyone. I have some announcements and a few introductions to get through before breakfast this morning." Started the woman, Harry heard a few grumbles but nothing major before she moved on.
"Firstly we had a change in our Student Leadership last night. Two of the Ravenclaw prefects have been replaced. I want it known that we find bullying to be abhorrent behavior and not something we will look favorably upon. Even if you are not an active participant if you have knowledge of such behavior and turn a blind eye to it that makes you know better than the bully. For those of you who are given the title of Prefect or even a Head Student we hold you to a higher standard, do not betray that trust or there will be consequences." Stated the woman staring down the hall causing many to shift uneasily.
"Next after the incident yesterday our former Head Boy decided he didn't have to leave his compartment for any reason until the train reached the Hogsmead station. As I stated we hold our students in leadership positions to a higher standard. As such that person has been replaced and going forward Percy Weasley is our Head Boy."
At this she was cut off due to a thunderous applause that had taken over the hall. He knew Percy had endered himself to many on the train yesterday as he and Penny had helped many of the students not just immediately after the attack but all the way up to the castle. Seeing Percy blushing up a storm at the amount of praise sent his way showed he had more of his father in him than Harry had previously thought and that may just take him on a much better path in life than where he was heading before.
Once the applause stopped she moved on to other announcements, such as the Forbidden Forest still being forbidden. However she next announced that they would be opening up the sports program to include more than just Quiddich. While she didn't go into any specifics she did say that the bulletin boards in the common rooms and the Main Hall would all have the needed information. Next she moved on to continue the introduction of the new teachers joining the staff. She started with the Muggle Studies departments and while there were plenty of teachers none of them stuck out to Harry as interesting. What followed was a number of introductions for a couple of courses that Harry had no interest in so he didn't care to remember any of the names. The exception to this bunch was Professor Reginald Birch who would be teaching NEWT level Ancient Runes.
"Now two new courses. Magical Life and Non-Magical Life. These classes will teach the traditions and customs of the Magical's and Non-Magical's. These are also required courses, those who live in the magical world will take the Non-Magical Life course and those who live in the Muggle world will take the Magical Life course. The Magical Life course will be taught by Madam Augusta Longbottom and the Non-Magical course will be taught by Lord Elliot Prewett. If you feel you have a solid grasp of life in both worlds you will be allowed to test out if you request it."
At these words Harry knew there would be many purebloods especially the bigots that wouldn't be happy but none would voice it as everyone knew that McGonagall would not put up with it. Harry was actually looking forward to this class as he knew there was many things about the magical world that he should know but didn't. At the same time he was anticipating the reactions of the purebloods when they realized just how much the rest of the world had grown while they'd remained stuck in the past.
"Finally our new elective courses. Care of Magical Creatures will now be taught by our Keeper of Keys and former Groundskeeper, Professor Rebeus Hagrid and Professor Leah Loriss."
This announcement was met with a thunderous applause especially amongst the Gryffindor's and Hufflepuff's. This was really no surprise as Hagrid was a rather well-liked figure even when he was just the Groundskeeper and after the Quibbler broke the story of him passing his NEWT exams over the summer many students were happy for him. The other CARE teacher was one he didn't know but he was pretty sure she would be much more restrained in what she taught than Hagrid. Once the applause died down the two new professors sat and another three people stood up.
"Our new Mystic Arts teachers who join us from the temple of Kamar-Taj representing the Masters of the Mystic Arts. They are Professor Tabitha Gordon and Professor Wong. Professor Wong will also be in charge o the archiving and sorting of Slytherin's Library." Stated McGonagall, unlike many others these teachers bowed to the room before taking their seats and a new figure stood up.
"Now our final new member of staff also comes to us from the Masters of the Mystic Arts and aside from working as another Professor for that class has accepted the post of Deputy Headmaster, this is Baron Karl Mordo."
Looking up at this man Harry found a gaze not too dissimilar from McGonagall's. This was a man who would suffer no non-sense but the most striking thing was his eyes, they held a quite intensity and a level of power in their depths that he had seen from no one but Dumbledore. His attention however was pulled from the man who was soon taking his seat as McGonagall called for breakfast to be served. Almost immediately the table was filled with various foods though not much of the traditional English breakfast. Soon enough he had built himself a decent breakfast the center piece of which was the triple stack of pancakes that he'd managed to get by way of orbing much to the surprise of many of his table mates.
It wasn't too long into the meal with the owl's made their appearance for the morning mail delivery. With those owl's came the new editions of the Daily Prophet, and while its quality had improved greatly over the summer Harry still didn't have a subscription, even with owning stock in the paper, which didn't matter because Hermione did and was always eager to share. The top story was of course the Dementor's attack on the Express which was delivered during a press briefing by the Minister. Instead of stating the creatures had gone rogue however the new Minister had been completely honest in his press briefing explaining that this had been a deliberate attack on the Express and its students and the perpetrator had already been apprehended.
While he would not release the name of the person responsible he promised that they would be facing the full might of the Wizengamont in a trial that would be tacked on to the day's meeting. He had also revealed that it was Harry himself that had stopped the creatures and forced them to flee by use of a fully corporeal Patronus Charm, making him the youngest in history capable of the feat by a year. Furthermore he revealed that because of this action Harry would be rewarded with a second Order of Merlin 1st Class award, despite the fact that he hadn't accepted the first one yet. Acknowledging that he was still a student the man stated the ceremony would most likely take place at Hogwarts but he would need to coordinate with both Headmistress McGonagall and Harry's guardian Lord Black before anything could be decided upon. At this point the article went on a bit longer but he ignored the rest and happily turned his gaze away from it and went back to his breakfast.
Of course this being Hogwarts it wasn't long until his meal was interrupted again, this time due to the conversation happening around him. Somehow it seems the word hadn't traveled through the castle that he was the one that had drove off the Dementors or how it was done the previous night. Now that the Prophet had broke that news the student body was running with it, and there seemed to be a lot there for people to run with. To be perfectly honest he couldn't really blame them all things considered, the Order of Merlin award wasn't something that was just handed out, in fact it had been a decades since the last one was awarded. In the span of a few months however it was announced that he would be rewarded with two at the 1st Class level, the highest honor given in Magical Britain.
Not only that but at 13 he'd somehow mastered the Patronus Charm, a charm that many adults couldn't say they'd done due to the difficulty of the spell. Before he could get too far into his thoughts however his attention was grabbed by a slight tug on his robes. Turning to look behind him he found a pair of small girls, twins obviously first years, decked out in Hufflepuff robes. They had long brown hair and green eyes, they were clearly nervous but were also absolutely adorable. Turning around fully so that he could face them he also unknowingly got the attention of everyone near him.
"Thank you for saving us." They spoke in unison and Harry felt his heart melt and judging by the sounds of his table mates was sure he wasn't the only one.
Not only that but it struck him that this was actually the second third he'd ever been thanked for something. Hermione and oddly enough Percy had been the only people to ever do so before, at least as far as Hogwarts students were concerned. While it was a sobering thought it also cemented the two girls above most of the other Hogwarts students in his mind right off the bat.
"You two are very much welcome." Said Harry giving the two girls a rare genuine smile that caused them both to blush.
"So if I'm remembering right you two would be the Foster sisters right." Said the boy getting a pair of fast nods from the girls.
"I'm Leyla." Said the girl on the left.
"I'm Rheana." Said the girl on the right.
"Well as you know I'm Harry, this is Hermione and that's Neville." Said the boy motioning to his friends who gave the girls friendly hello's.
"So I know this can be a big place, and kind of scary too. How about I introduce you to some people that can help you out if you need anything." Said Harry.
At their nods he stood from his seat and instantly both girls grabbed his hands.
Upon his return to Asgard Thor was greeted by the sight of the Lady Sif and was immediately pulled into a heated kiss. When they broke for air it took every bit of his willpower to not snatch her up and fly to his chambers. Though they did indeed fly to their next destination that was the throne room and not his personal chambers. Entering the throne room they were greeted by the rest of the Royal Family already gathered within with his father seated upon the throne. There was little fanfare upon there arrival and instead it was straight to business. First he informed them of the particulars concerning his meeting with the Olympians. That Zeus had been ignoring the entire situation concerning the actions of his father, the Titan Kronos was not looked upon favorably by anyone.
Following that Loki briefed them on what he'd found at the Dursley's home and needless to say none of them had been happy. Learning that blood wards had been in place upset all of them as they had obviously been drawing their power from Harry which would most certainly put stress on Harry's developing magical core. As if that wasn't bad enough then the discovery of the demonic compulsion spells on the houses residence had made things worse. It was upon this point he informed them of Lily's true origins, her blood family and the type of threats they had been facing.
Learning that Harry was part whitelighter also surprised them, but it was a welcome surprise. Then however he had to explain about the visit Harry's alternate future-self had made to the past and the news he had brought. The knowledge as sparse as it was concerning their fates initially had been troubling for all of them. Finally he told them of his current quest of tracking down Lily's soul. Angela as leader of the Valkyries assured him that Lily was not in Valhalla, Loki had also quickly stated that she was not in Helheim, as he himself had searched the place for her. That was actually a relief as it only solidified his thoughts on her whereabouts. When prompted instead of an in-depth explanation he offered simply a name. If they had still just been their Asgardian selves nothing an explanation would be needed but with the knowledge of Hinata, Sasuke, Kushina and Minato the only one out of the loop regarding that name was Angela who would be brought up to speed by their mother.
That was all the previous day and after the meeting broke up he'd spent his remaining time with Sif. They had spent much of the day light hours sparring, adapting their bodies to the multiple styles of combat they bout now had cataloged in their minds. It had taken a bit of time and there was still much work to be done but he knew eventually they would get there in due time. After their time sparring the two of them had retired to his chambers for an even more intense workout, one that was enjoyable in a far different manner.
At the moment the two were getting dressed so as to start their day after their morning bath which had led to an early morning session and while he would like to spend his day with her now both of them had things to do this day. Once they'd finished dressing they left his chambers and joined his family in the small dining hall for their morning meal. Normally they would take their meals in the great hall but when they had things to discuss the meals would always be taken in the smaller one that provided a more intimate setting. It was as they ate that the plans that had been discussed between Odin and Freya were brought to light to the rest of the group.
"After much discussion your father and I have determined a way forward. We will have a feast today during which we will make the announcement about Harry and that you have gone to locate the spirit of his mother." Stated Freyja getting a nod from Thor as he'd already figured this would happen.
"Upon your return we will announce your betrothals and you will marry Sif, remarry Lily and Prue in a ceremony for our people to witness." Said Freyja.
"Aldrif will travel to Midgard and return with Jane Foster. Should Foster be willing and pass a series of trails we will allow you to marry her as well." Said Odin getting surprised looks all around
"Loki meanwhile shall travel to Olympus with Mimir, the two of you will see about settling terms of an alliance with our more foolish cousins." Said Freyja causing them all to blink.
"An alliance?" questioned Angela in surprise.
"I don't trust that idiot Zeus not to screw something up. The stakes are two high and we may need the additional strength in times ahead." Said Freyja
Turning towards Odin they found him scowling as obviously this was not something he in particular wanted. Thor didn't really blame him as it was well known that Odin was amongst the strongest of the Sky-fathers and that was before taking into account the new knowledge he'd gained from his memories as Minato.
"Before that there is another matter to attend to." Said Odin catching the attention of the group.
"Aldrif has brought someone to Asgard, a warrior she spoke quite highly of. You all will be with me when I meet with him."
Thor sighed at this, he had planned on leaving after the meal but it appears he may end up staying on Asgard longer than he anticipated. As it was he could only wonder what else his parents had planned for them.
Back at Hogwarts Harry found himself on his own as he explored a massive room within the castle known as the Room of Requirements. After introducing the Foster twins to people from each house he'd left the Great Hall and once he was sure no one could see him orbed up to a seventh-floor corridor near the Hall of Hexes. He appeared in front of a tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy teaching trolls to dance. His destination had actually been hidden and had required him walking back and forth across a section of the blank wall opposite the tapestry three times before the door appeared. His alternate-self had been very specific when it came to accessing the room and the memories he'd provided him concerning it he'd studied multiple times. Still when he'd opened the door to be greeted by the Room of Hidden Things he'd been stunned at just how massive it was and while there was a lot of junk there were also more than a few treasures hidden within as well.
Eventually he'd been able to get his bearings and while there were some things missing from the Room that were in the memories the place matched well enough that he was soon walking the path he knew he needed to take. Following the path he eventually came to a dresser atop of which rested a brown box, inside of which sat his quarry, the diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw. Almost immediately he called for Leo who upon arrival immediately recognized the diadem for what it was due to the aura he could sense from it. With the diadem secured he and Leo toured around the place for a bit and soon discovered more treasures within the room. During their exploration they found a number of classic brooms, the like of which he knew some would give an arm for happily. There were also a number of books and tomes they found some of which Leo said contained things that were quiet powerful and could be game changers. Having brought his backpack he'd slipped a few things inside it's depths, never more thankful for the expansion charms embedded in it.
Leo however had also taken a number of things though for his part stated it was more because they should be either locked up or destroyed. After spying one of the items which was a tome explaining the process necessary to create a horocrux Harry couldn't help but agree. It was during this time they'd come across the greatest of the treasures they'd come across, portraits of the founders. There were numerous ones, single portraits, doubles and several group portraits. They'd been stacked against each other and covered with some kind of tarp sheet. One of the group portraits was awake and the founders themselves were clearly unhappy with their current placement. Soon he had summoned Dobby and the excitable elf left taking the portraits with him. Unfortunately before he could do any more exploration of the place the alarm on his watch went off telling him he'd need to prepare for his next appointment. Bidding Leo farewell the two of them were gone in a flurry of orbs Leo off to the Upper Regions while he himself appeared at the front of the room.
Stepping out of the door and back into the hallway he allowed the door to fade before pacing the stretch of wall again causing a new door to materialize. Stepping inside he found himself looking at an almost perfect duplicate of his common room in his suite at Potter Manor. The difference in this case was in the arrangement of the furniture, in this case four large couches, which were situated so that they formed a circle in the center of which sat a small round table. Moving into the circle he took off his backpack and after a bit of rooting around he pulled out a small circular device about the size of his palm that was grey in color that took the appearance of a domed structure. It wasn't a perfect dome as the portion at the top protruded outwards and was clear with what looked like a light in the center of it.
Placing it on the table a quick flick of his wrist had his wand in hand and a quick enlargement charm had the device increasing to its proper size which soon found it taking up much of the center of the table. That done he holstered his wand and pulled out a stack of small cases inside of which he could see several devises the size and shape of SD cards only they were glowing an odd wispy white substance and placing them on the table. A call for Dobby this time had him requesting snacks and drinks be placed on the other larger table in front of the window the room had created. Soon a number of treats such as potato chips, sandwiches and fruits were placed on the table along with a number of drinks such as water, soda's and butterbeer.
A glance at his watch found he had about two minutes to spare before people began to arrive. Walking out the door he made sure to keep it open as he stood outside to wait. He had only barely settled before he spotted people making their way towards him. The first to arrive was Hermione and Neville which wasn't surprising as Hermione was always punctual and tried to be early to arrive if she could help it. Before Hermione could question him however he motioned her inside, she huffed but headed inside with Neville following after her. Daphne, Tracy and Astoria were the next to arrive and had barely stepped in the door before Susan, Hannah, Luna and Zatanna arrived. After waiting for a few minutes the Weasley bunch made their appearance all five of them greeting him before entering the room. Looking down the hall Harry was satisfied when he saw no one following behind them and stepped into the room himself with the door vanishing from sight behind him as he closed it to show only the blank wall.
Inside he could see most of the group was already seated the only exceptions being the Weasley's who were at the refreshment table. Those who'd come in earlier had already hit the table and were either partaking in their snack or had already finished. Moving to one of the couches he removed his bag and took his own seat.
"So Potter are you finally going to tell us what's going on?" questioned Tracy causing several to perk up.
"I am however, it goes much deeper than you know. What is discussed in here will for the most part need to stay in here and for that we have these."
As the Potter heir spoke he'd dug around a bit before removing a stack of papers from his bag and passing them around to each side of him. As the group accepted them there were several raised eyebrows or faces of surprise. Harry however had dug in his bag once more and removing a four bundles of pens before setting them down on the table within easy reach of everyone.
"Magical contracts." Said Daphne in surprise.
"There are blurred lines here." Said Hermione frowning.
"Yes. The knowledge that I'm going to give you guys is protected information. A few of you may know Occlumency but I know most of us including myself don't. These will insure the knowledge stays safely locked away in your minds and even the most powerful of telepath's would be unable to take it." Explained Harry surprising the group.
"Telepathy isn't really a thing is it?" questioned Zatanna.
"It is. True telepaths are rare but most of them are also extremely powerful. The weakest of the bunch are those who practice Legilimency such as Snape and Dumbledore." Said Harry.
"These are pretty simple as far as contracts go." Said Percy in surprise.
"They were created that way purposely. Everyone needs to know precisely what they are getting into and the Queen wanted them to be fairly simple." Said Harry shocking most of the group.
"The Queen knows about this?" questioned Hermione lightly.
"She was there when the rest of us found out, it's why certain actions are now happening, such as the renaming of the school." Said Harry.
That had been a surprise for all of them as from its birth the school had been called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry however it was now known as Hogwarts Academy. After a few silent minutes in which they thought things over people began reaching forward to grab pens and sign the paper. Luna of course showed no hesitation and was the first to sign one, Daphne had raised a blond eyebrow in his direction, a small smirk pulling at the corner of her lips before signing hers as well. As he expected of her Hermione worried at her bottom lip for several minutes before her resolve hardened and she signed. Neville of course didn't need to sign one as he wore his houses Heir ring which protected his mind but signed it anyway as Harry knew he would. Eventually all of the papers were signed and made their way back to him but instead of placing them back in his bag and he called for Dobby who took them to place in his safe.
"While I was speaking with the Queen over the summer we were visit by a man who turned out to be a future version of myself." Started Harry causing several people to blink.
"Time travel isn't possible." Said Ron.
"It is, but highly regulated. My mother's family happens to have a spell for just such a thing, my aunts have traveled to the past on several occasions and an adult version of Chris traveled back a few years ago." Said Harry.
"So it's possible to travel through time." Said Tracy eyes wide.
"It is but you should know that normally when you do so you would loose your powers, as such when you go back you have no magic meaning most who try will get stuck in the past." said Harry.
"Which explains why all attempts at it before have been considered failures." Said Percy.
"Exactly, my future self came to help prevent a catastrophe as part of a larger world wide plan. That plan has already seen Dumbledore leaving the castle, Sirius released from Azkaban and Snape sentenced." Said Harry.
"But those happened before summer break." Said Astoria.
"Yes because apparently he wasn't working alone in this endeavor, also working with him is someone called the Sorcerer Supreme." Said Harry causing Tracy to nearly spew out the water she'd been drinking.
"That, that changes things." Said Neville suddenly pale.
"Who is that?" questioned Hermione.
"The Sorcerer Supreme is the title held by the most knowledgeable and powerful witch or wizard in the world. The current one is known as the Ancient One and the last time she was seen was battling Grindelwald and his monstrosities. Grindelwald had augmented his power several times over through some kind of dark ritual and had somehow gotten monsters of some sort under his power. On her own the Ancient One had destroyed the creatures and stripped Grindelwald of his augmented power. By the time she was done Grindelwald was a shell of himself and Dumbledore still only barely won." Said Daphne.
"How do you know that?" questioned Percy frowning.
"My grandfather was there as was the Lord Black and Lord Potter of the time." Said Daphne.
"True enough, unfortunately the Ancient One passed away a few years ago. The current Sorcerer Supreme is a guy named Strange." Said Harry bringing the groups focus back to himself.
"While he was here he gave us all some information concerning what's to come. For me personally he implanted a few things directly in my mind. However he also provided a number of memories concerning future events not just personal or magical but on a world scale." Said Harry motioning to the stack of cards on the table.
"Okay so I'm guessing that thing is how we'll view them." Said Daphne eyeing the metal dome on the table.
"It is. According to him this is an updated version of the pensieve. This apparently is a merging of technology and magic, or technomancy. When the muggles created this they called it a holo-projector, Hermione got hold of it and with some runic work adapted it so that it could act as a pensieve, except you don't have to dive into the memory and it gives full color." Said Harry.
"Wait I created this?!" exclaimed Hermione in surprise as she reached forward to snatch up the devise only for Harry to stop her.
"There's no point, the runes are all on the inside." Said Harry causing her to pout as she could see it was seamless.
"Still that's incredibly impressive." Said Daphne.
"Indeed. My older self always felt the magical world held his Hermione back for reasons just like that. Those contracts you signed Hermione figured out how to do that in 5th year, only the original version held more consequences." Said Harry
"Merlin." Whispered Percy looking over Hermione almost awestruck.
"Anyway, we could be here for a while so let's get started shall we."
As he said this he reached for the stack of cards and grabbed the one off the top. Moving over to the device and a push of a button soon had it turned on which was displayed by the white light that came from the top of it. Another push had a small tray sliding out of the bottom in which he placed the card and another push of the button had the slot closing. For a moment nothing happened before the light turned blue and began shining outwards before expanding and the image of a person could be seen. Several of the group gaped as the person was clearly Harry, though older and with a few more scars it was clear to see it was him. Harry himself sat back into the couch to watch as well, after all he himself hadn't seen many of these. He'd only seen the ones marked for the horcruxes so far due to their importance but he was eager to see what else was there. Of course neither he nor the group at large were prepared for the bombs that were about to hit them.
From his position within the Wizengamont Chambers the current Lord of the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Black could be found frowning as he glanced at his wristwatch. Judging by the time he knew Harry was most likely now sequestered in the Room of Requirement with his friends. He honestly didn't agree with involving the kids but considering how much went down at Hogwarts while they were students and how much involved them as adults couldn't really logically argue against it. If anything however it had made his work with the Wizengamont even more important in the long run. Already his motions had seen positive results not the least of which was the return of houses many had thought to have been extinct that were now re-emerging. Not only that but with his move to research older magics that had been considered forbidden it had risen his stock in the eyes of all members of the Wizengamont.
Still those had just been opening moves and now that he could bounce ideas off of others he had even more things to get down before this body. One of which had been his initial reasoning for attending today's meeting. This time however he'd come with documented proof to back his reasoning but would also be playing on the fears of many of the people within the room. Of course the member's of the Alliance were all in on this which had helped him flush out his argument more and he was sure that they would chime in if necessary to help him back his claims. Of course he also knew that they would soon have to formally announce the re-activation of the alliance but that would happen later.
His time sitting among the tiers over the last few months had shown him who the true powers were in the place. Narcissa had been a big help in that regard as she'd been able to inform him of things he'd missed during his time in Azkaban. The Wizengamont had changed, no longer was it filled by those who bled to uphold honor of their people, instead many of the seats had been taken by new families in the aftermath of the war. Their were a number of known Death Eaters, suspected Death Eaters and sympathizers amongst the tiers now. Some of them may have inherited their seats but many of them hadn't. Now people who had no rights to seats had been able to buy their way onto the Wizengamont restructuring it in the process. Both his grandfather and Lord Charlus had been disgusted by what Dumbledore had rather blatantly allowed to happen and had left the Wizengamont electing proxies to look after their interest.
The new Wizengamont consisted of three factions Light, Dark and Neutral. The Light was of course led by Albus Dumbledore or in his absence by Franklin Birch, another of Albus's old friends. Birch had of course gone to Hogwarts, a Ravenclaw and after school had spent his time at the Ministry working in the Wizengamont Administration Services before transferring to the Department of International Magical Cooperation (D.I.M.C) and becoming its head, a position he held even to this day. The Dark for the last decade had been led by Luscious Malfoy and with him now in prison it appeared that Corbin Yaxley was now in charge. That however was simply an appearance, he knew thanks to Narcissa that he was merely figurehead and the true leader of the Dark was Thaddeus Nott. From what he learned Nott was the most dangerous of the lot of them, he liked to work from the shadows cultivating spies and sleeper agents. It was Nott who had turned Peter, something he'd been quite proud of when he told Malfoy about it from what Narcissa had recalled about it. As such Sirius was very much looking forward to the day when he would kill him. Finally there was the Grey which had no set leader, merely a spokesperson. That spokesperson had been Lord Greengrass for the last few years. With the return of the alliance however he knew that it was only a matter of time until a leader was chosen.
"Lord Black the floor is yours." Came a call breaking him from his thoughts.
"Thank you, Chief Warlock." Said Sirius as he stood to his feet.
"The last time I stood before this body it was to address what I believed to be oversights, things I spotted because I was trying to catch up on what I had missed." Started the man getting the attention of the entire room.
"What I present to you today, I am proud to say is something that all of us along with those who came before us missed. In this instance I am here merely as the presenter, the research done for this was not by my word, the discovery was made by my godson and heir."
He paused here now sure he had everyone's undivided attention as he saw several sit up straighter especially amongst the press and more expressive of the bodies members. Though he did not even say a name he didn't have to as everyone in the room knew who he meant without it being said, as all knew who his heir actually was.
"I speak to you all today about what he believes should be classified among the unforgivable, and while not a spell or a curse he called them the Imperious in bottle." Said Sirius smirking slightly
"If you would all open your packets to the third page you will see a list of potions noted their which he grouped together as Behavioral Modification Potions, that like the Imperious curse take away the free will of those under its effects. Unlike the curse however you will find those under the effects of the potions cannot break free of their effects, not until it runs its course or a counter is administered. Included in the list you will find things as Compulsion, Jealousy, Loyalty, Aversion, Love and Lust potions." Here he paused as he noticed the look on the face of a particular individual and could tell he wanted to speak.
"You have a question, Lord Parkinson?" questioned Sirius.
"Indeed, while the effects of a Lust potion are well known why would anyone be worried about something as harmless as a love potion?" questioned the man.
"Good question, and one I shared, so I will answer you as I was, though altered a bit." Said Sirius getting a nod
"For a wizard of an advanced age a Lust potion would act as an enhancement to an otherwise tired body. Muggles have come up with a similar fix to this in pill form, however that's not all it can be used for.
"You have a daughter, one who happens to be the Heiress of an Most Ancient and Noble House. You are not the only one in this situation as many others in this room are as well, only not many with your particular high level status. Imagine someone were to brew a lust potion, however instead of consuming it themselves they slipped it to your daughter who unknowingly consumes it. You now have a pliable young lady who will not only not say no, but is quite the eager participant. This is another use for the lust potion, one Harry saw easily due to how some muggles have used their pills. In this usage they call them date rape drugs."
The galley was silent and a number of people were utterly horrified not the least of which was Lord Parkinson who was now incredibly pale. Taking in the looks of the room Sirius wondered if his face had looked anywhere near as horrified when Harry and the sisters had this discussion with him.
"That unfortunately isn't the worse bit, things can be even more nefarious. Imagine she comes home singing the praises of someone she likes. Imagine they marry and she falls pregnant and suddenly it all goes away. Not only do those feelings go away but she reveals her husband is someone who she either had no romantic interest in, or worse despised. What you have here is someone who fell prey to long term usage of love potions and most likely lust potions as well. What you have is multiple rapes and Line Theft." Said Sirius and now found that Lord Parkinson wasn't the only one with a pale face.
"THE FUCK, AGAIN!"
The angered exclamation had come from surprisingly enough Percy Weasley. He wasn't the only one angry or even the most expressive with it however he was the one who looked the closest to Hulking out if he'd been capable of it. The group was still gathered within the Room of Requirements despite the fact that a few hours had passed. Currently the image the device was depicting was frozen as Harry had paused it and it was currently stuck on the sitting figure of his alternate self. They'd gotten through the school years pretty quick mostly because only what he thought to be important had been added which was apparently the yearly near death battles. Each chip with start with the figure of his alternate-self setting the scene, then move on to show the memory then his alternate would appear again to summarize the aftermath.
He started with third year which to none of their surprise featured the Dementors, fourth year was Voldemort body restored and all, fifth year was Death Eaters in the Ministry, sixth year when Snape killed Dumbledore and what was supposed to be seventh year which featured a big battle at Hogwarts. He also explained certain other things that happened in this time the murders of Susan and her aunt Amelia, the signing of the Sokovia Accords and what it meant, the attack on and decimation of the British Royal Family and the muggles joining the war amongst other things. Following that he'd gone into the aftermath of the war which saw a peace treaty with the muggles as well as him oddly enough he'd married Ginny and Hermione had even more oddly married Ron and had two kids, one of which was her own horribly named son. Normally this would have been fine except his alternate revealed that both he and Hermione had been under love potions for years slipped to them by Mrs. Weasley, hence why they were all angry and why Percy had blown his top.
"What do you mean again?" questioned Daphne rounding on Percy, while Harry was holding a distraught Hermione.
"When I was a first year. My mother decided Bill and Charlie should settle down with nice girls. They were both popular with the girls then Bill a Chaser and Charlie seeker. One day she got the bright idea to start sending the girls she'd picked treats addressed as if they came from Bill and Charlie. The girl she picked for Bill was one that he was already interested in so nothing seemed off to him. The one she picked for Charlie though was one he wasn't interested in that way but Bill used to tease him about. When she started acting weird he took her to see Poppy and they found out about the love potion. Suspicious he told her about Bill's new steady girlfriend who was also under the potion's influence much to Bill's surprise. I don't know what Dumbledore did when the girl's parents showed up but nothing happened, at least officially. As for us as far as the girls of the school were concerned, well there's a reason every Weasley to come here has had trouble dating" Said Percy.
"Look the important thing is that we know and we can look for any signs of it in the future." Said Zatanna.
"There shouldn't be. I did a bit of work over the summer after all the revelations about the compulsion potions. One of the issues on the Wizengamont agenda is having behavioral modification potions such as compulsion, love and lust potions considered as unforgivable." Said Harry.
"Let's just finish this thing. We've got two cards left and I'm ready to be done with it for the day." Said Ginny scowling. Harry frowned and after a quick look at Hermione who nodded tapped the device with his wand and it began to play again.
"Molly's actions, they broke us and none of us ever really recovered from it, needless to say both our marriages fell apart and we were divorced. Hermione and I were eventually released from St. Mungo's and she moved in with her parents. Ginny was the only one not influenced by potions, but I heard from George that she nearly killed Molly in her rage. If not for Fleur no one is sure if Molly would even be alive right now, and Ginny ended up moving to France with the kids to stay with Bill and Fleur. Ron never made it out of the hospital, he had been under so many potions for so many years that his body had become dependent on them and they had to ease him off slowly. Neville and Hermione had been visiting with Ron when St. Mungo's was bombed, they all died in the blast."
At this point tears were flowing freely down the holographic visage of his older counterpart and his wasn't the only one. Astoria, Ginny, Luna, Sue and Hermione were also all in tears. Daphne and Tracy were putting up strong fronts much like he was and comforting Astoria, Ginny had been pulled between the twins and Neville and Luna. Hermione however despite constantly wiping tears from her face was still taking copious notes on everything or at least she was until Zatanna took hold of the pad and pen upon which point Hermione curled up into him.
"This brazen, cowardly attack was the last straw for me. Before I was content to let the Ministry and Wizengamont appointed representatives handle peace talks with the muggles, obviously they'd decided against peace. In the state I was in at that point mentally and emotionally I was just fine with that and decided they needed a lesson in what real power was. The next time Parliament gathered I walked in on their session and was the only one to walk out. This of course was when things got even worse while we were all busy the surviving Inner Circle Death Eaters had been busy themselves and started making deals with demons, vampires, werewolves and all kinds of monsters.
Some such as Lucius Malfoy sacrificed their entire families in order to become demons themselves. When the attacks came none of us were prepared for the level of power and new abilities we would be up against. Britain fell in a day though we fought back even my power has its limits. We went underground for the most part and eventually we ended up falling back to Hogwarts and there we were joined by the Masters of the Mystic Arts and the Sorcerer Supreme. That's when we learned what was happening with the rest of the world, that none of the attacks were random and that there was no way we could beat this, not in a straight fight.
Refuges from Asgard showed up not long afterwards led by Heimdall and a woman named Valkyrie. It was Heimdall who told me of my Asgardian heritage and how long they'd been searching for me to no avail. Doctor Strange found the bindings on my magic and during left to meet what was left of the Elders afterwards. He came back Chris Halliwell who he explained was my cousin and had a way to fix things. Between the four of us we came up with a plan, we would send representatives back in time to specific points and crucial targets. Doctor Strange with Heimdall's aid was able to peer through time to find the most crucial points for our aims and the people needed. Chris went first as a test and succeeded which resulted in a lesser force against us. Once he returned we pulled out the stops and set to planning long term strategies.
Once we were secure in our plans we started skipping through time guiding things to fit our own ends. We had deep in-depth conversations with Merlin which resulted in both Family Magic as our people know it and Arthur's dual marriage to Guinevere and Morgan. In other points we were much more subtle. It was during this time we were approached by the Goddess of Death and not a minor local one but THE Goddess of Death, who transcends the multiverse, and is actually older than it. She explained to me what it means to be the Master of Death, the truth on how I came to be it and what the job entails. I can't tell you everything, but what I can say is you are already the Master of Death and you have been for years. You have but to call them and they will come to you."
Here Luna began bouncing excitedly in her seat with a big smile across her face while he noticed several others were looking at him with appraising looks. Blushing a bit under the scrutiny Harry wondered why he had to say all that when his counterpart was the one to recommend watching these with his friends. He'd already known this information after all and had already been trying to push it to the back of his mind so that he didn't have to think about. Thankfully he could tell that he was wrapping up and was now also looking forward to getting through those last two chips as he couldn't wait to get out of here now. As such he hunkered down and did his best to make it seem like he wasn't going to bold just as soon as this was done.
Things on Asgard had progressed quite nicely and Thor would admit in a surprising way. His sister's guest was one she'd gone to fetch at Odin's insistence he had known that much, meeting the man had not however been what he had expected. Hellspawn though rare were notorious and he'd run across one in his youth, he'd been a young god then not even strong enough to lift Mjolnir from its pedestal when they had crossed paths. The Norse Hellspawn, or Nordick as he was called had been a plague even when he was mortal and had only been made worse as a Hellspawn. The battle the two had waged had been fierce, but in the end he had emerged triumphant. Still as a warrior Nordick had earned his respect, even if in all other aspects he was a worthless cur, and he'd taken his helm and axe as his spoils leaving the rest to be claimed by the foul demon Malebolgia.
He knew of course that not all Hellspawn were of Nordick's disposition, but it was incredibly rare to come across one that rejected what they were meant to do, which was to sow chaos and disorder. This current Hellspawn, Albert Simmons, however had done just that from the story he told. Everything he'd done he had done in the service of a higher purpose, to protect and serve his country. Yet he'd done horrible things in life, things which even he himself had known would earn him a place in Hell and he'd only made his deal with Malebolgia to return to his wife, not knowing of the demon's tendency for deceit. Still upon returning to Midgard 5 years after his death and coming to terms with what he know was he had rejected the path that Malebolgia wanted him to walk, even killing the demon, and had slowly come to be a protector of his city and something of an urban legend. By the end of his story Odin had been impressed, which was not surprising knowing of his father's own bloody history and the path of destruction he and his brothers had cut during the War of the Realms.
He also wondered, though had refrained from voicing it just how much his memories of his time as Namikaze Minato had influenced him. He knew that when they were mortal and before he as Naruto had awakened his true power his parents had been two of the most feared combatants in the history of their world before their deaths. Regardless of the influence however Odin had offered the man the chance to escape his shackles binding him to Hell and be reborn. He offered him a return to a new life, an Asgardian life but in exchange he would have to leave his old one behind completely. He would remember it to be sure but that chapter would be over, he would be of Asgard and one of the Aesir and his duty would be to them first and foremost. His suit, a demonic symbiote known as the K7-Leetha would also undergo changes, becoming stronger as a result. Simmons agreed on the grounds that he would not have to kill any innocents something that he could tell his family was happy with.
The process to change them was different than normal and as such was a much more complicated process. For that they'd gone to a ritual chamber, one that admittedly did not see much use. The floor was covered by a runic array in the center of which quite was an empty space big enough for a man to sit cross legged. First they'd had to separate the man from the suit and then drain both Simmons and the suit of nearly all of their power something that had not only left them incredibly weak but near death. As a symbiote requires a host in order to live it was left to Loki to contain the suit in a sort of stasis field to maintain its life. Following this Odin weaved a series of complicated spells to infuse Simmons with the power of Asgard.
At the same time his mother Freyja weaved her own series of spells which proceeded to restore the man to an optimal condition, his muscles and tissues restoring themselves before his skin grew back and even his hair was restored. Once the process was complete Odin turned his attention to the suit which powered and sustained by necroplasm would no longer be a suitable match with Simmons. At his fathers direction he moved the unconscious man off to the side and in his place Loki placed the suit which looked little more than a blob. Before it could so much as twitch Odin had started again and they could only watch as Odin expertly manipulated the energy once more and began feeding it to the living suit. Once he was done he released his hold on the power and the suit which immediately attached itself to Simmons and covered his form though it did not immediately take on a solid form.
That had been almost two hours ago, Simmons had been moved to a room to rest though he'd not woken while he was still on Asgard. At the moment he was on Nidavellir, a giant space station that took the form of a multi-ringed mega-structure that orbited a neutron star. His arrival had been made by way of the Bifrost and he'd been immediately greeted by one of the dwarves that called the place home. His appearance had also been expected and the dwarf Jormul wasted no time in escorting him where he needed to be. Though small in stature the limbs of the dwarves had not been stunted in any way, nor were their heads larger than normal, instead they looked like regular people only they'd stopped growing at the size of a eleven year old human child. Of course you would never mistake the two as the dwarves a muscular people and possessed broad frames because of it.
This was not a surprising thing, the Dwarves were the greatest smith's in the Nine Realms and legendary even in the wider galaxy. Because of this they were all rather prideful of their work and none wanted to be influenced by glimpsing the work of another. It was only when a work was completed that they would present it to their king. The best of them were Eitri, Brokk and Sindri. Eitri, the current King of the Dwarves was best known for making Gungnir, the spear of the All-father, Odin's current weapon. The brothers Brokk and Sindri however had made their names by creating Mjolnir and later an axe and a mace both of which were on par with his hammer. His thoughts on this were shoved aside as they came to the entrance of one of the many forges within the structure and he was soon left on his own. Entering the forge he'd only taken a few steps inside when the doors closed behind him and looking back he found runes covered the surface of not just the doors, which resembled a pair of giant cogs, but along the walls as well.
Turning back to face forward he found a new dwarf standing before him. This one had thick black hair that was pulled and held in a tail behind his head, blue eyes, somewhat bushy eyebrows and a squarer jaw. A dark brown apron covered his torso and he wore a pair of thick black boots to match his hands.
"Sindri.' Greeted Thor causing the dwarf to snort.
"I figured you'd turn up here sooner or later. Come have a seat." Said the dwarf turning and motioning the Asgardian to follow.
In a few minutes they'd crossed the room and entered an office area covered with design drawings along the walls. Removing his gloves Sindri grabbed a pitcher and proceeded to pour two cups of Ale before handing him one.
"I heard you were expecting me." Said Thor lightly.
"Shikamaru came to pay me a visit a while back." Said the dwarf.
Sitting his own cup down on the desk he turned to his office window and closed the blinds. Immediately afterwards his form began to shift in height until he stood at a little over 6 feet. Still not as tall as he himself was but respectable among many other races. At this sight unlike others Thor could only sigh and shake his head, that was one more person to add to the list of those that had come here from other universes. This one in particular though was at least well placed and went by the name of Gendry Barathean. Allowing his own form to shift he was soon in his own form of Naruto.
"Sorry Gendry, I thought he'd have just dropped them at the vault in Asgard." Said the blond causing the other man to shake his head.
"No bringing them here was the right move. People need to know you came here or one of us came to Asgard to explain their existence. This at least explains why you relinquished Mjolnir." Said Gendry sitting down and drinking from his own cup.
"No, he did that before my essence was placed into his form. Mjolnir urged him to do so" Stated Naruto causing Gendry to snort.
"Well maybe he wasn't as dumb as I thought if he finally learned to listen to the hammer." Said Gendry.
"About that, there's something different about it." Said Naruto frowning.
"Aye there is. Mjolnir in most universes is just a hunk of metal. Not this one, this one was built with Uru within which was sealed the essence of a cosmic storm known as the God Tempest." Explained Gendry.
"So it's sentient." Mused Naruto.
"Exactly. So when Odin placed the worthiness enchantment on it that sentience influenced it. It's not worthiness as defined by Odin so much as worthiness defined by the hammer." Said Gendry
"So why urge Thor to relinquish it?" questioned Naruto.
"It was only a matter of time. In this universe both Odin and Tyr used it before you got to it. The hammer knew what Thor was even if none of us did. You need one not only untainted by lesser individuals but that can match your power and not be destroyed by it should you push too hard." Said Gendry.
"It's my hammer though." Said Naruto causing Gendry to shake his head.
"It was your hammer, you gave it up in the creation of this universe remember and now it can't leave, at least not with you."
"So what will my trident reject me as well?" questioned Naruto.
"In time, yes. I get it though, they're more than just weapons to you." Said Gendry.
"Of course they are! They're more than Symbols of Power as well! My kids gifted me with those, they symbolize our connection, that I'm not a shitty father!" said Naruto frustration clear in his voice.
"Good, you can use that." Said Gendry calmly.
"How?" questioned Naruto only for Gendry to hit him with an answer that made him want to groan.
"Anyway Shikamaru anticipated this happening, that's why I'm here." Said Gendry getting Naruto to look up.
"Over the last months I've been awake I've been toiling over the new toys. The ones you had him bring over from Tenten and I did some work of my own."
Standing from his seat Gendry motioned him to follow. Soon they'd left the office and after a bit of walking came to another section of the room that was sealed by another cog door. He had to shift back to his dwarf form in order to open the door and once it was they walked in, though his guide apparently decided not to return to his larger form. Once inside Naruto found himself within what was obviously an armory filled with all manner of death bringing options. It was towards the back where they stopped where a number of weapons were resting on racks.
"Grab the hammer, in your true form." Said Sindri.
His true form was one he'd yet to take since merging his spirit with this world's version of Thor. Despite what its residents thought this universe was very, very young and not even out of its first decade since it was created from the remnants of multiple universes destroyed by children playing around where they shouldn't be. His true form was one he'd gained upon his death as Naruto, a consequence of a deal he struck with the Shinju (God Tree) during the Fourth Great Shinobi War. It had been a desperate gamble reaching out to it but one that had paid off immensely and had gifted him with a large family and friends that he'd not trade for anything. Of course all things have a trade-off and for them it was their humanity. Upon his death he'd become a Bijuu or as people tended to refer to them now an 'All-Powerful Immortal Demon God' and his true form was that of a nine-tailed fox.
"Don't worry this place was built with a number of runes and seals to contain any power leakage of a bijuu level and transfer it to the star." Said Sindri.
Sighing at that Naruto shifted once more into a new form. His hair once pure blond darkened and a few red streaks could be seen if you looked close enough. His ears had been replaced with a pair of fox ears that sat atop his head blond in color but capped in white to match the nine long tails that swayed behind him as if they had minds of their own, each of them at least six feet in length. The whisker-marks on his face lengthened and deepened and the pupils of his eyes changed from round to slit. His hands had turned to claws and several of his teeth had shifted to fangs in his mouth. As the form settled however his body seemed to explode with power and he was curiously as true enough runes and seals lit up the room covering every surface to contain and transfer his power before he reigned it in.
"Why exactly do I need to be in this form."
"Because this is who you are. The Thor of this world is bound to this universe. As you are now you are not, the universe's rules will make exceptions for you. That's the mistake we made with the last ones, they bound to Thor and Poseidon, not to Naruto. Binding them to this form however will allow you to use them in any form you chose and take them with you throughout the multiverse." Explained the dwarf.
Nodding he moved over to the rack and picked up the hammer. Unlike his previous one this one was huge, about four feet long featuring a double head with one side being that of a hammer and the other that of an ax. It was polished to shine and appeared to be pure steel with about six inches of black wrapping just under the head and a foot of it near the bottom of the handle and the leather strap at the end for some reason. As he grabbed hold of it he was not surprised when it let up with runes before they slowly began fading away.
"That there is Kings weapon, meant to be the greatest in Asgard. In theory it could even summon the Bifrost." Said Sindri as Naruto studied the weapon
"When we built Mjolnir we only used a small chunk of the ore. That contains the rest of it that we had after those other projects from you and Odin. Not only that after reports from your trip to Midgard to confront Loki and your battles there as well as some insight from Heimdall we added two more metals. To strengthen it we started with something called Adamantium which according to Heimdall is the strongest metal he's ever seen and is basically indestructible and can cut through anything with one exception, problem was its heavy all hell. So we folded a second one in which was Isipho or Vibranium as the Midgardians call it.
That's the material of that shield that shrugged off a blow from Mjolnir, and it's also the only thing Adamantium can't cut through. That shit is not only a third of the weight of regular steel, meaning much lighter than Uru and Adamantium it's also completely vibration absorbent. Combined with the adamantium that hammer is as indestructible as we could make it. Then we added the last of that special Uru I was telling you about, if you thought Mjolnir was powerful you haven't seen anything yet. This thing is Mjolnir times 100 so we've pretty much taken to calling it Ultimate Mjolnir or Stormbreaker, we use them pretty much interchangeably." Said Sindri.
Naruto could tell why. Mjolnir for all its power had never felt like this and the difference was made clear as the weapons head exuded a blue flame like energy. At the same time he knew he could easily channel his power through it, and not just the lightning. As if to test it he channeled a small bit of his wind through the weapon and watched as the ax's blade not only sharpened but was lengthened by the energy.
"Now another feature just like the summoning will answer to your will so will it's size. That right there is the power setting so, but if you want something a bit more familiar to you it can shift into a speed setting making it the same size as Mjolnir thus the strap."
Testing it out he willed it to shrink and was pleased when it did so and he was soon holding a much more compact weapon in hand. The power output wasn't as high but it was still more than Mjolnir and as he spun it he felt the power increasing with each rotation.
"You've outdone yourself." Said Naruto
Absently he moved to hang the weapon on his belt before he stopped himself. Bringing the weapon to his face he eyed it critically, it was powerful, too powerful to risk falling into the wrong hands. Yes it was his, but he wasn't the one driving in Thor or James's form. At those times he would be all Thor and Naruto was pushed to the background, Odin for all his faults had stumbled upon a perfect solution by putting the worthiness enchantment on Mjolnir. Whispering to it he did much the same only it would not grant anyone lifting it the power of Thor, though only the worthy would be able to use it. With that done he hung the weapon on his belt and turned his attention back to Sindri, there was much to be done after all.
AN: That's it I'm done. I haven't introduced all the new teachers but muggle studies isn't important from a narrative standpoint for me. So about Spawn I'll be changing his outfit a bit because he can't look like a Hellspawn anymore, but he'll be keeping his powers. I"m trying to figure out a way to do it and keep his cape though as I love that thing. I'm contemplating introducing one more non marvel/dc superhero but haven't made up my mind yet. Also some characters I'm introducing just to show what worlds Naruto or others have interacted with and you'll probably never see them again. Gendry/Sindri is one of those one off characters so don't worry about him, I just needed a character to introduce Stormbreaker. Also I hate the MCU version simply due to Groot's arm being the handle, that's dumb as it should have burned up with all the lightning Thor channeled through it.
Anyway next chapter I'm going to show you guys what Cap is up to but it's mostly going to be a Hogwarts/Harry centered chapter I think. Anyway IDK when the chapter is coming as even with Corona going strong I'm still working, just from home now, so yeah. I"m also thinking of jumping back into some of my older stories like Angel of Death, Legacy of the Lighthawk, Devil of the Hidden Leaf, Rebirth: Second Chances and Smallville Redux. With that said thanks for reading and please review. Till next time, LATER.
