Crossover
by Mindige0
"I'm not going back" Harry Potter stated looking at the man with brown/gray hair as if he was crazy.
"Harry" the man said giving him a look as if he were talking to a small child.
"I won't go back" Harry stated before looking the other man in the eyes and seeing that there was no way he would be able to talk the other into helping escape the prison that he was being held in. He had thought that the Dursleys were horrible, but where he was staying now made the Dursleys seem like saints, and that was saying something.
"Harry" the other man said again this time a sigh at the end of this words, he didn't want to tell the young man in front of him that there was no other option for him. He had to return to his prison cell at Azkaban, he needed to be trained and the only way for that to occur was to take the young man out of the surrounding he found comfortable.
"Don't" Harry said already knowing that the man would say that there was nothing he could do, which was more like wouldn't do, and that once this Voldemort business was all said in done that things would return to normal. The other man opened his mouth to speak but Harry beat him to it.
"Just give me the bloody portkey" Harry said before standing and grabbing the portkey from the other's man lax fingers, he had never in the whole time that had been training Harry seen this side of him. Once the portkey was in Harry's hands he said "portus" which tugged him away from the stunned face of the werewolf he had just been speaking to.
"They'll all pay" Harry said once he arrived back to his cell in Azkaban prison. In the way of prison cells he had one of the nicer ones, that being that the latrine actually was cleaned on a daily basis and that his room actually had heat and cooling for then the days became too much of either extreme. Nothing too comforting but enough so that he didn't die of heat stroke or freeze to death. Harry shook his head, he had begun to just recently say that the people who had put him in Azkaban would pay, he wasn't sure with what but he knew he would make them pay. He would after all be turning 18 this July and he fully planned on defeating the bastard that had killed his parents along with escaping a meddling old man and his bird brigade.
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Krum Manor House
"Are 'ou sure of zis?" Fleur asked a stocky man that had been seen plenty of times on the Quiddith pitch for the Bulgarian National Quidditch Team but not behind a desk with a stack of papers in his hands.
"Pozitive" the man said looking at the fair haired beauty sitting across from him.
"Ze Eadmaster will not like zis"
"Harry is how do I say? Emancipated?" Viktor said looking to Fleur to make sure he translated his words correctly.
"Zes, Zes" Fleur said nodding her head and then looking through a stack of papers she her self had in her hands. The pair had been working quite hard and quietly for the past three, now almost four years of breaking Harry out of the prison he had been sent to shortly after he arrived back with the TriWizard Cup in one hand and the dead body of Cedric Diggory in the other.
"So vhen do we do this?" Viktor asked Fleur, he had wanted to act immediately but Fleur had explained that they needed to time this just right, so when the time did come for Harry to walk away that he could walk away a free and very rich man.
"After ze Dark Lord's defeat" Fleur said before nodding her head at something. She had received word from an unknown Seer that they should not act until after Harry defeated the Dark Lord once and for all.
"But vhen?" Viktor asked frustrated that Fleur was vague on her answer of when.
"Zoon" Fleur said remembering the owl post she had received just that morning from the same Seer stating that the time was approaching and that everything should be in order for they would have to act quickly. Viktor nodded his head, he knew that Fleur would tell him when it was time, but he wanted to act now.
"Do vou think vey suspect?"
"No, for ze Eadmaster would have covered his.....ah.....bases better" Fleur said having a hard time translating her French words into English. It was no small task for the pair to speak to each other, but with time and a shared goal they had begun to communicate just fine, there were the occasional issues but they were becoming few and far between.
"Do vou zhink they fight for him to stay?"
"Oh, zes but that is where our hardvork will pay off" Fleur said a smirk on her face at the thoughts of up showing the headmaster of Hogwarts and his loyal fan base. Most thought of her as some silly half Veela, but what most didn't know was that she was one of the smartest witches of her time to graduate from Beauxbatons and that she followed her graduation to study under her father who was the most sought after Law Wizard in Europe . Viktor smiled, he couldn't help but agree with her. He too was an unsuspecting candidate to be helping Harry in the capacity that he was. For most figured he spent all of his free time training on the Quiddith pitch, not worrying about school or anything else besides Quidditch, and that was where they were wrong, for Viktor had a love of numbers just as his father did, who was a very successful financial advisor and wizard accountant to some of the top families of Europe. So the pair of them had been working on getting Harry not only free of the Headmaster meddling, but also self reliant in the way of money. They had seen most of what the Headmaster had been attempting for quite some time in regards to Harry and his accounts at Gringots as well as his status within the wizarding world. Unfortunately for the Headmaster but fortunately for the pair was the Headmaster seemed too busy with checking in with the Goblins at Gringotts so the accounts that the Headmaster had been trying and failing to get access to, where now even more inaccessible for him. Soon the Headmaster would also find out that his maneuver to emancipate Harry would come in bite him in the butt sooner rather than later.
"I need zo be leaving" Fleur said before standing and then watching as Viktor stood to his full height, while nodding his head.
"Stay in contact" Viktor said before stepping around his desk and then pulling Fleur into a kiss.
"I zill" Fleur said once she caught her breath from the kiss. Viktor always did have a way of making her breathless when he kissed her.
"Bye, luv" Viktor said before kissing Fleur again and then releasing her. He still had quite a bit of work to do before he needed to leave for practice.
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Azkaban Prison, Harry's Cell
"You're not trying!" Was shouted at Harry who was down on the floor bleeding from a recent cut from the man standing over him, or more like looming over him.
“I AM trying" Harry said knowing his words would be met with ridicule, and they were.
"Well you better try harder" Harry muttered something under his breath before standing back and going back at it. He knew that nothing would satisfy the man he was working with, no the man loved to ridicule and demean him in any way possible. Harry wasn't sure what the Headmaster had been thinking when he signed Severus Snape up to train Harry in the Dark Arts, but he knew one thing for sure. The man held a grudge like no one business. Harry had tried in the beginning to try and explain that he wasn't his father and that his life up until his entrance into the wizarding world was not what most believed it to be.
“Focus!” Severus Snape yelled before throwing a particularly nasty cutting hex at Harry, knowing that the teen didn't have the defenses to fight against it. That was one of the many bright spots that kept Severus Snape coming back to Azkaban prison and to this cell. Little to no instruction was actually going on to help prepare Harry for the fight against Voldemort, no instead each and everyone of the wizards that came to train were actually taking their frustrations out on the lack of the Ministry and the Headmaster doing something over the Voldemort problem. It seemed that Harry had reached a breaking point for the next hex that Snape threw at Harry rebounded and landed directly at the man who had casted the spell.
“No more” Harry said before looking at Snape and his eyes swirling with silver and an odd teal color and in the normally too green eyes. Snape was speechless and began to attack again, not at all happy with Harry's words; only to have his spell rebound on his again.
“Leave” Harry said pointing to the door and Snape watched as the door opened and he was lifted up and removed from the room by some unknown source. Snape was stunned as he was removed from the room and realized that he would need to update the Headmaster on the power influx that had occurred just now, the only issue was the thought died just as soon as he was over the threshold of the cell. He couldn't remember anything about Harry's odd eyes or the power that now seemed to radiate from the cell, instead all he knew was that he had spent his time with Harry and was not returning back to Hogwarts to update the Headmaster on Harry's ‘training status'.
Harry lifted his head once the cell door closed on its own.
“Thank you” Harry whispered before dragging himself over to the small cot that was his bed. He could feel the blood running down his back and sides and couldn't really even care about the scars that were bound to be left when the wounds finally healed.
“Soon” Harry said before marking off another day to keep count of how long he had been in the cell. It was shortly after Harry calculated that he was nearing his birthday that an odd looking owl came flying into the cell. Harry eyed the bird wondering if this was a test and what he should do. The owl took the answer away from him, for it flew over landed on his shoulder and gave him a nudge with his beak.
“Who is your master?” Harry asked before noticing the very small piece of paper attached to the bird's leg.
“Let's see who wants to write the ‘Boy-who-lived' Harry said with spite in his voice.
Dear Harry,
I would hope that you are well, but given the location you are currently in that is nearly impossible to even hope. I write for a reason and the reason is your freedom from the prison that the wizarding world has placed you in.
I know you think this letter as a joke or some sort of prank, but it is not. I and my fiancé have been working very hard for your life after this horrible war. Please believe that the both of us are looking out for your best interest, unlike certain other people.
Just know that Champions always stick together.
Sincerely,
Tri-Wizards Champions
Harry couldn't believe the letter he was erading, for two reasons. The first was that he was actually reading it, since the Headmaster had made certain that any and all mail that was addressed to Harry went directly to him for him to deem worthy of a response or not. The second was that Fleur and Viktor were actually willing to help him out of the hell hole he was in and do it with out a care for what the wizarding world had to say. It was then that Harry believed that they spoke the truth and would do anything that the asked of him if they could actually get him away from the wizarding world and all it's thoughts on what he needed to do with his life once he defeated Voldemort.
Time flew after that, Harry kept the letter that Fleur and Viktor had written close to him and always read it after one of his training masters left after their ‘work out'. It was as his birthday drew near that Harry noticed that the wards of Azkaban began to weaken to the point of that the cell doors began to open on their own.
“Freedom” most screamed before making their way down the many corridors, trying to find their way out of the prison that had driven them to insanity. Harry on the other hand took one last look at his cell and began the long walk to the surface of the prison. When he arrived he noticed that Voldemort and his Death Eaters were there along with the Headmaster of Hogwarts, the Minister of Magic, Aurors and the Order of the Phoenix. Harry snorted at all assembled, it was as he took one last sweeping glance that he saw the bright white blonde hair of Fleur and the dark short hair of Viktor standing off to the side, sort of in the middle stating what side of the war they were one.
“Harry Potter” Voldemort hissed watching as Harry emerged from the prison looking almost as bad as the prisoners that had taken up arms with the Dark Lord.
“Tom Riddle” Harry gruff voice said making all turn and take in that Harry had in fact arrived to the scene where the battle would occur.
“I give you one final chance to join me, or be defeated”
“No” Harry said simply, he had bigger things planned for his life than licking Voldemort's boots or even the Headmaster by this time.
“You think you can defeat me wandless” Voldemort said making all the Death Eaters snicker and laugh at the wandless Harry Potter facing off against the Dark Lord.
“Who said I was wandless” Harry said before raising his arm and watching as his wand flew into his hand from the folds of the Headmaster's robe.
“Impressive, it's a shame I have to kill you”
“You may try but you won't succeed” Harry said before he began chanting quietly that no one noticed that he was chanting at all. It was when the Dark Lord jumped away from a large crack in the ground that people began to notice that Harry had dropped his wand and had both hands on the ground, repeating something over and over.
“Now take him to the land he deserves to be in” Harry said out loud and watched as a large hand rose out of the ground and pulled Voldemort into the ground before sealing the ground back up. Moments later the Aurors has surrounded the stunned Death Eaters and were rounding them up one by one. It was then that the Headmaster, the Order of the Phoenix and the Minister of Magic made their way over to where Harry now stood his wand still on the ground and now broken in half.
“Harry, my boy” the Headmaster greeted first. Harry made no indication that he had even heard the old man; he was instead searching for Fleur and Viktor. He wanted to leave and he wanted to do that as soon as possible. It wouldn't do to actually land in Azkaban for killing the Headmaster and a few choice others.
“Harry” was next shouted by Ron and Hermione while the rest of the Weasleys made their way over with huge smiles on their faces.
“'Arry” was the voice that Harry had been hoping to hear at this point in time.
“Fleur” Harry said turning away from the Headmaster, the Weasleys and Hermione to greet his Tri-Wizard Champion companion.
“'ow have ‘ou been?” Fleur said looking over Harry's appearance and already knowing that the doctor they had lined up for Harry would be greatly needed.
“You know” Harry said with a shrug of the shoulders and then wincing because of a scab that broke causing blood to start running down his back.
“He needs medical attention” Molly Weasley said before trying to grab Harry's arm and drag him to where ever she thought he needed to be cared for at.
“I have zat under control” Fleur said before stepping in front of Molly and daring the woman to pass by her.
“He's family!” She shouted waiting for Harry to agree with her that they were almost like family, and probably soon would be if the Headmaster followed through with his promise.
“No” Fleur said before pulling out a stack of paperwork out of her small purse that looked like it couldn't quite carry the size of documents she had in her hands currently.
“Harry” Molly said looking to Harry to speak up and explain to the blonde half Veela that she had it all wrong. Sadly she did not get that, instead she got Fleur shoving documents to all parties standing in front of Harry now.
“I do believe zhey in the states call zat being served” Fleur said a smirk on her face when they began to read what was written on the documents. Each one said almost the same thing and that Harry was adult and had been an adult since age 14, as emancipated by the Headmaster and that any and all decisions pertaining to the Potter legacy were to be approved by the Lord of the Potter line, which was Harry himself. All outstanding contracts made while Harry was a minor and in the care of the Dursleys were null and void and are subject to be reviewed by the Lord to decide if they would still be honored. Others had an additional doc that stated that any and all monies or gifts given from the Potter Heritage Vaults were to be returned and if they were not returned, prison time in Azkaban would occur based upon what was taken and how much value there was to the item or monies.
“This is a joke” Ron said looking at the documents and then looking at Harry, Fleur and now Viktor standing across from him.
“Oh it iz not” Fleur said she was loving all the reactions she was seeing on these people's faces. Some looked as if they were going to be sick, while others looked like they were willing to rip a new one into the nearest body there was there, and it would be preferably Harry's.
“Harry” Sirius Black said with his mate Remus coming out from the back of the crowd to meet Harry face-to-face. Harry said nothing for there was nothing to say to the pair that would make him change his mind on whatever it was that Fleur and Viktor had concocted while he was stashed away in prison ‘training'.
“Harry, cub” Harry's face closed off even more at those words. Those were the last words that the pair of them should have used, for Harry took the term to mean that they were family and that family that loved you wouldn't stick you in prison to train for a fight that was never his fight to begin with.
“I am NOT your cub” Harry said which made all there shiver in fear. There were a few that had heard Harry's voice while in prison but for most there this was a surprise.
“Harry”
“Shut up and stay the bloody fuck away from me and mine” Harry said before turning to Fleur and acting as if the group that stood in front of them was gone.
“Now”
“Just a moment” Fleur said before handing over a package to the Headmaster, Remus and Sirius.
“What?!” They all yelled while Fleur smirked the whole time. It was by then that Harry had made his way over to Viktor to ask him what was going on, only to receive that he would find out soon enough.
“This….this is wrong” Sirius said looking at the Headmaster as if looking for confirmation that his words were true. Sadly the Headmaster looked away and Remus gathered his lover in a hug that he knew the other man needed.
“Did zou think he waz somewhere else?” Fleur asked she knew for a fact that Sirius was putting on an act since she had seen the signature of the man granting the Headmaster the power over Harry's life.
“No” Sirius said before turning on some tears, sadly Harry didn't fall for it.
“You lie” was all Harry said before turning back to Viktor and asking how Quidditch was going.
“Harry” everyone screamed when they realized that they had just done one of the most horrendous acts they could to a child.
“May we go now?” Harry asked Fleur and Viktor both, instead of an answer from the pair he got an answer from the Headmaster and then Minister of Magic.
“We will need to debrief you on the situation”
“Sorry, running a tight schedule” Harry said before he was wrapped up in Viktor's arms and Fleur was wrapping her arms around them.
“No! Don't let them get away!” where the last shouts they heard before the portkey activated and sent them to a place that none of the three had been to, ever. Fleur and Viktor had known that they moment they ‘took' Harry away from the wizarding world that the first place they would look would be their family homes, so they made sure to find a place that no one not even wizards would think to look for them. Forks, Washington in the United States seemed to continue popping up on the scrying that Fleur's sister did for the pair, and so they had inquired about some properties for sale there and the type of medical care they could give in such a small town. It seemed that just a few years ago a doctor by the name of Cullen arrived into town named as one of the fore most medical doctors in the world. They knew then that they needed not look any further, and so they had done their research, found a place to live and set Harry up for school for the coming fall, if he was up to it. It was completely muggle and Fleur and Viktor both knew that was something that Harry would greatly appreciate. There was just one thing about the town that always set Fleur's sister scrying off, but her sister had passed it off as some unknown supernatural power being near by the locale and it was true. There was La Push beach not far from Forks that had been a center of many Native American ceremonies years ago and even today, but what Fleur's sister's scrying couldn't tell them was that there was a pack of shape-shifting were-wolves and a coven of vampires residing in the area as well.
A thump was heard as the three landed in a pile in front of a semi-large modern home. Something about the place seemed to call to all three and soon they were up and moving towards the house wondering what lay inside.
“Are ‘ou okay?” Fleur asked worried that their arrival to Forks had possibly injured Harry more than he currently was.
“I'm fine” Harry said before giving Fleur a smile to show that he really was okay, at least physically he was okay at the moment. Mentally on the other hand was a whole other issue. Viktor looked at Fleur once Harry had turned away from Fleur to take in the front of the house again. A silent conversation was made between the pair and both them wrapped their free arm around Harry on each side. It was only then that Harry sagged into the comfort that the arms were giving.
“All vill be vell” Viktor said before looking to both Fleur and Harry both, he knew in his heart of hearts that all would be well with their stay in Forks. He wasn't going to delude himself to think that the Headmaster and the Ministry wouldn't be out searching for Harry and them, but he just knew that for some reason they would avoid this area to search in. There was a power in the air that you could feel, a tension that made it possible for magical and even mythical beings to live without fear of the ‘real world' finding out their secrets.
“Viktor and I have some zing to tell you” Fleur said once they reached the porch of the house, where a porch swing hung waiting for its next set of guests to take a seat on.
“Hmmm” Harry said after being guided to the seat and being sat down between the pair of them.
“Ze have taken care of every zing for you”
“What” Harry asked confused on what Fleur was saying.
“Zhe ‘eadmaster has and will try to take control of your accounts and life” Fleur said now with a scowl on her face.
“Well I won't allow him” Harry said getting ready to stand up and fight for his life yet again.
“No, be at peace brother” Fleur said before Harry calmed and then gave her a look due to the words she just spoke.
“I along with Viktor have worked hard to make zure that zhe ‘eadmaster is out of your affairs”
“Okay” Harry said knowing that they were telling the truth.
“Zhe name Potter can not be said out loud again with your first name” Fleur said already knowing that the Headmaster was at the Ministry putting a restriction on the name Harry Potter, and when it was said. The Ministry had the power to do that sort of thing, and since the Ministry had not fallen into the hands of the Dark Lord, Fleur knew that the Headmaster would use the charm to try and find Harry. The charm worked in a way so that when someone spoke a name, like Harry Potter the Ministry would be alerted of the event and someone would be sent to see if the person being spoken about was actually there. The Ministry usually used this when a criminal was on the run and would slip up and go to someone that would speak their real name. The charm had for a short time, even been used to track those who opposed Voldemort, and so any who would say the name out loud were tracked down and then told that the Ministry now knew their loyalty. That was after all how the Headmaster was able to place Harry into Azkaban with little fight from the Ministry of Magic and the Minister, himself.
“But what will I go as then?” Harry asked, he didn't really care for his name at this point in time, but he knew he had to have some sort of last name if they planned to start a new life.
“Vell ve thought about it and decided Delacour” Viktor said, that had been a hard conversation for both of their parents when they heard that Viktor was very willing to take on the last name of his fiancé. It was practically unheard of for a man to take the woman's maiden name.
“Viktor”
“Zhey will look to hiz name first” Fleur said, there were few Krums left in Europe and the world, so it would be much easier to find a Viktor Krum than it would to be able to find a Viktor Delacour.
“But…” Harry said looking at Fleur and wondering how they planned to pull this off.
“Delacours are a much bunch” Fleur said translating her words as best she could, she had been sort of surprised when her sister's scrying showed that a small group of Delacours, lived in Victoria, Canada which was just across the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the patriarch happened to go by the name of Victor Delacour.
“Zhey will be looking for a long time” Fleur said before smiling, she had even made sure that even if they did happen upon their name in Forks that it would be overlooked, her father had made sure of that. Her father had made contact with a Delacour cousin and he was more than happy to cover up the fact that his niece, her fiancé and Harry would be living a short distance away. Harry smiled, he liked the name Harry Delacour.
“Okay”
“That'z it?” Fleur and Viktor asked, shocked that Harry was caving so easily on this.
“I don't want to be that Harry any longer and I think the name change is one of the many things that I need to make me the Harry *I* want to be” Harry said before placing his dirty face and hair on Fleur's shoulder. Fleur nodded her head before running a hand through Harry's hair, she didn't care that it wasn't clean, this was her brother of the heart and she planned to take care of him just like she knew Viktor planned to.
“Food, shower, bed” Fleur said after they had a moment out in the wet cool weather of Forks, even if it was summer time.
“In, in” Viktor said pulling out a set of keys and unlocking the door to the house. They were met with tons of boxes and a sleek inside of the house. A huge wall of glass posed as the back wall of the house, which showed off the amazing view of the forest behind the house.
“Wow” Harry said still leaning heavily on both Fleur and Viktor each.
“I must agree” Fleur said, the photos didn't do this place justice.
“Food” Viktor said leading the three of them to the kitchen, where he had requested some food items to be placed until they would be able to get out into town.
“Viktor” Fleur said before giving him a kiss for thinking of such a small item like food, she tended to be the large picture person, where as Viktor worried about the details. They were the perfect match, and Harry could see that now; while watching the pair interact.
“Here zou go” Fleur said putting a small sandwich and a cup of water in front of where Harry was sitting. She knew he wouldn't be able to handle much more than that, they may have been fooling the wizarding world on the fact that Harry was in Azkaban and training but they hadn't fooled them. And they both knew Harry was on a limited food allowance, since they thought that tempting him with food would make him work harder. They had soon found out that there assumption was wrong since Harry had grown up on little to no food at the Dursleys. Harry took in the small sandwich and water with relish, he knew he need not worry about if there was a potion in it or if someone had done something with the food, it was made for him by Fleur right in front of him.
“Shower” Viktor said next when Harry finally finished the small half sandwich. Fleur nodded her head and made her way out to the boxes that were still sitting in the hallway of the house.
“Go and get him reazy, I zill be zere” Fleur said before rooting through the boxes trying to find towels and other such items.
“What about….”
“We don't plan to use magic any more” Viktor explained to Harry as he guided the exhausted teen up the stairs and to the first bathroom on the floor. It was a guest bedroom but would have to do for now, since Harry's room was still not ready for him to occupy.
“Do you need velp?” Viktor asked sort of at a loss on what to do next.
“Please” Harry said before taking a seat on the toilet and watching as Viktor got the water running and the shower set up and then turned to Harry to help him disrobe. It was once Harry was naked that Viktor and Fleur both now saw the damage that had been done to him while in Azkaban ‘training'.
“Zhey vill pay” Fleur said before she gasped as Harry was turned around and she was shown the ribbons that were Harry's back. Viktor gave her a glare before entering the shower with Harry and slowly cleaned the teen off. The water ran brown first, then red and finally clear; before Viktor would let Harry out of the shower. By the time that occurred Harry was dead on his feet.
“Bed” Fleur said as soon as the pair came out with Viktor in his boxers and Harry completely naked and not caring who saw. It seemed that while Viktor and Harry were in the shower Fleur went to work getting the room ready for Harry.
“Ze zill have to call Dr. Cullen” Fleur said once Harry was laying in bed dead to the world around him.
“Yes, soon” Viktor agreed before looking over at Harry one last time and then kissing his forehead where the lighting bolt scar used to be.
“Be vell” Viktor said before he and Fleur left the room with the door open, just in case they were needed at any time.
“Now” Viktor said once they were far enough away from Harry's room to talk about what their plan was. They hadn't thought much beyond getting Harry away from the Headmaster and his cohorts but now the trio was here and they were now sort of floundering on what to do.
“Dr. Cullen first” Viktor said knowing that first priority for either of them was Harry's well being and health.
“Right” Fleur said before they made their way down stairs and to the telephone that sat near the entrance of the kitchen. Both were well versed in muggle items so they had no problem picking up the phone and dialing the number they had been given as a direct line to Dr. Cullen himself. After the second ring of the telephone a woman's voice answered the phone.
“Dr. Cullen's phone” her voice instantly put Fleur in comfort as if everything would be just fine.
“My name is Fleur Delacour” Fleur started only to have the other woman cut her off.
“We have been waiting for your call” a musical laugh was heard through the phone and Fleur knew that more than one person was listening to the conversation going on.
“Ze have arrived and our brother is in of help” Fleur said translating as fast and as best she could. Out of the pair of them, she was the one with the lightest accent, but Viktor was the one that was better at translating since he had to speak all the time being on the National Quidditch team.
“I'll send my husband your way then” the woman said before ending the conversation with Fleur.
“He will be here” Fleur said before she heard a shout from where Harry's was staying, both ran up the stairs and right into Harry's room to see him fighting some unknown demon in his sleep.
“'Arry” Fleur said shaking Harry trying to get him to wake up. Her shaking seemed to stop the dream, for soon Harry's too green eyes opened to show Fleur and Viktor both that some sort of change had occurred to Harry while he was in Azkaban.
“Your eyez” Fleur said looking into the amazing eyes that looked back at her with love and hope.
“I…” Harry said not sure what to say, he hadn't seen his eyes so as far as he knew they were the still too green they had always been. Harry's words were cut short because the doorbell rang.
“That must be Dr. Cullen” Fleur said before making her way out of the room and door to the front door.
“'Ello” Fleur said after opening the door to see a tall and very handsome man standing in front of her. This couldn't be the world famous Dr. Cullen, could it?
“Ms. Delacour” Dr. Cullen said a slight smile on his face, he was quite used to the reaction he was receiving from the white blonde woman.
“Dr. Cullen” Fleur asked just wanting to make sure that the man she was about to let into the house was actually Dr. Cullen.
“Here you go” Dr. Cullen said pulling out his hospital badge, this was a first for him but he was lucky in that he always carried his badge with him in case of an emergency.
“Come, come” Fleur said once she was able to confirm that the man in front of her was actually Dr. Cullen. Fleur escorted the man up the stairs and to the bedroom where Viktor now sat on the bed with a semi-naked Harry in his arms crying. Dr. Cullen was shocked, and it took quite a bit to shock a man such as himself; but seeing a teen that looked no older than thirteen, black and blue did something to him. He had seen a few abuse cases, none luckily in Forks but this was one of the worst that he had ever seen.
“Your promise” Fleur said now locking the door with the wand now in her hand. Dr. Cullen turned suddenly at the dark and mysterious voice coming from the white haired woman. Dr. Cullen looked around the room and began to notice that there were was something off about the room, something felt wrong about it.
“What is going on?” Dr. Cullen asked, he didn't want to attack these people but he would if he needed to. There was something about the three that was putting him on edge.
“Your promise first” Fleur said now coming to stand in front of him with her wand out for him to see.
“Wizards” Dr. Cullen breathed, he had heard in his life time about a whole other group of people that did magic. He had thought it was a total lie but seeing that the woman standing in front of him was far too beautiful to be natural and there was such a thing as vampires and were-wolves; magic wasn't that much of a leap for him.
“We are” Fleur said before pointing her wand at the doctor again as if reminding him of her words.
“Nothing will pass my lips of this” Dr. Cullen said knowing that he would be able to get around the words if need be, he did after all have a coven of crafty vampires that could help him.
“It vill do” Viktor said knowing that the man in front of him wasn't human, he figured that Fleur had yet to realize since she was in battle mode at the moment.
“Come” Viktor said before whispering something into Harry's ears and having the other teen look up to meet the eyes of Dr. Cullen.
“Hello” Dr. Cullen said a smile on his face to hide the horror at looking at the teen did to him. Whatever had happened prior to the two with him had done was evident on every surface of the teen's body.
“My name is Dr. Cullen” Dr. Cullen introduced himself, when he saw the teen curl up he decided to try another approach.
“You can call me Carlisle” Carlisle said before kneeling next to the bed with his doctor's bag next to him on the floor.
“Harry” Harry whispered to the man before looking to Viktor as if asking if what he did was okay. “Just fine” Viktor soothed the teen before Carlisle spoke again.
“I'm here to help” Harry nodded his head and pulled a bit away from Viktor but not far enough that he wasn't in contact with the other wizard.
“Can you tell me what happened?” Harry whimpered at the words. Carlisle decided that he wouldn't ask that question again until he was certain that he had the teen's loyalty. He wouldn't push something that was so obviously fresh on his mind.
“It's okay” Carlisle said before smiling again and then rooting through his bag, trying to find something, anything really that would calm the teen down.
“Harry” Viktor called out only to have Harry turn to him and curl into himself.
“Be well, he vill help” Viktor said before eyeing the too pale man and telling him with no words that he better not mess up. Harry nodded his head before looking at Carlisle again, it was then that Carlisle noticed as well the swirls that ran through Harry's eyes. The electric green was still there but now there was added swirls of silver and an odd teal color that he had never seen even with people who wore contacts. Carlisle watched the swirls and began to get lost in them, forgetting for a moment that he was even with a patient. It was the nudge from Fleur's wand that woke him out of his stupor.
“Odd” Carlisle said before getting to work on trying to dress and take care of the wounds that ran the course of Harry's body. Both Viktor and Fleur were concerned over the doctor's reaction to meeting Harry's eyes. Carlisle worked for hours before he called it as good as he could do with the limited amount of medical items he carried in his bag.
“If you would go to….” He had no sooner started those words when both Fleur and Viktor shouted ‘no' to him.
“Then the least I would suggest is coming to my home” Carlisle said, he knew that only person was out of the house and so wouldn't meet the odd trio; for which he was glad.
“I zink we will” Fleur said knowing that Harry needed more care than what had been given to him right now. His back alone could take months to heal even with the accelerated healing powers of a wizard. Viktor nodded his head in approval, he would make sure that the good doctor was paid well for tending to his little brother; even though he knew that the vampire didn't or want the money.
“I will get my car ready” Carlisle said before packing up his bag and making his way out of the house and to the black Mercedes S55 AMG still in the driveway, looking very much like it belonged there. Carlisle shook his head as he made sure the backseat was ready for the teen upstairs and one other from the odd trio. He sat in the driver's seat knowing that the trio would want to make their way out of the house on their own and at the pace that Harry could take.
“By all that is holy” Carlisle whispered as he got a first real glance at the height and weight of the teen he had just been tending to, even next to the dainty white blonde young man, the teen looked like he was ten maybe twelve tops in size and weight. Carlisle watched as the stocky man, built much like one of his children decided to help Harry out and lifted him bridal style and made his way to the car. Fleur flittered by the pair asking the teen in the other's arms something every few steps.
“Sorry” Harry whispered once he and Viktor were in the backseat of the car.
“Quite all right” Carlisle said before watching Fleur slide into the front seat and looking at all of the buttons and nobs on the car in wonder.
“I take it this is your first time in a car?”
“Some zing like zat” Fleur said, the cars that she had ridden in were nothing like this one. Most were old and elegant looking if Fleur had to give a description.
“Enjoy the ride” Carlisle said before backing the car up and then making his way to the Cullen coven home. He could hear the rest of the coven, minus Edward were in or around the home doing much of nothing. By pressing the garage door opener, he had alerted the ones home that he had arrived back. Alice had looked at him particular oddly when he left and he thought now he understood the look. Esme along with Alice greeted the car as it pulled into the garage next to the large jeep that was Emmett. The male vampires were no where near the garage door entrance.
“Just a moment” Carlisle said before opening and closing his car door and then looping around the car to open the door for Fleur and then the backdoor as well. Alice and Esme both gasped as Fleur got out of the car, usually they were the ones with the all too beautiful appearance but it seemed there was someone out there was surpassed even their beauty.
“Rosalie won't like that at all” Alice chirped which brought Jasper and Emmett, along with the woman in question to the door of the garage.
“Whoa” Emmett said so that only the five vampires could hear, Carlisle was deep in the backseat so they knew he hadn't heard anything they had said.
“Don't even think about it” Rosalie said before flipping her hair over her shoulder and then glaring at Emmett as he proceeded to drool over Fleur.
“That's not natural”
“As if we are” Alice chirped back, she could see that Rosalie was very, very unhappy with someone being more beautiful than she. Alice didn't care much, but she knew Rosalie sort of prided her self on the fact that she was more beautiful than all of the women in the small town and even the surrounding area. Rosalie glared at Alice before she whipped her head around when they saw Carlisle back out of the car with a small bundle in his arms, that couldn't possibly be human.
“What is that?” Rosalie said a sneer on her face to show her distaste at what Carlisle was carrying.
“I think the better question is who?” Alice said already receiving flashes of the bundles future with the missing vampire of the house. Alice tilted her head to the side and watched as the bundle moved and reached out a hand to a stocky man that was making his way out of the car now.
“That's human?” Emmett asked, very surprised that the bundle was human and not someone's pet that got hit by a car.
“Emmett” Esme said her voice full of reproach, even though they couldn't hear the conversation it wasn't right for them to speaking the way they were.
“Sorry” Emmett said watching Carlisle for any sort of clues as to what is going on. It was as Carlisle neared the group that Alice gasped and went into a trance like state, she had done this fairly recently and it had been about another human that had made their way into the Cullen's life. No one besides Edward Cullen liked the human, not even Carlisle or Esme and to get Esme to not like you, you had to be bad news. Edward though would hear nothing of it, and now spent most of his time with the human girl that was making their lives miserable. Jasper caught Alice before she hit the ground and carried her to the living room, just like Carlisle was doing with the rest following behind.
“Iz she okay?” Fleur asked what looked to be the mother of the group assembled.
“Yes, she'll be just fine” Esme assured Fleur before making small talk with the beautiful white blonde woman.
“I assume you are new in town, Esme Cullen” Esme said before looking at Fleur and wondering how so much beauty could actually be natural.
“Fleur Delacour” Fleur said not really paying much attention to Esme since it seemed that Carlisle was now making his way up a staircase and towards one of the rooms that held medical supplies. They may have not needed them, but Carlisle always had a passion for helping people so he had begun the hobby of trying to improve on medical supplies and techniques already in the industry.
“Vhere are you taking him?” Viktor said following behind Carlisle as he mounded the stairs and made his way to his OR room as most of the Cullens thought of it as.
“Just here” Carlisle said before opening the door and pushing the door open so that Viktor and now Fleur could inspect the room that they were now entering with Harry still bundled up. Both Viktor and Fleur poured into the room and began to inspect it for any sort of magical devices that might lead the Headmaster and the Ministry of Magic to their door.
“Clear” Viktor said his wand out and turning to get the okay from Fleur as well.
“Clear” Fleur agreed before Carlisle was allowed entry into the room. The Cullen coven, minus Edward all watch shocked as Viktor and Fleur checked the room for things with their wands.
“Are those…..” Emmett said wanting to know what was really going on now. The pair that stood in the room along with Carlisle were acting as if the bundle in their arms was their life.
“Let Carlisle do what he must” Esme said before shooing Rosalie and Emmett downstairs where Alice was coming out of her trance with Jasper by her side.
“Alice” Esme said knowing that the vision she just had was very, very serious, as in Volturi serious.
“He is….” Alice said stunned at what she had just seen, she knew now that she needed to be very careful on what she thought around Edward; for she knew that Edward would destroy her and any one else that would tell him the information she had just seen.
“Say nothing until Carlisle informs us on who the people are that have invaded his space” Esme said she knew, just knew that the trio that had arrived just moments before would become tangled into the lives of the Cullen coven. Alice nodded her head, she would wait for now but as soon as Carlisle filled them in; she was locking the vision scenes as far back as she could. Edward had to find out some things the hard way about his human and how sullied she really was. It was a tense few minutes before the door opened to the room that Carlisle , Viktor and Fleur had entered with Harry bundled up.
“Come” Carlisle said before turning back towards the door and then entering. There was no easy way around this, so he figured he had better do it now while Edward was away. Although with the way that Edward had been distancing himself away from the rest of the family, he need not worry about him returning home to hear that another human, well at least one more fully human had been in the house. Alice , Jasper, Rosalie, Emmett and Esme made their way up the stairs and into the room gracefully and quickly. They all pulled up short when they saw the bed that was in the room filled with a small body that had their hand in the stocky man's hand.
“Everyone” Carlisle started out, there was no really good way to start the conversation they were about to have. He knew that there was bound to be a lot of explaining, but he was glad to be doing it in a setting he was comfortable in.
“I would like you to meet Fleur Delacour, her finance Viktor Delacour and the brother Harry Delacour” Carlisle said pointing out each person to his family.
“Hello” Alice chirped with an easy smile on her face, she was just going to love the havoc the trio was going to bring to the town and their family. They needed a change and Edward's human was not what they had been looking for, but these three; oh these three would shake up the town and leave them wanting more.
“Fleur, Viktor, Harry” Carlisle said looking at each and then lingering on Harry's face, he was still amazed at the outlook that the teen had after all he had been through; even if he didn't know the details.
“This is my family. I would like to introduce my wife Esme Cullen” Esme stepped forward a warm smile on her face, calming Viktor and Fleur both.
“My sons Emmett Cullen and Jasper Hale” the two in question took a step forward and introduced themselves.
“My daughters Alice Cullen and Rosalie Hale” the two vampires in question stepped forward with Alice chirping out her name and giving a wave. Rosalie on the other hand rolled her eyes at her coven mate's antics and introduced herself.
“I have one other son, Edward but he is not here at the moment” Carlisle said his face feeling tight at the words he had just spoken. Fleur and Viktor acknowledged them, but it seemed that Harry was out, something that everyone was thankful for.
“What happened?” Esme burst out, her outburst surprised everyone she usually let Carlisle take the lead on things and this was definitely something that Carlisle would take the lead on.
“'Arry ‘as been hurt” Fleur started out, she didn't know just how much she could tell the group in front of her. She wanted to trust them, but she knew that they probably meant no harm but she wouldn't risk Harry's wellbeing for someone else's nosiness. All the vampires looked at Fleur as if she was crazy.
“Promise” Fleur said almost as if it was a question. Viktor answered the question, confusing the vampires even more.
“Yes” Fleur nodded her head at the response and then pulled out her wand again.
“Promise that what is said here, stays here”
“We can't make that sort of promise” Esme spoke for the group, which made both Viktor and Fleur nervous and wondering if allowing the doctor to move Harry here was a good idea.
“Vhat do you mean?” Viktor said trying to be level headed about this, out of the pair of them Fleur would be the hex now, questions later person.
“Carlisle” Esme said not sure on what the trio knew and didn't know.
“Our other son can read minds, so it would be very hard for us to promise that when our son can see into our minds” Carlisle explained, he knew the wizards would understand the power that Edward wielded.
“I see” Viktor said before nodding his head to Fleur as if telling her that things would be fine.
“Promise that nothing that is said here will be told to the public”
“Done” all of the vampires said, Fleur shook her head.
“You have to state it” Fleur said before Alice spoke up first and said that wouldn't say anything about Harry or the others to the public. One by one each person said the same thing only adding little things here and there to make it their own vow.
“And vou have our vow that ve vill not speak of your vampire status to the public” Viktor said, which made all gasp except for Alice who had a smile on her face.
“Great!” She said before bouncing into the room and making her way over to where Harry lay.
“Not too close” Fleur warned the girl, watching her as she neared where Harry slept peacefully, something that she knew the teen had been without for a long time. Alice stopped at the end of the bed and took in the small frame in the bed, she could see why the pair was so protective of the teen. He looked as if he was dead two-time over, laying on his front with his head sort of tilted so that he could see the doorway where the Cullens all stood.
“Why is he laying on his stomach” Alice asked, she knew there was a reason and she sort of knew it already but she wanted to gain their trust and this was the first step in doing so.
“Hiz back” Fleur said at a loss on how to describe what had been done to Harry's back.
“He vas whipped” Viktor said knowing that Fleur wouldn't be able to tell the group what really happened, it was just too fresh and new for her to even put words to the horror that they broke Harry out of.
“As in with a whip” Emmett asked, he couldn't believe that someone would whip the teen in the bed.
“Oh yes, very often” Viktor said his face grim because of his words.
“And the rest of him” Esme said now standing next to Alice at the end of the bed watching Harry's face in a relaxed state.
“His captors thought it a good idea to use beating as a training method” Fleur finally spoke, she had been hoping to keep this quiet for a bit but it seemed the vampires were a smart bunch.
“Training”
“Ve are vizards” Viktor said taking out his wand and showing it to all present.
“There was a war” Fleur said her face closing off at the mention of the war between the Headmaster and the Dark Lord.
“'Arry vas the one to defeat the Dark Lord, but to do so zhey trained him in zhe wizards prison” Fleur explained, there was really no other way to describe what they had done to Harry as holding him capture until such time that he defeated the Dark Lord. All the vampires were stunned, never in all of their collective lives had they heard of such a thing done.
“Vizards believe much in prophesies, Harry was at the center of one” Viktor explained, there was still no excuse for what they did but they thought they had a sound reason for doing what they did.
“Visions” Alice said looking up and translating what Viktor was trying to say.
“Zes” Fleur said before looking to Viktor with sad eyes, their brother had been through so much and she could tell that the road didn't end here, in Forks. No it ended some where else, for the Headmaster and the Ministry of Magic (UK) would stop at nothing to get Harry back.
“Then all will be well” Alice said a smile on her face, now messing with the end of the bed covers.
"Do you…..” Fleur said waving her hands, she didn't want to ask if she was Seer but she could tell that the petite dark hair vampire knew more than most.
“I do and he is right where he belongs”
“Good, good” Fleur said now calmed that at least someone believed that what they did was a good thing.
“Will he be okay Carlisle” Esme asked, she now knew that the Delacours and the Cullens would have a long and hopefully happy relationship ahead of them.
“He will be just fine, nothing that time, rest and proper food can't fix”
“Is he?”
“Insane” Viktor said knowing what everyone was thinking, how could someone go through that much and still remain sane.
“Very much so”
“Good” Everyone said before Emmett broke the sort of there tension with the one question that had been on his mind since the groups had been introduced.
“So who is the real Delacour?” Emmett said looking between Fleur and Viktor, he already knew the answer but he wanted to know the reason on why the change had occurred.
“I am” Fleur said a wry smile on her face when Emmett and Jasper both looked shocked.
“So…”
“I am no Delacour by birth” Viktor confirmed.
“Then why?”
“Their real last names would lead the people that did this to Harry straight here” Fleur said in a clear and crisp American accent. The vampires found it odd that she changed her accent but found that it didn't bother them as much as it probably should have.
“But Delacour isn't a common last name either”
“No, but since my uncle lives close by they will think nothing of it” Fleur said, she was so happy that her uncle even a very distant one was close by, that way they could still be in contact with their families without putting Harry's where abouts at risk; something they would die before doing.
“But won't they know by the first name?” Esme asked she was really quite fascinated by the whole concept that the odd trio were going through to make sure that one of them stayed hidden. They of course had to do much the same thing, with moving out of the area once the ‘family had aged' to a new location, creating the same thing over and over again.
“My uncle's first name is Victor” Fleur said a smile on her face, they had been lucky to find a relative that was not only willing to help hide them but also had names that would work in their favor.
“But what about you and Harry?” Esme asked, she for some reason was drawn in by the trio, there was just something about the group that made her want to help protect them.
“Zhat is ze beauty of it all” Fleur said, when she had told her father her idea he had jumped right in to helping her. When he stated that he had a distant uncle that lived near Forks, Fleur had been ecstatic that there was a possibility of escape for she, Victor and Harry. When her father had made contact and found out that the family was named just the same as them, she had cried in her father's arms. She had found the perfect hiding spot, a place where if the Headmaster and the Ministry came a calling that they would meet Victor, Fleur and Harry Delacour, sadly though it wouldn't get the people they were looking for.
“My uncle's family is named the same” Fleur explained, the vampires were all shocked. Emmett spoke the question that was on all of their minds.
“How is that possible?”
“Harry iz a very famous wizard, so it is not uncommon to have a son named after him” Fleur said.
“And the mother”
“I am named after her”
“I see” Esme said for the group, she wasn't really sure what to make of the whole situation but she did know one thing and that was that she was willing to do just about anything to help protect the boy laying in the bed sleeping peacefully.
“Should we worry about them finding us?” Rosalie said, she so hated hiding and if this trio was going to bring a group of people to their area that would know what they were, she wasn't going to let that happen.
“No, they won't be looking for you” Victor said he could tell that Rosalie was worry about being found out and he could relate but he also knew that the British Ministry and the Headmaster of Hogwarts wouldn't be worrying about a coven of human born vampires. It was magical vampires that they coveted, they were rare and even though many of the coven had ‘gifts' those gifts weren't enough for them to be swayed from their search for Harry and them.
“We will protect your secret” Fleur assured them, she knew that they would protect them only if they protect their secret in return. Rosalie nodded her head; it seemed that with that one move that the whole coven breathed a sigh of relief. Rosalie was usually the hardest one to convince when it came to dealing with humans.
“'Arry needz rest” Fleur said, she didn't want all of this talking to wake up Harry. The group nodded their head before making their way to the door, the vampires now wondering what it was that Alice saw when she had laid eyes on the trio.
“Come you must be hungry” Esme said always the perfect hostess, there was only one human she would not allow into her house and her ‘son' seemed to want to spend all his time with her. There was just something about the human girl that rubbed her the wrong way, she had tried to explain it to her son but he had balked at her words and disappeared into the night. She hadn't spoken to her son since then and that was close to two months ago. Fleur and Victor were surprised to see a fully stocked kitchen in the house of a vampire coven.
“We have to maintain an image” Alice explained before dancing over to the stools that sat at the granite counter top island. Fleur and Victor nodded their heads before taking seats at the table that was placed into the corner of the kitchen.
“Let's see” Esme said pulling out pots and pans and then grabbing things from the refrigerator and freezer. Soon all of the vampires were in the kitchen and asking Fleur and Victor random questions about magic and what they could and could not do. It was just as they had food in front of them that they heard Harry scream from upstairs. All of the people in the house went running and soon they were standing at the doorway where Harry was watching him as he fought off some sort of invisible being.
“Nooooo” Harry screamed before he woke himself up and began looking around the room trying to find the thing that he was fighting.
“'arry” Fleur said now calming Harry down so that his magic wouldn't attack the vampires.
“Safe?” Harry asked his voice taking on a child like quality to it.
“Safe” Fleur agreed before taking one of Harry's hands and holding onto it.
“Who….” Harry said when he noticed that they weren't alone and they definitely weren't in their own home.
“Remember Carlisle ?”
“Yes” Harry said before then remembering that he was at the home of the doctor and that this was his family
“Harry” Carlisle said before coming into sight of Harry, who was still laying on his front.
“Sir” Harry said before he was being corrected by Carlisle that he may call him Carlisle . Harry nodded his head and then began to look around the room trying to remember any of the others that were in the room.
“Alice” Harry asked wondering if that was one of their names, for some reason the name kept creeping back into his mind.
“That's me” Alice chirped happy to see that Harry remembered at least one person's name. All of their names were pretty unique for the times, it wasn't everyday that you happened upon a Rosalie or a Jasper these days. Now it was now Amber and Brock that were all the rage in names. It was then that the vampires reintroduced themselves, this time Harry taking in each of them.
“Hullo” Harry said in greeting which made the vampires all laugh, it seemed that even half dead that he was still polite.
“You need food” Esme said going into ‘mother mode' as the vampires called it. After she spoke she disappeared only to reappear with the plates that she had loaded Fleur's and Victor's food on as well as a bowl of soup. Soon the group of humans were eating while the vampires continued to question them about how magic worked. It was while they were in the middle of explaining that very few wizards used staffs like in the stories of Merlin, that Alice had another vision. She was soon twitching on the floor, her eyes open and unseeing of anything that was going on around her.
“Is she okay?” Harry asked trying hard to stay awake, truly concerned over if Alice was okay or not. Out of all of the family Alice and Esme seemed to be the two that he was most comfortable with.
“Yes” Jasper said feeling the worry coming from Harry, he didn't quite understand how the human was so worried about Alice and he had just met her. Every one soon was staring at Alice and Jasper as he held onto his wife and mate. When Alice came out of her trace he gulped in a huge breath of air, almost as if she was taking a breath after coming up for air.
“Alice” Jasper said looking into his wife's eyes and seeing that she had just seen something that would send the coven into ciaos. Alice smiled at her mate and then began to hum a wedding march, what Alice saw no one would know until she either spoke to them about it or until Edward got close enough to hear her thoughts. The coven of vampires began to shake their heads at Alice , as usual Alice was one of the few in the group that could be happy pretty much all of the time.
“I'm fine” Alice said before jumping up and making her way over to where Harry still was fighting with staying awake, wanting to make sure that Alice really was okay.
“I'm just fine” Alice said before grinning at Harry and then leaning in to whisper a secret to him.
“You'll find the love you seek soon” Alice said before kissing Harry on the cheek and then bouncing out of the room with his soup bowl. Esme took that as her cue to take Victor's and Fleur's plates down to the kitchen. That left Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie at a loss as to whether or not they needed to stay.
“I need to check Harry over” Carlisle said making the choice for them, soon the vampires left leaving Harry, Fleur, Victor and Carlisle .
“Let me see how your back is doing” Carlisle said, he had heard rumors that wizards had rapid healing powers. When he took a look at the back he was disappointed to see that there wasn't much movement on his healing.
“His magic is low” Victor said knowing that Carlisle was an old enough vampire to know that wizards had rapid healing powers. Carlisle showed how shocked he was that they knew what he was doing.
“What did he do?”
“He defeated the Dark Lord with magic that hasn't been seen in many years”
TBC....