Harry waited for about thirty minutes before Baca returned, and he had Fawkes with him "what happened?" Harry asked Baca
Baca started trilling excitedly "uhuh" Harry was nodding along "ok…sure... WHAT?" Harry shouted "was he there?" the bird trilled angrily in an upset manner "don't tell me not to shout, you burned the ENTIRE headmaster office, you baka Baca"
The bird deadpanned at him then thrilled what could universally be agreed upon as "really"
Harry scratched his head embarrassingly "ok, so I was waiting to use that, but don't change the subject"
That's when Fawkes chimed in and the three began to argue. Ramis and Grayfia were still sitting on the couch, which Harry just left, were watching the scene in thinly veiled amusement.
"Ok so he used some artefact to bind Fawkes to him, doesn't mean burn it… and you" he turned to Fawkes "how the hell are you here, we're still under Fidelius and last I checked he wasn't a secret keeper" Harry pointed at Baca
Fawkes mirrored Baca's earlier deadpan then trilled "you are originally bound to the school… ok" Harry continued to listen "and I'm an idiot… if I can understand you that means you are bound to me too…" Harry finished by himself, seriously resisting the urge to face palm
Ramis decided to interject here "are we still on with the plan?" she asked
Harry looked at her in contemplation for a second before nodding. The plan was still on.
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Harry Grayfia and Semiramis could be seen walking into the forbidden forest. They were walking leisurely as if on a picnic.
"We're here to meet Aragog" Harry called to nothing in particular, soon enough the acromantula started showing themselves, sizes vary from size of a finger to as big as a dog. Harry took the time to turn into his weretiger form
"What do you want?" the hoarse voice of Aragog spoke as he showed himself, big as a car
"I am here to offer you and your children safe haven, where meet is unindent and life is easy, away from here" Harry spoke calmly while releasing waves of his authority
"And if we refuse?" Aragog asked
Harry activated his flames "you burn" he threatened
The spiders that began surrounding them retreated, if they fear anything it was fire "and what do you wish for in return?" Aragog asked again
"Not to attack anyone that does not attack you and to control your numbers, other than that, some of your dead and webs" Harry wanted to scan them to be able to recreate them. If he wasn't wrong, Aragog should die before Harry finish the seven years in Hogwarts "what do you say Aragog?"
"Can you really take all of my children?" he asked for confirmed
"If they are willing to come" Harry confirmed
Aragog let out a loud scream. A moment later, many, many spiders converged on his position, while Harry and the ladies were floating in the air watching.
After about fifteen minutes Aragog spoke "we are ready" as hundreds of spiders are present around him
Harry nodded and with a snap, all the spiders were unconscious. Harry had stunned them for ease of transport as he and the ladies started creating one portkey after the other and sending them to the reserve in Australia.
Big spiders in Australia. who knew?
It took them a while but they were able to send them all off before midnight "they should wake up in about an hour or so" Harry commented as he sent the last one "time to go to the next one"
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Harry, Semiramis and Grayfia were now standing in the third floor ladies bathroom. Harry soon found the faucet with the snake design "open" he said in parseltongue
The mirror door opened and Harry summoned a ball of light and dropped it down the tube. He looked back to the girls and nodded to each other before Harry jumped in.
It was a moment after him that the two ladies floated in after him "why didn't you fly?" Ramis asked
"I want to enjoy the experience" he shrugged
Harry walked deeper into the cave followed by his servants and soon enough they spotted the shed skin of the giant snake they were here for. Harry took a piece of the skin and absorbed it and stored the rest.
From the piece consumed Harry received several things, but more importantly the thing he wanted most was there as well.
Upon passing through the second door, the group entered the actual chamber of secrets. The group instantly focused on the giant head at the other end of the chamber.
Harry signalled to begin and they all moved. A moment later, the wards were ready; all Harry had to do was summon the snake.
So Harry did, he spoke the parsel words and the mouth opened, the king of the serpents came out of the mouth of the giant Slytherin head "is it finally time, to cleans the school" the Snake asked, but paused when she saw them
Harry looked towards the snake for a second in thought before speaking to it "let me see if anything is wrong with your mind, or you are truly that twisted"
Just as he was finished the Basilisk collapsed. Under normal circumstances, the basilisk's natural immunity to magic should have prevented it from being stunned that easily. But the wards did their job and now Harry has an unconscious Basilisk on his hands.
Harry took his time to see through the snake's mind, and came to the conclusion, that it was irredeemable. The beast was too far into the pleasure of killing and needs to be killed.
Harry killed the Basilisk with his own hands…claws and absorbed the soul of it as well. Another jump in magic was received. Harry then attached a portkey to the basilisk's body and *pop* it's in the hanging gardens, under stasis and just waiting to be processed. It was missing an eye and a fang as Harry absorbed them with the soul.
Harry was sad that he didn't get the snake as a pet, but the soul was strong enough to get him out of it. It wasn't as strong as a phoenix one of course, but it was still good.
Harry also couldn't revive it as a shadow as he consumed the soul. He hated it as he felt it was like having the best axe in the world and yet there is no wood to chop, frustrating.
Harry decided to go back to sleep, he had an eventful day and it was time to sleep. He said good night to the ladies and got a good night kiss from each on the cheek, which did a lot for him, and headed towards the dorms.
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Harry woke up in his trunk the next day feeling slightly weird "System… why do I feel odd?"
[Well, Host, when a young boy reaches a certain age-]
"Not that kind of weird, I've been through that weird before. I mean the kind where I suddenly feel like my fire responds a bit better and that… I feel I can be a lot stronger… system, explain" Harry demanded
[According to the legends, Byakko is one of four guardian beasts, the white tiger of autumn, metal and storm, Guardian of the west. Seiryu is the Blue dragon of spring, wood and water, guardian of the east. Genbu is the black tortoise of winter, earth and darkness, guardian of the north. And Suzaku is the Vermilion Bird of summer, fire and light, guardian of the south]
Harry listened to the explanation wholly; he remembered the same from a game he played in his previous life, Persona.
[Host is currently in possession of one and two parts of the four beasts.
Byakko's soul is complete.
Suzaku's soul is partially made through the soul of the phoenix.
Genbu's soul is partially made through the soul of the Basilisk
No dragon soul detected]
Harry fell in deep contemplation. Genbu is a Black tortoise that has a snake tail so that explains the basilisk part, and it would be easy to get a Chinese dragon soul. The elements were somewhat easy to find.
The question was… where the bloody hell is he going to find a season like summer to absorb.