Dragonstorm
Dumbledore immediately assembled order of the phoenix as he heard about the news. Both Harry and Cassie to attended their meeting to deduce a plan for the next attack on Hogwarts.
“So we have muggles as our enemy now? We were supposed to protect them from the death eaters!”, Nymphadora Tonks said.
“The relationship between the muggle Britain and wizard Britain seems well. However, it was reported the entire base of a crime organization, the Black Dragon had vanished”, Kingsley reported.
“The question is, who is responsible for taking the entire base and bringing the soldiers here”, Arthur Weasley stated.
“It has to be a traitor wizard hiding in the muggle world. The one probably saw the opportunity to strike. We only have to eliminate these filthy muggle criminals as well as the traitor”, Moody said. Cassie knew Moody was a death eater in disguise, but she knew he was not a threat for now.
“We must evacuate every student from Hogwarts to somewhere safe!”, McGonagall said. Molly nodded as she was concerned about the safety of her sons and daughter.
“Then where do we take them? The soldiers can find them and kill them at any moment. They are safer in Hogwarts”, Moody retorted.
“Or we can use Grimmauld Place for that. That place is large and well protected”, Sirius said.
“The Blacks except you sided with death eaters. What will happen if the death eaters use that place as their base of operation?”, James replied. Dumbledore sighed as he came up with the worst plan possible.
“Then we take every student and teacher to watch the third task. We allow the invaders to enter Hogwarts castle instead. We know best about the castle, and that could give us advantage”, Dumbledore said. Harry and Cassie both narrowed their eyes as they heard the crazy plan.
“Are you out of your mind, headmaster?! How many lives of students and teachers are you willing to risk?!”, Cassie yelled at Dumbledore.
“I do not intend to risk any lives. I have faith you and Harry can protect everyone from the invaders. Harry has fought the dark lord’s scheme in his first and second year. Ms Sandsmark has the power of a god”, Dumbledore replied.
“You are still the manipulative bastard aren’t you Albus! You just want total control and Harry to be the chosen one!”, Abeforth yelled, but Harry stopped Aberforth from yelling further by standing up.
“Then I should begin practicing more fatal spells, do you have any fatal spells which could kill the invaders?”, Harry asked.
“Sectumsempra cuts human body very well. I will teach you the spell after the meeting, as well as Crucio and Avada Kedavra”, Snape said.
“Moreover, turning objects or opponent into explosives can come in handy as you get to defeat more enemies by blowing them up”, McGonagall said.
“Thank you, professors. I will make sure to practice”, Harry said as Dumbledore declared the end of the discussion. However, Harry had another question, for Cassie Sandsmark. Harry decided to ask Cassie his question.
“Wonder Girl, why did you know Regulus Black was in the lake? Why did you know Malfoy was a Tsundere? I don’t think you picked it by coincidence. Also, you seemed like you predicted what would happen in the tasks”, Harry asked. Cassie felt like it was no use hiding the truth anymore. Cassie also had to warn Harry about the third task as well.
“Well, Harry... this is a hard one for you. You know I am from an alternate universe, right? In my universe, your world is written in a novel which features you as the main character. That is why I knew what would happen. Maybe I should have told you from the start, but I felt you weren’t ready to see it yet”, Cassie answered.
“So that’s why you knew... What happens in the novel, in the third task?”, Harry asked again.
“In the novel, your parents are killed by the dark lord, but in this reality, Wonder Woman saved you and your parents from him. In the third task, you and Cedric get to the trophy and take it together, then you two are sent to a graveyard. Wormtail and the dark lord baby body is waiting there and kills Cedric, and the dark lord is resurrected. The second war against the dark lord happens and a lot of people you love die, even Snape”, Cassie said. Harry could not believe what Cassie said, but he was certain about one thing.
“So that means, I should not let anyone take the trophy. I should also write a letter to Wonder Woman to show my gratitude”, Harry replied. Cassie nodded as she replied.
“You too shouldn’t touch the trophy. If you can’t convince other champions, just take it. I will come to your rescue. The death eaters and the dark lord are nothing against me”, Cassie said. Harry nodded as he went to Snape to learn Sectumsempra and the unforgivable spells. Cassie looked at Harry, and decided to tell him one more thing.
“Harry, don’t forget this world is not the world same as the novel. You are your own hero, not what the dark lord see you as”, Harry turned to Cassie once again as he decided his own future.
”Then I am Steelbane, the guardian knight of Hogwarts and the Wizardkind, against evil like the dark lord which threatens the innocent”, Harry declared.
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Meanwhile, a green portal opened inside of Hogwarts. From there emerged a green lantern. However, the lantern had a unique outfit as the insignia had wings on both sides. The lantern wondered around the castle when he was greeted by a blonde girl.
“Who are you? You look like the Green Lantern I saw in Wonder Girl’s memory”, Luna said.
“You know about Cassie? Where is she? My ring detected her here. I need to see her!”, the lantern asked Luna.
“You are her friend? The vision had all of her friends getting killed by the regime... Where were you in the vision then?”, Luna asked.
“Precisely, I am the successor of one of insurgency in this reality. I had come to Earth from my planet to gain allies in Earth heroes to prepare against the regime”, the lantern said.
“Then I will lead you to her”, Luna said as she lead the lantern to Cassie. Luna and the lantern saw Cassie walking. The duo approached her as the lantern called Cassie.
“Cassie?”, the green lantern said. Cassie turned around and saw Luna and a green lantern with her. However, Cassie didn’t recognize the green lantern at all.
“Who are you? I know Luna here but I don’t know you. How is it that you know me?”, Cassie asked the lantern.
“It’s complicated... we need to talk. Can you lead us to where we can be alone? This is an insurgency matter”, the lantern said. Cassie could only nod as she took the lantern to a nearby room. The green lantern began to explain himself.
“I am Armin Arlert. Your Hal Jordan gave me his ring and made me his successor. I had come here because my sidekick, the successor of your Carol Ferris, Violet Angel, had managed to master her ring to certain extent”, the lantern explained. Cassie was even more surprised. Cassie had known about a series called ‘Attack on Titan’, and the lantern was one of its characters. The series was shut down by her Superman as it had a rebellious tone. Armin kept explaining.
“My loved ones and the people in my home call me Green Guardian. I had decided the name to be my hero name. I also have the memory of your Hal Jordan. That is why I went to find you first, because I couldn’t locate your Kara. I’m sorry”, Cassie was now in awe. Everything was indeed possible in the multiverse.
“The regime came after me a month ago... I managed to fight back and beat them. It was fortunate your Supermaniac didn’t come for me. I think he underestimated me as I was only one Green Lantern. I also destroyed the dimensional transporter they were using, so they won’t be able to invade the multiverse for a while. I had come to Earth to gain as much allies as possible to prepare for their second invasion, and I am sorry for everything you’ve lost”, the explanation ended as the Green Guardian showed Cassie how he had beat them. Cassie saw the lantern kill Damian Wayne by splitting the pretender in half and beat Wonder Whore up by forming Doomsday construct around himself. Cassie was glad those murderers got what they deserved.
“Thank you... You could had backed down and surrendered because you had nothing to do with our conflict... instead you risked your life to fight them and do the right thing. You deserved the ring more than Hal did”, Cassie said as she showed her approval.
“Surrender was never an option. The regime came for my head, not my loyalty. I just fought to protect my loved ones from them, and maybe to avenge you and everyone who suffered because of them. By the way, what are you doing now?”, Armin asked with a worry in his voice, as he had known how broken Cassie might be.
“I am protecting this school from certain evil... I don’t think I have another purpose in my life, now that I’ve lost everyone, and you’ve avenged them”, Cassie said. The lantern looked at Cassie, eyes filled with sadness.
“Maybe you should try to rebuild your life... Conner Kent exists in this universe... while you do not. You can have your life with him once again... Dinah Lance moved on by marrying another Oliver Queen, why shouldn’t you? We also need to find Kara and help her move on”, the lantern proposed. Cassie felt slight hope within her, now that he had shown her it was possible to rebuild her life.
“I should really thank you... not only you’ve avenged my loved ones... you also showed me how to move on and have a new life... I will find Konner after we are done with this situation, as well as our Kara”, Cassie said as Armin nodded at her. Now the two insurgents had been reunited, and they set out to have their last comrade back, as well as to rebuild Cassie’s life,
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On that night, the third task had began. Dumbledore took everyone to the spectators, as a plan to keep them safe from the Witch Exterminators. Harry, Cedric, Viktor, and Fleur gathered at the entrance of the maze, as Harry explained.
“Everyone... I want you to listen to me. My whole Hogwarts life was curved in the dark lord’s scheme... This year won’t be different. I don’t want anyone to die, so I want us to stick together and survive. I’m sure we will get even more fame if we survive the dark lord’s scheme together”, Harry said. The other three champions nodded at Harry as they followed Harry into the maze.
They first encountered a Troll. Harry used Sectumsempra on the troll, slicing it. The Troll roared in pain as it tried to attack the champions. Cedric froze the Troll with Glacius. Viktor used Diffindo to shatter the frozen troll. Harry suddenly felt a spark of energy about to hit Fleur, and pushed Fleur away. The mysterious attacker then threw his magic at Viktor, who was pushed away by Cedric.
“We need to move fast. Someone is interrupting us”, Cedric said as they quickly moved away from their position. The next thing they saw were blast-ended skrewt. The skrewt blasted fire from its tail. The champions managed to dodge the fire as Harry cast Protego in front of the chanpions which bought them enough time to roll away. Harry then casted Arresto Momentum on the skrewt, allowing other champions to stun the beast with Stupefy. Harry then used the trick he learned from McGonagall and turned the skrewt into an explosive. Harry then casted ‘Wingardium Leviosa’ on the explosive and slammed in on the wall, killing the skrewt explosive by blowing it up. The explosive blew the maze wall as well, revealing a Sphinx in front of them. They were not in the mood for riddle, but they decided to play along.
“First think of the person who lives in disguise, Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend, The middle of middle and end of the end? And finally give me the sound often heard, During the search for a hard-to-find word. Now string them together and answer me this, Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?”, the Sphinx gave them the riddle. The four champions decided to ask for time.
“Can we have some time to think for an answer?”, Harry asked the Sphinx.
“You can choose to remain silent and I would allow you to walk away unscathed. If you answer correctly, I will move aside, but if you give an incorrect answer, I will attack. I will allow you time if you are certain you can provide right answer”, the Sphinx said. Harry’s group debated about the riddle the Sphinx had given them.
“I am familiar with the first sentence as I watch spy movies. Spies do lie and live in disguise. Spy comes from the first sentence”, Harry said.
“The middle of the middle and the end of the end? If that is about spelling, the middle of the middle is the letter ‘d’. The end of the end and the last letter of mend are also d”, Viktor said.
“During a search for hard-to-find word? That one is difficult. I cannot come up with any”, Cedric sighed.
“Maybe we can put up the other two then move onto the next one. We got spy and d. It gives us spyd”, Fleur suggested.
“The hard-to-find word might be referring to the dark lord’s name! We call him he who shall not be named so we don’t find his actual name. Dammit it has only o as the often heard sound!”, Harry said as he tried to put his answer, but failed.
“Maybe we should think from the last part. We would be unwilling to kiss a dementor, this could be the answer”, Viktor said. Harry nodded as he had experience with Dementors.
“But we’ve got spyd as the letter. Maybe we need to think of something disgusting that begins with spyd”, Fleur suggested.
“I think spiders are disgusting enough to reject a kiss from it”, Cedric said.
“Then the answer is definitely Dementor or Spider, but Spider fits in more detail in the riddle. I will go with spider first. If I am wrong, please say Dementor”, Harry said as he walked toward the Sphinx.
“My answer is Spider, is that correct?”, Harry asked.
“It is correct”, the Sphinx replied as it cleared their path by stepping aside. The four champions sighed as they managed to pull out the answer together.
“I thought the three sentences were traps! I actually thought it was a dementor since we couldn’t come up with the last one!”, Viktor said.
“We’ve answered the riddle, there is nothing to worry about it anymore. I honestly don’t want another riddle again at least for the next year after I graduate”, Cedric said. They all nodded as they made their path. They saw an Acromantula guarding the trophy.
“Oh shit. I should had known the answer had something to do with the task. It was a warning”, Harry sighed as they saw the massive spider.
“Harry, I heard you fought Acromantula in the second year! We can beat it with you!”, Cedric cheered Harry up. Harry felt it was time to try his new magic out against the spider. Snape made Sectumsempra by himself, why couldn’t Harry?
“I have a new spell which will enable us to beat the spider. Drago Tempesortia! (Come Forth Dragonstorm!)”, Harry said. Suddenly, the champions’ body turned into a metal pixels and started to form an object as large as the Acromantula. The object began to take form of a three-headed metal dragon.
“Dragonstorm, activate!”, Harry said within the combined mind of the champions. Dragonstorm blasted the Acromantula from above as it blasted fire from the three heads. The Acromantula tried to catch the dragon by breathing webs at Dragonstorm. Dragonstorm dodged the webs with ease by flying up in the sky. Dragonstorm burned the web of the massive spider down by the flames from its heads and grabbed the Acromantula’s body in its legs, while the heads took the spider’s legs and bit them off after burning them. The Acromantula was now legless as Dragonstorm grabbed the body and used its sheer strength to rip it in half, killing the massive spider. Harry undid the spell after the Dragonstorm checked that the Acromantula was dead, saying finite in the combined mind. The spectators cheered as they saw the glorious fight.
“By Merlin’s beard! Harry is a real hero!”, Ron shouted from his seat.
“Harry... you are just amazing...”, Sirius shed his manly tears as he showed his approval.
“Go get the trophy, Harry! Show us what you are made of!”, James cheered. However, Harry did not intend to let anyone take the trophy.
“We finally made it! But... what is gonna happen between us? We would have no winners if we took the cup back together”, Viktor said.
“I didn’t intend to get a win for one of us. Didn’t I tell you all of the tournament could be another scheme? We just got attacked twice! This cup could be a trap too”, Harry said.
“Then we can check it by touching it. I will do it first”, Cedric said as he attempted to touch the trophy.
“DON’T!”, Harry screamed as he pushed Cedric away from the trophy and touched it himself. The next thing the other champions saw was Harry and the Trophy banished from their sight.
“He was right... It was a trap!”, Fleur realized as she shouted. Cedric and Viktor had went pale as they blamed themselves on what had just happened to Harry.
The two remaining insurgents saw Harry banish as well. Cassie sighed as she felt some fates could not be reversed.
“I told Harry not to touch it! Seems like he had to because others didn’t listen...”, Cassie said.
“Don’t worry, my ring can locate him. Ring! Locate Harry Potter!”, Armin ordered his ring. The green lantern ring immeidately showed Harry’s location. The lantern opened a portal to the location.
“Alright, let’s go kick the dark lord’s ass”, Cassie said as the duo went into the green portal.