Magic Incarnate

A week after Harry rescued Regulus and took the man back to his brother and Mate, Draco Malfoy pulled Harry into a tight hug crying his eyes out. "Um, what ya doing?" Harry asked a little startled.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you," Draco said over and over again crying into Harry's shoulder.

"For what now?" Harry asked.

"I got a message from home," Draco said pulling his head away from Harry's shoulder to look the brunette in his eyes revealing his tear-stained face. "My Papa was brought back and he said you did it. I don't know how you did it but thank you." Draco said as he was overcome with emotion leaned in and kissed Harry.

"Okay, you are welcome, please let me go, and never do that again," Harry said leaning away from the blonde to not get another kiss

"My family owns you a Life Debt, a debt we can never repay," Draco said thankfully no longer looking as if he was going to kiss Harry again.

"Didn't you already indicate to me you owed me a debt when I helped your dad get away from Narcissa?" Harry asked.

"Yes, and like the rest of Magical Brittian we owed you one for taking down the Dark Lord when you were a baby so what?" Draco asked.

"Do they stack or something?" Harry asked bemused.

"Not really, and before you ask they don't expire either. It is more the principal of the thing that you have helped us so much," Draco said making as if to kiss Harry again leading Harry to Magic himself away and Draco to let out a laugh.

Harry did his best to avoid Draco after that as he stopped sitting at the Slytherin table for meals and when he was in the Great Hall he made sure he was sitting in a spot where the other boy would be unable to join him. While understanding many different facets of magic, Harry was woefully unknowledgeable when it came to flirting or if someone had a crush on him. So to be better safe than sorry in case Draco did have a crush he was avoiding him to not accidentally lead the blonde on.

As he avoided Draco, Harry was overjoyed when the day of the final task came around. Not that the tournament was that challenging to him but with it over he could leave Hogwarts once again and continue on his journey. What he was not expecting was that when he finished his breakfast before he left the Great Hall Duelmaster Flitwick called him over to a side room. Harry did not see Dumbles using his trust and respect for the part Goblin teacher to try to get at him so he followed the man. As soon as he walked into the door he was pulled into a hug. After what happened with Draco a week ago he almost Noped out only to realize that the person hugging him was taller than him and did not have the same scent as the blonde. "Padfo?" Harry asked in a pleasantly shocked voice as he returned the hug.

"Hey pup," Sirius said hugging him even tighter. "We were invited to come and watch being the closest you had to family."

"We?" Harry asked.

"Hello Cub," Remus said from behind Sirius smiling at him.

"Remus, thanks for not hugging me," Harry said making Sirius instantly break off the hug.

"Why is something wrong?" Sirius asked concerned he had done something wrong.

"Let's go somewhere else," Harry said leading the pair out of the room and away from the other Champions and their families.

Once they were in an unused classroom and Harry put up some Wards he told them what happened with Draco. "Ah, so you were worried we would kiss you?" Remus asked.

"Well, it is alright if you guys do it... I think. But I don't know if Draco has become attracted to me due to everything I did to help his family. I don't get romance." he said.

"Not many people do. We just make due one day at a time and plenty of mistakes," Sirius said comfortingly.

"No, I mean I don't get it. I have never felt an attraction to anyone. Sure I can see that someone is attractive but that is it. I am more interested in what I can learn than anything else," Harry explained.

"Ah," both Sirius and Remus said saying nothing more and letting Harry speak his peace.

"And the thought of sex just makes me gag," Harry said making Sirius let out an involuntary chuckle. "The Seven Circles of Hades (Hell), I barely like to be touched apart from handshakes and whatnot. Like I can stand it from both of you because we are family but otherwise, it just makes my skin crawl and no magic or spell I know of can stop it," Harry continued. This made Sirius and Remus recall that while Harry would often shake hands in greetings with others he was not prone to do anything else as when he was at Beauxbatons he would refuse to kiss someone's cheeks as well as put up Wards to prevent others from doing it to him. Or that one time when they had gone to a family day when he was at Ilvermorny and one of the Professors had slapped Harry's back proudly telling them about some bit of Magic Harry had performed, Harry had winced at the blow and began to wiggle his body as if he was having back spasms. And Harry's date to the Yule Ball was a Ghost for it not only was with someone who would be strange though not impossible to date but would be unable to touch him unless he allowed it through whatever magic he used to allow her to change clothing.

"So you don't experience attraction and don't like to be touched that is alright," Sirius said and meant it.

"Yeah, it is just a part of who you are like your desire to learn all there is about Magic and traveling," Remus added holding out his hand to Harry who gratefully took it in his own.

"You will always be my Pup, no matter what," Sirius said taking Harry's other hand and getting a large smile from his Godson. "And if you even decided you want kids you could always adopt. I would not suggest getting it the way we did with you," Sirius joked making Harry chuckle a little.

"I don't know if I do adopt a kid I am not sure if I could bring them with me if I start traveling the Realms again," Harry said. "After all while I look fourteen I am really fifty-two years old and I have not wanted a kid yet."

"Really?" both men asked having never been told this.

"Oh yes my trip around the realms lasted quite a while and before I returned one of my teachers gave me some water from the Fountain of Youth of their world to make me young again," Harry explained.

"So not as the Muggles say, a phase then?" Remus teased.

"Not a phase whatsoever," Harry said utterly seriously.

"So the tale that you spread that you had become a Lord of your Houses due to the Goblet was a lie?" Sirius asked having heard about it from Lucius who had been told of it by his son.

"Oh, yeah," Harry said with a smirk. "Before I even started my travels on this world I went to the Goblins and they knew right away I was of age no matter how I looked. I just did not care so I left it all for you to handle," he said looking at Remus. "After all as you said I like to travel so I thought after learning at all the schools I would possibly leave this world again to do some more. So I guess to make it official, I Harry James Potter name you Remus John Lupin as my executor and Stewart for my family lines for as long as you wish. May it pass down to any of your children and I don't know grandkids until I return to take up the line," Harry said thinking of the stories he had heard of on Middle Earth and the Kingdom of Gondor.

"My kids or Grandkids?" Remus asked lifting an eyebrow at Harry.

"Hey during my travels I could find more Fountains of Youth and for all, I know due to how powerful my magic is I could live longer than other Magicals on this world normally anyway," Harry said with a shrug.

"Now that is something to consider," Sirius said, "but also since you were what forty-something when you came back you could grow old and die before ten years passes here."

"There is also that," Harry said.

"Such a lovely thought," Remus said tightening his grip on Harry's hand.

After coming out as Asexual to Remus and Sirius the three of them spent the rest of the day just exploring the castle, with the two men sharing fond memories of their time at the school along with Harry's parents.  It felt rather good to Harry, who rarely spent time with his Godfather and "Magical Guardian" due to all the traveling he did.  Both of them were delighted when Harry shared with them how Snape had been removed from the school have noticed the man's prevented behavior as kids aimed towards Lily and supported James 100% in dealing with the bastard.  As they spend the day together, Harry was actually rather surprised Dumbles did not try to get Harry up to his office using the excuse of wanting to reconnect with Sirius and Remus.  Harry guessed the man was either holding himself back due to the observers still at the castle or due to his actions during the last task the Champions' families were keeping an eye on him.

Almost too soon for Harry, he and the other Champions were taken out to the castle's Quidditch Pitch where the maze had been set up for the Final Task.  Harry once more confirmed his vow of not trying to win the tournament but just being there to have fun and test himself.  Due to how he had handled the last two tasks Harry was the first one to enter the maze.  During the meeting with Ludo Bagman when he told them of the last task, Harry had been informed that the Triwizard Cup would be in the very center of the maze, so Harry just used his natural ability to know exactly where he was to stay on the outer edges of the maze.  As he wandered around the edges finding animate Magical Armors that had been moved from the castle, some yellowish mist that did nothing to him.  Though he did sense that it was meant to make the world appear to be upside down.  He came across another Bogart which just like the one he faced during the defense lesson ran from him.  He came across a wild Skrewt which had been fed the wrong type of blood again making Harry summon some Flubber Worms to help calm it down again before he left it.  The most "dangerous" thing Harry came across was three Dementors that had set up in a Warded area.  Harry did not fear them as he walked right over to them and removed the curse on the three of them and letting them either become natural ghosts again or move on to the afterlife.

Finding nothing too challenging for him to deal with, Harry found the whole experience rather pleasant.  Sort of like a nighttime walk in the woods.  He was enjoying himself so much that he began to hum to himself as he walked around the maze letting his fingers along the hedge and making flowers sprout and blossom as he absentmindedly began to hum the World's Song.  

Lady Magic had found the World's Song one of the most interesting bits of Magic she had discovered during Harry's travel through the Multiverse.  Not only because the person Harry learned it from was their world's version of one of Lady Magic's friends.  But while Lady Magic and the Immortals on this world were true Immortals the "Immortals" on the world where Harry had learned the World's Song were actually offices for people to gain as they watched over different aspects of the world.  The other reason that Lady Magic had enjoyed the World's Song was that strangely enough when it was a song each listener would hear a different tune.  The person Harry learned it from would hear and sing the song "Some Enchanted Evening," while Lady Magic heard it as "Tip Toe Through the Tulips," and Harry heard it as "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing."  It was due to Lady Magic being aware that what she heard was different from what Harry heard which led not only them but the Singer to find this strange fact out about the World's Song.  The Singer had just known it as a way to promote the growth of plants and a way to control to powers of Nature itself.

Harry realized he was leading a trail of where he was going as he hummed and made the hedges blossom behind him but he did not care.  He had heard the cannons go off three more times meaning the others were in the Maze now so if he wanted to he could move one area closer to the center to see if there was anything else interesting inside the maze.

In the crowds up in the stands watching the event, none of the Hogwarts students could figure out why Harry was not trying to make his way to the cup.  Most thought he would easily be able to reach it with the strange and powerful abilities he had shown so far during the tournament.  There was some grumbling from the students who had placed bets on Harry to win the cup seeing the strange visitor not even trying to get to the center to claim his victory.  No matter how the crowd felt about Harry's performance most could not help but turn to look at his progress during the task.  Finding him not being that hard, no matter how big the maze was since he was leaving a trail of brightly colored plants behind him.

As the Final Task was taking place in the Quidditch Pitch, Voldemort did not have to cast Notice-Me-Not Charms like he had done at the last two tasks since there was a huge section of the stands no one was sitting in.  Voldemort did not pay any attention to the other Champions his focus never leaving the boy.  Like the rest of the watching crowd, he had noticed Potter was sticking to the outside, which gave him an idea.  Due to how large the maze was when Harry got closer to where Voldemort was it would offer some protection from him being seen by the rest of the crowd.  This would give him some time to deal with the boy himself, rather than relying on others like the Dragon and Giant Squid that he had used during the other task.

Still humming "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing" to himself, Harry turned a corner and found yet another magical suit of armor.  But unlike the others he had come across in this maze or up at the castle, his senses were telling him that the armor contained a living spirit.  "Al is that you?" he asked recalling another living suit of armor he had come across in his travels.  Acting on the assumption it was Al, he asked, "Where is Ed?  Or did he get even smaller so I can't see him?"  Harry knew that any mention of Ed's height would bring Al's older brother out and into an angry rant, but nothing happened.

Well, not nothing as the spirit inhabiting the armor spoke, "Potter we meet again for the last time."

"Wait, wait, wait let me guess," Harry said with a large smile.  "You are my father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate?" Harry asked recalling meeting a man with a large black helmet who gave this line during a random trip to a world similar to the one he picked up his Lightsaber from.

"Enough foolishness boy," the armor said pulling out a white wand with what looked like a vulture head on the end of it.  "You will die today like you were meant to all those years ago."

"Is that so?" Harry asked the smile never leaving his face as he reached into his pocket.

"Yes, but if it makes you feel better take out your wand and face me," the armor said.

"Who said I was reading for my wand," Harry said extracting his Lightsaber and a Kite Shield that was made entirely out of cardboard.

"You think those trinkets will help you?" the armor asked.

"Why yes, yes I do," Harry said as he ignited his Lightsaber letting its Yellow beam light up the semi-dark area they were in.  Without speaking a word the armor cast a spell sending out what looked like a whip made of fire.  Harry raised the cardboard shield he had gotten in a strange town called Santo Ileso during a city-wide LARP event.  As it was boosted by Harry's magic the shield took the flame whip's attack without getting damaged.

"What the?" the armor asked taken completely by surprise by his attack being stopped by the cardboard shield.

"Did you like that how about this?" Harry said as he made the shield hover nearby and took up a two-handed grip on his Lightsaber before springing forward for an attack of his own.  His blow did not hit the armor, not that Harry had planned it to since he had faced off against Al enough times to know that such constructs would have only one weakness which was where the spirit connected to the armor.  

"ENOUGH OF THIS!" the armor yelled as it turned its wand back at itself and cast another silent spell.  This spell unblocked the Magic Armors' ability to change shape to better protect the premises it was guarding.  "I witnessed you take on the Dragon and the Squid but let's see how you handled a monster with a brain," the armor said as it began to change shape.

"Now that is just rude," Harry said.  "The Nesting Dragon and the Squid did have minds just not one like ours."

"Prattle on all you like I will feast on your fear," the armor said now in the shape of a chimera with a lion, dragon, and snake heads as well as a massive scorpion stinger.

"Well that would be interesting since according to the Bogarts I have met that are supposed to reveal my biggest fear I don't have any," Harry said.

"Enough," the armor said as it sent its stinger at him.  Harry did not dodge as his eyes went unfocused as he seeks out the Bakusai Tenketsu or Breaking Point of the metal stinger headed his way as the old crone Cologne had taught him.  Finding the spot right at the tip of the stinger Harry used his right pointer finger to touch it and shattered the stinger into countless shards of metal.  "What?" the armor asked in shock.

"Like it?  My teacher told me it was a skill that allows one to break apart material and metals by hitting them where it is weakest," Harry explained.

With a growl, the armor used its wand to gather the shards of metal from its former tail and send them at Harry.  Harry reached into his pocket and pulled out a capsule squeezing it in his hand as he did a ground pound activating a personal shield around himself that the person who gave it to him called an Armor Lock.  Hitting the charged energy around him the shards of metal were destroyed, but so was the capsule since it was a one-time-use item.  "You know this is quite fun," Harry said with a small laugh wondering what of his items he should use next.  He decided to leave it up to chance as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a staff weapon of a Jaffa Warrior.  Twisting it around as if it was a bo staff Harry aimed and blasted apart the lion head causing the armor to let out another scream of rage.  As if he was playing a game Harry tossed the staff weapon to the side to rest with the Lightsaber and shield"

"You pest, just die already," the snake head said which was meant to be a distraction as the dragon head let loose a torrent of green flames at him.  Harry did not move his body, apart from opening his mouth.  There could have been two ways for Harry to deal with the flames either using a breath technique he had learned from Kal El but he decided to imitate Natsu as he sucked the flames in eating them much to the shock of the armor.

Lady Magic was loving this as she watched her vessel handle the armor that she knew was inhabited by the spirit of the man who had killed Harry's parents all those years ago.  She was not even doing anything to help and Harry was besting the man while playing his little game.

Seeing the flames not work on Harry, the armor tried a different tactic as it opened both the dragon and snake's mouths and set out electricity from one and ice from the other.  Harry just smiled at the two elemental-charged breath attacks coming at him as he reached down and pulled up a random twig off the ground.  Using it almost like a bat Harry caught both breath attacks at the same time as he called out "Full Reversal," sending them back at the armor.  The armor let out a scream as both heads were destroyed and it shifted back into its previous form though pockmarked with damage.

"Time to end this, Avada Kedavra," the armor called as it sent the Killing Curse at Harry. 

"Wait I know you," Harry said at least, as just like he had done as a baby caught the spell as if it was nothing.  "You tried this before.  You are the one who killed my parents and tried to kill me.  I recognize this magic as well," Harry said tossing the killing curse into the air as if it was a juggling ball.  Seeing it brought back Voldemort's memory as he suddenly recalled how Harry as a baby ended up stopping him.  The Dark Lord knew true fear and started to flee, only for Harry to toss the curse into the armor's right foot blasting it off as he had done to the tail of the chimera earlier.  "It was your magic that had tainted the Locket that we found in my Godfather's family home, and again in the Diadem, I gave to Myrtle.  "I could give into anger and blast you apart piece by piece I suppose, but that would serve no purpose," Harry said making Voldemort breathe an unwelcome sigh of relief at the possible mercy from his foe.  "Instead I will just have to Cleanse the armor as I did the Locket and Diadem."

"No that will kill me as well," Voldemort said his tone full of fear as he slowly backed away from Harry.

"But you might end up going to Heaven or wherever a good soul goes after it passes if I Cleanse you," Harry said through Lady Magic did not think this would be the case.

"NO," Voldemort said as he gathered his strength and cast another spell at Harry.  Rather than catch the spell this time Harry just snapped his fingers making the spell vanish without a trace.

"Fine, have it your way," Harry said aiming the pointer finger of his right hand at Voldemort as if it was a gun.  "Spirit Gun," Harry said as he shot out a beam of spirit energy disintegrating the arm that was holding Voldemort's wand.  "I will still take you apart piece by piece but I will do it with the Cleansing abilities I have learned.  Buddist Palm," Harry said removing Voldmort's other leg before calling out, "Harry Potter Version Moon Healing Escalation," to remove Voldemort's last remaining limb.

"WAIT.  STOP.  PLEASE!"  Voldemort begged now being nothing more than the torso and head of the magical armor that had become his prison.

"I am sorry I hope if you believe in the resurrection and it happens to you, you come back as a good person," Harry said raising his arms above his head as he began to gather energy into them.  Those watching in the stands were confused as they saw an orb of pure while light suddenly appears above the maze having only been informed that red lights being sent up was a sign that a Champion had given up.   "So long Voldy," Harry said as he lowered his hands sending the Spirit Bomb he had created right into the remains of the armor finishing the man off once and for all.  

Along once more, Harry quickly gathered his things and put them back into his pocket.  "Well, that was fun I wonder if someone got the cup yet?"  While Lady Magic had given Harry countless Magical Abilities she had not gifted him with the talent of a Seer or the ability to see into the future for that was Time's domain, not hers.  Yet as if his question was prophetic one of the Champions took hold of the cup activating the spell to send all the Champions out of the maze.  If Harry had wanted to he could have remained where he was but having been told that this was to happen he allowed the spell to whisk him away.  He arrived at the entrance of the Maze as the crowd cheered Marcus Flint as he held up the Triwizard Cup proudly in victory.