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Independence of the Dark	By : Callisto Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 17491 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 5
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Chapter 7
Harry paced in his room while his serpents, whom lay coiled around each other, watched him with amusement. He was feeling anxious as he was about to meet his tutors; especially when he knew that at least two of his tutors would be acting under compulsion charms.
Harry's mind flashed to the brief argument he had with Fireclaw...
“Is it really necessary to have my tutors under compulsion charms?”
"Yes Lord Potter. If it makes you feel better, let me assure you that they wanted to take the job but hesitated due to a few misconceptions. All they needed as a slight push. Besides we really needed them, seeing as they are all one of the best in their fields", Fireclaw smirked.
Harry wasn't sure he wanted to hear what those misconceptions were. It wasn't that he was averse to using compulsions on people, he worried that it might affect him in the long run. After all, they were going to be cooped up somewhere for the summer. Oh well. Good old obliviation would always come in handy if anything went wrong.
Thankfully, before he could pull his hair out with his impatience, a small knock on the door signalled the arrival of someone or rather, someones. Fireclaw entered with a small troop following him. Apparently they were going to be his instructors. A pair of goblins, a half-goblin, a trio of wizards, a witch and if he could hazard a guess, a rather handsome looking vampire.
But the one who surprised him the most was the half-goblin. He had to blink twice to make sure that the light had not played tricks on his eyes; because the half-goblin was none other than Filius Flitwick, his Charms professor at Hogwarts.
Harry tried to get his expression under control so that he wouldn't end up gaping unattractively like a fish. However, he was slightly mollified to see that his professor wasn't so apt at hiding his surprise. Harry stifled a grin. Apparently, for all the change in his appearance, his teacher knew him well enough to spot him. Maybe, it helped that he'd charmed his eyes to look an emerald green; rather than the sapphire blue he'd preferred yesterday.
Fireclaw indicated the pair of goblins as Njord and Odin who were apparently his Runes and Language instructor. Flitwick was his charms instructor and would also partner Simeon Elmer who was supposed to be his Defence instructor to teach him duelling.
The dark haired man clad in well fitting robes was obviously his Politics tutor who introduced himself as Gideon Burkes. The other wizard Alexei Vakhrov was the Potions master while the middle-aged grey haired witch Irina Krum was his Transfiguration instructor.
Meantime, Flitwick was not so subtly giving him a look that said 'We'll talk about this later'. Harry's mind was whirring with possibilities on how to utilize the 'Flitwick situation' to his own advantage. Once he returned to Hogwarts, a person loyal to him on the staff and acting as a spy would go a long way to help his cause.
Finally, the vampire Harry had been eyeing with well-hidden interest moved forward in long strides and bowed slightly at the waist before offering him a rakish grin. "Andreas, at your service"
Fireclaw chuckled, "He'll be your weapons and combat instructor."
"I never realized you employed vampires, Gornunuk Firelaw", Harry commented nonchalantly masking his curiosity about the vampire.
"We don't. Andreas here was actually a prisoner at the Goblin National Prison for the last two months up until now. He agreed to repay his... ah, debts to us by tutoring you."
Harry arched a brow at the dark haired vampire in consideration to which he got a sniff and a haughty glance in response before he offered Harry a cheeky grin.
Harry had to contain a snort at the vampire's antics. Well, his training might not be so bad after all....

Harry wondered if he would ever get used to the fact that he actually owned a fortress. Probably not. The place exuded a warm feeling as if it was welcoming him back home, yet it still possessed an intimidating feel to it. How that was possible Harry did not know.
Harry gleefully watched as a myriad of expressions crossed his tutors' faces before it finally settled on undisguised awe. They had flooed from the bank directly after having a small breakfast where they'd gotten to know each other a bit.
The two goblins Njord and Odin were brothers and were also the great- grandsons of Fireclaw. The vampire Andreas remained shady as to his origins and Fireclaw himself did not have anything useful to offer about the vampire.
Simeon Elmer, an English wizard brought up in Poland, had been the national duelling champion twice and had won second place in the world championship.
The Potions master Vakhrov and Gideon Burkes were the ones who had accepted under compulsion charms as Fireclaw had informed him. He had to keep an eye on them.
Irina Krum apparently had a life debt to a goblin who had one saved her life and had agreed to fulfil it by teaching him.
All of them, except for the goblins, were sworn to secrecy and if they proved to be untrustworthy, Fireclaw had assured him that he had measures in place that would obliviate them at the end of their stay.
Harry briskly crossed the threshold to the Black tower, as he had come to call the single solitary black-stoned tower that stood imposing in the middle of the fortress and waited for his instructors to catch up with him since they were all but gaping at the various turrets and buildings around the fortress.
Harry watched in fascination as each and everyone of his tutors, other than Fireclaw, shivered with an unnerved expression on their face as they were subjected to some sort of magical scan, if the blue light that passed through them was anything to go by, when they set foot inside the tower. Moving to the far wall which held the live portraits of his ancestors, they all bowed deeply at the waist.
"Welcome back, heir", Agron's voice rang out.
Harry beamed at the portraits as he saw that they were genuinely happy to see him again.
After a round of brief introduction of his new tutors to his ancestors, Javed broached the topic that had been on everyone's mind and nagging at their curiosity.
"I suppose you want to know how you are going to manipulate time to complete your training?", Javed asked with a smirk.
Harry scowled at the smug tone before nodding his head.
"Well. Let me start at the beginning. You know that we liked to experiment and more often than not, our experiments tended to end up badly."
Harry nodded his head impatiently. He had gathered that much from the journal he had read in the library.
Javed grinned before continuing, "When Cailean was born, we were faced with a problem. Cailean was special but for all that, he was a mortal. We did not want to force immortality upon him but rather we searched for a way for him to have a long life span. That lead to one of our most crazy experiments. Of course, not that it went according to plan. Instead of what we'd originally wanted to achieve, we ended up creating something most unexpected but efficient nonetheless. A warp of reality."
Harry heard a gasp from a few of his tutors. He did not exactly understand what exactly that meant but he knew that it must be something extraordinary.
"If I may, does that mean we'll become completely non-existent in the present reality?", Flitwick interrupted.
"Precisely. There are rune stones that are imbibed with our magic set around this tower at five points which forms a pentagon. We created a spell that will literally move anything and everything inside this tower to another reality. As it is, you will be in a state of...ah, limbo."
Harry wore an amazed expression which was reflected to an even higher degree on his companions' faces.
"So if we were to leave the present reality and live in a state of non-existence for some infinite time, how much time would have passed here before the merge occurs?", Harry asked.
"A day. However, it comes with its own set of conditions. Once you return, you can do it again only after a gap of 28 days. So, you better make sure you have brought everything you need with you. Another thing is that, you can never check the time inside the tower and neither can you look out of the tower through the windows. You won't like the consequences. Better use sticking charms on the curtains."
"Not that there are that many windows here in the first place", groused Galena shooting a dirty look at Agron.
Harry absently mused that his already light complexion would become even paler without any sunlight. Huh. Looked like his mission to regain his tan back was doomed from the start. Figures.
"So, when am I supposed to cast the spell?", Harry inquired.
"Sometime at noon. But before that, Harry, I suppose that I must let you know that you wouldn't start attending your classes immediately", Agron informed him.
Harry burst out, "Why not?" He'd actually been very excited to start learning in earnest for the first time in his life.
"Because you haven't tamed your core yet. Before you start learning powerful magic, we believe it would be much more beneficent for you if you were in sync with your core. Which is why, once the warp has been created, you will right away start training with us about core magic until you have managed to gain some semblance of control. As of now, your core is just like a volcano waiting for one single catalyst to set it off. In the meantime, you may have Language, Theory of Runes and Weapons class with your respective tutors."
"And no, whinging will not get you anywhere", Seshafi quipped shooting him a hard look.
Harry heard a chuckle from behind and he wasted no time in levelling a dark glare at the mirthful vampire before sighing in resignation at the Dark Ones.
"Now if that is all, the living accommodations for your tutors will be on the first floor. Your set of rooms are on the third floor. I hope that you have brought enough supply of food and blood (for the vampire) for your stay here."
"Yes, I've brought three personal elves with me who have taken care of that", Harry replied. Good thing I had the forethought to ask the elves to bring large amounts of food supplements.
"Now that that's taken care of, I believe that we shall cast the spell exactly at noon. Until then, all of you make ourselves at home. Harry, you may remain. We have to coach you through the various stages of the spell."
Harry agreed before pulling a chair and seating himself in front of the portraits.
Harry asked snootily, "I thought you wanted me not to cast magic."
Seshafi raised an unimpressed brow. "You very well know what we meant. Now stop being a brat and listen."
Harry resisted the urge to roll his eyes and planted a studious expression on his face before saying, "Yes Ma'am."
For the next hour, the four of them coached Harry in drawing a rune circle and the intricate wand moments which was very crucial for the spell to succeed. Once the ritual was started, any mishaps in the middle would yield disastrous results. They had also warned him that there was a good chance that he would pass out at the end as it drew a large amount of magic from the person casting it, which was why his ancestors hadn't asked his instructors to cast it. They were sure that their cores wouldn’t be large enough and they would surely die from magical exhaustion.
"Have you ever used this time warp spell?", Harry asked curiously.
"Yes. Once. When Cailean was kidnapped and we needed time to create a ritual. A ritual which ensured that an heir was born into the future with our own unique magic. That was also when we created these portraits and imbibed it with our memories along with a small tiny bit of our soul and put them to sleep so that they woke up when the doors to the Black tower was opened", Galena smiled sadly somewhat lost in her memories.
Harry was suddenly struck with the thought that if they had been asleep for the past five thousand years then the memory of the loss of their own child must be very fresh in their minds. Harry felt a brief pang of grief as he remembered the loss of his own parents.
"You must miss him then", Harry noted quietly.
"We do. But there is nothing we can do about that but we can do something about ensuring our second son's survival", Javed said.
Harry felt touched by their affection for him but just like any other teenager tried to cover his mushiness by snarking.
"I hope you don't expect me to hug and give out smooches to your portraits.", Harry quipped. Harry got four eye-rolls with a muttered 'Child' as an answer.

Harry tried to cover his nervousness by walking in circles around the room muttering the spell under his breath.
"It's time", Andreas, the vampire, called out.
Harry sauntered over to the pentagon runic circle he'd drawn with chalk sometime earlier. After directing his tutors and his house elves (other than Fireclaw who had left half an hour before) to stand at each of the stars drawn inside the runic circle, Harry moved to stand at the centre of the circle.
Taking a deep breath, Harry traced the five runes at each corner of the pentagon that symbolized the five stones placed outside the tower.
Harry then went through the elaborate wand movements he had been coached through; enunciating the phrases clearly before each subsequent wand moment.
"Tempus. Silete a.
Aer. Et præpositum esse scirent.
Rerum. Egredere.
Vacuum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit."
Bright violet light flared around the runic circle casting dark shadows around the room; robes whipped around them before everything was doused in darkness. The ritual must have worked then, was Harry's last thought before he lost consciousness.

A/N: Hey. Sorry for the late and the short chapter. It's been a busy month. And I'm getting my exam results on Monday. I'm kinda nervous. Wish me luck! Besides, I really have no idea how time flew by so fast. To make it up to you, I'll try my best to make the next chapter lengthy.

Anyway, I counted all the votes from both 'ff dot net' and this one. As of now, 17 of you say 'yes' to a fling and 27 of you want Draco to be Harry's first. Some of you may want to reconsider the 'no fling' option cuz the vampire has entered the field and I assure he will be hot !! And Harry will definitely be doing a lot of gawking during their intense training sessions.

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