Sidhe Rising ch 22 NaNO 2007 WARNING

well folks another one down and the story continues to unfold


warnings = maybe I should scream here be dragons and for you to run


This is dark, for those who have read the Merry Gentry Series think Queen Andios dark


not a lot of physical torture in this part but the mental torture is right up there


so you have been warned




Draco sat down next to Harry near the head of the Gryffindor table, feeling uncomfortable he sighed in relief when using his wand he once again emptied his bladder and bowels, he was so glad he was magical he did not even want to ponder having to carry this baby without the use of magic to keep him comfortable, though he knew he would make due if ordered to by Harry.


Sitting where he was he could see the whole Great Hall and as he scanned the room he noticed the confused and calculating looks on most of the Slytherin’s while the Ravenclaw’s seemed to be trying to study them without being caught. He was broken out of his thoughts when a full plate slid in front of him, and as he looked over to see who had placed it there he saw Harry picking up a plate to place selections on it, presumably his own. Picking up his fork he used it to stab into the roast beef and started to bring it up to his mouth before he stopped, Harry always made sure he knew he placed the plate in front of him by telling him to eat. Putting the fork down he looked around to see who was close enough that they would have put the food in front of him while he was not looking, most of the people sitting around them he had seen sitting around Harry for several years. What to do he thought, he did not want to do anything that Harry would punish him for.


Confused on what to do or if he should eat he turned and reached for Harry’s arm just as Harry turned to place the plate he had just filled in front of Draco, only to find a plate already sitting there. “Master did you place this here for me to eat?” Draco was so confused and it showed in his voice.


Harry disturbed when he turned to give the food he had served up to Draco, was chilled when Draco’s confused voice questioned if he had placed the food in front of him, “Draco you did not see who placed this here?”


Shaking his head Draco was quick, “No master…I started to eat then before I went further than putting my fork in the roast I remembered you always tell me to eat and you did not this time, so I checked first.”


“No one touch anything,” Harry hissed out to his friends before enclosing the food on the table in a bubble like crystal shield. Ignoring the shocked exclamations from those sitting around him as they were roughly pushed away from the table as the bubble formed around their meal, Harry set about analyzing the food in front of them, trying to detect hidden poisons. “I want to make sure here Draco, you did not eat or drink anything correct?” he asked as both the drinks on his end of the table glowed along with the beef on the plates.


Shaking his head very frightened Draco whispered, “No master I did not eat or drink as you did not give me leave to do so.” Secretly very glad he remembered at the last moment and stopped himself from eating from the plate placed in front of him.


Scanning the aces around him Harry mostly saw confused looks and some that were concerned as they saw the glow around the beef and looked back to their plate wondering if what they had eaten was tainted also, but there was one who did not look confused, he thought he saw a brief glimmer of guilt flash before the red headed girl looked neutral. Looking back to the glowing foods he tasted the intent of the magic surrounding them and paled as the beef contained an abortative while the drinks contained a substance design to break mental or love based bonds, both would have killed his son. Standing up Harry was furious…he glared around the tables looking into faces trying to sense if they could be the one who had done this, by the ancients someone had just tried to kill his son.


Minerva was walking towards the Great Hall with Filius, they were discussing how stubborn Albus was being and the fact that they needed to call an emergency meeting of the professors while also calling an emergency meeting with the board, when she stopped and with an ingrained sixth sense for trouble made out Harry’s voice echoing in the Great Hall, “No one touch anything” looking down to her fellow professor she saw that he two heard the anger in those words. Silently they both took off running intent on reaching the Great Hall before they were too late to prevent what was about to happen.


Rushing past the students that were milling around by their seats, all trying to get a better view of what was going on near the end of the Gryffindor table, the head of the table that had a very angry Harry standing there glaring at everyone. After what Albus pulled in his office not long ago Minerva did not think Harry’s temper would take much before he would explode not seeing Severus in attendance she let out a small sigh of relief, before panicking as Harry yelled out in anger and she caught the look of glee on Deloris’s face.


“WHO…PUT THIS PLATE…” Harry picked up the plate of tainted food and threw it down hard on the table breaking it and spilling the contents all over the place, “IN FRONT OF DRACO!” starring very hard at the Weasley girl when he did the yelling Harry glared at his chief suspect as she was guilty of something.


As Harry was galling at those around him frightening them out of their wits, the side door behind the head table opened up and the minster and several Auror’s walked out and Deloris high whiny voice could be heard in the silence, “As I told you Minister the Potter boy is delusional and a danger to those around him, he is suffering from one of his fits of madness right now.”


Ignoring the people behind him that were approaching He turned his full attention towards Ginny Weasley and capturing her with his golden, green and silver eyes pulled up power forcing it into his voice and commanded, “Ginny where did you get the potion that you put in Draco’s food?”


Unable to tear her gaze away or lie, even though she tried Ginny’s answer was clearly heard by all in the hall, “Professor Umbridge gave it to me when she overhead my comments about getting even with you for spurning my advances.”


Furious and staring to glow though it was still close to his skin he asked with the power of command, “WHY?”


Dreamily Ginny did not try to fight this command and let herself open up to the horror of those around her, “You were supposed to be mine not his,” she pointed her finger at Draco as she glared hatred towards him, “I could give you a son just as well as he can so after the abomination he carried died I would take you into my arms and comfort you, I would have born you powerful sons. She promised me that the potion only needed the slightest taste to kill of the unborn child.”


Hearing enough Harry unleashed his fury and took the two steps to reach the hateful spite and backhanded her into silence, the force also sent her flying halfway down the table and into Morpheus’s arms. Watching her head bounce into the platters in the middle of the table Harry felt some satisfaction before slowly turning to take care of the source of the attack.


“Now see here, you can’t just slap people around Potter…” Cornelius trailed off seeing the unbridled fury and stopping as he gazed into the tri-colored eyes and screamed to his guards, “KILL IT… Kill it before it gets any closer.”


Dawlish was the only one foolish enough to draw and aim his wand, but a brief flash of metal was all that was seen before he fell to the ground screaming clutching the stump that used to be his hand.


“Be QUIET Fudge,” Harry said as he stalked forward before calling out, “Deven…I want my enforcer here right now.”


Deven melted out of the shadows near the edge of the head table and quickly stepped over and knelt down, “I am here my King…command me.”


Seeing more people arrive at the doors to the Great Hall and enter Harry narrowed his eyes as he noticed Malfoy senior amongst them, “Take Jesse with you and Escort Draco back to the Sithen, Inform his Majesty the King of the High Court of the attempt on my sons life and ask for the loan of the Armies for an invasion,” he ordered as his glowing tri-colored eyes pierced the crowd and sought out and captured the older Malfoy in his gaze. H smiled when he saw the fear flow through those eyes, “GO…Go now.”


Deven bowed his head before motioning with his free hand as he quickly gathered up Draco, “As my King commands,” quickly steering the frightened blond out of the hall, keep his distance from the elder Malfoy as they went through the doors.


The elder Malfoy was the one to break eye contact first and Harry glared a moment longer before throwing his arm out violently in the direction that the unconscious Weasley girl lay causing the table to melt and morph as restraints made of stone slid up over her arms, legs and middle effectively trapping her and not allowing her any chance of moving. Reaching over the cringing Hufflepuff Harry grabbed the Daily Prophet and stalked up towards the head table and the nervous ministerial party, “Minerva send someone to fetch that manipulative goat fucker and bring him here…he needs to hear this.”


Flicking his arm and hand forcefully in the direction of Umbridge and the minister freezing them to the spot they were standing in Harry started to circle the two, like a shark deciding on lunch, “So the corrupt minister of magic graces us with his presence, after doing something so foolish like appoint his personal psychopath as Hogwarts High Inquisitor this morning,” he commented as he slapped the minister upside the head with the newspaper before he released it to fall to the floor.


Sensing the presence of the headmaster entering the room, must have been hiding just down the hall Harry thought, just like him to hide around the corner while others do all the work so he can sweep in at the last minute, “ah Headmaster, glad you could join us, the minister was just about to explain to us is grand plan of taking control of the school and torturing all these fine students into submission.”


With a glowing hand Harry transformed the empty head table into steps leading up to an elaborate throne which he started for, “No comment Headmaster on what you’ve heard so far?”


Glancing around the hall Albus noticed the retrained Weasley girl and slightly moaning Auror on the floor, evidently one of his comrades had sealed the end of the stump saving his life, moving further in the room as Harry sat down on the throne and glared out at him he thought he had better say something before things got any more out of hand then they were, “Harry what has Miss Weasley done to suffer such a fate, surely you see giving into that side of your heritage only leads to pain?” he had reached Cornelius and the others and stopped, fearful of going much further causing Harry to lash out at him once more.


Still glaring at the Headmaster Harry ignored him for the moment, “Huntsman…call the hounds and prepare to let loose the hounds of hell,” He just smiled causing the headmaster to flinch in fear as Alex stepped forward and bayed deeply, a sound that had the power of command in it. Two very large hell hounds appeared from the shadow and approached the throne, taking a seat on either side of him, leaning in so he could more easily reach the tops of their heads for a scratch or two. Feeling the nudge of the massive heads harry gave in and started to scratch them between their ears, he made a frightening sight on out of a painting from Dante’s inferno the older Muggleborns thought.


“She placed a potion in the food she served to Draco, a potion she got from your defense professor, a defense professor that is here by the ministers orders I remind you,” Harry glared at the frowning man, “a potion that one small taste of would have killed my unborn son.”


The minster paled at those damning words, thinking fast he needed to do something that would salvage his life, he needed to disavow his assistant before she could implicate him and bring his government down with her, he opened his mouth to order her arrest and found his voice had been stilled.


“I take threats towards my family and son very seriously,” Harry glared around the hall to see if his message was sinking in and adding, “I think my people will take a threat to the crown more seriously and argue for your total enslavement.”


Seeing he had gotten his message across he noticed the rapid influx of Sidhe warriors, all glowing with power and splendor, into the great hall from the doors, Deven returned as soon as he called the army through and melted from the shadows to stand on the right side of his king, nodding his head towards Alex who stood on his left surrounded by his hounds each two steps below the throne.


The influx of so many did not go unnoticed by Albus and he finally knew defeat, he had never imagined that there could be more than one or two of the Sidhe remaining, he felt that with only a couple remaining Harry’s claim of being their king would prove meaningless and he could harness it to his advantage in defeating Tom. But now seeing hundreds move into the hall and take up station, all glowing with power he knew the prophecy he had so jealously guarded and hid behind the carefully doctored one had come to pass, “Where do we go from here Harry?” he asked in resignation before falling to his knees in pain as power hit him from on the Sidhe nearest him.


“You will be more respectful of his majesty mortal, he is the King of the Unseelie, the King of Flesh and Blood…do not take liberties with him.” The Sidhe commanded before releasing the magic from around the old fool.


Slowly getting to his feet Albus did not look up, he feared he would see glee in the young man’s face and did not know if he could take it, “My apologies to his majesty, no offense was intended.”


Face void of all emotion Harry scanned the room and frowned as he saw the glee on certain faces in the crowd, and not all of them were from the Slytherin’s either, “You can give your unconditional surrender to my forces and stand witness to your arrogance as we find out how far this depraved individual has terrorized the students and under who’s orders,” Harry looked at the pale minister when he said the last. Releasing the huge hound on his right Harry reached out with his hand as if he was pickup up a chess piece and turning it to move it closer, hand glowing as he did so.


The students watched in awe and fear at the endless feats of wandless magic Harry was performing and some of the older pureblood students were seriously rethinking their loyalties seeing that Harry was one of the Unseelie, and king at the same time, they knew that the followers of the dark lord would soon submit or perish, there would be no other choice. They watched s Umbridge was dragged by an unseen hand to the bottom of the steps and her slight struggles gain no freedom from her invisible bonds.


Harry’s words echoed with power around the hall, “Tell me the truth Deloris Umbridge,” as he released the magic keeping her silent. Harry noticed his cousin standing in the doorway to the Great Hall, glowing like a small sun dressed in the finest battle attire holding a flaming sword of energy. Under other circumstances in the past this would be an act of war between the two courts, but Harry knew the only reason Katre had shown up was, it was also his son that was almost killed, and he would step in if Harry failed…He did not plan to fail. “How many of you tortured Deloris?”


Unable to fight the first command to tell the truth she spat out, “Thousands.” The growls from the adults in the room were very angry at her words, yet still contained as they did not want to anger the Sidhe around them, they had seen what was done to Dumbledore.


Interesting Harry thought, “how many at Hogwarts and who do you target as the most desirable?”


Not bothering to fight the compulsion any longer Deloris answered with excitement in her voice, “Only dozens here so far, I was told to make sure you and the other inferiors knew your place. And children screams excite me so I specialize in them.”


“And the minister allows this?” Harry asked as he glared at the pale man and kept an eye on the horrified headmaster.


“As long as I keep my amusements to the muggle children he could not care, told me so himself, I can only assume he wished me to use my special talents here at Hogwarts when he gave me the job, after all he did say to do what I had to silence you before someone took you up on your offer of allowing your memories of the night the most wondrous of lords returned.”


Albus tried to inch away from the foul woman so he was not pasted with the same brush, he now felt haunted by the decision he made to hire substandard teachers in the attempt to mold the Potter child.


“What were your and the ministers plans in regards to Hogwarts?” Harry asked as he stared at the politician with loathing.


“We had planned out educational decrees that would isolate the students and start the process to bend them to our wills,” Deloris started her explanation a gleam in her eye as she envisioned the future she told. ‘We would have cancelled summer break and kept the students until the submitted, the added benefit was that they would be hostages to their parent’s good behavior and thus would have submitted finally to our glorious rule.”


Harry had heard more than enough and acting as if he was slapping something a loud smack could be heard as a red mark appeared on Deloris’s face. Shaking his head with disgust Harry glanced at the headmaster, “your answer headmaster?”


Albus was a broken man he had to stall to find time to get out of this predicament, “since the time of the founder’s Hogwarts has never been…” he trailed off as Minerva’s angry voice sounded through the hall.


“Albus Dumbledore you either Surrender now unconditionally or I will kill you myself and do it in your stead.” Minerva yelled out over the crowd as she turned to one of the armed Sidhe and demanded as she made her way through the crowd, “Give me your blade so I can chop his fool head off.”


Shoulder slumped Albus bowed his head in defeat, “I surrender…Hogwarts and its grounds are yours.”


Nodding his head Harry resumed scratching behind the ears of the two great hell hounds, “Lord of the Wild Hunt I declare Deloris Umbridge as your rightful prey this night, mark her and give her to sundown before you start your hunt,” Harry commanded as he released the magic holding the woman in place.


Alex bowed with glee on his face, his puppies would get their first workout, “As my King Commands so shall it be done.” Taking the two steps to the floor Alex sniffed the air around the woman before scrunching up his face in distaste, she reeked of vileness. Lifting up leaning his head back he bayed deep and commanding, his command quickly taken up by the hell hound around the hall as they eagerly answered his call with one of their own. Kicking the woman he barked out, “go you have to sundown before we come for you.”


“Now for you minister,” Harry grinned as he gazed at the trembling man and released the magic binding him, “You have been a very naughty man haven’t you minister…” Harry stood and the two massive hounds matched his steps as he walked down to stare into the man’s face.


“Surrender…unconditionally…you will surrender the Ministry of Magic to me,” Harry ordered as he whispered as he touched the flinching man’s face, “bleed for me” he ordered with the lightest touch of his power causing old wounds to open and start to bleed.


Walking around the slightly bleeding man Harry leaned over and whispered at him again, ‘Do you have any son’s minister?” seeing Cornelius shake his head in the negative Harry purred as he faced him once more, “That’s too bad minister as I find I am highly aroused right now and need something to slake my lust…oh well there is always the Nott boy.”


Harry wanted to laugh as his words had the effect he wanted, glancing back towards his cousin he saw that he had sheathed his sword and was removing his helm, catching his eyes he received a nod and a wave before Katre walked out of sight, satisfied that Harry was well on the way to retribution for the attempt on their son. Returning his attention to fudge he smiled, “You answer Fudge…your answer or I unleash my armies.”


“Answer quickly and you might survive a little longer,” Harry offered knowing that the man would be dead shortly after handing the reigns over to his people anyway it was not a lie he would live a little longer, just not as long as fudge would assume.


“I surrender…I surrender already,” Fudge cried out before sobbing terror.


Nodding his head Harry searched the crowd, “Iestyn, my hand of justice take who you need and this thing,” Harry tapped fudge causing the man to crumble to the floor, “And secure the ministry. If any resist kill them.”


Starting for the doors so he could make it back to his rooms and the Sithen Harry called out, “Kevin…Aaron get with Minerva and the board, turn the school over to her to run the day to day operation of the school.”


“And the girl my King,” Aaron asked to the retreating back of his king.


“Give her to Luna as a pet, just make sure you bind her to Luna before letting them go on their way,” Harry commanded as he left the Great Hall.