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batsutousai
Beta:tsuki_no_suzu & magickmaker17
Rating: T
Pairings: Voldemort/Harry (post-Harry/Ginny)
Warnings: SLASH, AU, character death, super!Harry, Dark!Harry
Summary: Harry's world ends at the hands of those he'd once fought to save. An adult-Harry goes back to his younger self fic. Super!Harry
Chapter Ten, Part One
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Riddle and Harry had spent their first full day on the moon in strained silence. They'd ridden on brooms to the opposite side of the moon, then worked on creating the foundations for the giant prison they'd drawn up sketches for back when they first decided the shape of the city. Through it all, they maintained their silence, Riddle because he was still twitchy about them being left together on the moon after the kiss before the holidays, Harry because he didn't much care to get cursed for saying the wrong thing.
When their bodies told them they needed to go to sleep, they each picked a cell on one of the lower floors and curled up in the sleeping bags they'd brought. Upon waking, they finished the building, then headed back to the far side of the moon to work on the city some more.
That evening, while Harry was working on making them some dinner and Riddle was working on some paperwork, Harry finally broke the silence between them to say, "There seem to be no strange after effects, so we can probably move the Bulstrode Manor up here this coming week."
Riddle shuffled his papers. "Of course. When do you want to put the wards up on the prison?"
Harry shrugged. "Next weekend, maybe? It's going to be draining, and having school the next day while doing the Hogwarts wards sucked." He made a face. "I'd much rather have a day to rest."
"Agreed," Riddle replied, grimacing at his own memories of dealing with Death Eaters while suffering from a minor case of magical exhaustion. "So we'll transport the Bulstrode Manor up here sometime this week, then do the wards this weekend." He snorted. "How is Longbottom doing with the greenhouses?"
"We've got fifteen full to capacity," Harry reported. "He wants to have all thirty full before we transport any of the schools up here, but he'll settle for twenty if that's what we decide."
Riddle sighed and tapped his papers with the end of his quill. "It's taken two months to get to fifteen?"
"Give or take a week, yeah."
"We can wait another two months," Riddle decided. "I'd like to have a number of the manors up here before bringing Hogwarts up, anyway." He sighed again. "Not to mention, I'd like to have some houses for parents to move into, so there's no reason for them to be stuck on the surface any longer than necessary." He glanced up at Harry, who was smiling ever so faintly. "When do you plan on approaching Dumbledore?"
Harry grimaced. "Well, if this week is pretty much full up with busy-work..." He rubbed at his chin, leaving behind a streak of sauce. "I'll send him an owl next weekend and let him set up a date and time. That seemed to work out pretty well last time, all things considered."
"We can plan this coming week around a meeting, if you'd prefer," Riddle drily pointed out. "Unless there's a reason you're avoiding him."
Harry stuck his tongue out at Riddle in response.
Riddle rolled his eyes. "I hardly blame you, but I'd like to deal with the old man as soon as possible."
"Be my guest," Harry retorted, wiping at the sauce on his jaw, which he'd caught with his tongue. "If you're so desperate, he's all yours. Me? I intend to wait another week." He sighed. "Now that Neville's got a system down, he's moving a bit quicker with the plants. I'd like to have a more specific time period for when we're going to move Hogwarts up here. I'd like to ensure moving the Bulstrode Manor up here doesn't go awry, while we're at it." He shot a smirking Riddle an irritated look. "Is that reason enough to wait a week?"
Riddle snorted. "It's your task. Is dinner ready yet?"
Harry rolled his eyes and turned back to the food. "Another five minutes. Would you put the plates out?"
Riddle gave a heavy sigh, but banished his papers and got up to set the table. "I have this dreadful sense that I'm playing house. When can we bring a house elf up here again?"
"Whenever you want. That's your choice, not mine. Unlike some people–" he shot Riddle a significant look, "–I am fully capable of taking care of myself without the intervention of a servant."
"Potter, if you weren't making me food, I would curse you."
Harry laughed and turned off the stove. "Yeah, yeah. It's done."
"Finally."
"I could just dump this into your lap, you know."
"I know this spell that will let me transfer it onto my plate–"
Harry laughed as he served the food, glad that the awkwardness between them had finally vanished.
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"Mr Potter," Snape's silky voice said from behind Harry, Terry, Li and Morag after breakfast.
Harry glanced back at the spy with a curious expression. "Professor Snape."
"Where were you this weekend?" the professor asked, eyes narrowed.
"I was sick in be–"
"You most certainly were not," Snape snapped.
The other three Ravenclaws tensed, but Harry just smiled, amused. "Of course I was. Madam Pomfrey came in to check on me and everything."
"That was a golem," Snape informed him, eyes practically glowing with victory. "There's only one reason a golem would have been occupying your bed that I know of, Potter. Where were you?"
Harry narrowed his eyes. "I wonder..."
"Harry..." Li whispered.
Harry held up a hand to silence her. "Would you like to come see, Professor?" he wondered in English before switching to Chinese and ordering Terry and Li, "Run ahead and warn him I am bringing a guest."
Terry and Li grabbed Morag and dragged her with them, leaving Harry to Snape's non-existent mercies.
Snape disliked being out of the loop, so he demanded, "And what did you just tell your friends to do, Potter? Escape while they still could?"
"Something like that," Harry agreed, turning back towards the stairs. "Coming, Professor?" he tossed over his shoulder before walking away.
Snape followed him in silence all the way up to the empty classroom they had taken over. He stopped outside the room, looking around at the heavy shadows suspiciously. "An empty classroom, Potter?"
Harry smirked and darted forward, activating his portkey as soon as he was in contact with the professor's arm. He rolled away once they'd landed on the moon, pulling himself to his feet even as Riddle commented, "I knew you would cause problems for us, Severus."
Snape took a moment to look around at the room the portkey had dumped them in. Behind Riddle were the three Ravenclaw students that had been with Harry. "My Lord," he breathed, fumbling into a bow.
"I say we kill him," Riddle commented. "I'm quite tired of dancing around this topic, Potter."
"You want to kill him when I'm about to work out a deal with Dumbledore?" Harry replied, raising an eyebrow. "That's utterly stupid." He glanced down at Snape, who was staring at him in shock. "What do you think, Severus, should we just kill you and be done with your threat?"
Snape's face twisted with a snarl. "Potter–!"
"Crucio!" Riddle hissed, sending the professor sprawling with a pained whimper.
Harry sighed and, shaking his head, ushered his wide-eyed friends out. "Honestly, Tom, can't you control your temper?" he asked somewhat rhetorically once the door had closed behind the students.
Riddle let out an irritated sound, but ended his curse.
Harry knelt and gave his shuddering professor an evil little smile. "That's Lord Potter, Severus," he chastised. At Snape's disbelieving look, Harry silently cast his Xerosis glamour, offering, "Or would you prefer Lord Xerosis?"
Snape's eyes widened in horror. "Wha–?"
Xerosis chuckled and glanced up at Riddle. "We might be able to use him, I suppose," he decided.
"How?"
Xerosis got to his feet and motioned for Snape to stand. "Come along, Severus. I'll let you in on our plans, but–" He turned and shot a warning look at the professor, who took a startled step back, "–if you turn traitor on us, I will make an example of you, in the Great Hall if I must. Don't underestimate me just because I'm fifteen." Then he turned back around and led the way out of the base and onto the moon's surface. "Welcome, Severus Snape, to the moon."
Snape looked around, awed. The area was lit with muggle-like lamps spaced out along a walkway that connected the large building he'd come from with other buildings, including a long row of dark-paned greenhouses. Framing the walkways were stretches of dark grass and a few patches of struggling flowers. A young tree was just starting to grow outside the nearest greenhouse. Peter Pettigrew, Rabastan Lestrange and Terry Boot were conversing by an unmarked building a little ways away, all three trying to subtly shoot him and the two Dark Lords with him curious glances.
"What do you think?" Xerosis enquired, pride in his voice.
Snape blinked and glanced down at the young Dark Lord. "Why–?"
"To escape the mundanes," Xerosis explained as Riddle let out a disgusted sound and returned to the base. Xerosis just rolled his eyes. "We're going to move all the magical people up here."
Snape jerked faintly, surprised. "Here, on the moon?"
"Mm-hm. With the right precautions, we'll be completely safe from them. We've been working on this for most of the school year." Xerosis glanced back at his professor. "What do you think? Should I kill you now, or can you hold your silence? Dumbledore will know about this soon enough."
Snape swallowed at the darkness in the pale eyes. Even dressed in Hogwarts robes, even knowing who Lord Xerosis really was, Snape couldn't help but fear him. He'd seen what the teen Dark Lord could do, and for all that he hardly feared Harry Potter, he truly feared Xerosis' wrath. He bowed his head and whispered, "I will hold my tongue, my Lord."
Xerosis' image faded away, leaving Harry standing in his place with a friendly smile on his face. "Excellent! Let's get you back to Hogwarts, then. There's no reason for you to miss any classes."
Snape meekly followed him back into the base. He would have to re-evaluate his life over a bottle of firewhiskey later.
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A/N: I was originally going to leave this chapter with a cliff-hanger, but I was feeling unusually kind. XD (Although, considering how Harry and Tom's relationship isn't really progressing too well, I don't think 'kind' is the word for it. *mad cackle* I await your angry reviews.)
Shara had some trouble with the werewolves on the moon explanation. The best way I could explain it is that whatever element in the soil of the moon that boosts magic is also what effects werewolves. The sun is what powers this particular aspect, so when the sun is lighting that part of the moon, any werewolf standing there is forced into wolf form. Likewise, when the sunlight is absent, they retain human form. Because it effects an element in the soil, even when the werewolf is out of direct sunlight, such as down a deep crater or in a building, they are still affected by this change.
Hope that helps. ^.^"
I was watching a lot of Fullmetal Alchemist in between writing this, so if this chapter has any FMA tones to it, I apologise? ^.^" I caught myself, once or twice, wanting to have Harry clap his hands together and build a building that way... *shame*
~Bats ^.^x
Chapters:
Pro - If We Could Only Turn Back Time / 1 - Long Road
2 - Never As It Seems ||| 3 - The Bad Man, the Sad Man ||| 4 - Armies of Robbers and Thieves
5 - Fear Falls Like Rain ||| 6 - Rage Like Fire ||| 7 - Born From Conflict
8 - Reach Any Star ||| 9 - Cold Fields |||10 - Ice Inside Your Soul
11 - King of Anything
Author:
batsutousaiBeta:
tsuki_no_suzu & magickmaker17Rating: T
Pairings: Voldemort/Harry (post-Harry/Ginny)
Warnings: SLASH, AU, character death, super!Harry, Dark!Harry
Summary: Harry's world ends at the hands of those he'd once fought to save. An adult-Harry goes back to his younger self fic. Super!Harry
Chapter Ten, Part One
Riddle and Harry had spent their first full day on the moon in strained silence. They'd ridden on brooms to the opposite side of the moon, then worked on creating the foundations for the giant prison they'd drawn up sketches for back when they first decided the shape of the city. Through it all, they maintained their silence, Riddle because he was still twitchy about them being left together on the moon after the kiss before the holidays, Harry because he didn't much care to get cursed for saying the wrong thing.
When their bodies told them they needed to go to sleep, they each picked a cell on one of the lower floors and curled up in the sleeping bags they'd brought. Upon waking, they finished the building, then headed back to the far side of the moon to work on the city some more.
That evening, while Harry was working on making them some dinner and Riddle was working on some paperwork, Harry finally broke the silence between them to say, "There seem to be no strange after effects, so we can probably move the Bulstrode Manor up here this coming week."
Riddle shuffled his papers. "Of course. When do you want to put the wards up on the prison?"
Harry shrugged. "Next weekend, maybe? It's going to be draining, and having school the next day while doing the Hogwarts wards sucked." He made a face. "I'd much rather have a day to rest."
"Agreed," Riddle replied, grimacing at his own memories of dealing with Death Eaters while suffering from a minor case of magical exhaustion. "So we'll transport the Bulstrode Manor up here sometime this week, then do the wards this weekend." He snorted. "How is Longbottom doing with the greenhouses?"
"We've got fifteen full to capacity," Harry reported. "He wants to have all thirty full before we transport any of the schools up here, but he'll settle for twenty if that's what we decide."
Riddle sighed and tapped his papers with the end of his quill. "It's taken two months to get to fifteen?"
"Give or take a week, yeah."
"We can wait another two months," Riddle decided. "I'd like to have a number of the manors up here before bringing Hogwarts up, anyway." He sighed again. "Not to mention, I'd like to have some houses for parents to move into, so there's no reason for them to be stuck on the surface any longer than necessary." He glanced up at Harry, who was smiling ever so faintly. "When do you plan on approaching Dumbledore?"
Harry grimaced. "Well, if this week is pretty much full up with busy-work..." He rubbed at his chin, leaving behind a streak of sauce. "I'll send him an owl next weekend and let him set up a date and time. That seemed to work out pretty well last time, all things considered."
"We can plan this coming week around a meeting, if you'd prefer," Riddle drily pointed out. "Unless there's a reason you're avoiding him."
Harry stuck his tongue out at Riddle in response.
Riddle rolled his eyes. "I hardly blame you, but I'd like to deal with the old man as soon as possible."
"Be my guest," Harry retorted, wiping at the sauce on his jaw, which he'd caught with his tongue. "If you're so desperate, he's all yours. Me? I intend to wait another week." He sighed. "Now that Neville's got a system down, he's moving a bit quicker with the plants. I'd like to have a more specific time period for when we're going to move Hogwarts up here. I'd like to ensure moving the Bulstrode Manor up here doesn't go awry, while we're at it." He shot a smirking Riddle an irritated look. "Is that reason enough to wait a week?"
Riddle snorted. "It's your task. Is dinner ready yet?"
Harry rolled his eyes and turned back to the food. "Another five minutes. Would you put the plates out?"
Riddle gave a heavy sigh, but banished his papers and got up to set the table. "I have this dreadful sense that I'm playing house. When can we bring a house elf up here again?"
"Whenever you want. That's your choice, not mine. Unlike some people–" he shot Riddle a significant look, "–I am fully capable of taking care of myself without the intervention of a servant."
"Potter, if you weren't making me food, I would curse you."
Harry laughed and turned off the stove. "Yeah, yeah. It's done."
"Finally."
"I could just dump this into your lap, you know."
"I know this spell that will let me transfer it onto my plate–"
Harry laughed as he served the food, glad that the awkwardness between them had finally vanished.
"Mr Potter," Snape's silky voice said from behind Harry, Terry, Li and Morag after breakfast.
Harry glanced back at the spy with a curious expression. "Professor Snape."
"Where were you this weekend?" the professor asked, eyes narrowed.
"I was sick in be–"
"You most certainly were not," Snape snapped.
The other three Ravenclaws tensed, but Harry just smiled, amused. "Of course I was. Madam Pomfrey came in to check on me and everything."
"That was a golem," Snape informed him, eyes practically glowing with victory. "There's only one reason a golem would have been occupying your bed that I know of, Potter. Where were you?"
Harry narrowed his eyes. "I wonder..."
"Harry..." Li whispered.
Harry held up a hand to silence her. "Would you like to come see, Professor?" he wondered in English before switching to Chinese and ordering Terry and Li, "Run ahead and warn him I am bringing a guest."
Terry and Li grabbed Morag and dragged her with them, leaving Harry to Snape's non-existent mercies.
Snape disliked being out of the loop, so he demanded, "And what did you just tell your friends to do, Potter? Escape while they still could?"
"Something like that," Harry agreed, turning back towards the stairs. "Coming, Professor?" he tossed over his shoulder before walking away.
Snape followed him in silence all the way up to the empty classroom they had taken over. He stopped outside the room, looking around at the heavy shadows suspiciously. "An empty classroom, Potter?"
Harry smirked and darted forward, activating his portkey as soon as he was in contact with the professor's arm. He rolled away once they'd landed on the moon, pulling himself to his feet even as Riddle commented, "I knew you would cause problems for us, Severus."
Snape took a moment to look around at the room the portkey had dumped them in. Behind Riddle were the three Ravenclaw students that had been with Harry. "My Lord," he breathed, fumbling into a bow.
"I say we kill him," Riddle commented. "I'm quite tired of dancing around this topic, Potter."
"You want to kill him when I'm about to work out a deal with Dumbledore?" Harry replied, raising an eyebrow. "That's utterly stupid." He glanced down at Snape, who was staring at him in shock. "What do you think, Severus, should we just kill you and be done with your threat?"
Snape's face twisted with a snarl. "Potter–!"
"Crucio!" Riddle hissed, sending the professor sprawling with a pained whimper.
Harry sighed and, shaking his head, ushered his wide-eyed friends out. "Honestly, Tom, can't you control your temper?" he asked somewhat rhetorically once the door had closed behind the students.
Riddle let out an irritated sound, but ended his curse.
Harry knelt and gave his shuddering professor an evil little smile. "That's Lord Potter, Severus," he chastised. At Snape's disbelieving look, Harry silently cast his Xerosis glamour, offering, "Or would you prefer Lord Xerosis?"
Snape's eyes widened in horror. "Wha–?"
Xerosis chuckled and glanced up at Riddle. "We might be able to use him, I suppose," he decided.
"How?"
Xerosis got to his feet and motioned for Snape to stand. "Come along, Severus. I'll let you in on our plans, but–" He turned and shot a warning look at the professor, who took a startled step back, "–if you turn traitor on us, I will make an example of you, in the Great Hall if I must. Don't underestimate me just because I'm fifteen." Then he turned back around and led the way out of the base and onto the moon's surface. "Welcome, Severus Snape, to the moon."
Snape looked around, awed. The area was lit with muggle-like lamps spaced out along a walkway that connected the large building he'd come from with other buildings, including a long row of dark-paned greenhouses. Framing the walkways were stretches of dark grass and a few patches of struggling flowers. A young tree was just starting to grow outside the nearest greenhouse. Peter Pettigrew, Rabastan Lestrange and Terry Boot were conversing by an unmarked building a little ways away, all three trying to subtly shoot him and the two Dark Lords with him curious glances.
"What do you think?" Xerosis enquired, pride in his voice.
Snape blinked and glanced down at the young Dark Lord. "Why–?"
"To escape the mundanes," Xerosis explained as Riddle let out a disgusted sound and returned to the base. Xerosis just rolled his eyes. "We're going to move all the magical people up here."
Snape jerked faintly, surprised. "Here, on the moon?"
"Mm-hm. With the right precautions, we'll be completely safe from them. We've been working on this for most of the school year." Xerosis glanced back at his professor. "What do you think? Should I kill you now, or can you hold your silence? Dumbledore will know about this soon enough."
Snape swallowed at the darkness in the pale eyes. Even dressed in Hogwarts robes, even knowing who Lord Xerosis really was, Snape couldn't help but fear him. He'd seen what the teen Dark Lord could do, and for all that he hardly feared Harry Potter, he truly feared Xerosis' wrath. He bowed his head and whispered, "I will hold my tongue, my Lord."
Xerosis' image faded away, leaving Harry standing in his place with a friendly smile on his face. "Excellent! Let's get you back to Hogwarts, then. There's no reason for you to miss any classes."
Snape meekly followed him back into the base. He would have to re-evaluate his life over a bottle of firewhiskey later.
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A/N: I was originally going to leave this chapter with a cliff-hanger, but I was feeling unusually kind. XD (Although, considering how Harry and Tom's relationship isn't really progressing too well, I don't think 'kind' is the word for it. *mad cackle* I await your angry reviews.)
Shara had some trouble with the werewolves on the moon explanation. The best way I could explain it is that whatever element in the soil of the moon that boosts magic is also what effects werewolves. The sun is what powers this particular aspect, so when the sun is lighting that part of the moon, any werewolf standing there is forced into wolf form. Likewise, when the sunlight is absent, they retain human form. Because it effects an element in the soil, even when the werewolf is out of direct sunlight, such as down a deep crater or in a building, they are still affected by this change.
Hope that helps. ^.^"
I was watching a lot of Fullmetal Alchemist in between writing this, so if this chapter has any FMA tones to it, I apologise? ^.^" I caught myself, once or twice, wanting to have Harry clap his hands together and build a building that way... *shame*
~Bats ^.^x
Pro - If We Could Only Turn Back Time / 1 - Long Road
2 - Never As It Seems ||| 3 - The Bad Man, the Sad Man ||| 4 - Armies of Robbers and Thieves
5 - Fear Falls Like Rain ||| 6 - Rage Like Fire ||| 7 - Born From Conflict
8 - Reach Any Star ||| 9 - Cold Fields |||
11 - King of Anything
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Date: 25/8/11 08:33 (UTC)It's just too bad that Tom's being an overly anti-love person, which in turn makes Harry emo...
They're already acting like an old married couple anyway! Just hurry up and get together already!! Grr~
Still, Luna as therapist is awesome! She managed to manipulate Harry into admit his emotions/feelings for Voldie!
Lol, I also see some Luna/Barty hints! Which I'm not sure if you intended it or not. Haha, they're perfect for each other now that I think about it. Both are insane and fun!
Aww, Hogwarts is such a ferocious momma bear looking out for all her little bear cubs!
Also, Harry will probably miss his immortality after it's all over. Being immortal is so much fun! Being mortal is just meh...
As for Snape.
Just kill him already!I never liked him. Too bad your girlfriend loves him! >.<Wow! Your Moon City planning is just, wow! Larawander5 sure is brilliant! I never knew what a Sierpinski triangle was until now. XD
Anyway, awesome chapter as always!! Looking forward to next or next next week's chapter!!
P.S. FMA is awesome! It would be so nice if Harry/we could just clap his/our hands whenever he/we need to make/build something and *flash*, *bang*, *clap of thunder and lightning* and TRANSMUTE!! Shiny, sparkly new thing transmuted!!
P.P.S Ed, Roy, Ling, Greed, Riza and Black Hayate are awesome!!
P.P.P.S What round of watching are you on? XD
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Date: 25/8/11 08:36 (UTC)no subject
Date: 25/8/11 08:47 (UTC)Luna is so many kinds of awesome.
*shifty eyes* I have no idea what you're talking about.
Ahahah... ^.^"
She's freakin' awesome. The city would still be this giant mess of buildings without her. (And, yeah, I know what you mean; never realised it had a technical name, at any rate. XD)
RAWR. I want alchemy. Clearly, we must invent a way to travel through our personal Gates and live happily ever after in that world. Or something.
Mmmm... Just finished Brotherhood. Finally. Merlin, it took forever to
downloadget my hands on it. XD (And then I started working on an FMA fic I've been off-and-on thinking about writing for a couple years now. XD 'Cept Roy's being difficult, and Ed even more so – so not surprised – so it's sort of on hold. Clearly, I need to watch the show again. ^.^")LOL. Honestly, I'll take any job, even if it doesn't pay well. Although a well-paying job would be nice, I never seem able to find one. *sigh* That's what I get for having a degree in English. Rawr.
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Date: 25/8/11 10:43 (UTC)Haha, I never knew there even was this shape thing, never mind the name.
Yeah! I want to travel there! Still, there's the penalty for travelling we have to think about. I really love myself the way I am now and don't feel like sacrificing any part of myself to the Truth. D:
Lol, I'm still
downloadinggetting Torchwood.Found some BD rips!!And you should rewatch it! FMA rocks!Ooh! I wanna read it! Good luck in writing it!!
Haha, they are both very difficult and stubborn people. That's why we love them so much! And also why they're perfect together! XD
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Date: 25/8/11 15:34 (UTC)Meh, penalty. Bring a couple of idiots with you and sacrifice them to the Gate. XD
LOL. Yeah, just as soon as Ed starts behaving. (In retrospect, it's mostly him right now. Roy I've got all figured out, but since it's an AU fic, I'm having trouble figuring out what Ed was doing instead of becoming a State Alchemist.)
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Date: 26/8/11 06:43 (UTC)LOL! Now why didn't I tink of that! I should do that! Thanks for your brilliant idea! XD If I can even manage to open the damn Gate anyway.
Mm, how about him being a scholar or researcher? He sure is smart enough! He could be the one who is brilliant in all academics and physicals but with an extremely short temper and prone to blowing up at least once a day. Add in throwing objects, screaming and trashing places up when he's pissed and you've got Ed down to a tee! XD
^Ain't that what all geniuses are like? XD
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Date: 26/8/11 07:05 (UTC)XD Details, details...
Mmm... That would totally be Ed, except I need him in Resembool. Alas... *sigh* (I've got it figured out that he doesn't want anything to do with alchemy anymore, after losing Al his body and all. Al's okay with everything, and far more useful in the long run than Ed, but, then again, isn't he always? XD 'Neeway, helping Ed get over his hatred of alchemy is part of the reason Roy's there. And, you know, it's supposed to be a Roy/Ed pairing. And Roy's on the run from the military. XD)
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Date: 26/8/11 17:20 (UTC)He does have his automail, right? So if he could make and fix his own automail then he would have a significantly lower chance of getting abused by Winry. But Pinako will probably make up for the lack of it from Winry and torture him a 1000 times more just for kicks. I swear, the woman's a sadist. -.-"
(True. :P So Al still studies alchemy while Ed doesn't? Lol, Izumi will probably kick Ed's ass to the end of the world for being such a typical emo teen! XD Cz she'll probably be really disappointed that one of her proteges quit alchemy because of human transmutation when she already warned them not to do it. On second thought, she's more of a sadist than Pinako. *shudders*)
Ooh, me likey the plotty~ Roy on the run from the military sounds like a perfect excuse for chaos, insanity and disaster to happen. XD
Or Ed could be a martial artist! Teaching the local kids and all how to kick ass while torturing them at the same time! With his shit-eating insane grin taking up more than half his face the whole time! XD How can he not? He learnt from the best! A perfect example of 'Like master, like pupil'! XD
(I just noticed... FMA is full of sadists... -.-" But we love them all the same! Oh, well. XD)
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Date: 28/8/11 22:04 (UTC)(Pinako is totally a sadist. Not as much as Izumi, though. XD Izumi's like, the original sadist. Pinako's just a cheap imitation.)
Yeah, well, I suppose it's a good thing Ed's not going around making a name for himself, isn't it? Maybe, this way, Izumi'll never find out. Yeah right. XD
XD Isn't it just? Even better, Chimera!Roy. XD
(Is really is... Izumi, Pinako, Winry, Envy, Ed, Roy, Olivier... O.o)
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Date: 30/8/11 10:38 (UTC)You can NEVER hide anything from Izumi. NEVER. She'll always find out. *face of DOOM*
Ooh, do! Just no sucky animals. Maybe some big cats? Rawr~
(Yeah... O.O)
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Date: 30/8/11 10:41 (UTC)It's so TRUE!! OMG. It's like she's secretly merged with Truth or something and she just knows.
LOL. Hyena, actually. Nimohtar suggested it and it sort of clicked. XD
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Date: 31/8/11 03:36 (UTC)Lol, I can just imagine Roy laughing the demented hyena laugh~ It will be funny~
I just remembered, Riza's a sadist too. O.O
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Date: 25/8/11 09:59 (UTC)great chapter and finnaly there is something happening between the two, eventhough it's not truly going anywhere. loved it very much. until the eighth and good luck with your job hunt.
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Date: 25/8/11 10:05 (UTC)no subject
Date: 25/8/11 11:48 (UTC)I really do love the idea of getting Dumbledore in the loop. He would be downright helpful if he could help their movement to the moon. Especially when considering his love for magic (he might find the moon even more magical! *imagines him bouncing around like a fool*), and his hopes of avoiding a war with the muggles. They even each have possessions of their own hallow, too.
It's so cool how the students are just like "okay" to working with Death Eaters. And that they enjoy going to the moon so much (pfft, who wouldn't?). I was a little startled to see Peter Pettigrew again. I know you mentioned him in one of your author's notes once before, but I honestly can't remember when he came back to the story after Harry imperio'd him. I guess he was one of the DE's broken out of Azkaban, then?
Also, how come Harry doesn't have a real problem with Peter and Bellatrix when he so badly wanted revenge on Umbridge? I know Umbridge was personally out to get him, but Peter still betrayed his parents (or his mother at least since Harry seems to care more for her), and Bellatrix still killed Sirius in his last life. Harry doesn't seem to mind Bella at all and even encourages her homicidal ways.
I really like the use of Sierpinski Triangle for the base of their colony (great for visualization!). Though are they really going to base each section on the Hogwarts Houses? I can't imagine the magicals of other countries appreciating that very much. They are going to bring those from other countries, right? For there to be multiple schools..
I honestly didn't think anything would happen in this chapter regarding Tom and Harry's relationship (as it's been paced in a certain way in other chapters). It was really shocking that Tom was the one to pull the first move! But very much appreciated. He might be going the wrong way avada-ing his own
loveinterest, but he's a Dark Lord so what do I know! xDIt's cute how Barty and Luna are like gossip buddies now. I always thought Barty was a little jealous of Luna where Harry's concerned (in that she knows more than him and is a closer friend). Are they trying to set the Dark Lords up?
What is with Harry having to cook for men who can't cook for themselves..
Oh god I got so excited when Snape was brought back in and that you haven't killed him off like everyone in the reviews were suggesting (blood lust, much?)! I was worried you were going to kill him even though I probably wouldn't have minded one way or another.
I noticed that Harry seems to enjoy grabbing everyone and portkeying them away in this chapter, lol. Thanks for the update! ♥
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Date: 25/8/11 15:50 (UTC)Albus would have liked the minor gravity, I think. XD But, yeah, once he starts behaving for me – yeah right – he'll be an awesome help.
Yeah, he was freed from Azkaban. He just wasn't really important to the plot back then. Still isn't, really, but I was going through the DEs at the Lexicon and recalled that I hadn't, in fact, killed him off, so....
Umbridge was personal – she hurt him rather than a parental figure – and he has, sort of, got his vengeance on Bella and Peter. I mean, he turned Peter in and he gets to curse Bella whenever he feels like it, pretty much. (Peter too, for that matter; one of the perks of being an evil Dark Lord.) And of course he'd encourage her, the more Bella acts out, the more reason he has to crucio her. XD
Mmmm... Yeah, the other wizards and witches of the world are going to complain, but it was Tom and Harry naming the place, so they decided to use the names of their home. (And all those other magical idiots can just go piss off. XD)
Luna is definitely trying to set Harry and Tom up. Barty's pretty innocent in that regard, so far, but once Luna's worked her claws in far enough... XD No, Barty might actually break at the suggestion of setting the Dark Lords up.
Naw, Shara would be most disappointed in me if I killed off her favourite character. (Although, yeah, wow. They were getting seriously blood thirsty for a while there. Seemed like every third review was asking me to just kill him off already. They're still doing it, a bit. O.o Jeebus. What, exactly, is everyone's problem with Sev, anyway?)
XD It's his new signature. If Albus doesn't watch himself during their meeting, he might just be forcefully portkeyed away, too.
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Date: 25/8/11 17:02 (UTC)I'm excited for when that time comes. Albus working alongside the two Dark Lords.. The
hilarityhorror!That make sense. I forget that Harry just crucio'd her in chapter 8. After all the times I've re-read Xerosis, I thought I'd remember everything by now OTL;
Barty is such a baby. It's like Voldemort and Xerosis are the Dark Lord parents, the Death Eaters are children, and Barty and Lucius are the babies (because Lucius is adorable in his own way, he's so awkward) xD -Go Luna though.
(Perhaps it's because Harry hasn't thrown himself into danger (school related anyhow), so Snape hasn't had to try his damnedest to help him out from the shadows. He's just some jerk who constantly insults Harry in class, lol.)
Well I think his signature really suits him! I really wouldn't mind at all if he did that to Albus. It's like throwing a sack of potatoes, really.
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Date: 31/8/11 03:38 (UTC)no subject
Date: 26/8/11 02:47 (UTC)no subject
Date: 26/8/11 07:08 (UTC)Also, I like that icon. *.*
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Date: 27/8/11 21:40 (UTC)I kinda like evil and awesome xD
But this ending was still entertaining...
And I like my icon as well ^-^
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Date: 28/8/11 22:06 (UTC)no subject
Date: 29/8/11 04:36 (UTC)no subject
Date: 26/8/11 10:09 (UTC)Never mind Harry's been in an 11 to 15 year old body up til now.This is HUGE progress, I'm so proud of them! It'll only be, what, two to five years until they admit they're dating? :D This makes me SO VERY HAPPY. (I'm not a masochist, I swear.)And I've been gone for-fucking-ever, but it was true ages ago and it's still true now, your writing is always, always worth waiting for. And good luck on the job-hunt. I hope you find something fabulous. ♥
There were about a billion things I wanted to comment on and I've forgotten all of them, which is very irritating. But they were all good, just so you know. ^_^
Werewolves on the moon: If the thing that turns them is in the soil, wouldn't they NOT turn when they're touching the floor of a building?
*ponder* But werewolves turn on earth (obviously, right?), and the effects are changed on the moon, but still the same in some regard. The effects of the change on earth (losing one's human mind, etc) could possibly be because the werewolves are so far away from the moon, that the lunar sort of...deprivation is more intense because the moon's power is only strong enough once a month. (Hell, did that make sense?) Whereas when they're ON the moon it's not such a stressful transformation, because they're always in contact with the force that changes them. Like a physical addiction (like
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Date: 26/8/11 10:20 (UTC)We're both masochists, what are you talking about.♥♥♥
No, no, it made great deals of sense, honest. (And even if they're just touching the floor of a building, there's still particles of dust/dirt in the air for them to suck in.)
I'm gonna go... not sleep. Play more FB games, I think. (I should have enough energy to beat a couple monsters up again. ^.^"
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Date: 28/8/11 08:15 (UTC)Shhh. I'm masking my masochism beneath a clever layer of sadism.Oh, god, I feel like an idiot. Dust! It's everywhere, so of course they can't escape touching bits of the moon. *facepalm* I am completely with you now! ^_^'
♥♥♥♥♥ I am so happy to be talking/reading/generally just back again. Yay! ♥
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Date: 28/8/11 21:56 (UTC)LOL.
I missed you so much, too... *big teary eyes*
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Date: 29/8/11 03:38 (UTC)♥