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crossoverficTitle: The Soul Has Bandaged Moments
Author: serendu
Summary: Harry Potter was 18 when he first stepped into Atlantis
Disclaimers: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by J.K Rowling and Bloomsbury Publishing also Kawoosh! Productions and Gekko Film Corporation, and Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer Television. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Pairing: None
Notes: I just made my first bracelet. Woohoo! Okay… It’s not perfect – but the jewellery classes are paying off…
This chapter almost killed my brain. 2 more chapters to go – maybe? Oh. My. I never thought it would get this far!!!
Previous parts can be found here at my journal: Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27
***
Having rolled the document back up, Harry looked across the Pishchik. ‘You do realise that I was unaware of the withdrawals?’
Pishchik bowed. ‘Gringotts is now aware that there are… certain discrepancies… in regards to your accounts.’
‘I want all this documented.’ Harry demanded, looking at the goblin sitting opposite him. ‘I want everything listed. Properties, funds, accounts, possessions…’ He paused, taking a deep breath before regaining control of his temper. ‘I want to know exactly what has been stolen from me.’ He leant forward, ‘And I want to know who is responsible. Understand?’
He patted the large unwieldy box on the table that Jack and Alan had carried in for him when they had returned to Gringotts after their meeting with the solicitors.
‘This came courtesy of Crane, Crane, Walters and Walters – who have now been removed from all dealings with the Potter estates. I intend to appoint a new solicitor in due course. Until then – all correspondence is to be sent to me via this address.’ He pulled out a piece of paper and passed it to the goblin.
Pishchik gingerly accepted the piece of paper, read the address, and made a note in his ledger. ‘Of course Mr Potter. Gringotts will be pleased to assist you in this matter.’ He paused. ‘On behalf of myself and the management of Gringotts, I would like to take this moment to apologise for the inconvenience of not auditing your accounts at an earlier date.’
Harry shrugged. ‘I don’t blame Gringotts. I think the wool got pulled over a number of eyes in regards to these accounts.’
Pishchik frowned at Harry’s response, the idea that Gringotts couldn’t be blamed for the mishandling of funds that they were meant to oversee seemingly odd to him. ‘Nevertheless we welcome the opportunity to correct these errors.’
Harry smiled. ‘You have my full support in any action you deem fit. I would, however, prefer that the culprits remain unaware that they have been caught until it is absolutely necessary for them to know.’
‘We shall take that into account.’ He made another note on his ledger, before looking up at Harry. ‘Thank you Mr Potter for your understanding and patience in these matters.’ The goblin smiled gleefully showing a mouth full of gleaming sharp teeth which made both Jack and Alan cringe away in their seats. ‘Gringotts will be more than happy to carry out the auditing and your requests.’
***
Thor stood behind his console, making commands for the ship as they came to a standstill close to the system that contained the dying star.
‘Are you sure that we did the right thing in dropping her off at the Alpha site? Are you sure we didn’t need Colonel Carter for this?’ Harry anxiously asked Jack for the fifth time since they had decided it better for her not to know exactly what they were doing and had dropped her off en-route to the system.
Jack nodded, gazing out of the window at the unstable star, admiring the beauty of it as the Asgard technology worked hard, filtering out the harmful rays.
‘You’re sure she did all the maths and stuff so this won’t go wrong?’
Jack rolled his eyes and turned away from the window to face Harry. ‘No we don’t need her. Yes she did all the calculations we need. Bringing her here would not have been a good idea.’ He smirked. ‘Making Carter’s head explode by telling her that magic exists and is real is not something I had planned for today.’
‘Okay, okay.’ Harry sighed. ‘I know I’m being a pain.’ His expression turned rueful. ‘I just want this done you know?’ He stuck his hands in his pockets and shrugged his shoulders. ‘This has been hanging over my head since I was a baby. I’ve known about it since I was eleven. Known that it had to be me since I was in my fifth year of Hogwarts. For once, I would like to live my life without having to worry about…’ He mock shuddered and spoke in a ridiculously spooky sounding voice, ‘the Dark Lord Voldemort.’ He shook his head. ‘I might be nice to start living as opposed to just surviving.’
Jack nodded. ‘I get it. I do.’ He clapped a hand onto Harry’s shoulder. ‘So stick boy…’ He drawled. ‘Whatcha gonna do when you get back to earth?’
Harry rolled his eyes and took his hands out of his pockets. ‘No idea.’ He folded his arms across his chest. 'Suggestions?’
‘Well…’ Jack drawled. ‘I do know of this cabin that’s great for fishing…?’
Harry thought for a moment before nodding, unfolding his arms as he did so. ‘That sounds good to me. Although I’ve never fished before. Is it easy?’
‘Ohh stick boy. You have no idea.’ Jack said, rubbing his hands together gleefully.
‘Agent Potter.’ Thor spoke. ‘We are ready to begin.’
‘Right.’ Harry shook off the playful mood that he had fallen into and immediately become all business. ‘Jack – you ready?’
‘Yep.’ Jack took up a position close to Thor.
‘Thor?’
‘I am ready Agent Potter.’ A force-field sprung up between Harry and Thor, whilst another appeared in front of Jack. ‘The horcruxes will be launched at the star the moments before you have eliminated the threat, ensuring that there will be no chance for him to be resurrected in the future.’
Harry nodded.
The air shimmered in the Asgard ship, a pile of objects appeared, surrounded by yet another force-field.
‘The horcrux which was present in you is being used to reanimate the being known as Lord Voldemort.’ Thor stated. ‘It should appear in a few moments. Are you ready?’ Thor’s hand hovered over his console.
Harry held up his wand in his one hand, and his Avada Kedavra bullet loaded gun in the other. He smirked, his bravado peeking through as he remarked wryly. ‘I think I was born ready for this moment.’
‘Very well.’ Thor finalised the sequence and moved his hand.
A figure shimmered into being in front of Harry.
Lord Voldemort stood, recognised his enemy and snarled, preparing to attack.
Harry smirked.
‘Hi Tom.’
He fired the gun. The horcruxes vanished.
Voldemort collapsed, dead.
The air shimmered; the dead Voldemort vanished in the Asgard beam, fired into the heart of a dying star.
Harry watched through the window as the Asgard beam appeared like a spear of light into the centre of the star.
The star exploded.
Harry stayed watching, safely secure in the Asgard ship.
‘Bye Tom.’
***
‘So your friend Luna.’ Jack said, as he gazed out across the water in Atlantis, Harry lying down next to him, Jack’s fishing rod set up in between them. ‘She’s a Nox – right?’
Harry sleepily opened his eyes and gazed at Jack. ‘What?’
‘Your friend Luna – she’s a Nox.’
Harry snorted and closed his eyes. ‘No she isn’t.’
There was a very long pause.
‘So what is she then?’
‘I can’t believe you’re asking me this! I thought we were fishing today.’
‘We are.’ Jack sipped his beer from his bottle of earth smuggled beer – courtesy of Harry’s shrinking spell. ‘I’m just, you know – asking about Luna.’
Harry rolled his body until he was sitting up and glared at Jack. ‘If I answer – will you let me go back to sleep? Someone kept turning the lights on in my room as a joke last night.’
Jack blinked at him innocently.
‘Oh – shut up.’ Harry said, glaring at him. ‘I know it was revenge for you thinking I made sure you rescued McKay whilst I ended up with Teyla – even though I’ve told you several times I didn’t plan it like that! And the only person who could have overridden my commands to Atlantis would be someone who has a strong ATA gene like me, and being as Colonel Sheppard is still in the infirmary – that would mean it has to be you.’
Jack turned away and mumbled, ‘It might be McKay…’
‘Only if he’s angry that you rescued him – not me. And he couldn’t have done it – because I asked him this morning and he said no.’ Harry replied.
‘Okay – and if I did do that… Not that I’m saying I did… Is Luna a Nox?’ Jack asked, changing the subject.
‘Only if you let me go back to sleep.’ Harry said firmly.
Jack half-heartedly nodded.
‘Fine. No, Luna is not a Nox. Her mother however, is. Her father is not – he’s a wizard. Luna’s mother’s race has a long lifespan, which I’m guessing you knew?’ Jack nodded. ‘Well, she came down to monitor earth a long time ago. She comes back periodically – and she met Luna’s father on one of his hunts for mad stories for his paper. He told her about wizards, something she already knew about – but her knowledge needed updating – so she hung around, they fell in love, got married. She had Luna. Problem is – she couldn’t just stay on earth – so she goes back to the Nox every so often. Now she lives there whilst they stayed on earth until Luna finished school. After a while it was just easier for them to use his hunts for the weird and wacky as a way to visit her mother’s home.
Everyone thought Luna was pretty weird in school, so they didn’t get close to her. No one questions the animals Luna claims to have seen. They just think its Luna being Luna. Heck – for all I know – all those animals do exist – just not on earth. Add the wackiness to all that – and she’s the ultimate undercover agent. Everyone knows her and no one pays attention to her. But she’s damned powerful – and everyone underestimates her. She’s got wizard magic from her father and Nox abilities from her mother. She could wipe out the galaxy if she felt like it.’
He smirked. ‘Personally – I’m just glad I took the time to be on her good side.’ He turned and faced Jack. ‘It was her reports that first alerted the Asgard to my existence you know. If it wasn’t for her – I probably wouldn’t be here.’ He paused. ‘Can I go back to sleep now?’
Jack nodded. He reeled his line in, having felt something tug on it. He frowned as he saw the empty hook. ‘Damn fish eating the bait but not staying on the hook.’ He muttered, re-baiting the hook and casting the line back out into the water.
Harry lay back down on the blanket, putting his sunglasses back on his face. ’It’s weird how things turn out you know.’ He said suddenly still lazing in the sun. ‘If it wasn’t for Alan I’d probably be helping Dumbledore to destroy the horcruxes or something, still under the impression that Dumbledore was the best thing since sliced bread, and that he really did have my best interests at heart. If it wasn’t for Smythe – no one would have realised who I was when I signed up to fly.’
He sat up, turning to Jack and taking off his sunglasses as he did so. ‘If it wasn’t for the non-wizarding government – I’d still be under the jurisdiction of the Scrimgeour – or whoever’s in charge now. If it wasn’t for you – I would never have gotten the chance to finally kill Voldemort. If it wasn’t for Luna, the Asgard would never have asked me to be their liaison out here. If it wasn’t for Hermione – I wouldn’t know what was really happening in the wizarding world after all that’s happened. And if it wasn’t for Snape…’ He paused and looked away from Jack, turning to the horizon, where the cloudless blue sky met the ocean. ‘If it wasn’t for Snape…’ He continued his voice now very quiet, ‘I wouldn’t be alive.’
***
‘You turned down the opportunity to work out of Cheyenne Mountain I understand.’ Smythe said, as he sat down in his chair.
‘I can’t leave everything in the lurch until I know exactly where everything stands.’ Harry said calmly in response.
‘That is understandable.’ Smythe said. ‘Once this mess is sorted out to a point which this department feels comfortable with – will you leave then?’
Harry shrugged. ‘I think that depends on more than what just I want – Sir.’
Smythe smirked. ‘Quite right – Agent Potter. However,’ He opened a drawer and pulled out a thin folder which he passed over to Harry. ‘Our government would be more than happy for you to accept this assignment – should you decide that it is an option.’
Harry raised an eyebrow as he took the folder. I wonder what this is going to be. I have no idea what the heck the government wants once Dumbledore et al is dealt with. He opened the folder and began reading. What. The… He shut the folder and blurted out. ‘The Asgard want me to go where?’
‘Pegasus.’ Replied Smythe. ‘They’ve expressed an interest in your abilities and your capabilities.’ He smiled. ‘You won’t be going alone either. From what I understand – Doctor Weir wants someone else up there too – someone with an ATA gene strength similar to yours?’
‘She wants Jack.’ Harry said, still dazed by what he had just read.
‘Yes she does. Whilst Atlantis has a number of gene carriers – there aren’t many around who have the strength that you and Jack do, from what I understand. Let alone with the kind of training and experience that Jack already has.’
‘So I should start thinking about packing?’ Harry asked, still not fully processing what he had read.
Smythe started laughing. ‘Not just yet Harry.’ He said, still chuckling. ‘I think we’ve still got quite a bit of work to do. Miss Granger has only just left for Hogwarts – I doubt the train has arrived in Hogsmeade yet!’ He sobered up. ‘Plus we are still trying to work out where on earth the leak for the Order is. We’ve narrowed it down significantly but…’
‘You’re still working on the intel.’ Harry said. ‘I get that.’ He leant back in the chair. ‘I admit – I don’t want to leave Britain before finding out which of Dumbledore’s Army’ he sneered, ‘decided to betray my location to the Malfoys.’ He spat out the surname as though it was something evil, forgetting who he sat opposite.
‘Harry.’ The voice spoke softly.
He looked up at Smythe and opened his mouth to apologise, realising what he had just said in front of the elder brother of Lucius Malfoy.
‘You may have the spy.’ Smythe leant forward, his face adopting a vicious expression that made Harry grateful it wasn’t really aimed at him. ‘But I’m afraid you will have to leave Lucius and Draco – to me.’
****
Thoughts, comments, questions?
Author: serendu
Summary: Harry Potter was 18 when he first stepped into Atlantis
Disclaimers: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by J.K Rowling and Bloomsbury Publishing also Kawoosh! Productions and Gekko Film Corporation, and Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer Television. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Pairing: None
Notes: I just made my first bracelet. Woohoo! Okay… It’s not perfect – but the jewellery classes are paying off…
This chapter almost killed my brain. 2 more chapters to go – maybe? Oh. My. I never thought it would get this far!!!
Previous parts can be found here at my journal: Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27
***
Having rolled the document back up, Harry looked across the Pishchik. ‘You do realise that I was unaware of the withdrawals?’
Pishchik bowed. ‘Gringotts is now aware that there are… certain discrepancies… in regards to your accounts.’
‘I want all this documented.’ Harry demanded, looking at the goblin sitting opposite him. ‘I want everything listed. Properties, funds, accounts, possessions…’ He paused, taking a deep breath before regaining control of his temper. ‘I want to know exactly what has been stolen from me.’ He leant forward, ‘And I want to know who is responsible. Understand?’
He patted the large unwieldy box on the table that Jack and Alan had carried in for him when they had returned to Gringotts after their meeting with the solicitors.
‘This came courtesy of Crane, Crane, Walters and Walters – who have now been removed from all dealings with the Potter estates. I intend to appoint a new solicitor in due course. Until then – all correspondence is to be sent to me via this address.’ He pulled out a piece of paper and passed it to the goblin.
Pishchik gingerly accepted the piece of paper, read the address, and made a note in his ledger. ‘Of course Mr Potter. Gringotts will be pleased to assist you in this matter.’ He paused. ‘On behalf of myself and the management of Gringotts, I would like to take this moment to apologise for the inconvenience of not auditing your accounts at an earlier date.’
Harry shrugged. ‘I don’t blame Gringotts. I think the wool got pulled over a number of eyes in regards to these accounts.’
Pishchik frowned at Harry’s response, the idea that Gringotts couldn’t be blamed for the mishandling of funds that they were meant to oversee seemingly odd to him. ‘Nevertheless we welcome the opportunity to correct these errors.’
Harry smiled. ‘You have my full support in any action you deem fit. I would, however, prefer that the culprits remain unaware that they have been caught until it is absolutely necessary for them to know.’
‘We shall take that into account.’ He made another note on his ledger, before looking up at Harry. ‘Thank you Mr Potter for your understanding and patience in these matters.’ The goblin smiled gleefully showing a mouth full of gleaming sharp teeth which made both Jack and Alan cringe away in their seats. ‘Gringotts will be more than happy to carry out the auditing and your requests.’
***
Thor stood behind his console, making commands for the ship as they came to a standstill close to the system that contained the dying star.
‘Are you sure that we did the right thing in dropping her off at the Alpha site? Are you sure we didn’t need Colonel Carter for this?’ Harry anxiously asked Jack for the fifth time since they had decided it better for her not to know exactly what they were doing and had dropped her off en-route to the system.
Jack nodded, gazing out of the window at the unstable star, admiring the beauty of it as the Asgard technology worked hard, filtering out the harmful rays.
‘You’re sure she did all the maths and stuff so this won’t go wrong?’
Jack rolled his eyes and turned away from the window to face Harry. ‘No we don’t need her. Yes she did all the calculations we need. Bringing her here would not have been a good idea.’ He smirked. ‘Making Carter’s head explode by telling her that magic exists and is real is not something I had planned for today.’
‘Okay, okay.’ Harry sighed. ‘I know I’m being a pain.’ His expression turned rueful. ‘I just want this done you know?’ He stuck his hands in his pockets and shrugged his shoulders. ‘This has been hanging over my head since I was a baby. I’ve known about it since I was eleven. Known that it had to be me since I was in my fifth year of Hogwarts. For once, I would like to live my life without having to worry about…’ He mock shuddered and spoke in a ridiculously spooky sounding voice, ‘the Dark Lord Voldemort.’ He shook his head. ‘I might be nice to start living as opposed to just surviving.’
Jack nodded. ‘I get it. I do.’ He clapped a hand onto Harry’s shoulder. ‘So stick boy…’ He drawled. ‘Whatcha gonna do when you get back to earth?’
Harry rolled his eyes and took his hands out of his pockets. ‘No idea.’ He folded his arms across his chest. 'Suggestions?’
‘Well…’ Jack drawled. ‘I do know of this cabin that’s great for fishing…?’
Harry thought for a moment before nodding, unfolding his arms as he did so. ‘That sounds good to me. Although I’ve never fished before. Is it easy?’
‘Ohh stick boy. You have no idea.’ Jack said, rubbing his hands together gleefully.
‘Agent Potter.’ Thor spoke. ‘We are ready to begin.’
‘Right.’ Harry shook off the playful mood that he had fallen into and immediately become all business. ‘Jack – you ready?’
‘Yep.’ Jack took up a position close to Thor.
‘Thor?’
‘I am ready Agent Potter.’ A force-field sprung up between Harry and Thor, whilst another appeared in front of Jack. ‘The horcruxes will be launched at the star the moments before you have eliminated the threat, ensuring that there will be no chance for him to be resurrected in the future.’
Harry nodded.
The air shimmered in the Asgard ship, a pile of objects appeared, surrounded by yet another force-field.
‘The horcrux which was present in you is being used to reanimate the being known as Lord Voldemort.’ Thor stated. ‘It should appear in a few moments. Are you ready?’ Thor’s hand hovered over his console.
Harry held up his wand in his one hand, and his Avada Kedavra bullet loaded gun in the other. He smirked, his bravado peeking through as he remarked wryly. ‘I think I was born ready for this moment.’
‘Very well.’ Thor finalised the sequence and moved his hand.
A figure shimmered into being in front of Harry.
Lord Voldemort stood, recognised his enemy and snarled, preparing to attack.
Harry smirked.
‘Hi Tom.’
He fired the gun. The horcruxes vanished.
Voldemort collapsed, dead.
The air shimmered; the dead Voldemort vanished in the Asgard beam, fired into the heart of a dying star.
Harry watched through the window as the Asgard beam appeared like a spear of light into the centre of the star.
The star exploded.
Harry stayed watching, safely secure in the Asgard ship.
‘Bye Tom.’
***
‘So your friend Luna.’ Jack said, as he gazed out across the water in Atlantis, Harry lying down next to him, Jack’s fishing rod set up in between them. ‘She’s a Nox – right?’
Harry sleepily opened his eyes and gazed at Jack. ‘What?’
‘Your friend Luna – she’s a Nox.’
Harry snorted and closed his eyes. ‘No she isn’t.’
There was a very long pause.
‘So what is she then?’
‘I can’t believe you’re asking me this! I thought we were fishing today.’
‘We are.’ Jack sipped his beer from his bottle of earth smuggled beer – courtesy of Harry’s shrinking spell. ‘I’m just, you know – asking about Luna.’
Harry rolled his body until he was sitting up and glared at Jack. ‘If I answer – will you let me go back to sleep? Someone kept turning the lights on in my room as a joke last night.’
Jack blinked at him innocently.
‘Oh – shut up.’ Harry said, glaring at him. ‘I know it was revenge for you thinking I made sure you rescued McKay whilst I ended up with Teyla – even though I’ve told you several times I didn’t plan it like that! And the only person who could have overridden my commands to Atlantis would be someone who has a strong ATA gene like me, and being as Colonel Sheppard is still in the infirmary – that would mean it has to be you.’
Jack turned away and mumbled, ‘It might be McKay…’
‘Only if he’s angry that you rescued him – not me. And he couldn’t have done it – because I asked him this morning and he said no.’ Harry replied.
‘Okay – and if I did do that… Not that I’m saying I did… Is Luna a Nox?’ Jack asked, changing the subject.
‘Only if you let me go back to sleep.’ Harry said firmly.
Jack half-heartedly nodded.
‘Fine. No, Luna is not a Nox. Her mother however, is. Her father is not – he’s a wizard. Luna’s mother’s race has a long lifespan, which I’m guessing you knew?’ Jack nodded. ‘Well, she came down to monitor earth a long time ago. She comes back periodically – and she met Luna’s father on one of his hunts for mad stories for his paper. He told her about wizards, something she already knew about – but her knowledge needed updating – so she hung around, they fell in love, got married. She had Luna. Problem is – she couldn’t just stay on earth – so she goes back to the Nox every so often. Now she lives there whilst they stayed on earth until Luna finished school. After a while it was just easier for them to use his hunts for the weird and wacky as a way to visit her mother’s home.
Everyone thought Luna was pretty weird in school, so they didn’t get close to her. No one questions the animals Luna claims to have seen. They just think its Luna being Luna. Heck – for all I know – all those animals do exist – just not on earth. Add the wackiness to all that – and she’s the ultimate undercover agent. Everyone knows her and no one pays attention to her. But she’s damned powerful – and everyone underestimates her. She’s got wizard magic from her father and Nox abilities from her mother. She could wipe out the galaxy if she felt like it.’
He smirked. ‘Personally – I’m just glad I took the time to be on her good side.’ He turned and faced Jack. ‘It was her reports that first alerted the Asgard to my existence you know. If it wasn’t for her – I probably wouldn’t be here.’ He paused. ‘Can I go back to sleep now?’
Jack nodded. He reeled his line in, having felt something tug on it. He frowned as he saw the empty hook. ‘Damn fish eating the bait but not staying on the hook.’ He muttered, re-baiting the hook and casting the line back out into the water.
Harry lay back down on the blanket, putting his sunglasses back on his face. ’It’s weird how things turn out you know.’ He said suddenly still lazing in the sun. ‘If it wasn’t for Alan I’d probably be helping Dumbledore to destroy the horcruxes or something, still under the impression that Dumbledore was the best thing since sliced bread, and that he really did have my best interests at heart. If it wasn’t for Smythe – no one would have realised who I was when I signed up to fly.’
He sat up, turning to Jack and taking off his sunglasses as he did so. ‘If it wasn’t for the non-wizarding government – I’d still be under the jurisdiction of the Scrimgeour – or whoever’s in charge now. If it wasn’t for you – I would never have gotten the chance to finally kill Voldemort. If it wasn’t for Luna, the Asgard would never have asked me to be their liaison out here. If it wasn’t for Hermione – I wouldn’t know what was really happening in the wizarding world after all that’s happened. And if it wasn’t for Snape…’ He paused and looked away from Jack, turning to the horizon, where the cloudless blue sky met the ocean. ‘If it wasn’t for Snape…’ He continued his voice now very quiet, ‘I wouldn’t be alive.’
***
‘You turned down the opportunity to work out of Cheyenne Mountain I understand.’ Smythe said, as he sat down in his chair.
‘I can’t leave everything in the lurch until I know exactly where everything stands.’ Harry said calmly in response.
‘That is understandable.’ Smythe said. ‘Once this mess is sorted out to a point which this department feels comfortable with – will you leave then?’
Harry shrugged. ‘I think that depends on more than what just I want – Sir.’
Smythe smirked. ‘Quite right – Agent Potter. However,’ He opened a drawer and pulled out a thin folder which he passed over to Harry. ‘Our government would be more than happy for you to accept this assignment – should you decide that it is an option.’
Harry raised an eyebrow as he took the folder. I wonder what this is going to be. I have no idea what the heck the government wants once Dumbledore et al is dealt with. He opened the folder and began reading. What. The… He shut the folder and blurted out. ‘The Asgard want me to go where?’
‘Pegasus.’ Replied Smythe. ‘They’ve expressed an interest in your abilities and your capabilities.’ He smiled. ‘You won’t be going alone either. From what I understand – Doctor Weir wants someone else up there too – someone with an ATA gene strength similar to yours?’
‘She wants Jack.’ Harry said, still dazed by what he had just read.
‘Yes she does. Whilst Atlantis has a number of gene carriers – there aren’t many around who have the strength that you and Jack do, from what I understand. Let alone with the kind of training and experience that Jack already has.’
‘So I should start thinking about packing?’ Harry asked, still not fully processing what he had read.
Smythe started laughing. ‘Not just yet Harry.’ He said, still chuckling. ‘I think we’ve still got quite a bit of work to do. Miss Granger has only just left for Hogwarts – I doubt the train has arrived in Hogsmeade yet!’ He sobered up. ‘Plus we are still trying to work out where on earth the leak for the Order is. We’ve narrowed it down significantly but…’
‘You’re still working on the intel.’ Harry said. ‘I get that.’ He leant back in the chair. ‘I admit – I don’t want to leave Britain before finding out which of Dumbledore’s Army’ he sneered, ‘decided to betray my location to the Malfoys.’ He spat out the surname as though it was something evil, forgetting who he sat opposite.
‘Harry.’ The voice spoke softly.
He looked up at Smythe and opened his mouth to apologise, realising what he had just said in front of the elder brother of Lucius Malfoy.
‘You may have the spy.’ Smythe leant forward, his face adopting a vicious expression that made Harry grateful it wasn’t really aimed at him. ‘But I’m afraid you will have to leave Lucius and Draco – to me.’
****
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Date: 2007-07-07 10:42 am (UTC)I can't wait for the story to be finished either! It's getting *very* close to the final chapter...
It is up at ff.net under my authorname and of course here at LJ. Other than that - nope! I was tempted by wraithbait, by reformatting it all again just seemed like waaaay too much hard work!
Thanks for the review - and I'm glad you're enjoying it!
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