Grey mist surged from the sigil in Harry’s palm, and a far greater power flooded into his core.
One of his eyes turned gold, the other emerald green. He raised his wand without speaking a word, and a silver stag burst into being.
The stag’s forehooves settled over Harry’s wand...
2025-11-28 00:52:04 +0000 UTC View PostEvans stared at the spot his finger rested on and felt a jolt of shock.
The map in his hands wasn’t an ordinary Muggle world map. It was a gift from Senior Newt when he graduated.
Newt had drawn it himself during his travels around the world, a magical map marking every magical creature habitat he had discove...
2025-11-28 00:51:34 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the Quidditch World Cup, that band of shifting colour still lingered in the sky, standing out starkly against the night. It became a famous photo spot for both wizards and Muggles.
Muggle experts classified it as a "once-in-a-millennium nebula formation" and proclaimed i...
2025-11-28 00:51:30 +0000 UTC View PostBang. Bang.
Two punches hammered out in quick succession. The giant rushing in to block Sean took both blows squarely on the knees. He had never imagined a wizard could hit that hard. With a howl of pain, he collapsed to his knees.
Sean sprang up. One hand caught a fistful of the giant’s hair, the other clenched and crashed down...
2025-11-28 00:51:26 +0000 UTC View Post"It is over."
The Fiendfyre guttered out, and the mirror before Dudley shattered completely.
Behind him, Dobby jerked awake.
"Just now... what just happened..." he gasped, drawing a sharp breath and looking around.
He remembered seeing Malfoy Manor twist and warp under the assault of Fiendfyre, remembered walls and ceilings punched a...
2025-11-28 00:51:20 +0000 UTC View Post"Hmph." Arthur took Harry’s warning as a threat, slammed the lift doors shut, and let it rattle upwards.
Harry led Ron through the ruins of the old Department of Mysteries and on to Level Nine, the Wizengamot.
Dementors clustered around the courtroom entrance. The corridor outside was pack...
2025-11-28 00:51:16 +0000 UTC View Post“Brittle…”
Leonardo respected Nicolas’ view, even if he could not quite share it.
He could not really grasp the mindset of someone who had lived for centuries. Perhaps if he lasted that long himself, he would understand.
“Your outlook is enviably calm,” he said instead.
Nicolas smiled. “Live l...
2025-11-26 18:26:36 +0000 UTC View Post"Welcome back, Giyu." Kagaya Ubuyashiki nodded to his wife, Amane, to pour the young man some tea.
Giyu Tomioka accepted it with both hands. One sip eased some of the fatigue built up over days on the road. He inclined his head slightly toward Gyomei Himejima.
Gyomei’s fingers moved over his pra...
2025-11-26 18:26:33 +0000 UTC View PostLeonardo held the suitcase in one hand and the letter Fawkes had brought in the other.
Following the directions in the letter, he stopped in front of a battered red telephone box.
“This should be it.”
He opened the door, stepped inside, and dialled on the rotary:
6–2–4–4–2.
Leonard...
2025-11-26 18:26:30 +0000 UTC View PostSeveral gazes turned toward him in perfect unison, as if rehearsed.
Makomo’s head snapped up. Sabito’s eyes shone.
Urokodaki set down his knife and looked back. Eiichiro smiled, teeth flashing white. He spoke as if to himself. "I promised Sensei that once I killed the Demon King, I would come back up the m...
2025-11-26 18:26:26 +0000 UTC View PostNewt opened the suitcase on the desk as he spoke.
“I have been thinking about this since that night in the Forbidden Forest,” he said. “Having a case of your own would make things much easier for you. It is not completely finished yet, but only the details are missing. With your ability, I am sure you can handle the rest.” 2025-11-26 18:25:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Click.
Separated by a single window.
Roy ignored him and simply turned off the bedside lamp.
Darkness swallowed the room.
He told Sol to wake him if anything happened, then prepared to fall asleep and run an experiment at the same time.
The curse had reminded him of something. Ever since awaken...
2025-11-26 18:25:02 +0000 UTC View PostStormtown.
Leonardo had picked a patch of open ground on the edge of town. Newt stood beside him, intrigued by what Leonardo had just told him.
He called up to the Thunderbird circling overhead and guided it down. The moment it landed, it came hopping over, chattering nonstop.
“Boss, when are we going to your terri...
2025-11-26 18:24:58 +0000 UTC View PostIf one sentence could describe Nanika, Roy would say it did not play by the rules.
If one word could define Nanika, it would be wish-granting machine.
His father, Silva, had once said it plainly: Nanika was not human and could not be treated as family. It was darkness from another...
2025-11-26 18:24:55 +0000 UTC View PostAs the finish point drew near, Leonardo could already make out Newt’s figure on the mountaintop.
A clear cry rang out. Leonardo, just a feather’s breadth ahead of the Thunderbird, shot past the spot where Newt was standing.
Newt did not even see the two shapes that blurre...
2025-11-26 18:24:50 +0000 UTC View Post[Prompt: You have fallen under the gaze of an unknown existence. Your life has entered a countdown.]
9 years, 9 months, 9 hours, 9 minutes, 9 seconds…
9 years, 9 months, 9 hours, 9 minutes, 8 seconds…
9 years, 9 months, 9 hours, 9 minutes, 7 seconds…
The disc-s...
2025-11-26 18:24:46 +0000 UTC View Post"Why would you ask that?"
Zeno’s gaze was deep as he turned to look at the boy. "What did you see in the illusion?"
A false reality, or a real illusion?
The Life Energy from Sagin, Gul'dan, and Dassault sat plainly in the interface. Roy fell silent for a moment, then answered honestly.
"Pig-Headed Men."
"And...
2025-11-26 18:23:20 +0000 UTC View PostIt was not on the Ant King’s level yet, only at the Division Commander level.
Above the lion Leol, but still below Shaiapouf.
Crash. Waves smashed against the reef in Roy’s Cognition Sea, breaking into fine spray.
Specks of light gathered into a humanoid shape.
For the f...
2025-11-26 18:23:16 +0000 UTC View PostNine minutes and fifty-eight seconds. That was Botobai’s fastest clear time.
He had only managed that by tanking a direct hit from the Pig-Headed General’s axe.
The boy had not cleared it yet, but he had held out for ten full minutes and looked like he would last even longer. That already said p...
2025-11-26 18:23:03 +0000 UTC View Post"You mean you are not interested in Quidditch?" Prefect Penelope looked baffled. She turned her confusion into frank sincerity.
"May I ask why? You know, Mr Green, you have real talent. If you cannot join the Quidditch team, it would be quite a shame."
Shawn thought for a moment. He flicked his wand. The flame in the jar suddenly leapt up and became a fi...
2025-11-26 13:46:56 +0000 UTC View PostIf Transfiguration’s vastness comes from generations of witches and wizards uncovering it piece by piece, then Alchemy’s vastness surely springs from an imagination that never runs dry.
Add the Levitation Charm to a touch of low‑strength Legilimency, and a Quick‑Quotes Quill can be born and sold for centuries. Pair a Copying Charm with a Sustaining Ch...
2025-11-26 13:46:43 +0000 UTC View PostIn the corridor, Fred and George flanked Shawn, trading lines and raising identical eyebrows at him.
"What do you need, Fred?" Shawn asked calmly, following their lead.
"I am not Fred. I am George," said the red‑haired Weasley on the left.
"To be fair, that is not your fault. Very few people can tell us apart," he added.
...
2025-11-26 13:45:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning dawned bright and bitterly cold. The Great Hall was thick with the mouth‑watering smell of grilled sausages, and everyone chattered excitedly about the Quidditch match to come.
"Like we said, Harry, you are going to do brilliantly!" Ron had been bolstering Harry’s courage since first thing.
The two of them were sitting at the...
2025-11-26 13:45:24 +0000 UTC View PostIn the cold courtyard,
"Are you sure about this?" Ron asked nervously.
"If another teacher is listening, I do not think he will refuse. Everyone knows he made that rule up on the spot," Harry said, eyes full of determination. What he did not say was that he and Ron were still agonising over how to approach Shawn – they wanted in on that mysteri...
2025-11-26 13:23:40 +0000 UTC View Post"You should go and check—"
Justin did not finish. Professor Snape was already striding towards them.
"That is my book!" Hermione looked both anxious and furious. She stamped her foot, eyes flashing with regret.
She never should have lent them the book.
Harry and Ron watched Snape limp away, then realised with a jolt that he was h...
2025-11-26 13:23:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe Quidditch season had begun. Everywhere, students were talking of nothing else.
The first match was on Saturday: Gryffindor versus Slytherin.
If Gryffindor won, their place in the race for the House Cup would jump to second.
Accordingly, the hype around both the Gryffindor and Slytherin teams was sky‑high.
The moment Shawn stepped into ...
2025-11-26 13:23:30 +0000 UTC View Post"Disillusionment Charm, Quietus, nonverbal Levitation Charm…"
In the Headmaster’s office, Dumbledore’s quiet muttering broke a long, heavy silence.
They were almost all spells tailored for concealment and for dealing with a troll.
Nothing was ever truly a coincidence, especially not for a child who never snuck out at night yet still learned the ...
2025-11-26 13:23:25 +0000 UTC View PostAt the peak of one of the mountains inside the Thunderbird Sanctuary.
“Ready?”
Leonardo patted the Thunderbird’s neck.
This was the Thunderbird he had picked out after days of observation—around ten years old, past its fledgling stage but not yet fully grown.
To find the right partner, he h...
2025-11-25 21:36:29 +0000 UTC View Post"I am beginning to doubt whether those measures are… quite safe enough…" Professor Flitwick’s voice was as high‑pitched as ever. He stood on the floor, hidden between the robes of two tall witches and wizards, so that only his voice could be heard and not his person.
Only when he conjured book after book beneath his feet did everyone finally see the...
2025-11-25 21:36:27 +0000 UTC View PostInside a Thunderbird nest.
Leonardo stroked the soft feathers on the Thunderbird’s breast, soothing the great bird’s nerves.
After the poachers had been dealt with and handed over to the MACUSA wardens stationed at the Sanctuary, Frank had come to find them again. It was not that his mate was in trou...
2025-11-25 21:36:24 +0000 UTC View Post