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A few moments before,
The Order of the Immortal Lotus, Avalon
On the round table, a vivid, holographic video played itself.
Five of the Six beings, who didn't belong to any era, watched the events playing out with dead expressions.
When all was done, and as they sensed the gaze, the holographic video blurred as if experiencing a monstrous interference.
Then, the little, magical transference vanished altogether.
King Solomon, the Violet Seat, let out an ancient sigh. "We have angered HER."
"It was inevitable," the Green Seat, Witch of Endor, remarked.
The Orange Seat, Hermes Trismegistus, put his hands on the table. "Why did SHE favor the Outer One?" he asked, pinning the question on the wall.
Circe, the Red Seat, scoffed. "We warned the fools about the Seals. Tch!"
Then, they simultaneously looked toward the Blue Seat, where Merlin's Staff was bobbing up and down. There was a crack on it, but it hadn't widened. Nor had more cracks surfaced on it.
Yet, the inferences were apparent to all of them.
"The Outer One, this Supreme, knows…" King Solomon commented gravely.
"Duh!" Circe let out a mocking noise. "I have been saying this since forever. Both DEATH and the Timeline have some deep, ill motives to back an existence like that white-haired shit! THEY are not even considering the greater implications of such a blatant disregard of the Sevenfold Path of Multiverse!!"
Thud!!!
Circe slammed the table, making the entire island shake.
Albus Dumbledore and Darcie had the impression that the Six of the Order had been there for hundreds of years. But only recently the Headmaster had learned that Six went beyond that, belonging to many timelines.
Thus, their true age lay anywhere from thousands to tens of thousands of years.
And, after so many years of carefully planning, laying out piece after piece, instead of taking a step forward, they were getting pushed a step back.
"Anger…" the Witch of Endor advised, "… won't take us anywhere."
Circe stared at the Green Seat, the Cauldron over her head fuming red mist.
"We can't stop the Timeline's advancement to Pillar status," Abdul Alhazred chimed in. "It had never been our objective. If it had been, we would have never let Albus absorb the magical prowess of his Pillar Counterpart.
"Let's not forget, the stronger the Darcie's existence, the better for us. There's no Darcie among the Seven Pillars of Reality anyway…"
The Yellow Seat had merely stated something that the Seats already knew.
Yet, his words made them focus on the crux of the matter at hand. Entities, like Timelines, would neither remain their enemies nor friends for long.
They were driven by their status in the Random World.
Only Pillar Timelines existed eternally, and in a complete sense in the Multiverse, while the Mirror and Key (-the Secondary and Tertiary-) Timelines kept vanquishing and resurrecting as new entities, making their existence momentary in the grand scheme of things.
Hence, what the Timeline thought of the Order of the Immortal Lotus was of little value to the Seats.
The Outer One, however, needed much attention, for one reason.
— There was no telling what the white-haired Supreme was planning and thinking.
— There was no telling what kind of man was he.
— There was no telling his… Objective.
"Can the rest of them take care of the Outer One?" Hermes asked the table.
The Green Seat sighed. "We can't interfere," she answered. "Not anymore. Sealing their overflowing powers to let them infiltrate the Timeline was already pushing things. It's a miracle that we didn't face Karma's wrath. Because the Timeline's status is flexible, perhaps.
"Regardless of the reasons, we can only put our trust in Albus and the remaining four. The one who died was already problematic. If we are to blame something, then it must be Outer One's luck.
"That he caught onto the Summoner's psychotic illness and came up with an appropriate counter… it can be nothing but luck."
King Solomon straightened himself, catching onto the Witch's meaning. "You mean to say…"
Abdul Alhazred already knew what to do. "I will pass on everything we saw to them through Albus," he nodded. "With their nature, and… background, I am sure they can come up with an appropriate way to squash this luck."
"Let's hope so…" Circe said, her eyes never leaving the Merlin's Staff. "… we are treading foreign and treacherous grounds by taking their assistance."
"Alright…"
It was then memories of a black-haired boy bubbled into their thoughts.
His name was Arlen Black, a Hogwarts Student.
Boooooooooooooooooom!!!
The Seats stood up, the indestructible objects letting out blazing, brilliance.
They had forgotten someone?! They?! On Avalon?! An island protected by two Half-Bubble Entities?!!
The Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, and Purple Seats shared a glance and realized…
… there existed a Power that could ignore the Dimensional Boundaries and seep into the seams of the very laws of a Random World.
And this Power existed within the evolving timeline, having an Outer One!
The repercussions… chilled their non-existent spines.
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Hogwarts,
The Christmas holidays had ended, and when the students returned, they found the School letting out chilling mist as if a giant was sleeping under its cold grounds.
Professor Dumbledore and Madam Villanelle had put a hold on the Cursed Ice' unstoppable advance by containing it in the corridor on the fifth floor.
The Ministry had assigned staff to constantly pour fire spells on the ice, then, to keep it from spreading back into the castle. However, even the continuous onslaught of heat failed to prevent the escaping bone-chilling cold, which slithered down the School's walls, going beyond.
To not visit the corridors on the 3rd floor and the 5th floor wasn't the only news the Headmaster announced on the morning of the first day of the new term.
A grave piece of news was also told to the students, graver for a selective group of fans still.
The Celebrity of the Magical World, Darcie Malfoy, had been injured by the Cursed Ice.
Along with her, to Gryffindors Quidditch Team's shock, Arlen Black had also fallen under the influence of an inexplicable spell while working on some forbidden magic.
They had found him in the Common Bathroom, holding various parchments containing unreadable script.
The Headmaster later shared with the Staff that Black must have been working on the same magical objects as his gloves. But something went wrong.
Dumbledore didn't share his doubts related to the Order's hands in all this, though. Not even with Snape who knew of the Order's existence, but not its name.
Now, both students were recuperating at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries under the care of the best Healers the Hospital had to offer.
So, that's how the classes resumed — with a definite, downcast mood.
However, with homework and Quidditch Practices beginning, none got the time to care for the mood too much, anyway.
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After a few months,
In the St Mungo's Hospital's ward, Kai cast an illusion around himself, declaring the entire room as the House Common Room, using Skill — My House, My Rules.
He was staring dead at the Daily Prophet propped up on his lap.
He knew this would happen; sooner or later. But, even then, for it to happen so fast… brought out a smile on his face.
Daily Prophet only showed news from the current world he was in. That meant the Order must have shared the info regarding him with other Contestants.
The front page of the Daily Prophet brandished a Wanted Poster… in color.
It showcased his image after undergoing Selfless Breathing and Kaiju Blood Essence transformation, Murasame's cursed marks slithering over him, making him look extremely demonic.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a Five-Leaf Clover, hovered a few feet above his curved horns, black-red flames surrounding it like a cloak.
Under the image, RED was written in capital letters.
Bounty — 920,000,000 Berries!
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HOW STRONG IS THE FIVE-CROWNED PRINCE?
As confirmed by many, Contestant Red has been conscripted as the Supreme Protector in a Harry Potter timeline.
It is unknown what happened that led him to anger the Millennial Magical Alliance, led by Contestant Viracocha of the 15th Floor.
However, what is known is that the Mad Commander of the Alliance, Contestant Black Ghost, had invaded the said timeline to exact revenge on the Supreme Protector, not knowing his true identity.
As of now, the 12th-floor powerhouse, Black Ghost, with a bounty of over a billion Berries, is dead.
It has been confirmed that the Five-Crowned Prince, regardless of schemes and assistances, is behind the deed.
Some have theorized that Contestant Red must have assimilated Sets after winning the Tournament of Worth. Nothing else explains his exponential growth.
Even then, even if Contestant Red has become a Top-level 9th-floor Contestant, for him to kill a 12th-floor Contestant, is a feat never recorded event in the history of the Primordial Tower.
The question is — will he survive what's to come next?
For those who don't know, there are rumors that the Five Supreme Organizations from the 15th Floor, including the Quasi Cypher Pol, are planning to end the Five-Crowned Prince's unstoppable advance.
For them, even if Contestant Red is an Emperor's descendant, as theorized, it doesn't mean much.
One thing that can be confirmed is that the Supreme Protector will need all the luck he can get if he ever plans to join the Billion Club.
…
Kai sighed, folding the newspaper, his thoughts going to the Hogwarts, then.
After regaining Black, the System had acknowledged his feats of facing his desire and exploring the Cursed Vault of Ice.
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Congratulations Contestant Kai D. Stormborn
You have achieved Milestones
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Milestone: Face your desires in the Mirror of Erised
Rewards: Correspondence +1
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Milestone: Explore the Cursed Vault of Ice
Rewards:
— Correspondence +1
— Attribute Points +5
]
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At Hogwarts, some things remained the same, happening as per the main storyline.
However, major divergence had already occurred in most of the events because of Kai's subtle and, sometimes, inadvertent manipulations.
Of course, letting Darcie and Black out of the picture was Kai's idea.
First, he needed to take care of the oddity that surrounded Black's disappearance, along with figuring out the matter with the White Serpent Pirates.
Second, he needed Darcie gone for him to make Slytherin lose the Quidditch Cup; an impossible task if she remained the Seeker.
With both of them gone, Harry destroyed the competition, starting with Hufflepuff.
Somewhere in between, Harry, Draco, and Ron figured out the identity of the object hidden in the forbidden corridor on the 3rd floor.
Daphne and Hermione overheard them when they were talking to Hagrid over it, turning it into a strange group of Gryffindors and Slytherins.
However, with Voldemort not needing to bypass Fluffy anymore, as Kai had already shared the details with him, the dragon, Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback, never came to play its part in the story.
Not to mention, the detention, leading Harry to meet the Centaurs and discovering that Voldemort was after the Philosopher's Stone, never happened, either.
And, like this, worrying about Black and Darcie, the group of boys and girls finally stared right into the eyes of their greatest enemy.
Exams!
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