The third book in my fanfic series, Harry Potter & the Wizards of Waverly Place.

It might be a good idea to read the first two books in the series first as there is a lot of foreshadowing, but you can probably muddle along just fine without doing so (I'll post the summary below). If you like what you're reading, you can always read the first two later.

The fictionalised cosmology presented in the story presumes that all deities/demons, and pantheons (Greek, Norse, Hindu, Taoist, Babylonian, "Abrahamic"... etc) are "real" and equivalent. The religious views of the characters are their own, but the author may or may not share some of them. ;-)

For those readers who enjoy books like the Percy Jackson series, or those who follow neopaganism, that disclaimer may be enough. But for those who are not used to the idea of all gods-including those deities most popular today-being placed on the same level, let me add the following:

This story features a somewhat irreverent look at religion (and politics) at times, similar to that which one might find in Monty Python films. Yet there is also a serious undercurrent, and the deeper questions raised given some measure of respect.

In my view, everyone is entitled to believe in who or what they wish, or nothing at all-as long as they do not impose their religious or non-religious beliefs on others through the political process or violence.

All characters, places, business establishments, secret societies, publications, historical persons etc are fictional, even the ones which are nearly indistinguishable from their real world counterparts.

I should point out that I had specific actors in mind for two of the original characters which I have introduced to the story.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Zhang Bai Ze

Michael Fassbender as Wolfgang Hess

As per the first two installments, I have given this story an M rating though it is written suitably for teens. It's mostly PG-13 material

The M is for sexual themes, violence, and moderate use of language.

The Story so far:

Book 1: The Stone of Dreams.

Hermione and Harry are the ones who ended up together after Ron ditches them in the middle of Deathly Hallows. Shortly after the end of the wizard war and Harry's 18th birthday, they decide to have a holiday in New York. They meet Alex Russo in the Waverly Substation and discover a magical connection which only grows stronger over time.

Meanwhile, the Carrows, Dolohov, and Rowle have escaped Azkaban with revenge on their mind. In their quest to destroy Harry Potter, they cause a meltdown of the American Wizard World's magical power core and its backup generators-destroying most of Wizard World City.

Harry, Alex, and Hermione retrieve the magical Stone of Dreams and eventually kill Alecto after Ginny Weasley (who has followed Harry to America) kills Amycus. The magical bond between Hermione, Alex, and Harry has grown so strong, it has also created a strong romantic attachment between the trio... or make that a Wizard Triune-something which Hermione discovers in a book of Alchemy.

The American Wizards all get their powers back after the original reactor core which powered their Wizard World is destroyed. It turned out that it was the core which was draining wizards' powers, not the competition. In the wake of the disaster and ensuing scandal, Justin Russo is made president of Wizard World USA after Crumbs and Chancellor Rootie Tootietootie get the boot.

The Stone of Dreams becomes the new replacement for the American Wizard World's power core, and the era of wizard competitions is over. All wizards get to keep their powers

Book 2: 7th Year at Hogwarts

Hermione and Harry decide to return for the 7th year at Hogwarts which they missed out on entirely while hunting for Voldey and his Horcruxes, taking Alex with them. But there's a catch. Headmistress McGonagall desperately needs a GOOD Defense Against the Dark Arts professor-and Harry is her man.

Ginny has also managed to drag Max Russo-who she has decided MUST be her next boyfriend-to Hogwarts when she returns for a do-over of 6th year.

It is a largely uneventful year at Hogwarts for once in their lives... except for the part when Ron goes round the bend from jealousy, attacks Alex Russo, starts hanging out with a Slytherin boy who he's rather... er... fond of, steals one of Hermione's books on Demonology, and then tries to sacrifice Max Russo in an attempt to conjure a demon.

Fortunately Harry and his girlfriends arrive just in time to stop Ron from doing something which would earn him a one-way ticket to Azkaban (dibs on the song title :P ) and get him a nice comfy padded room at St Mungo's instead.

~o0o~

Harry Potter & the Wizards of Waverly Place:

Tears of the Dragon

Part 1

Magical Muggles

Chapter 1

Justin Russo had to admit that he was kind of jealous. Oh sure, he was the current president of Wizard World USA (recently renamed to avoid confusion), but Justin wished that he could have been the one to graduate from Hogwarts with full honours. It was perhaps the most prestigious Academy of Magic on the planet. Justin was also forced to admit that he had never thought that his sister would graduate from anything. Though he was jealous, he was also extremely proud of Alex.

Kids at Wiz-Tech all dreamed of transferring to Hogwarts, but that was a rare thing indeed as Hogwarts didn't have an official foreign student exchange programme (something which Minerva McGonagall the new Headmistress of Hogwarts was seeking to rectify for the future).

The only reason Justin's sister Alex had got to go was because Harry Potter was her boyfriend and Hermione Granger was her girlfriend. And they had both returned to England with Alex who had refused to stay in the US when Harry and Hermione had finished their disastrous holiday in New York. Though at that time, there had been no plans for returning to school for any of them.

Alex's dad had been furious that Alex was refusing to return to Tribeca Prep to finish her last year at High School, and Justin had backed up his father at first.

"Alex, what are you thinking?" Justin had asked. "You can't just ditch the whole last year of High School. What will you do if...?"

"...I don't win the Wizard Competition!? Are you serious Justin? You and Dad need to deal with the fact that there is NO Wizard Competition anymore. I'm going to have all of my magic-which Crumbs claims is the most powerful of my generation..." Even Alex had rolled her own eyes and thrown her arms up when she had said that. She still had a hard time accepting that she was as powerful as the Professor and Headmaster of Wiz-Tech had claimed.

"Even if I wasn't going to England to be with Harry and Hermione, it's still more important than ever that I focus on magical training. I don't care about normal high school anymore. I don't need it now that I'm a full wizard and except for art it just bores me to death Justin. But I do need to train my powers, and there aren't any better teachers than I can think of besides Harry and Hermione..." Alex had then batted her eyelashes at Justin and grinned, "...except for you of course."

Justin had sighed and realised that Alex was right. And it wasn't her fluttering eyelashes which had won him over-that only worked on Dad. It was the fact that Alex had even thought to include Justin in the same league as Hermione Granger which had finally won him over.

Justin had noticed that Alex had been much nicer and more focused since Harry and Hermione had been around the couple of weeks they had been in New York. So Justin had turned around and made Alex's case to their father for her and Jerry had finally relented. Jerry had resigned himself to the fact that his daughter probably wasn't going to graduate from anywhere.

So the whole Russo family had been shocked when they got the news that Alex was going to Hogwarts. Harry and Hermione had decided to finish out their last year of school because they had missed it entirely while fighting in the British Wizard War, and they were taking Alex with them. Justin couldn't have been prouder of her when she had said that the Headmistress of Hogwarts had accepted her as a foreign exchange student.

Of course, everyone had been even more surprised when Max had received an acceptance letter for admission to Hogwarts as a 6th year exchange student too. They didn't know that Ginny Weasley had begged her father-the British Minister of Magic-to talk Professor McGonagall around to letting Max into Hogwarts when Ginny went back for a redo of 6th year. By that time, Jerry had been so thrilled that his daughter was going to continue pursuing her education, that he had been all too happy to allow Max to go as well.

Two kids in Hogwarts, he had thought gleefully, and the third was the current president of Wizard World USA. Jerry was going to have bragging rights for decades to come. His wife Teresa had been equally excited for her children. It had taken her years, but she had really come to appreciate magic. It was her daughter who had first brought her around ironically enough.

Teresa had seen how much hard work Alex was putting into getting back into the Wizard Competition, and she had been extremely proud when Alex had saved Justin and the rest of Wizard World USA from Gorog and his "Dark Angels." Teresa had come to realise that there was indeed a balance to things, and that magic could be very beneficial at times.

Of course the case for magic had finally been settled for Teresa when her husband's powers had returned after the explosion of the Wizard World's old power plant. With his powers back, Jerry had become much more confident, and much less befuddled. Not to mention the other things that he could do in bed now. Teresa had had no idea how many good uses there were for magic.