Harry Potter and his Princesses

Details of the Challenge and Prologue

Author's Notes: Yes, another story. I just couldn't help myself. After brainstorming with my new friend DalkonCledwin, to which I give plenty of kudos since he let me borrow some of his own ideas and concepts, I just had to write this. It will be based on my own challenge of Harry Potter raised by the Twiliis, originally a simple crossover between Harry Potter and the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

But to make it more challenging, interesting and all around better, there will be heavy usage of elements and characters from the Nasuverse (TYPE-MOON), the Legend of Zelda Franchise and also of High School DxD. Now, I'm warning you ahead of time, it's going to be a harem pairing and it's not always going to be harmonious! The girls won't always get along with each other's and Harry won't always be able to juggle them adequately.

Addendum: The differences between a Magician, a Magus and a Wizard are not only on a philosophic level but also on how exactly they cast their magic. A Magician needs to learn his family's magic circle or create its own circle before being able to use his or her imagination to cast adequately. A Magus needs to awaken their magic circuits (It hurt like a bitch.) before learning the family craft or inventing their own. Their approach to the Mystical Arts is the most scientific of the three.

A Wizard is a human born with the power to manipulate their innate magic just like the other two, but to control it adequately and for official schooling, they need a focus. Wand less magic and circle less magic are possible, but it's not reliable for anything delicate and/or precise. On the contrary, focus less magic is really great for anything extra destructive. Circuits less magic is biologically impossible without a magical core.

What the Wizards call Squibs can learn Magus Style magecraft if they are determined enough, but won't ever become a top class spell caster. All three classes of spell casters can learn magic from the other classes if they are dedicated enough, but it's frowned upon by the Magician associations, the Clock Tower/ the Magus Association and the International Confederation of Wizards. Mostly because the higher ups don't like each other's and it can become a very tiring battle of jurisdiction to decide to which institution/community's laws said spell caster must answer to.

The Wizarding Unforgivable Curses are only deemed so in the U.K without a special authorization and heavily restricted everywhere else. Also, all three classes of human spell casters are bound to the International Statute of Secrecy or a variant of it that can be resumed to this: Nobody who doesn't need to know should be told about magic.

Universal Disclaimer:I do not own Harry Potter, the Legend of Zelda franchises, the TYPE-MOON franchise and its subdivisions and neither High School DxD. Please support the original releases. Thank you.

Big Warning:There is a rather strong possibility for this story to describe incestuous relations. If it isn't you cup of tea, feel free to not read this story or skip those interactions. You now have been warned and future flamers and/or haters will be thoroughly ignored.

Last Edit: May 19 2017.

The Challenge itself.

What if the Twilight Realm got closer to the ''Light'' Realm as millennia passed and the Kingdom of Hyrule is now just an old legend? What if that fateful Halloween night when Voldemort marked Harry as his equal, the magical backlash of the rebounding Killing Curse opened a portal to the Twilight Realm and baby Harry was catapulted into it? A Harry Potter raised by the Twilis.

Requirements:

- Harry is able to stay human in the Twilight Realm. Dalkon and I already outlined the source of this capacity.

- Harry is raised with love and care; I'm really tired of Abused! Harry stories. Yes, this Harry will know what love is. A bit too much sometimes even! XD

- Harry MUST come back to the Light Realm to deal with Voldemort. When he does it is and how he does it your decision but do try to be original. The Prophecy is, sadly, real. Neither can live while the other survives.

- Dumbledore knows that Harry is alive somehow, somewhere. He doesn't know where to look but somehow, something, maybe something like an intuition or like a gut feeling, is telling him that Harry will be fine. Good guy Dumbledore in this story. Flawed and imperfect, just like everybody else.

- Harry is able to use his own brand of magic without a wand and Twili Shadow magic with a certain ease, but seems to have better results with Shadow magic than ''Light'' magic. Probably for a lack of a proper focus for his magic. Alright.

- No Male Slash for the main pairing. Harry is going to almost drown in oestrogen lol XD

- Midna or another Twili companion must be able to use and eventually be the master of the Fused Shadows. (It's too bad that this power doesn't have more screen time in the game. In the context I'm looking for, it would be a really nice fight scene against the Basilisk or against another giant beastie.) As if we wouldn't include those splendidly powerful relics! XD

- A Twili Healer must recognize Harry's curse scar as something related as Soul Magic and sometime in his life in the Twilight Realm, the Horcrux is removed, destroyed or absorbed, it's your decision. (Something original here would be great, I'm really tired too of Martyr! Harry Potter stories.) Yup, Harry shouldn't have it for long.

- The Shadow portals can override anti-apparition wards but it's not as precise as apparition is. This too was thought off.

Recommended:

- A remake of Wolf Link and Imp Midna travelling together with Midna or another Twili in disguise in Imp form and Harry in his animagus form(Your choice for the animal, but he better be something big enough for that, like again a wolf, a coyote, a jungle cat or a giant eagle. A silver back gorilla like Kerchak in Disney's Tarzan could work nicely too.) Two words; Animagus transformation.

- Gentleman/Old Fashioned clothes and Manners: I see this Harry raised in a certain old fashioned way, with a cool, polite and crisp temperament with strangers and/or important people. He will be trained on how to deal with politicians and various important people.

- Hero chosen by the Gods! Harry. (Maybe not dress him with the green garb of the Hero, but something similar, maybe with a kick-ass trench coat and Wind Waker Ganondorf style twin swords that can slide in and out of his sleeves.) This too is already fleshed. ^_^

- Involuntary Lady Killer! Harry! : I can see that as well, with his ancient but polite manners, helpful behaviour and just a great personality, he breaks hearts left and right in school(If you make him go to Hogwarts of course) without knowing. Thus a bigger fan club! Poor Harry! And Midna or his Twili companion can tease him a lot with that later. Not too sure on the Involuntary part, but he is going to be a heart throb for teenage girls everywhere.

- Giving Harry the Quest to find where is the Master Sword resting place and sees if he can claim the Blade of evil's Bane as his own. Yup, a Legendary Hero needs a Legendary Sword.

Forbidden:

-M/M pairing as said in the recommended section.

- Wuss! Harry. He has been raised as a warrior/battle mage/diplomat, Come on people, he won't take shit from anybody.

- Harry/Ginny, I have nothing against Ginny but I want something different from canon.

Well, contact me for more info or if you want to take the challenge.

Resume about the Dead Apostles Ancestors: The twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors are basically the nobility of all Vampire Kind and are ranked not only by their level of strength but also by the danger they can pose to Humanity. Their powers surpass exponentially those of the more common breed found in the margin of Wizarding Society and are also immune to the common weaknesses, such as going too long without feeding, holy relics, swift water, silver, garlic and sunlight.

They do not need to sleep in a coffin either. Some likely do, just for the fun of it. They are classed as "Phantasmal beings", which gave them very advanced shape shifting powers, thus they can alter their body shapes at will but have a favoured and/or a default form. Magic is part of their very beings, thus they are able to use all three main branches of Human magic without drawbacks. Their supernatural physical capacities permit them to fight against Servants (Heroic Spirits) on more or less equal grounds.

They possess an extremely durable body imbued with a natural resistance to magic, similar but higher than Giants.

Some are more psychopathic than others and many members of the original group had been either executed or sealed away by the Church before extensive "reforms" were made into the organization. Most of them tend to respect the International Statute of Secrecy if only to not have to deal with belligerent Wizards, Magicians or/and Magi each time they go out in public.

Dead Apostles Ancestors can reproduce sexually but it is a rare event since most are too obsessed with their passions to settle down long enough to raise a child. Their bio-vampirism is only contagious at will. The Ancestor must want to change his/her victim in the first place and their fledglings are eternally loyal to their sire.

Prologue

Lily Potter nee Evans was on the verge of a full panic attack. She was only holding it together for her only son's sake. Lily was a gorgeous young woman of twenty one with long thick dark red hair falling to her shoulders, a fair complexion and gorgeous almond shaped emerald green eyes. She cursed under her breath, fortifying the nursery as much as she could without her wand. She had allowed herself to leave it in the kitchen and lowered her guard. They were supposed to be safe! She should have held the secret, but no, her husband just had to play a prank on the Dark Lord!

Now look where it got them!

Out loud she said to herself

"If we're getting out of this alive, Pettigrew is a dead man walking!"

Downstairs she could hear the sound of spell fire, her husband was shouting and Voldemort laughing manically, well until he got sloppy and a spell went through his guard, injuring and hurting him badly judging by the inhuman howl coming from downstairs, floating through the floor. Letting her magic flow out of her as best as she could; she then tried to overpower the wards keeping the window shut and unbreakable. Oh, she was terrified for their son's life, for her husband's and also for her own life, but for Harry, she had to be strong! Her baby boy needed her!

Frustrated by her lack of progress and hearing James bellow in pain since You-Know-Who had tendency to avenge the pain and humiliation done to him seven-fold, she snarled out loud and something happened! Her green eyes went wine red temporarily and a strength she didn't know about started coursing in her veins! With a mighty punch, she finally overpowered part of the wards and the window broke in pieces! Then her faint hope of getting out of this deathtrap alive with her family went out like a blown candle at Voldemort's next spell

"AVADA KEDAVRA!"

Lily couldn't help it, she started to sob. The love of her life was dead. Then panic overwhelmed her sorrow when she heard the stairs creak. He was coming here! Then Harry started to talk in his crib where she had put him as soon as she had closed the door

"Mama, where Dada? Hawwy scared…Want Dada…"

Lily was quick to shush her little one

"Shush sweetheart, Dada…Dada is away…"

She didn't manage to explain more before the door of the nursery blew open. Lily shrieked in fear, not for her safety, but for her son's. Tall and menacing, wearing black robes and a black hooded cloak, a disfigured visage with red eyes glared at her. Voldemort was in the room with them and she couldn't do anything against it! She could grab Harry and jump through the window and apparate in mid air, but the Dark Lord had always been an unnaturally quick caster.

She would be gunned down before she could manage to muster the concentration required to teleport away.

Something was breaking the silence; it was the sound of his rasp breathing and his blood falling on the ground. James had gone down fighting, since unlike her, he had his wand on hand when the Dark Lord made intrusion in their home. He was bleeding heavily on his non dominant arm due to a very big bite mark from a transfigured animal and his torso had hooves marks having almost caved in his rib cage. With everything she had in her, she stood in front of her child, her arms extended as far as they could go. She was ready to lay down her life for her son, even if she wished she could live to raise him.

The self styled Dark Lord Voldemort wasn't having a good evening, even if it had started pleasantly enough. A turncoat of Dumbledore's Pathetic Order of the Phoenix had given him the Secret of the Potters' location recently and after much planning and debate, he decided that a Halloween social call would be perfect. He just couldn't wait to get rid of one mighty torn into his side. James Potter had fought well; Voldemort could at least give credit where it was due. Perhaps even too well, since the Transfiguration prodigy had managed to draw blood and wound him before he put the other man down for good with trusty ol' Killing Curse.

Now, he had no intention to hurt the woman, much. Severus had been such a dedicated follower and Lord Voldemort, magnanimous, rewarded good service. Even a being such as he could see the Mudblood's beauty. She was talented too. Lord Voldemort rewarded talent. Deciding to do what he came to do he stated with his raspy voice

"Step aside! Step aside silly girl and you get to live another day!"

Lily was incensed! Stepping aside?! Sacrificing the fruit of her womb, the result of the love she shared with her husband?! For a life with no more meaning without her loved ones? Never!

Deep within Lily Evans Potter, her true self was starting to awaken. Sometimes it took over when her more pacifist self was in mortal danger, like during her last duel against Bellatrix Lestrange. Too bad the divide between both Lily's personas was still too strong to make use of her true powers at will. A situation that would soon change though…

"Not Harry! Please not Harry! Take me, kill me instead!"

She pleaded.

"Stand aside you silly girl! Stand aside now!"

Was his answer.

"Have mercy! Not Harry, not Harry!"

Lily would not back down. She would not let this monster near her son!

"MOVE! OUT OF THE WAY!"

"NO! Not my son! I will not let you harm him! He's innocent!"

She was resolute in this. She would take death before allowing that monster to harm her baby!

Voldemort, furious and achy all over, snarled with barely contained rage and with a quick movement of his wand, he shot his second Killing Curse since his arrival. He had offered her to live three times and she had refused! Severus would just have to get over it!

"AVADA KEDAVRA!"

While Lily could have easily dodged the green jet of light, even with all her fears and doubts, she stayed resolute. Her last breath was used to call her son's name.

"HARRY!"

Then like a puppet with its strings cut, she fell to the ground, her body still thrashing in its death throes as the Killing Curse sent a signal to her brain to shut down her body, for good. The ignorant purebloods though that the Killing Curse was removing the soul from the body. In this situation, it was a very fortunate boon. Had Voldemort known what would happen, he would have used other means of ensuring Lily's demise.

Voldemort casually kicked Lily's body out of the way, approaching the crib where the teary eyed boy was looking alternatively at him and at his mother's body. The Dark Lord had no shame to admit that he would do everything in his power to attain his goals. He had sacrificed too much to back down and frankly, he never regretted it or looks back. On the other hand, he never enjoyed torturing children since he became an adult. Hence why his faithful had for permanent consign to kill any unworthy children quickly.

Better the quick oblivion of Death than the atrocities some monsters worse than him he held the leashes of could and would inflict on them. It was why he decided to finish this quickly. Contrary to an adult, there was just no challenge in torturing information and secrets out of children. There was no need to boast to someone who couldn't understand. He was feeling a bit melancholic tonight, so why not send the young one to his parents quickly? Pointing his wand on the forehead of the prophesied one, for the third time this evening, he pronounced the incantation of the Killing Curse.

"Avada Kedavra."

Just as the green light formed on the tip of his wand, an out of this world feminine voicewas heard saying from nowhere and everywhere at the same time

"By the Crimson Moon and my Black Blood, I, Altrouge Brunestud, accept your contract. Our child shall not be harmed by this man! "

The bolt of energy flew out of the Voldemort's wand and impacted on the toddler's forehead. Instead of killing the child instantly, the spell rebounded after the boy's skin flashed with a gold coloured light, flying back towards its caster at the speed of a freight train. Needless to say, Voldemort didn't manage to dodge and the combined energy blew straight through the wards and the nursery's wall, leaving a gaping hole. Voldemort's body had been turned to ashes, leaving his wand and his clothes on the ground. Strangely, Lily's body was completely untouched! Harry was also surprisingly still alive, bawling his heart out. His forehead was now sporting a jagged cut in the form of a lightning bolt. Then some sort of spectre came out of the ashes of the Dark Lord, screaming in anguish, fleeing in panicked pain.

Then something never before seen happened! A tear into reality formed some sort of shadowy portal visible just outside the hole in the wall. A thin black beam of energy shot from the portal and engulfed the bawling in pain and fright toddler in ethereal shadowy ropes, doing nothing at first glance. Then a golden light coming from nowhere illuminated the dark night, forming a strange golden triangle mark on the little boy's right hand!

The mark stayed illuminated even as Harry was seemingly disintegrated into shadow particles and suck up by the strange portal, leaving no living beings into the cottage. Well, that was the case, until Lily's body started to show new signs of life by first standing up and then changing. Within the woman that was Lily Potter's mindscape, two very different persons where staring at each other's. A pale teenager girl with black hair and red eyes was facing an adult woman with red hair and green eyes. Both stayed silent and then they embraced each others, merging.

Outside in the Real World, Lily's body changed a bit. First of all, she awoke to her real self, Altrouge Brunestud, the Vampire Princess of the Dead Apostles and the #9 of the Dead Apostles Ancestors. Then her mortal witch body took back her true nature. While she was still magical, her powers were greatly enhanced. Having getting used to a mature body; Altrouge decided to stay close to her mortal form, merely correcting the flaws. When she opened her eyes, they were no longer emerald green though, but a wine red.

Taking sight of everything around her, it seems that something was missing. Frowning, she waited for her mortal memories to come back. It was a good thing that the spell she was hit with didn't target the soul or else she would not have been able to revive herself. When the merger was completed, her wine eyes flew wide open, since she had closed them to concentrate.

Harry! Her baby boy! She had a son as a mortal?! She knew that her husband was dead and while part of her had loved him, Altrouge couldn't condone his decision to not move away from the war when they found of she was pregnant. She had tried to make him see reason, but he didn't heed her advice. Now, see the fiasco they were just in! James' pride cost him his life. She had survived due to being in reality a Dead Apostle Ancestor. Now where was her baby? It was then that Altrouge saw the still open Twilight portal, even if she wasn't sure what it was. In walking toward the reality tear, she walked on her attacker's wand and snapped it by accident. Oh well, no big deal. Using her mystical talents, she managed to piece back what happened.

Voldemort came in to kill Harry. He played with James too much and got a few painful hits until he finally disposed of the man of the house. As a mortal, she had been unable to use much focused magic without her wand and the intruder had sealed the house against every possible attempts to leave it. He had intended for the cottage to be their tomb. He had offered her to live, three times. She had refused also three times. The number three was a magical number, then a contract of protection was sealed and the killing spell aimed at her child had rebounded.

Altrouge as Lily had unknowingly set up an old ritual to protect a life in mortal danger by sacrificing her own. She would have to research the phenomenon first before making any more assumptions.

Now, she was in an impasse. On one hand she should just jump into the portal that had taken her son from her but in the other, she should make sure to take care of the traitorous rat. Lily and Altrouge weren't much different on this point, they did not suffer treason. Then, the roaring of a motorcycle was heard. Her mortal memories were telling her that Sirius Black, her now deceased husband's best friend and son's Oath sworn godfather, had such contraception and charmed it to fly. By his anguished cry, he had just found her husband's body.

She now knew that if she did not intervene, he would likely do something reckless and she felt that a male influence in her son's life would do well. So to not freak him out, she willed her eyes to go back to green and let a few superficial wounds appear on her body. She would have to go shopping though. Altrouge may have accepted to look like an adult, but she would not dress as an old maid! What was her mortal shell thinking?

In the end, Altrouge and Sirius jumped into the portal. Once they landed in a strange world illuminated by a half light, the portal they came through shut completely and Sirius was immediately forced into his animagus form. Now to find her baby boy in this strange place…