Overlord

Chapter 8 News

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That afternoon, Harry sat down and enjoyed a nice glass of wine among the patrons in The Three Broomsticks, the pub/inn that Rosemerta owned, to wait for something. She was busy but still took the time to come and ask what he wanted and chatted for a minute before going back to work. A few people eyed him warily, but that was to be expected when you walk in with a small devious and slightly insane smirk.

A flutter of feathers alerted him that what he was waiting for had come in.

Multiple owls flew down and dropped special editions of the daily prophet, the magical newspaper, down in a pile on the table and flew off.

"Oh Merlin!" one gasped, followed by the rambling of the crowd.

He took one from the pile and smirked at the headline...

Known Death eater Found Dead

Tonight, aurors were shocked to find the mutilated body of known Death eater, Rodolphus Lestrange, floating in the Ministry atriums large water fountain. Reports suggest that he had been tortured, both magically and physically, to the point where his body tried to shut down but was unable to because of some unknown potion he had been forced to drink, if the potion found in his lungs meant anything.

Eyewitnesses report that there was so much blood that it was literally a fountain of blood. Also a strange symbol was found carved into both the fountain and the body along with the words 'Overlord' and 'Revenge'.

This reporter wants to know, who did this and why. Is it just a vengeful victim of the past war or is it the start of something else? This reporter tends to find out.


Dumbledore choked on a lemon drop as he read through the paper, it was rare for the prophet to send out an unscheduled issue and to do so meant big news. Dropping the paper, he coughed up the piece of candy into his hand.

Things were not going as he had planned, with the return of Harry, the new prophecy, and the Overlord quickly spreading more fear and uncertainty, he needed to alter and change the plans he had spent years putting in place. He planned on having Amy defeat the dark lord and become minister of magic so he would become twice as famous for not only defeating the previous dark lord but training the one who defeated the next and became the minister.

He needed to alert the order and call a meeting together at headquarters and have Bill report to them of what he found. Hopefully, he would've been able to poke around and find out what the child was doing in the goblin bank. Surely he wasn't playing accountant for that evil woman... was he? Did that monster have a source of income to fund her dark empire? He hoped not.

Surely the Overlord didn't already have supporters that gave her their money like Tom did. They already had enough trouble with the fanatical pureblood supremacist donating hundred of gallons daily to the dark lord, but at the same time, their family vaults only went so far and would quickly dry up. So unless this overlord had a gold mine under her control...


Harry dropped the paper onto the table and left the pub, unnoticed amongst the confusion and shock of a know death eater being murdered. On the way out he heard people muttering to each other, saying that it was about time someone decided to do something, hell even a few people said they'd love to meet the one who did it. If only they knew...

(Flashback)

Rodolphus awoke with a gasp and looked around wildly. He was in some dark dungeon, strapped to a metal table like the ones they used in St. Mungos. The air reeked of stale blood and had the stains to go with it. Craning his neck, he saw a table holding many evil looking blades and sickly looking potions contained in vials.

"Ah your awake."

His head spun around to the other side where he saw what looked like a elderly house-elf hobbled out of the shadows.

"You worthless house-elf!" Rodolphus snarled, "Let me out of this thing now!"

The 'house-elf' chuckled, "House elf? I'm no lowly elf, you fool. In fact, I'm more important then you, worthless human. But unlike you, I have some semblance of civility, I am Gnarl, the minion master and advisor to the Overlord."

Rodolphus' eyes widened. The Overlord?! He had just been told that the dark lord wanted said woman brought to him.

"You see, Master has a vendetta against... ah what his name... Moldy-something and has seem fit to use you to send a message." Gnarl spoke with a dark toothy grin.

Rodolphus wasn't stupid, he knew that he was at the mercy of this Overlord woman and if he got out of this, he'd have to face the Dark lord, "So what's the message."

Gnarl smirked, "Well, normally Master would leave things like this to me but has expressed that it would be done personally,"

The dudgeon door swung open and slammed into the wall loudly, both looked over as a cloaked figure walked in with a woman. Rodolphus assumed that the woman was the Overlord and didn't pay the other figure any mind.

"Sire, we have prepared him for you-"

Gnarl was cut off by the bound man, "Hurry up, tell me what the message is and let me go," he sneered.

A deep chuckle echoed off the stone walls, "Don't you get it?" the cloaked one asked.

"I wasn't talking to you servant boy!"

Rodolphus screamed as his fingers were magically pulled against the back of his hand, painfully crunching and dislocating from their joints.

"I see you've yet to figure it out," Harry stated pulling off his cloak and walking forward, "So I'll spell it out, I have no message to give you... you are the message."

Rodolphus' eyes widen in fear, his watery eyes stared helplessly as the boy picked up one of the blades and stalked towards him with a sick smirk. "You will pay for your crimes against me," he told him darkly, conjuring a ball of flame in one hand and heating the blade in the other hand.

Jewel winced as the mans screams reached her ears and looked away at the slight of her master running the sharp blade across the bound mans skin, cutting long gashes across his body. Gnarl grinned, Harry had brought him there to his world to continue the torture for him once he finished his part. He looked on and watched as Harry carved the words 'Revenge' and 'Overlord' into the mans chest as slowly and painfully as he could with the sharp red-hot blade.

The smell of burn flesh permeated the air along with the sound of sizzling skin and bloody screams. Jewel felt like gagging as the smell hit her, it was sick, repulsive, the smell was so strong that she was sure it would seep into her clothing and remain there for days.

Slowly, the screams lessened until they were pained whimpers.

"There," Harry started, "My part is finished, Gnarl have fun." He turned and went to leave the room, "Come along Jewel,"

Eager to get away from the room and smell, Jewel nearly ran after him and slammed the door to the newly built torture room under the shrieking shack, but not fast enough as another scream was heard before the silencing charms around the room took hold, blocking the rest of the noise.


"What did you learn Bill?"

Bill Wesely placed a folder on he table and opened it, "I couldn't find much, the files and other information had to have been placed with a goblin, all I could gather was that he has placed something in a high security vault that made him vary valuable to the goblins, and on top of that he seems to have a contract of some kind that makes him more valuable than most pureblood families."

"Are you sure it was him?" Lily asked, inwardly hoping that it was him. If he was out walking around in the open, maybe they could find him and rescue him.

Bill nodded, "Yes, I'm vary sure. He still had that cloak on and that shackle was on his wrist."

"Any ideas on what is in the vault or any information on the vault itself?" Dumbledore asked over the silent order.

Bill flipped through some papers, "Whatever he placed inside his vault made the goblins vary distrustful of most other humans, I was able to overhear one of the higher workers muttering something about lying, cheating humans and that the bank would prosper even more. So whatever it is will be watched carefully by an accountant of his choosing. As for the vault itself, I was able to find out that he got expansion charms added on, and a ring system, theirs also something else here but the goblins must've removed it before I copied this."

"Their any way to find out how to get in that vault to see what's so important?" Moody grumbled loudly, not liking the fact that it could be something that could end the war.

Bill shook his head, "No, the goblins would side with him even if we got permission from the minister himself, the only way would be to have him allow us permission into the vault, and I doubt that he will."

Dumbledore frowned, "This is getting out of hand, not only are we fighting against the dark lord but soon I fear we will be forced to fight against the Overlord in a three sided battle. She made it clear that she wanted revenge for something, probably for risking poor Harry's life," he said sadly.

"But why would she care?" Molly asked, "She broke the poor child,"

"Yes, but I have a theory." Dumbledore started, getting everyone's rapt attention. "When she bought Harry back to our world, she was vary adamant on getting him close to her before anything happened to him, I believe that the closer he is to her, the more powerful she becomes."

Moody grunted, "I agree, I looked at them with my eye and saw his magic flowing into her, the magic was so bright that it hurt to even look at it."

Everyone gasped.

Remus leaned forward, "Headmaster, wouldn't that kill him,"

"Any normal wizard would die quite painfully, but I believe that Harry has always been a gifted child. I've sensed a larger than normal level of magic from him and I believe that's why he is able to withstand the woman leeching off him." Dumbledore started.

Sirius snickered,

"You asshole!" Lily yelled jumping up and glaring at Sirius, who jumped back in fright, " How dare you laugh at that!"

"N-NO, I'd never laugh at something like that! It's just the way Dumbledore explained it, 'Withstand the woman leeching off him'? that's like saying he's married to her and having work to support her," He quickly explained making a few of the men crack a smile.

Moody shook his head but none the less agreed with Sirius. "What about the story in the prophet?"

"Ah yes," Dumbledore stated, as if he had forgotten it for a minute, "It seems that the Overlord had decided to send Tom a message."

"But 'Revenge'? Why would she want revenge?" Remus asked, always the more logical one.

"I believe I can explain that as well," Dumbledore stated, "The bond between the Overlord and Harry is controlled sorely by the mind and will, Harry's to be exact. As long as he believes in her and wants her to live on, he will continue to empower her. So why not earn more of his trust and devotion by fighting the one who tried to use him as a child... not only that but seeing as he is a teenage boy and she's a woman..."

"No way!" Molly said with a look of horror.

"Yes, She could vary well be seducing him and fooling him into thinking that she loves him. You saw the way she pressed against him in the forest, I wouldn't put it past her to sleep with him at night just to keep him from doubting her."


"FUCKING GNOMES!"

The sounds of things being thrown around and breaking echoed around the whole shack followed by the annoying squeaking that gnomes were accepted with.

Jewel ducked behind a wall as the whole recliner in the living room flew into the wall followed by a squeaking gnome.

"I HATE FUCKING GNOMES!" he screamed, stomping on one, making it's blood and guts spew out

After a few minutes, the gnomes were either dead or had fled in fear, Jewel peeked around the corner and shivered as she saw Harry huffing in anger with a crazed look of rage in his eyes while he muttered under his breath.

"Dirty, fowl, loathsome little creature," was what she could catch before shrinking back as he looked towards her.

"Sorry about that Jewel," Harry apologized straightening his clothing with a straight face. "Gnomes are one of the things that piss me off the most."

Jewel thought about it for a minute and decided to throw caution to the wind, "Why do you hate Gnomes?"

"They declared war on me for reclaiming one of my spell stones... or tried to merry me to their door mouse. One of the two, I don't speak gnome, Gnarl does" Harry declared with a frown, Gnomes annoyed him to no end, the vary first gnome who tried to fight him, which only annoyed him, he ended the so called fight by crushing the gnome under his boot, then proceeded to kill over 1000 of the little bastards which scared them into surrender.

"But... how could they have come here?" Jewel asked.

"..." Harry stayed silent, "Screw it," he said with a shrug, "The world would be better off without the squeaky bastards."

Squeek-squeek-squeek

Harry's head snapped to the side where the Gnome he kicked into the wall was weakly pulling itself towards the door. He quickly aimed his finger like a gun towards the Gnome and shot a small bolt of lightning at it with a growl, witch burned a hole through it's body.

"You good?" Jewel asked slowly, ready to jump behind cover if he still wanted to shoot at something.

Harry nodded, "Yeah, I'm fine,"

"... So any plans?"

Harry waved his hand, bringing the chair he had thrown back to it's place where he then sat down on it. "Yea, soon we will need to take major action against the competition, not only that but we'll need a major base, this shack isn't doing it. But most of all I think we need to keep spreading fear. Here's the plan..."


Sorry it's so short, I'm just a little busy, but soon Harry will be fucking with the order and his family. Also, should Amy still be apart of the Tri-wizards tournament or should Harry... or both?