Animal I've Become

Harry Potter/Ghost Rider Crossover

Rating : M

Genre: Supernatural/Romance

Summary: Harry Potter has a dream of his Godfather, Sirius Black falling through the veil at the Department of Mysteries. To prevent this, Harry makes the deal. Now infused with the powers of the Rider, Has Harry finally found the key to defeating Voldemort?

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Ghost Rider, they belong to JK Rowling and Marvel Comics

Chapter 1

The Deal

Harry Potter's 5th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was supposed to be life changing. Fifth year students at the pregious school of magic knew that from then there out, the life they desired after school depended greatly on how they did on the O.W.L.S. which were the end of the year exams for all fifth year students. The O.W.L.S. not only covered what they learned this year, but as well as the last four years of their magical education. Yes Harry Potter's fifth year at Hogwarts should have seen him focusing not only on his career after school, but his remaining two years as well. Suffice to say, this was sadly not the case. Instead, his year was spent secretly teaching Defense Against The Dark Arts to a group consisting of students first year and above. The reason for this was simple. The Ministry of Magic appointed teacher for Defense Against The Dark Arts, Dolores Jane Umbridge refused to teach them defense magic of any kind. This of course was bad considering Harry and his friends were in their O.W.L. year and would need to perform certain defense spells during the practical portion of his exam.

So all in all Harry Potter's fifth year at Hogwarts didn't go as planned. Then again he never did truly have a "normal" year at the school of magic.

In his first year, he and his friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger ended up saving the one and only famous philosopher's stone from none other then Lord Voldemort. Voldemort had been one of the darkest wizards the world had ever seen. When Harry was just one years old; Voldemort attacked his home and killed his father and mother. The Dark wizard then turned his wand on Harry and cast the same spell that killed the young one's parents. Instead of killing the infant, the spell backfired on Voldemort and destroyed his body. Powerless and bodiless, the dark lord fled, only to return eleven years later hoping to use the philosopher's stone to create a new body.

Harry's second year was better but only just. During his second year, the infamous Chamber of Secrets had been opened and Harry found himself the prime suspect because he could speak parsletongue. When Hermione had been found petrified, Harry and Ron ended up finding not only the truth but the location of the Chamber. Inside, Harry once again came face to face with Voldemort. This time a sixteen year old version named Tom Marvolo Riddle. Harry ended up defeating Riddle and his Basilisk a large snake who could kill with a simple look in its eyes.

Harry's third year was probably the most normal out of his school years. For once he didn't have to worry about Voldemort showing up. Unfortunately, he was Harry Potter and danger and trouble was keen to follow. During the summer, the mass murderer Sirius Black who was imprisoned for the murder of twelve muggles and one wizard, escaped from the wizard prison Azkaban. When he was imprisoned many witches and wizards believed that he was in Voldemort's inner circle and would be going to Hogwarts to get Harry. This was only part truth as Harry and his friends would find out. After doing their best to try and comfort Hagrid the school's gamekeeper and Class of Magical Creatures teacher over the execution of Buckbeak the Hippogriff, a creature that was half eagle and half horse. As they made their way back to the castle, a giant black dog attacked and dragged Ron and his pet rat Scabbers under the Whomping Willow, down a secret passageway and into the Shrieking Shack. That night, Harry found out the truth behind his parent's death. Instead of Sirius betraying Lily and James Potter, as the world had believed, in reality it was Peter Pettigrew another friend of the couple. Harry also learned that Sirius was his godfather and after turning in Pettigrew, he would be escaping from the Dursleys. Sadly this was not the case as Pettigrew had escaped and Sirius had to back on the run.

This however was a cakewalk compared to what happened in Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts. During his fourth year, the famous Tri-Wizard tournament was reinstated and took place at Hogwarts. During the year, delegates from the other two magical schools in Europe, Beaxbautons, and Durmstrang arrived at Hogwarts with students who were hoping to be chosen as their school's champion. Viktor Krum became Durmstrang's champion while Fleur Delacour was chosen to be Beaxbauton's. Hogwart's champion was chosen to be Cedric Diggory. Harry was surprised as well as everyone else when his own name was called out after Cedric. He of course didn't enter as he didn't want to. However the rest of the school and the visitors, along with Ron for a short time, though he did. After facing Dragons, Merpeople, and a giant maze filled with all sorts of creatures and enchantments, Harry and Cedric became the last champions standing. When they grabbed the Tri-Wizard cup, they were instantly transported to a muggle graveyard where Cedric was killed and Voldemort was reborn anew. After enduring a duel with the newly reborn Voldemort, Harry summoned the Tri-Wizard cup to himself and grabbed Cedric's body, teleporting back to Hogwarts.

The fall out was just as bad as watching a friend die. Harry found out not only the truth as to why he was entered in the tournament, but who had actually entered his name. A Death Eater named Barty Crouch Jr, believed to have died in Azkaban and who had spent the last year impersonating Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody.

So it was really an understatement that Harry Potter never had a regular, normal, trouble-free year at Hogwarts.

This was bad. No not bad, this was extremely bad and dangerous. After Cho Chang had betrayed them, Harry was brought before the headmaster in his office. Besides him and Cho being in the room, Cornelius Fudge, minister of Magic, Dolores Umbridge, Percy Weasley, as well as Aurors Dawlish, and Shacklebolt.

"You see Minister; this is a list of those students who were meeting with Potter." Umbridge said in her sickly sweet voice.

As Fudge went over the list, his eyes widened when he saw the name Dumbledore's Army written across the piece of parchment.

"What is the meaning of this Dumbledore?" Fudge asked. He was doing his best not to lose his temper. The reason why he appointed Dolores as Defense Against the Arts teacher, was so the students couldn't learn magic. He had a very strong feeling that Dumbledore and Potter were just making up the return of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named so that Dumbledore could take over the Ministry. This would not happen, not on his watch.

"Ah Cornelius, you've finally caught me." Dumbledore said. His eyes twinkling as he observed the Minister of Magic and the others.

"What on are you saying Dumbledore?" Fudge says looking at the aged headmaster.

"At the beginning of the school year, I instructed Harry here to form a group of students and teach them defense, and to train them up, so that when it was done, they could join my army" Dumbledore says, his fingers pressed together.

"A..Army? So you are planning on taking over the ministry! I knew all this talk of You-Know-Who returning was garbage" Fudge exclaimed.

The minister turned to the two aurors and handed them the list to use as evidence against Dumbledore. "Dawlish, Shacklebolt you will accompany Dumbledore to Azkaban where he will remain until we begin his trial for treason" Fudge says.

"Hmm I thought we'd hit this little snag, you all are of course under the impression that I will, hmm what's the phrase, Come quietly?" Dumbledore said standing up.

Fudge, Umbridge, and the two aurors slowly approached the desk. In a flash of fire, Fawkes; Dumbledore's pet phoenix flew over and transported himself and Dumbledore out of the castle.

"Well you may not like him Minister but you've got to admit, Dumbledore has class" Shacklebolt says.

The months that followed could only be described as the worst that happened to Hogwarts since the Chamber of Secrets was opened in Harry's second year. Umbridge was made Headmistress and made the members of Dumbledore's Army write lines using the same blood quill that she used on Harry in his detentions with her.

During Harry's fifth year at Hogwart's he has been having the same dreams since the term began in September. He was moving along a dark corridor towards an unmarked door. Whenever he got close to the door, he would wake up. However in the most recent dream, Harry found himself actually moving past the door. The room he found himself in was lit with an eerie blue light and there were what looked like thousands of crystal balls on hundreds of shelves.

Soon enough the end of term was approaching and that meant for the fifth years, it was time for them to take their O.W.L.S. After getting their schedules, Harry spent many hours in the library with Hermione and Ron studying. Harry was determined to do as best he could on his O.W.L.S. especially Potions since he learned that he needed to take potions to become an Auror which was the career he was debating on.

Finally, after spending a week of studying really hard and going over the last four years of notes and tests, the O.W.L.S. Exams were here. During the morning, fifth years had the written portion of the exams, before breaking for lunch. After lunch they would have the practical portion of the exams. When Friday came around all Harry had was History of Magic which he was certain he would fail, for he had a very bad nightmare during the night.

*~Harry's Nightmare*~

Harry looked around at his friends. They all nodded at him as they gripped their wands and followed him into the room of prophecy that was located in The Department of Mysteries. They began to search up and down the aisles for Sirius Black, Harry's godfather who appeared in a vision to Harry of being tortured by Voldemort. As the group passed one of the shelves, Neville Longbottom stopped and gestured Harry forward.

"Harry this one has your name on it" Neville said as he gestured to the name plate underneath the small crystal ball. "Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter?". Biting his bottom lip, Harry reached up and removed the small crystal ball from its place. It felt cool to the touch as he grasped it tightly in his hand.

"Very good Potter now be a good little boy and give me that prophecy" a voice called from the shadows. Turning around, Harry and his friends came face to face with Lucius Malfoy. Behind the death eater stood a woman framed by dark curly hair, her cheeks shallow. Her eyes however held a spark of insanity.

"Why should I give it to you Malfoy? And why did Voldemort need me to get this?" Harry asked.

"You dare say his name? HOW DARE YOU, YOU FILTHY HALF-BLOOD!" screamed the woman behind Malfoy Sr. said.

"Now, Now Bellatrix we don't want this to get ugly" Lucius says before turning his attention back to Harry and his friends.

"To first answer your question, Potter, Prophecies can only be retrieved by who those that they are made for. Besides have you ever wondered what the connection was between you and the Dark Lord? All the answers are there Potter in your hand" Lucius says.

"I've waited fourteen years" Harry said softly clutching the prophecy tightly in his hand.

"I know" Lucius said extending his hand out for the prophecy.

"I guess I can wait a little bit longer, NOW!" Harry yelled.

Six stunning spells went flying towards Lucius and Bellatrix. Now that they were distracted, Harry and his friends ran towards the exit. Along the way, they fired off more spells at any of the Death Eaters that tried to stop them. Finally reaching the exit, Harry wrenched open the door open and stood aside so that his friends could get out. It came down to him and Ginny who shot a Reducto curse down the room at the Death Eaters. The Reducto curse was so powerful that the floor of the hall of prophecies disintegrated. Harry and Ginny just had enough time to get out.

The room they were now standing in was bare. All that was inside was a large stone archway. Biting his bottom lip, Harry slowly approached the archway, hearing whispering voices. Glancing behind him, Harry saw the Death Eaters heading towards them. They grabbed Harry's friends and held them at wand point as Lucius slowly walked up to Harry.

"Did you honestly think that children could beat us?" Lucius asks.

Before Harry could answer, there was a flash of light and Sirius Black appeared who punched Lucius squarely in the jaw, sending the older man scrambling away from Harry. The following battle was something neither Harry nor his friends had ever seen before. With flashes of light, other members of the Order arrived and helped Harry's friends to get out of the room as Harry and Sirius dueled Lucius and another Death Eater. Sirius had just taken care of Lucius when Bellatrix appeared.

"AVADA KEDAVRA" Bellatrix screamed. A jet of green light hitting Sirius squarely in the chest, sending him flying backwards through the stone archway.

~* End Nightmare *~

Harry was unsure if it was just a nightmare or a sign of things to come, whatever it was, he didn't like it. He was debating going to Dumbledore and telling him about it. As Harry walked into the great hall to take his History of Magic O.W.L. He decided to go to the headmaster if he had the dream again.

An hour later, the exam was over and the fifth year students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry were finally free of the O.W.L.S. They wouldn't receive their marks until later in the summer, but for now they could put it out of their mind. After the exam finished, Ron left and went up to his bed to take a nap, while Hermione went up to the library to check over her answers. This left Harry alone which he welcomed. Harry walked out of the entrance hall and headed down to the black lake. The sky was bright blue with not a cloud in sight. The sun was shining as Harry sat down, his back against the big oak tree that was by the lake.

Harry leaned his head back and closed his eyes. He was glad that term was almost over and he was glad that he only had to spend a few weeks at his relatives before going to the Grimmauld Place. Harry had only closed his eyes for a few minutes when he heard a voice beside him.

"Worried about something Mr. Potter?" the voice said.

Harry snapped open his eyes and looked up to find an old man leaning heavily on a cane. The old man had graying hair and dark blue eyes. He was tall and slim and wearing a jet-black suit. The top of the cane was decorated with a silver skull.

Harry bit his bottom lip and looked around. It appeared that none of the other students could see this old man. Harry returned his gaze to that of the man and asked "Who are you?".

"Just a friend Mr. Potter, You look to be troubled?" the man says.

"Well I'm just concerned about my godfather, I've been having dreams in which he falls through this stone archway and dies." Harry says.

"I'm truly sorry to hear that Harry. I really am" the man said as he sat down beside Harry.

"I'm worried because he's the only family I've got left and I don't want him to get hurt or die" Harry says softly.

"What if I told you that I could save your godfather and make sure he didn't die?" The old man said facing the young wizard.

"How?" Harry asked looking at the old man.

"I have a deal for you Mr. Potter. All you have to do is sign this contract and I'll make sure your godfather will be safe" the man says pulling out a roll of parchment from his pocket.

"What's the contract for?" Harry asks looking at the man.

"Your soul Harry Potter, sign this contract and give me your soul. In return I will make it so that your dream doesn't become a reality" the old man says.

"May I see the contract?" Harry asked biting his bottom lip.

"Of course" The old man says handing the rolled up piece of parchment to Harry.

There was silence as Harry unfurled the contract and began to read it. He was halfway through the first part when he realized, the contract wasn't written in English. Instead it was written in Latin. Inside his mind a battle was raging between accepting the man's offer, or going straight to Dumbledore. However he was tired of people dying for him. This was his battle after all and no more would his friends die for him.

"Alright I agree" Harry says signing the contract with his quill that was in his bag.

The old man smiled before snapping his fingers. "It is done now Mr. Potter. You're godfather will be spared. I also took the liberty of adding a certain kind of power to your magical core. A power that you will come to find out about later down the road." With another snap of his fingers the old man disappeared leaving Harry wondering if he just made a huge mistake.

A/N: End of Chapter 1! Please Read and Review! As far as pairing goes, I'm not sure yet. If you guys have any suggestions please let me know either by PM or Review (would prefer review) Also I might have Johnny make an appearance later down the road.