Harry Potter and The Frozen Heart

Title: Harry Potter and the Frozen Heart
Chapter Title: The Beast Within
Author: Ash Knight
Pairings: Harry/OC
Warnings: Slash, Spoilers from book 5, bad language, sexual situations, and more . . .
Disclaimer: I don’t own Harry Potter and I do not make any money from these stories.
Synopsis: During his summer before his 6th year, Harry decides he no longer cares about the wizarding worlds needs and decides to face Voldemort on his own terms. But, he meets someone who then begins to unlock his inner feelings in way he never knew possible, but what happens when this person shows up at Hogwarts? Not to mention the new threat Voldemort has in store . . . Will Harry be able to stop him? And if so, at what cost?


With a deep breath, Harry opened his eyes. His vision was blurry and his head felt like it was about to split open. He stup tup to find himself towering over everything. Every time he breathed in his lungs felt boiling hot, but when he exhaled his chest was as cold as ice. Trying to get himself together, Harry staggered over to the far wall of the potions lab where a full length mirror stood, but the reflection he saw was not his own.

In front of him stood a great beast, the likes of which he had never seen before. His entire body was covered in sleek black fur. On the fur were emerald green stripes that resembled lightning bolts stretching all over his body. The closest thing he resembled was a tiger, but that was not what he was. He had a tail but it was longer than normal and very strong with a tuft of hair on the end like a lion, but it was prehensile like a monkeys. His face was like a tiger but where his forehead was supposed to be were a pair of horns like those of a ram, which framed each side of his head, curling around his ears. His arms were still like a man’s only they had sharp retractable claws and his palms where the texture of tigers paws.

His legs were twisted and changed so that he could walk on two feet but could also walk on all fours just as easily, and his feet had the same texture of tiger’s paws as well. Finally on his back grew a pair of large black feathered wings. The wings were very large and the feathers were of strange texture. Instead of normal plumage his feathers had scales, like that of a snake. Harry’s body seemed as if it was caught in between animal and human. His torso and arms resembled the most human features of his new form, which were rippling with tight muscles but, soon he also realized why everything seemed so small. He was now easily seven and a half feet tall, and over all, much large than his human form.

His breathing still felt like fire and ice when he inhaled and exhaled. Harry quickly laid down on the floor, and continued to examine himself in the mirror. His eyes were still green, only now they were tiger’s eyes with black slits. His hands were larger now, capable of crushing a human skull. His teeth were razor sharp and deadly and while he had fur his skin took on a leather kind of texture, almost like a thestral. His sense of smell was almost overwhelming as was his hearing. Before he could get used to it, the potion began to wear off, and he soon found himself looking at his own reflection. He stood up and went into the library, to try find out what animal he had become. Pouring over books and books of dark creatures for almost three hours, Harry found himself growing little closer to an answer. Finally, he decided to give it up for the nt ant and get some sleep.

{Are you alright?} Seth asked as he saw Harry’s distress.

{I don’t know} Harry answered.

Nothing was all Harry could find. In every book he went through he could find no creature like what he had turned into.

‘What am I?’ Harry thought to himself as he kept searching.

What ever he had turned into was definitely a dark creature, but what was it? It was like no creature he had ever seen or heard of. After about three hours Harry gave up and decided to just get some sleep. He threw off all his clothes leaving nothing but his underwear on and climbed into bed. As he was about to turn in he felt his notebook from underneath the pillow. Turning to a blank page he began to write.

I hear the howl of the demon within,
And cannot find the light without sin.
But, in what world can I find,
A place to leave my darkness behind?
It calls my name and shades my eyes,
Why did I expect it to do otherwise?
So with a torn and bleeding heart I smile,
To pay the price for my human guile.
But, with all that has been revealed,
Is the darkness all I will ever have to feel?

With a deep sigh Harry closed the book and placed it back under his pillow. He began to clear his mind for a few minutes before he finally went to sleep.

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Harry found himself in a dark forest, surrounded by giant trees, blocking out most of the sky. He stood up and looked around only to see nothing but more forest all around him. With caution he began to walk through the trees to try find out where he was. It was eerily quiet as walked through the forest. Nothing made a sound as if there was nothing living here. There were no birds flying over head, or any animals near by to make noise.

A snap of a twig made him turn to his left with great speed, as he saw his animagus form come out from behind a tree. Harry froze as the beast looked at him, as if appraising him. With no warning it stood up on its hind legs and crossed its arms. It looked far more human this way and before Harry could do anything it pointed behind itself signaling for Harry to follow it. It then got back on all fours and began to run away at great speed. Harry ran after it through the forest, barely able to see it anymore since it practically disappeared into the darkness.

After what seemed like forever, Harry broke into a clearing to find his animagus form lying next to a large black river. The river ran from the forest into a dark cave behind the beast. Harry approached the beast cautiously, not knowing what it was trying to do. It got up and met Harry half way and looked into his eyes. A look of sorrow filled its eyes as its stare bore it Harry. Before he knew it tears filled both their eyes as they began to run down their faces. As the first tear fell off of Harry’s face it froze in mid air. It began to grow faintly and attracted all the other tears like a magnet.

The tears collected themselves together until their glowing light exploded in a great flash of white light. When the light subsided, where the tears had been was a very small crystal, small enough to fit in the palm of a newborn child. It glowed with the same white light, only it this time the light seemed to fly away from it in a swirl of tiny little lights. Harry reached out to it but before he could grasp it in his hands it floated away into the dark cave.

He was suddenly pushed off his feet as the beast wedged itself in between his legs and took off after the small crystal with Harry on its back. Grabbing on tightly Harry let the beast carry him into the dark cave, splashing water onto both of them as they ran in the shallow part of the river. They followed the trail of shimmering light further and further, as the river kept getting deeper and deeper. The water was now up Harry’s knees and the beast nearly completely underwater, save for its head and wings.

After awhile Harry found himself and the beast swimming under water as the top of the cave became smaller, leaving nothing but the deep black river. The beast swam beside Harry as if protecting him, and Harry felt himself thankful for its companionship as he tried to hold its breath. The trail kept leading them further as they swam, but Harry didn’t know how much further he could hold on. The beast took Harry in its arms and swam through the water with great speed using its wings.

With a loud gasp they broke through the water as the cave gave way to another opening. The crystal was floating above them shining brighter and brighter by the second. A form Harry couldn’t see was forming in the light. Harry tried to reach out for it but just as he got closer, he woke up. . .

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The sun was beginning to kiss the sky as Harry opened his eyes. He looked up and watched as the color of sky slowly changed with the coming of the sun. His face was wet with the tears he had shed in his sleep but he made no attempt to dry them. He felt a strange calm come over him as he thought of the dream he had just awoken from. The light filled his thoughts as well the form behind it, but he was no closer to finding out what it was. As he keep trying to figure it out until his stomach lurched and he decided to make something to eat.

“What to eat breakfast?” Harry asked Keeva and Hedwig.

They flew onto his shoulders instantly and he went into the kitchen to make breakfast. He gave Hedwig and Keeva some orange slices and strawberries and began to cook breakfast for himself. He made himself some bacon and eggs, and poured himself some pumpkin juice. Keeva suddenly grabbed a piece of bacon from Harry’s fork as he was raising it to his mouth.

“Hey!” Harry chuckled.

She obviously felt like eating meat this morning. Harry went to the refrigerator and took out a nice bloody piece of steak and put it on a plate. Keeva dove on it as soon as he put it down on the table.

“Well, I guess you like it then” Harry laughed.

Harry went back to his own plate to finish his breakfast. Afterwards he went to the library to look for his form again but still found nothing. He gave up and decided to go over more spells. When he was finished he decided to get ready to meet Alex. He took a shower and got dressed in a pair of dark gray shorts and white t-shirt. He pulled on some sneakers and grabbed his bag and forehead plate.

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Alex wasn’t there when Harry arrived. He looked around to see his bag near the swing set, along with two swords, and a whip, but no Alex. Instantly Harry found himself falling to the ground as someone attacked him from behind. Before he knew it Alex was on top of him, pinning him down to the ground with his hands around his very throat.

“Never let your guard down, even when you think you are safe, because the moment you let your guard down, that’s when your opponent will strike” Alex said with a smile.

He got off Harry with a big smile on his face. Harry stayed on the ground for a moment longer to look at Alex. He was wearing a pair of black sweat pants and a leather whip wrapped around his torso, nothing else. No shoes, no shirt, no jewelry, and the whip wrapped around his chest like a serpent. Harry couldn’t suppress a desh gsh grin as he stood up and kissed Alex.

“There will be plenty of time for that later” Alex declared with a smile as he broke the kiss. “Right now, let’s do some stretching and get to work.”

Harry and Alex did some stretches and then began to spar. Unlike yesterday, Alex didn’t hold back as some punches and kicks made contact with Harry. Deciding not to hold back either Harry gave Alex a few taps of his own, but not as many. Alex was obviously the better fighter but Harry came a very close second. They stopped after a few minutes and Alex showed Harry some new moves, more complicated then the day before. Harry was able to perform them after a few tries along with some more complicated blocks. For another twenty minutes they sparred hand to hand, until neither of them could move.

“Ok time for a break” Alex said as he stepped away from Harry and sat with his back to a tree.

Harry sat down next to him and caught his breath.

“You learn fast.”

“I have to” Harry replied.

“So how did you like Mayhem?”

“It was blast” Harry replied sincerely.

“Want to go back tonight?”

“I’d love to.”

“I wanted to take you there so you could work on your foot work. You see, a fight can also be interpreted as a dance. A lot of the same moves can be used for both if you know how and when to use them, not to mention the agility you can acquire” Alex informed.

“Sounds great!”

“Want to start on the weapons next?”

“Sure, which one first?” Harry asked excitedly.

“Well let’s do the swords or an hour then another hour for the whip. After that we can head for the gym.”

Harry agreed and they began to train with the sword. They were blunt so they would not cut threw flesh, but one blow could cause deep black bruises which Harry quickly found out. Alex showed him how to defend first with the sword along with how to use his arm properly, from his elbow to his wrist. At first it was difficult and Alex kept getting passed Harry’s defenses. Eventually Harry caught on and began to protect himself well enough.

When they were through with the swords, the whips were next, and even harder. The first time Harry tried to crack the whip Alex gave him, it came back and bit him, making Alex laugh.

“I told you, you have to let the movement flow from your arm, and follow threw with your wrist, like the sword except with more fluidity” Alex chuckled.

Alex set up some empty cans as targets. He demonstrated with amazing precision how to attack with the whip. He could make the whip bite a can in half with one move of his arm, and then have the whip wrap around you harmlessly with amazing ease. Once again, Harry troutrouble getting a hang of things but he slowly began to understand how to control the whip.

“That’s not bad for a days work” Alex said as he gave Harry a quick kiss on the lips.

“I hope you tend to reward me for my hard work like that more often” Harry declared coyly.

“We’ll see Zane” Alex winked.

Alex pulled out a pair of sneakers and a white t-shirt from his large duffel bag and put in the whips and swords. Together they walked to gym where they began to work out furiously. Harry ran bunch of miles on the treadmill and then did a bunch of exercises with Alex, after that they did some weight lifting. Needless to say, by the time it was over Harry was sore all over.

Harry took off all of his clothes and wrapped a towel around his waist and went into the sauna while Alex finished another mile on the treadmill. Once again Harry and Alex had been the only guys at the gym so they had the run of the place. Harry sat alone in the sauna, letting the heat relax his tense muscles. His shoulders were still tense and he tried to rub them to get the tension out. Through the steam Alex appeared suddenly, wearing only a towel.

“Muscles giving you trouble?” Alex asked.

“Yeah, my shoulders” Harry replied.

Alex sat downright behind Harry and began to message his shoulders and back. The pain started to ebb away slowly, replaced by a sweet pleasure. Alex began to kiss Harry’s neck and playfully bite his ears. Haroaneoaned as Alex’s tender yet strong hands quickly covered his torso and began to move lower. It got to the point where Harry dt knt know if the steam in the room was being made by the heat of the room or from them. Alex then reached lower underneath Harry’s towel and gently began to message his penis, making Harry moan louder.

“Want me to keep going?” Alex asked playfully.

“Please” Harry replied, not wanting it to end.

Alex continued to bite and kiss Harry’s neck while he worked Harry’s organ. He gently wrapped his fingers around the shaft then twisted upwards. Repeating the motion faster and faster, Alex could feel the waves of pleasure coursing through Harry. With his other hand he cupped Harry’s testicles and began to roll them in his fingers as he continued with his other hand. The pleasure was making Harry lose his sense, as all he could feel was Alex’s body tightly pressed against his own.

Finally, when Harry could hbackback no longer, he exploded in Alex’s hands. Harry rested his head in the nook of Alex’s neck and shoulder. Both happy and at ease with the other. Alex used Harry’s towel to wipe his hands off along with Harry’s privates. Tossing it aside he looked at Harry’s body before he meet Harry’s gaze.

“You’re beautiful Zane” Alex finally said as he kissed Harry gently.

“So are you Alex, so are you” Harry replied, still out of breath.