Sunday, May 28, 2006
CHAPTER 9 - Hogwarts' Eve
A/N: Hello there again. I have decided. I will put this story up at fanfiction.net and see how it goes. I will continue to update here, but will not be often. Well, enjoy now. See ya @ the bottom.
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"Hello, Headmaster," greeted Alfirin.
"Hello, Ms Alfirin."
Alfirin sat in front of Albus Dumbledore's table in his office.
"Lemon drops?" asked Dumbledore, offering Alfirin a box of sweets. "It is a muggle sweet which I find it taste really nice."
"No thank you, Headmaster."
"I see why you have come," stated Dumbledore with a twinkle in his eyes. "I suppose you want to know which subject you will be teaching?"
"You know that I wanted a job in Hogwarts?" asked Alfirin surprised.
"Yes, of course I know," smiled Dumbledore, his eyes twinkled more brightly.
"H-How did you know, Sir?"
"Well, It seemed to me that the Valar did arranged everything for you nicely."
"You know Valar?" asked Alfirin surprised.
"If you mean the name Valar, yes. The Valar you know in your world, is known as Merlin in our world."
"Oh, h-how do you know who I am?" gasped Alfirin.
"Ah, I know a lot more than you think I do, Lady Alfirin," smiled Dumbledore. "Back to the question you wanted to know. You will be teaching Ancient Runes, as the ex-professor quit suddenly for some unknown reasons. This subject which I daresay is your strongest subject?" mused Dumbledore.
"Well, I guess so," said Alfirin shyly.
"Right, I suppose you would like to retreat to your room to prepare your lessons? The school term will be starting in a couple of days though," said Dumbledore, and with a click of his fingers, Dobby appeared and lead Alfirin to her room.
"Ms Alfirin, take a rest first and Dobby will come later to fetch Ms Alrifin to dinner," said Dobby.
"It is all right Dobby, is it? I can make my way to the Great Hall later," smiled Alfirin.
"You know the way?"
"Yes, I know the way. Don't worry."
After Dobby left the room, Alfirin looked around taking in the surrounding. The room was adorned in a theme of burgundy that gave off a sense of style and elegance. The floor was carpeted in a lighter shade of burgundy, while the walls were painted gold and trimmed with light yellow. In the main room, a small sofa and two chairs were neatly placed beside a roaring fireplace, with a small footrest and table nearby. On the the right wall, a huge bookshelf was piled high with volumes and volumes of dusty and decaying books. On the left wall, was a huge bay window that led to an exquisite view of the edge of the lake and of the edge of the forest. Past the window, lay a small hall, containing three wooden doors, which Alfirin presumed it were her bedroom, a bathroom and a spare room.
Alfirin's trunk was sent to the room earlier and it was sitting in her bedroom floor waiting for her to unpack. After unpacking, Alfirin decided to take a bath and changed into fresh clothes before turning up for dinner. Dumbledore had decideded to introduce Alfirin to the rest of the professors during dinner. 'I wonder how Harry is right now?' Alfirin whispered to herself. 'I hope he's doing all right.' Alfirin's mind wandered back to when she had to leave for Hogwarts to meet Dumbledore.
*Flashback*
"Now Harry, I really wish I wouldn't leave you, but I have no choice. This trip is really important to me, to you, to us," said Alfirin softly.
"B-But, I really hope you wouldn't leave my side. Please Alfirin, please stay," pleaded Harry.
"Harry dear, I got to. This meeting with Dumbledore not only secures my place at Hogwarts, but also helps me to protect you in future. You see, if I don't go, I will not get the job. If I don't get the job, I can not stay by your side to protect. You get the idea?"
"B-But I will miss you," sobbed Harry.
"Now Harry, when have you become a weakling clinging onto Alfirin?" said Remus, who just appeared on top of the stairs in their room, amusingly.
"I-I," stammered Harry.
"Come on Harry, Alfirin is only leaving you for a couple of days. You will still see her when you go back to Hogwarts on the start of the school term," said Remus as-a-matter-of-factly.
"Yes, Remus is right, Harry. If anything should happen to you, Remus and Sirius are always around. They will protect you," said Alfirin.
"All right," Harry said finally, but reluctantly.
"I will see you at the start of term feast, Harry," smiled Alfirin, kissing Harry on his forehead.
With that, Alfirin casted an incatation and with a flash of light, she was gone.
*End Flashback*
"Professor Alfirin, Professor Alfirin?"
Startled, Alfirin shot her mind back from wandering, Alfirin looked around to find who called her, only to found Professor Mcgonagall looking at her with a worried look on her face.
"Professor Alfirin, are you all right?"
"Wha-," stammered Alfirin, "Oh yes, I am fine."
"What are you thinking about, may I ask?" asked Mcgonagall. "It is all right if you don't wish to tell."
"Oh, I was just thinking of my family. My brother actually. We were really close to each other. He did not want me to come here actually, but my father managed to persuade him," said Alfirin softly.
"I see," whispered Mcgonagall. Suddenly, Dumbledore's voice rang through the Hall.
"Let's give a toast to welcome our new Professor, Professor Alfirin," said Dumbledore.
Everyone brought their cup up as a recognition, and drank from the cup kindly, everyone except Snape. Somehow, he was still not convinced Alfirin was old enough to teach the students. He disliked her the moment he saw her at the Great Hall. Reluctantly, he held up his cup and took a sip from it as a respect for Dumbledore.
Dinner went well into the night, and it was almost two in the morning when Alfirin went back to her room. When she went in, she saw something was glowing on her table. She walked towards it to take a look, and she found the necklace that Lord Elrond gave her just before she came to Earth with Harry was glowing. As she move her hand forward to touch it, the glow went bright red; and as soon as it came, the red glow disappeared. A letter was lying on top of the necklace after the red glow went off. Alfirin took up the letter and read. It was written in elvish.
Dear Alfirin,
I hope everything went well for you and Harry. I am glad that you were given a post to teach Ancient Runes. I came to know that it is a subject contains various languages that is used here in Middle Earth. I am sure that you will be able to do a fine job.
When everything is settled down, I hope you would come back to Rivendell as I have something to let you know, which is inappropriate to put down in a letter, in case it went to the wrong hands.
I guess I will not see you til then. Take good care of yourself. And Harry too.
Adar
'What is so important that Adar wants to tell me?' thought Alfirin. Putting the letter aside, Alfirin decided that she will go back tomorrow as she has the time. With that, Alfirin changed into pyjamas and crawled into her bed and dozed off.
Alfirin woke up to a sunny morning. As she got off her bed to wash up, a snowy owl flew into the room and sat on the table with a letter in it's beak.
"Quel Amrun, Hedwig," smiled Alfirin. walking over to Hedwig and took the letter from her beak.
Hewig hooted as though replying Alfirin's greetings. Alfirin opened the letter and found it was written by Harry. Harry had said that he could not wait until tomorrow when he could go back to Hogwarts where all his friends were and where Alfirin would be too. Alfirin smiled at the letter and turned to Hedwig to ask her to wait while she reply the letter.
After Hedwig left with the letter, Alfirin went into the bathroom to wash up and changed into fresh clothes before heading down to the Great Hall for breakfast.
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"Hedwig!" said Harry excitedly, and pulled the letter out from her beak.
"Letter from Alfirin?" asked Harry, which Hedwig hooted, an indication of yes.
Harry quickly opened the letter and read. It read that Alfirin was well settled in Hogwarts and got along with most teachers, except, Snape, which Harry scrowled. It also read that she too couldn't wait to the start of term where she could meet Harry again, which Harry could not help but felt glad. Alfirin also wrote a quick note telling Harry that she would need to go back to Rivendell as Lord Elrond had something important to tell her. As soon as Harry read that, he couldn't help but felt nervous. 'What was it that Adar wanted to tell Alfirin? What was it so important?' Harry thought. Throughtout that day, Harry could not help thinking of that question. Unfortunately on that very day, Hermione wanted to bring Ron and Ginny to London for a walk and they pulled Harry along.
"Don't go too far off Leaky Cauldron children," warned Mrs Weasley.
"We better go now, as not to let Fred and George find out. Bye Mrs Weasley," said Hermione.
"Bye Mom," said Ron and Ginny simultanously.
"Bye, Mrs Weasley," said Harry absentmindedly.
During the trip, Ron and Ginny were awed by the sight of London, as they were visiting for the first time.
They did sightseeing mostly as neither Ron nor Ginny had any muggles money. Hermione and Harry had to spend some time explaining to Ron and Ginny what some things are and how they used it. In the end, both Hermione and Harry were exahusted from explaining and everyone agreed to walk back to Leaky Cauldron.
During dinner, everyone were very excited as tomorrow comes, will be their start of new term at Hogwarts. Everyone were chatting excitedly about how their school term would be. Fred and George were planning on how to get students to try out their new inventions, Ron was complaining how stress he would be with all those school works, Hermione was looking forward on the lessons, and Harry couldn't wait for tomorrow to come as he wanted to go to Hogwarts now to see Alfirin.
"Children, you better go get sleep now. Tomorrow you will be going back to Hogwarts," said Mrs Weasley.
"Yeah, you get a good sleep. For tomorrow comes you will be too excited to sleep," joked Bill, turning to Charlie smirking.
"Hey, both of you have a secret to hide. Speak, what is it?" said Ron.
"Nah, can't tell you. Or else there'll be no fun anymore," laughed Charlie.
"Oh Ron, you know them. No matter how you pleaded them, their mouths were tightly sealed. You can't get any word from them," said Fred lazily. Turning to George, "George, you tired? I am though. Let's go back upstairs."
Fred and George walked towards the stairs after saying goodnights to Mrs Weasley. Followed by Hermione and Ginny. Bill and Charlie went up next and then Harry, Ron and Remus went up together. After Ron left for his room on the second floor, Remus walked Harry to his room.
"Goodnight Harry, have a good sleep," said Remus.
"Goodnight Remus."
Harry went up to his room and changed into his pyjamas and flopped down to his bed and dozed off almost immediately.
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A/N: Ah, a cliffie. How is it? I know this chapter is a bit boring, however it felt right to add it in. Don't worry, everything will come to light in the next few chapters.
Quel Amrun - Good morning
written by Kuraire Claire-`
Monday, May 15, 2006
CHAPTER 8 - Confrontations
A/N: Sorry, it's been so long since I updated. Actaully I was struggling about if I were to put my story up in fanfiction.net for everyone to read. You know, it's quite scary to know that your story goes out to so many people. Anyway, I'm still struggling. But if, only IF, I were to put it up to that site, I don't think I'll continue to put it here though. Anyway, enjoy this chapter.
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"Welcome back, Alfirin," said Lord Elrond without looking up, as Hannah stepped inside the study room.
"Adar," cried Hannah, running towards Lord Elrond, giving him a bear hug.
"Alfirin, iell nin," whispered Lord Elrond as he hugged back.
When they finally broke off, Hannah said, "I miss you, Adar."
After a teary meeting, Lord Elrond and Hannah finally sat down for serious business.
"Adar, had the Valar decided how will I get into Hogwarts?" asked Hannah.
"Yes, the Valar had actually. You are to go into Hogwarts as a Professor."
"A Professor? What subject do I teach? I don't know much."
"That I am not sure, iell nin. You will know when you get to the school. Come, let's go to the Main Hall. You must eat before you go back."
Soon, Lord Elrond and Hannah were walking down the corridor chatting happily. The distance between the study room and the Main Hall seemed to have shrunk, as in reality, it was a long walk to the Main Hall.
Not long after they arrived at the Main Hall, Elladan and Elrohir came walking in, along with Glorfindel.
"Alfirin! How come you are here?" asked Elladan, surprised.
"Well, I have something to discuss with Adar, so I came back. I'm going back after dinner."
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"Guys, I need to go to the Gringotts first. I'm running short of cash now," said Harry as they entered Diagon Alley.
"Right, first stop, Gringotts," reported Ron, as they started to walk towards the bank.
"Looks like we will separate from here. Ginny, Fred, George and I will go ahead first," said Mrs Weasley. "Remus, you will go with Harry?"
"Yes sure."
"I'm staying with you, Harry," said Ron and Hermione together.
"We'll meet here again in two hours time then," said Mrs Weasley cheerfully.
After Harry had withdrawn some Galleons from his vault, they started towards Flourish and Blotts to purchase their books.
"I can't believe we have so many books this year," groaned Ron, carrying a fairly large stack of books.
"Oh Ron, stop complaining. We have to start our preparation for our OWL this year. So we have to have so many books," stated Hermione.
After they came out of Flourish and Blotts, they went to Apothecary to purchase their potions ingredients required for the year and Stationers to buy ink and parchments.
"Is there anything else that we need?" asked Ron carrying several heavy parcels and bags.
"I think we've got all we need, Ron." replied Hermione checking her own stocks.
"Would you guys like to go to Florean Fortescue's Ice-Cream Parlour for some ice-cream?" asked Harry. "I needed a break though. All these stuffs makes me a bit tired." Though Harry knew very well that he was not tired at all, but said it as not to get them suspicious especially Remus.
"Sure Harry, let's go. I'm quite tired as well," replied Hermione.
The four of them sat at the parlour for a while, when they noticed Fred and George walked past with a smile on their faces.
"Guys, what are you so happy about? Where's Mrs Wealsey and Ginny?" asked Hermione stopping them.
"Oh, hi guys. Didn't know you are here. Just went to Gambol and Japes. Found quite a bit of precious in there, ain't it George?" said Fred smirking, which caused Hermione to roll her eyes.
"Yeah. Precious stuffs, Fred," replied George with a smirk on his face as well.
"Got to go back. We sneak away from Mum to get to there," said Fred. "See you guys later."
With that, Fred and George jogged off. "I can't believe them. Always trying to play a prank on others," said Hermione annoyed.
"Come on you three. It about time to go back," said Remus suddenly.
All the time while they are in Diagon Alley, Remus had been silently walking behind the three of them observing Harry.
'There is definately something different with Harry. Where had he been? What had made him so different?' Remus thought. Every now and then, Harry would look back at Remus. 'He knows I'm looking.' Remus thought.
When Harry said he was tired and wanted a rest, Remus knew that was not true. He had been watching Harry and he had not shown signs that he was tired, unlike Ron, who had been fidgeting with his parcels of items, and Hermione, who kept stopping to shift her parcels. All the while, Harry had been carrying all his parcels as if they are like feathers. When they stood up from the seats at the ice-cream parlour, Ron and Hermione had to struggle with their parcels, but Harry had picked up his own as if they did not had any weight.
"Come let me help you. I suppose I can cast a Featherweight Charm on your parcels to make it lighter," said Remus amused.
"You should've done that earlier!" said Ron.
"I'm all right with it, don't worry about me," commented Harry walking off.
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"Remus, nothing happened to you all, did you?" asked Mrs Weasley when she saw the look on Remus face as they met up with one another at the entrance to Leaky Cauldron.
"What? Oh no. Nothing happened. Nothing to you as well, I believe?"
"No, nothing."
"I'll go back up to my room to put my things first. Meet you down here in five minutes," said Harry, hobbling up the stairs.
Everyone stared at Harry as he hobbled up the stairs.
"How can he do that with all this weight?" asked Ron puzzled.
"I don't know about you guys, but somehow I do feel he's a bit different after he came back from that place," said Ginny.
"How I wish I can floo back home to put down my things and come back here. These are really bulky," groaned Ron.
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"Alfirin, I'm back!" shouted Harry as he opened the door.
Silence.
Harry climbed up the remaining stairs to his room, and what he found was an empty room. He then smacked himself sliently as he remembered that Alfirin told him she will be back after dinner. Suddenly, Harry realised that he missed Alfirin. He enjoyed Alfirin's company. They had a lot of things to talk about. The first couple of weeks when he was back in Rivendell, when Elladan and Elrohir played a prank on him, Alfirin would shield him from the two. Slowly, naturally, he would automatically went to Alfirin if something happened.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Harry scrambled down to open it, and he found Ron standing in front of him.
"Are you all right, Harry?" asked Ron.
"Yeah, why?" asked Harry puzzled.
"We're all waiting for you downstairs for the past ten minutes. We thought something might happened to you, so I came up and check if you are all right," explained Ron.
"Oh, sorry. Just, er, just stomachache. I'm all right now, let's go," lied Harry.
As Harry and Ron reached the table, Mrs Weasley asked Harry if he was all right. They had an enjoyable dinner. Remus realised that Harry had helped himself to a few serving of salad and no meat. He even avoided his favourite food, sherperd's pie.
After a couple of hours of dining and chatting, everyone began to fill out. The Weasleys and Hermione stayed at Leaky Cauldron for the night, curtosy of Harry, as they were too tired to floo home.
"Goodnight Harry. We'll see you tomorrow," said Hermione.
"Yeah, g-goodnight H-Harry," said Ron, yawning.
"Goodnight," replied Harry smiling. Turning to Remus, "goodnight, Remus."
"Night, Harry."
Harry turned towards his room, what he did not notice was that Remus instead of returning to his room, he followed Harry. As Harry opened the door to his room, Remus grabbed Harry's shirt, shoved him up the stairs to his room and closed the door.
"What? Remus, let go of me!" yelled Harry struggling.
"Where have you been, Harry? Tell me everything," demanded Remus.
"What do you mean by this?" yelled Harry.
"I knew you had changed, Harry. Ever since you came back, I knew you were a different person. Now, I-"
"Harry, I-"
Both Harry and Remus turned towards the voice and Alfirin stood between the beds eye-wide, jaw dropped to the floor starring at Remus. Remus took out his wand and move cautiously towards Alfirin, eyes fixed on her.
"H-Hannah? No, Hannah's dead. You can't be Hannah. Who are you? Why are you disguising as Hannah? Speak now!" demanded Remus, aiming his wand at Alfirin.
"I-I, ugh-"
"NO!" yelled Harry, running to stand in front of Alfirin, blocking her from Remus.
"Ion nin, it is all right," whispered Alfirin. "Do you mind if you go get Sirius?"
"B-But, he'll-"
"Don't worry, I'm sure he will not do anything to me," said Alfirin, smiling. "Go now and be quick, if he decided to change his mind."
"Please don't hurt her, Remus. I'm going to get Sirius now. She means no harm," pleaded Harry, running towards the stairs.
"Why get Sirius? H-Harry, get back here!" shouted Remus.
"How do you know Sirius?" questioned Remus, turning back to Alfirin.
Alfirin said nothing just smiled.
"Speak now!"
Bang!
Remus turned around sharply and found Harry running up the stairs with a large black dog.
"Remus, my friend, stop," panted Sirius, as he transform back in to human form, stopping in front of Remus. "She means no harm."
Harry ran over to Alfirin and ask if Remus did anything to her, Alfirin shook her head and smiled at Harry. Alfirin looked over to Sirius and tried to smile. Tears were dwelling in her eyes.
"Come here," said Sirius softly, stretching out his hands. "Let me take a good look at you."
Alfirin walked over to Sirius slowly as tears were flowing down her cheeks. She flopped into Sirius arms and cried. By their side, Remus stood there eye-wide, jaws dropped to the floor.
"W-What's g-going on?" asked Remus.
"Remus, my friend, don't you recognise her?" asked Sirius looking at Remus, holding Alfirin at arms length.
Remus looked over to Alfirin, who was wiping off her tears with her hands, then to Harry and back to Sirius, then back to Alfirin again.
"No, this can't be true. She's dead with Lily and James! This must be a Death Eater who drank the Polyjuice to become her," said Remus, shooking his head.
"The main ingredient of a Polyjuice is that person's hair. Where do you get the hair when she's dead years ago?" asked Alfirin slowly. "Remus, it's me."
"Also, she would be still in a toddler form if she drank the Polyjuice. Polyjuice is to become the person's image, not the grown up form," said Sirius, in a as-a-matter-of-factly tone.
Remus took a step back and looked over to Sirius for confirmation, who nodded. Just then, Alfirin took a step forward towards Remus.
"H-Han-nah?" stammered Remus.
"Yes," replied Alfirin, who nodded and smiled. "Yes, it's me. Godda."
Remus was stunned. "It really is you," he said finally, smiling. "Come here."
Alfirin went over to Remus and hugged him. "Godda, I missed you."
"Godda? What is godda?" asked Harry puzzled.
Sirius walked over to Harry and smiled. "Godda means Godfather. It's the word they shared."
"Huh? You mean Remus is Alfirin's godfather? No way," said Harry shocked.
"Yes way, Harry. Like you and I."
"What happened to you? I mean I, everyone, thought you were dead, with Lily and James. How come you are alive?" asked Remus.
"Come sit down, my friend. I think Hannah had many things to tell you," said Sirius.
They went over to the bed and sat down. Alfirin then told Remus everything about elves, and she, Harry and James are all elves. And she told him why James had to come to this world, and why Sirius couldn't tell him even though he knew.
After telling the truth, Alfirin let Remus sank in everything before she made him promised that from then onwards, he was to call her Alfirin and not Hannah; and not to reveal a word of the truth to anyone.
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A/N: Well, I edited some of the parts before I posted up as my original plot does not goes with Chapter 7. Well, how is it? Plse R&R. Thanks.
written by Kuraire Claire-`
Thursday, April 20, 2006
CHAPTER 7 - Back to Earth
A/N: How the last chapter? hmmm, i was wondering if anyone actually read this. Anyway, for those who did read this, enjoy Chap 7.
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Soon, it was time for Harry to leave Rivendell and go back to Hogwarts. It left one earth week before school reopened, and Harry had to go back to get his things ready. Harry was in his room trying to pack his things into his trunk. After what seemed like two hours, he still have not pack yet. In the end, an elfmaid had to pack his trunk for him.
'The sun had almost set, it is time to leave.' Harry thought. He was dressed in a blue sweater and a pair of faded jeans. As he walked towards the garden, Harry then realised who was going with him to Earth. He couldn't help but smiled at this, for he was really, really close to this person.
"Elithron, take good care of yourself. Don't go looking for danger," said Lord Elrond.
"I don't, Adar. I don't go looking for danger, danger come looking for me," said Harry.
"Alfirin, take good care of your brother. Don't let him put himself in danger," said Lord Elrond, turning to Alfirin.
"Yes, Adar."
With that, Harry and Alfirin walked towards the gates with Lord Elrond, Elladan, Elrohir and Glorfindel.
"Glad you are with me, muinthel nin," whispered Harry.
"Elithron, do remember to practice your sword fighting and arrow shooting," said Glorfindel. "I am going to test you when you come back."
Harry nodded and gave Glorfindel a hug. Next he turned towards Lord Elrond, Elladan and Elrohir, giving them each a hug and said goodbyes. Alfirin, being very close to Lord Elrond, hugged him for what seemed like 5 minutes.
Lord Elrond said an incantation, and with a flash of light, Harry and Alfirin were gone.
'Just where I wanted to land.' Harry thought. Both he and Alfirin had landed at the two blocks down where Leaky Cauldron was. It was almost midnight when they got there, the streets were empty and dark, so they were not afraid of being discovered by the muggles.
Harry had sent Hedwig earlier on to let Tom the innkeeper knew that he needed two rooms until the first of September; at the same time, he sent words to Ron and Hermione to let them know he will be there.
Both Harry and Alfirin started walking down the streets toward Leaky Cauldron. As Harry started to move, he stumbled and fell flat to the floor.
"Oh Eli-, Harry, are you all right?" said Alfirin, holding out a hand to help Harry up.
"Tancave, Alfirin, Im naer. It just that I used to such fluency of elf movements, I can't adjust in a moment."
"Ugh, Harry, I think you shouldn't use Elvish language here anymore. You will expose the secrecy of the elves and yourself."
"Oh, sorry," said Harry, as he regain his footing. "Wait, what about our ears?"
Touching her ears, Alfirin casted an incantation and her pointed ears were gone, replaced with a normal-looking rounded ears. Turning to Harry, she casted the same incantation and Harry's pointed ears were replaced with the rounded ones too.
"There you go," said Alfirin, admiring her work with satisfaction.
"Hannon Le, Alfirin," said Harry.
"Sorry, Thanks, Alfirin," he continued, noticing a look from Alfirin.
When they reached Leaky Caundron, Harry opened the door and smoke emerged from within choked them. Coughing they entered the inn. Few tables were occupied, as they walked towards the bar. Tom the innkeeper appeared from behind the bar and addressed Harry.
"Ah, Harry Potter. You're here. Want your rooms? I'm afraid there's only one left. You're late in booking. All the rooms were occupied."
"Ugh-"
"It is all right. As long as you provide us with one more bed in that room, we will be all right," stated Alfirin.
"That will not be a problem. Come with me," said Tom the innkeeper, as they started to walk upstairs to their room.
They climbed up to the second floor and turned left toward the very end wall. As the reached the end of the corridor, they saw a room with the number 20 on it.
"This is your room, Harry Potter. It's an attic room, nonetheless comfortable though," announced Tom, as he slid the key into the slot.
Harry shot Tom a puzzled look, but he did not see it. 'Attic room? Ain't attic room supposed to be another floor up?' thought Harry.
The key slid into the slot perfectly, and it opened up to another flight of stairs, Tom climbed up the stairs beckoned them to follow. Harry gave a soft groan as he had to drag his trunk up yet another flight of stairs.
On the top of the stairs, what Harry saw was a fairly spacious room with several lanterns lit up. He was standing on the edge of the stairs which was on the far right of the room. On the middle of the room, a single bed stood by the wall. On the far left, stood a wardrobe and a few cupboards, beside it was a bathroom. On the ceiling at the highest point in the middle, a few rafters were hanged, though Harry thought those were not as fancy as the ones in Rivendell.
Just then, Tom the innkeeper stood in the middle of the room and took out his wand to move the bed slightly to the right, which leaves a space where he used his wand to conjour another single bed. He then turned towards the left, and conjoured another wardrobe for Alfirin.
"Thank you, Tom," said Alfirin.
"You're welcome miss. Let me know if there is anything else you need," replied Tom, as he started to move towards the stairs.
As soon as Tom had left the room, Harry jumped onto the newly conjoured bed and lay down.
"Alfirin, you'll take t-that bed, while I'll t-take this," said Harry, yawning.
"You are tired. Get some sleep, for you will have a busy day tomorrow," said Alfirin. "Goodnight, Harry."
"Go-odn-night, Al-fi-rin," yawned Harry.
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"Harry, it is time to wake up," said Hannah, shaking Harry.
"Please, five more minutes."
"No, Harry. You said five more minutes twenty minutes ago. And had said that for the past twenty minutes. No more five minutes. WAKE UP NOW!"
"All right, all right. I'm awake."
Harry sat up on his bed, putting his glasses on the brige of his nose and stood up to walk towards the bathroom.
"Good, go wash up. By the way, you have a letter. Hedwig brought it here this morning. It is on the cupboard."
After Harry had washed up and changed into fresh clothes, Harry took the letter and began to read.
Dear Harry,
Are you there yet? Well, i'd like to go stay with you for the rest of the summer, but mom won't allow it as you know, we don't have extra money.
But, I'll meet you later at 11am so we can go to Diagon Alley and get some of our stuffs first. Be ready by then.
Oh by the way, Remus and his pet dog are over there. They're in Room 17 if I am not wrong. Do look them up, they're so worried about you.
Ron
Just as Harry finished reading the letter, as if on cue, screams could be heard on the corridor.
"Mom! Fred and George played a prank on me yet again!"
"Fred, George, stop your pranking now!"
"HA! HA! Ron, you look cute like this!"
"Stop it Ginny! Don't laugh at me! Stop Hermione! Mom!"
"I'm sorry, Ronald. But you do look funny like this. I can't help it."
"All right, stop it. Oh look, you've disturbed the person in that room."
As Harry opened the door and peeped out, the noise stopped. Suddenly a scream could be heard.
"HARRY!" cried Ginny and Hermione together, rushing forward to hug him.
"Er, guys, guys, I can't breathe," gasped Harry. As Ginny and Hermione let Harry go, he turned to the rest of the company on the corridor, "Hello, Mrs Weasley. Hello, Fred, George, Ron."
"Harry dear, I'm glad that you are all right," said Mrs Weasley smiling.
"Where have you been? You know, we were searching pratically the whole of England for you," said Ron. "And you missed the Quidditch World Cup. How could you?"
"Sirius said you will be all right. He also said that he knew where were you, but he couldn't tell," commented Hermione.
"Ugh, sorry to have you all worried about me," said Harry shyly. Putting his hand on his stomach, "Have you guys had your breakfast? I haven't though."
"Although we already had one, but we don't mind to accompany you," said Hermione, the rest nodding in agreement.
"Right, you guys go ahead first, I'll be right there in a minute," said Harry, running back up the stairs.
"Alfirin, come on, let's go down for breakfast."
"Sorry Harry, I don't think I'm coming along. You go on ahead," said Alfirin.
"Why? I know you longed to see Sirius. He's here."
"Yes, but I'm dead, remember? I'm dead to everyone here. I can't appear in front of everyone just like that. People will think I'm crazy."
"B-But-"
"No buts, Harry. Go on, don't let them wait too long. Oh, remember to get something for me to eat."
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As Harry ran down the stairs, Fred, George, Ron, Ginny, Hermione and Remus were gathered at a table. As Harry joined them at the table, Remus could sense that something was different from Harry.
"Hello Harry," said Remus.
"Hi Professor Lupin," replied Harry.
"Please, I'm not your Professor anymore. Just call me Remus."
"Right, Pro...Re...how about I call you Moony? I can't possible call you by your name, it seems so weird and rude."
"All right, whatever you wish, Harry," laughed Remus.
Everyone at the table were bombarding Harry with tons of questions, and telling Harry everything about the World Cup; well except for one. Remus sat there quietly the whole time staring at Harry.
Harry could sense that someone was staring at him. Back in Rivendell, Glorfindel had taught him how to use his elven senses, especially how to know someone was staring at him. Harry thought he knew who, but when he turned to look at Remus, he would pretend to be eating his breakfast.
After Harry had finished his breakfast, he went towards the bar to get a takeaway.
"Who is that for?" asked Ron.
"Oh no one. That is, ugh, for me," stammered Harry, wishing that they accept his reply. "I'll see you guys later to go to Diagon Alley."
With that, Harry ran up the stairs to his room. He did not even pant when he reached his room.
"Here, Alfirin. Your breakfast. I'll be going to Diagon Alley to get my books and stuffs for school. What will you be doing? By the way, Remus was at breakfast just now. He kept staring at me during breakfast."
"R-Remus? Oh no. His animal sense. I forgot. Harry, you'll have to be careful around him. I'm making a trip back to Rivendell. I'll be back after dinner. So don't worry about me."
"You're going back to Rivendell? What for?"
"Something."
Harry tried to get Alfirin to tell why she is going back to Rivendell, but there was no way Alfirin would tell. Reluctantly, Harry went to meet his friends to go to Diagon Alley. After Harry was gone, Alfirin casted an incantation and with a flash of light, she was gone.
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A/N: Well, I edited a bit on this before i posted it up. Hope it does not seem to weird.
muinthel nin - my sister
Tancave - yes
Im naer - i'm sorry
written by Kuraire Claire-`
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
CHAPTER 6 - Hermione's true identity
A/N: Sorry for the late update. Here's goes Chapter 6.
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"Thank you, Mrs Weasley. For allowing me to stay here for so long," said Hermione.
"No problem dear. You're always welcome to stay here as long as you want," smiled Mrs Weasley.
"Well, Ron, Ginny, I'll see you both in one month time then," said Hermione, turning to Ron and Ginny. "And hopefully Harry too."
"Yeah, bye. Til then," replied Ron and Ginny together, each giving Hermione a hug.
With that, Hermione stepped into the firework with the floo powder and vanished.
Back in Hermione's house, some people were having a meeting with her parents and in the meantime, waiting for Hermione.
Poof!
The fire in the fireplace suddenly turns green, and Hermonie walks out.
"Mom, Dad, I'm home!" cried Hermione.
"We're just here, darling. There's no need to shout so loud," replied Hermonie's mother.
Upon seeing her parents, she ran forward to hug them. After they finally finish hugging, Hermonie then realise there were some people who she does not recognise were in the room with them.
"I'm so sorry. I did not know there were guests here," gasped Hermione. "Oh, what have I done? I'd let loose the secret of the wizarding world."
"It doesn't matter honey. They are looking for you anyway," said Hermione's father. "Let me introduce. This is Galion. He is an elf."
"Dear, I think it is time we tell our darling here the truth," said Hermione's mother. Turning to Hermione, "Darling, if you may sit down, we have something to tell you."
As all of them sat down, Hermione's father began telling her everything. The truth of their identity, where they were originally from.
"S...o, I'm act-ually a-an elf, and b-both of y-you are as well. They too are elves" said Hermione, slowly.
"Yes, darling. We all are. You see, at that time, your mother and I just got married, and suddenly the dark lord there, Sauron, threatened our lives. He sent Orcs to Mirkwood to tried to kill us all and destroy our place. My father had no choice but to send us to this world to save us. At that time,your mother was pregnant with you. So we have to leave to protect you as well."
"Why don't you let me know earlier? Why do you have to let me know now?" argued Hermione.
"Darling, we wanted to let you know. But Valar pervented us from telling you. Even if you know the truth earlier, you couldn't go back until you are 14 years old. You see, Valar had casted a spell that prevent you from going back until you are of age," said Hermione's father, almost shouting.
"Dear, please don't shout at our daughter," whispered Hermione's mother.
"Saeonna, Meldamiriel, I think it is time we move on. King Thranduil is waiting," said Galion suddenly.
"Yes, I think we should. Hermione, come on," said Hermione's father, Saeonna.
They started to move towards a door below the staircase. Saeonna realise that Hermione did not move with them, he went back to the living room and grab her arm and pulled her towards the door. Hermione tried to protest, but unavail. Her father's grip was too tight.
"Ouch! Dad, you're hurting me! Let go! I can walk myself!" cried Hermione.
Reaching the door, Saeonna loosen his grip and stood before the door turning to the rest of the company. "Right, Galion you go in first. Followed by Meldamiriel and Hermione," instructed Saeonna.
Opening the door, rows of books stood by the wall opposite the door. Galion walked in and turned right and continued walking. Followed my Meldamiriel and Hermione. Finally Saeonna and the elf who came with Galion.
"Mom, this is ridiculous. We are going to hit our heads if we walk on. We are walking towards the ends of the staircase," stated Hermione as-a-matter-of-factly.
Meldamiriel did not say anything, she just smiled as Hermione. It was pitch black as the lights from outside could not shine in. They continued walking for a few minutes until they reached a door, without hitting their heads.
"Hermione, welcome to Mirkwood," informed Galion.
As Galion opened the door, lights flooded into the room. One by one, they walked out into the woods of Mirkwood.
"Come, follow me," said Galion, as he led them through the woods, finally stopping in front of a huge tree.
Galion held out a hand and said a incantation. Suddenly a flight of glittering staircase can be seen appearing attached to the trunk. Galion urged all ofthem to follow as he climb up the stairs.
All this time, Hermione was looking around trying to sink in the beauty of the forest. The grass and leaves were so green that it glows under the sunlight. The trees seemed to have a life on it own, they seemed to be talking to the company. And amazingly to Hermione, she could understand what the trees were talking about.
"Wow, I can't believe this place is so beautiful. They were not like the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts," exclaimed Hermione. "The trees seems to be talking to us, mom."
Meldamiriel just looked at her daughter and smiled. Just then, they had reached the top of the stairs. They stepped onto a landing where Galion asked them to wait while he went to fetch King Thranduil.
While they were waiting, Hermione couldn't help but walked around to see the surroundings. When she tried to look down, she realised that they were very high up that she could not even see the grounds. Realising that made her heart leaped for she had a fear of heights. Turning around, Hermione quickly walked back to where her parents stood.
Just as Hermione returned, King Thranduil walked out followed by an elf, who Hermione thought was a she elf, for that elf was very beautiful and the body set off a slight glow.
"My son, Saeonna. You had finally returned," said King Thranduil, as he walked toward his son and hug him.
"Yes, Adar, I had returned home," said Saeonna, returning the hug.
Turning to Meldamiriel, King Thranduil gave her a hug and a peck on the cheek, before he turned to Hermione. "Ah, this must be Amariel. Welcome to Mirkwood, my dear. Nice to meet you."
"Er, nice to meet you too, er..." said Hermione, turning to his father, not knowing what to address the King.
"You can call me Grandfather, for I AM your grandfather. Ha! Ha!" said King Thranduil, smiling.
"Nice to meet you, Grandfather," said Hermione shyly.
"Legolas. Nae saian luume'. Im gelir ceni ad lín," said Saeonna, walking forward to hug the elf who stood by the King's side.
"Im gelir ceni ad lín, Saeonna, my brother," replied Legolas.
"Hermione, let me introduce. This is Legolas, my brother, your uncle," said Saeonna. Turning to Legolas, "My precious daughter, Hermione, known to you all as Amariel."
Hermione stood there eyed-wide staring at Legolas, cannot believe it's a he elf. Legolas saw this and asked, "Is there something on my face?"
"Er, no, no there isn't," replied Hermione, blushing.
"Right then, you must be tired. Why not go off to take a rest, while the kitchen prepare dinner?" said King Thranduil.
"Adar, I will take them to their house," offered Legolas.
With that, they went off with Legolas to their house. They walked through a few landings and climbed a few short flights of stairs, and they finally came to a tree house. It is not like the place where they met the King. This treehouse was made purely of wood, with the roofs slanting down to 2 sides. There were small squared holes in the woods, which Hermione reckoned it to be windows. In front of them, stood a door, made of canes. Meldamiriel opened the door and inside stood two rooms. One for Hermione and one for her parents.
"Take a rest first. Someone will let you know when dinner is served," said Legolas.
Hermione went in and examined her room. There was a single bed stood by a wall opposite the door. A bathroom was to her right and a wardrobe beside it. She opened her wardrobe, and was shocked to find the wardrobe was full of clothes.
Hermione then decided to take a bath and change into fresh clothes. She went to her wardrobe and take out a dark red dress, lay it on the bed and she went in for a bath. When she finally came out of her bath, her mother was already calling for her to go for dinner.
They were led by an elf maid to the kitchen. The table were full of food, King Thranduil and Legolas were already sitting by the table when Hermione walked in.
Dinner was great. The family had spent all the time chatting and laughing, remidising the past. It was then decided that Hermione was to be trained in horse riding, sword fighting and archery. Horse riding and archery were to be taught by Legolas, as he's the only one who was the best at archery. Sword fighting was to be taught be Saeonna.
"Well, Amariel, i suppose you will not have any leisure time while you are here," joked King Thranduil.
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A/N: How is it? Hermione's an elf. I had quite a hard time writing this as I'm not sure how Mirkwood looks like. So I used my imagination and poof!.... It is somewhat similar to Lothlorien and they both are inside the woods.
Nae saian luume' - It has been too long
Im gelir ceni ad lín - I am happy to see you again
written by Kuraire Claire-`
Saturday, March 04, 2006
CHAPTER 5 - Battle of Rivendell
A/N: Hi there, here's Chapter 5. Enjoy.
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It has been 2 weeks since Harry arrived in Middle Earth. When he was told that he was an elf, both his father and sister were elves too, he couldn't believe it. But slowly, he accepted the fact and was glad that he actually had a family. Now, he was growing closer to Alfirin as time passes.
And it was Lord Elrond's decision that Harry took up riding and arrow shooting lessons with Glorfindel, sword fighting with Elladan and Elrohir; and Elvish language was taught by Alfirin. While History of Middle Earth was taught by Lord Elrond himself. It was his first lesson with Lord Elrond that Harry knew that one Earth year equals to four years in Middle Earth.
Slowly Harry's elven ability and appearace started to show. His hair was now slightly over his shoulders, his face had grown thinner with his jaw line showing, and his pointed ears had shown. He was beginning to feel lighter, his movements were more quick and fluent.
Every now and then, Lord Elrond would comment how he looked so much like his father, James. Elladan and Elrohir would add in that how James would look like them, dark drown hair that grow to the length of their elbow. Silvery eyes that sparkled with mischief whenever they had an idea of pranking and protuding jaw lines.
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Just as he was walking towards Lord Elrond's study room for his History of Middle Earth lessons, he was being bumped into by Elladan and Elrohir.
"Ha! Ha! Ha!" Elladan laughed. "Did you catch the look on his face?"
"Yeah! And it was classic! Ha! Ha! Ha!" laughed Elrohir, almost losing his footing. "Oh Elithron, s-sorry i bu-bumped into you. Are you all right?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Who did you played on this time?"
"Estel."
'Poor Estel. He got pranked by the twins yet again.' Harry thought. Harry had met Estel on the second day he arrived. After Harry heard the truth of his identity, he ran to the riverside and sat down crying. Estel came around trying to console Harry, but Harry shoved him away. But Estel's patience had moved Harry, and finally they let each other in on his own secrets.
As Harry got to know his family better, he was often found playing pranks with the twins. Often, Lord Elrond had to ban the twins from Harry, but none would heed his words.
"No, you did not! How come you didn't let me in on this one?" asked Harry,amused.
"Oh, we wanted to, but the thought of Ada when he found out that we, including you, did not obey him for once, he might get very angry," said Elladan.
The twins looked at each other, plasted a smirk on their faces and cried, "NOT!". And they bursted out laughing.
"We thought you might be having lessons. Don't you worry, we'll definately let you in on the next one. Ha! Ha! And it will be anytime soon," continued Elrohir, with a smirk on his face.
"Elithron?" shouted Lord Elrond, standing at the door a few doors down the corridor. "Come on now. You have much to cover today."
"Got to run. Catch you guys later."
With that, Harry jogged down towards Lord Elrond and they went in to have their lesson.
"Now Elithron, how long have you been in Middle Earth, ion nin?" asked Lord Elrond.
"Er...I-I'm not sure. Eight months?" replied Harry.
"Nearly, and it is almost time for you to go back to the wizard world. Though I am not sure if it is safe for you to go back on your own. The dark lord over there is rising, am I right?"
"Yes, Adar, but I will be fine."
"Before we knew you were alive, you were on your own. That we have no choice. Now, we were reunited, there is no way I will leave you on your own again."
"B-But Adar, I-I am fine really. I have friends that help me," argued Harry.
"Yes, but how will you call for our help when you are in trouble? At least if I appoint someone to go with you, he will call out to us for help," stated Lord Elrond as-a-matter-of-factly.
"B-But-"
"No more buts, Elithron. This matter is settled. Someone will go with you back to the wizarding world to protect you. Now, let us continue with the lesson."
Reluctantly, Harry went back to his History of Middle Earth lesson. Elsewhere, Estel was chasing Elladan and Elrohir for the prank they played on him.
"STOP RIGHT THERE, YOU PRANKERS!" shouted Estel.
"Should we stop, Elrohir? Seems like Estel have something for us," asked Elladan, loud enough for Estel to hear.
"Oh, maybe we should. Estel won't be able to catch up with us if we keep running at this speed," replied Elrohir loudly.
"Oh all right, we should slow down isn't it? But why do we keep running?"
Turning to Estel, Elladan shouted, "sorry Estel, we wanted to stop. But our legs won't listen to us! They keep running!"
This made Estel more angry. "WAIT TIL I GET THE BOTH OF YOU!"
They continued running and chasing until they are out into the woods, way out into the woods.
Suddenly, the twins stopped running. "Lasto Elrohir, do you hear anything?"
"Yes, yes, I've heard."
"AH HA! Finally I got you!" yelled Estel, grabbing Elrohir's arm.
"Estel, sedho! Lasto!" hissed Elrohir.
Estel stopped and heard what he is told to hear. Cries could be heard from a distant. The ground began to shake slightly. Thumping of footsteps could be heard. "What do you think it is, Elrohir?" whispered Estel.
"I'm not sure. Whatever it is, it's not good. And quite large too."
"Come on, let's go back," urged Elladan.
Just as they turned around, four orcs were standing in front of them. Reaching for their swords, they rushed forward to kill the orcs. As they were fighting, another group of orcs were nearing. Elrohir who had killed the orc he was fighting, heard the cries louder and louder. "Elladan!" he shouted, "There are more of them! We need help!"
"You are the faster runner, you will go get help. Estel and I will try to fight as many as possible," shouted Elladan.
Elrohir ran as fast as his legs could take him. When he reached the gates of Rivendell, he shouted, "Orcs! Orcs! Ada, Orcs!"
Glorfindel was the one who reach Elrohir first. "Where are the orcs?" he asked anxiously.
"O-Outside in t-the wo-ods," Elrohir replied. "They attacked Estel and us. I ran back to get help as there are many more."
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Lord Elrond was teaching Harry history lessons, when he heard a yell. He could not make out what were the words, he decided to go back to his lesson. As he was about to return to his lesson, the door to the study room bursted opened.
"My Lord, Lord Elrohir said there are Orcs out in the woods. Lord Elladan and Lord Estel are fighting them. He said there are many more," reported an elf.
"What? Orcs? What are they doing in the woods?" said Lord Elrond, dashing out from the study room.
Surprised, Harry decided to follow Lord Elrond to the gates.
When they reached the gates, many elves were gathered ready to fight. when he found Glorfindel, Lord Elrond said, "Take the lead. Kill them all." With that, Glorfindel climbed onto the horse and took off with Elrohir and the elves.
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"Elladan! Tiro!" yelled Estel, pointing towards a group of Orcs which had just emerged from behind the trees.
Elladan turned around and shocked to see there were at least 40 Orcs charging towards them.
"Oh my, I know there's more, but I do not know there's so many more," gasped Elladan. "Look out!"
Estel ducked just in time as the swords came swoshing above his head. Although they tried to fight as many as possible, but soon, they were outnumbered. Suddenly rains of arrows came pouring down, and the Orcs began to fall back.
Elrohir had came back with Glorfindel and a group of elf warriors. Soon, it was the Orcs that were outnumbered. They tried to flee, but the elves would not let go, and in the end, all Orcs were killed, none alive.
"Hannon Le, Glorfindel. Lucky you all came in time, or Estel and I will become their dinner," joked Elladan.
"Glassen, Lord Elladan. Though I'm a bit sad that you are still here." mused Glorfindel.
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A/N: Finally, a fighting scene. Hee Hee. In case you were wondering, the eight months that Harry replied refers to Middle Earth eight months, not Earth.
Ion nin - my son
Sedho! - Quiet!
Lasto! - Listen!
Tiro! - Look!
Hannon Le - Thank you
Glassen - My pleasure
written by Kuraire Claire-`
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
CHAPTER 4 - The Truth
A/N: Hiya. Sorry for the late update. I had been busy writing this fan fic and I totally forgot to upload. Sorry. Ther's Chap 4. Enjoy!
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Harry sat on his bed, couldn't get to sleep. He kept thinking about the encounter he had earlier on. 'Are they really elves?' Harry thought. 'The elves I knew were not like that.' Harry thought back to Hogwarts, and Dobby.
He then slowly let his mind wander back to the Burrow. How would they react if they find him missing? Slowly as the night crept by, Harry fell into a sleep, and he dreamt he was back in the Burrow in Ron's room.
"My lord, it is time to wake up," called an elfmaid.
"Just a few more minutes, Hermonie. Ron's not up yet did he?" grumbled Harry."I'm having a very weird dream. I dreamt that I'm not in Ron's house anymore.I'm in a place call Rivendell."
Just then, Alfirin walked in. "My Lady, Lord Elithron would not wake up," said the elfmaid.
"Never mind, I will wake him up. You may go off to do other chores." Alfirin said. Turning to Harry, "No Harry, you are not dreaming. You are actually here in Rivendell. Open your eyes and you will see."
Suddenly Harry shot open his eyes and sat up on his bed. He looked around and finally set his eyes upon Alfirin. "I'm still dreaming, am I?"
"Pinch your cheek to check if it hurts," replied Alfirin cooly.
Harry obeyed, pinched his cheek, "Ouch! It hurts!"
"You are not dreaming then, Harry. You are in Rivendell. Come, let's wash up and have your breakfast."
After washing, Alfirin lead Harry to the Main Hall, where Lord Elrond, Elladan and Elrohir are having breakfast.
"Quel Amrun, Elithron. Losto Mae?" asked Elladan, who notice both Alfirin and Harry had walked into the Hall.
"Huh? Er, what do u mean?" asked Harry, nervously.
"He meant 'Good Morning, Elithron, Sleep well?'" replied Lord Elrond, smiling.
"Oh, er, I'd slept well, thank you."
Breakfast was tasty. After breakfast, Lord Elrond lead Elladan, Elrohir,Alfirin and Harry to his study room. "Sit down, Harry. And all of you too." Everyone took a seat, and Lord Elrond walked to his desk and sat on a chair behind behind his desk.
"Right, it is time that we tell our Harry here everything," began Lord Elrond.
"Yes, Adar. Let us, I can not wait any longer," squealed Alfirin excitedly.
"Yes, I can see how excited you are. All right, Harry, let me first introduce you properly to your family." Harry's eyes widened. 'My family?' he wondered.
"Yes, your family," Lord Elrond continued, sawing the look on Harry's face. "We are your family." Pointing to Alfirin, he continued, " She is, Harry, your sister. You might also remember her as Hannah Potter."
"M-My s-sis-sister?" Harry stammered, shocked. "You got to be kidding me. My sister is dead, together with my parents. She can't be my sister!"
"Harry, please listen to me. Yes, you may think that your sister is dead, but you don't know the truth. Let me explain, please."
Just then, Alfirin is upset, very upset. She leaned over towards Elladan, who hugged her. "Eli, i mean Harry, please, no matter what, please listen to what Lord Elrond says. After that, if you still do not believe, you may do what you feel like doing," said Elladan softly.
Harry nodded, and sat back into the chair, ready to listen to what Lord Elrond had to say. Noting that, Lord Elrond began, "As I was saying, Alfirin here is your sister. As you may see, she is also an elf. So is your father. And I, am your Grandfather," he continued slowly.
"For your father Elmaethor, who is known to you and everyone in your world as James Potter, is my son, and a brother to Elladan and Elrohir."
'This is getting weird, very weird.' Harry thought. 'This can't be true. No!'
"Yes, this is the truth, Harry," said Lord Elrond, which started Harry. "Now let me begin the whole story. Elmaethor, James, had went to Earth on my order. Many years ago, Sauron, the evil lord here, forge an evil ring to rule the elves, dwarves and men. The alliance of men and elves started a war against him. At that time, James was still a elfling, and his powers have not yet fully grown. Thus I sent him to earth, with an elf to protect him. That elf took the name of Potter and therefore James took that as a family name. The Valar put his name in the book of Hogwarts, where you study now, to let him study magic and get protected. When James studied at Hogwarts, he met your mother, Lily, and soon they fell in love with each other."
"During his 7th year at Hogwarts, he is expected to be home here. But he chose to be with Lily, in the end, he loses his elven ability...and...immortal life." signed Lord Elrond. "You see, even if you are a pure elf, if you choose to be with a mortal, you have to give up your elven abilities, and immortal life. He then married Lily and gave birth to both of you. When the evil lord in Earth threatened your family, James sent Alfirin through a portal set in his home to here. By the time I got someone over to help, they are both dead, and you are nowhere to be seen. Initially we thought you were dead too. Until recently when we found out that you are still alive."
Lord Elrond stopped, to allow Harry to absorb the truth in. Harry sank further into the seat shocked. "I...uh, I...I don't know what to say," said Harry slowly, tears started to flow down from his eyes.
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Back in the Burrow, everyone were frantically looking all over for Harry. He had been missing for a few days without a trace.
'Harry, where on earth are you?' thought Sirius Black. He thought back to the morning after Harry's birthday. All of them were having breakfast in the kitchen when Ron came in and was looking for Harry.
Flashback
"Where's Harry? Ain't he here having breakfast?" asked Ron.
"No honey, Harry hasn't been here at all. I thought he might still be sleeping especially after last night," answered Mrs Weasley.
"No, Harry's not in his bed. When I woke up, only his presents were on his bed. I thought he might be here," said Ron, beginning to panic. "Where is he then?"
Suddenly everyone had stopped eating and stared at Ron. Where is Harry? Everyone began to look all over the place inside and outside of Burrow. Remus quickly send a note to Albus Dumbledore to let him know about Harry's disappearance. Dumbledore came as soon as he received the note and was travelling everywhere to look for Harry.
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Suddenly a voice broke Sirius's thought. "Albus, look at this!" cried Mrs Weasley. "Look what I'd found on Harry's bed."
Dumbledore quickly move towards Mrs Weasley and took the letter from her hand. Everyone began to crowd around Dumbledore trying to read the letter.
Dear Harry,
It reads.
It is a pleasure to know that you are still alive. Everyone here is excited to hear the news.
I will be eagerly waiting for your arrival tonight.
Your Grandfather
PS. Someone here can not wait til then.
Dumbledore was stunned after reading the letter. He let the letter dropped to the floor, where Remus picked it up and read it with Sirius.
"Molly, is there anything else with the letter?" asked Dumbledore.
"No there isn't," replied Mrs Weasley.
"AH!" gasped Sirius. Everyone turned to look at him. "I think I know where he'd gone."
"Really, Sirius?" asked Dumbledore. "Where had he gone to?"
"If I'm not mistaken, it's there. I'm sorry I promised James not to tell anyone. Please don't ask anymore, I can't reveal. But I can guarantee that Harry will be all right. He'll be fine."
"Aw, come on Sirius. Tell us where Harry is. You know we're all worried about him."
"No, I can't. I promise James. There is no way I can reveal. I'm sorry."
"It's all right, Sirius. I understand. If you guarantee that Harry will be all right, then I believe you," noted Dumbledore.
"I guaranteee, Albus."
Everyone especially Remus tried to argue, but Dumbledore slienced them and said that Sirius is Harry's godfather. He was more worried than everyone of them put together, but there he was guranteed that Harry will be fine. So he must be telling the truth.
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A/N: Well, just in case you are wondering, James had Sirius made an Unbreakable Vow to keep the secrecy of the elves. So Sirius can't say where Harry had gone to. I had a difficult time to write the letter thou. Don't know what to write in the letter. But then, come to think of it, the simpler the better ain't it? So, just a few simple sentence. Hope you like this Chapter. Next Chapter will be up very soon, I promise.
written by Kuraire Claire-`
Thursday, February 02, 2006
CHAPTER 3 - A New Home
A/N: Hello! I'm back again. Yes, finally I'd finished writing this fan fic. I'm starting to write the sequel already... There were still some part of this taken directly from GOF, but that is only one small part. hehe... Hope you like it. Enjoy!
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Just as Harry was about to stepped into the fire, however, a horrible gagging sound erupted behind him, and Aunt Petunia started to scream. Harry wheeled around. Dudley was no longer standing behind his parents. He was kneeling beside the coffee table, and he was gagging and sputtering on a foot-long, purple, slimy thing that was protruding from his mouth. One bewildered second later, Harry realized that the foot-long thing was Dudley's tongue - and that a brightly colored toffee wrapper lay on the floor before him.
Aunt Petunia hurled herself onto the ground beside Dudley, seized the end of his swollen tongue, and attempted to wrench it out of his mouth; unsurprisingly, Dudley yelled and sputtered worse than ever, trying to fight her off. Uncle Vernon was bellowing and waving his arms around, and Mr Weasley had to shout to make himself heard.
"Not to worry, I can sort him out!" he yelled, advancing on Dudley with his wand outstretched, but Aunt Petunia screamed worse than ever and threw herself on top of Dudley, shielding him from Mr Weasley.
"No, really!" said Mr Weasley desperately. "It's a simple process it was the toffee -my son Fred - real practical joker - but it's only an Engorgement Charm - at least, I think it is - please, I can correct it -"
No matter how Mr Weasley pleaded, the Dursleys would not let him near Dudley. It was only when Dudley's toungue was like four feet long that Uncle Veron agreed to let Mr Weasley shrink it. All this while, Harry stood by the fireplacetrying to restrain himself from laughing.
Harry could heard laughter when he reached the Burrow fireplace. He landed onthe floor, and Fred offered a hand to help him. "He ate it, didn't he?" asked Fred, grinning.
"Yeah, he did. What was that actually?"
"Ton-Tongue Toffee, we invented it and was looking for someone to try it,"said George, laughing.
Mr Weasley were reprimanding them when Mrs Weasley walked in with 2 red-hairedmen followed by Hermione and Ginny. Those 2 red-haired Harry don't recognise but know that they have to be the older Weasleys, Bill and Charlie.
"Hello Harry," said 1 of the red-haired, holding out a hand which Harry shook."I'm Bill, and he's Charlie," pointing to the red-haired beside him. Charlie looks every inch the outdoor type: he has a broad, good-natured, weather-beaten face, and so many freckles that it looks almost like he has a tan. He was shorter and stockier than most of his brothers, and has, of course, the usual Weasley red hair. His body was tanned, as a result being under the sun for too long. Bill, Harry thought, was a Head Boy, would be like Percy, who was dead serious, not pranking sort of a person. But the Bill who stood in front of him is not what he thought to be.
The Bill in front of him is tall and lanky with the usual shock of Weasley red hair, which he wears long in a pony-tail. He has an earring shaped like a fang, and unlike the majority of his family, he is - and there is no other word for it - cool. Harry was immediately struck by Bill's confident and easy-going nature. His clothes would not have looked out of place at a rock concert (except perhaps the dragon-hide boots), and it would have been almost impossible to imagine anyone more different to his self-important brother Percy, in spite of the similarities in their academic careers. Also unlike Percy, Bill has retained a considerable sense of fun.
Mrs Weasley demanded to know what did Fred and George did this time after she greeted Harry. Reluctantly, Mr Weasley told Mrs Weasley everything. Everyone listened with much enthusiasium. Mr Weasley explain how they were about to go off, after Fred and George came down with Harry's trunk. Fred, who claimed to be an accident, spilled a bad of sweets from his pocket. Harry's cousin went to pick it up and ate it. And how long had Mr Weasley spent persuading the Dursleys to allow him to fix it. All this time, there grasp and shriek coming from Hermione and Ginny, while Mrs Weasley keep shooting the twins with a stern look. Bill and Charlie laughing along with their brothers and Harry.
"Now, now, Molly. I had scolded them already. There's no need for another one.They already regretted it, don't you boys?" said Mr Weasley.
"Yeah, We're regretting now. We'll go upstairs to remorse," replied George, as the twin started to move from the table towards the stairs, with a smirk on their face.
"You better be!" cried Mrs Weasley. The rest would know otherwise. The twins would never be remorseful.
After the twins went upstairs to their room, Mrs Weasley had Hermione and Ginny to help with dinner, while Bill and Charlie went to the garden to help set up tables for dinner. Meanwhile Ron took Harry up to his room, where Harry would unload his things. It was actually the Weasleys idea to keep Harry from downstairs where they are preparing a secret birthday party for Harry.
Soon, it was time for dinner, and Hermione came upstairs to get the boys. When they went downstairs, the whole room was quiet and empty. Hermione lead the boys out the back door; and when Harry walk out into the garden, everyone shouted "SURPRISE, HARRY!"
Harry was shocked at first, but when he recovered, he was overjoyed. This is his first birthday party. Every year on his birthday, he used to spend it alone.He would normally buy a slice of cake, lit a candle on the cake, and sing happy birthday song to himself. But this year, he had the whole Weasley family, Hermonie, Professor Dumbledore, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Hagrid, Neville Longbottom, Dean Seamus and Sean Thomas to celebrate his birthday with him.
"You guys! I can't believe it! Thank you!" exclaimed Harry, smiling.
"You better be, Harry, because it is the truth," replied Sirus mockingly.
Everyone was having an enjoyable night, especially Harry. They were joking, chatting happily, singing and dancing all night long. It was well pass midnight when Ron and Harry went upstairs to bed. Ron went to bed almos timmediately, but Harry sat on his mattress opening some of the presents he received. Suddenly a brown owl flew into the room and landed on Harry's bed. Surprised, Harry examined the owl for a while, then he realise there is an envelope attached to his leg. Once the envelope is removed, the owl flew off through the window. 'Who is this from?' Harry wondered. All of the people he knew were here at the Burrow just now. Curiously, he opened the envelope. Just as he open, a glimpse of light escaped from the envelope. The light is so bright that Harry had to cover his eyes. Suddenly Harry felt he was being sucked into a tornado. Suddenly he was falling, and for what seemed like forever, he finally dropped to the ground flat on his face.
When he open his eyes, he was no longer in Ron's room. When he look around, he was so surprised and stunned with the beautiful environment, that he rubbed his eyes to see if he was dreaming. He pinched himself to see if he was really dreaming, but realised it is not, he began to admire the scenery.
Beautiful trees and flowers were grown, the grass were very green and a palace so huge, beautiful and majestic. 'I know beautiful and majestic shouldn't really put together in the same sentence, but this palace really is.'Harry thought. Suddenly. he realised that there were five very beautiful people standing in front of him. Four men and one woman. Well, actually Harry couldn't really differentiate whether they are men or women, for they are all so beautiful, and Harry began to think if they were veelas.
Standing up, Harry suddenly took out his wand, pointing at them and questioned them as they approached him. "Where is this place? Who are you? What do you want? I know, you must be spies sent by Voldermort! Where is he, huh? Afraid to see me? Go tell him I'm not afraid of him. Tell him he need not hide from me. If he wants to kill me come out now!"
"Calm down, Elithron," said one of the five people, who Harry believed to be the leader of the group. A stern looking person who held wisdom in his silvery blue eyes but looked no older than forty. "We mean you no harm."
"To answer your questions, firstly, this is Rivendell, Middle Earth," said a she elf, calmly. "Secondly,my name is Alfirin." Turning to the elf who talked earlier, "This is Lord Elrond, Lord of Rivendell. These are Lord Elladan and Lord Elrohir, Lord Elrond's sons. And this is Glorfindel." Each of them nodded their head as a gesture.
"Thirdly, no, we are not spies of Voldermort. We are elves. Trusts us, Elithron, we mean you no harm. Elves are on the good side, they will never goto the dark side," she continued, as her voice grow softer and gentler.
"Er, wait a minute. You can't be elves. The elves I know are not like you," said Harry. " And my name is not E-Eli-what do u say my name is?"
"Elithron."
"I'm not Eliron, you've got the wrong person!" cried Harry.
"We really are elves. We are not the same ones that you have in your world, but we are of the same kind. The only difference is that we are immortal," said Alfirin calmly.
"Yes, of course you are. We elves never make mistakes. You are Elithron, also known as Harry Potter in you world," continued Lord Elrond. "Come, I will explain everything to you. But first, you must be tired, you will need a good rest."
"NO! I can't stay here!" cried Harry. "I have to go back. Sirius will get worried if I'm not there. And Mr and Mrs Weasley too. And Ron and Her-"
"Now, now, Harry. Calm down. You can choose not to stay here, but at least stay until tomorrow, when you know the truth, and you can then decide whether you want to stay here or go back to your own world then," said Alfirin, trying to calm Harry down.
Somehow, Alfirin's voice had relaxed Harry a bit. He was no longer tensed as he was earlier. Looking into the she elf's eyes, somehow he swore he could see sadness in it.
'I think I can trust them. I can't sense any harm in them. They look so...sopure to be harmful.' Harry thought. Finally after giving some serious thoughts, he decided to stay for the night.
Everyone were happy to hear about this. Lady Alfirin lead Harry to his room. Lord Elrond had prepared a room for Harry earlier in the day. Two elfmaids were already in the room when Harry entered.
"This is your room. Wash up and get some sleep," said Alfirin, smiling "They will serve you from now on. I will see you tomorrow morning. Goodnight."
"Goodnight," replied Harry.
"Lord Elithron, please do undress, while we put up the bath for you," said one of the elfmaids.
Harry not being used to be served, tried to "chase" the elfmaids out. "Please, I can look after myself. I do not need you to serve me."
"M-My lord, i-is there anything we h-had done wrong?" asked the other elfmaid, timidly.
"No, no, there's nothing you had done wrong. It's just that I'm used to look after myself and I'm not used to being served like that. Please, I can handle it myself. Don't worry."
"In that case, we will take our leave, my lord," said the first elfmaid.
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'Oh dear.' Lord Elrond thought. 'His thoughts were filled of hatred for the Dark Lord, and his mind was full of revenge. Yet he is still so young. My heart aches to know this.' As he, Elladan, Elrohir and Glorfindel walked separate ways from Alfirin and Harry, he couldn't help but feel sad for Harry.
"I can sense he had a heavy burden on his shoulders," commented Glorfindel.
"Yes, he could not even relax on seeing strangers. All he can think of was the strangers were spies sent by the Dark Lord," continues Elladan.
"I am sure Alfirin does feels sad in a way that her muindor had become like that," said Elrohir, sadly.
"Hmmf. All we can do is to try let him feel as home as possible. Afterall, this is his home," said Lord Elrond.
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A/N: Well, how was it? This chapter, I quite like that part where Harry dropped into Middle Earth. haha. It was fun, but also the most difficult part. I had to did that with my friend over MSN Messenger. That took me most of the night, but was very happy with the final cut.
written by Kuraire Claire-`
