Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, YuGiOh or the concept of the wildfolk (although I made a lot about them up)
Spoilers: PS/SS, CoS, PoA, GoF and OotP. (Written before book 6).
The first couple of chapters are going to just be based on Harry, and why he goes to Japan.
Jade Lightning
Chapter 1 – Love Transferred
The sun set on a trim-looking house, identical to all the others on that road. The Garden was well kept, and there was nothing to suggest that anything was out of the ordinary. However, appearances can be deceiving as inside the house was someone extraordinary. Not only was Harry Potter a wizard, who had just finished his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he was also the only known survivor of the deadly Killing Curse.
Currently, Harry was sitting in his room, writing a letter to a friend. Remus Lupin went to school with Harry's parents, and he was a member of the Order of the Phoenix. It was for this reason Harry sent his reports of the Dursleys behaviour to him every three days. The Dursleys, Harry's only family, for the most part ignored him. The warnings of the Order at Kings Cross seemed to have shaken them, enough so that even Dudley ended up doing chores to save Harry some effort. He was used to being ignored by them though and didn't bother the Order just to get some decent conversation, instead he sent a letter that just said:
I'm fine,
Harry
most of the time, however it had now been two weeks since he arrived and Harry was getting restless. It was for this reason his letter read:
Dear Professor Lupin,
I'm still fine, so are the Dursleys, but when will I be picked up? At the train station you said it would be soon, but I've been here two weeks already. I'm going crazy staying inside the house all the time. I don't even have any homework to keep myself busy with this year until I get my O.W.L. results, and thanks to your warning, I don't even have that many chores to occupy myself with. If you want to keep me from doing something stupid like flying to the Burrow then I suggest you pick me up soon.
Love Harry
"Come here girl" he called, and when Hedwig flew onto his arm he spoke again. "Take this to Remus and wait for a reply ok? I know you want to get out of here just as much as me."
After she has flown out into the night, he decided to pack his trunk in case they came without a reply, like last year. He didn't want to pack it magically like Tonks had (because Hermione would give him a lecture about making more work for the house elves with the wrinkles), and besides, folding up his clothes was kind of soothing, as he could do it without thinking about anything. He was trying not to think this holiday, because every time he did his thoughts came around to Sirius. He had decided this year, that feeling guilty about Cedric hadn't helped any, so neither would feeling guilty about Sirius. Instead, he was going to focus on how to prevent it from happening again. At the start of the holiday, Hermione had sent him a book on occlumency along with a note saying:
Harry,
Maybe you'll learn occlumency better if you understand the theory. I'm sure you'll prefer this book to Snape.
Love Hermione.
He'd finished the book, and learnt that various forms of meditation, some of them muggle, were the best ways to clear your mind. The book also said in case of a long distance link, large bodies of water (i.e. the sea) should be able to prevent magical penetration, the only exception to this was by the higher wildfolk, who could hone in on the mind even through the mental veil that the ocean was described as. When Harry had read this he'd thought 'great, all I need to escape Voldemort is to go on holiday'. The book was right though, Harry had read about Tai Chi, and half an hours mediation before bed meant that his mind was empty of all thoughts and feelings, proving yet again that Snape was a bad teacher.
He was pulled out a dreamless sleep by Aunt Petunias' unladylike shriek. Thinking the worst, he pulled his wand out from under his pillow and stealthily made his way out of his room. When he got downstairs, he found a very irate Uncle Vernon confronting an apologetic-looking Tonks. By the pieces of china everywhere, he guessed that she had broken Aunt Petunias' favourite vase.
"I'm sorry but this is an emergency!" Tonks was explaining.
"What's going on?" Harry asked.
"Oh Harry, there you are, get your trunk quickly, we have to get to Headquarters, no time for questions, we'll answer them when we get there."
After he dragged his trunk and Hedwigs' cage downstairs, he put his hand on the chess piece Tonks was offering, feeling the usual hook in his navel. He just managed to keep his feet upon landing, only to be knocked off them by Hermione and Ginny.
"Oh thank goodness your alright, when we heard the news…." Hermione was babbling.
"What news?" Harry asked, "What's going on?"
"I'm not sure I should be the one to tell you…."
"The wards are down" Ginny interrupted "You're not safe at your aunts' house anymore."
"Why not?"
"I don't know that was all I managed to weasel out of Bill."
"They'll probably tell you when they're out of that meeting" Ron said. "Want a game of chess in the meantime?" Everyone groaned.
"Ron you always win and besides me and Hermione want something to do as well" Ginny whined.
"Oh alright then, how about exploding snap?"
By the time Mrs Weasley came to get them, they'd played four games of exploding snap (Hermione: 1, Harry: 1, Ginny: 2, Ron :0 "It's all about luck, there's no skill involved!"), Hermione had bored them all to tears with her worry over the O.W.L. results (Hermione I'm sure they'll take exceptional circumstances into account when they mark the astronomy O.W.L.") and they were all relaxing on the beds.
"The meetings over Harry you can come down…. What are you lot all doing in your pyjamas still?"
"Keeping Harry company mum, and besides, we want to know what's going on too."
"Never you mind Ginny, it's Order business."
"He'll tell us anyway when he gets back, you might as well let us hear it all at once." Ron stated.
"I said no! Now go to your room girls and all get washed and dress, we'll have brunch in about forty-five minutes. Come on Harry dear."
Harry and Mrs Weasley tiptoed downstairs, trying to avoid waking Mrs Black up.
"Mrs Weasley?" Harry whispered "What happened to Kreacher?"
"When he learned he caused the death of the last Black, he just died. We think there must have been a dark curse on him to prevent him betraying the family."
They went down the stairs to the kitchen, inside was the members of the Order that lived at Grimmauld – Remus, Bill, Arthur, Fred and George, Tonks and Moody (who now didn't trust any wards but the Fidelus charm). There was also someone he'd never seen before, a woman who appeared to be in her early twenties, with pale skin and black hair. Her hair had pale green and blue streaks in it, but the most noticeable thing about her was her eyes. They were a verdant green, perfectly matching his own, and they were slit like a cats. She rushed up to him and hugged him, then pulled back and appraised him.
"At last we meet" she said "I haven't seen you since the day you were born."
"Um, not to be rude or anything, but who are you and what's going on?" Harry asked.
"You can call me Pol," she replied "and I'm afraid the wards are down because of me"
"What do you mean?"
"Well…as of six hours ago…I'm your mother.
TBC
Author Notes: This is my first ever fanfiction, so any offers for a Beta, especially one who knows Japanese words as I don't know many, would be welcomed.
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