A/N. This is a story that had come to me once a upon a time. At first it may seem dark but it is has similar levels of darkness ((?)Don't know how to explain that) to the original HP. It is based off my other story Hogwarts Elementals year one. However as I have said in the other story's summary I am remaking it adding different aspects and changing it on the whole. It follows some similar lines to the original HP series but it is it will be using most of my own characters a generation later. I am well aware that all witches and wizards can control the elements but for my story they can only use simple elemental spells for instance Incendia or aquamenti. Only the elementals (these people will be explained later on) of the own element can fully control an element. Also for the purpose of this story so it makes sense and fits in the timeline the events of the original HP series happened about20 years before it was originally in the book. So the events of the battle of Hogwarts happened in 1978 instead of 1998, therefore Harry Potter was born in 1960 instead 1980. In the next chapter which will be set in 2006 where everything will really begin Harry will be 46. I will appreciate if there was no hate but I do appreciate critical responses. Did not just review to hate me. Tell me why you didn't like it and if you feel like it you can tell what I did wrong otherwise DO NOT BOTHER TO REVIEW. Anyway I hope you like and feel in doing this story I know where it will go and how I want it to be. I hope you like it.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of J.K Rowling's original characters only my OC's
December 22nd 1998
All was quiet in the village of the Northingham as per usual. That is except for one house where tragedy has struck. In 71 Lunar St at the edge of the village, bordering Esgard Forest and near the bank of Lowan River, a woman clutched her now deceased husband. The shadow lady had finally come after months of awaiting terror. To say her visit was pure destruction was understating it. There watched a little girl no older than three years watch her mother sob into her father. Being so young she understood nothing of what had happened yet she too was crying as much as her mother. She was scared no terrified.
Only minutes ago were they playing then something happened. She watched as the black lady came into her house. She watched her father crumple to the ground after the dark lady came upon him. She was certain the same would happen to her mother but when the dark lady went to her mother merely dance horribly around the room shrieking. Finally the women came to her. She and her mother were beyond crying at this point. At last the black lady turned to her but when she cast a spell to harm her instead a blue light shone out of the girls' moon shaped amulet. When she tried to cast upon a spell upon the girl her own shadow powers backfired upon her and to the eyes of the girl and her mother she was no more.
After 10 minutes of crying and holding on to her dead husband and her little girl she proceeded to do what had to be done if this was too happened. She messaged by owl the headmistress of the school, the other elemental parents (only one of them), Rudalla Hagrid and two of the headmistress' most important and trusted, Harry and Ginny Potter.
They all came by apparation within in half an hour in which the message was sent. Andrew Walker the Earth Elemental's father came first. He had apparrated straight in the Gilbert living room to find one of his closest friends clutching another close friend and with them their little who understood very little of what had happened. "Oh Alex. She came didn't she? I am so sorry and Benjamin. He of all people didn't deserve death." Andrew said trying to comfort her to no avail. "I know. I was surprised she didn't kill me but I think it was to torture me by watching Danielle die. I couldn't get to her in time. The shadow lady tried to kill her but it didn't work why. She should be dead yet here she lives fatherless but alive. And not only is she alive something happened. The shadow lady was I guess the best way to put it was broken but not completely destroyed. It is as through she is not among the living but can still walk upon the Earth. She has fled now and I hope will shall not hear from her ever again." Alexandria responded.
Just then Lisa Branning mother of the fire elemental had apparrated along with Joshua Parker, father of the air elemental. Lisa had been Alexandria's best friend all throughout Hogwarts and after Hogwarts too. Seeing her like this and Benjamin or Benny as they usually nicknamed him, another close friend was pure horror and immediately she gave her shoulder to Alexandria to lean on and to cry into. Joshua an excellent and well-respected healer had hated seeing anyone in pain which is why he became a healer in the first place so that he could help anyone in pain to heal and lead a good life. He looked at the Gilbert's and thought how broken the family would soon be but he knew in the end they would get over the grief and slowly repair themselves. He too offered comfort to both Gilberts.
After a few minutes of silence excluding the tears of Lisa and Alex. Danielle had stopped crying a few minutes ago instead wondering why her daddy wouldn't wake up and why all these people were here. There was a crack. Harry and Ginny Potter, and Minerva McGonagall had just apparrated into the living room. Despair wretched the old headmistress' heart when she laid eyes upon Benny Gilbert. She taught Alexandria and Benny at school. Harry too was horrified at what happened remembering when Voldemort came all those years ago n Godric's Hollow and how he too lost love ones.
At last the headmistress spoke in a calm voice "I know what had happened here is tragic and you don't wish to recount it but it is of upmost importance you tell as exactly what happened. Joshua as you are a healer I wish as Alexandria is speaking you checks her and Danielle for injuries." As she recounted what had happened Joshua had proceeded to heal of her cuts and bruises she had received. The little girl remained remarkably uninjured and not suffered any marks to show she had just been attacked by the shadow lady. But he did find two star-shaped scars, one on each of her wrist they could easily pass of as a birth mark. As he checked the girls' mother for a second he thought there was something strange about her stomach.
"Have you had any morning sickness lately?" He asked Alexandria when she finally finished the recount of what had happened. She merely looked at him strangely before reluctantly nodding. He looks at her before breaking the news. "I think you're pregnant but I do not know for sure." Then on her face there were many looks joy, surprise, confusion and last of all slight fear. "There must be a mistake but I can't be. I have strongly suspected it for days. I should have called for you earlier. Oh no. What the shadow lady had done to me. It will affect the baby I am sure of it." She said in horror. "Do not despair the baby will be fine I am sure of it." Joshua assured her.
Before we rush you to St Mungo's I have to ask how did the Danielle survive?" Lisa Branning asked. "That is a question I would like to know myself. This I fear is just like what had happened to you Harry" Professor McGonagall, who like the others had been silent as Alexandria recounted what had happened. Danielle who after few minutes had given up trying to find out what the grown-ups had been saying head shot up at the mention of her name. In a soft voice the girl asked her mother "Mommy what's wrong with daddy. Why daddy not wakeup. Mommy I am scared who was the black lady and who are they." It didn't completely come out that way as the girl was only three years and not able to fully form complete sentences. Her mother looked up at her with loving eyes and then picked her up saying
"Daddy is going to sleep for a while now we can't wake him otherwise he will be cranky. It will be okay Elle." Her mother answered. She and Benny had often called her Elle as an affectionate nickname. The toddler nodded apparently satisfied with the explanation
"You said a blue light erupted from her amulet that had apparently "destroyed" the Shadow Lady. I mean it is not certain that she is gone for good. Who knows how long until she comes after our children too. Right now Joshua, Lisa and I have left our children with our spouses. They are of course for the moment okay. But we must take precautions." Andrew Walker exclaimed.
"Indeed so. We did not know if the Shadow Lady is truly gone and I feel so that she isn't. We also don't know how Danielle did what she did. No one can know what has happened here but us, your spouses, a few other trusted people, Professor Flitwick, Professor Sprout as they are trusted and important staff members, Ronald and Hermione Weasley, the minster of magic as he will need to know what happened and of course Rudalla Hagrid when she finally arrives." McGonagall replied. At that precise moment of the mention of Rudalla Hagrid, the women herself came barging through the door knocking over a few vases because of her tall figure. Being the daughter of half giants Olympe Maxime and of course Rubeus Hagrid had genetically given her a bigger figure,
"Sorry I'm late I got your message Alex about what happened -"She had started off be cut herself off when she saw Benny Gilbert lying dead on the ground. "Oh Benny." She merely said as tears came pouring down her face. Harry and Ginny who had been friends with the Hagrids for years gave comfort to Rudalla.
"Rudalla calm down its okay." Alexandria said before continuing "I agree with you Headmistress about no one knowing about this. My mother died three years before hand. No one but us and those who will know what has happened knows that she is dead. She has been claimed missing for three years now. We can say it was her that confronted the Shadow Lady and reduced to near nothing, but in doing so my mother died. It isn't exactly a secret the Shadow Lady was after my mother. Like we said only a select few shall know what really happened." By this time Danielle had fallen asleep in her mother's arms, innocent and unaware of her surroundings.
In the corner of her eye the headmistress spotted a pure black cloak with the Shadow Lady's symbol printed on the back. This of course was the Shadow Lady's signature cloak that most of the wizarding world had come to known as hers as whenever she struck horrors upon innocents. Indeed the times were dark and hard. Merely 12 years after the end of the Second Wizarding War one of Voldemort's most dedicated, strongest, and closest and most of all secretive follower had emerged as a new horror. She of course hated muggles and wanted them enslaved to wizards. She hated muggle-borns, half-bloods and pure bloods that were in league with the muggles and the muggle-borns in which she called the blood traitors. She also of course had her own goals. She picked up the cloak and showed it to the others.
They all went completely silent and stared at in terror as they not noticed before. When the shadow Lady was reduced to less than a ghost the garments she had been wearing had no figure to clothe so instead they fell to the ground as their wearer had deserted them and forgotten them.
"If we shall say Alexandria your mother, Katerina had indeed "killed" the Shadow Lady will shall present this as evidence. Everyone knows whose cloak this is. I think that this and your accounts of what had happened will be enough for the minister. We shall however tell him later the truth about how it was Danielle who had been up against the Shadow Lady." McGonagall stated.
"I guess this all comes back to Danielle. She can't grow up knowing about this night. She needs to have fun, cheerful child without fear. She cannot, will not grow up knowing that the Shadow Lady even if she will grow up fatherless." Alexandria said with tears streaming down her face.
"No. I agree. The child will grow in the happiest, normal way possible. She too will not know what has happened here tonight." McGonagall says.
"But she would surely find out sooner or later. We can't keep up it from her forever. And what if by chance she remembers this night or at least what she had did to the Shadow Lady. She will ask questions. What happened to her father? Why we of course are going to move?" Alexandria questions.
"We are going to keep it from her as long possible. At least until she goes to Hogwarts. When she does start to attend school we will find the right place and time to tell her. As for her father we'll make up a story that we'll tell to everyone and when Danielle is old enough to understand you'll shall tell her the made-up story. For now tell her that he will be taking a long trip. Sooner or Later she'll forget him. And as for moving she'll understand. Yes she may not like but we all know it's the safest." McGonagall explained.
"But keeping it all from her might not be for the best." Harry spoke for the first time excluding the comforting words, he and his wife, Ginny had said to Rudalla.
"I know you at drawing from personal experience but if she does grow up knowing this it won't be for the best. Oh and Alex as for remembering the night I am mostly certain there is a block in her mind that will stop her from ever remembering this night. The only recollection of events that took place tonight will only be in dreams or more likely nightmares." Said Joshua who when checking Danielle had of course with magic checked her mental health in which he found the block in the girls mind.
"Then it is settled we'll sell the story of my mother and the Shadow Lady. We will make-up a story about my husband's death. It will be years until we tell Danielle the truth. Of course we'll choose a select few who know truth as well. And as for moving we'll find a place to go" Alexandria decided.
"As for finding a place to stay the house next to ours in Brook Valley is for sale. It's easily affordable and this way we are close together and we can protect our children together." Lisa offered.
"It's decided then. I will go to the minister and explain what we are doing. Ginny, Harry you know who to go and tell the truth. Alexandria pack up all your stuff and move out by the end of the week.
"And they'll be safe. Our children." Andrew said.
"Of course they will be Andy, we'll protect them at all cost." Joshua said. Everyone else agreed.
"What I don't get is why would the Shadow Lady of all days choose to attack the child on the winter solstice on a full moon when the water elemental is at her strongest?" Lisa pondered.
"Over-confidence is never a good thing. Today was the easiest day for her to obtain what she wanted from Danielle. She never thought to realise just how powerful a water elemental is even if they are not are their strongest. They say ignorance is a bliss but not in all cases. But never mind that now we must be off now." McGonagall said before she and the Potters where off.
"I'll pack at onc-"but Alexandria didn't get too finished because just then she felt a terrible jerk in her stomach. "The baby." Is all she said before she blacked out and was taken to St Munga os.
While Andrew and Jonathan had taken hold of Alexandria, the little girl Danielle had awoken to find something wrong with mother, "Mommy." She said.
Lisa then took hold of her, look into her bright blue eyes which were the exact colour of the ocean and her father's eyes, and whispered in her ear "Mommy is going to be alright, so are you. You know why because you are both survivors. You are the girl who wouldn't submit to the shadows."
Here is the first chapter of my story. Like I said before it may seem slightly dark but its gets much happier and lighter. I hope you liked it. Like I said this story has changed a lot from my original one. I hope you all liked it. No hate please. Tell me what you thought.
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