I adopted this story from Richard Penn. Thought maybe I can move it along faster than he did (which he agreed to) I am just reposting this first chapter (with a few tweaks of my own) and asking the
The sun rose over a complex that was a cross between a castle and a military base, as the people inside went about their daily routines. As the first rays of the sun shone upon a young man's face, he stirred from his sleep, arose from his bed and stretched. Harry Potter stood in his sparsely furnished room, with only a bed, a dresser, and a small window that overlooked the training ground to keep him company. Through that window, Harry could see a few of the younger lads working with their commanders.
You see after Harry's terrible second year, his relatives didn't want anything to do with him or his freakiness. So when a group came to the Dursley's door and asked if they could take him off their hands, they practically pushed the young wizard out the door. This group sought Harry for his power. After all, defeating the basilisk had awakened a power in the young man that was rare. A power known only to the wardens.
Wardens are what you might call battle mages; they specialize in elemental magic. Wardens usually take up two elements, although there have been some known to master as many as three. Wardens take skill with mundane types of combat, primarily bladed weapons. They don't just train humans either; they take Elves, Dwarves, Vamps, Weres, Satyrs, and Goblins. Harry looked at these wardens from his bedroom window, knowing that he would begin his training with them the very next day.
As promised, Harry started his training as soon as dawn broke. He was given a test to see which element he would be able to control. The test is pretty simple. Just by placing a few drops of blood in to a bowl and waiting to see which spheres of light will come out of said bowl, one can determine the different elements that they are able to control. Each color had a corresponding element: dark blue for water, red for fire, brown for earth, yellow for lightning, light blue for air, grey for steel, green for wood, turquoise for ice, white for light, and black for dark.
When Harry's results came back he felt the urge to hit his head. After hearing about the Wardens and their usual limit on elemental control, he had a suspicion that this was going to happen. The lights that shone out were for Air, Lighting, Ice, Water, and Light. 'Why me' Harry thought, 'why can't I ever be normal?!' The warden that had accompanied him was in shock and quickly sent for the Grand Warden, who came as quickly as possible. If three elements were rare then five were never heard of.
The moment the Grand Warden walked into the room Harry felt the power level in the room spike. The man before him stood in regal white robes. He had old wise eyes and a face that looked like it had seen plenty of battles. A few scars decorated his chin and cheeks. His hair was tamed into a tail behind his head and was white as snow. He had a beard that Harry actually preferred than the comical one Dumbledore wore. His deep voice resonated in the testing chamber, "This young man shall be bequeathed the name of the Storm Warden, teach him and he shall be one our greatest warriors," and with that he walked out of the room leaving three wardens and Harry alone. Finally one of them snapped out of it and stated quite cheerily "Well let's get started shall we?" And thus began Harry's training as the Storm Warden.
It is important to note that the Wardens find resistance from one source: the Shades. The Shades are a vicious race from the beyond the Veil of Shadows. They are warriors whose only real strength is in number. Not much is known of Shades. From what few studies have been done they are a gruesome and most vile form of the undead. They were summoned by a Dark Warden that fell many centuries ago. He was a Master Warden, but his obsession with dark elements led him to turn towards evil and in doing so he summoned the first of the Shades. After that the Wardens took it upon themselves to battle this menace and the darkness that spawned from their own corps.
Harry learned all of this on his first day and took it to heart. The wardens also taught him that a Warden team consisted of three members. Usually the elements are matched evenly between the three and together they are supremely powerful. The masters thought long and hard about what elements would go well with the Storm Warden. Finally, after many hours of discussing it they decided to match him up with a dwarf by the name of Orsin Hammersteele, who had the power over earth and steel, and a Satyr with the power of wood and fire that went by the name of Paner. And thus began one of the most powerful teams in creation, and this creation marked the beginning of Harry's greatest adventure ever.
Again, I'm just adopting this from Richard Penn and tweaking it a bit. Please read and review to let me know if this story is worth continuing or not.
Dragon Vongola