Wizard of the Dead
by EscagirlUK
Disclaimer:
I do not own Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings, or anything else in their respective book and movie universes.
Notes:
Totally used a LotR name generator for the king's name. LotR names are weird.
I was just on a LotR binge, and this popped into my head during the scene where Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli go into the Paths of the Dead. A wondering on, what if Harry as Master of Death ended up in the Dunharrow, amongst the ghostly host. And, also, the desire to work in the phrase "my queen".
Will be considered Complete, though I may write more in the future.
Harry watched the three figures - a man and what he assumed was an elf and a dwarf, having never seen either before - as they wandered cautiously through the dark tunnels, with only a single torch and the glowing green mist to light their way.
It had been a long time since he had seen a soul, still wrapped in living flesh. Not since the Battle of Hogwarts, when Voldemort's dying curse cast him through reality and into these halls of the dead.
They were growing close the old courtyard now, and he followed, hidden by magic and shadow. What were these three unlikely companions doing here? A man, an elf, and a dwarf. It was like the start of a bad joke.
"Fight for me, and I will hold your oaths fulfilled. What say you?!"
King Seobryn merely laughed as he faded away, his men retreating also. He paid no heed to the shouts of the mortals as they faded, and set off the trap that they had spent aeons refining. An avalanche of bones within the city soon burst through the gates and filled the passageways.
He watched darkly from beside Harry, as the three mortals fled the flood of bones.
"What say you, my Queen?" He asked the dark-haired, gaunt, man beside him. He smirked at the cringe the immortal made at the title that the Dead of Dunharrow had afforded him.
"I'll miss you, but you all deserve to move on," Harry replied, face bland. "Anyway, it's long past time I rejoined the living, right?"
"You mean to come with us then," the Dead King said.
Harry smiled at the ghost, his form turning as pale and opaquely green as the others.
"They'll never know the difference, my King."
Seobryn cast a look at the boy, and began to plot, even as he called his ghostly host to arms.
"You gave us your word."
"I hold your oath fulfilled," Aragorn spoke. "Go. Be at peace."
Seobryn gave a slow smile, and made a motion with one hand. A ghost separated from the host, and came to his side. This ghost was different from the others, not only was he was younger in appearance - more boy than man, his ghostly flesh showed no signs of decay. But most of all, it was the way the other ghosts acted towards him, as though he were a great treasure, bowing as he passed. The Dead King took the younger ghost's hand in his own.
"Is this truly fine?" Seobryn asked.
"Don't worry so much, I'll be fine, Seobryn." The young ghost looked exasperated. "It won't be the last time we meet, so go already!"
"As you wish, my Queen," Seobryn said slyly, bringing the boy's hand up to kiss the back of it.
"If you weren't already dead, I'd kill you guys for calling me that," he muttered.
"Aragorn, heir of Isildur," the King of the Mountain intoned in his rough gravelly voice, turning to the man. "This is our greatest treasure; our God and our Queen." The boy scowled, embarrassment clear on his face. "This is the Wizard of the Dead, Harreth the Black."
So, gonna do a little Q&A bit here for my reviewers.
Evil genius, libsrevenge, Random Reader, NightStalkersRevenge, and Guest – I do totally want to continue this, I know what I want Harry to go off and do, but my mind cannot come up with how to get Harry from Minas Tirith to where I want him. The wonders of a brain bsod.
Flamenin – Oh yeah, Aragon totally has a brain-bsod moment. I did Harreth because I wanted Harry to have a Middle-Earthy name, and there is apparently some dude called Halleth, so I thought, why not. Also, the Middle-Earth name generator kept insisting that Harry's Wizard name was Olorin, which is Gandalf. Which totally destroys my belief that Gandalf is Dumbledore, poo.
Elspeth – The "my Queen" thing? That was purely for the lulz. Every time I wrote it all I could see in my head was Harry groaning and facepalming.
Plus, Harry is The Master of Death. In my head-canon that means he can make the dead do what he wants. If he orders "go do this" they will, whether they want to or not, like mind control. Or slavery.
Now, Seobryn is a King, and King's are not slaves. But, there's nothing wrong with a King humouring his Queen, now is there? Plus, my King of the Dead? Totally a bit of a troll prankster. Would give the twins a run for their money. Harry's reaction to being called my Queen amuses him.
And to a reader – I never really considered a pairing for this stories future. Though, if there was, it would totally be Legolas. Plus, I would never get in the way of Aragorn and Arwen's romance. I mean, the guy refuses to give up his love for her, knowing she's going to the Undying Lands and he'll never see her again, and Arwen gives up her immortality, essentially discarding her species.
Also, I only put Aragorn as the LotR character because the drop-down menu didn't have the King of the Dead on it.