Title: Song of the Melodie
Author: Ivory Core
Disclaimer: Blah, blah, blah, Harry Potter doesn't belong to me. Blah, blah, don't sue. ENJOY THE FIC!
A/N: Remember…when saying the name Eliora. Pronounce the i like an E.
A/N: During some chapters, there will be a bold sentence in parenthesis at the end of a sentence. Example: (Bio: song of the Melodie - #2) this means that in my bio there is a picture to describe to you the subject of the sentence.
Bio means to check my bio.
The title of the fic will come after the colon, and the number of the pic will come after.
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Now on with story…
Chapter 2: Strange New World
It was first light at Great Ormond Hospital for Children. People filed in and out of the building, preparing for the new day.
A young man with sandy colored hair and blue eyes, a doctor by the looks of his white overcoat, walked out of the building and just took in a deep breath of the crisp morning air.
The exit he chose to use was not as busy. Only two too three people were around.
As he turned his gaze around the area, he was suddenly blinded by a flash of purple light that come from somewhere to his right.
He covered his eyes as the light grew brighter and brighter until it all stopped.
"What the…?" The doctor questioned as he lowered his arms from his face.
The sight that greeted him was extraordinary. A second before the place where the flash had occurred was empty before. But now a body of a child was lying unconscious on the pavement.
Next to the body of the child, rubbing its head on top of the childs black hair, was a long white creature that had tight sparkling scales, a long forked tail, and silver eyes that stared up at him.
Silver whiskers sparkled as the creature twitched its nose when it caught the scent of the doctor.
The doctor peered closer at the creature and immediately couldn't believe what he was seeing.
HOLY SHIT! IT'S A CHINESE DRAGON!
The doctor immediately rubbed his eyes and looked again at the sight of the animal. He got the surprise when he saw that the thing he had thought was a dragon was actually just a white cat.
But its eyes were still that strange silver color.
The doctor shook his head at the thoughts and questions that were invading his mind. Now was not the time.
He immediately went into doctoring demeanor and rushed to the child's side.
When he reached the child, he saw it to be a girl, probably in the ages of six or seven. She had ravened colored hair that came down to her cheeks; her skin was slightly pale looking as well.
She was wearing a purple gown that at first looked like a nightgown, but on closer inspection one saw it to be a dress. The material was smoother than silk.
He kneeled down and reached his hand to her neck to find a pulse.
He quickly brought his hand back as a purple spark ran up it when he had touched the child.
"I have seen some strange things in my life. But getting shocked by purple static is not one of them." The doctor stated to himself.
Yeah, and a child just appearing out of thin air by a blast of purple light doesn't quite add to the things you've seen. Not to mention the sight of Chinese dragon…I mean strange cat.
The doctor tried again to feel for a pulse. He was able to find one, a dangerously rapid one, before he was once again zapped by that strange purple static.
The doctor looked around for anything that could help him to touch the child. He had to take her inside. Her pulse was too high for such a small child. She needn't medical attention.
Questions will be answers later, but right now he had to find some way for him to touch the girl without getting zapped.
His solution came when he reached into his pockets. He pulled out some rubber gloves from his pocket. He always kept a spare.
He quickly put them on, and very hesitantly he lowered his hand to the child's neck. He scrunched his eyes shut, ready for the zap to go up his arm.
But it never came.
He let out a breath of relief that it had worked. He then brought his arm underneath her neck to lift her up to a sitting position. She didn't even stir, and this scared the doctor.
When he was sure that her head was resting securely on his chest, he looped his other arm underneath her small legs and lifted her up.
When he did so, the neckline of the girls dress slightly came down to reveal something that the doctor didn't notice before.
A silver necklace with a circular amethyst medallion hanging from the bottom, hung around the child's neck. (Bio: Song of the Melodie - #4)
There were designs, like words, aligning all around the medallion, the shapes of the designs was of something that the doctor never saw before. Much less knew where it came from.
Located in the middle of the medallion was an oval shaped amethyst stone that seemed to…pulse? Yes, the stone would pulse in a soft purple light from deep within the stone itself.
Feeling incredibly uneasy all of a sudden, the doctor turned his gaze down towards the cat that was now staring up at him with those strange silver eyes.
A strange thought entered his mind. That this medallion was the child's, but it was also the child. Like they were one, if such a thing was possible.
The white cat looked up at him as he once again picked up the girl. The doctor looked down at the cat and had the strangest feeling that the cat was looking at him like, "you had better take care of her".
"I will." The doctor stated before he knew what he was saying.
"What am I doing? I'm talking to a cat." With that the doctor turned away from the cat and walked up the steps leading up to the hospital.
The white cat kept its gaze on the doctor as he carried the girl into the building. With one last look, the cat turned around and walked down the street.
It knew that the mistress and it was going to stay here in this strange land for a time. It might as well familiarize itself with its surroundings.
With this thought in mind, the cat turned once, twice, three times. After the third turn, a swirl of white light whirled around the cat.
When the light vanished, in the cats place was a white dove. The dove cued as it tested its' wings.
It began to flap its wings up and down. Soon after that, it was air born.
As the dove flew over the area and around the hospital, it decided to stay close to the hospital and wait for its mistress.
It just hoped that it would be soon. This world was strange, and it was more than ready to go back to the little cottage in the middle of the forest.
The creature was the gift that Severus had given Eliora for her birthday; a shape shifting female Chinese dragon. They were very rare, these kinds of dragon.
These particular dragons are very loyal creatures. They share a special bond with their owners that will forever last to the end of their days. Basically they are bonded with their owners for life. Their age can go up to six hundred to a thousand if nothing ails them.
And a shape shifting dragon is but one of their talents. They are also telepathic and can sense evil when it is near.
But the dragon itself is pretty hard to come by, probably because they are used for dark magic smells or another possibility was the hunting of their kind in the old world long ago.
As you can see, these dragons are hard to come by, but Severus had connections. So he acquired one for Eliora's birthday; knowing that Eliora had been begging for a pet for ages.
The dragon, named Tal by Eliora, flew up to the roof of the hospital in its dove form. When it landed on the roof safely, it curled itself up and scanned the land.
Her memory was a bit hazy as to what had happened back home with her mistress and the Mrs.
She knew that evil surrounded the area and that the house had suddenly caught fire, after that…blank. It was like it was all erased from Tal's memory.
Oh well, if you can't remember. Then it was for a good reason that you can't.
Tal yawned and turned herself back into her true form. The building was high up and no body could see her from up here.
As Tal got herself comfortable, she wondered how long they were going to stay in this strange world. She just hoped that it wouldn't be for long. She was just going to have to wait until the child got better.
Until then, sleep came over Tal like a blanket. Soon her eyes dropped and she covered herself with her dragon wings until there was nothing showing but a pink claw from one of her toes.
She was soon fast asleep, unafraid if someone were to see her now. If they did, all they would see would be…nothing. Her wings camouflaged her to blend in with her surroundings.
As Tal slept, exactly three floors below her; Eliora was baffling the doctors as they tried to find out what exactly had happened to the child who kept on zapping them in purple static as she was still unconscious.
Or the fact that no one found any identification as to who the girl was, much less where she came from.
The doctor, who found her, didn't tell anything as to how she 'appeared'. He just made up a story of finding her lying on pavement, unconscious.
And it was the truth…or at least part of it.
They found out, that once the child's heart rate had slowed and her body temperature returned to normal (since it was up in the sky); it was possible for the doctors to touch the child without getting zapped.
After five hours of monitoring the child, they decided that she was going to pull through.
They took the child to a small room so that she could rest. Maybe after she regained consciousness, they could find out how the child got into her predicament.
The day after…
Soft sunlight flooded into the small room where the child was resting in. Upon the bed, the child rested; her breathing steady, her eye lids closed.
She was wearing a blue hospital gown with pink butterflies all around it.
A nurse was with the child at the moment, making sure that everything was alright and that the child was comfortable.
She looked down at the child and smiled to herself. The little girl was so cute lying there, like an innocent butterfly.
Actually, that's what she had called her since she had first saw the child. Butterfly, since no one knew the child's real name the nurse gave her a nickname.
If only she knew how close she was to the truth.
The only thing that the child possessed was a purple night gown made out of a material that no one knew of and a medallion that hanged over the child's neck and rested on her chest.
There was no latch to remove the necklace from the child, almost like it was never suppose to be removed.
And by the way the child clutched it in her sleep; one figured that it meant something strong to her.
As the nurse was bringing up the covers to the girls chest and tucking her in, there was a hard tapping coming from outside of the window.
The nurse quickly turned and immediately raises an eye brow in confusion and amazement at the sight that greeted her from outside of the window.
Outside the window was a pure white owl with strange silver eyes, urgently pecking at the window.
The nurse to a quick look down at the child and back towards the owl.
"I haven't seen an owl in years." The nurse stated to herself as she walked towards the window.
Suddenly, the nurse averted her gaze from the owl because of a soft voice calmly whispering out in greeting.
"Hello."
The nurse moved her gaze away from the bird and straight into the amethyst eyes of the child, who was wide awake.
"Hi." Was all the nurse could say.
She never saw eyes like the child's before. They look so unnatural, yet…magical. And knowing the things that happened in her house, she knew that there was such a thing as magic.
"How are you feeling?" The nurse asked as she came up the child.
The little girl raised her hand to the side of her head and winced slightly.
"My head hurts." She replied.
"We have something that could help with that." The nurse stated with a smile.
Unable to pass of the chance, the nurse asked her the question that everyone wanted to know the answer.
"What's your name?" She asked.
The girl looked straight into the green eyes of the nurse's with sudden confusion. The child turned her gaze away and seemed to be seriously thinking of the answer, almost like she forgot it.
"Eliora…Melo-di-a-na…Sn…Sn… I can't remember the last name." The child stated in exasperation, small tears began to form from her eyes and soon after fall.
Soon she was crying, and all the nurse could do was to gently bring the crying child into her arms and to comfort her.
"Shhh, it's ok. You're ok." The nurse whispered soothingly to the crying child.
Eliora. What a pretty name. The nurse thought as she held the child.
The door to the room opened, and an older doctor walked in with a folder under his arm. He stopped when he saw that the child was awake, crying and being hugged by the nurse.
"Is everything alright?" He asked as the stepped in.
The nurse turned her gaze towards the voice and nodded her head.
"Yes sir, I was just comforting Eliora as she was upset." The nurse explained.
"Eliora…upset?" The doctor asked in confusion.
"That's my name, Eliora." The soft voice of the child spoke up. Her cheeks were tears stained and occasionally she would hiccup.
"It's a pleasure to finally know your name, Mss Eliora." The doctor stated with a smile on his face as he stepped right up the foot of the bed.
"Miss Baker, would you be as kind as to go the cafeteria and acquire some food for our young friend?"
The nurse, Miss Baker, smiled and nodded her head. She gave a wink towards Eliora and headed out the door.
When the door closed behind Miss Baker, the doctor took a chair and moved it so that it was next the child's bed.
The entire time, Eliora kept her curious amethyst eyes locked on the doctor.
When the chair was moved, the doctor sat down on it and opened his folder.
"Now, miss Eliora; would you please be so kind as to tell me your full name?" He asked his pen at the ready to jot down what the child said.
"You first." Eliora asked.
At first the doctor was surprised, but nodded his head in yes.
"Ok, my name is Doctor Jeffrey Hunt." He stated.
"Hello Jeffrey." Eliora said.
"Hello Eliora." Dr. Jeffrey said with a smile.
"My name is Eliora Melodiana…Sn…Sn…SN." The child was obviously trying to say that last name, but the more she tried the more she got frustrated until the doctor had to intervene.
He gently placed his hand over the child's arm to stop her.
"It's ok; it's sometimes hard to remember last names. Especially for someone so young." The doctor reassuring stated.
"That's not it. I can't remember my last name." The child stated, tears already forming in her eyes.
Dr. Jeffrey jotted down on his paper that the child may hold possible amnesia.
"Tell me, whoyour parents are?" The doctor asked after the child calmed down.
He wasn't looking at the child at the time but after a minute had passed without the child speaking, he quickly looked up.
The child was obviously having a difficult time in answering. She was frowning, while her eyes were closed, like she was trying to dig into her own brain for the answer."
Finally she spoke, but barely above a whisper.
"I…can't remember. I can't remember anything!" Eliora screamed as she clutched her head.
Dr. Jeffrey immediately dropped his papers and rushed to the child as she cried while clutching her head.
He brought his hands out and pried her fingers away from her head. He gently started to rub her back in a soothing manner until she calmed down.
"It hurts…it hurts to remember." Eliora whispered.
Ok, definitely amnesia
"Well, at least you remember your name. Is there anything else you remember, something that doesn't give you pain?" Dr. Jeffrey as he sat back unto his chair.
"I…I remember my pet." Eliora stated after a while.
"What's your pets' name?" Dr. Jeffrey asked.
"Tal." Eliora replied.
"And what is your pet Eliora? A dog, a cat, a hamster maybe?" He asked.
Eliora shook her head from side to side; her black hair tossed this way and that as she shook her head.
A smile formed on Elioras lips and she giggled at the doctors' question.
"No silly. Tal's a dragon." Eliora stated with a giggle. "She's my friend and my protector."
Dr. Jeffrey didn't say a word but did a small smile of understanding.
Ah, an imaginary friend. How cute.
What he didn't know was that Eliora had heard him, and she didn't like it.
"Tal's not an imaginary friend Jeffrey. She's right outside the window." Eliora seriously stated.
"How did you…?"
But the doctor couldn't finish his puzzled question, because the door opened and in walked Miss Baker with a tray full with all manner of food.
"I didn't know what you liked, so I got a little bit of everything." The nurse stated, her cheeks growing slightly pink as she seemed to finally look at the mound of food.
But Eliora was all to keen on eating everything from the tray since she was starving.
Knowing that the child must eat, Dr. Hunt decided not to press his question on the child; who had immediately began eating the food when Miss Baker laid it on a table over the child's waist.
He told Miss Baker to keep Eliora Company as he walked out of the room with more questions than when he first came in.
But before he left he took a quick glance at the window. Maybe his eyes were playing tricks on, because he could have sworn he saw a large white scaled snake like creature sitting on the window pane outside.
But when Dr. Hunt blinked his eyes, the creature he saw was gone and in it's place a white pigeon.
I must be seeing things. Too much stress…yeah that's it…too much stress…
Dr. Hunt stated this over and over again as he left the room.
But one thing was for sure, if no one claimed the child soon; Social Services were going start pestering that the child be sent to an orphanage.
Looking back towards the door leading to the child's room, Dr. Hunt felt pity for the child.
Even if she is slightly odd, no child deserves to live a life without loved ones surrounding them. I just hope that someone does come to claim the child, before she is sent to an orphanage.
But as the days past, no one claimed the child.
Eliora was growing stronger as the days past, and soon she would no longer need to be in the hospital. When that happened, the Social Services were going to swoop down and take the child to an orphanage.
All the papers were in order, but inwardly Dr. Hunt hoped that at the last minute someone would claim the child. The orphanage they chose was horrible, since he too had lived their most of his life as a kid.
But it was the only one that had room for the girl.
But the child herself was having trouble, having terrible nightmares in the night, but soon after forgetting them the minute she would awake in a cold sweat.
As the days counted down until the day Eliora was to be released, tension grew from everyone at the hospital who had got to know the child Eliora.
All the kids liked her because she made them all feel better, not to mention she was pretty good at breaking up a fight (which happened a lot in room #6 with two boys that at first hated each other, but with the help of Eliora learned to acknowledged each other with respect.)
The doctors and nurses all enjoyed Eliora's company. Taking her around the hospital and outside was always enjoyable as they listened to the bright child ask questions about things that were considered ordinary for some, but for Eliora just plain exciting.
During the day, Eliora spent it with the kids or the doctors and nurses, but by night she spent it with Tal.
Funny that she could remember Tal, but nothing about her past nor her family. Eliora thought to herself one night as she petted the sleeping dragon in her arms.
Tonight was her last night in Great Ormond Hospital for Children. Tomorrow afternoon she was going to Coldrock House for Orphans. Dr. Jeffrey had told her three days ago, and she immediately said that she didn't want to go.
But the doctor explained her that no one had claimed her and she couldn't stay in the hospital forever.
After some time, Eliora accepted it…but still didn't like it. She had asked if they would write to her, the hospital staff and kids that she had made friends with.
Dr. Hunt said they would try, but he knew how strict the orphanage was. Getting letters was rare. But he would find a way that he could send them to Eliora.
So as Eliora stroked her friend, she wondered what it would be like to live in an orphanage. Jeffrey said that there were kids there, so maybe she could make some new friends.
But she would still remember her friends here.
As Eliora fell into a deep slumber, Tal curled herself and snuggled up close to Eliora as she too fell asleep. Both of their lives were about to change tomorrow once again. Not knowing what was in store for them.
But both knew that as long as they had each other, they would be ok…in this Strange New World.
SORRY! Sorry for this late chapter. But you won't believe what happened! The chapter was already done and I was about to post it three days ago. But my computer froze!
So there went all of my hard work. But I think I like this version of chapter 2 better. (Smiles)
Hope you liked the chapter and tell me what you think.
P.S. If anyone is from London and knows about the hospital I chose to use. If I made any mistakes, please tell me, since I never went to that hospital.
THANK YOU!
P.S.S. One last thing. Who do you think should play Eliora's character? Like which actress would you choose?
A special thank you to Reviewer:
Silent Storm 2000 – Love your name! And thank you for reviewing. I'm so glad that you like the new version. (Phew) I got your review from the last version and I thank you for being my devoted fan. (Gives a plushy of Eliora with her dragonfly wings) THANK YOU!
Sit tight for the next chapter! Eliora and Tal's first day at Coldrock house for Orphans.