Chapter 9

Chapter 9

The Heir of Gryffendor

"I'm WHAT?!" Tye scrambled to her feet. Harry looked too stunned to move. He just sat there, gaping up at Tye and Ollivander, blinking.

"Mr. Ollivander, I can't be a descendant of Godric Gryffendor, I was a Muggle until yesterday!" Tye cried.

"Your Grandmother, her name was Fern, was it not?" Ollivander said, ignoring her outburst.

"Well, yes. Grandma Fern died when I was 7."

"Your grandmother was the great great great great great great granddaughter of Godric Gryffendor, give or take a few greats. She was thought to be the last of the Gryffendors. She was sent to America when the Dark Lord was at the height of his power. He didn't have as much influence there. We wanted to keep her safe. There, she married a Muggle man and had a child by him, but he left her when he found out she was a witch. That child was your father."

"I remember something about that. We knew Grandma Fern's husband ran off, but we never knew why," Tye said, her mind reeling with all this.

"You father possessed no magic, so Fern shortened her last name to Gryffen so as to be more inconspicuous, and brought him up as a Muggle. No one ever knew she was a witch, she never told anyone after that. But she kept in contact with Dumbledor through the Muggle post till her dying day."

"There is something I don't quite understand," said Harry, getting slowly to his feet, "Why did Tye's grandmother get special protection, even if she was a descendant of Gryffendor? Not that any relative of yours didn't DESERVE it." He said quickly, catching Tye's look.

"That's better," she said, folding her arms across her chest.

"Because Fern, like all the Gryffendors, possessed a special power that You-Know-Who would have done anything to get his hands on. A power that, if he had forced her to use it for his gain, would have brought his wrath down upon us all," Ollivander sat in the spidery chair, a look of great weariness on his face, "Fern Gryffendor was an Enhanser. Besides being an exceptionally powerful witch or wizard on one's own, one who possessed the power of Enhancement could somehow form a Bond with someone. This Bond would allow the Enhanser to translate his or her power through the one they had Bonded with, and the power wold be increased a hundred fold. No one knows exactly how a Bond is formed, that was a Gryffendor family secret, meant to be passed down with each new generation. Your grandmother died before she could pass the secret on to you, Tye. So, though you posses the power, you know not how to use it." Ollivander looked at her sadly. Tye's mouth fell open.

"I can't believe it! Only yesterday I found out what I was, and now I find I'm not only a witch, I'm the long lost heir of Gryffendor! This is too much information for one 42 hour stretch." Tye felt sick, like she would faint again. Harry must have sensed this, because he took her arm, steadying her.

"Sir, what does that wand have to do with all this?" Harry asked, voiceing the question Tye could not.

"Yeah," Tye managed to say over her nausea, "How do you know who I am just because this wand worked for me?" She gestured at the stark white wand still lying on the floor. Suddenly, it jumped in the air and flew to her hand. She stared at it in suprise. Ollivander smiled.

"It seems that today I am fated to tell many stories. This wand was made from the wood of the rarest tree in the world. The tree was Enhanced by Godric himself. The wood was gleaming white, as you can see, and the cherries that grew from it were pure gold. The tree grew deep in the Forbidden Forrest that surrounds Hogwarts and anyone who was pure in heart and brave enough to risk the dangers finding it could reap the benefit. But You-Know-Who found the tree and destroyed it out of spite, for he was black hearted and could not reach the gold. Dumbledor sent the only piece that could be salvaged to me. He told me to make a wand from it. He said that the witch or wizard it chose would be the true heir of Gryffendor. That, my dear, is you."

Well well, seems that Tye is more powerful than she thought. I promise, folks! This is the last explaining chapter for a while, now on to the good stuff! Action! Adventure! Sports! Romance! Fresh fruit! All and more in the next installment of.......

HOGWARTS, TYED!!!

Tye is... Ah, you know the drill.