Author: Diva-Elf
Title: Through the Mists of Life
Rating: R
Genre: Humor, Angst, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Summary: AU. Abusive Dursley's, new powers, fighting, pranks, surprises, and new allies.
Warnings: Battles; people's heads coming off; blood, guts, and gore; implied slash
FOR RETURNING READERS: We highly suggest (or really, really hope) that you re-read the story, as there are small, but important, changes. Thank you.
From Both of Us: For those faint of heart, we suggest, for the sake of your sanity (or heart palpitations) that you skip over a few of the battle scene descriptions. However, as we doubt any of you will actually have a heart attack and die from Diva's less-than-beautiful descriptions, ignore this warning. And also for those who do not, in particular, like male/male or female/female pairings, please be aware that while they are not emphasized, they are implied. If you don't like this, then you can ignore it or stop reading, but we hope you do the former, because, as we've already stated, they are merely implied. Except in one chapter, quite a ways from now, but we believe it's only about five sentences or so where it is clear. (And, for those of you who do not mind slash, the pairing of that scene is Siri/Remmy.)
Thank you,
Diva-Elf
--Banii-chan
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Chapter Ten- Of Heritage
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Diva walked into the second floor girls bathroom to see Pheonixx leaning against a stall.
"I was wondering when you would get here," Phee stated. Diva blinked then shook her head.
"Whatever. Let's just go," Diva said.
"Who's there?" someone asked. Pheonixx turned around and came face to face with a ghost of a twelve year old girl with glasses, and her hair in pig tails.
"Who are you?" Diva asked.
"Myrtle," the ghost answered sullenly.
"Hello, Myrtle," Pheonixx said. "How long have you been dead?" Myrtle brightened.
"For fifty five years," Myrtle said excitedly. "Do you want to know how I died?" Phee shrugged.
"Sure."
"Well. I was standing just over there, by that stall. I was crying because Olive Hornby was teasing me about my glasses. Then I heard this strange hissing and a boy speak, so I left my stall to tell him to leave and I saw this great, big pair of yellow eyes. Then I- died." Pheonixx looked interested.
"Really? Yellow eyes?" Myrtle nodded. "I see. Thank you, Myrtle, that was very interesting." Pheonixx smiled brightly and stopped to walk around her. "Sorry we can't stay longer, but we have to gather some potion ingredients. I'll stop by sometime, though, if you want."
"Alright," Myrtle said, blinking. Pheonixx walked to a sink with a snake engraved on the tap. She told it to open then looked back at Myrtle.
"I like your glasses, by the way." Then she jumped down. Diva followed her.
Diva used Air to slow her decent while Pheonixx unfurled great black wings. They landed in a dark tunnel, which suddenly flared with light as hundred of hidden balls began to glow. Pheonixx smiled.
"Grandpapa told me about this. It would only light for his true heir."
They followed the passages until they got to a slightly caved in part, where the walls were slightly black with ash. They looked at it curiously and walked through a makeshift opening and came upon a large, shed snakeskin. Phee shrunk it and put it in a bottle she had on her belt. They continued on and came to a large, stone door with two snakes entwined.
"Hello Marix, Xiram." The stone snakes began to move and come alive, shaking off dust and dirt. They turned to her, then glanced at her Crown.
"Hello, mistress," they hissed. "We are honored you have joined us here."
"Will you let us through?" Not answering, the snakes began to move toward the center of the door, where they melded with the rest of the stone. Something clicked and the door swung open soundlessly.
The two entered the large, strange room. Snake statues lined the walkway, which was surrounded by water. Inside each snake's mouth, a small ball of light began to come to life, bringing the dark chamber to brightness. They could see, near a statue of an old man, the large form of the dead basilisk, as well as blood and ink, which stained the floor.
Pheonixx went to work harvesting the basilisk while Diva walked around, looking at everything. Just as Pheonixx was finishing Diva called to her.
"Phee, I think we have a situation here." Intrigued, Pheonixx got up and walked over to where Diva was standing, hand on Shalone.
"What's the matter?" Diva only looked forward. Pheonixx followed her gaze and saw what was the matter.
In a nest of dirt and stone were three stone grey eggs, about five inches tall and four inches wide. Diva pulled Shalone out of her sheath and was about to strike when Pheonixx stopped her.
"Diva! No!" Diva paused, Shalone an inch above one of the eggs. Diva looked over at her and blinked.
"Why not?" Diva asked.
"I want to keep them." Diva gaped at her.
"What?!"
"I want to keep them," Pheonixx repeated. "Those little ones are the offspring of Grandpapa's most loyal pet. Besides, I've always wanted a baby basilisk."
"Phee, I only have one question," Diva said. "Are you crazy?!?!"
"No," Pheonixx answered. "Craezély is in the forest."
"That's not what I meant!"
"I know that," Pheonixx said. "But baby basilisks are just soo cute! Plus I get to hold them, and love them, and cherish them, and… what?" Diva was looking at Pheonixx like she had gone insane.
"Phee, listen to yourself." Diva said.
"What does that have to do with anything?" Pheonixx asked. "I know exactly what I'm saying. Now put Shalone away and help me with these." Diva sighed, sheathed Shalone, picked up one of the eggs and followed Pheonixx out of the chamber.
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Harry woke up to the sounds of the birds singing and wondered if it was that that woke him up but soon realized that it was the hooting of Hedwig that actually woke him. He looked balefully at his snowy owl and after a few minutes he got out of bed, knowing that he wouldn't get anymore sleep from the racket that the birds were making outside.
Slipping on his glasses and forcefully getting out of bed, he went into the bathroom. Half and hour later he came back out, after taking a shower and getting dressed, and headed towards the Great Hall for breakfast. After getting shocked by the many door handles on his way down he finally sat down at the table for breakfast.
"Hey, Harry," Diva said through a yawn as he sat down.
"Hey. Where is everyone?" Harry asked, looking around the empty Great Hall. Diva shrugged.
"I don't know. I just got here myself," Diva answered. "Though, you might want to watch out for Sirius today."
"Why?" Harry asked
"He had his really, really, really, evil slash mischievous grin on before he went to bed last night," Diva said.
"Ahh- Ow!" Harry said jerking his hand back from the metal juice jug and shaking it.
"What's the matter?" Diva asked.
"I got shocked," Harry said. "This is some day I'm having. All the doorknobs shocked me as well on my way down."
"Heawwr?" Diva said with a raised eyebrow and a little smile on her lips.
"Heawwr." Harry said without a second thought. Then his eyes became wide. "What just happened?"
"You just said 'Heawwr'," Diva said. "Algeja for 'Really'. It seems… you're part Chaian."
"I'm what?" Harry asked. Diva rolled her eyes. This was going to be harder than she first thought.
"Oh, come on. Lets find Sirius," Diva said getting up and walking out of the hall. Harry followed, but not before he grabbed a couple pieces of toast. Diva headed down towards the dungeons.
"Why are we going down here?" Harry asked.
"Because Phee is down here and she'll know where Sirius is," Diva answered; a few minutes later they came to a stop in front of a large wooden door. Diva knocked and entered, Harry following. Pheonixx stood before a table, frowning at a cauldron.
"Hey, Phee," Diva said. "Do you know where your Hellhound Lord Commander Sirius is?" Pheonixx's eyes unfocused for a brief second.
"In his room, asleep. Why?" Pheonixx asked looking up from the cauldron she was working at.
"A-day," Diva said.
"Ahh," Pheonixx said. "Hey Harry. Nice ears by the way."
"What!?" Harry said, reaching up and feeling his ears. They were elongated and pointy, like Diva's. He groaned. Why did these things always happen to him? Diva tilted her head.
"I think they look cute on you." Harry could feel his face redden with embarrassment. "Anyway, l'gajzc, Phee."
Diva turned Harry around and started to push him out the door. Diva lead Harry back up to the main castle; up a few flights of stairs then stopped in front of a bare stretch of wall. Diva didn't feel like saying the password so she just waved her hand over one of the bricks and said, "Open." A wooden door appeared and Diva opened it. She entered and Harry followed, closing the door after him, being careful not to touch any metal.
"His bedroom is through there. I'll be right back." Diva pointed to a door off to the side.
She walked over and knocked. There was no answer. She knocked again, only louder. Still no answer. Sighing, she opened the door and walked in.
Hanging half way off of the bed was a sleeping Sirius. Diva got a mischievous smile on her lips then changed into a puma. She calmly walked over to where Sirius was sleeping, and started to breathe in his face. He woke with a start and was so startled to see a puma looming over him that he accidentally changed into the demon version of Padfoot. When that happened he fell off of the bed and landed with a thud on the floor.
Diva changed back and was laughing so hard she was doubled over. Padfoot was growling/grumbling and looking balefully at Diva. Sirius changed back into himself.
"Didn't anyone tell you that it's not nice to wake someone up like that?" Sirius asked. Diva regained control of herself.
"Yes, you did in fact," Diva said. Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Why are you here?" Sirius asked.
"A-day," Diva answered. Sirius's eyes grew wide, then he hit his forehead.
"I forgot!" he said, getting up and running out the door of the bedroom.
"Sirius! Wait! Harry is…" There was a crash and then muffled moans. "… right outside." Diva shook her head, got up off of the floor and walked into the sitting room. There she found Sirius and Harry in a heap on the floor trying to untangle themselves and Sirius apologizing over and over again. Diva sat down in a nearby chair. After a minute, Sirius and Harry were sitting on the couch in front of the fire.
"So, Harry, anything interesting happen yet today?" Sirius asked with a small smile on his lips.
"Yeah," Harry answered, looking suspiciously between him and Diva.. "I got shocked by every single doorknob in the castle, spoke another language, and found out that my ears have decided to have a growth spurt without my body." Sirius chuckled. "It's not that funny," Harry said, glaring at his godfather. "Would someone please tell me what's going on?"
"Your Elements have reactivated," Diva answered picking something out from under her fingernail.
"My what?" Harry said, staring at her.
"Elements, Harry, Elements," Diva said rolling her eyes, "Sirius…" She waved one of her hands and Sirius nodded.
"Harry, have you ever wondered why Voldemort wants to kill you?" Sirius asked.
"Yes, lots of times." Harry answered, "I asked Dumbledore in my first year but he didn't tell me." Sirius nodded again.
"He didn't tell you because he didn't know the whole truth," Sirius said.
"What is the truth?" Harry asked. Sirius sighed, ran a hand through his uncombed hair and started to pace around the small room. Although, he suddenly had this insane urge to yell, "You want the truth? You want the truth?! You can't handle the truth!"
'...Me thinks someone spent way too much time around dearest Lils,' Sirius thought to himself, snorting quietly.
"It wasn't until recently that I remembered what I am about to tell you, becuase James had Lily place a memory charm on me, a strong one," Sirius began, adding, "So don't ge tmad at me!" hastily. "Your father and I were friends for years before we went to Hogwarts together. James knew that I was a demon and I knew that he was Chaian, but that really didn't matter."
"Wait a minute," Harry said. "My father wasn't human?" Diva rolled her eyes and continued to look at her nails as though they were the most fascinating things in the world.
"Yes, yes, now let me finish," Sirius said. "Your father came from a very long line of very powerful Chaians. Most were Ultimates."
"Ultimates?" Harry asked, getting more and more confused.
"One of the most powerful Elemental Chaian. Their power is not as great as the royal line, though," Diva answered. "Continue, Sirius." Sirius nodded and continued with his story.
"Like I was saying, most of the Chaians on your father's side, including your father, were Ultimates. When the Zian War started on Garthon, your father and his parents left Garthon and came to Earth. He moved right next door to me and my grandparents. My parents sent me and my sister to live on Earth so that we would be safe from the war that was raging on Garthon.
"We both got a letter from Hogwarts. At first his parents and my grandparents didn't want us to go because they were afraid that someone would find out what we were, but in the end we were able to persuade them to let us go.
"Of course, you know what happened. We met Remus and Peter. Your father knew that Remus was a werewolf from the first time that we met him, but decided to humor him along until the right time.
"Then your mother and father started dating. James was afraid to tell Lily that he was Chaian. He didn't want to scare her away. But Lily being Lily had started to figure it out on her own. When your father did tell her she hit him around the head with a very thick book for a bit for not trusting her sooner." Diva snickered.
"One dead give away that he's Chaian is the fascination with sharp, shiny objects." Sirius rolled his eyes and shook his head.
"Anyway," Sirius said. "When Voldemort found out that your father was Chaian, he knew that you had the potential to be an Ultimate also. He saw you as a threat to his power so he wanted to kill you. I think you know what happens after that. Then of course there's this whole prophesy-thinger..." he added nonchalantly. Harry was looking at Sirius with a shocked expression on his face. Diva looked over at him and waved her hand in front of his face. He didn't even bat an eyelash. Diva looked over at Sirius.
"I think you killed him, Sirius." Sirius chuckled, bring Harry out of his trance-like state.
"I- I'm not sure what to say," Harry said, still dazed.
"Something along the lines of 'Why the hell didn't anyone tell me earlier?' would be considered appropriate," Diva said dangling her legs over the arm of the chair. "Or you could always do the 'Okay, so now I have all these funky powers, what do I do with them?.' Or even-"
"I think we get the picture," Sirius said dryly.
"What's going to happen now?" Harry asked.
"You get trained in your Elements," Diva said. "Just so that you don't accidentally blow up the castle." Harry looked over at Diva, alarmed. "Not that you will! Sheesh, why does everyone take that so seriously around here?" Sirius rolled his eyes. "And according to the records of yoru birth, you were born with Mind, Life, Air, and Thunder. Three Majors, one Minor. Pretty good, really." Harry blinked. Diva grinned. "Look on your left arm."
Harry gave her a strange look and lifted up the sleeve of this left arm. There, in a small column, were four markings in a row: A violet senen eye with a dark violet wave above and below for Mind; three spirals of silver loosely wound together for Air; three gray stars for Life; and a bolt of silver lightning outlined in gold for Thunder.
"Who's going to train me?" Harry asked, looking between Sirius and Diva.
"I'll train you on your Mind Element, Julie with your Water Element, Sirius with your Fire Element, Morgan with your Earth, Breve with your Air Element and… who else… oh yes… Star with your Life Element." Diva said counting on her fingers.
"With the exception of Air and Life, you're only able to use all six of the Major Elements because of your Mind Element. Through your Mind Element you can summon any Element you wish. Also because of your Mind Element you're a Seer. And a pretty good one once you learn how to control the flow of your power so that it doesn't interfere with your Seeing.
"I'll train you in your other Elements and combat. Like sword fighting, hand to hand, Elemental dueling, archery, equestrian, and what was the other one? Oh yes, wandless magic." Harry was looking at her with his mouth open.
"I have to learn all that?" he asked, shocked. Diva looked over at him.
"Yes," she answered. "But don't worry, the Elemental part of your training will come naturally to you. You already have the knowledge on how to control your Elements. All Chaians are born with that knowledge. The hard part will be your combat training. Even though all Chaians are naturals at combat, the training is still tough. It has to be. We thrive on the challenge of making it that way and extending our knowledge of the fighting arts."
"I thought demons were bad," Sirius muttered. Diva raised an eyebrow.
"Really? I thought they were worse." Sirius shook his head.
"Demons only use Nature. We don't care much for your fancy metal swords or daggers or throwing stars, though many use them anyway. Elements or a nice bow and arrow are all that we need to keep happy."
"Right now I'm wishing I was a demon and not a Chaian," Harry muttered. Sirius laughed.
"Actually, you wouldn't want to be a demon either," Sirius said, grinned at him. "We're more complicated than trying to figure out one of Lady Destiny's riddles on a good day."
"Oh, you just reminded me Sirius," Diva said. "I have one of grandmother's prophecies to figure out. Real strange one it is," Diva shook her head. "Why couldn't she just make so that it was understandable?"
"Because she's your grandmother and Athena," Sirius said. Diva rolled her eyes.
"Anyway, Harry, I think that for right now you need to learn how to not electrocute yourself with your Thunder Element," Diva said.
"How?" Harry asked.
"By letting some of your energy out while focusing it at the same time," Diva said.
"Sounds complicated," Harry said.
"Not really, it just sounds more complicated than it really is," Diva said. "Here I'll show you with my own Thunder Element." Diva opened her hand and a pastel yellow ball formed above the palm of her hand. Inside a smaller, brighter yellow ball formed at the same time and sent numerous streaks of electricity to the outer edge.
"This is what I meant," Diva said. "You're releasing some of your energy while at the same time focusing it. Like, right now the energy is focused into a ball." Diva placed her other hand over the ball and closed her hands around it.
"And when you extinguish the energy," she reopened her hands, "it's recycled through your body for another purpose. So, if you're ever in the camp, you'll see some Chaians just conjuring up balls of their Elements and then extinguishing them so that they can use the energy more efficiently. Now you try."
Harry wasn't really sure about it, but he gave it a try anyway. Better try then go around for the rest of his life having to avoid touching anything metal. Harry opened his own hand and willed for the same yellow ball to appear in his hand like the one that had appeared in Diva's.
After a few seconds, Harry felt a slight tingle move down his arm and into his hand. Surprisingly, he wasn't surprised by the tingle. It almost felt like an old friend had come back from a long trip. Focusing his mind he pushed the tingle out of his hand. Then a pastel yellow ball formed in his hand. A smaller yellow ball formed in the center of the larger ball and yellow streaks came out of the smaller ball and connected with the larger. He brought his other hand over the ball and felt the ball diminish under his hands. He reopened his hands and the ball was gone.
Sirius and Diva were smiling. Then Diva conjured up a small metal ball and threw it to Harry. Harry caught it instinctively and wasn't shocked.
"Hey! I didn't get shocked!" Harry said.
"Then that means you did it right," Diva said. Harry grinned mischievously.
"I think I could get used to this." Sirius groaned and put his head in his head.
"Nothing good ever came when James wore that grin," he said.