DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry Potter, Doctor Who or the Chronicles of Narnia. I own this plot only, and any OCs. My depictions of real life characters are based on stereotypes or suppositions and no insult is intended. I have no desire to own the series this story is based on, although if anyone could give me either a wand, TARDIS or wardrobe portal into Narnia I certainly wouldn't say no.
IMPORTANT: This is a rewrite of my story, You Are Not Alone and, as such, any resemblence to that story is intentional. No offence is meant by my portrayal of the Royal Family. I have the utmost of respect for Her Majesty the Queen and her wider family.
Chapter Twenty: Summer Part 4 - Meeting the Brigadier
'Splendid fellows - all of you!' The Brigadier, The Five Doctors
Location: Harry's TARDIS
Time: Unspecified
Lucy followed Harry as he ran into the console room of his TARDIS, skidding to a halt in front of one of the many banks of unusual looking controls, he started flicking switches, turning dials, spinning wheels and pumping pumps as the TARDIS shuddered into flight, it's trademark wheezing sound filling the air.
'So where are we going now Harry?' Lucy asked as she watched her bondmate now running around the console like a madman.
'Well I figured we both needed a break after two days babysitting the girls.' Harry explained. 'So, I figured we might go visit a couple of old friends of mine...'
Location: 13 Bannerman Road, Ealing, London, England, Earth
Time: April 2009 CE
'Goodbye, Sarah Jane.' Former Brigadier, now Field Marshal Lethbridge-Stewart said as he turned to head towards the bus stop, intent on catching the next bus to that old-timers place he was forced to call his home.
'Goodbye, Brig.' Sarah Jane Smith waved goodbye with a smile, but any further farewell was interrupted by the grating, wheezing sound of a materialising TARDIS filling the air. Both Sarah and the Brigadier looked at each other, before turning to the spot the sound was emanating from, both expecting to see that blue police public call box appear, and so they were surprised to instead see an applewood wardrobe fade into existence in the middle of Sarah Jane's front lawn, right where the portal that Kaagh and Mrs Wormwood had disappeared through just moments beforehand.
The whole assembled group were even more shocked when, rather than the typical lanky adult male bounding out, two children, a boy and girl, about twelve years old at first glance, clambered out of the wardrobe. The boy was acting Doctor-like, tasting the air and checking his watch before turning to his companion. 'Well, Lu, the year is 2009, we are in Ealing, London, and...' he stopped and sniffed the air, bending down to smell the grass before jumping up and continuing, his face dropping slightly, '...and I missed all the fun. Damn it all.'
'What fun, Harry?' The young girl asked her friend, a cute look of confusion on her face.
'Never mind, Lu.' Harry waved her away as he looked around at their surroundings.
It took a few moments for the words of the two to finish swirling around in her brain, but when they did so, she was able to recognise the young man. 'Harry Potter? Is that really you?' Sarah Jane asked.
'They look a little like the Duke and Duchess of Gryffindor, but it couldn't be them, they're adults.' Rani Chandra, one of Sarah Jane's "gang" piped up.
'Yes, Sarah Jane and...' Harry started, looking at the Indian girl, looking like he couldn't quite remember her name.
'Rani.' she answered.
'Rani, right. I am Prince Harry James, Duke of Gryffindor, and this is my wife, Lucy, Duchess of Gryffindor. Better known to you, Sarah, and you, Brigadier, as Harry Potter.' Harry replied, before introducing Sarah and the Brigadier. 'Lucy, this is Sarah Jane Smith and General...'
'Field Marshal.' The Brigadier interjected.
'Congratulations, sir. Sarah Jane Smith and Field Marshal Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, this is Lucy, my wife.' Harry gestured to each of the Doctor's companions. 'I've only ever met the Brigadier once, but I've been told a great many things about him, and Sarah Jane is one of my favourites out of all the Doctor's friends.' Harry added, both companions looking down modestly.
'But my friends call me the Brigadier, your Highness.' The Brigadier replied, kissing Lucy's hand.
'And who are the rest of the gang, Sarah? I only know Luke.' Harry asked, looking around at the other assembled people.
'Clyde Langer, Rani Chandra, this is Harry and Lucy Potter. Harry, Lucy, this is Clyde Langer and Rani Chandra.' Sarah introduced the two pairs to each other.
'Uh, Harry, is this your TARDIS?' The Brigadier asked, gesturing to the wardrobe.
'Yes it is.' Harry nodded, looking affectionately at his TARDIS.
'Would I be able to impose on you to give me a little hop over to the Tower of London, say about 2pm tomorrow?'
'I don't see why not, Brigadier, I'll happily take you there, probably much more accurately than the Doctor.' Harry complied with the Brigadier's request, expansively gesturing into the wardrobe shaped TARDIS.
With a final goodbye to Sarah Jane and the gang, Harry gestured Lucy and the Brigadier into the wardrobe which faded from sight, leaving Sarah's front lawn empty once more.
Location: Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, Tower Hill, London, England, Earth
Time: April 2009 CE
The wardrobe shaped TARDIS materialised in the courtyard at the Tower of London and Harry followed Lucy and the Brigadier outside to come face to face with an older blonde haired woman. 'Dad?' she asked, looking at the Brigadier, resplendent in his UNIT uniform.
'Kate, dear girl. How are you?' The Brig asked the woman tenderly.
'Fine as always, Dad.' Kate Stewart, one of UNIT's head scientists replied. 'How was Peru?'
'It was tiring.' The aged officer replied before stopping short. 'Oh, where are my manners? Kate, this is Harry and Lucy Potter. Harry, Lucy, this is my daughter, Kate Stewart.' he introduced his young friends to his only daughter.
'Pleasure.' Kate nodded to both before eyeing up the TARDIS. 'It's good that you are here actually, Harry. My father is needed in Australia rather urgently and I have been ordered,' she said this with disdain, 'to escort him there. Dad has told me all about the TARDIS, and well, I rather hate to fly...' she trailed off, hoping Harry would get the hint.
'That's quite alright, Kate. Just tell me where and I'll take you and the Brigadier there.' Harry agreed with a smile, it was an adventure (of sorts) after all.
Location: Headquarters - UNIT Australia, HMAS Kuttabul, Sydney, Australia, Earth
Time: April 2009 CE
Harry's TARDIS groaned and wheezed into existence just outside a large building with expanses of floor to ceiling windows letting in a great deal of light, a sign announcing the building to hold the Headquarters of the Unified Intelligence Taskforce Australia. The building was nestled amongst all the others at the picturesque Fleet Base East of the Royal Australian Navy on Garden Island. The four occupants stepped out of the TARDIS and Harry took the moment to comment on its choice of camouflage, 'Fire Escape Door, I like it!'
The Brigadier and Kate let them through the automatic sliding doors and into the foyer of the building, where they were immediately met by a Royal Australian Navy officer with a UNIT cap badge - which was certainly something unexpected - who snapped off a crisp salute. 'Field Marshal Lethbridge Stewart, Doctor Stewart, welcome to Sydney. I'm Lieutenant Commander James Livingstone. Please follow me and I will take you to General Jones' office.' The officer said, gesturing the quartet towards the elevators.
'Field Marshal? Doctor Stewart? General Jones will see you now.' The aide said as the lieutenant commander led the three into the office on the seventh floor of the building. 'Ah, Mr Potter, Miss Pevensie?' The aide added to the two children, 'General Jones asked me to escort you down to our vault, he has some objects that a young Time Lord such as yourself should be able to identify for us.' The Brigadier nodded, and so Harry and Lucy found themselves being led down an elevator to the basement.
Harry stepped out of the elevator and was led through the Vault to a small room with only a single bare bulb. The majority of the room was taken up by a dull grey box with a single hinged door. The box was most interesting in the fact that there was nothing interesting about it at all. It was so exceedingly dull as to be intriguing. Harry reached up and stroked his hand down the side, before the aide directed his attention to the second object, a small white cube which was giving off an ethereal glow, and on the side a monogram, a stately cursive letter R set against the crescent moon. As he picked the cube up, an equally ethereal voice emanated from it, 'Crash imminent, TARDIS dying. Contact the High Council of Time Lords of Gallifrey and tell them that Lady Pre...' Here however the voice faded away and a distinct crash could be heard before the message played all over again.
Harry turned back to the aide, and said 'That box is a dead TARDIS. It won't work anymore, all its life force has been drained. This on the other hand...' he held up the cube. 'This I have to take to show the Doctor, and no you cannot refuse me because it will only work for Time Lords.'
The aide was unable to answer before the Brig and General Jones walked in and the latter stated, 'We will not stop you Mister Potter. You and I both know you could call your TARDIS and escape anyway. As long as you send word of what you discover, you are free to take it with you.'
Location: Harry's TARDIS
Time: Unspecified
'So, Harry, what exactly is that glowing cube thing?' Lucy asked curiously as the Brigadier and Kate watched on, thinking how much the young boy reminded him of the Doctor he knew, all of them.
'This, my dear Lucy, is a psychic message cube. Time Lords use them to send messages to other Time Lords, but we usually only use them when we are serious danger. This message seems to be from the Lady President of the Time Lords, and if I remember the lessons the Doctor gave me, then he would be very interested to get this, especially when I tell him that UNIT recovered it just off the coast of Britain.' Harry explained to his companions. 'Now, Lethbridge-Stewarts, I shall drop you two off at the Tower of London, and then I must go show this to the Doctor, I will make sure that he comes to visit you.' Harry added and set the TARDIS to do as he had said.
Location: Diagon Alley, London, England, Earth
Time: August 1993 CE
Harry, Lucy, Zara and William were escorted to Gringotts by Remus as William looked around, taking in all the sights of Diagon Alley for the first time.
After Gringotts, Harry and Lucy went off on their own, and soon found a small shop tucked out of sight of the rest of the alley, the peeling paint of the sign identified it as "Errol Ollivander's Specialist Staff and Wandcrafting". Curious the two entered the shop and were met by a man very similar to Garrick Ollivander who ran the main wand shop. 'I wondered when I'd be seeing you, your Highness.' The man, Errol, said, strangely reminiscent of his brother. 'As a Duke of the Wizenagamot I expected you here years ago, and you have brought your wife too. Excellent, excellent. On behalf of the Ollivander family, I would be honoured to make your Highnesses custom staves for just 25 galleons each.'
After a quick discussion, Harry answered for them both. 'Very well, Mister Ollivander, though for your generosity, here is 100 galleons, and we would like to watch you craft them.'
'Of course, of course, it shouldn't take too long at all. First I need you to reach out and feel these...raw...I suppose you could call them staves. Each one is made of a mix of two woods and will form the base for your stave.' Errol explained.
Harry felt each of the raw staves, until he found one that just seemed right. 'Ah, an interesting mix this one. I have had this for 102 years. A mix of alder and elder, just right for a leader of the light.' Errol explained to Harry.
Lucy repeated the process and Errol once again explained the significance. 'Applewood and willow. You are deeply in tune with magic. You embrace peace, but heaven help anyone who harms your friends and family.'
'Now, you need to do the same with these cores over here, pick the two that feel best.' Errol instructed.
Harry complied, and Errol once more explained, 'Hmmm, a shadow phoenix feather and a tail hair from a thestral. You seek to protect those you love, but you do not fear death.'
'And you my dear Lucy, unicorn hair and a lion's hair. You are powerful in protective magic, and are valiant and wise beyond your years.'
'And now lastly, do the same with a gemstone as a focus for your staff.' Errol gave the last instruction.
'Agate, my lord? This will give your staff great balance, perfect for someone who seeks to protect, but also who fights for the light.' Errol explained to Harry, before looking to Lucy.
'Aquamarine tells me you are youthful and exuberant, but that you can search for and find the truth where others cannot.'
Shortly after, as Harry and Lucy watched, Errol carefully crafted the staves, placing the core within and mounting the gemstone on top. He then added runes for automatic shrinking, protection and others he didn't identify. After that, each stave was crafted to match the personality of their wielder. Harry's showed a phoenix, clasping the agate stone in its talons, whereas Lucy's showed a lion resting its forepaws on the aquamarine as if it were observing someone. 'Now when using staves, the magic does not come from the point as with a wand, but instead from the gemstone, or from the shaft itself, or as you get more advanced even from your other hand. I believe these will come in handy for you in Ancient Studies this year.' Errol said with a smile, before Harry and Lucy left his shop, both tapping the shrinking rune and placing the stave in their pocket.
End of Part Two
Cast Notes:
Starring...
Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor
Karen Gillan as Amy Pond
Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams
With
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry, Duke of Gryffindor
And
Georgie Henley as Lucy Pevensie
Hogwarts Students...
Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
Freya Wilson as Daphne Greengrass
Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom
Ellie Darcey-Alden as Susan Bones
Ramona Marquez as Hannah Abbott
Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy
Izzy Meikle-Small as Tracey Davis
Rupert Grint as Ronald Weasley
Narnians...
William Moseley as Peter Pevensie
Anna Popplewell as Susan Pevensie
Skandar Keynes as Edmund Pevensie
Will Poulter as Eustace Scrubb
Lucy Boynton as Jill Pole
Jim Broadbent as Digory Kirke
Ben Barnes as King Caspian X
Gary Sweet as Captain Drinian
Laura Brent as Queen Lilliandil
Liam Neeson as Aslan (voice)
Others...
The Royal Family as Themselves
John Simm as the Sixteenth Master/Archibald Griffin
Alex Kingston as River Song
Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore
Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall
David Thewlis as Sqn. Ldr. Remus Lupin, RAF
Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew
Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort (voice)
John Orchard as Ludo Bagman
Richie Benaud as Dick Bennett
Nicholas Courtney as The Brigadier
Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith
Jemma Redgrave as Dr. Kate Stewart
John Hurt as Errol Ollivander
Claire Bloom as the Unknown Time Lady (voice)
Coming Soon - Part Three: Vitae et Amor
Author's Note: Another chapter on its way soon...