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CHAPTER 3 - SURPRISE QUEST AND FIRST YEAR IN HOGWARTS
Elven King Thranduil of the Woodland Realm has tried his best to distract himself from his worrying and concerns over his soulmate pair that is trapped and living in the other world.
Despite that, though the few nights that had passed by and he had seen in the Dream-sharing that his pair is safe and secure inside the magic enchanted forests known as the Grey-Mists Forests, being taken care of and taught by her elf guardian Adriana Evergreen, he couldn't help but constantly worry about his soulmate when he watched her grow up almost so fast as he had discovered through the Dream-sharing that Hari is living inside a magic time bubble and it's the reason how she's able to grow normally slow as an immortal elf inside it since the magic time bubble moves fast on the inside so that the female elf Hari would grow, and outside the time bubble, the time of that world moves normally slow, as it had passed almost ten years that gone by, and inside the magic bubble, Hari has grown up into almost a thousand years old, nearly a full-grown elf maiden but has the appearance of a young teenage and mature adult about 15 years old as such with good female features and curves.
He couldn't believe how fast his soulmate, Hari has already grown and older, and she looked beautiful as he could ever imagine, even though she's still younger than him for about 4 millennia older. But he didn't mind at all, for he believed that thanks to this magic time bubble, she might grow older fast until both of them are equal in age and when his friends and Mithrandir have a found the way to return his soulmate and the races of elves and dwarves to Middle Earth.
Just as he was thinking about his soulmate, he didn't notice that his cold and bitter personality has started to change, and the elf people in his kingdom are starting to notice it. The only ones who knew the reason how and why the Elvenking has changed were the two elf rulers, Gandalf, and Prince Legolas, Thranduil's son.
Legolas Greenleaf was happy for his father that he found his soulmate and that he also found out that he could connect with her through the rare gift known as Dream-sharing, however, the elf prince worries for his father's well-being when he noticed of his father's worries towards his pair, even though he hasn't known the knowledge yet that his future stepmother is living trapped in another world. He helped out his father by making sure that no one else among the elf kin bothers him when he's deep in his thoughts towards his soulmate or when he's asleep deeply in the Dream-sharing. He also helped out with some of the royal matters his Elvenking father is working on and lessened his workload so that he won't be making any mistakes on them whenever he got distracted about his pair.
While King Thranduil was worrying for his soulmate and wondering about when will Lord Elrond, Lady Galadriel, or Gandalf the wizard might find out soon about the way into returning the elves and dwarves back to Arda, he didn't know that on the next night as he falls asleep and slumbers into the Dream-sharing, his worries will rise about ten times more when he discovers about the sudden life-changing decision his soulmate pair is going to make as she is living in hiding at the Grey-Mists Forests.
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Thranduil blinked as he came back into the same area in the Grey-Mists Forests in the Dream-sharing, and looked around for his soulmate, wondering where she is, how old she's grown, and how she looked like now. That's when he heard galloping hooves from behind him, and he managed to dodge and get out of the way as a slightly large horse had leaped and galloped by him with Hari, his soulmate riding on him, laughing merrily.
He chased after them in a fast swift run and he smiled at the sight that his pair is enjoying her horse-riding and noticed that she had a longbow ready on her hands and a quiver of arrows in her back. It didn't take long for him to realize that she's riding around on her horse and doing her archery training as she readied an arrow, aimed and then shot it in a perfect bulls-eye at a target that was hanging from one of the branches of the trees as the horse kept on galloping by and passing through the forests.
Then he found a few large rock boulders, high enough and easy to climb and look over almost over the forests, so he did and then he watched Hari ride around on her horse through the trees and shooting arrows from her bow at the hanging targets on the branch. He smiled that she shot perfect bulls-eye on all of them, and knew that she had many years of practice while growing up. At this rate, he believed that she'll become the best elf archer than the other elf archers in Arda, including his son Legolas.
It took only about an hour for Hari to ride around and doing her archery training when she suddenly stopped her horse to look over at the horizon which Thranduil realized that she was looking at the scenery beyond where the magical barriers are. He saw a faraway gaze and distant look in her eyes, and suddenly he felt a foreboding bad feeling about this as he watched Hari gently nudge her horse to turn back and go back to the cottage that is still there in the forest glade in Grey-Mists Forests.
He followed after them easily when they rode and returned into the cottage, and he saw that Hari's elf guardian Adriana Evergreen is outside, gathering herbs and flowers from the garden next nearly to the cottage. He saw that Adriana had sensed her charge, Hari coming home with the horse and smiled as she gracefully got off.
Then, Hari had a determined look on her face like she made some kind of life-changing decision and just as Thranduil was about to come closer to his pair and her guardian to hear what she's telling and talking to her about, he saw how Adriana suddenly widened her eyes in stunned horror as if shocked at what Hari's telling her and then Adriana narrowed them in anger and she snapped back at Hari as if refusing whatever decisions she had made or words she had spoken.
He became confused as he didn't manage to catch what Hari had said and missed it, but he hastily followed after them and getting closer so that he could understand what the two elven women are arguing about. As they got inside the cottage with Hari trying to chase after her foster mother and guardian and trying to convince her of her argument but Adriana refused to listen and tried to ignore her when they walked inside. It didn't take long for Thranduil to hear clearly on what Hari is talking about and what she's been saying and needless to say, he was also stunned shocked and horrified upon realizing what decision his fated soulmate pair has made.
"Mother, it's been almost three millennia since our Elven race and the dwarf race has been trapped here in this world, and so far there's been no progress or any word among them that they have found a way to get us back to Arda. I want to try to search and find answers too-so I'm going out there!" Hari said in a decisive and convicted voice.
"And I absolutely FORBID it! No! You will not go out there into that accursed magical world and learn their ways, just so you could be able to find something of a way to bring us back." Adriana snapped at her sharply while almost slamming the plants she had gathered down to the table, nearly crushing them to bits under her clenched hands.
"Forbid it or not, I am still going! And you will not stop me!" Hari yelled at her, which completely shocked Adriana at the way her own charge is shouting and telling her like that.
Hari sighed, calming herself down of her temper and then told her softly. "Look, mother. I know that you are worried about me going out there in that world, and I am aware and do know of the dangers and threats coming from all of the Istari that's populating it, besides the humans but-I want to try to search and find a way somehow on getting us back to our home-world in Arda. Think about it, Mom. If the magic of this world is somehow responsible or the source on how our Elven kin and the dwarves have all gotten here and being trapped here, then maybe, it's possible that the same magic of this world-could be the answer or somehow the way on returning us back!"
Adriana became silent like the still air itself as if she's completely stunned that she had never thought of that and Hari continued. "So what better way to find out about it if it's possible or not-is by going into their magical world and learn their ways, so that I'll be able to research and discover something, some results or answers for this life-long endeavor!?"
Her guardian seemed to snap out of her stunned stupor and protested. "Even so, it's still too dangerous to go out there into that world! What if the moment you stepped foot out there, a swarm of those infernal Istari will swoop in and capture you and force you to slavery?!"
"It's better to do something than to give up and do nothing!" Hari snapped sharply that it was like a very sharp dagger striking straight to Adriana's heart from her statement. Once Adriana was rendered stunned silent again at her words, she continued in a harsh tone. "Ever since you told me and that I know that others of our Elven race and the dwarves have tried to find ways on getting back and they have all failed but-they never gave up on searching. Not like you, mother! No, you-you gave up because you're a coward. A coward who was afraid to face her fear on failing like the others, even though you knew that the others haven't given up for so long as they have lived up their whole lifespans on the search of their quest on seeking the answers to help us get back to Middle Earth."
Hari narrowed her emerald green eyes at her with a fire burning within them. "I won't be like you, mother. Even if you do not like it or not-I will not stand by and just stay here living and in hiding, and do nothing at all. I'm going, and like I have said before and again-you will not stop me."
After Hari had said her piece, she swiftly turned around and walked in marching steps outside to try to calm herself down, while Adriana just stood there still in the cottage, silent and looked to be dumbstruck floored, registering the harsh words given from her adopted elf daughter, Hari.
Hari walked almost fast on her feet, going straight to her horse that is grazing at the grassy valley of the forest glade she and her guardian are living in, including some of Hari's animal friends there too, and she went to the horse and stroke on its head and mane-like she needed to do this to try to calm herself down of the temper she feels radiating inside of her very being.
Thranduil was impressed and almost proud at the courage and relentless tenacity from his soulmate, though he agreed a little from his soulmate's guardian that it is too dangerous to venture into the magical world where there are Istari there wanting to hunt and enslave them, his pair did make up a strong point that someone must step up and try to go on this quest on searching and discovering answers or finding ways on how to get the races of elves and dwarves back to Arda.
He was surprised to learn that the trapped races in this other world known as Earth, have all tried their best to find answers, even though they have failed and couldn't find out anything, but he was glad to hear and know that the others who were still searching haven't given up, even with the elves' immortal lifespan and the dwarves' have passed on whatever knowledge about their searches to their descendants. He was also surprised to know that the elf guardian Adriana was one of those people who tried searching, but she gave up as he saw the exchange of harsh words from Hari and it seemed to have struck her in the heart when his pair said this to her. He could tell that there is something more than just fear or cowardice that had made Adriana Evergreen stop searching and give up on the quest for finding out answers or the truth about them being trapped in the other world and unable to return to Arda.
However, before he could think about this, he heard with his keen hearing of his elf ears that his soulmate, Hari started murmuring to herself next to her horse, like she's speaking to it for comforting herself or something else.
"Don't look at me like that, Hedwig," Hari said as she turned her head from where she was lying comfortably against her horse's neck to face the snowy white owl that is perching itself on the back of the horse, gazing at her disapprovingly with its golden bird eyes. "I know that it was harsh of me and wrong to say such a thing to my mother, but I stand by my decision and sticking to it. I need to get out there and learn what I can so that I'll help out in some way on trying to find and discover something into getting back to Arda, my home-world. It's not like I don't know how much it hurts for her and me to say it, but-mom has long stuck herself here in this forest, hiding both of us here and raising and teaching me everything I need to learn and know as a true elf of Arda, and I can't just stay here and wait for so long as others have been, and let all of us suffer more in being trapped in this world. I want to do something as well, that's why I decided this. So, Hedwig, please understand. I want to do this, I need to do this-not for myself or my mother-but for all of the Elves and dwarves alike that are trapped here."
"And that is very well said, my child."
Hari almost jumped at the sudden voice behind her and she turned to see that it's Adriana who had spoken after her internal pondering and had come out to talk to her.
Hari could tell from the look on her guardian and foster mother's face that she also made a decision and it's not one that she won't like. Adriana sighed. "You were right, about what you said. I was a coward when I gave up searching. I was afraid that one day, someday at the end of my search I will fail the same way as others have. I have heard so much pain and suffering from those who failed to find answers or any discoveries-it's one of the reasons why I decided and chose for myself to stop. So that I wouldn't be suffering the same as they did."
There was silence between them before Adriana reached for something inside her robed cloak and then reached it over to Hari. "Here, take this."
Hari blinked confused as she took it from her, and sees that it's some kind of thick history book. "What is this, mother?"
"That-is the history book of one of the educational schools of the magical world. And yes-there are magic schools in that world, Hari-three of them in all, and that one of them is near here somewhere, which is called Hogwarts." Adriana said this as Hari almost snapped her head up in surprise and excitement upon hearing that she can go and that she'll be going into this magic school. "That is the place where you need to go and learn and know what you need. I'll be the one who will notify and send out a message to that school that you will be going and applying there."
Hari couldn't help it but she instantly ran at her mother and hugged her with arms around her neck, almost startling her guardian completely at her sudden excitement and enthusiasm. "Thank you, mom! Thank you so much! I promise I won't disappoint you and make you worry once I get out there!"
"Now, now, there's no need for that hastiness, my dear," Adriana said as she gently patted Hari on the back to make her stop hugging and she did. "You won't be going alone out there, for I'll be going with you."
Hari was surprised at this but Adriana clarified her words explaining to her. "I'm not going with you into that magic school, I'll just accompany you into preparing the things you need when you get there. You will need supplies and other stuff that are necessary or something you need when you get there." Hari nodded in understanding at this. That's when Hari's snowy owl familiar screech in protest and then flew to her side and perched on her shoulder, almost pecking at her elf ear lightly in admonishment. Hari giggled, not minding the pecking as she rose one hand to stroke her bird friend. "I'm guessing you want to come along with me, right Hedwig?" Hedwig hooted and screeched again, puffing up as if daring her owner to try to leave her behind and it made Hari giggle once more at her owl familiar's attitude.
Thranduil sighed at this sight as if accepting the inevitable decisive fate his soulmate had made for herself. He watched as Adriana and Hari prepared their things to travel into the magical world and get the things Hari needed to go into the magic school that Adriana was talking about.
He didn't realize how long he's been inside the Dream-sharing, even though he knew that he'll be able to tell that it will end only when he wakes up the next day. When he noticed that he hasn't woken up, it relieved him a little that he could watch more on what's happening with his soulmate, and he witnesses Adriana and Hari set off, leaving the magic barrier of their forest home of Grey-Mists Forests.
He followed them as they traveled and walked to get to what appeared to be a town, but it was a different kind of town, much more than those villages or towns he had seen or visited back in Arda. He followed the two disguised elf women, dressed lightly in hooded cloaks as they continue walking, and the two of them had their owl familiars following along, flying and swooping above their heads to whatever direction they are going to.
He knew about Hari's new snowy owl familiar because he was there before when he witnessed the previous one, Athena had died from old age and had suffered the long passing of its previous bonded master who was Hari's elf mother long ago, but before the owl died, she had her chick and gave her to Hari to be her new owl familiar as long as she could live until another owl familiar descendant is passed on to guard and protect Hari.
Then he saw that Adriana and Hari had stopped to stand next to what looked like an abandoned liquor bar store, but then he realized that there's a magic illusion on the building when he saw the blank sign shimmer with magic and reveal its name slightly before he could try to read what it says. He hastily followed behind the two elf women when they went inside and he almost ducked when the two owls swooped in as well and perched on each of their mistress' shoulders.
Then he watched Adriana telling something to the barman, who revealed to be an Istari as well in disguise and it looked like he doesn't know that the women are actually elves because they glamour themselves well with their powerful elf magic to hide away their true forms from the Istari there. The barman directed them where they needed to go, and he made some gestures with one hand for what Adriana needed to do and she thanked him.
Hari followed beside her mother as they went to some kind of blank brick wall, and Thranduil became a little confused why they're there until he became a little surprised when Adriana tapped her wand at a few of the bricks in a sequence motion before all the bricks move magically to part away and reveal a magical alley before them.
He looked around in amazement and surprise at the number of many Istari, from child to elderly that are there roaming about at this magic alley that is called 'Diagon Alley'. He wondered how so many Istari could breed so many children among them, that he almost forgot about the bad Istari that might be there who are still hunting the elves and dwarves of Arda and wanting to enslave them all. As he kept following behind the disguised elf women, he kept glancing and looking about the kind of sights he's seeing around them, and sometimes he smiled whenever he saw the sight of some Istari children running about with their parents and other family members as they get their needed school things when they go to their magic school.
But what shocked him the most in this magical alley almost full of the Istari, is that the two elf women went first and entered what is called 'Gringotts bank' and he saw and met well-dressed small creatures, which he thought were dwarves, but surprisingly they are all goblins. He was stunned to see the differences of the goblins in this other world and the ones in Arda. He saw that the goblins are serious and polite well-mannered magical beings that protect and guard the wealth of all the Istari in that world, and they also do trade, without breaking any honor among them. He found out that the only thing goblins do not like about is that if any Istari dares to betray their honor against the goblins or try to steal from them. The Elvenking Thranduil could see it and understand quickly about these goblins' nature from the warning sign outside the bank and the way how all the goblins acted towards the Istari.
However, he became a little tense and worried when he saw that the goblins can somehow see through the glamours from his soulmate and her guardian, but it looked like they are trustworthy because none of the short creatures had revealed the secret aloud or shown it among the Istari that were in there with them. Once it was the two Evergreen women's turn to check out their money accounts, one of the goblins escorted them to their secure vaults, and Thranduil followed after them, wanting to know what the vault system looked like among the goblins in the bank.
The elf king once again became stunned at the sight of the underground mine-looking shaft that almost went down below to whatever endless bottom in the darkness. He joined in with Hari and Adriana, and the goblin escorting them in what appeared to be some kind of enchanted cart-like carriage and it moved on its own to the secure vaults which belong to the Evergreen women.
As they rode in this fast-moving cart, it was fortunate that his pair, Hari started asking questions about the security of the place for Thranduil was also wondering about what kind of security measures the goblins use and done to the inside of this bank. The goblin obliged and answered the disguised elf maiden's questions for he seemed to like the glamoured girl and the Dream-sharing elf king listened to all of it.
Most of the vaults were secured by the goblins using magic on them to reinforce the safe vaults and everything, but sometimes they added security traps inside the vaults, in case somehow any magical thief or intruder breaks in and tries to steal something into any of the vaults. On rare occasions, they would use magical creatures to guard the vaults. Sometimes, the creatures used vary from magically enchanted large-size guard dogs and to fire-breathing dragons.
Thranduil almost stiffened up in shock and fear when he heard the latter part about the dragons as a security measure. Then he dearly hoped that Hari won't be facing one, even if it might be used as an added security measure at the Evergreen vault. He was relieved to see, once they arrive at the vault the two women were brought to, that there is no dragon guarding the vault and he joined in to look inside the vault and saw sorted piles of gold and money pouches in it. Adriana Evergreen seemed to have invested and made her money savings well as she paid the goblin and thanked him for the services, after she had gotten and checked out the money needed for herself and Hari in the future, until the next time they need to come back.
After they left the bank with the goblins respectfully saluting them goodbye, it surprised Thranduil a little when he saw this and wondered whether there must be some kind of good relations between the goblins and the trapped elven race here in this other world, since the goblins still didn't reveal or betray them to the Istari about their true forms.
Then he followed behind Hari and Adriana as they shop around the magical alley to get what they needed for the preparations that Hari needed to bring and pack when she goes to the magic school she's aiming to go for in her quest for answers on finding and searching ways to get the races of elves and dwarves back to Arda. He saw that their two owl familiars still stayed perching on their shoulders comfortably and the two women didn't mind it at all as they go around, walking about in the magical alley.
He watched and saw in wonder as they bought magic books, potions, cauldrons, Istari clothing, and robes, and then finally the last one they're going through for the day is the wand shop. He followed as they got inside and the elderly Istari man raised his head to look at them from behind his desk where he was working on making another new wand.
"Oh, hello! Welcome to Ollivander's Wands! How may I help you?" the old wizard said jovially.
"Hello, my daughter Hariana is here to get a new wand. She'll be attending Hogwarts this year." Adriana said casually to the wizard.
"Oh, of course! Transfer student, miss?" he inquired curiously.
Hari shook her head in negative and smiled at him. "Home-schooled. My mother finally decided that it's time for me to learn and study with other peers like me at the school. For the past years, I've been studying and learning magic through books and just some wand movement practices without a wand. That's why I'm here now."
The old man who is Ollivander nodded understanding at this. "Of course-of course, right this way, my dear," he gestured with a hand out to lead her to the wand section where Hari will have her wand. The two women watched as Ollivander took some thin long boxes out from the shelves for her to try out the suitable wands that he selected for her and then they went back to the desk and laid the seven boxes that he had chosen and spread them before the curious Hari.
He opened all of the lids of the boxes and Hari saw the various wands in their different colors, sizes and carving designs. Ollivander then said while he gestured among the seven wands spread out before Hari. "As you must know, it's not the wizard or witch that chooses the wand-it's the wand that chooses the wielder. So-just try out each of these wands here, give a small wave of your hand and see how it responds to your magic. If it does positively, then whatever wand you hold in your hand has bonded to you in a good response towards your magic. Go on then, my dear." he told her and gestured encouragingly to Hari to try them out.
Thranduil watched as his soulmate, Hari took a deep breath as if to prepare and ready herself for which of the wands laid out for her to bond and choose her as its wielder. She took the first one in the middle, gave it a little wave from her right hand, and it suddenly gave out an explosive negative reaction, in response to her magic.
The corner at the right side of the wand shelves, instantly explodes out all of its contents, making a massive mess and the elf king, Hari and Adriana almost backed away in surprise and alarm at the sight of this negative reaction. Hari automatically returned the wand she had selected back to its box quickly as Ollivander tutted a bit in surprise at this kind of reaction which it looked like that he didn't expect it.
Hari was hesitant to try another one, but both Ollivander and Adriana convinced her to try the second time so she did. But when she waved the second wand, another negative reaction had exploded again, this time all the breakable glasses that were in the shop shattered into pieces around them and instantly Ollivander magically summoned shields to protect them against the flying glass pieces and shards.
Fortunately, Thranduil didn't have to duck and cover from the flying shattered glass because this is the Dream-sharing he is in. Then he watched Hari put the second wand quickly back in the box, almost faster than she did with the first one and she looked very uncertain to try out the others now. Fortunately, Adriana decided to help her out and stop this from getting worse.
"Is there any other way to find out which wand would choose my daughter as its wielder?" she asked seriously, glaring pointedly at the wand-making shop owner.
The wand-maker Ollivander looked straight at Hari with thoughtful eyes before he asked. "Do you happen to know the ability to radiate your magical aura around you?"
Hari blinked at his question, glanced an uncertain look towards Adriana a little and then replied to him. "I know a little. I think I can grasp it a bit and radiate only a small amount. Why?"
Ollivander nodded satisfied at this and then told her directly to follow what he's instructing her to do. "Humor me for a moment, my dear and close your eyes."
Thranduil watched this as Hari did what the wand-maker Istari said and then he directed her gently to spread out her aura of magic around the room she's in like she needs to feel out her true emotions from within her very body and spirit and let it surround her first and slowly spread it around like a ripple hitting the water.
It didn't take long for a split-second as he saw some kind of shimmer around her body and then he watched in stunned wonder and awe that there is some kind of silver and the golden glow around her and slowly spread out like a wave, filling up and out in that wand shop and building. Then the elf king heard noises coming from deep within at the back room of the shop, and he saw with his sharp elf eyes that there's some sort of movement rattling about from a locked cabinet or something.
The wand-maker, Adriana and Hari heard it too-as she snapped out of whatever magic aura-radiating daze she's in-and they turned straight in the direction of the noise. Then Thranduil saw that the wand-maker smiled in a satisfied expression, went to the back to grab whatever's making that noise and brought it out for Hari.
"Here we are!" Ollivander said and opened the box to reveal the wand inside for Hari to try out if it's the very one for her. With Adriana's encouraging nod, Hari slowly reached out to take the wand-that its wooden design almost looked very ancient like it was made so many centuries ago-and once she held it in her hand in a complete grip, a soft rushing glowing magic emerged from the wand and engulfed its wielder and surrounded her as if embracing her in acceptance.
Hari gasped at the rushing feeling and she felt like the energy of the magic rushed so fast within her almost like an adrenaline rush and Adriana quickly was on her side, her hands holding her by the shoulders to keep her steady when she shook a little. "Hari, are you alright? What happened?! What did you do!?" she demanded the last question at the wand-maker accusingly as if he did something to her daughter.
"Oh don't worry, I didn't do anything!" he reassured her. "It's the wand! The wand has accepted and chosen her as its wielder. But-how curious…fascinating, yet so curious," he said the latter part in a soft whisper.
Hari snapped out again of whatever daze she had felt from the wand and looked at Ollivander confused when she heard him say that. "Sorry but-what's curious?"
Ollivander stared at her with a far-away gaze in his eyes that almost creeped the two women out before he said to them softly. "I remember every wand I've ever sold, all those that were crafted by my hand or other crafters had given their wand to me to sell to others. But-never had this wand in your possession, Ms. Hariana has ever been sold to anyone-for almost a millennium, until now."
The two disguised elf-women were shocked at this and exchanged quick looks to each other before they looked at Ollivander as he continued. "You see this wand was crafted by a mysterious wand-maker from unknown origins, and he had made the wood from some ancient tree-that I remember vaguely was called or known as…Elf-ish? I think?" the old wand-making wizard didn't notice the slight widening in both Hari and Adriana's eyes when they heard this but they manage to compose themselves before he might notice it as he rambled on. "Anyway, what's more, that's very curious about this wand is not only of its wood that the crafter had made it so but also its inner magic core that he put into it. The essence of the wand's core is magically made from the horn of a unicorn, and the treasured heart-wing feather of the phoenix."
Then Ollivander gazed straight at Harry again, with his eyes that seems like he's trying to peer deeply into her soul. "How curious that such an ancient-made wand like this one, has chosen you as its wielder? Hmm-I think with this wand, you can be expected to do great things, Ms. Hariana. Yes, great-so great that no other wizard or witch could ever imagine."
Hari looked a bit nervous at his words as if she didn't like how he said this and Adriana felt the same way as she instantly snapped aloud to try to divert the subject away from her daughter. "Alright! Now that we got the wand-how much for it?"
Ollivander snaps out of whatever daze he was in when he stared at Hari and blinked at Hari's mother guardian a bit in surprise at her sudden outburst, then shook it off his thoughts as he seemed to be satisfied that the life-long wand he had in his care has finally been bought. He rattled off the price to Adriana and she quickly paid the money so that the two women would hastily leave the shop before the wand-making wizard might start up again with his weird behavior towards Hari and he might try to not let them leave.
By the time the two elf women are now out of the shop and far away from it, they both sigh with relief with Thranduil looking back at the wand shop as if daring the wand-maker to come out and try to stop them, but no one did, which also relieved him too. Then he turned his head swiftly when he heard his soulmate, Hari asking her mother guardian on what was that about with the wand-maker Istari before and wondered about what's the big deal with her wand.
He heard Adriana responding to her on her theory that maybe the wand that had chosen Hari as its wielder, was crafted by one of their Elven kin who also knows how to wield this world's magic as well, but she doesn't know about the 'greatness' part about the wand and what it can be used by its wielder.
However, Adriana thinks that it might have meant that if Hari uses any magic through her new wand, it might end up catching attention to both bad and good Istari towards her like a homing beacon straight to her, so she suggested to Hari that she must tone down whatever magic or enchantment spells she casts through her new wand and Hari agreed and promised her that she will.
After that, the two disguised elf woman quickly left the magical alley and went straight back to Grey-Mists Forests and home to their cottage and Hari went off to start packing and preparing the stuff needed for Hari to get to that magic school she's going to. Thranduil wondered on what she's going to be going through when she gets there, without her guardian looking after her.
He watched as Hari prepared her things into the magic-enchanted bottomless and weightless trunk and slinging arm pack and pouch, which he is impressed with the kind of magical ingenuity the Istari of this other world have made, to ensure that one carrier could easily carry so many items, both heavy or light into one little bag. He saw that Hari was pondering whether she should bring her weapons to the magic school or not, which are the longbow, arrow-filled quiver and the slightly long Elvish sword with sheath.
He didn't know what's the problem with his pair that she should bring the weapons with her, but as she's still conflicted and torn with her decision about her weapons, Adriana came in just in time to help her with the problem she's having.
Adriana blinked confused about seeing her long-adopted daughter, Hari staring at the weapons she has lain on her bed with a look of indecision and uncertainty in her face. "Hari? Why in Arda are you staring at your weapons like that?" she inquired, speaking in the Elf language almost subconsciously aloud to her.
"Sorry, Mom. It's just-do you think I should really bring my weapons to that school? What if those Istari there detect them among my things and confiscate them?" she asked uncertainly, not knowing what to do as she didn't feel like going to magic school being openly vulnerable and defenseless without her weapons even though she has her new wand with her.
"Ah!" Adriana instantly understood and smiled warmly at her. "Well, it's a good thing I came here right on time because I have something that will help you bring your weapons with you without detection and notice from the Istari." When Adriana sent out the request and school application letter to Hogwarts for Hari to attend, they instantly responded and accepted it which relieved Hari when they replied positively, even though Adriana had hoped a little that the magic school Hari is going into, would have refused but they didn't.
Hari blinked confused as Adriana took out what appeared to be a shimmering folded cloak before and she almost thought that it was Elvish-make weaving but then she felt the magic that's completely enchanted and engulfed into the cloak, both inside and out.
"This magical cloak was your father's," Adriana said softly, surprising Hari as she handed the cloak over to her. "When he disguised himself of his Elven heritage, he also enchanted an Istari family and fooled them into accepting him and thinking that he is their son, and lived with them in hiding from the other Istari. The Istari father of that family passed down this cloak to your Elven father and when your father realized the amazing magic of this cloak and its use, he has kept it secret and hidden with him, even among the few of the Istari that somehow manage to find out of his true form. It wasn't hard for me to track the whereabouts of the hidden treasures both your father and mother have kept safe and that was meant for their child. I manage to find them all and bring them to you. I know-that your father wanted you to have this, in the time where you would truly need it, for your quest."
Hari gently unfolded the cloak and spread it out as she stared at the beautiful starry-like shimmer in the slightly dark magic cloak from her father's. "What-what kind of magic does this cloak have and can do?" she asked in wonder.
Adriana just smiled mysteriously at her and said, "Why don't you put it on and see for yourself, my child?"
Hari blinked confused again at her words but she did what Adriana said and gracefully put on the cloak around her and even puts on the hood over her head. As Hari turned around to see how she looked in the mirror, she saw no reflection in the mirror-her whole body and being was gone from sight!
"What-what the-!? Mother! My body is gone! What-how am I gone!?" Hari exclaimed aloud in the empty air as Adriana smiled at wherever position she's standing in her magic-invisible self. Adriana chuckled a bit in amusement when Hari swiftly took off the magical Invisibility cloak and stared at it stunned shocked as if she couldn't believe that such an amazing magic item was crafted by an Istari of this world.
"I trust that you will use this cloak well. Just as the same as you will with your mother's too," the elf woman said warmly, and Hari instantly snapped her head to look at her again when she said that. "My mom also left me something?" she asked, almost demanding excitedly as she puts down the magic cloak on her bed.
Adriana chuckled again at her enthusiasm and brought it out to show and give it to her. "Indeed, she did. Here you go, my dear." this time the ones that were from Hari's elf mother was a beautiful Elven-carved silver longbow and a dark gray quiver with Elven designs on it and has a few well-made arrows inside it.
Hari took the two weapons from Adriana and looked at the Elven designs on them staring at the quiver shortly in one hand and then longer at the silver bow at the other. Adriana continued and said, "Your mother crafted these herself and enchanted them with magic. Gently grip the bow where you position the arrows in the middle."
Hari did what she said, and once she held it on the grip, the longbow instantly shrunk fast into a normal-looking silver-carved stick and it's wrapped around with string thread on her hand, as she gazed at it in shock again.
"She enchanted the bow to shrink itself in size so that you would be able to easily carry it around with you and activate it back to its original size whenever you need it. All you have to do is just grip on the middle to make it shrink, and to activate the bow back to its original form, grip it again the same way and give it a little shake," Adriana instructed smiling.
Hari did what she said again, gripping the stick tight and then shaking it a little, and instantly the stick turned back into the longbow with its string still attached and strung neatly. Hari smiled widely at this as she stroked the thumb of her hand holding the bow reverently that was made from her former mother who passed on long ago when she was an elfling.
Then she listened attentively when Adriana continued telling her about her mother's passing gifts. "As for the arrow quiver-it is no ordinary quiver. It is a magic quiver, your mother also crafted and enchanted it herself. It is magicked to be weightless and bottomless so that you can fill it as many arrows that you want to and not worry about carrying it around at your back with its heavyweight. There's also another unique magical feature added that your mother has done and enchanted with the quiver."
Adriana gestured with a little shake of her hand for Hari to hand her back the quiver so that she could show her what it can also do. Hari watched as Adriana grabbed a few normal wooden sticks from the nearby table that was used as firewood for the fireplace in her room and then saw that Adriana placed those sticks, different in sizes and shapes, and she stared in stunned shock once more and again when the sticks that were gently placed inside the quiver had turned magically into arrows before her eyes.
All of the wooden sticks had been permanently turned into arrows by the magic of the enchanted quiver. Hari didn't realize that she was also gaping her mouth open in shock as she stared at the magic quiver until Adriana voiced it out to her with amusement again. "Close your mouth, my child. Before you catch flies." Hari instantly shuts it and blushes a bit brightly in embarrassment.
Thranduil was also staring in wonder at the amazing magical artifacts that were gifted to Hari from her former parents who bravely sacrificed their lives to protect their daughter and send her safely to Adriana's care. He could see how Hari turned instantly sad as she stared and stroked the magic items that were passed to her from her Elven father and mother.
Adriana noticed this and asked her gently what's wrong and if she's alright. Hari asked her about that if her parents were alive, would they have done the same as she's doing on being on a quest to learn the Istari ways, and searched for answers to somehow find the paths back to Arda?
Adriana didn't hesitate on answering her swiftly that Hari's parents would have also do the same as she's doing now and told her that her parents loved her very much, even in death, for they bravely faced death and risked their lives to ensure that their Elven child would live happily in the future if ever they were alive and somehow found the way back to Arda so she would be there and regard it as her true home and everything.
This made Hari very happy and both the two Elven women hugged each other to comfort and be comforted of the emotional moment they're feeling about the loved ones who had passed on long ago. It made Thranduil feel melancholy for his soulmate in this other world and he couldn't be there to comfort her just as her elf guardian does. He could also remember how slightly similar his son Legolas has felt the same way when he lost his mother, despite that he never loved his wife from the arranged marriage and had passed on long ago.
It was another day later that pass by and he followed and watched Adriana dropping Hari off to what looked to be some sort of station that would transport his soulmate to the magic school she's going to. It looked to be called, from what he hears or sees, like a train station, and he was a little surprised and baffled on seeing what the 'trains' look like.
He was slightly impressed at the normal humans' technology of this other world, and he also wondered why the magical beings would separate their magical world from the human ones, besides the so-called fear and prejudice the Istari gave out against them.
He watched his pair, Hari and Adriana hugging each other again as a goodbye and then Adriana told her that Hari must promise to keep herself safe and be careful and be aware of anything around her as she goes to the magic school. Hari told and promised to her guardian that she will.
Her owl familiar, the snowy white Hedwig that's coming along with her to the school, is still perching on her shoulder instead of a cage for it is what her bird friend wanted and Hari didn't mind it at all, despite that, a few humans were staring weirdly at Hari and her animal companion.
Hari ignored them as she waved her guardian mother goodbye when she walked away and left her and then for a silent moment, Thranduil watched as Hari took a deep breath to brace herself courageously and then turned and walked into the station, with her bag strapped over her left shoulder, her trunk being wheeled and pulled at her side strongly by one hand, and her owl hooting a little and kept on perching on her right shoulder.
He saw Hari looking around inside the big station, trying to find the train that will take her to the magic school, and that's when they noticed that there was a family of Istari that walked and passed by from a bit far away from their sight, and Thranduil and Hari could figure out easily that they're Istari because a few of the younger age-looking Istari had cages with owls inside them and they could vaguely hear the mother of the Istari muttering about telling her children to not talk of magic aloud among the humans. They quickly followed quietly behind the Istari family and see where they're going.
Hari and the watching Thranduil stands quietly and hidden behind a stone pillar and watch the Istari go through inside another pillar like it's a magic portal or something and it stunned them a little at the ingenious magic have been done to hide it away from any human's sight or notice and it leads to the train station where the Istari are going to their magic school.
Just as Thranduil looked at Hari patiently waiting for all the Istari family members to get through the magic hidden barrier leading to the station, both Hari and the elf king were suddenly surprised when a voice coming from a short person voiced out loud from behind Hari and almost made her jump and got her surprised that she wasn't aware of anyone sneaking up on her, despite elves are good on being expertly aware of their surroundings.
Thranduil and Hari looked and saw that it is a dwarf-looking short girl standing and smiling before Hari's feet, and instantly Thranduil wondered if this is one of the dwarves in hiding that were trapped in this other world, same as the elves of Arda. He saw that Hari thought that the short girl was a child and asked her so, and he became amused when it slightly offended the small girl as she protested that she's actually about fifteen years old of age, same as Hari and then the elf girl became a little embarrassed at her mistake with a small blush and apologized to the short one which appeased her greatly and making her smile again.
Thranduil could tolerate a little that his soulmate is making friends quickly with this short being that almost resembled similarly to a dwarf, seeing that his pair is smiling kindly down to the small one. He followed after the two girls as they go through the barrier and he saw that the magic train that will transport them to the magic school is almost the same as the human ones from outside of the station, but it looked different in an older way from what he could tell with his elf eyes.
He didn't stand by to look around the area and stare at the other Istari that were all there with their families and sending them off into the train as he kept focused on Hari and followed after her and her new friend. He watched with amusement again with a slightly grinning twitch of his lips when he saw that the short girl is having trouble lifting and carrying her trunk up into the platform and get into the train.
Hari had already gone in first, saw her first friend's trouble and offered to help her out, but the short one refused and said to her that she could do it. However, after a few minutes of still failing to get her trunk inside, the short one seemed to relent in defeat and begrudgingly let Hari help her out to get her things inside before the train goes off and leaves the station. Hari held back her amused smile at this as she kindly helped her short friend out on pulling her trunk inside and both of them carried their things straight to the first empty private compartment in the train once they're inside it.
Then once the two girls got in, Hari helpfully put aside their trunks to lie below and beside the train windows, with Hari quickly checking into her trunk to see if her father's invisible magic cloak is still inside, and wrapped around and hiding her mother's bow, quiver, and arrows, and a sheathed long sword-which she also brought along just in case-and after she double-checked that they're still there, closed and locked the trunk back and put her bag over it to ensure its safety and security.
Then Hari sat down across next to the short girl who had already put aside her things, as there is a small pouch bag beside her and she looked to be instantly working on something and Thranduil and Hari were curious a bit on what the small being is doing as she seemed to be carefully carving something with a small knife into a little pebble-sized rock lying on the open palm of her hand.
"What are you doing over there?" Hari couldn't help her curiosity and asked the small dwarf-size girl sitting across her. The dwarf-girl blinked a bit in surprise at her speaking as if almost forgetting that she was there and then she smiled while keeping her focus on the thing she's working with her hands right now. "Oh, if you really want to know, what I'm doing right now-crafting, actually-is making a Runestone."
Hari became more interested in that and didn't hesitate to move over and sit beside the short girl and inquired asking her. "Runestone?"
The dwarf-girl smiled widely as if she was asking a very good question from her and she didn't hesitate to answer back. "The stone right here on my hand, I'm carving out a magic Rune that will enchant it and make it activate and cast all sorts of magic that you want to make it do. For example, if you want to make something that will explode like a bomb at your enemies, just carve out the specific exploding-type magic rune into the rock and it will explode in impact once you throw it at whoever or whatever. Or if want to have your privacy and not let anybody hear you wherever you are, you can-!"
Hari's eyes widened as she realized and understood what the short girl is explaining and telling her. "You can enchant the stone with a magic rune that makes anything silent so that no one else would hear what you're saying. Brilliant! That is ingenious and amazing magic you're crafting there!"
The short girl beamed brightly like she really enjoyed the praising from Hari. "Why, thank you! It pleases me to hear that!"
"It's no wonder that you're good at this and adapting the magic in this world with it and wielding it since I can tell that you're a dwarf master crafter," Hari said.
"Exactly! I-wait," the short girl suddenly stopped with her beaming face and looked at Hari with a pointed glaring look in her eyes that surprised the disguised elf, Hari, a little at the sudden strange and scary way the small being is looking right at her in the eyes. "What did you just say?!" the short one demanded to her in an eerie steel voice tone.
Hari blinked and responded to her demanding question a bit confused. "That you are good at this because you're a master crafter?"
"No! No-no-I mean the other one, the last word that you just said at the latter sentence you just spoke out loud." the short one demanded at her sharply almost in a snap.
Hari wondered what's wrong with the short one that is snapping at her like that but she was polite enough to oblige and tell her. "That I can tell that you're a dwarf?"
Hari truly didn't know that what she had said was a mistake because suddenly-
ZING!
Hari froze still like a statue when a sharp dagger came flying out of nowhere by swift hand moves from the dwarf girl and the blade was instantly poised nearly against the bare skin of her neck. She didn't dare move a muscle or even twitch as the revealed dwarf-girl growled at her in a slight snarl. "Okay, girlie-here's how we're going to play. You have two options to choose from. The first option, you let me cast a Memory-Erasing spell on you, and you can get out of here alive with your head intact once you forget about finding out that I'm a dwarf."
"And-the second?" Hari asked meekly, trying to hold back her nervous gulp.
The dwarf sneered at her as she said calmly. "The second option is that I'll give you a quick death and use magic to get rid of your corpse and make sure that nobody else knows that you were here on this train at all. So-what's it going to be, missy?"
Thranduil clenched his fists almost tightly that the nails in his hands slightly drew blood in his palms and was nearly snarling at the dwarf woman who's got his soulmate at knife-point on the neck. Even if Hari might choose the first option or neither or the dwarf will choose it for her, the elf king vowed that he will hunt down this dwarf and then cut off her head if she dares to kill his pair right in front of him.
"W-Wait! I-I'm not what you think I am!" Hari protested, choosing to show and tell the dwarf the truth about her, one of her hands slowly rising towards her head.
"All I know and see right now is that you're the same kind of magic folk as the others here in this train and that you're one of those people that has some kind of magic eyes that can see my true form. So don't even think of trying to make a move to go for your wand!" she snapped at her sharply for the latter part when the dwarf noticed one of Hari's hand had moved up.
"I'm not! I just-I need to show you something!"
There was a tense silence for a heart-stopping moment.
And then it was broken as the dwarf girl warned her in a threatening tone. "You move as much as I can tell of a familiar wave of your hand on summoning your wand or something-then I won't hesitate to choose the options for you by going for the second one."
Hari nodded dimly a little and she quickly twisted her hand around to remove the magic glamour and reveal her elf ears to the dwarf. And once the dwarf saw her pointed elf ears, her face quickly turned from deadly serious into complete stunned shock as she realized that the witch girl she had thought before her is actually an elf witch girl.
"Oh by the Valar and great Mahal!" the dwarf cursed out in surprise and horror as she pulled away from her knife weapon, fast and swift as she had drawn it against her.
Hari almost breathed out deeply in a sigh of relief when the blade was removed and swiftly away, as the dwarf girl was babbling on and rambling like she's very horrified for what she had done and was about to do.
"I'm so sorry! I am so sorry! I didn't know that you're an elf! I swear!" she kept on rambling almost in a stutter as she holstered her dagger away and looked like she wanted to slap herself in the head to punish herself. "Oh by the Valar-I can't believe I was about to kill you!"
Hari took a deep breath to calm her racing heart down. "It's alright, I'm fine. It's understandable," she said, reassuring the dwarf girl as her right hand rose to stroke gently at her neck like she's checking if there's a cut from the blade or not. "If it were me, I would react the same if someone found out somehow about my true form."
"Still-! I am really sorry! Really-really sorry!" the dwarf cried as she grabbed her small pouch, rummaged around it hastily and then brought out a little circle box container and handed it over to Hari. "Here, take this. Apply the salve to your neck-it's bleeding a little. This will treat it. Again-I am so sorry!"
Hari did what the dwarf said, opened the circle box and applied the smooth cream to her neck, and she could feel a slight tingle as the enchanted creamy salve healed her neck of the slight cut she has from the dwarf's blade. Hari saw with her elf eyes in a slightly reflected surface from the glass and saw that her neck has been healed neatly and sighed again with relief as she thanked kindly at the dwarf. "Thank you."
The dwarf waved off her thanks. "No need for that. Only-do you forgive me for what I almost did to you?" she inquired nervously like she didn't want the elf girl before her to be her instant enemy, even though they've only met and known each other for a very short time together.
Hari smiled warmly at her and said, "Of course I forgive you. As I said, it's fine and understandable at your reaction. I would've reacted the same if someone found out about me. How about we start over?" she offered and put out a hand to the surprised dwarf for her to shake on it. "Hi, I'm Hariana Evergreen, one of the elves of the world known as Arda/Middle Earth. But you can call me Hari, for short. If you want to."
The dwarf smiled widely at this friendly elf and grabbed her hand with hers and shook it. "The name's Sunny. Sunny-Lynn Crafters. And I'm a dwarf also from Middle Earth too!"
Hari chuckled. "A pleasure to meet you, miss dwarf."
"Same to you, elf. So-what brings you here in this train, and going to this Hogwarts magic school, huh?" the dwarf asked Hari curiously, wondering about why the elf is here.
Hari decided to tell her the truth so that there won't be any more misunderstandings between them. "The reason I'm here is that I need to get into the school and learn their magic and Istari ways so that I'll be able to research and find some answers and discover ways on how to get our races back to Arda."
There was a sudden silence and then-
"No way! You too!? Wow! Great minds think alike!" Sunny exclaimed incredulously and grinning widely at Hari who became confused again at her words. "I beg your pardon?" she inquired blinking at her.
"I, myself, am also going into these magic schools to find out and learn something so that I could also try to search and discover ways of getting my dwarf kin and helping out the elven race on getting back home to Arda as well!" Sunny told her excitedly that made Hari's eyes widen a bit in shock at her statement.
"Oh, wow-really?! If that's the case then, how about we work together with this endeavor and go on with this quest to learn and search on how to get back to our home-world? After all, as the saying goes-two minds are better than one." Hari suggested seriously with a smile on her face.
"Yeah! I'm in and all for it, girlfriend!" Sunny agreed, also smiling at her good idea, and then the dwarf became surprised again when Hari did something unexpected to unite their new friendship with each other.
"Pinky swear?" Hari asked as she curls her right hand and holds out her pinky finger for the dwarf to do the same and shake. She blinked confused a little when the dwarf stared at her held out pinky with a stunned look before she realized. "Oh, I'm sorry! It's a human gesture, it means-"
"I know what this gesture means, it just-wow, it caught me by surprise that an elf like you would know it," Sunny said, cutting her off and grinning at her amused when the elf blushed a little at her comment. The dwarf also held out her right pinky finger and linked it with Hari's and then shakes on it.
"This-is the beginning of a strange yet unique friendship, miss elf!" Sunny said in a slightly grand dramatic way.
"Indeed, miss dwarf. Indeed," Hari returned the same back, also smiling and then it didn't take long for both girls to giggle together as they pinky-swore each other and became instant friends.
Thranduil watched as the two girls prattle on like they're best friends so fast and instant, and he almost rolled his eyes at the sight before him of the strange friendship between his Elven soulmate and the dwarf-girl chattering with her. He wondered whether he could be able to trust this dwarf to stay by his pair's side as the two exchanged some sort of finger-promise small gesture that looked to be quite strange in the other world, both linking their pinky fingers to one another and shaking on it as if uniting their friendship uniquely.
It didn't take long for the train to arrive at the almost late time of night and all of the train's occupants came out, along with Hari and Sunny staying and walking together. He watched as the two women, both elf and dwarf-girls, had decided to join in with the children that are first-years into the magic boats, instead of going with the other older kids and teenagers that are riding on magic carriages, as they all go towards the grand castle that's there, which amazed Thranduil at the wondrous sight that's more stunning than the royal castles among the race of Elves and Men in Arda.
Even though he's in a dream, he comfortably sat beside his soulmate on the boat as Hari and Sunny sat together and chatted a little with a few of the first-year children on the boat they're riding in. It surprised the elf and dwarf girls a little when they saw the giant that's guiding the children and were relieved to discover that this half-Giant Istari is a friendly one as he gently ushered the kids to follow him and he led them up into the castle and to the entrance doors of the Great Halls of the magic school called Hogwarts.
The Elvenking Thranduil looked around, basking at the amazing architecture of this great magical school building they are all inside in, and he could see that Hari is also looking around in amazement as well as the dwarf named Sunny but he could hear the short being muttering to herself a bit and criticizing some points of the building structure that doesn't appeal to the dwarf. The elf king frowned slightly at the dwarf-girl at her criticism of the magic school but Hari didn't seem to hear her new friend mutter or say this, or she might be ignoring her words and then they turned to face the person who opened the great doors to greet the first year magical children, even the two transferring home-schooled people.
Thranduil saw that this Istari elderly woman looked to be serious and stern like a magical teacher or professor would be for this educational academy and she told all the children, Hari, and Sunny gathered before, once the giant had left them alone with her, about the school rules and the four house divisions among the students that would represent the school as a whole depending on the kind of qualities and skills each of all the students have once they are magically sorted.
Thranduil wondered about the history of the magic school's first Istari founders, who are called and known as Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff. He also wondered to himself how they had founded the school they call Hogwarts and why there are divided houses for the sorted students in it to be in. He followed behind Hari and Sunny who are the last ones in the line of the students coming into the grand and large halls of the school and he could see big long tables in that hall and that they are the divided houses with their respective banners hanging above it.
At the front end of the grand hall, there is one more long table and that is where the teachers and educating professors are positioned and sitting there. He could tell that there are many teachers and wondered what kind of magical subjects they teach to the children.
Then Thranduil wondered how they are sorted into the four different houses after he saw the Hogwarts emblem with the symbols representing the four Houses of the magic school. And he got his answer that in front of the teacher's long main table, there is a stool there with a ragged-looking black hat and the elf king became a little surprised when it somehow opens whatever mouth it has and starts to sing out to the first-year children and the disguised elf and dwarf girl at the far end, who were both stunned surprised at the magic hat, behind the Istari children.
Thranduil could easily understand and realize how the Istari children were sorted on each of the four houses and what they represent. Gryffindor has the lion emblem and it represents noble valor, courage, and bravery. Slytherin is the snake one and it represents the sly and the cunning. Ravenclaw is the eagle and it represents the wise and the studious. And finally, Hufflepuff is the badger and it represents loyalty and kindness.
Even though the Elvenking knew that they are all sorted by a personality from the enchanted magical sorting hat, their personalities would, of course, change as the children grow up, but he figured that this must be some sort of Istari-thing with House loyalty or something. After the hat had finished singing its sorting song, the elderly stern professor then moved forward to stand next to the empty stool, picked up the hat with one hand and the other one held out a long list of names which was conjured out of thin air and then she started calling each of the names of the children one by one as they are sorted from the magic hat.
Each child were put on with the hat by the professor, and sometimes they jump in surprise or twitch startled when the hat shouts each of the different houses it senses that each child is sorted and belonging to, and each of the four houses' already sorted ones on the four tables cheered for every first-year going into their house and sitting with them.
Thranduil could see that the line of first-year children isn't long enough for the last ones of his soulmate, Hari and her friend Sunny to have their last turn in the end, but he wasn't focused on that because he was staring at another elderly professor, who looked to be the leader of the teachers and the Headmaster of the magic school.
There was something about this old Istari that he didn't like when he realized that the elderly wizard had his eyes gazing straight and staring at his soulmate with creepy twinkling eyes like he knows something deep within her that Hari is trying to hide among the Istari. Thranduil couldn't help himself as he blocked the view from the staring old Istari and glared at him like he's daring him to try to keep it up with his creepy gazing at his pair, even though he almost forgot again that he's in the Dream-sharing.
Hari didn't seem to notice the staring from the old Istari when it's now Sunny and her turn at last. Sunny was first to go and get sorted and just before the hat was about to touch her head, it instantly shouts 'Gryffindor!' and the lion house cheered as the dwarf was a little surprised on being sorted there but she smiled widely and walked to the table and sat beside the others of the Gryffindor house-line.
Now it was Hari's turn, and again Thranduil didn't like the way how the old Headmaster Istari who seemingly sat forward in a creepy eager way like he wants to find out what House she'll be sorted in. He stood next to Hari's side as she sat down and the hat dropped on her head and sorts out where she belongs. Much to his surprise as well as his soulmate, the hat spoke in a conscious intelligent way to her and seemed to be speaking through mental telepathy or something, and somehow the other Istari couldn't hear their conversation.
(Hmm, interesting-very interesting. You have a unique mind, body and spirit in you, young witch. A fascinating one, indeed. But…you're no ordinary witch aren't you?) the hat spoke softly on her head and Hari almost froze like a statue at hearing its words.
For a scary moment, she thought that the magic hat is going to reveal out her Elven true form but the hat reassured her quickly, making her internally slump with relief. (Oh don't you worry about that, young elf-witch! I'm not going to reveal your true form-even the Headmaster Dumbledore-no, no, no, you see, I'm bound by the great magic of the four Hogwart Founders themselves to not reveal or break confidentiality among all the wizard and witches I have sorted. So you don't have to worry about it, your elf secret is still safe. Now then-where to put you though? You share all the suitable qualities that will make you belong to almost all the four houses here in Hogwarts.)
The magic hat mused as if pondering where to put her really. Hari decided to ask the hat since it seemed to be giving her the chance to offer up an idea or suggestion. (Would you mind if you could sort me to Gryffindor as well? I would very much like that.) she inquired silently in her mind, talking to the magic hat.
The magic Sorting Hat didn't seem to be surprised at all when Hari spoke to it as it replied in an amused way. (Very well, then. If that is what you want. By the way, your dwarf friend has got quite a stone-hardheaded mind when I sorted her. I knew at once that she's going to be a very good and courageous friend to be staying at your side. Give her my regards, if you would please. Well, then now, better be-)
"GRYFFINDOR!" the Sorting Hat shouted almost magically loud in a grand announcing way and the Gryffindor house-mates cheered once more, also loud in responding equally to the magic hat's yell and Hari gracefully stood up from the stool, walked proudly and sat right next to Sunny in her sat on the Gryffindor table.
Thranduil wondered as he watched his sorted soulmate go to the Gryffindor house-table and sat beside her dwarf friend. Also at least he knows who the old Istari is named and called which is Headmaster Dumbledore. He truly did not like the way that the old man continued staring at Hari with his twinkling eyes in a creepy way. He was relieved to see that Hari finally seemed to have noticed or sensed the staring and looked up to look back at Dumbledore with a puzzled but challenging look on her face like she's daring her observer to keep on staring at her and she will call him out at his staring.
Dumbledore looked away from Hari as if the old Istari was surprised at her daring glare and Thranduil smiled proudly at his pair who wouldn't let any Istari get to her, even though it's only her and the dwarf inside the school full of Istari. The Headmaster who is called Albus Dumbledore, gave out a few announcements and reminders about the school rules again and the various punishments, and also repeating that at the end of every school year, depending on their education or activities they join to, the students will be awarded points into their housing system, and the one who had the most points will win.
Thranduil could hear with his sharp-hearing elf ears from the far table in the Slytherin line that the few students had talked and chattered that if they won again the Hogwarts House cup another year, it will be another win 7 times in a row for the Slytherin ones. He could tell that the Slytherin House is unfavored and known among the other houses like the House of Dark Istari in Hogwarts, and the elf king realized gravely that his soulmate might be in trouble during the school year if the rumors from the other students about the Slytherin Istari kind are true or not.
He hoped that Hari will be alright while she studied and learn what she can for everything she needed to know and search for answers on finding and discovering ways to get back to Arda. Then Thranduil heard Dumbledore announcing and reminding more to all the people in the halls that there are forbidden places they must not dare to venture, even if they are magically warded, which are the ones known as the Forbidden Forest that is located far away from the Hogwarts castle, and the third-floor corridor up there somewhere in the Hogwarts school building itself.
The elf king could understand a little why the Headmaster has given these warnings because he caught sight and glanced at some of the students who looked to be adventurous and mischievous, or those who like making trouble and breaking rules. He was glad that his soulmate and her new dwarf friend are not like those sorts of people wandering about on forbidden areas that there will be unknown dangers and threats in there.
He watched as the Headmaster Istari finished with the announcements and warnings, then clapped his hands for their dinner feast to be served and he was stunned amazed again when food appeared into the all the long tables from the teachers to the four Houses and all of them started eating their fill before they go to their respective dormitories and fall asleep in their beds, including the newcomers and the two 'home-schooled' transfer ones.
After they had their dinner and each older student from each House guided the first-years to their rooms and Thranduil learned that these older students that's guiding Hari, Sunny and the other first years in Gryffindor had some sort of official badges in their school uniform robes that they are called 'Prefects'. He followed and watched as they were led to the Gryffindor dorm rooms and he saw that the magical guardian that is guarding their house dormitories are magical moving portraits, where you just need to say the assigned password or code to it and it will let you enter.
When he got in, he saw and followed Hari and Sunny who were led by the Prefect, after the student had led the first-year girls and boys to their assigned dormitory rooms, and brought to what looked to be private dormitory rooms that are only for two people, which is good for both the elf and the dwarf girls. The prefect boy asked the two girls if they wanted anything else or something but they waved him off and told him that it's all good, so he left them alone.
It turns out that the reason why they didn't bring their luggage and bags with them from where they were left behind at the train, even all the other Istari, was because there was someone who was magically prepared to bring them all to their dorms after they were sorted to their houses. When Sunny and Hari went in and saw their things, they exchanged each other silent looks and agreed with one another that they needed to double-check their stuff to see if any of the Istari or somebody else who had brought them, might have rummaged or looked around their belongings. So they did, and both were relieved to see that nothing was missing.
It didn't take long for the two women to have some small talk before they go to bed, talking about what lessons they will be taking and interested in what they were like. By the time, they fell asleep, Thranduil watches fondly at his soulmate as she lies down and closed her eyes instantly sleeping, even with the sudden heavy snoring coming from her sleeping dwarf friend, and yet Hari was asleep peacefully without disturbance from her noisy roommate.
As the days passed by, Thranduil watched with interest and followed, when Hari and Sunny had gone through all the kinds of magic subjects and lessons that they want to learn and know about-and needless to say, there are a few subjects that disappointed both Hari and Sunny that it made them instantly decide to do their own self-study with each other and also privately research and learn what they could while going through the school year they are in the magic school-before they arrived at the magic school, both the disguised magic elf and dwarf decided to choose to be fourth-years.
Thranduil was also disappointed too when he saw that some subjects were not good enough to learn from for his soulmate and her dwarf friend. Those particular subjects are Potions, Defense Against the Dark Arts, History, and Divination.
For Potions, it is fine and it impressed him when he could see that there are many different and various useful potions in the other world that might be useful if ever the chance they could be replicated inMiddle Earth. However, the Potions subject is being taught by a biased teacher who only sides with the Slytherin House and he's also its House head, and prejudiced against the other three houses, as the Potions teacher always deducted points from the others except for the Slytherins even if its a small mistake.
But when it comes to Hari or Sunny, strangely enough, the Potions professor didn't bother them or deduct points because he was slightly impressed with their studious work on taking Potions seriously, though he didn't want to ruin his reputation and kept up the pretense of being a biased grumpy Istari.
Next, Defense against the Dark Arts, Thranduil thought that Hari would be able to learn good sorts of magic from this subject and learn and know how to defend herself against the dark Istari and dark magic itself. But he became more upset and disappointed greatly when he found that the teacher is nothing more but stuttering nervous and cowardly teacher, who completely looked like he's not a suitable Defense teacher at all.
He wondered what is wrong with this educational faculty if they have incompetent people like this teaching the students. It is the same with the other teachers in History and Divination. In the History subject, it was taught by a ghost of all things-it surprised the elf king before when he discovered that there are harmless ghosts who didn't pass on and haunt the magic school, as additional school guardians in it-and it kept repeating the same boring lesson over and over to all ages and other students, that Thranduil could see that some students used this as a time of napping or break time.
Finally, the last subject that was the most disappointing and upsetting of all-is Divination. When Thranduil found out that this subject is pertained to learning the magic ways of looking into the past, present, and possible future, it interested him a little since this might be similar to Lady Galadriel with her other gift as a Seer. But when he discovered what kind of teacher in the subject is-he became very upset and outraged about it.
For it is taught by a so-called Seer when in reality and truth, she's actually a fraud. He could easily tell that the female Istari teacher is a complete fake from her dramatic actions and such, but the only reason why it upset and got him so angry the most was that this fraud teacher had a thing of predicting someone's death-even though it turns out that it will not come true at all!
And the new target this Istari teacher chose to predict death on the present school year-is his soulmate!
Thranduil wished that somehow he could be corporeal so that he could cut down at the fake Divination teacher without hesitation, even though her so-called predictions were harmless and useless.
It almost took him a bit of a long time for Thranduil to calm down as Hari and Sunny decided to skip those lessons without the teachers knowing-except the Potions subject, the two will still go there, even with the biased teacher, for some reason he is reasonable enough only to the two of them-and they use magic to fool the students and teachers to look the other way or think that the two were there, while the magic-disguised elf and dwarf sneak into the library by using Hari's magic invisibility cloak and then got there and the two would do self-studying and research on their own without attending the useless lessons.
It satisfied Thranduil that in the magic school's library, there are many good knowledgeable magic books for his soulmate and her friend to learn and know about. There's even a Restricted section, which he is curious and wanting to know what kind of books are there-and Hari and Sunny also want to know as well but the librarian forbids them even if they are older and mature students. The librarian told the two that the only way to be allowed into the Restricted Section of the magic library is if you get permission from one of the teachers, and also the Headmaster himself.
But both Hari and Sunny knew that they'd rather not take the chance and risk themselves into drawing attention to them even if they're desperate on wanting to get in there and search and find more answers for their quest. So they'll have to wait for the time being and plan out on how to do this, without getting any of the school's officials to know what they're up to in their hidden agenda. Thranduil was proud again when his pair was sensible enough to not try to risk herself to get knowledge from that restricted section, and he was a little glad that she had her dwarf friend so that the two will exchange ideas and make plans on how and when to get in there if the fortunate chances came for them.
When Thranduil had followed and watched the other lessons that were satisfactory and pleasing, he was radiating with interest and curiosity among the others as Hari and Sunny go through them. For the other subjects, those are Transfiguration, Arithmancy and Runes, Herbology, and Charms. There are even some added minor subjects like Flying Lessons, Astronomy, Muggle Studies, and Care of Magical Creatures.
For Transfiguration, it was taught by the same elderly teacher from before at the sorting and she teaches them on the subject on how to harness the skill of turning and transforming objects from one thing to another, like turning a cup into a real living mouse. Or turn a living animal like a rabbit into a non-living hat. There's even the added lesson where an Istari could transform themselves into an animal that matches their personality or spirit, and it depends on the magical power they wield that they could transform. It got Thranduil wondering about what kind of animal his Elven pair could turn into if ever given the chance that she could.
For the Arithmancy and Runes, it is a subject where they will learn to harness and know about magic calculations which he could understand that it's similar like basic and advanced mathematics, and the runes part is where you learn on the knowledge of what type of runes or symbols are used that is enchanted for protection, defense and such. Thranduil noticed that almost all spells and enchantments, including the Runes, are focused on some sort of Istari ancient language which they call Latin, that is needed to be cast or used for the magic to work.
But from Sunny and Hari, these two will work together into somehow learning and making their own type of enchantments and magic spells with their respective Elven and Dwarf language of Arda. Thranduil is pleased with this because he'd like to also try and test it out with his friends and Gandalf once he shares this knowledge with them and see if it might work in Arda as it does in the other world.
The next lessons that were interesting were Herbology and Care of Magical Creatures. For Herbology, that is the subject where they learn what kind of normal herbs or plants can be used for magic potions and also learning what kinds that there are magical plants and herbs in that magical world. For the Magical Creatures subject, that is where they learn about knowing about the various magical beings and creatures in the other world, and also learning and knowing how to be careful on handling them or defending themselves against them if they attack you.
Then Thranduil got more great amusement when it comes next to the flying lessons-it baffles him a little that the Istari in the other world rides on magic flying brooms-as he saw that Hari's broom gracefully flies up to her hand at her 'Up!' command, seeing that Hari and Sunny joined with the other first-year children in the flying lessons as they need to learn it, and the little Istari are trying with their brooms but they didn't fly up to their hovering hands or they just wobble and wiggle on the ground, and then he witnessed Hari's dwarf friend Sunny making her mistake on snapping sharply with her command in frustration and annoyance, and the broom instantly flipped up like a spring and hits its stick part right at her face, almost breaking her nose as she cried out in surprised pain.
He grinned, almost smiling widely with little of his teeth shown out, when he saw that his pair, right next to Sunny, had slapped one of her hands to her mouth to hold back her laughter at her dwarf friend with her unfortunate mistake, but he could hear the giggling breaking through the fingers, and Sunny seemed to have heard it too, even though the elf tried to cover it up, and snapped at her to shut up. However, he could tell that Sunny wasn't offended at all since she had realized her mistake and learned her lesson with the broom anyway.
When it came to the Charms subject, Thranduil could see and hear Hari whispering curiously to Sunny, as they got into this lesson, and she's asking if their Charms teaching professor is a dwarf-like her. But Sunny shook her head in negative response that he isn't and explained that it's because dwarves can only live long in a lifespan up to 300 years old. Sunny added in the facts that she had already looked into it and found out the short dwarf-like professor is just part-goblin actually. Hari nodded at this and then returned her focus to listening to the professor giving out the lessons about Charms, which is learning and knowing about the low-level magic spells that are the neutral kinds, neither good nor bad ones, like for example the tickling charm or the floating charm spells.
Finally, the last subjects of Astronomy and Muggle Studies. For the Astronomy subject, it is just learning about the magical symbols and meaning of star alignment on the magic of sorts by looking up at the stars in the night of their magical world. For Muggle studies, it is learning and knowing about the normal humans in their mundane world and knowing about whatever advancements they have made to their mundane technology, though Thranduil could see that the minor subject of Muggles is a little outdated from the recent present years.
Just as Hari and Sunny were going and passing through the few months on learning, studying and knowing magic for almost half a year now that has gone by almost so fast, and the winter is soon coming for the students' holiday break time, the elf and dwarf kept up with their studies and research for they wanted to absorb and learn as much as they can, much to Thranduil's curious interests, amusement, and a little frustrated ire when he noticed that his soulmate pair is almost over-working herself to exhaustion, trying to find any answers concerning about returning to Arda. At least, it relieved him a little that his pair is aware enough to take care of her health and well-being.
And just as he thought that the school year will be peacefully quiet with no trouble happening at all, his hopes were dashed when another month later had passed by and it's nearly the holiday break, one of the professors, the stuttering cowardly Defense Istari, had burst into the grand hall where all students and teachers are there having another all-gathering meal in preparation for the holidays, and the turban-head cowardly professor was yelling and almost screaming at the top of his lungs that a monstrous creature-a troll-had somehow broken into Hogwarts and it is down below in the dungeons.
After he shouted this out to the Headmaster and other teachers including the students that were all there in the great halls, in a stunned silent moment, the Defense teacher dropped instantly in a dead faint and then all hell breaks loose as the children were crying out and screaming in fear and looked like they want to run around like headless chickens, but the Headmaster instantly stopped the chaos by waving his wand and silencing them all when there's a loud bang noise.
The old Istari called out for silence and order among the students and then ordered some teachers to escort them back to their dormitories and keep them safe and secure, while the Slytherin ones who lived in the dungeon dormitories will be escorted to temporary live up in the towers to be safe away from the roaming troll, and finally, the Headmaster ordered the strong and capable type of teachers to follow him to deal with the troll in the dungeons.
As the teachers escorted all the students of four houses back to their dormitories, Thranduil was wondering on how a magical creature could have broken into the school when he was with Hari and Sunny throughout all of this and had learned and discovered that this school is warded against dark or dangerous type of magical creatures from breaking in or invading the school.
Hari seemed to have thought this too in her mind and voiced out her curious thoughts quietly to Sunny and the dwarf-girl answered her in a grim tone, which Hari and Thranduil were horrified to listen to. It turns out that while the elf and dwarf girls were roaming about the school long ago and during lessons or break-times, so that they would understand and get a layout of the area they're in of the magic school and everything, in case they need an escape route or something. And Sunny was alone one time without Hari and she heard-by chance or accident when she was sneaking about-from some of the teachers that were talking privately about their Headmaster who brought some sort of magical artifact into the school and kept it safe and secure in the forbidden third-floor corridor which is one of the forbidden places that Dumbledore announced that no one should dare venture to.
It didn't take long for Hari and Thranduil to realize and deduce that a dark Istari or someone evil had found out about it somehow and wanted whatever this magical artifact is that Dumbledore tried to keep hidden within the school. So in Sunny's theories, the dwarf thinks that the dark Istari had let the troll in to distract the teachers while trying to break into the forbidden corridor to get to the hidden artifact.
Thranduil was relieved that Hari was sensible enough to not go looking for whoever's breaking into the castle to steal the artifact and the one responsible for letting the troll in. But then the Elvenking's hopes became dashed again when Hari had noticed a young first-year student trying to sneak away from the escorted group and she instantly followed after him and quickly try to stop him before he ran off somewhere.
Hari saw the small student sneaking away from the group and hastily chased after him to stop him and she didn't notice that Sunny, her dwarf friend seemed to have a bad feeling of some sort and had gone ahead to their private dormitory room to get something and later catch up after her.
It turns out that the one trying to sneak away and leave, that Hari noticed, was a young first-year student boy named Neville Longbottom. Hari knew about this boy for she helped him out before from some bullies trying to pick on him, and she defended him and protected him as much as she could, instantly making the boy happy to be protected under her care, as the young boy and older disguised elf girl became friends in a mentor-and-student way.
"Neville, what are you doing?! There's a troll in the school-don't tell me you were dared by someone to go and find it!" Hari scolded the boy sternly, almost like a mother scolding her child which she caught trying to sneak away late at night.
"One of my classmates, a girl named Hermione Granger-she doesn't know about the troll! I remember that she's still in the bathroom!" Neville cried as he tried to break free from her hold to try to run and get to one of his missing first-year classmates.
Hari's eyes widened in horror at that, looked back and cursed on seeing that her escorted group is now far away to reach and couldn't go to notify the teachers about the missing student. She cursed mentally to herself on her sudden reckless decision she's got in her head as she took a deep breath to compose and calm herself before she said lowly to Neville. "I'll go with you to get your classmate. But Neville-you will follow my orders and not disobey them, understand? There is a dangerous monster in the loose inside this school, so I'm telling you this to protect you and not let you get hurt. Do you understand me clearly?" Neville nodded his head vigorously almost like a bobblehead as he understood. Hari hoped that she won't regret this as she went and walked forward fast with the little boy wizard hastily following beside her.
She hoped that this might be a quick trip in walking or sprinting as fast as she could move to get the missing girl and then bring her and the boy Neville straight back to the dorms before somehow the troll might get out of dungeons and roam about in the school, which is dangerous for the innocent children she's trying to save, even though she's weaponless. She knew that she doesn't have a lot of time to just go back and grab for her weapons, so she decided that flight is best instead of a fight if ever they might run into the monster wandering about.
However, it turns out that Hari will be forced to fight against the beast because as she and Neville were about to turn around a corner into the direction where the girl's bathroom is, Hari caught sight of the troll first that was somehow already there and instantly pulled Neville out of sight as they hid behind the corner they had walked from. Neville whimpered "Oh no!" softly as the disguised elf witch and little boy wizard saw that the giant troll was lumbering slowly towards the direction of the bathroom where Hermione is still in there.
"What do we do?!" Neville cried whispering up to Hari fearful and afraid for his friend and themselves since the monster troll is now there. Hari wasn't afraid at all on seeing the monster as she has already learned about it but hasn't gotten the experience of dealing with them first-hand long ago before she came to the magic school. She cursed and hissed to herself. "Damn it! If only I had my-!"
"Looking for this?"
Hari nearly jumped when she heard Sunny's voice from behind and turned and stared wide-eyed at her dwarf friend who was smiling gleefully while holding and carrying an enchanted silver-stick which is her bow and the arrow quiver in one arm and the other holds a big sharp-bladed ax which is Sunny's weapon. "Sunny?! How did you-? When did you-!?"
Sunny shrugged as she handed over her enchanted bow stick and arrow quiver. "I had a sudden gut feeling that we might be bumping into trouble, so I went ahead to our rooms and grabbed our weapons for this occasion!" she said brightly. Hari quickly activated her magic bow as she smiled down at her short friend. "Sunny-you are a life-saver!"
"Wait-you're not going to fight it, are you?!" Neville exclaimed incredulously as he watched wide-eyed at Hari and Sunny readying their weapons and preparing for battle against the troll.
"Unfortunately-we are," Hari said grimly as she slings her quiver around her back and then kneels to look straight at Neville. "Sunny and I are going to distract the troll, you are going to get Hermione and run away from here and get help."
"But-what about you?" he asked whimpering again and Hari hugged him in her arms to reassure him and then let's go and look at him in the eyes again. "We'll be fine, Neville. Just focus on getting Hermione out while we try to drive away from the monster away from you two."
Neville wanted to protest more but then he listened to Hari and bravely prepared himself to rescue Hermione from the bathroom after Hari and Sunny deals with the troll. Hari nodded satisfied and then she and Sunny moved forward with her dwarf friend readying her ax in swinging motion and Hari notched an arrow and readies it on her bow to shoot.
"You got an idea on how to distract the monster troll?" Sunny asked sarcastically.
"I do-but you're not going to like it," Hari said grimly. Sunny blinked at that and looked at Hari confused. "Huh, what?"
Suddenly, without warning or hesitation, Hari shot out the arrow she had ready on her bow and shoots it right at the back of the neck of the big troll when it nearly approaches the door of the girl's bathroom. The arrow hits the mark and the troll bellowed out in surprised moaning pain.
"OH BY GREAT MAHAL! HARI, ARE YOU CRAZY!?" Sunny yelled incredulously at her elf friend while brandishing up her ax on the ready to fight back.
"HEY! PEA-BRAIN OF A TROLL! FRESH MEAT RIGHT HERE!" Hari yelled at the monster beast as it turned around to see its attacking shooter that hit its neck. "COME AND GET US!"
The troll gave out another bellowing moaning roar and he swung his club that's held in his big hand and then chased after the running Hari and Sunny as they distracted it away from the innocent children with Neville quickly running into the bathroom to get Hermione and get help.
"SERIOUSLY!? I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DISTRACT IT-NOT TAUNT IT TO CHASE US!" Sunny kept on yelling furiously at Hari as they ran for it with the troll chasing behind the two.
"Do you have a better idea?!" Hari yells back as she felt and sensed the air changing behind her and instinctively ducked down to dodge the swinging club that was trying to hit them from the troll and shoots back with a few more of her arrows at the troll and they hit at his chest or frontal neck, only it made the troll a bit angrier at the strikes.
"Damn it, Hari! If somehow we make it out of this alive-I'M GONNA KILL YOU MYSELF!" Sunny yells as she ducked to the side while still running when the troll swings down its club to smash the dwarf but missed.
Thranduil clenched his fists and felt useless and helpless as he watched this and unable to do anything as he saw his soulmate and the dwarf run around the maze-like corridors of the school to try to lure away and distract the troll away from any innocents while trying to survive and stay alive from being attacked by it.
It didn't take long for him to see that Hari has a plan as she and the dwarf were running up the stairwell-long ago, he is also in shocked wonder when he found that the school's stairs were also magic and they change or move on their own in different directions and other places at that building-with the troll still chasing after them and swinging its big club, trying to smash them but kept missing and was hitting randomly at walls or floors, crashing the club at the stones and concrete, and debris were flying about.
It was when Thranduil finally realized what Hari is planning as he noticed how higher they were running up on the stairs of the magical building, both the elf and dwarf almost panting tiredly as they climbed at a fast-running pace.
"Now what, oh great elf?!" Sunny yelled sarcastically again when Hari finally stopped as they turned around and faced the troll coming at them. Hari shouts back, drawing another arrow and enchanted it with a blasting spell to shoot it at the troll. "WE SHOVE IT OVER THE RAILING AND MAKE IT FALL OVER!"
Sunny quickly understood the plan the elf witch had in mind and she grinned wider, almost manically as the dwarf witch brought out some Runestones she had already crafted in hand and swings her ax to use it like a bat or something. "Oh-I'M ALL IN FOR IT!"
"NOW! BLASTUS!" Hari yelled and magicked her arrows with an improvised blasting spell and shoots as Sunny used her ax like a bat to hit the Runestones and make it fly right at the troll and they all explode, almost forcing the monster to be pushed over the railing but not strong enough to tip him over.
Both the elf and dwarf cursed when they noticed this but they kept on shooting enchanted blasting arrows and throwing exploding Runestones at it. "Damn it! Our magic is not strong enough to push it overboard!" Sunny cried as she kept on batting her Runestones at the troll. Hari yelled. "Keep trying! We just need to keep it at until-!"
'STUPEFY! STUPEFY!'
Two small voices suddenly yelled out from behind Hari and Sunny and instantly two big rays of red light struck at the troll to try to shove him over the high railing of the stairs again but still failed.
Both Hari and Sunny turned around and stared stunned shocked at seeing Neville and Hermione with their wands out and helping them out. "What the-Neville!? You're supposed to run for help!" Hari yelled almost shrilly at the wizard boy. Neville squared himself almost bravely as he still pointed his wand out at the troll. "We want to help!" Hermione cried out. "We couldn't leave you two with the troll!"
Sunny cursed, "Let's deal with the troll first before we scold these little kids for their suicidal recklessness!" Hari wanted to argue but she knew that this is not the time and place. Just as the four were getting ready to shoot more magic to blast the troll again and push it over to make it fall to its death at the super high height behind it.
However, something more horrifying suddenly happened right there from where they are standing now.
DOG GROWL! CRUNCHING, MUNCHING LOUD SOUNDS!
They froze still, even the troll itself, when sounds of loud crunching and gnashing growling sounds were heard from right beside them but at a far distance, in the place that they didn't suddenly realize they have reached into what is known as the forbidden third-floor corridor.
"Um…buddy? Please tell me it's my silly dwarf hearing and I'm not hearing some kind of gigantic animal munching on something?" Hari's small friend Sunny asked meekly whispering.
Hari shook her head negatively before the elf and dwarf, the two kids and even the troll slowly turned to see and stare at a massive monstrous creature-that is known to all from legend and nightmare itself.
A very large and gigantic dog with its three heads, that somehow broke out of its cage from an unknown room in that forbidden corridor, and was munching and gnawing on somebody who was unfortunate to come to its path and had been begun chewing and eating bloodily on the corpse in all three of its mouths like it's been starved of food for so long.
Before the young elf girl could react, the children behind Hari and Sunny suddenly screamed and had gotten the large monstrous dog's attention as it zeroed in on the troll and the small beings before it.
Then the three-headed dog barked and then lunged attacking with Hari and Sunny quickly grabbing the kids up and dodge out of the way as the monstrous canine barrelled right into the troll and then started mauling and snapping its jaws at it before the troll could react and defend itself.
"WHAT THE GREAT VALAR IS WRONG WITH THE SCHOOL'S MAGIC WARDS IF IT LETS OUT A TROLL AND A THREE-HEADED DOG ON THE LOOSE!?" Sunny yelled madly as she and Hari ran to get away and keep a far distance away from the two monster beasts with the troll now dead and being eaten by the large monster dog.
"Shut up!" Hari snapped at Sunny in a hiss sharply and drew her arrow again at her bow to ready to shoot after she put Neville down, with the dwarf doing the same with Hermione.
Just as they readied their weapons, and the two kids were whimpering and shivering in fear behind their protectors, the horrifying terror isn't over yet because the three-headed dog stopped munching and chewing on the dead troll and turned all of its three heads, sniffing out the small beings it had noticed before.
Sunny's eyes widened and exclaimed incredulously, but not loud enough for the monstrous dog to hear her. "Whoa-whoa-whoa! Why is it tracking us like that?! We barely even qualify as bloody appetizers-and it's got a perfectly good troll right there on its feet!"
"It's ribs!" Hari cried as she still raised and aimed her bow and arrow right at the large dog that's still sniffing and searching them out. "I can see its ribs-it looks so skinny. I think it must have been almost starved to death and hasn't eaten any food for how long it's been trapped and locked in that room before-that's why!"
"Well, that's just great!" Sunny cried as she almost waved her ax around wildly in angry exasperation. "It's bad enough that we had to deal with that stinky monster troll-now we have to deal with a hungry three-headed monster dog too!?"
Hermione whimpered as she clutched her trembling hands tightly behind Sunny's back as Neville stuttered so scared against Hari's legs. "We-We need to g-get out of here before that thing finds us!"
A magic portrait instantly burst out shouting right next to Hari, and almost made her jump at the loud sound yelling near to her glamoured elf ears. "There is an Armoury room where you can all lock yourselves in secure and safe from that beast! Its doors are doubly reinforced and also enchanted with strong magic so that it won't break in!"
"Where is it?!" Hari snapped sharply at the portrait.
Instantly all the magic portraits around them pointed straight in the direction where they need to go and then they quickly followed their direction and ran as fast as they could like hell was opening up at their feet before the monster dog catches them fleeing.
Thranduil hated with all the very being that he's witnessing and watching all of this in the Dream-sharing, and he suddenly tensed again when he saw the three-headed monster dog had instantly noticed them running, and the three dog heads let out howls like it's giving out a loud signal that the hunt is on.He saw both Hari and Sunny had heard it and they didn't stop running but going faster than before and Hari picked up and carried Neville in her arms again while Sunny did the same with Hermione.
His heart was almost pounding right out of his chest as the gigantic three-headed dog chased after them as the two kept on running and following the magic portraits pointed directions towards wherever the safe room is and they manage to make it on time, which relieved the Elvenking.
He watched as they quickly burst in, put the kids down and hurriedly locked the doors and also added with old sturdy spears and rusty swords to barricade and block through the door handles before the kids cried out and Hari and Sunny nearly jumped back when the locked and barricaded doors were slammed by the three-headed dog from outside.
The banging and hitting continued as it butted its three heads to try to break the doors open but it didn't budge from the lock and added barricade, and Hari and Sunny still had their weapons out and aimed at the door in case the doors might be broken through.
The two kids both went to each of their protectors and hide behind their legs, clinging to them and shivering in fright, as the two older ones kept on guard with their weapons, and the banging and growling noises outside the doors continued. They were all waiting tensely for it to be over, and it took a few minutes for the growling to stop but they knew that the monster dog is still outside the Armoury for they hear soft breathing from outside.
Hermione whispered, her voice sounding a bit hoarse from her screaming. "Wh-Why won't it leave?"
Sunny said dryly, answering the little witch still hiding behind her, despite her short dwarf-size is almost equal to Hermione's human one. "If you were hungry and starving for so long, and somebody puts your food inside a locked cabinet or something-would you leave it alone even if it's locked up? I think that thing out there is going to try to starve us out."
"Sunny! That is not helping!" Hari snapped at her dwarf friend softly when the two kids whimpered at this. The dwarf girl grimaced upon realizing it and shrugged apologetically and Hari sighed before she lowers her bow a bit slightly and stared at the locked doors. "But we can't be stuck here-there has to be a way to send out a message and get help."
"I-I know a magic spell." Neville suddenly said and Hari, Sunny, and Hermione looked at him suddenly, almost making him squirm when he got their attention. "It's an advanced spell, but my grandmother taught me about it before and it can be used to send out messages magically besides its original use."
The little witch, Hermione is not only a Gryffindor classmate of Neville's but also a studious bookworm as she seemed to have forgotten her fear of the monster dog outside and her eyes light up with interest and curiosity. "What is it, Neville?" she asked.
"It-It's called the Patronus spell. You just summon a Patronus, tell it a message and order it to send whoever you want to send to," Neville stuttered lightly as if reverting to his usual self as a low-esteem nervous bullied wizard boy.
Hari gently kneels to look at him and gives him an encouraging gentle look so that he wouldn't feel nervous about seeing her kind side. "Good boy, Neville. This is a great help. Do you know the incantation of the spell? I'll make the message and send it out to get help." Neville beamed at her words like he's being praised and he liked it, so he told her without a stutter in his voice suddenly. "The spell is 'Expecto Patronum'!"
Hari nodded and then gestured Neville and Hermione to gather beside Sunny and made them sit down and relax. Sunny understood quickly what Hari wants her to do and she ushers the two magic kids to her side and comforted them as the three small ones sat down and Sunny reassured and comforted them as much as she could while Hari went to summon up the Patronus. 'EXPECTO PATRONUM!' she intoned softly.
Thranduil watched in shock and wonder when a ghostly white misty being appeared before Hari as she casts the spell out and then it took the shape and form of a stag, almost similar to the Elven elk in his kingdom. He could see that Sunny and the two kids also saw this and were staring in wonder too as Hari spoke her magic message to the Patronus form and ordered to find other Istari and bring help, also added in the warning that the three-headed dog has killed the troll and had trapped them inside the locked Armory room.
The elf king watched with surprise and awe, as the stag bowed its antler-head down like respectfully acknowledging its master's orders and then it cantered off like a windy mist as it phased and disappeared through the doors with the monster dog still outside them for they can still hear it growling and Hari knew that the Patronus stag had gone off to search for help.
Then Hari also sat down next to the kids and Sunny and she almost smiled when Neville moved to get closer to Hari and nuzzle against her side as if wanting comfort. Thranduil watched as Hari and Sunny waited in that locked Armory room with their weapons still out and ready to use in case the three-headed monster dog outside tries to break-in.
And then the two magical children started to feel exhausted and were about to sleep against their sitting protectors next to them, which almost amused the elf and dwarf there when the two kids were slowly dropping off to sleep against their bodies.
Thranduil didn't realize that the Dream-sharing is suddenly ending until he saw the surroundings around him starting to fade and he cried out in refusal not wanting to leave his soulmate alone but then it was already too late as the darkness had engulfed him and forced him back to awaken in the real world of Arda.
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"NO!" Thranduil cried out and instantly sat up in his bed as the morning sun shines through the windows of his bedroom. He breathed and panted tiredly like he's been through a running marathon all night instead of sleeping in his bed peacefully.
"Father?" said a voice uncertainly that was on his side.
Thranduil turned and saw that it's his son Legolas who came by to give him morning greetings but then he saw a worried look on his face as if he caught him having a nightmare or suffering another painful night of agony from his burn scars.
"Father? Are you all right? Is it your scars again?" Legolas asked him concerned for his sole parent.
Thranduil sighed, raised one of his hands to brush back his bed-messed up hair. "No, my son. It's just-my soulmate pair in the Dream-sharing. I'm worried about her because she's in trouble again." he had confided a few truths and told his son about his soulmate a little before, but not all of it because Thranduil believed that it's not time yet for him to know what's going on because the knowledge about the trapped elven and dwarf races in the other world is too baffling and shocking for his young prince and son to comprehend and understand, and his son also doesn't know that his pair is one of those beings that were trapped in the other world that is full of threats that endangers his soulmate.
Legolas didn't like being kept in the dark as he could see how much worry and concern that is on his father's face again when it's about his soulmate pair. "Should I help or something? I want to help you with your burden, father."
Thranduil smiled fondly at his son and shook his head in a negative. "There's no need, Legolas. I'm fine. But-would you mind sending out messages to Lord Elrond, Lady Galadriel, and Gandalf again? Tell them and write that I need their advice urgently and it concerns my pair."
"Of course, father!" Legolas nodded instantly. "I'll go now and send the messages out." Thranduil nodded to his son gratefully and watched him leave. After he had left him alone in his room, the Elvenking didn't get off the bed and laid back down with a sigh and stared up the ceiling.
He wondered about what's happening with his soulmate and why suddenly there are now threats that are going to endanger her life, even though he had seen that she could take care of herself well and defend herself, including that she has a dwarf friend fighting by her side.
He hoped that by the time the messages got out and were sent to his friends and the Grey wizard, they would come to his kingdom hastily fast at his urgency and help him out and calm him of his worries before the next time comes that he goes back to the Dream-sharing and find out what's happening next to his soulmate pair.
But little did the Elvenking Thranduil of Woodland Realm know, is that when the times comes after his meeting with his Elven friends and the Grey wizard is over, and he returns to the Dream-sharing-there will be more surprises and unsettling shocks from his soulmate that is trapped in the other world there, and he will be forced to watch it all again helplessly on what she's going through and unable to be there by her side.
Hopefully, that when Thranduil's friends and the grey wizard had come to his kingdom, they would be able to help him out more for his worries and concerns of his pair.
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AUTHOR'S NOTES:
Wow! Another chapter finished and updated! Hope you like it!
I wanted to complete this and then add in the second year as well but-this chapter was getting much too super-LONG! So this chapter only has the first half of the first year-sorry!
I didn't realize how long it took to try to fast-write this chapter until I finished it all after almost three days-consider this a special update to commemorate for the February Leap Year 2020 today, I guess!
I know very well that there's too much of the bold Dream-sharing and such, but this kind of story is better than alternating POVs and everything-NO FLAMES PLEASE!
Next chapter…what happens to Hari and Sunny and others, along with Thranduil in the Dream-sharing and watching on the other last half of the first year and then also the second year in Hogwarts! Also, there are meetings and discussions more in Arda, about Thranduil sharing the story about his soulmate to his friends and their reactions to it.
Stay tuned to this story for more!
There will be more chapters and updates soon, I promise!
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