HermoineGreen bless her heart. Sorry but I had to post. I couldn't wait any
longer. Still I'm post these chaps UNREVISED! If I ever get a website made
I'll pout these up after they've been tweaked and mastered. For now I'm
going over these a bit and then posting. Forgive me all for bad grammar and
all errors. I think I know where I'm going though I feel like I've been
rushing some of the chapters.
I don't own HP. If I did, I'd have a lot of money and instead of eating a hot pocket right now I'd be eating some take out.Mmmm.orange chicken and Beef aw/ broccoli.nummers.
Without further adieu.
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The Legacy of the Pendragons
Chapter 5 : Letters and Frustrations
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'Dear Ron and Hermoine,
I haven't had much time to write but I'm sure you know my situation by now. I haven't really been training or practicing magic. I don't know if Dumbledore has some sort of hidden motive, or this is all some chance meeting. I'll tell you both all about it when I get to the Burrow. Been riding for weeks now, making slow progress, but its okay. It's refreshing to do something like this. I have to go soon. We have to ride before dawn.
Sincerely,
Harry'
"Hang on there girl, I got one more for you." Harry whispered.
'Dear Cho,
How are you? I'm in Ireland right now. Sort of weird thing that happened that I'll tell you all about if you write back. Look I know we left school on sort of bad terms but I didn't mean for things to turn out that way. A lot of things happened last year and I wasn't thinking clearly. Everyone already knew that I liked you last year and honestly I still do. If you don't write back I'll understand. I just really need to get these feelings off my chest. I hope at the very least we can be friends.
Sincerely,
Harry Potter'
Harry tied the last letter to Hedwig's leg and she flew off into dark morning. He was very happy when she showed up yesterday before they stopped to setup camp. She swooped down and perched on his shoulder like nothing had happened nipping lightly on his hair. He woke early, much before Donovan, to write the letters he reluctantly let him write. He knew Ron and Hermoine would want to know much, but he could always tell stories better than write them. Cho was another story. Harry realized his feelings for her were mostly superficial. But he still wanted to get to know her, if not for the reason to be with her again, than to add another friend to his close circle. She struck him as someone like him. He always heard her name being whispered in the halls since he had come to Hogwarts. Then he had fallen into that same group who fell for her looks. Just as many had "fallen" for Harry for his reputation. Once he realized that Cho was in the same situation he was disgusted with himself.
"Well I resolved to not fall for her looks.but it certainly helps things a bit."
Harry laughed a bit and quieted himself as Donny stirred under his blanket. He'd get to know her and was determined to do so. He wasn't about to become something he himself disliked.
A fan
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"Beautiful day isn't it?"
Harry shot him a glare and stared down the muddy path. One hour after riding, dark clouds floated over head and laid down the worst rain Harry had seen in a long time. Rain hitting the ground looked like small bombs, splashing mud high on his legs. And though he cast a rain repellant charm on his glasses, it didn't help much as rain constantly splattered against the lenses and his face.
This was a physical misery Harry knew nothing about.
Abuse and spells were something he could not control. Just the mere fact that Lily could cover ground fast enough to arrive at the Burrow by sundown ate away at him. So why not use it? It didn't bother him at first but now it was driving him slowly insane.
"You must be kidding."
Harry looked at his companion. Unlike himself, he had his jacket wide open and his hood spilled over with water. Harry felt like he couldn't get his jacket close enough to his body whereas Donovan couldn't get enough rain.
"Hardly! I'm indoors a lot and whenever I'm out, the fates seem it fit to make it a nice sunny day for me. Hardly ever get to enjoy rain." Donovan swung his arms out, embracing the rain.
"Enjoying? Enjoying is watching the rain from the inside out, not riding for God knows how long in it with no shelter in sight. "He leaned down close to take in Lily's body heat. He imagines how bad she had it since she didn't have the convenience of a an overcoat and just s sixteen year old boy on her back.
"Yeah that's true. May have to set up camp again tonight."
"Camp? We have to set up camp? Are you mad? In this?"
"Aye in this, where else?"
"Why not speed off to the next town or village or something!?!" Harry was fuming and surprised at his own sudden outburst.
"Well, that would defeat the purpose of this trip wouldn't it?" he said nonchalantly.
"And that purpose would be?"
"To take all summer. You read the letter."
Harry tapped Lily with his heels and she picked up her pace ahead of Donny. He could no longer stand the sight of him. He wasn't as cryptic in his answers as Dumbledore, but his ability to be blatantly and disgustingly honest infuriated him. Again he suspected Donovan Bailey as someone who was hiding his true motives, whatever they may be. Maybe training, building himself up to withstand physical trials.
"Or he could just as well be out of his mind. Fit for St. Mungo's that one."
Lily flicked her ears in response causing Harry to laugh. She seemed to be on the same wave length as he was, concerning many things. And this latest being one of them. Could do with a stable and some food other than what she grazed on along the trail.
They rode for several hours longer. Harry looked back to make sure Donovan was still behind him. The rain still hadn't let up and the lights of a village or town were nowhere in sight. With the rain clouds seemingly following them, nightfall came early and Harry was growing tired.
"Oy! Harry! Shouldn't we set up now?" Donny called as if on cue.
Harry sighed and dismounted, his legs feeling permanently spread apart. The two found a large tree and sat up against it. Harry turned his jacket around and covered himself as much as he could, feeling the ice cold rain where ever his body touched the coat. Sleep came to Harry every once in a while, but never fully.
Drops would keep him awake and large ones managed to find its way inside his jacket. Because of their choice of campsite, water gathered in large drops before falling. And as the night drew on the drops seemed to grow louder and louder, pulling Harry further from sleep. He shut his eyes tightly and wrapped a scarf around his ears and finally managed to drown out the pounding of rain against his jacket. He let his head droop down again and began to succumb to the delicious idea of sleep.
"Ah! Rise and shine Harry!"
Harry's eyes shot open at the sound of Donovan's irritating cheerfulness. He felt he had not slept more than an hour's time the whole night and it was already time to ride. He torn the jacket off and threw it on the ground.
"Rise and shine!?! Are you mad? I didn't sleep at all last night thanks to that God forsaken storm! What was the purpose of camping out? We could have rode to the next town and found some place to stay! But no! We had to "camp" out here in the mud and rain!"
Harry was livid. His frustration had reached its peak and he didn't feel like holding back. Donovan's face became somber as Harry picked up his jacket and began to walk Lily back to the trodden muddy path.
"Harry-"Donovan tried to speak but was cut off.
"Shut it will you? I don't know nor do I care what you and Dumbledore's big plan is. Because knowing him, this is all supposed to teach me some big lesson in life since you obviously aren't teaching me anything else! So unless you have something to show me or teach me, I'm going to the next town."
Harry began to storm off, pulling Lily along by her reins. Suddenly Lily stopped, forcing Harry to jerk back.
"Wha! What is it Lily?" Harry turned to Lily and saw Donovan, looking very serious with his arms crossed.
"What? Do you want me to fight you? So you can take me down with one blow and learn a valuable life lesson? Huh?"
"Nope, just this."
Donovan snapped his fingers and the world around Harry exploded in white. Much like having a camera flash in his eyes, Harry's vision slowly came to. He blinked hard and found himself staring down a busy street in the middle of a large city. People walked around him and Donovan like they weren't there, but knew to avoid walking into them.
More odd than that was that muggles and such actually passed through Lily and Shannon. Shannon herself was half way inside a department store. Harry reached for Lily as if unsure that she was still there and jumped once his hands touched her familiar brown coat.
"What the hell is going on!?!" Harry screamed, no one but Donovan noticing.
"Well you wanted to know.Here's London. You wanted it now here it is. But do you really want to spend your whole summer doing the same thing? This is what life's about Harry, making your life story interesting."
"And the point of this all? As if my life isn't interesting enough." Harry spat and glared at Donovan.
"The point? Well, there's no point really. I just think it'd be more interesting to ride in the countryside than through the city. Be kind of odd to be seen riding a horse in the middle of London now wouldn't it?" Shannon and Lily snorted at being called horses, but Donovan ignored them.
"What's it? There's no point to this? None at all?"
"'Fraid not Harry. Just that Dumbledore wants you to think of this as a vacation. Not to relax mind you but from our world. To help you put things in perspective and to give you time to sort through your thoughts and stuff. He said you need this despite what you may think."
"Bullshit." Harry muttered walking Lily again down the side walk before the explosion of light came again and the countryside revealed itself once more. He could hear Shannon and Donovan's footsteps through the mud and he continued to walk down this path that never seemed to end.
'This is crazy. Put things in perspective? I could do that at the Burrow or Hogwarts? How is suffering though endless countryside and terrible weather supposed to make me get things together? None of this makes any sense.'
Harry's eyes came from the ground once he felt a familiar pinch in his shoulder. Hedwig perched on his shoulder and nipped on Harry's hair and lightly on Lily's coat, who neighed in reply. Both her legs held letters and she stuck one leg out.
"So that's why you took so long. I'll grab the other one and you can go off for a while."
Harry pocketed the second note and watched the snowy owl make for the sky and disappear into the low hanging clouds of last night's storm.
Anxious to see what Ron and Hermoine wrote he unrolled the first letter, only surprised to see unfamiliar handwriting.
'Dear Harry,
Yeah, I'm sorry about last year. Hermoine wrote to me and told me what the whole deal was and that Rita Skeeter just made everything up. Sorry for acting the way I did. I was a little jealous to be honest. But I guess I still wasn't over the fact that Cedric died. Though I was happy to start getting to know you and even though it was awkward and ended badly, I genuinely enjoyed spending time with you on Valentine's Day. Who knows where we'll go from there, but I would like to hear from you more. Michael can get jealous at times but I'm sure I we can write back and forth without him knowing. Write back soon.
Cho'
Harry smiled. He really did like Cho. But after his fourth and fifth year, the feelings seemed less overwhelming. And the mention of Michael Corner's name didn't leave him jealous and heartbroken, but smiling. She'd gotten up on her feet and back on track.
"Well, getting to know her won't be too much of a problem now that she's okay."
He pulled out the second letter and unrolled it.
'Dear Harry,
Hey mate Hope you're doing ok. Got the word from my dad on what happened. Crazy stuff huh? Yeah you'll have stories to tell when you get here. How far are you now? You almost here? Learning anything new? Oh by the way, Percy's made up with dad. Sort of. He apologized, but not for everything and mostly ignores him when he's home. I'm going to send this to Hermoine since Hedwig's got Cho's letter. I didn't read it I swear, I just saw her name on it and I put it back. Sorry! Hope to see you soon.
Ron
Dear Harry,
I just heard from Dumbledore. Are you ok? Is everything alright? Make sure you try and practice what you can. I read up on Everknights and they are like some sort of magical anomaly. They put off weird auras and they distort magic tracking methods. Which means if you practice your spells, you won't get in trouble. I trust you'll put this knowledge to good use. I'll send you some textbooks if you like so you can read up on things. I have to go my parents are taking me to Spain this holiday. Good luck and be safe Harry. See you at the Burrow.
Hermoine'
'Typical," Harry thought ,"What's going on from Ron and Study fropm Hermoine."
***
Yeah yeah I know. Please review. I know this chap sucks, but I got up to 7 done and I'll put them up one a day. We'll see if this inspiration keeps up. Oh if anyone can tell me why the spacing doesn't stay the same when I upload? Like I'll press enter a few times to space out the lines and when I upload it's only single spaced. WTF?
I don't own HP. If I did, I'd have a lot of money and instead of eating a hot pocket right now I'd be eating some take out.Mmmm.orange chicken and Beef aw/ broccoli.nummers.
Without further adieu.
***
The Legacy of the Pendragons
Chapter 5 : Letters and Frustrations
***
'Dear Ron and Hermoine,
I haven't had much time to write but I'm sure you know my situation by now. I haven't really been training or practicing magic. I don't know if Dumbledore has some sort of hidden motive, or this is all some chance meeting. I'll tell you both all about it when I get to the Burrow. Been riding for weeks now, making slow progress, but its okay. It's refreshing to do something like this. I have to go soon. We have to ride before dawn.
Sincerely,
Harry'
"Hang on there girl, I got one more for you." Harry whispered.
'Dear Cho,
How are you? I'm in Ireland right now. Sort of weird thing that happened that I'll tell you all about if you write back. Look I know we left school on sort of bad terms but I didn't mean for things to turn out that way. A lot of things happened last year and I wasn't thinking clearly. Everyone already knew that I liked you last year and honestly I still do. If you don't write back I'll understand. I just really need to get these feelings off my chest. I hope at the very least we can be friends.
Sincerely,
Harry Potter'
Harry tied the last letter to Hedwig's leg and she flew off into dark morning. He was very happy when she showed up yesterday before they stopped to setup camp. She swooped down and perched on his shoulder like nothing had happened nipping lightly on his hair. He woke early, much before Donovan, to write the letters he reluctantly let him write. He knew Ron and Hermoine would want to know much, but he could always tell stories better than write them. Cho was another story. Harry realized his feelings for her were mostly superficial. But he still wanted to get to know her, if not for the reason to be with her again, than to add another friend to his close circle. She struck him as someone like him. He always heard her name being whispered in the halls since he had come to Hogwarts. Then he had fallen into that same group who fell for her looks. Just as many had "fallen" for Harry for his reputation. Once he realized that Cho was in the same situation he was disgusted with himself.
"Well I resolved to not fall for her looks.but it certainly helps things a bit."
Harry laughed a bit and quieted himself as Donny stirred under his blanket. He'd get to know her and was determined to do so. He wasn't about to become something he himself disliked.
A fan
***
"Beautiful day isn't it?"
Harry shot him a glare and stared down the muddy path. One hour after riding, dark clouds floated over head and laid down the worst rain Harry had seen in a long time. Rain hitting the ground looked like small bombs, splashing mud high on his legs. And though he cast a rain repellant charm on his glasses, it didn't help much as rain constantly splattered against the lenses and his face.
This was a physical misery Harry knew nothing about.
Abuse and spells were something he could not control. Just the mere fact that Lily could cover ground fast enough to arrive at the Burrow by sundown ate away at him. So why not use it? It didn't bother him at first but now it was driving him slowly insane.
"You must be kidding."
Harry looked at his companion. Unlike himself, he had his jacket wide open and his hood spilled over with water. Harry felt like he couldn't get his jacket close enough to his body whereas Donovan couldn't get enough rain.
"Hardly! I'm indoors a lot and whenever I'm out, the fates seem it fit to make it a nice sunny day for me. Hardly ever get to enjoy rain." Donovan swung his arms out, embracing the rain.
"Enjoying? Enjoying is watching the rain from the inside out, not riding for God knows how long in it with no shelter in sight. "He leaned down close to take in Lily's body heat. He imagines how bad she had it since she didn't have the convenience of a an overcoat and just s sixteen year old boy on her back.
"Yeah that's true. May have to set up camp again tonight."
"Camp? We have to set up camp? Are you mad? In this?"
"Aye in this, where else?"
"Why not speed off to the next town or village or something!?!" Harry was fuming and surprised at his own sudden outburst.
"Well, that would defeat the purpose of this trip wouldn't it?" he said nonchalantly.
"And that purpose would be?"
"To take all summer. You read the letter."
Harry tapped Lily with his heels and she picked up her pace ahead of Donny. He could no longer stand the sight of him. He wasn't as cryptic in his answers as Dumbledore, but his ability to be blatantly and disgustingly honest infuriated him. Again he suspected Donovan Bailey as someone who was hiding his true motives, whatever they may be. Maybe training, building himself up to withstand physical trials.
"Or he could just as well be out of his mind. Fit for St. Mungo's that one."
Lily flicked her ears in response causing Harry to laugh. She seemed to be on the same wave length as he was, concerning many things. And this latest being one of them. Could do with a stable and some food other than what she grazed on along the trail.
They rode for several hours longer. Harry looked back to make sure Donovan was still behind him. The rain still hadn't let up and the lights of a village or town were nowhere in sight. With the rain clouds seemingly following them, nightfall came early and Harry was growing tired.
"Oy! Harry! Shouldn't we set up now?" Donny called as if on cue.
Harry sighed and dismounted, his legs feeling permanently spread apart. The two found a large tree and sat up against it. Harry turned his jacket around and covered himself as much as he could, feeling the ice cold rain where ever his body touched the coat. Sleep came to Harry every once in a while, but never fully.
Drops would keep him awake and large ones managed to find its way inside his jacket. Because of their choice of campsite, water gathered in large drops before falling. And as the night drew on the drops seemed to grow louder and louder, pulling Harry further from sleep. He shut his eyes tightly and wrapped a scarf around his ears and finally managed to drown out the pounding of rain against his jacket. He let his head droop down again and began to succumb to the delicious idea of sleep.
"Ah! Rise and shine Harry!"
Harry's eyes shot open at the sound of Donovan's irritating cheerfulness. He felt he had not slept more than an hour's time the whole night and it was already time to ride. He torn the jacket off and threw it on the ground.
"Rise and shine!?! Are you mad? I didn't sleep at all last night thanks to that God forsaken storm! What was the purpose of camping out? We could have rode to the next town and found some place to stay! But no! We had to "camp" out here in the mud and rain!"
Harry was livid. His frustration had reached its peak and he didn't feel like holding back. Donovan's face became somber as Harry picked up his jacket and began to walk Lily back to the trodden muddy path.
"Harry-"Donovan tried to speak but was cut off.
"Shut it will you? I don't know nor do I care what you and Dumbledore's big plan is. Because knowing him, this is all supposed to teach me some big lesson in life since you obviously aren't teaching me anything else! So unless you have something to show me or teach me, I'm going to the next town."
Harry began to storm off, pulling Lily along by her reins. Suddenly Lily stopped, forcing Harry to jerk back.
"Wha! What is it Lily?" Harry turned to Lily and saw Donovan, looking very serious with his arms crossed.
"What? Do you want me to fight you? So you can take me down with one blow and learn a valuable life lesson? Huh?"
"Nope, just this."
Donovan snapped his fingers and the world around Harry exploded in white. Much like having a camera flash in his eyes, Harry's vision slowly came to. He blinked hard and found himself staring down a busy street in the middle of a large city. People walked around him and Donovan like they weren't there, but knew to avoid walking into them.
More odd than that was that muggles and such actually passed through Lily and Shannon. Shannon herself was half way inside a department store. Harry reached for Lily as if unsure that she was still there and jumped once his hands touched her familiar brown coat.
"What the hell is going on!?!" Harry screamed, no one but Donovan noticing.
"Well you wanted to know.Here's London. You wanted it now here it is. But do you really want to spend your whole summer doing the same thing? This is what life's about Harry, making your life story interesting."
"And the point of this all? As if my life isn't interesting enough." Harry spat and glared at Donovan.
"The point? Well, there's no point really. I just think it'd be more interesting to ride in the countryside than through the city. Be kind of odd to be seen riding a horse in the middle of London now wouldn't it?" Shannon and Lily snorted at being called horses, but Donovan ignored them.
"What's it? There's no point to this? None at all?"
"'Fraid not Harry. Just that Dumbledore wants you to think of this as a vacation. Not to relax mind you but from our world. To help you put things in perspective and to give you time to sort through your thoughts and stuff. He said you need this despite what you may think."
"Bullshit." Harry muttered walking Lily again down the side walk before the explosion of light came again and the countryside revealed itself once more. He could hear Shannon and Donovan's footsteps through the mud and he continued to walk down this path that never seemed to end.
'This is crazy. Put things in perspective? I could do that at the Burrow or Hogwarts? How is suffering though endless countryside and terrible weather supposed to make me get things together? None of this makes any sense.'
Harry's eyes came from the ground once he felt a familiar pinch in his shoulder. Hedwig perched on his shoulder and nipped on Harry's hair and lightly on Lily's coat, who neighed in reply. Both her legs held letters and she stuck one leg out.
"So that's why you took so long. I'll grab the other one and you can go off for a while."
Harry pocketed the second note and watched the snowy owl make for the sky and disappear into the low hanging clouds of last night's storm.
Anxious to see what Ron and Hermoine wrote he unrolled the first letter, only surprised to see unfamiliar handwriting.
'Dear Harry,
Yeah, I'm sorry about last year. Hermoine wrote to me and told me what the whole deal was and that Rita Skeeter just made everything up. Sorry for acting the way I did. I was a little jealous to be honest. But I guess I still wasn't over the fact that Cedric died. Though I was happy to start getting to know you and even though it was awkward and ended badly, I genuinely enjoyed spending time with you on Valentine's Day. Who knows where we'll go from there, but I would like to hear from you more. Michael can get jealous at times but I'm sure I we can write back and forth without him knowing. Write back soon.
Cho'
Harry smiled. He really did like Cho. But after his fourth and fifth year, the feelings seemed less overwhelming. And the mention of Michael Corner's name didn't leave him jealous and heartbroken, but smiling. She'd gotten up on her feet and back on track.
"Well, getting to know her won't be too much of a problem now that she's okay."
He pulled out the second letter and unrolled it.
'Dear Harry,
Hey mate Hope you're doing ok. Got the word from my dad on what happened. Crazy stuff huh? Yeah you'll have stories to tell when you get here. How far are you now? You almost here? Learning anything new? Oh by the way, Percy's made up with dad. Sort of. He apologized, but not for everything and mostly ignores him when he's home. I'm going to send this to Hermoine since Hedwig's got Cho's letter. I didn't read it I swear, I just saw her name on it and I put it back. Sorry! Hope to see you soon.
Ron
Dear Harry,
I just heard from Dumbledore. Are you ok? Is everything alright? Make sure you try and practice what you can. I read up on Everknights and they are like some sort of magical anomaly. They put off weird auras and they distort magic tracking methods. Which means if you practice your spells, you won't get in trouble. I trust you'll put this knowledge to good use. I'll send you some textbooks if you like so you can read up on things. I have to go my parents are taking me to Spain this holiday. Good luck and be safe Harry. See you at the Burrow.
Hermoine'
'Typical," Harry thought ,"What's going on from Ron and Study fropm Hermoine."
***
Yeah yeah I know. Please review. I know this chap sucks, but I got up to 7 done and I'll put them up one a day. We'll see if this inspiration keeps up. Oh if anyone can tell me why the spacing doesn't stay the same when I upload? Like I'll press enter a few times to space out the lines and when I upload it's only single spaced. WTF?