Ancient powers
Side story to Don't open the book
Chapter 1
By: darkside
AN: Demon- main dog, Serbian husky, huge, white, one blue, one red eye, first
Delivers, the biggest
Spike- husky, medium, brown curly hair, two green eyes, delivers huge
Packages, loves to growl at evil people
Fluffy- malamute husky, brown and white straight hair, two green eyes,
Delivers important letters, the fastest
Giant- husky, black and brown spots on white hair, very small, two blue
eyes, delivers letters, the smallest
Midnight- husky, all black with gray around eyes, one blue, one black eye,
Comes and stays with Elinwy at Hogwarts, oldest, been with Elinwy all life
Now that you've got that on with the story:
Elinwy sat by the common room fire, Midnight at her foot, a small backpack by her other. Her dog looked up at her, concern definite in his eyes. "Don't worry dog. It'll all be over soon." She reached down and scratched his ear. "I now it will be ok in the end." Elinwy talked to her dog as she expected it to talk back. She opened her hand to see a small marble in it, "Plus Uncle D gave us this." Elinwy leaned back into the large chair, thinking about that afternoon.
~*~*~ Flashback ~*~*~
Professor Dumbledore walked into his office, and jumped at the sight of his best friends daughter and her dog. Elinwy looked over to him as he sat down. "Now my dear, how did you get in ere?" Elinwy didn't reply. Dumbledore sighed, "You are your father's daughter. Now what can I do for you?" Elinwy sat in the chair oppisite of him, "It's Midnight. My mom wouldn't send him this far just to keep me company. Something is wrong, and I have a bad feeling. I also happen to believe you know something about it."
Dumbledore sighed again, "I'm afraid I promised your father I wouldn't tell you. You are after all only 16, and he doesn't want to bother you with these affairs yet." Elinwy semi-glared at him, but got up and walked to his phoenix instead, Midnight picking up hi s head to watch her. "I'll find our ether way Uncle. Please just tell me." Elinwy turned back to Dumbledore, emotion showing through her eyes. Dumbledore sighed as he took off his half-moon glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "You know I won't betray my word, or his wishes. And I know you won't take no for an answer." Dumbledore leaned back in his chair, "And I also know that you won't listen to me, so you'll go home, even if I tied you to a chair and told you to stay here." Elinwy chuckled a little, "You know me so well." Dumbledore looked at her, "You've change so much. Why.." "I remember when you weren't taller than my knee, I know. Dad used to say the exact same thing." Elinwy finished his sentence. The old man smiled and opened a drawer, "If you must go, take this." He handed her a small crystal, no bigger than a marble.
When Elinwy looked at it, her eyes widened, "Uncle! This is the Seer's eye! I can't take this!" Dumbledore shook his head, "You take it with you. I have the other one." He showed her another orb, that was hung around his neck. "Now, if ever you are in trouble, I shall come." Elinwy nodded, sticking the orb in her pocket. "Thank you." She whistled to Midnight and followed her out the door. Dumbledore leaned back in the chair, 'Lucis is going to kill me when he finds out about this one.'
~*~*~ End Flashback ~*~*~
Elinwy stood over Feira's sleeping body. She bent over and stuck a note on her forehead, she couldn't miss it there. Elinwy smiled a little, and then left. Midnight followed Elinwy all the way to the front gates, "Think Whitebrook." Elinwy turned to see her other Uncle standing in the shadows. "I already have Uncle S." Snape stepped out of the shadows and looked at the girl he had helped raise, hell he even taught her both protection against the dark arts and the dark arts themselves. "Have you thought enough? You now as well as I do what you'll find." Elinwy scowled at him, "I am Elinwy Crystal Maria Whitebrook the fourth, and shall never leave my family in despair." Snape scowled back at her, "you are your father's daughter, so take this." He tossed a bottle at Elinwy. She caught it and looked at it, "It's a special, you wouldn't recognize it. It's something to keep those 'mood swings' of yours in check." And with that Snape walked back into his office and Elinwy put the bottle in her bag.
Elinwy scratched Midnight's ears again as she opened the door. "That will come in handy when we leave the protective circle of Hogwarts." She walked a good 12 yd. from the building before pulling out a wind pipe. At first, she played a slow chord, than a fast, happy one then a medium flowing one, and finally a long sweet note. Midnight howled and was soon answered by four different ones. Elinwy put the pipe back into her bag and started running in one direction. "Sprit of wild, body of speed, soul of wind, deliver unto me!" With that a see through horse appeared and Elinwy jumped onto it's back, with little trouble. Midnight following right on it's heels, still howling. Just then two large dogs came from the forest, Spike and Fluffy. They fell in line with the horse, staying on it's left side. By not they were pretty far away from Hogwarts. Another howl was heard as Giant joined Midnight on the horse's right side. They were coming over the hill that would block the view of Hogwarts. On that hill stood Demon, (Think Princess Monoke and the wolf gods) eyes glowing in the moon. Demon joined the group, leading them over the hill and through the flower field, not even bending one stem.
They kept up this pace for a good two hours, till they stopped at a river so the dogs could drink. Elinwy dismounted and the phantom horse disappeared. She stood by the river, looking back to where they had come from. 'My leaving scene there probably woke up half the school.' "I feel sorry for Uncle D. when he tells Lucuis that I left again." Elinwy said talking to her dogs. The sun was beginning to come up. "We'll stay here for the day." She sat down by a tree, leaning u against it. Soon enough her dogs where laying by her, if not on her. "Good night." With that Elinwy was asleep.
They slept all day, but by night, Elinwy had caught some fish and was cooking them over a fire. She poked one and took it off, throwing it to the nearest dog. Elinwy did this till one fish was left, which she ate her self. As she went to the river, Demon's head perked up as he growled at some trees and bushes. "Ingtious." The bush caught on fire and a body jumped out. Spike as immediately on the person. "Elinwy, would you please get your dog off me!" She whistled and the dog walked over to Elinwy, who patted his head, "Good dog. Now what are you doing here?" Duo got up from the ground, dusting himself off. "I'm following you of course." Elinwy bent down, drinking her water. "Where are you going anyway?" "That would be none of your business. And I suggest that you hurry up and get back." Dou frowned, "Come on. You might need help, no tot mention company." All the dogs stood up and growled, Duo backed up, "Or maybe just help." Elinwy packed up her stuff and looked at Duo, "I am in no need of help. S I would suggest that you just turn around and..." She was cut off by a 'roar' of some type. Just as a large cat/griffin/orc thing burst through the forest line. "Go for the eyes." Duo shouted as Elinwy pulled out her knife again. The dogs distracted the creature while Elinwy trust at the creature with her knife at it's neck. The wound healed almost immediately. "Like I said! Go for the eyes!" Duo shouted again. Elinwy risked a look back at Duo, missing the paw/claw that came down on her side, scratching her whole let side. Then the creature tossed Fluffy to the side, with it's paw, and headed for Elinwy's limb body.
Duo then ran with a stick and rammed it into the creature's eye. With one last scream it fell to the ground, died. After checking if it was dead, Duo walked over to Elinwy. He picked her up and laid her by the river, "Where is it the worst?" "My side, but don't worry about it." Duo gave her a weird look, she smirked at him then started chanting in a language Duo couldn't recognized. Elinwy had closed her eyes and held a hand over the river, a small patch under her hand glowed white and little drops of water flowed up and into her wounds, she sat up. "Come here dog." Fluffy limped over and she did the same thing with his wounds, all closing right as the water touched them.
"So how did you know to go for it's eye?" She asked, looking him straight in the eye. He smiled, "Saw it in a book." Elinwy gave him a puzzled look than stood up, "Fine, you can come along, but you have to be quick and don't get in my way." With that she turned and grabbed her bag and started walking away. Duo ran to catch-up and the two were off to wherever they were going.