Title: Princess of Mirkwood
Author: Zannna
Rating: PG-13 (For future violence, and romance)
Disclaimer: I *sniffle* do not own LOTR, the characters, or the plot. Middle Earth was the brilliant brain child of non other than the king of fantasy JRR Tolkien. I also do not own Harry Potter, the characters, or the plot. All that is Harry Potter belongs to the amazing JK Rowling. I do however, own Lithariel, Methelena, and Vialnen. Please do not use them without permission, I even made up their names. ^_^
AN: At the end of the chapter.
Chapter 3
Dumbledore stood on the front stairs of Hogwarts basking in the midmorning sun. Snape was standing beside him, but was decidedly not basking. Snape stood looking at the Forbidden Forest waiting for this 'Lithariel' character. He was going to enjoy exposing her as the fraud she was.
As Snape was standing there thinking how ridiculous this all was, suddenly he saw a light coming out of the forest towards them. On closer inspection, he saw what the light was coming from: A woman on a white horse. But it couldn't be because Snape was pretty sure that women did not glow. As the being came closer he noticed it was indeed a woman, a exceedingly beautiful one at that. He was transfixed by her ethereal beauty. Snape just stood there, staring, as she came closer.
She came to a stop a few feet away from them, and dismounted. Snape heard, although it seemed from a distance, Dumbledore saying " Welcome back Lithariel, this is Professor Severous Snape. Professor Snape, this is Lithariel Greenleaf, the last of the Eldar." Snape just stood there, staring, until Dumbledore nudged him. "Professor Snape, this is Lithariel Greenleaf." Dumbledore said again.
"Pardon me Milady, it is just that this is the first time that I have seen a real elf." Snape said while taking her hand in his, and bowing over it deeply before he continued. "It is an honor to meet you Lithariel Greenleaf, I will help you in anyway you require." Snape then kissed her hand, let it go, and straitened back up.
"I am very pleased to meet you as well Professor Snape." replied Lithariel.
" Well then, I have some duties to attend to so I shall leave you two alone so that you can get to work." said Dumledore.
"I thank you Master Dumbledore. I shall see you later then?" said Lithariel.
"Yes you shall. Good day Milady." replied Dumbledore.
"Namarie" said Lithariel as Dumbledore walked off. Then she turned to Snape.
"Shall we?" she said.
"Yes," replied Snape as he held out his arm for her. "If you don't mind me asking what does 'Namarie' mean?"
"It means 'Good bye' in Elvish" said Lithariel as she took his arm. "Oh, could you please wait for one moment?"
"Of course"
Lithariel let go of Snape's arm, and ran down to Vialnen . "I am sorry Milady," Lithariel started to say in Elvish, "You may do as you wish now, but please be ready when I call for you" Vialnen neighed in agreement, nodding, and then ran off.
Lithariel ran back up to Snape, and again took the offered arm. They walked in a semi-comfortable silence to Snape's classroom.
[AN: Wait a minute, isn't it kinda weird how Snape is so nice all of the sudden? Hmm, I wonder what that could mean? lol]
Snape opened the door for her, and motioned for her to enter first. "Please have a seat" he said as he motioned to a chair next to one of the tables at the front of the room. Lithariel sat.
"Did you bring the items that Dumbledore suggested?" asked Snape.
"Yes, I did." replied Lithariel, as she took off her cloak, and pulled out the silk purse. She took the dark blue velvet box out, and handed it to Snape.
Snape opened it, and his eyes grew wide with shock.
"Is there something wrong? Will that not do?" asked Lithariel.
" Oh no, there is nothing wrong. I just have never seen anything like it." Snape reassured her. "Very well then, let us get started"
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Several hours later, Lithariel sat watching as Snape put her bracelet, and ring in the center of a binding circle. He then backed away from the circle, which had runes drawn on the floor, surrounded by many candles and herbs, and picked up one of the potions he had made earlier, and his wand . The potion was in a small flask, and he put his thumb over the opening. He then raised his wand in his right hand, and started the incantation, while he shook droplets of the dark red, almost black, potion on the circle with his left hand. About fifteen minutes later, a bright light exploded upwards from the binding circle.
Snape motioned for Lithariel to came sit, as they had discussed, in the center of another circle he had drawn on the floor. This circle was another type of binding circle. Both of the binding circles were meant to keep the spells contained, but the latter was much, much stronger. The circle itself, and the runes within, were drawn with a very potent potion. Lithariel stepped through the opening on one side if the circle. Snape went and got the ring and bracelet, and handed them to her for her to put on. She put the ring on her right ring finger, and the bracelet on her right wrist.
Then Snape went and got the potion he had drawn the circle with, and closed the circle, whispering a few words to activate the spell. Snape put the potion back on the table, got out his wand, and looked at Lithariel inquiringly. Lithariel nodded at him, giving him permission to continue.
Snape started to recite his carefully worded incantation. A few minutes later, he nodded his head indicating to her to drink the potion in the circle beside her. She did so trying not to react to it's fairly foul taste. Lithariel started to feel tingly as Snape continued with his spell. About a twenty minutes later, as Snape was starting to get very tired, there was only one more word left in the spell. As Snape said it, very loudly because of the sudden very strong wind that had started to gust all around them, a bright light burst out from the circle in every direction blinding Snape.
As the light faded, and Snape was able to see again he looked towards the circle to see Lithariel lying there unconscious. He walked over to her quickly, while saying a few words to deactivate the binding circle. He knelt beside her checking her pulse. It was strong, but very fast. He looked down at her. The spell had worked, in fact it had worked perfectly. You now could not see her pointed ears, her hair did not shine quite so much, and she had completely lost her glow. Her skin was still perfect, and her other features the same.
Snape gently lifted Lithariel off the ground, and carried her to the medical wing. He put her down on a bed, and told a nurse that had rushed up to see what was wrong, to go and get Dumbledore immediately.
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As Dumbledore walked in he asked, " What happened? Did something go wrong?"
"No," replied Snape "everything went fine. She just fell unconscious after the spell was completed. She is most likely just worn out."
"Alright then. Why don't you go rest now you look quite tired, I will look after her."
"Thank you Professor. I will come and check in on her later then." said Snape. Snape looked at Lithariel with almost sad eyes. He thought that she looked much better as an elf, and greatly disliked the fact that he had been the one to diminish her beauty. 'It is what she wanted' he told himself as he walked out of the room.
Dumbledore sat down next to Lithariel's bed. She looked to be sleeping, although her eyes were closed. Lithariel had told him that elves sleep with their eyes open. Well she looked to be alright, this was most likely just part of the spell. 'If so,' Dumbledore thought 'then Snape did a better job than I could have ever imagined'
"You there," Dumbledore said to a nurse walking by, "Would you be so kind as to open those curtains?"
It was just past nightfall, and Dumbledore thought that some moon, and star light might help her recover.
Dumbledore waited for another hour, or so, and then decided she was doing well enough to be left in the care of Madame Pomphrey.
"Madame Pomphrey?" said Dumbledore.
" Yes Professor Dumbledore" she replied coming over.
"I would appreciate it greatly if you would please watch over her: Her name is Lithariel. Please just make sure that the curtains stay open, and if there is any change, or if she awakes, please come and get me immediately. If you could also take off her shoes, and put her under the blankets so she would be more comfortable, that would be wonderful." Dumbledore said as he got up from his chair.
"Of course Professor. But sir what happened? Do you want me to treat her?"
"She fainted, and no please do not try to treat her. She will be fine after some rest."
"Alright then. Goodnight Professor."
"Goodnight"
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Lithariel sat bolt upright in bed, and looked around confused. 'Where am I' she thought, breathing heavily. She looked around. It seemed to be around nine in the morning, judging from the position of the sun that was streaming in through the window. 'I seem to be in some kind of healing room' she thought, looking at all of the beds, and tables, and things around her. Then she remembered everything. She let out a breath she did not realize that she had been holding.
Lithariel pulled the blankets off of her legs, and set her feet on the floor. She looked up as she heard someone shuffling towards her.
"No, please lie back down miss. I have already sent someone to get Dumbledore." said an extremely excited looking woman.
Lithariel lied back down deciding that it would be unwise to excite the woman any further. Only mere seconds later, Professor Snape walked in.
"I am glad to see that you are awake Lady Lithariel. How are you feeling this morning?" said Snape as he came to stand beside her bed.
"I feel tired, and have a bit of a headache but otherwise I am fine." replied Lithariel. "What happened? Did it work?" she asked sitting up, and scooting back so that she was leaning against the head of the bed.
Snape sat down on the chair beside the bed before answering her. "It actually worked rather well, but when the spell ended you were very weak, and you fainted." said Snape.
"How long have I been asleep?" asked Lithariel.
"Only over night, my dear" said Dumbledore as he walked in, and came over to the bed.
"I see Professor Snape has beat me here" said Dumbledore looking at Snape.
"I was just coming to see if there was any change, I did not know that she was awake." said Snape rather haughtily.
Dumbledore looked back at Lithariel. "Professor Snape has done a marvelous job, would you care to look?" he asked.
Lithariel nodded, and Dumbledore helped her stand up, and led her to a mirror at the end of the room. Lithariel let out a small gasp as she saw her reflection. Her hand unconsciously went to her ears, then her hair. If you did not know you would not think that she was an elf, just an extraordinarily beautiful young woman.
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They spent the next few hours talking about the arrangements to be made, and so forth. Snape explained how if she took off her ring, and left her bracelet on her glamour would not change. If she took off her bracelet, and left her ring on her glamour would not change. And once she put the other piece back on, it would be activated again. He told her that if she wanted to deactivate the glamour, that all she had to do was take them both off. Then to reactivate it, all she had to do was put them both back on, make a simple binding circle, and recite a short incantation. He showed her the runes for the binding circle, and taught her the incantation. Snape also told her that she was the only one who could remove her bracelet, and or ring.
They decided that sometime within the next three weeks, Snape would take Lithariel to Diagon Alley to get her school supplies, and so forth. They worked out all of the details for her to start school with the other students in a little over three weeks time.
When they were finally finished, Lithariel said "I thank you both for all of your help, but I am very tired and wish to go home and rest. Professor Snape, I will be in contact with you soon to see when we shall go get the supplies that I will need. Now if you would please excuse me." With that said she gathered her things, put her slippers on, tied her cloak about her neck, and walked towards the door.
She stopped at the door, and turned around. "Though I do not know the way." she said. Snape immediately got up, and showed her the way out of the castle. When they were outside they bid each other farewell, and Lithareil started to walk towards the forest chanting softly in elvish, calling Vialnen. Vialnen came running out of the woods, with Mithelena close behind. Lithariel leapt onto her horse's back, and headed into the forest.
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AN: Hi^-^ Sorry about how long it took to post this chapter. I was staying at my sisters house.
*shudders* Anyway please review if you like this story, and want to see what happens. The more feedback I get, the sooner I will post the next chapter. Much Love, Zannna
P.S. Thank you very much Neko Megami for your review!