Okay next chappie is up! Well sorry but I forgot that I had to finish this one little detail…so here is one chapter, just not the one I meant to put up, also I have a lil different idea than what I asked you in the a/n and I'm gonna keep it a surprise, but I am gonna do what I asked….later ^_~ you'll find out soon ::evil laugh::
Disclaimer: same as all the other chapters, if you come here to read these things, you really are screwed up
Thanks to all my reviewers! (the review page hasn't updated so I can't name u all, sorry!)
Chapter 10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Staff: Part Three~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Harry now had his staff built; it was an elegant piece of work. Ebony, 6ft with an ever changing globe held in its claw of wood. The only thing that was left to do was to bind it to him.
Merlin had told him that he could use his staff as it is now, but it could always be turned to the dark.
After the binding is finished it would only respond to him and wouldn't even allow itself to be picked up by some one with dark intentions.
Harry was slightly nervous because while Merlin had explained the purpose of the bonding, he did not tell him what actually happened.
Merlin had assured him though, that it wouldn't hurt like when he got his markings. Instead he might find himself looking or viewing the world differently, but that wouldn't really be a problem, or at least he hoped not.
He and Merlin were standing in a room that had a vaulted ceiling, but was rather small. Harry walked to the center of the room and stood there holding his staff waiting for Merlin to begin.
"Alright harry, I'm going to start, if you notice anything different, don't yell out or do anything to break my concentration. Ok?" Merlin asked.
"Ok, but I can only try. So… are we going to start or what?"
"Patience Harry, patience. Ok, let's begin".
Merlin took out his staff, which Harry seldom saw, and held it in front of him. Harry couldn't really make out what he was hearing as Merlin was mumbling most of it under his breath. But it sounded something like "staff mine…staff of another….recognize your brother…" (a/n I know it rhymes! yay!)
Harry wasn't sure. /I'll have to ask Merlin about the incantation later, probably wouldn't answer me if I asked him now. /
As Harry watched he notice a strange tingly sensation was coming from the staff.
As the minutes passed he felt it grow stronger, gradually until it began to burn his fingers.
Shortly after this, the felling swept up his arm, spreading slowly but steadily throughout his body.
As soon as it reached his toes tingling stopped, only to be replaced by a hot, slightly itchy sensation on his palms where he held the staff and on his arms.
As he watched his arms (which were uncovered, Merlin had insisted) They began to glow faintly silver where that strange itchy sensation was.
Runes describing the staff, its owner and warnings to those trying to take it made their way along his arms.
At the same time, his staff gained runes of the same sort; slightly silver along its narrow length.
All of a sudden, the glowing and the itching stopped. He looked to Merlin, asking if he was done.
Merlin just nodded his head, and Harry, seeing this took his hand off t his staff to examine the palm.
What he saw was a five-point star under a crescent moon, the symbol of Merlin with the symbol for each element around it.
/must be my mark now/ he thought.
"Well Harry, how do you like your mark?" he asked cheerfully.
"Looks a lot like yours, but I guess that's because I /am/ your apprentice. Oh well it is nice and thankfully it wont show when I go back, right?"
"Your right, but I have a surprise for you: he said.
"What?….What!? Tell me!" he whined.
Harry hear Merlin mumble something like "and you said /I/ whine like a child…"
He gave Merlin puppy dog eyes. Merlin laughed" I /was/ going to tell you anyway, but now I can't refuse. Ok, you're going to go back to your time in about a month"
Harry stared, wide-eyed" Really? Thank you!"
"I'd say your friends might not recognize you when you get back" Harry looked at him puzzled
"What do you mean? I'm Harry Potter, everyone recognizes me. /even if I don't want them to…/ "I've only been gone for about a year, I cant have changed that much can I?"
Merlin just chuckled and said
"You'll find out for yourself soon enough, I'm sure" and with that, the two left to finish what they needed to do before Harry left.
A/n: okay review! I had an idea…so I'm going to go with it…and since it is a lil bit different than what I had planned I might not get a chapter out till Sunday, but maybe tomorrow, definitely not today, wait I might. Anyway I can tell you so far that I suck at action sequences but I'm gonna give it a try ::cheers:: and I have and idea that isn't original or anything just not what I was planning, if you still want to read this keep me happy and review!
