Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of his friends, Ms. Rowling
does.
Author's Note: This is my first fic. Please let me know of your opinion and I shall try and improve. I did borrow some original ideas from several great writers around this archive, only to improve upon them. I do not mean any disrespect to them. Thanks.
Chapter 2: Discoveries
The rest of the evening was dreadfully slow for Harry and finally when it was late enough, he walked slowly without making any sound.
Years of sneaking into kitchen like a cat for food trained him to walk in the house as he would in a landmine filled area, without making a creek.
He unlocked the basement door and closed it behind him. Switching on the light, he realized that he had never been into the basement in his life. It was always locked as if a big secret is stashed inside.
Harry found his way around and walked past carelessly thrown furniture towards a medium sized trunk at the corner of the room. He was kind of thrilled and scared to see the contents inside.
'It's all right! They are probably just some memoirs' thought Harry.
He opened the trunk and found various things like some books, photo albums, some gifts and notebooks. The albums has pictures of his mothers family, her school days from Hogwarts with his father, Sirius, Remus and Peter along with two other women unknown to him, all laughing for a picture. Others included several pictures of snow fights, ball dances etc.
Harry felt his vision grow blurred. Rubbing his eyes he realized that his eyes are filled with tears. He kissed his parents in the album and kept it aside. He took other things aside to pick up some books. The first one is "Hogwarts: A History".
'Just like Mione!' smirked Harry. Then there was "Hogwarts: Secrets revealed".
'Wow! Hermione would be thrilled. This can be a good gift for her'
There was a book on "Ancient Magic". He put it aside.
Then there was a dusty, old book in the bottom. There was no title. The pages are empty too. He opened the front page of the book and saw a small note.
"This book can only be opened and read by a wizard chosen by Elements."
'What does that mean' murmured Harry and continued reading.
"Place your palm on the top of the book and say 'Revealo Elementals' to see if you are chosen"
Harry looked around and hesitatingly placed his palm on top and recited "Revealo Elementals" and immediately bright light spread around the book and dulled out in a few seconds.
Harry slowly opened the book and gasped as the whole book is filled with lots of magical incantations.
Harry was very thrilled. He grabbed all the books and albums and went back to his room. He hid them in the loose floorboard under his bed. He took the last book and started to read it.
"There are several kinds of magic. Elemental magic is one of them. Using this magic the wizard can control and use the elements Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Time and Life. Not all wizards can control elements and not all chosen ones can control all elements. The only known wizard to control all elements was Merlin.
This book is divided into five sections, one for each element. When using these elements, the wizard will be exhausted quickly. So it is better if the elements are practiced in the order of Air, Water, Fire, Earth, Time and Life in that order of their difficulty.
Each of the elements can be controlled to be used for destruction or construction and other normal usage apart from being able to summon the respective guardian to do things that are otherwise difficult to achieve."
Harry paused.
'At least the next few days until I see Mione won't be boring.." He chuckled.
He wanted to see what other books are too. He picked up "Ancient Magic" and started reading introduction chapter.
"This book is forbidden in the year of 1840. Only a trained auror or an unspeakable employee can possess this book. If you are none, please return this book to the department of magical artifacts as soon as possible. If you are the owner, please tap the book once and say the password to open it. If you cannot open in 3 attempts, this book will return to the unspeakable library section"
Harry is in a fix. He doesn't know the password.
'What could it be?' he pondered. As the book belonged to his mother, he thought of trying. Harry tapped the book and said
"Lily", nothing happened
"James" nothing happened
Harry blamed himself for wasting 2 attempts without thinking properly. Now he is left with the last chance. 'Ok!' he thought.
"Prongs" he said hesitatingly, bracing for the book to disappear.
But the book gave a familiar glow and opened up.
"Phew! That was close" exclaimed aloud.
Harry read a random page.
"Ancient magic is not prevalent in the world as very few exist of its knowledge. This gives immense power to the Wizard or Witch. This book covers Light magic, Necromancy, Wandless Magic and other ancient spells, which cover various shields, hexes and enchantments." and so it went.
'Wow! This is so cool' thought Harry.
He reclined on his bed thinking. He should read these books as well as next year's books to make sure that he is well equipped when he faces Voldermort. He cannot let any of his friends to be put in danger. His thoughts caught on with Hermione again.
'I am going to have an interesting time' smiled Harry and slipped into slumber.
* * *
There were shouting, crying and misery everywhere. There were dead bodies lying around. Voldermort cackled with laughter and continued killing people around. Soon the whole place is filled with death, destruction and mayhem.
'Potter! You are next!' he shouted before disappearing.
Harry woke up startled sweating profusely. He gazed at the clock, which read 06:00 am in the morning. He immediately sent Hedwig to Dumbledore explaining his dream. He only hoped it wouldn't come true.
'I can't let anyone get hurt anymore' he thought determined.
He wanted to strictly follow the schedule he thought out. He dressed up in shorts and t-shirt and started to warm up and took off for a jog. He ran around 2 miles before heading to the community gym where he worked on some weights. On his way back, he stopped at Mrs. Figg's house (whom he discovered to be Arabella Figg last year), had a filling breakfast and hearty chat about his parents and marauders.
He wanted to tell her about the things he discovered but his instincts told otherwise. She is a great godmother and she loves him very much, but he is worried that she would tell Sirius and he would prohibit him to read the books saying they might be dangerous. After breakfast and a brief hug, he came back to Dursleys and took a shower.
The Dursleys are not bothering him anymore, probably Petunia told them off. Harry was glad as it gave him more time to practice.
He started off with Elemental magic. He read the book very carefully and took his wand out. Harry decided to start with Air element first.
"Aeris Aperio" and he felt light breeze blowing around setting things all around.
'good' Harry thought.
"Aeris Effero Elatum" Harry felt like a tornado blowing across the room. Except for himself, he saw everything being lifted in the air and was moving in the direction of his wand waved.
'mmh.so using this spell I can move things with air.' he thought. He cleaned up.
He quickly got over Air, Water and Fire in about a week. He could easily control air, water and Fire also summoning their guardians.
Accidentally he also burnt some furniture making Vernon furious, but petunia kept calm. Dudley was totally scared. He actually saw Harry summon Water guardian from a glass of water. After a week, Harry was completely able to even summon Earth guardian without much trouble. Time element took quite some effort, but he finally mastered it too.
'Now I can play with time without a time turner!' chuckled Harry
The Life element turned out to be more troubling and perplexing. According to the book he would be able to recreate body parts, even create life and resurrect the dead, as long as their body is not destroyed. However, it would certainly make him loose a great deal of his own energy, however powerful he is. He learnt all the spells but thought not to use them.
"Ancient Magic" has more interesting things. There is Necromancy, Light magic and some dark curses that couldn't be detected and shields that are very strong. There are methods of doing wandless magic, shape shifting, telepathy, Psychokinetism and various other things that are not known to many wizards.
Harry started learning various ancient curses and shields and started practicing wandless magic. It took a lot of his energy as he was supposed to concentrate very hard. By the time he could levitate objects he faced a big problem. He was feeling weak very often and Dursleys can't help him on that. Sure Petunia is nice to Harry, but she is still not talking to him that much. She would not blame him any more for things that happen while he is around.
Harry didn't have a choice. He walked up to Arabella's house and had to tell her.
"Arabella! I have something very important to tell you. But you must promise me that you wouldn't tell anyone, not dumbledore, not even Sirius."
"Why? What happened Harry?" Arabella asked concerned.
"First please promise me" Harry insisted.
"Ok! Harry. If you insist" Arabella finally gave in.
"Aunt Petunia allowed me to look at some things that belonged to my parents and I found a book about Ancient magic" he paused. He does not want to tell about other books.
"Anyway. They seem pretty safe. I am practicing some wandless magic"
"Oh! You are. But Harry! It takes almost several years for someone to actually be able to do it. Do you know?" gasped arabella.
"Here, let me show you" Harry smiled and levitated a pillow with his hands.
"My.It is very surprising that you could do it in a few weeks" said arabella trying to overcome her shock. Her face slowly grew stern.
"But I insist you come and train in my supervision and you don't have a choice harry" with a finality in her tone.
Harry gulped but was relieved that she allowed him to practice. He was still uncertain.
"What else? Is there a problem?" asked Arabella curiously. "It's just that I am getting weak after I do it and I don't know what to do" admitted Harry.
Arabella smiled. "I know you will. I can make you a potion that will help you everyday. Alright?"
Harry beamed "thanks Arabella. You are the best" and hugged her making her very happy.
"It's nothing Harry. I am happy that I can help you as your godmother"
Author's Note: This is my first fic. Please let me know of your opinion and I shall try and improve. I did borrow some original ideas from several great writers around this archive, only to improve upon them. I do not mean any disrespect to them. Thanks.
Chapter 2: Discoveries
The rest of the evening was dreadfully slow for Harry and finally when it was late enough, he walked slowly without making any sound.
Years of sneaking into kitchen like a cat for food trained him to walk in the house as he would in a landmine filled area, without making a creek.
He unlocked the basement door and closed it behind him. Switching on the light, he realized that he had never been into the basement in his life. It was always locked as if a big secret is stashed inside.
Harry found his way around and walked past carelessly thrown furniture towards a medium sized trunk at the corner of the room. He was kind of thrilled and scared to see the contents inside.
'It's all right! They are probably just some memoirs' thought Harry.
He opened the trunk and found various things like some books, photo albums, some gifts and notebooks. The albums has pictures of his mothers family, her school days from Hogwarts with his father, Sirius, Remus and Peter along with two other women unknown to him, all laughing for a picture. Others included several pictures of snow fights, ball dances etc.
Harry felt his vision grow blurred. Rubbing his eyes he realized that his eyes are filled with tears. He kissed his parents in the album and kept it aside. He took other things aside to pick up some books. The first one is "Hogwarts: A History".
'Just like Mione!' smirked Harry. Then there was "Hogwarts: Secrets revealed".
'Wow! Hermione would be thrilled. This can be a good gift for her'
There was a book on "Ancient Magic". He put it aside.
Then there was a dusty, old book in the bottom. There was no title. The pages are empty too. He opened the front page of the book and saw a small note.
"This book can only be opened and read by a wizard chosen by Elements."
'What does that mean' murmured Harry and continued reading.
"Place your palm on the top of the book and say 'Revealo Elementals' to see if you are chosen"
Harry looked around and hesitatingly placed his palm on top and recited "Revealo Elementals" and immediately bright light spread around the book and dulled out in a few seconds.
Harry slowly opened the book and gasped as the whole book is filled with lots of magical incantations.
Harry was very thrilled. He grabbed all the books and albums and went back to his room. He hid them in the loose floorboard under his bed. He took the last book and started to read it.
"There are several kinds of magic. Elemental magic is one of them. Using this magic the wizard can control and use the elements Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Time and Life. Not all wizards can control elements and not all chosen ones can control all elements. The only known wizard to control all elements was Merlin.
This book is divided into five sections, one for each element. When using these elements, the wizard will be exhausted quickly. So it is better if the elements are practiced in the order of Air, Water, Fire, Earth, Time and Life in that order of their difficulty.
Each of the elements can be controlled to be used for destruction or construction and other normal usage apart from being able to summon the respective guardian to do things that are otherwise difficult to achieve."
Harry paused.
'At least the next few days until I see Mione won't be boring.." He chuckled.
He wanted to see what other books are too. He picked up "Ancient Magic" and started reading introduction chapter.
"This book is forbidden in the year of 1840. Only a trained auror or an unspeakable employee can possess this book. If you are none, please return this book to the department of magical artifacts as soon as possible. If you are the owner, please tap the book once and say the password to open it. If you cannot open in 3 attempts, this book will return to the unspeakable library section"
Harry is in a fix. He doesn't know the password.
'What could it be?' he pondered. As the book belonged to his mother, he thought of trying. Harry tapped the book and said
"Lily", nothing happened
"James" nothing happened
Harry blamed himself for wasting 2 attempts without thinking properly. Now he is left with the last chance. 'Ok!' he thought.
"Prongs" he said hesitatingly, bracing for the book to disappear.
But the book gave a familiar glow and opened up.
"Phew! That was close" exclaimed aloud.
Harry read a random page.
"Ancient magic is not prevalent in the world as very few exist of its knowledge. This gives immense power to the Wizard or Witch. This book covers Light magic, Necromancy, Wandless Magic and other ancient spells, which cover various shields, hexes and enchantments." and so it went.
'Wow! This is so cool' thought Harry.
He reclined on his bed thinking. He should read these books as well as next year's books to make sure that he is well equipped when he faces Voldermort. He cannot let any of his friends to be put in danger. His thoughts caught on with Hermione again.
'I am going to have an interesting time' smiled Harry and slipped into slumber.
* * *
There were shouting, crying and misery everywhere. There were dead bodies lying around. Voldermort cackled with laughter and continued killing people around. Soon the whole place is filled with death, destruction and mayhem.
'Potter! You are next!' he shouted before disappearing.
Harry woke up startled sweating profusely. He gazed at the clock, which read 06:00 am in the morning. He immediately sent Hedwig to Dumbledore explaining his dream. He only hoped it wouldn't come true.
'I can't let anyone get hurt anymore' he thought determined.
He wanted to strictly follow the schedule he thought out. He dressed up in shorts and t-shirt and started to warm up and took off for a jog. He ran around 2 miles before heading to the community gym where he worked on some weights. On his way back, he stopped at Mrs. Figg's house (whom he discovered to be Arabella Figg last year), had a filling breakfast and hearty chat about his parents and marauders.
He wanted to tell her about the things he discovered but his instincts told otherwise. She is a great godmother and she loves him very much, but he is worried that she would tell Sirius and he would prohibit him to read the books saying they might be dangerous. After breakfast and a brief hug, he came back to Dursleys and took a shower.
The Dursleys are not bothering him anymore, probably Petunia told them off. Harry was glad as it gave him more time to practice.
He started off with Elemental magic. He read the book very carefully and took his wand out. Harry decided to start with Air element first.
"Aeris Aperio" and he felt light breeze blowing around setting things all around.
'good' Harry thought.
"Aeris Effero Elatum" Harry felt like a tornado blowing across the room. Except for himself, he saw everything being lifted in the air and was moving in the direction of his wand waved.
'mmh.so using this spell I can move things with air.' he thought. He cleaned up.
He quickly got over Air, Water and Fire in about a week. He could easily control air, water and Fire also summoning their guardians.
Accidentally he also burnt some furniture making Vernon furious, but petunia kept calm. Dudley was totally scared. He actually saw Harry summon Water guardian from a glass of water. After a week, Harry was completely able to even summon Earth guardian without much trouble. Time element took quite some effort, but he finally mastered it too.
'Now I can play with time without a time turner!' chuckled Harry
The Life element turned out to be more troubling and perplexing. According to the book he would be able to recreate body parts, even create life and resurrect the dead, as long as their body is not destroyed. However, it would certainly make him loose a great deal of his own energy, however powerful he is. He learnt all the spells but thought not to use them.
"Ancient Magic" has more interesting things. There is Necromancy, Light magic and some dark curses that couldn't be detected and shields that are very strong. There are methods of doing wandless magic, shape shifting, telepathy, Psychokinetism and various other things that are not known to many wizards.
Harry started learning various ancient curses and shields and started practicing wandless magic. It took a lot of his energy as he was supposed to concentrate very hard. By the time he could levitate objects he faced a big problem. He was feeling weak very often and Dursleys can't help him on that. Sure Petunia is nice to Harry, but she is still not talking to him that much. She would not blame him any more for things that happen while he is around.
Harry didn't have a choice. He walked up to Arabella's house and had to tell her.
"Arabella! I have something very important to tell you. But you must promise me that you wouldn't tell anyone, not dumbledore, not even Sirius."
"Why? What happened Harry?" Arabella asked concerned.
"First please promise me" Harry insisted.
"Ok! Harry. If you insist" Arabella finally gave in.
"Aunt Petunia allowed me to look at some things that belonged to my parents and I found a book about Ancient magic" he paused. He does not want to tell about other books.
"Anyway. They seem pretty safe. I am practicing some wandless magic"
"Oh! You are. But Harry! It takes almost several years for someone to actually be able to do it. Do you know?" gasped arabella.
"Here, let me show you" Harry smiled and levitated a pillow with his hands.
"My.It is very surprising that you could do it in a few weeks" said arabella trying to overcome her shock. Her face slowly grew stern.
"But I insist you come and train in my supervision and you don't have a choice harry" with a finality in her tone.
Harry gulped but was relieved that she allowed him to practice. He was still uncertain.
"What else? Is there a problem?" asked Arabella curiously. "It's just that I am getting weak after I do it and I don't know what to do" admitted Harry.
Arabella smiled. "I know you will. I can make you a potion that will help you everyday. Alright?"
Harry beamed "thanks Arabella. You are the best" and hugged her making her very happy.
"It's nothing Harry. I am happy that I can help you as your godmother"