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A few moments later, they were all sitting out by the lake, Ron scanning the waters for the merfolk he had encountered in previous years. Then Ron, Harry, and Hermione all sat down on the soft green grass. "What would you like to know?" Alisabelle asked them.
"Everything." Harry said.
"Well, I certainly can't tell you everything, for I do not know everything. If you can imagine, my knowledge is only a pin prick compared to all that is out there." She said.
"Fine, tell us what you can." Harry said.
"What shall I begin with?" Alisa asked.
"How about your heritage? Dumbledore said to ask you." Hermione suggested.
"Of course he did." Alisa smiled, "I shall begin there." She paused and drew in a deep breath, "I will begin with the farthest back you would recognize. You three know the four founders of this school were Gyffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and Hufflepuff. You know they were all very powerful witches and wizards. You also know that Slytherin had a conflict with the three others, most especially Gyffindor. However, you know very little of the relationships between Gyffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff. In fact, very, very few know of their relations. They were all good friends, but Gyffindor and Ravenclaw had a different type of relationship. They were lovers, and together had three children, without marriage, but in secret. So secret, in fact, that not even Gyffindor knew they existed until Ravenclaw told him on her deathbed. You see, Ravenclaw was of elven heritage, so her pregnancy did not show." She paused.
"Ravenclaw immediately handed all three of her children over to rulers of other places. Her first born child, named Sere, meaning 'the given,' to the rulers of a presiding kingdom. They took excellent care of him there and Ravenclaw frequently visited him and her other children. Her second child, called Lais, meaning 'the sought after,' to a wizarding couple in Hogsmeade. Her third and last child was a fair girl. Her name was in fact, Alisabelle. I have been named after her." She paused again.
Ron jumped in, "What does Alisabelle mean?"
She blushed, "It means 'the most beautiful magician.'" She said and continued, "Alisabelle was sent to live with the ruling elves of the time. Lais and Alisabelle both came to have children, surprisingly, Alisabelle married the son of Hufflepuff, Hector. She bore him just one child and her line has since only produced only one heir each generation. Lais had two children, one of which bore no children, and the second of which had just one child, but married Hector's brother's son. This line also continued to produce just one heir each generation. Sometime, even I have lost track now, the lines, very distant and eventually loosing one another, collided and the two lines of Gyffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff became one." She stopped and looked at them, "I'm afraid I have not known you long enough to share any farther than to say my mother was the lone child for her generation, and I am the lone child for mine."
Hermione looked deep in thought, Harry looked confused, and Ron was even more in love with her. "But what about what Dumbledore said, he said he lied to me." Harry said.
"That is for another day." Was all Alisa would say on the matter. She turned to Hermione, "Something seems to be troubling you, my friend."
Hermione looked up, "Mm? Oh, I'm just thinking. I swear I read something somewhere about. oh I'm not sure what I read, but I'm certain I read it." She lost herself for another moment and then asked, "Were you the one from Ireland?"
Alisa smiled, "You remembered. I am glad you did. Yes, I am. I couldn't have lived more than seven elven years at the time, but having spent 2 of those years as a human year, I couldn't have seemed more than five, almost your age at the time. Were you four?" Hermione nodded, "We did have a fun summer." Hermione nodded again, remembering the summer she had spent with her interesting friend, the friend who had gotten her interested in magic in the first place. "I do hope I have satisfied you." Alisa said after a moment.
"I'll never be satisfied." Harry said.
"I am aware, but I can only say so much." Alisa said.
"Why are you here?" Harry asked for the second time in twenty four hours.
"I must confess that, I suppose," Alisa began, "I am here to protect you, all of you, all of the school, the headmaster as well. There is something brewing."
"Did Dumbledore call you here?" Harry asked.
"No, I didn't even cross his mind until I returned, however I am connected to many things in the wizarding world, and I felt something returning." She said.
"But what can you do?" The question came out ruder than Harry had wanted it to, but Alisa smiled despite it.
"I will do what I must, I will help when I can. I believe you need as many as you can get." She said, her pupils suddenly opening wide, her eyes flashing dark, her hands clasped.
"Are you alright?" Ron asked, but Alisabelle was no longer listening to him, but to something far away, and then she disappeared.
A few moments later, they were all sitting out by the lake, Ron scanning the waters for the merfolk he had encountered in previous years. Then Ron, Harry, and Hermione all sat down on the soft green grass. "What would you like to know?" Alisabelle asked them.
"Everything." Harry said.
"Well, I certainly can't tell you everything, for I do not know everything. If you can imagine, my knowledge is only a pin prick compared to all that is out there." She said.
"Fine, tell us what you can." Harry said.
"What shall I begin with?" Alisa asked.
"How about your heritage? Dumbledore said to ask you." Hermione suggested.
"Of course he did." Alisa smiled, "I shall begin there." She paused and drew in a deep breath, "I will begin with the farthest back you would recognize. You three know the four founders of this school were Gyffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and Hufflepuff. You know they were all very powerful witches and wizards. You also know that Slytherin had a conflict with the three others, most especially Gyffindor. However, you know very little of the relationships between Gyffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff. In fact, very, very few know of their relations. They were all good friends, but Gyffindor and Ravenclaw had a different type of relationship. They were lovers, and together had three children, without marriage, but in secret. So secret, in fact, that not even Gyffindor knew they existed until Ravenclaw told him on her deathbed. You see, Ravenclaw was of elven heritage, so her pregnancy did not show." She paused.
"Ravenclaw immediately handed all three of her children over to rulers of other places. Her first born child, named Sere, meaning 'the given,' to the rulers of a presiding kingdom. They took excellent care of him there and Ravenclaw frequently visited him and her other children. Her second child, called Lais, meaning 'the sought after,' to a wizarding couple in Hogsmeade. Her third and last child was a fair girl. Her name was in fact, Alisabelle. I have been named after her." She paused again.
Ron jumped in, "What does Alisabelle mean?"
She blushed, "It means 'the most beautiful magician.'" She said and continued, "Alisabelle was sent to live with the ruling elves of the time. Lais and Alisabelle both came to have children, surprisingly, Alisabelle married the son of Hufflepuff, Hector. She bore him just one child and her line has since only produced only one heir each generation. Lais had two children, one of which bore no children, and the second of which had just one child, but married Hector's brother's son. This line also continued to produce just one heir each generation. Sometime, even I have lost track now, the lines, very distant and eventually loosing one another, collided and the two lines of Gyffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff became one." She stopped and looked at them, "I'm afraid I have not known you long enough to share any farther than to say my mother was the lone child for her generation, and I am the lone child for mine."
Hermione looked deep in thought, Harry looked confused, and Ron was even more in love with her. "But what about what Dumbledore said, he said he lied to me." Harry said.
"That is for another day." Was all Alisa would say on the matter. She turned to Hermione, "Something seems to be troubling you, my friend."
Hermione looked up, "Mm? Oh, I'm just thinking. I swear I read something somewhere about. oh I'm not sure what I read, but I'm certain I read it." She lost herself for another moment and then asked, "Were you the one from Ireland?"
Alisa smiled, "You remembered. I am glad you did. Yes, I am. I couldn't have lived more than seven elven years at the time, but having spent 2 of those years as a human year, I couldn't have seemed more than five, almost your age at the time. Were you four?" Hermione nodded, "We did have a fun summer." Hermione nodded again, remembering the summer she had spent with her interesting friend, the friend who had gotten her interested in magic in the first place. "I do hope I have satisfied you." Alisa said after a moment.
"I'll never be satisfied." Harry said.
"I am aware, but I can only say so much." Alisa said.
"Why are you here?" Harry asked for the second time in twenty four hours.
"I must confess that, I suppose," Alisa began, "I am here to protect you, all of you, all of the school, the headmaster as well. There is something brewing."
"Did Dumbledore call you here?" Harry asked.
"No, I didn't even cross his mind until I returned, however I am connected to many things in the wizarding world, and I felt something returning." She said.
"But what can you do?" The question came out ruder than Harry had wanted it to, but Alisa smiled despite it.
"I will do what I must, I will help when I can. I believe you need as many as you can get." She said, her pupils suddenly opening wide, her eyes flashing dark, her hands clasped.
"Are you alright?" Ron asked, but Alisabelle was no longer listening to him, but to something far away, and then she disappeared.