Above All Else
Chapter Eight: The Glow of Four
Yay!!! The long awaited Merlin's Four Induction Chapter is here!!! Over the next two chappie's everything will be explained, at last. After that, the story will all fall into place and I can begin to have a lot more fun writing chappie's, so that you can have more fun reading them. Anywho… back to the story…
DISCLAIMER: I take no claim over anything belonging or thought up by the fabulous JKR. I don't have any talent compared to her and I'm not pretending to. Whats her's is hers… and all else is property of me.
THIS CHAPPIE:
~Transfig class
~Quidditch argument
~Beginning of Induction
Kk, lets get going! Here it is… (This chapter will probably be a little shorter)
~~~~~*****CHAPTER EIGHT****~~~~~
"I never thought that I'd hear myself say that I was starting to hate quidditch!" Lily Evans, Daniella Flynn, James Potter, and Sirius Black had just trudged in from an exhausting quidditch practice. Daniella sent her friend a sympathetic gaze linked arms with her. Lily rested her head on Danni's shoulder and begin to complain, something that Lily Evans very rarely did.
"Aw, Lils. You don't really hate quidditch, you just hate having to practice this bloody much! Believe me, I feel the same way," Daniella said. Sirius was nodding his head along, while James looked shocked.
"Ickle Lilykins is afraid she's not good enough. Not up to a challenge Little Lily Flower?" James Potter teased, smirking to himself. He loved getting a rise out of the redhead in front of him. It had become somewhat of a game over the years to see how long it would take him to get her to yell.
"Potter, you just crossed the line. Lets go, outside right now!"
"Look here, Evans, I'm not about to fight a girl," James said, giving her his trademark lopsided grin.
"Fight? Of course not, that's against the rules! I'm a Prefect!"
"So am I," James said back indignantly. Daniella and Sirius both tried to hide their laughter here. Even though James was indeed a Prefect, he most certainly did not 'stoop to the level' (as he put it) of following rules.
"Potter, I didn't mean a fight! Just a friendly game of two-on-two quidditch! Dan and I, against you and Black," Lily said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"James no!" Sirius most certainly did not want to go back outside.
"Potter, I know we aren't exactly the best of friends…" Seeing James look, Daniella changed her statement. "Ok, so we aren't even friends, but that's not the point! You see, my best friend Lily here can get on, shall we say, tirades? And normally I'd love to challenge you and your siamese twin Black, but right now, I just want my bed!" Daniella was now screaming.
"Tirade?"
"Sorry Lils, it was the first thing that came to mind. Forgive me?" Daniella asked.
"O' course! But I'm still challenging Potter. What do you say? Afraid to get your arse strewed all over the quidditch field by a girl?" Lily had got to James at last.
"You're on! First one to ten wins. One bludger, one quaffle, and no snitch, agreed?" Lily nodded her head. "We can play both keeper and chaser. Or you and Daniella can just each take one of those positions." Lily nodded again, but Daniella just cleared her throat.
"All right Potty Boy, since when did I say I was playing? I mean I need my bed! Lily tell him I need my sleep," Daniella begged her best friend.
"No way, you are playing!"
"Ugh! That's not fair," Daniella whined.
"You know, Flynn, you sound just like Padfoot. He loves to sleep too, and he likes to whine, and he likes to you those damned nicknames. That's three things in common," James said smirking.
"Hmph!" Sirius and Daniella both protested. Since Daniella's birthday two weeks ago, Sirius had gotten back into his normal routine of pranking and rivalry. Though Daniella and Sirius were both arguing again, if someone looked closely, they would often notice either or both of them having the urge to smile. Daniella then smiled and said, "Besides, we wouldn't want Black to have to leave Snuffles all alone in his 'wittle beddy for a whole hour!"
Two hours later, the quartet returned to the Common Room, even muddier and more sore than before, the girls having successfully beaten the boys 100-90. Daniella and Sirius both immediately raced up to their rooms, to the sanctuary of their showers and beds.
"Lucky game, Evans," James smirked. If James Potter hated anything more than Severus Snape, it was losing at quidditch. However, losing against Lily Evans was an exception for him.
"You wish, Potter. Pure skill, that's what that was. I look forward to beating your arse at quidditch again sometime soon," Lily turned and stalked off to her dormitory.
~~~~~*****FOUR DAYS LATER- OCTOBER 27, 1968****~~~~~
Lily Evans, Daniella Flynn, Charisma Greene, and Madison Renaldi were whispering among themselves, as Professor McGonagall waited for the rest of the class (*coughMarauderscough*) to arrive.
"Don't you feel strange today, kind of warm inside?" Lily whispered.
Daniella laughed, "Aw, does Lils have a warm, tingly feeling inside? Maybe a little crush?" Charisma picking up where this was going played along, "With a Mr. James Potter perhaps?" Carrie and Danni both burst into peals of giggles, while Madison smiled.
Lily, trying to keep the color down in her cheeks, glared at her best friends. "No, I'm serious about this! I really have this feeling that somethings going to happen!"
"Maybe it's because you're so happy that it's your birthday," Maddie supplemented.
"I guess it could be…"
"Lils, you were born at 12 noon right?" Lily nodded here. "Well that means, that in exactly 35 minutes we'll all be sixteen years old together!" Daniella smiled to herself.
"Well thank-you Captain Obvious," Charisma said, laughingly.
"Dan, you really amaze me sometimes," Lily said, grinning at the youthfulness her best friend would always possess.
"I try," Daniella said.
"Sorry, Professor," The Marauders had just burst through the door, Peter panting from running out of breath
"Boys, take your seats immediately. Five points from Gryffindor," Professor McGonagall said.
"No detentions?" Sirius asked hopefully.
"No detentions, Mr. Black."
"But Professor McGonagall, shouldn't we be better disciplined? I mean it's an awful crime to miss ten beloved minutes of your wonderful lecturing," James said, smiling sweetly.
"Mr. Potter, I do not wish to partake in the aid of assisting you to break a school record, which may I aid you are working ever so diligently to do," Professor McGonagall said.
"Thank-you, Minnie! I'm glad you see our efforts," Sirius said happily, being very clueless to the sarcasm in her voice.
"Mr. Black, that's Professor McGonagall to you! If only you put your efforts towards a more worthy cause, dare I say it, schoolwork?"
"Now, Professor, if we did that we wouldn't be able to break our detention record! Plus, that would throw the school's entertainment out the window," James said, smiling innocently. Remus and Peter had already taken their seats, choosing not to face the fury of Minerva McGonagall.
Professor McGonagall sniffed indignantly, though James could swear he saw her almost smile. "We still would have your Gryffindor female counterparts, would we not?" The rest of the class laughed, while James, Lily, Sirius, and Daniella blushed furiously. "Now please take your seats." Reluctantly they did so and McGonagall walked back to the front of the classroom. "Today we will be beginning a month-long project on Transfiguration experiments. Each of you will partner up and I will give you a wizard or witch to study. The person you are given to research has had a remarkable idea for revolutionizing transfiguration. Unfortunately, they all failed miserably. Therefore, it will be you and your partners job to study the person's habits and figure out what could have gone wrong. You will be required to write a five foot long essay and then do a presentation, demonstrating the work you have done. This assignment shall be due at the end of November. I will be now assigning partners." A simultaneous groan came from throughout the classroom. "There should be no complaining. I have drawn these names out of a hat."
"Prongs, it can't be that bad. We're with the Ravenclaws on this project, afterall," Remus whispered.
"Yea, I guess your right Moony."
Professor McGonagall cleared her throat and began to read off the list.
"Tinka Spitz, Peter Pettigrew." Tinka, a rather skanky fellow Gryffindor, tossed her hair over her shoulder and raised her hand in protest. Peter had a look of disgust on his face.
"No complaining or I shall have to take points. Yes, even from my own house, Mr. Black. Spitz and Pettigrew, you shall be researching Alzadea Pinkytwist's attempt to speed up the process of making a solid become a liquid."
"Charisma Greene, Kirk McKinnon: Thulworm's attempt to transfigure a person unwillingly into another." Charisma flashed Kirk a flirtatious smile that he returned.
"Fletcher, Levelle: Ex-Hogwart Headmaster Dilys Derwent's attempt to transfigure injured body parts"
"Potter, Evans: Gillup's human to animal transfiguration attempts." James grinned broadly and Lily grimaced. "My mistake, I forgot there were three Potter's here. That's Adella Potter and Ms. Evan's." James smile turned to a frown, but Lily smiled happily.
After Mia Bones and Chris Foster, Collin Patil and Veronica Clearwater (earning a "Poor Collin" from many classmates), Corie Blarian and Tonya Spelling, and Jennifer Davies and Jason O'Shanylin became partners, Professor McGonagall turned her attention to Daniella.
"Daniella Flynn and James Potter." Daniella's eyes went wide as she sent James a reproachful look, James smiled mock sweetly in return. "You shall be studying Archivold Wicks attempt at sex change." If possible, Daniella's eyes and James' smile become even more pronounced. The rest of the class laughed.
"Oh joy! I always wanted to study the psychological thinking of a perverted ancient old guy who wanted to change his balls in for a set of boobs! Great… just great…" Daniella muttered, causing the class to only laugh harder.
"Settle down class, settle down! Lupin and Renaldi, you're partners. You shall study Rohelma MacDougal's failed attempts to transform muggle's blood into magical blood. That leaves…"
"Sirius Black and Andrew Potter. You shall be studying Merlin's Theory. This theory has never been proven right or wrong, so it is your job to research it. Merlin believed that certain gifted individuals would be able to transform the ideas in another's mind, virtually controlling someone. He also believed that they could do amazing magic without wands." Daniella spit out the gum she was chewing right onto Professor McGonagall's glasses, Charisma fell off of her chair, Madison froze with her pen just centimeters above her parchment, and Lily let out a scream. "GIRLS! What is the meaning of this behavior? Ten points from Gryffindor. You better explain yourselves….. I'm waiting."
The four shared a meaningful look and Lily spoke up. Lily had always been a favorite of Professor McGonagall's, especially with her gift of persuasion. "Well you see, Professor, we all have a bit of a phobia of rats (A/N: die peter! Die!) and one just scampered across the floor behind your desk," Lily reasoned, using the first excuse that came to mind. Daniella nudged her in the ribs and whispered, "Great excuse, too bad there aren't actually any rats!"
"Yes, we'll have to get Mr. Filch to see to that, meanwhile please try not to interrupt my class again. Oh, and the ten points shall not be taken, seeing as that is quite understandable." Lily smiled, and the Marauders gawked at the girls. They would never have gotten away with an excuse like that, especially one that unbelievable. "Back to what I was saying, Merlin was said to have believed that certain individuals could transform others thoughts and even transform their own body into another form without the use of any spells. The majority of his theory was based on other special powers, however I wish for you, Black and Potter, to focus on the transfiguration segments." Andrew and Sirius both nodded.
"Professor, was this theory ever proved right or wrong?" It was James Potter who asked the question, resulting in the four girls all swearing under their breath. James and Sirius were both shooting the girls furtive glances, as they began to think about the scene that they had witnessed several weeks ago in Dumbledore's office.
"No, it wasn't proved either way. However, the magical community has not seen anyone perform such acts since the time of Merlin. Many believe that Merlin, being so powerful, placed a charm on himself and three others to be gifted with such abilities. A majority also believe that his theory was just that… a theory. Still, some believe that his theory was correct and one day a group will be born gifted with these abilities. Now, you've kept me off topic long enough. Please partner up and begin discussing the project," Professor McGonagall insisted. Luckily, the four girls stopped whispering and seperated to work with their given partners.
As the clock struck 12 noon, Lily, Danni, Maddie, and Carrie all felt a strange warmth grow inside of them. All of the sudden, a burst of light emitted itself from the ceiling. Daniella immediately began glowing a radiant blue color, matching the color of her eyes. She began floating up towards the light, smiling happily. The time had come. The other three Merlour's were equally happy, while the rest of the occupants in the Transfiguration room looked on bewildered.
"Ms. Flynn, come back down immediately," Professor McGonagall said sternly, confused nonetheless.
Daniella either did not hear or chose to ignore this comment. She then spoke the words "Attatae Unicus, Attatea Caelum, Persaluto Vos." She glowed even brighter.
After speaking these words, Madison suddenly glowed a golden color, matching the specks in her own eyes. She too was lifted from her seat stopping just three feet below Daniella. It was Madison's turn to speak, "Attatae Terrenus Amplexor Vos."
In an instant, Charisma glowed a deep brown (A/N: you get the idea… they are emitting the color from their eyes) and rose into the air, coming to a hault at a height equal to Madison. "Attatae Animae Invito Vos."
Lily was the last to glow, shining a beautiful emerald color, as she ascended to meet the height of Charisma and Madison. She spoke the words, "Attatae Accendo Agnosco Absens Reservo Vos."
Charisma, Lily, and Madison held hands, forming a triangle around Daniella. The three girls closed their eyes and suddenly a small fire, a miniature tree, and a tiny tornado all appeared just below Daniella's feet, in the center of the triangle. The four girls then all shouted out the words "Adventicius Brevis Creatrix Merlin" in unison.
As the others still in the classroom looked on in awe, Daniella raised her arms and a baby cloud emerged from her hands. She then dropped her arms to her side as the tiny cloud floated down to where the other three elements were. The four girls suddenly seemed to snap out of their reverie and looked around in bewilderment as the staring classmates and Professor. Suddenly, realizing what was occurring, each waved to their peers, just as the cloud dropped into place with the tornado, tree, and fire. The four connecting miniatures all glowed bright white. Then, as if struck by a major explosion, the entire room shone brilliant white, blinding all onlookers for a moment. As soon as the light had come, it disappeared, along with the four girls. There was no sign that Lily, Carrie, Danni, and Maddie had been standing… erm… floating there moments before. All that was left was a golden gem in the shape of the number four.
"Bloody hell," James, Remus, and Sirius all muttered in unison. "Padfoot, I think that this may have something to do with that little chat with Dumbledore and my dad," James added with a note of sarcasm in his voice.
"You don't say…" Sirius said, equally sarcastic.
As the bell rang signaling the end to class, no one moved. They were all still gazing curiously at the spot the four Gryffindor girls were moments before, as though expecting them to reappear any minute.
Professor McGonagall, dragging her gaze away from the strange gem lying on the floor cleared her throat. "Well, off to lunch you go. James Potter, please go get Dumbledore immediately. "He may be interested in seeing this…..
~~~~~*****AUTHORS NOTES******~~~~~~
Yay! Ok… that chappie was shorter, but still, everything is beginning to come into place. Next chapter you will see where the girls have gone and the reaction of the school, as well as the rest of the wizarding community, when they return.
Lots of weird stuff happened there, but please bare with me!
SPELLS AND LATIN WORDS:
Attatae Unicus, Attatae Caelum, Persaluto Vos – The One, The Sky, Greets You
Attatae Terrenus Amplexor Vos – The Earth Welcomes You
Attatae Animae Invito Vos – The Wind Invites You
Attatae Accendo Agnosco Absens Reservo Vos – The Fire Admits and Saves You
Adventicius Brevis Creatrix Merlin – Coming Soon, Founder Merlin
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