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Disclaimer: I own nothing except the extended Dolan family and Hound's Hollow (including all of its subsidiary locations). The rest of this stuff is property of its proper owners. I'm a broke college student who writes to pass the time before classes. (I really do write between college classes. in the halls, in the café, in the labs, and in the library.)
As time passed, Patrick began to discover that portals were everywhere. They opened in the faces of rocks and in the walls of buildings. They were nearly always outdoors and in very obvious places.
Some just opened to fields and dense forests while others lead to more inhabited places. He had, so far, located portals to the pastoral Shire, dreary Bree, the White City of Gondor, the city on a hill of Rohan, and the Golden Woods of Lothlorien.
As he traveled to and from these places, Patrick learned mush about the lore and legends that governed Middle Earth. He also learned about how the magic in Middle Earth had, in essence, created the magic in his world.
Meanwhile, the wizarding world began to change. A dark lord, who had been rising since his days at Hogwarts, had come to full power. His followers were wreaking havoc in both the Muggle and the Wizarding world. It seemed that no one could oppose him.
That is, until Albus Dumbledore created the Order of the Phoenix. This order was meant to try and discern a way to defeat Lord Voldemort and his followers. The order consisted of wizards from every walk of life in the wizarding world.
"Hey, big brother, we're over here," called Chris, as Patrick entered the hideout of the Order of the Phoenix.
The Patrick who walked across the room was now a married man. He had married a former Ravenclaw named Kathleen. His wife had tried her best to convince him not to go, for her sake and the sake of their young son, Conner. She had wanted him to stay at home and just work in his newly opened wand making shop. Patrick could not sit and do nothing; he had to help out in some way.
Patrick found his brother standing with his usual group of friends. Chris, upon his graduation from Hogwarts, had started training to become an Auror. He wasn't training alone, though. A few months into his training, he married his long time best friend, Daisy Evans. The two were no highly ranked Aurors for the Ministry of Magic. With Chris stood Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and, Remus's wife, Madison Clarke, as well as James Potter and his wife Lily Evans. That couple still baffled Patrick. For as long as he could remember Lily hated James.
"How's Kath?" Chris asked.
"Angry at me for coming. I suppose she'd rather have me home instead of getting involved here," Patrick answered.
"It's good you came, we're going to need all the help we can get," Lily told Patrick.
"Besides, it's always better when you don't listen to that banshee," Daisy, offhandedly, added.
Since her marriage to Chris, Daisy and Kathleen began to feud. The two women flat out hated each other but nobody could figure out why. They just rubbed each other the wrong way.
"By the way, Patrick, congrats on the baby. How old is the little bugger now?" Sirius asked.
"Thanks Black. He's nearly three but better late than never I guess," Patrick replied with a wiry smile.
Patrick looked around the room and saw that he could not identify half the wizards and witches present.
"Geeze, I knew the Hollow was out of the way but this is ridiculous," he thought to himself.
"Guys, who are half these people?" Patrick asked his brother and his friends.
He figured that, since most of them worked for the Ministry of Magic, they would know more about this than he would. Chris and Daisy rattled of most of the names.
Patrick recognized the names of Frank and Alice Longbottom but that was about it.
"Not to self, I need to get out more," Patrick mused with a mental laugh.
"How's---um---M.E.?" Madison asked carefully.
They all knew about Patrick's portal traveling ability. They also knew that Patrick didn't like to discuss this ability in the open.
"I think they're having problems there, too," Patrick replied.
"What kinds of problems?" Lily asked, concerned that it might have something to do with Voldemort and his followers.
"They're not being too specific but, from what I gather, some kind of shadow has fallen or is falling. Whatever it is, it has all the elf lords in an uproar," Patrick replied.
"Does Voldemort have anything to do with it?" James asked, cutting right to the point.
"'Cause if he does, Dumbledore should know about it," added Chris.
"Do you think we could even fight a two-front war like that?" Daisy, wondered, aloud.
"As far as I've been told, mind you my sources are very reliable; he has nothing to do with it. It's some kind of evil native to their world and their world alone," Patrick explained.
The group of witches and wizards looked relieved by that piece of news.
"You should tell Dumbledore, anyway. He might be able to use that information to our advantage somehow---maybe," Remus said.
"I will but I have this funny feeling he already knows," Patrick replied.
After the meeting, Patrick took the train to Hogsmeade. He wasn't really interested in visiting the village. Middle Earth was calling him and Patrick, for some reason, found himself physically unable to ignore the siren call.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except the extended Dolan family and Hound's Hollow (including all of its subsidiary locations). The rest of this stuff is property of its proper owners. I'm a broke college student who writes to pass the time before classes. (I really do write between college classes. in the halls, in the café, in the labs, and in the library.)
As time passed, Patrick began to discover that portals were everywhere. They opened in the faces of rocks and in the walls of buildings. They were nearly always outdoors and in very obvious places.
Some just opened to fields and dense forests while others lead to more inhabited places. He had, so far, located portals to the pastoral Shire, dreary Bree, the White City of Gondor, the city on a hill of Rohan, and the Golden Woods of Lothlorien.
As he traveled to and from these places, Patrick learned mush about the lore and legends that governed Middle Earth. He also learned about how the magic in Middle Earth had, in essence, created the magic in his world.
Meanwhile, the wizarding world began to change. A dark lord, who had been rising since his days at Hogwarts, had come to full power. His followers were wreaking havoc in both the Muggle and the Wizarding world. It seemed that no one could oppose him.
That is, until Albus Dumbledore created the Order of the Phoenix. This order was meant to try and discern a way to defeat Lord Voldemort and his followers. The order consisted of wizards from every walk of life in the wizarding world.
"Hey, big brother, we're over here," called Chris, as Patrick entered the hideout of the Order of the Phoenix.
The Patrick who walked across the room was now a married man. He had married a former Ravenclaw named Kathleen. His wife had tried her best to convince him not to go, for her sake and the sake of their young son, Conner. She had wanted him to stay at home and just work in his newly opened wand making shop. Patrick could not sit and do nothing; he had to help out in some way.
Patrick found his brother standing with his usual group of friends. Chris, upon his graduation from Hogwarts, had started training to become an Auror. He wasn't training alone, though. A few months into his training, he married his long time best friend, Daisy Evans. The two were no highly ranked Aurors for the Ministry of Magic. With Chris stood Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and, Remus's wife, Madison Clarke, as well as James Potter and his wife Lily Evans. That couple still baffled Patrick. For as long as he could remember Lily hated James.
"How's Kath?" Chris asked.
"Angry at me for coming. I suppose she'd rather have me home instead of getting involved here," Patrick answered.
"It's good you came, we're going to need all the help we can get," Lily told Patrick.
"Besides, it's always better when you don't listen to that banshee," Daisy, offhandedly, added.
Since her marriage to Chris, Daisy and Kathleen began to feud. The two women flat out hated each other but nobody could figure out why. They just rubbed each other the wrong way.
"By the way, Patrick, congrats on the baby. How old is the little bugger now?" Sirius asked.
"Thanks Black. He's nearly three but better late than never I guess," Patrick replied with a wiry smile.
Patrick looked around the room and saw that he could not identify half the wizards and witches present.
"Geeze, I knew the Hollow was out of the way but this is ridiculous," he thought to himself.
"Guys, who are half these people?" Patrick asked his brother and his friends.
He figured that, since most of them worked for the Ministry of Magic, they would know more about this than he would. Chris and Daisy rattled of most of the names.
Patrick recognized the names of Frank and Alice Longbottom but that was about it.
"Not to self, I need to get out more," Patrick mused with a mental laugh.
"How's---um---M.E.?" Madison asked carefully.
They all knew about Patrick's portal traveling ability. They also knew that Patrick didn't like to discuss this ability in the open.
"I think they're having problems there, too," Patrick replied.
"What kinds of problems?" Lily asked, concerned that it might have something to do with Voldemort and his followers.
"They're not being too specific but, from what I gather, some kind of shadow has fallen or is falling. Whatever it is, it has all the elf lords in an uproar," Patrick replied.
"Does Voldemort have anything to do with it?" James asked, cutting right to the point.
"'Cause if he does, Dumbledore should know about it," added Chris.
"Do you think we could even fight a two-front war like that?" Daisy, wondered, aloud.
"As far as I've been told, mind you my sources are very reliable; he has nothing to do with it. It's some kind of evil native to their world and their world alone," Patrick explained.
The group of witches and wizards looked relieved by that piece of news.
"You should tell Dumbledore, anyway. He might be able to use that information to our advantage somehow---maybe," Remus said.
"I will but I have this funny feeling he already knows," Patrick replied.
After the meeting, Patrick took the train to Hogsmeade. He wasn't really interested in visiting the village. Middle Earth was calling him and Patrick, for some reason, found himself physically unable to ignore the siren call.