AN: Hi everyone! I'd, as usual, like to thank my two great reviewers.
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Lindiel: Emma is indeed Legolas's sister but their mother wasn't the one who brought James and company back. That was Niphredil, who also happened to bring back his mother.
PixiePea000: I have a strange obsession with linking all my stories together. There will be a few more links coming up soon. By the way, GOLLUM!
Disclaimer: I own nothing! My characters are the extended Dolan family, the Americans witches and wizard, and everything about Hound's Hollow. I'm just a broke college student who writes for fun and to pass time between classes. I only own my Pointe Shoes.
"It's good to see you again. You look so much better," Patrick told the elf.
The elf, who was slightly older than Emma, had her long black hair braided down the middle of her back and was wearing long black pants and a belted forest green tunic. Unlike Emma, who was not carrying any visible weapon, Niphredil had a sword at her side and a quiver and bow on her back.
"Out with your father and the Rangers?" Patrick asked the elf.
"Yes and no. I was out with my uncles and the Rangers," she answered.
"Anyone I know in the group?" Patrick wondered.
He had met several different groups of Rangers during his travels in and around Middle Earth. Some of the groups had, even, bailed him out of trouble.
"Yeah, two Rangers told me to tell you that they're fine and that Wiggy, Goose, Spike, Bass, and Mac send their regards," the elf told the wizard, remembering a message she had been told.
Patrick laughed, brightly, and said, "Fire and Ice, right? They then I miss them and tell the others to be good and stay out of trouble," Patrick said.
He took the elf to his office and told her to stay put. Niphredil nodded and climbed onto the windowsill. She opened the window and began to call to the birds in the trees. Patrick smiled to himself. He had heard, from a few different sources, that she used to do that when she was little.
Shutting the door behind him, Patrick began to seek out the Potter's and the Dolan's.
He found Lily and James outside with Sirius and Harry. Harry was recounting his adventure in the Tri-Wizard Tournament. Harry was getting to the part about the maze when Patrick interrupted.
"I'm sorry to interrupted you, Harry, but there's someone here I'd like you and your parents to meet," he said.
Sirius looked at Patrick, sadly, causing the wizard to add, "You can come, too, Black."
"Where are we going?" Lily asked.
"Just meet me in the hall by my office. Whatever you do, though, do not go in my office," Patrick said, immediately regretting saying the last part.
He knew that simple statement would make the contents of his office irresistible to James and Sirius.
Patrick, leaving Harry, James, Lily, and Sirius in the hallway by his office, went looking for his brother, sister-in-law, and niece.
He searched the entire house and found them sitting in the kitchen. Someone, probably Daisy, had made a large bowl of popcorn.
The three wizards were sitting at the table and Cora was telling them about the day her cat, Mideon, met her bird, Nightwing. Patrick remembered that day well. For a while, it looked like the cat and bird weren't going to get along and they were going to have to get rid of one of the pets. The two pets, eventually, decided to get along and all was well. He couldn't remember why that story was so memorable.
"What's going on, guys?" Patrick asked, taking a handful of popcorn.
"Nothing much, big brother. Where have you been all day?' Chris asked.
"Around. Look, I hate to interrupt but can you guys come with me for a while?" Patrick asked.
"Can Cora come?" Daisy asked.
Since she had come back, Daisy wanted to spend lots of time with Cora.
"Of course," Patrick said.
They walked the length of the house, heading toward Patrick's office.
"Why am I not surprised?" Patrick thought to himself as he approached the hall where his office was located.
Instead of seeing a door covered with stars-Cora had put the stars on the door when she was little- there was a cloud of smoke.
He didn't see Sirius but he did spot Lily, James, and Harry. Harry and James were laughing.
"What happened here?' he asked Lily.
"Well, Sirius were curious about what you were hiding in you office and he blew the door off," Lily answered.
"Blew the door off," Patrick mumbled to himself, "Oh No!"
"Nothing came out of my office, right?" he asked, in a hurried voice.
"Not that we saw. But, Patrick, Sirius hasn't come out of your office yet," James replied.
Patrick nodded and entered his office.
The wizard found Niphredil, sword in hand, standing on his desk and Sirius standing stock still in front of her.
"Niphredil," Patrick started, calmly, "Put the sword away."
The elf shook her head and said, "He attacked me."
Patrick looked the elf in her eyes and, knowing that she trusted him, said, "Sirius was just curious to see what I had in my office and he blew the door off. He didn't know you were in here and he wouldn't hurt you."
The elf looked from Patrick to Sirius and back again. She, then, saluted Patrick with her sword and placed in back in its sheath. Making no sound, she jumped off the desk.
"Don't try anything else," Patrick warned Sirius as he left the office.
He motioned for the other to come into the door less office. He dusted off a few chairs and a couch and motioned for the others to sit. He sat behind his desk, watching as Niphredil settled herself on the windowsill again.
"I know you've met before but Lily, James, Daisy, Chris this is Niphredil. She's the elf that rescued you," Patrick said.
"She looks different," commented Chris.
"I was with my great-grandmother, then. I'm back home with my parents now," she said.
"Your parents let you carry a sword?" Sirius quipped.
"Niphredil, that's Sirius Black but I do believe both of you have met already," Patrick said with a smile on his face.
The elf looked at the shaggy wizard and smiled, hoping he had forgiven her for her confusion.
"I was raised by, um---, Muggles and I am a black belt in Tae Kwan Do. I've won many awards for handling a sword," Niphredil told Sirius.
Then she added, "No hard feelings, for what happened earlier, right?"
"Just a simple misunderstanding. I won't hold it against you," Sirius answered.
The elf spoke with the adults for a few for minutes but kept her eyes on the two young wizards.
"Patrick," she asked, "who are they?"
"My apologies, I forgot to introduce them. That young man is Harry Potter, Lily and James's son, and the young girl is my niece Cora Dolan, Daisy and Chris's daughter," Patrick replied.
"See, I told you. They don't look like house elves," Cora said.
Harry nodded and decided that she was right.
Niphredil looked, questioningly, at Patrick and he told her, "House elves are the only elves most wizards here know."
"You're the one who brought our parents back?" Harry asked.
"I am that elf. I know I don't look like a great wizard but my entire kind has some magic," she explained.
"What kind of magic?" Cora asked.
"I don't really know how to explain it the right way but we all do. My great grandmother can see things in this basin type thing, and my grandfather is a healer," the elf replied.
Patrick sat back, listening to the conversation as it progressed from talking about elves to Middle Earth to the Wizarding World and back again. He smiled, glad to have created yet another link between the two worlds---a link other than himself.
Lindiel: Emma is indeed Legolas's sister but their mother wasn't the one who brought James and company back. That was Niphredil, who also happened to bring back his mother.
PixiePea000: I have a strange obsession with linking all my stories together. There will be a few more links coming up soon. By the way, GOLLUM!
Disclaimer: I own nothing! My characters are the extended Dolan family, the Americans witches and wizard, and everything about Hound's Hollow. I'm just a broke college student who writes for fun and to pass time between classes. I only own my Pointe Shoes.
"It's good to see you again. You look so much better," Patrick told the elf.
The elf, who was slightly older than Emma, had her long black hair braided down the middle of her back and was wearing long black pants and a belted forest green tunic. Unlike Emma, who was not carrying any visible weapon, Niphredil had a sword at her side and a quiver and bow on her back.
"Out with your father and the Rangers?" Patrick asked the elf.
"Yes and no. I was out with my uncles and the Rangers," she answered.
"Anyone I know in the group?" Patrick wondered.
He had met several different groups of Rangers during his travels in and around Middle Earth. Some of the groups had, even, bailed him out of trouble.
"Yeah, two Rangers told me to tell you that they're fine and that Wiggy, Goose, Spike, Bass, and Mac send their regards," the elf told the wizard, remembering a message she had been told.
Patrick laughed, brightly, and said, "Fire and Ice, right? They then I miss them and tell the others to be good and stay out of trouble," Patrick said.
He took the elf to his office and told her to stay put. Niphredil nodded and climbed onto the windowsill. She opened the window and began to call to the birds in the trees. Patrick smiled to himself. He had heard, from a few different sources, that she used to do that when she was little.
Shutting the door behind him, Patrick began to seek out the Potter's and the Dolan's.
He found Lily and James outside with Sirius and Harry. Harry was recounting his adventure in the Tri-Wizard Tournament. Harry was getting to the part about the maze when Patrick interrupted.
"I'm sorry to interrupted you, Harry, but there's someone here I'd like you and your parents to meet," he said.
Sirius looked at Patrick, sadly, causing the wizard to add, "You can come, too, Black."
"Where are we going?" Lily asked.
"Just meet me in the hall by my office. Whatever you do, though, do not go in my office," Patrick said, immediately regretting saying the last part.
He knew that simple statement would make the contents of his office irresistible to James and Sirius.
Patrick, leaving Harry, James, Lily, and Sirius in the hallway by his office, went looking for his brother, sister-in-law, and niece.
He searched the entire house and found them sitting in the kitchen. Someone, probably Daisy, had made a large bowl of popcorn.
The three wizards were sitting at the table and Cora was telling them about the day her cat, Mideon, met her bird, Nightwing. Patrick remembered that day well. For a while, it looked like the cat and bird weren't going to get along and they were going to have to get rid of one of the pets. The two pets, eventually, decided to get along and all was well. He couldn't remember why that story was so memorable.
"What's going on, guys?" Patrick asked, taking a handful of popcorn.
"Nothing much, big brother. Where have you been all day?' Chris asked.
"Around. Look, I hate to interrupt but can you guys come with me for a while?" Patrick asked.
"Can Cora come?" Daisy asked.
Since she had come back, Daisy wanted to spend lots of time with Cora.
"Of course," Patrick said.
They walked the length of the house, heading toward Patrick's office.
"Why am I not surprised?" Patrick thought to himself as he approached the hall where his office was located.
Instead of seeing a door covered with stars-Cora had put the stars on the door when she was little- there was a cloud of smoke.
He didn't see Sirius but he did spot Lily, James, and Harry. Harry and James were laughing.
"What happened here?' he asked Lily.
"Well, Sirius were curious about what you were hiding in you office and he blew the door off," Lily answered.
"Blew the door off," Patrick mumbled to himself, "Oh No!"
"Nothing came out of my office, right?" he asked, in a hurried voice.
"Not that we saw. But, Patrick, Sirius hasn't come out of your office yet," James replied.
Patrick nodded and entered his office.
The wizard found Niphredil, sword in hand, standing on his desk and Sirius standing stock still in front of her.
"Niphredil," Patrick started, calmly, "Put the sword away."
The elf shook her head and said, "He attacked me."
Patrick looked the elf in her eyes and, knowing that she trusted him, said, "Sirius was just curious to see what I had in my office and he blew the door off. He didn't know you were in here and he wouldn't hurt you."
The elf looked from Patrick to Sirius and back again. She, then, saluted Patrick with her sword and placed in back in its sheath. Making no sound, she jumped off the desk.
"Don't try anything else," Patrick warned Sirius as he left the office.
He motioned for the other to come into the door less office. He dusted off a few chairs and a couch and motioned for the others to sit. He sat behind his desk, watching as Niphredil settled herself on the windowsill again.
"I know you've met before but Lily, James, Daisy, Chris this is Niphredil. She's the elf that rescued you," Patrick said.
"She looks different," commented Chris.
"I was with my great-grandmother, then. I'm back home with my parents now," she said.
"Your parents let you carry a sword?" Sirius quipped.
"Niphredil, that's Sirius Black but I do believe both of you have met already," Patrick said with a smile on his face.
The elf looked at the shaggy wizard and smiled, hoping he had forgiven her for her confusion.
"I was raised by, um---, Muggles and I am a black belt in Tae Kwan Do. I've won many awards for handling a sword," Niphredil told Sirius.
Then she added, "No hard feelings, for what happened earlier, right?"
"Just a simple misunderstanding. I won't hold it against you," Sirius answered.
The elf spoke with the adults for a few for minutes but kept her eyes on the two young wizards.
"Patrick," she asked, "who are they?"
"My apologies, I forgot to introduce them. That young man is Harry Potter, Lily and James's son, and the young girl is my niece Cora Dolan, Daisy and Chris's daughter," Patrick replied.
"See, I told you. They don't look like house elves," Cora said.
Harry nodded and decided that she was right.
Niphredil looked, questioningly, at Patrick and he told her, "House elves are the only elves most wizards here know."
"You're the one who brought our parents back?" Harry asked.
"I am that elf. I know I don't look like a great wizard but my entire kind has some magic," she explained.
"What kind of magic?" Cora asked.
"I don't really know how to explain it the right way but we all do. My great grandmother can see things in this basin type thing, and my grandfather is a healer," the elf replied.
Patrick sat back, listening to the conversation as it progressed from talking about elves to Middle Earth to the Wizarding World and back again. He smiled, glad to have created yet another link between the two worlds---a link other than himself.