Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Centra-gal86: apparently Merketh is a god from the LOTR world. Destroyed a sun or something.
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THE TOME OF MERKETH chapter 3:
Sirius knocked on the door of Dumbledore's office. There were voices inside.
"if we don't find out who the reader is soon-" they were then interrupted by Dumbledore calling
"Come in"
Sirius walked in to the office, Harry following mutely behind. Lupin and Fletcher were already in there. Sirius stepped forward, still pale.
"Albus, we've found him."
"Harry? I wasn't aware that he was missing." Dumbledore replied in confusion.
"No, I mean - he had a dream and a vision, of the book." Dumbledores eyes widened and he stood up.
"Harry. Were you able to read the title?"
Harry's brow furrowed "yes. It said Merketh."
Lupin and Fletcher both turned the pale shade that Sirius had.
"What's this all about? What is so important about that book?"
Albus motioned Harry to take a seat and pacing around his office, began to talk "Merketh was a being so powerful that he was considered a God. He lived thousands of years ago, he ruled the land with an iron fist. Any that tried to stand against him were killed. Compared to him, Voldemort merely a child, playing at being evil."
Harry found this difficult to imagine.
"after over a thousand years, someone eventually found a way to weaken him so that, all the other mages in the world could come together and destroy him."
"How?"
"Merketh gained power by absorbing the magic of all those he killed. Keldorn, a wise mage elder, enchanted a book, written in a language he himself made up. Using this book, he tore much of the stolen magic from Merketh, weakening him so that he could be defeated."
"The book has been hidden for all those years. Many people have tried to find it, to get the power from it, but the box it was in was charmed so that people with evil intent could not find it."
"but you have. What has it got to do with me?" Harry asked
"the book contains an incantation to release the power, written in this language. Only descendants of Keldorn would be able to read it."
"So I'm related to this Keldorn, and you want me to give you the power from this book."
"the once the book has been read, the power starts to flow into the reader. The only way for this to be interrupted is for the reader to be killed. The power will then flow into the killer. As we don't want to kill you, you will have to bear the power. To use it to destroy Voldemort."
"why was I dreaming of the book?"
"it is a way of telling you that the time has come to open it." Albus replied.
Harry sat back in his chair, this is what they were all so scared of. He was going to be the one to take Voldemort on. "what happens if I do kill Voldemort?"
Sirius, who had relaxed slightly during this meeting, tensed up again.
"the power will leave you, having fulfilled it's purpose. I must warn you however, this separation could. have a.destructive effect on your body.".
"will it kill me?"
"it could ." Albus said gently
Harry stared numbly off into space. Sirius sat next to him and wrapped an arm around his shoulders, comfortingly.
"Salazar Slytherin, was one of those who searched for the book, and he wrote a protective incantation, in case the power left him, once he had it."
"so, can't I use that?" harry asked, hope filling him again
"we have to find it first"
"what?" Harry spluttered. He looked at the four men, were they seriously going to ask him to take on Voldemort, where no matter who was victorious, Harry would die?
"I have a few theories on where it could be." Dumbledore said evenly. "it could be in this castle, or at the place Slytherin used to live. There is also a chance that, Voldemort could have it."
"could it be in the chamber of secrets?"
"we can look, but if Slytherin did indeed hide it there, Voldemort would have found it."
"He might not have known what it was then though." Lupin said optimistically.
The five of them planned to go into the chamber that night. A couple of the other teachers demanded to come out of curiosity, Snape especially.
After the plans were made, Harry returned to the common room to prepare. He was a nervous wreck. He walked up to the dorm and changed out of his school uniform into something more practical. As he was putting his wand in his pocket, Ron came into the room. "What's wrong?"
"nothing." Harry lied
"come on mate. Tell me."
Harry sighed and sat down on his bed. He then told Ron the whole story, even including the dreams.
"so, you are going to kill Voldemort?"
"I'm going to try." Harry paused "Ron?"
"yeah"
"I don't want to do this. Even if we find the protection spell it may not work. I'm only 16. I'm not ready to die."
Ron looked at him "And I don't want to loose my best friend. Surely Sirius and Lupin won't let you go if they think you'll die?"
"I don't think they have much say in the matter. It's Dumbledore. He'll send me because it is better for one person to die than thousands. I think he cares about me but now.I have value in the war, he'll tell me to do what is best for the entire population."
Ron looked devastated.
"I'm just being selfish. Why should any more people die because of me?"
Harry stood up and left the room, leaving his distraught friend behind him.
A/N sorry it's so short. I have loads of work!
Thank you to reviewers!!
Centra-gal86: apparently Merketh is a god from the LOTR world. Destroyed a sun or something.
It's really nice to get emails that are of use to me rather than the junk my inbox is usually filled with.
THE TOME OF MERKETH chapter 3:
Sirius knocked on the door of Dumbledore's office. There were voices inside.
"if we don't find out who the reader is soon-" they were then interrupted by Dumbledore calling
"Come in"
Sirius walked in to the office, Harry following mutely behind. Lupin and Fletcher were already in there. Sirius stepped forward, still pale.
"Albus, we've found him."
"Harry? I wasn't aware that he was missing." Dumbledore replied in confusion.
"No, I mean - he had a dream and a vision, of the book." Dumbledores eyes widened and he stood up.
"Harry. Were you able to read the title?"
Harry's brow furrowed "yes. It said Merketh."
Lupin and Fletcher both turned the pale shade that Sirius had.
"What's this all about? What is so important about that book?"
Albus motioned Harry to take a seat and pacing around his office, began to talk "Merketh was a being so powerful that he was considered a God. He lived thousands of years ago, he ruled the land with an iron fist. Any that tried to stand against him were killed. Compared to him, Voldemort merely a child, playing at being evil."
Harry found this difficult to imagine.
"after over a thousand years, someone eventually found a way to weaken him so that, all the other mages in the world could come together and destroy him."
"How?"
"Merketh gained power by absorbing the magic of all those he killed. Keldorn, a wise mage elder, enchanted a book, written in a language he himself made up. Using this book, he tore much of the stolen magic from Merketh, weakening him so that he could be defeated."
"The book has been hidden for all those years. Many people have tried to find it, to get the power from it, but the box it was in was charmed so that people with evil intent could not find it."
"but you have. What has it got to do with me?" Harry asked
"the book contains an incantation to release the power, written in this language. Only descendants of Keldorn would be able to read it."
"So I'm related to this Keldorn, and you want me to give you the power from this book."
"the once the book has been read, the power starts to flow into the reader. The only way for this to be interrupted is for the reader to be killed. The power will then flow into the killer. As we don't want to kill you, you will have to bear the power. To use it to destroy Voldemort."
"why was I dreaming of the book?"
"it is a way of telling you that the time has come to open it." Albus replied.
Harry sat back in his chair, this is what they were all so scared of. He was going to be the one to take Voldemort on. "what happens if I do kill Voldemort?"
Sirius, who had relaxed slightly during this meeting, tensed up again.
"the power will leave you, having fulfilled it's purpose. I must warn you however, this separation could. have a.destructive effect on your body.".
"will it kill me?"
"it could ." Albus said gently
Harry stared numbly off into space. Sirius sat next to him and wrapped an arm around his shoulders, comfortingly.
"Salazar Slytherin, was one of those who searched for the book, and he wrote a protective incantation, in case the power left him, once he had it."
"so, can't I use that?" harry asked, hope filling him again
"we have to find it first"
"what?" Harry spluttered. He looked at the four men, were they seriously going to ask him to take on Voldemort, where no matter who was victorious, Harry would die?
"I have a few theories on where it could be." Dumbledore said evenly. "it could be in this castle, or at the place Slytherin used to live. There is also a chance that, Voldemort could have it."
"could it be in the chamber of secrets?"
"we can look, but if Slytherin did indeed hide it there, Voldemort would have found it."
"He might not have known what it was then though." Lupin said optimistically.
The five of them planned to go into the chamber that night. A couple of the other teachers demanded to come out of curiosity, Snape especially.
After the plans were made, Harry returned to the common room to prepare. He was a nervous wreck. He walked up to the dorm and changed out of his school uniform into something more practical. As he was putting his wand in his pocket, Ron came into the room. "What's wrong?"
"nothing." Harry lied
"come on mate. Tell me."
Harry sighed and sat down on his bed. He then told Ron the whole story, even including the dreams.
"so, you are going to kill Voldemort?"
"I'm going to try." Harry paused "Ron?"
"yeah"
"I don't want to do this. Even if we find the protection spell it may not work. I'm only 16. I'm not ready to die."
Ron looked at him "And I don't want to loose my best friend. Surely Sirius and Lupin won't let you go if they think you'll die?"
"I don't think they have much say in the matter. It's Dumbledore. He'll send me because it is better for one person to die than thousands. I think he cares about me but now.I have value in the war, he'll tell me to do what is best for the entire population."
Ron looked devastated.
"I'm just being selfish. Why should any more people die because of me?"
Harry stood up and left the room, leaving his distraught friend behind him.
A/N sorry it's so short. I have loads of work!