Title: Love of my Soul
Author: Artemis Luna Diana
E-Mail: artemislunadiana@yahoo.com
Rating: R
Genre: AU, Crossover, Romance
Pairing: Harry Potter/Legolas
Time: HP: Harry's seventh year; LotR: after the quest, Aragorn is king, Frodo & Gandalf have left, Sam, Merry, & Pippin are in the Shire, and Legolas and Gimli are wandering around Middle-Earth. Note: Legolas has not begun the colony of Woodland Elves at Ithilien, and Gimli is not the Lord of the Glittering Caves.
Summary: Crossover b/w Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. Something Albus Dumbledore says leads Harry to believe that if he bonds with his soul mate, then he would have a better chance of defeating Voldemort. He shares this with Hermione and Ron who help him find a soul mate search spell. The three cast the spell late one night, but something goes wrong. After the spell is complete, Hermione and Ron are unconscious, and Harry has vanished.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings, though I wish I did, and am not making any money off of this little piece of fiction. It is simply for my own enjoyment.
Thanks to: snapeysnapesnape for the excellent beta
WARNING!!! THIS STORY CONTAINS SLASH!!! THAT IS SAME SEX PAIRINGS, MAN ON MAN ACTION!!! DON'T LIKE? DON'T READ!!!
Chapter Seven: Probable Possibilities
"I think I know what happened."
"What's that?" Gimli asked, looking up at him.
They had been traveling for about an hour when Harry descended on his broom and slowed down to talk to them. "I said, I think I know what happened. I think I know how I ended up here."
Gimli and Legolas both stopped and waited for him to continue.
"My friends and I were performing a spell, and I've been racking my brain trying to think of how it could have gone wrong. I've finally come to the conclusion that nothing went wrong. We did perform the spell correctly."
"It was your intention to land yourself on the edge of the Inland Sea of Helcar?" Legolas asked bemused.
"Not at all. We were not performing a traveling spell."
"What were you doing then?" Gimli asked.
"We were casting a soul seeking spell. Specifically a soul-mate seeking spell."
"Soul-mate?" Gimli repeated, confused.
"Yes. It is an incredible thing in my world when two soul-mates discover each other and bond. I was attempting to find my soul-mate because I knew that with her help I stood a greater chance of defeating Voldemort."
"That doesn't explain how you ended up here," Legolas pointed out. He had not missed the "her" in Harry's statement and had to fight back his disappointment. Unlike Gimli, he understood what Harry had meant when he said "soul-mate" and much to his regret, it appeared as though Harry's soul-mate was a woman.
"I performed the spell correctly, Ron and Hermione – my supports – also did nothing wrong. So, I should have been given an image of my soul-mate and her general location. Instead I was brought here. Can you begin to guess why?"
Gimli – who had long before lost the gist of the explanation – remained silent. Legolas, however, seized upon Harry's meaning immediately. "Your soul-mate is not in your world."
Harry beamed. "Exactly!" He wilted. "But I've no idea who she is or where to begin looking for her."
"If your soul-mate is in Middle-Earth," Legolas said, "why would the spell take you here, where there is no one around? Normally, we wouldn't even be here."
"He's right about that," Gimli muttered. "If Legolas here hadn't wanted to go east, you wouldn't have had anyone around. No one lives in these parts."
"I don't know. You'd think that considering the spell didn't tell me who my soul-mate was, that it would at least drop me near her," Harry said, peeved.
His companions were silent a moment. "Maybe we aren't the only ones out here," Gimli said slowly. "Legolas?"
"It's possible, but not probable. If there were any settlements out here, they'd have to be close to Helcar. There is nothing around."
"But we didn't go to the far side of the inland sea," Gimli pointed out.
"You think they're might be people around here?" Harry asked hopefully.
"It's possible, but not probable," Legolas emphasized. "We should continue on towards Gondor. It's possible and probable that one of the elder elves could help you."
"It's two months to Gondor though, isn't it?" Harry asked.
"Yes," Legolas replied.
"How long would it take to get to the far side of the inland sea?"
"To search the entire coast of Helcar, it would probably take more than two months," Gimli said, reluctantly.
Harry sighed, thinking. Obviously, Gimli had become excited at the prospect of discovering some unknown clan out in the wilderness, and just as obviously, Legolas was suddenly keen to go home. There was a slight possibility of finding someone out here but it was a billion-to-one shot. There was a greater possibility of receiving aid from the elves. There was only one choice.
"We should keep heading to Gondor. It seems like the better idea. If the elves tell me that my soul-mate is out here, then I could always apparate back," Harry said logically.
"Off to Gondor it is then," Gimli said, slightly disappointed, and began walking again.
"I thought you had grown tired of traveling in the outlands, Gimli," Legolas teased his friend.
"That's because no one was around," Gimli complained.
"There still is no one around," Legolas pointed out.
"But there might be!" Gimli replied.
Legolas laughed. "If I had known that, I'd have said there was a secret band of elves out here long ago! I wouldn't have heard nearly as many complaints as I have."
"Complaining! I don't complain, Elf! I tell the truth of the matter!"
Harry and Legolas laughed as Gimli continued to complain.
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TBC…
Hello, all. I know it has been quite awhile since my last update. This chapter has actually been finished for months. First my beta was busy with RL and just when things seemed to be settling down, I was in a really bad car wreck. My right arm and leg were broken, and I'm still healing and in PT. I'm not able to write because I'm right handed and typing with only my left hand is really frustrating and I can't make my writing legible with my left hand either. So… this is only going up because it's already finished. My other stories do not have completed chapters. The closest chapter completed is for AUHP1. I'm not sure how long it will take me to finish any chapters. I will update everyone on my condition at my yahoo! group, as I have been doing since I've been able to use my computer again. Thanks for your patience guys.
~Artemis Luna Diana~