Chapter 5:Ancient Magic
"Me?" Harry gawked, "What do you want with me?"
"Well Harry this will take some time to explain. I will try my best though. What I say to you Harry however must remain amongst the three of us only. As I had told you the abilities possessed by the residents of Indus is what is called in the wizarding world as Ancient Magic. Ancient Magic is nothing but Raw Power. Not in muscles, but in mind and heart. The great exponents of Ancient magic for example the Great Merlin, Chanakya and of course late Aradha all were able to modify the world around them by means of their mind or by means of their heart. But again, the extent to which Ancient Magicians like the Indus cult could wield their magic had its limitations. To my knowledge six wizards were born with abilities such that they could bend around and even sometimes overrule these limitations. Of them three were able to use their mind to yield their magic and three use their heart. Sadly today two of the latter three are dead. But let me come to the former group as I am well acquainted to them. The first person to be able to perform ancient magic with his mind and overcome its limitations was an ancient Indian by the name of Chanakya. His abilities though were not that great although he was definitely superior to most ancient magicians. His exploits are quite famous even in muggle history. Then nearly fifteen hundred years later came two friends, like brothers from separate mothers, who shared this gift. Yes Professor Dumbledore you guessed right, it is Reet and myself.Reet is considerably capable in ancient magic. His powers exceeds that of Chanakya and Aradha, I will however boast that I am gifted with slightly greater ability."
"Please pay attention Mr. Potter I am not here to advertise myself. I am coming to your question. Right before Voldemort arrived at Indus.Aradha had himself started his quest for the Green Flame Torch. The myth of Merlin is that the truest of the ancient magi will unlock the key to the Power of the Immortals, which I presume is the Green Flame Torch. Aradha naturally assumed it spoke of him as he did not know yet that both Reet and my abilities exceeded him. I too thought the same thing about myself when I learnt of the torch. How I learnt it is a different story. But it is still in context I guess. I had learnt about the existence of the Torch when Aradha started to really test Reet and mine ability. It was not a part of Indus cult. We were to learn our abilities on our own without any intrusion. This made me suspicious of Aradha.I am quite an established mind reader as Harry has already found out. I was able to extract whatever knowledge Aradha had of the Torch from his mind. I will not lie; the power of immortals fascinated me. I did more research. In the limited time I had I made two startling discoveries. One was that in spite of being the most powerful magi at Indus, I was not the one who could unlock the key to the power of the immortals. But the biggest discovery was that many many years ago one man had not only found this power but used it too."
"You mean The Green Flame Torch was discovered before, then why is it not mentioned before." asked Dumbledore in a very curious tone.
"Sir, the Green Flame Torch is not an object or a weapon as believed in myths and legends. It is something that has no form or shape. Actually what its original possessor believed that it took different shapes at different times. The key to using its power was unlocking it."
"So who was it?" asked Harry, "Who unlocked the Power of the Immortals for the first time? Did he become immortal?"
"He would have become immortal Mr. Potter had he wanted to. The Torch fed Him enough power to be alive and still be the most powerful human to this date" explained Enemar. "But he lived a long and cherished life and then died or as he said took leave from our world to meet the next great adventure."
Dumbledore's eyes twinkled at this statement as Harry was reminded of his first year.
"He was the only link between the wizarding world and a true ancient magician, there has been others in your kind though who are able to perform ancient magic through extensive studying and some natural abilities. Yet they are bound by its limitations. Your Headmaster is a prime example of such a wizard. Am I not right Professor?"
Dumbledore merely nodded in affirmation.
"There were others as well but in your kind who chose not to pursue this form of art in spite of having the naturally abilities only because ancient magic bound you by its limitations but witchcraft had no limitations. Professor Dumbledore I think you know one of your prized students had such gifts which she tried to harness but later on gave up. Do you realize who I am talking about sir?"
To Harry's surprise Dumbledore again nodded his head.
"So who was this great all powerful wizard?" Harry asked growing impatient.
To Harry's surprise it was Dumbledore who answered, "It was Merlin."
"You knew Sir?" Harry asked thoroughly surprised.
"No Harry but now it is starting to make sense. But let Mr.Enemar finish his story." Said Dumbledore turning towards Enemar who also had a surprised look in his face"
"Truly Professor, you are the wisest man I have met. Yes it was the Great Merlin. The first Ancient Magi to wield the power of heart. He discovered the key to the Green Flame Torch. But its powers scared even him. He did not want it to fall in the wrong hands so he hid its identity. The Torch infinitely amplified his powers particularly that of ancient magic. However his chronicle ends abruptly not telling what he did with the Torch. He might have hidden it or the Power of Immortals might have hid itself. His chronicles are not clear about this."
"What chronicles?" asked Dumbledore.
"The chronicles that were hidden in city of Mohenjodaro. That is where the tomb of Merlin actually lies. Aradha tried to lead Voldemort to it."
"But you said there were other Ancient Magi with powers similar to Merlin had, who were they?" asked Harry.
Enemar smiled, "I see you are paying attention Mr.Potter.As I told you Merlin wielded the power of heart to use ancient magic. How he did so I don't know as I have never done it myself. But the only person I knew up until recently who was able to perform this time of ancient magic and yet was above its limitations was the late Aradha.Whatever I read about these two forms of ancient magic is that they are very similar. The caster himself does not realize the difference. But there are certain subtle dissimalarities.Merlin's chronicles made me convinced that only a magus of his type could hold the key to the power of the immortals. Here I was slightly confused. Boasting as it may sound I was more powerful than Aradha in ancient magic yet it seemed he would be the one chosen to unlock the power. Merlin was however the most powerful ancient magi of his time. These two facts did not match. Then along came Voldemort.Merlin's chronicles surprisingly did not mention the wizarding world. So I was totally aloof about it. Seeing Voldemort a thought occurred to me. What if there was an even more powerful ancient magus? One of Merlin's kind. The question would be why Indus has overlooked him. Two answers came to me. He is somewhere our kind can not reach and detect his presence or his powers are dormant like mine was until I was nine. After Indus attack, it became obvious; he must be in the wizarding world. There also the barriers of ancient magic exist. Due to some 'ancient mistake' sadly most wizards with the gift of ancient magic have to find out about their gift on their own. I did a lot more research in the time I had gained access to Hogwart.Finally I came across the person I was looking for."
"Who?" Harry hooted with baited breath.
"Professor Dumbledore again has figured out the answer. This time though I knew he would because I gave enough hints. Who professor do you know has been guarded by Ancient Magic all his life and has shown power of Heart beyond even your imagination? Yes professor its him, the savior to your race and brother to mine, the only one able to defeat the impending darkness upon our world. The one destined to hold the key to the power of the immortals." said Enemar.
Harry's eyes grew wide in comprehension.
"Ah! Mr. Potter too has figured it out, right Mr. Potter?" asked Enemar with a grin in his face.
"You mean..............." choked out Harry, "It's ME."
"Yes", said both Enemar and Dumbledore together.
"But how, I do not know ancient magic, I am quite bad at actual magic itself, how can my powers be compared to Merlin?" Harry asked.
"Well Harry you underestimate yourself in that matter, your abilities in this world exceeds most grown ups too, but you lack in knowledge and experience." said Dumbledore, "As far as ancient magic is concerned, no one really knows its capabilities. Well no one in the wizarding world at least. But it is a form of imprecise magic or what we most often deem as accidental magic."
"That is correct", said Enemar, "but from whatever I have gathered about your form of lets say modern magic, it is definitely more stable. Ancient magic without limitations is a great power but it is also a terrible power as it can ruin you within moments if not controlled."
"From a very early age Harry you have shown this gift in you to make things happen at your hearts desire. I myself have never seen such strong magic. This power of yours has been seen only once elsewhere, but it was so strong and uncontrollable that I thought it would be wise not to encourage you to use your own powers unless necessary... ,said Dumbledore.
"Wait a minute, just wait a minute" shouted Enemar suddenly. "Where, where has this type of power been seen before? I know none of your men know about it. I have scanned their minds thoroughly. Not even the Dark Lord knows about it. Where have you seen it professor??"
"Mr. Enemar" Dumbledore said sternly, "We do not know you or your intentions well enough to let you in on one of the most well kept secret in the wizarding world."
"Professor Dumbledore, I accept that I have pried into your world. You might even consider my methods of gathering information wrong. I assure you I would not hesitate in trying the same to you but I already have the feeling I would fail. I however request you to consider. Professor for the second time in thousands of years our worlds have been linked. This is not a coincidence. Harry Potter here is the chosen one I have no doubts but that is not all I am here for. But before I tell you my plans Professor show me your alliance and tell me what you know."
Dumbledore silently thought for a moment, "Mr. Enemar, what I am about to tell you is a secret kept in the wizarding world for more than hundred years. There is a room in the Department of Mysteries in our ministry which is always under lock and key. It contains an object that has never been seen before in the wizarding world. It is a boulder; grey in colour. It amplifies people's feelings as they approach it. However it is also a very dangerous object. It has caused some wizards who were testing its abilities to lose their minds. It seems to have a mind of its own. But its greatest power is that it can protect itself and attack in a manner unseen. It uses no spells but things happen around at exactly in the manner we think it wants to be. The ability of this object is similar to Harry's abilities which he has shown in spurts of ancient magic, as you put it. It is a rare power. But it is too dangerous to use, so I never encouraged Harry to use it."
Enemar suddenly looked very worried.
"Professor Dumbledore, this is unfortunate, this object you speak of, I have a feeling I have heard of it. But even my mind prevents me from remembering it. I must return to Indus and find out more." said Enemar, his face grave.
"So Harry, I bid you farewell for now, I am glad I got to know you, we will meet again probably at the start of your term at Hogwarts.Remember to keep all this a secret from your friends. I hope you understand that it's for their own safety. Do not worry about these things discussed too much. What must happen will happen. I will return and probably we will get to know each other better." said Enemar.
"But before I go Harry Potter please answer me with the truth of your heart. Do you Harry James Potter accept Enemar Itra as your ally in the war against the dark lord till victory or death?"
Harry was surprised at his sudden question it sounded more like a marriage proposal.
"Yes I do", said Harry.
A beam of green light emanated from Harry's eyes and met that of Enemar.
"Thank you Harry for your trust you will not repent it. I will return inside a month. And as a mark of our alliance I will bring you a precious gift. I the mean time my advice to you is being true in your heart and do not overlook any of your feelings. Goodbye Harry Potter, good bye Professor Dumbledore.I will meet you at Hogwarts."
With that the old rumbling sound resumed. Suddenly Harry's whole world turned Black he could not see a thing. Then all of a sudden he found himself next to Dumbledore at the front door of No 12 Grimmauld Place.
End Of Chapter 5
"Me?" Harry gawked, "What do you want with me?"
"Well Harry this will take some time to explain. I will try my best though. What I say to you Harry however must remain amongst the three of us only. As I had told you the abilities possessed by the residents of Indus is what is called in the wizarding world as Ancient Magic. Ancient Magic is nothing but Raw Power. Not in muscles, but in mind and heart. The great exponents of Ancient magic for example the Great Merlin, Chanakya and of course late Aradha all were able to modify the world around them by means of their mind or by means of their heart. But again, the extent to which Ancient Magicians like the Indus cult could wield their magic had its limitations. To my knowledge six wizards were born with abilities such that they could bend around and even sometimes overrule these limitations. Of them three were able to use their mind to yield their magic and three use their heart. Sadly today two of the latter three are dead. But let me come to the former group as I am well acquainted to them. The first person to be able to perform ancient magic with his mind and overcome its limitations was an ancient Indian by the name of Chanakya. His abilities though were not that great although he was definitely superior to most ancient magicians. His exploits are quite famous even in muggle history. Then nearly fifteen hundred years later came two friends, like brothers from separate mothers, who shared this gift. Yes Professor Dumbledore you guessed right, it is Reet and myself.Reet is considerably capable in ancient magic. His powers exceeds that of Chanakya and Aradha, I will however boast that I am gifted with slightly greater ability."
"Please pay attention Mr. Potter I am not here to advertise myself. I am coming to your question. Right before Voldemort arrived at Indus.Aradha had himself started his quest for the Green Flame Torch. The myth of Merlin is that the truest of the ancient magi will unlock the key to the Power of the Immortals, which I presume is the Green Flame Torch. Aradha naturally assumed it spoke of him as he did not know yet that both Reet and my abilities exceeded him. I too thought the same thing about myself when I learnt of the torch. How I learnt it is a different story. But it is still in context I guess. I had learnt about the existence of the Torch when Aradha started to really test Reet and mine ability. It was not a part of Indus cult. We were to learn our abilities on our own without any intrusion. This made me suspicious of Aradha.I am quite an established mind reader as Harry has already found out. I was able to extract whatever knowledge Aradha had of the Torch from his mind. I will not lie; the power of immortals fascinated me. I did more research. In the limited time I had I made two startling discoveries. One was that in spite of being the most powerful magi at Indus, I was not the one who could unlock the key to the power of the immortals. But the biggest discovery was that many many years ago one man had not only found this power but used it too."
"You mean The Green Flame Torch was discovered before, then why is it not mentioned before." asked Dumbledore in a very curious tone.
"Sir, the Green Flame Torch is not an object or a weapon as believed in myths and legends. It is something that has no form or shape. Actually what its original possessor believed that it took different shapes at different times. The key to using its power was unlocking it."
"So who was it?" asked Harry, "Who unlocked the Power of the Immortals for the first time? Did he become immortal?"
"He would have become immortal Mr. Potter had he wanted to. The Torch fed Him enough power to be alive and still be the most powerful human to this date" explained Enemar. "But he lived a long and cherished life and then died or as he said took leave from our world to meet the next great adventure."
Dumbledore's eyes twinkled at this statement as Harry was reminded of his first year.
"He was the only link between the wizarding world and a true ancient magician, there has been others in your kind though who are able to perform ancient magic through extensive studying and some natural abilities. Yet they are bound by its limitations. Your Headmaster is a prime example of such a wizard. Am I not right Professor?"
Dumbledore merely nodded in affirmation.
"There were others as well but in your kind who chose not to pursue this form of art in spite of having the naturally abilities only because ancient magic bound you by its limitations but witchcraft had no limitations. Professor Dumbledore I think you know one of your prized students had such gifts which she tried to harness but later on gave up. Do you realize who I am talking about sir?"
To Harry's surprise Dumbledore again nodded his head.
"So who was this great all powerful wizard?" Harry asked growing impatient.
To Harry's surprise it was Dumbledore who answered, "It was Merlin."
"You knew Sir?" Harry asked thoroughly surprised.
"No Harry but now it is starting to make sense. But let Mr.Enemar finish his story." Said Dumbledore turning towards Enemar who also had a surprised look in his face"
"Truly Professor, you are the wisest man I have met. Yes it was the Great Merlin. The first Ancient Magi to wield the power of heart. He discovered the key to the Green Flame Torch. But its powers scared even him. He did not want it to fall in the wrong hands so he hid its identity. The Torch infinitely amplified his powers particularly that of ancient magic. However his chronicle ends abruptly not telling what he did with the Torch. He might have hidden it or the Power of Immortals might have hid itself. His chronicles are not clear about this."
"What chronicles?" asked Dumbledore.
"The chronicles that were hidden in city of Mohenjodaro. That is where the tomb of Merlin actually lies. Aradha tried to lead Voldemort to it."
"But you said there were other Ancient Magi with powers similar to Merlin had, who were they?" asked Harry.
Enemar smiled, "I see you are paying attention Mr.Potter.As I told you Merlin wielded the power of heart to use ancient magic. How he did so I don't know as I have never done it myself. But the only person I knew up until recently who was able to perform this time of ancient magic and yet was above its limitations was the late Aradha.Whatever I read about these two forms of ancient magic is that they are very similar. The caster himself does not realize the difference. But there are certain subtle dissimalarities.Merlin's chronicles made me convinced that only a magus of his type could hold the key to the power of the immortals. Here I was slightly confused. Boasting as it may sound I was more powerful than Aradha in ancient magic yet it seemed he would be the one chosen to unlock the power. Merlin was however the most powerful ancient magi of his time. These two facts did not match. Then along came Voldemort.Merlin's chronicles surprisingly did not mention the wizarding world. So I was totally aloof about it. Seeing Voldemort a thought occurred to me. What if there was an even more powerful ancient magus? One of Merlin's kind. The question would be why Indus has overlooked him. Two answers came to me. He is somewhere our kind can not reach and detect his presence or his powers are dormant like mine was until I was nine. After Indus attack, it became obvious; he must be in the wizarding world. There also the barriers of ancient magic exist. Due to some 'ancient mistake' sadly most wizards with the gift of ancient magic have to find out about their gift on their own. I did a lot more research in the time I had gained access to Hogwart.Finally I came across the person I was looking for."
"Who?" Harry hooted with baited breath.
"Professor Dumbledore again has figured out the answer. This time though I knew he would because I gave enough hints. Who professor do you know has been guarded by Ancient Magic all his life and has shown power of Heart beyond even your imagination? Yes professor its him, the savior to your race and brother to mine, the only one able to defeat the impending darkness upon our world. The one destined to hold the key to the power of the immortals." said Enemar.
Harry's eyes grew wide in comprehension.
"Ah! Mr. Potter too has figured it out, right Mr. Potter?" asked Enemar with a grin in his face.
"You mean..............." choked out Harry, "It's ME."
"Yes", said both Enemar and Dumbledore together.
"But how, I do not know ancient magic, I am quite bad at actual magic itself, how can my powers be compared to Merlin?" Harry asked.
"Well Harry you underestimate yourself in that matter, your abilities in this world exceeds most grown ups too, but you lack in knowledge and experience." said Dumbledore, "As far as ancient magic is concerned, no one really knows its capabilities. Well no one in the wizarding world at least. But it is a form of imprecise magic or what we most often deem as accidental magic."
"That is correct", said Enemar, "but from whatever I have gathered about your form of lets say modern magic, it is definitely more stable. Ancient magic without limitations is a great power but it is also a terrible power as it can ruin you within moments if not controlled."
"From a very early age Harry you have shown this gift in you to make things happen at your hearts desire. I myself have never seen such strong magic. This power of yours has been seen only once elsewhere, but it was so strong and uncontrollable that I thought it would be wise not to encourage you to use your own powers unless necessary... ,said Dumbledore.
"Wait a minute, just wait a minute" shouted Enemar suddenly. "Where, where has this type of power been seen before? I know none of your men know about it. I have scanned their minds thoroughly. Not even the Dark Lord knows about it. Where have you seen it professor??"
"Mr. Enemar" Dumbledore said sternly, "We do not know you or your intentions well enough to let you in on one of the most well kept secret in the wizarding world."
"Professor Dumbledore, I accept that I have pried into your world. You might even consider my methods of gathering information wrong. I assure you I would not hesitate in trying the same to you but I already have the feeling I would fail. I however request you to consider. Professor for the second time in thousands of years our worlds have been linked. This is not a coincidence. Harry Potter here is the chosen one I have no doubts but that is not all I am here for. But before I tell you my plans Professor show me your alliance and tell me what you know."
Dumbledore silently thought for a moment, "Mr. Enemar, what I am about to tell you is a secret kept in the wizarding world for more than hundred years. There is a room in the Department of Mysteries in our ministry which is always under lock and key. It contains an object that has never been seen before in the wizarding world. It is a boulder; grey in colour. It amplifies people's feelings as they approach it. However it is also a very dangerous object. It has caused some wizards who were testing its abilities to lose their minds. It seems to have a mind of its own. But its greatest power is that it can protect itself and attack in a manner unseen. It uses no spells but things happen around at exactly in the manner we think it wants to be. The ability of this object is similar to Harry's abilities which he has shown in spurts of ancient magic, as you put it. It is a rare power. But it is too dangerous to use, so I never encouraged Harry to use it."
Enemar suddenly looked very worried.
"Professor Dumbledore, this is unfortunate, this object you speak of, I have a feeling I have heard of it. But even my mind prevents me from remembering it. I must return to Indus and find out more." said Enemar, his face grave.
"So Harry, I bid you farewell for now, I am glad I got to know you, we will meet again probably at the start of your term at Hogwarts.Remember to keep all this a secret from your friends. I hope you understand that it's for their own safety. Do not worry about these things discussed too much. What must happen will happen. I will return and probably we will get to know each other better." said Enemar.
"But before I go Harry Potter please answer me with the truth of your heart. Do you Harry James Potter accept Enemar Itra as your ally in the war against the dark lord till victory or death?"
Harry was surprised at his sudden question it sounded more like a marriage proposal.
"Yes I do", said Harry.
A beam of green light emanated from Harry's eyes and met that of Enemar.
"Thank you Harry for your trust you will not repent it. I will return inside a month. And as a mark of our alliance I will bring you a precious gift. I the mean time my advice to you is being true in your heart and do not overlook any of your feelings. Goodbye Harry Potter, good bye Professor Dumbledore.I will meet you at Hogwarts."
With that the old rumbling sound resumed. Suddenly Harry's whole world turned Black he could not see a thing. Then all of a sudden he found himself next to Dumbledore at the front door of No 12 Grimmauld Place.
End Of Chapter 5