Rebirth of the Phoenix
Child of the new Dawn
Disclaimer: don't own don't sue
A/n Fast update huh? Well weather here is really bad so not much to do! Anyway this chappie's a little different from the others. It starts off at the end of Harry's first day back at Hogwarts, either during or after Harry's lesson with the sixth years. Hope you like!
Crystal Orb of Heka
Dumbledore's POV
Dumbledore frowned as the curl of green smoke rose from the silver instrument on the table.
Like with Harry's vision, it too formed a serpent. But unlike Harry's this one coiled back and struck the air violently before rearing back writhing.
So Tom had managed to bring back Slytherin's spirit. Harry had seemed pale that morning, no doubt feeling the spirit. Yes that had to be it. It was impossible for the spirit to get into Hogwarts unaided.
Still frowning, Dumbledore tapped the instrument and walked to the far wall. Reaching up, he pulled on the top of a book's spine. The entire shelf below said book disappeared, exposing an inner shelf.
Dumbledore's eyes unwillingly glanced toward something in the far back corner before falling on a clear crystal bell jar. Inside it, suspended in air, was one of the last sacred shards of the orb of Heka.
No one truly knew where the first magic had come from, but the first one wizards had any records or legends of was the Crystal Orb of Heka.
Heka was the Egyptian god of magic. It was said Heka came to be shortly after the creation of the world. Heka's name itself meant magic.
According to bits and pieces of hieroglyphs and later papyrus, there was once a great city in Egypt, its name long forgotten, whose high priest had created a crystal orb which Heka could channel his magic through to keep the city safe.
For many years the city remained prosperous, until a greedy pharaoh tired to use the orb to make himself a god.
Supposedly the angered the god so, that he sent an uncontrollable amount of magic to the orb, killing the pharaoh, but also causing him to drop the orb.
It hit the floor and shattered. The magic escaped and great beams of magic were released into the city, still searching for humans. Every man, women, and child in this great city was hit by these great beams of pure magic. The beams fused with the person creating the ball of magic all wizard today have.
While the magic sought out humans, they panicked and tried to fight off the beams. Scholars joke that perhaps the thought of controlling magic with wands came from a girl who tried to strike the beam with a reed.
Not much is know after that. Some believe the people went mad believing themselves to be cursed by the gods, or perhaps some thought they were gods themselves, either way the breaking of the orb marked the destruction of the city.
The survivors of the city's destruction gathered the remaining shards and begged the gods for forgiveness.
Thoth, god of the magic healing arts, astronomy, mathematics, and scribe of the magic knowledge felt pity for the humans and taught them to use and control the magic.
Dumbledore shook his head and brought himself back to the present. This shard was used to keep up Hogwarts' wards, which was the reason they were near impossible to break.
Rowena Ravenclaw had learned about the history of the orb and wanted to study and use this power for the protection of the school, as it was first being founded. While Dumbledore wasn't clear on how they got the shards, each founder managed to get one.
Gryffindor's shard was used for the wards, Hufflepuff's was destroyed in a duel outside the school, and Ravenclaw's and Slytherin's were used for study.
After a time, Ravenclaw felt it would be safer to send the shards away from the young inexperienced wizards they were training. She sent hers away and urged Slytherin to do the same.
But cunning Slytherin persuaded her to retrieve it for one last experiment. They had been holding it off for fear of destroying the shards, 'This way' he said, 'they could only have the finished product to protect.' She agreed and with the other two founders created a new shard all together.
They had gotten both shards to the purest type of magic ever created, but it had a flaw, it only worked for the blood of the original wizards and witches that survived the orb breaking. It was impossible to track down these people, for the blood was thin and dying with age. The founders spilt up mere months later.
'Oh Harry, if only you knew you full lineage. I wish I knew more, I have so little knowledge on this magic and telling you would do more harm then good right now.'
Lilly had been one of the last magical children of the first. With her sister a squib and a half-blood mother and muggle-born father so posed no threat. But Harry, with her blood mixed with the Potter's strong magic, was.
Tom chose the boy most likely to cause him harm. Harry's magic could one day rival the first of our kind.
When Slytherin left, Gryffindor hid the shard and refused to revel its location to him. Lilly was the last to have it.
Again he unwilling looked in the back far corner of the shelf where the handles of two silver and emerald daggers gleamed.
The key to the shard, which had the power to restore Salazar Slytherin's spirit.
And only her sixteen-year-old son could use it.
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Harry's POV
Harry sighed as he watched his mother's music box's mirror play pictures as her soft lullaby played.
He was waiting to talk to Moony who was supposed to call; he looked up from the couch he was lying on, to the clock on the Room of Requirement's wall, ten minutes ago.
Reaching inside the music box, not really sure why he had brought it, he pulled out the small Gryffindore pendant and felt the same strange tingling sensation in his fingertips.
"Harry?"
Harry jumped dropping the pendant and reached over to grab the mirror he had set on the table beside him. Throwing the pendant back into the music box and closing it with one hand, he looked into the mirror to see Moony's tired face.
"Hey Moony, you look exhausted. I heard about the attack. Are you alright?"
Moony smiled, "I'm fine, just a little tired. Sorry about making you take over classes for me."
Harry shrugged and then smirked, "Me mind being able to give Malfoy detention?"
Moony laughed.
Harry smiled but then asked, "So what happened?"
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Snape's POV
Snape had to stop himself from throwing his deatheater mask across the room in frustration.
'That damn Weasley is going to get himself killed, he's almost as annoying as Wormtail.'
And then there was the dark lord.
Snape shuddered; the dark lord had been in a good mood ever since he rose the demon.
Snape considered himself to be a person not easily shaken, but when that................ Thing........... Had just LOOKED at him.............. it made him miss the days when there was only one dark lord to worry about.
He sighed and started through his shelves. He would need to start a potion before he reported to Dumbledore.
He ground his teeth in anger, yet more babysitting Potter. The dark lord was starting to send that thing after the boy.
While Potter's Occlumency wall may 'barely' keep the dark lord out, he wouldn't stand a chance against that Thing.
He'd seen Potter pull off some (to his worshipers anyway) fairly impressive things, but Potter had better have something big up his sleeve for this one.
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Back To Harry's POV (last one)
Harry climbed through the portrait into the Gryffindor common room.
Ron and Hermione were in their usual chairs by the fire reading thick books. In front of Hermione was a neat stack of homework, already done, along with some notes. In front of Ron was a pile of parchment with a few things scribbled on them.
They both looked up as Harry sat down beside him and Ron leaned forward, "Hey mate, How's Professor Lupin?"
"He's ok. He was hurt in the fight but he wouldn't tell me anything. He'll be with the werewolf pack until they're strong enough to move to a safer place with the wounded." He sighed, "Anyway, any luck here?"
"There are many types of spirits," Hermione began promptly, "However, only a few can physically harm you. If Occulmency doesn't work-"
"But that's only for mind stuff, isn't it?" Ron interrupted Hermione looking at Harry who nodded.
"Well, there are some potions........."
Harry felt his attention slip and he stared into the fire. It had been a long day............
Silver ball was bouncing a stone floor..........
It Shattered........
People were running from great beams of light.............
A small group of people were trying to learn wand magic...............
A great stone castle..............
A glowing crystal shard..................
Emerald daggers clashed with a ruby sword....................
An evil voice whispering................
Slytherin's spirit leering at him................
"Find the key, Kin of the First Magic Born"
"HARRY!"
Harry jerked awake on the floor, looking up at Ron and Hermione's pale faces.
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A/N like I said it was a bit different. Anyway I seem to be in the history- mode so bear with me....... Heka and Thoth were Egyptian gods.......... But I made up the whole orb thingy..........Questions comments? Review please!
Thanks to~
Cherry_sakura- thanks! Is this longer?
Dracozchick- lol go figure!
LittleEar BigEar's sis- yeah! Well this is sorta a cliffy.......... Lol do I want to know why you wrote a poem about you best friend living in a light house with a man named Fred? Well I dunnno you don't have to write one I already update faster than usual, but I'll gladly read one if you write one!
Nefertiri Riddle- thanks!
Kemenran- more comin'
TuxedoMac- well at least I got two in a row! I'm not so sure about this one its kinda weird. Thanks!
Scarysecrets- lol I was thinking of you when I posted two in one night! 16 now I think I'm updateing faster than in my first fic. Am I? Lol glad you liked it took me awhile to make sure I was writing that right! CSL can't stop laughing! Thanks! Hummm remmie and Tonks I dunno I'm not really thinking of pairs right now......... thanks! Yeah but Remmie seems more to me like a beach person....... With all this snow outside here I don't think I can send him to Alaska until I'm sure its summer!
Athenakitty- yeah because of the war all the kids have to take their original classes ignoring the OWL grades. Wormy and Fudgi are still alive............. For now anyway
Wynjara- thanks! Everyone seems to want Harry for a teacher! Lol I would!
Nicoletta- very good point! Lol the merpeople would spit Malfoy out! Yeah Harry should pull a Hermione in divination but he respects Firenze
Child of the new Dawn
Disclaimer: don't own don't sue
A/n Fast update huh? Well weather here is really bad so not much to do! Anyway this chappie's a little different from the others. It starts off at the end of Harry's first day back at Hogwarts, either during or after Harry's lesson with the sixth years. Hope you like!
Crystal Orb of Heka
Dumbledore's POV
Dumbledore frowned as the curl of green smoke rose from the silver instrument on the table.
Like with Harry's vision, it too formed a serpent. But unlike Harry's this one coiled back and struck the air violently before rearing back writhing.
So Tom had managed to bring back Slytherin's spirit. Harry had seemed pale that morning, no doubt feeling the spirit. Yes that had to be it. It was impossible for the spirit to get into Hogwarts unaided.
Still frowning, Dumbledore tapped the instrument and walked to the far wall. Reaching up, he pulled on the top of a book's spine. The entire shelf below said book disappeared, exposing an inner shelf.
Dumbledore's eyes unwillingly glanced toward something in the far back corner before falling on a clear crystal bell jar. Inside it, suspended in air, was one of the last sacred shards of the orb of Heka.
No one truly knew where the first magic had come from, but the first one wizards had any records or legends of was the Crystal Orb of Heka.
Heka was the Egyptian god of magic. It was said Heka came to be shortly after the creation of the world. Heka's name itself meant magic.
According to bits and pieces of hieroglyphs and later papyrus, there was once a great city in Egypt, its name long forgotten, whose high priest had created a crystal orb which Heka could channel his magic through to keep the city safe.
For many years the city remained prosperous, until a greedy pharaoh tired to use the orb to make himself a god.
Supposedly the angered the god so, that he sent an uncontrollable amount of magic to the orb, killing the pharaoh, but also causing him to drop the orb.
It hit the floor and shattered. The magic escaped and great beams of magic were released into the city, still searching for humans. Every man, women, and child in this great city was hit by these great beams of pure magic. The beams fused with the person creating the ball of magic all wizard today have.
While the magic sought out humans, they panicked and tried to fight off the beams. Scholars joke that perhaps the thought of controlling magic with wands came from a girl who tried to strike the beam with a reed.
Not much is know after that. Some believe the people went mad believing themselves to be cursed by the gods, or perhaps some thought they were gods themselves, either way the breaking of the orb marked the destruction of the city.
The survivors of the city's destruction gathered the remaining shards and begged the gods for forgiveness.
Thoth, god of the magic healing arts, astronomy, mathematics, and scribe of the magic knowledge felt pity for the humans and taught them to use and control the magic.
Dumbledore shook his head and brought himself back to the present. This shard was used to keep up Hogwarts' wards, which was the reason they were near impossible to break.
Rowena Ravenclaw had learned about the history of the orb and wanted to study and use this power for the protection of the school, as it was first being founded. While Dumbledore wasn't clear on how they got the shards, each founder managed to get one.
Gryffindor's shard was used for the wards, Hufflepuff's was destroyed in a duel outside the school, and Ravenclaw's and Slytherin's were used for study.
After a time, Ravenclaw felt it would be safer to send the shards away from the young inexperienced wizards they were training. She sent hers away and urged Slytherin to do the same.
But cunning Slytherin persuaded her to retrieve it for one last experiment. They had been holding it off for fear of destroying the shards, 'This way' he said, 'they could only have the finished product to protect.' She agreed and with the other two founders created a new shard all together.
They had gotten both shards to the purest type of magic ever created, but it had a flaw, it only worked for the blood of the original wizards and witches that survived the orb breaking. It was impossible to track down these people, for the blood was thin and dying with age. The founders spilt up mere months later.
'Oh Harry, if only you knew you full lineage. I wish I knew more, I have so little knowledge on this magic and telling you would do more harm then good right now.'
Lilly had been one of the last magical children of the first. With her sister a squib and a half-blood mother and muggle-born father so posed no threat. But Harry, with her blood mixed with the Potter's strong magic, was.
Tom chose the boy most likely to cause him harm. Harry's magic could one day rival the first of our kind.
When Slytherin left, Gryffindor hid the shard and refused to revel its location to him. Lilly was the last to have it.
Again he unwilling looked in the back far corner of the shelf where the handles of two silver and emerald daggers gleamed.
The key to the shard, which had the power to restore Salazar Slytherin's spirit.
And only her sixteen-year-old son could use it.
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Harry's POV
Harry sighed as he watched his mother's music box's mirror play pictures as her soft lullaby played.
He was waiting to talk to Moony who was supposed to call; he looked up from the couch he was lying on, to the clock on the Room of Requirement's wall, ten minutes ago.
Reaching inside the music box, not really sure why he had brought it, he pulled out the small Gryffindore pendant and felt the same strange tingling sensation in his fingertips.
"Harry?"
Harry jumped dropping the pendant and reached over to grab the mirror he had set on the table beside him. Throwing the pendant back into the music box and closing it with one hand, he looked into the mirror to see Moony's tired face.
"Hey Moony, you look exhausted. I heard about the attack. Are you alright?"
Moony smiled, "I'm fine, just a little tired. Sorry about making you take over classes for me."
Harry shrugged and then smirked, "Me mind being able to give Malfoy detention?"
Moony laughed.
Harry smiled but then asked, "So what happened?"
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Snape's POV
Snape had to stop himself from throwing his deatheater mask across the room in frustration.
'That damn Weasley is going to get himself killed, he's almost as annoying as Wormtail.'
And then there was the dark lord.
Snape shuddered; the dark lord had been in a good mood ever since he rose the demon.
Snape considered himself to be a person not easily shaken, but when that................ Thing........... Had just LOOKED at him.............. it made him miss the days when there was only one dark lord to worry about.
He sighed and started through his shelves. He would need to start a potion before he reported to Dumbledore.
He ground his teeth in anger, yet more babysitting Potter. The dark lord was starting to send that thing after the boy.
While Potter's Occlumency wall may 'barely' keep the dark lord out, he wouldn't stand a chance against that Thing.
He'd seen Potter pull off some (to his worshipers anyway) fairly impressive things, but Potter had better have something big up his sleeve for this one.
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Back To Harry's POV (last one)
Harry climbed through the portrait into the Gryffindor common room.
Ron and Hermione were in their usual chairs by the fire reading thick books. In front of Hermione was a neat stack of homework, already done, along with some notes. In front of Ron was a pile of parchment with a few things scribbled on them.
They both looked up as Harry sat down beside him and Ron leaned forward, "Hey mate, How's Professor Lupin?"
"He's ok. He was hurt in the fight but he wouldn't tell me anything. He'll be with the werewolf pack until they're strong enough to move to a safer place with the wounded." He sighed, "Anyway, any luck here?"
"There are many types of spirits," Hermione began promptly, "However, only a few can physically harm you. If Occulmency doesn't work-"
"But that's only for mind stuff, isn't it?" Ron interrupted Hermione looking at Harry who nodded.
"Well, there are some potions........."
Harry felt his attention slip and he stared into the fire. It had been a long day............
Silver ball was bouncing a stone floor..........
It Shattered........
People were running from great beams of light.............
A small group of people were trying to learn wand magic...............
A great stone castle..............
A glowing crystal shard..................
Emerald daggers clashed with a ruby sword....................
An evil voice whispering................
Slytherin's spirit leering at him................
"Find the key, Kin of the First Magic Born"
"HARRY!"
Harry jerked awake on the floor, looking up at Ron and Hermione's pale faces.
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A/N like I said it was a bit different. Anyway I seem to be in the history- mode so bear with me....... Heka and Thoth were Egyptian gods.......... But I made up the whole orb thingy..........Questions comments? Review please!
Thanks to~
Cherry_sakura- thanks! Is this longer?
Dracozchick- lol go figure!
LittleEar BigEar's sis- yeah! Well this is sorta a cliffy.......... Lol do I want to know why you wrote a poem about you best friend living in a light house with a man named Fred? Well I dunnno you don't have to write one I already update faster than usual, but I'll gladly read one if you write one!
Nefertiri Riddle- thanks!
Kemenran- more comin'
TuxedoMac- well at least I got two in a row! I'm not so sure about this one its kinda weird. Thanks!
Scarysecrets- lol I was thinking of you when I posted two in one night! 16 now I think I'm updateing faster than in my first fic. Am I? Lol glad you liked it took me awhile to make sure I was writing that right! CSL can't stop laughing! Thanks! Hummm remmie and Tonks I dunno I'm not really thinking of pairs right now......... thanks! Yeah but Remmie seems more to me like a beach person....... With all this snow outside here I don't think I can send him to Alaska until I'm sure its summer!
Athenakitty- yeah because of the war all the kids have to take their original classes ignoring the OWL grades. Wormy and Fudgi are still alive............. For now anyway
Wynjara- thanks! Everyone seems to want Harry for a teacher! Lol I would!
Nicoletta- very good point! Lol the merpeople would spit Malfoy out! Yeah Harry should pull a Hermione in divination but he respects Firenze