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CHAPTER 7: Realizations
Harry left immediately because the Divination classroom was high in the North Tower and would take him 15 minutes to get there. When he got there, he noticed that Firenze looked slightly panicky.
"What's happened?" Harry asked anxiously.
"I've Seen something-- a prophecy," he said.
"What about?" Harry asked. It's probably the same one that I found last year in the Department of Mysteries, he thought.
"Did you happen to see the Daily Prophet a few weeks ago?" Firenze inquired.
"The one about the Queen?"
"Yes. I have Seen her die after you try to save her," he said with a grave expression on his face.
"No, you must be wrong," Harry said hopelessly.
"I've learned that Destiny is never wrong, young Harry," Firenze replied somberly.
"Have you talked to Dumbledore?" Harry asked.
"Yes, I've just been to see him when I came and got you," he stated.
"What did he say?" said a slightly irritated Harry.
"He said that when the time is right, you must all go back to the Department of Mysteries," he looked down, and Harry saw a small tear roll down his face.
"What?" Harry gasped. I can't go back there, not to the place where Sirius died, No! he thought.
"I am truly sorry," he concluded.
Harry's head was spinning as he rushed straight to the Headmaster's office. How would I even be able to save the Queen? Harry questioned himself. She wouldn't come to Hogwarts. Unless this was to happen after school let out. Harry was so confused. He didn't understand what he had just heard, he was just angry that Dumbledore would even think about making him go back to that horrid place.
"Chocolate Frog," Harry growled. The large statue turned and he got inside the stairwell. It spiraled and lifted Harry up to the large room where he had been so many times before. Just last year, he had come here before he left to go to the Department of Mysteries. There were so many memories that had happened in this room and he didn't want to think about them for fear of losing his head.
"Yes, Harry?" Dumbledore questioned in his usual somber tone.
"Firenze just told me about what he saw. Why do we have to go back to that place?" Harry demanded.
"I'm guessing, then, that Firenze did not thoroughly explain his prophecy?" he asked.
"He told me that the Queen-- that she's g--going to die. He said that I was going to try to save her, but that I can't," Harry stuttered.
"Yes, well, I'm afraid that there's more, Harry," he sighed. "He saw the Queen in the Department of Mysteries with Voldemort. Voldemort had the Torch. You somehow managed to get it from him, then, tragically, Elizabeth died." he finished. Harry was wondering why he had used her first name.
"Do you know her?" Harry inquired.
"Actually, Elizabeth and I have been friends for some time now. This might come as a shock, but Queen Elizabeth is no muggle. She is a witch. Why would we let a muggle be in control all of Britain? No one knows about her, naturally. We have trusted her with a few very powerful objects such as the Torch and she is in possession of the Goblet of Fire as well." he explained.
"Where exactly did the Torch come from?" Harry asked.
"It all started back in ancient Grecian times when Pandora's box was opened. When death, illness, and evil were let out into the World, the Gods had to do something to stop it. The Greek Gods and Goddesses made it in order for Zeus to defeat the Titans that were invading the land because good and evil had become equal. Zeus held it up in the sky and the Titans, which were sent from the underworld by Hades, were sent back below the land. The keeper of the Torch was the Goddess Demeter. She is the Goddess of Harvest. Her daughter was taken by Hades into the underworld to be his bride. Because of that, she was said to lie in mourning for 4 months of each year. She was honored to take the job of guarding the the Torch for what Hades had done to her. She kept it from reaching the hands of evil up until the Gods and Goddesses lost power. The Torch was said to be a simple myth, up until some archaeologists dug it up, along with some other artifacts. The Ministry of Magic was contacted at once and confiscated the objects before any muggles were hurt. Ever since then, it had been kept in the Royal Family. I'm guessing that Voldemort found out about it through one of his many spies and has been after it to eliminate any one who opposes him. But, the Torch isn't as simple as he thinks. It reacts to different people in different ways. Yes, the Torch can eliminate good in the hands of evil, but not in the way that he thinks. I'm assuming that his believe is that you will die, but in truth, it will only make you immortal. Not immortally how you are right now, however. You will be immortal in the Underworld. The Torch has a funny way of working, though. If you are to find it and use it against Voldemort, he will die. I guess when the Gods created it, they thought that dying was worse than living forever. I can't say that the ancient Greek were the smartest people." he finished.
"You never answered why we have to go back to the Department of Mysteries," Harry included.
"I'm not one to interfere with fate, Harry," Dumbledore told him.
"So, you're saying that we have to go back because it's meant to be?" Harry said sounding thoroughly appalled.
"Yes," Dumbledore said flatly.
"I can't go back there! I can't relive that moment," Harry cried.
"Harry, you may find that the very thing you fear the most if the same thing that may set you free," Dumbledore looked Harry straight in the eye with those beautiful light blue eyes. The gleam that had always resided in Dumbledore's eyes was sparkling at Harry. What does that mean? Harry thought to himself.
"Thanks, Headmaster," Harry said gratefully. Now he had a very small understanding of something that was very vast in his eyes.
As Harry made his way back up to the common room his thoughts drifted upon their new Potions Master, Professor Demeter. Wasn't that the same name that Dumbledore said was the keeper of the Green Flame Torch? O, well. It's probably just a coincidence. Harry thought. What Harry didn't know was that there aren't such things as coincidences in the world of Magic.
CHAPTER 7: Realizations
Harry left immediately because the Divination classroom was high in the North Tower and would take him 15 minutes to get there. When he got there, he noticed that Firenze looked slightly panicky.
"What's happened?" Harry asked anxiously.
"I've Seen something-- a prophecy," he said.
"What about?" Harry asked. It's probably the same one that I found last year in the Department of Mysteries, he thought.
"Did you happen to see the Daily Prophet a few weeks ago?" Firenze inquired.
"The one about the Queen?"
"Yes. I have Seen her die after you try to save her," he said with a grave expression on his face.
"No, you must be wrong," Harry said hopelessly.
"I've learned that Destiny is never wrong, young Harry," Firenze replied somberly.
"Have you talked to Dumbledore?" Harry asked.
"Yes, I've just been to see him when I came and got you," he stated.
"What did he say?" said a slightly irritated Harry.
"He said that when the time is right, you must all go back to the Department of Mysteries," he looked down, and Harry saw a small tear roll down his face.
"What?" Harry gasped. I can't go back there, not to the place where Sirius died, No! he thought.
"I am truly sorry," he concluded.
Harry's head was spinning as he rushed straight to the Headmaster's office. How would I even be able to save the Queen? Harry questioned himself. She wouldn't come to Hogwarts. Unless this was to happen after school let out. Harry was so confused. He didn't understand what he had just heard, he was just angry that Dumbledore would even think about making him go back to that horrid place.
"Chocolate Frog," Harry growled. The large statue turned and he got inside the stairwell. It spiraled and lifted Harry up to the large room where he had been so many times before. Just last year, he had come here before he left to go to the Department of Mysteries. There were so many memories that had happened in this room and he didn't want to think about them for fear of losing his head.
"Yes, Harry?" Dumbledore questioned in his usual somber tone.
"Firenze just told me about what he saw. Why do we have to go back to that place?" Harry demanded.
"I'm guessing, then, that Firenze did not thoroughly explain his prophecy?" he asked.
"He told me that the Queen-- that she's g--going to die. He said that I was going to try to save her, but that I can't," Harry stuttered.
"Yes, well, I'm afraid that there's more, Harry," he sighed. "He saw the Queen in the Department of Mysteries with Voldemort. Voldemort had the Torch. You somehow managed to get it from him, then, tragically, Elizabeth died." he finished. Harry was wondering why he had used her first name.
"Do you know her?" Harry inquired.
"Actually, Elizabeth and I have been friends for some time now. This might come as a shock, but Queen Elizabeth is no muggle. She is a witch. Why would we let a muggle be in control all of Britain? No one knows about her, naturally. We have trusted her with a few very powerful objects such as the Torch and she is in possession of the Goblet of Fire as well." he explained.
"Where exactly did the Torch come from?" Harry asked.
"It all started back in ancient Grecian times when Pandora's box was opened. When death, illness, and evil were let out into the World, the Gods had to do something to stop it. The Greek Gods and Goddesses made it in order for Zeus to defeat the Titans that were invading the land because good and evil had become equal. Zeus held it up in the sky and the Titans, which were sent from the underworld by Hades, were sent back below the land. The keeper of the Torch was the Goddess Demeter. She is the Goddess of Harvest. Her daughter was taken by Hades into the underworld to be his bride. Because of that, she was said to lie in mourning for 4 months of each year. She was honored to take the job of guarding the the Torch for what Hades had done to her. She kept it from reaching the hands of evil up until the Gods and Goddesses lost power. The Torch was said to be a simple myth, up until some archaeologists dug it up, along with some other artifacts. The Ministry of Magic was contacted at once and confiscated the objects before any muggles were hurt. Ever since then, it had been kept in the Royal Family. I'm guessing that Voldemort found out about it through one of his many spies and has been after it to eliminate any one who opposes him. But, the Torch isn't as simple as he thinks. It reacts to different people in different ways. Yes, the Torch can eliminate good in the hands of evil, but not in the way that he thinks. I'm assuming that his believe is that you will die, but in truth, it will only make you immortal. Not immortally how you are right now, however. You will be immortal in the Underworld. The Torch has a funny way of working, though. If you are to find it and use it against Voldemort, he will die. I guess when the Gods created it, they thought that dying was worse than living forever. I can't say that the ancient Greek were the smartest people." he finished.
"You never answered why we have to go back to the Department of Mysteries," Harry included.
"I'm not one to interfere with fate, Harry," Dumbledore told him.
"So, you're saying that we have to go back because it's meant to be?" Harry said sounding thoroughly appalled.
"Yes," Dumbledore said flatly.
"I can't go back there! I can't relive that moment," Harry cried.
"Harry, you may find that the very thing you fear the most if the same thing that may set you free," Dumbledore looked Harry straight in the eye with those beautiful light blue eyes. The gleam that had always resided in Dumbledore's eyes was sparkling at Harry. What does that mean? Harry thought to himself.
"Thanks, Headmaster," Harry said gratefully. Now he had a very small understanding of something that was very vast in his eyes.
As Harry made his way back up to the common room his thoughts drifted upon their new Potions Master, Professor Demeter. Wasn't that the same name that Dumbledore said was the keeper of the Green Flame Torch? O, well. It's probably just a coincidence. Harry thought. What Harry didn't know was that there aren't such things as coincidences in the world of Magic.