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Chapter 14
Explanations Almost Complete
"Explain what, Professor?" Harry asked. Dumbledore looked at him over his half-moon spectacles.
"Do you remember one of the first History of Magic classes from this year?" he asked. All students except for Ginny (who for obvious reasons was not in the class) nodded. "Professor Binns told you about the legend of the Elementals." They nodded again. "I believe that you four are the next Elementals."
"What!" the sisters cried at once.
"It would make sense." Hermione said cautiously. "Four sisters. You all remember Professor Binns lesson." Looks of recognition began to appear on their faces.
"So, you mean to say that we are the next generation of some legendary girls with superpowers?" Mêlée asked, still skeptical.
"Yes." Dumbledore answered plainly.
"Albus, this is ridiculous!" Snape cried.
"No, Severus, it's not."
"What happened to the last Elementals?" A'lira asked cautiously trying to change the subject and understand what was happening.
"no one knows for sure." Dumbledore answered. "Now, I think it would be best if you all didn't tell anyone else about this. If we involve everyone else in this school it could cause problems for all. I will, however inform the staff just in case there is a problem. Now I do believe that it is almost time for supper. Try not to dwell to much on today's events."
Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Cleo, A'lira, Mêlée, and Curania quietly walked out of Dumbledore's office and down to the Great Hall. The rest of the students were also starting to file in and sit at their tables. At first Mêlée, A'lira, and Curania started to go to their house tables but decided to stick with their sister and friends at the Gryffindor table.
There were very few teachers at the High Table that night at dinner. Only Professor McGonagall, Professor Ashkevron, and Madame Pomfrey were eating their dinner in the Great Hall this evening. The rest of the staff was in the staff-room in a meeting with Dumbledore.
"I've asked you all to this meeting for a very serious reason." Dumbledore started the meeting. "I am reasonably certain that you all have heard rumors about today's events as well as a few other that have taken place over the past few weeks." He paused, looking out over the very quiet group of witches and wizards. "First the attack at Hogsmeade the weekend that our students were there and the incident of twenty Death Eaters sudden bursting into flames as they approached a certain group of students.
"Then the same day the sudden appearance of a massive storm cloud in the Slytherin common room. Then there are the events of today, the abrupt and unexpected choking of two students, who are now fine, and the terrifying earthquake. Fire, water, air, and earth. The four elements of the physical world."
"The Elementals." Professor Sprout's voice came from the middle of the mass of professors.
"Exactly." Dumbledore agreed. "The legendary Elementals. Unfortunately all we know about any of the past Elementals is only what we know from legend. What we do know is that Voldemort," there was a shudder from most in the room, "knows about them. He has come to the same conclusion as I have. The Black sisters are the new generation of the Elementals." There was a hush then a growing noise as they all started asking questions at once.
"You said that you don't know what happened to the last ones?" one professor asked.
"No, not even I am that old. However, my friend Nicholas Flamel once said that he had met them. Whether or not there was any truth to that statement I am uncertain. What I do know is that the last ones were the Blanc sisters: Christy, Caitlin, Michele and Aine."
"Do they know?" Professor Flitwick asked.
"Parts of it. I have informed them that I believe, judging by recent events, that it is possible that they are the Elementals. However, I did not inform them about Voldemort's knowledge of them or that they may be in serious danger," he paused, "from Voldemort or themselves.
"What do you mean, Albus?" Snape spoke for the first time.
Dumbledore sighed. "They do not have control over their powers, as you yourself have seen. Yet, there is no one alive who can fully understand their powers or train the girls to use them."
"That is not entirely true, Albus." Professor Ashkevron had just walked through the door.
"Do you have someone in mind, Vanyel?" Dumbledore asked.
"I might know someone."
~*~*~
"No, no, no, no. I told you Vanyel. NO!"
"Please. They need your help! If you don't help them they will have absolutely no control over their powers. They will be vulnerable to Voldemort or they could end up hurting themselves or others." Vanyel pleaded with the two people.
One was a beautiful woman with a large brim hat over her brown ringlets. she looked young but the glasses she worn gave her a wise appearance. The other was a tall man who wore a brown suit. He would seem ordinary to even with a salamander on his shoulder that spoke up now and then if it hadn't been for his head that was shaped like a wolf's head.
The room was however more ordinary then him. Different tables were covered in bubbling cauldrons, old thick books stacked four or five high, and odd instruments for their different experiments.
"Vanyel, I told you we came here to Romania to get away from the wizarding world." The man tried to explain. "Those wizards would lock me up in Azakban if they didn't just kill me."
"No one needs to know that you've come back. Most think you're long dead. Besides you can stay at Hogwarts. Dumbledore and the Professors there will be the last ones to turn you in. Please." Vanyel practically begged.
"Oh, alright. Tell me about these girls."
Halloween managed to fall on a Saturday and the entire school was in a state of excitement. Cleo, Mêlée, A'lira, and Curania were the most wound up despite the new knowledge they had acquired. It was their eighteenth birthday! They, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny had made plans to spend the whole day just having fun. They had managed to get some costumes and they were going to run around the school all day pretending to be someone else. The last thing they expected was to be half way to the meeting place, in full costume (Curania was a fairy, Cleo was a devil, A'lira was a princess, and Mêlée was an elf), and be called to Dumbledore's office.
They arrived at the office still in costume after running to tell Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny that they'd try to catch up to them after they were done with whatever Dumbledore wanted. The first thing they noticed when they walked into the office was Professor Ashkevron in his brilliant white robes. The second was two strangers; a woman and man with a wolf's head standing in a off to the side.
Professor Ashkevron turned to greet them as they walked in. "Good you got the message. Please come sit down." Four chairs appeared and they sat down.
"Your message didn't say why we were to come, Professor." Cleo asked timidly looking at the woman.
"Yes I am sorry for interrupting your birthday plans but there is someone very important I would like you to meet." He answered. "I would like to present the woman and gentlewoman who are going to teach."
"Try to teach." The man corrected.
Professor Ashkevron smirked at him. "Try to teach you four how to control and use your new found powers." He paused. "A'lira, Curania, Mêlée, and Cleo Black I would like you to meet Rosalind and Jason Cameron.
belong to me.
Chapter 14
Explanations Almost Complete
"Explain what, Professor?" Harry asked. Dumbledore looked at him over his half-moon spectacles.
"Do you remember one of the first History of Magic classes from this year?" he asked. All students except for Ginny (who for obvious reasons was not in the class) nodded. "Professor Binns told you about the legend of the Elementals." They nodded again. "I believe that you four are the next Elementals."
"What!" the sisters cried at once.
"It would make sense." Hermione said cautiously. "Four sisters. You all remember Professor Binns lesson." Looks of recognition began to appear on their faces.
"So, you mean to say that we are the next generation of some legendary girls with superpowers?" Mêlée asked, still skeptical.
"Yes." Dumbledore answered plainly.
"Albus, this is ridiculous!" Snape cried.
"No, Severus, it's not."
"What happened to the last Elementals?" A'lira asked cautiously trying to change the subject and understand what was happening.
"no one knows for sure." Dumbledore answered. "Now, I think it would be best if you all didn't tell anyone else about this. If we involve everyone else in this school it could cause problems for all. I will, however inform the staff just in case there is a problem. Now I do believe that it is almost time for supper. Try not to dwell to much on today's events."
Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Cleo, A'lira, Mêlée, and Curania quietly walked out of Dumbledore's office and down to the Great Hall. The rest of the students were also starting to file in and sit at their tables. At first Mêlée, A'lira, and Curania started to go to their house tables but decided to stick with their sister and friends at the Gryffindor table.
There were very few teachers at the High Table that night at dinner. Only Professor McGonagall, Professor Ashkevron, and Madame Pomfrey were eating their dinner in the Great Hall this evening. The rest of the staff was in the staff-room in a meeting with Dumbledore.
"I've asked you all to this meeting for a very serious reason." Dumbledore started the meeting. "I am reasonably certain that you all have heard rumors about today's events as well as a few other that have taken place over the past few weeks." He paused, looking out over the very quiet group of witches and wizards. "First the attack at Hogsmeade the weekend that our students were there and the incident of twenty Death Eaters sudden bursting into flames as they approached a certain group of students.
"Then the same day the sudden appearance of a massive storm cloud in the Slytherin common room. Then there are the events of today, the abrupt and unexpected choking of two students, who are now fine, and the terrifying earthquake. Fire, water, air, and earth. The four elements of the physical world."
"The Elementals." Professor Sprout's voice came from the middle of the mass of professors.
"Exactly." Dumbledore agreed. "The legendary Elementals. Unfortunately all we know about any of the past Elementals is only what we know from legend. What we do know is that Voldemort," there was a shudder from most in the room, "knows about them. He has come to the same conclusion as I have. The Black sisters are the new generation of the Elementals." There was a hush then a growing noise as they all started asking questions at once.
"You said that you don't know what happened to the last ones?" one professor asked.
"No, not even I am that old. However, my friend Nicholas Flamel once said that he had met them. Whether or not there was any truth to that statement I am uncertain. What I do know is that the last ones were the Blanc sisters: Christy, Caitlin, Michele and Aine."
"Do they know?" Professor Flitwick asked.
"Parts of it. I have informed them that I believe, judging by recent events, that it is possible that they are the Elementals. However, I did not inform them about Voldemort's knowledge of them or that they may be in serious danger," he paused, "from Voldemort or themselves.
"What do you mean, Albus?" Snape spoke for the first time.
Dumbledore sighed. "They do not have control over their powers, as you yourself have seen. Yet, there is no one alive who can fully understand their powers or train the girls to use them."
"That is not entirely true, Albus." Professor Ashkevron had just walked through the door.
"Do you have someone in mind, Vanyel?" Dumbledore asked.
"I might know someone."
~*~*~
"No, no, no, no. I told you Vanyel. NO!"
"Please. They need your help! If you don't help them they will have absolutely no control over their powers. They will be vulnerable to Voldemort or they could end up hurting themselves or others." Vanyel pleaded with the two people.
One was a beautiful woman with a large brim hat over her brown ringlets. she looked young but the glasses she worn gave her a wise appearance. The other was a tall man who wore a brown suit. He would seem ordinary to even with a salamander on his shoulder that spoke up now and then if it hadn't been for his head that was shaped like a wolf's head.
The room was however more ordinary then him. Different tables were covered in bubbling cauldrons, old thick books stacked four or five high, and odd instruments for their different experiments.
"Vanyel, I told you we came here to Romania to get away from the wizarding world." The man tried to explain. "Those wizards would lock me up in Azakban if they didn't just kill me."
"No one needs to know that you've come back. Most think you're long dead. Besides you can stay at Hogwarts. Dumbledore and the Professors there will be the last ones to turn you in. Please." Vanyel practically begged.
"Oh, alright. Tell me about these girls."
Halloween managed to fall on a Saturday and the entire school was in a state of excitement. Cleo, Mêlée, A'lira, and Curania were the most wound up despite the new knowledge they had acquired. It was their eighteenth birthday! They, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny had made plans to spend the whole day just having fun. They had managed to get some costumes and they were going to run around the school all day pretending to be someone else. The last thing they expected was to be half way to the meeting place, in full costume (Curania was a fairy, Cleo was a devil, A'lira was a princess, and Mêlée was an elf), and be called to Dumbledore's office.
They arrived at the office still in costume after running to tell Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny that they'd try to catch up to them after they were done with whatever Dumbledore wanted. The first thing they noticed when they walked into the office was Professor Ashkevron in his brilliant white robes. The second was two strangers; a woman and man with a wolf's head standing in a off to the side.
Professor Ashkevron turned to greet them as they walked in. "Good you got the message. Please come sit down." Four chairs appeared and they sat down.
"Your message didn't say why we were to come, Professor." Cleo asked timidly looking at the woman.
"Yes I am sorry for interrupting your birthday plans but there is someone very important I would like you to meet." He answered. "I would like to present the woman and gentlewoman who are going to teach."
"Try to teach." The man corrected.
Professor Ashkevron smirked at him. "Try to teach you four how to control and use your new found powers." He paused. "A'lira, Curania, Mêlée, and Cleo Black I would like you to meet Rosalind and Jason Cameron.