For The Love of a Child Chapter 3

(History part 2 & Smart Alecks)

Sorry for not updating sooner but I have just been so busy with school and such.

But here is the next chapter so enjoy.

[Last Time]

Elrond and Glorfindel were the first to reach the cupboard door and they found it locked. They both just wanted to break it, but knew that would just cause too much noise. So they just looked around trying to find the keys.

Elladan and Elrohir looked at each other then back at the two 'adults' then backed to each other and just smirked.

[Now]

Elladan and Elrohir had always been pranksters, they knew it and well so did everyone else who knew them. Twins have very strong bonds, and let's just say that theirs is extra strong. They were debating with each other on whether or not they should help their "elders" out, but then they wondered at the consequences their actions would have if they did so. Elladan being the more serious of the two tried to tell his brother that their father and Glorfindel would figure something out. Elrohir argued with his brother that so they could leave this place earlier that they should produce their "help" and take what consequences that it would make.

While they both were arguing with each other, Elrond and Glorfindel had been having their own discussion.

"Elrond, I think that we should just pull the door off the hinges and say to h*** with what ever noise it may make" argued Glorfindel.

Elrond heard what his best friend and at time mentor was saying, but he just did not agree. He now knew for sure that the boy was inside of the cupboard and that the little two-year old was asleep. He knew that any sudden noise would awaken and terrify the little elfling inside. Elrond just did not want this to happen, because he knew that the boy had had enough terrifying times in his short life.

"Glorfindel, I just do not think that is the best option, I don't want to scare the boy to much. He may think that someone is in the house and trying to steal something or maybe to hurt him and his family" responded Elrond.

The twins had picked up on the argument between his father and their teacher, who was usually one of their victims. And after they heard the argument that their father had used and Elladan questioned in a hushed whisper "But dad……um…..are we not breaking into the house to steal something?"

Elrohir responded in a mocking tone "Or better yet a person."

Elrond glared at his sons at said "We are wasting time while a little boy lays in their in who knows what condition, while you two are standing their joking around."

"Glorfindel, do you have any other ideas other then just ripping the door off of the hinges?" questioned Elrond

"Sorry mellon nin*, not unless you have the key to open the door, or something to pick the lock with, like a hairpin" responded Glorfindel.

Elrohir reached into the satchel that he carried and pulled out a wooden box, he then unlatched the swivel and handed it to his father and Glorfindel. "Here, this should help…..just promise one thing" requested Elrohir

Elrond and Glorfindel both had surprised looks upon their faces. "And what would that be, my son" asked Elrond.

"That when this is over you will give us it back" Elladan and Elrohir both replied at the same time.

"We shall see, We shall see, after of course our little "chat" retorted Elrond, watching the paling of his son's faces to a sickly shade of off white.

While Elrond had been rebuking his sons, Glorfindel had been busy pulling out the tool he needed for the wooden box, and was trying to unlatch the lock on the cupboard door, unsuccessfully.

Elladan watched on impassively, while Elrond stood their calmly, trying to find out the condition of the boy that was contained inside. Elrohir was fidgeting and asked "Glorfindel, is you age starting to catch up with you or what? Do you want me to do if for you?"

Glorfindel tried unsuccessful for a few more seconds and then shoved the tool into Elrohir's hand and responded gruffly "Here take it, you can try."

Elrohir got down to the level of the key hole, stuck the tool in and popped the latch in no time. He then turned and smiled smugly at Glorfindel who had a look of dismay on his charming face.

"So Glory just how old are you now?" questioned Elrond who had a look upon his face that promised to question Glorfindel about his lack of skill in opening the door. Glorfindel responded with a look of loathing toward Elrond, and just turned his attention toward the door that Elrohir was getting ready to open.

From inside of the cupboard movement was heard as someone shifted around. Elrond realized that his ward had woken and was scared but not terrified of what he heard. He realized that the little boy was holding his breath trying to listen to his surroundings to find out what was going on.

Elrond held up a hand telling the others to stay silent. Elrond then got down on his knees and was preparing to open the door when………………….

[Flash Back]

Elrond had found the article that described his daughter being found outside the gates of Hogwarts unconscious and then being taking in by Albus Gandulf Dumbledore. He realized that this must be Gandulf's great great great great something or another grandson.

He found articles that continued to talk about the mysterious girl, who remembered nothing. She did not know who she was, how old she was, where she was from, or even who wizards were. Articles continued to say how she was tested and was found to have a great source of magical energy, and debates were raged about having her placed within the school.

Dumbledore finally won and the girl was allowed to tend Hogwarts, and since her age could not be determined and she looked much like a child, she started at the beginning. Now the problem was giving the girl a name to go by.

Elrond continued reading, glad that his daughter had found a place to be at with people she could get along with. He learned that the girl has sent spent much time with flowers, and that her favorite flower was the Lily. So his baby girl was soon going by the name of Lily, Lily Evans. He found out that to keep his daughter out of harm, Dumbledore had, had his daughter placed in muggle foster care, where she was fostered to a nice family called the Evans, who had a older daughter named Petunia.

Lily fit in well with her new parents, but did not get on that well with her older sister. Her parents loved her so much that they went to court and fought to be able to adopt her, they believed that fate had sent her to them…….fate because of her name fit so well in the family. Her parents Roger and Daisy were overjoyed over the fact that she was magical and got accepted into a great school. But one in the family was not, Petunia was very jealous of all the attention her sister got, and how her sister took all the attention from her. And the fact that Lily was a freak, and her parents overjoyed about it just further set the sister's apart. Till one day Petunia thought to herself that she would have her revenge.

Elrond watched the pictures of his baby……is baby girl as she laughed with her new friends, loved her school work and such and he watched the darkness grow. And he realized that this was all part of his baby's density, this is why he had to leave her so that these things would happen. He watched as his daughter won several awards, was the top of her class, developed close friendships with most of her class, especially three young boys and one in particular. He watched as his daughter made perfect in her fifth year, watched her love James Potter, and develop stronger relationships for the other two boys, develop a dislike for Peter one of the boys other friends, she just seemed to not trust this boy, and for very good reasons Elrond later finds out while watching the darkness grow.

Elrond continued watching as his daughter was a huge social success, who stayed at the top of her class, how she was made head girl in her final year of school, watched her graduate top of the class and get offered a top job in the ministry as an unspeakable and he watched the darkness grow. He watched his daughter marry her school sweetheart and then a few years later he watched the birth………………………………wait birth, Elrond thought. I have a little grandson, no matter what I am going to find my family and get acquainted with them now, Elrond realized. He knew that someone who have to show Harry the elvin way, since his mother did not remember, and strange things would start to happen to Harry if he did not. Elrond also realized that he had to find out what this darkness was, and why it was surrounded around his daughter, and to make it go away before it was too late and he lost his daughter once again.

The birth of their first child a little boy called Harry James Potter unofficially, but officially never named. Then Elrond read of the death of his daughter and her husband a little over a year later, and how his grandson was named a hero, the boy who defeated Voldermort, the boy-who-lived.

Translations of Elvish words

*Mellon nin-friend

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