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Chapter 5
"Goodness gracious me" the small bearded man said.
"Excuse me?" Jo said slowly.
"Oh my, oh my" the man said. "May... May I sit down, miss Rowling?" he said stuttering a little.
"Sure" she replied and he pulled himself a chair and sat down at the table looking nervously at the four others.
"My name is Filius... Filius Flitwick" he said slowly and the other four raised their eyebrows.
"You're not Flitwick!" Ron said. "He is... different"
"Oh my..." he said slowly. "Not that Flitwick. Not your Flitwick. I am a wizard from another realm, myself and I came here since it seemed like a much more... nice place where to run my experiments"
"So, you're just like us, away from your world" Hermione said, smiling. "How could we get back?"
"That's just it!" he said putting his head in his hands. "You can't... Not since he came and did that. I want to get you back, but I can't."
The four stared at him as he was saying things only he understood.
"What are you talking about?" Jo asked, her eyebrows raised. "Who is he and what did he do?"
"Tell us, man!" Ron said desperately and nearly hit his glass with his hand while he was gesturing furiously.
Flitwick shook his head, obviously disturbed and took a sip out of Harry's glass before the boy could complain. In fact, he wasn't sure the wizard had done that consciously.
"You see, when I came to this world, I brought my Moon Ball with me..." he said slowly, before he raised his head and looked at them in turns. "Right, right, you use wands... Moon Balls are used to do powerful spells, like calling storms or spirits or taking people from a place to another... or even to another realm! So I came here with it and I started working on my experiments. There is no Magical Law here, since there are no wizards. I wanted to see if I could bring creatures from other realms here: I could. I could even send them back"
He stopped talking and looked them in the eyes.
"So you can take us back" Ron said and Flitwick sighed.
"No, I can't. After I summoned you, I wanted to take you back, but you see, there was a wizard that came here, a wizard from my realm. He fought me, defeated me and took my Moon Ball. You might know him, he chose Voldemort as a name, but he used to be Tom Marvolo Riddle"
"Voldemort!" Harry said, his eyes getting larger.
"Oh, yes, your old enemy..." Flitwick said and sniffed. "I know you killed him there, but how about here? Could you do it again? He wants to take over this world! And there are no wizards to face him here!"
By this time, Flitwick was nearly crying.
"I'm a terrible, terrible person! How could I do this?" he said slowly, his voice shaking.
"Well, where is he?" Hermione said.
"He lives under the ground" Flitwick said looking at her with tears on his eyes. "He has there some awful potions he is brewing and there are snakes everywhere. I cannot go there alone, he will kill me!"
"Well, we'll come with you!" Ron said. "Harry's defeated Voldemort once, he can do it again!"
Jo smiled at Ron. After Voldemort's death, he had had no problem in saying his name. However, Flitwick seemed to get desperate.
"Yes, but you see... This Voldemort is not that Voldemort. He doesn't fight with a wand, he fights with wandless magic!" Flitwick said and then added slowly and again, almost to himself: "I don't know why he needed two Moon Balls, it's nearly impossible to use two in the same time"
"What type of magic can he do?" Hermione asked.
"Horrible, horrible magic..." Flitwick replied. "You do not know its type. He can shoot lightning out of his hands, he can make the air in a room swirl around, his magic is more powerful... The weakness would be that it takes longer for him to charge than it takes you"
The small wizard put his head in his hands and looked at Harry, disturbed.
"Could you show me this type of magic?" the Gryffindor asked.
"Of course!" Flitwick replied. "But I'm not as good as he is, oh my, no!" he said. "Miss Rowling, she knows, doesn't she, she knows what I mean"
"I think I know" Jo replied thoughtful. "Well, I think that Voldemort is an Elemental"
The small wizard shook his head desperately.
"He is more than that. Please, can I show them?"
"Sure" she replied and nodded. "Let's go, it seems like it's urgent"
She got up and the other four followed her lead. Soon enough, they were going down the streets again and back in her apartment.
"Good. Can anyone please put a silencing charm here?" Flitwick asked and the trio stared at him dumbfound.
"You can't?" Ron asked, frowning.
"Oh, I could" Flitwick replied. "But it is easier for you to do that than it is for me. You shall see why"
Harry took out his wand and cast a silencing charm. Flitwick smiled and put his hands in front of his eyes, at about twenty centimeters, frowned deeply in concentration and two electrical orbs formed at the top of his hand. Then, with a cry, he threw his hands forward, touching them as they reached the maximum length. A lightning shot from them to the table, making it nearly blow up.
"Fix it, fix it!" he said quickly to the three wizards and Hermione took out her wand and did it quickly. "That is the power of lightning" Flitwick explained. "Hard to get, but one of the most powerful attacks there are"
Harry sighed.
"What about the Avada Kedavra?" he asked slowly.
"It's not know to him" Flitwick replied. "Wand magic is not known to him. But look what we can do easier!"
He made a few gestures with his hands and objects around the room flew to him. Then, he snapped his fingers and the lights went on. He snapped them again and they went off. He easily lifted the table to the ceiling.
"So, anything that involves moving objects... it's easier to you" Hermione concluded.
"Yes" Flitwick said. "But when it comes to hexes and jinxes, we're nowhere... But we can control fire and water and lightning and air, just like I showed you!"
"Oh, hell" Ron muttered. "So, what do we do?"
"Well, I've got an idea" Jo said. "How about we sleep tonight. Filius, do you have anywhere to spend the night?"
"Yes, but I'd rather not stay there..." Filius said with a small smile. "If Voldemort comes after me, then... Last time I escaped by miracle"
"Ok, then, I'll get two rooms. Hermione, you can stay with me, Ron and Harry in one room and Filius in one other" Jo said with a smile. "And tomorrow we can go find Voldemort. Is it alright?"
"I suppose" Filius said and the other three nodded.
Jo rushed out of the room and came back half an hour later. The wizards had talked about the many differences between realms, but also about the many things that were the same.
"It's settled" she told the four. "Guys, room 210, Filius, 211. keys, here"
She threw the keys to Harry and Filius and the male part of the group went to their rooms while Jo and Hermione remained where they were. Hermione conjured herself some pajamas and both went to bed.
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AN: Well, I'm starting to really enjoy writing all this. I mean, I'm starting to enjoy it... again!
Thanks to:
ChikinWang: Thanks for the review! And I will update as soon as I can! huge goofy grin
Chapter 5
"Goodness gracious me" the small bearded man said.
"Excuse me?" Jo said slowly.
"Oh my, oh my" the man said. "May... May I sit down, miss Rowling?" he said stuttering a little.
"Sure" she replied and he pulled himself a chair and sat down at the table looking nervously at the four others.
"My name is Filius... Filius Flitwick" he said slowly and the other four raised their eyebrows.
"You're not Flitwick!" Ron said. "He is... different"
"Oh my..." he said slowly. "Not that Flitwick. Not your Flitwick. I am a wizard from another realm, myself and I came here since it seemed like a much more... nice place where to run my experiments"
"So, you're just like us, away from your world" Hermione said, smiling. "How could we get back?"
"That's just it!" he said putting his head in his hands. "You can't... Not since he came and did that. I want to get you back, but I can't."
The four stared at him as he was saying things only he understood.
"What are you talking about?" Jo asked, her eyebrows raised. "Who is he and what did he do?"
"Tell us, man!" Ron said desperately and nearly hit his glass with his hand while he was gesturing furiously.
Flitwick shook his head, obviously disturbed and took a sip out of Harry's glass before the boy could complain. In fact, he wasn't sure the wizard had done that consciously.
"You see, when I came to this world, I brought my Moon Ball with me..." he said slowly, before he raised his head and looked at them in turns. "Right, right, you use wands... Moon Balls are used to do powerful spells, like calling storms or spirits or taking people from a place to another... or even to another realm! So I came here with it and I started working on my experiments. There is no Magical Law here, since there are no wizards. I wanted to see if I could bring creatures from other realms here: I could. I could even send them back"
He stopped talking and looked them in the eyes.
"So you can take us back" Ron said and Flitwick sighed.
"No, I can't. After I summoned you, I wanted to take you back, but you see, there was a wizard that came here, a wizard from my realm. He fought me, defeated me and took my Moon Ball. You might know him, he chose Voldemort as a name, but he used to be Tom Marvolo Riddle"
"Voldemort!" Harry said, his eyes getting larger.
"Oh, yes, your old enemy..." Flitwick said and sniffed. "I know you killed him there, but how about here? Could you do it again? He wants to take over this world! And there are no wizards to face him here!"
By this time, Flitwick was nearly crying.
"I'm a terrible, terrible person! How could I do this?" he said slowly, his voice shaking.
"Well, where is he?" Hermione said.
"He lives under the ground" Flitwick said looking at her with tears on his eyes. "He has there some awful potions he is brewing and there are snakes everywhere. I cannot go there alone, he will kill me!"
"Well, we'll come with you!" Ron said. "Harry's defeated Voldemort once, he can do it again!"
Jo smiled at Ron. After Voldemort's death, he had had no problem in saying his name. However, Flitwick seemed to get desperate.
"Yes, but you see... This Voldemort is not that Voldemort. He doesn't fight with a wand, he fights with wandless magic!" Flitwick said and then added slowly and again, almost to himself: "I don't know why he needed two Moon Balls, it's nearly impossible to use two in the same time"
"What type of magic can he do?" Hermione asked.
"Horrible, horrible magic..." Flitwick replied. "You do not know its type. He can shoot lightning out of his hands, he can make the air in a room swirl around, his magic is more powerful... The weakness would be that it takes longer for him to charge than it takes you"
The small wizard put his head in his hands and looked at Harry, disturbed.
"Could you show me this type of magic?" the Gryffindor asked.
"Of course!" Flitwick replied. "But I'm not as good as he is, oh my, no!" he said. "Miss Rowling, she knows, doesn't she, she knows what I mean"
"I think I know" Jo replied thoughtful. "Well, I think that Voldemort is an Elemental"
The small wizard shook his head desperately.
"He is more than that. Please, can I show them?"
"Sure" she replied and nodded. "Let's go, it seems like it's urgent"
She got up and the other four followed her lead. Soon enough, they were going down the streets again and back in her apartment.
"Good. Can anyone please put a silencing charm here?" Flitwick asked and the trio stared at him dumbfound.
"You can't?" Ron asked, frowning.
"Oh, I could" Flitwick replied. "But it is easier for you to do that than it is for me. You shall see why"
Harry took out his wand and cast a silencing charm. Flitwick smiled and put his hands in front of his eyes, at about twenty centimeters, frowned deeply in concentration and two electrical orbs formed at the top of his hand. Then, with a cry, he threw his hands forward, touching them as they reached the maximum length. A lightning shot from them to the table, making it nearly blow up.
"Fix it, fix it!" he said quickly to the three wizards and Hermione took out her wand and did it quickly. "That is the power of lightning" Flitwick explained. "Hard to get, but one of the most powerful attacks there are"
Harry sighed.
"What about the Avada Kedavra?" he asked slowly.
"It's not know to him" Flitwick replied. "Wand magic is not known to him. But look what we can do easier!"
He made a few gestures with his hands and objects around the room flew to him. Then, he snapped his fingers and the lights went on. He snapped them again and they went off. He easily lifted the table to the ceiling.
"So, anything that involves moving objects... it's easier to you" Hermione concluded.
"Yes" Flitwick said. "But when it comes to hexes and jinxes, we're nowhere... But we can control fire and water and lightning and air, just like I showed you!"
"Oh, hell" Ron muttered. "So, what do we do?"
"Well, I've got an idea" Jo said. "How about we sleep tonight. Filius, do you have anywhere to spend the night?"
"Yes, but I'd rather not stay there..." Filius said with a small smile. "If Voldemort comes after me, then... Last time I escaped by miracle"
"Ok, then, I'll get two rooms. Hermione, you can stay with me, Ron and Harry in one room and Filius in one other" Jo said with a smile. "And tomorrow we can go find Voldemort. Is it alright?"
"I suppose" Filius said and the other three nodded.
Jo rushed out of the room and came back half an hour later. The wizards had talked about the many differences between realms, but also about the many things that were the same.
"It's settled" she told the four. "Guys, room 210, Filius, 211. keys, here"
She threw the keys to Harry and Filius and the male part of the group went to their rooms while Jo and Hermione remained where they were. Hermione conjured herself some pajamas and both went to bed.
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AN: Well, I'm starting to really enjoy writing all this. I mean, I'm starting to enjoy it... again!
Thanks to:
ChikinWang: Thanks for the review! And I will update as soon as I can! huge goofy grin