Child of the Earth
Sweet Sakura Curls
Chapter 3
*One Year Later*
Hermione walked through the small orphanage that Albus had told her about. She grieved, deep inside her soul, for the poor children who were sentenced to growing up here. These children, magical though they were, could never really find the family they needed here, and few of them were ever adopted.
Hermione had been told that there was a long wait for a child, especially a magical one. To many people wanted to adopt babies. However, Albus had told her of the plight of older children, ones who had little chance of ever being adopted, and their talks had led her here, to Agatha's Orphanage for Magical Children.
The owner of the Orphanage, an unimaginative but caring woman, whose slightly plump figure and salt and pepper hair gave her the image of being motherly, which she was, had left Hermione to her own devises long ago, simply telling her to walk around and talk with the children. Not knowing where to start, Hermione aimlessly walked down the halls, stopping to talk with a ten year old blond haired girl named Leika, whose arrogant attitude had Hermione excusing herself only minutes after the conversation had begun, and then to talk with a five year old boy named Haru who had a sweet but confused nature.
For hours Hermione walked, playing with the children occasionally, before she finally saw a little boy crouched in the small vegetable garden that the orphanage owned. She quietly entered the garden and knelt down next to the boy.
"Hello, what's your name?" The little boy looked at Hermione, and she gaped at his extraordinary eyes, forest green and amber.
"My name is Dmitri, what's yours?" The little boy's voice was serious but tinged with slight curiosity.
"I'm Hermione. What are you doing here?"
"I'm checking on the carrots. They were sick before, and I wanted to make sure that they were strong again."
"How can you tell?"
"I ask them. They're getting better now, I helped them a little."
"Did you?"
"Yes." Dmitri looked at Hermione,
"Would you like a rose?"
"There aren't any roses here." Hermione smiled at the boy, not sure what he was going to do.
"I can grow you one."
"But there aren't any rose bushes, and it'll take months to grow one."
"Wait." Dmitri frowned slightly and put his hand to the ground. As Hermione watched, little green sprouts shot from the ground and twined around the little boy's arm. Slowly the sprouts gained thickness and thorns, then little buds, and finally, beautiful roses appeared, a deep blood red color.
After a few minutes, the flowers stopped growing and a single rose fell into Dmitri's hand, and he held it out to Hermione with the hand that wasn't trapped by the new rose bush.
"Here. Would you like it?"
Hermione stared at the boy and numbly held out her hand. When the rose landed in her palm, she jumped slightly, as though expecting it to be an illusion. A peaceful silence rose over the garden and Dmitri coaxed the rose bush to stand without his arm, and Hermione walked, still stunned. Suddenly, an almost angry voice shot through the air.
"Dmitri Yasuo Kaminari! How many times have I told you not to grow flowers in the vegetable garden! Move them out of there!"
Agatha stormed out of the house, a boom in her hand, which she had been sweeping the porch with.
"You have an entire garden out in the forest! Use it! The carrots are fine! Move those roses!"
And as Hermione watched, Dmitri sighed regretfully, as though he really thought that the roses belonged in the vegetable garden, and then the rose bush began to wrap around his body again, until even the roots were twinned around one of his legs. The small boy began to walk away, before turning back to Hermione.
"Would you liked to see my garden?" His voice was shy, as though unsure that she would think he was silly for having a garden.
"Of course, lead the way!" Hermione forced herself to sound cheerful, though she was really shell-shocked.
Dmitri turned again and walked into the forest behind the orphanage and would have disappeared into the foliage if Hermione hadn't raced after him. After a few minutes, Hermione stepped into the most beautiful garden she had ever seen.
Exotic flowers were growing everywhere. Some were seemed tangled in beautiful knot, while others lined up nicely in rows and columns. She could see some common flowers, daisy's and sunflowers, growing intertwined with bleeding hearts, orchids and other less seen flowers. It was truly beautiful. In one corner stood a bench, deep cherry wood that seemed to have simply grown into the shape it was now.
Hermione turned and just saw the rose bush slip into the ground and open it's petals, as though welcoming the soil and light that it now grew in. Dmitri sighed and looked around the garden, seeming to be soaking up the peaceful atmosphere of the garden like a flower does sunshine.
Hesitant to break the church like quiet, Hermione waited a moment before speaking.
"Dmitri, did you grow all this?"
Dmitri jumped, not expecting the voice. It appeared that he had forgotten there was another person with him.
"Hai!" His voice was proud.
"Hi? What do you mean?" (a/n: Hermione doesn't speak Japanese, but Dmitri is bilingual)
"Yes, I grew all the flowers."
"They're beautiful."
"Arigato."
For a long time, they sat in the garden, neither said a word, just sat and enjoyed the plants. Finally, as the sky was darkening, Dmitri stood up.
"We should go home now. Aunt Agatha has dinner ready."
"How do you know?"
"Dinner is always when it's dark. It's almost dark."
"Oh, ok."
Hermione stood up as well, then she turned to the boy.
"Dmitri…how would you feel about coming to live with me?"
"For how long?"
"Well…forever. I would like to adopt you. Would you want me to be your new mommy?"
"My kaa-san is dead."
"I know, but she would want you to have a new kaa-san, so that you have a family."
"Could I have a garden?"
"Oh, yes of course."
"You really want me?" His voice was so heart-breakingly innocent and afraid that Hermione could just feel love and protectiveness welling up inside her.
"Yes, I really want you."
"Ok."
TO BE CONTINUED…
Author's Note: There ya go. New chapter. Sorry for the wait, I've been sick and my teachers have been giving loads of homework and I have a bunch of family stuff to do for Christmas, so my life has been really busy lately.
I hope I didn't offend anyone with this chapter. I've never been to an orphanage, I've never met anyone who's been to one, so this is based off guesses and what I've read in other stories and books. I don't know what kind of emotions that brings or what kind of lifestyle people have, so if anything offends, please tell me and I'll do my best to fix it.
I'm not so good at emotional scenes, like this one was meant to be, so the last bit came out kinda flat, but hopefully the next chapters should be better. If anyone has any suggestions, please tell me.
REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!
Thanks to:
someone out there, Ecavi, Charlie26, Kemenran
Stuff- Yes, he will be going to Hogwarts. Kinda. Hermione will be taking care of him. And as for being the heir of Merlin, Fate, and Gryffindor, I haven't decided yet. It'll come in later. Tell me what you thought of the chapter! Review!
athenakitty- Yup, Amaya and Kaemon were proud of their son. How Dmitri got to the orphanage will be explained later. He'll kinda go to Hogwarts. Yes, why he parents were killed will come in later. Review please!
LostOne- He won't regain his memories. That would cause to many problems. Yes, he is Harry's reincarnation, that'll come in later in the story. He'll kinda go to Hogwarts, but that's a whole new bag of chips. There isn't really any resemblance between Harry and Dmitri, the body has no effect on the soul. That too will be explained later. Tell me what you think. Review!
Sweet Sakura Curls
Chapter 3
*One Year Later*
Hermione walked through the small orphanage that Albus had told her about. She grieved, deep inside her soul, for the poor children who were sentenced to growing up here. These children, magical though they were, could never really find the family they needed here, and few of them were ever adopted.
Hermione had been told that there was a long wait for a child, especially a magical one. To many people wanted to adopt babies. However, Albus had told her of the plight of older children, ones who had little chance of ever being adopted, and their talks had led her here, to Agatha's Orphanage for Magical Children.
The owner of the Orphanage, an unimaginative but caring woman, whose slightly plump figure and salt and pepper hair gave her the image of being motherly, which she was, had left Hermione to her own devises long ago, simply telling her to walk around and talk with the children. Not knowing where to start, Hermione aimlessly walked down the halls, stopping to talk with a ten year old blond haired girl named Leika, whose arrogant attitude had Hermione excusing herself only minutes after the conversation had begun, and then to talk with a five year old boy named Haru who had a sweet but confused nature.
For hours Hermione walked, playing with the children occasionally, before she finally saw a little boy crouched in the small vegetable garden that the orphanage owned. She quietly entered the garden and knelt down next to the boy.
"Hello, what's your name?" The little boy looked at Hermione, and she gaped at his extraordinary eyes, forest green and amber.
"My name is Dmitri, what's yours?" The little boy's voice was serious but tinged with slight curiosity.
"I'm Hermione. What are you doing here?"
"I'm checking on the carrots. They were sick before, and I wanted to make sure that they were strong again."
"How can you tell?"
"I ask them. They're getting better now, I helped them a little."
"Did you?"
"Yes." Dmitri looked at Hermione,
"Would you like a rose?"
"There aren't any roses here." Hermione smiled at the boy, not sure what he was going to do.
"I can grow you one."
"But there aren't any rose bushes, and it'll take months to grow one."
"Wait." Dmitri frowned slightly and put his hand to the ground. As Hermione watched, little green sprouts shot from the ground and twined around the little boy's arm. Slowly the sprouts gained thickness and thorns, then little buds, and finally, beautiful roses appeared, a deep blood red color.
After a few minutes, the flowers stopped growing and a single rose fell into Dmitri's hand, and he held it out to Hermione with the hand that wasn't trapped by the new rose bush.
"Here. Would you like it?"
Hermione stared at the boy and numbly held out her hand. When the rose landed in her palm, she jumped slightly, as though expecting it to be an illusion. A peaceful silence rose over the garden and Dmitri coaxed the rose bush to stand without his arm, and Hermione walked, still stunned. Suddenly, an almost angry voice shot through the air.
"Dmitri Yasuo Kaminari! How many times have I told you not to grow flowers in the vegetable garden! Move them out of there!"
Agatha stormed out of the house, a boom in her hand, which she had been sweeping the porch with.
"You have an entire garden out in the forest! Use it! The carrots are fine! Move those roses!"
And as Hermione watched, Dmitri sighed regretfully, as though he really thought that the roses belonged in the vegetable garden, and then the rose bush began to wrap around his body again, until even the roots were twinned around one of his legs. The small boy began to walk away, before turning back to Hermione.
"Would you liked to see my garden?" His voice was shy, as though unsure that she would think he was silly for having a garden.
"Of course, lead the way!" Hermione forced herself to sound cheerful, though she was really shell-shocked.
Dmitri turned again and walked into the forest behind the orphanage and would have disappeared into the foliage if Hermione hadn't raced after him. After a few minutes, Hermione stepped into the most beautiful garden she had ever seen.
Exotic flowers were growing everywhere. Some were seemed tangled in beautiful knot, while others lined up nicely in rows and columns. She could see some common flowers, daisy's and sunflowers, growing intertwined with bleeding hearts, orchids and other less seen flowers. It was truly beautiful. In one corner stood a bench, deep cherry wood that seemed to have simply grown into the shape it was now.
Hermione turned and just saw the rose bush slip into the ground and open it's petals, as though welcoming the soil and light that it now grew in. Dmitri sighed and looked around the garden, seeming to be soaking up the peaceful atmosphere of the garden like a flower does sunshine.
Hesitant to break the church like quiet, Hermione waited a moment before speaking.
"Dmitri, did you grow all this?"
Dmitri jumped, not expecting the voice. It appeared that he had forgotten there was another person with him.
"Hai!" His voice was proud.
"Hi? What do you mean?" (a/n: Hermione doesn't speak Japanese, but Dmitri is bilingual)
"Yes, I grew all the flowers."
"They're beautiful."
"Arigato."
For a long time, they sat in the garden, neither said a word, just sat and enjoyed the plants. Finally, as the sky was darkening, Dmitri stood up.
"We should go home now. Aunt Agatha has dinner ready."
"How do you know?"
"Dinner is always when it's dark. It's almost dark."
"Oh, ok."
Hermione stood up as well, then she turned to the boy.
"Dmitri…how would you feel about coming to live with me?"
"For how long?"
"Well…forever. I would like to adopt you. Would you want me to be your new mommy?"
"My kaa-san is dead."
"I know, but she would want you to have a new kaa-san, so that you have a family."
"Could I have a garden?"
"Oh, yes of course."
"You really want me?" His voice was so heart-breakingly innocent and afraid that Hermione could just feel love and protectiveness welling up inside her.
"Yes, I really want you."
"Ok."
TO BE CONTINUED…
Author's Note: There ya go. New chapter. Sorry for the wait, I've been sick and my teachers have been giving loads of homework and I have a bunch of family stuff to do for Christmas, so my life has been really busy lately.
I hope I didn't offend anyone with this chapter. I've never been to an orphanage, I've never met anyone who's been to one, so this is based off guesses and what I've read in other stories and books. I don't know what kind of emotions that brings or what kind of lifestyle people have, so if anything offends, please tell me and I'll do my best to fix it.
I'm not so good at emotional scenes, like this one was meant to be, so the last bit came out kinda flat, but hopefully the next chapters should be better. If anyone has any suggestions, please tell me.
REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!
Thanks to:
someone out there, Ecavi, Charlie26, Kemenran
Stuff- Yes, he will be going to Hogwarts. Kinda. Hermione will be taking care of him. And as for being the heir of Merlin, Fate, and Gryffindor, I haven't decided yet. It'll come in later. Tell me what you thought of the chapter! Review!
athenakitty- Yup, Amaya and Kaemon were proud of their son. How Dmitri got to the orphanage will be explained later. He'll kinda go to Hogwarts. Yes, why he parents were killed will come in later. Review please!
LostOne- He won't regain his memories. That would cause to many problems. Yes, he is Harry's reincarnation, that'll come in later in the story. He'll kinda go to Hogwarts, but that's a whole new bag of chips. There isn't really any resemblance between Harry and Dmitri, the body has no effect on the soul. That too will be explained later. Tell me what you think. Review!