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A/N: Hi again and now we start with the city of Waterdeep home of some of the most powerful mages in the realms but that enough from me on with the show and do till me what you think of it I live for reviews.
Chapter 18: Waterdeep and the Blackstaff
Harry was up with the dawn. Hermione was still asleep next to him so being quiet he dressed in the clothes Drizzt left him, black leather pants and white shirt and then left the room. The common room was empty of any one from the group but Aerie was there with Amra in her arms feeding her.
"Morning Harry and how was your sleep?" Aerie chirped when she saw Harry coming down the stairs.
Harry smiled at her and taking a seat next to her replied "It was alright when we got little Amra to go to sleep and how was your night?"
Aerie smiled then looked over to the door from the street. "It was an avenge business night and no fight which is good, but Merinid did not come home last night. I hope Blackstaff was not keeping him up to late."
"Blackstaff?" Harry asked with a questioning look.
"Yes, he is one of the most powerful mages on the planet. He was the one to help set up the lab for Merinid and I in the basement of this Inn." Aerie said a small smile on her face.
"Well, he sounds like a nice guy. So what are we doing today?"
Aerie smiled then, after straightening her robes and placing Amra in her bed next to her Aerie replied. "Well if Merinid gets back when the other get up I will take you around the city and then leave you to your own entertainments." Harry nodded and looked into the fire.
Aerie offered Harry a drink and breakfast while they're waited for the others which he accepted.
Harry was half way through his bread and beef from the other night when Hermione came down from their room dressed in black leather pants and a white shirt like his. "Harry do you have Amra? She was not in our room when I got up."
"Hermione look in the basket by the fire." Harry replied taking another mouth full of his breakfast.
Hermione walked over to the fire to see Amra asleep in her bed. "Harry did you take her from our room?"
"No I did not, Aerie did. I'd say she is as quiet as Drizzt and Liriel when she wants to be." Harry said looking up from his breakfast.
Aerie, who just got back from the kitchen smiled at this "Now I am not that quiet but I was able to get in and out. Hermione here's your breakfast."
Hermione nodded and joined Harry at the bar and asked for a glass of water. "Aerie where are your other children if Amra is your youngest?"
Aerie looks at her with a happy look before answering "My first born Aravilar is now 89 years old and lives in the woods out side the city as a ranger of Forest Shadow, the forests name. He visits when ever he is in town."
Harry starred at her "89 years old? That means you must be over a hundred years old. I mean, you look no older than 26 years."
Aerie smiled at his look. "Harry, I am 198 years old this year. Merinid is 110 years old and Drizzt is older than him as is Liriel. Didn't they ever tell you that elves can life up to 1000 years and longer?"
Hermione looked at her then replied. "Aerie, if he is about half you age why marry Merinid? I mean your own people..."
"My own people will not talk to me now after my wings were cut off in the circus and Merinid was the first man not to be offended by the scars on my back. I love him for that and the children he has given me." She cut in on Hermione.
"I'm sorry Aerie. I did not mean to offend you." Hermione said then went back to her breakfast.
Harry looked at them both then said "Aerie how many children do you have?"
"Four. The eldest you know is in the woods, the next two were twins. One is in the fighter's school as a teacher over in the temple area of the city and her brother is studying magic with Blackstaff in his tower and you know little Amra."
"How old are the twins?" Hermione said, then trying to get back on Aerie's good side.
"Jastra and her brother Gorion will be 58 this ten-day and I hope they will come home for it." Aerie said with a smile at Hermione to show she didn't hold anything agaist her.
"Ah, way is there such an age defence between all of them?" Harry asked then.
"Because elves do not breed like rabbits and pregnancies last one year before the baby is born for a elf, not nine months like a human and Merinid did not want a lot of children all at the same time." Harry and Hermione looked at each other then when back to their breakfast while Aerie smiled and walked over to the fire.
Harry and Hermione had just finished their breakfast when Mr and Mrs Weasley come down from their room.
Aerie looked up from Amra who was awake and looking around the room. "Morning and would you like breakfast?" Arthur nodded while Molly started to walk to the kitchen behind the bar, Aerie not far behind her.
Both came out later with plates of bacon, eggs and the beef and bread from last night. "Now Harry, I know that you did not eat much when Aerie gave you breakfast but do eat some more for me please?" Molly said after the main table had been filled with all the food.
Harry rolled his eyes and sat at the table and waited for the others to wake up.
Just then the rug by the fire glowed and then Merinid was there, looking as he did the other day but in his hands was a red crystal staff that seemed to pulse with power. "Aerie, I'm back. Sorry about last night but Khelben finished it." He said holding out the staff in one hand and wrapping the other around Aerie's waist.
Aerie smiled at him and then looked at the staff. It was caved form a single piece of crystal and was shaped like a dragons body. The head was shaped much like Pyrites, the eyes had been filled with black gems of some kind.
Aerie reached out to touch it but pulled back when it hissed with power. Not taking notice of this she said, "Does it do all you ask of him?"
Merinid smiled at her "Yes, we could have used it with one of my brothers. You know which one." Aerie gave a shudder at that but Amra started to coo from her basket. "And how did daddy's little girl behave last night with out him?" Amra cooed at him and waved her arms at him.
Merinid smiled and placed the staff next to the fire and pick up his draughter and cooed back at her.
Molly could not believe her eyes that this man, a monster from last night, could be so gentle right now with a child.
Just then everyone else came down from their rooms, all in robes or black pants and white shirts. Drizzt was still in his armour and had his sword belt on as well. Liriel was the same but had also added black leather skin tight pants under the dress as will.
Charlie was the one to notice the staff by the fire and walked over to it. He was about to touch it but stopped when it hissed at him too.
Dumbledore looked to see what Charlie was doing when he saw the staff and he looked at Merinid who still had Amra in his arms. "Is that your's or was it left here last night?"
Merinid looked at the staff then at Dumbledore before replying. "It is my staff and please do not touch it for your own safety. Now Drizzt, what have you been doing over the last 89 years since we last meet?"
Drizzt gave a sad smile then started to tell them of his time with his friends and his first love, Catti-brie. Liriel kept an eye on him during all of this and had an arm around his shoulders. He got as far as Catti- brie's death in his arms before he got up all of a sudden and left the room Liriel not far behind him.
Merinid and Aerie both looked as sad as Drizzt had because they had lost human friends as well over their years.
Aerie snap back first. "Well I think that you all would like to get out and see the city, yes?"
They're all agreed to that and left not long after that to take a look at the city of Waterdeep.
It was noon by the time Aerie showed them all the key locations of the city. They were all sitting in a park near the temple area of the city when a shadow falls over the area where they were sitting.
Everyone looked up to see a person flying down to them and land next to Aerie.
"Hi mum. How are you and who are your new friends?" said the new comer to the group.
Harry and the others all turned around to Aerie. Standing there was an elf by her ears and figure. She was wearing a chain shirt and had a long sword around her waist. Her hair was shoulder length, a rich gold colour and her eyes were dark blue. What made her stand out though was the snow-white wings on her back.
Aerie smiled and threw her arms around her draughter. "Jastra. I thought you had classes all day today otherwise I would have visited."
Jastra returned the hug then looked at Harry and his friends. "Mum, you know that I will stop my classes for you and dad. By the way, where is dad and Amra?"
"Back at the Inn. Amra and your father are catching up on sleep and where is your brother seeing that you two are hard to keep apart most of the time?"
Molly smiled at that seeing that Fred and George are much the same.
"He said that he would meet me here around..."
There was a pop next to the tree near them as a man about Aerie's and Jastra height appeared, the hood of his cloak was up and he was dressed in dark purple robes. Hanging from under the hood was a lock of hair the same colour as Jastra's.
"Gorion, you are late and show your wings. You know it upsets mum if you hide them." Jastra said sharply to the man.
Gorion laughed from under his hood as he threw the hood back, showing a male version of Jastra with the same hair and eyes. As the hood left his head his wings of light white appeared on his back. "My dear sister and mother, it's been too long." He said giving Aerie a hug. As he pulled out of the hug with his sister he replied, jumping back. "Jastra your adding weight around the waist there. You will never marry if that keeps up." laughing all the way.
Jastra yelled in mock rage and her sword was out, showing that it was made from glass and threw it through the air right at him in a heartbeat.
The sword hit a barrier a foot away from Gorion who was on the ground laughing all thought this.
The sword returned to Jastra's hand as she walked up to her twin and the two started to trade insults. Aerie sighed at this. "These two have been doing this since they turned 15."
Hermione looked at them in shock as their insults started to get personal and more colourful by the moment. "I think they are still saying hello?" Aerie said watching them as well.
It was an hour before the twins stopped their insult war, Gorion loosing to his sister.
Aerie looked at her children. "Are you finished? Good, now these are friend from that other world you heard about and they are here to visit for a ten- day." The twins nodded as each of them tells their name.
Jastra looked at Harry or more to the point at his sword around his waist. "You know how to use that?" she asked.
Harry nodded. "I know some moves with it why?"
"I was wondering if you would fight me right now? I still have some energy to burn after my brother and I greeted each other and I would like to see your style."
Harry looked at Hermione. 'Do you think I should do it?' he thought.
'I don't see why not. Aerie looks like she can fix any injuries that might happen, so go ahead.' She replied.
Harry nodded to Jastra. "First blood and no magic. Does that all sound fair?"
Jastra nodded and pulled out her sword and got into a fighting crouch.
Harry smiled at her and handed his cloak to Hermione. 'This should be good.' Hermione though to him.
Harry pulled out his sword and dagger in his standed style, dagger in left hand and sword in the right.
Dumbledore walked between them and said. "Remember, first blood. Now begin." walking from between them.
They both moved at the same time, Jastra's sword leading her and her wings arching back out of sword range. Harry's sword blocking the stroke but her sword did not shatter like most glass weapons would have, he dagger going for her chest. The two of them traded blows for half an hour before Harry slipped up and let Jastra's sword through his defences, hitting him in the leg.
"Harry, you got sloppy and overconfident. I expect better from you." A voice said after they both put their weapons away.
Harry turned to see Drizzt and Liriel standing next to the others. Drizzt looked like he had recovered from this morning. "Sorry, Drizzt. I will try harder next time." Harry replied.
"You did all right Harry and you did fine too, Jastra." Drizzt said then smiled at them both.
Jastra looked at Drizzt and with a hint of pride in her voice "Drizzt Do'Urden, the best swords man known to the world, I would be honoured if you would duel me just to see if you are as good as people say."
Drizzt looked at her then at Aerie. "Aerie you have seen me in combat. I will not accept the match with out your permission. What say you?"
Gorion looked at his mother then to his sister. "Mum, I say let them duel. You can heal them if they get hurt."
Aerie nodded. "Drizzt, you can duel her and please be gentle. You know what will happen if Merinid gets angry and killing his little girl will get him angry." She shuddered at the thought of what happened last time. A whole village vanished off the face of the map.
Drizzt nodded and walked up to her. "Same rules as Harry, but magic is allowed, ok?"
Jastra nodded and pulled out her sword again. Drizzt smiled at her but did not pull out his weapons. Jastra attacked first, sword leading the way and again her wings jetting out back away from harm. Drizzt just dodged her attack until her sword got close then both his Scimitars were out and a blur of movement. Jastra, not use to this speed of combat, took flight and hovered out of Drizzt's range.
Drizzt looked up at her and smiled as in one move his hand went to his belt and drew from it a emerald-encrusted dagger. In a flash it was leaving his hand. Jastra, not expecting this, tried to dodge but failed as the dagger hit her right wing joint caursing her to fall to the ground.
Aerie cried out in shock at this and was by her daughter in a instant and had the dagger out of the joint just as fast, her other hand resting on the wound started to glow with a blue light. When she moved her hand the wound was closed.
Aerie was on her feet like a shot and lunged at Drizzt with the dagger he had thrown at her child.
Drizzt seeing the rage in her face about the wounding dodged her and managed to grab her hand. "Aerie, I did not aim at the wing I swear, I was aiming for her leg, I know how you are about your children's wings so I would never aim at them, you know that."
Aerie looked at Drizzt and the fire in her eyes dimmed at his words "Your right, Drizzt. Just don't throw this at them again please?"
Drizzt nodded as she walked back to Jastra who was not moving her wing because of the pain in it.
Gorion had pulled in the right wing when the dagger hit. "Mum, you need to get her to the Inn to take a look at that. She still thinks that it hurts and she can't fly any more." Aerie nodded and with Liriel's help everyone got back to the Inn within half an hour.
Merinid was working in the lab when he heard noises from the common room. 'That's odd. The inn is not open now and no thief is that dumb to break in to a mage's inn.'
Garbing the red crystal staff from the wall next to him Merinid started to walk over to the stairs and up them to the common room of 'The God's Leave'.
As he entered the common room he saw Aerie and Liriel heading up stairs with his daughter between them, Drizzt and the others were around the inn's common room waiting for Liriel or Aerie to get back.
Merinid seeing his son over by the stairs walked over to him. "What happened and why are you holding you right wing?"
"Jastra was duelling with Drizzt and when he stepped up the speed she flew out of his reach, then he threw a dagger at her and she dodged it but it hit her wing joint. Mum tried kill Drizzt after she healed the wound."
Merinid nodded and headed up stairs to see how it was going. He came back down in a minute. "You can rest easy she will be fine, just not flying for a day or two. Now what are we to do now?"
Dumbledore was the one to answer his question. "Well, we have to have lunch so lets eat and then discuss what to do."
Everyone had eaten by the time Aerie and Liriel come down stairs. "She is fine now that she knows that her wings are fine, but was upset when she found out she can't fly for a few days. Other healing on that joint needs to be done." Liriel said after sitting down next to Drizzt, Aerie taking the seat next to Merinid.
Harry was looking at the staff next to Merinid at the table a little later. "Merinid what does that do for it to hiss at everyone that tries to touch it?"
Merinid looked at the staff then at Harry. "It hissed at everyone who is not of my blood and I do mean my blood. I used some of my own blood and soul in the making of this and Khelben finished it with a powerful enchantment that makes it unbreakable and the user immune to all dragon's breath weapons."
Charlie's eyes widen at that. "But all dragons breath fire, no matter what the colour."
"Now there you are wrong. You see all dragons have a breath weapon and it is not fire all the time." He paused then continued. "My brother, or one of them, was a blue dragon and he breathed lighting at us when we came to kill him."
Hermione looked at him in shock. "Your brother was a dragon? How is that possible?"
Merinid looked at her then smiled. "My father was a God remember, so he could take any form he wished and he created the Bhaalspawn to help bring him back to life. He made as many as he could, spreading his seed through many races of this world and the children were to be killed at birth." Merinid looked at the shocked looks by everyone in Harry's party. "What? Bhaal did not care about his children, he just wanted to live after another God killed him. That is what we were here for but he did not know that as each child was killed the others grew stronger with each death."
Hermione looked at him before asking. "Your own mother was going to kill you at birth?"
Merinid looked at Hermione with the look of someone who hated his mother for all he was worth. "My mother was getting ready to kill me when the Harpers saved me and some of the other Bhaalspawn from that fated day."
Bill looked up from his drink at that point. "'Harpers? What or who is that?"
Aerie answered. "Those who harp are called Harpers, a group of people who find evil and try to stop it. Master Blackstaff is the leader in this city, and a man named Elminster started the organisation back when the Elven City of Myth Drannor was still standing and my people were not so rare to see."
Merinid smiled at the name Elminster. "He is a good man, a little hard, but a good man. We met in Baldur's Gate and later on the road."
Dumbledore looked at Aerie with a raised eyebrow. "How long age did the Elven people leave Myth Drannor?"
Aerie shrugged. "No one know. It has had demons in control for so many years that some say it has always been a demon city. Any that enter that place very rarely leave alive or sane for that matter."
A voice cut in then, kinder but hard at the same time. "But the city was beautiful long age when I first saw it and I like to think that I was fair to you as well, Merinid."
Everyone looked at the door to see an old man in his late 60's, but not much older. He was standing straight, not stooped with age. His silver hair and beard was cut short and close to his head and his robes showed that they had been repair many times.
Behind him was a woman that had a beauty that was unearthly to behold. She had hair so long that it touched the floor of a rich silver colour, but not with age. It looked wild around her head and she was clad in a tattered black robe which showed her hips and chest to good effect.
Merinid smiled at the man and woman. "The man himself, Elminster and his lady the Simbul. And to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?"
The man, Elminster, smiled then looking at Harry and the other he said. "War and Allies."
A/N: Hi again and now we start with the city of Waterdeep home of some of the most powerful mages in the realms but that enough from me on with the show and do till me what you think of it I live for reviews.
Chapter 18: Waterdeep and the Blackstaff
Harry was up with the dawn. Hermione was still asleep next to him so being quiet he dressed in the clothes Drizzt left him, black leather pants and white shirt and then left the room. The common room was empty of any one from the group but Aerie was there with Amra in her arms feeding her.
"Morning Harry and how was your sleep?" Aerie chirped when she saw Harry coming down the stairs.
Harry smiled at her and taking a seat next to her replied "It was alright when we got little Amra to go to sleep and how was your night?"
Aerie smiled then looked over to the door from the street. "It was an avenge business night and no fight which is good, but Merinid did not come home last night. I hope Blackstaff was not keeping him up to late."
"Blackstaff?" Harry asked with a questioning look.
"Yes, he is one of the most powerful mages on the planet. He was the one to help set up the lab for Merinid and I in the basement of this Inn." Aerie said a small smile on her face.
"Well, he sounds like a nice guy. So what are we doing today?"
Aerie smiled then, after straightening her robes and placing Amra in her bed next to her Aerie replied. "Well if Merinid gets back when the other get up I will take you around the city and then leave you to your own entertainments." Harry nodded and looked into the fire.
Aerie offered Harry a drink and breakfast while they're waited for the others which he accepted.
Harry was half way through his bread and beef from the other night when Hermione came down from their room dressed in black leather pants and a white shirt like his. "Harry do you have Amra? She was not in our room when I got up."
"Hermione look in the basket by the fire." Harry replied taking another mouth full of his breakfast.
Hermione walked over to the fire to see Amra asleep in her bed. "Harry did you take her from our room?"
"No I did not, Aerie did. I'd say she is as quiet as Drizzt and Liriel when she wants to be." Harry said looking up from his breakfast.
Aerie, who just got back from the kitchen smiled at this "Now I am not that quiet but I was able to get in and out. Hermione here's your breakfast."
Hermione nodded and joined Harry at the bar and asked for a glass of water. "Aerie where are your other children if Amra is your youngest?"
Aerie looks at her with a happy look before answering "My first born Aravilar is now 89 years old and lives in the woods out side the city as a ranger of Forest Shadow, the forests name. He visits when ever he is in town."
Harry starred at her "89 years old? That means you must be over a hundred years old. I mean, you look no older than 26 years."
Aerie smiled at his look. "Harry, I am 198 years old this year. Merinid is 110 years old and Drizzt is older than him as is Liriel. Didn't they ever tell you that elves can life up to 1000 years and longer?"
Hermione looked at her then replied. "Aerie, if he is about half you age why marry Merinid? I mean your own people..."
"My own people will not talk to me now after my wings were cut off in the circus and Merinid was the first man not to be offended by the scars on my back. I love him for that and the children he has given me." She cut in on Hermione.
"I'm sorry Aerie. I did not mean to offend you." Hermione said then went back to her breakfast.
Harry looked at them both then said "Aerie how many children do you have?"
"Four. The eldest you know is in the woods, the next two were twins. One is in the fighter's school as a teacher over in the temple area of the city and her brother is studying magic with Blackstaff in his tower and you know little Amra."
"How old are the twins?" Hermione said, then trying to get back on Aerie's good side.
"Jastra and her brother Gorion will be 58 this ten-day and I hope they will come home for it." Aerie said with a smile at Hermione to show she didn't hold anything agaist her.
"Ah, way is there such an age defence between all of them?" Harry asked then.
"Because elves do not breed like rabbits and pregnancies last one year before the baby is born for a elf, not nine months like a human and Merinid did not want a lot of children all at the same time." Harry and Hermione looked at each other then when back to their breakfast while Aerie smiled and walked over to the fire.
Harry and Hermione had just finished their breakfast when Mr and Mrs Weasley come down from their room.
Aerie looked up from Amra who was awake and looking around the room. "Morning and would you like breakfast?" Arthur nodded while Molly started to walk to the kitchen behind the bar, Aerie not far behind her.
Both came out later with plates of bacon, eggs and the beef and bread from last night. "Now Harry, I know that you did not eat much when Aerie gave you breakfast but do eat some more for me please?" Molly said after the main table had been filled with all the food.
Harry rolled his eyes and sat at the table and waited for the others to wake up.
Just then the rug by the fire glowed and then Merinid was there, looking as he did the other day but in his hands was a red crystal staff that seemed to pulse with power. "Aerie, I'm back. Sorry about last night but Khelben finished it." He said holding out the staff in one hand and wrapping the other around Aerie's waist.
Aerie smiled at him and then looked at the staff. It was caved form a single piece of crystal and was shaped like a dragons body. The head was shaped much like Pyrites, the eyes had been filled with black gems of some kind.
Aerie reached out to touch it but pulled back when it hissed with power. Not taking notice of this she said, "Does it do all you ask of him?"
Merinid smiled at her "Yes, we could have used it with one of my brothers. You know which one." Aerie gave a shudder at that but Amra started to coo from her basket. "And how did daddy's little girl behave last night with out him?" Amra cooed at him and waved her arms at him.
Merinid smiled and placed the staff next to the fire and pick up his draughter and cooed back at her.
Molly could not believe her eyes that this man, a monster from last night, could be so gentle right now with a child.
Just then everyone else came down from their rooms, all in robes or black pants and white shirts. Drizzt was still in his armour and had his sword belt on as well. Liriel was the same but had also added black leather skin tight pants under the dress as will.
Charlie was the one to notice the staff by the fire and walked over to it. He was about to touch it but stopped when it hissed at him too.
Dumbledore looked to see what Charlie was doing when he saw the staff and he looked at Merinid who still had Amra in his arms. "Is that your's or was it left here last night?"
Merinid looked at the staff then at Dumbledore before replying. "It is my staff and please do not touch it for your own safety. Now Drizzt, what have you been doing over the last 89 years since we last meet?"
Drizzt gave a sad smile then started to tell them of his time with his friends and his first love, Catti-brie. Liriel kept an eye on him during all of this and had an arm around his shoulders. He got as far as Catti- brie's death in his arms before he got up all of a sudden and left the room Liriel not far behind him.
Merinid and Aerie both looked as sad as Drizzt had because they had lost human friends as well over their years.
Aerie snap back first. "Well I think that you all would like to get out and see the city, yes?"
They're all agreed to that and left not long after that to take a look at the city of Waterdeep.
It was noon by the time Aerie showed them all the key locations of the city. They were all sitting in a park near the temple area of the city when a shadow falls over the area where they were sitting.
Everyone looked up to see a person flying down to them and land next to Aerie.
"Hi mum. How are you and who are your new friends?" said the new comer to the group.
Harry and the others all turned around to Aerie. Standing there was an elf by her ears and figure. She was wearing a chain shirt and had a long sword around her waist. Her hair was shoulder length, a rich gold colour and her eyes were dark blue. What made her stand out though was the snow-white wings on her back.
Aerie smiled and threw her arms around her draughter. "Jastra. I thought you had classes all day today otherwise I would have visited."
Jastra returned the hug then looked at Harry and his friends. "Mum, you know that I will stop my classes for you and dad. By the way, where is dad and Amra?"
"Back at the Inn. Amra and your father are catching up on sleep and where is your brother seeing that you two are hard to keep apart most of the time?"
Molly smiled at that seeing that Fred and George are much the same.
"He said that he would meet me here around..."
There was a pop next to the tree near them as a man about Aerie's and Jastra height appeared, the hood of his cloak was up and he was dressed in dark purple robes. Hanging from under the hood was a lock of hair the same colour as Jastra's.
"Gorion, you are late and show your wings. You know it upsets mum if you hide them." Jastra said sharply to the man.
Gorion laughed from under his hood as he threw the hood back, showing a male version of Jastra with the same hair and eyes. As the hood left his head his wings of light white appeared on his back. "My dear sister and mother, it's been too long." He said giving Aerie a hug. As he pulled out of the hug with his sister he replied, jumping back. "Jastra your adding weight around the waist there. You will never marry if that keeps up." laughing all the way.
Jastra yelled in mock rage and her sword was out, showing that it was made from glass and threw it through the air right at him in a heartbeat.
The sword hit a barrier a foot away from Gorion who was on the ground laughing all thought this.
The sword returned to Jastra's hand as she walked up to her twin and the two started to trade insults. Aerie sighed at this. "These two have been doing this since they turned 15."
Hermione looked at them in shock as their insults started to get personal and more colourful by the moment. "I think they are still saying hello?" Aerie said watching them as well.
It was an hour before the twins stopped their insult war, Gorion loosing to his sister.
Aerie looked at her children. "Are you finished? Good, now these are friend from that other world you heard about and they are here to visit for a ten- day." The twins nodded as each of them tells their name.
Jastra looked at Harry or more to the point at his sword around his waist. "You know how to use that?" she asked.
Harry nodded. "I know some moves with it why?"
"I was wondering if you would fight me right now? I still have some energy to burn after my brother and I greeted each other and I would like to see your style."
Harry looked at Hermione. 'Do you think I should do it?' he thought.
'I don't see why not. Aerie looks like she can fix any injuries that might happen, so go ahead.' She replied.
Harry nodded to Jastra. "First blood and no magic. Does that all sound fair?"
Jastra nodded and pulled out her sword and got into a fighting crouch.
Harry smiled at her and handed his cloak to Hermione. 'This should be good.' Hermione though to him.
Harry pulled out his sword and dagger in his standed style, dagger in left hand and sword in the right.
Dumbledore walked between them and said. "Remember, first blood. Now begin." walking from between them.
They both moved at the same time, Jastra's sword leading her and her wings arching back out of sword range. Harry's sword blocking the stroke but her sword did not shatter like most glass weapons would have, he dagger going for her chest. The two of them traded blows for half an hour before Harry slipped up and let Jastra's sword through his defences, hitting him in the leg.
"Harry, you got sloppy and overconfident. I expect better from you." A voice said after they both put their weapons away.
Harry turned to see Drizzt and Liriel standing next to the others. Drizzt looked like he had recovered from this morning. "Sorry, Drizzt. I will try harder next time." Harry replied.
"You did all right Harry and you did fine too, Jastra." Drizzt said then smiled at them both.
Jastra looked at Drizzt and with a hint of pride in her voice "Drizzt Do'Urden, the best swords man known to the world, I would be honoured if you would duel me just to see if you are as good as people say."
Drizzt looked at her then at Aerie. "Aerie you have seen me in combat. I will not accept the match with out your permission. What say you?"
Gorion looked at his mother then to his sister. "Mum, I say let them duel. You can heal them if they get hurt."
Aerie nodded. "Drizzt, you can duel her and please be gentle. You know what will happen if Merinid gets angry and killing his little girl will get him angry." She shuddered at the thought of what happened last time. A whole village vanished off the face of the map.
Drizzt nodded and walked up to her. "Same rules as Harry, but magic is allowed, ok?"
Jastra nodded and pulled out her sword again. Drizzt smiled at her but did not pull out his weapons. Jastra attacked first, sword leading the way and again her wings jetting out back away from harm. Drizzt just dodged her attack until her sword got close then both his Scimitars were out and a blur of movement. Jastra, not use to this speed of combat, took flight and hovered out of Drizzt's range.
Drizzt looked up at her and smiled as in one move his hand went to his belt and drew from it a emerald-encrusted dagger. In a flash it was leaving his hand. Jastra, not expecting this, tried to dodge but failed as the dagger hit her right wing joint caursing her to fall to the ground.
Aerie cried out in shock at this and was by her daughter in a instant and had the dagger out of the joint just as fast, her other hand resting on the wound started to glow with a blue light. When she moved her hand the wound was closed.
Aerie was on her feet like a shot and lunged at Drizzt with the dagger he had thrown at her child.
Drizzt seeing the rage in her face about the wounding dodged her and managed to grab her hand. "Aerie, I did not aim at the wing I swear, I was aiming for her leg, I know how you are about your children's wings so I would never aim at them, you know that."
Aerie looked at Drizzt and the fire in her eyes dimmed at his words "Your right, Drizzt. Just don't throw this at them again please?"
Drizzt nodded as she walked back to Jastra who was not moving her wing because of the pain in it.
Gorion had pulled in the right wing when the dagger hit. "Mum, you need to get her to the Inn to take a look at that. She still thinks that it hurts and she can't fly any more." Aerie nodded and with Liriel's help everyone got back to the Inn within half an hour.
Merinid was working in the lab when he heard noises from the common room. 'That's odd. The inn is not open now and no thief is that dumb to break in to a mage's inn.'
Garbing the red crystal staff from the wall next to him Merinid started to walk over to the stairs and up them to the common room of 'The God's Leave'.
As he entered the common room he saw Aerie and Liriel heading up stairs with his daughter between them, Drizzt and the others were around the inn's common room waiting for Liriel or Aerie to get back.
Merinid seeing his son over by the stairs walked over to him. "What happened and why are you holding you right wing?"
"Jastra was duelling with Drizzt and when he stepped up the speed she flew out of his reach, then he threw a dagger at her and she dodged it but it hit her wing joint. Mum tried kill Drizzt after she healed the wound."
Merinid nodded and headed up stairs to see how it was going. He came back down in a minute. "You can rest easy she will be fine, just not flying for a day or two. Now what are we to do now?"
Dumbledore was the one to answer his question. "Well, we have to have lunch so lets eat and then discuss what to do."
Everyone had eaten by the time Aerie and Liriel come down stairs. "She is fine now that she knows that her wings are fine, but was upset when she found out she can't fly for a few days. Other healing on that joint needs to be done." Liriel said after sitting down next to Drizzt, Aerie taking the seat next to Merinid.
Harry was looking at the staff next to Merinid at the table a little later. "Merinid what does that do for it to hiss at everyone that tries to touch it?"
Merinid looked at the staff then at Harry. "It hissed at everyone who is not of my blood and I do mean my blood. I used some of my own blood and soul in the making of this and Khelben finished it with a powerful enchantment that makes it unbreakable and the user immune to all dragon's breath weapons."
Charlie's eyes widen at that. "But all dragons breath fire, no matter what the colour."
"Now there you are wrong. You see all dragons have a breath weapon and it is not fire all the time." He paused then continued. "My brother, or one of them, was a blue dragon and he breathed lighting at us when we came to kill him."
Hermione looked at him in shock. "Your brother was a dragon? How is that possible?"
Merinid looked at her then smiled. "My father was a God remember, so he could take any form he wished and he created the Bhaalspawn to help bring him back to life. He made as many as he could, spreading his seed through many races of this world and the children were to be killed at birth." Merinid looked at the shocked looks by everyone in Harry's party. "What? Bhaal did not care about his children, he just wanted to live after another God killed him. That is what we were here for but he did not know that as each child was killed the others grew stronger with each death."
Hermione looked at him before asking. "Your own mother was going to kill you at birth?"
Merinid looked at Hermione with the look of someone who hated his mother for all he was worth. "My mother was getting ready to kill me when the Harpers saved me and some of the other Bhaalspawn from that fated day."
Bill looked up from his drink at that point. "'Harpers? What or who is that?"
Aerie answered. "Those who harp are called Harpers, a group of people who find evil and try to stop it. Master Blackstaff is the leader in this city, and a man named Elminster started the organisation back when the Elven City of Myth Drannor was still standing and my people were not so rare to see."
Merinid smiled at the name Elminster. "He is a good man, a little hard, but a good man. We met in Baldur's Gate and later on the road."
Dumbledore looked at Aerie with a raised eyebrow. "How long age did the Elven people leave Myth Drannor?"
Aerie shrugged. "No one know. It has had demons in control for so many years that some say it has always been a demon city. Any that enter that place very rarely leave alive or sane for that matter."
A voice cut in then, kinder but hard at the same time. "But the city was beautiful long age when I first saw it and I like to think that I was fair to you as well, Merinid."
Everyone looked at the door to see an old man in his late 60's, but not much older. He was standing straight, not stooped with age. His silver hair and beard was cut short and close to his head and his robes showed that they had been repair many times.
Behind him was a woman that had a beauty that was unearthly to behold. She had hair so long that it touched the floor of a rich silver colour, but not with age. It looked wild around her head and she was clad in a tattered black robe which showed her hips and chest to good effect.
Merinid smiled at the man and woman. "The man himself, Elminster and his lady the Simbul. And to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?"
The man, Elminster, smiled then looking at Harry and the other he said. "War and Allies."