STANDARD DISCLAIMERS APPLIED: All characters mentioned in this fic either come from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series or from Shin Kidousenki's Gundam Wing. I do not own any of them.
Warnings: semi-AU (setting largely in HP world with tinkering to it), cross-over of characters between HP and GW (but storyline is based solely on HP, so knowledge on GW is not required), slash, implied mpreg.
(Additional note: I do try to spell-check my work, however as I'm not a native English speaker, so it is quite possible that I may still unintentionally make some silly grammatical or spelling errors. I'm really sorry if that is the case.)
Pairings mentioned in this chapter: Remus/Sirius, Severus /Regulus (Yes, I'll let him live on and he will be good and nice in this fic)
Probable future pairings: Harry/Draco, Heero/Trowa, Wufei/Duo/Quatre, Ron/Hermione, Neville/Ginny, Treize/Zechs (Some of these pairings are still tentative and may be subjected to changes).
Date written: 06/11/2004, Language: British English
Harry Potter and the Legend of the Elves
-- Prologue --
Just as there are three kinds of humans: muggles, squibs and wizards (or witches), there are also three subtypes of fair folks more commonly known to the human race as the elven folks. They are the Wood Elves, the Light Elves (also known to some as the High Elves or White Elves) and the Dark Elves (whom are addressed as the Moon Elves within the elven race). An important point to note in the learning of this legendary folks is that these mysterious Elders are genetically unrelated and should not be confused with the more familiar and numerous bat-like creatures that are termed as the house elves.
The Wood Elves generally are shy, gentle, graceful and highly elegant creatures who often have sweet and quiet dispositions. They tend to adore all things of nature and have a strong passion for music. At one time, eons ago, the Wood Elves were the most populous among the three types of fair folks and they could be easily found wandering through woodlands with magnificent creatures by their sides, joyfully dancing around the prairies in celebration of nature's beauty or singing their calming tunes along the river banks. However, as the centuries passed by and the population of the human race exploded in size and expanded across the lands. The Wood Elves became greatly distraught when they witnessed the greedy exploitation of mankind on their beloved nature, and as their peaceful temperaments do not permit them to confront the encroaching humans, they are forced to swallow their grief and many thus wilted away to their death in despair. Those few that survived were forced to dislodge themselves and flee off to some unknown seclusion.
Hence, in current days, the Light Elves became the group of elves that have the greatest population size. Nevertheless, the size is still one that is comparatively much smaller than that of any of the human subgroups. The Light Elves as the ancient legend goes are proud, beautiful and seemingly all-powerful magi-warriors who are steadfast defenders of the light. Due to the highly positive portrayal of them as brave protectors of all-things-good, the Light Elves are the subtype of elves that is most readily acknowledged (and can even be said to be respected) by the wizardry world. It is virtually an unspoken creed for witches to tell great tales of heroic deeds done by this mighty and majestic group of Elders to their wee little babes as bedtime stories. Currently, the latest and most popular tale that has strong references to the Light Elves, which is circulating the wizardry world, is most definitely that of the amazing tale of the Boy-Who-Lived; the story of Harry James Potter, son of the courageous Prince of the Light Elves, James Potter, and the most beautiful witch-maiden, Lily Evans.
In addition to the lost race of Wood Elves and the glorious race of Light Elves, there is also the highly mysterious Dark Elves. The Dark Elves (misleading as the name sounds) are in fact not creatures of evil and darkness, instead they are pure, loyal, strong-willed and highly attractive beings with a charming and witty nature. Due to their highly loyal and very stubborn nature, when given the chance, they often made the most faithful and genuine friend a person could ever wish for. In actual fact, the Dark elves are termed as such for two simple (but uncommonly known) reasons: Firstly, it is because the Dark Elves have an affiliation for the night. They are generally cheerful (and somewhat mischievous) beings who enjoy basking in the moonlight (hence, they are usually called the Moon Elves among the Elder race), and they are also worshippers of the shinny stars that are embroidered across the vast and boundless nightly sky. And secondly, they are known as Dark Elves simply because of their dark hair and eye colouring. All full-blooded Dark Elves are renowned among the elven race for having the most luxurious black hair and temptingly sexy dark bluish eye that are often described as being able to pierce right through your soul and turn your heart into a pool of marsh.
But, alas... with such a 'dark' name, adding on to the common prejudicial reaction that people usually have against things that are classified as 'unknown' (and Dark Elves being as they are enigmatic creatures from the realm of the unknown), are often (like werewolves and vampires) being rejected and treated with much contempt by the magical society of wizards and witches. Moreover, as the great majority of this elven group adhered strongly to their belief that the so-called Creatures of Darkness such as the werewolves and vampires should be given equal opportunity and treated with equal respect, thus unintentionally they have created a justification for the wizardry world to warrant their discriminatory acts against the Dark Elves (for they can now be easily lumped as a group with those dangerous Creatures of Darkness). Nevertheless, the dark Elves are well-loved among the three subgroups of elves and are also greatly appreciated by the so-called Creatures of Darkness, because of the kind acceptance and aids that they had received from the Dark Elves.
As the Elder folks in generally have appearance that are largely the same as any humans, therefore, presently, out of all the Dark Elves, only two of them have been identified. One of them is no other but the arguably most wanted criminal in current history, the infamous Sirius Black, whose secret 'dark' heritage was brought to light by the Daily Prophet's succinct interview with the 'faultless' Peter Pettigrew shortly before his 'ill-fate death' at the hands of the 'most cruel and murderous' Sirius Black, whose heart was described by Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic, to be "as black as his name". In addition, Minister Fudge had sent multiple warnings via the Daily Prophet, to the citizens of the wizardry society in Britain, requesting them "to be on the look out for the highly dangerous Sirius Black and his most cunning lycanthropic husband, Remus Lupin.
The only other known Dark Elf happened to be the younger brother of Sirius, the innocent Regulus Black whose identity was unfortunately exposed due to the widespread knowledge of his blood-relation with Sirius. And a poor unfortunate soul he is... For since the disappearance of Sirius, Regulus (with his close physical resemblance) was the available revenue for all malicious wizards and vindictive witches to vent their hatred on. Many a times, he was hauled with spiteful insults and merciless abuses, targeted to hurt and to criminate his very existence. He was also subjected to uncomfortably tight scrutiny whenever he goes out therefore he is forced to be a prisoner within his own home. And so, the current life of one Regulus Black is plague by constant darkness and confusion... confusion over why his wonderful and loyal older brother would suddenly turned to the dark side. His only respite from all the overwhelming miseries that he was coerced to face was when he was with his grim and surly lover Severus Snape, who also happened to be the High Lord of the British Vampire Kingdom.
-- TBC --
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