A/N: Sorry for the long wait there was a flood of homework and I just found a spare moment to write and as you probably guessed I'm back from my trip and I've gotten back into the swing of school, and I think the phrase I should've stayed at home is the perfect phrase for describing my trip, well on to more important matters… Have you all seen the latest PoA trailer? There was total Ron/Hermione action! I mean the whole hand thing! (Ok so maybe it wasn't "action", but I'm hopeful.) On and go check out the SNL Hp clip on it's hilarious! Thanks to all who reviewed and I hope you like this chapter!
Tradewind
Chapter Four: Meet Mundavi
It was hard for Fred to believe that it had only been a few minutes since he had left George sitting in is living room, but here he was running into the front entrance of the London International Portkey Station, ready and willing to embark on this new adventure.
After looking around for a few seconds he found a free counter and raced up to it for directions
"Hello and welcome to L.I.P. how may I help you?" said the service witch from behind the counter
"I should have emergency portkey reservations set up, with the license to be redeemed when the time presents itself, and I was just wondering if you could tell me when and where I can catch my portkey?"
"Of course I can, but first things first… let's see may I have your name and address?" she said tapping a large glass slab and causing it to float in front of her
"Oh, of course, my name's Fred Weasley"
"Alright let me see…" she said once again tapping the slab causing it to glow blue "and address?"
"11008 Orion's Way, Diagon Alley Residence. London, England"
"Alright…Now that I've got you on file I just need to ask you a few questions before I give you're your porting pass, Is that alright with you Mr. Weasley?" she said tapping the slab yet again this time causing Fred's information to disappear and be replaced by a short red list
"Ok but if you can please hurry."
"Of course." She said smiling "Now your not carrying any illegal weapons or substances correct?"
"Correct" Fred said
"No harmful, magical, or endangered animals?"
"Negative"
"Any glass bottled or pressurized potion ingredients, please exclude personal items such as sleeping and motion sickness drafts, as well as lugare enfermare potions, and feminine potions or products."
"No, and why would I have feminine potions?" he asked eyebrow raised
"I don't know sir, I don't make the questions its just standard procedure." She said looking down at her list "and lastly, May I see your wand?"
"Alright" he said reluctant to hand it to her
"Hmm, good quality" she said aloud "cool to the touch, let me just check it's core weight and then you'll be good to go" with that she pulled out a large crystal and placed it in the palm of her free hand and instantly Fred's wand was drawn to the crystal, and hovered contently over it, suddenly the crystal glowed bright green and the service witch smiled even more widely, slipped a green sticker on the wand's tip and returned it to Fred
"Alright then Mr. Weasley here's your wand, and here's your porting pass, once you get to your port key please secure all loose items then push the button above your portkey to enter your porting destination, lastly thank you for choosing L.I.P. for all your porting needs."
"Your quite welcome, oh and one last thing, it says on my pass that I need to go to portal A-22 could you point me?"
"In the right direction? Of course, just walk down this hallway, take a right and it will be the first portal on your left"
"Thanks, and you have a good day!" said Fred turning and walking down the hallway
"And the same to you" the service witch called to his retreating form
As he walked down the hall he observed the happenings in other stalls. One witch was also having her wand tested and at first it glowed green, but upon further inspection it changed to yellow, then it glowed an alarming shade of red and within seconds two security wizards appeared out of nowhere and apprehended her, a little further down he saw an Indian wizard arguing with a service witch and from the looks of it he felt his pet cobra was a perfectly harmless magical creature, but by the wayit was eyeing the service witch as ifit would strike at any moment he could understand why she would classify it as dangerous. Finally he had finished his trek to the end of the hall, took a right and crossed over to the first portal on his left, placed a stabilizing charm on his the contents of his pockets and then pressed the button, instantly a man's face appeared in the glass and said
"State your name and destination please."
"The name's Fred Weasley and I'm trying to get to Tangati, I think that's how you say it." Fred said clearly to the man in the glass
"Mr. Weasley" the man in the glass said with an agitated air in his voice
"Yes sir?" Fred said wondering what could be wrong now
"Mr. Weasley, Tangati is an island chain that consists of two Islands. Tangati minor and Tangati major, which island are you trying to get to?"
"What! Two, but George never said anything about two Islands, I um… is there any other information you could give me so that I could make a more solid choice?" Fred said now feeling thoroughly put out
For a few seconds the man in the glass window just looked back at him with a very disgruntled look on his face, then after sighing very loudly, he began to give Fred a little background information on his destination…
"Tangati is made up of two islands Tangati minor and Tangati major. Both islands are protected by an ancient magic that make apparation and disapparation impossible however allowances have been made in the past for those who would like to enter it's boundaries, if they have a valid reason for their visit, the green sticker on your wand is proof that your reason for visting Tangati has been approved by the Tanganese government. The kingdom it's self-rests on Tangati major which is the biggest of the two islands, and is home too all of the natives, businesses, and capital city of Marqua which means "the welcome basket" in the Tanganese language or Tangani. The smaller of the two islands Tangati minor is the personal island of the Royal Family. Tangati as a whole is ruled by tribal council, and the Queen of Tangati serves as a figurehead but in times of great danger or destruction the Queens of Tangati have been known to posess great power, and will do all in their power to protect their people, in times of peace however they and the rest of the royal family along with their palace staff reside in the palaces of Tangati minor and only leave the island for special ceremonies, and meetings."
"Is there anything else?" Fred asked tentatively
"Not in my records, are you ready to choose now?" the glass man asked
"I believe so, Since Tangati major is the largest of the islands and houses the capitial I suppose the first place to look is there, so I would like to go to Tangati major."
"Alright then, thank you for choosing L.I.P. in just a moment your new portkey should arrive.The port to Tangati should take aprroximately two hours, pleaseremain seated and secured with the appropriate safety devices for the duration of your port, once again we would like to thank you for choosing L.I.P. and we hope youenjoy your port." And with that the glass man disappeared and in his place an old but comfy looking recliner appeared in front of Fred, after patting his pockets and smoothing down his hair he took a seat in the recliner which proceeded to buckle him up and with a swift lurch forward started his journey.
After sitting almost completely still fortwo hours and twenty minutesFred felt the recliner slow down and skidto a stop. Once the recliner had stopped moving completely it unbuckled its self releasing Fred, and then promptlydisappeared. After looking around a bit more Fred finally decided it was time to start the physical search for Angelina but just as that thought popped into his head a tall black man dressed in traditional clothing appeared in front of Fred blocking his path. The man had very defined features, gold rings in his ears and one in his lip, was carrying a tall staff made of black wood with three parrot feathers in bright blue, white, and green tied to the top end and an ankle length garment tightly wound around his waist his chest was bare but on it were battle scars and a few burn marks, the man looked as if he were about thirty which made him a good few years older than Fred but the man still had a youthful air to his face. Fred would have looked even harder at the man's features if the man hadn't begun to speak…
"Didn't Molly ever tell you not to stare? It's impolite." The man said leaning on his walking stick
"What? How did… how did you know my mother's name?"
"I'm a friend of hers." The man said his gray-brown eyes staring pointedly into Fred's
"You couldn't know my mother, she's never been here" Fred said beginning to believe the man was a psycho
"Ahh, but I've been there, to the big dog's house and I've sat with the red man, and his wife, the white man and the scar child I know. Fred, I know." The man said beginning to smile
"You… You're in the order?" Fred asked looking around shiftily
"Was, The Dark Leader is gone now, his time is over but you boy, your sun has just begun to rise, and I am here to lead you too your heart." The man said now smiling widely
"To my heart? You know where Angelina is?" Fred said beginning to smile too
"Yes, the white man sent me to guide you, for when your journey seems at an end it is just the beginning." He said turning and walking down the port key terminal towards the exit
"Will you really help me find her?" Fred asked holding out a hand and placing it on the other man's shoulder
"I will take you to her, and I will get you to her home without fault, my name is Mundavi and I am a seer and a good friend of your Albus Dumbledore's" he said smiling again
With those words having been said Fred lost himself in his joy and began to jump and shout in the terminal causing many heads to turn, and Mundavi, instead of tellingFred to calm himself, joined in with laughter and shouts of his own. Once the two had finally found their composure, Mundavi led Fred out of the Terminal and into the bright sunlight.
"So where are we headed Mundavi?" Fred said a smile stretched across his face
"Down to the shore. The fastest way to travel around here is by sea; there are natural land bridges but they tend to washed out by the surf and are very sandy, so we'll use a canoe or a motorboat to get around"
"Oh well that sounds fun, how much longer till we reach the shore?"
" Right now. Look down." Mundavi said an air of laughter in his voice, and sure enough when Fred looked down his boots were covered in sand, after looking down for quite sometime he finally looked out long enough to catch his first glimpse of the seascape.
"It's beautiful." He said breathlessly " I can't wait to take a walk out here at night"
"You've seen absolutely nothing, wait till we get to our destination." Mundavi said now standing next to a very long canoe equipped with six rowers and two cushioned seats in the middle, Fred saw this and became very curious and asked…
"Mundavi?"
"Yes Fred?"
"Where on the island does Angelina live exactly?" he asked trying not to sound too very interested and failing miserably, at this question Mundavi threw his head back and laughed
"What? What's so funny?" Fred asked starting to feel foolish
"Fred my brother do you see that canoe?"
"Yes" he said looking puzzled
"And those rowers?"
"Yes" he answered again feeling more and more stupid by the minute
"Well, now that I know I'm not just imagining them get in! Were going to Bidi ngati." he said as he jumped in and sat down on one of the cushioned benches, helping Fred in after himself. After the two had settled in the rowers cast off and made swift work of their latest voyage, it wasn't until Fred could see the outline of a new island that he asked Mundavi another question…
"Mundavi what does bidi mean?"
"InTangani it means smaller than the other or in English it meanslittle, minor"
"But Mundavi, I thought that only the royals live on Tangati minor."
"They do." Said Mundavi as if it was the most obvious thing in the world
"But, no... no way!" Fred said staring at Mundavi with wide eyes "But then that means that…" Fred's voice began to trail off, so Mundavi took the liberty of finishing for him
"That your Angelina is a royal"
"Are you kidding me? You mean my Lina is royalty?" he said holding his head in disbelief
"Yes she is"
"Which one is she?"
"She's the last living female in the royal family with the blood given right to rule. She is the Amandala (pro. Ah man dál ah), the Goddess princess." For a long time there was silence in the canoe as Fred's brain tried to process the information as best he could but just when nothing seemed to fit the cryptic words his brother had said popped into his mind….
"Off the South Eastern edge of Africa, In Tan-gati, on the throne of Amandala, there you will find her."
It all made sense now, his one and only love, his heart as Mundavi had put it was royalty, was leader of a country, owned her own private island, and he was in a canoe just a few strokes from shore, and just a few hours away from seeing her again for the first time in three years. Maybe it was the shock of it all, maybe he was scared he wouldn't be good enough, or maybe he was just sea sick, but whatever it was Fred Weasley was now doubled over the side of the boat and looked about ready to retch.
"Don't worry Fred, soon we'll be in the palace and, tomorrow you can finally be with your heart again."
It was those final words as they pulled into the palace's dock that caused Fred to lose all reticence and lose his lunch.
A/N: I like where this story is going sorry there isn't any A/F action yet, but I'm not ready for it yet, there'll probably be one more chapter without any A/F action then I'll bring them back together. But don't worry next chapter is very exciting and someone almost gets beheaded.