Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. JKR owns everything in this fanfic except for my plot and original ideas.
A/N: I'm sorry about the delay in this chapter. My computer was totally broken and I had to get it fixed, along with getting the internet working again. : ( More money down the drain, I'm not even totally sure what was wrong with it; but it's fixed now so I should be back to writing normally. I'm not sure how long it will take me to write the next chapter but it should be up by the end of this week. Again I'm sorry but I couldn't help it. Hope you enjoy!
P.S.: All previous chapters have been beta read by my new beta: Dr. Gero!
THE QUEST FOR THE ELEMENTS: PART TWO
BY: CHICANOSURFER01
Feeling very content with Tina pressed against him, Harry walked up the steps to the front of Tina's home. Before getting to the door, Tina's brothers filed out onto the porch. All five of them didn't look too happy with the idea of their baby sister clinging to an unknown man.
Tina let go of Harry and started talking to her brothers in a different language. Harry wasn't exactly sure what she was saying to them but got the gist of it when her brothers stopped glaring at him. Looking at them, Harry knew he didn't want to be on their bad side.
They consisted of two men who looked in their mid-twenties, a set of twins around the age of seventeen or eighteen and the youngest, besides Tina, looked around Harry's age. They were all well built and looked like they could defend themselves efficiently, with or without weapons.
'She must have been telling them what happened earlier. I was kinda worried I would have to fight them off when they came out glaring.'
Tina's brothers started thanking Harry profusely when they found out that he had saved their little sister. Harry just brushed off all of the praising with, "I just happened to be in the right place at the right time."
Going inside they met Tina's parents on the way to the dining room, where Tina's mom gave him a fierce but motherly hug; Harry felt unusually comfortable. He felt as though he had been here before but was also sure that he had never been anywhere close to here.
Serving dinner, Tina's mother, who asked to be called Lucy, gave Harry an extremely big portion of Steak and mashed potatoes.
"Thank you Lucy. This looks delicious."
"You're welcome Harry. If you want more just ask; you look like you could use a little fattening up." Harry just smiled in return and began to eat.
"What are you doing around these parts Harry? You on vacation or something?" Asked Andy, Tina's father.
About to answer, Harry realized he could not remember why he was here.
He knew he had something very important to do, but he couldn't remember what that was. He answered with a yes to the vacation part. Harry could not help the little nagging voice telling him to stop wasting time.
"So where are you from Harry? I don't think I've seen you around these parts before, am I right?" asked Gregory, one of Tina's twin brothers.
"I'm from a little town near London named Little Whinging."
"London? Where's that?" asked Frank, the other twin.
Disregarding the weirdness of them not knowing where London was, Harry just answered simply with "London, England."
Still seeing bewildered looks on their faces, Harry decided to change the subject.
"So what do you guys do for fun around here? It's like a tropical paradise all around you."
"It is very pleasant around here. We usually go swimming in the waterfalls or train." Answered Chris, the second oldest of the children.
"Train? What type of training do you do?"
"We train ourselves in our native martial art, Kuwatzu. We use it as more of an art most of the time." This time it was the oldest, Bruno, who answered the question.
Ryan, the youngest of the brothers and who had been mostly quiet during dinner, finally got the courage to speak when they mentioned his favorite thing to do.
"Would you like to go outside after dinner and try it? We sometimes do sparring which is the best part."
"That would be great, I would love to learn some Kuwatzu. It seems very exciting."
"Oh it is!" answered Ryan, already getting up from the table and going outside.
Walking outside with Tina, Harry felt totally comfortable when she slipped her hand into his. Looking down at her, Harry felt as if she reminded him of someone. He kept having that feeling lately, but couldn't pinpoint where exactly the origin of these feelings came from.
Finally arriving on the edge of the island, they found themselves on a perfect beach for training. While Bruno and Chris faced each other, Ryan told Harry what was about to happen.
"Bruno and Chris will spar so that you can see what Kuwatzu is all about. You shouldn't have too hard of a time learning it. As long as you know how to throw basic punches and kicks you'll be ok. Kuwatzu is just adding little touches and turns to make the basic moves more efficient."
Harry noticed that their defensive stances were very odd. They stood with their bodies at an angle and their arms out, parallel with their bodies.
Once Ryan screamed go, they were off.
They moved with such swift and quick movements that Harry could see no flaw in their offense or defense. Bruno and Chris exchanged kicks and punches with extreme accuracy, but they always blocked the hits.
Finally, after about five minutes of exchanging blocked blows, Chris made a small mistake that cost him the match. Bruno had faked a punch at Chris's face and used his other arm (which Chris failed to notice) to throw an uppercut and send his brother flying.
After congratulating Bruno, everyone got to work in getting Harry up to speed. For hours Harry trained in tuning his fighting skills.
"You're a natural Harry. Your quick reflexes help you a lot in Kuwatzu. In fact, I don't think I've seen many that could match your speed." Said a very excited Gregory.
"Thanks Greg, I've always been on the quicker side. I've just never been very big."
"You look well built to me. You're nowhere near small Harry." Said an admiring Tina.
Trying to change the subject from his body, Harry suggested to Chris that they go swimming to clean all the sweat off of their bodies.
"Actually Harry, we have work to do back at the house. Tina, you've done your chores. Why don't you take Harry swimming?"
"All right, we shouldn't be too long."
Tina got off the ground and signaled for Harry to follow her. Leaving her brothers to work, Tina grabbed hold of Harry's hand and led him to the mountain of waterfalls.
"Have you seen the mountain yet? It's an amazing sight. I'll take you to my favorite spot in the all of Waterfall City."
"Yeah, I've seen it. It's bloody marvelous. Where's your favorite spot? Is it a far walk?"
"No, It is actually at the base of the mountain. It's just kind of hidden."
Arriving at the base of the mountain, Tina pulled Harry over to a small gathering of bushes. They walked right through them and found themselves right next to a hot spring.
"Wow. So no one knows about this place?"
"I don't think so. I've never seen anyone here before besides me. Its my own little private corner."
Harry automatically started taking off all of his gear. He didn't have any bathing trunks so he just decided to go in his boxers. In the middle of his undress, Harry stopped right in his tracks.
Tina pulled her sundress right over her head, revealing a very sexy two-piece bikini.
Noticing that a blushing Harry was staring at her, Tina threw him a brilliant smile and sunk into the spring.
Blushing even more, Harry finished undressing and slipped in the spring next to Tina.
"This is nice. It's the perfect temperature." Harry told Tina, who was sitting next to him now.
Tina just nodded and rested her head on his shoulder. Wrapping his arm around her, Harry looked down at Tina only to see her looking right back.
Not exactly sure what he was doing, Harry bent down and touched his lips to hers. Right after their lips met, Harry could feel Tina's tongue asking for entrance, which he immediately allowed. Harry explored Tina's mouth with his own tongue, but he felt something nagging at him. Harry felt that this moment was totally right and totally wrong at the same time. He had just met Tina earlier today and he knew that she was involuntarily distracting him from something.
Then it came to him. He finally remembered what he was supposed to be doing at the worst time. The little nagging voice that had been bothering him since before dinner finally broke through the barriers that his mind had put around the memory of his quest.
'What are you doing? You have a task to do. You're wasting time.'
Pulling away from Tina, Harry stood up right away.
"I'm sorry Tina but I have to go. I just remembered what I'm doing in this place and have to finish my journey. I just met you but I feel like I know you deeply. I'm not exactly sure why but I feel like I know you from somewhere. I have to figure out what is going on and once I do, I'll explain everything. Goodbye Tina."
Harry placed a final kiss on Tina's forehead and, redressing quickly, he was back to climbing up the steep mountain.
The Sun was setting; Harry berated himself for wasting so much time. 'Such an easy task, and I took this long to even start it.'
He started getting very annoyed with how much time his walk up the mountain was taking. There was a small path where you could go higher and higher up the mountain but it was very long. It wrapped around the mountain many times, causing you to go around the perimeter as many times as the path spiraled.
So, because of this, it was way past nightfall when Harry reached the top.
Looking around, Harry finally noticed the gleam of the jewel. It was hidden behind a sheet of water created by the waterfall, but Harry felt this was way too easy. Expecting someone or something to appear, Harry wasn't surprised when a woman, the same woman that represented the water element before his quest started, appeared out of the waterfall.
Pulling out his sword, Harry was sure he would have to fight her. In a soothing voice, the water-woman just laughed softly and said, "Put down your sword Harry. I'm not going to harm you. Your task is basically done with now. You faced up to your quest and showed your strength of mind when you left Tina and her family. I used memories from your mind and heart to face you with the most comforting people you could imagine. I even used features from your destined soul mate's personality and mind in Tina. I created her and her family to represent the best love you could receive. You won out in the end by leaving your greatest desire, family, and finishing your task."
"So it was all fake? None of it was real?" A very angry Harry asked the water-woman.
"In a way it was fake, yes. I created these people from your mind Harry. You know every one of them in some way, including your soul mate."
"Who is my soul mate?" Boys sure are dense aren't they? It's ok.. I'm one of them.
"It is not my place to tell you. You will find out in your own time. Once you share your first kiss, you will remember this place and what I have told you. Now take the jewel. You have done well."
"Thank you miss. Where do I go after that?"
"Grab the jewel. It will transport you to your next task. Wind is a very tricky lady. Good luck."
Walking up to the water, Harry put his hand through the waterfall and grabbed the jewel. Unlike last time, where Harry felt a burn, this time he felt a cool wetness on the right side of his back, opposite of the fire rune. Just as he suspected, Harry found the water rune on the right side of his back. He didn't have enough time to admire his new tattoo because, moments after looking under his clothing; he vanished from Waterfall City forever.
The first thing Harry noticed about his new surroundings when he appeared at his next destination, was that he was in the middle of nowhere.
He was in, as far as he could tell, a huge grassland that reached as far as the eye could see. It didn't help that it was nighttime and his visibility was already cut short.
'What element does this relate to? This looks like it would go with Earth more than it would Wind. Maybe the water-woman was mistaken in where I was going.'
Waiting for the voice of an element to give him a clue in what he had to do for his next task, Harry sat on the soft sand.
"Your next task is a simple one. You must survive. Wind is a very powerful element that can create both good and evil. You must face the most destructive force that the element of wind can create. You must survive this force and the jewel will be uncovered in the center of where it sees."
Not liking the sound of what the Wind element was telling him, Harry got up and dusted off.
'I have to survive the most destructive force wind can create? Whatever that may be, it doesn't sound as simple as Wind says it is.' Deciding that he didn't really want to wait around for this "destructive force," Harry began walking forward.
After walking for what seemed like forever, Harry began to notice something in the distance.
"What is that? It kind of looks like a tall building, but it seems to be moving. . . . Bloody hell! If that's what I think it is, I better start moving and moving fast."
Noticing what it was that was coming straight for him, Harry admitted to himself that he was frightened. He'd never been in a tornado before but he had heard of the destruction they caused.
Ready to run for his life, Harry remembered what Wind had said to him. 'The jewel will be uncovered in the center of where it sees.' "That must mean that the jewel is in the tornado's 'eye'. There's no way that I could survive getting into the center of that thing. Even if I can somehow survive the high winds of that thing, the debris circling in it would certainly get me."
Setting his face with stone-cold determination, Harry came to a conclusion to what he was going to do.
"I have to at least try. If I fail, I can still say that I died trying." Steeling himself for what he was about to face, Harry pulled out his two swords and waited for the approaching storm.
When the funnel of wind started getting closer, Harry could feel the dirt and grass whipping around him.
"This has to be the craziest thing I've ever attempted in my life. I'm either incredibly brave or incredibly stupid."
Finally the tornado was upon him. He was instantly pulled up into the air, along with many the sticks and stones that had littered the ground of the grasslands.
Before Harry could brace himself, he was being afflicted by a barrage of very small stones (though they didn't feel small) that he knew would cause bruises later. Finally able to control his body in a somewhat defensive stance, Harry looked around for any approaching debris.
Moments later, Harry could see a volley of what looked like tree trunks and even small boulders.
He started using his swords to defend himself from the deadly onslaught. Cutting up the assailment of debris into manageable sizes with one sword, Harry hit the smaller pieces away from him with the other. After slicing and dicing at the bombardment of trees and stones for what seemed like hours, Harry's luck ran out.
He got hit in the arm with a stone about the size of his fist, effectively breaking it.
Knowing he wouldn't be able to go on much longer with just one arm, he sheathed the sword he had in his broken arm (which he amazingly held onto after the fracture in his arm) and waited for his chance.
Waiting for another boulder to come his way, he reversed the way he held his sword (so that the blade was facing downward) ready to try out his new plan. Once close enough to his target, Harry stabbed his sword into the center of one of the bigger boulders and held on for dear life.
He felt like he was on a boat without a paddle. Although the boulder was protecting him from larger debris, he was still being punished with the pain of the smaller stones and sticks.
Noticing that he was slowly spiraling into the center of the cyclone, Harry silently thanked whoever was watching out for him.
Finally, after what seemed like hours of pain, Harry was close enough to the eye of the storm to follow thru with the next step in his plan.
He slowly turned the rock so that his body was facing the center of the storm and placed his feet onto the side of the boulder, ready to pull out his blade from it. Kicking off of the boulder and pulling out his sword simultaneously, Harry accurately launched himself toward his destination.
Before reaching the eye, Harry hit a sort of wall that held stronger winds than the rest of the tornado.
As soon as he hit this 'wall' he was battered heavily from head to toe with an onslaught of debris.
Being thrown into the eye with broken glasses and broken legs, all Harry could see was a bright light. No, luckily it wasn't the light leading to death. This was actually the light leading to life.
Right there in front of him was the elemental jewel.
With his last ounce of strength, Harry lifted his unbroken arm and plucked the jewel from the air.
Almost immediately, the tornado dispersed and Harry was being lowered to the ground slowly by a light uplift of wind. Suddenly, standing in his line of sight was Lady Wind.
"Again Harry, you have surprised us with your bravery and determination. You have passed my task with flying colors. In fact, not many of the other elemental mages that have come before you even faced the tornado. Even fewer actually passed the task. I will heal your wounds and refill you with energy. You still have one more task to do before you complete your quest. Good luck to you, warrior of the light."
Healing his wounds and energy levels, Lady Wind smiled down at Harry.
She was genuinely proud of the young man before her and was sure that he would pass his next task, whatever that may be.
As the smiling face of Lady Wind blurred out of his vision, Harry appeared in a deep gorge with nothing but dirt and rocks in sight.
'Last one. After this I can go home with another tool in my fight against Voldemort. Everything seems to happen to me but I'm actually glad things are going my way. Voldemort won't know what hit him.'
Before Harry could start investigating his surroundings more, the voice, of what he assumed was Earth, spoke to him of his next task.
"Your final task will by far be the most physically and mentally difficult. You must go through this chasm using your mind and body to help you overcome the battles and challenges presented to you throughout this canyon. Arrive at the end of this ravine to receive your elemental power."
Starting at a jog, Harry was determined to pass this task as quickly as he could. He wanted to get this quest over with so that he could go back to his normal life. Even if his life isn't exactly normal.
Arriving in an area littered with large boulders, Harry stopped. He could feel a presence in the air that he didn't like.
'Where are you?' Harry thought, 'I know you're here somewhere.' Looking around at the surrounding area, Harry didn't see the boulder coming until the last second. Diving out of the way just in time, Harry saw what he was looking for.
He could see what appeared to be, Golems made out of stone, throwing boulders into the canyon from its ledge.
Knowing that the only logical thing to do in this situation is run, Harry did just that. He ran as fast as his legs would allow, dodging boulders about every ten feet.
As if dodging the boulders from above wasn't enough, an arm appeared from one of the fallen boulders and clothes-lined Harry to the ground.
Looking up into the face of a man that was obviously one of Earth's minions, Harry shot up with a kick to the minion's face and simultaneously pulled out his sword. The man was molded from hard dirt that looked rock-hard and indestructible.
Harry, with total faith in his family's swords, swung a sword at the man's neck but was dodged effectively.
"I was just beginning to think that this task couldn't get any harder but then you show up. Fate just has it in for me doesn't it?"
Using his learned Kuwatzu, Harry sprung into the air and did a spinning kick into the man's chest.
While knocking him onto the ground, Harry ran for it. He knew that he just had to make it to the finish line and wasn't going to waste any time.
Harry finally arrived at a clearing where he wasn't being targeted with boulders and stopped. He knew there was a reason for the sudden stop of the volley but wasn't exactly sure what that reason was. Soon enough, the reason was revealed to him.
Approximately thirty of the dirt minions materialized out of the ground.
Not backing down to the unfairness of the battle, Harry unsheathed his second sword.
Outnumbered, Harry faced the numerous opponents with unmatched courage.
Starting the face-off with a war cry, Harry slashed at the barrier of opponents with amazing passion and skill. Fueled with adrenaline, when Harry suffered blows, he was able to disregard the pain that came with them. Reducing the number of opponents greatly, Harry was renewed with a hope of victory before the thought was shut down again.
The remaining dozen or so opponents, fearing their defeat, molded together to form a single but larger and stronger adversary.
"Bloody hell! Don't I ever get a break? Well, as the saying goes, 'The bigger they are the harder they fall.'"
Bracing himself for the upcoming encounter, Harry got into the Kuwatzu defense position. As his monstrous challenger started his approach, Harry noticed it's slow movements.
Each step caused a small tremor in the surrounding area, but Harry knew his assailant was still at a disadvantage.
'He may be a hundred times stronger than me now, but I'm a lot faster. If I can find a way to make him fall to the ground, I've got this fight in the bag.'
Deriving a plan in his head, Harry set to work. Running straight for his opponent, Harry went directly between his legs, effectively confusing his opponent.
The only thing that his adversary had not noticed was that, while running in between it's legs, Harry had sliced straight through the ankle of the monster's right foot. Due to the giant's ignorance of the situation, it tried turning around to face Harry and ended up falling face first into the ground.
With
a whoop of victory, Harry set off at a sprint for the end of the
canyon. Arriving at his final destination, Harry couldn't believe
his success. There, shining as bright as a star was the golden-
brown
Earth jewel.
Walking up to it, Harry grabbed hold of it and immediately felt his skin sculpting into the form of the Earth rune, right next to the water sign.
Right after the rune formed on his back, Harry's surroundings changed once again. He found himself in the same dark abyss that he started his quest at, along with the elemental four.
"Is it over? Have I proven myself to you guys yet?"
"I'm afraid not child. This is only the beginning." Seeing the look of disbelief on Harry's face, the elemental four started laughing.
"We are jesting young one. You have proven yourself most effectively. You have passed your tasks with masterful skill and have earned the rights to the powers of our elements. You must remember, the powers you have received are still raw and uncontrolled. You must train yourself in the art of the elements in order to become proficient with your new powers."
"Thank you so much. I'm sure you already know this, but these elemental powers will really help me in my upcoming battle with my archenemy, Voldemort. I am training right now to become the best that I can be and this is just another weapon to help me win this war."
"Of course we know. It is one of the many reasons you were chosen for this honor. We must warn you though. The dark lord has many powers that may match your own at times. He has more years of wisdom and experience in his hands that will give him a great advantage. You must learn all that you can, but remember, Do not let this war rule your life. Find friendship, happiness, and most importantly, love. These will help you the most on your journey to victory. Goodbye child. It has been an honor to help you on the road to your destiny."
With the Element's final words, Harry awakened in his room with a smile on his face. He knew what these powers meant to the good of the wizarding world and was ready to train himself as best he could.
Ready for a few more hours of sleep, Harry laid down on his bed.
Before closing his eyes though, a blinding flash crossed through his room that thoroughly brought him back to total awareness.
Thanks to Tuxedomac, Lady of Masbolle, Dr Gero, Pottter, and Lady of the Dragons2 for reviewing. Make sure you keep it up.
Tuxedomac: I put in the rest of the elements in this chapter so I hope it's long enough for you. Sorry about the grammar but I finally got a beta to help me up with that. Just remember, I'm not a total Idiot, just one typing up a story late at night. Harry knew about the lava because of the ashes in the air. Don't Volcanoes only create the ashes when they erupt? Plus, It's the fire element. It was said that the jewel would be in 'the mountain of heat.' What else could that be besides a volcano? Thanks for the review! Later
Lady of Masbolle: Thanks for the beta offer but Dr Gero asked first and I gave it to him. Put some more action into this chapter so I hope you like. Thanks for reviewing.
Pottter: I guess this chapter explained your question about the elements so there you go. You'll just have to keep reading to find out about any other powers. Wink-Wink-Nudge-Nudge-Ya know-Ya know
Lady of the Dragons2: Sorry about the delay in this chapter but, as said above, I couldn't help it. Here's the wind element in this chapter so I hope you like. H/G? Don't worry, as much as I like teasing you about it, I won't change the ship. Harry/Ginny is my favorite and that's probably what I'll end up writing. Keep Reviewing! Later
To you readers out there. You know what to do ; )
Lots of thank to my new beta, Dr Gero!
Till next time...
