Training for the Inevitable
Chapter Four: Into the Tomb
The three of them flew out of the house under the cover of Invisibility cloaks, and an invisibility charm on the Flying Carpet. They made their way down to the Tombs area of the Valley of the Kings. When they got there, they cast silence charms on themselves and on the carpet, so that the guards wouldn't catch them. As they made their way closer to the Tombs entrance, they found that the guards were being distracted by something, and they found that they were thankful for it. "Looks like we have someone on our side for our little adventure guys. I think that it's either the Ancients who are helping us out, or our boss who is giving us some time. Either way, let's not look a gift horse in the mouth." They were silent for the rest of the way into the entrance of the Tomb.
At the head of the Tomb, they found that their invisibility charms and silencing charms no longer worked. The Carpet also seemed to collapse there, so they found themselves walking the rest of the way in. As they got closer to their objective, they found that there was some traps set for them, and they got by them rather easily. There was some close calls, like when Ginny accidentally set off a pit fall trap, and was hanging from the edge of the pit by her fingertips, before Bill and Harry pulled her to safety. Harry had set off a small noxious gas trap, but was able to avoid it with his quick reflexes. Bill was the one that came the closest to being lost on the way in, when he set off a series of bolt holes that shot spikes at him. He avoided most of them, but still was hit by two. They were able to get the spikes out of his arm, and do some emergency first aide, but Bill was still hurting a whole lot. "Looks like there might be some poison in those spikes Bill. Hopefully we will be able to get to the Ancients quickly, and that they will be able to help you out. I don't think that it will be dangerous, but you never know. Don't worry tho, I think that we should be all right." Harry tried to cheer him up, and was doing a fair job of it considering the circumstances. They had a good laugh at this, and continued on their way. They made it to the Throne Room that Bill had found the book in originally, unscathed.
"Well guys, here we are. This is where we should find out what we are to do for our training. Let's set up our camp and get some sleep. I think that what we find out, we will find out soon enough." Bill was smiling, but a bit nervous. "I don't think we have to worry about the poison running through my veins at this time, I think that they wouldn't let me die. It should be taken care of while we sleep."
They set up their camp and had a brief meal before falling into a deep and fitful sleep. While they were sleeping, they found that they were taken off to another time and place. They were having nightmares, then dreams while they were traveling. The nightmares showed them what was going to happen if they didn't succeed in their training. In the dreams they were visited by one of their trainers.
Ginny's Dream and Nightmare
When Ginny had fallen asleep, she found that she felt like she was traveling to a far away place. While she couldn't wake up to warn the others, she also started having the worse kind of nightmare, worse than any she had ever had since the end of her first year at Hogwart's, when she was taken over by Voldemort's dream self and had her open the Chamber of Secrets. She found herself watching over what would happen to her friends and family if she failed to finish the training. She saw first her mother and father captured by death eaters, and forced to watch as her brothers were slowly tortured by the cruciatus curse. Then they were slowly killed in the most devastating way, all but Ron that is. She watched as Ron was forced to watch his wife Hermoine, first have her belly sliced open, and their unborn Daughter pulled out and fed to Nagini. Then he was forced to watch her bleed to death, before he was gutted and beheaded by Bellatrice Lestrange. Then her parents were tortured by Crucio over and over again until they were worse of than the Longbottoms. They were just shells of themselves after that. She was also forced to watch as Harry tried in vain to save her and her family, but failed miserably against Voldemort. She saw him fall, before she was the last one standing, and she herself fell to the killing curse.
She was crying her head off when she heard a quiet female voice calling to her from somewhere in front of her. "Don't worry Ginny, none of it will happen if you finish your training. You Bill and Harry are really strong, and will be able to do it. Don't worry about me, I am Circe, I am one of the Ancients, and one of your trainers also. Now come with me, and we shall start your training when the others wake up. Don't worry, they will have to face their nightmares also, but it won't be the same as you had to face. That one is what would happen if you failed to finish your training." Ginny saw a beautiful lady dressed in clothes of Ancient Egypt, and she was smiling. Circe held her arms out to Ginny who came over to her and accepted the hug. "It's all right Ginny, I know how hard it was for you to see that, but it was necessary for you to know why your doing this." They walked a little way, and Ginny found herself in the same Throne Room, but it looked more new, and there were more people in it.
"It's beautiful, is this where we will be doing our training?" Ginny was speechless pretty much after saying that.
"Yes, you will be doing most of your training here in this room, and also outside the pyramids. Don't worry, you will see why you have no need to worry once your friends get here."
Bills Nightmares and Dream
What Bill found when he fell asleep, was something similar to what Ginny had felt in that he felt like he was moving but not moving. He also started having a nightmare that he couldn't awake from. He found himself watching as his whole family was killed in a death eater attack, while he was in France with Fleur and her family. He then saw that Fleur and her family were taken hostage by one of France's biggest Death Eaters, and he also saw them tortured and killed as he and Harry were trying to rescue them. He saw Harry fall to Voldemort just before he saw the green light that ended his life forever. He shuddered when he thought about what had happened and hoped that it wouldn't happen that way.
"Don't worry Mr. Weasley, that will not happen if you and your family finish your training completely. Don't worry about me, I am one of the Ancients, and also one of your trainers. I am Appollo, and I am one of the Ancients of the old world. You are now in our time, and we are going to be training you and the others in the ways of beginning battle, so that you will be able to handle the rest of your training over the world. You will be doing great, and are strong. I trust that you will all be able to take to your training with no problems. You will be training both in this room, and outside the pyramid. The others should be coming really soon, so I think that you should wake up now, and see where your at." The older man smiled at Bill, and let him to awake.
When Bill woke up, he found himself still in the Throne Room, but in a newer one. He found that Ginny was awake also, and kneeling over Harry, who Bill could tell that was going through a rough time of the Nightmare part. A few seconds later, he saw Harry calm down a bit, and then twenty minutes later, found that Harry had awoken and looked at Bill and Ginny and smiled. "Are you two ready to get this done?" Harry had his smile going for the two of them, so Bill knew why he was picked to do this. Bill wondered what had Harry seen about the deaths, and shuddered about what he could have seen.
Harry's Nightmare and Dream
Harry wasn't having to bad a time with the traveling part, but when he started having the nightmares, he let out a scream. What he saw was something that he wouldn't be able to forget for a long time. He saw Voldemort kidnap him and Ginny right away as soon as they got back from the time with the founders. He found that they were to tired to be able to do anything, and they were put under the Crucio for so long, that they weren't able to do anything to stop him from his killing of both Muggles, Witches and Wizards alike. He didn't stop with only the Muggle born, but also with all those that had opposed him. He found that they were forced to watch as he killed all the rest of the Weasley's, and then Dumbledore. What he saw was when he had stormed the castle, he had a fairly easy time of taking out the castle. Once he had taken over the castle, he had a ruling seat over most of the Eurapean Magical Nation. He went on to take over the rest of Europe, all the time having Harry and Ginny under his lock and Key to watch what he was doing, all the while when Harry couldn't do anything about it. Harry was getting a bit pissed off at this, and when he saw that Voldemort got tired of keeping them, he killed Ginny and then Harry in the most horrid of ways. (I won't go into how, this is a PG story). Unlike the other two, he was shown what would soon become of the world if this happened. He was shown that Voldemort would rule the world for another 4,000 years, and then eventually be taken down by an unknown ancestor of Harry's that was from a cousin he didn't know he had that survived it. That was when his spirit guide, Odin came to him and smiled at Harry.
"Well it looks like if you don't do it, it will be a long time before Voldemort is destroyed. This doesn't have to happen you know, you will be able to prevent it, once you finish with your training. I know that it happened just as you were coming back from your last training, and that you will be tired and unable to protect yourself, but we can fix that. Don't worry Harry, you will do fine. Now you need to wake up and be with your family so that we can start." With that Harry woke up to a beautiful site, he found Ginny sitting next to him trying to comfort him from his nightmare. He smiled up at them and laughed a bit at the looks on their faces.
"Well we should get going on our training don't you two think so?"
"Oh yah Harry, let's get this started so that we can kick Voldemort's butt. We're ready to do this, and more than willing not to let happen what we saw happen. Let's agree not to talk about what we each saw in our nightmares, and not to ask the others." Bill was making sense with that proposition, and the other two agreed.
The three of them looked up when they heard the chuckling of their trainers. "What do you think is so funny? We are trying to have a serious conversation here, and the three that are supposed to be training us, are laughing at what we are doing." Harry was getting a little mad at this, and even madder when they kept on chuckling.
"So sorry for laughing at you three. It's just that you look so serious, and you should be wondering who we are, or where you are." Harry recognized the one who said this as Odin, and smiled at the old man.
"Well I know who you are Odin, it's the other two that I don't know. Who are your friends? May I infer that they are our other trainers in this endeavor?"
"You may infer that indeed Harry. These are my friends, and your other trainers, Appollo and Circe." The other two nodded to the three youngsters, who just smiled at them. "As to where we are, you are in the times of the Ancients, and this is where you will be doing the rest of your training in Egypt."
Bill looked at the three of them, and wondered why he was there. He didn't think that he was supposed to be training with them, but he wanted to do the training and be prepared for the inevitable battle against Voldemort. "I want to do the training also. I don't care if you don't think that I should be going through the training, but I think that I can be of help with Harry and Ginny in both their training and in the fight against Voldemort." Bill was being aggressive with his assertion that he should go through the training also.
The three trainer looked at him with amused looks on their face. "I don't think you understand Bill, you wouldn't have even have been allowed into this area in this time if we didn't plan on training you also. You are going to be training with them for the inevitable, and you are part of the trio now. Don't worry, your friends won't feel left out, but they have something else that will be on their minds during this. Their daughter will be a beautiful redhead, with the brains of her mother. Don't worry, it will be more like yours Ginny, Auburn Red, not fire engine red like your brothers. Now if you three will come forward, you will be signing contracts that will start this training off, and give you the power that is hidden in you. It won't hurt, but it will also be for you benefit." The three of them reluctantly stepped forward to sign the contract. What they found was that when they did, they were instantly given the power to understand the languages of any of their trainers that they were going to be meeting in the future. They were also given the ability to speak the language also. They were happy for this, and were talking to each other in the different languages that they knew just to test them out.
"Ok the first of your training will be in Ani-Magi training. You will be registering these forms, but not having to worry about it til you get back to the present time. Now if you would please step up and take a drink of the potion I have in my hand, it will show us what your form is. This is also a potion that will allow you to go into your transformation much more quickly. We don't think that you should be worrying about this training as much as the others, that is why this potion does that also." Odin was the one that was going to be taking them through this training, and Harry was the first to step up to take of the potion. When he took the potion, he fell over with a start, and the rest of the group went to help him up, when Odin told them to leave him be. He had a smile on his face when this happened, and it didn't look like he was worried about what was happening to Harry, so the rest, while worried, let him be.
Ginny came next, and when she took the potion, she turned into a sleek black panther, and went prowling around a bit before turning back. "Wow that was great. I love cats, and Panthers especially. I love my form, I just wish Harry was awake to see it." She sat down next to Harry, and when Odin didn't object, she started to stroke his hair. "I love you Harry, and I want you to come out of this and see what my form is. I know you will love it just as much as I do." She bent down and kissed his forehead, and then watched as Bill took the potion.
Bill was a little nervous when he did this, for the last time he did this, he found that he wasn't able to turn into one, but the trainers said that they opened latent talents with the signing of the contract, so maybe he could now. He took the potion, and found that he was growing smaller and growing wings and feathers. He looked around from eyes that were much more sharp than before, and he looked at himself in a mirror that Ginny had conjured for him. What he saw was a Golden Eagle standing there in front of the mirror. He then changed back in time to gasp. "Now that was interesting, when I first tried to do that, I was told that I didn't have a form. But I guess that when we signed the contract, it opened up my Ani-Magi ability." Bill was smiling a smile a mile wide now, and he joined Ginny over at Harry, who had just began starting to wake up.
"MOVE! Move now you two, I don't know how long I can hold it back, and I don't want to hurt you two in the fire." Bill and Ginny moved out of the way quickly when they heard this, and were worried for him.
When they moved out of the way, Harry burst into flames and into his beautiful Ani-Magi form. The animal that was standing in front of them was a red and gold Phoenix. Then Harry turned back into himself and sighed. "I guess I can't ever be normal, can I? Well at least it is a form that everyone would like." Harry even had a sense of humor when he was a bit sad.
"That's great Harry, you are beautiful in your Phoenix form." Ginny placed a kiss on his forehead, and helped him up.
"Good job Harry, it seems that we all have the ability of the Ani-Magi, and yours in one of the special kind. You are meant to be special tho, so don't worry. It chose you because of your traits in loyalty and friendship. You are meant to do great things, and we are here to help you out." Bill said this with a smile at his future Brother-in-law and shook his hand. "McGonagall is going to freak, I don't think anyone has ever gone through the Phoenix rebirth when they turned into one as a Ani-Magi before. This should be interesting to research." Bill was being thoughtful on this subject, before the three of them turned back to their trainers. "So what is next in our lineup of training Appollo?"
"Well Bill, you will now be learning about Wandless Magic, and how to both do it and control it. You will start out with simple spells, and as you progress, you will be getting into more and more complicated spells. You will eventually be able to do even the unforgivables without a wand, but we don't encourage it. Now we need to get you started on your training, we only have another month here." Appollo was looking at them with a smile, and they all stood up to start their training.
The training in Wandless magic went by rather quickly actually, and they progressed through the minor and middle spells within the first couple of days. They started into the more complicated spells next, and were having a little bit of trouble, but found that if they worked together, they were able to do almost anything. Harry found that they all had Patronuses, and that when they were able to do them Wandlessly, they were more powerful than ever. Harry had his Stag Patronus of course, Ginny's was in the form of the Black Panther, and Bills was that of the Golden Eagle. The next spells that they mastered was the Aparition spell, at least Ginny was the only one that hadn't been able to do it before now, and she was finding that she was able to do it quite easily.
They found that they liked spending time outside in the Desert also, learning about the different lifestyles in the area, and just spending time in the area. They had been able to speak the language quite easily because of their unleashed powers, and were happy for it.
The rest of their wandless training took just over two weeks, for they were having a bit of trouble with what they had to learn, the unforgivables. They were trained in the killing curse by being able to cast it on convicts sentenced to die. You see, back then, it wasn't illegal to use, and they were able to do it without punishment. They weren't happy being able to cast it, but they knew that it would have to be learned. When they were done with it, they were exhausted and glad to have a couple of days off before the last part of their training was to take place.
"What do you guys think about this whole idea of casting the unforgivables without a wand? I didn't really like having to learn it, and to be casting it on those poor people, even tho they were convicts that were sentenced to die. I guess it is an easier way to die, than some of the other methods that they used back in this time." Ginny was being contemplative, and the guys didn't want to interrupt her in her thoughts.
"I know what you mean Gin, but it is a necessary evil I think. We don't want to judge these people for what they do, and we don't want them to judge us right? So why don't we just enjoy our training, and the little time that we have in this time. I don't think that we should dwell on the problems that we have, and instead concentrate on our training." Harry knew how to make Ginny smile, and she rewarded him with a sweet smile.
The next part of their training they found that they were waiting for it more and more. They were going to be taught the ways of the healers, both in Magical and Muggle Healing. They were taught the ways of the Healers, and of the Magical Healers also. They were able to get into the ways of the healers quite easily, and found that they were well adept at it. Ginny was the one who became more of the Mind Healer, while Bill and Harry were into the healing of the body.
When they found themselves done with the Healing arts, they were standing in front of their trainers, and smiling for they knew that their training back in this time was almost over. They were told that they would be going through some testing, but that it would be rather easy for them. What they found that there testing was going to be, was an all out duel against their trainers. They looked at each other with some worry, but knew that they weretrained well, and that they could do this if they stayed focused and fought together.
A/N: The next chapter will be the Fight against the Trainers, and they find out what they will be doing and where. They will also be getting some gifts from their trainers, and also end their stay in Egypt for now. Please read and review. Donald