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Chapter 12: Gifts
8th sun 9th moon 5451st turn 7th age August 21st, 17849bc
After what had happened the night before they all went to bed without a single word while thinking about what had happened. The least effected was Jasoph and the most was Remus. All four were eating breakfast and couldn't help but note the difference in Remus appearance.
Once they all finished they decided to talk about what happened the night before.
"So…do any of you know what happened last night? I'm still confused." Harry said looking at those around him, specifically Remus and Hermione being the only two from his time.
"From the information Kurinai gave me he was Helga's husband. He was mortally injured in a battle and so would have left Helga pregnant and alone. On his dieing breath he asked Gryffindor to protect his wife and heir and he would somehow someway repay that debt when Gryffindor's heir would need it. So I gather that he thought you needed it." Remus told them all with a thoughtful look on his face. He continued saying, "At least know I know why the sorting hat thought I'd do good in Hufflepuff. He said he would have placed me there had it not been for the fact that I had so much bravery for attending Hogwarts with my curse."
"Remus how exactly did he change your werewolf curse? Did he cure you?" Hermione asked in her 'tell me fast or suffer the consequences of with-holding knowledge from me' tone.
"He didn't change the curse; he just gave me the knowledge to be able to control it. Apparently Helga was also bitten by a werewolf when she was young, so she learned all she could from her curse until she learned to control it. It's quite amazing I know exactly how the curse works, Helga was trying to create a cure for it but she died before she could find one. I believe from the knowledge I gained of the curse that all she needed would be to know is how it was created in the first place, if she knew that she would have been able to cure it. For that matter I might be able to cure it, if I knew how the curse originated too." Remus answered managing to shock Hermione out of asking any more questions.
"Wow…um…So Remus what else did you gain exactly?" Harry asked him.
"Well, I know everything Helga knew of Herbology and potions, how to tell which ingredients are of better quality than others, and all that. It's actually quite surprising as I was never very good at potions. I can also speak to all kinds of creatures baring them being sentient beings so I'm no help with humans, centaurs and such.
"And from the look of her scythe and hammer I really don't think she was someone to cross" Remus said with a chuckle as he once more looked at her weapons.
"Personally I think she will be a nice strong willed lady, if those weapons are anything to go by, perfect if you ask me." Jasoph said after he examined the weapons.
"Um…sure" Harry said with his usual eloquence.
"So pup, what exactly did you gain?" Remus asked Harry, after having looked around and seeing that Hermione was still shocked and unresponsive.
"Well I know how to use any weapon ever created since the founders until our times, including muggle ones. I finally have a decent scabbard for my sword and I know how to change its form from Godric's Longsword to my daikatana. And I also got Salazar's Harshk and Seth, his two daggers and I also get the feeling that he wasn't the evil bloke that history books make him out to be." With those words finished Hermione woke up to the world after hearing that Salazar wasn't as evil as books said he was, but before she could defend the books from being called wrong Harry asked her, "Nee, what did you gain?" at this Hermione's eyes light up and she commenced:
"The staff is simply amazing! It's not only used for melee fighting but it can also amplify spells cast with it at more than 20 times their power if I used a wand. I can also change its form with a mere thought to either a sword, bow, lance, quarterstaff, bow and many other, oh so useful things! I know exactly how to use all the things that it can transform into and it can even help me with my foresight, not that I believe in divination, but if Lady Ravenclaw believed in her foresight then it certainly mist be real and unlike that fraud Trelawny's sight foresight doesn't tell you the future. It shows the past, present, what could have been and what could be, never what will happen just possibilities. And as the one with foresight it is my job to help the best out come, come to pass. It's oh ever so exiting, to think of the knowledge I can acquire by seeing events from the past! Or the evens that could have happened but never will! I can't wait to have my first vision." Once she finished talking she started taking air in great gulp as she hadn't breathed all through her speech.
"How about you Jasoph?" Remus asked.
"Me? I just gained the knowledge that I have some very good friends now, I could not have asked for a better gift."
AN: thanks for reading, and I'm glad to say that today it was on time unlike the last time when I had you wait for around three weeks. Once more I apologize for that. And I'll try next chapter for 2 to 3 days but it might be four again. Thank you for reading once more and please review.
I'm sorry for it being so short but I really wanted a chapter just to explain the gifts and it turned out shorter than I thought it would, but next chapter on they should be getting longer. I'm also going to post a new fic called 'The Duel' and depending on how's it's received will be if I make it just a one shot or a series. I think I will post it around the same time as the next chapter for this fic, so please read it and review it. Thanks!
Reviews:
shion20 – so do I, it annoys him no end evil laugh
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Warra - nothing to worry about, you should see my French, it's practically inexistent
gaul1 - the dating system is based on 28 days a month with 13 months a year for a total of 364 days a year. This is one less than our calendar, but we also have the leap year every 4 years with another extra day. Since their calendar is based on the moon they can't just add one day to a year so instead every 22 years they have a leap year in which there will be 14 'months' so to say instead of 13. This will account for most of the difference but 6 minutes and 32.74 milliseconds will still remain out of place so every 220 years the 14th month of the that leap year will have 29 days thus making up and bringing the calendar to the exact time. Did that help? Or just plain made it worse? If it did make it worse just be glad I have not introduced the names of the months yet or the way the reckon time in decimals instead of minutes and such.
Thsutton – er...oops?
Bloodless Ace - thanks for the rev
firebirdgs -
1.- What was that?
What was what? Please be a bit more specific as much as people seem to think I am, I am not psychic, I just happen to be able to know what people are thinking at the time a lot.
2.- What the heck are the four founders in this story to have such
weapons and power? Very powerful wizards and witches of their time especially by Harry's time were wizards are so weak that most of them would still have to use wands even if they knew wandless magic was possible. This will be explained at a later time in the story
3.- Are harru & hermione inmortals? They're not immortal, they'll life as long as they want, barring they get killed of course.
4.- herms is an orphan now, right? She might or she mightn't. I won't say any more on what happen the day they came to the past for a very long time to come
Maybe but for know Remus has taken that place, now that he has a chance to enjoy life without the werewolf curse.
And on that note, Remus is still a werewolf the only difference is he can turn into wolf form at will and keep his mind during the full moons when he will still transform for the whole night. Only that transformation will not be painful anymore, it will be as an animagus transformation, but should he bite anyone, they will gain the werewolf curse.