"Who are you? Where do you come from and why are you here?" Dumbledore asked her kindly but firmly.
"I am Aragwen, daughter of Aragorn and I must speak to the headmaster." She replied looking Dumbledore confidently in the eyes. (this was surprising for there were very few who could look directly into his piercing blue stare)
"I am he." Said Dumbledore.
Much to the dismay of Madam Pomfrey she got up from her bed and bowed low to Dumbledore.
"Lord Albus, I come from the land of Middle Earth. I believe you might have heard of it? Though I think it is only a legend in this world."
"Yes I have but it was long ago decided on that it does not exist. But I supposed I will now be told otherwise?"
"Yes, lord, you see in Middle Earth we know of your world. And of your dark lord. We have our own dark lord you see, actually we are on our third dark lord. Morgoth, was our first; he was banished in the First Age of our world. Then, long ago the dark lord Sauron rose to power. There is a long and complicated story of the Rings of Power and the first defeat of Sauron too long to tell now. He was defeated but he returned not long ago in the Third Age of our world and there is another long and complicated story about his second defeat. There was a great war and when it ended a king was returned to the throne of Gondor and the Fourth Age began. Our world was restored and most thought evil was vanquished for good. But recently a new dark power is growing. A new dark lord is gaining strength. He is called Garonath." She paused, "I will tell more about our peril and how your world is involved when a certain few of your students are present; Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Draco Malfoy."
Dumbledore nodded, "Minerva, if you would be so kind as to fetch Harry, Ron, and Hermione. And Severus, if you could fetch Mr. Malfoy. Please bring them to my office." The two teachers turned and left without a word. "Aragwen, if I am correctly pronouncing your name, would you please follow me?" He led her through the halls of the castle, Aragwen looking around in wonder and amazement at the moving pictures, ghosts, and other magical things. They stopped before a pair of stone gargoyles, "Ice Mice." Said Dumbledore. The gargoyles suddenly came to life and sprang aside; a hole was opened in the wall revealing a moving spiral staircase that went straight up. Aragwen only jumped slightly, not much seemed to frighten this young girl. They stepped on to the moving staircase and it carried them up and up until they reached a large door with an ornate knocker. They entered a circular room full of odd-looking instruments and with walls lined with moving pictures of past headmasters and headmistresses. Aragwen continued to look around in amazement.
Dumbledore chuckled slightly, "Please, take a seat," He said to her gesturing towards a chair, "The students should be here in a moment."
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Reformatted: 9/17/04