Once again: The plot of this story is based on JKR's Harry Potter series. Our plot weaves in 2 new characters: David Murray and Elizabeth Fawkes. While Lizzy is an addition, Dave replaces Seamus Finnigan. It also incorporates ideas borrowed from the White Wolf storyteller game system. Many new characters will appear in following chapters which are our characters based on the game system we played. Our plot weaves around the original plot of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone). We own only our own characters and our plot. All other characters and the original plot belong to JK Rowling. Please don't sue us! :) Part 2 of the disclaimer: All gaming terms, references, settings and characters relating to Werewolf: The Apocalypse are owned by White Wolf (Martyn, Macha, Dave, and Lizzy are our own characters however), no copyright infringement is intended. BTW, we are not making a penny off this.

We also want to take this opportunity to acknowledge our good friend, Jason. He created Amadeus and the Werewolf chronicle from which our characters, Martyn and Macha, were based. Without his creative input, Martyn and Macha, and their subsequent development, would never have existed.

Kudos to our Beta Reader Remus_is_Mine: aka JAX

Note to all our readers: If you read chapter 2 before the new year, please re-read it. When we originally uploaded it, for some strange reason, part of it was cut off. We've fixed the problem, the chapter's end should make a little more sense now. (If you started reading our story after Jan 1st, please disregard this.) Thanks!

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The Lord, the Lady, and Luna

Chapter 16: Fianna Brew

Lizzy half-supported Dave up to Gryffindor tower, spoke the password, and helped him climb through the portrait hole. Several people looked up to say 'hi', but were startled into silence by Dave's appearance. Although some of his wounds had started to knit, the fact that he was injured was still very apparent. Everyone started talking at once, wanting to know what had happened and why Dave wasn't in the Hospital Wing. Dave didn't say much. Lizzy sent a look to Hermione, Ron, and Harry, and mouthed "I'll tell you later". Hermione understood her intent and silenced the rest of the common room while Lizzy helped Dave up to his room. Once upstairs, Lizzy helped Dave onto his bed. Dave laid down, but sat up again almost immediately.

"Dave, lie down," Lizzy said, pushing him back down, "You need to rest."

"I have to talk to Professor Dumbledore. I need to send a message to Martyn," Dave replied, still struggling to sit up.

"I'll use your fire and ask him," Lizzy said reasonably, "You don't need to get up." Dave relented and Lizzy tucked the blanket around him, then went over to his fire. Taking a pinch of powder, she threw it into the fire and said, "Professor Dumbledore's office!" Moments later, she was looking up at Professor Dumbledore.

"Yes, Miss Fawkes?" he asked, "Is everything alright?"

"Dave's fine, Professor. He'd just like you to contact a certain Martyn," Lizzy said, "I guess you must know who that is, since Dave didn't elaborate."

"Yes indeed," Dumbledore replied, "Please let David know that I have already sent Fawkes with a message for Martyn. He will probably arrive soon."

"Yes, Professor," Lizzy said and withdrew her head from the fire.

"Elizabeth, I'm better now," Dave mumbled from the bed, trying again to sit up.

"Oh no you don't!" Lizzy said, pushing him back down.

"Elizabeth," Dave mumbled again, "There's a potion over in my trunk. Can you get it please?"

"Dave, you know potions don't affect you," Lizzy replied.

"This one will," Dave assured her. Lizzy opened Dave's trunk, rummaged through it for a moment and pulled out a flask.

"This it?" she asked, handing it to him.

"Yeah, thanks," he replied, grabbing it and taking a big draught from it.

"Whoa Dave, shouldn't you go easy on that stuff?" After finishing the bottle, Dave hiccupped and replied,

"Thass ok Lizabeth, I'm all finebetternow." Before Lizzy could say anything, there was a knock at the door. Lizzy opened it, revealing Professor Dumbledore with a man and woman whom Lizzy had never seen before.

"Ah, Miss Fawkes," Dumbledore said, "How is our patient?"

"I'm not entirely sure, Sir. Is this gentleman Martyn?" Lizzy replied, gesturing to the rather large man, who had a massive sword strapped to his back.

"Good evening, Miss," Martyn said, bowing, "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Martyn William MacLeod, Lainnir Roghainn, Silver Fang Athro Galliard, and current Warden of Caern Darkness Falling. This," he said, gesturing to his left, "Is Macha McNeill-Gardiner, Windrunner, Fianna Athro Ragabash of Caern Darkness Falling." Lizzy bobbed a half-curtsey, but looked rather confused as she replied,

"I'm Elizabeth Fawkes. Pleased to meet you."

"Hell-llo, Martyn, Sir, hiccup I'm all betterfinenow," Dave drawled from his bed.

"What is wrong with David?" Dumbledore asked, "He sounds drunk!" As the new arrivals entered the room, Lizzy spoke up,

"But Sir, potions don't affect Dave. I'm sure alcohol wouldn't either."

"But this stuff will," Macha said, holding Dave's flask in the air, "This is Fianna Brew." Martyn rounded on Macha.

"You gave him Fianna Brew?!" he asked, outraged, "He's just a cub!"

"Um, no Sir," Lizzy spoke up from behind him, "He had it in his trunk and asked me to hand it to him. What is Fianna Brew?"

"Issa cultural thing, Lizzybeth," Dave mumbled.

"Only a Fianna would be stupid enough to bind a spirit to a jug of alcohol," Martyn said, rolling his eyes and heaving a sigh, "The effects will wear off in a day or two...or three." Macha chuckled and said,

"I didn't give it to him. You know my policy, none of that for cubs. He must have seen me making it and snuck some, or...wait a minute...I'm going to kill my son!" Lizzy continued to look confused.

"Machyn, Bizaleth is a finkolk. Cuniorn told me she has the Tother's Mouch. Wheee," Dave said, throwing his hands in the air with the last word. Lizzy decided to try and clarify some of what Dave had said.

"I think Sir," she said hesitantly, "He's trying to say that I'm Kinfolk. At least, that's what he said on the way back here from Professor Dumbledore's office. He said he'd talked to Unicorn and that I have something called Mother's Touch. What I don't understand is what all that is."

"Well, well, well," Martyn said, "Again we are honoured, Macha. First a Garou, and now Kinfolk. Elizabeth, David is a werewolf. One of Gaia's warriors. He has an extra gene which allows him to change to his different forms. You share this same gene, but in you the gene is dormant. Kinfolk do not suffer the Delirium when witnessing a Garou shift. A precious few of them are gifted with Gnosis, our spiritual essence. Even fewer still, are allowed to learn Gifts taught by spirits. David was evidently fighting something in the Umbra and must have run across a Unicorn spirit who told him about you. When you touched David, did you feel different?"

"Yes, Sir, I did," Lizzy replied, "I felt a bit drained, then strangely whole again."

"Aha Macha, Mother's Touch," Martyn said.

"Dear, when you use the gift of the Healing Touch, it drains some of your essence to do that. Perhaps Unicorn is also giving you essence to aid you in your healing, which is why you felt invigorated afterwards," Macha said to Lizzy.

"She'sgahorntoo," Dave gurgled drowsily. Macha snorted softly at Dave's vocabulary.

"A horn?" asked Dumbledore.

"Well Professor," Lizzy said, "When I first got my wand, I there was a glow around me and an ethereal horn protruded from my forehead."

"See tole you," Dave mumbled, hiccupping.

"David! Go to sleep!" everyone in the room said at once, then chuckled.

"I think we have inundated Miss Fawkes with enough information for this evening. Martyn, I will send her with David for his next 'anger management' training," Dumbledore said with a smile and twinkle.

"As always Professor, you do me a great honour in giving me your trust," Martyn replied with a bow. "We must now take our leave, but we will be back to pick David, and Elizabeth, up next Friday. Please ask David what it was that he fought it the Umbra. Get as much information as possible and please send it to me with Fawkes." With that, Martyn turned towards the mirror in Dave's room. Lizzy was a bit startled to see him walk into the mirror. Macha nodded to Dumbledore, smiled at Lizzy, and patted her shoulder before following Martyn into the mirror.

"Miss Fawkes," Dumbledore said with a smile, "I will tell Professor McGonagall that David will be excused from classes for at least tomorrow." Dumbledore left Dave's room chuckling to himself, leaving Lizzy alone with Dave's snores.

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