chapter 22 it's a lot shorter then I hoped but then again it's not that action filled.
After this chap the war gets on a roll again, which means battles
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Thank you Zosa, Love you (K)(K)(K) -no I hardly spend time on msn :D
Chapter 22
The Prophecy
The four mages were lying on the ground in the living room with books scattered everywhere when Alastor entered.
"What are you doing?"
"It's called research Mad Eye" Harry replied.
"You should try it some times" Audrey added.
"Waste of time" Alastor growled and left.
"Okay back to the job at hand. This general index shows us…well…nothing at all. I'm afraid we'll have to work with the ones in the individual diaries" Hermione said closing the thick book in front of her hearing groaning around from Harry, Audrey and Ron as they took in the scattered books around the room.
Each grabbed the nearest diary and started going through it. It was a good three hours later that mrs. Weasley brought them some sandwiches and even later when Ron finally found something.
"I've been told about an old legend by a witch who might bring me closer to the original text of the Elemental Mage Prophecy. The witch spoke of a legend that had been passed on in her village, though there were few people left in said village…"
"The rest isn't very interesting" he concluded while closing the book with a snap.
"Well it's nice to know that, but it doesn't help much if the legend isn't even mentioned" Harry thought aloud.
"I've found something as well" Audrey said as she settled her body into a more comfortable position.
"About the prophecy?" Ron inquired.
"No, but it explains something we've been wondering about as well."
"What?"
"Why Harry and I couldn't use magic when we were taken prisoner by Voldy"
"And why was that" Harry asked as he squatted down to read from her shoulder.
"It seems that we couldn't use magic in the Valley of the Kings because of some old curses that block any magic that is performed without the help of a focus. In our case that would have to be a wand" Audrey said as she read the passage once more.
"You'd think people would know that" Hermione muttered.
"Not everything is public knowledge Mist" Ron said.
"Though there are a lot of facts in these diaries that could make our school curriculum a bit more interesting" Harry said walking back to his piece of the floor.
"I'm sure" Audrey said as she picked the next diary.
The four went back to reading in silence.
It was an hour later when Harry found the legend that Ron had read about earlier.
"I've got the legend!" Harry exclaimed.
"Goody, read it!" Audrey said as she threw her diary aside.
"The first four recorded Elemental Mages were born as siblings, two brothers and two sisters, each born within a year of the previous. They were the first four children of Kunagno, the wise lord and Ardra, the noble lady. After them several other children followed. And it is noticeable that all children born to Kunagno and Ardra were powerful witches and wizards, even at a young age. Though all children were powerful none could match the power of the Elemental Mages.
First born was the mage of Earth and as tradition called for, Ardra gave him a name with a deeper meaning. A name that in his case was bound to his element. The child was named Varden and his name meant "From the green hill" and as he grew older, he could be found roaming the hills near his home.
The second child born under Air, was named Aingeal, and her name meant "Angel." She was named such as she was born with the wings of an angel. When she learned to fly with them at the age of three, she could be found soaring through the sky with the birds who saw her as their friend.
After Aingeal came the child of Water. The girl was named Morgandy and her name meant "Little one from the edge of the sea". As she grew up she spent much time on the sea-shore. She would stand barefoot on the sand and let the sea touch her feet.
The last child was of the element Fire and he was given the name Edan, a name which simply meant "Fire." He always went with one of his siblings and was always followed by his phoenix whom he had named Caradoc, which meant "dearly loved". Caradoc was dearly loved by the four children.
Kunagno and Ardra had known from the birth of Varden that their children were Elemental Mages but they hadn't been prepared for the four of them to come into power at a young age. And young they were.
Edan had yet to reach his third summer and yet all were already powerful. Their parents instructed them as best they could, but they could always rely on Varden and Aingeal to keep the other two in check.
But no one had been prepared for what would happen when their next child would be born as Edan reached his third summer. It was not one child but two, two girls, each born with a Celtic Cross mark on her forehead, they were blessed by the god Dagda; they were called the Blessed Twins. And as to that they were named; Eilis, God's oath and Seana, God's grace.
Kunagno and Ardra's last child was born when Varden was 10 years old. The child, once again a girl, was named Aislin, her name meaing "Vision." She was a fair child and could always count on the protection of her four oldest siblings.
It was Aislin who at the age of 12 wrote the prophecy. In the beginning her family though that it was about Varden, Aingeal, Morgandy and Edan but as they studied the prophecy, they saw that that could never be true. They then made copies of the prophecy and sent it to many libraries to be kept safe.
Aislin, by the age of 16 was a fairly known seer and prophecy-writer, though none was as mind befuddling as the one about the Elemental Mages.
On a winter's day she fell into a vision, the only one with her at that point was Aingeal. Aingeal only heard three words…death…dark…and demon. When she asked Aislin later on, Aislin told her that she didn't remember. But the meaning of the words would soon become clear. Less then a month after Aislin had the strange vision she was killed brutally by a Chaos Mage named Carey, also know as The Dark One. Carey killed Aislin because her demon lover Daman had feared Aislin's power of visions, though it is not known why he did fear it.
The four mages were torn over the death of their sister and left their home on a quest for vengeance. Eilis and Seana were 19 and served at the temple of Dagda. Though they mourned the loss of their sister they also warned their older siblings of the dangers of vengeance, that it could destroy ones soul. The four ignored the warnings and left to hunt down Carey and Daman.
For nearly two years the Mages searched the lands for Carey and Daman without success. Eventually they found them, on Samhain in Ireland. The day that the veil that lies between our world and Tir Nan Og (1), the land of the eternal young, is at its thinnest.
Varden started the fight and soon it was a great battle. The Sidhe Mounds were bright alight with all the magic that was being thrown around. After a long fight the Mages rose, hurt, but victorious, their vengeance finally fulfilled. As they looked over Carey and Daman's dead bodies they saw a white shimmer appear. The shimmer formed into a ghostlike form of Aislin. She spoke with a calm voice and thanked them, at the same time giving them a warning. Somewhere in the future the Magical World would be torn by war, eventually even involving the world of non-magic humans. It would be at that time that her prophecy would gain meaning. They had to make sure that the prophecy would be safe, so it could be found in the future where it would be needed.
After that she bid them farewell and disappeared. Varden, Aingeal, Morgandy and Edan kept their promise and after a few years peace was restored and all Mages got married and had children. They both continued strong magic bloodlines and started new ones."
"And the prophecy?" Hermione asked with big eyes.
"It's here" Harry said.
"In the darkest of times
Four lights are born
One born from darkness
One who chases the darkness into hiding
One born of pure magical blood
One born in the world without magic
Friends they shall all become
And many hardships will they face
But they shall conquer them all with friendship
As strong as the evil they will drown in demise
But those are nothing compared
To what they shall be up against
When darkness returns
And they will see the evil in its face
When they do
Their powers will reawaken
The four grand powers of the Elements given of
Fire, the Soul
Air, the Breath
Earth, the Body
Water, the Blood
Combined together, these powers will be a force
That even time will stand still for
And together they must stand strong
If they are to defeat darkness once and for all"
"Well we knew that part" Ron grumbled. "what about the new part?"
"I was getting there" Harry said and read on.
"If all goes as foreseen
Rulers will fail
And be overthrown
A conflict within the Light
For the good of all those loyal to light
With each passing action
Of those Chosen
The disharmony within
Will disappear
The time draws nearer
For the awakening of powers
Then it will truly begin
All will be in the open
And the fighting will reach its peak
The duration of the fight will
Depend on the Four
The end is inevitable
Light will have to face Dark
Who will win
Not even fate can tell"
"Just great" Audrey blinked. "I don't get it"
"Me neither, let's ask Dumbledore" Hermione groaned as her knees wobbled from sitting crouched on the floor for so long.
They fire called and explained what they'd found, forming a pleased smile on his lips, only to be switched immediately to appearing serious.
"I was just about to call you. I've got news that Lucius Malfoy and several other Death Eaters were freed from Azkaban. We think that this current Ministry isn't getting anything done."
"Ouh, so we can have a revolution" Audrey gleamed.
"Yes, that is the only way." Dumbledore said a bit sadly at her enthusiasm. Harry turned from watching Audrey's rather mad victory dance to address him.
"When do we start planning?"
"I will be there this evening."
"We'll alert the core members(2) here." Audrey said.
"Very well, I will see you tonight" Dumbledore's head disappeared.
"When did we become revolutionaries?" Hermione pondered biting her lip in thought.
"When the Ministry started to fuck up too much." Ron answered tiredly.
"We should've done this earlier" Audrey said stretching her arms above her.
"We couldn't then. There were still too few of us to make a good takeover possible and maintainable." Hermione said.
"Let's just tell the others about the meeting" Harry interjected, walking away to alert the others.
(1)Tir Nan Og is also spelled as Tir Na Nog sometimes.
(2)core members"; kinda like the Orders version of Voldy's inner circle.
Chapter 23 - Revolution!