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Price of Redemption Chapter 3 A prayer that saved the World

Elvin Realm

Nymphradora Tonks was very nervous and jumpy. Harry was being rescued at this very moment, and she hoped against hope that they would all make it back alive. She paced around her room in the Palace, unable to sleep. She finally got fed up with her current pacing and decided to go to the Goddess she had proclaimed herself a servant to. She still offered prayers up to the many multitudes of Gods and Goddess' in existence, but most elves, especially ones that became priests or priestess', chose one God or Goddess to follow.

She was a follower of Aura, Goddess of Light. She was a patron Goddess of the elves, with Tyriel, God of Nature, and Shuri, God of Shadow being the other patron Gods. Many elves worshipped other divine beings, but these three were honored by all elves for their part in creating the Elvin race so long ago. Tonks arrived at the gardens, which contained a shrine to Aura, after passing a few guards who offered her sympathetic looks.

She kneeled and bowed her head in front of the statue of a beautiful Elvin maiden, dressed in flowing robes.

"Goddess, I have come to pray for protection. Not for me, but for the man I love, who at this moment could be in danger," Tonks said, trying to keep her voice level and to control her emotions, which were yet again going haywire, "He is so important to me and I haven't even kissed him yet, but I know I love him fully, and I don't think I'll be able to survive his death."

She looked up to the face of her Goddess, and despite her control, tears fell from her eyes, "Please, I beg of you…protect him…even if he doesn't love me back…I just want him to live and have a chance at the happiness he gives so freely to others…"

She looked down again as she started to sob. A gentle breeze blew her hair, making her close her eyes as the breeze seemed to comfort her. Her eyes shot open when she heard the racket coming from the direction of the Palace entrance. She looked over that way, and saw a group of elves carrying what seemed to be a stretcher into the Palace.

She shot up from her position, offering her thanks to the Goddess for listening to her prayer before she left the statue, not noticing the brief glow of the statue's eyes. Tonks ran into the Palace to see the stretcher bearing group enter the passageway that led to the infirmary in a hurry. She ran to catch up to them, hoping that the stretcher bore Harry.

When she finally caught up to the group, which was made up of 6 dark elf from the Assassin Guild, judging from the markings on their light armor, they had already made it to the infirmary. She looked in as they put the stretcher down in front of a number of expert healers. When the Elites left the room, they gave her a respectful nod, with the leader stopping for but a second before he continued on, "He is honorable and strong, he will make a good husband and father."

Tonks walked into the room, afraid at what she would see. She gave a gasp of horror, which quickly turned into a sob as she saw the condition of Harry. The urge to run to his side was resisted, however, for she didn't want to get in the way of healers desperately trying to save Harry's life. She was joined shortly by the King and Queen and they all sat there, with Tonks sobbing into her Grandfather's shoulder, who held her, his own face showing sadness and anger. The Queen had silent tears running down her face at the condition of this man who had saved her grandchildren.

"Damn Dark magic…it's not healing!" cursed one of the healers, who was using healing light magic in an effort to close on of the more serious lacerations. Another grumbled as well as they desperately tried to close the wounds.

"Vorlic's blood! We're losing him!" The healer who had been monitoring Harry's status yelled out.

Tonks sobbed even harder as she heard this, 'No! Don't give up Harry! Please stay alive!'

The healers rushed to stop the failing of Harry's vital organs, but they knew it was a losing battle. Harry's already pale face seemed to pale even further, and his breathing became so shallow that you had to lean down to hear it. The healers cursed yet again as they tried to stop the impending death.

"He's fighting it just like we are, but it's not working!" said one of the healers, his eyes wide as adrenaline entered his system as he worked harder to save this life.

The door burst open and the oldest and most respected High Priest of the Goddess Aura burst in. He looked around for a second before running to Harry's side, shocking the healers, who hadn't noticed his entrance. He started to cast a powerful light spell, holding a holy symbol in his hands. The symbol started to glow brightly, then a white beam attached itself from the symbol to Harry's chest. The beam pulsed as the priest continued to chant, then its started to turn darker, soon becoming grey, then becoming black. The holy symbol also turned to black and the King realized that the symbol was sucking the dark energy from the boys body. The king was perplexed, the symbol was only used against dark foes, and always destroyed the being whom the energy was being leached from.

The priest kept his chanting up, even when it was become apparent that he was becoming exhausted. Soon, however, the beam become grey, then white again, showing that Harry had been cleansed of ALL dark energy. The King smiled when he noticed that the healing of the wounds went easily from there on. The healers finished with the wounds covering Harry's body.

The oldest healer looked at the scars of Harry's eyes, and put his hand over them and chanted a strong healing spell. When he lifted his hands, the others smiled when they saw the scar tissue gone and repaired. The healer opened one eyelid and smiled even wider when he saw the brilliant emerald green of Harry's eyes. The healers sighed then cleaned up the blood covering Harry, themselves, the table, and the surrounding floor. They walked up to their King with smiles on their faces.

"He is fine now, thanks to High Priest Delvin," said the head healer, nodding towards the priest who had burst into the room earlier, "Though I would like to know what u did, Delvin."

The King smiled as Tonks rushed to Harry's side, crying now in happiness, "As would I, Delvin."

Delvin smiled tiredly and bowed his head, "My Goddess contacted me in my dreams, telling me to save this young man's life and how to do it, and who am I to not follow such a request?"

"Indeed, my friend, and I thank you whole heartedly for your actions, for if you hadn't have shown up when you did, Harry would've surely perished," Leoric replied, "And I think my granddaughter also is very much thankful to you and the Goddess as well."

Tonks wasn't really paying attention to them, instead running her hand through Harry's hair, which felt silky after being cleaned by the healer's spell. She vowed to thank the Goddess profusely when she got the chance. She had been horrified at the condition of Harry when she had seen him earlier…but now he was safe, and recovering. He was in hands that would care for him like he deserved and so help her show him the respect he deserved as well!

She kept on running her hands through his hair, and whispering words to him. She notice that he smiled after while, so she knew he was having good dreams. She slowly drifted off with her head on her arm, her hand still entangled in his hair.

Human Realm: Grimwauld Place

Severus Snape rushed through the living room after he apparated in, but you could tell that he was delivering good news cause he was actually smiling for once.

"Must be really good news if He's smiling like that," muttered Ron, who hadn't been himself since he had learned of Harry's capture and subsequent torture.

Snape ran into the meeting that had been called by Dumbledore for important information. Dumbledore saw his smile, and smiled even wider.

"I can safely guess that all went well Severus?" Dumbledore asked happily, sitting back in his chair.

Snape smile never left his face as he nodded, "Yes Albus, we found a number of dead deatheaters along the route to the dungeons plus a missing recruit, and Harry was gone and the Dark Lord knows nothing of his current whereabouts."

Dumbledore nodded, "I was hoping that he wouldn't know, and I know where the recruit is, why, she is resting just upstairs!"

Dumbledore saw the look on the order member's faces, and decided to explain, "It turns out that Harry had gotten out of his cell before the party of Elves had arrived, intent on going out fighting is my guess, and ran across her on her way to replace his current guard shift."

"She was surprised by Harry, but was given a second chance to join the Light, which she took immediately and followed his advice to come to me for help," Dumbledore continued, "Yet another life touched by Harry's gentle ways, and I dare say that the Elves will be quiet happy to get one of their own back."

Dumbledore enjoyed the confused looks among the orders faces as they tried to make sense of his last statement except for a certain werewolf that is, "I am of course talking about Lily Potter's true heritage."

It took a few seconds for some of the order to get what he was saying, before they all burst into questions, most along the lines of "Are you saying Harry's an elf!"

Dumbledore quieted them down with the raising of his hands, "He won't be an elf until his 16th birthday, since his father was indeed, a human wizard."

"How did you know Lily was an elf?" asked Remus, whom had known after she had explained to him why she had a strange scent, although he didn't know that Harry would become an elf, "And how do you know Harry will become an elf?"

Dumbledore smiled, "I know who every student that comes into my school really is within a week before they're letter is sent, call it…a headmaster's intuition if you will."

"As for how I know Harry will become an elf, it is correct that not every half-elf child becomes an elf at the beginning of their magical puberty, but there is an easy way to tell," Dumbledore continued to explain, "Each half-elf child is born with a mark, if that mark stays with them throughout their years until they're 16, then they become elves."

"You've seen this mark on him Albus, and what does this mark mean?" asked Minerva McGonagall.

"The mark shows that the half-elf's soul is pure enough to become an elf, and yes, I saw it at the Ministry when I held the boy after Voldemort tried to possess him," Dumbledore said, "It is the shape of an elfish rune, located on his back, right below his neck."

Poppy immediately gave a gasp, "Oh, that's what that mark was!" Dumbledore smiled at her and then looked around for anymore questions.

"What does the rune mean?" asked Mrs. Weasley, who was deliriously happy that her surrogate son had been saved from his hell and still had happy tears in her eyes.

Dumbledore looked at them for a second, "I'm not very sure, but I know it has something to do with dragons, though I have no idea what they have to do with Harry."

Remus asked in thought, "Does Tonks know about this?" He knew that Tonks liked Harry a LOT and figured this would really up her spirits.

"Now why would I tell her this?" Dumbledore asked, his smile turning to one of mischievousness, "That would just ruin the surprise!"

The order looked at him like he was insane, except for Remus, who was laughing, imagining the look on her face when Harry transformed, "She is gonna be surprised as hell!"

"Oh yes she is," said Dumbledore, who became quiet afterwards, he couldn't wait to see Harry again, and hopefully, when he did, he would have Tonks on his arm and a smile on his face. He voiced this out loud to the order, and was happy to see that they all shared his sentiments.

Elvin Realm

Harry woke slowly and reluctantly. He was so comfortable that he didn't want to wake from the nice dreams he was having. His wish to stay asleep however was denied as light streamed through one of the windows. He sighed and felt the silken sheets around his naked chest, 'Hold up! Silk?'

He opened his eyes and looked around, prevented from sitting up by a weight on his chest. He looked down to figure out what was on his chest, only to see a beautiful pair of golden eyes looking at him sleepily. Harry looked on captivated, "Oh yea…I must be dead…"

The angel, for it couldn't be anything but an angel to him, smiled and chuckled as she sat up, then purred out, "No, Harry, you are not dead."

Harry cocked his head to the side, "You sure…cause your beauty seems so otherworldly…oops…" Harry's eyes widened when he realized he had said that last part out loud.

The maiden in front of him smiled widely with a slight blush on her cheeks, "Thank you, your quite the looker yourself."

Harry blushed, looking around, then he realized something else, "Holy crap! I can see!"

This caused the maiden in front of him to laugh hard, but she continued to look at him with an emotion in her eyes that Harry failed to see, for he was far to amazed at his ability TO see.

"I thought I lost you there for a second, Harry, but the Goddess came to your aid just in time," the maiden said reaching out to run her hand down his cheek.

Harry started when he registered that the voice of this women in front of him sounded familiar, and he immediately attached the voice to a person he knew, "Tonks? Is that you?"

The maiden now identified as Tonks nodded and gave a watery smile as tears came unwanted to her eyes. She tried to wipe them away, but they just kept coming.

"You came in so pale…and it got worse afterwards…it took them hours to finally stabilize you, and that was only after a High Priest came at the bidding of the Goddess, it was so close…I was so afraid that we had saved you only to have you die in our arms," Tonks said shakily.

Harry's expression turned to sadness and he reached forward and pulled Tonks into his chest, "I'm so sorry, Tonks."

She looked up to him, and he finally noticed that her eyes were red and puffy from many hours of crying. He reached his hand up and wiped the tears from her eyes, "I'm ok now Tonks, your people saved me, and I am eternally grateful."

She smiled, "You have nothing to be sorry about…" She became quiet as they stared into each other's eyes. She leaned up a little and gently pushed her lips against his…she just couldn't resist. She felt him stiffen a little, but then to her happiness he responded, pulling her closer in the process.

Harry's mind raced, she had kissed him! It was a dream come true! His mind screamed in joy as he pulled her closer, and he felt her deepen the kiss. When they finally broke apart, they were gasping for air.

"Wow…" Harry said in awe, "That was great…" Tonks giggled and leaned up to capture his lips again.

"You have no idea how long I've wanted to do that," informed Tonks when they broke apart again, sighing in contentment as she leaned against Harry's chest again.

"So uh….does that mean you like me?" Harry said, nervous that she would say no, even though he was pretty sure she would say yes.

"No," Tonks said, watching Harry's face fall, "I love you…all of you, your personality, your quirks and strange habits, and especially your heart."

Harry brightened at that, and his eyes shined with happiness, then he darkened a little, "Tonks…I want to say I love you, I'm certain I do, but I don't know what love is…I've barely received it in my life, I don't want to hurt you by saying something and not meaning it."

Tonks smiled gently, but on the inside she was fuming at the Dursleys, 'He almost exhumes love in every way out of his very body, yet doesn't know what it is to be loved and to love thanks to those bastards!'

"Don't worry Harry, I'll teach you what it is, and we'll have fun along the way," Tonks said, still smiling.

Harry smiled back, "I would like that Tonks, more then anything in the world." They continued to talk about each other like they always used to do since that day Dumbledore had appointed her his personal guard for summers. They didn't know that in three days time, a gift from the Goddess of Light, would bring even more happiness into their lives.

AN: Yea…about that last sentence…I know it sounds like Tonks is gonna get pregnant…that's not happening…yet. Here's a hint, Dumbledore mentioned it earlier. Anyways, I know Harry seemed kinda slow there for a second…but you gotta think that he has just got outta captivity and has a hot elf laying on his chest…I'd think I was dead, not to mention my brain would be quite slow while it took in new information. Yea, as you can see, I've decided to make him an elf, but with a twist which will happen later in the story. Harry and Tonks are together finally! Yay! And you know now that Dumbledore had appointed her his personally bodyguard for summer holidays 2 years ago, and I will give you all more info about that as the story progresses. As for the relationship with Bellatrix and Narcissa, I've decided that they too will fall in love with Harry and join Tonks as his lovers, but, this wont happen for a while. I'm gonna do something like cj-cold suggested but with my own spin. As for reviews, thanks so much, and I love to hear your suggestions and all.
Thanks to Aginor Damordred, connormaclaude, HPFan5282, DJ Rodriguez (I have read a few stories he has authored and they were a great read), OniLion, cj-cold, Akram Hellfire Gibril, the anon guy, Lord-Blackheart, Expressive Silence, Diablo darkness, Sailor C, and Jarvey

AN2: I changed almost nothing in this chapter, hope ure still with me.