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Price of Redemption Chapter 4 Matching Ideals

Elven Realm

Harry awoke later the next day and found Tonks' head resting on his chest, causing him to smile. He remembered when they had first met. It had been slightly tense, and Harry had been nervous. He had just learned that Sirius Black was after him, though nowadays, he knew that he was in no danger. Tonks had been agitated about the fact that they still thought Sirius was a criminal, and she was slightly angered that instead of being assigned to look for him, she was negated to guard duty for a kid that was surely high on himself.

She had been pleasantly surprised to find him a down to earth kid, though she saw in his eye's that he was in no way a child, and though she had her suspicions about how the Dursleys had treated Harry as a child, she never was able to get anything out of him. After a few weeks of getting to know each other, they had become quick friends, with Tonks beginning to tease Harry, which he had learned later that she only did that to people she considered friends. Harry had timidly asked if he could send her letters while in school, which she had quickly agreed to.

Harry smiled, after that there wasn't a week that went by that they didn't send each other a letter. After Cedric had been killed, she had been the one to pull him through during that summer, and he was still eternally grateful that she had been there for him, and still was.

Harry reached down and ran his hand through her black, slight bluish tinted, hair, and reveled in the feel of it slipping between his fingers. He still couldn't believe that they were a couple, though the thought brought a wide smile to his face, and he felt the emotion he always felt around her fill his heart, and he somehow knew it was love. He still had a little while to go before he knew out what love truly was, but he knew, with Tonks' help, he would know soon enough.

A slight purr got his attention again as Tonks awoke. She slowly turned her head to look up at him, smiling when she saw his smile. Harry then felt a surge of emotion from Tonks, yet again somehow knowing it was her love permeating the air around them. He closed his eyes and leaned his head back, reveling in the feeling. Tonks noticed this and she looked on happily as he explored these emotions. He finally looked down at her again, and she noticed that his eyes glowed slightly, but with a smile on his face.

"Good morning you two," said a female voice, they looked up, Harry blushing lightly while Tonks just turned her head, which was still on Harry's chest, to look at the intruder.

A healer stood in the doorway, which she left when she had their attention, "I am here to check on Mr. Potter's…"

"Harry, please," Harry interrupted her with a smile, "I don't like people being so formal with my name, makes me nervous for some reason."

The healer smiled and nodded, "Very well, Harry, I'm here to check on your condition."

Harry nodded and Tonks lifted her head finally and moved out of the way while the healer said some spells over Harry, checking for anymore damage that could have been missed, however unlikely.

"You seem to be doing quite well, but your magic is still low and your body is still recovering, so I'll get you some potions to take that will help the recovery, and rest will solve your magical exhaustion, Harry," informed the healer.

Harry smiled and nodded, "Thank you very much, but may I ask if you were one of the doctors that worked to save my life?"

The healer nodded, "Yes, though if it wasn't for High Priest Delvin, you would have died because of the amount of dark magic in your system."

Harry nodded, his face turning serious for a second, before he bowed as low as he could from his sitting position on the bed, "I offer you my sincerest thanks for the work you and the other healers did, I owe you a debt that I doubt I can ever repay."

The elf looked shocked, though Tonks had guessed that Harry would do something like this. The healer regained her composure and smiled a happy smile.

"You owe us nothing young one, but if you must be this way, then we can just say that we already owed you for saving two of our own from servitude," said the healer, before bowing herself and leaving the room.

Harry smiled, before his face turned serious yet again, "Tonks, how is everyone? Did Mundungus make it out ok? Are my aunt, uncle, and cousin ok? Have there been anymore attacks that I should know of?"

Tonks smiled slightly, "Everyone was extremely worried about you, Mundungus is doing fine, the Dursleys (here she spat the name out with venom) are ok, and no, no attacks have been made, probably due to Voldemort wanting to torture you and have his minions there to enjoy it."

The last part her smile disappeared, and tears yet again came to her eyes, "I'm so sorry I wasn't there for you Harry."

She looked down as she continued to cry, just out of reach for Harry to pull her to him from the bed, so he unsteadily got up to go to her. He reached out to her and pulled her into a embrace.

"Shhhh," he shushed her gently, rocking her, "I'm glad you weren't there Tonks, I thanked every God and Goddess I knew for the fact that you were safely away from there that night."

She looked up at him in shock, her eyes still wet, so he continued, "I couldn't stand to see you captured with me Tonks, or worse killed defending me."

She put her head back onto his shoulder, hugging him tightly. They stayed like that for a little while, before Tonks pulled back a little.

"How are you feeling about, Sirius…," she asked quietly, hoping that she wouldn't get him angry or sad. She was shocked however, when he smiled.

"You know all those visions I kept having before you taught me how to block my mind of them?" Harry asked, still having the smile.

She nodded, not understanding what this had to do with him smiling about the question she had asked.

"Well, one night when I had been too tired to close off my mind like I usually do before sleep, about two days after you left, I got a vision," Harry informed.

Tonks' eyes widened, a vision for Harry usually was a bad, and most times painful, thing, but he kept on smiling.

"It was a vision sent by Sirius…he was angry at me for blaming myself and told me off, before gathering me in a hug, saying sorry himself…it felt like hours while we sat there and chatted about my future," Harry said, having a far-away look, "It felt so good just to talk to him, even if only in the dream world…magic gives those who need it a second chance I guess…"

Tonks looked at Harry for a second, then smiled, "Yea, I guess it does, I had family to rely on, while you had nothing, so magic gave you what you needed, closure."

Harry nodded, then hugged her hard again, which she returned with as much vigor as him.

"I need to get taller…," Harry mumbled into her chest…carefully positioning his head so it didn't touch anything he shouldn't.

Tonks laughed long and hard, but decided to tease him a bit about that, "But I like you like this, you just the perfect size to act like my teddy bear at night!"

Harry grumbled good naturedly as she continued to laugh and tease him, causing him to laugh with her. Soon they quieted down and Harry decided that he wanted to do some things.

"Can you do me a favor? I want to go to a temple to the Goddess that saved my life and pray to her in thanks, but first can you tell me about her?" Harry asked with a twinkle in his eyes.

"You know you shouldn't walk around in your condition Harry!" said Tonks sternly, but Harry gave her the puppy dog look and she finally gave, "Fine, but you use this to help support yourself."

She walked over to a rack which held a number of carved walking sticks to aid patients around. She grabbed one and walked back to hand it to Harry. He took it with a smile, but then looked down at his clothes, which was nothing but a pair of infirmary pants. He looked up at her with a question in his eyes, while she smirked.

"Don't know why you want to hide your body Harry, I find it quite the specimen," She teased, while reaching for her wand at her side. She created a shirt for him to wear, which a blushing Harry adorned quickly.

Harry wouldn't admit it out loud, but he loved it when she teased him, it gave him a happy feeling, and often times, he would laugh along with her later.

Using the stick to help himself along, Tonks led him out of the infirmary, telling him about her Goddess, and the other two patron Gods of the elves.

Harry sucked in all this information and smiled, "I like the ideals of Aura, love, mercy, but also willing to do what is necessary."

Tonks smiled and looked over at him, "No wonder you like them, you yourself follow them."

Harry looked shocked for a second, before he realized he did indeed follow those ideals, "Looks like I've found a deity to proclaim myself to."

Tonks' smile grew wider, "I think you'll be a great servant of Aura." They continued to walk along, chatting about little things and such.

"Why'd you want to go to a temple instead of just a shrine Harry?" Tonks asked, though she had already guessed the answer.

"The Goddess saved my life through one of her priests, it would disrespectful for me to go to just a smaller shrine, and not make the longer walk to a main temple," Harry said, his breath getting slightly heavier.

They had left the palace grounds earlier, passing the female healer on their way out, whom had smiled at what Harry wanted to do, but told him to be careful and not over exert himself.

They finally reached the giant temple to the Goddess Aura, which awed Harry. Tonks helped the tiring Harry up the steps, with a number of elves looking at him with something akin to respect. They had gathered quite easily that he was injured grievously and had only recently been healed, and realized that he had made the walk to the main temple to offer his thanks to the Goddess for his survival.

Harry walked down the aisle that went all the way up to a giant statue of a Elvin maiden in flowing robes. When he reached a spot to pray, he slowly lowered his tired body down onto his knees, using the stick for support on the way down. He laid the stick down in front of him and bowed his head slightly, his hands on his knees. He vaguely noticed that Tonks had taken a similar position a few feet away.

"Goddess, I know not why you deigned that my life was worth saving, but I thank you with all of my being, and I pledge to you servitude in any form," Harry said semi quietly, not having the energy to care about his voice level, "Before I do so, I must complete what Fate demands of me, though it pains me to do so, I know it must be done, if not for those he has killed, then for those whom he will kill if I turn away now."

"I beg you to allow me to complete this task, then I will be free to serve you in any way you want me to," He said looking up at the statue, he then noticed that her face held the look of a mother, at least to him, then he bowed his head again, "Thank you for listening to my prayer, Goddess."

He slowly got up again, and noticed Tonks was still in prayer, so he looked around, he noticed some elves whom had heard his prayer look at him with a smile, which he returned with a bow. He noticed along the wall, that their were smaller shrines to the other gods, but one shrine stood out to him. A shrine to pray to your ancestors.

Harry couldn't resist, and made his way over, going to his knees yet again in respect to his ancestors.

"Hello, its me, Harry," he began, not sure what to say, "I…I hope that you guys are happy there with each other."

Harry really didn't know any of his ancestors besides his parents, so he decided to pray to them mainly.

"I miss you guys…even though I was only with you a year, and as a baby at that, I still wish that you were here with me, here to hold me when I am sad, or shoot me down when I am ranting," He gave a sad chuckle, "Ground me when I do something stupid."

His eyes grew wet, and he resisted the urge to wipe them, deciding that now was as good a time as any to let out his pain at not knowing his parents, where they can hopefully hear his prayers, "I want to say sorry, because of who I am to become, he came to kill me, and killed you two in the process."

"I hope to one day make you guys proud of me, and when I die one day, hopefully in the far future, that you will be there waiting for me with open arms," he said, tears traveling down his cheeks, while he reached forward gently and touched the warm stone of the shrine, before he shook his head, "On to happier things shall we?"

He gently wiped his tears away, "I've met someone that I'm certain you guys would love. Her name is Tonks, and I know I want to spend my life with her, though I think it will be unfair for her."

"I will age, I will grow old and wrinkled, and I will die, that is if I can survive Voldemort's plans on killing me, while she will age, but she will never die, and she will look like she does now, maybe a little different but still as beautiful as today, maybe even more beautiful," Harry informed, then shook his head, "I know its selfish, but I don't want to let go, even when I know it would be fairer for her to find an elf and fall in love with him."

"I know, that if she wanted to, while it would hurt, very much so, I would let her go, so she could be happy, while I spent the rest of my days being her friend," Harry said looking at the statue, before smiling, "But whether or not she does this, I'll support her either way, and I'll enjoy every second I can with her, and make her feel loved like she deserves."

He nodded and bowed his head again, "Thank you for listening, and I hope to talk to you again soon, Mom, Dad. I love you guys."

He slowly stood, using the stick to help, though his legs now felt less tired then before. He was about to turn around, when he felt arms encircle him from behind.

"I love you, Harry, and I'll never let you go, never ever," Tonks sniffled, obviously deeply touched by what he had said.

"Even when I grow old and wrinkly?" Harry said with a smile, turning around in her grasp and hugging her back, noticing that more elves gave him smiles and nods, which he returned. He also noticed that an elf in fine looking robes with the holy symbol of the Goddess Aura embroidered on.

"Never ever," Tonks said again, leaning down to kiss him, for Harry was still a short fellow, with her being over a foot taller, though she didn't mind at all. They broke apart shortly later and smiled contently at each other.

Harry broke from her, and looked at the elf, who was most likely a priest, "Hello, my name is Harry Potter, but please, call me Harry."

Harry had introduced himself because he realized that the priest wanted to talk to him. Tonks looked over and smiled at the elf, "Hello Delvin."

"Ah, so you are High Priest Delvin," Harry smiled even wider, bowing deeply again, "Thank you very much for your quick actions High Priest."

"No thanks needed, my child," Delvin said with a smile, "The Goddess wished for you to live, and I felt your pure soul from here at the Temple, who was I to let one such as you die such a horrible death."

"Well, my thanks to you anyway, High Priest, and may I say this is a breath taking Temple," Harry said with a smile, looking around the interior.

"I am inclined to agree," Delvin smiled, "Am I to understand that you want to proclaim yourself a worshiper of the Goddess of Light?"

"That I am, High Priest," Harry responded, "Her ideals match my own pretty much to the letter, and I would be honored to proclaim myself one of her servants."

"Come with me then, my child, and I will help you with that," informed Delvin, who walked over to a small alter with a large crystal on it.

Harry followed, with Tonks not far behind, and looked at the white crystal, which glowed with an inner light.

"Touch this crystal, and you shall be judged whether you are worthy to receive her mark as one of her servants," Delvin iterated.

Harry nodded, and without any hesitation, placed his hand onto the crystal, which immediately glowed brighter. Harry felt his mind seemed to be shifted through, but he did nothing, then he felt his soul be judged, which felt very strange indeed. Finally the feeling went away, but then a slightly itch occurred on his upper right arm, but he ignored it.

While this was happening, Delvin looked at the boy, judging him himself. 'The boy is strong, VERY strong, in body, mind, and heart, I have no doubt he will be a fine servant to the Goddess,' he thought, then he noticed something on Harry's back, right below the neck of his shirt, which had lowered enough for him to actually notice it. An Elvin rune, one that meant this child was to become a dragon-rider! The boy was a Half-elf, and would transform soon!

Five minutes passed, and the itch finally went away, but then he heard a voice in his head, a voice that comforted him in ways he could barely remember, soothed his mind and body like a mother would her child, 'You are more then worthy child, and I gladly give my mark to you.'

Harry had closed his eyes when he had heard the voice in his head, enjoying the comfort it gave him, but the voice had one more thing to say to him, something that made him smile a small teary smile, 'And your parents are more then proud of you, always have, and always will be child, never forget that.'

'Thank you,' Harry thought back, sure that she had heard him. He lifted his hand off the crystal and looked down at his right arm. He lifted the sleeve and smiled at the holy symbol that now adorned his upper arm. He turned to Tonks and nodded, whom threw her arms around him and hugged him hard. He hugged back just as hard, for he was doubly happy.

He now knew that his parents were indeed proud of him, and he had also been accepted by the Goddess as one of her many servants. He looked at High Priest Delvin, and noticed him looking at him with a calculating look. Delvin finally smiled and reached out his hand which Harry shook.

"I know you will be a good servant of the Goddess, my child, and a good servant of the Elvin people," Delvin said with a smile, which both Harry and Tonks returned.

Human Realm

Bellatrix and Narcissa walked out of Gringotts bank with smiles on their faces. Of course, they were disguised so that no would recognize them, but that didn't matter to them. They were finally FREE!

"We really must go visit Grandmother and Grandfather, now, and I hear that Harry is resting up there," Bellatrix said to her sister as they walked towards an apparation point.

They had just divorced their husbands with the help of some documents set up by the late Sirius Orion Black. They both sent silent prayers of thanks up to their respected Gods, Narcissa's to Tyriel, God of Nature, while Bellatrix's went out to Shuri, God of Shadows. Then they sent up prayers of thanks to Sirius.

"I agree Bella, and we can do what we were planning to do with Harry when we get there," Narcissa replied.

Bella smiled and they both disappeared, only to appear moments later in a city of unmatched beauty. Elves looked at their human forms weirdly, but when the two switch back into their Elvin forms for the first time in more then a decade, the other elves smiled and continued on their way. Both the sisters breathed in the fresh air, then both shouted in joy and hugged, then made their way to the palace.

When they reached their, the guards recognized them easily and they all smiled and let them through. When they reached the throne room, they walked through the opened doors, where they saw their grandparents talking quietly. The two looked up and shot to their feet with speed that would have surprised humans. The two pairs of elves met halfway and all embraced in a teary reunion.

"It's so good to have you returned to us," Leoric said happily, hugging his grandchildren close, "And this is all thanks to that remarkable boy."

Bella looked up, "How is he grandfather?" She hoped that he was doing alright, for she indeed knew of Voldemort's temper.

Leoric looked sad as they made over to the thrones, where some servant had put two extra chairs out for the sisters to sit.

"When they recovered him, and brought him here, he was in death's grasp, and for almost an hour the healers fought alongside him to save his life, but it was in vain," Leoric began.

Narcissa didn't like the way this was heading, nor did Bella for that matter, and tears came to their eyes, fearing that he had been rescued only to die.

Leoric continued, "The Goddess Aura, however, had other plans, and sent High Priest Delvin with a holy symbol to help heal the young man, and with his aid, they managed to save him, and he is well on his way to recovering fully."

The sisters sad tears turned to joyous ones, the man they owed their life to had survived his ordeal and was now recovering, "Where is he?"

Leoric laughed with a wide smile, "Why, he left with Tonks (here he laughed again) and the two made their way to the Temple of the Goddess so that he could pray in thanks to her."

"And I hear from Healer Rose that the two were very close this morning," Leoric said, still smiling, though this smile had a mischievous air to it.

The sisters realized what he meant, and smiled, "Good, Tonks will take good care of him, and he will more then take good care of her."

Leoric smiled and nodded, "That they will, and I couldn't be more happy to have him as a great-grandson-in-law later."

"My king, My Queen, I have important news!" said a voice, causing the four to look up, their eyes identifying the speaker as High Priest Delvin.

Delvin noticed the sisters finally, and gave them a wide smile, "Ah, good to see you returned to us."

Then he turned to look at the King and Queen, "Harry is a Half-Elf!"

The reaction to those words was one of surprise, then Leoric's face broke out into a smile, and he gave a hearty laugh, "I should've known!"

The sisters just sat there and looked at Delvin in shock, before Narcissa finally asked, "You have seen his symbol?"

"I have indeed, and it's the symbol for the 'Dragon' with the symbol for the 'Crusader' as a backdrop, he'll be a dragon-rider, paladin, or both," informed Delvin.

Leoric's eyes shined, "A dragon-rider with the abilities of a paladin, it will be good to have him in the ranks, their so few and far between these days, and having a Half-Elf join their ranks will be a double blessing."

He was of course speaking of the fact that since a Half-Elf had to earn his/her right to be a full elf, when they did transform, they were far more powerful then a normal elf would be in the profession that they are destined for. It was a gift from the Patron Deities of the Elvin race, one that other elves recognized as well earned.

They were interrupted by another voice that caused them to look up again, "What's this? Do my eyes deceive me or do I see my favorite Aunties right in front of me?"

The newcomer wore light plate, which had a layer of chain mail underneath for extra protection, and on her right pauldron was a symbol of a dragon, her other pauldron having the symbol of the Elvin Kingdom. Her helm was under his arm and she had a smile on her face, which was outlined by long black hair and had a intricate tattoo over her left eyebrow, which contained a Elvin rune. Standing before them was a dragon rider, an elite warrior of the skies.

The sisters immediately smiled and got up to hug their other niece, whom had decided against joining the human world like her sister.

"It is! Aura be praised, it is!" They broke apart and the sisters sat back down, and so did the niece when another chair came into existence courtesy of Narcissa.

"It is so good to see you, again Ariel, I hope your overgrown lizard is doing well?" joked Bellatrix.

"She is doing quite well, and is outside at this moment sunbathing, it's great to see you returned to us after all these years, Bella, Cissa," replied Ariel Tonks, "Matter of fact, I have just come from a meeting with your rescuer."

"How is he, I know that Healer Rose said that he shouldn't overexert himself today, but he was steadfast on going out to give thanks," asked the Queen, voicing a concern she had held ever since the couple had left that morning.

"He is doing great from what I can see, but something strange happened while I was talking to Nymph," Ariel said, her face taking on a look of confusion. Then she began to relate what happened only an hour before.

Earlier

Tonks and Harry waved goodbye to Delvin as he made his way back into the temple. The two continued to walk, when Tonks decided to let Harry meet her sister, whom she had told him about in one of her letters, but he had never met personally. Harry agreed happily, not only for the chance to meet more of his girlfriend's family, but also for the chance to stay away from the infirmary longer.

Not that he didn't like the healers or anything, its just that he didn't like hospitals or infirmaries after so many visits to them in the past. As they walked to the section of the city devoted to military functions, Harry heard the roar of a number of dragons. Instead of being afraid, he was eager to see some, because he had always been fascinated by the majestic and mighty creatures. He remembered that Tonks' sister was a dragon rider, which brought a smile to his face, or at least made the one already there wider.

When they reached the area for dragon riders, Harry saw many dragons coming and going, with Elvin warriors riding on their backs. He would love to fly on one, just once to see what it felt like. Tonks told him to wait by a tree, which Harry did, leaning on it to conserve his flagging energy. She returned later to tell him that her sister would be returning shortly and had been told that they were waiting. While they waited, Tonks helped Harry over to a large grass covered area and they sat down under a tree.

Soon a shadow flew over their chatting forms and a dragon landed on the grass about a hundred yards in front of them, off climbed the elf on the dragons back, who walked their direction after patting the dragon's head lovingly. The dragon followed its rider, its steps shaking the ground slightly, making standing a tough job for Harry, whom had gotten up with Tonks to meet the elf.

The helmet came off the warrior, who shook her head letting her black tresses fall out, "Nymph, you just left her not a week ago, and now your back again? Why do you smother me so?"

Nymph laughed and walked forward to hug her sister, followed by Harry who held out his hand to shake hers, only to have her pull him into a hug as well, "Thank you for saving my aunts, Harry, it means so much to our family."

Harry laughed nervously as he returned the hug, causing both the Tonks sisters to laugh, "It was nothing really, they suffered far more then I had, so who was I to let them suffer even more? So really, it was nothing."

Ariel, as he remembered her name to be, looked at him incredulously, looking over at her sister, who smiled at her boyfriend in pride. Nymph leaned over and kissed Harry gently, causing him to blush lightly but smile non-the-less. As the two sisters engaged in conversation, Nymph telling Ariel of the last few days, Harry looked over at the dragon.

The dragon looked right back at him and seemed to size him up, before giving a huff and walked forward a bit and ever so gently head butted Harry.

"What's this then?" Harry asked in quiet awe, reaching up and patting the dragon's head, "You're a beautiful one."

The dragon gave another huff, and looked up into Harry's eyes. He stared right back, not in a challenging way, but an accepting way, allowing the dragon to see what it wanted to. The dragon gave a growl, but Harry somehow knew it wasn't directed at him, and reared back. The roar that followed was loud and shook the very ground, but Harry, far from being scared, was awed even more.

"Magnificent…," he said quietly, but the girls picked it up, as both had stopped their chatting and watched warily what was happening between the dragon and Harry.

"Looks like Kida really likes you, Harry," Ariel said, "Which is funny, since she really doesn't like a lot of people."

Harry looked over at her for a second, then back at the dragon, who had gone back to being on all fours, "She is a beautiful being, and I can sense her wisdom is vast!"

Ariel smiled, "That she is, and she's loyal, too." Ariel looked at her dragon fondly, happy that she had behaved and even liked the young man in front of her.

A voice echoed in Harry's head suddenly, 'I sense much pain in you young one…yet much happiness…how is this possible?'

Harry was shocked for a second, which confused the girls, but he answered anyway, out loud since he didn't know if he could contact the dragon (for he knew it was the dragon, somehow he knew) with his mind.

"My…childhood…and even a good deal of my teenage life up to this point, has been a near unending cyclone of loneliness and pain, and it got worse a month ago when I was captured by the man that wants to kill me…it wasn't a pleasant stay, but I think my life is looking up, though I still have a destiny to fulfill in the human world," Harry answered, "All because of this wonderful elf over here by the name of Nymphradora Tonks, whom I deeply care for and will do anything for."

The dragon looked at him for a second, then nodded, 'You're heart is pure, as is your soul, and you can understand and speak to me, which is no easy feat.'

"Thank you, Kida, but I am no one special, just good'ole Harry Potter," Harry replied with a smile.

'And your modest…,' responded the dragon with what could only be a draconic smile.

Harry blushed, looking away, only to see the awed look of the sisters, "Errr…yes?"

"You just had a conversation with a dragon!" said Tonks, her awed look breaking into a smile, "A dragon!"

"Errr…yes?" Harry nervously repeated, looking between both the girls, hoping he hadn't done something bad, though they were both smiling now.

"That's really rare Harry, and that gives you the ability to become a Dragon Rider!" said Ariel giddily, "Not to mention the way you did it was super rare!" She was happy to have found a new possible Dragon Rider to join their ranks, even if only for the short span of his human life.

"You can talk with her right?" He asked, which she shook her head negatively, spiking his curiosity.

"How do you communicate with her?" He asked wonderingly, trying to figure out what he did that was so rare.

"Through a mind connection, all riders have it, its how we are able to communicate over great distances, like how I knew that you guys were waiting for me," she explained to him, "However, what you have, is not only the mental connection, but also can SPEAK draconian, which opens a whole new world of opportunities for you to learn things."

Harry looked slightly agitated about being yet again different, but then words spoken to him by Sirius came to mind, "Don't be angry or sad that you will never be normal, be happy, cause these things are gifts from your heritage, your mother or father, or grandparents, or even further back along the line."

He smiled, gifts from his parentage made him what he is today, and even if he wasn't normal, it still made him proud to bear these gifts from his ancestors.

The three, plus dragon, chatted for a little while longer, when Harry began to yawn, thus warning the others of his exhaustion. They said goodbye to each other, with Ariel and Kida taking off into the sky to go to the castle to visit. With Harry and Tonks walking slowly the rest of the way.

Present

The others had awed looks on their faces at the end of her story, but Ariel wasn't finished, "So, I was thinking, maybe we could train him to become a Dragon Rider, even if his life span is pretty short, he would be of great use to the kingdom."

"Oh, he's no human, he's a Half-Elf, and one about to change at that!" informed Delvin.

Ariel looked shocked, "You mean he's a half-elf? Does Nymph know?" She hoped not, for she wanted to see the look of shock on her sisters face.

"No, I believe not, but that is easily rectified…that is…if you don't want to see her surprise," said Leoric, once again with a mischievous smile.

The group laughed, and continued to chat the night away, catching up with the two Black sisters, recently released from servitude by one who is about to join the Elvin ranks.

AN: Hey folks, sorry for the long wait, and I hope this chappy makes up for it. I made it double the size and shtoof like that. This, hopefully, explains some stuff, though I will be continuing to put more info about the past into the story as we get along. Wow, Harry's gonna be one bad ass mofo…and I love it when he's a bad ass mofo, but with a caring heart of course :P

Thanks to all the reviewers and plz, review again so I can see what u people think.

AN2: Changed a bit, including stuff that affects the main storyline.