DISCLAIMER: I only wish I owned this! Anything you may recognize belongs to JK Rowling, and I ain't makin' a dime off of this. Wish I was though, and then maybe I could move out of this spacious cardboard box, lol!
A/N: Just a quick note to say that anyone worrying about this turning into another W-mail story or wizarding E-mail story you don't have to worry about that. I put it in there for a specific purpose, and if you really hate those stories, just pretend the very few messages that'll appear in this story were delivered by owls. It won't play a big role in this story at all. Anywho, on with the story!
Chapter 9: First Date/First Blood
"EXPECTO PATRONUM," Dielare bellowed after thinking of all the times that Eliz and he had spent together privately. While she would not date a student; that did not stop them from getting to know one another better once he had come out of his shell. Out of his hand a brilliantly bright silver phoenix shot forth. The wingspan of the phoenix was half the width of the room itself as it took off looking for a lethifold or dementor to attack.(A/B: I know it's supposed to be a stag, but without Lupin guiding him, nor any real connection to his parents I figured I could change it. Besides, the story is an AU.)
"Wow," was all Eliz could manage to say as she gazed upon the patronum that was flying around the room before it vanished in a silvery mist. When she finally regained her ability to speak she told him, "Now that we know you can cast the charm I'll get a boggart so we'll know that you can use the charm when you need to."
"Why would we need a boggart," he asked confused.
"Well, whereas your worst fear for some reason is blinding green light, mine is a dementor. So when the boggart sees me it will change into a dementor, and then all you'll have to do is make sure you'll have to cast the charm."
"That makes sense," Dielare responded understanding her reasoning. He himself didn't quite understand why the boggart changed into the green light with a high pitch cold laugh. All he knew is when he saw that it sent shivers down his spine, though the boggart was quite easy to defeat. It became a green light at a stoplight. In the last eight months, since he had finished his elemental training, he had been training non-stop on wizarding magic. It hadn't taken him long to gain a comparable level to what in modern times would consider 'graduate level', but his training delved quite beyond that. He was trained in all the battle spells on the light side that there were, and especially hard in Occlumency and Legilimency. Although the spell for the latter was different in this time, the same principle applied for Occlumency so when he went home his mental 'shields' would stand up to some powerful attacks. The final portion of his training was powerful emotion-based charms in which the patronus charm was the most difficult. Once he had proven to have mastered this charm then his training was considered complete, which he was quite looking forward to. He knew that Seliv was going on a date with her betrothed Zolegran, and he was hoping that he could get Eliz to go with him on a double date.
"I will be back in a few minutes, I just need to pick up the boggart that we were using a few months ago and we'll be able to finish up," she told him before leaving the training room that they had been using. Luckily Cornil hadn't figured out which room they were using as he had never ventured into this part of the castle before. Add in the fact that the man was so stupid that it never even occurred to him to follow them in the morning to find out. A few minutes later Eliz returned to the training room with the same trunk that they had been working with a few months prior that contained the boggart. It was rattling just as much as he remembered it did. "Now remember, the moment it sees me it will change into a dementor, at that time you'll need to cast your patronus charm, but it will be more difficult due to what you'll be feeling at the time. Just do your best."
"On your orders m'lady," he responded with a mock salute. She just tossed a glare at him before saying a charm that opened the trunk. As soon as the boggart exited the trunk a cold chill swept through Dielare as he began to hear a woman screaming. He looked around to see that Eliz wasn't screaming at all and she was the only woman around. He assumed that the voice must be coming from the memory that he had been dreaming about all his life so he did his best to push it aside while he pulled forward his memories of Eliz. "Exp…Expecto…Expecto…" and with that he passed out. The memories became too much for him to bear. When he awoke it was to the concerned face of Eliz.
"How are you doing Dielare," she asked worriedly.
"F-fine, what happened," he asked shakily.
"You fainted. Here, have some of this chocolate, it will help," she replied while breaking off some chocolate and putting it into his mouth. He immediately felt some of his energy return to him.
"I heard someone screaming…A woman," he said with a faraway look in his eyes.
"Nobody was screaming Dielare," she replied now getting even more worried.
"Let me try that one last time," he told her getting to his feet.
"Are you sure? We can try again later," she responded worriedly.
"I'm sure. Let it free," while he said this he summoned up his happiest memories preparing for the onslaught that he was sure to feel in a moment. And just as he assumed, the onslaught of coldness and screaming began, but this time he had had the happy memories summoned so the moment he caught sight of the boggart-dementor he shouted, "EXPECTO PATRONUM!" The moment he did his phoenix patronus took flight from his hand banishing the boggart back to the trunk.
"Well done Dielare! You have completed your magical training, but you must remember if you want to be trained in the art of potions that you must make a request with Seliv to be set up with a Potions Master because warriors are not generally trained in that art," she reminded him after giving him a congratulatory hug.
"Thank you Eliz, I have really enjoyed my time training under you," he told her with a hint of a blush.
"I've enjoyed it too," she replied perplexed as to why he was blushing.
"Eliz, you know how Seliv is going out with Zolegran this weekend?"
"Yeah…" she responded cautiously.
"I was wondering if you'd like to go with me? You know…make it kind of a double date? If you don't want to I'd completely understand. I just thought I'd ask. Forget it, it was stupid of me," he kept mumbling.
"Yes Dielare, I'll go with you," she responded before giving him a bone crushing hug. "I was hoping you were going to ask me that."
(Break)
(A/N: When the battle begins in this section strong viewer caution is advised. There will be some parts that are rather gruesome. Oh, and as for the outfits, please use your imagination; I have no fashion sense, lol! If anyone wants to help me out with them I'd more than welcome the help.)
Several hours before the time for the date Seliv could be found in Dielare's dormitory helping him pick out the perfect outfit due to the fact that he had never been on a date in his life let alone one in the magic wielding world. She ran through etiquette with him and assured him that he'd be fine. They all walked down to Marlo's, a local romantic bistro in the shopping district. Of course being that the Princess of Atlantis and her betrothed were there the royal bodyguards were around, but they made themselves scarce so as not to intrude. The two 'couples' sat at a cozy table in the back away from the crowds dining in soft candlelight sipping on wine. They had already made it through their main course and dessert and where just sitting comfortably as if they were on separate dates.
"I'm so glad that you agreed to come with me Eliz," Dielare told her looking into her eyes that mirrored his own.
"If you had not asked me I would have asked you. I've been waiting for your training to be complete so we could go out on the town instead of only being around each other as teacher and student," she replied as she gazed back into his eyes.
"I don't know how, but you've penetrated me so fully I don't think that I'd want to go back without you," he told her in earnest.
"Dielare, I don't think I'll be able to. They need me here," she responded sadly. She wanted to go back with him as much as he wanted her to, but she knew her duty.
"I know Eliz, but I just hope that you'll be able to find a way that you can come with me."
"So do I," she replied before kissing his cheek. He lifted his hand to where she had kissed and a dreamy smile crossed his face before an explosion rocked the building. Before the guards could surround them all four of them dashed towards the front doors to see what the problem was. Seliv wasn't the type to sit around and let others do the fighting for her, and Zolegran, well, he couldn't let his future wife be killed without doing everything he could to protect her. Once they reached the street they looked at the destruction in shock. The shop next door, which had been an apothecary, was now a smoldering ruin. When they looked further down the street they paled further due to the fact there were several manticores herding five chimeras towards them. Behind the manticores they could see four Dark Wizards controlling the actions of the beasts and telling them where to attack.
Dielare and Eliz quickly sprung into action flinging as many spells as they could to attempt to slow down the beasts as magic didn't work against them. They needed to wait until their summoned weapons arrived from the castle due to the fact that conjured weaponry was not strong enough to last against chimeras and manticores. What they failed to notice was Seliv and Zolegran coming up next to them doing their best to hold their own flinging spells at the animals, however one of the Dark Wizards did notice. He commanded one of the chimeras to attack her and kill her which it attempted to do without question. It's leonine mouth open wide while the dragonian tail swept forward in a double attack so she would get hit no matter if she evaded one. What the chimera did not anticipate was Zolegran jumping in front of her taking the brunt of both attacks. The tail whipped around him nearly breaking him in two while the tip of the tail sliced open Seliv's stomach. Unfortunately as the tail was whipping around Zolegran, the mouth of the chimera easily covered his head and neck before closing severing it from his body. His body dropped to the ground expelling the blood that had once sustained his life but now served no purpose to the body.
Dielare looked over just as the chimera had leapt towards Seliv and he instantly saw red. Before he even knew what he was doing he banished all of the beasts into a single area, including the one that had just finished off Zolegran. He summoned his Elemental staff opening a gorge in the ground that swallowed all of the foul creatures before closing it back up. While he was working on this Eliz had noticed what he was doing and sent a full barrage of stunning spells at her full power towards the Dark Wizards who were unfortunately quite a bit weaker than her when she's just joking around. Their shields did not last long and the stunners not only knocked them out, but sent them flying several meters back. When she looked back towards Dielare she noticed that he was shrinking, but she assumed she was seeing things, that was until he began shrinking very quickly and began gaining plumage. When he was done he was an emerald green and white phoenix with yellow-gold eyes and an ivory beak that had a gold lightning bolt on it. He flew over to Seliv grasping her in his claws before vanishing in a burst of flames with her. It was at this point that the royal guards finally immerged from the bistro.
"What the bloody hell took so long," she shouted at them.
"We're sorry Commander, but we could not get past the people in the restaurant," the captain responded.
"That is a likely excuse you lousy excuse for a soldier! We got out of their fine right when the attack started," she shouted, "I am holding all of you responsible for Princess Seliv's current condition!"
"What happened to her m'lady," a lieutenant asked.
"She is in critical condition due to a chimera that killed Prince Zolegran, whom saved her life, and injured her in the process! Dielare Samiz just took her to the castle to get her aid and you had better hope that she survives or you won't live to see the next dawn," she threatened. Each and every soldier present gulped audibly because they knew she was dead serious.
While Eliz was berating the troops Dielare arrived in the medical ward in a burst of flames with Seliv in his claws. He managed to place her gently in a bed and sing a few notes to alert Roselaray to the fact that he had someone there before flying to a bed and being forced back into human form as he passed out. The last thing he remembered hearing was a high-pitched scream before blackness took him.
A/N: Well, that's it for this chapter. Here's a small question for you. Do ya'll want longer chapters along with a longer wait? Or shorter chapter with a shorter wait? Let me know in your reviews!
Review responses:
Tanydwr: I know this one is a bit short too, I'll try to make them longer, but I just couldn't with this one. The ending of the training was easy, but after that there wasn't much I had planned for this chapter other than the attack. I hope you enjoyed it!
Linky2: The wrist band will come into play later. For now it's not really important, more like a fashion accessory, lol. I'm glad you liked the last chapter!
Shadow pheonx: That's two questions but I'll answer them, lol. I didn't want to really make him super-power in this story. He might seem it in this chapter, but that's only because he lost control of his anger. Plus I wanted to tie the Elemental ability in with a physical trait and with Harry his only natural characteristic is his green eyes that correspond with the four elements. As for the goody-goody part, well, he's not gonna be dark, but he's gonna have his problems. He won't be perfect, like you saw in this chapter, he has anger issues that he needs to work out. I completely agree that it's getting harder to find good stories lately. If you know of any let me know!
Gaul1: Thanks again!
Tiffy-yang: It's just a way to differentiate between the different types of magic. I actually wrote up like 8 or 9 different types but only three will be used in this story. Some of the use the spelling magic and some use magik. No idea why, just wanted to at the time. Sorry if I confused you!
Xyverz: If you really hate it just ignore it and pretend that it was delivered by an owl. They'll barely be there at all. The only reason I put them there was for something that will come up later in the story, and for a possibility of the third installment of this trilogy when Harry finally returns home. If enough people want it I could bring it back then, if not then I'd leave it out. It's all up to you people.
TuxedoMac: Thanks for reminding me of the patronus training. I had to figure out a reason that he would need to learn it here, and once I did I realized that things changed dramatically. If Harry had never met Voldemort what would his boggart be? That took some thought to come up with something. Thanks for reminding me! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Blackdragonofslytherin: Who? The Atlantians or the people in the future? If it's the people in the future you'll have quite a bit of a wait ahead of you, but if it's the Atlantians you'll be able to see in the next chapter. I'm glad that you're enjoying the story so far.
Athenakitty: The answers in the order you asked are: the chapter after next, this chapter, before he leaves, haven't decided yet. You definitely have a point there, I'm glad you ask the good ones!