Chapter 4: THE PROPOSITION

The next morning Harry was in a foul mood he hadn't gotten any sleep because of the nightmares. They had returned with full force last night and he had to relive every minute of them. He was back at the ministry of mysteries in the middle of the battle but this time instead of Bellatrix's curse hitting Sirius it was his. As he fell through the curtain he was screaming, "Harry why did you kill me all I did was love you and this is how you repay me." Harry just stared as Sirius fell through the veil then he heard the laughter that high-pitched maniacal laugh Harry knew too well. It was Voldemort possessing him and taunting Dumbledore to get him to kill him. Harry woke with a scream, sweating and breathing very hard. He hated not being able to control his emotions. He hated the fact that Voldemort was able to possess him and use him like that. It made him feel unclean and tainted. At that moment Harry made a promise to himself that Voldemort would never again get the opportunity to manipulate him. From now on he was going to take control of his own life. For too long others have been in control and so far they haven't done anything to prepare him for what he must do. At that moment Harry realized that he had accepted what he must do. No use crying over spilt milk as they say. Wishing wasn't going to change it. Why did life have to be so unfair? He just had to accept the fact that life was indeed unfair and it was up to him to decide which way he wanted to go. Harry made up his mind that he was going to train to do what he had to do and he was going to control his own life. Voldemort had control his life for far too long. Now it was time for Harry to be in control.

Amelia couldn't help it she had been thinking about Harry since he had left after breakfast the morning before. He seemed so lost. She had read a lot about him and some of the things he'd been through but she knew there had to be more to it than what was written. Anyway some of the things that was written seemed to be biased and intent on discrediting him. Amelia always went with what she feels and what she felt from Harry was a lot of sorrow. She knew what it was like to have too much on your plate so to speak. She had been there herself and she knew that unless Harry accepts what is happening to him and learn to stop blaming himself he was not going to make it. Amelia made a vow that she would not allow him to fail. She had moved here specifically to help him do what he had to do.

It had been five years ago that she had been told by her mother's seers in the realm that she was destined to continue the tradition of her forefathers and help to protect the human world from evil. She was far from being truly human herself but nevertheless a part of her was and it is her duty to help preserve that part of her heritage and she will not shirk her duties even if it meant her life.

That morning during their exercise both were deep in thought. Amelia was thinking how she was going to reveal what she had planned to Harry without scaring him away. She could tell that he already suspected there was more to her than she had told him but would he accept her help or just close himself up. Breakfast that morning was a quiet affair until both decided that now was a good a time as any to say what was on their mind.

"I have something to tell you." Both said at the same time. "Oh well you go first". Replied Amelia "chicken" she added to herself.

"Well here goes". Replied Harry. "You see the thing is I was wondering if you would be willing to help me?" He didn't wait for an answer before he continued. "The reason I am asking you is because you seem to have a lot of resources available to you and I need to train."

Amelia just stared at him she couldn't believe it he was asking for her help. This couldn't have worked out better if she had planned it. Harry couldn't understand why she wasn't answering. She was just staring at him as if he had grown a second head. She sat like that for what he thought was a long time without saying anything. "Well I've done haven't I? I must have offended her, she haven't even said anything. How could I have been so stupid, I can't believe" but before he could continue she answered.

"Sure I will help you, as a matter of fact I would be delighted."

"Great thanks." He replied. "Well what did you have to tell me?" he asked feeling much better now that his plan for controlling his life was starting to look up.

"Oh yes" she answered shaking her head.

"As a matter of fact I was going to ask you to come train with me." Harry was totally confused now, why would she ask him to train with her what was going on here? He was about to ask these questions but she continued. "Don't get upset, if you remembered yesterday I told you that I have been looking for you. And I also told you that I have a lot of things to tell you so here it goes. My name is Amelianddra Dina Emrys daughter of Nicholas Ambrosius Emrys and Llanderia of Gwrythrn. My father's line stem from one of the most powerful wizards ever to live and my mother as you can probably guess was not human". Harry just stared at her, the name Emrys sounded familiar but he couldn't think of where he had heard it before. And Llanderia of Gwrythrn if he didn't know better he would say that was an elf's name they are the only ones with names like that, does this means her mother was an elf. Harry was about to ask her this when she answered. "Yes Harry my mother is an elf. You haven't figured out may father yet, have you?" She asked him.

"No" he replied "but the name sounds familiar though".

"Don't worry I'm sure you'll get it soon" she smiled. "But we are getting off the subject. As I was saying my father come from the line of one of the most powerful wizards ever known and my mother is an elf, so when I was conceived it was prophesied that I would inherit all the powers of my great great grandfather plus some. And because of this all of his things came to me. For you see Harry he had left a lot of things behind that no one could use or even locate until now."

Harry just look at the girl sitting across from him and he knew what it was like to have your destiny already planned for you, but he didn't say anything he would let her finish before he said anything. "My father was very proud but my mother was scared and she was determine that I was going to have a normal childhood no matter what. And for a time I did I would go to the Glade with my mother sometimes and other times I would stay at my father's castle in Albion but wherever I went I was always learning and my parents saw how quickly I would pick up things so my mother took me away to the Glade to stay. I remained in the glade for two years before mother and I got homesick for our home here and for father so we came back to be with him. For a year we were a happy family and both my parents agree that I should be trained on how to control my powers this after I had accidentally blown a huge hole in one of the castle walls." She was smiling gently at the memory and Harry had to smile too he remembered some of the things he had done accidentally when he was young. "Father decided that he would teach me. But that I also needed an outlet for my temper I had a terrible temper. So fencing and archery were added to my curriculum, I remember how upset mother was but it didn't last for long after father suggested she should teach me archery since she also need an outlet for her temper." She chuckled at the memory. "So for a year we did this occasionally adding new things such as wand training, martial arts, music and dancing. Until that faithful day I will never forget my father took me to a circus that was in town. I wanted to go so bad that eventually father agreed. We had a great time laughing at the clowns and watching the animals and the acrobats perform then it was time for us to go home. We were still laughing and talking walking home when it happened. These things in black robes and white faces attacked us. They were everywhere they killed the guards and demanded that my father handed me over to them or they would kill him also. My father asked them what did they want with me and one of them I will never forget his voice said that I possessed something that could help locate his master, and if father didn't hand me over he would kill him. That's when father whispered in my head and told me to get out of there, I told him I wouldn't leave without him but he said that if I didn't go they were going to kill us both and he needed me to get mother out of there. So I teleported myself to our house while father kept them busy so mother and I could get away. I told mother what was happening and we quickly packed and shrunk everything that we needed and told everyone to leave and then we teleported out of there just as they broke through the gates. We went back to were I had left father but I was too late. We got there just in time to see that green light hit father in the chest and he just fell with this look on his face. Mother was distraught she started screaming no, and that's when they saw us and started firing curses at us. Mother was in no condition to fight so I teleported us out of there just in time. After I took mother to our place in Strathclyde I went back to where father was but he wasn't there anymore so I went back to our house, what I saw there still gives me nightmares sometimes. Our house was in ruin, it had been burnt and there was this green skull with a snake coming out of the mouth hanging over our house".

Harry had tears running down his cheeks, he looked over at Amelia and saw that she too was crying. He reached out and took her hand "Amelia I'm so sorry for what happened to you, if you don't want to talk about it anymore I understand and you don't have to." but before he could say anything else she looked him in the eyes and said

"Thanks Harry I'm okay". She brushed the tears from her cheeks and continued "where was I, oh yes the mark. Like I said the green skull was hanging over what use to be our home. Our home where I'd experience such happy memories was reduced to nothing more than a pile of rubble. And those things were digging around in that rubble searching for something they also had my father's body with them. When they couldn't find what they were looking for they would fire curses at his body or spit on him. I couldn't take it anymore not only have they killed my father and destroy my family and my home they add insult to injury by disrespecting my father even in death. All I can say is, I lost it. I wanted them dead, and I wanted to kill them and to watch them die. I let go of all the control father had taught me and I let my magic run free. When the first one fell they turned and saw me and they all started coming at me firing curse after curse but it didn't matter I was out of control and there was nothing they could do except kill me. One of them started to say the killing curse but before I could get him the one that killed my father killed him, and then he turned to the others and warned them that they didn't want me dead they needed me alive or their master would be upset. They started throwing slicing curse, acid curse any of the unforgivables they could think of other than the killing curse came my way that day. But it didn't matter my shields were up and I was blind with rage there was no way they were going to get me. That's when I saw the cause for my father's death, and the reason our home was destroyed. It was this guy my father had befriended he thinking he was homeless and gave him a place to live with our family. He had set the whole thing up it was he who told me about the circus and how much fun it would be. My father trusted him so much that he gave him free access to our home and this was how he repaid our hospitality. I was going to kill him. When he realized that I had seen his face he apparated away when he left the one that killed my father left also along with a few others. I didn't see their faces but I will never forget their voices and I vowed to hunt each and every last one of them down. But that had to wait I had things to do now. I buried my father and took my mother back to the Glade but after about a week there she was too heartbroken and she wanted to be around fathers' things. We came back to Scotland and I started my training I've traveled all over the world learning everything I can. I have even traveled to other realms and study the art of fighting from them. But those are stories for another time. And now I am at the final stage here in my fathers homeland."

Harry was heartbroken he couldn't believe she'd been through so much. He wished there was something he could do. But all he could say was "I'm sorry for what they did to you."

"Don't you dare" Harry was taken aback "don't you ever be sorry for anything those bastards did." She shouted at him with fire in her eyes. Then she continued more calmly "You have nothing to do with their quest for power okay." All Harry could do was nod. "Good, now for the reason I've been looking for you. As I've said before I've read quite a bit about you and in so doing I have come to the conclusion that there is more to you than meet the eyes."

Harry was surprised to hear this "what do you mean I'm more than meets the eyes?" he asked.

"I mean there is more to the relationship between you and Voldemort." She replied.

"There isn't a relationship between myself and Voldemort." Harry stated flatly. "For Merlin's sake he's been trying to kill me since before I can remember" he continued.

"Exactly" Amelia exclaimed before he could continue, "Why has he been trying so hard to kill you? Sure you survived and his powers were destroyed when he'd tried the first time. And I guess that could cause him to become obsessed with killing you, but it doesn't explain why he'd tried to kill you in the first place or why he would give anything for you to be dead. It's as if you have something that he wants or you know something devastating that he doesn't. I don't care what it is just the fact that he wants you dead is reason enough for me to want you alive, and in so doing maybe we can finally destroy him."

Harry was utterly speechless how could she have figured out so much when no one else have, how is it that she had arrived so close to the truth and everyone else still believe that it is because he was the boy who lived and all that other nonsense. He decided that he would tell Amelia everything but not just yet. He wasn't quite ready to talk about the prophecy just yet. He was brought out of his musings by Amelia's voice calling his name "Harry I don't expect for you to know why Voldemort is after you, and even if you did know I wouldn't expect you to just tell everyone it could be used against you. I just wanted to let you know a bit about me, and where I stand so you know what you are getting into. If you have any doubts you should voice them now or if you want to change your mind you can, I wouldn't blame you." Harry was surprised that she thought he wouldn't want her help anymore, what was she thinking she was the only one who seem to have figured out that he was a target and he may need special training to save his life. "Are you kidding me? Of course I still need your help. As a matter of fact when can we start?"

Amelia was happy that he hadn't changed his mind about accepting her help. "We can start as soon as you are ready" she replied. "I'm ready now." He answered excitedly.

"No you're not." Amelia answered.

"Why not?" he asked.

"Because you haven't said goodbye to you're family and friends yet" she replied.

"Goodbye what do you mean goodbye? Where are we going?" Harry asked getting to his feet.

"We have to go away to start your training because there are laws here prohibiting the use of magic by underage wizards and witches," she stated. "That is why we must leave England."