Return Of The Elemental


Chapter 2 - The Last Of A Kind

Harry could only gasp in shock and stand as straight as a ruler as the man approached him, and then said.

"Hello Harry it's nice to finally meet you." Then seeing Harry's disbelief he stuck out his hand. "Oh how rude of me, let me introduce myself. My name is Merlin"…

Harry was dumbstruck. Here standing before him was a man considered by all wizards and witches alike to be the greatest wizard of all time. And not only that, this man was supposed to be dead. So we could all excuse Harry's behaviour right now. He snapped out of his thoughts and said the first thing that popped into his head.

"Aren't you supposed to be dead" he finally sputtered out. The man or Merlin as he called himself only chuckled at Harry's negation.

"Yes I suppose I am" said Merlin clearly amused at Harry's confusion.

"Then how am I able to talk to you" said Harry who was worried because he thought that he must have died. Merlin, who saw the young boy starting to fret, slowly calmed him down.

"I know what your thinking and no don't worry you are not dead."

"Then how" was all Harry managed to say while looking up at Merlin. Merlin walked over to Harry's bed and sat down, then conjured a chair out of thin air for Harry to sit in.

Harry watched as Merlin walked over to his bed then jumped as he saw a plush chair materialise out of thin air, but what was more astonishing is that Harry didn't see Merlin use a wand or the staff that he saw the old man holding when he arrived.

"How did you do that without a wand?" he said breaking the silence. Merlin just looked up and motioned for Harry to sit in the chair. He did so and relaxed a bit at feeling how comfortable the chair was. Merlin than saw this as a sign that Harry was slowly relaxing a bit and told the boy why he was there.

"I presume you received my letter". Harry only nodded. Merlin than continued. "As you read, I have been keeping my eye on you. Not from this lifetime I must say." Then seeing the shocked face of the young teenager, he decided to take a different approach. "Harry, have you ever heard of the Elementals?" Harry slowly nodded and spoke.

"They were an ancient magical race, which lived thousands of years ago. Although they died out over the years and the last known Elemental was y-you" said Harry surprised by his own answer. Must be Hermione's influence on me, he thought. Harry was woken out of his thoughts by the sound of laughter. "Merlin why are you laughing at me?" said a slightly annoyed Harry. Merlin stopped laughing and looked up to see emerald green eyes, but in the eyes he could see a lightning storm brewing behind them.

"I hope you realise how much that girl has an influence on you" said Merlin still fighting off his laughter. Harry realised that he was talking about Hermione and joined Merlin in his fit of laughter. After a few minutes the laughter died down and Merlin spoke up.

"But I must say that your answer was quite correct except for one minor mistake. There is still one Elemental left Harry, do you know who it is?" Harry shook his head, how was he meant to know who Merlin was talking about. Merlin saw Harry's answer and continued, deciding to have a little fun with the boy. "Alright then let me give you some clues. The last Elemental was born almost 15 years ago, both his parents died when he was only one, he has emerald eyes, black hair and is sitting in front of me with a stupid look on his face."

Harry sat up quickly after hearing that Merlin was going to give him some clues about the last Elemental. But during the clues a look of comprehension dawned on Harry's face and then a look of complete and utter horror mixed with a hint of shock which resulted in Harry's jaw dropping, his eyes popping out of there sockets and his eyebrows flying up and hiding underneath his hair. He then sat in silence until a question soared through his mind begging to be asked, the only problem was that Harry couldn't find the words or air to say it for everything was stuck in his throat like a big traffic jam. He finally got some air and voiced his thoughts.

"H-How do you know about this"? He spoke barely above a whisper, but seeing as it was so quite Merlin heard every word.

Merlin than told a story of how he knew about Harry.

"Long ago Harry when I was nearing the end of my life I placed a charm on myself that would wake me when the next Elemental was born, I knew that I was the last of my race so I thought it my duty to be the one to train that certain witch or wizard, whether they were born after a thousand years or after ten thousand years, I knew they would come and that I would have the honour of teaching them everything I know."

Harry took everything in that Merlin just said, but still could not remove the stupid look off his face. Eventually his eyebrows started to retreat back down to there usual position, his eyes were slowly sucked back into there sockets but his mouth was still acting rather strangely, Harry couldn't seem to control it for it kept opening and closing as if he were a rather large and stupid fish. Merlin just chuckled at seeing the boy process the information that he just disclosed. He decided to help Harry understand. "Harry", he didn't get a response. "Harry", still no response, Harry was just sitting there looking into space, so Merlin did the first thing that came to mind, he stuck his hand out and sent a jet of ice cold water at the young Elemental.

This did the trick. Harry who was still opening and closing his mouth copped the blast right into it. He started coughing and spluttering then after all that was done he started to gasp for air, Merlin saw this and thought he should help out again and with a swish of his hand sent a gust of wind at Harry's open mouth that went right down his lungs. This settled him down again but not for long though as he began his verbal assault at the old man, who was just sitting on his bed with a grin from ear to ear. Harry couldn't stand that grin anymore so he flung out his hand and sent a mini lightning bolt just as he did to Dudley a few days before, and like a few days before the bolt hit its target which made Merlin jump three foot in the air, but instead of falling back down he just stayed in the air. He didn't know what was going on until he saw Harry holding out his hand as if holding him in the air. What he saw next made him wish he didn't send the jet of water in the first place.

Harry was wearing an even bigger grin than the one Merlin had just produced a few moments earlier. Harry then lowered his hand and watched as Merlin as fell to the ground with an "oomph." Merlin then stood up and just smiled at his soon to be student. Harry returned the smile and asked what would happen now. "Well, said Merlin, I would like you to travel with me, we will travel to all corners of the earth, and I will teach you the history of the Elementals and also teach you how to control your elements."

There were still a couple of questions that Harry still needed answering though and after a couple of minutes of silence asked.

"How did you know it was me? I mean how did you find me?" Merlin just smiled again and said

"Ah now that was one of my more brilliant ideas, you see as soon I woke almost 15 years ago , there was still the last part of the charm to finish so after it was complete I had a vision of where I would have to go to find you. It took me 2 years to pass through time so when I arrived at Godrics Hollow and found it deserted. I started to get worried and then I received another vision that showed me you were here. I came to Privet Drive to see that you were living with your mother's sister. I watched you grow up in a terrible environment, I watched helplessly as you were tormented by your cousins. I'm sorry I did nothing Harry but I had to wait till you were ready. I then watched as you received your Hogwarts letter. I followed you to your first year at the most prestigious magic school in Europe. I watched you as you met your first friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, how you were sorted into Gryffindor with your new friends, I saw you show bravery beyond any man I've known while you were rescuing the Philosopher's Stone from Voldemort. I was so proud of you Harry. But I soon realised that that act was only the tip of the iceberg. I'm talking about your 2nd year of course, where with the help of your friends you uncovered the Chamber of Secrets and once again delayed Lord Voldemort's return and save Ron's sister Ginny in the process I might add. Your 3rd year was a very interesting indeed. You helped prove your Godfathers innocence and save not one but two lives with the help of Hermione. And then we arrived at your 4th year, I knew from the beginning that something was not right, yet I still watched as you took the tasks head on with the courage and bravery that you possess so much of. Then - sighed Merlin - at the end of the third task you were portkeyed to Lord Voldemort who was waiting for you."

Merlin looked up to see silent tears rolling down Harry's face.

"Harry, look at me, Harry didn't respond. This is why I must train you, so that one day you will be able to destroy Voldemort and his supporters. You must do this so you can protect all your loved ones, all the people in world, not only Wizarding people but all of mankind."

Harry sat there listening to Merlin repeat his life to him. Every time Merlin would tell of a different one of Harry's years at Hogwarts he would get images of what Merlin was talking about, when Merlin reached his 4th year Harry saw the night at Voldemort's re-birth, he didn't even notice the tears running down his face, all he was thinking about was how much pain Voldemort had put everybody through… How much pain he put me through.

He was slowly filling up with such anger that his eyes were on fire. Harry slowly lifted his head to meet Merlin's shocked silvery eyes. Then spoke in a cold voice that made the hairs on the back of Merlin's neck stand to attention. "When do we leave?"

Merlin sat waiting to see what Harry's reaction would be, but what he was expecting was not this. As soon as Merlin saw Harry eyes he saw a fire in them that made his blood ran cold. Harry's eyes showed so much pain and anger. They held a power so strong that Merlin was starting to get a little worried and quite frankly wanted to run for his life when he heard Harry ask when they were going to leave.

Harry calmed down a bit after he saw Merlin's worried face and slowly the fire in his eyes died away and they were back to their original emerald state.

"I'm sorry Merlin, I'm just so angry at Voldemort, at all the pain that he has caused everyone."

"It's quite alright Harry and as to answer your question we can leave as soon as you're ready." Harry then stood up.

"What will I need to take" he asked curiously.

"I think your wand should be sufficient," said Merlin who also stood up. "Now Harry all you need to do is hold onto me whilst we apparate."

"WAIT shouted Harry, what am I going to do about Hedwig, Harry said whilst walking over and stroking his owl's feathers, I can't just leave her here." Merlin shook his head and walked over to Harry's side.

"I'm afraid she can't come with us Harry, you will have to send her to one of your friends while you are gone."

Harry was thinking who would look after Hedwig for him then he decided that she could go and live with Hermione, since she didn't have an owl of her own she could use and take care of Hedwig while he was away. He then called Hedwig onto his shoulder.

"Your going to have to stay with Hermione for a while girl, then looked at her with a tear in his eye, you can't come with me and I want you to not go looking for me either." Hedwig stayed where she was perched on Harry's shoulder. Harry strode to his window and tried to shake the owl off but to no avail, she did not want to go anywhere. "Please Hedwig you can't come with, pleaded Harry, I will come back for you I promise." Hedwig stared at her master with concern but decided to yield to his wish and took off with out looking back at Harry. Harry stared after her with tears sliding down his cheeks, and then turned to the old man next to him. "I will see her again won't I" asked Harry while wiping away the stray tears.

"Of course you will my boy, now are you ready." Harry then took a hold Merlin's arm and nodded to the old man as if to say that he was ready. The man just nodded back, closed his eyes and raised his staff above his head. And with another loud BOOM they were gone from Number 4 Privet Drive.

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