Chapter 8: The Beginning of the Term

Isildur awoke early; he looked at his watch and saw it was 6:30 am (GMT) on Tuesday September the 2nd 2003. He realised that he had been so tired the night before from explaining about everything he knew to Harry, Ron and Hermione, he had forgotten to take his contacts out. He quickly went to look in his trunk and his bag and realised that he had forgotten to bring some new ones (he wore disposable ones that he changed once a month and he had last changed on July 31st). That of course meant that he would have to wear his glasses until he could get his parents to send him some more contacts. When he got back to the dorm from showering he found that the others were awake and were doing the same as he had just done (showered and changed clothes).

Then he meet Harry, Ron and Hermione in the common room as they had planed the night before so they could show Isildur the way to the Great Hall from Gryifindor house. On the way Neville joined them and asked Isildur if he could have a private word with him about something.

Isildur told Harry, Ron and Hermione to stand outside an empty class room that he and Neville stepped into.

Neville then asked Isildur "What did Professor Dumbledore mean last night about you knowing things about me? He didn't tell you anything did he?"

Isildur looked at Neville and said "Neville he didn't tell me anything about you, but I do know about your parents...,"

Neville was abut to interrupt when Isildur continued, "I know about them because a series of books have been written about Harry Potter, your friend, in the muggle world where I come from and Harry found out that Information from Dumbledore in the book. Dumbledore also told me that all that is in the books is real. He also told me not to mention what I knew about your parents to anyone unless you brought it up."

They then left the room and the others asked "What was that about?"

Isildur replied "His parents."

They then headed down to the Great Hall for breakfast. When they got to the Great Hall Prof. McGonagall gave them there time tables for the year. They looked at them and were horrified that they still had double potions with the Slytherin on Friday afternoons, why did they always do that. They also saw that there new class with Lady Galadriel, 'Things that were, Things that are, and Things that yet may be', was with all four houses at the same time. However today they had Transfiguration as there first class and they were wondering what McGonagall would be teaching them as she had written there text book, even Hermione wasn't sure as all the book said inside was that the text would appear as was deemed necessary, so Hermione couldn't read ahead.

After they had finished there breakfast they left the great hall to get there stuff for Transfiguration.

On there way they were still talking about what McGonagall would be teaching them, when Isildur realised that he had forgotten his wand.

Hermione was about to suggest that he go back for it when Isildur just simply said "Accio Narsil", suddenly they looked up and they saw a sheaved sword flying through the air hilt first into Isildur hand.

Hermione looked impressed at this as did Harry and Ron. They asked him how he learned to do that and he replied that Dumbledore had taught him how to do it.

They then went into Transfiguration. When they got in instead of Prof. McGonagall they saw a cat sitting on her desk, but they all of course recognised it as being McGonagall as they had seen here change to her cat form in there third year and Isildur had only a couple of weeks ago.

Once everyone had taken their seats she turned back into her human form and said "This year will be very different from your previous year's in Transfiguration, first of all Dumbledore has asked me to teach you something that I have never taught before, and second of all what I am going to be teaching you is extremely dangerous if done wrong."

After she had said this they all wondered what she would be teaching them. Professor McGonagall then said "It's time to get started as we have a lot to do so please open your books to page one".

They all opened there books to page one and magically the first chapter papered, it was called "Chapter 1 Choosing Your Animal".

At that moment they all realised that they would be learning to become them how to become Animagui. The book said for them to think of the animal's whose quality's they admired most (magical or non-magical), and to write a brief 4 page essay on why they admired that animal and its qualities.

After Transfiguration was over they went there secrete ways the boys (Harry, Ron and Isildur) to Divination and Hermione went to her next class as while.

When they got to Divination the term begin as usual with a death prediction for Harry, she also had one for Isildur too (which of course he didn't find odd, but the others did). In there first class they learned how to read the end trials of a chicken, not the most present class they ever had.

After that they headed down to the great hall for lunch, where Hermione asked Isildur if he could do any other spells without his wand. He said that he could do a banishing charm with it.

They then went out into the grounds for there next class, Care of Magical Creatures with Hagrid, well they were on there way they stopped and looked to see if anyone was around. Then Isildur drew out Narsil and held it straight out with one hand on the hilt and said "Bashmentay" (I don't know if that's the word for the banishing charm, but that's what I'm going to use ok.)

Narsil then flew out of his hand and hit a rat. Isildur of course had no plan to do that but as it had happened he turned to the other's and said "Hey look I just caught Mrs. Noris's dinner."

They all laughed at that when suddenly a bright white light shone from Narsil and the rat had changed into... Peter Pettigrew. They all stood there in shock at seeing him laying there dead with a sword sticking out of his chest.

The whole school had seen the flash of light, and were now gathering around were Peter was lying. Dumbledore pushed his way through the crowed to see what was going on. When he got to the centere of the crowd he looked at Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Isildur and just said come with me. He conjured a stretcher for Peter and they went up to his office.

When they got there he said "What exactly happened here". Isildur then told him how he was showing them how he could banish Narsil and that it just flew straight into the rat which turned into Peter Pettigrew.

Dumbledore looked fairly upset at this and said "I understand this was an accident and hopefully the Ministry of Magic will too. I really don't want one of my students sent to Azkaban. This also of course means that Sirius Black will be free as he couldn't have killed Mr. Pettigrew."

He also said that he would be taking 10 points from Grifindor for Isildur irresponsibility, but he was giving him 50 points for catching Peter. He then got Fawkes to perch on his shoulder and walked with them out to Care of Magical Creature's where Hagrid was waiting.

Hagrid then told them all with the help of Dumbledore about the care of Phoenixes and how useful they could be.

After class was over they went back to Dumbledore's office were he told them that he would be contacting the Ministry of Magic about all that had happened.

After leaving Dumbledore's office they headed to the great hall for dinner. Harry, Ron and Hermione noticed that Isildur was unusually quiet at dinner. They also noticed that he was quiet in the common room too. Isildur infect was sitting in the far corner of the common room doing his homework alone from everyone else. He was deep in thought about the events of the day, he was of course working on his Transfiguration homework, but something else was on his mind he had killed someone. Not that he had done it by accident, but he was thinking in the back of his mind that he deserved to die.

Just then Dumbledore walked into the common room and asked Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Isildur to join him in his office again.

When they got there they saw sitting in the office Sirius Black and Cornelius Fudge. Dumbledore said that Fudge had been told everything and has seen Peter himself.

Fudge then said that he understood it was an accident and that he would not be sending anyone to Azkaban for this.

He then handed an envelope to Sirius, who opened it immodestly.

After reading it he nearly fell out of his chair. It was an official pardon from the Department of Magical Law Informant, he was free now.

Dumbledore then handed Isildur Narsil back as it had been left in Wormtail for most of the day. Isildur smiled for the first time since the incident. He thanked both Dumbledore and Fudge very much for the good news.

Then Dumbledore said that he needed to talk to Sirius alone for a moment. So Harry, Ron, Hermione and Isildur went back to the common room, and Fudge went back to London with his aides and Peter's body.

Once back in the common room Isildur put his homework away as did the others too as they wanted to talk about the events of the day. After they had finished they noticed that Isildur was quietly humming something to himself.

Ron asked him "Hey Isildur, what were you just humming?"

Isildur looked up at him and said "Oh it's just a song that my mum used to sing to me as a lullaby when I was little."

Herminie asked "What song is it; I don't think I've heard it before?"

Isildur responded to her that it is part of a song called The Lay of Luthien a song from the LOTR sung by strider. He then started to sin it in a low tone to a sort of Celtic melody,

"The leaves were long, the grass was green,
the hemlock-umbels tall and fair,
And in the glade a light was seen
of stars in shadow shimmering.
Tinuvel was dancing there
To music of a pipe unseen,
And light of stars was in her hair,
And in her glimmering. There Beren came from mountains cold,
And lost he wandered under leaves,
And where the Elven-river rolled
He walked alone and sorrowing.
He peered between the hemlock-leaves
And saw in wonder flowers of gold
Upon her mantle and her sleeves,
And her hair like shadow following.

Enchantment healed his weary feet
That over hills were doomed to roam;
And forth he hastened, strong and fleet,
And grasped at moonbeams glistening.
Through woven woods in Elevenhome
She lightly fled on dancing feet,
And left him lonely still to roam
In the silent forest listening.

He heard there oft the flying sound
Of feet as light as linden-leaves,
Or music welling underground,
In hidden hollows quavering.
Now withered lay the hemlock-sheaves,
And one by one with sighing sound
Whispering fell the beechen leaves
In the wintry woodland wavering.

He sought ever, wandering far
Where leaves of years were thickly strewn,
By light of moon and ray of star
In frosty heavens shivering.
Her mantle glinted in the moon,
As on a hill-top and far
She danced, and at her feet was strewn
A mist of silver quivering.

When winter passed. she came again,
And her song released the sudden spring,
Like rising lark, and falling rain,
And melting water bubbling.
He saw the Elven-flowers spring
About her feet, and healed again
He longed by her to dance and sing
Upon the grass untroubling.

Again she fled, but swift he came.
Tinuvel! Tinuvel!
He called her by her elvish name;
And there she halted listening.
One momment stood she, and a spell
His voice laid on her: Beren came,
And doom fell on Tinuvel
That in hi arms lay glistening.

As Beren looked into her eyes
Within the shadows of her hair,
The trembling starlight of the skies
He saw there mirrored shimmering.
Tinuvel the Elven-fair,
Immortal maiden Elven-wise,
About him cast her shadowy hair
And arms like silver glimmering.

Long was the way that fate them bore,
O'er stony mountains cold and grey,
Through halls of iron and darkling door,
And woods of nightshade morrow less.
The Sundering Seas between them lay,
And yet at last they met once more,
And long ago they passed away
In the forest singing sorrow less.

After he had finished singing he looked around and everyone in the common room was sitting there. He looked around and caught a look in everyone's eye asking what that was.

He said "That was a song from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring it tells of the meeting of Beren son of Brahir and Luthien Tinuvel. Bern was a mortal man, but Luthien was the daughter of Thingol, a King of Elves upon Middle - earth when the world was young; and she was the fairest maiden that has ever been among all the children of the world. Anyway they ended up marring each other and having a child together. There are probably few people who know the whole story except Lady Galadriel and Gandalf." After he had finished everyone suddenly felt tired and went into there dormitories.