Chapt 4
Kikasha: Right! -peers round hiding something in her hand- Alone! Now for-
Harry: What ya doing?
Frodo: What r you hiding?
Kikasha: -shoves the hidden object into a pocket- Nothing!
Frodo: Yeah, we all believe you! Don't we Harry?
Harry: No we don't! Show us!
Kikasha: Umm…it's… -pulls out a paper and looks at it- the disclaimer! The disclaimer is: I don't own Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.
Harry and Frodo: glance at each other Get her!
Kikasha: -Shoves a macadamia cookie into her mouth- Nohww I hwwave wothin'!
Harry and Frodo: Awwwww! I want one!
Kikasha: -swallows- too bad! On with the story!
Diagon Alley
"speak"
elfin
translation
Tenshi's telepathy
telepathy back to Tenshi
"What do you mean?" Tenshi asked calmly.
No one looked as if they were going to answer but Albus piped up.
"Your eyes, my dear. Your eyes!" He declared.
"Oh…"
She changed into a fox and back in a magical mini-hurricane then stood still for a minute before collapsing in a heap on the floor. Frodo and Merry leapt forward at once as Albus took several cautious steps towards the fallen girl. As soon as it was noted that she wasn't dead, the group settled down and the headmaster began his small speech.
"Welcome to Hogwarts! I am Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of this school. Lady Galadriel has told me that you almost managed destroy the Dark Lord, or Sauron as you may call him, in your dimension but he escaped here. At the moment, he is in possession of a wizard's body and is called Lord Voldemort."
Gandalf, Legolas, Gimli and Aragorn had grim expressions on their faces and Frodo was frightenedly glancing about, but the three hobbits looked over-hyper and curious.
"When do we eat?" Pippin asked.
Merry and Sam nudged him in the ribs playfully. Tenshi shifted slightly from where she was curled up on the floor, but Gimli snorted and shifted his hands on his axe.
"Now, I don't have any idea about some of your cultures," he continued, looking at Tenshi, Legolas, Frodo, Sam, Pippin and Merry, "But I have some idea of others." then turned his gaze to Aragorn, Gimli and Gandalf
Taking the hint, Merry strode forward and began the explanation.
"My fellow hobbits, Sam, Frodo, Pippin and I, like to give parties, eat and play. Gimli is a dwarf and he loves to dig and to be in the dark. Legolas is an elf and Tenshi is a…oh, I can never remember those names!"
Aragorn chuckled and Legolas looked a bit confused and startled.
"Tenshi is from an entirely different dimension. She is half demon half miko or magical priestess. The magical abilities are close to those of an elf," the amused ranger filled in.
Tenshi rolled over and yawned in her sleep, using her haori sleeves as a pillow. Gimli sniffed in disapproval as she curled more tightly into a ball. Legolas, Aragorn and Gimli could hear she purring softly as Albus explained that they had to take refuge in the school and keep an eyes on a boy named Harry Potter and his two friends, Hermione and Ron, until the Dark Lord appeared. It was agreed that Gandalf would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts for half the term then go to Hogsmeade where Gimli would be stationed. Aragorn would teach Herboligy classes, the four hobbits would be first years and Legolas and Tenshi would be seventh years.
Next, they visited the hospital wing so that Madame Pomfrey could help them look more human. First, the hobbits had their feet shrunk and their hair colours changed. Gimli was next; he had his beard removed and his hair shortened. The last was Legolas, who refused to cut his hair, saying that it would never grow back again. Tenshi groaned and lifted her head off Aragorn's shoulder. She laughed and hopped out of Aragorn's arms then stood in a corner of the room.
They assured Legolas it would grow back, but he held to his word in saying it wouldn't. The hobbit's and Gimli held him down while Madame Pomfrey snipped it off. After that, the nurse dabbed all the pointed ears with a pink ointment and the points vanished although everyone could still feel them.
Feeling quite queer, they thanked the nurse and fled from the wing. Next, Albus found two professors, Severus and Minerva, whom he sent with the group to Diagon Alley. They gathered around a fireplace in Minerva's office and looked on, bemused, at the green flames into which Severus Snape had just disappeared.
"The place where you're going is Diagon Alley. Just imitate him," urged Minerva.
Sam went next, throwing the powder into the flames and shouting his destination. After him Pippin, Frodo then Merry, who thought that it was a fun 'game' to play. Gimli went before Tenshi who hesitated a but and bloody slit on her bottom lip. Aragorn stepped into the flames, then Legolas and Gandalf, Minerva followed, making sure that everyone said the correct thing. When everyone emerged from the flames, roughly landing in a heap, they dusted off tunics and robes then Gandalf and hobbits followed Snape into the street while the rest awaited Minerva.
While they waited, Tenshi began to wander away and Aragorn watched her go but Legolas was a bit touchy at being in a new world so he asked why he let her go.
"She is curious, Legolas. She won't go far," replied the man.
The professor appeared in green flames as Legolas retorted.
"She may get lost."
"She's a half demon. It's in her nature," Aragorn said calmly.
He noted his friend was grumpy and was almost always looking in sister's direction but decided not to say anything as they followed the professor through the pub and to an alley in back. She took out her wand and tapped a series on bricks then a hole began to form on its own as the wall separated. The part of the fellowship that was with the witch, was awed as they stepped through it into a street of stalls and shops.
"First step is Gringotts, the wizard bank," She announced as the friends looked round.
They all nodded slight, staring at the magical surroundings. Gimli was a few meters behind so he had to rush to catch up as they made their way to the bank. A white, towering building loomed up in front of them as they neared the fork in the main road. Aragorn thought it looked a bit like Gondor but said nothing as the dwarf knocked into the back of his leg. Standing beside its bronze doors, wearing a uniform of gold and scarlet, was a creature that looked a bit like Gimli. He had a clever, swarthy face, a pointed beard and very long fingers and feet. The creature, that turned out to be a goblin, bowed them through the doors. As they stopped at the second, silver pair of doors, in which across the front of it, this riddle was engraved:
"Enter, stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed,
For those who take, but do not earn,
Must pay dearly in their turn.
So if you seek beneath these floors,
A treasure that was never yours,
Thief, you have been warned, beware
Of finding more than treasure there."
As they read the poem, they understood at once what it meant. A pair of goblins bowed them through the second pair of doors and into a vast, marble hall. About a hundred more goblins were scurrying around, weighing coins, examining precious gems and stones through eyeglasses or scribbling in large ledgers. There were too may doors to count leading off the main hall, and yet more goblins were showing people in and out of them. The witch lead the gang to a free goblin.
"Good morning Blousan. I have to make a withdrawal from Vault 129," She said, handing the short creature a tiny golden key.
Once he looked an the key and made sure it was in a working condition, he nodded then called a smaller goblin, Iccaris, with bulging eyes, over to help them.
"This way!" the goblin said cheerfully.
He held a hall door open for them as they walked onto a platform just inside and looked about, surprised that there was not more marble but damp walls not unlike those in Moria. As Iccaris whistled twice, the fellowship members shuddered at the memory but Tenshi merely yawned, blinked and casted a blank stare at the rails. Two carts hurtled towards them. When they had climbed into the carts, they sped off. Down steep slopes and round sharp corners, the carts rattled, knowing their way because there was no driver. The wind whistled past, stinging eyes and skin, but finally stopped when the wagons came to a halt in front of a huge stone door with the numbers 129 engraved in the frame on top of it.
Gimli beamed at the very sight of being in an orc-free mine but Legolas and Aragorn were uneasy. In the light of a lantern and two wall torches, the little goblin opened the door and leapt back as a cloud of orange smoke sprung forth and engulfed them all. Before the smoke had cleared, McGonagall whipped out pull-string bags and passed then out while explaining what coins were which. Shoving handfuls of coins in their bags, they tried to memorize the new information. Surprisingly, the first one who did was Gimli. They warily clambered into the carts.
"Mrs. McGonagall, is magic known by everyone?" asked Tenshi randomly.
"No, actually. There are some people who don't know about or have magic. We call them 'muggles'," replied the woman.
"When you say 'have magic' what do you mean?"
Minerva looked thoughtful for a moment then answered.
"Simply that they have not a drop of magic in their blood."
There was silence for three more minutes then the carts jerked to a stop and they hobbled out into the sun, Tenshi and Legolas shielding their eyes from the glare like a vampire about to burst into flames. Tenshi walked in Aragorn's shadow to stay out of the sun as they visited Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions, Flourish and Blotts and the Apothecary's, their money bags getting a bit lighter every time. The wands were the last item so they all trudged to Olivander's after sending the parcels and bags to 'The Leaky Cauldron'. When they entered the dusty shop, the witch rang a large bronze bell on the wall.
"Olivander? I'm here with the new students," she called into the dark interior.
A man with silvery gray eyes and white, thin hair, appeared through the selves of boxes carrying 4 thin, murky brown boxes. He set them down on the counter, not saying a word, and then took the tops of them.
"Hello, Minerva. Greetings Tenshi, Gimli, Aragorn and Legolas. I was wondering whether you'd come at all…"
He set the wands on the counter and ushered the dwarf forward then snatched one of the wands up, holding it up for him to take. The dwarf gave him a curious look and stood back from the wooden object. Tenshi began to glow again but beat the light down by stepping forwards, making a face at her friend.
"I don't wield any other weapon than my axe," muttered Gimli.
"Well you scaredy-cat! I'll try it then!" She teased as her gently took a light brown, green tinged wand from the old wizard.
She gave it a wave and almost at once, a shock ran up her arm. It seemed to pull energy and power from her as purple smoke and sparks burst forth from the tip of the wand. Nodding, Olivander picked another wand after Aragorn stepped frontward and he took the outstretched thin item then flicked it. Bright blue and green sparks exploded from the top of the wand into the air! The ranger gave the impression of being impressed before backing away, clutching the wand to his side.
Next was the pompous elf, as Tenshi put it. Legolas received the awaiting wand and as his fingers touched the smooth surface, heat boiled up in his arm and spread to his entire body. He swished the entity through the air. It emitted a storm of spark, florescent orange and pale green, which danced over the opposite wall.
Nodding, Olivander reached for the last wand as Gimli, not wanting to be out done by an elf, grudgingly stepped towards the counter. A similar sensation flowed through him and different shades of green spark and smoke flew out of the tip.
"Now, that's that with the wands. Good luck…" He said, stared at the remaining smoke.