SURPRISING CHANGE
Disclaimer: Harry Potter, of course, is not mine.
Chapter 5
DREAM SEQUENCE
Natalie felt herself lying on a soft bed. It was softer than the one she went to sleep in. She slowly opened her eyes only to close them again. She carefully opened them again. The room she was in was really strange. It was very big, even bigger than her dormitory at Hogwarts. The walls were painted in soft blue colors. All furniture was white and the floor was covered in a light blue carpet. Also, the ceiling was painted in midnight blue color with yellow, almost golden stars. It looked like a sky. Overall, it was very beautiful.
She slowly sat up. While she was thinking about her situation, the only door in the room opened to reveal the old men with long white hair and a magical air around him. Natalie sensed that he was very powerful even though he didn't show it. She was shaken out of her thoughts when he moved to sit on a chair next to the bed. She looked nervously at him but he just smiled gently.
"I'm sure you are wondering why you are here child, aren't you?" he gently asked her.
Natalie nodded and looked at him quizzically.
"Well, I'm sure you have figured out that we are in a dream. I brought you here to discuss some things with you. First of all, do you remember those voices you heard this summer?" the old man asked her.
"Yes. Why?" Natalie nervously asked.
"Do you know whose voices they were?" the man ignored her question for now.
"I think that they were the voices of my family but I don't understand hoe it was possible for me to hear them." was Natalie's quiet replay.
"That is what I want to explain. And you are correct; you have heard the voices of your family. I let you hear them so you would stop blaming yourself. You couldn't have killed Voldemort if you felt like that. You couldn't access your full potential. Do you understand?"
"I think so. Is that why I felt so weak before I heard them?"
"Exactly!"
"Erm… who are you?" Natalie hesitantly asked.
The old man laughed at her question.
"Do you have any guess as to who I am?" he asked.
"Um… you look like the portrait of Merlin in my History of Magic book but you can't be him 'cause he died long time ago." Natalie said.
"My child, this is a dream, anything is possible here. And you are correct, I am Merlin. But you can also call me Emrys. Alright?"
Natalie was shocked. She couldn't believe that she had met Merlin of all people.
"OK. So why are you here?" she wanted to know.
"I came here to inform you of your heritage. You are already quite a powerful witch but you will be even more after you get your powers on your next birthday. Unfortunately, if you get all of them then, they would overpower you and you could slip into coma. That is why I will tell you what they are now. I will also start giving you little by little power over the next year so you would get only what is normal for all witches and wizards on your birthday." He said.
"I think you made a mistake. I can't be that powerful." Natalie quietly said.
"Yes, you can. And you are. Now, let me tell you about your powers. Okay?" Merlin asked.
"Sure." A shocked Natalie replayed.
"Now, you have a lot of powerful ancestors. I am one of them. I am not going to tell you all of them. The most important of your ancestors are the founders of Hogwarts. You will meet them once like you met me. For now, I am going to tell you what powers you got from the founders and me. Are you with me so far?" was the start of his revelation.
"Yes. Are you sure I am that person?"
"Of course, I have been watching you since you were born. I wouldn't have brought you here if I wasn't sure. Now, onto the powers; from me, you get the elemental power. You will be able to manipulate all of the elements. The elements are water, air, fire, earth, shadow and light. You can also combine the elements.
From Godric you get the power of Beast speaker and Metamorphomagus ability. That means that you will be able to talk to any animal on Earth, including the magical animals and beings. You can also change your look at will.
From Rowena you will get the slight Seer power. You will be able to see in the future but only the people you know or if someone is in the extreme danger. The second ones will come to you only in your dreams while for your friends you can just look into a crystal ball. You also get the power of knowledge. You have to read something only once and you will remember it forever.
From Helga you get you get the Telepathy. I'm sure you know what it does. Also, you get the Empathy. You will be able to feel emotions. This power will appear only when you learn Occlumency.
From Salazar you already got the power to understand and speak Parseltongue. Well now, you will also be able to do Parsel magic. I think Salazar will appear to show you how to do that. Also, Salazar's powers will make it easier to learn Occlumency and Legilimency.
Well, that's it. The rest of the powers are the regular powers everyone gets when they mature. You will get those on your birthday. I will give you the special powers slowly over the next year in the order I told you about them, except Rowena's knowledge. You already got that. Do you have any questions?" Merlin asked.
"Um, no. I don't think so. Is that all?" Natalie answered.
"No. There is one more thing. Your power levels will be much higher now. I will teach you have to hide it tonight." Merlin said.
And so he did. He taught her how to use her magic to hide her aura and how to see the auras of other people. At the end of their time together he gave her a beautiful necklace with three emerald stones as a gift.
END DREAM SEQUENCE
Natalie gasped when she woke up. That was a really strange dream. She quickly calmed down and moved to the bathroom. As she was getting ready to take a shower, she saw a strange necklace hanging from her neck. She felt faint. She couldn't believe that her dream was true. She had actually met Merlin.
It took her half an hour to calm down and take a shower before she walked back to her room. She got ready for the day and then went out to the Common Room to wait for Severus before going to breakfast.
A/N: Well, I hope you like this chapter. Many thanks to everyone who reviewed. It really made me write faster. Please read and review!
Anna