"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart."
-- Marcus Aelius Aurelius (121-180 AD), Roman emperor, philosopher
I was weak, my eyes watered as we traveled. Both Ron and Hermione on each of my sides. I wanted to scream and tell them to leave but my voice wouldn't show. I couldn't fight, I couldn't do anything, I could barely open my eyes. "This is it, I thought to myself. I died on my birthday, in some strange freak accident" I thought grimly. I tried to move but my attempts were futile, all I had gained was an even more irritating headache.
I moved my eyes and looked at Hermione, her eyes were glazed over as if she were not paying attention, but she had shock written on her face, I looked at Ron, he to had glazed over eyes also, but determination was laced into his features. I wondered what was happening, all of the sudden a bright light came, I stared through not wanting to back down.
We landed with a loud thump in an overly bright place, I wanted to shield my eyes but I couldn't move. Ron and Hermione seemed to gather back their senses, because they started groaning. Ron got up and looked around quickly, when he saw me his eyes widened and he rushed to me.
"Harry! Are you okay? Do you know what's happening?" he asked anxiously, I just looked at him, I could barely find my voice, I rasped out "no," Ron's shoulder slumped but he looked around, Hermione was up she was looking at me with concern. "Harry? Can you get up?" she asked tentatively. I managed and apologetic look and rasped out yet another "no."
"Hermione you're smart do you know where we are." Said Ron jumping up looking at Hermione hopefully. Hermione just sighed.
"No, Ron, I haven't a clue where we are or how touching Harry got us here." She shook her head regretfully. "We don't even have our wands. How are we supposed to protect ourselves?" Hermione said frantically. Ron shook his head and ran his hand through his hair. Then something very bright approached us, it was a lady, she was a little shorter than Ron. She was beautiful, she looked at least twenty, but her eyes were older. She had long golden hair and almost translucent violet colored eyes that twinkled not much differently from professor Dumbledore's. Her face was an ivory color, with a faint blush; her lips were a deep but natural shade of red. She wore long red robes, while here hair flowed down past her shoulder curling at the ends. She was slender and poised but she gave off a powerful Aura.
Ron was just staring not moving, obviously all I could do was stare, I looked into her eyes, they were very intense, she seemed to be reading me cover to cover, although she seemed to be vaguely familiar. Hermione was the only one with the sense to speak up.
"Excuse me Miss, do you know where exactly we are, and who are you?" said Hermione. She laughed, "Well of course I'll tell you, always the logical one aren't you Miss Granger. I and someone you all might know have brought you to the realm of divinities, you have been chosen and we have brought you here for some very important business. Oh yes you'll find my name, inevitably, but I like to play the mysterious one once in a while." She said with a mischievous glint her eyes.
I blinked, and I blinked again. She was one of the voices I heard, she was the one who said all those Latin words. I really wanted to look at my arms, they ached but I could feel power from them. I looked at her curiously.
"Wait what are you saying about us being chosen, I don't understand. And how did we get here." Hermione said with a mixture of frustration and curiosity. Typical 'Mione, she has to have all the answers.
"All in good time my dear, but it seems that your friend here may need a bit of help." The lady said, Hermione blushed, embarrassed that she forgot about me. I looked at the lady, she smiled. "How are you feeling?" she said lightly touching the words on my forearms.
"Like I was strangled by the giant squid at Hogwarts and thrown into a herd of charging hippogriffs." I muttered, she laughed softly, "Well if you hadn't struggled so much it probably would've hurt less, I thought the centaur would have prepared you for the pain. But everything went as planned, even if it was a bit difficult. Godric did the same thing." She said, I looked at her with unbelief, she made me hurt that much, well it made sense, but was it necessary! "Well lets give you some help here, you're most likely exhausted" she said, with a wave of her hand it felt as if pure energy coursed through my veins. I felt myself gradually gain energy. My muscles still felt different but I felt like I could get up, my eyes still stung, and my ears were ringing slightly, but I could hear stuff from a mile away. I still felt a pain in my back, almost similar to the one in my forearms. Wind seemed to be a constant thing around me; it annoyed me to no end. I slowly got up and thanked her.
"Well now that your healing is done we can go on to what we had planned, come on let's get moving, we don't want to be late, I'm sure you'll want to make a good first impression." She said winking, making us confused even more, but we followed her nevertheless. We traveled about ten minutes until a large all white castle stood before us, it seemed like it was carved out of a huge pearl, and it was bigger than Hogwarts and the castle of the CoA. There were gates that shimmered like diamonds.
We traveled a bit more, as we neared the gates she raised her hands and the gate opened. Ron was still gaping at the castle, while Hermione seemed to be sucking in every detail. We entered the castles only to see a very old looking wizard but he felt extremely powerful, he had a young smile on, but his beard was long, he was dressed in white with a light blue cloak around his shoulders, with a diamond clasp shaped like a phoenix. The man had piercing aquamarine eyes, he to also seemed to be able to read my eyes. To his left, I saw a man with long red hair, like Ron's brother, Bill, he had deep, wise brown eyes, he had a solemn face, and seemed very composed, but you could see he had a reckless edge to him. To the right of him was a surprise, it was my mum and dad.
They ran to me and hugged, Hermione and Ron were both shocked; Ron was the first to say something.
"AM I DEAD!" Ron screamed, the two guest by my parents chuckled. The lady answered his question.
"No you were just transported here, we have some business to attend to." She said, grasping everyone's attention. "Let us first introduce ourselves, my name is Destiny." She said smiling mischievously. This time I was shocked, but what I heard next nearly made me faint. "And I am Merlin" said the elderly but powerful man. The next guy said his name and I think I might've of fainted had it not been my friends were here and I didn't want to faint in front of them, "And I am Godric Gryffindor" said the man with red hair.
Hermione seemed very shocked but also excited; Ron looked like he needed to sit down. I think they caught our drift and conjured chairs. We all sat down and the Destiny lady started to speak.
"We should first start out with a prophecy that decided to reveal itself a few weeks ago. Please listen carefully, maybe you will be enlightened." She said smiling, "okay here is how it was said:
The Wind and the Sun
With powers Undone
Set the earth ablaze
And they all become one
The leader and a shadow
With Rotations of ten and six
Unleashes insurmountable powers
That puts Satan at risk
At the right side of the leader
A warrior with a heart of fire
Companion of floating Serpents
Together they lift each other higher
At the left side of the leader
A warrior of the mind
With a protection of the most power
Darkness will fall with three intertwined.
But A fourth will appear
The leader's path he will steer
He resurrects his soul
And holds his heart very near" she spoke mysteriously. Hermione of course was listening very closely.
"Well Harry is obviously the leader, because this happened, and he'll have three people to help him. But I really don't understand it that well." Hermione said confused. Merlin nodded, "what you have said so far is the truth, let me explain it further, the first two people to help Harry are both certain types of warriors. One is a mind warrior and the other is a rage warrior. You may not know what a mind warrior is, or a rage warrior is. A mind warrior is a full-blown empath, they also can erect powerful mind shield. They are able to shift environments; by tricking someone to believe they are somewhere else. Now a rage warrior is different, they operate on righteous anger, they are very loyal, but have horrible tempers. If the righteous anger is unleashed the warrior will have a vast amount of strength and agility and his magic will be ten times stronger. Rage warriors tend to have other powers, but I let you guys figure them out." Said Merlin, smiling. Ron looked confused.
"Okay but who are the two warriors?" he asked, Merlin, Godric, and James started to laugh but quieted down after the look lily and Destiny gave them. Ron looked, if possible, even more confused.
"Are you going to answer my question!" said Ron not so quietly. Merlin smiled, "well if you insist, the Mind warrior is Hermione and the Rage warrior is you, Ronald." Ron started to laugh, everyone gave him confused looks.
"Okay, you're saying that I, youngest male Weasley am some powerful rage warrior. I'm sorry but you must be mistaken" he said in between his laughs.
"I believe Ron has a point Merlin, with all due respect you must have made a mistake. Ron and I have never even shown that type of power, Harry is the only one who has even remotely shown anything powerful" she said with confusion on her face. Destiny walked up to her and looked her into the eyes.
"Dear child, we wouldn't lie about this, true you haven't shown any power but that is only because you powers are dormant. But we know how to fix that, but I must warn you, you will have a lot of training after this." She said knowingly. Hermione blushed, and nodded albeit reluctantly,
Ron seemed to quiet down, his face had an astonished look on it.
"So you're saying that we've had these powers all along but they were dormant? How come?" Ron asked.
"Well that is how I work; I have planned a few things for your life. You guys were meant to be friends, though it was by your own decisions, it was meant to be. Harry, as you know is very powerful, but he has not gained all his powers until today. For today he must receive them so he can fight the dark lord and his minions. But I am afraid he will not be able to harness all of his powers. That is where you two come in, and a certain other. You must be bonded together so that his magic does not just build with in him, if he got all his power at once he would die. But if he is bonded with three people he can control his power. His power will run within you, thus activating your dormant powers. Trust this will all work out, but it may be a little painful, for you are getting more of your power and some of Harry's power. Any questions?" asked destiny, purposely ignoring the shocked faces.
"Well you explained to us about the warriors but what is with the earth and the sun thing?" she asked.
"Ahh very good question, that the three elementals have been united, Ron will be a fire elemental, you my dear girl will be an earth elemental, and you Harry will be an air elemental." Said Godric with a mysterious grin.
"Wait, elementals! Isn't there supposed to be four elementals to balance them out who is water?" asked Hermione, I always wonder where she gets all this knowledge.
"Good question, the water elemental is none other than the dark lord, but he is not very strong for he has not trained properly. But do not take him lightly." Merlin chided. We all nodded.
"Well let us leave the rest of the questions later; we must get started on the bond. Okay first you guys must cut the palms of your each of your hands." Merlin said handing us a knife. I cut each of my palms, its stung slightly, after Ron and Hermione were done Merlin began again, "after that I want you to join hands, I'm going to say a few incantations, all of you focus on the person to your right, focus on letting your magic run within them, it will hurt and once I begin you will not be able to let go, after you are done your cut will heal in place there will be a red circle. You will of course be able to mind speak after this, and know each other's condition. Sirius will automatically be bonded to you three because he is already bonded to Harry, I regret that I am unable to warn of the pain he is going to feel in the near future." Merlin said, he clapped is hand, getting ready, we all joined hands. I focused on giving my power to Hermione while the others did the same. My dad and mum gave me a reassuring gaze I smiled.
I regained my focus as Merlin began chanting the incantations. "Vinculum, consummo, arcesso potestas factus quisque." (A/N: I like Latin Waaaay to much!)
I felt power rise within me, it hurt worse than before, I concentrated on Hermione, I felt it ebb away but come back full force, I held tighter, it was ripping through me, it was too much, I heard the others screaming in pain, I felt abilities come to my knowledge, this went on for I don't know how long before I fell to the floor. We all fell to the floor. I looked at my hands they had glowing red circles. I closed my eyes tightly, the pain was crazy, but I felt my power, it was running through my veins, whispering bits of knowledge in my head
I looked at them both they were breathing heavily, I hoped they were alright, I saw Hermione her eyes were watering in pain, Ron looked like he was about to faint. I wondered if Sirius was alright.
I muster up enough strength to stand up, I was extremely dizzy. My mum and dad were on both my sides steadying me as they steered me to the couch and helped sit down. I smiled at them gratefully.
They helped Ron and Hermione to the seats next to me. They all sat there and Merlin began to speak.
"I'm sure you're wondering what your powers are. Harry I will start with you, you of course are a shadow warrior, your expertise is stealth. You may have felt an odd feeling in your muscles earlier; we had to loosen you up a bit so you can practice your training. As a shadow warrior you will be able to travel throw shadows, which will be explained later, you will be able to manipulate darkness in order to protect yourself and blind opponents, you probably have noticed that you can hear things from far distances, that's your enhanced hearing and you of course have night-vision. You are also very powerful Harry, your spells are very strong and will take a lot of focus to control your power, and you will have to learn Wandless magic, along with Ron and Hermione." He finished. I was that powerful, no way impossible. This is too crazy, why can't I be normal like everyone else?
"I believe I have already explained your powers Ron and Hermione. Your elemental skills will be taught to you. I must inform you that you will have extra classes with certain beings. Harry for your stealth training, and Ron and Hermione for your combat training we have made an agreement with some elves who will be training you fro the rest of your holiday and during your school year. We have also contacted a few nymphs for you elemental training, Nymphs are natural elementals because they are one with nature's elements. Hermione, you being an empath you will have training with Albus; he is very experienced in the areas of the mind. They all will come visit you in the next few days, be diligent." said Merlin seriously, the others nodded.
"What about Sirius, he's apart of the prophecy right?' I asked.
"Sirius is your guardian Harry, his role in the prophecy is to make sure you're thinking straight, you're much too young to go into the war unguided. All of you need someone with experience to help you, Sirius is just the person." Said Godric, with an unusual smug look on his face. I guess that made sense.
"What about these marks on my arms? And I think I have a mark on my back," I said trying to reach my unreachable spot on my back. Destiny's eyes lit up in remembrance, "oh, yes! Those, the words on your arms are a mark of the prophecy, they are a certain protection for you, they glow when they are blocking. You are right in assuming a mark is on your back, there is a mark of a phoenix, to symbolize the commander of the light. It has some alert charm, to notify you when something with malicious thoughts is approaching you from behind. Those marks are just a little gift from us divinities." She said smirking.
Great, I have more marks that subtly tell that I'm a freak. I groaned and looked at the words on my forearms. They were in Latin, in beautiful penmanship. They were in shades of red and green and black. Ron and Hermione looked at my marks, Ron grinned, and Hermione looked interested in what the words said.
"I'm sure you guys must be headed back, I have no doubt in my mind that you parents and guardians are worried sick. I allow you guys to say goodbye and Destiny here will take you back. This was the second time I had to say goodbye to my parent, it was almost as bad as the fist time.
Of course my mum was all teary eyed but she hugged me.
"Tell Padfoot and Moony hello for me Harry." Said my dad.
"And don't you dare start blaming yourself for deaths you couldn't possibly prevent. We've been watching you young man and our deaths were not your responsibility."" My mum reproached lightly, my dad nodded in acknowledgement. I was slightly shocked on how they were watching me, but I was touched and it made it all the more harder to leave. We hugged and waved goodbye.
Abruptly we were pulled through a bright light, all of our eyes glazed over. We landed with a thump on the hill, it was really dark, it must have been three or four hours. I recovered quicker than the last time; Hermione and Ron were getting up. Ron looked irritated.
"Do they really have to make their way of traveling so horrible!" said Ron rubbing the back of his bed. Hermione looked excited.
"Isn't this great, we have all these new powers, I have to get to the library to get a head start!" said Hermione happily. I looked around,
"Err guys, not trying to ruin the moment or anything, but I'm sure everyone is worried sick about us. We should probably head to the house. We have a lot of explaining to do." I said uncertainly.
Ron involuntarily winced, no doubt thinking of his mother. Hermione nodded resolutely, looking concerned of how her parents were fairing. We walked to the house, and entered into the living room.
Sirius was on the couch, he looked a little shaky, and he was probably going through a bit of pain. I could feel it in my bond. At least two people rushed past us looking intently at a map without even sparing a glance. Hermione's parents were sitting on the couch, her father looked weary, and her mother looked worried.
Everyone was in such a rush they hadn't even seen the new occupants of the room. We looked at each other knowing that right now wasn't the time to laugh, but we found it hard to stifle our snickering. It wasn't until Tonks tripped over my foot the chaos began.
She tripped over my foot muttering "Sorry!" she looked up and her eyes widened, of course did what any human of the female species does. She screamed, thus gathering everyone's eyes to the new visitors. Mrs. Weasley screamed and she ran to Ron hugging him tightly obviously taking the air out of him. She was bawling on her shoulders, have questioning him and half reproaching him. Ron turned bright red, the same hue as his hair.
The Grangers looked up and ran to Hermione, her mother gathered her into a light hug, and her father checking for any injuries. Her mother was silently crying. She seemed more reserved than Mrs. Weasley. Hermione just softly told her mum that she was fine. I was so glued on my friend I hadn't even noticed Sirius running to me and grabbing me into a hug.
I was startled to say the least; Sirius was giving me a hug that greatly rivaled Hagrid. I winced; Remus was behind Sirius with obvious relief playing on his features. Everyone looked relieved also and sat on the couches to rest. Almost all the order was there and their families. The twins looked like they want wanted to get a camera, they had their mischievous smiles, that I found quite foreboding.
Sirius seemed to come to his senses for his godfather part of him popped out of nowhere, He held me at arms length, giving me a calculating stare.
"Where in the bloody hell have you been, Do you know how long we've been looking for you, do you know hoe worried we were!" Sirius said reproachfully. I don't get it why do they ask the stupidest questions, of course we knew! I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. I believe getting the new powers started to send fatigue and weariness. I looked to Ron and Hermione, their parents seemed to be asking the same questions, hmmm…I think I'll try a little bit of this mind speaking with them. I mean my bonds should work by now.
"Hermione? Ron? Is this working?" I mind spoke.
"Yeah it is, bloody hell I didn't know they were going to react this way!" said Ron, obviously
"Well we did disappear into the sky for about four hours, that my push them this far Ron." Said Hermione logically
"What are we going to tell them? I mean it's really complicated." I said slowly.
"Yeah, I'd like to see their face when I tell them I was joking around with Godric Gryffindor" said Ron teasingly
"This is not a laughing matter Ronald. All I know is the bond and the powers won't be so easily hidden, and telling them we went to some unknown realm would probably make them go ballistic. What do you think we should do Harry?" asked Hermione. I thought for a bit.
"We could just say we found a portkey that transported us to the middle of the forest and it took us a while to get back." I said hesitantlyThey both looked like they were about to agree until we heard. "You better not lie to me young man! I will not tolerate it! You guys have A LOT of explaining, and I'm definitely NOT going to let you guys take the easy way out." We all heard Sirius say loudly and firmly. We all audibly gulped. CRAP, I forgot about his bond.
"Bugger" was the last thing Ron mind spoke.
A/N: YES! Finally I was able to post this stupid thing, I finished this on Saturday but I had to do a project, then I feel asleep on Sunday afternoon while waiting for my sister to finish reading her fic, and then the server are down almost all today! But I got this lol…. I hope you guys liked it, i hoping i didn't bore you guys with all the theory and explaining, I really thought you guys would catch on to the prophecy at the beginning, I thought I made it to obvious. Lol I tired to add a little more humor, it seemed my other chapters were a bit bland. Lol. Get ready for a lot of twists and turns, don't assume anything, lol. You can't say I didn't warn you. grins evilly
The Latin translated is- Bind, Complete, Perfect each other, summon powers and become one!
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