Phoenix Flame

Child of the new Dawn

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A/N wow it's been a while… hope you enjoy!


The Seer's Eye

Harry tugged the long sleeve shirt over his head and wrapped a thick woolen cloak around him. The shirt was a deep emerald green with the hunter's symbol embroidered over his heart in silver thread. The cloak was made of coarse, thick black wool with a simple metal clasp in the center.

His breakfast had been set out for him on a small tray, most likely by some type of house elf, earlier that morning. Too nervous to eat much, he just nibbled at a bit of toast before leaving his room. He made his way down the stairs and out into the courtyard. Outside, people were, once again, separated into groups and stretching and warming up for their continued training.

Harry walked past them and into the Isidro Tower, where Frost and Takara were already up and dressed. They glanced over at him when he entered; Frost smiled while Takara looked him over with a slight frown on her face. The awkward silence was broken shortly by Rekem's entrance.

Frost and Takara stood and followed Rekem out to the courtyard, Harry trailing behind slightly and looking around at the fighting hunters-in-training. The four of them walked down the steps and walked over to the farthest platform of flat stone.

Rekem hopped on and gestured for Harry to do the same. They stood facing each other for a moment before Rekem began to speak, "Each member of Isidro has a special ability." He began, "As you already know, Frost is an ice elemental and Takara is a 'speaker' or someone who can speak to animals. I am a creator, which means I can create objects and environment with just a thought. However, I can only create an environment in a fairly small area and I can't control anything out side it."

He clapped his hands together and said, "Now then, Jaegar said that you have the talents of the Forlorn Hope and a little metamorphamagus power. We'll set up some stuff for your more specific training later, but for now we will work on dueling. You already have an advantage by knowing all of our powers, so now you must defeat us in a duel. There are no set rules and you may use any magic or physical move you chose. The moment one of us is defeated, another will take his or her place so keep on your guard.

I will be your first opponent. Now BEGIN!"

Rekem raised his arms and a bright blue line raced around the raised platform, outlining it completely. He made a few arm movements and Harry felt the stone sift from under him before lifting into the air. The blocks separated and began to move freely, seemingly out of their own free will. Harry stared back towards Rekem and saw the previously solid platform was completely separated, the stones moving up and down, side to side, or some just spinning pointlessly where they floated.

Rekem's first attack caught Harry completely off guard as he sent one of the large stone squares flying towards him. Harry jumped quickly and managed to land on another square, the one he had just left reduced to a fine dust from the impact of the other.

"Keep up Potter!" Rekem shouted as he made a slight movement with his hand causing the stone square Harry was standing on to pitch him forward. Harry twisted in the air as he fell and sent a curse at the stone cube Rekem was standing on and clung onto the edge of another stationary hunk of stone.

"You'll have to do better than that Potter!" Rekem shouted as Harry crawled to stand on the block. He quickly looked around and picked a path stones going diagonally away from Rekem. If he could fire a curse at the right angle the other stones might block it from view until it was very close to Rekem.

He took a deep breath a jumped to the next block of stone and then another. He shifted his weight back and forth a bit, keeping low and managed to block a fair portion of his body by from view by a spinning block. An idea came to him suddenly and he placed his hand near the spinning block and gave a push with his magic. Harry jumped to another block as the spinning block went flying towards Rekem. Harry heard a crash and a loud curse and knew part of his plan had worked.

"Nice to see you aren't sleeping on me Potter! But you have to do better than that!" Rekem shouted searching for the black-haired-boy amidst the floating stones. He was impressed with the little trick Potter pulled, but, he smirked, Potter would have to do better than that.

Rekem jumped as he was suddenly flung forward from a hex thrown at his back. Harry took his place on the block and grinned at him. "How am I doing so far?" he asked.

Rekem stared at him for a moment before nodding and made a wide movement with his arms. Harry suddenly found himself back on the ground with all the stone blocks set firmly in the platform. "What- Ack!" A large spear made of ice slammed into the spot Harry had been standing seconds before. Heart beating franticly, Harry looked up into the pupil-less eyes of Frost, who was smiling at him.

He gulped as the floor of the platform was suddenly covered in ice. It only took one step for Harry to slip and fall backwards, banging his head against the hard ground. Seeing stars, Harry rolled to one side and took safety in the air with his phoenix from. He should have guessed hail would start falling. Dodging chunks of ice the size of his fist, Harry fled toward the ground and shifted into his human form before he hit the ice. Knowing he only had seconds he flung a wave of power toward Frost; only to have it blocked by a wall of ice rearing from the covered floor. Harry's feet slid the moment he hit the floor and he stayed on the ground for a moment, trying to think of something, when ice spears emerged from the ground all around him, like fangs. He ran, slipping and sliding on the ice, before trying his wolf form on the ice. The paws helped, but only slightly, as he found he possessed better balance but also great trouble stopping without sliding a few feet more than he meant to. He darted side to side as he ran to avoid the spears, heading towards Frost the entire time.

As he grew closer her aim became considerably better, so much so it made Harry wonder if she had merely been playing with him earlier. He winced as the sharp points cut his sides and the vulnerable intersections of the pads on his paws. She summoned another wall of ice in front of her as he reached jumping distance in his wolf form. Harry turned and braced his hind feet against a thick ice spear imbedded in the ice floor and hit Frost's midsection knocking her down.

Gripping her stomach in pain, Frost waved her hand causing the ice to recede and Harry limped towards the center of the platform to await his last challenge. He changed back into human form and winced at the amount of cuts on his hand and, from what he could feel, on his feet.

A growl interrupted Harry's pain pity party and he looked up into the golden eyes of a large lion. "Oh my-" the lion roared and charged.

Harry grabbed at his nundu form and attacked the lion from its side. The force of the blows from both animals as they fought were enough to crack human skulls, as Harry and the lion bit, scratched, and tore at each other. Jumping back and shifting back into human form, Harry grabbed at his magic supply and slammed it against the lion sending it flying across the platform.

Harry turned and ran at Takara who was waiting for him. They fought with fists instead of magic. Takara was more skilled than Harry was at hand to hand, a fact that became more obvious as their fight continued, but Harry being Harry, wouldn't back down despite the growing pain in his muscles and the sting of his wounds as sweat trickled down and ran over them.

Finally, Takara swept her leg under Harry to knock him down and Harry twisted and kicked out as he fell causing Takara to fall along with him. Harry didn't move for a moment after he hit the floor and he simply stared up at the sky marveling he could feel so tired and sore at once. With a sigh he got up and walked to the edge of the platform where the others were waiting. He sat on the edge of the platform allowing his legs to dangle as he looked up at them expectantly.

Rekem grinned at him, "Not bad, but you'll have to get better to win at the Delany Sin. But that's enough for now, the Seer has asked for you."

"The Seer?" Harry asked wanting nothing more than to curl up and go to sleep.

"She lives in that tower." Frost said pointing towards the far archway where Jaegar had shown him earlier.

Harry just nodded and let himself slide off the platform. This was going to be a very long day.


Harry winced as he felt every muscle in his back clench and unclench, as he slowly climbed the winding stone staircase. He had a large black bruise forming across his chest and on his legs from the morning's training and he was covered in scratches of various sizes.

Thin beams of sunlight illuminated small flecks of dust that was floating in the air, making them shine like glitter illuminating the creaking wooden stairs built into the stone tower. There were no candle or torch brackets and only the long thin square windows allowed light in.

Each step made Harry feel heavier as he climbed the long staircase and the knowledge that he would only be going back this way after meeting the seer did not cheer him up any. To distract himself a little, Harry wondered what the seer would want with him. Professor Trelawny hadn't him given much confidence in the art of Divination.

He gave a sigh of relief when a thick oak door appeared at the top of the stairs and climbed the last stairs to pull it open and step inside. The room was just as dark as the stairwell leading up to it and for a moment, Harry simply stood and waited for his eyes to adjust.

There was a sudden flare of light and the unlit ring of torches hanging on the wall, unseen in the dark, sprang into life revealing an old woman sitting at a small circular table in front of him. The woman was wearing what appeared to be a crown of leaves, flowers, and herbs with a crescent moon in the center pointing upwards. A long light purple cloak was draped around her, covering all but her face and hands; she was smiling at him, dark eyes crinkling like Hagrid's' did.

"Hello Harry Potter." She said in a soft tone, not sounding like the old woman she appeared to be.

Still a little shaken by her sudden appearance, Harry simply nodded his head in greeting and sat down on the chair the woman silently gestured toward.

The Seer sat down as well, on a chair similar to Harry's across a small circular table that had appeared between them.

"I assume you have recovered from your poisoning?" The Seer asked noting his discomfort.

Harry nodded but grimaced slightly saying, "Now all I have to worry about is not loosing limbs during training."

The Seer smiled again, "You will do well, your magic and will are strong." She sighed, "I only hope they are strong enough for the trials ahead."

She looked at Harry fully and he couldn't help but feel, as with Dumbledore, that she was looking deep inside him for something. "I have seen many things Mr. Potter. The end of the war is fast approaching and the odds are turned toward the Dark Lord. He has turned his enmityfrom Headmaster Dumbledore and yourself to the entire wizarding world. Should he break the bonds of the Breaden Tree he will release such demonic power the world has never seen. In time, he will lose control of them completely and will be nothing more than a puppet as the demons turn to devour the muggle world as well."

"But how can I stop it!" Harry burst out, "Nothing can harm the Nightghausts and-"

"Hush," The Seer said suddenly, her voice still soft but with a hardened tone to it, "You forget your birthright. You haven't even begun to tap into inherited powers."

"But Voldemort still has a shard of Heka and I don't know how to use the one in the temple…" Harry said softly remembering last year's events.

"The shard in Gryffindor temple is far too powerful for anyone to fully control, even its guardians." The Seer said in a dismissive tone, "But there are other secrets in that temple than you are aware of. When you are ready to leave this island, you are ready to take on the challenges there."

Harry sighed and hung his head for a moment before asking, "Is there hope for the light?"

The Seer looked off into the shadows for a long moment before saying slowly, "There is always a chance for change, the balance of life ensures this, but the actions of yourself and the actions you invoke in others will be strong enough to make your stand against Voldemort." She sighed sadly, "There is great pain in store for you, for you will be betrayed by the love you bear for another and thus endanger others around you."

She reached into her cloak and pulled out a leather strip with a beautiful green stone tied in the middle, "This belonged to another young man who risked and gave everything to save his world. Alekos disappeared after sealing the Breaden Tree and this necklace was found hanging on one of the remains of the blessed chains he used. The stone is a Labradorite, or Merlin Stone, and I believe it will suit you perfectly."

She handed Harry the necklace and wished his well with his training. Harry opened his mouth to say goodbye when she, and everything else in the room, was gone.

Harry shook his head as he tied the necklace around his neck, he should be used to these things by now. And he didn't realize until he was crossing the courtyard, that he had felt no pain from the day's earlier training.

From her tower, the Seer watched the young man walk away with the burdens of the world on his shoulders.

A/N I'm sorry for the late update and I hope to update more regularly on this fic now but with this being the third part of the same fic I'm not really surprised I had writer's block. But hopefully I can keep writing this and I don't plan on abandoning it anytime.

For those who read Tattered Innocence, I've written a quarter or so of it now and will be posting sometime this week as I have off school half day Thursday and all day Friday.

Thanks so much to all those who reviewed and kept reading this fic! It really means a lot to me!

And to snifflers unite- hehehe oh you are close!

Laters! Dawn