Of Power, Wisdom and Courage
The days at Hogwarts went by fast for Ganon and his friends between all the classes and homework. They also had their first flying lessons with Madam Hooch and Ganon enjoyed it so much, that, with a bit of convincing from Draco, he decided to join the Quidditch try-outs. Draco had explained the game to him and, after some more discussions with the blond boy, Ganon tried going for Keeper. On the tenth of October, they made they way down to the Quidditch pitch, where many about twenty people were already waiting. All of them were older then them, and the captain raised an eyebrow, when they arrived. "Not often we have first years join the try-outs. Which position do you want?" "I want to be the Keeper.", Ganon said and Draco stated, that he wanted to be Seeker. The captain looked them over for a moment, before nodding. "Alright, I'll give you a chance. My name's Cullen Blackwater and just as a warning for the two of ya, my decision will be final." He turned towards the other students. "First, those who want to be chasers, gather in groups of three, then I'll have you compete against each other. I need four of you, two as mains, the others as switch-ins, if necessary. Take to the sky!", he bellowed. And two groups went up.
In the end, he chose Erika Lynch, a small girl, that zigzagged between the others, at extremely high speeds, even on the old school broom. Next where Aiden and Dante Wallace, two Scottish boys, one a fourth year, the other a sixth year, who had been on the team before. And the last Chaser was Finn Halquist, a boy from Ireland, who had good aim and a strong throw, as well as a few tricks to snatch the quaffel from the opponent. "Good, now the Keepers!", Cullen bellowed and Ganon, as well two other boys and a girl went up. "All right, listen up! Each of you gets six balls, the one who holds the most, is the one I'll take as main, the second best will be the switch-in. Dylan, you first.", Cullen told the oldest of the two boys and Dylan went in position in front of the three goal-rings. He did a got job overall, catching four balls and deflecting the fifth, but the last one slipped past him. "That's five points for you, Dylan. Jim, you're next." Jim took Dylan's place, but didn't do quite as well as the bigger and older boy. Three balls got past him and Cullen shook his head. "Sam, your turn.", he called out and the black girl flew up. She did better then the two boys, catching five of the balls thrown at her, but she wasn't able to get the last one. "Okay, you're the last one, Ganondorf. Let's see, what you can do." Ganon took a deep breath, before taking his place in front of the rings. The first two weren't a problem, catching them both, before they even got close to the rings, Ganon couldn't help but grin, this was more fun then he had thought. The next two were harder, but Ganon still got them, even if barely. When he caught the fifth however, Ganon winced in pain. There had been more force then necessary behind the throw and now Ganon's right hand was hurting. He could still hold on to the broom, but catching or deflecting something with it, wouldn't work well. Aiden threw the last one and Ganon, holding on with his injured hand, reeled back his left hand. When the quaffel was close enough, Ganon punched it away with all his might. Just before his his fist struck the quaffel, Ganon felt the thing in his left hand react. Invisible magic started covering his hand like a second glove, protecting it and, somehow, making his punch stronger. The quaffel flew past the three chasers and Cullen barely managed to catch it. He whistled and the four Keepers followed him back to the ground. "Well, I've made my decision. As our main, I choose you, Ganondorf.", Cullen said and smiled at the younger boy, who was almost as tall as him. "I've gotta say, that punch at the end? I'd hate to be on the receiving end of that." He looked at Dylan and Sam. "You to were both good, but I have to go with Sam.", he said and turned around to the two fourth year boys, who wanted to be Beaters, when Dylan yanked him back around. "Bullshit, Blackwater! You know, I'm better then her!", the taller boy bellowed, but Cullen pushed him away. "Just because you were on the team last year, doesn't mean, that you have to be chosen again. And Sam was better then you. You only caught four and barely managed to block the fifth, while she caught five.", Cullen replied calmly, but Ganon could see the cold furry in his eyes. "You only want her on the team because of her huge knockers!", Dylan yelled and while they fought, Ganon turned to Sam. "Why is he so... furious about Cullen's decision?", he asked the girl and Sam smiled at him. "Oh, he's just a chauvinistic ass hole, who can't get over the fact, that a girl is better then him. Every excuse works for him, even these two.", she said patting her breast, which were indeed quite big, if Ganon was honest, but he wasn't old enough to care about girls in such a way yet. The bickering kept going for a while, when Dylan suddenly raised his fist. Reacting faster the anyone else, Ganon had drawn his wand and hit the older boy with a knockback-jinx. The older boy tumbled to the ground, but quickly got up again. He looked at Ganon and was about to charge him, when he found himself at the end of both Cullen's and Sam's wand. "Leave, now!", Cullen hissed and the older boy stomped of, cursing through his teeth. Sam grabbed Ganon's right hand and the boy hissed in pain. "So I was right. I noticed you wince, when you caught the fifth on. Let's take a look at that, shall we?" She carefully took of his glove, while Cullen instructed the two, who wanted to be Beaters. Sam inspected his hand and wrist, carefully touching it some times with her other hand, before waving her wand. "Hm, you've slightly sprained you wrist, but it's nothing I can't take care of.", she said with a smile, before waving her wand again. Almost immediately, the pain left and Ganon carefully moved his hand. "There, that should do it, but I'd advise you to visit Madam Pomfrey after the try-outs, I've only had one year of Healing after all.", Sam said with another big smile, before they turned to watch the selection of the Beater.
Out of the two, Cullen chose Sven Wolfson, a fifth year, who had been born in Norway, but his family had moved to Britain seven years ago. The other Beater for their team would be Cullen himself. Now came the selection of the Seeker for their team. Apart from Draco, there was only an Asian girl in her second year. "Alright, you'll be seeking two times. The first time with only the two of you in the air, the second time with Sven and me up there with you. We'll be taking some shots at you, to see how you work under pressure." With that said, both Draco and the girl pushed themselves off of the ground. "I'm releasing the snitch!", Cullen called out and the small golden ball left his hand. It zipped through the air so fast, that Ganon could barely see it. Draco and the girl were hot on its tail, trying to reach it faster then the other. The snitch suddenly dived towards the ground and Draco followed after it, the girl right behind him. The were quickly approaching the ground, none of them willing to let up. The snitch jerked to the right and that little movement was all Draco needed. He pushed past the girl and grabbed the snitch. Cullen whistled and they returned to him. Draco handed over the snitch and Cullen ordered them to go back into air, before giving the snitch to Sam and grabbing his own gear to join Sven as the second Beater. This time both seekers had to avoid getting hit by the Bludgers while trying to catch the snitch. Draco did quite well, avoiding the shots taken at him with ease. The Asian girl was doing fine in the beginning as well, but as both of them got closer to the snitch, Cullen and Sven increased their attacks and eventually she had to pull away due to the pressure, leaving Draco to grip the snitch without problems.
After he had sent everybody else away, Cullen called all the team members together. "Alright guys, we'll meet every Thursday at 5:45pm and every Sunday at 11:00am. If there's a game coming up, we train an additional time during the week." He looked at all of them. "Whatever happens, never forget, that we are a team. Yes, there will be times when we fight amongst each other, yes there will be times when we will have to face ordeals, to great for one alone to overcome. Because of that, we need to stick together. If one of us needs help, be it with school work or because he has trouble with other students, everyone one of us must to be ready to help out in whatever way they can. We'll show the entire school so much teamwork, that even the Puffs will turn their heads! Are you with me?", he called out and the entire team answered. "Yes!"
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The training was fun and everyone on the team did their best to uphold the promise they had made at the end of the try-outs. October went one and only three days after the try-outs, Ganon got a letter from Silverfang. The goblins had finished searching the Slytherin vault for any dangerous items and had found a few cursed items, but those only affected those, who weren't part of House Slytherin. Silverfang had also included a list, which had all contents of the vault categorized and sorted into different categories, 'Books and Scrolls', for instance. Among the books were of course Slytherin's personal diaries, though some were missing, and, the only other thing, that was interesting to Ganon, a complete set of tomes on duelling. He immediately wrote a reply to Silverfang and asked him, to sent some of the duelling tomes to Hogwarts. Even if he couldn't use any of the spells inside them, whether because they were to difficult, illegal or both, they could still help him come up strategies for the tournament, granted Flitwick allowed him to compete. The training was going quite well, Draco, Harry and himself were getting better by the da. In their last lesson they had learned the disarming charm, Expelliarmus. The duels they had during their lessons were also getting more and more intense with all the spells they had learned. The Weasley boy often tried going up against Ganon, but despite him having gotten better in the skill department, Ganon was still to strong for him when it came to pure magical power. Weasley had started acting differently during the last weeks, he was more polite towards Ganon and tried getting on his good side, but Ganon continued giving him the cold shoulder. The boy still hadn't apologized to Draco and continued to insult the blond boy at every opportunity. Ganon had also noticed him giving evil glares to Meredith, something that bothered him a lot, but nothing happened, so he let it go.
On October 31., the whole school was buzzing with excitement for the upcoming feast and even stern teachers like McGonagall were infected by the good mood. During Transfiguration, she had them turn large balls into pumpkins and also showed them a spell, that allowed them to carve faces into the pumpkins, once they had transfigured them. They had a lot of fun and even McGonagall had to laugh, when Meredith showed her a pumpkin with Peeves face carved into it. The bell rang and the students rushed out of the classroom. Ganon, Draco and Meredith left together, but in the hallway, someone pushed Ganon out of the way, making him tumble to the floor. When he looked up, he saw Weasley. The redhead was staring at Meredith, hate and disgust visible in his eyes. "Why are you always around him?! Is it because of his money?! His fame?!", he yelled at her and the shy girl started backing away, as Weasley inched closer. "Well, let me tell you something. He doesn't need a harlot like you, he can have whoever he wants! So bugger off!" Ganon could only see Meredith's eyes tearing up, before the girl ran away. Immediately, Ganon got up and grabbed Weasley by the hem of his robes. He pushed the other boy against the wall. "You've gone to far now,Weasley! I ignored you petty insults against me, I didn't stop you, when you started calling Draco names, because he can handle himself, but now you attack some, who is to scared to fight back?! You disgust me, Weasley! You don't deserve any of the chances I gave you, but I kept giving them, because I didn't want to be your enemy, for your sake. Maybe I shouldn't be so merciful any more.", he snarled, raised his fist and was about to knock Weasley's teeth out, when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned his head and saw Draco, shaking his head. "He isn't worth it.", the blond boy said and Ganon exhaled, before letting go of Weasley. Weasley sat on the floor and stared up at Ganon, who stared right back. Like in the train, Weasley thought, that there was something else there. Ganon's usual steel grey eyes, now had a hint of red in them, as he stared Weasley down. "Let that be a lesson for you, Weasley. If you attack one of my friends again, you better hope to god or what ever you believe in, that there is someone to hold me back." With that, Ganon and Draco left for their next class, leaving Weasley there, who was still staring at Ganon. Unlike everybody else, Ganon had noticed, that when he grabbed Weasley, he had lifted the boy of the ground.
Inside Ganon, Demise was laughing in pure bliss. He had used this opportunity to see, how far he could push the boy, without him noticing. He was simply delighted, when the young Gerudo almost hit the smaller boy. The boy seemed to care a lot about his friends. If they were in danger, he would do anything. "I can certainly work with that.", the demon said with a grin, as he watched Ganon go about his day.
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Meredith didn't come to their next lesson and at lunch there was still no trace of her. When the feast began, she still was nowhere to be seen and Ganon was very worried at that point. He was sitting at the Gryffindor table together with Draco, Harry and Lyra, who tried to ease his fears. "I talked to her when I was in the ladies room on the third floor. She still sounded pretty worked up, but she said she wanted to come.", Lyra said and watched as Ganon half-heartedly poke around in his food. Suddenly, some one sat down beside him and Ganon turned to look at the newcomer. At first, he thought it was Weasley, because of the red hair, but the boy sitting next to him was clearly older. Besides the new boy, sat another, who looked exactly like him. "We heard from our brother, what happened early today.", one began. "Little Ron wasn't happy and wanted us to cause some trouble for you.", the other continued. "But we heard, what really happened..." "And we want to tell you, that you did the right thing..." "Even if it was against our little brother.", they finished together. Ganon blinked in surprise. "Who are you guys?" "He's Fred..." "And that's George.", they said. "Were the best pranksters at Hogwarts. And we will make sure, that the school life isn't so dull. Won't we, oh brother of mine?", Fred asked. "Dear brother, you are of course right." Lyra raised an eyebrow at that. "You want to be the best pranksters? We'll see about that, right Harry?" "Of course, and I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good and won't stop until my mischief is managed.", he said with a smirk. The twins looked at each other, but before they could say anything, the doors to the great hall opened up and Professor Quirrel ran in, panting heavily. "Troll! Troll in the dungeons! Thought you should know.", he said, before falling to the floor unconscious. In an instant, chaos broke out and many students started screaming. Dumbledore tried to say something, but his words were lost in the commotion. He raised his wand and a loud BOOM echoed through the hall, silencing the students. "Now, don't panic. The prefects will now take their houses to their respective common rooms, while the teachers and I will go down into the dungeons. Everybody will stay inside their common room. Your head of house will come, once the troll has been dealt with." With that, all students got up and left the great hall. When the Ravenclaws reached the third floor, Ganon suddenly stopped, before he dragged Draco off to the side. "What is it?" "Meredith. She doesn't know.", Ganon replied and Draco nodded in understanding. They quickly made their way towards the girl's lavatory, but before they reached, a disgusting smell started filling the air. Soon they also heard the stomping of feet and they hid in a corner, when the troll went past them. Ganon's heart dropped, when he saw, which room the troll entered. "What do we do now?"", Draco asked. "I'll distract it, you get Meredith and then...", he was cut of by a scream coming from the lavatory. "Fuck!", Ganon cursed and ran towards the bathroom, Draco close behind. The interior of the bathroom didn't look good, many of the stalls had already been destroyed by the troll and some of the sinks were gone as well. Meredith was cowering in a corner of the room and the troll was staring at her. It roared again and Meredith screamed in fear. Ganon drew his wand and aimed it at one of the remaining sinks. His spell shattered it with a loud CLANG and the troll turned around, agitated by the noise. It roared again when it saw Ganon and Draco and started stomping its way towards them. Ganon began casting spells at it, but they all harmlessly slammed into the troll's magic-resistant hide. "Get Meredith!", Ganon told Draco between two spells. While Ganon was drawing the beast to one side of the room, Draco stuck to the other side, clinging to the wall as he was making his way to Meredith. Ganon was having a hard time fighting the troll, as none of his spells worked. The troll had gotten close enough and started swinging his club at him and Ganon had to duck under it. The troll was driving him back further and further, but Ganon didn't care. From the corner of his eye, he saw, that Draco had reached Meredith and was making his way back to the entrance of the lavatory, the girl clinging tightly to his arm. "The eyes. Go for the eyes!", Ganon suddenly heard a voice in his head again. He pointed his wand at the troll's head and cast a stinging-hex. The spell hit the right of the beast and troll howled in pain. Enraged and momentarily half-blind, the troll started smashing everything around him, his club barely missing Draco and Meredith. Ganon knew he had to do something, but what? "Use your left hand! Use the Tri..." The last part was cut off by another pained howl from the troll, but Ganon suddenly knew what to do. He ran towards his two friends and raised his left hand, just as the club was about to hit them. A golden shield surrounded them and the club clashed against it. The ground started to tremble and the club shattered. The splinters dug themselves deep into the troll's grotesque hand and blood started trickling down to the floor. The troll looked at his hand in confusion and the three friends used that opportunity and ran towards the bathroom entrance, but halfway there, Ganon stopped and turned towards the troll again. His eyes had a hint of red in them again, like earlier today with Weasley. He raised his left hand again and a golden light started emanating from it. Without really knowing, what he did, Ganon unleashed the magic and a golden spell hit the troll's chest. It was thrown backwards through the wall on the other side of the wall and fell, disappearing into the dark, Scottish night. As his howl got quieter, Ganon's vision faded and he dropped to the floor.
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Ganon opened his eyes. Wherever he was, the place was completely shrouded in darkness. The only thing he could see, was himself, but only because of the light coming from his left hand. He looked at it closely. There was a golden symbol on his hand: three golden triangles, with the one on the top shining brighter then the others. "What the hell is this thing?", Ganon asked into the darkness. "Its called the Triforce.", a deep voice behind him said. Startled, Ganon turned around and reached for his wand, but it wasn't there. "Of course, you only have the Triforce of Power and not the complete one.", the man said. Ganon looked him over. He looked like an older version of himself. "Who are you?" "You may call me D. We share this body, because you are my reincarnation and I am here to aid you with my knowledge." The stoic expression on the man's face, didn't match his soft voice. D sat down on the dark floor and gestured for Ganon to do the same. Still weary of the man, Ganon sat down as well, gazing through the vast darkness. "If you're here to help me, can you tell me where we are?", he asked and D smiled. "This is your mind. Normally it is full of life and colour, but since you are in deep slumber at the the moment, it is as dark as the abyss." "And what is this thing?", Ganon asked and held up his left hand to show the the symbol he had called the Triforce. "That is the Triforce, a gift from the gods. Once it was whole, but when mortals became to greedy, the gods decided to split into three parts: The Triforce of Courage, the Triforce of Wisdom and the Triforce of Power, which is the one you have. The Triforce is bestowed upon its bearer at birth, but remains concealed, until the wearer is in desperate need of its power. It saved your life from Voldemort. When he tried to kill you, I took control of your body and moved your left hand in the way of his curse." He smiled wistfully. "It was an action of desperation. I knew, you were the Triforce's bearer and hoped, that your mortal peril would make it safe us. Thankfully it worked." Ganon looked down at the Triforce. "Why did I black out from using it?" "Your body isn't ready for the vast amount of magic it holds. Your magical core was drained as it tried to protect you from the Triforce's power. Because of that, you are in deep sleep right now, while your core regenerates." He waved his hand dismissively. "It's nothing to worry about, really. Magic isn't the only thing it can grant though. Remember your Quidditch try-outs?" "You mean the magic, that protected my left hand, when I punched the quaffel.", Ganon replied and D nodded. "Yes, but that's not the only thing it did. It gave you more physical strength at that moment as well." "So I can enhance my body with its magic?", Ganon asked and D grinned brightly. "Exactly. It will make you stronger, faster, harder to kill." "Harder to kill?", Ganon gulped and D nodded. "Flitwick said, that Voldemort is still out, gathering his strength. Who do think he will target first? Getting defeated by a mere toddler probably was a hard blow to his ego and since everybody seems to hail you as their saviour, it would instil chaos and fear in the county, if he killed you, the one who stopped him eleven years ago." "Please, don't remind me of what the people call me or see me as. The thought alone is sickening. My mother and brother died to protect me, they are the heroes, not me." He looked around again. "So, when do you think I'll wake up?" D shrugged. "I don't know how much time has passed, but your core has almost finished regenerating, so it shouldn't take long."
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When Ganon opened his eyes again, he was lying in a comfortable bed. Carefully, he sat up and looked around. He was in the Hogwarts infirmary. "So D was right.", he mumbled, when the mediwitch came out of her office. "Ah, I see you are awake, Mr Dragmire. You scared us quite a bit with your wandless magic." She approached his bed and drew her wand. Casting a few diagnostic spells, she checked his current state, before nodding. "You seem to be alright, so I'll allow you to leave. Lunch is in 30 minutes, I suggest you eat a bit more today. While your magic has completely recovered, your body is still a bit weakened by the backlash, so take it easy. For that reason, you are also exempt from classes today. Your robes a one the chair." "Thank you, Madam Pomfrey.", Ganon replied and she smiled. "It's my job, dear. As a little advice though, before you try using wandless magic again, you should consult a teacher." With that, she closed the curtains around his bed, so he could get dressed.
Ganon left the infirmary, his eyes locked on the back of his left hand. "Hey, D?", he thought. "Yes, Ganon?" "Why isn't the Triforce visible any more?" "I'm drawing upon its power to hide, both from the eyes of others and those, who can sense magic. You'd something like the Scale of Merlin to find it.", D replied, before Ganon felt his presence disappearing into the depths of his mind.
While the young boy made his way towards the great hall, Demise chuckled with glee, the boy had bought his lie. Now he would be able to influence the boy more. He could feel, that the boy didn't trust him completely, but it would only take some time, before he did.
Ganon arrived a few minutes early and sat down at the Ravenclaw table. After some time, the other students started pouring in and Ganon glanced through the masses in search of his friends. The first once he spotted were Harry and Lyra. The two of them were bickering about something, when they saw Ganon waving at them from the Ravenclaw table. They quickly made their way over to him. "Hey mate, good to see you up and running again.", Harry said and sat down next to him, while Lyra took the place on the other side of the table. "Draco and Meredith told us what happened. Your absolutely mental trying to fight a troll, but that you defeated it is even more insane.", Lyra said and Ganon gave a huge grin. "Thanks, but it would have been even better, if it didn't put me out of commission for some time. What did I miss?", he replied and Harry shrugged. "Not much, its only been two days since the troll incident. The official story is, that you and Draco tried to save Meredith. While the two of you fought the troll, you exhausted yourself so much, that you fell unconscious and the teachers had to save the three of you." "Draco told you everything?", Ganon asked and his friends nodded. "Do the others believe the story?" "Most of them do, but some suffer from severe fan-girl-syndrome and believe that you killed the troll while riding on an Atlantean dragon.", Lyra replied with a grin and the three of them started laughing, until something suddenly hit Ganon and he found himself in a bone-crushing hug from Meredith. "I'm so glad, that you're okay.", she mumbled into his chest and Ganon patted her back while looking at Draco, who had a huge grin on his face. "Don't you dare, Malfoy.", Ganon said with a smile and the boy's grin grew even bigger. "Alright, I won't say anything.", Draco replied, as he sat down and Meredith ended her hug, that actually felt pretty good to Ganon. "You had us quite worried, when you suddenly dropped like that, mate.", Draco said and Ganon looked at his friend. He and D had talked about telling others about the Triforce while he was still out. D said, that it was his choice whom to reveal it to, but advised him to be careful with it. Whatever he did however, he wasn't supposed to tell anyone about D, because they might think he was mad. "There is something I need to tell you guys. We'll have to talk about it in the Raven's Nest though. Let's finish lunch and then go up." The others nodded and started digging in.
When they were in the Nest, Ganon had them all sit down. "What I'm about to tell you, mustn't leave this room. The reason I was able to defeat the troll, is this." He mentally told D to stop hiding the Triforce and the golden symbol appeared, as he turned the back of his left hand towards his friends. "What is that?", Meredith asked. "It's called the Triforce, though its only one third of the complete thing. While I was out, I had a vision. It showed me, what the Triforce could do.", Ganon said, as he felt bad for lying to his friends. He told them about the things it could do and how he got it and when he was finished there was a smile on Draco's face. "Wow, I'm sure that thing can help us.", he said and Ganon raised an eyebrow. "With what?" It was Meredith, who answered. "We've thought about how the troll got into the school. Trolls are usually pretty stupid, so someone must have let it in." "We came to the conclusion, that the person, who let it in, wanted to use it to distract the teachers, while he or she tried to get past the cerberus. And we already know who it was.", Harry continued. "Professor Snape was the first to arrive of the teachers, however he had a wound on his leg and was limping when he entered, so the only way he could have been there before the other teachers, is if he had been on the third floor beforehand. We think that he wants to take whatever the dog is guarding and on Halloween, while the other teachers were distracted, he tried and failed. That's how he got his injury.", Draco added and Ganon nodded, it made sense and even D agreed with their assumption. They kept talking about the matter for a while and agreed on keeping a close eye on Snape, before Harry, Draco, Lyra and Meredith had to go to their lessons.
Ganon stayed in the Nest, trying to relax a bit. He had just closed his eyes, when he heard a voice. "I see you're awake again." He looked up and saw Rowena in her portrait. "Yeah, but I'm still tired.", he replied. "So, what actually happened?", Rowena asked and Ganon started explaining again.
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Dumbledore sat at his desk and was once again contemplating how to deal with the young Ganondorf. The troll incident had shown, how strong the boy truly was. Of course, Dumbledore knew what had really happened and how the troll had gotten in, but he decided to wait, Ganondorf had to take care of this. It was a necessary trial the boy had to overcome. The fact, that the boy could use such strong wandless magic, scared Dumbledore however. He had heard about the incident with Ronald Weasley, that had led to the girl hiding in the bathroom. What would happen, if something like that happened again, but this time, because of rage, Ganondorf would use his wandless magic against another student? The result would be disastrous. Someone had to teach the boy how to control his magic and if Dumbledore were the one to do it, it would surely strengthen the boys trust in him.
-Of Power, Wisdom and Courage-
Flitwick was waiting for Ganon to arrive. The Triforce had awakened once again and the boy needed to know, what he was dealing with. There was a knock on the door and Flitwick told them to enter. "Ah, good, you're here. Please, have a seat, Ganon.", he said and the boy sat down. He looked at the boy for a moment, before he sighed. "There's something I have to tell you, my boy. What happened on Halloween, wasn't just wandless magic. It was an ancient artefact, that saved you live that day, known as the Tri-" "You knew about the Triforce?", Ganon interrupted him and Flitwick blinked a few times. "Yes, but how do you know?", he asked and the boy told him about the vision. Why did he have a vision? It couldn't have been shown to him by Demise, the demon's still subdued. Maybe a memory from an earlier life? Reyna told me, that he had been reborn many times before, Flitwick thought, as he listened. "Well, this makes things a bit easier, I guess. What we need to do know, is train you, so that you can use the Triforce, without experiencing as much backlash as before. Your mother left me some notes, that will aid us in your training." "When do we start?", Ganon asked eagerly and Flitwick chuckled. "How does next Sunday, after lunch sound?", he replied and the boy nodded. The boy got up to leave, but turned around again. "I've told my friends about the Triforce as well, is that bad?", he asked sheepishly and Flitwick shook his head. "As long as you trust them, I don't see any problems, just be mindful about the other students, when you're talking about it." Ganon nodded and left, Flitwick staring after him. The boy was growing in strength everyday. While he had been unconscious, Flitwick had asked Madam Pomfrey to scan him with the scale of Merlin again and now the boy was sitting at a 5. There was no doubt in Flitwick's mind, that Ganon would be able to keep up with the older students during the tournament in terms of raw power, he only needed to learn how to control it.
AN:There goes chapter six. Demise has partially revealed himself to our hero and Ganon will have to learn how to control the Triforce. Writing this chapter was a lot of fun, especially the lunch scene after the troll incident. While writing, I accidentally wrote 'the four of them couldn't stop laughing' and after that I couldn't stop laughing, because I had this image in my head of Demise siting next to them, a cup of tea in his hand and a stupid grin plastered across his face. Because of that nice little image, that will keep me laughing for days, I have a little challenge for you. I need a cover image for OPWC and, as a temporary one, I'd like to use this image of Demise I just described. Now, it's the understatement of the century, when I say I can't draw, so I need your help. I want you to draw Demise sitting at one of the house tables in his real form, not the one he used to talk to Ganon, with a cup of tea in his hand. To enter, you have to upload your image to Tumblr and then sent me the link either through Tumblr itself (my name there is grim-emerald) or with an PM on this site. You also need to be registered to , otherwise your submission won't count. The winner's image will be used as the cover image for OPWC and he will get to read a little excerpt and be allowed to decide if it will be featured in chapter 9. You have time until I publish chapter 8, so about 2-3 weeks. I wish all good luck and may the best one win.
Until next time, Zardas out!