CHAPTER 2
"I take it Harry is in good health and is a happy bouncing baby?" Sirius grumbled under his breath.
"Oh sure Lord Black, if you mean that most of his magic and inheritance magic is so tightly bound it could have killed him in a matter of a few days, then yes... He is a happy BOUNCING TIME BOMB baby." the healer looked at Sirius and almost cried for the injustice done to the innocent child.
There was a collective "WHAT THE FUCK?" from almost everybody in the office, the rest was in Goblin.
The following few seconds was filled with WHAT, WHY, HOW, WHEN, WHO no scratch that, we all know WHO), when there was an ear piercing whistle from the door followed by a cheerful, "Hello everybody. Did I miss the Party?"
Madam Amelia Bones was NOT a person to cross wands with and when she fake cheered for something then you could just know that all hell was about to break loose.
"Good day to all and blessings to those I am not familiar with. Chief Ragnarok it is a pleasure to meet with you again. I came as soon as you summoned me. I take it the healer has run a scan of Lord Potter already. May I have the basic of the results before we continue please? "She asked politely and turned to face the still upset healer.
"Lord Potter is a ticking time bomb." the healer said and turned back to work on Harry.
"Hmm... That good hey? Well then it is a good thing we have some of the people present who will be able to collapse those enchantments and set to rights that which Dumb ass has messed up." Amelia said and looked to the assembled crowd.
"For one I see Sirius Black. Your family library is legendary. I suggest you take whatever scan Healer Tess gives you and a Med-Elf and get yourself over there ASAP!" Amelia spoke with a clear voice and turned to the next person.
"Whispering Tree, I greet you in the name of House Bones. It is an honour to even be in your presence. Please, assist Harry with your magic as it will neutralize any effect the block Dumbledore put there, would have had on his spirit. We as a group will swear an oath to not reveal that which you can do." Amelia finished and glared everybody down who was about to complain about giving an oath.
"You all seem to forget that not everybody here is HUMAN. A simple oath of secrecy to that which happens in this room is not much to ask." she said plainly and turned to Whispering Tree.
"I, Amelia Bones, hereby swear an oath of secrecy to Whispering Tree, to hold secret all that is said and done in this room. So mote it be." she then lifted her wand and cast a simple lumos spell to assure that magic has accepted her oath.
After everybody else swore their own oaths, Whispering Tree stepped forward and laid his branch like hands on Harry's chest. Harry giggled a little but settled down after a while and just held on to the "sticks" on his belly.
Everybody knew there were no windows or open doors in their area, yet within a few seconds a strong breeze began to blow in the room. Whispering Wind was whistling like wind through the trees and his arms and head began to glow with symbols, blue on his hands and red on his head. The whistling lasted for about 5 minutes before the wind slowly blew away.
In his hands he held what looked like a rotten fruit about the size of a large orange; it was bruised and dented in.
"The taint that was on your soul will no longer be. You are now free to be the MAN you were meant to be." Whispering Tree said softly and ate the rotten fruit to get rid of it.
"No man, woman or beast should know THAT kind of foul magic, which is why I consumed it." He spoke again and turned to move to the back of the room.
Nobody said a word about it.
"Thank you Whispering Tree for your help this day. Your name and people will hear songs from our generation." Amelia spoke with respect and bowed her head towards the tree man.
He just bowed his head in return and remained silent.
"Unspeakable Madison, if my mind does not lie of my memories, then I am quite sure there is a book of spells in your office which will at best give us an idea of the rest of the THINGS that is still on Lord Potter here." Amelia spoke and raised her well-manicured eyebrow.
"I shall return shortly with a POSSIBLE list Madam Bones. Healer Tess, if you would be so kind as to make a copy of ALL spells, runes, potions and what not that was placed on Lord Potter please.?" He gently asked the healer and accepted a parchment a few seconds later.
"Chief Ragnarok, please allow me to create a ONCE OFF port key from this room to my office and back." Unspeakable Madison bowed deeply to the goblin chief and awaited his reply.
"Under these circumstances I will allow it. But I ask of you to then surrender that knowledge to me only on your return. "Ragnarok spoke as a chieftain of a warrior race and nodded his head to Madison to leave.
"Healer Tess, if you would make the same copy for me, i feel I have little time to waste in my research in the Black library. "Sirius said and received his own copy. Just before he could leave Ragnarok summoned a Med-Elf and ordered her to follow Lord Black's every wish.
Sirius was stunned by this, but kept his composure, bowed by the waist and walked out the door. It took him a few minutes to get to the appiration point in Diagon Alley where he took hold of the elf's hand (stunning her by the touch of a human) and appirated away to Black Manor.
"Am I right in assuming that you would be Storm Maiden?" Amelia asked of the beautiful woman floating a few inches from the floor.
"That guess would be accurate Madam Bones. Your knowledge of different species are quite astounding if I say so myself." Storm Maiden said in a musical voice and gave Amelia a small smile.
"The Bones clan was guardians for many generations before the first war all but wiped us from this earth. My grandfather passed his knowledge to my mother when my father died, and she passed it to me and my niece when she died. We are now the last of our direct line and only my niece marrying and passing it to her children will it continue for I am barren." Amelia said in a sad voice and lowered her head.
"I know your people can call forth the elements and separate molecules if needed to form new ones in nature. The same way you do for species that are not yet to die away or become extinct. So I am begging you now to spare this child of prophecy as you can only do so when directly asked for humans." Amelia sank to her knees, folded her hands together and bowed her head in respect for the nature goddess standing before her.
Not really knowing what just happened, EVERYBODY else did the same.
"Your blind trust in this woman speaks highly for her. For this reason and for her believe in the OLD ways, I shall do what I can. No more and no less. Some things will have to take their toll for young Harry to be stronger in the end." Storm Maiden said and glided over to hover next to the table Harry was laying on.
"Mother, Father, Son and Daughter. AIR, EARTH, WATER, FIRE, SPIRIT. I lay claim to this prophecy child in YOUR names. Let that which does not belong within him be made to dust. FATE has power over him in ways of a false seer. Let him be guided by YOUR grace and wisdom given to him by those YOU deem worthy. This I, Storm Maiden, goddess of this realm pray for this child. SO MOTE IT BE."
There were no flashing lights or booming voices. Nothing AMAZING happened that anybody could see or hear.
Harry simply floated a few inches off the table; dust formed under him and was swept away by Storm Maiden's hand, before he floated down to the table again.
Storm Maiden floated back to where she stood before and simply smiled to everybody.
"I have done what I could. No more and no less. His life is now in the hands of those deemed worthy to teach him and raise him to be the man he is meant to be" She then simply bowed her head and faded away into nothingness.
"May the ancestors sing your praise Storm Maiden." Amelia said as a tear rolled down her cheek.
Harry chose that moment to become a little cranky, being a baby and hungry and all that.
Ragnarok sent for a feeding bottle and some mashed vegetables for Harry and drinks and snack platters for the adults.
"I am not sure of what just happened but I am quite certain that SHE was a goddess and that SHE just spoke a massive blessing over Lord Potter here and the dust we saw Her sweeping away was either a curse or potions made "TO DUST" as she said." Ragnarok said with awe in his usual gruff voice.
Everybody in the room just nodded their heads and continued to snack and drink, while Andromeda fed Harry his mashed vegetables and feeding bottle to make him asleep again.