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Summary: Winter Rosa Potter has always been diffrent from people. Being a witch hadn't changed that due to her near death experiences. After nearly dying of hunger due to being forced home during the christmas holidays in second year, she finds an odd fruit and eats it. She doesn't care if it could kill her, the school hating her and always being alone was already doing that. She was rather surprised to see the results of doing that, but she can't help it if she's happy with it. After all, it gave her what she wanted most in the end and that was enough for her. Fem!Harry. Ministry/Dumbledore/selective!Weasley!Bash!
Pairing: Fem! Harry, Winter/Trafalgar Law
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Chapter Four
I felt nervous as Hector led me through the barrier between platforms 9 and 10. Hector looked down at me with the same kind smile he's always giving me. Boreas curled closer around my neck as I bit my lip. Hector handed me my new shrunken black oak wood trunk with a russet gold finish. He laid his hand on my head and said, "You don't have to do this Winter."
I shook my head, "I need to."
He sighed softly, "Are you sure?"
I look at the train and nod, "Yeah I'm sure."
He chuckled and murmured, "Then go, but remember that if you need to leave at any time, we're just an owl or mirror call away."
"I know," I smiled shyly at him, "Thank you for everything,"
He chuckled and said, "You should get on the train. It's going to leave soon enough."
"See you later Hector," I say before heading to the train, "Ready for this Boreas?"
"Yes, but why exactly are you going back?" He asked softly as we moved onto the train and I found an empty compartment, "Hector and the others offered to teach you, so why?"
"Because I need to find out who's my friend and who isn't," I answer as I took a seat, "I want to see what my mom saw when she was in Hogwarts and to find out why people are being petrified," I sighed softly as I leaned back and Boreas settled in my lap like a cat, "I also want to make good use of the library,"
Boreas was silent for a few moments, but by opening the connection between us, I knew he was thinking over my answers. I kept the connection widened as I explored the magic I felt flowing through it. Boreas felt like frosted skies and silent nights under a canopy of stars. He felt like the clouds that rose around the peaks of mountains and shielded the stars from the polluting lights of humanity until they gleamed like diamonds through the cloud bank. I immersed myself in the comforting feeling and allowed myself to relax into a semi-aware state with the assurance that Boreas would warn me should anyone try to come in. I do not know how long I spent like that, but soon Boreas roused me with a small poke with his long claws. I looked at him before looking out the window to see Hedwig flying towards it. I slowly stood up and made my way over to the window before opening it for her. She flew inside and gave Boreas a once over while I closed the window. Boreas did the same before commenting, "A child of the frozen north. A surprise though it seems like she's hiding something."
"What do you mean Boreas?" I ask before sitting down causing Hedwig to hop over to me, "Sorry about forcing you to stay with Hermione girl. I didn't want Vernon to have the chance to harm you,"
She glared at me and I flinched slightly at the harsh look in her eyes. She hooted and it was only my recent discovery of my ability to speak with animals that kept me from jumping as I heard her words, "You better be sorry. You could have been hurt by that Walrus shaped heathen."
"I almost was," I say sheepishly causing her to stare at me in shock and it would have been comical had the situation been diffrent, "I kinda did something stupid and it benefitted me,"
Her eyes narrowed at that, "Tell me everything!"
"Yes Ma'am," I agree quickly with a gulp and filled her in, "And now we're here,"
She sniffed and gave me a once over, "You look much better, but I will have to meet this 'Hector' to see if he's a good enough protector for my hatchling," She looked at Boreas, "At least I will now have help keeping you from doing stupid things even if that's the only thing you do."
I felt a small blush rise in my cheek at that only to blush further as Boreas replied, "Agreed."
"I'm not that bad!" I deny causing them to give me deadpan expressions.
"Yes you are!" They both shot at me causing me to pout.
"Miss Hedwig will you explain what you are hiding?" Boreas asked causing Hedwig to look at him sharply, "I wish to assess all those around my master if only to keep her safe,"
Hedwig looked at Boreas for a few moments before sighing with a small nod, "It would help wouldn't it?" Boreas nodded and Hedwig turned to me with another sigh, "I am what's known as a changeling, but rather than being able to change into multiple forms I am bound to only two."
"Why?" I ask causing her to look at me sharply, "Why are you bound to only two forms?" I added the small question that was clawing at the back of my mind, "Why do you continue to stay with me even if I might get you killed?"
"Because you've proven yourself worthy to me," She answered and came closer to me, "I have seen in you something that I have been searching for. I've searched for it for over three thousand years," I stiffened at that, "You are the one that I've been searching for. You are my Saiken,"
The word rang in my mind and the meaning came to me as I whispered, "Bond."
She nodded, "You are my Saiken and for over three thousand years I searched for you."
"Why?" I ask with my voice cracking slightly.
"Because you saved me," She answered with slightly closed eyes, "You saved me over three thousand years ago,"
I stilled and felt like my heart was beating a mile a minute. The words rang in my mind and I wanted to deny it; protest it because of the impossibilities, but no words left me. My heart throbbed painfully as she stared into my eyes. Images flashed through my mind, yet I couldn't keep track of them. It caused my head to throb and I couldn't breath. It was only Boreas's steady emotions falling through our bond that kept me from passing out. He calmed me as he brushed his nose against my cheek and whispered calming words to me. I sat like that for a while and only moved when the train whistled shrilly. I calmed myself fully and gazed at Hedwig as the train began to move, "I want to deny it, but for some reason I cannot."
Her head bobbed in a nodding motion, "Your soul remembers, but you do not. In time, you shall remember, but for now put it out of your mind."
I nodded as I pushed the throbbing sensation to the back of my mind, "What forms are you bound to?"
"This one," She waved a wing over herself, "I have another, larger form,"
"And what form is that?" I ask causing her to look at me in amusement.
She moved away from me and jumped into the air. The air around her shimmered and glowed causing her to disappear within. I blinked spotts out of my vision as a sharp wind whistled through the air. The scent of a lightning storm sung through the air as it crackled lightly. A heavy sensation fell over me, but rather than feeling crushed it felt like I was being embraced by some powerful being that would protect me to their last breath. It was one that I felt both uncomfortable with and happy with. A small part of me felt like running forward to embrace whatever being it was and let it hide me behind it's back as it faced my demons. I brushed the part of me away, shoved it into a box, locked said box with many diffrent types of locks and chains, before throwing it into the ocean and never seeing it again. It was the feeling of warm air brushing across my cheek that brought my attention back to the area around me. I felt my eyes widen at the being before me in shock. White feathered wings rippled against a strong back to reveal taunt muscles. Fur the color of a cloudy sky with dark golden streaks covered the powerful, yet lithe body beneath it. Long claws were attached to powerful, yet graceful looking paws. A long tail of spiky fur that looked like it had been struck by lightning. Amber eyes looked at me with slitted pupils and a large maw filled with ivory teeth rested on the face of the being before me. I felt my breath shudder to a stop in my chest as Boreas gasped, "A Raiju!"
"Yes," Hedwig's voice was soft, yet silky with a rumble reminiscent of thunder, "I am bound to this form and can control the very weather if I so choose,"
"A Raiju," I murmur the name of the creature Hedwig had turned into, "Japanese magical creatures said to be made completely out of lightning. Said to be the companion of the Raijin, the shinto god of lightning, thunder and storms," I closed my eyes as I tried to sort through the information now clogging my mind, "It's the reason you often were agitated when storms occurred and why you always tried to sleep on my stomach,"
"Yes hatchling," She murmured softly though her eyes were oddly sharp, "You're remembering facts,"
We fell into an almost comfortable silence as Hedwig returned to her owl shaped form. I tried to absorb the mass of information in my mind as the train chugged down the tracks. It makes me wonder why Hermione hasn't tried to find me or why Ronald has yet to as well. Ronald...What could you have possibly gained by being my friend? A deep sigh left me at the thought of the boy and Boreas spoke softly as he looked up at me, "Many things can factor into this situation, but only time will tell you what is the cause. Can you remember any moments where he acted oddly?"
I cycle through my memories of the red haired boy and mutter out a few, "His eyes always flashed when someone made reference to my family. When I talked to other guys, he tensed and threw them looks that said he didn't like them. He was always trying to get me to act lazy and play chess with him."
"Greed perhaps," Boreas murmured softly, "A good bit of jealousy and possessiveness. Manipulating into making you weak. Wanting to make you envy him,"
"He also exhibited many signs of glee when you failed to do things correctly," Hedwig piped up from her new perch via luggage railing, "The first train ride also had him showing signs of longing when you pulled out that bag of money you brought with you,"
"Greed, jealousy, Possessiveness, manipulating, want of fame, gleeful at failures, and longing at the sight of money," Boreas listed causing me to hum, "I can't fully answer the question by myself until I've met the boy and watched him, but I can say this," He looked at me with serious eyes, "He is a danger to both you and those around you. He is not to be trusted unless you gain some sort of vow from him and even then you must keep him at arms length," I felt my chest tighten at the thought of losing my first friend, "You have us now and I'm sure you will find others. Show some kindness, but do not show weakness," His eyes seemed to sharpen as the temperature in the compartment dropped, "You are a being of frost and as such you must act strong. We are not to be seen as weak since we are symbols of strength,"
I sigh and look out the window, "I know...Will I ever be able to drop my guard again?"
Boreas sighed softly, "Only time will tell, but one day you will."
It was at that moment, Lady Brigid's words from this morning echoed in my mind, "There will be times when you want to be weak, want to let others do the work for you, to not fight, to give up, and to allow yourself to hide behind someone. You must always be strong, but there will come a time when you will find a group of people that you can be weak in front of. When you find them, you will find the will to be stronger. It is at that moment you will find yourself in the place you belong."
My hand moved up to the necklace around my neck and curled around the feather that rested there. It was a deep red with a mixture of gold, brown, and pink in it. Fawkes feather and my old wand core. A deep heat radiated from it and a sense of peace settled over me. I closed my eyes and allowed myself to fall into a state of half awareness once more. It was incredibly easy to do without others around and without noticing it I fell into a dream-like state.
Dream State
The area around me was hazy, but I could tell I was in a castle of some kind. It was dark, yet the walls glowed an eerie blue. I looked around and found a soft light coming from the corridor in front of me. I glanced backwards and found only darkness. With a sigh, I moved towards the light even as the area grew colder with each step I took. I noticed ice forming not too long in my path as my breath began to mist in front of my face. I soon reached a large door and felt a deep aching feeling fill my heart. I reached towards the handle, but just as my hand closed around it...
End of dream state
I jerk up from my leaning position as the door to my compartment opened. I looked towards the door and found Hermione standing there with her trunk in hand. I gave the girl a light almost sheepish smile as she says, "Finally! I've been looking for you since I got on the train."
"Sorry 'Mione," I blush lightly and ran a hand through my hair, "I wanted to find a good compartment,"
She snorted and rolled her eyes, "You were being lazy," She put her trunk into the luggage rack before turning back to me, "How was your vacation?"
"Sucked at the beginning, but in the end I gained something," I say causing her to look at me curiously only to spot Boreas, "Did you turn Malfoy into a ferret like you threatened to do?"
"No," I protest with a wave of my hand, "I wasn't the one that threatened him or started it," I then look down at Boreas as he looked at Hermione with a searching gaze, "His name is Boreas and he's my familiar,"
"Why is he here?" She asked as she took a seat across from me, "And he's very beautiful,"
Boreas moved onto my lap once more due to being sent off of it when I jerked into a standing position. I scratch the back of my head, "Like I said, he's my familiar. In the Hogwarts charter, if an animal is bound to you in a familiar bond, it make come onto the grounds with you," I then look at her with a raised eyebrow, "Not to mention Lee Jordan brought a tarantula to school last year without getting into trouble."
"I think I remembered seeing Ron running away from the twins and Jordan once," She murmured causing me to almost sigh at the reminder of the red haired boy, "So you have a ferret as a familiar?"
I felt Boreas's annoyance at being called a ferret and decided to correct her, "Boreas is an Ermine 'Mione not a ferret."
"Is he magical?" She asked causing me to nod.
"Ice magic and..." I look at Boreas, "What else can you do besides ice magic?"
"Why are you asking him?" Hermione asked causing me to look at her in confusion, "It's not like he can tal-"
She stopped speaking as Boreas spoke, "I can use a certain amount of fire to create clouds and thus mist. Mist magic and cloud magics are the only types of magic other than my small amount of fire magic."
"How?!" Hermione demanded causing me to look at her in surprise before looking down at Boreas.
"I thought you could only talk to me like that," I say causing him to chuckle and radiate amusement.
"My mental magic is strong enough that I can do so, so long as you are here with me," He answered causing me to tilt my head to the side in slight confusion, "It means that I can only do it with you here due to my body not producing enough magic to sustain my mental magics fully. If I needed to, I could draw on either your magic or the magic around us in order to communicate,"
"Ah that makes sense," I say causing Hermione to look at me, "You wanna know about everything right?"
"Tell me. NOW," She demanded causing me to nod.
"Well after we were forced home for the break..." I tell her everything except for the fact Hedwig is actually a changeling, "...And now we're here,"
"Winter?" She groaned causing me to smile sheepishly, "You have the oddest luck,"
"Lady Luck uses me as play toy," I mutter causing Hedwig and Hermione to laugh, "Not funny!"
Hermione calms herself before looking at Hedwig curiously, "So you can talk to animals now, right?"
"Yup," I say while looking between the two, "You wanna know something?"
"Why does she act so diffrent from regular owls?" Hermione asked causing me to scratch the back of my head sheepishly, "You know, don't you?"
"I do," She glared at me and I let out a small meep before waving my hands at her, "Now 'Mione don't be mad at me. I didn't know how you would react if I told you what she really was,"
"What. Is. Your. Owl?" She drew out each word while glaring at me harshly.
"A changeling bound to two forms," I answer while trying to move away from the impending explosion.
"A CHANGELING?!" She roared causing me to wince, "You're owl is a fucking changeling,"
"'Mione you cursed!" I say pointing at her in shock.
"Of course I fucking cursed! I just found out my best friend has been around a changeling since she was 11," Hermione growled as she stood up and began to pace, "But why you? Your luck is shitty most of the time, but not this shitty,"
"Hedwig would never harm me," I protest only for her to ignore me.
"It can't just be your luck, but what else could it be?" She mumbled to herself, "It couldn't be because of your academics or the fact you can fly fairly well," She looked at Hedwig, "It could be because of your money, but that doesn't explain why she's so protective of you,"
"HERMIONE!" I shout causing her to stop and stare at me in shock, "Hedwig would never hurt me. I'm her Saiken,"
"What does that mean and what language is that?" She asked causing me to feel sheepish again.
"For some reason, I can understand Japanese to a point," I answer while Boreas moved up to curl around my neck, "Saiken means bond,"
"So you're bound to her?" She asked causing me to shake my head.
"No she's bound to me," I pause before looking at Hedwig, "Or at least my soul,"
"How can she be bound to your soul?" Hermione asked causing me to sigh.
"I think it's like a past life thing where I ended up saving her life," I answer while wincing slightly, "A life debt or something,"
Hermione groaned and face palmed, "Again with the dumb luck."
"But Hermione this is a good thing," I try to cajole her into be happy about this, "I at least have someone around to protect me,"
She slowly lifted her head to glare at me causing me to flinch a little, "I'm going to be in the library for months looking up this fuckery."
"'Mione! You just cursed!" I shout before recalling that she had cursed only a few minutes ago, "That's twice in an hour,"
"I don't give a fuck," She growled, "You are going to kill me one of these days because you can't stop getting into situations like this,"
"I wouldn't be me if I didn't," I remind her innocently.
She face-palmed again before sighing softly, "I'm going to have to watch out for you even more now."
I pout at her, "I don't need another watcher!"
"You do," She deadpanned before looking at Hedwig, "You said she had two forms, what's the other one?"
"Raiju," I answer almost automatically.
"What is a Raiju?" She asked causing me to sigh in relief over her not being too mad.
"A Raiju is..." I proceed to inform her and noticed that the strain on my mind lessened as I spoke of my knowledge.
It seems that the cluttered mass of information now clogging my mind was lessening when I spoke. I guess every time I spoke about something it was cleared from the pile so to speak. I guess it means that my mind is slowly sorting itself out while I both sleep and talk about my new found knowledge. I guess I could live with it so long as it doesn't take a very long time to sort through most of it. When I finished explaining, Hermione looked at Hedwig before nodding to herself. I waited for her to speak and when she did, I couldn't find it in myself to be surprised, "Can you show me your animal form?"
"Later," I answer automatically since she would be able to help me find out what type of wolf I was, "In an abandoned classroom because I doubt you'll want to go outside,"
"Fair enough," She agreed before pointing at my arms, "What are those?"
I look down at my arms and smiled upon seeing the twin bracers that rested there with a pair of vine-like bracelets. Leena had given me them this morning...
Memory
"Leena," I greet her as I walked into her rather plain office, "You asked to see me?"
"Yes I did," She confirmed as she looked up from her rather large stack of paperwork, "You know that I am the head of the castle guards correct?"
"Yes," I answer in slight confusion and wariness.
She smiled at me and stood up, "Did you know that my mother and my Grandmother were the ones to lead the guard before me."
"Really?" I ask in shock causing her to nod with a pleased smile.
"My family has been the heads of the guard for over 10,000 years since my Grandmothers mother took control," I whistled in appreciation before giving her a confused look.
"What does that have to do with me?" I ask causing her smile to soften.
"Because three thousand years ago when my mother was just a little under 6 years old, she was saved by a woman who came to this island with a dark man," She answered and walked over to the large book case filled with many diffrent items, "The woman often masqueraded as a FrostWolf,"
My eyes went to the wand within my holster, "You mean the same one..."
"That gave a tail hair for your wand," Leena confirmed as she looked over the book case before pulling off a box, "Due to that, I believe you deserve this,"
She brought the box from the book case and onto the top of her rowan wood desk. I moved forward as I asked, "What do you mean?"
"The woman gave this box to my mother and said that a day would come when someone would come to this island," She began as the room seemed to grow darker and a bit colder, "She said that it would be someone that would continue her dream, but she would not be around to see it completed," Odd flashes of color and hazy faces flashed through my mind, "She asked my mother to give pass them down if that person didn't come during her time on the guard,"
"Why me?" I ask causing her to smile even more.
"Because she said that the girl would be touched by the Stormbringer and the scent of frost would be all over her," Leena answered as her eyes grew slightly glazed, "She said that the girl would do what most were too scared to do and face a great foe," She shook her head, "It is for those reasons that I give you these,"
She took the box off her desk and handed it to me. I held it in my hands and noticed that the box was covered in odd markings. They all formed pictures of wolves in diffrent scenes. The most detailed one was on the top and I could make out some words, but didn't understand them. A small voice echoed in my mind, 'Not yet. Not yet. Not ready. Not ready to face it...'
I was about to speak, but no words would come out as my body moved to the small table in front of me. My hands set it down before opening it. My mouth dropped open at the items inside. I recognized the biggest two being bracers due to Dudley getting a pair for his birthday this year. They were made of a fine black material that seemed to suck in all the light with small gold and silver designs decorating the material. They shimmered in the light and danced with an inner light that made them seem like they were ever moving. The designs were mostly swirl-like with a few harsh lightning bolt-like designs mixed in and some soft star-like designs. The next things I saw were a pair of silvery blue bracelets shaped like vines. They had words carved into them, but again the small voice echoed in my head with those same words. I lifted up the bracers and pulled them on after I took off my wand holster. I felt something similar to bonding with my wand fill me. Once I put on the bracelets, I felt as if I had found missing pieces of myself. I stared at my bracer covered arms and the bracelets with slight awe, "I feel complete."
"Good," She smiled softly at me before looking at my holster with my wand still inside, "Let's see if there are any places for a wand,"
End of Memory
We ended up spending two hours trying to find a place for a wand which was now safe in my right bracer. The left held a dagger Hector had insisted I take with me. It was covered in runes and he had said, "Use it only when you truly need to. The result will otherwise be something devastating to all those around you."
The look in his eyes when he said that was all I needed to know that he was serious. Even if it had only been three days since I came under his guardianship, I knew that his eyes told me everything. I had told Leena that and she had said that Hector may have an amazing poker face, but his eyes would always tell you what he was thinking. It was at that moment, I knew that I could trust him and not be scared of him. It made me happy, but it also made me wonder why it felt like I was looking at someone else when I thought that. I shook myself as Hermione coughed lightly. I gave her a sheepish smile, "Sorry 'bout that. What was the question?"
"What's on your arms?" She repeated causing me to smile.
"My new bracers and bracelet," I say and before she asked, I told her the story of how I came to have them.
"So you have a new wand as well?" She asked after I finished the story and showed her my wand.
"Yeah," I nod when Boreas stiffened and looked at the door.
I was about to ask him why when the door slammed open to reveal...
END OF CHAPTER!