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Snapegirl51606: Thank you. I haven't got much review I was worried no one's reading it.
fleria: Hold on! Too many questions at the same time, girl. Give it to me one by one. Okay. I have added the translations to the Welsh Gaelic back on the last chapter. If you remember, Bridget is Allison's middle name. And Bridget is a Celtic name, which is consistent of the whole Welsh theme of it, coz from my research, Merlin is a Celtic/Welsh character. See? Allison has two sisters. One is her younger twin sister Bianca, and one is Aoife, her youngest half sister from her father's second marriage to Camilla. Understand now? Cruel cliffe? Not cruel at all! That's why this fic's second category is mystery, coz I want to try my hands on suspense and mystery. Anyway, thanks for your review. Like I said above, I am glad to know someone's reading my fics, coz I didn't get much reviews.
Big Big World
Chapter 12 Truly Amazing or Genuinely Shocking
She felt light, like she was floating in the air. She opened her eyes, and she was floating in mid air, in a white emptiness. She straightened up, and saw Snape not far away, floating. "Professor Snape?" She flew over to him when Snape was waking up himself.
Snape opened his eyes and saw that he was floating in nothingness, and Allison was flying over to him. "Are you alright, Professor? Where are we?"
Snape almost snorted at her question, since how the heck would he know where they were. Then out of nowhere, a globe of white energy started gathering not far away from them, and it slowly transformed into a person --- an old man with white beard and a staff.
"Who are you?" The old man asked, "Why are here disturbing my peace?"
Against Snape's better judgment of keeping silent in this strange place, Allison answered him, "We are sorry that we have intruded your place, but we don't know how we got here either."
This time, the old man looked up in surprise at Allison, "Nimue? Is that you? You are finally here?"
Allison looked up at Snape, questions in her eyes. Nimue was a fictional character in Arthurian Legend. Why would the old man calling her Nimue? "I am sorry. I am not Nimue. My name is Allison Lowe, and this is Severus Snape. Could you tell me where we are? The last thing we remember is trying to read a book by Merlin, and then here we are."
The old man looked at Allison intensely, which made Allison stepped back and bumped into Snape. The way that the old man looked at her made her feel like he was looking through her mind. After a long silence, the old man said, his tone in both sadness and relief, "I am Merlyn, or who you folks these days call Merlin. You are in my esplumoir."
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In a split second of sudden blindness made by a strong light from Merlin, Allison and Snape were back in her room, with the only difference that the book is not lying on the table anymore, but floating in midair, a light glow around it.
Allison looked at Snape and he back at her. Neither knew what to do about their bizarre experience, and the book. She reached out and grabbed the book floating in front of her. The glow was gone, and words started to appear on the blank pages again, and this time Snape could read them too. On there, it was a message from Merlin ---
Your short presence in my esplumoir has told me that I am needed for the sake of the wizarding world, and the only thing I could offer you is this book, my journal, of how to help you through this crisis. Allison Lowe, I pronounced you my heir, and Severus Snape your protector. The ring on your left hand could enable you to do magic, Allison, but it doesn't make you a witch. It enables you to channel the elemental magic in times of desperate need. Make good use of my knowledge and power. May the fate be kind to you.
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"Merlin, you say?" Dumbledore said, amused, "That's very unexpected. How are you feeling, Allison?"
"I am fine, I suppose. I just can't seem to take the ring off though." Allison kept pulling the ring but it didn't even move.
After the strange incident, both Allison and Snape had went to see Dumbledore immediately about it, and Dumbledore was now examining the ring on Allison's finger which refused to come off. He made a sketch of the ring on a piece of paper, with colour indication and all the small gilding on the ring. He gave it a detailed look, and said, "Interesting. Kyanite (air), Garnet (fire), Sapphire (water) and Emerald (earth). Symbolic gems of the four elements. Would you like to try if you could do any magic?"
Allison nodded, "Let's try then." Dumbledore placed a feather on the table and lent her his wand. She said after him "Wingardium Leviosa" which Dumbledore told her it was a levitating charm, but nothing happened. She tried a few more times, but still nothing happened. Allison glared at the ring, thinking that it is rubbish, and getting a bit angry. She looked back at the feather thinking, "Why didn't you float?" And suddenly, the feather floated up from the table and landed on her palms.
Everyone looked in shock.
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"Okay, so it is controlled by your feelings or thoughts then?" Hermione asked her the next evening, when she was revising her NEWTs with Allison doing her readings on the Merlin Journal, Natura, Albus told Allison the name last night.
"Yes. It seems to depend on my thoughts or feelings, but not exactly that strong. It's going to be a good cover-up though for my witchy status," Allison turned another page, "Anyway I am just glad that Snape's off my back for the time being. When Albus concluded the reason last night, the look of Snape's face was unforgettable, fear and an evil glint in his eyes. I was so worried that he was going to throw me into one of those anger management tutorials."
Hermione couldn't help but laugh out loud, which was awarded by a deadly glare from Allison. "Sorry. It's just too funny. From what you described of Snape was like when you two were together, it reminds me of an old couple arguing and having fun." Hermione laughed at Allison's expression of horror, "It's just that I have never seen anyone could argue with Snape for so long and still talk about him all the time."
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It was dark, and she was running. Someone was holding her hand and running in front of her. She looked franticly around, but it was too dark to recognize anything but a full moon, whose pale light was only enough to let me know that she was in the woods. After several more minutes of running, they stopped in front of a giant oak tree, and the man who was holding her hand let it go and muttered some words she didn't understand, and a very big doorway appeared in the bark of the tree. He turned around and said, "Dydy amsera Niume."
I shook my head, feeling tears falling down my cheeks, "Dydy mo amsera eto. Gwisga t angen 'ch at cer!"
"Dydy amsera. Gwna 'i Niume. 'i s amsera atat at chymer 'm chyflea. Ai ladd 'm 'ma ai ad 'm cer i mewn dangnefedd." He took his cloak off and wrapped it around me, securing it with a pin with gems --- Kyanite, Garnet, Sapphire and Emerald. He handed me the staff next, but I refused to take it. He looked at me solemnly and said in a very stern voice, "Dydy hefyd 'n ddiweddar at arhosa awron Niume. Ach 'm brentisio , a dydy 'ch ddyled at ffarwel 'ch mentor at eiddo ddetholedig esplumoir."
"Gwnawn 'ch a baladr." I said, "Dwi mo yn cerdded at chymer 'i ar gerdded chennych. 'i s anrheg."
He sighed, "Fi ll cadw 'i." He kissed me on the forehead, "Mai 'r Dynghedu bod bath atat." He departed and I watched him walk through that doorway and closed it, knowing that I will never be able to see him again.
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Allison woke up in shock. How did I have a dream about Merlin and Niume? What was going on? What's between Merlin and Niume? Suddenly she remembered the pin that Merlin used to pin the clock on Niume is in the same style as her ring. What did it mean? She jumped out of bed, put on her coat, and headed for the study where the book was. It was going to be a long night.
To Be Continued ...
Translations:
Dydy amsera Niume. --- It's time Niume.
Dydy mo amsera eto. Gwisga t angen 'ch at cer! --- It is not time yet. I don't want you to go!
Dydy amsera. Gwna 'i Niume. 'i s amsera atat at chymer 'm chyflea. Ai ladd 'm 'ma ai ad 'm cer i mewn dangnefedd. --- It is time. Do it Niume. It is time for you to take my place. Either kill me or let me go in peace.
Dydy hefyd 'n ddiweddar at arhosa awron Niume. Ach 'm brentisio , a dydy 'ch ddyled at ffarwel 'ch mentor at eiddo ddetholedig esplumoir. --- It is too late to stop now Niume. You are my apprentice, and it is your duty to farewell your mentor to his chosen esplumoir.
Gwnawn 'ch a baladr. --- I made you that staff.
Dwi mo yn cymeryd 'i ar gerdded chennych. 'i s anrheg. --- I am not taking it away from you. It's a gift.
Fi ll cadw 'i. --- I'll keep it.
Mai 'r Dynghedu bod bath atat. --- May the Fate be kind to you.