Disclaimer: I do not own Harry potter or any of the characters from the book. The new characters in this story are mine; I leave it up to you to work out which ones. I also do not own the poems that will appear in this story. The poems are all owned by William Butler Yeats

ONE had a lovely face,

And two or three had charm,

But charm and face were in vain

Because the mountain grass

Cannot but keep the form

Where the mountain hare has lain.

Child of the Earth queen: The Philosopher's stone

Chapter 2: Acceptance and healing

By Morte Bonita

"Speech"

Note: I will continue to refer to the Earth Queen as the Lady when pointing out her POV I will later refer to her by her name when it is revealed. Also time in the Faery realm is the opposite to what it is in the mortal realm so while it was early morning on earth, in the immortal realm it is now early evening.

(Lady's POV)

I started to walk to the palace but the baby in my arms wailed at the touch of the cold evening air. I looked down at him and saw how pale he looked, and the faint blue tinge to his lips. How could I be so stupid, I'd forgotten that crossing over the barrier would drain the energy of a mortal; and while the child was extremely powerful he was definitely as mortal as they come. The crossing cannot differentiate between adult and child so it took the same amount of energy from the tiny babe as it would have from an adult so now the infant no longer had the energy to keep himself warm. I needed to get him inside and fast before got sick. Knowing that the child needed to get somewhere warm very soon I quickly summoned my wings. I couldn't help but spend a moment to appreciate them, my wings were gorgeous. They were thin and looked as delicate as tracing paper yet were soft as silk and tough as steel. I was brought out of my self appreciation by another this time louder wail from my son a look at his now blue cheeks told me it was time to go. I stretched out my wings and took of from the ground cradling the boy close to my chest to protect him from the worst of the wind as we flew towards the palace. I looked for a quick way in that would not mean landing and opening the door myself. Seeing that the window for the main hall was open I quickly flew in and landed settling the baby as I did so. I pulled in my wings and was about to leave when I heard some one move in the corner of the room.

"Who's there?" I asked. I then smiled when a tall man stepped out of the shadows. He had black hair with red streak down to his mid back and had a delicate yet masculine face. His eyebrows were high and arched and he had full red lips which were striking against his pale white skin. His eyes were similar to mine except that they were a vibrant amethyst flecked with splashes of bright green. He was wearing a close fitting black doublet with a silver collar and silver cuffs adorned sparkling gems. He also wore silver stockings underneath black knee-breeches and a pair of black ankle-boots. To complete his outfit he wore a silver circlet. Normally his face was perfectly calm but at the moment his mouth was twisted into a cocky smirk.

"Well, well what have we got here?" He asked smirk still in place.

"Well Brother." I started. "What I have in my arms is known as a baby if you hadn't noticed and no, I did not steal him. He is an orphan and was given to me by his last surviving blood relative to be my son. So if I were you I would be nicer about it after all, he's going to be your nephew."

"But Gaia," my brother said showing he was serious by using my name. "The child is a mortal and a wizard as well. It will not sit well with the wizards that you have taken one of their children."

"Well Aiden, even if the wizards to not agree they can do nothing to interfere. The child is now bound to me as my son and I have been given all magical rights over him by his aunt. Also I doubt the wizard world shall check on their savior until the time comes to give him his letter and since my son will no longer go under that name that letter will not arrive."

"Will you still send him to Hogwarts?"

"Of course I will little brother. You know full well that our family has always gone to Hogwarts I don't see why but it is a tradition nonetheless. So are you going to accept him or not. If you don't I will keep him anyway but I would prefer to have your approval." I could see my brother weighing his options before he settled on his choice.

"Alright then sister, have it your way. I fully accept the little mortal as my nephew but please tell me you will have a blood ceremony done, a mortal cannot become ruler of the immortal realm."

"Don't be an idiot Aiden. Of course I am going to make him my child in blood and I am fully aware that he must become an elf in order to succeed the kingdom but he is too young to survive the transformation now so it will be done on his fifth birthday."

"That is satisfactory Gaia, but there was really no need to bit my head off thank you." My brother said. He is such a cocky little bastard, just who does he think is the queen around here. "Yes sister I know you're the Queen. So would be kind enough to tell your humble servant what the name of your adorable new child is."

"I haven't given him a name yet and I'm not going to."

"Why not?" He screeched looking shocked.

"Well, because I don't see the point giving a child a name that has a meaning without giving it time to form his own personality. Also I wouldn't even use his name as he grows up since I've already resolved to call him by his pet name until he starts Hogwarts and give him his name then preferably a name he agrees with."

"You are strange sister, but I suppose it makes sense in away. Ok I agree. What is the name we will be using until he gets his official name?"

"What else would I call such a beautiful child but little flower?"

"Flower it is then. I think we should show my new nephew to his cousin and later inform the rest of the realm of the fact that they have a new prince."

"Agreed brother I believe it is time your daughter was told that she has a baby cousin to coddle"

"Oh yes, I'm sure Dulcina will be delighted with the new arrival." My brother told me whilst trying to hold in his laughter.

(The Queens Chambers) (Gaia's POV)

It was now late evening and I'd spent an hour greeting my niece and introducing her to her new cousin whom she adores. Then another two hours introducing my new son to the members of court present at the palace and sending letters to the ones who were not. The last hour had been spent presenting my son as the new prince to the rest of the kingdom via magical image projection. All in all it had been a long day and I still had one more important thing to do which was why I was standing in my parlor next to the fire place waiting for the rest of the Seelie court to arrive.

I sighed and went over to the silver cradle in the center of the room. It was beautifully made and was studded with precious gems. It had a tall silver pole at the front from which a silver curtain hung down. I moved the curtain back and smiled at the baby inside. I stroked his face gently when saw that he was close to tears. I felt like kicking myself when I realized the reason, the poor child hadn't eaten in hours. I walked over to the window and held out my hand palm facing downwards and concentrated on what I wanted. A moment later there was a large flower bud attached to the window frame. I gently ran my finger up one of the closed petals and mentally asked the flower if it would be willing to spare some nectar for my little one. In answer the flower slowly opened till it was roughly the shape of a bowl and I saw the nectar inside. I thanked the flower mentally and conjured up a silver baby bottle took off the lid and poured the light pink nectar from the flower into the bottle. I screwed the lid back on, thanked the flower again and walked back to my little one. I picked up my baby with my free hand and held him in the crook of my arm before starting to feed him with the bottle. My little flower must have been hungry because he started to drink straight away; he also seemed to accept the change to his usual diet very easily which was good seeing as he needed to adjust to the faery realm. Already I could see the changes in my little flower. His hair had lengthened slightly, his skin had paled, his lips had reddened and his green eyes had grown brighter. I smiled knowing that once a mortal eats the food of the immortal realm he becomes part of it.

When my little flower had finished drinking I banished the bottle and placed him in his cradle where he immediately went to sleep. I went back to standing next to the fire place occasionally throwing in handfuls of lavender or sweet smelling peals.

"Gaia?" someone called while knocking on the door.

"Come in." I said. A few moments later my court filed into the room. The first to enter was my brother Aiden, followed by my cousin Ankou, then by Asrai, Kelandra, Shea, Alfreda, Adalira and my little seven year-old niece Dulcina.

I turned to my court and bowed to them then gave my little niece a wink causing her to burst into giggles. I then went back to being serious and looked each of my court members in the face before I began. "Greetings my friends. I have called you here to inform you that I have chosen an heir to succeed the throne of The Daoine Sidhe our kingdom." Here I indicated my little flower in his cradle before continuing. "I have already been bonded to him as his mother through magical right by his Aunt and I intend to legally adopt him tomorrow morning by our law. He is a mortal and for those of you who protest to that, know that on his fifth birthday I intend to make him an elf and my son in blood. I do not need your permission to adopt him as my son but our law says that I need the approval of at least half of the Seelie court in order for him to be given the title of prince. What are your opinions?" There was muttering for a moment as the council came to a decision.

"We accept the infant as our new prince my Queen." Said Ankou stepping forward.

"We only wish to know one thing." Began Kelandra.

"What's that?" I asked unable to stop grinning.

"What is his name?" finished Asrai.

"Well…" I began but was interrupted when my brother Aiden decided to inform the council of my earlier choice regarding my little ones name.

"Your going to call him flower for ten years then give him a name after he starts wizard school?" asked Shea incredulously.

"Yes." I said in my best I'm the boss and you have no say in the matter voice.

"Ok." Said Alfreda. "I suppose it would be better to name a child based on his personality rather than give it a name as an infant that is completely opposite to his personality when he is older." There was a murmur of agreement from the rest of the council at Alfreda's reasoning before the council drew into a huddle discussing something I couldn't hear. A minute later they stopped discussing and got into a semicircle around me and the baby. I looked at them confused before Adalira stepped forward.

"My Queen." Adalira began. "When a new prince or princess is born into the royal family, it is customary for each member of the current ruler's personal court to bless the child with a gift. We have spoken amongst ourselves and would like to ask if we can bestow our gifts upon the young prince now since obviously we were unable to do so on the night of his birth."

"You have my permission." I said to her whilst at the same time nodding to the rest of my court showing them that they also had my permission as well. Once I gave my permission my court began talking amongst themselves again before sending Asrai forward. I watched Asrai carefully as she picked up my little flower and held him carefully in her arms. She removed the blanket I had wrapped him in revealing the small tunic I had dressed him in. I couldn't help but smirk when I heard her gasp when she saw the child.

"He is so beautiful!" Asrai exclaimed. I really started grinning at that point.

"Thank you." I told her.

Asrai smiled at me before gently running a finger down the child's face to waking him up. "Hello my little Prince." Said Asrai to my now awake son. "I am Asrai the water mage of your mother's personal court. My gift to you young prince is an affinity with water and the ability to stay calm in tense situations and to be able to keep your thoughts as steady and clear as a flowing stream which will help you to achieve Occlumency and Legillemency. By the power of the Seelie court so mote it be." When Asrai finished stating her gifts a blue glow covered her before moving onto the child fixing Asrai's gifts within him. Asrai kissed the child on the forehead before handing him to me.

When Asrai had gone back to her place in the semicircle Ankou stepped forward. I handed my little one to him and watched as I had with Asrai. "Hello little cousin." Ankou said to my son. "I am Ankou the weapons master in your mother's court. I am also the guardian of death for the mortal world; it is my job to record the deaths of each mortal at the end of the day and to occasionally intervene and alter that mortal's destiny if they are not meant to die. I cannot gift you with a long life for you are already destined to have one, I cannot make it so you can never die because we must all die in time so I shall give you the ability to know whatever weapon you hold and to be able to assess the strengths and weaknesses in your opponents on the battle field. Do not take these gifts for granted since they will only help you, you must still train and hone your own skills. By the power of the Seelie court so mote it be." When Ankou finished stating his gifts a silver glow covered him before moving onto the child fixing Ankou's gifts within him. Ankou kissed the child on the forehead then handed him to me.

After Ankou had taken his place in the semicircle Adalira stepped forward. I placed my child into her arms and watched as she gave my little one her gifts. "Greetings young prince." Began Adalira in her musical voice. "I am Adalira the music sorceress of your mother's court. I use music to fight in battle. I am also the kingdom's royal musician. My gift to you is natural ability in music this does not mean you will not have to learn and practice. My other gift to you is a pure voice, when you sing it will be the most beautiful sound ever heard and when you speak and mean what you say no one will be able to ignore you and all shall be enchanted by your words. By the power of the Seelie court so mote it be." When Adalira finished stating her gifts a golden glow covered her before moving onto my little one fixing Adalira's gifts within him. Adalira kissed the child on the hand then gave him back to me.

When Adalira was back in her place Aiden walked up. He winked at me before holding out his arms as if to say hurry up I haven't got all day, he is so irritating sometimes. I handed my flower to him and kept a very careful eye on him while he held my little one. "Hello little Flower" said Aiden happily. "I'm your uncle Aiden your mother's brother and the ward master of your mom's court. I'm also an elemental and have control over all the elements but fire is my master element. As a gift I give you the ability to manipulate the elements but you are not an elemental and do not control them. My second gift to you is imperviousness to fire, no matter how hot the flame is it shall never hurt you. By the power of the Seelie court so mote it be." When Aiden finished bestowing his gifts a red glow covered him before moving onto my son fixing Aiden's gifts within him. Aiden threw the baby up in the air once then caught him and handed him back to me.

When Aiden was back in his place in the semicircle Alfreda walked forward. I gave the baby to her and watched as she gave him her gift. "Good evening little prince." She said quietly. "I am Alfreda the spell mistress of your mother's court. I am also the kingdoms power seeker, my job is to test the power level of each child in the kingdom to see what they are best suited to be trained in. I can already sense that you are very powerful and will continue to gain power as you grow but a lot of power is not always a good thing if you have no control. My gift to you is control so that you will instinctively know how much power to use whenever you cast a spell. My other gift to you is a block on your magical core to stop you exhausting yourself. This block will appear when you are close to exhausting your magic and will stop you using magic until you have regained enough magical energy to use magic safely. By the power of the Seelie court so mote it be." When Alfreda finished bestowing her gifts a purple glow covered her before moving onto my son fixing Alfreda's gifts within him. Alfreda smiled at me as she handed my son back to me she must have seen the shocked look on my face. It was a good gift though the first part and the second part was very sensible.

Alfreda got back into her place and Kelandra stepped forward. I gave my son to her and waited to hear what she would give my son. "Hello young lord." Kelandra said to my son. "I am Kelandra the battle mistress of your mother's court. I am also the leader of the Valkyries an elite team of female Elvin and Fae warriors who make up part of the kingdom's army. My gift to you is strategy so that you can plan out any battle that you may end up fighting from a battle of the sword to rivalries in school. My second gift to you is charisma since one day you will need to lead a battle and gather an army and any leader needs to be charismatic in order to get his warriors to follow him. By the power of the Seelie court so mote it be." When Kelandra finished stating his gifts a green glow covered her before moving onto the child fixing Kelandra's gifts within him. Kelandra kissed the child on the forehead then handed him to me.

Kelandra went back to her place in the semicircle and Shea stepped forward. I gave my son to him and watched him give my son his gift. "Hello tiny prince." Said Shea. "My name is Shea and I am the Rune Master of your mother's court. I am also the keeper of all the languages and information in both the human and immortal realms. My gift to you is a love of learning so that you never find life to boring. My other gift to you is a logical mind so that you are able to solve any problem that comes your way step by step and can organize your mind so it cannot be broken into by your enemies. By the power of the Seelie court so mote it be." As soon as Shea had finished giving his gifts a pink glow covered him before moving onto the child fixing the gifts within him. Once Shea's gift had fixed itself all the glows vanished signifying all the gifts had settled. Shea gave my son back to me and went back to his place in the semicircle. As one my court bowed and was about to leave when a small voice screamed for them to stop. I looked around and spotted my little niece Dulcina running towards me.

"What is it?" I asked.

"I have a gift for my baby cousin too." She answered in her high child's voice. I looked at her father my brother for his opinion he simply shrugged as if to say it wouldn't cause any harm and the choice was mine. I looked back at my niece and caught her giving me the puppy dog eyes. "Please?" she asked again.

"Alright darling." I told her and carefully placed the baby in her arms rearranging her hands so that she held the baby properly then watched like I had with the others as she gave my baby her gifts. "Hello baby cousin." She said sweetly to my son. "My name is Dulcina and I am your cousin the daughter of Aiden your mother's brother and when I'm grown up and you're king, I'll have daddy's job and will be a member of your court. My first gift to you is beauty beyond compare so that none will harm you because they would be to afraid to hurt someone so beautiful. My other gift to you is purity. Purity in body, purity in heart, purity in soul and purity in your magic this way any one who harms you shall feel what they do to you come back upon them sometime in the future as punishment for harming such a pure being. By the power of the Seelie court so mote it be." When Dulcina finished her last sentence a bright white glow covered her before moving onto the baby as her gifts settled inside him. Once the gifts had settled the glow started to disappear I was surprised however to see that his scar was glowing with the same bright white light. Dulcina kissed the baby's forehead right on top of the scar causing it to glow brighter than ever before the glow suddenly disappeared taking the scar with it. Dulcina handed my son back to me and tried to go back to her father but I held out a hand to stop her.

"How did you do that Cina?" I asked using her nickname as I ran a finger over my son's now unmarked forehead.

"When I gave him my gifts I gave him purity in body and magic. That scar was tainting both his body and magic so it was removed by my gift." The seven year old answered.

I kissed her on the cheek to show my thanks thanked the rest of my court and then sent everyone to bed seeing as it was very late. When everyone had left I shrunk the cradle and put it in my pocket then I put out the fire and left the room whilst holding my little one close.

(Gaia's Bed Chamber) (Gaia's POV)

I'd unshrunk the cradle and placed it next to my bed and I'd just finished feeding my little flower and was trying to put him to bed. Apparently he didn't like that idea much and was screaming at the top of his lungs and clinging on to me whenever I tried to put him down.

"Come on little one. Don't you want to have a nice long nap so that mommy can get some sleep?" I asked him whilst bouncing him in my arms.

"No, no, no, no, no…" he babbled through his tears. I admit I'm surprised that he can talk but then again I think that "No" is the only word he knows.

"Ok." I told him. "How about a lullaby then? Would you like Mama to sing you a lullaby?" He didn't answer but he did stop crying so I took that as a yes and sang the lullaby my father used to sing to my brother and me when we were little.

"THE angels are stooping

Above your bed;

They weary of trooping

With the whimpering dead.

God's laughing in Heaven

To see you so good;

The Sailing Seven

Are gay with his mood.

I sigh that kiss you,

For I must own

That I shall miss you

When you have grown."

When I looked back at my baby he was fast asleep in my arms. I kissed him gently on the forehead before carefully placing him in his cradle. Thankfully he didn't wake up as I tucked him in. once I was sure he was safely asleep I crawled into my own bed. Finally I can go to sleep. I can't wait to see how my son grows up.

Information on the Fairy world

The Seelie Court: The seelie court is known as the blessed court. They appreciate beauty and art and are very beautiful. They do not hate humanity and do not actively try to hurt mortals and will sometimes adopt a mortal.

The Unseelie Court: The Unseelie Court is known as the unblessed court. They are beautiful like the seelie court and covet material possessions. They are very mischievous and are not fond of humans. Before the truce the Unseelie court were enemies of the seelie court.

The Daoine Sidhe: The Daoine Sidhe is a group of Fae and elves from both the Seelie and Unseelie Court. They were brought together when an evil wizard tried to destroy all the immortals by summoning demons. When the demons were defeated a truce was called between the seelie and Unseelie court. Though there is still a bit of tension and the Unseelie still hate humans.

Immortals: When Ankou said that everyone must die in time he also meant the immortals. They are called immortals because if left alone they can live forever and will not die of old age but they can be killed. After a thousand years or so most immortals choose to be reincarnated as another elf or fae. Sometimes they may choose to be reincarnated as a wizard.

Author's Note

Okay. Long chapter sorry about that but I wanted to get most of the background information on one chapter. For those who haven't worked it out Gaia is the lady from chapter 1. And those who asked me to hurry up and get to Hogwarts, the next chapter will be four years in the future on Harry's birthday when he is blood adopted by the earth queen and becomes a full elf. The chapter after that will be when he gets his Hogwarts letter. When Harry is the one talking he will be referred to as Flower during his POV unless I change my mind.

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