Chapter 5-Arriving in Arda
The first to open his eyes was Viridis. He and his companions were in a meadow in the most beautiful forest he has seen. He got up and went to the small stream to wash himself, but stopped right away as he saw his reflection. He was looking at a man who can only be described as beautiful. The man had long black hair , startling green almost emerald eyes and pointy ears. He had only pants on. When he looked at his back he saw a tattoo of his dragon, his unicorn, basilisk and phoenix. Smiling that his familiars were with him, viridis started waking the other men. All of them had similar body but Draco had a tattoo of a wolf and a dragon on his back. The four men noticed a movement on the edge of the forest and turned to see the most beautiful woman they had ever see followed by a group of 10 men one of them was an equally regal as the woman.
Galadriel, the lady of Lothlorien opened her eyes and turned her gaze to the south. She sensed a great power coming up suddenly from there that was similar to the Isanniri of old.
- My lady, what is that you are sensing- asked her husband Cereborn.
- There is a great power that appeared from nowhere in the south of the forest- answered the Lady of the Woods- I must go personally and see what it is.
- My lady is this wise- asked Haldir bowing to the rulers of the Golden Wood
- Yes, I believe that this power is benevolent-Galadriel then was followed by her husband and Haldir as well as eight others
They arrived at the edge of a meadow and saw four unknown elfs. Two of them where pretty young and the elder two looked like they were their parents. Three of the elfs had black hair more commonly found in the residents of Rivendell than here. Both of the young elfs turned and the group saw that their backs had an intricate design. On the back of the raven haired elf there were four animals: a dragon, some kind of horse, a bird and a snake. On the back of the blond elf there were only two a dragon and a wolf. Suddenly the black haired youth turned and watched intensely at the place were the Galladrim were hidden. Galadriel saw that they weren't armed and came out of the forest.
- greetings, travellers, my name is Galladriel and I am the ruler of the Golden woods, of Lothlorien.
- Greetings, your majesty, my name is Viridis and with me are my brother Draco, my father Sirius and his friend Severus- the above mentioned people bowed to the ruler
- Come with me- said Galadriel and led thew way into her domain
The four travellers were speechless when they saw the magnificence of her domain. The buildings were made from the purest white and had an ethereal light to them. After a long climb they stopped in a beautiful throne room where Galadriel and her husband Cellebon sat.
- tell me, who are you- asked the Queen with her melodious voice.
- My Lady- sed Draco- we do not know what or where we are but we have a slight idea how we came here
- A and how did you came here?- asked Celebon
- You see your majesty, i had just adopted Draco here- sed Sirius-and we just came out of the building when a battle erupted around us.
- What kind of battle- asked Galadriel
- A magic battle- sed Snape
- You are Isaniri!?- shouted Celebon
- A what, my Lord?- asked Sirius
- Isaniri, wizards in the common tongue - Then yes, we were hit by a combination of spells, there was a blinding light and we awoke here...
Suddenly it became too much for Viridis and his vision begun to fade. Since he came here whenever here was his body has been bombarded with a lot of information. His mind subconsciously knew this woods and this place and more importantly he knew Galadriel and her husband. His vision finally faded to black and the last thing he heard was a scream. Galadriel was looking carefully at the four elfs and saw that the one called Viridis was uneasy but before she could say something he lost consciousness. She scream and started going to him, when there was a blind light and around the fallen elf there were four animals. A black dragon that she has never seen before was crouching protectively in such a way that the fallen elf was between his legs. A snake was positioned left of the dragon and she could see the poison that glistered on its teeth. On its head there was a golden bird and finally on the right of the dragon there was a black horse with a horn in the middle of its forehead.
-Zephir, Apollo, Mars and Estel stand down, nothing is going to happen to Viridis, I promise but let her get closer for her to help him- commanded Snape
- What are these animals- said Celebon- and where do they come from.
- The dragon is a Night Fury, they are very fast, invisible in the darkness, near human intelligence, problem solvers, not a horder for gold and jewels and if they bond with someone they are fiercely loyal his name is Zephir. The bird is a phoenix. They are loyal, very intelligent, can carry immense weights and the tears have healing properties and are the most powerful antidote to poisons. The song of a phoenix chase all kind of darkness that we know of. His name is Apollo. The horse is a war unicorn. From where we came from unicorns are second of purity to phoenixes. Their blood is silver and if given willingly can heal almost anything, if taken by force the drinker will have a half life a cursed life. War unicorns are even rarer. They are faster, stronger, more intelligent, can fly if they want thanks to their wings. Her name is Estel and finally the snake its a basilisk. It is known as the King or Queen of snake. Males have one red feather in the middle of their skull. Their sight is deadly but they have an inner eyelash that can stop the killing sight when its lowered and they have the most potent venom that we know off. It can kill a man in a minute. The only known antidote are phoenix tears which are nearly impossible to find because from where we come from both animals are very rare. His name is Mars- finished Draco.
- Where their names come from- asked Galladriel
- Zephir is the name of one of the four winds, Apollo is the god of the sun and arts in thee Greek mythology, Mars is the name of the god of war in the roman mythology and Estel...well i do not know he told me that he remembers a woman and a man calling him that in a musical language. He has told me that the man was his ada and the woman was his mother, but to tell you the true we do not believe it.
-A and why is that- asked Galadriel
-You see Viridis or Harry as he was called comes from a very old family that can trace its origins from one of the four of the original founders of our school, but something happened when he was a child and well- started Sirius
- What happened?- asked Celebon why posing Viridis on a bed in a magnificent room
- Our world was at war for a long time. The man who started the war is also a descendant from one of the founders who wanted to exterminate the ones that according to him were unworthy of magic.- started Severus.
- he had the support of the old families and he had many followers. He knew how to present himself and to say exactly what you want to hear- finished Sirius
- He sound like Sauron- sed Galadriel
- Yes, but you must understand, when i was in school I was bullied by James Potter and his friends...
- You sound like you speak from experience- Celeborn stated
- Not one of my proudest moments - murmured Sirius
- Well it is the past, so because of James Potter mainly I was pushed into the waiting hands of Tom Riddle or as he called himself Lord Voldemort. 18 years ago I was at a pub and I overheard a prospective seer tell a prophecy to the leader of the Light faction about a boy who was going to defeat him.- Severus explain
- James and Lily had two boys that fit the description of the prophecy and well they were attacked by Vodemort and both boys were scared. All of them survived, but unfortunately Dumbledore declared Michael the prophecy child. After that...
- James disowned me from his family because I was not good enough for his standards- a weak voice was heard from the bed- What happened?
- You fainted without reason- said Draco
- I don't know what happened, this forest it felt like it was welcoming me home and it just overwhelmed me. But how is it possible, i never have been here unless...
- What are you thinking about, Viridis?- asked Sirius
- Sirius, you know them. Did Lily was pregnant with twins or...
- Now when you mentioned, we knew of only one baby, but when they presented twins to us. We figured that there were twins but one was behind the other and they did not know. Why are you asking?
- Well, I do not believe that James and Lily were my parents. You see after I was disowned in the bank the director made me do a heritage test. It turns out that I am originally from a place called Arda and my parents were some very high ranking elfs.
- That is another thing how have we become elfs- asked Draco
- Maybe you have not become elfs maybe you were always elfs- said Galadriel
- You think that...- Celeborn asked
- I am not sure, but a human cannot become a elf that for sure
- Excuse me but what is going on- asked Severus
- You see elfs have a long life, but because of this they have few and far between children. When an elfling is born there is a great celebration and when one disappears every elf in Arda- at that name Viridis perked- knows. In our history there are four elflings that disappeared. Two of them were the twins of Lord Gil Galad who has passed away. They disappeared 6,000 years ago. The third was the youngest son of King Tranduin and the final was our child. Both disappeared 2,500 years ago. The twins both had black hair and dark eyes, the child of Tranduin was blond and had blue gray eyes and our son he had back hair and green eyes- finished Galadriel with a smile- I believe that you four are those elflings and you are finally back home
- How do you know?- asked Viridis
- Estel is a word from the elven language as well as ada which means father and Arda is the name that we elfs give to Middle Earth as it is called in the common tongue.
- So thats why Lucius never really loved me, I was never his son- said Draco with a smile
- My Lord and Lady what happens now. You see me and Severus are the godfathers of these boys, which means that if the parents are unable we take care of them, but if Viridis is your child then what happens to me?
- That will not change Sirius, Severus we see how close they are with you so we won't change thats do not worry Rest now- said Galladriel- it is being a long and tiring day for all of us, we will talk more in the morning
