Chapter 9

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this chapter is for my birthday i decided to be nice since it's my birth day tomorrow

Gandalf was worried sick he hadn't seen Aragorn in two days the ranger had just disappeared he hoped he was alright. Gandalf started a train of thoughts that had been running ever since Aragorn went missing, Where was he? Was he alright?

Dumbledore entered and looked sadly at Gandalf; Gandalf had taken all the blame on himself for what had happened but in Dumbledore's eyes the blame belonged to Fudge and himself Dumbledore.
"Gandalf you must come and eat,"
"This is my entire fault, Aragorn is a ranger he is meant to stand for what he believes in I should not be trying to discipline him," Gandalf sighed.
Dumbledore stepped to his old friend's side "It is not your fault all you want to do is protect him so he does not come to harm in a world he does not know."
Gandalf sighed, "Maybe he will forgive me an old fool and come out off his hiding place, ever since he was a young boy when ever things got to hard or out of control he would hide I guess he has never changed."

Dumbledore took Gandalf to dinner where Gandalf refused to talk. As it neared the end Dumbledore noticed something suspicious, the Weasly twins both stood up hiding food in their robes they left the hall. Dumbledore quickly informed McGonagall who followed them. When she returned several minutes later she confirmed that the twins had entered a secret passage.

In that very passage Aragorn sat with the twins exchanging prank stories. "Well once my best friend Legolas and I decided to get revenge on my brothers after they covered us in honey and Legolas's father blamed me and forbid me to see Legolas for a week,"
"How did you get back at them?" Asked Fred.
After living with Elrond's sons for eighteen years Aragorn had become good at telling twins apart, "Well it was quite simple to get Elladan back by slipping him over in front of my cousin and tripped Elrohir and he fell down the stairs in front of them. It was not much but it did embarrass them,"

"I remember those pranks when I caught you and Legolas you begged me never to tell," The three pranksters jumped and turned around to see Gandalf, "and I also believe a quite recent promise you made me about not getting involved with the Weasly twins."
Aragorn nodded his head slightly, "I did."
"You broke your word so I think it is only fair I can summon your brothers and Legolas to keep an eye on you."
Aragorn's eyes widened, "Gandalf, no you can't I don't want them hurt."
Gandalf's eyes went cold and hard, "No you get them into trouble so if they are keeping you out of trouble they won't get into any."
"Gandalf I am begging you, I do not want any harm to befall them."
"No Estel someone needs to take care of you and keep you out of trouble."
Aragorn's eyes suddenly hardened "very well that is your choice Gandalf, I will leave you to explain to Elrond why his sons are dead and I am not going to be in charge of telling the king of Mirkwood why his son has not returned," with that Aragorn walked out without a back wards glance.

After Dumbledore and Gandalf had spoken with the twins and asked them no longer to get involved with Estel they agreed to send Hermione, Harry and Ron to find Aragorn.
It was not hard they found him standing on the bank of the black lake throwing stones in, it was almost night time and the three of them knew they had to get Aragorn in as fast as possible.
"Estel, are you alright?" Hermione asked when they were a few meters away.
Aragorn jumped in surprise and spun around, "Yes, I am fine….perfectly fine," Aragorn's voice and body told a totally different story to his words.
"C'mon mates tell us what is wrong," encouraged Ron.
Aragorn sighed, "It is a long story that goes all the way back to when I was a baby we better go inside and find somewhere to talk."

The four friends walked inside and Hermione led them into a class room and pulled up some chairs.
"So tell us what is all this about?" asked Harry curious of what the other man had to say.
"Well you see I am not really Estel, I am really called Aragorn. You see when I was a child only two my father was killed for my own protection my mother took me to Rivendell to be raised by Lord Elrond. So the enemy could not find me they named me Estel foster son of Elrond, as I got older Elrond's two sons Elladan and Elrohir got along well with me and we started playing pranks it was during that time that I also met the elf prince Legolas of Mirkwood. The four of us made a group of pranksters I can tell you my mother, lord Elrond and the king of Mirkwood were not to happy about that, it was bad enough with the twins alone but with me and Legolas it was hell. But then I started to grow up and the other children my age... well elflings as they preferred to be called started to tease me because I was different…."
Ron cut Aragorn off. "But elves don't make fun of people they are helpful and what could they make fun of you about, you can easily better one at anything?" Ron's brow creased.
And Aragorn laughed, " I can better most in a sword fight, but when it comes to speed, archery and other things of that I am pathetic,"

"Aragorn, in our world, elves are small and really quiet ugly," Hermione stated in confusion.
Aragorn sighed, "In my world they are the fairest things to ever walk the earth, and that is my folly that got me banished from Rivendell."
Hermione gasped, "Banished how why?"
Aragorn sighed, "Well I lived in Rivendell of eighteen years, but never met Arwen until the night after my birthday I was wandering in the Gardens of Rivendell when my eyes fell upon the most beautiful site. I saw a she-elf dancing and thought it was an elf of legend Luthien, I soon found out it was Arwen Daughter of Elrond but by then I was In love and she with me. When Elrond found out he was angered and banished me since I had also refused my place as Isildur's heir. I left three days later to join the Dunedain the only people I feel can understand me. The reason I am here I am yet to find out but the group I was travelling with was attacked by orcs and I was stabbed."
"Wow! One last thing can you show us what elves look like in your world?" asked Ron.

Aragorn chuckled "funnily enough I can," Aragorn took of his arm guard and began to pull away at its roughly done leather underneath when it came loose a piece of parchment fell out, it had ink that had run through it. Aragorn carefully opened it and showed his three friends, "The one at the back is Elrond, the two both side of him are Elladan and Elrohir and the one at the front is me."

The three of them looked at the ink photo the elves looked almost exactly like humans.
"I don't see much of a difference," commented Ron.
"If you race one or try to shoot an arrow better or anything you will be put to shame," Aragorn said, "Legolas is the best archer in Middle Earth, Glorfindel is called the Balrog slayer because he claims he once killed beast of fire and died with it but the Valar sent him back. Then we come to Gil-glade he is dead but he was said to be the best sword fighter to ever walk Middle Earth."

Ron whistled, "What about humans what great things have they done?"
Aragorn sighed, "I do not think one human has done a great deed worth remembering."
"There must be what about in your line it sounds like a noble line and they had to hide you for some reason?" Asked Hermione desperately.
Aragorn shook his head, "my family is only dishonour for the past three thousand years."
Hermione and the boys exchanged confused looks, "What do you mean?"
"Three thousand years ago the Dark lord Sauron tired to take over Middle Earth, but a resistance called the last alliance stood against him. Among them were my Ancestors Elendil and his son Isildur, the alliance defeated the orcs buts none could defeat Sauron. Elendil tried but was just thrown to the side and killed on some rocks, Isildur ran to his father's side. He turned to find Sauron above him and grabbed his father's sword but Sauron stepped on it and broke it, using the remaining shard Isildur cut the one ring of Sauron's finger destroying him. Elrond tried to make him destroy the ring but he refused and kept the ring and ever since my family has been only dishonour."

Silence filled the room and Hermione suddenly felt pity for the older man, so much must be expected of him in his world just like Harry in this world, but there was another emotion she felt could it be a crush?

A/N: HE HE HE how was that?