Hi everyone. It has been a month and a half since I wrote the first chapter of this story and put it online. I have to say, you guys have sent some brutal votes about which house Harry should be in! There have been sixty one for just chapter nine! I want to see them get even more brutal! This is your finalchance to vote for the house!
On the other hand, allow me to explain why the founders are siblings and were married. Witches and Wizards were hunted brutally so searching for another magical person was difficult. Other magical families existed but were not immune to things like the Black Death and such. Remember that the magical world's technology is much slower than muggles and this was back around the dark ages. Not too much innovation going on. (Spoiler Alert) Plus, I thought the family story would help along with the Harry-Voldemort plot. Don't forget, the founders being related means the dark lord and boy who lived are as well.
For the sorting, I am equal to all the houses. But I don't want to do Gryffindor cause that's how it is in the books. Hufflepuff doesn't really fit for Harry now since he's both wise and cunning in this story so that's why there's no Lions or Badgers in the votes.
House Points
Ravenclaw-57 Slytherin-60
You guys might count all the votes(good luck;) and think that my math is off. It isn't cause a bunch of my friends have read my story and told me their votes. Most of them wanted Ravenclaw. Sorry snakes! So please don't send comments saying my math is wrong. Keep up the brutal votes!
I don't own Harry Potter.
Previously
Hagrid brought him back to number four Privet Drive and said that he needed to be at Kings Cross on the first of September.
Saying goodbye, Harry went straight to his cupboard, waiting for sleep to come so they could train again.
He found Ginny meditating in her field. He said, "We need to talk."
The Lord and Lady Phoenix: The Stone
Chapter Ten
The Secrets of the Wand
"Talk about what Harry?" she asked, breaking her meditation.
"Ginny, that these dreams, why are they happening?" He asked almost desperately.
"Are you saying that you don't like that we share dreams together?" He voice dropped into sadness.
"No! Ginny, I love how we are best friends and can share these dreams. I just want to know why they are happening. Please believe me! You're my first friend ever! Please don't leave!" He begged out the last part.
"It's okay Harry. I believe you. It's just the way you were saying it…" Her voice trailed off.
"Ginny, listen to me. You are my best friend. I want to keep it that way, but I also want to know why we are connected like this. Okay?" His face was full of concern.
"Okay." She replied.
"Ginny, tomorrow I am going to go to see a friend of my mothers. He is a wandcrafter and-"
"A WANDCRAFTER?"
"Easy Ginny! Easy, I'm standing right next to you."
"Sorry. But a wandcrafter? I thought they had did off."
"Huh?"
"Well back in the olden days, witches and wizards had wands just like us. But there were two creators of wands, Wandmakers and the rare wandcrafters. Wandmakers like Olivander sell wands compatible with a person's magic. Wandcrafters however are the topnotch experts on making perfect wands that match a person's magical core. The magical core is-"
"The source of all the magic inside a witch or wizard." Harry finished for her. She nodded.
"Harry you have to visit this wandcrafter. You wont find any others. They were hunted by dark wizards so the common people couldn't find the best wand for them."
"Yeah, I was thinking about going to him also. There is another loophole in the Ministry's numerous laws that state all wandmaker wands must have the trace charm placed upon them."
"They must think there aren't any more wandcrafters." grinned Ginny.
"They don't think, they know." Harry grinned back. "You want to come with me?"
"Sure. I'm up for a little ministry law breaking!" giggled Ginny. Just then the founders appeared and Godric spoke.
"Okay let me cast a delayed distraction charm on you. You just have to make contact with everyone in your family and the spell will transfer onto them. They'll be so busy that they won't notice a thing. Just touch them again and the spell will be lifted."
"Got it." She and Harry grinned at their plan.
"Yep, that's why they're going into my house. Always up for facing danger. The little devils." Rowena glared at her husband.
"No dear, they are wise to go and get those wands. They will be in my house." Salazar groaned.
"Please little miss birdy. They're cunning enough to sneak around the stupid government. My house will welcome them!" Helga sighed.
" They are loyal to each other so my house will have open arms. The three argued as the children and the birds watched.
"Um…are they always doing this?" asked Ginny.
"Always? That word isn't even close to these toddlers. Just wait." said a second phoenix.
"I don't think I've seen you before. Who are you?" questioned Ginny.
"My name is Soleil. I am the mate of Ardoris." The male phoenix next to her blushed.
"Do you have to say mate?" He whined.
"Yes cause I know you don't like it." She smirked.
"What did you mean by just wait?" asked Ginny.
"Should been in about three-two-one." she turned her head and so did Harry and Ginny. There, right in front of them, was two kissing couples. They seemed to be stuck together by lip. Seeing the look on Harry and Ginny's face, they two phoenixes trilled in laughter.
Harry cast the charm onto Ginny and a dim white hue appeared in her eyes. They hugged each other goodbye, not noticing their eyes twinkling gold again. The let go and the eyes returned to normal. The familiar sense came and the world transformed into the beds they were sleeping upon.
(The Next Day)
"Okay, the Dursleys have the distraction charm on them. Come on Morse." The little Thestral was healed completely. Harry was not surprised how quickly his healing powers worked considering the fact he'd been using them since the day he was brought to number four. He pulled out the slip of paper that his mother left him to find her friend. It read in his mother's curly handwriting,
Oswald Acraet may be found at his cottage in the Forest of Dean.
"Morse, can you drop me off at the borrow?" The skeleton horse neighed softly and within half an hour, he found himself at the most lopsided, leaning house in the world. He saw a red head girl in her room and threw a pebble at the window. It thudded slightly and she saw him. A minute later she walked out the door and said,
"My family loves the idea of me breaking ministry laws. Lets go!" She grabbed his arm and pulled him towards Ardoris. She saw Morse. "Not to be rude but doesn't he need to be bigger before we can ride him?" Harry laughed.
"No its just that he follows me everywhere."
"Why?"
"He just does." And with that, the flashed away in a burst of fire.
One fiery flare of heat later they found themselves inside a darkened, heavily wooded area. The air seemed to stand deathly still. The canopy blackened the sunlight.
"H-harry…where is the house?" Ginny asked scared.
"Somewhere near here Ginny. It's under a few charms but I'll be able to figure them out." And so he did. Five minutes later the cottage was revealed. Harry stepped up to the brass knocker shaped like a owl. The door slowly opened and standing in front of them was a short, old man. He wore black robes with blue trims. His face could have been a ghost for it was so white.
"Y-yes," he spoke in a strong yet shaky voice. "Who are you?"
"Um… hello Mr. Aercraet. My name Harry and this is Ginny and we-"
"Oh…good for you…now run along…little children shouldn't be in the dark forests. Goodbye."
He reached for the door but his arm fell when the boy in front of him took a small object out of his jeans pocket. Inside his hand was a small ring.
"B-b-but…how did you…? Who was the previous owner of this ring boy?" His voice was serious.
"Lily Stone." color seemed to rush into the man's face and he looked ten years younger.
"Okay, come inside…quickly!" They did as ordered.
The house seemed to be just a simple muggle cottage with a wizard do-dad every here and there.
"So…you were friends with my mother?" The man's face brightened yet fell. Touchy subject.
"Yes. She helped save my life."
"What happened?" Ginny asked. Oswald broke down to tears.
"I'm sorry, it's too painful." Ginny and Harry rushed to comfort the man. After a few minutes of grief, he could speak again. "I'm sorry. Lily helped me when no one else chose to. She saved me but I couldn't save her and James when…" His voice quivered.
"I'm sorry that we had too bring that up sir." said Harry.
"It's alright lad. I can see so much of Lily and James inside of you. You look just like James you know. Except you have your mother's eyes." He chuckled. "I know you'll be hearing about that a lot."
"Mr. Aercraet-" Ginny began.
"Please call me Oswald. Mr. makes me feel older than I already am."
"How old sir?" Harry questioned.
"Oh…hundred and seventy give or take a few years." He laughed at the children's expressions.
"But…but that means that your older than Professor Dumbledore!"
"Sure am." He grinned.
"Oswald…we would like you to create our wands." Ginny stated clearly. He looked at them intensely and said one word.
"Why?" Harry spoke up.
"Because sir, the wizarding world is in one word, chaos. The ideas of blood purity have up heaved the ways set forth by our ancient ancestors. They stated that in the magical world, all were to be equal no matter status, wealth, or blood. The law of the world was to be equal to all. The world of today is the exact opposite and I am sure that our ancestors would be completely disappointed that we have gotten to where we are today." Oswald was silent. After a minute he grinned.
"Spoken just like a true sorcerer. Now that you have proven yourself, I will create the greatest wands the world has ever seen! Follow me." He walked over to a lone bookcase. Harry and Ginny followed. The shelf was filled with the strangest assortment of books. Some were thick and dusty while others were tiny and hidden. Somehow a few were stuffed in diagonally and should have been ripped and destroyed but they looked like they were bought just five minutes ago. Oswald reached to the highest shelf and took out pulled out a thick brown book. He placed it on the table and reached up again. A small black journal was hidden by its giant brown friend. He placed the huge book right back to where it started and the bookcase shook. It sank into the floor, only to reveal a small, dark corridor.
"Sir, how-" Ginny said.
"Not now! Hurry!" He yelled and ran into the passage. Harry and Ginny followed suit. They heard the shelf snap back into place behind them. What emerged from the darkness was incredible. Hundreds beyond hundreds of strange materials lay on shelves scattered here and there. Cardboard, platinum, and sunflower petals were just three grains of sand along the ocean floor.
"Sorry about yelling. Got to make sure this place is top secret. Ministry and the dark lord would both love to get their hands on me. I am the last wandcrafter after all. Now then, lets get started."
The process was completely different from Mr. Olivander. Instead of trying hundreds of boxed wands out, Oswald brought them to a table decorated by an feast of strange objects that were nothing alike.
"Sir what are we doing?" Ginny asked.
"We are seeing which object is most compatible with your core. Every magical core works at its greatest potential if they are connected with the right material. Course, some work best without it."
"What do you mean Oswald?" Harry asked.
"Tell me lad. Which came first, magic or wands?" This shocked Harry and Ginny.
"Magic!" They cried together.
"Yes. Magic came first. Practically all people in the world today have a wand. Only few know that what is known as wandless magic is actually the original magic used from your own core. I personally believe that practicing both will only strengthen your core. Do you understand?"
"Yes." They said together.
"Good. Now pick up each object and tell me which feels best with your core." The children did as asked. Harry felt each one. Snake skin, redwood, plastic, none felt right. Ginny was having the same troubles. "Strange." Oswald mumbled. "Could those two be compatible with…" His voice trailed off "Merlin's beard! This could be why…yes it could. Both of you, over here! Quickly!" They followed and came to a steel door with a security pad. He pressed a long ten second code and the door swung open.
On a shelf were beautiful jewels. Gold, silver, crystal, amber, among many others. "Pick each of these jewels and metals and tell me which feels best. Harry and Ginny went through them one by one. Hands came to a small silver colored metal. When their hands touched it, power raged from their cores. They collapsed.
"…ak…p…Har…ease…Harr…wake up!" Harry opened his eyes to Ginny's.
"What happened?" He groaned as Ginny helped him up.
"Quite them power you two have. I wonder if…no can't say…might be though!" Oswald argued with himself.
"What?" Ginny asked.
"Nothing!" Oswald said quickly. "So you two have found one part of your wands!" He picked two rods that looked like the silvery sort of metal they saw earlier. "This is a very rare metal known as Platinum. While you were passed out I created your wands out of the it, twelve inches each. Now we just need to find your wand's core.
"Oswald, aren't these metals going to be our cores?"
"Oh no dear. That is another secret that has been lost. Wands don't have to be made out of just trees and magical cores. Like I said, everything in the world has a connection to something else. In wand terms this means anything can be used to make wands. You just need to find out which objects are most compatible with you. Now then, your wand's cores-" He was interrupted by a trill. Ardoris, Morse, and most surprising, Soleil, flew into the room.
"Wh-what?" Oswald stuttered.
"Soleil!" Ginny cried. "How did you…I mean…"
"Last night your meditation increased your magic to the point that I could be brought into the world like Ardoris."
"That's great Soleil!" Harry exclaimed.
"Yes. I wanted to see my bonded one get her wand.
"Bonded one?" Ginny asked.
"Yes. I am now bonded to you like Ardoris is to Harry.
"Cool!" The redhead yelled in her mind.
"Now you might want to speak to Mr. Aercraet. He looks like he is about to wet himself." They turned back to Oswald who took a deep breath.
"You two are bonded to Phoenixes and a Thestral?" They nodded.
"Morse the Thestral is still a baby so he can't talk yet. But yes, we are bonded to them."
"Merlin's beard! No one has ever had two familiars before."
"Familiars?" Harry asked.
"Creatures you're bonded to." Ginny explained.
"Yes now, if you two are bonded to these animals then they should supply the cores." He put the rods on a desk. The three creatures looked at each other and nodded. They jumped to the table where the two Platinum wands lied. Morse lifted his tail to Harry and Ginny. Oswald's eyes threatened to burst out of their sockets.
"But…but the phoenixes aren't they…" They phoenixes sat with their tail feathers down. "Al-alright then. Harry, Ginny, pick a tail hair from Morse. Pick wisely! It will be the hair that connects with your core. They did as asked and soon each had a strand of Thestral hair in their hands. "Good. Now place them next to the wands. They did as asked and Oswald raised his own wand to use a spell when something happened.
Ardoris and Soleil both took to the air. They circled around the wands and hairs in a low glide. They trilled together and a bright golden light erupted. One single tear coursed down each golden face. The two tears seemed to have caught on fire but they didn't burn to a crisp. They circled together faster and faster like their creators and descended towards the wands. They became a golden ring of warmth. The ring touched the thestral hairs and seemed to coat them in a liquid flame. The ring jumped into the flaming hairs. The two hairs connected into the platinum wands and the gold lights ceased. The wands sat their like they hadn't been touched.
"What was that?" Harry and Ginny asked Oswald.
"I-I-I don't believe it."
"Oswald…please tell us what just happened."
"Your thestral hairs, they have been combined with another core. No wand has ever had two cores before…"
"And?" They pressed on.
"There has only been one wand to ever use a thestral hair before. And that wand hasn't been seen for centuries. To think that your wands both use the same material. Platinum, Thestral hair and a third core."
"Is that what the flames from Ardoris and Soleil were?" Ginny asked impatiently.
"Yes. That magical energy is close to the rarest core you can find in the world. It isn't even a core it's more of an energy. That energy we witness being created was known as Fire Tears."
"What are Fire Tears?" Ginny asked.
"A extremely rare substance that few know about. Even fewer know what they actually are. I'm sorry that I can't tell you more. All I know is that you two will probably become the most powerful people in the world. Those three substances are extremely rare by themselves. To put them together is almost unthinkable. Do not lose those wands. The result could be apocalyptic."
"We understand." Harry said. They all walked back through the corridors and found the cottage once more.
"I hope that you two will find happiness. I foresee a difficult future for you and there will be more than one enemy to defeat. Just remember to not see with your eyes but rather with your core and soul."
"Thank you Oswald...for everything." Ginny looked close to tears.
"Yes thanks." Harry added.
"It was my pleasure children. You're welcome here anytime. Ginny, keep him safe. Harry…you are your parent's son."
They walked half a mile and disappeared in flames. Oswald looked at the spot where they were a second ago.
"Those two are going to do just fine." He closed the door behind him.
(August Twenty Fifth 1991)
Harry was in his golden field. Once again he woke inside the wall. He noticed that it was getting much easier to lay them stones and it was about fifty feet high now. The walls were five feet thick and the roof was hard as steel. It was good enough to keep a powerful wizard out of his mind and the elders said that by the time he got to Hogwarts, he could keep out Dumbledore.
He built another ten feet and then walked over to Ginny's tower where it stood just ten feet shorter but five feet thicker than his own. If he was right, she wasn't going for a princess castle look. Ginny was definitely a tom-boy. He knocked on the door.
"Ginny, it's me. The door opened and he started to climb the stairs up to the tower. They were going to make their soon-to-be castles have furniture and such once they were completely impenetrable. He made it to the top floor and saw Ginny meditating.
"Hey." Ginny's eyes shot open and she tackled him in a hug. "Whoa! Where's the fire Ginny?"
"Harry! I'm going to Hogwarts!"
"What?"
"I'm going with you to school!"
"That's great! How did it happen?"
"Well Errol, our old owl, came in with a letter addressed to me. It said that the school apologizes for not sending me my letter sooner. I supposedly have so much 'talent' that I need to go to Hogwarts a year early!"
"Awesome Ginny! How did your family take it?"
"Mum threw a fit but felt guilty after Dad talked to her. Percy disapproves of everything so the twins love it. They're up to something, I know that. Ron was the worst and was moaning about it all day long. We're going to Diagon Alley tomorrow."
We can go together to get your supplies." Ginny's face fell.
"Oh…Harry…the letter said that I shouldn't use any magic around me until I can 'control it'. We're having some people from the ministry escort us so my magic can be 'watched'. Things will come up if your seen with me."
"Oh." Harry's face fell.
"Come on Harry! We're going to school together. Isn't a day apart worth being able to go to school together. If I was going regularly, we would have different classes and would have less time together."
"Yeah…your right. Sorry."
"Apology accepted. Now come on! Let's train our cores again.
(September First 1991)
"Well boy," his uncle boasted gleefully as they arrived at King's Cross. "There's your stop. Platform nine on the left. Platform ten on the right. But there doesn't seem to be anything in the middle. Guess they haven't built it yet. See you next summer!" He got into his car and the Dursleys laughed as Harry walked towards platforms nine and ten. The elders and Ginny both told him how to get to the train…unlike some people like Hagrid who was kind but he was loyal to Dumbledore. His train of thought was interrupted by a woman's voice.
"…packed with Muggles of course. Now what was the platform number again?"
"Nine and three quarters!" Piped the small girl.
Harry watched as the mother said again louder.
"What was the platform?"
"Nine and three quarters!" Ginny said again.
Harry laughed and walked right past the mother, threw a grin at Ginny which she returned, and walked through the barrier between platforms nine and ten. 'Why don't they call it nine and one half. Then again, wizards aren't the most logical ones out there. He came out the other side and saw the scarlet Hogwarts Express.
"It's about time." piped a voice behind him. He grabbed Ginny into a hug and they gazed at the train.
"Yes it is Ginny. Yes it is."
A/N: Finally! We are aboard the train and headed to Hogwarts. All passengers please present their passports with their house name on it. Remember only Raven and Snake passes are valid. While we are traveling, please entertain yourself with our activities below. Thank you and enjoy your time on the Waiting Express.
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Bragging Rights
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Challenges
1. Ravens or Snake?
2. How should Harry meet with
a. Hermione/Neville? (they will be together like the book)
b. Ron?
c. Draco?
d. N. Tonks? (She will be younger in this story and friends with Harry)
3. How many minutes should the sorting take?
Extra Point
An extra point to the house who correctly guesses why I chose the name Oswald the most.
Hint: cartoons
Enjoy your ride on the Waiting Express. We will make a stop at NewChapterVille before we continue to Hogwarts. We hope you understood our message. See you at NewChapterVille!