Wow didn't expect to have this one up till next week or that it would be this long but I hammered out and got two chapters ahead however the next chapter will probably not be out for the next 2 or 3 weeks cause of work and some other things that need to be done. so with out further ado the a new chapter.
Disclaimer: all harry potter related stuff in this is owned by J.K. Rowling not me if i did i would be traveling around the world with no worries at all
Chapter 15
Moments after the four teens had fallen into the potion induced trance Harry released a soft yawn. as he began to nod off to sleep, he tightened his tails embrace on Daphne bringing her even closer much to the amusement of all the adults in the garden.
Slowly He started to open his eye and look around at his current surroundings. The first thing he noticed was that he was closer to the ground and on all fours. As he continued to look around he noticed the grassy fields and rolling hills that stretched in front of him. He then started to move in search of a better idea of what he was. As he ran through the grassy plains, he felt more then saw something tackle him to the ground. When got got his bearing back he a 4 legged animal. It had a long tail and body, It's upper body was dark brown with a white underbelly. Before the boy could stand back up and retaliate everything went black.
Draco's right eye twitches in annoyance when he sits up and sees the others also beginning to stir into wakefulness from the potion.
He blinked then looked around his surrounding environment it looked very tropical he could hear the birds singing and could feel the wind blowing. He tries to stretch his arms but then notices for the first time the lighter black feathered wings. Then with a mischievous glint he gives a powerful stroke hid wings and takes off into the sky. A few moments later he sees another bird fly beside him. It looks black bordering on gray with a fairly long beak, a white belly, and some white on the wings as well. He then notices a the same mischievous glint in his travel companion's eye before the darkness soon swallows him and he opens his eyes.
The twins both sit up at the same time, they grin at each other thinking the same thing.
'we are one step closer to becoming the new age of marauders.'
They then look around the room to also see Draco sitting up.
Heat that's all she can feel around her. Almost as if she is consumed by it. When she opens her eyes they almost widen, all around her is fire rising into the sky. The sounds of tortured souls in the back ground sound almost like a strange lullaby to her. When she looks around again she see the lake of lava beside her. another thing she notices is the heat is almost comforting to her.
Then when she blinks the scenery changes and shes running through a city. She feels something calling to her almost like giving her a mission. Then all of a sudden she is knocked over by an incredible force, and when she looks up standing over her is a face she instinctively knows but is unsure in the dark all she can make out is the yin yang seal on it's forehead and the proud lopsided grin. She then lift her head to nuzzle at the strong creatures neck as it does the same to her. She soon feels the darkness surrounding her but before it fully consumes her, she catches a glimpse of two creatures in the glass window beside them.
Daphne's eyes snap open and looks around wildly, she then notices the incredibly soft furry warmth surrounding her body. Daphne looks to the side to see her boyfriend still in his animagus form looking at her with humor filled glowing emerald and purple eyes.
Tails leans his head forward to nuzzle her neck for a few moments, until the rest of the group begin to loudly clear they're throats to get the young couples attention out of they're own little world. Harry glares at the wide shit eating grins from everyone while Daphne hides the light dusting of pink on her cheeks in his neck. He then transforms back into his human form, He holds his glare for a few more seconds before shaking his head and sighing out.
"Immature wankers the lot of you."
Harry then wraps his arms around Daphne's waist as she leans into his chest, then resting his chin on her right shoulder he looks at the rest of the people in the garden.
"Well what did you all learn about your animagus forms."
The twins then share they're experience and how they saw each other but weren't sure what kinda bird it was.
Remus gives a thoughtful and curious look for a few minutes contemplating what animal the twins would achieve before he burst out laughing hysterically.
when the twins ask whats so funny Remus then starts to explain when he gets over most of his laughter.
"Well boys what you just described sounds kinda like a Floreana mockingbird. Their an endangered species but what they are known for is being able to mimic any sound from all birds and a few other animals can produce. I think it's pretty fitting."
The twins share another knowing grin then give each other a high five.
The group then looks at Draco expectantly and he drops his head to hide the embarrassed blush covering his face when he mumbles to himself.
His mother then strides over to him and taps him lightly in the back of the head with her knuckles.
"Don't mumble little dragon not only is it rude. But remember you also have the blood of a Black so show some pride and always look to the people your speaking with in the eye."
Draco nods his head then looks up to his mother then to then rest of the group and sighs once more.
"Please promise you wont laugh."
Everyone looks at each other then they shrug and agree not to laugh at him.
"I'm a weasel."
Everyone else in the room is quiet for several moments then the silence soon starts to becomes tense. However one of them starts to try and hold back a snicker which soon causes the whole room to start trying to hold back they're snickers but eventually it all comes crashing down and everyone bursts into laughter.
Draco starts to look fairly put out he groans, and then grumbles about never going to able to let this go. Draco then looks up when he hears a light girlish giggle above him. As he looks up he sees his mother with her hand delicately covering her mouth in an attempt to stifle another giggle as much as she can. Draco then starts to pout like a child.
"Really mother you too?"
Narcissa then wraps her arms around her child's neck in a warm and soft hug.
"I'm sorry my little dragon but you must admit it is a little funny after all the insults you have given about the Weasley family being a bunch of weasels."
After the room contains themselves from this scene they all look at Daphne, who is quietly whispering to Harry. When they notice that they are being stared at. The couple looks at everyone with an arched eyebrow asking what they want now.
Sirius soon starts to become impatient and asks.
"So Daphne since you both seemed to have not heard a word that has been said, why don't you tell us what your form is or any information you got so we can figure it out."
Daphne shrugs at the question and responds.
"I'm actually really not sure I only saw it briefly in a refection of glass. But from what I could tell it was canine, and when the vision had first started I was surrounded by a lot of fire and tortured screams. Then the scenery changed and I was in a city, I think I was hunting for something. Or I was until I got tackled by some kinda of animal."
Harry looked at her questioningly so she looks at him and explains the best she can about how when she got her bearing that a large animal was standing over her proudly then started to nuzzle her lovingly. After she explains what happened everyone's heads snapped to see Harry's reaction to this. However he just looks mildly amused and grins at her when he lightly pokes her in the side causing the girl to try and move away.
"So did this dastardly beastie have a yin yang seal on his forehead."
Understanding soon lighten ups on Daphne's features and she starts to lightly giggle freaking out those who are still not use to hearing it coming from the ice princess of Slytherin. Everyone then looks at the pair strangely until Daphne gets a grip on herself and starts to question him.
"How did we share a vision. when you didn't even take any of the potion."
Harry shrugs his shoulders and waves it off as he is not even sure how or even why it happened.
Silence soon falls upon the garden. The adults crowd together talking in hushed whispers trying to come to some kinda conclusion as to why Harry and Daphne ended up sharing her animagus vision.
while this is happening the twins are sharing and discussing with Draco different pranking idea's for the upcoming school year and once they master they're animagus forms.
Across from them Harry and Daphne are talking in whispers as well trying to think of what Daphne's form could be since Harry had gotten a better look at it. While they talk about this they share a few stolen kisses between them. Harry then says.
"It's kinda hard to explain but you where diffidently canine. Your fur was pitch black with a hint of midnight blue except for the tips of your tail and ears, and the bottom half of your legs it was like a royal purple colour. Then the fur on you throat and chest was much longer kinda like a scarf but instead of midnight blue it had more of a blood red tint to it."
Harry then hugs her even tighter and whispers into her ear.
"You where diffidently the most beautiful and graceful creature I have ever seen."
Daphne feels a slight shiver of pleasure run up her spin at Harry's warm breath caressing her ear and neck. She then moves her arms behind her and wraps them around Harry's neck for better access to his lips. She captures them with her own in a passionate kiss. However before Harry can go any farther and deepen it She pulls away and smirks devilishly at his put out look.
"Thank you love, you don't look so bad your self you know."
She then winks at him then leans more into his chest and sighs in contentment.
Harry's eyes flash purple as his pupil briefly turns into a slit.
A little while later the adults finish their conversation with no real result or any good theories, so they chose to put this discussion to the side for the moment.
Sirius clears his throat to get the teens attention and then speaks to them all.
Alright so we can't really come up with anything that sounds like a good theory or reason why Harry and Daphne had a shared vision, so we are just going to leave it for this moment in time."
Remus then takes over for Sirius and continues.
"Now to the main thing that we are going to need to discuss is that for the next week we will be splitting between learning about your animal, and meditating to find the animal spirit in your magical core. Now this will take the most work so we shall begin that as soon as possible."
The teens nod in understanding and Narcissa the finishes where the two men left off.
"So we have Harry and Sirius to help with the animagus because both have already achived they're forms, and Remus was with the marauders every step of the way. Now we can only help to a certain extent after that it's all on you to actually accomplish this."
Once again the four teens nod with determination burning in they're eyes. Soon after the four of them are sitting in a circle with they're eyes closed. As the four start to meditate and enter into a trance Harry, Sirius and Remus are just finishing building a small fire in the middle of the circle.
As soon as the fire starts to crackle to life Harry starts to softly chant a spell and then throws a white powder into the flames. The flames almost instantly turn a soft forest green with golden embers.
Sirius's voice soon takes on a soothing almost dream like quality.
"Listen to only my voice follow it towards the light in the center let it guide you to your core. Do not fear the heat or the light of it. instead only embrace it."
Two hours later the four meditating teens begin to open they're eyes. They see Remus and Narcissa leaning on separate trees reading in hopes of finding some clue to help Daphne with her animal. While they see Padfoot chasing tails around the forest clearing.
Tails is the first to notice the other teens awakening and changes direction just as Padfoot pounces at him, which causes Padfoot to roll into a tree. as The four tail kitsune runs towards his mate he glows and loses three of his tails and becomes much smaller. once he reaches Daphne he curls into a ball in her lap and nuzzles her stomach.
Daphne giggles and then coo's at his antics while everyone smiles at the scene in front of them. Even Sirius who is still Padfoot tail is wagging beside Remus.
Remus chuckles as he scratches behind the Grimm's ear.
Sirius gives him a mock growl, but then starts to whine sadly when he stops. So he walks over to Narcissa who gives him a light flick on the nose but then pets his head.
After Daphne gets over her small fit of giggles she begins petting as well as scratching behind tails ear for a few minutes.
The twins and Draco joke about if they had they're animagus form would the women give them this kind of attention. Narcissa shrugs but Daphne retorts cheekily.
"None of you have that cute of an animagus form."
Padfoot has what looks like a doggy grin and puffs his chest out in pride, while tails licks Daphne's hand in thanks of the compliment.
Daphne then picks up tails as he starts to fall asleep and excuses them both to go to bed. Holding Tails tightly to her chest she heads to the exit and off to bed.
Sirius actually agrees and starts to shoo everyone else off to bed as well stating that that there is another early morning workout. This cause three separate groans of displeasure which are soon silenced with one look from all three adults.
Once Daphne and Harry enter they're room, she gently lays tails on to the bed, and shakes him awake.
Harry slowly opens his eyes then transforms back looking a little confused. Daphne quickly explains how he was beginning to fall asleep and she decided to call it a night.
Harry smiles then thanks her, while Daphne shrugs and leans down to kiss his cheek softly. Before going to the bathroom to change and get ready for bed, while Harry does the same in the bedroom.
When Daphne exits the bathroom she finds Harry already in bed curled in the blankets. So she makes her way to the other side and curls up in to his side.
Harry instinctively wraps his arms around her as she lays her head on his chest. There's a comfortable silence between them for a few minutes before Daphne remembers something from their date earlier.
"Oh..Harry before I forget, you where going to tell me about the tomb that you are planning on going to."
Harry chuckles and then kisses the top of her head.
"Right well I think I should start off with a story of why this tomb is so important."
Daphne kisses his chin and agrees with that so Harry begins his story.
"Well before the founders where even born, England was known as the five great kingdoms and one of those was known as Camelot."
Daphne lightly gasps and looks up at Harry who smiles then nods his head.
"So anyways as I was saying the non-magical's at that time did know that magic existed. However it was punishable by death throughout the land."
Daphne shudders at that incredibly horrible thought and Harry tightens his embrace of her.
"Now in Camelot there where two magical's. One of them lived as a servant and the other was the ward to the king. Although they had very different upbringings and social stations they had ended up falling in love."
Daphne looks at him in confusion while Harry once again chuckles at the cute look she has. he then lens down to kiss her forehead and then continues.
"However the kings ward soon becomes very angry at the tyrannical king killing her kind and the innocents that get accused, so she begins to plot his death. She didn't succeed at first and ended up running away. But before she left she went to the servant and asked him to come with her, however the servant refused."
Daphne opens her mouth to ask why he refused to follow his lover to something hopefully better. Harry shakes his head at her and then continues.
"He believed far to much in the destiny he shared with the prince that he served. The ward understood but before she left he gave her a necklace that was once his mothers and just like Candidam it was imbued with a part of his very essence and magic. He explained that this was to represent his heart and so she would always have a piece of him with her no matter what."
Daphne then turns her head a bit and kisses his chest right over his heart. Harry smiles then pokes her in the side which cause the girl to giggle.
"Stop. you are already a beautiful distraction as it is and you wanted to hear this story."
Daphne looks up in to his eyes innocently while fluttering her eyelashes at him. This causes Harry to shake his head in amusement but he then continues his story.
"They soon become the greatest of enemy's. However neither of them could bring it in themselves to kill the other because they loved each other far to much even after the man's greatest betrayal to her she still loved him with all her heart. In the end however the kings ward did kill the tyrannical king, and the prince had ascended the thrown.
Harry then starts rubbing small soothing circles on Daphne's waist causing the girl the shiver in delight at his touch.
"A few months after the kings death the two of them had accidentally run in to each other. The servant was ready to kill his lover because he feared she was far to gone. However it didn't go quite how they thought this particular encounter would have gone."
Daphne looks at him questioningly and Harry smiles softly at her.
"They made love."
Is Harry simple response as he looks out the window. While Daphne looks shocked she pokes Harry to get his attention. Harry blinks a few times but then continues with his tale.
"The servant had no idea that with this single beautiful act with his one and only love that he had become a father. However fate was very unkind to the two of them. Before the ward could return to Camelot and ask the new king who was also her half brother for forgiveness in hopes of being with the man she loved and having a real family, she was captured and locked away in a different kingdom."
Daphne gasps at this while her eyes soon show traces of moisture and then cuddles closer in to Harry's chest while He runs his hand down her back and through her hair to help calm her down.
"During her capture the ward lost the child. She had cried and even begged to be released, for her child to be spared but the kingdom that captured her never did. She had almost lost her will to live when one day she awoke in a cave on a soft bed and no longer in chains. She was very confused at first but then saw him sitting beside a fire, her one and only love. She wasn't sure how long she had cried on his shoulder but she told him everything that happened. he listened and tried to help sooth the girl in his arms. Afterwards he helped bring her back to health and she once again asks and pleads that he come with her, and once again he refuses because he couldn't abandon his destiny to bring about an everlasting peace with the help of the king of Camelot. They made love one last time that night, However the next morning she had left and was gone and with her his heart."
Daphne smiles a heart breaking smile and places three feather light kisses on his heart before Harry continues.
"It was a few years later that a grand battle had come to pass led by the angry and hateful ward. During this battle many had lost they're lives. A knight of Camelot was about to kill her but the servant had step in front of the strike to protect her. The ward watched in horror as one man she had ever loved gives his life to protect her and soon becomes even more enraged and kills the knight. However she then sees one of her allies about to kill the king and before she realizes what she is doing she steps in the way of the deadly thrust of one of her greatest allies. The king survives but is badly hurt he looks shocked at his half sister that sacrificed herself for him. The ward then looks up at him with tears in her eyes and begs that he help take her over to his servants body."
A single tear rolls down Harry's cheek and Daphne wipes it away with her thumb before kissing him softly.
"You know the rest of the story. That the ward then uses the last of her strength with the help of her half brother to reach her lovers cold body and dies in his arms after she give whatever she has left to candidam. Her last regret as she dies was not telling him that she had given him a daughter."
Daphne once again gasps in surprise and realization then looks up into Harry Emerald eyes and he nods at her.
"So the ward was actually Morgana Lefay then who was the servant that she had fallen in love with?"
Harry then smiles at her and kisses the top of her head.
"His name was Merlin Emryis, And they're daughter was the very first of the Potter line"
Daphne's eyes widen as she looks at him in surprise and then realization.
"You want to go to they're tomb for Merlin's necklace, but I don't understand why do you want it?"
Harry smile softly and the replies just as softly while once again look into the distance.
"I want to bring them back to have another chances at a life that was denied from them."
With that Harry tightens his arms around Daphne's waist bringing her closer to his chest. While Daphne snuggles deeper in to his embrace she returns her head back to it's place on his chest as his steady heartbeat lulls her to sleep. As she closes her eyes she murmurs.
"I love you Harry my deadly guardian."
Harry kisses the top of her head one last time and softly says.
"Love you too Daph my beautiful temptation..always will."
Harry then closes his eyes and lets the darkness embrace him in a peaceful sleep.
Alright tell me what you thought so we now we have an idea of what Candidam purpose is and what everyone's animagus form is I hope i did well in describing them and before you say anything yes I kinda took the basic idea for Merlin and Morgana's story from the BBC t.v series Merlin which I don't own ether. also lastly their will soon be a time skip within the next 2 chapters causes mainly I want to get to the school year soon. I have got some plans already rolling in my head for it. so as an end statement review tell me what you think I'm still looking for a beta so PM me.