DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry Potter, Doctor Who or the Chronicles of Narnia. I own this plot only, and any OCs. My depictions of real life characters are based on stereotypes or suppositions and no insult is intended. I have no desire to own the series this story is based on, although if anyone could give me either a wand, TARDIS or wardrobe portal into Narnia I certainly wouldn't say no.
IMPORTANT: This is a rewrite of my story, You Are Not Alone and, as such, any resemblence to that story is intentional. No offence is meant by my portrayal of the Royal Family. I have the utmost of respect for Her Majesty the Queen and her wider family.
Chapter Fifteen: Wunderkind
'I am a magnet, for all kinds of deeper wonderment, I am a Wunderkind...' Alannis Morrisette, Wunderkind - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Soundtrack
Location: Founder's Tower Classroom, Hogwarts School, near Aviemore, Scotland, Earth
Time: January 1993 CE
'Okay class. So I'm sure you've all been wondering why I've been getting you all to tell life stories,' Digory Kirke asked his small class of nine second years, seeing the affirmative nods. 'Well, learning Deep Magic requires complete trust between the teacher and student or else the Magic will be wild and uncontrollable. People in this world who can harness the Deep Magic are generally considered Elementals, for that is one of the keys to Deep Magic.'
Digory went into lecture mode now, with only Harry and Lucy having any idea what he was truly talking about. 'In Narnia, and many other worlds, there are 7 elements, the traditionally held four of Earth, Air, Fire and Water, then there is Shadow, Light and Darkness. These extra three elements have special significance, Shadow falling somewhere between Light and Dark. The most powerful proponents of the Deep Magic can harness all elements but none to date have controlled Darkness for long before being corrupted. By using Deep Magic, you are able to produce thought magic relatively effortlessly because you are channeling not from your own core but from the world's latent magic. This is why, as Lucy will tell you, magic is stronger in some worlds.' Lucy nodded in agreement.
'Now a short exercise for you all. I want you to try and find a way to focus the latent magic around you and use it to write your name on the blackboard. I don't expect you will get it straight away, but by the end of the week I will teach you the basics of how to do it. This is just to test your pre-existing connection with the Deep Magic.' The Professor said, looking meaningfully at Aslan's Dear One (and the Dear One's Dear One).
Digory looked on proudly as two pieces of chalk floated up and working together sketched a royal monogram with a J and an L, the royal monogram of Harry and Lucy, followed by their names in neat cursive script, one piece, he assumed was the one Lucy was controlling added a heart between their names as the bondmates opened their eyes and blushed as they looked at the chalk words.
Digory smiled, clapping his hands. 'Excellent, you two are ein paar von Wunderkind.' Digory said using German momentarily because the German described it much better than the English translation (a pair of wonder kids/child prodigies).
Location: History Professor's Office, Hogwarts School, near Aviemore, Scotland, Earth
Time: January 1993 CE
'So, I've found a way to track the Weeping Angels.' Harry told River and the Doctor after his Deep Magic lesson had finished. 'We'll use your timey-wimey detector since the angels always make time go screwy when they are around.'
'Brilliant!' The Doctor said, darting into his TARDIS to find it.
He returned triumphantly moments later, holding the timey-wimey detector aloft, and Harry jumped up and cried, 'Allons-y!'
Location: Fifth Floor Corridor, Hogwarts School, near Aviemore, Scotland, Earth
Time: January 1993 CE
'Come on Harry, River, this way.' The Doctor said running ahead of the two with his timey-wimey detector out stretched.
Location: Astronomy Tower, Hogwarts School, near Aviemore, Scotland, Earth
Time: January 1993 CE
'Damn, the signal was here.' The Doctor said, before the trio of time travellers were off again as the timey-wimey detector starting beeping and whirring again.
Location: Greenhouse One, Hogwarts School, near Aviemore, Scotland, Earth
Time: January 1993 CE
The Doctor, River and Harry raced past the greenhouse still following the signal.
Location: Second Floor Corridor, Hogwarts School, near Aviemore, Scotland, Earth
Time: January 1993 CE
Harry and River slumped against the wall, looking at each other, then the the Doctor as he paced back and forwards in front of the entrance to the girls bathroom. 'Brilliant!' The Doctor said with a grin, 'the Weeping Angels are coming from in here.' he continued pointing into the girls bathroom.
'Only the Doctor could be excited about aliens in a girls bathroom.' River said with a smirk, and Harry snorted mirthfully.
'Ok, ok, enough of the wisecracks, are we going to beat these Weeping Angels and goodness knows what else or not?' The Doctor asked impatiently, before Harry and River nodded in agreement. 'Good, let's go.'
They strode into the bathroom, and seeing a snake on the sink, Harry took charge. 'I wonder...Sorry Doctor but I've always been better than you when it comes to languages.' Harry started before seamlessly shifting to Parseltongue §Open.§
There was the deafening noise of porcelain grating on flagstone and metal as the huge circle of sinks separated, and one dropped into the ground revealing a large pipe. §Stairs§ Harry demanded in Parseltongue, figuring it couldn't hurt and was satisfied to see that the pipe had transformed into a spiral staircase, and the three time travellers descended into the murky depths of Hogwarts Castle.
Location: Chamber of Secrets, under Hogwarts, near Aviemore, Scotland, Earth
Time: January 1993 CE
The trio slowly walked forwards, their footsteps crunching over the dried rat skeletons that littered the floor of the passageway. Soon enough, they came across a large snake skin, at least fifty feet long, a skin that looked like it had been there for at least a month. Somewhat shaken by the size, they continued onwards towards their goal, the lair of the Weeping Angels. River had her handheld computer out and was scanning for any radiation or energy spikes which could be harmful to them. Harry had his wand out, just in case, and the Doctor continued leading them forward, following the time-wimey detector until they reached a dead end with a round hatch sealed by a decorative lock made up of seven copper snakes.
§Open§ Harry said again in Parseltounge and an eighth copper snake wound its way around the outside of the hatch as the other snakes pulled back, and finally with an ominous howl, the hatch swung outwards, and they could see into the Chamber. Lines of large snake statues lined a puddle covered pathway which ended in front of what had to be described as a stone depiction on some old bloke, 'probably Salazar Slytherin', the Doctor mused, 'the Master was always saying how full of himself Slytherin was.'
But what really shocked the group was the young girl, the Doctor recognised her as a Hufflepuff first year, that was looking up at the statue and speaking Parseltongue.
§Speak to me, Slytherin, Greatest of the Hogwarts Four.§ The ominous hissing voice said. Seeing the large snake slithering out of the statues rapidly opening mouth the three kicked into action, Harry stunned the girl, while River fired five shots from her gun, three bouncing off the snout, while two completely destroyed the serpent's eyes, inadvertently removing this snake, known as a basilik's, secret weapon. Harry had started running towards the girl to check if she was alright, barely noticing the black diary on the floor beneath the basilisk.
Using its sense of hearing, the large snake reared up to bite Harry, but a loud buzzing erupted from the Doctor's sonic screwdriver, giving Harry enough time to swing the large sword that had once again appeared in his hands, and impale it right through the roof of the mouth, pulling it out, and diving to the side as the fang of the basilisk, easily as thick as Harry's arm, stabbed clean through the diary lying unnoticed on the floor, as a piercing scream was heard and a black mist was ripped from the young girl before it vanished, taking the scream with it.
Harry, River and the Doctor continued picking their way through the network of pipes and tunnels, the Doctor swinging the timey-wimey detector all around the walls, searching for any signs of Weeping Angels, while River held her blaster ready, Harry holding the sword in front along with his wand, tip lit.
Over several hours the trio systematically rid the tunnels of Weeping Angels, especially since when it comes to the Angels, six eyes are better than two. After the last blip on the timey-wimey detector was taken care of, the three slumped to the ground and caught their breaths.
Location: Founder's Tower, Hogwarts School, near Aviemore, Scotland, Earth
Time: January 1993 CE
'Hey, Lu!' Harry called to his now wife as he clambered through the portrait hole into the Founder's Tower. 'We cleaned out the chamber. All the Angels are gone.'
Lucy sighed in relief and looked over to Harry who moved to sit beside her. 'Do you want to get away for a while?' Harry asked and when Lucy nodded he raised his TARDIS key and squeezed, both children laughing as his TARDIS appeared in its "trunk" form, flickering slightly and taking the shape of a giant applewood wardrobe.
Harry stood and, offering his hand, led Lucy into the ship, which faded out of sight again, bound for the Eye of Orion.
Author's Note: Two chapters go up today after none for the last three days... Please read and review and stay tuned for the next installment