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9: elemental 5
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November was a quiet month at Hogwarts. Although Harry had called Shadow to let her know about Trick and Treat.
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Elementals dimension
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Shadow was sharpening 1 of her darts that had been dulled during their last fiend encounter. Just as she placed the dart back into 1 of her pouches, her dimensional phone rang. Picking up the phone she tapped the answer icon.
"This is Shadow."
"Hi Shadow. This is Solar calling."
Shadow smirked at the voice on the other end of the line. "Good to hear from you Solar. How did your battle go last night."
Now you might wonder about this. Shadow knows what time and day it is in Harry's world, and so she likes to tease him whenever she gets the chance.
"Actually, none of my team had to fight any of the fiends and creatures you warned us about."
Shadow sat up in surprise. "Why is that" she asked. "I clearly saw them converge on your school."
Solar chuckled witch caused Shadow to shiver. That sound never meant anything good for the person that heard it.
"Oh, they showed up alright. However, before any of them could attack the school a pair of twins calling themselves Trick and Treat showed up and destroyed all of them."
Shadow paled. Trick and Treat existed in only 1 reality. They had found a way to absorb the power from any nature based being. Weather that was a person, a plant, even bare stone. The 2 of them had eventually gathered enough power to cross realities. The main problem with this was that Shadow couldn't see them in the time stream. Whenever the twins showed up and attacked all Shadow had been able to see was people dropping to the ground dead. Plants withering away. Mountains crumbling to dust for no reason. If Trick and Treat had come to Harry's world there was nothing Shadow could do to stop it.
"What's the damage Solar?"
Again, Solar chuckled. "Why the 2 of them destroyed themselves when My fire elemental conjured mirrors Infront of each member of the team. They could apparently dish it out, but they couldn't take it."
Shadow sat stunned. Trick and Treat were gone? If so, the multi-verse was saved from those lunatics.
"I'm glad to hear it."
This time Solar outright laughed. "I hope this doesn't become a common occurrence" Solar said after he stopped laughing. "I still need to find my earth and shadow elements, and I still have this bloody prophecy hanging over me."
Shadow's eyes turned black for a minute. "I think I have a lead on your target Solar."
"What have you got for me Shadow?"
"After you find your last 2 elementals, speak with Albus. He believes he has found your prophesied foe."
"I'll do that" Solar said. "Now I need to get to class."
"Goodbye for now Solar. May nature guide you in all your tasks."
"And may nature protect you and all of you" Solar answered before the line went dead.
Smiling to herself, Shadow rose from her desk and headed to speak with Lightning. The others needed to know that Trick and Treat were finally taken care of.
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The rest of that month had seen Harry and each of his teammates continue to leap forward in their schoolwork. Each of them was finding little ways they could make their magic do things that were said to be impossible. It was actually this experiment that allowed them to rescue their next elemental teammate. Although none of them expected who it would be.
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In early December Harry was heading back to the common room from the library when he sensed something wrong in the school. It felt like a constant wave of darkness that didn't move. Following the feeling Harry was led to the dungeons. To his surprise he found a door with the elemental symbol of Shadow on 1 of the doors.
Realizing he would not be able to fight whatever this was alone Harry pulled the communication mirror from his bag. Harry had these mirrors created just before returning to his world. Each of his elementals got 1 of the mirrors when they received their rings.
Tapping the mirror with his wand Harry said, "All elementals to my position. We have fiends to dig out."
As he waited Harry transformed into Solar and continued to wait. Five minutes later Star came flying down the corridor. She was followed by Storm and Flare running from the direction of the grand staircase.
As the girls gathered in front of him Solar pointed to the door in front of him. "I sensed a powerful darkness down here, and it led me to this door. As you can see it has a symbol on it. Well, that symbol is the symbol of Shadow. So, we all need to be careful there. We have no idea how long whatever this is has been here."
After finishing bringing the others up to speed, Solar reached for the door's handle. Pulling it down Solar waited until he felt the handle disengage, and he kicked the door open.
Beyond the door was complete darkness. even the ever-burning torches found in every corridor had gone dark.
Lighting her hand on fire, Flare stepped into the corridor and flung a fireball down the corridor. To everyone's relief torches started flaring to life along the corridor allowing them all to see what kind of place they were entering.
It was rather unremarkable. Just a stone lined corridor that ran for about 20 yards before curving around a bend, and out of sight. There weren't even any doors lining the walls. Nor were there any decorations aside from the torches. The torches were spread evenly on both sides every 2 yards.
As the group stepped into the corridor the door, they came through slamed shut in a crash.
"Well, everyone would have heard that" Storm commented.
Turning Star's eyes widened. "I don't think it matters who heard it. The door is gone."
Surprised, the others turned and looked. Star was right. The door they had come through was no longer there.
"I guess this means we will need to find another exit" Solar said. Now he was extremely glad he had waited for his teammates before entering the door.
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With Solar and Flare in the lead the 4 elementals followed the corridor as it twisted and turned causing the group to speculate that they were traversing the entire castle. The feeling this had been a trap for someone only grew as each time they turned a corner the path behind them was walled off.
Finally, the group reached a room in the center of the castle. Standing there was a beautiful woman. She had long flowing golden hair. stood at 5 feet even. wore robes with all 4 symbols of Hogwarts on her chest, and she wasn't alone.
"Greetings Elementals" the woman said in a soft musical voice.
Stepping forward Solar said, "Greetings miss. May I ask who you are?"
The woman giggled. "Why I'm Hogwarts of course."
Flare and Storm walked up on either side of Solar. "If you are Hogwarts, then why do I feel so much darkness coming from here?"
Hogwarts sighed. "By now you know you are prophesied to defeat a dark lord?"
Solar nodded.
"I still can't determine who it is" Hogwarts continued. "But I know it is someone who has been in this castle for decades."
Solar nodded again. "I have heard that Albus may have an idea on who that is. However, I need to fully assemble my team before taking them on."
Hogwarts nodded in approval. "The reason you felt the darkness so strongly is because this little 1 was attacked by a fiend, and I needed to pull her here to save her life."
Solar finally turned to examine the other person with Hogwarts. He had to keep his face blank, but he recognized the person sleeping on the floor. It was Luna. Solar wondered why a fiend would attack Luna, but he shoved that question aside for now. Bending down Solar gathered the girl into his arms.
"I suppose you have a way for us to leave your domain miss?"
Hogwarts giggled, waved 1 hand, and a portal opened in front of the group. "This portal will take you back out to where you first entered my domain as you call it. Please save as many of the children as you can young heroes."
Though he was holding Luna Solar was able to give Hogwarts a bow. "I promise my lady." With that Solar walked through the portal.
As the star stepped up, she gave a nod to Hogwarts. "You can count on me mam." With that Star walked through the portal.
Storm walked up to Hogwarts, smiled, and bowed to the woman. "I will protect as many as I can." With that she walked through the portal and disappeared.
Finally Flare walked up to Hogwarts and smiled. "You know who is causing the darkness here in the castle don't you Hogwarts?"
Hogwarts smiled back. "I do, but it is part of your young man's training that he discovers who it is on his own."
Flare smirked. "I don't think I'm the 1 Soal will marry, but I will stand beside him regardless." With that Flare walked through the portal causing it to collapse behind her.
"No, you are not the 1 my child" Hogwarts said softly after Flare left. "However, you will play a grate roll in finding his wife."
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As Flare joined the others Solar turned to speak with the girls. "I'll get Miss Lovegood back to Ravenclaw tower. I am truly thankful to all of you for coming with me to what turned out to be just a meet and greet."
Mindful of the girl in Solar's arms, Star walked over and gave him a gentle hug. "No problem, Solar. Though I am looking forward to seeing who you are once our team is complete."
Storm and Flare nodded.
Solar smiled at all 3 of them. "Thank you? all. Now let's get back to the dorms before anyone notices we're missing."
With that Solar disappeared with a flash of lightning, and a clap of thunder.
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Solar appeared in Luna's dorm room in Ravenclaw. to his disgust he could see where other members of the house had done their best to make Luna's time at Hogwarts as miserable as possible.
As Solar was fixing as much as he could Luna's eyes blinked open. "Where am I?"
Solar stopped what he was working on and walked back to stand beside Luna. "She" he crooned to her. "You are safe now."
Luna looked up to see the man who had saved the school more than once. However, she frowned. "Why can't I see you?"
Solar looked thoughtful for a minute. "It is possible though I still have a prophecy hanging over me, that I am the 1 to choose my own fate. If you have a version of Future Sight, then I have learned that I am invisible to that."
Luna blinked, before her eyes cleared. rising to her feet she bowed. "Might I have your name good sir?"
Solar smiled. "I am solar. The elemental guardian of light."
Luna continued to gaze at Solar. "Is your team complete sir?"
Solar shook his head. "I still need a shadow elemental, and an earth elemental." So, Solar reached into the pocket of his suit, and retrieved the 2 remaining rings.
Luna looked over the 2 rings with a critical eye. As she extended her hand, she noticed both rings glowed as she neared them. "Well, that is a problem" she said. "How does 1 pick over the other?"
Solar smiled. "I would ask, do you want to be known for strength, or defense?"
Luna blinked. "Um, strength I think."
Nodding Solar extended the yellow ring 2 her again. This time the glow brightened much faster as her hand neared it. Smiling at Solar, Luna took the yellow ring and placed it on her right ring finger. Smiling, she raised her right hand into the air and intoned, "nature's blessing".
There was a flash of yellow light, and when it died down Luna had been replaced with a young woman dressed all in yellow. She wore her golden hair in a 1 long ponytail. On her chest she wore a blouse the same color as her hair. A yellow tie hung down between her breasts. Her shirt was tucking neatly into a yellow pleated skirt. The skirt barely came down to mid-thigh and revealed endless legs. Her legs ended in yellow steel-toed boots. All and all she looked ready to kick some arse.
"I Nature the elemental guardian of earth will strike down all that would dare to cause harm."
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An: and that is it for this chapter. I really hate writer's block. I hve been working on this chapter since the last Friday when I uploaded chapter 8. I am now finishing the chapter the day before I upload it.
Yes Luna is the elemental guardian of earth. Some might think this is wrong, but I look at it like this. It is true that Luna doesn't have a lot of physical strength, but she does have a massive amount of iner strength. This is shown in cannon when she just waves off the taking of her things by her dorm matesz.
Also I just realized that I flipped Luna's and my main character's elemental alignment between this and my last completed story. In "The Elemental Spell Gamer" Jasmine who was a female Harry was an earth element, and Luna was her light element. Where as in this story the oppisit is true.
Oh and I think I am on track to finish this story in 4 more chapters.
Anyway that's all for this week. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and I will see you all next time.
