hey all hope everyone had a fantastic holiday season mine was personally great my kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves. as a parent I can tell you it hits right in the chest when you see kids smile on Christmas morningthis was also my first yule as an semi practicing norse pagan
im thinking of for my next project finding a way to incorporate seidr (norse magic) into the realm of harry potter it would take alot of research but I've not seen it done before what do you all think?
Also, I'm assuming people have picked up that I'm American? I'm trying my best not to add any affectation or accent to my words; you can add them yourself for now.
I love the reviews; I think you'll all notice a definite downturn in my spelling and grammar in my excitement of writing for the first time. I was writing fast and posting fast, not to mention learning how the app works over the holidays while writing this seemingly one-sentence-at-a-time lol.
I love all the recent reviews and can't believe the positive reaction to my first story
Harry sat in unmitigated silence. silence so complete it was like a sharp thumb tack constantly drilling into his ears. the office of PhischTonks according to Mr. Phisch, Ted tonks' partner; was at one point a long time ago the Wizarding equivalent of a funeral parlor. and the magic of the place never let go of the Erie and Sombre energy that, that kind of long run business tends to manifest. that, and the muffeling ward lines inlaid into the very stone work of the building helps to encapsulate all people who enter here in an bubble of sorts that drowns out the sound of the world in a 10 foot radius. Harry understood the kind of appeal such a place would hold to the grief stricken people this building had once served. Nowadays these effects act as constant privacy words for the many clients and lawyers than converse on the multitude of cases the office was involved in.
However, no matter how impressive the story or reasoning behind the silence, it was still absolutely maddening to harry as Mr. Tonks sat there and read the few letters of testimony for sponsorship in favor of harry gaining his independence that he had received. Professor McGonagalls was long and heartfelt encompassing more than one foot of parchment. Harry had no idea his head of house would be so supportive he decided to wrote her and ask why she supported his independence so fervently.
"Well?" asked harry exasperatedly. cutting through the ear splitting silence like a sharp knife through tightly bound leather.
"Hmm? Oh, yes these will do very nicely if we can arrange for you to meet with and convince one or two well-respected individuals.. preferably wizengamot members to either come in and testify or give written testimony of their support as well than we should have more than enough..community support shall we say. to prove your mature enough to live on your own." Ted smiled saying this, looking pleased. "on the same note, I have already submitted documentation scheduling a hearing with the wizengamot through the Wizarding Children Protection office and it has been accepted and put on the schedule for the wizengamot session thats happening in two weeks. coincidentally this session also occurs when the International Confederation of Wizards conference is on its final and most contentious days when it's members are the busiest and most distracted. Mr.Tonks said that final part smiling.
Harry smirked at the older man aware of what he was planning. "so, how is that going to work with Professor Dumbledore being out of the country and unable to attend?"
"Well there's some business there I wanted to ask you about. but to answer you first. it's simple if your guardian is not able to be present the court will appoint an attorney to represent him if he doesn't have one already... it's Dumbledore so I highly doubt he does, the man happily represented himself in the few times he's been called before the Wizengamot. Now I wanted to know how you found out who your magical guardian is. i dontnbelieve dumbledore came out and introduced n himself when you turned eleven. " Mr. Tonks looked curiously expectant and waited for Harry to speak with his hands crossed.
"Well." Harry said hesitantly
"He told me. in hindsight, he seemed to not want to; but I had received a rather important looking letter from Gringotts although it was very oddly addressed " to the boy who resides in a boy's dormitory in Hogwarts castle currently and normally resides with his muggle aunt and is related to the ancient and most noble house of Black by blood and the muggle house of Evans through blood."
"Professor Dumbledore rushed up. right in the middle of breakfast and snatched the letter from my hand right before I took it out of the envelope." Harry took a moment to remember before recounting the scene
( "I'm sorry Harry but I'm afraid I'm going to have to take that letter from you." dumbledore said this examining the envelope
"why? Professor, this letter is very oddly addressed but it's clearly me it was sent to?"
"Because...the bank should not have addressed you directly you are not allowed access or prepared for the responsibility of managing your financial records. That duty belongs to your guardian."
"well who is that then cuase if your talking about the Dursleys ide give out ever knut I have have then let them see any banking information, sir."
"Harry... you should not speak of your family in such an ungrateful manner."
"WHY! SIR! I... THEY ..." Harry looks around at all the people staring at this exchange and breathing heavily he quickly handed over the letter not wanting to attract any more attention."Sir, who is my magical guardian? I've never met them they've never contacted me or helped me or taught me anything about the magical world. if i had a magical guardian shouldnt they have came to the dursleys with my letter... or even before then to make sure i was ok and well cared for?"
"well... Harry that would be me. I am your magical guardian and I'm afraid I could not meet you to. give you, your letter as I was tied up with an emergency Wizengamot session then." Dumbledore sounded very reticent about admitting this.
"..sir?...could I meet you sometime today and discuss that letter and some other things. if your my magical guardian sir, ide like to tell you a few things and ask some more questions."
ahhhh Harry, my boy I'm sorry but as it stands I'm set to be out of the castle of ICW business for the next week." Dumbledore then left the great hall in a rush. After Harry left breakfast there was a faint smell of smoke.)
"After that it was midterm tests and the Christmas holidays and several events including the best Christmas I've ever had, had driven that little scene from my mind.untill I met smara that is and she said her influence would keep mind magics at bay as well as give me a sharper mind something about pheromones I think. Anyway that seen and few other things, mainly class work became clearer to me after I bonded with her.and...
"WAIT" Mr. tonks said sharply and sat bolt up right. "Did you say mind magics?... this Smara is your basilisk companion?" after a nod from Harry Ted leans forwards and goes straight into business mode.
"Harry, I need you to go home immediately get your aunt and" (he writes down an address that harry thought must have been downtown london) "you get her and come here ill meet you there as legal representation and witness, your aunt will also need help into the building muggles can't get in by them selves... infact I'll come with you to gather your aunt we don't have time to wait for the Knight bus ill apparate us both to your house."
they both quickly stand up and leave the office and go to the "apparition point" as Mr. tonks called it, after a horrible feeling of being tightly squeezed through a narrow tube that left harry retching on the grass behind his relatives house. with a wave of Ted's wand the mess was gone and Harry knocked on the back door then walked in to see his aunt sitting sipping tea at the table at the table with a lady Harry half recognized as her friend Yvonne.
they both look at the back door open and Yvonne looks confused and affronted but before she could say anything Harry spoke.
"Hello aunt Patunia, Mr. Tonks says I need to get to the hospital." harry spoke slowly full of hidden intent and urgency.
"Errrr... yes, I'm afraid harry took a rather bad tumble and I'm afraid he might have a concussion ma'am I can't take him in my self."
Petunia sighs and places her tea down. "well I guess we'll have to continue this later Yvonne as she stands up. "Come we can take Vernon's old car, it's in the garage." they leave immediately petunia trusting her friend to see her way out.
They drove in silence for about five minutes before. "so, what is this really about?"
"I know for a fact you can heal just about any injury in second!"
"Well.." said Mr. tonks " You have that largley correct for small almost all medium and even some of what muggles would consider major injuries, broken bones, punctured lungs, even most deadly diseases like tuberculosis our own magic and outside spells can heal quickly if not instantly. but there is some damage that even magic has to take its time with to regrow bones is a painful time consuming process the larger the bone or the more bones affected the longer it takes. nothing major like that is wrong with Harry don't worry.(petunia scoffs) What Harry needs checked is his mind his not crazy or anything but that snake of his seems to think hes under the affect of mind magic so when we get to Saint mungos, which is the name of our hospital. you need to approach the front desk and ask for an opcec scan, given who he is he should be seen immediately."
"alright petunia" Mr. Tonks said "that's far enough it'll be tough with two people but I can apparate us there far more quickly than you can drive. the opcec is a fast scan but annotating and fixing everything it reveals might take more time than I have today please park the car somewhere it won't be suspicious if it sits for a for hours."
After aunt Petunia parks the car Ted grabs both their arms tightly. " ready?, this will be unpleasant please remain as still as possible" with a twist and a crack they were gone.
hey everyone happy new year.
LeightonWD: thanks for the reviews, yea after 10 years of factory work my grammar lessons have gotten rather rusty and my phone likes to make up words as I go it's annoying but untill I get the chance to get a laptop with an actual word document ill just have to be extra careful which I haven't been.