Celebrate the Season fic request for Water
Goddess
A special thank-you to Trio for writing this free for all fic!
Author: Trio
Title: Oroboros/Dragonsbride
Rating: PG-13... I dunno
Disclaimer... Harry Potter does not belong to me,I just use him
and the rest of the sexy fellows for mental masterbation purposes
only. Not Profit. Thanks to Ann for getting me this quick and a most
exellent beta. She is a star.... and always make me look like a wrote a
decent story.....
Summary: The Triwizard Tournament was nothing.......
The small orbs glowed in her delicate hands, rainbows of color showed
the myriad of emotions flowing through the specimens encased inside.
"Oh love their frightened.." a soft voice cooed gently
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"They'll get over it."
pleasepleaseltmeoutwhatisityouwantmoneypowertellmewhatitisimsurewecancometosomekidof
agreement
"Oh don't be so cruel Gordian, you know how it feels the first time in
no-space."
whoareyouletihaven'tdoneanythingwhatisityouneedletmegoandicanprovideyouwithwhateveritis
"Yes, I do," the male replied unsympathetically "That's how I know that
they'll get over it. Put them in a jar or something so I don't have to
listen to that caterwauling.
Nononoajarnononodon'tnoshutupmalfoyyoucan'tgivethemanythingQuietgrangernoonewastalkingtoyou
"Oh I couldn't do that, they are frightened enough as it is."
pleasewhatisityouwantfromusjusttellusandyoucankeepthegirljustdon'tputmeinajarplease
"It's not like they can see, or feel, just put them in the jars until
they learn to be quiet."
Ishouldhaveknownyouwouldonlythinkofyourself,ohwhowasigoingtothinkaboutyousillybint
"But dear how will we know that they have learned?"
shutupsothaticanatleasttalktothemtheyarenotgoingtolistentoyourbabblinggranger
"If they make noise when we take them out, we'll just put them back in
again."
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"Well..can we can at least put them together."
malfoyshutupshutupshutupyoushutupgrangerdon'tputmeinanythingwiththatfilth
"Don't be ridiculous Delphica, they don't like each other and they
would start bickering. Just stick them in the jar."
nowseewhatyouv'edoneIhaven'tdoneanythinggrangernodon'tpleaseIllbequietpleasepleseshutupshutupi'llbequie.....
Then there was nothing.
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But this is not where the story started.
It began in the Daily Prophet on the first day of the New Year
A new prophecy as sung by the Great-Great-Great-Grand Child of
Cassandra Trelaweny.
In a place betwixt and tween
You find the bearer of the dragons ring
Ultimate knowledge is foretold
Ultimate power to behold
Where is the ring that u seek?
Lowest river or mouton peak?
Choose not the gift,
it chooses you,
You live to win,
or you die to lose
"We are not the only ones that will go Hermione,"
"I'm not afraid Ron"
"Maybe you should be."
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""I" am Gordian" a voice boomed at the glowing balls of light
"She is Delphica."
"You will speak only when spoken to, you will do as your told if fail
to follow these instructions you will be returned to the vessels. Do you
understand?
Silence...
They learn quickly my love I knew they were the right choice. You may
speak girl...
How long have we been here?
Time has no meaning here. This is one of the lessons you will learn.
You may speak boy.
"Why are we here?"
"Why you won of course." The voice they came to know as Delphica
answered. "You entered the dragons ring and survived the choosing."
"Absolute power" growled Gordian
"Absolute knowledge" soothed Delphica
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It was a continent, mostly unknown unseen by muggle man. Only through
rumor, myth and speculation has the name ever been uttered "Bergonia".
Currently under watchful eyes there was a contest being held. A contest
the contestants didn't know that they were playing.
They came on a quest.
Two groups; one light, the other dark.
Two leaders; one female, one male.
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"I will never allow that muggle born excrement to ever beat me again.
She will learned her place."
"....And if she doesn't?"
"Then I will destroy her, by whatever means necessary."
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"Time is mealy a tool created by man to show him his place at that
moment" Delphica explained to her student. What you will learn in this
lesson is that time is measured differently by different beings."
Silence
"You may ask..."
"How?" Hermione asked
Delphica asked a question of her own.
"Have you not wondered why you no longer have your bodies?"
"..It is because they would hamper you on your quest for the truth. How
else can you learn unless you are able to see things from a different
point of view. In other words Hermione, you must become the thing."
"I believe that I will start you at the beginning."
"Then when you have finished the amoebae stage I will move you to
higher life forms then finally you will move through man. You cannot judge
what you do not know."
"Do not worry girl."
"Death is only frightening the first few thousand times."
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The goal was to find the Dragons ring, that would give it's bearer
ultimate knowledge and power.
Curious eyes watched every achievement, and every loss.
The stakes were high, the rewards were beyond measure. These "games"
made the tri-wizard tournament look like school yard tag. There were
test's; mazes, puzzles, mindbending phrases that were there to befuddle and
confuse them all.
They arrived together, though that was not their intent. It seemed the
fates decided that no matter what was done, all who were chosen
arrived.
In the beginning the group was large. There were 20 on each side. All
were young, as not to be influenced by their elders.
Hidden in it's clouded peeks was Xanadu. They lost five there, not due
to death or mishap, but to the results of war. Any who found Xanadu
were welcome to stay, and several did. Three from the dark, two from the
light. Both sides were given a palimpsest on parchment.
Lesson learned, never assume.
It doesn't have to be deadly to be a trap.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I can't believe they chose to stay behind ... with them?" both leaders
said in voices of disbelief.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Power is very addictive Draco, is seeped into your very soul."
"
The question here is..are you strong enough to control it? ""
"Or will it's seductive lure control you? "
"You will be everything and everyone you have ever wanted and admired.
Every powerful individual that has ever been will be yours to become."
" What is it you think you will find Draco?"
"How will you evolve? Gordian's voice murmured as Draco merged with
-Jack the Ripper-"
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They moved on.
The lower valley's clandestine fog covered the entrances to gateways
that were closed to them except
The maze of isles led them to the famed Atlantis, once you faced and
defeated the manticore. Unfortunately not without losses. The side of
light lost three, led to their deaths by the dark.
That changed the game forever.
Atlantis and it's political intrigues were even more dangerous for the
light. The famed city was thousands of years old. The new regime was in
constant threat by the old. It was the perfect environment for the
Dark. They connived and begged the old regime to stage a coo. It would have
succeeded except for the red headed thorn in Draco's side. Weasly let
the Dark commit themselves to the coo then help the new council spring
the trap. Several members of the dark and the light died in the attempt.
The numbers were again even, now each side had five, and during all of
the bickering all of Hermione's research in the libraries paid off. She
discovered a papyrus map that would lead them to the four mystical
cities of the Sidhe: Falias, Gorias, Finias, and Murias.
Draco merely waited for them to leave then he and what was left of his
group followed.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"They are following us Hermione..."
"Accident's happen Harry"
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"They are ahead of us Draco."
"that's good they will lead us right to where we need to go."
"And then?"
"Accidents happen Pansy"
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
They have not been gone long enough Del, why bring them back now? Gor
argued to his mate.
We do not want them damaged love, they are tired and need to absorb
what they have learned so far. This time I do not think that putting them
in the same vessel will be an issue.
"I agree."
You are such a good teacher beloved, once we contain them I will take
you to the hotspring and polish your scales.
If you are very nice when they get here, I will take Dragon form for
the day. she bartered
"If I am nice, you will take dragon form till I am tired." Gor groused
"Hmmm that sounds a bit one sided, but agreeable. Del delicate fingers
stroked Gors iridescent brow scales lovingly.
I will make sure that it is...He purred in return.
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They stood in a large cavern, darkness seeped from the very walls
surrounding them were five tunnels. One that the had just exited from, and
four more.
"The Tunnels will only accept one of out of each group at a time
Malfoy. None of us trust each other enough to watch each others back."
"This is true but, it seem that if the Dragon ring is to be acquired we
must do as the magic dictates."
"That would require an unbreakable vow from everyone."
"I will do whatever it takes to acquire the ring. What about you."
Draco challenged.
"Fine...." Hermione ground out suspiciously. "But I will word the vow,
I don't trust you."
"I would have expected nothing less Granger."
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It seems your chosen has made an error my love. She doesn't realize
that she has sealed them all together for all eternity. Especially the
boy.
Yes, my love I know, according to her wording she has just married
herself to him and the rest of the couple besides. It will be amusing to
see how they will handle the information later.
"The kingdoms have their instructions."
"Of course. Though I think that we should allow them some time to
adjust to their new futures."
"No, I want to be the one to inform them."
"You find all of this entertaining don't you."
"Exceedingly. They will want to kill each other, but they will never be
able to even harm each other again. When the others arrive they will
have to do the same to enter here. Then they will all have to make it
work."
"What if they choose to leave before that happens?"
"They will not be allowed to leave in any form until it does happen.
Not even in death."
"You have a warped sense of humor my dear." Del said dryly
"Let's just say I'm easily amused and leave it at that." Her mate
retorted.
"When will the boy be ready for his Dragon form? "
"Soon my love.....first he must claim his mate,"
"You are right, she should have a mate to keep her grounded when her
visions come." Del sighed deeply
"Are they still so terrible?" Gors question tinged with concern.
"Not as long as I had you..."
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They reached their goal.
Now they were on each side of the pillar of water.
Nothing held the water in.
It was just there waiting, casting a mythical glow within the ring of
fire.
They stood on each side,
Wands pointed, deadly intent in their eyes.
Each one looking into the eyes of his mortal enemy. Each one looking
down at a dead friend, now wondering if the quest had ultimately been
worth it.
Each group had lost members during these trials only to have them
appear again at this last meeting place.
Now they were grieving over the very last bodies of the fallen.
It seem that they weren't going to get these two back.
They couldn't even retrieve them to return them home.
So Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger lay there, mouths and eyes frozen
in agony.
The flames of the fire and the glow of the water reflected on the
lifeless glassy orbs.
In the dark vessel the two souls merged together in comfort.
Draco,....?
Hermione.....
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Three things you want your fic to include:
1. Angsty conflict with resolution....um yea did that...
2. Post-Hogwarts..sure that's as good a time as any...what is time
anyway?
3. Twists.. yea that was hard..this is about as twisty as I can be...
hell it confused me...
Three things you do not want your fic to include:
1. Cliched plots. um no ...didn't do that...
2. OoC-ness. na.... she a know it all and he's an ass..
3. slash...nope not this time....
Anything specific that you do not want to write: slash, too much fluff
um fluff is not an issue
Thank-you for Celebrating the Season with Draco and Hermione!