Chapter 418 - Lake Guardian Ⅱ (2/2)
Rowan gapes at the unbelievable phenomena as the sentient like magic presence fades away and the wind dies down once more. The midnight rainbow vanishes as everything returns as it was. Behind her, Rowan can clearly feel Hogwarts's presence.
Hogwarts was happy which was strange to think of a castle, but it was true. And for the first-time countless centuries Hogwarts begun to recover her power that had begun to fade away. And with it, many wizarding children would once more begin to appear in a world where magic had begun to slowly fade away.
The centaur's in the forbidden forest bowed to Rowan, before retreating back into the woods. But she caught the wave and a smile from a light-haired youth, Firenze. The acromantulas retreated alongside the rest of the magical creatures leaving only the merpeople behind.
With care, Nadira slowly approached the edge of the water and said, ”Come visit me, protector or else, I'll come visit you.”
”I will,” Rowan solemnly promised as Nadira with a happy cry dove into the inky black lake and disappeared into the dark waters.
Turning to the merpeople, Merchieftainess Murcurs, Rowan bowed. ”I hope that you may treat Nadira kindly. She was given into my care by her mother, Merchieftainess Murcurs,” Rowan replied in an accented Mermish.
The fierce gray-skinned Merchieftainess blinks her yellow eyes in surprise. Her long wild, dark green hair was tied up by a shark fang pin. Around her neck was a necklace of shark fangs. While a glimpse of her powerful, silver fishtail can be dimly seen in the gleam of the moonlight. Merchieftainess Murcurs says, ”You are Dumbledore's apprentice, yes?”
”I am,” Rowan replied.
”Thank you for bestowing upon us the honor of residing with the new guardian,” Merchieftainess Murcurs sincerely said. ”Our foremothers told us of a time when a great flaming winged lion protected Hogwarts and resided in the Forbidden Forest with the centaurs. But an evil being came forth and slew the mystical guardian long ago. Since then Hogwarts has slowly begun to wane without a guardian.”
”You will care for, Nadira?” Rowan asked. ”She is still young and rather small when in comparison to that which is found in the lake.” Which was rather true and made Rowan wonder if there was a hidden underwater lake that connected to the sea given that the merpeople had shark necklaces and the Durmstrang boat that had made its way across through unseen seas.
”Fear not, protector,” Merchieftainess Murcurs replied. ”No creature found within Hogwarts reach will cause her any harm. We shall ensure that she be honored as is her due.”
”Thank you,” Rowan said as Merchieftainess Murcurs tilted her head in a slight bow, before vanishing underneath the inky black lake surface with the rest of her people.
Shivering in the chill air, Rowan realizes her hand is still bleeding and seals the cute. Washing away the blood on the ground, she hurries behind the greenhouses before teleporting into the dorm. Only the Hogwarts house elves and Nadira knew of her secret. And neither of which would ever betray her.