Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Friendship
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 11
It had been a long week of classes & working in the kitchens and laundry. Sasporilla stood by the back of Hagrids cabin looking into the Dark forest waiting on Weerlow.
"Goo' mornin' Sasporilla!" Hagrid smiled. "Wha' bings you ou' 'ere this early on a Saturday?"
"I'm waiting on Mr.Weerlow." Sasporilla smiled.
"Weerlow?" Hagrid boomed. "Weerlow the hermit? The mad elf o' the dark forest?"
"I wouldn't quite say that." Sasporilla said. "He's been asked to show me the ways of nature."
"Not sure its so safe fer ya though." Hagrid said concerned.
"I'll be fine." Sasporilla smiled.
Vines stretched out from the dark forest and wrapped around Sasporillas waist pulling her through the trees.
"Sasporilla!" Hagrid yelled as the young witch disappeared deep into the dark forest.
Sassy bounced off trees and rocks. Grass whipped at her skin as ground spun around her like waves of waters forming tubes. She was thrown from limb to limb like a quaffle in play until the vines grabbed her again and through over a large rock and out of the dark forest near where she started by Hagrids cabin. The ground rose up to catch her falling body softly and sunk back leaving her standing upright.
"Miss Sasporilla are ya ok?" Hagrid asked as a small stone flew out from between the trees and hit him between the eyes.
Weerlow stumbled out of the dark forest chuckling madly.
"Weerlow." Hagrid growled.
"Hagrid." Weerlow laughed putting his thumbs in his ears and sticking out his tongue at the grounds keeper.
"Weerlow!" Sasporilla shouted. "That is rude and uncalled for!"
"So am I!" Weerlow said walking up to his student.
"You scared the life out of me with that...." Sassy began.
"Demonstration." Weerlow insisted. "That is the power of Earth that you must learn."
Sassy wondered just how much of Weerlows meanness and madness was show and how much was real.
"You do still want to learn this way?" Weerlow asked. "If not Weerlow can go make a batch of home brew in the big kettle."
"Yes." Sasporilla said. "I do wish to learn but you have to be NICER."
"That's not part of the deal." Weerlow said.
"I wonder how Miss Daisy would feel about that." Sassy mused.
"Hmmmf!" Weerlow snorted. "Fine! I'll make efforts to be nicer."
"Are ya sure y'll be ok with 'im?" Hagrid asked.
"No." Sasporilla answered honestly. "But I know he's scared of my Miss Daisy. That's a good bargaining chip to have."
Hagrid nodded and walked back inside his hut throwing open the kitchen side window. "Any problems with 'im jus' yell."
Weerlow laughed and turned his backside to the hut and bent over laughing.
"Hagrid doesn't like me much." Weerlow said standing. "Since I tried to burn his hut down."
"What?" Sasporilla asked shocked.
"It's a long story." Weerlow instead. "Now lesson one."
Weerlow turned and looked into the dark forest. He looked long and hard. "Now tell me what you see?"
Sasporilla looked at the forest as she knew what he was asking. The forest was alive like the water. She saw the strands of magic that intertwined and flowed through. She saw the trees and animals. Saw the life in it all. "I see the living forest."
"Of course you do!" Weerlow slapped Sassy in the back of the head. "You're part elf! Not some tree burning muggle! Look harder!"
Sasporilla stood and stared for the longest time. She tried to see more. Really wanted to see more.
"That's all I see." Sasporilla conceded.
"The balance! Hah!!!" Weerlow laughed. "You don't even see yourself in the forest?"
"Myself?" Sassy asked
"Like a reflection in the water, so are we in the earth." Weerlow said as the trees, rocks and soil formed into his fuzzy bearded face.
"The earth is not just Dirt!" Weerlow said picking up a handful soil. "The earth is life. It is minerals, nutrients, even water. Life in solid form. From it grows all. To it returns all. Death feeds the soil and from it begins the cycle of life again."
"Like the water," Sasporilla said. "You're saying that I am an extension of the Earth like all things that grow from it."
"Very good." Weerlow sneered. "Not so stupid after all."
Sasporilla reached out to the forest. Found the water. Saw the water. Could feel it and draw it from the life of the earth.
"No, no, no!" Weerlow yelled swatting the girl in the back of the head again. "Not just the water. So much more!!! You need to feel the difference between the earth and the water. To remove the water will kill the earth. You must see the whole of it. Again!"
Sasporilla tried and tried. Minutes turned to hours but she could not feel the Earth the same way she felt the water.
"I just can't do it." Sasporilla said dropping to the ground exhausted.
"Doesn't come as easily to some as it does others. It will take time with you but I think you'll get it... eventually. It's very important to bring the control of earth to your side." Weerlow smiled as a giant spider leapt from the bushes at him. Vines shot forward and entrapped the large arachnid and threw it back, far off over the tree tops. "For the earth produces danger as well as beauty."
It had been a long week of classes & working in the kitchens and laundry. Sasporilla stood by the back of Hagrids cabin looking into the Dark forest waiting on Weerlow.
"Goo' mornin' Sasporilla!" Hagrid smiled. "Wha' bings you ou' 'ere this early on a Saturday?"
"I'm waiting on Mr.Weerlow." Sasporilla smiled.
"Weerlow?" Hagrid boomed. "Weerlow the hermit? The mad elf o' the dark forest?"
"I wouldn't quite say that." Sasporilla said. "He's been asked to show me the ways of nature."
"Not sure its so safe fer ya though." Hagrid said concerned.
"I'll be fine." Sasporilla smiled.
Vines stretched out from the dark forest and wrapped around Sasporillas waist pulling her through the trees.
"Sasporilla!" Hagrid yelled as the young witch disappeared deep into the dark forest.
Sassy bounced off trees and rocks. Grass whipped at her skin as ground spun around her like waves of waters forming tubes. She was thrown from limb to limb like a quaffle in play until the vines grabbed her again and through over a large rock and out of the dark forest near where she started by Hagrids cabin. The ground rose up to catch her falling body softly and sunk back leaving her standing upright.
"Miss Sasporilla are ya ok?" Hagrid asked as a small stone flew out from between the trees and hit him between the eyes.
Weerlow stumbled out of the dark forest chuckling madly.
"Weerlow." Hagrid growled.
"Hagrid." Weerlow laughed putting his thumbs in his ears and sticking out his tongue at the grounds keeper.
"Weerlow!" Sasporilla shouted. "That is rude and uncalled for!"
"So am I!" Weerlow said walking up to his student.
"You scared the life out of me with that...." Sassy began.
"Demonstration." Weerlow insisted. "That is the power of Earth that you must learn."
Sassy wondered just how much of Weerlows meanness and madness was show and how much was real.
"You do still want to learn this way?" Weerlow asked. "If not Weerlow can go make a batch of home brew in the big kettle."
"Yes." Sasporilla said. "I do wish to learn but you have to be NICER."
"That's not part of the deal." Weerlow said.
"I wonder how Miss Daisy would feel about that." Sassy mused.
"Hmmmf!" Weerlow snorted. "Fine! I'll make efforts to be nicer."
"Are ya sure y'll be ok with 'im?" Hagrid asked.
"No." Sasporilla answered honestly. "But I know he's scared of my Miss Daisy. That's a good bargaining chip to have."
Hagrid nodded and walked back inside his hut throwing open the kitchen side window. "Any problems with 'im jus' yell."
Weerlow laughed and turned his backside to the hut and bent over laughing.
"Hagrid doesn't like me much." Weerlow said standing. "Since I tried to burn his hut down."
"What?" Sasporilla asked shocked.
"It's a long story." Weerlow instead. "Now lesson one."
Weerlow turned and looked into the dark forest. He looked long and hard. "Now tell me what you see?"
Sasporilla looked at the forest as she knew what he was asking. The forest was alive like the water. She saw the strands of magic that intertwined and flowed through. She saw the trees and animals. Saw the life in it all. "I see the living forest."
"Of course you do!" Weerlow slapped Sassy in the back of the head. "You're part elf! Not some tree burning muggle! Look harder!"
Sasporilla stood and stared for the longest time. She tried to see more. Really wanted to see more.
"That's all I see." Sasporilla conceded.
"The balance! Hah!!!" Weerlow laughed. "You don't even see yourself in the forest?"
"Myself?" Sassy asked
"Like a reflection in the water, so are we in the earth." Weerlow said as the trees, rocks and soil formed into his fuzzy bearded face.
"The earth is not just Dirt!" Weerlow said picking up a handful soil. "The earth is life. It is minerals, nutrients, even water. Life in solid form. From it grows all. To it returns all. Death feeds the soil and from it begins the cycle of life again."
"Like the water," Sasporilla said. "You're saying that I am an extension of the Earth like all things that grow from it."
"Very good." Weerlow sneered. "Not so stupid after all."
Sasporilla reached out to the forest. Found the water. Saw the water. Could feel it and draw it from the life of the earth.
"No, no, no!" Weerlow yelled swatting the girl in the back of the head again. "Not just the water. So much more!!! You need to feel the difference between the earth and the water. To remove the water will kill the earth. You must see the whole of it. Again!"
Sasporilla tried and tried. Minutes turned to hours but she could not feel the Earth the same way she felt the water.
"I just can't do it." Sasporilla said dropping to the ground exhausted.
"Doesn't come as easily to some as it does others. It will take time with you but I think you'll get it... eventually. It's very important to bring the control of earth to your side." Weerlow smiled as a giant spider leapt from the bushes at him. Vines shot forward and entrapped the large arachnid and threw it back, far off over the tree tops. "For the earth produces danger as well as beauty."
PLEASE REMEMBER
I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, research which charities J.K.Rowling donates to, then donate to them as such.
I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, research which charities J.K.Rowling donates to, then donate to them as such.