The Three Keys
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Harry Potter › Het - Male/Female
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
37
Views:
12,952
Reviews:
398
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
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I do not own Harry Potter, nor any of the characters from the books or movies. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
LAUREL
A/N: I do not own any Harry Potter Characters, just my Laurel and her family.
Thank you JKR for your brilliant characters!
CHAPTER 2 – LAUREL
It was a sunny May day and the warm ocean breeze blew Laurel’s hair as she gazed out looking at the beautiful California coast line. She always loved the ocean, it soothed her soul like nothing else could and she was anxious today.
Her school year was almost done and she would be entering next September into her 7th and final year at Pacifica, the most prestigious wizarding school on the West Coast of the United States. She was an excellent student, one of the top of her class and enjoyed learning as she had a strong thirst for knowledge and for truth. This was both a great strong point and a vast weakness for her, as it often lured Laurel into trouble.
For the most part though, she was a normal, well adjusted teenager, albeit a magical one. She had one younger sister, Willow who was 10 and fast becoming a handy little pre-teen witch, showing much promise of great powers, just beginning to manifest themselves.
Her mom was a witch from a prestigious and age old wizarding family back in Spain and her father was a muggle-born American. Her parents, Maggie (short for Magnolia) and John were wealthy by both standards - wizarding and muggle. John was a high ranking government official that headed
the Federal Building in Brentwood and was on the fast track to bigger and more influential posts in the near future, his ties to the White House were very strong.
Her mother, posed as a charitable socialite wife, but in reality was also a high ranking diplomat for the Ministry of Magic, US Bureau. One of her main duties was to visit the Ministry’s headquarters in London and oversee the compliance and cooperation between both the European and US ministry offices, her job was especially important in this time of heightened alert. There were solid rumors that Voldermort had unearthed a second prophecy and now had a definitive time frame he was following for an attack. They now knew it was imminent ….only a matter of time.
This new knowledge had the Ministry working overtime all over the globe. They had no idea of any so called “second prophecy” though all leads proved this to be true and Ministry officials were frantically using all their covert methods and under-cover intel operatives to discover what the prophecy was, the only thing they knew for certain was that it had something to do with three keys.
Laurel was not privy to most of what was going on in the Ministry and she could care less what silly political mumbo jumbo her dad was steeped in, but her mom wanted her to start thinking about career paths. Maggie and John, “Jack” as he was known to friends and family, were both strongly opposed to her joining the Ministry and becoming an Auror. They felt this would surly prove to be an impossibly dangerous role in the very near future. They were inclined to have her attend a good 4 year muggle college and learn both sides of her heritage and explore all her opportunities.
Laurel had been singing, dancing and playing the piano since she was very small and was a talented pianist and songstress. She sometimes mused about singing as her career of choice, but the thought of the music industry gave her the creeps. Being brought up in Southern California, Hollywood, she saw the seedy side of the business up close and personal and had little interest in jumping into that vat of boiling oil and besides she didn’t much like the spotlight either.
No, it was looking like a good 4 year college was a tempting idea. Not many knew, but Laurel’s family did, that there were subtle, but definite connections between the magical and muggle schooling systems, if you knew where to look, you could easily transition into a muggle college and get the benefit of a non-magical education as well……..But, she flip-flopped all the time.
On the other hand she would make an excellent Auror too, she knew. Laurel was a very powerful witch with the gift of sight, or divination. She had also been doing wandless magic, well as soon as her powers began manifesting themselves, it came naturally to her. (She was currently taking classes with her Headmaster to develop this skill more fully, but she still needed her wand to do the big stuff, it was easier to channel her powers that way.) So, if her choice was to enter the magical world as an Auror she would have to make that decision soon. Her 7th year classes would need to be tailored to give her the best training she could receive before entering an excelled Auror training class immediately upon graduation. She just didn’t know which way to turn.
This was why she sat at the beach today. She needed to think and right now her mind was clouded with childish dreams and grown up expectations, ‘If this is growing up, it totally sucks.’ She thought. Laurel sighed a weighed sigh and dug her toes into the sand and sat with her knees pulled up to her chin looking out to sea staring at it’s shiny glare until her eyes were dull and foggy. She turned to watch the people strolling along the beach - they looked so happy, casually walking or jogging - solitary, hand in hand or with the occasional dog. ‘Why can’t my life be simple like theirs?’ This was a thought that often plagued her. She sometimes wished she didn’t have magical powers to deal with on top of all her teenage angst. It was too difficult to bear, especially when your parents and teachers knew how powerful you were. She grumbled and buried her head in her knees and hugged herself close.
If she chose the Auror path she would be sent to London. She already knew this for sure and the thought of leaving her family and her home just didn’t seem like an option. But, she felt compelled….no driven?....to become an Auror. Laurel knew her path was set already before her, and she had a suspicion that it was going to be a difficult one.
Looking down now at her watch, 5:30 – she looked back at the ocean, it would be sunset soon she thought as a slight chill ran over her skin, the evening tides bringing in a crisp breeze. Reluctantly she got up, brushing the sand from her pants and headed home.
She had a date tonight with Don, another wizard who graduated from Pacifica last year and she’d had a COMPLETE crush on him since her 5th year. He was totally cute, tall, dark brown hair, big, clear green eyes, broad shoulders – exactly what she always fell for. Plus, thought she would NEVER admit it, he looked like Harry Potter a little and he wore his hair in the same kind of quirky, spiky, carefree style. She REALLY liked that.
At least tonight would be fun, she thought. Don had not paid any attention to her while he was in school with her and she was totally surprised when he showed up around the campus a few weeks earlier looking for her. He told her he’d been thinking about her a lot lately and asked her out. Since then he had been taking her out almost every weekend.
Since it was Friday, she thought they’d go catch a movie or just have dinner and hang out, or whatever he wanted, it was just nice to have a date. Although, she couldn’t quite ignore the niggling at the back of her mind, in the last few dates she sensed something….different, something changed about his demeanor. She had the feeling he was hiding something from her, which was why she had been very reserved around him. He was always polite, complimentary, funny, even charming. He even kissed her (he was just an ok kisser), but when she got close to look in his eyes he would look away each time. She couldn’t put her finger on it and since he never let her get close enough to get a good long look in his eyes she just couldn’t tell for sure what it was.
This worried her as NO ONE knew about her ‘soul seeing’ ability outside of her immediate family, two teaches and the headmaster of her school, and these three she knew, would never speak about it. Laurel’s ‘gift of sight’ was into a person’s soul. Not like hearing your innermost, personal thoughts or anything like that, but she could SEE their souls. They had colors and they radiated out heat as well as their strongest characteristics, like loyalty or courage or a gift of music… Things like that. But she could also see the darkness of a soul. These were totally different, their eyes were dull and black looking inside and they seeped cold from their spirits, like death.
These happenings were not just something she could see if you were the casual person walking down the street past her, she needed to be close and look deep into a person’s eyes. She was still finessing this skill and it took a lot out of her as sometimes strong spirits could overcome her senses,
flooding her with their emotions. She was still learning to control keeping their emotions from washing over her, almost like their feelings became hers…very powerful stuff and she knew it, so she did her best to treat this ability with great care and respect.
Anyway, she was becoming kind of bored with Don too and thought, she’s probably be calling it off with him pretty soon. But, tonight she’d just have a nice time and forget about the heavy decisions weighing her soul.
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A/N: This will p/u in the next couple of chapters...It\'s very much an action/adventure/drama so be on the lookout!
Thank you JKR for your brilliant characters!
CHAPTER 2 – LAUREL
It was a sunny May day and the warm ocean breeze blew Laurel’s hair as she gazed out looking at the beautiful California coast line. She always loved the ocean, it soothed her soul like nothing else could and she was anxious today.
Her school year was almost done and she would be entering next September into her 7th and final year at Pacifica, the most prestigious wizarding school on the West Coast of the United States. She was an excellent student, one of the top of her class and enjoyed learning as she had a strong thirst for knowledge and for truth. This was both a great strong point and a vast weakness for her, as it often lured Laurel into trouble.
For the most part though, she was a normal, well adjusted teenager, albeit a magical one. She had one younger sister, Willow who was 10 and fast becoming a handy little pre-teen witch, showing much promise of great powers, just beginning to manifest themselves.
Her mom was a witch from a prestigious and age old wizarding family back in Spain and her father was a muggle-born American. Her parents, Maggie (short for Magnolia) and John were wealthy by both standards - wizarding and muggle. John was a high ranking government official that headed
the Federal Building in Brentwood and was on the fast track to bigger and more influential posts in the near future, his ties to the White House were very strong.
Her mother, posed as a charitable socialite wife, but in reality was also a high ranking diplomat for the Ministry of Magic, US Bureau. One of her main duties was to visit the Ministry’s headquarters in London and oversee the compliance and cooperation between both the European and US ministry offices, her job was especially important in this time of heightened alert. There were solid rumors that Voldermort had unearthed a second prophecy and now had a definitive time frame he was following for an attack. They now knew it was imminent ….only a matter of time.
This new knowledge had the Ministry working overtime all over the globe. They had no idea of any so called “second prophecy” though all leads proved this to be true and Ministry officials were frantically using all their covert methods and under-cover intel operatives to discover what the prophecy was, the only thing they knew for certain was that it had something to do with three keys.
Laurel was not privy to most of what was going on in the Ministry and she could care less what silly political mumbo jumbo her dad was steeped in, but her mom wanted her to start thinking about career paths. Maggie and John, “Jack” as he was known to friends and family, were both strongly opposed to her joining the Ministry and becoming an Auror. They felt this would surly prove to be an impossibly dangerous role in the very near future. They were inclined to have her attend a good 4 year muggle college and learn both sides of her heritage and explore all her opportunities.
Laurel had been singing, dancing and playing the piano since she was very small and was a talented pianist and songstress. She sometimes mused about singing as her career of choice, but the thought of the music industry gave her the creeps. Being brought up in Southern California, Hollywood, she saw the seedy side of the business up close and personal and had little interest in jumping into that vat of boiling oil and besides she didn’t much like the spotlight either.
No, it was looking like a good 4 year college was a tempting idea. Not many knew, but Laurel’s family did, that there were subtle, but definite connections between the magical and muggle schooling systems, if you knew where to look, you could easily transition into a muggle college and get the benefit of a non-magical education as well……..But, she flip-flopped all the time.
On the other hand she would make an excellent Auror too, she knew. Laurel was a very powerful witch with the gift of sight, or divination. She had also been doing wandless magic, well as soon as her powers began manifesting themselves, it came naturally to her. (She was currently taking classes with her Headmaster to develop this skill more fully, but she still needed her wand to do the big stuff, it was easier to channel her powers that way.) So, if her choice was to enter the magical world as an Auror she would have to make that decision soon. Her 7th year classes would need to be tailored to give her the best training she could receive before entering an excelled Auror training class immediately upon graduation. She just didn’t know which way to turn.
This was why she sat at the beach today. She needed to think and right now her mind was clouded with childish dreams and grown up expectations, ‘If this is growing up, it totally sucks.’ She thought. Laurel sighed a weighed sigh and dug her toes into the sand and sat with her knees pulled up to her chin looking out to sea staring at it’s shiny glare until her eyes were dull and foggy. She turned to watch the people strolling along the beach - they looked so happy, casually walking or jogging - solitary, hand in hand or with the occasional dog. ‘Why can’t my life be simple like theirs?’ This was a thought that often plagued her. She sometimes wished she didn’t have magical powers to deal with on top of all her teenage angst. It was too difficult to bear, especially when your parents and teachers knew how powerful you were. She grumbled and buried her head in her knees and hugged herself close.
If she chose the Auror path she would be sent to London. She already knew this for sure and the thought of leaving her family and her home just didn’t seem like an option. But, she felt compelled….no driven?....to become an Auror. Laurel knew her path was set already before her, and she had a suspicion that it was going to be a difficult one.
Looking down now at her watch, 5:30 – she looked back at the ocean, it would be sunset soon she thought as a slight chill ran over her skin, the evening tides bringing in a crisp breeze. Reluctantly she got up, brushing the sand from her pants and headed home.
She had a date tonight with Don, another wizard who graduated from Pacifica last year and she’d had a COMPLETE crush on him since her 5th year. He was totally cute, tall, dark brown hair, big, clear green eyes, broad shoulders – exactly what she always fell for. Plus, thought she would NEVER admit it, he looked like Harry Potter a little and he wore his hair in the same kind of quirky, spiky, carefree style. She REALLY liked that.
At least tonight would be fun, she thought. Don had not paid any attention to her while he was in school with her and she was totally surprised when he showed up around the campus a few weeks earlier looking for her. He told her he’d been thinking about her a lot lately and asked her out. Since then he had been taking her out almost every weekend.
Since it was Friday, she thought they’d go catch a movie or just have dinner and hang out, or whatever he wanted, it was just nice to have a date. Although, she couldn’t quite ignore the niggling at the back of her mind, in the last few dates she sensed something….different, something changed about his demeanor. She had the feeling he was hiding something from her, which was why she had been very reserved around him. He was always polite, complimentary, funny, even charming. He even kissed her (he was just an ok kisser), but when she got close to look in his eyes he would look away each time. She couldn’t put her finger on it and since he never let her get close enough to get a good long look in his eyes she just couldn’t tell for sure what it was.
This worried her as NO ONE knew about her ‘soul seeing’ ability outside of her immediate family, two teaches and the headmaster of her school, and these three she knew, would never speak about it. Laurel’s ‘gift of sight’ was into a person’s soul. Not like hearing your innermost, personal thoughts or anything like that, but she could SEE their souls. They had colors and they radiated out heat as well as their strongest characteristics, like loyalty or courage or a gift of music… Things like that. But she could also see the darkness of a soul. These were totally different, their eyes were dull and black looking inside and they seeped cold from their spirits, like death.
These happenings were not just something she could see if you were the casual person walking down the street past her, she needed to be close and look deep into a person’s eyes. She was still finessing this skill and it took a lot out of her as sometimes strong spirits could overcome her senses,
flooding her with their emotions. She was still learning to control keeping their emotions from washing over her, almost like their feelings became hers…very powerful stuff and she knew it, so she did her best to treat this ability with great care and respect.
Anyway, she was becoming kind of bored with Don too and thought, she’s probably be calling it off with him pretty soon. But, tonight she’d just have a nice time and forget about the heavy decisions weighing her soul.
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A/N: This will p/u in the next couple of chapters...It\'s very much an action/adventure/drama so be on the lookout!