The Elementals by Namacub95 (best book club books for discussion .txt) 📕

Prologue

Water...

Earth...

Fire...

Air...

Quintessence...

There have always been five elements and for as long as those elements have existed there have been those who can control them. Witches and wizards who can harness the power of the elements and use them for good or evil. Many witches and wizards don't even know that they have these powers and almost never use them; stories of elementals were just that stories weren't they? Stories of Merlin who could shoot bolts of lightning from his fingertips and Morgan Le Fay who could control the earth itself with only her mind or The story of the Chosen Five, the five who were masters of their element. Stories told to generation after generation of young witches and wizards around Britain.

The practice had died out many centuries ago but the stories lived on. Very few witches and wizards could control the element they were born under or with and even the most powerful of wizards have struggled to master their element completely. Not even Dumbledore mastered his fully.

Unknown to all this was all about to change, the darkness was brewing and those long forgotten stories would help the chosen few fight. Water, Earth, Fire, Air and Quintessence would stand up against the element of darkness, for one final time.

"My dearest Minerva." Said the portrait of Albus Dumbledore.

"Yes Albus?" Professor McGonagall asked as she tried to stifle a yawn. It was five am in the morning at Hogwarts castle and a week before term restarted. Minerva had been awoken from her sleep by the storm that was raging outside her quarters only to find the portrait of her predecessor wanted to speak with her.

"I have an important matter to discuss with you." The portrait said "This could affect the future of the wizarding and muggle worlds as we know it. I am sure you are familiar with the tales of the Chosen Ones."

"Yes Albus it is an old children's tale but I don't see what this has to do with the fate of the wizarding and muggle worlds." McGonagall replied

"All in good time Minerva." Albus smiled "Can you recount the tale?" McGonagall's frown deepened but with a sigh recounted the tale like Dumbledore had asked.

"There were five witches and wizards, three male and two female if I remember correctly. They fought against the element of darkness controlled by the Cult of Dorchadas. They won but some members of the Cult escaped and vowed future revenge on the Chosen Ones. Albus I really don't see why you are so interested in such trivial nonsense." Albus Dumbledore smiled

"My dear Minerva that tale is far from 'trivial nonsense' it is a true account of a battle between five extremely powerful elementals and the Cult of Dorchadas." McGonagall still looked unconvinced by the statement.

"Albus the ability to control elements is mere myth no witch or wizard has ever proven otherwise." She said trying to reason with Dumbledore who simply smiled at her.

"There is so much the wizarding world does not know Minerva. That tale and many others like it are true yet many do not believe that such powers exist and many fail to recognise them even when they themselves display such talents. Do you not recall Minerva that when I first met you at the tender age of eleven that you told me of the ability to make yourself fly for short amounts of time?" Dumbledore asked.

"I do but it was simple case of childhood magic many students say similar events have happened to them." McGonagall answered with a nod trying to find the reason amongst the madness.

"Not the element of air making itself known to yourself and other like you who are born under the signs of Gemini, Libra and Aquarius? You yourself are a Libra are you not?" Dumbledore pointed out.

"Yes Albus I am a Libra I was born on October 4th but that has little to do with the matter at hand." McGonagall answered rubbing her temples.

"Do you recall what one Olivia Crawford showed you when you told her of magic?" Albus pressed and McGonagall sighed.

"Albus I do not remember every muggle-born that I met!" she said in an exasperated tone.

"You told me that she produced a small flame in the palm of her hand. Is this not the element of fire showing itself to those born under the signs of Aries, Leo and Sagittarius? I myself could conjure flame from an early age."

"Albus please this is mere childhood magic!" McGonagall argued but she felt like she was fighting a losing battle.

"One Adam Messenger told me that he could make plants grow and incredible rates, this surely is not earth revelling itself to those whose signs are Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn?" Albus continued to press. McGonagall didn't respond with a counter argument but sat her eyes wide.

"It is true then? All of it true?" she asked in a whisper.

"Yes Minerva all of it is true." Albus confirmed with a nod of his head.

"What of the other elements? Water and Quintessence?" she asked.

"The element of water can be controlled by those who are born under the zodiac signs of Pisces, Cancer and Scorpio. Quintessence is the element I am least sure of. It seems to present itself to those born under any star sign but I have noticed that it seems to run in families but I am not completely sure." Albus said his expression thoughtful.

"So if the stories are true then..." McGonagall trailed of with a look of sudden understanding and then fear.

"I am afraid so the Cult of Dorchadas is also real and from recent events it seems to be reforming after nearly five centuries." Dumbledore face betrayed noting but complete calmness.

"How will we defeat them for a second time?" McGonagall asked the portrait.

"The Chosen Ones will present themselves in time Minerva. It falls to you and your teaching staff to nurture their powers, teach them to wield them and when the time is right they will face the Cult." Dumbledore said

"How can we teach them? We have only just learnt that these powers truly exist! We can't send students to be killed Albus!"

"They will not be killed. If their powers are as strong as those in the stories of old then it is the Cult of Dorchadas who should be afraid." Dumbledore said calmly.

"Which students are they?" McGonagall asked.

"Only time will tell my dear Minerva." Replied the portrait.

Chapter 1: It Begins

Albus Severus Potter was dreaming, or at least he thought he was. How else could he explain being in such a strange place and having no idea where he was or what was going on.

It seemed like he was in a hall of some sort it was about the same size as the Great Hall and almost completely made out of stone with a large window at the far end. The large stone ceiling was held up by massive stone pillars which had various symbols on them, Albus had no clue what they meant he didn't take ancient runes. Albus stared around in confusion but his eyes were drawn to two figures stand a few feet apart about ten yards away from him. The one closest to him had their back to him and looked entirely focused on the other, from what he could tell the one facing his direction was definitely female and the other looked female as well. The figures looked strange like he was watching them from behind heat haze, he tried to move closer but found that he was blocked by a force field.

"Alice! Alice! What are you doing? Alice you'll get yourself killed Alice!" screamed a voice that he recognised as Keith Downes. Albus's eyes widened and he looked closer at the figure with their back to him, it was Alice Downes. How could he have missed that the bob-cut dark brown hair and the small thin frame. The other figure became remarkable recognisable as well it was his girlfriend Ellesheil Darrow.

"Alice don't do this! Alice!" pleaded another voice that came from his immediate right. It was his cousin Rose and standing on her right was Scorpius Malfoy and on his right was Alice's twin brother Keith.

"Rose what's going on?" Albus asked. Rose didn't answer it didn't seem like she heard him at all because she continued to bite her lip like she always did when she was worried.

He noticed that Rose had her long red hair up in a plait which was odd because she never wore her hair up. She was also wearing a green tunic with a symbol on her chest it was circle with a dot in the middle and under the tunic she was wearing a white shirt, trousers and boots. He noticed that Scorpius and Keith were wearing similar outfits except that Scorpius's tunic was grey with a different symbol of an upward facing spiral on it and Keith's was blue with the inverted image of Scorpius's symbol on it. Albus looked down at himself and saw he was wearing a tunic as well only his was red with a triangle symbol on it. Alice was wearing a pink tunic but Albus couldn't see her symbol.

"Rose talk to me. What is going on?" Albus asked again. Rose yet again didn't answer. "Scorp! Keith! What's happening?" they like Rose didn't answer but they looked worried and scared.

"Oh look Alice! Your pathetic brother and friends have decided to join us!" Ellesheil said in a mocking tone.

"Leave them out of this!" Alice snapped "This is between you and me." Ellesheil gave a maniacal laugh and conjured what looked to be black flames. Albus stared in shock she didn't have a wand so how could she produce flames like that. He didn't have time to ponder this as Ellesheil threw the dark flames at Alice. Alice extended her arms with her palms facing Ellesheil and a force field like the one in front of Albus erupted out from them and Ellesheil's flames dissipated when they contacted it.

"Nice magic trick but it won't get you far!" Ellesheil said conjuring more black flames and shooting them at Alice.

"Alice move!" yelled Scorpius and Alice did as she was told she dropped her force field and leapt agilely to her right avoiding the flames. It was Alice's turn to attack now, she balled her hands into fists and to Albus's shock bolts of lightning began to spark around them getting larger and larger and then she shot a large bolt from the palm of her right hand at Ellesheil. Ellesheil wasn't as agile as Alice and threw herself out of the way of the bolt barely missing being hit.

Ellesheil looked murderous now and gave a scream of rage producing more dark flames and shooting them at Alice like a flamethrower. Alice had a hard time of avoiding them while shooting her lightning bolts at Ellesheil. Ellesheil conjured a wall of black flame which completely obscured her but the lightning bolts sailed threw it without stopping and a scream of pain came from the other side of the flames. Ellesheil had dropped to her knees clutching her right arm which was oozing blood.

"Alice!" Albus called. Alice's concentration wavered and she turned to look at him. Her warm hazel eyes