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Chapter 6 – The Elite Part 1

CRACK!

In, Out, In, Out. Just breathe Harry. One scrunched up eye opened and the other quickly followed. 'Yes, I did it!' thought Harry triumphtly. He had apperated from the Hospital ward and was now standing in the middle of what looked to be a living room. There were chairs placed around a stoaked fire. To the left of him was a closed door and to the right another door but this one was slighty ajar with soft voices flowing out.'I wonder who that could be'

Harry took one last glance around the living room and walked towards the door with the voices. He was curious as to who could be in the room, as the only people he had seen awake were Murphy and Scott. Just before he reached the door he remembered that the rest of The Elite had been released from the hospital ward when he was asleep.

The voices were getting louder the closer he got to the door; excitment flowed through Harry for what he was sure was the first time in his life. This would be the first time he would get to speak to someone his own age, in the few times he woke from the time he had been in The Unie, Harry had watched the others sleep waiting for them to awake and finally he was going to get that chance.

Holding his breath Harry peeked his head around the door to look inside. His veiw of the room slided into his vision with the boy who had dark brown hair called Nate being the first Elite he saw, as he poked his head out more Harry saw that he was talking to the two girls. The platinum blonde Keanna sitting opposite him and the black haired one called Cassandra sitting next to her.

"So how long do you think we'll have to stay here?" asked Nate to the girls.

Anna answerd him. "I don't know, but Mr. Murphy said we are going to train that could take years" She took a bite of her toast after saying this. "Well at least we have people our age here; we can all become great friends" she added as an afterthought.

"Yeah I suppose we will" agreed Nate nodding his head. "We're a team arn't we, we going to have to work together"

"I wonder when that other boy's going to wake?" asked Casandra to herself, but the others heard her. Anna was the one to respond.

"I was thinking about him, did Mr. Murphy say what his name was?"

Harry could see Casandras legs swinging back and forth under the table, he leaned forward a bit more to see the rest of the kitchen when...

"HEY!"

CRACK!

Jumping with fright Harry automatically apperated to the otherside of the kitchen and watched as the three Elites also jumped, each falling off their chairs. As moans were heard from the three on the floor, Harry looked around for a place to hide. This wasn't how he wanted to make an entrance. Not finding anywhere suitable to hide himself, Harry just chose to stand with a apologetic face and wait for the others to gather themselves.

"Well, you could have at least helped the girls up" Huffed Nate dusting himself off and approaching Keeanna. "It's common curtisy"

Snapping out of his stupor Harry mutterd a quick "Right yeah, Sorry" and went to help up Cassandra.

Looking up from the floor, Cassandra looked curiously at the green eyed boy in front of her and slowly took the hand he was offering. She smiled as she listened to him muttering continuous apologise to her, blushing bright red as he did so. 'It's not like he did it on purpose'

"...and I heard you guys speaking in here and thought i'd...er yeah" Harry trailed off lamely face burning, as he saw Cassandra smiling at him; he turned and looked at the other two to see them examining him. 'Way to go Harry' He thought grudgingly.

Cassandra decided to take pity on the unknown boy. "You must be the forth Elite, the one who was asleep in bed?"

Harry locked eyes with her grey ones, grateful she had broken the silence. "Yeah that's me, I'm Harry. Harry Potter or so i'm told" He held out his hand for her to take.

She did and shoke it with a small nod. "I'm Cassandra Black, but you can call me Cassy"

"Nice to meet you"

Nate and Keeanna stepped closer to the other pair.

"The names Nathanel Lee Jamieson, Most call me Nate and no one ever says that long posh name. It's Nathan Lee at most."

Harry nodded in understanding and shoke the other Elite's hand. "Nathan Lee, mostly known as Nate. Got it."

Harry turned to the last girl only to be enveloped in a hug, with a face full of platinum silverly blonde hair. He just stood arkwardly until she was done and gave a sheepish smile when she stepped back to look at him with a huge grin.

"Hey my name's Keeanna Brooke, but I like to be called Kee or even Anna it doesn't really matter. It's going to be great to work together isn't it? I bet we're going to learn super loads, but we've got ages for that, I mean we're only seven. What do you think we'll learn?"

Harry gaped he didn't think anyone could talk so much. "Er..."

His eyes widened when he saw her mouth open again.

"Give it a rest Anna he just met you"

Harry gave a sigh of relief and shot a grateful look at Nate who laughed and took a seat back at the table. Cassy gave a small giggle behind her hand and went to join him grabbing a peice of toast to munch on, while Keeanna grabbed Harry'd hand and practically dragged him over to the table.

When they were all seated the agreed they should get to know each other. Nate decided to go first as he decided his story was short and easy to tell. He took a deep gulp and his juice and began.

"Well, i guess i should start by saying that i'm a Muggle born. My parents were muggles that lived in Manchester. When i was four we we're on our way back from the park, when my dad lost control of the car. I hardly remeber it, but people say i survived because my mother last act was to push me and my carseat quickly out the door. She always sat in the back with me."

The others watched as he smiled distantly and then coughed to continue.

"After that I was placed in orphanges, the rest of my family were dead. Up until I came here I was told it was a mass murder that killed the rest of my family. Now i know it to be Voldemort and his Death Eaters."

The fire in his eyes as he said this scared the other children. It was scary to see a look of pure anger on a face of one so young. Keeanna placed a hand on his arm. Nate calmed and took a deep breath.

"I hated the oprhanage; the other kids always teased me exspecially about my long posh name. I learned to ignore it, but then one day they all ganged up on me. They were all shouting at me, I couldn't take it and my magic exploded. I blew up the oprhange"

The girls gasped in shock and Anna removed her hand to cover her mouth. Nate looked confused, until it dawned on him how that sounded.

"No it's O.k. Everyone was outside when they were teaseing me, no one was hurt."

The girls looked relieved and even Harry seemed a little more at ease. For a moment there he thought he was dealing with another killer.

"Anyway, I ran for it. It felt like i was running for ever, I was so tired. When i ran it into some woods on the outskirts of town there was this bright flash of light and next thing I know i'm waking up In the Ward and Murph's telling me about the Elite and magic and stuff" he finished telling his story with a grin and looked expectantly at the other to see who would go next.

Harry was going to wait until last, he was sure that the others had better stories then his and he wanted to hear them first. Cassandra just took another bite of her toast and munched it patiently. Keeanna gave a small pat on Nate's arm, before taking a deep breath to start.

"My story isn't as tragic as that. I was born in the Brooke family and with it the Brooke family wealth. Mom and Dad were squibs, but had decent jobs in the muggle world as record label owners. To some kids they would be the perfect parents, never in, always buying presents and no rules. Well it wasn't. I was a young child, still am, but I had to grow up fast. The Nannies never really cared for me properley and all they cared about was the money, I wanted my parents to be there not a different stranger every week. So I packed up and ran, with as much as I could carry. A little girl like me really shouldn't be wandering around the streets of London without an adult, and the adults that wanted to help me wern't right."

The other three exchanged worried glances with each other, before turning their attention back to the sad faced blonde in front of them.

"They told me they would keep me safe. They lied. I was taken to this house; it was small and covered in all kinds of grime and dirt. Now I may not have liked living the posh life, but that doesn't mean I want to be dragged to some horrid house. Anyway, I was taken inside and placed in a room."

Keanna took a shaky breath. Her eyes distance as she remebered a time best left forgotten. Cassandra had one hand covering her mouth as she squeezed the arm of her new found, emerald eyed friend. The two boys had looks of pure hatrid on their faces to whoever did this to their fellow elite member.

"I don't know how long I was in there, it all just blurred together and I won't tell you the details of what happened while I was locked away in my prison. Just know that I wasn't hurt physically, but to be alone with no sign of if you're going to live or die is terrible. I had to grow up fast, and I knew I had to escape. Either before they remembered me and came back or I starved to death. I had this new found determination, this will to survive and it gave me strength. Then something incredible happened, I found out I could create a ball of fire in my palm. It was amazing and I learnt to control it."

She opened her palm to show a small ball of fire in the centre, hovering just above the skin. The others looked on in awe. Harry however had a calculating exspression on his face. Anna saw the look and instantly lnew that her new friend didn't trust her control over the fire. With a smile she offered it to Harry. "Take it"

Harry's eyes widened in shock and he leaned slightly back in his chair. He gave an uncertain shake of his head. Is this girl for real? She really wanted him to touch the fire, would it burn him? He looked at the other elite embers at the table. Nate looked expectantly at him, sliently wondering why he hadn't reached out yet. While Cassy had an understanding smile on his face, as if she knew every thought that had run through his head. Harry felt deterination creep into him as he watched her smile grow and gently place her hand on Harry's forarm. "You need to trust us Harry"

Harry opened his mouth to say he did, but he couldn't. Voldemort told him that to trust someone was to show weakness and the only person you could trust was yourself, but wasn't it time for a change? Closing his mouth Harry gave a quick nod at Cassy and she let his arm go. He clicked his wrist and started to strech his arm towards the flame. It seemed like everyone at the table was holding their breath, while four pairs of eyes watched the pale skinny arm move along the table.

He could see the glow reflected on his finger tips.

The warmth seeping through his skin.

Finally with the last of his will power Harry scooped the flame into his palm. He could only look on in wonder at the small ball of fire sitting in his palm. It didn't burn. It just felt like a comforting warmth and it wasn't only coming from the flame, but the feeling of accomplishment of trusting someone. 'Weak my ass'.

"Well, that was dramatic" spoke Nate loudly, breaking the moment. They all broke out in quiet chuckles. "We know you five minutes and we've already softened you up. Eh Harry?" he asked.

Harry blushed and looked back at enchanting flame. "What happened next?" he muttered in a quiet voice. He could hear Anna sigh and looked at her face; she was staring off into a empty space. It was like she was reliving the memory.

"It seemed like months, but it may have only been a few day, when I heard my cell or whatever it was open. This fat man waddled in and threw a tray of food at my feet, it all looked disgusting. I tried to see if they were going to let me go anytime soon, but all he did was sneer and say 'Let you go?! Oh you're not going anywhere 'till we're done with you'. Even with my new powers, it was still scary to hear that" Giving a slight shudder at the memory of that mans horrid voice, Anna continued. "He came closer to me and I knew what I had to do"

AN : HEYA! OMG i totally forgot about this story, because i've been working on another. I won't post it till i'm further on with it though. So anyway i thought i could come up with a chapter for United and Unleashed. This is just Part 1. Part 2 will be posted soon :) Read and Reveiw please people :D xxxx Kiz