Unfinished Gems

Sands of Time - 1

Sometimes, love is strong enough that not even time itself can end it. Lotus Potter is a girl outside time, living a life she never could have dreamed of...from a lost child to Egyptian Queen, she's in for an adventure of many lifetimes. On the plus side, Voldemort won't stand a chance. On the downside, five thousand years is a long time to wait for her husband to come back.

fem!HarryXAtem

Type: Harry Potter x Yugioh crossover

Parts: 13

Status: Incomplete

Author: sakurademonalchemist

URL: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13864776/1/Sands-of-Time

Chapter One

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In retrospect, she should have known her luck would act up sooner rather than later regarding the current defense teacher.

Umbridge's smug face really pissed her off, but not as much as the fact that she would have to finally submit to the hag's rule.

Unnoticed, the odd set of scales that had always been in the room began to glow from the indentation that Hermione has said was called the 'Eye of Horus'.

She really didn't know what made her do it. Just that an overwhelming urge came over her as she took a deep breath and shouted a single word, rather than submissively allow Umbridge or her cronies to lead her anywhere.

"Sanctuary!"

The suddenness of it startled everyone, particularly since for reasons she would never be able to explain, she shouted this word three times.

Hermione gave her an odd look, while Luna gave her a proud, yet slightly sad smile. Her gaze held a knowing quality, as if she knew exactly why she had shouted that three times.

The glow of the scales grew to an alarming extent, and the room became blinding.

Then...it happened. While everyone was trying to recover their sight, the bell towers which had stood since the time of the founder and who's purpose was supposedly to ring in times of danger, began to toll.

A warm, enveloping light began to form from the towers as a rather beautiful song began to play. You could feel the power of the school wards as they began to power up in full, and everyone went to the windows to see what was fully going on...or tried to before the walls seemed to melt away and they were standing on what looked like nothing above the school.

Wings of light formed from the two towers, and a long neck appeared as the song played. It was clearly a phoenix made of light. A comforting feeling passed through them, as the school drew upon the leylines upon which they were built to fully power themselves. Everyone in the castle and the surrounding area was watching this phenomenon.

Fawkes, who had been waiting for this moment, began to sing in tune with the song played by the bells,...and a second phoenix appeared from one of the towers and joined him. The two circled the school, singing and adding their own protective magics to the wards.

The wings of light enveloped not only the school, but the town of Hogsmeade as well. It had been building up magics for some time, waiting for someone to awaken the long dormant protective magics of the school. The feeling of safety, protection, hope and light was apparent to everyone there.

As the wings slowly began to dissipate and the song began to end, Umbridge felt something test her...and it did not approve of her presence in the least.

She wasn't the only one...inside the castle, several others were themselves tested and found wanting.

The one who awakened the ancient wards felt something different. It felt like coming home, and a brief sensation that seemed to be saying 'good luck' passed through her core...before she vanished.