Phoenix Land by Healer Pomfrey

I'm writing this story for BYoshi1993, who has been asking me for weeks to write a story about a phoenix Harry. I always refused, but my muse finally decided to give in and write another (small... I hope) Animagus story.

I'm not a native speaker of English. Please excuse my mistakes or help me to correct them.

All recognizable characters belong to J. K. Rowling, and I am not earning anything by writing this story.

Eight-year-old Harry was sitting in his dark cupboard, feeling frustrated, because he had had to make many mistakes in his Math test that morning in order not to be better than Dudley, because his uncle always took it very badly if he wrote a better test than his cousin. He was also hungry, because his aunt had once again shoved him into his cupboard without giving him anything to eat.

'I wished I was dead like my parents or at least somewhere else where someone loves me,' he thought sadly as hot tears began to stream down his small cheeks.

Suddenly, a bright flash enlightened his small cupboard, causing Harry's eyes to widen in fright. 'Is my cupboard burning?' he thought, but when the light weakened, he saw a huge bird sit on his mattress. The bird was just wonderful. It had red and golden feathers and was wearing a mischievous expression on its friendly face.

#Hello little one, I am Fawkes,# the bird trilled in a happy sequence of tones.

"Hello Fawkes. I'm Harry," Harry replied shyly. 'I can understand the bird; that's so cool,' he mused in excitement.

#I came to rescue you, little one,# Fawkes said gently. #You don't like being here, do you?#

"Can you take me away from here?" Harry asked eagerly, throwing the bird a hopeful look.

#Hmmm, yes and no,# Fawkes replied slowly. #The problem is that you have to turn into a phoenix like myself. You must imagine yourself as a bird like me. You won't have the same colours as me, because I'm a fire phoenix, and you'll probably be a water phoenix with blue feathers or an ice phoenix with white feathers. That's up to you. If you manage the transformation, I'll take you to phoenix land.#

"How could I change into a bird?" Harry asked, sighing as he sadly averted his eyes to the floor.

#You can, little nestling; you have the ability, otherwise you wouldn't be able to understand me at all. You only have to try. You need to imagine your hands as wings and your legs and so on. You must concentrate on it and try really hard. Have you noticed the grey cat sitting on the wall behind your garage from time to time?#

"Yeah," Harry said miserably, looking back at the bird.

#She's a human. She only turns into a cat when it's more convenient for her. And your form is that of a phoenix like me. That's why I came to help you. Now, go on and try. I'll come back every night until you manage to transform, and then I'll take you with me,# Fawkes promised.

The following day was a Saturday, and the Dursleys forced Harry to do many chores, only to tell him that he was a lazybones and couldn't do anything correctly. He was punished and returned to his cupboard, feeling sore and hungry as usual. 'I just have to manage to change into a bird,' Harry thought frantically, wishing to transform with his whole mind and body as he looked at Fawkes, who was observing him patiently.

Suddenly, in a small splash of water, Harry found himself in the form of a phoenix. 'I did it,' he thought, happily flapping his blue wings, only to realise that the cupboard was too small for him to move.

#Don't hurt yourself, little nestling. I'm going to take me with you now,# Fawkes trilled, smiling at the smaller phoenix. With a small flash of flames, accompanied by a tiny splash, the two phoenixes vanished from the cupboard.

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Suddenly, Harry found himself in a huge garden. He saw many flowers and trees, the sun was shining, and thousands of phoenixes like Fawkes or himself were flying or walking around, obviously having fun. The air was full of their happy trills. Harry could see many tiny lakes that looked extremely inviting to him, and here and there he recognised bowls with phoenix treats, which seemed absolutely delicious.

#This is phoenix land,# Fawkes explained gently. #You may do as you wish, eat and bathe, fly around.... Oh no,# he quickly corrected himself. #I have to teach you to fly and flash first. We'll do that tomorrow if you want. First of all, try to walk on your legs and eat something. Oh, by the way, I'm going to call you 'Splash'.#

During the next few weeks, Harry as Splash became used to living in phoenix land. It was outright fantastic. He became friends with other young birds, and they spent the whole day playing together. For the first time in his life he could eat as much as he wanted, and he absolutely loved splashing around in one of the small lakes. Fawkes was always nearby and kept an eye on him. It was like having a real parent, and Harry/Splash became used to the older bird's antics. When he became more adapted at flashing, he had much fun showing up right next to Fawkes in order to make him wet with his splash of water, in spite of knowing that Fawkes was always very careful not to hurt him with his own flash of fire.

One day, nearly three months after Fawkes had taken Harry/Splash to phoenix land, Fawkes spoke up thoughtfully. #Splash, I need to return to the human world. In fact, I am bound to an old wizard, who is the Headmaster of a magical school. During the summer holidays, he won't need me and he is used to my absence, so I always come here; however, school is going to begin tomorrow, and I need to return for the school year. Actually, it's the same school that you will be attending in two years' time, so I'd rather take you with me than leaving you here. You may stay with me for a day; however, my human must not notice who you are; otherwise, he'll take you back to your family.#

Harry/Splash threw Fawkes a terrified look, and the phoenix continued, #I suggest that you look around and choose one of the other teachers to become his or her familiar, so you can stay with them until we can come back here next summer.#

#All right,# Harry/Splash agreed, although he felt slightly frightened at the thought of returning to the human world.

#You have to stay in your phoenix form at all times; do you understand me?# Fawkes trilled gently.

#Yes, I understand.#

With that, Fawkes gently embraced the smaller phoenix and flashed away. When the movement ended, Harry/Splash slowly opened his eyes, finding himself sitting next to Fawkes on a perch in a beautiful round office.

#Hello, old grumpy on;, I'm back,# Fawkes trilled boldly, #and I've brought a little nestling. That's Splash. He'll be going to remain at Hogwarts and look for a familiar.#

"Oh that's wonderful, Fawkes," the Headmaster replied gently, popping some kind of sweet into his mouth, before he stepped over to the perch and carefully petted the two phoenixes. "Well, if Splash wants to choose his familiar, I suggest that you both accompany me to the staff meeting, which is going to begin in twenty minutes." He held a hand in front of Splash's feet, causing the little bird to throw Fawkes a questioning glance.

#It's all right, little one. Step onto his hand and walk up to his shoulder,# Fawkes instructed him, before he jumped onto the professor's other shoulder.

Harry/Splash glanced around in amazement as the Headmaster carried him through the empty halls of what seemed to be a large castle. 'The people in the pictures are moving like in my picture of Father Christmas that I gave to Aunt Petunia last year, and she threw it away because it was freakish,' he mused, curiously looking at the people that were assembled in the room the Headmaster had just entered. To his huge surprise, the Headmaster pulled a stick out of his robe pocket and waved it, causing a perch similar to the one in his office to appear in a corner.

#Let's take a seat,# Fawkes instructed him, and the smaller bird obediently took off, landing on the perch without problems. 'Thank God Fawkes made me practise so much, while we were in phoenix land,' he thought gratefully.

#Now, choose one of the humans. Let your phoenix instincts decide,# Fawkes trilled, and Harry/Splash looked around curiously.

'What does he mean with phoenix instincts?' he wondered but realised soon that his phoenix instincts were very different from his human taste. He glanced around the table, beginning by the woman sitting next to the door. 'No, she is a wind type,' he mused, 'the next one is a fire type, there we have an ice type, although I'd like that woman even in my human form, the man over there is strange and he's an earth type, and I don't like the one over there, but that's definitely a water type, and then we have another fire person, and the Headmaster is a fire person as well. Oh well, of course; otherwise, Fawkes wouldn't have chosen him.'

#How do I choose someone?# he asked curiously, causing Fawkes to smirk.

#There are only two you feel attracted to, correct?# he queried.

#Yeah, but...#

#What's the problem?# Fawkes queried, narrowing his eyes at the smaller phoenix.

#The woman over there is an ice type, which I think would be all right, and she is sympathetic from the human aspect,# Harry/Splash replied hesitantly. #The man over there looks not very nice from my human point of view, but he is a water phoenix, which will probably the best, won't it?#

#Yes, little nestling, he's going to be the one,# Fawkes trilled back, giving the smaller phoenix a little nudge. #Go on and jump onto his shoulder or talk to him, little one. He won't bite you.#

Harry/Splash's phoenix instincts took over as he jumped onto the table and from there onto the water type man's shoulder, flinching back badly when the man tried to shake him off, before he spoke up in an angry voice, "Could someone take that feathered rag off my shoulder NOW?"