The Wizard of Black

Lily didn't move for a few seconds. First the house had been spinning, and then it stopped...she was very confused.

However, Lily was equally frightened as she was confused, and wondered where her parents were. She even worried about where Petunia was. She realized that they must have been next store, so she opened up the door to go there. But as she exited, she saw something else.

"Oh my...I have a feeling I'm not in London anymore," Lily gasped.

What Lily saw wasn't her home back in London. It was a beautiful land...with sparkling water, and enormous flowers...it was the most adorable thing she could ever imagine.

She walked farther on, and heard voices giggling. Lily turned around, but couldn't see anyone. She turned back around and walked. And then all of the sudden, with a sound like a whip cracking, a person appeared right in front of her.

The new person was a very beautiful lady, her hair was dark, and she wore pink robes and a silver crown. There was something about her that made Lily feel protected.

The beautiful lady walked over to Lily. "Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?" she asked.

"I beg your pardon?" Lily said. What was this lady talking about?

"I asked if you are a good witch, or a bad witch?" the lady repeated.

"I- I'm not a witch at all!" Lily stammered. The lady must have been crazy. There were no such things as witches.

"I don't understand why you're asking me this," said Lily. "Witches aren't real. They only exist in fairy tales, and in those fairy tales witches are ugly and evil."

The little voices Lily had heard before began giggling.

"Wha...who is that, and why do they keep laughing?" Lily asked.

The lady laughed as well. "They laugh because I am a witch."

Lily gasped again. "I...I'm sorry! I didn't mean to offend you! But how could you be a witch? You're so beautiful!"

"It's only the bad witches that are ugly...unless, of course, they try and alter their appearance with magic. Which, I won't deny, they've done before." The lady laughed to herself and then said to Lily, "I am Andromeda, the Witch of the North."

"It's very nice to meet you," said Lily. Feeling that it might be appropriate in this country, whatever it was, she curtsied to Andromeda. "My name is Lily Evans. But I still don't understand. What am I doing here? How did I get here?"

Andromeda did not properly answer Lily, but gave an answer of, "You have killed the Wicked Witch of the East, Narcissa. The house-elves are free at last!"

"House-elves?" Lily said, her brow furrowing. "What are house-elves?"

"The little people that live in this land," Andromeda replied. "Where do you come from?"

"London," Lily said.

"I have never heard of London..."Andromeda said. She then began to sing quite sweetly.

"Come out, come out wherever you are
And meet the young lady who fell from a star
She fell from the sky, she fell very far
And London she says is the name of the star."

What Lily figured must have been the house elves came out from little cottages and bushes to walk over to Lily and Andromeda. They were all dressed in dreary pillowcases, but they looked cheerful all the same.

"London she says is the name of the star!" they sang.

Andromeda sang again.

"She brings you good news

Or haven't you heard?
When she fell out of London

A miracle occurred"

Lily quickly shook her head at Andromeda and the house-elves. Unexplainable things were happening much too fast.

"It really was no miracle
What happened was just this:
The wind began to switch

The house to pitch
And suddenly the hinges started to unhitch
Just then a witch

To satisfy an itch
Went flying on her broomstick thumbing for a hitch"

"And oh, what happened then was rich!" exclaimed a house-elf.

To Lily's surprise, all of the House Elves began grabbing each other and telling each other the news quickly.

"The house began to pitch

The kitchen took a slitch
It landed on the Wicked Witch in the middle of a ditch
Which was not a healthy situation for the wicked witch

The house began to pitch!

The kitchen took a slitch!
It landed on the Wicked Witch in the middle of a ditch
Which was not a healthy situation for the Wicked Witch
Who began to twitch

And was reduced to just a stitch
Of what was once the Wicked Witch"

A house-elf came up to Lily and smiled at her.

"We thank you very sweetly for doing it so neatly."

Another house-elf came up to Lily.

"You've killed her so completely

That we thank you very sweetly."

"Let the joyous news be spread: the Wicked old Witch as last is dead!" Andromeda declared.

Surprising Lily again, the house-elves began to sing joyously and skip about, singing,

"Ding-dong the witch is dead!
Which old witch?

The Wicked Witch
Ding-dong the Wicked Witch is dead!
Wake up, you sleepyhead
Rub your eyes, get out of bed!
Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead!

She's gone where the goblins go
Below - below - below
Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out!
Ding Dong, the merry-oh

Sing it high!

Sing it low
Let them know the Wicked Witch is dead!"

A house-elf with big green eyes like tennis balls and a long nose stepped forward and introduced himself to Lily.

"As Dobby of the House-Elf City
In the county of the land of Black
I welcome you most regally"

Another house-elf with a nose like a tomato and a high squeaky voice said,

"But we've got to verify it legally!

To see..."

Dobby nodded. "To see..."

"If she..." continued the second elf.

"If she..."

"Is morally ethically-"

"Spiritually, physically-"

"Positively, absolutely-"

"Undeniably and reliably dead."

Coming forth from the house that had landed on the witch was an aged looking house-elf. He sobbed a little into his pillow case, blew his nose, and then told the crowd:

"As old Kreacher, an old creature

I thoroughly examined her
And she's not only merely dead
She's really most sincerely dead."

Dobby jumped up and down as Kreacher blew his nose again. In his funny little voice, Dobby again announced to the crowd:

"Then this is a day of independence for all the house-elves
And their descendants!
Yes, let the joyous news be spread
The wicked old witch at last is dead!"

The house-elves cheered, and then began to sing and dance once more.

"Ding-dong, the witch is dead!

Which old witch?

The Wicked Witch!
Ding-dong, the Wicked Witch is dead!
Wake up, you sleepyhead
Rub your eyes, get out of bed
Wake up, the wicked witch is dead
She's gone where the goblins go
Below - below - below
Yo-ho, let's open up and sing

And ring the bells out
Ding Dong' the merry-oh

Sing it high

Sing it low
Let them know the Wicked Witch is dead!"

Three house-elves with drawings of shoes on their pillowcases stepped forward to Lily and attempted to do a little dance for her as they sang.

"We represent the Shiny Shoe Club
The Shiny Shoe Club, the Shiny Shoe Club
And in the name of the Shiny Shoe Club
We wish to welcome you to House-Elf Land!"

The Shiny Shoe Club stepped back into the crowd of house-elves. Three more house-elves stepped up. On their pillowcases were designs of different foods.

"We represent the Yummy Food Group
The Yummy Food Group, the Yummy Food Group
And in the name of the Yummy Food Group
We wish to welcome you to House-Elf Land!"

The Yummy Food Group gave Lily a cookie, and then all the house-elves began to skip again.

"We welcome you to House-Elf Land!
Tra la la la la la la la la la la

Tra la la la la la la!"

Dobby excitedly spoke again to Lily.

"From now on you'll be history!
You'll be his...
You'll be his...
You'll be history!"

"And we will glorify your name!" added the rest of the house-elves.

"You will be a bust...
Be a bust...
Be a bust...
In the hall of fame!

Tra la la la la la la la la la la
Tra la la la la la la!
Tra la la la la la la la la la la
Tra la la la la-

AAAAAAHHHHH!"

A huge puff on red smoke emerged along with another whip crack noise that sounded like a pack of elephants. A dark haired witch with deep-set eyes had appeared, and she scanned around the area, looking quick evil. In her hand she carried her broomstick that she thrashed it at them and shouted, "Who killed my sister?!"

The house-elves screamed and some ran away to hide behind bushes. A few even ran back to their homes. The witch went up to the house-elf named Kreacher who had examined to see if the Wicked Witch of the East, Narcissa, was really dead.

"Did you kill her?!" demanded the witch.

"Oh, of course Kreacher didn't," answered the elf. "Kreacher would never harm the Great Witch of the East."

The house-elf nearest Kreacher punched him as the new witch turned her back. She marched up to Andromeda and screamed, "Did you kill my sister?!"

"As much as I am happy to let you take ownership, Bellatrix, she is my sister too and you should know I would never do such a thing!" said Andromeda, who didn't seem to be frightened at all.

"So you didn't kill her!" yelled the witch. "I know you had something to do with it! You were never like us! You were always so good and different, paling around with our stupid cousin! Now what have you done with Narcissa?"

"She's over there," said Andromeda, pointing with her wand to Lily's house.

"You transfigured her into a house?!" the witch shrieked.

"Of course I didn't," said Andromeda. The witch even breathed a sigh of relief.

"She's under it," Andromeda added.

"Under it?!" the witch cried. "What little git did that?"

Lily finally spoke, her guilty conscience coming forth. "I- I didn't mean to!" she trembled.

"She killed Narcissa!" the witch shouted. "I'll kill her! I'll kill her!"

"Oh, shut up Bellatrix," Andromeda said. "Aren't you forgetting about her emerald time-turner?"

Bellatrix had obviously forgotten about it, because her face showed recognition as she turned around to look at the house. "The time-turner!" She walked over eagerly to get them, but when she got there and pulled out her wand, crying, "Accio time-turner!", nothing happened.

"Accio time-turner!" said Bellatrix again, with more anger. Still, nothing happened.

"Accio time-turner!" Bellatrix screamed at the top of her lungs. Nothing was happening.

"That's it! What have you done to it?" demanded the witch at Andromeda. "Stolen it for yourself, have you?"

"No," said Andromeda pleasantly. "I've found a new person for it."

Lily had no idea who Andromeda had been talking about until she felt a gentle hand on her shoulder. She realized that something else felt different. Then she noticed that something she did not own was on her neck. The object was like a tiny, circular, hourglass necklace, but had many complicated things engraved on it, and it was made of emeralds. It must have been the time-turner the witches were talking about!

"You, girl!" Bellatrix screeched, rushing over to her. "Give me that time-turner! It has power you'd never understand! Give it to me! It'll be no use to you!"

"Oh, poo, it's too late!" Andromeda said hurriedly. "You have no power here, Bellatrix! There the emerald time-turner shall remain! Now be gone, before I decide to transfigure you into a house!"

Bellatrix sneered at Andromeda, and then looked scathingly over at Lily. "I'll get you, my mudblood! And that little time-turner too!"

With another loud whip crack and red smoke, Bellatrix was gone.

"It's all right, you can all come back out now," Andromeda called soothingly to the house-elves. As they slowly reappeared, she added to Lily, "You'd better go home, Bellatrix will be after you."

"But I don't know how to get home!" Lily said.

"Well, did you bring a broomstick? Or floo powder?"

"Um, no," Lily replied, wondering what on earth floo powder was.

"You can't go back the way you came either...you will have to see if the Great Black will help. Just follow the yellow brick road to get to the Great Black in Ebony City. But remember: don't take let the emerald time-turner out of your sight, and do not take it off! Goodbye!"

The house-elves began waving goodbye to Andromeda, but Lily protested.

"Wait! Don't go yet!"

It was too late though, Andromeda had already disappeared.

Lily looked around the land, and sure enough, spotted a yellow brick road. "Follow the yellow brick road..." she muttered as she walked over to the beginning of it.

"Follow the yellow brick road!" the house-elf named Dobby said.

"Follow the yellow brick road!" another house-elf said.

"Follow the yellow brick road!"

"Follow the yellow brick road!"

Lily followed the road, and the house-elves were so encouraging. They burst out into song as Lily skipped down the road to get to the Great Black. Whoever or whatever it was, it was her only chance to get back home. The cheery little house-elf voices made her eager as well.

"Follow the yellow brick road!

Follow the yellow brick road!
Follow, follow, follow, follow

Follow the yellow-brick road!
Follow the yellow-brick, follow the yellow-brick
Follow the yellow-brick road!

You're off to see the Wizard

The Wonderful Wizard of Black!
You'll find he is a whiz of a wiz

If ever a wiz there was
If ever, oh ever, a wiz there was

The Wizard of Black is one because
Because, because, because, because, because
Because of the wonderful things he does!
You're off the see the wizard

The Wonderful Wizard of Black!"

The yellow brick road began to leave House-Elf Land, and the house-elves waved goodbye as Lily skipped down the yellow brick road to find Ebony City.