TBAY: Climbing Wonder Trees

[Melody <Malady579@hotmail.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49523

"I could throw a stick at it," Melody thought as she stood ten feet
away from the huge live oak in the field next to the safe house.  "But
I guess that is like hitting someone with their own severed arm, so
that will not help."

She twisted her head trying to figure out the best way to approach
this.  Not know what causes trees to attack, she was at a lost at what
to do to conquer this fear of trees. [1]

She looked over at Coney [2] who was basking in the sun balanced on
her back.  "I could throw the bunny on the tree," she pondered looking
between the oak and the bunny.  Melody crept closer to the bunny, but
Coney let out a low growl.

"You've been hanging around Grey Wolf too much," she commented, but
Coney just rolled over and jumped off flipping dirt all over Melody.

Wiping her face, she turned back at the tree.  Gathering her nerves
and ignoring her fears, Melody took off towards the tree and took a
large leap.  She landed on one of the low branches and held on for
dear life.  She held her eyes closed tight in expectation, but nothing
came but a breeze.  She relaxed her shoulders and opened one eye.  The
tree was perfectly still and gently swaying like it was rocking a baby
to sleep.

"Woohoo!" Melody cried jumping up to stand on the branch.  She threw
her arms around the tree trunk and hugged it soundly.  Looking up the
tree, the top was beckoning her upward.  Not wanting to push her luck,
she just pulled herself up a branch higher and sat on it dangling her
legs.

She looked out at the view.  "Not bad," she commented.  She watched
the clouds role by and began wondering.

"Can HP wizards affect the weather?  Are they limited to the range of
incantations alone?  Can Dumbledore, or worse, Voldemort stir up a sky
and bring a hail storm down on WW and MW alike?"

Melody swayed her legs up parallel to the branch and leaned her back
against the tree trunk.

"Can wizards move mountains?  Are there limits to the command 'accio'?
 Wouldn't the only limit be in the power of the wizard behind it?
Seems the likes of Dumbledore could possible move at least a building
or better yet, trees.  The whooping willow had to get to Hogwarts some
how, and it came there full grown."

Melody looked up at the tree.  "Do you know how they did it?"

The tree ruffled its leaves but remained to all degrees 'normal.'

"Well then, maybe it was moved with a lot of wizards since the number
of wizards behind the spell increases the severity of the spell.
Could all the witches and wizards in the world amass and on the count
of three move a mountain?"

She sat there are envisioned the wizard population at the WQC being
organized to move the stadium a few feet to get in the shade.  Feeling
more confident, she rose up and pulled herself up a branch.

"Do you think the Potters' had a house elf?  They seem to qualify so
far.  I wonder if this elf could fill in the little details about
James and Lily that Harry does not know.  The house elf would have
probably be given to Dumbledore too, so the elf would be at Hogwarts.
 Though, I bet the elf knows little about Harry, so the elf would not
search for him."

Melody scanned the field.  "Where is Coney?" she asked squinting her
eyes looking for the white ball of fur.  Getting worried, she swung
herself down to the next branch but lost her grip and tumbled down to
the next catching herself with the bends of her knees.  She swung a
few inches form the ground upside down and red faced.

"Hmmm, that wasn't pleasant," she commented and began swinging herself
to propel herself up.  She grasped the branch and turned herself
upright sitting on the branch again.

"Well the tree did not let go of me," she smiled quite pleased with
her rationale side coming back.  Repositioning herself, she hung again
from her knees and swayed in the breeze pondering some more.

"I wonder why Hermione doesn't have any Muggle friends?

Are werewolves insomniacs one night out of the year?

Does a witch ride a broom side saddle?"

Melody swayed some more as Coney hopped up and cocked her head staring
at Melody.  Melody waved at the bunny.  "Hey, Coney.  There you are.
Proud of me?"

Coney hopped up and looked at Melody's face.  She then leaned forward
and licked Melody's nose causing Melody to sneeze, loose her grip, and
fall belly-flop on the ground.  Coney hopped out of arm's reach
chuckling.  Melody laid for a moment trying to control her rage.

"I could of had created a tall, dark, sexy theory but *noooo*.  I just
had to have a bunny," she grumbled.

Coney kicked her back paws and threw more dust in Melody's face, but
out of no where, the tree lurched swinging one of its branches over
Melody's head and aimed directly at Coney.  The branch caught the
bunny's hind legs and flipped her over on her back.

The tree rose back up to stature and shook its branches laughing in
the wind.  All Melody could do was smile.  She stood up and walked
over to Coney to make sure the little thing was ok.

The rabbit sat up, shook its head, and flipped over growling at the
tree.  The tree let loose a mass of leaves on the bunny causing Coney
to jump in Melody's arms out of fear.

"Oh, Coney.  It's just a tree," she cooed and winked at the oak.


Melody
[1] link to reason why my TBAY character fears trees
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/46414

[2] link to why I have a bunny
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/47881