Odin took Jane, Thor and Harry to a room where the first thing they would've noticed was the rather magnificent and large tree.
"Wow." Harry breathed out as he looked at it, he could see what looked like portals on each branch. He could tell that this was no ordinary tree without even looking at it, he could feel the magic surging through it just like a lot of things in Asgard. "What the hell is that?" Harry said Thor as he gestured to the tree, Jane also looked interested and gave Thor her full attention.
"It is a representation of Yggdrasil, the World Tree," Thor answered "your world is one of the Nine Realms of the Cosmos, linked to each other by the branches of Yggdrasil. There are nine realms, one of them is Midgard which is Earth, there are a few others including Asgard where we currently are now."
"You can have a tour later," Odin interrupted before anyone could reply, the group followed him into another room, that was far less impressive looking than the previous one. "now, there are relics that predate the universe itself, what lies within her appears to be one of them. The nine realms are not eternal, they have a dawn, just as they will have a dusk." Odin spoke as he pulled out a large book and opened it while the others gathered around. "Before that dawn the dark elves reigned absolute and unchallenged."
"Dark elves?" Harry asked as he briefly had a mental image of an evil Dobby pass through his head. "What do they look like?"
"They are as tall as any man," Odin answered as he gestured to a picture of them on the books. "they have a shape like any man but with longer ears. Make no mistake, they were powerful beings when they were alive." Odin finished, Harry looked at the pictures, and saw the elves were covered in black apart from their long eared heads which were a very pale white.
"'Born of eternal night, the dark elves come to steal the light'." Thor read from the book. "I know these stories, mother told us them when we were children." He said with a fond smile, remembering simple times.
"Their leader, Malekith, made a weapon out of the darkness and it was called the Aether." Odin continued speaking. "While other relics often appeared in the form of stones, the Aether is fluid and ever changing. It changes matter into dark matter, it seeks out hosts and it draws strength from their life force. Malekith sought to use the Aether's power to return the universe to one of darkness. But, after eternities of bloodshed and horrors, my father Bor finally triumphed against the dark elves, ushering in a peace that lasted thousands of years." Odin finished, saying the last part with a hint of pride in his voice.
"What happened?" Jane asked.
"He killed them all." Odin said simply.
"Are you certain?" Thor asked his father. "The Aether was said to be destroyed, yet here it is."
"It certainly does seems possible for them to be alive," Harry said with a thoughtful look, remembering his own experiences with dead men. As far as Harry was concerned, if there's no dead body then that person should be considered alive until proven otherwise. "it's possible these elves went to hiding, those that did would either be enough for an army or they would breed and increase their numbers."
"The dark elves are dead." Odin said in a tone that clearly stated the conversation was over.
"Are they though?" Harry tilted his head slightly, unfortunately for Odin Harry was probably the only person more suborn than he is. "I mean I came from a world where humans had believed that all the witches and wizards had died out, yet we had an entire country full of them hiding in the same area as them. Most of the time we hid in plain sight as well. I assume that these dark elves have a similar life span to Asgardians, I mean it's possible that they could have gone into hiding, isn't it? So shouldn't you take the necessary steps to make sure that they are not still alive?"
"They are dead," Odin repeated with a slight growl in his voice. "I will not be questioned on this matter by you, wizard."
"Sorry to interrupt but does your book mention anyway to get it out of me?" Jane asked in a hopeful voice. Odin looked at her for all of a second before he replied.
"No, it does not." Odin replied before walking off, he didn't sound too bothered by the fact that Jane could die.
"Thor." Harry spoke up.
"Yes?" Thor asked.
"This may be hypocritical but your dad's a dick."
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