Chapter 251: A new headline

Chapter 251: A new headline

Despite how it seemed it had actually taken several hours for Helena to modify the two ritual from before so it was right at seven in the morning at the moment. With this in mind Nick figured it would be fine to go eat. There were a few people in the halls who had either chosen to skip breakfast or were heading there themselves. No one seemed to notice that Helena wasn't floating next to Nick but rather walking instead. They also didn't seem to notice how she couldn't be seen through like most ghosts.-

This changed however when they arrived in the great hall and Helena sat down at the Ravenclaw table before casually filling a plate and digging in. It only took a few moments for the first student to realize exactly what was wrong with that scene. From there it rapidly spread through the whole hall as almost everybody was staring at Helena feasting. Her table manners were impeccable so she didn't make a mess despite it being clear she was eating nearly as much as Nick. Dumbledore had a serious expression from the professors table as he had also clearly noticed the wand Helena had.-

"The twin trees of Valinor were the greatest trees of all time to our people and whose final fruits alone became our sun and moon. Nothing could be greater to protect your mind!" Celebrimbor insisted. "They got destroyed though! If I used such a thing as a defensive measure it would expose a fatal flaw into my defenses!" Nick shouted to try and drive this fact into the stubborn elf's mind. "It would be worth it to constantly bathe in the two trees light!" Celebrimbor insisted.-

"If it was the real thing sure but it is just a fake! A fraud! And I refuse!" Nick said angrily. They went back and forth like this for hours in the mindscape but nothing got done. Nick had tried to change the stubborn elf's opinion but failed to and as such decided to ignore him. As grateful as he may have been to Celebrimbor he wasn't going to create such a blunder in his occlumency shields just to satisfy him. The best he was willing to do was create a replica of the two trees without any real substance to them.-

So with a bit of a mental flex he spawned into existence two absolutely massive trees within the mindscape. One glowed with a brilliant warm golden light while the other glowed with a pale silver light that felt protective and wise. The were so large that they seemed to blend into the stars above and had trunks and roots the size of countries. Celebrimbor smirked when they popped up making it clear that Nick had been played like a fiddle by the old elf from the beginning of the argument.