.Of Balrogs and Wizards

Summary: What if Harry was judged innocent when he went through the veil after Sirius, and this was a portal to the Shadow World, this then grants Harry the use of his animagus form.

Warnings: Drink, Swearing, Intimate Moments.

Pairings: Harry/Eowyn Aragorn/Awyen

Disclaimer: Only thing that is mine is the changes to Tolkien's plot the rest is his and JKR's.

Prologue: The Fall (Veil)

"Sirius, NOOOOO!" Harry screamed as he jumped after Sirius. Gripping Sirius cloak Harry then gets drawn threw into the veil as Remus tries to pull Him back, the robe slipping through his fingers.

`What is this darkness? Am I falling? What is happening to me? `

`Do not be afraid young one, you have been judged and found worthy, the darkness within is tempered by the purity of the soul, you will do what is necessary for the survival of those you call friends, and even those you call strangers.`

"What about Sirius, what has happened to him?

`He that came through but a moment before has not been found worthy, he would kill for the sake of pleasure, as he has seen too much darkness, he has been sent to though what you would call a haven, he will live long and peacefully, you would be sent to the empty tomb.`

"Please tel..." Harry tailed off as the presence within his mind vanished, he could tell that it was not there, and so finished. He then felt a burning within his chest, this spread to his head, then to his limbs, and to his extremities. This burning within then came forth and out of his body, came a body of rock, shadow and fire, it had wings, and he could tell that he could call forth weapons made of burning magma.

After a Day of getting used to his new abilities, Harry had the idea, perhaps he could turn back into what he used to be. Harry then sat down, and started to meditate he then remembered what Tonks had said to him about her metermorphagus talents, that she needs to concentrate what she wants to look like, and it happens. So Harry concentrated on what he remembered he looked like, but he did not feel any change. So he tried a different method, instead of trying to remember what he looked like, he tried to remember what it felt like to be human, this is when he felt the warmth drae within and his body start to shrink.

Millennia later

After learning all the intricacies of both his human and other form, he completed his wandering when a presence he vaguely remembered entered his mind.

"Who are you?"

`I am the one who is giving you a second chance, you have a gate now before you enter it and you will do want you wanted. `

The presence had faded and a crack in the wall appeared, allowing light into the depths, Harry waited until this became a gateway and then burst through the stone around the gateway as he was too big to fit. On this side of the gate, which he burst through as it was too small, there were many tiny creatures, which looked like small humans, with scraggily beards, swarming around him and running away from him. These creatures started to get weapons and try to hurt him, so he made his favourite weapon out of fire, this weapon was a Kunai he knew this weapon well as it was one of the weapons he had trained with it, as well as katar's. He killed all those around him, when upon a ledge one of the creatures announced,

"I am the Dwarf Durin, and you shall fall before my feet, Balrog"

Harry then throws his Kunai, where Durin only just manages to hop out of the way, Durin throws one of his two throwing axes at harry who just laughs as it vanishes into the smoke he's producing, not even coming close to his physical body. Harry then creates two katar's out of fire, with which he comes close to Durin, and stabs at him in an almost right left combo punch, the left one manages to catch Durin off guard and he starts to burn to ash from the searing heat of the weapons. As one last ditch attempt before he dies Durin swung his battleaxe round madly, trying to hit anything that he could reach, then with all his energy expended he fell over. Dead. The other dwarves who had come in to try and help their leader slay this foul beast, but when they saw him half gone lying dead on the floor they flew into a frenzy all charging at the Balrog. However when Harry saw them, he made a long sword out of the fire, so he could hit more than two at once, and just swept it back and forth hitting three at a time, this then caused the dwarves to falter and flee.

The presence appeared in Harry's mind again,

"What were they and why did they attack me?"

`They are what your kind calls the Dwarves and your creature form is what they call a Balrog, they attacked you as all the Balrog fought with a being who was called Morgoth on this plain, and they were his captains and generals within his army. So Durin being as old as he was remembered the times with which Morgoth still ruled and thought you were of his army and had just fled when Morgoth was defeated.`

"Fine, but how do you know these things?"

`I am of the Valar, a race of beings on a higher plain, we can sense all that might happen, from what has happened, and in all the futures you would be a great help to those that fight against another evil of this land, a mortal who is not, which is called Sauron. Sauron is a vile despicable being that has passed from the realms of mortality, yet not passed quite into the realm of immortality, you are going to wait for a few years until a group of travellers passes through here, when they do I will give thee more instructions.