The first thing that came to my mind was how sore I was. My body was tired and hurt everywhere. I didn't even want to open my eyes. I did a mental scan and thankfully found no broken bones. I could sense all three of the deathly hallows along with my phoenix feather wand holster on my right wrist. Good, I wasn't defenseless. Next step was figuring out what happened. I was laying on uneven ground, now I was really confused. The last thing I remember was taking my godson, Teddy, out to Diagon Alley. I shot up to a sitting position. My mind spun at the action but I ignored it for a moment, I needed to find Teddy. I saw him lying down near me on the same uneven ground, roots and moss underneath him. His hair was the same light brown that his fathers was, it was only like that when he was asleep or that he was around muggles. I crawled over to him. He was tall for a thirteen year old, again like his father, though he was defiantly healthier.
"T-Teddy?" I croaked out. My voice was coarse and my throat was scratchy. He didn't respond right away.
When I reached him I shook his shoulder.
"Teddy, wake up." I was worried. I was starting to remember what happened in Diagon Alley. There was a magical explosion and we were at the center of it.
I gave him another shake and he grumbled something about breakfast. I sighed in relief then renewed my attempts to wake him up. He blearily opened his eyes. When he saw me his eyes flashed green then his hair turned black for a moment, then went back to pale yellow and a pale blue color. He hasn't done that in a while. When he was younger that was how he greeted me.
"Unc-" Then he coughed.
"Shh, easy there tiger. How are you feeling?" I asked him.
"What happened, Uncle Harry?" He asked after he cleared his throat.
"We were caught in a magical explosion. I haven't figured out where we are yet." I helped him sit up.
"Why am I so sore?" he asked.
After the battle of Hogwarts Ginny and I ended our relationship. How could I marry a woman I would out live? The Master of Death would out live all of the wizards. Instead I had spent my time studying, hunting down death eaters, and spoiling my godson. People often came to me for answers and one that I found was that magical exhaustion often ended up hurting the body.
"Our magic protected us, but now we have used it all up. It makes us hurt if we use too much magic at one time. It will replenish with time. Your grandmother is going to kill me." I groaned.
I got up and took out the elder wand. I set it on my palm and muttered 'point me, London'. It just spun and spun.
"What's wrong?" Teddy asked as he stood up. My feeling of dread was growing.
"I'm not sure. Point me, Grimmwald Place." It still didn't stop. "Point me village."
It pointed straight west of us.
"I've got a really bad feeling Teddy." I grabbed my mole skin pouch from around my neck. I pulled out my wizards tent.
"I don't think we are close to home right now. I don't have enough magic to figure out where we are, I used too much magic already. Once our magic is back to full strength then we will find our way home." I said as I set up the tent. It was the Potter family tent, complete with a house elf to keep the tent in perfect condition. Kreature also happened to be there as my head house elf.
"Uncle Harry?" I heard Teddy a little ways away. I looked over at him and saw him approaching a large bronze stone with a burnt ring of grass around it. I rushed over to it. I noticed Teddy take in a big sniff.
"It smells like Charlie." Sometimes his wolf blood was useful.
I could feel the magic coming from the stone. I felt compelled to pick it up, and I did just that.
I felt a rush of memories from my early days of Hogwarts. Of Hagrid hatching Norburt.
"Teddy I do believe you just found a dragon egg, but I also think this is what brought us here. The magic feels the same as the explosion." I said as I cradled the egg.
"These woods smell funny Uncle Harry." Teddy said, no longer concerned with the egg. Charlie Weasley had shown the boy plenty of abandoned dragon eggs before.
"What does it smell like?" I asked, now curious.
"I'm not sure, but maybe I'm just tired." He said. His hair was a dark blue now.
"Let's get some rest, in the morning we'll figure this all out."
When we entered the tent the two house elves were in a slight panic about something but I was too tired to say anything. Instead Teddy and I found the closest beds and fell asleep.
The next morning woke up feeling much better. The only problem was the house elves were still nervous.
"Romp what's the matter?" I asked the young elf.
"Master Harry sir, we don't know where we are." The elf said. He reminded me of the first house elf I ever met. He had the same free spirit as Dobby. I hired him to keep the Potter tent usable.
"That's impossible." I just stared at him.
"I'm sorry Master Harry, but Mr. Kreature says we are no longer on earth."
"Merlin's pants. Okay, you two make yourselves comfortable. I have a feeling we will be here for a while."
"Yes Sir." I saw him wander off. Most likely to inform Kreature.
I was lost. Not only that, Teddy was lost with me. The house elves are very attuned with magic and if they say we aren't on earth then I believe them. I sat in the kitchen and waited for Teddy to wake up. I contemplated on what to tell him. When he did wander into the kitchen I had the dragon egg in my lap.
Teddy seemed to know something was wrong when he saw me. He just sat opposite of me and waited.
"I spoke with Romp this morning. He told me some disturbing news." His eyes flashed grey with worry before he could cover it up. "They said we are no longer on earth. We are in a land that is a stranger to them."
"Do you think we'll be able to go home?" he asked quietly. Though his hair was a pale blue again I believed he was taking this rather well. Though he may be like me and silently panicking.
"I don't know." I shook my head. "I will try my hardest but I don't know where to start."
"I do." Teddy said with a smile.
"Where?" I looked at him with confusion clearly written on my face.
"Food!" He gave me a toothy smile.
"Of course." I laughed. "How about we practice your hunting?"
Being half werewolf means a few things. His canine teeth are a little sharper than normal and so was his sight and smell. Plus he only transformed a few times a year. And even then he was more docile than most full werewolves. My animagus form helped him on his wolf nights when he was craving raw meat. It is an extinct animal called a dire wolf. It used to be a popular animagus form for wizards during King Arthur's time.
I shifted after he cast a muffling charm on his feet to make himself quieter. I trotted along as he silently followed. I estimate we walked for about a mile before I picked up a scent. We followed a deer's scent for another two miles before we were close enough to stalk it. Normally Teddy chased them towards me to kill, unless it was his wolf night, then I would chase the kill to him.
There was a herd of deer with quite a few members but sadly none seemed to be injured. It was up to Teddy to single one out and lead them to me.
It was an easy hunt. We brought the deer back to our camp site in the large clearing between two mountains.
"Why did you pick the big one?" I grumbled as I shifted my hold on the doe.
"Because you won't wanna go hunting again tonight." Teddy sassed me.
"Fine but you're carrying it next time." I gruffed.
Skinning and cooking the deer went mostly smoothly. Teddy ended up needing a bath, which the two house elves helped with. They had found a stream nearby. Kreature still had the fake locket around his neck. He still loved serving me but he was occasionally grumpy around Teddy. Romp is a free elf that has completely accepted Hermionie's new house elf equality laws.
"Master Harry? Your dragon egg, Sir." Kreature said as he brought the egg to me.
Teddy and I were sitting by the fire that we cooked on as the tent did not have a fully functioning stove in it. I was currently magically preserving the spare meat with a spell I was teaching Teddy. I sat the egg in my lap again and watched it glow in the fire light.
"Uncle Harry, that egg is different." He told me.
"I know, I can feel its magic. Dragons are dangerous, Teddy, never forget that." I stated.
"I know."