Harry Potter, World Walker
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Part 1 – Returning Home
Dumbledore sighed as he looked at the black draped seats at each house table, while the students and the teachers ate their meal. While, every house was missing some members, the ones that struck him the most were the empty seats at the Gryffindor table. While he knew that would be losses in the coming war, he had not expected them to start so soon, or affect so much. Dumbledore stood to make his start of term announcements, when a loud hum filled the Great Hall. Then an almost blinding sphere of light appeared in the middle of the hall, and started drawing an oval. Once the oval was complete, a bright flash of light filled the hall, blinding everyone looking at the oval. After everyone was able to see again, what appeared to be a vertical pane of shimmering water stood in the middle of the great hall. Seconds later, the pane shimmered and two figures in armor dressed in armor stepped into the hall. The first stood as tall as Hagrid, was wearing Heavy Plate armor, and held a large maul in his hands. The second was dressed in chain mail, carried a repeating crossbow and a round shield, and several other weapons could be seen strapped to his body and hanging off his belt. It was not possible to tell how tall the second figure as he stayed in a crouch as he survived the room. Both wore helmets so it was not possible to see their faces. He nodded to the giant, and then the giant tapped the haft of his maul on the floor. A circle of runes appeared in a 20 ft circle appeared around the two. At the same time, a shadow detached itself from the smaller man and flowed back into the portal. The portal rippled a second time and a man dressed in what appeared to the simple robes of a friar appeared leading a griffon and large horse wearing plate barding. The horse was large enough to carry the armored giant. On the back of the horse sat a beautiful young woman with long blonde hair, dressed in a plain white shift, while seated on the griffon was a brunette dressed in exquisite dress of green and silver with various runes appearing as the dress shifted and light caught the gold thread. The two armored men put away their weapons and helped the two ladies down to the ground. Several of the students let out a gasp of shock as they saw that the smaller man was missing his left hand.
Dumbledore made his way down from the head table to stand in front of the strangers, while the teachers covered him with their wands.
"Greetings, strangers. Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I am Professor Dumbledore, the Headmaster here. What business do you have here?" Dumbledore asked.
"Hello, Professor. Our business? We are just some students returning to school." Said the shorter man as he unhooked a metallic-looking cloth from the front of his helmet, then removing his helmet, revealing his face to the school.
"Potter, I'll have you expelled for this stunt!" shouted Severus.
"Severus, we will talk about this later" Dumbledore rebuked Severus, before he turned back to Harry. "Harry, my dear boy; it is good to see you again. I feared the worst when you disappeared at the end of last year with your friends. Whatever happened to you, dear boy?"
"We've only be gone for the summer, sir?" interjected the lady standing next to Harry.
"Ah, Ms. Granger, it has indeed only been a few months since I last saw you. I take it your other companions are Mr. Weasley, Mr. Longbottom, and Ms. Lovegood. But where is Ms. Weasley, she disappeared at the same time you did?" asked Dumbledore.
Just then a shriek was heard from the Slytherin table, as Draco jumped out of his seat and then shouted, "No one touches me there. You'll pay for that. Hey, give me back my wand."
Harry shook his head and then gave a sigh of resignation. He straightened up to his full height and then with a voice that could be heard throughout the Great Hall, even though he was barely speaking above a whisper, commanded, "Ginny, come here and leave the poor boy alone."
A shadowy form separated itself from Draco, slipped into the shadows next to the Slytherin table, and then reappeared next to Harry. The form resolved itself into a slender redhead with ebony skin wearing a black leather corset and loincloth, who then draped herself over Harry's back. "Ah, I was just having some fun. He's too small to play with for long though," whined the girl into Harry's ear.
"Professor, can we discuss what has happened to us, later. It has been a long day for us, and we would like to have a meal before we start any lengthy conversations. Also, could our companions have a place to stay?" Harry asked.
"Of course, Harry. Hagrid, if you would be so kind, as to take Harry's companions to the stables. If the rest of you would follow me, I'll have some dinner brought to my office, if you don't mind." Proclaimed Dumbledore. "Minerva, if you would take of the announcements and see everyone off to rest."
"Of course, Albus." Minerva replied.
"Harry, it's good to see you again. Cor Blimey, an actual griffin, there hasn't been of them around these parts for a while now. Do you think I could show him to my class?" Hagrid said as he came up to the group.
"We'll talk later, Hagrid. But I'm sure Steelclaw wouldn't mind showing for you classes." Harry replied to Hagrid.
"Harry, I'll go with Hagrid, if you don't mind. I need to get a feel for the land here." Neville said as the group made its way out of the Hall.
"I'll go with you, Neville. I need to dance among the moonbeams." Luna added.
"Take care, my friends. We'll find you later." Harry said as he clasped Neville's forearm.
"Always, my friend. Don't let Hermoine get carried away with her explanations," jested Neville.
With that the group split, Harry, Hermoine, Ron, and Ginny going with Dumbledore, while Neville and Luna headed outside with Hagrid, Steelclaw and the horse.