Hello everyone! I'm back. Unfortunately, I don't think Harry's going back
yet.
Silverrowan
~**~**~
"Van Gogh is better." Harry said firmly.
Ares shook his head, "No, Monet is better."
Harry narrowed his eyes, "Is not."
"Is too." Ares stuck out his tongue. Harry snorted, "Very mature."
Ares flashed him a smirk before saying, "Seriously, Monet is better than Van Gogh. You only like him because of his painting "Starry Night"."
Harry answered defensively, "So? I like it, especially the swirls."
Ares muttered, "Romantic." Harry glared but left the subject, "Come on, let's go explore the island."
Ares agreed quickly and they prepared to jump blind. Exploring was one of his favorite hobbies, next to teasing Harry and scaring students of course. Because of the planes in this area instead of a normal huge piece of land, it is impossible to explore the usual way which is walking around the new places. The only way to explore around here is to jump without directions to a strange new plane and hope that it wasn't someplace dangerous. The only thing good about this is that they can't get lost as they always have a connection back to Kaiser's home.
"Well here goes nothing." Harry said, holding Ares' hand tightly and jumped.
....................................
Colors swirled around them and without warning, they dropped onto cold hard ground.
Harry was the first to stir, rubbing his head gently to ease the pain from the hit against a stone wall. Ares groaned underneath him and said in a muffled voice, "Harry, could you get of me please? I'm going to be flat as a pancake with all this squashing business."
Harry stood up at once and helped Ares up to his feet. They dusted off the dust from the ground and looked around. Ares meanwhile started investigating the gray substance.
"From the looks of this, the dust has been gathering here for quite a while. I would say this place hasn't seen a visitor for over two hundred years."
Harry replied, "Wow, this is going to be a great place to explore!"
Ares frowned and said hesitantly, "I'm not sure. Old places like this are usually dangerous. There's tons of traps and who knows what monsters had made this its nest. Harry, at the first sign of trouble, we go home. Understand?"
Harry nodded, understanding the gravity of the situation.
Ares, being the older of the two, led the way through a corridor. They made as little noise as possible as they edged silently through the huge building. At one point they stopped because Ares thought he heard some voices in a corner but it only turned out to be some mice.
After making sure they were indeed alone, they proceeded and found themselves in a rather large room that seemed to be once a grand sitting room. Harry found a plate in a corner and walked over to inspect in. He blew away the dust and read the words inscribed on it in graceful writing. He let out a small gasp. Ares was immediately by his brother's side.
"What is it?" He asked questionably.
Harry wordlessly pointed at the plate on the wall.
THE SITTING ROOM OF THE TITANIUM HALL.
Looks like they found the infamous sister hall to the Platitium building that had been lost for centuries.
~**~**~
Runay was once again shopping in Diagon Alley with his vampire partner. For the sake of him, he couldn't figure out why Dranus enjoyed shopping so much. He supposed it's another one of those weird human quirks. Honestly, who ever heard of making clothing so constricting! Why, there's no room for wings or a tail!
He shrugged and followed after the blond boy, looking over at those numerous strange magical artifacts. He fingered his wand in his robes nervously. That's another thing he couldn't figure out, why on earth do they need those fizzle sticks for? When he'd mentioned this to Dranus, the vampire had just looked at him with a glance that told him to drop the subject. Apparently most wizards use wands so it's better to use them to or else it would attract attention.
He sighed and wandered aimlessly in the streets until one particularly shabby alley caught his attention. He walked over and read the worn down sign.
KNOCKTURN ALLEY
He blinked and shrugged again. 'Why not? Should be fun to see something new.'
He was there for about five minutes before he figured out why people don't want to come here. So this was the shabby part of town. He grinned. A demon is right at home with these so-call-shabby stuff. He wondered whether the witch in the corner would tell him where she got the nails from? Perhaps she could share some information.
As he turned to go, he caught a wisp of conversation that made him retrace his steps.
"-Draco would be of course taking the mark this Christmas." Lucius Malfoy said in a smug tone. "After all, I am the Lord's favorite and Draco is the Malfoy heir. This will be a surprise so I trust you will not tell him?" He peered down at the form of Pansy Parkinson.
"Of course, Mr. Malfoy." Pansy replied, smiling docilely as Lucius walked away.
Runay froze for a second before quickly contacting his Dranus. It wasn't telepathy or anything, just a quick exchange of information. As he'd thought, the boy was furious at this info and immediately started changing his plans. Runay himself was also worried. 'This shouldn't be happening. It was too fast.'
He hurried out of the alley and met Draco at the bookstore. On mutual agreement, they apparated out of the area. Runay was of course the one doing the apparating. One should be ashamed of thinking Draco Malfoy would be disobeying the rules.
~**~**~
Harry and Ares stood in stunned silence until the demon broke it, "Impossible. No one had seen hide or tail of this castle since like five hundred years ago normal time not Bermuda time. That equals almost thirty thousand years in Bermuda."
"Holy shit," Harry breathed, "So we're like legends now? Since we've found a legendary place?"
Ares could only nod. Harry shifted slightly. He didn't want to be famous but someone has to know about this place. There must have been lots of valuable stuff here!
"Right." He said, "Let's link to this place so we don't lose it and tell Kaiser about it." Ares shook his head and said no.
"Don't you get it Harry? We've been waiting for this chance for who knows how long. This is our trip to explore someplace no one has even seen for centuries. If Kaiser knows about it, we'll never see it again until all of the experts have combed it from top to bottom!"
Harry nodded slowly, "Well.When you put it this way.Come on then, let's go!"
They walked slowly through the castle or grand hall, peering into the rooms carefully. Harry's eyes bulged at some of the jewelry and gold here that must have been worth gazillions of galleons. Soon, they arrived at a dead end.
Ares was about to head back when Harry said, "Wait." He turned and saw his partner frowning and muttering slightly under his breath.
"There's magic on this wall. It's turquoise, which means it's above average. There must be a secret entrance like Diagon Alley or something." Suddenly, he threw up his hands, "Ahh! I wish Kaiser taught me more about this violet sight thingy." Ares walked over and put a hand on his shoulder, "Calm down, we'll figure this one out. We always do, we're the unbreakable, unbeatable and unbashable duo. Aren't we?"
Even Harry cracked a smile at this long-term joke created among the teachers and soon circled among the masters too. They were both excellent students, once you look past Ares' temper tantrums, and were top of their classes. Alone they were good together they were the best. They had proved it when they had beaten three mages that were like three levels ahead of them because they'd insulted Kaiser. Because this was done on one of the common planes, there were lots of spectators and witnesses that quickly spread the news about how three mages got beaten into a pulp by two novices.
When they took the apprentice tests, they chose to work together which caused many raised eyebrows. Novices taking the tests together were rare though not restricted because their chances to mess up are huge as they are not in unison with each other. But because of the fact that Ares and Harry are bonded, they know each other so well that they actually beat the test, which caused one teacher to faint on sight and another to lose his sense of speech for an hour. Quite an accomplishment.
Harry shook his head slightly and pressed his magic forward, forcing the entrance to reveal itself. The wall resisted for a moment before giving way into a large arch. Harry smiled and walked into the passageway.
The tunnel was sloped downwards and the duo continued going deeper and deeper into the core of magic. When they were going down for half an hour, Harry began to look nervous. 'Is this ever going to end?'
When they finally reached the end of the tunnel, they both breathed a sigh of relief. Neither wanted to just blindly go forward for miles. The end of the passageway led to a large cave, with droplets of water trickling down the walls.
But the pair's eyes were instead drawn to the center of the cave, where an altar stood. On top of the stone structure, a sparkling jewel in a diamond shape was prodded up by crystal stands. Harry was fascinated by the display of colors and walked towards the sight.
Before he could get within three meters of it however, a growling sound echoed in the large chamber.
Harry froze in fright when he looked at. Towering above them were four monstrous beasts, eyes staring menacingly down at them. Apparently they didn't took well to anyone who got near their treasure.
"Um, hi everyone?" Harry squeaked out.
~**~**~
Done!
Silverrowan
Silverrowan
~**~**~
"Van Gogh is better." Harry said firmly.
Ares shook his head, "No, Monet is better."
Harry narrowed his eyes, "Is not."
"Is too." Ares stuck out his tongue. Harry snorted, "Very mature."
Ares flashed him a smirk before saying, "Seriously, Monet is better than Van Gogh. You only like him because of his painting "Starry Night"."
Harry answered defensively, "So? I like it, especially the swirls."
Ares muttered, "Romantic." Harry glared but left the subject, "Come on, let's go explore the island."
Ares agreed quickly and they prepared to jump blind. Exploring was one of his favorite hobbies, next to teasing Harry and scaring students of course. Because of the planes in this area instead of a normal huge piece of land, it is impossible to explore the usual way which is walking around the new places. The only way to explore around here is to jump without directions to a strange new plane and hope that it wasn't someplace dangerous. The only thing good about this is that they can't get lost as they always have a connection back to Kaiser's home.
"Well here goes nothing." Harry said, holding Ares' hand tightly and jumped.
....................................
Colors swirled around them and without warning, they dropped onto cold hard ground.
Harry was the first to stir, rubbing his head gently to ease the pain from the hit against a stone wall. Ares groaned underneath him and said in a muffled voice, "Harry, could you get of me please? I'm going to be flat as a pancake with all this squashing business."
Harry stood up at once and helped Ares up to his feet. They dusted off the dust from the ground and looked around. Ares meanwhile started investigating the gray substance.
"From the looks of this, the dust has been gathering here for quite a while. I would say this place hasn't seen a visitor for over two hundred years."
Harry replied, "Wow, this is going to be a great place to explore!"
Ares frowned and said hesitantly, "I'm not sure. Old places like this are usually dangerous. There's tons of traps and who knows what monsters had made this its nest. Harry, at the first sign of trouble, we go home. Understand?"
Harry nodded, understanding the gravity of the situation.
Ares, being the older of the two, led the way through a corridor. They made as little noise as possible as they edged silently through the huge building. At one point they stopped because Ares thought he heard some voices in a corner but it only turned out to be some mice.
After making sure they were indeed alone, they proceeded and found themselves in a rather large room that seemed to be once a grand sitting room. Harry found a plate in a corner and walked over to inspect in. He blew away the dust and read the words inscribed on it in graceful writing. He let out a small gasp. Ares was immediately by his brother's side.
"What is it?" He asked questionably.
Harry wordlessly pointed at the plate on the wall.
THE SITTING ROOM OF THE TITANIUM HALL.
Looks like they found the infamous sister hall to the Platitium building that had been lost for centuries.
~**~**~
Runay was once again shopping in Diagon Alley with his vampire partner. For the sake of him, he couldn't figure out why Dranus enjoyed shopping so much. He supposed it's another one of those weird human quirks. Honestly, who ever heard of making clothing so constricting! Why, there's no room for wings or a tail!
He shrugged and followed after the blond boy, looking over at those numerous strange magical artifacts. He fingered his wand in his robes nervously. That's another thing he couldn't figure out, why on earth do they need those fizzle sticks for? When he'd mentioned this to Dranus, the vampire had just looked at him with a glance that told him to drop the subject. Apparently most wizards use wands so it's better to use them to or else it would attract attention.
He sighed and wandered aimlessly in the streets until one particularly shabby alley caught his attention. He walked over and read the worn down sign.
KNOCKTURN ALLEY
He blinked and shrugged again. 'Why not? Should be fun to see something new.'
He was there for about five minutes before he figured out why people don't want to come here. So this was the shabby part of town. He grinned. A demon is right at home with these so-call-shabby stuff. He wondered whether the witch in the corner would tell him where she got the nails from? Perhaps she could share some information.
As he turned to go, he caught a wisp of conversation that made him retrace his steps.
"-Draco would be of course taking the mark this Christmas." Lucius Malfoy said in a smug tone. "After all, I am the Lord's favorite and Draco is the Malfoy heir. This will be a surprise so I trust you will not tell him?" He peered down at the form of Pansy Parkinson.
"Of course, Mr. Malfoy." Pansy replied, smiling docilely as Lucius walked away.
Runay froze for a second before quickly contacting his Dranus. It wasn't telepathy or anything, just a quick exchange of information. As he'd thought, the boy was furious at this info and immediately started changing his plans. Runay himself was also worried. 'This shouldn't be happening. It was too fast.'
He hurried out of the alley and met Draco at the bookstore. On mutual agreement, they apparated out of the area. Runay was of course the one doing the apparating. One should be ashamed of thinking Draco Malfoy would be disobeying the rules.
~**~**~
Harry and Ares stood in stunned silence until the demon broke it, "Impossible. No one had seen hide or tail of this castle since like five hundred years ago normal time not Bermuda time. That equals almost thirty thousand years in Bermuda."
"Holy shit," Harry breathed, "So we're like legends now? Since we've found a legendary place?"
Ares could only nod. Harry shifted slightly. He didn't want to be famous but someone has to know about this place. There must have been lots of valuable stuff here!
"Right." He said, "Let's link to this place so we don't lose it and tell Kaiser about it." Ares shook his head and said no.
"Don't you get it Harry? We've been waiting for this chance for who knows how long. This is our trip to explore someplace no one has even seen for centuries. If Kaiser knows about it, we'll never see it again until all of the experts have combed it from top to bottom!"
Harry nodded slowly, "Well.When you put it this way.Come on then, let's go!"
They walked slowly through the castle or grand hall, peering into the rooms carefully. Harry's eyes bulged at some of the jewelry and gold here that must have been worth gazillions of galleons. Soon, they arrived at a dead end.
Ares was about to head back when Harry said, "Wait." He turned and saw his partner frowning and muttering slightly under his breath.
"There's magic on this wall. It's turquoise, which means it's above average. There must be a secret entrance like Diagon Alley or something." Suddenly, he threw up his hands, "Ahh! I wish Kaiser taught me more about this violet sight thingy." Ares walked over and put a hand on his shoulder, "Calm down, we'll figure this one out. We always do, we're the unbreakable, unbeatable and unbashable duo. Aren't we?"
Even Harry cracked a smile at this long-term joke created among the teachers and soon circled among the masters too. They were both excellent students, once you look past Ares' temper tantrums, and were top of their classes. Alone they were good together they were the best. They had proved it when they had beaten three mages that were like three levels ahead of them because they'd insulted Kaiser. Because this was done on one of the common planes, there were lots of spectators and witnesses that quickly spread the news about how three mages got beaten into a pulp by two novices.
When they took the apprentice tests, they chose to work together which caused many raised eyebrows. Novices taking the tests together were rare though not restricted because their chances to mess up are huge as they are not in unison with each other. But because of the fact that Ares and Harry are bonded, they know each other so well that they actually beat the test, which caused one teacher to faint on sight and another to lose his sense of speech for an hour. Quite an accomplishment.
Harry shook his head slightly and pressed his magic forward, forcing the entrance to reveal itself. The wall resisted for a moment before giving way into a large arch. Harry smiled and walked into the passageway.
The tunnel was sloped downwards and the duo continued going deeper and deeper into the core of magic. When they were going down for half an hour, Harry began to look nervous. 'Is this ever going to end?'
When they finally reached the end of the tunnel, they both breathed a sigh of relief. Neither wanted to just blindly go forward for miles. The end of the passageway led to a large cave, with droplets of water trickling down the walls.
But the pair's eyes were instead drawn to the center of the cave, where an altar stood. On top of the stone structure, a sparkling jewel in a diamond shape was prodded up by crystal stands. Harry was fascinated by the display of colors and walked towards the sight.
Before he could get within three meters of it however, a growling sound echoed in the large chamber.
Harry froze in fright when he looked at. Towering above them were four monstrous beasts, eyes staring menacingly down at them. Apparently they didn't took well to anyone who got near their treasure.
"Um, hi everyone?" Harry squeaked out.
~**~**~
Done!
Silverrowan