Anders

My head hurt more than words could say as I sat up. I looked around, trying to figure out where I was. It sure as Hell wasn't the Mage Tower, which gave me pause. Had I actually escaped, or was this some new building of torture?

"Harry, he's waking up!" I heard a girl say. My eyes focused in the dark and I saw three people standing around me. One was a girl with the craziest brown hair I'd seen—which is saying something—another was a boy with a shock of orange hair, and the last was a scrawny boy with a lightning scar over one of his eyes.

"Hermione, I can see that," the scrawny boy said.

"Yeah, no need to point out the obvious," the red haired boy injected. Hermione was on her knees, and turned to shove the boy backwards. "Ow! Did you really have to do that?"

"Yes, Ron, I did. You were annoying me," she told him.

She turned back to me, brown eyes finding mine. "Are you alright? We found you in the middle of the dining hall! You should be happy that it wasn't Professor McGonagall-"

Ron laughed. "McGonagall? I would've been worried about Snape!"

I sat up, rubbing my head. "Where's Natalya?" I asked them.

They all stopped the chattering that had started between them.

"Who's that?" Harry asked me.

I almost wanted to bash their heads together. "Natalya Amell is not only the best apprentice mage in the Tower, but she also happens to be my best friend. She has dark brown hair, quite curly, and dark blue eyes. Rather pale, too, like you," I pointed at Harry. "You haven't seen her?"

"No, of course we haven't, or we would've brought her here, too," Hermione explained.

I pinched my brow. Their voices were grating on my ears and I almost found myself seeking Templar punishment over these idiots. Who in the tower hadn't heard of Natalya? And why were they wearing such odd clothing?

"Where am I?" I asked them, hoping they at least knew this.

"Hogwarts, of course. It's only the best wizarding school in the world," Ron told me.

"What's wizarding?" I asked, the word feeling funny on my tongue.

They all looked at each other, jaws opened.

"Well, he can't be a muggle, right? Muggles can't see Hogwarts," Hermione said to the boys.

"And what about his clothing? He looks like he's right out of a history book!" Ron added.

"Not to mention he said something about an 'apprentice,'" Harry reminded them, even though my little rant about Natalya couldn't have been more than two minutes ago. "An apprentice must be some kind of wizard."

"Or witch," Hermione said.

"Can somebody just explain to me what this place is?!" I yelled at them.

Hermione turned to me, putting her mouth over my hand. It instantly reminded me of the Templers, and I bit down.

Hard.

She yelped, pulling her hand away and cradling it.

"What the bloody hell?" Ron near whispered.

I ran my hand over my tongue. "Ugh, that was worse then metal," I complained.

"The fact you bit down on my flesh is-" Hermione began.

"Are you a vampire?" Harry asked. "What else bites humans?"

"An angry mage?" I suggested, looking at the boy. "Honestly, don't tell me you've never done something similar.

They looked at each other again. I really felt like I was missing out on something here.

The door to wherever we were swung open and in walked in this giant man. I'd never seen someone so big before, and I felt myself scramble up to hide behind a chair. A rather large chair, mind you.

"Harry? Hermione? Ron? What are you three doing in here?" I took note of how menacing this man looked as lightning flashed behind him. If you put this man in Templar armor, he'd could probably pass for a battle ready Qunari.

Harry stood up. "Hagrid, I'm sorry, but there was this boy-"

"He has amnesia, I think," Hermione cut in. "Can't remember what wizarding is. I think we should get him to the infirmary as soon as possible."

"Well, where is this boy?" Hagrid asked.

I shrunk against the chair, hoping I could blend into the walls.

"He's right over there," Ron said, getting up and pointing.

Thanks for nothing, I thought, slowly coming out.

"It's alright, boy, I don't bite," Hagrid assured me.

"But he does!" Hermione stuck her hand under Hagrid's chin. "Look at what he did!"

"Hermione, it's only bleeding a little bit," Harry said. "I'm sure Madam Pomfrey can fix it right up."

I was getting sick of that girl complaining of how I bit her. I went over to her and grabbed her hand, causing her to yelp again. I saw that I had, in fact, bitten through the skin and it was bleeding somewhat. It reminded me somewhat of when I had gotten into a fight with Jowan over Natalya and I had clawed at his stupidly uncovered chest, causing it to bleed rather profusely. Needless to say, both First enchanter Irving and Natalya refused to speak to me for a week. That had probably been the worst punishment I'd received.

Back to the business at hand—literally.

I whispered a few words, moved my left hand over her injured one,, and the flesh healed itself as if it'd never been broken in the first place.

"You did that without a wand!" Hermione stared at it as if it was foreign. "How did you do that?"

The others were staring at me in shock.

This whole being so extraordinary and actually capable of doing something they obviously couldn't was very interesting. It was a feeling I wasn't sure I'd ever have, living under Natalya's shadow—which isn't a bad thing, per say—but I was grateful I was getting the chance to get out from under it. After all, they didn't even know who she was…

"I think that maybe this boy should see Professor Dumbledore," Hagrid said.

"Agreed," my fellow younglings said.

And suddenly, at the thought of punishment, I wasn't so keen on being 'special.'


Author's Note: I really can't sleep and I was looking on fanfiction and I saw the cross overs for DA & HP and I thought, "why not? Dragon Age is awesome and fanfiction is made for changing things" (I actually don't really like Harry Potter...sorry!) and I have no real idea where this is going. I might drag in some other Dragon Age characters, but keep in mind I'm not completely fresh on Harry Potter so please don't kill me if I get something wrong!

This is dedicated to Sammy7300 (it was just her birthday! :) but I'm not sure if she'll read it or like it because it's Dragon Age...but it's also Harry Potter!

Anyways, please review because they're always appreciated :)

~HolleringHawk65