Chapter 3

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Harry and the others followed Alice toward the phoenix door. Ron and Harry's eyes following her backside very closely. When Hermione noticed this she nudged Harry painfully in the ribs and he winced and she stepped on Ron's foot with the heel of her shoe. He too winced and gave Hermione a glare which she returned with equal ferocity. Alice smiled at Hermione's reaction.

"You said we could choose our divisions, can we change them if we don't like it there," asked Neville timidly.

"You will be able to change in the first week but not after that. You will all need to be in different divisions though so play to your strengths," replied Alice kindly.

As the reached the door Alice pulled out her wand. Her wand was very similar to

Lance's but the jewels at the top of her wand were a deep red. She tapped her wand where the eyes of the phoenix would have been. An eerie green light emitted from the bird and it slid back into the door to reveal a small hole about the diameter of a wand. The purpose of this hole was dawned on them as Alice inserted her wand half way into it and said "New Entry Apartments" and pushed her wand all the way in so it wan no longer visible.

There was another green glow from the door and her wand was pushed out of the door by mysterious force. For a moment Harry thought it hadn't worked then the phoenix slid back into its slot and the door simmered out of existence revealing a tall building made out of glass. They walked through the hole in the wall and they felt like they had just walked through ice and looked around. There was nothing around the building. It was like it was in a small white box. Just emptiness around them.

"That was a portal door one of seven in existence. They can transport you to any place in the world you want. The one you guys probably know about is the one in the department of mysteries. It's like veil. Have you guys seen it.?" She asked.

They nodded in confirmation.

"Well, the one in the ministry was broken when they found it. Some of the runes had been destroyed. They tried to fix it but it got stuck to one location. They don't know where it leads, but we do. It transports them to the Bermuda triangle. We told them to push the most dangerous criminal through it. At the place where it transports them to we built the most secure prison in the world," she continued.

"I thought Azkaban was" interrupted Ginny

"Oh Agamemnon Pristus is much, much stronger than Azkaban. We have elemental golems and amphitheatres guarding it for starters not silly little dementors. The spells we have guarding the prison are much more powerful than what the ministry has put on Azkaban. We have anti magic fields than do not permit any kind of spells or potions to enter the grounds. I have heard that the prisoners there have their face eaten off by the amphitheatres if they try to escape. Then their brains are burned by the golems," she said with a grimace.

As they approached the building a thin golden film replaced the glass and Alice led them through a beautiful garden that had materialised out of thin air. It had cherry and apple trees. Lavenders and bright red roses adorned the garden and the formed the shape of a phoenix divided by a wide stone path leading to the front door that was similar to the phoenix door in the main hall. Alice placed her palm on the smooth red marble and gave it a gentle push. With a great creaking sound like that of a rusty hinge it slid back into the door and revealed the inside of the tall building. Harry could see plush arm chairs and a large fire burning in the grate. Alice pulled out her wand again and pointed it at the fire and said "incendia patefacio is ianua." Harry and the other gasped as tendril of fire shout out of the grate and towards the door and as soon as it touched it the door melted away revealing a magnificent room.

Alice stowed her wand away and showed them around the room. There was large bookshelf at corner of the room, full of thick tomes. A round coffee table was sat in centre of the room made of a dark red oak. The walls were covered with blue wallpaper and had pictures of magical beasts on them like the griffin and chimera.

She led them up a long winding staircase to the bedrooms and after showing them the bedrooms which were just as magnificent as the room downstairs with large four poster beds and several books which in Harry's opinion were too heavy for bit of light reading. Once they were comfortable on the soft leather armchairs Alice said

"If you have any questions please ask them now."

There was silence for a moment before Luna asked "How long would it take us become Knights of Phoenix if we didn't follow the quick program."

"Three years and then a quest that normally lasts for couple of months," Alice replied.

"But because you guys will be out through the quick program it will take you 3 weeks of normal time," she continued.

"Normal time?" questioned Ginny

"Didn't Lance tell you, that idiot, you guys are going to Phoros training camp, there time moves faster than the real world so you would have done three years worth of training in three weeks, good eh"

Everybody nodded vigorously and smiled at each other.

"Where can we get a wand like yours," asked Harry.

Alice smiled and replied "you will be fully kitted out at Phoros."

Tentatively, Hermione raises her had.

"Yes, Hermione" said Alice

"Have any famous people been part of the Knights of Phoenix, you know like Dumbledore or Gryffindor or Merlin?" asked Hermione

"Well Merlin was The Phoenix at one point so he must have been a Knight for at least 7 years; Godric Gryffindor was a Mage of Phoenix, that's like a chief advisor to the phoenix," she replied.

"What about Dumbledore?" asked Hermione

"He was expelled because of his coalitions with dark wizards like Grindlewald," she said sternly, "and because he manipulated one of the students to kill one of the teachers for him."