Chapter 4: All Hail the Stick Users!

"Suck!" Harry yelled as he felt like he was being pushed and pulled in all directions. It was like a taffy machine had gotten hold of him as bright and vibrant colors flashed through his vision. Harry wasn't sure if the sensations had lasted days or only a few moments, but it had felt like eternity to him.

Then he hit something; hard. It was solid and whatever it was must have been outside as he heard a splash when he fell to it, and felt water seep into his clothes. He felt rain falling against his skin as a storm raged overhead. Harry could hear the thunder and when he got up groaning he saw lightning in the distance.

Taking out his wand, Harry did a quick water-repelling charm before he dried himself. He was glad that he actually paid attention to his tiny Professor Flitwick, because if he had done the drying charm before the water-repelling one he would have to have done the drying charm again.

Wait, why was he worrying about his spell work when he should have been more concerned about where he had landed. He looked down and saw that he was standing on a platform; made entirely out of metal! It was amazing for him. That was, until he looked around and saw domes that size of cities, all made from metal and braving the storm as if it were nothing.

Harry sneezed, enjoying the sight but having to cast a warming charm on himself to stop himself from shivering. He knew he was probably catching a cold, so he decided to find shelter… and those idiots that thought it was a good idea to follow him into banishment.

Harry wandered around aimlessly as he looked for a door or something. He was crossing a giant metal bridge of some kind when a bright flash caught his attention. He looked up to see if it was just lightning, and eyes went wide as he cast a feather-light charm on the person falling from the sky. He was only a bit upset he did as he stopped Severus Snape from impacting with the ground like he did upon arrival.

"Thank you, Potter." Snape said as Harry dropped him on his feet.

"Your welcome, Professor." Harry said as Snape whipped out his own wand and conjured an umbrella before going through various charms. When he stopped he rolled his eyes as he gave Harry a look.

"I'm not your Professor here, Potter. Hear I'm… your slave, and not a teacher. You may call me Severus as I am yours to command, my Lord." Snape, his voice showing no emotion as Harry rolled his own eyes he didn't bow, maybe feeling he'd throw up having to bow to a Potter.

"As much you'd like to think differently, I'm no one's Lord and Master." Harry said as he walked past Snape.

"Whether you like it or not, you are our Lord and Master now." Snape said as he followed behind Harry at a respectful distance of two steps behind and one to Harry's right. Harry glanced back, no longer feeling the rain on him, and he saw that Severus had increased the size of the umbrella for both of them to fit under it. Harry said nothing as he walked still, looking for a place for them to get out of the ran.

"Where are we?" Snape asked as Harry shrugged. He had a vague guess, but he was sure he'd faint if it was true.

"I'm not sure." Harry said as Snape looked about, not truly able to see much more than the giant domes while everything else was cast into darkness.

They had finally made it across the large metal bridge when Harry saw another flash. Before he could respond to it, he tripped over two people. Snape only raised a brow as he held the umbrella looking down at the two.

"What the…?" Harry said as he got up from the two.

"Ow, that was my spleen your elbow went into, Master." Fred said as he got off of George.

"Yeah, Master, try not to damage your precious slaves. Will ya?" George said as he rubbed his shoulder.

"Well next time try not randomly appearing in the middle of the street!" Harry said as Fred and George exchanged amused looks. Getting a rise out of the normally calm and indifferent Harry was always fun for them.

"Perhaps we should continue this playful banter after you two have guarded yourselves from the elements?" Snape said as Fred and George exchanged looks before taking out their wands. A few charms later and two umbrella they all stood around as Harry sighed.

"Why are all of you appearing to either crush me, or get me trip to my death?" Harry said as Snape raised an aloof brow while the twins exchanged looks.

"You got here first, thus creating the path through the vortex. Us and the others will simply appear near you because you're the focal point on this end of the vortex. In fact, I'm a bit surprise no one else has shown up-"

Snape didn't get to finish his sentence as a flash of red light appeared overhead and before any of them had truly noticed it, Snape and his umbrella had been squashed under a dog which turned into a man.

"Ugh… And I thought doing muggles drugs had me messed up…" the guy said as he sat up and noticed the others, "Harry!"

"Hey, Sirius." Harry said as he waved to his Godfather who was sitting atop Snape's back while Snape was sprawled out on the metal ground.

"Hey man!" The twins chorused as they turned to Harry, "Yet another one of your ever faithful servants here to help you, Master."

Sirius chuckled from his spot and gave a mock bow while sitting, "Yes, what can Sirius do for you, Master."

"Stop that." Harry said. Sirius seemed to be controlled by something else as he immediately stopped what he was doing.

"Umm… you may wanna watch that, Harry. Your words now hold a lot of power." Sirius said as Snape groaned under him.

"Get off of me, you oaf!" Snape said as Sirius chuckled, getting comfortable.

"I don't know, Snivilus. I think you've finally found your calling in life." Sirius said as Snape growled at him.

"Get off!" Snape yelled as Sirius yawned.

"Hmm… No."

"Why you-"

"Enough, from both of you! Sirius, get off of him and help him up." Harry said and Sirius immediately got to his feet and held out his hand. Snape took it and grinned like Christmas had come early while Sirius looked utterly disgusted with himself for touch Snape's being.

"Thanks a lot, Harry. Now I have to cut off this hand." Sirius said as he shook his hand, allowing the rain to wash the appendage off. Sirius sneezed as Harry sighed and rolled his eyes.

"Pro… Severus, place the protections on him." Harry said as Snape frowned at him while his wand-hand moved of it's own mind, obeying Harry as Sirius had an umbrella in hand and was dry.

"Thanks, Harry. I don't quite have a wand right now. I'll have to get mine from the trunk in my pocket." Sirius said as Harry raised a brow before noticing that George had been holding a umbrella over him the whole time Snape had been downed.

"How did you get all of your stuff? You were "unknown dog" when we got banished." Harry said as he crossed his arms coolly.

"Yes, I was, but magic is strange that way. It announced me as "unknown dog" but this gave me my belongings. Ain't life grand." Sirius said, ending with a chipper smile.

"Fantastic…" Harry muttered sarcastically as he turned, "Now if we're down with that-"

Harry was cut off by a flash of light and a girly scream in front of him as he raised a brow at Draco clinging to Hermione for dear life while Hermione was giving him the annoyed look. Draco, noticing they were in the rain, opened his eyes and saw Harry under an umbrella. He immediately latched onto Harry. Hermione rolled her eyes as Fred shared his umbrella with her.

"Protect me… Master." Draco said cheekily as Harry rolled his eyes, growing annoyed with the whole thing as he gently pushed Draco off of him.

"Git…" Harry muttered as Hermione crossed her arms.

"Free us." Hermione said as Harry blinked.

"Huh?" Harry asked as Hermione huffed and rolled her eyes.

"I said free us. We're away from the Wizarding World now so you can free us." Hermione said curtly, looking as if being Harry's slave was the worst thing in existence though he knew she had issues with slavery as a whole anyway. Harry narrowed his eyes at her and glared.

"For one, don't take that tone and attitude with me. I certainly didn't tell you to follow me into banishment. I told you not to do anything stupid, and now you've gotten yourself as my slave. You have no one to blame but yourself." Harry said as Hermione cringed slightly at his tone and poisonous emerald eyes. Even the others moved back slightly at Harry's calm fury.

Harry had no clue the power his anger had…

"Sorry…" Hermione mumbled, "Will you please free us?"

Before Harry could respond it was Snape that shook his head, "He can't. It's not like the normal bonding of a House-elf to a family or a Veela to their love; this particular binding is never to be broken. The bond of those in banishment is not rejected nor broken ever; not even in death." Snape said as Sirius nodded.

"Snivilus is right. Banishment used to be a very big deal for the wizards of Old. They took it as an act against their entire world because if you were banished from their village you wouldn't have a place to go afterward. One grew up only knowing that one community of wizards, and to be banished from it was like thrown of the edge of the world back in their time. Those that banded together in banishment stayed together; through life and death." Sirius said as Hermione looked shocked.

For some reason, Hermione though of the Lord of the Rings books she had read and an army of ghost knights crossed her mind as she shuddered at the thought.

"So… Harry's my… our… ugh…" Hermione couldn't handle it as she fainted. Thankfully Fred predicted it and caught her while still holding the umbrella.

"Why didn't you say all that to her before the whole banishing thing?" Harry asked Snape as Snape smirked evilly while George reluctantly put charms on Draco and Sirius did the same for Hermione.

"Because I love watching teenage drama. It's always so melodramatic." Snape said as Sirius rolled his eyes while Fred and George exchanged looks.

"Hey, where's Luna and Dobby?" Fred asked as George shrugged.

"Let's go find some shelter. I've been making my way to that dome over there, but you people keep showing up." Harry said as he pointed to the giant metal dome that was still some ways away.

"That's a ways away." Fred said as George nodded, looking at the giant domes in the distance.

"And we have to walk there? Why? I hate walking." Draco whined as Harry gave him an annoyed look.

"No whining." Harry said as Draco looked like he had been pinched. He shot Harry a glare as Harry once again began walking, this time Draco at his side and George behind him to hold up the umbrella. Fred woke Hermione up as Snape and Sirius moved to follow Harry.

"You know, if you just conjured me an umbrella I could hold it myself, right?" Harry said as Draco rolled his eyes while George grinned.

"And where would the fun be in that? Letting you hold your own umbrella? Master, how mundane of you. Honestly, that would be far beneath one such as you with so many slaves." George said teasingly as Harry's eye twitched.

"Yes, master, you can't be seen holding your own umbrella. What would the other slaves say about us if they saw you doing so? They'd call us ungrateful good-for-nothings, that's what." Fred said with a mock shake of his head.

"Prats…" Harry muttered loudly as Sirius grinned. This was just too much fun.

"I don't see how you can joke about this. Harry now has complete control over us. He could make us do… a-anything…" Hermione said, her voice showing true fear as Harry glanced back at her and Fred.

"Yeah, but he wouldn't. Harry too nice to make us do anything besides shut up, and he hasn't even done that while we're teasing him." Fred said.

"I enjoy free will whenever I have, so I'm not fond of taking it from others when I can help it." Harry said without turning to anyone as he walked.

"Besides, Granger, his commands are like the Unforgivable Curses; he has too mean them. So far we've gotten three commands in which was his annoyance at us to stop, and one from him wanting to help Black here." Snape said as he walked behind Harry, Draco, and George respectfully.

Before anyone could say anything a blue flash appeared in front of them, blinding them. When they could see again, Dobby was standing in front of them, shivering in the rain as he wrapped his pillowcase clothes around himself. Harry rushed over to him along with Harry while Fred and George held the umbrellas over them. Draco moved under Snape's umbrella as Sirius stayed back with them.

"Dobby are you okay?" Harry asked while he and Hermione went through charms over him. Dobby started crying, weeping tears of joy as he hugged Harry's knee.

"Oh great Lord and Master Harry Potter sir truly cares about insignificant Dobby the House-elf that is me! Master Harry Potter sir having human-wizards servants not make him forget about Dobby! Dobby cries tears of joy that Harry Potter sir still knows Dobby's name!" Dobby sobbed loudly as Harry petted his head awkwardly.

"There, there… How could I forget about you, Dobby. You're the best House-elf I've ever known." Harry said as Dobby cried even louder.

"Harry Potter sir calls Dobby the best elf! Master Harry Potter sir is too kind for poor old Dobby to ever truly repay!" Dobby said as Harry stood to full height after being sure Dobby was completely okay. He picked Dobby up and placed him on his shoulder.

"No more crying, Dobby." Harry said as Dobby stopped in the middle of a sob, "Thank Merlin…"

"Harry Potter sir is too kind! Carrying unworthy Dobby on his shoulder. Dobby should be carrying Master Harry Potter on his shoulder." Dobby said as Harry sighed.

"No more Dobby, please…" Harry said as the twins grinned while George conjured an umbrella for Dobby to use for him and Harry.

"Okay, Master Harry Potter sir. Dobby will simply hold our umbrella." Dobby said proudly since he was doing something. Harry was sure he wasn't gonna die at Voldemort's hands… he was gonna die from either sighing to death or annoyance caused by his "slaves/servants".

They were nearing the dome. Harry glanced back at some of the uncompleted domes they had passed up on the way. He was sure they could have stopped in them, and they should have, but his curiosity was getting the better of his rational thought.

Plus, Hermione's fond smiling at him not taking control of their enslavement to him was kinda creeping him out.

The seemingly never-ending storm had lessened in it's power, but still was far from over. The almost total darkness it bought over the area had faded some as well. They could now see that some of the domes were complete and some looked to have taken blasts to them while others were simply still in construction. The twins and Sirius were coming up with wild ideas as to what could damage the domes enough to blow giant holes in them, but Harry wasn't really paying attention. Thunder and lightning were still in abundance as they made themselves known every thirty seconds or so.

Then came a silvery-blue flash from the sky. It came so suddenly followed by the roar of thunder Harry though it was lightning. Then came the squeal of joy that only one person could do when falling from the sky.

"Wee!" Luna yelled as she fell through the sky. Harry was about to pull out his wand, but Dobby stopped him.

"Let Dobby handle the strange, yet nice girl, Master Harry Potter sir." Dobby said as he snapped his fingers. Luna stopped falling right in front of Harry, hanging upside-down as she smiled at Harry while staring into his eyes nearly face-to-face.

"Oh, my. Hello, my Lord. I didn't expect to see you on the upside-down. You're normally so… well grounded." Luna said as Harry cracked a smile. Luna's crazy was always amusing to him.

"You're the one upside-down, Luna. Dobby stopped you from impacting the ground with your skull." Harry said as he pointed to the metal ground between his feet. Luna looked down at it, not at all put-off by what he said or the fact it would have really hurt had she continued falling.

"Hmmm… So I am… However, I think I rather like being this way. It gives one a whole new outlook on life." Luna said dreamily as rain water fell from her chin to her forehead. Harry shook his head with a chuckle while Sirius and Snape went through charms on Luna.

"True, but you can stay that way forever. It's just not good for you." Harry said as Dobby nodded as though anything and everything Harry said to them was right. Dobby used his magic to put flip her the right way up as Luna and with another snap of his fingers an umbrella was in her hands.

"Hmm… Maybe…" Luna said as she moved behind Harry like the others. Harry only rolled his eyes and muttered under his breath.

They all followed Harry, continuing onward without question.

"I have a question."

Well… almost without question…

"Yeah, Draco?" Harry said without looking back.

"Where are we? These domes and metal… streets? They're nothing like back home. Wizarding Britain was the most advanced wizarding society in the world, so we're nowhere near another. Plus, I don't think even the muggles are this advanced." Draco said as Snape nodded.

"Maybe, but we could be in an alternate reality. You know, where Ron became the Boy-Who-Lived. Or where magic never existed." Harry joked as he glanced back at the others.

"Well if making Ronniekins the defeater of You-Know-Who makes society this advanced, then what's your excuse for not?"

"Unlike Ron, I only had two parents and a hateful aunt and uncle. Ron has a huge family, so if we are in that sort of reality, then I'm guessing all the Weasley supported Ron and helped advance society while I was trapped in a cupboard for ten years getting beaten up by my own cousin." Harry said, seeing no reason to hide anything while they were banished, but also not wanting to really talk about any of it.

"Harry! That's horrible!" Hermione said as Harry rolled his eyes and shrugged.

"Yeah, but that was my life. And before you start; I don't need anyone's pity about it. It happened, so as some popular muggles say, "built a bridge and get over it"… I rather like that saying, actually." Harry said as he turned to give them all a look before he turned away.

"Right… Well, when we get back, we'll be sure to pay those… relatives of yours a friendly visit." Sirius said as everyone, even Snape, nodded at the dark tone Sirius's voice took on.

"No killing them. I mean, they were horrible and didn't like me, but they kept me when they could have sent me to an orphanage, or put me behind a dumpster one evening after a Sunday drive. I guess in some small way they loved me, so no killing. Everything short of that… fair game." Harry said without turning around. If he did he would have seen the sneaky and evil looks being exchanged by the twins and the smirk Luna had on her normal dreamy face. Even Hermione looked to be planning something nasty for the Dursleys as she exchanged grins with Draco.

As the storm began to fade just a bit more, Harry began to see lights in the distance coming from the giant dome they were headed toward, which just so happened to be the biggest dome of them all. At first the luminescent lights in the distance had been white and still, but then after five minutes of their walking the lights turned a blaring red and started spinning as if a warning had been issued out.

"What do you thinks goin' on?" Sirius asked as Snape scowled at him.

"Obviously we've been spotted by this advanced society and they've assessed us as a threat." Snape said as Sirius frowned back at him.

"I don't think so. If we have been labeled a threat, then why now instead of earlier?" Hermione said logically as Snape paused, but then nodded reluctantly.

"I think they make have a problem of their own. Look." Fred said as he pointed at what looked to be a grayish thin blob moving toward them from the dome.

They kept walking toward it, all of them with their wands out as Snape and Sirius moved to Harry's side. Dobby was tensed on Harry's shoulder, probably ready at a moment's notice to defend Harry from anything. It wasn't look after the grey blob started moving toward them did they see a bunch of gray blobs moving toward them. Harry figured the extreme lack of light and rain was obscuring his vision greatly. They could hear faint shouts from the gray blobs as the wind and rain made it hard to hear what was being said.

Harry wished his glasses gave him supervision because he saw a blue light streak from one of the blobs in the bunch toward the one thin blob running away. It hit the metal street by the… person? The figure must not have noticed or cared as it kept moving away from the crowd going after it.

As the things grew closer, Harry's eyes widened and a single word slipped past his lips.

"Kaminoans…"

"What was that, pup?" Sirius asked as Harry shook his head.

"Nothing. Let's see what's going on." Harry said as he started jogging toward the thin figure.

Harry's mind just couldn't come to terms with what he was seeing. He must have been stuck in some fantastic dream as a creature which stood around six feet in height and had an extremely long neck with a small head ran toward him. As Harry and the creature grew closer to each other, Harry could just make out the two slits for nostrils running down to its upper lip, along with the bald head the creature had. The creature wore a strange ornate dress with cloth thinly wrapped around its long neck and strange clothing that reminded Harry of the dress robes some girls had worn to the Yule Ball last year.

"Stop him! You there! Stop that thief! Kill him if you must!" a voice from the crowd of grey blobs still far away was barely heard as a roar of thunder sounded in the background.

Harry appeared to have been the only one that heard, or the others didn't want to act without his permission. Harry started flicking spells to catch the creature and soon after the others joined in. It was Harry's stunner that eventually hit the creature in the torso as it crumbled to the ground weakly. Snape and Sirius moved like the prefect duo, conjuring ropes and summoning the item that the thief had taken before they levitated the thief into the air and to them. That was when Harry saw the creature's eyes. They were two large glassy black eyes where its pupil displayed a great myriad of colors, though Harry and the others were only able to perceive the blue in its eyes as the creature glared at him.

Snape and the others stared at the Kaminoan in a mix of awe, wonder, and slight fear. It was entirely new to them, and they mostly had never heard of Star Wars. He knew Hermione hadn't because she stuck to the "normal" in life. So, them meeting an alien which Harry was very familiar in seeing from the movies, must have been even more for them to take in than Harry, who believed that such creatures only existed in books, comics, and movies.

"What is that thing… it stole?" Fred asked as Snape looked down at his hand, a hand-held device of some kind.

"Let me see." Harry said as he held out his hand. Snape passed the device to him as Harry glanced it over. If he knew his Sci-Fi devices right, then it was a datapad which was commonly used in Star Wars to hold blueprints, data files, and even entire libraries of information, "It's a datapad."

"A what?" Draco asked as he looked over Harry's shoulder. Everyone gathered around Harry to look at the device in wonder. It was slim, metal, and had a TV-like screen to it.

"A… d-datapad, and it is… ours." an out of breath voice said behind them as they all turned to it.

There in front of them stood an entire group of the creatures like the one they had tied up hanging in midair.

"Kaminoans." Harry said as he nodded his head slightly to the one that spoke to them.

"Yes, we are. And we'd like a datapad back, if you wouldn't mind." the leader said as he held out his hand.

"Of course…" Harry said as he handed the device over, "What about him?"

The leader glanced at the suspended body with great distain, "Do with him as you please. We will only kill him."

"Then have him. We have no use for those that would steal from their own." Harry said as he gestured for Sirius to levitate the male Kaminoan back to his people. The obvious guards took the man into custody while the leader gave Harry a more respectful look than he had been.

"Thank you. Many outsiders would have taken the man and extracted his knowledge for their own uses." the leader said as Harry shrugged.

"We're sort of new here, and all we want is a place out of this storm." Harry said as the lead Kaminoan nodded his small head.

"Then follow us. It is the least we could do for you." the leader said as he turned and began walking. Harry and the others followed while Harry's friends couldn't take their eyes off the strange beings.

"What did the man attempt to steal, anyway?" Harry asked as the leader glanced at him.

"Our cloning secrets. He planned to trade them with the… Kallidahin, and cripple us." the leader said as Harry raised brow, not too familiar with the Kallidahin race, but sure that it had to be another species of Cloners.

Hey, Star Wars was a big universe! He couldn't possible know and remember everything!

"That sounds bad. I'm sorry, where are my manners. I'm Harry Potter, and these are my…"

"Slaves." Fred and George said as Harry glared at them in annoyance.

Yes, slaves, but they're more of servants and close friends than anything else." Harry said firmly as the leader looked at him aloofly.

"You care for them?" the leader asked in a reserved tone as Harry nodded.

"They and I have been through much, and they have helped me greatly before they became my… slaves." Harry said, not really liking describing his friends as slaves.

"I see. You had previous history before they fell into your service. I understand." the leader said as Harry sighed.

"Oh my, where are my manners. I am Lama Su, the Prime Minister of Kamino. Me and my people are forever grateful to you for stopping that thief." the leader, Lama Su, said as he gave Harry a significant nod that Harry returned.

"It was nothing. I'm sure you would have-"

"Prime Minister, we've just received word that Scientist Kuma Nai has been seen fleeing toward this way with both our cloning data, and an unknown other device from Lab 365." one of the guards said as he moved to Lama Su. Lama Su's dark eyes widened dramatically as he began rushing with Harry and the others with him.

They quickly came upon the giant dome, entering through thick sliding-doors as more Kaminoans who were inside gasped and moved out of the way as they rushed. They moved through hall after hall, until they came into the largest room Harry had ever seen in life…

And it was all a single lab…

"We've arrived in Lab 13, where is she?" Lama Su said into a wrist-com.

"Scientist Kuma Nai is nearing the eastern entrance as we speak. You should have a visual on her… now!" a person said, and just like that they saw a female Kaminoan come down on of the corridors. She looked at them with wild eyes and then fled the other way. Harry was the first to give catch as Snape and Sirius rushed after him.

"Cut off her paths if you can." Harry orders as Snape and Sirius created brick walls in front the scientist. She leaped over some and ran from others as Harry began firing off stunners.

The woman dodged most f them until she was forced to dive into a computer room while Harry's stunner shattered the glass which she ducked behind.

"No! You will not capture me! I will do what I was commanded! Even if I must do it like this!" the woman shrieked as Harry approached her caution with Snape and Sirius at his side. Right when he was about to fire off a stunner, the woman threw a lab chair at them. Snape banished it to the other side of the room while Sirius was shooting spells at the woman. She threw the datapad in her hand out of the shattered glass window and Sirius jumped for it, catching it while Snape levitated him to keep him from dropping more than two hundred feet to his death where the bottom floor was.

Harry was so worried about Sirius's safety that he failed to noticed the woman plug something into the computer before it was too late. He fired a stunner that hit her arm, but she merely quickened her typing speed with her other hand. Harry did a banisher that threw the woman to the other side of the room as she collapsed into the chair she had thrown. Before she could get back up, Harry hit her with another stunner directly to her chest. She gasped aloud as the stunner hit her before she collapsed into unconsciousness.

Harry rushed over to the computer and saw that some sort of warning label was up in a language he didn't quite understand. Thankfully the others had caught up by then as Prime Minister Lama Su moved him out of the way slightly and cursed in his native tongue.

"That woman and traitor used Jun Ku as a distraction and stole the computer virus from Lab 365! She uploaded it to the computer and destroyed our cloning material for batch 437. That entire batch will have to be destroyed now! Curse her to Rourk!" Lama Su said as he slammed a hand on the computer console before he composed himself, "It was good that you were hear and she was discovered before hand. If not, she could have wiped all our data and we could have been stuck at square one. She may have even gotten it done unknown and created a virus later on once we restored our cloning technology. We of Kamino are forever in your debt, Stick User." Lama Su said gratefully as he actually bowed to Harry.

Harry glanced back as he saw Fred and George conjuring ropes for the woman while the Kaminoan-police took her away. Harry glanced to his hand as he saw he was still clutching his wand tightly. He took a deep breath before he put it away into his robes.

"Again, it was nothing. And my name is Harry Potter. Besides, we're more than glad to help." Harry said as Lama Su gave him a small smile. Harry saw that the guy must not have smiled often because he looked confused briefly as to how.

"Such kindness. Tell me, are you with the Jedi?" Lama Su asked as he ushered them out of the computer room and toward somewhere Harry had no clue.

"Jedi?" Harry heard Draco mutter to Snape who seemed just as confused by the term.

"No, we're not. Like I said before, we're new around. We come from… the Unknown Regions." Harry said as Lama Su looked interest.

"Hmm… interesting. Tell me, what is your civilization like?" Lama Su asked as Harry shrugged.

"Much less advanced, and far more mystical. There are two, and the first were Force-users. The second were just normal people." Harry said as Lama Su nodded in understanding.

"Yes, I know the way that could work. We of Kamino have only had one Jedi in over a thousand years. In fact, she's here on the planet right now. Her name is Kina Ha. Normally Jedi aren't allowed to return to their home planet, but she was allowed to as a meditative retreat here." Lama Su said as Harry nodded.

Umm, Prime Minister Su, where are we going?" Harry asked as Lama u gave him a glance.

"We must assure the people that the crisis has been dealt with. Tell me, something. We were alerted that some Humans had landed here on our planet, but we received no ship signatures or anything of that nature. How did you arrive and discover this planet, Harry Potter?" Lama Su said as Harry shrugged, hoping to play it cool with the truth.

"We were banished from our home-world, and landed here on your planet by means of ma-… the Force. I'm sorry if your people wanted to stay… hidden." Harry said, remembering that the Kaminoans were always rather frightened of outsiders.

"No, you have done more good for my people than most of them have done in their entire lives. You have stopped two threats, and asked for nothing but a place stave off the rain, and yet, you are not Jedi. My people may be arrogant, and I am no expectation, but we all know how to show gratitude." Lama Su said as they walked down a white corridor. They quickly came upon a door with two guards, who saluted to Lama Su and moved aside for the group to enter.

"Harry Potter, meet my assist and Chief of Project Management, Taun We." Lama Su introduced as Harry gave her a nod and shook her head lightly.

"It is nice to meet the one who saved our way of life and economy. Thank you, Harry Potter." Taun We said in a gentle voice that reminded Harry of a mother of many or a kind old orphanage caretaker.

"It was nothing. We only did what was right." Harry said, brushing the praise and thanks aside.

"And yet, so few in these times would have done the same." Taun We said as she ushered them toward another area.

"This Harry Potter, is where we make our public announcements like which species we'll be cloning, or any news like that." Lama Su, and Harry got the idea the man was about to do something Harry didn't want him to.

"Why are they only thanking Harry? We helped too." Hermione said in a huff as Sirius patted her shoulders.

"Because slaves are an extension of their master, and nothing more. Besides, Harry keeps saying we instead." Sirius said as Hermione nodded reluctantly.

Harry and the others were led to a balcony that over looked a room as large (if not bigger!) than Lab 13. The place seemed just too big as all the Kaminoans below looked up at them and started whispering, pointing, and staring in awe and wonder at them. Harry rolled his eyes. It seemed that him getting that treatment was universally; no matter what universe he was in.

"My people, it is with great pride that I say a great crisis for us has been averted!" Lama Su said as the balcony jerked… and started hovering over the gathered thousands upon millions of Kaminoans. Harry could tell Lama Su's voice was projected by speakers all around as he heard it echo the aliens into silence, "It was thanks to the aide of this brave Human and his… friends that only one batch of clones were ruined instead of all of our collective data."

The Kaminoans cheered, and Harry was amazed they could be so… emotional.

"This brave man, Harry Potter, and his… friends have captured not one, but two traitors! Each who had nearly succeeded in setting us back thousands of years. Years of research, years of development, years of pain-stacking work in which our ancestors toiled over! One traitor wished to sell our secrets and our research to our hated rival-cloners the Kallidahin!" Lama Su said dramatically while the Kaminoans began to yell in rage and jeer at the traitor who was brought out on a hovering cell still tied up in the ropes, "The other traitor wished to simply destroy them!" and at this the woman was brought out next to the man as the crowd seemed even angrier with the second than the first.

Lama Su raised a hand, and Harry was surprised at how quiet the thousands of people got from that one gesture, "We have other things to attend to than spit curses at these two specks of filth. Things like thanking those that captured them!" Lama Su said as he gestured to Harry, "Harry Potter and his group have been banished from their home-world, and they are in need of a new home." Lama Su said as Harry was sure he was about to be used political or something, "For their kindness and help in avoiding something that could have been the very end of our simple way of life, let us bestow upon them our highest honor. All hail the new Royals of Kamino! All hail Harry Potter! All hail the Stick Users!"

Lama Su bowed deeply to Harry while Harry was too busy sputtering out wide-eyed nonsense and protests.

"All hail Harry Potter! All hail the Stick Users!" the crowd of thousands chanted over and over and they knelt to Harry and the others.

"Umm… Harry, I think you've just been crowded their King." Hermione said as Harry was still in shock while Fred, George, and Sirius seemed just too amused with it all.

"Merlin, mate, can't you go anywhere without instantly become famous and a leader?" Fred asked as Harry couldn't take it anymore.

It was then Harry Potter's mind went into overload and he fainted.