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Dumbledore's office:

Harry smiled at Dumbledore one last time before feeling the familiar tug behind his naval. He felt like the world was spinning around him, when suddenly he felt himself land and fall. Harry turned and helped Ginny up, as Ron was helping Hermione.

The four friends looked around and saw that they were in a grand hall of sorts, that had beautiful paintings on the walls, and armored statues that looked ten times more shiny and regal than the ones at Hogwarts.

When they looked forward they could see a man heading towards them. He looked powerful, and intimidating, yet his eyes showed kindness, and caring. He had black hair with silver specks showing his age. His beard was the same, and was cut very neatly. His eyes were a dark blue, and held a twinkle much the same as Dumbledore's. He wore immaculate robes, fit for only a king, and a golden crown, set with flaming rubies, sat upon his head.

As he reached the four he held out his hand to Harry who was in front of them all, and said one word "Welcome".

Rasmis' Lair:

Rasmis was sitting upon his throne thinking to himself. He knew that that old fool of a king Sardess would try to come up with some plan to stop him from gaining access to the crystal and defeat him. He also knew that fool though the king was, he would never be foolish enough to send his army alone after him. Rasmis' army had grown far too strong. Not just including wizards, but also many other dark creatures to help him in his success. Rasmis wondered intensely what Sardess would do. He had a strange feeling that it would be something big, something unexpected and something that could be potentially threatening to his organization.

"But what?" he wondered aloud? Whatever was to occur, he knew he couldn't let his guard down one bit. He wouldn't let all his years of hard work come crashing down upon him. No, he had worked far too hard, far too long to lose. He would defeat Sardess and his army. He would avenge his father's death, and he would become ruler of Thres.

"No, not just Thres…I won't stop there." Rasmis laughed to himself evilly "No, soon…the Earth and everything on it will be mine! And all who make the mistake of trying to defy me will feel the wrath of the great Lord Rasmis!!"

Thres: the Kings Castle:

Harry shook the Kings hand silently and looked at him in awe. Sardess chuckled lightly, and said "Welcome to Thres. I am King Sardess, ruler, and your host for your stay here. Dumbledore has told me much about you, but maybe you can tell me something more about yourselves. Like say, your names?" Sardess said joyfully.

"Oh! Where are my manners", A girl with brown, bushy hair stepped forward and shook the kings hand, and said in a bit of a bossy, yet gentle tone, "I'm Hermione Granger, and this", she pushed the red headed boy forward, "Is Ronald Weasley".

Before Hermione could shove her forward, Ginny stepped forward herself and said nicely, "I'm Ginevra Weasley, but everyone calls me Ginny". She said the last part in a slightly threatening tone, that told the king that he had better not be calling her Ginevra, or he'd pay the price, king though he may be.

Finally Harry found his voice and said "Oh, Sorry, I'm Harry Potter. Nice to meet you. I hope that we'll be able to help in any way we can."

After hearing Harry's words the king got a serious look upon his face as did the four friends. They all remembered the reason for their visit and realized that introductions were over, now was the time to get down to business.

"Please if you all will follow me to the sitting room, I will fill you in on what is going on as best I can." The king had some of his guards to come and take their bags and the four friends followed the king through a door and down a long hallway. Along the way they saw several more pictures along the walls. The pictures seemed to be of kings of the past, for they all looked just as regal, and royal, as the man walking before them. Even more proof, was the fact that Sardess bore a resemblance that could only be familial to the men in the paintings.

The group walked just a few more feet to the end of the hall, and then entered a door to their left. Walking in they could see a room much like the Gryffindor common room, except more elegant looking, and much larger. There was a grand, red couch in the middle of the lower half of the room, and there were four plush chairs facing inwards towards the couch and the grand fireplace that was against the wall, and exactly opposite of the couch. On the upper half (there were six stairs that led to a level slightly upward from this level) there were more plush chairs, some facing each other and some facing the fire on the lower level. There was also a table between two of the chairs, on which a chess board sat. The board looked like it was made of marble and gold, as did the royal-looking pieces.

The king went and sat on the couch and waved the others to sit. Ron and Hermione sat in the chairs on the right side of him, whilst Harry and Ginny sat in the chairs to his left. Once Sardess saw that they were all seated and comfortable, he began.

"First, I want to say that I am extremely grateful to all of you for choosing to come. I know that this was a hard decision to make,especially since this war has nothing to do with you. You all chose to come and defend a world that you don't even live in, and to risk you lives for people you don't even know, and for that, you have my eternal gratitude and respect."

Here Hermione interrupted him, "You don't have to say all that sir. How could we not come?" she asked seriously.

"Yeah", Ron said, "If there's any way we can help of course we'll do it, no thanks necessary." Ron flashed the king a smile.

Ginny took her turn at this point and said "We all want to do whatever we can to help. Innocent people could get hurt, and as long as we have the ability to prevent that, we always will". She then gave her own warm smile.

Harry looked the king in the eye and said, "It wasn't a hard decision to make. We've always done the right thing, and we know that this is the right thing. Peoples lives, whether we know them or not, are important". At this point he grinned, "Hey we've fought plenty of evil wizards before, what's one more added to the list?"

King Sardess looked at them all with kindness and pride. "I must say that you four kids have surprised me very much. Albus was right about you. You are all amazing young adults. I know now, more than ever, that if there is any hope for Thres, it lays within you four." The king smiled at them all with pride evident in his eyes.

"Now I must inform you of what is going to be happening during your stay here". At this point the king got a serious look on his face, and the friend's started listening intently to what he had to say.

"You will spend exactly one week in my castle, in which we will impart to you all knowledge of our land, its many creatures, and what we know of Rasmis and his army. You will also learn a few curses and hexes that we think should help you, and teach you how to dodge several curses that WILL be thrown your way.

During this time, you will be studying constantly. I know that you four are far advanced for your age, but there are many things which you must learn about the land of Thres. Now don't fret, you'll have some fun and rest in between, we'll make sure you won't get overwhelmed with work". The king was looking at Ron, whose eyes had widened, and was looking like he was going faint. Ron calmed considerably after hearing that last statement though.

Sardess continued telling them about what they would be doing for the next week. Apparently, they would be getting refresher courses on swordsmanship and archery (they had taken both the previous year) and they would be learning how to ride horses, and survive in the wild. After training, they would be heading out on their quest.

An hour later, after they had been completely informed of their schedule, the king declared that it was time they retire since they had a full day ahead of them. "I hope that you enjoy your rooms, and sleep peacefully."

The king excused himself and had two guards show the teens to their rooms. They were led through a door on the right side of the hallway that they came down earlier. Then they walked up a set of stairs and the guards came to a stop. The first guard spoke up, "My lords and ladies, you will find your rooms along this hall. Each room has the name of the person staying in it on the door. You will find that all of your belongings have been placed inside already. I hope that you will all rest peacefully, and enjoy your stay. Goodnight."

After this, the two guards walked away. The four friends looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders.

"Hey mate, what's wrong?" Harry asked Ron who had a weird look on his face, as if he were trying to figure something out.

"I just realized..." Ron answered, but didn't say any more.

"Just realized what?" Ginny asked her brother, trying to figure out what he was on about.

Ron looked at her and answered, "I just realized that something's off. When we left Hogwarts it was early morning, but now it's night out."

The other three first looked at each other, and then looked at Ron as if he had grown another head. "What?" Ron asked stupidly.

"You now, you really are daft sometimes mate". Harry said whilst shaking his head.

"It's obvious Ron", Hermione said, trying to explain things to him, "We're in a different dimension so obviously the time zones are different. Whilst it's early morning in our dimension, it's late evening here. Didn't you notice when we arrived?"

Ron looked at Hermione stupidly. Obviously, he hadn't noticed.

"Ugh, just go to bed Ron", said Hermione joining in on shaking her head with Harry. Ginny was giggling in the background.

"Err…right…" Ron said sheepishly. Then he got a wacky grin on his face. He grabbed Hermione and kissed her full on the lips. Harry smiled at the two of them. They had been madly in love since their third year, but were too scared to tell each other their feelings, that was until last year. With Voldemort attacking and the thought that they may not get the chance to really tell the other how they felt, they let all they're feelings for each other out, on a stormy day in January- the day before the big battle in which Voldemort was killed. They had found love in each other that day, and had been going strong every since.

Harry did have to admit that it was weird seeing his two best friends as a couple. He had felt like a third wheel for a few days, but had soon found that Ron's younger sister Ginny was as easy a person to talk to as Ron, if not easier. He loved the times he spent with Ginny, and she was looked on as the new member of the dream team. She had already been spending time with them, after the incident in the department of mysteries, but it had mostly always been the trio. But after she had played such a big role in defeating Voldemort, and Ron and Hermione had finally realized their feelings, Harry got to really talk to her and get to know her. He felt that now, she was just as much a best friend as Ron and Hermione were.

Speaking of Ron and Hermione, that kiss had been going on for quite some time now, and Harry thought it was about time they break it up and catch some Z's. Ginny was having a field day giggling.

"Hey you two!", Harry interrupted the love birds, "I think that's about enough for now."

The two finally came up for air. Ron had a goofy grin on his face and Hermione looked flustered. Harry and Ginny were laughing at the pair.

"Now say goodnight", Harry instructed.

Hermione looked up and said " Oh, um, night good...", then she blushed a deep crimson and corrected herself "I mean goodnight. Goodnight everyone. I'll see you in the morning." With that she walked over to her room and shut the door. Harry and Ginny burst out laughing and Ron still had the goofy grin on his face.

"Well…uh…goodnight you two, yeah, good night…" Ron said a little goofily. He likewise walked to his room and shut the door. Harry and Ginny were left standing in the hallway laughing with each other.

"Well", Harry finally said, "That was an excellent source of entertainment for the night, wouldn't you say?" He said chuckling.

"I most definitely concur", Ginny said giggling some more. After he had calmed down a bit, Harry finally said, " I guess we better be off to bed too, long day and all tomorrow" Ginny looked at him and said, "yeah, wouldn't want to be dead tired before we even start, see you in the morning. Goodnight."

"Likewise and goodnight" Harry responded. The teens went to separate rooms. When Harry went into his room he couldn't help but be amazed. The room was Magnificent. Everything was in a forest green and black pattern. There was a huge king sized bed in the middle of the room. It had a black comforter with green trim, and green and black pillows. There was a fireplace across from the bed that somehow, made the room look like a forest when you were camping. In front of the fire, on the floor, was a green throw rug. The walls were striped black and green, and a plush chair in the corner was black.

Harry saw that his rucksack was by the foot of his bed. From it he retrieved his toothbrush and pajamas, and then he went to go change and brush his teeth. When he entered the bathroom he was even more amazed. The floor was black marble and the walls were forest green. The tub was like the one in the prefect's bathroom, except bigger. There was a huge sink with a mirror that went from one side of the wall all the way to the other. There was also a place to take a shower, if one preferred that to a bath. There was a black robe hanging on the wall, and black slippers just beneath it. Harry looked around amazed and finally decided that it was time to hurry up and get to bed. He changed his clothes and brushed his teeth.

Harry then went back into the room and got into bed. As he snuggled in against the fluffy pillows, he briefly thought of what tomorrow would bring. The comfort of the bed washed over him and soon the only thoughts he had were dreams, of flying against the stars, holding someone close.

Well that's chapter four up. Hope u guys liked it. Next chapter: Training begins, the group makes a friend, and more Rasmis… see u guys later!

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