Chapter 3: Answers
"But...why us?"
Cassie was up now, so was Gabby.
"You, and only you, know these people."
Karen snorted. "Uh-huh. Yep, were the only people in the world who know who Harry Potter is."
"So you do know them!" Fitz cried.
"Yeah...so does the entire human population."
"We don't." Keefe added.
"Your NOT human."
Every head in the room turned to Karen.
"They're not?" Hermione asked.
"How-how did you know that?"
Emerson stared at the elves. "Wait, you don't think-"
"They think we're totally oblivious." Cassie laughed.
"What?" Sophie started to shrink away from the eleven year olds.
"Mr. Forkle?"
Mr. Forkle jumped back, but turned to Emerson.
"How do you think we know Harry and Ron and Hermione?"
"Um..." Mr. Forkle hesitated. "You read about them."
"Right. So..."
"Wait." Biana said. "Were a book too?"
The girls nodded.
"I still don't know what's going on." Gabby piped up.
"Gabby hasn't read the series yet." Cassie explained.
"Tell us more." Sophie said, leaning in.
"Well," Karen started. "There are five books so far. Keeper of the Lost Cities is the series, but it's also the name of the first book. Then there's Exile, Everblaze, Neverseen, and the newest one, Lodestar. I've finished all the books so far, but Cassie hasn't read Lodestar, and Emerson's on chapter one."
"Okay," Sophie said. "Keeper of the Lost Cities is when I came to this world, right? Sounds like it. Then Exile is when Alden broke. Everblaze is when Kenric died. Neverseen is the plague with the gnomes, but I've never really done anything related to Lodestar, except hear Fintan say it."
The girls glanced at each other.
The Keeper gang was in that little space of time in between Neverseen and Lodestar.
"What about us?" Harry asked.
"Well, your book series is finished." Karen told him. "I finished it, but Emerson and Cassie are on book five. Gabby's on book two. There are seven books. Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
"That all sounds familiar." Harry clarified.
"So you know everything about us?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah. But I can't say much."
"I don't mind spoilers." Cassie said.
"Yeah, I don't really care right now." Emerson added. Gabby shrugged, as if spoilers were the least of her problems.
"Well...I know a ton of Wizarding spells and games and cultures. I know who died in the Battle of Hogwarts, I know everyone that died, in the entire book series. I know everything that was put into the books."
"Lets test you." Sophie suggested. Everyone agreed.
"What was Sophie's first power?" Fitz asked.
"Telepath." Emerson answered.
"When did she start hearing thoughts?"
"She was five." Cassie said.
"What are all of Foster's powers?"
"Telepath, Polygot, Inflictor, Teleporter." Karen said, not mentioning any spoilers.
"Who is Sophie's cognate?"
"Fitz."
"What is Sophie's pet imp's name?"
"Iggy."
"Okay, our turn." Harry said.
"When did my parents die?"
"Halloween."
"What was the first horcrux I found?"
"The Diary."
"Who is my godfather?"
"Sirius Black."
"Who died at the end of the Triwizard Tournament?"
"Cedric Diggory."
"Who died in the Department of Mysteries?"
"Sirius Black."
"Who died..."
"Dumbledore."
"Fred Weasley."
Karen stopped there, the pain on Harry's face closed her mouth shut.
Everyone in the room was silent, 'till seven people appeared.