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Harry Potter and the New World
Chapter 10
Old world. Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.
Ron and Hermione entered the school and into the great Hall. They needed to speak to McGonagall, quickly. They ran down the hall to the stairs where they found professor Flitwick.
" Professor." Hermione said excitedly. "We really need to speak to the headmistress. It's urgent."
The tiny Professor was obviously surprised to see 2 of his favorite students, but shook it off quickly. "Whatever do you need the headmistress for, Miss Granger?" he asked
"Please, Professor, is she in her office? It's about Harry." she said.
Flitwick's eyes went wide for a moment. He nodded. "Yes. She is speaking to the former headmaster's painting." he said
"Thank you, Professor." she said and then ran up the stair that led to the headmistress's office.
Once there they saw the statue of the gargoyle blocking their path. Neither could think of a password that McGonagall would use. So Ron, the genius that he was, knocked 3 times on the statue's forehead. Hermione looked at him as though he had grown an extra head.
"Really, Ron." she said, "Is that your brilliant plan?" she asked
"Well, I don't know the password, now, do I" he defended.
She shook her head and whispered "Honestly." and walked over to the gargoyle to say "Miss Hermione Granger and Mr. Ronald Weasley wish to speak with the headmistress on a matter of some importance."
The gargoyle responded, "She will be notified."
Ron was dumbstruck. "That's all you have to do? Ask and it'll go get her?" Hermione nodded.
Just when she was getting ready to tell Ron off again for never reading 'Hogwarts; A History' , the Statue jumped aside to allow them on the spiral stair case that was constantly rising. She looked over to Ron and took a deep breath before stepping onto the moving stairs.
They were about to knock, when they heard Professor McGonagall say "Enter." Hermione turned the knob and pushed open the door. What she saw was simply amazing. Along with the paintings of all the former headmasters and headmistresses, the room was decorated with several antique furniture pieces as well as many artifacts that were obviously magical in nature. The walls were a warm , cream color and the floor was a mahogany.
Sitting behind her desk, was Hermione's favorite teacher and new headmistress of Hogwarts. She looked up from some paperwork and almost smiled. Almost. She motioned for them to sit in the ornately carved chairs on the other side of the desk. The two teens sat.
"Now, to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?" she asked cordially.
Hermione spoke quickly. "We think we found a way to reach Harry, Professor. We believe that if we could use the room of requirement, that we could contact him and maybe persuade him to come home."
"Breath, Hermione." Ron said, which earned him a glare.
"I see. And you were considerate enough to come to me before just gallivanting about the school. I thank you for your consideration." said the headmistress. "Is there anything else you need?"
Hermione thought for a moment then shook her head.
"Then, by all means. Good luck to the both of you." McGonagall said.
They thanked her and stood to leave. Hermione saw Ron start to rub his stomach in a longing manor. She supposed that they could stop by the kitchen for a bit of lunch. She grabbed his wrist and led him to the painting of fruit where she tickled the pear which giggled before turning into a knob. She opened the door and was met with several very happy house elves.
Once inside the kitchen the elves led them to a table so they could sit, and then proceeded to pile more food on their plates than Hermione could ever conceivably eat. Ron, however, looked as if Christmas had come early. They were served and ate their food in silence.
Once they were fed, they left to go to the 7th floor. (of coarse the elves made sure they took plenty of food with them. After all, they might get really hungry after a 20 minute walk.) Once they were looking at Barnaby's tapestry, she started pacing, thinking 'I need to find Harry Potter. I need to find Harry potter. I need to find Harry Potter) after a few turns, a man sized wooden door appeared. She quickly opened the door and Ron followed her into the room. Inside the room was a table with a sheet of parchment on it and a stone archway with a blue swirling mass inside. Hermione picked up the paper and read the note.
Go through the arch and pretend that the people you see there are people you see everyday. You may be able to find your friend by asking the first person you see.
signed,
a friend.
She looked at Ron questioningly. He shrugged and headed toward the arch. She shrugged as well with the thought that the room is a part of Hogwarts. And as such, it would never do something to harm them. She walked by Ron and through the arch.
Sirius was just walking through his dining room to the kitchen for a bottle of butter beer. He had a tough couple of days. Yesterday, he had taken control of his cousin's Gringotts account and exchanged the cups. Later yesterday he found out that, not only had Voldemort created a Horcrux, but a whole pack of them. Harry had taken the cup and his mother's favorite locket, saying they were horcruxes. And today he had quietly acquired the old Gaunt House. Harry said that there was a ring there that was also a horcrux. He hoped that Harry was right.
He went into the kitchen and saw two people standing there.
"Hermione? Ron?" he asked
"Sirius!" Hermione exclaimed loudly. She ran over to him and hugged him tightly, causing the air to leave Sirius's lungs forcefully.
After catching his breath he asked "What are you two doing here?"
Hermione let go of him reluctantly and blushed. Ron answered his question. "We were wondering if you knew where Harry was." he said.
"I believe he's at Potter manor. He wasn't at headquarters when I was there. But I thought you would know that, Hermione, seeing how you've been staying there since he saved you." he said confusedly
"Oh yeah. I suppose I wasn't thinking." she said lamely.
He quirked an eyebrow. Something wasn't right. He raised his wand to Ron.
"What did Harry destroy in his second year that saved your sister, Ginny Weasley?" he asked
Ron looked at Sirius for a moment and understood. "Tom Riddle's diary. It was possessing her, and Harry stabbed it with a basilisk fang after he killed it." he said. Sirius nodded and pointed the wand at Hermione.
He knew of Hermione's physical attraction to Harry? " What was the first thing that attracted you to my godson? And don't lie because I've seen the way you look at him."
Hermione blushed brightly and said "His eyes. I think their beautiful."
Sirius lowered his wand. "Figures. It's always the green eyes." he said with a smile. "Lets go and see my godson, shall we?"
He led them through the dining room into the sitting room where the fireplace was. He threw in a handful of powder and stated loudly "Potter Manor!" and vanished into the green flames. Hermione and Ron repeated the process, and walked out of the fireplace in the potter manor. They saw Sirius walk out the door and they followed. What they saw made Hermione squeak in surprise.
There, sitting on the couch was lily and James Potter. And in the chair next to them was a young girl, maybe 14 years old.
"Hi, Hermione. Ron." she said cheerfully. " I thought you were up in your room, Hermione."
"Err, well, I guess I went to see Sirius for a bit." she said hesitantly, "Um, is Harry around?"
"Yeah, he's upstairs in his room." said Lily.
"Thanks, Mrs. Potter." she said and excused herself and went to the stairs.
She took the stairs 2 at a time with Ron right behind her. But once there they noticed their mistake. They didn't know which of the 6 doors to knock on. So they decided to listen to each one for a moment. Maybe they would hear Harry moving around.
Finally they heard movement behind the last door on the right. Hermione took a settling breath and knocked. "Come in." came Harry's voice from the other side. She opened the door and saw the man inside.
He had long Black hair and emerald green eyes. His shoulders were broad with defined muscles showing through the tight t-shirt he was wearing. He looked at them and Hermione saw the lightning shaped scar on his forehead. He had no glasses on his face, which made his eyes seem to glow their emerald color.
"What's up, Hermione?" he asked as though they saw each other everyday.
"Harry? Is that you, mate?" Ron asked. Harry looked at him confusedly.
"Ron, We just saw each other yesterday. Remember, You were staring at my mum's backside." he said
Ron's eyes went wide. He recovered quickly though. "No, Harry. We haven't seen each other since I was a prat and accused you of…" Ron Trailed off as Harry's face went slack.
Harry's face lost all emotion. "How did you find me?" He asked stoically.
Ron didn't have time to answer, as Hermione rushed past him in a speed they didn't know she was capable of. She ran to Harry, wrapped her Harms around his neck, and pulled him down into a full deep kiss. Harry was too surprised to respond at first. But, he had loved her for ages and he wasn't about to give this opportunity up. He wrapped his arms around her waist and returned the kiss in kind. They only pulled apart when air became an issue.
"What brought that on?" he asked breathlessly.
"I've been wanting to do that for ages." she said. "And as for you first question, we went through the room of requirement. It brought us straight to Grimauld place, and Sirius brought us to you."
Harry slapped himself on the forehead. "Typical. That's just typical." he said
"What?" Ron said.
Harry looked a bit flustered. "I spent 3 months in the room of requirement learning everything I could about Dimensional magic." he said annoyed. "I could have just asked the room to take me to another dimension and been done with it. But nooo, I had to do it the hard way."
"You mean to tell me that you can manipulate dimensions? You learned how to do magic that was lost with Merlin?" Hermione asked
"Yeah. And Merlin was insistent that I learn to do it for myself."
"Merlin? You spoke to Merlin, himself ? She nearly shrieked.
"Well, Yeah. Who else would teach me something only Merlin was capable of?"
Hermione looked as thou she was ready to faint. Harry saw an opportunity he couldn't resist.
"I kept all of my notes." he said quietly into her ear.
Her eyes glazed over and she looked as though she would start dancing.
"I'm surprised you waited as long as you did after seeing him to start the snog-fest." Ron said with a smirk. "I truly feel sorry for you, mate."
Harry released Hermione to look at Ron. "What do you mean, Ron?" he asked
"Mate, you are a subject that Hermione hasn't had a chance to study completely. She might not let you out of your room for weeks." he said, his eyes full of mirth.
Hermione Glared at Ron for a moment, but she couldn't hold onto that for long, however and smiled brightly as she looked to Harry's eyes again. She could get lost in those green spheres. The changes in his appearance were unexpected, but those eyes of his stayed the same. And the fact that he was blushing and smiling just made him all the more delectable.
Harry's eyes got serious and he said "Oh, my."
Ron and Hermione both looked confused. Hermione said "What is it Harry?"
"Well," he said, "as of right now there are two of each of you in this world." Harry said.
Hermione looked as though she were going to panic. What would happen if they were to meet? What should they do right now? Harry saw the expression on her face and laid his hand on her shoulder.
"I think, maybe, I should introduce you to her." he said.
"But do you know what would happen? We could cease to exist. I don't know what-" she stopped due to the hand covering her mouth.
"No, you won't cease to exist." he reassured her. "It'll be a bit confusing, but completely safe."
She took a couple of breaths. And silently agreed.
They left his room and went across the corridor where he knocked. "Come in, Harry." they heard Hermione's voice say. He entered.
"Uh Hermione." he said tentatively. "You remember how I said that I'm from a dimension that is very similar to this one?"
She nodded.
"Err, Well, it appears that I'm not the only one to come here." he said as he motioned to his left.
Hermione entered the room to see herself, and both girls came close to fainting. Ron looked on and stood speechless. Harry couldn't think what to do next. Here, in this room were 2 Hermiones. One was his best friend of 8 years. The other a girl who he knew had a crush on him, though he supposed much of that crush was from hero worship. But he stood next to his best mate and watched as the two girls stared at each other.
"It's so surreal." Said Hermione from the new world.
"Why do these things keep happening to us, Harry?" the Hermione from the old world said.
"Because I'm Harry Bloody Potter." he said dejectedly.
After 20 minutes of talking, the four teens were more confused then they were before Hermione and Ron arrived in this world. They left the room and went downstairs to see Harry's parents and try to find some sense of normalcy. When they reached the sitting room, the Potter family, save Harry, looked upon the teens with astonishment.
A thought occurred to Harry and he smiled. "I guess I have reinforcements." he said nervously
The Hermiones looked at him like he had just said he was the reincarnation of Merlin himself. "What?" they said in unison.
"That is so weird." said Ron.
The rest of the people in the room turned their gaze to Ron as if to say 'you say so?'
"Yeah, well, maybe that goes without saying." he said sheepishly.
"Could somebody please tell me what is going on?" James asked.
"Well, apparently," Harry started, "The Ron and Hermione from my home world found a way to find me here." he said.
At hearing who the new comers were Jasmine's ire was raised. "How DARE you come looking for my brother after what you put him through?" she asked "You were supposed to be his best friends, and when things go badly, you turn and accuse him of being at fault for everything. My mother told me all about what you did. And I cannot believe you would come here like nothing had happened and how in the BLOODY HELL did you get here anyway?"
They were silent as lily glared and chastised her daughter. James on the other hand was apt to agree with Jasmine. When Harry first got there, he was in great pain. He had slowly gotten better but the pain was still there. However, he decided to hear what these newcomers had to say before he would judge them.
"I would like to know what you want from Harry." he said
At this Ron came forward. "I have to agree with your daughter, Mr. Potter. I really don't deserve to have Harry as my friend." he said.
Harry tried to stop him and tell him not to worry about it but Ron held his hand up. "No, Harry. You let me off the hook twice already. You deserve an apology." He said determinedly. "You have always been a good friend to me, Harry. You never should've had to deal with my jealousy. I am truly sorry for everything I had done, and I hope you can forgive me for what I said to you back then."
"I never blamed you for that, Ron" Harry said. "I knew that you were grieving. And I already forgave you for the other stuff, so as far as I'm concerned, we're alright."
Ron looked as though he would let a tear fall. (he would never admit that he cried mind you.) he and Harry came together in a manly embrace. It lasted .2 seconds. Hermione stepped forward, ready to speak, as well.
"Please, tell me that you're not trying to apologize, Mione." he said. She looked at him startled. He continued, "You have nothing to be sorry for."
Harry turned to his parents. "Mum, Dad, I would like to introduce these two properly. This is my best mate, Ron Weasley." he said motioning to the red head. "And this, is my… girlfriend?" the last part was a question. To which Hermione smiled brilliantly and nodded. "Hermione Granger."
At hearing this, the other Hermione felt a devastating blow in the pit in her stomach. Logically, she knew this would happen when she met the girl. However the reality of it hurt more than a little. She really liked him. However after a moment of introspection, she realized that she really didn't know him all that well. She barely spoke with him unless it was for his occlumency lessons, he tried to comfort her after a bad dream, or idle chit chat that never revealed anything real. So while it hurt, she understood that he needed someone who knew him and cared for him. The best she could say was that she had a severe crush on the handsome man with green eyes.
"Oh." said Lily, while Jasmine looked at Ron and Hermione with trepidation. "But I thought she was dating Ron."
At that Harry looked confused. "Yeah. What happened to that?" Harry asked. He hadn't thought of that.
"That lasted until just days after your row." she explained. "After a bit of discussion, we decided that constant fighting was in no way a good start to a relationship. It was quite possibly the first thing we agrees on since we started dating."
Ron nodded, "Plus, I knew that I could even try to compete with the great Harry Potter." he said smiling. "Honestly, I'm relieved that you two are finally together. Now I don't have to hear it all the time."
"Hear what?" Hermione said.
Ron put his hands together beside his face and his eyes took on a dreamy quality that would put Luna Lovegood to shame. He said in a high voice "Oh, Harry is so brave. He's so handsome, where oh where is my Harry."
Hermione punched him hard in the stomach. " Never, have you heard me say that. And I would thank you for not trying to humiliate me like that, Ronald." she said as Harry looked on laughing. She turned to Harry "And what are you laughing at, Harry James Potter?"
Harry put his hands up in surrender. "I'm laughing at the way Ron's eyes almost shot across the room just now." he said. She calmed down to see the other potters trying unsuccessfully to hold in laughter as well.
"you're right. You never said it. But it was in your diary." Ron said.
Hermione's eyes went wide and she blushed furiously. "You read my diary?" she asked angrily.
"No." he answered, "But now I know that is IS in fact there." he finished smugly.
Hermione couldn't deny it. Ron finally got her. She hated to think that Ron Weasley tricked her into admitting to something. She was so embarrassed until Harry pulled her into a hug. She calmed down almost immediately. It may have been the first time that he initiated a hug when they weren't in immediate danger.
"Besides," he said in her ear, "I like that you think so highly of me." She looked up to his warm smile and had to return it. His smile always calmed her.
"It is nice to finally meet you two," Lily said finally, "However we are in the middle of a war here and Harry is pretty caught up in it as well."
Ron spoke up. "What's up, Mate? Is the golden trio going to ride again?" He asked. And Harry smiled.
"Why, Ron." He said, "I think that is a lovely Idea."
Harry, Ron, and Hermione stepped out of the dimensional folds in Romania. They were close to the dragon preserve that Charlie worked at. Ron and Hermione didn't really know what Harry was planning, but he was a born leader who they would follow into hell, because they truly believed that he could conquer it.
After making sure that they were heading in the right direction, the trio started to walk west, toward where they guessed Charlie lived. After walking for what felt like hours, Ron started to complain about hunger. Not annoyingly yet, but Harry and Hermione knew how that would get. Luckily Lily made sure they had enough food for the trip. So they decided to take a quick break.
"So, Harry," Ron said after swallowing a bite of his sandwich, "What exactly is your plan?"
"Well, I thought I would try to convince a certain dragon to help with the giants." he said as though it should be obvious.
"So, your great plan is to talk to a dragon. Ask it nicely to come and fry some giants?" he asked
"Yeah." said Harry, "That's about right."
"Just checking." Ron said with a nod.
Hermione, on the other hand was a bi put off by the idea. "Harry, you do realize that dragons are not snakes, don't you?"
Harry nodded. "That's true, Hermione. But, their speech is similar. I could understand most of what the dragon was saying in the tournament, as well as the one we rode out of Gringotts."
"oh" was all she could say. She still didn't like the idea. She had just gotten Harry back in her life, and this was a risk that she didn't know she was willing to take.
After their lunch, they continued along the path that led to Charlie's House. They walked a couple more hours when they came upon the red haired 2nd born Weasley.
"Oi, Charlie." said Ron.
Charlie looked up "Ron, What are you doing here? And who are these two?"
"This is Harry and Hermione. They're friends." Ron said quickly. "Right now there is a Hungarian horntail that we need to see."
"Are you mad?" asked Charlie. "You're not even supposed to be here. It's too dangerous for untrained people to go near the dragons."
"Oh, come on, Charlie," Ron said. "Harry already out flew her in the triwizard tournament."
Charlie quirked an eyebrow at Harry. "he died later that year. You can't be the same Harry."
"I'm not. But I did the same trick." Harry replied.
They talked for more than an hour before finally convincing Charlie to take them to see the dragon. Once they got to the preserve, Charlie showed them around. Finally they found the horntail that Harry out flew in his fourth year. Though it was sleeping, it was still a wondrous sight. She was at least 7 ½ meters long and 3 ½ meters wide with scales that resembled large silver sickles. The 6 spikes on her tail also looked bigger, at least a meter in length. Harry could see the lower teeth sticking up outside of the beast's lip and horns on her head that were about the same size as her head. All in all, she was a bit intimidating.
Harry took a steadying breath, and then walked over to the cage. He concentrated on using his parseltongue abilities and spoke to the dragon.
"Greetings, mighty dragon" he hissed.
She opened her eyes, then lifted her head. "Your tongue is primitive, but impressive, no scales. For what do you disturb my slumber?"
"I ask a favor. The reward is meat." Harry answered.
"I have meat here. For what reason should I agree to this favor."
Harry anticipated this. He did a bit of research into dragons. In his History of Magic text book from 6th year, there was information about the giants invading dragon territory in 1609. Because of this skirmish, the wizards got involved and put both dragons and giants into preserves. Harry was hoping to use this to help persuade the beast into helping them.
"Giants will soon be attacking the world of man." he said. The dragon looked interested at this and Harry's courage heightened. "I ask that you help us defend ourselves against them."
The dragon thought for a moment. "Your proposal interests me, no scales." she said, "But I must demand more. I must have my freedom."
"I shall free you from here. However after the battle you are on your own to remain so." he hissed. "Does this please you, great one?"
"This is acceptable." she said. "You may call me 'Treela'" she said.
"I thank you, Treela." he said. He then opened a small dimensional fold in her cage. And drew his wand and broke the chain around her neck. "Step into the circle and it will take you to a safe place." he hissed.
She did so and was gone. Hermione and Ron looked on as though Harry had just shook hands with the dark lord himself.
"Harry do you realize what you just did?" she asked with fear evident on her face. "You just released a dragon. Why on earth would you do that."
Harry gave Hermione a funny look. "Didn't you hear the plan?" he asked. "Treela's going to help us in the battle against Voldemort."
"but why would she do that, Harry? What did you offer her in return? She wouldn't do it for nothing." she nearly screamed.
Harry grabbed her shoulders. "Listen, love." he said slowly. "Do you remember 6th year history of magic?"
She nodded for a moment and then understanding lit her face. "The giant invasion of 1609!" she said, finally. "Oh, Harry, that's brilliant. Of coarse, I can't believe I hadn't thought of that."
"Of coarse, I also said that I wouldn't tell sell her out after the battle. She's free, but she's on her own." he said.
She nodded, "I understand that."
After a moment and a few kisses, that made Ron shuffle about awkwardly, they decided to go visit Charlie for a while before heading back to Potter Manor. Soon Harry would be calling out Voldemort one last time. But today, they decided to take it easy for a while.
AN: thanks for all the reviews. Many people are saying that they want a sequel. Some are wanting an epilogue. It's still up in the air, but I'm sure it will all be sorted out by the time I finish this story. Thanks again for all your support.
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