The Great stone doors opened and Harry peered inside. There seemed to be a
whole community just living in that one area.
"wow." Harry said in awe.
"Like it?" Hertigude asked.
"I think it's magnificent!" Harry exclaimed. The inside was all marble, stone and diamond. It was beautiful. This first bit was a huge Hall with many corridor's branching off. The ceiling was extremely high and Harry could just make out the dome in it, patterns were racing up to meet the tip. There were no lights, it just seemed to... glow ... from the floor to ceiling, even after the sun had gone down.
People were bustling around everywhere. Once Harry thought he saw someone caarying a long staff. But then, why didn't Hertigude carry one? When he questioned the Lord on that he got a simple answer of "I had to find you, it would have been too inconventient."
"Oh."
Lord Hertigude led Harry past a whole lot of people and through one of the corridors off to the side. They walked up many stone staircases and went higher and higher in the mountain.
Harry tried to remember which way they went. "Right, left, right, right, left, no right!" But he just couldn't after about the tenth turn and he settled for a warm silence. Hertigude gave Harry the feeling of eternal safety, like nothing would, or could, hurt him whilst in the Lord's company.
"Excuse me Lord?" Harry said after about half an hour of walking in silence. "But where are we going?"
"Ah. Call me Hertigude, it is my name, and I am taking you to your room where you will stay while here." Hertigude said.
"Alright then. And how am I meant to know how to get back to wherever I want to go?" Harry asked uncertainly.
"Do not worry yet. When we need you, well, when we are ready for you, someone will collect you and bring you to the Lords." Hertigude said mysteriously.
"Mmmmk" Harry mumbled and the two lapsed into silence once more, before finally stopping at a stone door with a marble and diamond handle on it. That was odd, Harry had not seen any other door knobs the whole time. Oh well... Just something else to add to the list of questions.
Lord Hertigude lead Harry inside and Harry looked around in awe at his surroundings.
He had stepped into a circular room with a round bed with red covers on one part of the wall, directly opposite the door, there were two other door's leading out of the room aswell. Red curtains hung over both and lit candles were hung around the wall. The floor was stone, flecked with marble and occasional diamond, with a large, red, rug in the centre of the room, directly under a table that had chairs stationed around it and a bottle of some sort in the middle.
A flower vase with fake flowers made of diamond sat next to the Bottle and Harry wondered not for the first time how on earth they managed to pay for all of it.
Harry was lead through one of the curtained doorframes and into a small bathroom. There was a shower in one end, a bath underneath it, and a sink, mirror and cupboard at the other end.
"If you need any food," Lord Hertigude said, "tell the person who comes to collect you when the other Lords are ready."
"Ok. Do they have a name?" Harry asked. Even to his own ears he sounded inconsiderate. "I'm sorry. that came out wrong." He said sheepishly.
"Quite alright. You are not from Ea Terra, we do not expect too much respect from you." Hertigude said with a smile as they made their way back into the other room, and through the next red curtained that concealed a glass door.
Harry found himself on a balcony in the darkness of the night. There was no moon, only stars. Harry was startled when he found he was walking on what appeared to be nothingness. He hesitantly made his way back into the room, leaving Hertigude behind and confused.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"There. is. no. floor." Harry pointed out.
"Yes there is. It is made of Gurreta." Hertigude said.
"And that is..." Harry trailed off.
"It is sort of what you would call glass. But alot stronger than that which you have on earth. Do not be afraid, you shant fall."
"But how come I couldn't see them when we reached the door's?" Harry asked, looking down hesitantly from the doorway where he hadn't yet taken another step towards the "blacony".
"Because they are invisible to those from outside. It would look a little suspicious, I daresay, if there were balconies jutting out of a mountain cliff." He laughed. "We can't let the evils know of Dominus Arx, well, not where it is anyway."
"Evil's, what evil's?" Harry asked curiously, albeit a little anxiously.
"One of the evil's that has been terrorising Ea Terra was your main other self, the more powerful one. But, since about a month ago when you first came, he has not been seen since ..." Hertigude looked at Harry, who had gone a lovely shade of white, with a sad smile.
"I-I terrorised your world?" Harry choked out. "I've been here for a month? I thought it was only a day!"
"YOU didnt terrorise our world, an evil Harry Potter did. And no, you've been here for a month, I'd say knocked unconcious since I was not able to pick up on your movements to locate you. Now, you may like to have a bath and clean yourself, there should be some new boots and robes in the cupboard in the bathroom that are your size."
Harry oblijed, even though the Merinkura had done a thorough cleaning, he still felt like a nice warm soak.
Once Hertigude left, and Harry had had a bath he found the promised robes and boots. They were very odd robes. When he moved them, the colours changed to reflect the ones around him. The boots were black and thick, which Harry was very thankful for, he didn't need any more encounters with grass that could possible cut off his feet.
After he had gotten dressed and booted, Harry took a look at himself in the mirror and almost fell over backwards.
His hair was a light brown, he had a tanned face, and now that he cared to look, tanned hands and legs, his eyes however and shape were the same as always. He also had a few scars on his face that weren't there before, most probably acts of the Merinkura. Someone had some explaining to do!
After that Harry slowly stepped out onto the balcony. The cool breeze fell across his face and the stars made his robes twinkle.
Lost in though, an hour or so later, Harry was startled whent there was a loud, firm knock at his door.
The problem was, he couldn't open his door, infact, he couldn't even find it, it appeared to have blended in with the stone.
"Hello? Mr.?" Someone, a lady, called.
"Sorry ma'am. I can't find the door." Harry yelled back. He heard a girly giggle and wondered who on earth was out there.
"Just say the password." She called back.
"What is it?"
"Trouble." The girl chuckled again. "Lord Hertigude told me to come and get you."
Harry said the word and the door revealed itself and Harry pulled it open and came face to face with a young lady around his age.
He stepped back a bit. "Sorry about that." He blushed.
"Not a problem." The girl, who had long black hair and violet eyes said. "My name is Celestina." She added.
"Hello. I'm Harry." Harry said.
"OK Harry, well the Lords are ready for you now. Follow me." Celestina smiled and Harry followed her through many corridors and staircases of Dominus Arx. Soon they came to the large Hall that Harry had been in earlier that day, it was now almost deserted, and Celestina led him through another corridor that went straight this time, not up.
After about five minutes of walking straight Harry thought he could hear water. "What's that Celestina?" He asked curiously.
"What's what sir?" She asked.
"Please call me Harry. And I mean, what's that sound of water?" He asked straining his ears.
"Oh! That is the river of Merinkura. It runs straight through Dominus Arx, many people prefer that to a bath than their own showers, ofcourse, they have to wear togs though." Celestina chuckled. It was a pretty sound and it matched her clear, flowing voice very well.
After a while the water sound died down and the two started to decend until they came to a wall that seemed normal enough...
Celestina put her pale hand on the stone where a diamond hand was outlined. The door quivered for a little then sank back, before moving to the side.
Inside was another Hall. This one was very nice aswell. There was one seat carved out of diamond on a platform, though it was unoccpied. Next to that seat on either side were another three seats. Three on the left, three on the right. These were made of marble, and like the first chair had large fluffy cushions on them, though they were all occupied.
On the third chair on the left sat a lady with Dark blue flowing robes and a light blue cord tied around her waist, accentuating her figure. She had grey, sparkling eyes and light brown hair. Her face was young and vibrant, though a little stress shone through.
Next to her was man around the same age. He had black hair though, and brown eyes. His robes were like Harry's, and seemed to change with the colours around him. It was now a sparkling grey, mixed with white, as were Harry's.
Next to him was another man. This one had a long, white beard and hair, his eyes were a dark blue and his face was wrinkled with age. He too, had robes like the other man and Harry.
Then there was the large diamond seat without an occupant and next to that on the right hand side sat an elderly lady, she was bent over and had her hands running through the grey hair, not giving Harry a very good look at her face, but she had a cord around her waist like the first lady..
After her on the second seat to the right was another lady. She was younger though and seemed to shine with pride at being a 'Lord'. Her blonde hair was tied back with a cord of some sort, much like the other lady's, though her's was in her hair and the others weren't. Her eyes were black and you could only just tell the pupil from the iris.
Then was another man. This one was bent over with age and had short, whispy grey hair. HIs eyes were downcast not allowing Harry a good look, but he could tell the man was old.
Where was Hertigude though, wasn't he a Lord?
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Sorry that chapter wasn't too exciting, but you had to get used to Dominus Arx. Hehehe.
Thanks for reviewing, I don't have much time now, be thankful you even got this today. lol. Please REVIEW!
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"wow." Harry said in awe.
"Like it?" Hertigude asked.
"I think it's magnificent!" Harry exclaimed. The inside was all marble, stone and diamond. It was beautiful. This first bit was a huge Hall with many corridor's branching off. The ceiling was extremely high and Harry could just make out the dome in it, patterns were racing up to meet the tip. There were no lights, it just seemed to... glow ... from the floor to ceiling, even after the sun had gone down.
People were bustling around everywhere. Once Harry thought he saw someone caarying a long staff. But then, why didn't Hertigude carry one? When he questioned the Lord on that he got a simple answer of "I had to find you, it would have been too inconventient."
"Oh."
Lord Hertigude led Harry past a whole lot of people and through one of the corridors off to the side. They walked up many stone staircases and went higher and higher in the mountain.
Harry tried to remember which way they went. "Right, left, right, right, left, no right!" But he just couldn't after about the tenth turn and he settled for a warm silence. Hertigude gave Harry the feeling of eternal safety, like nothing would, or could, hurt him whilst in the Lord's company.
"Excuse me Lord?" Harry said after about half an hour of walking in silence. "But where are we going?"
"Ah. Call me Hertigude, it is my name, and I am taking you to your room where you will stay while here." Hertigude said.
"Alright then. And how am I meant to know how to get back to wherever I want to go?" Harry asked uncertainly.
"Do not worry yet. When we need you, well, when we are ready for you, someone will collect you and bring you to the Lords." Hertigude said mysteriously.
"Mmmmk" Harry mumbled and the two lapsed into silence once more, before finally stopping at a stone door with a marble and diamond handle on it. That was odd, Harry had not seen any other door knobs the whole time. Oh well... Just something else to add to the list of questions.
Lord Hertigude lead Harry inside and Harry looked around in awe at his surroundings.
He had stepped into a circular room with a round bed with red covers on one part of the wall, directly opposite the door, there were two other door's leading out of the room aswell. Red curtains hung over both and lit candles were hung around the wall. The floor was stone, flecked with marble and occasional diamond, with a large, red, rug in the centre of the room, directly under a table that had chairs stationed around it and a bottle of some sort in the middle.
A flower vase with fake flowers made of diamond sat next to the Bottle and Harry wondered not for the first time how on earth they managed to pay for all of it.
Harry was lead through one of the curtained doorframes and into a small bathroom. There was a shower in one end, a bath underneath it, and a sink, mirror and cupboard at the other end.
"If you need any food," Lord Hertigude said, "tell the person who comes to collect you when the other Lords are ready."
"Ok. Do they have a name?" Harry asked. Even to his own ears he sounded inconsiderate. "I'm sorry. that came out wrong." He said sheepishly.
"Quite alright. You are not from Ea Terra, we do not expect too much respect from you." Hertigude said with a smile as they made their way back into the other room, and through the next red curtained that concealed a glass door.
Harry found himself on a balcony in the darkness of the night. There was no moon, only stars. Harry was startled when he found he was walking on what appeared to be nothingness. He hesitantly made his way back into the room, leaving Hertigude behind and confused.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"There. is. no. floor." Harry pointed out.
"Yes there is. It is made of Gurreta." Hertigude said.
"And that is..." Harry trailed off.
"It is sort of what you would call glass. But alot stronger than that which you have on earth. Do not be afraid, you shant fall."
"But how come I couldn't see them when we reached the door's?" Harry asked, looking down hesitantly from the doorway where he hadn't yet taken another step towards the "blacony".
"Because they are invisible to those from outside. It would look a little suspicious, I daresay, if there were balconies jutting out of a mountain cliff." He laughed. "We can't let the evils know of Dominus Arx, well, not where it is anyway."
"Evil's, what evil's?" Harry asked curiously, albeit a little anxiously.
"One of the evil's that has been terrorising Ea Terra was your main other self, the more powerful one. But, since about a month ago when you first came, he has not been seen since ..." Hertigude looked at Harry, who had gone a lovely shade of white, with a sad smile.
"I-I terrorised your world?" Harry choked out. "I've been here for a month? I thought it was only a day!"
"YOU didnt terrorise our world, an evil Harry Potter did. And no, you've been here for a month, I'd say knocked unconcious since I was not able to pick up on your movements to locate you. Now, you may like to have a bath and clean yourself, there should be some new boots and robes in the cupboard in the bathroom that are your size."
Harry oblijed, even though the Merinkura had done a thorough cleaning, he still felt like a nice warm soak.
Once Hertigude left, and Harry had had a bath he found the promised robes and boots. They were very odd robes. When he moved them, the colours changed to reflect the ones around him. The boots were black and thick, which Harry was very thankful for, he didn't need any more encounters with grass that could possible cut off his feet.
After he had gotten dressed and booted, Harry took a look at himself in the mirror and almost fell over backwards.
His hair was a light brown, he had a tanned face, and now that he cared to look, tanned hands and legs, his eyes however and shape were the same as always. He also had a few scars on his face that weren't there before, most probably acts of the Merinkura. Someone had some explaining to do!
After that Harry slowly stepped out onto the balcony. The cool breeze fell across his face and the stars made his robes twinkle.
Lost in though, an hour or so later, Harry was startled whent there was a loud, firm knock at his door.
The problem was, he couldn't open his door, infact, he couldn't even find it, it appeared to have blended in with the stone.
"Hello? Mr.?" Someone, a lady, called.
"Sorry ma'am. I can't find the door." Harry yelled back. He heard a girly giggle and wondered who on earth was out there.
"Just say the password." She called back.
"What is it?"
"Trouble." The girl chuckled again. "Lord Hertigude told me to come and get you."
Harry said the word and the door revealed itself and Harry pulled it open and came face to face with a young lady around his age.
He stepped back a bit. "Sorry about that." He blushed.
"Not a problem." The girl, who had long black hair and violet eyes said. "My name is Celestina." She added.
"Hello. I'm Harry." Harry said.
"OK Harry, well the Lords are ready for you now. Follow me." Celestina smiled and Harry followed her through many corridors and staircases of Dominus Arx. Soon they came to the large Hall that Harry had been in earlier that day, it was now almost deserted, and Celestina led him through another corridor that went straight this time, not up.
After about five minutes of walking straight Harry thought he could hear water. "What's that Celestina?" He asked curiously.
"What's what sir?" She asked.
"Please call me Harry. And I mean, what's that sound of water?" He asked straining his ears.
"Oh! That is the river of Merinkura. It runs straight through Dominus Arx, many people prefer that to a bath than their own showers, ofcourse, they have to wear togs though." Celestina chuckled. It was a pretty sound and it matched her clear, flowing voice very well.
After a while the water sound died down and the two started to decend until they came to a wall that seemed normal enough...
Celestina put her pale hand on the stone where a diamond hand was outlined. The door quivered for a little then sank back, before moving to the side.
Inside was another Hall. This one was very nice aswell. There was one seat carved out of diamond on a platform, though it was unoccpied. Next to that seat on either side were another three seats. Three on the left, three on the right. These were made of marble, and like the first chair had large fluffy cushions on them, though they were all occupied.
On the third chair on the left sat a lady with Dark blue flowing robes and a light blue cord tied around her waist, accentuating her figure. She had grey, sparkling eyes and light brown hair. Her face was young and vibrant, though a little stress shone through.
Next to her was man around the same age. He had black hair though, and brown eyes. His robes were like Harry's, and seemed to change with the colours around him. It was now a sparkling grey, mixed with white, as were Harry's.
Next to him was another man. This one had a long, white beard and hair, his eyes were a dark blue and his face was wrinkled with age. He too, had robes like the other man and Harry.
Then there was the large diamond seat without an occupant and next to that on the right hand side sat an elderly lady, she was bent over and had her hands running through the grey hair, not giving Harry a very good look at her face, but she had a cord around her waist like the first lady..
After her on the second seat to the right was another lady. She was younger though and seemed to shine with pride at being a 'Lord'. Her blonde hair was tied back with a cord of some sort, much like the other lady's, though her's was in her hair and the others weren't. Her eyes were black and you could only just tell the pupil from the iris.
Then was another man. This one was bent over with age and had short, whispy grey hair. HIs eyes were downcast not allowing Harry a good look, but he could tell the man was old.
Where was Hertigude though, wasn't he a Lord?
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Sorry that chapter wasn't too exciting, but you had to get used to Dominus Arx. Hehehe.
Thanks for reviewing, I don't have much time now, be thankful you even got this today. lol. Please REVIEW!
~*Allie*~