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Chapter thirty-seven: Mages

"How do you know about the cicle?!" Fynn asked suspiciously,

"Books. I read so many books that I got sure about the existance. And then I went to search for some people who are in the circle..." The man hesitated but then said,

"Yes. we indeed are from a mage circle."

"GUS!!!!" Fynn shouted in the man's ear,

"Stop that! Layden sent me here, Fynn!" And at those words, Fynn blinked and then shut her mouth. "Exactly."

"Would you do me a favour? I have to talk to your... leader! It is important. Really important! I just have to talk to him!" Harry said desperately and Fynn and Gus stared at him,

"What do you want from Layden?"

"I want to ask him something. Well, I can ask you too—Have you got seers in your circle?"

"Naturally we have."

"How far do they see?"

"2007 I think. But if you want them to look into your future you can forget that!"

"Haha, no, no! I already know what happens. So you do know about Harry James Potter too, don't you??" And at those words they gaped at him,

"How do you know about him?! He is not even born!"

"Well, that is what I want to talk about to... Layden. It is more important than you think!" And then Gus came down to him and said in a serious tone,

"I'll take you with me." And then he laid a hand on Harry's shoulder and in the next moment Harry found himself in something like a forest. In front of him, a man—no, an elf—was sitting in a chair.

"Oh, Gus... So this is Harry Daniels, isn't it?" Gus and Harry both knelt down and Harry began to speak,

"As I heard you know about Harry Potter? And then you also know what happens to him in 2004?" He asked, head down.

"Yes, I do know that, though we are not very interested in what the humans are doing..."

"So you do know who I really am."

"Naturally. Though you are Harry Daniels now, you still are Harry Potter." And now Harry felt Gus's eyes upon him.

"I am asking you to take me into your circle, Layden. I need to learn more, you know that. I just have to." He said a bit bitter.

"I will take you into the circle, Harry. And I will teach you personally." And at those words, Harry looked at Layden in shock and Gus did the same,

"But... I thought..." But Harry did not want to say anything stupid so he asked, "Why do I get that honor? Whoever I am, that does not make me any better than anyone else!"

"Yes, but it is not only your honor. It is an honor for me to be able to teach you." And Harry stared at him,

"For you? But... Did I ever do something that would make you honored to teach me? I mean except having more luck in surviving than any other human on this whole planet?!"

"You will see someday. But as long as you are here you won't be able to have any contact to anyone." Harry nodded and Layden motioned him to stand up. And so he did and Gus too. "You will not leave these forests. And we should even begin to train now... Gus, you may go now..." Gus nodded and then went away. "The first thing I will teach you is the hovering. It is quite easy." And Harry tried as hard as he could. Layden told him that he was going to learn languages like Latin, Elfish, French, German etc. and also how to fight with and without a wand, with daggers and swords and with hands and feet. The hovering was very easy in Harry's opinion. He managed to hover perfectly after only twenty minutes...

Fynn's view

"He has been training hard, hasn't he?" Fynn asked some time later.

"Yeah... He's really good. He already can hover..."

"What? But they began just half an hour ago! How can he be that fast?"

"I haven't got a clue. You should look at his face! He is concentrating very hard! I wish I could read minds..." Gus shook his head as they both looked at Harry, who was training on the clearing.

"Yeah... I still can't believe that Layden took him...! He is a human! And the leader never, NEVER teach... Well, only if it is really necessary or if they feel honoured by it! And he is a human!!"

"Well, he's Harry Potter..."

"But that does not change it! He still is a human!"

"Yeah... Hm? Look at that! Layden is giving him a sword!? In the first lesson! Is he mad? The human will collapse by that weight!"

"Wait a moment... Isn't that... That's the famous sword! 'Blade'! I heard it is very, very heavy! It's Layden's!"

"And he just gives it to the human?! That's weird... Look, he's taking it... Unbelievable... He can hold it! But he let it fall down now..."

"He actually lifted it! Wow."

Harry's view

Layden was impressed that Harry had managed to hover so soon, so he wanted to try something else.

"Harry, try to lift this sword. It is really heavy, so don't worry if you don't manage to hold it..." He pulled a small dagger out of something like a belt and it became large immediately. Layden held it in front of Harry and he took it. It was really very, very heavy. But Harry had an idea. He concentrated on his magic and tried to put some of it into his hands... And then he managed to lift the sword. But to his disappointment he didn't manage more. It was to heavy... But Layden already looked at him in amazement,

"Very good... This is even more than I thought..."

"May I try again?!" Layden nodded and this time Harry concentrated even more on his magic.

And then he lifted the sword from the ground and swung it around a bit. Then he dropped it

again, panting slightly. Layden would have stared at his new apprentice, but as he was an elf and supposed to stand over Harry he just smiled slightly.

"That was really impressive... As you know, mages are not called by their real names. And

the mage-names are given by the 'master'... And as you, to my great surprise managed to lift

this sword, which is called 'Blade', your name will be Blade from now on." Harry nodded,

"Thanks... But I did use magic to lift it..."

"Yes, but that sort of magic is not really normal and you still managed to lift it on the first try. And to tell you the truth: No one ever managed that, not even I."

"You are joking." Layden shook his head and Harry stared at the sword. "Oh. Can we go on

with the training then?" Layden nodded and said,

"Now we will begin with the wandless magic." And Harry trained with his master.

Author's note: Well, what do you think? I finished this chapter at around 1 am, so I am not sure if you'll like it. My head is aching and I am deadly tired. Please review and tell me what you think,okay?
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Spera'89