A Journey Through the Unknown
Chapter Three – Explanations
"Professor
McGonagall!" gasped Harry and Ron together.
"Boys!"
she exclaimed. "What are you two doing
here? And where is Severus?"
"Snape
came through the portal too?" Asked
Harry.
"Yes,
I saw him go through it. I didn't know
you boys went through too. You are in
serious trouble."
"But
Professor you don't understand…"
"Um,
pardon me, but may I ask who's who here?" inquired Neal.
"Oh,
I'm sorry. I'm Harry, this is Ron, and
that is one of our teachers, Professor McGonagall."
"Please
to meet you all." Said Sir Myles. "I am
Sir Myles, that is Cleon, Neal, and Kel."
"From
what I'm guessing, if you don't mind me saying, it seems like you, Professor
was not the one expected to come through." Said Cleon.
"No,
she wasn't." Ron said, "We were expecting Hermione to come through."
"Wait
a minute," said Harry quietly. "If Professor McGonagall is here, then where did
Hermione end up?"
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Hermione
looks around and sees a girl around the age of 14 looking at her. She was sitting on a chair that resembled a
lot like a throne. "Who are you?" asked
the girl.
Hermione
looked the girl over and noticed her fancy clothes. She looks like someone
out of medieval times. She thought.
"I'm Hermione. I was suppose to
meet Sir Myles on the other side of the portal. Who are you?"
"Sir
Myles? Well your portal thing brought
you far from Sir Myles. Your in the
throne room."
The
throne room? Now this really seems like
I've went back in time. "Um, who did you say you
were?"
"Oh
forgive me. I'm Kalasin. You can call me Kally."
Smiling
she asked, "Kally do you happen to know where I can find Sir Myles?"
"Of
course." The other girl answered. She got off her throne and walked gracefully
towards Hermione. The first question
that came to mind was what is that thing on her back? "Um, may I ask what that is on your back?" Pointing to Hermione's backpack.
"Oh,
this is my backpack. I've just got some
of my things in here." Please don't
ask what's in it. She silently prayed.
Her prayers were answered, for Kalasin did not ask more about the
strange backpack. Instead she silently
lead her out of the throne room. Out in
the hall, Kalasin makes a comment about Hermione's clothes. "You know that is the weirdest dress I've
ever seen. It's so loose on you."
Hermione
looks at Kalasin for a minute then answers. "This isn't a dress. It's my school robes."
"School
robes?"
"Um,
you know, uniform?"
"Oh
I see."
They
continued their walk in a comfortable silence with Kalasin in the lead,
directing them down different halls.
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"We
have to find her." Said Ron as he headed for the door.
Kel
stepped in front of him. "Wait. You can't just go running around the
palace."
He
drew out his wand. "Get out of my way I
need to find her."
Just
then there was a knock on the door. Kel
looked from Ron to his wand to the rest of the room. She then turned around to open the door. On the other side stood Kalasin and
Hermione. "Hermione! I was just going to find you."
"Ron,
Harry, meet Kalasin. She's the one that
helped me find you guys." When she
looked at the other people in the room, she saw that they were all bowing. She noticed that Ron and Harry were looking
around too. "Why are they all bowing?" She asked Kalasin.
The
girl blushed. "Because that's what
they're suppose to do."
"Why."
"Well
cause I'm the princess."
"A
princess!!!" the three exclaimed together.
Kalasin only nodded. "How come
you didn't tell me?" Kalasin just
shrugged. Her eyes skimmed the room and
locked with a pair of emerald green eyes.
Her breath came short and she felt her heart speed up. Harry looked into Kalasin's eyes and his
mind just went blank. If he were asked
his name at that time, he would not have known the answer. Neal saw this and nudged Cleon to look. Hermione also saw this. "Kalasin, this is Harry."
"Nice
to meet you." Harry croaked out and
extended his hands. Kalasin smiled and
shook his hand.
"Nice to meet you too." She said sweetly.
Hermione
looked around at the people for the second time more closely. To her shock, she recognized one of the
faces other than Harry and Ron's.
"Professor McGonagall!" she gasped.
"Hello
Ms. Granger."
"But…how…what
are you doing here." She stuttered.
"I
was just going to ask you the same thing."
That
was when Sir Myles stepped in.
"Ahm. I think I should explain
some things."
"Please
do." Said McGonagall.
"Well,
the portal that you came through, was opened in order to bring Harry, Ron, and Hermione
here. You see Sirius wanted to find a
way to keep Harry safe from…"
"Sirius!! Sirius is behind this?"
"Yes,
please let me finish. We bought Harry
here to keep him safe from Lord Voldemort."
At this Ron cringed. "And to
help us with this war we have against Scanra.
We desperately need help with it."
"I
see. And you thought three 15 year-olds
could do that?" yelled McGonagall.
"Your
magic is different from ours so I thought it was worth a shot."
"I
need to think this over! When does that
portal open again anyway? I need to
talk to Dumbledore."
"I'm
not sure. It is only open able on
Friday the 13th."
"YOU
DON'T KNOW!!" Cried Professor
McGonagall. "YOU BROUGHT THREE
TEENAGERS TO ANOTHER REALM AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU COULD GET THEM BACK!!!"
"At
least he knows how." Neal pointed
out. McGonagall just gave Neal a death
glare that could have made Lord Wyldon cringe.
"I
think we should all just take a step back and go to our rooms so that we can
absorb all this information and try to get some sleep." Said Kel, trying to calm things down.
Sir
Myles nodded. "I agree. I think we should all go to our rooms and
meet back here in the morning for breakfast.
I have prepared your rooms and will happily show you to them. They adjoin to the study as well as each
other." He bowed to the others and said
goodnight. They bowed back and headed
for the door. Sir Myles guided Harry
and Ron to a door off to the left of the study. Inside were two beds on the far wall, two desks, rugs on the floor,
and a fireplace on the south wall. Once
Harry and Ron were settled in, Sir Myles left to show the ladies their
room. He led them to a room similar to
the boys. Hermione walked around the
room and found the connecting door. She
knocked. The door opened to Ron on the
other side. She walked into the room
and looked around. "So, what do you
think of this so far?"
"I
didn't expect that they needed our help with a war. Of all the things they could've needed our help on." Said Ron.
Harry,
laying on his bed, sighed. Clearly
daydreaming about the princess. "I
don't think it's too bad here."
"And
we all know why." Said Hermione
throwing a pillow at Harry. He sat up
and blushed.
"I
think that's enough of that. We should all
get some sleep before morning." The
voice came from Professor McGonagall standing in the doorway. They all said their goodnights and went to
sleep. Hermione followed Professor
McGonagall back into their room.
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Snape
woke up in a dark room on the cold stone floor. As his eyes adjusted to the dark, he saw that the room was filled
with boxes. He sat up quickly. A little too quickly, for the room started
to spin. He rubbed his head where one
of the men from the bar had hit him. He
groaned when he realized that he didn't have his wand. They must have taken it. He
thought. Then a flame flared up a few
feet in front of him. By the light he
could see the face of the man holding the torch. He recognized the man as the one that hit him. "Who are you? Where am I?"
"You,"
said the man. "are in the cellar of the
Dancing Dove. I am David."
"Where's
my wand?" said Snape as he tried to stand.
"You
mean this?" said David while holding out Snape's wand.
"Yes. Give it here." He lunged for his wand.
"Na
ah. First tell me what you did to
Bruce."
"Bruce? Oh the man that tried to attack me? I merely stunned him. He'll wake in a few hours." He lunged for it again.
"Good." He then punched Snape, knocking him out
cold. "So will you."
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Disclaimer:
I don't own any of the characters except David and Bruce. All other characters belong to TP and
JKR. I own most of the plot.
A/N: sorry this was a boring chapter. The next one will be better, if you still
want more? Do you? Well you know what to do if you do. R/R flames are welcome but if you want to
send a flame plz add ways I could improve.
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