A Journey Through the Unknown
Chapter Four – Wands and Brooms and Dragons Oh My!
The sun's morning rays shine
through the dense curtains and fall upon Harry's face. The rays slowly draw the boy back to
consciousness. He stretches his hands
out, trying to find the hangings around his bed to block out the sun. Feeling only air, he sits up and looks
around. Everything was a blur. He put on his glasses and looked around one
more time. The room became clear and he
sees that he was not in his dorm room. Looking over to his right he sees Ron still asleep. A smile creeps
across his face as he remembers what happened last night. More specifically his meeting with the princess. He gets out of bed and starts to inspect the
room for the bathroom. Why didn't I
do this last night? Not finding
one, he opens the door leading to the study. In the study he sees Sir Myles and Cleon sitting across from each
other. Between them is a table filled
with plates of breakfast foods. "Ah,
Harry your awake. Care to join us?"
"Thanks Sir Myles, but I need
to use the bathroom."
"Of course, of course. It's down that hall, second door on the
left."
As Harry left the room, Sir
Myles went back to his conversation with Cleon.
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In her room, Kel is getting
ready for breakfast. While brushing her
hair in front of the mirror, her mind floats from thought to thought. From glaive practice this morning, to her
sparrows, to Lalasa and her shop, then it stops on the four strangers from the
other realm. Four strangers from
the other realm, each with a gift of their own. I'll have to have a talk with them when Neal's around. Just to see how different their gift is
compared with ours. At the thought
of Neal, a familiar voice comes from the other side of her door. "Come on Kel, were going to be late for
breakfast!" Kel smiled to herself at
the thought of her page years here at the castle. She walks over to the door and answers it. "Nice try N…Dom!" When Kel opened the door, she was not greeted with Neal's mocking
green eyes, but with his cousin's blue ones. "What are you doing here?"
"I was just on my way to get
some breakfast and I was wondering if you wanted to join me. So how's about it Kel? Would thy lady care to have some breakfast
with humble me?" asked Dom while
offering his arm.
"I'm sorry Dom, but I already
have plans for breakfast today. But if
the company is still here tomorrow I'll be glad to accompany you then."
"I guess that will have to
do." He smiled and dropped his
arm. "I'll see you then, Kel."
"Bye Dom!" and they went
their separate ways.
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"Your majesty, where are you
going?" asked a servant.
Nuts, she caught me! "Oh I was
just going to breakfast, Ella. And do
call me Kally instead of your majesty."
"As you wish your majesty."
"Ella!!"
"Kally! I'm sorry. But may I ask when you're going to be back?"
"Um, I think around 10 to
11. Will that be alright?"
"Yes that would be fine. Now go and have your breakfast."
"OK, bye Ella!"
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When Harry got back to the
study, everyone was already there. Hermione and Ron had woken up and were in a deep conversation with
Neal. About what Harry couldn't really
hear. There was Sir Myles, who was now
talking to Professor McGonagall, Cleon talking to Kel, and the princess. She wasn't talking to anyone, but listening
in on Ron's conversation. And the only
seat that was vacant was next to her. Harry thanked God for this. He
took the seat and said good morning to everyone. "Good morning Harry." Ron
and Hermione mumbled together before getting back into their conversation.
"Good morning Harry." Said
Kally as she smiled at him. He felt his
heart skip a beat. "Would you like some
juice?"
"Yeah sure. I would love some." She pours a cup of orange juice and hands it
to him. He thanks her and takes a
sip.
"Did you sleep well last
night, Harry?"
"Yes. So what are we talking about over here?"
"They're discussing the
difference between our magick. So far
I've heard that in your magick you use wands and whisper spells."
"Yeah, that's right. Don't you guys do that?"
"No. That's where our magick
differs. With our magick, we don't use
wands. It comes strait from ours hands.
But sometimes we use words with our magic like the words of power."
"What's a word of power?"
"A word of power is a word
when used properly, there is a reaction elsewhere of similar magnitude."
"Oh."
"So you guys can ride on
flying brooms?!" exclaimed Neal. All the tortallians stopped and looked
towards Neal.
"Well yes." Replied Hermione. "In fact Harry did bring his Firebolt with him."
"Harry, may I see your
Firebolt? Is that the name of your
broom?"
"Yeah sure, let me go get
it." Harry disappeared into his room
and returned a few minutes later with his Firebolt. He handed it to Neal for him to inspect.
"This is a fancy broom."
"It's top of the line." Said
Ron proudly.
"And you can actually fly on
this?"
"Yup, Harry can show you if
you want."
"I think we should get Numair
here too. He'll want to see this." Said Sir Myles.
"I'll go get him." Said Kel.
"Since the pages and squires
aren't here, we can use the training yards. Will you meet us their Kel?"
"Sure Sir Myles." And she
left.
"Shall we Harry?" asked Neal
while standing up.
"Sure lets go."
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Here we are, Numair
Salmanlin and Veralidaine Sarrasri. Kel
stopped in front of the door and knocked. A chirp was heard from inside. The door opened with Numair standing on the other side. "Ah Kel, Daine's not here right now…"
"Actually I came to see you."
"You did?"
"Well, I'm suppose to come
and get you. Sir Myles thought you
would like to see what's about to happen."
"Happen? What's about to happen?" he asked as he closed the door behind
him. They only took a few steps down
the hall before the door flung open with a bang. When Kel and Numair turned around, Kit was standing in the
doorway. "Well, I guess Kit wants to come too." He walked back to where Kit was standing and picked her up. Once
he caught up with Kel they continued on their way to the training yards. As they walked, Kel explained everything
that happened last night and what was about to happen now. Numair made a mental note to thank Sir Myles
for letting him in on this. When they
reached the training yards, Numair could make out the figures of eight
people. Four of them he recognized and
the other four he didn't. Strangely
enough, as he got closer, he did recognize a broom in one of the figures
hands.
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Harry, Ron, and Hermione were
standing in the training yards looking around curiously. Looking this way and that. Very interested at the tilting grounds. Harry was looking at the archery fields when
Ron tapped him on the shoulders. When
he turned around, he saw that Ron was not looking at him, but at the two
figures walking towards them. He
recognized one as Kel and the other one was probably the guy named Numair. As they got closer, he noticed that the
figured named Numair was carrying something at his right side. When he squinted his eyes, he could make out
that the thing was green and had a tail. The thing also had a long neck, a small head, and……could it? Yes it did! The thing, correction, creature had wings! They did not seem strong enough to support the creature in flight
yet, but they were wings none the less. Harry looked over at Ron and saw that he was looking at the creature
too. Then he paled and whispered
something that Harry didn't catch. "What was that?" But then it hit
him. He didn't need Ron to tell him
what that creature was. "It's a
dragon!" He then too paled as they
watched in silence as Numair came closer, bringing the dragon with him.
A/N: Ya Ya I know the title sucks but oh
well. It's the only one I could think
of for this chapter. Anyhoo I'm sorry
it took so long to get this chapter out. I sorta got swamped with homework and school starting. Don't you just hate school? Well I sometimes do. Hoped you liked the
chapter. R/R and tell me if you liked
it or hated it. Got any
suggestion? Feel free to suggest. Oh yeah and tell me if I'm really starting
to go down hill. All criticism
welcome. I'll try to write out the next
chapter quicker.