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Rowetek took out an amulet from his pocket and raised it pointing to the roof.
Apud l'auctorita in mei cor patefacio! Expositus! directus!
A brilliant light engulfed the room, and a circular vortex appeared in the centre.
As Aztira, moved towards the portal he said in a slow and dangerous tone 'You will pay for this'
'I intend to' Rowetek replied. He moved forward and shoved Aztira into the portal. 'Give my regards to the mortals'.
The last sound Aztira heard was the echo of laughter as he was sucked into the vortex.
The journey was quite pleasurable on the whole. In a few moments of time, his mind was able to see and experience the millions of worlds the encompassed the Universe as he traversed through the space-time holes.
He thought about his work. Never mind, time was infinite and changeable. A thousand earth years were like milliseconds to him. He slowed his body's time relativity as he approached the hole which would lead him to the planet surface and his mental condition adapted itself to earth's time.
Unable to control his decent due to the push given by Rowetek, he slammed into the surface at high speed. The last thought he remembered as he passed out of exhaustion was surprise, he could feel pain!
Earth Date 15 Aug. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry:
Dumbledore suppressed a smile as he read through the detention reports of the previous year. It's moments like these that take my mind of Voldemort and the general state of mankind he thought. He marked Fred and George Weasley detention reports as void. Those two were good for the school, he reasoned. Lord, knows we will need the laughter in the time to come.
If it were possible Dumbledore had aged even more. His beard had become a darker shade of grey and his eyes showed the stress and tension of one involved in the battle of good against evil.
He picked up the latest copy of the Daily Prophet and read the small article on the back page.
Mysterious Muggle Deaths all over England
By: Staff Reporter
A spree of Muggle killings have erupted all over England. Reports indicate that a muggle hate group, who calls itself 'The New Order', was responsible. The Ministry has issued a press release condemning the crime, and distancing the magical community from it. 'Wizards were not involved' said the Minister of Magic. The police (muggle – Aurors) say that they have the situation under control.
Dumbledore shook his head in disgust. He knew that this was the work of Voldemort and his minions. Realizing that ministry refused to acknowledge his return, Voldemort had gone underground. Building his forces and forging alliances. He looked outside his office window and saw the school grounds. Hagrid along with Madam Maxine had left to meet with the giants; they would not be back for at least a month.
Suddenly there was flash of light, and something fell from the sky, into the forbidden forest. Dumbledore blinked and looked carefully trying to make out the object on the forest grounds. My eyesight is getting weak he thought as he left his office through a secret passageway and headed in the direction of the forest.
Hospital Wing Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Madam Pomfrey was stocking her cupboards for the new term when she heard the noise of the crash. She hurried over to the windows and saw the light flash from the forbidden forest. Tsk, tsk she said to herself she was sure that she would have a few more patients soon.
She moved towards the far end of the wing, to the bedside of a figure. The thirty something man had cuts and bruises all over his body. But the real damage had been done to his mind. Poor Snape she thought, after Voldemort had rejected him, he had gone under severe torture which had almost resulted in his death. If the Aurors hadn't rescued him…
She shuddered; it was not a very happy thought.
Meanwhile Dumbledore was joined by Prof. McGonagall.
'Headmaster did you see…' she asked out of breath.
'Yes, Minivera I was just heading there to investigate' Dumbledore replied quickening his pace.
'This doesn't have to do with You-know-who, does it?' said Prof. McGonagall.
'No, I have a feeling this is something entirely different' Dumbledore said with a firm face and a twinkle in his eyes.
At the forest's edge, he created a fire ball that hovered in front of them, and moved through the foliage. They finally arrived at the 'crash' site.
Dumbledore and Prof McGonagall stared at the ground in amazement. A single man lay on the ground, a peaceful expression on his face. The first instinct was to think of him as dead, no one could have survived such a fall. But, Dumbledore did not leave things to chance. He set up protective wards around the area and moved towards the body. He must hardly be twenty-one he thought. He pointed his wand at the body.
'Vita Confuto'
A faint red glow emerged from his wand.
'He's alive!' exclaimed Prof McGonagall. She walked up to him to take a closer look.
Suddenly the man shuddered and his back turned to an arc, as his stomach lifted off the ground. He collapsed back to earth with his eyes open. He grabbed Prof McGonagall's arm. Before he passed out again he managed to say a few words with great effort 'Must find
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