Chapter 2- Another Adventure?
Professor Trelawney begins to say something during class, "Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley please report to Dumbledore after class."
All three of our eyes meet and we see the questions in each other's eyes. We all look around wandering what he could want this time. You saw fear in Harry's eyes though; he looked frightened of what he might hear.
As classes finishes and the students file out bit by bit. Harry, Hermione, and Ron gather together to leave for Dumbledore's room.
Harry whispers quietly in the hall, "What do you think he wants?"
Hermione just shrugs her shoulders as Ron answers, "I guess he found out about you two having sex under the invisibility cloak."
Ron starts to crack up at his own comment as Hermione gawks at him and Harry whispers, "How do you know about that?" in a shocked voice.
Ron looks him straight in the eye and responds, "Oh come on Harry, everyone knows!"
Hermione hits Ron and yells, "They so do not!"
Ron just runs his hand through his hair and tells Hermione, "Believe whatever you want." In a laid back tone
When we get upstairs, we knock on Dumbledore's door and here a "come in" from within.
We step into the low-lighted room and see Dumbledore writing something on a parchment.
He takes a moment to look up and say, "Ah, Harry, Ron, and Hermione please take a sit. You'll want to, trust me."
We exchange horrified glances with each other then take our seats in the cushioned chairs.
He puts his paper into a folder on the other side of the room with his wand. He then turns to us to speak, "what I'm about to tell you, I cannot tell you very much about at all. I do not have the permission of the council."
A gray owl flies in with a small blue parchment and drops onto Dumbledore's desk. He looks oddly at it for a moment, then opens it and begins to read it.
He grabs up his bad and wand telling us, "Change of plans. Will be meeting with the council in a more "secretive" area to talk of this matter. Come with me, will floo powder there."
We all follow out with Dumbledore to the closest room with a fireplace, which is Professor McGonalls room. We take a stand by the fire and in a puff we jet over to the Wizardy Council meeting.
Six other members sit around the large table with candles lit down the middle. Dark maroon drapes cover around the windows, making the room dark and desolate feeling. A fire flickers in the side of the room to give off heat.
We see Sirius sitting over in the far Chair near the back wall.
He waves over at us then stands up saying, "Dumbledore since you know the most, you should tell them."
He nods and takes a stand at the front of the room near us.
He coughs to clear his voice, then begins to speak, "Tell me children have you ever heard of the Orb of Realms?"
We stare around for a second then all say no.
He scratches his head for a second then asks another question, "ah I didn't think you would, most don't. Well do any of you know anything about Die Nachtigall or if translated, The Nightingale?"
Hermione looks over at Ron and Harry then slowly raises her hand. She then cries out, "I know! I know it! I read of it before in one of my books. It's mystical type of bird that protects and owns a certain powerful object."
Dumbledore grins over at her and says, "Yes, I thought you would know Hermione," Hermione beams at his comment as Harry and Ron scowl.
Dumbledore begins to talk again, "It protects the Orb of Realms. At this time I cannot tell you what the Orb of Realms is. But there are certain things I need to tell you. Now, What I'm about to tell you may be hard to believe but I know you guys can take it," he takes a breath then says, "We are not the only world or as some call it, realm. And I'm not talking about the muggle world. There's thousands of other places, each very different and sometimes very alike."
Harry interrupts him suddenly, "Let me guess. Another time for us to save people from massive destruction! And just when things were getting normal!"
The council erupts into laughter then Dumbledore put his hand up, signaling for silence.
He starts again what he had begun, "Yes Harry, another time for that. But let me warn you this is a lot bigger and I mean a lot more then anything else you've faced before. And there are four and soon to be five enemies to us. Each of them with immeasurable powers. Their names are Lord Asriel, Alexander the Great, Anon, and of course ours truly, Vol- you know who."
Harry's eyes go wide at the mention of the last name and Harry puts a grip on his shoulder, trying to comfort him.
Dumbledore begins to finish up the first part of his speech, "Each one of them is from a specific certain realm. They have banned together to capture the orb of Realms from the Nightingale. And unlucky of us, only child prophets can helps out of this troubling situation. Now don't worry your little head now you three, your not doing this alone. From each of the realms of the conquerors are child prophets, which you shall be sent to retrieve and report back here in three days time. Their names are Sarah, Lewis, Lyra, and Will," he stops in between to pass down pictures of the children and instructions on where to find them to the three of them, "Your specific instructions and where to find them our written in our special invisible ink on the back, you what charm to use to undo that. Now how to get to the other realms."
He stops and pulls an object out of his bad very cautiously. Everyone's attention turns on it, gawking at what he holds.
In his hand he holds up a simple looking double side dagger. It looks maybe around seven or more inches long. The handle is polished looking, made of some type of wood. A design of an angel was engraved on the handle with golden wire. On one side of the handle the wings were up and on the other they were folded up. If you looked closely you could see a marvelous swirl of colors in the blade of the knife, were that a sensation to the eyes. One edge of the blade was shinier steal that had a keen sharpness and the other was duller but looked just as sharp.
After everyone analyzed it a little bit Dumbledore began to speak again, "this knife is no ordinary knife. This side, " he holds up the shiny steal side, "can cut through anything," In a second he cuts off an edge of the round table and Harry backs away, "Then the other side which is much more subtle cut open windows to the other world. This knife is called....the Subtle Knife! We were lucky to retrieve such a valuable piece, very lucky. We have put a charm on it, so that anyone can use it just not the bearer, which is Will."
Ron, Hermione, and Harry just stare wide eyed and gap mouthed into the space of the room, not knowing what to say.
Dumbledore adverts their attention by saying their names, "Harry, Ron, and Hermione? Please listen attentively this is all very important.
They are all only able to nod, "Now you will receive instructions on rules and how to use the knife before you leave. This knife is not to be fooled with. It was supposed to be never used again for certain reasons but we had no other choice but to use it again. How children do not be scared, just be careful. There is no more for me to say. This meeting is dismissed."
The council members get up and take their different ways to leave as the three of them do more from their seat. They just stare at their fingers mindlessly.
Dumbledore taps them on the shoulders and leads them back, floo powdering back to Hogwarts.
Before they exit McGonalls office, Dumbledore stops them to say something, "Meet me in the library at 7:00 exactly tomorrow morning ok?"
Ron, Harry, and Hermione nod their heads while they leave the room into the hallway.
They look at the clock and see that it is lunchtime but decide to go back to the Gryffindor common room instead, to look over the pictures and instructions.
They all flop down in the seats surrounding the roaring fireplace and each look at a different set of directions and instructions.
Ron whistles all of a sudden as Hermione is taking a seat on Harry's lap.
Ron grins ear to ear, "Boy oh Boy!?! Is she hot as hell or what? This is one person I won't mind looking for. Maybe she can put a spell on me." Ron raises his eyebrow giggling. He yelps some more at the variety of pictures of her.
Harry looks up at him and says, "Let me see Ron." Ron hands the picture of Sarah over to Harry. Harry grins just as much as Ron but before he can speak he gets a slap from Hermione and she yelps, "You are not allowed to look at other girls Harry!" she crosses her arms across her chest.
Harry gently kisses her, "Don't worry. She's not near as beautiful as you." Hermione smiles gratefully.
Ron looks up from his reading, responding, "I wouldn't say that." Ron stares at the picture more as Hermione's smile fades to an angry frown and a pillow is hurled at him.
"Ouch" Ron says, "My, My aren't we a little jealous! I can't help but think she's hot Herm! I really want to get that one in the sack!"
Harry stares up at him with a frown, "This is not a fun time Ron and certainly not a time to think of sex! You heard Dumbledore!"
Ron sighs then reads out loud a piece of the instructions, " hold the knife out in front of you and settle your mind. Concentrate, focus only on the knife. Feel the sense of the knife tip. Move about the air for a very small gap with the subtle side. The gap you cannot see with your eyes but the knife tip will surely find it. Then when you find it delicately slide a cut to each center in till you see a window into the other world. See the back side of paper to found out how to close windows."
Ron moans with his hands up in the air and says, "That sounds impossible!"
Hermione sighs and looks down and says in a mournful tone, "I'm really scared you guys. This is all so soon and sudden. I don't even know what to think about it all. Were going to place we've never been and not even seen. And doing things we have no clue about." Fear forms in Hermione's eyes.
Harry pulls her own closer to his chest and hugs her, soothing his hair as Ron stares into the fair.
Ron suddenly turns saying, "What about Ginny and my parents? How are they going to react to all this?
Harry looks at him and says hopefully, "Let's just all calm down here. Just remember we have each other, friends forever, all the way. Let's just think of this as another--- adventure."
Professor Trelawney begins to say something during class, "Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley please report to Dumbledore after class."
All three of our eyes meet and we see the questions in each other's eyes. We all look around wandering what he could want this time. You saw fear in Harry's eyes though; he looked frightened of what he might hear.
As classes finishes and the students file out bit by bit. Harry, Hermione, and Ron gather together to leave for Dumbledore's room.
Harry whispers quietly in the hall, "What do you think he wants?"
Hermione just shrugs her shoulders as Ron answers, "I guess he found out about you two having sex under the invisibility cloak."
Ron starts to crack up at his own comment as Hermione gawks at him and Harry whispers, "How do you know about that?" in a shocked voice.
Ron looks him straight in the eye and responds, "Oh come on Harry, everyone knows!"
Hermione hits Ron and yells, "They so do not!"
Ron just runs his hand through his hair and tells Hermione, "Believe whatever you want." In a laid back tone
When we get upstairs, we knock on Dumbledore's door and here a "come in" from within.
We step into the low-lighted room and see Dumbledore writing something on a parchment.
He takes a moment to look up and say, "Ah, Harry, Ron, and Hermione please take a sit. You'll want to, trust me."
We exchange horrified glances with each other then take our seats in the cushioned chairs.
He puts his paper into a folder on the other side of the room with his wand. He then turns to us to speak, "what I'm about to tell you, I cannot tell you very much about at all. I do not have the permission of the council."
A gray owl flies in with a small blue parchment and drops onto Dumbledore's desk. He looks oddly at it for a moment, then opens it and begins to read it.
He grabs up his bad and wand telling us, "Change of plans. Will be meeting with the council in a more "secretive" area to talk of this matter. Come with me, will floo powder there."
We all follow out with Dumbledore to the closest room with a fireplace, which is Professor McGonalls room. We take a stand by the fire and in a puff we jet over to the Wizardy Council meeting.
Six other members sit around the large table with candles lit down the middle. Dark maroon drapes cover around the windows, making the room dark and desolate feeling. A fire flickers in the side of the room to give off heat.
We see Sirius sitting over in the far Chair near the back wall.
He waves over at us then stands up saying, "Dumbledore since you know the most, you should tell them."
He nods and takes a stand at the front of the room near us.
He coughs to clear his voice, then begins to speak, "Tell me children have you ever heard of the Orb of Realms?"
We stare around for a second then all say no.
He scratches his head for a second then asks another question, "ah I didn't think you would, most don't. Well do any of you know anything about Die Nachtigall or if translated, The Nightingale?"
Hermione looks over at Ron and Harry then slowly raises her hand. She then cries out, "I know! I know it! I read of it before in one of my books. It's mystical type of bird that protects and owns a certain powerful object."
Dumbledore grins over at her and says, "Yes, I thought you would know Hermione," Hermione beams at his comment as Harry and Ron scowl.
Dumbledore begins to talk again, "It protects the Orb of Realms. At this time I cannot tell you what the Orb of Realms is. But there are certain things I need to tell you. Now, What I'm about to tell you may be hard to believe but I know you guys can take it," he takes a breath then says, "We are not the only world or as some call it, realm. And I'm not talking about the muggle world. There's thousands of other places, each very different and sometimes very alike."
Harry interrupts him suddenly, "Let me guess. Another time for us to save people from massive destruction! And just when things were getting normal!"
The council erupts into laughter then Dumbledore put his hand up, signaling for silence.
He starts again what he had begun, "Yes Harry, another time for that. But let me warn you this is a lot bigger and I mean a lot more then anything else you've faced before. And there are four and soon to be five enemies to us. Each of them with immeasurable powers. Their names are Lord Asriel, Alexander the Great, Anon, and of course ours truly, Vol- you know who."
Harry's eyes go wide at the mention of the last name and Harry puts a grip on his shoulder, trying to comfort him.
Dumbledore begins to finish up the first part of his speech, "Each one of them is from a specific certain realm. They have banned together to capture the orb of Realms from the Nightingale. And unlucky of us, only child prophets can helps out of this troubling situation. Now don't worry your little head now you three, your not doing this alone. From each of the realms of the conquerors are child prophets, which you shall be sent to retrieve and report back here in three days time. Their names are Sarah, Lewis, Lyra, and Will," he stops in between to pass down pictures of the children and instructions on where to find them to the three of them, "Your specific instructions and where to find them our written in our special invisible ink on the back, you what charm to use to undo that. Now how to get to the other realms."
He stops and pulls an object out of his bad very cautiously. Everyone's attention turns on it, gawking at what he holds.
In his hand he holds up a simple looking double side dagger. It looks maybe around seven or more inches long. The handle is polished looking, made of some type of wood. A design of an angel was engraved on the handle with golden wire. On one side of the handle the wings were up and on the other they were folded up. If you looked closely you could see a marvelous swirl of colors in the blade of the knife, were that a sensation to the eyes. One edge of the blade was shinier steal that had a keen sharpness and the other was duller but looked just as sharp.
After everyone analyzed it a little bit Dumbledore began to speak again, "this knife is no ordinary knife. This side, " he holds up the shiny steal side, "can cut through anything," In a second he cuts off an edge of the round table and Harry backs away, "Then the other side which is much more subtle cut open windows to the other world. This knife is called....the Subtle Knife! We were lucky to retrieve such a valuable piece, very lucky. We have put a charm on it, so that anyone can use it just not the bearer, which is Will."
Ron, Hermione, and Harry just stare wide eyed and gap mouthed into the space of the room, not knowing what to say.
Dumbledore adverts their attention by saying their names, "Harry, Ron, and Hermione? Please listen attentively this is all very important.
They are all only able to nod, "Now you will receive instructions on rules and how to use the knife before you leave. This knife is not to be fooled with. It was supposed to be never used again for certain reasons but we had no other choice but to use it again. How children do not be scared, just be careful. There is no more for me to say. This meeting is dismissed."
The council members get up and take their different ways to leave as the three of them do more from their seat. They just stare at their fingers mindlessly.
Dumbledore taps them on the shoulders and leads them back, floo powdering back to Hogwarts.
Before they exit McGonalls office, Dumbledore stops them to say something, "Meet me in the library at 7:00 exactly tomorrow morning ok?"
Ron, Harry, and Hermione nod their heads while they leave the room into the hallway.
They look at the clock and see that it is lunchtime but decide to go back to the Gryffindor common room instead, to look over the pictures and instructions.
They all flop down in the seats surrounding the roaring fireplace and each look at a different set of directions and instructions.
Ron whistles all of a sudden as Hermione is taking a seat on Harry's lap.
Ron grins ear to ear, "Boy oh Boy!?! Is she hot as hell or what? This is one person I won't mind looking for. Maybe she can put a spell on me." Ron raises his eyebrow giggling. He yelps some more at the variety of pictures of her.
Harry looks up at him and says, "Let me see Ron." Ron hands the picture of Sarah over to Harry. Harry grins just as much as Ron but before he can speak he gets a slap from Hermione and she yelps, "You are not allowed to look at other girls Harry!" she crosses her arms across her chest.
Harry gently kisses her, "Don't worry. She's not near as beautiful as you." Hermione smiles gratefully.
Ron looks up from his reading, responding, "I wouldn't say that." Ron stares at the picture more as Hermione's smile fades to an angry frown and a pillow is hurled at him.
"Ouch" Ron says, "My, My aren't we a little jealous! I can't help but think she's hot Herm! I really want to get that one in the sack!"
Harry stares up at him with a frown, "This is not a fun time Ron and certainly not a time to think of sex! You heard Dumbledore!"
Ron sighs then reads out loud a piece of the instructions, " hold the knife out in front of you and settle your mind. Concentrate, focus only on the knife. Feel the sense of the knife tip. Move about the air for a very small gap with the subtle side. The gap you cannot see with your eyes but the knife tip will surely find it. Then when you find it delicately slide a cut to each center in till you see a window into the other world. See the back side of paper to found out how to close windows."
Ron moans with his hands up in the air and says, "That sounds impossible!"
Hermione sighs and looks down and says in a mournful tone, "I'm really scared you guys. This is all so soon and sudden. I don't even know what to think about it all. Were going to place we've never been and not even seen. And doing things we have no clue about." Fear forms in Hermione's eyes.
Harry pulls her own closer to his chest and hugs her, soothing his hair as Ron stares into the fair.
Ron suddenly turns saying, "What about Ginny and my parents? How are they going to react to all this?
Harry looks at him and says hopefully, "Let's just all calm down here. Just remember we have each other, friends forever, all the way. Let's just think of this as another--- adventure."