Harry opened his eyes and saw absolutely nothing. He immediately jumped up and started looking around him. All direction he looked in, he saw absolutely blankness. As he was getting more confused a voice behind him came up.

"Welcome, Master Potter."

Harry jumped and turned towards the source of the voice. Looking straight back at him was an old man holding a staff. He had white hair and gray eyes showing more knowledge and wisdom than Harry has seen from Professor Dumbledore.

"Who are you?" Harry asked.

"I, am Merlin the Phoenix Mage, founder and former leader of the Order of the Phoenix. And you, Master Potter, do you know who you are?"

"I am Harry Potter, wizard and a student at Hogwarts."

The old man chuckled and said: "You, my lad, are Harry Potter, heir of Merlin, Lord of the phoenixes, and future leader to the Order of the Phoenix, if you accept of course."

Harry looked dumbstruck by the old mans words. I hate dreams Harry thought.

"No my boy, this is as real as reality can get."

"You.. you can read my mind?"

"Of course, didn't you hear me, I am your great-grandfather to the 75th power, of course I can read your mind, now Harry, we don't have much time, today is your birthday, and on this day, you will receive the power of the phoenixes and my own power, and that, will make you possibly the most powerful wizard that the human world has ever seen, and the only one that can come close to rivaling your power will be your good friend, Voldemort, and the other members of your Order which you pick."

"So I can actually have a duel with Voldemort and have a chance of winning?"

"Master Potter, now you will be given power beyond imagination but with no training, you cannot win in a duel with anyone. After you leave, your headmaster will know what to do. What I can tell you now is that you are part of an ancient order I formed called the Order of the Phoenix Mages. You will be the leader, and choose 3 other members. The Lords of the Knights, The Lady of the Eagles, and your lady the Lady of the Phoenix. Choose them wisely, now, you must leave, but I will always be with you. Just mention my name, I I will answer. You will receive your birthday gift shortly after you leave. Good luck. Master Potter."

Before Harry can say a word, he felt a familiar pull and when he opened his eyes, he saw for the second time chocolate brown eyes looking down at him.

"Harry! You are awake! What happened?"

"I don't really know myself, where's professor Dumbledore?"

"Outside, I'll get him for you." And with that Ginny left Harry's side.

~Merlin?~
~Yes, Master Potter, how may I be at your service?~
~So it wasn't a dream~
~No, get over it~

"So Mr. Potter, I see you again made a recovery." Professor Dumbledore said as he came in. Taking out his wand, he waved it and cast a silencing spell over the room and a shield on all the openings.

"So, I take it you met your ancestor?"

"Yes, and he said for me to ask you what to do."

"Did he now, how much did he tell you?"

"Just that I am in the Order of the Phoenix and I am his heir."

"Harry? Can you summon that book with the Blue cover over there on the shelf for me?"

"Wait, I left my wand in Ron's room."

"Don't worry, just concentrate and command it to come over."

Confused as he was, he obeyed. He looked at the book and thought about it coming over. Suddenly, all the books on the shelf started going towards Harry and some started coming over from all over the room.

"Finite Incantatem!" The professor yelled. But that only stopped the books temporarily from colliding with Harry's head, but a few seconds later, they started moving again.

"Command it to stop Harry! I can't help you here."

Harry desperately tried to stop the books as they continuously came in contact with him. Soon, with a slight "pop" the books went back to where they belong."

"Well, a little bit of training is needed I think, and you would have to leave England to do that, there is only one person left on earth to help you. We must leave soon, time is short. Pack your bags and meet me in the front yard. I'll explain to the Weasleys."

With another wave of his wand, Dumbledore removed the silencing charm and the shield. Harry ran up stairs past a few confused faces leaving Dumbledore to explain. He threw all his belongings in his trunk and started downstairs. On the way down, Ginny jumped on Harry and hugged him tight.

"See you in Hogwarts, good luck, don't let Voldemort get you down." She whispered.

"I'll be fine, and will probably be back before you know it. Watch Hegwig for me will you? She is in Ron's room."

"Ok, see you soon Harry."

"Ok, bye."

He then walked out to the front yard seeing the rest of the Weasley's waiting for him. Mrs. Weasleys gave him a powerful hug, but he was saved by a sudden sound of Phoenix Song. Out of nowhere a phoenix appeared and landed on Harry's shoulder.

"Good to see you, my lord." Harry was surprised as he was able to understand what the creature said to him.

"Do not worry, you have the gift of speech, the gift to be able to talk to animals at will."

"Erm, Hello, nice to meet you. And you don't have to call me lord, just Harry is fine."

"Understood Master Harry."

"And what's your name?"

"You can call me Lan"

"Ok"

Harry turned to get his trunk and in its place Harry saw a different one. One made out of mahogany wood, with two compartments in it.

~Master Potter, the phoenix and the magical trunk is my gift to you. You will have to figure out what is it later, go with Dumbledore now~

Harry acknowledged and turned to Dumbledore, seeing faces staring back at him.

"You understood phoenix language, that's a rare gift." Mr. Weasley said, breaking the silence.

"Where's Ron and Hermione?"

"Don't worry Harry, I'll tell them you left, have a good time at Hogwarts."

"Bye"

Dumbledore took Harry's hand and both of them disappeared with a pop.

~In the mountains of China~

"Where are we? I thought we are going to Hogwarts."

"And so does everyone in the wizarding world, we are now in China, I am taking you to a friend and mentor."

Harry nodded. "Professor, do you think you can shrink my trunk? Its getting heavy."

"Sorry Harry, I cannot cast any magic spells if I don't want Voldemort knowing where we are."

^Master Potter, I am a phoenix and I can carry great weights, your trunk will not be a problem for me.^ Lan sang in Phoenix language.

^That would be great, thank you Lan^

^You are most welcome, Master Harry^
"Well, now that that is taken care of, come on we have quite a trip." The professor said as he started waking into one of the caves. They continued in the cave for a long time until they suddenly reached the end, there stood a enormous bolder. Dumbledore placed his hands on the bolder and suddenly the huge rock started to move. Soon, there was a hole large enough for even Hagrid to fit through.

"Come on, follow me."

The went through the hole and was met by a wizarding village. People saw Dumbledore and bowed to him, who bowed back. The inhabitants were surprised at seeing the phoenix. Dumbledore lead Harry on for a few more minutes until the were in front of a large castle, as big, or even bigger than Hogwarts. Dumbledore knocked and was answered soon by an old man with graying hair and black eyes.

"Its nice to see you again Master Dumbledore, and you Master Potter, it is a great pleasure meeting you and your companions." The man said as he looked at Dumbledore, Harry, and at Lan the Phoenix.

"Hello Master Liu, how is your father doing?" Answered Dumbledore.

"He is injured fatally, and I am now the last Dragon Mage."

"That is ill news indeed, but I need to ask you for a favor."

"Anything my old friend."

"I need you to help train Harry here in the ways of a mage. He is a Phoenix Mage, and the first of the four."

At that the calm old man was suddenly surprised. "A Phoenix Mage, I haven't seen one of them for almost a millennium!"

"A Millennium?" Harry suddenly blurted out.

"Yes Master Potter, I have indeed lived past 1000 years long, and it will be an honor to train you in the ways of a mage, please come in."

As they walked Dumbledore mentioned something which surprised Master Liu again.

"This might prove hard since he cannot cast any spells because it will be traced by the Minister of Magic and since the files are secret, everyone will know that he is in China, including Voldemort. And Harry cannot face Voldemort since he is not trained fully yet."

The old mage thought for a while quietly.

"He is the first of the four, so he is the heir of Merlin. Merlin is with him isn't he?"

"Yes, he is in my mind."

"I will teach you the concepts and philosophy of magic, and the arts of war. And in sleep Lord Merlin and you can practice the spells and magic in the lord's realm."

"Look at the time! I must be going now, Harry. You are in good hands. When you are able to come back to England, Master Liu will tell you. See you Harry." The headmaster disappeared again.

"Please follow me Master Potter." Master Liu said as he lead Harry into one of the towers.

"How long will the training take Master Liu?"

"Two Weeks"

"WHAT!?!"

"You will be here for two weeks, but you will be training for an entire year."

"I don't understand."

"You will soon, Master Potter."

They remained silent until they reached a room filled with weapons Harry has and has not seen before.

"As a mage, you will be trained both in physically and magically. Many wizards think that they can do everything with magic, but if you are physically weak, your magic will not be at its full potential. And as a mage, these potential will be taken out. You will be instructed in archery, sword fighting, and the martial arts. You will learn self-discipline and self control. The concept of magic will also be taught, but you will be mostly instructed by your ancestor, Lord Merlin."

"How are we going to do that in two weeks?"

"With this device." Master Liu said as he held up a hourglass-like thing that Harry thought was a time turner.

"No, Master Potter, it is not a time turner like the one you have used, it is a time delaying device."

"How did you know about Hermione's time turner."

"Dumbledore told me many things."

"So when do we start?"

"Now." The old mage said with a grin.

~At the Burrow~

"I bet you worry more about Vicky than Harry, if it wasn't for his letter, we might have been able to go see him go."

"HIS NAME IS VICTOR, AND I DON'T CARE ABOUT HIM AS MUCH AS Y... never mind."

"As who, got another boyfriend I don't know about?"

Hermione suddenly started sobbing and ran up to Ginny's room.

"You are so think Ron!" Ginny said as she ran up after Hermione, leaving a confused Ron.

Ginny opened the door and saw Hermione on the bed weeping.

"HE IS SO THICK!" Hermione cried.

"Do you like him that much? I mean I don't see anything special about him."

"That's because you are his brother. He is caring, nice, not to mention handsome, but we always fight."

"Don't worry, give him some time, let him see stupid he was for not seeing you before."

"I want to forget about him, but I just can't."

"I know how you feel."

"Ginny, Hermione, Dinner is ready"

"Come on, lets go down."