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The man smiled at them and said "Welcome back Josephine and Harry welcome to the Land of Glimmering Water."

Harry smiled back and said somewhat shyly "Hello"

Jo smiled widely "It is good to be back, Negaan."

"It has been a long while Jo," he said smiling warmly at her

"For you maybe, for me only a couple of months have past," she replied

Harry looking rather confused asked, "What do you mean Jo and where in the world are we?"

"Oh, sorry Harry I guess I need to explain a bit more. You see –" she started when she was interrupted

"Your pardon but could you explain on the way it is getting close to dark and we need to be back at the village by then" Negaan said

"Of course Negaan" and then to Harry "Come on I explain on the way it isn't far"

They turned to follow Negaan as he led the way across the meadow and into the woods.

"Anyway Harry as I was getting ready to say. We are actually in a different realm then earth right now. The actual name I can't pronounce but it translates into Glimmering Water. There are many different realms or dimensions if you prefer then earth. Some are very similar to earth and some or very different. There are realms that are full of demons and are what we would consider close to hell and there are some that have people just like us in them. Others have elves that once lived on earth but they moved when humans started moving further into the forests. Did you know house elves actually come from a different realm then earth and they just moved there to get away from the demon Glory that was trying to take over the realm they were in before and veelas are actually descents of elves that chose humans as a life partner? " Harry shook his head no "Anyway in a lot of the realms time passes differently. Some places hundreds of years go by and only a month or even just a day go by on earth" Harry's eyes widened at this thinking he would be very old when he got back to earth. Jo saw this a chuckled "Relax Harry the elves here have some sort of magic that only lets a person age the amount of time they normally would in their own realm. And the time passage here isn't that extreme for every month that passes on earth 2years pass here." Jo paused for a moment wondering what else to say

"So you are saying that I could spend 2 years here and only a month would pass at home and I would only age a month also?" Harry asked still not sure about all of this

"That's right" Jo said smiling

Harry began to grin at this "That should give me plenty of time to do my homework."

Jo laughed, "I guess so"

"Here we are" they heard from up ahead and looked up to see they were coming up on the village.

Harry had never seen anything like this before. The whole village was built in the trees. The trees were so large and the elves had built houses right into the trunks of the trees. There were walkways between the trees and winding stairways around the trunks as well as some sort of lift that worked with a counter weight. Decks were built outside of some of the houses and even small flower gardens. There appeared to be a glow about the village that Harry could not quiet figure out what was making it.

Harry looked around at all of this and the only thing he could think go to say was "Wow"

"I said the same thing when I first came here" Jo said, "I still think that. I mean it is just—well just" she gave up unable to come up with any words to describe the place and 'wow' seemed to fit the best. "Right well come on they have our place ready" she said walking ahead and a bit to the left

Harry gave himself a small shake and hurried after her they walked past several trees and then up the steps to a small house. "Here we are" Jo said opening the door.

It was a small room that consisted of a small stove that used some sort of magic or heating and also a fireplace. That could be used for cooking as well. To the left was a hallway that had a door on either side and a door at the end. "I know there isn't any electricity so no telly, computer or radio sorry but there are plenty of books that are spelled so whoever picks them up can read them." Jo apologized and then went on "Maybe this wasn't such a good idea we could go someplace else you know someplace your are more familiar with"

"No!" Harry interrupted sharply making Jo jump a bit "I mean this is great." He went on looking around "Um, where is my room?"

Jo nodded to the hallway "Room on right side of the hall the one at the end is the bathroom and the other one has my stuff in it but if you want that one I can move"

Harry nodded and started off "Harry?" he stopped and turned around "You don't have to keep your owl in the cage if you don't want to. They won't mind here and we can get a perch if you like. Just explain that its different here and it needs to be careful" at that Hedwig chirped in annoyance at being called an 'it' and Jo looked rather startled and then grinned "Sorry I didn't mean anything I just don't know your name beautiful one" she said trying to make amends which seemed to work because Hedwig started to preen.

Harry smiled "Her name is Hedwig and I think she would very much like a perch"

Jo nodded "We'll see about getting one tomorrow. Its almost dinner time are you hungry?"

"A bit"

"What do you want to eat?"

"Nothing special just no lamb ok" making a face

Jo laughed, "Harry they don't even have lamb here but I think I can manage some pork steak and potatoes along with some veggies"

"Sounds great," he said walking down the hallway to his room

Harry opened the door and went inside and the light came on in the ceiling automatically Well that's convenient but its was a little bright he thought squinting looking around the room spotting a lamp by the bed. He walked over to turn it on and then he would turn off the overhead light but he could not find a switch. He was busy looking around for the switch when Jo's voice came from the doorway

"Um, Harry I forgot a couple of things. I'm sorry I am not usually this forgetful I guess I am just nervous about everything and I wanted it to all be perfect and here I am messing it up by forgetting things." She said looking down

"What are you talking about? This is great the only thing is I cant figure out how to turn on this lamp" and as soon as the words left Harry's mouth the lamp came on causing him to jump "Ok that's weird" he commented

"Not really and that is what I came here to tell you. Its about the lights if you want them on you just have to say you want them on and if you want them off you just have to do the same tell them to turn off"

"Ah, ok so it is safe to say if I want them dimmer then I just tell them that?"

"Yeah" Jo smiled "Oh and also since we are no longer in the realm of earth I don't think the rule you told me about underage wizards applies here." Giving Harry a sly grin she walked back to the kitchen area to finish cooking.

Harry grinned to himself and then told the overhead light to dim a bit and told the lamp to turn off and then he looked around his room. It had what appeared to be a double size four posture bed with forest green coverings at least they are not Slytherin green with a small bedside table with lamp. There was a chest of drawers, small dresser with mirror and a larger wardrobe with double doors. Harry pulled out his trunk and things that the professor had shrunk and put a drop of the enlarging potion in them and they returned to there normal size. Harry opened his trunk and unpacked his clothes and a few other things putting them in various places about the room. His gaze fell upon his wand and he thought about what Jo said about them not being in earth realm anymore. He looked again about the room taking in everything. His eyes fell upon the green bed coverings he really would like a different color. He picked up his wand and thought about the colors he wanted and whispered the words of the charm and they instantly changed to red and gold.

"Wow, can you come and redecorate my room?" a voice asked from the door

Harry jumped about a foot into the air and whirled around to face Jo who was leaing in the doorway with her arms crossed "Don't do that!!"

"Sorry, I was just coming to tell you that dinner was ready" she said walking back to the kitchen

Harry muttered under his breath about his sister being mental and put his wand away somewhat relieved that no letter arrived to tell him he had used magic illegally and walked back out to the kitchen area.

Dinner was quiet and after they washed the dishes together they went into the small sitting room. They each sat on opposite ends of the couch and looked at each other rather awkwardly. Finally Harry broke the silence "So what's it like living close to a Hellmouth?"

Jo smiled a bit "Really weird anything that would be strange anyplace else is pretty much normal there."

Harry started to ask another question and then stopped. He tried again "I want to know about you and how you grew up but I don't know what to ask"

"I know I want to know the same thing and I want to see our parents I don't have any pictures like you do and you say I look like our dad but –"

"Wait here," Harry said jumping up and running to his room to get the photo album and he came running back plopping down next to Jo to show her the pictures

"Wow, I don't know if I will ever get used to pictures moving," she said looking at the photos on each page

"I know what you mean it took a bit for me to get used to it. The portraits talk at school and even move from one to another."

"Really?"

"Yeah, we even have one that guards the door to the our common room and wont let you in with out the password" Harry said grinning

Jo smiled back but silence again took over and she gave a small sigh. They were twins but they really didn't know much about each other "I tell you what you tell me about the first 14 almost 15yrs of your life and I will tell you about mine."

"Ok" Harry said "Which on goes first?"

"We can flip a coin I think I have one" Jo said digging into to her pocket "Ah, yes. You want to call it?"

"Sure" Harry said and then added "We leave nothing out ok?" knowing he would have to talk about this last year again but he really needed to tell somebody besides Sirius and Dumbledore and he had a feeling Jo would understand. He didn't know if that were a good thing or not that she would understand.

Jo's brows came together in a small frown when Harry said leave nothing out but she only said "Agreed we leave nothing out" she then proceeded to flip the coin "Call it"

"Tails" Harry said

Jo caught and looked it was heads "Well I guess I go first"

"Looks like it" Harry replied

"Ok just a minute" Jo got up and Harry could hear her moving around in the kitchen and she came back with a tray that had some cookies and two cups on it.

Harry took one of the cups and took a sip it was water but it had a hint of something else in it he couldn't quit make out what

"Mint and a stick of cinnamon" Jo said

"Huh?"

"The water mint and a stick of cinnamon. That's what is in it"

"Oh"

 "Now where to begin" Jo said more to herself

"The beginning is usually a good place" Harry commented

"Right, the beginning well that is as good as place as any" Jo said taking a deep breath to start her story.

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wow two chapters in less then 24hrs!!! record for me but it just wouldn't stop!!! Hope you like it so far please let me know I am going to trying to speed things up a bit after the 'life stories' get told. As far a Negaan I am picturing someone that looks a bit like Legolas from LoTR movie but you can picture whomever you like. Again please r&r and thanks for the reviews so far.