Crossing Paths
Disclaimer:
We own Hazel, Loki, Suki and Tauren. Pandie owns the Black Wings, Zaykaia Luna and a bunch a other shtuff. Harry Potter and His world belong to J.K. Rowling and her publishing companies and damned Warner Bros. (although we love them. While they didn't make the best choices for the twins (they're too tall) they made excellent choices for everyone else). L.J. Smith's Night World belongs to her and her publishing companies.
Hazel's E/N:
Aight! *grin* I must say Pandz, EXCELLENT chapter. *grin* A bit short... but excellent. You made a great choice for what to write. *grin* Leave the romance to me. I've got more practice.
Oh! Pandie and I are now holding a compatition! *grin* If you want to, go on and enter! We're coming up with uniforms for our student teachers! (Because Pandz wants this artist person she found to draw pictures of them) So! If you have a good idea, either send a detailed e-mail describing it or send a picture of it as an attachment (our joint account can't take pictures in the e-mail) to dragon_tiger@yourWAP.com! Thanks!
Pandie's A/N:
~WARNING: This is going to be a long A/N~ Hey guys :) Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter written *apologetic smile* I was having some trouble deciding what to write, ya see :( I had several ideas running through my head. Should I make this a chapter centred around the four student teachers, with a couple of Hazel/Loki and Sukida/Tauren scenes for the new fans of those ships, among yas? Should I make it about everyone visiting Hogsmeade, and Harry and Ginny going through their "Get Ron and Hermione together" plan, they started talking about in CP Chapter 5? Should I write it about an attack from one of black wings, and the Daybreakers defeating it? I even thought, should I write the chapter about the main bad guys? (Voldemorte isn't going to be the only baddy in this story, and no, the other baddy isn't in the Night World books, or the Harry Potter books: he's the main baddy in another story I'm writing in my solo author account *grin*) But I thought "It's too soon to introduce the main bad guys into the story. They have to appear after one of the black wings attacks, and there's a fight between the black wing and one of our fave mixed-breed dragons (ie Sukida and Loki, and it's too soon for that to happen as well." So I eventually decided it was time for Harry and all you lot out there in FF.Net Land, to find who the owner of the mysterious voice that spoke in Harry's mind, telling him he had to find his soulmate, way back in CP Chapter 3 *grin* If you've read my story "The Legends: The Scrolls Of The Black Catkin" (or Legends for short) in my solo author account, you might recognise this new character *grin*
~Shout Outs~
kittykatt - Hey Kitty :) Good to see ya back among the CP reviewers *hugz* Thanks for adding Crossing Paths to yer fave stories list :) btw, Yer gonna love this chapter *grin* A character from Legends appears in it *grin* Check out Legends Part 6 (e-mail me, if u need the link for it :)), and you'll know who I'm talking about *grin* (Hazel: We're on a favorites list?!?! Oh! My! Goddess!!! *grins*)
Foxy Pink girl - Yer going to start reading L.J. Smith books?? :) Cool *grin* Hang on a moment. *turns to her fellow L.J. Smith fans* Hey guys! We got another one! (Hazel: We got another one? We got another one! Alright! End Hazel.) *grin* *turns back to Foxy Pink girl* NEway, I'm glad ya like the story, so far *grin* btw, A coupla things :) 1) Don't worry about yer bad typing in yer review :) Yer just writing a review for a story :) No one's going to have a go at you for bad typing, especially not me or Hazel *kind smile* So long as yer not writing a flame, we don't mind :) (Hazel: Besides, we're not exactly the best typers in the world ourselves... I mean look at the stuff we write... it's Type-o's-R-Us!) 2) Thanks for the cool pretend sword *grin* Spot's having loadsa fun batting it back and with his huge spikey dragon tail *nods her head slightly to indicate Spot the pet dragon who guards "dragon tiger" from flamers, batting the "still stuck in the carpet" sword, back and forth with his huge spikey dragon tail, great glee etched on his big scarey (but cute :))dragon face*
Acacia - *signals loud trumpet fanfare, but trumpet player (ie Loki) gets carried away and starts doing an impromptu trumpet solo* *trying to speak above the din* CONGRATULA... *Sukida walks onto the screen and stuffs a sock into the other end of Loki's trumpet, thus ending his trumpet solo* To Sukida: Thanks Suki :) ~Sukida~ Yer welcome, Pandz :) *Sukida drags Loki by the collar of his t-shirt, back to the story* *turns back to Acacia* Ahem! As was trying to say (before Loki took over with his trumpet solo), was... Congratulations Acacia! Yer our 50th Reviewer!! *grin* I'm glad the questions at the end of CP Chapter 6 made ya laugh, even though they overshadowed the actual chapter itself, a bit *sheepish grin* I think next time I put questions like that in, I'll put them before the chapter, not after it *lol* NEway, it's great to see ya back among all the other Crossing Paths reviewers :) If ya have trouble finding Crossing Paths on FF.Net, again, just let me know, and I'll send ya a link for it *grin* (Hazel: Congratulations from me too! Go Acacia! Tell you what, as a treat, in chapter 8 (since I'm writing it and I thought this idea up) you get to make a guest appearence as a *thinks* Hufflepuff... yeah... Hufflepuff!)
Adnap Nottap - Wow! :) You really are becoming a Hazel/Loki and Sukida/Tauren shipper *grin* Coolness *grin* If ya want to see NE fluff or sappy scenes (ie smoochy lovey dovey moments, if ya know what I mean *lol*) with these two couples in Crossing Paths, just let us know, and Hazel or I will see if we can add some to one of the next chapters of Crossing Paths *grin* *turns and looks at the other readers* btw, NE other new Hazel/Loki and/or Sukida/Tauren shippers among the rest of yas out there? *grin* (Hazel: I will add in fluff even if you don't want it. I am natorius for it.)
Tessa - Hey Tess :) I'm glad yer still enjoying the story *grin* btw, Thanks for answering the insane questions at the end of CP Chapter 6 :) I don't know where Hazel got her question from, but I'm sure I've read it another HP fan fic somewhere on FF.Net *lol* I think it's becoming a pretty popular question, even though a lot of people don't think it makes NE sense *lol* As for yer response to my question *grin* I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking that about that praticular phrase, now *mischievous grin* (Note from Hazel! I did get it from another story on ff.net... I just can't remember which one...)
Lex - *lol* I'm glad ya liked that 'All the girls fancying Tauren' bit *grin* (I think that was Hazel's idea *grin*) Of course, Tauren only has eyes for a certain mixed-breed dragoness soulmate of his *grin* !Another (Hazel Note! *grin* Yes, I wrote that about Tauren... I mean come ON he's tall... blond... handsome... *droolz* But I do NOT like Tauren better than Loki! *runs off*)
Quotes:
"What's up? You're all gooey and Harry looks like he did when... OH NO, GINNY!" "Don't tell me. I don't want to know if my kid sister ... who's only 22, mind you ... is ..." "Shut it, George!" "Pregnant." "Gods, isn't this family big enough?" (Ron, George, Ginny, Bill, Charlie, Amicitia by Julephenia) (This is my new fave story)
"Um, sis? Are ya going to sit there all night?" "It's just that there seems to be a small crowd gathering down there. I think they think you're going to jump" "Like I'm really gonna jump. Besides, I'm not wearing the right clothes for jumping off a roof" "Y'know sis? If you weren't a shapeshifter, I'd find that comment very disturbing" (Sukida's TF Post, Loki and Suki, September 17, 2001)
Chapter 7: Dreaming Of Dragons
That night, a mysterious lady visited Harry's dreams. At the start of his dream, Harry found himself standing in the middle of what looked like some great mystical looking hall from ancient times, with tall marble pillars lining it's boundary, and a row of seven intricately carved marble chairs, each with a slightly plump, navy blue, velveteen cushion on it's seat, at one end of the room, the middle chair bigger than the other six. When he glanced down at the floor, Harry could see that it was made of polished marble with what looked like an emblem of a majestic looking dragon made of smooth blue, purple and red coloured crystal, with rainbow coloured crystals for eyes.
/Where am I?/ Harry thought puzzled to himself, as he looked around him at his surroundings once more, /And why am I here, for that matter??/ Then just like the evening he and Ron had met the student teachers for the first time, Harry heard the cool wind chimes voice again. But this time the voice wasn't inside his head. It was coming from somewhere in the huge room.
"Your are in the grand hall in Ling Castle on Dragon's Island" the cool wind chimes voice answered him, as it changed to a serene sounding tone, "You are here because I brought you here, Harry"
Harry looked around the room, trying to find the source of the voice, whilst wondering how it was possible he could hear it, when there was no one else there. When he eventually found the voice's owner, Harry almost jumped back in surprise. A moment ago, when he had glanced at the intricately carved marble chairs at the north end of the room, Harry had noted that every single one of them had been empty. Now a stunningly beautiful lady was sitting cross-legged (in what looked like the lotus position) in the middle chair. At first, Harry wondered how she had got there, when he hadn't seen or heard anyone else walking into the huge room. Then he wondered how anyone could look like her. Her colouring was, well, just strange, but also quite natural for some weird reason, Harry couldn't tell why.
She had dark purple straight glossy shoulder length hair, and mysterious almond shaped eyes, with rainbow flecked irises. For a moment, Harry's mind flicked back to when he and Ron met the student teachers. He had noticed one of Mr. Hashteher's (or Loki as he was getting used to calling the tall student teacher) eyes was rainbow flecked, just like the eyes belonging to the strange but beautiful lady he was staring at in bewilderment. Could this lady be or have been an ancestor or relative of Loki and Sukida's? /No, that can't be possible/ Harry thought himself, shaking his head slightly, /Loki and Sukida are just a couple of normal student teachers from America. They wouldn't have any ancestors or relatives (living or dead) that visit people in their dreams./
"Are you sure about that, Harry?"
Harry's eyes widened slightly. Had the lady been reading his mind? "No, um..." Harry answered her truthfully, slightly lost for words, before asking, "Who are you?" The lady smiled calmly and moved forward slightly. Harry realised then that she wasn't actually sitting in the middle chair. She was floating about half an inch above it.
"My name is Zaykaia Luna," the lady spoke with the cool wind chimes voice once again, answering Harry's question, "and I am of the arcobaleno drago." /Arcobaleno drago?/ Harry thought puzzled to himself, /Who are they?/ Wasn't arcobaleno the Italian word for rainbow? And drago was the Italian word for... "You're a dragon??" Harry asked Zaykaia, feeling slightly puzzled, "But you can't possibly be a dragon. You don't look like a dragon." Zaykaia stood up from her floating cross-legged sitting position above the middle chair, and smiled serenely as she walked towards Harry, the long sky blue sleeveless silk tunic she was wearing, swishing silently along the floor as she moved. "Ah, but I am, Harry" she answered him, now speaking with a gentle soft voice, before stopping a few feet in front of the young wizard, "This is only my human form." Then before Harry could ask Zaykaia what she meant, the oval shaped amethyst stone set in the center of the white gold circlet that rested just over her forehead, began to glow as she began to change shape.
Harry watched, amazed, as the tall dark purple haired woman standing before him, gradually grew larger and larger, her human form slowly melting away and forming into what looked like a dragon form, still getting larger by the second. For a moment, Harry thought Zaykaia was going to crash right up through the roof, and closed his eyes and waited for the sound of breaking marble and stone, and falling debris. When nothing happened, and all he felt was the feeling of a cool wind brushing against his face, accompanied by the soft rustling sound of huge wings gently flapping, Harry opened his eyes and was slightly surprised to find himself sitting on the back of a majestic looking dragon, flying so high he could've sworn they were up higher than all the clouds.
Once he got over the surprise of being in one place, then suddenly another, Harry decided to take a good look at the dragon. It had beautiful, soft, sky blue, iridescent scales, huge wings about 20 feet wide, and a dark purple crest running all the way from it's huge pointed ears, to the tip of it's 10 feet long tail. When he was able to see them, Harry noticed that the dragon's four paws were each the same size as a Muggle family car.
//So, Harry,// the familiar cool wind chime voice of Zaykaia Luna spoke in Harry's mind, //now that you know what my true form is, and that I really am a dragon, would you like to go back to Ling Castle, and I'll tell you why I bought you here?// "Um, yes" Harry answered her, still amazed at the fact he was flying through the air on the back of a dragon, that wasn't going to throw him up into the air, catch him in it's huge jaws, and have him for it's next meal, or at least a snack. /Wait 'til I tell Ron, Hermione, and Ginny about this/ Harry thought to himself, /They'll think I've been drinking too much butterbeer before bedtime./ Then before he knew it, Harry was back in the grand hall in the place Zaykaia had called Ling Castle.
"You have been unsure if you can trust me or not, after the other night, when I spoke in your mind, Harry" Zaykaia said gently, shortly after reappearing in her human form in front of Harry, "You also don't quite understand why you must find your soulmate. It is very important that you find her, or your life and the lives of many others will be in great danger." Harry sighed, wondering how Zaykaia had known what he had been worrying about, and responded to what she had just told him. "I understand that," he said, frowning slightly, "but why should I end up being connected to someone through this soulmate link, if they're not my true love. I don't want to be with someone because they're my soulmate. I want to be with someone because I'm in love with them, and they're in love with me." Zaykaia smiled serenely and nodded her head slightly in understanding. "Harry, if I had thought for once that your soulmate wouldn't be someone you would love, I wouldn't have allowed the spell to split and put inside both you and her" she said, her voice calm and serene, "Your soulmate will be your true love. You just have to find her."
Harry felt happy and guilty at the same. His soulmate was his true love, after all, and that made him happy, but he realised he had acted wrongly the other night, and that made him feel guilty. /I should apologise to Hermione and Ginny/ he thought remorsefully to himself, /In fact, I should apologise a lot more to Ginny. After all, it was her feelings I hurt the most./ Then Harry thought of something.
"Zaykaia," he asked the purple haired dragoness, "do you know who my soulmate is?" "Yes Harry, I know who she is," Zaykaia answered him calmly, a regretful smile on her face, "but I cannot tell you her name. Only the girl who's eyes change from dark purple to rainbow will help you find your soulmate, and tell you who she is. I can tell you one thing about your soulmate, though. She is someone close to you and your friends." "Now Harry," Zaykaia continued, her smile turning serene again, "it is time for me to send you back. It is almost morning time in Hogwarts Castle, after all. Before you go, though, I want to give you something. Hold out your right hand, please." Harry did as he was told, and felt his eyes widen slightly as he saw what was happening.
On the ring finger of his right hand, a white gold band appeared. Then Zaykaia waved her hand in the air, and a tiny white gold dragon (about the size of a small button) carrying a small creamy coloured, crescent moon shaped stone between its front paws, appeared in front of her, letting out a little squeaky sounding roar, before flying over and landing on the white gold band that had appeared on the ring finger of Harry's right hand. Then Harry watched, amazed, as the tiny dragon nodded slightly at him, lay on it's side and froze completely still. Now the tiny dragon and the crescent moon shaped stone between its front paws were part of the ring.
"This ring I have given you, Harry," Zaykaia explained calmly, as she indicated the dragon ring on Harry's finger, "is a symbol that you have my word that you can trust me. It will also keep the black wings from getting to you in your dreams. That is the only protection I can give you, against them, I'm afraid." Harry nodded, but didn't quite understand what Zaykaia meant. Then he watched as the huge room became misty, and Zaykaia began fading away. "Farewell Harry" she said with her cool wind chimes voice, as she became almost impossible for Harry to see, "If you wish to speak to me again, just tap the moonstone two times before you go to sleep at night, and I will visit you once again in your dreams." After that, everything became foggy, and Harry soon woke up in his bed in the fifth-year Gryffindor boy's dormitory.
/What a weird dream!/ Harry thought to himself, as he lifted his hand to wipe the sleep from his eyes, /It couldn't possibly have all happened for real./ Suddenly Harry saw something small, shiny and glinting on his right hand. As he lifted up his hand, to get a better look at the small shiny object, Harry almost fell off his bed in surprise. On the ring finger of his right hand, was a white gold ring with a tiny white gold dragon lying its side, holding a small creamy coloured, crescent moon shaped stone between its front paws.
Without bothering to get dressed, Harry leapt of his bed, ran out of the room, and down to the Gryffindor Common Room. He had to tell Ron, Hermione, and Ginny, all about his strange dream. Plus, he had to apologise to Ginny, for being a moron about the whole Soulmate Principle, she and Hermione had tried to explain to him and Ron, the day before, as well as to beg her to help him with solving the puzzle of finding his soulmate, again.
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Disclaimer:
We own Hazel, Loki, Suki and Tauren. Pandie owns the Black Wings, Zaykaia Luna and a bunch a other shtuff. Harry Potter and His world belong to J.K. Rowling and her publishing companies and damned Warner Bros. (although we love them. While they didn't make the best choices for the twins (they're too tall) they made excellent choices for everyone else). L.J. Smith's Night World belongs to her and her publishing companies.
Hazel's E/N:
Aight! *grin* I must say Pandz, EXCELLENT chapter. *grin* A bit short... but excellent. You made a great choice for what to write. *grin* Leave the romance to me. I've got more practice.
Oh! Pandie and I are now holding a compatition! *grin* If you want to, go on and enter! We're coming up with uniforms for our student teachers! (Because Pandz wants this artist person she found to draw pictures of them) So! If you have a good idea, either send a detailed e-mail describing it or send a picture of it as an attachment (our joint account can't take pictures in the e-mail) to dragon_tiger@yourWAP.com! Thanks!
Pandie's A/N:
~WARNING: This is going to be a long A/N~ Hey guys :) Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter written *apologetic smile* I was having some trouble deciding what to write, ya see :( I had several ideas running through my head. Should I make this a chapter centred around the four student teachers, with a couple of Hazel/Loki and Sukida/Tauren scenes for the new fans of those ships, among yas? Should I make it about everyone visiting Hogsmeade, and Harry and Ginny going through their "Get Ron and Hermione together" plan, they started talking about in CP Chapter 5? Should I write it about an attack from one of black wings, and the Daybreakers defeating it? I even thought, should I write the chapter about the main bad guys? (Voldemorte isn't going to be the only baddy in this story, and no, the other baddy isn't in the Night World books, or the Harry Potter books: he's the main baddy in another story I'm writing in my solo author account *grin*) But I thought "It's too soon to introduce the main bad guys into the story. They have to appear after one of the black wings attacks, and there's a fight between the black wing and one of our fave mixed-breed dragons (ie Sukida and Loki, and it's too soon for that to happen as well." So I eventually decided it was time for Harry and all you lot out there in FF.Net Land, to find who the owner of the mysterious voice that spoke in Harry's mind, telling him he had to find his soulmate, way back in CP Chapter 3 *grin* If you've read my story "The Legends: The Scrolls Of The Black Catkin" (or Legends for short) in my solo author account, you might recognise this new character *grin*
~Shout Outs~
kittykatt - Hey Kitty :) Good to see ya back among the CP reviewers *hugz* Thanks for adding Crossing Paths to yer fave stories list :) btw, Yer gonna love this chapter *grin* A character from Legends appears in it *grin* Check out Legends Part 6 (e-mail me, if u need the link for it :)), and you'll know who I'm talking about *grin* (Hazel: We're on a favorites list?!?! Oh! My! Goddess!!! *grins*)
Foxy Pink girl - Yer going to start reading L.J. Smith books?? :) Cool *grin* Hang on a moment. *turns to her fellow L.J. Smith fans* Hey guys! We got another one! (Hazel: We got another one? We got another one! Alright! End Hazel.) *grin* *turns back to Foxy Pink girl* NEway, I'm glad ya like the story, so far *grin* btw, A coupla things :) 1) Don't worry about yer bad typing in yer review :) Yer just writing a review for a story :) No one's going to have a go at you for bad typing, especially not me or Hazel *kind smile* So long as yer not writing a flame, we don't mind :) (Hazel: Besides, we're not exactly the best typers in the world ourselves... I mean look at the stuff we write... it's Type-o's-R-Us!) 2) Thanks for the cool pretend sword *grin* Spot's having loadsa fun batting it back and with his huge spikey dragon tail *nods her head slightly to indicate Spot the pet dragon who guards "dragon tiger" from flamers, batting the "still stuck in the carpet" sword, back and forth with his huge spikey dragon tail, great glee etched on his big scarey (but cute :))dragon face*
Acacia - *signals loud trumpet fanfare, but trumpet player (ie Loki) gets carried away and starts doing an impromptu trumpet solo* *trying to speak above the din* CONGRATULA... *Sukida walks onto the screen and stuffs a sock into the other end of Loki's trumpet, thus ending his trumpet solo* To Sukida: Thanks Suki :) ~Sukida~ Yer welcome, Pandz :) *Sukida drags Loki by the collar of his t-shirt, back to the story* *turns back to Acacia* Ahem! As was trying to say (before Loki took over with his trumpet solo), was... Congratulations Acacia! Yer our 50th Reviewer!! *grin* I'm glad the questions at the end of CP Chapter 6 made ya laugh, even though they overshadowed the actual chapter itself, a bit *sheepish grin* I think next time I put questions like that in, I'll put them before the chapter, not after it *lol* NEway, it's great to see ya back among all the other Crossing Paths reviewers :) If ya have trouble finding Crossing Paths on FF.Net, again, just let me know, and I'll send ya a link for it *grin* (Hazel: Congratulations from me too! Go Acacia! Tell you what, as a treat, in chapter 8 (since I'm writing it and I thought this idea up) you get to make a guest appearence as a *thinks* Hufflepuff... yeah... Hufflepuff!)
Adnap Nottap - Wow! :) You really are becoming a Hazel/Loki and Sukida/Tauren shipper *grin* Coolness *grin* If ya want to see NE fluff or sappy scenes (ie smoochy lovey dovey moments, if ya know what I mean *lol*) with these two couples in Crossing Paths, just let us know, and Hazel or I will see if we can add some to one of the next chapters of Crossing Paths *grin* *turns and looks at the other readers* btw, NE other new Hazel/Loki and/or Sukida/Tauren shippers among the rest of yas out there? *grin* (Hazel: I will add in fluff even if you don't want it. I am natorius for it.)
Tessa - Hey Tess :) I'm glad yer still enjoying the story *grin* btw, Thanks for answering the insane questions at the end of CP Chapter 6 :) I don't know where Hazel got her question from, but I'm sure I've read it another HP fan fic somewhere on FF.Net *lol* I think it's becoming a pretty popular question, even though a lot of people don't think it makes NE sense *lol* As for yer response to my question *grin* I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking that about that praticular phrase, now *mischievous grin* (Note from Hazel! I did get it from another story on ff.net... I just can't remember which one...)
Lex - *lol* I'm glad ya liked that 'All the girls fancying Tauren' bit *grin* (I think that was Hazel's idea *grin*) Of course, Tauren only has eyes for a certain mixed-breed dragoness soulmate of his *grin* !Another (Hazel Note! *grin* Yes, I wrote that about Tauren... I mean come ON he's tall... blond... handsome... *droolz* But I do NOT like Tauren better than Loki! *runs off*)
Quotes:
"What's up? You're all gooey and Harry looks like he did when... OH NO, GINNY!" "Don't tell me. I don't want to know if my kid sister ... who's only 22, mind you ... is ..." "Shut it, George!" "Pregnant." "Gods, isn't this family big enough?" (Ron, George, Ginny, Bill, Charlie, Amicitia by Julephenia) (This is my new fave story)
"Um, sis? Are ya going to sit there all night?" "It's just that there seems to be a small crowd gathering down there. I think they think you're going to jump" "Like I'm really gonna jump. Besides, I'm not wearing the right clothes for jumping off a roof" "Y'know sis? If you weren't a shapeshifter, I'd find that comment very disturbing" (Sukida's TF Post, Loki and Suki, September 17, 2001)
Chapter 7: Dreaming Of Dragons
That night, a mysterious lady visited Harry's dreams. At the start of his dream, Harry found himself standing in the middle of what looked like some great mystical looking hall from ancient times, with tall marble pillars lining it's boundary, and a row of seven intricately carved marble chairs, each with a slightly plump, navy blue, velveteen cushion on it's seat, at one end of the room, the middle chair bigger than the other six. When he glanced down at the floor, Harry could see that it was made of polished marble with what looked like an emblem of a majestic looking dragon made of smooth blue, purple and red coloured crystal, with rainbow coloured crystals for eyes.
/Where am I?/ Harry thought puzzled to himself, as he looked around him at his surroundings once more, /And why am I here, for that matter??/ Then just like the evening he and Ron had met the student teachers for the first time, Harry heard the cool wind chimes voice again. But this time the voice wasn't inside his head. It was coming from somewhere in the huge room.
"Your are in the grand hall in Ling Castle on Dragon's Island" the cool wind chimes voice answered him, as it changed to a serene sounding tone, "You are here because I brought you here, Harry"
Harry looked around the room, trying to find the source of the voice, whilst wondering how it was possible he could hear it, when there was no one else there. When he eventually found the voice's owner, Harry almost jumped back in surprise. A moment ago, when he had glanced at the intricately carved marble chairs at the north end of the room, Harry had noted that every single one of them had been empty. Now a stunningly beautiful lady was sitting cross-legged (in what looked like the lotus position) in the middle chair. At first, Harry wondered how she had got there, when he hadn't seen or heard anyone else walking into the huge room. Then he wondered how anyone could look like her. Her colouring was, well, just strange, but also quite natural for some weird reason, Harry couldn't tell why.
She had dark purple straight glossy shoulder length hair, and mysterious almond shaped eyes, with rainbow flecked irises. For a moment, Harry's mind flicked back to when he and Ron met the student teachers. He had noticed one of Mr. Hashteher's (or Loki as he was getting used to calling the tall student teacher) eyes was rainbow flecked, just like the eyes belonging to the strange but beautiful lady he was staring at in bewilderment. Could this lady be or have been an ancestor or relative of Loki and Sukida's? /No, that can't be possible/ Harry thought himself, shaking his head slightly, /Loki and Sukida are just a couple of normal student teachers from America. They wouldn't have any ancestors or relatives (living or dead) that visit people in their dreams./
"Are you sure about that, Harry?"
Harry's eyes widened slightly. Had the lady been reading his mind? "No, um..." Harry answered her truthfully, slightly lost for words, before asking, "Who are you?" The lady smiled calmly and moved forward slightly. Harry realised then that she wasn't actually sitting in the middle chair. She was floating about half an inch above it.
"My name is Zaykaia Luna," the lady spoke with the cool wind chimes voice once again, answering Harry's question, "and I am of the arcobaleno drago." /Arcobaleno drago?/ Harry thought puzzled to himself, /Who are they?/ Wasn't arcobaleno the Italian word for rainbow? And drago was the Italian word for... "You're a dragon??" Harry asked Zaykaia, feeling slightly puzzled, "But you can't possibly be a dragon. You don't look like a dragon." Zaykaia stood up from her floating cross-legged sitting position above the middle chair, and smiled serenely as she walked towards Harry, the long sky blue sleeveless silk tunic she was wearing, swishing silently along the floor as she moved. "Ah, but I am, Harry" she answered him, now speaking with a gentle soft voice, before stopping a few feet in front of the young wizard, "This is only my human form." Then before Harry could ask Zaykaia what she meant, the oval shaped amethyst stone set in the center of the white gold circlet that rested just over her forehead, began to glow as she began to change shape.
Harry watched, amazed, as the tall dark purple haired woman standing before him, gradually grew larger and larger, her human form slowly melting away and forming into what looked like a dragon form, still getting larger by the second. For a moment, Harry thought Zaykaia was going to crash right up through the roof, and closed his eyes and waited for the sound of breaking marble and stone, and falling debris. When nothing happened, and all he felt was the feeling of a cool wind brushing against his face, accompanied by the soft rustling sound of huge wings gently flapping, Harry opened his eyes and was slightly surprised to find himself sitting on the back of a majestic looking dragon, flying so high he could've sworn they were up higher than all the clouds.
Once he got over the surprise of being in one place, then suddenly another, Harry decided to take a good look at the dragon. It had beautiful, soft, sky blue, iridescent scales, huge wings about 20 feet wide, and a dark purple crest running all the way from it's huge pointed ears, to the tip of it's 10 feet long tail. When he was able to see them, Harry noticed that the dragon's four paws were each the same size as a Muggle family car.
//So, Harry,// the familiar cool wind chime voice of Zaykaia Luna spoke in Harry's mind, //now that you know what my true form is, and that I really am a dragon, would you like to go back to Ling Castle, and I'll tell you why I bought you here?// "Um, yes" Harry answered her, still amazed at the fact he was flying through the air on the back of a dragon, that wasn't going to throw him up into the air, catch him in it's huge jaws, and have him for it's next meal, or at least a snack. /Wait 'til I tell Ron, Hermione, and Ginny about this/ Harry thought to himself, /They'll think I've been drinking too much butterbeer before bedtime./ Then before he knew it, Harry was back in the grand hall in the place Zaykaia had called Ling Castle.
"You have been unsure if you can trust me or not, after the other night, when I spoke in your mind, Harry" Zaykaia said gently, shortly after reappearing in her human form in front of Harry, "You also don't quite understand why you must find your soulmate. It is very important that you find her, or your life and the lives of many others will be in great danger." Harry sighed, wondering how Zaykaia had known what he had been worrying about, and responded to what she had just told him. "I understand that," he said, frowning slightly, "but why should I end up being connected to someone through this soulmate link, if they're not my true love. I don't want to be with someone because they're my soulmate. I want to be with someone because I'm in love with them, and they're in love with me." Zaykaia smiled serenely and nodded her head slightly in understanding. "Harry, if I had thought for once that your soulmate wouldn't be someone you would love, I wouldn't have allowed the spell to split and put inside both you and her" she said, her voice calm and serene, "Your soulmate will be your true love. You just have to find her."
Harry felt happy and guilty at the same. His soulmate was his true love, after all, and that made him happy, but he realised he had acted wrongly the other night, and that made him feel guilty. /I should apologise to Hermione and Ginny/ he thought remorsefully to himself, /In fact, I should apologise a lot more to Ginny. After all, it was her feelings I hurt the most./ Then Harry thought of something.
"Zaykaia," he asked the purple haired dragoness, "do you know who my soulmate is?" "Yes Harry, I know who she is," Zaykaia answered him calmly, a regretful smile on her face, "but I cannot tell you her name. Only the girl who's eyes change from dark purple to rainbow will help you find your soulmate, and tell you who she is. I can tell you one thing about your soulmate, though. She is someone close to you and your friends." "Now Harry," Zaykaia continued, her smile turning serene again, "it is time for me to send you back. It is almost morning time in Hogwarts Castle, after all. Before you go, though, I want to give you something. Hold out your right hand, please." Harry did as he was told, and felt his eyes widen slightly as he saw what was happening.
On the ring finger of his right hand, a white gold band appeared. Then Zaykaia waved her hand in the air, and a tiny white gold dragon (about the size of a small button) carrying a small creamy coloured, crescent moon shaped stone between its front paws, appeared in front of her, letting out a little squeaky sounding roar, before flying over and landing on the white gold band that had appeared on the ring finger of Harry's right hand. Then Harry watched, amazed, as the tiny dragon nodded slightly at him, lay on it's side and froze completely still. Now the tiny dragon and the crescent moon shaped stone between its front paws were part of the ring.
"This ring I have given you, Harry," Zaykaia explained calmly, as she indicated the dragon ring on Harry's finger, "is a symbol that you have my word that you can trust me. It will also keep the black wings from getting to you in your dreams. That is the only protection I can give you, against them, I'm afraid." Harry nodded, but didn't quite understand what Zaykaia meant. Then he watched as the huge room became misty, and Zaykaia began fading away. "Farewell Harry" she said with her cool wind chimes voice, as she became almost impossible for Harry to see, "If you wish to speak to me again, just tap the moonstone two times before you go to sleep at night, and I will visit you once again in your dreams." After that, everything became foggy, and Harry soon woke up in his bed in the fifth-year Gryffindor boy's dormitory.
/What a weird dream!/ Harry thought to himself, as he lifted his hand to wipe the sleep from his eyes, /It couldn't possibly have all happened for real./ Suddenly Harry saw something small, shiny and glinting on his right hand. As he lifted up his hand, to get a better look at the small shiny object, Harry almost fell off his bed in surprise. On the ring finger of his right hand, was a white gold ring with a tiny white gold dragon lying its side, holding a small creamy coloured, crescent moon shaped stone between its front paws.
Without bothering to get dressed, Harry leapt of his bed, ran out of the room, and down to the Gryffindor Common Room. He had to tell Ron, Hermione, and Ginny, all about his strange dream. Plus, he had to apologise to Ginny, for being a moron about the whole Soulmate Principle, she and Hermione had tried to explain to him and Ron, the day before, as well as to beg her to help him with solving the puzzle of finding his soulmate, again.
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