Chapter 3

Harry looked up. His heart skipped a beat. His eyes became blurry and his head pounded.

"W-what?" He managed to squeak. "The wizards aren't dead, I just spoke with my friends."

The Captain was in deep thought.

"Doctor, run a biological scan to confirm it's him. I'll be on the bridge."

After a few hours of lying on the bed, thinking and watching the Doctor after the scans, the Captain came back.

"Well, Doctor?"

"It's him," he replied. "I don't know how but it really is him."

The Captain simply nodded and turned to Harry.

"I need to know how you got here. Did you come to give us a message?"

"No, I told you. It was an accident. I was in the Ministry then I apparated here."

"The Ministry?"

"Of Magic."

"And you…apparated here?"

"Yes."

"Years ago Harry Potter vanished as you've described it, but I'm not going to simply accept that he apparated and somehow travelled through time to land on my ship tens of thousands of light years away from Earth. You understand that you story seems rather far-fetched don't you?" She looked at him with a rather sarcastic-sympathetic look.

"Actually a suggestion of time travel would explain the temporal disturbances found on the bridge. A 0.03 differential variance I believe Captain."

"I remember those readings well," she said with a grin.

Harry continued to look confused and fearful. Ten of thousands of light years from Earth? Travelling through time? There was so much he wanted to know but was too scared to ask. He was scared of the answers he might get.

"Where am I then?"

"Right now? Orbiting Aldrais VI. A planet in the Bardarian System."

Harry looked at her blankly.

"A hell of a long away from home."

"Oh."

"What…what year is it?"

"2373 by your calendar."

Harry sat looking at her. This must be a dream. He had had visions before which seemed real enough, this was just a really…real dream.

"So what happened to the wizards?" He squeaked.

"Captain, I don't think you should tell him too much. We still have to think about the Temporal Prime Directive," the man with the tattoo said.

She nodded and turned back to face Harry.

"Maybe later. I really shouldn't tell you more than you need to know."

"Harry?" It was the alien who spoke.

"Yes?"

"Do want anything to eat? I can take you down to the Mess Hall if you'd like. Or give you a tour of our ship…you can meet Icheb! He's about your age!"

"I…I'm a bit tired at the moment."

"OK, maybe another…"

His sentence was cut short by a vigorous shake. A voice came from no-where, 'Captain to the bridge.'

The Captain signalled for Harry to come with him. "I don't know if this has anything to do with your arrival. I want you with me just in case."

They travelled in the lift to the bridge - this was the room he apparated into. Another jolt. Harry stumbled over his robes as he stepped into the room. The first thing he saw was the view screen, which now displayed a large ship directly ahead. Harry's eyes widened at the sight. The Captain turned to Chakotay.

"This is the last thing we need…Hirogen."

TBC…

Author's Comment: Hehe…I thought about giving the Borg a little part in this but the Hirogen seemed more inventive. Don't worry, you'll find out more about how Harry got on the ship and what happened to all the Wizards, and all along with a little Voyager adventure too J