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//Very well, Lord Harry, you and your friends may return back to your realm.//

//Thank you,// replied Harry graciously.

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At the Castle of Light...

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"He has completed six of the ten tests very successfully," Merlin said as he stroked his beard thoughtfully. "I have never had a better disciple than him, mastering the basics faster than others."

"Yes, indeed," Godric said solemnly. "Indeed, great things are expected from him. As the last remaining heir of King Arthur, Rowena, you Merlin and myself, he has indeed inherited our talents."

"But the only difference between them and you, is that Harry is more matured. Unlike you Godric, he doesn't have a sense of dry humor with which YOU drove many of your old students nearly nuts!" Max snapped at Godric, angry that Godric Gryffindor had somehow returned to the Castle of Light.

"I'm not that bad, am I?"

"No," grinned Rowena. Godric could easily fly to heaven judging from his looks, but Rowena's next sentence quickly brought him back to earth very hard. "You are ten time worse."

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Back at Hogwarts...

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The Gryffindors had been under a lot of pressure ever since Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville had gone away... disappeared would the more appropriate word. They had slid from the first place in the House Cup to the last and first to last in the Quidditch Cup. The Slytherins had gone to a new height of taunting. It took the Gryffindors a lot of self-control not to transfigure them all into animals.

The other houses were not better, other then the Slytherins, that is. Grades and results had fallen slightly as a result of Harry's disappearance. The whole Hogwarts staff soon discovered that Harry currently was the only pillar of hope in this time of Darkness. When the news had somehow leaked out, the whole Wizarding world went into mourning despite Dumbledore's reassurance that Harry currently was very safe and is dealing with a few of his problems with Lord Voldemort.

The worst had happened when Harry was gone. Lord Voldemort had struck at Hogwarts. Unluckily, a total of twelve students were killed and they are all foreigners. Before more damage could be done, a mysterious man saved Hogwarts at the last moment. He appeared suddenly behind Lord Voldemort's army and struck, catching many Death Eaters by surprise. Single-handedly, the mysterious man wiped out the seven thousands strong undead army just by walking through the army and killed almost half of all the Death Eaters. But when Lord Voldemort retreated, the man disappeared, leaving a word that had made no sense to anyone. The words was:

"Judgment."

Despite the attack in which all foreign students had died fighting the Death Eaters, the British Minster of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, stoutly refused to believe that Lord Voldemort had indeed returned. He released an official statement in all the global newspapers, saying...

"You-Know-Who has not returned. The attack was just some former Death Eaters who had gathered and attacked Hogwarts for fun. These Death Eaters are under the belief of the rumors that You-Know-Who had returned. Rumors spread by Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived, saying that He-Who-Must-Not-Be- Named had been revived from the brink of Death. Harry Potter will be severely dealt with should he return to Hogwarts which I highly doubt possible for he has turned towards the Dark side."

However this statement caused much resentment amongst the public, forcing Fudge to withdraw his statement. Fudge later announced that 'the Ministry will conduct a thorough investigation about the attack.'

Yes, the Ministry did conducted an investigation, but they only chose the word of those who spoke bad about Harry Potter and released another official statement...

"After much investigation, we, the Ministry, have discovered that the rumors is indeed baseless and full of doubts. Base on a wide number of Hogwarts students who have given evidence, we had came to the conclusion that Harry Potter had fabricated the rise of You-Know-Who and worse still, had killed Cedric Diggory out of lust of a Chinese girl who they both loved. Mr Harry Potter will be deal with the moment he returns to Hogwarts, for investigation, as well as for the trial for the murder of Cedric Diggory. If You-Know-Who has indeed risen again, we, in the Ministry, will do all that is possible to stop him in his track..."

As a result of the attack, Dumbledore announced that the Inter-school Dueling and Quidditch Tournament would be cancelled. The Salem's Headmaster had also disappeared from Hogwarts during the attack.

The one hit worst was Janet. Instead of the cheerful girl whom her friends known her to be, she had entered a new stage of depression. She missed all her lesson and even failed to turn up during mealtime. As a result, Janet had turned from a healthy looking girl to a worn and tired girl. The shadows under her eyes had shown the days of sleep she had missed and the red eyes make one guess how long had she cried over Harry's disappearance.

At his wits end, Dumbledore finally forced himself to drag the girl to dinner one week before Christmas...

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Back to the Realms of Elves...

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After Harry managed to complete the test successful, he returned to the room where Ron was temporary staying. Counting the numbers days they had spent in this realm, Harry discovered that he had spent way too long at this realm. Harry was deep in his thoughts when he collided with Neville.

"Oof!" cried Harry as he was knocked over by Neville. "Neville, what's the big idea?"

Stopping to catch his breath, Neville informed Harry that Ron had awakened and was preparing to leave.

"Just in time," grinned Harry. 'Ron has finally learnt to read my mind.'

"Just in time!?" Neville almost shouted. "What do you mean by just in time?"

"We are leaving today, Neville. We have stayed here for too long and Albus will start to get worried. Go tell Hermione to pack her stuffs and yours too," Harry ordered. Neville scrambled away, desperate to get the news to Hermione.

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Standing in front of Aurgdani, Harry solemnly renewed his vow to keep this land safe from the hands of Lord Voldemort. Smiling, Aurgdani said:

"Lord Harry, we, the elves, were very surprised that you managed surviving the Chamber of Warriors and Dragoncross."

"It was nothing," Harry said modestly.

"Nothing?! Lord Harry, you alone, had survived the test of the Eighteen Bronze Warriors and the harsh lands of Dragoncross. For the last hundred years, none was able to enter the Chamber and Dragoncross and make it out alive without a scratch," explained Aurgdani. Snapping his fingers, another elf holding a beautiful crafted figurine of him holding the Sword of Light. Crafted from solid diamond, the statuette glittered in the sunlight.

Harry smiled ruefully and said, "No, I can't accept it, it's too expensive! Besides you have already done much for us."

"No, it is YOU, Lord Harry who has done much for us," Aurgdani grinned and the elves roared in agreement. Shaking his head, Harry knew that it was hopeless to refuse the gift. So very unwilling, Harry accepted the gift. Saluting the King, Harry said.

"It's a pleasure to know you, King Aurgdani."

After that, Harry turned and walked down the steps to his friends and opened the Dimension Door. After sending his friends in first, Harry turned and said.

"Good bye my friends. I enjoyed my stay here in this land, thank you." And Harry bowed deeply towards the Elves and stepped into the Dimension Door.

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Harry stepped out of the Dimension Door and back into the familiar landscape of Hogwarts. All of a sudden, Harry felt another weigh fell onto his left hip. Looking down, Harry let a gasp. The Sword of Godric Gryffindor had appeared by his side in its own sheath.

'Now that's surprising,' thought Harry as he pulled out the sword. Turning it over, Harry had the shock of his life. On the sword, beside Godric Gryffindor's name was his. The name was not carved by into the sword nor was it silver. Harry's name was also not imprinted by hand or by magic. Harry could easily sense it. No, the name had appeared by itself and in gold, in the same style of writing.

Looking around, Harry could see that a battle had taken place here. Many of the trees had been burned and parts of Hogwarts' outer wall showed clear sights of a battle. Part of the wall had broken down and it was much lower than usual for most of upper part had been destroyed. Placing his hand on the ground, Harry call for the Element Earth. Using mind-link with the element, Harry discovered that Lord Voldemort had struck at Hogwarts while he was gone. Harry broke the connection and turned to Ron.

"Ron, take the Hammer and Anvil back to Castle of Light. Make it fast," Harry said.

With a tiny 'pop' Ron was gone and back.

"Now that's fast," Harry smiled.

"Well, Lord Harry, you ordered me to be fast," grinned Ron. Harry scowled at the use of Lord Harry.

"Relax, pal," Neville said smoothly as he patted Harry's shoulder.

Hermione said, as she looked around,: "I think that we have been away more than a week."

"We have been away for two months," said Harry. "We have returned near Christmas."

And Harry couldn't be more right. A thick layer of snow surrounded Hogwarts, however a radius of one meter around them was clear of any snow.

"Opening Dimension Door to travel helps to clear the area so the user can have a smooth landing," smiled Hermione.

Without saying a word, Harry turned and headed for the Great Hall, plowing his way slowly towards the Entrance Hall. After a while, Harry discovered that this was way too slow and sent out a blaze of flame, leaving in its wake a path of melted snow, turning the ground sluggish. Hermione placed her hand onto the ground and turned the mud into clay. Now without any snow or mud, the quartet moved swiftly into the Entrance Hall.

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Harry reached the door into the Grand Hall and smiled, "Welcome home, my friends."

After saying that, Harry pushed open the door. Moving swiftly, with their hoods drawn covering their faces, in the stunned silence of the Great Hall only to be stopped by Janet who lunged herself at Harry.

"Harry, you came back," she whispered. Her whisper was loud enough for the whole Hall to hear, unfortunately. Instantly, a thunderous applause could be heard, as the Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff stood up and welcome their old friends back. The foreign students also followed the rest of Hogwarts and stood up and welcomed Harry back. Only the Slytherins remained defiantly in their seat and openly glared at Harry.

"Looks like our cover has been blown," said Hermione smiling as she removed her hood. Ron and Neville followed soon. But Harry was totally another thing...

"As delightful as this may feel, Janet," wheezed Harry as he had his breath begin squeeze out. "I would...What happened to you?"

Harry had finally looked at Janet's face and was totally shocked to see her so white and pale. Harry felt a pang of guilt and pain in him. It was clear that Janet had skipped many meals because of Harry's disappearance.

"Harry, I..." was all she could say before she fainted in Harry's arm. Harry scooped the poor girl into his arms and moved out of the Great Hall. Before he leaved the Great Hall, Harry turned towards Dumbledore and said, "I believe that you will be wanting an explanation, Albus. Meet me in the Hospital Wing..."

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"Harry, I believe that you will give me an explanation regarding your mysterious disappearance to the land of elves," Dumbledore said as he sat down at the chair beside Janet's bed.

Harry looked Dumbledore in his eyes and said, "As you had know that Tom Riddle had invaded the pure land of the of the Elves but still had not reached the Capital. But when I reached there, he breached the defenses and had captured the whole city..."

Harry then spent the rest of the night explaining what had happened in the realms of the Elves, leaving out certain parts.

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The next morning...

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Harry entered the Great Hall amid a roaring applause. Shaking his head, Harry sat down at the Gryffindor table. Tonight, Harry would be returning to the Dursleys to settle some problems as Harry put it. Ron and Hermione came into the Great Hall, hands locked with each other's. Harry shook his head again as the two received the same treatment as Harry was getting.

Sitting in front of Harry, Ron shook his head and said:

"Now I finally understand why you hated the fame. Imagine walking into a roomful of applause," Ron grimaced at the now slowly subsiding applause.

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Harry had just finished his breakfast when the door of the Great Hall burst opening. From outside the room, the British Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, along with ten Aurors walked into the room, leaving the door wobbling dangerously on its hinge. Harry narrowed his eyes and looked at Fudge, who had a malicious glitter in his eyes. Moving to the Gryffindor House table, the Minister looked at Harry in a way which could be described as a look of triumph.

"Mr Potter," began Fudge as he leered down at Harry who met Fudge's eyes with determination. "As the British Minster of Magic, I hereby placing you under arrest."

A wave of unbelieving whispers swept through the Great Hall.

"Silence!" roared Fudge but it failed to stop the hush whispering. Harry noticed that Malfoy had a triumphant look on his face too. A wave of anger swept over Harry as he tried to keep his hand from reaching into his robe and draw out the Sword of Gryffindor. In a cool, collected voice, Harry replied as he turned and look back at his plate, suddenly interested in the remains of his breakfast.

"Under what charges?"

"You are under arrest for being an Necromancer, a Death Eater and spreading rumors of You-Know-Who being alive while you gathered Death Eaters and attacked Hogwarts."

"And what evidences do you have?"

"I...I..." sputtered Fudge before he regain control of himself. "Anyway, you are to come with us, I now hereby declare that you are to follow us peacefully, or we will be obligated to attack you for resisting arrest."

TBC...

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Chew On It!

A passing policeman overheard a dialogue between a taxi driver and a foreign visitor.

Taxi Driver: As a cabbie, I must take up running.

Visitor: Why? Because you don't want to be unfit like most other taxi driver?

The reply amused the policeman a lot.

Taxi Driver: No, because I can't keep up with passengers who take off without paying!