Chapter 5
Starting Over
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Once again Harry found himself waking and upon opening his eyes, he realized he was not in pain. Tentatively, he lifted an arm and was overjoyed to find it caused absolutely no pain. In fact he felt more refreshed and alive than he had in a long time. Lifting himself onto his elbows, he surveyed the room.
It seemed to be a bed chamber of sorts and he noticed he was lying in a large, canopy bed. The duvet was a dark green, almost black and all the bedposts, desks and wooden chairs were made out of a black wood. The walls were stone and the door was thick, made out of the same type of wood as the furnishings. The wood had a series of intricate patterns of a large predatory cat, carved into it. He saw there were torches fastened to the walls and a candle on the desk but he was surprised how much light they gave off.
He saw, on the far side of the room, there was a large bookshelf filled with books. Slowly, forgetting the visions of the night before, he made his way over to the bookshelf. Lightly, he brushed his fingers on the spines of the books, looking for something interesting. He noticed that only a portion of the books were English and he recognized a few to be French. What an odd collection, he thought to himself as he picked out a book called, 'Magic. What is Dark or Light?' by Chaos. What sort of name was Chaos, he wondered incredulously.
Wandering back to the bed, he sat down and opened the book to the first page. At the top of the page, written in an elegant handwriting, was 'Magic.' Magic? he wondered, as he continued reading .
'A common misconception is that magic only comes in two forms: black or white; dark or light. Dark Magic is believed to be magic which is used for harm and Light magic is believed to be used for common uses or healing.
This is not true because Dark Magic can be used for good purposes and vice versa. (Interesting, Harry thought as he continued to read.) For example, the Imperius, a well-known dark curse, can be used to stop someone from doing harm. A levitating charm, such as Wingardium Leviosa, you would think harmless but if used to levitate an individual to a dangerous height and simply left to fall, would cause tremendous harm.'
He was suddenly interrupted be someone clearing their throat. Startled, he scanned the room for the person only to find he was completely alone.
'I know that book is interesting and all, but you have people to meet and you need to get going.' It was the same voice as before but it sounded somewhat hurried. Suddenly he wondered if it could read his mind.
'Can you read my mind?' he asked as he walked towards the doors.
'No but I doubt yours would be hard to read,' the Voice chuckled.
'Hey! I didn't ask for the Peanut Gallery,' he laughed. 'Which way wan I going here?' he asked, looking left and right down the long, narrow corridors.
'Strait,' it answered, as if it were obvious and he should have noticed it. He went up to the wall and tried to touch it but he found his hand went right through. He was about to walk through when Voice said, 'Wait. You should know that since being reborn you have had all information erased. Don't worry you will gain it back in time.' He hadn't noticed before but now he could, he couldn't remember anything about himself of anything else.
'Alright,' he answered. He walked through the wall into some sort of common room. There was an enormous fireplace which had a fire roaring. He observed as he looked at the flames that they seemed to be of colours and then the next second there were none. Crowded around the hearth were four plush chairs. The rest of the room was bare with expansive stone walls. He started forward, towards the chairs, when he noticed the three people from his dream, only younger.
"Hello," he greeted them.
"Hi," or "Hello," were their responses.
They each went forward and sat in the chairs, which he found extremely comfy. They lapsed into a comfortable silence, each lost in their own thoughts until the blond boy said, "Soooo."
The golden brown haired girl then said, "Why do you think we're here?"
As soon as the word left her mouth their surroundings started to shift.
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November 21, 2003.
He he! I updated on time! Yay! So, whaddya think? I think it's pretty good but I realize, in some of the previous chapters I made some mistakes and I'm sorry but I just don't check it very good.
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Chapter 3:
Bookers- Thank-you.
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Noctem- Thank-you, I'm glad you think it's good. I came up with everything on my own.
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Lady Lily3- I know I'm so mean, am I not?
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Serpent of Light- Beware! Lol! Of my evil plot!
Tropic- Cliffhangers are evil ,aren't they? Can't resist though.
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Chapter 4:
Serpent of Light- It was kind of supposed to lose you. It's supposed to be confusing, jumbled or whatever. I'm glad I made it work. Lol.
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