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Banesclaw Chapter 1: Old Friends, New Beginnings
There it was. The next big step in Harry's life, a bench. That's right an old park bench. Yeah it was a little rotten, but it would serve it's purpose when the time came.
Time! Harry checked his watch, ten minutes till time to go. He felt the beginnings of butterflies in his stomach and looked around for the others.
From the west Harry heard the faint giggling of the girls as they walked slowly toward him. It was odd seeing them without Draco, Hermione, and Ron, but seeing some familiar faces did brighten his spirits. They smiled and waved at him as he hurried to meet them. They each seemed to be carrying a ton of bags.
Checking his watch again, he ran taking some of their things and hurried them back to the bench. "Ok, ready?" he asked as they each leaned in to grasp the old rotting bench. In a blast of hot air and a jolt Harry felt himself being pulled by the portkey to his new destination, Banesclaw, a school for beginning aurors.
Looking up, the group found themselves in a paradise. To their backs, were the crystal clear waters of the sea, and ahead, towering tropical trees.
Harry's eyes glittered his amusement at the faces of his friends. "Guys look!" Harry said pointing at a wide path twisting into the trees. Spinning to face Harry, Sam gasped "Wicked." Harry still grinning, threw his arms around each of the girls, Sam, Audrie, Randi, and Kelsey.
"I really missed you guys." Then looking straight at Kelsey he said, "especially you, sis." Kelsey gave Harry another knowing hug and turned toward the path.
"Where do you think we are, because I'm sure that leads to the school." she said.
"We're in the Bermuda Triangle." Harry answered, "I came a few weeks ago to buy a place for me and the people I get grouped with when we get sorted."
"You sure don't like the idea of not having a roof over your head do you Harry?" Audrie teased. Harry gave a laugh and said, "Not really, but we better get going or they will think something happened to us." Harry picked up his back pack and started up the path followed by the girls.
The sandy white path twisted left and right leading Harry and the girls to the center of the island. At the end, the path branched off into three smaller paths. Two of the smaller paths circled around a large open courtyard scattered with shade trees, while the third path ran straight through the center of the courtyard. Harry took the path leading through the center and heard the others sigh a breath of relief when they realized that this path was paved in white stone, making it easier to pull their things.
"Just a little farther till we reach the school." Harry said as he saw Kelsey's exhausted face. Looking at the other three Harry could see that they needed a break and sat down in the grass next to the path. "Have a seat," he offered, "I don't think we're that late."
"You know, I think I liked being able to ride the train to school, better than walking to school," Randi said, her face reddened with the heat of the day and the pulling of her things.
"Guess Harry is the only smart one here," Sam laughed, "He already bought a house and he was smart enough to take all his things before hand." "No," said Harry, "I may have already brought my things, but I still had to walk all the way up to the school, you don't have to."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Audrie asked, slightly irritated.
"I mean that you don't have to walk to the school, you do remember how to apparate don't you," Harry said with a grin. "Why didn't you just say so before, you idiot, you just made us all walk all the way up that stupid, bloody path and you didn't tell us we couldn't apparate there, I wouldn't have done it if you would have said it was ok to apparate. Urh" Audrie growled. Randi, Sam, and Kelsey laughed, "Oh give it a rest will you, Audrie. You know now that you can. So we'll just apparate the rest of the way." Sam said still laughing.
Harry had been right apparating was a lot easier than walking, but the place they apparated to seemed slightly odd.
"Um, Harry, where are we exactly?" Kelsey asked as she and the other three girls looked around at them.
"Do you remember me saying that I bought a house for me and my new roommates? Well this is it." Harry said with a smirk.
"Harry this isn't a house, this is a castle!" Kelsey said excitedly, still looking around her. "And one that needs a good bit of work at that." Audrie muttered under her breath.
"HARRY, THAT YOU?" A voice hollered from outside. "YES ITS ME HEADMASTER GAVEN." Harry yelled back as he went to open the large wooden front door.
Warm afternoon sunshine flooded into the foyer giving it a dim glow. Kelsey, Audrie, Sam and Randi could now see that the room in which they stood was extremely large. The windows on all sides were boarded up, and the air seemed to be overflowing with dust.
With the door now open the girls could clearly see the man to whom the voice belonged. To their surprise he was older than he had sounded, his gray hair receded a little, and he had small creases around his bright ice blue eyes. However instead of the strict unforgiving kind of look one usually associates with a headmaster, this man had a very jovial look about him. A smile spread across his face as he saw that Harry wasn't alone.
"And who have you got there with you Harry?" the headmaster asked glancing back at Harry. "Oh, so sorry. These are my friends Samantha Lakelin, Audrie Ray, My sister Kelsey, and my cousin Randi.
They also received acceptance letters." Harry said pausing for the headmaster and the girls to finish up their introductions before asking, "Um sir where exactly do you want us to be? I mean when contacted us we were told to be here on the island today but you never mentioned where on the island." Headmaster Gaven smiled brightly at Harry. "Well son I guess the best way for you to find out would be to follow me." Harry looked back at the girls and nodded his head toward the door, "Ladies first," he said and then, "You can just leave your stuff here for now, we'll get it later."
Within minutes the small group found themselves standing in front of their new school, and even for those used to magic the sight of it was mind boggling.
"If only Hermione could see this." Randi gasped at the sight of the building that towered above her. Layers upon layers of large hard yellow bricks stood before them seemingly reaching for the sky. Each brick looked as though it weighed a ton. However instead of going straight up, the bricks made themselves into a layered pyramid, quite unlike the pyramids found in ancient Egypt. Above the cap of the large stone structure floating islands soared holding more bright yellowish stone rooms. "An old Mayan temple, with a few more magical touches of course," Headmaster Gaven announced, his pearly whites still showing.
Leading them on into the temple, Gaven showed them into a large open room half filled with people. Turning back to Harry and the girls he said, "Ok, now this is where you need to be and you are going to find out why in minute."
Then Gaven disappeared into the crowd only to reappear again atop a small stone stage decorated in intricate Mayan designs. "Welcome to Banesclaw ladies and gentlemen. For those of you I haven't already had the pleasure of greeting, I am Headmaster Gaven. Now I'm quite sure you all know why we are here so lets push on to more important business." Pulling his wand from his robes, Headmaster Gaven muttered a few inaudible words. His eyes twinkling, Gaven went on," Now that you have your boxes...," Harry looked down, in his left hand the box he had received on the day of his graduation lay unopened.
Glancing at the rest of the people around him, he realized they held their boxes as well. "That's a bloody good spell to know." He thought to himself turning his attention back to the man on stage.
" We can begin," Gavin finished. To Harry's astonishment, another man Harry recognized easily as Professor Lupin, took the stage. "Good afternoon, I am Professor Lupin. Here at Banesclaw, like most other magicing schools, we separate our students into groups, however the groups you will be separated into tonight will not be done because you have the same I.Q. as the other students or because you are pureblooded and so on. These groups are made because these are the people your powers will work the best with. And remember I did not say that you would get along well with the people in your group, but that your powers will work best with theirs. Each group is required to live together in one of the islands castles, houses or dorms. There are no lights out and like a muggle college, we here Banesclaw will not force you to come to classes or be on time. You are grown ups and must act as such." Lupin paused to let his words sink in, and continued. "Each grouping of students will be responsible for coming up with their own group name, which you will submit to Headmaster Gaven."
Harry looked around as Lupin said this to see some of the students already beginning to formulate a name. "Ok, let's start the sorting. Take the item you were given in your acceptance box and put it on. This item is to stay on you at all times. And there will be no excuses that you lost it in the ocean or your dog ate it, because each of these items has a charm placed on it so that it will not come off unless you take it off. These items are also waterproof so you may get them wet. After you leave Banesclaw these items will stay with you because from this moment on these items are yours to keep." Harry opened the sleek wooden box and placed the ring inside on his middle finger.
At once the stone in it began to change color. At first the color seemed to flicker ever so slightly but the longer Harry stared at the ring the more he realized that the ring was showing him two colors not one. The first color was gray and the second a light baby blue. It was extremely cool the way the colors changed, and it reminded him of the muggle invention of a mood ring.
After a moment or two, Harry looked back up to see professor Lupin waiting on the crowd to calm down. He seemed to be enjoying the looks on the faces of his new students. Professor Lupin held up his hand to silence the questions that were now being thrown at him in a frenzy of loud voices.
"Now hold on," he bellowed, "I will answer all your questions after you have been sorted." But regardless of this statement he was still being questioned.
"THAT IS QUITE ENOUGH" Headmaster Gaven hollered. Sudden silence followed. "Thank you," said professor Lupin with a sigh, "now I will tell you who you have been sorted to stay with."
Clearing his throat, Lupin took a long sheet of parchment from Headmaster Gavin and began to call the names of the people in group one. Harry paid rapt attention to the names being called in case Professor Lupin called him, but by the time group three was being called Harry was just hopng this part would soon be over.
"Group four, Audrie Ray." Harry snapped to attention, that was a name he knew.
Glancing at Audrie, Harry gave a little smile as she walked towards the stage, and turned back towards Lupin who was now calling, "Kelsey Potter."
Harry felt his stomach lurch as he heard his sister's name, what if they didn't put him in the same group as her. "Samantha Lakelin, Randi Potter, and...," Lupin stopped, gave an almost unnoticeable smile and announced, "Harry Potter."
Harry walked to the stage to meet the rest of his friends. As he climbed the stairs to the side of the stage Harry heard Professor Lupin call Headmaster Gaven over and say, "Sir there's something wrong. There are only five people in group four. We're missing one." Headmaster Gaven studied the list a moment longer and said," Don't worry about right now Lupin we'll figure it out later."
The small group of friends looked at each other smiling at their luck and ran together in a large hug. "This is going to be great!" Kelsey said as she hugged her brother one more time.
Together they began to descend down the steps of the stage when a scream was heard in the crowd. It had come from the wall closest to the door, and as the small group watched it seemed like something was making its way to the stage steps. To every ones surprise six small furry creatures found their way straight onto the stage where Harry had backed himself and the girls for a better look.
The creatures made their way past Lupin and Gaven who stood stark still at the sight in front of them. Six small, puffy, long tailed creatures stood in front of group four eyeing each of its new members. They resembled small monkeys, but their bodies were much more stocky than that of a normal monkey. Their ears were huge and pointed, and each of these creatures faintly resembled the other except for their coloration.
Professor Lupin gasped, "Unbelievable, Kelekri." Harry turned toward Professor Lupin to ask what he meant but he was compelled to pick up one of the creatures in front of him.
It was as if something had taken control over his body.
Harry moved to the front of the stage where the small creatures waited. To his left he heard a gurgly voice," Serga pick Harry. Harry is Serga's friend."
One of the small monkey like creatures glowed, breaking itself from the short line they had made. Harry felt compelled to kneel down on one knee. From the corner of his eye he watched what seemed a fuzzy gray blob approach.
Harry tried to move his eyes in the direction of the thing, tried to move his hands, but he couldn't. He felt like a puppet or a statue, or maybe it was both. Goose bumps formed on his arms, running across his back. The gray blob came closer, but still he couldn't move. Harry's arm moved itself toward the on coming magical creature.
He again heard the thing claim him as friend. "Should I be scared ," Harry asked himself. "Harry no scared, Harry is Serga's friend. Serga love Harry." The thing cooed to him. It was then Harry realized the thing no longer had control over his body, and that he, himself, no longer felt threatened by its presence.
"What are you little one?" He whispered to the thing as it scurried onto his shoulder, softly nuzzling his neck. "Serga is Kelekri," it whispered back.
Harry motioned the girls forward, showing them it was safe. Each one did as he had done, and knelt down extending their arms toward the remaining Kelekri.
One by one the Kelekri, all but one, began to glow. It was a soft, faint light followed by the gurgling voices of the magical beings as they choose their lifelong friends.
Harry watched as they choose and soon realized there was one left. "Maybe this one isn't going to choose," he thought to himself. As soon as the thought flickered into his brain, the last Kelekri turned to him, it's red eyes seemingly trying to pierce his skin.
"Letra will wait, Letra knows her friend will come. Then Letra will choose." With that the Kelekri turned, her long puff ended tail whipping, and led Group 4 through the crowd.
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"So what are we going to call ourselves?" Sam asked cuddling her golden masked kelekri, Rispa.
"Name later, Kai hungry now," Randi's kelekri chimed in. Randi smiled at her new friend, "Your right, Kai. Food does sound good right now. My stomach's been growling since we got back here to the house."
"Mine too," Audrie called from the corner of the room where she and her kelekri, Demon, stood checking out the room.
"Well, I could use some food too," Kelsey added with a growl of her stomach.
Harry looked around at each of the girls who were now all staring at him. "What?" he asked, "Don't look at me. "
"Harry, you're the only one of us who's been to the island. You must know where to get something." Kelsey said almost pleadingly.
"Well your wrong, I don't know where we can get any food, at least not here." Harry said, a smirk forming on his face. "Well, where then Harry?" Sam asked, she too seemed to plead.
"Hold on, I'll be right back." Harry blinked out as he apparated, leaving the four girls in a stunned silence. "He could have least told us where he was going," Audrie said her eyes wide, mouth agape.
A half hour later Harry reappeared with to heavily laden brown paper bags and a cup carrier all sporting a large "M" on the sides.
The smells of burgers and fries filled the room. "Let's eat," Harry said smiling handing Randi a paper wrapped burger.
"Umm, Harry is this muggle food," Sam asked with a look of disgust on her face.
"Of course it is," he said not noticing, or maybe ignoring, the look of disgust on her face.
"What is it?" Audrie asked, she too seemed disgusted.
"Look, it was all I could find, but double cheeseburgers and fries are great. Not to mention I got you cokes too. So please just try it, it won't kill you the first time, ok" Harry said hoping they wouldn't be to upset, at least he had tried.
Sam looked at Harry then back at the burger. With a small grimace she closed her yes and took a bite.
Within seconds she was all but inhaling the burger and fries, a look of pure ecstasy on her face. After that, no one could argue, this was one of the best meals they had ever eaten. Although Harry said that they should try pizza later.
Banesclaw Chapter 1: Old Friends, New Beginnings
There it was. The next big step in Harry's life, a bench. That's right an old park bench. Yeah it was a little rotten, but it would serve it's purpose when the time came.
Time! Harry checked his watch, ten minutes till time to go. He felt the beginnings of butterflies in his stomach and looked around for the others.
From the west Harry heard the faint giggling of the girls as they walked slowly toward him. It was odd seeing them without Draco, Hermione, and Ron, but seeing some familiar faces did brighten his spirits. They smiled and waved at him as he hurried to meet them. They each seemed to be carrying a ton of bags.
Checking his watch again, he ran taking some of their things and hurried them back to the bench. "Ok, ready?" he asked as they each leaned in to grasp the old rotting bench. In a blast of hot air and a jolt Harry felt himself being pulled by the portkey to his new destination, Banesclaw, a school for beginning aurors.
Looking up, the group found themselves in a paradise. To their backs, were the crystal clear waters of the sea, and ahead, towering tropical trees.
Harry's eyes glittered his amusement at the faces of his friends. "Guys look!" Harry said pointing at a wide path twisting into the trees. Spinning to face Harry, Sam gasped "Wicked." Harry still grinning, threw his arms around each of the girls, Sam, Audrie, Randi, and Kelsey.
"I really missed you guys." Then looking straight at Kelsey he said, "especially you, sis." Kelsey gave Harry another knowing hug and turned toward the path.
"Where do you think we are, because I'm sure that leads to the school." she said.
"We're in the Bermuda Triangle." Harry answered, "I came a few weeks ago to buy a place for me and the people I get grouped with when we get sorted."
"You sure don't like the idea of not having a roof over your head do you Harry?" Audrie teased. Harry gave a laugh and said, "Not really, but we better get going or they will think something happened to us." Harry picked up his back pack and started up the path followed by the girls.
The sandy white path twisted left and right leading Harry and the girls to the center of the island. At the end, the path branched off into three smaller paths. Two of the smaller paths circled around a large open courtyard scattered with shade trees, while the third path ran straight through the center of the courtyard. Harry took the path leading through the center and heard the others sigh a breath of relief when they realized that this path was paved in white stone, making it easier to pull their things.
"Just a little farther till we reach the school." Harry said as he saw Kelsey's exhausted face. Looking at the other three Harry could see that they needed a break and sat down in the grass next to the path. "Have a seat," he offered, "I don't think we're that late."
"You know, I think I liked being able to ride the train to school, better than walking to school," Randi said, her face reddened with the heat of the day and the pulling of her things.
"Guess Harry is the only smart one here," Sam laughed, "He already bought a house and he was smart enough to take all his things before hand." "No," said Harry, "I may have already brought my things, but I still had to walk all the way up to the school, you don't have to."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Audrie asked, slightly irritated.
"I mean that you don't have to walk to the school, you do remember how to apparate don't you," Harry said with a grin. "Why didn't you just say so before, you idiot, you just made us all walk all the way up that stupid, bloody path and you didn't tell us we couldn't apparate there, I wouldn't have done it if you would have said it was ok to apparate. Urh" Audrie growled. Randi, Sam, and Kelsey laughed, "Oh give it a rest will you, Audrie. You know now that you can. So we'll just apparate the rest of the way." Sam said still laughing.
Harry had been right apparating was a lot easier than walking, but the place they apparated to seemed slightly odd.
"Um, Harry, where are we exactly?" Kelsey asked as she and the other three girls looked around at them.
"Do you remember me saying that I bought a house for me and my new roommates? Well this is it." Harry said with a smirk.
"Harry this isn't a house, this is a castle!" Kelsey said excitedly, still looking around her. "And one that needs a good bit of work at that." Audrie muttered under her breath.
"HARRY, THAT YOU?" A voice hollered from outside. "YES ITS ME HEADMASTER GAVEN." Harry yelled back as he went to open the large wooden front door.
Warm afternoon sunshine flooded into the foyer giving it a dim glow. Kelsey, Audrie, Sam and Randi could now see that the room in which they stood was extremely large. The windows on all sides were boarded up, and the air seemed to be overflowing with dust.
With the door now open the girls could clearly see the man to whom the voice belonged. To their surprise he was older than he had sounded, his gray hair receded a little, and he had small creases around his bright ice blue eyes. However instead of the strict unforgiving kind of look one usually associates with a headmaster, this man had a very jovial look about him. A smile spread across his face as he saw that Harry wasn't alone.
"And who have you got there with you Harry?" the headmaster asked glancing back at Harry. "Oh, so sorry. These are my friends Samantha Lakelin, Audrie Ray, My sister Kelsey, and my cousin Randi.
They also received acceptance letters." Harry said pausing for the headmaster and the girls to finish up their introductions before asking, "Um sir where exactly do you want us to be? I mean when contacted us we were told to be here on the island today but you never mentioned where on the island." Headmaster Gaven smiled brightly at Harry. "Well son I guess the best way for you to find out would be to follow me." Harry looked back at the girls and nodded his head toward the door, "Ladies first," he said and then, "You can just leave your stuff here for now, we'll get it later."
Within minutes the small group found themselves standing in front of their new school, and even for those used to magic the sight of it was mind boggling.
"If only Hermione could see this." Randi gasped at the sight of the building that towered above her. Layers upon layers of large hard yellow bricks stood before them seemingly reaching for the sky. Each brick looked as though it weighed a ton. However instead of going straight up, the bricks made themselves into a layered pyramid, quite unlike the pyramids found in ancient Egypt. Above the cap of the large stone structure floating islands soared holding more bright yellowish stone rooms. "An old Mayan temple, with a few more magical touches of course," Headmaster Gaven announced, his pearly whites still showing.
Leading them on into the temple, Gaven showed them into a large open room half filled with people. Turning back to Harry and the girls he said, "Ok, now this is where you need to be and you are going to find out why in minute."
Then Gaven disappeared into the crowd only to reappear again atop a small stone stage decorated in intricate Mayan designs. "Welcome to Banesclaw ladies and gentlemen. For those of you I haven't already had the pleasure of greeting, I am Headmaster Gaven. Now I'm quite sure you all know why we are here so lets push on to more important business." Pulling his wand from his robes, Headmaster Gaven muttered a few inaudible words. His eyes twinkling, Gaven went on," Now that you have your boxes...," Harry looked down, in his left hand the box he had received on the day of his graduation lay unopened.
Glancing at the rest of the people around him, he realized they held their boxes as well. "That's a bloody good spell to know." He thought to himself turning his attention back to the man on stage.
" We can begin," Gavin finished. To Harry's astonishment, another man Harry recognized easily as Professor Lupin, took the stage. "Good afternoon, I am Professor Lupin. Here at Banesclaw, like most other magicing schools, we separate our students into groups, however the groups you will be separated into tonight will not be done because you have the same I.Q. as the other students or because you are pureblooded and so on. These groups are made because these are the people your powers will work the best with. And remember I did not say that you would get along well with the people in your group, but that your powers will work best with theirs. Each group is required to live together in one of the islands castles, houses or dorms. There are no lights out and like a muggle college, we here Banesclaw will not force you to come to classes or be on time. You are grown ups and must act as such." Lupin paused to let his words sink in, and continued. "Each grouping of students will be responsible for coming up with their own group name, which you will submit to Headmaster Gaven."
Harry looked around as Lupin said this to see some of the students already beginning to formulate a name. "Ok, let's start the sorting. Take the item you were given in your acceptance box and put it on. This item is to stay on you at all times. And there will be no excuses that you lost it in the ocean or your dog ate it, because each of these items has a charm placed on it so that it will not come off unless you take it off. These items are also waterproof so you may get them wet. After you leave Banesclaw these items will stay with you because from this moment on these items are yours to keep." Harry opened the sleek wooden box and placed the ring inside on his middle finger.
At once the stone in it began to change color. At first the color seemed to flicker ever so slightly but the longer Harry stared at the ring the more he realized that the ring was showing him two colors not one. The first color was gray and the second a light baby blue. It was extremely cool the way the colors changed, and it reminded him of the muggle invention of a mood ring.
After a moment or two, Harry looked back up to see professor Lupin waiting on the crowd to calm down. He seemed to be enjoying the looks on the faces of his new students. Professor Lupin held up his hand to silence the questions that were now being thrown at him in a frenzy of loud voices.
"Now hold on," he bellowed, "I will answer all your questions after you have been sorted." But regardless of this statement he was still being questioned.
"THAT IS QUITE ENOUGH" Headmaster Gaven hollered. Sudden silence followed. "Thank you," said professor Lupin with a sigh, "now I will tell you who you have been sorted to stay with."
Clearing his throat, Lupin took a long sheet of parchment from Headmaster Gavin and began to call the names of the people in group one. Harry paid rapt attention to the names being called in case Professor Lupin called him, but by the time group three was being called Harry was just hopng this part would soon be over.
"Group four, Audrie Ray." Harry snapped to attention, that was a name he knew.
Glancing at Audrie, Harry gave a little smile as she walked towards the stage, and turned back towards Lupin who was now calling, "Kelsey Potter."
Harry felt his stomach lurch as he heard his sister's name, what if they didn't put him in the same group as her. "Samantha Lakelin, Randi Potter, and...," Lupin stopped, gave an almost unnoticeable smile and announced, "Harry Potter."
Harry walked to the stage to meet the rest of his friends. As he climbed the stairs to the side of the stage Harry heard Professor Lupin call Headmaster Gaven over and say, "Sir there's something wrong. There are only five people in group four. We're missing one." Headmaster Gaven studied the list a moment longer and said," Don't worry about right now Lupin we'll figure it out later."
The small group of friends looked at each other smiling at their luck and ran together in a large hug. "This is going to be great!" Kelsey said as she hugged her brother one more time.
Together they began to descend down the steps of the stage when a scream was heard in the crowd. It had come from the wall closest to the door, and as the small group watched it seemed like something was making its way to the stage steps. To every ones surprise six small furry creatures found their way straight onto the stage where Harry had backed himself and the girls for a better look.
The creatures made their way past Lupin and Gaven who stood stark still at the sight in front of them. Six small, puffy, long tailed creatures stood in front of group four eyeing each of its new members. They resembled small monkeys, but their bodies were much more stocky than that of a normal monkey. Their ears were huge and pointed, and each of these creatures faintly resembled the other except for their coloration.
Professor Lupin gasped, "Unbelievable, Kelekri." Harry turned toward Professor Lupin to ask what he meant but he was compelled to pick up one of the creatures in front of him.
It was as if something had taken control over his body.
Harry moved to the front of the stage where the small creatures waited. To his left he heard a gurgly voice," Serga pick Harry. Harry is Serga's friend."
One of the small monkey like creatures glowed, breaking itself from the short line they had made. Harry felt compelled to kneel down on one knee. From the corner of his eye he watched what seemed a fuzzy gray blob approach.
Harry tried to move his eyes in the direction of the thing, tried to move his hands, but he couldn't. He felt like a puppet or a statue, or maybe it was both. Goose bumps formed on his arms, running across his back. The gray blob came closer, but still he couldn't move. Harry's arm moved itself toward the on coming magical creature.
He again heard the thing claim him as friend. "Should I be scared ," Harry asked himself. "Harry no scared, Harry is Serga's friend. Serga love Harry." The thing cooed to him. It was then Harry realized the thing no longer had control over his body, and that he, himself, no longer felt threatened by its presence.
"What are you little one?" He whispered to the thing as it scurried onto his shoulder, softly nuzzling his neck. "Serga is Kelekri," it whispered back.
Harry motioned the girls forward, showing them it was safe. Each one did as he had done, and knelt down extending their arms toward the remaining Kelekri.
One by one the Kelekri, all but one, began to glow. It was a soft, faint light followed by the gurgling voices of the magical beings as they choose their lifelong friends.
Harry watched as they choose and soon realized there was one left. "Maybe this one isn't going to choose," he thought to himself. As soon as the thought flickered into his brain, the last Kelekri turned to him, it's red eyes seemingly trying to pierce his skin.
"Letra will wait, Letra knows her friend will come. Then Letra will choose." With that the Kelekri turned, her long puff ended tail whipping, and led Group 4 through the crowd.
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"So what are we going to call ourselves?" Sam asked cuddling her golden masked kelekri, Rispa.
"Name later, Kai hungry now," Randi's kelekri chimed in. Randi smiled at her new friend, "Your right, Kai. Food does sound good right now. My stomach's been growling since we got back here to the house."
"Mine too," Audrie called from the corner of the room where she and her kelekri, Demon, stood checking out the room.
"Well, I could use some food too," Kelsey added with a growl of her stomach.
Harry looked around at each of the girls who were now all staring at him. "What?" he asked, "Don't look at me. "
"Harry, you're the only one of us who's been to the island. You must know where to get something." Kelsey said almost pleadingly.
"Well your wrong, I don't know where we can get any food, at least not here." Harry said, a smirk forming on his face. "Well, where then Harry?" Sam asked, she too seemed to plead.
"Hold on, I'll be right back." Harry blinked out as he apparated, leaving the four girls in a stunned silence. "He could have least told us where he was going," Audrie said her eyes wide, mouth agape.
A half hour later Harry reappeared with to heavily laden brown paper bags and a cup carrier all sporting a large "M" on the sides.
The smells of burgers and fries filled the room. "Let's eat," Harry said smiling handing Randi a paper wrapped burger.
"Umm, Harry is this muggle food," Sam asked with a look of disgust on her face.
"Of course it is," he said not noticing, or maybe ignoring, the look of disgust on her face.
"What is it?" Audrie asked, she too seemed disgusted.
"Look, it was all I could find, but double cheeseburgers and fries are great. Not to mention I got you cokes too. So please just try it, it won't kill you the first time, ok" Harry said hoping they wouldn't be to upset, at least he had tried.
Sam looked at Harry then back at the burger. With a small grimace she closed her yes and took a bite.
Within seconds she was all but inhaling the burger and fries, a look of pure ecstasy on her face. After that, no one could argue, this was one of the best meals they had ever eaten. Although Harry said that they should try pizza later.