In time pain can be overcome,
As long as help is there.
In time pain will come along,
But friends can keep you from despair.
A place of treachery and cruelty,
Our earth is quite profound.
And in its place is beauty,
Waiting to be found.
A world we only dream of,
A place where dreams are made.
In times without friends and love,
We wish to go where god forbade.
The Land of Ea Terra,
A land unto it's own.
Will help you to recover,
When trust is overthrown.
Like he who once was counted on,
He who now is feared.
The land will be a place to run.
A place that he holds dear.
"So, Harry, where have you been?" Sirius asked scuffing up Harry's hair.
"Ea Terra, I told you that in the letter I wrote 10 years ago. About five months to you, though." Harry said, swatting Sirius' hand away.
"Where on earth is that?" Sirius asked, bewildered. He let the 10 year part slide for now.
"Nowhere."
"What?"
"It isn't on earth. Ea Terra is what the place is called. I'm the High Lord there. I basically run the place. When I came back last I was only a Lord, initiated two years beforehand." Harry explained. "But the place we live in is a big stone mountain, around 500 meters high, it's like a town in a mountain, its called Dominus Arx, which translates to 'Lords Keep' where all the Lords live, as well as the rest of the towns people." Harry explained, warming up to Sirius once more.
Sirius himself was staring at Harry in wonderment. "What's it like there?"
"I remember the first time I ever went there. It was after that attack on Hogsmeade, which was about 17 years ago. I know I'm only twenty-five, but you see, what happened was when I came back the first time I 'de-aged' to my normal age. That didn't happen this time though, probably because I spent more time there this time." Harry explained. "Anyway, back to when I first got there, I remember waking up with blood all around me-."
"How, may I ask, can that be good?"
"Just let me finish!" Harry laughed. "As I said, there was blood all around me, it was my blood from the fighting in Hogsmeade. I walked and walked, I didn't know where I was going, but soon enough the soft, fluffy, green grass turned to razor sharp dark green grass. I remember all the cuts on my feet. But it only went for like two meters, and then there was a stream, it was a really weird stream too, you could see past the top layer of water.
"I stepped over the razor glass and straight into the water, that was a little bit of a mistake because my whole body vanished and then my head went with it, but when I came above the water my head was visible again. Anyway, I floated downstream for like an hour or two; I found that the water healed most of my cuts and stuff.
"Suddenly, I felt something pull on my leg, it tried drowning me, I managed to get out of the water, the razor grass was gone, but there was this man there. He's still living in Ea Terra; he's almost like a grandfather, Lord Mollahan. That's his name." Harry paused and was thoughtful for a moment. "The sky is almost always blue there, it only rains on the rare occasion, but the waters are enough to feed the grounds."
"Sounds like paradise."
"It is. Elena loves it there, too. Only last year she started to want to come back here. Last year for me, that is." Harry said smiling fondly. "She's a good kid, you know. She's like Celestina's and my own, we treat her as ours anyway."
"You really like her don't you?"
"Who?"
"Both."
"Yeah. Have I told you? Celestina and I are married now." Harry smiled. "They are the family I always wanted."
Just then the doors to the Entrance Hall opened with a bang and in rushed a whole group of Rangers who surrounded Harry, wands and bows pointed to him and Sirius.
"What a nice welcome. I told you this would happen if I came back and stayed, didn't I Sirius?" Harry asked exasperatedly. "Tell Elena and Celestina that instead of them going home by themselves, I'll pick them up." He glared one more time around at the Rangers, all hooded and masked, and was just leaving when Sirius grabbed onto him.
***
Lord Fahey, the newest addition to the Lords of Dominus Arx and Ea Terra, was currently walking around the great stone mountain when she ran into High Lord Potter and another man that she'd only ever seen pictures of. Harry hadn't been due back for a while, so naturally she was worried as to what the two of them were doing here.
"High Lord." She greeted in the Lord's fashion, placing one hand on her chest, the other one palm out towards Harry.
"Lord Fahey." Harry said, returning the bow with a smile. "Enough of the formalities," he said, "This is Sirius Black, my godfather."
"Mr. Black." Lord Fahey greeted Sirius in the same manner she had with Harry, excluding the bow. Sirius was quite a good looking man, she realized as she looked at him, he looked much nicer than any of Harry's pictures showed and he bowed and returned the gesture awkwardly. "May I have a word, High Lord?" She added to Harry and gestured to a corner.
"Yes, you may."
Harry and Lord Fahey walked around the corner. "Harry, what is he doing here? I didn't think you'd be back for a while?" She dropped all formal speech and showed her confusion.
"Sorry. He tried to grab me just as I was coming back, I couldn't take him straight back because going twice in the one day tires me out too much. I came home early because I didn't exactly get a warm welcome. The Rangers were called and they started pointing their wands and Arrows at me." Harry said wryly, tiredness showing through in his voice now that they had no company. It was proper for a Lord, especially the High Lord, to look calm and confident in anyone's but another Lord, or High Lords, company.
"That's fine! It is up to you who you bring to this place, but you must remember, it isn't right, if the wrong sort of people drink the waters of Dominus Arx, or eat the food from Ea Terra, there can be nasty after effects." Lord Fahey warned.
Harry nodded. "I tested him before we made our way here. I think he likes it here quite a lot, and he finds the Mug-lugs absolutely fascinating!" Harry said, a smile playing at his lips. "We had best be getting back to him, the people of Earth aren't all that patient, as you know."
***
Sirius had fallen in love with the place, no doubt about it. He loved the freshness of the air, the green of the grass and blue of the sky. It was like a paradise. The interesting little creatures in the water were strangely beautiful in their own way to. Harry hadn't told him what they were, only that they protected Domini. no. Dominus Axe. No. Dominus Arx! Only that they protected Dominus Arx from intruders.
But, he had to admit, them two sure could talk for a while. True, it had in reality been about five minutes, but it seemed like an eternity.
Sirius could hear a trickle of water. Harry had said that it ran through the mountain deep down, but they can't have been too far down, could they?
He was just about to go and investigate when Harry came around the corner, followed by the pretty red haired girl, Lord Fahey? Was it?
"Where are you going, Sirius?" Harry asked.
"Err. no where." Sirius said innocently. "I was just going to take a look around and see if I could find that water."
"I should warn you," Harry said grimly "not to go too far down. The water doesn't like to be touched down there, and you wouldn't like to touch it. Keep to the upper areas of the Mountain. But for now, I will take you to the Lords Meeting Room and you can meet the rest of my fellow Lords."
Sirius nodded and Harry pulled a staff out of thin air, it looked a little old though. He started murmuring words in a language Sirius couldn't quite understand as a blue fire ran all the way down the staff, lighting Harry's hand, which strangely didn't burn.
Then it stopped abruptly and the three were silent. Another bolt of fire ran up the staff and words were echoing from it. words Sirius couldn't understand, but words just the same. Harry smiled and started walking, gesturing for Lord Fahey and Sirius to follow him.
At that moment a boy who looked to be about Elena's age ran around the corner. "Lord Fahe-" He stopped and directed his question to Harry, hurriedly greeting him. "High Lord Potter, come quick! It's Azaria! She needs help down under! The water only works with the High Lord!" The boy said quickly.
"Lead the way James!" Harry said and ran after the boy, James, calling over his shoulder. "Lord Fahey, do the introductions."
And he ran off.
Sirius and Lord Fahey looked at each other; Lord Fahey shrugged and motioned for Sirius to follow her.
It was silent on the way up. They walked up more flights of rock and marble stairs than Sirius could count until they seemed to be only halfway up. Sirius tried to memorize the turns but he got confused at 45 right turns and 23 left.
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All right, that's the next chapter. Thanks for the reviews, people. I will do a thank you list on the next chap, but I thought you might like this one out now, instead of tomorrow or whatever. AllieSkittllez. Please review, as well, if you want this to keep going.
As long as help is there.
In time pain will come along,
But friends can keep you from despair.
A place of treachery and cruelty,
Our earth is quite profound.
And in its place is beauty,
Waiting to be found.
A world we only dream of,
A place where dreams are made.
In times without friends and love,
We wish to go where god forbade.
The Land of Ea Terra,
A land unto it's own.
Will help you to recover,
When trust is overthrown.
Like he who once was counted on,
He who now is feared.
The land will be a place to run.
A place that he holds dear.
"So, Harry, where have you been?" Sirius asked scuffing up Harry's hair.
"Ea Terra, I told you that in the letter I wrote 10 years ago. About five months to you, though." Harry said, swatting Sirius' hand away.
"Where on earth is that?" Sirius asked, bewildered. He let the 10 year part slide for now.
"Nowhere."
"What?"
"It isn't on earth. Ea Terra is what the place is called. I'm the High Lord there. I basically run the place. When I came back last I was only a Lord, initiated two years beforehand." Harry explained. "But the place we live in is a big stone mountain, around 500 meters high, it's like a town in a mountain, its called Dominus Arx, which translates to 'Lords Keep' where all the Lords live, as well as the rest of the towns people." Harry explained, warming up to Sirius once more.
Sirius himself was staring at Harry in wonderment. "What's it like there?"
"I remember the first time I ever went there. It was after that attack on Hogsmeade, which was about 17 years ago. I know I'm only twenty-five, but you see, what happened was when I came back the first time I 'de-aged' to my normal age. That didn't happen this time though, probably because I spent more time there this time." Harry explained. "Anyway, back to when I first got there, I remember waking up with blood all around me-."
"How, may I ask, can that be good?"
"Just let me finish!" Harry laughed. "As I said, there was blood all around me, it was my blood from the fighting in Hogsmeade. I walked and walked, I didn't know where I was going, but soon enough the soft, fluffy, green grass turned to razor sharp dark green grass. I remember all the cuts on my feet. But it only went for like two meters, and then there was a stream, it was a really weird stream too, you could see past the top layer of water.
"I stepped over the razor glass and straight into the water, that was a little bit of a mistake because my whole body vanished and then my head went with it, but when I came above the water my head was visible again. Anyway, I floated downstream for like an hour or two; I found that the water healed most of my cuts and stuff.
"Suddenly, I felt something pull on my leg, it tried drowning me, I managed to get out of the water, the razor grass was gone, but there was this man there. He's still living in Ea Terra; he's almost like a grandfather, Lord Mollahan. That's his name." Harry paused and was thoughtful for a moment. "The sky is almost always blue there, it only rains on the rare occasion, but the waters are enough to feed the grounds."
"Sounds like paradise."
"It is. Elena loves it there, too. Only last year she started to want to come back here. Last year for me, that is." Harry said smiling fondly. "She's a good kid, you know. She's like Celestina's and my own, we treat her as ours anyway."
"You really like her don't you?"
"Who?"
"Both."
"Yeah. Have I told you? Celestina and I are married now." Harry smiled. "They are the family I always wanted."
Just then the doors to the Entrance Hall opened with a bang and in rushed a whole group of Rangers who surrounded Harry, wands and bows pointed to him and Sirius.
"What a nice welcome. I told you this would happen if I came back and stayed, didn't I Sirius?" Harry asked exasperatedly. "Tell Elena and Celestina that instead of them going home by themselves, I'll pick them up." He glared one more time around at the Rangers, all hooded and masked, and was just leaving when Sirius grabbed onto him.
***
Lord Fahey, the newest addition to the Lords of Dominus Arx and Ea Terra, was currently walking around the great stone mountain when she ran into High Lord Potter and another man that she'd only ever seen pictures of. Harry hadn't been due back for a while, so naturally she was worried as to what the two of them were doing here.
"High Lord." She greeted in the Lord's fashion, placing one hand on her chest, the other one palm out towards Harry.
"Lord Fahey." Harry said, returning the bow with a smile. "Enough of the formalities," he said, "This is Sirius Black, my godfather."
"Mr. Black." Lord Fahey greeted Sirius in the same manner she had with Harry, excluding the bow. Sirius was quite a good looking man, she realized as she looked at him, he looked much nicer than any of Harry's pictures showed and he bowed and returned the gesture awkwardly. "May I have a word, High Lord?" She added to Harry and gestured to a corner.
"Yes, you may."
Harry and Lord Fahey walked around the corner. "Harry, what is he doing here? I didn't think you'd be back for a while?" She dropped all formal speech and showed her confusion.
"Sorry. He tried to grab me just as I was coming back, I couldn't take him straight back because going twice in the one day tires me out too much. I came home early because I didn't exactly get a warm welcome. The Rangers were called and they started pointing their wands and Arrows at me." Harry said wryly, tiredness showing through in his voice now that they had no company. It was proper for a Lord, especially the High Lord, to look calm and confident in anyone's but another Lord, or High Lords, company.
"That's fine! It is up to you who you bring to this place, but you must remember, it isn't right, if the wrong sort of people drink the waters of Dominus Arx, or eat the food from Ea Terra, there can be nasty after effects." Lord Fahey warned.
Harry nodded. "I tested him before we made our way here. I think he likes it here quite a lot, and he finds the Mug-lugs absolutely fascinating!" Harry said, a smile playing at his lips. "We had best be getting back to him, the people of Earth aren't all that patient, as you know."
***
Sirius had fallen in love with the place, no doubt about it. He loved the freshness of the air, the green of the grass and blue of the sky. It was like a paradise. The interesting little creatures in the water were strangely beautiful in their own way to. Harry hadn't told him what they were, only that they protected Domini. no. Dominus Axe. No. Dominus Arx! Only that they protected Dominus Arx from intruders.
But, he had to admit, them two sure could talk for a while. True, it had in reality been about five minutes, but it seemed like an eternity.
Sirius could hear a trickle of water. Harry had said that it ran through the mountain deep down, but they can't have been too far down, could they?
He was just about to go and investigate when Harry came around the corner, followed by the pretty red haired girl, Lord Fahey? Was it?
"Where are you going, Sirius?" Harry asked.
"Err. no where." Sirius said innocently. "I was just going to take a look around and see if I could find that water."
"I should warn you," Harry said grimly "not to go too far down. The water doesn't like to be touched down there, and you wouldn't like to touch it. Keep to the upper areas of the Mountain. But for now, I will take you to the Lords Meeting Room and you can meet the rest of my fellow Lords."
Sirius nodded and Harry pulled a staff out of thin air, it looked a little old though. He started murmuring words in a language Sirius couldn't quite understand as a blue fire ran all the way down the staff, lighting Harry's hand, which strangely didn't burn.
Then it stopped abruptly and the three were silent. Another bolt of fire ran up the staff and words were echoing from it. words Sirius couldn't understand, but words just the same. Harry smiled and started walking, gesturing for Lord Fahey and Sirius to follow him.
At that moment a boy who looked to be about Elena's age ran around the corner. "Lord Fahe-" He stopped and directed his question to Harry, hurriedly greeting him. "High Lord Potter, come quick! It's Azaria! She needs help down under! The water only works with the High Lord!" The boy said quickly.
"Lead the way James!" Harry said and ran after the boy, James, calling over his shoulder. "Lord Fahey, do the introductions."
And he ran off.
Sirius and Lord Fahey looked at each other; Lord Fahey shrugged and motioned for Sirius to follow her.
It was silent on the way up. They walked up more flights of rock and marble stairs than Sirius could count until they seemed to be only halfway up. Sirius tried to memorize the turns but he got confused at 45 right turns and 23 left.
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All right, that's the next chapter. Thanks for the reviews, people. I will do a thank you list on the next chap, but I thought you might like this one out now, instead of tomorrow or whatever. AllieSkittllez. Please review, as well, if you want this to keep going.