Disclaimer: see previous chapter, and I am borrowing the name of the Icarii race, which belongs to Sara Douglas

Yav: hehe they aren't exactly mine...see disclaimer...I'm just borrowing them and changing them around a bit

Lauren: yeah, I do remember you!! Thanks for reviewing!! Cana is Latin for dog and Lupa is Latin for Wolf, both in the feminine form...you'll get it later

A/N: Italics is for someone singing

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Ron didn't know how it happened. He and Harry were trying to find their way down to the entrance of the Icarii palace from their rooms. It hadn't exactly worked out that way. Work on the their sense of direction was in definitely in order, decided Ron. Somehow, they two boys had managed to end up in the armory, where the ominous Dragonspell was said to dwell at all times. Naturally, the door locked from both the inside and outside, so the boys were trapped until someone came.

"Think we'll run into Dragonspell?" asked Ron.

Harry shrugged and looked around the room with interest. "Can't say it wouldn't be interesting," He winked and went over to one of the windows. "Don't see anyone outside..."

Ron looked at his best friend and shook his head smiling. Harry had certainly been happier since Sirius came back and spending time with him and Lupin had helped Harry grow in confidence, and realize that not everything was his fault.

"Why are you in the armory?" Demanded a booming voice near the door. The boys jumped. They hadn't heard anyone enter, but when they turned around, no one was there.

Harry spoke up first, "Er...sorry, Mister Dragonspell...we got lost..." Assuming that it was Dragonspell of course. According to Renee, he was the only one with a key to the armory, besides the royals.

The voice did something odd; it collapsed into giggles. "Dragonspell is my father!" Harry and Ron turned around again to find a little boy with black hair and ice blue eyes sitting by a display of swords. He waved at them. "My name is Kaiji, and no one who knows Dad really well calls him Dragonspell. They call him Bane."

"Do you think you could lead us out of here, Kaiji?" Ron asked politely.

Kaiji looked at them quizzically, "The window's open, why don't you fly out?" Only then did Ron, and apparently Harry, notice the little boy's steel gray wings.

"We can't fly." Said Harry.

"Without brooms anyway...." Muttered Ron.

Kaiji smiled, "You must be with the visitors. Dad said he's going to train you so that you'll be prepared for Renee and Gillian's class."

Ron glanced at Harry who had a quizzical look on his face. "How old are you, Kaiji?" Harry asked.

"I'm one year old!" Kaiji announced with pride.

Ron's jaw dropped. This kid was way to well spoken and intelligent to be only a year old. Little did Ron know that Icarii children are awakened in the mother's womb by one of their parents. Their minds are always as work; before learning to talk, Icarii babies talk to people telepathically.

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Dragonspell Seawind, or Bane, as friends called him, was getting impatient. He'd only agreed to start the human's training because Riley had asked him. That was one thing that he liked about her, Riley never abused her power as queen and she never really commanded people to do things they didn't want to unless the need was dire. Dragonspell didn't know much about humans... Only that a.) When he was a young boy (many centuries before) a group of humans had tried to capture him for his wings and b.) They had greatly hurt Riley and her daughter Renee. So he was wary of them. Hence why he was being dead silent to Remus Lupin.

Remus sighed in frustration, "Look, Riley sent me to find you and tell you that I'm going to help you demonstrate sword fighting to the others."

"You are Remus, correct?" Folding his muscular arms, Dragonspell leaned against the nearest tree.

Remus had the urge to band his head relentlessly against said tree. "That's what I've been trying to tell you for the past half hour!"

Dragonspell's eyes narrowed and Remus had the distinct feeling that his soul was being read. "You are also Wolfstar."

Remus had a sudden flashback. "B-b-Bane?" he stuttered, clearly amazed. Bane hadn't aged at all from when Remus had first met him. Silver hair, crimson wings, fierce golden eyes, and an ageless face.

"Aye, you remember me now, cub?"

Remus nodded, "Yes, you were the one who came to me when I was little, playing in my room, and you told me that name...and the name of my mate."

"You were the first human destined to be with an Icarii, though, I suppose it makes sense, seeing as Wolfsoul is half human herself."

Dragonspell broke off seeing Lupin smile sadly. "What is wrong, young one?"

"You refer to me as human, but I'm not. I am a monster."

Dragonspell snorted, "An obscenely tame monster then."

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Gillian walked along the lavish halls of the palace, luckily she knew her way around from having visited the previous summer. At the moment Gillian was leading Fred, George, Hermione, Cathryn, and Ginny to the field where they would begin their training with Dragonspell and a few other instructors.

"Where's Renee?" asked George, with seeming innocence, causing Fred to blush.

"Most likely plotting her revenge," replied Cathryn grinning wickedly. The kids' rooms were all connected so it was common knowledge among them that Fred (George was in their bathroom) accidentally hopped in the shower with Renee, not knowing she was in there. The result? The two avoided each other since that morning. As Cathryn said, Renee was most probably coming up with revenge for poor Fred. She didn't know it wasn't on purpose.

"It was an accident!" Fred moaned.

"I love it when he's embarrassed," Ginny remarked happily.

Gillian was about to reply when what appeared to be a blur of feathers swooped down from the dark rafters, grabbed Fred and flew away with him. "Renee!" Yelled Gillian.

"What?" asked Renee as she emerged from a room on Gillian's right.

Cathryn looked puzzled. "If you didn't take Fred...who did?"

Picking up a dark pink feather, Renee replied simply, "The matchmaker."

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"Where are Harry and Ron? Fred's not here either," observed Remus.

"Fred was abducted, and the whereabouts of Harry and Ron are not known at present." Replied Renee. At that precise moment, Fred was dropped from the sky, yelling curses, but Renee caught him. "You're heavy!"

"You calling me fat?" replied Fred, pretending to look himself over worriedly. Renee rolled her eyes and dropped him on the ground, still mad about that morning.

Dragonspell watched the antics of these teenagers with raised eyebrows. "Dad!" He turned his head as he heard his son call. Kaiji flew gracefully from the sky, landing on his father's shoulders. Only then did Dragonspell notice two one-inch teens clinging to Kaiji's shoulder for dear life. He snapped his fingers and Harry and Ron became life-size again, looking quite out of sorts.

"What have I told you about shrinking people?"

"Only in self defense," muttered Kaiji abashedly.

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Eh, that was kinda crappy...sorry guys...baaad week, and sorry for the long time it took to update! I'll try to get the next one up sooner, okies? Review please!

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