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Normally the life of Hermione Granger during the summer wasn't as exciting as it normally was during the school year, as then she was around Ron and Harry, but this summer? Oh, this had to have been the most exciting time of her entire life. After last night, however, she was postive that her life was about to get even more exciting expically today, since it was Harry's brithday and he was the reason behind last night as well.
Flashback
"Err.....Hermione?"wispered Harry sounding rather uncertin and nervous, very unlike the new Harry she had been trying to get used to for that last couple days and more like that old one, that she'd known so well.
"Yes Harry?"asked Hermione with a small smile.
"Ca-Can we talk......alone?"asked Harry motioning towards the doorway, which just happened to lead right into Harry's new classroom which the two had just found after over an hour of searching, since the castle had apparently been expand since Harry was in the founder's time period, so his classroom had been lost years ago in the hustle of building on and expanding.
"Sure thing."she had answered moving into the room which had fully amplitheature type feel to it as there was a dueling platform, dueling dummies and muggle boxing ring and weights for lifting.
"So what is it you wanted to talk about Harry?"she had asked after they had been there staring at the other for over ten mintues. Saying this, however, seemed to be the thing to snap Harry out of his funk and he quickly moved closer to her and took her hands in his own.
"Hermione. As you know, there is one reason and only one reason I went back in time, that reason is because I realized I had fallen in love with someone, but not just anyone. This witch was all I could imagion.....ever. She was everything any man could ever wish for smart, bueatiful, loving, and best of all........you."Harry said with tears running down his face as he looked into her own eyes with nothing short of pure and total love.
Afterr that all she really remembered was moving to his new rooms and doing 'stuff' that she'd only ever dreamed about doing one day.
End Flashback
It was then that Hermione noticed that Harry was now awake and watching her, with a huge lop sided grin on his face.
"Good morning, bueatiful."muttered Harry kissing her on the forehead.
"I could say the same to you as well."answered Hermione with a smirk as she rather quickly jercked the covers that had been covering them both off and onto herself entirely.
An hour and a half later, found Harry and Hermione walking into the Great Hall holding hands and each with a rather satusifed grin on their face.
"Harry!"came two voices that Harry would never have forgotten as they yelled his name and not a moment later he was enveloped in the arms of both Ginny Weasley and Mrs. Weasley as well.
"I think he needs to breath mum."said Charlie Weasley from where he, Bill, Mr. Weasley and the twins were standing most of them laughing.
"Oh! I'm so sorry Harry dear!"cried Mrs. Weasley tears in her eyes as both she and Ginny released him.
"There's no need to worry Mrs. Weasley, I'm quite alright."said Harry with a grand smile.
"It's Molly dear. Now, where is it you have been off to?"Mrs. Weasley practially bellowed at him, causing everyone else in the room to wince at her tone.
"In the time period that the Founder's of Hogwarts were alive. The reason I went there was not for myself, but for my love of all of you, but Hermione espically."answered Harry with a small smile now.
"That has got to have been the most selfless thing I've ever heard of."muttered Mrs. Weasley before she broke down sobbing into Harry's shoulder as Mr. Weasley quickly ran over to take her out of the hall, aparently towards a set of rooms for them.
"So, what all did you do back in the founder's time?"questioned Bill with a smirk.
"Well, what would you like to know besides the fact that I became the Minister of Magic back then, as I am now here, and also the First Headmaster of Hogwarts ever."he answered with a grin.
"We knew that from The Quibbler already, Harry."said Ginny with a smirk. "We wanted to know what else it was you did."she added.
"Well, what would you like to see? I mean, you have to guess if you want to know if I have the ablity or not."answered Harry with a secretive look.
"Show us some Parsle Magic."came Professor Dumbledore's voice from where he and most of the other teachers quickly walked into the room, with a few other Order members as well.
"I'm sorry Headmaster, but if I were to try any Parsle Magic before my magic fully recovers I may not wake up for a few weeks again."answered Harry causing Hermione and the others who had been in the Headmaster's office the day before to glare at him.
"But you said that your magic was fully recovered!"argued Joshua with a angry look on his face.
"My human magic true, that has been fully recovered. My Parsle, Arts of Magic, Elven Magic, and Elemental Magic are all still at about half or less than that of their true strength, mainly because of the time traveling spell, but also from my battle with Weasley."said Harry growling out the last part of Ron's name.
"What are we going to do with Ron anyway?"asked Hermione with a frown.
"Well, the spell I used normally would have take his magic for a week or two, but......"Harry trailed off trying to figure out what to say.
"But what?"probed Fred.
"I sort of neglitced one of my rules for using Parsle Magic, when I casted the spell. Instead of only putting the normal required amount of magic behind the spell. I sort of just jumped right into my magical well."answered a now very sheepish looking Harry.
"You WHAT!?"came the bellow of five different voices from the one portrit in the Great Hall, which normally set empty, so empty that this was the first time, even Professor Dumbledore had seen the occupants of it, all of whom were staring at Harry in total shock.
"You realize Kentano, that you have probally opened a rift in his family's magical line correct?"snarled a blonde man who seemed to look rather like another in the picture, one of the women who had the same, hair, emerald eyes, but rather more intelligant look in her eyes.
"I do Salazar, that is why I had planned to fix my mistake as soon as I finished explaining what it was I had done wrong."answered Harry rather cooly, so much so that even Severus seemed to shiver.
"What did he mean by rift?"asked Ginny looking a little scared.
"He ment that if I don't correct my mistake of using so much power in the spell on Ron, then everyone in your family, even distant relatives, may start to feel the side effects."answered Harry with a deep sigh before turning back to the portrit. "How do you think I should go about repairing the damage?"
"You'll have to find someone with the almost exact same magical siguniture. After you do this, you'll have to use the magical creation spell to copy that siguniture before transfering your own magical energy to him, I'm afraid."spoke up the man who had deep black hair, and eyes the same color of Harry's, in fact they looked almost like brothers, except for the fact that Harry's eyes now tended to change color every now in then.
"That's what I thought. Should I try the tracking spell to locate the correct magical siguniture?"asked Harry with yet another sigh.
"That'll work."said the woman who held the look of knoweldge in her eyes.
"Alright, I thank you all for your help."said Harry before the others in the room watched the portrit empty once again.
"What are you going to do Harry?"asked Hermione looking slightly worried as she noticed Harry seemed to be struggling with something.
"I......I have to cast the one spell I've never been able to cast before. If I mess it up one more time, the magical backlash could be so great that all of Scotland would fall into the northern atlantic. That's why I'll need Albus, Hermione, Severus, Joshua, Minerva, Filvus, Ginny and Hagrid to create a magical sheild around the school from the outside. The spell will allow me to search through everyone in the world be magical or non-magical, so that I can find the one person who is Ron's match. In other words, Ron's soul mate. If I can do this and it works, Ron will likely come back to our side of the war, there by giving us a weapon that would probally be half of my own magical strength thanks to Riddle's aging rituals and power transfers. If I fail, however, there is the chance that not even your combined sheild will be great enough to stop the backlash, which is why I plan to setup a wall of Elements in your sheild, by using my connection with Hermione."answered Harry with a sigh as most looked at him slightly confused as well as looking at Hermione.
"What connection do you two share?"asked Ginny with a small smile on her face.
"The connection we share is the same one I'll be looking for with Ron."answered Harry drawing a small smile to the people in the room's faces.
"What do we have to do first Harry?"asked Albus with a small smile.
"I need all, but the ones of you I mentioned to please head down to Hogsmade and prepare for a possible magical backlash."Harry stated and before long there were only nine people left in the room, all with a determined look on their faces. "Now, the sheild I'll need you to cast is a multi-layer power sheild. I know you may think I'm crazy for including both a person who was expelled wrongly in his third year and another who has yet to start her fifth year, but as I'm now slightly empathic, I can assure you that all in this room hold enough power to almost surpass my own, but only if I were to have a really bad cold."he added getting a small laugh from Joshua and Severus.
"How will we cast this spell?"asked Filvus with a small worried look.
"I'll use the connection between me and Hermione to transfer some of my power into her part of the spell, as well as telling her when to start the spell."answered Harry.
"Wouldn't there be a chance of a magical rift in your own magic, Harry?"asked Severus with a slightly conserned tone in his voice.
"I'm afraid that is a risk I must take inorder to be sure that the Weasley's may live on."answered Harry with a small sigh, causing Hermione to squeeze his hand in reassurance.
"Isn't there anyway to just block off the spread from Ron's magic?"asked Joshua with a small thoughtful look on his face.
"There is, but there's also the chance that the block would rift once again, maybe in a time I am not avaiable and if that were to happen, the Weasley's would end up losing their magic forever, this is the reason I must do this, now can you all please head on outside, I would like to talk with Hermione alone for a moment."said Harry with a look at Hermione who looked to be struggling a bit to keep apparent tears at bay.
"We'll be waiting outside then."spoke up Minerva with a small smile before she and the others left the hall, leaving Harry and Hermione alone, where she immedeatly broke down into tears sobbing madly into his shoulder.
"Shush, it'll be alright, I promise you Hermione. There's nothing that could ever stop me from seeing you again. No matter what happens when I cast this spell, know that I will always love you and that I will be there for you."said Harry taking Hermione's face in his hands and making her look him in the eyes before softly kissing her on the lips.
"I know, I just don't want to risk losing you ever again, Harry. I was so worried when Tonks came to Headquaters saying that you had went missing, it felt like some one had ripped my heart out and was stomping on it over and over again. But when Hedwig came, it was like there might be some glemar of hope that you were alright, and that my life might still one day be whole."said Hermione tears running down her face.
"Hermione, know this, one day I will marry you, but not until I have taken care of Riddle. If we were to do so before then, I know for a fact that he'd never stop at anything to get to you, just promise me that you're alright with that?"said Harry after once again kissing Hermione's forehead.
"I promise, just make sure you stay alive to keep that promise."answered Hermione before kissing him once again and then heading out of the hall to meet with the others.
"I hope I can, Hermione."wispered Harry before he turned around and faced the head table before summoning his staff to him.
'I should probally have Hedwig here in case something does in fact go wrong, not that it would, it didn't last time.'thought Harry with a small smile before pulling a small whisle from his robe pocket and blowing on it once before in a flash of gold and white flames Hedwig appeared.
(A/N: Alright, from now on means Pheniox talk, means mind speaking, means what I'm translating from the Elven Language guide I've got, ask me for the link if you want, that's all for now, oh and this should be about the length of the first chapie, I hope if not sorry, some times I lose my place and I now have Michelle to think about so yeah, 'til the end of the chapie then! Kimaru-Merlin)
What did you need Harry?asked Hedwig in pheniox tounge.
Do you remember the sheild I had you cast with your magic the time I had to save Ashley?inquired Harry with a small smile on his face.
Yes Harry, but might I ask why?trilled Hedwig with her own smile from where she now rested on Harry's shoulder.
Ron was spelled by Riddle or most likely Lucius in the Department back before school left out and he tried to join Riddle. I ended up battling him and he was almost too much for my normal energy so I just dropped him with the Magical Drain spell, but it sorta back fired, apparently he had some sort of sheild up that sucked out more of my power than intented and has created a small rift in the Weasley magic, I believe.answered Harry.
Not a problem Harry, but shouldn't you also have an Elemental Sheild up as well?asked Hedwig in a trill.
I was going to mind link with Hermione here in a moment and unlock some of the abilties I senced in her when I arrived. I swear, the real reason I even was out of it earlier was because of an over load that was caused by the fact that not one of my anicent magics have survived to this time period. I'll be lucky if even the Ravenclaws know what my classes will consist of, since the information seems to be rather overly controlled by the Ministry, so much so that I know every single person who even thought about the possiblitly of any thing relating to them. Anyway, lets get this over and done with, alright Hedwig?trilled Harry before opening his mind and easyly find Hermione's magical signuture before send a small bump with his magic to it instantly creating a mind like.
Hermione, can you hear me?asked Harry with a smirk on his face as he could see her in his mind's eye jump about a foot in the air.
Harry? Wow, this is unbelieveable! Can you teach me to do this by myself? Have you tried to find the limits-started Hermione before Harry cut her off.
Hermione! Listen, I'll tell you everything you want to know about it later, I'll even let you read Helga and my book about it. Anyway, I'm going to unlock a small portition of the magic you have, but would never had learned of had I not gone back to the Founder's time, as the magic was mostly forgotten about during the Dark Ages.answered Harry before feeling Hermione give a small nod, through the connection. After feeling this, he quickly opened the link a bit larger, just enough so that he could slip his conunsiousness into the folds of Hermione's magic which for a muggle born witch was rather strong and deep. He could see one problem though, there was a block.
He had only found a block of this proportion on himself, and the magical siguniture of the block was the exact same. It was Voldemort's. Harry had no idea of how the Dark Lord had managed to install a block on his own magic, let alone Hermione's. That bit would have to be traced back to its source at a later date, now however he had to carefully remove the block and quickly.
Ten mintues later and the magical block that Hermione had recieved at some point in time from Lord Voldemort was removed fully. Now, he could start the process of releasling her Elemental ablities, which didn't really take that long for him to do, as while he had been removing the block, he had gathered her magic into sections much like his own were, making her magic much more easy to access. The only problem was, she had a type of magic he had never seen before also within her, and that bit he had put farther from reach than her others.
After activating her Elemental ablities, Harry drew back the power into the link quickly, before trying to speak with her again, finding the process much easier this time.
Hermione, I finished with releasing your Elemental ablities. It wouldn't have taken so long, but there was a form of magical block that I had to remove. Anyway, see if you can now call upon the air to create a sort of wall around Hogwarts protecting the area around it, alright?asked Harry with a small smile on his face, as he could feel the wall go up around the school almost at once.
I-I did it Harry. That was amazing! I can't believe it, is there anything else I should try?Hermione asked with a slighlty hopeful sound in her voice.
Yes. Now, ask the fire of the earth to rise and join with the air. I'll let you add anything else you wish as well, but don't try to add anything that could get out of your control, alright?asked Harry with a small smirk now, as he had felt her adding almost everything she could think of to the sheild.
Alright Harry, I won't and it's done anyway. Are you going to try to find her now, Harry?asked Hermione with a slighlty worried tone in her mental voice.
Yes, Hermione. Don't worry, all will be alright. Now, instruct the others to raise their sheild would you?asked Harry before he felt the sheild from the others go up around the school. I'm leaving now Hermione, don't try to contact me and just keep the sheilds together no matter what happens alright?
I will Harry, I love you.she added as a sorta of wisper before Harry closed the mental link and now saw the inside of the Great Hall before him again.
"Time to get started then."he wispered to himself before calling his staff to himself and sitting down in a sort of Indian Style sit on the floor with his staff lying across his lap, his hands on one end of it each. A moment later he felt Hedwig raise her own brand of sheild as his eyes closed and he started to wisper the spell he would cast over and over. "Elea ie' dome Elea ie' dome Elea ie' dome Elea ie' dome."while thinking of Ron.
A moment later, Harry felt his own magic casting itself out around the entire globe, searching for the match that would save not only Ron, but the entire Weasley family. He felt his magic moving through out the world. First in Japan, then China, then Austrlia before moving through all of Asia and not finding anything, so quickly moving on through Europe still finding nothing. He quickly moved through England becoming slightly worried at not finding nothing so far, but moving on to the westren hemisphere. Upon starting his search he was able to immadtly find a very strong pull towards the United State known as Virginia. Sending out more of his magic into the state, he quickly found the small town in which the person who would be Ron's soul mate could be found. From the looks of it though, it was a completely muggle town by the name of Floyd County, on the western edge of the state.
Ending the spell after locating the person of who could save Ron and the Weasleys. He quickly motioned for Hedwig to end her sheild before standing and walking towards the door of the great hall the pheniox falling him the entire way.
Hermione, would you please ask everyone to end the spells?asked Harry through a quick mental message before throwing open the doors to the castle and walking right out through the sheilds that had still be engadged only to walk right infront of Hermione a moment later.
"Harry!"screamed Hermione in shock of seeing him walk right through the sheild that the group had managed to create with out even looking to have sweat at all.
"Sorry. I couldn't wait for you to remove the sheild completely yourselves so I just neutrialized a part of it so I could get through. I found the person I need to find, the only problem is that she lives in a muggle town in America."said Harry with a small sigh.
"Couldn't Hedwig just transport you there?"asked Albus after a moment.
"No. As Hedwig is not a naturally born pheniox, but a reborn magical creature she doesn't hold the energy to complete such a trip."answered Harry.
"Could you aparte?"asked Ginny.
"No, even my magic wouldn't allow me to try apparitation to a location that I was only able to feel out with my magic."Harry answered quickly.
"There is one possiblity Harry."spoke up Severus rather relucently.
"What is that, Severus?"asked Harry with a sound of slient desperation in his voice.
"You say that the soul mate of Mr. Weasley is a muggle correct? Then there is one spell I recently found that allows you to contact a muggle, if you contain a power source great enough to feed the connection. Doing this make allow you to take what energy you need from her to save yourself the entire trip to America and back again with a muggle."Severus offered.
"That would help in the short run, but I would still have to make the trip to find her eventually. Overall, I believe it best if I go ahead and make this trip now, instead of later on, as with out her here, Ron could find away to slip back to Riddle."answered Harry with a sigh.
"Will you let anyone else come with you?"asked Hermione with a hopeful look.
"I will, but I'm afraid that it must be Joshua, Ginny and Minerva to come along with me to find the girl."answered Harry with a sigh as he quickly took Hermione in his arms and kissed her forehead.
"How will we go Harry?"asked Joshua with a small look.
"I think it'd be best if we just flew."answered Harry with a small grin slowly spreading over his face, that instantly caused the Transfiguration and Charms Professors to groan.
"You know, your mum got that same look whenever she was about to almost blow the entire castle up with a spell of her's?"asked Filvus with a small frown.
"That's the idea."said Harry before laughing as Hagrid had managed to fall down when he said that.
"Please tell me this isn't with the Arts?"asked Albus in a deadly desprate voice.
"No. This is just going to be me, seeing if an old friend of mine is still alive."Harry answered with a small grin before stepping away from Hermione and the others and quickly entering a small trance.
A few mintues later, Harry opened his eyes again, this time grinning like mad, which was more than enough to worry those gathered.
"Please tell me that the castle is at least safe from whatever it is you've got planned Harry?"asked Albus in a serious voice.
"It should be as long as Rox hasn't lost his touch in landing."answered Harry with a small grinning half smirk.
"Whose Rox?"asked Ginny before stopping as a giant shadow had fallen over the entire side of Hogwarts before slowly circling and shrinking to the size of a rather huge bird. Which soon landed not fifty feet in front of them as a large golden bird the size of three Hagrids!
"What is that!?"screamed Flivus his little body shaking.
"That's a Roc', Professor."bellowed Hagrid with a grinning smile on his face and awe shining in his eyes.
"A Roc!"screamed Hermione in shock. "They were supposted to have been sealed away with the passing of the Founders!"she added before quickly looking at the now grinning fully Harry and seeing the laughter there hidden in his eyes.
"I sealed them away when I left, Hermione."Harry quickly answered her unasked question. "I had to make sure that the race survived as they can combat Demons a lot easier than any other species. Not to worry though, I did leave a safe fail incase a Demon war was started before I returned."he added at seeing her disapproving look.
"Oh, well then that's ok."she quickly spoke up before giving him a quick kiss, much to Ginny's amazement.
"So, are we ready to go?"asked Harry looking at the three people he'd asked to come with him.
"Sure thing Harry, but shouldn't we pack our things?"asked Minerva.
"Why do you need to pack your things? You're magical correct?"asked Harry.
"Yes."the Transfiguration Professor answered.
"Then why not just use the standard first year clothing spell?"asked Harry with a small laugh.
"What are you talking about, Harry? There's no first year clothing spell."said Hermione with a confused look on her own face.
"Please tell me this is a joke."said Harry shock and pleading in his voice.
"Sorry, but not even I know what you are talking about Harry."answered Albus.
"Then I'm very afraid at the chances our side will have as I now can tell the Demons have joined into an alliance with Riddle."answered Harry his voice cold and full of truth, shocking those around him.
"Couldn't we just step up the spells that we teach everyone?"asked Hermione with a thoughtful look on her face.
"Yes. That will work, but I'll need you to go to my rooms and look through the books that are the standard ones from the founder's time period. See if you can think of a way that will allow us to teach most of that all per-year in the first half of this year and try to start teaching the Professors here what they'll need to know, I'll help these three out."said Harry motioning at Minerva, Joshua and Ginny all of whom blushed at the idea. "Now, I believe we should leave now."he added before kissing Hermione quickly and turning back towards Rox who was looking at the other three rather questionly since they had already approached.
"Are you sure this is safe, Harry?"asked Minerva looking slightly worried as Rox eyed her with suspsion until Harry reached up and stroked the giant bird behind the ear causing it to hum in pleasure.
"Very sure. Rox is just a big fluffy parrot normally."answered Harry grinning as Rox snapped at him before leaning down enough for Harry to quickly jump up onto his back.
Which after doing so, Harry quickly helped the other three up onto the giant bird before they waved one last time and set off in one great thrust from Rox's wings.
Only hours later was it that Harry finally turned to face the other three of his small little group from a top the giant bird.
"Now, I think it is time that I reveal a little bit of the Arts of Magic to you, as we still have another few hours remaining in our flight."said Harry with a small kind smile. "What I'm going to do, is scan each of you to see what hidden magics lie asleep inside of you."
"You're an empath then?"asked Ginny with a thought, that shocked not only Joshua and Minerva, but Harry as well.
"How did you know?"asked Harry with a questioning look on his face.
"Well, in my first year, when Riddle possed me, apparently some of the knoweldge he contained was also transfered into me at the same time. I remember reading about the Empathic ability through Riddle's eyes, as if they were my own. The problem is the fact that for some reason there seems to be a sort of block over top of most of these memories, except for certian ones that seem to select themselves at random for me to view at any time they wish to spring themselves on me."answered Ginny with a deep sigh.
"It's called a Salvatore block. A certian type of block which, effectively blocks off only one form of gathered or inheriterted memories. I could destroy the block, but you'd be flooded with memories of everything Riddle did of importance up to the time when he first created the diary."said Harry running a hand through his hair. "Anyway, I think we'll leave that for another time, or I think it may be best overall to just let the memories run their own course. Now, I think if you don't mind, I'll start with scaning you Minerva."he added with a glance at the Transfirguration Professor, who only nodded her response.
Deciding not to waste any time, Harry quickly slipped into the same sort of light trance he had been in to find Ron's true love not hours before. This time however, he accessed his empathic abilties on a more powerful level than what he'd done with Hermione earlier as well, to unlock her Elemental abilties.
First spotting the Transfiguration Professor's magical signiture, Harry let his magic reach out and seek out her core, where he most powerful abilties would be locked away. He was able to spot right off her abilty for being an Animangus, which was one of her strongest that he could find. The next strongest was one that shocked Harry, so much so that he slipped out of his trance and fell backwards.
"What's wrong!?"asked Joshua in shock quickly steading Harry from falling off the giant bird's back.
"Minerva, do you know anything of your parents?"asked Harry in a bit of shock and surpize still showing.
"I only know about my mother, my father died at the same time I was born."she answered a small bit of fear sounding in her voice.
"I know why that happened."answered Harry in one breath.
"Why?"asked the Transfiguration Professor, her voice calm, but her eyes showing desperation.
"Your father was a Druid, but not just any type of Druid, a vampric Druid. I can tell this by the fact, that your second strongest ability, was the ability that I've only ever seen in one person. His name was Lindar, and helped me create the Arts of Magic. The last I knew, he was the last of his kind, with a ability to enchant almost anything, which not even I can do. If I am right about this, which knowing what Lindar told me, you are his heir, and as his heir, I'm forced to train you in his art and magic."answered Harry with a deep sigh. "The reason he died is that, while a Druid may live for thousands of years, if they have an heir who is magical in any sort of way, they die. It is the one reason I never agreed to become your father's heir, myself. I knew there was no way I could agree to do that to Hermione or my child. The other thing I must ask, is have you ever been in a bit of pain, while in the sun?"he asked as an after thought.
"Yes, almost daily. Even right now, the light from the sun is hurting me with a gentel throb."answered Minerva with a small sigh, rolling up her arm robes to reveal some rather nasty looking sun burn, which made Ginny visiblity wince.
"I think you can heal her, Ginny."said Joshua with a deep look on his face, shocking Harry and the others.
"You are empathic then."said Harry as a statement, with a grin. "I was wondering when you'd let me know for sure. And yes, with some training and Madam Pomfrey's help, I believe me and Ginny would be able to delete the vampiric effects from the sun."
"You could?"asked Minerva in a bit of shock.
"Sure, but it will have to wait, until I believe probally Christmas. I think by that time Ginny's healing gifts should be strong enough for me to anchor safely. Plus, by that time, you'll be able to enchant a lot of helpful things for us, if we get started as soon as we return."answered Harry with a bit of a sigh. "Now, why don't you all get some rest, I think we still got about another three hours or so until we arrive and I can already tell this is going to be intresting."he added before turning away from the other three.
Fred Weasley had heard some stories in his life before and he could tell from where he, George, Alica and Katie were standing outside of the Shreking Shack, that he would never have believed this one had he not seen it for himself.
The group had met up together as they'd planned in Hogsmade after being ordered out of the castle by Harry and the rest of the others. It was a shock to all those in the village, however, when out of nowhere a giant sheild that looked to be made out of almost every type of Element he'd ever seen surround the castle and stay there for about a twenty mintue time period in which, Katie just clung onto him for what seemed to him like dear life.
When they finally saw the sheild of Elements drop, it took another five mintues before the Hogsmade residents finally started to go back to their regular activites, only to be stopped moments later by a large shining bright golden light that came from outside of the castle before finally taking off into the air and finally revealing itself to be a giant bird the size of about three Hagrids.
"What in the world was that thing?"asked Tonks looking confused as she gazed at Kingsley and Moody, who just shrugged.
"A Roc'."came the shocking reply from a voice most of them never thought to hear again, the voice of Sirius Black.
"Sirius!"yelled all of the Order members present shocked at seeing their suppostivly fallen comrade back to them, only to stop moments later when they noticed that he was not in solid form, but a pearly white.
"You're a ghost?"asked Remus Lupin, tears running down his face like mad.
"Naw, just a spirit. There's a difference, trust me."said Sirius with his famous grin.
"What do you mean?"asked George.
"I'll only be here until Riddle falls."answered Sirius, his voice coffident in his argument.
"Alright, but can I ask something?"asked Fred in a slightly dead serious voice.
"Sure thing."answered Sirius his trade mark grin marking his face.
"What's it like to be a ghost?"asked Fred cause most around him to fall to the ground, and Sirius to bust out laughing.
"It's weird to say the least, I just wish Harry hadn't went to America without talking to me first, I know my 'death' still ways heavly on him."said Sirius with a sigh.
"You did die instantly right?"asked Remus, hoping that his friend hadn't suffered.
"Truth is, I never truely died, my spirit was ripped from my body, which is rest, just behind the veil of darkness. The thing is, when Riddle falls, my body will finally pass on, unless someone were to some how rescue it from the veil and bring it to me, so that my spirit couold remerge with it."answered Sirius with a sigh.
"How would someone get your body back?"asked Remus his jaw set.
"No, Moony. My time has passed, it wouldn't be right for me to try to come back or I would. I'll enjoy what little time I've got until Riddle falls, but that's it."said Sirius after floating up to his friend and putting a pearly white hand on his shoulder.
"So, do you wanna know what all has happened since you kicked the bucket?"asked George with a grin, before he got smacked by both Alica and Tonks.
"Sure thing. But one major question."said Sirius with a smirk.
"What?"asked Mrs. Weasley with a small smile.
"Why didn't anyone tell me Snape was a vampire?"asked Sirius before both Fred and George fainted dead away.
It was with a small cry that Rox finally started to decend from his long flight, with his riders clinging on with bated breath. They had all been woken about an hour ago when an offical from the American Wizarding society had come flying up to them on a Firebolt, asking what in the world they were doing.
After Harry quickly showed off his scar, all further questions were answered and the fellow flew off with out so much as a good bye.
"Now, I think it time I teach you all that clothes spell."said Harry with a smirk after he, Ginny, Minerva and Joshua had gotten off of Rox's back and the giant bird had risen back into the air, to what was surely to find something to eat and a place to rest."First thing you need to do, is take your wand and wave it like the Levitation spell, before saying 'Clothie Muggle' with a bit of a slur on the end of Muggle."
Quickly do as they were told, Minerva was the first to have success at the spell with her clothes coming out to be a normal American woman's suit in plain white. Ginny was the next, with her's coming to look like a normal American Goth might be seen to be wearing, as her clothes were solid black with a bit of orange trimming around the edges that seems to vanish from one place and show up in another. Last was Joshua, would ended up wearing almost the exact same thing as Ginny, except his was ment for a guy and the vanishing color was a sort of sky blue.
With a grin, Harry quickly waved his hand and changed his clothes to that of what a normal college student might wear, something of a pull over and blue jeans before he nodded at them all.
"So, where exactly are we, Harry?"asked Joshua with a frown on his face as he and the other two looked around them, but could only see a wooded area for what appeared miles around.
"We're in a small county called Floyd, I think, it's near the edge of the American state called Virginia and known for it's football team and star quaterback, Scott Melvin, who's the elder brother of the person we've come to find, Lisa Melvin. The one problem is the fact that for some weird reason, a sort of evil force known as the Brown Lights has recently risen into the American wizarding world with its main base in Floyd. So, in other words, if we plan to do anything, we'll have to save the entire American wizarding world as well, and if my plan works, help destroy any chances of a British-American evil wizard alliance."said Harry in one breath before noticing that Joshua and the others were all now rather pale. "What's wrong?"he added before feeling a rather sharp pain slice right through his stomach and he looked down to see a large broadsword sticking right through his gut with his own blood glimmering palely on its surface.
It was then that he started to see the blackness envlope him before with a small gasp he passed into the darkness......
End Chapter 3
A/N: Alright, I know that was a little out of the norm. for me, but I've been having some bad times, lol, I'm now single once again darn it and the fact that this chick said I was stalking her when I'd taken her half a dozen roses and a teddy bear while we were dating, lol, we were suppost to still be dating too. So, I dunno, that on top of a few really long papers have had me pressed for time, and really, you're lucky I finished this at all, I hate to say, so, who wants to make a guess as to what has happen to our four future heros or should I say ghosts? Well, see ya! Kimaru Merlin