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Author's Note: Seems kinda soon to get this up, but last night I woke up at 1 A.M, so decided to finish this.

Drakey-lover: Thanks, and it's ok, not many have read the original, and you can't now, because the site was shut down.

Ghost of Allknowing: Cool, what's the title of it?

Supermal: Sorry, won't be able to use you as a beta… VC got really mad when I told her I got a beta, so we had to scratch that. Sorry again, but hope you enjoy anyway.

FRM

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Diamond Mage

Ch. 2: The Council of Mages

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"Damn! Only he would cause this much trouble and be this okay with it!" Lupin yelled at Dumbledore, bursting in through the kitchen door in Grimmauld Place, wildly brandishing a note. Dumbledore took the note and read carefully.

'To Whom It May Concern: (Namely, the Order, the Weasleys, and Hermione)

Rest assured that I am completely safe where I am. Do not come looking for me, because you are guaranteed never to find me. I promise that I will be back in roughly two weeks (In earth time.)

Love, Harry'

Dumbledore looked closely at the last sentence. "What do you think he means, 'In earth time'?" Molly came bustling in with plates stacked high with food and looked at the note.

"Oh, is that from Harry? How is he doing at the Dursley's?"

Remus sighed. "He's not there." Dumbledore passed the note to Molly, who read it and promptly fainted.

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Harry, from high above Earth, watched all of the faces of the council carefully, as they were all illuminated in light. Seven of them had golden eyes, and seven had silver, and the one who had just spoken to him had shining platinum eyes. The eyes… how could they be this unnatural color? Platinum-eyes seemed to sense his thoughts and said:

"Harry, we must first give you an introduction to who we are, who you are, where you are, why, and when you are going back."

"You have already told me who you are. You are the Council of Mages."

"You are right, but that is all you know. Names will come after. There are seven levels of power, with which a Mage is rated on. Lowest is Copper. Then Brass, then Bronze, and then Silver. There have only been seven silver Mages, and they are all in the council."

Seven people with silver eyes all sitting on silver thrones, four women and three men, nodded at him.

"Then Gold. There have only been seven gold Mages, and they are all in the council."

Seven people with gold eyes all sitting on gold thrones, four men and three women, nodded at him."

"After that there is Platinum. I am the only Platinum Mage ever to exist. I am Merlin."

Harry's eyes widened in surprise as he stared at the most powerful wizard to ever exist.

"Yet above Platinum is Diamond. There has never been a Diamond Mage ever to exist. A Diamond Mage is an Unlimited Animagus; can perform Elemental Magic over Fire, Earth, Water, Air, Metal, Lightning, Shadow, and Ice; can perform wordless magic; performs magic through a staff, instead of a wand or wandless; can not only change his appearance, but also his clothes, height, strength, and any objects he is carrying; has magical eyes and heightened other senses that can be diminished at will; can create spells that work for others; and other than this, if it seems possible, holds more power to his will that is twice a Platinum; four times a Gold; six times a Silver; and twelve times an ordinary wizard… Also, a Diamond's eyes are white."

Harry's eyes kept widening throughout this entire speech. The only questions that arose to his mind were:

"What about Voldemort? And why do I have to know all this, because I'm the only one who can defeat Voldemort?"

Merlin looked Harry straight in the eye. "A Diamond Mage is four times more powerful than Voldemort. But Voldemort is not a Gold and never will be; for he has turned strictly to the Dark side and shall never come back. When he dies, instead of coming to the council he shall go straight to Hell."

"And to answer your second question, just imagine a mirror in your hand, and look directly into it."

Harry did so, and was very surprised when a very ornate hand mirror appeared in his hand, after glowing white for a second. It seemed to be made out of diamond itself. He stared puzzled at it, then brought it up to his face and looked directly at it…

And he fainted, for what he saw in his eyes was a perfectly round pupil with no iris at all; giving his eyes the appearance of being diamond.

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