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Chapter Four
Harry opened his eyes, before he remembered the pain this had previously caused him and shutting them quickly, then opening them slowly once again as realisation dawned that whatever light had blinded him before had gone or at least dimmed to a bearable level.
Cautiously, his eyes travelled round the room taking in what was displayed to them, the wind breezed softly through the open window and stirred the flowers resting near by which appeared to have dried up slightly.
Rippled reflections moved round the room as the light bounced off the many crystals. All these observations shocked Harry and it would not have been that surprising if his eyes had really dropped out of their sockets.
"Most people react that way you know" Harry jumped at least a foot in the air and landed with a bump on the floor.
He heard a chuckle from above him and looked up into laughing chestnut eyes, "good thing its carpeted isn't it?" The man smiled helping Harry to his feet, "you'd better sit this may take some time."
Harry's forehead crinkled, "What?" Smiling the man gestured for Harry to sit as he himself shut the door and took the sit next to the bed.
"So, what would you like to know?" the man questioned, still smiling kindly.
"Umm..." Harry had no idea what to ask first his head was so full of questions, the last time he had felt this confused was when he had first met Hagrid. So true to form he asked them all together.
"Whoareyou?whereamI?howdidigethere?whyamihere?whowasthatgirl?whycouldn'tI openmyeyesearlier?whencanigo......."
The man watch with amusement as Harry tried and failed to continue asking questions with the same breath, frankly he found it surprising that he had managed to get that much out in one breath.
"I suppose you're right and that I should introduce myself, my name is Matt and you are in the realms, as to the other I will answer them but not just yet."
At these words Harry was unnervingly reminded of Dumbledore. The man chuckled softly.
"You misunderstand me Harry, I will answer your Question but I thought you might be more comfortable I a different environment and maybe it would be a good idea for you to get dressed in something else?"
Harry frowned and glanced down at what he was wearing or rather not wearing, he could feel his face heating up as he realised he was only clothed in and old pair of boxers.
The man just chuckled again and rose from his seat smiling.
"I'll leave you to get dressed; Kari will show you wear to come when you're ready" and with these words he left the room.
Harry quickly searched the room for anything to wear, he opened the wardrobe that was in the corner of the room in it was the largest variety of clothes Harry had ever seen outside a clothing store. He hurriedly selected a pair of jeans and a black t-shirt and pulled them on quickly. He had just finished pulled the t-shirt over his head when the door burst open and what Harry assumed to be a human sized whirlwind shot into the room.
When the whirlwind stopped moving, right in front of him Harry blinked as he found himself staring into a pair of scarlet coloured eyes he only had a brief moment for his confused brain to register this before the whirlwind, that Harry had now realised was a girl began to talk,
"Hi, sorry about earlier with confusing you and all, but I have a tendency to speak before I think, and you know what they say old habits die hard. So how are you? You didn't seem too good earlier are you okay you don't seem to say much do you? And didn't you wear glasses?"
Harry blinked "I do wear glasses." Reaching up he was about to tap them to show the girl though how she couldn't see the he didn't know when it hit him the he wasn't wearing glasses AND that he could still see,
"Huh...?" Harry was now even more confused than he had been before. What on earth was going on?
"That's the thing hun you're not on earth anymore, oh lord now I must be really confusing you and I don't think I even introduced myself yet how rude can I get" she said wrinkling up her nose.
"Well I should introduce myself now shouldn't I, Yes? Good. I'm Kari Knight by the way, at your service."
"Umm... Harry Potter, nice to meet you I guess"
The gir... No Kari smiled, "Well you had better follow me Matt will be waiting for us!"
Harry just nodded and followed her out of the room, not bothering to look where he was going he followed her though the corridors that seem to make up this... whatever it was, he noticed the many doors leading off the corridor but Kari just passed them by without a second glance. Before long they finally stopped outside an intricately engraved door and Kari pushed it open and entered Harry trailing nervously behind.
The room seem pretty normal actually, well normal by Harry's standards, in the centre of the room was a round wooden table engraved with the same symbols as the door. Sitting at it was Matt, he glanced up and smiled as Kari and Harry entered.
"Good you made it, I see Kari found you Harry, please take seat both of you."
Kari seated herself easily and Harry gingerly took the seat to her left. He then fixed his gaze on Matt as the man cleared his throat and appeared to be deep in thought.
"Well it seems the best idea to first tell you where you are doesn't it. Earlier I mentioned that you were in the Realms, correct."
Harry nodded.
"Very good, well the realms are a parallel dimension to earth, that is only accessible to those who need it, and the place that you are in at the moment is the Training Academy for people who either didn't fit in where they where or who have gifts that need to be trained."
"Right", Harry still wasn't sure he quite understood what was going on, but why am I here?"
"Because you Mr Potter like Kari here have gifts that need to be realised a taught control, I will leave Kari to finish explaining as she has been through this herself."
And with that he rose to his feet and left the room.
Harry turned to stare at Kari. Who looked straight back at him.
"So. . ." she paused frowned at the ceiling for a seconded, "Well what you want to know?"
Harry thought for a moment, "What are your gifts?" he had to admit that she was intriguing and that the way she looked and acted was a mystery maybe it had something to do with her gifts.
She smiled, "I'm a telepath, have telekinesis and control of the element of ice." She paused, "If you would like to know, Matt's an empath and has control of the element earth, also he works here as an instructor, teaches potions."
Harry just stared at her, she chuckled, "you know not all potions teachers are... how did you put it, over sized greasy bats."
"How?....Oh Telepath right sorry," Harry began to look sheepish, Kari grinned.
"Don't worry you get used to it, well would you like to know what you can do or do you want it to be a surprise?"
" Ummm... Knowing would be nice I suppose," tilting his head to one side Harry considered what his 'powers' might be.
"Okay," Kari smiled brilliantly the smile lighting up her whole face, "well you have control of the elements of nature for one.."
"Elements of nature?"
"Oh you know like the winds and rain and stuff."
Harry nodded slightly dumbstruck. Kari continued smirking at the expression on her companions face.
"Apart from that you have, the ability to sense auras, a sort of sixth sense thing, The ability to talk to snakes you already know about, and you have the element of fire that about it.....I think?"
Kari frowned tilting her own head to one side and then just shrugging unconcernedly.
"Right anything else you want to know?" Harry just shook his head to deep into shock to do anything else.
Kari grinned, "good well follow me I'll show you around," she glanced back at him from over her shoulder , "After all this place will be your home for quite some time now won't it."
With that Harry Potter still in a state of complete shock followed Kari out of the room.
TBC
