Rajig paled, "Ooo.kk, I promised I won't say anything."
"Good! Now you are learning something," Rupa said, smiling sweetly at her brother. She turned to Harry was looking at the both of them curiously, and blushed furiously.
Harry asked her curiously, "What was all that about and what ever did he do to loose his voice?"
Rupa decidedly stayed silent and glared at Rajig.
Rajig gulped down and turned away from his sister. His face lit up upon seeing Harry as if he had seen a way out of hell itself. "So Harry Potter, what was that you used on my dagger? I still can't believe you cracked it like glass! It was made of the finest metal in the whole Kingdom!"
Harry answered sheepishly, "Sorry for your dagger. Call me Harry." Harry didn't know how to answer Rajig's question since he himself was as clueless as the other two. All he did was merely raised his hand in defense. Besides, he didn't want to have a dagger pierce through him now, did he? Harry raised his an eye brow, "And what is that the Kingdom I hear about?"
"Let's not stand here all day," Rupa cut in, "We'll go see the High Council since you, Harry, are a special guest here. Come on Harry! Join us here!" She said patting a place on the white creature.
Harry looked at the giant creature wearily and asked Rupa uncertainly, "Are you sure she won't do anything? And besides, how do I get on? She must be at least 15 feet tall!"
"Don't worry. She won't do anything to the one I invited." She assured him. "Why don't you shift to here? You said you shifted from your place to here."
"I actually don't…" Harry began and stopped abruptly as he came face to face with Rupa on the creature's back. Their faces were very close that Harry could feel her warm breath playing over his face. Harry could even scent her nice, fresh, and warm body scent. He felt a pleasantly warm and nice tingle shot through his veins across his entire body. He inhaled long and deep breath of her scent and closed his eyes in satisfaction. He had never felt this pleasantness with any girl he knew, at least as long as he could remember.
A moment later he opened his eyes hesitantly and was immediately drawn to a pair of deep ocean blue eyes. He didn't try to take off his eyes. Instead he stared deep into the beautiful eyes that were peering at him intently from under thick eyelashes. Harry was sure that he had seen different emotions were flashing at those blue eyes at high speed though he could put his finger on what they are. He felt like his entire life and his very soul were thoroughly examined and were being accepted by those deep blue eyes.
Harry was violently pulled back from his little world to his surrounding by the sound of throat clearing. He could feel his face began to burn from inside out. He also noticed that Rupa's face was also turning beet red which Harry thought was really cute. He wondered how it is possible that he could still think such thing in such embarrassing moment.
They both whipped their heads to where the sound was coming. They both turned even redder to the tip of their ears at the sight before them. Rajig was grinning from ear to ear and his hands were clapped before him in anticipation. His eyes were jumping from Harry to Rupa, and then to Harry. He opened his mouth to speak, probably to tease, eyes glinting with mischief, but was effectively shut up with an 'afff' by Rupa's hand. Rupa glared dagger at her brother, face still bright red, and spoke, "Shall we go then?"
"We shall!" Harry replied almost too quickly. He was embarrassed beyond words, but was still consuming the experience with a flip-flop in his stomach. His blood was running super fast thanks to the malfunctioning hurt. He could hear his heart pounding clear as if he was hearing an enormous dragon pounding on the ground. He quickly peered toward Rupa in fear of she might hear the thundering heart and saw her quickly looked away blushing furiously.
Harry looked away quickly. It was now that he realized that the creature there were on was moving quickly through the ancient tree trunks and the bushes. He noticed that the creature was moving in a peculiar pattern. The creature, Nia as Rupa called it, would go ten paces (animal pace, people!) to its left, then two paces forward, and then seven paces to its right. This pattern goes on for about ten minutes and it was now moving straight forward between the trees as normal as it could be.
Rajig let out a sigh of relief and exclaim, "Thanks Raka, we're now out of the Rajz Maze! I never like going in there. Why did you go there, Rupa?"
Rupa ignored him and turned to Harry who wore a puzzle expression. She said, "You see those patterns Nia was making? She was going at the only path that can lead you outside the maze. I would just rather pop us out if we could, but since it is only one way in. You can pop in, but not pop out. Now, we will be popping out of here just outside the City."
Harry nodded his understanding and felt a whoosh of air rush pass his face. It stopped as suddenly as it came and Harry was aware that they were now at a different location. "Wow! This thing…I mean…Nia is amazing. How did she do that?" He asked no one in particular.
This time, Rajig was the one who answered, "This is not the only thing she can do," he said patting Nia fondly, "you'd be surprise if you see how much she can actually do."
Harry only managed "Wow!"
Rupa put her left hand on her heart while holding out her right hand in front of her and spoke in deep, solemn voice, "We, Rupa Rajibnebular, Rajig Rajibnebular, and Harry Potter ask your permission to enter the City! We mean no harm."
As soon as she finished her words, a golden light shimmered before them and spread across their bodies. Harry was now feeling an amazing feeling that was coming from the light. It was enquiring yet comforting, powerful yet gentle. He felt a part of him that was missing unnoticed by him fit itself in the right place like a missing jigsaw piece finally fitted in its rightful place.
He could hear a soft humming of something that is not living yet alive. It felt welcoming and Harry could feel a warm feeling spread through him. He could hear, or rather feel, it humming happily. Finally, with a bright flash of light, something appeared before Harry's eyes where there once was a plain of wild grass. Harry's jaw dropped and eyes bulged out in many times in one day, quite a record, actually.
In front of him was a large city that spread across as far the land. The city was surrounded by what seemed like thick, shimmering, and transparent energy. The thin and colorful energy lines were criss-crossing on the surface of the shimmering doom. The shimmering doom was engulfing the whole city. Harry wondered what would happened if he neared such amount of energy, let alone touch.
Inside the transparent doom was a well planned city, Main Road lying in the middle of the City and end at a large, magnificent Palace. The Palace was built in pure gold; Harry presumed judging by the sunlight reflecting brightly from the walls. It was as large as Hogwart itself but looked much nicer. Smaller roads were crossing the Main Road perpendicularly. There were about 90 smaller roads that were crossing the Main Road and between them were spacious looking houses with golden color. Harry quickly surmised that there were about 900 households in the City minus the Palace.
His musing was cut off by Rupa. "Harry, are you coming, or are you just going to stand there." She said looking back to Harry from near the shimmering doom wall. Apparently she and her brother had walked to the wall while Harry was goggling at the City.
"Sorry," Harry muttered quietly and hurried off to the twins. As he stood besides the twins near the doom wall, it flashed multi color in a matter of second and hummed loudly. The twins backed away from the doom wall quickly their faces paling. They shouted at Harry shakily, "Ha-Harry! B-b-back off quic-quickly!" Their faces paled even more matching ghost color when they saw Harry didn't move one bit.
Harry was too engrossed in the humming sound and the warm feeling that engulfing that he did not notice the twins' expression, nor did he hear their panic voices. He was concentrating at the humming and the warm when a golden ray slowly emitted from the now glowing doom and connected to his forehead. It quickly spread to his entirely body and soon Harry was enveloped in a golden blanket of energy. Harry could feel the light, whatever it is, merged with his very core, nerves, cells and veins. He noted that it became one with him and he became one with it.
Soon the light faded away and in front of Harry was a wide door way that leads to the City through the energy doom. Around the door were electric charges running around the shape of the door with sharp cracks. Harry looked besides him toward the twins and noted they were not there. He quickly looked around and breathed out a sigh of relief when he saw the twin standing on the ground near Nia. It was then that Harry noticed the state they were in.
Their eyes were nearly popping out of their heads and their faces were as white as a sheet. They were staying at him and then to the opening door and then again to Harry. It goes on for quite a moment and Harry began to feel nervous thinking that he might have done the forbidden thing which the City could punish him. He had read a lot in about how severe a Kingdom could punish to the people who breaks the Kingdom's rule.
Harry was about to said something to the twin when he felt an enormous amount of power began to build behind him just near the entrance to the City. He spun around on his heels and stared straight at the rippling energy that was building. As he continued to look, three figures materialized two feet above the ground. Harry took a step back in surprised and took a good look at the three figures. They seem to be startled when they saw that Harry was staring straight at them when they appeared. The figure in the middle was of a tall man with a staff holding in his right hand. He looked very old, very old indeed. Old might his age be, he seemed quite fit and his body was emitting calmness and unlimited power. His face was long and thin, and his eyes were deep ocean blue eyes just like Rupa's. His long, black beard hung over his navel and his long, black hair was coiled around his head like a poisonous serpent.
The other two on the left and right were look alike. They seem to be in their 70s and the one on the right side was carrying an enormous leather book and the one on the left side was carrying something that he could not put his fingers on.
"Papa!" The twins shouted and ran to the man on the right side. They hugged the man fiercely and began mumbling something that Harry couldn't hear clearly. The man nodded in surprise and turned to the old man in the middle and whispered something. The old man's eyes widen slightly and looked up at sharply. He stepped forward and spoke in a deep, gentle voice, "Greetings young one. We welcome you to the City."
The man with the enormous book flipped through the pages while mumbling something. Harry looked at them all in interest and replied the old man's greeting politely, "Thank you for inviting me to the City. I am most honored."
The old man's eyes lit up and spoke again in the same tone, "We are pleased to welcome you, young one. If you don't mind, would you spare a few answers for our questions?"
"There will be no problem," Harry stated, "I myself would like to know a few answers to my questions later on. Perhaps, you could provide me?"
"Of course, young one, we will try to our best to find answers to your questions." The old man replied smiling gently. "Young one, how did you feel just before the door to the City opened?"
Harry smiled at the thought of the welcoming feeling he was getting from the doom. He noticed that all was straining their ears for his answers, different expressions on their faces. Some looked excited, some looked pensive, and the old man…his expression was unreadable.
"It was nice really. I could hear the humming from something that seemed alive but not live. It sounded strange, powerful, and welcoming. When the light from the doom wall touched me, I felt it fused with me, or I fused with it, I don't really know. It felt…um…good…I guess." He finished uncertainly.
The old man's eyes ablaze with unseen power and…joy? Harry could see something wet began to shine in the old man's eyes and his wrinkles from old age seemed to fade away in a considerable amount. The two men on either side of the old man looked shocked, and the shock turn in to a wide grin. The all seemed to let out the breaths they were holding, even the twins.
The old man nodded to Harry, "And may I ask why are you looking at us when we appear? Did you know where we will appear?" This again caught everyone's attention.
"Yeah Harry, you just suddenly turn around and stared into the air where Papa and Grandpa scene-changed in."
"Well I don't actually know you will be there. I just saw the energy swirling and concentrating at that place, and you just appeared!" Harry finished, feeling foolish for saying he could see something when the twins said there was nothing.
"Interesting, young one, very interesting indeed. It seems like we will need a long discussion before the Council Hearing." The old man said thoughtfully but jovially."
Harry's ears perked up at the mention of the Council Hearing. "I am not in trouble, am I! I didn't do anything, honest!"
The old man chuckled, "Relax young one. You are no means in trouble. I dare say it might actually turn out to be…let's say…ground shaking Hearing."
Harry still looked doubtful and Rupa giggled madly. "Harry! Why are you so afraid of? We won't eat you or anything, you know."
"Hey! Look from my side. Just an hour ago I was stuck in that whatis maze, then you turned up with giant Nia. And then your brother tried to murder me. On top of all that, the wards sang to me! Eeuw! So much for a day." Harry said looking slightly put out.
Rupa giggled even harder, "Harry! The look on your face!" She stopped abruptly and blushed at the curious and amused looked on the elders' faces. She looked up at her father with a huff, "Papa, what are you looking at?"
Harry raised an eyebrow and wonder why she called Papa to his father.
Suddenly, Rupa jumped in the air with a shriek. Everyone looked alert immediately and looked around them quickly. Rupa, though, was just looking extremely surprised and looked at with wide eyed. "Don't do that!" She hissed surprising everyone. Rajig eyed Harry suspiciously.
Harry was so surprised for sudden outburst of Rupa and couldn't reply her. He was wondering what she's on about while all of them jumped high in the air looking horrified.
Now Harry was beginning to panic. What's this all about? He looked around nervously the source of the sudden action that caused the others. What? I don't see anything.
There was a yelp of surprise again from the others quickly followed by a loud lion roar from Nia. Now, Harry was truly horrified. Damn! What is happening!
The others, bar the old this time, jumped back behind the old man this time and Nia disappeared with a pop.
Harry turned to the old man and ask shakily, "Um…what is going on here? Why were you all jumping? Where does Nia go?
"Truly amazing young one…amazing indeed. Quite astonishing." The old man said staring intently at Harry, who looked bewildered. Then he muttered quietly to himself, "Though why am I surprised with this. This must be just a taste of what he is truly capable of Once he is fully transformed."
"Young Lord, I beg your forgiveness for our action. We will control ourselves next time, Young Lord." The old man said bowing deeply. The others looked uncertain for a moment before they followed suit the old man's gesture.
Harry was now horrified beyond words. Not only did the respectable and powerful looking old man addressed him as 'Young Lord', but also he and the other aristocratic looking nobles bowed to him respectfully.
"Um…what is going on here? Don't do that!" Harry said backing away from them.
The old man and the others straightened themselves faced Harry, heads bowed slightly and eyes not meeting his.
That's it! Harry thought he had had enough. They had made him feel quite out of place and uncomfortable. He willed them to be faced directly eye level to him, not even the old man would escape that.
It turned out that his will was fulfilled. "Don't you ever do that again without good reason!" He hissed them angrily. Then he quickly transformed his anger in to a happy one. "Now it is taken care of, would you mind telling me why you did what you did starting from Rupa's surprise?" He said light-heartedly.
The old man let out a long breath and sucked in enough air as though this was his last breath, "It was your doing Young Lord. Although I am not certain why my great-granddaughter was so—surprise, I am sure the rest are your doings, Young Lord." He finished while waiting for an outburst from his Young Lord.
Harry was now confused, "What did I do? I didn't even move a single inch."
"Young Lord, if you will allow me, I suggest that we head to the Palace. I will explain what I can along the way. If I am not mistaken, you have called upon your aids and they will be here shortly to day."
"Ok" Harry said and moved besides Rupa automatically. His uneasiness eased away immediately when Rupa put her small hands in his. Her small hands felt perfect in his and he was now hoping he would never have to let her hand go away. Oh Craps! Where do they come from? He was busy thinking that he didn't notice an odd glance he was receiving from Rupa.
As they walked passed the doom door, Harry could have sworn he heard lumpy greeting from the transparent energy doom. He shrugged it off. When all of them were safely inside, the doom door closed itself, weaving energy lines and cracking from the electric charge.
"So?" Harry prompted; looking at the old man's direction who was walking Rupa's other side.
"Forgive me for an old man's forgetfulness, Young Lord. As I was saying, the action that caused us extremely surprise was your doing, Young Lord. You seemed to be throbbing our mind with your thoughts, Young Lord. Did you not thinking any thing particular when my granddaughter acted in surprised?"
"I heard Harry…that is…Lord…Harry…say 'I wonder why did she call her father Papa?' At the same time I feel confused…not from why I hear the voice in my head…but from Harry himself. I don't know why." Rupa said looking thoughtful, a little frown forming on her face. Harry was busy staying at her face change from embarrassment and confusion into thoughtfulness with a cute frown on her face.
Rajig seconded his sister's testament, "Yes, I also heard Harry say…'I wonder what she's on about…' or something close to that. I also felt confused and surprised from Harry himself." He finished with a frown on his face.
Harry snapped out of his 'studying' and said in surprise, "How did you know what I was thinking? Are you all legillimens?"
"No, Young Lord we are not legiwhatis. The last one I felt took me off guard that I had to take cover behind High Counselor." The man with a strange thing said looking sheepish.
"Actually, I myself had to refrain from taking cover." The old man said with a chuckle, his eyes ablaze again with mirth.
"Yes, it was quite unnerving to have a strong feeling that is not yours in your head. I felt it try to separate my not so organized mind into pieces." Rupa's father admitted from Harry's other side.
Harry was now half listening to the conversation, half surveying the nearby houses along the main road that led to the Palace, which is still a good distance from where they were now.
He closed his mouth near Rupa's ear whispering, "Why are all the people looking at us so strange? Is it normal?"
Harry could feel she shivered slightly before answering. She whispered back at him in his ear. He barely registered what she was saying. He felt her warm breath tickling his ear playfully and a shiver run up and down his spine.
"As normal as it could be. After all, it is not everyday sight that the High Counselor, the Keeper of The Book, and the Keeper of the Palace walk around the City. Above all of the things, it is you that they are most interested. None of us has seen a stranger before. But I bet I'll be seeing loads of strangers since you're here now."
Harry nodded his thanks to her and asked the Old man, the High Counselor, as Rupa mentioned, "So, what is it that I am doing to you, the mind probing, as you called it? Is it telepathy?"
The High Counselor replied, "It is not telepathy, Young Lord. Do you know what telepathy does, Young Lord?"
"Is it a kind of sending message to the second person or third person through mind link?" Harry said unsure.
"You are right, Young Lord. Telepathy can send message to other people's mind by concentrating on the person or persons you want to send. It takes energy to send a message to a person. But it take more energy to send messages to two persons at a time or at a separate times. It is draining if the person you are sending message is a range that is two miles radius. It is unheard of a person sending messages from a city to anther person at another city through telepathy, let alone country and continent." The High Counselor finished taking a deep breath of air after such long speech.
"So what's mind-throbbing?" Harry asked curiously not caring if he is rude or not.
The High counselor didn't seem to care his attitude either, for he concentrated for his long speech again. "Mind-throbbing is a rare ability. It only comes with a certain race. Mind you if there are too many mind-throbber running around, I daren't think what would happen. As you heard from us earlier, we don't just hear you, we also feel whatever you are feeling. You can also manipulate other's mind by sending false feeling. Let's say, you want to make a happy man cry within second, all you have to do is imprint your sorrows into the other's mind. The rest will take care of itself."
Harry was now eager to learn a way to torture the ferret boy Malfoy slimmy git. He asked the High Counselor eagerly, "So does the mind-throbbing has range limit? How long it take to use it? And how do I know if it works or not on the person I imprint my false feeling?"
The others chuckled while Rupa giggled shaking her head. The old man took care of the explaining, "Mind-throbbing does not have limit. It also doesn't drain your energy like telepathy. It fuels on the feeling that you send to imprint on the person's mind. The stronger the feeling you try to imprint, the greater and easier you can imprint your message, your feeling. Mind-throbbing has no special training. The only training is through practice. You practice on your own on whatever you desire unless it is lethal level. You will know if your mind-throbbing works or not by feeling the feed-back. It is like a two way messaging only the receiving end cannot do anything. You will receive what the receiver feels by knowing, not emotionally feeling of course. You will just know what he is feeling like you know how to walk. You don't actually think to walk or you don't actually know how to walk."
Harry's eyes were now glinting with mischievous sparkles. His face was now splitting into a stupid grin that hung from ear to ear. Rupa eyed him suspiciously and whispered dangerously to his ear, "Don't even think about trying things on me. I will personally take care of your vocal chords." Harry just gave her a lopsided grin.
At that time, the Keeper of the Palace, the man who was holding strange thing, announced, "Welcome to the Palace of Rajibnebular, Young Lord!"
A/N: Well, I can't say I'm not satisfied with this chapter. Reviews and Questions & Comments welcome! Let me remind you that this will be an absolute invincible Harry Potter fiction. Of course he will learn from some world major conquerors, like Roman, Greek, France, India, England, Mongolia, China, Native Americans, Africa, Master of Nuclear technology, Master of Nanotechnology, and much, much more. Also, I plan to give him quite a few pairings from different. Next chapter will be learning the art of Chinese Lost Arts from a Master. Basically, he will learn freezing someone without wand or touching. That will not be magic. There will be more romance too. Just relax and see for your self!
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