Author's note: This would have been up sooner if not for the site being down!
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Dumbledore smiled.
"Good. You two do know each other."
Thor turned his attention to Dumbledore, his expression no more amused than Jack's – and just as surprised as everyone else on SG-1.
"You know that O'Neill and the others are not to be tampered with Albus."
Dumbledore nodded slightly.
"It wasn't my fault, Thor. Voldemort abducted Colonel O'Neill and the oth-"
"Wait a minute," Jack said, interrupting with yet another scowl. "You two know each other?"
Thor nodded – as did Dumbledore.
"Yes."
Jack turned to the old man behind the desk.
"Are you an alien?"
"No more than you are," Dumbledore said with a smile. "I'm-"
"He's as human as you and the others are, O'Neill," Thor assured him, knowing that the way Dumbledore had phrased things would just make it more complicated if someone took it the wrong way.
"And you know him?" Sam asked – before Daniel could.
"I do, yes."
"Is he really a wizard?" Daniel asked.
"Are the Harry Potter books really-"
"Stop!" Jack stood up, frowning at both Sam and Daniel, and then over at Thor and then Dumbledore. "For all we know, he's a Goa'uld, and that's not really Thor, it's just some hologram or something."
Since Daniel was closest to the Asgard, he reached out and poked him.
"He's pretty solid…"
Thor turned to look at Daniel, and then looked at Jack.
"I can understand your concern, O'Neill – and I approve of your skepticism."
"Thanks," Jack said, sarcastically. "I'm-"
"I assure you, however, that I am, indeed, Thor."
"Oh, well… if you say you're Thor then you must be," Jack drawled, even more sarcastically than before. "Just like he's really a wizard, and that guy can turn himself into a dog."
"Sirius," Dumbledore said, looking over at the younger man. "Would you-"
"There is a simple way to authenticate my identity," Thor said. An instant later, there was a flash of light, and Jack found himself alone with Thor – on the bridge of the Asgard's battle cruiser.
"I'll be dipped in shi-"
"As you can see," Thor said, calmly. "This is the very ship that you have been on more than once, and there is no way a Goa'uld could possibly recreate it. Feel free to look around and assure yourself…"
He could see that. Jack stepped towards the large view screen in front of him, knowing what he'd see long before he got there. Sure enough, below him was the earth, spinning lazily in the blackness of space, the moon just barely starting to peek out from behind it like a shy child hiding behind its mother.
"What is Dumbledore?"
"He's what your people would call a wizard."
"And he can do magic?"
Thor nodded.
"Real magic?" Jack asked.
The little alien nodded again.
"We should return to your friends," he said. "They will be just as interested as you are in Dumbledore and the others – and might need convincing as well."
Jack scowled, turning from the view of earth and looking at Thor.
"Teal'c doesn't. He's already convinced that those books are real…"
"What books?"
Before Jack could answer, they were surrounded by the bright light and a moment later they were once more in the small office.
Sam and Daniel looked over at him.
"Where-"
"To his ship."
"And?" Daniel asked.
Jack frowned.
"It's Thor."
Dumbledore smiled.
"Are you convinced then, Colonel O'Neill?"
Jack scowled.
"Let's just say I'm a little less skeptical than I was ten minutes ago."
Sam and Daniel both stared at him, and he sat down in his chair once more.
"What has happened here?" Thor asked. "Why have you called for me?"
Dumbledore answered – which was good, because Jack and SG-1 didn't have a clue.
"As I was saying, Thor, the thing we hoped would not occur has. Voldemort has returned, and as expected, made his move towards Colonel O'Neill."
"Is Voldemort really Colonel O'Neill's brother?" Sam asked, looking at Thor.
Jack scowled, but the little alien nodded.
"I have confirmed this myself, Major Carter. They have the same father."
"Tom Riddle…"
"Yes."
"Wait a minute," Daniel said, interrupting. He didn't know anything more about Tom Riddle than Jack did – and didn't care, really. "You know about Thor and the Asgard – and obviously you know about the Goa'uld…"
Dumbledore nodded.
"Yes."
"Then why aren't you doing something about them? If you can do magic, then you're just what we need to stop-"
"Our magic is limited to this planet," Dumbledore said. "We could not go through your Stargate to another planet and assist you. There we would be of no more use to you than any other person – and far less, because very few of us have any military training."
"But-"
Jack held up his hand to stop Daniel's next question. While he was just as curious as the archeologist was, there was a better way to get the information they wanted.
"Why don't you start at the beginning?" Jack suggested. "I'd like to know just how you guys know each other…" And that might help explain to him what the heck was going on around there.
