Chapter 4

In which a good deal of explanation were made

Albus Dumbledore took a short-looking staff and mumbled something that created a shower of water, smelling strongly of lemon, over to his visitors.

"It must be just an old custom to greet people," chuckled Albus Dumbledore cheerfully.

"You, you…" started Shiara, making a ball of fire and starting to throw at the old one.

"Don't!" warned Daystar, "We don't know how strong are their powers, and it seems that Albus Dumbledore has a lot of magic!"

"Of course, he does," sputtered Snape. "This Albus Dumbledore: Order of Merlin First Class, Grand Sorcerer, Chief Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, and International Confederation of Wizard.

"We are terribly sorry but in our time, wizards are evil and don't co-operate with anyone, not even with witches and the wizards melt in soapy water mixed with lemon juice," said Morwen apologetically. "We did not know that wizards stopped using staffs."

"Let's switch stories before anything get out of hand," suggested the young boy.

"What a splendid idea," said Albus Dumbledore.

"Fascinating, exclaimed Telemain, "Morwen, did you see how those wizards didn't melt in the liquid. They can also create spells using that odd object, but see as it doesn't absorb the surrounding…"

"Telemain, shut up." said Morwen. "I'm sorry Mr. Dumbledore. My husband is most talkative and curious magician in the world."

"That's ok. This young boy is Harry Potter, that man is Professor Severus Snape, and I am, of course, Professor Albus Dumbledore," introduced Albus Dumbledore.

Introductions went around, and Mendebar started to explain, "We come from the past to explore the unknown future. In our land, many magical creatures live in the enchanted forest. Humans live on the outside, and a great war was fought between the wizards and the dragons. The wizards, back then, took magic using staffs from any magical thing, and used it for their own purposes. However, they were stealing magic from the forest, and they had to be stopped. This is why we mistrusted you in the beginning. Sorry about that."

"No problem," answered Dumbledore quite casually. "As for us, wizards and witches are both the same type of people, and we do the same magic. As for absorbing magic, I don't think you'll have to worry about that. We don't use staffs. We have wands instead that have magic stored in them already. However, I have never heard of a magic absorption. We too have a war to be fought. The only wizards and witches you have to take precaution of are Voldermort and his servants called the death eaters," Snape flinched when Albus Dumbledore said Voldermort.

"And try not to mention the name out loud. Say You-Know-Who," said Snape.

"Nonsense, Severus," replied Dumbledore. "Anybody can say his name."

"Excuse, but does anybody knows when did wizards start co-operating with the rest of the world?" asked Cimorene

"Actually, I'll go look in my history book," responded Dumbledore. "We can all look through it together. Harry, Severus, make our guests as comfortable as they can be while I go look for that history book of ancient civilization."

Dumbledore pulled out his wand, and some chairs appeared. He then made some tasty-looking treats floating in the air.

"Serve yourself while I search through my library," Dumbledore said, going through the backdoor.

After a few minutes, Dumbledore reappeared with a huge book, around 20 cm thick, and set it down on a table that Professor Snape just created. Everyone was then silent, waiting for Dumbledore to open the book. Somehow, the book hadn't a hint of dust even though it was sure to had been kept in the library for a long time. Suddenly, the book went up in the air and spoke in a monotonous voice, "You are going to read the beginning the journey of the history of wizardry. Long time ago, witches and wizards were very different and there were many other magical people such as magicians and kings of the enchanted forest, which is now the forbidden forest…"

"So that's why I can control the magic," said Mendenbar.