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Chapter 6: Training pt 2

Harry followed Eidon, back into the house, he never yet had gotten a name for it, he decided to ask about it later. Once inside Eidon began heading downwards, the room where he would learn about rings ended up being on the second floor down. Harry had no idea what the ring training would be, he had never had much of an interest in jewelry and the like, he did know that protective charms could be placed on them, but he really didn't believe it needed a whole class of learning for it. Harry was surprised to discover that the room was extremely chilly in some parts, and extremely hot in others. He was beginning to realize to not be surprised by anything in this house.

"Okay Harry it is time I talked to you about rings." Eidon said looking quite happy at the prospect and not for the first time making Harry wonder if the man in front of him was entirely sane.

"What do you mean rings? Sir?" Harry asked.

"Rings of course, you are going to learn to make them." Eidon said jovially.

"Uh, sir. Why? What good will a bunch of rings be against Voldemort?"

"No, no, no. Not rings like you are thinking, well not in that sense at least. I'm talking about dream rings."

"What exactly are dream rings, Sir?"

"Ah yes totally forgot, you haven't even had creature studies yet. Harry what happens when you dream?"

"I get nightmares, usually." Harry said trying to make a joke, but Eidon could tell there was more hurt with the words than he would like.

"No. When we dream, we enter another realm. A realm that most are quite unaware of. This realm is called the Dream Realm, ours is called a Living Realm, and the dead have the Spirit Realm. These three Realms coexist with one another, to shape the realms into what they are meant to be. The Dream Realm is deeply hidden from most, due to the Keepers of the Realm, the Keepers keep out the unwanted and non-worthy. Most people when entering the Dream Realm see what the past, the present, or the future, usually determines what one is thinking, and alter it for the emotions a person is displaying. The Dream Realm is closed off to everyone, even the worthy until the Master Magi of our realm, which is me, I suspect, many people shall be having strange visions soon, and some may find a friend in the other realm."

"Shall all people have these dreams, even death eaters?"

"No, didn't you hear what I just said?" Eidon snapped with impatience. "The Keepers of the Dream Realm will only let in the worthy and good of heart, there is still evil though in that Realm just like there is in the other three realms."

"Other three realms? I thought you said there were only three. You only mentioned the Dream, Living, and Spirit realms, what's the fourth one?" Harry watched as Eidon's face twisted up in sadness as well as anger.

"The fourth realm is that of the Moon. No not the moon up in space." Eidon said as Harry looked like he was going to point upwards. "The Moon Realm used to coexist with the Dream Realm, in peace and harmony, that is until the ancients arrived. The ancients came from the moon, yes the one in space. It was once a planet, before the core took it. The ancients lived there, but a time soon came when from this planet, from a city that I believe most call Atlantis, discovered other life on the moon and went to find out more about the peoples and lands of the moon. One of the people who came was a an evil sorcerer by the name of Nagis. Once on the planet he ended up teaching his powers to a few of his new followers, one follower in particular took in the power. It seemed that this type of dark magic and evil intent had an affect on the ancients. Nagis died I his sleep and a new leader rose. The new leader however had a brother who didn't believe the ideals of his evil brother, he along with the rest of those who decided to fight for the good, ended up locking his brother deep in the core of the planet. Not too much later however, he was released, by a powerful general, one who did not get caught in the capturing, who in his own way could have been the leader later on in life. The second release they formed the name the Core and began tainting the peoples once more causing shadow-ancients. A young boy from the city of Atlantis traveled to the moon, he ended up facing the Core and its powerful leader, he locked them away, but the evil had done its deed and the planet slowly deteriorated. The boy and a few select survivors traveled back to the Moon Realm planet and stayed there, the Core eventually broke free again and after making its strong hold on the Moon Realm's moon, headed towards the other planet. A great battle was fought, eventually most of the ancients escaped into the Living Realm, there were only sixteen ancients though the rest had become impure or killed. The city Atlantis also slipped into the Living Realm, however in the process of transfer it was destroyed and all the people there died. The remaining ancients were changed from the other planet and became what are known as Magi. They brought their powers together along with the heir to the boy who beat the Core the second time, to erect a barrier to block the core's entrance to the other three realms, but in order to do this a willing member of the Core had to agree, in the end a small resistance of the Core former ancients helped create the barrier, it is not known if they still live however. With the barrier in place it was thought that the Core could never again gain entrance into a new realm."

"But they are? What's causing the barrier to weaken, how is it that they can gain entrance?"

"The barrier has slowly been failing, ever since the rise of Voldemort, it is believed that Voldemort himself is half Core, the only way he could have been taught though is if one of the sixteen betrayed the others, or if another had escaped unknowingly. Whatever the reason, you must be prepared, for the Core is every bit as terrible and powerful as Voldemort, more so even. The fourth Realm used to be called the Moon Realm, it has been given a new name though, it is now known as the Core or Evil Realm."

"You mean to tell me there is a whole realm filled with people just as strong and powerful as Voldemort?"

"Yes. But enough of this it's time for you to meet your Dream Realm companions."

"Dream Realm companions? What will they look like?"

"Each one is different, with different powers and shapes and sizes. I myself have four companions that have been with me from the beginning, but you can easily gain more companions at later dates, perhaps I'll show you mine a bit later."

"How many will I have?"

"Hard to say. You can never tell, most Magi usually have two at the beginning, but the highest number was eight. My guess is you'll have somewhere in the middle. You ready to find your companions? You may be there longer than I would like so, you may end up skipping a class or so, I was planning on giving you the Magi class off anyway, as I gave you a little of the history already. Good luck finding your companions, when you return, I will show you what the rings do." After receiving a nod from Harry, he summoned his staff, a very unique staff with a large watery orb at the top. He then preceded to take it and hit Harry on the head with it. Harry was knocked out right away and entered the realm of dreams.

(star, star, star)

The first thing Harry did when he woke up was look around. A good thing he did too, because it was then that he realized he was no longer in his world and realm. Huge trees as far and high as the eye can see surrounded him, the smell of strange sap, and the sound of hundreds of scampering feet filled his ears. The dirty brown ground, cracked and caked with both mud and soil, with a strange assortment of plants never before seen. It resembled the Forbidden Forest, but instead of darkness, there was a great breach of light from the sky, showing an ever lasting light. Harry was amazed at the beauty of the forest, but then he began to panic when he realized he had no way home. 'Oh bloody hell. Where's Eidon when you need him?'

"No Eidon here. Nope, nope." Harry spun around as a voice from behind him had read his thoughts and then answered. Behind him was a creature resembling one of the creatures he had seen in the hallway, it resembled the pure green lizard, however this one in person seemed quite different. It was green, yes, but it also had a tint of yellow, instead of scales as Harry had originally thought, it was covered in scale-like leaves on is stomach and back, its small tail swishing back and forth. It had six legs, four it looked like it used for walking and the other two for catching things, like food and the like. Its head was shaped like a crocodiles, that Harry had seen once on Dudley's TV. The eyes were gold, like that of golden sap and you could tell both power and intelligence was hidden behind the eyes.

"Did you just say something?" Harry asked the green beast.

"Say something I did."

"What are you?

"What are you? I, I am a Rudwot. Who be you?"

"I'm a human by the name of Harry Potter, I'm a wizard, and in training to become a Magi."

"Name you give, so my name you shall receive. I am Teyfargus, but most creatures here call me Tey or Leif choose you can, prefer not full name, though I do. In training Magi are you?"

"Nice to meet you Leif. Yes, I am. I'm training under one called Eidon."

"The gatekeeper returns, good news this is, but bad as well. We shall soon be able to cross. But, that means the Core is awakening once more."

"Do you know where I am? I think I'm lost, Eidon really didn't tell me what I should be doing."

"You are in Vashroom the forest region of the Dream Plane, which you people call Dream Realm. If training to become a Magi you are, find companions you search. I like you Harrypotter, join you I will."

"What? I greatly appreciate the thought, but are you sure? Also just call me Harry."

"Sure I am. Call you Harry I shall. Animite I give you, summon me in your realm you can. Keep it safe, and beware the dangers of this plane, you are promised to bring the Core to a final end, but there are many who would try to hurt you, and your training is not complete, nor are you powerful enough to defeat Core yet. Help you I shall, take animite, I leave behind. I shall see you later Harry." The little rudwot then began concentrating and in front of him appeared a brilliant blue crystal, with that he handed it to Harry, and then vanished into the trees. Harry picked up the blue crystal which he realized was animite and stuck it in his pocket, muttering a spell to make sure it wouldn't fall out. Once that was done, his surroundings began to change once more, and he was picked up by the wind, and when he shut his eyes he found himself in a region riddled with fire, ash, and dust. Where the poisonous fumes intoxicated some of the other inhabitants. Harry looked around, and saw that he was once more in a region not known. All around him were mountainous volcanoes and caverns, the area in front of him held burning grass and bits of ash and dust, there was a lake of fire not too far away, and far off in the distance he could see a hole in the mountain, which he believed to be a passage, and at the end of it he could make out what seemed to be a boat by waters edge. Normally Harry would probably have been slowly burning due to the heat of the place he was at, but luckily his fire elemental took affect when he had entered the fiery region. In the lake he saw huge rock snakes, a little farther away he saw what looked to be something like a centaur, only its upper half was of fire and rock, and its lower half part of some monstrous horse. In the sky he watched as huge monstrous birds on fire, similar to Phoenix took flight, but as they flew over head, he could make out that they were really more insect-like than bird-like. He almost missed it when a creature ran right into him, one more step to his left and it would have been fine, but as it was he wasn't. Both Harry and the mystery creature began to fall, Harry landed on top of the creature thus preventing it from escaping or fighting back. It seemed to be one of the creatures he had seen earlier upon the wall, the fiery green creature. He guessed it to be another type of Rudwot, it was slightly bigger than the last, where as the other one was the size of a large lizard, this one seemed to be the size of a small dog. It like its counterpart had six legs, its underbelly was orange and its body was mainly green, with small hints of orange here and there, usually at the feet. The eyes instead of a golden sap were yellow with red lining the outside, the body was also wrapped up in falme, thus it was that Harry's robes began to catch on fire.

"Hot! Hot! Where's a bloody lake when you need one?" he then preceded to stand up, then he stopped, dropped, and began rolling around trying to put the roaring flames out, when that wouldn't work he began shedding his outer robes. Once out of them he then began stomping on them to put out the remaining flame. The creature looked on in interest and began making a tick, tick type noise.

"Why does he fear flame, does he not live in it?" The creature asked with interest. Harry, the flame on his robes out put them back on and addressed the creature.

"I do not fear flame, it's just that my clothing is fire proof, and I do not live in it. I come from the Living Realm not this one.

"You come from the Living Realm?" It asked in awe.

"Yes, I do, I'm in training to become a Magi, not exactly sure what one of those does, but a man named Eidon sent me here to find my companions, who would return with me to the Living Realm. By the way, are you a rudwot?"

"I am rudwot species yes, I better than regular rudwot. I'm a flame rudwot. Did you say you're looking for companions to take back to Living Realm?"

"Yes, I did. Would you like to join me?"

"I would like very much. My great-great-great grandfather went to the Living Realm and told marvelous stories of the landscape and peoples of that realm. It has been a dream of mine to visit that realm. My name is Gresge, but I am also known as Tick, for I tend to tick when I get excited." The flame rudwot said ticking excitedly.

"I appreciate your willingness Tick, the other rudwot gave me a blue crystal to take back, do I get the same from you?"

"Of course. Call upon me when you return, I can't wait to see your realm." Tick said excitedly still ticking before running off into the distance leaving a piece of blue animite behind. Harry picked it up and began hoping that he could go home, but unfortunately he found himself in a new region. The region he had just entered sent chills up his spine and throughout his body, the sky held large cumulonimbus clouds and elsewhere snow began to fall, the ground in front, behind, and all around him was covered in snow and some places ice. Harry had no idea why, or how he was going to survive the cold, luckily he didn't have to wait too long because a creature was heading right towards him, or more specifically what the creature was brewing. The creature stood in the middle and began conjuring snow and wind, it began to swirl and soon the creature was enveloped in a humongous snow storm, and it was heading right towards Harry. Harry didn't have too much time to run, but run he did, but the feeling of cold soon began to wash over him, frostbite was in its beginning stages . Just as Harry thought the snow storm was to get him, it stopped, and the creature that created the storm came down. At first glance Harry probably would have called it a dragon for that is what it looked like. It was an extremely dark blue which caused it to look black, it had two arms with three claws each and stuck in the top of the claw was a brilliant blue icicle-like weapon, there were one on each of its claws and it shoulders jettisoned blue crystals as well. It had massive bat-dragon wings and a long tail. Its neck snaked upwards like that of a serpents, and on top the head was that of a combination of a dragon and lizard wearing a mask, the eyes though were the most frightening. Instead of the normal eye colors, the creatures eyes were pure white, with black surrounding it, it seemed to peer into his sole as it looked at Harry, its eyes did nothing to hide the power it had, and the intelligence just as great. Harry thought it was going to eat him, but then it spoke.

"Master Ice Magi. You are the one that is putting out its power?" The creature's voice rumbled throughout the open expanse.

"I-I'm not sure, sir." Harry added in respect.

"You know when to be polite, that is good. You have control over the element of ice do you not?" The creature asked again in its great booming voice.

"I do not know? My trainer in the Living Realm believes I have the elements of fire and wind. We have not yet checked for any others." Harry replied as politely as he could.

"I know what I sense. You are an elemental of ice, not just an elemental, but master of it. You may not know, but only a Master Ice Magi could have summoned me here, and only an Ice Magi could have survived my storm an the lands that surround this nameless region. We have not had dealings with humans though since the dark ages. Why do you come now?"

"I am under the training of Eidon, who is what your peoples call the gatekeeper, he sent me here to find my soon-to-be companions, I did not mean to disturb you, oh great beast."

"Beast? I am no beast, I am a Hyren. We are the Keepers of the Dream Realm, we make sure no one, but those worthy and righteous may enter. I however am in training to become a Keeper, but it seems as if fate has made other plans for me." The great beast seemed to sigh.

"What plans, if I may ask?"

"I shall go with you. You summoned me, and I really doubt you would be able to return unless you get all your companions, I seem to be one of them. I am a Blizzard Hyren, I am in charge of blizzards and snow. Hyrens never receive a name when they're born, so if you have to you must name me."

"What would you like to be called, great Hyren?"

"You may stop addressing me so formally, after all you will become my master. As for my name, whatever you think of should be good for me. Which reminds me, your name is?" Harry though long and hard about what to name the great beast, before he finally remembered something he had learned in muggle school before Hogwarts.

"How would the name Squall sound? My name is Harry Potter, but just call me Harry." Harry said timidly, after all a name was important.

"Squall?" The Hyren thought for a few moments and then brightening quickly, he addressed Harry. "I like the name you have chosen, Harry, I'm just glad you didn't name me Tempest."

"Huh? Why wouldn't you want the name of Tempest?"

"Because I really wouldn't like to try to explain to the Tempest Hyren why I stole the beginning of his species name. I shall leave my animite here, once you pick it up, if you have no more companions to find you should find yourself back in your realm, with any animite you've collected, I wish you luck in your quest, I will see you when you return. Good luck." With that the great beast took to the air and his snow storm began again, this time heading away from Harry. Harry bent down and picked up the animite hoping to head home. The world began spinning and Harry began to see white before he passed out, he was returning to the Living Realm.

A/N: The next chapter will probably be up within a day or two, I've decided to do the training in three parts, so Diagon Alley won't be for another week yet. Harry has met his new companions and next chapter he will learn about the rings, relics, crafting, as well as a select few creatures. I hope you enjoyed the chapter and the Hyren is going to cause a few shocks when he returns. Is there anyone who wants to try to take a guess on who the Guardian Harry meets in Diagon Alley is? Also Squall means a brief sudden violent windstorm, often accompanied by rain or snow. Hope you enjoyed please R & R.

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R-Krulle: Thanks. Next chapter is up, but the lessons aren't done yet, they should be up within a couple of days though, so be patient. Hope you enjoyed.