A/N: Well I hope that you enjoy this chapter, I know the last one didn't have as much action in it as I had thought it would, but trust me the next chapter will. This one doesn't have a lot of action in it but it is important nonetheless.
I would like to say thanks to Chelanzar for beta reading this chapter.
Kkenny: Thanks, as I said the chapter before Demon World (Mall World) was an important chapter that I had to include to make this world make sense. I am glad that you enjoyed this world.
Pleione: Thanks, I try to keep things moving, so that you are not sure exactly what is going to happen, and I hope that with each new world more questions will come to your mind.
Silverscale: Thanks
Merlin-dcsa: Thank you for your comments and I have gotten a beta to read over the chapter, but thank you for offering. I am amazed that you have reread the whole story, but I guess it would help in piecing together some of the puzzles that I have placed into it. As for how powerful Harry is right now? He isn't really powerful at this point, he has been studying and learning new things, but that hasn't really affected his overall power as it were. He isn't going to become a "Super Harry", but his studying will help him to be a better strategist and it will help him plan out things better, but that is all his studying is doing at the moment.
Darak: Thanks for your review, Enervate is used for that, but I made a mistake and thought that he was stunned too. I guess you can chalk it up to my poor memory and that I forgot what happened in Chapter 6 when I wrote Chapter 7.
Recap
Harry looks at Tonks and grins as he sees that the spell worked. He quickly picks up the sword that he bought, and then hands Tonks her daggers. "Time to go!"
Tonks takes a hold of her daggers and then holds on to Harry's hand as they walk through the doorway and vanish from the Room of Requirements.
Chapter Thirty-One: Demon World Part Two
Harry and Tonks find that they are no longer in the room of requirements, which was expected, but by the looks of things they aren't even on the Hogwarts' grounds anymore.
"Harry, where are we?" Tonks asks, as she looks around nervously at the new surroundings.
They are standing on the outskirts of a town, and it is unlike any town that they have seen in London. The city is surrounded by a ten-foot high stone wall and has a large wooden gate for entry into the city.
Harry looks around not really sure where or when they are. "I am not sure Tonks but we need to locate a mage fast because we only have six hours to complete our mission."
Harry starts to walk towards the gate with Tonks at his side and as they near the gate two men dressed in steel armor step out holding spears, blocking them from entering the city.
"Halt! State your reason for being here?" One of the men says as he points his spear at Harry.
Harry stands between the man and Tonks as he looks at the man. "We have come seeking help from the great mages of these lands."
The guard looks a bit shocked as he continues to point the spear at Harry's chest. "How did you manage to get to our island?"
Tonks speaks before Harry is even able to think about what to say. "We found a spell that opened a portal here, so we could find a mage to help us. We are in desperate need of help, can you help us please?"
The guard keeps the spear pointed right at Harry's chest as he looks at Tonks. "only mages can come to this island and I doubt that you are mages. Now I will ask you again what are doing here? Who sent you to spy on us?"
Harry doesn't even flinch as he looks at the spear pointed at him. "She speaks the truth and we aren't spies for anyone. We are merely in need of help."
The second guard moves forward and points his spear at Harry like the first one is. "I say we take them in and let the council decide what to do with these spies."
The first guard looks at his partner and grins. "Excellent idea, they will be able to tell whether they are spies or not." The guard turns his attention back to Harry and Tonks. "Come on move!"
The guard steps aside and waits for Harry and Tonks to make their way in front of him and then they follow them through the gate with their spears aimed right at their backs.
As Harry and Tonks enter the city they are taken aback by its magnificence. The streets were all lined with bricks made out of gold. There were no signs of any wars or anything out of disarray. Clearly they had been brought to the time for the wars, before all the mages were forced to leave the world. There were merchants set up in the center of the city selling their wares, and business lined the streets.
As they walked down the golden street, Harry noticed that a lot of the men in the city were wearing what looked like metal armor, and they all held muggle style weapons. He hadn't spent a lot of time reading about mages, so it was fascinating to actually be able to see how they dressed and lived. Harry vowed to himself as he slowly walked down the street that when he returned to his own time that he would find out more about mages and their life styles.
"Halt!" One of the guards said bringing Harry and Tonks to a stop right in the middle of the street.
"What is he doing out here?" The second guard asks as he looks from the man in front of them to his partner.
"I have no idea, but we will let him deal with these spies." The guard says as he walks around to stand in front of Harry and Tonks. He looks at the man in front of him and bows slightly. "Your excellency I believe these two to be spies, and have brought them to stand before the council."
The man in front of Harry and Tonks is dressed in what could only be called medieval royal garments fit for nobility. The man looks at the guard and then at Harry and Tonks. "I see." The man walks by the guard and begins to examine Harry and Tonks more closely.
"Your.." Harry starts but is cut off by the guard behind him.
"Silence spy!" The guard shouts as he pushes his spear into Harry's back.
"Enough of that Benjamin." The man says as he looks at the guard. "Return to your posts and I shall escort these two before the council personally."
The front guard turns to look at the man. "Your excellency I must humbly object. These two are spies and must be escorted by guards. There is no telling what they may be here to do."
The man turns to look at the guard. "Franklin if you do not return to your post at once I will have you taken before the council for not obeying a direct order."
Franklin looks down at the ground. "As you wish milord." Franklin turns to his partner. "Let's get back to the gate before more spies try to get into our city."
Franklin and Benjamin turn and head back to the gate leaving Harry and Tonks with the unknown man.
The man turns and looks at Harry and Tonks. "You must excuse the guards, they believe everyone that tries to enter are spies. I am Aldus Gryffindor, I am the Lord Elder of the Dragon Council and you might be?"
Harry steps forward and bows out of respect like the guard did. "I am Harry Potter and this is my best friend Tonks."
"Tonks? Is that your first or last name milady?" Aldus asks as he looks at Tonks and smiles.
"That is my last name milord, I am not fond of my first name." Tonks says trying to be respectful as possible.
"I see. What brings the two of you to this magnificent island?" Aldus asks as he looks at Harry and Tonks.
"We have come looking for help." Harry says as he looks at Aldus in wonderment. The man's last name was that of one of the founders of Hogwarts and yet the man seemed vaguely familiar, as if Harry had seen him somewhere before.
"Help? What could you possibly need help with that you risked your lives coming here?" Aldus asks as he continues to look at Harry and Tonks.
Tonks steps forward to stand beside Harry. "We have come looking for a mage, who might be able to help us. We have little time, but we will try and explain it all to you if you will give us a chance."
"By all means I will listen to what you have to say, follow me." Aldus begins walking and Harry and Tonks quickly start off after him.
After a good half hour of explaining everything to Aldus in the hopes that he would help them with their problem, the truth of their existence in his time was revealed.
"That is a very interesting story indeed and I must say that it is quite imaginative." Aldus says as he looks at Harry and Tonks.
"Aldus it is the truth I swear it." Harry says as he looks at the man before him.
"There are a lot of things that mages have accomplished over the years, and as the most advanced magic users in the Wizarding World, I must say that even we are a little hesitant about messing with time."
"You are not" Tonks says as she angrily looks at Aldus.
"What do you mean by that young lady?"
"I know that mages have or will deal with time magic in the hopes of finding immortality." Tonks says in a matter of fact kind of way.
"So it would seem that you do know a good bit about us, but that doesn't mean that you are from where you say you are. It could just possible mean that you are indeed spies as Franklin insisted that you were." Aldus says as he looks at Tonks never once moving from his seat.
Harry kept looking at Aldus and kept getting the same strange feeling like he had seen the man before. There was something about him that was familiar, but Harry just couldn't put his finger on what it was.
"Surely you don't still believe we are spies!" Tonks says as she stands up and looks down at Aldus.
"No, actually I do not believe you are spies, but it is still strange to believe that you are from the future. None the less, your problem seems easy enough to remedy, if in fact you truly do have demons on the loose in your future." Aldus says as he stands up. "the local blacksmith is a friend of mine and a fine mage at that. He will be able to prepare weapons for you that you could use against the demons. Though I doubt he will have them done quickly as it will probably take him a couple of hours."
"Actually Aldus our portal home will open in less than four and a half hours, so it is best that he gets to work on them as soon as possible." Harry says as he stands up.
"I shall go speak to him at once on your behalf. It is best that you both stay here in my guest quarters until I am able to get you what you require. It would not look right for you to be outside when many still believe you to be spies."
Aldus turns and walks out of the room leaving Harry and Tonks alone in the room. The room that they are in is a small bedroom, with a fireplace in it that has a small fire burning.
"Alone once again." Tonks says as she walks over and sits down on the edge of the bed and looks hopelessly into the small fire.
Harry walks over and sits down beside her. "Yeah it would seem that fate likes having us together alone."
Tonks turns to look at Harry. "That's not so bad is it?"
Harry brings his hand up and slowly runs it along her chin. "I never said it is was bad. Though I am not sure that we will be alone long, since Aldus will probably be back soon. Tonks was there anything strangely familiar about Aldus to you?"
"You mean other than the fact that his last name is the same of one of the founders?" Tonks asks with a grin on her face.
"Yes other than that point, there is something about the man, but I just can't quite put my finger on what it is."
"Hmm now that you mention it Harry, I did the feeling like I knew him, but I am not sure why."
"That's what I mean there is something about the man that is familiar, but it is just beyond my grasp as to what it is." Harry says as he sits on the edge of the bed with his arm on Tonks shoulder.
There are a few minutes of silence, which is broken when the door to the room opens and Aldus Gryffindor walks into the room. He looks at Harry and Tonks, his sparkling blue eyes twinkling with pride. "I have spoken with the blacksmith here in town and he assures me that he can have the weapons done in a few hours, so they should be done before you have to leave. That being said, I would like to offer my hospitality to you and invite you both to have dinner with my family and I tonight."
Harry stands up and looks at Aldus. "That is very kind of you, and we accept."
Tonks looks at Harry and smiles. "Never know when we will get a chance to eat again."
Aldus looks at Tonks for a moment pondering her comment. "Then it is settled both of you will join my family and I for dinner and then we will get the weapons from the blacksmith." Aldus turns to leave the room. "I will come get you in a half hour for dinner, so if you wish there is a wash basin over there to clean up for dinner." With that Aldus walks out of the room once again leaving Harry and Tonks alone.
Harry looks at Tonks for a moment. "Why did you say that about not knowing when we would eat again?"
"It's the truth Harry, we don't know when we will get to eat again. After all we return to our time and will have to face down those demons, and then we will be on to the next world provided this world isn't yours. If we do move on to another world there is no telling what we will find there."
Harry looks down at the floor. "I am sorry Tonks."
Tonks stands up and wraps her arms around Harry's neck. "For what?"
Harry looks Tonks right in the eyes, and she can tell that there is pain in his eyes. "For all of this. If I hadn't dragged you along with me…"
"I would probably be dead!"
Harry once again looks down; he hadn't really talked too much about bringing Tonks with him. It had been eating away at him over the weeks, but he never brought himself to talk to Tonks about it, partly because of the fact they didn't have the time to discuss it. "Tonks I got you into all of this, and for that I am sorry. I am sorry that you will never get to go home."
Tonks lifts Harry's head and looks into his eyes. "Harry, I have no home to go to. Voldemort took all that away from me, remember? My world was falling apart and there is no way that I would have survived there. At first I admit I wasn't so sure about coming with you, but Harry I am glad I did! During the time that we have been together I have…I love you Harry and there is nothing I wouldn't do for you."
Harry looks at Tonks and then pulls her into a loving hug. "I love you too, Tonks, I really do. I have never really loved anyone before, but I am sure that is what I feel about you."
Harry and Tonks spent the next couple of minutes just standing and holding each other close. Then they decide that they should get ready for dinner with Aldus and his family.
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Harry and Tonks sat at a large table, as servants brought in plates of food and placed them on the table.
"I would like to introduce you to my family." Aldus says as he stands up from the table. "This is my son Percival, and my beautiful wife Rowena."
Harry and Tonks looks at the two that they were introduced to, and then introduce themselves as the servants finish bringing in the dinner.
"Will you be staying long with us?" Rowena asks as she looks at Harry and Tonks.
"No, we will be returning home in a few hours, but thank you for allowing us to have dinner with you." Harry says as he looks at Rowena with a vague notion that he had seen her somewhere before.
"It is our pleasure Harry, we don't get a lot of visitors here that are not from the island." Rowena says as she looks at Harry and smiles.
Harry can't help but to ask as he looks at Aldus and Rowena. "Aldus, I hate to pry but I was wondering do you happen to have a brother?"
Aldus looks at Harry and then back down at his plate. "Yeah I do, he is younger than I am, but how did you know?"
Harry looks a bit shocked that Aldus would ask that after all that he told him. "I have heard of a man named Godric Gryffindor, and was wondering if he might be a relative of yours?"
"Godric? That is my uncle's name, no my brother is Wulfric." Aldus says as he begins to fill his plate. "Enough talk let's eat before all this wonderful food gets cold."
Harry begins to fill his plate wondering more about why Aldus seems so familiar and why Rowena also looked familiar to him as well.
They finished their meal in silence, as none really knew what to talk about after the introductions were done. It was clear that none of them felt the need was there to speak about what was to come, though Harry and Tonks minds were laced with the thoughts of what was to come. What was to happen when they returned to the time that they left, the time in which demons were freely roaming the around the world. After the meal Harry and Tonks were taken into the living room of the small house as Aldus went to see if the blacksmith was done with his job.
"Harry what I don't understand is why demons are attacking." Tonks says as she sits down beside him on a small couch.
"That has been bothering me as well Tonks, but I am not sure how it came to be. I can only hope that we can find out when we return home." Harry says as he brings Tonks closer to him.
"Maybe I can help you understand." Came a voice from the doorway as Rowena walked into the room and sat down on a chair across from Harry and Tonks.
"No disrespect milady, but how might you help?" Harry asks as politely as possible.
"Harry just because we come from different times doesn't mean that I am unaware of what is happening. I know things that others do not want to believe." Rowena says as she looks at Harry.
"How did you know?" Tonks asks as she looks at her in disbelief.
"As I said Miss Tonks I know a lot of things that the others do not. Just like the fact that I know Harry is currently seeking out the power to bring an end to a Dark Lord that has been menacing him for years." Rowena says as she grins at Harry.
"How…I mean are you a seer?" Harry asks as he looks at Rowena.
"In some ways you could say that. I do not look into an orb to see though, things come to me in visions. For the past month I have been having visions of your coming so when my husband told me about your arrival I was pleased to know that I was not insane. Harry I must tell you though that the power you seek will not come to you from a book, it is something that you have inside you, and in time that power will be revealed. Then and only then will you truly be able to rid the world of the Dark Lord that threatens you."
Harry and Tonks were both speechless and didn't know what to say. After a few minutes of silence Rowena spoke once again breaking the silence. "As for the demons that plague the world you currently reside on, that comes from a prophecy that the Dark Lord found. It foretold that he would unlock the gates of hell and unleash the demons that would only serve their true master. The Dark Lord believed that he was the true master and so he unleashed them and soon found out that he wasn't the true master."
"What? If he wasn't the true master then how did he unleash them?" Harry asks looking very interested in fighting out what is happening.
"Unleashing them was easy for him once he found the scroll, but controlling them was another story." Rowena says as a big grin comes to her face. "The Dark Lord did not have the power to control them, and so they attacked him. Though they were unable to kill him they did injure him enough to trap him, and so now he resides within a cage deep within the lair that houses the Demon Lords."
"Demon Lords?"
"Yes each group of demons has a lord that they follow, and it is these lords that tell their minions were to attack. Anyone who can kill the Demon Lord or control the Demon Lord would take control of that lord's whole unit." Rowena says as she looks at Harry.
"So where do we find the Demon Lords?"
"That I do not know I am afraid, because my vision only goes so far. I do know they are out of your reach however, because you will not be around long enough to get to them." Rowena says as she looks down feeling disappointed that she couldn't help more.
"So this isn't my world?" Harry asks as he looks at Rowena.
"I am afraid not Harry, your journey is almost complete, but as of now you must continue on. Do not allow this to disappoint you however because what you learn from this world will be helpful in years to come. This much I do know, because if you do not complete the journey then all shall be lost."
Before Harry can ask anything else Aldus walked in and looks at Harry and Tonks. "The weapons are done, and it would be best if you both come with me and get them, because it is nearly time for you to leave."
Harry and Tonks thank Rowena again for all she has done for them, and they follow Aldus out of the house. They make their way to the blacksmith, where they find that the blacksmith had done more than just add the enhancements to their weapons they brought with them.
"I decided that you could use a little more then the couple daggers you had and the sword. That is why I have made you a set of six spears. Also, I have madeyou these orbs." The blacksmith says as he sees the shocked expressions on Harry and Tonks face.
"How do they work?" Harry asks as he picks up one of the orbs.
"You simply press down on the button and then throw it. When it explodes it will leave out a wave of devastation that will hopefully incinerate any demons within the twenty-foot range of the blast. Though I am not sure how it will affect humans, so be sure not to let it explode close to you." The blacksmith says as he eyes Harry with a bit of suspicion.
"I will make sure to be careful sir, thank you." Harry says as he continues looking over the orbs.
"Harry your sword has also been enhanced and should be able to bring down some demons, though you will have to be careful as it will require you to be close to hit them." Aldus says as he hands Harry his bastard sword.
"I have also made a few more daggers for you, Miss Tonks, so that you will have more of a chance than you would have with only three of them." The blacksmith says as he hands Tonks a satchel with six throwing daggers inside it.
Harry and Tonks both thank the blacksmith and then they make their way outside the small shop and head into the square followed by Aldus.
"Aldus, how is that mages know so much about weapons?" Harry asks as he makes his way towards Aldus.
"Not all mages know about muggle weapons, but there are some like me that are War Mages. We are trained in all sorts of fighting, including with muggle weapons, and that gives an added advantage when we must go into battle." Aldus says as if it is common knowledge.
Harry was glad to finally get some information, but once again swore that he would investigate mages to the fullest as soon as he had time, because something told him that mages would play a key role in him exterminating Voldemort!
Harry and Tonks had what they came for and finally just had to wait for the moment that the spell sent them back which surprisingly happened within twenty minutes of receiving their newly fashioned weapons.
There is a bright light as the portal opens in front of them. Harry looks at Aldus and grins. "Time for us to leave my friend thank you for all that you have done for us. I will never forget it."
Aldus smiles and waves as he watches Harry and Tonks step into the light and disappear from the time and place that was Dragon Island.