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Chapter 7

The Archway, The Wizard, and The Immortal

Part 2

The Presents of Family

Life
So far from the normal
Into the atmospher
Alown in the wide open spaces of the mind

To true
Of oneself
Or of others
When does this abjectivity begin
Or end life

To whom is it that we
As all others
See in ourselves
The one and only one who
Is untouched by the hatred of the world

Untitled Poetry Sets by DragonFoxx

The walk went well and by the end of the day, one that seemed much longer that the day before, he again thought of a place to stay and the tent appeared on the side of the road. The next morning the snow had dissapeared and it was a nice warm spring day with a fully shining sun.

This day though something different happened. He met someone.

"Hello, who are you?" A young woman asked from behind Harry.

"Hun? Oh, um Harry." He said.

"I see. Well Harry what time period are you looking for?" She asked.

"What?" He was really confused. What did she mean time period?

"Your looking for someone. I can tell. What time period where they from? What year did they die?" She clarified.

"Oh, um well I guess... 1980." He replied glad to have found someone who would help him.

She smiled at him. "Ok, where?" She seemed to understand that he was new. He just didn't have his head in the right place.

"Oh sorry, England. Do you know where I can find them?" Harry asked.

"Sure Europe from the 1900's is another day's walk on this road. Eastern Europe is the first left hand turn you come to and England in perticular is the third right." She explained to him with a smile.

"Thank you so much. Um what is your name?" Harry asked realizing he hadn't before.

"Eliza. Go find your friends. Goodbye Harry. I don't want to see you again untill your much older. With a smile Eliza turned around and walked away.

Harry watched her go for a few minutes before continuing on his walk. Apparently he had another day to go before he would be close. Through the rest of the time that Harry walked he thought about what he was going to do when he reached his family. He hoped they would be proud of him.

It was the next day around what seemed to be noon that Harry finally came upon a City. Of course the name of the city was on a sign board just out side. Harry smiled at what it said. "Europe, 1900's" It looked like things here would be easy to find.

Walking into town Harry followed Eliza's directions and took the first left he saw. Reading the sign post as he walked by. "Eastern Europe". Taking the third right, Harry followed the road named "England" and watched as he passed many sign posts dated by year. It took him a while but he finally found the one he was looking for, 1980. They had to be down here, and so Harry turned left.

Looking down the side of the street he saw many manor houses. Some were very opulent, while others were quite nice without overdoing it. He also came across many cottages seated on what seemed to be larger amounts of land than the manor houses. This was only because the houses were smaller though. From what Harry could see all the houses had the same amount of land.

As Harry looked at the manor houses and the cottages side by side, he noticed that each place had a name or set of names somewhere visible. On some it was in the metal at the top of a set of gates, on others it was carved in stone on a pillar at the entrance to the grounds or it was above the door of the house. In any case, each one had a name.

Seeing this Harry looked for his parents. They had to be around here somewhere. Another hour of walking and Harry still had not seen his parents home. 'Many of these people must have died during the war.' Harry thought. 'So many.' It was hard to grasp the thought that Voldemort and his Death Eaters had killed all of these people.

It was another few hours still till he found it. There on the right was a mid sized town house. Simple yet elegant with a stone walk down to the door. It was now or never and he needed to keep to Horus' words, he shouldn't tarry. Harry took a deep breath and headed for the door.

It had seemed like so long ago that he had arrived here. Two years had passed it seemed. Some days in quick succession, others seeming like many days rolled into one. During that time Sirius had updated James and Lily on what he knew to have happened in the living world since their deaths.

It took a lot of time. But it was not all they did. Many times Sirius was 'forced' to retell every time he was with Harry. They wanted to make sure their son was happy. Of course Sirius didn't mind, he loved the boy just as much as they did. He would gladly talk about the short amount of time they had spent together.

Besides taking time to reminisce on the young man they all loved, the three spent much time simply enjoying each others company. They played games, watched movies and television (muggles came here too you know), and had wonderful parties. James and Lily introduced Sirius to many people he had known during their lives. He also met many he had not known. This included those of the Potter and Evans lines. It was durring one of these family parties that a nock was heard at the door.

"I'll get it dear." James called out to his wife and their guests.

"Alright. We'll be in the back garden for quiddich." She returned barly heard over the others in the rooms.

"Got it." James returned on his way to the door.

There was a second nock, "I'm coming. Sorry we're having a..." He trailed off as he opened the door to see who was there.

As Harry walked up to the door of the small manor house he could hear many people chatting though he could not make out anything in perticular about what they were saying. He knocked again in case no one had heard it the first time. With this Harry got a responce.

Harry heard a man on the other side of the door as the knob turned. "I'm coming. Sorry we're having a..." Harry and James looked at each other for a while, both speachless. Even though Harry had expected this he was still suprized to see his father at the door.

"Um, hi." Harry said breaking the ice.

Of course James wasn't even able to speak, he just threw his arms around Harry, babbling non-sensically. Harry for his part just stood still and let the man who he figured had to be his father cling to him. After a moment or so he even raised his arms to hold the older man as said man seemed like he would not be letting go any time soon.

Harry was listening closely to what James was babbeling, it seemed to sound something like, "Harry, ... Your alive... What... doing here? Missed you... love ... Sirius said...wonderful... mother missed you... family..." and so on. After a minute of not knowing what to do some one came up behind James.

"What are you doing hugging someone to death James? Your wife is out back wondering where you are Prat." The man said. Harry looked up and into the eyes of his godfather. "Harry?"

The young man in question smiled even more "Yes. I'm so glad I found you Sirius. Dad, can you let me go now. I would love to actually see you and mom." Harry said.

James let go of Harry and stood their in front of him. "Harry. What are... Your alive too. What are you doing here?"

Harry looked at Sirius. "Well, um, I'm here to get Sirius as he shouldn't be here. But then you know that we are both still alive." James nodded at his son still in a bit of a shock. "So, can I come in?"

"Of course, of course." James said "Your mom and the rest of the family are in the back yard. You actually came on a good day. Lets introduce you to Lily first." As the three men headed back Sirius quickly turned and gave Harry a hug as well, then smiling let go and followed James.

As Harry entered the house he noticed that the noise of people had only slightly diminished. It now seemed to be coming from the direction of the rear of the house. It was in this direction that Harry was led by his father and godfather.

As they again left the house out the back door Harry saw a whole gaggle of people. A soft gasp was heard. Of course the first one to turn around at the sound of a door opening was Lily, Harry's mother. "Harry!" she cried as she ran towards the three men. She quickly had her son in her arms.

"You look wonderful." Lily said drawing out of the hug she had been holding him in and taking a good look.

Harry gave a shy smile, "Thanks,... mum." Lily of course squeeled at this she was so happy to finaly see her boy.

"Come on you two. We should introduce Harry to the rest of the family while there here. We can all talk later." James said.

With this Harry was led around to the other people in the garden, taking the rest of the day to meet the family he never had a chance to know. Everyone was eger to get to know the last decendant of the two families, they didn't include Petunia or Dudley as they abhored magic, which Harry learned the Evens family went way back in.

Apparently one of the Even ancesters, gave his name as Huratio, had been cursed by an enemy and his children lost their magic. He was able to counter the curse but it was unable to come into effect till a few generations later. And this only if the child was openmined. The story had been passed down through the generations and when Lily and Petunia had been born Lily immediatly wished it to be her while Petunia totaly fought against anything that she didn't see as normal. That was why her side of the family would continue to be cursed until the first child to believe and wish for magic.

Besides meeting his mothers side of the family and learning their history he also meet his fathers side. One of those he meet was none other that Godric Gryffidore. Harry looked at his father, "We're related to Gryffidore?" He asked a bit hesatenly.

"Yes we are. Godric's daughter Diana married our ancester Philip Potter. It is one of the reasons many of the Potters have been in Gryffidore in school, not all, but most." James replied to his son. "That woman over by the hickory tree is Melina Potter-Grenta. She was in Slytherin. We try not to be biust of which house someone was in and she always reminds us of that." They saw Melina looking over at them. "Not that she was the only Slytherin of the family, she is just more vocal about it."

Harry nodded to all he had heard. He was doing his best to get out of the house prejudice thing. It was good to have a year away from it all. "What about you Sirius? Do you still hold with the house prejudice?" Harry asked his godfather.

"No way. I've learned my lesson while being here. Still don't like the slimy git though and there is no way you are changing my mind." Sirius replied.

Harry smiled at that, "I totally agree with you, the mans a real git."

"Anyways," James said trying to change the subject as to not upset his wife, "We should be saying good by to the family, it's getting late."

After all the family guest had left the family of four went back into the house. "Well I believe that it is time for some more substantial food. I'll start dinner." Lily said to males of the group.

Harry looked at his mother. "Um… I don't want to intrude but I wonder if I could help. I always liked cooking."

Lily looked at her son with pride. "Of course you can help. Make what ever you would like, and in the mean time you can tell us about yourself."

Harry smiled, "Sure."

During the next hour while Lily and Harry worked in the kitchen on food, James and Sirius sat at the table and listened to Harry's life story. Rarely someone would ask him a question or give an exclamation on one of the thing he had done but other than that Harry was the only one to speak.

After dinner was finished they all ate at the kitchen table with Harry continuing his tale. He then brought out the dissert that he had made and they all enjoyed his wonderful concoction of confection. By the time the dishes were done and put away Harry was finished with his story.

"Wow, Pronglet. What a life. I really wish we had been there for you." James said while Lily and Sirius both nodded.

"I know dad but we can't change that." Harry said. "Um… Can you guys, um, tell me about yourselfes?" He asked.

Lily looked over at her son. "Of course. You don't need to be shy in asking. We'll tell you what ever you want to know." She got up and walked over to the young man, putting out her hand for him to take. When he did so she pulled him up and into a hug. James too got up and walked over to his son and wife and hugged them both.

'I could really get used to this.' Harry thought with a sad smile. 'Too bad I have to leave. I wish they could come with me.'

After a few minutes everyone let go except for Lily who still held her son's hand. She led him into the living room with her husband and his best friend following. What followed was three hours of James and Lily telling their son about their lives. Of course Sirius not wanting to be left out added things in here and their keeping the mood light.

By the end of the story telling Harry was lying on a transfigured mattress between his parents and wrapped in their arms. Sirius had at some point left the room to go to his own bed and Lily had covered the three of them with a large quilt. Harry snuggled further into his parents embrace and heard his father chuckle.

"Love you dad, mum." Harry mumbled sleepily.

"We love you too Harry." His parents replied in unison. With that the three fell asleep in each others arms like they had not done in 15 years. Each one very content and with a smile on their face.

The next morning Harry awoke to the feeling of completeness. He was still wrapped in his parents arms but he could tell that his mother was awake as well. Turning his head he looked at the red haired woman. She smiled at him.

"Lets go make them breakfast. The smell of food will get them up faster than anything else." Lily said to him. Harry smiled and gave a nod.

The two quietly extracted themselves from James' grasp and went into the kitchen. In a short amount of time they had a full breakfast done and could hear James and Sirius coming towards the kitchen.

Good-mornings were passed all around and the food was eaten. After words Harry and Lily each went into a bathroom to do their morning routines and get ready for the day as they had not done so before making breakfast.

The rest of the morning was spent getting to know each other better. Of course all good things must come to an end and this was no exception. It was during lunch that Harry felt it.

He was talking to his dad and godfather about pranks, Lily lightly reprimanding them when things began to get out of hand when he felt it. A small pulling at his chest. It made him stop in mid sentence which alerted the others to the occurrence, even if they didn't know what exactly happened yet. It took Harry but a moment to figure out what it was.

"We have to go." He said suddenly. Harry looked at his parents and godfather. "Sirius and I have to leave. We have to do it today." He said a tear sliping down his face.

Lily immediately got off her chair and went over to her distraught son. "We knew this would happen. Granted we all though you would have more time but we were able to get to know each other and you will be back, even if it will be a long time from now." She said softly.

"It better be a long time from now. You have to live a good long life or I will prank you so bad when you get here you will wish you were still alive." James said with a smile.

This got Harry laughing. "Don't forget kid were in this together. You won't be alone again. Never again." Sirius said with conviction.

Harry nodded. "Yea." He gave a slight gasp as the pull in his chest increased. "We need to leave now." Lily nodded and pulled Harry up. James did the same to Sirius and the four of them walked out of the door and began walking down the street.

With a slight pause Harry closed his eyes and searched for the thread that was pulling him. It was there to lead him back to the doorway so that he and Sirius could leave. Once he had found it he looked again at his parents and began walking with his mother against his side.

As they walked Lily and James calmly chatted with Harry and Sirius. They wanted to make sure the two didn't get too emotional. This was something that had to happen and they both knew they would see the other two again. It was only a matter of time.

Along the way they picked up a few people. Some were Potter's or Evens'. Others were those that Sirius had known while alive and talked with while he had been here. Even Cedric showed up and chatted with Harry for a little while. It wasn't long that Harry found the doorway. Surprisingly enough it had moved and was now just outside of the town in an empty field. It was then that Harry and Sirius truly began saying their goodbyes.

"I like him." A man's voice said.

"I thought you would." A woman's voice replied. This voice seemed closer than the last.

"You see him as your child don't you? I can tell." The man said. He was getting closer as well and could be slightly recognized but was still indeterminate.

"Yes. He truly is too. I don't just see him as such. He was born so connected. A plan of my predecessor. He will bring together his realm. All of it." She replied with a glowing smile that seemed to be showing her face in the darkness.

"He has a lot of work to do though. His time in Faerûn will not be long enough to learn all he needs to." The man said coming into view.

"I know but it is all the time he can afford." She replied. The man recognized as Horus nodded.

"As that is the case he shall receive a gift from me. You have given him the gift of his family I shall give him 20 years of knowledge in Faerûn magic. He will still have to practice it but it will decrease his time learning redundant magic greatly. That is if you agree to it Lady Mystra." Horus said.

"Indeed I do Azuth. You may proceed as long as this knowledge you give him is well rounded. No focusing on only battle magic. He will need to know it all for his later destiny." Mystra replied.

"Of course Lady. I would never do such a thing. I'm not the God of Spells for no reason." Horus, now know to be Azuth, said with a mock affronted look on his face.

Mystra chuckled. "Sure thing. Do it as he leaves this realm. It will drain him and be a good time for his mind to assimilate the knowledge given."

Azuth nodded. The two Gods looked forward again and watched as the young man previously being discussed entered a door into a long pitch black hallway clutching the hand of his godfather so they didn't get separated. Not long after the two reached a pure white veil that seemed to be hanging from nothing. "Do it now." Mystra said.

Horus nodded and closed his eyes just as Harry Potter and Sirius Black jumped through the white veil.

Harry and Sirius were saying goodbye. James and Lily along with a few others had gone with them to the doorway to see them off. It was a sad yet happy time for all involved.

"I love you son. Be good and learn all you can. I have a feeling that you will truly need it all in the future. No matter what kind of magic it is. Just don't let yourself be pulled by the darkness." Lily said while hugging her son. "Remember we love you and will always." Harry nodded. He had tears in his eyes.

He had wanted to know his parents so bad and now that he was here he didn't want to leave them. But they all knew that he must. No one wanted him or Sirius to disappear completely. Lily finally let go of her son. She smiled at him, and kissed him on the cheek. Of course it was then James' turn at the boy.

"Well don't forget that we love you, though I know you never will. Be sure to follow what your mother said, but don't forget to have fun. Enjoy life and don't die for a very long time. We will be waiting here for you but don't want to actually see you till your much much older. You deserve a long life filled with joy. I love you kid." James said as he too gave his son a hug and pulled away.

"Thanks mom, dad. I love you both so much." Harry really didn't know what else to say. His parents both nodded to him understanding smiles on their faces. Harry nodded in return and turned to Sirius.

"You heard what we told him Padfoot. Those are what you are to follow as well. Make sure he does too." James said. "Have a good long life both of you."

Lily hugged Sirius. "You should both be going now before you decide not to." She said while giving them each a small push towards the doorway. Harry turned and hugged her one more time. Then with a wave to his parents and those who had gone with them to the doorway he turned and, grabbing Sirius' hand, walked through. The door closed behind them and the others were left standing in the middle of an empty field.

Lily gave a choked sob and her husband pulled her into his arms. "They'll be fine love. They always are." Lily simply nodded her head against her husbands shoulder. 'Yes they would be fine. She had to believe, had to have faith in her son. He was strong, he would persevere.' Everyone turned and slowly walked back to their homes in Mystra's realm.

Harry and Sirius on the other hand had stepped into complete blackness. There was no light anywhere. With a silent agreement they said nothing but both squeezed the other's hand in reassurance. They began walking.

What seemed like two hours later they spotted a light in the distance. Moving forward at a faster rate now they made it to what they could now tell was a white veil in relatively little time. Through the light given off by the veil the two men looked at each other.

"I have no doubt that we will both pass out when we go through." Harry said.

"Nor do I, but we really have no other choice as I really don't want to be stuck here." Sirius replied.

Harry chuckled. "Lets go then." Sirius nodded and together the two jumped through the veil only to land outside in the middle of the afternoon jumbled in a heap. Immediately passing out when they did so.

Elminster had looked up when he felt the magic surrounding the archway and veil. No more than a moment later Sylûne looked up as well. It was then that the archway began to glow catching everyone's attention. It was about an hour later that everyone who had gathered on the hill top and around the base began to see any difference. It was then that the glowing archway began to pulse with a rhythm like that of a heart beat.

Not long after this began the glowing ceased completely and two bodies fell through the veil and landed on the ground in a heap. A few on the hillside could see that one of the two was the young man that had entered the archway in the first place. "It's Harry!" Maretta called out, she was a maid at the local inn and had gotten to know the young man a bit since he had first arrived as he and Ayana always stopped by to say hello when doing their runs. Of course after her shout many of those around her fell silent. That was until one who had been there when the arch was made yelled out.

"He brought some one back from the dead!" He exclaimed. At this many town folk began to speculate on Harry's powers. Maybe he could bring back one of their loved ones. The talk began to get louder as Harry and Sirius lay there on the ground, luckily completely oblivious to what was going on around them.

But Elminster was not and had had enough. "QUIET! Young Harry did not bring back someone from the dead. Ye shall quit all this nonsense at once." He told the crowd.

"But the words he said to open the door. 'Passing into the realm of spirits.' That is the land of the dead. And he brought that one out with him." Some one in the rear yelled back at the old mage.

Said man smiled at the accuracy of those not of magic to understand what had happened. But they did lack so much knowledge. "Yes the lad did enter into Mystra's spirit realm. And yes he did bring this other lad out with him, but he did not bring him back from the dead. Harry simply brought back one who had been trapped in the spirit realm while still alive. Now enough has been said. Return to yer' homes and spread not these lies of bringing back the dead."

With that the Master Mage known as Elminster snapped his fingers twice and he, Harry, Sirius, Storm, Sylûne, Lhaeo and Ayana all vanished, simply to reappear in El's tower and took Harry and Sirius to Harry's room. With a wave of her hand Sylûne created a complete copy of Harry's bed and placed it next to the other. Once both men were placed on the beds and tucked in the other five went down to the kitchen for a quick bite to eat and then headed to their own beds, it had been a very long month.

Meanwhile during the time of Harry's Spirit Journey much was happening in the Wizarding world. It was New Years and everyone was relaxed as nothing had been happening. That was until early that evening. When Diagon Alley was attacked.

AN: There you go. The second half of chapter 7. I have given many hints as to what will happen with Harry overall so far. I will also answer questions if you are confused, just don't expect me to tell you what is going to happen later. You will just have to read on to find out. Hope you all enjoyed and sorry for the wait. Until next time… DragonFoxx

PS: Please review it helps me to continue this story.