Chapter 1: Of Dreams may Come
Order of the Phoenix HQ
"Its been one month since Harry left we are no closer to finding him
now than we were then." Heavy silence and grim looks followed Dumbledore's statement.
"How can an untrained wizard even one as canny as Harry just vanish? Many fully trained wizards can't even hide themselves that well!" Came the outburst from Remus Lupin.
"He's just a child. He wouldn't leave without anything but the clothes
on his back. Leaving like that he'd be alone out there.he'd never survive alone."
"Harry's never had the privilege to be just a child, Molly. First he
was the wizarding worlds savior then he became their protector now he is our only hope. He's been alone since Halloween night 15 years ago I'm afraid." Dumbledore sighed. "We know that he's not in Voldermort's hands and right now that's the best reassurance we have. For now we can tell everyone he's off getting special training but I'm afraid that the Ministry won't buy that for long since they have ways of tracking underage wizards." Even with Fudge admitting that Voldermort was back the Ministry was scrambling to deal with the situation and it wouldn't be long before they made sure that Harry was out in the spotlight since we had defeated Voldermort many times.
"Harry's not hiding from us that much is clear from his letters. I think that he would have told me if he was doing that. Where ever he is right now its by his choice and I get the feeling that he is more than just grabbing some extra lessons in transfiguration and charms." Remus stated his latest thoughts aloud and they were met with a few nods and questioning looks. Remus however was now not worried about Harry in You- Know-Who's hands but what Harry was getting training in. He had his suspicions but would rather they turn out to be false.
"Just like Potter to disappear and make us waste valuable time looking
for him." Snape snarled at no one in particular thinking all the while that the werewolf had the right of it even if he was loath to admit it even to himself.
"On the contrary Severus he was very adamant about not wasting time looking for him in his letter. The time wasted was just on a foolish old mans whim I'm afraid. Miss Granger was the only one he gave what appeared to be a clue to but so far none of us have been able to understand what he meant by mentioning those two books. They are rather unpopular books as a whole. I'm sad to say that we shall be as much in the dark about Harry's whereabouts as the rest of the world. Miss Granger and Mr. Weasley will no doubt be exhausting the library for the year to come on anything and everything to do with war and dreams. Let us hope they find something we have not." Everyone nodded there was not much else to do and the Order's resources could not be spread so thin at a time like. Like it or not they would have to wait Harry's return and hope for the best.
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Harry was tired. He had been out on the field with Mathias for the
past months from dawn till dusk working on learning the basics of the battle arts as he so happily had explained when Harry had first arrived. Mathias was a very cheerful sort who reminded Harry strongly of Sirius except for the fact that while his godfather had prejudices and had been somewhat reckless Mathias was not. He had learned all the basics of wandless magic, fencing, throwing knives, daggers, darts, axes and any other medieval type weapon Mathias had thought of. He taught me hand-to-hand combat just like muggle soldiers. My favorite part of learning the basics of muggle warfare was when he taught me the art of blowing things up royally, different type of guns where also a very large part of my training. Some weapons Harry was better at than others but for the most part he had an all around talent for learning to use them though he favored swords, long bows, daggers, knives, explosives and the occasional gun didn't come amiss either. Wandless magic had been very hard for him to learn since he had been taught that wizards needed wands to perform magic unless they were untrained which caused them to perform accidental magics as he had done. After much concentration and practice he developed a fairly decent aptitude for wandless magic though he still needed to work on it.
He missed Ron and Hermione but knew that he would see them in a year or so. Harry had also spent countless hours in Mathias's library reading up on magic and any other book he thought would help him when he got back home. He had found that wizards of his time had put many restrictions on magic that were unnecessary or they had made simple things quite complicated and strenuous when there was an easier way of doing things. He had found that the theory of most magic involved knowing how much power you had or were to get it from and the will one had to perform any piece of magic. Incantations were not needed though it was easier to focus the magic that way.
Harry had with the help of Mathias learned that while there was evil
in the world not all of it was easily labeled and categorized. He had learned that one mans freedom fighter was another ones terrorist. He had learned the real reasons behind his ancestors being called dark wizards. He had come to terms with being Slytherin's heir as well as Gryffindor's. As far as he'd been able to find out his mom was some many times great granddaughter to a squib from Slytherin's line who married a muggle when he was disowned. Their descendants had all kept marrying both muggles and muggleborn witches and wizards for ages never really making them known to the wizarding world except for the one kid who was magical every generation or so but for the most part they stayed out of the wizarding world and completely left it when Voldermort had started rising to power. His mom was the first witch born to that line in while. His dad was a pureblooded wizard who was a direct descendant to Gryffindor.
While Harry knew he held none of Slytherin's prejudices he understood his ideals which were correct for his time and age. He also very much understood Gryffindor's view of things but in light of what had been going on at the time he felt Godric had been a bit hasty in killing Salazar after all the man had been a most powerful ally even if he was a dark wizard. Then again the dark arts are very powerful magic by themselves, they were developed by a light wizard as a skill to use in battle not as a way of life. The families that were considered the best soldiers and generals are the families my time labeled as dark the Malfoy's, the Snape's, the Goyle's, the Crabbe's, the Parkinson's, the Nott's, the Avery's, the Macnair's and even at one point the Weasley's. Harry knew he would find the best warriors in Slytherin but first he would have to finish his training
He still had to spend 3 months with the elves of this time. They would expand on what he had learned so far. They were said to be the best hunters and healers in this world, the skill he would learn from them would be very instrumental to his fight with Voldermort. He had read of their powers in magic, mind, and nature. Aowyn would be his Elven trainer and teacher as he learned their language, way of life as well as skills in tracking and stealth. After the elves he would meet Cheiron who would be his trainer and teacher in the ways of the horse lords. All he knew about them was that there were rumored to have and uncanny ability to know what their mounts where thinking. They were hell on a horse no fighting force in this world could touch them. Here he would learn the art of politics and subterfuge as well as study under their most renowned apothecary, which was the equivalent of one Severus Snape. Harry would learn to work in a team since lone horsemen were easily killed and they had to work as a team and endure whatever hardships the training would take together. He would also be learning to use a spear effectively from a horse galloping at full speed while keeping his swordsmanship skills in top form.
After that would come the hardest lesson of all one he wasn't looking forward to learning but knew that he must in order to survive. He would spend three months on a battlefield with the company of horsemen he would be leading into battle against the dark wizard of this world using all the skills he had learned. He would have to kill to protect those under his command showing mercy was not an option in this savage world it was kill or be killed. He would watch those under his command fall under the enemy's blade and live with the fact that it was his order that sent them to their deaths even if it was for the greater good. Hopefully this lesson would not send him reeling into insanity because he was unable to cope with the results of war. Dwelling on these things would do no good he had chosen to learn and learn he would for good or bad. This was the choice he had made the first he had had any control over and he wouldn't cry foul this late in the game but first he had to rest tomorrow he would set off for the elven realms with Aowyn it would not do to be tired on the journey.
Harry drifted off too sleep for the first time in 3 months knowing
that his choice had been the right one. Though he knew this choice would bring hardships of its own.
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HongMing: Thanx for the review and your right about the commas.they are my favorite punctuation and its all my last English teachers fault she totally told me I was into run-on sentences and said to use commas so hey I took her advice.. and now I just randomly throw them in and funny sentence structures evolve since I'm not all with the Betaness at the moment. I tried details in this chapter but I need to do more research on middle ages type stuff to be able to add more or seriously sit through LOTR and take some serious notes but why ruin extremely good movies by making them work? Will try though not promising anything.LOL. Anyhoo err.it's a bit fast at first since during the second part I'm going to flashback you could say to add more depth.
Tigrislupa: Thanks for the heads up on where I can mind stuff to help with my total lack of weaponry knowledge. Your offer to beta is so taken and needed with much appreciation and thanks so e-mail me with specifics or if you leave your e-mail Ill write to you. I like Remus most people make him all soulful beaten dog.err.. wolf for some reason I mean he is sort of but I bet he kicks ass with the best of them. He has a couple of one-liners here and there but once the story gets going hell be a more prominent part of it. Harry doesn't go back to the founder's time. He's I'm still trying to work this out but in theory it's a parallel dimension but there are only magical people on it: elves, wizards and the like, Beastmasters (Horse Lords) and others but not ruining the surprise. My Harry helpers are original or at least I hope they are. Draco is going to be friends with Harry and all with the goodness.no evilness in the bad Voldermort sense still gonna be a brat though. Herm and Ron are together in this one though I might kill Ron off not sure though.
Star estrella: Thanks for the review and hope you like what's to come.
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Order of the Phoenix HQ
"Its been one month since Harry left we are no closer to finding him
now than we were then." Heavy silence and grim looks followed Dumbledore's statement.
"How can an untrained wizard even one as canny as Harry just vanish? Many fully trained wizards can't even hide themselves that well!" Came the outburst from Remus Lupin.
"He's just a child. He wouldn't leave without anything but the clothes
on his back. Leaving like that he'd be alone out there.he'd never survive alone."
"Harry's never had the privilege to be just a child, Molly. First he
was the wizarding worlds savior then he became their protector now he is our only hope. He's been alone since Halloween night 15 years ago I'm afraid." Dumbledore sighed. "We know that he's not in Voldermort's hands and right now that's the best reassurance we have. For now we can tell everyone he's off getting special training but I'm afraid that the Ministry won't buy that for long since they have ways of tracking underage wizards." Even with Fudge admitting that Voldermort was back the Ministry was scrambling to deal with the situation and it wouldn't be long before they made sure that Harry was out in the spotlight since we had defeated Voldermort many times.
"Harry's not hiding from us that much is clear from his letters. I think that he would have told me if he was doing that. Where ever he is right now its by his choice and I get the feeling that he is more than just grabbing some extra lessons in transfiguration and charms." Remus stated his latest thoughts aloud and they were met with a few nods and questioning looks. Remus however was now not worried about Harry in You- Know-Who's hands but what Harry was getting training in. He had his suspicions but would rather they turn out to be false.
"Just like Potter to disappear and make us waste valuable time looking
for him." Snape snarled at no one in particular thinking all the while that the werewolf had the right of it even if he was loath to admit it even to himself.
"On the contrary Severus he was very adamant about not wasting time looking for him in his letter. The time wasted was just on a foolish old mans whim I'm afraid. Miss Granger was the only one he gave what appeared to be a clue to but so far none of us have been able to understand what he meant by mentioning those two books. They are rather unpopular books as a whole. I'm sad to say that we shall be as much in the dark about Harry's whereabouts as the rest of the world. Miss Granger and Mr. Weasley will no doubt be exhausting the library for the year to come on anything and everything to do with war and dreams. Let us hope they find something we have not." Everyone nodded there was not much else to do and the Order's resources could not be spread so thin at a time like. Like it or not they would have to wait Harry's return and hope for the best.
~*~*~*~*~*
Harry was tired. He had been out on the field with Mathias for the
past months from dawn till dusk working on learning the basics of the battle arts as he so happily had explained when Harry had first arrived. Mathias was a very cheerful sort who reminded Harry strongly of Sirius except for the fact that while his godfather had prejudices and had been somewhat reckless Mathias was not. He had learned all the basics of wandless magic, fencing, throwing knives, daggers, darts, axes and any other medieval type weapon Mathias had thought of. He taught me hand-to-hand combat just like muggle soldiers. My favorite part of learning the basics of muggle warfare was when he taught me the art of blowing things up royally, different type of guns where also a very large part of my training. Some weapons Harry was better at than others but for the most part he had an all around talent for learning to use them though he favored swords, long bows, daggers, knives, explosives and the occasional gun didn't come amiss either. Wandless magic had been very hard for him to learn since he had been taught that wizards needed wands to perform magic unless they were untrained which caused them to perform accidental magics as he had done. After much concentration and practice he developed a fairly decent aptitude for wandless magic though he still needed to work on it.
He missed Ron and Hermione but knew that he would see them in a year or so. Harry had also spent countless hours in Mathias's library reading up on magic and any other book he thought would help him when he got back home. He had found that wizards of his time had put many restrictions on magic that were unnecessary or they had made simple things quite complicated and strenuous when there was an easier way of doing things. He had found that the theory of most magic involved knowing how much power you had or were to get it from and the will one had to perform any piece of magic. Incantations were not needed though it was easier to focus the magic that way.
Harry had with the help of Mathias learned that while there was evil
in the world not all of it was easily labeled and categorized. He had learned that one mans freedom fighter was another ones terrorist. He had learned the real reasons behind his ancestors being called dark wizards. He had come to terms with being Slytherin's heir as well as Gryffindor's. As far as he'd been able to find out his mom was some many times great granddaughter to a squib from Slytherin's line who married a muggle when he was disowned. Their descendants had all kept marrying both muggles and muggleborn witches and wizards for ages never really making them known to the wizarding world except for the one kid who was magical every generation or so but for the most part they stayed out of the wizarding world and completely left it when Voldermort had started rising to power. His mom was the first witch born to that line in while. His dad was a pureblooded wizard who was a direct descendant to Gryffindor.
While Harry knew he held none of Slytherin's prejudices he understood his ideals which were correct for his time and age. He also very much understood Gryffindor's view of things but in light of what had been going on at the time he felt Godric had been a bit hasty in killing Salazar after all the man had been a most powerful ally even if he was a dark wizard. Then again the dark arts are very powerful magic by themselves, they were developed by a light wizard as a skill to use in battle not as a way of life. The families that were considered the best soldiers and generals are the families my time labeled as dark the Malfoy's, the Snape's, the Goyle's, the Crabbe's, the Parkinson's, the Nott's, the Avery's, the Macnair's and even at one point the Weasley's. Harry knew he would find the best warriors in Slytherin but first he would have to finish his training
He still had to spend 3 months with the elves of this time. They would expand on what he had learned so far. They were said to be the best hunters and healers in this world, the skill he would learn from them would be very instrumental to his fight with Voldermort. He had read of their powers in magic, mind, and nature. Aowyn would be his Elven trainer and teacher as he learned their language, way of life as well as skills in tracking and stealth. After the elves he would meet Cheiron who would be his trainer and teacher in the ways of the horse lords. All he knew about them was that there were rumored to have and uncanny ability to know what their mounts where thinking. They were hell on a horse no fighting force in this world could touch them. Here he would learn the art of politics and subterfuge as well as study under their most renowned apothecary, which was the equivalent of one Severus Snape. Harry would learn to work in a team since lone horsemen were easily killed and they had to work as a team and endure whatever hardships the training would take together. He would also be learning to use a spear effectively from a horse galloping at full speed while keeping his swordsmanship skills in top form.
After that would come the hardest lesson of all one he wasn't looking forward to learning but knew that he must in order to survive. He would spend three months on a battlefield with the company of horsemen he would be leading into battle against the dark wizard of this world using all the skills he had learned. He would have to kill to protect those under his command showing mercy was not an option in this savage world it was kill or be killed. He would watch those under his command fall under the enemy's blade and live with the fact that it was his order that sent them to their deaths even if it was for the greater good. Hopefully this lesson would not send him reeling into insanity because he was unable to cope with the results of war. Dwelling on these things would do no good he had chosen to learn and learn he would for good or bad. This was the choice he had made the first he had had any control over and he wouldn't cry foul this late in the game but first he had to rest tomorrow he would set off for the elven realms with Aowyn it would not do to be tired on the journey.
Harry drifted off too sleep for the first time in 3 months knowing
that his choice had been the right one. Though he knew this choice would bring hardships of its own.
~*~*~*~*~*
HongMing: Thanx for the review and your right about the commas.they are my favorite punctuation and its all my last English teachers fault she totally told me I was into run-on sentences and said to use commas so hey I took her advice.. and now I just randomly throw them in and funny sentence structures evolve since I'm not all with the Betaness at the moment. I tried details in this chapter but I need to do more research on middle ages type stuff to be able to add more or seriously sit through LOTR and take some serious notes but why ruin extremely good movies by making them work? Will try though not promising anything.LOL. Anyhoo err.it's a bit fast at first since during the second part I'm going to flashback you could say to add more depth.
Tigrislupa: Thanks for the heads up on where I can mind stuff to help with my total lack of weaponry knowledge. Your offer to beta is so taken and needed with much appreciation and thanks so e-mail me with specifics or if you leave your e-mail Ill write to you. I like Remus most people make him all soulful beaten dog.err.. wolf for some reason I mean he is sort of but I bet he kicks ass with the best of them. He has a couple of one-liners here and there but once the story gets going hell be a more prominent part of it. Harry doesn't go back to the founder's time. He's I'm still trying to work this out but in theory it's a parallel dimension but there are only magical people on it: elves, wizards and the like, Beastmasters (Horse Lords) and others but not ruining the surprise. My Harry helpers are original or at least I hope they are. Draco is going to be friends with Harry and all with the goodness.no evilness in the bad Voldermort sense still gonna be a brat though. Herm and Ron are together in this one though I might kill Ron off not sure though.
Star estrella: Thanks for the review and hope you like what's to come.
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