As Harry opened the box the blinding white light filled the area. Harry opened his eyes and looked around at his new surroundings. It was a giant village that was filled with thousands of people. Quinn looked at Harry and Harry smiled at it.
"If I need you I'll whistle." Harry said and patted the bird before it took off.
"Well…what now?" Ron asked looking around all of the old buildings and shops. Harry shrugged.
"I think we should go to the head of this town and see what we need to do." Harry said. The others nodded in agreement so he and the others walked up the village roads to the palace that was in the middle of the village. As they approached the palace they were met by palace guards.
"We need to see the emperor." Harry said. The guards just stood there looking at him oddly. Then behind the guards a short person stepped out. He was chubby and had balding red hair. He eyes lit up when he saw the group in front of them.
"Finally…come with me we must prepare." The man said in high squeaky voice. He turned and started to walk up the steps.
"Who are you?" Ty asked.
"I'm Frankie the Fair and you guys are what the prophet said would be coming for a while now…and Dumbledore." Frankie said as he turned to keep walking up the long stair case.
"You know Dumbledore?" Harry asked starting to walk up the steps.
"Yes, yes I'm in the Order. Now we must hurry if we want to met the prophet. He said that if you didn't come that Deaths Army would soon have our Kingdom too." Frankie said as he kept walking up the stairs. Harry looked back at the others they all were looking at the surroundings. He felt a tug in his hand and saw Luna there. He smiled and continued to walk up the stairs.
"Here we are…" Frankie said as they reached the top. They could see the entire village from there. There was a wall on the outside of the village with plenty of weapons. Harry looked east and saw smoke rising.
"That is Deaths Army…they'll be here soon." Frankie said looking at Harry's gaze.
"How many villages are between here and there?" Harry asked. Frankie squinted as if thinking then looked at Harry.
"Well there are two…why?" Frankie asked.
"We will need to help them." Harry said. Frankie chuckled and looked at Harry again. Harry looked at him with a serious look.
"You're serious…well as soon as we talk to the prophet I'll let you take some horses and you can help them I guess. But we can't send any men…we need all of our army here so your on your own." Frankie said as he opened the palace's doors. Harry looked at the others.
"You guys can stay here." Harry said. They all crossed their arms and looked at him funny.
"Yeah right…we're going to wait here and let you have all the fun." Ron said with a grin.
"Yeah we're coming just get over it." Hermione said as her and Ron walked into the castle. Neville and Ginny followed and so did Jenny and Luna.
"We'll need help you know that." Ty said as he looked at the smoke getting worse. Harry sighed deeply and nodded.
"Yeah…but you know we can't just turn our backs on those villages." Harry said. Ty nodded.
"We will have to leave very soon if we want to get there before Deaths Army gets there." Ty said as he indicated to going into the palace. Harry nodded and they walked in.
The palace was vast and the only light was from the sun that leaked threw the cracks in the roof. Harry saw the others in front of a man in a large flowing white robe.
"Well now that you all are here I can start. You will have to get that sword back and the sooner the better…I hope you guys found your special powers." The girls and Ron looked at one another.
"Ok…the Fire Dragon is said to be able have the power to make giant balls of molten rock fall from the sky. The Crescent Moon has the power to put up a barrier that can not be penetrated but the ones inside the barrier can shoot out of it. Then the Snowy Lynx…which is quite well equipped for this attack has the ice staff that launches a beam of ice that freezes anything it touches. The Forest Fox can cast a demon that comes from the ground and attacks anything she commands. Then there is The Sound of Wind. She can launch a supersonic attack that causes her opponents to cower in fear. So now you know your moves you can use them."
"Ok…we're going east. To the other Kingdoms." Harry said. The prophet smiled and nodded.
"I will give you horses…good luck." The prophet said as he turned and left. Frankie turned to the group and nodded.
"Come with me and I'll get you horses." He said and led the way outside. Harry followed him down the steps to the stables.
"We have plenty of horses just take your pick." Frankie said they entered the stables. Harry looked at the rows of horses each unique. Ty already found a huge paint horse and pulled his reigns. The horse followed obediently. For some reason everyone grabbed the same color horses that they used in their first battle. Ron even found a tall red horse. They all mounted their horses and started to ride towards the city's gate. The gate opened and as they approached and they rode threw. Harry turned his horse towards the east and rode as fast as it would go.
"It's been about two hours we need to rest and water our horses." Ty said as they approached a stream. He stopped and got off his horse. Harry and the others got off and they walked to the stream and let the horses drink. Harry put his hand in the cold water and splashed his face. Harry looked west and saw the sun setting threw the trees.
"We should make camp here." Harry said. The others nodded and started to take the settles off the horses.
"We need a fire and we need a night watch." Ty said as he started to pick up some wood and putting it in a pile. The others started to settle in as night fell.
"So how many armies are there?" Ginny asked. They had a steady fire going and their horses were tied up to a near by tree. Harry and the others were all laying by the fire talking.
"I don't care I'm just hungry." Ron said as he poked the fire with a stick sending ashes into the air. Hermione, who was sitting next to him, slapped his arm.
"We're all hungry quit winning." Hermione said. Ron rolled his eyes and continued to poke the fire with the stick.
"Well we need to get some rest. I'll stay up for the first shift." Ty said. The others nodded and went to their makeshift beds made of their saddles and other materials. Harry and Luna crawled back to their bed. Harry laid on his back and stared at the stars. Luna curled up besides him and laid her head on his chest. Harry closed his eyes.
"Harry wake up." Ty said as he shock Harry's shoulders. Harry awoke abruptly and looked around. It was morning and everyone was quite. Harry looked at them all.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked the group. Ty pointed over Harry's shoulder. Harry turned slowly. Behind him was a man that looked like a bum and smelled really bad. He smiled at them all showing both of his teeth.
"Who are you?" Harry asked. The man chuckled and then coughed. He spit on the ground by Harry's feet and looked at Harry. Harry noticed a red glass eye in his left eye socket.
"Well I have to say that when Deaths Army hired me I was a little reluctant. See there is no challenge in assassinating people in their sleep." The bum man said with a grin. Harry and the others took a step back.
"Well now that you are all awake I can get this over with…there is quite a bounty on your heads. Just your heads." The man said with an evil laugh as he spat on the ground next to Harry's feet. Harry took a step back and looked at the man. The man then reached into his torn robes and pulled out a short poll that looked like a long cane. He then took off a piece of the pull to reveal a long pointed spike. The man looked up at the group and smiled.
"Now, am I going to take you all on or do you wish for duels…it really doesn't matter to me but I do prefer a challenge." The man said with a crooked smile. Harry looked at the others. They all pulled out their swords and walked up next to Harry.
"Well I guess this is going to be a challenge." The man said with a smile. At that moment he charged at them. Harry drew his sword and blocked his attack as the others started to attack. Harry swung his sword at the mans head but missed as the man ducked and stabbed Harry in the leg. Harry fell to the ground and grabbed his leg. Luna lunged at him but missed and was stabbed in the shoulder and she too fell. Ron got cut across the chest and fell back next to Harry.
"You ok?" Harry asked as he tired to stand but fell do to the pain. Ron grabbed his chest and winced.
"Yeah…this guys good." Ron said as he helped Harry get up and walked him to Luna. She was being helped by Ginny who got injured too.
"He is hitting us in spots that will render us useless. You and Ginny can't stand, Ron can't move very well, and I can't lift my arm." Luna said as Harry came up to her. Harry looked back as the man stab Jenny in the shoulder and cut Hermione's left leg open. It was just Neville and Ty. Neville had a huge gash on his left arm and looked like he had a stabbed leg but was still fighting. Ron grabbed Hermione and Jenny and brought them over to them. Hermione was holding tears back as Ron wrapped some cloth around her leg.
"Neville has been stabbed like ten times but he wont go down…it's sad." Hermione said as she looked at the group. Ty blocked another shot and Neville swung one of his swords and connected with the back of the man's knee. The man stumbled forward and turned to stab Neville but Neville was ready and blocked and stabbed the man in the chest. The man fell to his knees and looked at Neville.
"Very well." the man said and fell back wards. Neville turned to Ty, who was gripping his chest that was gashed opened, and fainted. Harry looked up at Ty as he checked Neville. Ty smiled back to the group.
"He's just passed out…we need to get him some blood replenishing spells on him." Ty said as he picked up Neville and carried him over to the group. Harry looked up at the sky and saw Quinn circling above them.
"Quinn we need some help…now." Harry said as the bird landed next to him. The phoenix walked up to Neville and dropped some tears on his leg and shoulders. Hermione and Jenny where working on the Replenishing spells on Neville as the phoenix walked around to everyone and healed their wounds. Harry walked over to Luna who was getting healed by the phoenix. Harry smiled at her as she looked at him.
"You ok?" Harry asked as the phoenix finished. She nodded and stood up. Harry wrapped her in his arms.
"Harry, I think we need to get Neville to the next town. If we don't it might be very bad." Hermione said as she approached Harry and Luna. Harry looked at Neville on the ground surrounded by everyone in the group. He was very yellow and sickly. Harry nodded and let go of Luna.
"Ty…I need you to do something for me." Harry said. Ty walked over to Harry.
"Yeah what is it." Ty said. Harry looked back at Neville and sighed.
"I need you to leave right now with Neville and get him to the nearest town…we will meet you at the kingdom in the first kingdom once you get Neville healed and everything." Harry said. Ty nodded and went to get the horses. Luna looked at Harry.
"You do know that you're losing two of your best fighters right." Luna said. Harry nodded and looked at Luna.
"I…I, know. But we need to get to the town as soon as we can. Don't worry they'll be there." Harry said as he looked at Luna. Luna smiled and kissed him lightly.
"Care with him Ty." Harry said as Ty walked his horse up to the group with Neville placed on the back. Ty tied Neville's horse securely to his saddle and took off. Harry watched them till they where a spec on the horizon before he turned back to the group.
"Lets go, we have to make it to the kingdom before sunset." Harry said as he climbed on to his horse. The others all got onto their horses and followed Harry as he raced across the valley to towards the kingdom.
"Harry look." Luna said as they where approaching night fall. Harry looked up and saw the giant kingdom. They approached the front gates of the kingdom. There was a man at the top of the wall looking down at them.
"Are you the eight from the kingdom of Chin?" The man asked. Harry nodded and the man smiled.
"Why is there only six?" The man questioned. Harry sighed.
"Two of us are in another town getting something." Harry said. The man nodded and motioned to the guards to open the gates. Harry and the other rode their horses in and came to a stop when they saw Dumbledore standing in the middle of the courtyard.
"Dumbledore, what are you doing here?" Harry asked. Dumbledore smiled.
"Well I thought that you could use some help…where is Ty and Neville?" Dumbledore said looking at the group.
"Neville got injured pretty bad so I told Ty to go to a town and get him healed. I thought that a town would be closer than this kingdom." Harry said getting off the horse. Dumbledore smiled again.
"Very good…so I'm here to give you guys some things that I thought that could be of some use." Dumbledore said as he brought out eight blue robes each with a crest on the front of them.
"This are your new robes...they have a very special property that will come in handy later." Dumbledore said as he handed them to Harry. Harry passed them out and looked at the one he got. The robes where blue long sleeve with a black leather strap that wrapped around the waist. The strap had three holes on the side. Harry studied the crest on the front. It was a phoenix that looked a lot like Quinn.
"You might have noticed the three holes on the side of the belt. Once you put it on I want you guys to chose between these five stones. The red will give you extra strength, the blue is for your secret power to get stronger, yellow will give you stamina, white will give you more magic power, and black is for healing. You can only have three so each of you must pick carefully." Dumbledore said as he showed them a chest full of stones of the five powers. Harry went up first and grabbed red, yellow, and blue. Ron went up and grabbed red, white, and yellow. Hermione and Ginny went up next and Hermione grabbed Blue, Black, and white while Ginny got Red, White, and Blue. Jenny and Luna got the same thing with black, white, and red. Dumbledore smiled and gave Harry a small wink.
"What about Neville and Ty?" Ginny asked as she put the stones on her belt.
"I'll go to the village that they are at and give them everything. Now here are your boots and gloves." Dumbledore said as he handed theme all brown boots and brown gloves. They all looked like early English knights without the Chain armor.
"Where can we change?" Hermione asked. Dumbledore pointed to an open room in the courtyard.
"Better hurry I think that deaths army…" Dumbledore started but was cut off by an arrow that struck right in front of him. Dumbledore nodded and pushed up his glasses.
"I have to go and give this to Ty and Neville." Dumbledore said as he apperated. Harry looked around at the Kingdom. It was crazy, the people where running out of the castle as the arrows started to rain on the small Kingdom. Harry motioned his group to follow him into the room. it was small and had a small bath room.
"Ok lets change." Harry said as he started to change. After about ten minutes they where all changed. Harry was adjusting his gloves and looked at the group.
"Ok let's go." Harry said and he opened the door. The main gate was knocked down and the small creatures where flooding into the kingdom. Harry pulled out his sword and walked out into a sea of creatures.