A new Home

AS the group landed Harry lost his balance and they ended up in a bundle on the grass.

Looking around Harry saw they were indeed in the circle of life. Standing up he dislodged his traveling companions before saying Would this be the place? Harry asked the Death Fang. A nod was the reply as the snake stared into the sky.

Looking up Harry saw just that, the sky. As he looked back at the snake he saw a shadow right on top of him. Diving out of the way he heard a crash and then all hell broke loose. As he rolled he gripped Excalibur tow handed and flipped onto his feet. As he turned he saw a most significant creature that he could imagine.

A grand griffin. Immaculate gold feathers covered the head and the spread wings. Black eyes stared and measured him. He felt very nude in front of that gaze. As the wings were folded they disappeared into a black haired body. The griffin stood five feet high to the shoulders. The mouth was slightly open in a sneer. A day ago Harry would have run. Not anymore. He needed a place to stay. The creature tilted its head and continued to stare.

Not wanting to hurt the creature Harry willed the sword into a Bokken. And waited. And Waited.

The eyes flashed red and that was the only warning that Harry received. The crearture reared and in a flash it flapped its wings once and pounced. The beak opened and an earsplitting screech erupted. The other snakes sailed for all they were worth. Harry waited until the creature was upon him and moved to the left. As the creature pounced the ground, Harry swung his sword in a mighty arc that collided with the head right behind the ears. A mighty gong ensued. Harry did not wait to see what happened. He immediately moved behind the creature and swung again. The same mighty sound occurred.

To say Harry was baffled would be a grave understatement. Here he was hitting this creature with all he was worth and it did not even budge.

Getting some space between them Harry set up a new defensive position. Standing slightly lower than normal he eyed the creature wearily. This was bad.

Once again the creature reared and screeched. A lightning bolt dazzled from its eyes as it came down. Harry needles to say was not expecting this. Think sword and block the lightning with me. Medusa thought to Harry at the last moment.

Fortunately Harry had very little time to think and did just that. Medusa was transformed into another sword that he held steadfast. The lightning struck the sword and to Harry's amazement the lightning was absorbed.

Harry held the sword and voiced Why? In turn Medusa thought to him. I need to have my crystal charged you know.

Harry did not bother with a reply. As the lightning died away the creature looked very curiously at Harry with the head slightly tilted to the right.

Harry returned Excalibur and only held Medusa. Once again the creature charged.

It is time for a different tactic. Harry thought to medusa. Don't do anything stupid now you hear Me. Medusa thought back as she combined with him. This did not deter the creature as it kept its charge up.

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4 meters and Harry jumped.

Too late to stop the creature kept going and the daring Harry landed firmly on it back unfortunately facing the wrong way.

The creature sensed the new less than interesting development. And started bucking and heaving, jumping and flapping but Harry held fast. A moment of terror flashed through the creature as it sensed its imminent death. That was all Harry needed to turn so that he faced the back of the head of the creature.

Realization dawned quickly and it turned it head to get to Harry. Medusa however wanted none of that. Harry's skin started changing color as the silver started bubbling to the surface.

Soon Harry's whole body was covered in silver steel like substance. Harry returned the fight. Soon enough the creature had only one option left.

Flapping its wing it soared into the air.

I knew this was a bad idea. Medusa threw into the air. Holding tight they went higher and higher. When they were at least a few hundred meters in the air it started with its old tricks again. To no avail.

Harry simply blocked and then held tight. The problem was that it could not concentrate very well on fighting with something on its back while flying.

As a last resort it dived. Vertical. Very, very vertical. Harry let out a hoop of joy at the feeling. Oh my Medusa cried into his mind. Harry felt her gripping him earnestly.

As they came close to the ground the creature changed direction, in a very defeated manner, heading back in the direction of where they came from.

Upon reaching the clearing where they started the creature descended slowly and with one last mighty flap of the wings landed smoothly. The creature bowed down on its front legs and dipped its head to the ground. Shrugging Harry got off and turned to face the creature. It did not get up. Shakily Harry started rubbing hands across the shoulder blades.

It purred. Taking the time Harry started to investigate the fur and the feathers and the body in general.

"You are very beautiful." Harry stated and kept rubbing his hands across the body. When completed around the creature he noticed the right front paw was covered with a silvery substance. "What is this?" Upon further investigation he saw that it actually was a deep cut.

Wincing he removed his trunk he apparated inside directly to his study.

Opening the book he requested "Grand griffin, healing".

A moment later two books came out. Picking up the first book it was clear that it was not known how to heal them. Taking the other book he was shocked to see that it was an Elvin book. "Well this will be interesting." Harry up to now had a few workouts with his Elvin magic but found it tiring. His magical core was not really pure enough to work with Elvin magic as it was the purest of all magic.

The passage worried Harry as it stated.

The grand griffin:

Healing a grand griffin requires that the griffin freely provides you with three drops of its blood as well as three drop of blood from its life mate. They must provide a single feather and a single hair each as well. As the griffin is a land and air animal the healer need to find the leaves of any three different trees as well as a measure of soil. Further the healer needs to supply a measure of his own blood. The amount of blood and soil will be dictated by the size of the wound.

Mix all the blood together first. Grind leaves into a paste. Mix the blood and soil together. Add the grass and mix into a paste.

Cover the wound with the paste. Cover the paste with the feathers in a cross formation where the feather of the wounded is place first.

Cover the feathers with more of the paste. Place the hairs next in the same formation as the feathers.

After this is done the wound needs to be covered by both the hands of the healer, followed by the following chant.

The chant itself was not very long. It was basically a song where you asked air and earth to help the healer heal the griffin where the healer will provide the energy and the mate will provide the stability.

It all sounded very simple but in elvish it was not that simple as the next line stated.

Elvin high magic.

And the last part was the problem. Harry's core was a mess and Elvin high magic would simply fail.

Medusa, Any ideas? Medusa was silent, Very silent.

Medusa replied after a while Well the problem is that your core has too much darkness. Yes Why not split your core to house the magic separately? She finished. Harry frowned.Like occlumency. he stated. That could work. But I will have to get a different medium to use the magic from. My wand will not work.

Silence followed his statement. Unless of course I don't use a wand for this as his mate will help with the stability. Harry replied some time later.

With this they set to work. The problem was separating his core. The core was actually a strange piece of work.

In his meditative state the magic was contained in a room where the size depended on the amount of magic that you could use. When you are in the room the magic is a ball of energy that hovered in the middle of the room. The ball had a radius of about three meters currently. The color of the magic was currently in case Platinum gray with three rings of magic rotating the magical ball crossing each other as they spun around the energy.

According to all books no wizard went beyond this color as the amount of rings only increased from this point. The reason for the rings was to actually strengthen the core so that the core could compress the magic in order to contain more.

In this case the magic was not the problem as all magic was neither good nor bad. It simply was. Protruding from the roof the ceiling was cone shaped. Where there was currently in his case a steady flow of magic filling his core. From previous experience he knew that while his magical core was full his body would emit the excess magic so to speak back to his environment. This is where his aura came from. What happened when you suppress your aura is that the magic looks for a different escape or use for the excess magic. If you are in anyway connected to the ground it floods to the ground. If for some reason you are not touching the ground it will use itself to "Burn Off" so to speak.

The best to do was to create a link for the excess to flow somewhere else. He knew for example that Albus used his excess to help fuel and charge the wards he placed. Harry did the same with his currently as well. His trunk was always a safe place.

This was visible by a thin thread if magic that was grounded to floor. You know, I think we can connect your crystal here as well. Harry thought to Medusa. How would you do that? She asked. You see this thread here? He asked. She answered with a mental nod. You see it is connected to the trunk. That is why the trunk functions. He received a nod again. Now watch the tile. He continued. As they moved forward they saw that the tile was about two inches by two inches. All the tiles were this size. On the tile a picture of the trunk was displayed. Oh I see She answered. However if I give the magic to you your body will have to absorb and transfer the magic as you require where some might go lost. She nodded again.

I cannot give the magic directly to your crystal as I do not know what it looks like do you? he asked. Yes I do. I can see it the same way as you see yours. as she said this Harry became a small child again. Can I see She nodded. As she separated from him while they were at his magical core she crossed the room. Harry frowned. Coming Harry. As we are bonded we can access it from here. she stated sardonically. Oh was his wise reply. They crossed the room and as they neared the end there was a door that appeared. I have never seen it before He stated

I never needed to show you. She answered. If you told me earlier we could have done a long time ago. Harry scolded. I did not want to umbrage… as she stated this she saw the incredulous look on his face and then she very quickly continued I was afraid that your reaction would be the same as Toms. When I said it to him he closed this door permanently and hit me with crucio.

Sighing he simply said I am not Tom. and after a firm glare he said If you can think of something that will make us better, stronger, wiser or whatever tell me, even if it will only benefit you. Smiling again he softly said. We are together in this.

Ok was the meek reply.

Crossing into the new room the door closed. Harry turned around and stared for a moment. He walked up to the door and opened it while creating a hook on the wall to keep it open.

He turned around again and stared for a moment, a long one. Her core was a very big disappointment. Once again there was a ball of magic and the same cone shape from the roof.

There was a slow drip dripping from the cone into a core the size of his two fists. However it had the same properties as his in regards as texture and rings.

Next to that there was a blue crystal hovering in the air. The crystal contained some magic as well. It was only a quarter full and half the size of her core.

This was bad, very, very bad.

Frowning at Medusa who looked ecstatic before she said Beautiful isn't it? Covering a snort with a cough he hurriedly looked away.

Something wrong Harry. Isn't it beautiful? She asked. With a sigh Harry said Medusa it is very beautiful there is no denying that but why is it so small?

Medusa was offended. What do you mean small? Let me show you. This is a death fang She showed him a picture in her mind where the core was the size of a single fist with a half the size crystal. This is a squib. She showed him the same but without a crystal. This is a muggle She showed him a core that was half a fist. This is a first year she showed him a core the size of a football. This is a graduate with top marks and no extra work. A core with a radius of twenty inches appeared.

This is a charms and transfiguration master. the core had a radius of three feet. Most stop here.

This is a grand master. A core the size of five feet appeared.

This is a warlock A core with a radius of 7 feet appeared.

This is a mugwump A core with a radius of 8 feet appeared.

As the different levels within these appear the leader is selected. The one with the most control and amount of magic is the head of these classes. For different jobs you need different levels of magic as well as control. The ministry holds these records of everyone. Before you apply for a job you need to go there and they measure It. She stated.

This is Albus according to Tom. A deep silver core with a radius of two meters appeared. As you know it is currently gold and should be around two and a halve meters.

This is Tom six months ago A gold core of three meters appeared. Obviously I don't know what it is now. As you can see there is nothing wrong with my core! And you mister is the only one practicing magic The last part was spoken as if an accusation.

Harry simply stood there reflecting. This was wrong. We will discuss and change this later. I just want to get a home now.

Heading back to his own room he went to the funnel where his magic is concentrated for use. Right under his magic there was another cone shape but this time it tapered to the floor. It was gray.

That is where our problem lies. We need to change it so that it is white. Getting on his knees next to the funnel he used his magic to try and change the funnel. It simply would not separate the black and the white.

This is ridiculous. Let's create another funnel. With that thought he started creating a new funnel. Building it block by block, it was much smaller than the other but it was purely white.

Then he made a prick in his finger and started making runes on the funnel. At this medusa asked What are you doing? as she did not know or understand the runes. I am forcing the funnel to only use the lightest of the Elvin magic. The kings gave me these. You can have a peak once I am done.

Two hours in the trunk later he was done. Once he exited his core center he tried a very light Elvin spell that he could never get right.

Holding his hand out he said the spell and a blinding light appeared. This light would kill most undead. Seems it is working. Medusa said in his mind while doing a virtual jumping up and down.

Yeah it is. Harry answered enthusiastically.

Lets get this done.

Harry apparated outside next to the griffin that was as Harry left it. As he stood there he looked up into the castle

The castle looked as the death fang described it only larger and more beatifull.

Looking back at the griffin he asked. "Would you give me three drops of your blood, a feather and a hair?" There was a grunt and the hair fell into Harry hand as well as the feather. The griffin lifted its foot and held the dripping member out. Harry took a vile and cought the three drops. He removed the vile. "Call your bond mate." A soft growl behind Harry was heard.

Almost jumping out of his skin Harry whirled around and stood in front of another griffin. "Guess that would be you?" Another growl answered him.

"Can I have the same?" Yes you can Looking sheepish Harry said. Sorry I forgot I can do that. Harry caught the ingredients again. He made a cut in his palm and let the blood run into the vile until it was halve. Bending down he scooped a hand of soil he added it to the blood. Conjuring a stick he started to mix the two. Once done he collected the three leaves and with a quick spell ground them together and once again added it. Then he mixed the two together again.

Well boy shall we get this done? the griffin nodded.

Harry quickly thought of the procedure again and started applying the paste and other ingredients. Once done he started the chant. It did not happen immediately. After he completed the chant he had to start again. Five times later the ingredients had totally disappeared and what was left was only a feint pink scar that was fading away slowly.

Master is worthy. Please use the castle as you see fit. The griffins said together as they bowed. It is my honor to use the castle. He answered with a bow in turn. The griffins nodded and flew away to the highest Tower.

The other snakes came out from the bushes up to Harry. They slowly circled him until they were wrapped around him. He shrunk the truck and placed it in his pocket. Lets go with that he apparated onto the platform surrounding the castle. The door in front of him was huge. He walked up to the door and knocked. A moment passed and the door opened at its own accord. Harry walked in and the door closed behind him with creak.

"Winky, Dobby." The two elves almost immediately appeared. "What can we do Harry?" Winky asked.

"We need a room to stay in?" Harry asked.

Immediately Winky answered. "The master bedroom is this way." Harry followed them.

While they were walking and climbing staircase upon staircase Harry asked. "How did you know where the master room is?"

Dobby answered. "As Harry is the master of castle the castle recognizes us and told us where it is. This is a strange castle. It is currently changing to suit the needs of you. It is making less rooms. There is only two now. One for us and one for you. The staircases are changing as well." With that said the stair cases turned in to a version of an escalator and started transporting them.

"Wow." Harry summed it up.

Once they reached the master suite they passed through the anteroom where there was a door that had "Study" Written in a loopy hand writing." They reached another door and upon entrance he saw it the bedroom. A beautiful bed in gold and black was in the middle of the room. All the way around the room there were windows. It was very clear that the room was located in one of the towers. It was simply huge. There was a dresser. A walk in cupboard and a huge bathroom. The tub and taps were all gold with a red finish. The tub could be described as a small pool rather than a tub.

In a corner there was a lounge area which incidentally was done in gold and black as well. Placing the trunk at the foot end of the bed Harry opened it and went in before even attempting to explore the castle. "Thanks guys. We will explore later. Now I am in need of some sleep. We will discuss the propositions later as well. Winky lease arrange something to eat in four hours. Try to get some rest. They simply lay on his oversized bed in the trunk."

With that the elves popped away.

Harry went to his room.

Beautiful isn't it? medusa asked Yeah Harry answered before he said no more.

Crawling on top of Harry medusa followed his example.

The rest shrugged and turned in for sleep as well.