A/N: (Hey guys! Sorry this took so long but Writer's Block is plaguing and ravaging my mind and this is the best I could come up with, which is sad as this is a really crappy installment. Thanks for reading though and have a great rest of the summer! Luv you all lotz! -Writing Fairy-)

Chapter 4, Well Wishings

Two things happened when Harry broke the seal of Sage Ravenclaw's letter, one: It shot out of his hand like it was on fire, and two: It started to glow. Not smoke, it immediately stopped smoking when Harry broke the seal, but actually glow, like a glow stick. The envelope laid out flat on it's back. Just laying there. Then, with a startling slice! it snapped open, straight up.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione all watched this with amazement. No howler they'd ever seen had acted like this.

The letter inside the envelope slipped out and unfolded itself, steadily growing larger as it did so, until it was as big as a fairly good sized window. The trio scrambled in front of it and jumped as a small figure appeared in front of the letter.

"Wow." Hermione murmured in awe.

"Wotcher Harry. Ron. Hermione." The figure said pleasantly.

"Is this Sage, Harry?" Hermione whispered to him, taking in the girl's long raven-black curly hair and piercing green eyes. She looked like she was in her early twenties. It looked rather like a hologram, but seemed more solid. Ron reached forward to touch it and Hermione slapped his hand giving him that god-how-stupid-can-you-be look.

"Yeah." Harry returned quietly.

"Geez Harry, if I'd been dreaming bout her I wouldn't a been complaining." Ron was practically drooling. Hermione rolled her eyes, a disgusted expression on her face.

"I presume since you've received this letter you're doing fairly well. Holding up at least." Sage continued kindly. "Tonk's read the outside of the envelope to the whole party I'm guessing, I'm just hoping you three have more common sense and have found a safer place to listen to your mail." The figure rolled her eyes, "Love the girl, but not very stealthy." Which is when Harry glanced at the letter and realized that the words lit up as she spoke them and that you couldn't see what came after what she was speaking. There had to be a good reason for that...his attention suddenly became focused on that and he elbowed Hermione to point it out. She gave the highlighted letters a curious look and shrugged, indicating that she had no idea what was going on. "Well, now I must ask Harry, did you receive anything concerning me before this letter?" Sage looked anxious. "Anything at all?" She paused, looking at him expectantly, "Well, if you haven't then I suppose your sleep had been undisturbed." Did she mean what he thought she meant by that, "But I must warn you of a few things, including whore crooks," Did Harry read that wrong? "as they are very difficult to find and destroy but they do roam in sevens." Now he knew something weird was going on! What in the world was happening? "You may not understand what I am speaking of at first, but I'm sure Hermione can decode my roundabout speech, no doubt." Sage -er, the hologram type Sage- glanced at Hermione reassuringly, who looked alarmed at being singled out, "What you must look for are simple things: a lock and chalice." She paused and they all looked at the figure in alarm. Wasn't insane, eh? "You can find these things in Glyph and Door or maybe The Raven's Claw." The figure shrugged, "They shouldn't be too difficult to find, no?" She winked, "Well, now, onto more serious matters. I was hoping you could sojourn to my house for a few days to continue this lovely conversation. I think I might have something that will interest you. Yes, Hermione, it is time to say 'I told you so.' Have a beautiful day and please send a letter back with the owl that delivered this one. Don't worry, it'll be there when you need it." She grinned, "Cheers! Sage." The parchment rolled up and hovered in front of Hermione. She stared at it for a moment before taking it in a shaking hand.

"She's absolutely bloody mad!" Ron exclaimed.

A/N: (Well, that's it for this installment. Do you get it? Probably. I couldn't think of anything better so I was stuck with that. Sorry for it's craptacularness. Lotz of luv and thanks for reading. -Writing Fairy-)