Previously

"I guess." John said, looking skeptical as he picked his up. Mary also picked hers up. She looked up and saw John staring at the spot Zach should have been standing, then John disappeared. The next thing she knew was a rush of cold air and a rough landing on her feet, she lost her balance and before she could see anything, she fell over and hit her head, knocking her unconscious.

Chapter 2 – Meeting the Guardians

"Where am I?" Harry asked himself. He looked around and decided he was standing in a cave. "That scale, it must've brought me here. But where is here?" Harry asked himself again.

"You are in an area unknown to man." Said an elegant voice from a shadow.

"Who are you?" Harry asked quickly, pulling out his wand and pointing it at the spot the voice had come from.

"Easy now, we don't want anyone getting hurt now do we?" asked another, gruffer, voice. "We're here to help you. Don't worry, you'll be much better off after we're done with you." The voice said in what could have been a threatening statement.

"Now Honruh, you're scaring him." Said the elegant voice again. Harry looked to the spot it was coming from and saw the speaker. She was very tall and was beautiful. She had a heart-shaped face and light blue hair that came down just past her eyes, which were bright blue. She had what looked like a plate of armor across her chest but it didn't cover her shoulders. Harry thought that this made the armor pointless, but whatever. She had a light pink cloak that seemed to blow out behind her, even though there was no wind. On her left arm was a gold band with what looked like runes in it. She had a well muscled stomach that wasn't covered by the armor either. The woman had yellow pants that came down to her knees, but Harry couldn't quite tell what material they were made from. She had yellow boots that went a few inches past her ankles. On her hip was a rather long sword. It was sheathed in a plain brown sheath, but had a shining gold pommel with a jewel at the bottom. The one thing of her image that really startled Harry were her long ears. 'She must be an elf!'

"Scare Harry Potter? He's come face to face with Lord Voldemort! What were going to show him will make Voldemort look like nothing! I don't see why you even considered him not being able to what we are going to teach him, Adila." Said the voice. The owner stepped out of the shadows and Harry saw the exact opposite of the elf. He was short, very short. He had a square, rough looking face. He had wise looking eyes, but they were bloodshot at the moment. His head was bald, but on his chin was an impressive beard. It was light brown and came halfway down his chest. He had a very large chest, covered by a long sleeved white shirt. Over it was a leather vest that had many pouches on it. The vest reminded Harry of Hagrid's large, moleskin coat. He had a leather gauntlet on each arm, both worn and old looking. His hands had many small scars on them, and were heavily calloused. He had a belt on his waist, which was holding a large hammer. He had very worn looking leather pants and the knees looked like they were paper thin. He had leather boots on with steel on the toes. In his hands was a very big axe, almost as tall as the man. He looked like someone who shouldn't be crossed. 'And he must be a dwarf!'

"Excuse, but what is going on?" Harry asked, thoroughly confused. "What are you going to teach me?" Harry asked.

The elf, Adila, was about to answer when there was a crash behind them. Harry peeked around Adila nervously, but was happy with what he saw. On the floor behind Adila and Honruh was Ginny. She was lying in a heap on the floor. Harry rushed around Adila and Honruh and reached down to help Ginny up.

"Harry! What is this place? Why are we here? Who are those two? What is going on?" Ginny asked this all extraordinarily fast.

"Ginny! It's so good to see you! I was just about to get the answers to all those questions when you got here." Harry said, picking her up and giving her a quick hug. Ginny blushed and quickly pulled away.

"So, Adila, can you answer Ginny's questions? Harry asked, turning to look at the elf.

"We could, but we should wait for everyone else to arrive so we only have to explain it once." Adila said. "They should get here any moment." A silence fell over the four as they waited, but they didn't have to wait long. With another crash, Hermione appeared out of no where and fell into Harry. They both fell to the ground in a jumbled heap.

Ginny laughed at the look of the two, sprawled on the ground. "You two look hilarious." She stated rather dryly.

"You could help us get up instead of laughing at us." Harry said, glaring at Ginny.

"Maybe I won't help if you're going to be so rude." Ginny said, smirking at Harry.

"O.K. I'm sorry Ginny. Now will you help us up?" Harry sighed.

"I'm sorry Harry! I didn't mean to knock you over!" Hermione cried, coming out of some sort of daze.

"It's alright Mione, you didn't mean to appear right next to me." Harry said. Just as Ginny was reaching down to help the two up, another person appeared, quickly followed by two others, and the new group fell onto Harry and Hermione, who were both half standing, and pulled Ginny down with them when they were roughly pushed to the ground.

"Bloody hell! Is this everyone, or should we run before we get crushed?" Harry yelled as he struggled to escape from under the pile.

Honruh chuckled at the pile in front of him. "Aye, that is all of them. Now, every one stand up!" Everyone got up and dusted themselves off quickly, except one girl Harry didn't recognize was still lying on the floor.

"Oh dear, Eneverate. There you go, nice and easy." Said one of the boys Harry saw.

"Damn! That hurt! Hey, where are we? Who are they?" The girl asked, looking around the cave like room.

"Hi! I'm Ginny Weasley, and these are my friends, Hermione Granger and Harry Potter." Ginny said, holding her hand out to the last boy.

"Hello, I'm Zach Thomason and these are my friends, John Hanley and Mary Brooks." Zach said, pointing to John and Mary as he said their names.

"H-Harry P-Potter?" Mary managed to say. "He's the one I told you about!" She yelled as she beamed at Zach and John. "He's the one that survived the Killing curse!"

"Really?" John asked as Zach stared dumb-founded at Harry.

"Yes, I did survive the killing curse, but I don't like to talk about it." Harry said, looking sadly at the ground.

Ginny stepped up and gave Harry's shoulder a reassuring squeeze and smiled at him. "Now why don't we ask those two what we're doing here." She said, looking right into Adila's eyes.

"Yes, now why you are here." Adila muttered, looking at Honruh, as if making sure he agreed with telling them. "First, let us introduce ourselves. I am Adila Windoak and this is my partner in teaching you, Honruh Shalelode. And we are here to train you beyond your simple human magic. You will be here for a total of three years."

"Three years!" Hermione screeched. "What about our families? What about our lives?"

"Peace child." Honruh said. "We have cast our magic so that time will go as slow as possible. When you return to your home, only 30 minutes will have passed, and that's the best we can do."

"Yes, so don't worry. While you are here, Honruh will teach you the art of sword, bows and other things of the sort. I will be teaching you magic. And elf magic is far more powerful than human magic. And you third part of training will be taught be your dragons." Adila said, smiling at the shocked looks on the teens faces as she finished.

"Dragons?" Harry breathed. "How will they teach us? We have no way to communicate with them. And what can they teach us?"

"Your dragons will go with you when you return to your world. They will fight in the war against Voldemort with you. You will ride into battle on their backs, and they will protect you with their own life, as you should do to them." Adila finished her small speech with a smile at the teens.

"And they will teach you through a mind link that you will share with your dragon only. What they will teach you will make the dragons you know weak." Honruh said through his thick beard. He really did remind Harry of a miniature Hagrid.

"You all have been chosen by the fates to be the next protector of the elements. Each of you can control one of the six elements. Shadow, Light, Earth, Fire, Water and Air. Your dragon will also be able to control the same element as you, and upon hatching will know exactly how, therefore they can teach you how to control your element." Adila said.

"How do we know which element we'll control?" John asked.

"The most common way to tell is by your hair color. Zach, you felt that dying your hair blue felt right, correct?" Honruh asked.

"Yes. I wasn't sure it would look good, but it just felt like that's the color my hair should be."

"Good. Now that you all have learned this, we will leave you for the night to fully absorb everything. We will be back tomorrow and I will start with you." Honruh laughed. Everyone but Harry glanced around nervously. "And Harry, Hermione and Ginny, your ministry cannot track your wand here, so you have can use magic all you want. Now-" Honruh waved his hand and six large beds appeared around the room. "-rest! For tomorrow I will work you until you collapse!" Honruh chuckled as he left.

"He will do nothing of the sort. I will make sure of it. But do sleep because Honruh will train you until you can hardly move." Adila said over her shoulder as she left after Honruh.

Getting better? I know the first chapter sucked without something after it to explain it. Should've said that. Sorry! Please review!