Italics are Daine talking in her mind to various caracters.
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Ch2. Haven't done it yet.
Harry had eaten and fallen asleep while Daine sat cross legged on the floor meditating, trying to reach the place where she can see the different colors that make up energy and life so she might be able to see if he truly has the gift. She felt the well of wild magic within her and decided to see if she could use it to get her there faster. Last time she had needed Numair but she was older now and had more experience. She pulled a small flare of her power and tried focusing it to help her.
"Im going to help you, stay calm, open your eyes and look at the boy" Daine heard a familiar feminine voice in her mind. Trying to place the voice and follow instructions she opened her eyes and gasped.
"There is so much more, this is far more clear than when I did this and I thought we did well." Daine mind spoke to the lady.
As Daine looked around she saw everything, even the stones in the walls if not filled with the wild magic she caried had a pale glow like fog within them. She noticed everything was connected with the same type glow only as strings that went towards the earth. It was like the walls were a curtain of the translucent strings. Turning she looked at Harry and felt faint with shock. You could barely see the boy through the bright green shimering mist that filled and surrounded him. Strangely though he had what appeared to be black smoke swirling around his head in tight circles as if it wanted to but couldn't get away from him.
"Oh goddess, not even Numair could match his gift." Daine whispered to herself.
"You are right Daine, he needs to learn to control it, Harry has a destiny even I am not sure of yet. Keep an eye on him and help him. I may have sent him, but I haven't done it yet. I don't know how long he will be here, but I think he deserves to be treated far better than he has been. Good luck." The Goddess explained to Daine as she felt the presence leave her mind.
"Well what a good lot that helped me, haven't done it yet, he's here so she had to have done something..." Daine muttered to herself as she blinked away the last of the spell. "Guess I am going to talk to Numair." She said softly as she walked towards the door.
Daine knew that Numair was not going to be in his room, King Jonathan had called a meeting to talk about Harry. Unfortunately she now knew a small bit more than Numair did and so she began walking to the meeting room to explain to everyone.
"We can't send the child back even if we did know where he came from Numair!" Alanna's upset voice could be heard as Daine walked in.
"I know that!" Numair defended loudly.
"Well then why does it matter!" Alanna demanded.
Daine smiled at how defensive of the boy Alanna was. Looking over the room she saw Myles shaking his head, Raoul and Jon exchanging looks, and Queen Thayet struggling not to laugh at the two.
"We don't know who he is or why the gods sent him here Alanna." Numair tried to explain. "If we knew where he came from it could help us figure out what to do with him."
"Well," Daine interrupted. "I can help with that. He is staying with me."
"What?!" the shocked voices of Numair, Raoul, and Jon said as Thayet, Myles, and Alanna just turned and gaped at her.
"Well I always have to make an entrance" Daine said to herself as she continued. "The Goddess sent him, although she didn't make much sense I got the distinct feeling that she wanted me to take care of him. Also she was fairly confusing by saying that she hadn't sent him yet. Whats that supposed to mean? Anyways, I was trying to meditate so I could see Harry's gift and the Goddess helped me. When I looked at him I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Harry almost disappeared completely behind the green glow of his gift."
"Could you tell us everything she said?" Jon asked while everyone else continued to stare at her like she had grown horns.
Sighing Daine explained what she remembered "She said she may have sent him but she hasn't done it yet and that he needs to learn to control his gift because he has a destiny, she doesn't know how long he will be here but to keep an eye on him and she wished me good luck."
"She hasn't done it yet?" Numair mumbled to himself "What if that means he is from a different time? That could explain his clothes and why he doesn't know what Tortall is. I mean, if he is from far enough in the future maybe Tortall doesn't exist at all anymore. We could be an entirely different country." he said aloud to the rest of the room.
"That's insane!" Alanna exclaimed. "Do the gods have that kind of power? Why send him here?"
"I think Numair may be on to something" Myles stated calmly "Think about it, how else could she not have done it yet? We may never know how much power the Gods really have. It would explain why she doesn't know how long he will be here as well. This is the only real conclusion that can be drawn from what she said. As well as it explains why there was so much residual energy after he appeared. It can't be an easy feat to send someone back in time."
"Well, do you want to take care of him Daine?" Jon asked looking at her with concern.
"I may be young, but he isn't a baby. He deserves a chance to be happy, and I am always with the best teacher he will ever have." Daine blushed as she looked over at Numair.
"She is right, Daine has never really acted her age, you would think her several years older if you never saw her. It may be the best decision past having the boy stay with Numair." Raoul said as he looked between the fidgeting pair and settled into a knowing smirk.
"Even so, it wouldn't hurt for all of us to keep an eye on him as well, when you two travel you can have the choice of leaving him with Jon and I. I wouldn't mind looking after him." Thayet added.
"I don't think anyone here would ever let anything happen to Harry." Daine said with a smile.
"Okay, well its getting late, I think letting Daine watch him is a good idea. I trust her. We can continue this tomorrow." Jon said before yawning.
Everyone said there farewells and walked out of the meeting room.
Alanna and Raoul walked with Daine and Numair for a moment before Alanna said "I will talk to George but I am sure he would love to teach Harry several bad habits he doesn't need to survive if you ever want to have him stay at the Swoop."
"I can't promise I would be a good baby sitter, but I will help if I can. You and Numair are very busy. Besides I am sure the kid wouldn't mind a strange but interesting adoptive family, just watch out for Thayet. She will have him dressed for every ball that comes along if you let her." Raoul said with a laugh.
"I will be completely capable of this, I have been raising a baby dragon for Gods sakes. I am grateful you are all so willing to help me though." Daine said exasperatedly.
"I agree, you and Numair have yourselves an adopted son and you haven't even let the rest of us know you're together. Isn't that interesting?" Raoul said with a grin before quickly moving ahead of them to presumably get to bed.
"Like you two actually needed to tell us. I think we knew before you two did." Alanna laughed as Daine and Numair stared determinedly at the ground. "Good night you two. Make sure you've got a pregnancy charm Daine. Unless you would like to start having children soon that is." Alanna turned away with a grin rivaling Raoul's.
Daine and Numair froze in shock as they watched their friend walk away.
Sorry the chapter is so short, But its getting late and I have work in the morning, I felt this a good place to stop. Good night everyone. I will love you forever if you give me feedback. I am always open to new ideas as well :) I will give credit to any ideas I use.