A/N: please read the first three chapters before you read this one you will not understand this if you don't. I dont own anything.

United. Chapter 4

The Plan

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Hermione stumbled backward. They found one! Well, that had taken much longer than she had anticipated.
"Can you do magic?" she gushed, fascinated.
"I don't know if I should answer that..." she looked around, then winked slyly and added, "...with words." Calida began singing a swift and beautiful chantment which caused the saliva in their mouths to freeze, and a few to panic. Irritated, Hermione cast a nonverbal spell that melted the ice to melt.

"What in hell did you do that fo--"

She was suddenly cut off by a bright, pulsating red light seeping from each of their trunks, causing them all to spin around. Ginny opened her trunk, and the glow dimmed to a gentle ebb. It didn't take the Weasley long to note that the thing glowing was, well, the note.

"You guys! Quickly! Dumbledore sent us a new message!" She called. The three Hogwarts students came running, but Calida remained where she was.

Dearest Harry, Hermione, Ginny and Draco,

I would like to congradulate you on finding your first recruit! But be warned, Calida is the mother of Calwyn, so you must not interfere with her life until she has bore two children. (Be not worried, it shouldn't be long.) Also take notcie, she is not fond of being confined. She will desperately want to escape. If Calida makes any attempt to melt the wall, you must stop her, or else. The only way to escape where you are is to swim through the river under the wall. You will have to teach her how to swim.

Good Luck,

Dumbledore

"Teach her to swim?" Ginny asked incredulously. "You can't swim?"

"I've been practicing, but.. I'm not very good. Still, I suppose I could try..." Calida trailed off.

"Well, that makes our lives easier," Draco mumbled under his breath. Hermione elbowed him, then asked, "Why were you practicing?"

"Well, I needed a backup plan if my friend will not come with me. Or even help me when I leave this horred place! I knew I would have to swim out."

"Calida..." Harry proceeded to explained every thing.

"Then we should make a plan to leave here! Come with me! Calida gushed instantly.

Ginny giggled. "We were sort of hoping you'd say that!"

"Great! I'll go and get some supplies!" volenteered Calida. ".You four should probably stay here. Can... can you cast a spell to make this place invisable?"

"Of course! We'll do that now," Draco boasted, pulling out his wand.

"Wait!" Hermione objected. "We should give her a charm so she can see us when she gets back!"

"I'll go with her and use the cloak!" Harry offered.

"Good idea," Hermione smiled. Ginny, however, just pursed her lips and gave a curt nod.

"Well, let's come up with a plan for we should do," said Draco.

"Calida, can you get us a map of this world?" asked Hermione, turning so quickly her hair bounced around her shoulders.

"It'll be hard, but I can do it," replied Calida.

"Do you know anything about the outside world?"

"Yes, but I'll tell you that later! First, let's get the map! Then one of you can put marks symbolizing what each country has as it's chantment!"

"Alright."

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That evening...

"...Meriturose originally had Ironcraft as its chantment, but now if anyone is a chanter then they will be stolen away and taken to the black palace to be taught, and kept there against their will!"

"Thats horrible!" cried Hermione.

"I know it is! I want to start a school were everyone can come and practice chantment freely! Without being stolen away from there families!"

"W could help you with that..." Hermione offered slyly.

"You... could?"

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Editor's note: Jeez! I've been putting this off for ever! Well, actually I've been banned... I'll be back on on November 2nd. I'm in a library right now. See ya next chapter! -winks-