Chapter Edited 21/03/2013
A/N : Hey guys! I'm already back ! Crazy no? Lol. Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you to all of you for the reviews, it really helps! Ah yeah, and another thing. Right now, Harry and Sirius' arrival is in 29 BBY, and Harry is 15. I've made some changes in the time-line, but you'll discover it in later chapters. On with the story! Hope you enjoy!
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Chapter 2 : Adla Kotack
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With a groan Harry opened his eyes. Why was he feeling pain? What had happened? And where was he?
He looked around and it wasn't the white cell, neither was it the testing room...wait the testing room! All the memories came back with a rush. The tests, the torture, his anger, the voice and the explosion of energy...
Harry stood up and walked toward a door-like structure and before he could find a way to open the said door without handle, the door slid by itself. Without asking questions the young wizard stepped through the door and began advancing in the hall. Once in a circular room with giant windows Harry stopped.
What the hell? Was he seeing right? Because right now he was seeing planets and stars!
"Harry? You're awake! "
"Sirius? I think I have a feeling of Déjà-vu. Where are we? What happened after I blacked out? And why aren't we in a cell?"
"Ehm...we are in a sort of flying ship. What happened? Well after an explosion, our cell's door opened, surely because of some mechanical problem. Anyway, I left the cell and saw that the other prisoners were freed too. And not really knowing what was happening I came to the testing room where you were held. And you know what I found? Everything destroyed in a radius of two hundred yards with you in the epicenter of the destruction. I took you and followed some other prisoners and saw that they were all leading somewhere. It was a giant barn with many flying ship like things which were boarded by prisoners. It was the only way to leave that damned place, so I began searching for help. But you know, when all people around you are scary strange creatures and you have no idea how to speak to them, well, you could say that it's really not an easy task. Anyway, I began walking with you in my arms when a human looking male approached me and made me understand that he was a friend and wanted to help us. I don't know if it was due to stress or something else but…I-I could swear I heard a voice in my head saying to believe the man and follow him. And frankly, I have thought that our situation couldn't get any worse, so I boarded this ship and well...we flew away." Sirius finished with a smile.
"You heard a woman's voice? Harry asked."
"Well, like I said I think I imagined the...hey! Wait, I never said that the voice was of a woman! How did you-... Have you heard it too? I thought you were out cold! "
"I was out Sirius. And I heard the voice, but before you. It was in the testing room. Those green scientists were torturing me and at one moment I got really angry and heard a voice in my head. A woman's voice, that said: destroy them. Sirius, I-I don't know how but I used a sort-of energy and exploded! And I think the massive two hundred yards of destruction was my doing. Padfoot, I think I killed them all..."
"I thought so. But don't worry pup, there were no bodies around you. So that means they got away in time. Even if I would prefer that they were killed by the blast..."
"Sirius!"
"Hey! Don't forget they tortured us. If they are dead, they got what they deserved. But let's return to our matter at hand. You said you used some sort of energy? Do you think it was magic? You know like accidental magic brought by strong emotion? Because if it was magic, that means we were rendered unable to use it for some reason."
"I don't know Sirius; I wasn't really in a state to think about it. But let's stop talking about that. Where is that man that saved us and where are we going…euh...flying right now?"
"He is at the front of the ship. He is the one driving." his godfather answered pointing forward. "Let's go, I will introduce him to you."
Harry followed Sirius and entered the room facing them. There was a grim looking man sitting in a red pilot chair. He was tall, something like 6 feet 4 inches, had short brown hair, blue eyes and a scar going along his jaw line. He wore gray pants, a brown jacket with many belts on it and metallic bracers on his arms. All in all he seemed like a dangerous man to cross, and Harry wondered how such an imposing man was captured by those green freaks in the facility in the first place.
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"Eum..I don't understand his language but in the time you were out, which was three days, I succeed to communicate with him. His name is Bade Garell."
The said man stood up and offered hid hand to Harry, who shook it without hesitation. Sirius, for his part made a hand gesture towards his godson and said: Harry Potter.
Bade nodded his head to show that he understood and turned towards Sirius. He began making hand gestures and after some time, the older wizard nodded.
"Harry, Bade said that he will use some sort of acceleration and we should brace ourselves because it will shake a little."
"Ehh.. Ok. How you caught the meaning behind his gestures is a mystery to me though"
"Like I said before, I had time to create some sort of understanding between us. And don't forget that I'm a Marauder." Sirius said happily. "Well now better do what he advised before he uses his acceleration thing."
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And both wizards sat down in seats not far from Bade's and the man pulled a handle. Instantaneously the ship made a jump-like movement and began flying at an incredibly fast speed. All the stars they were seeing before the jump were now only white lines of light. It was fascinating and at the same time very scary.
Taking a look at Bade, Harry remarked that the man was calmly watching the screen on the board. He should be used to this sort of travel.
"Hey Sirius, where are we going?" Harry asked after some time.
"To his home, well, I think." his godfather answered with a smile. "He seems like a good person to me, so I think he really wants to help us. Ah yeah! I nearly forgot! You must be famished! You haven't eaten anything since we arrived in this strange place, and it's like what? 10 days? Anyway, Bade showed me a little room with things to eat. I think we should go once he stops the accelerator or whatever it is."
"Ok, Sirius."
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After something like 15 minutes, Bade pulled the handle again and the spaceship reduced its speed. And when it wasn't uncomfortable anymore to walk along the ship, the two wizards stood up and walked towards the said room to find something to eat.
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They were flying already for 10 hours when Bade called for the two wizards and after showing them where they were going, he landed the spaceship in a desert under the hot sun on a gray little planet.
Sirius and Harry stood up and followed Bade, who began descending the ship. After all of them were out in the dry air of the desert, Garell made some hand signs to follow him quickly and the two English-men went after him at a rapid pace. But suddenly he stopped and indicated to go behind him. Without asking questions the wizards followed his instruction.
Bade for his part walked some steps in the ship's direction and began to focus. And few seconds later... he launched a violet lightning bolt towards the ship. The reaction was instantaneous and under the surprised and confused eyes of the two wizards the ship was destroyed in a mighty explosion. Creating a big shower of sand.
"What in Merlin's name? What was that for?" a surprised Harry asked.
"I do have a feeling it was to erase the traces. Well maybe that way those freaks from the facility wouldn't find us?" Sirius answered.
"I hope you're right, because if you're not…well...let's just say we got ourselves in another shity situation. And seeing him use some magical energy doesn't comfort me at all."
"But you already used that sort of energy; surely you can do it again."
"I don't think it will be wise to try without even knowing what it is."
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Sirius remained silent after that one.
Bade returned to them and showed a comforting smile, if you could say that a slightly crazy smirk was comforting…
Not losing any more time, the three men began walking in the sun's direction.
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It was already a hour since they left the destroyed ship and still there was nothing around them but the hot sand. Sirius and Harry were in sweats but the other man wasn't really paying attention. The young Potter was remembering all the things that happened to them since their tragic fall through the Veil of Death. Well, like Sirius said, it wasn't a Veil to the after-life, but more likely to another world, or galaxy. Hell it could even be to another universe altogether. Because he had no freaking idea of where they were right now.
But like his godfather said, it was for the better. Yes, he will miss Hogwarts, flying on his broom, all the adventures, and most of all his friends, even if many of them were fake. But now he could have a new life, without death-eaters, without Dark Lords, without prophecies, and without horrible politicians. Yes, now he could have a simple life with his godfather. And that made him smile. A new and better life without worries awaited him!
He was right about the first two aspects, but the last...well, Harry Potter was never someone normal, and now that he was in the place he was fated to be, his destiny could begin at last...
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Bade Garell was many things, but a guardian wasn't one of them. And that's exactly what he was doing. He was helping and protecting two strange humans: Sirius Black and Harry Potter.
Just after that explosion in the facility on the planet Ogaran where he was detained with many others "interesting" species, he had sensed a great disturbance in the Force unlike any he had ever felt. He didn't really know what to do at the beginning. Sure, he got himself out of his Force-suppressing handcuffs after the security system failed, caused by the explosion. And that's when he sensed through the Force that he had to help two people escape.
Not knowing what they looked like and feeling that the Force will let him know it in due time, Bade ran towards the hangar and searched for a good ship before preparing everything for the long flight that awaited them. And not long after that, he recognized through the Force the two people he had to help. After discovering that the man couldn't speak Basic, he explained with some hand gestures to the man that he was a friend and wanted to help. And the said man accepted without hesitation. A very strange occurrence by itself.
They boarded the ship and quickly soared away. And only when they were quite far from the planet did he let his guard down. And that's when he really sensed the Force around the two people he saved. Around the man, which he discovered was Sirius, the Force was like a blanket that protected him. It was strange; because he was sure the man wasn't even Force sensitive.
But what was truly incredible was the boy's connection to the Force. He had the most powerful connection to it he'd ever seen. But what was even stranger, was that the boy had some sort of pull... Like he was a magnet.
Anyway, right now they were walking in the hot desert of the Planet Betha II for nearly an hour now. He smiled. It was amusing how surprised they were when he destroyed the ship with Force-lightning. It has been a long time since he last used that particular Force ability. But he had to destroy the ship because he couldn't afford someone finding the place he was heading to and the person waiting for him there. And he needed to make sure that the ship was destroyed, and what better than use the Dark side of the Force which was only for destruction?
Finally he saw a little house something like 2 miles ahead of them and smiled. They were finally there.
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"Hey Harry, look" said Sirius pointing ahead of them. They could see a little house not far away and by the look on Bade's face, they had arrived to the final destination.
"A house in the middle of desert? Why am I not surprised anymore?" asked the young Potter in sarcastic manner.
"Well because in the last ten days you've seen the craziest things the world has to offer." answered his godfather with a smirk. "And to say the truth, I'm not really impressed by all those things."
"Riiight...you aren't." said Harry rolling his eyes.
They were already only thirty yards from the house.
"Yes! I'm not impressed at all. The only thing that can impress me is a gorgeous woman. And we haven't seen a woman since we're in this strange word." said Sirius with a whine.
"Hey Padfoot, it's your lucky day, a woman for you." said Harry while pointing ahead.
Sirius who wasn't paying attention to the house while speaking to his godson, turned towards the house with a hopeful expression, but instantaneously he froze mid-step and watched the woman ahead of him...
She was of medium height, with long gray hair and piercing blue eyes, she was wearing a blue robe made of some strange silk-like material and a scarf of the same structure. She had sandals on her feet. But most of all...she was like super-old!
His expression must have been obvious because he heard a burst of laughing from Harry. And smiling himself after hearing the first laugh from his godson since, well... a long time, Sirius preferred to remain calm and get him back in the future, Marauder's honor!
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Bade approached the old woman and embraced her in a hug. The two wizards shared a look; they were surprised by this move. Well, they hadn't imagined the tall man who saved them be one of those mushy men. And after the woman released him, Garell made them approach and introduced the two wizards to the old lady, and after she got the pronunciation right, she said that her name was: Adla Kotack.
And right after that, she led them in the little house. It was surprising how the modern inside wasn't in anything like the old battered outside.
Leading the three men through the house, they arrived in a big living-room, and sat down on some sofas after been allowed to.
And for some minutes, Bade talked to Adla, surely explaining all that happened if the quick glances she was launching their way were any indications.
Suddenly the old lady said something loudly but it wasn't to either of them. That was proved by a human looking red robot that entered the room.
'What the hell? A robot? Oh well, it was time to get used to all the strange things in this world.' thought Harry, watching the strange entity.
Finally, the red robot stood before Adla and talked to her with his mechanical voice. And awhile it turned to face them and fixed them with his electronic yellow eyes.
Sirius rose an eyebrow and turned to Harry: "What is he doing?"
His godson was beginning to reply but stopped himself when he heard the mechanical voice of the robot reply :
"What is he doing".
"What the hell?" said a surprised Sirius and instantaneously the robot repeated in the same mechanical voice.
Turning toward the old lady, Harry remarked her little smile, and directly understood what was going on.
"Sirius, I think this robot is trying to understand our language."
"Really?"
And instantaneously the two sentences were repeated by the robot.
"You know, that repeating thing is really beginning to freak me out" said Sirius eying suspiciously the robot. And Harry hadn't to wait for long before the sentence was repeated and Sirius let out a frustrated cry.
With a smile he turned toward the two strangers and nodded to show his understanding.
Adla clapped her hands and stood up, and after making sure that everyone was following her, she led the to another room, probably the kitchen.
When the three men were seated around a square table, the old lady began putting some sorts of food on the table.
She served plates with some ball shaped things, some sort of syrup and rectangular things that reminded the two wizards of bread. And after a slight shared look, the two wizards began eating. The ball shaped food was like spicy meat-balls, the syrup was like water saturated with sugar, but it had a pleasant taste. And finally the bread like things were actually bread!
Haven't had a normal meal for a long time, the two English-men ate very quickly and Sirius even asked for more.
Finally, after everyone had finished eating Adla showed them a room with two beds where they could rest. Harry found it strange. It was like she knew of their arrival. Oh well, it wasn't the strangest thing in his "List of strange things in strangely strange world". Right now they needed some rest.
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"Harry...I-I think I'm getting crazy!"
"Oh please, Sirius, not again. Spare me with your useless complaints." said the young Potter.
"You-you ungrateful godson! Can't you see that this blasted metal machine is doing everything in its power to drive me crazy! It's been four days that we are in this place and that...that robot hadn't left me alone for a minute! Can you believe it? Following me everywhere, repeating all the things I say! Why? Why me and not you?"
"Well, maybe because I asked Adla to do it?" answered Harry with a smirk.
"Wh..what? WHAT? You're the one behind this? No. No! NO! Yeeees!"
"Euh..Sirius, I think the last cry should have been a 'Nooooo!', don't you think?" asked a confused Harry.
"Don't get me wrong pup, I want to kick your ass so badly, that you wouldn't be able to sit for a year! But another feeling overwhelms that. I'm proud of you Harry! You got me two times in four days! A Marauder no less! I think that you are becoming a real prankster. Oh your old man would have been proud!"
"Thanks Sirius. That means a lot to me."
"No problem Pup." said his godfather. "And you, you will stop repeating what I say you little metallic man." finished Sirius speaking to the robot.
"I am not a metallic little man, I am a BDG-series Droid ." replied the robot in his metallic voice.
"Whoa...wait! He can talk English now?" asked a dumbfounded Sirius.
"So, your language is called 'English'" stated the droid.
"You've entirely learned the language I presume?" asked Harry.
"Yes. I was ordered to learn your language by mistress Adla. So that I can be a translator." answered BDG.
"Well, let's go then." said the young wizard before opening the house's door. "Are you coming Sirius, or will you stay there with a dropped jaw?"
Sirius said nothing but followed them inside anyway.
And after they were all seated on sofas in the living-room, Adla began the discussion. She said something and the droid translated it to the two wizards: "First of all, mistress Adla wants to welcome you to her home. And that it makes her happy to have some new visitors apart master Bade. "
"Say that we are very thankful to her hospitality and thanks to her we feel much better." said Sirius.
"Mistress Adla says you're welcome. And she asks what happened to you and where you two are from."
After looking at Sirius and seeing him nod, Harry began to tell their story. The magic, wizards, the war, Voldemort, the Veil, their arrival in this strange world, the torture, the voice and finally the explosion caused by Harry which was the very thing that gave the three men freedom.
After that, Bade began talking to Adla, surely sharing his point of view on their escape.
Finally, the old woman told something to the droid and after she finished, he turned to the two wizards and spoke again:
"Mistress Adla said that the energy you used is called the Force. It is like a magnetic field that is everywhere. The Force binds everything and everyone together, and without the Force life could not exist. Every life being has a certain number of bacteria per cell called Midi-chlorians. They are beings that have a contact with the Force. And when someone has about 7,000 or more midi-chlorians per cell, he is called force-sensitive, because the great number of those bacteria makes him able to use and control the Force."
"Sounds like magic to me" said Sirius.
"But there are two types of Force" continued the droid. "The Light side of the Force and the Dark side of the Force"
"Hey, that sounds even more like magic"
"There are those who use the light side of the Force to keep peace in the universe, they are called Jedi. And there are those who use its dark side for their own benefit and war, they are called Sith."
"Oh man! Now I'm sure it's magic!"
"Sirius calm down! And it's not magic. Now that I think about it, the feeling was different. It was not magic." said Harry turning to his godfather. "Continue please" he said to the droid.
"The Jedi use the Force by controlling themselves. Since their young age they learn to never be controlled by their emotions. Because emotions are the fuel to the dark side of the Force.
Both Sith and Jedi use special weapons called 'Lightsabers'. It's a powerful laser sword that can cut through anything. And finally they use the Force, which grants them special abilities. And master Bade said that you've already seen one of them. The Force lightning." finished the droid.
"But why tell us all that?"-asked Harry.
"Mistress Adla said, because she senses that the Force is strong in you, Harry Potter. And she wants to take a blood sample from the both of you to count your midi-chlorians." answered BDG.
"But what about the voice I heard?" asked Harry.
And after speaking to the old lady, the droid answered.
"Mistress Adla doesn't know what that voice could be. She never heard of something like that, she is sorry."
"Alright, let's go then." said the young wizard standing up.
The old lady smiled and led the three men in the back of her house and going near one of the walls, she pushed something. Instantaneously a trap door appeared on the floor and Adla descended the stairs and was quickly followed by the others.
To Harry's surprise the basement was like a little laboratory, with computers, strange electronic things etc.
Adla stopped near a big computer and said something to the droid who translated it. "Mistress Adla said that you have to put your finger on this square and a sample of your blood will be taken."
"I will go first Harry. I hope you don't mind. '' asked Sirius.
"No, of course not" answered the youth.
"I just have the feeling that whatever we will discover about you will dwarf my results." said Sirius and Harry rolled his eyes.
Then the older wizard approached the computer and put his thumb on the indicated square. He felt a little needle stick him, and after Adla said that he could remove his finger they waited for the test results.
The old lady frowned, and began speaking to the droid. And after they finished he turned towards Sirius.
"The results show that your blood contains healing agents that accelerate your healing factor and strengthen your muscles making you faster and stronger than normal humans. And finally you have 6,000 midi-chlorians per cell." finished the robot.
"Oh that's strange. Maybe the Veil caused some changes in us?" said Sirius turning to Harry. "Hey, wait! Haven't you said that you must have 7,000 to be Force-sensitive? Does that mean that I can't control the Force?" asked an outraged Sirius.
"I am sorry Sirius Black, but you have to compensate with something else." said the droid.
"Oh no! It's not fair!"
"Harry Potter, would you please step forwards?" said the metallic voice of the droid.
The young wizard repeated the same process and they waited for the results.
But when the results appeared on the screen, Adla and Bade's eyes widened and they looked at Harry with stupefaction.
"What is it?" asked Harry, remembering the same reaction from the green freaks that tortured him.
Adla rapidly spoke to the droid and finally he turned towards Harry.
"The results show that you have the same blood structure as Sirius Black. With the healing agents and strong muscles. But your midi-chlorian count is amazing to say the last, Harry Potter you have the highest midi-chlorian count ever recorded in 5,000 thousand years, with 50,000 midi-chlorians per cell. The highest record being 27,500." said the droid.
"Ow...s-so what does that mean for me?" asked Harry.
The droid spoke to the old lady and turned again towards the young wizard.
"Mistress Adla said, that she was thinking about teaching you in the way of the Force after she sensed you for the first time. But now that she discovered your unbelievable midi-chlorian count, she has no other choice but to teach you."
"What do you mean?" asked Harry.
"With your number of midi-chlorians you have an incredible connection with the Force. Your connection is so great that even a little change in your emotions can endanger everyone around you." answered the droid's electronic voice.
"Endanger? But how?"
"The explosion you caused in the science facility was the result of the Force responding to your anger." said BDG.
"Oh no! I don't want it to repeat itself! I have to control my emotions. But how does she know so much? Is she a Jedi?"
"Mistress was refused to become a Jedi, so she learned to control the Force by herself. She is a 700 years old Force user, and her knowledge in the Force is only surpassed by one being. You will not find a better Master in the entire Galaxy. She is Adla Kotack..."
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