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Chapter 3

Harry woke with a sense of deja vu, yet again feeling the pull into reality. However this time found himself in a small room. Grateful for the addition of walls and a ceiling he took a moment to take in his surroundings, the décor was plain but modest, in the far corner stood a book shelf and from what he could see covered a variety of topics from martial arts to cooking. He was pleased to find that apart from the odd erray of books however the rest of the room was just the normal average things a chest of draws, wardrobe and desk lined various walls. A second door led to the ensuite, feeling much more relaxed in the realms of normalcy again, he figured it would be wise to try and sort out, just what the heck was happening.

He wandered back over to his bed and getting himself comfortable he thought about his conversation with these other worlders, that he had so suddenly been made aware of.

" I don't understand it, one minute I'm being beaten by the Dursley's and next thing I know I'm some angel wizard, how the hell do I make sense of that!"

Harry tried to persue the matter some more but all he could think was "why me I'm no one really, just a little ten year old with abusive relatives, and I know I'm not the only kid treated that way, so what have I got that they don't?"

Finding himself just going round in circles Harry gave up trying to piece together these new developments, and decided a closer inspection of the miniature library might reveal some answers.

Scanning the titles one particular volume stood out with simply the word "Grace" written down the spine in a elegant golden font. Pulling it out, he sat down at the desk to examine the contents with as much detail as possible.

Not having gone further than opening the cover Harry's persute of knowledge ground to a halt, as there before him in the same flowing script as that on its spine was a small paragraph addressed to Harry himself.

Dearest Harry,

Unfortunately we could no longer carry on our conversation, as I'm sure you know why, do not worry it was perfectly understandable. I must apologize for overloading you with so much so soon Harry but we needed you to understand your situation.

As I was sure you would have many questions, I took the liberty of composing this book, it is a one of a kind and can only be read by yourself. Hopefully this will allow you the knowledge you seek without further unconsciousness.

Humbly

Your father.

Harry had to read the letter a few times before it sunk in, he didn't bother wondering why or how he was the only person who could read the book, there were slightly more pressing matters he needed answers to.

Starting with the first section titled yet again with the word grace, Harry read in earnest,

Grace - Angelic power.

Grace is fueled by belief it is the very heart of where all divine beings power source originates from. However the power of individual divine beings can differ greatly this is thought to be because Grace is held in each individual via their soul. The purer the soul is the more grace it can contain.

When Angel's deplete them selves from grace, they will be in a state of fatigue, this can also vary on time as the reacharge rate also depends on purity of the soul.

Getting lost in the book harry read on, for how long he couldn't say but all too soon there was a knock at the door. Being reminded that he was in fact in heaven and surrounded by said angels Harry rushed away from the door squeezing into the corner.

At the lack of a response the door opened and Harry saw standing in the doorway was Gabriel, dressed in what appeared to be amour plate of some kind. It traced the contours of his well formed chest and abdomen flowing like silk round his body. Harry could think of no metal or compound on earth that could mirror such a feat.

Stepping into the room Gabriel quickly spotted Harry curled up in the corner,

" there is no need to be scared of me harry, we are only trying to help you I promise"

Although looking uncertain Harry ventured out from the corner, he could feel the truth in Gabriel's words almost like a sweet taste in the air. "Yet another weird new ability" Harry thought to himself.

" I don't quite now how but I can sense the truth in your words"

Gabriel looked surprised for a second before covering it up, walking over to the bed he thought"it wouldn't do to scare the boy anymore, he needs to think I know exactly what's going on, at least for now"

"Well Harry that is part of your Grace or Angelic abilities, you see we angels can communicate in any language and can also tell the truth spoken by any being some angels taste different things but I think it tastes like strawberries myself"

It was such a random piece of information that Harry found himself chuckle at the though of what lies must taste like. He felt as if he had known Gabriel all his life, it was unexplainable but there was an almost tangible connection between the two.

"Gabriel can I ask you something"

Grateful that the child even wanted to be in the same room as him he didn't hesitate in his response.

"Of course Harry, anything"

"If God and your brothers knew about me, and my protector soul when I was one why did I have to go to the dursleys and be treated like I was?"

It was a question that had been eating away at harry from his confrontation with God, but he hasn't realised just how much until he felt the burden lifted from his shoulders.

He looked over to the man beside him and his was hart stricken at the sight of grief that played over his face, saying more than words ever could. Gabriel went on however to do his best at letting harry understand the reason things happened the way they did.

"As you have been told when you were one, I came and bestowed the gift of grace upon you so that you could become what was destined, as magic would not save you, we knew that your family were going to be attacked as was written in the charter but when your name was written down to pass from the living to souls of heaven we didn't understand you were supposed to be the protector how could you die before you were given a chance. We discovered that Riddle" Gabriel's voice was practically dripping with venom at uttering the foul name " had managed to make a crude, imitation of our charter using very dark and long forgotten magic, seeing that you were destined to fight him to the very end, he decided to try and end the opposition before you had a chance to come into your powers, only he was complacent, so sure was he that the battle was won, he didn't see your divinity around you and cast a spell that is ineffective against our kind, the spell should have bounced of you never leaving a blemish, however as god said you are not of pure devinity as you are still partially human, other wise you would not have magic. The spell did rebound, directly into Tom leaving him nothing more than a wraith but it left you with that cursed scar Harry, and as best as we can tell it is like a tether between you and Riddle. But to cut a long story short you were taken to your closest relatives, the only other person who had any right to look after you was greif stricken and mad with rage. We could not interfere Harry like you have been told we could only act through others. As to why you are only here now, we needed you to believe in God to ask for his help that was the only way we could get to you harry, we were blocked by some very old blood magic your mother performed just before she died, it was to protect you from anything you didn't know, that could hurt you the only way around it was for you to ask for help. I'm so sorry Harry I wanted to be there for you and help you, I have watched you grow from the day you were born and I am so proud to see you here, the life you have lead has been so difficult and yet you are still a gentle kind soul so pure. I am honoured to be able to teach you Harry and I'm going to do my very best to have you prepared so you never have to be treated that way ever again. This may seem forward to you because we are Angel brothers but I see you more as a son Harry and never want to see you hurt again."

Harry sat there in silence for a long time, reeling from the quantity of information Gabriel had shared with him. " I can see he cares for me and I do feel safe around him, he was there the whole time and I never even knew about it, he saw my parents..."

Before Harry could form a response to the wealth of information he had just been given Gabriel jumped up from the bed,

"so what do you say we have a look around and then we can discuss your training?"

"Err OK" replied Harry.

Truth be told he was a bit nervous about this training that keeps being mentioned he knew he was quick, but that was all the advantage his 4 and a half foot body gave him, he wasn't particularly strong and it was making him rather anxious.

His worries were soon pushed to the back of his mind as Gabriel Introduced him to the most beautiful city he had ever seen, small cottage buildings lined the eraticly cobbled streets, shops selling their merchandise from battle amor and wepons, too dainty looking cafés, but what really made this land like no other was the variation of life that could be seen in every direction. Every manner of winged being was present fairies, pixies, angels, and pegasus were to name a few, obviously having rarely seen life outside of privet drive, Harry found himself asking Gabriel every question that came to mind, including the names of various beings and creatures that they passed on their tour.

Having taken Harry through the busy town, Gabriel decided to take him to the place he felt showed the true magesty of heaven, as they moved away from the town, they went past fewer and fewer travellers the landscape becoming more rugged and wild the further they went.

Coming to the end of any definition of walk way Gabriel stopped and turned to gaze at harry a question visible on his face.

"Er Harry I don't want you to get nervous but I want to try something, it would be much easier too get where I want us to go, if we could fly..."

"What... You want me to jump on your back?" Harry asked wondering how that would work.

"No Harry you could use your own wings"

"Oh...yeah erm I don't know...I mean I don't know what to do, I could try I guess, if you show me"

"OK, like I said don't worry if you don't get it first time, its not as easy as it may look, .. Right what I want you to do is unfurl your wings...yeah that's good right now watch me and try and copy me from where you are, just try and move your wings and imagine them pushing the air out of the way."

Having said this Gabriel took a few steps back from Harry and unfurled his own wings, at a wing span of 12 feet they dwarfed Harry, and in one fluid motion, swept his wings towards the floor, shooting into the air as If weightless, pulling his wings in at a slight angle, Gabriel twirled round and round completely enraptured with his flying to realise that far below him, one young angels life was about to change yet again.

Harry watched Gabriel soar through the sky, it was magical, the sight of him when he unfurled his wings made Harry realise just how powerful Gabriel must be, just to move appendages the size his wings were must have taken an incredable amount of strength. One definate plus to becoming an angel was harry had an idelic memory, so copying Gabriel's exact movements harry was surprised to find himself rocket into the sky at an increadable speed " wwwhhhhhhhhooooooooooo" for the first time in his life harry felt like this was what he was meant to do, it just felt so easy he never wanted to walk again, spinning in the air just like Gabriel he did a few loop the loops and leveled out looking at the ground far below.

"How the hell had the kid done that!" Gabriel had just come out of his spin, admitadley he had been showing of just a little, but when he looked down for Harry he expected him to maybe hover a few feet of the floor, that would have been something extraordinary in itself, but no when he looked for Harry the sight that greeted him was breathtaking. Executing the take off perfectly, Gabriel watched astonished as harry then performed a flat out spin. " that shouldn't be possible it took years to get the strength in his wings for Gabriel to perform such a feat, as the pressure of the air against your wings at that speed was immense. It was what came next that nearly made Gabriel fall from the sky, after leveling out he made to persue Harry and congratulate him but no sooner had the thought crossed his mind, harry plummeted towards the ground at a speed only Gabriel's honed grace would allow him to see, just when all seemed like it was going to fall apart he witnesses a miricle, and coming from a Arch Angel no less, made that all the more amazing. At less than ten feet from certain impact, Harry's wings snapped open and propelled forward once more mere inches from the ground.

Having pulled out of the dive Harry beat his wings in front of him and coming to a halt his feet gently touched the ground. Only for him to me pounced on by Gabriel "kid what the heck was that!"

Harry suddenly found himself looking down at his feet "Sssorry I thought I would try myself, ill do better next time I promise"

Gabriel found Harry's uncomfort quite amusing "You don't understand Harry what you did was absolutely amazing I don't think anyone of my brothers could have done the same feat!"

"Now let's get going I still need to show you something special"

With that the two set off gliding over the tree tops, grins plastered on their faces from the joy of flying. Not long after they set off they came over a rocky hill top and Gabriel started to defend to a rock out crop that jutted out over the crest of the hill, with Harry not far behind.

"Now Harry close your eyes and let me show you"

Doing as he was told he felt his mentor take him by the shoulders and gently ease him forward.

"Harry open your eyes"

Having done so he couldn't believe the sight before him, not far below the hill, the landscape leveled out, and on it were a herd of unicorns grazing, around a lake that positively glowed under the light from above, willow trees created the backdrop to this magestic scene and Harry was blown away, a feeling of such peace and harmony washed over him as his eyes devoured the beauty down below.