A/N: Hello readers! Sorry it's been so long since my last post, It would of been out sooner but I had to take a break for the holidays. Which reminds me Happy Religious Holidy to you all, and Happy New Years! Ok there, thats my nice moment for the month. On to other news. My birthday is next week, and I'll finaly turn 21. Yay adult hood! So uh theres a good chance you wont hear from me till after it. The contest is still up from last chapter, since no one's managed to get it right yet. Keep reading and guessing fokes! I'll even up the prize for you. Who ever gets the answer right first gets to ask one question about the future of this story! (The author reserves the right to refuse any question he thinks may ruin the story for the winner.) Al lright fokes keep those guesses comming, and keep reading!
On with the story!
"What did you do?" Harry growled, wands aimed at the smiling Walker.
"What do you mean?"
"Why do you sound so surprised that it worked?" Harry paused. "You interfered!"
"Only a little…" he held up his hand, fingers showing a small space.
"What the fuck did you do?!" The wizard shouted.
Suddenly the professor and Download burst into the room. "What's wrong?"
"This immortal fuck up tampered with the upload thing!"
"You did WHAT!?" Download snapped.
"Just a little…" The Walker said again.
"You tampered with a highly delicate procedure? You could have fried his mind!"
"But it didn't…"
"You could've erased his memories!"
"But I didn't"
"You could've destroyed his personality!"
"But I didn't!" Suddenly the room was reminded that Artanis was a demi-god. A very insane demi-god, not exactly the kind of being you wanted to piss off…
"So what did you do then" Download asked.
"Well normally when you do those uploads; they draw from people memories to create the experience!"
"Unfortunately most of Potter's memories would've caused some complications. I had to block out some of them. Plus, I had to shape them to a school system that fits with the one we have here. His education has been a bit…messed up. If I hadn't interfered, he would have rejected it."
"I guess that makes sense." Download admitted slowly.
"Why do I still remember them?" Harry interrupted. "You said I would only keep the knowledge."
"It'll fade." Artanis waved his hand dismissively. "The memories just make it easier for your mind to process the information. Then they fade away."
"When?"
"After you get a good night sleep."
"I've been asleep for twenty two hours! I don't think I will be sleeping for awhile."
"Well you do have class tomorrow…we better find a way to burn some of that energy of yours."
Harry suddenly grew pale as the smiling immortal grabbed his wrist. "See you later!" He grabbed the professor's chair and the three vanished.
Download shook his head and walked into the kitchen. "I hate dealing with immortals."
"Alright runts, this is the last full session you get till school lets out so we're gonna raise the level." Logan growled to the gathered students. He grinned as they groaned. "No use complaining Chuck left me in charge.
Suddenly Artanis, Harry and the Professor appeared between the students and their sadistic teacher. Then the Walker and his charge vanished, reappearing in the middle of the room.
"What the hell…" Logan muttered.
"It seems Artanis wishes to a give a lesson." The Professor answered "We should leave him to it."
"Wait, what?" Logan asked as he followed the professor toward the door.
"Professor?" Rain asked "Potter doesn't have a chance does he?"
"I don't know bout that. The boys got some power in him." Logan countered.
"So…Have you been reading my book?" Artanis asked as the room sealed.
"Trying too." The wizard muttered.
"And."
"I've only been able to learn one spell! That damn book doesn't make any sense!"
The Walker snapped his fingers and the book appeared in front of him. "Which spell?"
"That 'cure' spell, the one for minor injuries."
"You end up in the hospital almost once a month. I don't see the problem."
"It's been a week, I should've learned more!"
"You had no understanding of the basics, how would you figure out these highly advanced spells? Not to mention your magic is still bound. You aren't physically ready for it, and you aren't exactly working that hard."
"I've been working for a week!" he said again.
"Potter as hard as it is to believe, the spell you learned should take months to figure out!"
At Harry's confused look the Walker groaned, "The spell requires a lot of focus and control. Too much power and it rapidly ages and kills your cells. To little and the wound will re-open. Some how you managed to figure out at least a basic understanding with out months of study. So why the hell are you complaining?"
"At this rate, I'll never learn it all in time!" The boy shouted.
"In time? What are you…?" The Walker eyed the wizard suspiciously "The time dilation effect coupled with infinite existence and Fate's desires will negate any chance of time being much of a problem."
"Huh?" It was the wizards turn to be confused.
"Didn't I explain this?" The Walker frowned. "It's like lesson three I think…"
"This is only lesson one…" Harry muttered.
"Right…anyway, all you really need to know is that, no matter how long the trip is for you, only a year will pass in your world."
"What!?"
"Ya, so you can rush it, learn things badly and show up in a year, or take your time, learn a whole bunch of things, and still show up in a year."
"But how…"
"Enough questions!" The Walker was suddenly in front of him a finger pressed to his forehead. The boy didn't even have time to flinch as a blue spark jumped between them and he collapsed to the floor, snoring lightly. "Told you I'd get you to sleep."
His eyes flew open as music tore through his dreams. "God damn Planes Walker!"
"Get off your ass Potter, we've got school!" a voice shrieked.
"Get to hell Masters!" he muttered as he rolled out of bed, his blankets yanking him to the ground as he fought to untangle his legs.
"Just hurry up or the Professor will send Logan up here." The door slammed shut as the girl left.
"Ah crap…" Last thing he wanted was a blade wielding lunatic tearing through his room.
Almost by magic, the teen was dressed and flipping on his coat. After a quick cleaning spell he stuffed his wands into the coats sleeves and ran from the room. Before the door closed his arm shot back through and grabbed a black book bag. It would be a long time before he realized he never went shopping for the stuff inside.
~~~~~~Hogwarts~~~~~~
There was no doubt about it, she had spent years as the friendless know it all, hell she'd even spent one as a petrified statue, and yet this was shaping up to be the worst of her young life, and it was only the first day! With the horrible summer she'd just had, she was starting to wish she could just write it all off and pretend it never happened.
Hermione Granger took a sip of pumpkin juice as she absently slapped Neville Longbottom's back, dislodging a sausage from his throat.
"Thanks Hermione…" He muttered.
"It was my fault Nev…I shouldn't have sprung that on you."
"Better now then in the dorm where we could be overheard." Said Weasley twin one. She'd long since given up on telling them apart. Much to their disappointment she insisted on calling the twin on the left twin one no matter which one it really was.
"So he's really with a Planes Walker?" Neville asked.
"What's so special about a Planes Walker?" twin two asked.
"Imagine a being with more power then the founders, Dumbledore, Merlin and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named put together," Neville replied. "Now multiple it by a thousand, make it immortal and destroy its sanity. That's a Planes Walker."
"How'd you know all that? It took me months to piece it all together!" Hermione frowned.
"I am actually surprised you found that much. The ministry tries to keep their existence hidden, which is pretty easy since they rarely interfere. I guess it looks bad if such powerful magical beings completely disregard the ministry's rules and there's nothing they can do about it." The young wizard grinned.
"If it's such a secret, how do you know about it?" Twin one asked.
"Since when do purebloods follow the rules? I mean sure, your parents do but my Gram was one of the ones who agreed to keep it hidden, of course she told me about them!"
The three stared at the normally quiet boy in surprise, as did their closest neighbors, which was an impressive feat since Hagrid could have sat down next to them with his arms wide open and not be able to touch their neighbors.
"Why would your grandmother agree to that?" Hermione whispered. "It can't be that bad for people to know." She couldn't think of anything more horrible then hiding knowledge!
"I still don't see why our dad wouldn't tell us." Twin two frowned.
"Fred's right! There's no way dad could've kept this from mum…oh!" Said twin one, or George as Neville now realized.
"He must've told mum…and she probably went ballistic." Twin two (Fred) finished.
"Can you imagine the reaction if the general population learned the real origin of Stonehenge? Or what really happened to Atlantis?"
"But I thought…" Hermione started.
"That ancient wizards built Stonehenge for a forgotten ritual? That a dark lord destroyed Atlantis?"
The boy laughed, again drawing attention. Whispering he continued "A Walker built Stonehenge, after destroying the ministry building and killing just about everyone inside."
"But why?" Hermione cried, suddenly very worried about her best friend.
"My Gram said he wanted the space. See he built it right on their roof. Apparently when he started building, the minster and auras stormed out and confronted him. No ones sure what happened really. Just a bright flash. Next thing anyone knew the ministry was rubble, Stonehenge was standing proudly in its wake, and the only person still alive was a secretary who was found unconscious."
"What did the secretary say?" Twin one asked.
"Who do you think the first part came from?" Twin two said.
"What about Atlantis?" Hermione questioned.
"They took it and left." Neville said simply.
"What? But why?"
"No idea. They just up and took it." Neville admitted. It was only now that Hermione realized how pale the boy looked. He hadn't looked up through the whole story. Suddenly she understood just how much those stories scared people. It was like having an invincible monster just lurking in the shadows…
"But surely they've done some good!? I mean why would one help Harry if they were all evil?"
"Of course they have! One of them brought magical plants. Even taught us to make potions with them. Hell, if it wasn't for them, we wouldn't have wands!"
Hermione smiled through it was very strained. She could only pray to whatever deity the Planes Walkers obeyed. At that moment Hermione hoped that Harry was with a good Walker and not like the one who built Stonehenge or stole Atlantis.
Suddenly at the other end of the table, a short red headed boy burst out laughing, covering the people around him in food. Hermione groaned. This year was going to suck…
Harry sat in front of a desk in a hard, uncomfortable chair. Behind the desk a set of wide picture windows framed a beautiful sports field. Degrees and books covered an entire wall and a gold plaque glittered on the desk. Silently he realized the entire room was made to radiate power.
"I run a tight shift here Mr. Potter. I don't allow trouble makers in my school."
"I don't plan on causing trouble Principal Kelly, sir." Harry answered absently.
"You're new in town so you'll get a little lee way until you get used to the way things work in my school."
"I appreciate it sir." 'My school' Harry thought, mentally shaking his head.
"I hope we'll be able to discourage you from following your house mates' example. It's such a shame such a bright student has to live with those troublemakers up at that 'institute'."
Harry stayed silent. Something about the way, the way he had said institute. Almost like he suspected there was something unusual going on there, or maybe he just thought it was an institute for troublemakers or something.
"Make no mistake; we have reviewed your records thoroughly. Your grades are truly impressive. We may finally have someone beat Ms. Grey for highest marks on the honor roll. I must ask, though that you refrain from showing up our teaching staff. They are difficult to replace on short notice."
"I'll try sir." Harry understood all right. He was expected to keep his head down and the grades up. 'Ya good luck with that…Wanker.'
Suddenly a bell sounded and the principal turned around. "Well that's the first bell. You have ten minutes to get your first class, so you better get to it."
Harry nodded as he left the office. No good luck? No handshake? Well THIS will be a fun school.
"Well class it seems we have a new student joining us today. He's recently moved here from England, so I'm sure you'll make him feel right at home. Please give a Bayville High welcome to Harry Potter."
Harry sighed, shaking his head slightly. That's just what he needed a big public welcome. Now the whole school will be talking about him by lunch time…Hell he could already hear the hushed whispering…
"Harry!"
His eyes widened, "ah crap…Tabatha do…" 'Thump' Suddenly Harry found an excited blonde girl latched to his arm and dragging him to the back as the rest of the class watched.
"You have to sit with us!" she said excitedly as she forced him into a seat next to Amara.
"Sorry Harry. She's had a lot of coffee this morning." The tan girl muttered.
"I noticed."
"Welcome to the corner of hyper activity Potter." Said a voice.
"Good morning Rain." He muttered through a yawn as the teacher finally started class.
"Morning Harry…"
"Every damn class Kurt! I have every class with them!"
"Well you ARE in the same grade…" the elf like mutant muttered as he loaded his lunch tray.
"So are Bobby, Sam, Ray and Roberto! But I only see them for gym!" Harry's hand shout out towards an apple and grabbed it before Kurt could snatch it away from him.
"Maybe it's fate?" Kurt said as he paid for his meal.
"More like a psychotic guardian interfering." Harry followed his friend to a lunch table already populated by Xavier's students.
"Kurt, Harry, have a seat!" Scott said warmly as they sat down. Harry nodded and took a seat between the older teens. As he reached for his plate, he caught site of a boy wearing a uniform point towards them. Next to him, another teen with blonde hair and Matthews written on his jersey turned to reveal the red haired Jean-Grey sitting opposite him.
Harry glared and the two sports players flinched before turning back and laughing. "That's Duncan" Kurt muttered "captain of the football team and an all around jerk. He's the school bully but he's dating Jean so he gets away with it."
"Not anymore." Harry muttered as he ate his lunch.
"We can't use our powers in school Harry." Kurt said, though it sounded more rehearsed than his own opinion.
"Not everything I do is visible." Harry said with a smirk. Kurt laughed as the young wizard who took his empty tray and walked to the garbage.
"Yo look out!" A voice shouted. Suddenly a dark skinned boy came flying into the room, moving quickly on a skate board.
"Ah Crap" Harry muttered as the teen veered straight for him.
The cafeteria grew silent as every eye turned to watch. Harry stepped to the side, kicking his foot out and stopping the skate board cold. The dark skinned teen fell forward, only for the shorter teen to reach out and grab his arm. A small surge of magic that only Harry noticed, kept the teen from falling.
"All right there mate?" Harry asked as he pulled the other teen upright.
"Spike" Kurt said, jumping up and darting over. "You ok?"
"I'm fine Kurt. This strange dude saved me."
"That was awesome Harry! Where'd you learn that?" Kurt asked excitedly.
"Our homicidal teacher," Harry grinned. Apparently he was starting to learn after all.
"So you're the new kind Aunty mentioned?" Spike asked.
"No, I'm the new pet gopher." Harry said sarcastically as the three sat down. "So what the bloody hell happened? Didn't think you could move that fast on your own…"
"Ran into the Brotherhood in the hall, Pietro decided to welcome me back to school." Spike scowled.
"Speed Racer? Isn't he the pervert Masters is constantly yelling about?" Harry asked.
"Speed racer?"
"Moves really fast, sounds like a bloody moron?"
The three burst out laughing as lunch ended.
"Thanks for the lift Kurt." Harry said as the blue mutant disappeared. It had been a long boring day and he wasn't looking forward to his training that night. With a grown he collapsed onto his bed. After a moment of wonderful silence he rolled onto his side, reached for the book and froze."
"Potter! You've got ten minutes to get your pale British ass to the danger room or I'll cut my way through this door!!!!"
"Shit!"
Congratulations! You have reached the first level of training. You are now one of the many new academy students that regularly join the ranks of Fates Chosen. From this point forward, your training will be much harder. Each new level will teach you more and more complicated spells until you are powerful enough to achieve the goal Fate has chosen for you. You may have noticed, now than you have achieved a basic understanding of your powers, that several skills have appeared in this book which are listed as above your level. Your Planeswalker has scanned you, assessed your currant skills, and observed your home dimension. The skills you find listed are the ones your guardian believes will be the most beneficial for you to learn. We understand that our agents are not infallible, and that you may desire to learn more than their selected list, so we will be giving you access to every skill for each level, after you have achieved it. In other words, your guardian has given you a sample of what he wants you to learn, but you won't get the full list of skills until you deserve them. Also, we'd like to point out; that you will not be given access to the final level of powers until you have mastered all of the skills in that chapter. It is possible to achieve a new level with out learning all the skills before it, but if you wish to achieve god hood, you must work for it.
Chapter 3: Health
Level 1: Academy Student
Cure:
Description:
This is the first skill you should learn. It is a healing spell used to repair minor bruises, small cuts and scrapes, and even sprained joints. It is much easier to cast on your self than another person because your magic has an innate understanding of what your body needs. Unfortunately, it is also a difficult spell to master. It requires a lot of personal focus and fairly decent control. Should your focus slip while performing it, the spell will fail. Should you apply to much power to it, the spell will heal the injury, but than it will rapidly age and kill the cells it was cast on.
How to cast it:
You point your finger/wand/staff/tool of choice at the center of the wound, and say cure. The aim must not waver from the wound until the spell is done, or it will stop where it is.
Chapter 6: Mind Arts
Level 1: Academy Student
Developing your Mindscape:
Description:
Your Mindscape is the result of a basic understanding of your own mind. Normally creating one would be the first step to learning a skill called occulemency, which is a way to keep people from reading your mind. However, we have discovered that this first step can be used to help boost your ability to learn as well as increase the power you have access to. Your mindscape is a personal creation, one that no one else will be able to understand or duplicate. In reality, it is nothing more than a picture in your mind that your magic brings into being. It is, therefore, impossible for anyone with out magic to learn this skill.
How to cast it:
A mindscape isn't really a spell. It requires the user to meditate and allow their mind to focus inward. They must search out both their magical core and their currently 'empty' mindscape. Once they have found both, they must forge a 'connection' between the two. This connection is a personal thing, and will make up the center of their mindscape. Once the connection is there, they must build their mindscape around it. What they build and how they build it is entirely up to the person. In your mind what you say goes. Many people will build a fortress one brick at a time. Others will build a small cottage in the woods, than hide the connection in a random tree. It is entirely up to you.
Chapter 7: Illusions
Level 1: Academy Student
Chameleon:
Description: The chameleon spell is actually far more complicated than it sounds. The user has to bend light around them, to create the illusion that they aren't there. There are two methods to do this. The first is letting your magic absorb the light from all directions, than spit it back out again on the other side. This is the easier of the two, but it often leaves a distorted outline should you move too quickly. The other method uses your magic to create a shell around you which allows light to go in on one side and come out the other with out showing what's in the middle. While a more complicated method, it does not leave a distortion when you move. We must warn you that neither of these spells will help if you make noise, have a strong smell, or walk into something.
How to cast it:
To cast the first method you must draw your magic to your skin. This spell does not use a tool, gesture, or phrase. You simply pull your magic to your skin and will it to happen.
To cast the second method you do the same thing, only now you must push it out from your skin to form a shell. The farther it is from you the less likely you are to cause a distortion. If you make it to big, however you risk it failing while you move. We recommend making it no more than 2 inches from your skin but no less than 1.
Chapter 8: Air
Level 1: Academy Student
Levitation:
Description:
Put simply, the ability to make things float. This is an easy spell, since the only things that really affect it are the objects' weight and distance between you and the target. The heavier the object is and the farther away it is, the more energy is needed. The object will float where you want, either through physical or mental direction.
How to cast it:
There are thousands of ways to cast this spell, but luckily for you, your Planeswalker has listed the one you are most familiar with. Wingardium Leviosa. You swish your wand to the right, and flick it while saying the enchantment. This spell can be done with out a wand and with out actually saying it. You just concentrate on the spell and wave your hand.
Dramatic Air Effects:
Description:
There are many different uses for Air magic, many of which you may discover with out having to read this book. We understand that many people like to use their magic to impress or intimidate people so we have included a quick lesson on different air based effects.
Billowing robes: This effect can be cast on any article of long, loose clothing. You need only to pick your target, aim at it, and say the enchantment 'Chesco.' A warning, the more power you put into this spell, the more it will billow. It can also be cast on other people with out them knowing, so if you are wearing a dress or skirt, we recommend shielding it as an over powered Billow spell will make it flip up and stay there.
Fluttering hair: This effect is cast on a person's hair to make it flutter as if it was caught in a breeze. You simply tap your hair and enchant 'Chescan.' The longer the hair the more energy the spell needs. For some reason this spell does not work on fake hair.
Chapter 9: Fire
Level 1: Academy Student
Light:
Description:
The light spell is actually quite easy, once you learn to control the flow of your magic. This spell provides light for the caster, with out exposing the user to any heat. The light created depends on the amount of energy used to cast it. The less energy used, the closer it is to the blue side of the rainbow. The more energy used, the closer it is to the red side. For white light, you must use more energy than it took to make a red one. Warning, this spell can be seen by everyone in the area.
How to cast it:
You simply cup your hand and concentrate on having light. Some people find it's easier to regulate the amount of energy to get the desired color, while others will aim for a certain color and let their magic decide how much energy to use.
Black light:
Description:
Much like the Light spell, this spell is far easier when you have some control over your own magic. This spell creates a ball of light, but the light is black. This allows the caster to see while leaving everyone else blind. This spell also gives off a small amount of heat, which may alert people who are more able to feel/see it than normal.
How to cast:
Once again you cup your hand, only this time you say the enchantment 'Vexus.' The more energy you use, the wider the light will spread.
Dramatic Fire Effects:
Description:
There are many different uses for Fire magic, many of which you may discover with out having to read this book. We understand that many people like to use their magic to impress or intimidate people so we have included a quick lesson on different fire based effects.
Eye twinkle: This effect is designed to make the user appear wise beyond their years. It creates a small light reflection in the users' eyes. You just let a very small amount of magic flow into your fingers as you press them to your temples and concentrate on the effect you want. Warning, if done incorrectly this spell may make the eyes glow bright colors.
Strange shadows: This effect creates shadows where there wouldn't normally be any. Essentially you are removing the light from that area. You could cover your face; hide your eyes, and other such options. You simply swipe your hand across the area you wish to hide in shadow and say the enchantment 'Strinto'
Chapter 10: Water
Level 1: Academy Student
Drinking water:
Description:
This spell pulls water from the surrounding area to provide clean drinking water for the caster. This spell pulls water from every not living source in the area, cleans it, and than holds it in place for the caster to drink. The farther it reaches to pull the water, the more energy it requires.
How to cast it:
You cup your hands as if drinking water and say the enchantment 'Water' while allowing you're magic to do the rest. It works a bit like the Cure spell, minus the level of control.
Mist:
Description:
This spell creates mist by drawing water from the air around you. The more water in the air the thicker the mist, while the more energy you use the wider it spreads. Unfortunately, no one can actually see through the mist, not even the caster. Also, the spell doesn't work in places where there is no water, like desserts.
How to cast it:
You make your right hand into a gun shape, using your pointer and middle finger to point straight up while your thumb points at you. Than you take the pointer and middle fingers on your left hand and press them against the palm of the right. Than all you do is channel magic into your hands and say the enchantment 'Mist Jutsu' while pushing the magic outward.
Dramatic Water Effects:
Description:
There are many different uses for Fire magic, many of which you may discover with out having to read this book. We understand that many people like to use their magic to impress or intimidate people so we have included a quick lesson on different water based effects.
Teary eyed: Also called puppy dog eyes, this skill causes the eyes to puff up and water as if the use is going to cry. To activate this spell you concentrate magic to both your hands and eyes. (Or hand and eye for a milder effect) Than you rub your eyes with your hands and let the magic meet near the bridge of your nose. If you put to much power in your eyes you may actually make your self cry.
Uncontrollable sweating: This effect causes the target to sweat profusely. You simply jab your wand at the target area and say the enchantment 'Esquapo.' This spell wears off over time. This spell can be cast on another person; though the farther away you are the more general the effect will be. A more general effect will cause a person to sweat all over.
Chapter 11: Destruction
Level 1: Academy Student
Blasting curse:
Description:
The blasting curse is basically a sharp impact to the target. Against a person it is equivalent to a punch to the area it hits. Against a solid object it is more like a hammer blow. This curse can be deadly if directed right. The more power used the more devastating the curse can be. Against solid objects a weaker spell will cause the whole thing to move, while a stronger one may be strong enough to break it.
How to cast it:
While using a wand, you swipe it through the air and say the enchantment 'Reducto' when you pass the target. Wandlessly, you aim your hand, palm out, and say the same enchantment.
Chapter 13: Sound
Level 1: Academy Student
Sound Detection
This is more of a skill than a spell. Essentially you increase your sense of hearing to the point that you can hear over great distances while picking up frequencies you normally wouldn't be able to hear. This ability can be permanent should you so choose; however it will constantly drain your magic should you make it so. This drain is miniscule, but over time may be noticeable.
How to use it:
You draw magic to your ears. Than you close your eyes and concentrate on hearing. After it activates you can open your eyes again. To turn it off you just close your eyes and draw the magic back out. To make it permanent, you simply leave the magic in. Warning, the first few times you activate this spell, you may be overwhelmed by the sensations. It is recommended that you practice in a silent place.
Chapter 15: Matter Distortion
Level 1: Academy Student
Minor changes:
Matter Distortion is one of the most complicated skills you will learn. Essentially you are changing something into something else, all the way down to a molecular level. Luckily for you, you don't need to understand how to make these molecular changes, only what the end result will be. Another benefit is that matter distortion draws energy from the actual target to make this change, rather than you. Unfortunately the more complex the result you desire, the more you need to understand it. So if you wanted to create an animal you need to understand all of its systems or else you would get the animal with out those systems, and it would suffer and die; The same for machines, with out the suffering.
How to cast it:
Matter distortion is all about intent. You just point, concentrate on the end result as clearly as you can and say the enchantment 'Change.' You must maintain aim until the spell is complete. The more energy you put into it the longer it will last. Warning, if you use this spell and than destroy or kill the end product, the original product will also be destroyed or killed.
"Artanis"
' Thump thump thump thump….' Artanis' head bobbed as he drummed a pen against a desk.
"Artanis?"
'Thump….thump thump….thump…."
"Artanis!?"
'Thumpity thumpity thumpity thump….' The pen struck the desk faster and faster as the strange walkers head continued to move
"Artanis!!!!!"
'Snap!' suddenly the pen broke as it struck the desk, causing ink to spray across a pile of papers. "Opps!" Artanis waved his hand and the ink disappeared.
"Damn it Artanis turn around before, I send Innila to turn your ass around!"
Artanis paused. Slowly his seat turned to face the large screen behind him. "Who is this?" The walker asked as he eyed the vaguely human shaped shadow that was apparently yelling at him.
"I'm the ghost of Christmas past….Who the hell do you think it is!?"
"Hmm, and I thought only the union had this channel….Christmas past, how did you get this frequency?" Artanis's head tilted to the side curious.
"It's Number 1 you psychotic immortal!" The voice shouted.
"I know. I'm not stupid, as you should know full well." He crossed his arms and pouted.
"…I hate you…" the voice muttered softly.
"So, boss, what do you need? A new ship perhaps? Want me to destroy a potentially dangerous plane? Need me to baby sit your pet grass hoppers?"
"I don't have pet...! Know what, forget it….Just tell me how things go with the new chosen one….A Mr. Harry Potter was it?"
"Oh quite well! At the rate he's learning we should be done with the first step very soon!"
"So he's ahead of schedule than? That's good."
"Oh yes! He should be done with this world in a few months. Well ahead of the two year prediction I originally made."
"Why was your prediction so far off? That's not like you to misjudge someone so badly."
"I didn't take into consideration the boys reaction to the memory upload. He's proven very resourceful! Usually the chosen ones just retain the knowledge, but he actually uses it! "
"I believe that is why we keep Download on the payroll."
"Yes but this is so much more so! Usually when some one receives an upload they can just spout the knowledge back out. But this boy not only has the knowledge but he can link it together, come up with new theories based on the information he has. It's like he was already a genius, just stunted, but the upload freed his mind again!"
"Artanis, that doesn't make any sense…."
"And not only that, but his magic is far closer to his mind than normal! I think those blocks on him may have forced him to pull it closer in order to use it. He's already started to break his dependency on those wands I gave him!"
"Artanis, does he remember any of the memories from the upload?"
"So far it's mostly just shields, but at this rate he could….Sorry what?"
"Does he remember any of the memories from the upload?"
"No of course not! The memories are short term; they only last long enough for the knowledge to sink into their mind before they disappear. I know we feared my intervention may make them more vivid but it turned out fine."
"So there were no complications?"
"Well he did pick up on the social lessons far easier than I would have expected. He's adapting to life in this Plane far easier than I anticipated. I'm actually a bit concerned about it actually."
"What are the risks if your fear is true?"
"Well he could get so attached to this Plane that trying to move him will cause him to lash out against us. It could also cause problems when we move him. If he starts thinking it will always be that easy, he may have trouble in other worlds where we can't give him an Upload."
"Do you think those are likely outcomes?"
"Anything's possible. I'm more afraid of what will happen if he doesn't want to leave…."
"We must continue his training. You know what will happen if we don't. Do you want fate sending another army of magically resistant beings trying to cut your head off?"
"Hehe….Magically Resistant….Hehe"
"How did your retrieval mission go?"
"Hehehehehe…Head cut off…hehe"
"Artanis? How did your trip to Raccoon City go?"
"Pft….Hahahahahaha!" A loud thump filled the room as the Planeswalker fell to the floor, laughing like crazy.
"What the hell is so funny!?"
Suddenly the crazed Walker was back in his seat, fully composed. "The mission was a complete success. We managed to retrieve both the T and G virus with no casualties….on our side."
"….Our side?"
"We were forced to kill a few infected before we could retrieve the target."
"So it was an even better success than we thought?"
"Yes sir, we got first hand experience over the strengths and weaknesses of the infected. As we thought, these viruses can infect anything, be it plant or animal. Also the victims can be killed by attacking the body, but it is far easier to aim for the head. Finally, we learned that on humans, the result vastly weakens their body and mind, but in most animals it increased their mental and physical abilities exponentially. Unfortunately, we didn't witness anyone infected with the G-virus. We believe that only the T-virus escaped, while the G-virus remained in lock up."
"Can we combine the two viruses with the others you've managed to…Commandeer?"
"It's too early to know."
"Alright than….Keep us posted Artanis. The league is most interested in your work, and fate is directly monitoring your young trainee. Don't fail Artanis, that boy must succeed, if only to keep you alive long enough to finish your work." Suddenly the screen went dead.
"Yes sir!" Artanis said, saluting the blank screen. After a moment of silence his head titled. "Who was that?"
A/N: Just another little note for you all. The story is going to start moving faster now, atleast untill it's time to move on to the next world. If this bothers anyone, well let me ask you, would you rather I just show the important things? Or would you prefer I write every minute of every day for several months of time? Oh and no matter which you pick, I'm not doing the second one. I'm not that clever. Oh well, Untill next time. Keep Reading!
PS I'd like to thank the person who signed their review Rogue for pointing out the fact that I used Rogue instead of Rouge in chapter 6. That mistake will be fixed as soon as I'm done with this. However I'd also like to take this time to point out that just about everyone can make mistakes, and I don't actualy "suffer a measure of difficulty in distinguishing the subtle differences of the english language" Oh and it's spelled UNALIGNED with only one L, not two. HAHA Keep reading fokes!