A/N Hey fokes! Sorry this chapter took so long, It's been a busy month. Than again, since no one seems to mind, judging by the lack of "post now" comments, I'll assume no one cares that it's late. Yup Yup! Alright than, I've got a question for all of you, as well as a new challenge. The question is, what do you think of me adding Final Fantasy 13 to the list of cross overs? Ok and the challenge is this, It's only a couple more chapters till Harry and Artanis move on to the next Plane, so if anyone can guess where it is before they move, I'll offer the same prize as last time. Got it!? Guess where they go next and I'll answer one question about the future of the story! (I reserve the right to refuse any plot ruining answers) Alright! Read on!

"So are you and the blonde girl ok now?" Artanis asked as he floated in the air.

"Well she is talking to me again…" Harry muttered. In a flash the Gryffindor sword slashed through the air.

"To slow. Do it again," the Walker muttered. "Only took her three weeks…"

"Why am I doing this?" The wizard muttered, sheathing the sword.

"Besides improving your strength, speed and grace?"

"Yes, besides that." Another flash and the sword sliced through the air.

"Again!" The Walker grinned "It's the beginning of sword training."

"What good is a sword? It's no good against a gun or magic." Once again the sword slid back into its sheath.

"Guns don't exist in every world!" the Walker snapped. "And a good sword can even cut through a spell if you use it right!"

"Really?" The boy asked.

"How don't you know this?" yelled the Walker. "It's like one of the basic lessons on how magic works."

"You haven't exactly taught me that much!"

"You should've learned this at that freaking school!"

"What?"

The Walkers feet landed on the Danger Room floor and he walked towards the wizard. "Are you telling me you have no idea how magic works?"

"Uh…Ya…" the boy muttered stepping back.

The Walker clenched his fists; his eyes glowed with anger as he stalked towards his student. Then suddenly, he grinned and nodded. "That explains so much!" Artanis said happily.

"Huh?" The shocked teen stared at his teacher.

"That's why you're having so much trouble with the book!"

"What!?"

"Ya, the book assumes you know the basics of magic. If you don't you won't get very far in it!"

"Why didn't you tell me this before?"

"I didn't know that school of yours didn't teach it!"

Harry blinked, "So teach me now."

"It will probably take a few lessons…"

"So start the first one now."

"And of course you will want to be able to take any notes on things…"

"I won't need them."

"And the demonstrations will be mind blowing…"

"All the better."

"Of course the Swiss Cheese People may try to interfere…"

"I'm sure we could handle them if they tried to…"

"Oh good!" the walker clapped his hands and grinned."…What were we talking about again?"

"ARGH"

"Did you just glue to a chair?"

"Yes" Artanis nodded.

"A floating chair?"

"Yup" the Walker nodded again.

"Why!?"

"So you don't get in the way of the demonstration. Plus it lets me direct…what your point of view is."

The wizard blinked. That actually made sense!

"Alright, first things first. Lights down, wizard up!"

Harry sighed as the chair lifted into the suddenly dark air.

"Alright, so what is magic?"

"Huh?"

"You heard me. What is magic? How does it work? Where does it come from? What fuels it into existence?"

"I don't know!" the boy snapped.

"Exactly! Magic is not the beginning only the result."

"What?"

"What your world calls magic, is in fact the only energy that causes it. It isn't a spell until you cast it."

"Then what is it before that?"

"The spell is magic, but the energy that fuels it is Mana."

"Wait" the boy interrupted. "The stuff Masters uses?"

"Yup! Mana is an energy released by nature.

"Huh?"

"Nature is constantly changing, and as it does it releases energy. That energy is Mana."

"Then Rain is a witch?"

"No. Technically she'd be considered a spell caster. Her mutation draws the Mana in and lets her throw spells, but she can't control how fast it draws in or how much she can hold.

"I don't get it…"

"Really?... fine. Ok how can I make this easier to understand? Ok look." The Walker snapped his fingers and a glowing humanoid shape appeared. "This is Rain!"

"It doesn't look like her…"

"It doesn't matter!" He snapped his fingers again and a rainbow of swirling colors appeared besides her. "This is Mana. Now watch…" He snapped again and the rainbow shifted. The swirling colors slid into a stream which flew into the figures chest. "This is her as she prepares for a spell. And this…" The stream stopped as a flash leapt from the figures hand…is her casting a spell."

"How is that different from a witch?"

"It's very different! A mage draws Mana in at will and uses it to fuel multiple spells. They can hold energy till they use it up. Alternately if they go to use it but don't, it explodes inside of them. The more Mana, the more destructive the "Mana Burn" is.

"I said wizard, not a mage!" the boy snapped.

"I'm getting there!" Artanis growled. "What makes a wizard like you different is that you have a core of Neutral Mana inside of you. Not only can you draw, hold and use Mana, you can use your core to cast spells as well. Plus having a core protects you from "Mana Burn", when the energy isn't used your core draws it in. Unfortunately, with the blocks on your core, you can't use your core for most of the stronger spells I'm trying to teach you. Of course since you don't know how to draw natural Mana, you can't substitute it in yet either."

"So teach me how!"

"This lesson isn't done yet!" the Walker snapped. "I still have to explain the different types of Mana, how it all fits together, and what happens when you use it! Impatient child! Would you just use a spell with no idea what it does?"

"Probably, yes."

"…So would I" the Walker admitted. "But I'm not likely to kill myself with a mistake."

"So get on with it then!" The idea of killing himself wasn't all that appealing.

"Ok, so Mana is everywhere and in everything. There can't be life without it. Now there are six kinds, and each is different yet they must all exist or everything collapses!"

"So what are the different kinds?"

"Well the first is the one you are most familiar with, Neutral Mana. Technically it's not part of the other five. Instead it exists alongside then, neither allies nor enemies with them. It fuels your core, it holds the dimensional barriers together and it even powers the Union's ships. It is the least understood, the most powerful and it is almost impossible to control." Artanis waved his hand and a colorless ball appeared in the air. "The other Mana is generated by nature and change, but this one isn't. Instead it is powered by something nature doesn't control."

"And what's that?"

"A soul. Neutral Mana exists so long as souls do. As far as I can tell, that is because if there are no souls, then there is no need for the barriers."

"As far as you can tell?" That wasn't very reassuring to the young wizard.

"I'm still testing it!" He snapped. "Not exactly an easy thing to work on, not like rocket science or quantum physics."

"Right…"

"Alright, where was I? Oh!" He snapped his fingers and a green ball appeared next to the first. "Green Mana, it represents birth in the cycle. Its power comes from the forest and other places where life begins. Green is powerful and swift, patient and wise. Many plants and animals answer its call."

Harry nodded. "So Green Mana can control plants and things?"

"I'll explain that later." Another snap and a white ball appeared forming a floating triangle with the first two. White Mana, it represents growth in the cycle. Its powers stem from the planes and other places where life has to work together to survive. White is sturdy and stubborn, honorable and true. The winds and sun answer its call."

"So the colors are all different?"

"No they're exactly the same, but have different names to be confusing." Another snap and a blue ball appeared next to the white one. "Blue Mana, it represents intelligence in the cycle. Its power stems from water. Blue is slippery and clever, quick-witted and sharp. Its control over water is as strong as its influences over the mind."

"The Imperious Curse," the boy muttered.

"Exactly!" Yet another snap and a black ball appeared next to the last. "Black Mana, it represents death in the cycle. Its power stems from swamps and other places of death and decay. Black is sneaky and convincing, manipulative and blunt. Death sits at its finger tips, while insanity follows in its wake."

"Black magic is evil." The boy said automatically.

"There is no evil magic! Magic is just a tool; it is the person using it that's evil." The Walker shouted back.

"You sound like Riddle! There is only power and those too weak to seek it! I won't use dark magic!"

"Then you'll fail! It's our choices that make us evil, not the tools! You could kill someone with your bare hands! Does that mean having them makes you evil? You can use black magic to save a life as easily as you could kill with white!"

"What!?"

"Black magic has healing spells, just like the other colors. White has spells that kill, as do the others. The colors you are using are meaningless, what matters is what you do with them."

"I don't…" he started.

"I don't expect you to just believe me. You'll learn soon enough." The Walker grinned.

"You said 6 kinds?" Harry asked after a long silence.

"Red" a sixth ball appeared, finishing off the circle around the original orb. "Red represents a purge in the cycle. It draws its power from the mountains, volcanoes and anywhere else where the land starts new. Red is volatile and destructive, chaotic and explosive. Fire its self bends to its will, while lightening dances at its command."

"That's incredible! Mana is really that powerful?"

"Yes, Neutral Mana is the one that manifests differently in each world, but when you master their true power you will be able to do incredible things."

"Can you teach me?" Harry asked excitedly. This could be the power to save his friends and his home.

"Yes, yes I can…" he started.

"Artanis answer the damn phone!"

They both blinked, staring at each other in surprise.

"Artanis answer the damn phone!"

"Oops! That's me!" He grabbed a phone from his robes and flipped it open. "Talk…I am with a F.C.P., what happened? She what? You have to got to be the worst bad news breaker I have ever hired! No! You're not supposed to stutter and cry! You call, tell the bad news, and hang up! Gah! Look I'll be there in a minute, stall her!" He flicked the phone closed and sighed.

"Something wrong?"

"Ya…Look I've got to go deal with it. I'll teach you next time. Don't die!" Then he was gone.

"Hey wait!" Harry cried, pulling against his bonds." I'm still tied to the floating chair! Artanis you bloody asshole!"

"I can't believe he left me in that chair!" Harry yelled as he kicked the bean bag against the bed. "Good thing you came looking for me."

"No problem." Kurt answered with an embarrassed laugh.

"Still, thanks mate." Harry muttered as he grabbed his coat only to pause. "What the hell…"

"What's wrong?"

"It's stuck or something!" he tugged and pulled but it didn't move.

"Let me help." The blue elf said. Together the two teens pulled on the coast, only for it to suddenly pop free, with a crash, they then crashed to the ground.

"Ow…what the hell…." Suddenly a flash blinded the two boys.

"Got it, lets go!" A voice yelled.

Harry's vision cleared in time to see Rain and Tabitha running and laughing out the door.

"Get back here!" Harry called as he jumped up and ran after them, leaving Kurt groaning behind. He ended up chasing the pair through the entire institute before the girls hid in Tabatha's, Jubalie's and Amara's room.

"Give me that camera!"

"Never!" A giggling voice yelled back.

"Open the damn door!" He yelled as he slammed his fists against the wooden barrier.

"No"

"Fine!" He drew his wand, and with a flick the door clicked open. "Give me the camera or I'm coming in and taking it!"

There was then some panicked rustling behind the door, and some hurried whispers accompanied the movement. Suddenly the door flew open and something collided with the wizard, knocking them both to the ground as the door slammed shut again.

"Ow…What the hell…" The boy groaned.

"Heh…Hi Harry."

Harry shook his head and looked up to see Amara smiling and blushing from her place on top of him. "Hey."

"Oh!" The blushing girl jumped off. "I'm sorry…They surprised me."

"Surprised me too…." He muttered as he sat up. "So why did they do all this crap?"

"They uh…I mean Uh"

"Amara is something wrong?"

"Uh…Hey uh…You know there's a dance at the school on Friday right?"

"Ya…That Sadie Hawkins thing"

"Ya that…uh…has anyone asked you to go yet?" She asked hopefully.

"Ya actually" Her face dropped. "That girl Kelsey in our math class asked me?"

"Oh…well. I'm sure she's nice. You'll have a lot of fun I bet." She turned to walk away.

"Of course, I said no. I've never even talked to her before. Why would I want to go to a dance with her?"

"So you're not going with anyone?" Her voice jumped up a pitch.

Harry pushed himself up and shook his head. "Not at the moment?"

She sat for a moment silently staring at the floor. Suddenly she glanced up at him. "Doyouwannagowithme?" She said rapidly.

Harry blinked before voicing the first thing that came to mind. "Huh?"

Amara took a deep breath before standing up and meeting his gaze. "Would you want to go with me to the dance?"

Slowly a smile grew across his face "I'd love to…"

His answer was cut off as she threw her arms around him in a hug. "Oh thank you, thank you, thank you! We're gonna have so much fun!" She let him go and ran back into her room. A moment later a loud squeal rang out.

Harry shook his head and started walking away. "Ah crap, I need to get fancy clothes!"

"So they're trying to improve Kurt's teleporting?" Artanis asked as he circled his student.

"Ya, he's got a range limit that they want him to break. Can I put my arms down?" The "t" shaped boy asked.

"Red is definitely the wrong color." The Walker muttered.

"Will you hurry up?! The dance starts soon!"

"Fine, Fine." He poked the boy in the shoulder and his tux turned black. "Much Better."

"Finally!" Harry's arms dropped and he sighed. "Did you really have to go through all those colors?"

"Yes I did."

"Why?"

"It had to match your date's dress, of course."

"You've seen it?" Harry asked excitedly.

"Well someone is excited! And here I thought you might be hesitant to go to another dance, after the disaster that was the Yule Ball."

"What do you…"

"You really screwed up that dance kid. You're gonna have to dance at this one and be a good date and such…"

The wizard sighed "I know, damn I'm going to screw this up aren't I?"

"Oh most definitely and here give her these." Artanis reached out and a pulled a bouquet of flowers out of the air. "It should limit her disappointment."

"That's not helping!"

"Then stop freaking out, calm your ass down and have fun! It's not like it's the end of the world here!"

"What if I screw up? I still have to see her every day, not to mention all her friends."

"Right…here take these." He thrust the flowers into the boy's arms. "Give her the roses, take her downstairs and meet me outside. Remember to just have fun, ok?

"Have fun, got it."

"Good. Got your Wallet?"

"Yes…"

"Your keys?"

"Yes…"

"A wand?"

"Yes!"

"Got a condom?"

"Ye…WHAT!?"

"Alright! I'll meet you outside." Suddenly the Walker was gone.

"Tanis you bastard."

"Alright, I'll see you guys at the dance…" Harry called as Kurt, Scott and Evan left. The three of them were meeting their dates at the school, so they were heading out early.

Of course Tabby couldn't go since she was visiting with her mom. Rain's parents were on over-protective mode since they found out about the dangerous criminal at the last school event, so she couldn't go either. Jean, of course was stuck with that football player. Kitty was going with Lance. Then there was Rouge, who was going with some other girl that Harry had never met. Secretly he thought that she may have some left over urges from all the guys she used her powers on…

So now he was standing alone in the entry hall waiting for his date. "Harry?"

The young teen turned startled from his thoughts, too look up the stairs, his eyes opened wide and his lips parted slightly in surprise. On the stairs walking towards him with a radiant smile across her face, looking absolutely gorgeous! A wine red dress hung from thin shoulder straps ending just above her knees. A thin gold necklace hung over a slightly dipped neckline, drawing his eyes past proof that she was a growing girl, to the black sash tied around her waist with a bow. Her dark hair hung behind her in gentle waves, while gold earrings shined through.

"Hi Harry." She said softly as she reached the bottom step.

"Hi…" the boy whispered.

"You look good."

"You look are…outstan…incred…." He stuttered out. Amara giggled. "I need a better dictionary." Harry muttered.

"I think I understand."

"Oh!" He pulled the roses out from behind him. "These are for you."

"Oh, they are so beautiful! Thank you!" She took the flowers and gently cradled them in her arms.

"Shall we?" He offered her his arm.

"Ok." She took it quickly and together they walked out the door.

"Hey Artanis, where'd you get this car?" Harry asked from the back seat.

"Uh…why?" The Walker asked as he drove.

Harry frowned. "It's stolen isn't it?" Besides him Amara gasped.

"No…"

"Artanis…"

"Just get out, no will miss it."

Harry sighed as he held the door for a giggling Amara. "He stole it…"

"A lot of people here…." Harry muttered.

"Well it IS a school dance." Amara answered.

"Didn't realize we had so many peers…"

She nodded. There really were a lot of kids at their school.

"Do you wanna dance?" He asked suddenly.

"It's about time!" Before he could blink, she'd dragged him to the dance floor, threw her arms around him and forced him into a slow dance.

"If you wanted to dance that bad you could've asked."

"I invited you the dance, you have to do the rest!"

"My apologizes, I am a bit new at this."

"You're doing pretty well so far."

He grinned, "You're worth the effort."

Time really does fly when you're having fun. Two hours after they had gotten there, the two were having a great time. They'd said hi to their friends, and gotten right back to dancing. Now they were getting drinks, while taking a quick breath.

"Kurt told me you're the King of England…"

Harry shrugged, "It was a joke. He asked me why I have that sword."

"Why DO you have a sword?"

"I found it," he grinned.

"You found a sword?"

"I AM from England."

"Ahhh!" A voice shouted. The two teens looked up as weird monster climbed out of a strange hole in the air.

Harry glanced at the punch in his hands, then back at the monsters, then back at the drink again. "That's different…"

"Very different," Amara agreed.

It didn't take long before the gym was empty, leaving the couple, Scott and Jean along with the red dinosaur thing. Kurt had poofed away with his girlfriend, proving she knew his secret.

"Well our schools, just full of bravery." Harry grabbed his wand from his pocket, wishing he'd brought both.

"Hey ugly!" Scott shouted as he moved towards the beast.

"Scott you idiot…" Harry muttered. The older teen moved to raise his glasses, only to take a tail to the chest that hurled him into Jean, slamming both of them into the food table. The red lizard stalked towards them, fangs bared.

"Stupefy!" A red light slammed into its shoulders and then frizzled out. The beast growled and turned towards the wide eyed teen, with a hiss it turned and stalked towards him! "Ah Crap!"

"Harry!" Amara shouted.

"Amara, go hide! Call Artanis!" He tossed her his phone.

"But…" she started.

"You guys can't fight this thing!" Two more stunners collided with the beast only to fail.

"I can help!"

"Help by calling him damn it!" The beast lunged and Harry dived to the side. "Crap" He pushed himself up and dived behind a table as the monster reached for him.

All we are is entertainment
Caught up in our own derangement
Tell us what to say and what to do

Harry glanced around and saw that the unmanned DJ station had moved onto a new CD. "That figures…"

All we are are pretty faces
Picture perfect bottled rage
Packaged synthesized versions of you

"Graaa!' The dinosaur jumped onto the table and snapped at him, only to miss as he darted away.

"Stop trying to eat me!" Harry shouted, banishing a chair into the lizard and knocking it to the ground. "Ha!"

We've all made petty fortunes but we can't afford a life
Confined to pull-out quotes and hotel rooms
They all scream California and its toppling empire
But can't you see the end is coming soon

With a hiss, the beast slammed the table away and dived at the wizard.

"Not cool!" Harry ducked under the flying beast, only to cry out in pain as then claws on its feet slashed open his arm. With a grunt he moved away, barely avoiding its tail.

Come on come on the new sensation
Guarantees then obligations
Spotlights follow every single move
Basking here on ten foot stages
Pouty lips and oh so jaded
All as if we have something to prove

(Rise Against – Entertainment)

"Harry!" Amara cried out.

"Stay there!" He shouted with a grunt, he twisted around and aimed his wand "Reducto!" The twisting spell cut across the gym and crashed into the angry beast, only to fizzle out and die. Harry stared at his wand in shock as his opponent stalked forward. "Bombarda!" The spell flew across the gym and rammed into the beasts chest, where it seemed to struggle against it before bouncing off and slamming into the music player which exploded.

The monster stepped forward, teeth bared. Harry scrambled back, banishing everything he could at the hungry beast, only for it to shrug him off. "No no…no," the boy muttered.

"Gaaa!" The monster dived over at the table and flew at the boy, teeth bared.

Panicked the boy suddenly saw the image of a floating club. "Wingardium Leviosa!" Suddenly the monster froze in the air. Looking around with wide eyes, panting the boy fell to his knees as blood flowed down his arm, pooling around him on the floor.

"Well this is unexpected…" Artanis muttered as he appeared next to the boy. "A magically resistant, dimension hopping dinosaur…"

"What took so long!?"

"I had to round up the other three and close the dimensional tares. I figured you could handle one for a little while!"

"There's more?"

"There were more, they came through tares created by Forge's experiments with Kurt."

"Huh"

"Don't ask, you won't understand. Let me see your arm."

Harry sighed and held out his wounded arm. Stupid Planes Walker…

"Do you want scars or just for me to fix it."

Harry glanced at his arm and shook his head. "Leave the scars…It'll remind me to dodge faster next time."

"Done" The Walker pressed a white glowing finger to the boys arm and the wounds closed into dark scars. "No need to fix the clothes, just gonna scrap them anyway."

"Thanks," the boy muttered.

"Now then," the immortal turned back to the floating monster. "I'm surprised you found its weakness so easily."

"What?"

"You tried to attack it and it didn't work right?"

"Ya, it all just died out or bounced off."

"They're magic resistant, like a dragon. Not sure why yet, but you used a levitation spell which effects the air around it, rather then the thing itself. Good job!"

"Thanks"

"Right then!" He stepped up to the floating captive and grinned. "I am pleased to inform you that you have caught the attention of the union. You shall be joining numerous others as my test subjects. What I learn from your kind will benefit all of the multiverse." With that he waved his hand and the monster vanished, turning back to his charge he smirked. "Well I have work to do, get back to the institute before dawn and don't die." Then he vanished.

"Harry?" Amara asked as she stepped up next to him.

"Not exactly a good date, huh?"

She giggled and he smiled.

The couple ended up walking back to the institute and a quick stop for slurpies, the found themselves standing in front the big glass doors of the entrance way to the institute.

"It's been an…uhm…interesting night." Harry muttered.

"How's your arm?" Amara asked.

"It's fine. He may be insane but he is good at healing apparently."

"That's good. Those were deep cuts." She stepped closer, looking at the holes in his sleeve.

"They weren't that bad really…"

"You were very brave fighting that thing."

"I couldn't exactly let it eat Scott and Jean…or…you…"

"Thank you."

"No prob…" Amara cut him off as she pressed her lips to his. Eyes wide in shock he stood frozen for a moment, before his mind managed to regain control. His eyes slid closed and hand gently slid across her cheek into her hair as he kissed her back.

A silent moment paused before the two broke apart.

"Wow…" Amara whispered.

"Ya…" came Harry's intelligent reply.

"That was…"

"I know…"

"I mean…"

"Ya…"

"That was my first kiss…"

"Mine too…"

"I always thought that your first kiss was supposed to be incredible…"

"It was a very nice kiss."

"Ya…but not incredible…"

"Ya…"

"….So…"

"…We could try again?"

"Sure!" Their lips crushed together again.

A/N Alright fokes, Finally reached chapter 10. Only a couple more to go before we move on to a new world! Oh and once again the song was Entertainment by Rise Against. I don't own it, I'm just borrowing it. Alright Untill next time!