A/N Hello readers! As promised, I actually got this chapter up ON TIME! Yay me! Alright, I'm sorry to tell you that the next chapter probably wont be up to mid September, since I have to go back to school before the end of August...I know it sucks, but On the plus side, I'll have more free time this semester so I'll see what I can do for all of you! Oh and guess what, this chapter FINALLY puts the story over 100,000 words! SO EVERYONE CELEBRATE! Seriously, celebrate...I'm waiting. Ok then! On with the story!

"So this is the Temple of the Ancients?" Harry asked.

"Nope." Artanis grinned. "THAT is the Temple of the Ancients!" He pointed over the tall stone wall to the even taller pyramid that was easily visible in the distance.

"That thing is huge!" Rain stared wide eyed. To see it over the 15 foot wall was definitely impressive.

"So we're gonna be training here?" Harry asked.

"No we're gonna be staying here. We'll be training all over the world."

"Then why are we staying here?" Was there no life in this world or something? Why stay in a rundown temple if they didn't have too…

"There's a magical barrier around this place that keeps all local peoples out, so we won't be disturbed while we live here."

"Ah…Good reason."

"Yes, I thought so."

"Not to sound pessimistic, but where exactly will we be living?" Rain interrupted. She wasn't about to give up a working bathroom no matter how much she might learn.

"We'll find a chamber or something and set up a magical room" The Planeswalker waved off her concerns."Come; let us examine our new home!" He proudly stepped forward, through a large stone arch, and vanished from their view.

"Since when is he so pompous?" Rain asked.

"I've given up trying to understand him." Harry admitted. The two teens slowly followed their crazed mentor through the arch, only to stop instantly.

"It's a giant maze." Rain stated.

"It's like that weird painting…The thing with all the impossible stairs."

"Looks possible to me…"

"Where'd Artanis go?"

Rain glanced around. "I have no idea…"

"This place is huge, the nut job disappeared, and we have no idea where to…"

"Over here!" A voice called.

"Where did that come from?" the teens whipped around, trying to find the source of the voice.

"UP HERE!" the voice called again.

"There!" Rain said, pointing. At the highest point at the far end of the maze of stares, there was a figure moving.

"Hang on…" Harry pressed a finger to his sunglasses, a bit surprised to be using his new enchantments so soon…and a little suspicious 'the arse probably did this just so I'd use them…'

"What are you doing?" The girl asked.

"I enchanted the glasses. I can zoom in like a telescope." He stared through the glasses at the grinning and waving Planeswalker. "Well we found our teacher at least…"

"COME HERE!" The voice called out.

"How can we hear him?" Rain asked.

"Probably a spell…I guess we should do what he says…"

"LAST ONE HERE HAS TO SHARE THEIR ROOM!"

The teens' eyes met. Both instantly broke into a run. Both teens wanted that privet room. Who in their right mind would want to room with Artanis? The very idea was enough to drive the sheer number of stairs from their minds.

It took them close to an hour to figure out how to reach the walker. The teens collapsed in front of him, gasping for breath as he smiled at them.

"What took so long?"

"Stupid…Arse…No Path…Had to…Climb vines…" Harry muttered.

"So…Many…Stairs…" Rain groaned out.

"Well don't worry." He said with a grin. "You'll get used to it soon. This will be your morning exercise."

"WHAT!"

"Yup! Running and climbing are both excellent ways to work out. It should help strengthen your arms and legs and increase your endurance exponentially!"

"Or kill us…"

"Or kill you" the walker readily agreed. "Don't worry; there are ways to make it easier."

"How?" Harry asked. Anything that made his training easier was a good thing.

"A potion" the walker explained. "One designed to drastically increase a muscles healing. Taken each morning, it should make a day's exercise count as four."

"That's incredible!" Rain exclaimed.

"Yup. With that potion, and daily exercise, you two should be able to do that run in twenty minutes without being winded at the end."

"That's it?" Harry asked. "That's all out training?"

"Of course not! We'll also go train against the thousands of different monsters that roam this world, which should definitely help you both get better at fighting. And at night, I'll teach you both spells and tricks and stuff." The walker grinned.

"Monsters?" Rain asked.

"You'll actually teach!" Harry exclaimed.

"Yes and yes! Oh speaking of monsters…" the walker glanced behind the two teens. Both whipped around to find a pair of dog sized purple frogs sitting on either side of a woman in a yellow leotard with long green hair. "Looks like your first opponents are here…"

Both teens groaned loudly and forced themselves to their feet.

"Oh and by the way, since I got here before you both, you two get to share a room!"

Harry exhaled softly before his wrist flicked out. 'THUMP…CLANG' "Damn it!" Three weeks into Artanis' training and the boy didn't know whether he should be ecstatic that he finally was getting taught, or thanking every god in existence that we was surviving it. Every morning for the last 21 days, they'd had to do that hellish run. Sure the potion he'd given them was working wonders, they could already do it in half the time since they started, but that wasn't good enough for the Walker. When they took longer to do it then they had the day before, he'd make them do it again. And with the constant monster attacks, they almost never finished it in the right amount of time!

'THUMP…CLANG' "Oh come on!" It took a long time for Harry to get used to the never ending hordes of monsters. Sure, the annoying frogs and multi eyed blob things were easy to deal with…now, but it took him a week to be able to kill the woman like creatures. Their human like appearance had been a big problem for him. He just couldn't kill them…In the end; Rain always killed those ones for him. She made fun of him constantly for it.

'THUMP…CLANG' "Son of a…!" The Planeswalker was true to his word. He'd taken them all around the strange world of Gaia to train against dozens of different kinds of monsters. They'd visited a city on an elevated platform called Midgar, where they fought a bunch of rodent like monsters that were faster than anything Harry had seen short of the golden snitch. They took a few trips to an abandoned mine called Mt. Corel, where they were attacked by a lot of strange bird things. Then he took them on an excursion (as he'd called it) to Mt. Nibel, where they spent a few days battling dragons that made the Hungarian Horn tale look friendly. Though none of it was as bad as their fighting with the strange bug like Matiera Keeper thing, they'd ended up fleeing that fight, Artanis wasn't going to get involved and they weren't even close to winning. For their first fight against something that hurled that much magic back at them, it wasn't a good sign.

'THUMP…CLANG' "Bloody hell!" Every night, after their daily practice, the Walker would pull them into a special room and teach them. So far, most of it was how to use their weapons. Of course, he did this by conjuring an identical copy of them and beating the crap out of them but it was working. Apparently, the muscle potion also helped with something called muscle memory, which made learning how to use his sword easier. Artanis told him that, according to the book's level guide, he'd be considered a graduate, at least with the sword. With the chain, he was still an academy student. He had trouble with some of the trickier moves, like the weird shield trick the walker showed him in a demonstration, and he couldn't seem to aim it all that well when he was casting the weighted ends. Artanis ended up conjuring a box of long needles called Senbon, and told Harry to practice throwing them instead. He said, since it used the same motion, it should help with his aim.

'THUMP' "I DID IT!" Harry shouted, pointing at the needle sticking out of the center of the target. For the last three days he'd been wasting hours trying to get the damn needle to hit the bull's eye and stick. And he'd finally done it!

"Good. Do it a hundred more times. Then switch hands."

"ARRRGHHHH!"

"We need to leave" Artanis said suddenly.

"What why?" Rain asked.

"Leave as in the temple or the world?"

"Some people have found a way into the temple; we need to get out of here before they find us."

"What for!"

"We don't want to be here when they activate it."

"Activate what?" Rain asked.

"Uh…"

"Activate what, Artanis?" Harry growled.

"Uh…Turns out this temple is actually an ancient world ending death weapon. If they activate it, then everything inside of it will be trapped for all eternity."

"YOU FUCKING PSYCOTIC ASS HOLE!"

"Did you know?" Harry growled.

"Know what?" Artanis' head tilted to the side.

"That we've been living in a giant doomsday weapon for two months!"

"Yes I did."

"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!"

"It's not like we were in danger. Neither of you knew how to activate it, and I sure wasn't planning too. We would have been just fine if those people hadn't shown up."

"But they did. And you said they couldn't!"

"Forgive me for being unaware the ancient magical barrier had a key for it!"

"…Where are we now…?" Harry asked. He wasn't going to argue with the Walker, it never did any good.

"The city of the Ancients" Artanis nodded. "There's a barrier here that will…"

"…Keep everyone out so no one can disturb us." Harry interrupted. "So how long until they show up here too?"

"About a week" Artanis admitted.

"So why are we still here?"

"You two still need training here. Now that you've got the Senbon down, we can go back to the chain again."

"What do we do when they show up?"

"Well I guess we could leave again…Or stay and watch. Whatever works."

"Fine…" Harry grabbed his chain and turned away. "I'm gonna go practice some more."

"Have fun, I'm gonna go hotdogs at fish." Artanis walked the other way.

"Did I miss something?" Rain asked, stepping out of the bathroom.

Six days after relocating to another 'Protected Ancient Site' Harry was standing on a platform that sat over a strange lake, deep in the city's cave. His eyes were closed as he twirled the chain in a figure 8 around him. "What was it Artanis said? A chain can only do so much on its own, but add your magic to it and it can do a dozen more…"

Harry concentrated, willing his magic to flow through the chain. He'd watched Artanis form a dome with just two chains, protecting him from spells and objects hurled at him. He'd also watched the Walker use them like an extra set of arms, grabbing and throwing things with ease. He wasn't sure what else could be done, but he was planning on finding…

'GASP'

The soft sound cut through his concentration. His eyes snapped open as the two twirling ends collided and fell in a tangled heap. At the entrance to the room stood a young woman, eyes wide, staring at him.

"Eh…Hello?" He called.

"What are you doing here?" She asked, frightened.

"Practicing? What are you doing here?"

"Praying"

"Oh…This is a place of prayer?" He asked, suddenly uncomfortable. "I...I didn't know that. I just came here because it made me feel calm."

"It does that" She said as she walked across the platform and down the stairs. Her long brown hair fell down her back over her pink dress. "Who are you?"

"Harry…Harry Potter."

"I'm Aeris…Aeris Gainsborough. How did you get here Harry? This place is supposed to be protected."

"My…Guardian brought me. He can get anywhere" He admitted. The girl jumped across several raised stones before walking onto the platform before him. "What about you?"

"I'm an Ancient" She admitted.

"Ok, that would explain it." He grinned as she giggled. "I'm sorry I uh…Disturbed your holy place?"

"Oh don't worry…" She smiled softly. "Why are you training?"

"I need to get strong enough to help protect my friends" He admitted. Something about the girl…Just seemed calming.

"Oh, you're a body guard then?"

"Kinda…" He shrugged. "What about you?"

"I'm a flower girl."

"Doesn't explain why you're here."

"I came to pray for…Well the answer."

"The answer to what?"

"Something bad is going to happen. A bad person found a very powerful Materia and he's going to use it to destroy Gaia."

"The temple!"

"How did you know?"

"We were there…I mean before…We left when someone showed up and then we came here."

"Oh…Well yes, he's got the Materia, and I have to try and stop him."

"All alone?" He asked. "Can I help?"

"Don't worry I can handle it…I left my…Well my friends behind to come here and stop him. It's the only way."

"You can't do it alone" he replied. It was funny, at that exact moment he realized exactly why his friends never listened when he told them he didn't need help.

"I have to…You should go back to your guardian Harry. And tell him you need to leave. That bad man I mentioned. He knows I came here, and he'll try to stop me. You don't want to be in his way."

"But I…"

"Please. I don't want anyone else to get hurt."

"I…Alright." Harry turned to leave. "Don't worry; I'm sure your friends will come to help you as soon as they can."

"I know."

"So that's why we need to leave." Harry told the two.

"An evil man is coming to destroy this world and you want us to leave?" Rain asked.

"No. I just promised to relay the message." Harry answered. "I say we help."

"No" Artanis countered. "We have to stay out of it."

"What? Why!" Harry snapped.

"Because that evil guy and those friends you mentioned? They're here all ready."

"Then we have to go help!" Harry snapped jumping to his feet. Rain was up a second later.

"We shouldn't…You don't actually know what's going on…" Artanis continued.

"But you do?"

"Well yes, obviously."

"Then what's the right thing to do?" Rain asked

"It's not that simple…"

"Why not?"

"There are hundreds of factors you two don't know…If you get involved things could…"

"Forget it then" Harry snapped. "I'm going to help!" With that he ran from the room, Rain right behind him.

Artanis smirked at the empty room "well now…Who could'a seen that coming…"

"Look, over there" Harry pointed. The two teens were standing on a ledge, overlooking the lake and the prayer area below. "In the pink dress, that's her."

"Look there!" She pointed as a group came running into the room, led by a blond haired man with spiky hair.

"Is that the bad guy or her friend?" Harry muttered. Aeris hadn't mentioned anything about either. Though he hasn't asked either, which definitely didn't help their situation.

"What's he doing?" Rain asked. The spiky headed one had said something, though they couldn't hear it from their perch. Suddenly the man pulled a huge sword from his back. The two watched as the man seemed to struggle against an invisible opponent, trying to bring the giant blade down on the girl's head.

"Crap" Harry muttered, drawing his wand. He had to help…The man suddenly collapsed. "Did I do that?"

An evil laugh echoed through the chamber as a tall man with silver hair dressed all in black, floated down the cavern. Without a sound he landed behind Aeris.

"Ok, I'd bet THAT'S the bad guy" Rain muttered. Harry nodded. An incredibly long sword suddenly appeared in the man's hand.

"NO!" Harry shouted. He couldn't stop him in time. Even he could feel the man's power, there was no way any of his spells could stop him in time! He needed to get there, he needed to stop him! He needed too… 'CRACK!'

The man smirked as he raised his blade. Without a sound he thrust it down, more than happy to slay the last Ancient. 'For you, mother…' 'CRACK!'

"WHAT!" The man shouted as teen boy with messy black hair and a black trench coat appeared and drove his blade to the side. 'CLANG' the blade struck the stone ground next to Aeris, as the strange boy threw all his weight behind his sword to save the girl.

"NO!" Harry shouted as he threw everything he had into his swing. He wasn't sure how he'd Apparated, but he wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. His eyes widened drastically, with everything he had, he'd only JUST managed to push the blade away from her. Slowly, he looked up, eyes meeting the glowing green eyes of the much bigger man.

With a glare, the man pulled his blade up again, faster than Harry could see. "Do not interfere!" With a flash the blade drove toward the young wizard.

'CLANG!' "No!" Once again the huge blade was stopped as a man dressed in monks robes appeared next to the boy. The silver haired man's eyes widened in shock as this strange being blocked his sword effortlessly with his own blade.

Harry stared in fear as Artanis appeared and blocked the deadly strike. In the Walker's hand, held as if it was no effort at all, was a long curved blade, the back of which was serrated like a saw blade. The handle, wrapped in black leather, looked like a curved joystick with no hand guard.

"No. No no no. No no no no no no!" Artanis muttered. "Bad. Bad bad bad. BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD!" His head swiveled to glare at the boy. "Stupid irresponsible fool! Oh yes, let's try a completely new magical skill that could go horribly wrong, and use it to hurl ourselves in front of a megalomaniac whose so powerful he makes your enemy look like a kid with a stick!"

"How dare you inter…" said megalomaniac spoke up.

"I'm talking here!" Artanis snapped. Effortlessly he knocked the massive blade away and drove his free hand into the man's chest, hurling him through the cavern. "As for you!" He turned back to the boy. "Nice swing. I can't believe you deflected his attack!"

"Huh?"

"I mean yes, he was going to cut you in half like a knife through butter, but still. I'm very impressed."

"Excuse me." A soft voice interrupted. "But what's going on?"

Both turned to look at the flower girl, who'd apparently finished praying and turned to face them without their noticing.

"We saved you?" Harry offered.

"From Cloud?" She asked, pointing to the unconscious blond.

"Him? No he kinda spazed and collapsed on his own…" Harry admitted. "We stopped the silver haired guy with the huge sword."

"You stopped Sephiroth!"

"We?"

"Er…Well we stopped him from killing you at least."

"Oh…Thank you." She whispered.

"We!" Artanis snapped. "YOU stopped him from gutting her. I stopped him from slaughtering everyone here. Mind you, he'll probably get back up and come here to do it anyway."

"What?"

"He's probably already coming back." With a grin he turned to the girl, he friends having crowded around her. "You guys should leave or the shiny haired guy is gonna come back and kill you all."

"Why did you help us?" She asked.

"I didn't. I helped this one" he poked Harry in the shoulder. "HE helped you. Ok so uh. Since I don't want to fight the shiny haired guy, I'm gonna take this idiot and leave. I suggest you all leave too, especially if you don't want him to display your heads on his mantle or something." With a nod, he grabbed the Wizard and vanished.

"What the #*% was that?" the tall dark skinned man asked.

Harry and Artanis reappeared next to Rain, only to find her distracted with a phone call. Staring at the girl for a second, the walker shrugged and turned to the young wizard. "I'm actually impressed."

"Huh?" Was the boy's intelligent reply. He was expecting the Walker to yell at him again.

"You just saved that girl's life. Yes, it was an arrogant move, thinking you had even the slimmest of chances against that guy, and most intelligent people would have run away the second he showed up, but you did the right thing and saved a life!"

"Well good" Harry said, suddenly proud of himself. "So what happens now?"

"Huh? Oh well uh…She'll probably go back to her friends, and help them save the planet, defeat the evil guy, and save thousands of lives. Then she'll compete with the other woman for the spiky haired man's affections, some remnant of evil will reemerge and they'll all have to fight to save the world again…I've never actually watched these worlds much past that point, so I can't tell you much more."

"Oh…Uh…I meant what happens to us now?" The boy asked. He was shocked. Saving that flower girl saved this world? Well THAT was unexpected…

"Oh. Right well, we're pretty much done in this world, unless you want to watch the fireworks…Otherwise I have…uh…a friend who's agreed to help train you for a while, while I go do some research…"

"What's the catch?" Harry asked immediately. It wasn't the first question that came to mind, but he wasn't sure he WANTED to ask questions about the Walker's research…

"Oh. You just have to help him out a bit. Its win, win really, you get training and experience all at once!" He clapped happily.

"Great…"

"Uh…" Rain interrupted. Both turned to girl holding a phone in her hand. "Actually…I was kind'a hopping to go home for a bit?" She said hesitantly.

"Sure we can drop you off on the way." Artanis agreed.

"Wait I thought your parents said…" Harry muttered.

"They said they missed me and wanted me to come home…"

"You sure?"

"Ya. I wanna see my friends and family…I mean…"

"It's fine. Like the nut job said, we can drop you off."

"He's trying to say he'll miss you" Artanis interrupted.

"Hey!"

"I'll miss you too…Both of you…But I miss my family too…"

"Don't worry about it." Harry interrupted. "I know what's it's like to miss home…Besides, Artanis already said I could go and visit everyone there. I'll just come see you too."

"Thanks Harry!" She dived forward and hugged him. "Mom!" She said happily into the phone over his shoulder. "I'll be home soon ok?"

"Cool, let's go" Before they could react, Artanis grabbed their shoulders and they vanished. In the cavern below, an angry silver haired man bust out of the water, screaming.

"Rain!"

"Mom!" The young girl darted into the living room and embraced her mother in a tight hug.

"We've missed you!"

"I missed you too!"

"You've been gone for almost a year!"

"Really?" Rain pulled away. "It was only a few months for us…"

"That's the time dilation effect" Artanis answered. Both women turned to him. "It's…Actually, unless you're a quantum theorist with an understanding of the multiversity you probably won't understand…"

"If times all weird how do the phones work?" Rain's mom asked.

"Uh…Incredibly complicated time based magic?" Artanis offered.

"To hard to understand, got it."

"You are surprisingly accepting of this." Artanis said, impressed.

"My daughter is a mutant who can hurl beams of energy. I've learned to just accept the weird things that happen."

"Thanks mom." Rain said happily.

"So introduce me to your friends!"

"Well the…Monk is Artanis. He's a dimensional traveler. And this…" She frowned, before reaching around the Walker and grabbing Harry's arm. With a smirk, she pulled him in front of her mother. "This is Harry Potter. He's a wizard from another dimension."

"It's nice to meet you ma'am." Harry muttered.

"What a polite little boy friend you've found!"

"He's not my boyfriend!" Rain cried, both teens blushed.

"Sure, sure. Would you two like to stay for dinner?"

"Actually ma'am, we're in a bit of a hurry. We have a friend to meet."

"Oh that's too bad…You'll have to come visit soon. We'd love to have you."

Rain glanced at the Planeswalker worriedly. She wasn't sure how long he could keep this normal act up.

"It would be my pleasure." Artanis nodded.

"I'd love to." Harry said with a smile.

"Come on boy wizard. We have another teacher to meet."

"Ya…"

"Right, well I'll leave you all to say goodbye" Rain's mom said with a smile. "I'll be in the next room." She turned and walked out of the room "It was nice to meet you both."

"You too ma'am." Harry called.

"Right uh…I'll just go over here…" Artanis said with a grin as he stepped out the front door. "When you're ready we'll go."

"Right…That was weird…" Harry muttered.

"Ya…"

"So I guess this is good bye…"

"For now anyway…"

"Ya…"

"It was fun"

"Ya it was."

"Thanks for everything Harry." She suddenly stepped forward and hugged him. "And thanks for saving me…"

"…It's what I do" He grinned.

Rain giggled. "I know…" She leaned up and kissed his cheek. "Go save some more people Boy Wizard."

Harry grinned and stepped away "I'll come visit. And tell the others I said hi ok?"

"I will."

Harry stepped up to the door and turned back. "Oh ya…With all the excitement I forgot…" He taped the side of his glasses and grinned. "It's a very cute rose…But I never pictured you as a white lace kind'a girl…" With that he reached out and touched Artanis' arm and the pair vanished.

Rain stood frozen for a second, eyes wide. "POTTER!"

"Was that necessary?" Artanis asked as they flew through the Æther.

"No…But it was fun." Harry laughed.

"Ah…You're learning."

"I should hope so."

"I'm surprised though…"

"Why?"

"I expected you to put up more of a fight."Artanis turned to the young boy.

"Why would I do that? She had every right to go home." The boy defended.

"Ok." He turned away again.

"I'm actually a little surprised at y…Where'd you get the slurpie?"

"7-11"

"I don't see a 7-11 here" Harry said looking around at the emptiness everywhere.

"There's one on that world" The Planeswalker pointed to a blue ball that flew past.

"And how did you get it?"

"Magic?"

"You magically stole a slurpie?"

"…Yes…"

"Where's mine?"

Artanis held out a second cup "here you go"

"This world is a little…off Artanis" Harry muttered, glancing around. The pair stood on a pristine but empty sidewalk. In every direction, they could see tall, shiny, spotless white buildings stretching into the sky. On every corner Harry could see poles with cameras which seemed to watch every direction.

"This is New York." The Planeswalker replied. "Welcome to the N.A.U."

"A.U.?" Harry asked.

"The North American Union. Basically, in this world, about 60 years ago, the United States economy collapsed. Fearing riots, invasion and even civil war, the country basically sold its self to the highest bidder, which was a company called Benforth Industries. Benforth was a research and development company who struck it rich developing alternate forms of energy. This literally put them in charge of the world's strongest nation. Soon after their take over, they announced a world changing discovery. They'd discovered a new form of energy which, once harnessed, could do almost anything."

"Magic…" Harry muttered.

"Mana" Artanis corrected. "But yes. It turns out; this world naturally produces Mana crystals by the millions. Something about this world draws and channels Mana in the perfect conditions to produce them. Mana crystals are obviously crystals made of pure concentrated Mana. One crystal, the size of my finger could power an entire city block for a year. Now normally, such a discovery would end up spread all across the world rather quickly, but with the government under their control, Benforth was able to keep it firmly under their control."

"Wow…"

"Now, as you know, Mana can do much more than just power a house or two. Benforth quickly learned exactly how powerful it can be and started marketing it as the biggest thing since sliced bread. Literally, that was one of their advertisements. Anyway, while the regular people suddenly found themselves with magical solutions to everything. And while the common people were worshiping their new leaders, the military was finding its self outfitted with extremely powerful weapons that no one else could match. You see the problem with Mana crystals is that, the more you use them, the more they break down until they shatter."

"So why use them at all?"

"You know nothing of business!" The walker snapped. "Everything breaks eventually, that's the whole point. If it never broke no one would ever need a new one and the company would fail. But Benforth found a way to make them last forever. It seems that, when you implant the crystal into a person, their own natural Mana eventually absorbs the crystal and learns from it. Eventually, the person is able to do what the Crystal could, without fear of it breaking. So of course Benforth kept this a secret and only used it for their military."

"Why?"

"Stop interrupting. Ok so it turns out, Mexico had been getting a lot of their power from the US. With Benforth Industries controlling their product so rigorously, Mexico started complaining. So Benforth offered them a deal. In exchange for power and access to the crystals, they wanted to BUY Mexico. At first Mexico refused, but as the people got more and more desperate, they ran out of options. Mexico became the newest addition to the US. Of course, this caused problems with most of the world. Benforth told the world to go screw its self. I'm not really sure what happened next, but they ended up going to war with Canada. They decimated their northern neighbor and forcibly annexed them. From that point, the rest of the world wearily watched the newly formed A.U."

"They Annexed Canada?"

"Yup. Unfortunately, soon after, there was a problem. You see, in order to ensure their soldiers didn't betray their secrets; Benforth implanted a special Mana crystal into the base of their skull, right into the brain. This crystal made them devoutly loyal to Benforth but it had a side effect. When used alongside other crystals, it slowly drove the person insane. This was Benforth's deep dark secret, they were in command of a large, fanatically loyal, army of insane magic users. And like all deep dark secrets, this one got out. A group of soldiers apparently decided that a building in Chicago was actually the hide out for Canadian rebels. So in their addled minds, it made perfect sense to blow it up. Which they did, in front of thousands of witnesses and hundreds of cameras. Suddenly the whole world knew. American people started protesting and complaining, people refused to use Mana crystals, and the rest of the world looked ready to intercede. So Benforth declared martial law. That was ten years ago. Now the A.U. is basically a dictator ship, with every aspect of the people's lives monitored and control. Even an illusion of a hint of dissent is met with swift action."

"Why don't the people do something?"

"They are. Rebellions broke out almost immediately, but Benforth sent their superior soldiers to shut them down. A lot of people died trying to regain their freedom, but the hope stayed strong. Without volunteers, Benforth's forces would dry up. But Benforth foresaw this problem and had their brain washed soldiers breed. They found that the children of those implanted with the crystals would be even stronger than their parents were, without having to implant them too. When they were older, they'd put in the control crystal and have a new generation of even stronger soldiers."

"That's horrible!"

"Yes it is. But about three year ago, a group of about 30 of those kids escaped captivity and met up with the New York Resistance. With the added strength, the resistance was able to gain control of a place called Long Island. Then, a year and a half ago, Fate sent me to train one of those children."

"Oh great…" Harry didn't like this sudden turn one bit."

"Six months ago, or fourteen months in your time, I brought him back and he's been a major leader in the resistance since. A month ago, the resistance started infiltrating Manhattan, to prepare for another attack to hopefully wrest control of the city from Benforth's control."

"What was his destiny?" Harry asked hesitantly.

"Oh, he had to kill a group of soldiers, including his parents, before they could kill the resistance leaders and the foreign representatives they were meeting with. Had he failed, the world would have fallen into an apocalyptic war."

"That's horrible."

"Yes. Well anyway, He should be here in a minute to pick you up."

"He's supposed to be my teacher!"

"Well ya. Why else do you think I gave this long ass lecture? Did you expect me to hand you over to the corrupt local government or something?"

"But…But I…And he's…But…And…"

"It's like listening to a record skip!" Artanis said clapping happily. Suddenly the sound of screeching tires filled the air. Glancing up the street, the caught sight of a car as it fishtailed around the corner and came flying toward them. "Oh! And there he is now!"

"Is he gonna run us over?" Harry took a step away from the curb.

"Doubt it." The car came to a screeching halt right in front of them.

"This him?" A voice called as the window opened a crack.

"Yes."

"Alright. It was nice seeing you Tanis. Tell your sister I said hi."

"Will do. Have fun Harry. And don't die!" Harry blinked and the walker was gone.

"Get in kid!" the voice called. Harry jumped and pulled the door open, climbing in quickly. With a thump, he pulled the door closed. "Well, welcome to the resistance kid. I hope that psycho taught you well."

A/N: And that's that! Harry got training, changed the face of a world, and Rain went home! Ha! The future of this world is in the palm of my less then sane hands! Ok, so uh ya! And don't try to guess the new world; it's one of my own creations! Yup, I created a dystopian universe, I'm just that cool! alright, till next time. DON'T DIE!