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NOTE – There will contain some cursing in this story. There will contain mention of slash and possible love interests. Sirius will still be dead, but Cedric will still be alive. There will be mild bashing of some of the more aggravating characters to me. One last time, I ask that if you do not like this story then find yourself one that is more your style.

Chapter 2 – Exploration

"Look," said Harry suddenly pointing. "There is a cave up there. If we can figure out a way to get up there, we can check that out and set up there. I would send Dobby and Winky, but I don't want them getting hurt."

"I can help out there," said Cedric opening the bag on his shoulder. "I bought brooms for all of us. This should help us. We can fly up there. We just have to take the elves with us on the broom."

"Dobby can ride with me," said Harry. "I am one of the most skilled here on a broom. So he will be safe with me."

"I will take Winky with me," said Draco taking his broom from Cedric. "That is if she is ok with that. If she wants, she can fly with Luna or Cedric."

"I is ok with flying with you Master Malfoy," she said. "I is sure you will get me there safely."

"No one is your master here," said Harry. "We are all in this together. We will all defend each other and make the most out of this. You are now part of the family as we get to safety and figure out what the hell is going on."

By this time, Cedric had handed everyone a broom. Harry climbed on his broom and helped Dobby settle in front of him comfortably. Draco did the same with Winky. Harry waited until everyone was safely on their brooms before he kicked off the ground and led them to the entrance of the cave. He scouted the area around the opening before he landed lightly. He helped Dobby get off the broom. Drawing his wand, he lit it with a Lumos Spell and entered the cave entrance. Hermione and Cedric were by his side shortly. Taking their cue from him, they lit their wands and stepped into the mouth of the cave. It was not long before everyone was gathered together. The cave was immense. There was plenty of room for everyone to gather. It had smaller tunnels that led off towards the back of the main entrance.

"It looks like there is a natural waterfall in here," said Harry. "There is a small pool here that we can use for bathing and such. This cave looks great. I think we should explore the other tunnels and see if there are current occupants here."

"How about we leave Neville and a smaller group here to start setting up furniture and tents and such," suggested Hermione. "Dobby and Winky can be a part of the set up crew. Two or three others can go and get firewood and such so that we can make a fire in the cave for warmth and such for tonight."

"Cedric and I will take the right tunnel and go and see what is in here," said Harry. "You all can decide who is going to go and grab some firewood."

"I will go," said Seamus. "If Blaise wants to help me, we don't have to go that far. It should be safe to go to the bottom of this mountain and get enough firewood to last us for tonight and tomorrow."

"Hermione and I will take the left tunnel and see where it leads," said Draco. "We can get this done quicker that way. I will feel more comfortable knowing that there isn't anything dangerous in here for us to worry about."

"Luna and I will start setting up the tents," said Neville. "With the help of Dobby and Winky, we should be able to have it done by the time you all get back."

With that the groups all split up and made their way to their decided tasks. No one questioned that Harry and Hermione were among the best in DADA. If there was anything dangerous in the caves, they would be able to handle it better than most. Draco and Cedric were no slouches in that department either. Wands were at the ready when they went into their prospective tunnels. Harry and Cedric were the first to come to the end of their tunnel.

"This is beautiful," said Harry looking around and smiling. "There is a small pond in here with fresh water in it. The lichen is glowing so that we can see fairly well."

"We can use this place to both bathe and get fresh drinking water," said Cedric looking around. "I agree that it is really pretty in here. I can't wait for the others to see this. We can do so much with this place if we have to stay here for to long."

With that, Harry and Cedric made their way back down the tunnel and from there, set out to assist Neville and Luna set up their provisions for the night. Hermione and Draco went down the other tunnel and looked around. This branch was slightly longer than the first one, but there was nothing at the end except a few bats. With a blast from her wand, Hermione cleared them out.

"There are natural holes here and there for ventilation," said Hermione pointing. "We can use this to our advantage should we have to stay here for an indefinite period of time. With this tunnel stopping here, we don't have to worry about anything larger than a bat getting in here."

"We can safely set up sleeping quarters and such in here," said Draco. With one way in and one way out, no one can sneak up on us. Let's go back and tell the others. This room as it were, is plenty big enough to house all eight of us."

Together they went back to the others. By this time Seamus and Blaise made it back. With the help of Harry, the elves had a nice dinner going for the group. Each group reported what they saw to the others.

"I think we can safely stay here for awhile," said Hermione. "We do not know where we are or anything, but we can be safe here none the less. We can make this place home for as long as we need to."

"I hate to ask," said Seamus. "Does anyone know how we got here? One minute we are in Hogwarts and the next we are in another place. Professor McGonagall didn't say that we were leaving today."

"I have to admit that I do not understand what is going on either," said Hermione. "Hopefully we will learn something soon. Maybe we can find somebody and make inquiries as to where we are. If we are careful enough, we can keep our location a secret."

"I can help you with some information," said a voice. "You will not be able to see me, but what I have to tell you is imperative. Listen closely now. The four founders cast a spell that enabled them to take you out of the Chamber of Secrets. Unfortunately, they did not realize that Hogwarts was there to help. They also did not take into account the two house elves with you. You are no longer on the planet earth. You are on the planet Krynn and you are in the mountains not far from a town called Solace. I have contacted the most powerful force of light magic on this planet. He will be sending help to you soon. Stay within this cave. The denizens of this planet are far superior to earth."

"Who are you?" asked Harry. "Why do you not show yourself to us?"

"I can not," said the voice. "I am Merlin. I am not only dead, but I am not from this planet. I am from earth. The rip in the vortex sent the eight of you here. We do not know how. What we do know is that Harry has on his person a bag that will allow you to send messages to Griphook at Gringotts. Anything you request will be sent to you via the bag. I recommend that you get all of your finances together and buy a place. As I said, help will be coming. This is the only help that we can give to you. Luckily you were all able to retain your magic from our world. Just know that your magic is very different than the magic here. Those that are coming to help you will be able to tell you more about this planet. For now I have to go back and tell your professors where you are. I am sorry children, but there is no going home. My blessings are with you."

With that, the voice faded away.

Back in Hogwarts, Minerva was frantic. She had gone back to the Chamber of Secrets and found that all eight teenagers were gone. She had no idea where they went. Fawkes was unable to assist her in this as he could not flash to the teens. She went back to the Great Hall. Dumbledore met her in the entrance of the dining room with a furious look on his face.

"Harry Potter, Neville Longbottom, Blaise Zabini, Luna Lovegood, Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, and Seamus Finnegan are all missing," he shouted. "What have you done Minerva?"

"What makes you think I did anything to the children?" she screamed right back. "I am as worried about their disappearance as you are you old fool."

"I have alerted the parents of the children and least to say that they are not happy that their children have gone missing," he thundered. "I know you have something to do with this and I demand to know what it is that you have done with them. After asking around a bit, it is known that Cedric Diggory has also gone missing. No one has seen him since yesterday. I demand some answers."

"I don't have any answers to give you," she screeched. "I am just as shocked as you are about their disappearance. If you do not stop yelling at me, I will make you."

"Minerva," said Severus. "What is going on? I have Lucius Malfoy and Octavia Zabini on their way looking for Draco and Blaise. They are gone."

"I do not know what is happening," said Minerva. "We are trying to figure that out. The Head Master seems to think I have something to do with their disappearance. Why don't you get Fawkes to flash you to their location, you meddlesome, old fool?"

Fawkes flew into the hall and with a flash of fire was gone. Minerva turned to her colleagues and gave a frantic look.

"They were there when we checked on them a few hours ago," she said. "I have no idea where they went. What if something has happened to them?"

"Take a deep breath Minerva," said Pomona grabbing her hand. "We know you did not move them. You would have told us. We have no idea where they went and it would seem that we have no idea of how. We can only deal with the frantic parents at the moment. There is no proof that we had anything to do with their disappearances. We must ban together to figure out what happened."

It was not long before Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy along with Octavia Zabini arrived. Xeno Lovegood also arrived a few moments later followed by Augusta Longbottom. Dumbledore and Fawkes flashed back a few minutes later with the Granger parents. Mrs. Finnegan arrived by the floo a few moments after that. Amos Diggory arrived with Amelia Bones and Cornelius Fudge. Kingsley Shacklebolt and Rufus Scrimgeour accompanied the Head of the DMLE. Remus Lupin finally showed up and raced into the hall. Everyone was speaking all at once. Dumbledore sent a bang into the air.

"I tried to flash with Fawkes to the children," he said once he had their attention. "Apparently where ever they are is not accessible by phoenix fire. I also tried to send a house elf to them. They can not be found. I have no doubt that Minerva McGonagall is behind it all."

"What proof do you have?" asked Minerva. "I have done nothing. It is not my fault that these eight teenagers are missing and I resent the fact that you are trying to pin this on me Albus Dumbledore."

"Why don't we take this slow," said Amelia. "Let's all sit down and discuss this as rational intelligent adults. We can figure out what happened rather than pointing fingers at people. What evidence do you have that Minerva is responsible for the children going missing?"

"She went to Gringotts and got the wills of James and Lily Potter pushed through," said Albus furiously. "She had no right to do that. She has over stepped her position and took matters into her own hands that should not have happened."

"I am the Deputy Head Mistress of this school," said Minerva. "I am also Harry Potter's Head of House. I made an inquiry with the bank and found that Harry had never heard the content of his parent's wills. Therefore I asked who was beneficiary of those wills. I was told that Sirius Black and I were named guardians. Therefore, I was within my legal rights to act on Harry's behalf. What you are so pissed off about is the fact that you are NOT his magical guardian and never were. You are pissed that you were found to be acting on your own agenda rather than the dictates of the will. So with that being said, back off or I will do it for you. I have discovered by talking with the goblins that you have been stealing from Harry's vaults for quite some time."

"Why would I need to steal money from Harry?" asked Albus furiously. "I have money from my own family. I do not need to steal money from a child."

"I never said you took money you imbecilic old fool," said Minerva. "You have been stealing family heirlooms and books and such. Narcissa Malfoy is that child's Godmother and she was never allowed to help the boy. You kept her away from Harry. You have caused just as much damage to Harry as the Dark Lord."

"Is this true?" asked Amelia looking over at Narcissa. "Are you Harry Potter's godmother?"

"I am," said Narcissa. "Lily was Draco's godmother as well. We do not work for the Dark Lord. We are spies just like Severus is. We do not know what is going on. We just know that eight teenagers have turned up missing and we do not know where they are."

"We are here to figure out where they went," said Lucius in a smooth voice. "We know they were in the castle as of a few hours ago. What we do not know, is where they are now."

"How about you tell us what you do know," said Amelia. "This way we can attempt to figure it out together."

"Very well," said Pomona. "As a few of you know, Harry and Cedric are more than just friends. They became a couple at the end of the tri wizard's tournament. They found that they had much in common and similar goals. The goal of the four Heads of House were to get Harry and Cedric to safety away from the machinations of Dumbledore, the Dark Lord, and Fudge."

"We decided that people like Miss Lovegood, Miss Granger, Mr. Finnegan, Mr. Longbottom, as well as Mr. Malfoy and Zabini were in danger from one or more of the trio," said Filius speaking up. "We decided as a group to safely get the teens to a safe place this summer. Our goal was to have all eight teenagers live together this summer out of the public eye and danger."

"We were going to bring them back when school started again," said Severus. "As Minerva is Harry's guardian, she had the right to move him where she wanted. Lucius and Narcissa knew that Draco was going into hiding. Octavia also knew that we were putting Blaise some place safe."

"We knew as well," said Jean Granger. "Minerva came to our house and stated that Hermione was in danger from the Dark Lord because of her involvement with Harry. She also told us that Professor Dumbledore was a predator as well. We gave permission for our daughter to be hidden away. She told us she had enough information on Dumbledore to get him out of the post of Head Master and out of the castle by the time term begins in September. Therefore, we gave permission for her to go with Harry."

"The only one that we did not get permission for was Luna," said Filius. "We had a hard time finding Xeno Lovegood. It was part of the reason we were going to ride the train with the students. We were going to talk with Xeno about it when we arrived. However, before we could even leave, the students have all vanished. Mr. Diggory is technically an adult. Therefore we did not need to get permission for him to go with Harry."

"So you kidnapped seven students," stated Dumbledore with a gleeful grin on his face. "Oh the four of you are in so much trouble."

"Actually they aren't," said Amelia. "If I understand this correctly, then Minerva is Harry's magical guardian. I have read the documentation that Minerva sent to me. Harry's blood relatives should be in jail right about now for child neglect, child abuse, and child endangerment. We looked into the situation yesterday. Lucius and Narcissa knew that Draco was going with Harry as did Octavia. Cedric is an adult. Augusta, did you know Neville was going with Harry?"

"I did," she said. "I am only here now because we do not know where they are. They left early. I want to know where my grandson is."

"Mrs. Finnegan," said Amelia. "Did you know that your son was going with Harry?"

"He is seventeen," she said. "He is within his legal age to go, but yes, I knew he was going to go with Harry Potter."

"That still leaves Miss Lovegood," said Dumbledore with happiness. "These four have still kidnapped her."

"There is no proof that they kidnapped anyone," snapped Narcissa. "It is not their fault that the teenagers disappeared before the time they were supposed to. You have no proof that these four are hiding the children. So shut the hell up and stop blaming everyone for anything and try and help us you old bastard."

"Dumbledore," said Xeno. "I sent you a letter during the year that stated that Luna was not coming home this summer. I sent a letter with Professor Flitwick asking him to help me find a safe place for her this summer. He agreed to let my daughter stay with him. Therefore, he was within his rights to have her with him the whole time."

"I recommend that you stop trying to slander these four," said Amelia. "You are in enough trouble Albus Dumbledore. Minerva, have the goblins of Gringotts been able to get any of Harry's belongings back?"

"They are going to start retrieving Harry's possessions tomorrow," said Minerva. "They are going to read the will of Sirius Black. From there, no one will be allowed into the Black home. It is no longer under the Fidelius Charm. No one is allowed in there except me and Harry. They have agreed that they will keep a close eye on Harry's vaults and properties until we figure out what to do."

"So what does that mean for Albus?" asked Kingsley. "He has been accused of stealing from the Potter family vaults."

"Should the goblins find anything that belongs to Harry with Albus, he will be sentenced and arrested by the goblins themselves," said Minerva with a smirk. "As it is, they are looking through everywhere for any possession that belongs to Harry. They have an extensive list of what should be in the vaults."

"The goblins can not arrest me," said Albus. "I am Harry Potter's magical guardian. You will return the boy to me immediately so that he can go back to his relatives. The blood wards on the house are preventing the Dark Lord from getting to him."

"There are no blood wards surrounding that home," said Lucius. "The Dark Lord knows this as well as the rest of us."

"I personally created those wards," said Dumbledore. "Why do you think that the Dark Lord has not been able to get to him while he was there?"

"Because he has no desire to hurt the boy," said Lucius. "YOU are the one that keeps placing the boy in his path. YOU are the one that set the prophecy in motion. It was on your orders that the Potters switch Secret Keepers. You knew that Sirius Black was not the Secret Keeper for the Potters and you as Chief Warlock sent him to Azkaban."

"This still doesn't tell us where the children are," said Remus. "We are here to discuss where they are and if they are safe. We do not want the Dark Lord getting his hands on them."

"He will not harm them," said a weary voice from the hall.

Everyone looked around for the voice. No one was able to find it. Even Dumbledore was unable to see where it was coming from.

"My name is Merlin," said the voice. "I have enough power to pass on this message and then I will totally be gone from this world. Pay heed. I will only tell you this once. The children are no longer on this world. The four founders came to me and asked that we help eight very special teens. All eight are a target of some sort of either Albus Dumbledore or Tom Riddle. We devised a plan to help the eight of them go to a place where they were safe. The idea was to hide them in the one place that no one but Tom Riddle or Harry Potter could get to."

"The Chamber of Secrets," said Albus. "We know where they are now."

"Shut up you stupid old man," said Merlin. "You do not know half as much as you claim. Did you not hear me say they are no longer on this world? The children have been sent to a planet in an alternate time. The planet is named Krynn. I have been there once in my travels. The four founders made one error when they cast the spell to take the children to safety. They did not count on the presence of the two house elves. It caused the children to be sent to another dimension and planet rather than a safe island that they know. The children will never be coming back. There is no way to bring them back. My suggestion is to deal with your own problems and not place your trust in people who do not deserve it. Nothing good will come of this war between Riddle and Dumbledore. The prophecy was not meant for Harry Potter. The prophecy was spoken incorrectly. Only part of it was true. The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches. Born as the seventh month dies."

"That means Harry Potter and the Dark Lord," said Albus angrily. "It is plain that is means those two."

"Does that prophecy state which Dark Lord?" asked Merlin. "No it does not. You set a whole chain of events in place that were not supposed to happen. By doing so, you have lost eight children to parents and guardians that will never see them again. YOU are at fault Albus Dumbledore. My time is at an end. This world will now have to face its troubles without the four founders or myself. This is all the fault of Albus Dumbledore. Had he not done what he did, Tom Riddle would not have taken his actions nor would the world of magic be like it is. Griphook and Minerva McGonagall will be able to correspond for a brief time with Harry Potter. Eventually he will not be able to access the magic that keeps the link between both worlds. There is one last gift that I will give to the parents and guardians before I return to my rest. The children are safe. They will meet with a group on Krynn that will keep an eye on them. They have retained their magic and they will be a force to be reckoned with. Already the Gods of Krynn are watching them to see which they will follow.

With those final words, Merlin's voice stilled and said no more. The others around the hall were all sitting in shock at what they had just heard.

"I think that everyone should write to their children," said Minerva. "I can send it with Griphook to Harry. For as long as we can, we should keep the lines of communication open. The sooner we let Harry and his friends know what is going on the better. Getting as much money and possessions shrunk down and sent to Harry via the bag he has will be beneficial to them on the other side. I suggest that you all do the same with any possessions and such that you want to send them."

"This is not over with Albus Dumbledore," said Lucius standing up. "We will be meeting again to discuss you and your actions. If the goblins of Gringotts don't arrest you and deal with you, you can bet that the rest of us will not rest until you are locked away in Azkaban for the rest of your life."

"Shall we head to Gringotts then?" asked Amelia. "We need to get the children some information and such as quickly as possible. Dumbledore, I am telling you right here and now to gather anything that belongs to the Potters that is in this castle and have it at Gringotts within the hour. Consider this your only warning."

The adults all left and helped the Grangers. They all gathered in Diagon Alley and made their way to Gringotts. Minerva and Amelia explained to Griphook what was going on.

"I shall have a team of goblins working around the clock to start shrinking trunks of Mr. Potter's possessions and sending them to him via the bag," said Griphook. "I shall also have a team of one thousand goblins going to all of Mr. Potter's properties and packing up everything in them to send to him. We want him to have as much of his property as possible. We have already begun retrieving his stolen property. We are sending goblins to Hogwarts to retrieve objects that are there. The money that was mentioned in the wills of the Potters and Sirius Black will be dispensed to the parties named. Those named were Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape, Remus Lupin, and Narcissa Malfoy. Each of you is to receive ten million galleons from James and Lily Potter and another ten from Sirius Black."

"I don't need the gold," said Narcissa. "My husband and I have plenty. Send it to the children. They will need it where they are. Plus send some from our vaults to Draco."

"Buy eight of everything at Flourish and Blotts and send it to the children," said Severus. "I will work around the clock to make as many potions as I can to send to the children. What ever is left after I am done can be given to the hospital ward."

"We do not have galleons to send to Hermione," said Dan Granger. "Will Harry see to it that she is taken care of?"

"Without a doubt," said Minerva. "Give the children my share as well. I do not need it. Harry will see to it that all of them are taken care of. It is in his nature to do that for others despite everything. Just sit here and write a letter to them."

One by one the others in the room offered to buy supplies for the kids. They all sat down and began writing their letters to the children. They explained that they knew what was going on and that Merlin had ensured their safety. Minerva wrote in her letter that she wanted a promise from all of them that they would write each day until the connection closed.

Harry was sitting in his chair talking with Hermione. Cedric was laughing at something they said. The bag that Harry had for the use of money opened and trunks of stuff started to come out. Each trunk had someone's name on it. The teenagers all took their trunks and enlarged them. There were many that had multiple compartments. Letters were enclosed with the stuff. Enclosed were trunks of galleons, books, jewels, weapons other than wands, furniture, clothes and other assortments of odds and ends.

"Professor McGonagall asked me to ask you all to write every day," said Harry. "She also said that our time was limited. Griphook has a team of one thousand goblins working on getting all of our stuff packed and sent to us. We are going to need it here. For now I suggest that we start stacking these trunks in a safe place until we figure out what we are going to do and where we are going to go."

"Harry, can I make a suggestion?" asked Hermione. "I will of course put it to a vote, but I want to make the suggestion first and see what everyone thinks of it."

"Of course you can Hermione," said Harry. "What do you want to suggest? We are all open to ideas."

"Well I think you should be our leader in this," said Hermione hesitantly. "You have the most experience in the world when it comes to leadership and defense and such. While Draco has the knowledge of pureblood status and things like that, it will not help us on this planet. From what Merlin said, we are in a completely different life. Even our magic will not be the same as compared to others. If you all think of something better, then I am open to ideas, but from what I can see, you are doing a good job of getting us set up and keeping us safe."

"Were we back in our world, I would argue with that," said Draco. "Everything you have said is totally accurate. I may have pureblood rearing, but out here, I am just one of you. Harry is our best in leading and making sound decisions. I agree with Hermione. Harry should be our leader."

"I have always followed Harry," said Neville. "I stand by my conviction. Harry is my friend and he has kept me alive when others have been hurt and such. I accept him as our leader. I always will."

"Harry has my support as well," said Luna. "Were it not for him, I would not have learned half of what I needed this year in school. He made learning fun. He is a natural at this. I will follow Harry."

"Harry helped me out in the tri wizard's tournament," said Cedric. "I like the way he thinks. He is very skilled with his wand and can handle himself with dignity. I will also follow him as leader."

"Harry has helped me out as much as anyone can," said Seamus. "Even when I was being a dick to him, he was still willing to be my friend. I agree with everyone else. Let Harry be our leader. I know we will be safer with him leading us."

"I am not going to say no," admitted Blaise. "I have seen the way that Harry always figures out how to manage. With skills like that, he is bound to be a good leader. I will follow his lead as well."

"I will accept on one condition," said Harry blushing furiously. "That should the need arise, that one of you takes over. I do not have the social skills needed if we meet someone of high standing. I do not always have the patience to sit and learn what I need to learn. I will not do it unless you all agree to step in where I am weak and take control. We all have skills that will be necessary if we are going to survive in this world."

There was a unanimous agreement to that statement. Each person was more than willing to help Harry when and if he needed it. They all sat together and sent responses to their parents and guardians. When they had the letters done, Harry sent them through the bag. They still were taking trunks out and placing them to the side as they came out.

"We may have to make another bag so that we can get all of this stuff together when they finish sending it," said Harry. "According to the letter McGonagall sent, they will send us books on everything that Flourish and Blotts have. They will also send us supplies for potions and other things. The more we have the better we will survive."

"The bag that I have should hold most of this," said Cedric. "We can just shrink the trunks again when we have them all and put them in this bag. That way no one knows we have it, and we can keep putting them in there as we get them. It will look like we are all just making our way in the world like normal people."

"We need to get some kind of map of this region," said Harry. "The sooner we learn where we are and what is going on, the better it will be for us. We need to get to someplace where we can actually set up permanent camp and learn to live."

"I think I can help you with that," said a voice that was so majestic and powerful that they all stopped what they were doing and stared in awe. Twenty one beings of radiance from light to dark filled the entrance of the mouth of the cave. Each one was majestic, in their way, and each one radiated power like none they had ever witnessed before.

"We are new to this world," said Harry bowing giving the hint to the others. "We do not know anyone or anywhere on this planet. We would like any help that you can give. What do we call you all?"

AUTHOR'S NOTE – Yes I know you hate me because of my cliff hangers. If anyone is familiar with Dragon Lance, then they know who these twenty one people are. Who will Harry and his group choose to go to for help? Find out in the next chapter.