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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 4 – Palanthas Tower
It was close to two days later when the group all made their way to Palanthas. They would have made it sooner, but the Hogwarts students listened to Raistlin as he taught them about the pantheon of Krynn. He was interested in hearing about life at Hogwarts. Each person from Hogwarts seemed to bond in friendship with a person from Krynn. Harry enjoyed talking with Tanis. Cedric and Goldmoon were always talking together. Luna and Tasselhoff were seen to be getting along splendidly. She was getting good at retrieving objects that "found" their way into Tass' pouches. Draco and Sturm were hitting it off well with their regal upbringings. Neville and soft hearted Caramon were really enjoying their new friendship. Caramon was even taking the time to teach Neville a bit about swordsmanship. Hermione and Raistlin were talking almost non stop with one another. Caramon was delighted that his twin had found someone that was a thirsty for knowledge as he was. Seamus and Flint made an unlikely, but good team. The old dwarf and the Irishman had similar thoughts. Stoic Riverwind and Blaise made an unlikely team. Riverwind was directing Blaise on how to track and conceal passage. Blaise hung on every word that the plainsman said.
By the time the group reached Palanthas, the Hogwarts students had a very general grasp on the ways of Krynn. The reached the city walls and waited for a bit.
"We need to get into the city," said Tanis. "However the populace has no love for the Knights of Solomnia. They would stone Sturm to death rather than allow what they consider a "foul knight" to enter their city."
"That is easy to fix," said Hermione pulling out her wand. "We can always glamour his armor so that it doesn't look like armor at all. It should hide it well enough until we get to the heart of the city."
"This way Sturm doesn't have to take off his armor and he can safely enter the city without being harassed," said Harry. "It will not harm the armor or Sturm in any way. I know that you barely know us, but if you trust us enough, we can get you safely into the city without any problems. From what you are telling us, the Lords of this city need all the help it can get in saving it. We can help fight back the armies that are threatening to take over Ansalon."
"As you are a cleric of Paladine, I trust you with my life," said Sturm. "I will allow you to use your magic on me to get me safely through the gates of Palanthas. I distrust magic as all Knights of Solomnia do, but if it will save my life, then I will do it."
Harry nodded to Hermione who waved her wand in a complex manner and changed his armor to something that was more nondescript. Tanis and Raistlin both watched in awe as the Kingfisher faded and took on the visage of a peacock. Raistlin could feel the magic, but he did not see the changes as they happened. This was indeed a different type of magic that he was not familiar with. It went against everything that he knew about magic.
Once Hermione was done, they headed to the gates of the city. They went in with the others and had no troubles at all. From there, Raistlin lead them to the heart of the city. They watched people pass back and forth as they came and went.
"The tower is in the back of the city," said Raistlin. "They never go near it because of the curse. The Shoikan Grove keeps everyone away. Before long we will start feeling the affects of the grove. Even kender, who doesn't know fear, have trouble going near the grove. It is said the Nuitari himself planted the grove to protect the tower."
"Well we will just have to fly over it when we get close enough," said Harry. "I know that you have been practicing your spells and such. We have quite an arsenal of spells of our own to use. We should be able to get past anything that blocks our entry to the tower. I would like to get settled in so that I can finish removing all of my belongings out and get them set up as they should be. You said the tower should be able to hold all of my belongings."
"The Tower has more than two hundred rooms in it," said Raistlin. "If you need more than that, we can always create more. Between us, we can restore this tower to its former glory."
An hour later, the coldness started creeping up on the group. They knew that they were near the grove now. Harry and his companions enforced their Occlumency shields and were ok. Tanis and his group were not doing so well.
"I think it is time for us to mount up and fly," observed Harry. "Luna, do you see any problems getting into the tower?"
"No Harry," she said. "Everything seems to be ok. We will have a delay with the Guardian at the gates, but I get the feeling that because of you, we will be able to get in without any troubles. We also have two clerics of Mishakal with us. They will be able to assist. Plus Hermione is a cleric of Gilean. The gods are going to allow us to pass safely. Your medallion is glowing."
"It will keep the evil at bay," said Raistlin through blue shivering lips. "It is the most powerful medallion on the planet."
The eighteen people mounted up and flew off. The sooner they landed the better it would be. They watched as the buildings became fewer as they neared the grove. They flew over the trees and saw a small courtyard in front of the massive tower. They landed and waited. It was not long before the guardian of the tower appeared.
"Intruders," it hissed. "The master of the past and future has not arrived yet. You will all die for your trespass."
"Do not threaten me," said Harry holding his medallion. "The gods have decreed that we are allowed to be here. Your services are no longer needed. Leave now before we destroy you. I am Harry James Potter. I am now claiming this tower for us. You have no more power over this area."
The sentinel went to reach for Harry until it noticed eight wands and three medallions. It took a closer look around and saw many weapons trained upon it. It was capable of dealing with swords and bows, but it was not prepared for the power that rolled off of Harry in waves. It took a close look at Raistlin. It knew that many of these people were magic users and very powerful ones at that. To have a cleric of Paladine in the courtyard was too much. With one last scream, the guardian fled into the night.
Harry walked up to the door and lifted his wand. With one swift flick, the doors of the tower opened and they all entered. Each person cast a Lumos on their wands and looked around.
"I think for the first few days we should stick together in case something happens," suggested Raistlin. "This tower has not been used in about four hundred years. We should stay within the first floor until we figure out where it is safe and where it isn't."
"I agree," said Harry. "We can start cleaning some of these rooms so that we can settle in for the night. If a couple of you would be so kind as to go back to the market and buy as much food as you can get, we can have a nice dinner or something later. While you are gone, we can start cleaning and getting things set up. I want to be able to put my trunks in a place and secure them from being lost. Hermione and Seamus, how about you take Caramon and Tanis to the market and get us some provisions and things?"
"Sure Harry," said Hermione. "We will need some money. I hope that we can use gold here. It is all we have."
"The money here on Krynn is steel," said Tanis. "We will have to do something so that your gold can be turned into steel."
"We could always transfigure it," said Hermione. "If you show me what one of your coins looks like, I can change the gold coins we have into it."
Harry pulled out one of his trunks and enlarged it. He opened it up to find that it was full of galleons. Tanis pulled out a coin and showed it to Hermione. She studied it for a moment and then with the help of Harry, Draco, and Cedric, they transfigured all of the galleons in the trunk into steel pieces. They took about one thousand pieces and Hermione put it into a bag. She put a feather light charm in the bag and then shrunk it. From there the four of them made their way back outside and left to go to the market.
Harry and the others looked into one of the rooms and started to unshrunk the trunks that were in the bag. As they did so, they were arranged by what was in them. Each of the others that had trunks aside from Harry was set in their own area. Harry quickly wrote a letter to the goblins stating that he was ready to have the rest of his things sent.
Dear Professor McGonagall, Snape, Flitwick, and Sprout,
Things have been very interesting here. It seems that even on this planet I can not be normal. There is a pantheon of gods here that represent good, evil, and neutrality. It seems that my good heart and my path on the light have endeared me to the top god of good. His name is Paladine. Hermione with her quest for knowledge has chosen to work with Gilean. He is also called the God of the Book. No surprises are there. Hermione loves her books. Seamus and Blaise have decided to take the mantle of a neutral wizard. The goddess of neutral magic is named Lunitari. Draco has decided to be a dark wizard. However his path is nothing like Voldemort. The god of dark magic is named Nuitari. Neville decided to go with the goddess of nature. Again there is no surprise there. Her name is Chislev. She is really nice. Cedric has become a disciple of the healing goddess Mishakal. Luna went and became friends with a god of wisdom. His name is Zivilyn. We are now based in a Tower of High Sorcery in a city called Palanthas. We have befriended a dwarf named Flint who is over one hundred years old, a half elf named Tanis that is also over one hundred, a kender named Tasselhoff, a knight named Sturm, a wizard named Raistlin and his warrior twin Caramon, and two barbarians named Goldmoon and Riverwind. They are all nice people and are taking really good care of us. I was wondering if you could send me the sword of Gryffindor as it is my right to carry it. Something tells me I will need it here. There are dragons and things here that can talk and cast spells and such. A relic from our home world would be a valuable asset to the safety of the party right about now. We are going to work nonstop to get all of the trunks ready and set up in a safe spot. Please have the goblins of Gringotts sell all of my properties and pay everyone who has been helping us.
Thank you all for your concern. I am just sorry that we will eventually lose contact with you all. We miss you and wish you could have come with us.
Much love from
Harry, Neville, Luna, Draco, Blaise, Hermione, Seamus, and Cedric
Harry rolled the letter up and sent it through the bag. From there, he went back to setting up the trunks. Sturm and Riverwnd helped with this as they were bigger and stronger than the teens. An hour later, the bag started spilling out many more trunks. There were trunks for Draco and Neville along with some for Luna and Seamus and Blaise. Harry and the others used a combination of manual labor and wands to sort the trunks and get them set up. An hour later, a note came through the bag.
Dear children
We are glad that someone has decided to help you all. We were very worried that you would have no way of being able to cope. This Tanis and Flint people sound like they will be able to guide you. We have sent the last of what Harry owns through the bag. Lucius Malfoy sent things through to Draco. Mrs. Zabini sent as much as she could to Blaise. Mrs. Finnegan and Augusta Longbottom did the same. Xeno Lovegood was unable to send much, but we assured him that Luna would be well taken care of. Amos Diggory has sent through a trunk of stuff that you will all be able to use. Much of it is clothes and things like that. Professor Snape sent over as many potions ingredients as he could while I have sent over as many books as I could. Professor Sprout is taking a cutting of every plant in the green houses and is sending it in the next few days. Have Neville start working with them immediately. I am sending the sword of Godric Gryffindor. Dumbledore forbid the act, but Fawkes took the sword and disappeared with it. I received word from Griphook that he received the sword and is sending it through. He also told me to tell you that there will be seven other swords coming through as well. I suggest you have your new friends teach you swordsmanship.
Each parent sends their love to their children. Our only regret is that we are unable to join you. Your world sounds amazing and we can't wait to hear from you again. Please stay safe and let us hear from you as often as possible until the magic stops and we are unable to correspond anymore.
Thinking fondly of you all,
Professor McGonagall, Snape, Flitwick, and Sprout
Enclosed were letters to each of the others as well. Harry handed them out. The last items to come out of the bag were eight swords. One was that of Godric Gryffindor. There were seven others that were similar in make, but none had the power that Gryffindor's had. Harry sighed heavily and put the sword on the side. He would have to get Caramon and Tanis to get them sword sheaths and such so that they could wear their weapons around their waist. Once all of the trunks were in place, Harry closed and locked the door magically. He knew that any of the Hogwarts group would be able to get into the room if they needed something, but he wanted to make sure that Tass did not get happy looking at things and wander off with their belongings. Once they had the rest of the tower set up, they could move the trunks to a more secure spot. All in all, there were close to seven hundred trunks filled with everything from money, to jewels, cloths, weapons, furniture, books, jewelry, and many other assortments of things. Harry and Dobby headed off in one direction with Goldmoon and Cedric while the others headed off in a different direction. They soon had comfortable rooms cleaned and set up. Hermione and Seamus came back with Tanis and Caramon. Dobby and Winky took the food from them and began to make dinner.
"We have cleaned out twelve rooms so far," said Harry. "We just have to get the furniture and stuff put in and set up. I think after dinner, we can finish it up so that we have comfortable rooms for the night to sleep in. I fancy sleeping in a bed with clean sheets for once. I have the room that has all of our money and stuff in it locked magically and there is a red x on the door. We have much that we will need to buy between now and the time that we are finished with renovating this place. So we will need a group of people who are willing to go back and forth to the market to buy what we need. As Tanis is familiar with a lot of the customs, he should be the one to lead the group. Draco you are good at getting people to give you discounts and such. So maybe you can go with him. Just because you took up the task of Nuitari doesn't mean you have to wear wizard robes all the time. You can always go dressed in your normal clothing. However it is your choice."
"I think it is a good idea to get everything done in sections," said Raistlin. "Tomorrow we should at the very least search this place and see what can be salvaged and what can't. The less we have to buy the better. I would caution you all to not touch the books that are still in this tower. They could be dangerous to you. I am uncertain of that, but for now, we should use caution. We could always use my first spell book and do a test. It is not as powerful as my others. If you are unharmed by that one, you may be able to use the spell books that are around, but again I state that we do not know. Your magic is different from mine and you may not understand what is written in the books."
"We shall just use caution," said Harry. "There is no reason for us to go rushing into doing things blinded. We are not from here and we do not understand half of what we are seeing. It will take some time for us to get acquainted with the way things are done on this planet. There is no rush on this. Slow and easy does the trick sometimes."
After dinner the group all split off and went to their rooms. Harry and Cedric lay together in the bed trying to keep warm. The tower was cold. Harry finally had enough and summoned wood for a fire. From there, he lit it and went back to bed. Around the tower, the others had the same idea. Of the twelve rooms that were cleaned, only eight of them were used. No one was brave enough to sleep on their own.
The next morning, the group all made it back to the kitchen where Dobby and Winky had prepared breakfast for everyone. Harry made a list of things that were already needed and Tanis nodded. He knew that some of these things would come in handy. Once breakfast was over, he and Draco left to go and acquire the supplies needed for the day. Harry had Dobby and Winky start cleaning the rest of the rooms on the ground floor. Harry, Hermione, and Raistlin along with Caramon started climbing the stairs. They made it to the top and discovered a huge room that was ideal for a potions lab. They spent the better part of two hours cleaning the room. When they were done, Harry and the others went back downstairs to start collecting all of the potions supplies that Severus sent them. Hermione was given the task of going through all of the trunks and finding the potions books. Every time she had a set of five, Seamus or Blaise would fly them up to the lab. Harry and Raistlin along with Caramon would put them on the shelves. All of the ingredients were set up and in neat order. The cauldrons were put in place as were the tools needed for brewing and such. They looked around the room and smiled. They had accomplished much that day and were very pleased with themselves. They all went downstairs and had a big lunch. From there, they started tackling some of the other rooms that were on the ground floor. They found an ideal room for dueling and practicing their defense, charms, and other spells. Hermione was in her element when she found what would be a huge library. There were a couple of hundred trunks that were filled with books. Hermione happily shrunk and moved all of the trunks that had books in them. The people from Hogwarts all banned together. They used their brand of magic to get the books to line themselves on the shelves by category as well as alphabetically. At the same time, they moved any of the old books into the trunks for safe keeping. Once they had them all packed, Harry moved them to a storage room and locked them in. Next were the scrolls that were found. Those that were bound in a white ribbon went into one trunk while those of with a black ribbon went into their own special trunks. Raistlin was interested in many of the scrolls tied with red ribbons. Harry told him to take what he wanted.
It was later that evening when the group of friends were sitting together that the alarms went off outside of the tower. They headed to the front door and opened them. Standing there was a man in long white robes, another in long red robes, and a woman in black robes.
"I am Par Salien," said the man in white robes. "I am head of the Conclave of Wizards. I am also the head of the White robes. These are my associates, Justinius and La Donna. They are the head of the red robes and black robes respectively. You are trespassing in this tower and I insist that you leave it at once. There are centuries of history in this tower that you are not allowed to know or possess."
"Let me make one thing very clear to you old man," said Harry. "Paladine said we could have this tower. Solinari, Nuitari, and Lunitari have all tested us and approved. They said if we could get over the Shoikan Grove that we could claim the tower. We have done just that. I am now the Master of this tower and YOU are the ones that are trespassing."
By now Harry was really fed up with people telling him and his friends that he was not allowed somewhere. First it was the gods, then it was the spirits, and now it was a trio of wizards. Raistlin stood back in the shadows and watched as this teenager gave a sever tongue lashing to the Head of his Order.
"We are getting pretty fed up with people telling us what we are and are not allowed to do and such," said Draco. "It is like Harry said. He is the new Master of this tower. We do not answer to your conclave and we will not. So bugger off and leave us alone."
"If you do not register with the conclave then you will be considered renegades and will be hunted," said La Donna. "We will come back with reinforcements and remove you from this tower by force. Its secrets are not for you."
"Are you threatening me bitch?" asked Harry sharply. "I do not take kindly to threats as Nuitari himself found out. Now kindly remove yourself from my property before I do it for you. My own Order has taken over this tower. We are going to call ourselves the Order of the Dragon. Now leave before I make you."
Harry and his friends had their wands pulled out, and had them trained on the trio of wizards. Cedric and Hermione had cast shield charms on the group while Harry and Draco had taken up battle stances. The rest of the group divided between protective and offensive stances.
"I like the name of the Order," said Hermione as she pointed her wand at La Donna. "It suits us. Dumbledore has his Order of the Phoenix and these people have their Order. Now we have ours."
La Donna was about to cast a spell when Harry flicked his wand and hit her with a Silencio Spell. Justinius was about to cast a spell of his own when Hermione hit him with a full body bind.
Par Salien raised his hands in defeat.
"What type of magic is this?" he asked shocked. "I have never seen anyone hit a fully trained wizard before without even speaking much less without any spell components."
"That is because they are not of this world," said a voice behind them.
Par Salien saw Solinari standing behind them along with Lunitari and Nuitari. Raistlin, Draco, Par Salien, Blaise, and Seamus all bowed to the trio of gods. La Donna did the same. Justinius could not as he was lying on the ground.
"Would you mind releasing him?" asked Lunitari. "It would be helpful to have the head of my order standing so that he can hear the full impact of my words."
Hermione nodded her head and performed the counter charm. Tanis helped him get to his feet.
"These people are here by our invitation," said Nuitari. "We have given them permission to claim this tower. We do have one small favor to ask though. We would like for our wizards to have permission to remove any magical artifacts from this tower that young Raistlin is unable to use. On this planet, it depends on the color of the person's robes as to what spell books they are allowed to read and magical artifacts they are allowed to use. You of course may barter and exchange the items. You will need many things such as food and supplies. We are not opposed to you exchanging the items for things you need."
"All we are asking is that you allow our wizards to have access to what you can not use and such," said Lunitari. "In exchange, they will not bother you in this tower. We have seen some of the work you have already accomplished in here and we are pleased with the way it is coming out."
"We were wondering if the six of us may come inside and discuss a few other matters with you all," said Solinari standing next to his representative. "It would be beneficial to the orders of magic if we could acquire your assistance with certain things."
Harry shrugged his shoulders and looked at the rest of them. They all nodded their heads in agreement and Harry allowed them entrance to the tower. They all sat around the table in the dining hall and talked.
"Before the wars with the king priest, there were five towers of High Sorcery," said Solinari. "At this moment three of them are lost to us. The Tower of Istar is at the bottom of the Blood Sea. The Tower of Daltigoth was destroyed in the wizard wars as was the Tower of Losacrum. We would like your help in restoring the other three towers to their former glory."
"What are we going to get in return?" asked Draco in a calculating manner. "We are working around the clock to get this tower looking better. Even you three were unable to get to this tower due to the curse. Harry was the one to finally break the curse and now we have three gods of magic and their representatives here asking for help with three other towers that we have no idea where they are or how to fix."
"The Tower of Istar remains intact," said Nuitari. "We will keep it below the sea. If you help us return the other two towers to their former glory, we can assure you that one other tower will be given to one of you to control. Your non magical companions are not going to stay with your forever. It is time for them to move on. They have lives to return to."
"We are simply asking that you give it some thought," said Solinari. "For to long our place with the other gods has been weakened as we lost some of our bastions of power. At one time each of our representatives claimed a tower for themselves. We would like that opportunity to do so again."
"Our wizards were free to come and go between the towers," said Lunitari. "When we have them all back, we can do so again. This tower will be an exception. This tower will only belong to you and your kind. We know that you want your friends from your world to come through and help you. It is possible to do so before your connection with your world ends. The fifth Tower will be for both kinds of magic. It will need a representative of all four branches of magic to run it."
"That is a good thought," said Hermione. "It is not like the eight of us will always be together. We could help them out and teach our own magic to the next generation. We know that there will be children of our own someday and it will interact with the citizens of this planet. I say we should do it. We are starting to get comfortable here and people are recognizing us more and more out in the bazaar. The more of us that goes and buys supplies, the better it will be. It is not healthy for us to stay locked up in this tower all the time."
"Very well," said Harry. "We will do what we can. The tower that is under the sea is your responsibility. I can not help you there. We will assist you with the other two as best as we can. We will also set up a trade route with your wizards. However, I will not be responsible for anyone getting hurt should we get attacked again. We will also need a path between your cursed trees out there so that we can actually walk to town instead of flying around."
"Consider it done," said Nuitari after a moment of concentrating. "From the gates to the city street is free of the protection of the grove. It will be your job to protect the path."
"That is all we can ask for," said Solinari standing.
"Thank you for your understanding," said Lunitari also standing. "Now I see why Uncle Paladine took an interest in you Harry. You really are a leader with a lightness that shines fair and just."
"We will send our representatives back and forth over the next few months to start the trade and such," said Nuitari. "We will always be watching out over this tower as it is a bastion of our power, but we can guarantee that no one will attempt to take it from you again."
With that the three gods of the moons vanished. The three heads of the orders all left shortly after that. They assured Harry that they will do as he wished and be left in peace. When the three wizards left, Harry and his friends sat down.
"Tanis," he said. "You and your friends have done so much for us. If you feel that you need to leave, we will be ok here now. We have the finances needed to take care of ourselves. We do not want to keep you here any longer than you desire to be here."
"We will stay with you and help you get this place in working order," said Tanis. "From there, we can decide what we are going to do. As a half elf, I am more comfortable being outside. We can figure it out after we assist you with what you need done here."
"Riverwind and I feel the same way," said Goldmoon softly. "You are like children that we have come to love. We want to make sure that you are ok before we leave you to your own. I wonder what the gods of magic meant about bringing your friends here from your planet."
"I will be writing a letter to Professor McGonagall and see about getting some of our friends sent from our planet here," said Harry. "It should be easy as stepping through the bag and entering this world. We can get Remus, Minerva, Pomona, Severus, and Filius to join us here. That way we can get our training done and be happy here."
"Oh I would like that," said Hermione. "I know that Dumbledore is making this harder for Professor McGonagall. The other Heads of House are not happy with him. We could send them a letter asking if they want to come. Griphook will keep the connection safe until it is possible to come through."
"It would be nice to be able to come and go easier," said Raistlin. "I will stay until all of the magical artifacts from our world are removed from this tower. We have plenty of time to get everything set up for you all here so that you can live in a comfortable lifestyle. It is not like you will need much. For awhile, you will have a steady trade coming in and it is not like you need much. You have ample money, and you have other things that you need."
"Then I will write to Professor McGonagall this evening and see what she has to say," said Harry. "I will see who wants to come through and who wants to stay where they are. We can try and rescue as many as can come through before the passage between the worlds close."
The others started giving their ideas as they could. Eventually they all went to bed. Harry wrote to Minerva and sent it through the bag. It was now up to her and the other Heads of House to decide what they wanted to do with this information.
AUTHOR'S NOTE – I will end this chapter here. The next chapter will be on earth and what Minerva is now dealing with. I want to make sure that Harry gets as many of his friends to safety and away from the war as possible. Thanks in advance for the reviews.