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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. Thank you all for the wonderful reviews that you are giving to me. Things will start getting interesting after I get the cast of characters together.
Chapter 6 – Daltigoth
The next few weeks saw a flurry of activity as it became official that the group from Britain started to get comfortable with their surroundings and activities. Harry led the group out of the tower and into the city proper. He met with the Lord of Palanthas and bought many of the homes that were there. As they were so close to the grove, he got them for almost nothing. Soon certain factions of people were moving into the houses. Andy and Ted took on of the houses with Tonks. Narcissa took another of the houses for the Malfoy family. Poppy opted to stay in the tower in case any of the children needed her. The four Heads of Houses all opted to do the same. Mary and Amos Diggory bought one of the houses from Harry and set up their home. Rufus bought one of the flats and set himself up there. Kingsley did the same, however he could be seen going back and forth during the day to keep an eye out for trouble. Amelia set up an office in one of the buildings and began a small Ministry. She had the Aurors report to her so that they could work on setting up protections on the city. Harry, Hermione, Cedric, and a few key members of the group all headed to the city walls and under the guidance of Hermione and Filius began the rune work that would allow them to set up perimeters around the city to defend it from attack by an invading force. When the Lord of Palanthas realized what they were doing, he gave them permission to form their own little government within the city. He also awarded them with a few more of the buildings that the populace of Palanthas could not get near.
Within a month of entering Krynn, the group had a rotation schedule for class, training for patrols, and many other subjects. Between Dobby, Winky, and Kreacher, the tower was finally clean. All of the rooms were set up. The Professors went around and between them and Harry and his small group, they had the tower completely restored to its former glory. With some of the occupants of the tower moving into their own homes, each of the professors had their own office. Tanis had finally mastered the fact that certain plants that Severus wanted were needed for potions. Between him and some of the natives of Krynn, they stocked up a fully functioning potions lab. Due to the limited amount of students, the group from Hogwarts breezed through their studies rather quickly. It was not long before Harry and his year were studying seventh year material. The lower grades were also learning a year in advance. It was a much smoother system than the one that Hogwarts had.
"Harry," said Raistlin one day. "I have managed to perfect the spell that will let us lead a team to the ruins of Daltigoth. If we get an assembly team ready, we can go and fix the tower and have it ready for occupation. Lunitari told me that we just need your help in getting the tower itself built. We Tower mages can work to get the insides set up in a manner that is comfortable for human usage."
"That is great," said Harry. "I have wanted to look at the ruins for some time now. Your hard work on getting rid of the unnecessary equipment here in this tower has made us very wealthy. With everyone getting paid their share, we still had enough to purchase equipment needed for this tower."
"You adding the guest rooms for delegates of the three robes of wizards of Krynn was a smart move on your part," said Raistlin. "However I must caution you to not trust them any further than necessary as they are all after something. It would not surprise me that each of the three heads of the orders is in fact gathering information on you to one day use against you."
"Do not worry about it," said Harry. "We are plenty able to defend ourselves. Do you remember what we did to Nuitari? That was just what we teens could do. Do you think that someone that is fully trained would have backed down from him?"
"Just use caution," said Raistlin. "We have been getting reports of strange happenings in the north. Armies are building for the Queen of Darkness and she will begin sending her troops out into the word soon enough. Our best hope is that we can stop some of the leaders of the factions. Each color of the chromatic dragons is led by a certain member. They are called a High Lord. Ariakas is a black robed mage that loves to fight. He much rather use his hands than his magic. That is not to say that he is a slouch in that department. He is the over all High Lord and the one in charge of the troops of the Dark Queen. He has a fleet of red dragons at his disposal. I do not know about the dragons where you come from, but here they give off dragon fear. It makes anyone that is not a dragon quiver in fright when they are seen."
"We have covered the red dragon army," said Harry while Hermione and Luna took notes. "Who is in charge of the blue dragon army?"
"My half sister Kitiara," replied the mage. "She is known as the Blue Lady and she is just as ruthless as Ariakas is. While the red dragons breathe fire, the blue dragons breathe lightning. The blue dragons are the most loyal of the bunch. She is a fighter by trade and doesn't use magic at all. However it is never safe to under estimate her. Our sources say she has a high favor with the Dark Queen."
"Very well," said Harry. "Who is next? Hermione make sure that when we are done with this that everyone gets a copy so that we know who is who and what their team is responsible for."
"I am on it Harry," said Hermione. "I will take care of it. Raistlin, please continue."
"Next you have Lucien of Takar," said the mage. "He is a half ogre and very ruthless. He is the High Lord of the black dragon army. Black dragons use acid as their breath weapon. They can send a stream of acid that will burn away even the toughest of armor before you can scream in pain. That is about all we know of that faction of the dragon armies."
Hermione and Harry both nodded at this and waited for him to continue.
"Hullek Skullsmasher is another half ogre," said the mage. "He is the High Lord of the green dragon army. He is just as ruthless as Lucien as he holds the other half ogre in high esteem. Green dragons used a gaseous fume as their breath weapon. It is poisonous to breath. You will not last long in a direct hit from the breath of a green dragon."
"We are proficient with the Bubble Head Charm," said Harry demonstrating the charm. "It will block any for of dangerous air or water from getting to us thus allowing us to safely breathe."
"Very clever," said Raistlin. "The last dragon High Lord is in the south. His name is Feal-Thas. He is a Silvanesti elf that went dark. He is a magic user that has taken the mantle of Lord Nuitari. Thus he is now forbidden to ever return to his homeland. He is branded as a dark elf and he will face death if he ever is spotted on Silvanesti soil. White dragons breathe a cone of frost at their opponents encasing them in ice. However their intelligence level is very low. Do not underestimate how dangerous they are. Every dragon is a magic user and can use every singe spell that the highest of my order can use with ease."
"Well I am sure that we have something in our arsenal that can take down a dragon," assured Harry. "After all if your wizards can do it, I am sure that we can as well. Plus we have Charlie Weasley here. He is familiar with dragons and their anatomy. From what we have found in the books, they are basically made the same with on or two small exceptions."
"I have all of the copies made," said Hermione. "I will have Dobby bring them to everyone. That way we can discuss who would be best to go to Daltigoth and restore the tower."
"I think that Tanis, Sturm, and Caramon should go from the Krynn natives," said Harry. "I will be going and I am sure that you will want to go. I will ask Cedric, Severus, Minerva, Kingsley, and Rufus to come with us. That will give us a healer and some Aurors. Meanwhile we have others going to and from the bazaar buying what we need. Amelia has the miniature Ministry going and we have been able to recruit some of the townsfolk to our cause. The Lord of Palanthas wants the protection of the city from the Dark Army as much as we do and they want to do it as easy as possible."
"I will have Winky bring a note to those people asking if they want to come with us to help restore the tower," said Hermione nodding. "I have a charm on the paper so that they just have to write yes or no and it will appear on your desk. Thanks to the Library of Palanthas, we have been able to get books on Herbology and creatures of this planet. We know that there are more than just the five chromatic dragons and five metallic dragon types on Krynn. The others are so rare that they are not mentioned that much. I have made a condensed book of my findings and a copy is on your desk as well as another for herbs and plant life. Professor Flitwick and I as cleric of Gilean have access to the library anytime we wish. So getting copies of the books is not that big of a deal."
Harry was sitting there listening to Hermione when a few sheets of parchment appeared on his desk. He picked them up and looked them over.
"Cedric, Severus, and Minerva are going to Daltigoth with us," said Harry. "I am sure that we will hear from Rufus and Kingsley soon. Raistlin will cast the spell day after tomorrow so that we can get to the site and start the repairs."
"That is good," said Hermione. "I would feel better knowing that we have a couple of Aurors with us. I know that we can take care of ourselves, but some extra protection would be helpful."
No sooner had the words come out of her mouth when a sheet of parchment appears and told Harry that not only were Kingsley and Rufus going with them, but Amelia and Remus would also be joining the party.
"You know," said Harry. "It seems that Remus is more at peace with himself now that he doesn't transform anymore. We were able to get Paladine and Mishakal to help with that small issue. It would have been horrendous to him to have to change every time one of the three moons was full. The poor man would have spent more time as a werewolf than as a human. That was some clever magic that got him cured of his lycanthropy. I will forever be grateful that he no longer has to suffer."
"It is a good thing," said Hermione. "Now time is flying past us and we have so little left to do. With us being so ahead of our school work, we will be long since graduated should we be back on earth. However I would not trade this place for the world. I am very happy to be dating Draco and Narcissa is delighted that her son is dating such an intelligent young lady. I do have to say that I wish we could have brought my parents here with us. We should have grabbed the Goldsteins and the Creeveys as well. I am sure that they miss their children."
"I know," said Harry. "However it was a dangerous thing with passing wizards through the bag. It may have had a very adverse effect on non wizards. We just could not take the chance. At least we are away from Dumbledore and Voldemort and we no longer have to worry about what they are doing. Let them beat each other senseless. We are safe where we are and that is all that matters. Getting most of our gold transfigured into steel here was a great idea too. We have some gold in case we need it for something as well as all of my cases of jewels and such. However I do not see us needing money anytime soon."
"The Lord of Palanthas is paying us to help defend the city," said Hermione. "So that is more money coming into our coffers. With Tanis and Tass leaving soon, we won't have to worry about the kender walking off with any of our money. It does get annoying to have to get our belongings back from him every so often."
"Just be grateful that he is somewhat tamed by Tanis," said Raistlin. "A pure kender would have robbed you blind and been gone before you even knew it. Tanis has some control over Tasselhoff. It may not be as much as we like, but it is there none the less. I must retire to my room now. I have to make sure that I have the spell ready and set to go. Once I cast it, I am afraid that I will be out of commission for awhile. Lunitari has assured me that once the portal is set, that it will stay until I take it down. That way we can go back and forth without to many problems. We will just have to make sure that some of your fellow members will guard the portal on this end so that no one can get through that isn't supposed to be coming through. Par Salien has sent word that he and LaDonna will be at the ruins of Daltigoth tomorrow with a contingent of wizards from all three of the orders."
"I will make sure to bring some pepper up potions with us in case we need them for you," said Harry. "I agree that it would be a good idea to get a good nights rest. We will need it. We have a lot of work to do tomorrow if we are going to be able to reconstruct a whole tower. Some of us will collapse with the strain I am sure. It is one thing to fix a broken glass, but it is another to fix a whole building."
The trio left the office and headed for their rooms. Harry climbed into bed and before long was out like a light. Cedric smiled as he climbed into bed with Harry and the couple fell asleep. The next morning, there was a flurry of activity as Harry and his companions got ready to head to Daltigoth. Harry left instructions for people to guard the entrance to the portal in case the group was ambushed or something before they got back.
"Many of us will be pushing our magical core to the point of exhaustion," explained Harry. "Poppy will be standing by and keeping us out of danger of core exhaustion. We will only do what we can as we can do it. We do not want any of us to hurt ourselves by pushing our cores further than they should. We also do not want anyone entering the portal that shouldn't be there. Caramon will be staying in the tower on this side of the portal and will be working with Flint and Riverwind to make sure that no one gets past us into the tower. I want Hannah, Susan, Cho, and Colin to assist them with stunners and Impedimentas. Professor Flitwick is in charge of you all until I get back. If push comes to shove, use a Reducto or Bone breaking hex. Draco, please keep an eye on things with Professor Flitwick. Your mother and Goldmoon are the healers that are staying here. If we need to be rescued, take Dean and come and get us."
When everyone acknowledged their roles in the set up, Harry nodded to Raistlin who started chanting in the language of magic. He used the right inflections in the right place. When he was done, there stood a portal. He collapsed from fatigue. Caramon went to assist him, but Poppy got their first.
"You get to your post young man," she said. "He is fine and a pepper up potion should do the trick. The rest of you get through the portal. Let Harry and the Aurors go first. When they give the all clear, then we will go through."
Harry nodded at Kingsley and Rufus and then stepped through the portal. They were wide eyed at the amount of destruction that they saw. Harry turned and sent a patronus back through stating that it was ok to come through. The others soon joined them. It was not long before wizards of the three orders of magic of Krynn appeared. Harry walked up to Par Salien and smiled. He nodded to Ladonna and then turned to his group.
"OK here we go," he said. "I want Cedric and Poppy to keep up a full diagnostic on all of us. When they see our magic going to fade to far, then I want a head warning. They have the last say in the medical aspect of this. I do NOT want anyone over exerting themselves. Mistress Ladonna if you could get two of each colored robes to patrol the area with Tanis and Sturm I would appreciate it. We do not want any surprises sneaking up on us. Tasselhoff I want you to keep an eye on the sky. If you spot something in the sky that is larger than a bird, I want to know about it immediately. We do not want any dragons sneaking up on us."
"This is not a picnic either Tass," said Tanis in warning. "We need you to be serious in all of this and keep that lookout."
"I will do my part Tanis and Harry," said Tass. "Do not worry about me. I shall be up on that hill watching. I will have a greater viewpoint from over there."
Harry, Minerva, Severus, Hermione, and Amelia pulled out their wands and got to work. Soon the echo of Reparo was heard through out the area. It was not long before the stones that made the outer wall were starting to float into place. The wizards of Krynn were adding their own magic to what Harry and his group were doing. Within the first hour, they had two walls well on their way to being rebuilt.
"Ho Tanis," called Tasselhoff pointing to the sky. "We have company in the form of a blue dragon with a rider coming this way. It's time to take cover."
Harry and his group all got together and started to disillusion the group. They knew that they were limited to how much time they had. Soon they had the group hidden. Bill and Charlie Weasley came through the portal at Harry's patronus and hurried to the group.
The dragon was watching the tower intently. Suddenly it screamed in anger. The rider pointed to the ground and laughed.
"What should we do?" asked Hermione. "If that dragon and its rider get away, they will tell the others of their group what we are doing."
"Stunners on the count of three," said Charlie. "If we can knock out that dragon, then we should have no trouble taking out the rider. One.. Two.. Three!"
Nine stunners flew into the air and collided with the dragon. It screamed in rage and fell out of the sky. Harry and his group all ran to where the dragon was thrashing on the ground trying to get up. The group all made ropes appear and tied the dragon down. Harry cast a silencing charm on the dragon so that it couldn't speak. Apparently casting silently was not something that could be done on this planet.
"I know that you are out here," said the rider. "When I get to my leader, she will know that a band of magic users are trying to restore this tower. She will destroy all of you. Come out and fight me instead of hiding like the cowards that you are."
Harry dropped his disillusionment and stalked forth. He drew the sword of Gryffindor and waited.
"I am no longer hiding," said Harry. "I have taken you dragon right out of the sky and I will not hesitate to beat you half to death. So you are an officer of the Blue Lady Kitiara. Well I think we can send you back in pieces if not whole and healthy."
"Who in the hell are you?" asked the knight. "You are not from this area and your accent is funny. You are no match for me in swordsmanship. I can see that by the way that you are holding your own blade. I will enjoy claiming that blade for myself when I kill you."
Harry laughed in the man's face. The knight not expecting that stopped where he was and looked at Harry.
"It may seem to you that I am not trained to use this sword, but let me assure you that I am very skilled in its usage," he said proudly. "I have been trained by the best. I will tell you that one cut from this sword is all I need to kill you. This sword is imbibed with the most deadly venom known to man where I come from. There is only one antidote and I doubt you have one with you. Do you have a cleric of Mishakal with you?"
The man didn't wait for more words. He rushed at Harry swinging his own blade at him. Harry stood there and lifted his hand causing the man to fly over heard and land in a heap next to his dragon. The dragon lifted his hand and opened his mouth to spit a bolt of lightning at Harry. Harry lifted his wand and pointed it at the dragon and waved it causing a flood of water to hit the dragon square in the face causing him to swallow his own lightning.
"Do NOT do that again," said Harry. "You and I will be speaking when I am done with this riff raff. Do not make me kill you dragon. You are much more use to me alive than dead."
The dragon was amazed at the power of the small man standing in front of him. He used his mage sight and saw the power rolling off of Harry in waves. It was more power than he possessed and he didn't want any part of it.
"Destroy him you stupid beast," screamed the knight. "I am your master and I demand that you kill him."
"Shut up you asshole," said Harry bringing the knights attention back to himself. "You can not claim the flies that land on your shit much less the majesty of this dragon. How you managed to become a rider is a mystery to me, but you will not be abusing this creature anymore. He is now under my protection and as such I think you need to do your own dirty work. Aren't you supposed to be trying to kill me?"
Harry's taunt had the effect that he wanted. Not only did the dragon lie down and close his eyes, but the rage in the man made his rush at Harry once more. Harry lifted his sword and made a small cut on the man's arm as he passed by. It was all that he needed. Now he just has to wait as the venom of the basilisk took effect of the man's blood.
"What have you done to me?" asked the man when he started to get dizzy. "I am losing my eyesight. My Queen, please save me. This foolish human is stopping your dark majesty's reign of terror."
Harry watched as the man fell over and started to convulse. Harry walked over to the dragon and stood next to its head. Together the dragon and human watched as the knight finally ceased to struggle. Harry walked over and picked up the man's blade. It was a nice looking sword and Harry and his group needed all the blades that they could get. This was a spoil of war and Harry walked over and handed the sword to Charlie. Once the man was dead, Harry had Tass strip him of his possessions. When that was done, Harry waved his wand and caused a grave to appear. Tanis and Sturm placed the dead knight in the grave and with a flick of his wand; Harry covered him with the dirt. Harry took the man's shield and used it to form a head stone. He looked to the dragon and released the silence spell.
"What was your rider's name?" he asked the dragon.
"Geoffrey," said the dragon. "My name is Azure and I am thankful that you are not going to kill me Cleric of Paladine. I have never seen a wizard with so much power before. You have more power than any other wizard here in this glen and that includes these tower mages. Your power doesn't come from Paladine or one of the moon gods. It comes from somewhere else."
"I have need of a guardian," said Harry. "Just because you are a blue dragon in the service of the dark queen doesn't mean that you can't help me. I have spared your life for a reason. I despise killing. I don't care what type of creature or person you are. I hate killing and I will not kill you. The only reason I killed him is because he was determined to end my life. Had he surrendered, his life would have been spared."
"What would you have of me Great one?" asked the dragon. "If Lord Ariakas finds out that I have defected, my life is going to be over any way."
"I need someone to watch our backs as we complete this tower," said Harry. "We know that you are part of a war and I will not keep you if you do not wish to stay. Should you desire to leave, I will let you on the condition that you not return to cause me more trouble. This Ariakas person is the least of your concerns should you betray me. I am the ONLY cleric of Paladine on the planet and I will not hesitate to use my power and the power bestowed upon me by the Platinum Dragon to eradicate you and your species. All I need is someone of your power to watch my back as we finish reconstructing this tower. Once we are done, you may do as you wish."
"I accept your terms," said the dragon. "I will leave you alone and let your finish your work. Once you are done, I will take my leave and rejoin my brethren. While I normally am not afraid of anyone on Krynn as dragons are the mightier species on the planet, Ariakas is one person that I do fear. You however are a greater fear. I have felt his power and it is nothing compared to yours."
"As a cleric of Paladine, I stand by my word," said Harry. "Once this tower is complete, I will not keep you here any longer. I will now release your bonds. One word of magic and it will be the last one that you speak."
"I have no doubt that you mean exactly what you say," said the dragon with a shudder.
"Your war is NOT my war," said Harry releasing the dragon. "My concern is for myself and those that are in my care. If your masters leave me alone, I will return the favor. If they cross me, then I will retaliate and let me tell you, it will NOT be pretty."
The dragon bowed in reverence to Harry and stood near the group. Hermione and Tass went up to the dragon and began to speak to it. Soon Hermione was sitting on a boulder taking notes as the dragon began to give her explicit details of what a blue dragon and his life span is like. Harry chuckled as he and the rest of the group all went back to the tower and began to repair the destruction. Hours later, Harry was sitting on the boulder next to the dragon. He was exhausted. Par Salien and Ladonna approached him.
"Lord Potter," said Par Salien. "You and your team have done more than enough in this project. I and the wizards of the three moons can complete the rest. It will take us about a month or so, but we can have it finished."
"We will rest and then we will add our own protections to this tower," said Harry yawning. "We will add protective runes to the walls so that no outside force can destroy the tower again. Only natural causes will be able to do so."
Harry leaned back against Azure and within moments he was asleep. Hermione transfigured a rock into a blanket and covered Harry. Cedric looked over the wound in Azure's wings. Between his own innate power as a wizard and with help from Mishakal, he was able to repair the damage done to the wings. When he was done, he watched as the guard changed. Cedric sat near Harry and got under the blanket.
"You are his mate?" asked Azure. "You have healed my wings when many would have let me die. You and Lord Potter are very good people and for that I will be forever thankful. I can see that you are all tired. You have my word that I will keep you all safe this night. Though you do not follow the Dark Queen, you have helped one of her dragons. She will grant you peace tonight as payment for your good deed. Plus the Valiant Warrior watches out over Lord Potter this night. Please get some rest. Tomorrow I must be off and get back to my family. You have the gratitude of Azure Razorback for you generosity and kindness when it was my duty to destroy you. You have also picked off one of the high ranking officers of the blue army. Lady Kitiara will not be pleased with this information, but I can always suggest to her mount to have her let Lord Ariakas send someone next."
Cedric chuckled as he wrapped Harry in his arms and went to sleep. That night, the gods of the moons all stood together and watched as their wizards worked silently though the night. Harry and his mate were sleeping next to a blue dragon while the rest of the wand wizards went back to Palanthas. Though at odds with one another, Takhisis and Paladine also watched out over the young couple and the dragon guarding their sleep.
"These wand wizards are very unique," said Takhisis. "To bad they are so devoted to following the light. They would make great warriors in my armies."
"Yes," agreed Paladine. "However, there loyalty is more to one another than it is to any of us. Though many have taken on the mantle of some of your children and Gilean and his followers, they are a family that is loyal to one another. While we may fight sister, they will always be together. My cleric is one of a kind. He is more noble and honest than even the king priest when he was in his prime."
"Can you imagine what destruction he could cause if he were to turn against the gods?" asked Lunitari. "He is a very powerful young man and there is nothing that we can really do to harm him. We may be gods, but he is something unique and something special. I feel his sadness. He has seen much suffering in his young life."
"For one that is only sixteen in human years," said Nuitari. "He has lived so much more than those that are so much older than he. His life must have been filled with abuse and pain for him to be so noble and yet so sad all at the same time."
The pantheon talked deep into the night about the powerful young man and those that came with him from a different world. While none of the gods were afraid of Harry and his group, none of them really wanted to cross the young man either.
AUTHOR'S NOTE – No Harry will not be able to destroy the gods. With his unique ability to see both sides of the coin, Harry will continue to be the beacon of light that many will want to follow. The dark pantheon is not scared of Harry, but they know that he has the power to cause much disruption in their plans. Find out what happens in future chapters.
