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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.

Chapter 10 – The New Plan

"I was told by Paladine that the gods have decided that they are going to split this planet between them," began Harry. "I have been communicating with the gods an awful lot lately. For some reason they ALL want to talk with me and such. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but it gets confusing from time to time. They have come to a consensus. Lord Paladine is going to retain control of this side of the planet while Queen Takhisis will go to the other side and rule there. Lord Gilean will be in the middle as it were, to assist in keeping the two opposing siblings in their own territory. Think of it as a band between the two opposing sections of the world. It will work out all the way around in the end."

"That is wonderful news," said Hermione. "We can work with everyone on this side of the planet to make sure that we keep things in the lighter aspect."

"The problem is," continued Harry. "Is that all people will have the option as to whether they want to leave this side or not. From what I am to understand, though the Light pantheon will rule this half of the planet, the Dark Minions do not have to leave. It would be our jobs to start either forcing them to leave for their part of the world, or to eliminate them all the way around."

"That will make it harder," said Tanis. "This will of course include the Chromatic Dragons in all of this. We know that Harry has a special ability that allows him to communicate in their language, but that doesn't mean it will be easy."

"Tanis speaks the truth," said Harry. "Thus far, I have been lucky. I have managed to befriend two dragons. The third dragon had no love for me and was more than willing to attack until we worked together to bring him down. We need to work on getting all lands from this area on out clear of those that are of the dark mindset. This will not include the Tower mages of course. The only time we are going to step in is if they are threatening our way of life."

"What do you want us to do?" asked Amelia. "We are only so limited by how many we have here."

"Well," said Harry thoughtfully. "There is no reason why we can't allow more people to move here to this area. We have farmers and we have us, as witches and wizards. We now need soldiers and other crafters. We can set up our own bazaar and sell items to people to make money. We have evil dragons that live in the area that we can clear out that will give us the funds to live a very happy life for a very long time."

"I think I understand where Harry is coming from," said Cedric. "We have already combined all of our money and it is set up in the vaults in a certain way. Griphook has been in his glory working as our banker. I have never seen a goblin so happy for all the work. Harry even made sure that those of you that didn't come with money, has a vault set up so that you have your own personal funds."

"Luna had the idea that when we are battling the dark forces that we can always strip them of their money pouches and things like that," said Harry. "It isn't always ethical, but in this instance, we have to live as well. Even though there is no one in this group that is hurting for money, we do need to make sure that we don't run out. My accounts took a small dent when we bought all of those houses from Palanthas. Not a big one, granted, but a dent none the less."

"We did what we thought was the best thing to do at the time," said Minerva. "I doubt very seriously that we will run out of money any time soon. However, the idea of taking something that the dead can no longer use has its merits. After all, it is only sensible to know that they can't use it anymore."

"Call it a Right of Conquest," said Amelia. "We claim what is theirs by Right of Conquest."

"We can always make it fair," said Harry getting their attention back. "We have those of you that are working on other things and are not always at a battle to get your portion of the rewards. We can always have one account set up for ALL of us. That means that when we win a fight, that we add the spoils of war to this account. When it gets to a certain amount, Griphook will divide it all equally between us. This will ensure that we all get a portion of it."

"That is brilliant Harry," said Pomona. "We no longer get paid for doing what we were at Hogwarts. This plan gives us all a portion of the money. We all have our duties and such that don't allow many of us to go on the raiding parties and such. This way we all get to do what our jobs call for and we can all benefit."

"We are one big family after all," said Harry with a grin. "Tanis, are you and your group of friends going to stay with us, or will you all move on to your own lives and such?"

"I can't speak for everyone," said Tanis carefully choosing his words. "I will be staying with you all. At least, I will be staying in the general vicinity. There are many trees and woods in the area that I can build me a small home in. This way I can be near enough to assist you and still be on my own in the comfort of the nature that my race loves."

"Aye," said Flint. "I am going to go with Tanis. I can always build me a small house near the outer walls of this place and start working on making swords and such. This will give us something to work with when the bazaar opens and we start selling our wares and stuff."

"Riverwind and I knew that you would eventually ask this question to us," said Goldmoon. "We are staying with you all. We have come to love you all as much as if you were born by blood into our families. We will stay with you and work with you."

"Caramon and I will also be staying," said Raistlin. "We enjoy working with you all and have grown accustomed to your ways and such. We like you all and you make us feel like we are back in a family again."

"I am sorry," said Tass suddenly. "I will not be staying. I have what is called Wanderlust and I have to go. I have been in one spot long enough and seen enough. It is time that I move again. I appreciate the support and love that you gave to me, but I can't help my nature."

"We can always give you a talisman that will give you a bit of protection," said Harry thoughtfully. "If Filius wants to work on it, I can add a few protections spells. We can even put a charm on it that will alert us if you are in danger."

"I can do that," assured Filius. "It will make things easier for Tass. We can add to the charm he already has, that will allow him to enter the Pax Tharkas."

By now everyone in the group had stated their claim that they were staying. Sturm was in a division of thought. He wanted to stay and protect these people, but he also wanted to go to his homeland and check up on the status of things. In the end, Harry told him that Paladine would watch out over him if he wanted to go to his homeland and assist the Knights of Solomnia with their war effort.

A month later, Gilthanas and a small contingent of elves appeared at the new gate of Pax Tharkas. He was immediately shown in and Harry and his group all met with him. Gilthanas was impressed with how much work had been done on the bastion since Harry and his group had taken over. In the month that they were there, they had built the greenhouses, homes for some of the former slaves, a marketplace right outside the gates to trade supplies and resources, and a few other things.

The mines were still worked by the former slaves, but this time, the work was beneficial to them as they got paid for their work. The women and older children worked in the fields as farmers and such. Trade routes had been set up between Pax Tharkas and the Hill Dwarves where everything, from clothes to weapons, was traded back and forth for a fair price.

"I come with good news," said Gilthanas. "My father said that we were allowed to work with you, and set up a trade route with you all. Therefore, we shall have a few elves come here and start showing you all some of what we have and what we can barter for and such."

"This is great news," said Harry. "I am thankful that you were able to get back to us so quickly. We are going to be heading out soon and I was wondering if you would like to come with us?"

"What do you mean heading out?" asked a confused Gil. "I thought you weren't going to move again."

"We aren't," said Harry with a laugh. "We received word that there is a black dragon that has taken over Xak Tsaroth and we want to remove her from the area. She has been causing nothing but terror and such in the area and it is to our benefit that she is removed and taken out of the picture."

"I heard that Xak Tsaroth was lost and ruins," said Gilthanas. "How is it that a black dragon is living there and we have not heard about it for so long?"

"Apparently she has slaves there in the gully dwarves as well as many draconians," said Harry. "We are sending in a small portion of our forces and are going to evict her and the draconians. This way we have a way of sending the few gully dwarves that are still trying to get in here over there and out of our hair."

"Why would a dragon take residence in a lost city?" asked Gilthanas. "What could she possible gain by living there?"

"Our sources tell us that she is trying to get into the Temple of Mishakal," said Amelia. "We are being asked by the gentle goddess to go and protect her temple. We are also going to start working on getting the city cleaned up somehow and maybe start work on setting up a place for people to live and such. We are not foolish enough to think that just because we are doing so well here for the moment that we are not going to outgrow this place."

"That makes sense I suppose," said Gil. "I will let my father know what is going on. We may be able to help with the rebuilding and such. Xak Tsaroth was one of the mighty cities in the former days. Send word to us when you are done and we can send out help to get it cleaned up and such."

"Thanks Gil," said Harry. "We are planning to leave in a few days. We have yet to decide who is going and what not."

"Can you give me at least a week?" asked Gil. "It will take some time for us to get there and back. We can safely say that I am going to go with you. It will help that elves become part of this project as we want to make sure that our homeland is not surrounded by riff raff."

"Do you honestly think that we want something that is not cooperative living in the area?" asked Harry with a scowl. "We worked hard to get Palanthas cleaned up. We still have to deal with any number of chromatic dragons. We have rogue dragons in this area that need to be either recruited to work with us, or be driven out and sent to the other side of the world so that we don't have to deal with surprise attacks. It has not been a piece of cake here you know."

"My apologies Harry," said Gil retreating swiftly. "I know that you and your group are working hard to ensure that we don't have to watch our own borders as much. Some habits die hard. We elves have lost touch with humans many centuries ago. Our prejudice is slowly starting to unravel as you and your group has been making much headway since I met you. It is not easy for us to put past haunts to rest."

"Sorry Gil," said Harry sighing and sitting down. "There is just so much to do and I am only one person. We can always get our team assembled and then fly you to the edge of your homeland. This will save us from having to wait for you to go and come back. We can always have you set us down somewhere safe and let us gather together and head to Xak Tsaroth together."

"Then I guess you had better get your team assembled," said Gil quietly. "As Prince of the Qualinesti elves, I will speak up for you to enter our lands safely. That way we can gather any supplies that we might need that you don't already have."

Harry nodded his head in acknowledgement and sent a patronus to everyone to meet in the Great Hall. Soon everyone was assembled and eager to hear the news.

"It is time for us to decide how many we are going to send to Xak Tsaroth," said Harry pointing to the enlarged map on the wall. "Gilthanas has ensured our safety by letting us enter the lands of Qualinesti while we gather supplies and a few people that he wants to take with us. We need to decide how many of us are going and who they will be. Keep in mind that we will need those that are able to fight hard. We are going after a dragon and her minions."

"I think a rounded ten of us should go on this mission," said Severus smoothly. "A smaller party will have an easier time of getting in and out with less notice. We will need someone who is familiar with the land. Obviously, Cedric, Narcissa, Poppy, or Goldmoon will have to go as it IS the Temple of Mishakal that we are trying to save. We will also need someone who is familiar with fauna of the land to gather things we could use for potions and other things."

"I would like to go," said Raistlin. "There is something in Xak Tsaroth that I would like to acquire. Should I get this item, I will consider it payment and my portion of the quest spoils."

"What is there that is so important?" asked Harry curiously. "Is it something dangerous?"

"Only to those that do not know how to use it," assured Raistlin. "It is the first spell book of Fistandantilus. It is a treasure that many of my order would kill for. I have many of his books from the Tower in Palanthas, but this one has been lost for centuries."

"I take it that if you go, then Caramon will go as well?" asked Harry. "Or did you have something else in mind?"

"Thanks to some of the potions that you all have given me, I am not in need of my brother," said Raistlin smoothly. "He will be needed here to assist with the growing populace. I shall be ok without him on this journey."

"I am going to lead this expedition," said Harry. "So I need to know who is interested in coming with me and who has other things that they want to attend to."

"If you are going, then I am going as well," said Cedric in a tone that brooked no argument. "I am a follower of Mishakal. Therefore, we have at least one cleric of hers that will be there."

"Riverwind and I would like to go as well," said Goldmoon quietly. "I would love to visit the temple and see for my own eyes what it is like."

"I am going as well," said Neville to the surprise of the group. "I am going to see what kind of plants we can gather along the way. I have been training hard and I can be both a fighter and a gatherer. This will leave Professor Sprout here to deal with the plants that I send back to her. Professor Snape will be freed to work on potions so that we can have what we need to fight many of the illnesses that will come about."

"I will be joining you in this endeavor as well," said Kingsley. "As a former Auror, you will need my skills. Many here would do someone harm if anything happened to you Mr. Potter. It is in your best interest to let those of us that are skilled in fighting, go with you."

Harry snickered at this proclamation. He knew that even though Amelia was the one in charge of things, that he was the ultimate leader. No one disputed the fact that he was the best of the best and the only chance they had of making sure they survived. His charisma, skill, and other talents were not easily bested by anyone.

"I would like to go as well," said Bill. "I have not had an outing in awhile as I have been so busy putting up wards and such on this place. I would like to do something out and about and to learn of the land a bit more."

"I am going as well," said Dora. "I have been cooped up to long also. I want to do something. We can call this a learning experience for me so that I can be a better Auror. I swear that I will follow any and all orders."

Amelia and Harry both nodded to the young Auror. Many in Pax Tharkas were getting bored and wanted to do things. Some of them did things like visit other places so that they could see the land or barter for things that they needed.

"I am going to go back to Palanthas with Luna so that we can get some more books and things," said Hermione. "We have been learning many things since we got here about this place, but there is still so much to learn. Therefore, I am going to sit out on this journey so that I can get us some more learning material."

"I will be joining my girlfriend," said Draco. "I would like to see about selling some of the houses you bought back to the city as we no longer need them. Maybe some of the Tower mages can buy a few and use them to store things in as no one but we can go near those places anyway. It would be a good way for us to replenish the money we lost when we bought them."

"Good thinking Draco," said Minerva. "I am going with Harry. I am curious about some of the old buildings and such that are in the city and I would like to see what kind of work we have before us to clean it up and make it a functioning city again."

"There you have it," said Harry. "That is our group that will be going to Xak Tsaroth. I feel that if a few of us pitch in and help Severus, we can get all of the necessary potions we might need to make sure that if something does go wrong that we can get ourselves healed and back to normal. For those that are coming, we have about three days. From there, we really need to get moving so that we can get this city set up for others to move to and grow with. There is no reason why we can't declare the city as ours. The former slaves will eventually want to move away from here as well. We can only house so many people here. While it is not uncomfortable now, eventually nature will take its course and we will start having families of our own and such."

"That is true," said Poppy. "I have delivered four babies so far. None of us from our own world is pregnant yet, but it is just a matter of time. Dora has already married Remus. Riverwind and Goldmoon have married. Katie and Oliver have married. Harry and Cedric have married and while they can't get pregnant, I am sure we can get them a surrogate somewhere. Draco and Hermione are scheduled to get married. Blaise and Daphne are set to get married when this adventure is done."

"We get the picture," said Harry grinning. "We are starting to fall in love and get married. Just about every single one of us is in a relationship with someone. Even some of the locals in the area are coming around and getting set up with some of us. I am sure that by this time next year, every one of us will be involved with someone."

"This has been a long six months hasn't it?" asked Narcissa smiling. "I have enjoyed every moment of it. Time has slipped by and we are moving on with our lives and getting set up with things. I for one couldn't be happier with the way things turned out."

With that last sentiment, the group all disbanded and went about their various tasks. Harry sat at his desk and got lost in thought as to how his relationship with Cedric began.

Flashback

"Harry what are you doing in here?" asked Cedric spotting the young Gryffindor. "Shouldn't you be in your common room?"

"I am trying to learn the Accio Spell," said Harry shrugging. "Professor McGonagall has given me and Hermione permission to use this room to practice. What are you doing out and about?"

"I was worried about you and wanted to talk with you is all," said Cedric sitting on the desk near Harry. "I want to tell you something, but I am not sure how you will react to it."

"I am sure that you have nothing to say to me that will offend me," said Harry. "You are a nice person and I am glad that you believed me when I said I didn't enter my name into the Goblet of Fire. I don't want to be in this contest. I absolutely hate my fame. I absolutely hate the people that are forcing me to continue to be in front of all the danger all the time."

"Harry," said Cedric softly interrupting his tirade. "I wanted to tell you that I have feelings for you."

"I beg your pardon?" asked Harry blushing slightly. "Did you just tell me that you have feelings for me?"

"I did," admitted Cedric just as red in the face. "I have been watching you for a couple of years now and I am falling more in love with you each and every day. I don't want to upset you by telling you this, but I wanted you to know."

"Well then you have nothing to worry about," said Harry. "I have had feelings for you as well. I just don't know what to do from here."

"Let's just start out slow and easy," said Cedric. "We can work together here in this stupid tournament and we can both claim the victory for Hogwarts. What we do from there is totally up to us. We can even start dating if you like. When you graduate from Hogwarts, I am sure we can figure out what to do."

"I actually like the sound of that," said Harry smiling. "Thanks for taking the time to talk with me and let me know that I am not the only one that is feeling pulled."

"Harry," called Cedric a little forcefully. "Are you listening to me?"

"I am sorry Cedric," said Harry snapping his attention to his life mate. "I was lost in a daydream. What is going on?"

"I just wanted to know if you wanted me to pack your things for you," said Cedric with a smile. "Where were you a few moments ago dear heart?"

"I was reliving the time when we both confessed that we had feelings for one another," said Harry with a grin. "We were both so scared of what the other would say."

"Look at us now," said Cedric. "Two and a half years later and we still are together on a different planet as symbols of the gods of light and leaders of our little group. I am so proud of you for all of your accomplishments. We would have all floundered and been lost without you."

"I am just the one that gets things going," said Harry raising his eyebrow. "Without all of you, there wouldn't be anything for me to do. I get help when I need it and I try to be fair with all decisions."

"I don't think you have it in you to be unfair to anyone," said Cedric with a laugh. "You are to kind hearted to ever intentionally hurt someone's feelings. I also wanted to tell you that Dobby will be coming with us for this outing. He stated that you and I can't be trusted to look after ourselves without either him, Winky, or Kreacher looking after us."

Harry laughed at that. The three elves loved Harry and Cedric with everything that their little bodies had to love with. Thanks to everything that they did, along with Severus, Harry was no longer malnourished or hurting. His eyesight had been fixed and he was toned with lean muscles on his body. All of the hard work around the different places saw Harry up to his elbows assisting with the decorating, cleaning, packing, repairing, or any other number of different assignments that were given out.

In the month plus that they had been in Pax Tharkas, Harry had personally set up the library. They had a feasting hall, meeting hall, potions lab, classroom, greenhouses, rooms for all the inhabitants of the place, gardens, a small market place inside the bastion, as well as one outside the walls. Harry took over as DADA instructor for the younger students. Now everyone was either outside or in the training room on their days off to practice and learn. There were those times when Harry would enter the kitchen to help with the cooking only to be thrown out by either the women or elves. He would laugh genially with them in those instances and then head to another part of their new home and assist someone else with a project.

Laws and rules were set up for the inhabitants of Pax Tharkas. It didn't matter if you were a witch, wizard, muggle, elf, or goblin. Everyone sat together and decided for or against a suggestion. As the citizens of Krynn were used to doing things their way and Harry and company had a different set of rules, they decided that every other day they would swap to do certain things. One day would see the elves cooking and women farming, or vice versa. Even the men rolled up their sleeves and assisted with things. At any time you would see house elf, human, or magical person working side by side with certain projects.

"Have all of the rooms been cleaned and made ready for use in this place yet?" asked Harry pulling himself back to the present once more. "I know we can only do so much with the Royal Guard's tombs, but I would like to ensure that we have all harmful creatures out of our home."

"We have managed to get them all cleaned out," assured Cedric. "We had a few pockets of some not so desirable inhabitants around, but for the most part, it is just those of us that are supposed to be here. We have found a couple more secret tunnels to and from the bastion. We already have workers set up to build buildings near the entrances on the outside so that we can make sure that no one sneaks in here when we are least expecting it. Remus has been able to create a map of this place much like the one for Hogwarts. You should receive your copy soon enough."

"I was watching the Marauder's Map yesterday," said Harry. "You would be surprised at how little people are still in the castle. I would imagine that many refuse to have anything to do with it as Dumbledore is still in it. Many would not want him near their children."

"Well," said Cedric. "That is no longer our concern. Let the two of them continue to battle it out. Now my dear, I suggest that you get out of this office and go do something else. You have been cooped up in here for three days making sure that all things we decide are recorded for use and such. It would be in your best interest to get a little sun and enjoy yourself before we head out to Xak Tsaroth tomorrow."

"I think I will," said Harry standing up and kissing Cedric soundly on the lips. "Thanks for everything. Call me when dinner is ready. I am going to go sit with Flint and see what he is up to."

With that, Harry left his office and Cedric headed to their rooms to pack what he and Harry would need for the adventure.

AUTHOR'S NOTE – I will end this chapter right here. The updates will not be that frequent due to me having other things going on. I will update as I can and let you all know what is going on in advance. I am hoping soon to be able to post the first chapter of my other two stories sometime soon.

NEXT CHAPTER – Xak Saroth