A/N: Ok so here is the second chapter, I am jumping forward to the end of Harry's training sorry but it will be explained. From this point on you kinda need understanding of the Last Apprentice/ Wardstone Chronicles.
Chapter 2
Six years have passed since Harry begun his training and the boy was a prodigy, he surpassed even Tom's expectations. He never missed with his silver chain; he was already a master at fighting with his staff and with a sword, which would later prove useful when he inherited the Destiny Blade (a silver blade which has a dark history but is now used to combat it) and his skills at hunting and slaying the dark were extraordinary. Harry excelled at his lessons and learned the languages quickly and when he showed signs of his magic he took to learning things from Alice and Grimalkin, who appeared every once in a while, and though Harry was very powerful in magic he hardly ever used his powers.
Harry's powers were not dark but grey, much like Alice. He learns it so he can use it in utmost need. It has already come in handy several times, saving Tom's and his own life several times. Such as once when Harry and Tom were combating a particularly nasty and powerful witch, she had Tom on his back and was about to slit his throat when Harry getting angry sent a strong fire spell at the witch allowing enough of an opening for the wolfhounds to jump in and slay the witch. Another time Harry stopped a stone thrown by a stone chucker from squishing Alice and Claw. So all in all while useful his magic wasn't used very often, pretty much only in life and death situations.
Harry is now fourteen and he was doing independent research on the mage Merlin who is said to be sealed within the lair of a dragon. Now when I say dragon I don't mean a wyvern, which is what seems to be the image of modern day dragons, but the elemental spirit that remains dormant and powerful but mainly very old, ancient. Anyway Merlin is sealed within one and Harry was trying to figure out where it was and to attempt to release the benign mage, maybe he could help fight the dark like Alice. But it was slow going, the only thing he could find was that the dragon was one of the oldest ever and was using its power to protect a thousand year old castle, though he could not pin point it. The closest he could get was a twenty mile range in northern Scotland.
Harry was pretty sure he could find it within five days if he was given the chance. Harry walked down the stairs to talk to Tom, only to find him sitting at the table sifting through John Gregory's notes, something Harry had absorbed within the first year of his apprenticeship, something written by his father was like gold and the knowledge was amazing and very detailed. Anyway when Harry approached the table Tom looked up from the journals. "Hey Harry finally down from the library I see" there was humor in his voice as it was an ongoing joke of Harry being a shut in.
Harry gave a fake laugh as he sat down across from his master, and gave him a look that said 'not funny'. "Tom, I would like to go to northern Scotland, I think I have a way to release the mage Merlin from his imprisonment in the dragon" That was definitely not what Tom was expecting, spooks for ages had been searching for Merlin and none have come even close. "Are you certain you know?" Tom asked hoping that the benign mage could be released; he would be a very powerful ally against the dark. At Harry's nod Tom decided to allow him to go, "Ok, you can go but take the Destiny Blade, it could prove to be useful. And take a mirror let us know what is going on." Unlike John Gregory Tom had no problems using mirrors as a quick way to communicate. With Tom's approval Harry was off.
Harry arrived in the village of Hogsmeade and found an inn in which he could stay, a place called the Three Broomsticks. He got a room and asked the bar tender how he could get into the forest, after several shocked faces at someone actually willing to go into the dark forest, the woman behind the bar replied that he needed permission from the Headmaster of the school that was the castle up the hill. Harry accepted that and went up to his room to sleep, expecting tomorrow to be a long day especially seeing as it was the day before Halloween.
A/N: Ok I know it is a short chapter but please review and tell me what you think.