Hey Guys. As Promised here is The next chapter. I am happy I got three reviews, but I was hopig for more. That's alright.
Now, in regards to this story. I have this whole story finished and al chapters are edited. I have yet to start Volume 2.
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Chapter 1:
The first thing when I woke up is an overwhelming sense of cold. My body was shivering. I tried to open my eyes, but it was difficult to do; probably as a result from my recent energy exertion from the fights with the Organization members, and the activation of the star shard. When I was finally able to force my eyes open I noticed three things, one was that I was indeed on a new world, I couldn't make out much other than the fact that I was staring into the night sky. I saw lights from the corner of my eye, so I tilted my head to the side to see three people looking at me. The second thing I noticed was that I was soaking wet. I felt water dripping off of my face and flowing out of my ears. I turned my head further to look down and the third thing I realized was that I was floating in the air, moving toward the three people and that apparently I was being levitated out of a lake.
As I helplessly drifted in the air towards my rescuers, I saw that there was a man who looked like a giant, with dark colored hair that the night made it impossible to tell the precise color, and a full beard, covering most of his face. Standing beside him was a middle aged woman wearing emerald green robes, had black hair with spots of grey worn in a bun, and glasses. In her hand she was holding what appeared to be a stick with the tip lit. Finally standing next to her, on the opposite side as the giant, was an older looking gentleman in blue robes. He had long silver colored hair that seemed to glow in the moonlight, wore half-moon spectacles, and seemed to radiate an aura of power and wisdom. The old man was also holding what looked to be a strangely shaped stick and had it pointed at me. I could only assume that he wa the one levitating me towards them.
Eventually I was moved to them and placed into the arms of the giant man. As soon as I was settled he walked toward the castle. I turned to the old man who was somehow keeping stride with the giant.
"W-W-Where am I?" I was just barely able to speak because of the effects of the cold ravaging my body.
"Don't speak, just relax," he told me. "We just pulled you out of the lake. Go ahead and go back to sleep. We can talk when you are not at risk. Hopefully you haven't already contracted hypothermia."
"O-O-" I was unable to finish my statement as exhaustion finally subdued me.
Albus Dumbledore had seen a lot of strange things in his 112 years of life. Being a wizard he was accustomed to such things, however having what appeared to be a shooting star fall into the Black Lake that sits right outside the illustrious, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is not a commonplace occurrence. As he sat at the bedside of the young man he discovered drifting on the surface of the Black Lake, he saw that the mysterious younger male looked no older than 17 or 18, had black hair that reached his shoulders and had odd vertical spikes with bangs that framed his face. The black coat he was wearing was removed so the nurse, Madame Pomfrey, could tend to the stab wound in his shoulder. After a blood replenishing potion and a pepper-up potion the stranger's face was not nearly as pale and sickly looking as it was when he was first fished out of the lake.
It was an unusually cool, summer night nearing the end of July. Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, was making preparations for the upcoming academic year. At the moment he was strolling along the grounds with his Deputy Headmistress, Minerva McGonagall, in the direction of a small hut that is occupied by Hogwarts' Gamekeeper/newly appointed Care of Magical Creatures Professor, Rubeus Hagrid. The two reached the cabin and Albus gave the door an enthusiastic knock. No more than ten seconds later the door open to reveal the half-giant with a smile on his face.
"Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall!" Hagrid exclaimed, "What brings yeh here this fine evenin? It's a bit late."
"Ah, good evening Hagrid. I am making final preparations for the start of term and I just wanted to check in and see how your lesson planning is going," Dumbledore told him.
"'S alrigh' sir," Hagrid said, "Everythin's runnin smoothly an' I have the most fascinating creatures lined up to show my students. I can' wait."
Dumbledore and McGonagall shared an amused glance with each other at Hagrid's excitement.
"That's most excellent news Hagrid, alas now I must get back to the castle and prepare the meal details for the opening feast with the house elves," Dumbledore explained. "Minerva and I will drop by for tea some other time."
"Tha's alrigh' sir. Duty calls after all," Hagrid said and waved to them as they turned around to leave.
Hagrid moved to shut his door, but before he was able to close it he noticed something strange.
"Professor Dumbledore sir," Hagrid called.
When Dumbledore and McGonagall turned they saw Hagrid pointing in the direction of the lake. Following his finger they found a strange sight. The three couldn't really explain what they were seeing other than calling it a shooting star, except that instead of flying a straight path through the sky, it was constantly changing directions as If struggling to decide where to go. Then they noticed that it was falling toward the lake and watched as it suddenly straightened out and shot into the lake.
"Albus?" Minerva said inquiringly.
"Let us investigate, come along Hagrid," Dumbledore ordered as he and the Deputy Headmistress started the short trek to the Black Lake.
After arriving at the edge of the lake Dumbledore pulled his wand out of his pocket, as did Minerva.
"It is awfully dark. Why don't we shed a little light on this," Albus stated, then with a flick of his wand an orb of light manifested and with another movement he sent it towards the area above the lake where the unknown object hit.
As the orb grew brighter the surface of the water became visible. McGonagall and Hagrid gasped as the shape of a person was revealed.
"Dear Lord, Albus!" She exclaimed, "There is someone in the water!"
"Yes Minerva, light your wand," he commanded, "Hagrid, be ready," he then told Hagrid as he made another movement with his wand.
The body slowly floated out of the water and hovered toward them. As the lifeless body got closer, it became apparent that it was a young, black haired man; he appeared to be breathing, so he was alive; however they needed to get him to the hospital wing. Dumbledore carefully brought the soaked lad to Hagrid so he could grab him and removed the spell. Immediately they all headed toward the castle.
As they walked Albus saw that the stranger was conscious and was looking at him.
"W-W-Where am I?" The teen weakly asked him.
He was struggling to speak, no doubt because of the effects of being in the unusually very cold lake in the middle of the night. Albus looks at him and stated.
"Don't speak, just relax, we just pulled you out of the lake. Go ahead and go back to sleep. We can talk when you are not at risk. Hopefully you haven't already contracted hypothermia." Albus replied.
"O-O-," he fell asleep before he could get a word out. The three managed to get him to the hospital wing where he was laid on a bed. Then they watched as Madame Pomfrey removed his coat. As it was removed they were shocked to see a bleeding hole in his shoulder.
"Poppy," Dumbledore addressed.
"Of course sir," Poppy replied, not needing any more instruction she headed over to a cabinet and pulled out two vials.
One filled with a red liquid, and the other with an orange liquid. She went back to his side and gave him the orange substance first. After it was forced down his throat his skin regained a little color and, strangely steam started coming out of his ears. Then she pulled out her wand and uttered various incantations that sent the blood pouring out of his shoulder back into the wound then the skin stitched itself closed. Not even leaving a scar. Finally she forced the red liquid down his throat and he regained a little bit more color.
As she does this Albus grabs the coat that was worn and inspected the pockets, hoping to find something that could tell him who this young man was. He had no luck until he stuck his hand into one of the wet pockets. First he pulled out a small black pouch that was shut with a zipper. He handed it to McGonagall and she opened it. She found nothing inside except for strange orbs that were colored blue and yellow and vary in size. As she was rooting through the pouch, the headmaster threw his hand back into the pocket and pulled out a strange item. It was almost star shaped, blue with a yellow circuit in the middle. He stareed at the object a moment and then his blue eyes flashed in recognition. He put the star shard back in the pocket and retrieved the pouch from Minerva, understanding what the orbs were, and put them back in the cloak.
Then he took out his wand and gave it a wave. The coat was then dried and finally with a final point and a muttering of "Reparo," the hole in the shoulder was repaired. He then folded the coat and laid it on the stand next to the bed.
"I do believe that he is in good hands," the old man told Hagrid and McGonagall, "Let us retire for the evening and then I will personally see to him tomorrow."
"Very well Albus," said McGonagall.
"O' course sir," Hagrid annunciated. Then both turned and left Dumbledore in the room with Poppy and the intriguing guest.
As it became apparent that his school's visitor would not be waking up anytime soon, he was shooed out of the hospital wing so the teen could recover without hoverers. Leaving and heading toward his office, Dumbledore pondered who the young man could be and how he got a hold of something like a star shard.
The next time I regained consciousness it was because a light on my eyelids forced me awake.
I opened my eyes and quickly had to turn my head to keep the sunlight out of my eyes. Taking a minute to rub the sleep out of my eyes, I tried to think back. I remembered running out of Castle Oblivion, and activating the star shard. Then the details got fuzzy and all I could remember was feeling cold and the three people by the lake. Once the grogginess left me, I sat up and felt the blanket covering me fall off, I looked down and saw that I was in only my black pants. I looked to my left and saw my coat and white shirt folded on the stand next to my bed. I took my inspection back to myself and remembered that Axel had stabbed me, however when I looked at my shoulder there was nothing there. Just as if it never happened. As I touched where the wound should have been a voice grabbed my attention.
"Ah, Thank goodness you have woken up," The voice belonged to a plump middle aged woman in what seemed to be some sort of nurse's outfit.
She had Brown hair that was greying and brown eyes. She scurried over to me and started to inspect me, touching my shoulder and feeling my forehead. If I had a heart to feel with I would be unnerved, but I just acted polite and let her inspect me. When she had had enough she looked at me and asked how I was feeling.
"Uh… I feel normal," I replied, "Where am I? How did I get here?"
"Ah. Well you see you are in Hogwarts and from what I saw you had to be fished out of the lake."
"Lake?" I asked.
"Why yes. Now let me go fetch Professor Dumbledore. He is the man who brought you to me," she started to walk away only to stop. "Oh. I am Madame Pomfrey dear."
"Oh. Ok. I'm Gnocx." I replied.
"Gnocx, huh? I've never heard a name like that." She said as she continued onward and out of the room. After she shut the door I had decided that I was done with being half naked, so I reached over, grabbed my shirt, and pulled it over my head. I noticed that the hole in my shirt where I was stabbed was gone; I'll have to ask about that. I said in my head. I looked to my opposite side and saw a large window between my bed and the bed next to it, so I stood up and moved toward it to get a look at the new world I was in. When I looked out the window I automatically deduced that I was in another castle. Apparently it was called Hogwarts. I suppose it was a less dreary name then Castle Oblivion. Outside I could see parts of the castle and the grounds. The grounds were lush and green and the weather appeared to be pleasantly warm as the sun was shining and birds were flying, in flocks, through the sky. Once I had seen enough I turned to walk back to my bed only to see an old man walking into the room.
"Nice to see you up and about," the old man told me, "It is a relief to see you have recovered quickly.
"I assume you are Professor Dumbledore," I replied.
"That is correct. Might I have your name?" He asked me with a twinkle in his blue eyes.
"My name is Gnocx." I divulged. "Can you tell me what happened? The details are a little fuzzy."
"Of course," Dumbledore replied. "Myself and two others had to pull you out of the lake outside last night. You had been in there for a good fifteen minutes."
"That's strange," I said, at his quirked eyebrow I elaborated, "I am just wondering why I would've been in the middle of the lake."
As I was about to sit on the bed he astonished me.
"Star shards will drop someone just about anywhere." When he said this I stumbled in surprise. I looked over at him.
"How did you-"
"I took the liberty of taking a look in your pockets; I tried to find some form of identification and imagine my surprise when I find an activated star shard," he explained.
"You know what it is?" I asked him.
"I had the pleasure of being in the company of someone who used to use one about ten years ago. I do believe he was a king."
"So, then you know that I am not supposed to tell anybody that I am traveling on the worlds. World order and all that good stuff." I told him as if he didn't just blow my supposed secret out of the water.
"Of course, not a soul will know. Now, I do believe you need a place to stay until the star shard decides to act up again. Why don't I have you stay at this school," I looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Why would you offer it to me? Don't get me wrong I am grateful, but I am curious."
"Well I have always believed in helping those in need and it would be beneficial for you. If you stay here your pursuers can't find you." I was taken by surprise for the second time in five minutes.
"Ho-," I stopped myself and brought my hand up to my shoulder, "I suppose a gaping hole in my body would point to that scenario. Might I ask how I don't have a hole in my shoulder?"
"Ah, yes. That would be our very own Madame Pomfrey. We brought you here and she was able to fix you up with a little bit of magic."
"Magic?"
"You are familiar?" He asked and I held my hand out.
I concentrated for a fraction of a second and my hand ignited. I held the small fire that was engulfing my hand for a moment before I close my hand into a fist and extinguished it.
"Ah, that is different, we use wands." He told me as he pulled out the stick I saw him holding last night.
"I saw you point that at me. Was I being levitated out of the water or was I delirious?" I asked out of curiosity.
"It was no hallucination. I used a hover charm on you." He said with a chuckle.
"I assume that if I agree to your proposal, I would be learning, or at least attempting to learn, your wand magic."
"Well this is a school for witchcraft so the answer would be yes." After a moment of contemplation I made my decision.
"Very well Professor. I would be happy to attend until my star shard takes me away." I said with a nod.
"Excellent!" Dumbledore exclaimed. "Now I never told you, but my name is Albus Dumbledore, but for the sake of keeping your secret you will have to address me as Professor."
"I already had that figured out Professor," I told him.
"Of course. Now, term starts in two weeks, we need to get you supplies and a wand; however, I have an alternative, if my assumption of you having some sort of weapon hidden away is true." This time I was not surprised.
I figured most everyone who travels the worlds carries some way to defend themselves. I held my hands out in front of me and called my blades. They appeared in a flash of black and white light and Dumbledore inspected them.
"Very nice, with your permission I could turn them into a wand for you," He looked at me for a reply.
"Will I be able to turn them back?"
"Of course, I will spell it so when you and only you will it. They will change back and forth," he explained to me.
"Then you have my permission," I said as I stood and set them on the bed to the right of mine. Dumbledore then walked over and muttered something while waving his wand. I saw my weapons shimmer for a second before they merged together and shrank. The end result was a smooth metal wand with a white grip and black shaft. I took it up carefully and tested my grip on it.
"You keep it in your robes when we acquire them and if the students ask of it being made of metal. Tell them that it is just a metal casing to prevent it from being broken. Also don't worry about being tracked by your enemies. I can adjust the enchantments around the castle and grounds so that they can hide you." I looked at him with some suspicion.
`"You aren't even gonna ask about who is after me?" I inquired.
"Only if you want to tell me about them, although I wish to ask a favor of you while you stay here."
"And it is," I asked him, quirking an eyebrow.
He then went on to tell me about a man named Sirius Black who had just escaped from the wizard prison, Azkaban, and how he may be after one Harry Potter for revenge in regards to the death of a man known as Lord Voldemort. Apparently this Voldemort had tried to kill Harry as a baby and succeeded in killing his parents. However, when he attempted to kill Harry, his curse rebounded and destroyed him. Dumbledore continued to tell me that Voldemort is still alive, just incredibly weakened. The request Albus made of me was that I kept an eye on Harry during my stay and did what I could to keep him out of harm's way. I agreed to his request and then he told me of the process of sorting. The school sorts students into four houses, depending on their personality.
"Hold on," I interrupted him. "If I am gonna stay here and keep an eye on Harry, why not just put me in the same house he is. That way I could be around him most of the time."
"Brilliant idea," Dumbledore complimented me, "Then you will be in proximity at all times except for class. I can't place you in the same year. You are too old. 17 right?"
"Actually, physically I am 18," I corrected. "I'll explain another time."
"Very well, then I will place you In fourth year and make an announcement of you being a student who was educated at home before attending Hogwarts. You can attribute your lack of an accent by saying that you come from America originally and moved here when you were young."
"That is a simple enough story," I said, "I trust you will relay this story to the instructors?"
"Naturally," he quipped. "Well it seems that we have a plan, Gnocx."
"Agreed, all that needs done now is shopping for supplies. I can cover cost, I stole some money from my enemies before fleeing from the last world." Dumbledore chuckled at this.
"Is that why you were stabbed?"
"No. I was stabbed because I wanted to leave and they were not going to let me. They were plotting to incapacitate me and have one of their own do some sort of procedure to make me docile. Naturally I took a chance and escaped." I explained.
"My, that is unfortunate. Well as I said before you are safe here. Now if you want to put your coat back on, I can get someone to take you to get supplies. I would do it myself; however I have other affairs to attend to."
"That's alright, and by the way, thank you for getting me out of the water. If you tell me who helped you I will be sure to give them my thanks as well."
"If you insist, it was Minerva McGonagall and Rubeus Hagrid, both professors here. You will meet them when you start classes."
"Alright, I will talk to them later, and I think I will leave my coat here. There could be a situation where I need to use my blades. If that happens then I can wear that and no one will know who I am. Besides the two from the lake of course, then I can just ask for their silence." I explained this plan to him and he commented on how well I think ahead.
"I have to be cautious now that I have these people, the Organization, after me," I said in reply.
I grabbed the star shard and the pouch of munny, placed them in my coat, put it on, snapped my fingers, which caused my coat to vanish into dark wisps, and followed Albus as he lead me to my escort to Diagon Alley. I studied the features and décor of the castle as we walked and I found myself thinking, this place could make for an interesting time.
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