A/N: and here i am again with another chapter. Thanks to you all once again for motivating me by reading so far. HowInMadeHowie and me are planing about what will happen next in this story, so stay tuned. Have fun and be safe
Back in Kear Mohen, Harry was walking through the great hall of the castle with Triss and Luna by his side. Luna's father should already be here according to Triss, so Harry was curious how he would handle this situation. Harry thought that it was not an everyday occurrence that two sorceresses would ask you about your daughter and if he would know that she was a seer, and so the adult man would surely be surprised to hear that his daughter, who sometimes looked like she was in another plane of existence. Harry had heard some rumors about her, for instance that she thought that some magical creatures existed, even if there was not even one mention in any book about monsters and beasts. He was still thinking about how she explained what a Crumpled horn Snurkack is and what it does.
"Hello Harry and welcome back. How is school?" Yen came out of the kitchen together with Ciri, carrying the plates and bowls with salad in them for dinner to the table. Both women smiled as Harry explained that some things in the wizarding world did not make any sense.
"Why do we have to travel with the train when the Floo, brooms or even magical creatures exist which are way faster than the train? I still did not find any explanation for this if you wanted to ask me. The only thing I heard from some older students is that the first years could make friends before arriving at Hogwarts, but that would be counterproductive when they are sorted in different houses. In the past, the house rivalries were too great, they could not talk with each other in their free time after the sorting or the rest of their house would have shunned them." Harry was ranting, not concentrating on how silent Luna came up to him until she tapped him on the shoulder, asking him where her room was. Harry looked at her with astonishment, he really needed to keep his guard up around her.
"Little moon, please do not scare our dear hosts. Please forgive her Mr. Potter, she tends to be as silent as a moon frog jumping around. If you never heard of them, I must inform you that they do travel in absolute silence, even with a spell to enhance one's hearing you cannot hear their movement and when they would call for their friends, it happens with such a low frequency that not even a dog can hear them, so how could we?" Xenophilius Lovegood, the father of Luna, came out from the direction where the library was, without a doubt he was looking at the books while he waited for Harry and Luna to greet them.
After Harry shook hands with the older man out of courtesy, he told Luna that he would now bring her to her room after he asked Yen which room was prepared for her. It was close to his own room, so there was no detour for it when he also would show her where she could go to ask for help if something was bothering her.
As they had left the great hall, Harry asked Luna if her father was always like that, explaining strange creatures or events that had happened. Luna told him that her father only did that when she was nearby since her mother had died. She had heard from Ginny how her father was talking almost like every other parent would when he was sure that she could not hear him. "I think he does that because, after my mother died from one of her experiments; I had begun to talk with some invisible creatures and tell Daddy about them. He thought that I had invented them to handle my grief and played along, since he had also quit his job in the Ministry so he could stay at home and watch over me. I had forgotten to tell him that those invisible creatures were Thestrals, but I also had felt that he was also grieving because my mother died and so we both now play this little game with each other where we tell each other what we think is true. But sometimes I talk about this with others and then they think that I am crazy, but I am as normal as other girls my age, don't you think?" Luna turned to Harry as he opened the door to her room, where she would stay for the next few days until Yen and Triss had questioned her about her gift.
"I hope you do not hold it against me Luna" Harry was really hoping she would not misunderstand his intention, "but to be honest I also thought that you are not honest with us sometimes, but I am also afraid what could happen to you if you can't hold back your views. I heard some rumors in school, such as that some of your housemates were thinking of putting a spell on you that could change you to fit their views better, even if there is nothing wrong with you. Thanks to Padme, they had no success until now, so please watch yourself when we return to school. Also, if something does cause you to feel unwell, please go to Madam Pomfrey or look for Chief Wulf." At this name, Luna asked Harry if John was also here and if she could finally talk with the blue Lady that lived in his head.
Once again, Harry was surprised on how she could know that, as Callie told him to ask Luna to accompany him down to the laboratory for Doctor Halsey, she got the order directly from her "mother". Doctor Halsey was interested how her ability works just like her superior was and they granted her permission to give Luna some information and introduce the girl to Cortana and Callie on the projector, but the other AI still needed to be kept a secret from her.
While she told him that, Callie was checking her sensors for any signs that Luna would know what would happen, but that Luna was once again looking at the spot in Harry's glasses where Callie was projected herself in his field of view, except of this fact there was nothing out of the ordinary, so she had some control over her ability it seemed. Soon, they found themselves in front of the door to the laboratory which was reinforced since the last time he was in the castle. Harry wondered if there was another attempt of a break-in into the castle. He would ask Yen later, but for now they had more important matters to attend to.
Harry looked at the door that Callie had highlighted for him, he knocked on it and heard Doctor Halsey granting them entrance. When he opened the door, he noticed that this laboratory was a bit smaller than the other she was normally in, so this would cover most secrets about the UNSC and what they did on this planet. Not that Harry knew everything of course, but he at least knew that they worked in secret to guarantee their safety. Doctor Halsey looked up from the desk where the computer was and smiled at the two children in front of her.
"Well, I have to give Ciri credit for her prediction when you were given into our custody, you really have become something like a ladies man." Halsey laughed at the blushing face from Harry, as he tried to explain to Luna what Doctor Halsey meant, but to their surprise, she just shrugged her shoulders and said that she knew who visited him last year over Christmas break. As Harry and Doctor Halsey looked at her with great interest, Luna answered to the unspoken question that Hermione had told her what she could expect from the castle itself, but nothing else.
"It is not like she told me that she also has something like Harry or Mr. Wulf have, Doctor. And I do not know why I know this, only that something in me told me that something was strange with Mr. Wulf and Harry as well. By the way, when we are not in school, can I call him Mr. Wulf? In school, everyone calls him Chief Wulf, but I thought that this was something like calling the teachers Professor." Luna was once again flooring the two other occupants in this room, but Doctor Halsey gathered herself quickly and asked Luna if she would agree to some tests. Luna nodded and climbed on the table Doctor Halsey was pointing at.
"Now Cortana, Callie, as you both are no longer a secret to Ms Lovegood, I wanted to ask you to assist me with the systems. Harry, if you would be so kind and leave Callie with us, I am sure that we will be finished soon." Harry nodded to the request of Doctor Halsey and placed the matrix next to the projector where Cortana was projecting herself now. Cortana was already analyzing the data she got from the machine that Doctor Halsey had placed next to Luna, who was being reassured that nothing would harm her as long as she was with the young girl. Harry stood by the door like John would have done, listening if someone would come closer just in case.
Back in the main hall, Yen and Triss were talking with Mr. Lovegood about his daughter. "You do not seem to be surprised that she could be a true seer, Mr. Lovegood. So, I guess your previous work in the Ministry has something to do with your calmness. If you do not mind me asking, in which department did you work exactly?" Yen sipped her tea while they had a kettle on the small table by the fireplace, with Triss to her right and opposite from Mr. Lovegood, who also drank his tea with a solemn look on his face.
"For this to answer, you need to hear some of our story. It was not just me who worked at the Ministry Ms. Yennefer. My late wife also worked in the same department with me, or rather for me as I was the head of the Department for Mysteries. In this department, we have a whole section just for prophecies, but I never heard even one, as there is a rule that only those who are involved in them can touch and hear them. We still do not know how that works, but we did not question it either. But as soon as a prophecy is fulfilled, the orb, that object it is stored in, becomes dull and then everyone can touch and listen to it, so we studied them and then searched for the place where it had happened. On the day my wife had the accident that caused her death, I received an owl with a letter that another prophecy was now fulfilled. With great fear I traveled to the Ministry with my crying daughter in my arms, as we had just buried her mother outside of the house we lived in, right under the roses. My wife loved those, always tending to them. But I digress. When we arrived in the hall of prophecies, one worker gave me the orb and I heard how a life would be taken for the seer to stay alive, as her work was not done. Just as this sentence was finished, my daughter stopped crying and looked at me with her beautiful eyes, as if she knew what that meant. I quit right there and then, before the others could put the pieces together and take my little daughter from me, not that they even would have dared. One of my strong suits are runes, so my home is secure from any kind of attack and no one without my invitation can even step inside my house. The only family I could trust was the Weasley's, as Arthur has my deepest respect for working in these harsh conditions in his department and he never betrayed the trust others did put in him. So, Luna had at least a friend of her own age, but after a while she had begun to speak about creatures that did not exist or were any proof for them to exist. But as I can't bring her to a mind healer in fear that they would dare to put her into St. Mungos, I really hope that this Doctor Halsey can help her as well as you both, Ms. Yennefer and Ms. Merigold." Mr. Lovegood bowed to the two women, hoping that they would understand that he as a father was over his head with Luna.
Yen and Triss were looking at each other, speaking with each other silently just like good friends could do, until Yen turned back to Mr. Lovegood and asked him if he could recite the whole prophecy that included his daughter in his view. Mr. Lovegood's brows lifted a bit, but he began to search the memory so he could tell them exactly what was told in that orb.
"The Dark Lord will return, when the darkest time arrives.
The seer will help the enemy of the Dark Lord together with the warriors from another world and a pack of wolves.
The daughter of a muggle family will join with her wisdom.
An heiress to a business will help with her wits.
For the life of the seer, another life will be taken.
That is what I remember. If you wish, I could obtain my pensieve and take my memory from the prophecy out so we could watch it together? I think that would help the most to understand what that prophecy is about. To be honest, I do not know how *warriors from another world* must be interpreted." Mr. Lovegood once again looked at the two women, who were obviously thinking that such a prophecy could be interpreted in any way and could not take for certain that Luna was the mentioned Seer in it. But they could not dismiss the part about the warriors and the pack of wolves, as this was almost certain that I meant Harry.
"If you could bring us this Pensieve, as well as your ex-coworker to confirm it, that would be great. Please do not misunderstand us, but we have some experience with prophecies and how they can be misunderstood. If Doctor Halsey does not find anything worrisome in her examination, we will see how we can help your daughter with her ability." Yen was once again sipping her tea, enjoying the taste.
After some time in silence, Doctor Halsey came into the main hall with Harry and Luna, telling them that she had found nothing unnatural with Luna, she was as healthy as a girl her age should be. "Mr. Lovegood, your daughter is well behaved, and I hope to see her again this summer. Until then I must talk with some colleagues about my findings and see if we can help her any other way. Harry, please be a good host together with Yen and Triss, John should soon return once again. Good day to you all." And with that, she left the hall down to her laboratory. If she was right, Cortana should have analyzed all the brainwaves Luna had and compiled it into a report only she would understand. ONI really did not need to find out so soon what a girl with her ability could do.
After they had eaten their dinner thanks to Ciri finishing cooking the main dish, Harry told the others that he would clean the dishes before heading to the library, as he wanted to finish his homework early enough so he could be a good host to Luna and her father until they would return home. Luna offered her help with the cleaning, but Harry told her that she could go to her room or wait until he could show her the library. So, she sat back down on the table after wishing her father a good night and watched him placing the plates in the sink and grabbing the sponge.
She noticed that Harry was refraining from using any kind of magic to clean the plates, even if the Ministry could not locate them. If they used magic outside of school as long, they would stay inside the castle. But just as she wanted to ask him why he did not use any magic, he told her that he had always cleaned the plates this way and was used to it. And even if he could use magic to clean everything, he would not use this method as not everyone could have it that easy and he would not want to disrespect them.
"Well, that was so well-timed Harry, someone could think that you are the seer, not me. I still cannot believe it, even after Professor Merigold and Ms. Yen both told me that it was a possibility. I mean, I never had a vision or something like that. I only sense when something is not normal, for our standards anyway, and sometimes something tells me that I need to do something or speak with someone. Do you think that Professor Merigold and Ms. Yen can help me?" Luna placed her elbows on the table and rested her head on her hands as Harry was drying the plates that he had cleaned.
"I think so and if not then I am sure they could find someone who can help you. And as I am finished now, we should go to the library and do our homework as long as we still can concentrate on it. We then do the rest tomorrow after my training." Harry walked out of the kitchen with Luna just behind him while she hummed a melody when they walked by the adults in the main hall and told them that they were now going to study. Mr. Lovegood was pleasantly surprised that the young boy was this dependable and wished them a good night in case they would not see each other for the rest of the day. After they were out of earshot, Mr. Lovegood turned around to the two women and asked them when they wanted to tell him that Harry would inherit the Lordship of at least two houses. He smiled at the surprised looks and explained that he once was the head of the Department of Mysteries for a reason, he still had his sources for information.
Doctor Halsey listened to the conversation between the three adults thanks to a listening device that she had placed under the table for just such an occasion. The residents of this castle knew that those microphones were placed, and that Doctor Halsey only would use them when appropriate. With this new information, she looked at Kalmyia and nodded to her to file this news and send it to Captain Lasky on the Infinity. It seemed that they had underestimated the strength of the information agency from the magical beings, if Mr. Lovegood could obtain this information rather easily it seemed.
"Well Mr. Lovegood, if you want to know, it is Harry's wish to keep this to ourselves until it would be necessary in the future, so he could have a normal childhood. Well as normal as it could be for a young wizard." Triss explained to the father of the young girl right now in company form her honorable nephew in the library. He nodded in understanding, as he thought that for a twelve-year-old the political game would be too much to handle for now. According to his knowledge the Ministry was still looking into who would inherit all the vaults in Gringotts that were inactive until a few years ago and wanted to get him to tell them how he or she was able to.
In the library, Harry and Luna were sitting by a table with their school books open on the table while they both were writing their respective essays as she was still a first year. Harry helped her as best as he could, as he had written them last year himself and used this opportunity to refresh his knowledge. He knew that in a few years he would be tested about everything he learned until then, so he did the same thing as he did with Ginny over the summer and showed her where she needed to look in the books for the right information. But as they had now studied for hours after dinner, they were getting tired and packed up the books after marking where they were and returned to their rooms. After wishing her a good night, he closed the door to his room and took out the sword of Gryffindor in his switchblade form before placing it into his nightstand and climbed into his bed.
Luna was now in her bed after changing into her night clothes and stared at the roof of her room while thinking about what she accomplished today. She really was glad that Harry helped her with her homework, as she noticed that she had concentrated on them much better than when they were in school. She would like it if he would help her more, so she would accompany Ginny more to the study session that they had with Hermione and Daphne. She then remembered that Padme was also there with her sister, so she would have another Ravenclaw with her if there were more wits needed that Hermione or she could provide. She tried to imagine how those study sessions could become almost too funny with the back and forth between Padme, Hermione and Daphne, while Harry would just sit quietly on a chair with her on his lap… 'Where did that thought come from? Is that a vision? No, the others were not older than they are now. Well, I'll ask Professor Merigold tomorrow while Harry trains out on the obstacle courses. '
The next day, Harry asked Yen at breakfast if Geralt or Lambert were around, he needed some help with his swordsmanship. Ciri almost screamed at him if he did not see her and that she also could help him, just like last time they had trained together. She even packed him by his collar and dragged him out to the grounds with Yen and Triss laughing because Harry just folded his arms over his chest while his feet skimmed over the ground. Even Luna and her father were laughing as a sleepy Lambert came out of his chambers and asked himself what he had missed.
John was sitting in his office in Kear Mohen and reading the report that Cortana had prepared for him to send to the Infinity. He wanted them to know what was happening down here and also wanted to ask when the Marine-Armor Model M52B the size of Harry would be ready. He could need it when he would go down to the Chamber of Secrets to confront the basilisk. He heard the now familiar sound of metal meeting metal as a sword hit a piece of armor on a dummy and looked away from the report to watch Harry swinging a new sword around with the movements Harry had trained hard to engrain them into his muscle memory. John could still remember how they had trained martial arts with hand-to-hand combat as well as when they used bladed weapons of any size or form. Every weapon needed to be handled differently and so their training was harsh and brutal. But thanks to it, John and his team had survived the whole war against the Covenant. He just hoped that Harry could learn fast enough to use the sword effectively, even if asked himself why he did not use one of the others he had already trained with.
Down in the courtyard, Harry had shown Ciri the sword of Gryffindor and the ability the sword possessed by transforming it into different bladed weapons. Ciri was curious how that worked and asked Harry if she could try it too, but as soon the sword left Harry's hand it became incredibly heavy and Ciri had to let go of it as if it suddenly weighed tons rather than pounds, the sword, blade first slammed to the ground and she could not even lift it up. Both were surprised at this, as Callie let out a remark that this sword seems to work like Thor's Hammer, Mjolnir, the hammer that Spartan armor was named for.. Callie asked Harry to grab it again, and as if to confirm her comparison Harry could lift it up as if it was almost as light as a feather. So, he trained with it to get used to the motions again with his new sword, as he had decided to make this one his main weapon for close-quarter- combat. When he really would go down to the Chamber of Secrets, he also would take his pistol with him, but he doubted that the small firearm could do much against the king of snakes. Just then, he had another idea.
"Hey Ciri, do you remember the movie night we had over the last summer? I remember how the soldiers that protect Auntie Catherine told us how these movies called *Star Wars* reminded them of their own fight against their enemies. In these movies, there were also those lightsabers, you think it can change into that too?" While Harry was asking Ciri, he heard Callie telling him that the sword would have changed already before he finished this question if it could do that. But as this movie trilogy was pure science fiction, the sword can't do that obviously.
"And even if it could do that, the risk that you hurt yourself badly is much greater than with a normal sword, as the heated plasma would cut everything that it touches, that includes your own limbs. So, I would suggest you do not try it for real, or else Madam Pomfrey would have to do more than just heal some small cuts the next time you have to visit her. The plasma swords from the Sangheili can be turned to a training setting, but as far as we know those other swords can't do that." She grinned at the small frown that Harry was wearing now, as she could trace his brainwaves and see that he really wanted a laser sword as the young boy he is. He really was engrossed in this movie, but not as much as he was in the James Bond movies because after those, he wanted some suits and asked Doctor Halsey if she could make him some gadgets like Bond had used. He was still impressionable after all, but she knew that if it became serious, he would give all he has to make sure that his friends are safe.
Ciri showed Harry some moves that he could do with his sword as well as some he could do with a javelin, after the sword changed into that when he was thinking about some ranged attacks. For real close combat, he had it change into a dagger and trained some back hand stabbing as John walked out of the castle towards them and then stood by the side while Harry changed the sword once again to its short sword form.
Ciri tilted her head and regarded Harry and the sword in his hand. She was trying to recall the report that she read about how big the basilisk was. "Harry, you should also consider a weapon that would allow you a greater range if you can't engage in close quarters. Given the size of the snake you don't want to be caught near its open mouth and risk getting bitten. Something like a glaive or something similar. I am sure that we have a book in the library for you to look at the different weapons."
Harry winced as he had not considered how close he would have to be to get to a weak point of the snake, as often the case the most unprotected area of any beast is through its mouth.
"I have to say, you have become very good at fighting with a sword, when I was your age all I could handle beside the firearms were normal combat knives, something like the dagger you had before. But I must interrupt your training now, you still need some practice with firearms, please come with me now so we can work on that." John nodded his thanks to Ciri for her work as he walked over to the firing range together with Harry, where Luna was already waiting somehow with her father.