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Harry Potter and the Magic of Books Part 25
🕑 Added 2016-08-10 21:30:30 +0000 UTC Hermione looked up as her rather cute roommate walked in and shut the door. “How was class?”Egwene al’Vere walked over to the table and set her bag down a little more forcefully than required. “I think my teacher is evil.”
Hermione raised an eyebrow at the nine year old girl. “Why is your teacher evil?”
Egwene pouted. “Because we’re not allowed to wear clothes for dream class.”
Anna snickered as she looked over at Egwene from her bed. “Clothes are overrated.”
Egwene stuck her tongue out at Anna. “Says the girl that never wears them if she can help it.”
“I don’t get cold thus I don’t really see a point in wearing clothes.”
Egwene still wasn’t sure what to make of her roommates. They were taking wand magic while she was taking classes on dreaming. Technically she could have avoided having a dorm via portkeying back and forth but the school liked to encourage people to have friends and the easiest way to do that was to give people roomates. That and her dreaming classes often had strange hours so it was nice to have a place to crash while on campus. “She likes teasing people.”
Hermione said, “There’s actually a good reason for that.”
“Why?”
“She’s trying to increase your ability to ignore distractions. The more composure you have the better you’ll do when you’re dream walking or at least that’s the theory.”
Beth snickered as she walked out of the bathroom naked with a towel around her head. “The other option is that she’s just a pervert that likes seeing everyone naked.”
Egwene shook her head. “You’re both twisted in the head.”
Anna snickered. “Does that mean you don’t want me to massage your shoulders?”
“Don’t be mean. We were on the hard rope mats today.”
“In that case, off with the dress,” Anna said playfully.
Egwene rolled her eyes as she slipped her dress over her head. She adjusted her shift then laid down on her bed. “Thank you.”
Anna smiled as she sat down next to Egwene and started working on her shoulders. “So how did class go?”
“Better than yesterday, everyone actually made it into the dream world without help. It’s getting easier.”
Beth looked over at Hermione. “Can I talk you into a massage?”
Hermione down at her charms homework then over at the clock. “For a bit but then I’ve got to get back to work.”
“The assignment isn’t due until tomorrow, you have a free period to work on it.”
“That’s when I was going to do transfiguration and arithmancy.”
Beth pouted, “Those aren’t due until the day after tomorrow.”
Hermione gestured toward her bed. “Fine, I’ll give you a massage.”
Beth smiled as she walked over and flopped down on her bed.
Egwene closed her eyes and enjoyed her massage. “You’re lucky that you can use wand magic.”
Hermione set her pen down then stood up and walked over to Beth and Anna’s bed and sat down so that she could give her naked friend a massage.
Anna ran her fingers lightly down Egwene’s back before she started working on another knot. “You have channeling potential.”
“So they tell me. Do you think I’ll get to be a hero?” Egwene asked hopefully.
Anna smiled as she glanced down at Egwene’s cute behind as she worked on getting all of the knots out. “I think you’ll be a great hero that gets to ride into battle and destroy trollocs and worse with storms of fire.”
Egwene shivered as she thought about trollocs. “Better than riding a broom, I mean who came up with that?”
“Crazy people.”
Hermione said, “Says the girl that can naturally fly.”
“You learned the flight skill…” Anna blinked as she realized that Channeling was magic. “Do you think we could teach Egwene to fly? I mean she has magic of a sort and the flight skill isn’t exactly standard wand magic.”
Hermione paused for a couple of seconds. “I don’t think anyone has actually tried to teach flight to channelers before considering we forgot to leave the book and hadn’t taught the original wand users. I bet we could get extra credit if we manage to pull it off.”
Egwene asked eagerly, “I could fly?”
Anna giggled as she reached down and ran the tips of her fingers down Egwene’s sides. “Maybe, it’s worth testing.”
“No tickling.” Egwene giggled.
Hermione smiled as she thought of Harry. She was going to have to make a journal of memories for him.
0o0o0
Sirius smirked as he shot another pair of channelers connected by a bracelet and leash with his silenced paintball portkey gun which caused them to vanish a second after they were hit. It was amazing how many people didn’t look up. Not that it would have helped them as he was wearing a fancloth ninja outfit with disillusioned glasses and gun. It felt a bit like cheating as it was an even better setup than James’s invisibility cloak. The fact that he could fly took away the only other flaw in a plan that called for wandering around a city while invisible.
While kidnapping all of the Seanchan channelers for reeducation was better than killing them, he knew that some of them would probably rather be dead than face the fact that they weren’t at the top of the food chain. Technically speaking, he wasn’t either as the channelers could kill him fairly easily but surprise, stealth and flight helped even the odds quite a bit. Not to mention being able to shoot people at a decent range.
At least he had the easy job, all he had to do was fly over the streets shooting anyone with magic potential. Remus had the worse job in that he was sneaking between different walled towns with Nymphadora and a couple of wolf girls in Shara. The upside of raiding the villages was that they were an excellent source of channelers. The downside was that the men weren’t all that educated. Still, capturing them now would give them eight years and change to fix that before things really got rolling.
He smiled as he shot a merchant that had magic potential before flying on to find more people with magic to kidnap. The fact that this was happening all around the Seanchan empire both in this world and several other worlds meant that they were going to have a decent influx of channelers. He wasn’t sure how long it would take to empty the Seanchan empire of channelers but it was worth it according to Anna as the Seanchan had been large pains in the ass in the books.
0o0o0
Egwene burst into the dorm leaving the door open, “Guess what!”
Anna looked up and noticed that Egwene wasn’t wearing clothes but was wearing a rune carved silver training bracelet. She remembered a time when Egwene would have been annoyed about the nudity but after several years of dream walking classes and shared gender hot springs she was taking the nudity thing better than some of the other recruits. “Judging by the fact that you’re naked and have your training bracelet, I’m guessing you’re finally learning to channel?”
“Yes! It’s about time.” Egwene rushed over and pulled Anna in for a hug.
Anna reached down, cupped Egwene’s behind with both hands and lifted her up for a kiss. “I knew you’d get there.”
Egwene wrapped her legs around Anna’s waist. “Where are Beth and Hermione?”
“We’re supposed to get a new roommate, they’re picking her up.” Anna left one hand supporting Egwene and moved her other hand up to play with Egwene’s breasts. “How do you want to celebrate?”
“Cake and ice cream?” Egwene asked.
“Let’s raid Hermione’s stash of ice cream.” Anna giggled.
“Won’t you get in trouble?” Egwene grabbed Anna’s shoulders and unwrapped her legs around her friend.
“Yes, yes she will, she might even get spanked,” Hermione replied from the open doorway.
Anna turned to look at Beth, Hermione and the new girl with a grin. The new girl was an exceedingly beautiful and red faced twelve or thirteen year old girl with blue eyes like sapphires and red-gold curly hair. She was also naked other than a training bracelet. “You brought presents, redheads unite.”
The girl’s blush deepened. “Greetings.”
Hermione said, “The crazy redhead is Anna Lily Potter and the brown haired girl is Egwene al’Vere.” She gestured toward the new girl.. “This is Elayne Trakand, she used to be a princess.”
Egwene asked, “Used to be?”
“She’s from an alternate world, her father sold her to the recruiters for a bag of gold then told everyone that she died from a fall.”
Elayne scowled as she thought about her father. “I’m going to train, then I’m going to go back and kill him.”
Egwene said, “He doesn’t sound very nice at all. What happened to our version?”
Hermione said, “Hunting accident that was probably arranged when he was overheard talking about trying to become king of Andor.”
“I have a feeling that would have ended up a lot better,” Elayne replied.
“Let’s break out the ice cream and cake to celebrate Egwene channeling for the first time and getting a new roommate.” Hermione headed toward the enchanted icebox to grab the ice cream.
Beth walked over to Egwene, leaned down and kissed her on the lips. “Congratulations.”
Egwene smiled as she hugged the taller girl. “Thanks.”
Elayne frowned slightly as she looked around and noticed that there were only four beds. “Where am I sleeping?”
Anna gestured at one of the only two beds that actually looked made up. “That one, I sleep with my sister.”
Elayne blinked as she realized that her room assignment had cost the other girl her bed. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to-”
Anna shook her head. “It’s fine, I’ve slept with her as long as I can remember.”
Beth said, “Thankfully she doesn’t hog the covers too much.”
Hermione walked back over with bowls of ice chocolate ice cream for everyone floating in front of her. “To new friends and new beginnings.”
Anna giggled as she accepted her bowl. “To hot naked roommates.”
Egwene laughed as she accepted her bowl of ice cream. “Don’t worry, you’ll get used to them, probably.”
Elayne frowned at the brown stuff in the bowl. “Shaved ice?”
“Iced cream, it’s rather tasty. just try it.”
0o0o0
Harry looked down at the Eye of the World book he’d just jumped out of. “Right, jump back in and grab everyone… fuck that.” He reached into his backpack and pulled out the Memory of Light which was the last book in the Wheel of Time series that he’d picked up in Tony’s world. “Okay, it’s not written yet so I probably can’t take anything too impressive out of it.” He opened the book and scanned the last couple of pages then scanned backwards until he saw a section dealing with Egwene while she was still alive fighting with an evil dreadlord. “Okay that could work.”
Harry looked through his various comic books then smiled as he saw Babs McBusty Angel of Death for Hire. He reached into the twisted hentai comic about a rather busty detective with a chain smoking sarcastic spell casting wizard partner that had forged the broken shards of Excalibur into a gun that had unlimited holy ammo and could kill damn near anything. The plot was paper thin and the character was a broken neurotic sex fiend that killed vampires and monsters on a daily basis but the gun looked really cool. He reached into the magazine and pulled out the wizard’s grimoire. “Okay, now for a gun that should kill Riddle.” He reached back into the magazine and grabbed the gun. He wasn’t at all surprised when the magazine charred as he finished pulling the gun out.
“Have gun, will travel. Hmm, I could jump into the last battle and shoot… okay screw being dramatic.” Harry put his gun in his backpack as he scanned back through the pages until he found a scene where Egwene was sleeping. “Okay, let’s see, that will work.” Harry jumped into the book and quietly pulled out a memory copying device. He smiled at the sleeping lady as he reached down and carefully wrapped her hand around the crystal goblet. ‘You’re a bit short and worn around the edges but you’re pretty.’ He activated the device to copy all of her memories, grabbed the large crystal marble then copied her dreaming knowledge.
He’d just finished putting the memory collection device back in his backpack when Egwene Sedai woke up and glared at him. “Ah, hello?”
“What are you doing in here?”
Harry asked hopefully, “Would you believe that I’m merely a figment of your imagination?”
“No.” Egwene wrapped the man man in threads of air.
“Ah, well it was worth a try. Okay, I’m a time traveling wizard from another world and I need your help to save the world.”
“Time traveling what?”
“Wizard, you know magic user,” Harry replied with amusement.
Egwene rubbed at her temples that were once again throbbing. She knew this was somehow Rand’s fault. “I don’t have time for this.”
“Actually you do, I just need to talk to lady Elayne and then I’ll be out of your hair. Please, it’s really important.”
Egwene tossed a shield at the kid and frowned when it found nothing to connect to. “Fine, I’ll have someone take you to the Lady Elayne, she can deal with you.”
Harry piped up cheerfully, “Thank you.” He didn’t mind being thought of as insane if it helped get him what he wanted. He gave the cute novice dressed in white a smile as she stepped into Egwene’s tent.
Egwene said, “Take the boy to Elayne Sedai.”
“Of course Mother,” the girl replied before grabbing Harry’s arm and ‘hauling’ him out of the tent.
He had to work to keep his cheerful expression as he was led through the gathered tents filled with wounded soldiers and Aes Sedai walking around like they owned the place. ‘Hopefully, this never has to happen on the other world.’ He was relieved when he got to the tent with a rather pregnant lady that was rather pretty if a bit grumpy looking.
The novice said, “The Amyrlin said to take the child to you.”
Elayne raised an eyebrow. “Why?”
“She didn’t say.”
“You’re dismissed.”
Elayne asked, “Did you have a message?”
“Yep, I’m trying to save the world and you can help.”
“Look, I’m already doing what I can.”
Harry stepped into the room. “Right, what I mean is-” He cast a sleeping charm on her then levitated her before she hit the ground. “You could use a nap.” He floated her over to her cot then pulled out his memory copying device. “So many memories, so little time.” He copied her memories then made a separate copy of her knowledge of channeling and her work with ter’angreal. He wasn’t sure how useful it would be but some of it might be of use to the other Elyane. He put the memory marbles away then jumped out of the book.
He flipped back to the epilogue then jumped into Matrim Cauthon’s tent. He grunted as he got hit in the shoulder with a throwing knife almost before he got his bearings. “Fuck! Watch it, I’m a friend!”
Mat readied another knife. “The next one isn’t a warning shot. Who the hell are you?”
Harry rubbed at the spot that the knife had hit, thankful for his Red ring from Zelda. “I’m a traveler from another world.”
“What do you want? We just finished the Last Battle, I’ve had enough of battle.”
“You’re the Lord of Battle, that’s not going to happen for a very long time.”
“I have a knife.” Mat normally wouldn’t hurt a kid but he suspected the kid was anything but normal.
“Look, I’m from a different world. The Matrim Cauthon in that one is just starting his journey.”
“And you want me to what? Come help him?”
“Something like that.”
Matrim glared at the kid. “I have a girl and a life, did I mention a girl?”
“Yeah, you mentioned that but honestly I just need a copy of your memories of battle and such things to give to the other you. Maybe that way, we’ll be able to avoid a lot of the crap that happened the last time around.”
Matrim asked, “That’s it? How much is it going to hurt? What will it cost me?”
“Nothing, that’s the point, the price the foxes and the snakes demanded was brutal and cruel. I’d like to cheat them out of that deal in the other world.”
Matrim smiled as he thought about sticking it to the foxes and snakes. “In that case, what do you need.”
Harry pulled out the memory device and held it out. “All you have to do is grab the goblet like device and think of battle and all your memories and then I’ll give them to the other you on Winternight.”
Matrim pulled out a coin. “Heads, I do it tails I don’t.” He flipped the coin five times in a row scowling slightly as the coin came up heads each time. “Fine.” He accepted the goblet and concentrated on his memories of his lives and battle.
Harry smiled as he accepted the fist sized memory baseball like sphere and the goblet. “Right, Lord of Battle and all that.”
“Now what?” Matrim asked.
“Now I track down Perrin and get his memories.” Harry put the memory sphere in his pocket then jumped out of the book.
He flipped a couple of pages then jumped back into the book and into Lord Perrin and Lady Faile’s bed chamber. He quickly stunned Perrin and Faile then Perrin three more times when the first proved ineffective. “I need to practice that a bit more if it takes four to take someone down.” He walked over and put the goblet in Perrin’s hand and used it to copy all of his memories of crafting, fighting, dreaming, wolf lore and most of his adventures without cursing him with loving a woman that didn’t know him. He wasn’t sure how that fate would twist things this time around but there was a decent chance that the other Perrin would never meet the woman this Perrin had married.
He put the memory crystal and device away then grabbed Perrin’s hammer. “Sorry but you’re not going to need this anymore.” He jumped out with the hammer and wasn’t surprised when the book half charred. “I guess it could be worse.”
He put the book and hammer into his backpack then flipped the Eye of the World to the next chapter. He reached out with his magic and jumped back into the book.
Tam stopped the cart and his horse Bella when he saw a boy appear out of thin air. “We’ve been expecting you.”
Rand took his hand away from his quiver as he realized that the stranger was just a boy.
Harry pulled his hood up against the wind as he looked at the rather tall red haired man with a sword on his hip and a bow in his hand then over at Tam al’Thor,. “Are you heading to Emond’s Field?”
Tam al’Thor nodded. “We are.”
“I’m Harry, do mind if I walk with you?”
“Of course not Lord Potter, your mother said you’d be showing up somewhere on the path.”
“I’d wondered, thank you for not shooting me,” Harry replied with amusement as he turned and started walking in the direction the two men were facing.
“I’m just a bit jumpy,” Rand defended himself.
“Strange riders?” Harry curiously.
Tam shook his head. “No, the guard and a group of trainees found a group of trollocs and a fade trying to come out of the waygate a couple of days ago.”
Harry stopped and turned to look at Tam. “Was anyone hurt?”
Rand shivered slightly as he remembered the charge of trollocs. “Just one of the Coplin boys, he stubbed his toe running away as the guard lit the shadowspawn on fire and the rest of us filled them with arrows. I took out four and a half with my bow.”
Harry started walking again. “Four and a half?”
“My last arrow hit one in the throat but he caught fire before the arrow killed him.”
Tam said, “I’m just glad the guard chose that spot to set up the training trip, otherwise things would have been far worse.”
“That’s good fortune.” Harry was fairly sure it was nothing of the sort but didn’t want to sound crazy. “I’m looking forward to meeting the guard.” He fell silent as they walked the last quarter of a mile to the village. He frowned slightly as he noticed the large crystal pillars scattered in a massive arc on the outside of the town. “That’s new.”
Tam said, “Don’t spread it around but it’s a wall or rather it can be turned into a wall by any of the girls without much effort or so I’m told.”
“That makes me feel a bit safer…” Harry trailed off as a man stepped in front of the cart.
Wit Congar demanded. “What are we going to do about the guard al’Thor, they’re half dressed at best and trying to tempt the girls into things.”
Tam sighed, “The guard work for the Lord and Lady Potter, take it up with them or the women’s circle. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to get the brandy inside-”
“The women’s circle won’t deal with it, it’s indecent I tell you,” Wit sputtered.
“Indecent or not, they do no harm Wit and a lot of good or have you forgotten the recent battle?” Tam was fairly sure that Wit’s real issue with the guard was that he’d flirted with one a bit too much while drunk and she’d told his wife. The resulting fight had been heard by half the town that night.
Wit sputtered, “That is no excuse…”
“I really do need to get the brandy inside.”
Harry asked, “Do you happen to know where Lady Potter is?”
Wit blinked then turned his attention to Harry. “Why do you want to know?”
Harry resisted the urge to say something less than nice about the man. “Because I have a message for her.”
“Last I heard, she was at the inn.”
“Thank you. Now if you’ll excuse me Mr. al’Thor, I really should get going.” Harry turned and walked toward the inn.
“Of course.” Tam wished that he could join the young man as Wit continued badgering him about various matters that he didn’t care about.
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