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Bright sapphire eyes snapped to the sky as she felt the breeze whisper to her and she visibly started. An average height and plump woman looked at her best friend intently. "What is it Rowena?"

The woman whom the sapphire eyes belonged to looked at her dear friend, "The air speaks of change and great power entering our world. The elementals are frightened at the suddenness of it all. They-" She paused and cocked her head slightly as if listening to a voice heard only by her. "Yes, they say there is a newcomer and he is not from this plane. And he is close."

Helga narrowed her eyes and knelt to the ground, brushing her fingers lightly over the dirt. She closed her eyes and let her magic flow into the earth sending feelers out from where they stood. Her yellow eyes opened with a snap and she stood quickly. "They speak the truth. There is something or someone near. I can not get an accurate read on where exactly. The being is somewhere concentrated with magic, I cannot distinguish which is the foreign and which is the natural wilds."

"We should contact Godric, he may know of a better way to track the disturbance. We are all stronger together and with the way the wind is shaking I cannot determine if they are scared or excited."

Helga nodded her head in agreement and conjured a scrap of parchment and a quill before scribbling a short missive. Rowena raised her arm in the air and her trusted raven familiar landed on her forearm, holding out his leg for the letter to be attached.

They watched as he flew into the distance and awaited anxiously, not sure what to think of the future that now lay before them.

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With a groan, Harry opened his eyes once more to view the all encompassing darkness around him. He didn't know how long he had been out but there didn't seem to be any change in the atmosphere around him. He blinked repeatedly, attempting to focus his eyes and was startled to find the world shift and everything become alive.

He struggled to his feet, wincing at the stiffness in his legs and looked around him. These streams must be magic. They were everywhere, all around him, interchanging and flowing. Attempting to get his bearings, Harry shook his head as the visual of the magic faded and disappeared.

The first thing he noticed was the absolute silence. No bugs zipping by, no chattering of the small critters of the forest or the sound of their movements thru the trees. It added to the sense that he was somewhere and nowhere all at once but the soreness his body felt was all too real and brought him to the reality that he was alive, somewhere. He didn't recognize where he was, it was not where he had fallen, that he was certain of.

Staggering forward he began to blindly make his way thru the trees, swinging his arms wildly in front of him to prevent walking face first into the looming branches and trunks. He was careful to shuffle his feet slowly in an effort to avoid the roots and small bushes and brush that seemed to cover the entire forest floor.

He couldn't quite place it but the forest seemed familiar to his senses but the surroundings were foreign to his eyes. Where am I? The thought kept intruding, clouding his focus and he missed the slight dip in the earth, sending him tumbling down a small incline and coming to a sudden stop as he collided with the base of a large tree. "Way to go, Potter." he muttered to himself, sounding a great deal like Snape.

A pang in his heart brought unshed tears to his eyes as he thought of the late potions master. He hadn't had the time to mourn yet, he really hadn't time to think and process everything that had just happen, at least he think it had just happened, to him and his loved ones. You're all alone. You'll be forever alone now. The thought came unbidden, and he felt a tightening as his heart physically hurt in his chest.

He rubbed the back of his head as a headache began forming from the smack into the tree. Stop thinking of it. Grieve later when you figure out what is going on. Think. Think of the facts. You know you killed Voldemort, you know the magical backlash fused with your own power and you know you attempted to end it.

He glanced down at his wrists to see if the wounds were still present and realized he still couldn't see.

"Lumos" The bright globe of light blinded him for a second as his eyes adjusted to the onslaught. There on his wrists were barely visible white scars up each. "That can't be right… They shouldn't have healed so much. But then again, who knows with magic. It has a mind of it's own." He laughed as he realized if anyone was watching they'd think him out of his mind. "I probably am. Hahaha."

Shaking his head he tried to focus on what was important once more, cursing his meddled brain for constantly getting off track.

$Where the fuck am I?$

$This place has many names but most know that it is forbidden in the sense that once entered, seldom make it out alive.$

Harry jumped to his feet at the voice, his head whipping around trying to find the source. He realized that he had slipped into parseltongue, a habit he discovered while planning attacks that happened when he was frustrated.

$Show yourself!$

Branches cracked just beyond the light and Harry concentrated on feeding more power into the simple lumos spell. The orb expanded greatly and he heard angry hissing and loud crashes as the quiet creatures that must have been out of sight scurried away from the foreign light.

$I see you have great power that may be beyond your own understanding little one.$

He turned abruptly as the voice sounded over his shoulder and came face to face with a set of fangs as long as his forearm, easily. He gulped audibly and took a slow step backwards.

$W-why… What are you$

$Ssssss In time young serpent speaker, in time. I have some questions of my own which you should answer first.. As you are the one intruding on my territory. And I haven't had a decent wizard snack in quite a while.$

A/N - I am rushing this story a bit as I had a flood of ideas for it and I don't want them to escape my mind, so apologies if this comes out jumbled at times. Again, please review, let me know what you think of the direction and I am always open to constructive criticism.

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$Parseltongue$