Harry Potter And The Pure Hearted One

Chapter 17

Oliver woke up, and forgot where he was. He was lying on a couch, tangled in a blanket, and sunlight shone from an open window. That helped him remember. He was in Ni No Kuni.

He, Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Esther had all spent the night at Esther's house. Drippy had gone home to the Fairygrounds, Khulan and Kublai went back to Perdida, and Harmony, Marcassin, and Swaine had all gone back to Hamelin. Harry was asleep at the other end of the couch, while Ron slept on a chair. Hermione had joined Esther in her bedroom.

Oliver carefully crawled off the couch, trying not to wake up the others, when he heard Harry mumbling in his sleep, reaching out as if to grab something.

"Harry?" Oliver shook Harry's foot, thinking maybe it was best for him to wake up. "Harry, you're dreaming."

"Huh?" Harry jerked awake, looking around blindly, fumbling around for the nightstand that usually held his glasses that wasn't there. Oliver went around and grabbed Harry's glasses from the end table, before handing them to him. "Oh, morning Oliver." He said as he put his glasses on and stretched. "Anyone else up?"

"What time is it?" Apparently, Ron was up as well.

"Um, almost ten." Oliver told him, checking his watch. "We should probably head back to school. Somebody's going to be wondering where we are." Ron groaned.

"I've got a pile of homework waiting for me there, mate. Wish we could stay." Oliver nodded.

"Yeah, but we can't just not go to school. And besides, Professor Umbridge said that she was from the Ministry, remember? If we're not there, she might get the headmaster in trouble." Both boys got up at once and dressed in the clothes they had worn the day before. They hadn't originally planned on staying the night, but after dinner, Hermione had insisted on staying to help Rema and Esther clean up. So the boys had all hung out with the other adults, Ron listening intently to Swaine as he talked about repairing Porco Rosso and using him for good and to recognise certain things.

Harry had listened to some of the stories that the Great Sages and everyone had been on. He couldn't imagine having to travel all over the world to save the day. He barely made it to class on time in the same castle!

Now, he walked down the hall softly towards Esther's room, trying to not to wake up Rema and Rashaad. When he got to the door, he knocked softly.

"Esther? Hermione? Are you awake in there?" No answer. They must have still been asleep. Harry reached down to open the door, but as soon as his hand went on the doorknob, a torrent of ice came flying at him and he was frozen!

"Are they awake, Harry?" Oliver came down the hall, and was surprised found Harry frozen in place. "Oh no." He whispered, before knocking on the door. "Esther! Hermione! Come out here, quick!" He called, trying to turn the doorknob as he did, but he froze as well!

"Oliver? What's wrong?" Esther opened the door, and groaned when she saw the two boys, standing there frozen. "Oh no."

"What's happened to them?" Hermione asked, coming out of the room.

"My father placed a repelling charm on the door so that uninvited guests can't come in. If they try to touch the doorknob and I haven't said that they could come in, the doorknob freezes them, and only my father can unfreeze them." Hermione sighed, and put her hands on her hips.