As part of my birthday celebrations, as a special treat I'm having a multiple update session today. I'm going to publish chapters for five stories including one new story and the last ever chapter of another story. Exciting time, because I finally get to mark a multi-chapter story (ie not a one-shot) down as completed. Five stories, including this one: By the way I've had readers asking more about Tales of Symphonia, if you want to give that franchise a try, you may be interested in my new Harry Potter crossover. Give it a try.

This is a Harry Potter/Tales of Symphonia crossover story that is going to have nothing to do with the Third World series. While the Third World focuses more on the Harry Potter storyline this story (at least initially) will mainly focus on Tales of Symphonia. This will cover the full length of both the Tales of Symphonia and Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. I will probably have more storyline set after that period, in fact I have 2 possible plans for after Dawn of the New World but we can all concern ourselves about that later.

A number of my Harry Potter readers who enjoy my other, non-crossover, stories have expressed an interest in learning more about Tales of Symphonia. For you, I would propose you try reading this story as it should follow roughly what happens in Tales of Symphonia. Granted I'm writing it so there are going to be differences but it should be comparable with the games.

The Quest for Home

Soulfire

"I don't think Potter liked your Valentine much!" sneered Malfoy.

Ginny, despite being about to enter her class looked at the blond-haired git then at Harry, then covered her face and ran down the corridor. Harry felt bad for Ginny.

"I'll meet you in Charms." Harry said to Ron after taking the Diary and running after Ginny, soon after followed by a blond-haired First Year girl from Ginny's class.

Ron was confused as to what was going on, but after two minutes snapped out of his thoughts and ran after Harry, the blond girl (Luna), and his little sister Ginny.

Ginny had ran along along several corridors and down a flight of stairs before she eventually secreted herself in an alcove and started crying.

"Harry must think I'm a freak. But I didn't even send him that stupid Valentine. It's not fair! Why the hell does he have that Diary, what if Tom tells him what I've been doing?" Ginny thought to herself. But not ten seconds after her thoughts about Harry Potter and Tom Riddle had entered her head, the former subject suddenly appeared before her.

"Ginny are you alright?" asked Harry

Ginny sniffled and blushed, she couldn't believe that she was so shy and embarrassed around Harry Potter, though it wasn't surprising considering her lifelong crush on him.

"I… I… swear I didn't send you that Valentine Harry." Said Ginny

Harry looked at her and smiled awkwardly "That's alright, I'm guessing Malfoy sent it to me. Honestly that blonde haired ferret is a stalker."

Ginny gave a little giggle, then realized who she giggled to and blushed.

"Ginny are you alright?" asked a new voice and Harry was faced with a blond girl from Ginny's year he didn't know.

"Y…yeah I'm thanks fine Luna… I mean I'm fine thanks Luna." Stumbled Ginny.

Luna looked from Ginny to Harry "Hello Harry Potter. I am Luna Lovegood."

"Oh… hello Luna." Said Harry "Ginny are you sure you're alright?"

"Uh… yes… yes I'm sure." Said Ginny

"Alright." Said Harry, just as Ron showed up.

"Ginny are you ok?" he asked

"Yes Ron I'm fine, we'd all better get to our classes."

The four of them split off to do just that. But as Luna passed a window she stopped for two seconds and seemed to fixate on something. After a while she moved along following Ginny to class.

ORACLE2PHOENIX

Several months later Ginny was a happy young lady, she was finally free of the influence of that diary and she was now heading back to the train compartment where Harry, Hermione, Ron and the twins were. On route she passed a compartment that was only occupied by her friend Luna. She noticed the blond girl was sitting in a compartment on her own studying… something.

Curious Ginny opened the compartment door "Hey Luna what have you got there?"

"Hello Ginny, this is something I found near the forest. I'm not sure what it is. But this inscription is in runes. I've been trying to translate it, but I'm not very good at Ancient Runes yet."

Ginny looked at the item in question. It appeared to be a stone with red coloured letters in some strange lost language carved onto it.

"This is what I've gotten done, so far." Said Luna handing Ginny a sheet of Parchment.

"Sacred Stone." Recited Ginny "By will of thy heart, I shall burn with…"

"That's as far as I got. I'm attempting to do more."

"That's really interesting, can I help?"

Luna smiled at her "Oh course you can, I'm not keeping you from more important friends am I?"

"Luna." Whined Ginny "You're my best friend. Until I get a boyfriend you are my most important friend. And even if I do get a boyfriend, unless it's Harry Potter, you'll still probably be more important."

"That's a very kind thing to say Ginny, Thank you."

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"I wonder where Ginny is?" said Fred

"She should have been back by now." Said George

"Maybe she stopped to talk to someone?" said Ron

"Well she'd better hurry back soon, we arrive in less than five minutes." Said Hermione

"Oh joy, two whole months with the Dursley's." said Harry

Hermione looked sympathetically at her friend "Oh Harry I'm sorry."

"No it's alright Hermione." Harry lied, last time he was at his relatives he was lucky not to have starved to death "I'll go and find Ginny."

ORACLE2PHOENIX

Harry quickly found his best friend's little sister and the blond haired girl he'd been introduced to several months earlier a few compartments down from him.

"Hey Ginny… Uh… Luna wasn't it?" said Harry

"Yes it was." Said Luna "By happy coincidence my name is still Luna."

Harry and Ginny laughed at her.

"That's a good one." Said Harry

"What is?" said Luna

"Uh… your joke?"

"But I wasn't joking. My name is still Luna Lovegood."

"No I didn't think that was the joke…" said Harry

"Oh… well my name was genuinely Luna several months ago too, or did you think the fact that I thought it a happy coincidence a joke."

"No I didn't… I thought…"

Ginny was in the meantime laughing so hard that her ribs were cracking. "No Luna Harry didn't think you were being deceitful, he thought that you were humorously working the 'was' part of his question."

"Oh. I see." Said Luna

"What did you want Harry?" said Ginny

"I can't even remember. What are you two doing?"

"We're attempting to translate this stone I found." Said Luna

"I think I actually finished." Said Ginny "Here take a look!"

Harry and Ginny looked at the parchment:

Sacred Stone

By will of thy heart, I shall burn with fire of thy soul.

"Fire of thy soul." Harry repeated "That's odd. Can I see that?"

"By all means." said Luna handing it to him.

When Harry took hold of the Sacred Stone, he could tell immediately that this was an object unlike any other he'd encountered. Three seconds after he grabbed a hold of it, his scar burst into pain comparable with nothing Harry had thus far experienced in his life.

ORACLE2PHOENIX

The Train had just pulled into Platform 9¾ when it happened. There was an almighty scream that Ron and Hermione recognised as Harry's. They ran towards the source only to find that the entire compartment that Harry, Ginny and Luna were in was completely ablaze.

"Harry!" yelled Hermione in horror.

Harry was completely aflame with a deep red fire. Luna and Ginny were paralysed by the magical energy that was pouring out of the stone. Hermione, thinking that this was an ordinary, fire pulled out her wand and incanted "Aquamenti!" Water poured out but to Hermione's horror the fire merely treated the outburst of water like oil and followed it back to her wand. She dropped it fearing that she too would catch fire.

Students all over the carriage had now began to notice the fire and were running for their own safety, trunks and bags being left behind in the rush.

Ron, already magically powerless thanks to his broken wand, grabbed a hold of Hermione's arm and dragged her away from the blaze.

The two of them quickly exited just in time as the fire quickly spread and engulfed the entire carriage was engulfed. Hermione was panicking. If she had stopped to consider things she would have realised that the fire was not all that hot. At worst it was slightly warm. But she didn't know that this wasn't natural fire. This was soulfire.

ORACLE2PHOENIX

Deep within himself Harry could feel an unknown presence lurking inside his body, fighting for its continued existence. This presence was an intruder and it was what the strange magical fire around him, Ginny, Luna and the train carriage was trying to burn.

Ginny watched in complete horror as smoke escaped from Harry's scar and formed the face of a screaming man. She knew that face was Voldemort's she didn't know how, probably an aftereffect of being possessed by that diary, but she knew.

ORACLE2PHOENIX

Outside the carriage, parents and students were converging, trying to find each other as the carriage was alight with soulfire.

Most parents were thankfully able to get to their children. But to their horror, Molly Weasley and Xenophilius Lovegood were unable to find their daughters. Worse still Hermione told them that they were on the carriage and along with Harry Potter were paralysed by the fire on board the train. Molly was just rushing towards the flame lit train when the fire engulfing the carriage ignited causing an explosion that forced almost everyone on the platform to get knocked off their feet. A spiral of the fire shot upwards blowing a hole in the roof of the station. By this point the entire carriage was invisible because of the fire which was expanding upwards through the whole in the roof.

For five whole minutes of agony Molly Weasley, Xenophilius Lovegood and hundreds of others witnessed unable to get anywhere near the carriage. Things got worse, when the flames dissipated there was nothing left but ash.

"Ginny?" cried Molly "GINNY!" she cried again, screaming in agony.

ORACLE2PHOENIX

Harry felt an intruder leave him and saw it take form before him. It was a smoky shadowy creature, it's face was distinctly recognisable as the same one Harry had seen out the back of Quirrell's Head a year ago. The fire from the Sacred Stone appeared to attacked the wraith that emerged from Harry's scar. Voldemort's soul fragment screamed in utter agony as the fire from the Sacred Stone burnt and consumed it. After mere seconds, the wraith vanished out of existence, completely destroyed by the Sacred Stone.

The fire continued to burn however and just as Harry, Ginny and Luna regained the ability to move; the entire carriage lurched upwards. It felt to Harry like he was in an elevator moving upwards at several times the usual speed. They were going so fast that Harry felt his legs give way and collapse.

"Harry what's going on?" cried Ginny over sounds of burning fire and the creaking of the carriage.

"I… don't know. We seem to be moving… Upwards?" said Harry

"It would appear that we are being relocated somewhere off the Earth." Said Luna looking out the window.

Harry and Ginny looked as well. The image was still partially obscured by the fire but the fire was dissipating quickly and the view was getting clearer. They saw clouds passing and the sky changing from a light blue colour, steadily to a darker and darker shade until things were completely black.

"Bloody hell." Said Harry "We're in space."

"Space?" said Ginny "Then could the Muggles come and save us? Daddy said they travelled to the moon and back safely. Can they come and help us."

"That could be problematic Ginevra." said Luna

"Why?"

"Because they've never physically been beyond the moon, and we're about to pass it."

"Already?" said Harry and sure enough through the carriage window they saw the moon pass them by. "But that's impossible, it took NASA four days… Ok now they might be able to get their faster but…"

"We seem to be increasing speed." Said Luna.

"What?" said Ginny panicking "Where are we going?"

"I have no idea." Said Harry, he looked out the window to try and see the Earth. "Bloody hell the Earth is tiny. How far away are we?"

Ginny and Luna looked in the direction Harry was squinting at and were shocked to find that the world was about half the size the moon usually was as seen from Earth. After a few minutes the Earth became a spot that was no larger than the stars surrounding them.

"This isn't real." Said Ginny "This can't be real. How can a burning train carriage just leave the Earth?"

"I think the fire is what's taking the carriage." Said Luna "I believe it is a special magical fire. After all this carriage should not have had the structural integrity to pass through the atmosphere."

Harry opened his eyes wide "You're right Luna. I think the fire must still be working some magic because we can still breath… and there is still gravity."

"Are you sure?" said Ginny "We're not going to run out of air or anything?"

"I actually think this flame is producing air." Said Luna.

Harry looked at the Sacred Stone and saw that a single large pinkish red flame was burning and as he looked around he saw several other small flames around the carriage burning as if attached to the walls.

"Why is the carriage… and us for that matter… still intact? The fire should be burning through everything." Said Harry.

"This appears to be some form of previously unseen magical fire; I don't think it's the sort of fire that burns through wood, though it did seem to be rather hostile towards that thing that came out of you Harry." Said Luna.

"Yeah I mean what was that?" said Ginny "It came out of your scar."

"I have no idea. Although if it came out of my scar I'm guessing that it was leftovers from whatever spell Voldemort cast on me 12 years ago."

"That is a reasonable guess." Said Luna thoughtfully.

"I wonder if that thing inside me was what caused my scar to hurt." Said Harry in wonder. "If it is then, I won't be that sorry to see it gone."

"Guys I can't tell which of the dots behind us is Earth." Said Ginny

"What do we do?" said Harry "What can we do?"

"Nothing." Said Luna simply "The Sacred Stone seems to know where it's going, and it seems intent on getting us there alive. I suggest that we wait and see."

"But where is there?" said Harry "And will we still be alive? According to what I remember in school it would take light four or five years to reach the nearest galaxy. I'm pretty sure we're not even going at light speed, as it is supposed to be impossible."

"I'm afraid I must disagree Harry." Said Luna

"Why?"

"That's why." Luna pointed at a trio of suns, they were so far away that they were about the same size as some of the brighter stars seen from Earth. They were still bright enough that Harry couldn't look directly at them but he saw them pass by like a car passing a tree.

"How can we be that near a set of stars already?" said Harry

"I don't understand why we can't." Ginny irritably. She didn't have an open mind like Luna and she had never seen glimpses of Star Trek/Wars like Harry so this was completely unfamiliar. She was educated enough to know that Muggles landed on the moon, which was considerably better than most Pureblooded children… or adults, but she had no idea what space travel looked like.

"Well for us to be this close to a star other than our sun we would need to have gone faster than light… which is impossible." Said Harry

"The theory that faster than light travel is impossible, has not and cannot be tested." Said Luna "Although I would consider this proof that the theory is invalid."

"Maybe. But that doesn't tell where we're going." Said Ginny "Merlin, Mum must be going frantic."

Luna looked sad "My Daddy must be worried too."

Harry tried to look sympathetic but he had no caring parents to worry for him, they died to save him when he was a baby. He assumed that people like Ron and Hermione would worry about him for a few minutes then get over his disappearance.

"Well do you think we can access the rest of the train?" asked Harry

"I think so?" said Luna "There is a flame outside this compartment." She pointed through the glass on the door.

Harry nodded and opened the door cautiously. Discovering the rest of the train was safe, he made his way through and discovered that the three of them weren't the only ones on the train. "Hedwig?" said Harry, picking the cage with his sleeping owl. On looking at the surrounding mess Harry realised that None of the Wealsey's or Hermione had time to get their stuff. Both his and Ginny trunks and those of Hermione and the other three Weasleys were all still there.

Harry looked around some more and found that several other belongings of several other students' things were still lying around as well. He also noticed the trolley cart was still there, so they had access to basic food and Pumpkin Juice.

"Hey look who I found?" said Harry showing up in Luna's compartment with his owl.

"Oh she is gorgeous." Said Luna "It's good that you're not parted with her. Owls can get quite attached to their owners."

"But we'll be going back soon?" said Ginny desperately "We have to get back and let everyone know we're alright."

Harry looked at his best friend's sister "Ginny, I have never come across space travel before and travel like this is completely unprecedented in human history. I don't know where we're going but there is no guarantee what is on the other end or whether there is anything at the other end never mind whether it is capable of getting us back."

Ginny's lips quivered and Harry on impulse pulled her into a hug.

"I'm sorry Ginny, I didn't mean to upset you but…"

"But it needed to be said…" said Luna "We don't know what's on the other end of this journey and we need to be prepared for the possibility that nothing or no one can help us."

Ginny relaxed a bit "You two promise to stay with me." She said "Please."

"Don't worry Ginny I'll protect you." Said Harry he let go of Ginny and looked to Luna.

"We'll protect each other." Said Luna "We shall face whatever's on the other end."

"Ok." Said Ginny "Just how long will it take for us to get there?"

ORACLE2PHOENIX

Three weeks later.

Lloyd Irving and his pet dog, that was unlike any other dog in the world of Sylvarant, exited from the Iselia Forest and approached Iselia: the Village of Oracles to attend school. Lloyd hated school, apart from the fact that he got to see his best friends Colette Brunel and Genis Sage almost every day. Lloyd did not live in the village, he lived with his adoptive father, a Dwarf called Dirk on the other side of the Forest.

"So Noishe the Day of Prophecy is in a month." Said Lloyd "I'm not entirely sure what that means, but if the Oracle comes this year Colette could be leaving the village to become an Angel."

"Whine!"

"Of course it bothers me but Colette is the Chosen. She considers it her duty to do this. So long as she's fine with this she has my complete support."

"Whine… howl… howl."

"What's the matter, you've gone… What in the name of Martel?" said Lloyd in shock. There was a huge fire object heading… for him. "RUN!"

Noishe and Lloyd both ran for it as a huge… something crashed on the pathway between the forest and the village. The carriage was completely aflame and as it impacted the ground parts of it flew off and were strewn across the ground.

"What in the world?" said Lloyd he approached the huge contraption, he had never seen anything like it. Whatever it was it was the size of the Iselia Schoolhouse.

Noishe and Lloyd got right up close. Cautiously Lloyd touched the contraption with his hand. It wasn't hot, despite being on fire. However the fires were slowly dying out.

"That's weird. It's not hot… and why isn't their more smoke?"

He found something resembling a door and pushed it open. Lloyd gazed curiously at the insides of the carriage. But his musing were cut short by a high pitched screeching.

He ran along the corridor and found to his shock the source screeching was an owl in a cage. But on the floor what really concerned Lloyd was the presence of a boy and two girls lying unconscious.

"Hey, are you guys alright?" said Lloyd in concern.

He got down and checked them. They were all out of it but alive, it seemed that the shock of their landing had knocked them out.

"Noishe, we've got to get these guy's to the Professor right away. Can you take both girls on your back?"

Noishe barked his affirmative, so Lloyd pulled the girls outside and put them on his 'dog' and then went back inside to collect the boy. Before picking him up though he regarded the owl in its cage.

"I guess there is nothing else for it right now." Said Lloyd and opened the cage. To his surprise the owl flew onto his shoulder and nipped his ear. She then took off out of the carriage with an obvious sense of relief.

When Lloyd carried the boy out of the carriage he heard the screeching above him and when he looked he could see the owl circling above. She was letting Lloyd know she was still with him.

"Let's go Noishe." Said Lloyd.

It didn't take long but they got the boy and the girls to the village.

"Lloyd!" said one of the militiamen guarding the entrance to the village "I feared you might have been under that meteor. Who are they?"

"It wasn't a meteor it was some kind of advanced transport. These guys are injured."

"Transport?" came a new voice. It was the Iselia Mayor "What do you mean?"

"I'm not sure these guys were injured, they need to see the Professor."

The Mayor looked thoughtful for a minute "Alright, come with me. You have the Professor meet us at the item shop." He said to Lloyd and one of the militiamen. "You come with us." He said to another.

Lloyd followed the Mayor, wondering why they were headed to the item shop. Then it became apparent, the item shop always had extra beds for visitors to the village. Security at the village was strict because of the presence of the Chosen and the Desians at the Forest Ranch, so there was no fulltime inn. They generally couldn't risk allowing anyone unknown into the village in case they were a threat to the Chosen or involved with the Desians in some regard as that would void the Non-Aggression Treaty.

"This transport?" said the Mayor "Can it be moved?"

Lloyd thought for a second "I'm not sure. I think so but the thing is huge, about the size of the school although it did have wheels."

The Mayor nodded "You." He ordered the militiaman "Gather a couple dozen strong hands and retrieve this… transport."

"Wait." Said Lloyd "Take Noishe, he's stronger than most Horses and he can help pull if you have some strong rope."

The militiaman nodded and he and Noishe left the shop. A few minutes later Professor Raine Sage came in.

"Oh my." She said "So this is why you're late Lloyd." She said.

"Yeah, I think they're just unconscious but I thought you'd best take a look at them."

"A wise precaution." Said Raine.

"I'd suggest you go school now, ask Genis what to do… oh my." Said Raine as the owl landed on the bedside next to the boy.

"Oh yeah that owl was with them, but I think she was protected by her cage. I think she's the boy's pet, she's really fond of him."

The owl seemed to prove Lloyd's point by jumping onto the bed where her master was resting and nipping his finger lightly and making moaning hoots.

"I see." Raine "Don't worry I'll help your owner. Lloyd please go back to school."

ORACLE2PHOENIX

One Hour Earlier.

"Uh guy's I think we're heading to one of those planets there." Said Ginny

"About time." said Harry. He and Ginny had lost track of time within the first 24 hours of this insane flight. But Luna proved to be impressively resourceful and told them that they'd been going for precisely 21 days.

"Yes I believe this is the correct planet." Said Luna "We seem to be losing velocity."

"Which planet though?" said Harry "There are two."

"Is it just me, or are these planets remarkably small?" said Ginny.

"No I think you're right Ginny." Said Luna. "I would say that these planets each have about half the mass of the Earth. There are two moons though but they seem bigger than Earth's though."

"Well it looks like we're heading to the one on the right." Said Ginny

They were. The carriage rocketed towards the world of Sylvarant. The entire Carriage gave one big jolt that caused them to get knocked off their feet. The whole carriage began rattling, shaking them about and the noise was defining.

"Well the good news is this planet seems to have an atmosphere." yelled Harry.

"Why is that good news?" called Ginny.

"It means that this world may have air we can breathe." Said Luna, her soft voice barely audible above the rattling.

"The bad news is, we're going too fast. This is going to be a crash landing." Said Harry.

"I don't like the sound of that." Said Ginny.

"Well, all we can do is hope for the best." Said Luna calmly "Good luck, Harry, Ginny."

Harry sighed, Luna may seem strange but there was something calm and soothing about her. Regardless of how his latest adventure turned out, he was glad he'd gotten to know her better.

"Good luck Ginny, Luna." Said Harry and he braced himself for the crash.

"Good luck Luna, good luck Harry." Said Ginny, these last three weeks were hell but she was glad that she had her friend and Harry around.

ORACLE2PHOENIX

"Argh!" yelled Harry waking up.

"Easy, Easy." Said a white haired boy his age. "Raine!" Raine!" he called

Another white haired person, this time a woman, entered the room. "Please, you must lay still."

"Ginny, Luna?" said Harry desperately

"The girls we found with you are fine, they haven't woken up yet but they should soon." Said Raine.

Harry calmed down "Thank you." The woman, Raine, ran her staff and her hands above his body. Harry felt energy flow into him. "Thanks that feels wonderful."

"Well you do seem better." She said "I am Professor Raine Sage, I teach at the schoolhouse. This is my younger brother; Genis."

"Howdy." Said Genis.

"My names Harry. Harry Potter." He looked over and saw his snowy white companion "Hedwig." He said happily "You're ok too?"

"Yes. Your owl did not receive any injury. It seems you and the other two were bashed about a bit when your transport crashed, all of you will be fine though."

Harry looked at the woman in shock, memories of the carriage coming back to him.

"Genis could you go tell the Mayor that the boy is awake?"

"Right." Said Genis, before leaving.

"You are in Iselia, Village of Oracles. But I suspect that that means nothing to you. Am I correct?"

Harry nodded. "The carriage just caught fire. But it wasn't an ordinary fire. That thing is not supposed to be able to travel through space. It's not even meant to travel on its own its supposed to be pulled by a train. Across the ground."

"I see, please go on." Said Raine

"I don't know why it happened, but Luna." Harry looked over at the blond girl who was resting on the bed next to him. "Luna found some strange item at school, in the grounds, that was covered with runes. She was translating them. She and Ginny handled it fine but when I touched it the fire started."

Raine's eyes widened "Did Luna manage to translate it?"

"Yes, just before I touched it. It said… hang on." Said Harry fishing a sheet of parchment out of his pocket and handing it to the Professor.

The Professor took the sheet and read it:

Sacred Stone

By will of thy heart, I shall burn with fire of thy soul.

"Harry you got burnt by the Sacred Stone, how can you still be alive. The fire of the soul is supposed to kill demonic beings?"

"Oh so that's what that was?" said Harry thinking about the spirit that got killed coming out of his scar.

"Hmm." Said Raine thoughtfully "You were possessed by a demonic being?"

"I don't think I was possessed but that thing came out of my scar. Maybe that Sacred Stone doesn't kill humans? Whatever it was, had us moving through space in a train carriage. We were able to breath and it seems we travelled faster than light. Though it still took us a while to get here."

"A while? How long were you travelling?"

"According to Luna we were in there for 21 days. How she managed to count all that is beyond me… but if I've learnt anything these last three weeks, or however long it's been, she is strange but brilliant."

"Learnt? You and she never saw each other before this?" asked Raine

"I met her once. Ginny, the redheaded girl. She's my best friend's little sister. Though truthfully I've spent more time with her during that ride than I have in all the time I've known her."

Genis came back inside with three people: a middle-aged man, a boy of about 17 clad in what looked like red leather and a blond haired girl in white clothes and dark trousers.

"Ah I see you're awake." Said Lloyd "I was quite worried, nice owl by the way."

"Uh Thanks?" said Harry.

"Professor Sage seems to have some most peculiar theories about where in the world you came from. I imagine she has already discussed them with you?" said the Mayor.

"The planet we're from is called Earth." Said Harry "The Professor here told me that this place is called Iselia."

"Yes. This is my village, I am the Mayor of Iselia." Said the Mayor "It looks like your theories might have been true Professor."

"So you're really not of this world?" asked Genis.

"What?" came a voice,

Harry looked over and saw Ginny stirring "Ginny?" he rushed over to see her. "Are you alright?"

"I… I think so… Wait where are we." She said frantically, looking around "This isn't the carriage."

"I pulled you guys out and along with my dog brought you here." Said Lloyd "Your contraption was tugged into the village, conveniently it has wheels so…"

"Oh so we didn't land on anyone?" said Harry, relieved that he didn't appear to have caused any damage.

"No, you landed… well crashed pretty near me." Said Lloyd cheerfully "But no you didn't hurt anyone."

"So we're on another planet." Said Ginny dejectedly "Wait? If we're not on Earth how can you be speaking English?"

"What's English?" asked Lloyd, he looked at Genis and Raine but the Sages seemed completely puzzled by what it could be.

"What do you mean what is it?" said Harry "It's a language, you're speaking it?"

"I see." Said Raine "Humans on your world speak different languages?"

"Yes, don't they here?" said Ginny

"No?" said Genis "There really is only one tongue that is spoken by the majority, Human, or what I guess you would call English. There is also Elven, which is spoken amongst Raine and my people. But even in those circles we mainly speak human. The Elven Language is mainly held onto out of heritage."

"There is also the Angel Language." Said Lloyd "Colette speaks it. But beyond that there isn't really a lot."

"If you're all done exchanging information then perhaps someone can please tell me what is supposed to happen now." Grumbled the Mayor, on principle he didn't like outsiders, he really wasn't that comfortable with Lloyd commuting to the village to attend school, but he couldn't deny him, because the boy was very good at fighting monsters and his father brought a lot of trade to the village despite living on the other side of the forest.

"Mayor, these children have just been forcibly ejected from there world and straight to ours." Said Raine "Could you please be a little more sensitive, especially as they are all just children."

While Harry and Ginny processed how unwelcome they might be, the Mayor sneered and came close to losing his temper "I have an entire village to feed, we are already facing food shortages and a drought, not to mention we still have to send some of our precious water to the desert. Good citizens of this village are already facing less than a healthy amount of rations this year and having three more mouths to feed is not going to help matters."

"That may be, but you can't just let them starve." Said Lloyd irritably, "There is still some food we can spare, Colette and the priests will be leaving in a week or two so that should take some pressure off."

"This does not concern you Lloyd." Said the Mayor with an air of superiority about him "This is an affair of the village, of which you are not a member."

Before Genis and Raine could jump in to angrily protest the Mayor's attitude Harry spoke "Look I don't want us to be a burden, is there anything we can do to help?"

The Mayor glared at the boy, who was not just an outsider but an alien. "Well if you could do something about the severe shortage of water that would be absolutely great. We don't need any more labourers we need water to feed our crops and to send to the desert in the South. Can you give us more water? If you can I will not object to you staying in this village."

"Mayor these are just children, you cannot just cast them out, the rest of the village will not stand for it." Said Raine

The Mayor was about to blow his top again when Harry spoke "Aguamenti Charm!"

Ginny looked at him with worry "Um… Harry, Underage Restriction? Statute of Secrecy?"

"Ginny we're a long way from the Ministry of Magic. There's no guarantee they'd even be able to detect us. Even if they do, it would at least let them know we're still alive." Said Harry.

"What are you two talking about?" said Lloyd

"You all know about magic right?" said Harry "That thing you did to me when I woke up, that was magic?"

"Yes that was a Healing Arte?" said Raine "Do you have Artes on your world?"

"Well we don't call them artes and they seem different. Point is though Ginny and Luna are Witches and I'm a Wizard. There is a spell we can use called the Agaumenti Charm, it conjures water out of our wands. All I need is my wand and I can cast it. I think it's still on the carriage."

Everyone's interest perked up at what Harry was saying.

"You can perform an Arte like that?" said Raine "All our magic is either for combat or healing. Although mana was used in the past to power machines. You can actually use it to mana like that?"

"Umm?" said Harry "What is mana?"

"Mana is what we call magical energy." Said Genis "This entire world is made up of mana, it exists in all living things and is the source of life in this world."

"That really doesn't make much sense to me." Said Harry "But I can produce water out of my wand, you should be able to use that right?"

The Mayor looked silent "Very well. Show me this magic of yours and we shall see."

Harry got up out of the bed.

"Take things easy." Said Raine "Despite what the Mayor here says, we can wait a few days before you start watering our crops. Get your wand, perform a quick demonstration then come back here."

Harry went along with the Mayor, Genis and Lloyd while Raine stayed behind to attend to Luna who had still not woken up.

He took a moment to process the fact that his and the girls' space transportation was sitting in the middle of a medieval looking village of wooden huts. The landing had certainly made the train look worse for wear, there were three perhaps four windows that weren't broken and the elegant outline that the carriage had at Kings Cross was lost amongst the bumps and dents that coated the exterior.

The inside of the carriage felt strange to Harry because whatever magic the Sacred Stone had cast on it had worn off as the unburning fires had gone. Both his wand and the wands belonging to Luna and Ginny were easily retrieved. Harry also took the Sacred Stone and the translation of the runes on it for Raine as she seemed interested in the Stone. On the way out he noticed Hermione's wand, he decided to hang onto it in case the two of them would ever meet again.

"You have your wand right?" said the Mayor as Harry exited the carriage "Prove you can produce water." He demanded placing a bucket in front of Harry.

While Genis and Lloyd glared at the man, Harry aimed his wand at the bucket and incanted "Aguamenti!" Water erupted from the tip of the wand and filled the bucket.

"Whoa?" said Genis examining what was going on.

"That's pretty incredible." Said Lloyd.

"You don't know the half of it." Said Genis "You're not just using magic, you're making magic."

"Come again?" said Harry.

"Mana is being produced from your very self, not from the mana in the air. You are actually producing mana." Said Genis

Harry looked at Lloyd "Do you have any idea what that means?"

"No idea." said Lloyd

Genis sighed "And I had such high hopes for you Harry. Mana is the source of life in this world. It is in our bodies and in the air around us. Magic users such as myself cast magic by drawing the mana, the magical energy, that exists in this world and then casting it. But you seem to produce mana from your very being, you don't draw it from the world around you, you actually create it."

"Oh, I see." Said Harry "Where I come from magical energy isn't really discussed or examined. Some people can cast magic but most can't that's the extent."

"So you understand Genis?" said Lloyd

"I do." Said Harry

Genis smiled "I take back what I said, I still have high hopes for you Harry."

"So what kind of magic can you do?" said Harry "Your sister did some healing, which is unlike anything I'm familiar with. What about you?"

"Well magic in this world is generally used for combat, although thousands of years ago mana was used to power machines, Magi-Technology. Since mana fell into a short supply 4,000 years ago widespread use of that technology ceased, though examples still exist and the Desians are still rumoured to use Magi-Technology in their Human Ranches."

"Magic can be used to power machines?" said Harry "Where we come from, electricity can't work with magic."

"Electricity?" said Genis "I don't know what that is, but this is the type of magic we have."

He held up his kendama and began knocking the ball in and out of the cups.

"Fire Ball!"

A trio of fire balls shot out from Genis and impacted the ground. Harry noted that the magic didn't emerge from the Kendama, it was merely formed in front of the toy. Genis was using it to form the magic from the air around him.

"I see what you mean by forming magic from the energy in the air." Said Harry "This is incredible, I really wish people at Hogwarts could see this…"

"Hogwarts?" said Lloyd

"It's the name of our school, where we learn and study magic. Some of the best and brightest witches and wizards in our world teach there. Our headmaster is considered one of the greatest Wizards of all time." Said Harry

They continued this conversation inside with Raine.

"I would so like to be able to meet these Professors of yours." Said Raine "In this world there are so few educational establishments and only one of great significance, the Palamacosta Academy."

"We only have one Wizarding School in Britain." Said Ginny "There are others round the world but…"

"You don't understand." Said Genis "In this world the Palmacosta Academy is the only prestigious school there is. There is nothing else like it in Sylvarant."

"Have you ever met the people at this academy before?" Harry asked Raine.

"I went there once to sit some tests. I have also exchange letters with officials there but I've never really gotten to know them." Said Raine "What about your school, what is the admission protocols, what are the qualifications needed to get in, are there hard entrance tests?"

"Not really." Said Harry "The School was made in order to train magical born children to use their magic. I didn't even know magic existed until about a month before my First Year started. There are no entry tests, every Witch or Wizard is sent an invitation by their eleventh Birthday. Some people like to believe that the more preparation you have for Hogwarts the better, but in reality it doesn't matter what your educational background. Having a normal muggle education or having a magical education beforehand makes no difference. One of my best friends also grew up knowing nothing about magic and she became top of our year by the end of the first day."

"So there is no entrance exam?" said Genis in surprise "Everyone just gets an offer?"

"Yeah, of course you have to have magic but essentially yes. All there is, is a test to determine which house you go in. but that's based more on personality and character traits than on intellect or test scores." Said Harry "I think it's mainly just so you'll end up in with people that you can easily make friends with. What about your school Professor, is there any entrance requirements for that?"

"Oh good lord no." said Raine "I believe that everyone has the right to an education, people just need to have their children show up."

Suddenly everyone got distracted by a slight groaning. Luna was stirring.

"Easy, easy." Said Raine she went over and to attend to the girl.

"AH!" said Luna crying out in pain. She placed a hand to the side of her stomach.

"Does it hurt there?" said Raine pointing at her ribs.

Luna nodded, her eyes damp with tears.

"Your ribs are broken, does it hurt anywhere else?"

"My head… it feels like a Crumple-Horned Snorkack has just materialised inside my skull."

"I see." Said Raine "Please lie still."

She raised her staff and held it horizontally with one hand and ran her other above Luna's body.

"First Aid!"

Harry once more witnessed the use of healing magic.

"Your head and your ribs will feel a bit stiff for a few hours but you should make a full recovery."

"Thank you." Luna sniffed "What planet is this?"

ORACLE2PHOENIX

Those from Earth and those from Sylvarant exchanged stories for hours; during which Harry, Luna and Ginny received their first proper meal in three weeks. Whilst on the carriage they had been living off the sweets and Pumpkin Juice that they'd gotten from the trolley cart.

"I think it's time the three of you slept now." Said Raine "You've all been through a lot, and rest in a proper bed will do you good."

"Night guys." Said Lloyd

"Night!" echoed Genis and Colette

The four of them left the three Earth humans alone in the makeshift inn.

"What are we going to do now?" said Ginny "We need to find a way home."

"We'll do all we can." Said Harry "But we're inevitably going to be stuck here for a while. We also need to accept that we may be stuck here indefinitely."

Ginny's eyes widened in shock "Harry we can't stay here indefinitely."

"We may not have a choice." Said Luna "It took us three weeks to get here traveling by the method we did, I sincerely doubt we'll be able to replicate that method."

"There must be some way." Said Ginny

"Not according to the Professor." Said Harry "She said that apparently the Sacred Stone was coming back to its home planet, here, we just got dragged along."

"But how did the Sacred Stone even get to Earth." Said Ginny "If it originated here then…"

"I don't know. The Professor said that several thousands of years ago there were advanced technologies in this world, maybe this world had a spacecraft or something that could get to Earth from here." Said Harry

"Did you ask the Professor?" said Ginny

"She doesn't appear to know, according to her much about the ancient times are unknown." Said Harry.

"So basically you're telling me that we have absolutely no way home whatsoever?" said Ginny hysterically.

"He's telling you he doesn't know." Said Luna calmly "It looks like we might have to search this world for a way home."

"That's my plan." Said Harry. "After we've gotten our bearings I'm going to search for a way to get you both home."

"You both?" said Ginny. "Don't you want to go home Harry?"

"I miss Ron, Hermione, your family and maybe one or two others. But I do not consider Privet Drive my home. Part of me is relieved that I may never have to set foot there again."

Ginny gasped "Harry we can't stay here."

"We may have to." Said Harry "Like it or not, we don't know how that stone brought us here and we've no idea if there is a way back."

"Do you want to go back?" said Luna.

"Like I said, I miss my friends. But at least here I'm just Harry Potter, there is no Boy-Who-Lived, no Chamber of Secrets, no heir of Slytherin, no Philosopher's Stone, no relatives and above all else no Voldemort."

Ginny flinched at the use of the name.

"I just left a lot of my problems on Earth and it doesn't look like they can follow me here either. Like I said, I'll do everything I can to get you both home. But if I can stay here I think I might." Said Harry.

"But Harry you're the Boy-Who-Lived. You have to go back. The Wizarding World needs you." Said Ginny.

"No it doesn't." said Harry "It just wants me, there is a difference."

"But…"

"The Wizarding World survived ten years without me and it survived for centuries before I was born. It can do so again."

"What about You-Know-Who?" said Ginny.

"There's still Dumbledore." Said Harry "Not to mention there are plenty of other wizards that are willing to fight him. I am only twelve."

"Actually you're nearly thirteen now, it's been a number of weeks." Said Luna.

"That's not much better." Said Harry. "Look all I'm saying is, give this world a chance. You might not have any choice."

"I suppose you're right." Conceded Ginny moodily. "But I want my family back. Even Percy."

"And I promise to do everything to get you back." Said Harry "Just don't expect me to miss being the Boy-Who-Lived."

Ginny looked at Harry "You really hate that title don't you?"

"I hate that I'm famous for something I can't remember that cost the lives of my parents and I hate that I am constantly judged by that title." Said Harry.

Ginny looked a little embarrassed.

"Look let's just get some sleep. We can work out more details about what we're going to do in the coming days. Now that we've stopped moving further away from Earth we should work out where to go from here." Said Harry.

"That would probably be best." Said Luna. "I'm worried about Daddy and getting home as well but there is no use sitting around here worrying about it."

I'm going to warn readers now that in terms of pairings I'm going to have Harry/Ginny, Lloyd/Sheena, Genis/Presea and Emil/Marta. I'm not sure if I'll pair Luna with anyone but I would like it to be a Symphonia character, only problem is I think I removed all the potential boys.

For those of you who have little to no experience of Tales of Symphonia, feel free to ask me anything that doesn't make sense. I probably know these games better than most so it's likely that I'll have missed including some detail that I should have put in.