Chapter 118

After scouring the island outpost and coming up empty handed in her search to find Izzy, Samantha Carter returned to Thor's lab inside the outpost. She called as she walked inside, "I can't find Izzy anywhere!" She came to Thor's side as he sat behind the computer. She noticed Loki was out as well. "No Loki?" she asked with a smirk for she knew Loki annoyed Thor on a daily bases.

"He went outside to smoke." he reported miffed at his brother. Before him on the computer screen was graph that indicated sensor feedback from nanites.

Sam spotted a spike. She pointed, "That's an energy spike."

"Indeed," Thor agreed. "The nanites have been active recently. That spike is large enough or a teleportation command." He soon realized Isabelle had left the island using the nanites to assist.

Sam gasped, "You think Izzy poofed herself off the outpost?"

"It appears so." he agreed.

She pondered, "Where would she go?"

Thor informed, "I'm using Asgard satellites to scan for nanites' energy signatures globally. I have two major energy signatures. One signature is outside of Las Vegas, Nevada and the other in London, United Kingdom."

Sam questioned, "Why would she go to Vegas and London?"

Thor informed, "The energy signatures are marginally different indicating activity from both sides. The other nanites had teleported something or someone to Las Vegas. Isabelle went to London."

"We need to check out what's in Las Vegas!" Sam quickly gathered.

Thor gave her a soft smile, "I believe SG-1 would be sufficient in this investigation." He hinted for her to take Jack, Daniel and Teal'c with her.

She smiled in return, "I think so too!"

Hogwarts

Izzy found herself standing in the middle of a schoolyard surrounded by very old buildings that seemed like something out of a creepy fairytale. Harry stood beside her and still in his pajamas.

He gave a heavy sigh, "You should have waited until I changed my clothes." He looked down at his bare feet on the cold ground.

"Oh, sorry!" she winced. "Tiny robots, Harry needs a new set of threads."

Instantly Harry found himself wearing a suit and red tie for the program was the clothing program that she made for Daniel. The nanites automatically altered the size to fit Harry.

He looked himself over, "This is nice! Not my clothes but nice." He wondered, "Why do you keep using the command 'tiny robots'?"

"It's my version of hocus pocus." she replied not wanting to explain the details. She heard a voice call out from behind her.

"Harry!" Professor Dumbledore called upon seeing him materialize in the courtyard from his office. He emerged from the entrance way of the building looking rather bewildered for as far he knew Harry would not return until after the holiday was over. His eyes settled on Izzy. He had seen her image in dreams ever since he was a child but never knew what those dreams meant. As he walked closer he spotted the wand that Izzy held in her hand. His eyes grew wide for only one could ever have a wand with a golden tip on the end. That one would be the most powerful wizard or witch of all according to legend.

Harry greeted his headmaster, "Professor Dumbledore. This is Isabelle O'Neill. She's a witch!" In Harry's world a witch was a title and not an insult.

She huffed, "I am not!" For Izzy it was an insult. Her eyes settled on the wand and she decided she looked much like a witch and needed to come up with a far better title. "I'm a…sorcerer!" That would do! Izzy preferred sorcerer to witch any day.

Dumbledore understood whoever wielded such a wand would be more than just a wizard or a witch and Izzy had correctly chosen the right terminology…almost. He corrected her, "Sorceress." He then gave a sly look, "Or master controller."

"You know I'm the master controller?" she asked surprised.

"The wand gave it away." he told her. "No other wand is like yours, Isabelle."

Harry stood rather confused. "Master controller? Professor!" The term "tiny robots" came back to mind and he began to wonder what he didn't know.

"Indeed," he nodded. "How can I assist you, Isabelle?"

"I need to learn the code words you guys are using. I can't use the Ancient commands anymore." she told him.

He asked bewildered, "Why not? The Ancient commands would be superior commands."

She replied, "The nanites are back in another civil war!"

Dumbledore's shoulder slunk as if it was the worst news he could ever have received.

"Professor?" Harry asked confused.

Dumbledore took a moment to gather his thoughts. "Harry, magic is not just genetic. What you got from your parents allows you to unlock the magic that is already there. What creates the magic is something called 'nanites'. I'm not sure how to explain them. Perhaps, the master controller can explain better than I could." He motioned towards Izzy to continue.

"Nanites are tiny robots that were made long ago by an ancient civilization that is now gone. They were created to make life easier and to assist….like a robot. But they became self-aware. These nanites are known throughout the universe. They have broken into two main fractions: A good fraction and authoritarian fraction. Each picks a master controller. I'm the master controller for the good side. The master controller for the other side is Adria. Hopefully, you won't have to deal with her. The last civil war the nanites had was between Merlin Ambrosia and Morgan Le Fay. I have Merlin's nanites. Andria has Morgan's."

Dumbledore added, "After that first civil war the nanites agreed to not take master controllers but the two main fractions split further into smaller groups. Our nanites are under Isabelle's nanites and use a different code. They use our commands and spells to operate independently." He assured Harry, "You are privileged to hear this secret. Not many know how the magic is created."

Harry asked, "The magic is created by ity-bitty robots?" He always wondered how magic was created but no one ever gave a straight answer to the question. He knew it was more than just will alone and more than just a genetic component.

Izzy grinned, "Now ya got it!" She looked to Dumbledore, "My nanites wanted Harry to help me learn the commands. You think I can borrow him for a while?"

"He must be back in time for his studies." he insisted.

"He will!" she promised. "Tiny robots, lanuae magicae." She waved the wand above their heads and both she and Harry were gone.

Dumbledore stood rather worried, "The civil war must end before…" he tailed off as the thought of the damage that could occur came to mind.

Jack's Cabin

Harry found himself standing before a quaint log cabin with a pond in the back. He looked about, "Where am I?" he wondered.

"Uncle Jack's cabin." she told him. "I figured this would make a nice quiet place to study." Before she could open the door to the cabin Yoda appeared before them.

The nanites declared, "Adria is on Earth and in Las Vegas. She is gaining power."

Izzy's head rolled back as her eyes rolled up. "She's on Earth!"

Harry stood befuddled, "She wasn't on Earth before?"

Izzy explained, "She's from another planet." She then added, "From another reality…" she winced wondering if Harry would even believe her.

"Alternate reality crossing?" he asked excited for he knew other realties did exist from his studies. "You would need a magic mirror to cross into another realm."

"We call it a quantum mirror." she nodded. "We have one of those too." She curiously asked, "Do you know about the Stargate?"

"Star…gate?" he asked thinking of his studies. "No!" he couldn't recall any such thing in his books.

"The same people who made the nanites made a big round ring that makes a wormhole that connects plants. It's a huge system that connects other galaxies together. Like an intergalactic…internet." she reached for an example.

Harry slowly processed the information. "A Stargate!" He slightly chuckled amazed, "I wish I could see it."

"You just might, Harry." she assured him.

Las Vegas

Adria soon settled into Las Vegas as her new home. She found there was no place like Sin City. She discovered luxury and wealth at her fingertips as she easily won any game. Within a very short time she massed millions of dollars and she desired a place to live that was akin to a palace.

Sporting a black leather skirt and tight black blouse she waltzed into the penthouse behind the manager of the hotel. The balding gray haired man dressed in a gray suit gave her a tour of the facility. "And the jewel of the Valan!" He motioned around him, "The top floor suite!" He motioned towards a sliding glass door, "It includes a pool and patio on the roof."

Adria asked, "Does it have a helo-pad?" She wanted a helicopter as well.

"We can install one." he figured. "It will be extra."

"Money is no object!" she smirked amused at how easy it was to control the population with the green bills. Had she known that all she needed was money to gain the power she desired she would have come to Earth long ago and established her empire. The silly human beings of the planet would do anything for her as long as she waved those green bills before them. It was more powerful that anything she had ever seen. The people seemed to worship the green bills and the more she acquired the more they yielded to her commands. With her beauty, wealth and power she would make Earth her own.