I really should look into some dimensional pocket spells so I can save room Harry thought to himself.
Lina took the cage from her brother, while motioning for Gourry to help with the trunk (while it wasn't a problem for Harry, it was easier with a helping hand.
"Say Harry, what's this?"
"That's Gudruna, my pet phoenix." Harry smirked, he could easily tell what Lina's reaction would be.
A PHOENIX! YOU HAVE A PHOENIX!?" Lina shrieked. Harry grinned. I called it.
Lina was stunned. An actual, honest to Ceipheed Phoenix, and her brother owned it. Lina Inverse could honestly say to have seen and done things that no other wizard or sorceress had ever done. She had faced one of the seven fragments of the Dark Lord Ruby Eyed Shabranigdo, and not only survived, but defeated it. She had held the legendary Sword of Light in her hands, and used it to cast what was likely the most powerful spell ever, the Gigaslave. She had met the great Sage Rezo, the Red Priest (twice if you want to count Copy Rezo). Once, she had even traveled through time and changed centuries of history (come to think of it, Roudy was a Gabriev too, and he had the Sword of Light. Might have been a relative.)
However, this was one heck of a shocker.
Gudruna, for her part, was eyeing Lina warily. Gudruna could tell that Lina was someone who would pull a fast one on a friend if it got her ahead, but still was strongly loyal. Loyalty was one of the greatest of virtues to a phoenix, so Lina was a rather disturbing contradiction to it.
Harry laughed as he took back Gudruna's cage, and let her out. "Yeah. They're supposed to be very rare. Hagrid, a good friend of my parents, got it with some help from my school's Headmaster Dumbldore. They use enchanted birds over there to deliver messages between wizards, so he thought I needed one, and with the kind of adventures I probably would encounter, he figured I needed one with a little something extra."
The two siblings sat down, Lina taking the chair immediately beside Gourry, who instinctively made room for her. Gudruna settled on Harry's shoulder.
"So, Harry, tell me what things are like at this other school. Are they teaching you anything new and interesting?" Lina asked eagerly.
"Yeah, a lot. Their style of magic is completely different from ours. They have to use wands for almost any type of spell casting."
"Wands? You mean like those sticks that little kids use when they pretend to be wizards or sorceresses?" Lina gaped.
"Kind of, but it's a lot different. Each wand is supposed to be unique. Some are longer, and shorter, they are all made with different types of wood, and most importantly, they have a magical core."
"A magical core?"
"Uh-huh. They apparently take a hair or feather from a magical creature, and use it to give the wand it's magical abilities. Except for dragons, they use a heartstring from them."
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