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[needshaircut]

Either this is a nasty prank or I'm asleep. Never seen a part of Hogwarts that looks like this, and there isn't any other place it could be. I don't suppose anyone could tell me how to get back to the Great Hall, could they? I'd ask a portrait but there aren't any about.

Oh, sorry. I'm Harry.

[private | hackable]If Filch finds me wandering

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[geokinetic]

Oh hey you're from the same place as James and Sirius and all them, aren't you?

[needshaircut]

Never heard of either of them though everyone thinks I should've. Who are they?

[geokinetic]

...People from your world?

[needshaircut]

Stop saying that! Everyone's saying that, but this can't be real! People don't come back from the dead, they can't!

[madeinoblivion]

Oh. You're from the same world as James and all them....with Hogwarts.

This isn't a prank, its another place. Wonderland. I'm sure someone else'll explain it better, anyway-

I'm Arland.

[needshaircut]

James who? What's his last name?

[madeinoblivion]

Ah, I don't even pay attention to what-

Oh. [fft lawl, because during his weekend in Slytherin its practically rule to call the Gryfs by surname.]

Potter, I think.

[needshaircut]

This - that has to be a joke!

James Potter is dead, and nothing's going to bring him back!

[exploring_game]

Oh hi!

You're from Hogwarts too? Wow, there's lots of you here.

I'm Coraline.

[needshaircut]

There are? All I've met is a nasty old Slytherin so far.

Nice to meet you, I guess.

[exploring_game]

Oh...I don't think that's a real one then, because the only ones who really are Witches and Wizards were Gryffindors.

Oh....and Howl. But he's from a different place with magic.

The rest of us only got to be in Hogwarts a few days. It was an event.

I was a Gryffindor!

[needshaircut]

Okay, I think I kind of get it.

Really? At least I'm not alone, then, even if you're only honorarily a Gryffindor. Houses have got to stick together, yeah?

[pottershotter]

...Harry Potter?

[needshaircut]

Yeah, but look, I don't have time to sign autographs or whatever right now, something weird's going on and I'm starting to think this has to be a dream.

[pottershotter]

Maybe later then, but I hope you don't expect to make your own father pay for one! I should be getting free ones for the shared honor of having given you life in the first place.

You're not dreaming, really. Not unless we're all dreaming. This place isn't Hogwarts, but it's real.

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[needshaircut]

What?

[wayward_sam]

Oh, well, it seems as though you might've straightened out the where and what and all that other stuff that could be potentially traumatizing....

I'm Sam. I've seen a bit of Hogwarts, however briefly. This place is a bit on the hellish side compared to that, but hopefully I can eventually figure out a way to put us all back in our proper places.

[needshaircut]

Yeah, it was a right shock at first.

You're working on getting us back? What've you come up with so far?

[wayward_sam]

Understandable. It wasn't so easy for me, either.

What I've come up with amounts to a whole lot of leads and no way to narrow them down. At least, not until something potentially catastrophic happens.

[needshaircut]

Maybe there's a way to test it without a disaster.