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the so-called 'Hallows' and creates the climate where we can start returning the faithful to ourhomelands?""The faith, not the faithful," the third one stated, startling the other two. He was old, wise, andpowerful in nearly every sense, by anyone's standards. "We now know Potter holds one, while ofcourse Dumbledore holds another. That blasphemous would-be immortal does not know, at leastnot for certain, but the Resurrection Stone was stolen by Salazar Slytherin, and passed on to one ofhis bastards. That line ended with Riddle. His grandfather held the stone, set by Slytherin into aring. Riddle knows of the ring, but since he did not use its powers, does not know exactly what itis."The powerful wizard held the younger two in his gaze. "I believe we must be there. TheBrotherhood is opening up a number of wedges. Tutmoses, and Osiris, wish to get at least some oftheir Brotherhood into the current era, reversing recent trends. Potter must be an engaging youth tointerest so many of those blase ancients. In doing so, they are opening up wedges at Hogwarts, forthemselves and their damned vampires, and offer us an opening as well.""They would use us," the second Druid said scornfully."I do not like what Osiris stands for, but he, unlike some of his Brotherhood, has always treated uswith respect," the third Druid reminded his colleague. "Will they use us? In a sense. Are theywilling for us to use them, and Hogwarts, and perhaps even Potter to an extent? Yes. If both sidesrespect limits, it would be to all of our advantage.""We were once rivals in many senses, but we do not have to be enemies," the first druid remindedthe second one. "They no longer preach their blasphemy. I don't even know if they all believe muchof it any more. They are willing to help us preach our beliefs in the Homelands in return for ourhelping Potter if needs be."The second Druid thought about all this, and then glared and stated. "If we do this, we should all beagreed."The other two reluctantly nodded.The second Druid smiled. "Good. Then I agree. It is time to return the Faith home."*Jason watched Harry, just returned from what was hopefully his last set of training visits, stepconfidently into the sea and toss the net three times further than he had during his first sojournhere."Is his preliminary training over?" Jason asked Tutmoses softly."It is," the Egyptian responded. "The young man has responded splendidly. No matter what the task,he managed to achieve it, and asked for more. Some things he achieved with ease -- he should beboth a Charms and a dueling master in the future -- others took him more time. Still, he surpassednearly any goal we might have had for him when he started.""What were his most difficult areas?" Jason asked. "IS there something he didn't succeed at?""Well, he did not achieve two animagus forms, but that is very rare. He could have, but taking thesnake form would have precluded his keeping the Parseltongue in his normal shape now that he isdisconnected from the Horcrux."