I just spent the last three hours asleep, had a terrible headache
let see no warnings in this one either
and maybe a few answers and surprsingly how many people want Hermione Dead.
Huntress: I think I answerd your question with the last chapter :)
GramaryeJG: this diverges wildly after Goblet of fire
to Anonymous: Will there be more chidren, = yes there will be
Will they be Draco's andHarry' s = no in a laer chapter you ill see how two Sidhe impregnate a brooder like Draco.
Harry's feelingsfor Draco will be complecated, btu first and foremost he is the Unseelie King
now for hte next chapter
After successfully avoiding Hermione, Ron had joined Harry and the others for the last hour of the journey to Hogwarts just in time to join the discussion on if they should hide their newfound skills.
“I think it is to much to expect to be able to keep the fact that I am king of the Unseelie to long, after all Dumbledore is going to keep pushing for control over me,” Harry winced as he was not looking forward to the spectacular row they would have, and if his luck ran true to form it would be tomorrow at the latest.
Seeing the wince Draco from his position on the floor between Harry’s legs that he was hugging close to his sides started to rub them in an effort to be comforting, “you really need to find out as soon as possible why Dumbledore is so fixated on you, I know he has never spent this amount of time trying to run any other orphans life, it is one of the things that infuriated the Slytherin’s so much, if we only knew you had no clue to your families station or status in our world, that’s why it was always so easy to slander you.”
Leaning back so he could look up into Harry’s face, “Not that I am saying that we would have backed off, after all the Slytherin’s take direction from our head of house, and he wishes he could torture you slowly before killing you,” Draco told him holding his eyes so he could tell he was sincere.
Sighing Harry closed his eyes for a moment, “that man has made my first years a living hell at this school and the staff and headmaster have done nothing to curb his vices only making the house rivalries worse.” He opened his eyes and looked out the window seeing that they were nearing Hogsmeade, “You know I am going to kill him don’t you? More than likely quite soon.”
Nodding his head even though Harry could only feel it moving against his legs Draco whispered, “I know, he is my godfather, and a horrible person that even my mother has refused to leave me alone with him. She is always worried when I am near him that he shall indulge in some of his more exotic cravings is what she has always warned me.”
The twins shuddered in horror, “How anyone could let that man near children is a mystery to me, what does Dumbledore see in the man.” Ron voiced what they were all thinking.
As the train slowed down to stop Harry motioned for the others to stand so they could leave, “In his own way Dumbledore is more of a threat than Voldemort would ever dream of being. The way I see it I will have two choices this term,” he told them as they entered the aisle and made their way to the door just as the train stopped, “I either leave and take you all with me or I kill him.”
No one said anything to that, after spending the best part of five months training with Harry and seeing a side of him no one else was allowed to they did not doubt in the slightest he would carry out his promise, as they had learned he did not make threats.
Walking towards the carriages Luna intercepted the group and bowing her head slightly so not to draw to much attention their way, “well met your Majesty. I talked to my father this summer and I must apologize for being so public with my greeting…” she trailed off as her eyes widened in shock as noticed Draco standing next to Harry so close they were touching. “Oh my…Oh my…Oh my, “Luna started to hyperventilate.
Blinking through the glamour covering his eyes Harry looked truly at Luna once more before moving in front of Draco blocking him from her view, “Luna has not your father taught you how to control your gift of true sight?” he wondered how she was still sane, though hearing the rumors about the girl he changed it to wondering how damaged her mind had become.
Shaking her head in the negative sadly, “Mother was the one with Fey blood not daddy, he has tried though he does not know what to do help me and runs all those fanciful stories that others make fun of in the hopes of finding the hidden fey so he might ask their help.”
Coming to a quick decision Harry looked around and saw a nearby carriage and motioned everyone to get in, it was a tight fit and motioning Luna to climb in he pointed to the floor, “Block the windows guys, while I help Luna out.”
“Ancient Powers that walked before,
Here my plea to save a child from insanity,”
Dropping all glamour’s and glowing softly with the power of creation Harry laid his hands along each side of Luna’s tear streaked face.
“The gift of control to earths child,
I give to you forevermore.”
Harry’s mind dove into Luna’s and sought out the damaged areas and pushed for her body to re-grow and connect in the way they were meant to be, as the scent of roses and leather almost overpowered the carriage lilac petals started to fall from the roof of the carriage as power starting to teach Luna how to control her gift.
Almost o the castle the glow faded and Harry sat back in his seat, eyes closed as he reapplied the glamour hiding his eyes as the others looked at him awe struck, never before had they ever thought they would be honored enough to witness creation at work.
Neville the first to move as Harry relaxed reached down and drew the sobbing girl to his side as Draco slid off the seat to sit near Harry’s legs, hand rubbing his stomach as the child inside seemed to react with welcome to the power that was brought up.
Conjuring a wet cloth and handing it to wipe her face Neville warned them, “We are almost to the doors best get ready.”
Luna quickly scrubbing her face smiled as she felt in control, no more ghostly visions of animals and strange beasts danced before her eyes, “Thank you your Majesty…thank you,” she whispered before bowing deeply and jumping out of the carriage as it came to a stop.
Smiling Harry opened his eyes and looked at his closest friends as they stared at him, “What?”
Ron shook his head, Harry would never change and he was glad for that otherwise he did not want to think of the possibilities, “Hermione would call it your saving people thing.”
Draco who was exiting the carriage behind the twins smiled, “And she would be wrong, it is a King doing what the should for his people.”
The group moved through the front doors amidst the other students returning for another year of sub standard learning and as they discussed they moved out of the way towards a small alcove Harry entered and placed his hands against the wall, hiding him from view, acting as if they were looking for someone to catch up with them.
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Albus sitting at the head table felt a twinge in the wards, almost as if they had received a small boost of power before it settled back to normal, thinking it had to be a fluke discarded it from his mind as he went back to scanning the entering students for several faces and the face he was most interested in seeing right now, Harry Potter.
Watching Miss granger look around like she was searching for something he thought she must be searching for the same thing he was. Seeing red hair start to make it through the door he noticed out of the corner of his eye Miss ganger settle down, yet she still was searching, almost as if she had never found Harry on the train. Inwardly cringing at the thought that Harry had not returned He was momentarily distracted as Minerva set the sorting hat down on the stool and went to fetch the first years, this distraction would let Harry and company enter the great hall and find seats nearest the door un-noticed until much later.
Minerva entering the hall followed by a line of first years halted his searching as he paid attention to the sorting hat as it sorted this year’s crop of moldable minds.
Harry sat at the end of the table as he watched the sorting hat warning one and all that war was at the door and the day was fast approaching where the Wizarding world would have to answer for itself before falling silent, he watched as the staff shifted uncomfortably in their seats at hearing the dire warning and Dumbledore ignore them as he scanned the crowd before getting pulled back to the ceremony having missed the potent of doom.
Lifting his head and as sniffing the air Harry felt the rising sense of fear in the great hall as the staff fidgeted and the person they all had grown up hearing stories about how great he was and the ultimate in wisdom and protection ignore the warning. Leaning over to Neville “look at the younger years, pass the message down to help calm them before we have real problems.”
Minerva seeing Ron Weasley walking along the students talking to them started to scowl until she saw he was calming down upset students, she was against giving him prefect status as she felt it was Harry’s by right, but just maybe he was a good choice. She would have to have a word with the others later during the prefects meeting as no other prefects from her house had the foresight to calm the students down.
Some of the other houses seeing a fellow prefect walking around calming the students looked around their house table and in shame stood up to follow suit seeing no one else was doing anything got calm the younger members of their houses down.
Once again Dumbledore rose and welcomed back for another year the returning students and welcomed the new students before waving his hand above the table and speaking some nonsense words to impress the young minds making the food appear in front of them.
Finally near the end of the feast Albus stood once more, “now that we are all fed and watered I have a few start of the term announcements to make and an introduction to this years defense against the dark arts professor, Professor Deloris Umbridge appointed by our own ministry of magic.”
Clearing her throat and standing up the woman in question interrupted the headmaster, jumping the line so to speak, “Hmm…Hmm.”
Harry watched as most of the students in the hall had no idea what the woman was about, as they could not understand her carefully worded speech, meant to give the information in such a way that the listener would have no idea what was said. But it boiled down to a single fact, the ministry was attempting to control Hogwarts and the minds of its students.
Draco spoke up as the group turned towards Harry concern in their eyes as they realized the danger the woman posed, “Can you just kill her now Harry and save us some heartache or suffering.”
Those that heard the unidentified student laughed thinking he was joking about Harry’s luck with DADA professor’s and missed his reply, “I will think about it.”
Trying to keep from being seen as flustered Albus thanked Deloris and seeing a disturbance near the doors spotted the person he was hoping to see, Harry Potter, sighing in relief he sent the students off to bed with, “prefects please escort the first years to their dorms,” before turning and whispering to Minerva to send Harry to see him in his office and making his way out of the hall through the door behind the head table, that way assuring that he would arrive well before Harry.
Making her way through the crowd to the still seated group near the end of the Gryffindor table Minerva spotting Mr. Potter stopped nearby, “Mr. Potter the headmaster wishes to see you in his office right now.”
Frowning Harry looked around and noticed Hermione behind the professor, “did he say what this was about professor?” he tried to keep it respectful but he knew it would not matter.
“He did not see fit to inform me, so best hurry up curfew will be soon and you do not wish to be caught out of bounds,” Minerva stiffly nodded and started to turn away.
“One more question Professor,” Harry called out before she could get very far, waiting until she turned and faced him he asked, “The situation with the girls being allowed unrestricted access to our dorms that I brought to your attention last term,” he paused before finishing, “I can assume that it has been dealt with and appropriate measure put in place so they may no longer have access.”
Affronted Minerva pulled herself up straighter, “Mr. Potter we have long had a tradition of allowing the young ladies to police themselves, we have never found a reason to change the policy in the past or at the present.”
“I see,” Harry looked at her darkly before warning her, “I then must inform you to have Madam Pomfrey brush up on the counters for the blinding hex then.” Harry ignored her after saying that.
Outraged Minerva hissed out, “Detention Mr. Potter, for threatening harm to another student,” leaning over the table she scowled, “Even your father never managed to get a detention first night back.”
Ignoring the professor as if she did not matter Harry stood and placing a hand on Draco’s shoulder and with a motion of his other hand the group stood up and started out of the great hall, “I made no threat,” he offered as he walked out the door.
The group of six made their way up the stairs in the direction of Gryffindor tower and as they approached the tower Harry turned and started up an unused set of stairs that opened into a large common area, sitting down on one of the couches near the fireplace he sighed.
Fred and George looked around the room and peaking into the open arches off to the side finally asked, “Harry we thought we knew every inch of the castle, how come we have never seen those stairs or this room before?”
“There is a advanced potion lab in there we could have been using all these years,” Fred talked over his brothers question.
Remember when I told you I wanted to feel the energy surrounding Hogwarts to I was able to have the castle create these rooms so you would have never seen them before, there is a slight notice me not charm at the bottom of the stairs,” standing up he pointed to bookshelf between the fireplace and the window, “the same enchanted chain around your waist that allows you to travel by mirror will let you pass through this bookcase to the hidden rooms beyond.” Harry placed his hand on the bookshelf and it rippled before he walked through it.
Amazed Neville and Ron followed Draco as he also walked through the bookcase to the rooms beyond to find Harry standing in front of the wall that separated two doors. They watched as he removed the mirror from his inner pocket and enlarged it and stuck it to the wall. Satisfied it was where he wanted it he started to undress declaring, “These inner rooms are clothes free zones.” Sensing Draco’s need he pointed to another door off to the side, “Loo is through there Draco.”
Draping his shirt over the end of one of the couches he sat down and started to unlace his boots before removing the tight leather pants and adding them to the pile, Harry stretched and smile, “Much better.” Everyone was laughing when the now naked Draco walked out of the bathroom looking much more relaxed.
“Curfew will be here shortly and you need to go back to the dorm,” Harry told them as he pulled Draco in close. “Two things before you go,” he told them before they had a chance to leave, “The first is feel free to set up shop in the outer room, “
Looking very serious Harry gazed at each one of them making sure they each knew how serious it was before pointing to the mirror, “if anything should happen and we need to evacuate or I order you to, use that mirror to travel back to the Sithen taking Draco with you. On the other side contact my cousin and he will send help, but under no circumstances once Draco is safely through the mirror are you to leave his unprotected.”
Returning his serious look Ron spoke for the group, “We won’t let you down Harry, you can count on us.”
Fred and George split off from the other two saying they had a few things to do leaving Ron and Neville to walk through the portrait alone. Greeting a few casual friends from the house Ron sat near Neville, sitting in Harry’s usual place near the fireplace, they were just relaxing and talking when Hermione ruined it by stomping up. “Ron where have you been, we were supposed to escort the first years back to the dorms. I just knew you would not take being a prefect seriously…”
Holding up his hand and clearing his throat Neville stared at the girl coldly, Merlin help him if his Gran listed any girls this pushy, “Ron was busy doing other duties, and where were you during the feast as Ron spent all the time reassuring the younger years?”
Waving it off as trivial Hermione sat down, “I am sure the other prefects had things well in hand, it was more important to listen to what Professor Umbridge had to say, did you hear what she was saying?”
Having come over to talk to Ron about Quidditch tryouts and if he knew were Harry was Katie broke in, “I am not sure what you think you know Hermione, but the only Gryffindor prefect tonight that was helping calm things down was Ron.”
“Huffing at being told she was wrong Hermione ignored the other girl, “Where’s Harry been all summer, do you know what the headmaster wants?”
Shaking his head Ron just wanted to go to bed and following Neville’s subtle pointing noticed his sister perking up at the mention of Harry’s name, he would have to remember to warn him first thing in the morning, “Dumbledore wants something he is never going to get,” he muttered before raising his voice, “Harry spent a very enjoyable summer at a safe place, why it’s not like it is any of our business where he spends his summer at.”
Hissing as she leaned forward Hermione glared at her friend, “Ron, the headmaster is only looking out for Harry’s best interests, he wants to make sure he is safe.”
Neville stood up as he was tired and wanted to get to be, “Hermione, it’s not the headmasters job to do that, after all he is not Harry’s guardian,” looking over his shoulder as he stopped at the bottom of the steps and took his wand out pointing it at the wall and placing a sign there without saying any spells or even looking, “I find it very strange that Harry would be singled out by the headmaster like this and not any of the other orphans that he ignores.”
Tired Ron stood up and ignored Hermione standing to follow him, “Hermione you are on very thin ice where Harry is concerned right now, I don’t think you want to go pushing him about anything, you might not like what happens if you do.”
Hermione stood lost in thought as she read the sign at the bottom of the steps leading up to the boys dorms, Neville had conjured it and stuck it to the wall wordlessly, silent magic was some of the most difficult to master, how in the name of Merlin did someone who had so much trouble being able to cast a levitation charm do something so advanced.
Warning to all girls
This is the boys dorm
You may not enter unless escorted
By an appropriate male that lives here
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Very good chapter, love what you did with Luna.
McGonagall is very blind by Dumbledore. Are you going to make her wake up like in RoK or is she going down as Dumbly second ???
And I like your Neville, he look like the Longbottom family will become the ambassador of Harry in the wizarding world.
Felicitation for your 50K word count. Continue your good work.
The White Wolf
P.S. I am rereading your Return of the King between your chapter because I love your story and the two are similar.
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