REVISED

The Power He Knows Not

Chapter 1: Vision problems

"Sirius!" he yelled as his godfather passed through the veil, him unable to do anything but watch. It was sort of ironic really, Sirius had always told him he had quick reflexes, but he couldn't move and he felt felt like he had been hit by an impedimenta hex,suddenly everything dissolved into mist and he regained consciousness.

As Harrywokeup he immediately heard screeching voices and yelling, he tried to sit up, but an intense pain shot through his head, and he was forced to lie back. He opened his eyes but everything stayed dark. This perplexed Harry for a moment but his thoughts were drawn away by footsteps that sounded like they were approaching him. "Mister Potter stay where you are and don't move" said an imperious female voice. 'You have to take this potion" and a goblet was put to his lips, he tried to see the person but the world stayed dark, as he was drinking the awful concoction he suddenly had an insight of why the he couldn't see anything. Could it be? He couldn't bebe blind. Could he?But how could he be blind, if he was unable to see how would he deal with Voldemort and how would he find and destroy the horcruxes. He started to panic as his eyes drooped and he fell into a deep slumber. Soon he was sleeping.

Harry awoke to voices again, but much fainter and not holding the undertone of hysteria he had heard last time. Suddenly he opened his eyes and only darkness answered him, he groaned as everything came back to him in a rush. He was on the Hogwarts express with Ron, Hermione, Luna, Neville and Ginny, they weren't chatting about what they would do over the holidays as most teenagers would, they all knew what they would be doing wasn't going to be fun. Soon after getting on the train Harry had quickly told everyone about his plan to go find and then destroy the horcruxes (he explained about these too) and then go after Voldemort. Nobody started a conversation after that, theywere all thinking of what Harry had said when the train blasted to a stop.

The group was thrown against one wall as the train's forward momentum suddenly stopped, as they untangled themselves and got up they started to hear screams and explosions. They rushed into the hall and saw that dark figures of death eaters approaching down the corridor, they simultaneously pulled their wands and yelled "Stupefy", Six stunning spells blasted toward the death eaters and impacted, the death eaters hit flew backten feet and lay unconscious, Harry felt a twinge of pride at the actions of the group, the same group that came with him to the Department of Mysteries last year, he thought momentarily, before the remaining five death eaters returned a nasty assortment of hexes and jinxes, everyone in the group except Hermione was able to dodge or get a shield up and shoot off a second stunner and two more death eaters were down, but the death eaters had by this time, figured out they didn't face simple schoolchildren and took cover.

Suddenly Luna was down, then Ginny, thenNeville as they one by one were hit by different hexes and curses, and finally Ron washit in the faceby a blue curse that would make him sprout gigantic elephant ears that would wrap themselves around his face until he passed out from lack of air, then disappear. Harry hit one of the death eaters with a reducto, which blew his wand up and the arm holding it, andlevitated a schoolbook into the path of a second curse. Thefinal death eater however, had snuck through a hole in the compartment wall and Harry didn't notice him, being out in the hall and occupied with the other last death eater. As Harry incapacitated his last opponent in the hall, the death eater in the compartment shot a body bind spell towards Harry. He managed to shoot his own spell off and hit thedeath eaterbefore he washit bythebody bind curse, andthe spell struck and Harry toppled over, only to hear the popping of somebody apparating, he heard achilling laugh and his blood froze, Lucius Malfoy. A shadow loomed over Harry and he felt himself being turned overto lay on his back,Malfoy Seniorsneered at him and said "Potter, excellent I don't believe my master will mind if I have a little fun with you before I bring you to him" and muttered a long spell under his breath and pointed his wand to Harry's face, a vibrant purple light pulsed out of his wand and Harry felt a searing pain in his eyes, the last thing he heard before he passed out from the pain was a multitude of popping sounds and a voice saying "step away from him, you cannot win" It was Remus Lupin. Harry gave in to the blackness. Unaware he was being taken to St.Mungos and Lucius Malfoy was being taken to Ministry of Magic for interrogation.

Shaking himself out of memories, Harry heard his name being softly called, the voice told him it was the same person who gave him the potion, and he assumed she was a nurse. He said, "Yes what is it?" "Oh good,Mr. Potter I have to ask you some questions, do you feel any pain?" Harry felt fine, no aches or pains anywhere. "No, I don't think I am hurt, but can you tell me why I can't see anything?" Silence. He heard a sobbing sound. It was not in the same direction as the lady who gave him the potion, so he assumed there was someone else in the room. "Yes Mr. Potter you are blind, and the spell that was very ancient and black magic and has no counter-curse, so I am afraid the effect is permanent" the nurse said softly.

Harry started to feel panic take him, but thought of Sirius and his parents and how they would want him to keep living his life and be brave so he fought it down and said, "Who else is here?" Molly Weasly" was the reply. "Mrs. Weasly?" he said and was suddenly engulfed in a bone cracking hug, he squirmed and after a few seconds he was released only to hear the faintvoice of the potion lady "I think he will be alright sir he had very few physical injuries, but he was hit with a blinding curse, very painful and one of the onlycurses on earth that is irreversible" A wave of hopelessness hit Harry and he wondered who else knew he was blind. "Harry, how are you doing?" came a voice he knew very well. Lupin was here. Harry suddenly felt better, as if he was not as bad off as he thought, and it could be worse. "Okay Professor" "Harry how many times must I tell you not to call me professor, call me Remus or Moony. I respect you as much as your father and that's what heused tocallme so you can too" Happiness washed through Harry at this remark, and he immediately felt all his hopelessness retreat. "I'm feeling good Moony, but I'm blind, and you know it's permanent so I want to say this, I will not give up in the struggle against Voldemort and I will not back away from my problems because of my blindness" Harry was caught up in another hug from Molly Weasly as the hopelessness came back, and he battled with it. "How did you know I know?" asked the old werewolf in surprise? "I heard the nurse tell you" "But we were in a different room, granted the doors were open but no human has ears that good." "Maybe his hearing had improves to compensate for the lack of his sight" the nurse supplied " most blind people have a noticeable increase in their other senses to make up for their blindness, it usually takes a few days but eventually his hearing, smell, taste and touch will be better than any human's, and most other creatures as well, except for a few exceptions such as a werewolf's sense of smell of course. The majority of sightless people are able to be inducted back into society with only a small disadvantage to the people with sight"

Harry suddenly thought thatbeing blind might not be too bad, and as he couldn't change the fact he was blind, he would make the best of that fact. Remus said "Harry you were only out for two days, and there were no fatalities on the train, although quite a few people had minor injuries, the group you were with performed excellently and were able to take down all the death eaters except Lucius Malfoy, who I got with a stunner before he could take you to You-Know-Who" "Voldemort" Harry interjected, and he supposed everyone in the room flinched. "You have to learn to say his name, and not let your fear rule you. Remus Lupin looked at this boy, pale, small, and now blind and thought about how brave he was, how much he had suffered and will suffer and the fact that he never the path of light. "Voldemort" he said loud and clearly. And this time nobody in the room flinched, all of them had taken heart from Harry's words. The Nurse said "Voldemort" louder than Lupin and Molly Weasly repeated last" Voldemort" she said, practically yelling. There was a crash at the door flew open and a flurry of voices he knew filled the air "You-Know-Who? Is he here?" and "What's wrong?" Then a voice yelled "Harry!" and yet again he was given a huge hug, unable to see who was giving it. Hermione's voice sounded near his ear "are you okay, we were so worried, why are your eyes glowing green?" "My eyes are glowing green?" Harry asked in a concerned voice. He had just opened his eyes since he closed them when he woke up and figured he couldn't see, and so when Hermione pulled back he heard a collective intake of breath and various wows' he or cool's and he heard whisper, which he supposed, came from Ron and other friends. "Oui, Harry your eyes are glowing, and they are beautiful I think" came a voice he recognized as the half-veela Fleur Delacour, he wondered why she was here. Harry blushed and felt his face warm up "umm thanks Fleur, Your English is much better" "thank you Harry I have been taking lessons" Fleur blushed here, she had never gotten over her feelings for the young wizard, and ever since she said goodbye to him after the Tri-Wizard tournament she had found herself thinking of him at different times, and eventually a small feeling turned into a full fledged infatuation. This was the main reason she had broken it off with Bill Weasly, that and he had found someone better for him. "Excuse me but I must speak to Harry, everyone except Remus and Mrs.Weasly out" the nurse practically yelled to be over heard over the comments and chattering of the people in the room. After everyone else was gone she said "Harry do you feel well enough to go home?" "Yes but where am I going?" he asked quietly. "To the Dursley's" said Remus. A sinking feeling in Harry's chest stopped when Remus said " we have to honor Dumbledore's wishes and you mush go for a few weeks at least, but I don't trust those awful muggles not to hurt you, even when you could see they abused you and I will not let you be with them alone. We are assigning somebody to stay with you while you stay there; they will keep the Dursleys from harming you and might actually help you with some of your problems. If you don't like the person someone else can come instead. A hand took Harry's and a cold object touched his hand, "this portkey will take us to your relative's doorway, I will stay with you until your housemate arrives.3...2...1" Harry felt the familiar jerk behind his navel and was sucked after the portkey.

They landed and Harry tottered when his feet hit ground, he heard Remus trip over something beside him and a hiss, it must have been one of Mrs. Figg's cats, and Harry teased" what's wrong Moony, Tripped up by a simple old housecat, I thought I was the disabled one, you must be getting old." Remus growled playfully and got Harry in a headlock, which he released in a matter of seconds but kept his arm around Harry's shoulders. Harry for the second time in his life felt like he had a father. And told Remus so. (The first was Sirius) "I'll be around as long as I can for you cub" assured Remus as he guided harry up the walk and knocked on the door. Vernon Dursley answered it, with the customary "What do you want?" and then a strangled groan as he saw Harry and recognized who it was. Harry knew his uncle well enough to tell he was turning different shades of red and purple, as his tiny brain worked overdrive trying to figure out what to do.

Fortunately Remus solved that problem. "Harry will be staying with you for 3 weeks or so and I don't want any problems from you, come along Harry" and pushed past Vernon with Harry's trunk and his footsteps thudded up the stairs. Harry hesitated a moment, and then rushed forward, Bumping into his uncle and almost knocking him over. "What the HELL is the matter with you boy! Are you blind?" Yelled Vernon. At these words Harry froze. Remus came tearing down the stairsand stated coldly"as a matter of fact he is and if you hurt him in any way I will personally see you are fed to a dragon as a steak" Remus took Harry's arm and led him up the stairs, having to catch him once as Harry missed a step and took a fall. After getting to the smallest bedroom, Remus said "I have put charms on the room letting any magical person come in but if I muggle tries to come in without your permission or tries to hurt you in this room they will get a shock, also if they try to starve you, there is a magical icebox here, that will make any food you want, just put your hand on the panel on the side and think of what food you want and say "Create". I know eating blind will be hard, just try to get pizza or a finger food at first to get used to it. There is a minor enlargement charm on the room and I conjured a bigger, comfier bedas well as adesk and achair for you. We will go shopping sometime in the next week so don't throw those nasty muggleclothes out yet. I have to go now but if you need anything. ANYTHING just hold this orb and say my name three times" he handed Harry a ball about the size of a snitch.

Thinking of snitches made his heart sink; he would never play quiddich again. "Moony?" he asked "yes, what?" "Thank you, for everything" Harry replied"your welcome, your housemate will be here within a few hours. I will conjure another bed here too" said Remus.After that was done he left with a "Goodbye Harry, I will see you soon"

After he had gone Harry decided to try out his new icebox. He thought of a big piece of pepperoni pizza and touched the panel on the side, and said, "create" uncertainly. When he passed his hand over the top of the appliance his hand encountered something warm and his nose was assaulted by an appealing odor he ate the pizza and laid down on his bed after exploring every inch of his room with his hands to make sure he could move about without bumping into things. As soon as he lay downon the bed he realizedjust howtiredhe was and the last rational thought had had before he drifted off was how he hoped the person coming to live with him was nice.

Author's Note: Hello this is my 1st fic so be nice. It mught be a while before i get over chapter 3 up cause i goin on vacation andI just typed a storyI had hand written over a month after finding and the HP section. read, review, do what you need to do. constructive criticism welcome(Sorry for the long paragraphs i tried to space my writingout a bit)

Signing off-- Dragonlord89