Every time I feel the slightest tingle of a head ache coming on I begin to fear, my body shakes, and I loose any appetite that

Every time I feel the slightest tingle of a head ache coming on I begin to fear, my body shakes, and I loose any appetite that I once had. These head aches have been coming and going since the end of my sixth year at Hogwarts, when I was cursed with the Connecto Anima curse. They are not strange, and I know why they come. They come when my Father, Lord Voldemort, is trying to use the connection that he created between our souls by cursing me. The head aches are a way of my body warning me that it is trying to be invaded, and to let me know that it is fighting hard to keep the invasion from happening. Sometimes the head aches get so bad I think my head is going to burst open and my brains will come pouring out with mixed thoughts of mine and my Father's. It is the least to say that it is not an enjoyable experience. I take advantage of these head aches though, as it is probably wise too. They are what warns me to coming danger from my Father, and to the possibility that he may show up wherever I am at the time of the head ache.

The Connecto Anima curse is a curious and difficult spell, so difficult that not even Lord Voldemort could perform it correctly. My soul is not completely bound to his—if it were I would sense, feel and hear his emotions, thoughts, and worries and vice versa. Because the spell was not complete my Father can attempt to connect with me, but only sometimes he succeeds, usually in my sleep when I am the most defenseless. I suppose the best way to explain the Connecto Anima curse is to compare it to Legilimency; Connecto Anima allows my Father to be inside my head, like Legilimency, but unlike Legilimency I am also in my Father's head. My head aches can be compared to Occlumency, I suppose, because they are what helps fight off my Father and prevents him from entering my head.

The most frightening aspect of the Connecto Anima curse is the life and death factor. If my Father had performed the curse completely, to its full power, he'd be able to live as long as I did. Even if he was murdered, because the curse connects his soul to mine, his soul would remain with mine until I also died and my soul moved on. It is one of the most frightening factors of the Connecto Anima curse. To think, if Voldemort had gotten it right, he could die and then remain here on Earth, living even longer…well it is frightening, for me and every person who calls themselves witch or wizard.