Aethermancer
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"I assure Mr. Potter, I knew nothing of your treatment at the Dursley's in fact I stood up to Albus, in protest of leaving you at your wretched relatives." McGonagall said as she cut up her rib steak.
Harry nodded and cut through a particularly thick chip "Did you know anything about my relatives and the Weasley's getting a stipend from me?" He asked curiously, he needed to know this stuff before Ron let it slip which the raven haired teen knew he would at some point.
"Mr. Potter, what are your plans now? I mean you are now a father and I'm not quite sure you're going to be able to cope with all of the responsibilities…I'm not saying that you're not going to give it your best shot but do you really know what it means to look after a child, considering you're not an adult but you're not teenager either." McGonagall began to say.
Harry set aside his knife and fork and took a sip of water. "I know where you're coming from and you're correct. I'm completely lost about taking care of a child, once I find out who was involved with the Weasley's I'll Mrs. Weasley if she can help me. Providing I'm not hiding out in Miami."
McGonagall smirked at the comment "Molly, can be overbearing true. But she has a good heart. Once she has finished reaming you out she'll gladly help you. Although you may have to fight her for adoption rights." Apparently that little joke didn't settle well as Harry's eyes turned a shocking shade of cobalt.
"Mr. Potter, do you know that your eyes have turned cobalt?"
Harry's eyes turned back to green the moment his head of house spoke "I knew something had happened because my eyes turned red hot and it felt like skewers were being driven into my brain...When I got my inheritance test sorted one of the gifts I had was something aether manipulation."
McGonagall stared at the young father "You can manipulate the aether? Do you know what the aether is Mr. Potter?" She asked curiously.
"I have no idea, yes I can and I have a feeling you're about to tell me." Harry replied quietly. Both teacher and pupil quickly finished off their lunch and they headed towards Flourish and Blotts where McGonagall quickly purchased several books regarding aether and aethermancers.
"In essence Mr. Potter Aethermancers manipulate the very magic around us. They don't require foci's, just their will power and a very few hand gestures. The downside is their have been no known recorded aethermancers since the founders where Salazar Slytherin was rumoured to have been one." Professor McGonagall summarised as they left the shop.
"I can manipulate magic without a wand with only my mind and hand gestures...I bet Professor Dumbledore knows something about them." Harry said as he flicked through a book on transportation techniques.
"The Headmaster is an intelligent man, and has many books. I'll ask him when we get back to the school." At that the two dissaparated out with a crack.
They reappeared outside of Hogsmeade and they swiftly made their way back upto the castle. Hermione, Katie and Ron were waiting for him, Harry's eyes flickered to Hermione's hands and his eyes narrowed, she had the note and had evidently read it. "Harry, I'm..." Hermione began when Harry's eyes flashed blue and back to green within a second.
"Do you have a brain Hermione? Save what you have to say for until we get back to the common room. I have bones to pick with you and the Weasley's, it would be in your best interests to come clean and truthful to my questions." Harry growled, making the three of them jump.
Hermione stepped backwards in shock at Harry's almost bipolar turn of temper. Harry opened his mouth to tear into the bushy haired witch when Katie, grabbed his arm and managed to turn him to face her. "I know you're pissed off with her, but please calm down and maybe we can talk about this in the common room."
"How about you don't do that Bell, so I can give you a detention for say brawling in the corridors." A snooty voice called out, the four turned and were faced with none other than Draco Malfoy. "What do you want Malfoy?" Harry asked curtly before Ron could stick his foot in his mouth and insult the blonde.
"What's in your hand Granger?" Drawled Malfoy, using his sharper than normal eyesight to pick out the note.
"None of your business..."
Malfoy went for his wand but Harry had raised his hand and made a shoving gesture. Katie, who was standing practically on Harry felt the disturbance of something powerful and ancient it flooded Harry's body and overwhelmed her senses she saw Harry's flicker blue and Malfoy was sent sprawling. "Let's go..."
The group made their way upto the common room with Hermione trying to prize information out of Harry to the extent Harry silenced her voice with an overlypowered silencing charm.
The group entered the common room and made their way over to the corner where Ginny and Neville were sitting. "Hermione, if you can be quiet and let me speak without going off at me I'll give you your voice back." Harry said levelling his wand at the bushy haired girl who deflated.
"Okay, that note as Hermione has already decided to be the most important thing to discuss we'll start with it. Cedric died, I was depressed, I had to attend a function with my Uncle. I wasn't fussed about going but the thing was it was being held at my house...I wasn't going to except for the fact Alison had noticed me earlier and her parents had been invited...We met up, got absolutely shitfaced...it means extremely drunk Ron and we woke up the next morning in my bed completely naked...I only just found out that she had given birth to my son. She had told me before I left for Hogwarts that she was pregnant. I told her we'd sort something out. Happy now Hermione?" Harry finished fixing Hermione with a glare.
Hermione looked at her raven haired friend with something akin to horror on her face. She heavily believed in sex was to only occur at marriage. "Harry, I can't believe you did this. Please tell me you did the right thing and put the baby..."
The temperature in the room spiked, soon enough it began to feel like a furnace "...If you say adoption Hermione Jean Granger then you do not know me at all. I'd slice my wrists before I do that, am I too young to be a father possibly. Is adoption the right thing to do? That's debateable...Professor McGonagall knows about this and suggested a solution."
"What Harry? I still say adoption is the best thing. Let another family care for him."
"Hermione...LISTEN. Harry has enough problems with his own relatives who didn't want him. Yes I know about Harry's life, he has probably told me more about himself and his life before Hogwarts than you five...If I was him raised in an unloving household and suddenly finding out that he has the additional responsibilities as father, adoption would be the most concerning thing he could think of for the child. For all he knew, his child could be given to a family like his relatives." Exclaimed Katie, making sure the idea of adoption was firmly gone from Hermione's mind for good.
Hermione stared at the brunette "Surely you're exaggerating the relationship between your aunt and uncle and yourself Harry?" She questioned.
"Hermione, THEY PUT BARS ON HIS WINDOW! EVERYTIME HE ARRIVES AT OUR HOUSE, HE LOOKS THINNER AND PALER THAN NORMAL! THAT DOES NOT INDICATE A LOVING FAMILY." Ron snapped, the redhead had a feeling in the bottom of his stomach that he knew what Harry was going to ask him.
"What to do about your kid. If adoption is clearly out of the question, what if you left him with a wizarding family you trust?" Suggested Neville quietly.
"Ron, would your mother be able to help me?" Harry asked quietly, the red head nodded frantically.
"Yeah she'll help you. Providing you survive her tirade about being too young to be a father, she sees you as one of her own children." Ron said with a weak grin. He could tell by Harry's face that this conversation was about to take a turn for the worse.
"Ron, Hermione, Ginny, I need to know something. Everything you say will alter my views on the three of you and more for the rest of our lives."
The three gulped "What is it?"
"Did you know that Dumbledore was paying you to befriend me?" Harry asked his wand in hand and his other beginning to smoke.
"I didn't know Harry. If I did, I would have refused the payment. My mother and father would kill me if they knew I was being paid." Hermione gasped shock evident in her voice and eyes. Harry knew that no actor no matter how good they were could feign that much of a shock.
"Ron, Ginny did the pair of you know that the Weasley's were being paid two thousand galleons every summer I stayed with you and you Ron were being paid to befriend me?"
Ron stared "I knew Dumbledore was paying my family money, didn't know where it was from. I didn't put it together until we tried to shut Percy in a pyramid back in Egypt that I realised that my family were being paid to look after you. Dad's still pissed off about it, as for me being paid to befriend you…No. That's a surprise to me anyways if you want the money back you can have it." Ron said, knowing to himself that after forth year and him not believing Harry about the Goblet of Fire incident the redhead had decided to prove to Harry that he would stand by him no matter what.
Harry looked Ron all over subtly manipulating the aether around him, one of the things he had read on his way back was how stop the build-up of aether in his body turning his eyes blue. "I believe the pair of you…Keep the money, but I need to find out how much your family knows about being paid by Dumbledore to look after me…You're not going to be the first, this argument is going to be loud when I bring it up with my relatives."
Ron winced he had met Harry's relatives and silently praised Harry for surviving them for as long as he had. "I'll owl my parents and tell them that we need to talk to them…This way the only person could stop them from coming to the school is McGonagall as we are asking to speak with our parents and she's our head of house." Ron declared, yes he wasn't much of an academic learner but when he needed to he could find the rules and loopholes.
At the Burrow, Mrs. Weasley looked up to find a school owl flying towards the window. She shook her head fondly as she opened the letter, she had received many of these during Fred and George's time at Hogwarts.
"Hi mum,
Harry needs your help with something and he needs to ask you some questions and its IMPORTANT that you answer them truthfully.
Ginny says hi and tell dad the same when you get back from Hogwarts because we are using emergency contact rule.
Ron"
Mrs. Weasley's eyes widened, Harry the poor boy who seemed to always be in trouble trying to save the world needed her guidance. "What have you got yourself into now Harry?" She said to herself as she chucked floo powder into the flames and headed to Hogwarts.
She appeared in the Deputy Head's fireplace and entered the office to find Harry, Ron and Hermione together, Ron was sitting on the chair his arms on the back of the chair straddling it. Hermione was sitting on the desk with Harry leaning against the wall. "How do I know its you?" Harry asked drawing his wand faster than Hermione could track.
"I cooked you at least three plates of Traditional English Breakfast and said you could go to sleep whilst Ron and the Twins had to de-gnome the garden for being up all night."
Harry grinned and found himself pulled into a rib crunching hug. Despite having come into a growth spurt and now being four inches taller than Hermione who herself was three inches taller than the red headed woman, Harry still felt like how a child should feel, even though he didn't voice it and tried to not show it the Weasley's did notice.
"What's troubling you Harry dear?" Asked Mrs. Weasley curiously.
"I recently found out that I'm a father and I your help."
