AN: 2 reviews, 14 favorites, 24 follows and 152 visitors in a day for my very first fanfic? I'm happy :) Thanks for following/favoriting/reviewing or just reading the story.
7000 words, damn that's alot. I manage to cover the entire summer, Runic Magic, Raw Magic and some if not all of the things that annoyed me about Prisoner of Azkaban. That book was in my opinion based off one big plothole.
Harry having access to his affinities changes a whole lot. I am rather afraid I changed too much, too quickly but the story is only really going to take off in 4th year so I think it's acceptable.
Now, Runic magic, I am rather proud about it to be honest, I use a variation of the young Futhark script. It is actually a small variant of the script used in Runemark by Joanne Harris. If you want to find out how the runes look search runemarks wikia runes, the third link is the one you want to click.
I think I explained it rather well, but if you have question or suggestions on how to better show what different runes do please leave a review or PM me. I do prefer reviews though, they look beautifull in my manage story section.
Now to answer the questions that I received:
-Harry's Emrys scale Vs Voldemort's: I am not sure yet what I'm going to do with this, I might just make Harry and Voldemort have the exact same Emrys scale. That will make the line 'And He will mark him as his equal' literally true.
-Romance, since this is my first story I'm kinda worried about writing romance, simply because it is bloody difficult in my opinion, but worried or not I will have pairings in this story.
Harry/Ginny and Harry/Hermione are both out for a variety of reasons, if you really want to know, ask me in a pm or review and I'll tell you.
The pairing will be someone from a different house, Susan Bones, Daphne Greengrass, Tracey Davis, Lisa Turpin or perhaps Fleur Delacour. I am honestly not sure yet, but I do want an Inter-house relationship simply because the story is about pureblood fanatics targeting specific groups of people and the fight against them through the means of unity and teamwork. So I want to continue with that theme.
-Magical affinities for other people?: Yes, everyone has affinities, it's just that some people haven't had them tested yet, but some definitely get them tested and will train in them.
I'll probably put the use of every rune in the bottom AN when runes are used in a chapter so that you beautifull readers have a reference guide. That's enough from me, let's start the story
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling and some other people do
I don't own Runemarks from Joanne Harris, I just use a variation of her runic script.
Ron took it surprisingly well, he only moaned for about a minute but after I told him my reasons he actually agreed with me! He's still going to take Divination but at least he understands.
Hermione is another thing entirely, I thought I would give her the benefit of the doubt and show her what I'm going to work on. Oh boy, that was a bad idea, first she was happy I'm finally taking my education seriously then began the inquisition. "Why aren't affinities covered in the curriculum?" "Why haven't I heard from the Emrys index?" and of course "Can I borrow those books?".
She didn't get her claws in them yet, thank Merlin, but she somehow made me promise to lend them to her at the beginning of our next school year. Healthy set of lungs on that girl, asked at least 10 questions without coming up for air once!
Right now I'm in my bed with "Fundamentals of Affinities" in my lap, I will repeat it once more, this book is awesome, every affinity has a chapter dedicated to it.
There is basic information about the affinity like rarity, usage and famous wizards with said affinity, besides that the books also mentions how you actually train your affinity!
Did you know that the Greek god Zeus was simply a wizard with an extremely high lightning affinity?
Or how about the Egyptian tombs? Those were warded by wizards with a Runes affinity, those wards still stand to this day!
And Raw Magic Manipulation's most famous user is Morgan Le Fay! She might not be Merlin, but that's as close is it can get!
I can't really practice my Runes and Lightning affinity yet, my Runes affinity is mostly theoretical in the beginning since I need to have a good grasp on all the different runes first.
To develop my Lightning affinity, I first need to get used to casting lightning magic. I might have an affinity for Lightning but that doesn't mean I can simply go out and shoot lightning at people. That would have been amazing, but alas it isn't to be.
Raw Magic Manipulation on the other hand is easier to get started on, I don't need to know anything to start training this affinity. All I have to do is meditate and connect with my magical core.
My affinity to Raw Magic should allow me to easily pull out a strand of magic and guide it towards my hands.
... Merlin's balls, Ron is snoring, how am I supposed to meditate with that noise! Oh great, why don't you join him Neville. Traitor! Silencing charm it is.
It seems that pulling out the strand of Raw Magic was indeed rather easy, getting to my magical core on the other hand? Not so much. Meditation is hard enough, but actually getting to your core is even harder. On the bright side this allows me to me more in touch with my magic, instead of just feeling my magic when I cast a spell, I can now feel my core softly pulsing within me at all times. It's truly a wonderful feeling.
The downside to all this? The last week of school is over and all I've been able to do is make a small orb of magic appear in the palm of my hand. It certainly looks cool, imagine a dark purple orb with white arcs of magic jumping out of it. It is absolutely useless as anything but a flashlight though.
I had actually hoped that I would be able to throw the orb by now, it wouldn't do any lasting damage but at least I could have scared my Uncle enough to let me keep my school stuff this year.
At the moment I'm trying to drown out the noise of Dudley whining about having to share the backseat with me. This is the worst part of the summer, being stuck in a confined space with all three Dursleys without any chance to escape. The conversation in the car is simply amazing, apparently Dudley hit someone with his Smelting stick yesterday. Oh I'm so tempted to say I killed a 60 foot long basilisk with a sword, just so I can see the reactions.
Ah we're home, well I guess it isn't really my home, more like the place I have to live while away from school. I'm fairly sure that isn't normal for a teenager.
"Boy, Marge is going to stay with us for the first week of August, so no funny-business, you hear me?" Oh great, big fat lump number 3 is coming over, I swear to Merlin if she brings that dog again I'll shove an orb .. of ... magic, hang on a second, this can work. I should have enough control to throw an orb of Raw Magic in a week, that should be enough of a scare to get my books and force Vernon to keep Marge on a leash. I'm hilarious, leash, ha!
Wait, why is Uncle Vernon turning purple? I still have to answer him, riiiight.
"Yes Uncle Vernon, I won't do any freakishness Uncle Vernon." Not until I can blast you through the room that is.
Some people might say I'm a vindictive bastard, but Merlin, the Dursley's faces are worth so much right now. I'm standing here, in front of my old cupboard, but the door is completely cracked and the lock got blasted out.
Uncle Vernon is the most interesting shade of purple I've seen in ages, Dudley is holding his fat behind while whimpering about a pigtail, I have to remember to thank Hagrid for that.
Aunt Petunia simply went white and is shaking like a leaf.
It's only been 6 days since I arrived at Privet Drive 4 and I managed to throw my Raw Magic orb 2 days ago, but now it actually has some power in it!
"As you can see there hasn't been an owl yet, that means that I won't get in trouble for doing magic." The simultaneous flinch is pure gold. "This means there will be some changes in this house, I don't want much. All I want are my books and 3 good meals a day. You stay out of my way, and I'll stay out of yours. And keep Marge on her leash" I snicker, it's still funny! The Dursleys don't seem to get my joke. "Leash, like one of her ugly dogs? oh cmon it was funny!"
Okay, what is that? Oh, oh, they seem to be forcing themselves to laugh. I guess I really scared them? That laughter is soulless, it is creeping me out, let's just take my suitcase and get back to my room.
I can finally start on the next step of Raw Magic Manipulation, it's been 3 weeks since I arrived at Privet Drive 4. I can form an orb that's about as big as my fist within less than a second and it absolutely destroys my water bottle targets. Not much has happened in the last 2 weeks, although Vernon got pushed to his limits when Ron telephoned to our house phone. I'm beginning to love that shade of purple, you can't find it anywhere else in the world, magical or muggle.
I've also been reading up on Ancient Runes, there are so many different runic scripts, it's unreal, so far I prefer Futhark, an old Norse script. I really need to get to Diagon Alley soon, I want to pick up my books for next school year and I really want a Rune-Etching set, normally you don't start etching and activating runes till 5th year. It has something to do with Runes being too draining before that point.
But I got power in spades so I technically could start with them already, only problem would be powering the runes. This is normally done with a wand, hold the wand on the runic array and start pumping in magic but I think this might be doable with Raw Magic.
Right, I'm getting off track, next step in Raw Magic Manipulation, let's see what Brian has to say about it.
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Raw Magic Manipulation is manipulation to the highest level, a Raw Magic Manipulator is only limited by 3 things. Experience, magical core strength and imagination.
Shields, beams, swords or bullets as the Muggles call it, everything is possible. I've once seen a Raw Magic Manipulator deflect spells with a hand covered in Raw Magic before he expanded that Raw Magic in the direction of his enemies. This had the effect of a mass banisher, everything in front of him went flying back.
The only advice I can give a Raw Magic Manipulator is to practice your control by making different shapes with your Raw Magic. Start simple with cubes, cylinders, cones and pyramids, work your way up with small weapons, or multiple shapes at the same time. Eventually you can start forming bigger constructs with more detail. Control is key
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I'm almost drooling over "Fundamentals of Affinities", the things I'll be able to do simply sound amazing. But I still need to get to Diagon Alley, owl-order won't do it since I only have a couple of sickles left, I do have some muggle money in my trunk, I guess I could take a bus to London? I'll think about it tomorrow, time to practice my control.
Etching runes is surprisingly relaxing, I don't think the Dursleys will appreciate that I'm carving them in the doorpost of my room, but it's not like they'll ever find out. My book on runes is on the floor besides me, I'm looking at the Futhark runes again. How did I get a Rune-Etching set? I didn't actually, I'm using Raw Magic to carve out the runes, it's crude and the results are sub-par compared to a proper Rune-Etching set, but it'll do for now.
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There are 16 runes in the Futhark script, each rune has multiple meanings and can be used in different situations. Each rune besides Isa can be mirrored, mirroring a rune will do the opposite of what a normal rune does. Mirroring runes is also the easiest way to break a ward, if every rune in an array is mirrored it will shatter if the mirrored array has equal or more magical power. Isa can't be mirrored since the rune is a simple vertical stripe.
Fé: Riches, wealth, succes, discord ...Mirror: Harmony, Poverty
Thuris: Lightning, thorns, pain ...Mirror: Relief, painless
Raedo: Travelling, riding, luck on the road ...Mirror: Village, paralyze, bad travelling luck
Hagall: Destruction, explosive ...Mirror: Repairs
Isa: Ice, cold, hail, winter ...Mirror:/./././
Ýr: Protection, Guardian ...Mirror: Broken protection, alone
Týr: Warrior, sharpness, accuracy, sword, war ...Mirror: Dull, miss, Peace
Madr: Humanity, Muggles, the Earth ...Mirror: Animals
Ór: Strength, power, unmovable ...Mirror: Weakness, tiredness
Ós: Wizards, Magic, ...Mirror: Magical Creatures
Kaen: Fire, Chaos, illusions, ...Mirror: Dispel illusions, extinguish fire
Naudr: Death, closure, need, constraint ...Mirror: Open, beginning
Ár: Health, overflowing, spring, crop, harvest ...Mirror: Famine, sickness
Sól: Sun, summer, songs ...Mirror: Silence, moon
Bjarkán: Sight, vision, future, dream ...Mirror: Blindness, past
Logr: Water, ocean, sea ...Mirror: Drought, desert, dry
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I'm trying to make my room soundproof and make a lock for the door. Locking the door is fairly easy, it only requires 1 rune, Naudr. Simply etching it near the lock should do the trick, opening the door after it's closed requires another Naudr, but this time mirrored. So if I link both Naudr runes to the door I can chose when the door opens or closes. I won't be locked up ever again.
The soundproof part is a bit more difficult, I could simply do a mirrored Sól, but that would cancel all sound in the room. I want to have protection against sound, which means I will need to make a small runic array. A runic array is a combination of runes to create one effect, my 2 Naudr runes aren't an array since they each have an effect, unlocking and locking.
Ýr stands for protection, so if I combine Sól and Ýr I should get the effect I'm looking for.
And I'm done, my 2 Naudr runes are connected to my door, on both sides, and I got my Sól/Ýr array on my door, and every wall that connects with a part of the house. My room is almost completely soundproof. The only sound comes from the window, which I can also mute whenever I want.
31st of July 1993, 1:25 a.m. and it's already my best birthday ever. It's not like it has much competition but still, I'm happy, I got some nice presents. A sneakoscope from Ron, an awesome Broomservice kit from Hermione and a biting book from Hagrid. Now you might be wondering why I'm happy I received a biting book, isn't it obvious? Imagine that book fighting against Marge's dog Ripper, I would pay to see that! And I just got a letter that we can visit Hogsmeade this year, and it's not like my Uncle isn't going to give me permission.
My good mood quickly evaporated, as I arrived in the kitchen I heard that Aunt Marge is coming a day early, which means that she's going to arrive today.
"Uncle Vernon, you do realize what day it is today, right?"
"Of course I do, it's a day before Marge would normally arrive, which means it's the 31st of July" Aunt Petunia realized what I'm talking about, she just went a couple shades paler.
"And isn't there something special about today, Uncle? Like, I don't know, a birthday?" Give him a cookie, he figured it out.
It would be hard not to notice that I'm absolutely livid, a side effect of being a novice in Raw Magic Manipulation is that I simply don't have enough control to reign in my Raw Magic when my emotions run wild. So right now my hand are glowing an ominous dark purple and there are white arcs of magic jumping around my arms, I guess you could compare them to lightning. In the back of my mind I wonder if it has something to do with my Lightning affinity.
"Now Harry, don't be hasty, Vernon will make sure Marge behaves, and, and we'll get you a present!" Okay the world has gone crazy, Aunt Petunia is going to get me a real present for my birthday. Hang on! Merlin! Uncle Vernon is almost as purple as my Raw Magic, perhaps he's a Squib with a suppressed Raw Magic Manipulation affinity? Who knows.
"Keep Marge out of my way and don't let her insult my parents, if you want to buy me a present I would appreciate some clothes that actually fit me. A t-shirt, jeans, shoes and jacket would be nice, they don't have to be expensive, I just want them to fit."
Aunt Petunia actually took me shopping that day, I must admit it feels good to have some proper clothes. I'm now the proud owner of a simple white t-shirt, a faded blue jeans, dark blue all-stars and a black leather jacket. I bought the jacket myself since that was a bit too expensive, I would feel bad if I forced Aunt Petunia to spend that much money on me. I'm really too nice.
I'm already 6 days into the torture week, 8 days, whatever and so far Vernon really did a great job, he managed to keep Marge's attention off me and on a variety of useless things like his job, Dudley, her dog and so on. Speaking of her dog, Ripper, the match between the Monstrous book of monsters and the annoying pit-bull was an event to remember. I managed to lure Ripper into my room, where the book was waiting, and activated my Naudr lock and the soundproof array. I quickly jumped on my desk and watched the show.
Ripper got ripped a new one! Okay, I admit, that was a lame pun. But still! Ripper got demolished, he still flinches every time he walks past a book. Bloody brilliant that is!
At the moment Marge is annoying me, not just annoying me but really just trying to piss me off, Uncle Vernon is trying to redirect the conversation to safer waters but Marge is having none of that. Wine + Marge + me = rapidly degenerating situation, I have to keep my hand under the table because I'm sure they are already starting to glow.
"I've heard of your father! He was a good for nothing drunk, worthless scum that profited from good families like your Uncle's! And don't get me started on your worthless whore of a mother, she was"
Everyone has a breaking point, and mine is lower than normal with my Raw Magic Manipulation training. It seems that calling my parents worthless good for nothing drunks for an hour on end pushes me over it.
"You know nothing!" I hissed "My parents were heroes of the light, some of the strongest people you will ever hear of!" I try to keep my Raw Magic under control, I manage but just barely. I'm fairly sure you can still see a small glow around my hands, but I hope it isn't noticeable.
"Uncle Vernon, I'm leaving, you still have to sign something for my school and then I'm out of your hair for this summer"
I walk out of the room as quick as I can, Marge has already recovered from my outburst and is insulting my parents, again! I need to get out of here before I lose control, showing the Dursleys my Raw Magic is allowed since they are aware of magic. But Marge isn't so I can't let loose with her around.
I quickly open my door by pumping Raw Magic into the mirrored Naudr rune, I'm still happy that I discovered I can power runes with Raw Magic. I gather my books, my wand, my nimbus 2000, broom service kit and my clothes in my trunk. I quickly get out of Dudley's second hand clothes and put on my new outfit. I wasn't supposed to wear my nice clothes because Marge has to think I go to that criminal school. Compromises, they are necessary even if I don't like them.
Hedwig is still hunting, but she'll find me, she always does.
My trunk is fairly heavy, it won't be easy to actually travel with this thing. There has to be some way to make this easier! Right, runes, of course! Let's see, a Raedo on the handle and main body of the trunk should make it easy to travel with.
And that's that! The handle is comfortable to use and my trunk is as light as a feather! Brilliant! Now to get Vernon to sign my permission slip for Hogsmeade and I'm out of here.
"Uncle! I need you to sign this!" I'm still in the hall, the less I see of Marge the better, I can still hear her complaining about criminal youths and their horrible parents. Normally I'm a fairly forgiving guy, but I swear to Merlin I will one day shove her dog where the sun doesn't shine.
"You're leaving then? Give me that slip." No yelling, no purple face, he's actually taking this rather well.
"Yes, I'll be back next summer, give my thanks to Aunt Petunia for the clothes, goodbye Uncle"
That wasn't all that bad, probably the most civil conversation I ever held with my Uncle, who knows perhaps they are warming up to me. Nah!
It's been 20 minutes since I left Private Drive and I'm seriously contemplating to take my Nimbus out of my trunk and fly to London. You got to love those bigger than normal magical trunks though, otherwise I would have to carry my broom over my shoulder.
It isn't that my trunk is heavy, or that I'm hungry, I'm simply bored, walking is repetitive. I should probably start planning what I'm going to do next.
Hermione is still in France, Ron is still in Egypt, I really wish I could have been there, the runes, or hieroglyphs, in that place must be amazing! So I can't stay with either of them and it's not like I can owl them either since Hedwig is still out hunting.
I guess I could sleep in a nearby park. I could set up an easy Ýrrune for protection, Kaenfor heat and perhaps a Madr/Naudrarray to lock out any muggles? And then I can take a bus to London tomorrow, yeah, that'll work.
You know, runes are rather easy once you get the hang of it, once I found a nice bench in a nearby park I started working on my little camp.
A low powered Kaen(Fire) on the bench made my bed for the night comfortably warm, a large Ýr/Madr/Kaen(Protection/Muggles/Illusion) array under the bench connected to 4 other Ýr's in a square formation gave me square of muggle free space. The Ýr/Madr gave me protection, and the Kaen part should cast a minor illusion over my square of space. Muggles should ignore whatever goes on inside.
I was planning on putting in a mirrored Madrin the array as well, to give me protection from animals, but the mirrored Madr cancels out the normal Madr. Combining mirror and normal runes isn't covered until 6th year, guess there is a reason for that. Ah well, let's see if this bench is comfortable enough.
Having a giant black dog lick your face isn't the best way to get up, but it still beats Aunt Petunia's wake up calls. Wait, giant black dog? Merlin, that dog is huge! And happily wagging its tail for some reason, he looks kinda cute though. Black fur, tongue hanging out the left side of his mouth, tail thumping on the ground and looking at me with those big puppy dog eyes.
"You want something to eat boy?" I ask "Woof" I'll take that as a yes, let's see, I still got some bacon that I was going to give to Hedwig, might as well give it to this guy.
"Here you go, still got some bacon from last night" He must have been hungry because I blinked and the bacon is gone.
"Now to find a bus stop and get to London" The dog actually starts poking the pocket of my jacket, why would he do that? Oh he must have seen my wand "Sorry, but that is my wand, not going to let you play fetch with that."
He gives me a deadpan look, how a dog manages that expression I don't know, but I feel stupid now. He starts touching my wand with his right paw "Okay, okay, I'll take out my wand! Just cut it out already!" BANG!
As soon as I took out my wand and held it above my head out of the dog's reach a purple triple-decker bus appeared from Merlin knows where. The dog is actually giving me a smug look, like he knew what was going to happen, that dog is scary smart, let me tell you that.
As I get on the bus the dog lets out a whine, Merlin, I shouldn't have looked back, the puppy eyes are on full display.
"Alright, alright, you can come with me, just stop looking at me like that" "Woof!"
I shake my head as he walks past me, that isn't normal dog behaviour I'm sure of it.
"Welcome to the Knight Bus, I'm the conductor Stan Shunpike, where can we drive you today?"
"Leaky Cauldron, London please"
"That's 2 sickles, 2S 10Knuts if you want hot chocolate and 3 sickles will get you a toothbrush in your favourite colour. Is that dog with you?" I nod "Animals that aren't in a cage cost another sickle"
"Alright, not chocolate or toothbrush please" I hand him 3 sickles and sit down on one of the chairs in the back of the bus. For some reason the dog is looking at me with a huge grin, yes the dog is grinning, I don't get it either.
Merlin, now I know why the dog was grinning so much, the Knight Bus is even better than the Gringotts carts, I don't think muggle amusement parks can top the Knight Bus. I just arrived at the Leaky Cauldron, the dog is still following me, at least he's good company.
"Lo Tom, can I get a room for the rest of the summer?"
"Welcome Mister Potter, we still have 3 accommodations available, the small attic room costs 1 galleon a day, the family room costs 1 galleon 10 sickles a day and finally we have the suit for 2 galleons a day. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included in these prices."
Let me do some math real quick, a galleon was 50 pounds last time I checked, so 100 pounds will provide me with 3 meals a day and a nice place to sleep, not too bad I guess.
"I'll take the suite" A whine attracts my attention "Right, are dogs allowed?"
"As long as they don't annoy the other guests"
"That shouldn't be an issue, can I put my trunk in the room already? I need to get to Gringotts before I can pay."
"I'll take your trunk up to your room, your key will be at the bar when you return"
Yeah, the knight bus is better than the Gringotts carts, the carts are still fun though. The dog actually went with me in Gringotts, jumped straight into the mine cart even before the goblin reached it. I need to give him a name if he's going to stick around though.
And that's the reason why I'm lying on my bed, looking at the dog and firing of a random name every second.
"Chewbacca" "Whine" "Hoot!" "Alright, alright, bad name." Hedwig was actually waiting for me in this room, is it just me or are all the animals I know smarter than Dudley?
"Spike?" "Whine" "Blacky?" That wasn't a whine, but it wasn't a bark either, guess I'm on the right track. "White? Don't tell me you're racist" "Whine" "Grey" "Whine" "Black?" "WOOF!"
"Alright, Black it is, see you tomorrow Black, Hedwig"
It's been 26 days since I left Privet Drive and I've learned quite a bit since then.
Apparently there is a mass murderer on the loose called Sirius Black and it seems that he's after me! What a surprise, it's not like I've been in enough near death situations to last a lifetime or anything. On a brighter note, I've bought my own Rune-Etching set, I used it to rewrite my Raedo rune on my trunk since my Raw Magic etched rune expired. This one should last until the fabric on which I etched the rune gets damaged.
I also managed to do a couple more of the control exercises for my Raw Magic, I can now have an orb in each hand and one flying in front of me. Changing the shape is going a bit slower, but I managed a diamond shaped construct just the other day.
I send the Weasleys and Hermione a letter stating where I was the day after I arrived at the Leaky Cauldron. Ron was excited about me getting my Hogsmeade slip signed and thought it was cool that I threatened the Dursleys and left after shouting at Marge, even I'm still kinda giddy about that. Hermione was the opposite, she was concerned about the Statute of Secrecy, asked about the runes I used and asked me if I was alright at least 3 times in her letter.
And I actually went shopping for some more muggle clothes, I got another pair of faded blue jeans and a pair of black jeans, 6 V-neck t-shirts, 2 in black, 2 in blue and 2 in white.
Right now I'm waiting on Ron and Hermione at Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour, they should arrive any second now. The Weasleys and Hermione are spending the night at the Leaky Cauldron so that we can all go to King's Cross Station together.
"Harry!" "Oof, 'Mione, let me breathe." I'll say it again, that girl has a healthy set of lungs, my ears are ringing from that shout and let's not even mention her arm strength, Merlin my ribs hurt.
Ron comes over and claps me on the back. "Sup Harry, how've you been, let him go Hermione, the guy needs a breather."
"Lo Ron, I've been fine, Merlin mate, did you hit a growth spurt in Egypt?"
"Yep" He popped the p loudly "grew an entire inch this summer, Egypt was brilliant, we almost trapped Percy in an old Egyptian tomb." I snickered, it was probably the twins who came up with that.
"How was France 'Mione?" She seemed to have enjoyed a sunny summer, she has a nice tan.
"It was wonderful, the weather was amazing! And Ronald, those tombs are dangerous, you could have really hurt your brother!"
Ah, all is as it should be, Ron and Hermione are arguing and I'm enjoying the fireworks while eating a nice sundae.
I just got in my bed, reminiscing about everything that happened today.
Ron got his new wand, 14 inches, willow with one unicorn tail-hair, both his wands so far have unicorn hair, I wonder if there is a connection in that. Best not to think about it, wandlore is too complicated. Scabbers looked like he could keel over any second now, especially once 'Mione bought Crookshanks. I noticed something today, everyone has a cooler looking wand then me, mine is a simply piece of wood, but Ron's and 'Mione's wand actually have these cool designs.
Anyway, got off track there for a second, the twins managed to have Percy's badge say: give me HeadBoys which really made me laugh. Especially since he strutted around with the badge proud on display.
Mr Weasley warned me about Sirius Black again, he was Voldemort's right hand man so that's the reason he'll come after me, to avenge Voldemort's 'death'.
"Whine" Black is looking at me with those puppy eyes again, it's even more effective now since he looks a lot better than he did when I found him, he gained a couple of pounds and his fur isn't as matter anymore.
"What is it Black, I'm about to go to... Merlin's balls!" I scramble away from Black, in less than a second my dog changed into a human being. Two things are going through my mind at the moment:
'Awesome, he can turn into an animal like McGonagall.'
And let's not forget the 'Oh sweet baby Merlin help me, Sirius Black is in my room.'
Okay this is bad, my wand is on the other side of the room, and Sirius Black is standing right in front of my bed. Raw Magic it is then.
Raw Magic started swirling around me, an orb of magic quickly forms in my hand. It might only be the size of a softball, but the magic is wound tightly together in this orb, it should do some major damage.
"Harry, I'm not here to hurt you" Black rasped, he puts his hand up in the air. Now that I think of it he could have hurt me at any given point while I was asleep in the last 26 days.
"Then what are you doing here? And why have you been masquerading as my dog for the last 26 days?" I start walking towards my wand, still keeping my arm with the Raw Magic pointed at Black.
"I'm innocent! I never killed those people, I never betrayed your parents Harry, you have to believe me!" That threw me off guard, what is it with people bringing up my parents?
"What do my parents have to do with any of this? And if you didn't kill those muggles then who did?"
"I was a friend of your parents, I'm your godfather. I was accused of betraying your parent's location to Voldemort and killing Wormtail and 12 muggles. But I didn't do it, it was Wormtail"
"Godfather? Betraying my parents? What in Merlin's name are you talking about? And who's this 'Wormtail'?"
"The Fidelius charm, do you know about it?" I nod, I've been obsessed with wards this last month and the Fidelius charm is rumoured to be better than any ward in the world. Charm is a bit of a misnomer though, it's a ward/charm combination. "I was known to the public as their Secret-Keeper but I convinced them to make Wormtail, that's Peter Pettigrew, the Secret-Keeper instead"
"It's easy to blame a dead man for your crimes isn't it, Black?" I ask him coldly
"He isn't dead! He's an Animagus like me! He's a rat! The largest thing they found of him was his finger, he cut it off himself. He's been living as a rat for almost 12 years."
Rat, missing a finger, living as a rat for 14 years. Damn, I think I know which rat it is.
"Scabbers? Are you saying my friend's rat is a human called Peter Pettigrew? Who's also the reason my parents are dead?" He nods "Prove it."
"I will, I just need that rat and another wizard who can perform the Homorphus charm, then we can transform him back into his human form"
I exhale deeply, I can do three things here. Get Mr. Weasley and have him arrest Black. Blast Black through the wall myself or do as he asks. Damn it all, I want to blast him through the wall so badly, but what if he's actually speaking the truth?
"I'll get the rat, after that we're floo-calling the headmaster. Hand me my Rune-Etching set and the box of my broom servicing kit will you?" If I'm going to capture a Animagus I might as well do it properly. "Thanks, I'll go get him after I'm done with this"
Now, what runes to use on this box, it needs to hold an Animagus so it needs to be strong enough to prevent it from breaking if he tries to turn back into his human form. It also needs to be closed tightly.
Naudr on the lock and Ór on the lid, box and hinges should make it strong enough to prevent him from changing. Perhaps I should make it soundproof as well, a mirrored Sól at the inside of the box should do. Six runes and some raw magic later, I got myself an unbreakable and soundproof box. At least until someone scratches out the runes, ah well, it's not like it has to be permanent or something.
Sneaking around in the Leaky Cauldron is stressful, every other floorboard creaks if I touch it. And the doors really need to be oiled soon. I open the door to Ron and Percy's room, I can hear my heartbeat in my ears. I see the rat at the end of Ron's bed and just like Black says he's missing the index finger from his right paw. It also explains Scabbers' sickness, he's stressed that Black will try and kill him.
I open my rune inscribed box, quickly shove Scabbers in and close the lid. Ron snores loudly but otherwise nothing happens, I'll tell Ron about this tomorrow, but right now I just want to know the truth as fast as possible.
A minute later and I'm in front of the floo with Black in his dog form by my side, I put down a sickle by the fireplace and grab a pinch of floo powder. I throw it in the fire, call out "Hogwarts Headmaster's Office" and put my head in the green flames. Floo calling is a weird experience, it's like one part of your body is in a normal room, while your head is in the Sahara's desert on a warm day, bloody uncomfortable it is.
"Harry? Why are you calling this early?"right, 1.47 a.m. 1st of September, he thinks this is school related. "I have an emergency sir, could I come through?"
He nods and gets out of the way, might be for the best since last time I took the floo I flew out rather spectacularly. I take my head out of the flames, look at Black, grab another pinch of floo powder and throw it in the fire. Me and Black step in at the same time and I call out "Hogwarts Headmaster's Office".
It seems that I'm still horrible at flooing, I really need to practice the landing, I hit the wall opposite of the fireplace in the Headmaster's office. Black is doing that weird barking laugh thing of his while the Headmaster's eyes are twinkling like mad. And let's not forget the chuckling portraits, phoenix and sentient hat. Have I mentioned how much I hate this place?
"I'll give you a 9 for the landing Harry, it was rather spectacular, now what can I do for you today?"
"I need you to perform a Homorphus charm on a rat I have in this box sir. " I say as I place the box on his desk.
"The runes on this box are well made, but they are rather simplistic, it's your work I assume?" I give him a nod as he continues "Now, which one of your friends is stuck in his illegal Animagus form Harry?"
"It's not his friend Albus, it's Peter Pettigrew." Okay, Black did the dramatic step out of the shadows while revealing vital information perfectly. And the look on the headmaster's face is one that I will always treasure, jaw hanging loose, eyebrows up in his hairline, eyes wide open, just perfect. At least it was until he blasted Black across the room faster than I could keep track of, then it just became scary, eyes colder then chipped ice, face set in stone with a grim look on his face.
"Albus, me, James and Pettigrew became Animagii, Pettigrew is a rat and he's in that box" Black manages to gasp out while holding his most likely bruised ribs.
"Harry stand back, Black stay still before I put you down myself" See what I mean? Dumbledore can be scary when he's mad.
The box clicks open after Dumbledore slashed the Naudr rune with his wand, immediately after the box opens Scabbers, I guess I should call him Wormtail now, tries to escape but Dumbledore is simply too fast. He jabs his wand at Wormtail and he starts changing mid dash, where there was a rat not a second ago now lies a fat man.
"Peter Pettigrew" Dumbledore sighs "I'm sorry Sirius, but I will still need your testimony under Veritaserum." Sirius nods as Dumbledore stuns Wormtail.
After that the headmaster walks over to the fireplace, yells out "Slytherin's Head of House's Bedroom" and puts his head in the fire "Severus, I need you in my office with a bottle of your best Veritaserum within 10 minutes, don't react to anything once you arrive."
Dumbledore made another floocall to a location I didn't recognize before sitting back down.
The next 2 hours flew past extremely quickly, the Head of the DMLE came by with 2 Aurors, Snape came in at the same time and tried to strangle Sirius, Snape's expression was another one for the history books. Sirius was interrogated under Veritaserum, which is apparently the strongest truth serum in existence. The kiss on sight order was reversed but he still had to show up at an official trial tomorrow in the afternoon. Peter Pettigrew was thrown in custody with Anti-Animagus wards around his cell and Snape looked like he swallowed a lemon.
Now I'm sitting in a chair in Dumbledore's office and everything is winding down.
"Harry, as you know I am your godfather but I am also your legal guardian and the person who should have raised you if I had not been send to Azkaban. If I'm freed tomorrow you'll be able to come live with me if you want." I gaped at him, I might not know much about Sirius but I do know he was better company as a dog than the Dursleys ever were.
Dumbledore looks like he was about to interject but Sirius cut him off.
"It's alright if you don't want to, I understand you'd rather stay at home with your family."
"Home? Family? Are you crazy? Privet Drive has never been and never will be my home, and the Dursleys will never be my family" One of the gadgets on Dumbledore's desk suddenly lets out a dying wail. Dumbledore looks a bit annoyed, I guess that was a rather expensive gadget.
"Well Harry, you just managed to collapse the wards that I personally erected at Privet Drive almost 12 years ago. " Dumbledore sighs "When your mother died she gave you a powerful protection that managed to reflect the killing curse, this protection is also what burned Quirrel when he tried to touch you in your first year. For this protection to remain you had to live with a blood relative in the same place and you both had to call that place 'home' and call each other family.
"Now that you've publicly rejected Privet Drive as your home and Petunia as your family, the protection that has been with you since birth shattered."
"So that's the reason why I had to stay with the Dursleys, but now that the protection failed I won't have to go back ever again?" I ask him, I hope I don't sound too eager "No Harry, you don't have to return to Privet Drive ever again. "
"Thank Merlin's hairy nutsack, am I happy that part of my life is over, so this means I can live with Sirius during the breaks?" He nods and Sirius cheers and hugs me.
You know? This year might actually be fun, no mass murderer that wants to kill me on the loose and I'm finally free from the Dursleys.
AN: Yes, I basically scrapped PoA completely, I know!
I have good reasons for that though, can you honestly think Harry wouldn't use his Raw Magic to get 3 meals a day? Or his books? This basically started it all, hogsmeade slip is gained in the same way. And since Marge didn't actually get blown up or see any magic there isn't any need to involve the ministry.
This all leads to a relatively calm Harry leaving Privet Drive, which means he isn't going to flinch and fall over with his wand out.
This leads to Sirius actually getting close to Harry in his dog form, no Minister at the Leaky Cauldron which again translates to having access to muggle London.
PoA is all based on Sirius not getting close to Harry when he leaves Privet Drive, PoA is based on Sirius not going to someone trustworthy like Dumbledore, or Amelia Bones or Andromeda Tonks.
The collapse of the wards is me saying fuck you to something that is unnecessary in the first place, after book 1 the protection does absolutly nothing. In my opinion the blood wards was simply J.K.'s way of having a poorly treated hero. Like living in a cupboard for 10 years isn't enough of a sobstory. So yeah, big changes at first glance, not so big if you take a moment to look at the entire series.
Now, I do have to be carefull with how I continue, Voldemort's wand is still in Pettigrew's possession, I made sure that the wand didn't show up in Dumbledore's office. So that means it's with the DMLE.
This also means that Harry might not learn the patronus, I'm honestly not sure about that yet.
If you hate it, love it or simply have any question please leave a review. Flames are welcome actually, as long as you explain what's wrong in them. 'This is shit' doesn't tell me anything, 'Your explanation of Runes is shit' gives me more to work with.
Aegorm, Out!
