Chapter 9: Wandless Magic For Dummies
When Draco returned to the dungeons. He found the family owl sitting on his chair. The owl eyed him, if it had been human it would probably be scowling. Draco took the letter off of the owls leg, it flew away so obviously there would be no need to reply. He broke the seal on the letter and began to read.
Draco
Your mother and I will not be able to host you and your friend Ms. Black for tea on Sunday, certain business came up. So, we will see you during Christmas holiday then. Your mother sends her love.
Lucius
Draco snorted. Well at least he and Chrissie didn't have to worry about Lucius finding out. Draco hurried to the Great Hall for dinner. He sat at his usual place at the Slytherin table, next to Crabb and Goyle, who were shoveling food into their faces like there was no tomorrow. He looked over at the Gryffindor table. He saw Potter Weasley and Hermione. 'wait, since when have I called Granger Hermione?' He noticed Chrissie giving him a strange look, when he realized she could her his thoughts.
'Ahh so you do like her don't you?' Chrissie smirked and looked back over at George.
'….'
'I'll take that as a yes.'
'Whatever. Hey, Lucius canceled tea on Sunday.'
'Good. I really wasn't looking forward to meeting him.'
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Chrissie opened her eyes and found herself in a lightning
ball, similar to the one she conjured when she made the charm for Professor
Lupin. She looked around the darkness, and her eyes settled on the form of a
boy, that was being levitated by some unknown force.
"It is time." A woman's voice sounded in the space.
"Time for what?" Chrissie yelled to the voice. She saw a shimmer of
white light and saw the form of a woman appear next to her, just outside of the
lightning. It was her mother.
"He is ready, you must give him his gift."
"Who? What gift do I have to give?"
"It is time for him to fulfill his destiny. You need to give him his
powers, before it is too late."
"Okay, I get that but who am I supposed to give the power to?"
"Your brother." Lucinda pointed to the figure that was floating.
Then Chrissie's world faded to black. When she woke up, the other girls in the dorm eyed her. She gave them a confused look.
"Chrissie, are you okay?" Hermione asked from her bed.
"Perfectly fine. Did something happen?" she eyed her friend, still confused.
"Well…yeah. We couldn't wake you up, you were screaming, then the mirrors shattered." Chrissie blanched. Her magiks must have been powerful during the dream.
"oh." Was all that she could say, as she got dressed and walked into the common room.
Fred and George were in their corner giggling like mad over a piece of paper, 'must have made a new prank.' Chrissie thought idly as she made her way to the couch. She needed to think about her dream. She new something was coming, hell, she could feel it. Speaking of feeling, she felt two strong arms around her shoulders. Smiling, she tilted her head back and kissed the cheek of the person behind her.
"How did you know it was me?" George walked around to the front of the couch and sat next to her.
"I just knew. Besides, if Fred did that, he'd have to find a way to remove a bludger from his ass." She smiled evilly and glanced at the expression of horror on the other twin's face.
"So what is up? I heard that you screamed in your sleep. Had a bad dream?" the arms were around her waist this time and she snuggled back into them.
"No, that is the weird thing, I wasn't having a bad dream. I dreamt of my mum. I think it was a message that something is coming." She sighed. Hoping that her boyfriend wouldn't ask anything more about her dream.
"Okay. Well we'd better get going to the hall." He stood up and helped her off the couch. He pulled her to him and gave her a hug then whispered in her ear, "want to go to the Yule ball with me?" Chrissie gave him a look that said, 'who else would be going with?', "I'll take that as a yes." Then they walked down to the hall with the rest of the Gryffindors.
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"Something is going to happen, I can feel it." Chrissie was in the Library with Draco studying their potions project that Snape gave them that morning.
"What do you mean?" Draco looked up from his notes.
"I had a weird dream last night, mum was there…"
"And she said to give him his gift? I know, I had the same dream. You were right, you do look a lot like her. What did she mean anyway?"
"I think it means that you are supposed to have the same wandless abilities that I have. I just have to figure out how to trigger yours, because I really don't think that you'd enjoy getting struck by lightning."
"A trigger?"
"Yeah, like something traumatic. Like near death things."
"Well why didn't it happen when I fell then?"
"Well for one thing, you were under the imperious. If you had been you at the time, it might have triggered it. But I don't recommend trying it again. Last year, I got hit with a vision, during our last Quidditch match. I ended up falling while attempting to score. I think the vision hurt worse than the fall though, now that I think about it."
"What was the vision about, if you don't mind telling me about it."
"No problem, but I really don't think you'd want to hear about it. It was a really bad one."
"How bad could it have been." She let out a mirthless chuckle.
"Lets just say, never doubt what Harry tells you people about Voldemort being back. I saw the whole thing, from the time the portkey was activated, till Harry got back to it and the other boy's body." Chrissie started to pack up her parchments and other notes.
"Merlin."
"Yeah, I know. Everyone told me that I started glowing when I landed, amazingly though, I didn't get hurt, it was just that every time that Harry had the Cruciatus, I felt it. I saw and heard everything from Harry's point of view." Chrissie shuddered at the memory. But also remembering that jolt that went through Harry as his wandless abilities were triggered. Hopefully Draco's would be triggered soon.
"Whoa." Draco closed his potions book and thought about how horrible he acted to Harry and everyone after the third task.
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Ever wake up with such a feeling of dread and foreboding that you know something serious happened, but yet, you couldn't remember what it was? Normally for Draco, the dreams never felt that real, but this time, he could actually taste it. It was that coppery taste you get if you accidentally bite your lip. Blood. It was everywhere in his dream. Wearily, Draco opened his eyes, hoping that he was going to see his dorm room and not what was in his dream. No dice. He tried to move, but he soon found that he was strapped to a table. He knew this place all too well. The torture room. Hidden in the dungeons below Malfoy manor, was this room. It held every torture device known in the world. His father had shown him this room a many times throughout his childhood.
"Now Draco, this room is off limits. If I ever find you down here, you will learn the feel of these devices.
"Yes father," Draco shuddered at the sight of some of the implements that lined the wall.
"Now go to your room and study." Lucius led his son back through the tunnels below the manor.
Somehow, right now he couldn't even remember how he got here. He remembered going back to his dorm after talking to Chrissie in the library, but everything after that was a blur. He tried to reach Chrissie through the link, but it was like hitting a brick wall, ironic how his head felt the same way.
A noise from the other side of the room, brought him out of his thoughts. Lucius. He was standing near the wall of whips.
"Why am I here?" Draco struggle against his restraints. He watched as Lucius picked out a whip, the tail had eight small braids at its end.
"Oh, I just thought that it was time for you to experience the reasons why you do not go against my wishes. The fall from your broom. The almost collision after you lost the Quidditch match against Potter." He spat the name like it was some deadly poison. "Each time, that bitch saves you. That Christine Black, I believe that is what your mother called her. Well she can't save you now my boy." And with that he brought the whip down across Draco's chest. Draco screamed.
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Chrissie's POV
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Have you ever had a moment of clarity, where all-of-a-sudden you feel like something is wrong or missing, like you forgot something but even with a remember all, you still don't know what it was? I did. I was having a perfectly good snogfest with George when it hit me like a bunch of quaffles. I stop kissing George's neck.
"Is something wrong Love?" George moved so he faced me.
"That's the thing, I don't know. Something just feels…off." I look at him and sigh. It is really bothering me now.
"Did you forget anything, finish any reports that are do next week?" He pulled me closer and started kissing me again. I responded by deepening the kiss. But then it happened again. I got a weird feeling at the base of my neck.
"Wait, there it is again." I reach back and rub my scar. "I keep getting a tingling feeling in my scar, it's weird." But then, by some unknown forced I flew backwards and landed on the floor in front of the fireplace.
"Okay, that was weird." George stood to help me up. But then I felt immense pain. It was like being electrocuted. Like when I was younger, before I got struck by lightning. 'Shit.' When I finally stopped convulsing, I was helped up by George.
"I think I know what is happening." I try to work out the pain from my shoulder. George moved behind me and starts massaging my back. I moan.
"What is going on?" George starts working his way down my back. But before I could answer, Harry, Hermione and Ron walked into the common room. George and I were still standing up, when I was hit with another round of convulsions.
"Chrissie! George, what did you do to her. It looks like she had the Cruciatus curse put on her." Harry ran over to Chrissie's side, opposite George." The convulsions stopped again. I looked up at Harry.
"You wouldn't be wrong there Harry." The boys both helped me up. I stretched again. "George didn't put the curse on me. Actually, that wasn't even a curse. It was an echo of the curse. Someone keeps using Cruciatus on Draco." My eyes went wide at my statement, as did everyone else's.
"Someone has Draco? But who?"
"I have a good idea who." I try to reach out to my brother through our link, I only see flashes, but I can't communicate with him. "I need to talk to Dumbledore." I look around the room, only our small group is there. So I bolt. Bolting is fun, it is apparating, only on a flash of lightning, hence calling it bolting. I reappear in front of the big door that goes to the headmaster's office. I knock, I hear a muffled 'Enter.'
"Ahh Miss Black I have been waiting for you. Lemon drop?" he holds out the candy dish to me. I politely decline.
"You knew that Draco was not here, and you are just now telling me?" I am pissed, this isn't happening, he is supposed to be protecting us. "I have just had a echo of what he is going through, and you are just now expressing your concern for my brother?"
"Miss Black please, calm down. We needed to wait until you had this echo. You are the only one who can find him. The tracking charms that were on him are being blocked. But you still have a link with him, albeit a painful one." He looked at me over his half-moon spectacles.
"I apologize headmaster. I shouldn't have raised my voice. How are we going to save him." I sat back in the chair that was in front of the desk. Fawks sat on his perch and observed me.
"It is quite alright. But only you and one other can go out to try and save Draco."
"But who could I take. I'd need to make sure this person could handle things on their own too. Who is strong enough to….Harry." why hadn't I thought about that in the first place. "That is, if Harry wants to help me."
"Help you do what?" I jumped a foot from my chair. I turn and see Harry standing behind me, grinning.
"Say your name and you appear, huh? How did you get here so fast?" I eye him curiously, he never said anything about having wandless powers like me. I think I should remember that though.
"That was called flaming. Actually, this summer I discovered that I could do wandless magic." He smiled at the headmaster and at me. "Okay, so back to my question. Help you do what?" he sat in the chair next to me.
"Well like I told you, something happened to Draco, and I was hoping you'd like to help me go get him." I gave him a small smile, hoping that he'd want to help his enemy. Wait, why would he want to help. We are so screwed.
"Yeah. I will." I looked at Harry, he was serious, and he wanted to help.
"Well then." I stand up. "Lets go get my brother. But, I want to say goodbye to the others first."
"You should. Both of you be safe. We will await your return." Dumbledore's eyes had that annoying twinkle again. Harry and I went back to the Gryffindor common room, where we were attacked with questions.
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End Chrissie's POV
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"What's going on?"
"Well Harry and I have to go get my brother. Should be pretty easy, emphasis on 'should be'." Chrissie walked over to where George was sitting, and sat on his lap.
"So when are you two leaving?" Hermione was sitting in one of the other plush chairs by the couch.
"As soon as the two love birds quit snogging over there." Harry said loudly. Chrissie and George looked guiltily at the rest of the group.
"I'll be back soon." She wrapped her arms around his neck and whispered in his ear, "I love you." And with that she gave him a quick peck on the lips. "So I assume you're ready then?"
"Yeah, we better get going, before you get another echo." Chrissie grabbed Harry's hand then they disappeared.
