"Lights on"

The terrified author who was standing in the center of the stage spoke up.

"A..a.. all nor..nor..normal disclaimers ap..apply." he managed to say before dropping his notes on the floor and running away, yelling for God to save him from the 'Royal Commander of the Pirate League'

Daniel Radcliffe suddenly apparated onto the stage and picked up the notes and started reading.

"The next chapter of the powers of the Abyss is entitled: "Reactions and a New Tutor"


Seth was appalled. He had just learnt of Harry's life. He could not believe how the old man had left Harry in a muggle household with such relatives. The constant threats to the boy's life were another point that Seth could not comprehend. Why in Merlin's name had Dumbledore created traps that could be bypassed by mere first years? The second year was nothing less aggravating. Seth had seen the memory first-hand in the Horcrux's mind and had seen the size of that giant. Such a basilisk should have been killed by a team of beast-exterminators, not a 12-year old boy. And the Third year was perhaps better, as Harry did not suffer life-threatening danger. Seth already knew about the boy's fourth and part of his fifth year. However, Seth knew that the next time he would meet that Bitch, he would make her suffer. For none had the right to torture one of the four without suffering the consequences!

He looked at the sobbing boy before him. When the boy had reached the part about his battle at the department of Mysteries, he had started crying. It was most probably something about his friend getting hurt. On the other hand, Seth was angry with the man who had 'replaced' him at his old job. What did Croacker think he would do by slacking the security?

Harry on the other hand was thinking about Sirius. He had missed out the parts about his Godfather when he was narrating his life. He was in no shape to talk about his one and only father figure. The fact that Seth seemed to hate his dead Godfather didn't help anything. He still remembered Bellatrix and her killing curse which had sent his godfather into the veil. Harry blamed himself for having thought that Sirius was in danger and then subsequently causing him to die. And that traitorous house-elf! Had Harry been where Kreature was, he would have killed him with his own hands. He had told Seth that he had learnt the spells from an old parchment he had found in Dumbledore's office. He could not tell him about how Sirius had taught him those three spells to protect him.

Sending a spell at the boy's face, Seth removed the latter's tears and dried his face.

"Harry" he said softly

"Yes, Lord Greengrass, what is it?" replied the boy with a sad face. He did not meet the man's eyes for he knew that the latter was a Legilimens.

"I need to tell you about your inheritance. As you know well, you have a very large magical core. But you seem to be able to use your magic whilst it is bound quite efficiently. That will do wonders for your cover at school but you must also practice using your full magic for else you would die against Voldemort"

"But I am weaker than Daphne! Before that rainbow spell hit me, she needed only two spells to destroy my shield! I never saw that dome spell before in my life! And what do you mean my magic is bound and I can use it whilst it is so?" asked the boy, interested by what the man had said.

Once again, Seth was shocked. The boy did not seem to know that his magic had been bound at the start of his fight against Daphne! When Seth had looked at the way Harry was dueling, he had thought that the boy simply knew how to use his magic at a low power but, now it seemed that the boy had been using his bound core for all the time. That was impossible, especially after the display in the infirmary. Except if…

"Harry, could you let me do some tests on your magic?" asked the man

"Yes, of course Lord Greengrass"

The man waved his wand and then thrust it, sending a white spell at Harry. Harry's body glowed white for an instant and a white ball of magic with different other colors swirling in it.

"Describo Deleniti" continued Seth, casting a blue spell at the white ball of magic. The swirls of magic detached themselves from the ball and were transformed into lines of characters that Harry recognized as runes.

Seth read each line carefully. When he reaced the last line his face drained of colour. He re-read the line, sliding his eyes slowly from character to character.

"I can't believe it," he whispered, "That senile old man what did he think. A child should not be bound after he reaches school!"

"What happened, Sir?" asked Harry

"Dumbledore. Dumbledore happened. That crazed man; he put a magical restriction charm on your core!"

"Magical restriction charm? What are you talking about, sir?" said Harry

"Oh! I forgot that they do not teach this type of magic at Hogwarts. Let me describe it for you. You know that every wizard has a magical core. When a child with a powerful core is born, his magic is normally restricted. This is done for his safety. However, when he attend Hogwarts, hi magic is unbound as else, it will affect his studies both academic and practical. Your magic has been bound by Dumbledore about three days after Voldemort was killed and it has been unbound only recently. More specifically, the day we saved you from those werewolves. Obviously, the extended use of the Cruciatus broke the spell." Said Seth

"But why did Dumbledore not unbind my magic?'

"I think I have an idea but it will not please you. The connection you have with Voldemort is because of the fact that unknowingly he made you into a Horcrux"

"Horcrux?"

"A soul fragment or shard. The use of Horcruxes is a way to attain immortality."

"So that is how he remained alive?"

"Yes, he has made 6 Horcruxes, to the knowledge of the Horcrux that was inside you."

"But how does this relate to Dumbledore binding my magic?"

"I think he bound your magic so that when you faced Voldemort after all of the other Horcruxes were destroyed, you would die at his hands."

"But! Why do I need to die?"

"There are a few ways to destroy a Horcrux but to keep in line with the prophecy, from Dumbledore's point of view, Voldemort would have to use the killing curse on you, making himself mortal. So, he bound your magic as you could have the potential to kill Voldemort if you use so powerful magic."

At this point, Harry's face showed pure anger. The air glowed red in a bout of accidental magic. Seth knew that the more powerful a wizard was, the more powerful his accidental magic would be. So, he swiped his wand thrice at Harry, silencing him and binding him to the chair.

"Harry," he said, "You need to control your emotions. I will teach you how to fight so that you can beat Voldemort but, do you think you will accomplish anything by going against Dumbledore? He is probably the most skilled wizard in the goddamned continent. He will simply oblivate you and send you back to the Dursleys. No, you have to behave like a Slytherin, taking advantage of his trust and knowledge to beat Voldemort. Then, you can take care of Dumbledore. Okay?"

Harry nodded. Seth used a finite, negating the two curses he had just used.

"Of course, being a good duelist will be of no use against scores of murderers so I will teach you curses which are much more dangerous than a bone breaker. I will also teach you Occlumency so that you will be able to prevent Dumbledore from discovering your true alignment and Voldemort from knowing what you are planning."

At the mention of Occlumency, Harry shuddered: the lessons with Snape had been quite bad and he did not want to reveal that Sirus was his Godfather. Seth would hate him if he knew. The man noted the scared face of Harry.

"Ah. I don't mean that I will use the forced quick method that Severus used. I will give you some exercises to do while you meditate before you go to sleep so that you can create basic structures" said the man, reassuringly.

"OK then, sir"

"Don't call me sir or Lord: those make me feel old. Now, I will need to teach you combat spells. Once you have mastered them, I will teach you some spells that can be used to escape or hide from enemies. First we will do the high powered bone breakers."

"But where will I practice them?" asked Harry

"Follow me," said the man, rising from his seat and heading towards the door.

When he put his hand on the Door's handle, he called out "Practice Room" before turning the handle and opening the door. Harry followed him.

However, instead of entering the hallway that he had come through, he was in a brightly lit room. On the floor were three red circles, of about 2 meters wide. He looked at the walls which were painted in sky-blue. It was then that his eyes registered the presence of the muggle lighting. He was mesmerized by the electric lamps. Surely, electricity did not work with magic?

"I see that you finally saw the electric lights" said Seth interrupting his thoughts.

"But electricity does not work with magic!" declared Harry

"Well, in most wizarding areas there is a ward which prevents the use of modern muggle items via the constant emission of an electromagnetic pulse. I have not put up these wards as I feel that the muggle world has much to teach us."

That was a revelation to Harry. He had always thought that magic was not compatible with technology.

Seth told Harry to take position in one of the 'rings' while he himself stood into another. He then waved his wand and four dummies before each of them, at the other side of the room. Lord Greengrass told Harry to look at him carefully while he executed three wand movements before saying 'Frio'. A jet of white light erupted from Seth's wand and hit one of the dummies at its arm, breaking it. He asked Harry to repeat what he had done until he could use the spell.

After ten tries, Harry could produce a white beam which hit one of his dummy at the head, slightly cracking it. The dummy repaired itself. Harry continued to use the spell on his dummies, producing larger and larger beams of white light. By his fiftieth try, he could break the limb of one of his targets. However, at about his hundredth try, no curse shot from his wand. Harry tried again but he could not create anything.

"Harry," called Lord Greengrass "We can stop for today, you are have spent too much magic to be able to continue the training. Come, let's have dinner. Tassy should have served the food by now"

He again shouted before opening the door. This time, the door was opened to the dining room. Seth looked at Harry's surprised face.

"I forgot to tell you. Most of the doors in the manor are spelled to create portals to other rooms. I prefer to move using them as the manor is quite big. The only rooms not connected are the sleeping quarters and the infirmary."

"Hey Potter! Come and eat" shouted Daphne from the other side of the room, at the right of the end of the large dining table.

Harry walked to the table and sat himself opposite to Daphne where he saw that his meal had been set.

"Call me Harry" he said to Daphne.

"Then call me Daphne" replied the girl

"OK" said the boy before both of the youngsters started to eat.

Seth looked at them before heading to his place. The boy had surprised him by managing to cast the 'Frio' curse so quickly. That curse was the second most powerful bone breaking curse he himself knew. Even he had taken a week to be able to cast this curse. But then, Daphne had managed it in a day. He knew Harry had both the capacity and the motivation to be able to learn those spells before the end of the month. He had to teach the by quickly for his days were counted.


"Okay, now on to the authors notes" said Daniel, looking warily at the sheet of paper before him.

Spells:

Describo Deleniti: Describes a spell which has been revealed by either 'Priori Incantatem' or other spells

Frio: Most powerful single target Bone Breaking Curse

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"Well," said Daniel, "At this point, their are 4 pages filled with 'No! Please Not that!'