Chapter 9

Weakening Control

"Harry wake up." Ginny was shaking his shoulder. She needed him to be awake. She didn't like the feeling that was building in the pit of Harry's stomach. She could feel the instincts to hurt humanity. To bite at flesh and tear through muscle. He wanted to rip apart whatever was near him. Ginny pushed him again trying to wake him, knowing that if she separated him from whatever beast he was inside of their urges to consume human flesh would die. Luckily for her there wasn't anyone who was in the common room. She pushed him harder and he fell out of the chair that he was sleeping in.

Harry awoke with a start. He looked around the brightly lit room. Everything that had built up in him surged and he pounced on Ginny before he could stop himself. Their minds slowly eased back to human state and Harry realized that he was on top of Ginny clawing at her with his hands and biting her. He didn't cause any damage to her but the fact that he could have was enough for him to head up to the headmaster's office. He needed more Occlumancy lessons. These dreams had to stop. He couldn't risk harming Ginny or anyone else. Harry got up and looked at Ginny she wasn't shaken or even hurt but he still felt horrible.

"Harry its ok." She didn't have to say this because he already knew what she was thinking but she did anyways. He didn't even have to answer her statement. She knew that he thought differently about it. Harry left the common room and walked over to Dumbledore's office. Ginny followed yelling after him but he needed to get there as fast as possible. He didn't slow down until he had to give the gargoyle the password. When he entered the passage he climbed the stairs and knocked. Ginny wasn't far behind him when Dumbledore said to enter. He walked across the room and sat down before being invited to. He was in too much of a hurry to be polite or crucious.

"Professor I just had a dream like vision and I want to have them stop. You need to teach me Occlumency."

"Harry what is going... Oh hello Ginny please be seated. As I was saying what is going on, what happened."

"I had a dream like vision that I was a kind of beast and when Ginny woke me I attacked her. I couldn't stop myself. The last time I had these feelings Voldemort tricked me into believing that Sirus was in trouble."

"I understand Harry. Of course I will teach you Occlumency. We can start right now if you would like."

"Thank you professor."

"Ok well just remember the feelings that you were experiencing when you through me from your mind. Concentrate on clearing your thoughts. Ready on the count of three. One, two, three, Legilimens." A flash of light left Dumbledore's wand and hit Harry in the head. Harry started to relive his dream. How animal like he felt and how he attacked Ginny. No what if he attacked her again. No he wouldn't allow that to happen again Harry forced his mind closed and Dumbledore's wand broke connection.

"Harry that was better than I was expecting from you." It took Harry five minutes to completely master Occlumency. He could feel himself getting stronger as a wizard. He could feel Ginny growing stronger in his head. Her presence was growing, building up to something that Harry didn't understand.

"Harry I am not sure of what is going on but I know that what ever it is that has happened to you two is growing stronger and at the same time making you both stronger as a couple and a whole." Dumbledore's words stuck with Harry throughout the night and he found it very difficult to concentrate in his Astronomy class later that evening. Professor Sinistra was explaining how magical energy had created a chain reaction that made surrounding temperatures hot enough to turn intangible matter into tangible matter. She was demonstrating how under the laws of conservation that although energy(intangible matter) and mass(tangible matter) couldn't be created or destroyed didn't mean that it couldn't be manipulated or changed into one another. The rest of the class seemed to be paying a lot of attention as she was demonstrating with explosions that happened from nowhere and created a flammable gas called hydrogen one.

How was Harry suppose to be like that particle of matter. He wasn't following the rules of conservation he was gaining in energy but not in mass. Unless he was going under the laws of potential but he doubted that. Maybe because Ginny was now with him in a connection he was gaining mass between them and sharing their power together. Ginny sighed in his head. The lesson that he was going through was keeping her awake. The class was at eleven o'clock at night and she decided to try to sleep but unfortunately she could not. Harry was at this class until one in the morning and when he left the class, having not absorbed as much information as he should have, He went straight to the common room. Ginny was waiting up for him and she sat next to him when he collapsed on the couch. She wrapped her arms around him and tried to help him out but his thoughts were still on Dumbledore's words. Its not that he was disturbed by his words its just that he was told that he would have to deal with Voldemort on his own, the way it looked though Ginny would be his power that Voldemort knows not of not his mothers protection spell. Ginny was going to play apart in this war. He knew that she would but he didn't expect a big role for her not to mention a key figure. Harry kissed Ginny good night and then climbed the steps to his room. He was tired and needed sleep for tomorrows double Defense against the dark arts. Harry hit the pillow and was out. Ginny wasn't even in the slightest bit disappointed by Harry because they could do things in their dreams that they normally didn't do in real life. She went up to her room and joined Harry in his dream before he was very far in it. To her disappointment though they spent most of the dream talking. She didn't want to talk she wanted to do other things. They could talk when they were awake but she couldn't project this thought to him because the dream world disconnected them. When she could feel the dream coming to an end she grabbed him and kissed him but it wasn't enough to keep them in the dream. They awoke Friday morning as the sun was rising over the lake. Harry dressed and raced Ginny downstairs he felt happier now that he told Ginny how he was feeling about her role in this war. He knew that there was no way he could keep her out and that he would have to let whatever was connecting them take its course. Harry beat her down in the common room and she tackled him for not being a gentlemen and letting her win.

"Oh so your a lady now are you. I have to let you win. Come off ladies don't tackle their boyfriends." A group of third year girls started to giggle in the corner. Harry rolled Ginny on her back kissed her lips quickly and got off of her. He made a motion as to help her up but she pulled him back down to her. She kissed him a little deeper then got up and made for the door. Harry grabbed his bag and then hers and walked out the common room after her.

"Ginny forgot your bag."

"I know."

"Yeaah but I can't believe you want me to carry it."

"Why not."

"Well if you can hold your own in this war why can't you carry your own bag."

"Its more romantic if you carry it for me." Harry playfully rolled his eyes and flung her bag over his shoulder. It was kind of funny to him that she was being this cute. She was sounding kind of pouty and he thought that she was quite good at it. Not that he would have refuse to carry her bag anyways he just like to poke fun at her.

When they entered the Great Hall they were laughing and must have had a sudden connection because time stopped but then it flickered back on and anyone who was watching them was a bit taken aback by there sudden disappearance for the door and reappearance in their seats.

"How did you do that Harry," Pavarti asked, "do you know how to apparate already."

"No we don't." they answered knowing that they caused quite a stir in the great hall with that accident. Professor Krum who was watching also walked up and asked him how he did that and then was reminded about the paper that he read. It was about Harry and Ginny's capture of Lavelsin. They told him that he would tell him later after class. It hadn't occurred to Harry or Ginny but the fact that no one had asked them about the capture or even mentioned it before Krum was kind of weird. Didn't anyone hear about it. The fact that there was no details would have been kind of alluring to the school wouldn't it have been. They finished their breakfast and noticed that Hermione wasn't there anymore. Neither was Krum. The bell wasn't for another ten minutes so they didn't need to disturb Hermione for at least another five. They walked slowly out of the great hall and up towards Ginny's next class. The first week had been a bit of a strain on Ginny but she was doing quite well. Harry kissed her goodbye and set off for his own class. She was still in his mind and they continued to talk. Harry walked back down by the great hall and noticed Ron leaving with Luna. Ginny giggled in his head. He would have to ask him in class today but not right now he wanted to get to class before anyone else so that he could help Hermione out by keeping it a secret from the rest of the school. He entered and cleared his throat. They both stopped and she sat down. Moments later the rest of the class started to enter the room followed last by Ron. He seemed to be a bit flushed and out of breathe.

"What's with the running Ron." Ron didn't answer him but just sat down in his seat looking quite proud of himself.

"So Ron how about you and Luna you two seem to be spending a lot of time together."

"So what if we are."

"You going to ask her out."

"What why would I do that."

"Because you like her other wise you wouldn't have to run to your classes after walking her to hers."

"I was in the bathroom."

"Ok sure Ron, but I saw you leave the great hall with her." Ron again went silent but this time luckily for him he didn't have to respond because Krum was asking them to be quiet and pay attention. He asked them all how they had done on their patronus charm. Harry didn't bother answering him because he could perform this charm before he met Krum. Harry was asked to go up to the front of the class and show the rest of the class what a real patronus charm was supposed to look like. He walked up and thought about Ginny

"Expecto patronus." a silver stream shot from his wand and formed a brightly lit silver stag. The class went very dull throughout the first half and when lunchtime had come around they where all more than happy to get out of there. Harry ended up meeting with Ginny at the great hall. He had a new frustration building in him now. His favorite class was just becoming really dull.

"Krum had better do something to change the class around because this isn't what I had in mind for an interesting year. Why aren't we studying things like I don't know protection charms or detection spells. I mean I know that there are dementors but I just guess that this seems to be a bit old for me."

"Harry doesn't worry about it this is the first week we are usually doing reviews of the last year. You just have a head start on the school right now." The break didn't last to long and before Harry really wanted to he had to go back to class. They could have stopped time to stay but they didn't want to chance it right now. The third years in their common room had seen them fooling around and they didn't want to have a teacher walk in on them. Harry escorted Ginny back to her class and went back to the second half of Defense against dark arts. Ron didn't have a second lesson with Harry and Hermione had to go to another Arithmancy class so Harry was almost alone in this class. Surprisingly enough though Neville had actually had to take another class of defense against dark arts with him.

"Neville why are you in here what career path did you choose."

"Well actually i thought that I might do well in auror training." Harry gave Neville an odd look. He hadn't thought of Neville as the type to be an auror. It wasn't that he wasn't good enough to be because he did excel very quickly in their D.A. meetings. So why did this disturb him so much. Ginny didn't have anything to add to it except that she thought that it was a good idea for him to try to do something in that field. She figured that his grandmother would have a bit to do with his decision. The second half of defense against the dark arts was a bit more exciting as they started to do spells that Harry had not had too much experience with. Krum started the lesson by finishing off the rest of the group to make sure that they knew how to do the patronus charm and then he moved into charms on how to hide themselves without being seen by anyone even if they were looking at you. It was a stealth trick that they were only to brush up on but it was useful none the less.

Harry managed to cast a spell that was so powerful though that he remained invisible for the rest of the lesson and most of the class thought that he had just left. He eventually reappeared sitting next to Neville about five minutes before class ended. The spell should have only lasted about five minutes but it lasted on Harry for almost four hours. Harry left the room trying to get away from everyone's questioning gaze. He didn't mean to do that and he didn't even realize that he did. The rest of the day Harry spent around Ginny, Ron Hermione and Luna. Ron and Luna were almost inseparable. Harry finally towards the end of the night was able to ask Ron about how much time he was spending with Luna but Ron didn't seem to want to answer his questions and before he could tell Ginny to stop she asked him why he just didn't get over himself and ask her out.

The rest of the night when they finally gave up and left Ron with Luna they spent up in the Gryffindor common room working on their assignments. His first two assignments for Transfiguration and Charms were finished and he had to complete his paper on the history of magic. He finished up rather quickly and then started on his assignment for the proper brewing and preparing of Veritaserum. This paper was very involved and the potion was almost impossible to make if you altered the potion in the slightest it would be useless. There was little room for mistakes but as it took over a month to make he doubted if they would actually be making this potion in class. Harry's eyes grew heavy and he found himself not being able to concentrate at all. He had read and reread the same line over and over again but still managed to write down the proper handling and the right time to add monk's wood to the potion. He gave up and decided that he would work on it later. He was looking forward to his first weekend at Hogwarts. It was a time to rest and catch up on their assignments. Harry kissed Ginny (who was now sleeping on her books and her star chart) she gave a slight stir when he touched her but then fell back to sleep. Harry nudged her a bit more and she woke up looking at him.

"What." she said not fully thinking that she didn't need to use words. Harry answered in her mind telling her that she should head up to her dorm and work on it tomorrow. She agreed and packed up her stuff. Harry helped her and then headed up to his room. His mind on how he wanted to be sleeping and had he been a little more alert he would have noticed that Ron was still not in his bed. Harry fell asleep almost immediately forgetting about his dream enhancer and that it had been moved he just was tired. He also needed more time right now because one of his good friends had died not to long ago and he just wanted to keep busy. Harry awoke the next morning. He was still connected to Ginny's mind but he didn't dream at all last night. According to her thoughts she also didn't dream last night. They didn't even clear their minds they just went to sleep but they still didn't dream at all their minds had been turned off from everything. Harry and Ginny met each other in the common room just as Ron had been walking through the portrait hole.

"You're up early Ron were did you go. Ron why are you wearing your school robes. Are those the same ones from yesterday did you sleep in them." Ron went red behind the ears and walked up to his room without looking at either one of them.

"I'd better go and check on him." Harry went upstairs to see what was up with Ron but he was asleep. Harry tried to wake him but he just mumbled something inaudible and rolled over. He looked like he hadn't slept all night what was he doing. Harry walked back down to Ginny she looked concerned but not that much. After all she did grow up with him.

The weekend flew by and before they knew it they were looking at another school night. Sunday had snuck up on them and although Harry was in better shape then most of the fifth years that were still slacking off he still hadn't finished all of his assignments. He did his potions essay because he didn't want that to hang over him and then surprise him when it was due. He had only two papers left to do and they weren't due until Wednesday and Thursday. His Defense against darks arts paper on stealth and cunning and his Astronomy paper on magical energies were still moving around the universe and how they created similar reactions creating the birth of a new galaxy. He had to admit that it was kind of interesting that he was made up of the something as everything else when you looked at it on a cellular level. He was also sickened to think the same thought. He was made up of the same thing as Voldemort. It was weird to think that the only differences between them were electrical synapse that caused information to move through out the mind. His consciousness had believed that the only good wizard was pure blood but he himself was only half. Harry laughed his thoughts off and sat back with Ginny in the armchair that he normally sat in. He could feel a weird pulsating sensation from Ginny but he couldn't explain it. Something about her was different. He started to pay attention to her thoughts and discovered that she was thinking of a very private moment with him in their dreams. She was going over the way his hands met the small of her back and the way he felt inside of her. Ginny realized that Harry was now paying attention to her thoughts rather than his philosophical views that stemmed from the war.

'Harry you want to try this again tonight.'

'Yeah.' he thought but there was no denying it the fact that she was thinking about sexual encounters between them was very exciting to him. Harry adjusted himself and then they told Hermione and Ron that they were going to sleep. Harry walked almost to eagerly up to his room fortunately not causing very many heads to turn his way. Falling asleep now a days wasn't nearly as hard as it was over the summer. His mind was no longer dwelling on Sirus and the war. He was thinking about his school and Ginny. They fell asleep after about ten minutes of teasing each other with things that they wanted to do to each other.

Harry Found himself in a familiar room set up for a night of romance for the two. Ginny was already lying on the bed and he walked over to her. She was completely naked as she couldn't wait any longer. All the things that they had teased each other with would have to wait because Ginny pulled him down to herself and removed his clothes literally tearing them off of him. Before he could do anything she was on top of him. She was different this time. It wasn't making love but more of a raw animal lust for one another. Harry was more than happy to oblige to let Ginny forcefully have sex with him. It wasn't like anything that they had experienced but fulfilled them on levels that they didn't know existed. She clung hard to his back and bit his neck. She thrusted as hard as she could forcing him in her as far as she could get. Harry moaned half from pain and half from pleasure. He took her impulse and gripped tightly to her shoulders. His mouth bit at her nipples and he thrusted himself towards her. They had to get closer this wasn't close enough for them but there wasn't a way for them to get any closer to each other. Finally Harry could feel her tense up around him and then release. She was through and he was almost there. He moved his hands to her hip and dug in hard thrusting himself further into her until he could feel the pressure release from within himself. They laid next to each other Harry still inside of her exhausted from their activity.

Harry woke up next morning Ready for the day to start. He gathered up his books and assignments dressed and headed down to the common room. He had just shared a very exciting night with Ginny and found it rather strange that he had this much energy. He was exhausted in the dream. Breakfast was made really quick as he found out that they had actually slept in later than usual. He gulped down some eggs and sausages with some toast and juice in about two minutes. When he had finished he escorted Ginny to her class then ran to make the bell to his class. He sat down in his seat before the bell had rung. Professor McGonagall asked for the assignment back and then started to teach them how to project their essence getting them ready for the lesson on apparation in charms. After two hours she had decided that they knew enough about the theory and moved on to teach her real subject. The rest of the lesson she had taught them how to Transfigure large cats into clouds of vapor and only Harry and Hermione had any luck returning the cat to its original form. Harry could feel something bubble up inside himself he felt something trying to burst through him. But it died just as quickly as it had come. The link between Harry and Ginny was now severed. He couldn't hear her voice in the back of his mind. It had been there since the sorting and now it was gone. He knew that it would wear off soon but he didn't want it to be this soon. He met up with her at lunch and she had the same feelings about it but they still didn't return their connection. Harry finally gave up and headed for his next lesson. Charms with Professor Flitwick wasn't that bad. They were to start studying the theory of apparation. Professor Flitwick had started on how to concentrate for these feelings of dissolving and reappearing in places that were known origins. He encouraged them to do so but Harry's connection with Ginny returned when he started and then there was a flash of light and both Ginny and Harry where standing in the middle of the ministry of magic. People at the front of the desk were approaching them and there was nowhere to run. But they hadn't actually committed a real crime they were at Hogwarts and they could perform magic there. Two adult wizards escorted them to Cornealus Fudges office and told them what had happened. After they finished Fudge looked at Harry and then Ginny and asked them to explain themselves.

"Well minister I don't know how we got here," Harry started in, "You see I was in class and they were teaching us apparation when we showed up here."

"Ok well how did she end up with you."

"That one is a little more complicated but we can't explain it to you. Could you call Professor Dumbledore here sir, he can help you more than we can." Fudge looked at them and decided that it would be a good idea to ask Dumbledore to come down for a visit. He grabbed some floo powder and threw it into the fireplace.

"Hogwarts, Professor Dumbledore's office by order of Cornealus Fudge minister of magic." A flash of green flames had appeared and he stuck his head in asking Dumbledore to join him at his office. A second later he pulled his head out and Dumbledore walked out of the fireplace. He looked across the room and saw Harry and Ginny sitting in front of his desk.

"Harry Ginny here you two are. Cornealus can I send them back to my office before we discuss this." Dumbledore had now known why he was summoned there.

"Of course but I want some answers on how they both got here because they didn't seem to know much. If it hadn't been for the fact that school was in session they would be in trouble but we cannot prosecute them for accidents no matter how strange they are." Dumbledore pointed them through the open fireplace and before Harry knew it he had landed from a swirling ride in Dumbledore's office.

They waited in his office for about twenty minutes before Dumbledore had burst through the flames.

"Harry Ginny I need to know what happened."

"Well I was studying apparation sir and then Ginny and I were in the ministry of magic."

"Yeah professor we had just broken our contact with each other the lesson before and then it was back." He looked like he was considering something but then he turned to them

"Harry Ginny I'm am going to teach you to control this power. It seems to be growing and you just don't know what to do with it." Dumbledore got up from his desk and pulled out two glass jars. He walked over and waved his wand to create a table in thin air.

"Now what I want you both to do is break these jars but only in little parts at a time. I also want you to use this spell. Destructo jar. I will give you the aspect of controlling your powers with a simple concentrating charm. Once it is on you will know how much of your powers you are using and should be able to control it. Are you ready."

"Yes."

"Well Concentium." A flash of gold light washed over Harry's face and he could feel how alert he was. He became aware of parts of his magical abilities that he hadn't tapped into yet. Harry looked over at Ginny and then said on the count of three then.

"One, two, three Destructo jar." The room shook and parts of Dumbledore's office had collapsed. He was not angry but looked concerned at them.

"Very well I will see you both here tomorrow at six o'clock." Harry and Ginny left his office crawling over bits of debris. They left him to clean up his office, which they were sure he had done in another flick of a wand, and went to the common room to put up their stuff. It was no dinnertime and so they headed to the great hall. They were greeted with a sea of on lookers all staring at them for their strange disappearance from class. The whole school knew about it and rumors were going around that they had been kidnapped by death eaters for stopping the last one. She was now in a holding cell with several binding charms that prevented her escape as the dementors had joined Voldemort. They spotted empty seats near Hermione, Ron, Neville and Luna. She seemed to be spending a lot of time at the Gryffindor table and Ron and her seemed to be a bit close. Harry sat down next to Ron and Neville moved over so Ginny could sit next to him. They immediately started to ask them what happened. After about fifteen minutes of explanation the group calmed down and they could now eat. It had been a long day and they wanted to retreat to the common room. Hermione and Ron followed. Luna kept close watch behind them and eventually followed them up to the common room. Harry walked inside and Ginny and Hermione afterwards. Ron who had noticed Luna had stay back to tell her that he wasn't sure if she was allowed in but when he could come up with no argument to her pleas he decided to let her in. She walked up to Ginny and Harry looking very nervous but ignored everyone else in the room.

"Luna what are you doing here your not allowed."

"Relax I don't know your password I just followed you up here the door was open when I showed up."

"How did you know where the common room was."

"Please after black shredded the portrait of the fat lady everyone in the school knows where the entrance is." Harry hadn't thought about this. But it did seem obvious now that they would all know where to find it since it wasn't a secret that Ron had been attacked why would the portrait be a secret as well. People would just put two and two together.

"So Ron you let her in huh."

"Well Ginny You see..." Ron had frozen in the middle of his sentence. The common room had become silent and still. They had caused time to freeze but again they weren't kissing or even thinking of sex. What was going on how much was their power growing. They had now done three accidental things in one day and now they had to face the fact that the room was in a loss of time. Harry had all of his assignments for tomorrow done and was feeling like he should go to sleep. He couldn't take anymore tonight he just wanted to go to sleep and wake up when the spell had worn off.