Aethermancer

Darksider82

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"Lord Bell, yes and no about the betrothal for your daughter...Yes I would like to if only to get it through the skulls of those who are unfortunately not graced with tact or intelligence; and no because magic has bonded us and there is nothing you can do about it." Harry said calmly desperately not wanting to humiliate his school nemesis.

Draco snarled at Harry's insolence and went for his wand "Draco, do you want to do this now?" Whispered his mother cautiously.

Draco nodded "Ready Potter?" He mocked, he was so confident in his spell work and arsenal he failed to see Harry's pupils vanish and be replaced by flickering flames.

"Yes...I challenge you to the Stone trials."

Draco gulped the stone trials were an old way of testing magical power, you found an empty field and you had seven minutes to pull as much stone from the ground for the first task. The second task was to clean as much of the stone in seven minutes, third to internally purify the stone within seven minutes and the final task was to reduce the purified stone into powder...WITHOUT spells just pure magic.

"Done...who'll hold the contest?"

"We will. Come with us, the Bell family has access to a few granite mines."

The two teenagers stood seven feet away from each other on two black painted x's marked on the grass above a large unexplored area of a granite mine. "Mr. Malfoy goes first."

Malfoy smirked, drew his wand and pointed it into the ground and focused. The wand tip began to glow before a thick grey beam of magic shot out and slammed into the ground, Harry was surprised at how thick and powerful the beam of magic was.

The time ran out as Malfoy managed to pull out four three by four by six cuboids of granite of the ground. "Surprised Potter? Bet you can't even pull one of these out of the ground."

Harry smirked and withdrew his wand "I'm ready when you are to record Lord Bell."

"Lord Potter, begin NOW!"

Harry launched a massive pulse of magic into the ground, Malfoy paled at the sheer volume of power Potter was emitting through his wand, which lessened slightly only to intensify as the wand dropped to the floor and the flood of magic coursed out of the raven haired teens hand.

The ground shook, then split and with groan cracked open like tapping a perfectly boiled egg as slowly but surely four eight by eight, by eight feet blocks of granite slowly made their presence aware. But that wasn't all, deep beneath the granite were three, two by two marble slabs. "TIME!" Shouted Lord Bell as the marble appeared as the time struck seven minutes.

Harry released the flow of magic and let out a deep breath…this was why no-one dared challenge anyone to the stone trials. "Mr. Potter wins the first round by a clear margin not only did he rip more stone from the ground but they were much bigger and thicker."

"But that makes it harder for the purification and cutting challenges." Harry retorted making Katie's father nod.

"True but everyone mainly focuses on the first trial…You are the first wizard since Albus Dumbledore to pull marble AND granite out the ground…however Dumbledore managed to pull your size granite blocks of marble out followed by your marble sized granite…though he hospitalized himself for three days straight…It's said Merlin could pull black marble out."

"How do you know this stuff?"

"The Bell family always takes history as an elective and they pride themselves on being some of the foremost minds on their selected subject. My father is the foremost mind on bonding's and unions between witches and wizards; I consider myself an expert on magical strength, power and control tests."

Harry nodded "Katie's doing stuff on elementals. Now are we going to do this second test or have you seen enough?"

Frank smirked "I've seen enough but you're going to have to forgive my wife...She's going to cast a bond breaker on you."

Harry's eyes widened he had read if the spell was cast on Aethermancer it could disintegrate everything up to and within five miles depending on the Aethermancer's power and Harry was above the normal Aethermancer.

"You can't let her do that...Mr. Bell listen to me I'm an Aethermancer. A true blue Aethermancer, when I use the aether my eyes go cobalt blue, when Katie uses it they turn purple due to our bond." Frank stared.

"You do know its fifteen years if you're bluffing."

"You know that Ministry will fall if I do go..."

Frank snorted "Prove it."

Harry reached out and grabbed the Aether and he began to absorb it at an astonishing rate, his eyes turned an astonishing shade of blue and soon enough it was faint but corporeal but an aura began to mould around his body. Malfoy stared at the raven haired wizard, he had lost "Lord Potter, I sincerely apologize for trying to lay claim to your bonded…I've read the legends of the Aethermancer's I beg you do not destroy my core."

Harry smirked "See that you don't try again."

Harry turned around to find Katie moving slowly towards him, Harry smiled warmly at her and pulled her close into a deep hug. Katie pressed her head deep into Harry's chest. "Is it sorted?"

"For now…Your father and Malfoy realise who and what they're trifling with. All that remains is your mother, if she gives you any grief you can find sanctuary here." With that he whispered the Headquarters Address of the Order of the Phoenix in her ear.

Harry and Katie left again shortly after that avoiding her brothers and mother before vanishing back through the floo to the Burrow. Only to arrive to find themselves staring down an irate Molly Weasley.

"WHERE! HAVE! YOU! BEEN!" She growled trying her best to make Harry feel guilty about leaving the Burrow.

"Things to do...Relating to being Lord of Several Houses. Now is that enough? Need I remind you, Mrs. Weasley you are not my mother."

Mrs. Weasley stared back "There are two aurors having lunch with us. All I have to do is shout for their assistance and claim Loco Parentis and I'll have your son out of your custody and you'll never see him again."

Harry's flickered blue as Katie's turned purple, Katie made a grabbing gesture and Mrs. Weasley found herself floating off the floor. "You do that and I'll bring total war down on you and everyone involved and as my fat cousin once said 'it's gonna be biblical' Mrs. Weasley." Harry growled as Katie deposited the Weasley mother on the kitchen floor and joined everyone outside.

Meanwhile Voldemort looked up as Draco Malfoy stormed into his lair which was the Malfoy family formal dining room "Crucio!"