Bonding

August 16, 1996

(Mid-day)

Harry found himself in the library looking up curses. Straying from his work, he remembered the morning after his first training session.

!!Flash back!!

"What is going on?" shrieked Mrs. Weasley, standing in the doorway.

"Hello mum, what is wrong?" asked Ginny, waking up.

"Why are you all sleeping in the same bed?" asked Mrs. Weasley, slowly calming dawn.

"We were up late talking and just decided to have a big slumber party. I hope that was all right?" said Abbi, who must have woken up.

"Well of course, dear. You lot just startled me that's all," said Mrs. Weasley.

"Sorry Mrs. Weasley for scaring you," said Harry, getting up out of the bed.

!!End Flashback!!

Harry began to laugh at the thought of her scream to be something different.

Remus and he started working on the map a couple days ago. They had updated the map. They had added the Chamber of Secrets and the Room of Requirement. They marked where passages were blocked and why. They added colored dots to the map for the people in Hogwarts (Red for Gryffindor, Blue for Ravenclaw, Yellow for Hufflepuff, Green for Slytherin, Purple for Teachers, Black for people with the Dark Mark, and Gray for anyone else in the school). By the time they were done, they were very pleased with there work.

On Ginny's birthday, a huge celebration was held for her. The whole day she was flushed a light pink from all the praise and congratulations she received. Harry had taken a locket sized ruby and engraved a lion on the front and there names on the back encircled in a heart. The look of delight and joy she had in her eyes at the gift became his new thought for his patronus. Overall, it was a very peaceful and relaxed day for her.

In the mean time, since there first slumber party, Harry, Abbi and Ginny and been spending a large amount of time together. Harry had starting to get to know Abbi better. Her full name was Abigail Veronica Akins. She got her Hogwarts letter a week before the Diagon Ally attack and that was why she was in Diagon Ally. Her birthday, she told them, was September 12. Therefore, in turn she found out all about Harry and Ginny from the Sorcerers stone to the Department of Mysteries. They all became very close.

Harry was brought out of his thoughts when he stumbled upon a section called 'Sacrifice Shields.'

Through out our history we have collected many eye witnessed accounts of Sacrifice Shields used. They have permanently helped block all curses; except one. This shield cannot block the Killing curse. In cases such as the Lovegood family in 1902 and the Richardson family in 1932, the killing curse was used to kill the small daughter after her mother had used the Sacrifice Shield. No record to date has proven that this Killing curse could be blocked, except Mr. Harry James Potter. No one know how He survived, yet we can safely say that if Lily Potter used the Sacrifice Shield there is no way that it would have blocked a killing curse used upon Mr. Potter.

Harry just sat there in shock running this new piece of information in his head.

'No…I can't believe…there is some misunderstanding…,' thought Harry.

Slowly the room started to crackle in energy, and growing at a quick pace.

'Dumbledore said that…wait did he…No! He said that he would not lie. That barmy old codger has lied about the most important thing to me. He sent me to the…Dursleys for no reason. Oh he is going to get it now,' thought Harry.

The energy in the room had reached its peek, and then suddenly disappeared. What was left in the room was a very ticked off Harry Potter holding a shield book.

Harry took a deep breath, left the library at a moderate pace, and headed to the kitchen where everyone else was.

Before anyone had the chance to say, anything Harry spoke, "Get Dumbledore here now."

"Ok Harry," said Mrs. Weasley. She could feel the power coming off him in waves and it scared her to see him like that.

"Harry, what is wrong?" asked Hermione and Ginny a little frightened.

"Here just read for your self," said Harry as he tossed the shield book to them and stared into the fire waiting for Dumbledore to get there.

As soon as Dumbledore stepped out of the fireplace, he had a wand pointed right between his eyes from a very pissed off Harry Potter.

"Read. Explain. Now," said Harry grabbing the book from the two girls who had just finished reading the passage.

Dumbledore quickly took the book and started reading the text, slowly paling after each second he read.

After reading the text, he suddenly dropped the book to the floor and started to do something that no one had ever seen before. He started to shake with fear.

"Now Harry, I am sorry you found out this way but I didn't lie to you," said Dumbledore slowly.

"DIDIN'T LIE! What do you mean you didn't lie? You said she was the reason why Voldemort could not kill me," said Harry, trying to control his anger.

"No Harry I said she died to save you. She did invoke the Sacrifice Shield. That is why you cannot be controlled by any curse. No, the reason why you survived Voldemort's killing curse was…

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Harry sat in stunned silence. He could not believe it. There was no possible way that what Dumbledore said was true. He just could not believe it. How could they have done that? How could his parents have given him all there power making them no more then squibs just to give him a shield enough to take one killing curse? How did they know what would happen? Were they that sure of the Prophesy? Why did they take to heart what was spoken by a women with no history of other predictions? So Harry did what anyone else would do he fainted.