Won't Get Fooled Again Keeperoliver Chapter 10
The feeling going around the room was not a good one. With the admission Harry made about his memory, a sick feeling was felt by all. The fact that a Basilisk was in the school, and that Harry once faced it, to save Ginny, was not a very secure feeling.
What was there to be done now? No one liked the idea of Harry having to once again face the deadly creature, but was there another option? Was Harry meant to face the beast? If he was, was Fawkes also meant to help him? Or could the Professors be the ones to do away with the beast?
Albus asked Dobby to show him how entry was made, and they followed the path made by Gellert to the lair. Luckily the Basilisk was back in it's den, and Albus was able to check the area of the chamber to see if there was another entry. There was, but it was unable to be opened by him. Some strong locking charm was in use, and Albus could not figure it out. He thought that he and Dobby needed to get out before the Basilisk made another appearance. Before he left though, he also created a lock on the other entry to keep the beast locked in the chamber, to ensure the safety of the students and faculty.
Without realizing it, Albus had foiled the plans of Gellert. The Basilisk would not be a detraction to Albus. At least not a major one. It would only cause him to think of a way to rid the school of it's presence. He would not dwell on it like he would have if he had not known of it's existence, and became worried for the safety of the school's occupants.
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After being told that the threat had been controlled by the headmaster, the students fell into a state of calm and slightly carefree existence. The school year continued on with no sign of danger.
Classes were back to normal, and training for what could have been a dangerous situation, turned into a normal learning experience.
The fear that Ginny first felt when told of the Basilisk was forgotten, to be replaced by feeling new to her. She wanted to get closer to Harry. To get to know him, and understand him. She asked for help from Hermione, Amy and Luna. Luna turned out to be her biggest help there. Although Amy was his blood sister, she didn't really know Harry's true feelings toward her. Hermione knew of his feelings, but, was confused when it came to he being able to explain them. Luna was straight forward and blunt with her answers to Ginny's questions. Through Luna's answers, Ginny learned that Harry and Luna shared a closer familiar bond with each other. Luna was able to reach Harry when Amy couldn't, or Hermione couldn't.
When Ginny asked her about this, Luna said, "Ginny, Harry and I became close when Lily and James first took me in. He treated me like he did Amy, and because of that, I took to him. He cared for me in a way I was never treated before, like he was always my brother. He was there for me whenever I started to get depressed about losing my family, and showed me that although the Potters were not blood, we were still her family. He told me that my mother and father would always be there in my heart, and that I would never forget them. They would always be with me, when I needed them. He was right. My mum is always there when I ask her a question. It may not be words that she answers with, but, she always shows me the right path I need to take. We formed a Familial Bond, and though it is not strong at the moment, I think it will get stronger as time wears on. I love the Potters for what they have given me. A brother and sister I never thought I would get. Maybe I will form a bond with the others in the future, but for now, I will settle for the one that Harry and I share."
As Ginny listened to her friend, she wished she could have shared a bond with on of her brothers. If she did, it probably would have been with Bill, he oldest brother. He was the one who always protected her from the pranks of the twins while she was growing up. She used this against the twins when Bill was off to school, telling them that Bill would hear about what they did, if they tried anything. Molly, Ginny and Bill were the only ones the twins feared.
Through Luna, Ginny learned that Harry really hated the fact that he had been so cold toward Ginny when they first met, but, he feared what it was that kept them apart. This feeling that Ginny either hurt him in his future, or he was hurt because of something that happened to her. What ever it was kept him from getting to know her. Luna also told her that the reason that Harry changed was because of a talk he had with their mum. She didn't know what was said, just that Harry came out of it with a better understanding of his feelings. Luna also told her it was her that told Harry of Ginny and Dean's plans on writing letters to each other, and was sorry that she said it.
From Amy, she learned that Harry would sometime cry in his sleep. She didn't know if it was a dream or a memory that caused it. She only knew that he would say Ginny's name sometime while crying. Ginny wished she knew what Harry was thinking when he was in one of these episodes.
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As the year moved on, Harry and Ginny got closer. They were often found in the library studying together, or walking through the halls holding hands.
When Ron saw this, he would turn and walk away from the two, as he did not like it. He felt Ginny was too young to be getting this close to anyone. However, if he tried to say anything, the twins would be on him like flies on shite.
The twins didn't care who caught Ginny's eye, as long as he was good to her. They knew of the tension between Her and Harry, but Harry at least tried to get past his memories, and work on their relationship. Ginny was tolerable of this as well. They knew that Harry had a lot of added weight put on him from something, and worked real hard to get past it. Yes, they teased the two, but it was all in fun, and they never hurt anyone in their attempts to create laughter for their fellow students. They never insulted or belittled anyone for a laugh. They never tried to injure anyone.
Hermione was proud of the way Harry had gotten over his fear of Ginny hurting him, or his hurting Ginny. She watched as their relationship grew, and was happy that they could now be together with out fear of the future. Maybe they are moving a little too fast, but if it works, then why try to fix it.
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Gellert was worried. It has been four months since he found the Basilisk and set his plans to work, and yet nothing has been seen in the papers about Hogwarts or Dumbledore. The Basilisk should be running rampant through the school right now. People should be at least becoming petrified. But nothing was happening. Or at least nothing is being said. Maybe that's it, Albus is trying to cover up the story so as not to upset the parents of the students. He was always good at covering himself when he needed to.
He was also worried about the Leader of the the third world country he approached about becoming partners. It seems he was already in league with a radical leader of a strong terrorist group who was supported by many other countries. He learned of the name of this terrorist leader, and attempted to seek him out. He wasted many months in this search, as this leader never stayed in one place too long. Although it was frustrating, he admired this in the leader. He also admired that he led Gellert on many false trails during the search. This leader was smart and he was gifted with his speeches. His followers were faithful, and willing to die for him. It was something that many leaders wished they had.
With all this being said, it still was becoming critical that he get in touch with this leader as he felt his time slipping away. He wanted to get his revenge on Albus Dumbledore, and the rest of the free world that put him away for all those years.
Right now he was in Afghanistan, searching the mountains for this leader. It was him that brought the country to it's current situation with the USSR. Once again it was the Americans that were there to provide assistance to the oppressed. Gellert felt he was cursed by Albus and it carried over to the Yanks and the Brits. He could see that this leader could use his help in continuing his fight against all those against him. The technology being used impressed Gellert, as much as it infuriated him. So much has changed since he was last free.
He read about this Lord Voldemort, and he could have been a strong ally to Gellert, if it hadn't been for this unknown Hero. It was funny that no one knew who he was. How is it an unknown person could stand up against a powerful leader and his army, and defeat him so easily, where an entire country failed? This was baffling to Gellert. Luckily this Hero was dead, or he would be a threat to all of his plans. All he had to worry about now was Dumbledore.
With three months left to the school year, he had given up hope on the Basilisk. How Dumbledore stopped this was a mystery, but because of his trailing this leader, he was able to elude Dumbledore and his search. It was the only good thing to come from all his plans.
Gellert finally found the town he was looking for, and approached it with caution. This leader was giving him a difficult time trying to catch up with him, but he felt he was closing in on him, and would soon meet him. Gellert found out that this leader was had only been in his position for a short period of time, yet was deemed a hero himself for what he has accomplished in his fight for Muslim supremacy.
His name was uttered in reverence when ever he was talked about. Osama Bin Laden was becoming a legend and it wouldn't be long before he made his name known to the free world. Gellert wanted to help bring his name forward to them sooner.
Once again he learned that he had arrived to late to find Bin Laden. He had been gone for two weeks, and his new location was not known, just that he headed west towards Iraq. Gellert had to find him soon.
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Albus tried to locate Grindlewald through his contacts he had throughout then world. Like Gellert, he was always too late arriving in his last known location. If only he knew what he was searching for, perhaps it would be easier for him to find him and bring him in for his crimes. Even for his age, and his weakened condition, Gellert was very difficult to capture.
How he learned of the Basilisk in the chamber Albus didn't know, as he had been in the castle for over sixty years and didn't know of it's location. He knew of the routine the Care Professor had for supplying the school with it's stock, but didn't know that the school provided the Basilisk with it's meals as well.
How was a man who had never been in the school able to find out what he was never able to? Gellert was far more dangerous than Albus could have thought. He knew he was a threat, but this was touching too close to home.
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Luna had just got back to the dorm, when she saw Harry going over some papers she thought was school work. She went to him to see if she could help, and was surprised to see he was working on something for the twins. A grin came to her face as she sat next to him. "Harry, what are you working on, and could I be of any help?"
Harry looked at Luna and saw the smile she was wearing. He learned to never trust his sister's smiling face as she was quite a mischief maker. He thought it would be best to tell her the truth. "The twins had this idea for a new potion to help with their pranks. It is supposed to be able to translate anything you say into another language of your choice. All it would take is the changing of three certain ingredients. This would allow you to be able to communicate with others and if lucky, not know what was being said. Unfortunately, Hermione speaks like six different languages, and has thwarted their plans on several different occasions. They learned she knows Latin, French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Mandarin Chinese. What they want me to do, is find out what will bring about the ability to speak Japanese, Korean, Russian, or any other language ."
"Well, what allows them to speak the other six languages?"
"They are not sure. They think it may be something that is common to the country they are trying to learn the language. I have the six different list of ingredients here, and have been trying to figure out what it is. Trying to do that and watch for Hermione is driving me crazy. The twins don't want Hermione to find out how they are able to speak all these languages. Who knows, Maybe she can speak other languages as well."
Luna thought on this for a minute, "You say three ingredients is all that is needed to change? The three are all different for each language, and each is something to do with the country for which you wish to speak."
"Right, but they have to be the correct ingredients in order to be able to speak them. I haven't been able to find the correct pattern to the three."
Luna looked at the list and comparing what they had already accomplished against their failed attempts. Each potion had something from a food group preferred by the host country. Next was top natural export. The last one was the one that was hard to figure. For 15 minutes she studied the list, then it dawned on her. Each of the final ingredients was something that only the host country made, or originated from. The ingredient was in the language they were looking for. She explained this to Harry and it took a bit to get it through to him that what he needed was something from the country that was in their language.
Harry looked for the twins to let them know that Luna had made the connection they were looking for, and got them to put it to the test. It worked just like Luna said it would. Fred picked Luna up and spun her around in his joy. Luna had just got through eating, and her stomach released everything that had not been digested. Fred was covered with the mixture, which made him sick as well, and covered Luna with his mess. This only made Luna more sick, and she turned from Fred, and covered George with the results. OK, so everyone knows what happened next. George let loose on Harry, and Harry let loose in a trash bin. The smell was so bad they had to leave Fred and George's little hideout, after cleaning up the mess, and cleaning themselves off.
Even with this bad experience, the twins were thrilled that they may be able to get one over on Hermione. Surely she wasn't fluent in every language in the world.
She wasn't fluent with every language, but, she knew enough in most of them that the twins still didn't get on over on her.
This was when Luna hit them with another thought, why not create one of their own. They loved this idea, but, they passed on being too overjoyed to avoid another mess. This was the beginning of real meaning of TWIN SPEAK. It was something Hermione never could master, as the twins changed it all the time.
For the first time that she could remember, Hermione was stumped by something the twins made.
Luna couldn't help her with it either, as she just gave them the suggestion, not the knowledge. She wanted to help Hermione, as she liked being the instigator, but Twin Speak was beyond her comprehension.
The twins won this round, but Hermione would find a way to figure out their secret.
Luna helped her with this. She told Hermione to get hold of the formula that the twins made, and for the final ingredient, just add their hair. A hair from them both would be needed, as they may be using different Twin Speak. It took only a little persuasion on her part to get Harry to retrieve a sample of the formula.
She then went to work on it and using the hair she got from their robes, and making sure it was their hair, and not someone else, she made the potion. She then put it in a vial and waited until the twins started using their Twin Speak before she took the potion. What happened after that was one for the books. Instead of translating the garbage the twins were speaking, which it was was, it allowed her to hear their mind link that they had created. It seems the twins thought the same thing as Luna had, and used the formula on them selves. It wasn't the speak that worked, it was the mind link the potion created, and the one that Hermione now also shared.
The potion only lasted about 30 minutes, but at least Hermione now knew how the twins accomplished their new language, and didn't give herself away by trying to communicate with them.