Call of the Light
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any of its characters. However I do own this story idea. That's about it. (I also own a bunch of Harry Potter merchandise yeah I'm weird)
Warning: Well the only warnings as of now are that this is a slightly alternate universe setting. It does include male/male along with male/fem pairing. May be an Mpreg. Mature content, bad language, and many other possibly suggestive themes.
Summary: What if the tables were turned. What if LV went after Neville Longbottom instead of Harry Potter on that faithful day. What if Harry Potter had actually gone to Slytherin. Would Harry let the dark side take him or would he still feel the call of the light? Would Harry still be the one called on to save the day in the end? Better than its sounds. DMHP
(A/N: This is my first Harry Potter fic so please bear with me and be honest but not completely cruel lol)
Pairings: Main pairing Draco/Harry I'm still deciding on other ones any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Chapter 11: Gifts
Cole stared at his god sibling as if he had grown a second head. "Harry what in the world possessed you to ask me about the Gift of Bearing?! I really dont think I should be the person to tell you about that." The younger boy's face was flaming red from the embarrassment he was experiencing. Harry on the other hand wasn't sure what had Cole so flustered and that only made him more curious as to what the Gift of Bearing was.
"So you won't tell me then?" Harry asked, sounding almost instantly disappointed. Cole shook his head.
"It's not that I don't want to tell you. I just...it's just a really...I don't know it's just something I'd prefer not to talk about." Cole shrugged hoping that Harry wouldn't push it. Harry sighed knowing that he wouldnt force the younger boy to tell him if he didnt want to. Harry sufficed to wait until the next Session started to find out. He knew it must be something really good to make Cole flush like that; it was actually really funny to see the usually calm boy flush in embarrassment. The more Harry thought of Cole's reaction the more Draco and Blaise's reactions made more sense to him.
Thats when a brilliant idea came to his mind. He didnt have to wait until the next Second Year Seminar he'd just go to the library and try to find out what the Gift of Bearing was on his own. Just as he had made to get up and go to the library Draco called out to him. He turned to the blond boy, who no longer sported the look of mortification and frustration, he looked on at Harry with curious eyes.
"Where are you off to?" Draco asked. Blaise and Pansy, who was smiling that ever lasting mischievous smile, came to stand next to the blond.
"I was just going to the library to research something." The bespectacled boy explain. He turned to Cole who had now begun to stand as well.
"Well forget about that for a while we've got something more fun and a lot more important to do with you at the moment." Draco explained and then smirked for good measure. Harry couldn't figure out what he was talking about.
"Dont tell me you forgot Harry? It was your idea wasnt it?" Cole asked as he went to stand by the rest of the group. Cole studied his god brother and knew automatically that the boy had actually forgotten his own suggestion just the day before. "You wanted help controling that Gift of yours right?" Cole asked unimpressed with Harry.
"Oh." Harry was instantly reminded of the day before and all of its events. He looked down at his feet for a moment in embarassment and then rapidly recovered. "You all want to help me?" he asked and of course everyone nodded. "Thanks."
"No problem! Now come on!" Pansy nearly yelled and Draco frowned at her. Harry joined the group and together they all followed Pansy out of the common room and into the dungeons of Hogwarts. "We're going somewhere we won't be disturbed and have too many prying eyes." Little did any of them know they were going into a room she and a partner who will remain annonymous had been meeting for the past week or so. They had stumbled upon the small, inconspicuous space by a complete accident. Walking down the halls of the dungeon one would never find it. The door was actually hidden under a large tapestry of Salazaar Slytherin. The tapestry hung at the end of a really old, no longer used hall. The hall was lined with doors to rooms that used to be used as dungeons. Now they were mere storage rooms. Pansy lifted the tapesetry and found the small entry way easily. She opened the ornate wooden door and took a deep breath. She for some strange reason loved the arid, lifeless room. There were only two things that made the room even remotely inviting and that was the out of place indoor waterfall and stream that ran in a straight line down the middle of the room. The other feature was a window that allowed mini sunbeams in, despite the fact that they were in the deepest part of the dungeons.
Harry looked around wondering just how Pansy had managed to find this room. They all followed the girl into the room and Cole closed the door behind them. Harry cast a silencing charm while Cole cast a locking charm on the door. The green eyed boy had a moment to wonder what they were so paranoid about but shrugged it off as a Slytherin thing, once you've been in Slytherin long enough everything becomes a secret.
Draco stood on one side of small stream glancing at it curiously, he wondered where it lead to exactly. Instead of trying to find out he turned to Pansy and said "This is a perfect place to practice Pans. How'd you find it?"
"Oh you know me just wandering aimlessly one day and found it. Thought it might come in handy someday so I memorized the route here." she almost told the truth. She smiled and said "Let's get started shall we."
Harry eyed her wondering what had her so hyped up.
"So Harry you want to control your Gift, huh?" Draco asked dramatically and Harry rolled his eyes.
"I thought we covered that already. For Merlin's sake it's the whole reason we're here." the green eyed boy sighed at Draco, he could be really annoying when he wanted to be.
"Harry this won't be easy at all. We're going to teach you the same way we were taught, the same way we're still being taught." Blaise said and the boy caught Harry's attention. "Cole you might want to be on Harry's side." Blaise said to the youngest male. Cole nodded seeming to understand the vague statement.
"Brace yourself Harry." Cole muttered. Harry looked at him wondering what he meant. When he turned back to the group they had taken different stances, spread out on the other side of the small stream. Harry blinked one time in confusion; wondering what was going on. Draco moved; that was all that Harry's brain processed before a sudden stinging pain hit him in the leg. Harry looked down at his leg and saw that his trousers were badly singed, a smoldering hole in the fabric right above his knee. He looked up once more only to be hit in the hip this time.
He grabbed at his burned joint and looked at Draco horror etched into his features "Are you trying to killing me?" he asked eyeing the boy who was now charged with magic, eyes flashing and hair standing at strange angles. He held his hand up and electricity, lightning, gathered there.
"Harry we told you this would not be easy. This is how a Slytherin raises their child to control true magic." Harry had a one moment to move before the lightning came hurling at him. He moved just in time being missed only by a centimeter.
"Draco, what the hell?!" Harry asked frantic. He heard a sound from Cole that did not sound pleasant. The boy was on his knees clutching at his head. "Cole what's wrong, are you okay?"
Cole shook his head "It's Blaise."
"Blaise?" Harry looked in Blaise's direction and found the boy glowing, he was a warm golden sun in the corner of the room and his eyes were locked on Cole.
"He's in my head." Cole gasped as he tried to fight the mental attack from the older boy. Harry was beginnging to understand. So it was he and Cole against Draco and Blaise. Harry smirked, if this was what Slytherins did then he was definitely game.
"You understand now?" Draco asked looking somehow both ethereal and cocky as his eyes flashed. Harry nodded just before another sphere of lightning came at him. Harry rolled out of the way. Another and another came without end. He had to stop Draco somehow.
Cole had managed to get Blaise out of his head with no small amount of effort. The older boy had a powerful mind that much was certain but so did Cole and he was ready to show him just how strong. Cole stood and let his power flow through him, like Draco's his eyes began to flash bright with light. Draco glanced at him warily from the corner of his eye, though he was keeping his focus on Harry. Cole didnt move from his spot but merely squinted at Blaise and the glowing figure went flying. Blaise hit the wall hard but got back up quickly and retalliated. Cole fell to his knees again suddenly and felt as if his body were on fire.
Harry and Draco were stuck in what seemed to be an ever lasting dance as Draco continued to fire at Harry and the smaller boy in turn kept barely dodging. Harry had to admit that even though this was getting him nowhere it seemed, it was actually pretty fun. As the time went on Harry could feel his heart starting to race. Draco had him cornered and he had no where to go as the blond advanced on him. Draco smirked down at him sardonically. The blond raised his hand, sparks crackling ominously between his finger tips. The look the older boy wore on his face had Harry panicking. What was with the completely creepy and totatlly convincing psycho look that Draco was giving him. The blond almost seemed like he really wanted to hurt him. Harry reached for his wand.
'Uh-uh Harry, bad boy!' he heard Pansy's voice in his head. His eyes tried to find hers for a moment but all he could see was Draco looming over him. The blond thrust his hands forward and the lightning came straight for him no longer a controled sphere but now an unadulterated, spiraling bolt of lightning. Harry put his hands up not sure what else to do. He was scared that one of his best friends was going to kill him. He waited silently for the pain of death but it never came. He opened his eyes which he couldn't remember closing. The first thing he saw was Draco hanging in midair much like he had been the night before. Harry saw that the wall next to him had a huge scorge mark. The burnt brick left an acrid smell in the air.
Cole fought against the pain that was taking over him. Blaise smirked knowing that he was going to win. He concentrated harder on the boy thinking words like PAIN, HURT, ACHE. Cole couldn't escape the pain so he called up the power inside him. He was thinking words of his own STOP, CEASE, ENOUGH! The pain dissipated and Cole was on his feet once again. Cole thanked his Guardian God for the Gift of Neautralization he couldnt imagine taking that pain for much longer. Blaise was taking this seriously and Cole decided that he would as well. He called his power again, made a motion like cutting something in the air. Blaise hissed, a second later a gash was sliced up his arm. 'By Merlin's gray balls you're a good one Cole.' Blaise spoke mentally to the boy. He didn't trust his voice at the moment.
Cole wasn't expecting the mental compliment and went red for a second before thinking back 'Thanks.' Cole made another cutting motion and Blaised gasp as he was wounded again. Cole liked having the upper hand. He smirked looking too pleased with himself.
"Draco what the hell were you thinking!?" Harry yelped. The glasses wearing boy glared up at the blond wondering just what had gotten into his head. "You could have killed me!"
"But I didnt." The blonde muttered back. "Not easy Harry." Draco reminded him. He shot another bolt of lightning at Harry. This time the shorter of the two had room to maneuver and so he wasn't hit. Draco dropped to his feet. Another bolt. Harry moved. Harry felt a sudden urge to do something, he couldn't keep avoiding. He had to fight back. He felt a feeling, something that told him he could fight back, that whatever power he had in him was ready to cooperate and listen to him. He put out a hand pushed that feeling, that confidence, that power at Draco, willing something to happen. The blonde was sent flying.
Pansy was smirking from her place out of the way of the on carrying duels. They decided that today she would sit out of the duels. Something about Harry not being ready. She thought it funny that he could handle, barely, the guys but not her. So she sat back and watched the enticing show. It looked like Cole had the upper hand on Blaise at the moment. While Harry was just starting to do something interesting. She saw the strange look Harry had on his face before he suddenly sent Draco flying. She guessed that his Guardian God had finally woken his lazy arse up and helped the squirt. Being in the muggle world had all but severed the small boy's connection to the power given to him by his Guardian God; his true magic. But looking on at the fight Pansy could tell that the bond had been repaired and that now Harry's powers would grow even stronger because of Draco and Blaise's drastic measures.
She shifted her attention to the other duel that was taking place. Pansy smiled because Cole had obviously learned a winning maneuver and was determined to stick to it. The girl was supposed to stop either duel if they had gotten out of hand and even though she was sure this would classify as out of hand she wouldn't stop either duel. One reason being because she knew that both Cole and Harry needed this. And two if any stray magic managed to connect with her while she was trying break them up she would give them all bodily harm.
Harry feeling confident advanced on Draco. The blond had managed to get on his feet and was surprised when Harry made a swiping motion with his hands and the boy lost his footing again. Draco was actually getting frustrated now. He didn't make to get up again. Instead he noticed that all their dueling had displaced the water of the small stream. There was a clear trail of it from where he was to where Harry was advancing. He had a thought and wondered if he should. Harry's face was cocky and he didn't like that look on the smaller boy so he swiftly made his decision. Charging his hand with power he slammed his hand down into the small puddle. From there nature took its course and Harry was down for the count.
Pansy witnessed what Draco had done. She gasped as she stood up from her small transfigured chair and walked over to Harry. "That's enough for today boys." Pansy shook her head at Draco who had, until he realized what he'd done been smirking. He rushed to where Pansy was with Harry. "You could have fried his bloody brains!"
Cole who had been preocupied with his own duel quickly stopped what he was doing to rush toward Harry. He ran to the center of the room where Pansy and Draco were. He harshly pushed Draco out of the way. "What the fuck's wrong with you Malfoy!?" Draco actually winced slightly at the boy's words.
Cole looked down at Harry hoping he was okay. Pansy looked Harry over and deduced that he would be okay. But the lesson was over for the day. "We should probably get someone to look at you guys. You all look like dragon shit!" Pansy said taking in the appearances of the boys. Draco and Harry already had detention with their head of house that night, if he found out what they had been doing without a professor present they'd be in big trouble.
"But who? If we go to Madame Pomphrey we'll definitely be busted." Pansy sighed and frowned knowing that Blaise was right. She thought for a second and the only person they could go to popped into her head. She just hoped they were willing to help but something told her that it wouldn't be a problem.
The only girl present sighed and muttered "I'll be back don't go anywhere." she walked silently out of the door, all eyes watching her exit.
Cole deciding that now was as good a time as any asked "So?" This he adressed to Draco.
The blonde raised one elegant eyebrow at his cousin "So what?"
"I want an answer to my question oh dear cousin of mine." Cole muttered in a cold very Black voice.
"An answer to what question exactly?" Draco retorted, he was exhausted now that the adrenaline and the magic wasn't pumping through his veins anymore. His cousin was really starting to irritate him.
"What in blue blazes is wrong with you? Have you lost your bloody mind? You could've killed Harry!" Cole nearly shouted.
"Yes I know." Draco muttered solemnly. But then his face quickly shifted and his voice held a different tone "But for one I had warned him it wouldnt be easy and that we were going to teach him how we were taught. And two Harry really needed to be pushed in case you hadn't sensed it, his connection with his Guardian God was waning very quickly. Being the in muggle world for so long drained his magic to almost nothing! He would have been stuck doing wand magic for all of his life, like some sort of low class Mudblood!" Draco finished red in the face by the time he had stopped talking.
Cole stayed silent not saying anything in response to what Draco had said. He couldn't mention the fact that in all actuality Harry shouldn't even have a Guardian God considering he wasnt a pureblood. Harry truly should have been confined to wand magic but by some miracle Harry was Blessed apparently with the Gift of Elemental Air. Cole glanced down at his sibling wondering if he was going to wake up soon.
Pansy re-entered the room with a confused looking Hermione Granger in tow. "Can you help them?" Pansy asked as Hermione took in the look of the boys. Her eyes locked immediately on Harry.
"What happened here?" she asked kneeling down automatically.
"Ask young Master Malfoy over there. No one really knows what the hell he was thinking." Cole muttered bitterly but otherwise said nothing else. Blaise who had been quiet since the end of the duel, put a comforting hand on Cole's shoulder.
Hermione turned to Draco but she shook her head and didnt wait for an answer. "Best to just get to it I suppose." Hermione sighed and put her wand on the ground. All the boys present quirked their eyebrows at her. Her eyes began to sparkle as she layed her hands over the burn on Harry's leg. A warm light eminated from her hands and the wound began to heal. In mere seconds the burn was completely gone as if it had never been there. Draco's jaw dropped and he was left staring as Hermione continued to Lay Hands on Harry. A muggle born healing by touch was unheard of and he thought to himself that this must be some kind of trick.
She healed him and continued on to the astonished blonde who was bleeding from a knock to the head. She whispered in his ear "Not bad for a low class Mudblood huh?" His breath caught in his throat and then his face set into a stern scowl. He watched the bushy haired girl as she continued to heal the wounded other boys. Blaise had taken the longest for Cole had not taken it easy on him at all.
Harry woke up soon after she was done with Blaise. "Hermione what are you doing here?"
"Apparently Granger has an affinity for healing." Blaise answered looking at the young brunette Gryfindor girl in wonder. Hermione turned to Harry glad to see that he was okay for the most part.
"Are you feeling well?" she asked the green eyed Slytherin. Harry nodded and stood up. Hermione seeing that her task was complete excused herself and bid the Slytherins goodbye. Before she left the room she gave Pansy an intense look and the other girl nodded imperceptively.
The only blonde in the room shook his head muttering about the world coming to an end and something incoherent about purebloods being a dying species. Harry was dumbfounded, tired and aggravated. He was dumbfounded because he felt as if he had missed something when he was unconscious. He was tired from the earlier activities working with Draco, it made him want to crawl into bed and fall into blissful sleep. He was aggravated because he felt as if his best friend had just tried to kill him.
"Oh Merlin I feel like dropping right here but we've still got detention with Snape today." Harry muttered as he silently made his way out of the room not uttering another word. Draco followed knowing that he had detention as well. Blaise and Cole followed closely behind Pansy as she made her way back to the common room of the Slytherin dungeons. Cole and Blaise talked casually of the duel they had just had; each commending the other on their strength.
Down the hall Harry and Draco walked in silence towards their Head of House's office dreading the slow, dreary, boredom that awaited them. Draco sincing that Harry was upset deftly grabbed a hold of Harry's hand and stopped his slow pace completely.
The emerald eyed boy simply stared up at Draco with expecting eyes. The green orbs made Draco's breath catch in his throat but he managed to speak anyway "Harry...you know I wasn't really trying to hurt you. I just...I want you to be a strong wizard Harry. I had to be tough on you Harry."
"Draco I understand that and all but...it's just if you could see that look you gave me like you actually wanted me dead. It was utterly terrifying on so many different levels. But I thank you for helping me Draco." Harry sighed and he didn't voice his discomfort when Draco pulled him into a quick hug. He had been wary of too much physical contact with the blonde ever since his little confession, he just honestly wasn't sure what to make of it.
"Let's hurry up and get to Snape's office before he gives us another detention for being late to this one." Harry nodded and the two made it to Snape's office in only a minute later. They stared up at the waiting professor.
Harry thought the man didn't seem nearly as snarky as he usually was but decided to tread lightly and not to push his luck. "As you two are aware you will be cataloging potions for me tonight. I want them to be organized into three categories. Elixirs go on the top shelves, then Tonics, and then on the bottom shelves I want Droughts. Do you understand?"
The two Slytherins nodded and got to work quickly. Not long after they had begun to work did Ron and Neville show up at the door. Neville had gotten detention from Snape that morning when his project potion had exploded and made a huge mess of the Potions Lab. They both walked warily into the room. Snape simply nodded toward the two Slytherin boys, already working and the two Gryfindors approached them.
Harry smiled at the two of them. Ron looked at Harry and smiled and then he frowned. There was something different about Harry, he could feel a surgence of magic underneath the boy's skin. That hadn't been the case only one day ago. Ron guessed quickly what had happened and he grinned;he was happy for the boy. Ron may have played the naive idiot often but he was far from one, he'd felt the weak connection between Harry and his Guardian God. But now as he stood in the boy's presence he could taste the power radiating from Harry.
Harry spoke "What are you so happy about Ron?" Ron smiled and shook his head not wanting to completely freak Harry out with the news because the boy had a tendency to overreact when it came to new developements of his power. They all went to work and after what seemed like ages of ignoring the smell of dinner coming from the Great Hall, they were released each hoping that they would be able to make it before dinner was over.
Kill...
Harry shook his head wondering what that was about. He'd suddenly heard a strangely raspy, almost snaky sort of voice. He nervously looked over his shoulder and there was nothing there. He did his best to shrug it off. He continued to walk down the corridor with Draco, Ron, and Neville who looked a bit green around the gills. Harry wondered if he was sick or coming down with something.
I can..smell them...sweet muggle-borns
This time Harry couldn't ignore it, he had to ask "Did anyone else hear that?"
"Yes I hear Weasley's horrid stomach growling like a lion." Draco muttered. Ron didnt miss the insult.
"What was that you little snake?!" Ron yelled instantly ready for a fight with the blonde.
"No! Not that!" Harry cut the fight short with his harsh whisper. "There's something in the school I think. It's saying something." Harry explained. Draco scowled and Ron frowned looking about as if he was listening out for something.
I'm hungry...
"I hear it too..." Neville muttered looking sicker by the minute and the boy clutched his forehead. "It says it's hungry."
Ron and Draco nervously exchanged glances wondering if Harry and Neville had both went insane. "I don't hear anything at all." Ron muttered still looking as if he were trying to listen out for whatever it was.
"I can't hear anything either. Maybe you two are just hungry." Draco suggested as he started walking again. He really wasnt looking forward to missing dinner, especially for nonsense. Ron soon followed Draco's example and continued to walk.
I want to...feed
"There it is again!" Harry whispered to Neville and the shy boy nodded wondering what they could do to get the other two boys to believe them.
Ah...food
"No we can't let it! It's going to kill someone!" Harry shouted and stopped walking with his friends.
"We have to find whatever it is." Neville muttered solemnly. Ron and Draco sighed and wondering when the two would give it up already.
"I think we can find it, if we listen." Harry said and Neville agreed. Ron raised his eyebrows at them while Draco was looking utterly irritated. Neville and Harry took off running down the hall. They ran up a few flight of steps with Draco and Ron close behind. They stopped running and found that they weren't far from the Great Hall. All the boys stared in horror at the strange message left on wall that was written in what appeared to be blood. Draco eyed the message with strange interest. Harry noticed the fact that there was water all over the floor.
"Look!" Neville yelled. "Mrs. Norris!" They looked up to see that Filch's cat was lying deadly still just a ways down the hall.
"Great now what the hell is going on in this school!" Ron yelled."Can't things be simple for once?!" Just as Ron muttered this students started to flood the halls coming from the feast. However they all stopped when they saw the sight before them.
"The Chamber of Secrets has been opened! Enemies of the heir beware!" someone read. Hermione appeared out of nowhere by Ron's side. Pansy, Blaise and Cole pushed to the front of the crowd.
"Figures a filthy Slytherin would be behind this!" This came from Justin Finch Fletchly. Draco scowled.
The blond stepped in the Hufflepuff's direction. Hand raised and sparks literally flying Draco asked "What was that?" His hair started standing in odd places again and his eyes were starting to flash. Blaise seeing the potential fight walked up to Draco and clapped a hand on his shoulder. The blond's power receded instantly. Draco glared at Blaise but the boy merely smirked back at him.
"What is going on here?" The headmaster had arrived on the scene. He and the rest of the teachers that had arrived read the message that was left behind as well as the cat who still didnt show any sign of moving. The students were escorted back to their dorms. Harry had the strangest feeling that as they were escorted out they were being eyed avidly by the headmaster. He knew this wouldn't be the end of it, for some reason he knew he would be linked to this creepy situation in the end. There was no way around it, he could feel it deep within his soul. Harry knew something major would happen soon. He walked back to his common room with his dorm mates, all of them walking in silent wonder. When they got back to the common room most of the Slytherins went to their beds content to let the situation slip from their minds until the morning.
Harry however had not been so eager to dismiss what had happened. He wanted to know what exactly was the Chamber of Secrets and what the significance was of it being opened. And what of Mrs. Norris, what was that about? What connection did the strange voice in his head have with everything? The whole thing had come from nowhere. Well everything except for the voice in his head.
"Penny for your thoughts, Harry?" Cole came to sit beside him on the couch. The Black boy eyed his his godbrother trying to read through the boy's face and see what he was thinking.
"It's just I don't know how but I know I'm connected to this in some way." Cole's eyes widened and he just stared trying to think of what he could say.
Draco had taken a seat across from the boys and Pansy and Blaise had taken their places beside him.
"What do you mean you're connected to it?" Blaise was the one to ask this.
"Well right before we found Mrs. Norris...there was something...something in my head. It sounded like it was hungry, like it was going to eat someone." Harry frowned at the end of his explanation thinking of the creepy, snakey sort of voice he'd heard.
Cole looked at his brother silently for a moment. He held both his palms flat out for Harry and said "Let me see Harry." Harry looked confused for a moment and then calmly laid his hands on top of Cole.
Cole closed his eyes and took a deep breath, concentrating. There was a soft golden glow about their hands as Cole began to see into Harry's mind. He saw the power practice they'd had, he breezed pass Harry and others boring dentention with Snape and came upon the memories Harry had of the voice. Cole snatched his hands away and looked Harry in the eyes wonder and confusion clouding his grey orbs.
"What the hell was that?" Cole asked finally. He couldn't think of anything else to say.
"You heard the voice in Harry's head?" Draco demanded and Cole nodded at him. "What did it sound like?"
"Like a snake but -with the growl of a bear to it like...I dont know it was really weird. I've never heard anything quite like it before." Cole explained while Harry sat brooding beside him. The Black pull his brother into a half hug. "We'll figure it out. We always have before and we will again." Harry nodded not really hearing much of what his god brother was saying to him.
"So apparently something is going to go down at the school again this year." Pansy deduced and then continued "I think our best bet would be to research what the Chamber of Secrets is. It sounds vaguely familiar."
"I've heard of it too. I just cant remember when." Blaise sighed and looked comtemplative. He hmmed a couple of times but otherwise stayed silent. Draco who hadn't said much himself was beginning to get ticked off.
"Well there's really nothing we can do at this point is there so lets get to bed." Everyone agreed with his suggestion and they went off to bed. Harry lay in the bed still thinking and wondering exactly what connection he could have to the Chamber of Secrets. Somehow he figured that Neville also was deeply rooted to this new mystery as well. Draco seemed to know something about what was going on in the school but for some reason hadn't shared his knowledge with the rest of the group. He wasnt sure how he knew that Draco was hiding something but he did, it was all in the way that he was acting when they were talking about it. He had been silent and seemed to want to hurry and change the subject. Harry sighed he needed to rest, he had school in the morning, he just prayed that if he happened to dream tonight that it would not involve creepy hungry voices.
Harry closed his eyes and tried his best not to think of whatever it was that he knew was lurking around the school.
The next morning there were announcements during breakfast. The Headmaster Dumbledore stood up and projected his voice with a spell. The man's voice filled the room and all went silent "Due to recent events we have to insists on all student that they not walk the halls alone. We will now be hall monitoring, no one is to be outside of the classroom at any time while classes are in session. Students will be escorted in and out of the classes. All should be accounted for at every meal and school function unless they are ill in which case they should and will report to the Hospital Wing. With that said Blessed Day to all." he raised his hands and the tables filled with breakfast. The student began to tuck in as well as gossip about the recent events.
Harry's head was swiveling from place to place due to the fact that his name kept being repeated not only at his table but all over the Hall. It was both nerve wracking and irritating. Harry was holding in his anger at what was being circulated around the room. Draco noticed Harry's expression and asked "Harry is there something wrong?" the blonde had a pretty good guess at what was bothering him.
"Everyone thinks we're some type of evil cult or something. The four of us had nothing to do with Mrs. Norris' mysterious condition." the brunette sighed. Draco gave him a faint pat on the back.
Blaise muttered around his food "Harry relax, naturally people are going to talk about you guys, you were the only ones there. It's only logical that people are going to gossip and be a little suspicious of you all. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if you guys were summoned to Headmaster's office pretty soon." Harry frowned at him neglecting his manners but nodded nonetheless, knowing that as usual Blaise was right.
"Well I'm going to research the Chamber of Secrets today." Harry said sighing, that message still hadnt left his mind and that strange feeling of connection to it still hadn't faded either.
Two days had passed and Harry had found nothing on the Chamber of Secrets. But he was glad that people had stopped gossiping about he and others. Today there were Quidditch try outs, Draco had suggested they go even though they wouldn't be aloud try out until a couple of days from the day. Tryouts went in order from the oldest to the younger years. Harry and the rest were all sitting on the benches of the pitch watching the tryouts for the seventh years commence.
There was something that Harry had always been curious about and now that they were sitting watching at the tryouts it had crossed his mind once again. "Hey Blaise?" he asked the person nearest him.
"Hm?" the boy answered eyed glued to the feild.
"How come first years aren't aloud to go out for the Quidditch teams?" he asked frowning, the rule had never seemed fair to him.
"It's for their safety." Blaise replied simply.
"Would you like me to show why first years aren't aloud on the teams Harry?" Draco asked from his left. Harry nodded wary of what Draco would do. "It's because most first years can't do something like this." the blonde's eyes became cloud and they flashed that familiar lightning. Harry watched as the sky mimiced Draco's eyes. Lightning struck a random seventh years broom. Harry gasped wondering if the person was okay.
"Draco that's awful." Draco shook his head.
"Just watch." The seventh year managed to get their broom under control and from where Harry sat he could see they were pissed off. Power spiked in the air and seventh year launched a purple energy bolt at another player who he believed to be the culprit. The other player dodged and sent him flying with a glare.
"Isn't this cheating?" Harry asked curious.
"Nope perfectly legal and within the boundaries of the rules. In official matches it is a rule that one cannot use a wand or cast any spell. They're not using a wand or casting a spell, they're using God given talent." Blaise explained. Harry nodded now fully understanding why first years weren't allowed on the teams, they wouldnt stand a chance and could easily be killed or something. The bespectacled boy idly thought it would be easy for anyone to get killed playing Quidditch really.
"I think I might try it." Harry said. Cole looked at him. Draco eyes were trained on him and Blaise had given him his attention as well. Harry guessed they were all trying to ask why without actually saying it. Harry shrugged and answered their silent inquiry "I think it's something I'd be good at." As soon as he'd said that he knew the truth of the word. It was a sudden realization, he smiled when he got the strange feeling that he was born to fly. He even vaguely remembered how good he was in flight class last year.
"So you are going to do it then?" Draco asked now.
Harry responded still smiling "Yeah I'm going to do it."
End of Chapter
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