Prompt: Phineas Nigellus Black/ Harry Potter "No, I'm not touching that"
A/N: Set some unidentified time during OotP.
Harry looked at the item on the table, looked at Dumbledore, looked back at the item, looked at the Order of the Phoenix, looked back at the item and looked back up.
"No."
"What, my boy? I'm sorry. I didn't catch that. I'm getting old and I don't hear these things so well," Dumbledore said cheerfully as he unstuck several lemon drops from one another.
"No. No, I'm not touching that. You have no idea what the item is, what sad item does, or what the consequences of said item are! No way, I am not touching it," Harry thrust out his jaw stubbornly.
Ten Minutes Later
"Oh my gosh, you killed Harry!" screamed an unidentified member of the Order.
"I am sure Harry is just fine, wherever he is," Dumbledore said soothingly as he cast multitudes upon a plethora of spells to detect any sort of remnants of the magic.
Upstairs
"Oowwww. I tol' Dumbles tha' I didn' wanna touch the unknown item. And what does he do? He banishes it at me. And now I'm somewhere that I have no idea, with a possible concussion. Great," Harry just sighed.
"Is now the time to inform you that I manipulated Albus into finding that item? Hoping that he might recognize it?" asked an unknown voice.
Harry tried to open his eyes and see who it was but the lights in the room were entirely too bright and made his head hurt all the more.
"Were you trying to kill me, maim me, or otherwise harm me? He asked drolly, resting an arm over his eyes.
"No, I would much rather you be in the best shape possible," the man spoke again. Harry felt a wand being waved and a shiver of magic dragging over his head injuries, making him feel so much better.
Harry didn't bother moving. He figured if the unknown man had planned on killing him, he would have done so earlier rather than healing him first. "Will you tell me why I'm here? What that item was? And, for that matter, where here is?"
"I'll answer those slightly out of order. The item is what's known as a Soulmate Stone; the stone does just what it sounds like, it searches for your soulmate. However, it does not limit itself to soulmates in your present time, but compatible souls in the future as well. If your soulmate is in the future, you can essentially imprint yourself on a stone but it takes a good amount of time and energy; this is so that in the future, your soulmate will be drawn to your stone and when they focus their compatible magic through the stone, your imprinted self (essentially a whole new self) will be released. When I was twenty one, I used a Soulmate Stone to search for my perfect soulmate but he was in the distant future. Not long after, the Ministry declared the practice forbidden and it has been forgotten by the public. You're here, Harry because you're my soulmate. My perfect match. And we are still in Grimmauld Place," the man concluded his long talk.
Harry thought for a long moment, weighing the pros and cons. He hadn't wanted to touch the item (well, he had but he was working on his curiosity issue) but know that he had, he had someone that would love him no matter what. However, that person was a Black but that meant they would be strong and faithful. Harry opened his eyes ad looked up at the man whose lap his head was resting in.
"Phineas Nigellus Black," he breathed, startled. The other man nodded solemnly, waiting cautiously. "I'm not going to jump into anything, so I won't promise anything. I'm trying to work on my Gryffindor traits."
Phineas smiled, "I will accept that. Now, would you like to go down to the kitchen and torture– erm, torment– erm, reassure Albus that we are alive and kicking?"
"Sure," Harry said rising from the couch. As they left the room, Harry asked, "From the dates, you attended school with Dumbledore. Do you have any blackmail on him?"
Phineas cackled, "Oh, you wouldn't believe the blackmail."
A/N: I have no idea where this one came from either. #Note to self: Don't eat chocolate and listen to Lady Gaga before sitting down to write again# Thanks everyone for reading! If you have any suggestions or ideas, I'd love to hear from you via review or PM.