Harry stumbled into the common room as the day ended and glanced over at his friends. He moved over to one of the large armchairs and collapsed into it with a groan. Harry glanced towards Hermione and Ron a moment. Then sighed and rubbed at his face. He still wanted to punch Draco when he had seen him at dinner but had been able to control that anger.
"Hey, Hermione have you looked into that muggle reincarnation concept anymore?" Harry asked softly. Hermione blinked and shrugged a bit. She opened her bag and pulled out a decent sized Muggle book.
"A bit, it's an interesting concept. It suggests that the soul is reborn after every death but we do not remember any of the past experiences, at least not on a conscious level. Though apparently, some people do remember things which is why the theory came about." Hermione said. Harry frowned with those words and leaned back.
"So like my memory of someone burning to death in front of me and the clear smell of burning flesh." Harry stated and frowned a bit. "The fact I am starting to be able to read a lost language."
"It could but why is my question. The idea of gaining past memories is odd and rare." Hermione pointed out. Harry frowned and stood a bit starting to pace with irritation.
"I think Luna knows what is happening. The way she talked with me and then the way she seems to be able to calm things down." Harry murmured and his frown turned into a scowl. He looked at Hermione who shrugged a bit and he shook his head a bit before flopping back into the armchair making it creak a bit in protest. Hermione chuckled as Harry groaned having heard the noise of the chair.
"Better be careful of your weight there Harry." Ron joked. Harry grabbed one of the chairs cushions and threw it at Ron with a slight glare.
"Not my fault it seems I've gained giant blood." Harry growled at Ron as Ron laughed loudly. Harry shook his head relieved a bit at the fact his friends were there for him. Ron threw the cushion from a few minutes ago back at Harry suddenly and watched as Harry easily caught it from the air. He placed it behind himself with a smirk.
"I should try and take whatever you have." Ron smirked and Harry pulled the cushion from behind them again then threw it at Ron again.
"Oh, that reminds me... I need to speak with Angelina, I need to see if I am even capable of remaining the team seeker or if my sheer size will make it too hard." Harry stated with an irritated expression. Immediately Ron pushed the cushion out of his face and paled realizing what Harry was saying.
"Oh hell, no no no, not that. We can't lose you!" Ron cried out horrified at the thought of losing Harry as the seeker. Harry shrugged and looked at Ron then motioned to himself.
"Ron I am looking like some sort of muggle bodybuilder and full grown at that. Hell, I'm larger than Victor Krum was last year!" Harry pointed out. Ron growled and leaned his head back.
"This sucks you were the best seeker, hell you might still be good at it. I say this weekend we test you on your broom so we can see if you can keep up before we fully say goodbye." Ron stated as Hermione rolled her eyes at the two.
"You two and that bloody dangerous sport." Hermione growled causing both boys to smile at each other and then look at Hermione.
"We know you don't like the sport that much Hermione but we do enjoy it." Ron pointed out as Hermione huffed a bit at the two as they smiled. Harry stood and started to look around for Angelina. Spotting her he slowly approached and winced as she looked up at him.
"Oh, Harry what's up?" Angelina asked softly. Harry shifted and shut his eyes expecting a bad reaction to what he was going to say.
"Angelina I am going to be doing some testing on my broom before trials come up. The reason is… well with my new body size I may no longer be a good seeker for the team." Harry said and sighed in irritation. Angelina frowned obviously not happy about the situation but after looking over Harry nods slowly.
"Yeah, I can see why it might be necessary. I'm glad you are going to be checking yourself ahead of time. It gives me more time to prepare. Would you like the team to help you with your testing?" Angelina asked. Harry frowned with though and rubbed at his right hand.
"Yeah, that would be great. The more help the better to make sure if I am capable of being the seeker still. Though with this situation I was thinking and this is something Ron has suggested before, and that is that we train someone else to fill in for someone if they are sick or in a situation that they can't play." Harry suggested. Angelina frowned then nodded slowly.
"That could work. I will ask around and see what people think." Angelina said as Harry nodded then walked away. He thought about things then headed up to the dorm rooms deciding to get ready for bed. He showered then looked in the mirror trying to spot any other changes that might have showed up on his body. Seeing nothing he heads back into the dorm room and smiles seeing the others entering the room.
He climbed into his bed and pulled the curtains shut. Once they were shut he pulled the ancient book out to start looking through it again. He paused and leaned back scanning then fully paused on one page. He read it over surprised at being able to read the full page. After looking over it a few times he put the book down and frowned a moment.
Harry lifted his hand and concentrated before throwing it skyward as though throwing a small softball. He stared as a light formed just above his bed the glow soft and steady. Harry's jaw dropped in surprise as he stared at the ball. Slowly he reached up placing his hand around the ball feeling no heat and blocking some of the light from it. He squeezed his hand over it and as his hand started to press into the ball it seemed to pop and vanish into nothing the light fading away.
Harry dropped his hand then looked down at the book eyes wide in shock. That spell had been simple and definitely not a dark spell. In fact, in many ways, the use of the internal energies without the use of a focus was simpler than the magic he had been taught within the school. It had even been easier for him than lumos when he had first learned it. He stared at the book before slowly putting it away and curling up to sleep. He would figure out more later and maybe show his friends at some point tomorrow.
Harry groaned as he looked around himself wondering why he was on a twilight stained hillside. He looked in front of himself with confusion seeing a boy with dirty blond hair wearing green standing before him holding a sword as though ready to strike him. That was when something like pain registered to his mind and he looked down at himself.
Harry stared dumbstruck as he stood in black armor with a huge crack in the chest plate. From the chest plate red blood seeped and Harry began gasping and reaching towards the boy seeing his sword had blood on it. He kept reach towards the other then stared in shock as the glowing mark on his right hand faded away vanishing from his sight. Harry coughed three times shuddered then collapsed.
Harry jumped up in his bed gasping for breath his right hand moving to his chest where the wound had been before he glanced at his hand only to see the mark on his hand. He gasped a few times and shuddered his eyes frantic as he tried to make sense of the dream he had had. Slowly he took several deep breaths and shook his head a few times.
He was alive, he was breathing, and he was in his bed at Hogwarts. He had not just been struck down by some annoying green-clad kid that looked kinda like Malfoy. Harry groaned and rubbed his face again then shuddered. The part of the dream that had bothered him the most though had been the fading of the mark on his hand. It had felt like he had lost a part of himself. That something he had believed in his whole life had been torn from him.
Harry groaned once more and tugged on his hair noticing it had gotten somewhat longer since the last time he had really checked it and shook his head. It no longer had the fly away birds nest affect it used to but still was more wild than straight. Slowly he laid back down shutting his eyes before groaning once more.
"Din, please don't take it…" Harry murmured slowly falling back into sleep. The mark on his hand glowing subtly as he did. A soft warmth spread from the mark as he slipped into sleep once more. Harry fell into a deep dreamless sleep.
In the morning Harry woke slowly and glanced around with another groan. He had gone into one hell of a comfortable and deep sleep after the wake up halfway through the night. This caused him to really not want to go back to sleep, as he had been very comfortable. He slowly sat up and rubbed at his face. He groaned softly and slowly pulled himself out of his bed before glancing and seeing everyone else starting to get going.
"Hey, Harry you okay there?" Ron asked with a slight frown. Harry blinked and rubbed at his eyes again before slowly nodding.
"Yeah just really didn't want to get up. What with the last class of the day being DADA." Harry pointed out. Ron's face became disgusted at the thought of that class and shuddered a bit.
"Ugh, you had to remind me of class with the pink toad." Ron stated with a violent shudder as he thought of Madam Umbridge. Harry chuckled but got dressed quickly absentmindedly running his hand over the middle of his chest as he remembered the dream once more.
"Sorry Ron but at least now we will know how bad of a teacher she is." Harry pointed out as he finished dressing frowning down at the robes before moving into the washroom to tie his hair up at the base of his neck. He looked into the mirror once more and frowned noticing his skin looking a little more tanned than he remembered. Sighing at this changed he went and made sure he had all his books for the day in his bag before heading to the common room.
"Wow, Harry you took longer than Ron to get down here today." Hermione stated standing next to the door to leave.
"Sorry, it was a struggle to get going this morning. Let's go get some food. I suspect we are all going to need it today." Harry stated already dreading what this day would be like. The three friends walked towards the great hall, both Ron and Hermione joking and obviously more awake than Harry was at the moment.
They reached the great hall and sat on one of the benches collecting their food and beginning to eat. Harry looked up as he heard a semi-familiar tune being hummed nearby. He blinked seeing Luna moving close to him.
"Luna what is that tune it is very familiar but I can not place it." Harry asked and blinked at the girl. Luna paused and smiled her blue eyes shining happily. She smiled a moment and spun about playfully.
"I find it strange that you would find a lullaby familiar, then again you were exposed to things around it very often. Though I see you are waking more." Luna giggled as she started on going back to humming as she moved towards the Ravenclaw table. Harry growled with irritation at Luna's absolute carefree attitude.
"Princesses should not be so flighty and without care." Harry growled making both Ron and Hermione frown at him.
"Harry who is a princess here?" Hermione asked as Harry glanced at her opened his mouth a moment then closed it.
"I meant Luna, but I." Harry took a deep breath. "Something is telling me Luna is a princess and I don't know what or why."
"Really Harry Luna is odd but her family has no links to Royalty, though there are rumors of fae being within her bloodline." Ron said causing Harry to start chuckling darkly shaking his head.
"Maybe, but I doubt it is that." Harry stated and watched as Luna sat alone at her house table. His eyes narrowed noticing some of the looks the girl got before glancing towards the Slytherin table and at Draco who was ignoring Harry for once and eating. "Stupid Hyliian, should be protecting his princess…"
"Harry, what are you muttering about?" Hermione asked as Harry glanced up and towards her before growling and going back to eating. Hermione frowned and looked at Harry with some irritation.
"Hermione I don't know… I'm just responding to feelings I am getting some times." Harry stated with a growl of annoyance. Really his mind was such a confusing mess right now.
"I really wish we understood what was happening with you. Sometimes it is amusing other times deadly scary." Hermione said as Harry groaned.
"You are telling me. I had a dream last night of having a sword thrust through my chest and I seem to be able to remember even the pain of said thing happening." Hermione blinked as Ron winced hearing those words.
"Are you sure you are not imagining what it might feel like?" Ron asked as Hermione nodded agreeing and hoping Ron was correct. Harry sighed softly and rubbed at the center of his chest again as he frowned.
"I clearly remember the feel of a razor sharp edge splitting my skin the feel of hot blood starting to slide down my skin, The shattering of bone beneath a beautiful silver and blue blade." Harry murmured and shuddered knowing his explanation did not fully describe what he remembered feeling. Hermione blinked a couple of times and shifted uncomfortably with Harry's description.
"That sounds brutal Harry." Ron stated with a wince. Harry shrugged and sighed once before finishing his food and thinking on which class they had that morning.
"We have care right? I believe that is what the schedule said for today." Harry stated as he gathered his pack. Hermione looked up then nodded a moment.
"Yeah, it is. Let's get going." Hermione stated as she lifted her bag. Harry moved and then grinned a moment.
"Hey, Hermione can I try carrying you and your bag again?" Harry asked and attempted to give her puppy dog eyes. Hermione looked at Harry then at Ron and shook her head.
"Harry don't try the puppy dog eyes. They don't work with your size and face." Hermione stated and Harry chuckled releasing the look.
"Still can I please? I wanna test my strength some more." Harry attempted to persuade Hermione. Hermione frowned and looked at Harry who obviously wanted Hermione to accept. Hermione sighed and motioned Harry to allow her to climb up. Harry grinned and moved so she could get on his back then lifted her up.
"I can't believe I keep letting you do this." Hermione muttered as she held onto Harry's shoulders. Harry chuckled and began walking towards the doors smirking.
"You let me cause you know I won't drop you and enjoy the chance to test the strength I have gained." Harry explained causing Hermione to roll her eyes and smack the back of Harry's head as they left the great hall. Many of the other students watching this and then looking at each other
"Harry one reason I mention this is because of how many people stare when you do these things." Hermione pointed out as Harry headed for the doors out of the castle. He stepped outside after struggling a moment with the door before then heading towards where the care for magical creatures.
"Meh let them stare. They would stare at me anyway. So it's no skin off my nose." Harry pointed out as he shifted Hermione a bit making sure that she would not slip as he kept walking. He shook his head and sighed a moment really Hermione and her bag was light far lighter than they should be in his mind. He sighed shaking his head a bit.
"What's wrong Harry?" Hermione asked as they reached the gathering point for Care of magical creatures He knelt and let her down before smiling at her as Ron catches up to the two of them.
"Just confused at how easy that is. Even with my size change and all this muscle it shouldn't be so easy to carry you and your stuffed bag that far." Harry admitted causing Hermione to frown but slowly nod.
"Don't worry about it. Let's just wait and see what else might happen." Hermione stated causing Harry to nod happily.