Amulet of Power
by: A Guy
An Invitation
Harry and Neville spent the first week in magical bliss as they both started to test the limits of their powers, so far they had found no limit. Dumbledore had told them both that they were the "Kings" of the castle because he had to go to the ministry for a week, and that the house elves would feed them and keep every thing under control. He also told them that they could use as much magic as they wanted. Neville was run two miles a day, so he could "get in shape." Neville also had to do small exercises so he could become more coordinated. Harry tended to run with Neville just because he could use some more muscles to get rid of his lanky figure.
As the week went along, Harry and Neville recreated the entire Marauder's Map, with every passageway in the whole castle, Harry discovered a passageway that would have brought him right to the Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone and he wouldn't have to go through all of the traps. They found a spell that took their knowledge of subjects and wrote it out on paper. The spell would have been impossible for someone in Hogwarts to do, besides Dumbledore.
Neville was still having troubles controlling his powers but was getting better. When he didn't have powers he blew up small things when he messed up, but now he tended to blow up larger things, like... Hagrid's Hut and the Whomping Willow. Harry could fix it easily, but when school came around, Harry was a little worried that he might have trouble hiding both of their powers.
Harry was sending messages to Ron and Hermione daily now and had found out that Hermione had visited Krum, she said that it wasn't very fun, and too cold for her liking. Krum was starting to annoy her, she had a fight with him the second day about quidditch. She found his liking of quidditch over her unnerving and left on the third day of her week long trip. Ron was feeling great, minus being a guinea pig of magical tricks. Fred and George were making new tricks at a record pace. Ron had gone through a magical growth himself, as most pureblooded wizards and witches do. Though not even close to Harry and Neville, Ron would grow into a fairly powerful wizard.
In the Wizarding World, pure-blooded wizards were more powerful than ones of muggle parentage. It is one of those bonuses of being pure-blooded that made people like Draco think that he was better than people like Hermione and this semi-coming of age in the wizarding world is celebrated among the family and friends of the person.
Harry received this letter and only a few days later was given an elaborate invitation to the Burrow, Neville received one also and Dumbledore said it was alright if they went, as long as Harry was with Neville the whole time and they used magic only when necessary, and never in excess. As both Harry and Neville had been given permission to use their magic, and Ron knew it from letters that Harry had sent him. Harry had asked Dumbledore about telling Ron and Hermione and he said that it was easily excusable enough that he could tell them.
Neville hadn't flown on a broom for several years and he personally hated it. Harry and Neville couldn't explain that they had apparated to the Burrow. The day before they were to leave, Harry found that Dumbledore had a Firebolt, and that it would be no trouble to lend it to Neville for the week that they would be at the Burrow. Harry took Neville out to the quidditch field and they started to teach Neville how to ride a broom. Harry was a much better teacher than Madam Hooch at flying. Harry took an old Nimbus 1000 out of a hidden closet and had Neville practice on it to start, it was much slower and didn't turn as quickly as a Firebolt. Neville started to catch on after about an hour and a half of instructional and was able to start riding the Firebolt around three o'clock, Neville took several hours to get used to the Firebolt's reaction to every twitch and wiggle.
Neville finally was able to fly in a strait line for a long time at about sunset, so they started to play catch with the quaffle, pretending to be chasers in a major quidditch match, tossing the ball back and forth with much speed and accuracy, when it got too dark to see the quaffle any more, they went to the ground, as they walked in for their dinner in the Great Hall Harry felt closer to Neville than he had ever before, he felt like they were more brothers than friends. As they went into the Great Hall for food (Hamburgers, the house elves were feeling very American that night) Harry made the remark that Neville could probably play quidditch with the Weasleys. Never had Neville ever felt more accepted in his life.
by: A Guy
An Invitation
Harry and Neville spent the first week in magical bliss as they both started to test the limits of their powers, so far they had found no limit. Dumbledore had told them both that they were the "Kings" of the castle because he had to go to the ministry for a week, and that the house elves would feed them and keep every thing under control. He also told them that they could use as much magic as they wanted. Neville was run two miles a day, so he could "get in shape." Neville also had to do small exercises so he could become more coordinated. Harry tended to run with Neville just because he could use some more muscles to get rid of his lanky figure.
As the week went along, Harry and Neville recreated the entire Marauder's Map, with every passageway in the whole castle, Harry discovered a passageway that would have brought him right to the Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone and he wouldn't have to go through all of the traps. They found a spell that took their knowledge of subjects and wrote it out on paper. The spell would have been impossible for someone in Hogwarts to do, besides Dumbledore.
Neville was still having troubles controlling his powers but was getting better. When he didn't have powers he blew up small things when he messed up, but now he tended to blow up larger things, like... Hagrid's Hut and the Whomping Willow. Harry could fix it easily, but when school came around, Harry was a little worried that he might have trouble hiding both of their powers.
Harry was sending messages to Ron and Hermione daily now and had found out that Hermione had visited Krum, she said that it wasn't very fun, and too cold for her liking. Krum was starting to annoy her, she had a fight with him the second day about quidditch. She found his liking of quidditch over her unnerving and left on the third day of her week long trip. Ron was feeling great, minus being a guinea pig of magical tricks. Fred and George were making new tricks at a record pace. Ron had gone through a magical growth himself, as most pureblooded wizards and witches do. Though not even close to Harry and Neville, Ron would grow into a fairly powerful wizard.
In the Wizarding World, pure-blooded wizards were more powerful than ones of muggle parentage. It is one of those bonuses of being pure-blooded that made people like Draco think that he was better than people like Hermione and this semi-coming of age in the wizarding world is celebrated among the family and friends of the person.
Harry received this letter and only a few days later was given an elaborate invitation to the Burrow, Neville received one also and Dumbledore said it was alright if they went, as long as Harry was with Neville the whole time and they used magic only when necessary, and never in excess. As both Harry and Neville had been given permission to use their magic, and Ron knew it from letters that Harry had sent him. Harry had asked Dumbledore about telling Ron and Hermione and he said that it was easily excusable enough that he could tell them.
Neville hadn't flown on a broom for several years and he personally hated it. Harry and Neville couldn't explain that they had apparated to the Burrow. The day before they were to leave, Harry found that Dumbledore had a Firebolt, and that it would be no trouble to lend it to Neville for the week that they would be at the Burrow. Harry took Neville out to the quidditch field and they started to teach Neville how to ride a broom. Harry was a much better teacher than Madam Hooch at flying. Harry took an old Nimbus 1000 out of a hidden closet and had Neville practice on it to start, it was much slower and didn't turn as quickly as a Firebolt. Neville started to catch on after about an hour and a half of instructional and was able to start riding the Firebolt around three o'clock, Neville took several hours to get used to the Firebolt's reaction to every twitch and wiggle.
Neville finally was able to fly in a strait line for a long time at about sunset, so they started to play catch with the quaffle, pretending to be chasers in a major quidditch match, tossing the ball back and forth with much speed and accuracy, when it got too dark to see the quaffle any more, they went to the ground, as they walked in for their dinner in the Great Hall Harry felt closer to Neville than he had ever before, he felt like they were more brothers than friends. As they went into the Great Hall for food (Hamburgers, the house elves were feeling very American that night) Harry made the remark that Neville could probably play quidditch with the Weasleys. Never had Neville ever felt more accepted in his life.