Disclaimer: J.K Rowling owns Harry and Gang, I just managed the plot...
A/N: Thanks to Toni, my friend who keeps bugging me for more. Sorry this took so long but I have been busy with my kids. Hope you all aren't too mad. This should make up for it though, 2 chapters in one day.. lol. Thanks ~~Minerva
Chapter 18: The Test
As soon as they all assembled outside. Dumbledore looked at Harry and started asking Harry to do little things without a wand. Moving pebbles and stones and then growing and wilting flowers. Transforming a fountain into a statue then back again. All these things were being done without a wand. Harry seemed none the worse for ware. Didn't look tired at all.
"Harry now I am going to ask you to think about something very difficult. I want you to tell me how you would feel when you think about how your mother died." Dumbledore hated to ask that but he had to get a good idea of just how strong Harry was magically and the only way was to stir up some strong and raw emotions. Harry started thinking about it, hearing his mother scream and the blinding green light. He got mad, he got very mad.
"He took her from me, that murderous bastard took my mother from me." Harry was getting very angry, so angry his eyes started to glow again. Dumbledore stopped Severus from going over to try and calm him down.
"Severus, we need to see how powerful he is, I know this is difficult but it needs to be done, it will be over soon and then you can all rest." Dumbledore said only loud enough for the adults to hear. "Just a question mind you but does Harry fancy anyone this one will be very rough for you Severus, he will get very upset and probably break a lot of things."
"No Albus, not that I know of he doesn't fancy anyone" Severus said matter of factly.
"Severus, Albus, there is someone he fancies, it's Ginny Weasley. Sorry Sev, he told me not to tell, but I can see where Albus is going with this. We will both need to be there when this is over. Albus, when your done can we get Ginny here just to reassure him that she is fine and well?"
"Absolutely, let us get through this and then you can go fetch her Sirius." Sirius nodded and watched as he knew Harry was going to get very violent when Albus told Harry something happened to Ginny.
"Harry?" Said Albus firmly. Harry whipped his head around to Albus eyes glowing a vivid green. "I have just received word that Voldemort has captured Ginny and is torturing her." Albus really hated to do that but the response he got was overwhelming. Harry began to rise off of the ground about 2 feet until he stopped. Then there was a pulse of wild magic that coursed through the air. Every material thing around died and shattered. Then Harry screamed at the top of his lungs like his life depended on it. Then all the adults began to rise off the ground about 6 inches off the ground. They all felt an overwhelming peace fall over them. They felt safe and protected. Albus was both please and very surprised of the response he got. There was no doubt that Harry was extremely powerful and with this would be no match at all for Voldemort, they did need to find a spell though that would in effect insure success. They needed to make sure what happened last time wouldn't happen again. They needed to banish his soul. But finding the ancient spell was proving difficult. "Harry, it is all right Ginny is safe" Albus motioned for Sirius to go and get Ginny. "She will be here shortly. I needed to see how powerful you are and needed to use her to find this out." Harry just looked at him, eyes still glowing, still hovering over the ground. Harry didn't believe she was fine. He needed to kill Voldemort and he needed to do it now.
Albus could sense this wasn't working and tried to put on a binding spell to keep him there, but it didn't work. Harry was just too powerful. Harry continued to slowly mover towards the gates.
"Harry you need to stop, by the time you get to him you will be too tired to fight him. It will have to wait until another day." Severus said pleading with his son.
"That bastard stole my mother from us, he will pay and he will pay NOW!" Harry was starting to move towards the gate again, still 2 feet off the ground.
"HARRY!" Shrilled a girl's voice. Harry turned and saw Ginny, she was fine, and she was ok. Harry instantly started to calm down. "Harry please calm down, your scaring me, I've never seen you like this before" Ginny truly was afraid Harry could hear it in her voice and wanted to comfort her. He calmed down even more; he was back on the ground again, as were all of the adults. His eyes still glowed somewhat but they were much better then they were a few minutes before.
"Ginny, I'm sorry I scared you, I'll never scare you again." And pulled her into a loving a gentle embrace. He was very happy that she was all right. Harry shot an evil look over to Dumbledore.
"Harry I do apologize for using Miss Weasley the way I did but we had to know how powerful you were. I have to say you are one of the most powerful wizards alive if not the most powerful wizard alive. I needed your raw and true emotions to find out your strength and I got that, I am truly sorry for what I had to do to get that but as you see, she is perfectly fine." Dumbledore bowed and headed back into the house. He really did feel bad about using Ginny in that way, but it truly was the only way to know.
"Harry I think you and I should have a talk later" Severus told his son.
"Dad, can Ginny stay for dinner, please? I need her here with me for awhile, that is if it is ok with Ginny as well." Harry asked and looked at Ginny who smiled at him with her chocolate brown eyes and her freckled nose and nodded her approval of the idea. Harry was feeling the events of the afternoon taking a toll on him. He needed to rest but he didn't want to let Ginny out of his site either. They went to the library and sat on the sofa in there when just about instantly Harry fell asleep. Ginny looked to Sirius and asked him what was going on. What was happening with Harry when she came? He told her everything except that Harry fancies her.
"Sirius, why wouldn't Dumbledore use Ron or Hermione instead of me to make him angry" Asked Ginny still not quiet understanding.
"Well, Ginny, I am not sure Harry wants me to tell you that. I think he wants to tell you that himself and it isn't my place to say" Rambled Sirius.
"Wait a minute, he would only get that upset if he really cared for someone. I know he loves Ron like a brother and Hermione like a sister. Sirius does he like me more then just as a friend?" She asked her cheeks starting to blush ever so slightly.
"Would you be upset if he did?" Severus asked from behind them.
"No not at all, I think it's wonderful. I have had a crush on him since I met him the year before I started at Hogwarts" she stated looking down almost embarrassed.
"Well, honestly Miss Weasley, I can think of no one else who is worthy of my son." Severus smiled and placed his hand on her shoulder and gave a small reassurance squeeze. He approved of her, he knew the Weasleys, all of the Weasleys, wouldn't have a problem with Harry being with Ginny. This was a good thing.
"Ginny" a groggy voice next to her said "your not mad are you? That I fancy you?" Harry said very sleepily.
"Harry, I could never be mad for you having feeling for anyone, you can't control it. I am thrilled you find me worth of you. Mum and dad will be so happy, Ron will be too. He thinks you're the only boy worthy of me anyway." She giggled and kissed his cheek. He turned bright red and everyone in the room giggled as well. Harry then faded back off to sleep again. Ginny smiled and curled up next to him and took a nap as well.
A/N: Thanks to Toni, my friend who keeps bugging me for more. Sorry this took so long but I have been busy with my kids. Hope you all aren't too mad. This should make up for it though, 2 chapters in one day.. lol. Thanks ~~Minerva
Chapter 18: The Test
As soon as they all assembled outside. Dumbledore looked at Harry and started asking Harry to do little things without a wand. Moving pebbles and stones and then growing and wilting flowers. Transforming a fountain into a statue then back again. All these things were being done without a wand. Harry seemed none the worse for ware. Didn't look tired at all.
"Harry now I am going to ask you to think about something very difficult. I want you to tell me how you would feel when you think about how your mother died." Dumbledore hated to ask that but he had to get a good idea of just how strong Harry was magically and the only way was to stir up some strong and raw emotions. Harry started thinking about it, hearing his mother scream and the blinding green light. He got mad, he got very mad.
"He took her from me, that murderous bastard took my mother from me." Harry was getting very angry, so angry his eyes started to glow again. Dumbledore stopped Severus from going over to try and calm him down.
"Severus, we need to see how powerful he is, I know this is difficult but it needs to be done, it will be over soon and then you can all rest." Dumbledore said only loud enough for the adults to hear. "Just a question mind you but does Harry fancy anyone this one will be very rough for you Severus, he will get very upset and probably break a lot of things."
"No Albus, not that I know of he doesn't fancy anyone" Severus said matter of factly.
"Severus, Albus, there is someone he fancies, it's Ginny Weasley. Sorry Sev, he told me not to tell, but I can see where Albus is going with this. We will both need to be there when this is over. Albus, when your done can we get Ginny here just to reassure him that she is fine and well?"
"Absolutely, let us get through this and then you can go fetch her Sirius." Sirius nodded and watched as he knew Harry was going to get very violent when Albus told Harry something happened to Ginny.
"Harry?" Said Albus firmly. Harry whipped his head around to Albus eyes glowing a vivid green. "I have just received word that Voldemort has captured Ginny and is torturing her." Albus really hated to do that but the response he got was overwhelming. Harry began to rise off of the ground about 2 feet until he stopped. Then there was a pulse of wild magic that coursed through the air. Every material thing around died and shattered. Then Harry screamed at the top of his lungs like his life depended on it. Then all the adults began to rise off the ground about 6 inches off the ground. They all felt an overwhelming peace fall over them. They felt safe and protected. Albus was both please and very surprised of the response he got. There was no doubt that Harry was extremely powerful and with this would be no match at all for Voldemort, they did need to find a spell though that would in effect insure success. They needed to make sure what happened last time wouldn't happen again. They needed to banish his soul. But finding the ancient spell was proving difficult. "Harry, it is all right Ginny is safe" Albus motioned for Sirius to go and get Ginny. "She will be here shortly. I needed to see how powerful you are and needed to use her to find this out." Harry just looked at him, eyes still glowing, still hovering over the ground. Harry didn't believe she was fine. He needed to kill Voldemort and he needed to do it now.
Albus could sense this wasn't working and tried to put on a binding spell to keep him there, but it didn't work. Harry was just too powerful. Harry continued to slowly mover towards the gates.
"Harry you need to stop, by the time you get to him you will be too tired to fight him. It will have to wait until another day." Severus said pleading with his son.
"That bastard stole my mother from us, he will pay and he will pay NOW!" Harry was starting to move towards the gate again, still 2 feet off the ground.
"HARRY!" Shrilled a girl's voice. Harry turned and saw Ginny, she was fine, and she was ok. Harry instantly started to calm down. "Harry please calm down, your scaring me, I've never seen you like this before" Ginny truly was afraid Harry could hear it in her voice and wanted to comfort her. He calmed down even more; he was back on the ground again, as were all of the adults. His eyes still glowed somewhat but they were much better then they were a few minutes before.
"Ginny, I'm sorry I scared you, I'll never scare you again." And pulled her into a loving a gentle embrace. He was very happy that she was all right. Harry shot an evil look over to Dumbledore.
"Harry I do apologize for using Miss Weasley the way I did but we had to know how powerful you were. I have to say you are one of the most powerful wizards alive if not the most powerful wizard alive. I needed your raw and true emotions to find out your strength and I got that, I am truly sorry for what I had to do to get that but as you see, she is perfectly fine." Dumbledore bowed and headed back into the house. He really did feel bad about using Ginny in that way, but it truly was the only way to know.
"Harry I think you and I should have a talk later" Severus told his son.
"Dad, can Ginny stay for dinner, please? I need her here with me for awhile, that is if it is ok with Ginny as well." Harry asked and looked at Ginny who smiled at him with her chocolate brown eyes and her freckled nose and nodded her approval of the idea. Harry was feeling the events of the afternoon taking a toll on him. He needed to rest but he didn't want to let Ginny out of his site either. They went to the library and sat on the sofa in there when just about instantly Harry fell asleep. Ginny looked to Sirius and asked him what was going on. What was happening with Harry when she came? He told her everything except that Harry fancies her.
"Sirius, why wouldn't Dumbledore use Ron or Hermione instead of me to make him angry" Asked Ginny still not quiet understanding.
"Well, Ginny, I am not sure Harry wants me to tell you that. I think he wants to tell you that himself and it isn't my place to say" Rambled Sirius.
"Wait a minute, he would only get that upset if he really cared for someone. I know he loves Ron like a brother and Hermione like a sister. Sirius does he like me more then just as a friend?" She asked her cheeks starting to blush ever so slightly.
"Would you be upset if he did?" Severus asked from behind them.
"No not at all, I think it's wonderful. I have had a crush on him since I met him the year before I started at Hogwarts" she stated looking down almost embarrassed.
"Well, honestly Miss Weasley, I can think of no one else who is worthy of my son." Severus smiled and placed his hand on her shoulder and gave a small reassurance squeeze. He approved of her, he knew the Weasleys, all of the Weasleys, wouldn't have a problem with Harry being with Ginny. This was a good thing.
"Ginny" a groggy voice next to her said "your not mad are you? That I fancy you?" Harry said very sleepily.
"Harry, I could never be mad for you having feeling for anyone, you can't control it. I am thrilled you find me worth of you. Mum and dad will be so happy, Ron will be too. He thinks you're the only boy worthy of me anyway." She giggled and kissed his cheek. He turned bright red and everyone in the room giggled as well. Harry then faded back off to sleep again. Ginny smiled and curled up next to him and took a nap as well.