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The Mission

"Hello, Emrys," I said as I walked up from the castle. We had decided to meet in our normal clearing in the Forbidden Forest.

"Hello," he replied in that baritone voice of his. And his voice matched his features. His brown hair was in the style of a Muggle soldier. His upper body was well toned. He looked like he could be a Muggle officer. Well, if it wasn't for the obvious reason.

"How are you?" I inquired.

"Very well, thank you. Venus is in sight. A good sign."

"Very interesting," I said.

"Yes." He waited a minute before speaking again and then said, "Draco, I know there is something weighing on your mind." I looked up sharply but then remembered that centaurs could look into people's emotions.

I debated on whether to talk and replied, "I have been informed that Ginny Weasley is having dreams about a centaur and a dragon. I think that centaur is you and the dragon is me."

Emrys said, "Ah, yes, Virginia Weasley. A very intelligent and powerful girl. And yes, you are correct in your assumption."

"That's what I thought," I answered back.

"Yes, Virginia is a very powerful seer. She sees the future through her dreams. I suspect that her dreams will become a reality after she tells Headmaster Dumbledore about her powers. He will want her to learn to develop her abilities. I can tell that it is already an issue in her mind. She will tell him soon."

"But how does Dumbledore know that you and I could help?"

"I told him. He is expecting her to come to him in a day or two," Emrys said.

"You did what?" I asked astounded.

"I. Told. Him," Emrys said again, slowly as if to a dull child.

"Yes, I heard what you said. It just surprises me that you would choose to show yourself to Dumbledore after all these years."

"Oh, he already knew about me."

"Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if Dumbledore knew everything that went on in these grounds," I replied annoyed.

"Neither would I. He is the wisest man I have ever met."

"Agreed. Well, back to the Ginny problem. What shall we do?"

"She will need training to fully develop her powers. If she isn't taught control, her abilities will eventually overpower her and cause serious trouble," Emrys replied.

"Basically, you're saying that we need to help her or she may end up killing herself or someone else."

"Precisely."

"Well, if you put it that way, then no."

"But she will-"

"Emrys, you know about my assignment. I can't become emotionally involved with Ginny let alone teach her to strengthen her power! I would be risking my life to do this task," I said tensely.

"Then don't appear as you seem. All she has to know is that you are a talking dragon." I didn't understand so Emrys continued. "In her dreams, the dragon also transforms into me. Don't you think she will be a little suspicious as to who I am?"

"She does not yet know that she is a seer. She will pass the dream off as coincidence. Well, at least until she believes in her extraordinary power. After that, she will be a loyal secret keeper. You will be safe from Voldemort's wrath. She would not tell a soul."

Emrys always did know how to get what he wanted. Again, I debated in my head and said finally,

"Alright, fine. I will try to do it. But only because no one else can."

"Wonderful!" Emrys replied.

"Yes, well. Inform me when Ginny talks to Dumbledore," I said. Then I turned and walked away,

my robes sweeping behind me.

In my mind's eye, I could see Emrys' satisfied smile on his face. Then Emrys said in my mind, "We shall talk later, Draco. When you are less upset." I am not upset, I thought then. And I will make myself emotionally detached from her. I will feel nothing for her at all. She will be as meaningless to me as her brother, Ron, is. Well, that little vixen (in more ways than one), once again, proves my judgements incorrect.

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Two days later, I was owled by Emrys. He said Ginny was to be expected in our normal clearing that night at 9 o'clock. Ginny was informed that she was to meet her instructor there. He wrote that the first lesson should include the basic control methods that I first learned when dealing with my powers. I decided that the first lesson should be slow so Ginny had time to adjust to her abilities.

When nine o'clock came, I walked to the Forbidden Forest and transformed into my dragon form. I glided silently to the familiar clearing and stepped forward.

Ginny spun around and let out a soft "Oh" in surprise. Emrys galloped up behind me. Ginny looked at both of us and said, "I'm sorry. I was expecting, um, ..."

"Humans," I helped.

"Yes," she said guiltily.

"My name is Emrys, and this is my colleague, Professor Felton," Emrys said.

"I am very pleased to meet you both," Ginny replied.

"Yes. Let's get down to business, shall we?" I said.

Ginny nodded.

"Alright, Ms. Weasley, Headmaster Dumbledore has told us that you have special powers. You have a gift with languages, correct?" I questioned.

"Yes, Professor Felton."

"What languages do you know?" Emrys inquired.

"I know puffskein, phoenix, and pixie. Also, I can understand dragon," she said glancing at me. I already knew this from the reports.

"So you know what I'm saying?" I asked in dragon.

She nodded. "Yes," she said, "but I cannot speak it."

"Good," I said in English, "We will concentrate on dragon later. Right now, we must focus on your control."

Ginny nodded.

"Now, one of the simplest ways to control power is meditation. This will focus your power and thoughts. Meditation is a method that Muggles use to calm down and clear their mind. When you are at this stage, your powers are very vulnerable to your emotions. For example, if you are getting angry about something, the power inside you will heat up and expand until it surpasses your boundaries. Then your powers will be so strong that control would be impossible, and that would wreak havoc. Do you understand the seriousness of this?" I asked.


"Yes, Professor, I understand," Ginny replied.

"Alright, there are different types of meditation. You can concentrate on your breathing or sound or almost anything as long as you clear your mind. Personally, I prefer concentrating on my breathing so let's start with that."

Ginny asked, "Professor, what exactly do you do in meditation?"

"That is what you are going to learn. Close your eyes," I said. She complied. "Now, breathe in four beats and then exhale four beats. Count it in your head. For the first meditation, you will meditate for fifteen minutes. Begin." And she did.

I watched her meditate the whole time, though I noted when Emrys left. In the beginning, Virginia was doing rather well for her first time. The first ten minutes, she breathed very well. In the last minutes, however, she seemed unable to concentrate. She was breaking the 8-beat breathing method almost every time. Then, suddenly, she started gasping for air.

"Stop! Open your eyes," I commanded. She didn't respond until the third times I shouted it. When she opened her eyes, there were no pupils!

Then I shouted her name over and over again. After what had seemed like ages, Ginny finally blinked and responded to my call.

"Professor Felton, I'm-"

"Ssh... This is not your fault. Has this happened before?" I asked.

"No, Professor."

"Well, then your powers are developing more quickly than I first suspected. I didn't receive the visions until..." I trailed off when I saw the look on Ginny's face. Then it hit me that I probably shouldn't have said that.

"Y-you have... We have the same powers?" Ginny asked amazed. "Yes, our powers are almost identical," I replied. She nodded in understanding after she got over her shock.

"Ms. Weasley, this vision you had. What was it about?"

"Well, Professor, there are three people in a dark chamber. Riddle, I mean, Voldemort is standing in front of Draco and Lucius Malfoy. Lucius and Voldemort were talking to Draco about something. I couldn't quite hear what about. Then Draco Malfoy seemed to agree to something rather hesitantly. Also, the Malfoy I saw looked younger than he does now."

Yes, I thought, she was seeing a year ago when I got my second assignment. But why does she envision me?

"Ms. Weasley, you were seeing an event that happened a year ago. Mr. Malfoy looked younger because he /was/ younger," I said in my professor tone of voice.

"Oh," she said, "But why did I see that?"

"I am not sure, Ms. Weasley."

For the rest of the hour, we continued practicing meditation without talking except for instructions. When 10 o'clock came, Ginny and I scheduled to meet each other the next night. And that is how it continued.

For the next couple of months, she met me six hours a week to learn control. I taught her different techniques of meditation. In those months, I learned that she was a very fast learner. She was forever surprising me at how quickly she understood the training. Also, Ginny decided to transform into a fox to get to the clearing. This solved the Filch problem. She said she got the idea from a dream.

One day, I finally asked her a question that had been in the back of my mind since I started teaching her.

"Why are you not intimidated by my appearance?"

She looked at me with a surprised look on her face that soon turned into a thoughtful one. After a while, she replied in a soft tone, "I'm not sure why I'm not intimidated. I mean you must weigh at least a ton and are many feet taller than me. It may be because I think of you as a human instead of a dragon. I can't help it. Your speech makes me think of an educated man not a talking dragon. Or maybe it's because I have experience with dragon through my brother, Charlie. I don't know." I nodded and continued the lesson.

A month later, I started teaching Ginny the language of the dragons. Again she was a quick learner. It was a great help that she already understood the language. From her brother's dragons, she had learned very good pronunciation. This was rare with humans because dragons talk a whole different way than humans did. But I suppose it has to do with her powers. That's the way it is with my powers.

Virginia told me how she learned the puffskein language. It seems that Ron once had a puffskein as a pet for a while, and she understood it when it spoke. Ginny was fascinated so when she got to Hogwarts, she went to the library. She found a book about puffskeins and their language, and she studied it. In a matter of months, she could speak fluently. I expected her to master dragon in the same time period.

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