Harry Potter and the Jade Heart
Chapter 12
"Jade Hearts"
Harry's scar bothered him to the point he decided to talk to Dumbledore. He stood at the gargoyle. He tried waiting for someone to come out first, but he grew impatient after one minute. "Cauldron cake. Butterbeer. Lemon drop? Milkyway...oops. Erm..." Just then the gargoyle jumped aside. No one came out, so Harry took it as an invitation to go in. He walked up the stairs to Dumbledore's office. The door was open. Dumbledore was sitting at his desk as though he was expecting him.
"Having trouble with the password?" Dumbledore asked. "Please sit down."
Harry took a seat. "I want to know what's been going on with Voldemort."
"Of course you want to know. Well, let me see. We don't know."
Harry was shocked to hear that. How could they not know? Dumbledore not know what was going on? Was the world ending?
"You see," Dumbledore continued, "Voldemort hasn't done anything. He hasn't killed. He hasn't even terrorized. There has been no activity among the death eaters that we know of. We feel that Voldemort is up to something else, but alas, we know nothing of his plans."
Harry was incredibly disappointed. "My scar has been hurting ever since the weather changed. I think I saw flashes of green light in the clouds." Dumbledore sat there contemplating this. "Also, I would like to know more about Jade Hearts."
Dumbledore was not at all surprised to hear this. "I'm sure you know enough about it."
"All I know is that it's the heart of a death eater, but not all of them have one."
"Why do you suppose that is?" asked Dumbledore, as though he were giving Harry a pop quiz.
"Well, not all death eaters were bad wizards. Voldemort turned them against their will."
"I see. Where did you find this out?"
"Hermione."
"For once, Miss Granger is incorrect. It was bound to happen some time. She was right about accipio animus." Harry would have been shocked to find out that Dumbledore knew about the conversation, but he had way too many experiences so not much surprised him anymore. "Voldemort performs accipio animus on all death eaters. All it does is it allows Voldemort to keep track of his followers. They still have their own will."
"What about their hearts?"
"No one has control over their own hearts. Would you be able to change your feelings at my command?" Harry thought about this and then shook his head. "As for Jade Hearts, Voldemort does have control over them. Many people have them, not just dark wizards. Voldemort does not have one." Harry was deeply confused by this. "We may not have control over our own hearts, but people can control those of others. Voldemort, and others like him, can manipulate people. Those with Jade Hearts no longer have their true feelings. They feel something else." Harry was beginning to understand.
"So if someone's heart is in love with one person, someone can manipulate it to love another?"
"Not entirely, but I think you understand. I believe you and Miss Chang have feelings for each other." Harry nodded slightly. "If your heart were to turn into a Jade Heart, most likely you would hate her; however, you can hate her without having a Jade Heart. You're feelings might change on their own. It's a matter of whether or not your heart can feel freely."
Harry imagined what it would be like to have someone make you feel something you didn't want to. He always felt things he didn't want to, but at least that was his own fault. Imagine having it be someone else's fault.
"Jade Hearts are a very complicated matter, which is why Miss Granger had difficulty interpreting the small amount of information about them. There is much we do not understand. Those with Jade Hearts refuse to believe they have one."
"How do you tell they have one?"
"It is actually quite obvious. You can only learn by experience."
"You mean I could only learn if I got one?"
"Oh, no. You can learn if someone you know gets one."
"How does someone turn someone else's heart?" asked Harry.
"By making the weak willed go against their own feelings."
"Then couldn't a muggle do it?"
"No, there is magic involved," said Dumbledore reassuringly.
"So then there is a counterspell?"
"I said magic was involved. Doesn't mean it has to involve a spell. Spells cannot make or break a Jade Heart."
"But they can be broken?"
"If something can be made, it can be broken."
Chapter 12
"Jade Hearts"
Harry's scar bothered him to the point he decided to talk to Dumbledore. He stood at the gargoyle. He tried waiting for someone to come out first, but he grew impatient after one minute. "Cauldron cake. Butterbeer. Lemon drop? Milkyway...oops. Erm..." Just then the gargoyle jumped aside. No one came out, so Harry took it as an invitation to go in. He walked up the stairs to Dumbledore's office. The door was open. Dumbledore was sitting at his desk as though he was expecting him.
"Having trouble with the password?" Dumbledore asked. "Please sit down."
Harry took a seat. "I want to know what's been going on with Voldemort."
"Of course you want to know. Well, let me see. We don't know."
Harry was shocked to hear that. How could they not know? Dumbledore not know what was going on? Was the world ending?
"You see," Dumbledore continued, "Voldemort hasn't done anything. He hasn't killed. He hasn't even terrorized. There has been no activity among the death eaters that we know of. We feel that Voldemort is up to something else, but alas, we know nothing of his plans."
Harry was incredibly disappointed. "My scar has been hurting ever since the weather changed. I think I saw flashes of green light in the clouds." Dumbledore sat there contemplating this. "Also, I would like to know more about Jade Hearts."
Dumbledore was not at all surprised to hear this. "I'm sure you know enough about it."
"All I know is that it's the heart of a death eater, but not all of them have one."
"Why do you suppose that is?" asked Dumbledore, as though he were giving Harry a pop quiz.
"Well, not all death eaters were bad wizards. Voldemort turned them against their will."
"I see. Where did you find this out?"
"Hermione."
"For once, Miss Granger is incorrect. It was bound to happen some time. She was right about accipio animus." Harry would have been shocked to find out that Dumbledore knew about the conversation, but he had way too many experiences so not much surprised him anymore. "Voldemort performs accipio animus on all death eaters. All it does is it allows Voldemort to keep track of his followers. They still have their own will."
"What about their hearts?"
"No one has control over their own hearts. Would you be able to change your feelings at my command?" Harry thought about this and then shook his head. "As for Jade Hearts, Voldemort does have control over them. Many people have them, not just dark wizards. Voldemort does not have one." Harry was deeply confused by this. "We may not have control over our own hearts, but people can control those of others. Voldemort, and others like him, can manipulate people. Those with Jade Hearts no longer have their true feelings. They feel something else." Harry was beginning to understand.
"So if someone's heart is in love with one person, someone can manipulate it to love another?"
"Not entirely, but I think you understand. I believe you and Miss Chang have feelings for each other." Harry nodded slightly. "If your heart were to turn into a Jade Heart, most likely you would hate her; however, you can hate her without having a Jade Heart. You're feelings might change on their own. It's a matter of whether or not your heart can feel freely."
Harry imagined what it would be like to have someone make you feel something you didn't want to. He always felt things he didn't want to, but at least that was his own fault. Imagine having it be someone else's fault.
"Jade Hearts are a very complicated matter, which is why Miss Granger had difficulty interpreting the small amount of information about them. There is much we do not understand. Those with Jade Hearts refuse to believe they have one."
"How do you tell they have one?"
"It is actually quite obvious. You can only learn by experience."
"You mean I could only learn if I got one?"
"Oh, no. You can learn if someone you know gets one."
"How does someone turn someone else's heart?" asked Harry.
"By making the weak willed go against their own feelings."
"Then couldn't a muggle do it?"
"No, there is magic involved," said Dumbledore reassuringly.
"So then there is a counterspell?"
"I said magic was involved. Doesn't mean it has to involve a spell. Spells cannot make or break a Jade Heart."
"But they can be broken?"
"If something can be made, it can be broken."