Authors note
Ghost of Yoda suggested an idea that I am going to be using in the next few chapters. Thanks to him for the idea, I wont say which one because of the spoilers, but at the end ill explain more fully. You can find GoY's work on fiction press.
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My mind is blank, My heart beats slowly under my ribs. My chest rises and falls calmly. For the first time ever I can hear only silence. Even my pen, which should be scratching away at the paper, seams to remain silent and glide smoothly. I have found peace; it is not a place it is a time.
Lucrius Next
Gryffindor Boys dormitory 25th December 12:00 AM
A dark shadow glided silently through the open window. The feet hit the ground without a sound and with each step the person took less of his feet seamed to touch the ground. His speed was phenomenal sometimes he would dart forward a foot or two without seaming to move his limbs or make a sound. He moved around each of the individual, four poster, beds and push silently aside the curtains around the bed checking for a certain boy. As he reached the furthest bed from the window he smiled and growled deeply under his breath. He looked down onto Lucrius' shining white face and gently placed a small parcel, wrapped in bright red paper with little presents all over it, on the pile that had accumulated at the foot of the bed. And then as quickly as he had entered he flew out of the window, the only sound the click of the latch as the window snapped shut.
Four hours later another party entered the room. There wands shining brightly, Dumbledore who was in the lead bent down and placed a small shiny box on the pile and as he turned two other professors and Mad eye Moody approached.
"So it's the ring of anak-mar then." He said roughly,
"Lucrius will struggle without it." Dumbledore replied.
"Well I hope you know what you're doing." Smiled Mad-eye. "But I need to give this to Harry. I think he may have some use for it." He held up two gold rings, one was the complete opposite of the other. Snape had already moved forward and placed a very heavy book and a collection of bottles on the pile. He turned sharply and left.
"Always was one to think of work." Chuckled Mad-eye and he too left. Dumbledore gave a quick scan of the room and he too shut the door and walked out of the Gryffindor common room.
One final visitor entered that night, Ginny. She had woken up early due to a spell her mother had taught her. And she quickly slipped on a dressing gown and moved across the girls dormitory, and as quietly as she could slipped out of the door.
The stone of the corridor between the dormitories was very cold and she shivered as she stepped on it. But as she entered the boy's dormitory she stepped again on carpet and moved with haste. She instantly saw Harry but she wanted to see Lucrius first, so she moved and checked all of the beds until she came to the bed in the far corner. She opened the curtains a little and pulled out a necklace with a Lecrin stone on it and hung it from the top of the bed, Lecrin was also known in Romania as the stone of the vampire, but Ginny did not know this. She then moved to Harry's bed and placed a stone of belonging on his chest with the chain rapped around it, she then bent over and gave Harry a kiss on the forehead and quickly ran out of the room.
Gryffindor Boys dormitory 25th December 7:30 AM
Lucrius woke up with a start he saw a shaft of light through the window and he realised once again he had overslept. Since his appointment to the council he had started to oversleep nearly every day. He woke up and through his watery eyes the world started to become the solid shapes that he knew them to be. His head hit the pillow again and his eyes adjusted. He suddenly saw the necklace hanging from the bed. His hand short forward and the necklace wrapped easily around his hand and came down to his eye level. He looked at it and the stone went clear to a blood red as he held it in his hand, as soon as he let go it went clear again. He sat up and placed the silver chain around his neck and the stone went red again. He tucked it away and slipped on a robe and pulled up the hood. He stepped out and saw the pile of presents; he was about to open them when he saw that Harry was just jumping out of bed. He had the stone of belonging in one hand and the two rings in the other.
"Just grab one to open at the table." He said, "We are already late."
"Thanks." Replied Lucrius as he picked up a red papered parcel, and as he turned it over he noticed a familiar writing on the card attached to side. And he shivered.
Harry and Lucrius ran down the halls and bolted down the stairs. Lucrius would have liked to have just jumped down but didn't want to use his powers in front of Harry. They burst into the great hall to see Ron in yet another of his mothers jumpers smiling from ear to ear.
"What have you got." Said Harry.
Ron smiled and looked down,
"Nothing you'd be interested in."
"Come on I'm interested in every thing you know that." They both burst out laughing, and then they started to talk about things in hushed voices. Lucrius sat down and looked at the parcel, he flicked open the card and the runes on the card moved into shapes his eyes could understand. It read,
"Lucrius Have a very merry Christmas and a prosperous new year from ?????" Lucrius then flicked over the card and read on the other side,
"Ps. Ill see you soon." Lucrius through the card across the table and shredded the
paper with his bare hands.
Inside was a green felt cloth. He unrolled the cloth and inside was about thirty individual pockets each with a different style of knife inside. They came in all different shapes and sizes, and each for a different distinct use. Also inside the parcel was a sort of harness. He took it out and wrapped it under his robes. It fitted perfectly to his body and did not restrict his movement in any way; he then saw how the knives fitted into the harness. They fitted in ten groups of three and were arranged so that they could all be got at depending on the situation. For instance the biggest, and Lucrius supposed the most dangerous, were behind his back and difficult to remove, these would be used in times where he had time to remove them such as a duel. There were also an array of long thin bladed knives at the front of the harness which were very easy to remove and he realised these were for ambushes. He arranged all the knives and was able to take them all out and put them back in started to see how he was supposed to use them.
As he couldn't see and wasn't hungry he took up a game of chess, which he was rather good at, with Ron and slightly to his annoyance had Ginny leaning over his shoulder the whole time. From across the table Harry peered out over a the daily prophet and with a half smile half look of rage stared over at Lucrius and Ginny.