Harry Potter and the Rising War

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Chapter 13: Wandless Magic

"What was all that about?" Harry asked Dumbledore as they reached their rooms.

"Well aside from the fact that you are the local celebrity I believe it might be connected to your heritage and indeed the heritage of all of these people here. You see this village back when it was first founded was a working village of sorts, the Gryffindors built a large manor house here and as they were noble people they hired servants to care for the grounds, grow food etcetera because they didn't justify enslaving house elves. All of these people are descendants of the servants that served your line, and I assume they have all heard the stories of how their ancestors were treated with respect and equality and remain loyal to the Potters/Gryffindors. Many times the Gryffindors and Potters fought to defend their homes and the homes of any relatives of their servants because they cared greatly for those that they considered an extension of their family, the people in their employ." Dumbledore explained as he opened his door and looked around his room but not entering it.

"So I have a greater celebrity status here than anywhere else?" Harry asked with a tinge of annoyance in his voice.

"Yes it would seem so, but at the same time the people who live here respect your need for privacy, after all most of the generations have grown up having at least one celebrity live in the village." Dumbledore answered him still looking around his room, once he seemed to be happy with what he saw he turned to Harry and said "Now I believe the hour is late, and we shall make an early start tomorrow, or rather you shall while I draw up the plans for you." Dumbledore said and he nodded his head goodnight and entered his room and closed the door behind him.

Sleep that night came easy enough for Harry once he had sorted through the list of things that needed to be done, first there was his morning exercise, then after that there was the initial landscaping of the area where they were going to build the house, he wasn't sure what to expect however for what comes next, he didn't know the planes for the house so he didn't know what they were going to do first in terms of actually building the house, but he guessed he would have to do something along the lines of setting the foundations. Once all of the house business was taken care of for the day he planed a quick apparation to London to purchase the new laptops and for a quick drive around on his new bike and depending on the time he might fly back, so with this itinerary in mind Harry closed his eyes and set his mind to his magic core where he let the feeling of calmness come over himself.

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"Rise and shine" came the cheerful voice of Dumbledore what seemed like only moments after he had set into his meditative state.

"What time is it?" Harry asked once he came back to the conscious world again, it felt to him a lot earlier than what he usually came to.

"4:30 I believe" Dumbledore replied again in his cheerful voice as if this were a common time to be risen from (for a normal person) the land of nod.

"What! Go back to bed, there's still at least another hour and a half left of rest time!" Harry exclaimed to the chipper ex-headmaster as if he was an excited child on Christmas.

"Ah but Harry if you wish to get everything into the day then this is the time to get to it, a very wise muggle saying 'The early worm catches the bird' or is it 'The early bird catches the worm'? that one does make sense, but then there is no telling with the muggles, double meanings for everything those people" Dumbledore rambled to himself.

"Your crazy and you'r going insane!" Harry said with a little sarcasm

"Ah! But that is where you are wrong my boy, not going, gone" Dumbledore said with much enthusiasm, as if he were proud of this accomplishment. "Now, what are we waiting for? Chop chop, get to it, we don't have all day"

"All right, all right" Harry said as he got himself out of bed and entered the adjoining bathroom to shower for the tiring day that was no doubt to come.

Once Harry had got his exercises out of the way for the day he and Dumbledore sat down together to enjoy a surprisingly nice early morning breakfast. At one point during their meal they were interrupted by one of the waitresses that didn't have all that much to do so early in the morning.

"Erm excuse me, I don't mean to interrupt but I was just wondering if the rumours were true Mr Potter?" the girl asked.

"First of all miss, you are my senior, there is no need for you to address me with such formalities as Mr, if anything I should address you as ma'am. Secondly yes the rumours are true, at least about me moving back here again, I don't know about the others, it's somewhat hard to keep track of what the daily prophet is saying about me these days." Harry said with a polite smile on his face throughout the whole conversation.

"Thank you er… Harry. I was wondering if you will be employing maids and groundskeepers and people like that?" she asked him hopefully. Harry couldn't understand why people would want to work cleaning after someone else.

"To be honest with you miss, I haven't thought about it, but while I'm away at Hogwarts, if my expulsion ever gets lifted, then I will need people to maintain the house. As for while I'm there I don't think I will for the time, I shall be needing some privacy for a few months, but after then I assure you there will be a position open." Harry told her, hoping that he didn't disappoint her too much. He felt that in the time to come, these people would grow to become apart of his family like Dumbledore had said his ancestors felt about them, the atmosphere already told him that everyone knew everyone else here and he found himself wanting to be apart of that and to help it grow.

"Thank you so much, my family have always been in service of a Potter or a Gryffindor! You don't know how much this means to me. Oh! Where are my manners? I'm sorry I haven't introduced myself yet, my name is Elizabeth Jennings but everyone calls me Liz" she said with excitement shining in her eyes, once she introduced herself she stuck her hand out for Harry to shake, which he did so and said he was pleased to meet her. It was at this point when she was called back into the kitchen to begin preparing the rest of the food for the tenants.

During the whole conversation Liz didn't so much as glance at Dumbledore let alone acknowledge that he, one of the most if not the most powerful magicians of the time, was sitting right there with an amused look on his face which made Harry almost loose it and laugh halfway through the conversation.

"Now that we have all of that sorted and breakfast out of the way, perhaps we could go to the site and begin the work?" Dumbledore asked noticing that Harry's plate was empty.

"Okay then sir, I suppose its better to get it over with as soon as possible." Harry said, his eyes betraying the trepidation that he felt about walking to the site of his and his parents family home, where they took their last breaths and lived their last of their lives.

"Very well then, just know that at any time if you feel overwhelmed or you just cant handle it then let me know and we shall leave it for another time" Dumbledore said eyeing Harry with concern.

"I think I'll be fine thank you sir" Harry replied with grim determination set upon his features.

"Okay then, lets get to it shall we, I imagine the building materials will be arriving shortly" Dumbledore said as he gathered his things (which consisted of a bag of who knows what and his wand) and stood, waiting for Harry to do the same.

It took them little under 5 minutes to get to the plot of land that he owned (for the purpose of building his house as he owned the whole town) which was on the outskirts, far away enough to ensure privacy but close enough to be apart of the town and not isolate himself from the people he saw the destruction that was once his home. Chocking back a sob that threatened to escape his throat Harry squared his shoulder and surveyed the area. It was roughly as long and wide as 4 average muggle houses. Walking to the centre of the ruins Harry stood for a moment in silent thought for his parents. He bowed his head and said once again the vow that he would end this war so that their sacrifices were not in vein.

"Mum, Dad. If your up there then know that I miss what we could have had. Know that I miss what we did have, even if all I have to remind me of it are old photos. And also know that I will bring Voldemort to justice not for the wizarding world, or the muggle world but for you and for Sirius. You all gave your lives for me to live, and that it just what I plan on doing, let this house be a simple of what is to come, as long as it stands then all will know that I was able to live my life. I miss you all." Harry thought in his minute of piece. Coming back to reality he noticed Dumbledore had given him the minute to himself which he was grateful for as he had unknowingly shed tears, but these were not tears for him to be ashamed of so he left them and instead he walked over to the professor who was already drawing up plans.

"Are you okay?" Dumbledore asked once Harry had arrived at his side.

"I am fine now I have made my piece." Harry replied back and that was all that was ever said on the matter, Dumbledore just nodded his head in understanding.

"Now from what I can remember this was the layout of the house." Dumbledore said, switching to his business voice like he had been using it all day and saying a few words under his breath as he held his hand over the parchment he had been using. His hand glowed a soft blue for a moment and then it went back to normal, but the parchment was now displaying a 3d model of the planes Dumbledore had drawn and incidentally thought about. "As you can see here we have the front door opening straight into the living room of the house which covers the most room of the house. The dinning room and the kitchen are on the far right of the house, kitchen at the front and Dinning behind, both accessible from the living room and both accessible from each other. The bedrooms were at the rear of the house, each having an adjoining bathroom, the master bedroom covering the right side while the two bathrooms were in the middle of the house with the second bedroom on the left side. The bedrooms were accessible through the living room and each bathroom through the corresponding room (the bathroom closer to the rear of the house for the second bedroom and the bathroom above that for the master bedroom).

Overall Harry was pleased with the layout of the house, it far exceeded even his wildest dreams, he only had in mind a small terrace much like the Dursley's home but apparently that's not how things are in the wizarding world.

"Well what do you think?" Dumbledore asked with eagerness clearly visible on his face.

"I love it, its almost perfect!" Harry exclaimed excitedly.

"Almost?" Dumbledore asked

"Yeah well I was thinking that if we are going to be getting some serious training in and research then perhaps it would benefit the house if we were to add a separate room for such activities?" Harry asked

"Yes you are quite right there, where do you suggest we locate this new room?" Dumbledore asked Harry waiting with anticipation. Harry thought Dumbledore could quite easily become an architect once the war is over if he isn't appointed headmaster again.

"I was thinking about adding it to a second floor, only over the space the living room takes up, and perhaps a balcony over the dinning and kitchen areas?" Harry suggested now getting into the planning himself.

"Excellent suggestion" Dumbledore said before he wiggled his fingers and said a few words, bringing forth the soft blue glow once more momentarily. Once the glow had faded there appeared to be an added floor and a means of getting there.

"As you can see the stairwell will be kept in a separate hallway off to the left off the house, the hallway will also connect to your room allowing for quick access at all times. It can also be accessed from the living room. Upstairs will quite simply be a copy of the living room and the balcony will be as requested." Dumbledore explained pointing to each individual part.

"Thank you sir, this is perfect, I couldn't have thought of anything even half as grand." Harry said with a grin.

"I doubt that Harry. Now to work perhaps? This are needs to be cleared away and levelled before supplies arrive, which gives us…" Dumbledore said and then glanced at his strange pocket watch that had plants surrounding the face instead of numbers or hands. "a little under 2 hours."

"Okay then sir what spells would you suggest I use?" Harry asked once again surveying the wreck that was once a happy home to a long a prestigious wizarding family.

"I should think that levitation spells for the larger debris and anything that can be burned use your elemental fire. All of the old masonry can be piled over there until we know what to do with it, the rest I think can be taken care of if you take an inch or so off the ground" Dumbledore said from his now conjured seat. Harry looked on in disbelief, kicking himself for ever suggesting this. Dumbledore was just going to sit down and relax, perhaps read a book while he did all of the backbreaking labour.

"Come on then Harry, get to it" Dumbledore said noticing that Harry had yet to start. Sighing in defeat Harry set to work, drawing his magic from his core and reciting the incantation and firing it off. The first object Harry tried to move was a very heavy support beam but after a few tries and only managing to move it centimetres he decided to give up on it and move onto something easier, coming back to it when he felt his magic could handle it.

It took nearly three quarters of an hour to gather together all of the masonry, ten minutes solely on the heavy support beam. He had been trying for about 5 minutes to move it and still he was getting barley any results, more than earlier however when Dumbledore looked up at Harry to see what was taking him so long. He noticed the last remaining masonry and watched how Harry would handle this, there was a solution to the problem, Harry was just thinking too much inside the box to see it. Dumbledore watched for several minutes as Harry tried and tried again to levitate the heavy beam but only managing to drag it for seconds before Harry got frustrated and he stuck his hand out at the beam and shouted "Reducto". The spell hit its target with satisfying results, splitting it into two. Dumbledore chose this time to speak up.

"Harry" he said to get the boys attention. "Why did you not do that from the very beginning?" he asked

"Well I er.. I don't know" Harry said with a blank look on his face.

"This is a common problem among many people Harry, you were not thinking out of the box, I said to move everything and that is what you did, and tried to do. You had that target firmly set in your mind that you were only thinking about moving and not how you could move it. Do you understand?" Dumbledore said to him.

"Yeah I understand that, but what relevance has it to any of the problems I face?" Harry asked his mentor

"It has many. Thinking outside of the box as muggles say could give you an amazing advantage. For example fir a stunning spell at me." Dumbledore said.

"What? Why?" Harry asked the senile old man, truly believing that he was off his rocker.

"Fire a stunning spell at me, and keep trying until either you hit me or I you." Dumbledore explained.

"But sir, I cant fire any spell like that at you, not unless it was an official duel" Harry said totally surprised by his request.

"Harry it is a lesson, now please do as I say." Dumbledore commanded now.

"Fine, okay." Harry said, he took a deep breath an then he let it out with a "Stupefy" that was heading straight for him, but Harry knew he would dodge so he got ready to fire to his left or right, however he was not expecting what he did next, instead of dodging to the left or right Dumbledore bent his knees and in one giant thrust he was air born and free of the curses leaving Harry surprised and vulnerable. Dumbledore took Harry's surprised state to his advantage and fired off a stunner, which hit his mark and rendered Harry unconscious. Once his feet were firmly on the ground once more Dumbledore revived Harry with a quick "enervate".

"What happened?" was the first thing out of Harry's mouth before he remembered. "oh" he said once it was all clear In the mind.

"Oh indeed. That Harry was thinking outside of the box" Dumbledore said as he helped Harry back up to his feet.

"What spell was that?" Harry asked, referring to the flying Dumbledore.

"Well I would think that were obvious, a levitation charm, since I was the caster I could control where I wanted to go" Dumbledore explained.

"I never knew it could be used like that" Harry said with a tinge of awe in his voice. It was obvious to Harry how Dumbledore had achieved the title 'greatest sorcerer of modern time'.

"That is what thinking out of the box is, I shall give you some lessons in thinking like that, there were many things you could have done to prevent me from winning that little skirmish had you been more aware and had a broadened horizon, for example you could easily have summoned me from mid air." Dumbledore explained as he retreated back to his spot watching Harry do all of the hard work.

"Now, back to work there is still much to be done yet" Dumbledore told him before going back to his book.

Shifting the wooden debris didn't take nearly as long and in no time Harry had used his elemental magic and set a fire so intense that the small fire was soon over with leaving behind nothing but very fine ash. The next talk Harry was not looking forward to, he had to clear away an inch of land and make sure that it's level which he had no idea how to do. He considered using his elemental magic and incinerating it away but it wasn't really exercising his wandless magic so he tried to think of another way.

Minutes passed and Harry still didn't know how to clear away the rest until he got a bright idea, he spent a few moments thinking about the wand movement and then about the job he wanted it to do and when he was satisfied he stood back so that he could see the plot properly and then he began drawing his magic and performing the intricate, complicated wand movements with his hand, finishing it off with a nearly full circle that signified that he wanted the spell to only happen once. The blast of magic left Harry feeling drained but it appeared his created spell had worked. The dark purple coloured light that he fired off charged toward the plot of land, sinking closer to the ground the closer it got until it sunk into the ground as it reached the boundary of debris. A few moments passed and nothing seemed to happen, Dumbledore who had been watching this with keen interest began to think the custom spell Harry had created had gone wrong when all of a sudden the ground was lifted into the air by a cushion of purple magic where it stayed.

Seeing the spell reach its final stage and knowing there was only a few more seconds left until the spell ran out Harry once again extended his arm and banished the debris into a pile where the once wasted rotten wooden remains of the extinct house were and with the flick of his wrist were ablaze.

Dumbledore was very impressed by what he had just witnessed, Harry had preformed advanced wandless magic and had enough energy in him to continue using it afterwards, even if he was tired. That part was not the part which amazed him the most however, what really blew him away was the very fact he could do it at all. There has never been a wizard in modern times that had been able to perform advanced spells with out a magical focus, he and Voldemort could do powerful basics and average intermediates, but if they were to attempt an advanced, complex spell such as Harry they would no doubt be hospitalized for weeks, and yet Harry did it and had energy to spare!

"Finished professor" Harry gasped out as he arrived at where Dumbledore was sitting and conjured himself a chair.

"Yes I can see that Harry. I don't suppose you know what you have just done?" Dumbledore asked him.

"Yeah, I cleared the plot liked you asked me to do" Harry said back as he rested his head on the table.

"No no not that, I mean the wandless magic, you have just performed a complex, advanced spell that most grown sorcerers would be unable to do with no use of a magical focus" Dumbledore explained, fighting with himself to remain calm. Yes indeed things were looking up for the light side.

"Your point? I thought that was what we were working up to?" Harry asked him too tired to work it any other way.

"My point my dear boy is that what you just did was deemed impossible since the time before records were kept, the most powerful of magic users only achieve a wandless magic standard of average in power intermediate skills and above average in power beginner skills, if they were to attempt anything that you just demonstrated then they would very likely put themselves in a coma or heaven." Dumbledore stated with a very intense twinkle in his eyes.

"Why am I able to do this and you cant? You have more power than me so if I can do it then surley you can?" Harry asked hopefully.

"I do?" Dumbledore asked as if hearing that he had great power for the first time. "Now what makes you think that? I never said that I had more power" Dumbledore said with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.

"What so now you're saying I'm more powerful than you?" Harry asked with annoyance in his voice.

"No what I am saying is that I don't remember saying it, it might be true it might not. The reason for your strong ability in wandless magic has less to do with power and more to do with means, you achieved your ability a different way to me or any other magic user in over a thousand years, it is only to be expected that the results will be varied" Dumbledore told him in his teacher voice.

"Great, another thing to set me aside" Harry complained.

"Perhaps you should take comfort in the fact that it is normal for you not to be normal?" Dumbledore asked him in which the only response was a groan from Harry.

After a few minutes rest Harry felt his energy coming back so he decided to use the spare time before the supplies arrived to look at the plans for the foundations of the house. It looked to him to be easy enough, much like he had seen when muggles were building their houses. Harry was just finishing up the plans for the foundation when there was a loud and very audible 'crack'. Spinning around to face the sound of the disturbance Harry saw a pile of stone, or rather a small mountain Harry thought sarcastically.

"Albus, Harry." Andrew said in way of greeting as if tones of stone just appearing out of no where was a normal everyday thing. Well perhaps it is for him Harry thought.

"How did you get all of this here?" Harry asked him.

"Simple really, all it takes is a mass portkey" Andrew said as if that explained it all.

"A what?" Harry asked

"A mass portkey Harry is a simple portkey on a basic level but after that it is different. While a normal portkey can be created in a matter of seconds a mass portkey takes minutes because it take more power to create, also it has to be tuned to the object that you want to transport, which means the lumber should be here any minute now" Dumbledore explained to Harry while Andrew nodded his agreement with the explanation. Just as Dumbledore finished explaining there was a second loud 'crack' and a smaller pile of lumber appeared.

"That's your lot, if you need anymore you have but to ask" Andrew said as he was about to apparate away.

"Actually we will need another shipment identical to this one in about a weeks time." Harry said.

"Another!" Andrew exclaimed

"Yeah, it turns out the plot of land is larger than I expected and I wanted to keep the house layout as close to the original as possible, which means I have to add a second story to it for the extra parts I want." Harry explained.

"Right-o, shall I charge to your account again?" Andrew asked

"Yes please, thank you for this." Harry said. Andrew nodded his head goodbye and with a loud 'pop' he was gone.

"Are you ready to begin the building Harry?" Dumbledore asked, slightly worried that Harry was still tired from the exertion of performing advanced wandless magic.

"Yeah I should be alright. I suppose I should get digging?" Harry asked referring to the foundations. Dumbledore nodded his head and began a few calculations using the amount of stone they had and the area he needed to use it in.

Once all of the digging was complete Harry proceeded with the actual stone work. Due to his elemental ability Dumbledore had decided there would be no need for cement, Harry would be able to melt the stone to join each other and that's what he did however Harry quickly found that it was hard work.

"Harry, I think you have done enough for one day, we should get washed up and eat some food." Dumbledore informed him several hours later. Both Harry and Dumbledore were surprised by the amount of work Harry had done already, only having small breaks now and then. Already the houses outside walls were taking shape and Harry had laid the foundations for the separation walls inside.

"As I understand you wish to take a trip to muggle London today also?" Dumbledore asked as Harry approached him.

"Yeah, that isn't a problem is it?" Harry asked the ex-headmaster.

"Not at all, you had better hurry however if you wish to arrive before the stores close." Dumbledore said

"Good idea, is it okay if I go on ahead and leave you to clear away here?" Harry asked him.

"Yes that is fine, it is not as if I am exhausted from the days work" said Dumbledore with a smile.

"Right" Harry said in mock irritation. Before apparating away Harry told the headmaster he would see him later tonight to work on some more magic and with a 'pop' he was gone. A few minutes later there was another 'pop' and Harry had arrived in muggle London. He had first gone to his room at the inn to clean himself up and get his motorcycle.

"Lets see how this thing rides then" Harry said as he took the shrunk motorcycle out of his pocket and placed it on the floor. Concentrating hard of the bike enlarging again to its normal size Harry held out his hand and said the appropriate spell enlarging the bike almost at once. He was amazed that he had managed to do the spell and that it was so easy. 'Maybe that landscaping spell I used stretched my wandless channel making for easier and quicker summoning of magic form my core?" Harry speculated to himself.

Quickly checking the bike over for any signs of it still being shrunk in any place Harry couldn't see any so he jumped on the bike and started it up, making sure to leave the flying feature off, he  didn't want another mishap like in his second year when he and Ron flew his dads enchanted ford Anglia over London to reach the papers again. Once the bike was started Harry got himself accustomed o the controls and once comfortable he was satisfied that he could ride it he exited the alley he had apparated into a few blocks away from the superstore where he had got all of his muggle things from.

He enjoyed the ride immensely, the feel of the wind against his body, the feel of power the bike possessed, even the sound it made, Harry loved it all and he was a little disappointed when he came to his destination. The store was just as he remembered it to be though he had not expected it to be any different unless Voldemort himself had a grudge against this particular chain of stores and decided to travel to London and blow it up because they didn't sell the coffee that he liked.

Chuckling to himself Harry entered the store and immediately found the electronics section and approached one of the sales persons that was there.

"Excuse me sir, I wish to purchase three laptops please." Harry said to him.

"Don't play games with me kid, I have a job to do, and that isn't babysitting!" the man spat back. Offended Harry moved to a different sales person and told her the same but this time making sure she saw his wallet open with all of the notes he had in it.

"Certainly sir, which brand do you wish to purchase?" she asked him sweetly.

"Urm… that one over there please" Harry said pointing to a laptop computer that looked identical to his.

"Okay then, if you could just follow me I will sort all of the details out, it shouldn't take longer than 5 minutes." She said to him and true to her word five minutes later he was out of there and on his way back to his bike. On his way back however Harry began to develop a painful headache, however he was pretty certain that it was not due to his scar. As he was passing a group of giggling girls he could have sworn he heard a voice in his head say "He's such a hottie" but shook it off thinking it was just his headache making him delusional but by the time he had walked past the third group of people and each time hearing something in his head Harry began 4to think that maybe this had nothing to do with the headache but maybe the headache had something to do with this. 'But what could this be?' Harry asked himself in frustration and he walked past a group of old women and receiving the information that one of them had cancer. Finally away from the crowds and groups of people Harry sighed in relief, his headache disappearing he was able to think straight, and think straight he did. Just as he reached the bike he figured out what was going on. He must have enlarged the channel from his core to his mind at the same time as the wandless magic channel, he was hearing peoples thoughts!

Harry decided that he would just find an alley and apparate back to the inn instead of flying as he didn't feel much like taking his time in getting back and he had lessons later as well as needing to speak with Dumbledore about this new ability. So within ten minutes he was back at the inn and unloading his purchases on his bed.

"I suppose I should make a cd of all of the information they will want." Harry said to himself as he turned on his computer and started sorting through his database and research notes copying the information that was appropriate for his friends after deciding he would speak to Dumbledore about this during dinner. Once that was finished he put it all onto a cd and then he turned on each of the other laptops and loaded the data onto it, making them all almost identical to his.

Once he had got all of that out of the way Harry then started charming each laptop in the same way that he did at the beginning of the year with his own so that they would work in Hogwarts and wouldn't get crewed up from all of the residual magic about the place.

"And that makes three" Harry said as he finished the last charm for the last laptop, Ron's, and moved it onto his bedside table.

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A/N: Well there you have it, another chapter done. Sorry nothing overly spectacular happened, and it will probably be the same for the next chapter with Harry finishing off the house and the training will begin. It will also probably be next chapter that Harry begins his new magical focus (with strange results) some action coming soon though so sit tight! Hope you enjoyed the chapter and the reviews are greatfully appreciated, they give me the drive to keep writing and posting so much.

Kento: I have decided that I will not write a Harry/Ginny pairing, or any pairing for this story as I recently discovered I stink at any kind of romance writing. If you are interested in the Harry/Tonks pairing then look out for my next fic(s). thanks for taking the time to review!

Until next time.

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