It was finally Ron who broke the silence.
Ron gulped a shot of scotch down and looked at the chest in awe.
"Can I see it?" he asked
Harry shrugged and opened the chest. He didn't see a problem with it. He took the wand and was just about to hand it to Ron when Hermione reached out and grabbed his wrist making fully clear that she was not going to touch the wand.
"Harry, Ron can't take the power. I've read about Merlin's wand. And if this wand holds any truth as to what Mr. Ollivander says, no one else can hold the wand but you."
Now Harry was starting to understand. This must be a very powerful wand then.
"What else do you know about it?" Harry asked Hermione but Draco answered instead.
"Harry, this is one hell of a powerful wand. Merlin was the greatest Wizard of all time; more powerful than Dumbledore and Voldemort put together. The only reason why people are saying that Dumbledore is more powerful is because Merlin died such a long time ago and people have forgotten." He looked at his beloved Harry "Harry, you are our Merlin."
Harry didn't know what to say. He always knew he was powerful but he didn't know he was THIS powerful.
"What would happen if someone else were to touch my wand?" he asked
"Well, basically either the wand would refuse them and harm them or it would just not do what the holder of the wand told them to. No one ever knew because Merlin had never ever let anyone touch his wand before. When they buried Merlin's body they burned his wand as well. They were afraid of the power the wand had." Said Hermione
Harry was shocked. "And Mr. Ollivander let me try the wand knowing this type of power lived inside it?"
Draco put his hand on Harry's back "Harry, even I saw that the previous wands were nothing compared to all the power you held within. I just didn't know that this wand existed. I thought it was all rumours and when Mr. Ollivander said it was for real, well, I basically thought I went into shock. I thought I'd died and was dreaming."
"But he knew the power of the wand and it could have back fired on me."
"Harry, you're a powerful wizard. You should be honoured that Mr. Ollivander even considered you to try the wand." Said Hermione
"Why?" asked Harry
"Because Harry, Mr. Ollivander is a direct descendant of Merlin and he himself was unable to control the magic. Mr. Ollivander probably could have held it but he would not have been able to produce what you had with one swipe." Said Hermione
Harry was once again speechless. "And to think, I awoke to chains and cuffs around me this morning on Pivet Drive."
After the silence between them was broken conversation between everyone began once more. They soon finished their drinks and left the Leaky Cauldron.
"So where is everyone off to?" asked Harry still griping the chest.
Hermione and Ron looked at one another. "Dumbledore told us to stay with you. That we should stay with you and keep an eye on you."
Harry shrugged. That was fine with him. He liked company, besides his penthouse was not exactly a small house. But then he noticed the look on Draco's face, he was not too thrilled about the news.
"Fine then. But Dumbledore rested Harry's rescue in my hands and I intend to keep my victim safe from any more harm." Said Draco sounding like he just snarled it out.
Hermione smiled and shook her head, Harry chuckled and Ron looked like he was about to be sick.
"Then my place it is." Said Harry
"Not yet" said Draco "You Harry may be okay with cleaning after yourself bit but I refuse. And plus, I need to get some things from my home anyway. I will tell my father that I am on a private mission in seeking out the Order. He will believe. That's what he's been urging me to do for a while now."
Harry nodded. "Just be careful okay?"
Draco smiled and apparated away.
Harry turned to his friends and nodded "Lets go then." And with a crack they were gone.
When they got to 68 Shiminister, Harry showed Ron and Hermione their rooms. They were a couple but Hermione still didn't want to sleep in the same room as Ron yet. She wanted to wait until they were ready and married and Ron respected her decision because it would only make everything better after the wait.
Harry entered his room and started rummagaing through his things. He found a nice set of silk pajamas he had bought right after Hogwarts let out. The day after graduation he had gone on a major shopping spree and his entire style changed. He burned Dudley's old clothes and forgot about them entirely.
Harry changed into his Red silk pajamas and went downstairs. He felt like life was real for the first time. He no longer had to worry about Hogwarts and being under the control of Snape. Now that he was out of Hogwarts he didn't need to watch what he said to Snape anymore.
Harry entered the living room, which was basically a large room with an elaborate set of furniture.
The floor had an exquisite wood finishing on it. The entire house was so muggle like yet when you look deeper you could see that many parts of the structure could not be real and had to have some kind of magic holding everything up.
Harry had designed the house himself during his entire summer going into his 7th year. He knew that there had to be something good about muggles even if he lived with such evil ones most of his life. the house was built during his 7th year to give him something to look forward to after he graduated. During the Holiday's Harry would check up on the progress of the house and it was amazing everytime. By the time his Spring Break had arrived he was able to go shopping for the decorations he would be putting in the house. Ron and Hermione helped give advice about the house and that made Harry feel must more at ease.
Harry took a seat near the fire and noticed that his wand had been moved into the room. The chest was lying on the table in the center of the room. He decided that this was as good a time as any to try it out some more.
Harry opened the chest and just as he was about to pick up his wand Hermione, Ron, and Draco entered the room.
"Hey Harry, going to test that thing again are you?" said Ron
"Uh, yeah, I wanted to see what else I could do with it." Replied Harry
Harry picked up the wand and just held it lightly between his index finger and thumb. He gave the wand a swish and rainbow coloured streams of light came shooting out. The colours made him feel so happy.
After watching Harry test out his wand for a while a house elf ran into the room and stopped as soon as she saw Harry Potter.
With wide eyes and an opened mouth she just stared at him.
"What?" asked Harry curiously
"You, your Harry Potter." Replied the house elf.
Harry arched an eyebrow; he thought everyone had noticed his entering the wizarding world a while ago. This shouldn't have been as much as shock to her as it would have when Harry was 11. "Yes, I know." Said Harry finally.
The house elf gaped and looked at Draco.
Draco smiled and nodded. "It's okay Winkby. I know he's Harry Potter. You are instructed not to tell my father or mother or anyone outside the Order anything though. Do you understand me?" said Draco with a rather stern finish in his voice.
The house elf looked like she was going to die but nodded and left the room.
Draco looked back at Harry and said, "She doesn't know. She's always been brought up thinking that you were good and right and well, its not like I can blame her. She has been around my father for far too long. His influence on her has greatly lead her into thinking wrong."
Harry shrugged. It didn't matter. If anything he would avoid her if it made her feel better. Harry didn't need to be served. Winkby was here only for Draco anyway.
Just then there was a tap on a window and Harry looked up. There sitting on the window sill was an owl he had never seen before.
Ron was the closest to the window so he opened the window and let the owl in. The owl flew right in front of Harry and dropped a package in his lap.
Ron gulped a shot of scotch down and looked at the chest in awe.
"Can I see it?" he asked
Harry shrugged and opened the chest. He didn't see a problem with it. He took the wand and was just about to hand it to Ron when Hermione reached out and grabbed his wrist making fully clear that she was not going to touch the wand.
"Harry, Ron can't take the power. I've read about Merlin's wand. And if this wand holds any truth as to what Mr. Ollivander says, no one else can hold the wand but you."
Now Harry was starting to understand. This must be a very powerful wand then.
"What else do you know about it?" Harry asked Hermione but Draco answered instead.
"Harry, this is one hell of a powerful wand. Merlin was the greatest Wizard of all time; more powerful than Dumbledore and Voldemort put together. The only reason why people are saying that Dumbledore is more powerful is because Merlin died such a long time ago and people have forgotten." He looked at his beloved Harry "Harry, you are our Merlin."
Harry didn't know what to say. He always knew he was powerful but he didn't know he was THIS powerful.
"What would happen if someone else were to touch my wand?" he asked
"Well, basically either the wand would refuse them and harm them or it would just not do what the holder of the wand told them to. No one ever knew because Merlin had never ever let anyone touch his wand before. When they buried Merlin's body they burned his wand as well. They were afraid of the power the wand had." Said Hermione
Harry was shocked. "And Mr. Ollivander let me try the wand knowing this type of power lived inside it?"
Draco put his hand on Harry's back "Harry, even I saw that the previous wands were nothing compared to all the power you held within. I just didn't know that this wand existed. I thought it was all rumours and when Mr. Ollivander said it was for real, well, I basically thought I went into shock. I thought I'd died and was dreaming."
"But he knew the power of the wand and it could have back fired on me."
"Harry, you're a powerful wizard. You should be honoured that Mr. Ollivander even considered you to try the wand." Said Hermione
"Why?" asked Harry
"Because Harry, Mr. Ollivander is a direct descendant of Merlin and he himself was unable to control the magic. Mr. Ollivander probably could have held it but he would not have been able to produce what you had with one swipe." Said Hermione
Harry was once again speechless. "And to think, I awoke to chains and cuffs around me this morning on Pivet Drive."
After the silence between them was broken conversation between everyone began once more. They soon finished their drinks and left the Leaky Cauldron.
"So where is everyone off to?" asked Harry still griping the chest.
Hermione and Ron looked at one another. "Dumbledore told us to stay with you. That we should stay with you and keep an eye on you."
Harry shrugged. That was fine with him. He liked company, besides his penthouse was not exactly a small house. But then he noticed the look on Draco's face, he was not too thrilled about the news.
"Fine then. But Dumbledore rested Harry's rescue in my hands and I intend to keep my victim safe from any more harm." Said Draco sounding like he just snarled it out.
Hermione smiled and shook her head, Harry chuckled and Ron looked like he was about to be sick.
"Then my place it is." Said Harry
"Not yet" said Draco "You Harry may be okay with cleaning after yourself bit but I refuse. And plus, I need to get some things from my home anyway. I will tell my father that I am on a private mission in seeking out the Order. He will believe. That's what he's been urging me to do for a while now."
Harry nodded. "Just be careful okay?"
Draco smiled and apparated away.
Harry turned to his friends and nodded "Lets go then." And with a crack they were gone.
When they got to 68 Shiminister, Harry showed Ron and Hermione their rooms. They were a couple but Hermione still didn't want to sleep in the same room as Ron yet. She wanted to wait until they were ready and married and Ron respected her decision because it would only make everything better after the wait.
Harry entered his room and started rummagaing through his things. He found a nice set of silk pajamas he had bought right after Hogwarts let out. The day after graduation he had gone on a major shopping spree and his entire style changed. He burned Dudley's old clothes and forgot about them entirely.
Harry changed into his Red silk pajamas and went downstairs. He felt like life was real for the first time. He no longer had to worry about Hogwarts and being under the control of Snape. Now that he was out of Hogwarts he didn't need to watch what he said to Snape anymore.
Harry entered the living room, which was basically a large room with an elaborate set of furniture.
The floor had an exquisite wood finishing on it. The entire house was so muggle like yet when you look deeper you could see that many parts of the structure could not be real and had to have some kind of magic holding everything up.
Harry had designed the house himself during his entire summer going into his 7th year. He knew that there had to be something good about muggles even if he lived with such evil ones most of his life. the house was built during his 7th year to give him something to look forward to after he graduated. During the Holiday's Harry would check up on the progress of the house and it was amazing everytime. By the time his Spring Break had arrived he was able to go shopping for the decorations he would be putting in the house. Ron and Hermione helped give advice about the house and that made Harry feel must more at ease.
Harry took a seat near the fire and noticed that his wand had been moved into the room. The chest was lying on the table in the center of the room. He decided that this was as good a time as any to try it out some more.
Harry opened the chest and just as he was about to pick up his wand Hermione, Ron, and Draco entered the room.
"Hey Harry, going to test that thing again are you?" said Ron
"Uh, yeah, I wanted to see what else I could do with it." Replied Harry
Harry picked up the wand and just held it lightly between his index finger and thumb. He gave the wand a swish and rainbow coloured streams of light came shooting out. The colours made him feel so happy.
After watching Harry test out his wand for a while a house elf ran into the room and stopped as soon as she saw Harry Potter.
With wide eyes and an opened mouth she just stared at him.
"What?" asked Harry curiously
"You, your Harry Potter." Replied the house elf.
Harry arched an eyebrow; he thought everyone had noticed his entering the wizarding world a while ago. This shouldn't have been as much as shock to her as it would have when Harry was 11. "Yes, I know." Said Harry finally.
The house elf gaped and looked at Draco.
Draco smiled and nodded. "It's okay Winkby. I know he's Harry Potter. You are instructed not to tell my father or mother or anyone outside the Order anything though. Do you understand me?" said Draco with a rather stern finish in his voice.
The house elf looked like she was going to die but nodded and left the room.
Draco looked back at Harry and said, "She doesn't know. She's always been brought up thinking that you were good and right and well, its not like I can blame her. She has been around my father for far too long. His influence on her has greatly lead her into thinking wrong."
Harry shrugged. It didn't matter. If anything he would avoid her if it made her feel better. Harry didn't need to be served. Winkby was here only for Draco anyway.
Just then there was a tap on a window and Harry looked up. There sitting on the window sill was an owl he had never seen before.
Ron was the closest to the window so he opened the window and let the owl in. The owl flew right in front of Harry and dropped a package in his lap.