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Chapter 13 - Revealing Blood
Harry sat cross-legged on the floor of Professor Park's room, deep in thought and not really paying attention to what Park was saying about what they would be doing today. Upon arriving in the class, Harry had looked at Park and scanned his face for similar features. Despite Park being significantly taller and more muscular, Park's facial features held quite a bit of resemblance to Quirrell's. Provided that he was actually related to Quirrell, Harry had concluded that Park could only be Quirrell's cousin. Park was roughly in the same age and must be in the same generation, but because he had a different last name, he would probably be Quirrell's father's sister's son - Quirrell's cousin.
Harry suddenly snapped to attention - everyone appeared to be getting up from their sitting positions. Harry had no idea what they were supposed to be doing. He went to the usual position with Parvati, his partner.
"Parvati!"
"Yeah?"
"What are we supposed to be doing?"
"I'm trying to push you over using wandless magic, and you're trying to stop me from doing so."
Harry immediately felt a windy force buffet into him. Could've given me a count, he thought angrily, but then he focused. Harry dodged, but Parvati simply sent another wind blast his way. Who would've known that she'd be so good at this, Harry thought to himself. She's really pretty.
Harry shook himself from his daydreaming to find himself teetering on the edge of his balance. He gathered all his power and sent a blast of power at Parvati, but she deflected it towards his feet, forcing him to jump in the air to dodge. Harry finally won the battle fifteen minutes later by sending two simultaneous blasts at her gut and feet, causing her to fall backwards.
"Here."
Parvati smiled her thanks at Harry for helping her up. Harry suddenly felt an unusual shiver through his body while helping her up. What the hell was that about? Harry thought to himself. About an hour and a half later, when everybody was thoroughly exhausted from class, Park dismissed them. Here's my chance, Harry thought to himself. Harry approached Park with more than a little apprehension.
"Uh...Professor?"
Park turned around, startled that someone was still here after class.
"Yes?"
"I was wondering, if you were possibly related to Professor Quirrell, my first year Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor?"
An angry scowl came over Park's face as Quirrell was mentioned, confirming Harry's suspicions.
"Yes, I was his cousin."
Now how do I get out of here, Harry wondered.
"Uh...well, see you tomorrow Professor."
Park simply nodded and turned back around, leaving Harry to walk rapidly out of the classroom with his new discovery and to find Ron waiting outside for him.
"What was that about?"
"I'll tell you on the way to Charms."
"Yeah, well I've got something too. Remember I went to the library at breakfast earlier?" Harry nodded. "Hermione was there and she said she was doing Ancient Runes, right? But then when I tried to look at the title of one of the books, she slammed it down and told me not to look at her personal stuff? What was that about?"
Harry shook his head at Hermione's strange behavior. "No idea, mate. How about we talk to her in Charms?"
Ron nodded his head in agreement. "Now, why did you stay in Park's room?"
"Park's related to Quirrell - he's Quirrell's cousin."
"Blimey - but now that you mention it, he does look kind of like Quirrell."
"Yeah, but what was Dumbledore thinking?"
"Harry, just because they're in the same family doesn't mean they're the same. Remember the Crouch family?"
"Yeah, you're right...I guess."
Harry and Ron walked into Charms and spotted Hermione in their usual spot.
"Hey Harry! Ron! Where've you guys been?"
Ron replied quietly, "Harry's found out that Park is - was Quirrell's cousin."
"Really? He did carry a certain resemblance..."
Hermione snapped to attention as Flitwick started instructing, and Harry and Ron grinned at each other before lazily listening to Flitwick as well.
"Class, today we will try a very tricky charm called the Revealing Blood Charm. It does what it sounds - reveal's how much wizard blood each wizard or witch has in her or him. The incantation itself is pretty simple, it's the complex motions that complicate this one..."
Hermione continued raptly paying attention to Flitwick, though Harry and Ron now were too, as Flitwick had started many complicated wavy motions with his wand. Ron raised his hand - a rare occurence - as Flitwick finished.
"Yes, Mr. Weasley."
"Professor Flitwick, what would one use this for outside of school?"
"A very good question Mr. Weasley - the Revealing Blood Charm doesn't only work on wizards and witches. One finds it's most useful with magical creatures - there are many unknown, it's the easiest way to identify them. Anyway, you all saw what I did, how about you practice doing it on yourself and then practice it on your fellow classmates. I won't teach you how to identify animals yet, just wizards/witches - yellow means no wizard or witch parents, red means one wizard or witch parent, and green is two wizard and witch parents. Lastly the Revealing Blood Charm doesn't actually measure whether your blood has wizard or witch blood in it, it simply measures whether your parents were wizards or witches. For instance, Mr. Potter will have his wand glow green if worked correctly because his parents were wizards and witches, despite his mother being a Muggle-born witch. All clear? Very well, proceed!"
Ron and Harry decided to watch Hermione do it first - they weren't sure of all those movements Flitwick did. Hermione's eyes were set in concentration, but then noticed that Harry and Ron were watching too.
"What are you doing, you two?"
"Watching to see how to do it right..."
Hermione smiled and returned to her wand, and immediately started mimicking Flitwick's movements, finally pointing the wand at herself and saying clearly "Reveal!". She suddenly gasped and dropped her wand, and Harry and Ron both cursed and jumped back in surprise. Professor Flitwick and the whole class turned to look at them.
"Mr. Potter, Miss Granger, Mr. Weasley, is there a problem?"
Hermione was speechless and kept looking shocked at her wand, so Ron decided to speak up - though in a somewhat trembling voice.
"Hermione's wand - it's glowing red!"
Once again a shorter chapter than my previous chapters, but I thought it was alright. Sorry to anyone who saw where the Revealing Blood Charm was going. Interestingly enough, in the last two chapters we have successfully covered - breakfast, one class, and part of another class. Just speeding right along, aren't we?
Chapter 13 - Revealing Blood
Harry sat cross-legged on the floor of Professor Park's room, deep in thought and not really paying attention to what Park was saying about what they would be doing today. Upon arriving in the class, Harry had looked at Park and scanned his face for similar features. Despite Park being significantly taller and more muscular, Park's facial features held quite a bit of resemblance to Quirrell's. Provided that he was actually related to Quirrell, Harry had concluded that Park could only be Quirrell's cousin. Park was roughly in the same age and must be in the same generation, but because he had a different last name, he would probably be Quirrell's father's sister's son - Quirrell's cousin.
Harry suddenly snapped to attention - everyone appeared to be getting up from their sitting positions. Harry had no idea what they were supposed to be doing. He went to the usual position with Parvati, his partner.
"Parvati!"
"Yeah?"
"What are we supposed to be doing?"
"I'm trying to push you over using wandless magic, and you're trying to stop me from doing so."
Harry immediately felt a windy force buffet into him. Could've given me a count, he thought angrily, but then he focused. Harry dodged, but Parvati simply sent another wind blast his way. Who would've known that she'd be so good at this, Harry thought to himself. She's really pretty.
Harry shook himself from his daydreaming to find himself teetering on the edge of his balance. He gathered all his power and sent a blast of power at Parvati, but she deflected it towards his feet, forcing him to jump in the air to dodge. Harry finally won the battle fifteen minutes later by sending two simultaneous blasts at her gut and feet, causing her to fall backwards.
"Here."
Parvati smiled her thanks at Harry for helping her up. Harry suddenly felt an unusual shiver through his body while helping her up. What the hell was that about? Harry thought to himself. About an hour and a half later, when everybody was thoroughly exhausted from class, Park dismissed them. Here's my chance, Harry thought to himself. Harry approached Park with more than a little apprehension.
"Uh...Professor?"
Park turned around, startled that someone was still here after class.
"Yes?"
"I was wondering, if you were possibly related to Professor Quirrell, my first year Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor?"
An angry scowl came over Park's face as Quirrell was mentioned, confirming Harry's suspicions.
"Yes, I was his cousin."
Now how do I get out of here, Harry wondered.
"Uh...well, see you tomorrow Professor."
Park simply nodded and turned back around, leaving Harry to walk rapidly out of the classroom with his new discovery and to find Ron waiting outside for him.
"What was that about?"
"I'll tell you on the way to Charms."
"Yeah, well I've got something too. Remember I went to the library at breakfast earlier?" Harry nodded. "Hermione was there and she said she was doing Ancient Runes, right? But then when I tried to look at the title of one of the books, she slammed it down and told me not to look at her personal stuff? What was that about?"
Harry shook his head at Hermione's strange behavior. "No idea, mate. How about we talk to her in Charms?"
Ron nodded his head in agreement. "Now, why did you stay in Park's room?"
"Park's related to Quirrell - he's Quirrell's cousin."
"Blimey - but now that you mention it, he does look kind of like Quirrell."
"Yeah, but what was Dumbledore thinking?"
"Harry, just because they're in the same family doesn't mean they're the same. Remember the Crouch family?"
"Yeah, you're right...I guess."
Harry and Ron walked into Charms and spotted Hermione in their usual spot.
"Hey Harry! Ron! Where've you guys been?"
Ron replied quietly, "Harry's found out that Park is - was Quirrell's cousin."
"Really? He did carry a certain resemblance..."
Hermione snapped to attention as Flitwick started instructing, and Harry and Ron grinned at each other before lazily listening to Flitwick as well.
"Class, today we will try a very tricky charm called the Revealing Blood Charm. It does what it sounds - reveal's how much wizard blood each wizard or witch has in her or him. The incantation itself is pretty simple, it's the complex motions that complicate this one..."
Hermione continued raptly paying attention to Flitwick, though Harry and Ron now were too, as Flitwick had started many complicated wavy motions with his wand. Ron raised his hand - a rare occurence - as Flitwick finished.
"Yes, Mr. Weasley."
"Professor Flitwick, what would one use this for outside of school?"
"A very good question Mr. Weasley - the Revealing Blood Charm doesn't only work on wizards and witches. One finds it's most useful with magical creatures - there are many unknown, it's the easiest way to identify them. Anyway, you all saw what I did, how about you practice doing it on yourself and then practice it on your fellow classmates. I won't teach you how to identify animals yet, just wizards/witches - yellow means no wizard or witch parents, red means one wizard or witch parent, and green is two wizard and witch parents. Lastly the Revealing Blood Charm doesn't actually measure whether your blood has wizard or witch blood in it, it simply measures whether your parents were wizards or witches. For instance, Mr. Potter will have his wand glow green if worked correctly because his parents were wizards and witches, despite his mother being a Muggle-born witch. All clear? Very well, proceed!"
Ron and Harry decided to watch Hermione do it first - they weren't sure of all those movements Flitwick did. Hermione's eyes were set in concentration, but then noticed that Harry and Ron were watching too.
"What are you doing, you two?"
"Watching to see how to do it right..."
Hermione smiled and returned to her wand, and immediately started mimicking Flitwick's movements, finally pointing the wand at herself and saying clearly "Reveal!". She suddenly gasped and dropped her wand, and Harry and Ron both cursed and jumped back in surprise. Professor Flitwick and the whole class turned to look at them.
"Mr. Potter, Miss Granger, Mr. Weasley, is there a problem?"
Hermione was speechless and kept looking shocked at her wand, so Ron decided to speak up - though in a somewhat trembling voice.
"Hermione's wand - it's glowing red!"
Once again a shorter chapter than my previous chapters, but I thought it was alright. Sorry to anyone who saw where the Revealing Blood Charm was going. Interestingly enough, in the last two chapters we have successfully covered - breakfast, one class, and part of another class. Just speeding right along, aren't we?