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Beauty and Power

By this time, Harry was crying nearly uncontrollably. Hermione put her arm around him to help comfort him and to tell you the truth, she was crying too. Harry suddenly stood up.

"This is what I am talking about!

"What Harry?"

"Everybody tells me that isn't my fault, but they get killed because he's after me!"

"It isn't your fault that people want to protect you!"

"Well maybe they should just back off." he yelled spitefully.

SLAP!

"Now you need to stop that. You are talking to the person who loves you and wants to protect you the most!"

Harry began to cry as he wrapped his arms around her.

"I'm so sorry! I just can't bear to lose anyone else. It's become too much to take anymore"

"Harry that's why you need to use that, like Sirius said. Use it and with perseverance and determination you could become the strongest wizard ever!"

"Now I see the point. Let's get started."

Within a week and a half, Harry was unrecognizable behind the monstrous stack of books, taking notes.

He read faster than Hermione had ever seen.

By the end of the week, she found out he had read 83 books front to back, which averages a book every two hours.

The topics of the books he read were varied greatly. Herbology, Charms Defense, Potions but above all, totaling 47 total, Transfiguration.

Harry was completely enthralled with disguise, whether changing into another human or an animal.

When Hermoine walked into the room, a week before his birthday, he looked up at her and for the first time in a week and a half, he smiled. She literally boiled under her collar.

His eyes glowed with a green that she had never seen before. Suddenly, she was in the air, suspended by nothing. She looked at Harry who was holding no wand. His eyes flashed bright suddenly and she began to move.

Now she understood. Wandless magic

"That is great Harry! You're doing it!"

"I know but it takes a lot of concentration, so that's why I waited for you. I could concentrate all day on you and never get tired of your beauty."

"You don't have to tell me that I am beautiful to make me feel better."

"You don't think that you're beautiful?"

"No why should I?"

"Because you are one of the best looking physical specimens I have ever seen. None of the girls at school hold a candle to you."

"Even Cho?"

"Not even a spark"

"Thank you…I love you so much."

"I love you too sweetie."

A/N: I know this one is super short, but hey what can you do...when it feels right...The next few chaps should take me longer than normal to post..just stay patient. JW