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LOVE CONQUERS ALLChapter 10 A New Level.
When Harry became semiconscious he realised that Hermione had slept all night beside him, he didn't want to open his eyes and spoil paradise, but a little voice came in his head.
"Its no good pretending to be asleep with me, but if you give me a nice good morning kiss I will let you keep your eyes closed," he had temporarily forgotten about their link, however he kept his eyes closed for a long time without any complaints.
After a while he explained to Hermione what Myrddin had said about them not being able to introduce others into their telepathic link and that he had said to be careful all of the time. However they also decided that they should tell all the others of their link as it would prove very difficult keeping it hidden from them for very long without arousing suspicion, he thought possibly Tonks and Ginny had an inkling already.
"Now," he said, "we should get up before anyone finds out that you've been sleeping in here with me all night."
"Well as for them finding me sleeping here, I told them all last night that I was going to sleep in here, so they can go and take a jump. As for getting up I think that, that is a good idea we should."
The couple climbed out of bed and put on dressing gowns then went out into the hall.
"Where did they come from?" said Harry looking at a pair of doors, that had appeared, opposite each other, either side of the corridor, one between Ginny and Tonks rooms and one between Parvati and Ron's rooms.
"These are the doors for Luna and Neville's rooms, good aren't they?" Hermione said as they went into the new room on their side of the corridor then she explained to him, "These extra rooms are actually in Aberforth's flat, he told us that it was the easiest way to add rooms to this flat, so he created portals into two of the spare rooms in his flat. He did it last night with a few waves of his wand, after you had gone to bed, this is Luna's room by the way."
Harry took out his wand and created a single Red Rose and laid it on her pillow. "I told you before that she most likely saved my life at the end of last term, I would probably have jumped off the astronomy tower without my broom, although that would possibly have pleased Voldemort and the Dursley's"
"Yes you did tell us and Ron is such a berk. Luna has been a good friend to Ginny for years and he carries on about her like a complete idiot, I keep wondering if deep down he fancies her?" they both roared with laughter, she continued, "The only odd thing you could possibly discern about these rooms is that the windows are on a different level to the rest of our flat, but it doesn't notice very much. Come on lets go and find ourselves some Breakfast."
Leaving Luna's room they went into the lounge, Harry noticed that his presents had all been opened and were in two groups on one of the sofas, with a long list of who had given him what, one pile seemed to be mainly clothes and the other seemed to be all books, he wasn't wide awake enough to go through them so they went to sit in the dining room. Pop!
"Good morning, Harry sir," said Dobby smiling, "and good morning Miss Hermione, would you like me to bring you some breakfast?"
"Yurs please," it was Ron half asleep staggering in through the door, "I'm sorry about being such a prat last night, I always find Luna so weird."
"I forgive you but will your sister…."
"Only if he promises to think three times before opening his mouth to talk and he's got to be extra special nice to me all day, no all week." Ginny said shuffling in yawning and dropped into a chair next to Harry. Ginny was followed by Tonks and Parvati who both flopped onto chairs unsurprisingly Parvati was beside Ron.
Breakfast had appeared on the table and they all spent some time eating.
Then Harry said that he thought it had been a good party, they all agreed and he became serious. "Hermione and I have to tell you all something and you are to tell no one, I told you last night that I had a ring that Sirius had left me on a chain round my neck, well what I didn't tell you is, that because of the ring, we have become telepathic. Don't worry we can't enter your minds unless one of us hold's your hand and you want us to. It is quite useful because we each know what the other is experiencing without saying anything and that's how I picked out that Death Eater last night, it was when I shook his hand."
Ginny was sat next to Harry and she asked quizzically, "Can I hold your hand Harry?" he took her hand and in her mind she heard.
"Hello Ginny, I think Ron is sorry for being such a prat last night," her eyes shot wide open and again she heard.
"Aren't you going to say hello to me as well?"
"Is that Hermione?"
"No it's the 'Queen of Sheba', who else were you expecting to find in here?"
"If it's Hermione pour your pumpkin juice over Ron's head?"
Hermione picked up her goblet and held it over Ron's head, "do you believe or must I pour it?"
"I believe, I believe, but I still want you to pour it." Her eyes were shining excitedly and this came out with giggles, Hermione poured her juice over Ron's head, luckily there was very little in the goblet, the three of them collapsed laughing and the contact was broken.
"I'm going to kill you for that!" stormed Ron.
"Oh no your not Ronald Weasley, because I told her to do it!" Ginny said and she explained what had happened and finished with, "it was absolutely amazing."
"Professor Dumbledore is the only other person who knows," said Harry, " I would like to try something, Hermione would you please go to the library, that's about six hundred miles away and Ron you go with her." Hermione and Ron went to the library, Harry told Ginny to think of a book for her to bring for Tonks.
Tonks suggested "Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit."
But Ginny named Hermione's favourite "Hogwarts a History" and two minutes later Ron came back in with Ginny and she was carrying, 'Hogwarts a History'.
Tonks said, "You know that, that's her favourite book, so she might have guessed that's what you would ask for."
Then Ron said, "She told me that you had suggested this" then he pulled a copy of "Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit" from behind his back, and handed it to Tonks. She, Parvati and Ginny were all stunned.
Harry intervened, "Hey you lot, it's nearly ten and the Headmaster will be here at eleven with Luna and Neville, none of us are washed or dressed yet, what say we drop this for the moment and all get dressed."
Getting up they all started towards the door, Ron saying, "If Luna, ever, gets a whiff of calling me pumpkin head, I will never live it down."
Everyone was laughing as they all went into their rooms to wash and dress.
x-x
At eleven exactly Luna arrived through the Floo, Neville and the Headmaster immediately followed her.
With a smile on her face, Hermione stood in front of Harry and faced Luna, "No kissing my boyfriend today, you had more than your fair share yesterday."
"Just a little one on the cheek, please, just to say thank you?"
"Ok, only on the cheek." Then Luna gave Harry a very chaste kiss on the cheek and thanked him for arranging this for them, Neville also thanked him.
Harry said, "It was the least we could do after what you did for me in the Ministry of Magic last term. You've not brought Trevor Neville?" then Neville told him that Trevor had disappeared but he might of died from old age.
Then Dumbledore said, "Why don't you all take Miss Lovegood and Mr Longbottom and show them their rooms, I need to talk to Miss Granger and Mr Potter."
So all the others went off down the corridor and Dumbledore sat with Harry and Hermione and asked, "Can you tell me what is going on with the telepathy and the other things?"
Harry replied, "Yesterday when we were getting ready for my Birthday Party Myrddin's Ring started talking to me, in my head and Hermione saw me…." and so he told the Headmaster the whole story, the Headmaster asking occasional questions for clarification he included Hermione's visit to Hogwarts receiving instructions from here, to bring books back.
"Well you have certainly given me enough to ponder and Aberforth tells me that you did some pretty impressive magic here last evening?"
"That wasn't me, it was Myrddin…"
"Phooey! Will one of you please hold your Headmasters hand?" Hermione who was sat next to him rested her hand lightly on Professor Dumbledore's.
Myrddin said, "That's better someone else in the conversation with some sense. Now Harry that was you who did the magic last evening, I only guided you it was your power that did it, never underestimate your own ability. I am sorry Professor I should of greeted you earlier, good morning I trust you are well?"
"Good morning to you Myrddin, I was going to ask Harry why he does not add Ring to your name when he speaks of you but I now think that I am beginning understand."
"Yes I put a lot of my soul into this ring when I created it, even I know not what we three may achieve together. His power, their love and devotion, Hermione's and my knowledge, an interesting prospect, I look forward to it."
"I wonder if you could help me with a problem, we have to give students examinations and these two with their mind link can not be tested separately, can you cut the link during the time they are being examined?"
Myrddin answered, "Let me try to explain the strength of their bond so that you will all understand the situation more completely. Hermione, Harry I have restored the link fully, I want you to kiss but do not break contact with the Professor," so they kissed with all the fireworks, explosions and a blasting heavenly choir
Needless to say the other six came running in, wondering what was happening.
Ginny, her eyes aglow, asked, "What was that? The music was Heavenly."
Myrddin told Harry to make them join all their hands in a big circle and when they are ready, will you please kiss again, Harry added you had all better sit down as well, Dumbledore chuckled, Harry and Hermione kissed again.
Three minutes after the kiss finished, when they all had recovered sufficiently Tonks said, "That was utterly wonderful, what is it?"
Myrddin answered, "That is the power of absolutely pure love and complete devotion, it's alright Harry and Hermione I have turned it back down to its minimum level again, so they can experience what you two feel every time you kiss, now you should give her another kiss."
This time although it was back to its previous more manageable level, with the soft music and the shooting stars, the others were still in shock and then Luna said, "If her kisses are like that every time, no wonder mine didn't impress you Harry. Anyway my name is Luna who's the voice, in my head, it's someone I do not know?"
"Hello Luna and all of you, I am Myrddin Emrys you will probably know me better as Merlin from the court of King Arthur, I believe it would be fair to say that I am here to aid Harry overcome your greatest enemy. If Harry and Hermione were to kiss within one hundred paces of your enemy he could well be utterly destroyed.
So Headmaster do you begin to see the problem with your request, if I separate them now they will die, they can no longer die separately as they are now bound together, at their own adjuration I might add. Whenever they die, they will die at the same time. However I do not believe that you really have a problem, only an unusual situation, to all intents and purposes they are a single unit, they can withdraw from each other but not disconnect. Also I can give them the power of Sight, after all my erstwhile good friend 'Morgana y Cyfriniol' was the greatest Soothsayer of all time, I have warned them, that the Sight is a perilous thing and advised them not to investigate it, however, I have dabbled a little into their probable future.
This is what I have seen, the final confrontation will take place in something less than two years and though the outcome will be close, we will prevail, afterwards, these two will withdraw into seclusion and only the survivors of you gathered here will remain in regular contact with them. Apart that is from their and your families and many happy visits from the midwife, remember this is only a vision of the future and it is not guaranteed to come to pass. Now I believe I should withdraw and allow you all to discuss what you have learned."
The party all released their hands and settled comfortably, and then the Headmaster said, "I don't think that I need to tell you, that nothing you learn here now or in the future is to be discussed with anyone who isn't here now, neither should you discuss it within the hearing of anyone else. Harry and Hermione are our greatest weapon against Voldemort and the better we keep their secret the more effective it will be." Looking at Tonks he continued, "They will be treated as two individuals although we know them to be a single unit, we should keep that fact as secret as possible. Neville, I am sorry to say this but I do not entirely trust your Grandmother to always look to your best interest, also I don't think that your new wand suits you, Harry will take you to Olivanders and buy you a new one. Now I think we should adjourn for lunch."
All of them stood up and went quietly to the dining room, when Dobby appeared he looked once at the Headmaster bowed and disappeared again, cutlery, crockery and a complete Hogwarts style Lunch appeared on the table and as they started eating conversation gradually restarted.
It was Dumbledore who spoke first, "Harry a few weeks ago you asked if we could teach you how to kill Voldemort, I believe that that task is no longer ours, you have found out not only how but a new teacher to instruct you. Also when you came here I told you that Dobby was yours for the holiday and also that this flat was only for all of you to share for the holiday. Well events have persuaded me to change my mind on both counts.
Dobby is a free elf and as such is yours to keep for as long as he wishes, you know that he admires you tremendously, but when you are at Hogwarts he will join the other House Elves who are normally there. However he will still be yours to command and when you are on holiday he will be with you and Tonks to help your Hermione look after you."
Hermione blushed bright red but she had a huge smile, she liked being called 'Harry's Hermione,' the Headmaster continued, "As for this fine flat, it is normally underused, no it would be more truthful to say, it is never used. Therefore I think that it should remain for the use of you all while you are at school and another thing Luna, it will mean ever such a lot of hard work, but would you like to take your OWLS before the start of next term as is Ginny and move up into the same year as the rest of this shower?"
Quickly she answered. "Yes I would love to stay in the same year with my friends, but also I would like to be resorted into Gryffindor House, if that is possible, as well, please Headmaster, so I can stay with them at Hogwarts when we are all back there."
"Well I can certainly arrange for you to be resorted, there are plenty of precedents for that over the years and your deeds at the ministry last term are sufficient justification on their own. Although I am not permitted to unduly influence your sorting if you talk to Hermione and Harry they will tell you how to guarantee being in Gryffindor House when the time comes. I also have some other things," he handed Luna and Neville two library cards each and then passed each of the students a blank card, "The others can teach you how to use your library cards, the blank cards are your assistant Auror identity passes, Tonks will teach all of you the spells that will reveal and clear their content, they will, hopefully, help keep you out of too much trouble with the ministry.
I will arrange the OWL examinations for the last week of the holidays and I think that Harry should teach Hermione and Ron should teach Neville to fly brooms properly while the exams are on. Parvati will probably learn a thing or two as well and it should keep your minds off other things." Harry and Ron were grinning but Hermione and Neville both looked terrified.
He continued, "I don't see the need for you to learn the Auror warfare spells, I think that the ending, when it comes, will not require you to know such things and if there are no further questions I really should be going."
Harry was smiling and he asked, "From what you have said, do I have to return to Privet Drive, or can I come here for all my holidays, from now on?"
Dumbledore smiled back at him and said, "Yes and no, yes you can come here for your holidays and no you don't have to return to Little Whinging unless there is anything you need to collect from there. Once again, if there are no more questions, then goodbye to you all for now?"
x-x
If you were to say that none of them were greatly impressed with Luna or Neville's Muggle clothes it would be something of an understatement, so they decided that although it was Sunday they should go to London to buy them some new ones. For this Harry gave Luna and Neville some Muggle money and they all went to London and helped them buy the Muggle clothes they needed, while at the same time, the new additions were going to learn about Muggle money. They all noticed that Luna was very quick to learn just how Muggle money worked, both Hermione and Harry thought that the dizzy veneer that Luna normally adopted was probably just a front to keep away those she didn't want around her.
When they arrived back at Diagon Alley they all went to the ice cream parlour whilst Harry and Neville went to Olivander's to buy him a new wand. When Harry shook Mr Olivander's hand the shopkeeper went ridged, Myrddin told Harry that Mr Olivander would serve them normally and then he would forget that they had been there and he would explain it all later.
Mr Olivander revived and said, "Hello Neville, you need a new wand that one is no good for you," he put the old wand on the counter. Then he went through his normal selection process of measuring and trying various combinations of wood and core's until he eventually decided what Neville should have. He had settled on a twelve inch, Ash with a Dragon Heartstring core, as soon as he held his new wand Neville knew that it was the correct one for him.
Harry paid eight Galleons for the new wand and they went back to the others via the bag shop, Neville was intrigued by some of the things in the shop, while Harry checked the progress of his bags and he increased the order by two, a bright yellow one and a dark green one.
Then they returned to the ice cream parlour to meet up again with the others, as soon as they sat down Neville wanted to know what had been going on in the wand shop, Harry told them to all hold hands and Myrddin explained.
"Mr Olivander is under the 'Imperius' to always give Neville a dud wand, I put in a temporary override forcing him to provide a correct one, oh and he will not remember we have visited his shop and the Imperius is still in place, Tonks should pass this information to Albus."
They left Fortescue's and went to Quality Quidditch Supplies to buy some brooms, Ron knew that Luna was quite good on a broom, but they had asked and she did not have her own neither did Parvati so Harry bought three Cleansweep Seventy's and one Nimbus Flash. He gave Hermione the Nimbus and passed one each of the others to Neville, Luna and Parvati who was going to try to pay until Hermione held her hand, she looked for a second and smiled.
As they were walking back to the Leaky Cauldron Ron had hold of one of Parvati's hands Harry took the other and thought. "Neville can't suddenly ask his Gran for loads of money, so don't alert him to the fact that we are using my money, either of you!" Ron looked stunned, Harry smiled and poked his tongue out, Parvati giggled and Ron poked his tongue out back and by the time they reached the Leaky Cauldron, they were giggling that much all but the message was accepted.
Harry had learned from the bag shop that the first batch of bags he had ordered would be ready by the next Thursday and it would be as well if the prospective owners could come to collect them.
Then they took Luna and Neville shopping for Muggle clothes, all in all it was excellent.
x-x
When they arrived back at the flat it was time for Dinner, so they all put their things away and had a wash then went into the dining room and ate. It was the first time that either Luna or Neville had been Muggle shopping so they talked about it all through dinner the pair of them were intrigued by the shops and the money, which by the end of the trip they were both handling with ease.
When they had finished eating Ginny, Parvati and Ron took Neville down to the training room to try his new wand. Tonks took Luna to the study to show her that and the library, when she got there Tonks was surprised to find that there were two more computers, so she first showed her how the library worked and then she started teaching her how to use the computer. Tonks was also quite surprised when she found an Internet connection icon on her windows desktop, she had mentioned to the Headmaster that, Hermione thought that one might be useful and obviously he had done something about it.
Harry and Hermione went to Harry's room and he started writing thank you letters for all his presents Hermione was laying on his bed with her eyes closed.
Harry thought, "What are you doing darling?"
"I'm watching what you are doing, I love you."
"I know you do and I love you as well."
"Lets go and see how Neville's getting on?" Harry didn't need much persuading to stop writing thank you letters so he charmed his quill to carry on, on its own and then they both went to the training room and started watching Neville.
Ginny teased, "Come on Hermione and show us pathetic students what you can do."
Harry and Hermione went up the end of the room and joined the others and Harry said, "No wand." Luna and Tonks had just come in and they walked over to join them.
"But I've never done the magic without a wand."
"Disarming spells aren't very effective if your opponent isn't using a wand, just try, please." So she pointed her hand and transfigured a rock into an arrow, then she banished it into the wall, she was beaming.
"Now try and do it like this," he levitated about a dozen rocks and scattered them over the floor, then he started pointing at them, taking turns with his hand and as he pointed they changed into various things like, arrows, axes, spears and such, then they thudded into the wall, he hadn't said a word.
"You want me to do that?" she asked querulously.
"I do. You are linked to this ring, so you can do what I can," he scattered a lot of rocks over the floor and she began, at first it was quite slow but soon projectiles were flying rapidly from all over the room.
When she stopped her face was aglow. "My goodness that's tiring but I should think quite effective."
Especially like this, he disappeared.
"I can see you have become sort of fuzzy round the edges." Hermione said.
The others agreed that they couldn't see him at all, and then Hermione disappeared.
Harry took Ginny's hand and she disappeared, "I can see you and Hermione now," she said pensively, they all reappeared.
Then Tonks said, "Come on its time for bed, solid work everyday for you two masochists from now on."
So they all said goodnight and went to bed.
x-x
In the early hours of the morning, Harry woke up because he could hear someone crying, so he put his dressing gown on then went to find the source of the crying, Ginny was sat curled up on a sofa her face buried in her arms sobbing her heart out. He sat beside her, put one arm around her and held her hand, gradually calmed her, "Come on tell me all your troubles." He thought to her.
"Well I always thought that we would be together until the end, no, no not necessarily in a boyfriend girlfriend way, nevertheless standing up fighting together to conquer evil, however what you and Hermione were doing this evening was so far ahead of the rest of us that, well you just don't need us."
She started crying again, Harry mentally called Hermione a couple of times and she came staggering into the lounge and flopped down the other side of Ginny and started cuddling her as well.
"What's the matter with Ginny?" Harry explained Ginny's worry to Hermione who continued, "Ginny, there is a way we may be able to use this link to bring your abilities and your power well up."
Ginny had stopped crying instantly and her eyes were wide glowing orbs.
Then Harry explained, "You mustn't get too excited yet because it may not work, let's go to the training room."
In the training room they went to the end away from the wall, Harry spread rocks all over the floor and said to Ginny. "I want you to transfigure these rocks into arrows and banish them into the wall." Ginny replied. "I had better go and get my wand.""No wand."
"I can't."
"No wand." Ginny pointed at a rock and nothing happened, Harry took her left hand. "Believe that your finger is a wand, now lets try again."
He let go of her hand and she pointed again, the rock changed into an arrow, she banished it into the wall and her face was alight.
"Now the other hand." The same thing happened. "Now practice a bit using alternate hands."
She practiced for about ten minutes then Harry moved from cuddling Hermione and stopped Ginny practicing. He transfigured about twenty rocks into arrows and told her. "When you banish these I will show you where to push from, so you get more power." Harry held Ginny's left hand, when she banished the first arrow he showed her, in her head, where to push from, the arrow flew into the wall far harder than anything she had done before, but she crumbled down on the floor.
Hermione rushed to her as well, Ginny was very flushed and pushed Harry away, she whispered to Hermione. "When Harry showed me where to push from he was right inside my head and I, I think that I had an orgasm, I don't really know I have never had one before."
Hermione helped Ginny up, Harry noticed that they were both blushing furiously; Hermione told him that she had better do this bit. Ginny kept going for another half an hour by which time she was elated, totally exhausted and far more powerful than when she had gone to bed first time.
When she had left Harry asked Hermione what had been wrong with Ginny, Hermione thought that she better tell him, he looked horrified, but she giggled, "Don't look like that I had forgotten how wonderful it was when you first did it to me, it's still pretty good and Ginny loved it. All her life she will know that Harry Potter gave her, her first orgasm, as he gave me mine," she kissed him deeply, "I think that in future I had better do that bit with all the other girls, Mr Potter."
Harry was hoping she would be able to as he agreed with her and then he asked. "Bedtime darling?"
"Is that an offer?"
"If you like, but I am going to sleep," so they went into bed together and after a couple of kisses, to the sound of angels singing softly they went to sleep.
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