Close Encounters of the Fairy Kind
By: Srreadsalot
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. If I did you wouldn't be reading this here and you wouldn't have to wait two years for the next book to come out and I would be the one worth billions and billions of dollars. But since you are reading this here and you have to wait two years for the next book and I am not worth billions and billions of dollars… I don't own it. Also, the ideas about this story… ley lines and such, came from Kim Harrison's series beginning with Dead Witch Walking. I forgot to add this before but I am now… sorry guys.
Chapter Six
Harry had a head ache. It wasn't his scar but it was similar. It was more like the beginning of a head ache. The sensations in his hands were either numb or pins and needles. The skin on his scalp was crawling and there was a pressure emanating from his brain on the inside of his skull. He groaned slightly.
It was Friday and the mysterious Select class started today. He had been excited about it all week, but with the head ache, he didn't know what he was going to do. The bell rang and he found his way to a classroom next to Dumbledore's office.
Harry entered but was early so no one else was there yet. He sat in the front row and put his head down. He had no idea how he was going to get rid of this head ache in time to do anything productive. Someone cleared their throat and Harry shot up. He was dizzy for a second but then Professor Dumbledore came into view. There was a knowing smile on Dumbledore's face but he asked, "Is something wrong, Harry?"
Harry sighed. "Yes, actually, I have a really bad head ache. Its been getting progressively worse since when we met last. I have no idea what is wrong with me." Harry put his head back down, preferring the semi-dark to the glaring light of the rest of the room.
Dumbledore patted his back and said, "The exercises we do in your wandless magic class today should help but seeing as you are here and in so much pain, I will show you a little bit now. The reason you are having this head ache, I think, is the excess amount of ley line in you. Since this summer, you have been unconscientiously drawing in ley line magic. Over the summer, you used that magic on a regular basis, at least once a day, if I'm not mistaken. Now though, you have been using your wand when you do spells and I have a feeling you have been doing less magic in school than you did at home. What I want you to do now is just a wandless magic spell. Anything will do. I will teach you how to get rid of the power later, but for now, doing a spell will suffice."
Dumbledore stared at him expectantly. Harry sighed and closed his eyes. He drew on the power he could feel inside him and sent it into objects around the room. He had only meant to move the roll of parchment around that was on the teacher's desk but he lost control. The large amount of power and the unexpected rush of the power flowing through him caused Harry to send the power out into all the desks and chairs. They were each floating about three feet in the air. The power was still inside him so he surrounded himself in it and started to float upwards. He zoomed around the room with out a care in the world. As he felt the power start to lessen he flew back to his seat and sighed. The desks and chairs fell back to the ground softly and Dumbledore chuckled slightly.
"What the bloody hell was that!" There was a gaggle of students staring at Harry and Dumbledore, all of them wondering who had performed the great feat they had just witnessed. Harry went red and turned to Dumbledore. Draco, Blaise, Pansy, Ron, and Hermione stood in the door. Draco said, "Again, I ask, what the bloody hell was that!"
Harry sighed and said, "I was just working off a little energy is all." He blushed when he saw their astounded faces. He hadn't realized he could have let Dumbledore answer and take the blame for his act but he would rather it be out in the open then having to hide it, especially if he was going to have to be using it openly in classes.
"Okay everyone, take your seats. Draco and Blaise, sit on the sides of Harry. Pansy, sit behind Harry. Hermione and Ron, please sit on the sides of Pansy." Everyone followed his orders. "Now, I believe none of you know what this class is. The six of you are some of the best students in your year. Miss Granger has the highest overall marks and uses more than just witch abilities in times of crisis. Miss Parkinson shines with unique abilities that will assist her greatly in times to come. She also has the highest charms and transfiguration marks along with Miss Granger. Mr. Weasley comes from a very long line of wizards. He has seen and heard much while not being noticed outright. He is also quite the champ at Wizard's Chess. Mr. Zabini has allowed me to speak for him. He was born a vampire. This means he has a soul and is able to do the things normal vamps cannot do but still do all the things they can to a lesser degree. Mr. Malfoy and Mr. Potter have unique circumstances and will be taking a class after this one called Wandless Magic."
"As the final battle with Voldemort grows near, we are in need of help. He has spies in places we can't even imagine. We need our own set of spies. I know there has been a rivalry between you six in the past but we truly need help. Harry and Draco have begun to put the past behind them and I believe all of you will be able to with time. You six are some of the most gifted witches and wizards that Hogwarts has ever seen. I need you to help the light side. Draco, Blaise, and Pansy have all come to me separately to inquire about the light side. I trust that they are with us." Dumbledore glanced at the Gryffindors almost daring them to question him. He proceeded. "I have pointed out characteristics about all of you in hopes that it might be something you hadn't realized about each other. Each of you will play a key part in helping us rid the world of Voldemort." Dumbledore stared at them each in the eye as he said this. "I don't want you to decide now, but if you continue with this class, you will be learning to work together as a team. You will learn more advanced magic than most aurors know when they graduate. If you decide to keep this class on your schedule, you will be consenting to help the light in its venture to stop Voldemort."
They all sat there quietly. No one ever expected this. "I am going to leave the room. For the rest of the period, I want each of you to stay in this room. You can do whatever you like. I will be back five minutes before the bell rings. I truly want you each to get along, the wizarding world is counting on you six. With out you, I do not believe we will be able to defeat Voldemort." With that, Dumbledore closed the door quietly and left.
None of them said anything for almost five minutes. Draco broke the silence first, "So Harry, you can tap into ley lines too? Is that how you got away from my father and beat him at Diagon Alley?" Draco had a fire in his eyes. Harry knew that Draco had already decided to accept his role in the group.
Harry smiled shyly, "I didn't even know I could before your dad came after me. He kinda tossed me into the ley line itself and I just sort of willed myself home. I mean, I had no idea what I was doing. I was standing in this line of energy and I just thought about getting home. It worked and that's what I was doing at Diagon Alley. I was trying to find out how I did it." Harry stretched his arms over his head rolled his neck around to work out the kinks that had developed after he "worked off that energy". "When you guys came in though, I had the worst head ache. I could barely see straight any more. Dumbledore told me it was because of the excess amounts of ley line I was holding and not using. He told me to do some ley line magic and it… kinda got away from me. I was actually trying to make a scroll of paper fly through the air but I had so much of the energy in me already that I was surprised and couldn't control it. I think if I wouldn't have wrapped it around myself and started flying around the room, I might have picked up the entire room." They all chuckled slightly, in awe of how much power Harry could yield.
He looked at the three Slytherins, who were the bane of his existence for years. "So what's your guys story? I know Draco and his dad had a… falling apart and that's why he is on our side, but what happened to you guys?" He nodded to Pansy and Blaise.
Blaise stood up and walked over to the window. It was his turn to talk. "I was born a vampire. I didn't choose to be changed and I wasn't the victim of an attack. My mother was a living vampire when she had me. My dad is a living vamp too. The fact that they were both living vamps at the time means that I have more of a vampire streak than most living vamps. I am stronger and faster than any human. I can ingest blood if I want, but I find it inhuman and don't like it. I can pull an aura at noon if I want." He saw confusion. "An aura is like when Harry draws on the ley lines. I can sort of become more of a vampire. It's hard to explain. It happens when I am feeling strong emotions and I let my instincts control me. If we do this, I will more than likely become very protective of all of you. Do to the fact that we will be spending a lot of time together, our scents will begin to mix. It's a huge turn on to me but I can control that, usually." He blushed slightly.
"The reason I came over though has to do with Voldemort. He is beginning to use vampires in his plans to defeat the light. It's only a matter of time before he finds out about me and my unique abilities. I figured I would be better off fighting against him than with him. What he is making the vampires do is inhuman. Its…"Blaise shivered and goose bumps appeared on his pale flesh. "I could never do the stuff he makes them do. I just couldn't."
Everyone was quiet for a few minutes until Blaise became himself again. "Pansy, I believe its your turn to share you sob story." Blaise gave her a half smile and sat down.
"My story is sort of like Blaise's. My dad is a huge supporter of Voldemort. He can't stand it that I don't want to follow him. He says that with my telepathy, I could easily move up in the ranks and become one of Voldemort's favorites. I told him no and left. He disowned me and here I am. It's my only other choice. This war is not going to stand for neutral. I think I made the right choice." Pansy had a far away look in her eyes as she talked, as if she were seeing something they weren't while she was talking.
She came out of it with a slight shake of her head and a single tear rolling down her cheek. She swiped it away and laughed. "We already pretty much no your stories." The Gryffindors looked at her unbelievingly. She blushed. "Well, I guess we think we know your stories. I didn't mean to imply we did. I'm sorry. Is there anything you two would like to share?" She gave Ron and Hermione an inviting smile.
Hermione jumped in. "Don't pay attention to them. They both have weird tempers sometimes. You know our stories pretty much." They all laughed. "So what do you guys think of this stuff? I mean, Dumbledore is asking us to save the whole wizarding world. Are we ready to do something like that?" Hermione looked around for input and support.
Blaise said, "Of course we are. From what we hear, you three have been fighting him for a long time, and have been winning. If I had to go into this with anyone, I would want it to be you guys. You know how he works slightly and we can use that to our advantage. We might have to know more about your battles with him, but that can wait until after we decide on whether or not we are going to do this. I came to this side to fight Voldemort. I will not serve him. I am in." Blaise said simply. They all looked at him and then around the circle they had unconscientiously formed.
"I'm in." was heard all around the circle. It was official. They were going to work together as a team to defeat Voldemort.
Dumbledore walked in just when he said he was going to. He saw grinning faces all around and was hopeful. They had looked so lost, so young, earlier when he was trying to explain everything. "Have you six come to a decision?" Dumbledore asked even thought he thought he knew the answer.
Ron piped up, "Yes, we have actually. The answer is y-" Ron was going to simply saw yes. He was interrupted though.
"Actually," Pansy interrupted. "we have a few questions to ask you before we give you our final decision. What will this entail? Will it be an actual class? Will we get homework? What will be expected of us and when will it be expected? Who are we allowed to tell about this, if anyone?" Pansy blushed slightly at all the questions but she didn't apologize. They needed to know the answers to these questions.
Dumbledore chuckled. He was so close to it being incredibly easy. "Let's see. This will be a daily class. On Friday, it will occur at this time as on the schedule but it will be like an extra curricular for the other days. You are excused for detentions and quiddich but if homework is giving you the problem, you should bring it with you. You six need to rely on each other and one way would be to ask for help, homework being the obvious thing to ask help for. Homework for this class will to only go over things we went over in the class that day. You don't have to do it everyday. I just ask that you try to keep up as well as you can. If I ever go to fast for any of you, just let me know. I tend to do that sometimes."
"Expectations. Well, the expectations for this class are for each of you to learn as much as possible and be able to rely on one another when you need to. You will be learning many different things that will call for trust. Trust in me and trust in each other. I ask though, that you not talk about this class with anyone outside of this class and if you must talk about it outside of this room, make sure you put a silencing charm around the empty classroom you use. Were there any other questions you asked Pansy, or anyone for that matter?" They all shook their heads, looking humbled slightly. "Okay, well what will it be? Have you change your minds or does Ron's almost answer speak for all of you?" They nodded their heads in agreement and Dumbledore smiled. "The bell is about to ring for the last class period of the day. You may be excused to get to your various classes. I will see you all tomorrow…" They all looked horrified that he was going to ask them to meet at an ungodly hour. "an hour after lunch?" They released the breath they were hold as one. Dumbledore smiled. "Off you go now."
They all got their books together and looked at their schedules for their next class. Harry and Draco sat back down. Everyone else looked at them with a raised eyebrow. Hermione asked, "Aren't you guys coming? He said we could leave." Hermione looked confused.
Harry spoke for the both of them. "We are already in our next class, Wandless Magic, remember?" They all nodded and left. Harry and Draco sat side by side. Something dawned on Harry. "Draco, I've never seen you do wandless magic. Can you do it? I mean, I don't want to insult you, its just…" Harry's feather quill started floating out of his now open bag.
"You were saying?" The pen dropped and Draco looked a little tired but not really worse for the ware. "I don't have you power but I'm pretty sure my control is slightly better." Draco winked at him and then looked back up to the front of the class where Dumbledore was observing the two. "So, Professor, when does this class start?" The bell rang just then.
"Now, actually." Dumbledore smiled and proceeded with the class. "As you both know, you are capable of doing things that most wizards have never even heard of before. You can manipulate ley lines with out your wand. Today, I am going to teach you how to safely store the energy in your chakras. A chakra is an energy center and it can be overloaded if you do not safely store the energy."
"To start, we are going to do some breathing exercises. I want you two to close your eyes and just breathe. Count to five as you breathe in, the hold for a second and breathe out to a count of seven. Do that for a few minutes." The two followed his instructions. "Relax, don't be tense. This should be soothing. Try to empty your mind as much as possible. Now, search your aura, look for the brightest spots along your aura. These are your chakras. The brighter your chakra, the more energy you are holding."
The two examined their chakras for a long time. Dumbledore told them to stop. "You now know where your chakras are. You can both deliberately store energy and draw it in. I want to help you with your control now. When you use ley line magic, you are basically willing the power to do or become what you want. The more power you put into it, the better the product, right? Wrong. You only need a great deal of power for advanced spells. Granted, you need a lot of power to do any ley line magic, but when you do more advanced magic, the amount ley line needs to be greater. I would like both of you to focus now. I want you to think of an image, but not something in this room. It doesn't even have to belong to you. I would prefer it to be small though. Now, concentrate. I want you to imagine your object on the desk. I want you to will it to appear." The second after he said this, a yo-yo appeared on Harry's desk. A portable CD player appeared on Draco's desk. "Good." He surveyed his students and frowned slightly. "I think this will be all for the day though. It has been a short class, I know, but you both look very tired. We will meet again next week. I want you to use wandless magic when ever you can. I don't want you to flaunt it though. When doing a spell in your classes, hold your wand but don't use it. That way, other students may not notice as easily. Don't over do it though. I want you be able to last a whole class next week. You two are dismissed." Dumbledore smiled at them in a grandfatherly sort of way.
Draco and Harry packed up their belongings and left the room together. As they made their way down the corridor, there was an awkward silence between them. "Boy, am I hungry!" Harry exclaimed, hoping to break the uncomfortable silence. "I think I am going to head to the kitchens before dinner and get something to tide me over. I will see you later?" Harry said hopefully.
Draco stopped walking and Harry noticed a step later. "Actually, now that you mention it, I'm extremely hungry also. Do you mind if I join you?" Harry shook his head and they proceeded to the kitchen in a companionable silence.
A/N: Sorry this took so long to get up here. I was on vaca for a week and was unable to access the internet. Hope you like it. Let me know if you have any ideas…
A/N/N: Okay everyone, school starts in about a week. That means not as many updates. I really need to focus on school work and myself. So I will continue to write, it will just be less. I was on vaca last week so you can't count that in your "more or less" listings. XP Thanks for the support and reviews, SR