Author's note: Hello everyone, here is another chapter, a bit over due. Thanks for those who e-mailed me, and many of the questions on my female character will be answered later on. Alright, well I hope you like this chapter, and remember review.
Spoilers: Nope, no spoilers.
Warnings: no need to worry I don't have any.
Chapter seven: The letters
With slightly unsteady hands Harry tugged at the letter and broke the seal. Once the seal was broken the letter slipped out of Harry's hands, despite his attempts on keeping his hold. It floated up to eye level where it began to unfold. What they, Harry watched astounded, for he had never seen anything like this before. Once the envelope finished its transformation it resembled a monitor of a computer, the flat screen pitch black at the moment. Harry moved to the edge of his bed to be closer to the monitor but as he moved forward the envelope moved back. Harry squinted his eyes in confusion. He stood up and the monitor moved with him, staying at eye level and an exact foot away from him. Odd, he thought.
A pale blue light came from the center of the monitor and expanded until it covered the whole screen, gave an eye watering flash before resuming its pitch-black color. Harry rubbed his eyes, opening and closing them, trying to get the after shock of the sudden flash out of his sight.
"Confirm your identity by setting wand in place" said an android like voice, reminding Harry of the voice from the phone booth that took them to the Ministry of Magic. Harry outstretched his arm to grab his wand but it lifted off its place beside his bed and into his open hand, without him calling for it. As if his arm had a mind of it's own it moved straight to the monitor. Harry watched as a tear formed at the bottom of the monitor screen and a tray folded out, Harry's arm moved to the tray, hand release the wand, and it fell in place, all without Harry having any control.
The tray slid back inside, and the tear that had once been there sealed itself back up like a fast healing wound. Harry felt a bit disarmed without his wand, but his wand reappeared quickly afterwards. To the side of the monitor, a form of curvy writing appeared in a spiral design and his wand pierced through the middle creating the illusion that the writing encircled his wand.
Harry was just about to retrieve his wand when the android voice announced, "Identification confirmed, Harry James Potter, sixth year student of Hogwarts School of witchcraft and Wizardry, located at Number 4 Privet Drive, second floor bedroom. Son of Lily Evans, and James Potter. Only know wizard to survive encounter with he-who-must-not-be-named and the Avada Kedavra curse. Message transmitting."
Harry look at the monitor suspiciously, how would anyone, let alone a computer-like message know that much about him. The only ones that know this information was the order, and his closest friends, but this is to electronic like to be coming from the wizarding world.
"If you wish to connect with message line, for your communiqué please turn wand clockwise, push wand in to second adjustment, then turn wand in full rotation in the counterclockwise direction. Please do so now."
Harry did as he was told.
"Thank you." The screen turned on, an enlarged version of the seal that had been on the letter came on the screen. "Communiqué transcription finalized, to play message please discontinue wand connection in five seconds." Harry didn't want to take any chances with whatever this thing was and so quickly jerked his wand out of its place.
An image of Ron trying to fiddle with the envelope that was acting as the camera filled the screen, "How does this blasted thing work? Is this even on? Dad is this working right?" Ron asked annoyed.
"Yes Ron the message is playing, now talk to Harry." Came Mr. Weasley's respond.
"But I can't see him, how do I even know if he has the thing on or not?"
"Oh for heavens sake Ron just say it." The voice of Ron's only sister came from somewhere in the background.
"Alright, Harry if you can hear me or see me say something."
"How do I work it?" Harry asked not expecting an answer as he looked around the monitor for something to speck into, and was surprised when Ron said.
"Blow me down it's actually working!" Ron exclaimed. "How'd you do it Harry?"
"Do what?" Harry asked confused.
"Activate the message playing thing?"
"I dunno, can you really see me?"
"Yeah, d'you see me?"
"Yeah."
"Brilliant."
"Ron the message." Mrs. Weasley's voice rang, as if she was trying to be heard from afar.
"Right, first I'm suppose to tell you that the order with Dumbeldor's help put together this contraption so that members of the order as well as those none-official members, meaning you and I can communicate without this being intercepted."
"Messages have been intercepted?" Harry asked, sitting a little more off the edge of the bed.
"Well yes."
"What!" Harry practically yelled.
"Don't worry Harry the order found out, and now we made up this ace way of communicating. This connection is one hundred percent resistant to interception."
"Wow that's brilliant."
"I thought so to, but the most ace thing is that if any other wizard or witch were to have gotten their hands on this they would take out a blank piece of parchment. The message only reveals itself to the one it was addressed to. It even has a confirmation procedure to make sure that the recipient is the right person.'
"Yeah it's pretty hi-tech."
"Hi-What?"
"Uh, never mind." Harry said remembering that Ron's world and the world that Harry is currently stuck in do not have the same way of thinking or, same technology. "So can we use this as many times as we want?"
"No, unfortunately we can only use it once, so that no one else can crack how it works." Harry looked quizzical. "Well you see once this message play is over the message will disintegrate."
"Disintegrate?"
"Yup."
"Alright Ron now tell him the rest of the message." Said Mr. Weasley.
"Right, um…let me see…"
"Oh scooch over, Ron." Ron's younger sister was now in the frame and pushed her brother out of the way, Ron moved out of the way. Fixing herself Ginny smiled up at Harry, her green eyes shimmering, reflecting light from inside the room. "Hello Harry."
"Hello Ginny."
"Now, Harry if you get another letter any time today do not open it. The letter will have a seal of an S with a slash through it. That letter is a devise the Arurors call trackers, the letter finds the wizard or witch, and one the letter finds him or the address is encrypts itself onto the front of the letter." Harry grabs the other letter, and sure enough his precise location was written on it's front. Ginny continued, "once you open that letter it will transmit a beam, that you can not see, to the counterpart letter, and who ever has that letter will no where you are and where you go from then on." Harry's eyes widened and he looked over towards Hedwig, who just cooed at him. He gave her a thankful look.
"Harry." His attention was brought back to Ginny. "Did you already get that letter?" Her voice took on a slightly scared tone.
"Uh, yes, but I haven't opened it yet, and now I won't."
"Wonderful, we got to you just in time."
"You must have lady luck on your side Harry." Mr. Weasley finally came into view.
There was a sound of a crash, a loud thump, and a booming voice, "Filthy half-breeds!" Some scrambling could be heard, and a person left the room.
"Oh no." Ginny said placing her face in her hands.
"Oh here we go again." Ron said with a sigh.
"Harry we'll have to let you go, but first do you have a couple of questions you want me to answers?" Harry Gave Mr. Weasley a look that told him all he needed to know. "Alright you have many questions, go ah-" There was another crash and an even louder scream. Harry jumped up as if he could somehow help out, but he knew that he wouldn't be able to help even if you wanted to. Mr. Weasley, "I'll see you soon Harry, alright."
Mr. Weasley left the frame before Harry could say anything, but Mrs. Weasley came on, and smiled, "Those questions Harry." Another crash and a door opening and closing, "Oh, I'm sorry Harry I can only answer two."
"Alright have there been any sightings of Volde-" Mrs. Weasley shuddered, "death eater sightings?"
"A few but those have already been taken care of by the order and the ministry." More bustling and a faintly heard apology, "Oh my, I wonder what is happening out there. Oh sorry Harry go on."
Harry had so many question but he went with what was urgent, "How do I get rid of the letter?"
"A sprinkle of salt, and the connection will be broken." Said a soft female voice but the camera did not slid onto the image of whoever answered his question.
"There you have it Harry."
"Bloody hell!" Someone called out in the direction of all the commotion.
"Harry we'll talk to you soon, very soon. Now I have to go, but remember that we care about you and that well get out of there soon. Bye Harry."
"Bye Harry." Chorused everyone else.
"Bye." And with that word of farewell the monitor went black.
"Message executed, for termination of communication tap screen once with wand." The android voice instructed.
Harry tapped the screen once, and instantly the letter began to fold up, crunched up into a ball, but stayed at eye level with Harry. Harry's eyebrow lifted, as he waited. Just a few seconds later slits appeared going through the paper ball. The slits kept appearing all over the paper ball until it gave out in a small neat explosion, that a gust of wind swept away.
Harry ran to the window and watched as the pieces of the letter disappear.
Brilliant!
Alright well that the end of it and translation of the words with the :
Blow me down: is an exclamation of surprise, its kinda like 'Oh my god'.
Ace: brilliant.
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