Harry Potter and The Power Within
AN: I'm doing chapter 10, Mearas becomes fully grown and it will be the return of Hedwig, Harry will meet up with Ron and Hermione. Well also like to say thanks to all my reviewers leaves a nice warm feeling every time I get a review and one reviewer (You know who you are) decided to ask questions on each chapter, which were answered on the next chapter, anyways enough of a rant and on with the story!
Chapter Eleven - Meeting Old Friends
When Harry jumped home he put Mearas down in the living room then went outside and started to re-ward the entire house and all the land for half a mile from any direction from the house, this meant that when every anyone stepped over the wards Harry would know who it was so he knew whether to attack or not, he also put wards on the house itself to become invisible to anyone except those he chooses to see, similar to the Fidelius Charm except Harry could be his own Secret Keeper. There was also a ward that if anyone actually got inside the house without permission they would instantly collapse till Harry awoke them.
When Harry was happy with his wards he went inside, picked up Mearas and went to be with her on his bedside table curled up on a velvet cushion. Harry went to sleep happy because his home was a lot more safer than Hogwarts. He went to sleep thinking about making a ward that would move his entire house and wards to anywhere in the world he wanted, but slowly his thoughts turned back to his friends and how much he missed being around them and soon he was dreaming of happy fun things.
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It was one week later and Harry had settled into his new house and had conjured up a lot of things to make it more homely and now it resembled his room back at Forge's house except it was bigger. This was a special day for Harry though, because h was awaken early buy a most beautiful phoenix song, deeper and more powerful than he had ever heard a phoenix sing before. His eyes flew open and there was Mearas standing at the base of his bed, fully grown and looking royal, trilling out the song.
Harry sat there looking at the bird, it was a startling silver and shimmered in the light with deep blue eyes looking intently at Harry. It was about the size of an eagle and hard sharp talons. Harry jumped out of bed and Mearas flew over to his shoulder and settled on it and started to sing again.
$How bout we go see Minerva again, I did promise$ said Harry to his phoenix.
$Of course Harry Master, I will go anywhere you go$ chirped Mearas happily.
$Do not call me Master, Mearas, I am your friend, and I hope that you are mine?$ said Harry.
$Of course Harry Friend, when will we be going?$
$Right now$ replied Harry then jumped into the Great Hall with the phoenix on his shoulder and all the teachers sitting at the table eating lunch, and to Harry's great annoyance, Fudge.
Fudge was there to argue with Albus about having someone like Harry as a teacher at Hogwarts and how dangerous it could be for the pupils to let him loose on them.
"And what have you got against me working here Fudge" Harry spat. Fudge whirled round to come face to face with the man he feared more than Voldemort, the man that had made him seem to weak.
"ARREST HIM!" Fudge roared pointing at Harry.
Suddenly ten Aurors appeared around him removing there invisibility cloaks and stood there pointing there wands at Harry. When Harry saw the Aurors there his whole manner changed, he stood up taller and prouder, and Fudge thought Kingly? The room started to grow dark as Harry brought power into himself, and even those without the ability to scan power without a wand could clearly sense it in Harry and growing at an extreme speed.
Harry's phoenix flew from his shoulder and landed on Minerva's where it watched Harry eager to see him fight.
"Fudge I warned you" said Harry in a slow and booming voice that echoed round the hall. Fudge visibly paled and shrank back for a moment before finding his courage again and shouting at Harry.
"You are under arrest for threatening the Minster for Magic and I condemn you to a life sentence at Azkaban" declared Fudge, and the Aurors moved in on him.
"You attack me, and I will not go easy on you, and you will not come out of this without at least one broken bone" Harry warned them. Some of them stopped advancing and started to slowly step back when they saw the cold fire burning in Harry's eyes. The ones remaining that were obviously trying to make themselves get into the Minister's favour levelled there wands at Harry's head and one said.
"Come peacefully and no harm will come to you" and in the instant Harry had his staff in his hand and had thrust it into the mans chest throwing him back into the wall, where he fell to the floor in a crumpled heap.
This was all it took for all the Aurors to attack him and Harry slowly threw them all back one after the other or reflecting curses at other Aurors not once using the full power that he could be. And still the Aurors were still losing when there was only the ones that refused to fight in the first place, and by now Fudge was seething with rage at Harry and he pulled out his own wand and pointed it Harry.
"Avada Kedavra" Fudge said with a shaky wand at Harry.
This was all Harry could take and his golden shield flew up around him with extreme force and absorbed the sickly green light with no trouble then flickered out leaving Harry standing there with a strong golden glow of his aura swirling round him.
"You DARE cast the killing curse on me!" Harry bellowed at Fudge then waved his staff and Fudge fell to the floor screaming in pain and burn marks started to appear over his skin. "YOU DARE TRY TO KILL YOUR KING!" and with that Harry's staff vanished and in his hand was Excalibur.
All the Aurors that were watching paled instantly and fell to one knee and bowed to Harry. The teachers quickly followed including Dumbledore who was as shocked as the rest of them, leaving Fudge standing next to the table quivering all over.
"With the power granted in me by Excalibur, I declare you a criminal of the state and here by sentence you to the Dementors kiss. Take him away, and tell no one that I am King or that a King is even alive, or you will suffer the same punishment" said Harry turning to the last Aurors that weren't unconscious.
"As you wish my liege" one of the Aurors said, and quickly picked up Fudge and port keyed to the Azkaban Jail.
"Dumbledore, I would like you to place Arthur Weasley as Minister of Magic, if you would?" said Harry.
"Of course my liege" said Dumbledore bowing again.
"Thank you, and as I will not claim my rightful place yet, I am not your king yet, just exercising some of its power to help England get back on its tracks again"
"As you wish Harry" said Albus with a twinkle in his eye. Then with a screech Harry's phoenix flew over from Minerva, who didn't even notice she was there, to Harry and sang happily on his shoulder.
"Ah yes, the real reason I came to see you all, well maybe not Snape but that's beside the point" said Harry with a glare at the man in question who just sneered back but kept quiet. "everyone this is Mearas, I believe you have met her before" announced Harry.
Everyone looked at the magnificent bird which stood there proudly on Harry's shoulder and it bowed slightly and trilled out a quick tune. It quickly flew round the hall and settled on Minerva's shoulder and began to sing. Minerva suddenly felt warm and happy without a care in the world, so did the rest of the room but since Mearas was singing directly to her, it effected her the most. She let out a sigh and gazed at the bird. Even Snape seemed to get more colour in his face as he stared at the bird.
Harry coughed to get there attention when just at that second a snowball of feathers started to fly at him at high speed. It screeched once and landed on Harry's shoulder where it bit his ear affectionately.
"Hedwig!" Harry yelled out happily.
$Where has Harry Master been?$ asked his own to herself.
$I've been making a home away from my horrid relatives, where have you been?$ asked Harry.
Hedwig fell of Harry's shoulder and quickly flew to the table and looked at Harry intently.
$Harry Master speaks Owl?$ she asked.
$I speak to all animals, and you didn't tell me where you were hiding?$ Harry asked again.
$I was staying with the Red Head Harry Friend$ said Hedwig.
This took a while for it to sink in for Harry of where she was when it suddenly occurred that it was probably Ron's house.
$You were at Ron's?$ Harry asked.
$Yes, I was waiting till I could sense my Harry Master$ said Hedwig slowly, still eyeing him carefully.
$Can you do me a favour Hedwig, send Ron and Hermione a letter please?$
$Of course Harry Master!$ Hedwig cried happily.
Harry quickly pulled out two roles of parchment he was working on that morning he was going to send Mearas with, but since he had not send Hedwig in so long, and his friends knew who she was, it was probably a better idea.
Harry tied one letter to her leg and the other she clasped in her beak.
$I shall not be long Harry Master, and Hedwig missed you$ came the muffled voice of Hedwig.
$Thanks Hedwig, see you soon$ and with that in a fury of wings and feathers Hedwig was air born and off on her mission of delivering her letters to Harry's friends.
Everyone in the hall was looking at him like he had just grown two heads.
"What?" Harry asked, feeling very self conscious.
"You can speak to your owl?" said Snape.
"Well I knew you were dumb, but not this dumb!" Harry sneered "I said last time I was here when I talked to Fawkes I was a beat talker did I not?"
"You insolent brat! You should so me some resp…" Snape started but didn't finish.
In un-earthly speed Harry had covered the distance between himself and Snape and picked him up by the throat and his feet where now a couple of inches clear of the floor, which Harry towering over him looking like death himself.
"I give respect to people that deserve it, not people that demand it" Harry hissed then threw him over the table and onto the floor in front of it where Snape came to a sliding halt at the feet of Harry who had managed to beat Snape there. "now apologize or I will force manners into you"
"NEVER" Snape roared and in the same second he was levitating in the air with five daggers pointed at his chest. Harry stood a little further along with both hands raised and no sign of a wand or staff. One of the daggers moved foreword and grazed his cheek drawing blood.
"These are charmed daggers, they can cut and cause pain, but they will not kill, I could stab you in the heart and leave it there and you will never die, now apologize, I will not ask again" Harry said quietly and coldly.
"S-Sorry" Snape said slowly. Not even Voldemort had scared him this much, and this boy, no man, had more power running in him naturally than Voldemort had ever possessed even with all the rituals he did.
"Accepted" Harry said coldly and without emotion and Snape fell to the floor and all the daggers shimmered then vanished.
"Now Albus, if you want I will leave Mearas here with you for the day if you wish?" said Harry turning back to Albus.
"Of course Harry, I would be happy to accommodate this spectacular bird!" cried Albus in delight.
"Well I will leave her here as I must be off now and get ready for my errands" said Harry then fizzled out and where Harry was once standing was nothingness.
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Daily Prophet
Minister Arrested for Treason!
Late last night out Minister of Magic was arrested for treason to the state and was sentenced to the Dementors kiss. Albus Dumbledore was offered the job as his replacement but he refused and said that he wished for Arthur Weasley to take it. 'I have my school to look after and do not have time but I believe that Arthur would make a great Minister and he will change the way the war is going' said Albus Dumbledore the current headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger were shocked beyond all belief when they read the article. Ron's dad was going to become Minister!
They quickly ran to the kitchen in search of Ron's parents but all they round was a note on the counter near the mantle piece.
Kids,
Me and your father have gone to the ministry because your father has been declared the next Minister of Magic! The dinner is in the over, just heat it up when your hungry and we will be back at dinner time.
Mum.
'So its true!' Ron thought to himself in mild shock that quickly turned to happiness.
"My dads the Minister of Magic!" Ron cried happily and grabbed Hermione in a bone crushing hug "I'm so happy Hermione"
"Me too Ron, but I need to breathe" gasped Hermione.
Ron quickly let go and his ears started to go a burning red to match his hair.
"Sorry" he mumbled looking down "its just that today has been one of the best days of the holiday, maybe even my life. We start going out, my brothers business is doing really well, my dads going to be Minister of Magic! This has been one of the best days ever! I only wish Harry could have been here too. Why did Dumbledore move him somewhere we couldn't owl him for?"
"I don't know why Ron, but he is probably safer there than he is anywhere else" said Hermione, kissing his cheek.
Ron looked out of the window suddenly feeling glum because he couldn't share all the good news with Harry. He looked at the clouds slowly passing by when he saw Hedwig flying towards him.
"Hey look, there's Hedwig" said Ron "and she's carrying a letter!"
Hermione quickly followed him to the window and looked out, and there it was, Hedwig was flying towards them with a letter in her beak.
Within five minuets she had swooped in and dropped the letter on Hermione's head and had her leg held out to Ron.
"Hey this kinda looks like Harry's handwriting" said Hermione. "you think its from him?"
"Only one way to find out" said Ron happily and started to tear into the envelope and pulled out a short letter, Hermione did the same.
Ron,
Hey mate, sorry I haven't written in a while but I've kinda been busy with things over on this end, I read about your dad becoming Minister. Well Done mate! I was wondering if you want to meet at Leaky Cauldron today or tomorrow at lunch?
Hope to see you soon
Harry
Ron quickly started to scrawl a reply back telling him tomorrow would be best because his mum and dad were out at the ministry so he couldn't ask if he was allowed. Once he had finished he handed the letter to Hedwig and gave her an owl treat.
"Take it to Harry please Hedwig" and with a hoot she flew out of the window and headed off to the horizon.
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Harry sat waiting for the reply from his friends. He had spent most of the day in his gym trying to improve on his already perfect shape.
'School is going to be interesting this year, wonder who figures out who I am first….' Harry thought to himself, but then broke off when he saw Hedwig flying towards his house. He had to alter the wards around his house so the Hedwig and Mearas could come and go as they pleased. He also keyed in Fawkes to his wards to if Dumbledore needed him urgently he could get in touch.
Hedwig dropped the letter on Harry's lap and perched herself on his shoulder while he quickly read through his letter and let out a sigh. He wouldn't see his friends until tomorrow, he had waited two years to meet them, but it was only a few weeks here.
He took a long bath and made the finishing touches to his book he had been writing and then went to sleep, dreaming of meeting his friends again, he wondered if Ron would get jealous and fall out with him again. 'Well I can always alter his mind I spose' were his last thoughts before he was out for the count and Hedwig and Mearas sat at the foot of his bed watching over there Master and friend.
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The next morning Harry quickly got up and had a shower, he made himself a few slices of toast to eat while he scrambled around with his clothes, white loose cotton shirt with the top buttons open and big baggy jeans, he tied his hair back into a long sleek black pony tail and looked himself in the mirror.
With his shirt open at the top you could see one of his home made pendant that would grow hot if any Death Eaters were around but was in the shape of a Phoenix in flight. It rested on his collar bone and your could just see the outline of muscles before the shirt fastened, Harry chuckled at his reflection and how much Sirius would be proud of him right now.
Harry stepped outside and breathed in the countryside air and stretched his back. It was good to be back in the real world and not a place full of doors, there was more freedom. He stood of straight and cast a powerful invisibility spell on himself that he created and with a slight crunching sound Harry was no long human but a giant powerful Dragon.
He let out a loud earth shattering roar and with two might strokes was in the air and rocketing upwards. Then like a shot he headed for London. Diving and rolling around in the air with un-natural ease. Flying in his dragon and phoenix form gave him so much more freedom than a broom ever could, true, he still liked to fly his broom, but it was nothing compared to flying without the aid of anything. All to soon though London was in sight so with one loud roar and a flash of flame Harry transformed back into his human form while still shooting through the air at nearly a mile up.
The momentum of shooting through the air as his dragon kept Harry shuttling foreword but falling at a dramatic rate. The ground was coming at him faster and faster. Soon he was barely a few meters from the ground then with a pop he apparated from the air and onto the ground. There was a low rumble from the after effects of doing that trick then it all settled down again. Harry walked into a dark alley and removed the invisibility spell.
He walked back out into London and headed towards the Leaky Cauldron with every female he passed looking at him with approving eyes and every boyfriend with them scowling at him, as if it was his fault. Harry just chuckled and smiled, which made the girls melt and the men scowl even more.
Within ten minuets of walking Harry found himself in front of the Leaky Cauldron and he pushed himself in past the crowds of people in the street. As soon as he stepped in he could see that nothing had changed since last time he was here. Tom quickly came up to him and greeted him.
"Welcome to the Leaky Cauldron, could I get you a drink or a meal sir?" Tom said with a gummy smile.
"A pint of butter beer would be nice please, but I'll have to pay you when I get back from Gringotts."
"No problem, you look like a trust worthy guy" and with that he scuttled off to get Harry's drink.
Harry sat there looking around the bar, nothing had changed since he was last here he thought, then it occurred to him, he had been away a lot longer than the time that had passed, it kept coming up and slapping him in the face that nothing would have changed.
Soon Harry was sitting there nursing his drink, ignoring all the looks he was getting from all the witches, thinking about how his friends were going to react, getting more and more nervous when the fire in the corner turned green and a red headed boy fell out of it non to gracefully closely followed by a bushy brown haired girl, who was caught by the red head before she fell over.
Hermione and Ron scanned the bar for Harry and Hermione's eyes lingered on Harry before continuing her search.
"He isn't here" said Ron glumly.
"Maybe he's running late, or it took a long time to get here from where ever he is staying" added Hermione helpfully.
"Yeah your probably right, and whose that big bloke coming over here?" said Ron eyeing up the man moving towards them.
Before Hermione could answer he was standing in front of them smiling down at them, which un settled Ron to no end.
"C-Can I help you?" stuttered Hermione who was very quickly turning red.
"I believe you can Hermione" said Harry.
"Who are you and how do you know her name" Ron quickly said.
"I know yours too Ron, and you know mine, or at least you should from the amount of years you've known me" chuckled Harry.
"I know you?" said Ron getting suspicious.
"Well you cam here to meet me" said Harry slowly, as if talking to a slow child "I haven't changed THAT much have I? Snape still managed to hate me"
"H-Harry" Hermione said slowly then flew into his arms and buried her head in his chest "where were you? What have you been doing? Why didn't you send us any letters? Why…"
Harry quickly pulled her back and looked her dead on in the eye, "Relax, I'll tell you everything you want to know, but how bout you guys get a drink first, my treat?"
"You don't look nothing like Harry, how can you be him?" said Ron eyeing him carefully.
Harry sighed and moved his hair out of the way of the scar, and so did half the room that were listening in when they saw the lightning bolt scar, instantly there was silence then the room was filled with a slight buzz of people gossiping about how he had changed and was so good looking now.
Ron took a step back clearly startled and Hermione just giggled. Ron looked over Harry again and couldn't believe it was the same person, Harry was now a giant and a muscle bound giant at that. Then his jealous kicked in, and Harry steeled himself because he could sense it coming from him in waves, and Ron started turning a dark crimson colour.
"So you haven't been in any danger and Dumbledore didn't move you because you were in a life death situation. You just decided to ignore our owls and start doing sum weird ritual?!" Ron roared and every looked at Harry like he was going to start shooting Dark spells in every direction.
"Ron, shut up!" Hermione hissed in his ear, eyeing the whole room.
"No 'Mione he is going to give us an explanation or I'm going back home!" Ron growled out.
Harry stood there looking at them then glanced round the room at everyone sitting on the seats dying to know what Harry's explanation was when Harry waved his hand and a red bubble appeared round all three of them then shimmered and vanished.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST DO TO US YOU…YOU DEATH EATER!" Ron bellowed. Hermione looked very pale too and wasn't sure of what Harry was going to do. Harry on the other hand stood there and his eyes went very cold and bore into Ron's, who stumbled back and all the colour faded from his face at an alarming rate.
"It would be in your best interest not to call me a Death Eater if you have a desire to live" Harry hissed very coldly. "I will tell you everything you wish to know about what happened but not in here, somewhere more private of your choice, where I'm not being stared at like I'm about to kill you." Harry finished giving a glance around the room where every wizard and witch in the room had drawn there wands and were casting hales of spells on the ward Harry had placed. "Now duck while I take the ward down and stop the spells"
Ron and Hermione did as they were told still scared of how much Harry's eyes could change in a seconds notice. Harry on the other hand waved his right hand in a circle and raised his left hand and a bright gold light formed in the shape of a shield that covered his whole body as the ward vanished with a crack and spells started raining down on his shield.
"What are you doing to those children" one of the wizards shouted.
"Trying to have a conversation with them in private if you don't mind" Harry retorted back.
"Leave here Death Eater and do not come back" another wizard said, who was positive that he could take Harry down, after all he was only a fifteen year old.
He made a very bad mistake because as soon as he said the word Death Eater Harry's shield fizzled out showed a very pissed off looking Harry with power flooding from every part of his body, making the air around him crackle with power.
"Take that comment back about me being a Death Eater or I shall force it from you" Harry said in his cold calm voice.
It was at that moment Arthur Weasley and a flock of Aurous decided to apparate into the middle of the fight scene.
"Move out the way Arthur, I have business to take care of, I do not wish to hurt you or your men" Harry said giving fair chance before releasing a volley of spells aimed at the man that called him a Death Eater.
"That is enough" Arthur yelled but was totally ignored by Harry as he sent another wave of spells at the man, all of them pain spells of some kind, none of them legal. "I demand that you stop this instant or I shall have to have you arrested"
"You couldn't if you tried, and I seriously don't want to hurt you Arthur, it was me that gave you the job in the first place" said Harry boring his eyes into the moaning man in front of him. "and this worm decides to call me a Death Eater and not take the remark back"
Arthur went visibly pale. Dumbledore had told him that the wielder of Excalibur had announced himself that Fudge was to be given the kiss and that he himself was to be Minister, of course only he and Dumbledore knew this in the world as he had personally altered the memory of all the Aurous that knew. So how on earth did Harry know except if he was telling the truth, which also meant even if his men could be some freak chance capture him he would just tell the Dementors to let him out and they would.
"OK men, stand down, he is no Death Eater and as soon as that fellow there apologizes everything will be peach, right Harry?" asked Arthur.
"Of course Minister, as soon as he apologized" said Harry giving Arthur a grim smile.
"But sir! He is doing Dark arts!" one of the Aurous said.
"No he isn't, can you hear any of the spells he is saying?" Arthur asked "and for that matter, can you see any wand to find out if he actually is doing any Dark Spells?" and Arthur flashed a smile at Harry, by now Fudge would have been jumping around demanding that Harry be executed.
"But…but…but" the Aurour said.
"No buts, this man has a right to clear his name, would you want people to think you were a Death Eater? Harry is no Death Eater and has faced You-Know-Who more times than anyone alive, and that is the point, no one meets him and lives!" Arthur snapped "he is stronger than all you put together, and you try attacking him I will not sentence him fro hurting or killing you, it will be your own stupid fault"
Ron started at his dad in amazement. He had just allowed Harry to get away with Dark Arts and even gave him permission to kill any of his men if they attack. Hermione beside him wasn't in much of a better state herself.
"Apologize now" Harry said with cold malice making everyone in the room shudder.
"S-Sorry, please…don't kill me…I have a family I need to take care of" stuttered the man on the floor. Everyone gasped and looked at Harry in hate that he dared try and break a sacred family bond.
"Do no lie to me to get out of this!" Harry roared and shot an extremely powerful truth spell at the man. "say you have a family again"
"I….do…..no….not….have….a…family…"the man stuttered out and broke down crying.
"Much better" Harry said and the whole room seemed to warm up again as Harry's mood returned to normal and he turned to Arthur. "I don't s'pose I could lend some money off you to pay Tom as I don't think I'll be coming back this way and I don't want to leave him in dept"
"Of course Harry" said Arthur with a slight chuckle "but only if you fix that man up slightly now that he apologized"
"No problem, you pay for the drinks, I'll see to it that he's as right as rain" said Harry as if nothing had happened.
Harry walked over to the man and the crowed parted for him to walk through and the man tried to crawl away in fear that Harry would hurt him again but didn't get very far when Harry was standing over him.
Harry raised his hand and aimed his palm at the man and a white light shot out of it and enveloped the man. One of the witches gasped as she knew what spell it was that he used.
"Ah, a healer, didn't think many knew this spell" said Harry getting slightly embarrassed.
"Nobody can do that spell on there own" she shrieked "it takes seven fully trained Healers to do it without hurting themselves"
"Yeah well, no offence, but I'm stronger that one hundred Healers, so this is really no problem" and with a flick of his wrist the white light faded leaving the man lying there panting and looking perfectly fine. The man quickly got up and ran from the bar as fast he could screaming bloody murder. Before he managed to leave though Harry swirled his hand in a big arc and green gas enveloped the room and everyone grew a gazed look except Ron, Hermione and Arthur Weasley. Quickly the gas faded and the Aurous went back to the ministry leaving the four together.
Harry quickly assured them into a private booth and cast a ward on the door so no one could open it, not even Dumbledore or Voldemort. Harry turned to look at the faces, they all held a look of shock and awe but Ron's still had a strong look of jealousy on it.
"What do you want to know, and only one at a time please" said Harry turning to them.
"Do you really have Excalibur, Harry" asked Hermione before anyone else could say a word. Harry chuckled and held out his hand and the sword shimmered once then was solidly in his hand. He swung it round a bit then placed it on the table in front of them.
"Don't touch it unless you desire to lose all the bones in your arm" Harry warned. Hermione quickly snapped her hand back and looked at it longingly. Harry chuckled but kept a close eye on how close people were getting to it.
"Where did you learn to wield your power like that?" Arthur asked next.
"From Forge, he trained me two years at his house" replied Harry.
"Your lying" Ron shouted and reached out to grasp Harry's sword and prove him wrong when he let out a cry of shock when his arm turned into a rubbery bag of skin.
"RON!" Arthur and Hermione shouted at the same time, but it was too late and the bones had gone. Harry just smirked with a 'I told you so' grin on his face.
"I don't lie, so next time believe me or it could be a lot worse, like if you touch my staff or axe" Harry said grinning at the way Hermione was bouncing on her seat with a thirst for knowledge.
"But Harry, only really powerful people can use a staff!" declared Hermione.
Again Harry held out his hands, this time he held out both, and again there was a shimmer before the staff was in his hands. Everyone in the room gasped at its beauty.
"I've turned the wards off so you can hold it, but I doubt you will be able to channel magic through it because its set to mine, and you probably don't have enough just don't hold it to long or the wards will kick in, Dumbledore learnt it the hard way" Harry said while handing the staff to Hermione who gasped when she touched it.
"It feels so powerful, I didn't know staffs held power within them?" she asked.
"They don't, that is left over power from when I was duelling Dumbledore" answered Harry.
Everyone in the room gasped. Harry had duelled Dumbledore and there was still excess power in his staff, that must have been one hell of a duel, but at the exact moment the staff started to glow red and let rip a loud alarm and jumped out of Hermione's hand and into Harry's.
"Shit, Dumbledore needs me urgently. Sorry guys it was great meeting you after all this time" and he stared at Arthur for a second and Arthur's eyes glazed over and he shuddered. "your dad knows everything Dumbledore knows about me, ask him what you will" and with that he fizzed out of the room and all the wards dropped leaving the three of them alone in the booth.
Harry appeared in the Great Hall moments later.
"Oh shit!"
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AN: hehe cliffe, sorry bout not updating in ages, been busy with school stuff, duno when next update will be, check profile page for info on up coming chapters. Sorry story got pulled down, FF decided to removie it but that will not stop me and the story is back as an R rated and if it goes down ill open a webbie dedicated.