Chapter 9: McGonagall Comes to Call
"Good afternoon, you will forgive my tardiness, please."
"Good afternoon, professor, and of course we forgive you, actually we were so caught up in planning to keep the Quidditch cup in your office that we forgot that we did not even notice," Harry said a smile apparent in his voice.
The professor raised and eyebrow, "Even Miss. Lovegood."
"Yes, ma'am, better Gryffindor than Slytherin," she replied dreamily.
"Ah, yes let's get started shall we, I will be taking you all one at a time and putting you into a very deep trance, while I am doing the others must remain quiet, then I will ask you a series of questions. Any questions?" They all shook their hands at once, that they did not have any questions. "Good, I will write down your powers and we will all discuss them, once everyone is done. Mr. Potter, you shall go first, I think. Now, lie down on that sofa, and listen to the sound of my voice…" The others moved to the far side of the room, and resumed reading, feeling that whatever questions that McGonagall planned to ask Harry's answers were none of their business any way. They continued to read as Hermione, Ron, Neville, Luna, and finally Ginny had their turns. After she finished questioning Ginny, she sat for several minutes reviewing the notes she had made.
"Right, I think I have a pretty good idea of the powers you each have. Now, to start it seems you all are animagi, and it's hard to tell but I think I have figured out what they are. Ginny you are a fox, Hermione you are a hawk, Ron is a dog, a Golden Retriever to be exact, Neville is a duck, and Luna is a Lemur. Finally, Harry you have not one but four animagus forms, a ferret, a wolf, a panther and most impressively a Phoenix, it is very rare indeed for an animagus to turn into a magical creature. I would suggest you use some of your free time, to begin practicing your transformations, as the Ministry can not detect that type of magic. Let's see, oh, yes Mr. Potter and Mrs. Granger are able to see and read auras, but I dare say you already new that. Mr. Weasley and Harry are both able to levitate at will; you can do this without a wand or even a spell, and for longer periods without being drained as most wizards would be. Next, Ms. Weasley you have your blasting power, which has no formal title, this is a power only found in women, but I also discovered in you another power which is indeed very rare, it seems that you are a parselmouth. Mr. Longbottom and Mr. Potter you each seem to have advanced healing ability, although Harry I think that you will find you are only able to heal yourself and minor injuries in others, while Neville you will be able to heal most injuries, in both your self and others. Ms. Lovegood as you have already been told, you are a seer, and a most powerful one at that. Now, for the powers exclusive to Mr. Potter, you have the ability to teleport, you are a metamorphagus, although it seems this power is limited in a way which will prevent you from hiding your scar. You also are able to move much quicker than the average wizard, so fast in fact it will seem like time has slowed down around you; you are an elemental, able to control the weather, you are also able to become invisible without the use of spells, something not even the headmaster can do, and have uncharted ability to conjure, if you wished to you could conjure a castle twice the size of Hogwarts and it would hardly use any of your magic. That is the extent the powers that are rare, but you all seem to have extremely high ability to perform normal spells, and a high aptitude toward wandless magic. What do you say we have, a cup of tea, before I am off."
With that she conjured a tea tray and set to serving the group. They sat drinking their tea and the conversation once again turned to Quidditch, Professor McGonagall knowing that this was the young people's way of letting themselves adjust to what she had told them looked on and smiled. After the tea was gone she bid them all good evening, and before she even closed the door she heard them start asking the questions that were building up in their minds.
"Aren't animagi supposed to be really rare? I mean, what are the odds that all six of us have that power?" Ron said looking around the room almost frantically.
"They are really rare Ron, but that is not nearly the most impressive of all, I mean nobody has had Ginny's blasting power in over a thousand years and you remember what Dumbledore said about aura readers. Not to mention the level of power behind Luna and Neville's gifts, only the most powerful of seers are able to remember their prophecies and if Neville healed Trevor after he was hit by the Knight Bus, and he made an immediate full recovery. I mean even Professor Dumbledore doesn't have some of these powers." Hermione's eyes were growing wider and wider as she considered all of the research she would need to do. "Harry, what do you know about elementals?"
"Uhh, not much I guess, just what the Professor said about them being able to control the weather."
"It's actually much more than that, a true elemental, controls the four elementals of nature, earth, fire, water and wind. I mean yes they can control the weather, but they would also have the power to create or stop natural disasters. The last know elemental wizard was Merlin."
"Wow, mate, that's cool."
"Yeah, but couldn't I mess up the natural cycles of the earth, if I start altering things?" Harry looked over at Hermione, and waited for an answer.
"It is possible, I don't think causing say a thunder storm to start or stop could make to much of a difference, or even a minor earthquake, but if you were going to do anything major you might want to think really carefully first."
"Okay, sounds good, I don't think I want to cause any natural disasters, anyhow. So do you think you can look up what the colors of auras mean?"
"I already found the answers to that question," she said as she began to flip through a book. "I wish I could watch the auras all the time but it gives me a headache," she said in a voice nearly as dreamy as Luna's. "Oh, here it is," she said and then handed Harry the open book.
Harry looked down at the book to find two charts, he glanced over them and then took up a parchment and quill to copy them down into list that he could carry with him.
Color………………………………Emotion……………………………Personality
Light Blue…………………confused…………………………loyal
Yellow……………………………happy…………………………………having good humor
Pink…………………………………embarrassed…………………loving
Green………………………………jealous……………………………conceded
Blood Red……………………mad………………………………………mean-spirited, evil
Grey…………………………………alone…………………………………lonely
Deep Blue……………………thoughtful……………………independent
Warm Red………………………tired…………………………………protective, dependable
Orange……………………………excited……………………………clingy
Purple……………………………scared………………………………uncertain, doubts self
White………………………………content……….…………………wisdom
Dark Green…………………greedy………………………………greedy
Burgundy………………………betrayed…………………………power hungry
Gold…………………………………love……………………………………puts others before self
Silver………………………….amused………….…………………mischievous
Teal………………………………annoyed………………………………sly
Brown………………………….sad…………………………………………dishonest
Power, (bottom of chart represents lower power levels)
Emerald Green
Pale Greens
Light Blues
Blue
Dark Blues
Purples
Dark Red
Red
Pale Reds/Pinks
Dark Oranges
Oranges
Pale Oranges
Dark Yellows
Yellow
Pale Yellows
White
all squibs posses a white power band
"So, that's what they mean, hey would you guys let us practice, by reading your auras? I'll do the girls including Hermione, and she can do all of the boys including me." They all quickly agreed, anxious to find out what their aura's said about them. Harry handed the book back to Hermione and they got to work, putting their findings into a table for easy reference.
"Okay," Hermione explained when they were finished, "we have written the list starting with the most powerful, and going in descending order from their, the first color listed is the one corresponding to power, from there we listed the colors found in the personality aura starting with the color that is most prevalent."
Harry Emerald Green gold, warm red, light blue, pink, deep blue, white, silver, yellow, teal, grey
Ginny True Green pink, gold, warn red, yellow, deep blue, light blue, silver, teal, white
Hermione Lime Green white, pink, light blue, gold, deep blue, warm red, yellow, teal, silver
Ron Lime Green light blue, warm red, pink, deep blue, gold, yellow, white, silver
Luna Aqua Green deep blue, white, pink, light blue, warm red, gold, teal, yellow
Neville Aqua Green light blue, pink, warm red, white, gold, yellow, deep blue, purple
"We listed them this way because I think that, Hermione and Luna Have slightly darker colors than Ron and Neville, but those were the closest words to describe their colors, so any questions?" Harry said glancing to his friends.
"Yeah, I have one," Ron said, a slightly evil look on his face, "did either of you happen to see what color power aura the twins have?"
Harry coughed trying to cover a laugh, before replying, "No I didn't, I haven't seen them, since I discovered I could see auras…" he looked at Hermione.
"Sorry, Ron I didn't catch it, but next time, we see them we will look."
There was a loud crack and the twins appeared sitting next to Neville, who was so startled he nearly fell on the floor. "Good evening children, how are things in the playpen?" George looked like he was trying to irritate Ron as he said this; Harry could see this was working as Ron's emotion band began to turn slightly teal. He quickly turned his gaze to the twins, looking to see how powerful they were.
Harry quickly turned back to Ron, "Hey, you know that question you asked a minute ago, well the answer is Burgundy."
Ron gave a whoop, jumped up and clicked his heels together, and started dancing around the room. As he passed Hermione he pulled her up for her chair, his exuberance seemed contagious as she joined him, a wide smile spreading across her face. Harry watched them switching his view to see their emotions; they were a strange mix of yellow and pink. Suddenly they stopped and Ron whispered something in her ear, Hermione shrieked and threw her hands around his neck, knocking them both to the floor. "So I guess that's a yes then?" Ron asked his face turning as pink as his aura.
"Of course it's a yes you dunce," she said her voice full of laughter. "Do you have any idea how long I have been waiting for you to ask me out?"
"Aww, ickle Ronniekins has got a girlfriend," Fred commented with a sneer to rival Snape's. Then he dropped the sneer, and turned to Harry, "What's this about burgundy? Is Ron getting his Christmas sweater early this year?"
Harry shook his head and handed the twins the charts they had made, "We have been studying our auras, as Hermione and I can both read them and the burgundy refers to your level of power."
Fred looked amused, "So what, Ron is happy we are just a little more powerful than him, then?"
"Why don't you look for yourselves, it's this chart," he said leaning over to indicate the one he meant, "Ron, has a lime green power band."
The twins glanced at the chart up at their brother, and laughed, "Well, that maybe but, we can still beat his sorry ass, at Quidditch," when George finished speaking, they disapparated leaving the pages they held to go fluttering through the air.
They gathered up the papers and sat down to enjoy some quiet conversation. They talked for about an hour and then as topics ran short the decided to begin practicing their animagus transformations.