Demonstration-
Harry felt himself being portkeyed out of the Potions classroom and away from his father. He opened his eyes to see that he was standing in a tent. Thankfully, it wasn't the tent back at the secret location. No, this was the tent he had waited in before the first task in the Triwizard Tournament two years previously. Harry looked around remembering the excitement and anxiety of that day so long ago. It brought back fresh memories of Cedric and fighting the dragon to get the golden egg.
"Where the hell have you been!" Moody growled out and Harry suddenly realized he wasn't alone in the tent.
Harry looked the old Auror in the eye, feeling anger creep up and take hold, "I've been with my father, sir. He gave a direct order to remain with him during my free period. He's waiting for me down in the dungeon."
Moody shook his head, "Good let him wait. At least he won't be here." Then he began to lecture Harry on blocks and staying alert at all times. Before long they were joined by Tonks, Tupin and Shacklebolt. Moody headed out of the tent to check the stadium.
Harry stood next to Tonks, "I didn't know all you guys were coming today. What the hell does Moody have planned for me anyways?"
Tonks gave him a small smile, "It seems Minister Fudge wants to know that his Aurors were actually working while we were away. He 'lent' us to Dumbledore to train you and now he feels he has the right to see what we accomplished. Don't worry Harry you've surpassed all expectations. Just go out there and give it your best."
Moody came back into the tent and instructed Harry to head into the stadium. He gave him one objective; take out all the Aurors.
Harry nodded then walked out the tent door. He looked around at the craggy rocks, wondering if Moody had set traps for him. He looked up into the stands and froze. Not only were Dumbledore, Fudge and Professor McGonagall looking down at him but the entire left side of the stands was filled. It appeared as if half the student body of Hogwarts was watching as well as all the Order members. He closed his eyes and tried to calm down.
The next thing he knew he was being attacked on all sides. Harry immediately went into combat mode dropping to the ground and weaving through the rocks. He held up blocks where he could and shot out hexes when he had a clear shot. At one point three Aurors had their wands trained on him at the same time. He used a ricochet block and all three spells bounced back and hit their targets. The stands went crazy and Harry had tune the noise out and concentrate on locating Moody.
Moody cheered along with everyone else when he saw Potter take out three Aurors at once. He shot out a rapid succession of binding curses and watched as the boy deflected them with ease. He used a binding curse that he hadn't taught Potter how to block, successfully tying the boy to a rock.
Harry broke free in seconds and decided to go after Moody. He climbed over rocks while holding up blocks. He didn't notice that he was actually walking straight into a trap. He was suddenly levitated and dropped into a deep pit with heavy stone jutting straight up. The four Aurors stood at ground level shooting hexes down at him. Harry had to do something he had never done before; he had to hold a block up while transforming the rocks into stairs. It took every ounce of concentration he had.
He pictured the stairs while holding the block up. His block began to slip and a hex broke through. He was covered in spiders! He dropped his block to get the spell with the spiders to end.
Moody was waiting for just that moment to pounce on the teen. He had it in his mind to push Harry into calling forth his uncontrolled magic. That was the main reason for using this safe location. He hoped to prove to Fudge and everyone else that he had tapped into Harry's incredible powers.
Harry was finally free of the spiders and was just about to put his block up when he was hit with the Warrior Blast. He couldn't believe that Moody would do that to him. Moody knew he couldn't take the pain potion to relieve the throbbing. Harry was livid over Moody's disregard for his welfare.
It took every bit of concentration he had to transform the hard granite into stairs. He heard the crowd break into cheers as he ran up the stairs for cover. Harry ran behind a giant rock and tried to get his bearings. The objective was to take out all four Aurors. He came up with a game plan and immediately went after Tupin first.
Harry knew Tupin was trying to sneak up behind him so he waited until she was close enough before swinging around to face her. The battle lasted mere seconds before the Auror was wrapped up in her own mummy hex. Harry tucked and rolled as another hex was shot at him from Shacklebolt. He knew Shacklebolt was his hardest opponent so he tried to remember everything the Auror had taught him about combat. Harry came to the conclusion that the only way to take the man out was to use the man's own spells against him. It took a hard fought battle before Shacklebolt's block slipped and then Harry attacked. Just as Shacklebolt was hit with a simple 'stupefy' Harry was hit from behind by Tonks.
He struggled to break free from her body binding spell but she held it with intensity. Moody came up beside her and began shooting Harry with a spell that stung worse than any he had felt before. Harry tried not to react to the pain he was in but soon felt as if he were on the edge of consciousness. He heard Tonks shouting at Moody to stop as the body bind began to loosen up. Then he thought he heard his father's voice. Before he knew what was happening he felt the familiar strong magic begin to build up inside. The ground shook and people in the stands began to scream. Suddenly the magic was released and a blinding white light flew out from him. Moody and Tonks went down in a flash but luckily the people in the stands were safe from any repercussions.
The body binding spell ended suddenly when Tonks went down. Harry sat up and looked around. He saw Moody and Tonks lying on the ground. He stood on shaky legs and walked towards Tonks. He couldn't tell if she was dead or just unconscious. His heart was hammering in his chest as he approached her. The stands were silent as everyone waited to see if the Aurors were still alive. Oh Merlin, had he killed her with his uncontrolled magic?
Harry could see a black figure making its way down to him. He dropped down to his knees and barely got out the word, "Ennervate." Tonks remained unmoving. His hands were shaking so badly he had to grasp his wand with both hands before trying again. How could he have done this? He just couldn't be responsible for another death. Oh Merlin, what had happened? He looked to his left and saw Moody begin to stir. He felt a hand grip his shoulder.
"Calm down son. Let me do it," Severus said in as calm a voice as he could muster. He was quite shaken up himself after witnessing the uncontrolled magic. He had been trying to stop the demonstration. He was actually on his way down to stop Moody from shooting hexes at his son when Harry's uncontrolled magic came about.
Severus pointed his wand at the blue haired Auror while shouting out, "Ennervate!"
Tonks moaned out and brought a hand to her head. Harry let out the deep breath he had been holding. He tried to stand but began to lose consciousness. The last thing he remembered was the crowds cheering and his father's arms catching him before he fell.
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The light coming in through the windows was so bright. Harry cracked an eye open and immediately knew he was in the infirmary. He sat up looking around for Tonks. Was she alright or had he hurt her? He grabbed his glasses off the nightstand and pushed them on his face. He could see a form lying in the bed across from him with blue hair.
He slowly swung his legs over the side of the bed as his head spun and made his way over to the Auror. On the way over he saw Moody sleeping in the bed in the corner. The ex-Auror had his fake leg propped up by a chair and was snoring loud enough to shake the windows.
Harry stood next to Tonks and watched her sleeping with a peaceful look on her face. Her eyes fluttered open and she stared back at him.
"Good morning," Tonks said in a sleepy voice as she stared back at the anxious teen.
"Hi," Harry said as he watched her with concern.
"I'm okay Harry. You can relax now," she stated with a smile. "Take a seat. We need to talk."
Harry pulled over a chair and nervously sat down. "Tonks, I'm sorry. I-I don't know what happened."
Tonks rose up her hand to stop Harry from apologizing, "Harry, it's not your fault, you know? I think Moody was trying to make that happen."
At Harry's confused look she continued, "I think Moody was trying to get your uncontrolled magic to come forth. He's been trying to tap into that for a while. I tried to get him to stop shooting you with those stinging hexes but he was trying to push you into protecting yourself."
"But … how did he know it would even happen?"
"I don't think he did know," Tonks said sadly. "I'm sorry I held that binding curse on you. I had no idea he would shoot hexes at you."
Harry shook his head, "It's okay. I'm just glad I didn't … you know … kill you."
The blue haired Auror laughed, "No, I think it's going to take a lot more than that to take me out."
The infirmary doors swung open and the headmaster walked in with eyes twinkling.
"Ah, Harry you're awake. Good afternoon Tonks," Dumbledore greeted jovially as he stood by the bed.
"Good afternoon sir," both Harry and Tonks replied.
"That was quite an impressive display of magic you performed my boy! You managed to impress Minister Fudge into leaving us alone for a while," Dumbledore stated with a grin.
Harry shrugged off the compliment but was glad the Headmaster was not angry at him.
The doors swung open again and this time Severus walked in with a scowl as he made his way towards them. Harry immediately stood up and faced his father nervously but with a brave front.
Severus rudely ignored Dumbledore and Tonks and addressed Harry, "Madame Pomfrey said you may continue recovering in our quarters. Come."
Harry looked at Tonks and Dumbledore before going back to his bed to grab his robe. He wasn't sure if Severus was mad at him or everyone else. He pulled the robe over his pajamas and pushed his feet into his slippers. Severus threw and arm over his shoulders and began to lead him to the door. Harry sidestepped out of his father's arm and ignored the man's snort over him doing so.
Dumbledore spoke up before they left, "Severus, we all thought we were doing the right thing."
Severus' stopped walking. They both turned back to face the Headmaster.
"Albus, I take full responsibility for my part in this training. I neglected to check up on Harry and establish that he was being treated with respect. However, I will not allow my son to remain at this school with Moody on staff. I intend to take Harry back to the manor today."
"Severus, you have already dealt out a severe punishment towards Moody. I doubt he will ever touch Harry again," Dumbledore said as he indicated towards the sleeping ex-Auror. Harry looked up at Severus with questioning eyes but his father just shook his head. He looked towards the bed in the far corner and noticed Moody had his arm and head bandaged. What had Severus done?
"Albus, my son came home with deep bruises covering his arms and legs and then I come to find out he had no way of contacting me to let me know he was being abused. In addition to that Moody held my mail to him as well as his mail to me. Not to mention the Warrior Blast that he was hit with and who knows what else he suffered at the hands of that mad man. Do not ask me to allow Moody to remain on staff or even in the Order Of the Phoenix. He will never be allowed in the same room as my son again," with that said Severus once again headed out the door with Harry by his side.
They didn't talk on the way down to the dungeon. When they walked into their quarters Severus' tone of voice changed and he kindly asked, "Would you prefer to rest on the sofa or in your bedroom?"
"The sofa's fine," Harry said and plopped down heavily against the pillows. He was so exhausted; the uncontrolled magic took so much out of him. He curled up on his side and kicked his slippers to the floor.
Severus looked at him with worry before taking his wand out and waving a pot of tea and biscuits into existence. He sat down on the edge of the sofa and instinctively raised his hand to push the hair back on his son's forehead. Harry moved away from his touch and sat up. Whatever training Moody had put the boy through had affected him greatly.
"I am sorry," Severus stated. "I should have checked on you while you were away. I regret to admit that I am not very skilled at parenting."
Harry didn't know how to answer that. He needed time to process all the new information.
Severus stood up and went to his desk. He came back with a small stack of letters wrapped in a string and handed them to Harry. "These were meant for you. They are the letters I sent you while you were away. Please note the dates when you read them."
Severus was still holding one letter and Harry noticed it was the letter he had sent him, he recognized his own writing on the front.
Severus raised the letter and looked Harry in the eye before saying, "I forgive you. I forgave you the day I sent you away. I've never been anything but proud to call you my son. We will talk more once you have read through those letters." Severus resisted touching Harry's face before heading down to his lab to leave the teen on his own.
Harry opened the letter on the top and began to read. It was the first letter Severus had written to him and the mirror was still in the envelope. He felt himself choke up at the kind words his father said. He read through the next letter asking him to contact Severus. So, all that time he was back at the camp pushing himself like crazy, his father was back here wondering why he hadn't used the mirror!
The next letter made Harry feel even worse. His father was asking him to give him one more chance and to talk with him that evening. He was glad to be away from Moody because if that blasted man had been in this room at the moment he had no doubts he would have injured him!
Harry slowly raised the mirror up to his face and called out, "Dad."
Severus felt the mirror vibrate and heard his son call for him. Instead of using the mirror though he decided to see Harry face to face. They had so much to talk about, so much to catch up on.
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TBC
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