Writer: Azure K Mello
Title: A Bond Never Dies
Part: 79 of 82
Words: 358
Warnings: Angst. Non-canon.
I really find short chapters freeing. Don't you, MRHG?
"I'm not angry," said James. "That's an amazing power. But you could have seen something upsetting. I wouldn't like it if you saw one of my nightmares: it would scare you."
"But you was smilin'. I'm sorry."
"I'm not angry, Harry. That's a great skill. Do you have any other gifts that I don't know about?"
Thinking before he spoke Harry replied slowly, "Well, I don' knows if it's normal, but the Durleys didn' like me talkin' about it so it could be something special."
"Yeah?" asked James, "What's that?" He picked up Harry as they started to ascend the stairs as he was afraid that they would move and frighten Harry.
"Well, when people don' tell the truff and make up stories their glows change. But when I told Aunt Petunia that Dudley was tellin' stories and why I could tell I didn' get supper for a week."
"What do you mean by glow?" asked James not understanding.
Harry shrugged, thinking that it was visible to everyone. He thought he was only different from others because he saw the colour change, he didn't realize that most people never saw the original colour to begin with. "The colour around you. Tha's how I knew the man frems yer dream. He glows a pretty gray with purple spiky bits. I knews his glow."
Shocked James wanted to be positive he understood what he was being told, "You see a glow around people." Harry nodded. "Around every person?" Harry nodded. "Wow."
"You can do it too?" Harry asked not seeing what the big deal was.
"No, I can't. That's an amazing gift. I only ever met one person who could do that. Your mother could do that. But even she had to be taught it, it took her years to properly read people. That's wonderful, baby, she would be so pleased to know you had her gift. Let's find Minerva."
Once he had the boy settled in with his old professor he would pay the headmaster a visit. He had some angry little words to hash out with the man but he promised himself that he wouldn't lose his temper.