Chapter 3: I was blind…
While he was sleeping, Harry dreamt of a shining greenish silver light, surrounding him completely. A sibilant voice was telling him all about something called "Linkweavers". 'Each world has six Links stabilizing it between six other worlds. Each Link needs two Linkweavers maintaining it or 'weaving' it when a Link breaks, generally because of a Linkweaver's death. When that happens, a person close to the deceased Linkweaver is chosen to pursue the Linkweaver's duty. The magic of the Links, the energy fueling them, chooses the most appropriate recipient of itself. A mark shaped like a predator's teeth will appear on a random body part…' The voice stopped as he slipped in another dream.
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Dumbledore sighed defeatedly as he closed his office's door behind him. "How could I have been so blind?" he muttered tiredly. "I thought he was going to be safe there, maybe not pampered but how could I have known?" he sighed as he slowly sat down.
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Hermione wiped the tears from her face, sniffling. Ron stiffened a bit, unsure of what to do. After all, he still had his arms around her shaking form. He wasn't used to it. Finally, she rose from his arms herself. "Thank you." She whispered through her raspy throat. "No problem." He said softly through his red strands. He missed Hermione's gaze on him as his hair was hiding his eyes from view. "I think we should go back to the Burrow. It's getting late." Hermione said as she got up, glancing at the near-setting sun. "Yes, you're right." He got up, his hair still hiding his eyes. She looked at his back as he began walking towards the castle. Snapping out of her staring, she briskly walked in his direction to catch him.
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Harry's body began glowing and bucking all alone in the Infirmary Wing. Soon, his body was engulfed in a soft grey light. In the blink of an eye, Harry was gone.
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Severus paced in his lab, pondering what to do to take his mind off a certain Gryffindor. He browsed his library of potions books and found one he always quite enjoyed about a few rare potions that some of the ingredients were unknown even to him (A/N: For more details, look at my websites in the Potions area, even if it's not complete…)
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As Harry woke up, he lazily looked around to find he was no longer in the Infirmary but in a room with walls emitting a soft grey light. Looking down on himself, he saw that he had changed a bit but nothing too flashy. For one, he found his body glowing lightly, the same as the walls surrounding him. His hands were glowing more than the rest, particularly the palms of his hands. He noticed that his injuries were no longer visible and felt as he carefully moved each of his limbs, expecting the overwhelming pain he had felt yesterday. He also noticed that his fingernails were a bit longer than he remembered. As he shook his head to clear away the hair in his eyes, he noticed that it wasn't black anymore and a few inches longer than normal. In fact, it was silver. He stared in shock as he saw that his hair was made of silver because it reflected the glowing lights in his palms.
He heard a slight slythering sound behind him. He turned on himself quickly to face whatever it was. He gasped in awe at the being right in front of him. It was a shining silver snake. In fact, it looked as if its scales were made out of pure silver, albeit with a slight greenish tinge. Its eyes were emerald green. When it hissed, it was as with any other snake, he could understand what it said.
"Hello, Linkweaver." Harry froze as he heard the voice in his head as well. He also recognized the voice from his earlier dream.
"Who are you? Why am I here? Why is everything glowing, including you and I? How did you end up in my dream?" Harry ended the string of questions with a slight whimper. He was feeling so many emotions at the same time he was barely making sense of his own thoughts.
"I am Dora, your fellow Linkweaver in maintaining the Link between Gemscale and Earth. You are here to allow me to teach you everything you need to know about your new duty. We are in what would resemble our Link once it is formed, which is why everything glows. Oh and before you ask me that question, I am a Sermetallis, more precisely a Silver Sermetallis."
The silence was awkward while Dora let Harry process all she had said. Harry finally breached the silence. "From whom did I inherit those powers?"
"I do not know what link he had with you but it had to be a strong one. The previous Linkweaver was Sirius Black." Harry turned his head away as if physically struck. Tears began to well in his eyes. He backed away in a corner of the glowing room, drawing comfort from the wall as if he was cocooned in a warm blanket of love. He realized as he opened his eyes that Dora was nowhere to be seen. However, his skin had taken a silver shine, as if cloaked in the magical energy surrounding him. Another wave of comfort hit him gently and he stayed that way until he fell asleep.
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A/N: Sorry it wasn't longer, with the holidays and all, I had to cut it short…