Standard disclaimer applies.
Notes: Here you go, you have the explanation now. I hope it's okay and you don't hate me for what I've decided. This chapter is mostly dialogue though and there isn't much description in it at all. If I'm honest I had a really hard time writing this. It doesn't help that I'm shattered from teaching this morning (I'm a swimming teacher). Anyway, enjoy and tell me what you think!
ALSO! Before I start I want to clear something up. I made a mistake before. I said, in the argument, that Harry was 15mins younger that Danny. That's not true he is in fact 3 hours younger as I said early on in the story. I just missed that detail when I wrote the argument between Danny and Harry. My mistake, I'm sorry. If I make any other mistakes please tell me them...I have no beta...
Chapter 13 – It isn't a bad thing…is it?
After dinner was concluded the whole family, both the Tremaine family and Dursley family along with Sidonie and Sirius, vacated the dinning room into a more comfortable and relaxed room. Finding the red lounge on the second floor to be most suitable to house such a large congregation everyone settled there. All those with magic conjured, transfigured or summoned chairs since not even the three large sofas could provide for everyone there comfortable. So, with plenty of space between most of the people but still enough for neighbours to offer any comfort if needed everyone awaited Philip who had disappeared to find his research.
Philip walked into the room no more than five minutes later by which time the atmosphere was very tense and anxious. Chuckling to himself Philip gave Harry a small smile. The thirteen year old gave him a small smile in return before shuffling a little closer to Danny and Dudley in his anxiousness.
"Right now then. I suppose we had better get started." Philip said lightly as he elegantly dropped into an elegant single chair and laid his large file on his lap. Meeting Harry's gaze again Philip smiled in reassurance before clearing his throat.
"Well, as you know in all my spare time I have been doing research into Harry's little…problem." Philip hesitated before using the word Harry used. "I of course apologise for the delay, when I started my project I wasn't aware it was going to take me three years to conclude it. However, I have finished and I am positive what I've found fits with everything I have witnessed."
"Now then, at first I went through the smaller things like small magical viruses that cause minor seizures. The results of that search was, obviously, nothing. Next I looked into the more major illnesses that effected wizards. Inconclusive again. The next step was to look into illnesses and such that effect a person's magic. That search looked very promising since Harry's magic does fluctuate dramatically during seizures but when I had come up with a satisfactory theory I was struck down. It had a major flaw and the theory had to be abandoned. Mixing muggle illnesses with magical ones took me quite a while too but I couldn't find anything substantial.
In the last nine months I have been looking into the possibility of magical creature blood such as veela's and others. Nothing, yet again. Harry's problem was proving to be an enigma. However, it was actually Dudley that helped me solve it, at least I believe I have solved it." Dudley looked extremely confused, as did everyone else.
"How? I didn't do anything!" Dudley protested. Philip just smiled knowingly with a twinkle in his eye that was so much like Headmaster Dumbledore's twinkle.
"Yes you did. It was your sudden development of magic that helped me solve this. I know for a fact that when I first met you there was no usable magical power in you at all. You had the same amount of magic that a muggle has in them. It is so small in quantity that it can not be recognised and you can not use it because there wasn't enough to use. The development of your magic over the last six months, though I suspect it was much more than that, was actually a great help to me. That and a few other developments…"
"Anyway, it gave me an idea so I researched it and now I think I have found out Harry's problem." Philip csually flicked through the pages of the book on his lap ignoring the strained patience in the room. Eventually he found the page he was looking for and smiled with satisfaction.
"What I found was something called Vis Vires. It roughly translates to force." Philip added casually as if I wasn't that important at all. "Now the best way to explain this is to simply imagine that magic is all around us waiting to be tapped in to. It is in the air, the water, the ground. Now, the earth has plants that grow from it so if you think about magic being the earth then the plants are the people, the witches and wizards who draw their magic from the earth. This is called the Potestas Capio, the taking of power. Vis Vires, those like Harry, are very different.
"Vis Vires is a title given to wizards and witches that do not use the Potestas Capio. Vis Vires instead act like the earth. They are magic and they give magic out. Now there are three types of Vis Vires but each of them create more magic to give our, and I know things are getting complicated but hwen you deal with magic things are rarely simple.
"The first type are the Vis Vires Auctorita Novo ut Capio. They take all the magic that has the intention to harm from the atmosphere and turn it into a neutral magic from. They pretty much recycle the magic only they do it in small portions. Second is the Vis Vires Auctorita Affero and these make their own magic before giving it out to others. They are like charities and give their magic out gaining nothing in return. The third kind of Vis Vires are the Vis Vires Auctorita Aequus and they do both. They take magic and recycle and make their own magic.
Now from what I have observed Harry fits the last description, he is a Vis Vires Aequus.Harry is continually drawing in magic from around us and storing it. Then, when his magical stores are full up he releases all his magic out into the world as neutral power. From the results of my scans when Harry was having a seizure his magic levels drop considerably yet the magic in the air and ground around him increases. Dudley, I believe, has been with Harry the most over the recent years when Harry himself was maturing and therefore when Harry released the magic rather than it going into the atmosphere it went into Dudley."
"Okay, but if I'm that then why am I always getting very ill?" Harry queried gently.
"Unused magic is dangerous to keep in the body. Most people can keep their magic in stores for many years at a time before having to use it to dispel it. You continue to fill up your magical stores and even when they are full you still continue to draw in magic then multiply it, one of the downsides of being both Vis Vires Affero and Capio. When your body is at it's magical limit you begin to feel ill. What causes your seizures is the magic trying to get free like it should since you are Affero. It can't so it starts to crack eventually causing electric pulses through your brain which causes you to have a fit. The fits are when your magic releases itself.
"But wouldn't that mean I destroy everything? If I take in lots of magic surely when it leaves me it's going to break something!"
"No, because as I told you before as a Vis Vires you release neutral magic for use. Also, magic isn't really destructive anyway. It is intent that changes magic from being power to doing good or evil. Simple as that."
"I'm not sure I believe you Philip." Aurora, Philips wife said calmly. "Eet all seems a little far fetched. I've never even 'eard of zee Vis Vires!"
"My dear, you wouldn't have heard of them. They should keep it to themselves after all Vampires and Weres keep what they are hidden from anyone but their species. And what was special about the last few years was that Harry has been surrounded by fully qualified wizards and witches most of the time not to mention veelas and Julienne is only just going on sixteen and therefore she is maturing into her veela inheritance. Harry would have taken in our magic too and therefore he has more magic to give out now."
"Vell, vere ees your proof? Zere surely 'as to be more zan jus' Dudley getting magic!" Aurora protested again.
"And there is! Harry, you have a strange reaction to anything from snakes being used in potions do you not?"
"Yes."
"Well that has only started since you've helped Sidonie and Madeline make potions using the Basilisk Venom Danny retrieved. Basilisk Venom, as well as being a poison, has a very high concentration of magic in. Taking in magic like that from a magical creature would change you as a person because a magical being's magic also contains some DNA and absorbing that would change your DNA. That is why you have violent reactions to snake parts. Also, I've noticed that since using the Basilisk Venom your magic has become stronger."
"Why would it get stronger? Don't I get rid of all my magic during my fits?"
"No, not all of it. You keep some of the magic too therefore you are constantly growing stronger magically. You aren't completely Affero and if you remember I said they were like charities giving without keeping. You are also Capio which takes and keeps recycling portions of the magic at a time."
"I still think zis is stupide! Vere ees your proof Philip!" Aurora continued obviously not wanting to give in to what her husband was proposing. Philip felt very put out by his wife's constant put downs, he was not a stupid man.
"Very well Aurora since you want more. Harry, you were with Danny the night Voldemort attacked and killed your parents right?"
"Yes, Professor Dumbledore told me Harry was with me because Hagrid found us both in the house and took us to Privet Drive to be with Auntie and uncle." Danny explained.
"Well even as a baby Harry would be taking in magic. When Voldemort cast the killing curse on Danny Harry would have drawn in some of the magical power from the spell straight away. When Danny killed Voldemort, for however long a time, Harry would have also absorbed some of the magical residue left from Voldemort's destruction. Now at the end of Danny's second year Dumbledore told him that he suspected that Voldemort unknowingly passed on some of himself to Danny therefore giving Danny the ability to speak to snakes. Harry, however, is also a parseltongue and by absorbing some of Voldemort's magical residue Harry would have gotten the ability too. It makes sense."
"I suppose." Aurora nodded slowly not completely agreeing but seeing where her husband was coming from. Philip gave her a dazzling smile.
"So I'm Vis Vires…" Harry said slowly. He shifted in his seat a little and rubbed his arms suddenly feeling rather lonely and cold. Philip's smile faltered. "Is it a bad thing?"
"No." Philip answered with a frown not really understanding what Harry was getting at. Harry wouldn't meet anyone's eyes.
"But I'm different to everybody else. I didn't want to be different to everyone else."
"Harry!" Danny said loudly and with such surprise in his voice that Harry snapped his gaze up to his brother showing the dulled green eyes. "you aren't different and besides different isn't a bad thing! Philip said there are other Vis Vires too so you aren't the only one ad it isn't a bad thing…is it?"
"Of course not." Philip scoffed as if appaulled by the mere allegation that it was a bad thing. "You, Harry, are perfectly normal. Completely, utterly and entirely normal, just like everybody else. Your magic just does different things that's all."
"So…it's not a bad thing?" Harry asked tentatively with glimmers of hope in his eyes.
"No, not a bad thing at all honey." Petunia said walking over to pull Harry into a huge hug. "and besides, Vis Veris or not you are still Harry and we all love our Harry."
"Really?" Harry said his eyes glimmering even brighter.
"Of course! You are family and family sticks together no matter what!" Danny said grinning from ear to ear and pulling Harry into a bone crushing hug. Harry smiled a shining smile and Dudley grabbed him next and hugged him in reassurance. Soon the room was filled with hugs, kisses and heart felt words.
Eventually when everything calmed down Harry sat still smiling happily with a bright and happy aura around him. Still grinning Harry met Philip's eyes once more.
"So I'm Vis Veris."
"Yes you are."
"And it's a good thing."
"A very good thing." Philip agreed.
"It's a wonderful thing." Sidonie added and Harry's grin literally brightened up the room. Harry slowly closed his eyes still smiling happily. After a few moments he hummed in appreciation before lifting up his want and opening his eyes. The bright emerald green was back and alive with happiness.
"Expecto patronum." Harry waved his wand and a bright light filled the room as a giant white corporeal phoenix shot out of Harry's wand and circled around the room letting out a loud trill. Swooping around the bird flew straight towards Harry and flew straight into Harry's chest disappearing as it did so.
Is that okay? I had real trouble writing this.
I was asked to give power ratings by Medabart. I'm not going to write them into the story so I'll just put them in here.
Standard Wizard: 100 Dumbledore: 175 give or take a few.
Danny Potter: at the moment about 120. Harry: straight after a fit about 110, before a fit: anywhere up to 200 at the moment (he isn't fully matured yet!)
Dudley: 85 (Remember he had very little a few years ago.) Hermione&Ron: 110
Okay then, I still want some ideas for houses. I pretty much know where I'm going to put him but I might change my mind so please write your decision in your review if you haven't told me already. It won't be gryffindor though.