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Answer Me!
Chapter 12
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The day after the Yule Ball, everyone was staying in bed or opening their Christmas presents. Lyra got out of bed and jumped on her presents, ripping them open to reveal the treasures inside. She had got a book play called 'Hélas, j'ai Transguiré mes Pieds' which roughly translated means 'Alas, I have Transfigured my Feet' by Malecrit. A pack of Exploding snap cards from Ron, and a box of heart shaped chocolates and a little silver locket. But nothing from Will. Lyra wasn't really surprised, Will had always hated Christmas and always will, she guessed.
Will woke up to the sounds of rustling, oohing and wowing at the things they had got for Christmas. Will sighed and got up, and to his surprise, he noticed a small stack of presents waiting for him.
"Change!" Will's clothes switched with his school clothes, seeing as he hadn't any clothes that weren't ruined.
"Aren't you gonna open your prezzy's?" asked Ron, tossing aside red jumper with the letter R embodied in royal blue.
"I hate Christmas." Growled Will, walking out of the dorm and out the portrait hole.
Will walked down the stairs and across a corridor to Dumbledore's office. As he stated the password, the gargoyle protecting Dumbledore's office, jumped aside, admitting Will to pass. Will climbed the stairs, knocked on the door and entered.
"Hello Will, strawberry bonbon?" Dumbledore asked, motioning for Will to sit down in the chair in front of him.
"No thanks sir. I was wondering if I could get a job, since I don't have any money. So do you know anywhere I can get one?" asked Will, surprising Dumbledore with wanting to work on Christmas.
"Well, you can always go to Diagon Ally and work in a shop there. When would you like to leave?"
"Now."
Dumbledore nodded, walked round his desk to the fireplace and threw some green powder that he took from a bowl beside it, into the fire, which instantly turned green.
"Step into the fire place and say clearly, 'Diagon Ally'." Dumbledore said, a smile creeping onto his face when he saw the look of confusion on Will's face.
Will stepped into the fire, confusion written all over his face and stated Diagon Ally. Will covered his face as soot flew over his. His head was spinning and he allowed a little bit of space between his hands to see what was happening. Green was everywhere and he could see fireplaces all over the wizarding world, he saw children opening presents, playing tricks and laughing. Will looked upon happy families and sighed. He felt his feet touch the floor and tried to steady himself as stepped out into a dusty pub. Dumbledore stepped out of the fireplace behind him and dusted the soot off of himself.
"Happy Christmas, Tom. How's business for you?" asked Dumbledore merrily.
"Not too well, Albus." Tom glumly replied.
"Well then, I shall have a butterbeer. Will?"
"Yeah, I'll have one as well" Will said, looking quite surprised. Tom smiled and produced two bottles from underneath the counter.
Dumbledore grabbed them both and motioned for Will to sit down next to him at a table. They drank they're butterbeer in silence, Dumbledore smiling all the while, and left. They walked into a small back porch and Dumbledore tapped the wall a few times and stepped back. As soon as he stepped back, bricks started disappearing to form an arch. Even though Will had been in the wizarding world, something's were still quite cool to him. They stepped through and down the street.
"Where would you like to work? I'm sure I can find you somewhere." Said Dumbledore.
"Umm, how 'bout there?" Will pointed to Flourish and Blott's.
"Why don't we have a look?" Dumbledore walked over to the shop and opened the door. A young man at the counter looked up and smiled.
"What can I do for you Dumbledore?" the man asked, putting down the book he was reading.
"Will, here, was wondering if he could work here for the remainder of the Christmas holidays?" Dumbledore inquired.
"I should think so, but are you sure you want to work during the holidays?" the man asked Will.
"Yes, sir, I do."
"Well ok, I suppose you can work here for the holidays. When do you want to start?"
"I can start today."
"Great. Well I'll show you around."
"I guess it's my time to go. Will, at closing time, use the fireplace in the leaky cauldron and say 'Griffindor Tower'. Happy Christmas." Dumbledore smiled and walked back towards the door.
"Bye Sir."
XxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxXThe man's name was Shaun Tongue and his uncle was the great grandson of Blott, of Flourish and Blott's. Shaun worked here with his uncle and a woman called Melissa who came in on weekends. Will started his work at Flourish and Blott's with sorting the books. He had always loved reading books and this job was quite easy. He would get paid 1 galleon and 7 sickles an hour, which was good money for a teenager. Will came in everyday at nine o'clock and left at six o'clock, he had lunch at one and did odd jobs, like put books on shelves; count the stocks; help the customers find the books they wanted and make Shaun, his uncle and Melissa cups of tea's. After a week of working in the store, Will had been well aquatinted to Shaun, his uncle and Melissa and had begun doing things like taking money to the bank. People always trusted Will after a while and could see that he wouldn't betray their trust if asked.
Will was stacking the shelves one-day, when there was an explosion outside. He went out to investigate what had happened. He saw an Auror who was trying to keep people away from the hole that had been blasted into the ground. Will asked a man standing beside the shop what happened.
"A madman has escaped from Azkaban, has stolen an Aurors wand and is blasting the street apart for locking him up." the man said.
Will heard the madman shout something. "THIS IS FOR LOCKING ME AWAY." There was another explosion and the crowd of Aurors was thrown back by the force of the spell that hit the ground. "THIS IS FOR THE PEOPLE STILL LOCKED IN AZKABAN! AVADA KEDAVRA" there was a green flash of light and he heard a heavy thump on the ground.
Will couldn't take any more of this. The guy was obviously a nutter who needed silencing. Will jumped into the sky, transforming into his dragon form and flew over the madman, bringing his wings in and landing next to the man. Will flicked his tail and the man was thrown over to the side of the street. The man was hit so fast he hadn't seen what had hit him. Will transformed back quickly. He looked at the stunned Aurors, who quickly surrounded the man, unconscious at the other side of the road. A crowd of wizards and witches surrounded him, asking how he did that, curious about this boy and the power he had to knock a fully grown man into unconsciousness, when trained Aurors couldn't get him. It was time for Will to become inconspicuous again, so he performed the magic that had deflected all kinds of curiosity away from his mother and kept them safe for years. But it wasn't actual magic, more a way of behaving. He made himself quiet, dull and slow, his eyes drooping and in under a minute he became less interesting, less attractive to attention and boring to watch. The people became fed up with this dull boy, and turned away to watch the capture of the man that had blown up some of the street. Will walked back into the shop, hoping to not be questioned by any of the Aurors and went back to his shelf stacking. He waited for an hour before going outside for his break. The holes in the street had been repaired and a few Aurors remained here, patrolling the streets in case of anymore attacks happened. Melissa and Shaun walked in.
"Hey, Will, did you see what happened in the street earlier?" asked Melissa.
"No, I was at Gringotts." Which was true, he had been in Gringotts only moments before the attack had happened.
"Oh well, I heard that a kid had transformed into a dragon and whacked the guy away." She said excitedly.
"Wow," said Will, faking being excited. Melissa walked off, sat down behind the counter and picked up a book to read. Shaun walked over to Will.
"I saw." He said. Will looked at him confused. "I know it was you."
"Yuh do? Well, I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but it wasn't me." Lied Will
"You don't have to lie to me. I saw you change back, stand around for a minute and come back into the shop."
Will gave in. if Shaun had seen him, there was no point in lying to him. "Well, if you do know, can you not go spreading it around that I'm an animagus? I kinda did it illegally."
Shaun smiled. "Sure. So, your last day, eh? What you going to do with the money you've earned?"
"I'm going to buy some proper clothes and some spell books."
"Hey, since you did so much work around here, you can have the books for free. How bout that?"
"Thanks."
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"How may I help you sir." She asked as she carefully made her way towards Will.
"I was wondering if I could get some casual robes and a travelling cloak?" requested Will.
"Yes. If you'll just walk this way, I shall get you fitted. What colours do you want?"
"Black please."
He followed Madam Malkin round a corner and over to a pedestal, where she motioned for him to stand on. Will stood on the pedestal and Madam Malkin waved her wand, which made a set of black robes appear and danced onto Will's body, fitting to his shape and size. She then disappeared and reappeared with a long black travelling cloak and put around Will, adjusting the size with her wand. After a lot of poking and pulling with her wand she was done. Will walked up to the counter and paid 5 galleons for the clothes. He changed into his new robes and put his school robes in a bag and left to go back to Flourish and Blott's.
"So, Will, what books do you want?" asked Shaun, putting down the book he was reading. "Have a look around."
Will walked around, looking at all the spell books the shop had to offer. He wondered round the shop, looking at what it had to offer. The one thing that had caught his eyes when he was stacking the shelves the day before. Will walked over to it, picked it up and stared at it. The front cover of the book had backwards golden writing over the front that was shining the letters on to whatever surface it the light shone on. Will cast the light onto the floor and the writing came out clear, saying 'The secret to you secret magical ability'. Will walked back over to Shaun, who had picked up another book, and put his own book on the counter.
"This is the one I want." Will said. Shaun nodded and put down the book he was reading.
"I think I'm going to close up now. Will, if you ever want a job again, your place here is always welcome." Shaun smiled and got up to close the shop.
"Thanks. Bye." Will ran out of the shop and down the street to the leaky cauldron, the snow slowly falling down on him as he rushed through the arch into the back corner of the run down pub. He walked up to the fireplace, threw some floo powder into it and stepped in. Will stated Griffindor Tower, disappearing from the pub and reappearing in the Griffindor common room.
No one was here and Will guessed that they were all outside, enjoying the last day of the Christmas holidays in the snow. Will walked out through the portrait hole and down into the kitchens. He walked up to the closest house elf and asked for some food and drink. The elf nodded and scurried off and came back two minutes later with the food and drink in a little picnic basket. Will walked back up the stairs, into the entrance hall and walked outside, his new robes fluttering in the wind. Will walked down to his favourite spot, under the beach tree, placed down the picnic basket, dried away the snow and sat down against the tree and cast the warming charm on himself and taking out the book he had got.
Will opened the first page and read;
Over a thousand years ago, the four greatest witches and wizards of the age shared a dream, to create a school where young people of the wizarding world could study and be trained in the magical arts they needed to become skilled, fully-trained wizards. These four great wizards each founded one of the Houses of the school that they worked together to form: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They have been referred to as The Hogwarts Four.
For a number of years, this arrangement worked just fine. Each of the founders took a group of students to be in their own house and even though they had differences of opinion about who should be trained, the house system helped them all to work together. However, as the years went by, the differences between Gryffindor and Slytherin became a serious rift. Eventually Slytherin left the school. Hogwarts teaches magic to its students but the thing it doesn't teach is how to release you inner powers to make your magic even stronger.
Will thought about how you could make yourself even more powerful with inner powers. If he could use his inner powers he could join with his father and destroy Potter more quickly than anyone could imagine. 'The Dark Prince', that was what Wormtail had called him. I'm going to use that. He though. He took a bite from a piece of chicken and read on;
To release your inner power, you must concentrate on all the things that make you mad, angry and happy, fill you body with these thoughts. Once you feel the energy burn through you, the magic that you produce will be stronger and more powerful. When using light magic the more thoughts and memories that make you happy shall make the spell more powerful in its own way and vice versa. Dark magic, even though dubbed 'dark' is only Dark magic when the caster uses it for dark purposes, example given, hurting innocents. When using 'Dark' magic, it would be best to think of happy thoughts and memories.
Will knew what he would think about when he was using Dark Magic, Harry lying dead on the floor and Lyra in his arms. He laughed and went back to reading.
Another way of tapping secret abilities is using not your own magic, but the magic around you. Example given, the power of Mother Nature. Take in everything. Notice every little detail of everything. The wind blowing, the earth's continents shifting, the individual blades of grass, the insect, the flowers, each and everyone of these things has its own magic, take your own powers from theirs, making your stronger. Feel their power and let it run through you like a wild fire…..
Will stopped reading and looked up. He had heard someone approaching him and saw their feet cross up as they sat down cross-legged. Sitting in front of him was a girl.
"Why you out here in the cold?" the girl asked, cocking her head slightly.
"Why do you care?" snorted Will looking back down to his book.
"Who else would."
"My father."
"And who's your father?"
"A man."
"What's his name?"
"Do you really want to know?" asked Will, starting to smile. The girl nodded. "My father is Lord Voldemort." The girl shuddered but laughed.
"Yeah right."
"I'm being truthful."
"He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named doesn't care for anybody. He can't have a son. You're not his son."
"You're right, I'm not his son, I'm just joking."
"Come inside, you must be freezing. Its about half past nine!"
"Fine." Will got up and walked back to the castle with this girl. "What's your name anyway?"
"Lisa."
They walked up to the Griffindor tower and through the portrait hole. They bade each other good night and went to their separate dorms. Will got into bed and immediately fell asleep.
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Lessons resumed the next day, as everyone had come back the day before and everyone got into their daily routines again. Harry walked into his first lesson, Defence Against the Dark Arts and sat down at the front of the class with Lyra, Hermione and Ron. The lesson began with Moody lecturing them about when he was an Auror. Will strode in twenty minutes after the lesson had started, sat down at the back and put his feet up onto the desk.
"Mr Parry, do you think you could be so kind as to explain why you twenty minutes late with you feet on the table?" shouted Moody while writing about how to tell the liars from the truth when under the imperius curse on the black board.
"I'm sorry Sir. I was in the library." Will was going to have fun with this impostor.
"And why were you in the library?"
"I was looking through the books for my bloodline." Will smiled and rocked back on his chair. Moody's face went pale and he turned back to the board.
"Very well then." The class stared, open mouthed, at Will, how he was daring to speak against Moody. Everyone knew he was crazy and getting on his bad side was like granting your own death wish. Moody looked at the class and shouted. "He is being excused because of the Triwizard Tournament! NOW COPY THE WORK ON THE BOARD!"
Will laughed and copied down the work.
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"The Third task shall be held on Friday the thirteenth of next month. Mr Bagman wishes to speak with the four champions tomorrow during third period in my office. So champions, I advise you to study hard and get a good nights sleep." Said Dumbledore once everyone had finished their food.
Ron, Hermione, Harry, Lyra and Will walked back to the Griffindor common room.
"New Year." Said Lyra as they approached the Fat Lady.
"Happy New Year to you too." Said the Fat Lady as she swung open to admit then to the common room.
The five sat down and began talking about the third task.
"Harry, have you been doing any practising for the third task?" asked Hermione, Lyra agreed with her, her head against Harry's chest, sitting on his lap.
"Of course I have. I have to wise up for the third task." Harry laughed. Will got up, trying to make no one notice his absence.
"Where are you sneaking off to?" asked Lyra, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm going to go do some research in the library." Said Will, not breaking his stride.
"I'm coming as well. I've got a ton of translation to do for my Ancient Runes class." Said Hermione, getting out of her chair and following Will to the library.
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Will and Hermione walked up to Madam Pince and asked if they could go into the restricted section.
"The restricted section is off-limits to students with out passes or under the seventh year." Said Madam Pince, eyeing Will and Hermione suspiciously.
Will took out a piece of paper from his pocket and showed it to Madam Pince. "Oh all right. In you go." She said, finally giving in.
"So what's on the paper?" asked Hermione walking through the barrier to the restricted section.
"Nothing escapes your eyes does it?" Will laughed. He took out the paper again and showed it to Hermione.
"But this is from Moody. I thought you really pissed him off?"
"I did. But I know a way to get him to give me nearly anything." Will wandered off and started looking through the rows upon rows of books.
Hermione walked through the rows of books, looking for the Ancient Runes section. She walked up to a shelf with the word RUNES above it and looked through the books for better translator books. Will walked round the restricted section and found Hermione sitting reading books and checking her homework. He sat down next to her and opened a book. Will quickly read through the book and took in everything it had to offer. After an hour he had read the first book he had found and had started the second book, hastily skimming through the pages before the library closed. Madam Pince came round the shelves, told them that the library was closing and waddled off. Hermione and Will packed up their stuff and started to leave. They walked out the library chatting and started their way back to the Griffindor common room. A sudden idea came to Will, as they climbed the stairs, to get back at Harry. They walked along the fourth floor corridor to another set of stairs that would take them straight outside the Griffindor portrait hole and Will turned around and kissed Hermione. Turning to rush into a secret passageway that Will had seen on the map, taking him to the room of requirement. He walked past the wall opposite the tapestry with the ballet-dancing trolls, thinking; I need a sanctuary. The door appeared and Will dashed into it and locked the door behind him, so no intruders could get in without knowing what he was using the room for.
Will turned around and seemed to be stood in a dark entrance hall of some kind. He flicked his wand hoping that if there were any unseen torches near by they would light. He was glad when a moment later the wall's torches burst into flame, filling the room with light. Now that he could see were he was going, he decide to have a look around. In his exploration Will discovered a series of medium size rooms including setting room, living quarters, a study, dueling chambers, potion lab, and a small kitchen, all dressed in black, silver and green. Will guessed that the last person to need a sanctuary was a big Slytherin fan because serpents, with emeralds for eyes and ruby's for tongues, were carved into the marble walls that surrounded the room and it looked as if someone was still being used because the sheets on the bed looked recently slept in. Will walked back into the study and saw one more room he had missed on earlier examination. Will walked towards the door and saw that writing carved into the door began to glow and come to life. Will slowed down as the door began to open and a tall silhouette stepped out closing the door behind itself. Will stepped back in surprised, his eyes trying to focus on the figure in front of him.
"How did you find this place, boy?" asked the figure in a heavy Scottish accent. Will guessed that it was a man from the deep growling sound that was his voice. Will tried to answer, but nothing came out. "Answer me boy!"
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End of Chapter 12
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