Hello all of my lovely readers!
I'm so sorry that it's taken so very long for me to update.
I was preparing for my first year of college and received some very distressing news
There was a death in my family and I've spent the last month with my family.
But now I'm back and hope to get a few updates for you.
I know this is a short chapter, just wanted to give you all something new to hold you over!
As always, all ownership belongs to J.K. Rowling! I just borrow her world.
Thank you all for sticking with me! You are awesome!
Enjoy!
After their second stay in the Room of Requirement, which thankfully was not another extended disappearance, more and more changed with the young Gryffindor couple. The teachers began to notice how connected the two were. It was as though they subconsciously could feel the other, anticipate and know before the other moved and adjust accordingly. They would be in class and would shift, move or speak simultaneously. It was as though the two students had become one living, breathing being.
While those who noticed realized how good this could be for Harry, the boy who, time and again had lost everything; they also worried that this could be a bad thing, as the two students could become far too dependent on each other to the point where they were unable to function on their own. This possibility was something that Minerva McGonegoll mentioned to Fillius Flitwick as they sat side by side eating breakfast one morning.
"Filius, what if this... what ever it is with them, renders them unable to function as separate individuals?" The Head of Gryffindor asked.
"Minerva, I understand your concern for your Lions, but I assure you that is highly unlikely. Both of those students are too strong on their own to become so dependent on another. As much as it pains me to say this..." the small man said, looking sadly over at the pair, "Young Mister Potter has lost so much... He has had to become completely self-reliant. While I hate that he has had to endure so much in his short life, it has made him stronger than most adults I know."
"Harry has been put through more than his fair share of heartache." Minerva said in agreement.
"You are also forgetting that Miss Granger is a force to be reckoned with in her own right. That young muggleborn has a strong sense of what is right than most. She would not allow herself to become so reliant on another that she could not do for herself. And she would never allow Harry to become so. She's always been his voice of reason and I have no doubts that that will continue." Filius said with a soft smile for his students. "That witch will keep him moving, motivate him, but keep him his own person. She may support him but she would never let him become anything less than what he is." The Charms professor reassured his colleague.
"You're right Filius, I don't know what I was thinking." The Scottish woman said, shaking her head. "Those two are the most self-sufficient young people I have ever met, second only to those twin devils." She said with a laugh before becoming serious once more. "But something is coming Filius, I can feel it. I felt a shift in the flow of Magic herself last night. As though something big is coming into play." She said.
"Yes, I felt it too Minerva." Flitwick said with a nod. "It was as though all of magic took a deep breath in preparation for something. Though what that something is, I have no idea."
Watching the two students they had just been discussing, Minerva noticed something odd. Her young green-eyed lion had a look of distress as he held his girlfriend who looked a little under the weather.
Directing her colleague's attention to the two students watched as Harry stood and pulled Hermione up and wrapped an arm around her, leading her out of the Great Hall. "I do wonder what that is about?" She murmured under her breath.
Minerva did not like the idea that something was going on with one of her Gryffindors that she did not know about. How many situations could she have helped Harry avoid in the past if only she had paid better attention to the young man. So with that in mind, she bid goodbye to the small professor and followed her two favorite students out, hoping to find the cause of their unease.
As she almost caught up with them, she realized where they were, Harry was leading Hermione into the Room of Requirement and whispering into her ear softly.
Minerva's concern for her students skyrocketed when she saw the look of worry on Potter's face. The boy had been so relaxed and at ease the last few months. Had something happened? Had he seen something in his connection with Voldemort that had him distressed? She had thought he had gotten the hang of Occlumency enough to keep the foul man from his dreams and mind.
Just as she reached the door, hoping to follow them in, the door disappeared. She should have known that the castle would protect the occupants from discovery or interruption. She just hoped that when they emerged they would tell her the cause of their worry and upset.