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Chapter 6: More Plans Ruined
Wednesday, November 30th, 1994
The next morning Harry woke up with a splitting headache. He went to rub his head and found he couldn't move his arm because someone was on it curled into his chest. The person didn't have Luna's blonde hair or the wild, untamable hair of Hermione.
"Rathera?" said Harry.
"Mmmm. Harry? Harry, How are you feeling?" asked Rathera.
"I'm confused. Why am I in bed with you?" asked Harry.
"You don't remember what happened?" asked Rathera.
"I remember you hitting me and then everything's a blank." said Harry.
Rathera told him what happened.
"I turned fully into a dragon? Not just my hybrid form?" asked Harry.
"Yes, but you didn't have control. You were wild and if I hadn't knocked you out I don't want to think about what could've happened to Luna and Hermione." said Rathera.
"Where are they? Are they ok?" asked Harry.
"They're fine. They were a little shaken at first, but more worried about you. Hermione thought it wouldn't be good for all three of you to be out of your houses so they went to bed and said they'd meet you at the Great Hall for breakfast." said Rathera.
"Did you know this was possible?" asked Harry.
"I knew that with training it was possible, but the power requirements are high. For you to have turned uncontrolled like that your power levels have to be amazing." said Rathera.
"Ok, so now I know why I woke up here, but why am I only in my boxers and you're naked?" asked Harry.
"I only have what Luna gave me to wear and I didn't think you would want to sleep in your robes either. It was nice sleeping like this though." said Rathera.
Great Hall
Harry got up and dressed. He promised Rathera that they'd be down after classes. She reminded him that he needed to send a letter to the Goblin's about the Basilisk. When he got to the Great Hall, Luna and Hermione were both at the Gryffindor table. Mail must've already came since Hedwig was there begging for bacon.
"Good morning. Are you two ok?" asked Harry.
"We're fine. How do you feel?" asked Hermione.
"I'm ok. Did Hedwig bring a letter?" asked Harry.
"No, she just showed up with the rest of the post Owls. I guess she knew you needed her." said Luna.
"Yeah, Rathera reminded me about sending the letter to Gringott's." said Harry.
Hermione handed him a piece of parchment and a quill and Harry wrote his message requesting the Goblin's help in rendering the Basilisk. Hedwig took the letter after grabbing one more piece of bacon.
"Did Rathera tell you anything about why or how you changed into a Dragon, Harry?" asked Hermione.
"She said that it's something that is possible with training and even then requires a lot of power. She said I must have a lot if I was able to transform unintentionally like that." said Harry.
"You need to be careful, Harry. Maybe you should go see Madame Pomfrey. She'd be able to tell you what your power levels are and if you're in any danger." said Hermione.
"I missed class yesterday. Should I wait till after classes?" asked Harry.
"We have DADA this morning. If something is wrong with your magic or you're power levels are too high to control you better find out first." said Hermione.
"Be careful in DADA, Hermione. Something isn't right about Professor Moody." said Luna.
"There's a lot wrong with Professor Moody." said Hermione.
Somehow Harry didn't think Luna was talking about what could be seen.
Hospital Wing
Hermione and Luna went to their classes while he headed to the Hospital Wing. He didn't really think anything could be wrong. 'I've had no issues with any of my spells being too powerful. Everything I used at the first task was…' Harry realized that he really hadn't used any magic except for his hybrid training since the first task.
Right as he entered the Hospital Wing, Madame Pomfrey came up to him.
"What have you gotten yourself into now, Mr. Potter?" asked Madame Pomfrey.
"Nothing much, but I want to see if it was possible to check the power level of my core?" asked Harry.
"I ran such a scan on you before the first task, Mr. Potter. Your level was 475. High for someone in your year, but nothing to worry about." said Madame Pomfrey.
"What is the scale? 475 out of what?" asked Harry.
"The scale goes to 1000. An adult witch or wizard on average has a level of 750 to 850. Dumbledore is the closest I've seen to the top and he's at 985. Through Hogwarts the average is 250 to 350 before 5th year then because you're using more magic the numbers go up higher through to 7th year when you get a boost when you come of age." said Madame Pomfrey.
"Has no one ever gone above the scale?" asked Harry.
"Scanning power levels has only been going on since the last century so I can't say for sure. I'd imagine Merlin was beyond our scale." said Madame Pomfrey.
"Will you please scan me again, Madame Pomfrey?" asked Harry.
"Fine, have a seat in the bed, Mr. Potter. I assure you that there won't be any change." said Madame Pomfrey.
She passed her wand over him. She must not have liked the result because she told him to lay down and stay very still. She did the scan again then a different one right after. She shakingly walked to the floo and called for Professor Dumbledore to immediately come to the Hospital Wing.
"Madame Pomfrey, what's wrong?" asked Harry.
"Mr. Potter your core level has indeed increased and it's continuing to increase and if we don't find a way to stop it there's a high probability that it could explode killing you instantly and leveling half of Britain." said Madame Pomfrey.
"What's the level at right now?" asked Harry.
"2500 and rising rapidly." said Madame Pomfrey.
"Poppy, what's the problem? asked Dumbledore.
"Mr. Potter's core is now," She waved her wand again. "3250 and it's still rising." said Madame Pomfrey.
"Harry whatever spell is your strongest fire it at the outer wall!" ordered Dumbledore.
"But, sir…" started Harry.
"Now, Harry!" yelled Dumbledore.
"Reducto!" yelled Harry putting all his power behind the spell. It hit the wall and blew it out with a force that shook the castle.
"Scan him again, Poppy." said Dumbledore.
"3575 and holding for now, but I don't know if it will start to rise again." said Madame Pomfrey.
"It will if we don't discover the reason for the rise. Harry, levitate the bed beside you and keep it levitated until I tell you otherwise and Poppy keep scanning him both for power levels and anything else that might be causing this." said Dumbledore.
Madame Pomfrey scanned him for everything she could think of to cause this kind of reaction. The good news was his levels didn't continue rising, but they didn't lower either. The bad news was when she scanned for binds and bonds.
"I've found the causes for this." said Madame Pomfrey.
"You mean there's more than one?" asked Dumbledore.
"Yes. There was a bind on his magic that recently broke causing the damage then something that looks like a modified familiar bond caused the excess magic buildup. His power level is steady and I'd hypothesize that it would take Mr. Potter blowing up the planet to lower his levels." said Madame Pomfrey.
"Harry you can stop levitating the bed. Is there anything that happened recently that you think would be the cause of this?" asked Dumbledore upset that the binding broke and that he wouldn't be able to place it back on him.
"I can't think of anything, but the better question is there was a bind on my core?" asked Harry.
"Pureblood parents sometimes put them on children who have a lot of accidental magic incidents. I never thought to have you checked for one when you came in first year." said Dumbledore hoping that Harry bought the bullshit.
Knowing that the old man was lying already Harry said, "Well whatever happened seems like it was a good thing." said Harry.
"Of course, my boy. Well I'll leave you in Poppy's good hands. Try and think of anything, Harry and let me know immediately if you remember anything." said Dumbledore.
Dumbledore repaired the wall and left the Hospital Wing.
"Well you're going to be staying here for the rest of the day. I'll let Professor McGonagall know to tell your friends so they can visit." said Madame Pomfrey.
At lunch Hermione and Luna came and saw him.
"Harry will you go a day this year without trying to die!?" asked Hermione.
"I can't make any promises, Hermione." said Harry.
"What happened?" asked Hermione
Harry told them what happened, how high his core level was and about Dumbledore's lie about the binding on his core.
"You're going to have to retrain on everything with your wand. Or possibly you can do wandless magic." said Luna.
"Real wandless magic is a myth, Luna." said Hermione.
Luna waved her hand over Hermione's hair straightening it out.
"Is it?" asked Luna.
"What? How did you do that?" asked Hermione.
"Actually I think a few curls would look better. Why don't you try, Harry?" asked Luna.
"I wouldn't know where to start and I don't want to accidentally blow her head off." said Harry.
"You won't. It's an intent based spell and not an active one such as the cutting charm or a Reducto." she said knowing that was what caused the shaking earlier. "See in your mind clearly giving her a light bouncy curl to her hair and then do what I did with my hand."
Harry did as Luna told him and Hermione's hair changed again. Luna showed her a mirror and Hermione had to admit it looked really good.
"How long will it last?" asked Hermione.
"Judging by Harry's power level and the fact that I forgot to tell him to think of a length of time it should last until you have Harry change it again or forever." said Luna.
"Well if your hopes to become an Auror don't happen you could always be a hairdresser, Harry." said Hermione laughing.
Headmaster's Office
'Three days and the plan was already falling apart.' thought Dumbledore.
The potion would still work, but killing the boy would be a lot harder. With the difference in their levels he didn't even think the Killing Curse would work on Harry. He only had one option left and that was to bring Severus into the plan. Poison can kill regardless of the power a person had after all.
Author's Note: In case anyone wants to know Dumbledore helped in the Hospital Wing because his plan relies on Ginny being pregnant with Harry's child. So it would do no good to have him die there. Please review, favorite and follow. Thank you.