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Chapter 7 -- Will Magic
Walking out of his fireplace, completely frustrated, stood the Head Master of Hogwarts. Welcoming the feeling and magic that was emanating from Hogwarts herself, it still was not enough to calm his fury. He sat at his desk and he sank way back into the chair while exhaling deeply. Sitting in silence for several minutes he pondered, how did he lose track of the boy so fast. He had to have help, but I have all of his friends being monitored. It has to be some outside person and that was the thought that scared him the most.
A very powerful stranger, who just happened to stumble onto the boy living in a muggle suburb under the strongest shielding and defensive wards casted by yours truly. No that just isn't possible, Harry must have figured out my alarm charm and disabled it before he left. Thus is where I am lost, How could he have cast a spell to disable the alarm without setting off the alarm. It was all so strange, the magic that was radiating from around Harry's bedroom door was very powerful magic. What was more surprising was the magical signature left by some incident, some ritual, that took place within Harry's room. He had never seen a signature like that, he wanted to explore it further, but he could not get past the ward spell locking the door.
Coming to the only conclusion he could at the time, he called for a full order alert, Harry Potter has been kidnapped by Lord Voldermort. He made sure to keep it within Order ranks, the general public just learned of Voldermort's return, they could not handle hearing their savior has been taken by him. But after just coming from the last order meeting, and hours and hours of searching, Harry could not be found, his signature was no where in all of England. Meaning only one of two things, he has been moved across continent, which is highly unlikely, or he must be under ground. Probably in Lord Voldermort's underground lair somewhere. It always comes down to Tom.
This was messing up everything. All my hard work, hours of strategy and manipulations gone, I needed Harry Potter under my thumb, I know Tom will never kill Harry, not until the night of his seventeenth birthday. I knew he would go for the boy before then but I am surprised that he did so early. He hasn't even turned sixteen yet, but not to worry. I will get him back before judgment day, after all, I do have over a year. The hard part is going to be keeping his disappearance quiet. I will make a cover story that he is taking private lessons with me to keep the students in the dark.
Glancing over to the shelves to the left of his desk, Albus spotted one of his many magical trackers that were keyed into random places through out the wizarding world. What was catching his attention, was one of them, in the back, was flashing purple. Standing up and retrieving it, he asked out loud, "Location" and the orb flashed before a voice was heard, "Flourishes, Diagon Alley" Setting the orb down, Albus turned towards the floo, and poof, he was gone.
Harry was waking up to a ringing noise that would not stop, sitting up he turned to find the source of this annoyance. Finally spotting it, his cell phone which had vibrated off his night stand and hit the floor. Getting out of bed and picking it up, it finally stopped ringing. Flipping it open, the screen read, nine missed calls. Walking back to his bed, he was about to lye back down when Winky appeared and grabbed him by the hand before ushering him into his new master washroom.
"You have already slept way too long and the girls have been calling every minute for you to pick them up, Hurry up and shower and get dressed before I send Dobby to retrieve them, otherwise, I could have them here before you get dressed?" Winky let her statement linger before Harry got the idea and closed the door behind him as he entered the Shower.
After a very exhilarating ten minutes, Harry walked out of his Master Washroom with the biggest smile on his face. That shower was amazing, he would have to talk to Dobby later to find out what he did. As he was pondering how amazing that shower was, he walked into his previously empty walk in closet, only it wasn't empty anymore.
Two minutes later, Harry was dressed in work out clothes and ready for breakfast. Walking out of his walk in closet and into the huge bedroom, Harry smelt the beautiful aroma that was Winky's cooking. Letting his nose do the walking, he never noticed the two gorgeous girls dressed in tight spandex and half shirts that were lying lazily on his bed. As Harry sat down and reached for the sausages, A voice called out " It's about time!" Shouted Jennifer.
Harry, surprised by the sudden company, slipped right off of his seat and hit the floor with a thump. Jumping back up to his seat to the laughter's of both girls, Harry reached out again for the sausages as both girls took a seat smiling at the one track mind of Harry Potter in the mornings.
"You Know Harry, I thought you said there wasn't enough time in the day for food, train, train, and more train, wasn't that the plan?" said Jennifer with a smirk as she stared across the table to Harry packing it in.
"Yeah….I Know….I think I may have been a little hasty about that, have you tried Winky's food? It's like it was hand baked by the Gods." Said Harry as his fork was getting closer and closer to his mouth so he didn't waste any time between sentences.
Krista just laughed as she loaded up her plate and began to eat. Very quickly she realized Harry was absolutely right, Wink's cooking was amazing! As she continued shoveling it in, Jennifer just stared at her best friend, then she looked to Harry coming to the only conclusion she could, Jennifer grabbed a plate and loaded up.
Forty two minutes later, the trio was lounging in the seating area over by Hedwig's perch. "I think for today, I will show you the dueling room and we can start a little research after I get a read as to your spell knowledge. I'm sorry about this morning, I am still getting used to planning my own schedule as appose to having my relatives plan it out for me. Before you guys go home, we will set up a schedule and I will stick to it, I promise. The first suggestion I'm gonna make is we work out before breakfast, then research followed by dueling and spell building." finished Harry just as Hedwig flew into the room and landed on Harry's shoulder.
As both girls oooooed and ahhhed over how beautiful Hedwig was, Harry was stroking her feathers as he was whispering into her ear. After several seconds Hedwig flew off of Harry's shoulders and took a few laps around the room before landing on Jennifer's shoulder. She lightly nipped at her ear as Jennifer let slip a few giggles before jumping off and landing on Krista's shoulder before starting to do the same. As Krista started to giggle as well, Hedwig returned to Harry's shoulder and leaned in to nip at his ear again, only she didn't, it almost looked like she was whispering to him. Harry started to laugh as Hedwig flew off and went for some food near her perch.
"What did you tell her, and more importantly, what did she tell you?" Asked Krista with a no-nonsense look on her face. Harry just laughed as the two girls stared at him, waiting for a response before Harry shrugged his shoulders before stating, "What me and my familiar discuss is no business of yours, thank you very much." Standing up, Harry walked towards the dueling room with his head held high and strutting like a snooty pureblood. As Jennifer just stared at Krista with a frustrated look, Harry asked them, "well, are you just going to sit there or are you ready to see your torture chamber for the rest of summer?"
With one last look of uncertainness, both girls got up and walked to the room Harry just entered. Jennifer walked in first and just as Krista entered, the door slammed shut then made a loud sucking noise as it sealed. Both girls walked over to wear Harry was standing as they looked around the room.
"What is this room Harry? I will say, it's kind of huge for a dueling room. Not that I have been in a lot of dueling rooms, actually I've only been in three, but you could fit all of them in this room." Said Krista as she was still talking in the massive room. Harry didn't think it was all that big.
"It looks bigger then it actually is, it's just because it's unfurnished. Trust me, once you see what this room does, you'll find out just how small this room can be." Harry said with a smirk before he continued, "Remember I said I wanted to see your level of spell knowledge, well this room will help me do that."
"And just how is it going to do that?" asked Krista. Harry smirked before answering, "Have you ever casted a strong stunner at something or someone before?" As both girls slowly shook their heads no, Harry nodded. "Okay then, we start easy, you do know the spell, I will be looking at three different things, your power level, your accuracy, and your quickness. I want you to continue shooting until you hear session ended."
"Okay, but what are we shooting at?" said Jennifer still looking around. Harry just laughed as he walked over to the observation area where a little screen was. Harry punched in a few buttons and he said something out loud that either girl couldn't quite hear. Suddenly, the lights dimmed and four robed people appeared, two standing, and two crouched down. The two people that were crouching down low, fired stunners at both girls.
Not really sure what was going on, both girls dived apart, each pulling out their wands as they dived away. It was Krista that fired first, hitting the person standing on the right side, catching the person on the shoulder, spinning him before he fell. Jennifer's first shot zoomed over the head of the one crouched down on the left side, before shooting again hitting her target just before he shot again, leaving two left, one standing and one crouching.
The remaining two people started darting from left to right rather quickly while the one that was crouching was firing rapid stunners. Jennifer rolled farther to the left distracting the one firing as Krista rolled forward and a little to the right, firing while she was coming out of the roll. The first shot missed wide, but the second spell hit the one standing, leaving the crouched one firing at Jennifer the last one left.
Jennifer dodged as the spells were ricocheting off of the wall, spraying her with pieces of tile and floor as she rolled back away from the wall. As she came out of her roll she cast a strong shielding spell just as a stunner was heading right for her, it slammed against her shield and shot back towards the shooter. Not hesitating a second, as soon as the spell rebounded of her shield, she dropped it and fired two stunners at different heights. The rebounded spell shot well over its head just before the two stunners hit, one in the face as the other hit the chest.
Both girls regrouped before the lights came back on as a voice stated, "Session Ended, results calculating, target examination will begin now." The four robed figures rose up from the ground and flew over towards the wall, lined up perfectly as both girls just stood there, starring at each other.
"Not bad girls, not bad, come over hear and lets take a look at the damage." Harry declared, startling both girls. "You could have gave us some kind of warning what to expect, at first I thought those were real people." Stated Jennifer.
"And what fun would that be?" Harry said teasingly. "I wanted to get a realistic score for your first assessment. Are you ready to learn from this session?" Krista, who slightly pushed Jennifer to keep quiet, nodded yes.
"Okay, first, I want to say that you both did really well for a first session. Neither of you got hit, which is good. A couple of things though, Krista, the first target you shot at was the one that was standing still and not firing, this was not your immediate threat. The one shooting at you should have been your first target. Jennifer, when dodging, never roll towards a wall or any fixtures unless you can completely shield yourself behind said object. As you found out the hard way, when someone is rapid firing at you, your best result is a strong shield, or to roll away from any residual damage. You took far more damage off the walls then you would have if you rolled the other way. One thing I was very impressed with was both of your dodging abilities. I know some really excellent duelers who have trouble dodging. Jennifer, you casted that shield before you fully came out of that roll, if you hadn't, you would have been hit, and Krista, firing those stunners coming out of your roll was bloody brilliant." Harry said as he smiled at her.
Both girls realized that Harry took this to a whole new level then anything they were thinking. They actually thought they did really good, until Harry explained how much better they could have done it. Harry walked over towards the dummies lined up along the wall to inspect them for damage. After walking by all four dummies, Harry walked over and took a sheet of paper that came out under the screen. Walking over to where the girls were standing, Harry waived them over to the side where three seats materialized before them. As the three sat, Harry continued.
" Your power ratings are average, don't worry, I can fix that rather easy." Harry said with a smirk before he asked the girls a question, "do either of you know where you hit your opponents?"
"The first one, I caught in the chest, the second one I hit twice, once in the face and the other just bellow…I think" Said Jennifer sort of assuredly. Krista took a little longer to think about it before she said; "the first one I caught in the chest and the second one, just above the waist, I believe." she finished uncertainly.
Harry just nodded before stating, "Jennifer, you were correct, very well done. Krista, not so much, first off you hit your first target in the shoulder, if this were a real scenario, the target you presumed to be down, was in fact not, and just waiting to spring an attack on you. It is very important to watch and pay very close attention to where your spells hit your opponent, a Death Eater favorite is to shield your spell, then act like it hit them and their all weak, then they strike when you least expect it."
Krista nodded that she understood, and she did, it made perfect sense. She was upset at herself for not realizing where she hit that first target, just now remembering him spinning before he fell, was a classic sign of a side glance.
"Before we start working on your accuracy, I want to try something in regards to your power levels." Harry said as two dummies appeared back over in the dueling area as both girls just looked at Harry as if to say, "How'd you do that?" Harry asked both girls to fire three of their most powerful stunners in succession at their target. After waiting for them to finish, Harry walked over to the two girls as two fresh dummies appeared.
" A little better girls, but I want to ask you what you were thinking as you cast those stunners.?" asked Harry but before the girls could answer, he continued. "Never mind, remember what I said at Flourishes, forget about everything you once thought about how magic worked, think about what outcome you hope to achieve, then will that to happen, you don't even have to say the incantation. Harry finished as he looked right at Krista before leaning closer to her and whispered some advice into her ear. "Try and remember how you felt when you made that wall disappear, think of the strongest stunner, then will it to shoot out of your wand and hit a specific spot on your target."
Krista nodded as Harry walked away, she glanced at Jennifer who already had her eyes closed and was murmuring something just under her breath. Turning towards her target, Krista closed her eyes and thought back to how it felt just before the door disappeared, wanting nothing more then to blast the strongest stunner towards her target, she took a deep breath then let it out slowly as she opened her eyes. Just before raising her wand, she felt a very powerful spell, shoot from Jennifer, who was standing five feet to her right.
Blocking out all distractions around her, she felt an easy calmness come over her, narrowing her vision on her target, she thought of nothing else other then the strongest stunner ever shooting from her wand. As she stared at her wand, without saying anything, a bright orange light shot from her wand, slamming, dead center into the target, forcing it to fly backwards, slamming into the wall before it caught on fire as it slid down to the ground.
Jennifer and Krista were completely stunned, staring at the dummy slowly turning to ashes as it burned near the wall. It was Harry that finally broke the tension that was slowly building. "Which do you think was stronger, the before or after?" Harry asked with a smirk while holding the results in his hand.
Krista chuckled as she said, "Ummm I think the latter. How did I do that?" she finished while pointing at the pile of ashes near the wall.
"Power of will, is something I just recently learned, along with some other things I think you would find very interesting. It is old magic, but depending on the power of a persons magical core, and the determination and need of the use of magic, it can be quite powerful." Said Harry as both girls were listening carefully.
"So, lets say someone with an above average magical core was suddenly in need of a very strong shield to save their life, will power magic would hold?" asked Jennifer before she added, " even the Avada Kedavra?"
"In theory……maybe. The fact is I am still exploring the possibilities of will magic, but it seems you have already grasped the hardest part." As Krista and Jennifer both looked confused, Harry continued. "The most important factor in will magic is the caster has to believe, without a doubt, that their magical core will respond appropriately. There can be no hesitation and you must have complete focus and concentration, even in the face of the most dangerous perils. This is why it is rarely used these days because most wizards lack the control and focus required to cast, even when your life is on the line."
"I think I understand, it would be real hard for me to repeat that kind of focus if my target was real and had the ability to shoot back." said Krista before Harry spoke up again.
"Yes and no, with practice, and I mean real practice, you will get better, and faster. There are several key advantages to will magic, thus the reason I started researching it in the first place. The first is the advantage of casting silently, and when you get really good at it, wandlessly. The second is that most spells have a counter spell, but with will magic, it is coming straight from your magical core and will be slightly different depending on the caster's intent, making it almost impossible for an opponent to cast a counter that will be one hundred percent effective. I saved the best for last, for the biggest advantage is to cast with multiple intents or progressive spell casting."
"Progressive spell casting? I'm sorry but you lost me there." said Jennifer as Krista nodded that she also didn't understand.
"allow me to demonstrate, now take in mind, I have only researched this, I have yet to really experiment with it yet, but I understand the intent." said Harry as he walked over to the dueling area and paused while thinking of what he wanted. Suddenly a tall dummy appeared dressed in black robes with a hood on, Harry's classic Death Eater look-a-like practice dummy. As both girls stepped over towards the observation area, Harry mentally prepared.
Both girls were kind of excited, this was their first time watching THE Harry Potter in action, live and in the flesh. Not knowing what to expect, both girls came to the same conclusion. Seeing how powerful Krista's will magic was, Harry's is going to be something of legend.
Looking back towards Harry, they waited for the show to begin, and a show is what they got. As Harry raised his wand towards the DE practice dummy, a single purplish gold spell blasted from his wand and hit the robbed dummy square in the chest. As it flew backwards, it's robes started to shred, then they caught fire all before hitting the wall. After crashing against the wall, all its limbs locked up in a body bind, and as it dropped, face forward, ropes appeared out of no where and wrapped around the dummy several times, finishing just as it hit the floor.
Harry walked back towards the girls as they were meeting him half way, "that was completely awesome Harry, I have never seen magic so powerful before." said Krista as she looked at him with a bit of awe. "Yeah Harry, totally cool, I caught like three different spells in there." added Jennifer.
"Actually it was five, I may have been pushing it there, but I couldn't resist. Until you have practiced using your magical core in this way, it can me magically exhausting, but do you see the possibilities this kind of power provides?" Asked Harry as both girls nodded before Harry continued. " You see, according to my research, that spell would have mostly got through most magical shields, and it would free me up to cast another on a different target before that one even finished unraveling. Lets just say, after some practice, I will have a few variations of certain spells locked up and ready to fire."
Both girls nodded as they smiled at Harry, with him as their private tutor, they will probably learn more magic this summer then they did in all of their time at Private School.
Harry decided that this was a good start for now and for the next couple of hours, he ran both girls through various accuracy and speed drills. As the trio sat down for a well deserved lunch provided by the wonderful Winky, Krista brought up a sort of sore subject with Harry as of late.
"So Harry, it's kind of hard to hear stories about you without also hearing about your legendary friends, Hermione and Ronald. I figured they would be here like every day during the summer, aren't you guys like inseparable?
Harry was silent for a moment, he hadn't had time lately to really think about how he felt about his friends. Krista and Jennifer were doing a fine job of distracting him from those types of thoughts. Finally, Harry decided to answer her. " You know, it's been a real awakening for me these last couple of weeks. I have discovered that I have been manipulated by not only my Headmaster, but also by the very people I once called my friends. If there is one thing that really makes me hurt, it's betrayal and being lied too."
As Harry sat there, he started to reflect back to all those times in the past five years at Hogwarts that Ron and Hermione had his back. They have been through a lot, true it was mostly Harry who did most the fighting, but in several instances, he would have never made it without them. But it was the simple wondering of whether they had befriended him because of who he was or because Albus Dumbledore wished it so, that kept him awake at nights.
Coming to a self realization, Harry decided his course. " I Think I will have a serious talk with them upon my return to school, maybe even ask them a few questions under a modified truth potion. If they pass that, I will ask for an unbreakable vow to never spill my secrets, something very similar to what you girls did, then I will feel comfortable enough to let them into our plans."
Both girls nodded their heads that they understood before Krista pointed over Harry's shoulder towards the back window near Hedwig's perch. "I think you have some post coming Harry" said Krista. Sure enough, a large grey owl, swooped into the room and dropped a small stack of letters at Harry's feet. It then flew over to Hedwig's perch, stole a little food, drank a little water, then flew out the window, disappearing.
Harry picked up the stack and rifled through the letters, there was one from Ron, Hermione, Mrs. Weasley, Hagrid, and Cho Chang. There were three letters from Luna, and three from Remus Lupin, four letters from the twins, and seven letters from Ginny. Harry was thinking of how strange it was they all arrived together like that just as Dobby appeared to answer Harry's un-asked question.
"I put a temporary block on all incoming mail a few days ago, I just recently released the block, so all that mail was brought to you by the post office." said Dobby as Harry nodded. "I hope that was okay Master, I knew you were not in any mood to accept any post anyway, and at least this way, you could say you never received it or only just did. That would explain why you never wrote back, that is if you wanted an excuse, sir." Dobby finished a little hesitantly until he witnessed Harry's smile begin to form.
As Harry was thanking Dobby for his quick thinking, he witnessed Dobby go rigid, then his eyes began to slightly glow green for an instance and then it was over as Dobby spoke.
"Master, we may have some trouble heading our way." Harry jumped up out of his seat as both girls did the same while brandishing their wands.
"What is it Dobby, Death Eaters, Dementors, werewolves, what and how many?" Harry asked very rapidly but he froze and hearing Dobby's words.
"No Sir, much worse, Albus Dumbledore will arrive within three minutes time." said Dobby as he looked about Harry's amazing suite, wondering what the Headmaster would do upon seeing it first hand.
"Don't worry Dobby, I will meet him outside and keep him away from my bedroom, but it wouldn't hurt for you to seal the room the way you did last time." Said Harry as he answered Dobby's fears before he addressed them. Harry thought he would have to investigate this link between him and Dobby, but right now he had other things to deal with. Standing up to head outside, Harry was interrupted by Jennifer.
"What about us Harry, should we have Winky take us home or can we watch from the side window, I would like to see first hand this manipulative Headmaster of yours." as Krista nodded that she too wanted to stay and watch. Harry thought about it for a quick second as he looked over to the side window, he made a decision.
"I don't think that is safe, Dumbledore is a very clever wizard and he could sense you or something." Harry finished before Dobby interrupted, "Harry you must head him off now before it is too late, don't worry about the girls here, I will take care of it." Harry nodded to Dobby as he opened his door and bolted for the backyard. Making it outside, Harry sat at the backyard porch and waited, trying to act casual while mentally preparing himself as to what to say.
Meanwhile, back in Harry's room, Dobby finished sealing off the room much like he did the last time only this time he used Winky's help to make it even stronger, then he turned to the girls with a little smile, "follow me girls, I have something much better then staring out an old window." said Dobby as he lead both girls into Harry's walk in closet. Dobby waited for them to enter before closing the door behind them, then he placed his hand just below the light switch as both girls watched his hand glow for a second before a side panel along the wall opened up.
Both girls were still looking around at this huge walk in closet and everything that was in here, walking over to the little lounge area, they both took a seat while the side panel was still opening. Once it finished, it revealed a beautiful huge TV screen with full audio and picture of the backyard where they saw Harry sitting on the porch, playing it cool. Over on the left side of the screen, were about six little monitors they displayed various camera positions around the surrounding neighborhood.
"Wow Dobby this is some set up, does Harry even know this is here?" asked Krista as Dobby blushed slightly before shaking his head no. " You are full of surprises aren't you Dobby," Jennifer teased as Dobby's blush deepened. "oooo quiet, look, the Headmaster is approaching, I wish I hade some …" but Krista was interrupted by Winky who popped in holding two big bowls of popcorn. Handing one over to Krista as Jennifer scooted closer so they could share it, Winky walked over to the other lounge couch and patted the seat next to her for Dobby to sit. Once seated, the four of them watched eagerly while silently munching on popcorn, "this is going be interesting," thought Dobby.
A/N: Sorry to leave this little cliffy, but this was the best place to end this chapter. The confrontation between Harry and Dubledore is so long, it would have made the chapter super huge, don't worry though, Chapter 8 will be posted real soon.
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