Hermione woke to a glorious morning. The sun was up, the sky was crimson, and she was wrapped in Harry's arms. She got up smiling and looked at Harry's adorable face. "He looks so cute when he sleeps" she thought.
"Ahh, glad to see that you are awake Miss Granger" said none other than Albus Dumbledore. Hermione spun around gasping.
"Professor"? "What are you doing here"?
"I have come here to tell you something that may in fact change your very life Miss Granger, and Harry's too". He approached Harry and put his hand on Harry's forehead. His eyes opened gently.
"Good morning Harry.
"Ahh-morning professor... not to sound rude, but what are you doing here?
"Well, yes of course" smiled Dumbledore. "Do you have any recollection of an event that happened last night"? Harry and Hermione looked at each other. "Well, I dunno, it happened so suddenly, but it felt like a lifetime" started Harry. "The first thing I remember is that we both held each others hands and this white stuff began wrapping itself around our wrists, and then these gold sparks formed around us, and then all I remember was I felt really tired, and that is all I remember.
"Is that how you remember it Hermione"? smiled Dumbledore.
"Yes" she nodded nervously.
"Just as I thought, I knew I detected something" mumbled Dumbledore to himself. "It must be, but it has only happened to the strongest, yes the strongest...this was obviously prophesised...perhaps this could be the secret..maybe"
"Erm..Professor.
"Oh yes, forgive me. What I am going to tell you should not be discussed here, it would be unwise to do so...Words can travel on the winds" answering Harry's' puzzled look. "I suggest we all go back to Hogwarts.
Harry and Hermione nodded to each other and got up. Dumbledore held up his hand and Fawkes came swooping out of no where and landed gainly and softly onto it. Harry and Hermione held onto Dumbledore's' arm as instructed and flames burst around all four of them and they were back at Hogwarts in Dumbledore's' office. The morning sun was shining through the windows with a sparkle. Dumbledore sat down behind his sturdy oak desk, on the comfortable and put his fingers to his lips.
"Please sit down" he gestured to the pair of teenagers while waving his wand and two comfortable chintz armchairs appeared for them to sit on. They both took a seat and waited for Dumbledore. "What happened to the both of you last night, only happens once every thousand years". He paused for a moment and smiled at the awe on both of their faces. "It only happens when all the planets in our Solar System are all in a line facing the sun while all of their moons have magnified twice". He paused again to let both of them work out what he had said. "It only happens to the most powerful force of pure goodness on Earth, and it only happens to the most purest force of love on Earth, and that will be of course you two.
Harry was trying to absorb it all in and he looked at Hermione who in return looked equally stunned. "What exactly is 'it' Professor"? asked Harry still slightly stunned.
"Ahh, sorry Harry, an old mans memory grows faint after all these years...Yes well 'it' as you so rightly put it is a forming bond between you both that means a great many things.
"S-so..like a connection"
"Yes like a connection, only more powerful. A connection is say something in common with the person or an understanding, this is a connection of love (The Ultimate Power). Godric Gryffindor and Bernadette Gryffindor had this connection. In the olden tales of ancient scriptures on the Tomara Stones, it says if deciphered correctly that Godric and Bernadette were the King and Queen of the magical world and that they shaped the world to their liking to make it a better place. They were more powerful than anything ever witnessed or prophesised in history, as I think you have and I am sure I am right, you two had small brief electric shocks, this was the symbol of your connection growing inside you.
"But, sir" began both Harry and Hermione in awe "What does this mean?
"This means that you have been blessed with great power, although because your souls are now one, only your power can come from both of you working as one, for instance if you are touching or if you are feeling each others thoughts or emotions, or if you are trying to do that same task.
"But..sir" started Hermione, "we are just teenagers, we are just children in our own perspective, you must be mistaken, I mean we can't surely be.
"Yes Hermione you can, you need to stay strong, you cannot break down now or something bad could happen because of your uncontrolled powers. Now, is there anything else you need to know"?
"What powers do we have?
"I will leave that for you to find out..although you have to wait a week until the moons have settled and the planets have realigned themselves to where they should be. Then the transformation will be complete and you will not be able to control your powers until after the week has passed, so I ask you not to feel emotion intentionally, keep your minds completely blank. Also, the transformation needs to take its full power, and for that you need to be with each other all the time, and the only solution to keep your minds blank and to be with each other all the time is to put you into a dreamless sleep" finished Dumbledore.
Harry and Hermione nodded to this and agreed silently about what was to happen. "Also Hermione, your parents will be arriving to Hogwarts in half an hour and they can stay here until the week has passed and then you can create a safer place where no evil can venture into to keep them safe.
"We can actually do that...make places like other dimensions and different planes and different worlds"?
"Yes, you and Harry are the most powerful force in the universe, not just on our tiny planet or in our Solar System but throughout space, time...I know this is hard to divulge and take in but you are the rulers of the universe. Now if you please, am I allowed to perform the spell needed for your transformation to take its full height?
"Yes Professor" both of them chorused.
"Very well" he said as he pointed his wand at them both and they both glowed purple and floated softly and gently to the ground.
"Ah good afternoon Mr and Mrs Granger" gestured Dumbledore politely as they shook hands. "Please, come this way". He led them through the Entrance Hall, up the marble staircase and into the Hospital Wing where they observed Harry and Hermione sleeping on a four poster bed in a secret room conjured by Dumbledore that would not normally be there if it wasn't for the special circumstances. They were wrapped in each others arms and each facing each other, a multicoloured auroa was around them.
"Harry and Hermione are going through one of the most wonderful, powerful, and rarest things that can happen to people with pure love between them". And he told Hermione's parents why they were both in danger and needed to be here, what was happening to Harry and Hermione, and what was going to happen to both teenagers and both adults when they woke up.
"O-our H-Hermione...the Queen of the World"? stammered Mrs Granger.
"The Universe Mrs Granger, but don't worry, this was prophesised and destined to happen well before our planet was formed, so no evil or bad can come of it" Dumbledore assured. "Now, I have important business to attend to and as you may have noticed it is very easy to get lost in Hogwarts for people who do not know the school, so I will ask for a house elf to take you around the school. Dobby should be very keen..Dobby"! he called. In an instant and with a loud crack, a small, skinny creature with huge eyes and bat like ears appeared.
"Ahh Dobby, this is Mr and Mrs Granger, I would like you to accompany them to the kitchen or the Great Hall where they can pick up some refreshments and something to eat.
"Yes Professor Dumbledore sir" squeaked Dobby smiling at being given a task personally by the Headmaster. He hobbled off and took Mr and Mrs Granger into the kitchen so they could have refreshments. The two adults were so amazed at all the little house elves working so hard and with great care. "Where can I get one"? laughed Mrs Granger.
Back in his office, Albus Dumbledore smiled to himself fumbling through notes and books he used to decipher the prophecy about Harry and Hermione and knew that they would plunge the world into goodness and rid the world of evil. This would mean bad news for Voldemort, and he would do anything to stop this transformation from happening and to stop them becoming the rulers of the universe...and the only way he could find out was if Draco Malfoy told him. So he got out a vile from his pocket and threw the potion into the flames of fire beside him. He whispered Malfoys' name and with a crackle and a roar Malfoy shot of the flames.
"I am very sorry to have to do this to you Mr Malfoy, but I must for the fate of the world". He whipped his wand at Malfoy and with a glimmer of blue smoke as it looked made him shrink. He shrunk until he must have been half an inch tall. Dumbledore got out a bottle and pointed his wand at the inch tall Malfoy and he shot up and across into the bottle until Dumbledore felt it was safe to take him out, after the transformation and of course Harry and Hermione's training that Dumbledore was planning with two very special people who were going to teach Harry and Hermione everything.
Now some people might have thought it was cruel, mean and barbaric to keep even a spiteful, boisterous and horrible boy like Malfoy in a bottle all on his own, but in fact the bottle in which Malfoy was in was luxurious. It had nice comfortable chairs, a fire for when the bottle got cold, books, a swimming pool, and a Quidditch room where you could play and practice with pretend/real players. They weren't real, they didn't have feelings or emotions or even thoughts, they were conjured little humans all to keep Malfoy company. Everything that Malfoy would need was in that bottle with him.
Meanwhile, Harry and Hermione were dozing and would wake up in a week feeling like it was just a second, Mr and Mrs Granger were happily enjoying their meal without worry and Dumbledore was organising for the training session and Professor McGonnagal who perhaps shouldn't have had this job was telling Ron about Harry and Hermione, although she did not know the full story about it herself, all she knew was that something special was happening to them both and that they were both in love.
"What"! yelled Ron exasperatedly. "How can they be, I swear I am going to kill Harry for this, he always has everything I want, fame, money, good looks, and now he has Hermione, the one girl who I loved, and he has everyone looking out for him...WHY DOES HE HAVE EVERYTHING, HE DOESN'T HAVE A WORRY IN THE WORLD, I HATE HIM"!
This seemed to really make Minerva angry because they next minute she exploded with rage shockingly. "DO YOU THINK HE CHOSE FOR ALL OF THIS TO HAPPEN MR WEASLEY? DO YOU? HE IS FAMOUS BECAUSE HIS PARENTS DIED, WOULD YOU HAVE LIKED THAT TO GET FAME? HMM? HE ONLY HAS MONEY BECAUSE HIS PARENTS LEFT IT HIM WHEN THEY DIED, IS THAT HOW YOU WOULD WANT MONEY? HE CAN'T HELP IF HE IS GOOD LOOKING OR NOT, IT IS CALLED GENETICS! AND NO ONE CAN STOP OR HELP LOVE, IT JUST HAPPENS, YOU FOOLISH BOY. POTTER HASN'T GOT A WORRY IN THE WORLD HAS HE? HE HAS TO STOP VOLDEMORT, AS IF THAT ISN'T ENOUGH WORRY AS IT IS, HE HAS TO CONTEND WITH SOMEONE HE LOVES GETTING HURT EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE, AND ONTOP OF IT ALL, HE WILL WORRY IF HE WILL SURVIVE THROUGH ALL OF THIS! DO YOU NOW UNDERSTAND WHAT POTTER GOES THROUGH!
Ron stared at the raving teacher utterly bewildered, and he immensely regretted and was disgusted with what he said and he knew that she was right and he was wrong. "I'm sorry, I just got so wound up over Hermione, I am happy for them, really, and I realise what Harry goes through.
"It is ok, I have forgotten how tough life could be at your age.
"Thanks Professor". And with that he went to the Hospital Wing to truly witness, The Ultimate Power.
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This is my favourite chapter so far. I love it. I hope you love it too. If only this story would get more popular :(. Please review! And enjoy. My next chapter might be a while off but hopefully not too long because my friend who does my spell checking cause she has Microsoft Word has gone away for three weeks! I have already written it though and I will begin writing the fifth tomorrow or the day after. Thank you so much for your brilliant reviews.