A/N: In honor of the arrival of the final Harry Potter book, I've decided to post the rest of "Black Phoneix" as well as the Prequel. Please keep in mind that this was written before the last book. (Also, this gives me time to finish the other two stories that go with "Sirius' Potion Mistake")
Chapter 9: The Trance
"Where's Harry?" James asked when Ron, and Hermione came down.
"And where's Ginny?" Arthur added.
"They're upstairs." Ron said. "Harry found another room he wanted to explore and Ginny went with him."
"Are you sure it's safe for them to be alone together?" James asked in a teasing manner. "From Harry's stories last night, he's developing quite a crush on Miss. Weasley."
"Finally!" Hermione said. "They are perfectly safe. And Harry just wasn't hungry."
"Well, let's eat." Sirius said. "It's Harry's own fault if he misses lunch."
"Besides, we can plan his party." James said.
"That's right." Hermione said slapping her forehead. "Tomorrow's Harry's birthday. I lost track of the dates."
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About halfway through lunch,
"Mum?" Ron asked. "What's my power level?"
"What brought this up?" Molly asked.
"We were going through some books," Hermione explained "And some of the spells can only be performed by people with certain power levels. We wanted to know what our levels were to see our limitation."
"Ron's is 67." Arthur said. "Ginny's is also 67 and Fred and George's are both 65. All of the Weasleys are in the sixties."
"And Harry's?" Hermione asked.
"Harry's…" Sirius started then looked confused. "What IS his power level?"
"We never told you." James said taking a sip of water. "THAT is a Potter secret."
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After lunch in what James called the "Training Room" (it was where James, Sirius, and Peter practiced their forms during Christmas and Summer.) the gang was watching Harry who was still in his trance.
Ginny sighed at her crush. "You just HAD to be powerful, didn't you?"
Harry didn't respond.
"S—t" Ron said as he remembered the conversations at lunch. "the Party!"
"RON!"
"Sorry. What if he doesn't wake up in time?"
"And Mr. Potter was going to tell Harry something." Ginny remembered. "Tomorrow MORNING."
"I have an idea." Ginny said. "Hermione, can people in the trances be moved?"
Hermione looked at the book. "It doesn't say they can't."
"How about forcing their eyes closed?" Ginny asked.
"I get it." Ron said. "We move Harry to his room and put him in bed. To everyone else, it will look like he's just asleep."
"We can do that." Hermione said. "But let's save that for when we go to bed."
"Harry and I share a room." Ron said. "I'll get his eyes closed."
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That night,
"Harry and I snuck into the kitchen while Trixy was up here preparing rooms." Ron lied. "So, we're not hungry. Actually…"
He gave a fake yawn.
"…We're going on to bed." He continued.
"Suite yourself." Tonks said.
Ron went up to Harry's room.
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"Okay." Hermione said as she and Ron carried Harry to the bedroom. "Ginny. Get the door."
Ginny ran behind Ron who was walking backwards with Harry's feet and opened the door for her brother and friend.
"Don't drop him." Hermione said to Ron.
Ron nearly did drop him when they saw all of the Quidditch posters and the two canopy beds with dark red curtains and gold frame.
"Wow." Ron said looking at his room for the summer. "I think I'm going to like it here."
"Get him into one of the beds." Hermione ordered looking over her shoulder.
They walked over to one of the beds. Hermione moved over to one of Harry's sides, still holding him, and placed him on the bed with Ron doing the same thing.
Harry didn't even blink.
"Um? Shouldn't he be in his pajamas or something?" Ginny asked. "You know, so it doesn't look like he just collapsed on the bed."
"True." Hermione said going to Harry's trunk and pulling out a pair.
"Out." Ron said. "I'll dress him."
"Fine." The girls said
"We'll be at dinner." Hermione said.
They left the room.
"This close." He heard Ginny complain. "I was this close."
"I don't believe her." Ron sighed as he removed the glasses.
A few minutes later, he managed to get Harry dressed for bed.
"Perfect." he said when he finished.
After another look,
"He looks like a fifteen year old dressed him." Ron observed.
Ron went to turn off the lights forgetting to close his friend's eyes. He remembered after the lights were turned off and he turned in the direction to Harry's bed. Two golden lights were shining from where Harry's head laid.
"Bloody hell." Ron swore as he flipped the lights on.
He went over to his friend and closed Harry's eyelids. He went back to the light switch and turned off the lights before climbing into his own bed thinking about his form. It had been a long day.
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The next morning,
Ron was woken up by a soft whisper across the room.
"Harry? Harry? Wake up. I need to tell you something. Wake up Birthday boy"
Ron sat up in bed to see James Potter gently shake his son trying to get a response.
"Good luck trying to wake him up." Ron told the man.
"He's tired, isn't he?" James asked
"Yeah." Ron said. Let's go with that.
"C'mon Harry." James said trying to wake his son up. "We have a surprise for you."
"I'll tell him you were here when he wakes up." Ron said. "Waking him up is like…trying to give a dragon a bath."
James gave him a don't-pull-that-on-me look.
"He's just tired." Ron said. "Give him a few more hou…what time is it?"
"Ten o'clock."
"Give him a couple of more hours." Ron said. "He'll be up in time for the you-know-what."
"Okay?" James said leaving the room.
"And Mr. Potter!" Ron called.
James turned to the redhead.
"Try not to die on Harry again." Ron said. "He really needs you and Mrs. Potter."
"I have no intention of dying on Harry again." James said looking at his son before leaving the room.
Ron sighed in relief before climbing out of bed.
"Harry?" Ron asked hoping for some type of response.
Nothing.
"Anything?" Hermione asked peeking her head in.
"Nothing." Ron answered.
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A few minutes later, Harry was dressed and the girls were in the room.
"We need a name." Ron said.
"I have it!" Ginny said. "The Golden Group."
"The Golden Group?" Hermione and Ron asked.
"You three are the Golden Trio." Ginny explained pointing to Harry, Ron, and Hermione. "So, we can all be the Golden Group."
"I can live with that." Ron said.
"We also need nicknames." Ginny added.
"Can't we wait for that?" Hermione asked looking at Harry. He was propped up in the bed with his eyes still closed.
KNOCK KNOCK
"Who's there?" Ron asked.
"Sirius"
"Sirius Who?" Ron teased
"Sirius Black." Sirius answered opening the door. "Is he STILL asleep?"
"Yeah. He's pretty conked out." Ron said.
"We've been trying everything." Hermione said.
"Let's hope he wakes up in time for the party." Sirius said. "Oliver Wood just got here."
"Oh boy." Ron said.
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At noon,
Ron was pacing the room waiting for Harry to snap out of his trance.
"What the bloody hell is taking so long?" Ron asked.
"Relax." Hermione said marking another page of the lost spells book. "He'll wake up."
Everyone sighed at the same time. When they did this, they missed hearing a gasp from the direction of the bed.
"Whoa." Harry said quietly as he woke up and looked around. "What the…"
Ron had gone back to pacing while Hermione and Ginny were going through the animagi book
How did I get here? Harry thought.
"Ron." Ginny said. "That is really getting…Harry!"
"Huh?" Ron asked not getting Ginny's meaning.
Ginny had gotten up off the bed and ran over to Harry's bed.
"Nice to see you awake." She teased.
"What happened?" He asked. "Has it been fifteen minutes?"
"Actually," Hermione explained. "A multi goes into the trance longer. It depends on the level exactly HOW long."
"How long?" Harry asked.
"24 hours mate." Ron said. "It's noon again."
"Noon? Twenty-four hours?" Harry asked slouching on his pillows. "We've been caught. Haven't we?"
"Actually no." Ron said. "We've managed to hide it."
"Even from Dad?"
"Even from Dumbledore." Ginny said proudly.
"My form!" Harry remembered. "I saw…"
"We know you're a multi." Ron interrupted.
"But what he saw was his main form." Hermione told Ron. "Go on."
"I saw…."
TBC
A/N: Evil cliffhanger. But, I think you all can guess.