Harry Potter and the Gem of Power
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Chapter 8: Neville Longbottom
Speech types:
~Parseltongue~
Spells
Parselmagic
"Normal Speech"
'Thoughts'
(Gobbledygook)
(Previously)
It read: 1 000 000 000 + magical core expansion = 1 000 000 000 000 000.
(Present)
It's been nearly 2 months since I moved in with the Longbottom family, and Neville and I have gotten much closer. He explained what happened to his parents about a month ago, and I have since then been researching things that could possibly help them, without success. It appears that there's no cure for crucio induced insanity. I disagree. If you have the power, will, and defiance, anything is possible. I had all three in huge quantity. I also had been helping around the manor, learning as much as I possibly could before going to Hogwarts, and, from what Gran (she told me to call her that, so that it could feel like we were more of a family) said, I knew upto the 3 year spells, and could do some first year spells silently. I could manage the Lumos charm wandlessly, but it was very weak. Gran told me that most wizards couldn't even do that, so I was stronger than the majority of wizards before starting my first year of Hogwarts.
"Gran, where's Neville? I have something to show him, and I'm pretty sure that he's going to love it." I ask, not giving my intention, or idea away. I had come across a spell that had potential for my desire to aid Neville, and I wanted to test it out.
"I think he's in the greenhouse, doing his thing. Why?" She replied, pausing to look at me.
"I found a spell in your library that, with enough power in it, could remove Frank and Alice's insanity. Return them to the state they were before they were tortured." I reply, hoping that she wouldn't shoot my idea down before I could test it.
"What's the spell? Which book did you find it in?" She asked, looking like she already knew the answer, but wanted to confirm it.
"Contrarium Crucio, but to return it, I need to add Ante, so to increase the likelihood of it returning to the state before, and not returning. But I want to ask Neville his opinion, before testing it." I reply, and see her face grow pale, and see her thinking of something.
"Now, don't feel down, but that spell is a Dark spell, not something that you should use, even for a good cause. Why don't you try and find a Light spell that would work as well?" She asked, trying to ease the pain. I felt that she wasn't telling me everything, and vowed to look into it. But first, I needed to figure out what makes a spell dark, light, or grey.
"Okay, Gran. Sorry for bothering you. I'll continue searching for an answer." I replied, not planning on actually following through with it. I planned to test out the spell, using the one I found, and the one I created. But, first I needed a test subject.
Looking around, I see a family of squirrels, running towards a tree. I pull out my 'wand' (it's just a stick I found on the ground, and used it to cast spells. It was like using a wand, only I had to watch how much power I sent through it.) and cast several stunners, hitting all the squirrels. I pick them up, and bring them into my room. Using a silencing spell, I cast the crucio spell.
"Crucio!" I hold it for about 3 minutes, ignoring the squirrels cries of pain. I do it on a second one, leaving the others for comparison. I then cast my spell.
"Ante Contrarium Crucio!" I hold it for the same amount of time, before ending it. I see the squirrels eye's clear up, and watch it for a couple of minutes, looking for any signs that the insanity was returning. After waiting for an hour, I still haven't started seeing any signs that the insanity was going to return. I was elated. 'Hi, could you send me to the room that the Longbottoms are in, so I can remove their insanity?'
"Yes I can… my child… Just let me… use your… core…" It replied, before I feel a presence in my mind.
I feel the sudden pull of my magic, and let it send me to St. Mungo's. When I stop feeling the crushing pressure of the apparition, I see several employees looking at me, with a look of fear and shock.
"W-who a-are y-y-you?" One of them stutters.
"Harry Potter, and I'm here to end the Longbottom's insanity." I tell them, and point my 'wand' at Frank.
"Ante Contrarium Crucio!" I intone, and see a glowing red light shoot from my wand and hit Frank in the head. I hold it for 15 minutes, before ending it. I hear one of the nurses pull their wand out and get ready to cast medical observational spells on Frank, before I interrupt.
"Not yet, the spell hasn't fully ended his insanity. I will have to do it once more, after I do Alice before you can diagnose him. But don't interfere right now, or it could kill him." I explain, noticing her curious look. I cast the spell on Alice, but only for 5 minutes, before I sense the end of her insanity. I turn to the nurse. "Give her a couple of minutes before checking her over. She needs to get accustomed to her new state. I'll tell you when she's ready to be diagnosed."
I cast the spell on Frank, once again, but only for a couple of minutes, before I feel his sanity return. I end the spell, and tell the nurse to check Alice out. When she does, she see's a huge rise in cognitive capability, thought processing, and the increased use of the frontal lobe. She stares at me, mouth open, with a look of extreme shock, before fainting. I wake her up, and ask her to check Frank, since the spell had time to reverse the insanity. She does, and sees the same results as Alice.
I had succeeded. Now, Neville's parents could live with Neville, and watch their son grow up. I felt elated, not noticing the intense feeling of pleasure from using the Dark spell. I glance at the Longbottoms, and see them opening their eye's. I see that they are having trouble keeping their eye's open, from the brightness in the ward. I conjure a couple pairs of sunglasses, and put them on their faces. They open their eye's and see me looking at them.
"James?" I hear Alice ask, looking at me.
"I'm not James. I'm his son, Harry Potter. And I've just ended your insanity, which Bellatrix gave you. If you don't want to remember what happened, I can get someone to remove those memories, until you feel that you can deal with them." I inform her, not telling them that I used a Dark spell to reverse a previous Dark spell.
"Thanks Harry. I really appreciate it. You wouldn't happen to know where my mother is, or my son is? I don't see them here with you." Frank asked me, looking around the ward, trying to locate Neville and Augusta. I think about how to tell them that I came here alone, going against Grans instructions. Without telling them that I used the Dark Arts on them.
"They're currently at Longbottom Manor, doing their thing. I came here, hoping to cast the spell I had created to reverse Crucio induced insanity. An dit worked." I explained, not looking at them, worrying about their reactions. I feel something wrap around my neck, and I realize that I was being hugged. I felt loved, and wrapped my arms around whoever was hugging me, hugging them back.
"Thank you for helping us. You have no idea how much this means to us. You gave us the ability to care for our son again. How can we repay you?" Alice asked, being the one not hugging me.
"You have no need to repay me. I did this out of the kindness of my heart, and out of desire to see Neville happy again." I explain to her, hoping that she might suggest adoption, so that I could say that I lived with my parents, not at a friends house. "I also did this so that I could see Neville get time with his parents before Hogwarts. I hated seeing him walk in here, only to walk back out feeling worse."
"Harry, why aren't Lily and James with you? Did V-Voldemort get to them?" Frank asked, letting go of me, so he could give his wife the chance to hug me. Then he noticed my new depressed look, and realized that they had been killed. "Hey, son, it's okay to cry, everyone does it. You should too. It's very therapeutic."
"I don't even remember them, that's what I'm unhappy about. I'm glad that they weren't just sitting back, staying out of the war. They went down fighting, and I'm honored to be their son." I reply, going for a half truth, rather than a lie. "I just wish that I knew more about them, that's all."
"Son, you're looking at two people that went to school with them, and that were pretty close to them. We can answer your questions to the best of our ability, or we can show you the memories. Which one do you prefer?" Alice asked, looking happy to be able to help her son's friend.
"Watching the memories, but let's get you home, so you can say hi to Neville and Gran." I tell them, before holding out my hand. "Do you want to apparate, or floo back home? I can do either, so it doesn't matter to me."
"How old are you? Have you even begun Hogwarts? How do you know how to apparate?" Alice asked, looking more confused by the second.
"I don't know, but I do. I'm sorry if you were looking for a more indepth explanation, but that's all I know," I lied, before waiting pointedly for their desired mode of transportation.
"Apparition, if you please." They both asked, and I grabbed their hands, before letting they presence apparate us to Longbottom Manor.
"Wait here, I'm going to grab Neville." I tell them, before walking towards the greenhouse. Once I can barely see them, I apparate to Neville, and tell him that a couple of people want to talk to him. He asks me to apparate us to them. I oblige.
"Neville! We missed you!" I hear his parents screech.
"Mum? Dad?"