Chapter 7, Summer Lovin', Having a Blast

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^speech^ - parseltongue

Hermione smiled at her wand. She could learn and do magic with it until her first year at Hogwarts. She was going to change her life with it. The wand itself was vinewood and dragon heartstring, 9 and ¾ quarters long. (1) Olivander said it was a wand for those who were once wronged. Hermione smirked, never again.

She sat down in the living room with a book opened in her lap. She needed this to go perfectly as this was her only opportunity to cast these spells. She didn't need to worry about her parents seeing her because they were both gone. They had another fight and had run off to wherever it is that they sulk. Hermione knew that what she was going to do was wrong however it would finally fix her situation so she didn't care.

She was planning to simply make her parents get along. She didn't want the in love she just wanted the fighting to stop so she needed a series of mind altering spells, such as the suggestion spells Hermione was reading about. It didn't matter that the spells would fade because by then it would be habit. She was thinking about a couple of suggestion charms mingled with a weak cheering charm and a calming spell. Ron had also suggested adding a finely tuned notice-me-not charm so that her parents simply wouldn't notice each other, avoiding conflict for the first few months.

It had only been two weeks since she had met Ron and Harry but already they had sent her enough letters to fill her desks top draws. Harry's beautiful snowy owl Laveda carried all their letters. (2) They sent their support and advice on her mission and progress reports on their own. Somewhere within the magic and moral debates were well wishes and personal stories detailing their day-to-days. Hermione was so glad to have met them and had already decided to take the bond. It had to be better than her life now.

Harry Potter wanted to learn the laws of magic. He had memorised 'Magical Theory' mostly due to the use of the bonding charm that Ron mentioned as an example. He had been shocked to find not only that he often used magic in ways that defied the few laws of magic but was also that wandless magic was supposedly a lot tougher than what Harry found it. His skills were at a point where they were better than his skill with a wand.

In a small muggle exercise book Harry wrote out his ideas about magical theory is comparison to the set book by Adalbert Waffling-

Adalbet Waffling's theories,

1) The Dead cannot be brought back to life. Once a soul is gone it can never return to this plain.

2) Magic behaves differently to ordinary energy, it floats and defies gravity.

3) Pronunciation, wand movement and precision are needed for spell casting. They are the main and easiest part of casting magic to teach.

4) The other harder part is belief. You must have belief in the spell to master it.

5) The five exceptions from Gamp's law of Transfiguration are love, life, food, money and knowledge. It is impossible for magic to create these things, it can only imitate, end or manipulate them.

Harry Potter's theories,

1) N/A (must explore death and magic at a later date)

2) Magic is just another form of energy. It can be reflected, countered and avoided. It would not be affected by gravity as it is energy it's self and it is clear it is neither created nor destroyed. Somehow it is stored within wizards (potential energy?). (Must explore further)

3) The so called mechanics of magic are a trick. Magic needs intention (and power?) to work. The mechanics seem to build both via emotional response (they don't really do anything people just believe the do, so it works). I have determined that I am a powerful wizard and therefore must recreate tests on a lesser powered being to confirm results.

4) Intention is how you cast a spell. It is belief and purpose combining. First you must want/crave/need the spell to work. If you are coerced or unwilling to cast the spell it is less likely to work. Belief is needed for the spell to manifest. You must really believe that the spell will happen or it will fail.

5) N/A (Note, find out how one differentiates money from random gold or even steel)

Harry was rather proud of himself for so much research with only a few months of exposure to magic however he wasn't sleeping or 'playing' as much as he should and Professor Sprout was worried about him. So he had to go outside and do normal kid things every now and then so she would think he was depressed or worse.

He had also made a list of limitations that he saw in magic with annotations to help himself-

Cannot resurrect the dead or create new life (apparently)

Cannot heal every injury (confirmed by previous visit to Madam Pomfrey who said it was impossible to remove my scar or fix ten years of abuse)

Has not progressed well in to mind healing (There are mind arts though so I feel this is the wizarding world's fault)

Knowledge cannot be magically absorbed (There are no spells for gaining knowledge. I cannot wave my wand to learn a language however I cannot confirm whether this is because no thought of it or because it is impossible)

Cannot create love

Cannot create money (The exceptions to Gamp's law suck ass, they are what we spend our whole lives trying to get and we can't even magic them)

He also scrawled this on the bottom of the list-

I now understand why poorer witches and wizards don't magic possessions, clothes or objects. I have experimented in transfiguration, conjuration and banishment and I have figured a few things-

1) that magically produced objects are of low quality and also fade or come undone over time

2) this low quality is caused by two things, static from the magic holding the spell in place and the retention of the original objects properties. i.e. if you turn a leaf into a blanket it is still scratchy and bumpy

3) conjured items are magical energy made solid, therefore if you knew the genetic makeup of something you would be able to reproduce it almost perfectly. i.e. conjured food would have the necessary nutrients and minerals, it is lack of knowledge that limits magic.

Harry sighed, it seemed that he needed a more practical grasp of magic before he could fully explore it. Harry left the walnut and phoenix feather wand (11 inches) on the table. He detested it. Wands may focus magic but it was at the expense of raw power. He compared them to safety blankets, they were for support but soon the user was dependant. So Harry was learning the spells wandlessly. Wandless magic took much longer to learn but was less exhausting as less magic was needed.

Harry felt as if the world's mysteries lay were lay bare to him but still he thought of Ron and Hermione. He used his new pen pals as sounding boards for some of his ideas mainly but he also answered their own issues. Hermione was trying to attempt high level (fifth year) charms, which fed nicely into his own research, whilst Ron was focusing on defence magic (Ron already knows the first and second year spells from his brothers and their books). Ron it seems was a veritable source of practical assessment of magic however Harry felt the need to assess magic for himself. Hermione on the other hand was very good at thinking about how to best harness magic, it was her that came up with the idea that magic works better with detailed knowledge.

All in all Harry was finally happy with his life and opening up. He knew he would take the bond, it would not only allow him to gain trusted colleagues and a different perspective he would also be able to include the deep knowledge of bonds into his magic research. Already his life was better than before.

Ron spent most of his time in his room reading or in the clearing behind his house practising. While Ron was already ahead, having read and mastered most of his brother's spell books since he was eight, he had never had any real combative spell training. Ron was making up for lost time now, thanks to a few galleons and Harry Potter, that he had the correct books.

Ron had a schedule that he followed religiously. Everyday he would run twice around the house before breakfast. He would practise casting spells in the field until lunchtime and then talk to his siblings. After desert he would read or practise with his knife up in his room until his mother yelled at him to go to bed. This routine was punctuated by visits from Laveda. When this happened he would quickly read the letters. He wrote out long responses to those letters while talking to Percy (who respected his privacy) or when he was supposed to be asleep.

He knew his parents were worried by him but it still came as a shock to Ron when his parents sat him down before dinner.

***Flashback***

"Ron, is every thing okay?" his father asked.

"Um, fine dad," Ron nervously replied.

He was playing with the bare threads of the quilted pill in his lap wondering what this was all about. Even though he trusted his parents Ron couldn't help but warily eye their hands, making sure they were free of weapons, wands, heavy books or anything else that could hurt. He noted that he had a clear exit to the left and visibly relaxed.

"Are you sure? You aren't upset or hurt at all?"

Ron raised an eyebrow, "Should I be?"

"No, no, no," his mother interjected, "It's just you are really distant from the family lately."

"What? I talked to Percy for like two hours yesterday. I played with Ginny the day before. I thought I was okay with all of you," Ron said.

"You are Ron," his dad assured him, "It's just that you go missing all the time and spend hours locked in your room and owls are giving you letters at all hours."

Ron scoffed, "I'm reading in my room and sometimes I answer letters," Ron didn't feel the need to let them in on the knife though. "I disappear to think. I've lived with you all my life and I just want some space so I go for walks. As for the owl, there is only one and its Harry's. Hermione and him are sending me letters, about what they are doing and what they have read that was good. I'm just trying to occupy myself, sorry if I worried you."

His dad smiled and his mum relaxed, "Thank goodness. Don't scare us like that you silly boy."

Ron stood up quickly before he could be wrapped in a hug, "Well I'm going to talk to Percy, I have yet to convince him that muggleborns are in need of better protection policies."

***FlashbackEnd***

It was only then that he realised just how different he was than normal kids. It wasn't that he checked rooms for escapes and that his greatest fear was death, it was that he thought, acted and lived differently. He was grateful for Harry and Hermione more than ever. Without them he might never have related to any one his age, he would have been shunned. He couldn't wait to hear if they would accept the bond, he was sure Hermione would but Harry might refuse. Either way life could only get better.

(1) Hermione has the same wand because it still fits her personality, Harry however has a different personality completely and therefore and new wand. Also Ron has the same hand-me-down ash wand from Charlie.

(2) This Harry wouldn't just pick a name. Laveda means purified in Latin and a variant of Veda which is wisdom. I thought it fitting.

And so it goes another lonely day.

You're saving time but you're miles away.

Yes that was an odd way to start an AN. It's some song lyrics that won't leave my brain. Any who, what do you think about my magic concepts? This is only a vague outline because, well, is only Harry first notes. Some things on it are liable to change. It's two thirty in the morning, I didn't sleep last night and I have to do my Math Assignment tomorrow (because it's due the day after). The point is that you should applaud my dedication to this story, and that I'm updating at this ungodly hour, with reviews. Also check my profile for my other stories! And as always feel free to add advice or ask questions, all it takes is a little click. And while your there... REVIEW! PRETTY PLEASE!

The next chapter the trio get their first glimpse of Hogwarts life. We find out if Hermione's parents stopped fighting and we await the sorting. Also I may have changed the plot for the third time so I decided to steal one reviewer's idea. Credit given totally next chapter. Now here's the interesting bit a pairing, most likely this will be Harry/Ron/Hermione. However this is not set in stone and it won't surface for a long time. I'm trying not to rush this story because I am kind of rush one of my other ones.