Harry Potter & the Power of the Eclipse

"Like this is speech." Like this is written words. Like this is thoughts. Like this is telepathic. Like this is different language.

Chapter 13

"..do you mean by 'He had glowing eyes' Mr. Malfoy?" Was what Ginny heard as soon as she snuck into the hospital wing. It was Dumbledore.

"Just that sir. His eyes were glowing and his retinols were slitted. I swear they were." He said from his bed. There was a cast on his arm.

"Thank you, that will be enough for now. Please take the sleeping potion so that you may sleep through the skelegrow." As Malfoy took the potion she spotted Shadow on the far side of the room. She hid herself until the professors left.

"Well he was telling the truth, so that brings the matter of what is possessing this boy. Poppy are you having any problems?" Dumbledore asked at the nurse's tired looks.

"No it is just that it was harder to get the venom out of his blood. I still can't figure out why he has wolf blood in his body. That and the scars on his back aren't healing at all. I can't figure that out either."

"Perhaps it is not the fact that he is possessed that gives him his unnatural eyes, but that Mr. Grim is not human?" Asked Snape.

"Impossible. No creature can use human magic, and he has been all year." Retorted McGonagall.

"Nun the less he need to be awake for us to exercise the demon in him. Poppy how long should he be out?" Albus inquired.

"With strength of that curse he'll be out for more than a month, if not two. I mean that curse could have killed him, if not for the fact that he ripped it out so fast."

"So what you are saying is that his immune system is weak against that curse?" Flitwick(?Spelling?) inquired.

"Not likely. That curse was meant to kill any normal wizard in a most painful death, by what my tests on the venom say. Most would die with in an hour even if they did pull it out as fast as he did." She replied.

Again with that thought that he is not human. If he isn't human than what is he?

The love of your life maybe?

Lara don't joke around like that.

I'm not.

Than it is the room of ducks and fish for you.

You do and I will bite myself, real hard before we change back. Or maybe rip your clothes to shreads?

Lara don't you dare.

But before Lara could reply Dumbledore spoke up.

"Serverus I think we should break into his mind. Poppy, if you may make sure he is asleep and give him three mind numbing draughts. We need to find out everything we can about this man and when he is distracted by pain will be the best time. Ginny was fuming. The old man was still up to his dirty ways of getting information. Pomphrey did as she was told and stood back as Dumbledore and Snape stepped forward.

"Ligemins!(?Spelling?)" They both shouted at the same time.

Inside Shadow's mind they find themselves standing side by side in a forest. They saw Shadow walk into the clearing and stop, as if listening, though they heard no sounds at first. Then they heard it. The stomp of a troll and it was coming their way. A Greater Troll walked into the clearing with its sword dragging its sword until it saw Shadow. It charged, roaring out and slashing down. It attacked again, this time a rock breaking the memory Shadow's leg. As the troll raised its sword a third time a large ebony wolf appeared and lunged at the trolls throat. The scene froze.

Albus seemed curious, while Snape was looking around slightly scared, though he would never admit it.

"Serverus, what is the matter my boy?"

"This is like what happened last time before, before, before they appeared." He pointed a shaking wand at the pack of wolves that appeared around them. Albus pulled his own wand out and prepared for the attack. "What is this, some kind of mental defense?"

"No, the mind numbing draughts should be keeping any at bay."

The wolves pounced before they could say anything more. Snape retreated from the young man's mind when there was a wolf on each arm and another at his throat, falling to the ground with a shout that startled most of the other professors.

Dumbledore was surrounded by wolves, and they seemed to just keep getting up every time he stunned one. The area darkened and the wolves all grew to twice their size. They gave a blood chilling howl before attacking, biting and scratching away at the old man.

In the real world they all watched worriedly as small cuts and rips appeared on him. Finally he was thrown out of Shadow's mind by the pack, as did his body go flying back. He skittered on his back for a short distance before stopping. The teachers rushed over to him.

"Albus what happened?" Asked McGonagall.

"We were attacked by a pack of wolves when a memory we were watching froze. What was that Albus? You said any mental defenses would be down with that much mind numbing draught." Replied Snape.

"I do not know, Serervus, but my only guess is that what ever possesses the boy is strong. We will need to perform the exorcism as soon as he wakes."

Not if I can help it. Thought Ginny. After all, exorcism involved looking through every memory and placed some control over the one excersised. They would need permishan first, that much she did know.She snuck out again and rushed down to the entrance hall and out the doors. She ran as fast as she could into the forest and to the clearing where Shadow kept his tent. She went in and found his mage phone. Opening it she found the menu and looked for what Shadow had told her was the number to the local government in the US. She was thankful he had shown her how to use his phone. Hitting enter the phone began to dial the number. The when the pick up sound beeped the screen showed a female secretary sitting at her desk.

"May I help you?"

"Yes, I am a friend of Shadow S Grim."

"Yes he is the exchange student that went to England. Is there a problem?"

"Yes. Can you patch me through to the person in charge of the exchange program, I need to talk to tme."

"One minute, please." The screen paused for a second before changing to a man sitting at a larger desk.

"May I help you Ms…"

"Ginny Weasley, sir. And yes. You see…" She explained Shadows predicament to the man, who turned out to be named Jason Freegon. When she finished he told her to turn the phone away from her and with a pulse of light he was standing there with a file in hand.

"Can you show me where he is?" Freegon asked.

"Yes, but I think I can get us there with Shadow's mage phone." She thought back to when he showed her how he did it. She only had a little trouble with getting the altitude set, which put them a foot in the air right out side the hospital doors.

"You did pretty good for a first timer." He then walked into the room, to see Dumbledore and Pomphrey talking silently on the far side. Ginny snuck in as well but stayed hidden. "Excuse me, I believe that you have a Mr. Shadow S Grim in this informary."

"May I ask who you are?" Dumbledore asked.

"I am Mr. Freegon, and am in charge of the exchange student program. We apologize for not getting you a notice. Now then to the reason I am here. From what I understand, you have found several things that concern you about Mr. Grim. Am I correct?"

"Yes, he has several medical things that concern us. He-" Pomphrey started.

"Has wolf blood, two large vertical scars on either side of his spine, and he has already been treated for his psychological trauma, which happened when for personal reasons. So there is no need to perform an exorcism on him, and that would be done by one of our own doctors if the need arises."

"But the boy needs to be exercised to remove the evil that caused him to brutally attack and nearly kill a student in a dual."

Ginny finally stepped forward from her hiding place.

"Excuse me headmaster, but the rules they set up only said no unforgivables, nothing about choking. And from what I could tell he was acting so after Malfoy taunted him about raping and killing me." Pomphrey looked a shocked and disgusted while Dumbledore stayed silent. Freegon spoke up.

"Aw, that would do it." When he saw their questioning gazes he explained a small amount to them. "You see a few months ago he was caught by a gang and forced to watch them rape and kill ten women. As I said before he has already been treated for it and is only a danger when provoked about it. Also please do not bring it up, as it will cause him to snap just as well."

"Than why did you send him over here?" Demanded Pomphrey.

"For one, he was already cured. Two, he passed his last year with top marks, and three, no one else was willing to go." He replied. "Now then, if I am done here I will be taking my leave. And I would suggest leave Ms. Weasley here alone with him, as it is always best to have a familiar face after a traumatizing occurrence." He gave Ginny a wink that made her blush before he pulled out a mage phone of his own and disappeared with a pulse of light.

Ginny turned to the adults as they turned to her. She could just see the desperation Dumbledore had to learn about Shadow.

"Ms. Weasley, I need to speak with you in my office before you can stay with Mr. Grim."

"No thank you headmaster, I am content with making sure he sleeps well." Poor Shadow, being forced to watch as ten women are raped and killed.

"Ms. Weasley, I think that he can stay asleep long enough for you to come to my office and get back."

"Actually Dumbly-dork, she doesn't even have time to breathe right now, as I am already awake." Shadow sat up and rubbed his neck a little.

"Mr. Grim, how long have you been awake?" Demanded the nurse a little in shock.

"Since Freegon came in. Now I do believe I will follow my councilor's advice and would like to start my coping, now get out before you hinder my healing." With this Pomphrey shoved Dumbledore out of the room and went straight to her office. At her door she turned around.

"All I can say Mr. Grim is that you coping sessions better not include anything beyond a hug, so if I come in and you have her with her clothes off you will need the morgue to come pick you up." With that she closed the door, leaving a crimson Ginny and a reddened Shadow.

"I can't believe she would think me a gigolo, let alone hormone driven." That seemed to get Ginny out of her state of embarrassed shock, who laughed a little.

"So, you want to talk about that?"

"No I got over it already. But yeah a gang captured me, made me watch them have fun, and kill the women. Why they did it is beyond me and let's just say I responded similarly to how I did to the blond gigolo of the dungeons."

"You poor thing." She brought him into a big hug.

"I don't know if you realize this but you are acting like your mom." Ginny let go of him, though she did sit down on the bed. "And thanks for stopping me." She nodded.

"Oh and I was wondering if you would like to come to America for Christmas break with me." She thought for a minute before deciding to go.

"I think it would be wonderful to go with you." She said delicately. He smiled down at her.

This will be a very good Christmas this year. That is for sure. Thought Shadow as the continued to talk, deciding to keep her going to America a secret until afterwards.

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Declaimer: Don't own HP. So get it in your heads. I know only Rowling owns it, her and who ever had her sign the contract to let them publish the things.

A/N: I know that this chapter was a little cheap but hey, I don't really care. Hope you all liked it.And thanks for all of the reviews so far.R&R please.