The Power He Knows Not
By ChupacabraTamer
All characters belong to JKR. Thank you for letting us play in your sand box.
This take place starting on the train ride at the end of GOF. Cannon divergent. New powers. Pissed off and powerful Harry. HP/HG
Warning: Some violence involving children. If you don't want to read it please find something else to read. You can't read a HP story without there being some violence.
Also: These are 15-year-old teenagers. There will be some physical interaction on HP and HG part. This in no way condone the behavior as much as acknowledge it's existence. I'm just recording what's happening to them. They are writing this for me. Again if this bothers you please feel free to find something else to read.
Chapter 5 – Meetings and Surprises
The next morning as the magenta hues started dancing on the walls of his room he opened his eyes to the now not unfamiliar bushy head of hair. One or both of them must have been restless in the night and Dobby had put them together the difference was the position. They ended up spooning with his arms wrapped around Hermione and pulling her firmly against his chest. This also ended up putting his right hand over her top side and resting snuggled between something soft. His first thought was a pillow then his mind caught up and realized what was so soft. This caused another morning problem with his hips against Hermiones backside, also soft but firm too.
He tried to relax and listen to her breathing. He could feel her chest rising and falling slowly and was hoping she would stay asleep until he could extract himself and get out of bed. That failed immediately when he tried to extract his right hand causing Hermione to stir and grabbed his hand and pulled it back between the soft pillows of her chest. That was when she woke up and realized what she did.
"Um. Harry are you awake?" she whispered.
"Yes. Sorry I didn't realize" He started.
"It would seem that I was part of it too so no problem." she squeezed his hand and held it in place "Since it's already there no need to move yet. This is very comfortable." She pulled him in a little tighter which pushed her bum into him a little harder.
"Hermione I don't think that is a good idea." Harry started.
"Oh. Um is that."
"Yes, I'm so sorry I didn't. I mean." Harry stammered.
"You know Harry as your girlfriend I would actually be disappointed if you didn't have a reaction to being this close to me. It's natural and" she paused and continued very quietly "It makes me feel good that you have this reaction to me. I guess you really do find me attractive. Even all messed up and sleeping."
"I do. You are the most beautiful women in the world to me." he said "Now I'm going to get up before I cause any other problems."
"What problems. Oh." Hermione giggled "Really?"
"Really." Harry said reluctantly pulling his hand from between her breasts slowly so as to enjoy the feeling as much as he could. This was not lost on Hermione and she moved her chest to keep the contact as long as she could.
Harry was out of bed and out the door with his exercise clothes before Hermione could roll over. She quickly got dressed and headed to the other bathroom and got ready for their morning run.
Hermione arrived in the kitchen and gave him a knowing smile as he came through the door. Daniel arrived a few minutes later and they all took off on their morning run and exercise. They actually enjoyed the morning runs and as they rounded the seven kilometer mark a big black dog jumped out from behind a hedge row and startled them. Barking at them and jumping up and licking both of their faces.
"Padfoot. That's gross" Harry said.
"Padfoot it's good to see you but I could really do without the doggie slobber."
Padfoot barked and ran off chasing a squirrel and caught up with them as they continued on their run. He followed them into the house and changed back in the kitchen, being sure he was out of sight of the windows.
"Pup, Hermione good to see you up and about. You are both looking good. How long was that run you did?"
"Ten kilometers. The potions and magic really helped us get faster quickly." Harry said.
"Potions?"
"Yes. After we started running Dobby mentioned there were enhancement potions that would help us achieve faster results. He popped off to Diagon alley and purchased some for us. He said since we were exercising so hard they would be safe to take regularly. I guess some magicals will take these to enhance their physical abilities but they are short lived and with longer exposure the effectiveness fades. Taking them after a workout actually helps the body get stronger faster." Hermione said.
"Must be something new in the last 12 years." Sirius said.
"So is this our surprise?" Harry asked.
"Not entirely." Said Emma.
"This is also a test run and a surprise. Right Sirius." Emma said.
Sirius grinned and nodded.
"Go shower and we will eat then the real surprise." Sirius said "Bring your swim costume with you when you return."
They were back in a flash, showered and dressed as soon as they sat down Dobby put food on the table for everyone.
They caught up on the past weeks and what was going on. Really not much. Sirius asked if they had been following the Prophet. Both shook their head. He sighed.
"I'm sorry Harry but you need to hear this from someone and I guess it's going to be me. You know being an adult really stinks at time. The Prophet is running you and Dumbledores names through the mud. They are calling you the usual, unstable, attention seeker, and a lier. It hasn't been pretty. There isn't much we can do as the Ministry runs the Profit. Not officially but the managing editor is a cousin of Fudges. Sorry to bring it up but you really need to know." Sirius explained.
Harry saw red for a moment. Hermiones hand reached out and pulled his hand to her lips and kissed it. This broke Harrys attention and he looked at her.
"It doesn't matter what they think. We can deal with him and them later." Hermione said in a very un-Hermione way.
Harry looked in her eyes and saw the venom in them and almost felt sorry for Fudge. Almost.
"Ok. You have a plan or just starting one?"
"Just a thought. I need to consult with my resident prankster." She looked at Sirius.
For his part Sirius tried to look innocent but failed miserably.
"Enough heavy stuff. Today is a test and fun time." Emma said.
The dishes were taken away and were cleaning themselves as Dobby packed a large picnic basket with all kinds of foods and drinks.
"Hermione do you want to test your wallet or Harrys?" Daniel asked.
She pulled hers out and set it on the table.
"Enlarge it to full size and we are all going to get in except Sirius. He will carry it around the block a few times and return here. Let's see how it handles travel with people inside." Daniel said.
Hermione opened it up full and the four of them got in. Harry insisted that Daniel and Emma take the sofa and Harry and Hermione took a seat on a conjured over stuffed chair just big enough for the two of them.
Sirius commented "Harry, that was impressive. I didn't know you could conjure that big of an object."
"Me either I just tried now and it worked. I guess my powers are increasing. We haven't been working as much on our magic lately."
"Still well done."
Sirius waved as his fingers flashed on the side of the door and it closed. From inside nothing much happened. They sat and waited. No one really had anything they wanted to say so they just sat. Harry and Hermione holding hands while Emma and Daniel did the same.
A while later the door opened up and Sirius was there looking in at them. "Anything?" he asked.
"We didn't feel a thing." Hermione said.
The rest shook their heads in agreement.
"Hermione did you get that new feature added?" Sirius asked.
"I totally forgot. Yes it should be working. I tried it in my room but not in the field yet."
"No time like the present. Dobby, we are ready for the surprise." Sirius took the picnic basket from the smiling elf and entered the room with the group. Not finding a place to sit he went for his wand only to find an over stuffed chair conjured beside him. Sirius looked but no one had a wand out.
"Hermione? Was that you?"
"No. Me" Harry said.
"Wandless and this large? Very impressive pup."
Sirius sat and Hermione waved the door closed and made the wallet shrink to its smallest size. Dobby knew what to do and he elf popped them to the beach at Botany Bay. This was almost a 2 hour drive and the Grangers loved this beach but rarely took the time to drive to it. Dobby had them there in a second.
Hermione activated the new project and a screen displayed on the blank wall that held the Murphy bed. They could see the Grangers kitchen and Dobby walking up to the wallet and picked it up. Smiling he snapped his fingers and the scene changed behind him. The white sand was almost blinding and they could see the chalk clifftops in the distance. Hermione waved her hand and the scene slowly rotated 360 degrees and they could see that Dobby had dropped them partially in the water.
Harry decided he really like wallet/elf travel. None of the nauseousness and all the distance.
"Was this your idea?" Hermione turned to her father.
"Nope. Mine." said Sirius "My first idea was to have Dobby drop it in the ocean about 2 meters down but that elf wouldn't hear of it. He said this would test the charms without possibly harming and I quote 'The Great Master Harry Potter Sir'. I didn't dare try to change his mind."
They all chuckled as Harry hide his blushing face. As much as it was annoying it was nice that Dobby was so protective.
"Well no time like the present. No one around so here goes." Hermione said and opened the wallet to full and pulled the door open. They were all expecting something but not what happened. The water was about knee deep at the door and just held there like it was part of an aquarium. Harry touched the water and his hand just passed through the doorway and came back wet.
"Well that worked better then I thought it would." Hermione admitted.
Grabbing the picnic basket they all exited and Hermione reduced the wallet to it's small size sticking it back in the waist of her swim costume. Dobby had deposited them as far down the beach as possible from the car park so there was no one around. They found a beach tent setup about 10 meters from the water. On inspection Harry found a wizard rune carved on one of the supports and realized that Dobby has left this for them.
"It looks like Dobby wants us to have a place away from the sun if we want." Pointing out the rune to Hermione and she agreed.
They had a great morning playing in the water. Sirius kept changing into Padfoot and chasing them all around the beach shaking water on them. It started to get annoying when he would get all wet and then roll on them when they were laying out but it was all in good fun and everyone was having a great time.
The picnic was more of a feast. All the usual favorite picnic foods were in the basket. Pork pies, scotch eggs, and sausage rolls. Plus there was fried chicken and several salads with dressing on the side. Dobby really knew this families eating habits well. After all that food the dessert included fresh strawberries and cream. They all had their favorite drinks as well and Dobby packed water bottles for each of them that never ran out.
Sirius groaned as he rolled over onto his towel "I don't think I will move for a month after that lunch."
"Dobby out did himself with this one." Emma agreed.
"Dobby that was incredible. You have earned yourself another day off this month." Harry said to the empty air. There was a pop and Dobby was in the tent with them.
"Master Harry Potter Sir not give Dobby day off. Dobby happy I serve the Great Harry Potter." Dobby said while bowing low.
"Dobby. Please no bowing. You are my friend and friends don't bow to each other. Do you see Hermione bowing to me?"
"No Master Harry Potter Sir." he said.
"I told you I would setup an account if I felt you needed to be paid extra. This is how I'm saying my thanks. You really made this a special day. Getting us here, helping us test the wallet, and the amazing food. We will be asking you to pop us home at the end of the day and I'm sure you have a plan for a fantastic dinner too. You're amazing so you pick another day to take off this month, please. It would mean a lot to me if you did." Harry said.
Dobby looked torn. He hated to take more time off but it would mean a lot to Master Harry Potter if he did. The five of them waited while the elf held a debate in his head. Finally he nodded.
"Thank you Master Harry Potter. Dobby agrees. Now Dobby bees working at Miss Hermy home."
With that he was gone with a pop. Hermione leaned over and kissed Harry lightly on the cheek.
"That was very nice of you."
Sirius just couldn't help himself and let out a wolf whistle. Emma and Daniel chuckled at the red faces on the two teenagers.
Later after some napping and reading they all headed to the water again. Harry pulled his wallet out of his swim trunks and swam out to where the water was about two meters deep. Waving to Hermione he went down to the bottom and expanded the wallet and entered the door. Hermione swam out and looked down. She could see his arm outside the door waving her down.
Hermione swam down and entered the door. Like the last time she stepped into a dry room. Dripping water on the floor. Harry wrapped a towel around her and pulled her in for a kiss. She squeaked but quickly returned his kiss. It turned more heated before they broke it off.
"As much as I love this I need you to try something for me." Harry said.
"Really. What did you have in mind." She said a little too heatedly.
Face red. "Nothing like that. I want you to go out and reduce the wallet and take it into the tent to let me out. I don't see any reason it shouldn't work but I want you outside just in case it needs help."
She nodded and with a good bye kiss she jumped through the door into the water. Harry could see her touching the side of the door and the doorway got smaller and then closed off totally. Harry waited.
He didn't have to wait long and the door opened and there was the inside of the tent with Sirius looking in at him.
"Worked great. Like before there is no motion sensation. I'm sure you jostled it around getting into the tent."
Hermione nodded a little red faced. "Actually it slipped out of my hand. I fumbled with it and dropped it on the sand. I'm glad it didn't effect you inside."
"Do you think I could get one of these?" Sirius asked "It could be very useful."
"Sure. I was hoping to ask you a few questions too."
They started talking and Harry left to join the Granger adults near the water. They looked surprised at Harry coming out of the tent as the last time they saw him he was out swimming.
"Hermione swam me in the wallet. We tested it to about 2 meters deep. Worked great." he said.
"Excellent. So all tests have worked so far?" Daniel said.
Harry thought for a minute and he pulled his out. Checking that they were still alone on the beach he opened it and checked each compartment. All dry from the money and gun pouches to the storage ones.
"Perfect. You have an amazing daughter. I really don't know anyone that could have followed those directions to get this working this fast. I read them and only understood a small portion of it." Harry said.
They agreed with Harrys assessment of their daughter.
"How do you feel about the training Harry? Do you think this will be a help?" Daniel asked
"Yes. The physical fitness will for sure. Dodging curses takes energy. Also, I understand from your teaching that retreat is an acceptable option. 'Live to fight another day'. I hate to admit it but I'm kind of looking forward to using some of the Jujitsu when I need it. A magical will be so surprised they won't know what to do." Harry said.
"Good. I was hoping you felt that way. But be careful to not show your hand too soon. You want some of it to be a surprise. Maybe do it but not perfectly the first few times so it looks like you don't know it as well as you do or that it was just dumb luck. That will keep them off balance. Remember, use your opponents power to your advantage. That includes mentally." Daniel said.
It was getting towards supper time when they had Dobby pop them back home. Dobby had the coals on the grill at a perfect temperature and was already putting steaks on the grill. They all headed upstairs to get showers and get ready for dinner. On returning to the kitchen Sirius let out a definitely canine whine at the smell of the grill wafting in the open window.
Later they all sat down to watch a movie. Stargate had just been released on video and as a family they all sat and watched. Dobby brought all of them popcorn and their favorite drinks. As Dobby gave Hermione her drink Harry reached out and took Dobbys hand and pulled the wide eyed elf to the couch between he and Hermione. Dobby tried to object when Hermione, noticing what Harry had done, shushed the elf and told him to watch the movie. Dobby slowly relaxed and when Harry passed him the bucket of popcorn Dobby took some and just enjoyed the movie. Hermione smiled over at Harry and he winked at her.
The next afternoon there was a knock on the door and Hermione beat everyone to it.
"Wotcher Hermione Harry" The pink haired auror said.
"Sirius said you needed some help and here I am." Tonks said.
Hermione led Tonks to the living room and pulled the drapes shut. Tonks looked curiously but said nothing. Hermione pulled out her wallet and expanded it to a full door and entered waving at Tonks to join her. When Tonks was in Hermione closed the door winking at Harry.
Harry looked at the closed door and decided to have some fun. He reduced the wallet and took it out to the shed in the back yard and left it on the floor. This would be another test he told himself. Not just a prank.
Two hours later as he was finishing the last of his summer homework Tonks and Hermione came stalking in the back door. Hermione looked at him and was almost mad until Tonks started laughing.
"That was a good one Harry. You should have seen the look on her face. I would have put the door facing the wall just for effect but still nice work." Tonks said giving Harry a high five.
Hermione looked back and forth at the two of them and started laughing. She finally got the joke.
"I would watch your back if I was you Harry." Tonks warned and Harry agreed.
"By the way Hermione that is one amazing wallet. I have seen trunks like that but never something that small." Tonks said "Amazing work. Ta I have to get to work. I hope I helped."
"Yes. Very much. Thank you Tonks." She gave the older auror a big hug as she left.
Harry tried to get out of Hermione what they had been up to but Hermione wouldn't budge. All she ever said was 'It's a surprise."
Harry found out a couple of days later when they went back to the UK Rifleshooting range. Hermione and Scott went in the back while Daniel was spotter for Harry on the thousand meter range. Harry was even better this time and beat Daniels score. Daniel was happy for him.
Scott and Hermione waited for Harry to finish his latest round and retrieve his target before they interrupted them. Hermione practically dragged them to the private pistol range as Scott locked the door behind them. Scott looked around and made sure no one was in the private room and nodded to Hermione.
Hermione went downrange and at 25 and again at 50 meters she pulled out stuffed animals from the compartment in her wallet. There were ten animals of various type, colors and sizes. The smallest was thirty centimeters tall and the largest was almost a meter.
Hermione pulled her Walther PPK from her wallet at her waist and chambered a round. Harry and Daniel quickly put on their hearing protection as Hermione took aim and the nearest bear and shot it. Harry expected to see it fall or explode or something. What he didn't expect to see was it disappear. The other surprise was the silence.
Harry and Daniel pulled off their protection as Hermione took aim at a target on the longer range and a meter tall pink unicorn vanished.
Scott and Hermione were both beaming with pride.
"Um. That's not supposed to happen like that is it?" Harry said.
"No. And definitely not that quiet. Even a silencer will make more noise. And there is no gun noise. Pumpkin. What's happening?" Daniel asked.
"The bullet was a portkey that activated when it left the gun. The chamber is a combination of runes and charms to banish the bullet and activate the portkey." Hermione said.
She pulled out the magazine and showed them. It looked like a normal magazine and they could see bullets in it but they were smaller and many more than the magazine should hold. There was also no brass that would be left behind.
"I got the idea from Sirius. One of his prank games the marauders used to play. It was like a hot potato but the person that ended up with the potato when the timer went off would have a piece of their clothing go missing. At the beach I asked him about doing that with a bullet. He helped with the charms and some runes to do the shooting but needed Tonks to show me how to do the portkey. It's really not that hard."
"Where did they go?" Harry asked.
Hermione pointed to the next shooting station and under there were the two animals missing a large amount of stuffing. Harry pulled them out for Daniel to see and Daniel let out a whistle.
"So these bullets are totally silent and after they put a hole in you they then portkey you somewhere else?" Daniel said.
Hermione nodded and Scott smiled with pride.
"I've never seen anything like it. Your girl is amazing. I wish we had something like this on our last mission." Scott said.
Daniels mind was racing with all the possibilities. It stopped on a new one.
"Scott. Do you have any riot bullets?"
Scotts eyes grew large and smiled an evil smile. "Be right back."
"Riot bullets?" Harry and Hermione both said
"Do you need to do the portkey in your wallet?" Daniel asked.
Hermione nodded and pulled out her wallet and enlarged it. Just as Scott returned with a box of bullets. They all entered the wallet and Scott handed the box to Hermione. Opening it they looked like bullets but touching the tips they were not the usual metal.
"They are not metal."
"No. Riot bullets are rubber. They hurt like hell but usually don't cause permanent damage. Unless you hit them in the eye. A nice clean chest or leg shot and they go down and usually stay down for a while but don't require hospital." Scott said.
Hermione got a feral gleam similar to the evil grin that had been on Scotts face and she pulled her wand and with a wave the bullets separated from the casings and they glowed for a moment. Hermione loaded them into the clip of her PPK and reholstered her weapon.
They left the wallet but kept it large.
Hermione shot two more and watched them disappear. She set the safety and pulled the mag and cleared the weapon. Putting the mag back in the gun then handed it to Harry. Using safe handling the gun muzzle never wavered from being pointed down range as Harry took it from her. Chambering a round he flicked the safety and pointing at a target he then put his finger on the trigger and squeezed.
Again silently the thirty centimeter purple lion disappeared. On inspection the lion was unharmed.
"What is the distance on the portkey and why don't they land on each other?" Harry asked.
Hermione smiled. "Tonks and I figured out how to charm the bullet to not allow it to land on anything. So it will move to the side about 20 centimeters to one side or the other. The landing site needs to be flat and won't harm the person portkeyed. As for distance I've only tried a short distance. I know there are International portkeys but I'm not sure what our maximum range will be."
"This is truly amazing. How many bullets are there in each magazine?" Daniel asked.
Daniel knew one of the heavier items to carry was all the rounds of ammunition. The Walther magazine only carried seven rounds so Hermione should plan on carrying at least ten clips to be sure she didn't run out.
"Each clip carries about one thousand rounds and weigh less than an empty clip. I have five clips for the Walther. The Uzi has double the capacity for each clip. I will be making clips for Harrys guns when he decides which ones he wants." Hermione said "Any ideas on when we can get our guns?"
"I have an idea on that front but it would require me telling Fleur about about your needs." Scott said.
Daniel looked at Scott sideways.
"Here me out. Fleurs father is the head of the magical equivalent of the MI-5. He can probably get guns that are untraceable much easier than you or I can. Even traceable ones. With the wallet we can get them in the country without a problem. What do you think?" Scott said looking at Daniel.
Hermione spoke up "Harry saved Fleurs little sister from the Merpeople during the Triwizard tournament. Her father did offer to help if we ever needed it. He also believes Harry that Tom was back. Maybe this would work out."
Daniel thought for a few minutes. Scott seemed a little nervous. He wanted to help out but getting guns into teenagers hands was a huge favor. He would rather solve the problem without having his fingers on the serial numbers. Daniel was having the same thoughts.
"Let's talk to Fleur and you two can see if she might be willing to help." Daniel said.
"I would like to show her the guns, without the portkey idea if we can. We can show the wallets and maybe use that as a bargaining chip. Even the guns would be a huge advantage and maybe we could offer to share the information for the guns we need." Hermione said.
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They met back at the range a week later and Fleur was waiting for them in the back room. Monsieur Delacour was there also. Hermione ran to Fleur and they hugged like the old friends they were. Harry was right behind her and received a Fleur version of a Hermione hug.
Fleur straightened and become the daughter of an official in the French Ministry of Magic.
"Harry and Hermione you remember my father. Monsieur Delacour the head of the French version of the DMLE" Fleur said formally.
"Nonsense. Call me William please. You two are like family. Especially you." Monsieur Delacour said. Grabbing Harry in a hug and kissing him on each cheek.
"Gabrielle sends her love and asks that you wait for her to grow up." William said to a blushing Harry.
William chuckled at the blushing Harry and Fleur nudged her papa. "Non Papa. Leave 'Arry alone."
Scott started "William this is" his words trailing off as Daniel and William grasped each other and kissed cheeks.
"Daniel my friend. It is good to see you again. How have you been. I take it this is your little girl?" William asked.
The teenagers all had their mouths open watching this exchange between the two men that knew each other well enough to exchange a greeting reserved for close family. Neither man offered any explanation to the gaping group.
"It is a pleasure to meet you Hermione. I heard a lot about you when you were very young but we have lost touch since that time. I'm guessing this is important or Scott would not have brought us all together." William asked.
Scott led them into the back room again and Hermione opened her wallet and led the group in. She had reconfigured the couch to be a table with enough chairs for all of them.
"'Ermonie this is amazing. I have never seen one that small enlarge this big. Where did you get it." Fleur asked.
Harry beamed at his girlfriend and boasted. "She made it just last month. She's amazing isn't she."
Fleur looked at Harry intently and then to Hermione and her eyes showed the slightest surprise then she schooled them back top normal.
Snapping out of her surprise Hermione nodded to Harry for him to explain.
"We have been training with Daniel and Scott this summer. We got to thinking that maybe muggle weapons would help with the coming war. Hermione has made some amazing modification to a few weapons and we wanted you to see them." Harry said.
"Just see them or more?" the astute statesman asked.
Harry couldn't hide the surprised look in his eyes and William and the other adults laughed at his discomfort.
William came to his rescue. "I've been involved with negotiations for decades Harry. I can tell when someone is leading me. Don't feel bad. I still want to see what you have done. Then we can talk. I promise I will keep an open mind."
"Imagine growing up with him as your Papa 'arry. I couldn't get away wiz anything." Fleur pouted and then laughed as her Papa tried to look hurt. William and Fleur both laughed and hugged. "Some of the best shows I've ever seen in my life little flower." She shoved him away but they were both smiling.
They all exited the wallet and Hermione stowed it in her belt to the amazement of Fleur and her father. Back in the private range Hermione picked up the Walther and started shooting at targets. With no noise and many more shots than necessary. Williams eyes widened as he understood the ramifications of the weapons abilities. He had the same look on his face with the Uzi and the sniper rifle. After the weapons had been made safe they offered William a chance to inspect them.
Hermione had added a glamour rune to the inside of the clip to make it look like a normal full clip. William handed it to Fleur and she looked it over. Even getting out her wand and checking for any magical signature. She found nothing.
"I see nothing Papa that would make a non magical question. What about when a non magical tried to shoot the weapon?" Fleur asked.
Harry handed out hearing protection to everyone and waved Scott forward. He picked the Walther and loaded the clip and emptied it into a target. Seven shots and the slide stopped in the back position indicating an empty clip. He handed the gun to Harry and Harry reseated the clip and chambered the round and removed his hearing protection. Harry then shot twelve rounds into the target made the gun safe and set it down.
"Magnifique. 'Ow did you do it. Non magical signature at all." Fleur said slipping more into her broken speech pattern.
"There are runes inside the clip that can tell if the person holding the weapon has magic or not. Then it will act accordingly. I also have a rune that cancels out any magical signature of the other runes." Hermione beamed with pride. Harry and Daniel were beaming also.
Fleur looked impressed with Hermione that Hermione almost burst at the older girls approval.
"As impressive as this is is that all?" William asked.
Hermione shook her head. She swapped a clip and handed the gun to William. He shrugged and took a shot. Or at least tried. Nothing happened. She nodded to Fleur and she had the same results as did Daniel and Scott. Harry was next and it worked for him.
"That is impressive. Can you key it to anyones signature?" William asked.
"Yes. I haven't tried more than two but I believe I can add up to seven. Maybe more but I would need some outside help for that. However, I don't know anyone that I trust with the rune array to get that help and we don't need more than the two of us right now." Hermione explained.
Fleur nodded as did William. William eyed Hermione and Harry.
"OK. So you are holding back the best part. Are you planning on sharing it or not?" William said.
Hermione and Harry looked at each other then at Scott and Daniel. They both nodded that they would trust them.
"'Arry 'Ermonie. We will make this easy on you." Fleur said as she pulled out her wand.
"I swear I will not reveal anything about this meeting to anyone outside of these present unless given permission by Harry or Hermione on my magic and my life I swear. So mote it be." Fleur said and her father followed suit moments later.
"Harry, Hermione. Cards on the table. I've already decided to help you with what you need and I can guess what it is. Now show me the surprise and that help may be even more than you thought you needed." William said.
Harry looked at Hermione and nodded. Harry went to the end of the range and pulled 12 stuffed animals out of his wallet compartment and lined them up on the bar. Hermione pulled out a different clip for her Walther and one for Harrys sniper rifle and laid them down. She waved her hand at them for all to inspect them.
Having found the same as with the others they all stepped back.
"William would you do the honors. Please shoot one animal." Hermione said.
He swapped the clip and chambered a round and shot one of the animals at the fifty meter distance and it disappeared. Fleur let out a small 'eep' and William looked around.
"What happened to it? I'm guessing since this is meant for wizards you didn't banish it." He said.
"That isn't possible but it would be an idea. No. Look behind the other station." Hermione said.
Fleur was closer and she pulled out the damaged pink stuffed bear. "Portkey?"
Hermione nodded. If possible William looked even more impressed.
"We would have to portkey them to the hospital so they got help."
"No necessarily." Hermione said handing William a different clip. "Shoot two please."
William swapped clips and chambered a round and shot a purple bear at the twenty five meter distance and a red snake at the fifty meter distance. Both disappeared. Fleur pulled them from behind the other station to find them perfectly intact. Also beside each other.
"How?" Fleur asked.
"Well the first is a rubber bullet that self banishes on delivery. The second is a rune on the bullet that will not let them land on anything living or dangerous." Hermione said.
William made the Walther safe and set it down. The gears in his head working at high speed.
They all waited as the elder Delacour sat and thought. Harry was about to interrupt his thinking when Fleur put her hand on his arm and shook her head. They all saw that and let him think.
"First let me say. This is amazing and I agree with you it needs to be kept very secret. I can see several applications by the French Ministry and other persons. Just the portkey and runes combination is amazing and I would be happy to help you copyright that in France and sell the idea to the French Minister. As much as I like the idea of the guns we should not let that out of this room. I do have one question. How does it hold up to a shield?"
"We don't know. We can't do magic outside of the wallet or the ministry will come for us. The underage trace." Harry said.
"Yes, and how they are treating you in the paper right now that would not be good." William said.
Harry nodded.
"Have you tested it with a person?" William asked.
"Hermione shot me with a rubber bullet in the leg before. The portkey worked perfect. Although the leg hurt very bad and until I healed it there was no way I would be able to do more than limp." Harry said.
"Hermione would you be willing to shoot me until I portkey. I'll raise a very strong shield. Stronger than most people are capable of just to make sure. I would like you to keep shooting to see how long my shield will hold." William asked.
Hermione nodded. "If you are sure."
"You sure you can hit my leg at 25 meters?"
"I can hit your leg at 50 meters consistently." Hermione said with a little pride in her voice.
"I had to ask. I've never ask someone to intentionally shoot me."
Hermione softened her voice. "I'm sorry. Yes I promise I will hit you mid thigh every time as long as you don't move."
William took his place on the range as Hermione readied her weapon verifying that it was the rubber bullets and waited. Fleur tried to convince her father to let her but he wasn't having any of it. He wanted to experience it himself.
He readied himself and put up his shield and nodded to Hermione. She took aim and shot. The first shot ricocheted off his shield with a loud gong but her second broke through and he was gone. A moment later he got up from behind the other station and limped slightly back to them.
"The shield took most of the impact from the bullet. It stings but I'll be fine. It did work. Did you try with the rifle?" William asked.
"Not with the rubber bullet." Harry admitted.
They returned to the wallet so Hermione could add rubber portkey bullets to a clip for Harrys rifle and returned to the firing line.
"Test first." she said.
He nodded and cleared his weapon and put the new clip in and took aim. The red and blue dragon disappeared from the fifty meter distance and William pulled it from under the other station. He checked it over and noticed the impact site was a little torn from the bullet but not bad.
"I can live with that. Let's try it." He said.
William took his place and erected his shield and nodded. His shield this time looked a little brighter and Harry took aim and shot him in the leg. William disappeared immediately and let out a little moan from under the other station.
"Papa are you ok." Fleur exclaimed and ran over.
"I'm fine my flower just a little sore. He got up slowly and with a more pronounced limp made it over to the group. That thing packs a punch. What's your accuracy with that?" William asked.
"At a thousand meters I have a 3 inch spread." Harry said with pride.
"Wow. It broke my shield and portkeyed me in one shot. We should try that on the thousand meter range. Just to be sure. If that works from that distance imagine the possibilities." William said excitedly.
They returned to the wallet room and had Dobby bring them snacks. There was an hour before the range closed and then they could test the thousand meter range.
"Harry would you mind me trying to remove the trace from your wands?" William asked.
Harry didn't even need to be asked twice as he pulled his wand and handed it to William with the business end towards himself. "Thank you if you can."
With a few swishes of his wand he checked the properties of Harrys wand. Fleur looked over one shoulder and Hermione the other. William explained what he was seeing. He puzzled over one part of it the displayed data over the wand and exclaimed "Merde"
"Papa!"
"Look here Fleur. What do you see."
"The pink part hiding under the trace? I've never seen that before." She said.
"That's because it's illegal for anyone but the Ministry to use and then only on criminals released early. Kind of like parole with a tether in the muggle world. That shouldn't be on a teenager. Harry are you a convicted felon?" William said.
"I was accused of underage magic once but it was really a house elf that did it. Nothing else." he said.
They were still looking at the various colors of enchantments on the wand and Williams face grew more angry by the moment. Fleur pointed something out that William had missed. His responded with a string of french that made Fleur flinch and blush at the same time.
Daniel looked very concerned. "I haven't heard that since that one time on the coast. Is it that bad?"
"Almost worse. I have no words at the moment." William growled while speaking.
Harry made to say something but Scott put his hand on Harrys arm and shook his head.
William finally pulled himself together and looked at Harry. "You have some powerful enemies Harry. They have put tracking on your wand that it will send someone a daily list of spells you have used along with a complete trace of where you have been but only if you have used your wand. The charm waits until you are not hidden to do it. It doesn't, however, send them to the ministry. I know their signature and this is not it. Who ever did this needed at least an hour or more with your wand. Has it ever been out of your sight for that long?"
"Not that I remember."
"What about when you were in the hospital wing after the final task? You were unconscious for two days. Your wand was on the table beside you." Hermione said.
"Yes but Madam Pomfrey said that only I could take it off the table. I had Ron try."
"What about Dumbledore?" Fleur asked.
That made them stop and think. It was possible that Dumbledore would have the power to do that and in the castle he could do anything he wanted. The castle supported him. Harry nodded. Dumbledore also had wanted him to go back to the Dursleys. It would seem that Dumbledore didn't have Harrys best interest in mind.
"That was probably the only time." Harry said.
William muttered under his breath several words that made Fleur blush again but no one asked for a translation.
"With your permission I can remove every thing that shouldn't be there. If your wand doesn't report the person will think you haven't used your wand. I can't remove the reporting but I can redirect it. If I send it to Hermiones wand then the charm on your wand will look untampered to a quick glance. If that is ok with you." William said.
Harry nodded and added "Thank you. You should probably check Hermiones wand also."
Williams work was quick and all traces of the illegal charm and the trace were removed or modified. He checked Hermiones wand and only found the normal underage trace which he quickly removed.
Hermione thanked him and stepped out of the wallet door and did an accio to a box. It came to her and they all waited. After fifteen minutes they decided it worked.
"Merci beaucoup Monsieur Delacour." Hermione said.
With the range now closed and old friends caught up they exited the wallet and Hermione tucked it away.
William walked to the one thousand meter point and turned to Harry. He erected his most powerful shield and waved that he was ready. A moment later he was back under the other station in the private shooting range. Walking back out the outdoor range he smiled.
"Harry that was excellent shooting and thank you for giving me a matched set." He quipped as he limped slightly with the other leg.
"I think we need to have dinner somewhere and discuss terms." Harry suggested.
"One more demo to get us to dinner if you don't mind." Hermione said. She looked at her father and he nodded.
The all bid Scott good bye and thanked him for all the help.
Daniel took him aside and whispered. "We are all good. Thank you my friend."
"I'm not sure I did enough."
"You lived up to your commitment. For me that is enough."
The old comrades shook hands with a one armed hug and parted ways. Both happy for the outcome.
Hermione beckoned everyone into the wallet while she stayed outside the door.
"Next stop Grangers kitchen." Hermione said and the doorway got smaller and smaller until it was gone.
Hermione called Dobby to pop them back to her kitchen.
She opened the door and let everyone into the kitchen. Dobby was happy to have more people to cook for and the grill started up as everyone sat around the table and relaxed after a busy day.
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After preparing for bed Harry was about to kiss Hermione good night at his door when she pulled him into his room. Holding the covers for Harry to get in bed first. He only paused for a moment and got in bed and turned towards her. Hermione got in just held Harry and gazed into his eyes.
"This has been the nest summer of my life. Thank you." He said.
"Mine too. I feel like we are making progress. Do you think Dobby can elf pop us to France?" Hermione asked trying to stifle a yawn.
Harry gently brushed his lips against hers. "Tomorrows problem."
She nodded and rolled over pulling his arm over her side and nestling it between her breasts.
"I liked waking up like this. It feels even better going to sleep like this." She yawned.
"I couldn't agree more."
Dobby popped in quietly a short while later and levitated a light blanket over the sleeping couple and smiled as he disappeared.