Harry nodded his agreement and promised himself that he would not do that unless it was very important, though for the life of him he couldn't think of any scenario which he would need to. "Right, okay… I can do that," he said as he shook his head to clear his thoughts, and glared at the book. It took a minute, but slowly a cat emerged from the paper. It stretched and laid down to nap, just like a real cat. Then he thought it back into to a book.
"I believe you are going to need to practice that one, but very well done indeed," she praised, clapping her hands and then sobering. "Now this is important, you are the only person in this whole castle, possible the entire wizarding world, that can do these things. That is because you are not hindered by the rules that were drilled into our heads for the minute we learned about magic. For us it was the moment we were born. For you, however, because of your amnesia, you're not held up by limits," Luna stated, once again pacing. "This has to stay between just us four, no one can know until you are more proficient," she said, twirling towards the twins, who quickly nodded in agreement.
"Are you saying that I am more powerful than the old man?" Harry asked amazed at the things he just did.
"While I would not use the word powerful, I would say you are more unrestricted," she said thoughtfully. With the animosity Harry had towards the Headmaster, she didn't want him to go head-to-head with the older man. If he hurt Dumbledore, he might regret it if he got his memories back. From what little she knew of the Boy-Who-Lived, he was a kindhearted soul who loved the old man. No, she would not point him in that direction.
"So, you mean we can't do that?" came the disappointed voices of the two redheads.
"Actually, if you can overcome a lifetime of teaching you can do anything you want," she said absentmindedly. The only thing holding her back from being unfettered was the death of her mother playing in her mind when she tried. How did she know that Harry wouldn't suffer the same? Well, her mother knew spells were dangerous, Harry doesn't. If what she was thinking was true, then it was all about mind over matter.
The twins started whispering again as Luna and Harry did a few more amazing things, until the boy believed he could do anything he wanted with his… wand, or even without it. He now firmly believed in magic, since there were no wires or controls on his tricorder, which is what he was going to still call it, if only to piss people off.
"Right, it's getting close to curfew, so we'd better take Harry back to the dorms," George said as he got up and started for the door. He and his brother gone over a few things they could do to become as free as Harry, short of wiping their memories of course. Having witnessed the messy-haired younger boy do things they had been told were impossible, well as the saying goes, 'seeing is believing'.
"Now student, remember don't let anyone tell you what you are doing is impossible. The only thing you cannot do is make food. That is a proven fact. If you try and you eat it, then you will not get the nutrients of real food," she lectured again. She didn't want to add a bar to his learning, but it was established that conjured food had no substance.
"Right, no food, but the sky is the limit," Harry said with a nod of his head. His mind was rapidly going over all the things he had seen on the telly and read in the books. There were thousands, millions, of things he could do. He could turn invisible and wouldn't need the Cloak. He could teleport and wouldn't need the Bus. Over and over his plans were improved.
"I can see that squirrel running 'round in circles in your mind, Harrykins. Come on and we'll suss it all out together," Fred said, taking our hero's arm and leading the dazed boy out of the classroom.
"Wait, Harry," Luna said and came to his side, she then stood on her toes and kissed his cheek. "Thank you. For making me feel special," she said with huge grin.
"You are very welcome, Lovely Luna," the messy-haired wizard stated as he tucked some of her hair behind her ear, leaned down and kissed her cheek, which caused the twins to snicker. "Shut it, you two," he said as he turned, though the grin on his face negated the harsh command.
"Silly boys," the blonde said as she skipped by Harry's side as they made their way down the hall. "Well, here is where I leave you. I hope you have a great adventure," she stated once more standing on her tiptoes and giving Harry a smooch on the cheek. She then turned and went to her dorms, with a spring in her steps.
"See ya, Luna," Harry called after her, and then turned to the chuckling knuckleheads and smirked. "Ah, what a wonderful end of the day," he said, and then waved his hand in a 'lead the way' manner. "So you are related to my supposed 'best mate'," he said questioningly.
"Yeah, ickle Ronniekins is our younger brother," Fred answered, with a disappointed look in his eyes.
"We have no idea why he thinks so badly of you right now, but you were best mates up until your name came out of the Goblet," George said, partially defending his younger brother, yet still upset that Ron turned his back on Harry.
"I don't know either, but I'll tell you what I told Hermione, I don't let negative people into my life," Harry stated firmly, with steel in his green eyes.
"I understand that," Fred said, slinging an arm over his shoulders. "Negative people just bring you down," he added with a nod to his brother.
"To right, brother o' mine," George stated as he too put his arm around Harry's shoulder.
"Get off, guys. It's not quite as fulfilling as have two lovely girls on my arms," Harry said, flinging their arms off good-naturedly, chuckling all the while.
"Right you are, Harrykins. Do tell how you accomplished such a feat?" George asked, not a bit put out by the younger teen's actions.
"Well, it all started on my first escape attempt, after that bastard mind-raped me," our hero growled, and then he recounted his first hour in the castle and how Luna came to be by his side.
"I always believed that Dumbledore thought himself important, but to hold you down and pillage your mind, that is something I would've never thought of him," Fred said with disgust in his voice.
"Yeah and according to the cat lady, he didn't do anything wrong. I'll let you in on a bit of a secret, Hermione feels the same, and that makes me not trust her completely," the dark-haired boy confessed. "I'm going to escape tonight and I want to see what she'll do," he added with a wink.
"We'll do what we can to help. With the tools you have at your disposal it should be easy," Fred said as they turned into the hall Gryffindor's tower was.
"Right, I was thinking about that," Harry said with a mischievous smirk. "I have a few ideas, but I want to see these 'tools' first."
They came to the portrait of the Fat Lady and George gave the password, 'balderdash', and they went into the common room. Harry looked over the red and gold decorated room and quirked an eyebrow at the overabundance of the two colors. He was just about to make a comment when a younger redhead boy came up to him and sneered, "Potter. Out giving autographs?"
' Well, this might be fun,' Harry thought and prepared for a confrontation.
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