Hermione's Furry Little Problem | By : Gandalfs-Beard Category: Harry Potter AU/AR > Threesomes/Moresomes Views: 242818 -:- Recommendations : 5 -:- Currently Reading : 20 |
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After breakfast the Coven used magic to clear out the barn--which was really more like an enormous shed--and moved the muggle grounds-keeping equipment to the stables. Luna, Daphne, Parvati, and Jennifer, all began flicking through pages of schoolbooks looking for useful spells to practice. Harry pored over the Advanced Charms book, and also numerous advanced and specialised books which they had brought from Number 12's library, while Hermione, Dora, and Fleur began casting Fortification Spells on the barn.
“What are you looking for Harry?” Hermione asked when he sighed in frustration after leafing through the tenth book he’d looked at.
“I’m trying to work out how to make a sort of Room of Requirement of our own,” Harry replied with a frown. “I wanted to do that at Number 12 when we cleared out the basement there, but we didn’t really have time because we were in a hurry to rescue Mr Weasley. I figure that if we’re going to spend a week here practicing and preparing to locate and assault a secret Ministry compound, it might be worth taking a bit more time to find the right spells.”
“Oh yeah! That would be somethin’...” Dora chortled. “It’s funny--I only just realised--the Room of Requirement is a bit like the ‘Danger Room’...”
“‘Danger Room’...?” Fleur peered at Dora questioningly.
“It’s from a muggle superhero comic--the X-men,” said Dora.
“The Room of Requirement is also a bit like the Holodeck from the second Star Trek series,” said Hermione as she flicked her furry ears thoughtfully. “But there’s much more to it, as everything it provides is completely physical and can be removed from the room--I still have some of the training books...”
“The Room of Requirement seems to be able to create an infinite amount of extra-dimensional bubbles, tailored to the meet the needs of the individual, though as many people have similar needs, it reuses some of the same rooms it has created over the years...”
“...Like the Room of Hidden Things. Exactly! ” Harry nodded excitedly. Hermione smiled at him apologetically.
“I’m sorry Harry, but I don’t think we’ll be able to do that here--at least not in the limited time we have. The Room of Requirement is based on incredibly complex layers of magic... far beyond our current level of knowledge. And it’s in a Castle which has been imbued with the magic of thousands of wizards for over a thousand years...”
“I don’t think we’ll be able to find such a thing as a ‘Room of Requirement Creation spell.’ Even as smart and advanced as we all are, it could still take us years of study and research to develop the skills and learn all of the magic necessary to create something like that from scratch--not mention decades saturating a chamber with enough magic for it to eventually become self-perpetuating and generate its own magic. I doubt even Dumbledore could do it--at least not by himself with a simple wave of his wand,” Hermione concluded.
“Oh!” Harry deflated. If Hermione thought that it was even beyond Dumbledore, Harry would just have to try and forget about it for the time-being and put it on his and Hermione's ever-growing to-do list.
Fleur put a fingertip to her lips and sucked on it pensively.
“Hermione, as a Coven, should we not be able to generate enough power to imbue a location with the levels of magic required for such a thing?” Fleur asked. “According to ze headmaster’s equipment, the power levels and the frequencies we... er... produced in ze Room of Requirement, they were enough to accrue to Hogwarts and amplify many, many times exponentially its Protection Charms.”
“Fleur’s got a point Hermione!” said Dora, her eyes gleaming eagerly. “Even as protected as Hogwarts was before we started ‘aving fun in the Room of Requirement together, it still would’ve been badly damaged by Voldemort’s attack...”
“After all the professors' extra Shields and Protection Charms were knocked out, Hogwarts should’ve been ‘alf-destroyed by all of the Death Eaters' and Snatchers' blasting spells, and the Trolls and Giants hammerin’ on the walls... but there wasn’t a single scratch on castle, nor a single window broken during the entire battle!”
Hermione’s furry tail quivered, and her own eyes began to shine with excitement as she gave the idea more consideration. Harry peered at her hopefully. Luna and Parvati, and Daphne and Jennifer, all looked up from their books to see what Hermione had to say.
“Yes... yes, I think you’re both right. And we're only talking about one small building,” Hermione said finally as she began to nod. “It would still take us a fair bit of time to work out the right combination of spells and learn how to do them properly--that could still take months or even years of study. But once we do--all of us together--we could probably generate enough magical power within a few weeks to turn a small building like this into our own Room of Requirement.”
“Not to mention that this Hill is already really magical,” chimed in Luna, swishing her fluffy white tail happily. “I could feel it the night we first arrived...”
“Really?” gasped Jennifer, surprised to hear that the home she had lived in for years was on a magical piece of land.
“Oh yes!” said Luna brightly. “When you were in the village yesterday afternoon, Parvati, Daphne, and Fleur, and I had a lovely explore. There’s fairy rings all over the estate, and the pond is enchanted. Fleur could feel it too--I could tell.”
Parvati flicked her satiny black tail and nodded; Daphne grinned. They had both got a lovely magical feeling too, but had thought it was just because the estate was so pretty.
Hermione’s furry ears pricked in surprise, but she’d learned a long time ago to trust Luna’s intuitions. And after the wrackspurts had turned out to be real, Hermione had become much more open-minded about things. And now that Luna had mentioned it, Hermione thought that perhaps she had sensed something ineffable herself. Hermione peered at Fleur, who reddened slightly.
“Er... oui,” said Fleur. “I did feel something per’aps--especially by ze pond in the gardens--but I did not want to say as I am unsure. Maybe, being part-Veela, I sometimes feel things others do not... but I do not know if that is true.”
Hermione was extremely curious now, and she wondered if her kneazle-senses would detect anything.
“Come on then...” said Harry, grinning when he saw the expression on Hermione’s face. “The barn is strong enough for us to practice combat spells in now--we can start training after Tea. We might as well go have a look.”
The Coven wandered through the overgrown gardens and hedgerows, through long meadow grasses, past vine covered trellises, past rose bushes gone wild and moss covered Greek statues, until the manor was out of sight behind copses of tall trees. The wild mushrooms growing in concentric circles--the ‘fairy rings’--were easily visible in the shorter bits of lawn.
Hermione began to tingle pleasurably all over, the sensation of static electricity becoming stronger as they neared the pond. She gasped as waves of elation overtook her when they reached the clear pool, its surface shimmering in the golden sun-rays peeking through the scudding clouds.
Harry could easily believe it. If anything looked like an enchanted pond, this would be it. Rushes and fern grew along its edge under willows and groves of evergreens, interspersed with wildflowers of all hues, stone benches, and more statuary. Iridescent Dragonflies flitted to and fro, and Harry knew a Unicorn wouldn’t be out of place here. He felt it, the ethereal blissful thrum of soundless music calling him and Hermione, rippling across his skin as it had in the mysterious room with the glowing orb in the Ministry.
Jennifer was ecstatic. This was her first time in the gardens of her family's estate since she had become a witch, and it was an utterly different world to her now--more vibrant and alive than she had ever noticed before.
“Luna was right!” Hermione whispered, her face glowing. “I can feel the enchantment--it's very strong. Witches must have lived here at one time--in ancient times--long before the manor was built. And I can feel them--the fairies. They’re staying out of sight right now. They’re still not sure of us... they’re frightened.”
Harry wondered why, remembering the live fairies Flitwick had decorated the Christmas Tree with during the Yule Ball. They had seemed to enjoy showing off for wizards. Then it hit him.
“Yeah...” Harry murmured, “I expect so! Having a Dark Wizard and his henchmen living nearby in the manor for a few months probably made them a bit shy...”
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“These two would be good to practice as a Coven. I think Voldemort and some of his Death Eaters must have used the Shield Penetration spell at Hogwarts when they were attacking from the mountainside. And the Firestorm spell should be easier to control than a Dark spell like Fiendfyre,” Harry told everyone as they sat in a circle on the floor of their refurbished practice room.
“I want to rescue any prisoners they might have, blast the place to bits, and then burn it to the ground,” he continued. “But I don’t want to start something that could spread uncontrollably. And I want to avoid killing unless we absolutely have to.”
“That sounds good Harry!” said Hermione. “What do you think Dora?”
“That sounds like a good plan to me too,” Dora nodded. “Anyway, we won’t all have time to learn all of these spells in a week,” Dora mused as she perused the list of spells that everyone had come up with. “Some we’ll have to forget about. And others we should portion out--just one or two of us should concentrate on learning them...”
“For example, I already know the Homorphus Charm--that’s the one for forcing an animagus, or someone who has disguise or animal transfiguration spells on them--back into their true human form. But Hermione’s the one who’s best at figuring out an animagus or someone in disguise with her abilities--so I should teach her that one.”
“That makes sense Dora,” Hermione agreed. “What about the spell that Daphne found--the one that detects Proximity Alarm Charms and disarms them?”
“Yeah...” Dora muttered as she chewed a fingernail. “Yeah... I think you’re right Hermione. We don’t all need to know that one, but at least two of us do--we should be prepared to split into two smaller four person teams if necessary...”
“I don’t want us to split up...” Harry interjected, feeling a surge of anxiety.
“But we might have to--Dora’s right Harry!” said Hermione. “We need to be prepared for that possibility. We all have mirrors, so we’ll be in constant communication.”
“Okay... I suppose so!” Harry sighed. “But not unless it’s absolutely necessary!”
“Alright then Harry,” said Dora. “If we do ‘ave to split up, I’ll lead the second team. I’m thinking that for the most balanced teams, it should be me and Jennifer with Fleur and Daphne. You and Hermione should be with Luna and Parvati. So I suppose I’ll learn the Alarm Detectin’ and Disarming Spell. Haha... Never thought I’d ever be learnin’ breaking and entering spells,” Dora giggled. “You should be the other one to learn it, Harry.”
“I should learn a basic healing spell then,” said Parvati, flicking her furry ears thoughtfully. “You and Fleur are the only ones who know that one Dora.”
“Good point Parvati,” agreed Dora.
“I want to learn the Piertotum Locomotor spell,” said Luna with a grin. “It’s like a good version of the Inferius Curse. It was used mostly to animate and direct regiments of suits of armour and statues to fight for their masters in battles, instead of reanimating dead bodies.”
“Ooooh... I like the sound of that one!” Daphne said excitedly as Fleur tittered and gave her a hug. “Maybe I’ll give that one a go too.”
“If you can manage it, you two--that one’ll take a bit of doin’--but I’ve ‘eard that’s a good one. It oughta’ work on any group of objects and cause them to hurtle at the enemy,” chortled Dora. “Now, I already know ‘ow to Obliviate, but someone on your team Harry...”
“I’ll do that one too,” said Hermione. “Harry’s going to have enough to deal with as it is.”
“Right!” Harry grinned. “Well, we’ve all got our work cut out for us. We’ll be up against a load of highly trained Ministry wizards, so we need to focus on our combat spells in group practice, and make sure that we’re up to scratch.”
“And we should bring along some of Jennifer’s mobile electronic devices,” Fleur added. “When they start going crazy, and stop working properly, we shall know zat we are close to a magical area.”
“That’s genius, Fleur!” Harry exclaimed. “That’s the last thing the Ministry would expect to have to counter for at a hidden facility away from any muggle cities.”
“I am only uncertain--how do we find ze place if it has Unplottable or Fidelius Charms?” asked Fleur.
“Too many Ministry wizards will need access to it for a Fidelius Charm to be feasible,” Hermione answered. “And for similar reasons, it’s nearly certain that it only has the mapping version of the Unplottable Charm--not the visual-field version. It should be visible to wizards once we’re very near it.”
“Alright... I think we’ve nearly got everything covered,” said Harry. “I'll check everyone's Runic and Chinese Symbol Tattoos... make sure they haven't faded. Anybody else have something to add?”
“If we’re going to be searching in woods and mountains for hidden places, we might be gone for days,” said Jennifer. “I’ve got loads of camping gear, but you’ll need to put that Space Extension Charm on the tent so that there’s room for all of us in it, Hermione.”
“Brilliant!” Harry beamed. “Right... let’s get cracking then. Dumbledore and the Order will be scouring the country for these facilities too, and I want us to be out there doing our bit by the end of the week.”
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