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Finding Love Amongst Hate	By : Karmafreedom Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 6850 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter 6 ~Prophesies, Anger, and Love~

After Harry had left Dumbledore�s office he walked absentmindedly. His head directed himhis his dorm room in Gryffindor tower but his feet took him to Aunt Miriam�s quarters. Without even thinking he whispered the password �Eden� and went in.

Miriam was sprawled on the couch reading a very thick book on muggle religions.

�It�s Hermione in 20 years� Harry thought, allowing himself a s smi smile.

�Aunt Miriam,� Harry said trying to get her attention.

�Hi Harry.� Miriam replied without looking up from her book.

Shaking his head �Defiantly Hermione in 20 years� he thought. �I need to talk, it�s something kind of important�� he said slowly.

Miriam closed her book ad looked up at him, �Ok�� She said, �What�s wrong?� She asked as she noticed his pacing and the resigned look on his face.

�I umm�, Snape umm�, Draco and I umm� well what I mean is�� Harry started.

�Its ok Harry, whatever it is, it�s ok.� Miriam said trying to sooth his nervousness.

Harry took a deep breath and said �SnapecaughtDracoandmekissingintheastronomytower�

�What? I didn�t quite catch that.� She said.

�Snape caught Draco and Me kissing in the Astronomy tower.� Harry said more slowly. He figured he better be the one to tell her rather then Snape or Dumbledore.

�Well, ok, that was not quite what I was expecting.� Miriam said a little shocked. �Harry why don�t you sit down so we can have a little talk.�

Harry half sat, half threw himself into one of the chairs.

�You and Draco were caught kissing in the astronomy tower by Professor Snape,�

Harry nodded.

�Ok�How long have you known that you are gay?� Miriam asked

�Umm, well it s not something I have really thought about.� Harry paused �Well that�s not true, but it�s not something that I can point at and say I realized it then.�

�Ok� Sorry Harry, I just wasn�t expecting this so I am a little surprised is all. How long have you and Draco been seeing each other?� she asked.

�W..w..we�re not�� Harry stammered �It just sort of happened. I mean I saw him staring at me a few times, and I went back down tot the great hall for my jacket that I thought I left there, and I ran into Draco and it sort of just happened.�

�Ok then� Miriam began �We need to�wait a minute�� she began shuffling through some rolls of parchment looking for something. �Have you ever heard of Judism?�

�Yes.� Harry replied.

�Ok, well the some of Jews� she said still searching �were magi of ancient times� Oh bloody hell were did I put that book?.. .Anyway, they developed a system, as sort of mysticism, called Qabalah.

�But how does that explain Draco and I?� Harry asked confused.

�Well, there is this prophecy��

�Oh great another prophecy � just what I need� he thought.

�Don�t look at me like that, I didn�t write the thing, anyway, the prophecy goes something like this� ah� never mind here it is.� She pulls out a small roll of Parchment and reads aloud:

�In Great tribulation
will arise a bond of two of
opposite sides.

Joining together
will set all free

Death will reign
but only a moment

Time will turn
Bearing their fruit

The exaltation of the
Sephiroth, bond unbroken.
Kether realized.

Evil vanquished.

�There is more to the prophesy of course, and it doesn�t mean that this is you and Draco Malfoy, but it is one possibility.�

�Ok, what are Sephiroth and Kether exactly?� Harry interrupted

In Qabalah there is the concept of the tree of life, on the tree of life there are ten different points or sections called the Sephiroth and they are connected to one another with twenty-two different paths, which when reflected in people are called bonds-- the most powerful of these are reciprocal bonds. As for what Kether is, Kether is the highest sephira, the ultimate spiritual union and enlightenment.� she said �It is extremely hard to attain, it is not something merely a umm� physical union can accomplish, it is much more then that. I am not sure what this prophesy entails exactly, I have to finish translating the text. And I am not saying that this is you and Draco, so don�t worry. God I hope Dumbledore doesn�t know about this, he might get carried away�he usually does with �prophesies�.� Miriam sighed.

There was a long pause before she spoke again.

�Harry, this thing with Draco, whatever it is, be careful, I don�t want you to get hurt. A broken heart hurts like hell.�

*~Flashback~*

Miriam and Severus were standing outside the potions classroom ant the end of the class during Miriam�s 5th year and Severus� 7th. It was the only class they had together�Advanced Potions.

�I don�t understand Sev., why?� Miriam asked.

�Because you are Gryffindor, I am Slytherin. It won�t work in the long run, besides,� Snape sneered �You are a Potter and no better then your half-witted brother; you would probably just get me killed.�

�Sev�� She reached out and grabbed his arm, he winced as she did. She managed to grip his arm right at the Dark Mark and it hurt like hell.

�Sev. I love you and always will no matter what you do or say, You are mine and I am yours.�

�You are nothto bto be but a fling, a roll in the hay, you are a Gryffindor and not good for much else� he growled.

He was trying to hurt her �If I can just keep her away from me, she won�t get hurt� he thought.

At his words she flinched, her eyes glassed over and the tears started to flow lake a waterfall down her cheeks. �Bastard� she whispered and ran to Gryffindor tower. For weeks James, Lily and Sirius tried to cajole what was wrong out of her but she wouldn�t tell, she was afraid they would kill Severus for hurting her. She went to class like a zombie and hardly ate anything for the rest of the term, by the time the summer break rolled around she looked like a living skeleton.

*~End Flashback~*

Severus, meanwhile, was alone is his quarters, his patrols over. He was sitting in front of his fire sprawled in on of his hunter greed arm chairs. In one had he held a bottle for Morgan�s Fire Whiskey in the other a glass half full of that very liquor.

�Damn Dumbledore,� he thought draining the glass in one swallow. He stared at the now empty glass. �He had to hire Miriam, of all the bloody Aurors out there he had to hire her.� His mind wandered back to that moment in 7th year where heke bke both their hearts. With that thought he let out a primordial growl and flung the glass into the fire where it shattered, he then began to drink her away through the bottle of Fire Whiskey.

At some point Severus decided he had to talk to her, he stumbled out of the dungeons and found the entrance to her quarters��Damn this infernal knight�� I am Professor Severus Snape, Potions Master, let me enter� slurred Snape.

�Sir you are a drunken cowered who seeks to destroy my lady�s honor, stand and fight� challenged Sir Cadogan.

�Oh bugger off� said Snape, he began pounding on the portrait frame and yelling her name �MIRIAM! MIRIAM!�

�What the hell?!� asked Harry.

�I have no idea�� she said.

�MIRIAM!!!� yelled Snape.

�Oh my God it�s Severus!� She exclaimed. �What on Earth?�

Harry went to the portrait hole and opened it.

�Potter� Snape sneered �150 points form Gryffindor for being out of bounds after curfew!�

�I was with my aunt, Professor Snape.�

�Severus, Harry has been here with me, not out roaming the halls�� she said.

�He does plenty of that� Snape sneered.
�Really Severus! You are drunk,� Miriam observed. �Stinking drunk on cheap whisky I will thank you to leave, I don�t abide drunks.� she sniffed.

Harry just stood there not wanting to leave his aunt but not really wanting to be around Snape either.

Snape sneered at Harry �Oh go bugger someone you Gryffinwhore.�

�Severus, unlike you, Harry is welcome here. You, however, will leave one way or another.� said Miriam her voice turning to ice as she drew her wand from the folds of her robes and pointed it Snape. �Now�leave�Professor Snape. Or you will regret being born. I am still an Auror with all the rights and privileges there of.�

�Bloody Hell,� Snape growled. Turning he stomped off in the direction of the dungeons.

Harry and Miriam watched Snape retreat to his rooms.

�I never thought I�d see Snape back down from anyone.� Harry said shocked.

�He is angry right now Harry, and hurting. I am afraid I have brought some memories to the surface that he had buried deep within himself and he is dealing with them rather poorly.� she sighed. �Anyway, don�t worry about me or the House points, in fact 300 points to Gryffindor for having to see Severus in such a state. Now off to bed with you, you are out past curfew after all.�

Meanwhile:

Snape staggered back to his dungeons, still drunk. �Damn Dumbledore� he thought, �of all the bloody fucking people he had to hire her!� Once inside his quarters he went to his liquor cabinet and bored himself a very large glass of brandy. �Might as well really get shit faced� he thought �Damn her!...Damn Dumbledore!...and Damn Harry Potter!�.

Harry finally made it to Gryffindor tower close to midnight. He was met by Hermione and Ron who had his invisibility cloak in their hands.

�Harry! We were just going to look for you!� both said at once.

�I�m fine; I just needed to talk to Aunt Miriam about some things. I am going to bed- good night.� Harry was not in the mood to talk not even to his best friends, he just had too much to think about before he could talk to anyone about it.

The next day he didn�t see Draco until the meeting in Dumbledore�s office, and even then he knew that Dumbledore was watching the both of them very carefully, why he didn�t know. Dumbledore did not bring up the incident at all much to Draco and Harry�s relief, but Harry could not figure out why exactly Dumbledore seemed so intent on watching him Dra Draco together.
That weekend�

�Come on Harry,� said Ron half dragging him up the road to Hogsmead. �I heard they got a new shipment of candy in at Honeydukes and there is the joke shop to go to also, come�on��

�I�m coming� said Harry. He was stthinthinking of what happened last week when Snape showed up at his aunt�s quarters and what had happened between him and Draco. �Something is defiantly going on, but what?� he thought.

At that same moment Miriam was meeting with Dumbledore and Severus in the headmaster�s office.

�Damn it Dumbledore!� Miriam yelled. �Not every bloody prophesy is about Harry!�

�Now Miriam, surely even you see where it fits in with Harry�s life.� Dumbledore said evenly.

�Yes and with hundreds of other Gryffindors and Slytherins, if the prophesy is even meant for us, for our time. It was written thousands of years ago by a different culture altogether. To shamelessly apply all prophesies to us and to our time is irresponsible Albus.� Snape spoke up for the first time since the meeting began.

�For once Severus and I are in complete agreement, Albus.� Miriam said sitting back down.

At that comment both Albus and Severus looked at Miriam and each cocked and eyebrow quizzically.

�Is there not a test, to see if the bond is true?� Asked Dumbledore

�Yes, one of the leading researchers on the subject, a mage by the name of Michaela Rosslyn in the 13th century discovered several things including the prophesy. She translated both the prophesy and the bond identifier ritual, only recently has a further ritual been discovered and translated but before we can get into that we have to see first if the bond exists between the two.�

�Ah, yes, Michaela Rosslyn, veryellielligent witch, worked with Nicholas Flamel for a time� Interjected Dumbledore

�But,� Miriam continued �the ritual hasn�t been performed in almost 2,000 years. The last time was in Jerusalem in 70 A.D. and that leveled the Temple there, because the bond wasn�t true yet-- they tried to use the focusing ritual against the evil Roman Magus Marcus Julian, it worked but killed everyone just about and leveled half the city. It is imperative we identify if the bond exists and if it is a true reciprocal path bond, if not we cannot use the focusing ritual it would kill everyone and I�ll be damned if I am going to put Harry in danger.� Miriam said.

�But you can perform the ritual?� asked Dumbledore.

�Yes,� Miriam sighed �but we need a few things, for the identifying ritual we need the stones of the Siproth, water from the Nile, the sward of Holofernes and a strand of hair from the head of Mary Magdalene. Of the items the stones will be the hardest to obtain they are literally scattered around the world. One is here in England, known as the Koh-i-Noor Diamond, the others are in crown jewels around the world, two are in India, one in China, three in Russia, two in Ethiopia and one is in America and one is in Jerusalem. For the most part they are with Muggles or Muggle governments. The water from the Nile will be easy enough to get, however the Sward of Holofernes and the Hair of the Magdalene are only obtainable through the Knights of the Temple.�

�I thought the Knights of the Temple had been dissolved.� Severus spoke up.

�Officially yes, but in reality they are still alive and well. The outer order was dissolved, the one subject to Muggle authority. The inner circle has continued to exist only because it is made up of both Magus and Muggle alike.� Miriam sighed.

Severus raised an eyebrow at that, �they allow Muggles into their inner circle?�

�Yes.� Said Miriam �They always have, but not ordinary muggles, these muggles are sensitives, they are muggles who know. I have some contacts with one of their members, Arnaut St. Clair, from my University years. They would have to be told what we are doing and would probably want to be involved.�

�What about the greater ritual�� Albus started to ask.

�Well in addition to the afore mentioned, we will need the staff of Moses and the Aaron�s breastplate. The staff resides in the Vatican, I don�t know how we will get that as for the breastplate I don�t know where that is, perhaps my friends in the Temple know.� Miriam Replied. �But in any case I have to finish translating the greater ritual before we can go any further with planning much less carrying out any rituals. I still don�t like this Albus, we don�t know what this might do to the boys or anyone else.�

�Miriam� Dumbledore began, �I will always protect Harry as best as I can, but we need to know if this prophesy is about them or not, if it is, it might just be the way to defeat Voldemort once and for all.�

�We don�t know that� growled Severus, �It could just end up killing them and draining everyone else of power.�

�Before we can worry about anything,� Miriam interrupted, �I have to complete the translation and we must have all the tools in place for both rituals.�
�Alright,� said Dumbledore �I will see what can be done about the tools you need, check with your contacts within the Order. Do what you can as quickly as possible.�

Severus and Miriam stood up to leave. Miriam turned back when she reached the doorway. �Albus, I won�t hurt Harry for any reason, do you understand? Not even to defeat Voldemort.� With that she left the office leaving Dumbledore standing there alone.

Miriam walked in silence with Severus away from Dumbledore�s office. When they reached the steps that led in one direction to the dungeons and in the other to the tower they both stopped. �Sev., I meant what I said, I wont put Harry in jeopardy not even to defeat Voldemort himself.� she said softly.

�I know.� he replied, he raised a hand to touch her arm in a sign of comfort but thought better of it and let his arm fall back to his side.

Miriam turned away and walked up the steps in the direction of her quarters. Severus watched her go for a moment them proceeded to his own in the dungeons. Severus settled into his favorite arm chair in front of the fireplace. �Damn Dumbledore� he muttered to himself staring into the flames.

Meanwhile Miriam set about finishing the translations. Though she did not want to subject Harry to this, the translation had to be perfect, asone mistake could kill them all with the power they were calling forth. It was going to be a long night.

~~~~~~~~~~

In the great hall everyone was clattering in from their visit to Hogsmead.

�Harry, I swear you have been like a Zombie today. What�s wrong?� asked Hermione.

�I just have a lot on my mind, I�ll tell you later, there are just too many people around right now.� Harry replied.

�Ok, Harry.� Ron answered. Both he and Hermione knew something was going on but neither of them was prepared for what Harry was going to tell them later on, well maybe Hermione was but not Ron.

They ate in silence then proceeded to their common room where the there of them found a quiet corner where they could talk.

�Ok, you remember the night I thought I had left my jacked in the great hall?� Harry began. Ron and Hermione nodded, �Well that night I ran into Draco, he�umm� we�umm�we got caught by Snape kissing.�

�WHAT?!� yelled Ron, �Malfoy kissed you? YUCK! I hope you belted him one.�

�Ron shut up, let Harry finish.� Hermione said sternly

�Well Snape dragged us up to Dumbledore�s office but nothing really happened, Snape wanted to notify our families but Dumble sae said no, anyway, I went and talked to Aunt Miriam and she said that what Draco and I might have is what she called a reciprocal path bond, I�m not sure exactly but it ties into some prophesy.�

�Ooohh� I was reading about that the other day, I stumbled on this book in the library.� Hermione said.

Ron rolled his eyes and muttered �where else� Hermione just glared at him.

�As I was saying,� Hermione continued �Madame Rosslyn was this really well known witch who did a lot of research on muggle mysticism and had a theory that the distinction between magic and non-magic was thinner then believed. She did a lot of work applying Qabalah to human beings and the world in general so that it could be understood.�

�What is Qabalah?� Ron asked

�Qabalah� Hermione replied �Is a mysticism form the muggle religion Judaism. Some believe it is routed in an ancient form of magic from Babylonia but no one knows for sure. In Qabalah there is what is known as the tree of life, it is made up of different points called the Siproth which are organized into three pillars, the pillar of severity, the middle pillar and the pillar of Mercy. The Siproth are different points on the tree representing the stages of development, most people are balanced and end up some where in the middle pillar but Madame Rosslyn thought that if the person isn�t they need to find their opposite. If I am right, Harry is in the Pillar of Severity and Malfoy is in the Pillar of Mercy, they have to unite to create balance. Otherwise they could be overcome by madness.�

�So they are soul mates?� asked Ron confused.

�Arrgh! NO! Just read it! Madame Rosslyn explains it so even you can understand.� Hermione flung a roll of parchment at him.

On Reciprocal Path Bonds

Reciprocal Path Bonds are still, even in these advanced days, hardly understood. The most complete knowledge of these bonds comes to us from as far back as the Thirteenth century C.E., from the great Maga, Michaela Rosslyn. Her work in this area has yet to be surpassed, perhaps because of her willingness to work with Muggles. No one is quite sure how muggles, of all people, could be useful in magical research, but she was oft quoted as saying, �The division between Muggle and Magus is even thinner than that between Love and Hate.� Again, no one is quite sure what she meant. What follows is a transcript of her famous September 28th, 1243 lecture at the University of Paris. The scribe was Anonymous IX.

M. Rosslyn: Good morning class, I trust you slept well?

Class: mumbles

Student: I can�t believe we have a lecture on Michaelmas! When are we supposed to have our drunken reveling?!

Rosslyn: After class. Believe me, if were it not so important, I would have postponed it myself, but alas, that�s life. Now, I believe you were all supposed to memorize the various attributes of the Tree of Life over the weekend, yes?

Student: I still don�t see what we can learn from muggle drawings. Muggle Jews, no less!

Rosslyn: Monsieur Malfoi, apparently the effects of the last temporary castration charm have already worn off. Perhaps you are in need of a refresher?

M. Malfoi: Mumble. No. mumble.

Rosslyn: Now, what exactly is the Tree of Life? Who can enlighten us? Ah, Saxony, what do you say?

Saxony: Well, it�s sort of like a map for the universe. Or for the soul. I couldn�t decide which.

Rosslyn: Very good. Ten points to Merovee House. You�re correct on both counts. It is indeed a map of the universe, and by the rule �as above, so below,� it is also a map of the human soul. Which brings us to today�s subject�the rare, but magnificent Reciprocal Path Bond.

To understand these bonds, one must first understand the basic makeup of the human soul. Most people, Muggles and Magi alike, are made of a combination of various virtues and vices found on the tree, and generally end up making a sort of balance which lands them, as a person, somewhere on the Middle Pillar, depending on their evolutionary status.
Thus, the �average� person is able to find balance within themselves.

However, sometimes it happens that a person is not balanced. Rather, they embody the virtues or vices of one of the side pillars�Mercy or Severity, with no balance at all within. These people, left alone, will never find balance within themselves, no matter how hard they try. Left alone, the results are invariably madness, suicide, or both. Their personalities are extremely archetypal�the Hero, the Villian, the Whore, the Acetic, and the like.

To be spared the sad results mentioned above, the individual must find a person with the same problem, but with complementary attributes. For instance, the Hero must find the Villian, and the Whore the Acetic. A relationship will always develop between the two, usually starting off as a vicious hatred. They push against each other, defining themselves as most definitely not as the other. They may live their lives like this, thus creating the stuff of legends and myths. But strangely, more often than not, another relationship develops�one of love just as passionate as the hatred.

As strange as this sounds, it comes from a basic principle�the soul seeks balance. The soul is also smarter than the mind and heart. And so the soul will start to recognize that it needs the other to survive and grow. Each needs the traits of the other. And so, unbeknownst to the minds and hearts they inhabit, the souls start to communicate and form Reciprocal Path bonds.

Student: What if the complementary pair is of the same sex?

Rosslyn: What if? That�s life. Homosexuality has only been considered a sin for about 400 years, and even then such consideration has questionable origins. Those who get caught up in a person�s physical state have no place to talk about anything beyond the physical. Souls are neither defined nor constrained by the state of matter. To think otherwise is puerile nonsense.

Now, to illustrate how these bonds work, let us take a hypothetical case and follow the course of its development.

[Rosslyn utters projection charm, and a diagram shows up on the wall, containing three columns of circles�the outer two composed of three circles, the inner composed of four, spaced unevenly. Between these circles are various lines connecting them.]

Alright, let�s start with the Pillar of Severity. [Uses pointer to point to the leftmost column]. Who can list the, hmm, attributes of this Pillar? Ah, Sinclair, let�s hear it.

Sinclair: Well, starting from the top, they would be silence, energy, courage, and truthfulness.

Rosslyn: Very good. Now, Sinclair, for fifteen bonus points, make these into a person.

Sinclair: Well, someone who is very brave and honest, but keeps their own counsel. Probably a very likeable person, but a little on the crazy side, always running off to do noble, overly dangerous things. And, I�d venture to say, a lot more intelligent than people would give credit for.

Rosslyn: Why?

Sinclair: The other attributes of those spheres would tend to suggest that. For instance, the third sphere, Hod, suggests a very logical, mathematical mind, if somewhat . . . mercurial.

Rosslyn: Very good. 15 points. Who can do the same for the vices on the Pillar of Mercy. [points to rightmost column]. Perhaps Malfoi would like to share the knowledge of Jewish muggles?

Malfoi: [Sigh]. Very well. The first sphere has no vices�

Rosslyn: In which case the virtue and vice are the same. Remember, one attribute can function in both capacities, depending on the circumstances. So, start again.

Malfoi: Well, then, they would be devotion, obedience, lust, and sexual immorality. You want me to make these into a person?

Rosslyn: Yes�with all of the attributes as a vices.

Malfoi: This person would be a lackey with followers. Sort of second-in-command of an operation. This person would turn devotion and obedience into vices because the devotion would be a sort of selfish obsession, and the obedience would be blind and unthinking. However, this person would seek to completely dominate anyone else, using any means to keep them in line. Brutality, blackmail, or simply lying would be the means used to manipulate those deemed lesser. Other attributes would be cunning and ambition.

Rosslyn: I�m impressed, Malfoi. Fifteen points to House Capet.

So, lets take these two people, we�ll call them A and B. They meet, and hate each other. And small wonder, look at them, it�s as though they were born to be adversaries. So, maybe forever they fight, and we all benefit with a new cycle of Hero versus Villain stories.

But, let�s consider that the other possibility occurs. Unbeknownst to them, they start changing on the inside. So caught up are they in their dislike for each other that they have no idea what�s happening. Most other people would start to get hints, feelings, that whole thing you hear about in those songs. But not these two. The first hint they get is usually with a quite unexpected moment of physical contact, which, in about 72 percent of cases, evolves very quickly into a kiss.

As you might imagine, this leaves both people quite confused�they just kissed their mortal enemy?! Unfortunately for the two of them, by the time this happens, it�s too late to go any other way. This strange occurrence will cause both of them to hold off on their mutual disgust for a moment and start examining their own selves, where they will discover, to their amazement, that they don�t really feel as they thought they did.

Eventually, the relationship will evolve beyond the physical to the mental. This does not mean that the physical relationship ends, only that the relationship grows to include new facets.

As you can see, their relationship evolves up the Middle Pillar, just as they themselves evolve up their own Pillars.

Student: So, are they soul mates?

Rosslyn: Not in the common sense of the phrase. They are not two incomplete souls that become whole in each other. Rather, they are two unbalanced souls which create two balanced.

Student: How far will this relation ship evolve? All the way to the top?

Rosslyn: No, at least not while they still live in the physical. It has been postulated that the souls reach the top upon death, but while they live, they can only evolve to the sphere second from the top, thus creating a relationship of physical, mental, and emotional/ spiritual facets.

So, do you understand the mechanics of this bond?

[class nods]

Good, then you should have no problem in writing me two feet describing another hypothetical relationship of this type. Do be creative, stories are always nice to read.

The transcript ends here, although in the 1635 edition of The First Century of Michaela Rosslyn, there is included a copy of a ritual used to determine if such a bond exists between two parties. Materials listed are 10 stones of specific colors, water from the Nile, the Sword of Holofernes, and a strand of hair from the head of Mary Magdalene, the latter two objects noted as �only obtainable by the services of the Knights of the Temple.� This is strange, as the Order mentioned was betrayed and �dissolved� 328 years earlier.

Ron�s eyes grew wide while reading the scroll, �Oh�OH!�

The only thing I don�t understand is what they mean by an identifying ritual, I couldn�t find it anywhere� Hermione said to Harry.

�Aunt Miriam probably knows, but I am not sure I even want to know.� replied Harry.

�But Harry, you could go mad, or worse� said Ron finally catching up to what Harry and Hermione were talking about.
~End Chapter 6~

*~~~Author�s Notes~~~*

The �scroll� Hermione flung at Ron containing that most wonderful treatise was written by my beta Christine C for this story. The character Michaela Rosslyn is her own creation that she graciously gave me permission to barrow.

Koh-i-Noor Diamond: The Koh-i-Noor was presented to Queen Victoria by the East India Company at the time of the annexation of the Punjab and it thought that the diamond originally weighed more than 1,000 carats. Before coming into the possession of the Crown, the stone (described in earlier records as an uncut but highly polished diamond) passed through many hands and was recut from time to time, not always by scrupulous honest cutters. It weighed only 186 carats when it was presented to Queen Victoria and further recutting reduced the diamondits its present size of 106 carats. Queen Victoria; however, never wore the Koh-i-Noor in her crown, but as a brooch and Queen Mary, Consort of King George V was the first queen to have the stone set in her crown.( explanation taken from http://www.houstonjewelry.com/jewels2.html)

Sward of Holofernes: From the biblical story of Judith for more information see http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/kids/bible/bible11-16/OldTest/86.html

Qabalah: What is Qabalah you ask� well, it is a Jewish mysticism and though some artistic license has been taken as with any prophesies and/or rituals mentioned (there are none that I know of, for more information on Qabalah I suggest Israel Rehgardie�s book The Tree of Life as well as http://www.geocities.com/Athenoy/2oy/2795/

With any of the aforementioned websites, I do not support the authors or creators; I simply have found that they have basic explanations that someone who is not familiar with the terms and concepts may gain some understanding and insight from.

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