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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
-Author notes-
Chapter 222: Family Magic?
"Now…Mister Potter. Wh-"
"Harry. You may call me by my name, after all, you are a close friend of my father. It would be weird for you to refer to me as Mister," Harry told him.
Auror Dawlish smiled. "You are right. Harry then…can you tell me your version of the events?. Let's begin with, what did you see?"
"I saw a massive dark cloud being formed out of nowhere above the Quidditch field."
"Did you know what was in this cloud?"
"Yes, dementors," Harry answered.
"How could you possibly know that?" The Minister interjected.
Harry threw him a side glance. "Even my little sister could tell that the cloud was very abnormal. I just happened to have read about those creatures. Dark clouds and a descent of temperature are a clear sign of their presence."
"And even so…you flew towards it?" Dawlish asked.
Harry nodded. "I saw a friend of my sister go in there. I knew she would be in serious trouble if I didn't do anything."
"So heroic! The press is going to love this!" The Minister grinned. He hoped this story would take attention away from him and the Ministry.
"So…Gryffindor…" Lord Parkinson said with barely hidden disgust.
Dawlish coughed. "Yes, um.. so…you flew into the dementors' cloud. What then?"
"I used the Patronus charm to-"
"Dear Merlin! You can really use that spell at your age?" The Minister interrupted him and stood from his couch.
"Minister, calm down. We cannot possibly believe all the tales these children are spouting," Lord Parkinson was no idiot. He, of course, knew that Harry's skills in magic were nowhere near normal for a third-year student. But he did not wish for the Minister to have anything to show at tomorrow's press conference.
If things went his way, his will then be accomplished much earlier than he anticipated. Now it was going to be a good opportunity to make use of all the damning evidence about the Minister's illegal activities that he had been collecting for months.
The chances of Cornelius Fudge losing his position were almost guaranteed. In fact, he wouldn't be surprised if the man ended up in Azkaban.
He certainly did not have the magical prowess of his old Master, so he had to be patient and cunning about this.
'It might take me longer, compared to the Dark Lord, but I will get what I deserve in the end.'
"Lord Parkinson." Dawlish's tone sounded stern. "Before coming here, we took accounts of many witnesses. And many of them recalled seeing a boy with the Gryffindor uniform, flying towards the dark cloud and using the Patronus charm. The members of the Gryffindor team even identified said boy as Harry Potter. I don't think it's fair to diminish everything as 'children spouting'..."
"Yes, and if you are going to be accusing my son of being a liar, then this conversation is over," Lily added.
"Parkinson! There is no need for so much distrust," the Minister frowned.
Lord Parkinson offered a fake smile in return. "I meant no offense. I was merely pointing out to the Minister that children tend to exaggerate in their stories…nothing more."
"Okay, let's get back on track," said the Auror. "Can you tell us what happened next?"
"Well, I knew the Patronus was going to scare the dementors away, so I used something to prevent them from going closer to the people in the stadium," Harry answered.
"Yes, many had claimed to have seen white chains wrapping around the center of the clouds. I will admit that I am not familiar with that kind of magic. Can you tell us about it?" Dawlish asked.
The Minister leaned forward, and even Lord Parkinson could not hide his interest in learning more about an unknown magic.
"I can't say much about that. It is Potter Family Magic," Harry revealed.
The Minister's expression immediately changed when he heard the words 'Family Magic'. For he knew well enough that all magic belonging to a pureblood family was untouchable. He could not use his authority to demand the magical formula, for that would open a dangerous precedent where no secrets were safe among the more powerful families.
The most the Ministry could do is to declare a particular spell illegal to use if it appeared to be dark in nature. But he could not use that argument in this case.
The Minister moved his eyes to Lily, who had to do her best to hide her surprise. She was not familiar with that spell either, but she was sure it did not come from the Potter's Grimoire…because they didn't have one.
"Lady Potter, perhaps we can discuss this?" The Minister knew he could not press the issue too much, so he was as polite as possible.
"I will speak with my husband about this. I can't make a decision by myself, I'm sure the Minister understands," she said before giving her son a glance.
"I see…thank you," the Minister sighed in defeat. Even if he can convince Lord Potter, it will likely be too late to solve his current situation.
Harry had nothing else to add. It wasn't like he wanted to keep the 'Patronus chains' as a secret. After all, he had no right to do so. This was a piece of magic that had been created by the combined efforts of several wizards and witches to help humanity. All he did was learn it.
Had the Minister been a more trustworthy man, or at least a competent one, he would have passed it on to him, the magical formula.
'Perhaps I could send it to Madam Bones…' He had only met her once, but she appeared to be very similar to the one he knew.
"Moving on…" Auror Dawlish knew there was no point in continuing to discuss that family magic. "What about the flash of light that appeared afterward?. The dementors were nowhere to be seen once the light went out. What was that?"
Harry considered his answer for a moment. He could not tell them about the existence of the 'Sacrum Spectrum'. Even if he wanted to…he didn't completely understand it himself.
The Muggles were the ones who discovered its existence and also the ones who named it. Wizards then created a way to bring this energy into our realm by the use of a modified summoning charm so it could be employed to power spells, instead of normal magic.
"Just another Patronus…" He ended up saying.
"What?!" The Minister could not help but exclaim.
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