Then the question he should be asking is why wasn't he burnt, oh, and why is his hair now made up of FIRE!
"Kreacher," Harry uttered in a worried and concerned tone, "Why is your arm slowly turning into stone?"
"Step back, Kreacher," another recognizable voice called out, stepping into the light was Mrs. Tonks who quickly commanded Harry, "Close your eyes dear, I think you have the Petrifying Gaze from the Basilisk."
Doing as he was told, Harry closed his eyes shut tight and finally realized what this whole ritual was about. He was stealing the Basilisk and Phoenix magical abilities!
"Kreacher, go get Harry a blindfold and prepare a Mandrake for me so that I can cure your hand."
Listening to the nearly silent pop, Harry took notice that the house-elf was gone to do as he was told.
"So," Harry uttered, looking nowhere in particular though pointedly addressing the mediwitch. "I get that I gained Petrifying Gaze from the Basilisk, but what is this stuff about my hair being literally made up of fire?"
"Well, it seems like you gained the Fire Physiology from the Phoenix-- that would explain all that."
"So what, I am slowly going to transform into a misshapen humanoid fire form?" Harry asked as the worry was evident in his tone.
"No, dear," Mrs. Tonks encouraged, "It will take time for you to adjust and a bit of training to get a handle on all your new abilities but I am positive that you will soon make it all your own."
Letting out a puff of smoke from his nose, Harry tried to calm himself, Mrs. Tonks was right it will all be okay. Though it was quite difficult when your body was slowly changing into something else.
"Oh, you are back," Mrs. Tonks pronounce as she heard the slight popping noise of Kreacher's return.
"Now, Harry," Mrs. Tonks called out to him, "We will get started priming you up to date with all your new abilities but for now rest. You have been through a lot today."
Harry couldn't agree any more with that statement, the things he experienced today, he sure as hell will be remembering it for ages to come.
Yawning thanks in part to the older witch pointing out how tired he looked, Harry spoke to the house elf he had no idea where it was, "Kreacher could you apparite me to my bedroom."
"Of course Master Harry Potter," the old house-elf rasped as he touched Harry's shoulder and side along apparited him.
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"Well if it isn't the birthday boy!" Sirius called out as Harry entered the kitchen. Today seemed like an Italian cuisine as a large Italian Brunch Torte sat in the middle of the table, a small dish of Cloud Eggs, a nice helping of Frittata Florentine, and Tiramisu Crepes for a side order-- plus of course an assorted mix of beverages and drinks.
"Come on where is that smile?" Sirius asked as he pointed his fork at Harry. "You do know that you only turn-"
"-18 once in your whole lifetime," Harry finished for him as he sat down at the table. "That saying is starting to get old."
Pausing as he stared at Harry, Sirius demanded, "Alright come on tell me what is wrong?"
"What," Harry said through a mouthful of food, "There is nothing wrong. Everything is peachy!"
"You know that is not true, and so do I."
"Sirius," Harry tried to assure, "There is absolutely nothing wrong at all. You are just imagining it. In truth, I am so excited that I might look hesitant."
"It's them right?" Sirius simply asked as he nodded his head to himself.
"Who?"
"You know who, pup, those miserable animals. I knew that they would get in our way of fun today."
"It is not them." Harry shouted and in his vexation he bit into the fork and accidentally swallowed it down.
Sitting there Harry processed what just happened, he finally uttered out loud, "Sirius, I think I swallowed part of my fork," as he presented his munched upon fork.
"Do you feel any indigestion?" Sirius asked as he got up from his chair, "I can call Dromeda right now!"
"Strangely I don't," Harry said as he felt at his stomach. He knew that his stomach should be protesting but it unexpectedly felt okay.
"Mhm, I think we just found out another one of your abilites," Sirius stated as he sat back down, "Matter Ingestion. You must have gained that from the basilisk."
"Wonderful," Harry said with a sigh as he set the fork aside and picked up another one. Over the past couple days, it has been one surprise to another as he kept on finding out about new and interesting abilities he gained from the ritual.
He already knew about the Fire Physiology and Petrifying Gaze from the get go and was able to get a hold of it. Later he found out that he had Rapid Regeneration as his scratch wounds all over his face healed up the next morning, then it was Toxic Cloud after he burped out loud, plus there was Danger Intuition which he gained when he seemingly out of nowhere knew he was in danger then quickly side-stepped a falling ax. He also now has a whole host of different visions from infrared, aura to dark vision.
Oh, and he can't sing in the shower any longer since he gained Phoenix Lament and Death Song. Also he gained Veil of Shadows when nobody couldn't find him in the library where ever they looked. Now that Harry thought about it, it did explain how that Basilisk gets around unnoticed, even if it had the pipes there is no way you can't notice a several ton creature slithering around.
Plus there are a thousand other minor stuff that changed about him from Enhanced senses, reflects, strength, intelligence, durability, and a new feeling that overwhelmed him at times like wrath, pride, cunning, cold-heartedness.
Furthermore, Harry didn't even want to get started on all the other stuff that Mrs. Tonks was theorizing he might have like Poison Immunity, Extreme Longevity, Self-Sustenance, Self-Resurrection.
"Look," Harry said, getting back on track, "It's just nerves. This is my first actual birthday that is even though I do not count the one with Hagrid which was only smooshed."
"Alright pup," Sirius said, trusting Harry on this one. "Anyways, did Hagrid really do that?" Sirius asked as he leaned over and whispered like some gossip mongrel.
"Yep, he came with a flattened cake on my 11th birthday, but the surprise was well worth it when he told me I was a wizard. Best birthday gift ever! Plus giving Dudley a pigtail did help matters as well."
Guffawing out loud, Sirius remarked, "Wow, I never knew the half-giant had it in him."
"Yea," Harry said with a nod, "it really would be nice if we could invite him."
Sighing when he heard Harry's little side comment, the older wizard uttered, "You know we can't do that pup. Only the five of us can be here, letting anyone else come might alert that meddling old fool."
"I know, I know," Harry said, "I just would have liked it if my friends could have come."
"I am sorry..." Sirius tried to say but Harry cut him off with a wave.
"Do not blame yourself for a single second, Sirius, you did all you could," Harry uttered with firm conviction. "I know perfectly well the two men who are ruining my life."
Nodding in agreement and a bit of sadness for seeing his godson have to grow up so fast, Sirius tried to change the subject around. "You know our schedule today?"
"Yep, it is shopping all morning while you all prepare, then we head back and it is the surprise party."
"Hey," Sirius shouted, "You aren't supposed to know about that."
"Come on, I am not four years old," Harry stated, "I can see you all sneaking in the party supplies."
"Well, couldn't you at least pretend?" Sirius asked, "Dromeda and all of us put in a lot of time and effort to throw this party."
"Sure," Harry said with a shrug as he get back to his breakfast. "How is this for a surprise face?"
"Mhm, needs a little work," Sirius stated, "Work on it on the way back. Regardless," Sirius added, "You really need a lot more clothes, mine and regulus old clothes are getting too small on you and they are a bit faded too."
"Oh, and you can finally get out of this stuffy house, huh?" Harry asked with a grin.
"Yep, that does help as well," Sirius replied with his own grin. "In any event, we can get all your school supplies right now and get that done and out of the way. Plus you can buy yourself more gifts if you want." Then as an afterthought, Sirius added, "Do not worry about the money, I have the whole Black fortune to myself. It can last us several lifetimes and then some more. Oh, and now that I think about it we will need to go to Gringotts to make sure that inheritance is all in order."
"So we will basically be going everywhere." Harry stated with a shake of his head.
"It seems so." Sirius replied with a nod.
"Well then," Harry pronounced as he pushed his plate away and wiped at his mouth, "Let's be on our way then."
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