Harry Potter Breaking The Chains

Harry set two of the dummies up at auror level and taught them several standard spells. The first five minutes he spent mostly dodging and blocking spells. After that, he launched into the offensive, and both dummies were down within two minutes. Ginny was staring dumbfounded at him as he walked over to her.

"Where did you learn to do that?" she asked him.

"I told you I've been practicing," he pointed out.

"Well yeah," she admitted, "but I figured you were just practicing new spells or something along the lines of what we do in HA. That was incredible." There was awe in her voice which oddly made Harry feel distinctly proud.

"Thank you," he said genuinely. "Now do you feel a little better about what I need to do tonight?"

She nodded absently then added verbally, "But I still don't like it. And I better hear from you the moment you get back, or I'll bat bogey you back to Merlin's time."

"Deal," Harry immediately agreed.

They sat next to each other at lunch and both unconsciously sought the other after their classes that afternoon. They spent most of their time in companionable silence, just drawing comfort from the other's presence. Ginny wrote her note to her mum just before dinner. The usual Halloween feast was served to them at dinner time, but Harry and Ginny were both subdued. Considering that Harry lost his parents on Halloween, his behavior was not seen as anything abnormal. After dinner, Ginny made the announcement that she was headed for the owlery. Harry claimed that he had a lot of work to attend to in his office.

Once Harry made it to his office, he shortened his hair, turned it brown, and put a glamour over his scar. He put in his color contacts, changing his eyes to brown as well. He also changed out of his Hogwarts robes, wearing a simple muggle outfit: dark blue jeans and a black form-fitting t-shirt. He threw his invisibility cloak over himself and made his way to the owlery. When he arrived, Ginny was alone. He took off his cloak, and she was startled with what she saw.

"It's me," he explained simply.

She nodded absently. "How did you… never mind," she said shaking her head. "I'll ask later. Just change into an owl, so we can get you out of here."

Harry complied. He alighted on her outstretched arm and allowed her to tie the letter to his leg. She gave his feathers a few strokes and whispered "Be careful." He hooted in reply and gently nibbled on one of her fingers in an attempt to mimic one of Hedwig's affectionate nips. She giggled at the action, greatly lightening the mood. They locked eyes for a moment just before he took off. He soared through the window directly in front of her and flew out into the open sky. His owl senses were telling him exactly which way he needed to go to find his target. Ginny didn't move until she could no longer see the black speck that was Harry. With a sigh, she headed down to the Gryffindor common room, where she would spend a long, restless evening waiting for Harry's return.

Harry, meanwhile, was enjoying his flight. Flying always cheered him up, but he knew it would be foolish to try to fly the entire way. Not only would it tire him out, but it might end up taking him too long. During his flight he had an idea. He was weary about showing off his wandless magic in public, even if he was doing it in disguise. It would just raise too many questions if anyone were to see him at it. He needed a way to hide his ability. But he couldn't use his wand because it could be tracked back to him. After about an hour of easy going flight, Harry landed in a clump of trees, reverted to human form, and grabbed a stick off the ground. He transfigured the stick slightly to resemble a wand, then replaced it for his real wand in his holster. He took out his trunk and stored his real wand inside. He then apparated to Grimmauld Place, London. He moved to a nearby alleyway and changed back to an owl hoping nobody noticed his presence.

Harry was sincerely glad when his senses told him that his quarry was nearby. He had apparently judged the situation correctly. Mrs. Weasley was currently at Headquarters. He was wary of delivering his message right away, however. He needed to be around when the Death Eaters began attacking, assuming that they did in fact launch their attack today. But he didn't think that it would be happening quite this early. The sun had only just set. But he wasn't about to wander away just in case something did happen. So he settled for perching in a tree within sight of the house, hoping that he would be able to tell if activity within the building suddenly picked up.

Harry waited for quite some time before he decided that it was probably safe to deliver his message. It had to be past 9:00 at this point. He could give her the letter, then find an out of the way place to perch to observe the goings on in the house. Harry swooped out of the tree and down through the open window leading him into the kitchen, where he expected Mrs. Weasley to be, and where an owl would be expected to deliver a letter.

Mrs. Weasley was momentarily startled when the black bird flew through the window. She clutched her chest with her left hand, while her right had immediately gone for her wand. When she realized it was only an owl, she scowled at her reaction. Granted, she did have plenty reason to be a little wound up that evening. If their estimations were correct, there would be some sort of large scale Death Eater attack happening within the next couple of hours, and she had several family members that would most likely be in the thick of it. Luckily none of the other occupants of the room seemed entirely concerned with her reaction. They were all a bit jumpy.

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