Wild Magic - Chapter 23

Harry watched the castle as it got closer with a feeling of dread. Hogwarts was beautiful. It was also packed to the brim with magical energy. Given his luck, he'd probably explode the moment he stepped inside the Great Hall. He was continuously trying to drain the building power through multiple subtle means. Currently, he was drawing a picture of the castle on the side of the carriage wandlessly. It took a lot of precision, focus, and creativity, but the power use was negligible.

"It looks just like her." Luna squeezed his hand.

"Her?" Harry asked.

"Hogwarts." Luna motioned to the picture. "It looks just like her."

"Thank you." Harry blushed.

"I like to draw." Luna said in her dreamy tone. "I draw you a lot."

"Really?" Harry asked.

"Mmhm." Luna nodded; her voice took on a little pout. "Sometimes you're naked. Most of the time you're wearing clothes."

"You drew me naked before today?" Harry chuckled.

"Oh yes." Luna replied without a trace of embarrassment. "I've drawn you when you were naked lots of times. That's how I knew how big of a penis you had."

Harry choked out a gasp. They weren't alone in the carriage. Hermione had insisted on riding with them, as did Ron, and somewhere along the way Neville had joined them as well. The two boys were red from holding in their laughter. Hermione, on the other hand, had not taken her eyes off of Luna.

"How long have you two known each other?" Neville managed to say without laughing.

"We just met today." Harry replied.

"I've dreamed of Harry since I was little." Luna nodded. "It helped me prepare for the size of his penis."

"Luna!" Hermione snapped.

"Yes, Hermione?" Luna turned to the girl. "You should know. It's quite big. I'm glad I'll have help. It will be hard to keep up during pregnancy."

"Pregnancy?" Harry jolted in the seat beside her. "You're pregnant?"

"No." Luna shook her head. " Emily, Amelia, and Nymphadora are. We won't have a baby for a few more years."

"Who's Emily?" Hermione turned a sharp look to Harry.

"You knocked up Tonks?" Ron said at the same time.

"Amelia?" Neville asked in confusion.

"Emily is a girl I met over the summer." Harry explained quickly to Hermione before he shifted to Ron. "She hasn't said anything… maybe?" He turned to Neville. "Forget you heard that."

"Amelia." Neville repeated. "I know that name."

"Amelia Bones." Luna supplied helpfully. "Susan's aunt."

"You knocked up the head of the DMLE?!" Ron yelled even louder this time.

Harry looked at Luna in complete shock. He opened his mouth to say something, but no words would come out. His brain couldn't form a coherent thought to string it together. He shrugged.

"Of course, he didn't." Hermione cut in. "He's never even met her."

"Uh." Harry blushed. "She was at my trial and we… talked afterward."

Hermione stared at him blankly for a long moment.

"Still." She spoke through gritted teeth. "That doesn't mean she's pregnant. The other too."

"Luna just knows things." Ron echoed his statement from on the train.

"Ron." Hermione sighed. "You've taken Divination for the last two years. We both know it's just a bunch of nonsense."

"Hermione." Neville spoke up. "That's not true."

"What?" Her glare snapped to Neville. "How can you say that? Have you seen Professor Trelawny?"

"Yes." Neville seemed to shrink a little. "She doesn't seem to have the ability, but there are witches and wizards out there who do. There's an entire wing of the Ministry that's dedicated to prophecies."

Hermione visibly flinched at the information. She took a couple of slow, deep breaths.

"Still." Her voice was steady now. "That doesn't mean that the three women are pregnant just because Luna said so."

"Exactly." Luna agreed.

"Thank you." Hermione paused after she said the words. She looked at Luna. "What?"

"They are pregnant because Harry had sex with them." Luna clarified.

Hermione let out an inarticulate sound. She squashed her eyes shut and pressed the palm of her hand against her forehead.

"I think you broke her." Ron started to laugh.

Harry stops paying attention to the others in the carriage. He can feel Hogwarts with each moment. Dread is replaced by a sense of calm. The magic reaches out to him. It doesn't fade or vanish. Hogwarts wraps him in her magic. For the first time since this started, he feels balanced. No building pressure, or controlled drain. Two vast rivers of magic flow together into the sea.

His content sigh echoed through the carriage. The tension that he had been carrying the entire trip released in a moment. Ron yelped as his ears popped. Luna giggled as she snuggled against Harry's chest.

"She loves you too." Luna whispered.

"Thank you." Harry kissed the blonde on the top of her head.

It looked like this year wasn't going to be so bad.

~§~§~

Whatever nerves he had when he looked at Tonks vanished when he saw who sat next to her. The entire Weasley family, and Harry, stared up at the staff table in a mixture of confusion and impending doom. Percy Weasley sat next to Tonks with a broad, borderline malicious smile on his face as he scanned the gathered students.

"Welcome." Dumbledore stood after the sorting. "A few announcements for the new year. Once again, the Forbidden Forest is forbidden to all those who do not wish a painful death. Mister Filch has placed an updated list of banned items on his office door. As for our new staff, I proudly introduce two former students. On loan from the Auror Department, Miss Nymphadora Tonks will be teaching First through Third year students in the Defense of the Dark Arts. Percy Weasley will be teaching the subject for the Fourth through Seventh year students."

The sound of a throat being cleared interrupted the announcements before the Headmaster could continue. Dumbledore looked over to where Percy now stood. The entire student body and staff watched as Percy strutted over to the podium.

"Thank you, Albus." Percy inclined his head as he spoke.

Professor McGonagall stared open-mouthed at the boy. She could not believe that one of her lions had turned out so wrong.

"As Senior Undersecretary to the Minister of Magic." Percy announced. "I have been trusted to provide a Ministry approved curriculum. I assure you all, I will not let such juvenile things as House Rivalries impede my handling of my students. Nor will I allow disrespectful actions due to familial bonds."

Percy shot the old man a scathing look.

"The Ministry will be taking a much more proactive stance this year." Percy didn't take his eyes off Dumbledore as he spoke.

"Thank you, Mister Weasley." Dumbledore said. "And now, it's time for dinner."

"We're boned." Ron muttered.

For once, Hermione didn't say anything.