Chapter 137: Jobberknoll flock
One would expect that after everything that had happened, Potter would continue to study Occlumency to prevent anyone from using Legilimency on him and avoid being further influenced by Voldemort... well, no.
And how did he know that? Naturally, he used Potter as a guinea pig to practice Legilimency, superficially.
Since the only condition was to cross glances, it was very easy to fulfill it during meals in the Great Dining Room, where he only had to cross glances "accidentally" to read the superficial thoughts, which was usually important information without hiding.
-Interesting, Dumbledore already started giving him private lessons and showed him the thinker -he thought while chewing the forest fruit salad- But maybe because he already has my letter, he doesn't seem to have asked him yet to get Slughorn's unaltered memory where Slughorn explains the existence of Horcruxes to Tom. Or maybe he wants to wait until after Christmas?
Strange, he was sure Dumbledore had asked him before Christmas.
Though there was still some time left, maybe he would.
Soisen didn't think too much, he just wanted to be somewhat situated in the unfolding events. He, Silvia and Hermione later spent Christmas in the magical bastion with their families and it must be said that on this kind of holiday, the more people there are, the better.
The Prophet showed some news about Rufus Scrimgeour, the new Minister of Magic who should have visited Potter to try to convince him (unsuccessfully) to tell people that the Ministry is doing a good job fighting Death Eaters.
Misleading advertising, because they clearly have no idea how to act for the most part.
Soisen took The Prophet with that news and used it to light the fireplace and generate some heat, all with the idea of making some hot chocolate in the cauldron.
It turns out that the magical newspaper burns beautifully and is a good fire starter.
By the time they got back to Hogwarts, the snow was still present and Soisen managed to get the potion to properly form muscle growth without a problem due to the unexpected merit of Silvia's mother, who made a casual comment from a nature documentary about caribou that inspired him enough to know how to overcome that bottleneck.
But there were still small details such as skin, sweat glands, nail growth, etc.
As for the arm hair... he decided to skip that part, it's purely aesthetic and Snape always wears long sleeves.
So why complicate his life?
The bad news came one afternoon as she had a feeling she had forgotten something and after hearing it, she realized what it was.
It turns out that Katie Bell had been the victim of a cursed necklace, needing months for a full recovery. Fortunately, it seems she only grazed the necklace a little and that prevented her immediate death.
Silvia in particular was quite upset about the event, because she was Katie's friend.
There was the shadow of Draco Malfoy, the newest Death Eater, trying in a really complicated and lackluster way to assassinate Dumbledore. He seems to be under a lot of pressure, because anyone with two fingers in front would know that there was no chance the headmaster would take this gift.
I mean, he seriously goes and gives a feminine item like a jeweled necklace to Dumbledore?
Don't you think he would be even slightly suspicious?
You'd have a better chance if you'd sent him by owl and as a Christmas gift from "a fan," a pair of cursed wool socks.
And if they were purple, the chance of success skyrocketed!
(How would you try to send a cursed object to Dumbledore? I'd send a box of Lemon Drops with some cursed candy mixed in! Or maybe I'd use a packet of licorice cockroaches instead... Who says a candy can't be cursed?)
That means the day when Malfoy is crying in the bathroom and seen by Potter shouldn't be far off, but he's curious what the counterattack would be this time.
Since he took the Half-Blood Prince book for himself, Potter doesn't know the Sectumsempra curse and so can only imagine resorting to the only combat spell the Potter family seems to know, the disarming spell.
And... yes, his theory is confirmed when he learns that Snape banned Potter from playing in the last Quidditch match. Too bad that despite the absence of their star seeker, Gryffindor still wins.
It's just that this time their opponents were the quidditch players of the recent Galegold team. But considering how new the team is and that it will take years for them to get properly organized, the gap is understandable. Still, even if he doesn't like quidditch he's happy that Gryffindor could only win by a measly ten points by the skin of their teeth, which shows the potential his house has on the pitch.
Harry is so excited that he approaches Ginny and before anyone can react, a bludger from who knows where hits a Potter with closed eyes and pursed lips and leaves him KO'd on the grass.
You can even see tiny blue Jobberknolls circling above the bump on his head!
Ginny suddenly realizes what Potter was going to do and blushes with fury, to the point where the team players have to hold her by the shoulders to keep her from kicking the unconscious Potter to the ground.
-Catch that bludger! -someone shouted when they saw that she was about to run away.
The others try to catch the runaway bludger and only Ron witnessed Soisen secretly pull the ball out of the quidditch trunk, roll up his arm sleeve exposing his spectacularly defined muscles and throw it as if it weighed nothing towards his best friend's head as he was about to treacherously kiss his little sister. After hitting his target, he pulled down his sleeve and walked away whistling as if he had nothing to do with the scene.
It was the one act Ron would never hold against Soisen, for preserving Ginny's honor.
Soisen wouldn't have acted this way if Ginny still had feelings for Potter, but since she's over him and is friends with him, she can consider her actions to prevent her first kiss from being stolen as positive karmic retribution from the universe.
Besides, how did Potter's brain work?
Gryffindor is the one who won, but to celebrate he tries to kiss the seeker of the team that lost. It seems his hormones are driving his actions, he should be thankful he only chose the thirty-sixth method to calm him down.
If he had used the forty method, (aiming lower) the Potter lineage would in all likelihood have been extinct.
By the way, I didn't know he had such a good arm for throwing things.
Will there be some sort of magical handball?
Maybe it would be a good idea to introduce a new magical sport that doesn't involve flying on brooms like idiots, something that could replace quidditch would be nice to see.
Something like the crazy techniques from Inazuma Eleven, but in a magic handball version.
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