Amulet of time 1: The Age of The Founders

Chapter 13: Now You See Me, Now You Don't

"Ron, Hermione, I found out on Friday that Ginny is a true Seer. I thought there was something funny going on when we went to Diagon Alley to get our school supplies. When we got to Gringotts, she told me to take out a lot more money than I normally would, as she had a strong feeling I would need it. I trust her, so I did what she said. Then we got sent to the past for however many years we'll be stuck here. There may be times when that extra money comes in useful. When we were in Divination, Ginny had a vision. Something about a battle in the Chamber of Secrets, I think. I talked to Simbi and Nirah about it and they told me she was a true Seer."

The other two just stared at Harry for a few minutes in awe. Ron was pleased that his sister was special, if a little jealous. Hermione just wanted to hit the books and find out all she could about true Seers. Once they had both snapped out of their dazes, Hermione went to gather some books so they could spend the morning researching Ginny's new gift.

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Two hours later, the four friends hadn't found much on true Seers. From what Harry had managed to glean from Simbi and Nirah, true Seers were very rare. There were actually three types of Seer. True Seers had a very strong Inner Eye and could experience both visions and intuitive feelings. They could see things that were going to happen months or even years in advance and their visions were much clearer. The second type was short sighted Seers. They had weak visions that only showed them things that would happen in the next few days. The third, like their old Divination professor, could only see a few minutes in advance, if at all, and had only a few true visions in their lives, which they themselves could not recall having. Ginny, being a true Seer, was of the most powerful type.

Just as they were about to give up, a whiney voice sounded from behind them.

"Well, well, if it isn't the Mudblood scum. Studying hard, I see. You need to study hard to make up for your weak magic. Not that you could ever make up for that. No matter how hard you study, you will never be anything worthwhile."

"Shut up, d'Escargot," Ron snapped.

"Ohhhh! The redhead has clout! My, my, how long did it take to think that one up? A week?"

"Leave my brother alone, go and bother someone who cares."

"Be silent woman! How dare you speak to a man like that! You should learn to hold your tongue in front of your betters."

"Well when I see one of my betters, I'll bare that in mind!" Ginny raged.

Horatio took a step towards her, his hand in the air as if to strike her. Before he could reach her Harry had hit him with a very powerful disarming spell, which sent the boy hurtling back and hitting the book stacks with a sickening thump. The other three stared at the Boy-Who-Lived in fright. The first to recover has Hermione, who pointed at Harry's outstretched hand with a shaking finger.

"Harry, you're not holding your wand."

Harry stared at his hand in disbelief. He had just performed a very powerful wandless magic spell without even realising it.

"I think when we go to our lesson tonight, we should tell Lady Ravenclaw about this."

The other three nodded in agreement.

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That night, when the group assembled in the tower room they were impatient for the founder to arrive. They had been waiting for the lesson to arrive, but no longer for the reasons they had had that morning. Pranks and trips to the kitchen were the last things on their minds. When Lady Ravenclaw entered, they all stood up and hurried over to her, Harry telling her what had happened. She listened attentively and nodded her head when he had finished.

"How did you feel at the time?" she asked.

"What do you mean?"

"Before you performed the spell, what did you feel? What emotion?"

"Anger," Harry admitted, "He was trying to hurt my friend and I knew I just couldn't let that happen."

"Well, all I can tell you is that the emotion must have been very strong. Those who have never been trained in wandless magic can not normally perform such powerful spells, unless they are experiencing very strong emotions. Now, we will do more about this on Sunday, for now put it out of your mind and we will concentrate on invisibility. Now, I need you to imagine yourselves as transparent. You will not be able to do this very quickly. When learning this magic, you need to start with slight transparency and work your way up to full invisibility. Now, close your eyes and clear your mind…"

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Three hours later, the exhausted teens made their way out of the room. Harry had made the most progress, making himself slightly transparent. The others had been successful as well, but not to the degree that Harry managed. Ravenclaw believed they would be able to manage full invisibility by Christmas.