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Chapter #5: Ideas.

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Harry and Hermione were on her bed, it was past midnight and everyone seemed to be asleep right now except for them of course, they’ve decided to hold secret meetings to discuss their little project while everyone was sleeping, there were many scattered parchments on the floor.

On the parchments, there were written numbers, formulas, and essays about magical theory, Harry and Hermione were having an interesting discussion right now.

“So, I was reading the theory about the stunning spell, it seems like it can interrupt the flow of magic on the user for a few seconds and that’s why it’s mostly harmless and convenient,” Hermione said as she flipped the pages of a book.

“That’s interesting, it’s better than the idea I had,” Harry couldn’t help but sigh.

“Well, this is a good start but…I would love to hear your ideas, Harry, no matter how crazy they might sound, we have to try everything, we can't afford to disregard ideas,” the bushy-haired witch said in a comforting tone and Harry couldn’t help but peck her lips.

This caused the witch to blush but the small peck suddenly turned into a more intense kiss.

“You’re brilliant, you know that, right?” Asked Harry once the kiss ended.

“You too are brilliant in more ways than you think,” she said completely embarrassed.

This was so strange, Hermione was still the same school-obsessed bookworm, still, when Harry did things like pecking her lips or taking her hand she couldn’t help but feel her emotions get out of control that she couldn’t concentrate well after that, her boyfriend was now an obstacle when it comes to her search of knowledge and yet, she feels okay about it.

Her boyfriend…It was so weird and crazy for Hermione to say those words and think about Harry, she felt like the luckiest witch in the world for being in this position, and unknowingly to her, Harry felt the same, he felt like the luckiest wizard in the world because she’s with him.

“Come on…I would love to spend as much time snogging but we don’t have too much time, we’re always being watched all day and the Weasleys rarely let us have alone time, so, we’ll have to sacrifice some of our sleeping hours to investigate,” Hermione said with a sad smile.

Never in her life had she thought she would prefer any other thing than studying and yet, here she was, feeling a bit down because she needed to stop kissing her boyfriend who nodded at her with an understanding expression, this was his idea after all, it doesn’t look good on him to want to slack around, no matter how tired he may feel, the world and Voldemort aren't going to wait until he’s ready, he needs to catch them by surprise.

“You’re right love,” Harry said as he shook his head trying to forget about the sensations caused by the contact between their lips. “You see I was thinking more along the lines of overpowering a battery, you know?” Harry said with a serious expression.

Hermione remained in silence for a few moments.

“Do you have any basis for your idea?” Asked the brown-haired witch with an interested expression.

“Well, I was thinking about the way the Lumos and Nox spells work, I know it’s just light but—” Harry was about to downplay his idea but Hermione quickly stopped him.

“Harry…That’s, not a bad basis, I mean, we’re talking about energy here, light is energy, magic is energy, and we want to extinguish the magic out of someone, right?” Asked the smartest witch of her age.

Harry was a bit insecure about voicing his ideas but Hermione’s words made him smile from side to side.

“Brilliant,” said the witch with a warm smile that made Harry experience so many emotions, and all of them were happy ones. “I’ll have to check out the theory behind Lumos and Nox again while the Weasleys are by our side, they won’t suspect a thing,” Hermione assured her boyfriend.

“Excellent, by the way, Hermione…Do you know if radiation has any effect on magic?” Asked Harry with a curious look.

Hermione suddenly raised a brow, she was taken aback by his words but then, she started to think about it.

“I don’t know Harry, I know radiation messes with electronics but I don’t think there have been so many incidents documented about the effects of radiation on magic, luckily or sadly, there have been two incidents this century that will give us some information as I’m sure not only muggles were present during those events, I'm sure there were also wizards,” Hermione said to him with a serious look.

“You're talking about the two bombs in Japan, right?” Asked Harry with a calm expression.

“And the Chernobyl disaster too Harry,” Hermione giggled at him and he suddenly remembered when they talked about it when he attended primary school. “I’ll ask the libraries if they have some books or papers about the effects those incidents had on magic,” Hermione was taking notes in another notebook.

“Hermione, what do you know about magical cores?” Asked Harry suddenly with a curious look.

He had no idea why he never thought about it but the book Sirius lent them made him think about the origin of magic and how can they generate energy from their bodies in a way that defies the laws of nature or at least the laws of modern muggle physics.

“That’s a very complex subject Harry, I’ve read the book Sirius lent you, the thing here is that everything is still a theory, it makes sense but in the end, it’s just a theory,” Hermione sighed.

“It’s alright please enlighten me, I just want to hear you saying clever things,” Harry said half-joking.

She lightly slapped his shoulder and she couldn’t help but grin as she tried to hide her sudden blush, Harry was going to be the death to her.

“Okay, from what I’ve read, it is theorized that the magical core is located in the center of gravity of a witch or wizard,” she explained and Harry nodded. “According to the book there are levels of magic and they are determined by the ancestry of the witch or wizard but it’s not like you can’t increase your power, it happens naturally to most wizards and witches as they age,” Hermione suddenly took a pause.

Harry meanwhile was analyzing her words, he was trying to come out with something else, Hermione seemed to love the way he contributed to the conversation, seeing her looking at him proudly was a very good feeling indeed.

“But there must be a limit to how much powerful one can be at a certain age, right?” Asked Harry with a hopeful expression.

“Yes, as I was saying, according to the book you can make your core grow as you get older, but there are some natural exceptions who don't have to go through the same development as the rest of us, I'm talking about magical prodigies like Professor Dumbledore, Voldemort...” She said the last name bitterly. “...And you,” her smile was making all of this worth it.

“Interesting,” Harry tried to not blush at her compliment. “I’m thinking again of wizards as if they were batteries, we talked about magical interruption and the Lumos comparison but…What if instead of taking their magic, they receive more magic than their cores could hold until it gets broken?” Asked Harry with a curious expression.

Hermione remained in silence for a few moments, she couldn’t believe it, Harry was giving lots of good ideas, either he was a genius or his need for vengeance was getting the best out of him, she knew he was smart, if he decided to take his studies seriously he would give her a run for her galleons, however, the most interesting thing about Harry was his creativity, the way he sees magic is something she knows it’s difficult for her.

She saw magic as something that makes sense just like most muggles see physics, Harry sees magic as something to play around with, he sees magic in a way that doesn’t make much sense for most wizards and witches just like quantum mechanics does for most muggles, he was showing a very interesting side lately and Hermione was loving this side of his.