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Chapter #26: The magic thieves, part II.

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“So, after leaving Malfoy here I felt unease as I looked at the map, Parkinson was dangerously close to you and I was afraid she would try to do something to you after I checked out Malfoy’s memories and found out that they were planning to assassinate you,” Harry took a pause and Hermione nodded.

“So you were in the great hall when she confessed the crime?” Hermione asked with a surprised expression.

She couldn’t believe that not even Dumbledore realized that Harry was there as the old wizard always seems to somehow find out about Harry’s whereabouts.

“Yes and then I saw her lifting her wand planning to use the killing curse just like her idiotic friend, and I wanted her to stop, I felt the same as I did with Malfoy I wished to harm her where it hurts her the most for people by taking her magic, and after screaming under the invisibility cloak, the spell came out again and the wand was hot as hell again,” Harry explained as he caressed his hand.

“And then it happened,” Hermione said with clear surprise.

Harry nodded and she nodded too.

“The spell hit her and the next thing everyone finds is that she couldn’t cast any magic I wish I could have stayed further, however, I heard Madam Pomfrey say that she knew I was out of the hospital wing, so, my only alibi to use once Malfoy's disappearance gets investigated was being threatened, so, I decided to come back in time to take the place of the Harry who had come out of the infirmary to chase Malfoy,” Harry finished.

Hermione was staring at him with a curious expression, he was a bit worried she might scream at him for using the time turner, but to be fair if she didn’t want him to use it she shouldn’t have let it with him, doing that was like giving a pyromancer a lighter.

“You didn’t interact with anyone right? Did you do something that could have changed the timeline? Did I actually die in the great hall and you came—” Hermione was quickly stopped by Harry who shook his head negatively.

“No Mione, I stayed in the hospital wing the moment my past self went to hunt for Malfoy, there was a moment in which Madam Pomfrey realized I was outside of the infirmary but that didn’t last for too long, I just got outside for a few moments to take some fresh air but it wasn’t enough time to arise suspicions as I know that once they realize Malfoy is missing I’m going to become the main suspect,” Harry couldn’t help but sigh.

“If that’s the case we have to look up if he has any tracking charms on him,” Hermione told him with a worried tone.

“I already took care of that, Sirius told me that pureblood families usually put tracking charms on their children’s wands, so, I banished the thing to the forbidden forest so that it might look like he was killed by one of the creatures of the forest but then I felt worried and I used a detecting charm on his body to see if he had anything on his clothes, there was none which makes sense as the thing that stays consistent among us is our wands, they're with us most of the time,” Harry explained to his girlfriend.

She was impressed by his logic and nodded at him.

“So, what are we going to do with him now?” Hermione asked as she stared at the weak figure of the blonde ponce.

“I think it’s obvious my beautiful Mione…We’re going to use him as a test subject, as far as we know, he was guilty of attacking me, so, we can think of this as his punishment for what he did and for trying to escape, if we get questioned we can deny anything as there's no proof but that we did something,” Harry couldn’t help but giggle.

Hermione wasn’t having fun though, she was worried they could find the truth and send him to Azkaban this time for real.

“Harry, but what if they find out?” She was obviously worried but he only chuckled.

“Then we’ll have to turn everyone into squibs and for that Mione, we need to keep researching because even if I was lucky and I believe what happened is the result of the belief that magic is all about intent, I still feel that we need to find a more efficient way to use this power one that doesn't turn your wand into hot metal," Harry’s words made Hermione think.

“I can't find a flaw in your logic, this is what we wanted, right?” She asked with a raised brow and he nodded.

“It’s either that or killing everyone but killing can be quite annoying, messy, and more laborious to get away with, with this method we can use polyjuice potion or other methods to catch people by surprise because as you know, no one was able to see how Parkinson lost her magic,” his words made her nod.

“So…What do we do now?” She asked with uncertainty and excitement at the same time.

“Well, first I wanted to show you this amazing room that we’re going to use for our research,” Harry’s words made her feel curious.

Then her eyes widened when the whole room was turned into some kind of laboratory, it was a combination between a potions lab and a muggle chemical lab.

“Harry, what is this room?” She asked with complete amazement.

“This my dear is what I like to call the room of requirement, you can shape it in any way you want to satisfy your needs, I didn’t have time to use much of it when I caught Malfoy but I realized how awesome this room was when it created a door to teleport me to the great hall before you were attacked!” Harry said with an excited tone.

To say that Hermione was happy would be the understatement of the century, the big smile she had on her face was hard to erase and then, she decided to snog her boyfriend senseless, this was the perfect place so they could continue working on their research.

Meanwhile at the headmaster’s office.

“Take a seat, Severus, would you like a marzipan? I got this from my trip to Mexico, it’s sweet and it’s apparently made with pumpkin seeds and sugar,” Dumbledore said with a calm expression.

The old wizard then grabbed a circular-shaped white candy that turned into dust once he took a bite.

“Uh, no, thank you Albus I just came here to thank you for helping Draco…Making the portraits disappear so there could be no witnesses of his escape is something I truly appreciate,” Snape said with a calm tone, it was strange to see him acting like that.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about Severus, I just wanted to talk with the portraits this morning but our meeting got interrupted by what happened in the great hall,” the headmaster said before winking. “In any case, I just hope young Draco realizes his mistake and turns his life around,” the aged wizard added with a sad sigh.

“Headmaster…In the hypothetical case that you decided to help him, why would you do something like that?” Asked the potions professor, he knew Dumbledore was trying to cover himself in case Harry or the ministry found out that he helped the Malfoy heir escape.

“Well, it would be a waste of time, Severus…The last thing we and young Harry need is the press coverage of something as serious as a murder attempt, I’m sure there are going to be articles from tomorrow onwards, however, having the press writing nonsense for a few days is better than if there were a trial that could last for months," Dumbledore paused for a few moments.

Then he grabbed another sweet.

"Without Draco, I don't think the press is going attempt to twist the story and blame Harry for what happened, the Parkinsons are nobodies compared to the Malfoys who would surely sue anyone who dares to write something about young Draco, the current political climate is not good for young Harry to handle, he needs to focus on his classes,” the aged headmaster said with a slight smile.

Hearing those words made Snape shudder as he remembered the occlumency and legimilency classes and how that turned out for him.