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afm_harry_p ([info]afm_harry_p) wrote in [info]aftermidnight,
@ 2008-10-01 14:53:00

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Who: Harry and Vance
When: Backdates, Tuesday Night after Harry got home from his meeting with Ron.
Where: Vance's Manor, Study
Rating: PG
Statis: Complete!

Summary:

Harry had been writing to Vance, keeping to himself for the most part. His head had been killing him ever since he'd gotten home from seeing Ron and he thought it had to do with the lump on his head from the salt shaker. Or perhaps being smacked in the face. But the pain only got worse and Harry was bracing himself for what he knew was going to happen.

His whole body tensed mid-sentence and he felt his stomach twist as he blacked out, yelling in pain. He was blinded by it, different people and scenes flashing at him out of control. None of it made sense and he was a prisoner to the visions, laying on his floor, eyes ghostly white. All the while he watched, praying this nightmare of visions would be over soon.

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[info]afm_vance
2008-10-01 02:09 pm UTC (link)
The moment she had see the massive splotch of ink on her page, Emmeline slammed her journal closed and quickly pushed back from her desk in her private study. She had no idea where the boy was, all she kenw was he was in the house and obviously not sleeping up in bed.

She woman ran out of her office, stopping in the main foyer as she contemplated which way to go and whether she could call for help. The Lupins were out in the guesthouse, Millicent was away, she didn't know where Hermione was and Walden was in their room. It was when she was contemplating running upstairs to find Walden that she heard the yell of pain. She immediately bolted down the west hall, and stopped in the doorway of the study to see the boy on the floor writhering in pain.

"Shit." Emmeline said under her breath, rushing in and getting to her knees. She didn't understand what was exactly happening, but her first guess was a siezure, so she immediately grabbed a pillow from off the couch and shoved it under his head, then held it so he wouldn't thrash.

"Harry..." Emmeline called out, noticing his eyes. Hadn't someone said something about him being a Seer? Shit! "Harry!"

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[info]afm_harry_p
2008-10-01 02:18 pm UTC (link)
Another round of faces hit him and he yelled again, but his eyes were wide, seeing past them, trying to find out what it all meant. He didn't understand. Why were they all there. What did this mean? And then Ginny appeared with them and like something snapped, he was awake again.

He was panting and the pain in his head had subsided considerably. He was still rather fuzzy and out of it and his body felt like lead. Harry tried to make out who was yelling at him now. There had been so much of it in the vision that made no sense at all. He could have passed out right there, but he fought the urge.

Slowly his hand moved up to his eyes, realizing his glass must have gone flying when he landed. He groaned, not really caring where they went, more about the bump he felt forming on the back of his head. Could he not catch a break tonight? He should have known better by now that headaches came with falling now and he should just go straight to bed.

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[info]afm_vance
2008-10-01 02:27 pm UTC (link)
Emmeline held his head firmly as another series of shouts come from his body, wanting to go get help but not abandon him here on the floor. Thankfully, she saw his eyes change. He didn't seem to be aware of his surroundings, but he had snapped out of whatever fit he had been locked into. She frowned with cocnern, smooth some fark hair off his forehead, then looked around. Where the hell are his glasses?

She saw them a few feet away, and opened her hand. The glasses flew towards her and came square into her palm, and as she listened to Harry groan and try and regain his senses she gently murmured, "Harry? It's Emmeline. Respond if you hear me."

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[info]afm_harry_p
2008-10-01 02:34 pm UTC (link)
"Hi," he said, his voice dry as he took another deep breath, trying to relax. It wasn't so much his head now as his whole body killing him because of the fit. This was turning into the best night ever. He regained a bit more focus, able to make out Vance's face now and the massive spill of ink that was still dripping off the desk onto the floor.

He let his head fall back on the pillow on the floor and he closed his eyes, trying to remember what he saw. He wouldn't know if he'd said anything out loud, but the things were saw were all to clear. Sirius, Dumbledore, his parents..other faces to blurry to make out but at the end of it all was Ginny and he didn't have a clue what it meant or who it was for.

"Sorry..for worrying you..I'm alright."

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[info]afm_vance
2008-10-01 02:39 pm UTC (link)
"Stop apologizing for things that are obviously out of your control," Emmeline said quietly as she shifted to kneel beside him. She gave him a once over then leaned over him to check his pupils. Glad to hear that his voice was clear, she wasn't afraid he had knocked his head so hard he had suffered concussion, and he hadn't lost conciousness.

"Are you in pain?" Emmeline asked, "You must have fallen and smacked your head. If you feel well enough to move, we can move you to the couch and I can properly look at the back of your head."

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[info]afm_harry_p
2008-10-01 02:49 pm UTC (link)
"Just the annouying pain that comes from hitting my head on the floor when I fall. But otherwise I'm alright." He sat up carefully, more embarassed then anything else. "Used to getting hit in the head. Guess I've built up a tolerance for it."

He was on his feet, taking his wand and tapped it on the desk, cleaning up the ink, before he made his way over to the couch, feeling the lump that was growing on the back of his head.

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[info]afm_vance
2008-10-01 02:53 pm UTC (link)
Emmeline followed him to the couch, and handed him his glasses. She studied him for a moment then quietlly excused herself to go get some of her medical supplies. She was back less than five minutes later. She walke dup and handed him an icepack wrapped in a towel.

"Press this to the back of your head," Emmeline said quietly as she sat down beside him on the couch. She studied the back of his head then pulled a vial out from the pocket of her trousers, "Drink this. Mild pain potion, should take the edge off."

Emmeline studied him intently for a moment, then asked, "Was that a vision, Harry?"

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[info]afm_harry_p
2008-10-01 02:59 pm UTC (link)
"Thanks," he sadi quietly, drinking it down. He pressed the ice pack on his head, wincing quietly as the cold connected with the lump, but soon it eased it and he relaxed a little more.

At her question, he blushed softly, looking away. "Yeah..I've had worse then that though. Back when I was hurt at the Ministry, they threw me into seizures. I haven't had one since then so I was a little paniced coming out of it this time. I didn't know what I'd wake up to." He shifted the icepack a little and leaned back in the couch.

"It didn't make any sense. All I saw was dead people and they weren't even saying anything. And then everyone's faces got blurry and the only person I could make out was Ginny. And I have this sickening feeling my brains trying to tell me something about our relationship..it tends to do that from time to time." Harry closed his eyes and let out a long frustrated sigh.

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[info]afm_vance
2008-10-01 03:05 pm UTC (link)
Emmeline leaned back in the couch as well, turned slightly so she was facing him. He propped her head up with one arm, which was perched on the top of the couch, and studied him, "Do you have a journal that you keep notes of your visions? Just because you have them doesn't mean they should make sense to you. Perhaps if you keep track of them, you can better interept them. There are also people out there who make a living out of interpreting visions that Seer's have."

Emmeline sighed and rubbed a little at a temple, "Well, you didn't have a siezure, though I thought you might have been at first. You seem to be no worse for wear, but I'd definitely keep an eye on that bump..." she studied his face a little, then his head. She frowned, "How many times have you struck your head tonight?"

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[info]afm_harry_p
2008-10-01 03:15 pm UTC (link)
"All the visions I've had before were pretty striaght forward. This one has left me a little perplexed." He would be making note of it to look back on later. They always seemed to come back and bite him in the ass. Last thing he needed was a clue to something horrible laying in the midst of what he thought was his mind trying to fool him.

At her next comment about the other bump on his forehead and the shinner on his cheek and pulled the ice pack away from his head, playing with it. "One by myself, the other two are from Ron." His shoulder slumped and he sunk into the couch some more. "He didn't take the news well and he's always had a bit of a temper."

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[info]afm_vance
2008-10-01 03:19 pm UTC (link)
"And he hit you?" Emmeline said with a note of surprise in her voice. She had no idea what the full story was between all of them. She did know, however, that Ron and Hermione had once been a couple. Obviously, Ronald was not taking the news well.

"I'm sure he'll come around. The Weasley's as a whole tend to have tempers which get the better of them. It probably came as a shock to the boy. Once he sees he has no claim on Hermione, he'll hopefully be happy that two of his closest friends found happiness in eachother. If not... well... I pity him."

Emmeline sighed and ran a hand through her hair, "Hopefully your trip to Australia will help. I think time away and removed from here will do both of you a world of good."

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[info]afm_harry_p
2008-10-01 03:28 pm UTC (link)
"Twice. Once with his fist and then he tossed a salt shaker at me. But now I think he's more upset with Hermione and that's not right. I was the one that asked her to marry me. And it's not like I didn't try to tell him we were dating. He didn't get any of our messages, never bothered to contact anyone while he was away. It's a huge mess.." Harry sighed. "I don't know if he'll come around this time. Ron holds a grudge pretty well."

But what more could he say to his friend. He had every right to be upset, but he didn't want him lashing out at Hermione either. It was all their faults for not keeping in better touch.

"At this point I think I just want to run away to there and not look back. But running away never solves anything, as tempting as it sounds." He chuckled a little, placing the ice pack back on his head.

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[info]afm_vance
2008-10-01 03:34 pm UTC (link)
"No, running away never works. The situations themselves may not follow you, but the guilt will. I'm sure there are people here who would miss you and feel a great sense of loss if you up and vanished on them. Taking some time for yourself is more than acceptable..." Emmeline smiled softly, "Disappearing without a trace is not."

She looked over at the empty fireplace and frowned, "It's not fair to direct all the malice to Hermione. They aren't together, they certainly aren't dating. Hermione is not a posession to be faught over, and is a person who can choose of her own free will. You two being together was a mutual decision, and if he wants to attack you then he has to attack the pair. He must obviously still have strong feelings for her to still be this angry."

Emmeline looked back to Harry, "Perhaps this will take more time than usual, but maybe that's what he needs. You have just as much right to be livid with him too. There are ways to communicate from the United States. There are birds who are specifically bred to make trans-atlantic flights and the floo network can be used internationally. He dropped off the face of the planet. He never gave you the chance to tell him. He might just be bitter that life went on while he was away."

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[info]afm_harry_p
2008-10-01 03:45 pm UTC (link)
"There's also Muggle post. But I never got an address from him.." he added quietly. "I'm not mad at him though. I'd be upset too if I found out my best mate was dating my ex. And a little creeped out since it was his sister." Harry laughed, knowing it wasn't really that funny but he'd blame the knock on the head.

"I just want my best mate back. I want things to go back to the way they were without all this drama and I can't help but feel it's my fault for getting her. I should have talked to Ginny, I should have talked to Ron, I shouldn't have pushed people away..there's a lot of things I should and shouldn't have done. But I'm still learning. I grew up thinking anyone to close to me would die and let's be honest, the track record I had, it wasn't that far off. And lately with Sirius passing away, Kingsley being killed..I paniced. Plain as that. And now I realize how foolish it was."

Harry pushed his glasses up his nose, shaking his head. "But I'm stronger then all that. And it should be common curtiousy and respect above other things. Look at the bigger picture, not just what is convient to you. I knew what I was doing, just to stupid not to think things through a little better before I acted."

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[info]afm_vance
2008-10-01 03:50 pm UTC (link)
"All the deaths you mentioned were out of your hands. Those people were not standing in a room with you and just keeled over. In a day and age like the one we live in, everyone knows someone who has died. Look at my own track record..." Emmeline shrugged, "My father, my mother, Amelia Bones, Sirius, Kingsley, Dumbledore... they were all my friends. And I had to deal with their deaths too. With the Lestranges in power, death isn't going to go away. More people will die. It is inevitable you will know some of them, but just because you know them doesn't mean you had a hand in killing them."

Emmeline sighed, "But you are stronger than that, and you are completely right. There is a bigger picture outside of the one right infront of your nose. You don't live in a world where your reactions won't be noticed or judged. It's best you get used to it now, because it isn't going to stop anytime soon. The best you can do is do right by the ones you love."

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[info]afm_harry_p
2008-10-01 04:03 pm UTC (link)
"Always out of my hand, always will be. I know." He listened to Emmeline speak, keeping to himself as he processed it.

Nodding, he looked around the room again, taking the ice pack off and felt the bump on his head. It wasn't as big as the others had been. Lucky him. Maybe a couple more knocks and he'd be immune to it. Standing, he moved back over to the table and tapped it with his wand, cleaning up the ink spill, closing his journal.

"Thanks for coming to check on me and..I am sorry. I know I have no control over it, but at least you didn't see me at my worst." He smiled, shrugging his shoulders slightly.

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[info]afm_vance
2008-10-01 04:07 pm UTC (link)
"I've seen worse," Emmeline said with a tight smile, "Far, far worse. Don't apologize. I'm just glad you're okay." Emmeline stood from the couch and ran her hands over the front of her blouse to smooth the silk, then smiled, "Off to bed. You need rest, quiet and hopefully a good night sleep. If you want a cup of tea, help yourself to the kitchen."

Emmeline studied him for another moment, just to make sure he looked like he was going to be okay, then inclined her head with a smile, "Good night, Harry."

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[info]afm_harry_p
2008-10-01 04:15 pm UTC (link)
"Emmeline!" he called after he, staying in place. "You-" He paused, thinking about what he wanted to say.

"You don't think I'm..what I mean is.." He was mumbling and he knew what he wanted to ask, but he didn't want to bring on a whole new line of questions. "I'm nothing like Voldemort right?"

He hoped she'd just answer the question and leave it at that.

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[info]afm_vance
2008-10-01 04:19 pm UTC (link)
Emmeline paused and turned around, her brow creasing in confusion. What kind of question was that? She sudied him for a moment to figure out if he was serious or not, but when she saw how he stood there and looked at her with anticipation of a response, she cocked her head slightly.

"Harry, if you were anything like Voldemort we wouldn't have had the conversation we just had. He wouldn't have worried about upsetting his best mate or his ex girlfriend. Voldemort wouldn't have cared how many people had died around him, or if he hurt anyone in the process. And most importantly, Voldemort would not be in love and engaged to a Muggleborn witch." Emmeline gave him a reassuring smile, "You, Harry Potter, are nothing like Voldemort."

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[info]afm_harry_p
2008-10-01 04:27 pm UTC (link)
"Right..no you're right. Sorry." He smiled, running his hand through his hair and went back to straightening out his things. "I'll see you in the morning Emmeline. Thank you, again."

He packed up his journal, grabbing his jacket off the study chair and made his way to the door with her. In the back of his mind though, the face of the man that haunted his childhood just smiled. He could push him aside, because the vision had meant nothing. He was stronger then all of this.

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[info]afm_vance
2008-10-01 04:29 pm UTC (link)
Emmeline watched Harry closely as he packed up his things, concern and scrutiny passing over her steel-coloured eyes for a brief moment. That was an odd question to ask, but he obviously felt as if he had needed to ask it. What what was going on in his mind? Had Voldemort been in his vision?

"Good night..." Emmeline finally murmured, giving him a small smile as she stepped away and climbed the stairs to go to her bedroom in the east wing.

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