Chapitre 37: A sick piece of magic.
Having a way to copy anything is a really broken ability. That was what Konrad thought one sunny April afternoon. In front of him lied the Resurrection Stone the legendary deathly hallow that could summon the souls of the dead, and in his hand lied exactly the same stone. Yes. Two. Because just a minute ago Konrad completed an experiment that he thought about. Can he copy a Deathly Hallow?
The answer is... Yes! But the amount of magic required for that task was extreme.
It was already a few months since the creation of the copying formation and both Konrad and the girls practically doubled their magic power. With the supplies of highly magical basilisk meat that they could even copy if needed and the intensive magical training Konrad achieved the magic capacity of twenty Dumbledores while the girls surpassed Dumbles an doubled him over. And with so many power Konrad only managed to barely copy the Hallow and the girls had to lend their own magic as well.
But here it was. And Konrad then realized something. He doesn't want to check if the stone works. Who knows if Death is going to be pissed or something.
They originally used the stone because it was the smallest Hallow but there was no safe way to check if it works. According to Luna the two stones were perfectly the same and she saw the same dark aura coming from them, but Konrad decided to postpone the test and try another Hallow, like the invisibility cloak.
They waited a day and Konrad repeated the copying process this time using the Cloak. Luckily The amount of magic needed, turned out to be the same as the Stone. Soon a second Invisibility Cloak lies in Konrad's hands.
"Alright time to see if it works!" He said.
As he put on the cloak, his body disappeared without trace.
"The copy works! Luna put on the original!" Konrad quickly said.
She did so, and the little blond girl disappeared completely just like Konrad.
"They both works! We did it!" Hermione said excitedly.
""We did it!"" The Cloaks fell down when the trio did their standard group hug.
"We copied a deathly Hallow! You understand how huge it is?" Hermione finally said as they calmed down.
"Yeah...I wonder if...Ehh I'll check it later.." Konrad mumbled.
"Hmm? What do you thought about Konrad?" Luna asked curiously.
"I'll tell you later. Just an idea I had. Anyway how are your projects going girls?" Konrad asked.
"Oh it's good! I actually cracked the magic on the necklace a long time ago. It a simple mind protection. It stops any occlumency from entering the mind of the wearer. I'm now helping Hermione figure out how Is the Room Of Requirements working. We're slowly making progress. The walls are filled with more runes and charms than we put in the Copy Formation but it's pretty rough and could be improved I believe. Now how is your project with the new land going?" Luna explained and asked.
Konrad smiled at this info and replied to the question.
"You already know that right? Didn't we move the Lab onto there... and aren't we there now?" He asked in amusement.
"What?! But the Lab didn't change at all! How did you manage to move The entire Lab from under Privet drive to your land in Ottery?!" Hermione said shocked.
Konrad spend the last few months looking for a land he could buy, and after a few weeks he found a nice forested area spanning a dozen or so kilometers an every direction. What was interesting was the location. It was only a little to the north of Ottery St. Catchpole where Luna and the Weasleys live. Konrad wanted them to have a nice and uninhabited area where they could one day build their home. Of course the house was still in the Building phase. Konrad hired a bunch of goblins to start building the mansion and the surrounding infrastructure like walkways, gardens, and greenhouses.
The main reason for this decision was actually Ruby. They didn't want her to stay confined inside the Lab all the time. The problem was, she was a dragon, and as much as she was the nicest and most polite daug...dragon in the world, it was still illegal for her to be here. That's why Konrad needed to have a large uninhabited area of land in the first place. So she could soar in the sky without worry of being discovered. Cristal did her utmost to teach Ruby how to Disilusion herself but she was still having trouble with the spell so she could only do it with company.
Now comes the part about the Lab and how did Konrad manage to move the entire Lab over 100 km without the girls realizing for a few weeks.
"Oh that was actually quiet fun to do. I recreated the entire layout and shape of the Lab creating an exact copy under "OUR" land, and connected the two places with the same runes as in the vanishing cabinet!" He grinned widely waiting for their response.
Both Luna and Hermione opened their eyes wide.
"So you made the entire Lab into a huge vanishing cabinet?!" Hermione exclaimed shocked.
Konrad grinned and said "Yep! That's why everything looked exactly as if nothing changed! I was curious how long it would take you to realize that we're not in Little Whinging anymore. I can proudly say neither of you were aware of it for an entire month hahaha!" Konrad laughed.
""So...can we see the surface?""Luna and Hermione asked at the same time and smiled to each other.
"Nope. I told you you can see it after the mansion is ready."
"And you won't tell us what your planing there?" They asked Konrad grinned as if it was an assert and changed the topic.
"I bet you would like to furniture it, right?" Konrad asked.
The girls pouted but when they heard Konrad mention the furniture they instantly beamed happily.
""Yes!""
The trio chatted for a while planing what they could add into their house when it was finally completed. They were all there when they designed it and it looked more like a castle than a mansion but the girls insisted on it. They joked that since they already have tiaras like princesses they can as well have their own castle too.
At the moment Ruby can still exit the Lab only with someone who can cast disillusionment on her but as soon as the mansion is ready in a few weeks she would be able to soar freely in the sky without anyone spouting her. Konrad already planed on creating powerful wards that would hide the entire area a few kilometers In every direction.
After a while another topic started between the three.
"Right! Have we made any progress about the Werewolfs?" Konrad asked.
"Actually yeah I did something that might work." Luna said and took out a pretty silver bracelet with a wolf head. The inner side was filled with really small runes that Konrad could barely read.
"At first I wanted to use the philosophers stone but we don't want to spread it around so I had to look for another highly magic conductive metal. This mithril bracelet is filled with special runes that should channel only the werewolf dark energy and convert it into normal energy that is send back into the wearer. I don't think it would break the curse but it should counteract the dark magic that accumulate inside a werewolf and possibly stop the transformation." Luna explained a little proudly.
"That's amazing Luna! Why didn't you tell us?" Did Hermione.
"Ohh I worked it out only last week and we had this breakthrough with the Rune of augmented intent so I forgot ehehe." Said Luna.
"You? Forgot something? We should watch out because the sky is going to fall on our heads hahaha." Konrad joked.
"So should we bring it to Professor Lupin?" Hermione asked.
"We should first hide the runes somehow." Konrad said. "We don't want people to learn our secrets right?"
"That won't be a problem" Luna said as she took out another similar bracelet with no visible runes anywhere.
"I hid the runes and added anti theft ones that would stop anyone from trying to force their way through." Luna said and handed the bracelet to Konrad. He smiled and gave the first one back.
"Then I assume the first one is a prototype?" He asked.
"Yep!"
"Alright let's anonymously give it to Lupin!" Konrad said excited.
"Do you think he'll wear it?" Asked Hermione.
"If we explained the purpose of the bracelet in a letter I'm sure he would jump on the occasion." He grinned.
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An exhausted Remus Lupin walked into his office after a hard day of DADA lessons. The full moon was only two days away and he was getting ready for the monthly torture once more starting tonight. Then his eyes fell on a beautiful silver bracelet lying on a letter from someone. He instantly felt wary. Someone walked into his room and put it in here without even triggering his wards! He slowly approached the bracelet and examined it with a few spells. Nothing dangerous showed itself under his magic. The bracelet was heavily enchanted and probably full of runes but there was no imminent threat coming from it.
He carefully moved it from the letter using his wand and checked the letter for any magic. After confirming nothing wrong with it he opened it and started reading. The more he read the more his eyes widened. Whoever send him the bracelet stated that it was an artifact that was supposed to stop the werewolf transformation! The only problem was that it was supposedly untested.
Remus felt conflicted. On one hand the artifact could have a potentially harmful effects and he should report it but on the other he could potentially lost the only chance of ever being freed from this curse.
Remus was a smart person who always thought things through, but years of suffering forced his hand and before he realized the bracelet was on his wrist. He instantly felt something happening. The energy inside him was sucked by the bracelet! He wanted to remove it but then he felt a much calmer and purer wave being returned from the bracelet. It circulated through his body and Remus felt his body relax like never before. It was amazing! What was that thing?!
Then something changed. Remus heard the wolf inside him howl in happiness when the pure energy coming from the bracelet collided with the source of the dark energy and engulfed it entirely. Before he realized he was kneeling on the floor with tears falling from his eyes.
"It's not a curse...It's a blessing!" He said when the dark magic was purified by the surging energy leaving only the howls of the real wolf. He was finally free. The wolf was finally free. And it felt right. As if it was always meant to be like this. Then Remus fainted.
When Remus woke up, rays of the moonlight shone through the window basking him in the primeval magic. Yet there was no pain. No horrible transformation. Remus looked at the table where an unused wolfsbane potion lied waiting for him but he didn't took it. He should have already changed yet here he stood feeling strong and...whole? Yes whole. He looked at the bracelet still on his wrist. He took it off. And nothing changed. The darkness disappeared completely after the purity took its place. He didn't know if it was supposed to happen but he understood one thing, the wolf fought with the darkness, and came on top.
Remus gazed into the full moon for the first time feeling no pain. He focused and his body started changing. At first he was expecting pain yet it never came. Soon a huge silver wolf stood at the center of the room and he howled to the moon in happiness. 'I am whole!' He thought.
In the corner of the room three children and a snake hid under invisibility cloaks watching the spectacle with shocked expressions.
'That's...more than you said it was supposed to do...' Hermione send through telepathy.
'Yeah...' only replied Luna.
'I think we broke some different curse or something like this...' Konrad speculated.
'Mhm...' was the response of the girls.
'...Cool!' He said.
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