Chapter 05

Chapter 5

With a firm voice, John replied, "No. But, that's one of the last things we'll talk about. Do you have any other questions before I get to that?"

Thinking furiously, Harry asked, "Back to these soul mates..."

With a wave-off gesture, John said, "That's part of what we're going to do this time. Next?"

With an irritated sigh, Harry next asked, "What about me being rich?"

"That one I can answer right now," replied John. "Did it not occur to you to wonder why the vault your funds are in at Gringotts is referred to as your trust vault?"

"No," replied Harry, again a little confused. "No, I..." And then it looked like Harry understood.

"It was referred to as that because it was one of three," said John. "The trust vault was your spending money until you reached your majority; or, you were emancipated earlier. At that time, your trust vault would be merged with one of the other two vaults. One is the liquid assets... money... and business, property and investment deeds. The other is the heirloom vault... jewellery, paintings, weaponry, and stuff like that.

"When you go back... and you are going back, by the way... as soon as possible after your name comes out of the Goblet of Fire, you are to report yourself to the goblins and have your emancipation declared and documented. Organise it in advance, though."

Harry asked, "Ron's not my friend and Ginny's not my soul mate?"

"Definitely not on either count," John replied firmly. "And, when you go get your emancipation through the goblins, you'll be able to don the Head of House ring for House Potter. It'll add to the protections from someone spiking you with potions."

Thinking a bit more, Harry asked, "I never asked him at the time; but, how did Ron find us with the deluminator?"

"Ha!" said John. "Now that your mind's free of those potions, you're starting to think things through again. Very good! As you should remember, Albus Wulfric gave Ronald Bilius that deluminator as a bequeathment to the boy upon his death. It was one of the little doodads Albus Wulfric was using to keep an eye on you. It had a combined point-me charm and distance charm built into it. And Ronald Bilius figured it out. Thus showing he isn't the idiot he likes to portray to others."

"And why do you call Dumbledore 'Albus Wulfric' when his name's 'Albus Wulfric Percival Brian Dumbledore'?" asked Harry.

"No; it's Albus Percival Wulfric Bri..." John started to correct before he gave an annoyed wave-off gesture. "Two reasons," he replied, holding up two fingers of the same hand. "Up here, only given names are used; and the names Percival and Brian aren't actually part of his name. Albus Wulfric added them, himself, to make him seem more important."

Harry just snorted at hearing that. 'Figures,' he thought. Thinking a bit more, he said, "Alright, I suppose this is the time you tell me how I'm supposed to fix this mess. That is why you're telling me all this, isn't it?"

With a smile, John slowly said, "Very good. You're starting to think things through, now." Giving Harry another look, he said, "If you have no other questions..?"

Giving a frown and a headshake, Harry replied, "Not at this time, no. I suppose I'll have to hear what you're not yet telling me to determine if I have any more."

With another smile and slow head nod, John said, "Yes. Well. As I've already said, we're sending you back. But..." he said, holding a finger up to forestall anything Harry might say, "... Because you've already had six UDEs, we're sending you back with your memories intact. And, we're backstepping you a great deal further than just a few hours."

"To when?" asked Harry, frowning.

"To the morning of the day you returned to Hogwarts on the Express for your fourth year; the 1st of September 1994," replied John.

Harry looked at him in shock. "That's one mighty big jump back in time," he said.

With a firm nod, John said, "It is. However, this has been authorised by the big guy, himself. Plus, we're also making a few other changes, this time. They're important."

"Like?" Harry slowly asked.

"Like; we're upgrading your soul mate status with Hermione Jean and Daphne Anna to soul bond for them both. We're giving y..."

"Wait!" interrupted Harry. "Soul mate; soul bond. What do those mean?"

With an irritated mutter about teenagers, John replied, "There are various levels of relationships for souls. The first relationship is 'soul acquaintance'. This means, if you meet the other, you're on passing terms with one another. But, they'd not be friends, unless pushed to that level. The second relationship is 'soul friends'. Your souls are in tune enough that you and the other can easily form a long term friendship. You and Neville Francis, you and Luna Celeste, for examples. Then comes 'soul mate'. Soul mates can easily fall in love with one another, marry and have a very happy life together. But they really don't have to, and won't be worse off if they don't. Everyone has quite a few soul mates running around on the planet near their own age.

"The second from the top is 'soul bond'. These are people who are so in tune with one another they're stronger, together, than apart. Their souls, effectively, link together. For magicals, when soul bonds form, the people involved become impervious to any sort of spell, potion or other means to break them apart. If it's an attempted spell, it'll just slide right off. If it's a mind-altering potion, the person who consumes it will be violently ill from it..."

"How ill?" asked Harry, jumping in.

"Ever heard of the term 'projectile vomiting'?" asked John, as he smiled back.

"Ewww," Harry shuddered.

"Well," said John. "That only happens, of course, if the potion is only in your stomach, at that time. If it's already passed through your stomach and been absorbed, there's no projectile vomiting; but, there is a short period of pain as the potion in your system is neutralised. Of course, that second one can only occur if the potion is in your system when you initiate the soul bond; as it won't reach beyond your stomach once the bond is established."

Continuing with a smile, John said, "A soul bond can only be... interrupted... by the death of one of those involved. Once both... or, in this case, more... pass through The Pearly Gates, the soul bond reforms.

"The upper relationship is 'soul bound'. Those involved in a soul bound relationship find their souls; not linked, but shared between each other. They're even able to communicate telepathically. For magicals, they can even share magic.

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