64 The Silver Eyed Fragmen (1/2)
When Nova arrived back at the Burrow, it was already morning. As he walked into the kitchen, he saw all the Weasley's sitting down enjoying breakfast. Mr. Weasley was sitting in his chair reading the morning paper. The front page article read, Rare Imperial Dragon Attacks Malfoy Manor.
Seeing the article, Nova could only shake his head. Nova glanced through some of the articles contents but didn't see anything of interest aside from the part that Lucius some how survived the ordeal. He must be related to cockroaches, Nova though. But looking at the grin Mr. Weasley had on his face, Nova could tell he was enjoying it.
”Are you enjoying yourself, Mr. Weasley.” Nova asked.
”Nova! It is good to see you this morning.” Mr. Weasley said cheerfully. ”Indeed I am, this article is just wonderful. Did you really do everything the article says?”
”Arthur.” Mrs. Weasley said.
”No. I didn't but from what I can tell Rita Skeeter sure loves to over embellish her stories.” Nova said.
”Oh.”
And just like that the conversation ended. Now that everything had calmed down, the rest of the summer went by relatively quickly. On their last evening, Mrs. Weasley conjured up a sumptuous dinner that included all of Harry's favorite things, ending with a mouthwatering treacle pudding. Fred and George rounded off the evening with a display of Filibuster fireworks; they fiIled the kitchen with red and blue stars that bounced from ceiling to wall for at least half an hour. Then it was time for a last mug of hot chocolate and bed.
It took a long while to get started next morning. They were up at dawn, but somehow they still seemed to have a great deal to do. Mrs. Weasley dashed about in a bad mood looking for spare socks and quills; people kept colliding on the stairs, half-dressed with bits of toast in their hands; and Mr. Weasley nearly broke his neck, tripping over a stray chicken as he crossed the yard carrying Ginny's trunk to the car.
Nova helped out by staying out of the way since there was no need for him to join in all the chaos. After all everything he owned was in his ring. But look looking at Harry, Nova could help but grin. He could tell that Harry couldn't see how eight people, six large trunks, two owls, and a rat were going to fit into one small Ford Anglia.
Nova saw Harry look in his direction as Harry figured Nova must have had something to do with it, as Mr. Weasley whispered to Harry, ”Not a word to Molly,” as he opened the trunk and showed him how it had been magically expanded so that the luggage fitted easily.
When at last they were all in the car, Mrs. Weasley glanced into the back seat, where Harry, Ron, Fred, George, and Percy were all sitting comfortably side by side, and said, ”Muggles do know more than we give them credit for, don't they?” She and Ginny got into the front seat, which had been stretched so that it resembled a park bench. ”I mean, you'd never know it was this roomy from the outside, would you?”
Nova started to laugh as he watched Mr. Weasley does a small cough. Now Nova had done a number of modifications to the car with an all too eager Arthur Weasley helping him out. Nova figured that if the mortals that made cars found out the trick to doing this the world would go mad.
And speaking of Nova he was currently laying on the roof of the car, waiting for them to start flying or better yet start moving in general. As the car turned on and started to drive they then came to a halt. George had forgotten his box of Filibuster fireworks. Five minutes after that, they skidded to a halt in the yard so that Fred could run in for his broomstick. They had almost reached the highway when Ginny shrieked that she'd left her diary. By the time she had clambered back into the car, they were running very late, and tempers were running high.
Still on laying on the roof Nova heard, ”Molly, dear -”
”No, Arthur -”
”No one would see - this little button here is an Invisibility Booster I installed - that'd get us up in the air - then we fly above the clouds. We'd be there in ten minutes and no one would be any the wiser -”
”I said no, Arthur, not in broad daylight -”
Hearing this conversation, Nova then rolled and stuck his head down. To speak with Mrs. Weasley, ”Are you sure? I put in a weather apparatus to change the car to look like a floating cloud. I mean it's so simple to use even Ron could drive this and not get caught.”
”Really, I can!” Ron sat up.
”Ron sit back. I said no.” Mrs Weasley said fiercely.
”Ok suit yourself. I will meet you guys there.” Nova replied. He then rolled off the side of the car and the Wealsey family watched as Nova's shirt disappeared and giant dragon wings appeared. Nova then rose up a few hundred feet, only to hear Mrs. Weasley call up.
”NOVA! You can't be seen by Muggles”
Nova let out a sigh. To keep Mrs. Weasley happy, Nova gathered dark thunder clouds around him. Sure it turned the beautiful sunny day into a miserable and gloomy one, but if it made the Weasley Matriarch happy. Then it was alright.
Once he was covered Nova took off to Kings Cross and arrived there in the 10 minutes that Mr. Weasley said they would arrive if they had flown. When he had arrived, Nova immediately removed the bad weather and walked in through the portal. Extending his sense, Nova felt outward, as he probed for a few seconds he then went towards the front of the train.
Upon entering a certain compartment, he looked in and found Hermione sitting next to the window reading some of the new terms books.
”Hello Hermione.” Nova said.
Hearing him speak Hermione look up from her book, ”Nova! You are here. Where are Harry and Ron?”
”The Weasleys and Harry will be here in 40 minutes.” Nova stated.
”But the train leaves in 45 minutes, Nova. Will they be alright?” Hermione asked hesitantly.
”Yeah they will be fine. But back to you did you enjoy your trip with your family?” Nova asked her.
”Oh it was wonderful Nova. France had so much to offer. Though we couldn't see any of the magical community. There were other sites to see.” Hermione said excitedly.
”I am glad you enjoyed it.”
”What about you? Did you find anything with Flemel?” Hermione asked.
”Indeed I did. Have you heard of the Veela race?” Nova inquired.
”Yes”
”Well turns out, two fragments of Astoria soul fell into France and created a flower. Which some woman ate, and transformed her into the first Veela. I went and found the tribe where the soul was but the host was not in the tribe and is out exploring the word.” Nova explained.
”I am sorry to hear that Nova.” Hermione said.
”No it's fine.”
”It is?”
”Yes because now that I am in this realm the soul will give the host a strong compulsion to seek me out. Now it may take a year or two, but it will all work out.” Nova said.
”And speak of souls, yours has gained a couple more tails I see.” Nova said. He had noticed before that the phoenix inside Hermione now had 3 tails instead of the one when he first noticed.
”Yeah I wanted to ask you about that. Why does everytime a new tail feather appears does my body burst into flames?” Hermione asked.
”Good question. When that happens that is your body being purified even more so than last time.” Nova explained.
”Well it is very inconvenient.” Hermione huffed.
”How so?”
”I don't want to say just know it is inconvenient.” Hermione said with flushed cheeks.
Not knowing what Hermione meant, Nova just shrugged his shoulders and laid down in the bench opposite and took a nap. After what seemed like only a few minutes, Nova jumped awake and started to look around.
”Nova what is wrong?” Hermione asked worriedly.
”I just sensed a fragment of Astoria walk by.” Nova said as he opened a compartment door.
”You couldn't have Nova? Nobody has walked by us.” Hermione said. ”Ginny, did you seeing anyone walk by a second ago?”
Ginny who was now in the compartment with Nova and Hermione also shook her head. As the train was now moving there were not any students really walking around. Nova had cast his inner mind out while he was sleeping but didn't expect to sense a fragment now.
”No I am positive there is a fragment on this train.” Nova said confidently. Maybe they are in the next car over and were just on the edge of my senses.”
Just as Nova was about to start going to the next train car, he heard a rush of excitement. Returning students and first years start to rush to the window.
”Hey look at that.”
”Cool.”
”That car is flying.”
Nova looked out the window and saw a familiar Ford Anglia flying by with a pair of legs dangling out the open door.
”Ummm. . . Ginny do you know where Ron and Harry are at?” Nova said as he re-entered the compartment.
”No. We barely made it to the train on time. But I am sure they are on the train.” Ginny said. ”Why is something wrong?”
”Well that depends. Does the flying car outside the window with the two idiots driving and about to fall out look familiar to you.”
Hearing this Ginny and Hermione both looked out the window as well just in time to see the door of the car close.