[HP] The lesser of two evils #42 [End of Part 1]

Chapter #42: The next great adventure.

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Harry was staring at the outside of his home with a sad expression, a lot had happened these past few hours thanks to Narcissa’s arrival, and it seemed like her words were now making people have faith, well, everyone except Harry started to feel hopeful as he couldn’t help but feel helpless in this situation.

“Are you okay Harry?” It was Hermione, she suddenly placed a hand on one of his shoulders.

He wanted to tell her that everything was going to be okay now, but he couldn’t bring himself to lie to her, she was too sharp, and she was someone difficult to fool.

“Don’t worry Harry…The Aurors are going to take care of everything now so we can focus on our quest, we’re going to visit the lost queendom of the veelas, I already spoke with Fleur and she told me she sent her mother a letter, her mother's going to visit us in the next few days!” Hermione was so enthusiastic.

Harry knows how much this amazing woman loves knowledge and discovering new things, and even though he wasn’t in the best emotional state right now, he couldn’t help but weakly smile at her, how he wished he wasn’t so stupid back then and accepted her feelings before she graduated, or even better, befriended her when he had the opportunity during their first year, maybe she wouldn’t have finished school so soon if they had become friends since the start.

“That’s good Hermione…I’m glad that we can focus on what’s important,” Harry said with a weak smile.

But then something happened, Hermione’s expression totally changed, she now had a serious expression that seemed a little dangerous if it weren’t because he knew Hermione too well, he knew she would never intentionally harm him even if she constantly scolded him.

“Don’t,” Hermione suddenly surprised him as she now had a stern tone.

“Hermione what are—“ Harry was a little confused.

“Please…Don’t Harry, not you,” she suddenly said as she hugged him and buried her face between his chest.

She liked the smell of his body, but the reason she buried her head between his chest was because she was completely embarrassed.

“Hermione…You’re starting to worry me,” Harry said as he hugged her trying to find what was wrong with his newfound lover and old crush.

“Don’t be like them, Harry…Don’t lie to me, don’t pretend that everything’s fine, you can be honest with me,” she said with a concerned expression as she now was looking straight into his eyes and he realized that she must’ve been fighting the tears.

Harry didn’t say anything, even if she was in this emotional state, he couldn’t help but feel lost in those big brown eyes of hers, instead, he acted on his instincts and decided to kiss her, at first the kiss soft and then it became more and more needy and they kept going like that until the need of air became too strong for them to continue.

“Hermione…I’m not okay,” Harry said as he tried to catch his breath. “Well, kissing you feels amazing and I love it…But there’s something wrong with me that not even your kisses can fix,” Harry said in a sad tone.

“Would you like to share with me what’s troubling you?” She asked as she caressed his back.

“This whole thing Hermione…I feel so useless and helpless, I want to do something, I want to help them retrieve the souls of my family and close people and yet, there’s nothing I can do unless I want my powers to get out of control which by consequence will help the dark lord to come back to life,” Harry was so frustrated right now.

“Harry…Harry…HARRY!” Hermione managed to catch his attention after some attempts. “Listen to me, Harry…Sometimes is better to back off and accept that there are things out of your reach, I see your point Harry and I’d love to help them too but I’m not going to do it because…” Hermione took a moment.

She stared at the floor for a few moments because she wanted to carefully think about what to say to him without making him misunderstand her intentions.

“The fact that we’re going to explore some lost queendom may look like a great excuse to avoid helping but to be honest, even if we didn’t have to do that, I don’t think I’m strong enough to help them…It’s something that’s out of the league for most of us Harry,” Hermione explained with a defeated tone.

Harry was surprised to hear that, he had been so obsessed lately with the control of magic that he forgot that even between normal magic users, there are limitations, and while it’s true that Hermione is strong because she apparently passed the ministry defense training with perfect marks.

But she wasn’t a unique case considering there are hundreds of employees at the ministry who did that too, and passing that test doesn’t guarantee that you would survive an attack from death eaters or other types of dark wizards.

“The strongest people of our magical country are currently in the Auror forces Harry…It’s fine to let them do this job, after all, they won’t let the family of the boy who lived to rot in some sphere on the other side of the globe,” Hermione said with a soft smile.

However, even after all those words, Harry still didn’t feel it was enough excuse for him to give in and let other people do the work he thought he was supposed to do.

“Harry…Listen to me, we’re going to get through this and we’re going to find a way so you can finally be able to use your powers without worrying about them getting out of control, and when that happens…We’re going to help the Aurors…If you want that of course,” Hermione felt a little embarrassed right now.

She felt she was making a decision before Harry and she thought that he would be annoyed just like many people had done in the past when she took control of the situation and started planning things without considering the people surrounding her, his silence was telling everything she needed to know about how he truly felt about this situation.

“Are you serious Hermione?” He asked with a more calm tone and expression as he hugged her tighter.

Hermione was taken aback by his change of attitude, she now felt more comfortable but before she could say anything they were now joined by Tonks and Fleur.

“Yes, that’s a good plan, Hermione, let’s do that,” Tonks said with a happy expression.

“You’re going to need all the help you can for this adventure and you’re also going to need someone who speaks the veela language,” Fleur said with a sweet smile.

Harry couldn’t believe it, she stared at his two friends and lovers who were looking at him with the most loving expression he could imagine, and he was a little embarrassed about this outcome.

“Girls, are you serious? But your jobs—” Harry couldn’t continue.

“Nonsense Harry…I told Moody Hermione’s theory and he’s permitting me to go with you guys after all, he says that this will be a mission for the Auror department, it will be the first mission I’ll lead, and he’s already talking with the higher-ups to grant Hermione a paid permission too,” Tonks said as she showed them her thumbs up.

“Yes Harry…You guys just give me a week and I’m sure Gringotts is going to permit me to search for the treasures on the veela queendom, and I’ll be able to join you guys, my mum is going to be so delighted to tell us everything she knows about the veela queendom,” Fleur said with the sweetest smile possible.

Hermione suddenly joined the two other women and Harry felt his heart flutter, it was a beautiful sight and it was the promise of something bigger that could change everyone’s life, to see them willing to do anything to help was making his heart warm.

It didn’t take too long for him to walk towards them to hug them as he sobbed, but those tears he was letting out were tears of happiness, soon, Fleur, Tonks, and Hermione joined the hug too, he had lots of doubts but after seeing the support he had from these three amazing women, he couldn’t bring himself to give up, he was going to fix his problem and he was going to help retrieve the souls of his loved ones even if it’s the last thing he does.

- End of part 1 -