A/N: Thanks to everyone who has reviewed, I appreciate it. I will be gone the week after next, so I will not be updating for two weeks.
"Harry has been given something to help him sleep. If you would all follow me to my office so we can discuss this in private." Dumbledore said to the Order members.
"Miss Granger, if you would be so kind as to join us." Dumbledore said, trying to pry Hermione from Harry's bedside.
Once they were in Dumbledore's office she was offered a chair and sat down across from Dumbledore.
"Albus, what on earth was that?" Kingsley asked.
"I fear that was the first time young Harry has succeeded in the Cruciatus Curse."
"But Ron said he only looked at Mrs. Malfoy." Hermione said in a monotone voice.
"Headmaster, surely you aren't suggesting Harry has done something no wizard has ever done before." Snape almost laughed.
"I am in fact Professor."
"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord... the one... You knew this was a possibility the entire time..." Hermione said with the same amount of numbness in her voice.
"Only this past year has it crossed my mind, when you both succeeded with the Sempetutela Spell. I didn't wish for Harry to question his own powers if I was wrong so I decided to keep my theory from him."
"But to perform the curse... Harry would never want to hurt someone like that..." Lupin said as if to convince himself more than anyone else in the room.
"He did, so what does that mean? Are you going to expel him for saving me?"
"I have no intention of expelling Harry. You must admit Miss Ganger, he did not stop even after he did save you."
Hermione didn't answer that.
"Was Mrs. Malfoy able to get any information from you?"
"No, once I saw the flashes I stopped her from getting any of the flashes to stop, but that made me dizzy and that's when I fell. Professor?"
"Yes Miss Granger?" Dumbledore said.
"What are you going to do about Harry?"
"I hope we can teach him how to keep his emotions in check and-"
"I was nearly killed, what did you want him to feel?"
"Feeling something, Miss Granger, and acting on it are two different things I know-"
"But Harry had to do something or Narcissa would've gotten information on the Order. He had to stop her don't you see that?"
"I see that Harry had to stop Mrs. Malfoy from hurting you, and if I were put in the same position I do not believe I would act any differently, but the fact remains that it was wrong. Now that we know Harry has these powers we must make sure he can control them, don't you agree Miss Granger?"
Hermione looked around the room to see everyone, dead and in a portrait or alive were staring at her.
"Yes, I do."
"Headmaster, how do you suggest you help Harry control the powers that no one in this room has, let alone knows how to harness."
"Are you suggesting something Professor Snape?"
"We could restrain Potter from using that kind of magic ever again."
"Are you insane!? Professor Dumbledore you can't take this seriously." Hermione said.
"I do believe that Professor Snape is serious in his suggestion, but I do not believe we should do as he is asking. Harry has his own powers, to prevent him from using them would be to imprison him because he is different, something wizards have been guilty of for a very long time."
* * *
"Are you alright Hermione?" Ron asked.
"Yeah, I just need to get some sleep."
She was in fact not able to get any sleep. She was tired, but couldn't get herself to drift off. She assured herself that it was because she was worried about Harry. At around twelve she decided to go downstairs and see how he was doing, when she was sure he was safe she could finally get some sleep. She grabbed Harry's Invisibility Cloak and made her way to the infirmary. Once she was there she took extra care that Madame Pomfrey did not hear her. She got to Harry's bed and saw that he was in fact awake.
"Harry..." Hermione whispered.
"Hermione, what are you doing-"
Harry was unable to finish his sentence, he heard the doors open and Madame Pomfrey talking to someone. Hermione quickly ducked and hid under Harry's bed.
"I assure you Mrs. Weasley we are taking very good care of Harry. The fact of the matter is he didn't get hurt, Headmaster Dumbledore just told me to make sure he sleeps tonight, apparently something about the Quidditch match upset him greatly."
"You didn't see?"
"Oh no, apparently only a few people saw what happened to him, most were transfixed on that Malfoy boy trying to catch the golden snitch."
"Can I stay a little while Poppy? I just want to make sure he's fine."
"Well I would be alright with it... but Albus wants to see you. Once you're finished there, you can come back here."
They both left the room and Harry got up and whispered, "Hermione?"
"Yes." She said standing up and poking her face out of the cloak.
Harry jumped back a bit, "Don't scare me like that! Come on, let's go see what Dumbledore wants to say to her."
Harry got under the cloak and they made their way to Dumbledore's office. They waited until Mrs. Weasley was almost all the way up the stairs before they went up behind her. She opened and closed the door in their faces. Hermione hit Harry on the arm lightly and gave him an Extendable Ear.
"Where did you-"
"I always have them, just in case."
"Molly, how are you?" Dumbledore asked.
"Not good at all, not a... person will tell me anything about what happened to Harry. Everyone says he's alright but how am I to believe that if he's in the infirmary?"
"They are all quite right, no harm has come to Harry, although he is not the same as he was this morning. I am afraid I have the unfortunate job of telling you Harry has successfully performed the Cruciatus Curse."
Harry looked over to Hermione who did not look back at him.
"During the Quidditch match this afternoon Narcissa Malfoy tried to get information from Hermione Granger's mind, as a result of that she fell. If Harry had not caught her... Once he got her to safety he tried to stop Narcissa Malfoy, she was still attacking her mind, and succeeded."
"He tried to use one of the Unforgivable Curses? But Harry knows better."
"He did not say the curse, but rather used the Legitimens that I had been teaching him and entered Narcissa's mind, then caused great pain. I would usually not feel the need to inform you of this... but even after several people told him to stop he wouldn't. Molly, he knew he was causing great pain and didn't stop."
"He... Something must be wrong, Harry would never... It's not like him to... It couldn't possibly be him, someone must have made it seem like it was..."
"I'm sorry to tell you Molly, but what I have said is the truth. The situation being as it is it's rather difficult to actually punish Harry for his actions, it will be hard to do anything about this... Harry, Hermione, why don't you come inside?"
Harry took his cloak off them and set it down outside of Dumbledore's office and opened the door.
"Harry!!" Mrs. Weasley yelled.
"Harry, you've heard our conversation. What do you believe my next course of action should be?"
"I think, if there was a way to make sure I could never do it again... A spell so I could never do Legitimens again."
"I'm sorry Harry, but I do not believe imprisoning anyone within a school could ever be considered right. Are you sorry for what you did to Narcissa Malfoy today?"
"Yes, I -er- don't know why I did it, but I'm afraid I might do it again..."
"There are some calming meditations Madame Pomfrey could show you, would you like that?"
"I don't think that's my problem, I was perfectly calm when I did it today..."
"You were?" Dumbledore asked, looking as though he were adding numbers in his head.
"Yes Professor."
"Well, I think I know why it happened, although how you were able to do it is still a mystery. Harry, I remember you telling the Order you accomplished the Sempetutela Spell with Miss Granger, is that so?"
"Yes Professor." Harry said.
"The Sempetutela Spell is a more primal spell, it was made well before the Unforgivable Curses were deemed unforgivable, and when the one you've promised to protect is in danger, as Miss Granger was today, the Sempetutela Spell will make sure you do everything in your power to get them out of danger. Of course it being one of the more primal spells it doesn't understand when enough is enough. It must have sensed you had the power, then you performed it."
"Is there anything you can do?" Molly Weasley asked.
"I am afraid that's out of the question. Once the Sempetutela Spell is performed it can never be undone. Harry, Hermione, I think it's time for bed; don't you?"
"Yes Professor." They both answered.
They hugged Mrs. Weasley and left the office for Gryffindor Tower.
* * *
"Hermione, stop doing that." Harry put his hand on her knee that kept shaking.
Hermione's cheeks turned the colour of Ginny's hair.
"Sorry, I just don't see why we can't have classes today."
"The Bellabaux Ball." Luna said as she sat down at the Gryffindor table.
It had been weeks since she sat down at her own house table, and no one from her house table seemed to care.
"Are you going with anyone Luna?" Ginny asked.
"Yes, Neville asked me."
"Neville asked you?" Ginny asked.
"Yes, I don't see why that could be such a shock, he was rather sweet about it."
"I should get going, I need to add some things to the potion before tomorrow." Hermione said getting up and walking out of the Great Hall.