The Binding, a Harry Potter fanfic
The Binding
Be one of us
tonight. The five words that complete the binding ritual. The binding ritual
bound a soul to oneself; it was essentially the opposite of a horcrux. The
binding ritual added to one’s soul rather than dividing it. There’s a good side
and a bad side to everything, and Harry realized that about magic when The Dark
Lord killed his parents. Magic might be very useful, but it can be devastating
as well. In the days of old, a book on
dark magic existed – ‘Dark Magick of the Evils’, written by Geoffery Wilson
Gryffindor, who was Godric Gryffindor’s grandfather. A copy of this book
existed until recently, when Harry destroyed the book and almost all dark magic
with it. After Harry defeated Voldemort, everyone thought all was well. Harry
and Ron skipped being part of the only Eighth Year class in Hogwarts’ history while
Hermione did attend it. Harry and Ron went on to pursue their careers as
Aurors. Amanda Hawkinson took over as Head of the Auror Office, post Gawain
Robards’ untimely and mysterious death. Under Amanda’s leadership, Harry and
Ron very quickly rose to the top of the ranks. After finally giving her NEWTs,
Hermione was accepted into the Department for the Regulation and Control of
Magical Creatures. After some time, she shifted over into the Department of
Magical Law Enforcement. Meanwhile, Ron quit his job as an Auror to help his
brother, George, manage the joke shop. Amanda Hawkinson was a very curious
person. She always pestered Harry about his escape from death. Her curiousness
in Harry was so evident that people started to speculate that Amanda had evil plans
for Harry. One fine morning, these speculations became a reality, when Amanda
assigned Harry a mission which required him to leave town. As Harry and his
team set out for their journey, they all were abducted. After regaining
consciousness, Harry and the others found themselves in the middle of a ritual
site. With a copy of ‘Dark Magick of the Evils’, Amanda approached them and
they started to see shadows burst out of her. After tying them up, Amanda
started to perform the binding ritual. Harry desperately called for Hermione
and Ron in his mind. Almost tauntingly, Amanda looked at him and said he could
call for his friends as much as he wanted to; they wouldn’t arrive. She
revealed that she was a rogue Death Eater seeking power, and after Harry
defeated Voldemort, she wanted to be the won to capture Harry’s soul. As the
ritual continued, Harry slowly lost consciousness, and he woke up to the sound
of Madam Pomfrey’s snores and Hermione and Ron’s beaming smiles. What happened
was this – Amanda had almost completed the ritual when Hermione and Ron
arrived. They then fought her bravely, and after a long duel, they had Amanda
cornered. Raising her Dagger of Shadows, she thrust it into herself and got
sucked into the book. Together, Ron and Hermione managed to bring everyone into
Hogwarts and thereby saved everyone. Hermione gave Harry the book and said that
it was rightfully his to destroy. Harry burnt the book in Fiendfyre and the
book was destroyed along with all dark magic. All of humanity was saved from a
terror like Amanda. Once again, the trio prevailed over evil.
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