She looked around and for a few moments was disoriented, she could see through things, walls, shelves to outlines of magic farther away. She held her hands up and could see a faint outline and after images as her fingers traced patterns through the air.
After looking away from her hands, what really drew her attention is that she could see the outline of four beings in the distance.
Dobby glowed a faint grey, the same from another form that seemed to be stationary up near the roof. It took Ahsoka a moment in which she squinted slightly to realize that it was Hedwig.
Not far away, she could see much brighter forms of Aayla and Shaak Ti. Those two glowed a sapphire blue. She could see a smaller form that seemed to be popping around, which she realized was Dobby. It was incredibly disorienting for several moments since the distance between things seemed off especially with so much ambient magic.
She turned her attention to Harry. He was faintly glowing as well, but it seemed mostly repressed. Harry was waiting patiently for her attention to return to him.
"This is amazing," She murmured in awe.
He chuckled softly at her expression. "Like I said, seeing magic. But this is what I was concerned about," Harry gestured down.
Ahsoka followed his gesture and saw a line of magic, a dark white or gray and about the thickness of her fist, between the two of them. It was grey and seemed to come out of Harry's chest and go directly to her chest. She moved her hand and swiped it through the line, it didn't seem to have any impact. She tried again to the same result.
She felt faint amusement from Harry at her actions and looked up to him with a questioning look.
"That... is a bond," Harry apprentice bond to be specific."
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"An Apprentice bond? What does it do?" Ahsoka asked poking at the line between them.
"Well, it's a general connection between the two of us, which would explain why you're bypassing my occlumency and able to sense my emotions," Harry stated. "Beyond that? Fuck if I know," Ahsoka looked at him startled, "You don't know?"
"Haven't the foggiest," Admitted Harry with a shrug, "Never had an apprentice, never tried to take one on, and while you were napping I glanced through a few of my books and almost all their information is guesswork and supposition,"
Ahsoka frowned and poked it again, "So why don't they know? I thought your people were used to teaching people."
Harry nodded, "They are, but the apprentice style has fallen largely out of favor to general schooling. And apparently an apprentice bond is rare usually only from a powerful wizard."
He looked sheepish, "The Potter effect strikes again."
"Harry Potter doesn't do normal," He clarified her inquiring expression with a wry chuckle.
"So what's it going to do?" Ahsoka asked.
Harry shrugged, "Not a clue. You're welcome to avail yourself of the library to see if you can find more information.
Ahsoka frowned and poked the bond again uncertainly.
Harry watched amused for a few moments before he caught her eyes. "Now, you've seen your memories, including the one of the trial that set you off earlier," When Ahsoka nodded, he continued, "And I've promised to share more about my life, would you care to see my trial from when I was a few years younger than you?"
She was somewhat hesitant when she nodded, as she was starting to get tired. But he met her eyes and she felt herself pulled into his mind, instantly finding herself inside a dark room. Looking around, she realized it was very similar to the Hall of Judgment in the temple. Only, rather than surrounded by ten or so Jedi, they were surrounded by dozens of people who stared down imperiously at the surprisingly small and nervous looking boy that was sitting in an ominous looking chair in front of her.
A boy she recognized as a teenaged Harry Potter. The next morning two restless Jedi and one soundly sleeping former Jedi padawan were all simultaneously jarred awake by the sound of an explosion. The Jedi Master was sitting outside with her legs crossed, in a meditative trance when she heard the sound erupt from inside the nearby structure of her host. The former padawan, along with the remaining Jedi Knight, were inside the building, asleep in the beds they had been assigned the previous evening.
It had been a long night for both Shaak Ti and Aayla Secura, as they had both stayed up for quite awhile listening to Harry and Ahsoka, before they had slipped out in the silence. The discussion between the two that followed was brief and uncertain, as the two Jedi wanted to make knee-jerk reactions to what they had witnessed, but the words of their host at least kept them from acting without thought. Neither of the women was quite certain what to say, and Aayla was still very limited in what she could say.
Shaak Ti had always been the more thoughtful one of the pair, and she had never been dressed down the way she had been the night before. On the other hand, Aayla had been around Harry for quite a bit longer, and could clearly see both sides of the argument, though could admit she was at a loss as to which side was ultimately correct. However neither said much about the course of action they should pursue as each was quite deeply lost in their thoughts, much of which were deeply personal. Aayla had only left to lay down a few hours earlier, and Shaak Ti had struggled to meditate in the few hours afterwards, her mind racing with thoughts, possibilities, and consequences of what she had witnessed.. All three reacted to the explosion in a similar manner however.
Ahsoka, who hadn't changed out of her previous day's outfit that consisted of a midriff baring top and shorts, dashed out of the sectioned off room where their beds were placed. Aayla was several steps behind her, obviously having taken time to once more pull on a shirt provided by Dobby to preserve her modesty. Aayla had her lightsaber in hand while Ahsoka instead had her newly acquired wand in hers, though she looked much less confident with it in her hand than she would like to admit. Shaak Ti, who had remained outside meditating had rushed into the house, also plunged through the entranceway, lightsaber also in hand and ready for a fight.
All three stared at the sight before them. One corner of the large area they looked at was now scorched black with a crater that was a few feet deep. The roof above the area had even collapsed leaving a hole to the open night, and piles of debris everywhere. Though there didn't seem to be any damage outside of a perimeter of roughly a dozen feet in that particular corner. The group stare at the devastation, unsure of what was happening.
Their collective attention was drawn by a cough as the remains of what looked like a bench were pushed away from one of the piles of debris. Harry was on the ground, covered in soot from head to toe, coughing slightly. "Dobby please make a note; I was wrong. Waaaaay too much sap in that mixture,"
Dobby popped next to Harry shaking his head, his tone scolding "Dobby tried to warn Master Harry Potter that it was going to go boom. But does Master Harry Potter listen to Dobby? No, of course he doesn't."
"How many Potions Masteries did you get, Dobby?" Harry asked with a huff, wiping at his face to little avail. He seemed to just be shifting the black soot like substance around
"Dobby not need Mastery to know that when cauldron starts to shake and make noises like screeching kneazle, that it's about to go boom," Dobby replied with a huff.
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