Harry Potter: Another Chance

Chapter 161: The Brand

Chapter 161: The Brand

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"Harry Potter" and all of its characters belong to J.K. Rowling. I own nothing but the original characters I create.

"Dialogue"

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-Author notes-

Chapter 161: The Brand

"Astoria! You are awake!" Daphne had an unusually wide grin on her face.

"Daph..." Astoria tried to speak more, but her eyes started to close again.Thê source of this content n/o/v/(el)bi((n))

"It's okay, my love," Selene told her. "You must be very tired. Rest now."

Astoria moved her head a bit as if trying to nod, and then her eyes closed again.

"She is going to be okay now," Sebastian looked at Harry. "Is the curse gone?"

'If the curse wasn't gone, she would be dead already,' Harry decided not to say that.

"Yes, the curse is gone. But her body and magic will need time to recover. I'm sure you have many potions to help speed up her recovery..." Harry stood back up with difficulty.

"Dobby, my shirt."

The elf hurried up to bring him his clothes.

Harry glanced at his left arm....the pain was almost gone. The brand was very faint now that the gate had been closed and that 'entity' was far away, but it was still visible.

'It's never going to disappear completely now...' He knew this for sure.

Harry had hoped that after waking up in a different timeline with a different body, he would not have to worry about this brand again, but he was wrong.

'It must be attached to my soul... In that case, it will follow me always.'

He had already considered this possibility but now he had the confirmation.

"No use complaining now..." He told himself in a whisper while putting his shirt back on.

"More dangerous than..." Sebastian looked at the empty space that the demonic gate had occupied a moment ago. He recalled the gate doing something strange when Harry was clutching at his arm. 'Then there was that voice... who was that?!, what did it want?!' Sebastian thought.

Harry saw his expression change and knew what he was thinking.

"It's best if you forget about that... many have gone insane just for thinking too much about it."

Harry looked at the bed where Astoria, Daphne, and Selene were.

"You have your family back together. Enjoy the moment."

'Who knows how long it will last this time?' He thought to himself.

Harry walked to where the elf was standing.

He turned around and waved his wand.

The stone platform lifted in the air for a moment before returning to its original shape and size and placing itself back on the wall.

The knife returned to the box, as well as all the shards of glass left behind by the potion Dobby broke.

"We are done here," Harry declared once the room was clean again.

"Wow..." Selene stared at the display of magic.

"He can clean too?!" Daphne looked shocked.

No one would be able to tell what happened here today by just looking at it.

"Come on, Dobby, we are leaving," Harry told the elf and this one picked up the metal box.

"Yes, Master!"

"Wait, Harry!" Daphne called for him as he opened the door to leave.

"Huh?" Harry turned around and for a moment was reminded of his little sister Holly. As Daphne threw herself at him in the same way, except she was much bigger....

"Thank you so much!" Daphne exclaimed.

Harry's body was extremely exhausted by the ritual and by having his brand reactivated...so when a girl his own age jumped at him in such a way...

"Daphne... heavy..." he managed to say before collapsing on the ground under her.