Amulet of Time 2: Two Worlds, Two Wars

Chapter 27: Telepathic? Moi?

~Ginny~

Ginny blinked a few times and shook her head, trying to figure out what was going on. It seemed inconceivable that she had really heard Harry's voice in her head. He would have to be a telepath…

Ginny's eyes widened in realisation. She quickly tried to send a message back while the mental connection was still active.

~Harry, can you hear me?~

~Ginny? What the…~

~Harry, it's me. You've opened a telepathic link~

~I did? Huh?~

~Harry! Focus a minute. I heard you calling my name~

~But I was just thinking that, I swear! How is this possible?~

~Harry, you're a Ravenclaw. 'Tea told us their line had telepathic abilities. I mean, she does, and her mother did, and you're descended from her, so…~

~Wow, it never occurred to me. This is weird. How am I doing this? And why now?~

~Something must have set it off…~

~I felt a pain in my head before, maybe that had something to do with it~

~A pain? I just felt a tingling. Maybe it was 'Tea trying to get in touch~

~Might have been. That could be what set it off. How are you, anyway? I felt like something was wrong with you, which was why I was thinking your name~

~I had a vision. Ron and Hermione are going to be rescued~

~That's great. I wonder how the Order found them~

~Maybe it was 'Tea. If it was her trying to talk to us, maybe she got through to one of the others~

~It's possible~

~Harry, do you think you could get through to anyone at Hogwarts or Corvus?~

~I can try. Give me a minute~

In his cell, Harry closed his eyes and started to concentrate. He didn't get very far, as stray thoughts kept intruding on his meditation. The very idea of him having any kind of telepathic abilities had never occurred to him. While he was trying to concentrate, he started thinking about it more and more. When he thought about it logically, it made a lot of sense. He had never heard about a telepathic Potter, but assumed it was because no-one had told the Potter line after a while that they had the ability. It took only one skipped generation for the knowledge to be lost. After all, if you didn't know you could do it, you'd never think to try it. After a few minutes, he managed to get his whirling thoughts under control enough to concentrate. He could feel the minds of people all around him, which he assumed were his captors. He could sense Ginny's mind more clearly and simply assumed it was because he was emotionally close to her. After a few minutes, he realised two other minds were present, different from the others.

~Simbi? Nirah?~

*Harry? Is that you?*

~Yes it is. I just discovered I'm a telepath~

*Wow, that could be useful*

~Yes, you can talk to me from great distances now.~

*Yes*

Harry went back to checking out his abilities. He felt as if he could do much more if he only took some time to practice. Deciding he wanted to speak to Ginny again, he concentrated on her mind and tried to send a message.

~Ginny?~

~Harry! How did it go?~

~Well, I spoke to Simbi and Nirah, and I can sense minds, but that's it so far. I'll keep practicing, though. Hopefully I might be able to reach help sometime soon~