New Insights
**Chapter 9: New Insights**
Harry activated his Spirit Vision and looked at Dobby, noticing numerous spots on the house-elf's body where he had been hurt.
“Dobby, why do you have so many injuries?” Harry asked. “Are you not taking care of yourself?”
Dobby replied, “These are old injuries, Master Harry. If I take proper medicine, they will heal.”
Harry then surveyed his surroundings with Spirit Vision and saw a type of energy or fog in the room, rapidly diminishing.
After some thought, Harry concluded, “This energy must be what we call magic. With Spirit Vision, I can see magic. Perhaps it should be called Magic Vision.”
“Dobby, is the magic level in this room always this high?” Harry asked.
“When we first teleported into this room, the magic level was not this high. But when Great Wizard Harry drank the potion, the magic level began to increase. Now it’s returning to normal,” Dobby said.
Harry realised that taking the potion had drawn in massive amounts of magic energy from the surrounding areas.
“Next time I take a potion, it should be in a location rich in magic energy,” Harry said.
Harry then wondered, what if someone from the Ministry noticed the abnormal magic energy fluctuations and sent someone to investigate?
“We have to leave this place quickly,” Harry said. “Dobby, let’s teleport out of here and erase any evidence that we were here.”
Dobby teleported all the potion-making instruments and then teleported Harry back to his room.
Once back, Harry activated his Spirit Vision again and observed his own body. He noticed a black spot on his famous lightning scar and old injuries all over his body that hadn’t healed completely.
Harry thought that the black spot on his scar was due to soul fragments and that the old injuries and undernutrition were from living with his aunt.
“Dobby, is there any potion that can help with my undernutrition and treat my old injuries?” Harry asked.
“There are some potions that can help, Master Harry, but they have side effects like increased appetite, a need for sleep for a week, and a decrease in magical ability. They’re also quite expensive,” Dobby said.
Harry gave Dobby 25 golden Galleons and said, “Buy the potion.”
Dobby nodded, said goodbye, and teleported away.
After Dobby left, Harry thought, “What should I do now?”
‘Let’s see what difference becoming a Seer has made,’ Harry mused.
He cast Lumos, and the light produced at the tip of his wand was brighter than before.
Harry then began casting all the spells he knew and saw that each spell was more powerful and that his control over magic had increased.
“How will I act as a Seer at school?” Harry wondered. “What will be the principles for a Seer?”
He knew that courses like Astronomy, Divination, and Arithmancy would be helpful for his act as a Seer. Knowing the movie plot, he could pretend to know the future. If everyone believed he was a Seer, the Seer potion could be digested without suspicion.
Feeling hungry, Harry went to eat. While eating, he caught up on the latest gossip in magical London. There was no news about Sirius Black, and the Ministry was doing their best to catch him. There was no other significant news.
Harry returned to his room and started reading his second-year books. After five hours, he stopped.
“After becoming a Seer, my reading speed has increased, and all of Harry Potter’s older memories have synchronized with me,” Harry said. ‘I don't think there’s much difference between the old Harry Potter and me.’
‘Let’s see if I can do some divination.’
‘Will Hermione come tomorrow?’
Harry tossed a coin. It landed on heads.
Encouraged, he tried another divination.
‘When will my friends come? Morning or afternoon?’
He tossed the coin again. Heads for morning.
But the coin stood on its edge.
‘Not in the morning or afternoon, so they will come at noon,’ Harry thought.
Feeling very tired, Harry ate and then went to sleep.