After one long look to gauge her sincerely, Harry cancelled the obscuris charm. Skye stared intently at him, her brown eyes searching every part of his face.
"Yeah, I can see what those others meant; and that scar is hardly noticeable, certainly not something to comment upon," she stated.
"Okay, if you've done staring, stand over there," Harry said, shifting uncomfortably under her scrutiny, before pointing a short distance away.
As soon as she was in place, Harry began the same wand movements as the last time, sweeping across the entire area to levitate every piece of wood and stone there, before, like a conductor, he began 'directing' the objects exactly where he wanted them to go. As he did so, he watched Skye. But she simply remained standing in the one place, even when he separated out the different material into two piles to either side of her.
With a frown, Harry rubbed his chin. There was something different this time. There had to be, otherwise Skye would have been affected by the magic the same way as before. Hermione, of course, would say that he had to conduct his tests exactly the same way twice, to see if the same reaction occurred every single time.
With that in mind, Harry magicked the sticks and stones back to their previous positions. Then, after letting them settle, he began his test again, this time doing his best to ensure that he did everything exactly the same.
Once the sticks and stones were levitated and swirling about in the air, Harry ordered them to separate, everything of Earth to pile to his left, everything not of Earth to pile to his right. As expected, all of the sticks and stones immediately jerked to the left before settling into a pile.
"Whoa!" Skye exclaimed.
And Harry could see why. Two tracks now lined the ground, indicating from where she'd started to where she'd been dragged to the right.
"What just happened?" Skye asked.
Harry stared at the girl.
"I just recreated what I did back in Greenwich," Harry replied slowly. "Everything of Earth was to go over there; everything not of Earth was to go that way."
"Everything not of Earth?" Skye repeated. "Are you saying …?" She shook her head, then. "Yeah, right, like I'm an alien!"
"I don't think that you are," Harry replied, his eyes narrowed. "At least, not entirely. If you were, my magic would have moved you properly instead of simply sliding you that way just a bit. At the very least, there's something … extra in you or about you that reacts to that particular magical order, or at least to my magic in a very strange way."
At that, Skye shook her head, her long brown hair flying about her face.
"Nope. Whatever it is, it's not me; just your magic going wacky," she stated emphatically.
"You may be right," Harry conceded. "There's a bunch of books on magical theory and people that I'd like to consult to try to work out what's going on. Would it be alright with you if we kept in contact while I try to work this out?"
"You got a phone?" Skye simply asked, holding out her hand.
In response, Harry simply pulled out the one that Tony had given him and handed it over.
"I've put my number in there," she said after her fingers had finished flying over it. "Call me anytime, even if it's not about … whatever this is."
"I will," Harry promised with a smile.
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Harry stood beside Hermione, the two of them staring up into the lowered ramp of the Avengers quinjet. Already, the rest of team were aboard, having said their farewells shortly beforehand.
"You're sure that you won't come?" Harry asked. "There's plenty of room."
Hermione gave a sad smile and patted Harry on the shoulder.
"That life … your life … isn't for me," she said. "I've got my parents here, a job I love and I'm making a difference in the world."
"Really?" Harry asked, unable to hide the scepticism.
"Really, Harry," Hermione replied. "And after what you and your friends just did, my job just got a whole lot easier. You basically single-handedly gutted the pureblood movement. Again. The momentum will be with Kingsley and me for quite some time now; we'll be able to push through the laws that we've wanted to for a while. And once they take hold, the magical world will change."
"You thought that before, Hermione, after the War," Harry reminded her.
"True and even then, we made a world of difference. If we can build on that now, there's no telling where it'll end. I've told you before, Harry, I aim to finish what I started," she said. "And, really, if the other side gets a bit of a toe-hold again, well, I know exactly who to call to bash sense into a few heads, don't I?"
Harry gave a small nod and a smile.
"Well, we'll see," he said.
"Go on, your friends are waiting," she said, before leaping at him and giving him a bone-crushing hug. "And don't make me wait so long for your next visit."
"Whatever you say, Hermione, as long as you can make the next one a little quieter," Harry replied, before stepping back. "Take care of yourself."
"You, too, Harry. Try to stay out of trouble," she laughed.
"I thought we agreed that that was an impossible task," he replied.
Then, after giving her hand one last squeeze, Harry turned away and boarded the quinjet, slapping the button to close the ramp as soon as he was clear.
"Right, buckle up, everyone," Tony called from the pilot's seat. "Next stop, Avenger's Tower!"
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