Hiding a Phantom book 1: at Hogwarts

Chapter 26-Dangerous souls are dangerous

Giving Snape a vial of the potion I heard the bell ring and took 2 vials for myself as I left the dungeons behind.  

It's lunch time, why the rush?

I don't want to have to lie to Snape more than I have to

I guess that makes sense, you two are friends afterall.

I sigh internally before heading off to eat lunch with the spirits.

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Hearing the happy chatter of the spirits inside, I entered after double checking no one was around to see (no portraits either- thank the holy waters-there was only one portrait in the hall-the one I use to get into the dinning room-it's a portrait of a rainstorm.)  

Entering the room I didn't notice the gasp of shock from a person hidden under an invisibility cloak.

But I did notice the fluttering of fabric behind me and the thump of the portrait as it closed behind my pursuer and I continued down the tunnel.

You have a follower 

I know

What's your plan?

Oh, I think you already know ;-)

:P

As we approached the last corner I was surprised by how out of shape my follower is.  He is already panting and we've only walked half a mile!  (I can change the legnth someone has to travel if I want to - Merlin taugh me how to a week ago) I can tell that my follower is a male probably around my age.  Stopping to 'tie my shoe' I decided to see if he would approach, and I wasn't disappointed.   As he got closer I felt a tug on my ghost core, what?!?  The tug seems very familiar... OMG its been Harry who's following me.  Checking in case of the worst I found out that I had been subconsciously draining his soul while he followed me! 

What am I going to do?  I seem to already have about a third of his soul (and a part of that yucky soul too) in my possession!  Running away from Harry wasn't hard as he was now in a position in which he was not even strong enough to even move his toes, none the less walk or even catch up to my (very fast) running.  Once he was out of sight I looked inside me for Harry soul which I pretty much had full control over now that the third of his soul the I possessed had little more than doubled.

Sitting in my meditative pose I struggled to block the flow for Harry's soul into my soul reserve (which-I'll admit- I never wanted) Continuing to try and stop his soul's flow into me, I sighed as I seemed to finally be able to stop the flow.  Now, how am I going to get it back into his body?  

Think back to the train dude.

Right!  I've done this before... I almost forgot

You did, idiot.

Sush!

Remembering how I did it last time, I focused on my image of Harry's body as I left it moments before leading a steady flow of his soul back to his body.  After a few minutes all I was left with was a bit from the unfamiliar soul, not all of this soul, obviously, nor all that was in Harry but some, so I did what I though best and forced it into the cage of my creation in my soul reserve (which already had some of this yucky soul).  It took a bit of work to form a cage around it as it felt very simply and flowed though my soul reserve like a shadow of nothing there.  Forming a cage out of ecto-ice charged with my ghostly energies and magical powers I managed to add it to the trap it inside and push it into the secluded area of my reserve, barely noticing the faint pain that flashed across my forehead as a flash of green played across my vision before returning to normal.  Filing my mind with opinions as to why this new soul I would now be keeping with me caused the green flash, I decided to wait until I saw Death or Clockwork again and ask them.  

Deciding I needed to check up on Harry (one doesn't just get up after having their soul slowing drained-even if it was by accident.) I went towards were I left him only to find him... still knocked out. Well, what am I going to do now?  I though despairingly as the bell to end lunch rang all through the castle.

You missed lunch

I know, but I should still take care of him.

fair, but be careful.