CH 181

After their late breakfast, the three decided to head directly to the infirmary. They knew Madam Pomfrey was expecting them, and didn't want her to have to wait too long. Just after they'd walked in together, the medi-witch came out of her office to greet them. And Luna walked in behind them.

"Good morning, you three," she said, with a wide smile before spotting Luna. "Four," she corrected.

She drew her wand and caused the main doors to close before a privacy ward went up.

Re-sleeving her wand, she asked, "I take it the three of you know why I called you to visit me, today?"

"You know," replied Hermione.

"That you sealed your bonds last night?" she asked. Without waiting for a reply, she said, "All three, from what I heard and felt." "Heard and felt?" asked a now worried Harry.

"Yes," she replied. "You caused three pulses of magic with the last one enough to cause even the castle to shudder a little."

The three looked back a little horrified by that news, while Luna just looked pleased.

"Oh, don't fret so much about it," she chided them. "Word has it among the students that it was... what did they call it?... 'sonny booms', or something."

"Sonic booms?" asked Hermione.

"Yes, that was it," agreed the medi-witch.

"What's a sonic boom?" asked Daphne, confused. "A sonic boom occurs when an object breaks the sound barrier," replied Hermione in semi-lecture mode. "That is, the object travels faster than what sound can travel at. If I remember correctly that's 767 miles per hour.

"When an object travels faster than that, such as what specialised fighter aircraft are known to be capable of, it causes a very loud crack sound and a shock wave. At long distances, if it's a large enough object that breaks the sound barrier, it sounds like a loud boom sound with a physical feeling of a shock wave, at the same time.

"So, if everyone heard a loud boom sound that sounded as if it came from a long way off; and they also felt as if the castle had... shuddered... then, yes; it would mimic the sound and feeling of a fighter jet breaking the sound barrier miles away."

Hermione, coming back to herself, saw her new husband looking at her with amusement, while two pure-blood witches looked back in complete shock. Luna didn't seem to think anything of it.

"What?" asked Hermione.

"Muggles can go that fast?" asked Daphne.

"Oh, yes," replied Hermione. "And even much faster. However, they now try not to do it near populated areas. If they do it too close, the Air Force receives complaints from the civilians on the ground. Too close, and the force of the shock wave has been known to blow windows out of their frames and knock people who are outside, for instance, off their feet and to the ground." "Well," said Madam Pomfrey, after a few moments. "Muggles never cease to amaze me."

Giving herself a little shake, she explained, "Now, the reason I asked you here is so I can see what your bonds look like."

"They're sealed, and they're strong," said Luna, coming forward. Looking to the three, she almost squealed, "I'm so happy for you!"

"Yes, well," said the medi-witch. "All three of you on beds and I'll take a look."

The three took beds side-by-side as Madam Pomfrey and Luna came forward.

Taking her wand out, Madam Pomfrey started with Hermione on her left. A few wand movements and she said, "Good, good." before moving on to Harry, next. "Uh-hmm!" she muttered. Then she moved to Daphne.

"Hmm!" she exclaimed with a pleased little sound.

Stepping back she said, "Excellent. All three bonds are, as Miss Lovegood said, sealed. And it's a very strong sealing, too."

Thinking a bit as she looked at the three, she asked, "Tell me; do you feel anything different?" "Contentment..." said Harry.

"Happiness..." said Hermione.

"Love..." added Daphne.

Looking between his bondmates, Harry said, "I don't think we can truly put it into words." Hesitating a moment longer while thinking hard, he said, "I feel happy and content because I know... know at the depths of my soul... that my ladies are happy and love me; and that we are meant to be together."

"Harry's right," said Hermione. "But I also know that what he said doesn't explain it near enough. However, it's about the closest we can come to explaining it... to put it into words for someone who isn't experiencing it to understand."

"Then I certainly hope you try your best to do so with that book I hope you're still writing," said the medi-witch.

"We are," replied Hermione. "And we'll do our best to put it into such words. We just know it won't be enough; though, we'll certainly try to get close." "You won't be the first to make that admission," admitted the medi-witch. "In the literature I've read others have made the same claim. I had just hoped you'd have been able to shed better light upon it."

"We know we will," replied Hermione with a smile. "Harry's made some startling revelations about the nature of soul and body that we spent a lot of our time over the break writing down."

"Like?" asked Pomfrey.

"That we are not beings that have souls, as Harry put it. We're souls that have bodies," explained Daphne. "When you accept the truth of that, it starts to make a lot of other things that have confused people make sense." Madam Pomfrey blinked a bit in surprise, before she finally said, "Yes, well, I look forward to reading what you've discovered."

The three grinned back.

"In the mean time, you're all free to go," she said. "However, I'll still occasionally ask you to come and see me again. Just because the literature we have states that the sealing of the bond means the bond no longer has a chance to fail, does not mean there's not other things going on."

"Thank you, Madam Pomfrey, we will," replied Hermione, as the three of them hopped off the beds.

As the three were about to leave, Madam Pomfrey called, "Oh, and Mister Potter?"

"Yes, Ma'am?" he asked.

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