94 First Invention

Harry looked at the first pair of Magical Phone and smiled.

He had finally done it. After a whole month of crafting and refinement and countless hours of working on runes and charms, he had finally invented the first Magical Phone in the history of the magical world.

He turned around and abruptly pulled Hermione in a very tight hug.

She froze at the touch for a moment before she gave in and hugged him back as well.

He could understand why she would freeze upon his contact. That was mainly because he had kept his distance from her for the past one month ever since they made up. He still treated her kindly but they were not as close as they once were and they had not hugged each other even once in all that time that they spent together.

But he was too happy at the moment to care about such at thing.

She had been a huge help to him in creating this phone. Not only had she helped him a great deal in solving a lot of problems that he faced while creating the magical Phone. But she had also kept track of his food and sleep and made sure that he was well rested and well fed. Something that would not have happened if she was not here with him.

And he was willing to forgive everything for the amount of dedication she had shown him in the past month and the three weeks before that.

He let go of the hug and smiled brightly at her.

He was usually not someone who showed his emotions to other to such an extent but creating a Magical phone was a huge milestone for him and the satisfaction of knowing that you've created something that'll change the lives of people in the future brought him a great amount of joy and pleasure.

"Do you want to try it?" he asked.

"Are you sure?" she asked, looking a bit concerned.

"Of course. You helped me create it, so you should also be one of the first ones to try it."

Then he passed one of the prototype to her and took the another one for himself.

"You do remember how they work. Right?" he asked and she gave a nod and pushed the button at the top of the mirror, that looked less like a mirror at this point and more like a Smartphone from the future.

Hermione clicked the button and and the phone flashed a light for a moment before going still. Just like how it was supposed to do.

"What should I do now Harry?" she asked.

"Do what you do in order to call someone in a floo." He replied.

"I've never used a floo Harry. Remember?" she asked and he smiled at his forgetfulness and said.

"Well. Just say 'Contact Harry's mobile'." He said.

"Okay. Contact Harry's mobile." She said and the next moment his Magical Phone vibrated (courtesy of a vibrating charm extensively used by witches.) for a few seconds and showed Hermione's face in his phone.

A red and a green button appeared on the screen and he gave a smile at his invention once again.

Making the phone a screen-touch had taken a lot of his time and effort. He had to transfigure the whole mirror from ground up so that the screen would be receptive to touch.

He even had to write a few key programs himself. Like what would happen if a person clicks on the green button. What would happen if the same person clicks on the red button. And how long will the phone vibrate if you don't pick up the call.

He knew that the phone was still in it's prototype phase and would need to go through a lot of changes before it will be ready to be launched in the wizarding world but he was happy with his accomplishment.

With that thought he clicked the green button and now the connection between them was established and he gave a huge grin to Hermione who was grinning back at him as well.

"We did it." He shouted and kept the phone down before pulling her into another tight hug.

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"So. You're saying that I could call anyone with this… Magical Fon?" Daphne asked and Harry let out a chuckle before answering.

"Phone. P H O N E. Magical Phone." Harry corrected "And yes. You can call anyone who is carrying this phone."

"Anywhere?" she asked with a raised eyebrow and his smile faltered for a moment before he smiled once again and answered.

"No. As of now it's range is only 200 miles. But I'm working on a magical tower that would amplify it's signal and allow people to contact anyone from a long distance. According to my calculations, I would have to create 31 such towers and plant them all over Britain. And by the time all the towers have been activated, you should be able to talk with anyone who has a mobile in Britain."

"And you'll sell it for merely 20 galleons?" she asked, just to be sure that her hearing had not gone faulty.

"Yes." He replied in all seriousness.

"That's…" she said and tried to think of correct word for this invention.

Amazing?

Unbelievable?

Revolutionary?

Something that no one had ever done before?

"That's… I don't think I correct word for what you've just created Harry." She said and thought about it a bit more "It's almost like a small portable floo."

"No." Harry replied seriously.

"No?" she asked and wondered which of her words he was denying.

"No. It is not merely a portable floo." He said "I mean for now you can say that it is. But it won't remain a mere portable floo forever."

"So… you'll add more features to it?" she asked curiously.

Deep in her heart, she already knew that this product would sell like hotcakes as soon as it would be released in the market. But to think that Harry was not satisfied what just that and wanted to add more features to it.

The thought was mind boggling to her.

How the hell did he even create something like this?

It's almost like he had merged the two-way mirror and the Floo into a single product.

Wasn't he just supposed to be a 11 year old boy.

Well, he was a genius. A very powerful genius in fact and she knew that but this...

This was… something totally above that.

And now that she thought about it… how come no one else ever thought about creating something like that.

The idea of a Mobile Fon… no wait… Phone was in it's core, rather simple.

So how come no one ever thought about inventing such a thing before.

She suddenly felt a deep sense of embarrassment for the whole wizarding community who thought themselves so amazing but were left behind by a young 11 year old boy.

Hell, she knew that she could have lived her whole life in this world and would still not be able to come up with such an idea.

"So… is this what you guys were working on for the past month?" she asked.

"Yes." Harry and Hermione replied proudly and despite their happiness, she could see the deep exhaustion they both were feeling.

"Well, we did technically abuse those time turners everyday so it should be about a month and a half I guess." Harry replied while yawning and her eyes went wide for a moment before they narrowed back at him.

"Time turners? How many of time turners do you have Harry?"

Harry's yawn was cut short by her question and he grimaced for a moment before giving her a shrug and said "Three. But I didn't trust you at the start so I only showed you one."

She felt her eye twitch at his blatant admission of his mistrust toward her but decided to let it go.

"And Penelope?" she asked "Why do you look like you've not slept for a week?"

The older girl who by now had developed eye bags under her eyes sighed and dropped down on the chair beside her in exhaustion and said "OWLs study and Deciphering the runes he's adding on the Magical Phones."

Harry pursed his lips at her exhausted state and said "You don't have to push yourself so hard Penelope. If you can't do it, then…"

"No." Penelope instantly cut him off "I can do it. I can tell that this is very important to you. And I've learned far more about Ancient Runes by deciphering and studying your runes than I've in my classes. In fact at this point, I think that I can give my NEWTs exam in Ancient Runes and pass the exam with flying marks."

"And anyway. If I don't get good marks in school then you'll just have to give me a job in your new company." Penelope said with a smile before she plopped down her head on a table in order to get some more sleep.

Harry just smiled at her joke but Daphne knew that if Harry's company became successful then Penelope wouldn't even have to complete Hogwarts in order to get a job in that company.

"So Harry. Is this Magical Phone the only thing you're going to invent?" Daphne asked curiously because she doubted that Harry would sit down and do nothing after his company takes off.

Even now he was usually tackling 4-5 projects at a time so she knew that after this Magical Phone, he would definitely invent some new things.

She was just curious about what those things would be.

But he just gave her a mysterious smile and shook his head, as if already guessing her thoughts.

She gave him a fake pout and he started chuckling in return.

"And have you searched for people who will become your future employee?" she asked.

"No." He replied frankly "I have my eyes on a few people and but I'll need a middle man to contact them first."

"Middle man?" she asked curiously but he simply ignored her curiosity and gave a nod in return "Yes. Middle man."

"But you don't need to be worried about all that. Just keep doing what you're doing and I'll provide you with a job once you're expelled from Hogwarts." He said with a smirk as if getting her expelled had been the greatest idea he have ever had.

Daphne could see Hermione biting her lower lips at his words and wondered what that was about. The bushy haired girl always bit her lips when she was nervous but Daphne didn't thought that there was anything Harry said that she needed to be nervous about.

Regardless, she decided to keep an eye on the girl for some time in the future.

Perhaps the girl was still insecure about her position in the group.

Daphne could prey upon such weakness and if increase her insecurity over time so that one day the girl would simply break down and leave.

But she very much doubted that Harry would miss her schemes.

The boy could be surprisingly perceptive at times. So she choose to not do such a thing and instead see if anything will come out of those insecurities.

If yes, and Hermione leaves the group then Harry would be heartbroken and she could use that time to get close to him.

If no, then her position remains the same which was not that bad of a situation.