Harry blearily opened his eyes as a shrill ringing seemed to be coming from everywhere in the room. He heard muttered groans as everyone woke up, and as soon as everyone was out of bed the horrid sound finally stopped.
"Could of done without the wake-up call," Stephen said, pulling out some clothes from his dresser as the others did the same.
Once they were dressed, the boys went out to the common room to see the girls chatting amongst themselves. They were excitedly crowded around something at the table.
"Whatcha looking at?" Kyle asked, voicing the question that was on all the boy's sleep saturated minds.
Corrie continued reading the paper as she spoke, not bothering to look up. "It's a list of some rules and a class schedule." She then nodded to herself, seeming satisfied, and handed the paper over to Harry.
Rules
1. Meals may be made in your dorms, however, your team must eat at least one meal in the Main Hall. Breakfast is at 7:00 AM weekdays, 8:00 AM on weekends. Lunch is at 1:00 PM, and dinner is at 6:30 PM.
2. Recruits will be partially trained until Novices by a Parcus level team, and inside class must treat them with the respect that is held for teachers.(1)
3. No fighting other students unless training in class or with approval and supervision from a teacher.
4. Students must be in their dorms by 9:00 PM, unless given permission otherwise by a teacher.
5. You will be woken up at 6:30 AM weekdays, 7:30 AM on weekends.
6. Each team is assigned an Instructor, and he or she will teach the team's core classes and be their advisor when not in class.
7. Days are split into to two categories, A Days and B Days. The A and B switch off every other day, and determine what classes you have that day Classes run Monday through Friday, with additional classes that can be signed up for on the weekend.
If you have any other questions, please ask an older team or an Instructor.
Seeing that he had reached the bottom of the page, Harry flipped to the paper behind the rules.
Taught by: Instructor Allen
Schedule A
7:00-8:10- Breakfast- Main Hall
8:15-9:10- Physical Education/Combat Skills- Field 2*
9:15-10:25-Charms- Room 218
10:30-11:40- History Room-218
11:45-12:55-Transfiguration- Room 218
1:00-2:10-Lunch- Main Hall
2:15-3:25- Ancient Runes- Room 218
3:30-4:40- Miscellaneous- Room 521**(1)
4:45-5:55- Language- Room 218
6:00- 6:25- Free Period
6:30-7:40- Dinner- Main Hall
7:45- 8:55- Specialty Classes***
10:00- Dorms
Schedule B
7:00-8:10- Breakfast- Main Hall
8:15-9:10- Physical Education/Combat Skills- Field 2*
9:15-10:25-Magical Defense- Room 218
10:30-11:40- Herbology- Greenhouse 5
11:45-12:55-Potions- Room 218
1:00-2:10-Lunch- Main Hall
2:15-3:25- Dueling- Field 2*
3:30-4:40- Astronomy- Room 627
4:45-5:55- Language- Room 218
6:00- 6:25- Free Period
6:30-7:40- Dinner- Main Hall
7:45- 8:55- Specialty Classes***
10:00- Dorms
* Classes are taught by a Parcus level team. (2)
** A class that will teach a variety of subjects and skills
*** Specialty Classes are classes for the area a student specializes in. They are the only classes not taken by the whole team, and until the team's specialties are determined, this class will be a Free Period.
There was one other sheet, and it seemed to be a map of the school. Harry handed the papers back to the others, and after a moment they were done reading too.
"Well," Brandon said, glancing at his watch, " It's 6:53 now. How about we head down to get some breakfast?"
Everyone agreed, and they followed the map down to the Main Hall. Once again the tables only held healthy food, and they ate before heading to their classes.
PE/CS had been pretty simple because it was their first day. They had mainly gone over the proper way to stretch, as well as a vague class syllabus. It turned out that the students that were to teach the group was the team with the orange colored robes from the night before, and they were nice enough. Harry could see why staying fit was important. Dueling was as much moving around as casting spells, and could well be the determination of whether you lived or died. Harry had never seen anyone in the Wizarding World really work out, and he wondered why. Muggles had all sorts of sports available to keep fit, as well as teaching gym class at schools. Harry knew that none if that was at Hogwarts. The only 'sport' they had was Quiddich, but Harry didn't really count effortlessly flying around on a broom as physical exercise (no matter how fun it may be).
Charms and History had just been a syllabus with a start on some theory, since they didn't have their wands yet. History and Ancient Runes had yet more syllabus's to read, as well as starting some bookwork. Instructor Allen had turned out to be a young man who looked to be in his mid to late twenties, with salt and pepper hair and a slightly muscular build. He was very friendly and patient, but at the same time he had a commanding air around him that just made you know not to mess with him.
Whenever it was asked just when they would get their wands, they would always receive a smile and a "during your Miscellaneous class." It was understandable that everyone was now extremely excited, as that was where they were heading at the moment.
The classroom had seven good sized tables, one for each student. Harry sat down at one off to the left, and shortly thereafter Instructor Allen walked up to his podium to begin class. Immediately, Steven's hand shot up in to the air.
The Instructor sighed; he undoubtedly knew what the question was. He called on Steven with a small smile. " Yes Mr. Milner?"
"Are we getting our wands now?"
Instructor Allen grinned. " In a way. Can anyone tell me what a wand is?"
Melissa raised her hand.
"Yes, Miss Scott?"
"A focus."
"Very good. Now, what does a focus do? Miss Gomez?"
" It directs your magic, usually amplifying it," Carissa answered.
" Correct. A wand helps us access and increase our magical power, making it easier to cast spells. Wands contain a core, the most common being unicorn hairs, phoenix feathers, and dragon heartstrings, though parts of magical creatures other than these three can be used as well. These cores are why you cannot just pick up any old stick off the ground and use it as a focus. What many people don't realize is that you can put a magical core into other objects. Granted, there are few objects that will accept the cores, but it is still possible.
"Today we will be making a focus for each of you. These focus's will be rings, and they will consist of a core, a metal, and a gemstone or rock. Not only will these allow you to access more of your power, but they are also less conspicuous and are able to hold a small amount of energy." At this point Instructor Allen took out three boxes from underneath his podium. "You will look through each of these boxes until you find the three components that are right for you. Once you have all found yours, we will make the rings."
Instructor Allen set each of the boxes on a small table to the right of the podium and motioned for them to come up. One by one, they each plunged their hands into each box, pulling out all sorts of different items. Harry approached the first box, and he too reached inside. These seemed to be the cores, and Harry stuck his hand deeper and deeper in the box, looking for the right one. After about a minute of searching, he touched a core that sent a shot of warmth up his arm. Grabbing it from the box and looking at a convenient chart on the table, Harry found out that he had grabbed a silver feather of a Hippogriff.
Going through a similar process with the other two boxes, Harry found himself heading back to his table with a sliver Hippogriff feather, a piece of jet, and a chunk of platinum.
Once everyone was done, Instructor Allen spoke again.
"Okay, now that you all have your materials, we can make you rings. What you have to do is hold all three materials in one hand. Now, close your eyes and look for the magic inside of you. When you find it, direct it into the hand you are holding the materials in, and let your magic do the rest."
Harry did just as instructed, and his hand started to warm up. Waiting until the feeling stopped, he opened his hand. Inside was a platinum ring, with a jet stone sitting atop it. The jet had little flecks of silver in it that made the stone sparkle in the light. It was a very simple ring, yet at the same time magnificent.
Instructor Allen clapped his hand together. "Very well done, all of you. You will be practicing spells in a few days, but for now time is up. Class dismissed!"
Harry stood up and walked out with the rest of his team, chatting with the others about random topics and smiling all the while.
He could get used to it here.
1: The Miscellaneous class is taught by the same teacher as most of the team's other classes, but is held in a different room. This is because the room is sort of like a Room of requirement, and changes depending on what they're doing that day in class.
2: Teams are ranked differently for each year level. (Like Hogwart's first years, second years, ect.)
The order of it is:
-Recruit (This is Harry's team right now)
-Tyro
-Novice
-Moderate
-Parcus
-Adroit
-Sage
I'm sorry that this isn't very long, but I'm hoping to do more now that school's over for the summer.
IMPORTANT! Ther is a poll on my page on who sould be the team leader. I'd rather it not be Harry, but if that's the majority of votes then that's what I'll do.
pihead08, harrymania 1978, KaggyAlucardSesh, kittymitten, adenoide, & darkplayer35- Thanks for reviewing!
xFactor101- I'm planning on trying to write longer chapters. As for your questions, I might make one more chapter in the present, but I am going to skip through time to when they head to Hogwarts. This fic most likely won't have any romance, I would write it but i'm not very good at it.
Ektor234- I'll probably make Lily and James's reactions as a flashback when Harry and his team get to Hogwarts.
Naginator- Harry is in something like a rift in time, where there isn't a specific date. If you're wondering about how the kids are going to cope with a time that isn't theirs, they're going to be caught up to date in their history classes.
Any suggestions for the story or to help improve my writing are welcome!