The boy they had been waiting for to arrive appeared in the room they were sat in. They had agreed to look after the boy as a favour to an old goblin friend. He said the child was a magnet for trouble, not because of anything he did to attract it, it was just one of those things and they could relate to that. They had also been told the child was seven years old and had lived in an abusive home till recently, he had no other family to look after him.
The child that now stood in front of them was so far off what they were expecting, for a second they could only stare. He had long beautiful blood red and black hair framing his face with ringlets that made him look so sweet and innocent. He was smaller than what they expected an seven year old child to be. If they didn't know any better be would have pegged the child for a five or six year old. He had the brightest emerald coloured eyes they had ever seen and despite the small stature of the child's body he looked lithe as if he spent a lot time doing gymnastics. A slight glow around the child gave him an un earthly look as if he was one of those elves from pictures and movies of fairy tales they had seen. They also noticed the child was dressed in cargo pants and boots and a green t-shirt. Remembering what Ragnok had said about the child's preference for that type of clothing.
Clearing his throat the man spoke first "Hi Harrison. I'm Leo." Then pointing to each of the women beside him he continued "…and this is Piper, phoebe and Paige. We are your new guardians." Harry gave a small smile and said "Hello, it's nice to meet you and please call me Harry." That started the ball rolling as the sisters and Leo began to get to know Harry and him them. Harry learned that Piper was very motherly and was soon sat down to a snack as dinner time was still a little while away. Never having been given a chance to know his own mother nor been exposed to a mother's love since Harry loved the attention. Phoebe was like a big sister to Harry even though she fussed it was different from Piper and he found he quite liked that too as he was sure he would feel smothered if they all fussed like Piper. Harry found Paige the easiest to connect to. She was more of an aunt and a friend he liked her playful side and quirky ways of doing things, Harry could sense there was more to Leo than the sisters. He felt, a little bit like Paige however the best he could describe it was that he felt holy. He decided to ask after they were sat in the living room after dinner. "Leo." Leo turned towards Harry and said "Yes Harry."
Trying to think of way to ask his question without sounding like an idiot he asked "Can I ask you an odd question?" Lips quirking upwards Leo answered "Sure Harry you can ask me anything." Harry pulled all his courage and said "What are you? I can sense something different about you although a little similar to Paige but the best I can describe it is holy." At this Paige and Phoebe burst out in laughter. They had discussed about their magic after finding out Harry was magical too but no-one had said anything about Leo's white lighter status it just hadn't come up. In mid laughter Phoebe asked "Holy?" Ducking his head after a bout of embarrassment and shyness he nodded and said "Well I can sense other magical creatures or anything magic around me but I don't quite know what to make of Leo. His aura is pure and I can tell he's human but not." The girls calmed down and Phoebe spoke up "I'm sorry sweetie we weren't laughing at you it's just the description you gave, I suppose that's one way of looking at it. Leo is a guardian angel, although our name for what he is white lighter." Leo spoke when she finished "That is quite a gift you have there. Not many can sense white lighters."
Harry asked many questions about what it was Leo did, he didn't even think about how shocked the others would be when he copied Leo's orbing. He had been concentrating on watching the magic around Leo when he orbed out and then returned and then turned inward to mimic what he had seen. The only difference was that instead of blue orbs like Leo his were the colour of his magic, pure white. He saw four faces staring at him in shock before one of them asked him "Harry how did you do that?" Harry shrugged and said "I just watched how his magic did it and copied it. I can do that with other types of magic it's not really difficult. My elves taught me their type of magic and Ragnok taught me goblin magic. It's just a matter of my magic adjusting to my needs and anything I want."
The three witches realised just how big a job they had accepted. Here was a child more powerful than they could have ever imagined anyone being. He would definitely be a target for evil looking for power. Leo however was looking beyond that. He had spoken to Ragnok who showed him the memories of the type of childhood Harry had been exposed to. If he had been left in that situation for much longer he could have very easily lost himself to darkness, whether it was vengeance, or just wanting safety. He saw how strong the will of the child was as he had not lost his pure heart from what he had been through. It was his job to make sure he remained the sweet and innocent little boy he was but first they would have to help him learn his powers and his own limits.
10 year old Harrison was sat at the breakfast table still in his pyjamas talking to Piper who he now referred to as mum. "Mum the university is not that far away. I can always orb home over the weekends and you know that it's going to be for two months. I already know everything about this degree probably more than lectures themselves. You and I know I can protect myself from demons and if I am capacitated I can call for dad or Aunty Paige to come get me."
"I know baby, but you are only 10 years old forgive me if I think it's too soon for you to be off to uni. I still don't see why we can't orb you there back every day. You don't need to live on campus." They had had this argument before although Harry was beginning to cave in. He hated to see his mother upset. He supposed it was a good compromise, he wasn't planning on staying the usual number of years for the degree he was going for. He had already written and gotten permission to go through coursework and complete it in his own time. As long he could prove that he knew what he needed to know to pass he would be given his certificates to show his completion of the workload. When he finally gave in to being orbed back and forth Piper was ecstatic and called Leo to let him know.
