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Harry woke up, completely visible, at 5:25. He went through to the main room and checked the timetable and saw they had Physical Training in five minutes. He woke Neville and they both got dressed into their exercise clothes. They were just wondering how to wake the girls when both of them walked out their room at the same time.
They all went to the large training area on the multiple room device. They started by running 6 laps around the large room. The perimeter was about half a mile so in all they had run three miles. They then did a number of push-ups, sit-ups and crunches. After that they were stuck.
'What do we do now?' asked Neville.
At that point Winky walked in holding four swords and four daggers. Dobby then walked in holding four bows, four quivers and a large number of arrows. Behind them came two Goblins. Each of the items were specialised for each of them.
Hermione was handed a thin, silver sword that was light-weight and easy to use. It had a bronze handle engraved with sapphires. She was also given a small, sharp dagger with a dark blue holder. Her bow was intricately carved and was a light coloured wood.
Neville was handed a large, powerful looking sword with a gold hilt. The handle was engraved with rubies and gave good grip. The dagger was small and slightly blunt, but would still cast a fatal blow. The holder was a shimmering gold. The bow was made of a dark wood and was smooth yet gave a rough feel.
All of Luna's items were very light-weight. Her sword resembled that of a fencing sword but with a sharp point. The grip was a light yellow and had a protective cover that was engraved with diamonds. Her dagger was thin but dangerous. Easy to move and light to carry. Her bow was carved of a light wood and had a very delicate feel about it.
Harry was given a very long sword. The hilt was midnight black, engraved with emeralds and the sword itself screamed power. The dagger was small and quick and felt extremely handy. The bow felt weird to Harry but was very interesting. The wood was very dark and had interesting Runes carved into it.
'These are all from the founder's vault. I retrieved them for you and also hired two Goblins to come and teach you about sword fighting and archery. I hope I did not do wrong.' Said Winky in a timid voice.
'Of course not Winky. This is extremely helpful so thank you.' Said Harry. He then turned to the Goblins.
'Hello. I am honoured you would come to teach us, I look forward to learning from you. Feel free to stay here as the time Runes would make it seem as if you were visiting many times a day.' Harry bowed in front of the Goblins.
The smaller and nimbler of the two smiled. 'It it an honour to meet you Harry Potter. It is also an honour to train the Legendary Heirs. I am Striker, I will be teaching you archery, and this is SharpClaw, he will be teaching you sword fighting and how to wield a dagger.'
The four Heirs bowed before the Goblins.
'If the boys will follow me into the other room we will start with Sword fighting, Striker will stay here with the girls and start with Archery. We will swap over half way through.' Said SharpClaw
Harry and Neville followed SharpClaw out of the room and chose the slightly smaller room. When they entered he pulled out his sword and ran at Harry. He swung his sword and Harry only just ducked in time. He jumped back and put his sword out in front of him. SharpClaw hit the sword with so much force it almost knocked him of his feet. Harry took a few steps back and then lunged forward and swung his sword. SharpClaw blocked his attempted and stabbed at him with his sword. Harry side stepped but the sword grazed his shoulder. He dropped to the floor as SharpClaw swung at him. Harry rolled out the way and went to lung but found SharpClaw was charging at Neville.
Neville noticed at the last minutes and had to duck and roll out of the way as SharpClaw stabbed at the floor. He ran back and caught his breath and held his sword in front of him as the ferocious Goblin swung at him. Neville's sword vibrated and he was visibly shaken. He swung at SharpClaw and stabbed. The Goblin parried all of his attacks and fought back harder than ever. He seemed to know Neville's every move. Harry then had a thought. In battle he'd be working with Neville, not just watching him struggle.
Harry felt a little bit nervous but went for it anyway. He held his sword and ran quietly behind the fighting Goblin and swung at his legs, not wanting to seriously hurt him. SharpClaw swung around so fast Harry had to duck under his sword. Neville soon caught on and swung at the Goblin's shoulder. Soon SharpClaw was battling both Neville and Harry, dodging and attacking. Even with the little experience they had, Harry with his light weight body and good reflexes, and Neville with his strong attacks they were doing alright. Soon stamina got the better of them and they fell exhausted.
'You have both done well. Your stamina will build with time and so will your reflexes. You both are good at either dodging or attacking and you will advance in both. This will also help you in your duelling with your stamina, reflexes and knowing when to attacked and when to dodge.' Said SharpClaw.
They then started going over effective and strong attacks and how to dodge them. They didn't get too many done but they felt more comfortable holding a sword at the very least.
They then swapped over with the girls. Harry and Neville dropped their swords in the corner of the room and picked up their bows, quivers and arrows. They walked over to Striker to see she also had her bow out.
She placed them in front of the far wall and conjured two targets. She told them to fire the best they could. They released the arrow from their bows and weren't surprised to see them not get very far. Harry's arrow flew but then fell short and landed on the floor. Neville's arrow sailed further and then hit the very edge of the target, the arrow hit but didn't stay.
'Well, it looks like we have some work to do!'
Striker then explained that they shouldn't think, 'I've got to get it on the target' but to think about the arrow itself. First she told them to find the most comfortable position for their bow and taught them how to draw the string. She then told them to visualise the arrow's path.
'This is a magic bow. Much like a wand focuses a wizard's magic and sends it to its destination, a bow controls the arrow, take the power from the person firing and shoots at its target.'
They then spent the rest of the lesson practising. They imagined that they were the arrow and focuses on their course. A little bit on they even tried pumping the smallest amount of magic into the arrow to get it to focus. By doing this they improved a lot. By the end of the lesson they could hit the target and get it to stay. It wasn't close to the centre but they knew these things would come in time.
After they had finished they met the girls. They told them about each lesson and how both were pretty much the same. They all showered and changed into comfortable clothing, and after a quick breakfast they met with the Goblins who had declined lunch and stayed in the training room.
'We have accepted your offer and will stay here. We may leave after training or during the night time but it will only be for quick things as we know time passes incredibly quickly. If one of us is late the other will complete an all together lesson in the others absence. Now, your kind helpers have prepared a room for us. We will be in there if you need us.' Said Striker and they both left.
They quickly went back into yesterday's routine of teaching others. This time Neville was teaching Harry Transfiguration and Luna was teaching Hermione Charms.
At 10:00 they changed into their duelling clothes and went back to working on increasing their power. They also started duelling, slowly at first.
Harry duelled Hermione to begin with. They decided that if Death Eaters attacked then they wouldn't go through all the fancy bow and '1, 2, 3' so they started their duels with a short 'GO!'
Harry started by throwing a Stupefy at Hermione. She threw up a Protego and blocked the spell. Hermione then sent a line of spells one after the other, forcing Harry to carefully dodge each one of them. After a while Hermione became out of breath and so Harry took the advantage and shot an Expelliarmaus at her. She narrowly missed it and dodged as Harry sent a powerful Reducto, catching her completely off guard. She sent a Stupefy but Harry; using a technique he found in a duelling book, summoned a pillow from the library. It raced in and took the spell. Whilst Hermione was in shock Harry cast an Expelliarmaus, caught her wand and ended the duel.
They all congratulated Harry and went back to trying to increase their power when Harry had a brainwave.
'Guys, we have 45 minutes left of this duelling period but I would like to make a quick outing. I think this will help all of us.' Harry said.
He explained he wanted to go into London to buy something important. They all put on Robes and went to the door of the basement. Hermione froze the time Runes and they walked back upstairs. Of course in reality not even an hour had past to they shook their heads and walked to the Floo.
'Diagon Alley!'
They all landed n the Leaky Cauldron under thick glamour charms. They walked through the magical barrier and down the street. The all looked worried as Harry, currently named Charlie Evans, lead them down Knocturn Alley. He looked around before finding what he was looking for.
He lead them into a shop with a shabby sign that read 'William's W'. They all looked suspicious as they walked in and Harry rang the bell.
A middle aged man walked out from the back and said in a raspy voice,
'I wondered when I'd be seeing you Mr Potter. Or should I say Lord Potter, Heir to the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black, Rightful Heir of Slytherin.' All the Heirs gasped.
'How do you know all that?' asked Hermione, under disguise as Penelope Smith.
'Don't fret Miss Granger, not only have I been alerted by the Goblins but I am also a qualified Legilimens. I am not working for either Voldemort or Dumbledore and only make wands for the trustworthy. I know you know Occlumency to the highest level but I have learnt the ways of the Goblins. Now, I know you are here for wands. If you will all step up to the counter.'
William pulled out three boxes, one slightly smaller than the other two. He asked for Luna first.
'Now, reach inside of this first box and move your hand slowly until you feel a hot pull. Pick out the wood that has chosen you.'
Luna reached inside the box and slowly moved her hands around. She suddenly gasped and pulled out a piece of wood.
'Yes, yes. This is the wood from a willow tree. It symbolises a peaceful and calm spirit. Now the cores please. They are all inside smaller boxes so you don't touch it and affect the magic.'
Luna did the same thing again and pulled out Mermaid scale.
'Good. This is a scale from a very powerful Mermaid. This represents wisdom and acceptance of change. Now a gem.'
Luna chose a small diamond which swirled with a faint turquoise colour.
'Marvellous! This stands for a very honest and loyal friend. Together these will create a very precise wand, excellent for Charms.'
Neville ended up choosing Birch wood, a griffin heartstring and a topaz.
'These create a very strong wand, great for Transfiguration. This shows you are an extremely powerful wizard but very loving.'
Hermione picked Oak wood, a hippogriff feather and a pearl.
'These represent a passion for knowledge and using all everything possible to protect loved ones. This is a delicate wand brilliant for tricky spells and Wards.'
Harry ended up with Pine wood, a lightning Phoenix feather and an emerald.
'This is an immensely powerful wand. This is great for large and powerful spells, especially old, forgotten and difficult spells. It shows me you are a kind and companionate soul and an amazingly strong leader. You will lead people into battle but feel guilty and responsible for death. You will do great things with this wand Mr Potter.'
After William had made the wands he told them that Ollivander's wands controlled and stopped a lot of magic and that these ones would be overwhelming to begin with. Harry paid for the wands and two Dragon-skin holsters each, which were protective against summoning; they headed back to Potter Manor.
After lunch things went pretty much the same as the day before. Two of them were taught by the other two and after they all studied their Animagas training and re strengthened their Occlumency shields.
This went on for over three months. They were all progressing rapidly and their power, strength and stamina had come on in leaps and bounds. Hermione and Luna preferred archery whereas Harry and Neville preferred sword fighting. They all kept up with both though as they knew that every advantage in this war was good.
One Animagas lesson Luna managed to transform her hand. They all congratulated and quickly drew it before Luna had to release it.
'By the looks of it I'm some sort of cat.' Said Luna.
Her hand had transformed into a pitch black paw, smaller than her actual hand. She had sharp claws and soft fur.
Two months later they had all managed to transform their hands. Neville's was a large grey paw with thick, pointy claws. Hermione's was a paw slightly bigger than her hand. Her fur was short and was a light, golden colour. Her claws were retractable. Harry's was a large, golden paw. The fur was short but thick and the claws stuck out from underneath.
They also massively improved in duelling. They could now all battle two on one. Hermione had grasped the knack for silent magic. Her spells were quick and unexpected; you never knew what was coming. Neville still spoke his spells but was getting very close to duelling wandlessly. However, Neville's spells were full of brute force and could knock you of your feet if you weren't ready. Luna had found a way of combining spells so her spells could come out in a long stream of 8-10 at a time and she would only use the effort of a normal spells. Harry, from his Dark Arts knowledge picked up wandless magic really quickly. He was now trying to do it silently so he had utter stealth.
As they were meditating one day, Neville Hermione and Harry were very shocked to see a black cat slink past them. The cat they had recently adopted, (now named Cheshire) was a tabby cat and so this shocked them. Hermione was the first to catch on.
'Luna?' she gasped.
The three heirs stared at the black cat. She looked at them with Luna's unique and powerful blue eyes and grinned, well as best she could as a cat. The black cat shook for a second before transforming into Luna. She told them it took a lot of effort but the fact she had done it spurred them on a great deal.
Another month past and the four heirs were nearing the end of their training. They were all now way past Newt level in each specialised subject. They were all very good swordsmen and archers and were past Auror level duellers.
Hermione was now sufficient in both silent and wandless casting, but was even more powerful when using her wand, especially the new one. She was a brilliant archer but also extremely quick and nimble with a sword.
Luna had managed to increase her spell string to about 15 spells one after another. She did this by silently casting maxima multiplicamini (Spell) this was immensely helpful in duels as you had to dodge almost every one of them. No magical shield could stop that many spells and most wizards didn't have the stamina to keep that up for long.
Neville had started duelling wandlessly but preferred using his wand. He knew it was just a precaution in case he lost his wand but he mainly used his wand. His spells however were not only accurate but incredibly effective.
Harry could both cast silently and wandlessly but his spells were slightly more powerful with a wand. Once he had started realizing that the wand wasn't extremely magic, just a funnel for his own magic he started getting it quicker. He also really enjoyed sword fighting.
By the last month, (or day in real time,) all the Heirs had managed their animagas forms and could hold them without getting tired.
If you looked in during an Animagas session you would see a midnight black cat with piercing blue eyes, a large grey wolf with light grey fur, a medium sized lioness with golden fur and chocolate brown eyes and a golden Griffin with sparkling emerald eyes.
All four heirs enjoyed being in their Animagas form and could all move pretty well in them. They couldn't practise running inside the basement but had all embraced their animal instincts.
On the last basement day they had a test with the Goblins. They each had to fire a coloured arrow onto the bull's eye, whilst not being harmed by either of the goblins. Both the Goblins against all four heirs, it was all out, no holding back.
To begin with all four heirs strapped their bows and quiver to their back. It was magically charmed so only them could access them. They held their swords and waited for the horn to sound the beginning.
The horn blared.
The two Goblins came charging toward the four heirs, swords in hands. Harry and Neville, who were in the middle raised their swords and blocked the attacks as Hermione and Luna rolled out of the way. They swung their swords at the Goblins feet giving Harry and Neville an opportunity to lunge out of the way. Hermione and Luna battled with the two Goblins. Both pairs attacked, dodged parried as they fought. Harry and Neville snuck up behind and slashed at the Goblins waists. They spun around and started fighting the other pair. Luna pulled out her arrow, and from the other side of the room aimed at the target.
Click, swoosh! The arrow landed dead centre. Luna went to pick up her sword and rejoin the battle but Goblin magic held her back.
'Guys!' Luna called to them, 'Once we've hit the target we can't rejoin! Someone's going to be left on there own!'
Harry, Neville and Hermione shared a look. They knew that Harry was the most coordinated with these things so he would be last.
Hermione swung her sword at Striker, cutting her from shoulder to hip. After a brief wince Hermione battled with Striker, taking his attention of Neville. She knew that Neville need the most time to concentrate on firing so she let him do that.
Click, swoosh! Neville's arrow hit the bull's eye and vibrated. Neville was out the battle too. Hermione worked on getting Striker out of the play so Harry would only have to deal with one. Hermione thought up a plan. The targets had each of their names on them. Hermione saw Striker had his bow and arrows too and was not afraid to use them.
Hermione directed herself in front of her target and used her sword to push Striker back. The Goblin took the full force of the push and zoomed to the back of the room. Seeing a perfect opportunity he pulled out his bow and shot at Hermione. She waited until the last second when she ducked out the way. The arrow hit the bull's eye. Goblin magic, recognising Hermione's target and Striker's shot took them both out of the battle. It was up to Harry now.
Harry saw that it was only him and SharpClaw left. He wondered how on earth Hermione had managed that but pulled his focus back to the battle. Harry knew he wasn't going to win on skill alone. The goblin had been training for much longer. Harry remembered what SharpClaw had said to him at one point. Use every advantage you can get.
Harry furiously swung his blade in a burst of energy. This fazed the Goblin only slightly as he was forced to take a couple of steps back. Harry once more pushed him back. SharpClaw held his sword high and charged at Harry. Quick as a flash Harry pulled out his dagger and plunged it into the Goblins shoulder. It wouldn't kill but it would give SharpClaw a large disadvantage.
SharpClaw stumbled back from the pain and from shock. By the time he had collected himself ready for another go Harry had already shot his bow.
Click, swoosh! Bull's eye!
The Goblin magic released the two of them and soon they were overwhelmed by the rest of the group coming forward and congratulating him. They all healed their wounds and then stood in front of the Goblins.
'You have all done us proud. You have shown us the skills of sacrifice, quick thinking and using every advantage. Not to mention teamwork. I am proud of you all.' Said Striker.
'Kneel.' All the heirs kneeled and SharpClaw walked over and stood in front of Neville. 'Neville Longbottom, Rightful Heir of Gryffindor, rise and accept your Goblin name, Fury.'
He then walked over to Luna.
'Luna Lovegood, Rightful Heir of Hufflepuff, rise and accept your Goblin name, Peace.'
He then walked over to Hermione.
'Hermione Granger, Rightful Heir of Ravenclaw, rise and accept your Goblin name, Whit.'
He finally walked over to Harry.
'Harry Potter, Rightful Heir of Slytherin, rise and accept your Goblin name, Lightning.'
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