When Harry woke up for the day, Pepper was there to help get him dressed and ready. By the time Severus had come in about 20 minutes later Harry was ready to start his day. Severus smiled as he picked him up, he really couldn't help himself, he loved the cuddles that Harry so readily gave out to everyone he liked. Severus asked Basil to show him to the dining room and then asked him to request a full house tour from Sage after breakfast.
Basil led them to the dining room directly off the kitchen, and asked what they would like to eat for breakfast. Severus asked for porridge and fruit for both of them, since he liked to start out healthy for the day. They were in a dining room that had dark green walls, light wood floors, a chandelier made from branches of wood so it looked like it was just freshly cut from a tree, and a giant rustic redwood table that could comfortably sit fifty people, with chairs on one side and a long bench on the other that looked exactly like it came from the same tree as the table top.
Severus sat on the side with the bench feeling like he could help Harry better without chairs being in the way. He also asked for Basil to fetch the others, so that when Sage came to give them a tour it would take care of everyone at once. Once Basil came back, he asked him to get one of the ward goblins, rune masters, and spare house elves. He wanted to get the rooms situated so that they were ready for when he would start schooling Harry, because if his power show was anything to go by he would need to start soon.
When they finished eating, everyone was there that needed to be. Severus turned to Sage and asked to begin the tour. So they all followed the little elf around the manor, content to just learn more about where they were. Severus directed the ward goblin and rune master for what they needed, but a majority of the house needed to brought more up to date, so that was what he was directing the house elves to do. It all seemed to go rather smoothly, so finally when that was done they sat down for lunch.
It was a quiet but enjoyable affair since the vampires were able to sit and relax with their goblets of blood. At one point Harry being the curious child he was reached over to Edward of all people and climbed into his lap. Severus was amused and happy to watch the by play between them. Harry reached forward for the goblet and looked into it then up at Edward. Immediately Edward's breathe caught in his throat when those emerald eyes locked onto his topaz ones, he thought the whole world had disappeared.
"You drink blood?" Questioned Harry, Edward just nodded. "Is it good?" Again Edward nodded not trusting his voice. "Can I try it?" This question puzzled him, he looked to Severus to see what the man would say which he just received a shoulder shrug in return. So Edward thought that with all the magic coursing through the child and the fact that he will be some creature it most likely wouldn't hurt the boy so he answered him.
"I think you could have a little, not a lot though as your body isn't made to handle it like mine is."
"Okay." Harry responded, then he slowly took a small drink from the goblet and everyone watched as his face took on a grimace. "It doesn't taste very good." The small child stated, while everyone else gave a chuckle. "Thank you." He reached up and touched Edward's cheek with his lips and a white glow surrounded them, which caused the group to grow still.
However, Harry just curdled up on Edward's lap, where instinctively Edward's arms curled protectively around him, and soon the small child was asleep. Severus was the first one to break out of his thoughts and growled low in his throat, here he just got a child and now his child has already found one mate.
"You will not touch him more than hugs, kisses on the cheek and forehead, and cuddles like now, until he is over the age of consent of 17 or at least until his creature inheritance comes in at 16. Otherwise you will answer to me, I am probably one of the few wizards quick enough with a wand to kill a vampire, and I will not be kind. Am I understood or do I need to make it painfully clear?" Severus asked with a manic smile on his face, just hoping for the opportunity to make it clear.
"Uh, it's clear." Stated Edward, knowing that the man wasn't joking in the least and slightly terrified to find out everything he meant by that.
"That is good, because it would make Esme and Carlisle so very sad if I were to have to hurt you." Severus stated with a sniff. He really was not ready for this. After their lunch everyone moved to the sitting room that led to the back gardens and green houses and opened the doors to let the fresh air in.
When sitting there Severus decided it might be best to get Harry a focus stone to help focus his powers, and a larger channeling stone for the back yard so that he could channel his powers back into the earth. By channeling the powers into the earth Harry nor he would not be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of power his son had. While he was there he should probably also put up ads for the tutors he needed to help Harry control his powers. The earlier they started the better control Harry would have when he gets all of his powers. Otherwise the poor boy would tear apart continents, with his power struggles, when his emotions got the better of him.
"Would you all like to go to Seattle with Harry and me to get a few things and advertise for tutors to help Harry with his magic?" Severus asked to the room. All the vampires nodded eager to see another magical district.
They decided to take the cars and drive to Seattle, since they only had a rough idea where the magical district was in Seattle. So they went out to the cars, enjoying the "garage" type features to the small building to the side of the manor. Then they drove to Seattle, luckily it wasn't a long drive since the vampires did tend to speed way more than any mere mortal would.
Once they arrived in Seattle and found the bar they were told about, they went in and stopped at the bar.
"We are here looking for Fine Alley. We are new to the area; can you tell us how to get there?" Severus sneered at the disgusting bar the man was wiping down. Why did the bars always have to be dirty and gross? Why can they not for once be an upscale place?
"Sure, follow me. My name is Rick by the way." The bar man said ignoring the sneer, now turned glare, that was directed his way. He just happily led the group to the back deck and walked down the 5 steps to the ground then back up two still facing forward. They all watched as the ground seemed to open up and there were a few more steps to get to the street level. "Have a great time, by the way, this way doesn't require a wand, so you vampires can come and go freely too along with all creatures."
Severus was anxious to get done so that he could get back home, this was feeling too exposed for him, even though nothing could happen. He is just so used to the war in Britain that this peaceful place was throwing him off.
He started looking around at all the places know he needed a stone shop, luckily he found one by the name of Bolder Boulders he did have to chuckle slightly at that. They all walked in and up to the counter.
"Hello, welcome to Bolder Boulders my name is Sam and I am the owner. How can I assist you today?" The shop owner introduced and asked.
"I need a focus stone and a large channeling stone. My son is quite powerful and he needs to be able to control and focus his powers and channel his extra magic into the earth. Can you help us with this?" Severus asked. Sam nodded.
"Right this way please. We will go to the back room to craft these stones to be specifically made for him." With a wave of his hand his shop sign changed from open to with a customer, come back soon. Then he led the group to a back room that sealed them all in so that the magic released wouldn't destroy anything. "Take a seat I just need your son to stand in the center of the runic circle, it is not harmful, but it will automatically protect any being in this room while the room is completely sealed to keep all magic contained."
Severus carefully put Harry in the middle of the circle, while Harry looked up at him with wide pleading eyes, very scared that he would be hurt. Edward was having a hard time controlling his instinct, but knew this was the best thing for Harry so that he wouldn't hurt or destroy anyone or anything. Severus knew that this would be expensive, because his child was so powerful that he would have quite a few stones as a part of his focus stone.
"First we will work on the focus stone, which should give us an idea of where to start for the channeling stone. His magic will pull both sets of stones needed, I will then just need to create a base for the channeling stone." Sam stated, and he then looked at Harry. "Do you see how there are stones all around this room?" The child nodded. "I need you to let you magic surround you, it is like a bubble, make the bubble big enough for it to go around your whole body, then from there it will do the work of pulling the stones you need to you." Harry carefully followed the directions and he saw his pretty magic, with lots of colors. Then it started to shoot off into little lines and come back with some of the pretty rocks. He giggled as he saw all the colors of his magic around the room.
All the while Sam slipped on his dragon hide gloves, so that he could sort through the stones without his magic interacting with these stones, because now that the child's magic has selected them they will be his. Due to this only his magic should be used with the stones.
Sam waited until he felt the magic die down, he had never felt such powerful magic or seen this many stones pulled to anyone, let alone a mere child. He could easily pick out the five stones of this child's elemental abilities since those stones only come for elementals. These stones were the fire agate for a fire elemental, jade for an earth elemental, obsidian for a shadow elemental, howlite for an air elemental, and aquamarine for a water element. Those would create just one focus stone, so that the child could focus his elemental magic separate from his other magic. Elemental magic was volatile in itself without having any other magic as well. It is surprising that he had five of the six elements all he would need is storm to round it out of all the elements of earth. This poor child would have a lot of work ahead of him.
"Alright child, can you come over here and hold your hands over these five stones. I need you to let your magic make a bubble around them and think about the stones making one small stone, please." Sam instructed the child. Harry did and found the stone quite pretty when done, and reached for it immediately. While he was holding it, a lot of his pretty magic colors went into the stone, and Harry felt like he didn't have to keep all of the magic colors inside of himself anymore.
It also seemed as if the child had more than five types of jasper, which means Sam will need to make a jasper pendant in addition to the focus stone. Otherwise there would be too much jasper in the focus stone and the rest of the types of stones would be lost in the jasper properties. The pendant luckily will work in conjunction with the focus stone, while keeping the jasper stones properties away from the rest of the focus stones properties. Sam decided he might as well do that first since jasper stones do not work all that well in a channeling stone, but with the same way as a focus stone, the jasper pendant can work in conjunction with a channeling stone.
Sam started picking out the jasper stones one by one and reciting what their properties are. "African Jasper for nurturing." It seems this child may be a bearer not that he would disclose anything happening during a stone session. He was world renowned and would not give that up just to let anyone know about a male bearer. "Brazilian Jasper cures heart, body, and soul, balances energies, reliability, strength of mind, and insight to the user. Standard Jasper to stabilize vibrations in the body, ground the user, and personal self-determination. Jasper Bublebee for the best nurturer, supportive during times of tension, and brings harmony and peace. It also helps with courage, organization, and re-energizes. Rough Jasper is for protection, strength, and security. Kambaba Jasper is for directing personal energies to the Earth and pulling energies inward for optimism. Mookiate Jasper, for balancing external and internal activities, imparts unfathomable calm while helping with flexibility, gives the ability to sense Earth's energies, and protects from complicated situations. Ocean Jasper is a stone of comfort, happiness, and recreation. It helps with peace of mind, letting go, patience, and tranquility. Picture Jasper is for grounding and harmonizing the user with a tough connection to the Earth."
Sam would need a metal for this stone pendant so he pulled out the metals he had. Sam chose silver since it is a high level conductor, an open river that carries all things both ways. Silver absorbs many things, but it doesn't store them which makes it into a very good metal for stone properties that need to flow and work on a continuous basis and without needing to be cleaned in between. Silver is also magically neutral, which is what is needed with so many stones in this pendant. He used his dragon hide covered hand and placed a silver chain down, a small silver sphere, and the nine jasper stones.
"Now I need you to imagine the bubble again around all of the stones and the silver ball and imagine them taking a shape, then have your magic go around the chain too and it will come together to make a necklace for you." Harry did and was thrilled to see his new necklace and that the pyramid looking stone that had intricate silver lines in it. As soon as his magic stopped surrounding it, it flew to his neck where it is a permanently attached as long as his magic is responding to it.
Sam sorted through all the stones to separate them into the two groups one for a focus stone and one for a channeling stone. The channeling stone group had twenty-seven stones in it, while the focus stone group had forty-nine in it. He was going to have to give the father a brochure that told him all the different stones that were included in each of the stones he made with the child that way they could do more research of the stones if they wanted to. Sam wondered if they knew how powerful this child really was.
It took a little thinking on his part to sort through all the channeling stone bases that he had and finally decided. So he let them know what he picked, "The base for the channeling stone would have to be petrified wood to support all these stones, but it also brings its own properties of steady growth, a strong body, patience, and inner peace. It will really help stabilize the stones and the child since he will be channeling into it." So he went to a large piece of petrified wood, he asked the father if he could levitate the piece to the rest of the stones, since the parent child bond should have magic from the child channeling into the parent. He was of course right when he felt the father's magic, it seemed like most of it was the child's magic. Then he placed the stones on the wood and turned to the child.
"This time I need you to make your magic surround the big piece that looks like wood and the stones on top of it. I want you to make them all come together in a big cone shape, and then you will need to put your hands on the big part of the cone." Harry nodded and did as asked, and after putting his hands on top there were now two swirls with all the colors of the stones right where his hands were at.
"Wow" Harry breathed out the swirls looked a lot like his magic colors that liked to swirl around him.
"Finally child, I need you to put your hands over this big group of stones and make it into one that will fit in your hand." Harry did so again, and he was again surprised that the colors all looked like the ones he had swirling around him. He eagerly snatched it up and held it. Severus was the one to gasp this time when all of a sudden the magical pressure he hadn't realized was surrounding him as well greatly diminished.
Sam then turned to the father and spoke. "I had to make two separate focus stones, the first one he did was just an elemental focus stone, and it should be used when working on elemental powers. However, he should always have both focus stones in his pocket in case his magic lashes out it will refocus the magic and you should be able to ground it or channel it as his parent. The second thing he made was a jasper pendant, anytime someone has more than five types of jasper it should be used so the other stones in a focus stone are still able to give off their helping properties. The pendant will not be able to be removed unless his magic no longer responds to it. Now the main focus stone and channeling stone have a wide variety of stones in them I will give you a brochure on them, with only the stones listed that he has, so if you would like to do more research later on them." Severus nodded to this trying to take it all in. Sam waved his wand and passed him the two lists of stones.
Channeling stone
Agate-Healing, Grounding
Amethyst- Protection, purification, Divine connection,
Aragonite- Balancing energy fields, emotional healing, renewed strength and confidence.
Chalcedony- Harmony, Balance, Stability
Chlorite Phantom- Connection to earth & nature spirits, regeneration, self-healing
Chrysanthemum Stone- Grounding, prosperity, discovering and achieving the soul's purpose
Clear Quartz- Programmability, amplification of one's intention, magnification of ambient energies, clearing, cleansing, healing, memory enhancement
Copper- Channeling and grounding higher vibrations, conducting and enhancing stone energies
Crazy Lace Agate- Healing, stability, strength
Diopside- Connection with Nature, opening the heart, healing, balance, subtle perception
Epidote- Release of negativity, embracing positive patterns, attraction of what one emanates
Green Calcite- Relaxation, emotional balancer, release of stress and resentment, connection with the heart
Healers Gold- Healing, grounding of high-frequency energies in the body, energetic harmony and balance
Hemimorphite- Light activation, aura balancing, emotional healing & communication, empathy, joy, channeling and mediumship
Himalayan Quartz- Psychic visions, magnification of ambient energies, clearing, cleansing, healing, memory enhancement
Lepidolite- Emotional healing and balance, purification, serenity, relaxation, stress relief
Moldavite- Transformation, cleansing, protection, increased incidence of synchronicities
Moss Agate- Stability, persistence, grounding
Red Azeztulite- Inner light, regeneration, healing and vitality
Scolecite- Inner peace, relaxation, tranquility, interdimensional travel, awakening the heart
Seraphinite- Self-healing, regeneration, wholeness, angelic connection
Shattuckite- Intuition, communication, channeling, mediumship, work with oracles
Shungite- Purification, protection
Spinel- Revitalization, inspiration, new hope, victory, re-energizing all levels of self
Tourmalined Quartz- Purification, recovery from negative influences
Tree Agate- Stability, persistence, grounding
Zebra Stone- Nurturing, Protecting, Grounding
Focus Stone
Aegirine - Clearing, protection, energy, confidence
Ametrine- mental and spiritual clarity, decisiveness
Ammolite- well-being, improving flow of energy, elemental power, longevity
Angelite- Angelic communication, gentle self-expression, serenity, expanded awareness
Aqua Aura Quartz- Calming, relaxing, connection with spiritual realms, psychic protection, enhanced communication
Astrophyllite- Self-knowledge, realization of multidimensional self, self-acceptance
Azurite- Insight, vision, intuition, intellect
Bloodstone- Strength, courage, purification, vitality
Blue Lace Agate Communication, clarity, confidence
Blue Topaz- Enhancement of mind and communication
Cavansite- Clairvoyance, clairaudience, enhanced communication, consciousness expansion
Chalcopyrite- Joy, balance
Charoite- Revealing ones path of service, purging of inner negativity, protection, healing
Chrysocolla- Communication, expression of the sacred, goddess energies, gentleness and power
Chrysoprase- Growth, compassion, connection with Nature, forgiveness, altruism
Cinnabar- Alchemy, magic, transformation, insight, manifestation, wealth, mental agility
Citrine- Manifestation, personal will, mental clarity, creativity
Creedite-Expansion of awareness, activation of upper chakras in conjunction with the heart
Cuprite- Life force, vitality, physical energy, courage, healing, divine feminine
Eudialyte- Opening and following the heart, self-love, healing the emotional body
Fluorite- Mental Enhancement and clarity, improved decision-making, clearing the energy fields
Garnet- Emotional healing, self-worth, strength, security
Herkimer Diamond- Dreams, visions, purification, spiritualization of physical life
Kyanite- Inner bridges, psychic ability, connecting with Nature, telepathy, empathy
Labradorite- Magic, protection
Larimar-Calming, cooling, soothing to the emotional body, enhanced communication, feminine power, connection with goddess energies
Lemon Quartz- Good fortune, mental clarity, self-assurance
Libyan Desert Glass- Confidence, mental acuity, psychic protection, manifestation, realization of personal potential
Mangano Calcite- Wellbeing, wholeness, health, empathy, and connection with the 'mind of the heart', compassion, peace
Mojave Turquoise- Wholesome, communication, spiritual expansion
Nuummite- Personal magic, the deep journey to the core of self, enhancing clairvoyance, attuning to the elemental forces, achieving self-mastery
Onyx- Inner Strength, Focused Attention, Willpower, Self-Mastery, Discipline, Reason
Orange Kyanite- Clairsentience, Aura cleansing, connecting with Inner Child, Visualization, Creativity
Rainbow Obsidian- recovery from emotional wounds, deep journeying through darkness into light
Red Calcite- Vitality, sensory awareness, clarity
Rhodochrosite- Emotional healing, recovery of lost memories or forgotten gifts, self-love, compassion
Ruby- Life force, courage, passion, strength, enthusiasm, adventurousness, protectiveness
Ruby Fuchsite- Well-being, healing, psychic awareness
Ruby Zoisite- Increase in inner and outer development, awakening of the true self, joyful engagement with life, healing, increase in life force
Sodalite- Access to subconscious and intuitive abilities, enhanced insight and mental performance, deepened intuition
Spodumene- Clarity, self-confidence, protection
Stilbite- Clear thinking, expansion of self-sense, inner peace, dream enhancement
Tangerine Quartz- Creativity, passion, curiosity, inspiration, playfulness
Tanzanite- Linkage of the mind and heart, enhanced spiritual perception, compassionate self-expression, adherence to truth
Tiger Eye- Balance between extremes, discernment, vitality, strength, practicality, fairness
Topaz- Enhancement of mind and communication
Variscite- Inner peace, simplicity, clarity, emotional healing, compassion
Watermelon Tourmaline- Calm, joy
Wulfenite- Creativity, manifestation, determination, sexuality, alchemy, Earth connection
Severus just collected the papers and tucked them away for later perusal. With the channeling stone he shrunk it down and put it in his pocket to put in the back yard when they returned. They all followed Sam back up front. Sam quickly wrote up the bills and handed them to Severus who pressed a Gringotts key to the parchment which then glowed green signaling it was paid for.
Sam smiled at them and said "Thank you. If you need anything else please don't hesitate to stop by again and have a wonderful day."
They walked just a little further when outside the store and found the newspaper production office, Daily Herald. Severus quickly went in and filled out a parchment regarding what he was needing for tutors and what he was requiring the tutors to have. He took it up to the counter and handed it over; he was going to be running the ad daily for the next three months in the evening edition of the paper. He also subscribed to both the morning and evening edition of the paper, that way they could stay up to date of what is going on here. Severus still had all his subscriptions from Europe, but it never hurt to be well informed. The sales agent handed over the bill which Severus held his key to until it turned green. He bustled out to where the rest of his group was standing in front of a Magical Menagerie.
Harry noticed the store right next to Daily Herald was a pet store, and asked to look while Severus was inside the Daily Herald. When Severus came out Harry quietly asked him, still not sure if he should. "Can we please go there?" Severus seeing the nervousness in his eyes just started walking into it as an answer. Harry eyes just lit up like Christmas morning. Severus knew they would need some owls and so turned to the vampires asking them to each pick out one, so they hurried off. He instead turned toward where Harry had gone he was currently standing by the snakes, which shouldn't really surprise Severus at all since Harry is a parselmouth. Harry was currently having conversations with the snakes and Severus was curious as to what that would be like. Harry shyly turned to Severus, "I really like her daddy, she said I could name her" he spoke while pointing to a very beautiful rainbow boa. Although this one seemed to be some type of magical hybrid since it had a venomous sign on it and Severus knew rainbow boas weren't venomous, and her colors seemed even more noticeable than the usual rainbow boas.
"Can you please tell her she is only allowed to bite someone that is threatening or hurting you, and that I will need some of her venom to make an anti-venom specific for her? That way I know that we will be safe and that we are prepared just in case." Harry nodded and Severus heard him hissing to the snake who hissed right back at him.
"She said that she won't bite unless she absolutely has to, and that you can have as much venom as you want from her." Harry said happily and continued by asking, "Can I pick her up now, that way we can go? I'm hungry." Severus nodded and looked at his watch realizing it was supper time. They walked up to the counter where the vampires were as well waiting for them.
"We are getting all the owls, supplies for them, the snake my son has on his shoulders, and supplies for her." Severus stated to the man at the counter, who immediately started spluttering when he saw the snake.
"Yes we know it is poisonous. It is perfectly fine right where it is currently at." Severus sneered at the man. The salesman then quickly wrote up a bill, which Severus pressed his key to until it glowed green. Then they all turned to leave.
"Harry said he was hungry. Would you like to go out to eat or back to the house?" Severus asked everyone. He then turned to the owls and said, "Head back to the manor, where there is a nice tower for you all, the elves will take care of you when you get there. It is linked to the child's magic more than my own, so tap into his if you need to."
"Let's go home." Carlisle answered after noticing the owls took off and how tired Harry was looking.
So they all made their way back to the cars and drove towards their home after enjoying a day at Fine Alley.