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Harry Potter a different life

Chapter 11

When Harry awoke the next day he felt so good that he could tear out trees. He looked at the clock and saw that it was 9am. He got up, got dressed and went to the Kitchen. His family was already there.

"Morning" Harry said and sat down next to Marc. "What are we going to do today?" he asked.

"Well I thought that I teach you how to fly a broom today…you´ll be leaving for Hogwarts soon" James said smiling.

"Are there still brooms around? And I thought I would be teaching him potions" Lily said.

"Yeah my old ones are still around and you can teach him afterwards" James said smiling at her.

"Okay then I will take Marc and Emily to the local school to sign them in" Lily said and the kids smiled at that. They finished breakfast and James led Harry outside to the Quidditch pitch and took two brooms out of the broom cupboard.

"Okay Harry stand right next to the broom, lift your right hand and say up…but say it with feelings" James explained. Harry did as he was told and succeeded at his first try. "Good not many people have so much luck to make it at their first try" James said proud. "Okay now watch closely as I will show you how to do it" James added and got onto his broom and started hovering only a meter over the ground. "Okay Harry now you try" James said and Harry got onto his Broom and did the same. Now they were hovering next to each other.

"Okay now…To move forward you will have to bend forward…the lower you get the faster you will be so start slowly" James said and both slowly bend forward and flew slowly thru the air. "To fly curves you will only have to lean in the appropriate direction" James explained and leaned to his left side. Harry did the same. Both of them were now flying in circled around each other. Harry never felt so free and careless. "I think that was enough or today…to get back down you´ll have to bend you broom down and once your close to the ground you will have to move it back up…so you won´t crash" James said and both of them got safely back to the ground.

"Wow that was amazing" Harry said beaming.

"You're a natural Harry…I knew it. You already love it as a baby. After Sirius trial I will teach you Quidditch …you're going to love it" James said laughing.

"That is that sport you played?" Harry asked.

"Yeah I played in school and later professional for the Caerphilly Catapults as Chaser…maybe I still have some pictures" James said and put the brooms back. Together they walked back inside and up to the Study. James pulled out some big leather bound books. He looked thru them…"Ah here they are" James said and showed Harry some pictures. They showed James and his old teams. Gryffindor and Caerphilly Catapults. "This is Sirius…your Godfather we played together at School" James said and pointed to a tall man with dark brown locks standing next to him on the picture. "He played beater" James added. "I think I still even got my old uniform" he said and put the books back in their place, left the room and went to his bedroom. He opened the Wardrobe and quickly found his old uniform. The robes are alternating light green and scarlet vertical stripes.

"I can´t wait to learn how to play" Harry said in awe.

"And I will be happy to teach you" James said smiling and put an arm around Harry. "Let´s get back downstairs it is already lunch time" he added and the walked downstairs. When they got downstairs Lily was already preparing lunch. James walked up to her and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "How did it go?" he asked.

"It was good they are both accepted and school starts at the 25th of August. They also said that Charlotte is welcome to start next year" Lily said while filling bowls with vegetable soup. "How did the flying go?" she asked as they all sat down to eat.

"Great…Harry is a natural… after Sirius trial I am going to show him Quidditch" James said proud. Lunch was over really fast and Harry was on his way down to the Potion lab with his mother. When they entered Lily went straight over to the ingredients cabinet and got out several ingredients.

"Okay Harry I am going to show you an easy potion that you are going to learn during your first year. Potion is a lot like Cooking…so you shouldn't have a problem with it. We are going to do a Cure for Boils it is very easy. To make it we need…Dried nettles, 6 snake fangs, 4 horned slugs and 2 porcupine quills" she said and pointed to the ingredients on the table. "Now Harry I want you to add 6 snake fangs to the mortar and crush it into a fine powder with the pestle while I will lit the fire" Lily said and together they started making the potion. After One and a half hour they were done.

"Wow that was fun" Harry said looking at the potion.

"Yes and your quite good at it…not like your father. If you read the book carefully you will be easily top of your class" Lily said proud.

"I hope so…I was always good at school but after my first year Uncle Vernon beat me up for being better than Dudley and making him look stupid…Even thru he was last in class and I was top. After that I stopped being better than him" Harry said looking down. Lily walked up to him and took him in her arms.

"Oh Harry I am so sorry…you won´t need to do that anymore…I want you to study as hard as you can and if you need help just ask okay" she said looking at him.

"Yes I promise" Harry said nodding.

"Good…let´s get back upstairs" she said and they walked back upstairs. Harry went back to his room and saw a man standing with his back facing the door looking out of the window.

"Who are you?" Harry asked shocked.

"Oh sorry Harry I should have announced myself" the man said and Harry realized that it was Godric.

"It´s okay. How did you get here?" Harry asked and sat down on the couch.

"Ah good question" Godric started as he sat down next to Harry "Do you know what an Animagus is?" He asked and Harry shook his head. "An Animagus is someone who can turn into an Animal…maybe you should ask your Dad about it as he is on. Normally one can only turn into normal Animals…not magical however what people don´t know is that if you're powerful enough you can become a magical Animagus…like myself. I am A phoenix have you ever heard of it?" he asked.

"Yes in fiction books…I didn´t knew they were real" Harry said shocked.

"Yes they are quite real but rare. The thing about being a Phoenix Animagus is that when you die in your human form you will transform into your Phoenix form and stay like that but you can turn into a Human at will. That is what happened to me. I am currently living with Dumbledore as "his" Phoenix Fawkes. I lived with many of the Headmasters to make sure that everything is fine however Dumbledore's case is different. I stayed with him to gather information. I will continue that and give value information to you" Godric finished and looked at Harry.

"Really…that is so cool. Can I become an Animagus?" Harry asked excited.

"Yes that is possible but right now you are still too young and I am sure that your Dad will be teaching you how to become one" Godric explained.

"Okay…So is that how you will be teaching me?" Harry asked.

"Yes I thought that I will come once a week as I know that your Family will be teaching you some stuff as well. Also you will want to spend some time with your Family and Friends" Godric said smiling. "I think that is all for today. Dumbledore I planning something and I don´t want to miss a thing…If nothing happens I will see you in a week" Godric said turned into his Phoenix form and left. Harry looked at Leo who was lying next to the couch.

"What do you think of that Dumbledore guy?" Harry asked mentally.

"I am not sure but he doesn't sound so good" Leo answered.

"Leo I was thinking about what you said about me having a mate what exactly does that mean" Harry asked.

"It means that there is someone out there who loves you no matter what and that you love her even thru you both don´t know that yet. Once you meet you will feel some sort of pull toward each other and once you both come into puberty the pull will get stronger. That is the first stage. The second stage starts once you both kiss for the first time. That will happen if you listen to the pull your both feeling. The second stage has many benefits. You will both be able to talk mentally like we are doing now. She will also be bonded to me then. You will feel each other's feelings and you can feel where the other person is. The second stage is also called engagement stage. The third stage starts once you get married. That's why the third stage is called the marriage stage. It is also the last stage. But to activate that stage you will have to consume marriage first. Also you should only tell your Family about the Bond once you get to the second stage because you will have to be in physical contact for 48 hours…holding hands should be enough. I will remind you once it happens" Leo explained.

"Wow that is pretty much but thanks for telling me" Harry said and stroke Leos neck.

"Harry Dinner is ready" he could hear his Mother screaming up the stairs so Harry went down to eat.

"Okay tomorrow you will need to get up early for Sirius Trial. You won´t be attending the Trial per se but you can wait in a room next to the court room as we don´t have someone to watch over you. You can take a book with you or some small games if you like…good night" James said after dinner as he send the Kids to bed early.

So i hope you liked it

Fawkes is Godric...wow who would have thought that?

Did you like the bonding time Harry had with his Parents? Should i make more of it?