Time to Ascend
Harry and the Walker took up their positions as Teacher and Pupil as the fourth years who had selected Foreign Magiks gathered on the school grounds.
"'Sup kids, up here." The group looked up and a small earthen brown creature with elegant transparent wings floated down.
"I'm Terra. I'm an Earth sprite and one of the many potential teachers in this class. Before we begin, I'm going to need you to fill this form in. It's a non-disclosure form, nothing too serious." She explained.
Harry saw his class mates, pulling out quills and ink and quickly signing their names on it. Harry looked at it "Disclosure and release form…Ninth Judge Master Gideon Walker and his assistants are not responsible for any injuries, breakages or potential deaths that might occur in this lesson…" He read under his breath and he carried on.
Harry signed it handed it back to the Sprite and grinned. "I see you read it."
Harry nodded "Briefly…Yeah, I accept." He signed and he was the last one to hand it in.
"Hermione, where's Ron?"
The bushy brunette jumped slightly. She had been so eager to learn, she hadn't realised that Harry was next to her "Ron…is…"
"Ron…lazy and doesn't want to study anymore than needed." Harry said with a slightly disparaging tone. He looked around to see Neville, Seamus and Dean in the lesson.
"What happened? We heard you got into a fight with a bunch of Hufflepuffs."
Harry snorted "Yup. Hufflepuff really don't like it if you get to the Herbology books before them. Don't like it when people buck the natural order of things. So yeah, dealt with it. Then Snape had a go…Well…"
Seamus stared at him "You took out Snape!"
"Silence…Welcome to Foreign Magiks." Announced Judge Walker and with that the lesson began.
Everyone was captivated as the Judge and several previously unseen associates revealed themselves and they demonstrated a vast array of different magic that they had the opportunity to learn. For further information leaflets were being passed around.
Soon enough the two hour demonstration passed and everyone filed off for lunch. "Your Honour…about…"
"Your detentions…Shall we say an hour before dinner and then two hours after on a week day and four hours on a Saturday."
Harry nodded. He couldn't refuse this "Thanks."
Harry grabbed his stuff and looked up to see his house mates waiting for him "Hey guys. Why are you waiting for me?"
"Because Harry, we are curious. About you and what you needed to speak to the Judge about. Oh and how you wiped out Snape." Dean said with a grin.
Harry chuckled "We've got…five minutes till lunch and then double Transfiguration and then Charms then I have Divination…which I'll dodge. Then I have an hour for detention with two more after that."
"Ouch! Three hours of detention! What for?" Asked Seamus.
"Who by?" Questioned Neville.
"Taking out eight Hufflepuffs, Magic in Corridors, Attacking Snape and Judge Walker. A month. Three hours a week and four on Saturday." The boys winced.
Harry grinned and he jerked his head towards a door "Trust me."
He opened it and the boys found themselves looking into their dormitory. "Come on. Let's get our books and head to lunch before Ron scoffs the entire table."
"How do you cope with him?"
"Tune him out. I'm only saddled with him because his mother got me onto the platform. He's a good person rather shallow but good…Anyway, time for us to be in the hall."
They left. This time through the portrait hole and made it down to the Great Hall. Harry spied Fay and Katie sitting together "I'm off lads."
He slid next to Fay and placed his hand on hers. She jumped and Harry only just about avoided the hand coming towards him "Harry! Don't scare me like that!"
Harry shrugged "Just came to join you." He replied kissing her. Katie grinned and mimed vomiting.
"Can you please not do that with Fay? At least with me around." The brunette chaser replied.
"We'll think about it. Anyway, have you signed up for Foreign Magic?"
Katie and Fay nodded "I'm taking Japanese Wind Battle Magic and Mind Arts, that's generically. Judge Walker suggested that and then diverse in November which is when the differences appear." Explained Katie.
"I'm learning Sphere and Tower Magics. The ritual is going to be done next weekend. That way I can get the books needed." Replied Fay.
Harry nodded and revealed that he was learning a vast amount of various magic. Deep within his subconscious the Towers, Spheres and others rose to the forefront of his mind. "Harry! Why you sitting with them?" Harry turned to receive a mess of bread and ham spewing over him.
"Scourgify!" Fay murmured.
Harry fixed Ron with a stare "Seriously? Ron please…swallow your food before talking. Why weren't you in foreign magic?"
Ron swallowed. "Not going to learn any sort of magic that is inferior to our own."
Harry could tell this was a touchy subject for the red head, he spied Dean "Dean, how long we got before Transfiguration?"
"Fifteen minutes. We leave now we could get decent seats." Dean replied.
"Ron?" Harry turned to see Ron still gorging himself. Ron hadn't even the sense to pack his books.
Harry tried again but Ron ignored him. Harry grabbed his stuff, hugged Fay and set for the Transfiguration Classroom. Harry casually folded space and those heading to Transfiguration early, including some Slytherins found themselves stepping into the Transfiguration Corridor.
"How did that happen?" Asked Blaise Zabini. Blaise was a pureblood possessing skin not too dissimilar to those who spend their holidays in the Caribbean or near the Mediterranean, he had seen the Gryffindors leave and had been seen to not hang out with Malfoy and his crew.
"I happened. Folded space between the Great Hall and Transfiguration Classroom. Easy enough to do." Harry replied.
"How?"
"There is space everywhere around us. So theoretically a Space Manipulator can increase or decrease distances from A to B…I'm decent at it this means I can bend Space in a building I'm familiar with and has plenty of ambient magic around it…Then it gets complicated."
Blaise nodded "Distance, knowledge of places and the like Potter? Further you go the more power it takes."
Harry nodded "For a Slytherin you're not so bad."
"We're not all Acolytes of Malfoy." Replied Blaise "You're not so bad either."
Harry grinned "Well I wouldn't exactly say that. But presences and masks do need to be maintained." Just then McGonagall opened the door to the Classroom.
The class proceeded as normal with Ron rushing in. Holding his side and red faced to match his hair. He caught McGonagall's piercing looking and quickly took a seat. Ron knew when not to tow the line, it just took him longer than some.
Eventually the lesson finished. Harry decided to get his homework done instead of attending divination. It wasn't a lot of subjects but the length of the them was exceptional! Harry decided if he wouldn't have time this evening to really work on them, he could at least get himself prepared.
"Harry!" Harry looked up to see Ron heading over to him in the Library.
"Why'd you miss Divination?"
"Wasn't feeling good. Went to Pompfrey and then to the Library. Now I've got to head to detention."
With that Harry put his books in his bag, folded space into Gryffindor Tower and grabbed the pamphlets and other things he might need and headed down to the Foreign Magic department. "Enter." Rumbled the deep baritone of the Judge.
Harry entered to his surprise sitting their in his battle armour but this time unhelmeted sat Judge Gideon Walker. Harry's eyes widened he saw the same features of his father on the man's face. Except James had brown eyes that seemed to glow, this man had brown to black eyes and a windblown face.
"Surprised Acolyte Potter? Shut the door and We'll get down to it." Said Gideon.
Harry did so and sat down in the chair opposite Gideon. "My name by birth is not Gideon Walker. But rather Harald Charles Potter. Charles Potter, your grandfather had a younger brother Fleamont Potter. James was my cousin. You're my first cousin once removed…I think. Genetics not my strong point. Anyway, I couldn't take you in because…"
"The institute isn't really the best place for a baby. Due to the unnatural enemies you get and the types of magic you practise."
Harald nodded "Correct. A couple of us walk away from the Institute once studies have been completed one of my friends did…He's a moron Constantine."
Harry cocked his head "Constantine? As in Hellblazer or Hellraiser?"
Harald nodded "A very, very competent and gifted magician. Circumstances have made him exclusively wandless and other things. He has unfortunately got a talent for pissing off dimensions of entities that we call demons and devils."
Harry stared gobsmacked "So what do I do for my detention?"
Harald grinned "I train you cousin. I train you to become a Judge."
