Harry looked at the image of his family tree for a few more moments after his new aunt told him that he was descended from Doctor Dolittle.
"Didn't he have a particular parrot who could talk to humans?" Harry asked.
"Yes he did. If I remember right, her name was Poly and she belonged to John wife." Rose told him.
"She must have been really smart to understand us and our language. I wonder if she had any other family that could understand us." Harry asked her.
"No more parrots have been known to do so." Rose told him.
"So, what should we do now Aunty Rose?" Harry asked his aunt.
"Well, we should start to give you riding lessons now. It will be much more easier for you than most beginners as you can talk to the horses." Rose told her nephew.
Before either could move from their spots, there were more flames bursting out in the home but in different colours to Fawkes. To Harry and Rose's surprise, it was another phoenix, but this one was female and was coloured in blue and gold like a parrot, landing on the middle of the table in front of them.
"Are you Harry James Potter, heir to John Dolittle?" The female phoenix asked Harry out loud.
"Yes. Who are you, madam?" Harry asked the phoenix nervously, both of them understanding each other just like Harry was able to understand Fawkes.
"I am Polynesia, but you two may call me Poly. I used to be with John, but now have to bond with you Harry." Polynesia told him.
"What do you mean have to bond with him?" Rose asked Poly.
"We phoenixes have to bond to our masters to become their loyal companion and familiar. If needed, to be on the safe side anyway, he can used my eyesight to look for a way out of danger should be find himself in danger." Polynesia told her.
"How do we do it, Poly?" Harry asked her.
"You have to focus, Harry. Picture me in your mind and say I accept Polynesia as my familiar." Polynesia told him.
"I accept Polynesia as my familiar." Harry said, doing as he was told, closing his eyes and focusing on an image of Poly in his mind.
"I accept Harry as my master." Polynesia said at the same time, closing her own eyes, a bright, golden glow flowing between them to signify their new bond.
So Harry focused on an image of Polynesia in his mind and said -I accept Polynesia as my familiar - As Poly did the same but with Harry name instead and a golden bright glow between the pair, so that they are now bond.
Now, Harry could see Poly's memories, seeing her time with John Dolittle before he was able to talk to animals properly and her teaching him how to understand what they were saying. Poly was also in Harry's mind, she could see his time with the Dursleys and everything that he had suffered because of them.
"I hope that you never have to go back to those horrible beasts, Harry." Polynesia said to her new master.
"He won't be. He is now staying with me after what I have been told of his wellbeing." Rose told Polynesia.
"That is good. I know I wouldn't let him return, even if Dumbledore found out." Polynesia vowed.
"Come on, Harry, let's go and get Misty really for riding. It takes time to learn how to ride a horse. We'll teach you to get a horse to walk, then trot, then canter, and when William and I feel you are ready then we will teach you how to get a horse to gallop, which is the fastest a horse can go." Rose told him, telling him what he could expect from his upcoming lessons.
"So, what are we going to learn first, Aunty?" Harry asked Rose with a small smile coming on his face, finally feeling like he had a family who cared about him.
Harry and Rose, along with the new arrival of Poly, went back to the gate to the horses' field to get Misty ready for Harry's first lesson, bringing the horse out to the stables to put on her gear.
"Don't you worry about your former family, Harry. We have plans of our own for them if we ever meet them." Misty told Harry when Rose went to get her gear from the store.
"How do you know about them?" Harry asked her, a little surprised.
"A strange cat told us." Misty told him honesty.
"I believe they will get what's coming to them soon, Harry. " Polynesia told him, agreeing with Misty just as Rose came back.
Harry watched his aunt put Misty's gear on a box nearby, noticing that there was a symbol on her bridle made out of five rings in different colours and in a W-shape.
"Aunty, what are those rings for?" Harry asked her.
"You never watched a lot of TV did you, Harry?" Rose asked her nephew gently.
"No, I was never allowed." Harry told her.
"Well Harry, this is the symbol of the Olympics. These five rings represent different part of the world, each colour representing a different continent; blue representing Europe, yellow representing Asia, black representing Africa, green representing Oceania and red represent The Americas. I will tell you more later but let's continue with your lesson before Sarah comes home." Rose told him.
"What should we do first?" Harry asked Rose.
"You have to groom me first, Harry." Misty told him with a smile on her face, Rose saying the same thing at the same time.
Harry watched Rose groom Misty while showing Harry how to do it and even let Harry have a go too. Once she was clean, Rose began to put on Misty's equipment while Harry watched, first putting on the saddle on her back and tightening the straps, next putting on her bridle and having Harry in front of her so he can see how it was put on and how it worked and finally setting the stirrups up for Harry height.
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