Unspoken
by Teddylonglong
Please refer to chapter 1 for my disclaimer and warnings. Thank you.
To Harry's relief, Felina and Whisker were waiting for them, when they entered the team room.
"You may take off your hood now. So, what did Devil teach you?" Felina looked at him with apparent interest.
"Easy magic. He made me summon Lucy's ball from her, but I couldn't get the treat to float over to her." Harry let out a sigh of deep disappointment.
A collective gasp made him look at his colleagues in surprise.
"The summoning charm is easy magic?" Whisker's voice was laced with disbelief. "I don't remember in which Hogwarts year it's taught, but for a five-year-old it's everything but easy."
Felina shook her head in apparent annoyance. "Harry, please don't be frustrated. That was quite advanced magic."
HP
Harry was just about to relax with Lucy fast asleep on his feet, when there was a knock at the door.
"Quickly, pull your hood up."
He instinctively followed Felina's instruction, when the door opened and a strange creature stepped into the room. It looked like a horse, but the upper part of the body was that of a human.
"Mini Unspeakable Paws, I am Lorenzo. I am a centaur, and I'm supposed to be your teacher for the next hour. Please follow me."
While the centaur's voice was not unfriendly, Harry somehow found his appearance a little scary. Nevertheless, seeing Felina and Whisker nod in silent reassurance, he followed Lorenzo outside with Lucy sleepily trotting along. Harry smiled in amusement at his familiar, knowing that she always needed a few minutes to properly wake up. 'At least, she's always with me,' he thought, feeling very much reassured by the canine's presence. He looked around in surprise, when Lorenzo led him into what seemed to be a park with many large trees. 'Or is it a forest? Are we still in the Unspeakables' office?' he wondered, however, knew better than to voice his question.
"This is one of the Unspeakables' training rooms. It is merely charmed to be like one of the places, which the centaurs appreciate." He pointed to a lower branch of a tree. "Please make yourself comfortable."
Harry complied, feeling very much reassured, when Lucy jumped up to sit on the branch next to him. While she usually relaxed on his feet, his feet were just a little too short to touch the ground from where he was sitting.
"I heard from Devil that he already tired you out. Don't worry. He is a slave driver, even for a human. Therefore, I will not teach you any spells today. Instead, I will teach you theory."
"Thank you, sir." Harry smiled at the centaur's thoughtfulness, as he gently caressed Lucy's ears to calm himself.
"We centaurs study the planets and their constellations. One could say that it is one way of divination. A more efficient approach than the one which the humans use." Apparently realising that Harry did not comprehend what he was talking about, he reworded it. "Predicting the future. From the constellation of Jupiter and Mars at the time of your birth in combination with the distance from the centre of the space between them to where you were born, we centaurs know that you're a very special child."
Harry stared at the centaur in disbelief, when he continued, "You're the prophesized child, who is said to be able to unite all magical beings large and small in the future."
"I'm nothing special," Harry protested in a small voice, staring at the centaur in shock.
"Ah, but you are. Humans always believe that they know everything better, but many magical creatures have knowledge exceeding the humans' by far. Unfortunately, many humans, especially those in leading positions, such as Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, head of the Wizengamot and the International Federation of Wizards, are too stubborn for their own good. It needs someone like you to make an impact on the magical world with the goal of efficiently changing the earth a better place to live."
Harry stared at the centaur with a combination of doubt and fear, when he added, "Believe me, you are that child. Now, for today, I will teach you about numbers."
During the remaining time before lunchbreak, Harry had his first Math class, and he realised not only that Lorenzo was a wonderful teacher, but also that he loved numbers and the logic behind them. 'It makes totally sense,' he thought, happy at what he learned from the centaur.
Too soon for his liking, Lorenzo ended their class. "Now, we must leave, or you'll be late to join your colleagues for lunch. Was what I taught you interesting for you?"
"Yes sir, very much so," Harry replied in excitement.
"Do you wish me to continue teaching you?"
"Yes please."
Lorenzo nodded in apparent understanding. "I shall see you on Monday next week, and when you're going to start your primary school in September, I shall see you every Monday after school. Feel free to bring your muggle friend. She will be able to support you, even if only in theory for the time being."
'My muggle friend?' Harry thought in bewilderment. 'To muggles, I am nothing more than a freak.' He knew better than to voice his thoughts to the teacher and merely nodded his understanding.
"As we're running late, I will take you right to the Unspeakables' canteen. Your doggy should be able to find your team mates for you."
"Thank you, sir," Harry replied, when the centaur released him at the entrance to a large room.
"I'll see you next Monday. Take care, Mini Unspeakable Paws."
'Too bad that I'll have to wait for a whole week. His class was really interesting,' he thought in slight disappointment, before he looked around in surprise. While the room appeared to be large, it seemed to be divided into smaller compartments, which were separately hidden from the view by invisible barriers. There was only one area, into which he was able to look, and he recognised his teammates surrounding a large table, only to realise that Lucy had already ran ahead and was just greeting everyone around the table by licking their hands.
HP
"Hi Harry, how was your morning?"
Harry cast Rebecca a huge smile. "It was absolutely brilliant. Thank you so much for bringing me here."
"You're welcome, little one. Now, we believe that it was enough for the first day, and after lunch, Croaker would like to speak with you once more."
"All right." Harry nodded in understanding, the thought 'What if he deems me too stupid to study with the Unspeakables?' crossing his mind.
"Harry?" Artemis cast him a questioning look. "A Knut for your thoughts?"
"A what? Sorry, sir?"
"Oh, sorry, Harry," the older wizard apologized, before he explained everything about money in the magical world.
HP
After an enjoyable meal with his three colleagues, Harry and Lucy made their way to the Head Unspeakable's office for the second time that day. His colleagues accompanied him but went their way, when they reached the door to Croaker's office.
"Hello Paws, come in." Croaker's voice was as gentle as it had been in the morning. He motioned him to the seat, which he had already occupied earlier. "Now Paws, tell me, how was your day?"
Harry smiled. "It was absolutely brilliant, sir. Please allow me to continue studying with the Unspeakables."
"That's good, and yes, of course you may study as much as you like. In fact, there is something that I'd like to speak about with you in private."
tbc...?
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