Harry Potter and the Rocky Mountain school of Magic.

Disclaimer; J.K. Rowling owns the rights to Harry Potter. I am not her.

"Welcome prospective students and parents to the Rocky Mountain school of Magic! I am Sir Harry Potter, the Headmaster of this fine school. Please refer to me as Professor Potter.

First let me start with a brief history of this school. The school was founded in 1835 by Bran Newman and Stephanie Hart for the children of silver miners working in the area. The focus of the school was to teach practical magic with an emphasis on self reliance. We continue that tradition today.

Students of Rocky Mountain graduate with a full non-magical education as well as a magical one. We require all of our students to learn at least one craft, one additional language and our survival course.

The crafts available at Rocky Mountain are metal working from mining the materials all the way to blacksmithing and finishing. Tailoring and leatherworking are similar from growing cotton and slaughtering steers through dying and sewing. We also have pottery, woodworking and others. We teach both the traditional non-magical method and the magically enhanced version. First and second years students will take an overview course of all the trades offered before choosing their electives in third year.

We at Rocky Mountain believe in a practical approach to learning. As such we have partnered with many different companies throughout the magical world. Our enchanting and woodworking students will work on projects for the Nimbus and Cumberland Broom Company. Our potions students will work on products for Weasley Wizarding Weazes and Gorman's apothecary. Our metalworking students for Edgeware knife and Stone mountain Ironworks. Students over fourteen may even earn pocket money working part-time for these companies.

Besides the skills required for future employment, we require our students to learn to defend themselves. As such we have a comprehensive dueling and martial arts program. Many of our students have gone on to be Aurors, Hit-wizards and professional duelists. Graduates of our pre-law enforcement course have a 100% acceptance rate to both the North American auror academy and I.C.W. hit-wizard training.

I was Commander of the second battalion airborne squadron of the I.C.W. Battle mage division before leaving to teach. For those wondering, the Battle Mages are the special operations division of the I.C.W. hit-wizards.

Our pre-healer graduates have an unprecedented 100% acceptance into both the North American and International healers apprenticeship programs. All of our students must complete basic and intermediate first aid as a requirement to graduate.

Not everything is serious at this school though. We offer numerous sports opportunities for our students. Our interschool Quidditch team has won the league championship for four years running. Go Grizzlies! In addition to quidditch, we offer quadpot, broom racing and both mounted and unmounted blastoid. That's basically magical paintball on or off a broom. We also have a wide variety of non-magical sports and teams that compete against non-magical schools. These include varsity football, Hockey, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, basketball and swimming.

We also offer a number of art and dance classes.

Our students have on average achieved seven to ten Owl's and a minimum of four Newts. They also average a score of thirteen hundred or higher on their SATs.

The trick to keeping our society hidden is to not stand out. All magically raised students will be required to take our non-magical social studies course. Here they will learn to blend in. All non-magically raised students will be required to take our magical customs and society course, though magically raised students can also elect to join this course. Here they will learn the differences between the magical and non-magical society.

We also like families to be involved in their children's education. We host a parents weekend where you can come up and visit once a semester. We also often have parents come and share their experiences in their different careers. Magical and non-magical, we want our students to choose a career with as much information as possible.

Telephones, communication only floos and magic mirrors are allowed outside of school hours. After four pm Monday through Thursday, Noon on Friday and nine am on weekends. Students bringing magic mirrors to class will have them confiscated and sent home. Same goes for music players and cellular phones.

All students and parents are required to read and sign the honor code before the student may commence their studies here. It is a binding magical contract, so read it carefully.

We are just about done here. Along the walls there are a series of letters. Find the one that corresponds with your last name. Students on the left, parents on the right. Parents, you will be given a tour by our faculty. Students will be given their tour by student volunteers. We will meet back here in two hours for lunch, followed by a question and answer period. Enjoy your tour. Thank you." Harry said before stepping off the podium.

Looking over the controlled chaos of parents and students finding their proper place, Harry sighed. This was another first. His first introduction speech without practicing it on his wife a few times first.

Glancing at his watch, he made his way to his office. Emotions bubbling to the surface again, he needed to be alone.

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Harry entered his office with tears on his cheeks. It had only been ten days since his beautiful wife of twenty seven years finally succumbed to the curse that had plagued her life since she was seventeen. She was only fifty six a year older than himself, she was taken far too soon.

Pulling his portkey from his desk drawer he murmured "Home James." And vanished from the office.

000

Isla de Negra sat four nautical miles southeast of and Nevis. The island formerly owned by the Black family hosted one hundred and four acres of jungle, white sand beaches, hundreds of fruit trees, amazing fishing and the new Potter manor. The paradise Harry arrived at might as well have been a barren wasteland for all the attention the crying man paid while trudging up the hill to his wife's final resting place.

Harry looked down upon the marble stone and the mound of dirt just starting to sprout grass.

"I miss you. The kids went home yesterday. James and Inid are expecting again. They found out the day after your funeral, Twins. Sophie got accepted into that healers program at Northwestern. She's going to be just like you, saving lives and kicking ass. Teddy is on an undercover assignment and couldn't get away. He sent a nice card though, saying he'll come see us when he can. Love, I know I promised you I wouldn't mourn but I miss you so much. Nothing is the same without you here. I'm happy you're not in pain and I said I would take your pain if I could but this… I love you." Harry said before losing control of his emotions and collapsed sobbing to the ground.

The stone read.

Katherine "Katie" Potter

August 21, 1979 - August 20, 2035

Loving Wife, Mother, Friend and Healer.

The last enemy to be defeated is Death.