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Lesson One, Part Two

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When Silvanus and Themis were finally roused, they came to sit dreary-eyed on the forest floor. Finally, Harry looked up and almost died laughing. While Harry was trying to stifle his laughter, Aurora, giggling, asked, "Themis, what happened to your hair?"

He and Aurora couldn't take it anymore and burst out laughing when Themis looked around confusedly. When Silvanus managed to shake himself out of his sleepy stupor, he was rolling around on the ground, barely able to breathe. Themis finally seemed to figure out what they were all laughing at and said angrily, "Shut-up! It's not my fault my hair poufs up a little when I'm in a damp environment!"

"A little!" Silvanus finally got out, "You look like a clown with a bad hair day!" Then he was seized by yet another fit of laughter. With a huff and a murderous glare Themis stomped over to a tree and sat down with her back to them. Aurora and Harry got over it-Silvanus was still guffawing-and returned to making weapons to protect themselves. Silvanus, seeing what they were doing, and obviously liking the idea of being in contact with sharp, pointy objects, asked if he could help too. Themis, seeming too curious about what they were doing, forgot her anger and also joined in.

And that was what they were doing when Lily appeared in the middle of the clearing. She surveyed them and mock scolded them, "You're not supposed to start the lesson before the professor arrives." Then she smiled brightly at them and asked, "Who's idea was it?"

Aurora answered timidly, not knowing what to expect, "I did."

Lily clapped her hands together and said, "Good! One hundred points to you."

Points. Houses. Gryffindor. Slytherin. Ravenclaw. Hufflepuff. He looked towards the others and saw their eyes seemed to be clouded over, as he was sure his had been a moment ago. "What are these flashbacks we keep getting?" he asked his mother curiously.

"They're your memories." She answered, then elaborated, "When you were reborn, all your memories were pushed to your subconscious and now they're making their way back to your conscious mind. You will be having many memories more along the lines of, remembering the names you had before you were reborn." At their confused looks she added, "The names you have been calling each other are not the names you have been using all your lives." She smiled a knowing smile and they knew she wasn't about to reveal anymore.

"Now, let's get down to business. I'm sure all of you are starving right about now, so I'm going to teach you how to hunt." Then she roared excitedly, "Target practice!"

The next moment she waved her hand and a row of four targets seemed to come out of nowhere. It must be Magic- his thoughts were shattered by a series of memories. He shook his head and he saw the others do the same.

Themis voiced his thoughts when she asked, "Um, mam, where are our wands?"

"We've got'em. Don't you worry about that now." She rummaged through a bag Harry swore hadn't been there before, and pulled out four bows. "Here catch," she told them as she threw them. Even without much of a warning, they all caught them rather easily. She then gave them all a quiver, which had about a dozen arrows in each.

She then pulled out her own bow and arrows and proceeded to tell them how to hold the bow, knock the arrow, aim and fire. She then gave a demonstration, which hit the bulls eye of one of the targets. She summoned the arrow back to her and proceeded to conjure a lawn chair to relax and observe them.

They all aimed and fired but none of them hit the targets-not even close. Lily was just sitting there laughing at them all. Harry had the sneaking suspicion this was why she hadn't returned their wands; he was sure that they all would have hexed her.

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It hadn't taken long, about an hour or so, before they were hitting the bulls eye. Lily was looking pretty smug. Most likely thinks she taught us this well, Harry thought, when in reality Lily had sat there and laughed at them. They all had wanted to show her up and Harry suspected that was probably her plan.

Suddenly, Harry's stomach rumbled and he remembered the reason they were practicing. Lily, after hearing Harry's stomach, said joyfully, "Well, you'd better go hunting! We'll finish our lesson after you catch something." They all set off into the jungle and Harry couldn't help but chuckle at the thought that Themis would be seen a mile away.

Suddenly the bush rustled and Harry grabbed an arrow and prepared to fire. A small deer peeked out of the bushes strait at him and he shot it. It was down and Harry couldn't help but feel happy that he had hit it on his first try. Crouching down, Harry examined the deer and found he had hit it right between the eyes. He couldn't help but be surprised at his aim, it was better than he thought he could do. In respect, Harry closed its' eyes and bowed his head. He then proceeded to pick up the small deer and carry it back to the clearing.

When he got there he found the other had been as prosperous in the hunt as he had. Themis had shot a medium sized grey wolf, Silvanus had shot down a large predatory bird of some sort and Aurora a rather large black spotted, white rabbit. They set down their quarry and turned to see Lily had built a fire pit while they had been hunting.

She waved her hand over the pit, that now had wood, and blue flames sprung up, consuming the wood. The blue flames also brought back memories but he decided to look through them later that night. It seemed the other had too because their attention was once more on Lily.

She then proceeded to teach them how to skin their prey to make clothing, which Harry found useful, and how to cook them over the fire. She also showed them how to make use of the extra parts, such as the claw or talons, to make marks in the trees around their shelter to keep other predatory animal away. She also made it clear to them that it would not stop all animal from trespassing. They would have to keep their guards up.

She collected up the rest of the unused parts and placed them in jars, which she put in her bottomless bag as Harry had come to call it.

Finally, near sunset, they ate a very filling meal before collecting the leftovers into a large leather pouch. They then filled their way to their shelter; in Lily's case, disappearing into thin air.

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Wow! I'll bet that's my longest chapter yet! Not too action packed but that'll come later.

Date: December 11, 3:17 a.m.

Posted: December 12

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