"Hello Harry, nice of you to finally drop, do you think I have nothing better to do than sit around here and wait for Harry Potter to arrive? Ashley asked trying to fake anger with Harry for being late.
"Emmmm actually yeah what do you do when I'm not around you? and sorry for being late Ash, I fell asleep for a little while." Harry responded really quirious to what Ashley did with her own time.
"Ahh stay up to late snogging your girlfriend Harry? and what I do while IM not with you is none of your business, but ....lets just say it's none to exciting so when you surpose to be here .....be here okay?" Ashley asked
"Yeah okay Ash , and I didn't stay up snogging Ginny, I kissed her goodnight and then threw her into the fireplace like any gentleman would." Harry said with a devilish grin on his face obviously still relishing in his ploy.
"Harry I hope you really didn't do that...she's going to be mad at you ya know? not exactly the best way to end a first date with the boy of your dreams." she said astonished that he would do such a thing before she too started laughing and picturing the image in her head.
"See it was funny, and she will laugh at he too." Harry said '...someday....I hope' he finished thinking to himself before continuing "So what on the agenda today teach?"
"Well you had a long day with the late night snogging and all, and appertain really takes alot out of you the first couple time you do it so we will save that for tomorrow night when your good and rested.... I say we work on some wandless magic and then see if we can get an animagus form out of you." Ashley said ticking off the chapters on her fingers. "That leaves apparition, elemental guardians, and invisibility for tomorrow night" she went on as if she was reading something in mid-air "So we should be able to finish with curses and dark magic the day after next." She smiled as if they were already done with the training.
"Animagi ...Really? tonight" Harry was getting really excited thinking about his fathers and the muarders Anamagus forms.
"Relax Harry were going to go over what it takes to 'form and I'll cast a spell on you so your form will revile itself to us...then we will go from there." Ashley said happy that Harry was excited as she was.
"Okay lets get started with the wandless stuff...what do I do?" Harry asked letting his eagerness shine all around him with lighting curling around his body. Ashley laughed and started conjuring rubber balls the kind that children play with. She explained to Harry how to concentrate on making the items move with his will, something that Harry took to well. After a few minutes passed Harry was walking around the room wandlessly hurling ball after ball at Ashley as she would freeze them before they hit her.
"Cute Harry , very cute." Ashley said grinning at Harry proudly because of the brisk pace he went threw the wandless training.
"I feel like a Jedi." Harry said smiling as he threw out his hand and threw Ashley right on her arse a few feet backwards "OOPS" Harry said still smiling
"OOPS Harry I'll give you oopps all right." She conjured three darts made of solid ice and levitated them in front of her and with a wave of her hand the darts were speeding at Harry. One froze his right hand as he blasted another with a crackle of pure white lighting, the third stopped 2 inches from his face and hovered there still spinning like it was moving threw the air but making no progress. Harry looked past the dart to see a grinning Ashley laughing while holding her left arm up holding the dart in place. Her playful grin disappeared by an evil smirk and she looked as if she had just remembered something. She slowly lowered her hand and the dart began a downward decent still remaining parallel to the floor untill it hovered level with his groin. Harry looked terrified.
"You wouldn't! Ashley Moore lower that dart this instant." he smiled "or I'll be forced to take repercussions." he said still smiling. Ashley looked up at Harry again and said only one word.
"Oopps" Ashley smiled and let the hand fall forward a little was with it the dart followed and Harry was suddenly a few degrees colder than he was before.
He let the lighting crackle around him and blew the ice to mere shards around his pelvis and right hand. "Do you have any idea how cold that was." Harry said trying to sound stern. Ashley just laughed and traced a single finger around her head to create a halo made of ice that hovered there. 'She's way to cute to stay mad at' thought Harry
"Thanks Harry, but better hope Ginny Weasley isn't a mind reader." Ashley smiled and as Harry began to open his mouth to protest to the invasion of his thoughts she merely smiled, gave Harry a puppy dog face and pointed up to her Halo.
"Right said Harry ...forgot." Harry smiled back at her before going on "Can we continue now that you've had your revenge." Harry asked really wanted to get to his Anamagus form.
"Sure Harry lets see what form you take eh...maybe a Monkey or a cute little doggy." she teased
"If IM a dog you better run or I'm going to bite you. Harry joked before asking her to hurry up
"Fine Harry but patience is a virtue."she said before whispering her spell. 'morfuritcus solidifus' a white beam shot from Ashley's wand and sped at a blistering speed for Harry face it entered through his mouth and exited through his chest sweeping right into Harry's heart on its departure. One beam entered Harry but two left his chest one heading to his right the other to his left where they formed two orb's "TWO FORMS..." she was cut off as the first began to take shape, both Harry and Ashley started as it defined itself into a beautiful snow leopard with paws of pure white and amazing green eyes which shone like emeralds. As amazing as its eyes were the tail left them both speechless, all white with a light blue symbol at the lip...his scar lighting shaped and all. "Amazing Harry, your breathtaking...I mean you know your from is." Ashley said getting just a small tint of redness in her cheeks.
"When will I be able to form, I can't wait to run?" They both seemed to forget that there was another orb taking shape with out them even noticing it
"Soon Harry we can do it later tonight if your that excited ...I can't promise you'll be able to do it but with me having the form already and your talent it's possiab..." she was cut off by Harry finally noticing his other form.
"Ashley it is a Phoenix, but its white and the tips are all that same light blue." Harry stared at the magical bird in awe not believing he could ever become something so magnificent.
"POTTER!" Ashley yelled 'whats she mad at me for' Harry thought before Ashley coninuted "I'LL TELL YOU WHY I"M MAD, That is a Phoenix of Element, Ice of course. YOUR A fucking SAGE. Why didn't you tell me?" now she looked a little more hurt than mad.
"I thought you knew ... you know everything else, and how did you know I was a Sage from the Phoenix?" Harry asked
"Easy there have been four people in history to have a Phoenix be their form, three of which are a Phoenix of Element , There's been Air,Earth,Fire and the fourth man is your headmaster and his form is that of a normal Phoenix.
"I think your going a little hard on the boy 'angel'" Said a voice that neither of them knew was watching.
"Daddy, what are you doing here?" Ashley said happy to see her father.
"I am here to check on Ice's progress , to present him with a gift that recently came into my possession, and to see you of course 'angel' it has been to long."
"'Ice'?, and whats this 'angel' nonsense?" Harry asked
"angel is what Daddy called me when I was a little girl, and the nickname his used for you is 'Ice' pretty self explanatory dummy." Ashley said while she stuck her tongue out at Harry.
"Hmm I'll have you know 'Sir that your 'angel' here recently sent a ice dart at my groin." Merlin chuckled at the two teenagers banter before Harry went on. "only joking she's great Merlin and teaching me more than I would have ever dreamed, sense of humor is a bit off though." he added for good measure. Merlin again laughed. "You said you had a gift for me sir?" Harry asked impatiently.
"Indeed I do Harry, Ever heard of a man named Rayden?" he asked knowing full well that everyone had.
"yes sir, he was the God of Thunder in some legends..right? Harry asked unsure of why Merlin was asking this
"He was no God harry he was just an elemental, granted one of the more powerful ones we have ever known. He entrusted with me his most prized possession when he passed from his mortal life, he had no need of it as a guardian." With that a staff materialized in front of Merlin and levitated by his side. It was a dark purple in color and had the same lighting coiling around it that Harry could make appear around his body. atop the staff stood a small glass orb held in place by 4 strands of the same purple mettle that made up the staff, and inside of that orb their was a bolt of pure white lighting bouncing on the inside of the orb. "Take it Harry, he wanted it handed down to someone who could control a white element , and you Harry control two.
Harry took hold of the staff and it flashed with light and when the light faded a second beam of white lighting was bouncing around the orb occasionally striking the other making the orb flash with power when the two connected with eachother.
"That staff Harry, at its core lies the heartstrings of a White Thunder Dragon, a most powerful creature that has long since gone extinct. You can cast elemental magic, and normal spells through the staff Harry...use it well and I believe my lovely daughter has a necklace that will come in handy for your staff." Said Merlin
"I don't know how to thank you Merlin, you have done so much for me in such a small amount of time and I will try not to let you down." Harry said looking a little sheepishly at the man of power standing before him.
"You can't let me down Harry, It's not in your blood. Just do what you know is right." said Merlin
"Sir' ummm well were either of my parents elementals?" Harry asked knowing the odds were well against it
"Now isn't the time Harry I need you to focus on Ashley and her training. I am afraid I must be going now, Good-bye 'angel' train him well my dear." and with that a small gust of wind blew and Merlin was gone.
"Come on Harry lets work on your forms, then you need to go back." Ashley said wanting to get back to business. Harry was excited about two things one his Anamagus forms and two Merlin didn't say no, he didn't say yes but he didn't say no. "And Harry here" Ashley handed him a silver necklace, with a hanging in the middle. "shrink your staff, and place it on the necklace, when you need use of the staff take it off and word the incantation."
'reducio' Harry muttered and his staff was no larger than his finger he hung it carefully on his necklace and felt the pull behind his naval. When he opened his eyes he was back in Room #21 at the Leaky Cauldron.
"Hermes, what are you doing here?" Harry said as he noticed the barn owl of Percy Weasley. He began to untie the letter when he noticed the blood red envelope. "a howler" Harry said out loud wondering who would send him a howler then he remembered ....Ginny
**A/N**
Sorry for the long delay guys it was a combination of a few things (1) wanting to wait a while to get some impute on the forms, (2) a small case of writers block for these training sessions, they are really hard to write. thanks again for taking the time to read my work and Review if you have the time.
CrimsonNoble ~ Thank you for the advice on typing dialog, and I agree the Griffin/Phoenix is overused, I tried to spice the Phoenix up a little. What do you think of it?
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