Harry Potter Boy who lived

H P Boy who livesYear 7- Summer

Chapter 44

Master Chen Lee Wu

One evening left before seventh year begins and what better way to spend it than being patched up in the Hospital wing or meeting one of your new Auror instructors. In this case an ancient Tibetan wizard older than Dumbledore. One more chapter to go before seventh year begins.

Rory awoke in the arms of her handsome prince, instinctively knowing that something had happened to her baby brother. The problem was that Wills had his arm placed securely around her waist. "Sorry Handsome, but big sister duty calls." She gently pressed on his arm.

"I'm not ready to be king in five years, ask me again when I'm thirty something." He muttered in his sleep, as he pulled her closer to him. "Look Granny...Katherine Aurora is special she's new to all of this. Yes, she's a princess by birth, but I don't want to overwhelm her by having her jump in with both feet. I'd rather she just gradually get used to the family." He continued to talk in his sleep.

Rory thought it was sweet of him to want to protect her, but she wasn't a delicate flower, or as fragile as spun glass.

Well, if baby brother can change into an animal then so can I. He isn't going to let me go or wake up anytime soon. So it's worth a shot. She closed her eyes and concentrated on her animal spirit within, changing into a mink with cinnamon colored fur and her violet eyes. In this form she easily slipped out from under his arm and jumped silently down to the floor.

Wills muttered something in his sleep, before rolling over onto his stomach, and then burying his face into her pillow.

"What a rush," Rory turned back to normal.

"Sweetie, that's a very unique method of getting some space from your other half." Di was fascinated by what she had just done. "Are the walls closing in on you or is something else the matter?"

Rory looked at Di's portrait and then over at Wills. "I'm fine with all of it, even if Wills doesn't think so. I felt that Harry needed me and this was easier than waking him up." She whispered. "He's grouchy when he doesn't get his beauty sleep."

"You're just as protective of Harry James, as Wills is with Harry." Di sighed.

"The difference being Henry didn't get into anything like my baby brother has over the years." Rory grinned.

"True, very true..." Di smiled at her. "I'll watch over Wills, you go see to Harry James."

"Thanks Auntie Di, it's wonderful to have you back." Rory was happy that her gift was a success.

"No, it's thanks to my angels that this is even possible, now scoot your brother needs you." Di sent her off on her way with some well thought out words.

Shrieking Manor

"This place is off the charts. There are Wizarding cages with live Doxy's, complete with a tree for them to nest in. Another caged habitat filled with Cornish Pixies. Top that off with various cages of other Dark Arts creatures and you have a bloody zoo." Draco was still taking in the odd ambience of the twin's home.

"It's for Uncle James and his DADA classes. We've found at least fifty boggarts, so far. Our contractor likes to say that when it comes to this place there's an adventure in every corner." George handed them frosty cold Butterbeer's.

"Yeah, those Redcaps were enough to send everyone fleeing the third floor." Angelina smirked.

"Those are nasty little buggers and we weren't expecting to find them." Fred walked into the parlor.

"There could be a bit of a snag with the Ferret Fritters." George took a bite of his meat pie.

Fred's eyebrows shot up in surprise. "There can't be a problem; we launch them next week at the shops. What do ya mean by a snag?"

"Oh, nothing major, one of those silly joke treats of yours broke the HBP a bit ago." Angelina casually bit into her own meat pie, as if what she just said meant nothing.

Fred spat out his Butterbeer. "How could it have broken baby brother?" He coughed.

"It's very simple genius. He ate one, turned into a Ferret, ended on the roof, twenty minutes later he reverted, fell off the roof, and busted his arm up in many places." Draco gave him a shorter version of what happened.

"Well, then I'll have not animagus friendly printed on the labels." Fred went to go get a meat pie from the platter on one of the end tables.

"Fred, you aren't getting it are you! Harry got really hurt!" Angelina glared at him. "Don't you care?"

"Don't be daft woman! Of course I care that my baby brother got hurt, but he should've known not to eat anything in the workshop. He took the risk and ended up busted up. It's just plain logic." Fred glared at Angelina.

"Did you get your exclusive with Aunt Lily and Uncle James?" Gin changed the subject.

"That I did baby sis and I got one from Uncle Sirius and Aunt Jenna on their little one as well. I also got a tour of the elusive Camelot Wing everyplace but the twin's floor and the guest quarters. Evidently, the princesses are napping and so are the princes and their Dad." Fred spoke between bites of his lunch.

"They were up all night and early morning painting in their studio. The boys were up all night chatting with their father and forming a plan about how to handle the current crisis that they're facing." Ginny gave him the scoop on why the floors were off-limits.

"Why paint when it's easier to just snap a photo." Fred frowned.

"Honestly Fred, You can be so dense sometimes! Paintings or portraits can house spirits of loved ones long gone." Angelina pondered rethinking why she'd been seeing him for three years running.

"Who would they be painting? Everyone is alive and kicking." Fred was confused.

"Who close to the princes died exactly seven years ago today? Not everything has to be about personal gain." Draco rolled his eyes at him.

"Their mum..." Fred didn't want to even think of what it would be like without either parent. "They were up all hours just to create portraits for their men, now that's what I call love."

"Did it work?" George asked hopefully.

"Like a charm." Ginny smiled.

Camelot Wing

Dromi met Rory in the main Common Room. "Something happened to Harry, so I had to slink out from under Henry's arm."

"How did you like being a... I was a mink for a bit...What were you?" Rory grinned at her twin.

"I was a fox for a few minutes, it was quite invigorating." Dromi grinned back.

"Let's go see about baby brother before the boys wake up." Rory suggested.

Lady and Rad were sitting at the front doors of the Camelot Wing whining.

"They really bonded with Harry didn't they?" Rory walked over to the doors, opened one, and outshot the pups down the corridor.

"Wait for us!" The girls gave chase.

Hospital Wing

Harry found himself sporting a cast from his palm to just above his elbow. "Remind me to never sample anything in that workshop. No matter how good it looks." He glared up at the ceiling.

"Next time ignore Ron, Hermione, Draco, and Ginny." Lily smiled down at him. "If you had then you would have finished your lunch and wouldn't have been tempted to eat unknown snacks."

"Ronald is off getting his school list filled, it seems that he let it slip his mind that we're catching a train in the early morning." Hermione was curled up next to Harry and in full lioness protect what's hers mode.

"Lioness, this..." He pointed at his encased arm with his good hand. "…Is not Ron's fault. So let's drop the blame game all right?"

"So you had no control over the animal form after you were transfigured into it?" James changed the subject.

"I don't even remember changing...just ending up on the roof." Harry shook his head.

"They really outdid themselves with that one." Sirius smirked.

"It's not like a Canary Cream. This is not a safe product." Hermione growled.

"Not safe when you're being chased by five shouting people, but otherwise harmless to the normal consumer." Harry countered. "He just needs to put not animagus friendly on the label."

"Oh no, absolutely not! He is resting and there are no pups allowed in my Hospital Wing!" Madam Pomfrey could be heard shouting in the other ward.

"Don't go getting your knickers in a twist! They aren't going to hurt him!" Rory growled back.

"They're just harmless baby pups that miss Harry," Dromi echoed.

"I see the pups have bonded with you." James chuckled when the pups came bounding into the ward and hopped on the bed.

"Oh yeah, it's easy to bond at five and two in the morning when they had to go out. Not to mention that these two are so damned adorable." Harry laughed when they crawled all over Hermione, so they could both lick him in the face.

"I'm sure that taking care of Lady and Rad will be good practice for you." James and Sirius smirked.

"Good practice for me? If anyone needs practice it's the two of you." Harry didn't appreciate the suggestion that caring for the pups meant practicing caring for his future children.

"He does have a point, Daddy." Rory sided with her brother.

"Harry's broken leave him be dad." Dromi pinned her father with a look.

"Why hello ladies," James gave the two of them a fatherly look. "Did we enjoy our snooze with your boyfriends?"

They blushed.

"I'd say they enjoyed their cuddle very much wouldn't you, Prongs?" Sirius wagged his brows at James.

"Now girls, ignore your uncle and father. It's in their nature to be cheeky gits. I have no doubts that your chaperone allowed only sleeping so relax." Lily glared at James and Sirius.

"Wills, has the future on his brain and the chat with his grandmother that's seriously looming in his future." Rory took in what had been done to Harry and frowned.

"I ate a Ferret Fritter, one of Fred's new brainstorms, that transfigures you into a Ferret. It all went bad from that point on." He read the look that she was shooting him.

"Isn't a Canary Cream enough for them? Do they not research the animals for their crazy ideas?" Dromi was not pleased.

"They chased me up onto the roof of Shrieking Manor and the rest is history. Did you know that they have Fluffy and Fang hanging out in their backyard?" Harry rolled his eyes in exasperation, because talking about this was getting tiresome. "It really is a harmless joke, if everyone backs off, and lets the effect of it wear off."

"You're actually defending those bozo's, after what they did to you!?" Dromi snarled.

"He did that by eating something the twins created. Knowing full well that it was at his own risk." Rory pointed to the cast. "Then they panicked and chased him instead of just leaving him be."

"So, I should have just let him run around wily nilly, when Fluffy is lying around the yard somewhere?! I think not!" Hermione glared daggers at Rory for questioning her actions about Harry.

"All you did by chasing him up onto the roof was got him broken! Yeah, you should have let him be, until the spell wore off!! Fluffy is a three-headed hellhound. He eats fire and brimstone not animals or people." Rory glared back at her.

"Enough! This was my fault, so stand down, and go to your corners." Harry wasn't used to the whole big sister being overprotective situation. "I know that you're being protective, but I'm not even upset about this. I lost my urge to eat lunch when Ron started moaning about his schedule, and then she joined in, then Draco, and Ginny. I left still hungry, so a pastry on a platter looked good to me. End of story."

"So, as usual you take the heat and let everyone else get off scot-free." Rory scoffed.

"Katherine Aurora, it wasn't deliberate that he got hurt. It just happens because its part of being Harry." James grinned.

"Dad!"

"No really, he just loves spending time in Hospital wing." James ignored his sons glare.

"I do not it just happens!"

"Well, when it's put that way, so sorry about that Hermione." Rory was all happy and calm now.

"No harm no foul." Hermione was calm now as well.

"I'm still lying here you know." Harry found himself lick attacked by the pups. "At least you two care about me." He ruffled their furry heads with his good hand.

"Poor baby we love you." Rory and Dromi hugged him. Unfortunately for him they lost their balance and landed on his bad arm. "Oops so sorry about that, baby brother."

"Oh, think nothing of it." He gritted his teeth in pain. "Nope doesn't hurt a bit."

"That's it. He needs his rest everyone needs to clear off." Hermione growled.

"Easy, lioness. We'll clear off for awhile and see you both at dinner." James knew when to leave them be or face the wrath of Hermione.

"You mean to say that I don't have to sleep here tonight? That's a relief." Harry winced when a pup brushed his throbbing arm.

"You can sleep in your own bed, but you still have a train to catch early in the morning." Lily locked eyes with James. "Dad is not going to like that he's broken again."

"His plans have to be altered that's all. There is no way that he can expect Junior to start phase one of his Auror training with a completely busted up arm." James led Lily out of the ward.

"It's enough of an ordeal with two good arms." Sirius agreed.

"Daddy, are you talking physical training like Muggle military boot camp?" Rory asked.

"Muggles have it easy compared to Auror training. It's tough work hunting Dark wizards and witches. They can be anywhere and in the toughest of locations. That's why phase one is the make or break phase of the training. You can be all O's in the academic or magic, but that's only a small part of being an Auror." Sirius explained to the girls.

"No wonder it's rare to become and Auror." Dromi eyed him in disbelief.

"Junior is a natural born Dark wizard hunter. He's been doing the job since he was eleven. All he needs is the phase one part of the training, with ancient Wizard hunter, Master Chen Lee Wu. He worked Sirius and me so hard that we truly thought we were gonna die." James thought of seeing his old master again and smiled.

"You'd crawl back home, shower, and head off to Quidditch practice with Puddlemere United." Lily wasn't smiling. "I never went through as much as you did. It was always just learning ancient first aid and healing rituals."

"No offense Hon, you were carrying precious cargo at the time, and we were both clueless about it." James pulled her close.

"Did ya hear that, Dromi? We were precious cargo." Rory and Dromi giggled.

"Ya think that's funny do ya, well, you aren't too old to be tickle tortured." James narrowed his eyes at his girls.

"I haven't done that in years." Sirius grinned at James.

"You'll have to catch us first!" The girls grinned.

"That sounded like a challenge to me." James kissed Lily on the cheek and then focused on catching his girls. "Padfoot, shall we teach these two a lesson?"

"It sure did Prongs and you know what that means. No mercy..." Sirius grinned wickedly.

The girls took off running down the corridor.

James and Sirius gave chase.

Ron and Luna arrived back when Draco and Ginny, who were arranging Honeydukes sweets in a big basket.

"What did we miss this time?" Ron pointed at the basket.

"Harry ate a Ferret Fritter, turned into a Ferret, ended on the roof, twenty minutes later he reverted, fell off the roof, and busted his arm up in many places." Ginny filled them in. "Oh and Fred and George tamed Fluffy; he's like a docile puppy now." She added the mood candy-line to the basket.

"So did the two of you get everything you needed?" Draco remained focused on his jolly up present for Harry.

"Did they really? How did they manage to accomplish that?" Luna was very curious about the hellhound. "I'm sure that mum patched Harry up by now, not to mention that he's a very fast healer. Yes, big brother, we're all set for school."

"Evidently, he eats fire or brimstone and has been on the wrong diet all of this time." Ginny answered her question. "And yes Luna. Aunt Lily is very good at what she does." She agreed with Luna's other comment.

"Poor thing must have had a tummy ache all this time." Luna looked up at Ron. "He wasn't trying to eat you. He was just grouchy, because he was in extremes."

Ron slumped down onto one of the overstuffed chairs. "Hermione is gonna kill me."

"It's true that because of you he did skip out on lunch, but he isn't blaming anyone." Draco picked up the basket.

"Hermione is not Harry!" Ron buried his face in his hands. "She goes mental when something happens to him!"

"Harry's on your side, so relax or Madame Pomfrey won't let you near him." Ginny growled impatiently at her brother.

"Won't let Ron see who?" Stephen home for the day walked into the room. "Who may I ask is that care-package for?"

"It's for Harry." Ginny was the first to say something.

Stephen swore under his breath. He then took a deep calming breath before asking them his next question. "Why is Harry in the Hospital Wing?"

"He tested a new WWW inc. Treat and ended up broken." Draco, after his grandfather muttered more choice words under his breath, reluctantly told him the whole story, and yet another freak storm brewed outside. "It was just a freak accident Grandfather no blame is needed."

"I've spent the day dealing with everything and not just ministry business. I had to set magazine and newspaper editors straight, then it was an hour-long chat with a distraught Elizabeth, and I also had to prepare for the arrival of one of my closest friends, Master Chen. He's one of your phase one Auror trainers. Only to come home to find Harry in Hospital wing, because he was famished enough to risk eating something in the Weasley twin's workshop. That settles it from now on there will be no arguing until any meal is finished." Stephen's proclamation decree was all about Ron's habit of rowing with Hermione during meals. "Is that clear, Ronald?"

"Yes your majesty." Ron muttered.

"Good then perhaps you've earned the Firebolt that's being delivered this evening. The way I see it is this you can't keep up with Harry and the others if you don't have the same broom." Stephen found himself hugged by Ron. "It's Uncle Stephen not your majesty. You're family not a subject."

"I'll try to be better. I promise...this is abso-bloody-lutely the best news. I'm gonna go tell Harry!" He raced out the Common room doors.

"Grandfather, as this is the year leading up to the 1005th anniversary of Hogwarts, are we going to be allowed to play Quidditch?" Draco had dreaded asking this question, but the time was at hand.

"No Quidditch House cup, but there will be exhibition matches with various teams on the Quidditch Cup circuit. It's just not fair to subject the other House teams to playing Gryffindor." Stephen explained.

"You do make a good point. That'll be more of a challenge for the rest of us then, so I don't mind it so much." Draco wasn't disappointed by his answer.

Wills and Henry had showered and raided Harry's wardrobe for some jeans and rugby t-shirt's in the color of Gryffindor house.

"Any of you seen Rory or Dromi?" Wills yawned.

"They went to see about Harry or that's what they told Mum." Henry spotted the basket loaded with treats. "Whose that for?"

"Harry's gone and ended up in Hospital Wing again hasn't he?" Wills surmised.

"Severely busted up arm this time round… Ate one of Fred's special pastries and it all went dicey after that." Was all that Draco was going to say about that.

"What about the no harm no foul clause?" Henry frowned.

"Doesn't apply to this case. It was an accidental fall off the roof, and a voluntary consumption of the Ferret Fritter." Stephen answered. "My guess is the girls should be on their way back here by now, so it's best to wait here for them."

"I want to check on Harry." Wills had other ideas.

"That's where we're headed you can come with us." Ginny chimed in.

"Sounds like a plan to me." Henry grinned.

"Off with the lot of you then. I'm going to chat with Diana about what she thinks about this whole mess." Stephen sighed; it seemed that no one in the family ever wanted to listen to him these days.

"I love you Grandpa and what you say really does matter to us." Luna gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

"Thanks, angel, I needed that." Stephen hugged her back.

"If we were to blow the lid off this entire thing Granny would have a fit." Wills frowned.

"Your Grandmother is at a quandary, about what's the right thing to do. Should they bury her husband and son with the idea that they were great men, who should be seen as such? Should she be honest to her people about Diana's death that she was ordered killed, by said members of the royal family, or wait to come out with it during the official inquiry next spring?" Stephen arched a brow at Wills.

"The people deserve to know the truth, no matter how nasty it makes the family look." Henry let his feelings known.

"I'll make sure that it comes out during the inquiry. So it's going to come out no matter what. Whatever is easiest on Granny, at least for now, is fine by me." Wills had his say and left the room.

"Wait for us, Wills." The four of them chased after him.

"Spoken like a future King." Stephen headed up to chat with Diana.

Several hours later in the Hospital wing

Harry blinked five times, to make sure that he wasn't seeing things, but the 5ft 4 inch tall ancient man of the orient was still standing by his bedside. He was arranging various vials of potions, pouches of fragrant exotic ingredients, and other ancient looking tools, alongside long menacing looking needles. The ancient wore intricately embroidered Wizarding robes of heavy scarlet red silk, with a matching cap on his shiny baldhead. He had a snowy white oriental style beard and mustache and although very old his olive complexion was virtually wrinkle free. Harry could feel that this man, even though compact in form, held great power, wisdom, and strength.

"I see that the firstborn son of James finally awakens. I am an old friend of the family and you are to be one of my new students." Ancient sea green eyes met Harry's own. "Your little lioness is safe and sleeping in her own bed. Your friends left you some treats, but chose not to wake you, and took your furry charges with them."

Harry eyed the wizard with wary eyes. "What are all the needles for?"

"I see that your education, on ancient healing methods, is sorely lacking." He arched a, pencil-thin silver, brow at him. "That must be corrected."

"Muggle natural medicine has something called acupuncture. They use needles, herbs, and incense to heal patients. I just didn't realize the Wizarding World had similar methods of healing." Harry didn't like being called a dunce.

"Muggles have been stealing our ancient healing methods for centuries, but the only Healers that master them are not Muggles at all. My people help muggles and wizards alike. They are taught to embrace, harmonize, and respect all life." Chen lectured him.

"Respect life... Got it...my, uh, cast might make it difficult for your needles." Harry watched as the needles rose from the tray, when Chen waved his hand over them, and then floated over to hover just above the cast on his arm. "I just know this is gonna hurt." He squeezed his eyes shut, as the needles melted into his cast, until only ¾ of the needles were sticking out of it.

"Open your eyes young one. My healing methods are not meant to hurt nor harm." The needles ignited and an exotic essence filled the area around them. He opened various pouches and sprinkled the ancient mix over the needles. The result was the needles glowed even brighter with heat.

"My arm's getting warm." Harry had undergone various wizarding treatments, but this one was the most relaxing, and painless of them all.

"After less than a week of treatments, your arm will be completely healed. I will teach you in your training, the more civilized way of healing, so if this occurs again you will have the knowledge, about how to treat your injury properly." Chen handed him a cup of herbal tea. "Now drink up your tea. You will drink this with every meal, as this promotes your body's natural ability to heal itself." He glanced at the basket loaded with treats. "Those, however much you may crave them, do nothing but allow impurities to flow through your body. Therefore, you are forbidden to consume them until I say otherwise." The basket vanished.

Harry obediently drank tea so strong that it made his eyes water, but completely opened his senses. The thought of no sweets wasn't very promising, but who could argue with an ancient wizard. "I will see this as a test of my self-discipline." Harry finished the tea.

"When your training with me is finished, you will have learned to master more than just self-discipline." Chen added yet another sprinkle of ancient herbs to the needles, kicking the heat up another notch.

Harry, felt his arm beginning to tingle, as the heat and effects of the needles seemed to increase. "I look forward to your teachings, no matter how tough they may be."

"Young one, I worked your father and Uncle, so hard that they crawled home everyday for four months. They were both in need of mental disincline, but became faster, stronger, and wiser men because of it. I have no doubt that you will remain true to your promise during your training." The treatment now finished, he removed the needles from his cast.

"If it keeps me in control of myself, then I'm all for crawling back to the Common room." Harry felt like his arm was ten times better.

"Ah, but you must then go to all of your other classes, so there will be no crawling; only enduring." Chen put away his tools.

Harry glanced over at the ward entrance. "Hi Mum. I'm chatting with? I'm sorry professor you didn't tell me your name."

"His name is Master Chen Lee Wu, an ancient wizard, who is well into his 200th year. He is wise, as he is strong, and very much the taskmaster." Lily put her palms together in front of her and bowed in welcoming to him.

"The beautiful flower has returned and is once again blooming with life I see." Chen walked over and hugged her. "I have just the thing for the little ones, a nice tea for you."

"My son is in excellent hands, Chen." Lily smiled at him. "I lacked the tools to treat his arm, but I see that you have brought your own."

"My tools are my life, without them I would be nothing, and lost. I see much of you, Anna, and James in him. There is a hint of Stephen and the essence of the most ancient of our kind. I shall try to rein in that side of the boy." Chen turned around to give Harry a once-over.

"I heard that you ancient Asian relic!" Merlin appeared in the room.

"I only speak what is true you doddering old fool!" Chen shot back.

"Why Raden considers you his most prized descendent is beyond me. I for one don't see it." Merlin sneered.

"My most honorable ancestor Raden, never stooped to hiding inside a ring in shame, so his word rings truer than yours ancient one." Chen smirked, he knew his zinger had hit Merlin where it hurt that being his ego.

"Yes, well... Raden can just kiss me..." Merlin started to snarl something rude, but Harry cut in.

"First-Grandpa, it is not nice to insult Lord Raden, nor is it nice of Master Chen to needle you into a rude response." Harry took a chance and interceded between them.

"Harry James is right. You two need to make nice towards each other for my sons sake." Lily pinned them each with a scathing look.

"Very well, then a truce, to help mold the boy into what he's meant to become." Merlin held out his hand in truce.

"Agreed for the boy's sake and what he is to become." Chen shook hands with Merlin.

"Splendid, now let's the two of you leave my son be for awhile. I've come to spring him from Hospital Wing." Lily conjured a sling for his arm and helped him set his arm in it.

"Thanks for the treatment on my arm it really helped." Harry got out of bed and his mom helped him put on his robe.

"YOU stuck NEEDLES in him DIDN'T you!? Merlin narrowed his eyes down at Chen.

"Yeah, he did and it did wonders, my arm feels loads better." Harry gave his first-gramps a look that warned him not to start anything up again.

"When one is healing an injury like his arm, potions are not always the correct path." Chen paused in the doorway.

"Yes, well, even my eldest daughter is fascinated by your ancient healing methods. Perhaps, I need to give it more of a chance." Merlin sighed in reluctant acceptance.

"Come Merlin I will show you a better way to heal things, such as broken bones." Chen and Merlin both vanished from the ward.

"Uh Mum, I'm starving is it dinnertime yet?" Harry's stomach growled in protest do to lack of food.

"How does dinner in our Family wing sound. That way you can eat in your room if you want to." Lily put her arm around him as they left the ward.

Chapter 45

Hogwarts a History

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