Disclaimer: See First chapter
A/N: I'm not sure what I am going to do now. You will see Bolt learning magic and learning how to read a little but I'm mostly going to skip all of that. Now I am having a hard time deciding a few things like where this story is going so there are now two reader's polls.
Poll No. 1: Should Bolt going to Hogwarts be a separate story?
Poll No. 2: What house should Bolt be in?
Thankyou to all reviewers as I always say. I'm glad you enjoy reading the story as much as I enjoy writing it.
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Chapter 11-
"Spot went to the beach" Bolt read. He felt very foolish reading a story intended for preschoolers but Remus and Sirius had assured him that everyone read books like this when first learning to read.
"Spot played in the sand with his shovel" Bolt resighted.
"It says bucket, your not even reading the book you just looking at the pictures" Remus scolded.
"Face it I'm dumb and I'm never going to learn how to read, write and do magic by next year!" Bolt threw the book across the room.
"You're not dumb. You just need time to learn. How about I write a sentence and you read it." Remus picked up a piece of paper and scribbled down a sentence.
Bolt looked at it began to say very slowly "The....rain....in...Span...falls...man-l-y...on the...plan"
"You got a few words wrong" Remus encouraged "Try again"
Bolt clenched his jaw and said through his teeth. "The rain in...Spa-inn"
"It's Spain not Spa inn" Remus corrected.
"Fine" Bolt growled. "The rain in Spain falls man-l-y"
"Mainly not manly"
"WHY DO I HAVE TO DO THIS?" Bolt screamed. "I'm a dumb fuck! Can't I just get a job or something?"
"You can do this. You're just getting frustrated because you want to be able to read quickly and you can't" Remus assured him. "Now read the rest of the sentence"
"The rain in Spain falls mainly on the...plan" Bolt read.
"You see how rain and Spain sound similar and have the same ending? Well look a the last word"
"Plain. It's plain right?" Bolt asked.
Remus nodded. "You're getting it"
"How's it going?" Sirius appeared from the kitchen because he was making lunch.
"He's getting better. We're not reading the books anymore because he kept looking at the pictures and guessing" Remus explained.
"You'll be speed reading in no time" Sirius smiled.
Remus was writing down another sentence. "Read that"
"I am....sick of...reading....lets have....lunch" Bolt read.
"Great idea!" Sirius exclaimed. "Lunch is ready"
"What are we having dog food?" Bolt snickered. It was a running joke since Sirius could turn into a dog and Remus was a werewolf that they would eat dog food.
"Yeah absolutely! We have bacon and egg flavoured dog food!" Sirius grinned as Remus and Bolt followed him into the kitchen.
"We've been meaning to talk to you about something" Remus said as Bolt and Sirius began to eat.
"Look, I know all about the birds and the bees so you don't have to tell me about it" Bolt said all of this with a mouth full of food.
"It's not about that. It's about when you go with your friends on Friday. We want you to have fun but please don't drink or steal anything" Remus explained.
"What! Come on! Where's the fun in that?" Bolt demanded pulling out his packet of cigarettes which only had a few left in it.
"And we've also wanted to talk to you about that as well" Sirius crinkled his nose and Bolt lit the cigarette. "You aren't allowed to smoke at Hogwarts so I suggest you stop now."
"Hey you took me in with all my bad habits, you can't change me" Bolt blew the smoke on Sirius to annoy him.
"We're teaching you to read, write and do magic. The least you can do is not smoke"
Bolt rolled his eyes. "Fine. I won't smoke around you"
"After lunch we'll work on your writing" Remus said with a mouthful of eggs.
"When do I get to learn magic?" Bolt asked.
"When you can read and write well enough we'll start you on the magic" Sirius explained.
After eating lunch Bolt began to work on his writing skills. He knew how to write a few things but none were very appropriate for school. He had a feeling he was supposed to be right handed but he thought being a lefty was way cooler.
"I think we should start reading again" Remus said after a while.
Bolt groaned as Remus threw him the newspaper. Bolt looked at the cover and laughed as it was the one where he had mooned all those wizards.
"I thought you'd enjoy reading something interesting" Remus smiled.
"The boy who lived bares all" He laughed and began to read.
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Yes it was short but I am having very bad writers block at the moment so don't maul me. I promise that I will update very soon. Remember to answer the poll questions.