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Harry Potter and his Sixth Year

Chapter Three: Lessons

Harry awoke the next morning in his room at the palace. He was afraid to open his eyes to find that being in the elven world was just a dream. But, when he was able to more his hands and not hit them against the wall he knew he was not dreaming. He sat up in bed and saw that there was a house-elf setting his clothes for the day.

When the house-elf saw Harry sit up, he thought that he should punish himself for letting a master see him. But Harry said, "Thank you for setting my clothes out. Can you help me find my way to the family dining room? And by the way don't try and punish yourself, you are doing me a favor by helping me."

The house-elf looking relieved said, "Yes, Master Harry. Follow me to the dining room."

On the way to the dining room Harry asked, "What is your name?"

"Sprinkles, sir. You can say that when ever you need me. I am your house-elf, assigned to you alone. When you were not here I helped the others in the kitchen, and helped out Master James and Mistress Lily."

When Harry stepped in the dining room he found his parents already sitting there and eating breakfast. He sat down, at the same spot he ate last night and said, "Morning Mom, Dad." Lily beamed with pride when she heard Harry call her mom. "So what are we doing today?" Harry asked.

"Well, we thought that since your only here for less than a year that it would be important to start you on your elven lessons right away. You might pick it up pretty easily because you are elven. It's harder for people who have no elven blood in them to pick up the language and customs. You will probably start the magic part of lessons in a couple of days, but first you need to learn the language," Lily said. "Now eat up so I can show you where your lessons will take place. Your tutor should already be there by now."

"I get a tutor, wicked!"

"You'll like her even more when you see her and meet her," James whispered into his son's ear. After hearing that Harry automatically assumed that his tutor would be a nice looking lady elf.

Harry ate his breakfast hurriedly and followed his mother down to where the class room was. When he stepped in the class room he saw his tutor, a nice looking young elf probably around the age of parents. He wondered why his dad thought this tutor was pretty, she was way to old for Harry. Lily then left Harry with his tutor whose name he found out was Mariah .

He learnt that elves look up to any one in the royal family and when the royal family is out in public he needs to remain on his best behavior. He also learnt that when an elf turns sixteen they receive the ears and looks of an elf. Along with all that he learnt some of the rules elves have to follow. Most of the rules were similar to human rules and not very difficult to understand or pick up on. After lunch Mariah was teaching some of the elven language when she realized that he was speaking back to her in perfect elvish. She didn't understand how Harry could be doing this so she called Sprinkles and told him to go get Lily. About five minutes later Lily entered the room and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Your son just spoke to me in perfect elvish with out me telling him any words."

"That's my boy! Now does he know all the customs and rules?"

"Yes."

"Well then I guess you won't have to tutor him any more, you will still be paid of coarse though," Lily replied.

"Harry come along, we need to go see your father."

"Okay Mom."

When they got out of the room and away from the tutor Harry asked, "How come she won't be tutoring me in magic?"

"Because your father told me that he wanted to do that. Think of it as father son bonding. Plus he probably wants to teach you how to prank using both human and elvish magic."

"Wicked! Where is dad now?"

"In the Library looking for a way for us to come back to earth with you."

"Did you ever think of changing your appearance for you to go back to earth?" Harry asked.

"No, but that's a brilliant idea, we shall have to try it."