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Harry Potter and his Sixth Year

Chapter Nine: Monday-Healing

When Harry heard the news he was a little upset. He thought that his time in the elven world would be spent relaxing with his family and Sirius. He never thought that he would have to do any work. But, after thinking about it for a while he decided it was for the best. After all, he had to duel Voldemort in the future, and the elfish skills may make the duel easier for him.

The next day, which happened to be Monday, would be the start of his new lessons. Harry was happy that he didn't have to take the new lessons with anybody he didn't know. After last year he had a hard time trusting people.

So at nine 'o' clock Monday morning, Harry awoke and got ready for his new lesson. As he walked down to breakfast he realized that he didn't know any thing about elven healing. Madam Pomfry always used spells or potions to cure an ill patient or to fix a broken bone. Would elfish healing be the same way? Or would it be similar to elfish magic, you image something happens, and magically its done.

After eating breakfast, all alone, because the rest of the family could sleep in, Harry walked down the hallway to the class room. Mariah was already sitting there waiting for him to come so they could start. The first thing Mariah asked was, "Do you know anything about healing?"

Harry replied, "I only know that my school healer uses spells and potions to help sick children."

"Elfish healing is rather different than human healing. We only need to use spells and potions when it is not possible to heal it any other way. For example, all people, muggle, magical, or elf, all get the chicken pox some time in their life. Muggles basically let the pox heal themselves, and some muggles still have scars from where they scratched them selves. Magical people use potions to stop the itch, and prevent other people from seeing the pox, but the potions, too, don't heal the chicken pox. Elves just go to the Cure Center, and see a physician, and the physician gets rid of the illness for them."

"So elves go to a Cure Center, which is like a hospital, to see a physician, which is like a healer, to get better? Don't they all know how to heal?"

"Not all of them do, in fact most don't. It's like being a healer only, the elves who work at the Cure Center were appointed to that position, they didn't get to decide what type of profession they would lead."

"So all the elves, have a position that is appointed to them, like my family was appointed to be the royal family."

"For the most part. Now to heal, the physicians place their hands over the part of the body that is injured, and basically wish, that body part broken is fixed. If the body part will not fix itself, then the physicians use a spell, if that doesn't work, then and only then will they use a potion. "

"Can I go to the Cure Center to see how the physician works?"

"Sure, but we will have to do that next week because you need to get permission from Queen Lily to see a patient be taken care of. Your mother will probably let you because after you see somebody be healed, healing will become more natural to you; just like when you heard the elfish language, once you heard it, you immediately picked up on it. Any more questions?"

"Not at the time."

"Well how about you read chapter one in Learn How to Heal Like an Elf it is about what illnesses can only be healed by spells and potions, it is a rather interesting read. After that work on the comprehension questions as the end of the chapter. When you are done turn your answers in to me, then you can tell Sirius to come down here so he can work on his speaking."

Twenty minutes later Harry handed his answers in to Mariah and said, "Mariah, it is lunch time at the palace, how about I tell Sirius to come down here after lunch. Siri doesn't like to miss a meal, especially since he had gone to the 'darkness', Mom says he needs to get his health back."

"That's fine. I'll be in here grading your paper."

"Why don't you come eat with us?"

"Because its not my place to, the King and Queen like their privacy any way, I would be intruding."

"Alright, I'll see you next week then."

"Until then Prince Harry."

When Harry got to the family dinning room, his mother asked him how his lesson went.

Harry replied, "It went well, I never realized that everybody in every world has to deal with the chicken pox."

Lily, James, and Sirius all cracked up laughing. When they finally stopped Lily said, "Is that all you learned?"

"No, I had to read about what illnesses can't be solved by elfish healing methods. Also, Mariah wanted me to tell Sirius that he needs to go down to the classroom after lunch so he can have his elfish speaking lesson."

When Sirius heard that he brighten up. He was taken to the instructor that taught him so many different things about the elven world. Not to mention was she beautiful and intelligent. Sirius didn't think that he had ever had a girlfriend who matched him in intelligence level, most of the girls he used to go out with were bimbos who only wanted him because he was hot and popular.

"That's good, maybe this lesson Sirius will actually learn something. I know last time all he did was flirt with Mariah," Lily said.

"I can't help it she liked my natural beauty."

"That is no reason for you not to do your work, I know James and I would flirt all during class, but only after all our work was done."

"That's because your so strict about school work. All work and no play makes for a boring life. And with all the time I've spent in the 'darkness' and in Azkaban my life is boring enough."

"I'm fighting a losing battle, aren't I?" Lily asked.

"Yup, if Paddy wants a girl, he'll get a girl. I think you were the only one to ever turn him down," James told her.

"I bet that put a dent in his ego," Harry said.

"Yup, he was down about it for an entire week, which was pretty long for him not to have a girlfriend, or snog partner as he liked to call them."

"I couldn't help it that Lily was more attracted to you then me, she was the only one who ever chose you over me, Prongs."

"That's wrong, we both went out with a lot of the same girls."

"True, but I went out with most of them first. You just picked up my trash."

"Whatever Paddy."

As James and Sirius were arguing Lily and Harry were having their own conversation. "Were they always like that?" Harry asked.

"Most of the time. But by seventh year, I started to go steady with James so it was only Sirius who was talking about girls, James was just talking about me. Actually, James was normally only ever talking about me. Mind you, he did go out with his fair share of girls."

After overhearing the conversation between his wife and his son, James said, "You have to keep the Potter charm alive. That means you have to get a couple of girl friends this year. You have to remember to treat her like a lady so you will get along the bases."

Sirius added by saying, "Remember, a couple means around ten or twelve. Now we are starting you off a little late, and with not that many. And James is wrong, you don't always have to treat her like a lady. If she's a slut then you just get something and not have to worry about having a girlfriend or anything. That's probably what you should start out. Sluts can teach you how to do everything right since they've been through all that, so many times. It will help you to perfect your arts."

"Sirius Black, you don't need to corrupt my son. Now Harry you should always treat your date like a lady. Girls do not appreciate being called sluts, whores, hoes, or anything that suggests they are easy."

'This has got to be the most embarrassing thing ever to happen in my life. Who cares about what happen while my parents were in school, especially about Siri. Everyone everywhere knows that he is the biggest play boy of all times.' Harry thought to himself. 'Yes! The house-elves are clearing off the table, that means I can go soon! SCORE!'

"Well, I am off to see my teacher. Maybe I can teach her a couple of things," Sirius said.

"Eww, I did not need to hear that," Harry said acting disguised.

"Now you know how I feel. Imagine it used to be worse when we were at Hogwarts."