Author's Notes: In your reviews, I have noticed that a number of you want to know when Ginny fit back into this story. As the author to this story, I have decided that yes, Ginny will be a big part towards the second half of this story but will only appear for sections before the real plot starts kicking in. Meanwhile, I have expressed my thoughts that Harry should be in anger towards Ginny. For him to heal, I might want Harry to have a few other...love interests at the time. (Thinks thoughtfully) You can have your opinion on this, express yourfeelings about Harry having other gf's in the review.The heart takes time to heal. Okay, I'm ranting.Enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 13: First Observations

Harry woke up to an awful ruckus moving around on his bed. Sitting up and rubbing his eyes, Harry managed to see a bird hopping around near his midsection on the bed. With the sleep mist clearing from his mind, Harry's sight quickly beheld an angry bald eagle jumping around and flapping his enormous wings near his chest. Quickly reminding himself that today was the first day of training, Harry towed himself out of bed and towards the bathroom.

"Ruddy bird!" Harry said gruffly to Falcon, now made his personal pet companion. Falcon seemed to have understood Harry for he flapped out his wings and flew towards Harry before pecking Harry hard on the head before flying back to his perch on the desk, now back facing towards Harry.

Shocked, Harry shook his head before walking to the bathroom. Opening the door, he jumped into the shower and had a nice, hot rinse before turning off the water and wrapping a white fluffy towel around himself. Looking at the mirror, Harry noticed his hair was messy as usual. Shrugging, he skipped doing anything to his hair afraid it might look worse and moved on the brush his teeth. After rinsing and spitting, he wiped his mouth and walked out of the bathroom.

Falcon was currently perched on top of Harry's wardrobe, probably indicating to Harry that he was to dress in one of the uniforms that Mr. Lee prepared for him. Not that Harry had anything else to wear, unless he was to wear the now tattered Ministry Ball dress robes, now lying in a bundle on the bathroom tiles.

Opening the wardrobe, Harry found a note stuck to the side of the wardrobe door.

Harry,

Magical training will commence at 8:00 straight every other day.

Physical training will be at the same time, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

You will have Sunday free.

Mr. Lee

P.S: wear your training robes, conveniently located in this wardrobe.

Harry's eyes wandered to the training robes made custom to Harry. Unlike Hogwarts' school robes, these were royal navy in color. Reaching a hand to graze the material, Harry felt soft silk and cotton, that were sewn togetherfirmly by some kind of fiber.

Looking on the left side of the closet, Harry noticed a number of khaki colored pants, a few white sweaters, and white socks. Located on the bottom of the wardrobe were 6 pairs of tennis shoes, all white with a single blue stripe stretching out on the side of the shoe.

Wearing the training uniforms, surprisingly,Harry felt no extra weight added on to him. All of the clothing seemed to be lightweight and particularly strong and comfortable. Reading the note again, Harry looked at his watch and jumped in shock. Training starts at 8. It was now 8:20!

Bursting out of his room, Harry ran down the long hallway towards the gym. Turning a corner, Harry heard his name being called out.

"Harry!"

Whipping around, Harry sighed in relief. There, running out the room across from Harry's, was Lucky. He apparently seemed to have overslept and was late too. Well, at least Harry wasn't the only one late. If he were to be punished, then he wouldn't be punished alone. A shudder ran through Harry thinking about what an angry Butler might do to him.

"Lucky! Come on! We're late!" Lucky quickly ran up to Harry before stopping.

"I think we both know we're late. Our objective is the get to the gym without wasting any more time!" Lucky ticked his finger at his watch.

Groaning, Harry ran ahead, with Lucky following close behind. With the light tennis shoes on, Harry ran at breakneck speed towards the intersection. Once arriving, Harry turned to the north passageway to the gym.

There it is! The large gym double-doors! Harry paced himself as the large doors got closer and closer. With a quick flick of his wand, the door opened slowly.

A white flash of morning sunlight hit Harry in the face as the gym doors open. Covering his eyes with his hands, Harry noticed Mr. Lee, with the two female members of the group, Madison and Victoria, who seemingly looked quite aggravated of having to wait. Next to Mr. Lee stood a rather tall woman. At 6 feet, she looked intimidating for a woman. She wore long, white robes and had a stern look on her face. Her chocolate brown hair was tied into a tight bun and her sharp catlike eyesight focused on Harry immediately. Harry gulped.

"Ah, Harry, so you've finally decided to join us." Mr. Lee stepped forward in his royal navy robes with a calm look on his face. Lucky came panting into the room seconds later as Mr. Lee greeted him too.

"So now that we're here, let me introduce you to one of our instructors. Harry, Laurence, I would like you to meet Ms. Gordon. She herself personally instructed the last generation of Elite V members."

The middle aged woman stepped forward and reached out her right hand for both Harry and Lucky to shake. Harry, though just an inch over Ms. Gordon's height, was slightly intimidated by the woman as her eyes scanned Harry's face, stopping momentarily at his scar, before she went over to Lucky and greeted him.

Harry took the time to look over at the girls, who were standing next to Mr. Lee, chatting lightly with the middle-aged man. They were wearing the same robes as Ms. Gordon, a pure white color that looked just as soft and strong as Harry's royal blue ones. Instead of Khakis, the women wore a white skirt that reached to just blow their knees, accompanied by the white sweater.

Victoria had her hair tied in a ponytail, and was scanning the gym with her dark eyes. She wore her robes closed. Harry scratched his head. Ever since their first meeting last night, Victoria showed no real strengths except for being shy and quiet. Her long silky black hair shone brightly in the sunlight.

Madison was a totally different story. She wore her training uniform stunningly as her long, blonde hair was down on this typical occasion. Her blue eyes sparkled with interest as she glanced around the room, then returning to lightly chat with Mr. Lee. Harry felt himself blush slightly as she looked over in his direction before pulling out her long, dark wand and polished it with her robes.

Harry directed his attention to the gym. It was just one large room with almost no furniture. There were three large cathedral style windows that let the morningrays light the room brightly. On the neatly wooden tiled floor, Harry noticed a large dueling rink situated in the middle of the room. The lines were painted blue as it outlined a large rectangular shape. Looking up, Harry admired the roof and it's large roof art. This reminded himof one of Florence's church roofs Harry read while grazing through one of Hermione's muggle studies books.

All attention was directed into the center of the room where Mr. Lee cleared his throat loudly. "Now that we're all here, I would like to assign you all partners to work together and help each other during this period of training and to duel." Madison looked around before she asked Mr. Lee her question.

"Mr. Lee, I have noticed that there are only four members of our group. May I ask where are the Butler and Dr. Louis?" Mr. Lee smiled as he focused his attention on Madison while Ms. Gordon joined him in the dueling rink.

"Miss Weber, Dr. Louis will not be training for us. He, will be trained by Ms. Gordon here," Mr. Lee gestured to the stern middle aged woman standing next to him. "Ms. Gordon will train our Dr. Louis in the curriculum of field healing. Our Butler is currently tending to him in our hospital quarters located on the third floor." Ms. Gordon decided to cut in.

"If any of you are wondering what Dr. Louis will be learning, he will be trained to heal in dangerous situations, and with efficiency too. I will make sure he accomplishes what he needs."

"Thank you, Ms. Gordon." Mr. Lee smiled as Ms. Gordon as she slowly walked away towards the cathedral windows. From there, she swayed her wand in a circular motion for a few moments before the ground looked like it was starting to melt. Forming slowly from the tiled wood, 10 training dummies molded themselves from the wood to stand firmly behind Ms. Gordon in army stances.

"We have disciplined dummies?" Harry asked out. His voice echoed throughout the grand gym until Mr. Lee gestured towards his teaching companion. Nodding, Ms. Gordon put his wand away and did a cutting motion with her right hand. Immediately, the dummies dropped out of their disciplined stances to run full speed towards Harry.

Harry could see nothing, only blurs of brown shapes rushing around the gym heading straight towards him. When they were almost at Harry's feet, he heard a few clinks of a metal and before he blinked, ten sharp Katanas were pointed straight at Harry's throat.

"Whoa! That was fast. They move like ninjas!" Harry heard Lucky yell out from the doorway. Harry struggled around not daring to breath more than necessary in case one of those sharp blades impaled his throat.

"Uh, Mr. Lee?" Harry managed to squeak out. Nodding his head, Mr. Lee waved his hand straight across his body. Immediately, the ten dummies lowered their swords from Harry's throat and walkedslowly back five pacesbefore kneeling on one knee, clearly waiting for more orders.

"Impressive, isn't it?" Mr. Lee was beaming. "These dummies were the proud work of Ms. Gordon here. They have a knack for being tough for our members. I myself, along with Butler, have a hard time disarming these training dummies."

Harry rubbed his neck as he slowly walked forward towards the dueling rink. Lucky, after shaking his head at the dummies, followed Harry's lead towards the dueling rink.

"Now, before we get off course, I would like to assign you each partners. These partners that you have will be permanent. That means, during your first few missions, you will work with each other to complete them. I expect full teamwork from you and your partners."

Once Mr. Lee finished, Harry looked at Lucky. He seemed to nod his head as his attention focused back to Mr. Lee.

"Our first duo is Mr. Mackenzie…" Lucky stepped forward, wand in hand. "Against Miss Hwang." Lucky's step faltered as he glanced at Victoria from across the dueling rink.

"You two will work together on your first few missions in case things get a bit…dangerous." Harry's gaze landed on Madison. Her face was expressionless, but Harry saw a hint of annoyance in her eyes.

"So that leaves Mr. Potter with Miss Weber." Mr. Lee beamed. "I would like to witness you duel each other just to confirm your magical and physical strengths in combat. Mr. Mackenzie and Miss Hwang on the field first."

Lucky walked towards Mr. Lee on one side of the dueling rink as Victoria headed in the direction of Ms. Gordon who was standing on the other side. Mr. Lee seemed to give his pupil a pep talk as Harry noticed Lucky nod his head quite a few times and glance over at Victoria. Ms. Gordon had her hand on Victoria's shoulder as both women looked in the direction of Lucky.

This sent a chill down Harry's spine. That Ms. Gordon looked pretty tough. She along created those training dummies. What kind of magical power could she control herself?

Mr. Lee, now done with the prep talk, left Lucky as he went over to the center of the dueling rectangle. Ms. Gordon joined him there moments later. Looking towards the dueling rectangle, both Lucky and Victoria seemed ready for the duel.

Mr. Lee and Ms. Gordon both held up their wands and four large metal walls lifted themselves out of the wooden floor and stood blocking all view of the dueling field. Harry heard a small crack as the large metal shields became transparent. They were protective barriers.

"Now, show me everything you got. Don't hold anything back." Both duelists nodded. "There are restriction so I'll keep it simple. No Unforgivables. This is just a friendly duel."

Lucky stood in his ready dueling stance, wand pointed straight at Victoria's heart. Harry glanced over at Victoria. She seemed to have made no movements at all. She was standing perfectly still, her body facing Lucky. Her closed white robes hid her hands and feet, as she seemed to be concentrating.

Mr. Lee lifted his hands and counted down from three. After he lowered both of his hands, the duel had begun!

Lucky started with his first move. He produced an effective shield charm and dug his feet into the wood, ready for any attack heading in his direction. Victoria seemed to be studying Lucky's shield before a small smirk was formed on her face, after quickly being camouflaged into another emotionless face. She muttered something under her breath and flew towards Lucky.

Wait, Flew? Harry focused on Victoria's feet, except the only thing there were a flutter of robes, as Victoria seemed to have glided straight across the dueling rink at a fast pace. Merlin, she moved like a ghost. Lucky also seemed surprised at this unexpected movement by his partner as he seemed to back up slightly, his wand held tightly in his right hand.

Victoria was getting much too close! Out of a flurry of sudden moves, Lucky flew a couple of stunner spells straight at his attacker. The large red beams of the stunning curses flew straight towards Victoria.

The girl stopped before her two hands appeared from below her closed robes. She held up her two hands as if signaling stop. The stunning spells collided directly into her two hands before forming into giant red balls of energy. Victoria slowly closed her two hands as the stunning spells decapitated into nothing.

Harry eyebrows lifted in shock. Who in the world could stop a spell taken straight forward! The stunning spells were stopped and demolished as if they were puffs of air. Turning his attention back towards the duel, Harry noticed that Victoria started to glide towards Lucky again! Her pace was unstoppable! She formed an O with her hands a small ball of energy started to appear in her clasped hands.

With a small push, the small ball of white energy burst towards Lucky's shields. Harry momentarily jumped as the white ball of concentrated energy clashed with Lucky's shield. A shrill sound echoed around the hall like the sound of a bullet piercing through glass. Harry, shocked, stood and watched as Lucky's shield broke like glass when pierced by a bullet, slowly falling apart.

Lucky was also shocked himself. Quickly, his face turned from a shocked and surprised expression to one showing determination and strength.

Harry chuckled; they were just testing the waters, observing each other's movements. Lucky flipped his wand into the air and caught it like a dagger. Using the wand tip, he seemed to slash four large gashes in the air. Victoria was still moving towards Lucky in a fast pace.

Harry's eyes widened at the four large gashes that Lucky made in the air. Slowly, they fraternized into four large, sharp metal wheels. With a stroke of his wand towards Victoria, he banished the spinning wheels of death towards Victoria. Ah, the spinning wheels of death. Always the preferred tactic to use against werewolves.

Harry looked over at Madison. She seemed impressed by Victoria's ability to stop spells straight forward. With her arms crossed, she quickly glanced at Harry as if summing him up. Harry's eyes turned from surprised to determine as he felt a small spark of fire lit in his emerald eyes.

Harry, with renewed vigor, watched as the spinning wheels collided into Victoria. She seemed to have been able to slow the wheels down as she fired small balls of energy towards Lucky's fast approaching wheels.

Quickly forming a defensive stance, Victoria lifted her arms to form an X after digging her heels into the ground. A large mysterious force surrounded the Asian girl like a bubble. The spinning wheels collided. Harry observed at the defensive force Victoria used was definitely strong, since it showed no signs of letting up.

Victoria's eyes had turned from expressionless to cold signaling that she had enough of playing around. Her shing hair fell out of her ponytail to slowly fall framing her face. Her eyes turned from dark brown to completely black as the Sun's light seemed to be sucked into Victoria's aura. Looking towards the direction of the Asian girl, Harry noticed that the room was considerably darker on her side of the room.

Harry felt a strong burst of wind coming from nowhere. His raven hair blew in his eyes as he quickly tried to brush them away with his hands. Harry glanced back at Victoria. The wind was heading directly to Victoria's defensive field. After reaching the defensive bubble, the wind started to swirl around causing massive amounts of air currents to flow freely around the room causing everyone's hair tofly up. Keeping a hand on his forehead, Harry noticed that Victoria was now cocooned in a spiraling tornado as the wind circling her grew to greater speeds.

With a loud yell that echoed off the walls, she banished all of her energy, tornado, and sharp wheels to head directly towards Lucky. Lucky, being unable to dodge the massive attack got trapped inside the tornado. Harry could see nothing, just a mass of fast, twirling winds!

Victoria had her hair flying around as she raised both of her hands towards the sky. Energy started to gather in her palms as she formed a large ball of energy, this time with cackling energy sometimes jumping to the surface like lightning. She banished it towards Lucky, who was currently unconscious in the tornado. The ball raveled at mach speed before colliding into the tornado, causing everyone to briefly cover their eyes from the white light currently encompassing the room.

Harry looked up only to see Lucky fly from the collision towards Harry. With a clunk, his unconscious body hit the protective shields that Mr. Lee summoned before the duel with a clunk before falling back down towards the ground.

Harry winced at the condition his fellow friend was in. He had gashes all over his body as blood ran freely onto the ground. Twenty feet away, the twisted tornado decapitated leaving the four large, sharp wheels to drop onto the ground with a 'clang.'

Victoria, now calm, rushed over to Lucky before reaching a hand down to feel his pulse.

"He's still alive!" Harry heard her soft feminine voice echoed in the room. Mr. Lee and Ms. Gordon were already rushing towards Lucky with a conjured floating bed.

"He better as hell be alive!" Harry yelled out as he too was running toward Lucky as the shields were banished. Madison slowly walked towards Lucky as she stood behind Ms. Gordon.

"Will he be alright?" She asked Ms. Gordon.

Ms. Gordon seemed to be calm. "Nothing I can't fix young lady." She levitated Lucky onto the floating bed before smirking at Mr. Lee.

"Females, one. Males, Zero." After those words, she promptly dissapparated, heading towards the hospital quarters.

Mr. Lee sighed as he glanced back towards the dueling field. Harry watched as the wooden floor seemed to melt everything on the ground inside the dueling rink to later form back together into another rectangular dueling boundary.

"Well, that was interesting. Miss Hwang, I have to congratulate you on your superb wandless magic and defensive skills. Excellent for a phantom." Harry racked his brain for a moment.

"A phantom! That was the reason she was so powerful." Harry read in one of Hermione's books that phantoms were magically talented but if they lost their magical aura, they would be as good as muggles for theyonly hadmeager physical talents.

Madison looked around the room and then back at Harry, a small smile forming on her soft lips. Her blue eyes sparkled withexcitement as she grabbed her wand from inside her robe, ready to commence the next duel.

Mr. Lee, having noticed Madison's actions, cleared his throat. "Now Miss Weber, as eager as you may be, we will have to wait for Ms. Gordon to return reporting for Mr. Mackenzie before we start anything."

"No need fore that." Ms. Gordon fluttered into the room with her white robes billowing as she walked through the door of the gym. "Mr. Mackenzie will be fine and is currently in care by Butler."

Mr. Lee beamed. "Excellent, nothing a bit of magic can't cure." He whipped back towards Madison and Harry.

"You may walk to you positions."

Harry took his position at his end of the dueling rink as Madison took hers. Victoria was lounging nearby, clearly interested in this duel's outcome. Mr. Lee walked to Harry's side, as he did to Lucky's.

"Harry, this duel is just to show me your current combat skills. No need to be nervous though. Now, Madison is truly an impressive duelist as I have overlooked her files. My most important rule Harry, never underestimate someone, no matter how well you know them." Mr. Lee patted Harry on the back before walking onto the sidelines later joined by Ms. Gordon.

They both summoned the large protective shield again as he felt the large metal walls bang into the ground with a 'clink.' Harry soon found himself being stared at by Madison. She was pulling her hair into a ponytail being tied by a red bow. Harry had no time to admire her, the metal walls were becomingtransparent again as Mr. Lee's voice could be heard again.

"Start the duel in three"
Harry whipped out his wand and went into his dueling stance.

"Two!"

Harry felt butterflies form in his stomach as Madison stood in her dueling stance.

"One!"

Harry was just about to fire a spell when another voice boomed from the gym doorway.

"STOP THE DUEL!"

Author's Notes: Hmmm...Harry's duel. This should be quite intersting.