Lesson One: Friendship

by Ciel-of-the-Night

The time has come for Harry to start teaching Lestrange how to brew - for real. Learning wandless magic will have to come first. How will their first lesson start? A short imagined continuation of Murkybluematter's genius third chapter of her fourth story in the Rigel Black saga. All rights go to her - and jk, of course! (There is now a second chapter, taking place after ch. 4.)

3. Chapter 3

Lesson Three: Birthday Blues

Leo didn't really see what the big deal was. His employment as King didn't come with many monetary benefits, but he did well enough for himself through other projects he had going on the side and considering he didn't need to pay rent he really wasn't very strapped for funds. All he'd wanted to do was take his stubborn friend shopping for her birthday - in an apothecary no less - but somewhere between making the offer and lunch he'd been gently but firmly rebuffed. Really, Harry could be so stubborn sometimes.

As he made his way home that evening, trying not to look too morose in case any of his subjects happened to be watching, his mind kept going back to that day almost a week ago now. The way Harry's usually cold facade had practically melted in the face of the children made something in his chest positively ache. Off course, her excitement was more likely to do with the fact that she finally had a quote unquote willing audience of people that actually seemed to want to learn something about her much-valued craft.

Leo appreciated potions more than most folk but the way his Harry treated them, like they were some sort of miracle she'd never tire of watching really was a bit too much. Though he supposed that that was part of her charm.

END of chapter Three -

A/N: Yeah, as you can see this one isn't really a chapter at all. I wrote it between chapter 4 and 5 of Violet's "The Futile Facade" as a continuation of the last chapter I posted but then realised (as I usually do) that I hated everything I had written in the previous chapters as well as in this one so I didn't end up finishing or posting it. I thought of erasing this whole thing but then figured that I might as well keep it because even though it sucks **** it must be slightly better than nothing. I hope. Anyway, next "chapter" hopefully coming relatively soon, though it'll depend a lot on when Violet updates and on my own mood (a.k.a. how much I hate my writing at any given time lol). I promise the next one will be longer at least.

Xo.

Ps: The people she teaches are off all ages in the last chapter bc that's how I imagined them before reading chapter 5. In this one they are children bc the cannon says so.