Hi I'm Dlikee, thank you for reading my work. This…
"You ba$!ard, how dare you plan to try and split Harry and me up! I'll kill…"
Oh for the love of… 'AVADA KEDAVRA!'
Ok now that the annoying Weasley girl is gone where was I… o yer this story continues on from where the half blood prince ends, this is a Harry / Tonks story so if you're a big Harry / Ginny fan please ether turn back now or at least don't criticize and scorn my hard work over it.
Nearly all characters are owned by J.K Rowling, and no money is, has or will be allowed to be made from or through this book.
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Chapter 4
Harry awoke the next day feeling refreshed, after following the books guide to beginners Occlumency to help clear his mind and the fact that the training the previous day was tiring, Harry had a peaceful nights rest.
After changing into his newly dubbed 'training suit' Harry made his way down to breakfast to see Tonks already there eating and reading a reply to her letter,
"Wotcher Harry"
"Morning Tonks, so what did your boss say?"
"He gave the clearance to use magic in your training; however he says he can't agree to the apprenticeship until after he has spoken to you after your newt tests"
"That's better then nothing, he probably just wants to make sure my scores are high enough first"
"Yer at least now we should be ready for the tests by your birthday, now hurry up and eat then meet me in the gym"
After quickly finishing breakfast Harry hurried to join Tonks in the gym.
"Now Harry, from today we are going to practise duelling, first complete yesterdays circuit while I get things set up"
The training continued on the same as yesterday, Harry started with the warm-up and swimming the moved onto weights and jogging, just as Harry finished his laps Tonks called him over
"This Harry is a similar assault course to the ones we use in the ministry; the dummies are charmed to fire curses and hexes at you while you make your way across the course"
The assault course consisted of Muggle vehicle tyres, a single thin wooden plank over a charmed swamp pit, monkey bars, rope walls, bridges and ladders, a zip line, high brick walls and a large net.
Around the edges were fifteen charmed manikins dressed in black hooded robes with white masks.
"For now Harry, I'll leave the dummies off until you get used to the course, as you get better i'll increase the level of accuracy and power of the spells used by the dummies.
I will also leave the walls training rope out to help you scale it; however I want you to research for yourself charms that will help you through the course easier, now any questions?"
"Just one, where do I start Tonks, and can you turn the dummies on please? I don't want you to go easy on me as we have less than a month" Harry said clearly excited.
Tonks being clearly shocked by his excitement decided it may be best to talk him through it first.
"Are you sure Harry? You start at the tyres running through as fast as you can, you then have to cross the thin plank of wood over the swamp pit, I warn you now Harry, there are many different charms and curses swimming in that cess pool, if you lose your balance you will be in a lot of pain, you then make you way over the rope wall and across the monkey bars and the rope bridge. You have to scale the brick wall, climb the rope ladder using the zip line to get down then finally crawl beneath the net to the finish, all that while dodging curses, are you sure you want them on first time?"
"Yer please, oh and I'm just wondering can you fire curse back at the dummies to stun them?"
"Yes…but they only stay stunned for a minute before they recover" 'there's no way he should be this confident already' thought Tonks
"Ok Tonks when do I start" asked Harry, with almost as much enthusiasm as dobby wanting to serve Harry's breakfast.
"You start on my whistle"
Tonks flicked her wand to start the dummies and as soon as the whistle blew he was off, the dummies being set at their lowest settings could only fire simple stunners and Harry easily made and held an impressive protego shield while advancing through the tires.
When Harry reached the balance beam he dropped his shield and stunned the dummies to concentrate on his balance as he crossed, as soon as he was across the shield was back up and Harry quickly passed the rope wall and monkey bars, only dropping his shield to stun the dummies again as he crossed the rope bridge.
To say Tonks was impressed would be an understatement, she was amazed! When she was in Auror training it had taken weeks for her and most of the trainees to get to this level, here was an under-aged wizard still considered by many to be just a child, who was flying through the course on his first try! But what was to come next would truly amaze her.
The brick wall was one of the harder obstacles to cross on the course, standing 10 feet high and only a rope to help you climb over it (and thats only when you're a trainee) add fifteen charmed attacking dummies and you have a very difficult obstacle.
Breaking into a run while still maintaining his shield Harry quickly cast a feather light charm on himself before leaping almost completely over the wall, just hanging off the edge a few seconds before pulling himself up and over the wall, taking off the charm and continuing on with the course.
'This isn't possible' thought Tonks watching in awe 'most adult trainees can't get over the wall that fast after weeks of training… just what are you… Harry potter?'
Returning her attention back to Harry, Tonks watched as Harry passed the rope ladders and the zip line, and just started the final obstacle, the net.
Climbing under the net quickly Harry started crawling towards the finish fast, He had just gotten halfway and he could see the finish line when he got tangled in the net losing concentration and accidentally dropping his shield, it was then that everything went black.
Tonks continued to watch as Harry made for the finish, just after passing the halfway point she saw as Harry let his concentration slip for just a second causing him to get tangled whilst dropping his shield, within seconds it was all over as three of the dummies threw stunners at him.
Shutting down the dummies Tonks made her way over to the now unconscious Harry
"You did amazing 'enervate'" Tonks said with pride before reviving Harry
"Uhh I was so close"
"Yes, you got careless at the end there and that's why you failed" Tonks said as sternly as she could giving her best McGonagall impression, causing Harry to look down in disappointment "however you did amazing before that Harry, I have never seen anyone fly through the course that fast, let alone on there first try" she added in a cheerful voice
"But I still failed, I never finished the course"
"Harry, I would be disappointed if you didn't fail, it is only through our failures that we learn, learn from your mistakes and next time you'll complete it"
"Keep reading them spell books as well Harry, when you learn some more advanced stunning and shielding charms we can raise the dummies skill level"
That seemed to cheer Harry up a little, finishing off his training with some cooling down exercises, then a quick shower and bite to eat, Harry and Tonks soon made their way back to the library to continue his lessons. Harry, Tonks remarked was making excellent progress, after relearning the theory behind potions and magic, Harry was steadily improving in all his subjects.
"Ok Harry I think that should do it for now, the potion should have also cooled down enough to try as well if you could just place it in a vial"
The potion in question was a dark green colour, very thick in consistency and closely resembled badly burn custard with food colouring
"Do you know what this potion is used for Harry?"
"I not to sure really but the potion is called 'Pluvialsaeta' so I believe it's may be a hair care potion"
"Close Harry, the potion is similar to a Muggle hair dye but it is consumed and is very useful when Aurors do undercover assignments, first you must take the potion then tap you hair with your wand twice saying the colour you would like to change it to and the style and it will change almost immediately and stay that way until its removed, The potion mixes with a persons magic to work similar to the way a Metamorphmagus transformation does, now give it a try"
Harry was very unsure about this but he trusted Tonks, he quickly swallowed the potion which tasted just as bad as it looked giving Harry the impression he was drinking minced toad, just then Tonks tapped his head with her wand
"Electric pink with spikes" she said with a huge smile on her face
Within seconds Harry's messy black hair was replace with a bright pink spiky look that wouldn't go a miss in a Weird sister's concert
"Tonks! What was that for? What's the counter charm to remove this?"
"That Harry is your challenge for this evening, until you can find the correct charm or potion to remove it I'm afraid you're stuck with it"
"Come on Tonks just remove it, please?"
"Sorry Harry you will just have to find it out by yourself, learning new spells and potions is a major part of an Aurors job. This is something you have to do yourself…night Harry!" Tonks shouted cheekily as she ran for her room for the night leaving a rather annoyed Harry to search for a way to remove the effects of the potion in the large library, it would be a long time before he made it to bed that night.
Waking up the next morning and not feeling very refreshed as having had only three hours sleep tends to do, Harry decided he would forgo his morning wash until after he has had some coffee
'Dam looks like he found a book with it in, I was hoping I could have some fun with this for a few days…' 'I'm sure I hid them all?' thought Tonks
"Looks like you managed to remove the charm, well done Harry…"
"You mean it's gone? It must have worn off I couldn't find anything on it" he replied slightly confused
"What do you mean it must have worn off? That potion's effects are permanent for well over a month without the counter-spell" Tonks stated in shock
"Guess I didn't make it right then"
'No he made it correctly I know that for a fact' "Harry has anything like this ever happened before?" Tonks asked curiously, slowly trying to confirm her suspicion
"Not what I know of, well I did grow all my hair back once the night after I got a horrible hair-cut and I haven't needed it cut since"
"When was that Harry?" Tonks asked a little too eagerly, she could almost guarantee she was right
"Umm I think I was about ten? It was before I started at Hogwarts I know that"
With that Tonks broke out into the largest grin Harry had ever seen, her eyes shined with a mixture of pride, joy and mischief, she was positively glowing
"I got a protégé, I got a protégé!" Tonks sang joyfully
"Tonks what are you on about?"
"Don't you realise what this means Harry? You're a Metamorphmagus!"
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Ok first I know this has been used a lot and J.K.R said he's not going to be one but then again I don't give a dame what she thinks especially after H.B.P.
I made this chapter to point out that Harry will be very strong and powerful (lets face it the prophesy said he has the power to defeat the dark lord and the dark lord will mark him as his equal, that sentence says to me that Harry has more power then Voldemolt and the dark lord marked him as his equal because Voldemolt thinks he's above everyone so Harry wouldn't be marked as his superior would he!)
He will also have many rare and unusual talents and skills, but he will still be human, he has to work hard to train himself, he will still make mistakes, and lastly although he is very powerful he won't be able to destroy Voldemolt, his Dementors and all the Deatheaters at the same time while playing chess with Ron lets face it that just doesn't happen.
Anyway thanks for reading and i'll get the next chapter up soon.
Dlikee.