This chapter was difficult to write so I hope it flows. I didn't exactly write it in order. I'm sorry for slow updates but I just started A-level which is really hard!
Chapter 5
"He's awake" he heard from a soft voice to his left. His hand was enclosed in the voices grasp and he let it's comfort soak him before he tried to open his eyes once again. He blinked to remove after images and to let his eyes adapt.
"Hey cub, how are you feeling?" The voice asked gently. He turn his head to face the voice and was met with glowing amber eyes. Harry slowly moved to sit up and look around. He was in his bedroom but there were several orbs of glowing light flowing randomly throughout the room, he smiled at his godfather and saw the man visibly relax. "I feel like my Father just tried to bugger me in a dirty alley." Harry said dryly which caused Remus to pale slightly in shock.
The door slammed open and Harry jump, flinched and curled into his self slightly as a blur shot across the room at him and pulled back in an abrupt stop which caused the man to sway slightly before he smiled sheepishly. "Hello Sirius" Harry said while chuckling at the mans antics. The man pouted; "That's Padfoot to you" he replied while raising his chin imperiously. Olivander wandered in with his house elf, which was currently looking like a moving table as it carried a tray of food above its head. Harry smiled softly as he thought of all theses people who cared for him. A lone tear dripped from his eye as he thought of his father. Why? Harry couldn't comprehend a reason for his fathers hate. He briefly considered that it might just be because of him, but that didn't make sense as he had all of these people now who cared for him.
They might ditch me later. Harry quickly cut off this new line of thought and decided not to mope about the past, no matter how recent the past is. Was used to abuse anyway even if it was worse than the usual type. "Harry" He heard the hesitant voice of Remus and concentrated on what he was saying; "…you okay?" Harry smiled as he caught the end of his Godfathers question. "I'm fine." Harry replied firmly.
Remus smiled and picked up the newspaper while taking a sip from his cup of tea. Tea sprayed from his mouth as he coughed, spluttered and paled considerably. "Oh God"
"What!" Harry said alarmed. Remus looked unsure as he looked down at the paper. Sirius Peeked over his shoulder; "Balls!" Harry was seriously worried now as he surveyed his godfathers face which showed an unusual array of emotions.
"It seems the journalist, Rita Skeeta, saw what happened between you and your father yesterday and put it in the paper. The ministry has said that there is going to be a hearing in a few day" Harry's face paled. "They are going to use a pensieve and veritaserum at the hearing as well" Remus looked on sympathetic as Harry's head bowed at the news and his hands clenched in the sheets. "but Harry this means that you can get justice and you won't have to see your father again" Sirius added which caused Harry to smile tentatively at him.
Emerald green flames burst forth from in front of Harry which caused him and his godfathers to jump back in shock. The most beautiful green bird with dark blue accents appeared in front of him with a mournful trill. Harry's eyes widened as the bird landed gracefully. "Augury" Remus whispered reverently. The bird leant forward and leant the side of it's face against Harry before disappearing in a whoosh of cold black flames leaving behind a thick letter.
Harry lifted the thick envelope and looked at the intricate seal which included all number of creatures tucked behind a large ornate 'C' He peeled it open after looking at the front which just had his name printed on it. He pulled out the letter within.
Chiaroscuro Academy for the Abnormally Magically Gifted
Dear Mr Potter,
We are pleased to invite you to our prestigious academy. Now, you may be thinking that you have never heard of our academy before, which is quite likely as we have a small student intake and most do not have sufficient talent or skills to enter our academy.
Firstly, the school does not discriminate which means the school has a high student diversity (we have a lot of magical "creatures") we believe this helps as it teaches students to respect other cultures and it teaches survival skills (I mean have you seen an offended vampire? Not a good idea).
Secondly, the academy also has no classes a student must take because we see no point in forcing a student to take a course which they are bad at.
Thirdly, this academy is specialised which means the classes are smaller, it has lessons which are illegal in some countries **Cough England Cough** and you must attain a mastery in at least one subject before you leave which means you could finish a mastery in a year then leave as the courses have a time span fitting an average student so "one year" of ancient runes could be finished in a month or three years depending on the student as they can take the exam when they want.
And Lastly, the School has a house system which is similar to Hogwarts, the houses are; Power, Intelligence and Skill. This allows the school some rivalry but the houses all live together e.g. you may be in Power house but share a room with someone from Skill. And there are no Heads of houses but each year is expected to have a designated leader who is expected to have good grade and leadership skills this is picked during the sorting.
Yours Faithfully, Head Mistress Evianna Legend. (Mastery in: Blood magic, Necromancy, Dark Magic and Light Magic. Order of the Creatures Chairwoman, High priestess Seer, Serpent Mage and Lamia Princess)
P.S. you have also been offered a full tuition scholarship
Harry passed the first page to his Godfather and Sirius while he looked at the blank pages that came with it. Slowly a script appeared. The class list and booklist will appear when you accept. His Godfather gasped, "Harry I've heard of this place it's quite famous for producing the best witches and wizards but because it's so selective most people brag about Hogwarts. You should go!" Remus exclaimed excitedly. Sirius nodded to; "This is where Draco Malfoy's going; he's must cousin once removed or something.
"But I already accepted at Hogwarts!" Harry exclaimed. "Well just say that in light of a recent circumstance you cannot attend Hogwarts and are getting your education elsewhere. This place gets your OWL's and NEWT's in two years of starting a subject and a mastery in four! It usually takes 5 years to get your OWL's and an extra two just to get NEWT's and it can take up to four years after that for Mastery! I read it in a book from an alumni of the school but that's all that's known about the school really" Harry bit his lip looking unsure. "Are you sure this is a good idea Rem'?"
"Of course! And if you don't like it you can transfer to Hogwarts. They'll snap you up if they find out this is your previous school" Harry nodded and wrote the note to Hogwarts as dictated by Remus while politely ignoring Sirius more flamboyant suggestions. He also wrote an acceptance letter to Chiaroscuro Academy which his godfather and Remus took as they left so they could post it.
Harry bounced with excitement coursing through his veins at the prospect of shopping and never having to see his father, even in passing. He was nervous however at the cost of materials and he had to choose his subjects yet. It also occurred to him again that Draco would be going to his school. He didn't know how to feel about that. His mother was lovely, his father was nice but Draco always seemed so standoffish. He was very proud to the point of being pompous but his wand hinted that that was a mask. Harry sighed 'I guess I will just have to see what happens'.
He bounced out of bed, pushed away his negative thoughts and ran to get showered and ready. Once this was done he was dressed in a dark purple aubergine coloured shirt and some black trousers which Olivander had bought for him. He attempted to tame the mess that was his hair and made his fringe sweep to the right he grabbed some wax and did this to all of his hair so it looked deliberately messy (even if it wasn't so deliberate) and decided that this was the best he could do so he ran down the long hall to the kitchen/diner to get some lunch.
He ran and jumped in his chair and sat bouncing while a house elf filled his plate with all of the things on the table. He started to eat and made a considerable dent in his food but still didn't manage to eat all of it but at least he had improved his appetite.
Mr Olivander entered the room and smiled seeing his young charge looking so happy and excitable as opposed to the down trodden boy he had first met. "Good afternoon m'boy, shall we see what subjects you want to do then." Harry smiled and nodded enthusiastically while quickly pulling out the envelope he had received the day before from his pocket. He placed the list of subjects between them while Olivander was served a cup of coffee from his house elf.
There are seven years of schooling and we cater to many unusually gifted humans and humanoids. Some subjects can only be taken if you have the gift for that subject and some require knowledge from other courses before you can take it e.g. blood magic needs one year minimum of runes but it is preferable if you complete the full course of runes as one year allows beginners blood magic, two years or runes allows mediocre, three years advanced and you need to complete the full four years to do a mastery of the subject.
Year one subject list:
Runes- allowing Necromancy, Blood magic and Spell crafting in later years
Meditation- allows Mind magic's and Animagi transformation and Spell crafting
Transfiguration- allows Animagi transformation and Alchemy
Potions- allows Alchemy and Healing
Charms- Healing
Offence and Defence- leads to Dark arts and Light Arts
Arithmancy- Spell crafting
Astronomy
Divination- needs Seer ability
Mage and aura sight- needs Mage sight ability
Care of magical creatures
Beast magic- needs ability
Herbology- Healing
Special Ability- this class teaches any students with other abilities e.g. metamorphagi
We also teach magical politics and culture to those who need it.
Subjects taught in later years
Sex magic, Necromancy, Blood magic Spell Crafting, Mind magic, Animagi transformation, Alchemy, Healing, Dark arts, Light arts, wandless magic, Nature magic and transportation
To find out your abilities you must place three drops of blood on the back of his sheet.
"Well you best start by finding what abilities you have. We know about the mage sight as that is what you use to fit wands but I am curious if you have any other abilities."
Harry turned the sheet of paper over and he was handed a knife by the house elf. He quickly cut the tip of his finger and let three drops of blood fall on the sheet, it glowed blue for a few seconds.
Harry Olivander:
Human- Half blood wizard
Magical Strength:
13/20 ((this will rise as he ages like all humans) unless he has a magical creature inheritance which it will grow to full potential instantly)
(7 is an average fully grown human wizard and 10 is needed for the scholarship)
Abilities:
Mage sight- active
Serpent mage- currently inactive ( please purchase a snake familiar (allows beast magic))
Animagus form(s)
Possible magical creature inheritance
Apptitude:
Light arts
Dark arts
Sex magic
Blood magic
No ability in:
Potions
Alchemy
Necromancy
Recommended Subjects:
Runes (one year before starting blood magic with this course)
Meditation (one year to learn legillimency)
Transfiguration (minimum three years for animagus transformations
Mage and aura sight
Beast speech
Offence and Defence (one year course before starting Light and/or Dark magic
"Well I think that answers what subjects I'm doing" Harry said dryly while passing the paper to Olivander who chuckled in response. "Do you happen to know what a Serpent mage can do? And what does it mean Magical creature in heritance?" Harry said worriedly.
"A Serpent Mage is the proper term for parceltongue, most people believe that their only skill is talking to snakes but this isn't true, apparently they are capable of spells in the snake language which are considered impossible, such as conjuring food. They also have a snake form which is like an animagus form but into a snake and they have natural mind barriers. The possible creature inheritance means you may grow up to be a magical creature such as a veela, dragon kin or some kind of elf or fae. What interests me is the skill in sex magic (A/N dirty old man) normally only incubus and succubus are capable of it." Harry blushed but puffed his chest out making him look like a sunburnt penguin. "Maybe I'm just that good." Harry and Olivander burst out laughing until they had tears in their eyes.
"Wait didn't you say the elves left the human world so how could the inheritance be elf?" Harry's confused expression made Olivander chuckle even more. "The elves did leave but before that they had lived with humans. Some had children with humans and some of those children were elf and some human. The human children were left behind and the elves left and occasionally one of the descendents becomes elf and are invited to the elf world so sometime they leave sometimes they stay but as they live till they are thousands of years old most of the elves live here until their family dies then they leave." Olivander said nonchalantly.
Harry gaped at his mentor. "But aren't house elves, elves?" He said with a frown marring his features. "No. technically they are relatives of the goblins and dwarves, they tend to be specialised creatures. Dwarves good at forging weapons and armour, goblins good with money and such and house elves good at house chores and such but they are all formidable in war. Brilliant fighters." Harry looked sceptical.
"House elves are good fighters?" Olivander replied with a chuckle and a shrug. "They used to be highly respected as their cleaning and cooking skills are good but people gradually forgot how good they are at fighting as they are so peaceful and servile so they stopped respecting them and started treating them like objects" (A/N R.I.P. DOBBY)
Olivander smiled at Harry's blatant disbelief. "Put it this way, all of them are capable of wandless magic. Now think of the percentage of wizards capable of it." Harry's Jaw dropped. Olivander chuckled "Most adult house elves have a magic rating of 12 which is the same as Dumbledore and they are taught by their parents so I don't expect that you will see any at your Academy."
"But I have a magic rating of thirteen? Does that make me more powerful than Dumbledore?" Olivander chuckle again and nodded which made Harry whisper "wow" reverently.
"PUPPY-POO, WHERE ARE YOOO!" Sirius sang as he ran into the kitchen followed by the much more tame wolf. Sirius leapt on Harry in a hug before saying; "Did 'ya miss me?" Harry laughed and nodded solemnly which led to another loud cheer from the mutt . "Let's go shopping!" He said pulling Harry up with him as he leapt into the air.
"Harry here is you key to the Olivander vault and I expect you to get the best things money can buy and don't forget your booklist!" Olivander said while shoving said list into his hand and pushing him out of the kitchen with a speed not fitting the older man. "And make sure you spend to much money! Show those other purebloods how poor they are compared to Olivanders!
Shopping spree next :P
I'm trying to get onto the fun stuff at the new school ASAP but I hope it doesn't seem rushed?