Before Hogwarts
Summer 3 (age 10) part 2
Rick was the first to notice that wands were listed as optional and not required for school at Peaks. But it was Remus who noticed that only familiars were allowed and not pets. Lucy noticed that as far as potion supplies went they required only top of the line equipment and no ingredients were listed as required. Lucy also noted that the school required that only certain types or brands of brooms were allowed, and first years had to get approval from their head of house before using their own brooms. Luckily Harry and Hermione's brooms were listed as allowed, with approval after their flying lessons. Lucy, Rick, and Remus were surprised when they saw the results of the tests done, Harry and Hermione were only deficient in their history due to being educated in Britain and not America.
It was the first official meal as students for Harry and Hermione, and they weren't real happy that they had to sit at different tables. Harry felt out of place in his flame red robes, while Hermione looked nice in her sky blue robes. The other two tables wore dark blue robes for water and brown robes for earth. The robes were considered as formal ones while their everyday robes were black and had a patch on the left upper chest showing their houses. Harry had been surprised when he saw that his patch had a bar on three sides that represented the other three houses, the sky blue bar was larger than the other two. Hermione had her patch and it only had a small red bar attached, no dark blue or brown bars on hers.
The meal started with the announcements and introductions of the new teachers, including Remus who wore brown robes with a strange patch on the sleeve. Alana was the only person who didn't wear a house color, her robes were emerald green with black trim.
"Welcome to this the third special summer session. As some of you will notice Mr. Tannenbaulm is not with us tonight, that is because he has decided to retire after the last school year to enjoy his family and great grandchildren. I want to welcome his summer replacement Remus Lupin who has graciously offered to cover the summer session since the regular replacement instructor can't be here until September. You will also notice that Mrs. Cutty is missing, she needed time off to see her family so you will be stuck with myself as your transfiguration instructor for the summer.
Now, we have several new faces with us tonight as students and I ask that you older students take them under your wing and make sure they don't get lost and receive the same help, or better, that you have received in the past. All of these new faces have been assigned to their houses and I expect those houses to make them welcome. As most of you know we very rarely sit just by house except on special occasions, so starting in the morning we will revert back to open seating. Please try and leave the larger tables for the larger groups and remember there must be at least three people at a table. And as a reminder, pranking the teachers is allowed and I request you hold off with your little jokes for the first two weeks to let the new people get used to us in a civilized manor. Now let us partake of this wonderful meal", Alana said as the food appeared on the tables.
After the meal there was about 30 minutes for everyone to say hello to friends in other houses before the head student of each house called for the new people to come along to the dorms. Once inside the dorms, the head of each house met with all the students of that house and welcomed them to their house. House rules were explained and the new people were told that the boys dorm rooms were on the left and the girls on the right. All of the new people were to meet with the head of house the next morning to receive their class schedules, the rest would be waiting for returning students when they woke up.
Harry was surprised when he found he had a room all to himself as his roommate had not shown up for classes due to a family emergency. The room contained a queen-size bed, a desk, and a wardrobe for each of the two students assigned to the room. Harry pulled his PJs out and went to the bathroom to do his nightly routine of relieving, showering and brushing. He was surprised to see several large tubs in use by older students.
When he returned to his room all of his stuff had been unpacked and put away, his bed was turned down, and there was a note on his pillow telling him to be sure and set a locking password on his door before retiring for the night. It took Harry a few minutes to come up with a password, he finally decided on "Padfoot" to honor his godfather.
Meanwhile in the Air House Hermione was doing similar things, getting her PJs, going to the bathroom, and setting her password, only she had to set it with her roommate's agreement - they decided on "Morning Glory". Hermione's roommate was named Rose and she was a second year student so she was able to give Hermione several tips about the house and the school.
Harry was up at 530 the next morning and by 545 was outside to do his morning run. Hermione arrived just a few minutes afterwards to join him. Since they weren't as familiar with the campus they only ran about two miles before going back inside to shower and go to breakfast. Hermione was the first to arrive in the dinning hall and was surprised to find breakfast was buffet style and instead of four long tables there were several smaller tables set for four or six or more students. She had just picked up a plate when Harry came in. Hermione said she would find them a place to sit and save Harry a seat.
The two were about halfway finished when Rose stopped by to remind Hermione about getting her schedule from their head of house. Soon afterwards two more students came up and asked if they could join Harry and Hermione. It turned out they were first time students also and felt lost. The girl, Terri, was in the same house as Hermione and the boy, Tom, was in Water. Tom tried to make a joke by saying he had two "air heads" and a "hot head" sitting with him. The joke didn't go over too well, so Tom said he was sorry.
The foursome talked for a little while then it was time to go see their heads of house and get their class schedule. It turned out that since the amount of students was so small most of the classes were combined to include all four houses so Harry and Hermione would be in the same classes together. Their first class was Herbology and as soon as they got to the class they were told to have a seat and be quiet. This class started out very boring and slow as they were introduced to some of the tools they would be using and were told that the Herbology classes were responsible for supplying the herbal ingredients used in potions.
After Herbology they had 15 minutes to get to their next class which was transfiguration. When they entered the classroom they were surprised to see a very large black dog lying on the floor beside the teacher's desk. Harry recognized the dog as Sirius in his animagus form and decided to have some fun. As soon as the class started Harry raised his hand and asked Alana if the dog shouldn't be on a leash. This got a growl out of the dog when Alana conjured a leash and collar for the dog. Harry knew how much Sirius hated collars and leashes. When Alana asked if anyone had an idea as to why there was a dog in class Hermione raised her hand and answered to show what was possible with transfiguration if you were an animagus. This got her house awarded 10 points. Harry got another 10 points when he silently cast the animagus reversal spell and Sirius was left lying on the floor with his collar still in place.
Their first 45 minutes were spent being introduced to Sirius and then a brief introduction to the basic principles of transfiguration. Then they were told to turn a match into a pin. Harry beat Hermione by about 10 seconds, so they both got awarded points for being first. When the class was over Harry and Hermione were asked to stay behind for a few minutes to speak with Alana.
"Ms. Granger, Mr. Potter, you both surprised me by how quickly you accomplished your task and how willing you both were to help the others. I noticed that neither of you used a wand to transfigure your matches. I assume that you have had some previous instruction in transfiguration. It would be helpful if I knew what else you can do, so as not to bore you in class", Alana told them.
Harry and Hermione both told her what they had done before as far as transfiguration and that Remus and Sirius and Rick had taught them a few things, plus charms and potions. Alana told them to work hard and not to show off too much. She then said it was funny how Harry had gotten her to put a collar on Sirius just before forcing him to change back.
Harry and Hermione just made it to their next class, Charms, before the bell sounded. The instructor called the roll and then introduced them to charms and said their task that day was to attempt the levitation charm. He demonstrated the charm then emphasized the wand motion, swish and flick, and had them practice for a few minutes before handing out feathers. Hermione's feather just rose up from the table and floated about a foot above the top almost as soon as the teacher placed it down. Harry's feather soared up and then around the room and back to him. The teacher was overjoyed with their accomplishments and awarded them both points. The teacher was even more impressed when he noticed Harry doing this without a wand or verbal incantation. When both Harry and Hermione went to help some of the others the teacher thought he had a pair of ringers in class, so he asked the two to stay after class.
After explaining what they had been taught by Rick, Lucy, and Remus their teacher understood and asked if both of them would be interested in helping out as assistants at times. Both Harry and Hermione said they would help any way they could. Harry and Hermione headed to lunch and soon found Tom and Rose who had saved them a seat. Rose was all excited as she had made her feather float just before the class ended, with help from Hermione. Tom didn't understand what the big thing was as he hadn't been in that class. He demonstrated the charm using his wand and levitating one of the glasses off the table. Rose just said that Harry did it without a wand and without saying anything. Tom didn't believe this until Harry floated Tom up about 5 feet off his chair and spun him around then lowered him back to his seat.
One of the senior students came over and was going to take points until the charms instructor came up and asked if the senior student could do the same thing without a wand? The student admitted he couldn't, at least not safely. Harry was given 10 points for a perfect demonstration of a wandless and silent levitation charm. After the teacher left the senior student asked if Harry would show him how to do that also. Harry told him to catch him later and he would be glad to show him, but right now he needed to eat and get to class. The senior student said he understood and if Harry ever needed help with anything to ask and he would be glad to help out.
After lunch Harry, and all the rest of the first years, had flying lessons. When they got out to the pitch they were told to line up beside a broom and to form two rows facing each other. Harry noticed that the brooms were not very new and some had bent or broken straws. Harry and Hermione lined up by the best looking brooms and were facing each other. The instructor told everyone to hold their right hand out over their broom and say the command "UP". Harry's broom jumped to his hand even before the instructor finished speaking, Hermione's once again just laid there and quivered. When Hermione told the instructor her broom appeared to be faulty the instructor docked her points and told her maybe she wasn't much of a witch after all.
Harry walked over and gave Hermione his broom and told her to try it again. The broom went up on command just as it was supposed to do, Harry then tried with the broom that Hermione had at first and it just quivered. The instructor tried to dock Harry points but Hermione asked the instructor to show them how it was done with the same broom. The instructor said if he got the broom to rise up then both Harry and Hermione would lose 30 points each. The instructor held his hand over the broom and commanded it to rise, the broom didn't even quiver.
After restoring the points and replacing the broom they were instructed to mount their brooms and hover. Everything was going well until one of the girls kicked off too hard and went soaring into the sky, with the instructor chasing her but not able to catch her. Harry and Hermione both pulled out their personal brooms, unshrinking them and took flight. Hermione went after the girl while Harry had noticed that the instructor was in trouble also, his broom was bucking like a wild horse and the instructor was just holding on for life. Hermione caught up to the girl and coached her down to the ground. Harry meanwhile had a bigger problem, the instructor was thrown off the broom and was falling towards the ground from about 500 feet.
Harry didn't even think, he just did the end-over and dove to catch the instructor. All the students on the ground thought they were about to see the instructor go splat when he stopped in midair and Harry pulled up sharply and caught him. After the instructor was back on the ground he asked where Harry and Hermione had gotten the brooms as they didn't look like school brooms. Both said they had brought their own brooms and were waiting for permission to use them. The instructor pulled out two permission slips, filled them out (after asking for their names), and signed them cautioning them to have them countersigned by their head of house.
"Well, you have all just witnessed what can happen if you don't have proper training and proper equipment. These two students have more training than most of the Quidditch team and just showed what can be accomplished with practice and hard work. I am going to ask Mr. Potter and Ms. Granger to show us all what type of flyers they are", the instructor said with very little emotion.
Harry and Hermione both smiled and took off. As they were rising up Harry asked if Hermione wanted to play aerial catch. Hermione said only if she could throw first, Harry just grinned as Hermione conjured a few orange golf balls and threw one as high as she could. The ball was halfway to the ground before Harry started after it. He dove straight down, caught the ball, and pulled up about 5 feet off the ground to level flight. Harry tossed the ball to Tom and said to hold on to it. Just as Harry started back up Hermione threw two balls at once, Harry caught both of them.
Harry accio a soccer ball and he and Hermione played catch as they sped down the pitch like a pair of chasers weaving across each others path to pass the ball. Once Hermione shot the ball through the hoop Harry caught it before it hit the ground and the two of them headed towards the group, with both Harry and Hermione flying upside down at times. When they landed the instructor just shook his head and told the two they were excused from all future flying classes unless they wanted to help the others. He then conjured two badges saying "Assistant Flying Instructor" and handed them to Harry and Hermione saying "if anyone gives you grief about them have them see me or the headmistress".
Harry and Hermione both spent the rest of the class helping the other students. As they were going back to the main building the instructor asked if either of them were interested in being on the Quidditch teams, both said they hoped to but first years weren't allowed. The instructor told them to have their head of house to speak with him and he would clear both of them to play, if they got through tryouts.
The next class was Defense and Remus kept the class entertained and interested for the whole hour, Harry and Hermione had agreed to not show off in Remus' class as they had enough attention already. Defense was their last class for the day and Remus asked them to stay behind. After all the other students were gone Remus asked how they were doing and what they thought about the school. Both Harry and Hermione said they were having fun and were waiting for the teachers to get to something they hadn't covered before. Remus told them that would come soon as right now they were covering the basics.
Just as they finished their supper Harry and Hermione were called to the headmistress' office. When they arrived they were surprised to see Remus, the charms instructor, and the flying instructor waiting for them in addition to the headmistress and their heads of house. The heads of house didn't look very happy and it was soon made clear as to why.
"Ms. Granger and Mr. Potter, I have a request to make of the two of you. I would like for you to retest as to what house you should be included. Both of your heads of house have requested that the two of you be in the same house and both want you in their house, the only head who has not ask this is the head of earth house. But she is very particular as to who is in her house and doesn't feel people who are strong in other elementals should be included", Alana said.
Harry asked if they could speak to each other first, in private. The two talked quietly for a few minutes and then said they were ready to retest if that was what needed to be done. Hermione went first, she took the water wand first and once again nothing happened. Next she tried the earth wand, still nothing. Now for the fire wand, when she waved it this time it was not the small flame but a small fireball that came out, only to be absorbed by Harry when he held out his hand to it. Next was the wand of air, this time Hermione didn't get a whirlwind; she got an air elemental the same size as herself. Her head of house said that showed she belonged in his house.
Now it was Harry's turn. He asked which wand they wanted him to try first. Alana asked him to do the earth wand first as she liked the flowers he had produced the last time. No flowers, but a pile of dirt and rocks that formed up into a wall around Harry until he asked it to leave, after thanking the wall first. Alana had her mouth open, as did the rest of the adults there. Alana handed him the water wand and this time there was a nice rainstorm that got everyone wet, except Harry. He was handed the air wand and suddenly everyone was dry and a small airy form stood beside Harry, then the form reached over and took the "hand" of Hermione's elemental then shook Hermione's hand. The head of Hermione's house said that showed that Harry belonged in his house.
Alana very carefully handed Harry the fire wand, once again a fire elemental appeared. But this time it was larger than before. The fire elemental saw the two air elementals and reached out and shook their hands before standing beside Harry with his "arms" crossed. Harry's head of house just grinned at his fellow heads and said that any 10 year old who could call an elemental of that size should be in whatever house he wanted and if anyone objected then they should speak with Harry's two elementals. Harry noticed that his air elemental was fading and reached out to say thanks, as soon as they touched the air elemental grew more solid and stood up straighter.
Hermione took her lead from Harry and reached out to her air elemental, once again the elemental grew more solid. Hermione got a surprised look on her face and turned to the elemental and asked "Did you just speak to me in my head"? The elemental nodded in reply. Hermione then turned to the rest of the adults, "My new friend says she must return now but she wanted to thank you for allowing her to visit". The elemental disappeared.
Harry turned back to his air elemental, he was more used to the mind speak now, and soon told the adults the same thing. Just before the elemental faded out he bowed towards Hermione who got another surprised look on her face, "He talked to me too, he said that my elemental and he are brother and sister and that as soon as Harry and I give them names we can call either of them, but he responds mostly to Harry".
There were six open mouths in the room and they all belonged to adults. Alana was the first to recover and told both Harry and Hermione that it was up to them as to which house they stayed in, but she strongly suggested Hermione stay where she was since she had called her own elemental. Harry on the other hand could transfer to her house if he liked as he called two elementals, one from each house. Harry told them they had decided to stay where they were before they even retested. Now that Hermione had called her elemental she could teach him about air elementals while his head of house taught him about fire elementals, which he would share with Hermione. Alana told everyone that that was the end of the discussion as to where Harry and Hermione stayed.
Harry turned to his fire elemental, after a few seconds Harry said, "I would like to introduce my fire elemental, Firebeard. I asked if that name suited him and he likes it. If my air elemental agrees then he will be call Windford, but I will have to ask him the next time he appears".
Alana smiled and then told Harry and Hermione that each time they called their elemental it got stronger, Firebeard nodded, and that for elementals it was concidered a great honor to be called and it gave them much prestige in their realm, once again Firebeard nodded. Harry turned to Firebeard and thanked him for coming and told him he could return to his realm whenever he felt the need and that he felt honored by Firebeard's friendship. The temperature in the room increased by 20 degrees when Firebeard glowed even brighter, smiled and faded away. The badge on Harry's robes glowed and he noticed that the sky blue stripe was gone, but the other bars were slightly larger. Hermione's badge glowed and now her red bar was larger, both noticed that their house symbols had an "E" overlying them and Harry had a second badge showing the House of Air with an "E". Alana explained that the "E" indicated that they had been able to call a fully corporal elemental.
"Now that all the excitement is over, I would like to ask each of the heads to sign off on Harry and Hermione's permission slips and that they be allowed to assist me with all flying classes. The Headmistress is already aware of this but you heads should be also, this afternoon we had an incident during my class of a run-away broom and a malfunctioning broom, mine. If it wasn't for the actions of Mr. Potter I could have died when the broom I was using malfunctioned and threw me off. Mr. Potter, using his personal broom, caught me in midair and transported me to the ground. Ms. Granger was rescuing another student from a run-away broom while this was going on. I asked the two of them to show what they could do on their brooms and the class and I witnessed a most fascinating display of flying ability. If either of these two want to try out for their house team then I would suggest that you heads allow them. If all the students flew as well I would be out of a job except for games. All of you know me, except for Mr. Lupin, and you know I don't praise students very often, but these two deserve it", the flying instructor said with great emotion.
When the meeting was over Harry and Hermione both had their head of house signature, plus Alana's, on their permission slips (Remus signed for both as guardian). Each student had also received 60 points for their house from the teachers. Both were escorted to their houses by their heads.
The next morning, after their run, Harry and Hermione met up with Rose and Tom at breakfast. Terri and Tom had Magical History first that day while Harry and Hermione had potions first, and it was a double class. Harry wondered why Terri had a different schedule than Hermione and was told that the potion instructor limited his class and she was scheduled later in the day. When they got to class Harry told Hermione that Windford like his name and agreed to it, after which Harry had to rearrange his room due to the whirlwind caused by Windford in his excitement.
Potions went by fairly well, they were told to brew the boil removal potion that both Harry and Hermione had done before and they both got top marks for their potions. Next they had Magical History followed by a meeting with their heads to learn about their respective house elementals. During lunch Hermione told Harry that once their air elementals got big enough they would be able to fly without brooms. Harry burst her bubble when he said that the elementals had to be twice their size first, and that his fire elemental had told him about this too. "But just think Hermione, you will be able to do it first since you are smaller than me. Remember, I out weigh you by 20 pounds according to Lucy. Also, I don't know if your head told you but if you ask your elemental they can tell you how long they have to rest before returning to you. Firebeard told me the first time he needed three hours before he could return, now it is down to two hours. Also, the more you call them the stronger they get and the longer they can stay. But as I found out last night it isn't good when an air elemental gets excited inside your bedroom."
"If I had known that then I would have called mine back sooner. But of course you don't have a roommate to disturb. But Windy, that is spelled with an 'I', loved her name and said she might not be able to carry me now but she can fly beside me while I'm on my broom and it still helps her to get stronger. She also told me that her adults want our permission to visit us, we can't call them but we can invite them to come the next time we call our elementals. That way the whole family gets more power and prestige in their realm. My head even confirmed this but said it was very unusual and rare to have two elementals from the same group be called by people who know each other", Hermione replied.
Terri and Tom were both listening and both asked at the same time if it was true that they could call an elemental, or in Harry's case two elementals. Hermione told the two friends that it was true and that she had only called hers for the first time last night in the Headmistress' office, but Harry had called one the first time. It was later that Harry told Hermione that she needed to practice calling Windy without using the elemental wand so she could call her when needed. Hermione admitted that she had used the elemental wand to summon Windy while meeting with her head. Harry told her what Firebeard had told him about calling him, that it got easier with practice and gave more strength and prestige when the wizard or witch called without the elemental wand. After lunch Harry had Magical Creatures and was able to pet a male unicorn which surprised both himself and the instructor since unicorns usually only let females approach them, much less touch them.
It was about two weeks later while Harry and Hermione were doing their morning run that Hermione was able to call Windy using her own wand. Both Hermione and Windy were very happy about this, and even happier when Harry called Windford to join them. Harry told Hermione that both Windford and Firebeard only needed an hour of rest between summoning and that was the minimum amount of time. Windy said she still needed three hours as it had taken Hermione longer to be able to call her, but the time would drop faster now that Hermione could call without the elemental wand. Both Harry and Hermione were surprised when two full sized air elementals suddenly appeared and were introduced as the adults in charge of Windford and Windy. The two, Windford and Windy, had to be go betweens for their adults and Harry and Hermione. Windy explained that her witch had been able to call her without the elemental wand, and Windford explained that his wizard had been doing it for even longer.
Both adults were surprised when Harry held out his hand towards the large male and thanked him for allowing Windford to come and be his friend and that both adults were welcome to visit any time they had time. When the male took Harry's hand two things happened, one the adult grew more solid and two, Harry glowed briefly and there was a surge of magical energy and Harry was able to hear the male in his head.
Hermione, not to be out done, tried the same thing with the female. Once again two things happened, the female got more solid and Hermione glowed and passed out. The large male explained that Hermione had given too much energy to the female and depleted herself. The female looked sad, Harry asked if one of the adults could transport Hermione to the hospital wing so she could be treated. The female picked Hermione up and flew to the hospital wing followed by the male with Harry. Once in the hospital Harry explained to Lucy what had happened and that it was an accident.
Lucy looked at the large female and then thanked her for taking care of Hermione and bringing Hermione to be treated so quickly. After checking Hermione Lucy turned to the two elementals and thanked them again and offered her own hand. The female carefully took Lucy's hand and Lucy glowed, but did not fall down. "Harry, she says we are joined now. What does that mean?", Lucy asked. Harry didn't know but the large female soon explained to Lucy that she could now call forth the female just as Hermione called Windy, with practice. Lucy grinned and Harry smiled just as Alana walked in and asked what was going on.
Harry stammered through the explanations and Alana's only response was life around Harry and Hermione was never dull. Alana then congratulated Lucy for joining with an air elemental, this was unusual for someone who had not been trained to call an elemental; and now Lucy had to give the female a name. Lucy and the female looked at each other for a few minutes then Lucy said, "I would like to introduce my new friend Windermere the air elemental".
Windy was weak, she needed to be released but only her witch could release her and Hermione was still out cold. Windford explained this to Harry who got worried, he turned to Alana. "Headmistress, Windy needs to be released but only Hermione can do that. Is there anything that you can do to help? Windford says if she isn't released soon she may fade away forever", Harry pleaded.
Alana told him that if he was able to call Windy he might be able to release her. Harry turned to Windy and said, "Windy you once told me I could call if I needed you, I give you leave to depart and rest for I would not have anything happen to my friend's friend. If I can't release you may I give you some of my energy to sustain you a little longer?" and Harry held out his hand to Windy. When she touched Harry's hand Harry glowed and Windy smiled and then faded away. Windford told Harry that Windy had returned to their realm to rest and he needed to go also. Harry told Windford that if at anytime Hermione released him he had leave to depart to save himself but to go rest so they could spend time together later.
It was a loud booming voice that everyone heard, "Human wizard, you have done two things this day that will never be forgotten by the elemental of the air. You have made my mate happy and bound her to one of your own, but most of all you have shown compassion for an elemental and offered your own energy to save that elemental. This act shall be given to she that rules our realm and she will be grateful towards you. You have made another friend today in the realm of air". Then both adult elementals faded out.
It was a few days later before Hermione was strong enough to summon Windy. Once Windy appeared she was twice the size she had been before. She was happy to see that her witch was strong enough to call her again. Hermione did as Harry had done and gave Windy permission to be released by Harry if the need arose again in the future. Then Windy explained why she had grown so quickly. It was because of the transfer of energy from Harry that allowed her to grow, plus the prestige she received for being summoned by such a strong witch and wizard. In fact now when Hermione called there were many young elementals who wanted to answer but couldn't as Hermione was her witch!
School would be out in three weeks and both Harry and Hermione were looking forward to seeing their adults, and parents in Hermione's case. But at the same time they didn't want to leave their friends. Harry and Hermione were doing their morning run accompanied by three elementals, two of air and one of fire, when Hermione was lifted off the ground and started flying through the air surrounded by Windy. This was the first time for Hermione and at first she was scared, but as she got used to it she had a ball. That is until Harry flew past her surrounded by both of his elementals and she felt the hot blast from his passing.
When they landed Hermione was embarrassed to discover that the blast of hot air was enough to burn away her outer layer of clothes and she was left with only her underwear. Windy became mostly solid around her and tried to keep her covered while Hermione yelled at Harry. Once she was finished yelling, Hermione started laughing as she realized that her elemental had kept Harry from seeing anything he shouldn't have seen. "Harry if you're going to do that again we need to find a way to protect my clothes, if Windy hadn't been here I would have died of embarrassment. What if I blew by you and took your clothes with me?", Hermione exclaimed rather loudly.
"Mione, you have to admit it was funny; once we got back on the ground and Windy covered you up. But you are right we need to come up with a way to protect you from fire; Firebeard protects me by surrounding me. Any flame is absorbed by him and makes him stronger, temporarily. Windford tells me that Windy can do something similar to protect you unless the fire is too much. You will feel the heat but she should be able to protect you for a very short period of time. She can also, with practice, allow you to stay underwater for up to an hour before she would have to surface to exchange the air inside. I know as Windford has done that for me before.", Harry replied.
Hermione got some strange looks when she went back to her dorm wearing what appeared to be a cloud for clothes. Her roommate, Rose, laughed so hard she fell down when Hermione told her what had happened. Rose suggested she learn the flame retardant charm that mothers used to protect their babies. When Hermione said she hadn't heard of that charm Rose was curious why her mother hadn't taught her that one. Hermione explained she was muggle born, Rose said "HUH?". Hermione explained that her parents weren't magical. That was when Hermione learned that Rose was born of non-magical parents also and had thought Hermione was pure magical since she did so well in her studies. Rose taught Hermione the charm to protect her clothes but warned her that it wouldn't protect her skin from fire.
Harry and Hermione took top honors for their year, but House of Fire took the school award. House of air was behind by 20 points due to point loss by a couple of pranksters. The two boys weren't very welcome in the house right now and Hermione had even help punish them by having Windy scatter all their papers all over the dorm, along with their clothes. When the boys complained, loudly, to Hermione she just told them that was what happened when you made an air elemental upset. Just think what a full grown elemental could do to them. Both boys got real quiet real fast.
Both Harry and Hermione had made their house teams, and the game between the two houses was one for the records. Hermione scored two goals before Harry caught the snitch 10 minutes into the game. That was listed as the shortest game in school history. Both Harry and Hermione had laughed in private about the game; it seemed that both had used their air elementals to help them gain more speed. Harry was ready to turn himself in until Hermione said she cheated too. They did tell Remus, who told everyone once school was out. Harry and Hermione had enjoyed the summer session and talked about maybe going to a regular session instead of going back to public school at home.
A/N: Well there you have the second part of the summer, now only the last part left to write (and it will be shorter than this). Tell me what you think about the two going to Peaks instead of public school, but make it fast as the next chapter won't take long (I hope) to write.
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