Chapter three: Sensei Chase Vesey (PoV)
"Ah! You must be young Harry Potter!" Sensei Chase Vesey hummed as he stepped out of his office looking over the young boy before him. When Marcus had come to him about this boy he hadn't been too sure.
Even now though, seeing him, even thin and malnourished the sensei could practically taste the potential that the child had. No wonder Marcus had come to him and practically begged and then Blaise too phoning him the same night and told him that he was taking Potter shopping for everything the next day.
That had been two days previously.
"Yes sir,"
"We won't need anything out today," Chase told the child waving him over and into the office; the small boy took a seat opposite nervously. "Right – ground rules I suppose. Read and then tell me if you have any questions,"
He knew the rules off by heart and had practically lived off them as a child when his father had been teaching him and his brother. His father was now a professional judge that travelled over the world to tournaments and competitions and championships, his brother Hunter was a sensei too but in Italy.
Blaise Zabini being one of his brothers students but had transferred to this studio instead when he had moved in with his cousin because his school had closed for some reason or another this year. Chase knew about magic because the secret had been given to him by the Zabini's when they had transferred, the reason that Blaise could still attend all lessons in Italy while at school in Scotland.
1 – Refer to the teacher as 'sensei' or 'sir'
2 – Never question something you are told to do.
3 – Attend all training sessions or as many as possible, if one is missed there best be a good excuse behind it.
4 – Full uniform required - doesn't matter on the colour, sleeves or sleeveless so long as it holds the right crest and winged-wolf.
5 – The Winged-Wolves are your family. You do everything in honour in training or competition because your actions reflect on the studio.
6 – All training is to be used in defence. Any attacks or bullying using such skills will earn you an automatic suspension and possible expulsion.
"I understand them all sir,"
"Good." Chase smiled leaning back in his chair, he often had to explain the last one to those who only wanted to learn to get revenge on others. "You understand how exclusive this studio is and the sister studio in Italy correct?"
"Yes sir."
"Have you ever fought or used any weapon before?" Chase asked expecting a negative answer, however when the child nodded slightly – almost fearfully – he sighed and waited for an explanation.
"My cousin does kick-boxing, I've had to learn how to block." The boy admitted fidgeting slightly and looking at his hands, "I've had to stop one of my teachers killing me when I was eleven too…he went crazy because of stress."
"Blaise did mention how you got out of a few dangerous situations," Chase admitted placing the contact in front of the boy and pointing where to sigh. "We came to a conclusion that you will help out before and after lessons to stop your guardians becoming suspicious and all you will need to pay for are the tests or examinations to get to the next belt level."
"Thank you sir,"
"I shall be visiting your guardians today after lesson," Chase continued, it was standard procedure. Usually it was the adult pushing the child into these sort of things – but just in case he needed to speak with them, "If you want to do this. You do it the right way…to be the best you can you need to keep your health top as well – you need a diet consisting of high-energy and low-fat foods."
"I…"
"Such as pasta," he explained patiently, the lad was only thirteen after all! And he didn't go to a normal school, he went to a magic school…his brother had the same problems with Blaise. "Fruits and such, you need three solid meals a day as well as healthy snacks if you are training that day. You also need to start running at least once a day; I shall ask Marcus if you can accompany him or Blaise."
"That'll be fine," Marcus's voice answered from the doorway where Blaise stood beside him, the lesson didn't start for another half an hour though. "We came to see if Harry got here ok."
"Why don't you three go change and then start warming up?" Chase smiled at them picking up his mobile to see when his brother was next visiting. He had a feeling that Harry was going to be a great asset to their teams; both studios' entered as one sector instead of competing against each other.
They picked out those with the best chances of winning for the internationals and for other championships such as local or regional they would just stick to whoever was in their studio. It was good that way for the major contests because then they could double up on their chance of winning.
Oh Harry would be a great asset to The Winged-Wolves.