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Chapter Eleven
"Harry!" a plump redhaired woman greeted warmly, smiling happily. "I've heard so much about you from Fred, George and Ron. It's nice to finally meet you!" She hugged him tightly.
Harry smiled tightly, awkwardly patting the Weasley matriarch. "It's nice to meet you too, Mrs. Weasley. I really liked the sweater you gave me on Christmas. It is very warm."
"You're such a sweetheart! Arthur, come meet Harry! Harry dear, this is Arthur," Mrs Weasley introduced after she let him go.
The tall redhead man smiled warmly, "Hello, Harry."
"Mr Weasley," Harry said, inclining his head politely. "Thank you so much for letting me stay here with you all."
"It's perfectly fine! You paid for all your expenses yourself, so there's nothing for us to complain about," Mr Weasley said. "Though you didn't have to pay for yourself. There's no problem for us to accommodate you into our vacation budget."
"I wouldn't want to bother you all that much," Harry said, shaking his head. "Just by allowing me to stay here is already enough."
Mrs Weasley glanced at Ron, "Ron, go show Harry his room, okay?"
Ron nodded, and beckoned at Harry, "Come on, let's go."
As they made their way to the cabins, Ron asked Harry, "Hey, are we going to train while we're here?"
"Of course! We can't let ourselves become complacent," Harry responded. He looked up into the starry night sky, "Thanks, Ron."
Ron just smiled, understanding the underlying meaning, "No problem, Harry."
"Fairy Tail," Harry mused, hand over his mark. "I wonder if Natsu-san and the rest will ever come back."
"No use thinking about that, eh?" Ron said, shrugging. His face was compassionate, "Harry, I'm sure whatever happens will happen for the best. Don't worry."
Harry smiled at his best friend. Almost a year ago, before he had met the Four, he probably would not have even thought about him being best friends with Ron, the thick headed prat. But now, as Draco and Hermione were getting closer, he found that Ron was a great friend. A compassionate, caring, but sometimes dense, friend. They opened the creaking door to the wooden cabin, and Harry followed Ron over to another door. "We're sharing a room, and Fred and George are in the room next to ours."
"Great. Let's go over there so we can discuss the training schedule," Harry decided.
"Hey, Harry," Ron asked, knocking on Fred and George's door, "did you meet my little sister?"
"Oh, not yet. I look forward to meeting the girl who's dealt with six boys as company," Harry said, grinning. "Serious respect there, man."
"Oi, Potter, are you making moves on our sister?" Fred joked, looking up from the bed. "We might forgive you for dragging our brother in Earthland, but it was only another brother. We have five more," he ignored Ron's indignant 'Oi!' and continued. "But our sister on the other hand, she's the precious jewel."
Harry laughed, slinging an arm around Ron's shoulders, "No worries, Fred. I think I'm content with three out of the seven Weasleys. Too many redheads already."
"Got a problem with our hair?" George demanded, grinning as they bantered back and forth. "So, what did you brats come over here for?"
Harry gave him a look for the brat comment, but answered fairly civilly, "We need to get a training schedule."
"Oi, we're gonna practice during summer break?" Fred protested, falling onto the bed, groaning.
"Of course we are!" Harry shouted, kicking at the bed, "We can't slack off! It's like summer homework!"
The twins grumbled, but acquiesced. "Well, Charlie's going to give us a tour around the reserve tomorrow at 9. Probably going to take the entire morning. Then after that, he's going to introduce us to his coworkers. At 5, we're eating dinner, and then we'll be free."
"Ok," Harry nodded. "Let's wake up at 6 to go for a run and some spars to wake us up. You and George are going to run nine kilometers, while Ron and I run six," Harry's eyes glinted evilly.
"Wait, what?" George spluttered. "Why do we have to do three more than you two?"
"Well, we're brats, aren't we?" Harry asked sweetly. "We can't run that much."
"THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!" shouted George. "You just want revenge for that comment."
Harry smiled innocently. Ron snickered, "You deserve it." He turned to his friend, "What about at night?"
"We can play hide-and-seek but with fighting," Harry grinned. "It'll train our senses in the dark and learn how to utilize our magic to hide, fight and defend. You're out if any magic connects to your body. And if you hit the seeker once with magic, he has to leave you alone until he finds the next person. And if you're the last to be found, if you hit the seeker with magic, you win."
"How are we going to train without being seen by some passerby? We haven't told our parents or our siblings about this magic," Ron asked.
"Oh that's fine," Harry said, waving off his concern. "Ultear taught me some runes to shield us from view, but they can't cover large distances like the entire forest of the reserve… Well, the dark will help hide us."
Fred blinked, "I don't want to know what you needed those runes for."
The next morning, Harry was up, calling up the other three. "Up, up, up! No time to waste!" he shouted. They were lucky only the four of them shared the cabin. "Get your butts up!"
"This is like what Dad told us about Auror training," Fred grumbled. "Freaking tyrant!"
"Just a few more minutes," Ron pleaded.
Harry shook his head, "WAKE UP!"
"ALRIGHT! WE'RE UP!" Fred and George shouted back.
A few minutes later, the four of them were outside, stretching their stiff muscles and yawning. After their runs, Harry set up the runes, and they were off sparring.
"Take Over!" George shouted. "Sacred Soul!" A white glow engulfed his body, and when it faded, white wings sprouted from his back, and his hands were pale sharpened claws. He was clad in glowing white armor with ancient runes encrypted on its edges.
Fred grinned at his twin, "Come and get it, brother!"
George lunged at him, a ball of white light in hand. Fred blocked the attack, hand encased in Crash magic. Punching his twin with his other hand, he shouted, "Delicho!" And George was blasted back, but no actual harm was done as his Sacred attire absorbed the impact.
"Rain of light!" George retaliated, joining his wrists, and opening his hands like a V. Streaks of light magic rained down onto Fred.
Meanwhile, Harry and Ron were sparring. "Ice Make Cannon!"
"Metal Make Shield!" Ron shouted, bring his fist to his palm. A slab of metal blocked the cannon, and Ron retaliated, "Metal Make Sword!" A sharp sword zoomed towards Harry, and Harry dodged it cleanly.
After they were done with their spars, they returned to their cabin, sweaty, tired and banged up. Ron glared at Harry, "Every time we spar I'm the one who's more banged up!"
Harry just grinned, "Cause you're a snot-faced little brat that's inexperienced!"
Ron let out a growl, and tackled Harry, putting him into a chokehold, "I'm still bigger than you! And stronger physically!"
Harry yelped, "Ack! I surrender! I surrender!" The larger boy let go of him, and Harry leapt to his feet, still laughing.
"Wait, Harry, how are we going to hide our bruises and scratches?" Ron wondered suddenly.
Harry blinked, "Oh. Right… Most of the time we have Hermione healing us with her Memory Make… Crap."
"No worries, little brother!" Fred said gallantly as he walked into the room without knocking. "Georgie and I managed to learn some healing spells over the years with our brilliance."
The younger two sweatdropped, "Don't know if we should trust you with this…"
"Show some faith!" Fred said dramatically. "You wound me so!" He whipped out his wand, and approached them, a manic grin on his face.
After much threats, Harry and Ron's wounds were healed without any weird business.
Suddenly, there was knocking on the door. Harry blinked, looking up. Ron opened the door of their cabin, "Ginny?"
The little redhaired girl smiled at her brother, "Morning, Ron! Mum says breakfast's ready!" She caught sight of Harry, and blushed, immediately becoming timid. "H-hi, Harry."
"Wonderful to meet you, Ginny," Harry said, kissing her hand. Fred and George both swatted his head, glaring at him purposefully. Harry let go of Ginny's hand, but continued smiling at her, "You're starting Hogwarts this September, right?"
"Y-yes," Ginny stammered, eyes wide. "Um, well, you guys better come get breakfast!" and she turned around and ran off.
The three Weasley brothers turned to stare at Harry, who smiled innocently. "Don't get close to her unless you plan of letting her in on the secret," Ron warned him.
Fred and George snorted, "Just don't drag her into Earthland at all."
Harry shook his head, "I'm not planning to. Relax."
"We better go before Mum comes," Fred said, looking over to the dining cabin.
"Harry dear! Good morning!" Mrs. Weasley said joyously. She gestured to the well built redhead that Harry had not seen before, "This is Charlie!"
"Nice to meet you, Charlie," Harry said politely, bowing.
Charlie grinned, "Hello, Harry! I've heard all about you from Ron!"
"All good things, I hope," Harry said, smiling.
Charlie laughed, "Yes. Anyway, we better get going! The reserve is waiting!"
After meeting Charlie's coworkers and touring the reserve, they had a delicious dinner of steak, mashed potato and gravy, steamed vegetables and French Onion soup.
"Wow, that was delicious," Harry said, satisfied. He leaned back into his chair, and rested his hand over his stomach.
"Yeah," Ron said dreamily, a content smile on his lips.
Mrs Weasley smiled, "What do you boys plan to do for the evening?"
Ron shrugged, "Probably go exploring in the forest or something."
"Don't get too far into it," Mrs. Weasley said sternly. "You two might need a chaperone-"
"We'll go, mother dearest," Fred and George volunteered. They smiled at Harry and Ron, "Ronniekins and Harrikins will be perfectly safe!"
Mrs Weasley looked at the twins suspiciously, but relented, "Alright. Have fun, boys."
"Ok, the boundaries are the forest boundaries!" Harry said. "I'll be it, and you guys have thirty seconds to go hide. Starting NOW!"
He turned around, and started counting. The twins and Ron ran off into the dark forest.
Once he hit thirty, he also ran into the forest, using his Spatial Magic to locate where each person was. "Got you, Ron!" he shouted as he shot a sword of ice at the redhead.
Ron yelped, and lunged to the right, dodging the sword. He hastily constructed a shield against Harry's next attack, and returned fire with his drawn wand.
Harry neatly dodged the incoming spells and metal objects. "Ice Make: FLOOR!"
Ron swore, but wasn't able to regain his balance. He glared at Harry, "Of course you go after me first. And OF COURSE you use the one spell that I haven't seen you use in a while..."
Harry grinned unapologetically, "Be more aware of your surroundings. And be more alert. You didn't expect me to use Ice Make: Floor because I haven't used it in a while, but always be alert for anything surprising."
Ron grumbled, but nodded. "This means I'll be the seeker next, right?"
"Yup. Go to the entrance of the forest, and when I get Fred and George I'll meet you there," Harry instructed as he ran off to find Fred and George. He found George, but cursed as a stream of light magic blinded him. He held out his hands, automatically creating a shield. He could feel his magic buckle a bit as something powerful crashed into it.
"Dammit, Harry!" George cursed, drawing back and hovering in the air. "Heaven's Fury! Tilgen!"
Regaining his senses, Harry disappeared and reappeared behind George, firing a blast of Spatial Magic at him. George neatly dodged it, flying out of the way, and in a flash, he was right in front of Harry, fist encased in light magic as it rushed towards Harry.
Harry fell back hastily, George's fist only missing him by a few centimeters. He grinned at the redhead, "You learn pretty quickly, eh?"
"Damn right," George snarled, bringing up his other fist.
But Harry had already moved on, appearing behind George. He wasted no time in firing his Ice Cannon.
George was blasted forward, his wings flapping wildly as he tried to regain his balance. "Shit, Harry!" he groaned. "Be careful with the wings!"
"Oh, oops… Sorry," Harry apologized, actually concerned for his friend. "I didn't hit it too hard, did I?"
"Nah, it's fine," George said. "So, did you get anyone else before me?"
"Yup, got Ron first. He's waiting at the entrance," Harry told him. "I'm going to go find Fred now."
He was more wary of fighting Fred. Even though Fred hadn't been learning Earthland magic as long as Ron, Crash was a very powerful Caster Type magic, and Harry was surprised he was able to learn it successfully. Fred was also a lot more sly than his brothers, more capable of fighting dirty and using unconventional spells to his advantage.
Harry had actually noticed something worrying: Ron, Hermione and Draco had started to have problems with their wands. He was sure Fred would also start experiencing the same issues as Crash was very powerful. He planned to talk to them about it.
Meanwhile, he had to find Fred. He ran through the woods, frowning as his Spatial Magic sensed Fred moving closer to him. Was Fred heading towards him? Why?
Suddenly, the trees around him collapsed in unison, shrapnels nearly hitting Harry had he not set up a shield in time. "Fred!" he growled. This was exactly what he was talking about. Who would have thought of seeking the seeker? "How did you know where I was?"
"It's not hard, Harrikins," Fred leered, twirling his wand in his hands. "I'll just hit you first, and I'll win right? Since I'm the last one hiding."
"I wouldn't call that hiding," Harry grumbled. He faced Fred, body tense.
Fred glowed with white Crash magic, and the earth around them rumbled, pieces of dirt and rubble rising up.
Harry grinned madly, adrenaline filling him. Fred was extremely powerful, but Harry was no pushover either. He had more experience with his Earthland magic, and had more experience in fighting in general.
A pale aura with other colors swirling within surrounded Harry as he released his Ice and Spatial Magics. One hand let out vapors of frozen air while the other held a sphere of swirling space.
"So did you go this all out on Quirrell?" Fred taunted. "I feel flattered."
Harry smirked, "This is all out? Of course not. This is just a game."
"Just a game?" Fred demanded, slightly irritated. "I'm going all out even if you're not!"
Harry grinned, "Fine by me then. Let's go!"
And the two forces clashed, after Harry set up the runes to make sure the other people in the area didn't hear them fighting. Trees and rocks were turned to rubble, but Harry still broke through Fred's defenses first.
Harry stood on the ground, looking at Fred, "You're really powerful, and if you focus on developing Crash Magic, you might become as powerful as me."
Fred rolled his eyes at Harry, "If I didn't know you and how powerful you are, I would one: offended be, and two: think you were extremely arrogant. But thanks anyway." He looked around, eyes wide as he saw the destruction around him, "What if someone part of the reserve sees this?"
"We're in the middle of the forest. Most people won't go in here," Harry waved off his concerns. "And I'll just keep the runes here, just tied to the land's magic source, so people won't notice it."
Suddenly, a roar resounded through the night. Of course there was a lot of noise as they were staying in a dragon reserve, but that roar was different. It sounded as if the dragon was trying to convey a message. Some sort of meaning.
Harry whirled around, and his eyes widened. A stream of the crystal white ice burst into the clear night sky. Harry gasped. He might not have met a Dragon Slayer in person, but as a former member of Grimoire Heart, he knew what Dragon Slaying Magic looked like. "Ice Dragon Roar," he breathed reverently. He frowned, "But how would a Dragon Slayer be here?
"Unless…" he thought aloud. "No that's impossible!"
Fred blinked, "Um, what are you talking about?"
"Tomorrow, we can do whatever we want right?" Harry demanded, heart beating rapidly with anticipation and curiosity. After Fred nodded, Harry grinned, "We're visiting the dragons tomorrow."
I hope you guys like it! If you did, review! If you didn't, either tell me why or just don't read it.
Anyway, Fred might seem a bit too powerful, but Harry still beats them all pretty easily cause he's used his Ice Magic forever, and has fought in more fights. Also, Ron's not weak, George and Fred are just really powerful, and Ron was caught off guard with the Ice Make: Floor.
Next chapter: An ice dragon shows up! Will he teach Harry Dragon Slaying Magic? And what will become of his Spatial and Ice Make if he is to learn another magic?
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