Appearing in the Receiving Room with Andrew, Harry did a quick hello while Andrew opened the door for him. Harry apologized and explained the rush and his need to see Simon right away. Mattie appeared and Harry asked if she could get his trunk to his bedroom and let Hedwig out to explore the grounds. Mattie complimented Harry and Hedwig on how she was such a beautiful owl and promised she would take good care of his familiar while he hurried off to Simon. "Thanks, Mattie. I owe you one." "No you do not. This is my job Harry. You never owe me a thing. It is my privilege to take care of you and don't you forget it." Harry bent down and gave Mattie a big hug. "You're the best Mattie. Don't let anyone tell you different." Mattie was an old and very intelligent elf and hardly anything ever got to her. However, she could not stop a big blush after Harry's display of affection.
She floated the trunk and Hedwig down to the master suite all the while talking to Hedwig about how sweet Harry is and she knew some day he would make her very proud. Hedwig hooted in agreement. After Hedwig saw Harry's new bedroom, Mattie let Hedwig out and told her how to go outside to the grounds from there. She also told Hedwig that there was an owlery and where it was located. There were a few owls on the property that stayed out there, Mattie explained. However, since Hedwig is the master's familiar and obviously is a very well behaved and intelligent owl then she is always welcome to stay in Harry's bedroom. Mattie then said she would have a nice stand she remembers seeing in the manor brought to the bedroom so Hedwig would have a nice place to rest. Hedwig hooted in approval and thanks to Mattie and went outside to explore. Harry had made it to the Library after stopping by the Study and asking his grandpa to join Simon again so they could discuss a big problem and hopefully solve it. His grandpa told Harry he would meet him there. "So, as I understand it" Henry was saying "Albus used a rune stone buried close to the house and he has cast a blood ward spell on it to protect its occupants. Every year when you return you have to spend at least a month to recharge the ward for another year and because you were gone for two weeks before you were there a month the ward started failing. Correct?" "Yes, Grandpa."
"I've got this Henry" said Simon. "I happen to know a few things about wards in general, especially blood wards which are my specialty. Here is what you need to do, Harry. You will need a potion vial of your blood which you will cast a spell on (I will give you the spell). Afterwards you will need to stopper and seal it. You will need to cast charms on it to make it unbreakable and impervious. Next you will take it to the ward stone and enlarge it with the engorgio spell about five times its normal size. Bury it next to the stone about the same depth. It should be no more than three feet from the stone. The vial of your blood will serve as you being there and it will keep the ward stone fully charged all year round." "That's it?" asked Harry. "Yes, that's it. That is all it will take. The spell you cast on your blood is the key. The spell I will give you basically copies your essence to the blood. It is actually quite easy since you are using your own blood which contains part of your essence already. The spell just makes the vial of blood represent your entire body to the ward stone so it stays charged thinking you are always close by. It should last forever but technically it only has to last until you're seventeen." "Okay, so I need a vial for my blood. Mattie?" Pop!
"Yes, Harry?" "Mattie before I ask you for what I need let me preference it with another question. You are the head elf and are responsible for 20 other elves along with a lot of other things around this place. Should I be calling another elf when I just need help getting things such as a potion vial like I need right now? Mattie looked at him with a smile then popped out for a second and popped back in handing Harry an empty potion vial as requested. "Harry, there is something you need to understand. I will never be too busy to help you so you can always call on me for anything. Also, you need to remember that you are the master of all things Potter. The head elf takes care of the master. If you had some guests then I would assign house elves to take care of the guests, unless you wanted to do the assignments yourself for some reason."
"No, Mattie. I am sure you can do that much better than I can. Thanks for the clarification. I just do not want to bother you so much if you're busy." "Everything I do is secondary to what Master needs." Harry started to object but Mattie continued. "Just because you allow me to call you Harry does not mean you stop being the master of the Potters. You are the lord of the manor and shall be treated as such. I realize you are young and new to this so I will help you to grow accustomed to what is proper. It is not a burden for me to take care of you Harry. I am thrilled with any opportunity to help you. Do not hesitate to ask or you will make an old elf very unhappy." "I'm sor-, "Harry began. "No apologies necessary Harry. You asked a question and I answered. If you already knew the answer you would not have asked. It is not your fault."
Harry looked at the elf for a second. "Mattie thanks for the vial. How long has it been since I told you how great you are?" Mattie started to blush again but quickly popped out smiling. "I do believe I made her blush," Harry said. "That you did son and that is not an easy task to accomplish with Mattie. Rarely anything gets to her," said his grandpa. "You have made a big impression on our Mattie, Harry." Simon continued. "Be sure and call her anytime you need her. Do not disappoint her like she said." "I will do that," replied Harry. "She is one special elf."
"That she is" said his grandpa. Simon quickly spoke up. "Harry, do not use your wand to cut your hand. You do not have enough control yet. You are likely to cut your hand off and slice open the stone floor as well. Go back to the Study and look on the desk there. You should find a letter opener that is quite sharp. Use it instead then capture the blood in the vial until it is full. While you are in there doing that ask your grandma for the spell to heal your hand. Heal it and come back." Harry went back to the study. "Hello Grandma." "Harry you were in such a hurry before. Did you come back to visit?"
"Sort of because I need your help now." Harry had found the sharp letter opener and was holding it against his hand. He had the potion vial standing waiting on the desk. "Harry James Potter just what do you think you are doing with that letter opener?" "Grandma, here is where I need your help. I am about to cut open my hand so I can collect a potion vial full of my blood to fix a blood ward. I have not had the time to practice with my new expanded magic so I am avoiding any destructive spells for now, hence the sharp letter opener is needed. However, I will be safe using a healing spell to heal my hand afterwards. I just need you to teach me the spell." "Okay, Harry all you need to use is Vulnera Sanentur. Just move your wand along the cut as you say the incantation. Repeat if necessary. It will heal right up. When done use Tergeo to clean up any blood on your hand." "Thanks Grandma."
Harry turned toward the vial and cut his hand so the blood ran into the vial. He laid the letter opener down and picked up his wand while the vial filled up. When the vial was full Harry cast Vulnera Sanentur over his cut once and it healed up immediately. He then cast Tergeo on his hand to remove the excess blood. He next cast Tergeo on the letter opener to remove the small bit of blood on it. Harry stoppered the potion vial.
"Well done, Harry. Let me see your hand."
Harry held up his palm to his grandma so she could see it. "I do not see even a red line where the cut was and you cast the spell only once. Very nice Harry. You would make a good healer." "Thanks Grandma. I have to get back to Simon and Grandpa now to finish this up. See you later." "Bye sweetie."
Harry came back into the Library where he found his grandpa and Simon chatting away about Harry's training. "I've got it" said Harry holding up the potion vial. The men turned back toward Harry. "Great Harry" Simon said. "I trust your grandma showed you the correct healing spell. I see no blood on your hand," said Henry. "Yes, Grandpa. She gave me two spells, one to heal the cut and one to cleanup any excess blood. They both worked perfectly."Alright Harry," Simon picked back up. "Remove the stopper and place the vial of blood so it is standing up straight and will not spill. You are going to cast this next spell through the opening of the vial."
Harry pulled the stopper and secured the vial in a standing position on the small table. "The spell is Inficio Substantia. You will need to start by pointing your wand at yourself. Start the incantation with your wand moving from yourself to the vial in one fluid motion. At the same time the incantation should be fluid as well so you end up pointing into the vial at the blood at the end. In other words, when you finish the incantation your wand should be pointed straight at the blood in the vial so the spell is released into the vial. Any questions? If not then go when you are ready. Remember the incantation is Inficio Substantia. Say it and use your wand in one fluid motion starting by pointed at yourself and ending pointing into the vial."
Harry practiced a couple times moving his wand fluidly from pointing at his chest and stopping pointed into the vial of blood. "I'm ready. Here goes." Harry pointed his wand at his chest and spoke the incantation smoothly and in one fluid motion his wand went from his chest to pointing straight into the open vial of blood. When he completed the last word his wand stopped on the opening of the vial. A very bright white light shot from his wand and into the blood. Simon was impressed. "You did it Harry. That was a complicated spell and you executed it flawlessly." "Yes, I am very proud of you Harry" said his Grandpa. "That was one bright light that came out of your wand. I have no doubt that you have succeeded."
"Thanks Grandpa." "Okay," said Simon. "You are almost there, Harry. Put the stopper back in and seal it. Cast the unbreakable charm and the impervious charm on it." Harry completed the charms and looked at his mentors. They were laughing. "What's so funny?" asked Harry. "Nothing really, Harry. It just caught us funny" said his Grandpa. "We saw the magic that came out of your wand. It was so powerful for those simple little spells. We were thinking that nothing would ever be able to break that potion vial, not in a million years." They laughed again. "Then we thought how important it is for you to practice so you can control the power you use. We want to get started with you as soon as possible."
"I agree. I am going to stick with safe spells only until I can get a better handle on it.""Good idea," said Simon. "Try thinking in your mind when you cast a spell that you only want it to do a little with the spell. It will get you going in the right direction." "Thanks, I'll try that. Well I guess I had better get back over to Privet Drive and get this in place before the ward fails again. See you guys later. Thanks very much for the help. If I do not have to go back to that place again after this I will be so happy." "Bye Harry and good luck" said Grandpa. "See you when you get back" said Simon. Harry told Mattie what he was doing and said he would be back when he had it done. He used his watch and said "Privet Drive."
Arriving back in his bedroom at #4 Privet Drive, Harry marched straight out his door, down the stairs, through the house, and out the back door to where Professor Dumbledore had taken him earlier. Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia saw him go by and outside but did not say anything to Harry. Harry was thankful for the lack of interference. Dobby must have made a big impression. Coming to the right spot, Harry, using Simon's wand, cast a notice-me-not spell that he did not realize at the time covered several blocks. He put the potion vial of blood on the ground and went to cast engorgio on it but stopped and told himself to think small when he cast it. He then wondered how that would work since engorgio was meant to increase the size of an object. He shook his head and said "just do it." "Engorgio" Harry whispered trying to control his magic. The potion vial was suddenly about 12 feet long and as a big as a log.
Shocked, Harry quickly cried "reducio" and the vial shrunk to the size of a needle. "Crap" Harry exclaimed then said "finite" which brought the vial back to its original size. "What am I going to do?" Harry said to himself. "I obvious need to learn control because this is just not working." After a minute, Harry said "Dobby?" Pop Dobby appeared in front of Harry. "Yes, Harry Potter, sir. How can Dobby help the Great Harry Potter?" "Dobby, sorry to bother you but I cannot control my magic well enough to do what I need to do. Can you help me?" "Yes, Dobby will be happy to help the Great Harry Potter anytime he asks. Dobby sees that the Great Harry Potter has cast a notice-me-not spell and it covers all the houses around." "Oh no" said Harry. "Dobby, I am going to cancel that spell and want you to cast one right after. Okay?"
Okay, Dobby will take care of it." Harry cancelled the notice-me-not spell. Dobby immediately cast his after Harry's spell was removed. "Thanks Dobby."
Harry explained what he needed Dobby to do and Dobby took care of it quickly. He then asked Dobby to meet him in his bedroom.When Harry got back to his bedroom, Dobby was waiting for him. "Dobby, you have been a great help. I do not know how I could ever repay you. What you just did will allow me to not ever have to come back here again to live. I need you to return the bedroom back to normal then I am going to check and make sure I have everything that is mine before leaving here." "Yes, Harry Potter, sir. Dobby will only take a minute." Dobby finished returning the room back to its original size and look. "What else can Dobby do for the Great Harry Potter?"
"That is all Dobby. Thank you! I could not have done it without you. If I do not need you again this summer then I will see you back at Hogwarts in the fall. By the way, you are welcome to visit anytime at Potter Place." "Oh, thank you Harry Potter, sir. You are too good to Dobby." "Bye, Dobby" "Bye Harry Potter, sir" Pop Harry checked carefully around the room to see if he had missed anything. He checked under the loose floor board as well but did not have anything there anymore. Satisfied, he pulled out his watch and said, "Legends of Potter." Harry disappeared from #4 Privet Drive.
Albus Dumbledore had a long day at the ministry after he left Harry. His short meeting prompted a long meeting of the Wizengamot so he was there all afternoon until almost dinner time. Being Chief Warlock he was required to be there. He was happy when he could return to Hogwarts. Being back in his office he remembered the blood ward he had to fix at Privet Drive so he checked his instrument immediately. He was shocked to find that the ward was not only fully charged but was at he had never seen before. He thought about it for a minute then remembered he had put additional power into the spell, plus Harry was standing right next to him when he cast it. He must have put more power into it than he realized because the ward was practically off the charts. Albus decided not to worry about it because it was stronger than ever. Putting it out of his mind, he decided that he would join his professors for a wonderful Hogwarts dinner.
Harry had returned to Potter Place and was currently in the Training Room, located in the basement, with Simon and his grandpa Henry. Simon was working with Harry on control. Henry had just finished teaching Harry some protection spells that they had him cast over the room and especially over the portraits they were in. They explained that while the room had sufficient protection spells, given Harry's control issue and his excess power they felt the added protection with his power behind it would insure nothing gets damaged. Harry discovered that the room was able to provide dummies to practice with. Simon recommended the room provide Harry with a strong solid wood dummy so Harry could practice the intensity of his spells. The dummy was sized proportionately to a real person, about the same size as a 6 foot tall man with a medium build. Harry took his time, concentrating, and cast stupefy on the dummy. His spell blew a hole through the dummy about the size of a quaffle. "That was much better Harry," said Simon
"Yes, much better" said Henry. "What are you guys talking about?" replied Harry. "I only cast a stunner. I blew a hole all the way through solid wood. I cannot get this under control." "Harry, Harry, you are being impatient" said Simon. "Do not expect to learn complete control during your first lesson. This is far from being easy. You have just had a huge change in your magical power. Since you were a baby you have been accustomed to a much weaker power level. You have gone a few years at Hogwarts practicing and learning magic at that weaker power level. Now, all of a sudden you have more power than you can wrap your head around. This will take some time. I promise you that you will have enough control to return to Hogwarts in the fall. Can you be patient?"
"Alright, I will try and be patient" answered Harry. "Now let's analyze that last stunner" Henry said. "What happened to the other dummy when you cast the stunner before this one?" "It completely turned to sawdust" Harry said quietly looking down. "Not only that the spell continued and bounced off the protection wards you put up and made the room reverberate" added Simon. "That was quite some power we saw for a simple stunner." Harry lowered his head even more feeling defeated. Okay, let's sum up" said Henry. "You cast a stunner that did all that causing us to have to replace the dummy with a new one because that dummy could not be repaired. Evidently some of it completely disappeared and the rest was mere sawdust. Simon gave you some more instruction and you tried it again. This time you only blew a hole through the dummy. I would say that is significant progress, Harry."
"Definitely more control than before" said Simon "so give yourself a pat on the back and stop rushing things. Staying calm will help you with your control as well. Cast reparo on the dummy, focus, and try a few more times. It is getting late. You have worked hard so you should take a break and grab some tea or butterbeer and perhaps a snack before it's time for bed. Remember pay attention to how the spell feels when you cast it. If you have to cast another big one with more power, pay attention to how that feels then cast one with less power so you can feel the difference." "Okay," said Harry. "Thanks for all your help, both of you." Harry concentrated and cast another stunner that turned the dummy into dust. He thought about it for a minute then asked the room for another dummy. He then cast the stunner again. This time it blew another hole but not as big as the last time. The hole was about the size of a bludger.
"Reparo" The dummy was repaired and Harry cast another stunner. This time the dummy was cracked in two. The top half slid off and fell to the floor. "Reparo" Harry cast again and this time there was a long crack across the middle of the dummy but the dummy remained in one piece, barely. Harry continued to try a few more times but quit after he only left a small crack. He realized that he should not be leaving a mark at all but that was the best he could do for the night. "Good night Grandpa. Good night Simon. Thanks for all your help. I am going for some cold butterbeer and a snack."
"You did very well tonight Harry. You will need to gain more control but that will come the more you work on it. Next time we will start teaching you some more advanced spells and let your control continue to improve as you learn." "Okay, Simon. That sounds good. Tomorrow I would like to explore the grounds a bit before I practice more. I have not gone outside yet since I've been here." "You do that Harry," said Henry. "Go enjoy yourself." "Thanks and by guys." Harry went to the kitchen to see what he could find for a snack and a cold butterbeer.
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The Legends of The Potters
FanfictionHarry Potter is abused, betrayed, and confused.
