Harry pulled his wand out of his sleeve. "Phoenix feather."
"Can I see it for a moment?"
Harry nodded. "Sure, but be careful. Apparently if a wand doesn't suit someone and they try and use it for anything it'll do some wierd things. Even waving it around could break something."
"Oh give me a break Harry, it's not like I'm some novice." And to prove it, Lina gave a quick wave of the wand, which blew Gourry into a wall.
Lina started to laugh a bit as she handed the wand back to Harry.
"Same old Lina."
Gourry pulled himself out of the wall, and went to sit in a different chair, as the one he and Lina had been sitting in was a bit damaged.
"It's okay. I'm used to this kind of thing." Gourry said, which earned him a glare from Lina, and a laugh from Harry.
"Well, anyway, what's it like at... Hogwarts? Have you made any friends?"
"Yeah, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger. Ron's from a very old wizarding family, while Hermione is the first sorceress ever in hers. She's what they call 'Muggle-born.' Apparently my mother was one too. Ron is a bit short tempered, but a good friend. Hermione reminds me of one of my classmates, Lydia, you remember her?"
"Wasn't she the one who married that librarian so she could be near all the books?"
"Yeah. I swear Hermione's made it her life goal to read ever book in the school library." Harry laughed. "And the way she's going, she just may do it before we graduate.
"Well, anyway, the school is in this large castle, and it's filled to the brim with magical items. It's almost like the school has been run by excentric sorcerers for centuries. They have a talking hat that tells you which of the four Houses would best suit your personality."
"Houses?"
"Four dormitories. Each one is based around a specific trait or traits; cunning and ambition, loyalty and hard work, intelligence, courage. I'm in Gryffindor, the House of the brave. The Hat wanted me in Slytherin, the House of the cunning, but I met a real jerk who went there and I asked to be put in a different one.
"Anyway, there are about five ghosts wandering around. The first four aren't too bad, but the fifth, Peeves, makes me wonder why someone hasn't used something like a Meginos Flare, and exorcised him. Fortunately, he hasn't bothered me since I threatend him with an Elmekia Lance." Harry grinned as Lina chuckled at that thought.
"There are a lot of paintings, and they all move, and some can even talk and answer questions. The kids who come from a magical background tell me that all the pictures are like that."
"I wonder how they get the pictures to do that?" Lina pondered. "It must take a lot of work. But if all their pictures are like that, then they must have some easy spells, or magical paints."
"Yeah, I wondered about it myself, but haven't gotten around to finding out."
"What about the classes?"
"Well, there are six different classes I have to take; Charms, Care of Magical Creatures, Herbology, Potions, Transfiguration, and Defense Against the Dark Arts. Potions is more interesting than what we had to learn down at the College, but the teacher is a real jerk. Defense is a class for spells to protect yourself with, and how to deal with magical pests, and monsters. Transfiguration is spells to change things, and Charms are the spells that don't fit into other classes."
"Harry, when you say 'change things,' just what things?" Lina asked carefully. This sounded interesting.
"I'll put it to you this way; my teacher demonstrated her skills by turning a desk into a living pig. She told us that it would be years before we reached that level, but I can't wait."
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