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Chapter 40 different school.
9 Oct
"Have a safe flight, Hedwig, feel free to stay at whoever's house you deliver to last if you want." Harry smiled as he stroked Hedwig's feathers. With a hoot Hedwig had taken flight from the Owlery and headed south. The gifts for Padma, Mandy and Hermione were each given to a different school owl and Harry watched them fly away until he couldn't see them anymore. He'd give Hagrid his present on Christmas morning in the Great Hall, he was sure the gentle giant would like it.
The next day just after lunch Harry had been sitting in the Great Hall waiting for what he knew was coming. Within a few minutes of most of the students leaving four owls from the Owl Order Service landed on the table in front of Harry. Each of the highly trained owls waited patiently as Harry first took off the small parcel that contained his Galleons from their legs before replacing them with the wrapped packages containing the Scouters he'd sold. Once the packages were secure the four owls took flight and were out of the Great Hall in less than a minute. With that done Harry quickly retreated to his workshop to stash his new gold. Having secured his Galleons in the back of the bottom drawer of the Professor's desk he'd commandeered as his work table Harry started work on his newest trinket.
"Just have to etch the sequence and then I can get to testing." Harry smiled to himself as he pulled out the last two flat metal bars he'd forged and pulled out the metal etching tool from his Rune Carving Kit. Several minutes later Harry was finished with the etching and admiring his new trinket. This time he'd gone for another simple design, he called it a Silent Step. Attaching this trinket to the bottom of a person's shoes should make their steps silent. Harry quickly used a Sticking Charm, from his wand since he hadn't gotten this particular Charm to work wandlessly yet, to attach one bar to the bottom of his left trainer before doing the same with his right. Once both small bars were attached horizontally across the soles of his shoes, so they wouldn't impede the soles' ability to bend, Harry had taken a few steps across the room. When no sound was made by his steps Harry grinned and started stomping and jumping up and down. Still no sound was made and Harry cheered in triumph. Even if it was just a simple trinket it always felt good to succeed with a creation.
When Christmas morning came Harry was happy as any eleven year old to see a few gifts on top of his trunk. Smiling Harry picked up the first one and laughed when he saw that it was from Tonks. Honestly the wrapping paper gave it away, who else would use a Color Changing Charm to swap the traditional green and red coloration of Christmas for neon blue and hot pink? Opening the gift he was met with the sight of a new Rune Carving Kit. This one looked much fancier than the three he'd found in his workshop. Reading the card Tonks had sent he was surprised to learn she'd been planning this since October. The tools in this kit were made with alchemical metal alloys allowing them to be used with almost every material imaginable.
"This kit must have cost at least nine or ten Galleons, maybe more, I'll have to hope she likes my gift as much as I like hers." Harry mumbled to himself as he set the Kit aside. He'd definitely save it for after he got the hang of dealing with normal metals. After that maybe it would be prudent to look into alchemic metal alloys for his Enchanting? He had a Kit that could work with those magical metals now and it would be a shame to not explore the idea.
The next gift he picked up was from Hermione. She'd sent him a book called 'Famous Enchanted Objects from around the World' he'd definitely have a look through this tonight before bed. It would be interesting to see what other Enchanters had come up with and gotten famous for.
The third gift he picked up was from Mandy. She'd gotten him a sample of what had to be every single magical candy out there. Some of these he had never even heard of. He knew the girl had a sweet tooth but now he'd have to carefully read what each of these candies did before he ate one. Magical candy was known to have a variety of effects after all.
Padma's gift ended up being fourth. The Indian witch had sent him a book on learning Devanagari for use in Runes. He'd have to thank his study buddy for this when she got back. If he could learn another Runic Language he'd open up a whole new path for his Enchanting. Not to mention the potential of mixing Runic Languages into a working array. The theory was sound enough but only a few Enchanters had actually succeeded from what Harry had read.
The fifth gift was from Penny and he smiled when he read the card. The sweet girl was once again thanking him for teaching her Wandless Magic and hoped her gift made him happy. The gift turned out to be another book but its title caught Harry's attention. 'Beginners Alchemy for Enchanters' was embossed on the cover and Harry opened it to read the forward. This book would teach the beginnings of alchemy and the products it could create to assist in Enchanting. Harry had only briefly come across this in his Advanced Magical Crafting book. But the possibility of using alchemic compounds to create magical circuits between Runes to spread their effects or to link them up in new ways was briefly mentioned near the end of it and Harry's mind was already abuzz with new thoughts and ideas.
"I do believe my two closest friends collaborated on their gifts for me." Harry mused fondly; those two were far too good to him.
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