And Back, Time for classes... we will be looking at Elemental Magic sson

Chapter Five: Advancing the Chances

Harry groaned as he looked at the timetable Carionax had handed him come breakfast the next morning,

Monday:

06:00 – 07:30 Breakfast, 07:30 – 09:30 Advanced Offensive, 09:30 – 09:55 Break, 09:55 – 11:55 Advanced Tactic, 12:00 – 13:30 Lunch, 13:35 – 15:35 Healing Magic, 15:35 – 16:00 Break, 16:00 – 18:00 Advanced Defence, 18:00 – 19:30 Dinner, 19:30 – 21:00 Occlumency, 21:00 – Onwards Free

Tuesday:

06:00 – 07:30 Breakfast, 07:30 – 09:30 Advanced Offensive, 09:30 – 09:55 Break, 09:55 – 11:55 Advanced defence, 12:00 – 13:30 Lunch, 13:35 – 15:35 Counter Charms, 15:35 – 16:00 Break, 16:00 – 18:00 Healing Magic, 18:00 – 19:30 Dinner, 19:30 – 21:00 Occlumency, 21:00 – Onwards Free

Wednesday

06:00 – 07:30 Breakfast, 07:30 – 09:30 Advanced Offensive, 09:30 – 09:55 Break, 09:55 – 11:55 Advanced Tactic, 12:00 – 13:30 Lunch, 13:35 – 15:35 Counter Charms, 15:35 – 16:00 Break, 16:00 – 18:00 Advanced Defence, 18:00 – 19:30 Dinner, 19:30 – 21:00 Occlumency 21:00 – Onwards Free

Thursday

06:00 – 07:30 Breakfast, 07:30 – 09:30 Advanced Defense, 09:30 – 09:55 Break, 09:55 – 11:55 Healing Magic, 12:00 – 13:30 Lunch, 13:35 – 15:35 Counter Charms, 15:35 – 16:00 Break, 16:00 – 18:00 Advanced Tactic, 18:00 – 19:30 Dinner, 19:30 – 21:00 Occlumency 21:00 – Onwards Free

Friday

06:00 – 07:30 Breakfast, 07:30 – 09:30 Advanced Tactics, 09:30 – 09:55 Break, 09:55 – 11:55 Advanced Offensive, 12:00 – 13:30 Lunch, 13:35 – 15:35 Healing Magic, 15:35 – 16:00 Break, 16:00 – 18:00 Counter Charms, 18:00 – 19:30 Dinner, 19:30 – 21:00 Occlumency, 21:00 – Onwards Free

Looking again he realised that the people who would be teaching him had put in a lot of work, and no doubt knew what they were doing, but as he read it, he heard Draco laugh, "Have you figured it out yet, why it's a good idea to have Carionax teaching us before term?"

Harry narrowed his eyes before nodding, "We'll learn things before anyone else…"

"No you won't" Carionax's voice cut in, "These lessons are far more… dangerous and require more skill than the lessons I have planned, if I find enough skilled people, I shall start a club for duelling, there we may learn some of the more basic things intend to teach you here"

"What will we be learning?" Alistair asked,

"Oh a bit of this and that, I hope we do some Elemental Magic, but we'd need to find your true element… that takes work" Carionax replied, "Considering the current residence of this manor, we have experts in all the major elements and some of the non-Elemental Elements, such as Solakinesis… hell any competent wizard can use Solakinesis"

"Can anyone use any element?" Draco asked,

"Yes and no, everyone can use every spell from each Element, however you are always and always will be more Intune with your own element and find it more tricky to master spells from other elements" Carionax replied, "Thanks to Yuki, I can be attuned to any element of my choosing at that moment, allowing a greater range of spells"

"So how can you tell your element?" Harry asked,

"Some spells you will have difficultly learning because their tough spells, others you will pick up easier, it all depends on around five spells" Carionax replied, "Agumenti, Expelliarmus, Incendio, Lumos and Wingardium Leviosa"

"I know all of those spells, they are the ones I have been taught in either my first or second year" Harry replied,

"Good, which do you consider easiest to use?" Carionax asked,

"Expelliarmus" Harry replied,

"Wingardium Leviosa" Draco replied,

"See, that is your magic reflecting your inner element, Air or lighting as the case may be" Carionax replied, "Aerokinesis' users tend to be more calm, regal and able to focus, while Fulgurkinesis are natural leaders, fighters and people who won't surrender."

"Who will be teach us?" Harry asked,

"Well I'll do my best but I think I can grab a couple of people, Narcissa, Ferox, Amelia, and Rowena all use Aero… Kinnard, Alistair, Rufus and Sal all use Fulgur… I think Alistair and Narcissa will aid with their individual knowledge of their element" Carionax smirked,

"Is elemental magic common?" Harry asked,

"Oh Merlin no, I think around only 35 Wizards in Britain are capable of using true Elemental Magic, but its more common that Blood Magic, Devine Magic and Necromancy, about 4 Wizards in Britain between them" Carionax replied, "And we are very fortunate to have around 20 of them in the manor at this time"

Harry nodded and watched as Carionax spoke his son and daughter before straightening up, "Draco where's Hydras?"

"Still eating" Draco replied,

"Fetch him" Carionax scowled and Draco ran off, returning with a smaller version of himself, reminding Harry of when he'd First met Draco,

"Hello Hydras, you're late" Carionax told him,

"Father doesn't want me here you know, I'm going now" Hydras waived and as he turned around, Harry watched Carionax scowl,

"Hydras Carionax Richards Malfoy, get back here now" Carionax's voice came sharp and cold and sent a chill down Harry's spin,

"Hydras Carionax?" Harry asked Draco who smirked,

"Carionax and Cullen are the best of friends, that's why Hydras has Carionax as a middle name and Alistair has Cullen as his middle name" Draco replied, "they are also godfathers for each other's kids"

Harry nodded, and noticed that Snape and Sirius were both standing in the room behind them,

"What are they doing here?" Alistair asked as he too noticed them,

"We are here to help Carionax, you are learning some extremely offensive spells, which can be… dangerous" Snape replied, "I have the ability to heal most wounds, and Black can summon Cullen if need be"

Harry nodded and turned to face Carionax again, "The spell I am going to teach you, or try to is known a Spirit Bolt… a very basic battle spell people always underestimate, most choosing to use other Spirit like magic, for example Stupify… Spirit Bolt is also known as Arcane Bolt."

Harry nodded watched the wand motion, which was a simple flick of the wrist, "Iactus!"

Harry watched a bolt of energy fly forward and strike the wall, leaving a blackened scorch mark on the wall,

"Arcane Bolt, not able to be blocked by Protego, but it is weaker than Stupify" Carionax told them, "But for lessons about defence, that is a different lesson. Now we can have a while to practice that spell, and then if anyone has mastered it, we can work on some wandless magic"

With that Carionax flicked his wrist and several dummies appeared, "You may begin casting"

Harry saw the target and aimed his wand, "Iactus!" as he called the spell he felt a bolt of magic blast forward, as it struck the dummy there was a loud explosion, a waive of energy sent him to the floor and he heard for more grunts which confirmed that Draco, Hydras, Alistair and Primrose had all been hit too.

Sitting up Harry saw the place where the dummy had stood was now a pile of blacked ash, with Carionax, Snape, Lucius, Cullen, Yuki and Hyacinth standing over,

"Merlin's beard" Hyacinth blinked, "And you're sure this was Harry?"

"I watched the spell" Carionax replied, "Iactus, nothing else, no other spell targeted it… certainly not one that could cause this"

"Iactus has been known to cause problems in Wizards who use very little of their magic, which is the main reason Dumbledore does not allow it to be taught at the school" Yuki frowned, "But this much pent magic, it isn't normal…. Nor is it healthy"

"Could he be drawing Magic from Voldemort?" Carionax asked,

"No, I checked for that, this all bares his unique signature, and not even you or I can fake a Magical signature" Yuki replied,

"So how in Merlin did Iactus, one of the weakest battle spells cause this?" Snape asked

"I'm not sure… Iactus is technically, and I use this lightly part of Fulgurkinesis… much like Expelliarmus is, maybe his magic is so Intune with Lighting Magic that whenever he casts one, it amplifies the effects" Carionax replied,

"So he's a Electromancer Mage?" Lucius asked,

"It makes sense, James was an Air Mage, and Lily was a near as dammit to being a Aqua Mage, it makes sense" Hyacinth nodded, before she noticed Harry was awake,

"Harry, are you alright?" Hyacinth asked and everyone turned to face him,

Harry nodded, "Bit of a headache"

"It's only natural" Carionax told him, "Due to this incident, all but Occlumency are cancelled for today, there is something I want to talk to you about"

Harry nodded and he stood up, watching as Lucius levitated Draco out of the room, as Hyacinth and Cullen got everyone else out,

"Well, an eventful first class" Carionax smiled, "So what I want to talk to you about is the classes of magic users… I take it Dumbledore has not shared them with you?"

Harry shook his head, and Carionax sighed, "The weakest is Occultist, basic magic, basic strength… not very many of them around anymore… as awful as this sounds, you are more likely to be an Occultist if you are Muggleborn, for reasons we will discuss later in Healing Magic"

"The next is Magus, someone who is weak in all but one type of magic, It varies person to person, but its most common for them to excel at Charms but be poor at everything else" Carionax explained,

"The next is the most common, Witch or Wizard, it's the average persons strength" Carionax replied, "Then comes Warlock, they tend to be better and magical arts than practical ones like Potions, History of Magic, Care of Magical creatures or divination."

"The next is Sorcerer or Sorceress, they usual excel at most types of magic, but have one or two things that always hold them back" Carionax replied,

"Then comes Supreme Sorcerer or Supreme Sorceress, they excel at everything, however have so many thoughts in their head they struggle to engage in battle" Carionax added, "Then Comes Magician, people who can turn their hand to anything, but take longer to learn magic than nearly anyone else"

"The next class is Mage, the class your parents and Dumbledore belongs to, powerful and influential, but always have a weakness… it just takes longer for it to show" Carionax explained, "Then comes Arch-Mage, more powerful versions of Mages and influential, they can absorb knowledge like water to a sponge"

"The semifinal class is Diviner, which is the class Hyacinth belongs to, able to cast near any spell with the same proficiency as each other, their spells always have a kick to them and they can duel against anyone… and the final class is the most feared, but also the most powerful, a Lich…. Many dark stories have been invented about them, but very few are true" Carionax frowned, "A Lich is the most powerful type of magic user, they have the inbuilt ability to absorb ambient magic and add it to their magical reserve… many people believe that they are either undead or dark wizards that go round stealing magic"

Harry nodded, suddenly remembering a book he'd once taken from Dudley's room which contained an evil lich who stole things before a good wizard beat him,

"However some of the most famous Wizards or Witches In history have been Lich's, like Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, Salazar Slytherin, Godric Gryffindor, Merlin and Morgana" Carionax listed, "like Diviner's, they can use any type of magic, both dark and light"

Harry watched as Carionax spoke before realisation hit him, "That's why you're so powerful, you're a Lich"

Carionax smiled and nodded once, "Indeed, and that Harry is why Dumbledore hates me, he like many buy into the lies that have been spun about Lich's, I managed to use some ancient magic to lock the secret so without my permission, Dumbledore can't, write, speak or tell anyone that I am a Lich"

Harry nodded his understanding, "Now I believe you have a letter to write to your friends"

Smirking Harry nodded and as he walked out of the room, Carionax turned back to the wall, his eyes narrowing, with a flick of his wrist the blackened mess was cleaned, and a Patronus was off letting Hyacinth know where he was going, and with a flick of his robes he was gone.

(Hogwarts)

Landing down with a thump, Carionax stood up. Looking around he saw he was in the forbidden forest, sighing to himself he began the walk towards the school. As he walked he reached up his sleeve and felt a wand there, smiling to himself, he walked forward.

Arriving on the forests edge he saw the hut he knew belonged to the game keeper, walking past it he heard a large dog barking from within, a hushed spell and the barking fell silent as the dog received a large pile of fresh pork from Greywalker manor.

Climbing the grounds, Carionax's eyes flicked around, awaiting an ambush at any moment, but none appeared. As he arrived at the side courtyard he saw the doors were closed, sighing to himself, he continued walking, the doors unlocked in front of him and opened, allowing him entry.

Feeling the castle's magic wash over him as it embraced him, "Hello old girl, it's time to wake up"

The castles magic reacted at once, filling every corridor of Hogwarts. Carionax tapped into the well of magic and sent pulses of magic to find what he was looking for and send a message, smirking to himself he walked down the familiar corridors and past the suits of armour which saluted him as he past.

As he arrived in the entrance hall, he saw his friends awaiting him, Hyacinth, Cullen, Ruby, Tompkin, Domenic, Kinnard, Drake and Ferox.

"Come" Carionax called to them and the group walked down to the dungeons, and into the labyrinth of tunnels, arriving at a stretch of wall covered by a picture of a twisting snake, "Serepens" Hyacinth hissed and the portrait faded from view, leaving a doorway behind it,

The group stepped in one by one into the old room, dust hung everywhere and the torches that seemed put out years ago, a large table with chairs in the centre of the room, with faded green rugs and wall hangings.

"Look at this place" Hyacinth sighed,

"Come on, we only have to do this once" Carionax replied, drawing a single wand and each of them flicking their wands, the dust, cobwebs vanished, and everything shone like new. The group each took their seats around the table and turned to face four portraits on the closest wall, Ferox opened a large book and drew out a quill.

"3…2…1…" Hyacinth counted before nodding at Carionax,

"WAKE UP YOU!" Carionax bellowed and the four subjects of the paintings awoke, and looked around, "Thank you"

"We call this the 34th Meeting of Slytherin's Spirit Council, present is Slytherin Queen Hyacinth, Slytherin King Carionax, Slytherin Hatchling Ruby, Slytherin Prince Cullen, Slytherin Lord Domenic, Slytherin Duke Domenic, Slytherin Knights Kinnard and Drake and Slytherin Keeper Ferox, Overseeing events is Lord Godric Gryffindor, Lord Salazar Slytherin, Lady Rowena Ravenclaw and Lady Helga Hufflepuff"

"Well, look at you all" Salazar smirked, "Did you have to be so loud?"

"Of course Sal" Carionax replied, "Had to wake you up"

"Behave" Hyacinth sighed, "Now it has been 20 years since we all gathered together in one room like this, however with Carionax returning to Hogwarts and Voldemort on the move, we meet once more"

"20 Years?" Rowena asked, "Will you tell us what has happened?"

"Well Dawn beat the Death Eaters, the little rat Fudge became Minister, Lily and James son defeated Voldemort at the cost of their lives leaving their son an Orphan, Dumbledore locked Carionax out of Hogwarts but Amelia and Rufus reversed it… oh and Carionax and Hyacinth got married and have two kids" Cullen listed, "Voldemort came back and has two Horcrux's left"

"What did you say?" Godric asked,

"Hyacinth and Carionax?" Rowena asked,

"N-no way" Salazar added,

"They're so cute together" Helga smiled,

"Thank you Cullen" Carionax frowned as he flicked his wrist and sent a slap at Cullen.

"Ow" Cullen frowned,

"So why have you come here now?" Godric asked,

"One to ask your advice and send to gain your blessing to reform Dawn" Carionax replied,

"Voldemort has returned?" Salazar asked,

"Yes, and he is recruiting desperately" Kinnard replied,

"Then Dawn is needed, as Lords and Ladies of Hogwarts we authorize you to rebuild Dawn" Rowena told them, "As it was, it shall be, Dawn will rise again, as it did when we lead it against the alliance of Shadows, so you may lead it against the Death Eaters, name your leader"

"Carionax Greywalker, Leader of Dawn II and Dawn III" Hyacinth replied, "And he shall become Leader of Dawn IV"

"Carionax, please choose your deputy head" Salazar nodded,

"Severus Snape, Deputy Leader of Dawn III, and so he shall be come Deputy Leader of Dawn IV" Carionax replied,

"And your council?" Godric asked,

"Hyacinth Greywalker Nee Flint, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy, Amelia Bones, Rufus Scrimgeor, Alistair Moody, Minerva McGonagall, Filius Flitwick, Pomona Sprout, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin all have consented to return to the council" Carionax listed, "And with the loss of Regulas Black, James Potter and Lily Potter, we have Cullen Malfoy, Ruby Malfoy and Garrick Ollivander to replace them"

"Then summon your council, Dawn is reborn this night, send the signal, light the sky, and send our mark into the sky, and let the Dark Lord know that Dawn has returned…"

And done

Before you ask why Carionax had to ask the founders for permission, they lead the original Dawn, and he wanted their permission to reform their old organisation…..

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