HOGWARTS WILL BE IN THE STORY. HE OWNS IT AND IS GOING TO GO ANYWAY I DONT CARE WHAT YOU THINK. THERE MAY BE PARTS WHERE HE KNOWS EVERYTHING BUT HARRY HAS MINOR GAPS IN HIS KNOWLEGDE WHICH CAN BE FILLED BY BEING SOCIAL AND LEARNING.

Author's Note:

The Library in Potter Manor has tens of maybe hundreds of thousands of books.

Hope I redeemed myself last Chapter...

Sorry for taking so long to update but a lot has been going on in my life.

DaRoHa

Chapter 9 ~ Bookworm

It had been months since the duel of honour, and Harry's self-training and learning was coming along well. He had finished his translation of Slytherin's diary, getting a true understanding of the man and his motives. He had also read the diaries of the other founders, realising that they were more than friends, they were two loving married couples.

Harry was at that time, the brightest Wizard of his age, mainly due to owning almost all books and having masters of different magicks as his ancestors. Griphook decided to take Harry up on his offer of training him so he would know how to fight and understand some goblin magic.

Walking into the library where Harry was reading Quidditch through the Ages, Griphook called out to Harry," Harry! I feel I am ready to teach and mentor you if you wish me to."

"That would be great!" exclaimed Harry, excited about learning to fight and to learn goblin magicks.

"We can begin whenever you are ready, but it would be best if I gave you some books to read to prepare you."

"As long as I'm learning from you I'll be happy. I'm getting a bit bored of just sitting here reading books. It must be at least one hundred books I've read so far."

"Well I need you to read these ones," said Griphook, leading Harry over to a shelf full of books written purely in gobbledygook. He pointed to a specific row, one that housed books about basic etiquette and base magicks.

"So how many of these do I need to read?"

"Each book on this row," said Griphook before doing a quick count," forty-three books and I will test you on the knowledge found in each of them in a small quiz for each. If you don't understand something just ask me. I'll be reading those ones up there," He said, pointing to some heavier looking tomes on the top shelves.

Harry was intrigued. He would be learning goblin knowledge from their books and a goblin! But yet again, it would take over a month to learn all of it, and that was only the basics!

Harry summoned Lucas by calling his name. He then got him to move all of the books that Griphook wanted read into his study corner. Looking through the various titles, he chose Al-Kesh Guide to fading and apparition.

"Griphook!" he shouted, calling his new mentor to him.

"Yes Harry?"

"I'm going to read this one. Just letting you know because you said you had tests for me and This seems the most interesting."

"Ah...That it is. Fading is like apparition but much sneakier. Just read the book and I'll be over there reading my books," said Griphook, pointing to the far other study area next to the entrance.

As day by day passed, Harry learnt copious amounts of goblin lore and magicks. What he was learning consisted of guides and how-to manuals, all very basic compared to what an of-age goblin knew.

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Having spent months learning from the Potter Library and teaching each other new things, Griphook was comfortable enough and finally ready to teach Harry the practical arts of Fading and Apparition.

"Harry, this is probably the most important lesson I will teach you. I am going to teach you fading and goblin apparition," said Griphook mysteriously.

"So Fading is where you go into a type of there-but-not-there state in which you can remain hidden or fade in and out of existence over short distances?"

"Yes, it seems you learnt that book well," replied Griphook, very impressed.

"Well it was the most interesting out of the ones you gave me, apart from the runes books. But can I do goblin apparition? I'm not a goblin," mumbled Harry, worried his friend would not accept him.

"Harry, I believe you will be able to do it because of your ancestry, Emrys Myrrdin - your ancestor Merlin, was able to do it, so could the four founders of Hogwarts. They are the only humans ever to be able to do it."

"So can we begin? It'll be so cool...I can just fade into the dining room i wont need to walk down from the bedroom," exclaimed Harry, the gleefulness of his youth evident.

"It is much similar to Wizard Apparition, having the same goals used to achieve it. Destination, Determination & Deliberation. You must open your mind to learn this Harry. It is not possible to splinch yourself as a wizard can, but it is possible to fade out and leave something behind, such as a foreign object or contaminant which has somehow entered your body. This is why it is so rare for wizards. Your brand of magic is different and so only the very powerful and most focussed can do it, with the assistance of a goblin to teach them of course," lectured Griphook, grinning in a horrible goblin grin as he said the last part.

"You must visualise your destination having a memory of it, or with a Pensieve memory of it to fade into or you can be lost in the ether. Your determination is your will to disappear and reappear. Your focus must be complete when you are doing this or it is possible to be partially faded out and remain that way until the rest of your body is found. With your deliberation you choose when to fade, how much to fade and if you are visible or invisible. Being faded so only 30% of your person is left is considered invisible as the most powerful wards and wizards can only detect fading concentrates above 80%, such as ghosts."

"So i think of where to go, when to go and appear and how fast and how much i have to fade?"

"yes Harry. Now have a go," said Griphook. Do these wizards need to repeat everything we say to them?

As Harry focussed, Griphook was amazed. He disappeared from view completely.

"Harry?" called Griphook, worried because he didn't know where the young duke may have gone to.

Feeling as if he was being watched, Griphook looked up and saw Harry sitting with his legs dangling off of one of the shelves, at least ten metres of the ground.

"Care to join me Griphook? Or are goblins scared of heights?"

"You're very lucky I am a member of your house Harry. It prevents me from harming you," mumbled Griphook as he faded out, appearing behind Harry on the top of another shelf momentarily.

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Christmas came quickly to Potter Manor with all of Harry's training and his magical core's strengthening past the level of Arch-Mage. He was extremely excited to see Sirius again, his last visit only being for 5 minutes before him and Amelia had gone to Fiji.

"Hello Pup!" announced Sirius as he sauntered into the room, hands in pockets of what looked to be a skirt that he was wearing.

"SIRIUS!" exclaimed Harry, running to hug his godfather.

Feeling something was wrong, Harry stepped back and looked at what Sirius was wearing.

"Why are you wearing a dress?" inquired Harry.

"It's not a dress, it's a Sarong. It's a Fijian thing that all the men wear. I just apparated straight from the IFZ and this is what I was wearing."

"Why didn't you just apparate? Surely there must've been hundreds of people at the International Floo Zone?"

"We aren't all merlins in the making Harry, and besides," said Sirius, lowering his voice and moving closer to give a reason for their journey," I think Amelia is Pregnant."

"How far along?"

"About two weeks i'd guess," he replied.

Author's Note:

Sorry for taking so long to update but a lot has been going on in my life and I've really just been struggling to keep going because my computer was stuffing me around and then I just didn't know how to continue.

It will probably be not the next chapter, but the chapter after it will be the start of Hogwarts...

DaRoHa