Nymphadora Tonks!

{Potter Manor, England}

{01:12 PM, 6th June, 1988}

"Merlin, are you alright?" She asked as she scanned Rigel's face for something.

"I was just watching to see how long you could keep the book levitating, I should have stopped you, is your head hurting a lot?" she asked as she took her wand out and levitated the chair that you knocked over in your surprise, she waved her wand in a complicated pattern before twisting it, the chair transformed into a makeshift bed.

"Here lie down quickly, don't move I'll be right back!" After forcing Rigel to lie down Tonks rushed out of the Library, in a moment he heard a loud crash followed by some choice curse words. Everything happened a bit too quickly, his head was fine but he still rested a bit as he read through the whole notification. The notification was a long one, but it contained a lot of crucial information, although the percentage values were a little too weak to be used reliably as a reference while actually making potions, but if the percentage increases after the skill levels up, it could be useful.

Tonks rushed back into the room with a potion in hand, "Here drink this, this will help."

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[Pepper up Potion]

[Pepper-Up Potion is a magical concoction known for its revitalizing and restorative properties. The potion is primarily used to combat and alleviate the symptoms of common ailments and illnesses. When consumed, the Pepper-Up Potion produces an immediate warming effect on the drinker. It has the ability to clear congestion, improve breathing, and provide an energy boost. It is often administered to combat colds, flu, and general fatigue, revitalizing the individual and aiding in a speedy recovery.]

[- Removes common grade negative effects]

[+250 MP]

[+100 SP]

[-50% MP and SP regeneration for 2 hrs]

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Rigel looked at the potion and a whole paragraph describing the potion popped up, he uncorked the potion and drank the potion while at the same time keeping an eye out at his Mana. The potion was spicy, and as he gulped it down it felt like gulping down really hot tea, he could feel it moving toward his stomach, and while his Mana in his status window instantly shot through to max, he felt a warm tingly feeling spread throughout his body.

"There is it better now?" Tonks asked.

"Yeah," Rigel spoke as he sat up, he was currently filled with energy and his leg was a little jittery.

"Alright calm down don't get up too quick," Tonks spoke before she explained, "That was a pepper-up potion it could give you a quick boost and drive exhaustion away, but if you try to cast magic or overdraft your body again, it would knock you out," she pushed him lightly away from the table and continued, "come on now let's go lunch is going to be ready soon, everyone will be home in a bit."

Rigel followed her pushes and left the library, he walked through the hallway of Potter Manor this time looking around at the various paintings and sceneries hung on the walls, several of the paintings waved at him and he waved back as he made his way back to the living room. There was no one there surprisingly, he walked up to a cushion and sunk into it. His thoughts bounced between the notification and the potion.

'I totally forgot about using the potion to help with the grind, even if I take the quality of this pepper-up potion as a fact, during the early grade when my mana regeneration is just 6 per hour, sacrificing 2 hours of regeneration time to get a boost of 250 mana is worth it, it would be even better when my mana capacity increases and I could accommodate and use the full 250 mana boost.'

While Rigel understood that he couldn't use these crazy boosts at home, he was sure he could manage to sneak into the Room of Requirements to design the most appropriate grind methodology to get stronger by using potions.

'I keep forgetting that the magical world is a whole lot bigger than the one shown in the movies or written in the books, there may be special potions out there that just provide a quick boost in mana, or maybe even elixirs that could provide a permanent increase to my mana.'

Rigel decided that he needed to start learning potions when he goes back home later in the evening, or later during the night because Sirius was a lazy bum and he probably didn't want to deal with making dinner. Rigel was resigned to spending most of his time in Potter Manor, at least for this summer, for next year he definitely wanted to do something about his living arrangements.

"Hey!" Tonks chirped as she hopped into the room and sat down on another cushion opposite Rigel, "So cousin how's the magical world treating you?"

"Good," Rigel replied as Tonks's hair lengthened and turned from pink to black. He waited for any further change before he continued, "That's a neat ability" Rigel remarked.

Tonks's face lightened up as she began talking about Metamorphmagus and her ability to have almost total control over her body. Rigel just nodded along with her chitter chatter, she talked a little too much but it was interesting enough that it wasn't boring and annoying.

"...and your father is my mother's cousin, once removed?" Tonks finished, but in the end, you gave up trying to understand the Black family tree.

There were some noises that came from the kitchen so Tonks stood up and went to check, Rigel watched her leave before he sighed and stood up, he watched as she knocked over a flower pot on her way and then quickly repaired it with a wave of her wand.

'I wonder what level her Reparo is at, if she tried hard enough she probably could do the spell wandlessly.'

Rigel chuckled at the odd thought as entered the dining room once again, James and Sirius were already there but Lily wasn't so everyone was procrastinating and talking about stuff.

"You really are going around everywhere with that hair?" Rigel asked, he didn't even wanna look at Sirius.

James had a wide grin on his face as he spoke, "You should have seen the look on Amelia's face when he walked into the morning meeting with that, she was all..." as James did a rather animated version of a double take with a fake sigh, Sirius preened as he listened to the story.

'Those two were made for each other, I wonder what Lily thinks being the third wheel stuck between the most obvious pair of soulmates I have ever seen...'

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AN -There will be a time skip after this chapter, let's go to Hogwarts!!

P.S.- Read 4 Chapters ahead, chapter 23 - Hogwarts and the Sorting Ceremony! at:- p.atreon.com/DesMark_ (remove the first '.' in the link).