Tonk siblings tutor

July 1982

Nymph is 9 years old since April, so our parents thought it would be good, when she learned some things

ahead of time. Purebloods hire a lot of tutors for their offspring, but we aren't well of like those old families.

But mom found a tutor for sis. Her name is Claire and she is the daughter of moms coworker at the hospital.

I asked if I could learn with my sister and she didn't object and dad thought it would save some money.

Claire becomes now a 4th-year Rawenclaw student and wants to earn some pocket money over the holidays, so she teaches us four days a week for one month.

Most of the time we go her home, because her family has a liittle magical herb garden in the backyard.

Herbology is one of the few subjects, that can be practiced without a wand, so we learn here.

Aside from knowledge in Herbology, she uses her first year books to show us basics of the different

courses at Hogwarts.

Claire is one of the few Rawenclaws who think knowledge should be shared and not hoarded.

Good viewpoint, maybe she becomes a teacher in the future.

Back to our courses of study.

Both Charms and transfiguration can't be practiced without a wand, at least at the beginning, so she shows us some examples and explains important things one needs to keep in mind while using.

Charms lays priority on wand movement and rightful pronunciation of chants,

while imagination is more important in Transfiguration.

Nymph is a natural metamorphogus so she shouldn't have a problem with Transfiguration, so we left that out of our further study, but I had some ideas for her ability. Maybe I can work on that with her in the coming year.

Aside from those three topics we didn't enjoy Astronomy and History of magic, because it was simply boring even when Claire tries to rope us in with some funny stories or drawing star charts.

As a good tutor she saw this, so after we learned the foundation in the first week,

she dropped the two.

Mom didn't specify what we should learn, so we simply prioritise other aspects of knowledge.

Leaving them aside, we both found some interesting subjects we liked.

Nymph likes Charms and Transfiguration, while I enjoyed Herbology and Potions which I both could study without a wand.

But the subject both of us loved was DADA (Defense against the Dark Arts).

Sis with her future auror training had a fascination of protecting against evil.

I in contrast liked the aspect of magic beasts.

Care of magical creatures is a third year course, but you learn how to face them in DADA,

so you must learn their habits and weaknesses.

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't hurt them, but was interested in their habits.

What eats a niffler?

Where live Occamy?

Such knowledge was what I seeked for.

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After the month we growed closer to Claire. She's like our first friend or maybe more of a big sister because of the age difference.

She said goodbye, but promised to visit from time to time.

She also can take care of Nymph when she finally starts school.

At that time Claire should be a 6th-year by then and how I see it, a prefect.

In the last months some things changed.

Anluan now sleeps in my Dimensional Home at night.

He's now at dad's chest height while on his paws.

Funny look on dad's face, when he is only on his hind legs and licks dad's face.

Although they wonder were he strolls at night, they don't question it and see it that with his growth he gets himself a bigger territory around the house. Oh how wrong they could be.

Anluan doesn't even like to go till the wards.

He stays around me and sis, but we play with him daily with toys we create from wood to train his body, mind and sense of smell.

Put some treat in a ball with little holes and hide it on the property and he brings it to us to get an additional pat for his work or make a puzzle with his loved cat, that mom made for him from some robust material, inside. Every time he 'plays hide with her' and sees her again, he is so happy as if all his loved things happened at once. The only other time I see him so happy is on our rare family picnics.

I also conracted Minerva as my second beast. Even if she is at Hogwarts and I can't share her vision because of the big distance, I should sense how she's doing.

Since she is sisters pet, I told Mini, her nickname, mentally to hear on what Nymph wants.

Couldn't have a rebellious pet, who doesn't transports letters, because someone else than me tells her.

So ended our summer. Only to years till sis goes to Hogwarts