Chapter 4- Preparing for the plot part 2 - in the orphanage
Harry's pov
Two days in the orphanage and I love it. I eat three meals a day, have clothes that fit, take a shower once a day and I even have a shared room!
I know you don't think that's a lot, but remember that I don't have memories of my past life, except for the books, so for me it's like a fairytale.
Anyway, for the past two days I tried to become friends with the other kids but as I have an adult mind and didn't have any experience with making friends, I didn't know how to- it might also had to do with my lower than average EQ, as except for being polite (something Vernon always insisted about) I didn't know how to behave in front of anyone, it took me three weeks to figure out how I should behave In front of the officer so he would believe me.
In the end I decided that I can become friends with children but I would have to pretend and it just wasn't worth it.
Now I need to learn how to read and write.
One weeks later
One weeks, that's how long it takes to learn how to read when you are a genius.
It's one day to convince one of the supervisors to teach me without being annoying (AN: he was annoying he just didn't noticed it. Low EQ)
Two days for the letters and words and four days grammar.
Could have done it in less but now I have more stuff to do than lay in my cupboard. I eat, run outside, help the supervisors with the chores I can, so one week and go to preschool. Supervisor Anna or sister Anna as she told me to call her, was so impressed that she gave me a whole new notebook for my self- which really helped, cause I needed something to write a time table for my works.
Time for weekdays!
7:00- Waking up
7:30- Breakfast
8:00-15:00 - Babysitter time, trying to use that time for occluding (Ever tried to block the chatter of children while still listening to the babysitter to pick up important information?). I don't know how people do it without occlumency.
I also used this time to move my magic around my body as much as I can and working out whenever possible.
15:00- Lunch and back to the orphanage.
15:30-19:00- Reading anything the orphanage has in the library. There Isn't a lot, mostly fiction, but knowledge is power and I already have magic so who am I to say what's real?
19:00- Dinner
19:30- Dishwashing, and organizing everything I learned and did today on useful and not so useful (there is no useless things, just not useful for now!)
20:00- Shower
20:15- Getting into bed and using magic until I'm tired, than occluding and sleep.
Time for weekends!
7:00- Waking up (Why does all the kids angry about this? It's like they don't want to wake up at this hour?)
7:30- Running around the orphanage as a way to be healthy
8:30- Shower (I don't know why sister Anna cares if I shower in the morning or the evening but apparently after sports you smell bad)
9:00- Breakfast
9:30-15:00 - Going to the library to read as we can't borrow books until we are 6. The other kids go to the park
15:00- Lunch
16:00-17:00 - Playing in the park as a way to build muscles.
17:00-19:00- Back at the orphanage helping (trying to help) make dinner
and learning about food
19:00- Dinner
19:30- Dishwashing
20:00- Shower (When sister Anna saw me dirty when I got to bed with the excuse of 'I showered in the morning.' She took me by my ear and washed me)
20:15- Getting into bed and using magic until I'm tired, than occluding and sleep.
That was my way of living for two weeks and I got better at a lot of things.
My body got strong and tall enough to be on the same level as kids my own age.
My magic got so much better that now instead of using lumus to I tire myself up, I use levitation (I don't really use words in magic as it doesn't make sense to me, instead I use intent) to lift a pen and move it around.
My body also got used to the magic so it doesn't hurt as much as it did when I use it- I just hope that one day it won't hurt at all.
My occlumency got much better, I read Sherlock Holmes and the mind palace he explained about was similar enough to use as reference, and lord of the rings gave me ideas for shields like a lava pit. So now all I need is more experience and knowledge about the world to create better shields for my brain.
In the library in the orphanage I read all the books and in the public library I read everything they had about health (Which is a lot) so I now I know what to do health wise with my work outs
And last but not least, sister Anna figured out that I'm really smart so she convinced the matron to test me so tomorrow I get to go to school for first grade!
One day later
First days sucks, we didn't learn anything just played around.
I just hope it gets better....
One month later
It did and it didn't.
The other kids still don't know how to read and write and it feels like it would take all year for them to learn.
Math and science was also something I enjoyed but was too slow, actually everything was too slow.
The only upside was that my I noticed my body's getting stronger and faster by moving my magic around it.
Two weeks later
That's it, I am going to do it!
"Excuse me Mrs. Hannigan?" I called my teacher. "Yes, mr. Malcolm?"
"Can you please get me something harder to do?"
"Mr. Malcolm, please have your matron come see me tomorrow so I can discuss your situation with her."
It took a few days, a lot of tests and even an IQ test where everyone was shocked, (I got 270) but in the end I moved to third grade and kept moving up the grades until by the end of the year I got to finish sixth grade.
31 July 1986
Today is my birthday and also my one year anniversary in the orphanage.
In this year I did a lot. Study wise- I read all there is in the orphanage's library, I moved up six grades and I read the history books of high school (only so I can finish with it forever).
Body wise- with my workout and magic I am taller than average and more compact so I look 7 years old and not 6.
Magic wise- after getting used to levitating the pen, I started to focus on control. So now I can do my homework with magic by levitating the pan and writing with it and I'm about to start my second pen (to work extra fast).
And finally, occlumency wise - my growth in it was minimal. I can now multitask and think about to things together while still keeping up my shields but except a lava wall and electric wall I can't think of anything more to put, and I still can't decide what my mind palace would look like on the inside.
Anyway, today for my birthday I get a library card and to go to the movie, something called Star Wars and all the three movies. I'm so excited!
One day later
That was epic! I decided, my mind palace is a Death Star and my shields would have to completely change! From now on I have battle ships, force field and clones and robots with lasers as defense, and more importantly, my memories and knowledge is gonna be encrypted and inside a computer- let's see people in my mind now! HAHAHAHAHAHAHa
Sorry it came evil...
31 July 1987
It's been a whole year and now I am 7.
This year was even better than the last one.
Study wise - I finished middle school and finished with the English, literature, Latin, French and pretty much all for high school except math, science and music lessons so I guess next year would be my last at school till Hogwarts.
Body wise I am as tall as a tall 8 year old and I am still compact enough to win a fight with a 10 year old.
My occlumency got much better and I can now say most people won't break inside my brain.
And finally magic wise- I started doing five homework's assignments at the same time with levitation magic and before bed I tire myself up by using the strongest and most harmless magic I know of- the Patronus charm, I can only create small fog for now but I'm working on it (plus the more you use magic the more magic you have).
Not all things are perfect though, at school my schoolmates tried to bully me, but when a six years old boy tells the teacher that he is being bullied by teenagers, let's just say the teacher listens.
In addition, when people see a seven years old in high school they start asking questions, and when they ask questions you don't have answers for like, where is his paperwork? You get into trouble, at least I would, if officer Wilson didn't have connections with some forgers which made me instead of a orphan a foster child, so people won't try adopt me. Again, perfect, if I wasn't someone everyone would love to be a foster parent to.
Which is why for this year's birthday, I get to move to a new house with my new foster parents- mr. and Mrs. Wilkerson or Dan and Jenny. (Though when Jenny started to say their names I could swear she was about to say daddy and mommy)
So now I move to a new house, (never home - I might someday would have to use the blood wards and they should keep working as long as I keep thinking about that place as home) a new school and what really thrills me is a room just for my self.
I don't know if it's possible but let's hope next year would be even better.