CH45

"I got my best grades in Charms and Defense" Harry shrugged. "And got O's in everything else too, but potions is my least favourite" he explained with a grimace.

"So you got an O+ in charms?" Lily questioned excitedly. "And Defense" Harry replied proudly.

"Wow, you must be good, I think Lily was the only one to get an O+ in charms here" Alice said certainly.

"Then you must have worked very hard for it" Harry observed knowingly.

"A little" Lily agreed shyly.

The group entered the classroom and Harry took a seat next to Sirius as the girls split off and sat away from them.

"Still sulking?" he inquired.

"I'm not sulking" Sirius growled. "You're supposed to stick up for me, not help that banshee" he added, shaking his head while glaring at Marlene.

"We both know that you would have done the same if you were in my position" Harry pointed out. "And it's so obvious that you like her, you can't stop looking at those blue eyes" he added with a smirk.

"She has brown eyes" Sirius retorted.

"My point exactly" Harry returned triumphantly.

The others laughed as Sirius turned red and began mumbling incoherently.

"Alright class, settle down" Professor Flitwick squeaked as he entered the room.

The diminutive man looked exactly as Harry remembered, down to the white hair that rested on top of his head, he clearly didn't age much over the years.

"Today we are going to recap the spells we learnt last year" Flitwick informed them. "I want you to start with the Aguamenti Charm and then we will go from there" he explained. Sirius had already drawn his wand and was whispering the charm causing a small amount of water to leak from the end of his wand.

"It won't work if you're angry" Harry muttered to the boy.

Sirius growled and continued his efforts, though the results did not improve.

"Aguamenti" he hissed angrily causing a powerful jet of water to erupt from his wand and sending the unprepared boy flying from his seat.

"On my command Mr. Black" Flitwick sighed. "You fired prematurely" he pointed out.

"Probably not the first time" Peter muttered.

The rest of the group looked at the boy in shock before bursting into a fit of laughter. Clearly Peter did not make jokes often. "Bloody hell Wormy" Sirius deadpanned. "I can't even be mad at you for that one, that was good" he conceded reluctantly.

"Alright, settle down" Flitwick chided with a shake of his head. "We will do it one at a time" he decided. "Miss Evans" he called.

Lily approached the front of the class and performed the spell perfectly on her first attempt as did most of the class. Eventually Flitwick called Harry and he approached nervously.

The spell was largely based on power, was physical in nature and he knew that even reigned in he was much more powerful than the rest of the class by a considerable amount.

"Do not worry Mr. Potter, I'm sure you will be fine" Flitwick soothed, sensing the boy's nervousness.

"Erm, Professor, you might want to get them to put shields up" he whispered warningly. "Even when I hold back it's quite powerful" he explained.

"I'm sure it will be ok Mr. Potter" Flitwick said comfortingly.

Harry nodded his head reluctantly and sighed before flicking his wand into his hand and releasing a large burst of water from the tip of his wand, soaking most of the people in the room including the professor as it rebounded violently off the wall he was aiming at.

The students stared at him in complete shock, even Flitwick was surprised.

"That was you holding back?" he choked while water dripped from him liberally.

"I'm sorry, I did warn you" Harry pointed out.

"I won't ask you to demonstrate full power" the professor responded seriously. "Did you do that silently?" he asked with a light frown. "My tutors were insistent on it sir" Harry responded.

"Very impressive" the professor observed. "Take a seat Mr. Potter" he instructed.

"Bloody hell Harry, I thought Sirius was joking when he said you were gifted" Remus balked.

"Sorry" Harry replied and began drying them off with his wand.

"Yes, that is a very good idea Mr. Potter, we will learn the Drying Charm as the situation calls for it" Flitwick announced, giving Harry a speculative look.

The rest of the class passed reasonably quickly and soon enough Harry, along with Peter and Sirius were heading towards his first Care of Magical Creatures class of the year.

"How did you get so powerful?" Peter asked as the trio made their way out of the castle.

Harry shook his head. "You are born with it" he shrugged. "But power doesn't mean much it only influences certain types of spells" he explained.

"What do you mean?" Peter questioned.

"Well anything that has a physical effect like a blasting curse will be more destructive than average but things that take finesse like intricate transfigurations aren't effected by the amount of power as much" he elaborated. "That's why I train so much, I have a tonne of power but everything else takes just as much work and I want to be the best wizard I can be" he finished with a hint of determination.

Peter nodded his understanding.

"But it is helpful during duels" Sirius broke in.

"That's the thing it is most useful for" Harry agreed. "But again you want to be equal in all aspects of fighting" he said knowingly. "You can be the most powerful wizard in the world but you can be beaten if your opponent is quicker at movement and faster with their wand that's why I work on all of it" he informed them.

"I want to see you duel" Sirius all but demanded.

"I don't duel" Harry returned seriously. "Dueling is a sport, I fight" he added firmly.

"What's the difference?" Peter inquired.

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