"I was very impressed to hear that you'd earned the Title of Artificer so young, Monsieur Potter." Marius smiled at Harry.
"I was surprised too." Harry admitted with a sheepish grin. "You can all call me Harry if you prefer, as well."
"You were surprised 'Arry?" Appoline questioned the Artificer. "Were you not trying to become an Artificer?"
"I was…I just didn't expect to stumble into the Title." Harry smiled as he heard Tonks snickering again.
"Stumble into?" Fleur questioned with a grin on her face. "That sounds like a story."
"Oh I can sum it up pretty easily." Tonks smiled brightly. "Harry was a bit of a Dum-dum and didn't realize his completed project qualified as an Artifact."
"Tonks…." Harry sighed with an eye roll.
"It wasn't until my mother suggested he get it checked out that he realized what he might have created!" Tonks was stifling giggles at this point. Sirius and Penny were both smiling as well, laughter clear in their eyes.
"I was just trying to finish my Safe." Harry defended himself. "I wasn't exactly trying to create an Artifact." By now everyone was chuckling lightly at the accidental nature of Harry's first Artifact.
"A great many advancements are made by mistake or in the pursuit of other goals, Harry, you simply benefitted from such a scenario." Marius chuckled and Harry had to admit the Frenchman was correct. He'd learned about accidental inventions during his Non-Magical Education. From there talk turned to schooling, then jobs, plans for the future and so on. Fleur wanted to be a Magical Scholar, researching different Branches of Magic, and trying to gain a deeper understanding of the Primordial Force that was Magic. Penny and Fleur clicked quickly after that when Penny mentioned her own interest in Spellcraft.
"I'm completely outnumbered by nerds." Tonks playfully jibed at the other three.
"Maybe nerds are your 'Type', then Tonksie." Sirius teased the Metamorph as he nonchalantly buttered a croissant. Tonks jabbed her finger at him and a Stinging Hex was sent his way. Sirius, having seen this coming, already had his wand in hand and cancelled the Hex with a Finite.
"Oh my, you can perform Wandless Magic, Auror Tonks?" Appoline blinked in surprise at the use of non-verbal, wandless casting.
"Yeah, but it's not my secret to share, so if you were wanting to learn, I'm afraid I can't help you." Tonks rubbed the back of her head. She was so used to her circle of friends and family knowing about her Wandless capabilities that she'd gotten used to using her Magic without a second thought.
"Non, I was merely surprised." Appoline waved off. "It is not often that you see a Witch or Wizard with the skill to perform much of any Magic without a wand."
"I understand." Tonks nodded. In Europe and North America wands were standard. Only in a few places in the world were different forms of casting taught. Tonks wasn't one to go out of her way to look up this information. But Penny had looked into it and found that both the most prominent Magical Schools in Africa, Uagadou, and in Japan, Mahoutokoro, taught other forms of Casting. Apparently Wandless Magic wasn't so much a mystery to other parts of the World. Merely something that took many years of study to perform with any skill. Tonks would take Harry's method over whatever the other schools were offering though. It hadn't taken her or Penny years of study and practice, merely coming to a better understanding of their own Magic and how to handle it.
After the lovely brunch, the adults happily chatted and traded stories, while the younger members went off to have a tour of the Chateau and grounds with Fleur. The Veela girl had happily shown her Pen Pal and the new friends she'd made in Penny and Tonks, around her home. Gabby, as the seven year old had asked to be called, followed along with them and asked her own curious questions in French. After the tour the group was sitting in the large gardens of the Chateau and getting to know each other better. Fleur was ecstatic to find out that all three of her new friends were Occlumens. None of them felt anything from her natural Veela Allure and Fleur was happy to have friends that liked her for her; instead of drooling on themselves or getting jealous or envious. To little Gabby's amusement Tonks had demonstrated her Metamorphmagus abilities. Changing her face, hair, eyes all to the little Veela girls requests.
"You've created your own spell already?" Fleur asked impressed to Penny.
"It's based off a couple of other Charms, but yes." Penny nodded with a smile. "It can make a bit of a mess though."
"Strangely it's not a form of Fire Magic." Harry shrugged with a teasing grin. "I'm pretty convinced that she's a Pyromancer that just likes to dabble in other Spells occasionally."
"Oh hush you." Penny playfully huffed as she poked him with a small ball of mana. Sort of like a Stinging Hex, but without the painful effect.
"Fire Magic, you say?" Fleur tilted her head and raised her hand. With a small snap a ball of flame appeared above her palm which she held out to them. "I've a 'bit' of an affinity for that Branch of Magic." The platinum blonde grinned.
"Ooh, are we about to have a 'Magic Off'?" Tonks questioned, looking almost giddy.
"You sound like you want to show off." Harry raised an eyebrow.
"What? Me? No…." Tonks held up her hands as if to ward off his accusation. No one there believed her though.
"I would not mind a bit of a friendly 'duel'." Fleur spoke up. "No one at Beauxbatons is much of a challenge. They either just stare at me until I defeat them or they attack to try and prove something to either me or themselves. Neither is very good for practice as you can imagine. The first isn't a challenge and the other throws all of their Magic, or mana, behind their first few spells and quickly tires themselves out."
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