A/N: Hello again reads thank you for sticking with this story over the long wait. I am not happy that it took so long to write but I am happy with how it has turned out. Next chapter will take place two years from when this one ends, in other words I am skipping most of the time spent in Egypt due to the fact that it would mostly be Harry bent over a bunch of books which is important but not all that interesting. So, standard disclaimer Harry Potter world and characters belong to the queen J K Rowling. I hope you will read and review.

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Chapter 9

The following morning both Potter kids were up by seven thirty and down to breakfast. By eight o'clock breakfast was finished, and they were starting on lessons for Ivy the lessons were basic grammar, writing, and some mathematics. For Harry he was reading through the first couple chapters of the runes book and attempting to power a lighting rune that was inscribed on a crystal. The objective of this exercise was to try and get rune powered enough that the crystal gives off a faint glow. He read over the chapter on getting the lighting rune looked at the crystal and then turned to his mother. "Mum you did ancient runes right." She looked up and nodded, Harry and then continued. "Well then can you tell me why the lighting on this crystal, is actually a darkening rune with a bit of a power drain is actually thrown." Lily head snapped up and around as Harry spoke, she held out her hand for the crystal and he hand it to her.

Lily looked over the crystal and realized he was, but she also knew that she would have never picked up on that combination until after she had taken her owls. "Harry how did you know this from only reading through the first chapter of the runes book and looking at this crystal? I would have never gotten this till after I had taken my OWLs, even then I would have been hard pressed, and I was top of the class."

Harry shrugs and answers her. "I could feel it when I touched the crystal that something wasn't right for what I was supposed to be doing. So, I looked for the runes inscription and then I compared it to the runes in the book for creating light and found that they didn't match, so I found the runes that did and figured out that it was darkening and power draining runes." Lily nodded at his reply and then he asked. "Is there any way to make it so that I can light up this crystal without removing the runes that are currently on it?" Harry asked his mum. She got a thoughtful look and was about to reply when Harry popped up out of his seat and dashed from the room. Lily got a smile on her face and got up and went to the stove and started cooking some breakfast for Ginny. As Harry and Ginny came into the room Ginny was laughing at something Harry had said then she went over and sat by Ivy to see what she was working on and together the two young girls were able to work out the math problems that Lily had given her to do. Lily walked over and set a plate in front of Ginny. She smiled and looked up at her and said. "Thank you, Mrs. Potter." She then turned and started eating because she knew that her dad would be there soon to pick her up. Lily walked around the table and looked over Harry's shoulder at the crystal and the runes book.

"Mum, since the power drain rune comes before the darken rune could I put the lighting rune before that? Then have the power draining drain of the power until comes to the darkening rune which makes the crystal go dark. Is there also away to make it loop so that the crystal will fade in and out, is that possible?" As Harry spoke he flipped through the book and wrote out all the runes that would be need and the connected them in the order he was talking about and then looked up at his mum.

Lily looked over his work and then slowly worked through the problem in her head then she turned back to her son. "Yes, Harry this would work, but why not also place a power storage and activation and deactivation. That way you can turn it on and off when you want, and it will store up the energy when not in use." Harry nods and understanding, quickly starts paging through the runes book and writes down the runes that Lily suggested.

Harry was about to reply when the door opened to admit his father and Arthur Weasley who upon being seen by his daughter had a red blur running into his arms squealing daddy. "Thank you for taking care of my daughter for the night I hope she was no trouble."

Lily turned a scowl on Arthur and said. "Arthur you know that we would take care of any of your children as if they were our own."

Arthur smiles and replies. "Of course, Lily don't let that ginger temper get the better of you." Lily smiles sweetly and turns to Ivy who has a question about a word that she is attempting to read. "Well I would love to stay and chat, but our return portkey leaves in just a couple of minutes. So, pumpkin say your goodbyes and get ready to leave." Ginny scowls at her dad's pet name, but then runs over and gives Lily and James a hug then going to Ivy and whispers in her ear goodbye and that she would make sure Harry shared the mirror. She then went to Harry and gave him a hug saying that he better share the mirror with Ivy because she wanted to talk to her favorite female friend too. She then went and took her daddy's hand waved and said goodbye and then they were gone in the blink of an eye.

James then went off to find Sirius and Remus and to look around and see about the magical community. Lily on the other hand got the kids back to working on their schooling. Harry traded in his runes for a bit of math and penmanship. He and Ivy continued the school work until lunch time then they had lunch and Lily hand the kids of to James, Sirius, and Remus to take the kids out for an afternoon of fun. This set the way the rest of the week went until Asim returned.

On the day Asim returned he arrived at one o'clock in the afternoon he came to the front door and knocked Lily answered and showed Asim to the dining room and then went to the back door to call for Harry. When Harry entered she quickly sent him to get the crystal he had been working on. When Harry returned with the crystal he sat at the table across from Asim and handed him the crystal. "Why did you ask me to light a crystal that had preset darken rune on it?" Harry asked as Asim looked dubiously at the string of runes on the crystal.

He pulled out his wand and ran a little power into the rune and he saw it light up like a light bulb and then fade back away and start over before he answered Harry's question. "I did it because I didn't believe your family that you could place that rune on your sister even now, but I see that you can do runes and that you have successfully solved my problem and in a very intriguing manner may I ask what the stop feedback rune combination?" Asim asked

Harry reaches out and takes the crystal while saying. "Those runes make it possible for the light to stay on. When activated the rune stops the flow from continuing and feeds the energy back to the first rune in the cycle thus it ensures the light is on and it doesn't draw more power than need from the ambient magic surrounding everything." Harry said as he held the gem between his hands, it could still be seen. He then closed his eyes focused on the crystal and then Asim noticed the crystal flared a bit more and stayed lite up.

"Well I must say that I am impressed, most fully-fledged rune master would have trouble doing this combination that you were able to make it work. How long till it begins to fade?" Asim asked with a curious and calculating look on his face.

Harry looks thoughtful for a moment and then said, "I am not sure I have had it on for at least six hours with no change in the brightness. For all I know it would last twice that long with little change. I do have a question though. "When Asim nodded he continued. "Is it possible to link a group of crystals like this together to say a control crystal? I am wondering if it could be used to market as a replacement for torches in the magical world." Harry ask a bit bashfully.

Asim went to make a quick response and then stopped looking stumped for a moment then he turned to Lily. "Mrs. Potter my I borrow a quill and some parchment?" In response Lily reaches into her pocket pulls out a muggle pencil and then grabbed a sheet of paper off the table in the corner where they keep the extra school supplies she set these and front of Asim who looked them at very dubiously.

"They work just as well as quill and parchment. Better even if you asked me for one thing a pencil won't leave you with ink blotches everywhere and you don't have to wait for it to dry in order to put away what you were working on." Lily says hotly. Asim shrugs and picks up the pencil and tries it out seeing how easy it is he quickly began writing out arithmancy equations and scribbling them out just as quick. Until he stopped and circled one after checking it over a few times.

He looked at Harry and said. "It will take some work and more calculations but if you want to work on it as like a thesis program throughout your training as your final project for your master's position." He then turns to Lily and says. "I will train him. I want to see him for lessons on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evenings to work on new material. The other four days I except him to work for at least an hour and a half on the material and to study the different runes and start memorizing them. I want to see him tomorrow evening, seeing as how it is a Tuesday, at Five thirty and my wife and I will feed him. Lesson will be for two hours my classes are four Galleons an hour so that will be eight for a lesson and another three for the groceries that he eats."

"That is agreeable. The only issue we have is that we may have to pack up and leave suddenly without warning. Is there any way we can get memory copies of lessons to take with us? We will compensate you for them and it won't be for at least two years yet. Albus Dumbledore is looking for Harry to keep him where he can make him his puppet." Lily said severely.

Asim nods and says. "That is agreeable. We will discuss more when the time is closer for now I must take my leave of you and make my way home." He turns to leave but then turns back and picks up the still glowing crystal and says. "If you don't mind I would like to take the crystal and see how long it takes the light to fade." They nodded he pick it up and pocketed it. He then heads out the door where he is met by James, Ivy Remus and Sirius.

Ivy has a big smile on her face when she sees Asim "So, are you going to teach Harry all the fancy squiggly lines?" Ivy ask in the cute innocent way a four-year-old could. Sirius is snickering in the back ground while Remus smacks him upside the head. Asim smiles at her say yes and then he takes his leave of them.

Lily begins work on a light snack as Harry excitedly explains that he is going to have these lessons three evening a week. He also mentioned his idea of using rune inscribed crystals as a source of lighting to replace the torches and lamps that are currently in use. He also mentioned a few other ideas he had, and all Lily could think was she hoped he kept this childish joy for years to come.