Harry was looking away during their conversation but was still able to hear it. He wondered what it meant that he was able to do something a little more difficult than Dumbledore thought he could. Perhaps he was merely improving faster than he thought. He sighed and decided to think about later when he didn't feel like he was a moment away from falling asleep.
"I think I'll head to the infirmary now if that's ok with you." Harry said as he tried to stifle a yawn.
"A fine idea." Dumbledore replied. "I will come speak with you in the morning to discuss what we have learned. I believe Remus would be willing to accompany you?" Remus nodded and walked over to Harry. With a little bit of effort Harry was able to make it to his feet.
"I'll get him there safely, Professor." Remus answered the Headmaster.
"In that case I shall bid you good night, Harry. Could you stop by my office when you are finished, Remus? I have something I would like to discuss with you." Dumbledore asked. Remus nodded in response and they all left the room. The trip to the infirmary was short but still Harry was almost asleep as soon as he hit the hospital bed.
"Night, Moony." Harry said quietly.
"Good night, Harry." Remus answered with a smile on his face. 'It really isn't fair that Sirius can't be here for this,' the werewolf thought. 'Perhaps that will change one day.' After transfiguring Harry's clothes into something more appropriate for sleeping in Remus left and headed towards Dumbledore's office leaving Madam Pomfrey to begin checking on her new patient.
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Harry awoke to the sounds of Madam Pomfrey going through her morning routine. He closed his eyes and pulled the sheets back over himself in the hopes that he could get a few minutes more sleep but Madam Pomfrey must have noticed he was awake and took the opportunity to stand over his bed and begin casting a few diagnostic charms.
"You can stop pretending, Mr Potter. I know you are awake." the school nurse said.
"Ten more minutes." Harry requested, drawing a laugh out of Pomfrey.
"I'll call for one of the house elves to bring you breakfast." she said and walked away to continue preparing for the day. Harry opened his eyes and looked through a window on the other side of the room to see that the sun must have risen an hour or more before he woke up. Sighing, he decided it probably was time for him to get out of bed. He was preparing to do just that when Dobby appeared in front of him holding a huge serving platter that held at least a dozen plates. Each plate was stacked with what appeared to be every type of breakfast food Harry had ever seen offered at Hogwarts.
"Dobby! What are you doing with all that food?" Harry asked as the little elf struggled to balance all of the plates he was carrying. To Harry's relief he was able to set them down on a nearby table without dropping a single one.
"I is bring it for you Harry Potter sir!" Dobby said proudly. "Dobby heard you would be needing your breakfast brought to you and I told the other elves that nobody but me would do it. Some of the kitchen elves didn't like that, but Dobby insisted."
"You did great Dobby, though I think you might have brought too much food. How about you stay and have breakfast with me?" Harry asked. Dobby immediately started crying and leapt at Harry to give him a hug. Harry was briefly surprised with the house elf's speed and behavior, but then again it was typical of Dobby.
"Harry Potter is too kind! He is being the greatest wizard ever!" Dobby said between sobs. Harry hugged the elf back and hoped he would settle down a bit.
"So how about it? Going to stay and have breakfast with me?" Harry asked. Dobby immediately lowered his head as if ashamed of himself.
"Dobby can't. I promised a kitchen elf I would do his work and mine so I could bring Harry Potter his breakfast. Dobby is sorry."
"It's ok, Dobby. We can do it some other time, alright? You're my friend, don't feel like you need an excuse to come talk to me." Harry said. Dobby nodded and gave Harry another big hug before popping off to get back to work. Harry smiled as he thought about his strangely devoted little friend and began looking over the plates trying to decide what he wanted. Even though he was quite hungry, as was normal after one of his training sessions, he knew there was still no way he was ever going to be able to finish even half of what Dobby had brought.
"Harry!" a familiar female voice called from the doorway. Harry turned to see his friend Hermione walking in. He wasn't really surprised that Hermione had gotten here before Daphne because his girlfriend had told him she would come by at eight o'clock to check on him and she was almost always right on time. He had not seen a clock yet this morning so he knew it must still be before eight. "You don't really plan on eating all of that, do you?"
"I could probably be persuaded to share if you're hungry." Harry replied. Hermione smiled and grabbed a bowl of fruit off of the tray before walking over to Harry's bed and sitting in a nearby chair.
"So what happened?" she asked eagerly.
"I haven't heard anything from Professor Dumbledore this morning." Harry answered. "I guess he will be here sometime soon. Last night he had me duel Moony and then work on permanent conjuration."
"Moony? You mean Professor Lupin right?" Hermione asked as Harry nodded in response. "Did you really perform permanent conjuration? Most people can't do that at all."
"Yeah, I did. It was pretty tiring, but I think that was mainly because of all the bronze I was conjuring" Harry responded. Upon hearing this Hermione's eyes opened wide in shock and she gasped.
"You're not joking, are you?" Hermione asked, still surprised by Harry's statement. "Harry, there are probably only a couple dozen wizards or witches alive that can conjure bronze or silver. Very little research has been done on permanent conjuration because the ability to master it is so rare. In fact the last in depth study was completed over two hundred years ago. You might think this is silly, but I was really hoping I would be able to do it so that in a few years I could begin experimenting and write the definitive work on the subject. Nobody seems to have thought to use muggle chemistry to investigate permanent conjuration."
"Wow, Hermione. That seems like a pretty lofty goal." Harry said.
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