"Not that this hasn't been a fun discovery but can we still have that Wandless Magic lesson?" Tonks asked a moment later getting both Harry and Penny to realize they'd gotten completely distracted. With his mind refocused on his previous task Harry gestured for the two to follow him back into the former classroom so he could start teaching them Wandless Casting. A few hours later Penny and Tonks could proudly claim that they could cast a Lumos Charm wandlessly, even if it was the most basic and simple spell out there. Progress was progress! They'd even decided on names for all the steps of Harry's Wandless Magic Method, that name was still pending. The first step was 'Alternate Occlumency' the second step was 'Core Formation' the third step was 'Mana Manipulation' and the fourth and final step was 'Spell Construction'.
"It's nice to have names and labels for the process but why are you so adamant we get it set up right away?" Harry asked Tonks after the lesson. Even Penny was surprised by how much Tonks seemed to want to get the process organized.
"It's something we're going to teach our children, right? We should have it worked out entirely for when the time comes!" Tonks explained with a bubbling laugh as both Harry and Penny's faces turned dark red and both tried to hide their blushes. The fact that neither would meet her eyes; or each other's for that matter, only made the bright and warm laughter increase.
The next morning as Harry was eating his breakfast Penny came and sat beside him and started filling her own plate. After exchanging 'Good mornings' with each other Penny explained that she hadn't discovered any rules against setting up his blacksmith workshop on school grounds. Apparently Hogwarts had even offered blacksmithing as a class way back in the day when metallurgy was completely done by hand. Having a valuable Muggle skill made it easier for Wizards and Witches to avoid suspicion and blend in from the Thirteenth Century until the class stopped being offered in the late Seventeenth Century. The Headmaster of the time had apparently stripped Hogwarts of all the 'Muggle Foolishness' during his tenure and nobody had ever bothered to try and reinstate it.
"Well good to know that I'm not breaking any rules. I might need you and Tonks to help me with some Transfiguration though." Harry mused as Penny shook her head fondly. Harry was a kindred spirit of work ethic when it came to her, she should've known he was still planning out his new workshop even before he'd known whether he would be allowed to build it. The two spent the rest of breakfast together before heading their separate ways for a couple hours. Harry spent the rest of his Sunday morning going over plans for his blacksmith workshop. He spent the afternoon helping Tonks and Penny practice their Wandless Magic. He also went over measurements and what Transfiguration he'd need from them to get his blacksmith workshop set up in the old Professor's quarters. The weekdays were spent attending classes as usual, though Harry had long since stopped paying attention in Binns' class, and only Potions was still annoying because of Snape. The evening free time between the end of dinner and curfew was often spent practicing Wandless Magic with Penny and Tonks.
"So this here and I'll need the pipe to go through this window." Harry mumbled to himself as he looked over his sketched out plans for his blacksmith workshop. It was Saturday and Harry was going to hand over the final plans for the workshop to Tonks and Penny so that the older girls could perform the Transfiguration he'd need to safely have a forge in the abandoned Professor's quarters. He only had one week left before Tonks and Penny would be heading home for Yule Break. While the two weeks of no classes would give Harry plenty of time to practice his Enchanting and Wandless Magic he was going to miss his friends. Even Mandy, Hermione and Padma were all going home so his occasional study buddies wouldn't be around either. Though he had come up with a good gift idea for the three after asking Tonks and Penny, all three girls would be getting a set of their favorite candy and a Flourish and Blott's gift certificate. Hermione who didn't indulge in sweets much because of her dentist parents was getting Tooth Flossing String Mints. Harry had laughed upon learning about them from Penny, who would have thought of mints that actually flossed your teeth?
Hagrid's gift had come along well, in Harry's opinion anyway. The large Groundskeeper was getting an Enchanted Warming Charm Scarf of his own as well as a pair of Enchanted Gloves to match. Making gloves had been more difficult than mittens but with some trial and error Harry had figured them out and sized them up to fit Hagrid's large hands. Sewing and stitching leather into the wool gloves so that they'd be durable enough for Hagrid's work had been another task in itself but they'd come out fully functional and Harry was proud of them. It had turned out to be true that you could order almost anything from Owl Order after all, considering the leather had been ordered through the service. With his Christmas gifts ready to go Harry was left with some extra hours on his hands while he waited for Tonks and Penny to arrive and start the Transfiguration work.