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After they were all fed and watered the classes resumed. Here Lily was impressed with the amount of training tools that the Jedi had available to teach students how to become used to changing the universe around them. They were all decent, some of them even fun, and she worked closely with each student in turn, getting an impression of their various abilities.
Their ability to control what back on Earth would be called 'accidental' magic was impressive, and Lily wondered idly if that was because of the mental discipline they were being taught, or because of their power levels. Wizards and witches didn't really have a set scale to measure their magical ability, but she was prepared take a punt that even the weakest Jedi would be stronger than most wizards back home.
We may be able to do things with the Force as they put it more than they can, but I think that comes down to control, belief and maybe a few other factors too mostly centered around whether or not this Unifying Force really is as all powerful as the Jedi make it out to be. Lily was slowly coming up with a few theories about that and about the difference between the galaxy they were in and Earth itself, but nothing concrete just yet.
Harry of course excelled in these classes, though he was careful not to rub it in to his fellow spaces which brought a smile to Lily's face. Then they went into the second part of the class. "Okay, that's all stuff you've done before obviously, and I think your progress is excellent, as your own teachers do."
More than one student turned to look towards the wall where Master Illaviel was along with her two helpers, and saw them nodding. At this level of training positive reinforcement was a must, to build the sense of camaraderie, fellowship and even family that was necessary to build the trust in the Order all Jedi needed.
They would learn to abstain from emotions and the importance of putting the Order over personal attachments in a few years. For some reason as Tholme thought that he looked at Lily and Harry, and got a Force premonition that once they began talking seriously about the no emotions part of that statement they would run into real problems with them.
Still, he had anticipated it, and he reiterated his previous position to himself. We must have Harry in the Order, if I have to bend the Oath until it squeals then I will do so. He was not looking forward to explaining that position to master Windu and a few of the others, but at least Grand Master Yoda would see the need. I hope.
"However, I'm betting all of you would like to know where Harry started. Harry? Was the first thing you began to do with your powers?"
Harry winced, but replied quickly. "I learned first that my force powers allowed me to heal faster than most people. I learned also that my hair stays like this," he said gesturing to the messy hair which according to Lily he got from his father. "The people I was living with at the time tried to cut it, but the next day it grew back."
More than one of the children laughed at that, and one of the others piped up. "For me, it was moving a toy. One of my parents put it up on a top shelf and I couldn't get at it, but then I could!"
"But the first thing I really controlled was making my hair longer," Harry said, closing his eyes briefly. There were gasps all around him as his hair did truly grow a little. Tholme's eyes narrowed speculatively, interest rising once again within him.
"Self-transfiguration like that is normally very difficult, but among my people there were a few who had inherited talents that let them do it easier." Lily paused there, having to explain what inheriting something meant. But the kids here were incredibly bright, so it didn't take long.
"Since you've already all proved that you are able to move things with your minds however, let us see what we can see." She began to manipulate one of the toys, concentrating hard on it, and it hovered in the air in front of her, and she let her hand fall back, hiding its trembling behind her back. Manipulating items like that was very difficult, but it was getting slightly easier to use magic to do it, which rather surprised her since she had never learned wandless magic before. Or the Force I suppose around here. Whoever came up with that name anyway? "Harry, could you change the color of this please?"
Harry shrugged and waved his hand. The ball changed color from silver to a dark orange. All the children leaned forward, as did the teachers. This was the part they were most interested in.
"This is a spell from the 'charm' school among my people." Lily went on gesturing to the ball. "Transfiguration, what Harry was doing yesterday, means to change something that already exists into something else. Charms means to affect something that exists already, to change its place in space, or to give it a new addition without changing what it is. We're not going to go into the specifics schools of disciplines here, since they are often confusing. This is simply to see if anyone else can do what we can. I fully expect you to be able to, with a bit of help in the visualization. Does everyone remember what that word means from our meditations?"
They all nodded and Lily went on. "Good, now we will practice this for half an hour, then go back to meditation, then physical exercises under master Tholme and the other teachers. I'm afraid I won't be helping you in those classes," she said, looking down at her ghostly form which got a laugh from the kids. "Then we will come back, have an hour of meditation, and try again."
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