"Tonks!" Penny cried out in shock. Harry stopped dead at what was in front of him. Tonks, topless, along with Penny, also topless though clearly only because she'd had her shirt and bra jinxed off by the mischievous Metamorph. Needless to say Harry's brain stopped functioning at that point and he stood in the doorway slack-jawed his eyes wide. Penny quickly covered herself and turned her back to Harry; Tonks smiled widely standing before him with no shame as Harry got a long look at her breasts.
"Happy Birthday Harry!" Tonks smiled as she reached for her bra and put it on. Penny was already pulling her shirt on her cheeks bright red while she glared at the Metamorph.
"Uh…" Harry couldn't form words just yet his mind still stuck on the sight of his friend's breasts.
"Tonks, I told you this was way too much for Harry! He's twelve!" Penny hissed at her friend before casting a worried look at Harry.
"He's starting puberty and you can't tell me he's not interested!" Tonks argued as she pulled her shirt on. "I just wanted to make sure the first pair of tits he sees were ours. Neither of us wants some other girl at Hogwarts trying to tempt him, this way Harry knows we're interested 'for real'."
"This is still extreme." Penny retorted fully dressed again. Though Tonks noticed that the blonde didn't refute her claim of showing Harry they were interested 'for real' as she put it.
"Well we should all be getting down to the kitchen; it's time for presents and cake." Tonks smiled as she guided Penny past Harry and out of the room. Two minutes later Sirius came upstairs to find his wayward Godson. Seeing Harry standing in the doorway of the guest room staring blankly ahead made him pause. Waving his hand in front of Harry's eyes got no response. Sensing a prank Sirius called down stairs.
"Tonks, why is Harry near catatonic?" Sirius questioned loudly from beside Harry.
"No idea Sirius!" Tonks' yelled reply came from downstairs.
"Definitely don't believe that." Sirius shook his head as he gently shook Harry. Harry started for a moment before looking towards Sirius. "Alright there, Harry?"
"Ye-yeah…never better." Harry nodded his cheeks burning fiercely. Sirius noted the reaction and chuckled.
"She got you good, huh?" Sirius chortled as he led his Godson downstairs.
"No!" Harry refuted instantly and Sirius just broke out into laughter at the obvious lie. All in all, Harry could definitely say this was his best birthday so far. His dreams for the rest of the summer were filled with his two friends however. Harry vowed that neither of them would ever find out, he'd never hear the end of the teasing otherwise.
-First Week of August-
"Finally!" Harry cheered as he held up the Enchanted Knife. He'd finally succeeded in making one that held both the Durability and Ever-Sharp Enchantments. This was the first step to making an Artifact Sword, sure it had taken him sixty seven tries to reach this first step, but progress was progress! Now he could start putting together a Runic Array for his future sword! "Hmm, what can I make it do that'll set it apart from other Magical Swords throughout history?" Harry mused as he placed his Enchanted Knife on his work table and looked it over. A sword was a much larger project but the basics were the same; he'd practice forging a few one-handed swords to start, then he'd move on to trying to forge a two-handed sword. There were plenty of styles of swords he could try as well, but to begin with a simple one-handed broadsword would be his first goal. "But let's take a break from this for now. I need a break from the forge. Let's make a few more Test Frames and then start on the Runic Array for the sword afterwards." Harry thought aloud as he went about cleaning up the smithy and cooling the forge so he could make Test Frames.
Harry had gotten rather good at producing his Test Frames now. The Runic Sequence was familiar and he'd mastered the Transfiguration required to make the stone frames. Applying the self-destruction sequence to the wooden overlays to protect his work was second nature by now. At the moment Harry had sixty finished Test Frames secured in his smithy. His goal was to finish another forty and sell all one hundred just before he left for his second year at Hogwarts. Another six hundred Galleons would make for a nice little nest egg. Sirius had gifted Harry a nifty item known as a Mokeskin Pouch for his birthday. Harry had been fascinated by the item and had to restrain himself from taking it apart to try and figure out how it worked. But seeing as they were rather rare Harry had decided to simply use it to store as much money as he could. His Rune Safe had limited space inside, but with most of his money inside the Mokeskin Pouch he was able to store a far larger amount within the security of his safe.
"Harry you got more mail!" Sirius called out as he held up a stack of envelopes and walked into the smithy.
"Again? It never stops!" Harry grumbled as he looked through his mail. "Strange, I haven't gotten any mail from my study buddies since the beginning of summer. But all this mail from every Enchanter, Scholar, and their mothers has come in almost non-stop since halfway through July." He mused on the curiousness of the lack of communication.
"Maybe write to them and see what's going on? Or you could Floo them if you know their Floo address." Sirius suggested and Harry nodded. He didn't know the Floo addresses but Hedwig would do everything in her power to ensure his letters arrived at their destinations.
"I'll write to them and send the letters with Hedwig tonight. If they don't receive them then I'll know something untoward is going on." Harry stated and Sirius clapped him on the shoulder.
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