"I think that was worth a thirty percent discount, don't you?" Tonks questioned with a playful wink.
"Twenty five, because I wanted more." Harry countered even as his hands fondled her bum.
"Deal." Tonks laughed before their lips met again. She'd only intended to 'seal the deal' with a kiss. But that quickly became another make-out session, French Kissing and all. Pulling away a minute later Tonks gazed at him lovingly. "Alright now, Mister, I do have to go soon. McGonagall said I needed to leave before dinner. Apparently meals are also something I'm not allowed to 'interrupt'."
"Alright…" Harry grumbled as Tonks got off his lap and pulled her shirt down. She picked up her robe and put it back on, using her Wandless Magic to brush the dirt and dust off of it.
"I'll see you on Yule Break, Harry." Tonks smiled at him. Harry stood up and pecked her lips. She kissed his cheek in return and they left the workshop together. With one last hug Harry headed towards the Great Hall, Tonks headed back to McGonagall's Office to use the Floo. It was the same way she got into Hogwarts, and so it was the same way she had to leave. Well, unless she wanted McGonagall to hunt her down at any rate.
-Friday December 3rd ~ After Classes-
"I'm still against this." Penny informed Harry for the third time that day.
"I know, Penny, but it's the only way." Harry smiled, trying to reassure his girlfriend.
"Are you sure you can't do this another way?" Penny questioned. Her worries for him clear in her eyes.
"This is the best way I could find, Penny." Harry shook his head.
"Fine…but I don't like it." Penny grumbled and Harry pulled her into a hug. She held him tightly, as if afraid to let him go.
"It's just for the weekend, and then it'll be done." Harry assured her. Penny sighed but nodded her acceptance. With that Harry locked himself inside the hidden workshop until he finished the culmination of two years-worth of planning, learning, testing, failing, succeeding, and multiple prototypes.
Harry entered his smithy and gathered his materials together. Sylvuan was ready to go, Vitris Auri was prepared and being kept liquid at the moment. Isimun was etched with the proper Runic Sequence. Everything was ready to go. With everything checked Harry ignited the Forge and started working the temperature higher. Forging out a billet of Sylvuan, Harry pounded it into proper length and shape. His mana was poured into the metal with each strike and the metal of his own Alchemic Creation formed to his desires. He'd only have one chance at this, he'd have to spend the next two days only eating quick meals and sleeping in one or perhaps two hour naps at a time.
-Saturday December 4th ~ Sunrise-
Sweat poured down Harry body. The slight musculature he'd been developing since puberty started was being pushed to its limits. Isimun couldn't be changed by Magic after it had been formed, it could only be etched with Runes. Forging out a Sylvuan and Vitris Auri guard and etching the corresponding Runic Sequence into it to tie the Isimun to the rest of the blade was a challenge. It was why he couldn't do this on a normal sleep schedule. Each new piece of his sword had to be created to the exact Form to match up with the Isimun and the rest of the materials. Etching still warm metal had led to a few small burns already, but it was absolutely critical that the Sequences matched and lined up properly. Any mistakes would cost him the sword and all the effort he'd put into it.
"Come on, Potter, head in the game!" Harry shook himself back into focus. He pounded the handle of the sword into proper shape with swing after swing. His arms hurt but his mana would compensate for physical fatigue right now. He still had to bond the blade and Isimun together and then etch and fill in the Sylvuan with the Vitris Auri. After that was done he'd have to let it cool slowly in the Forge. Then a last addition of Sylvuan to complete the blade and only then would he be able to see the finish line!
-Sunday December 5th ~ Afternoon-
"Almost there, almost there," Harry repeated like a mantra as his hands, burned in multiple places, filled in the last of the Runes on the handle and guard with his own blood. His Alchemic Pen had been filled with his very lifeblood to complete this second to last step. This was to Bind the Artifact Sword to his Bloodline. Every descendant would be able to add their blood to the sword. His children when he eventually passed it on. Their children when they received it, then their children's children and so on. Each time the half of the blood that could be traced back to him would be linked and form a chain through the generations. No one that wasn't part of his direct descent would be able to access the sword's innate power. It would just be a rather powerful Magic Sword in their hands. Only a Potter bound to the sword through blood would be able to use the true abilities that his sword possessed.
"Last step…" Harry huffed as he took the hot, forged, etched, and filled sword to the quench tank. He filled the still hot blade with his mana and then dunked it. Harry poured everything he had left of his mana into the sword. If a Non-Magical Blacksmith had tried to do this, all the different metals being this hot would have reacted differently to being quenched and the sword would most likely have cracked. Harry's very Will, through his mana, was keeping the Magic Sword together as it cooled and solidified into the finished piece. While he was linked through his mana to the sword he could feel and know everything about it. It was an odd experience; he could literally feel all the work and effort that went into making each constituent part of the sword. He felt as they all came together in the quench tank. Then he felt what he could only describe as a 'pulse' move through him from the sword. A new Magical Presence now existed in the smithy, very similar to Harry's own, but still entirely unique.
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