Bonding with the son

October began as things began to change for better or worse. By this time little Anthony was learning to crawl much to Harmony’s joy and your horror as you quickly learned you had to child proof your room. However despite learning to crawl little Anthony had not said a single word much to you and Harmony’s continued frustration as the two of you had bets as too which parent he would say first.

Which brought you to today a Monday afternoon classes were done and it just you and your son while Harmony was in class. As you changed his diaper little Anthony smiled at you giggling as he he sucked his tiny fist. By now his once barren head now sported a full tuff of blond hair and his eyes now were more attentive paying attention to everything around him.

Silas had tried bothering Harmony and you a few more times. However the headmaster had stepped in eventually reminding him the scope of his investigation which only at this point amounted to a sample of an unknown mana signature and knowing that you and Harmony were there. As you threw away the dirty diaper you blew a raspberry into your son’s soft stomach causing him to giggle. “Are you excited Anthony? Its just me and you a guy’s day out huh?” You said as you pulled down his shirt and put some socks on his little feet.

As you dressed him you realized how much he and Harmony meant to you. Day by day you and Harmony between raising him, your RA duties and classes had barely any time to yourselves and yet despite the lack of relaxation or time for yourselves this little guy was always the center of attention and frankly you liked it that way.

“Now lets keep this a secret otherwise your mother would kill me in a heartbeat.” You said as you stepped away from your bed to pack his baby bag and your rifle. As you walked back to him you could see his brown and blue eyes staring at you inquisitively. “Well its no brainer your definitely Harmony’s son always paying attention to your surroundings and stuff I’m sure your gonna be such a smarty pants when your older just like your mother.”

Anthony for his part only babbled in his normal baby talk as you lifted him up kissing his forehead before the two of you left your dorm room. Walking down the hallways of the school most students looked at you funny as you walked down the hallway with little Anthony on your shoulders your arms on his legs walking along funnily occasionally stomping your foot saying “Thump!” Much to your son’s enjoyment.

However you paid them no mind as Anthony thoroughly enjoyed himself as he rode your shoulders giggling his head off in joy. Clapping his hands in joy much to some of the female student population’s joy as they remarked of how adorable he is.

Before long the two of you arrived at your destination a isolated courtyard with plenty of grass and distance. As you used some magic to have much to Anthony’s continued joy float in the air you drew your wand summoning three metal range targets before flying them far out forward in front of you for later. Soon you laid out the picnic blanket and laid on top before softly catching your son Anthony laughing his head off as he fell through the sky before landing gently in your arms.

As you held him up in the sky with your arms Anthony gave you a toothless smile giggling as he found himself in the air once more. Before you brought him to your face peppering him face with kisses. Feeling tired from all his laughter and fun Anthony soon began to yawn. Yawning yourself you drew out a small blanket Harmony had made for him infused with mana from both you and her apparently magic babies could recognize their parents mana signatures or something like that.

After much procrastination on your part Harmony had eventually convinced you have you and Anthony tested for your magic potential. On a scale of 1-100 Harmony was a 93 a pretty good score not surprising however as she had come from from a noble magical family. You had been surprised when your magical score had been off the charts clocking in at 117 however Harmony and you nearly had a heart attack when little Anthony came in at 125 on the magical potential test.

Needless to say only four people in the world knew about Anthony’s groundbreaking score the people being the headmaster, your aunt, Harmony and you of course. As you and Harmony worried about the Ministry or even the Black Hand coming after little Anthony or any other unsavory wizards after all a 125 on magical potential was unheard of and spelled the beginning of a new era for wizards.

Initially of course you had no clue how or why the test was important only for Harmony to explain that despite centuries of magical noble families arranging political marriages amongst one another no child had ever been recorded to have a magical potential score higher then 95 despite having parents with high scores no one had ever reached or in you and Anthony’s class surpassed the magical potential score system.

However those scores meant nothing really to you or Anthony as Anthony for his part probably wouldn’t manifest any magic until he was seven unless he underwent what Harmony had as a child. Yes harmony had opened up her concerns of how you and her should go about raising him. You had said you wanted to buy a small farm and raise him on a farm like your Price Family ancestors had done for generations while Harmony had wanted to bring him up in a nice family home in the city.

Needless to say the two of you had shelved the discussion until you could find a compromise or in your case you could convince her otherwise. You had noticed Harmony actually change in regards to Anthony as she loved him and showed him more affection then even you had received and while it wasn’t unusual for new mothers you had wondered if there was a reason for that as she had also been very adamant in regards to not starting any magical training for Anthony until he was seven. Deciding that information was power you had paid a late night visit to the library and had checked out discretely of course some books on noble families specifically their traditions and how they raised their children while you hadn't had time to read the book as soon as you could and judging by how deep Anthony's nap had become with a little levitation magic and some careful navigation on your part you would be able to actually find some time to read those books.

However just as you were about draw your wand you little boy slowly woke up rubbing his eyes with his little hands before sitting up. You sighed it looked like the little tyke wasn't down and out just yet and you wouldn't be reading those books for a little while longer. As you sat up as well you slowly drew your rifle carefully placing some ear plug into Anthony's ears as he sat in your lap his back against your chest as you took aim at the targets down range. He slowly began to clap his little hands waiting for his new favorite past time to begin.

Range time with dad.