Chapter 99 - 99- intent and map

Harry's POV

To learn Death, the creator of the Deathly Hallows is real, and that those artifacts were like toys if you consider his greatest known creation would have made almost anyone stop the lesson for the day, but Harry was never a regular person.

So instead of leaving, Harry put the new knowledge in a corner of His mind and started working on the first piece of second level artifact he would make - a pair of glasses.

"The basic mistake most of the other magical beings are doing is separating the process of true blacksmithing to forging and enchanting." Ragnok said as Harry was choosing the right metal for the frame.

"They either enchant the ingredients before making the artifact or the make the artifact and then enchant it.

The wizards and witches are even doing both with their wand creation by enchanting the core before making it and then crave runes on the stick itself.

The dwarfs are connecting the metals that they use to create their swords and armors to the magic in the ground before creating their artifacts.

And the centaurs are blessing their trees before taking the needed wood and use it for their weapons, thus connecting the magic in the weapons with nature and ensuring that protectors of nature are unharmed by the poison they dip their arrowheads with.

All of those methods are wrong for a simple reason- they make the material resist the magic it is being imbued with.

The basic rule of artifact creation is the closer the materials are to the meaning you imbue it with, the more powerful the result would be.

The easiest exeple is that while making a sword sharper is extremely easy, making it heal someone is much harder.

But it is much more then just the product that affects your result, the materials themselves are also, so while making metal unbreakable is easy enough for dwarfs to manage, (the goblin huffed at those words) as it is a hard material to begin with, they would never manage to make a wooden weapon unbreakable.

Exactly the same could be said about wands, they are made from wood - which isn't vary conductive for magic, and magical body part of a magical animal that already has a certain properties, yet it's purpose is to be an all-purpose magical devise (this time the goblin scoffed) the only reason it works at all is the runes and arithmancy your kind created.

The point is, that while every method the other magical species created to make artifacts sounds great, they fail at the basic understanding of blacksmithing! You have to change the substance, to create something new.

From the second you take the materials in your hand till the moment the artifact is created magic need to be poured to the materials with the intention of the end product until the artifact is created to make the magical part of the artifact truly a part of your creation, this is the way to reach the limit of the second stage of blacksmithing."

"And how do you proceed from there?" Harry asked "How do you make a third stage artifact?"

"Well, While I'm on the peak of the second level and hasn't managed to reach the third yet, I can tell you what a book I read once said: 'if the first level is about the body- in which you learn how to forge, and the second level is about the spirit- in which you imbue the intent into the core of the artifact, the third is about the mind- in which you put all your knowledge into the artifact.' Now, let's start creating your first artifact.

An hour later

After destroying the magical properties in his third try of creating an extremely sharp sword, Harry left Gringotts for the day, returned to the room of requirements and turned the little sand clock on his neck eight times- its time for him to get the 'Marauders Map'.

Fred's POV

Fred was just about to leave to Hogsmeade with his twin brother when he saw one of his only two Slytherin friends.

Seeing there isn't anyone near them that could find out about them being friends with a 'slimy Slytherin' and ruin their reputation Fred went to greet him.

"Hey Harry, going to Hogsmeade?"

The secret smack his brother gave him reminded him the unjustified punishment their friend was given.

"Oh right, sorry, I forgot." He said while rubbing the back of his head.

"Yes, while I was hoping to go there, sadly I can't, never mind, maybe next year."

A fugitive look from his brother was all he needed to know they finally reached an agreement on their debate.

"How would you like" George started with a smile on hours lips. "If you could go to Hogsmeade" Fred continued a smile of his own making an appearance.

"Today?" they said together.

"How?" Harry asked

"Simple, we would make a trade." George said

"We would give you the Marauder's map, and in return you would help us in some of our new products in which we are stuck." Fred said

"But isn't that the secret to your success as pranksters?" Harry said

"You insult us Harry, do you really think a pair of inventors like us" Fred said

"Wouldn't create our own version of the map?" George said making Harry smile in amus.e.m.e.nt.

"Take it," they said together giving their blackhaired the map, "just prank someone occasionally." Together they flicked their wands at each other and casted the new spell they created based on something Harry told them about, creating 'anime tears' on their twin's face, making Harry laugh.