Chapter 2
“Test of super hearing take one!” Harry said into the little recorder he and Matt were using. Matt was excited as Harry walked all the way to the other side of the room to whisper, “Matt is a dork.”
“Hey!” Matt complained. Harry tried not to giggle as Matt waited for the next whisper. The object of this was to see if Matt could tell where Harry was just by whispers and his heartbeat.
After a few minutes, Matt turned around to point at the place he thought Harry was, prompting a cheer.
“Yay! You got it!” Harry bounced over to Matt. “How?”
“I heard your heartbeat,” Matt said honestly. “And… I think I could smell you?”
“... huh. I think we need more tests.”
Later, when Kelsey got involved, the testing was more in-depth.
“Alright,” Kelsey said, holding her wand. “I will silence the air around Matt- given it’s the only way to stop him from hearing us- and Harry will go somewhere else in the garden. Matt will have to track him while also dealing with all of the animals and plants. Do not go near the red section- if I swear-“
“We won’t!” Harry promised. The red section was where all the dangerous plants were- like the devil’s snare and a few man-eating plants.
“Three, two, one.” Kelsey silenced Matt’s ears, making the boy grimace. He hated suddenly losing hearing. Kelsey kept a hand on his shoulder to ground him though.
Harry ran off, and Kelsey waited two minutes, tapping it out on Matt’s shoulder before she removed the hex.
Matt found Harry in five- hidden up a tree. It became a common game for the two- running around the garden and honing Matt’s skills.
Even when an old man named Stick came by, they never stopped. Kelsey had to threaten the guy a few times to get him to leave- it actually took cursing him to get him to stop which lead to her having to speak to a few aurors who spoke to Matt about his abilities. That led to a giant problem for the magical government- something Kelsey, Harry and Matt never really found out about until Matt was much older.
Till then, they just had fun with the skill testing.