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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
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Chapter 163: Harry the Teacher
"Alright, give me your wands; I will remove the trace," Harry told them once they arrived at the garden.
"Mine was already removed last year," Daphne said.
"Daddy also removed mine," Luna added.
"Hold on, what? How did that happen?" Lyra questioned the girls. She believed only her brother would do that kind of stuff.
"Some seniors removed the trace on my first year," Daphne explained.
"They do this for all new Slytherin students."
"Why?" Lyra asked.
"Everyone knows the whole thing with the trace is the Ministry's way of controlling Muggle-borns. It should not apply to students who live in magical houses," Daphne answered.
"My brothers said the same," Ginny commented. "But Mom and Dad refused to remove mine. They are very strict when it comes to obeying the law."
"What about you, Luna?" Lyra asked.
"I have to do a lot of cleaning around the house, so Daddy removed the trace of my wand so I didn't have to borrow his anymore," Luna told her.
Lyra glanced at Harry with a frown. "You could have removed mine last year."
"To do what, exactly...?" Harry sighed. "Just give me your wand; I'll remove it now."
Once everything was ready, Harry walked to the middle of the garden. There was a big and almost empty space there, with only a giant apple tree.
Harry tapped one of the branches, and it started to grow in length. The branch slithered over the grassy ground like a snake and formed more branches as it passed. From these branches, humanoid figures started to form.
"What are those for?" asked Lyra.
"These are going to serve as your targets," Harry said as the figures finished transforming into very simple wooden golems. Their feet were still attached to the main tree branch, making it easier for Harry to repair them.
"Wow, I could barely transform that toothpick," Ginny looked impressed.
"What defensive spells have you learned already? We can go from there," Harry asked them.
Luna shrugged.
Lyra scratched her head.
Ginny glanced at her friends with a troubled expression.
"Nothing?" Harry was not expecting much, considering their only defense teacher had been Lockhart, but this… "He did not even teach you one spell?"
"Oh, he did teach us one!" Ginny got excited.
"Ginny, don't…" Lyra became embarrassed.
"Yeah, you know, the charm to make our teeth shiny when we smile," Ginny explained.
"That's not… that's not a defense spell, Ginny," Harry pointed out.
"Ah… no, but it was the only spell we learned from him… I think," Ginny said while looking down.
"That's it?" Harry asked.
"To be fair, he didn't teach us a single spell to us second years. Unless you want to count the one he assured us would serve to chase out a werewolf… but it sounded so ridiculous," Daphne frowned.
"Mom was very angry when I told her about him, and she went straight to talk with the Headmaster," Lyra commented.
"What did she say to the Headmaster?" Ginny asked.
"I don't know… she never told me. But she looked a lot happier when she came back," Lyra said.
"Fine…" Harry started. "Let's just start from the beginning." He walked some distance away from the dummies and stood next to the girls.
"I'll show you how to use the disarming charm."
Harry made a circular motion with his wand, followed by a stabbing one. His movements were slow but fluid.
"Expelliarmus."
From the tip of his wand, a flash of light came out and clashed against the hand of the target dummy, destroying it completely.
"Oh… so that's what you meant by disarm," Luna nodded like she understood something.
"Okay, you girls try it now," Harry told them.
Lyra, Ginny, and Luna started trying to replicate what he did.
"Expelliarmus!" Lyra made a correct motion, but her aim was a bit off, and missed the dummy's hand.
Luna hit the dummy on its shoulder and removed the entire arm.
"Luna, aim for the hand… that's where the wand usually is," Harry told her.
"But I'm trying to disarm him!" she complained.
"Nevermind…" He turned his attention to Ginny.
Her movements were good, but she was also missing the target.
"It doesn't go where I want it to go," Ginny pouted.
He found her reaction very amusing. Haven't seen her do that in a very long time…
"Let me see it again," he instructed her.
Ginny performed another disarming charm, but her aim was off once more.
"I see…" He got closer. "You are ending the spell too soon. The end of the motion also serves as your aiming tool. You have to get the timing right…"
He got behind the girl and grabbed her wand hand.
"Har…." Ginny's face became as red as her hair.
"Let me show you." His hand made contact with her wand and formed a gentle connection. Harry then moved Ginny's arm and formed the charm. "Expelliarmus."
Ginny felt his magic course through her hand and then the wand… it shone brightly until a spark of light came out and hit the training dummy on its hand.
"There, that is the correct timing. You just need to practice it…. Ginny?, are you listening?" He noticed that the girl was staring at the ground and not paying attention.
"Y-Yes!" She hurried to say.
"Okay then." He let her go and took a step back.
"You can also practice with a stick so you don't exhaust yourself—"
"Silencio!" The head of the training dummy went flying.
Harry glanced back and saw Daphne clenching her wand.
"Daphne… I think you poured a bit too much magic into that one," Harry told her.
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