Sirius was waiting in that same classroom again as Harry entered into his dreams. "Hiya Harry," he said jovially.
"Hi Sirius."
"So… how did the wandless magic go?" Sirius asked.
"Gee, it's nice to see you too," Harry replied dryly.
"Ee-gads, a sense of humor," Sirius smirked, clutching a hand to his chest. "I'm sorry Harry. I'm just anxious to hear how it went. It's not every day you find a wizard capable of wandless magic. This could be a huge advantage for you. So how was your day, and how did the wandless magic go?"
"My day was fine. I had some success with the wandless magic, but not as much as I had hoped. I managed to control wingardium leviosa pretty well, but when I tried to do a summoning spell afterwards I didn't get the best results. It felt like my magic was being pulled in two different directions, and I was having trouble controlling it. Then I got frustrated and things started falling apart from there. I'll have to try again tomorrow."
"Hmm… wish I knew how to help you. But even having that little success is promising."
"Yeah… I want to try doing a couple spells with my wand for a little bit. Maybe doing them with a wand and concentrating on the magic will help me get a grasp on things a little bit," Harry said.
"Fair enough. Have at it." Sirius took a seat to watch as his godson set off to work.
Harry looked around the room and found some quills on a desk in the room. He pulled out his wand and with a swish and a flick and the words "wingardium leviosa," the quill was floating in the air. Harry had it hover for a few moments before lowering it back on the desk. He stood there looking pensive for a moment before opening his mouth. "I can feel the magic in me when I concentrate. It felt the same as it did earlier, only it's slightly different because of the wand. Then it was like the magic was just flowing inside me. Here it's more focused around the wand in my right arm."
Harry took a few steps back and performed the summoning charm with a short "Accio." The quill zoomed from the desk towards him, and he snatched it out of the air with his left hand. He did another levitation charm then another summoning and thought for a minute. "They're different," he finally said, nodding to himself. He began to pace lightly as he continued to explain. "I can feel the magic for both, but it's different. When I was doing wandless magic earlier I was concentrating on the magic and trying to keep it the same, but when I was trying to summon an object I felt my magic trying to change, so I was fighting with it. That's why it couldn't seem to make up its mind, I was trying to summon it with a levitation charm."
Sirius just sat there looking at Harry until he finally asked, "So what does that mean?"
"It means that I need to learn the different ways that magic will feel so I can perform more spells without my wand. It will take some practice, but if I can manage to control my magic and change it to fit my needs, then I should theoretically be able to do any type of magic without a wand," Harry explained.
"That would be amazing," Sirius exclaimed, rising from his seat, "but that's a pretty big if."
"Well, I'll just have to try and see how it goes."
"Sounds like a plan. Now that that's settled what say we get started on tonight's lesson?" Sirius asked. "I thought tonight we would start on the basics of apparation."
"Really? You're gonna teach me how to apparate?"
"I'm gonna try anyway. Hopefully what you learn here will transfer out into the real world. If nothing else we can go over the theory behind it and hope that it's enough when the time comes for you to use it."
Sirius began talking about the basic mechanics of the spell. You had to visualize your destination in your mind and try to be as detailed as possible about the exact location you wish to apparate to. Any indecision or uncertainty or vagueness could lead to splinching. Once you have your destination visualized, it's just a little twist of the wand while focusing on your physical body being at your destination and voila, you've apparated. The spell didn't require a verbal incantation.
"Of course it is much easier to apparate to a place you can see because that pretty much takes care of the visualization step right there. Places you are very familiar with should be easier for you as well, since it will be easier to visualize your destination with more clarity. Distance also factors into the equation. If you try to apparate too far away it could have disastrous results." Sirius had entered into a professor mode to explain the subject which was completely unlike his usual mischievous self.
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