A/N; ok i know i nicked this idea from my other story, but i liked it and just wanted to use it a little bit in this one, hope you dont mind...
Outside the potions class Hermione met up with Harry and Ron. Harry looked livid, he considered Hermione like a sister to him and hated it when anyone, let alone Snape treated her unfairly.
"You OK?" He asked, his dark brown furrowed.
"Fine" Hermione sighed.
"The Greasy git," Ron piped in, "He had no right to do that to you, I mean what did you do?"
"I dunno, take up some of his valuable time on Sunday I suppose" Hermione let out another sigh.
"Still, that doesn't give him the right, does it mate?" Ron nudged Harry in the arm.
"Oh right yeah" Harry replied distractedly. He was thinking of other things at the time, such as why Snape was being so hot and cold with Hermione, there had to be something. And after all it wasn't like Harry not to suspect Snape at every given opportunity.
"Come on guys" Hermione encouraged her friends. "We got charms now and I don't want to be late."
With a groan from the boys they all made their way up to Professor Flitwick's classroom. Charms was one of Hermione's favourite subjects, along with all her others that is. She soon shook out of her gloomy mood as she took her seat and began to start work.
"Today class we will begin work on wand-less magic" Flitwick started. The whole gave out an excited 'ooooh', Hermione even gaped at the thought. Wand-less magic was a very rare skill only a few wizards and witches could perform.
"Of course I don't expect any of you to be able to get the hang of it straight away" Flitwick continued, "But we can make a start, those of you planning on applying for the apprenticeship" Flitwick winked at Hermione, "may find this little trick can come in handy", and with that he summoned a book from a nearby shelf without the aid of his wand.
Hermione watched with awe as the tiny professor performed spell after spell without the aid of his wand. It really was fascinating. She had obviously read all about such spells but was yet to be able to perform any.
"It takes uppermost concentration of the mind" Flitwick explained, "Like I said earlier, not everyone will be able to do it, some of the most renowned wizards still are unable to perform such magic, tell me have any of you done anything of the sort before?" he asked.
Around the class one or two shake hands raised. Hermione noticed Harry's hand go up and looked at him surprised whilst she raided her own hand.
"Yes, yes, very good, as I expected" the professor beamed, "as you will notice, most wizards or witches that have grown up in a muggle environment are usually the best at this".
Hermione looked around, as far as she could see only four students had raised their hands, herself and Harry included, and as far as she could remember, they were in fact all from muggle backgrounds.
"Sir why is that?" She inquired. It was a question that was never answered in her text books and had always puzzled her.
"Quite simple Miss Granger" Flitwick smiled, "if one was to grow up with magic they would also grow up with the stereotype of said magic being accompanied by wands, to try and break that stereotype that has been deeply buried into to the minds of many is a hard task. However, those who have grown up within the non-magic community have never had anything to base magic upon except fairy tales, therefore if an emotion is powerful enough and the mind is focused and free to believe that magic can happen, wand-less, as it is, most certainly happens. Does that make sense?"
"Yes thank you sir" she smiled. True it was a lot to take in, but what a thing to be able to accomplish.
"Mister Potter would you like to tell me of your experiences?" Flitwick asked.
Harry stood up and began to relay to the class the countless times whilst living with the Dursley's he had done wand-less magic, including growing his hair back, jumping onto high roofs, disappearing a panel of glass and setting a cobra free.
Hermione sat their eagerly listening to every detail, it truly was a fascinating subject.
By the end of the lesson they had all attempted to summon an object without the use of magic. As usual only Hermione was successful. She left the class feeling like she had accomplished a lot and made her way with the boys to lunch.
"You never told me about any of the things you did in the past Hermione" Ron said whilst helping himself to a couple of sandwiches.
"You never asked" she simply remarked whilst practising summoning more pumpkin juice without the help of her wand.
"I mean that thing about accidentally dying you hair blue was hilarious"
"Why thank you Ron, but like I said it was an accident, I was trying to decide what to were at the time and all my mum had laid out for me was a silly pink dress, I wanted a blue one and well, I ended up looking like a blueberry" she huffed. "My mum had no idea what had happened".
"Still impressive though" Ron remarked, whilst watching her successfully summon more food to her plate without her wand, "I mean I've never done anything like that."
"Didn't you hear Professor Flitwick Ron," Hermione badgered, "Its usually only wizards from non magical families that are able to do it."
Ron made a sulky face but continued to shove food into his mouth. Harry remained silent; he loved watching his two friends bicker so harmlessly, they reminded him of an old married couple.
After Lunch the three of them made their way to the remainder of their subjects, Hermione still practising the wand-less magic all the while.
A/N; like i said hope you dont mind about the wand-less thingy, i nicked it from my other story i know.
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