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October 15th

Remus Lupin

I had been shocked, completely shocked when I had been offered the job. Albus had asked me to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor. Of course I accepted it immediately. I had arrived late the night before and today I was going to be teaching again. The same classroom, the same office, and the same subject as last time I taught. I never thought I'd be allowed to teach again after being found out as a werewolf. I even get to nearer to Harry again, my Cub.

My first lesson was with the sixth years fortunately so I wouldn't have to track him down to talk. I desperately want to know how he is coping since Albus had forbidden me to keep in contact saying that we both needed time to grieve separately first. This would be the perfect opportunity.

Breakfast went well and as many people remembered me there was a bit more applause then normal.

I then quickly headed to my classroom to finish setting it all up before any students arrived. The students in the class were to be continuing nonverbal spell casting and then learning wandlesss spell casting and then combining the two throughout the year. This lead him to having a wand basic course today.

As they filed in I told them that we were going to be doing wands today. They were to go around the room and Look at all the different wands and see if they could distinguish it. They were to write down what it was made of and whose it was as well as what its specialty is.

Twenty-three minutes later I called them back to their seats. And as I proceded to ask them about each and every wand I noticed that Harry never raised his hand to answer.

"Mr. Potter, would you mind telling me why you have yet to participate in this assignment? I do believe that you were the first to return to your seat, am I right?" I asked pointedly.

"Yes Sir, I was," Harry spoke briefly.

"Then please enlighten me as to why you felt you were done and yet could not answer any of the questions," I asked him gently. I didn't want to get on his bad side but I need to know and I wasn't likely to get much time after class.

"I had completed the assignment but i... I didn't think MY responses would have been well received, professor," Harry stated calmly. "I sensed each wand, and I know that all but four of them are past Death Eater's wands, Sir."

"I am impressed, 15 points to Gryffindor for your observation skills. Can you name them, Mr. Potter?"

"Lucifer Malfoy, Groanan Goyle, Regulas Black, Orion Black, Walberga Black, Cedric Diggory, James Potter, Lily Potter, Rabastan LeStrange, and… Sirius Black," Harry stated whispering his parents and Diggory's name's but practically choking out Sirius'. I realize just then that I was being cruel to make him say that.

I had simply not wanted to say them myself, I'm so selfish…

"Can anyone tell me how it was that Mr. Potter sensed the owners of these wands?" I asked the class. Unsurprisingly Hermione's hand shot up. I smiled at that.

"Mrs. Granger?"

"Professor, I believe he sensed it because a wand may chose a wizard or witch but they still respond to others. I believe Harry used the wands own want for their owner to his advantage. He would have been concentrating on what he wished to know as he came into contact with the wand. Harry did after all go up and touch each one before he sat back down."

"Yes, 7 points to Gryffindor, Miss Granger. Yes I do believe that is what he used. Correct, Mr. Potter?" he simply nodded in response.

"Now for all of you who have no idea what we are referring to I will explain," I said simply. "Every wand is made with magic, to have magic, to use magic and with that the wand is the instrument we pour our magic into. Also each wand uses its own essence to pick the perfect witch or wizard. The reason a wand maker will pick out yours to try is that is has a tune, or message that tells what might be good for it. Wand makers then take that information and try to connect it to a customer. And while anyone can learn to understand such WandSpeak it is sometime rather difficult to get right which is why you might go through many wands before you find yours at the store. WandSpeak as it is known to some, changes once it has found its owner.

"From the owner constantly pulsing magic through it the wand contains their magical signature as well as their name which it hums constantly. Louder we reunited with its owner which we all have known when we pick up out wands in the mornings.

"Mr. Potter seems to have been able to distinguish the hum into the correct letters and spaces of the owner's name, is that correct Mr. Potter?"

"Yes Sir, it is like the wand is singing."

"Very good. Now as this has taken us to the end of the lesson I'll tell you your homework and then you are free to go. I want 7 inches on WandSpeak and another 5 inches on how you figured out the answers to these wands today. You are dismissed."