"So, you need someone to help you run your Elemental lessons?" Angelina answered to Harry's request. "Well, you're in luck, as I have to help with one extracurricular during my time here and I really enjoyed taking part in the Elemental training last year."

"Thanks, Angelina, I really appreciate it. The next meeting is on Wednesday next week, and probably every Wednesday after that."

"I'll see you there, Mr Potter."

"Okay, Miss Johnson."

/_-^_^-_/

Having Angelina instruct the water students, while Elias and Blaise dealt with their respective elements, allowed Harry to focus on the unknowns, the number of which had increased after the first session of the year.

After three sessions with Angelina as an instructor, Harry wondered how he had managed without her. He knew he would be putting his friends through the ritual this time to hopefully have some more instructors after that.

Harry privately hoped that Fate was wrong when she said that he wouldn't meet another Air Elemental until he had a child, as he would have liked to teach someone the joys of flight. He knew it wouldn't happen, but he had hope that one of the students he taught would demonstrate some ability with Air.

They only had a month to prepare for the Halloween ritual, and Harry already knew who he would be bringing through the ritual, and who Elias and Blaise wanted to bring through. With such a limited time, Harry asked his new arrivals to practice using the movement patterns he had taught them, while he and the other three instructors focused on those who could manipulate their element, ensuring that they understood everything they needed and could perform every basic move they had learned.

Even if he didn't like the boy, Harry had no reason to exclude Dennis Creevey from joining the lessons, even though the boy was yet to uncover what element called to him after all this time. When Harry announced that he wouldn't be working with the new arrivals until Halloween, the Fourth Year glared at him and could be heard complaining. Harry was rather put off by his obsessive behaviour; he could see the boy watching him constantly and, using the wind around him, he could hear the boy muttering some disturbing things.

When Daphne asked for extra help, Harry made to walk over to her, only to watch in horror as a purple spell hit the girl from behind, originating from Dennis, who Harry immediately hit with a Levicorpus and then ran over to his fallen girlfriend.

He rolled her off her stomach, moving her face away from the snow and looking around in despair, finding Dudley and tapping his ring, telling him to get here now.

"What's wrong with her? Do something, Dudley, help her!" Harry called out as Dudley waved his wand casting a basic diagnostic charm and waited for answers.

"He trapped her in a nightmare, more specifically a regret from her past that she will have to overcome or she will never regain consciousness."

"Someone get Dennis away from me, I may actually hurt him if you don't," Harry muttered darkly. Theo, who had immediately rushed over to help in any way he could, bound and moved the upside-down boy into the school, bringing him down to Professor Snape's office, where he was left, while Snape rushed to the Hospital Wing to meet Harry and Daphne there.

Harry levitated Daphne before holding her as he carried her into the school and to Madame Pomfrey to see if she could break the curse. Harry took a lot more care than Theo had, the former running off and not caring if he made Dennis nauseous with how fast he was floating across the grounds.

As Harry walked, he realised that people would always target those close to him and that he should always be ready to protect or avenge his friends and family if he had to.

/_-_^_^_-_/

"I can't believe that little bastard got away with detentions for the term and being banned from my lessons. What if you hadn't woken up?" Harry complained to his newly awakened girlfriend.

"Oh Harry," she replied reassuringly. "You should know me well enough to know that even if I regret a decision I will stand by it. Second-guessing yourself is never good."

"I suppose, it's just… when I saw you fall, Daph, I got so angry that in that moment I could have blinked Dennis out of existence."

"I don't know if you're quite able to do something like that, but it's sweet that you would say it."

"I promise you now, if he attacks anyone I care about again then I don't know if he will survive it."

"I don't doubt that."

/_-_^_^_-/

"Today will be a very quiet lesson as we shall be covering nonverbal spells for the next few lessons, or weeks if it takes that long," Flitwick started his lesson. "You should be able to cast every spell non-verbally for the rest of your time at Hogwarts, and presumably into your adult life outside of school. We will be casting with intent and precise wand movements, the need for both being doubly so as we won't have words to use as a crutch. Turn to page sixty-four and we will begin with some silent reading, followed by questions once you've all read the introductory chapter."

Non-verbal magic is not a skill that is easy to pick up, but once you understand the basic fundamentals you'll be able to apply it to almost every spell you can think of, though some will be less powerful as a result of being cast silently. Non-verbally casting a spell allows for a bit of variation when it comes to how you emphasise a spell, though syllables function slightly differently in your mind's voice. There are many funny things about trying to speak in your mind, for example trying to shout a spell you would usually shout will sound the same in your mind as whispering a spell. Too many Wizards let themselves become too wrapped up in the idea of thinking the incantation for each spell before casting, taking up unnecessary time and preventing them from casting many spells non-verbally.

While reading that last bit, Harry was instantly reminded of Sirius, who could only cast a limited number of nonverbal spells. He wondered if they would study wandless magic and if there were any things he could teach Sirius to expand his available range of wandless magic. While they were abroad Sirius had asked him to teach him the beginning steps to discovering what element called to him most.

He hadn't managed much of anything while Voldemort was tracking his magical signature, mainly showing Sirius the movements and taking in the sights of the countries they passed through. If he did it again, it would be over the course of a few months and he would explore more of Europe than he had previously.

When Harry's attention returned to the lesson they were already getting up to begin their attempted silent casting.