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The din of the beginning of the beginning of the year feast wafted through the hall. Kiora swept his eyes across the hall, gauging the students' gifts, or at least those that he could identify. There were a fair number of students who looked as though they would be quite capable of using magic without a wand quite well. Kiora also noted no small number of students gesturing at him discreetly and stealing looks. Dumbledore tapped his glass for silence, and the students obediently complied.
"This year is rather different than any before it. Voldemort has returned, and is surely gathering strength. The wizarding world is once more becoming a dangerous place. This will affect you because in order to assure that life at Hogwarts is not changed greatly, we will have two new teachers this year, as opposed to the one that would have been necessary to fill the Defense Against The Dark Arts class." Dumbledore went on to introduce the new teacher for that class, and Kiora listened politely. The new teacher gave a short speech before Dumbeldore continued.
"I have also created a new position here at Hogwarts." Mumbling spread across the tables at this unusual news. "Professor Sinavre," Kiora inclined his head to the student body in acknowledgment, "will be teaching our new elective Basic Magecraft as well as filling the role of school guardian. You should all feel free to report anything that you think may be important to the safety of the school directly to Professor Sinavre. That is all."
And with that, the tables were bowed with the weight of food that was suddenly upon them. The noise level seemed to rise to a near deafening roar as the students tore into the feast. Kiora served himself a mid sized helping of roast beef and began to eat and watch.
"Hermione, you ever hear of the Guardian business before?" Ron asked.
"Actually no. At least, not at Hogwarts. I suppose some people guarded things with magical creatures though. Perhaps-
"I'll check the library." Ron and Harry said together. Hermione shot her friends an exasperated look.
"And I suppose you have a better idea? Especially since it was you who was curious." Ron shook his head and returned to his meal. Harry couldn't get over the feeling of different-ness that seemed to be coming from Professor Sinavre. Nothing bad, no scar twinges, just…different.
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"Welcome to Basic Magecraft. Please sit down. Before we begin, I'm going to make something very clear. I don't care who your parents are or how pure your blood is," Kiora scanned the room, and his eyes settled on Draco Malfoy and his cronies, "what other people say about you or what you've done in the past." Kiora glanced pointedly at Harry Potter. "The only way to get a good grade in this class will be to do your best."
"Now that we've got that out of the way, I'll try to describe this class in more detail. This class will be entirely practical; you are not required to take notes, and any test I may give will be practical. It will be challenging. If it isn't, then I'm not doing my job. You will be graded primarily on effort. I expect good behavior. And finally, there will be no wands used during this class under any circumstances, so you can put them away now." Looks of shock spread across the room, accompanied by astonished whispers.
"Professor," Draco drawled, "how, exactly, are we going to do magic without a wand?"
"Why, Mr. Malfoy, that's what you're hear to learn. You were of course, aware of that when you signed up for the class?"
"I don't believe its possible." Malfoy whispered to Crabbe and Goyle.
"You don't Mr. Malfoy? Well, this situation obviously needs to be resolved. Catch." As Kiora made a tossing motion, a ball of blue light appeared and soared towards Draco. Dumbfounded, Draco let the fly past him and land on the floor. Kiora held out his hand, palm up, and the light jumped back into it and disappeared. "Can you explain to me, Mr. Malfoy, how I did that without using magic? I didn't think so."
"Hopefully you are all ready to believe that magic can indeed be used without a wand. The wand is a tool, originally created to simplify magic use. It channels magical energy, often called mana, into your spells. Overtime the skill to use magic without a wand became less and less common, since it was no longer necessary, as long as there was someone to make wands. This is the basic difference between magecraft and wizarding. A mage does not need anything but his own mind to perform magic, while wizards rely on their wands."
"Mana collects anywhere living creatures reside. It pools and flows much like water. Your wands tap those flows and reservoirs and feed the power to your spells. To begin with, we will try to cast simple spells using only the mana that collects inside yourself."
"I want you all to attempt to conjure a very small light, much like the lumos spell you would use if you had a wand. You must visualize and will some of your energy to become that light. We'll spend the rest of the class period on it." Kiora looked over the students, and then down a fraction in front of Draco. "And Mr. Malfoy, put your wand down. You've got it in your hand under the desk."
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