"Okay everyone; put away your books, put your wands back into your pockets and follow me. We're going outside for this lesson, and possibly the next few lessons as well."
Each of the students did as they were told and left their bags there and followed their Professor out of the classroom.
Remus listened to them chatter as he lead the way towards the grounds outside. He knew he hadn't exactly asked Dumbledore permission... but he was sure that Albus would understand that he didn't want his classroom set on fire by those specific elementals. Aah well, what's the point of being a Marauder if you can't live life dangerously?
//Sirius would be proud to know that I am reciting those words and sometimes living by them... but he isn't here, so why? Why say it if it only brings back the pain? Perhaps it gives me some comfort? I---//
"So, what are we doing for class, Professor?" Harry spoked up, standing towards the front... and obviously the closest to Lupin besides Kassie Flame, who was glaring at Seamus... who had been hitting on her endlessly. Though she may or may not like the Irishman, she never showed it. Remus shook his head and gathered the class together.
"Alright everyone. The reason you don't need your book is because I'm teaching you a certain wandless magic. It---"
Hermione's hand shot up and she bounced around a bit before Remus called on her.
"Yes Hemione?" he asked patiently.
She smiled nervously.
"Isn't wandless magic really advanced?"
Remus nodded.
"It is."
"Then.... that is to say... do you really expect us to learn it?" She said cautiously.
Remus smiled lightly and nodded.
"I have complete faith in you all to learn it, because you're all very smart... and this type of wandless magic is in your blood already. Muggle-born or not." he said seriously, ignoring Hermione's once again raised hand. "Each of you have a Zodiac sign that goes with your birth date, yes? Well, my birth sign is Aquarius... and my element is air. Yes Hermione?" He looked at the Gryffindor girl who blushed.
"How exactly does this work? Could you... show us?"
Understanding what she meant, he smiled brightly.
"Of course! Who would like to volunteer for this demonstration? Being as my element is air, you cannot see it so I would like to show you by lifting or pushing someone."
Kassie and Harry raised their hands and Remus called on them both.
"I'll show you two uses for air... one can be used as an attack and another can be used to lift or prevent one falling." He gestured towards Kassie. "Stand a few feet away from me, okay?"
The students gathered around and watched as their Professor directed Kassieto a spot. He looked at Hermione and asked her to stand next to him.
"Alright Hermione, what I would like you to do is levitate Kassie 50 feet above us... and on my cue, drop her."
Hermione stared at him for a moment in shock before nodding.
"Wingardium leviosa!" (Spelling anyone? lol I'm too lazy to see if it's right.) She said loudly and Kassie rose rappidly above them.
Remus positioned himself readily.
"Okay Hermione! Drop her!"
The students gasped as Kassie began to plummet towards the ground.
Remus inhaled deeply and rose his hands and posistioned them forward, sending a whirlwind to the spot where Kassie would fall and cushioned her. Slowly taking the air away, he placed her gently on the ground.
Kassie blinked a few times and ran a hand through her tangled hair. She was really pale, but other than that a large silly grin on her face showed them that she had still enjoyed it.
"Alright there, Kassie?" Remus asked kindly.
Standing, Kassie nodded and stumbled over to the other students, plopping shakily onto the grass.
"Okay Harry, I hope you don't mind me using you for the demonstration of the attack." Remus smiled wryly.
Harry gave the look back and stood where Kassie was.
"Okay Harry, so you don't get hurt... cover your head and when I tell you...force your muscles taught and defend yourself."
Harry Potter crossed his arms over his head and placed a foot behind him
"Ready, Harry?" Lupin asked loudly. Recieving an affirmative shout, Remus once again rose his hands and faced his palms towards Harry... thrusting air into Harry like a strong invisible wall.
Harry's heels dug into the ground deeply and the boy slid backwards. Stopping his attack, Remus sighed.
"Okay, Harry?"
Removing his hands, Harry smiled slightly and nodded.
"Okay class, that was the attack form for air." Remus said to them, pacing in front of them thinking. "As for fire... you could build a shield of it around you, or burn the enemy... though the shield isn't exactly effective."
Remus cast a glance over every student to see if they understood or were even paying attention. They all seemed to have gotten that.
"As for the Earth elements... there is earthquakes, and lifting the ground about you. Possibly a few other things, but it depends on the witch or wizard. And lastly there is Water! Which can drown an enemy if used correctly, it can be used as a shield against fire and it can even wash a smelly dog!" He said brightly.
A few students laughed.
"Okay then, moving on." He said jsut as happily. "I have already worked out pairs, but first off... sit on a patch of grass an arms length away from the person next to you."
Watching the students scatter themselves out, he sighed.
//I remember washing a certain smelly dog...//
When everyone was seated he looked at them all.
"This is slightly similar to a mediation act." Hermione looked at him weird, and sensing that she was going to raise her hand he looked away. "Instead of closing your eyes during this procedure, you keep them open. Instead of picturing something sweet and nice," His tone altered on the words 'sweet' and 'nice'."you picture what you see. But I will not put any of you in more danger then you will be in, so all of you will be practising with objects that Professor Flitwick charmed.They are chamred so you see them as the person you care about the most. Or one of the people anyways. "Remus said thoughfully. "Now... in order to do this you need to "feel" you have a purpose. See, this is the purpose of the charmed metallic balls that I have here. " He gestured to a small box.
Remus reached in the box and grabbed a ball, about the same size as a snitch and showed it to them.
"What do you see, Neville?"
The plump boy turned pink and frowned.
"I-I see my mum...."
Frowning, Remus looked at him.
"I'm sorry...."
Neville nodded weakly, but refused to look at anyone who was staring.
"What about you, Terry?"
The blue-haired Hufflepuff boy looked at him, blankly.
"I see my brother."
Remus's lips twitched lightly into a thin line.
"Anyone else want to share who they see?" He asked gently, feeling bad about having to force anyone into telling in case it hurt. Like Neville... and the boy Terry wasn't exactly enthused about telling who he saw.
"What do you see, Harry?" Ernie said loudly.
Harry whipped around and looked at him.
"None of your business." He spat unintentionally.
Just as Remus was about to speak, Ernie glared at Harry.
"Why shouldn't we know? It shouldn't be that bad... It's not You-know-who, right? Then what's so bad?" He snarled.
Harry gave him a blank look and then smiled innocently.
"I was my Godfather." He said firmly.
"No name?" Ernie said, frowning.
Harry stuck his nose in the air arrogantly, Remus watched carefully.
\\That's how Lily acted towards James when he asked her out... Oh God....James and Lil....\\ He thought sorrowfully, zoning back in on his students.
"I don't need to give a name, no one else did." He said truthfully. "So, who do 'you' see?"
Ernie growled, apparently not expecting to be asked.
"I see my father."
Harry raised an eyebrow.
"What, no name?" He said scathingly. Ernie's cheeks puffed out and turned purple. "See, that's how it feels to be pestered like that. Any more problems? No? Okay then... we have a lesson we're supposed to learn."
Harry said that all very quickly and turned to his Professor with his arms crossed. His face screwed into a smug and Remus had to laugh. The students each gave him a weird look and he calmed down a bit.
"Er... right. Lesson..." He looked at his watch and sighed. "I'm afraid we don't have enough time for more, so we should all check and see if you have everything..." They all had everything. "Alright, now lets go back into the classroom."
The students sniffed unhappily at such a seemingly short lesson and drug their feet all the way to the classroom and sat down. The mystical sounding gond sounded and the students were dismissed.
Harry lingered behind.
"Why did you laugh when I... settled... the argument between Ernie and myself?" He asked, pushing his glasses back up the bridge of his nose.
Remus leaned onto the desk and sighed, smiling. He closed his eyes.
"I laughed because that was exactly what your mother did to your father." He said humorously, but still with sadness. "When Lily was asked out by James, she stuck her nose in the air and looked at him haughtly, saying; "Why should I go out with you?" and his face was hysterical." He said wiping at tear away. "It's a shame Sirius isn't here..." he whispered. "He could imitate James's face perfectly."
Harry rounded to the other side of the desk and hugged Remus, leaning into him to keep his balance.
"Remus... I can't help but miss him so much. But..." He said tearfully. "How are you dealing with this?"
Remus looked at him shakily.
"I feel extremely torn from the inside, by the wolf."
Harry looked at him seriously.
"Am I correct when I say this... but were you two together?"
The werewolf's eyes widened.
"How did you know?"
Harry burried his face in Remus's shoulder.
"The way you looked at eachother... the closeness you stood together... the way you guys touched." He smiled. "It made me happy to see you two like that."
Remus stared at him softly.
"I take it you don't mind, then?"
Harry looked at him.
"I don't mind, but I have a favor to ask." He said grinning slightly.
Remus raised an eyebrow.
"Which is?"
"A pass to McGonagall's class." He said as the bell rang. And they laughed.
"I think I could do that for you." Lupin said in a buisiness-like tone. "Would you like it in red or green ink?"
Harry snickered.
"I don't mind either,just as long as it will keep me from being there anytime soon."
Setting down to work, Remus wrote a lengthy note and handed it to Harry.
"I told her we were having a little private session with eachother. Okay?"
Nodding, Harry left the room closing the door gently.
Remus stared at the door a bit, and then fell to the ground crying.
\\Oh this hurts... Sirius... why did you leave me?\\
TBC...
Sorry for the wait everyone. I've been getting in lots of trouble lately. I know I should spend more time writing then getting in trouble but I can't help the fact that I'm the evil child. (The ugly duckling, peoples! lol)
Ah well, I hope you enjoyed it and please review. I like reviews... *grin*
Each of the students did as they were told and left their bags there and followed their Professor out of the classroom.
Remus listened to them chatter as he lead the way towards the grounds outside. He knew he hadn't exactly asked Dumbledore permission... but he was sure that Albus would understand that he didn't want his classroom set on fire by those specific elementals. Aah well, what's the point of being a Marauder if you can't live life dangerously?
//Sirius would be proud to know that I am reciting those words and sometimes living by them... but he isn't here, so why? Why say it if it only brings back the pain? Perhaps it gives me some comfort? I---//
"So, what are we doing for class, Professor?" Harry spoked up, standing towards the front... and obviously the closest to Lupin besides Kassie Flame, who was glaring at Seamus... who had been hitting on her endlessly. Though she may or may not like the Irishman, she never showed it. Remus shook his head and gathered the class together.
"Alright everyone. The reason you don't need your book is because I'm teaching you a certain wandless magic. It---"
Hermione's hand shot up and she bounced around a bit before Remus called on her.
"Yes Hemione?" he asked patiently.
She smiled nervously.
"Isn't wandless magic really advanced?"
Remus nodded.
"It is."
"Then.... that is to say... do you really expect us to learn it?" She said cautiously.
Remus smiled lightly and nodded.
"I have complete faith in you all to learn it, because you're all very smart... and this type of wandless magic is in your blood already. Muggle-born or not." he said seriously, ignoring Hermione's once again raised hand. "Each of you have a Zodiac sign that goes with your birth date, yes? Well, my birth sign is Aquarius... and my element is air. Yes Hermione?" He looked at the Gryffindor girl who blushed.
"How exactly does this work? Could you... show us?"
Understanding what she meant, he smiled brightly.
"Of course! Who would like to volunteer for this demonstration? Being as my element is air, you cannot see it so I would like to show you by lifting or pushing someone."
Kassie and Harry raised their hands and Remus called on them both.
"I'll show you two uses for air... one can be used as an attack and another can be used to lift or prevent one falling." He gestured towards Kassie. "Stand a few feet away from me, okay?"
The students gathered around and watched as their Professor directed Kassieto a spot. He looked at Hermione and asked her to stand next to him.
"Alright Hermione, what I would like you to do is levitate Kassie 50 feet above us... and on my cue, drop her."
Hermione stared at him for a moment in shock before nodding.
"Wingardium leviosa!" (Spelling anyone? lol I'm too lazy to see if it's right.) She said loudly and Kassie rose rappidly above them.
Remus positioned himself readily.
"Okay Hermione! Drop her!"
The students gasped as Kassie began to plummet towards the ground.
Remus inhaled deeply and rose his hands and posistioned them forward, sending a whirlwind to the spot where Kassie would fall and cushioned her. Slowly taking the air away, he placed her gently on the ground.
Kassie blinked a few times and ran a hand through her tangled hair. She was really pale, but other than that a large silly grin on her face showed them that she had still enjoyed it.
"Alright there, Kassie?" Remus asked kindly.
Standing, Kassie nodded and stumbled over to the other students, plopping shakily onto the grass.
"Okay Harry, I hope you don't mind me using you for the demonstration of the attack." Remus smiled wryly.
Harry gave the look back and stood where Kassie was.
"Okay Harry, so you don't get hurt... cover your head and when I tell you...force your muscles taught and defend yourself."
Harry Potter crossed his arms over his head and placed a foot behind him
"Ready, Harry?" Lupin asked loudly. Recieving an affirmative shout, Remus once again rose his hands and faced his palms towards Harry... thrusting air into Harry like a strong invisible wall.
Harry's heels dug into the ground deeply and the boy slid backwards. Stopping his attack, Remus sighed.
"Okay, Harry?"
Removing his hands, Harry smiled slightly and nodded.
"Okay class, that was the attack form for air." Remus said to them, pacing in front of them thinking. "As for fire... you could build a shield of it around you, or burn the enemy... though the shield isn't exactly effective."
Remus cast a glance over every student to see if they understood or were even paying attention. They all seemed to have gotten that.
"As for the Earth elements... there is earthquakes, and lifting the ground about you. Possibly a few other things, but it depends on the witch or wizard. And lastly there is Water! Which can drown an enemy if used correctly, it can be used as a shield against fire and it can even wash a smelly dog!" He said brightly.
A few students laughed.
"Okay then, moving on." He said jsut as happily. "I have already worked out pairs, but first off... sit on a patch of grass an arms length away from the person next to you."
Watching the students scatter themselves out, he sighed.
//I remember washing a certain smelly dog...//
When everyone was seated he looked at them all.
"This is slightly similar to a mediation act." Hermione looked at him weird, and sensing that she was going to raise her hand he looked away. "Instead of closing your eyes during this procedure, you keep them open. Instead of picturing something sweet and nice," His tone altered on the words 'sweet' and 'nice'."you picture what you see. But I will not put any of you in more danger then you will be in, so all of you will be practising with objects that Professor Flitwick charmed.They are chamred so you see them as the person you care about the most. Or one of the people anyways. "Remus said thoughfully. "Now... in order to do this you need to "feel" you have a purpose. See, this is the purpose of the charmed metallic balls that I have here. " He gestured to a small box.
Remus reached in the box and grabbed a ball, about the same size as a snitch and showed it to them.
"What do you see, Neville?"
The plump boy turned pink and frowned.
"I-I see my mum...."
Frowning, Remus looked at him.
"I'm sorry...."
Neville nodded weakly, but refused to look at anyone who was staring.
"What about you, Terry?"
The blue-haired Hufflepuff boy looked at him, blankly.
"I see my brother."
Remus's lips twitched lightly into a thin line.
"Anyone else want to share who they see?" He asked gently, feeling bad about having to force anyone into telling in case it hurt. Like Neville... and the boy Terry wasn't exactly enthused about telling who he saw.
"What do you see, Harry?" Ernie said loudly.
Harry whipped around and looked at him.
"None of your business." He spat unintentionally.
Just as Remus was about to speak, Ernie glared at Harry.
"Why shouldn't we know? It shouldn't be that bad... It's not You-know-who, right? Then what's so bad?" He snarled.
Harry gave him a blank look and then smiled innocently.
"I was my Godfather." He said firmly.
"No name?" Ernie said, frowning.
Harry stuck his nose in the air arrogantly, Remus watched carefully.
\\That's how Lily acted towards James when he asked her out... Oh God....James and Lil....\\ He thought sorrowfully, zoning back in on his students.
"I don't need to give a name, no one else did." He said truthfully. "So, who do 'you' see?"
Ernie growled, apparently not expecting to be asked.
"I see my father."
Harry raised an eyebrow.
"What, no name?" He said scathingly. Ernie's cheeks puffed out and turned purple. "See, that's how it feels to be pestered like that. Any more problems? No? Okay then... we have a lesson we're supposed to learn."
Harry said that all very quickly and turned to his Professor with his arms crossed. His face screwed into a smug and Remus had to laugh. The students each gave him a weird look and he calmed down a bit.
"Er... right. Lesson..." He looked at his watch and sighed. "I'm afraid we don't have enough time for more, so we should all check and see if you have everything..." They all had everything. "Alright, now lets go back into the classroom."
The students sniffed unhappily at such a seemingly short lesson and drug their feet all the way to the classroom and sat down. The mystical sounding gond sounded and the students were dismissed.
Harry lingered behind.
"Why did you laugh when I... settled... the argument between Ernie and myself?" He asked, pushing his glasses back up the bridge of his nose.
Remus leaned onto the desk and sighed, smiling. He closed his eyes.
"I laughed because that was exactly what your mother did to your father." He said humorously, but still with sadness. "When Lily was asked out by James, she stuck her nose in the air and looked at him haughtly, saying; "Why should I go out with you?" and his face was hysterical." He said wiping at tear away. "It's a shame Sirius isn't here..." he whispered. "He could imitate James's face perfectly."
Harry rounded to the other side of the desk and hugged Remus, leaning into him to keep his balance.
"Remus... I can't help but miss him so much. But..." He said tearfully. "How are you dealing with this?"
Remus looked at him shakily.
"I feel extremely torn from the inside, by the wolf."
Harry looked at him seriously.
"Am I correct when I say this... but were you two together?"
The werewolf's eyes widened.
"How did you know?"
Harry burried his face in Remus's shoulder.
"The way you looked at eachother... the closeness you stood together... the way you guys touched." He smiled. "It made me happy to see you two like that."
Remus stared at him softly.
"I take it you don't mind, then?"
Harry looked at him.
"I don't mind, but I have a favor to ask." He said grinning slightly.
Remus raised an eyebrow.
"Which is?"
"A pass to McGonagall's class." He said as the bell rang. And they laughed.
"I think I could do that for you." Lupin said in a buisiness-like tone. "Would you like it in red or green ink?"
Harry snickered.
"I don't mind either,just as long as it will keep me from being there anytime soon."
Setting down to work, Remus wrote a lengthy note and handed it to Harry.
"I told her we were having a little private session with eachother. Okay?"
Nodding, Harry left the room closing the door gently.
Remus stared at the door a bit, and then fell to the ground crying.
\\Oh this hurts... Sirius... why did you leave me?\\
TBC...
Sorry for the wait everyone. I've been getting in lots of trouble lately. I know I should spend more time writing then getting in trouble but I can't help the fact that I'm the evil child. (The ugly duckling, peoples! lol)
Ah well, I hope you enjoyed it and please review. I like reviews... *grin*