Harry Potter and the Dark Lord

Chapter 21: Defense Against the Dark Arts

Summary: Set in Harry's sixth year. He encounters far more than he ever could have expected, but he does not have to go through it alone. An old friend returns to help him. Harry's defeat of Voldemort rests on him getting The Scepter of Light and Dark, something that would allow Voldemort to destroy the world if he can get the whole thing. Voldemort's powers are getting stronger and Harry has more than one encounter with him.

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This Chapter: The sixth years have Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

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"Today we will continue working on Avifors. Those of you who have already mastered the spell can begin turning inanimate objects into birds. Anyone who is ready for that please come to my desk and get a teacup from me to practice on." said Prof. McGonagall.

Harry, Hermione, and a few other students walked up to her desk and received a teacup. He spent most of the period practicing. He had nearly managed to Transfigure all of his teacup, and Hermione had progressed to water goblets.

He left the classroom when the bell rang and headed to Defense Against the Dark Arts with Ron and Hermione. Harry was dreading what was going to happen. He didn't want to relive his parents' deaths ever again. Harry and his friends sat down in the front seats as usual.

Prof. Lupin wasn't sitting at his desk. Harry supposed he was bringing the boggart. Harry's suspicions were confirmed when Lupin entered the room carrying a large cardboard box.

He set it down on his desk and said, "Today you will be learning to repel Dementors using the Patronus Charm. Harry has kindly consented to be the boggart's target. I have put a spell on the boggart so it will only go after Harry. When the dementors appears, I will call each of you forward one at a time to try the Patronus Charm. Harry would you please come up here and demonstrate." Harry got up and walked to the front of the room. Prof. Lupin prepared to open the box.

"Ready Harry?" he asked. Harry merely nodded.

Lupin opened the box and the "dementor" glided out. Harry raised his wand.

"Expecto Patronum!" he cried and a silvery stag burst form his wand. The stag rushed at the "dementor" and it backed off.

"Hermione!" called Lupin. Harry backed off and his Patronus vanished.

Hermione said, "Expecto Patronum," and a silvery otter burst from her wand. Lupin gave everyone a chance to repel the "dementor." Then he forced it back into its box. Harry felt considerably drained as he sat back down at his desk.

He could see Sirius, who was lying under his desk, shuddering slightly. Sirius shouldn't have come to this class, but then again, he couldn't have stopped him. Sirius was determined to follow Harry wherever he went. The rest of the week his classes were uneventful.

His Defense Against the Dark Arts classes were no fun at all, even with Lupin teaching. Before, he'd only heard the deaths of his parents, but now he could hear voices from Tom Riddle in his second year, Cedric's death in his fourth year, and the battle in the Department of Mysteries.

On top of his immense class load, he had his Occlumency lessons with Dumbledore. Harry was starting to feel the pressure.


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