Chapter Thirteen-
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Harry began pacing up and down the aisles again, and it seemed almost like their last class, his words were almost exactly the same too; as if he hardly knew what he was saying. "Today, we will perform the Patronus Charm. Obviously, there is not enough room in here, so if you will all follow me to the grounds." The student stood up, as their teacher asked, and walked out of the classroom.
James and Sirius joined the older man up front, flanking him and shared wicked grins. Remus and Lily followed behind them, more to watch over them. "Professor?" James asked, Harry turned to the young boy, raising an eyebrow, "I was wondering, does a Patronus have to be an animal? I mean, could it be, like, a person?"
"I'm not sure James" Harry said, pondering over the thought, "I've never come across anyone with a human Patronus, but I s'pose; if you were mundane enough" Harry shrugged. "Mundane?" James asked, dubiously, "Mundane! Wouldn't it just mean that the person like another person a lot?" he asked.
"James, a Patronus isn't what you like, it's a representation of your personality." Harry reminded him. "If no animal represented you, then you'd have to be really boring. Then again, maybe you'd be a slug or something" Harry said deep in thought. "Haha, you're a slug" Sirius snickered. James slapped him upside his head. "Right. Sorry" Sirius said, wincing a bit.
Once they it to the grounds, James, Sirius Remus and Peter began to talk. "I wonder what my Patronus will be" James said sarcastically. He, Sirius and Peter all knew that their Patronuses would just be their Animagi forms, but Remus drew a blank. They weren't sure if a werewolf could be a Patronus, but Remus was guessing yes. "Now, I want all of you to practice the Charm. Don't worry about getting it right or not, this is just practice." Harry instructed.
After a few moments roars of, "Expecto Patronum!" Erupted from the group and silver wisps covered the group like a blanket. In fact, only one person had been able to conjure a true Patronus. A big stag, with a lot of antlers galloped around the group, looking arrogant, if possible; As if proud that it were the only Patronus there. "Whose Patronus is that?" Harry asked.
"Well, you should know. Its yours!" someone shouted. "No, it's not" Harry denied. "Look. Expecto Patronum See? Mine is smaller and has less prongs. Now, I want someone to tell me who conjured this" Harry demanded. "It was me!" someone shouted, "Who?" Harry asked, craning his neck so that he could properly see the person.
"Me." the person stepped forward and revealed himself. "James?" Harry asked dubiously. James had hidden from everyone in sight, and thought of the one thing that had made him happier than anything in the world: Lillian Evans. And that was all he needed to conjure the Patronus. "Prove it" Severus Snape shouted. James gulped nervously before pointing his wand at an empty part of the field and thinking of nothing but his friends. "Expecto Patronum!" he shouted.
A thin stream of silver poured out of James's wand, forming itself into an identical stag compared to the one before. "I am very impressed, James" Harry said. "Immensely" he said, clapping his hand on James's shoulder; he smiled brightly at the student as he stared at the stag, playing with his own. The other students watched in awe, James's face mirrored that of his son's. Ironically, at that moment, Harry was very proud of his father.
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After classes were over, all Prefects and Heads were to report to their Heads of Houses for poster posting instructions. "Now, I want all Gryffindors to conjure posters for the up-coming Halloween Ball" McGonagall instructed
"And Slytherins are to post all Hogsmeade dates" Slughorn said lazily.
"Hufflepuffs will handle exam dates, I'm sure you will al do your best" Sprout said perkily. Why they were posting exams dates in September was beyond the students understanding, but if a teacher asked them to do it, they supposed they had to do it.
"And if my house would be so kind as to post lists of the items Mr. Filch has banned from campus. Hang them high, though, so they don't roll on the ground, where students can trip and rip them." Flitwick instructed.
"And if our Head Boy and Head Girl would supervise the poster postings, and help where it is needed." McGonagall said, she looked down at James Potter, "I want no funny business, from any of you" she added warningly before dismissing the group.
James met up with Remus and they walked over to a hallway where Remus began to conjure up posters. "Apellotu Posteratus* " he muttered as James walked up and down the halls to make sure everyone was set.
"You okay here?" he asked
"Yup" Remus assured him. James made a left and found the Ravenclaws, who were having a hard time getting the list high enough so that it didn't flow onto the floor. "James, some help please?" Ravenclaw Prefect, Xeno Lovegood begged.
"Sure Xeno" James accepted. He walked over to the poster and smiled. "Try splitting them in half, like this." he nonverbally cut the poster so that it was exactly half the size. He hung both side by side so that they just barely dangled over the ground. "There. How many more do you have?"
"Seven" A sixth year girl answered.
"Okay, one of you each can take a poster, and I'll handle one before I check on everyone else."
"Thanks James" Xeno said before taking a poster and leaving. James grabbed a poster for himself before walking off to another hallway. He muttered a spell that split up the poster and used a charm to stick it onto the wall just as Filch came by.
"What have you done to my poster, you brat? You've ripped it!" he shrieked at James.
"You're stupid posters were too big to fit on a wall, I had to split it up!" James snapped, "We couldn't even fit it on horizontally!" he added. Filch gave him a nasty look before walking off, speaking of how crazy Dumbledore was for making him a Head Boy.
He rolled his eyes before going off to find the Hufflepuffs. "Hello James" Amos Diggory said somewhat snidely, as he put up a poster by the Hufflepuff Common Room.
"Hey guys" he said to the Hufflepuffs. "Need any help?" he asked
"Actually, yeah. Sprout gave us seven posters, but we aren't sure where we should put them" a sixth year said.
"Oh, well you could start off by putting one by each Common Room, and you have Hufflepuff down. Slytherins' Room is by the Dudgeons, Gryffindors' is by the Fat Lady Portrait, and Ravenclaws' is at a wooden wall with a bird on top. Don't asked how I know." he suggested. Three Prefects left with three posters to the three Common Rooms. "Then one should go by the Great Hall, since everyone goes there" Then another fifth year boy left. "One next to the library just makes sense" he shrugged. "Finally, one by the exit would probably work." He levitated a poster and put it up by the library. Penny Madder left to the exits with a poster in hand.
He and Amos were left alone. He always knew that Amos Diggory was a bit of a git, always acting superior to everyone else, always jealous of James and always had a crush on Lily. He was glowering deeply at James, "Think you so smart, Potter?" he spat, "Anyone could have thought to put the posters there, so don't think your better than us, okay?"
"Gosh Diggory, I-I guess your right. Maybe I have been acting superior. Maybe it's because I'm Head Boy!" he said, his voice rising from innocence to rage, filled with anger and annoyance. "And besides if anyone could have thought to put the posters up like that, then I guess you're a nobody, since you didn't think to do it" he snapped before storming off.
Finally he went to find the Slytherins, the task he had been putting off for so long, but as he reached a big group of them by the Great Hall, he saw that Lily had already taken care of them and guessed that she had taken care of Gryffindor as well because they seemed to be operating efficiently. Finally he pointed his wand out and spoke, "Expecto Patronum" As the slivery stag poured out of his wand and formed. It looked at James expectantly. "Tell Evans I finished taking care of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff and that I think we're done here" he instructed the stag.
"Why don't you tell her yourself?" a voice asked. Lily turned a corner and looked at James. "You finished Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff?" she asked. He nodded. "I guess we're done" she agreed, "But I'm just gonna take another look around. To make sure everyone's coping" she said.
"I'll go with you" James offered. Lily bit back a smile and fell into step with James. "So," he began, "The dance is in a couple weeks, huh?" he asked
"Give it a rest, I already said yes" she said, pushing him playfully.
"It only took me seven years" he sighed
"Six" she corrected.
"I knew you'd fall for me" he said, a lopsided grin playing at his lips.
"You are so full of yourself" she said as they made a turn and saw the Ravenclaw posters cut into two and Lily smiled proudly. "Nice idea Potter, I was going to suggest they shrink the writing, but I like your suggestion more" she said."But don't go getting a big head" she said warningly. "Or a bigger head" she corrected
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The next day, Harry brought out a trunk, heaving it heavily into the classroom. "This" he breathed, as he dropped the trunk to his feet in front of the class, "Is a Bogart, hexed to look like a dementor. It has roughly one-tenth the effect a dementor does, but don't take it lightly. Even a fraction of their powers is still a lot. I want you all, one by one, to come up to the 'Dementor' and use the Patronus Charm to defeat it. Now, who wants to go first?" By the now only the Gryffindor half of the class was brave enough to raise their hand, and except the challenge. Harry smiled. Who to choose?, he thought. There really was no competition, James always went first. "James" he said.
James smiled arrogantly as he walked up to the front of the class, and looked at the trunk. Harry flipped the many locks, and the top popped off. A cold, dark, eerie feeling emitted into the room, as a big, shadowy figure came out of the box. Every candle, every light, even the tiny bit of sunshine streaming into the room, went out, until the room was almost black.
James swallowed hard as he felt every happy thought and feeling drained from him, until he lost the will to live. This is supposed to be a one-tenth of their real power?, he thought. He breathed in deep, thinking of his family; his mum, dad, Sirius, Remus, and even Harry. "Expecto Patronum!" he said, pointing his wand at the figure.
A tiny wisp streamed out of his wand, he breathed deep, and tried again. "Expecto Patronum!" he said a bit louder. The wisp grew brighter, and formed into an orb as it lashed against the Dementor, causing it to wince, or whatever a Dementor did. A tiny bit of sunshine flowed back into the room, and hope bubbled inside of James, as he pointed out his wand and for a last time shouted the loudest of all, "Expecto Patronum!"
It all happened so fast; This time the silvery orb grew bigger and formed into a great big silver stag. The Patronus charged at the form dead on, causing it to double over, and sink back into the trunk. Harry raced towards the case and shut it closed, locking every lock before sitting on top of it.
The stag walked around the room, illuminating the darkness, and lighting the bulbs so much that it caused them to shatter. Harry clapped his hands, smiling brightly at James. "Now, that's how it's done! Let's give James a hand" he cheered.
The entire class roared with applause, well, the Gryffindor side did. The Slytherins rolled their eyes and huffed. "Now, whose next?" Harry asked.
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As the weeks passed by Harry focused on teaching the seventh years all about Patronuses, by now every student had performed the Charm flawlessly at least once against the Bogart. It was already October 12th and Harry expected that Ron would've gotten the message by now. "I am very proud of all of you, the progress you have made is immense, but I am sorry to say our time together is reaching an end" Harry announced the Thursday before the dance.
The entire class shared in one groan as James sat bolt up right in his seat. "You can't leave yet, it's only October!" he shouted. The other students nodded in agreement, but Harry hung his head down low, smiling at the young student's innocence.
"I'm sorry, I have been called up on important Ministry business and have to leave immediately. I'm not exactly sure of what day, but it will be within the week. You'll be excused from your DADA classes until Dumbledore can find a Professor for you." Harry said, lying for the most part.
"Will you be back?" Remus asked
"No" Harry said sadly, shaking his head a bit. "I'm sorry, I truly am. My family, my wife and kids need me." he said, thinking of Ron, Hermione, Ginny and his children, in an entirely other time, worrying about him. He had done what he needed to, and now he must leave. "But, on the plus side, there's no homework." he said, smiling feebly.
The students sighed deeply as they left to their next class, the only thing keeping them going, even though their favorite and by-far best Professor was leaving, was the thought of the dance the next day.
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*-Apellotu-Latin for I call to you(I conjure you, basically) Posteratus-Poster
Awwe, Har's leavin'. Okay, so I know this story is, like, totally short, but the sequel(yes there will be a sequel) will be, like, so much longer, I swear! This is, like, the shortest story I've ever written, so sue me. :( Not really, my lawyer sux. That's probably 'cause he's non-existent. Go figure.
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-Chapter Fourteen-
"Relax, mate. Just hang out, talk, dance." Sirius shrugged, "Be yourself. Look, she's reading by herself. Go talk to her" he said, pushing James; unfortunately he pushed him too hard and he fell out of his chair. "Ow" James groaned, "Sorry mate" Sirius muttered as James got up, rubbing his head.
The entire class stared at him, confused. "What? A dude can't randomly be controlled by gravity without everyone judging him?" he asked, "You know, if I were a fat dude I'd be very offended by you people" he added. He saw a few people roll their eyes as he sat down by Lily, smiling widely.
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