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Magic

"Don't let fear or insecurity stop you from trying new things."

Uncle Moony teleported them to a rickety old shack, welcomed Lux into his "temporary home." As she sat on a rundown couch, she watched Uncle Moony shuffled around his bookshelf. Before long she grew bored and chooses to observe her surroundings.

Lux could understand why her Uncle Moony called it a temporary home; it had paint peeling off, broken and used furniture, and flickering lights. She began to worry. Was she safe with him after all? What if he turned out to be crazy?

She forced a smile when Mr. Lupin turned and sat in front of her. He flipped through the book he had been looking for before showing her a page. It had a picture of her mama and papa… at their wedding. They were dancing. And Laughing. And Smiling.

Lux's smile was no longer forced as she flipped through the pages of the scrapbook. She watched in awe as moving pictures waved at her.

"Happy Birthday, Lux."

"Thanks, Uncle Moony."

Lux spent a few more hours with her Uncle Moony before he redundantly summoned and brought her home on the Night Bus. She asked to be dropped off at the Park near Number 4 Privet Drive. Once she got there she noticed that the Dursleys weren't there and went straight up to her new room.

The house was the same. The same family photos. The same white walls.

The Dursleys arrived at the house within an hour of Lux and didn't bother her for the rest of the day. Or even the week.

Ever since Lux's birthday she was free of the household chores and to go to the park. Dudley's gang of morons that usually part took in a hobby of bullying her seized to do so because Dudley – the leader- refused to go near her. Instead they beat up eight year olds. She felt guilty that the younger kids were now at the mercy of Dudley's gang, but was happy that they weren't bothering her.

Lux began to read her school books, starting with Magical Theory:

Children are usually able to do magic from a young age. Since they are untrained, magic will manifest itself subconsciously in apprehension such as fear or anger. Though a powerful or intelligent wizard can direct their magic in less Random

After reading that passage when she was in the park she tried to force herself to do magic. She would try to make budding flowers bloom and fly like she once did while running from Dudley's gang a few years ago. She succeeded in the former, yet it was harder to do the later. Lux still considered the display of magic a success, however small it may be.

After a week, she stopped going to the park to focus on learning magical theory. She started with Spellcasting:

Spells are the every-purpose tools of a wizard or witch; short bursts of magic used to accomplish single specialized tasks such as opening locks or creating fire. Typically casting requires an incantation, most often in a modified form of Latin, and gesturing with a wand. However, these seem to be aids to the will only; wands merely focus a person's magic, but to such a significant degree, that most find they are powerless without one.

There are those wizards and witches skilled or powerful enough to use use magic without a wand, but they are few and far between, and it is much more difficult and tiring than using a wand, Spells can also be cast non-verbally, but again, most still require a wand for this. Some spells are designed to be used non-verbally.

Some very skilled and powerful wizards and witches can use magic both wandlessly and wordlessly. While most magic requires the caster to use their voice, some do not (and this may depend on the witch or wizard).

Additionally, Animagi and Metamorphagi do not need wands to undergo their transformations (see page 394 for more on Human Transfiguration).

Spells are divided into rough categories, such as "charms", "curses", "hexes", or "jinxes". Although offensive and potentially dangerous curses exist in number, three are considered usable only for great evil, which earns them the special classification of "Unforgivable Curses".

Some spells are proven to be connected to emotions much like how accidental magic surfaces in a young witch or wizard. Once you find the emotion fueling the spell then you may make the spell more powerful or less powerful by controlling the amount of emotion you use. An example would be the Patronus Charm which is the conjuring of a spirit guardian (in the form of an animal) for protection with the use of a happy memory.

Lux studied and studied, but she hadn't pick up the courage to actually cast a spell. She would study the function of the Lumos Charm for a good hour from her Standard book of Spells (Though after the first few days she memorized the whole page). Then she would stare at her wand trying to gather up enough nerve to try the spell.

In that time doubts would run thru Lux's head. What if I am rubbish? What if I can barely use a wand? What if I can't use a wand? What if Hogwarts contacts me to tell me they made a mistake?

One day she finally picked up her wand. She was about to say the incantation…..

TAP TAP TAP

Lux dropped her wand and snapped her head towards the window. There was a regal looking bird with black feathers and a crest elegantly wrapped around his chest. Lux opened the window and untied the letter from his claw.

The owl hooted and then flew off.

Lux opened the letter

Dear Ms. Potter,

We officially invite you to the will reading of James and Lily Potter, Former Lord and Lady of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Potter. The reading will take place at Gringotts, Diagon Alley all on August 18th at 1:30. We hope you will attend.

That was in a few days.

Lux threw herself onto her hard mattress and sighed loudly. What would her parents think of her if they could see her now?

She scoffed at herself. Her parents are dead. They weren't coming back.

But she was sure that they wouldn't want her to be afraid of herself.

Lux took a deep breath and picked up her wand.

"Lumos."

A light erupted from the end of her wand.

She did it.

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