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A/N: This is a part of my main story "MARAUDERS AND VALKYRIES: THE FALL OF THE SERPENT"
LINK: ( s/14184054/1/Marauders-and-Valkyries-The-Fall-Of-The-Serpent-JILY )
The Marauders, Lily, Marlene, and Mary were finishing their breakfast in The Great Hall, talking about N.E.W.T.s, quidditch, pranks and war.
"Let's go to Charms, we have charms first," said Sirius sensing James' foul mood.
"We will be doing Patronuses, cool," Mary rubbed her hands enthusiastically.
"I already know how to do it," announced Sirius proudly.
"We know, you don't have to tell us, go tell some other chicks who will fall for you," said Marlene.
"I bet your patrons will be a shark or a honey badger, Mckinnon but if it's a dog then I am at your service day and night" commented Sirius, and Marls had to hide her blush.
"It should be a tiger," said James putting an arm around her shoulder. "Because if it will be a honey badger then I will lose the bet."
"And what you think will be Lily's?" asked Marls.
James placed his arm around Lily's shoulder. "I have always guessed a lioness suits her but now I think a dragon will be more perfect to match her temper."
Lily shoved him in his stomach, "I don't have a bad temper."
"I know, babe," he said and then winked at Marls receiving another hit from Lily.
"Padfoot is sorry though Marls, I thought you were together before Christmas, but he says you just left after that."
"He spoiled it by saying I am like this muggle girl he snogged," said Marls. "Really? Who does that?"
"Sirius," they all sighed.
"Today we will be studying the theory of Patronus charm, will learn what the patrons represent, and then will perform the charm, it's a week-long course and I should tell you it's a really hard topic. Many grown wizards even aren't able to perform it," said Flitwick.
"The Patronus represents the personality of the caster, it represents the person with an animal spirit, a guardian," he told the class. "The Patronus can be non-corporeal too when the person has a complex personality that can't be represented by a single animal. Like I myself have non-corporeal as I am a teacher, dueler, singer, musician, actor, etc."
The class sniggered.
"Yes, Ms. MacDonald?"
"Sir, I read that patronuses sometimes represent Soulmates, is it true?"
"Yes, it is true," said Flitwick. "It's complicated yet beautiful," the professor exclaimed happily. "You see, you will find one person having the same Patronus as another person many times, which shows that that particular person is obsessed with thst person. A few years ago I saw a Hufflepuff girl having the same Patronus as her ex-boyfriend, who she had broken up with but hadn't let him go, I felt pity for her, it's not really healthy, I have seen many such couples getting together forced by the other and in the end, their relationship ended badly" sighed Flitwick.
"So was she his soulmate?" asked a Hufflepuff girl giggling, she must have known the girl.
"Sounds like Potter," said someone from the back of the class where Ravenclaws and Slytherins were sitting, many students snickered and James tensed up in his seat a little only to be calmed by Lily's hand pressed over his.
Flitwick ignored the comment and shook his head. " They were not soulmates, she was obsessed with his ex-boyfriend. The same, matching patronuses are the ones where one puts more and is obsessed while the other isn't interested.
For the patrons to represent soulmates the patronuses have to be the complement of each other, they should be mating ones, understand like a lion and lioness. As for soulmates I have never seen that as it's a very rare phenomenon that both partners deeply love each other with the same intensity at this young age but I know a couple who were soulmates, I was in my third year in Hogwarts when that happened, they had been best friends since the first day of school and their patronuses, I recall were a bull of the boy and cow of the girl, it was the first in this century that we found a soulmate in Hogwarts."
"Do you know them, sir? Are they still together?" asked Mary.
"I don't know them personally but their youngest daughter was in her sixth year when I joined the school, so yes they are together and married and have three children, I guess," said Flitwick. "Remember class, soulmates are not made in heaven, they are made on earth, two people first get together, fall in love, and then grow to become soulmates, they don't directly become soulmates the moment they meet each other. This is why we don't see many soulmates in Hogwarts as most of the possible relationships are yet to grow to the soulmates part."
Several students agreed with him.
"Now, we should begin performing the charm, I hope you remember the spell?" the class nodded. "We shall start then, it's hard so don't get demoralized, many people aren't able to produce it in their entire life. The concept is to focus on happy memories, go for childhood memories it will be easier as when we are children we are more carefree and less worried. Personally, I would recommend you to think of receiving your Hogwarts letter and then say the spell as it works for most."
Lily frowned, the same advice was written in all the books but she hasn't been able to produce a Patronus.
Soon the class began practicing as Flitwick roamed around the class examining and helping.
"Should we show them, Prongs?" asked Sirius excitedly from the next seat and James smirked and nodded. Soon four patronuses were running around the room and Lily's eyes were fixed on the stag.
"That's excellent, for the first time four students have performed it in one gom 10 points to each of you," squeaked the professor. "Continue practicing class."
Lily caused internally as only white whisps produced from her wand, she looked around and saw many people have much larger silver gas formed from their wands, she began practicing again focusing on the said memory. She looked around again and found the stag circling her while James was busy talking with Remus and Sirius, she put her hand forward and the stag leaned into her arms though she wasn't able to touch him, he just looked like Prongs, except no clues of glasses, she smiled at the stag who looked at her affectionately. Then there was a happy cry and she saw that a swan has appeared from Hestia Jones' wand and was flying around before disappearing as Hestia dropped her wand in excitement.
Then Marlene's lioness erupted, and she poked out her tongue at Sirius who just winked at her. Then a fox emerged from Mary's wand. Lily knew she should be happy for her friend but she felt sad at her failure.
James noticed her sadness and came to stand beside her, "What memory are you thinking about?"
"About Hogwarts' letter as Flitwick said," she shrugged. James frowned at her and moved to stand just beside her.
"That's where you went wrong, your's that memory has sadness and now more sadness after that incident. Most wizards' happy memory is receiving the letter, true but not everyone's," he said in her ears, and lifted her hand to wand length, and then removed his hand. "Focus on another memory," he whispered in her ears, she closed her eyes as she felt his breath on her skin, she could feel the heat coming from his face on her cheek. "A memory that is only happy with no sadness and guilt or anger, just happiness and joy, and then say the spell loud and clear." Lily nodded as she thought of Tuney's wedding and said the spell it was a lot bigger this time. "Good try, think of a happier memory." She closed her eyes again. This time she saw that it was very big, a size of a lion probably. "Fantastic, you are nearly there, what did you think by the way?"
"Of the lunch, we had with our family," she told him and saw him shaking his head.
"Lils, you are feeling sad about my parents' illness in that memory, the memory should be pure happiness and joy," he whispered, his lips touching her ears and sending shivers down her spine.
Her eyes caught the Stag walking like a king in a circle around her and James, she smiled and closed her eyes, she thought of her birthday night with James in the room of requirement, she opened her eyes, caught the eyes of the stag, felt the presence of James behind her.
"Expecto Patronum!" she said loud and clear with confidence and the four-legged creature erupted from her wand, she jumped happily and turned to see James. "I did it! Thanks."
James was focused on her Patronus and was watching it with open mouth, he could hear Lily saying something to him but he couldn't focus on her words. His stag has approached Lily's Patronus they both were standing in the middle of the class and were looking at each other.
Lily noticed James looking ahead transfixed and that the whole class has gone silent, she followed his gaze and for the first time, cleary noticed her Patronus, a doe standing in front of the stag and looking at him. Her face mirrored James' expression as the doe and stag moved toward each other and began nuzzling their necks together in affection.
She felt James wrapping his hands around her waist and kissing her cheeks as they watched their patronuses.
"It's beautiful," she gasped.
"It indeed is and we are soulmates," he smiled.
"Potter, I already knew that we are soulmates, I didn't needed them to tell me this," she said grinning. "How thick you are that you didn't found out we are soulmates before."
"Not thick enough to prevent you from falling for me," he winked and she giggled. Both of them unaware of the whole class watching from them to their patronuses their jaws dropping to the ground.
"Phenomenal, beautiful, excellent, so now I have seen soulmates in my class too, a story I will have to tell to my next year class, thirty points for this," said Flitwick happily.
James and Lily separated as Sirius wolf-whistled.
James noticed an angry-looking Snape, collecting his things and avoiding them, James couldn't help but chuckle.
By the end of the day, the news was spread like fire in the castle.
"Your stag represents leadership, strength, agility, and endurance," Mary told James from the book she has taken from Flitwick about Patronus and was telling the meaning of their patronuses.
"It suits him," said Remus.
"And Lily, your doe, besides from representing that you are his soulmate, represents instincts, intuition, speed, agility, grace, gentleness, kindness, and devotion."
"It all suits her, she has all those qualities," said James kissing her again. "Just the temper thing is missing," he chuckled as Lily pouted like a baby.
A/N: This is a part of my main story "MARAUDERS AND VALKYRIES: THE FALL OF THE SERPENT"
LINK: ( s/14184054/1/Marauders-and-Valkyries-The-Fall-Of-The-Serpent-JILY )
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