After Charms, Devon, Hugo, Ainsley, Samantha, Stephanie, and Lily would attend a crucial Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson.

"Good morning second years," said Professor McMillan as Devon, Hugo, Ainsley, Samantha, Stephanie, and Lily entered their Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom and took seats, "We have an especially important lesson today. Today we will be practicing resisting the Imperius Curse. On some level this lesson goes to having more advanced and accelerated Charms and Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons in the New Era of Hogwarts. It should be noted that only once in Hogwarts history has this lesson ever been taught and that was the year leading up to the second rise of Lord Voldemort. From here on out, resisting the Imperius Curse will be taught at Hogwarts as part of second year Defense Against the Dark Arts. This year I will be teaching every class in years two through seven how to resist the Imperius Curse so that all current students will be brought up to speed on it. I intend to spend a few lessons on this topic and do not expect anyone to master it today. In fact, I expect you all to struggle today. I hope you will all get progressively better each lesson. No grades will be given out today due to my expectation of struggle. So, Mr. Dursley, please up to the front of the classroom."

Devon calmly walked up to the front of the classroom and waited for Professor McMillan to give him further instructions.

Without warning, Professor McMillan pointed his wand directly at Devon and cried "Imperio!"

"Walk up to Miss Potter from behind and punch her on the back," said a voice inside Devon's head.

Lacking control, Devon walked up to Lily and punched her hard on the back.

"OUCH!" cried Lily and the sound of her voice brought Devon back to his senses.

"Lily," said Devon ruefully, "I'm sorry, that can't have been fun for you."

"You had no control, Devon," said Lily matter of factly, "That is an important point here and it is why Professor McMillan didn't tell you he was about to put the curse on you but just did it. There's an important point to made here about the level of influence the Imperius Curse can have on a person."

"Exactly, Miss Potter, five points to Gryffindor for your astute observation." said Professor McMillan.

Devon and Lily both smiled. It made Devon feel better that Lily had just won points for Gryffindor. Devon's guilt about punching his BFF on the back abated and was replaced with pride in seeing her win house points.

"Mr. Dursley, you have nothing to be ashamed of, that is the result I expect on a first attempt," said Professor McMillan calmly, "Now that you know what it feels like I expect you to be able to resist the curse a little in our next lesson. You may sit down again,"

Devon went back to his seat and Professor McMillan called "Mr. Weasley, you next."

Hugo slowly and nervously rose from his seat and walked up to the front of the classroom.

Almost instantly, Professor McMillan aimed his wand right at Hugo and cried "Imperio!"

A voice awoke in Hugo's head, "Gallop to where Miss Potter is sitting and step on her feet as hard as possible."

Hugo couldn't gain control any more than Devon had, and he did gallop straight up to Lily's seat and he did step on her feet as hard as he could, a particularly painful experience for Lily since she was a flip flop wearer.

"YIKES," squeaked Lily. and as it had for Devon, the sound of Lily's voice brought Hugo back into conciseness.

"My apologies, Lily," said Hugo uncomfortably, "You're taking the brunt of all this aren't you?"

"I am," said Lily clearly, "But that's okay. Think about how you lacked control today and use it as motivation to improve at resisting the curse."

"That's great advice, Lily, "said Hugo approvingly, "Remember that mom expects me to be an O student in Defense Against the Dark Arts."

"Dad also expects me to improve my Defense Against the Dark Arts grade to O this year," added Devon.

"You will both achieve Os in Defense Against the Dark Arts by the end of the year," said Lily confidently, "Remember we aren't being graded on our performance today as Professor McMillan knew all along we wouldn't see much success on the first attempts."

"Exactly," said Professor McMillan "The whole point of making this a several lessons topic is to give you all time to work on this and improve. You didn't need the pressure of grades today. What is needed from today's lesson is for all of you can gain an appreciation for the control potential that the Imperius Curse has and for that to lead you to motivate yourselves to improve at resisting the curse. Mr. Weasley, back to your desk."

Hugo sat down again, and Professor McMillan instructed "Miss Cochlain, your turn."

Right away, Professor McMillan positioned his wand straight at Ainsley and cried "Imperio!"

"Run into the wall," said a voice in Ainsley's head.

Ainsley instantly ran into the wall with the speed of a cheetah chasing its prey and crashed into it hard.

"DAMN!' yelled Ainsley, "That hurt!"

Regaining an awareness of her environment, Ainsley looked around and said, "I didn't even think about running into the wall. I just did what voice in my told me to do and I didn't even think at all about how retarded what I was doing actually was."

"That's exactly the way the Imperius Curse works," explained Professor McMillan, "It wipes your head clean and puts you in a euphoric but obedient state. It takes strong willpower to resist it. Few people, even straight O students in Defense Against the Dark Arts, will ever resist it on a first attempt. You have to know what it feels like before you can resist it. I'm glad to see you all picking up on what's going on here. Miss Cochlain, regain your seat."

Ainsley returned to her desk and Professor McMillan announced "Now, Miss Samantha Saver."

With zero hesitation, Professor McMillan directed his wand perfectly at Samantha and cried "Imperio!"

A voice floated into Samantha mind that said, "Run up to the classroom door and bang your head on it."

Samantha was no better able to resist the curse than those who had gone before her and she sprinted up to the door and started banging her head on it. After a few bangings of her head on the door, Samantha came out of her eutrophic and obedient stage and said "I'm sore. Maybe that's not a bad thing though. Part of learning is really feeling things. This is much more of a genuine piece of actual education than reading out of a textbook."

"Exactly Miss Saver, " said Professor McMillan, "Defense Against the Dark Arts is a practical subject, not a book learning subject. You can sit back down now."

Samantha galloped back to her seat and Stephanie walked up to the front of the room without being asked.

Next nanosecond, Professor McMillan placed his wand exactly at Stephanie and cried "Imperio!"

Stephanie felt the voice float into her head, "Bang your knees on the nearest chair."

Stephanie had no more luck than anyone else and she waded her way to nearest chair and started banging her knees against it. She did this several times before the pain brought her back to reality and she lamented "We're zero for five."

"That's totally fine, Miss Saver, "I expected that," replied Professor McMillan patiently, "You are all starting at the beginning."

"Aren't you, as a teacher, a little disappointed to not to see better performances out of your students?' Stephanie asked Professor McMillan.

"Not today," answered Professor McMillan patiently, "But I will be a few lessons down the road if I don't see the improvement I expect. Now, make yourself comfortable again Miss Saver."

Stephanie took a seat again and Lily slowly inched up to the front of the classroom.

Quick as lightning, Professor McMillan pointed his wand directly at Lily and cried "Imperio!"

A voice did indeed wake in Lily's head that instructed her to "Jump onto the desk. Jump onto the desk."

Yet another voice inside of her head objected to that order. That's a really retarded idea. Don't do something retarded and hurt yourself."

These voices competed with each other for about a minute, then as she heard "Jump onto the desk." one more time she yelled out, "NO!"

There was a nanosecond pause and then Lily went on.

'NO, I WON'T JUNP ONTO THAT DESK! I'D HURT MYSELF!"

Everyone, including Professor McMillan, sat stunned.

"Miss Potter, you have done the impossible!" squealed Professor McMillian, "With zero training or experience you fought off the curse entirely! Three trillion points to Gryffindor for Miss Potter's triumph! Let's have a round of applause for Miss Lily Luna Potter!"

Devon, Hugo, Ainsley, Samantha, Stephanie. and even Professor McMillian himself burst into huge applause and chanted "Lily! Lily! Lily!"

"That felt great," admitted the humble Lily, "I hope what I just did inspires my classmates. You know, Lily fought off the Imperius Curse completely and so can we."

Lily smiled as she returned to her desk.

Everyone felt good as they had a few minutes of class left to talk.

"Lily, " said Devon radiantly, "That's the best piece of practical Defense Against the Dark Arts I've seen since I joined the Wizarding World and I'm really proud of you. You really are the brightest witch of your age!"

"To see my closest cousin and BFF do this well is an awesome feeling," agreed Hugo, "That was amazing."

"Lily truly is Harry's daughter," said Ainsley warmly, "The apple didn't fall far from the tree. Great work, Lily."

"Lily's just awesome," said Samantha proudly, "It's a great feeling to be in the presence of someone so special and so talented."

"Indeed," smiled Stephanie, "Lily, lovely Lily."

"Thank you everyone," said Lily sincerely and Devon, Hugo, Ainsley, Samantha, and Stephanie all smiled at her glowingly with warmth in their eyes.

"Devon, Hugo, Ainsley, Samantha, Stephanie" said Lily fiercely, "Sometime soon, you are going to make me feel just as good and I'm going to be just as proud of you! I KNOW that!" :)