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Chapter 11: Pandair

"Nice to meet you, Luna. So, what are you doing here by yourself? If you want you can join us, we will continue to walk around and see the rest of the festival." for Dean, it was all the better if there were more people.

"I am waiting for my parents. My mother was supposed to look after this place and introduce the plant she discovered. But she had to leave after my father, so he wouldn't cause trouble or annoy anyone."

"What does your father do exactly?" Daphne was intrigued by the idea of a wife going after her husband, just so he wouldn't cause trouble.

"He is an editor in 'The Quibbler', have you ever read it?" Luna asked hopefully. Even though her father was different from most people he was good at his job and she wanted to hear compliments about him.

"No, not really" All of them shook their heads in response. "But he sounds like an interesting person, I would like to meet him as well." Dean added after he saw Luna getting disappointed.

"Actually, they are already coming back." Luna pointed at the two people that were coming their way, one woman and one man.

The woman in front gave the impression of a mother that caught his son while he was doing something bad, berating him while taking him home forcefully. As for the man behind her, he didn't really know what to think. He was, how to say, a bit eccentric. He wore weird clothes and all, but he looked like it wouldn't be boring to be around someone like him.

As they walked closer, women changed her expression to a friendly smile and said, "Hello kids and welcome. I'm sorry that I wasn't here when I'm supposed to." She gave her husband a glare before continued "I'm Pandora and he is my husband Xenophilius. I assume you already met my daughter Luna. Luna, did you perhaps give some information to them?"

"I was about to, but before I could, little girl touched the bubble of air and her big brother panicked a little wondering if it was alright." Luna explained what happened shortly in their absence.

"No no, It's completely fine. When I discovered this plant I have done everything to make sure it is harmless. I decided to name it 'Pandair', I know it is a bit simple but it should do the work. Currently, I am using its flowers to produce potions that let you breathe underwater. Even though there are alternatives to it, all of them are with a time limit. My aim is to create a more permanent effect in the future." Pandora explained with a single breath, she seems to like what she does and she was proud of it.

"You mean it is similar to Gillyweed?" Dean remembered reading it about in one of the books. 'It should provide the ability to breathe underwater as well.'

"Oh, wow. You know what Gillyweed is, it is rare considering your age. Perhaps you are interested in herbology? As for your question, yes, it has some similarities. But my potion doesn't cause any changes to the body and its duration is almost double." Both Pandora and Xenophilius were surprised, it was indeed a rare sight to see a kid making a conversation about herbology.

"I don't know if I can call it interest, maybe more like a necessity. I wanted to study before I was admitted to Hogwarts and herbology was one of the subjects I am allowed to study, since it doesn't really require actual spellcasting."

Pandora looked at her husband first then her daughter, "Maybe, we should start educating Luna as well."

"Well, don't look at me. Herbology is your field of expertise." Xenophilius gave her daughter a look of apology.

'Did I just cause her parents to make her study herbology? Luna, we will remember your sacrifice.' Dean joined Xenophilius and looked at Luna too. Luna was unaware of these looks or what her mother was planning for her.

Just as their conversation was just about to take a weird turn, Helen came to join the conversation when she saw her old friend. "Pandora you shouldn't take Dean as an example. He wanted to learn magic, so we put a condition for him to fulfill to prove himself that he is ready. Also, we all know how bad you are at teaching, don't force Luna if she doesn't want to."

"Hey, I'm not that bad at it." Pandora turned around to see Helen smiling. "Long time no see."


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Chapter 12: Swimming and Practice

With the addition of Helen and Evelyn, it became more like a talk between women, so, Xenophilius excused himself by looking after the kids.

Xenophilius as their guardian, kids resumed their walking around. The one with the most gain was of course Dean. All these knowledge about water plants will really aid him in his studies of herbology. He wanted to finish these subjects so he could finally start practicing spellcasting.

But as time progressed the group of kids started to lose their enthusiasm and with that as a sign, Dean led them to the central area where the real fun was. At the center, there was a giant sphere of water, where the kids could swim in a controlled environment. Every water plant placed there was mostly because of their looks, it was like a garden that was groomed underwater. It was the perfect place for kids to swim.

Before any of the kids enter they were provided with plants or potions that will let them breathe underwater without any problem. As for Dean's group, Xenophilius provided them with potions brewed personally by Pandora. It was the most durable and without the slightest pain compared to the other methods.

They did spend the next 2 hours having fun in the water. It was especially fun for Dean as he was the center of attention of 3 girls.

The first time his parents brought him to the beach, he was hesitant as it kept reminding him of the water-filled pipes of the secret chamber. But with each visit, he overcame it and started to fully enjoy his time in the water.

When they had enough, they decided to eat before heading home. But it was rather a bad decision, because the concept of food was also more vegetarian. Dean being a meat lover didn't really find it appetizing and went home without a proper meal.

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Dean laughed as he stepped into the manor, he remembered the time when Astoria and Daphne first entered the water without knowing how to swim. They kept looking at him with their adorable eyes, asking for his help with a pitiful countenance. He just couldn't stop laughing until his gaze met his father's eyes. He was about to greet him when he felt the pain penetrate his mind.

He immediately started reviewing all the plants he learned today. Their appearance, what they can be used for, where they usually grow or every other detail he could gather about them. This was the second stage of his occlumency training.

Even though he was successful in defending his mind when meditating, it wasn't really practical when defending against legilimency. He couldn't stay in meditation forever, he needed active defense he could use in his daily life and here comes the second stage.

In this stage, he was using specific thoughts or memories against his attacker to protect the rest of his mind. This way in the short time the attacker would be overwhelmed with the influx of information about specific subjects or your selection of memories. But it wasn't really a long term solution, as it was mentally taxing and eventually the attacker could access the rest of the memories with time.

If meditation could be defined as passive defense, this considered an active one. This stage was mainly to provide the user with the ability to control his or her mind effectively. It was a requirement for oneself to be considered as a user of occlumency.

It has been one and a half year since he started practicing the second stage. He didn't really have any success so far. Every time his father would access every memory he has for that day.

At first, he was afraid he would access the memories of his past life, he didn't know why but his father never really searched deeper into his mind. He was actually glad of this fact, as he didn't know how to confront his family if they knew his past. He wanted to master occlumency so no one could dugout these memories and eventually bury them all deep into his mind and eventually forget about them.

"You are still a long way from done, you need to be more active when you are using your mind. Still, there is some progress, it took a few more seconds longer." Joseph evaluated his son's progress. He was strict when it comes to his education.

"You know, I could use some greetings for a change." Dean grumbled as he was just having fun laughing and teasing his cousins.

"You can't expect your enemies to great you before attacking, right? It is called a surprise attack for a reason." Joseph added with a grin. "I see that you had fun today, some studying before having fun with girls swimming around, though it ended with a disappointing meal."


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