Chapter 16: First Try At Magic
Dean watched as his mother took her wand out and performed the spell with precise wand movements and the incantation of 'Wingardium Leviosa'. She lifted the box he just took out his wand of. She maintained eye contact with the object and let it fly in a circle.
"See, this is how it is performed. Use the wand movement I showed and use the incantation while imagining the object levitate and let it follow your will. Now just relax and give it a try. You don't have to succeed at your first attempt, neither we expect you to. So there is no need to get anxious or anything." Helen wanted him to relax, so he wouldn't get anxious when he performed his first magic spell. Even though she knew he wasn't a simple boy to just break down after a single failure. She didn't want him to be discouraged by it.
Dean took a deep breath and tried to imitate his mother's wand movement and said with a low voice, "Wingardium Leviosa"
What he got, as a result, was a slight vibration of the book he tried to lift off the table. He tried to concentrate more but it just stopped moving completely.
"It was your first time taking the wand in your hand so you are just unfamiliar with it. The incantation was perfect, but the timing with the wand movement was out of sync. You should start the incantation and the wand movement at the same time and end it together. But it surprised me that even though you failed at casting the spell, the vibration of the object is the proof of your strong will and imagination. It will help you in the future when you try to cast your spells without spelling the incantation out loud." She expected this failure, but was surprised nonetheless by him almost succeeding with just his magic to lift it off.
"Yes, your mother's right. I can see that you have talent but without practice it means nothing. Just keep working hard. Magic is not something you can have control over by just flicking your wand. Remember, practice hones your control and makes it perfect." Joseph inserted himself to the conversation and gave some advice as well.
Dean tried it a few more times and he could feel he was getting a bit better with each try, so he excused himself after thanking his parents one more time and headed straight to his room.
Just as he was walking, he heard a calling.
"Big brother? Where you going?" it was Astoria's voice.
He didn't really give attention to his surroundings while thinking about magic, as he didn't even realize he walked past her room. He berated himself for forgetting his promise to come back as soon as possible. He emptied his mind from everything, since she was more important than anything, even magic. His family was always the first priority.
"Sorry, my little princess. It was something important and had to go. But now I will be spending the rest of the day with you as an apology." He walked into the room with a smile and apologized for being late and put a kiss on her forehead.
Next morning he woke up by Daphne's sweet laughing, she was having fun poking him in the face since he wasn't waking up when she called.
"Dean, you are a sleepyhead. You didn't even wake up when I was almost shouting at your door." She was still laughing while shaking him.
"Alright alright. Stop with all the shaking, I'm already up." He opened his eyes to see her beautiful smile. Excluding the shaking, even though he had a massive headache, didn't mind waking up like this.
He kept his promise and did spend the rest of the day with Astoria, so he had to sacrifice his sleep to quench his thirst for magic. As a result, he didn't really get much sleep last night and had a headache because of all the concentration.
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Author Note is just too short and had to put it here.
Here is the question. Should I do as I was doing so far and have a slow progressing story, where he has to put more work to learn each spell and advance slowly?
I mean the most fanfictions I read are like 'He learned this spell and he learned that spell', it feels kinda rushed and most of the time they won't even use those spells at all. But I also know that people want the plot to advance and see the protagonist do some cool things. Should I use this next 2 years before Hogwarts as slow built up of his knowledge about magic or just sum it up in a few chapters and take it to the Hogwarts?
So what do you think? Please leave a comment and let me know.
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