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Chapter 257: 257. Challenge

The party last night was wild, but according to the school rules, they still had to go to bed by 9 PM. However, the night curfew rules only stipulated that nobody could roam around in the school from 9 PM to 6 AM. But, Magnus and everyone else were in their common room, hence there was no rule to make them sleep.

So Magnus dragged the party till 11 PM. Professor Slughorn and McGonagall were pretty angry with him but he just gave them a glass of sherbet and told them to just chill. He slowly made them believe that this was not a party for fun instead it was a welcoming party for the new students.

Everyone was happy and enjoyed the evening, that's all that mattered to Magnus. That night, everyone had the best sleep in weeks because they had gotten so tired by all the dancing.

...

Next Morning,

When Magnus came to the common room, slow calming music at low sound was already playing. Some students were getting ready, tying their ties around their necks, some were just sitting and chatting with their friends. Others were leaving for the Great Hall. But one thing was clear, the music had turned the cold and dark common room into a pleasant and warm gathering hall.

When they all saw Magnus, they happily greeted him. Even those who never talked to him before now greeted him like he was best friends with them from the moment he stepped into the school.

"Hehe, good morning, everyone. Although there was no alcohol yesterday, I hope everyone is fine, I don't want to get nagged by Headmaster later." He jokingly said.

"Oh, a few had tripped and sprained their ankles dancing yesterday, rest is fine." The head boy informed him.

"MAG! I put the music on this morning. I learned how to use the machine by myself." Emma ran up to him.

Magnus smiled and patted her head, "Yes yes... Good girl."

*BAM*

She smacked his hand away after realising something, "I'm not your dog, hmph. Let's go now, it's Moody's class... he's known to be... moody."

"Haha... yeah... I got to appear in his classes too, he finally found a position of power over me so he's going to torture me to his heart's content. He'll take payback for all the nicknames I gave him." Magnus appeared sad. He knew he'd have to work a lot this year to get good marks in Defence against the Dark arts.

*YAWN* "Let's go." Ragnar tiredly arrived and walked out of the hall.

"What are you yawning for? You were snoring the whole night." Magnus asked him.

"Had a few bad dreams. Haha, you had a snake running after you and then I came to save you, but the snake then multiplied and the bastard bit me... Oh, the snake had a nose like a human, it was weird." Ragnar tried to explain his dream.

"Ugh... your dreams are just as stupid as you are. By the way, why isn't Sev coming? Is he all right?" Magnus asked, he had not seen Severus since after they went to sleep.

"Don't know, I think he went to class earlier." Ragnar shrugged.

Soon after, they arrived at the Defence Against The Dark Arts classroom. It was now situated in the basement of the school in a bigger classroom that could double as a hall.

Today, something different was going on, because all the desks had been removed and all of the students who came earlier were standing on the side.

"What happened?" Magnus asked Elna(South African girl).

"Hey, Magnus. It's nothing, Professor said he's going to teach us some practical spells today. Oh, I heard you had a party last night in your common room? I wish it was in the great hall. Would have freshened everyone up." She sighed.

Emma, pushing Magnus to the side, came forward, "Elna, come, we will stand together today and practice whatever spell the professor teaches us."

Magnus sighed, ~This girl.~

*BAM* The door opened.

"All right, listen, everyone, I want your full attention at me today, I am going to teach you how to whoop some wizard asses." Moody entered with stride. As soon as he said some adult words, some girls from Ravenclaw raised their hands. Moody grunted, "I do not care about your feelings miss Timber, if you think that me saying some curses is bad then wait till you are fighting a real wizard, a wizard that wants to kill you.

"Now, focus on me." He continued.

He waved his wand and made a blackboard roll towards them. He started to write some words on it. "There are three curses that one should be very careful about. These are the ones that usually the Dark Wizards use, they are called Cruciatus Curse, Imperius Curse and Killing Curse.

"All three are banned for normal use by the Ministry. So, what can we even learn? Counter-curses, Reductor Curse and Aqua Eructo are the three main curses that you will be mastering in the year's time. The one who can't even initiate these curses will fail my class." Moody warned while looking at Ragnar.

Magnus patted his brother's back, "Huh, he's threatening you. I will deal with him later, he dares not bully my brother."

"NO! He has challenged me. I will show everyone this time, I can also cast amazing charms." there was a fire in Ragnar's eyes.

Moody continued, "Now, I know that some of you have already mastered these curses, yes I'm looking at you, Mr Pendragon. I know you have mastered nearly every spell all the way until the last year. So, I have a special challenge prepared for you. You are going to be mastering one of the hardest charms, the Patronus Charm. I know Flitwick is your Charms teacher but he lacks the vision to teach the right thing. This charm can help you greatly." Moody advised him, as well as secretly winked at Magnus with the fake eye. But poor Moody did not know that his fake eyes didn't look as if winking, instead it seemed to be rolling crazily.

"Yes professor, I wanted to learn it too. I think it will be good to get rid of some evil spirits." Magnus said while looking at the Gang of Slytherins. He was mocking them since the whole house was already in Magnus' pocket now.

"CLASS! Let's start." Moody started. Before teaching Magnus, he gave the wand movement pattern for all to memorise. This in itself would take tens of minutes.

Then he came to Magnus. "Okay, casting a Patronus is simple, and I believe if anyone it should be you to make the best Patronus because of how much you love your family."

He started explaining everything he knew about the spell. "Patronus Charm is the most famous and one of the most powerful defensive charms known to wizardkind. There are two types of Patronuses: corporeal which means a Patronus with a particular shape and form and incorporeal Patronus. Incorporeal Patronuses have no particular shape and do not protect against dementors the way corporeal Patronuses do.

"Seeing the history and their long affinity with humans, it is normal that among the most common Patronuses when cast are dogs, cats, and horses, this is if the wizard can create a corporal one. The vast majority of witches and wizards are unable to produce any form of Patronus, and to create even an intangible one is generally considered a mark of superior magical ability.

"To successfully cast the spell, you need to begin by mustering the happiest memory you can think of, the happier the memory, the better the charm will work. Alternatively, one could imagine a scenario that would make for a very happy memory. The next step is to begin drawing circles with your wand so as to increase the power of the spell. You must then say the incantation, 'Expecto Patronum' the Patronus will come from the tip of the wand and can be directed towards a target by pointing one's wand at said target.

"So, you better start with focusing on your happiest memory first," Moody advised him and went to check the rest.

Magnus tried to cast the charm after he imagined his mother's reaction when she will find out about the hospital he built for her. It was a really happy memory for Magnus.

Hell, he would even have dreams of that day. So it wasn't weird that he chose that to be his memory for creating the Patronus. But Magnus had no idea if he could have a corporal, and even if he did, what would it be? Can it be a dragon? Because only that animal is consistent with his mind, nature and blood.

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Chapter 258: 258. Emotions

Moody had said that magical beasts cannot be someone's Patronus. Magnus had previously read about the spell, The Patronus Charm was widely regarded as advanced magic, far beyond N.E.W.T.-level; even many former DADA teachers stated that the charm was, in fact, "ridiculously advanced." This charm was, indeed, so advanced, that few wizards/witches could conjure up a true Patronus. So Magnus had no hope before.

That was why Magnus never tried to do it and waste too much time, but now that he was doing it he wanted to be successful and create history once again, so he can again get in the news.

Of course, his main target was corporeal Patronus, so he focused the best he could. "COME ON!"

He waved his wand in circles, as that was what the book also said. He emptied his mind of all distracting thoughts and thought about the moment his mother would see the hospital, he saw Grace's smiling face in his mind. This filled Magnus' heart and body with such warmth that he just closed his eyes instinctively to experience the whole thing.

Magnus, ever since he was small, loved his mum so much. He knew from an early age that Grace was the most important part of his life and he must do everything possible to keep her happy.

So, he was always an obedient child. He never pointlessly cried, he never asked for senseless toys or gifts, since just getting to play with Grace and Adam was his biggest gift.

Grace was a doctor and used to be very busy because of her work, so she used to take him to the hospital and leave him in the small nursery with other kids. There, he used to play every single day.

Slowly he understood that his mother is a hero who saves people's lives. For a little kid, what else could be more amazing than that? His mum was a hero in real life.

So, along with loving his mum, he became a fan too, because she was now also his hero. So it wasn't shocking that the majority of Magnus' happy memories were about Grace.

To him, his mother was his real living fairy.

...

When Magnus had his eyes closed, his wand was still doing magic. He had already called the Patronus charm, so there was no going back.

Taking power from the strong positive emotions in Magnus' mind, the Patronus charm got activated. The tip of the wand started to light up and spread blue light, but still, nothing came out of the wand.

The room was silent, all students had stopped practising their charm and now looked at Magnus. Moody also didn't disturb him initially, but when he saw the wand becoming more and more blue as well as some cracks appearing in it, he feared the wand would blast and injure him.

"Magnus, wake up." Moody tried to get closer to him.

"MUM!" Magnus whispered.

*WOOSH*

A blue flame shot out of Magnus' wand. Seeing not enough space to move, the flame started to circle around. Due to the air generated by the flames, the candles had already been extinguished. However, the blue flames were providing an ample amount of light to make the scene beautiful yet powerful.

It circled the entire room, even touching a few students there. But, instead of feeling burned, the students all of a sudden had a change of heart and decided to write a letter to their mothers.

*WOOSH*

A figure started to form. Moody was gobsmacked, ~A... A corporeal? And why is it this big?~

The corporeal Patronus was triple the size of Hagrid. It was a feminine figure, but it was not human, as on the back of the figure were huge wings. Moody was confused about which animal it was because this seemed too mythical.

A wave of positivity and warmth swept through the hearts of all students in the room. Moody being the closest was the one to be affected the most. He felt emotions he had long forgotten, his one remaining eye turned softer and he muttered, "MOTHER!"

Yes, Moody remembered his mother, who had passed away long ago. She was also an auror, just like his father, and he followed the same path. He was in the 7th year of his school when she died, he remembered he couldn't even see her for the one last time, as her body was burned by some Dark Wizard she was investigating.

Those memories resurfaced, and as the blue light touched him, he felt as if he was once against in the embrace of his mother, feeling the warmth of being loved unconditionally because that's how most mothers are.

*ZZZZZzzzz...*

Moody was on the verge of tears when he heard the noise. He looked towards Magnus and found his wand was slowly breaking apart. He ran to him to wake him up.

"BOY! WAKE UP! What are you doing?" He shook him by his shoulder.

Magnus was drooling in a semi-sleep state, "Wha... What? What happened? I was having such an amazing dream... OH! Why are you in my room, professor?"

"Look at your wand." Moody barked.

Magnus looked at his hand, it was sending a blue light. It took him a few seconds to remember where he was. "Ah... I was learning the Patronus charm? WOAH! What is this animal?"

"Stop with your charm, we're humans, not dementors. Your Patronus is affecting everyone here." Moody scolded him.

*Sniff*

Magnus looked around. He saw a few of students visibly crying, even Ragnar's face looked sad and on the verge of tears. Severus too for some reason.

"What memory did you think of?" Moody asked curiously.

*WOOSH*

He stopped casting the charm and shrugged, "Nothing, I was just thinking about my dear mum. You said I should think about a happy memory, so I was imagining my mum being happy with me. What? What did I do?"

"Your Patronus was powerful. Too powerful for the mortal hearts of these children. But," *Pat* He patted Magnus' shoulder, "I'm proud of you, mastering the Patronus at such an early age is a feat no wizard has ever accomplished." He praised.

Magnus knew why he succeeded. The thing necessary for a Patronus was one, happy memories. He had plenty of those. Two, concentration, so you can use those memories to cast the charm. For someone who practises both Legilimency and Occlumency, focus was not an issue.

He chuckled, "Hehe, thank you, professor. But I think you need to end the class early today, they won't be able to practice magic with that emotional state."

Moody sighed and looked at the many female students still silently crying, "Yes, I underestimated you this time. And change that wand, it was about to blow up."

*CRACK*

Magnus broke it in two as if it was nothing but a twig. Then he fiddled in his robe and took out another wand, as good as new.

Moody's eye twitched after seeing it, knowing that each wand costs at least 7 Galleon and he knew Magnus changes them like changing clothes.

"Tsk... waste of money." He muttered and headed to end the class. "Listen here, the wand movements for the three spells I taught you today is your homework. Practice today in your free time so we can continue tomorrow. Class dismissed."

Everyone silently left. Patronus was supposed to be about happiness, but Magnus' Patronus although brought happiness and warmth to them, it also brought emotions of missing their mums. And that proved to be fatal.

*BAM*

Ragnar smacked on his head, "Bastard, I wholeheartedly hate Patronus charms now."

"Indeed," Severus added, walking a few steps behind them.

"Huh, are you dementors? Why are you crying about it? Anyway, I'm going to my office, I got some meetings planned. I'm..."

Magnus got interrupted by Severus, "I'm going to professor Slughorn to ask some questions. See you later."

They looked at his disappearing form. "Have you found out anything about him?" Magnus asked.

Ragnar shook his head, "No, nothing has happened. He's purposefully avoiding us. I heard he even asked Professor Slughorn to get his room changed, but the professor denied as we have no space."

"WHAT?! Why? Did we do something that made him upset?" Magnus wondered.

"I don't know, but whatever it is, we must find out, because it's clearly eating him up. Whenever I tried to ask him, he even spoke loudly to change the topic." Ragnar revealed what he noticed.

Both of them fell into contemplation. They wanted to help their best friend but had no idea how to.

"Maybe... I can use Legilimency on him?" Magnus suggested.

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1 Stone = 1 Banana from Mum. [Effect: Eating it will make you the most positive man in the world. You will get the ability to talk any suicidal person out of it.]

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