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"harry, zemora, there you are."
the students in questioned made their way further into remus lupin's office where he remained situated upon a staircase. there were friendly grins being sent around the room while the professor flickered his gaze between the legacies of the past.
"now, are you two sure about this?" remus tilted his head studiously towards the teenagers. "you know this is very advanced magic well beyond the ordinary wizarding level."
"sounds as if you're underestimating us, professor lupin." zemora had began in a pace as she allowed her eye to trail across the state of the room before sparing remus a fleeting glance.
"what she's trying to say is," harry fought the amused smile that forced to tug at his lips as he found their professor's gaze. "we're sure."
"well, everything is prepared." remus waved below the staircase towards the supplies he'd brought for the lesson. the man began to descend stair by stair to find himself beside the students. "the spell i'm going to try and teach you is called the patronus charm, either of you ever hear of it?"
when harry went to shake his head, there wasn't a hint of surprise zemora black was reacting completely opposite. neither harry or any of their friends had happened to best zemora in knowledge, and even with hermione granger's near perfect marks, she continuously learned new things from her dear friend.
"it's a kind of positive force, and with the witch or wizard who can conjure one," zemora's words came as her eye followed remus across the room. "it works something like a shield from dementors."
"indeed, miss black. the shield allows the dementors to feed from it rather than them." the professor spared zemora a fleeting grin before allowing his gaze to flicker. "in order for it to work, you two need to think of a memory. not just any memory, a very happy memory, very powerful memory. can you do this?"
harry and zemora only nodded in response to which remus replicated.
"yes, very well. close your eyes. concentrate. explore your past. do you have a memory?" the lupin man waited until both students were giving him nods once again. "allow it to fill you up. lose yourself within it then speak the incantation expecto patronum."
"expecto patronum."
"shall we, harry?" remus eye singled out the potter boy who'd turned to find zemora's gaze the second his name was uttered. it was almost as if harry was searching for something within her features until she was sending a reassuring expression his way. there was a nostalgic smile to form across remus' lips before catching harry's attention once more. "wand at the ready."
