𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒

Chapter 6

Sitting on his bed that evening with the curtains drawn, Draco read the first part of the book. The rest of the room where the others were sleeping was dark; the only illumination for him to read by was coming from the lumos spell from his wand.

There were many exercises to help a person harness their magic and make it come to them on command without the aid of a wand. The first few were simple breathing and what was called 'yoga' exercises to calm the emotions and center the person. The book saying this was essential, as wandless magic, like wand magic, would have different consequences and strengths depending on the intent or emotion present in the spell caster. There was also a caveat printed in large letters at the beginning of the first chapter. Under no circumstances were any of the spells in the book to be performed with a wand. The author stating that to do so could cause unforeseen and far reaching consequences that he was in no way responsible for.

Draco found himself very impressed with this author, who wasn't listed anywhere that he could find. The person didn't gloss over the more negative emotions and their uses in conjuring, like what usually happened in classes. Anger and hatred were listed as making certain spells more powerful, but the student was warned about loss of control so even those emotions had to be focused and contained. If the caster felt fear though, the spell would be weakened or may not work at all. There was a small chapter on self hypnotic spells to use to counter-act the fear response.

The book listed love as the best emotion to use when casting a protective spell, especially if casting it over another person. The love of another person towards himself could also strengthen his own abilities and make him able to withstand attacks from others that might otherwise incapacitate him. This information was located in a section that dealt with combining with another person to do battles, one being the main caster the second providing magical support and acting as a sacrifice, whatever that meant. Seeing as he would be on his own and without a partner, he didn't see much sense in perusing this section so he moved on to another.

Draco flipped back towards the front again and found a chapter that focused on the ability to imagine the outcome of the spell in your mind's eye. If you could envision it happening the way you wanted it to, it more than likely would be cast successfully. There were other hints to make the magic work as well. A wizard/witch could use the magical signatures that were located in every living thing around the caster. This force, the book stated, could be called upon to expand the casters own magic, allowing the spells to again increase in strength and effect.

Draco was not entirely surprised to read that even muggles and squibs had some inert magical abilities, given his own research during the summer, although they were unable to access it or awaken it. But a witch or wizard would be able to tap into that hidden power, if they were nearby, and make use of it for themselves with no ill effects to the non-magical person.

The best part though, was the fact that wandless magic was completely untraceable, which was something that Draco had been worried about. All wand magic left an echo of the person who cast it, so if he had had to use his wand while he was hiding, others may have been able to trace it and find him. Not to mention if he ever lost his wand or it broke. Now it looked like he wouldn't have that to worry about anymore.

As he quickly read through some of the spells he was a bit shocked to see that at least one was extremely similar to the Unforgivable Curse, Imperio of dark magic. Called the Enslavement Spell and found on page 153, it did basically the same thing, causing the recipient to obey the casters will.

The terms dark and light magic were never mentioned anywhere in the text and in fact, it seemed that the author was hypothesizing that the spells themselves were neither good nor bad, but it was the intent of the person using the spells that would cause the magic to be evil or pure.