Lord of time (chapter 41-107)

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It was very painful to watch, especially for Hadrian. When he had taught - his experience somewhat limited but still there nonetheless - he did it with full passion and success. Because of him the grades for everyone in his year - during O.W.L year no less, had shot up spectacularly. The best any of them had gotten was two wands twitching, none of the others got their wands to move.

Hadrian frowned, staring at the wands pensively, his gaze becoming more fierce as if they were personally offending him. The urge to swipe his hand and smash them all against the wall was overpowering.

"Why the hell are they having so much trouble?" Hadrian scowled darkly, muttering to himself, he felt it was a personal affront to him. "Alright, alright, stop! Let's try another way, call out Lumos and light your wand tips, it works, I...Tom did it when he was thirteen!" he lied a little, it had been him but he couldn't' tell them that since he hadn't had a wand when he was thirteen according to his own backstory here.

Hadrian could have whooped in delight when Abraxas' wand tip glowed, it was very brief but it happened on the first try.

"This has nothing to do with powers...or magic level," Hadrian said, catching their attention, dragging it from their wands. "This is just my own belief, or rather opinion. Your own belief that you need a wand is hindering your progress. I mean look at Tom and me, we've been doing magic for years...at what point did it stop being considered 'accidental magic' and become 'magic'? Hell, guys, it's not really accidental when you're angry enough to perform magic in the first place. For now...I want each of you to think of something that makes you feel...not angry but worked up, annoyed, see if it helps, keep with the Lumos spell."

Hadrian wandered over to the doorway where Tom was standing observing everything with those sharp dark eyes of his. "Well, it was never going to be immediate and sudden." Hadrian admitted, "It's going to take a lot of work, and that's just for the easier spells,"

"We have a limited time to get everyone ready," Tom pointed out seriously. "If this doesn't work out, it's a wasted effort that could have been spent on other ventures." And potentially with deadly effects. They were going to be facing Grindelwald's men for Merlin's sake.

The group were only half paying attention to their task at hand, enough attention so that it seemed they were sorely focused on their attempts to light up their wand. They weren't surprised by the fact both Tom and Hadrian had difference in opinions. Both were very vocal about their beliefs. Hadrian was also not afraid to correct him or argue with him. It used to be like watching two brooms zooming towards the floor at break neck speed. Knowing something was going to happen and unable to look away from the oncoming wreck. It had been fascinating to watch just as it was terrifying, nobody argued with Tom - except of course, Hadrian - still they murmured the spells under their breath, pressing their hearing to listen for any and all conversation.

"I have faith in them all," Hadrian stated firmly, "If they're going to be performing Unforgivables it's best if they do it Wandlessly, that way they won't be caught."

Now those words most definitely caught their attention, Orion and Aiden glanced at each other wide eyed. That was the reason for the sudden interest Hadrian had in teaching them Wandless magic?

"Did he say what I think he just said?" Dolohov muttered surprise written clearly across his face. Hadrian while he was...vindictive seemed the more responsible and law abiding - if someone who had used the Cruciatus Curse could be considered law abiding - out of both of them. To hear him blatantly encouraging the use of the Unforgivables made Dolohov actually warm towards Hadrian for the first time. See him as a good leader, perhaps not so different from them after all. He always came across as if he thought himself better than them all, more knowledgeable, when it was them who had been raised in this world.