The Adventure of Adrian Lycan

Chapter 73: Properly teaching magic

- Aidan's Prov
After I finished practicing all the spells I learned over the years I went to school and agreed to teach those who asked me to teach them magic and we found a place hidden for me to train them and I was teaching them Expelliarmus and they were pretty good at it and we were partnered up with someone who agreed to join this group/club and someone named Gregory was having a lot of trouble with the spell so I was trying to give him more confidence and more specific instructions on how to disarm someone and he was actually lacking in self-confidence, that's why he's having a lot of trouble with casting spells, also because his wand isn't actually his, it's his father's wand that he inherited, which explains a lot, because depression and lack of self-confidence dampens magic and his wand isn't actually his, so the wand doesn't like to work for him properly because it didn't choose him, the wand chooses you, not the other way around, so I told him about what's wrong with his magic and he said he can't afford his own wand so I decided next time when I get enough money from the bank at Gringotts, the wizard bank in London, I'm buying him a new wand that will choose him, anyway, after everyone wanted to learn something different I suggested we start learning how to stun things with the Stunning Charm: Stupefy, so I was demonstrating how it works and how useful it is and everyone was in a line shoulder-to-shoulder and Alina was helping me demonstrate because she knows Stupefy so she can help and I was walking to the other side of the line as Alina stood on the other while holding my new wand "So, stunning is one of the most useful spells in a witch or wizards' arsenal" I told them "So, just think of it sort of like a witch or wizards' bread and butter" I told them and I stood on the opposite end of the line facing Alina "And my big sister Alina here, is helping me show you all how it's done" I told them "Ready sis?" I asked her "Ready little bro" she replied and she let me perform the Stunning Charm so I raised my new wand "Stupefy!" I exclaimed flicking my new wand at her and the Stunning Charm bursted out of my wand and hit her in the chest and I sent her flying a little and she landed what looked painfully on the ground and I told everyone to pick a partner to practice stunning on and they each took turns stunning each other and the next lesson we were practicing The Disarming Charm again and I was with Gregory because he still can't properly cast it, I was teaching him how to properly do it as he was copying me, copying my stance as I was standing next to him, teaching him a better stance so he doesn't fall over as we were both pointing our wands forward "Okay, now focus on fix point" I told him "Now try it again" I told him trying to inspire him then I lowered my new wand and he looked a little confident then raised his wand "Expelliarmus!" he exclaimed flicking his wand but it didn't come out properly or well I mean it did come out of his wand but it was a flickering ball of light and made like a deflating sound and just flickered away and Gregory lowered his wand and sighed in disappointment "Keep trying, it was better than when you accidentally made it backfire on yourself" I told him "Just keep trying and keep practicing and i'm positive you'll get it right" I told him and during my magic training session the Auror training only me heard about me being able to conjure a Wolf Patronus and wanted to see if I actually could and told me if I could he'll give me bonus marks so I pointed my wand forward and started thinking about mom and dad "Expecto Patronum!" I exclaimed and conjured up my Wolf Patronus and as usual, it was glowing more brightly than when I had my old wand and he really did give me bonus marks and I was planning on teaching how to perform the Patronus Charm to the group i'm teaching and during the next meeting of our group I was teaching them the Impediment Jinx: Impedimenta, and it can either send you in the air a little or get you stuck in slow motion and I am pretty good at it and after that the next meeting I was teaching Protego to those who don't know the Shield Charm and they were really good at it and i'm actually a natural at being a teacher but this is actually my very first time being the teacher instead of being the student and the guy who has trouble with spells was a little good at other spells thanks to me giving him endless confidence and right now it's been a few months now and everyone is a natural at the spells I taught them and we were practicing Expelliarmus again before Christmas holidays because it's winter right now and today is the last day of school before Christmas holidays and I saw Gregory was pointing his wand at Hunter and he raised his wand "Expelliarmus!" he yelled doing the wand movement perfectly and he actually casted a powerful Disarming Charm and disarmed Hunter! Hunter's wand flashed a scarlet light for a split second and just shot out of his hand! I stared amazed as well as Hunter and everyone started congratulating Gregory for finally being able to cast it and I congratulated him then we were standing outside the doors of the school because the day is over and everyone except for those who were in our group were by the doors waiting for me to make a quick announcement "Okay so, that's it for these lessons, so we're not gonna be meeting again until after the holidays" I told them "Aww" everyone said at the exact same time in disappointment because I highly bet they were hoping to continue during the holidays "But what I want all of you to do for now until further notice is just keep practicing on your own as best as you can, and well done everyone" I congratulated everyone "Great work, i'm very proud of all of you, you've achieved so much" I told them and they all clapped for me and as they left they wished me a happy Christmas and I told them I hope they all have a great Christmas and Alina and I went home and Hunter went home too and they told me I was an unbelievably great teacher and thanked me for endlessly believing in everyone in our group and I never stopped believing in them, I guess it's something I inherited from both mom and dad so i'm pretty grateful for that, I just really hope i'm gonna get everyone prepared for when we go out to try and save mom and dad because Alina Hunter and I alone won't be enough to save them.