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"You've done it Neville" hermione said excitedly as the small group stood in a room perfect for what they needed. "You found the room of requirement."
"The what?" Astrid asked as she looked around the large room that Neville claimed just appeared in the wall as he was thinking of somewhere to practice.
"The come and go room. The room of requirement only appears when a person is in real need of it. It's always equipped for the seekers needs."
"So say you really needed the toilet" Ron spoke up causing Astrid to giggle softly.
"Yes that's the idea" Hermione replied with a shake of her head.
"It's brilliant" Harry stated. "It's like Hogwarts wants us to fight back."
**
Astrid was now stood beside Harry as the large figure in the room moved towards them. A line was formed behind the pair, Neville at the front moving to stand between the two. They were beginning with basic defense spells, the first being disarming your opponent.
"Try it Neville" Astrid encouraged the boy.
"Expelliarmus!" He exclaimed. His wand flew from his hand, flying back through the group who all ducked as his wand smacked the wall.
"I'm hopeless" Neville said in discouragement.
"No you're not" Astrid encouraged. "You're flourishing your wand too much, here try it like this."
The girl pulled her wand from her converse, pointing it towards the figure in front of her.
"Expelliarmus" she said, the wand in the figures hand flying out onto the floor. The group continued trying, some students getting it, some not.
The next gathering they had they focused on stunning. Harry started by explaining the spell before the class began to try it. The group lined up on both sides of the room. Nigel, the small first year boy, was first to try against Harry.
"Come in Nigel" Harry said with a smile. "Give it your best shot."
The boy readied his wand, shifting nervously before shouting the spell.
"Stupefy!" He exclaimed. Not only did Harry fly back onto the floor, Nigel did as well. He quickly sat up saying "I'm okay" as he smiled and Harry congratulated him. The rest of the class was filled with Harry and Astrid running around and helping all the different students. All of the meetings after that were just the same. Astrid was truly happy, helping these students and seeing their progress was much more enjoyable than she thought it would be. One day Ginny completely obliterated the figure in the classroom by using the 'reducto' spell, shocking her siblings and making Hermione and Astrid cheer loudly. After this Neville finally got his 'Expelliarmus' spell down.
It was finally the last meeting before the holidays and it had gone by so fast. Each student had learned so much in the past weeks.
"We won't be meeting again until after holidays" Harry spoke as Astrid stood beside him.
