we are a low word count, any level of experience rp set in harry's 3rd year at hogwarts. students and adults alike are welcome! given we are set fairly early in the series, everything that happens from this point on will be up to us! perhaps sirius black will be cleared and peter arrested, or perhaps something darker lurks in the shadows...
Date: Friday, October 29th [The day before a full moon, and two days before the Halloween feast]
Remus had gotten everything together, having asked permission to teach students who wanted to learn the patronus charm. Of course, most of the students wouldn’t achieve the charm right away, and much fewer would be able to produce a corporeal patronus, but with the dementors at the school, it was always possible they could latch onto a student and they needed to learn how to protect themselves just in case something like that happened.
The Dueling Club had agreed to allow Remus to host the lesson to the club members and allow anyone to join in the class – after all it was almost like free advertising for the club as it was, so it was a win-win. However, there was one caveat he was given in order to appease the ministry: Nymphadora Tonks, the auror sent to the school to watch over the dementors and search inside the school itself for Black would have to be present for the lesson.
In his own personal time, as a few students may have noticed, he seemed to be watching Tonks, and avoiding her, so this was sure to be a fun lesson for everyone, especially those attempting to get Remus to stop avoiding the young Metamorphagus, as well as anyone who was hoping to learn the Patronus charm. Even first years were invited, but it was very much unlikely they would be able to even cast a non-corporeal patronus. Remus was getting ready in the club room, though they would be unable to practice on an actual dementor, as getting the ministry to agree to that would be much more difficult. Regardless, since not everyone has a boggart of a dementor, unlike Harry, they would have to practice without a dementor. Though, he thought about taking them outside and essentially finding a dementor – but that would be way too dangerous even with him and Tonks here.
It was still a little bit early for the lesson to start, but people would be arriving soon, so Remus took a seat on the dueling stage and waited for them, a small comforting smile on his face.
[Only those approved to be able to use a corporeal patronus will be able to cast one in this class, though if you already can, then why would you be here for something you already know? Otherwise, it will be based on your experience with it – very few will have any idea how to cast the spell and so only wisps will be allowed in this class for those, and those who have learned a little bit about it before could produce an incorporeal patronus though likely fairly weak. If you are unsure of what level your character should perform at, ask a mod, and we’ll tell you what we think. We also reserve the right to tell you to change your post if you go over what we think you should be able to do. Remember this is just lesson 1].
Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Jun 30, 2018 22:19:14 GMT
never asked for no one's philosophy; it's obvious i'm proud of me
She wasn't stupid. She had noticed him watching her, even though he seemed to be actively trying to avoid her as well. This whole thing made her giggle. Luckily for her, his ability to avoid her was coming to an end.
He had volunteered to set up an optional spell lesson, that even she was interested in. She herself had never been able to produce a full-on patronus, but she was hoping with the right teacher she would have more luck... teaching wise and emotionally. She had never been able really to procure a good enough memory to make the spell completely successful.
So all in all, she'd be killing two birds with one stone. And, she noted, as a smile formed on her lips, he might take a few moments to tutor her personally.
She giggled girlishly and then composed herself before walking in.
Lucky her, she was the first to arrive. Well, wasn't she punctual. That was different from when she was actually in classes.
Of course, out of everyone who was going to arrive for this lesson, it was Nymphadora Tonks who arrived first and now they were alone for the first time since that night. His eyes sparkled when she walked into the room and he swallowed quickly standing up on the stage and walking towards her. He clenched a fist and smiled at her with that boyish smile from before. He placed his hands in front of him and chuckled slightly. Now, Remus, don’t let her seduce you again.
“Nymphadora, you’re early. Are you ready for the lesson? Do you – Do you happen to know the charm?” Now Remus, don’t let yourself seduce her again. But why was she so cute? And innocent? He was thinking now, if she didn’t know, he might have to show off his corporeal patronus otherwise people might not trust him to teach them. He hated it so much, the wolf that he was – not a werewolf, but it was still wolfish and might make someone suspect, especially since he was starting to feel under the weather because of the approaching full moon. It was better to reveal it once than to let the kids walk around unprotected.
Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Jun 30, 2018 23:05:04 GMT
never asked for no one's philosophy; it's obvious i'm proud of me
Normally, when people called her Nymphadora, she instantly got angry. But when it came from him and with the way his eyes sparkled, it caused her heart to flutter in her chest and shy grin to form on her lips. With the shy grin she shook her head, "well, I know it, I've just never been very good at it, even Moody agreed that it was good for me to be here."
She gave a shrug, "It's just such an emotionally connected spell, I've always had a hard time procuring a happy enough memory. But..."
She locked eyes with him, her grin widening. "I think after a recent event I feel I might be more successful than I was before."
When she mentioned a recent event, his face turned pink with embarrassment. What was extremely interesting to him was the fact she didn’t get angry at him for using her first name. He thought it was beautiful, though a bit of a mouthful, he was thinking about possibly shortening it to just ‘Dora’, as it felt very… fitting for her. Wait what was he thinking? Doing things like that was only going to make him grow more attached to her.
He quickly picked her up and put her on the stage with a quick lift, before quickly letting go of her. He climbed onto the stage behind her. “This is the stance I find the easiest to cast it with.” Smiling looking to her, he moved his legs into a sturdy stance and pointed his wand. “Relaxed elbow, making sure not to lock it.” The silvery substance soon emerged out of his wand without a word. He looked over at her with a small smile as the patronus turned corporeal for just a second before he freaked out and quickly ended the spell. “Why don’t you show me what you can do while we wait?”
Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Jul 1, 2018 0:01:43 GMT
She blushed and she instantly knew that he knew what she was referencing to. God, she felt like such a teenager. Well, she was just one like a year ago, but, point being. Suddenly his hands were at her waist and she was lighting her onto the strange and then climbing up behind her. The moment his hands touched her sides her heart began to beat wildly. Oh, was he? Oh, he was! He was actually going to privately tutor her for the few moments they had alone. She absolutely could not believe her luck.
She moved her feet in the right position, but with a devious smile, positioned her arm the wrong way. "Is this it?"
Remus did have slight ulterior motives – if she managed to make a corporeal patronus with a little bit of work, then he wouldn’t have to show his off, which he really didn’t want to do. Of course, the chance of that happening was small, but it was possible, and he was going to put in as much effort as it took to get her there before the other students started filing in.
Her smile made his heart leap, reminding him of a long lost friend and his devious pranks. He chuckled lightly and went behind her, his hand taking hers and positioning her arm correctly, making it so he was holding her hand. “Not quite, just a little bit farther up like this.” His face was peeked over her shoulder and his free hand was on her waist. His lips were near her cheek and he was smiling looking at her so close, but such a different angle than before. “And then, just relax and think of that memory that makes you happiest.” The memory he used when casting a full corporeal patronus tended to be one when he was very little, he guessed about three years old, and he was opening presents with his parents and eating a delicious cake. It was a memory that was fuzzy, but it was powerful all the same.
Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Jul 1, 2018 1:44:09 GMT
The moment his hand touched hers, the warmth of a deep fire spread through her and she closed her eyes with the sensation. If this wasn't the memory, she wasnt sure what - a thought popped in her head, one that caused her to blush as red as a tomato and smile like a schoolgirl. She looked at Remus from the corner of her eye and then turned her focus back in front of her.
With a smile she gripped her wand tightly, closing her eyes a moment to focus on that thought and with a grin she gave swish if her wand. "Expecto Patronum!"
It was almost like her wand heasitated a moment, but in the next second a hazy form of... Was that a dog? No. A wolf flew from her wand and it sat looking towards them before evaporating into mist.
Remus quickly removed his hand when he saw the wolf that looked just like his own come from her wand despite him not having cast it himself. How – how did that happened? He didn’t do it – why was it his patronus? What was wrong? He didn’t even consider the fact patronus could change if a certain requirement had been met. To be faced with the shape that he rejected himself and have it come out of the wand of this wonderful young lady whom he enjoyed spending time with… it was amazing – it couldn’t be a coincidence. Amazing and terrifying.
He quickly backed away, but unfortunately behind him was the edge of the dueling stage. Just in time, he managed to cast a spell to make his landing a little bit softer, though it wasn’t fast enough, and since wandless not as powerful, to avoid all injury, as he barely hit his head against the ground. He rubbed the back of his head and looked up at where Tonks was… only to realize she too had fallen right on top of him and his face went red immediately.
Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Jul 1, 2018 2:53:15 GMT
"Remus I did it!" she exclaimed but as she turned she noticed his misstep and he was falling off the stage. Seems like she wasn't the only one with a clumsy side. She reached out to grab for his hand, to stop him, but his weight pulled them both off the stage and they landed softly on the floor with some quick thinking from him and a cushioning spell. When she opened her eyes she realized her fall had been cushioned by his body and she grinned, not at all embarrassed by the situation. In fact, she was quite pleased with the turnout. It was such a classic thing. She pushed herself up to look down at him, her grin turning devious. "Well, I mean I've heard of falling in love, but literally falling in love is some sort of wizardry."
She snickered and sat up and back, pulling him up by the edges of the collar of his coat, pulling him in close proximity of her face. "Can't say I don't like the outcome though."
No, no, that wasn’t what she meant. She meant something else. They barely knew each other and while there was an obvious attraction on his part to the much younger woman, he couldn’t understand what she saw in him. He was an overprotective, worrying, anxious man who was covered with scars, a lot of which she had never seen, but there were some even on his face, so those could not be missed.
Completely flabbergasted, when she pulled him up, he didn’t offer any resistance and melted into her kiss despite knowing someone could walk in on them at any point. Despite knowing his reputation as a professor could be tarnished by students walking in and seeing his teacher snogging the ministry representative. The kiss was just as good as before, just as good as he remembered it from that night, but almost sweeter.
After a moment, he pulled back, ending the kiss and staring at the feisty young woman. “D-Dora…” Oh hey he said the name he had thought of before to shorten her name so it wasn’t such a mouthful but also still that beautiful first name of hers, “Anyone could walk in and see us like this. While… yes, your lips taste amazing, I – I would rather not have my students scarred by seeing their professor… like this.”
Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Jul 1, 2018 3:17:20 GMT
An eyebrow quirked at the nickname. Perfect, she was getting under his skin. It was good enough. She ran her tongue along her bottom lip, still delighting in the taste of chocolate. At least he admitted the kissed tasted amazing, it was enough for her. She stole a quick kiss again before quickly rising to her feet and holding out a hand to him. She may be clumsy but she was also swift to recover and right herself onto her feet. Which helped in situations like this.
"All right, Professor, all right, I'll behave," and she gave him a sultry glance and a wink.
His jaw dropped just slightly after the second quick kiss and he stared at her with a dazed look on his face. Unlike her, he was normally not very clumsy, except apparently when distracted by patronus that look just like his from a beautiful young lady who was not his sister, which had led to this… scene they had made which luckily for him wasn’t seen by anyone. Either way, he wasn’t used to having to recover, especially from something like that. He was very much a private person and like before, she was his first real kiss.
Taking her hand, he stood up staring at her for a moment, his face turning redder when she gave him that wink and glance. He took ahold of her hand lacing his fingers in between hers and kissing the back of her hand before quickly letting go and hopping back onto the stage. “So I’ll have you demonstrate the corporeal form for the students. If you don’t mind of course.” There we go, recovery. His face was back to the normal professor smile and composure, his face no longer red. Of course his thoughts were attempting to drift elsewhere, but he managed to keep them under control.
“While I can do it myself, I think it would be wise for someone whom I’ve helped to demonstrate it instead.” He tilted his head down, his wand lazily in his left hand.
Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Jul 1, 2018 3:46:09 GMT
Well, problem was, she wasn't much for behaving. But he didn't need to know that, of course, and when he laced his fingers with hers and kissed the back of her hand she melted. He did however quickly let go, but she would allow this for now and allow him back into his Professor mode.
"Of course, sounds like a plan to me."
However, she wondered briefly about the reason why he wouldn't be showing his own off. Usually, most people who could do it liked to show it off because it was a very complex piece of magic that not many could do, she filed that away to ask about later.
"Soooo," she said rocking back and forth on her feet, showing her age a little. "I supposed we can have an actual conversation about me now if you'd like."
She gave him a teasing smile. Yeaaaaah there goes behaving out the window.
This woman was… frustrating. Amazing. Impressive. Adorable. There were so many words to describe what she was, especially right at this moment when he was trying to be professional just in case any students walked in, especially since what they had just done was very unprofessional. He looked at her with eyes will with adoration and frustration mixed together. He looked down and laughed slightly. He walked up to her placing a hand on her cheek gently.
“Why don’t we do that some time not right before students are supposed to arrive?” He placed a kiss on her forehead, giving her the look of a happy little puppy dog. “Let’s meet at my office in three days.” That would give him enough time for the moon tomorrow and the feast the day after that for Halloween to prepare himself and teach himself a bit of temptation resistance or this was going to be a terribly long and hard battle for him. “Then we can talk all about your life and everything that makes you, you. Alright?” Was he setting up a date? No, no. He kept telling himself it wasn’t a date – it was just a meeting between friends, so he could get to know her a little bit better. Then again, he felt a little bad as there was one big part of his life he could not tell her.
