The Patronus Charm

[Raven Crowe]

Raven walked into the classroom. Her black robes billowed out behind her. She smiled at her class. "Welcome to Charms." Raven said. She looked around at the class. "I see we have some new faces, but welcome all the same. I am Professor Raven Crowe. Your Charms teacher and some of you already know me as Slytherin head of House." she said. Raven tapped the board with her wand. The chalk bounced up and wrote the lesson on the board. "Right, today I'm going to teach you a charm that will help you fend of Dementors. Dementors are evil beings but can be fought using a simple charm." she said. She pointed her wand to the back of the class. "Expecto Patronum" she said. A silver raven shot out of her wand and flew around the class. "To use this charm well, you must think of a happy memory. The best you can think of." Raven explained. "Let's see....Idril stand up please." she spoke to a Ravenclaw.

[Idril Flyer]

Sitting in a charms classroom, waiting for Professor Crowe to show up, Idril took out a textbook, parchment and quill, then set them on the desk she was sitting at. She always made sure to be prepared to any class. You could call a nerd or something but it was how that Ravenclaw girl was. She's been studying and reading a lot since her youngest years. She always tried to do her best even though sometimes she seemed to be a little clumsy with what she was doing. She wasn't like most of the students at Hogwarts. She seemed to have no life except for her books. She was kind of antisocial, yet she had something in her that people liked her. Maybe it was because she was kind to everyone, no matter of their background. Or maybe it was because she tried to help everyone in need even though she couldn't help herself. Someone told her that people like her because she was completely different from her cousin, Lisa Green. Lisa was now watched carefully by everybody since she was revealed as a Death Eater of Artemus Dowell but came back to school as if nothing happened. Lisa's parents told school and ministry Lisa was under Imperius Curse. Yes, Idril's cousin maybe was a bad girl and pure Slytherin that seemed very popular before but now she wasn't a social butterfly. She had many enemies and Idril tried to help her, yet she told her to get lost. Idril felt so sorry for her because Lisa lost her memory. Maybe imperius curse was never used on her but for sure she didn't remember much.

A Ravenclaw was so deep in thoughts about her family situation that she didn't hear their teacher walking in into the classroom nor introducing herself to them. So she was very surprised hearing a chalk clicking on the board and writing the subject. Idril blinked coming back to reality and spotting the professor there. She saw her conjuring a patronus. A girl had to smile at that. It looked amazing. Then she heard professor Crowe saying her name, telling her to stand up. Me? she thought to herself but stood up immediatelly grabbing her wand. "Yes?"

[Raven Crowe]

Raven was shocked when the Ravenclaw stood up so quickly. "Right, I want you to perform the Patronus. Don't worry if you get it wrong, just try again." she smiled. A snake hissed on Raven's desk. It sat there beady eyed watching the students carefully. Raven leant against her messy desk. She spotted a Slytherin messing around. "Please stop messing around." she told them. She turned her head back to Idril. "When you're ready, dear." she smiled.

[Lisa Violet Green]

Lisa still considered herself a death eater of Artemus. Hell, she still considered herself his queen. Although she didn't remember what happened between them since the stormy night at the shrieking shack when the silver snake necklace she wore, which was a horcrux for real, was given to her to keep, Lisa believed he still needed her. But where was he? He did not tell her when they were talking through the horcrux, or she just happened to get it out of her head somehow. Or maybe she was just waiting for him to come for her, wherever he was, take her away and give her the throne next to his that she's been promised the last night she remembered from previous school year. But maybe they were only high-hopes.

Lisa walked into the classroom with her chin up. She did not care who was already inside. She wasn't interested with a subject of a lesson and a professor who wasn't there yet. She nodded her head to her friend with a smile. She skipped some previous lesson but no one seemed to mind. She was glad but she wasn't going to skip this lesson as well. Maybe she would learn something interesting. Maybe something she forgot when her memory was wiped could come back to her. Lisa took a seat somewhere in the middle. Her eyes followed a slightly noticeable move. She tilted her head seeing her cousin, Idril there. A girl wanted to get to her somehow but Lisa always rejected her friendship and help. Idril was a good girl while Lisa not at all. But Lisa was not going to bother herself with something that petty. She brushed her hair with her fingers and looked over at the black board. In a split moment their teacher showed up. Professor Raven Crowe was the head of a house Lisa was in and something told her she was the only one teacher in that school that didn't watch her that carefully since she got back to Hogwarts.

Patronus charm? Well, Lisa already knew how to do that. It's form was a pretty huge scorpion. Though, Lisa didn't want to show off this time. She hoped the teacher won't ask her to conjure one. And she did not yet. She asked... no way... she asked Lisa's cousin to do so. A slytherin had to raise an eyebrow at that. Yet, she made herself not to pay attention so she didn't do anything stupid.

[Raven Crowe]

Raven's snake didn't like the look of Lisa. Raven, I don't like the look of that Lisa. the snake said. Raven looked at her snake and let it slither up her arm and settle itself on her shoulders. Easy now Delano. One day we will avenge my father and I sense that girl will help us. Raven soothed the snake. Delano was a king cobra, the most poisonus cobra in the world. Raven was still waiting on Idril so walked up to Lisa. She whispered into Lisa's ear, "Meet me in the Forbidden Forest at eight tonight and come alone." she smiled. Delano's tounge flicked in and out of his mouth. He was tasting and smelling Lisa. He soon relaxed. "Come on Idril dear." Raven said walking back to her desk.

[Idril Flyer]

Ofcourse Idril tried to conjure a patronus before but it never got a specific form. Maybe her memories weren't the strongest even though she had a very good memory. Or maybe her life was some kind of a misery and her memories weren't happy enough. Of course there could be a different reason too. Theory had nothing much to practice in many ways. And Idril was very good in theory. She read a lot of books in her life. Some of them few time. But sometimes it wasn't enough.

Yet a girl was willing to confince herself she could do that. She wanted to do it for herself. She didn't want to impress anyone. So she nodded to the professor saying 'yes ma'm, took a deep breath, lifted her wand and concentrated on the truly happy memory. "Now, I'm ready professor." she said and then waved her wand the right way speaking out the incantation "Expecto Patronum!" A silver mist came out her wand slowly forming into bigger than usual bat. A smile curved Idril's lips because her patronus looked just like her little pet friend, Ev.