Chapter 29 - Holidays (1/2)
Now that the Quidditch match was over, Chris' days went back to normal. The only thing that made it a bit louder was that Chris finally took the test for Protego.
'I didn't want to wait almost a month for this, but it would look weird for me to take such a little time to be able to learn the spell,' Chris thought as Professor McGonagall was in front of him administering the test.
”I will shoot a simple Knockback Jinx at you. If you want to move on, you must block it,” Professor McGonagall said.
”Yes Professor,” Chris said. ”Protego!”
Professor McGonagall seeing that he put up the Shield Charm swung her arm. There was a blue light that appeared in front of Chris. His shield was still intact.
”Congratulations, Mr. Evergreen. You are not the first student, but you are the first first year to pass the test. Please go to Professor Snape to learn your next spell,” Professor McGonagall said. ”After he is done teaching your next spell, please do help the first year students that are still working on the charm,”
”Yes Professor,” Chris said as he moved on to Professor Snape.
”You dunderheads are taking so long with a such a basic charm. I worry for the future,” Snape said with a sarcastic tone. ”The spell I'm going to teach you is Impediment Jinx. It is normally used to hinder or completely stop movement, but you can use it to push away, or even make someone levitate,”
Snape proceeded to teach the ins and outs of the spell making sure that Chris got every single point down.
”That will be all. Hurry up and practice,” Snape said as he moved to the Slytherin students to help them.
'He may not be the nicest teacher, but he is one of the best in teaching,' Chris thought as he started to practice. The Jinx wasn't as difficult as the Shield Charm so he was sure that as long as he spent an hour or so practicing the spell, he would get it to level 1. He then went to where the rest of the first years were so that he could ȧssist them with the Shield Charm.
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”Hello Chris, it's your father. Your mother and I have gotten to know your friends' parents quite well. Mr and Mrs. Granger and Mr and Mrs. Alder are all great people. Thus, for your winter break, we have all decided to go to New York since one of your grandfather's friend, Newt Scamander said that New York was amazing when he had visited in the past. You three can decide where in New York you want to go and send me an owl as soon as possible. I'm sure you want to spend more time with your friends while all of us parents can relax. I've also heard that you won your first match. Congratulations.