Chapter 585 - Professor Prince Ⅱ (2/2)

Hiding a smile, Rowan says, ”To produce a Patronus, it sometimes helps if you can recall a single bright memory in your life. But as Professor Prince said, it is different for everyone. For some, it is memories of a precious person or even that of an important event.”

Nodding sagely, they happily return to practicing again. Glancing at James, Rowan says, ”I have not seen you yet attempt to cast a Patronus, Potter.”

”I wanted to make sure that my wand work and pronunciation were correct first, Prince,” James flashed her a neutral grin.

Rowan merely waits for him to try as James recalls his Lily and his son, Harry, and shouts, ”Expecto Patronum!”

From the tip of James wand, a silvery creature emerges that resembles another's Patronus. James turns pale in shock at seeing his usual stag simple gone, and in its place is a male Thestral which stared back at him and let out a loud huff. The Thestral nudges him with its nose, before leaping away and vanishing through the wall.

There is an awkward lapse of silence until Georgine says, ”15 points to Gryffindor! Now everyone else please return to their own tasks at hand!”

Rowan flashes James a deep measuring glance, before walking away. James sickly grins at Sirius and Lupin, who both just stare at him. Pettigrew merely shakes his head and mutters under his breath, ”I told you so.”

Seeing James pale sickly-looking shocked face, Sirius says, ”Don't worry, Prongs.” Pausing to dramatically wink, ”At least you're still a stag.”

James blinks in obvious shock as they had not been able to become animagus until the spring of their fifth year. How in Merlin's name were they already animagus?!

Seeing James obvious astonishment, Lupin leans over to quietly whisper into his ear, ”Rowan and Severus helped us back in our third year. Rowan did not take the animagus potion, but Severus did. He's a winged stallion just like his Patronus.”

Lupin almost leans away, before quickly adding, ”Also, Severus's codename is Bramble. He helped us also create the Marauder's map.”

James numbly nods his head unable to believe all the changes that were happening right before him. A part of him was relieved to not be the idiot that he was in his youth. Another half of him was rather dismayed. He did not really know what to make of the situation as he remained lost in his own thoughts for the rest of the classroom.

The whispers that had erupted around the classroom continued for the rest of the class as the Gryffindor's speculatively eyed, James and Rowan. Everyone knew that the two of them had dated back in their third year and had remained friends after breaking up. But still, it looks as though there were still passionate embers there. By dinner time the gossip would be all over the school with whispers of Patronus soulmates.

Typically, no one would say otherwise, but for two students to have such rare magical Patronus's it was an indication of similar souls. Said individuals often became close friends or even romantically involved ending in marriage. And the two individuals in questions were certainly friends in the eyes of the rest of the school. Not that any student at Hogwarts would admit too, but they were all a nosey bunch, but what did one expect when one was stuck in the middle of nowhere for nine months out of the year?