At eight o'clock in the evening, Albert and his roommates made an appointment to practice the Patronus Charm in the dormitory.
Soon after, there was a knock on the door.
Albert opened the door and saw Harry, Hermione and Ron standing outside. He asked in confusion, "What's the matter?"
"I told Harry that we are going to practice the Patronus Charm tonight." Fred winked at Albert and explained, "As you know, the Dementors have a great influence on Harry. He hopes to learn from you... well, how to drive away and resist the Dementors."
As for Ron and Hermione, they were obviously just there to make up the numbers.
Albert glared at Fred, his eyes swept across the crowded room, and then looked at the three people outside the door.
Hermione also noticed that Albert was unaware of their arrival, and quickly said, "Can you teach us the spell to drive away the Dementors?"
"You should go to Professor Lupin instead of coming to me." Albert said with a frown.
"No?"
"Well, now that you're all here, come in!"
The dormitory, which was already small, suddenly became even more crowded with three more people.
Harry and the other two sat on the edge of the bed, like well-behaved students preparing to listen to a professor's lecture.
"The spell that can drive away Dementors is called the Patronus Charm." Albert began to teach Harry and the other two some knowledge about the Patronus Charm. "This is a high-level magic. The prerequisite for using the Patronus Charm is that you have strong magical power. This is also a common problem in most high-level magic. If your own magical power is not strong enough, you will not be able to fully exert the effect of the Patronus Charm."
Albert said, without giving the three people time to ask questions, and asked Fred to demonstrate the effect of the Patronus Charm to them.
"Ahem, watch out!" Fred raised his wand in front of everyone, cleared his throat and said, "Expecto Patronus!"
Everyone could see a stream of silver gas emanating from the tip of Fred's wand.
"Is this the Patronus?" Harry couldn't help but blink, feeling that the effect of the Patronus Charm was different from what he thought.
"That's the prototype of the Patronus. The effect is minimal and it can't drive away the Dementors. It can basically be ignored." Albert glanced at Fred and continued, "You just heard the spell: Expecto Patronus!"
"Call upon the Guardian, call upon the Guardian, call upon the Guardian."
All three of them were repeating the mantra in a low voice, as if trying to commit the spell to memory.
Albert waited until the other three had calmed down before continuing, "When using the Patronus Charm, you need to concentrate, recall the happiest things in your heart, and chant 'Expecto Patronus'. The swinging motion is like this."
He used his wand to draw a circle so that Harry and the other two could see the movement of the Patronus Charm clearly.
"Well, try it yourself!"
"Huh... Guard."
"Expecto Patronus."
Hermione corrected, a few wisps of thin silver smoke emanating from the tip of her wand.
“I succeeded.”
"Expecto Patronus."
After a thin stream of silver gas spurted out from the end of the wand, Harry jumped up from the bed excitedly and shouted, "I did it, I did it!"
"Why am I the only one who failed?" Ron was depressed when he saw that his friends all succeeded but his wand didn't respond at all.
"That's because you waved your wand in the wrong direction, my stupid brother." Fred put his hand over his face and reminded him.
"You're the idiot," said Ron angrily.
Then he tried again and soon succeeded.
"Okay, you have all successfully used the Patronus Charm. All you need to do next is to continue practicing the spell until you can summon a complete Patronus. Well, that's what's called a flesh-body Patronus, which is usually in the form of an animal. Everyone's Patronus is different."
"So that's successful?" Ron looked at Fred in confusion and asked unhappily, "What are you laughing at?"
"Only when you can truly summon a physical Patronus can you be considered to have truly mastered the Patronus Charm." George explained to the three of them on behalf of Fred. "As for what we have now, it's called an intangible Patronus, which is the prototype of the Patronus that Albert mentioned. It's a ball of silver-white gas or smoke, without a specific form."
"As Albert put it, I can blow away your spells with just my breath." Fred blew at Ron's wand, and really blew away a thin wisp of silver gas.
"I don't remember saying that." Albert curled his lips and said, "What you need now is to spend a lot of time practicing spells. Of course, I can't guarantee that you will be able to summon a physical patronus."
"Maybe you can learn it?" Ron asked with a slightly raised eyebrow.
"Under normal circumstances, you may not be exposed to this spell even if you graduate from the seventh grade." Albert explained calmly: "Also, even if you really can't summon a physical patronus, it's not a shame. In fact, the vast majority of wizards in the magic world cannot summon a physical patronus. Otherwise, successfully summoning a physical patronus would not be regarded by many people as a sign of superb magical power."
"Well, although I think this statement is pure nonsense."
"No, this spell is too difficult." Hermione was a little discouraged. This was her first time learning such an advanced spell, and it was really discouraging.
Harry tried again and found that he could only summon a very weak mist, so he couldn't help asking, "Albert, how long did it take you to successfully summon a physical Patronus?"
"About... half a year!"
"So long."
Ron thought that Albert's talent could be mastered in a few weeks at most.
"Oh! You're a fool and you don't admit it." Fred looked like he was assuming that you are a fool.
"You'd better not take Albert as a role model. That guy will always be a eccentric. We have been learning from him for several years, but we have not been able to successfully summon a physical guardian." Lee Jordan, who was teasing Tom over there, guessed what the three were thinking, so he gave them a shot of prevention in advance.
"What is Albert's patronus?" Hermione asked curiously.
"Griffin," Fred answered quickly.
"What about you guys?" Ron glared at Fred unhappily.
"Magpie!" they said in unison. "Lee Jordan is a gorilla."
"Shut up."
"Aren't you able to summon a physical patronus?" Hermione immediately realized the problem.
"That's what Albert said. We trust his judgment." Fred and George both had expressions that told them to trust Albert.
"Did you predict it?"
"No, it's just a guess. The shape of the patronus varies from person to person, and is generally related to personality and inner heart." Albert explained casually, "Okay, let me give you a final summary:
First: The Patronus Charm requires a strong magical power as a foundation. If you want to succeed, you need to practice frequently, which can also better exercise your magical power.
Second: Don’t think that if everyone fails, I probably won’t succeed either, or you will never succeed. In my opinion, as long as the magic power is not too bad and the wizard is willing to work hard, he can usually successfully summon a physical patronus.
Third: When casting the spell, try to recall the happiest memory you can think of. Usually, the stronger the pleasure the memory brings, the stronger the Patronus will be. When training the Patronus spell, you can try to start from this aspect.
Fourth, the will to cast the spell must be strong enough and the mind must be focused enough. Just because you can summon a Patronus in a brightly lit place does not mean that you can successfully summon a Patronus when facing Dementors. These are two different concepts. Dementors will absorb the happy memories in your mind, making it difficult for you to recall happy memories. Some people cannot summon a Patronus when facing Dementors for this reason.
"Any other questions?" Albert asked.
"Can you please let us see your Patronus!" Hermione pleaded.
"Okay!" Albert raised his magic wand, summoned his patronus, and fulfilled the wishes of several people.
The silver griffin guardian flew around the dormitory and then disappeared.
"That's so cool!" Ron said with wide eyes, "I wonder what my Patronus is?"
"The premise is that you can successfully summon a physical patronus." Fred cruelly shattered Ron's fantasy, "I don't think the chance is high."
"Potter, if you really want to master the Patronus Charm, I suggest you go find Professor Lupin." Albert stopped Harry from speaking and continued, "Even if you succeed in summoning a physical Patronus here, it will be difficult to rely on him to resist the Dementors."
"Why?"
"Those who have had bad experiences are easily affected by Dementors and become vulnerable." Albert looked Harry in the eyes and said, "If you want to overcome the influence of Dementors on yourself, you need to face them bravely."
"Confront the Dementors?" Hermione couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"That's absolutely the craziest thing I've ever heard," Ron muttered.
"Stupid, listen to what Albert has to say."
None of the three thought that Albert would suggest that Harry face the Dementors.
"Professor Lupin will surely be able to help you find a similar replacement. He is the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts and has more say in this area than I do. Do you understand what I mean? You don't have to be embarrassed. I think Professor Lupin will be happy to help you. He is a good friend of your father. If you don't believe me, you can go ask Hagrid."