Chapter 746: Apparition Lesson
"Good morning," after the students whispered to each other for a while and gradually quieted down under the orders of the deans, the wizard of the Ministry of Magic said: "My name is Weekey Tekros. I will be your Apparition class instructor in the next twelve weeks. I hope to help you prepare for this Apparition exam..."
Tekros did not teach them the spell of Apparition immediately, but was talking about some "nonsense" that seemed irrelevant to Fish.
"You may know that Apparition and Displacement are generally not allowed in Hogwarts. The headmaster specially revoked the magic and lifted this restriction for one hour, only in the hall, so that everyone can practice. I emphasize that Apparition cannot be outside the wall of this hall. Anyone who tries it is unwise."
After talking about the precautions, he finally started today's class.
"Now I hope everyone will stand in place and leave five feet of space in front of you."
The hall was in chaos, and the students began to disperse, bump into each other, and ask others to leave their territory. The deans walked around among the students, helping them to arrange their seats and mediate disputes.
Fish quickly cleared enough space, and Mao Mao also did his rare work as a prefect, helping Professor McGonagall and Hermione to arrange seats for everyone.
After a noisy chaos, everyone was separated by at least five feet, and with the four deans shouting "Quiet", the hall once again restored silence and order.
"Thank you," Tekros thanked the four deans first, and then said: "Now..."
He waved his wand. An old-fashioned wooden circle immediately appeared on the ground in front of each student.
"The most important thing to remember when Apparating is the three Ds!" Tekros said: "That is, purpose, determination, and calmness!"
Similar to the Patronus Charm, the most important thing about Apparition is not whether the spell is recited smoothly or whether the wand is waved standardly, but it pays more attention to the wizard's emotions or mental power.
The whole process is actually very simple:
First, determine the target and focus on the target, which is the wooden circle; then, make up your mind to occupy the space you want, and let the desire to enter overwhelm every smallest part of your body; finally, rotate calmly on the spot to enter the void state.
The real difficulty is to build enough confidence, overcome the fear of separation, and keep yourself from panicking during the transmission process.
"Now listen to my command..." After explaining the steps of Apparition, Tekros raised his voice, "One..."
Everyone was a little surprised. They didn't expect to enter the practical stage so quickly. Even when learning the illumination spell, there were still preliminary preparations to familiarize themselves with the spell and practice swinging the stick! Such an urgent training method made many people feel a little uncomfortable, which made them more nervous.
Similarly, this does not include Fish.
But when Tekros shouted the command, Mao Mao suddenly remembered what Hermione said before-"Small size has an advantage when Apparition."
So...
"Meow!"
(=ΦωΦ=)
Fish decisively switched to the cat-man form. While he grew thick black and white striped hair on his body, his body size also shrank by nearly half.
"Two...cough...cough!" Tycross, who was shouting slogans, was startled by the sudden appearance of the cat-man, and then he was choked by his own saliva.
However, the people in the Ministry of Magic were not unfamiliar with Fish, so he quickly came to his senses and reminded loudly: "Focus on your goals! Don't be distracted! Let's start again...one!"
Others quickly gathered their minds and turned their attention back to the wooden circle in front of them, while Fish, who accidentally made a noise, was glared at by Professor McGonagall.
"Remember the three Ds! Goal, determination, calmness...two!" Perhaps because of the previous mistakes, Tycross taught more seriously at this time, and he kept emphasizing the precautions.
"Finally...spin on the spot...three!"
All students, including Fish, spun on the spot.
((`ω≡`ω))
The overexerting cat turned several circles in place before stopping, and then found that he was still standing in the same place, and the wooden circle was still five feet away.
However, Fish managed to stand firmly, Harry stumbled and almost fell, Ron was entangled with his robes, Neville lay on his back, and Ernie jumped into the wooden circle with a ballet-like movement, excited for a moment until he saw Dean laughing at him.
People from other colleges were not much better, and the hall was suddenly full of staggering people.
In fact, if it was just an ordinary rotation in place, there would naturally be no such large-scale dizziness, but before they turned in circles, they also focused their attention on the wooden circle five feet away, and while turning in circles, they had to cast the Apparition spell, which made it very easy for everyone to lose their sense of direction when turning in circles.
Moreover, this was only their first attempt and they were not very skilled. As they gradually got into the state, they felt a sensation similar to lack of oxygen. This was also the main reason why many wizards panicked and split into two when they Apparated.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter," Tecros said dryly, as if he didn't expect a better result. "Set up the wooden circle and stand back where you were..."
Everyone quickly started a second attempt, and Fish was not discouraged. After all, he did not learn all the spells at once.
After failing once, Feishu did not rush to try again like others, but calmed down and analyzed the reasons for his failure.
He doesn't think he has any shortcomings in concentration. He has long been accustomed to maintaining a very high degree of concentration when hunting prey, and Determination Feishu will naturally not be lacking. What the cat wants to do, so far There are very few things that cannot be done!
So for Fish, the real reason for his failure should be the last one of "letting himself enter the void state"...
Because he didn't quite understand what the so-called "void state" meant. Before, he thought it meant not thinking about anything, just like Occlumency, but now it seems that it doesn't mean anything anymore.
(ˇˇ)
While Maomao was frowning and thinking hard, the other students had already made two more rounds of attempts and were now ready to start the fourth time. Fish, who had been motionless, naturally attracted the attention of Tycross.
"Do you have any questions, Fish?" He paused everyone's practice and asked Fish loudly, "Apparition is a spell that requires a lot of practice to master. You can't learn it while standing all the time. "
"Fish has a problem that he doesn't understand, Meow."
(=ω=)
Maomao, who was deep in thought, came back to his senses, touched the back of his head and asked: "What does the void state mean? How can Feish enter this state?"
"Well, to put it simply, it means that your entire body becomes void, a bit similar to the feeling of using floo powder, or following other people to reveal themselves." Tycross explained.
"Yes!"
∑(=ΦДΦ=)
Maomao suddenly realized that Ron seemed to have said something similar before, but he didn't take it to heart at the time.
So Fish began to recall the awful feeling of being stuffed into a very narrow rubber tube.
Seeing that Feishi was standing there in a daze again, Tecros was about to say a few more words to tell him not to worry, when he saw Feishu, who was motionless, suddenly start to spin around.
The spinning Fisch turned into a black and white vortex, and quickly shrank into a small dot. Immediately afterwards, a popping sound was heard in the auditorium, and Fisch in the form of a cat-man appeared in the blink of an eye. into the wooden circle in front of him.
"Meow hahaha! Fei Xu has learned it! It's not that difficult, meow!"
(=`=)
The cat crossed its arms triumphantly, its chin and tail almost raised to the sky.
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