thattimeofthemonth | Open RP Post

Gratefully, Draco accepted the hug. He was glad to have this conversation with Remus and not his parents.

"Jake is someone I trust. I trust him more then I had my group of friends. It's hard to explain, but we seem to balance each other out." Draco answered. The more he talked about Jake the more relaxed he became. A smile also grew on his face despite him trying to hide it.

A slow raise of the brow. That smile, that tone... was he imagining...? Remus hesitated, the decided to go a different sort of route to trying to confirm. "If you trust him, Draco, then I think it'd be best if we meet him. ...We won't judge, you know. I have friends among Muggles." A small smile, trying to encourage.

"I would like that," Draco replied. He was in a sense relieved that Remus suggested it before he had. He was still excited by the idea knowing that they would be more accepting of Jake then his parents ever will be. He didn't catch the fact that Remus seemed to note the possible feelings he held for Jake. "That was going to be my next question about inviting him over."

Remus wasn't sure if he was right about that or not, though. He seemed to remember mention Draco having a girlfriend in school, and he could imagine the Malfoys would not handle Draco dating men well, so he wouldn't assume until told. Maybe Draco himself didn't know.

"Why don't you bring him over tomorrow night, then? I can get a proper dinner together for us all to meet." Remus gave another quick squeeze before he stepped back. "For tonight, training. Let's make sure you can protect yourself and your friend, mmm?"

The Malfoys would not take to Draco dating men...let alone a Muggle. Only, Draco knew the risks of the relationship and was willing to chance it. For now he was trying to introduce Jake to everyone as his friend before he indicated that he was more then just a friend. Pansy had been someone he had loved, but she also someone his parents had approved of. Only it turned out she had been merely dating him because of his namesake.

"Okay! I'll let me know," Draco replied and at the mention of training, he pulled out his wand.

Remus tugged his wand out as well, then concentrated for a moment before breathing out a single murmured word and gesturing. After several moments of effort, a hazy figure started to appear before him, and Remus gave a rapid twist and snap to the side of his wand. When he did, the haze burst apart like orange glitter and there stood, of all things, a man. He had no expression, no movements, didn't even seem to be breathing but otherwise real.

A breath out and Remus looked pleased. "American spell," he offered helpfully. "Used to create a trick person to divert attention. It's untouchable though and you have to puppet it, but it looks quite real if you put effort into it. It'll work nicely for our Muggle you need to protect tonight."

Draco couldn't help but look surprised at this new spell. He had never seen or heard of it. It made him more curious about the Americans. He was rather impressed with it.

"So I'm supposed to protect that puppet and not attack it?" Draco questioned wanting a clarification.

"Exactly." Remus moved back, tucking his wand away. "So for tonight, this moor is a public street. Muggle eyes could be anywhere. I'll be coming after you and your puppet friend as if I'd decided to break the Code and attack in public. Understood?"

"Understood." Draco nodded and began to try to mentally prepare a list of spells to use in protection. He knew some where he didn't have to rely on his wand, but they were few and not as strong. They were more for emergencies if anything. He could use a spell to hide his wand so it wasn't noticeable.

Reluctantly, Draco tucked his wand away. As he did so he quickly put a basic shield charm around the puppet. And using what he learned from last training he planned to build on that shield.

Remus nodded and suddenly moved, drawing his wand and looking darker. "The first move you make here is the most important. What is the easiest thing you can do to stop this fight before it goes any further than drawn wands?"

When Draco would go to speak, Remus would snap off, "Silenco!" To catch his student off guard and in fact, silence him.

....Well there went using that spell, he had planned to use that next. He was going to have to remember to use that first. He had been too worried about trying to get a protective spell going on the puppet first. He frowned more at himself then anything.

With a flourish of a his wand he used a spell to hold Remus in his place. He would try to work with it now. See how far he could go with out being able to speak. It was a good thing his father had taught him a variety. His father was pretty well schooled in nonverbal spells.

Good, so Draco could manage some stronger wordless spells. Remus could break the spell Draco had cast, but he wanted to see where the other went with it, more of what the younger wizard could do. His eyes narrowed and he dropped another bang - quite literally. A flash of light flared up as bright as could be right between them - anyone looking would have been at least temporarily blinded.

Instinctively he had thrown his arms up not in front himself but in front of the puppet. In the past he would have only thought to protect himself. The noise and the bright light caused Draco to panic momentarily. It took him even longer to regain his eyesight.

While he waited for his eyesight to return he tried to disarm Remus and found it more difficult to use with out being able to speak it.

Remus forcibly broke the spell holding him in place and just as Draco came out of his blindness, he would hear the /crack!/ of someone Apparating and there was Remus, holding his wand to the puppet's throat. He dropped the jinx from Draco as well, holding up his free hand to stop any further actions.

"Not bad," he said simply. "We just need to work out a few kinks in your thinking."

Draco frowned more mad at himself then anything. He knew what his mistakes had been. It was hard enough to restrain from simply protecting himself instead of the puppet. Panicking also wasn't good.

"It was a very clumsy attempt," Draco commented critiquing himself.

"I still don't think bad for me throwing you into the situation with no explanation behind it." Remus gave an encouraging look, then smiled. "I wanted to see what you had in mind first, then work from there." And he still found himself proud that Draco's first reaction had been to protect the puppet.

"Tell me why I did what I did," Remus said, gesturing to the space between himself and Draco. Could the young man figure it out for himself?

"I'm not mad at you, more at myself." Draco paused to think a bit on Remus's question.

"I think from the start you were trying to prevent me from being able to use any spells and then tried to see if I would panic and not protect the puppet." Draco carefully answered.

"Won't that loud bang from the blinding spell have drawn attention?"

"I don't want you to be mad at yourself is part of my point." Remus shook his head slightly. "Not exactly what I was going for. I was trying to show you different ways you could have been quieting the situation. Silencing your opponent may completely destroy some wizards who are unskilled in silent casting, but it will also keep the volume down on your fight. Your choice in binding me was excellent, so I wouldn't be able to move or dodge. The flash-bang is a last resort - I used it to cover the sound of my apparating. Muggles will think it was a firecracker, an explosion perhaps, but not magic. You can grab your friend and be gone."

"Right," Draco replied understanding what Remus was explaining. He made sure to store this knowledge away just in case. Having to relearn everything and rely on a different way of thinking was proving to be difficult. Everything he learned of the Dark Arts was different.

"Do a lot of Wizards know some form of silent casting? It was difficult to learn, and many felt they didn't need to know it.

Those aligned with the Dark Arts didn't generally care about what Muggles saw or not, and in Remus' opinion often thought too grandiose, too violent, too large to think about the littlest actions which could get under their guard. He wasn't blind to the fact that in turn, sometimes their side didn't think big enough.

"Know? Yes. We're all generally taught to do it, but practice? No. Most wizards have no need to practice silent casting and without practice, they'll fail in combat situations."

Draco gave a nod. He was glad that his father had insisted he learn and practice it. "What other angles can we use?" Draco questioned.

He wanted to have an open mind of options. While he knew his classmates...it didn't mean he understood others that may show up. Nor did he know if his old gang had grown in skill or numbers.

"Think about your surroundings. Night time? Darkness. Day time? Distractions. You want to keep things quiet, invisible, or easily confused while doing everything in your power to do one thing and one thing only: get away safely." He met Draco's eyes, quite serious. "I'm serious about that. You might want to fight, you might want to hurt them, show them a lesson. Don't. You need to get away with your friend as quickly as possible or you risk him getting hurt, yourself getting hurt, or the situation getting out of control. It isn't glorious, to run, but it's better than what could happen."

"So basically it's all about buying yourself enough time to get out," Draco said. "Does this get reported? And would they even worry about it because I was involved?"

He was hesitant on asking the last part, but he needed to know. He knew he had Remus, but outside of that who else would bother to listen to him?

"Exactly."

But the second question was trickier. Remus looked away, back over the moors, before letting out a breath. "I probably shouldn't say this, but all I can say is, report it to me. No one else. Bring your friend immediately and we'll... decide from there. I need to meet him first to see how trust worthy he is, but more importantly, I know how to do the memory charms. If I can manage it, I'll make sure he remembers you, just not the last few hours."

He gave a solemn nod and didn't inquire further. This was enough for him. As soon as they were done, he would send a message to Jake about meeting his relatives tomorrow. He was slowly getting used to sending messages. He still was cumbersome about it.

"I'm ready for the next challenge you want to throw me at me." He commented instead wanting to get some more training.

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