thattimeofthemonth | Open RP Post

"It isn't a trouble." At least he didn't want Draco to think so. "As it is..." He looked down at the map. "Are you ready for bed, or planning to stay up? Once I'm done this, I could work with you if you aren't ready to turn in." Given the time, how late was Remus planning on staying up?

Draco sensed that something may be troubling Remus, but he wasn't sure what. It was more then likely the moon.

"Sure, I wouldn't mind." He replied. He wasn't going to sleep any time soon. Too much was on his mind.

Draco would be right. Remus barely slept going into the moon nights; trying to exhaust himself into sleeping instead of howling and scratching all night. So he gave another smile and nodded. "Give me another ten minutes to be sure I have this right."

He glanced to the window, and in the tree beyond it was an owl, barely able to be seen except those those big eyes. "The Ministry's waiting."

He gave a nod and then took the opportunity to head upstairs and change into more comfortable clothes. He was actually happy for a chance to use magic since he hadn't been able to use it of late. Draco headed back downstairs with his wand in hand.

By the time Draco returned, Remus was all set to go. The map and the owl are gone, and while he always looked a bit shaggy, he was waiting with wand in hand. On seeing Draco, he raised a brow. "I forgot to ask... What are you interested in learning more of?"

At the question, Draco paused. He wasn't sure what he wanted to learn.

"I..don't know. I would like to know more about light magic. Most of what I had learned in the past was geared toward the Dark Arts...." he whispered.

"Hmm." A small nod, thinking on it. "Defensive spells. Protection spells. Detection charms. Sound good?" He gave a warm expression, then offered his arm over. "We won't be able to do anything here, but I know somewhere we can go. Tonks won't have to wait up for us, but she knows we'll be out late." A subtle hint that Tonks was aware of what Remus planned to do.

"Yes, those would be good," Draco replied. Anything so he could be of help to others.

"Where are we going?" He asked a little curious.

"Out to my old cabin, actually. Fair in the middle of no where and kept as a safe spot should... well, anything happen." What that was, he wasn't about to expand on.

Once Draco took his arm, Remus would Apparate them out to just that - the middle of no where. It was a moor, with a nearly full moon over head and heather as far as the eye can see. A shabby bit of a cabin sat nearby, looking abandoned.

"Ah, home sweet home." Dryly spoken with amusement.

It took a minute for Draco to steady himself and regain his bearings. This really was out in the middle of no where. It was kind of creepy. Draco was glad he had changed into more comfortable clothing and something he would be less worried about getting ruined. In the past he would never had imagined coming to such a place like this.

Hesitantly, Draco stepped away wanting to take a closer look. This day was getting to become stranger by the minute for him. He didn't say anything, sensing Remus's mood.

"There's a muggle town of you look in the distance," Remus said, pointing to the horizon. It could barely even be seen and even then only the tops of a few buildings. He looked to Draco and nudged the air with his chin. "Go ahead, if you want." He actually moved to flop down onto a nearby stump, looking up at the sky."

"You spent a lot of time here?" he eventually asked, his voice sounding a bit odd.

His curiosity getting the better of him, Dracp went a head in the direction. At the same time he remained cautious. He wasn't sure what to expect in his surroundings and kept his wand at his side.

They had also came here to learn as well, so Draco had to be careful. He wasn't sure what to expect of Remus.

"Let me know when you're ready," came the call from Remus, who seemed to be hardly paying attention at all. His wand wasn't out, eyes not on Draco.

However, the moment Draco said a thing? There would be one command. "Attack me."

After a while of exploring, Draco finally shouted out the command. He now had a basic idea of the layout. He knew that Remus would have a far better idea of the layout of the area, but it was better then nothing.

With a flick of his wand he turned and sent a wave of white lightening toward Remus.

Interesting choice of spell. It told Remus more than Draco might guess. Dark magic. A spell meant to hurt outright on top of it. What might surprise Draco was when the Lightning slammed into Remus he didn't even flinch, instead an orange glow came across his skin and seemed to fizzle out the lightning completely.

"Again." This time he looked over with a raised brow. Remus hadn't even moved to cast that spell, didn't even have his wand in hand, lips didn't move. Who could do wand less magic that powerful and fast??

Draco watched with an impassive face. He was quite surprised though that Remus took the spell and let alone didn't show any sign of casting one.

He had been expecting Remus to deflect the spell or turn it into something else entirely. This was far from what he imagined. Or was this some kind of illusion?

"Reveal yourself, first," Draco ordered. "No one should have been able to take that hit as easily as you did."

"Right idea, wrong placement." Remus watched Draco closely, eyes more focused than they usually were. "Attack again. When you figure it out, we'll move on." He could be a strong teacher when need be, though usually fair. This time, he was also testing Draco's cleverness and quick thinking.

Frowning, Draco sent another wave of lightening this time not focusing on Remus. This time he had the lightening move in a horizontal strike. He doubted that this trick would work, but his main focus was trying to find his actual teacher.

He hated this kind of tactic, mainly because it was he was weak at it. His aunt used to love a similar tactic on him all the time. He always failed it too.

Strangely enough, Remus (or what he believed to be an illusion of Remus) actually flinched back on contact with the lightning this time. Seemed the boy had a surprising amount of strength behind his attacks even when it wasn't meant to kill. If it was an illusion, why was it flinching?

Remus stood up, hands at his side. If Draco paid very close attention, he would catch that despite Remus' hand seeming to be empty, his fingers were still curled as if he was holding his wand. Yet his hand didn't move, nor did he speak a spell.

"Better! Changing up your tactic is a smart way of going about it!"

Draco still didn't understand this illusion. At least he was on the right path. Remus was there but not there. Was this some kind of shield?

He saw the flinch and he saw the way Remus held his hand. That told him as well that he was using a wand. Only it was concealed some how. This was nothing like what Bellatrix used to do.

Draco narrowed his eyes as he tried to think and at the same time he gave another flick of his wand. He wanted to disarm Remus of his wand. He wasn't sure how successful this simple tactic would be.

There had been a reason that Remus had been asked to be the DADA teacher for Hogwarts. When he saw Draco's hand come back up this time, years gave him the advantage. His own matched it and he snapped his wrist hard, calling out the matching spell to Draco's own at just the split second faster.

But Remus looked pleased. "Well done! Caught on quick to that trick actually, both that it was an illusion to start with and then where it was." Praise, even if the disarm wasn't successful.

Despite the praise, Draco frowned. He was more mad for not being able to disarm his teacher. Especially when they had discussed this earlier about how one could easily read what the other could do with the hand movements.

"But I failed to disarm you," Draco replied and pointedly looked at his feet. "I should have done that first."

"Because you didn't know I had it," Remus pointed out gently. "That was the point. I cast an illusion over my hand to hide my wand, to make you think I was still unarmed. I wasn't about to let you get a third cast off before I renewed that charm, though."

He gave a nod of understanding, but it was still clear he was mad with himself for making the mistakes. He knew that his aunt or godfather wouldn't have let him go so easily.

"Is there an easier way to detech illusions? Aside from understanding the person before you?"

Unlike his family, Remus knew people made mistakes and had to learn from them. No need to be cruel.

"It depends on the quality of the illusion. I've worked hard for that illusion - I had to be able to hide my wand from the other werewolves when I went into hiding with them." He gave a small shrug. "However, outside of that, there's a very easy way to test for such a thing."

He held up his hand. "If you cast a simple spell, something that should hit them - watch their bodies. If they have an illusion upon them, the part of them that is illusioned will glow alone if they have no protection spells on, and will not glow if they do."

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