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"So Harry, you said that you and Sirius have tried a lot of things to end your dreams or at least lessen them, right?" I asked, and he nodded.
"Yes, we've tried both Muggle and Wizarding thods, but none of them have helped ," he replied, grimacing, "Actually, after these thods I feel that the frequency and intensity of dreams has increased"
"And when did these dreams start?" I asked again.
"I don't know... I think shortly after the end of our third year," he said, and I paused to reflect.
'Probably around the ti Pettigrew was reunited with his master' I thought.
Looking back at Harry I asked him another question, "Have you tried learning Occluncy yet?"
"Sigh, yes" he replied with a tired look, "Sirius tried to teach this Occlu whatever"
"And?"
"And as I said before, it didn't help with my problem," he said.
And with that answer from him I stopped again.
'Hmm, if he was learning Occluncy from Sirius then he should have at least built so wards in his mind, and that should lessen his connection with Voldemort' I thought a bit confused.
'But why didn't Occluncy help him?' I wondered.
And not knowing the answer to that, I decided to do a little test.
I then looked into Harry's eyes, and using light Legilincy I read his surface thoughts.
And Harry, who didn't know why I was staring at him, felt sothing in the back of his mind, a nagging feeling that made him frown.
And realizing that I stopped reading his mind, blinking.
"I guess your Occluncy lessons weren't entirely for naught," I said.
"What do you an?" he asked .
"Well, it seems that even if you weren't able to create barriers to protect your mind you developed the ability to sense when your mind is being invaded" I replied, looking at him while nodding in satisfaction.
"Wait, so that feeling just now was you invading my mind?" Harry asked surprised, but also a little upset.
"Yes" I replied, "But I only read your superficial thoughts"
"Oh," he said, sowhat relieved.
But then the realization that I read his thoughts finally hit him, causing him to turn to in surprise.
"Wait! You can read minds?!" he asked.
"Err... Yes?" I said confused by his outburst.
"This is amazing! But how?"
"Well, if there's a branch of magic focused on protecting your mind, obviously there's the opposite" I shrugged, "Actually those two branches are intertwined and work together, and the most powerful spells known to them are Occluncy, which you tried to learn, and Legilincy, which is what I just used"
"Wow, why had I never heard of this?" Harry asked, now becoming interested in this branch of magic that involves the mind.
"One of the reasons must be because you've never been interested in studying magic," I said, and Harry looked down in embarrassnt, knowing this to be true.
And seeing that I shook my head with a wry smile, before continuing to speak.
"But another reason you've never heard of Occluncy and Legilincy is because those two magics are very advanced, sothing even adult wizards have a hard ti learning."
"And because of that, teachers don't even talk about these magics, because most of them don't even know about them."
"Then how do you know so much about them?" Harry asked curiously.
"Because I read a lot of books" I shrugged, "And I'm sure if you ask Hermione she'll know almost everything I know about the mind magics too"
And hearing this Harry stopped to reflect, realizing that this was very likely.
But he then looked back at , with many questions running through his mind.
"You said it's really hard to learn this Occluncy and Legilincy stuff, right?" he asked , and I nodded, "If it's so hard then why did you decide to learn them? And how did you do it?"
"Well, I decided to learn Occluncy as soon as I found out about the existence of it and Legilincy" I started to reply, "Knowing that there were magics that could be used to invade my mind didn't sit well with , and when I found out there was an opposite and powerful magic that served to protect the mind I wasted no ti and tried to learn it"
"And besides, the benefits gained from learning Occluncy were too enticing for to pass up."
"Benefits?"
"Yes" I nodded, "In addition to protecting your mind, Occluncy improves your concentration, your mory, and helps you keep your feelings in check"
"Really?" Harry asked in surprise, before shaking his head, "No, wait. I understand why you learned Occluncy, but why did you also decide to learn Legilincy?"
"The question should be 'why not?'" I asked back, and Harry opened his mouth to reply, but found no reason not to learn such cool magic.
"But rember, learning Legilincy and using it isn't exactly legal in the eyes of the Ministry" I said, "Then don't tell anyone I know it, okay?"
"Okay" Harry nodded, not at all surprised that I was breaking the law.
In fact, he even considered it a minor infraction compared to the other things I'd done.
"But back to the main topic" I said, catching his attention, "You said you couldn't learn Occluncy, but from what I could see you have a talent for this magic, so maybe the problem was the thod you used to protect your mind"
"Is there more than one thod?" he asked .
"Yes, and every wizard sees a certain ease in learning depending on the thod, and probably the thod Sirius tried to teach you wasn't compatible with you"
"And because of that, starting tomorrow I'm going to teach you the other thods for learning Occluncy that I know" I said, looking at him with a look that said he couldn't deny it or run away.
And Harry seed to understand that, because he just nodded with an accepting sigh.
"Great! So et at the library tomorrow after lunch. And rember, once we get started you'll have no way to run away, hehehe" II said, laughing evilly as I glared at him with a look that wouldn't look out of place on a maniac's face.
And seeing this, Harry sighed again.
'Well, at least I can put an end to these weird dreams of mine' he thought, trying to think on the bright side.
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-Gryffindor Common Room-
[POV – Third Person]
After his illuminating conversation with Ethan, Harry returned to his friends, who were waiting for him.
They then noticed that Harry had a thoughtful look on his face and decided not to interrupt his thoughts, and together they walked back to their common room.
After arriving in the Gryffindor common room the three sat down on the sofa, with Hermione grabbing a book to read while Ron continued reading his Quidditch magazine.
And after a few minutes Harry seed to snap out of his reflective mont, as he turned to his bushy haired friend.
"Hermione, do you know what Occluncy is?" Harry asked her, causing her to look up from her book.
"Huh? Yeah, I know," she replied, before looking curiously at her friend, "But why the question?"
"It's just that Ethan is going to teach Occluncy starting tomorrow" he replied.
"But didn't Sirius already try to teach you this Occluntia or whatever the na is?" Ron asked.
"Yes, but Ethan said that Sirius' thod probably wasn't compatible with , and that's why he was going to teach others."
"Wait one mont!" Hermione exclaid, drawing attention to her, "Does Ethan know Occluncy?!"
"Huh? Yeah…" Harry answered uncertainly, "And he practices it too."
"But how? Occluncy is very difficult to learn" she said.
"He told that too" Harry nodded, "And how did he learn it? Well, maybe he just found a thod that suited him, I don't know" he shrugged.
And with that answer Hermione frowned, biting her lip in thought.
And after a few seconds she turned to Harry, looking a bit nervous.
"Do you think Ethan would be willing to teach Occluncy too?" she asked with so expectation in her voice.
"I don't know, but I think he wouldn't have a problem with that" Harry after so thought.
"You think?" Hermione asked hopefully.
"Yes, and between us, I think he likes to teach others" he replied.
"Great! I can't wait for these classes!" she said excitedly, and seeing this Harry smiled slightly.
And Ron who saw that smile looked between his black haired friend and his studious friend, rubbing his chin in reflection with a knowing look.
End.
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