Harry Potter and the Old Ones

Because Harry failed to ask Horace Slughorn to teach him Occlumency, he still had to endure the cynicism and difficulties from Snape every Saturday night.

What makes Harry even more frustrated is that even under Snape's cynicism, his own brain defense level has not improved at all.

Harry couldn't even form a simple picture in his head.

Soon, when February came, the ice and snow around Hogwarts began to melt, replaced by cold and dreary rainy days.

Lead-gray dark clouds hung low on the castle, and the cold rain kept falling, turning the lawns muddy and slippery.

This resulted in the first Apparition class of the sixth grade that was originally scheduled for Saturday morning to be canceled and instead held in the hall.

When Harry, Ron and Hermione arrived in the hall, they found that all the tables in the auditorium were gone. The violent raindrops hit the tall glass violently, pressing the enchanted ceiling into darkness and causing the sound to break. A dull knocking sound.

Professor McGonagall, Snape, Fleck, Tiera, Sbert and a little wizard professor Harry had seen in the former Ministry of Magic stood at the front of the auditorium——

He looked quite weird, with transparent eyelashes, slender hair and a frail body that seemed like the wind could blow him away.

Harry wondered if disappearing and reappearing had reduced his physical substance, or if this fragile frame was ideal for disappearing.

"Good morning!" The wizard from the government greeted the young wizards gathered in the auditorium, and all the students fell silent for a moment.

"Hello everyone, my name is Tao Keluosi, and I will be teaching you Apparition classes in the next twelve weeks. I hope you can pass the Apparition test this time-"

"Students, please be quiet and concentrate!" Professor McGonagall scolded.

After being scolded by Professor McGonagall, the little wizard who was still whispering in the auditorium instantly fell silent.

"I hope you will all perform well in the exams soon." Tao Coros continued as if she had never been interrupted.

"I think you all know that normally you cannot apparate in Hogwarts. But the principal made an exception today - it is only limited to this auditorium. You will have one hour to practice apparation. Shape. Should I stress that it would be unwise for you to apparate outside of Hogwarts?"

"I want each of you to immediately adjust your position now and make sure there is 5 feet of clear space in front of you."

People started to take action. Of course, stumbling and bickering are indispensable. Everyone wants to stand in the front. This kept the four deans busy.

"Thank you," Tao Kerosi said, "Now..."

He waved his wand, and an old-fashioned wooden ring immediately appeared in front of each student.

"It's very important to remember to count your destination three times -" Tao Coros said! "Destination, destination, destination!"

"The first step: focus your thoughts on where you are going," Tao Kerosi said, "For example, in your wooden ring, now gently focus on your destination."

Everyone was secretly looking around to see others staring at their wooden rings, and hurriedly followed suit.

Harry looked at the ring on the dusty floor and tried not to think about anything, but it turned out to be in vain. He always felt that some thoughts and pictures would suddenly and inexplicably pop up in his mind.

"The second step" Tao Kerosi said again, "concentrate your attention to occupy the space! Every cell in your body must want to enter!"

Harry glanced around secretly. Not far to his left, Aynor was staring hard at his ring. His face was so red that he looked like an enlarged and deformed egg.

Harry smiled secretly, and then immediately turned back to look at his ring.

"The third step," Tao Kerosi said, "Stand at that point when I command, and feel yourself start to move. Listen to my command, now... one"

Harry peeked around again, and most of the people were nervously preparing to disapparate immediately.

Harry focused his attention on his ring again. He had forgotten why it was the third destination.

"three!"

Harry began to spin at that point, losing his balance and nearly falling over. But he wasn't the only one who lost his balance and fell -

The whole hall was suddenly full of people stumbling, and Neville fell on his back; on the other side, Enol looked trembling and spun on his toes in his ring until he found Dan laughing at him.

"It's okay, it's okay," Tao Kerosi said calmly, "There's nothing unexpected at all. Please go back to the original position and adjust your rings."

The second time was no better than the first. The third time seemed worse and the fourth time nothing exciting happened either.

The hall was filled with screams of pain, and everyone looked horrified. Susan from Hufflepuff Academy screamed the most intensely——

As her body shook violently and painfully inside the ring, her left leg remained where she started, five feet away.

Tiera was the first to react, raised her hand, and waved at Susan——

Susan was frozen in mid-air like a mosquito in amber.

Tiera stretched out her hand, as if pulling her back.

Susan's limbs and legs began to move backwards, returning to before Susan's disembodiment——

When she was still whole.

"Thank you, Professor Tiera." Tao Kerosi said without emotion, "Any part of the body is separated because your will is not strong enough. You must continue to focus on your destination. , and then move without hesitation, but thoughtfully…that’s how it works.”

Tao Kerosi took two steps forward, turned around gracefully and stretched out her arms, disappeared into the slight whirlpool caused by her robe, and reappeared at the back of the auditorium——

"Remember the three D's! Purpose, determination, and deliberation!" He said, "Okay, students, please try again... one - two - three -"

- But an hour later, Susan's accident was still the funniest one that had ever happened.

Tao Kerosi didn't look too discouraged. Obviously, he didn't expect anyone to master apparation on the first try. He fastened his cloak and simply said, "See you next Saturday. Please don't forget your purpose, your determination, your forethought."