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Sensoriums.

He had been in them once or twice now, always when another person was using them. He recognized the great risk in this, but had taken every precaution he could think to take. Most particularly, he simply did not know what a sudden exposure to a full moon -- as opposed to the gradual approach that characterized proper revolution of the lunar orbit -- would do to him.

Nonetheless, he believed, after all these years, that he could sense the oncoming change. That he would have a few moments to react, to hurl himself out the door if he began to feel that peculiar sensation of strength and weakness at once, that characterized its onset. And so far, he had been lucky. He had not needed to put his theory to the test.

Now, however, Remus Lupin stood outside the sensorium door, afraid to step in. For he knew no one had occupied this one. When he entered, it would be his to mold and shape. And, should it reveal what he feared, what he subconsciously expected, rather than what he chose...

He had not always feared his curse so. Indeed, fear was something he head learned as he grew older, and wiser. And there it was. Fear. Some Gryffindor.

Taking a breath, he stepped inside.

There was no moon, nor any cause for fear, as he stepped out of the brick wall onto Platform 9 3/4. The brilliant scarlet train sat just ahead of him, its engine huffing, but the platform was empty as he had never seen it before. So it truly was as one wished it, and not simply like a Pensieve...

"Amazing," he said, relaxing -- though he still held his wand, proof against who knows what foe.

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[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

That made Jr. curious - being afraid of the time you've reproduced because you weren't completely sure which version of it that came to mind? Though he was curious, the idea of it wasn't strange, it was like him and Miltia - either an planet long abandoned due to war, or a version of it still in the midst of it. That he thought about that, Jr. decided to try not and ever think it up out of fear of the latter - that was the version most burned into own mind, after all. He wondered if Lupin's case was any bit similar.

"Where does it take you?"

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"Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry," Lupin said, in a mixture of reverence and pride. "The finest school of magic in Europe, if not the world. I attended in my own youth, as did almost all young witches or wizards, though I was very fortunate to do so. Then, for the past year, I taught there as a professor. Quite an achievement, if I do say so, even if it was for lack of other options."

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"An achievement? I'll say, that sounds like a pretty awesome school to go to! You said you teach Defense Against the Dark Arts, right? What kind of place is the school?"

Jr. pictured robes and wands and broomsticks and all sorts of those things you'd read about in stories and myths. Of course he was right, but he didn't actually know that just yet.

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"Chaotic," Lupin said, thinking about it, "but wonderfully so. It is a home, not just a school, or at least I know a number of students have felt that way about it. Friendships are forged there that last lifetimes."

That last statement took on a sober tone, though. Sometimes those lifetimes had been all too short.

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"Nice," he said, "one day you'll have to let us see it in here!"

He looked back up at the train. "So this is how people get there every year? That's pretty modern. I'd almost expect flying or something."

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"The youngest children, and especially the Muggle-borns, know almost nothing of using magic before they attend Hogwarts," Lupin said, much the professor even now. "Nor would we want them to use magic outside of the supervision of school in any case! This is the safest and best way to bring so many children to the school in a supervised, orderly fashion."

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"I guess that makes sense ... sounds like kids could go a little crazy with magic, if it's as cool as it sounds."

When Jr. thought of 'magic' outside of the things he'd imagine in worlds like Lupin's, he also thought of Ethers in his own world. Even though they technically existed through the U.M.N. "What kind of magic is there to do where you're from?"

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"Oh yes. We have rules, of course -- but you can surely imagine how well they are obeyed by dozens of young men and women, who mostly have been forbidden from magic during the summer months." Memories. They carried such warmth with them.

"The main branches of study are Charms, Transfiguration, Potions, and Defense Against the Dark Arts. Divination and Arithmancy are also studied at Hogwarts. There are other branches which involve less direct magic, such as Herbology and Care of Magical Creatures, as well."

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Jr. listened, nodding along as Lupin spoke. Some of those classes certainly sounded interesting - Transfiguration? What kind of potions did they make? He had a lot of questions, but wasn't sure if he should swamp Lupin with all of them-- or at least, not all at once. So for now, he just stuck with the one that stood out the most.

"Magical creatures?"

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Lupin nodded. "There are a wide variety of magical creatures, and many of the ones who are not Dark have some useful purpose, either in behavior or in some part of the body they can supply. It is only an elective, but it is a fairly popular one."

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"What kind are there?"

The only one Jr. could think of was a unicorn. Or a pegasus.

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"Oh, too many to easily list," Lupin said. "Kneazels, nifflers, fire crabs, salamanders, thestrals... There are three years of OWL-level studies and two of NEWT, so there's no shortage of creatures to learn about if you pursue the studies that far."

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"That sounds awesome!" Jr. smiled. He had enough creatures where came from ... and aside from whatever the Gnosis were, their odd existence aside, they were perfectly normal.

He looked at one of the train's doors. "Can I see inside?"

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"It is a fairly popular elective," Lupin said. Smiling, he pointed his wand at a train door, which obligingly opened. "Be my guest. It isn't as if I own it, I only provided the image for this room to work with."