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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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"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."