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Harry Potter NR.3
Date: 9/20/2015, Categories: Fiction Fan fiction, Author: zimbi
... then you can cast them a lot faster." "That is true" said Tonks "but I have never seen anyone who can cast that fast. How do you do it? You stunned five in about one second I think." "Once again, practice" replied Harry. "I had a contest last semester in the first and second year classes I teach. I conjured five bubbles and set them in a row. I had my students participate in a contest to see who could pop all five in the fastest time. A miss would cost you five seconds. When it was over the class decided that they wanted to see me do it. I popped all five in a little more than a second. I realized after I did it that I could do it faster if I worked on it. The key is how fast can you think the spell over and over? If you can become real familiar with the spell then there is no need to silently say it in your mind. You just need to think it and you will find your thoughts can move at incredible speeds. Of course you will need to be able to move your wand quick enough and have good aim." "That does not sound easy at all, Harry" said Hermione. "Hermione, I will admit that I came across this technique accidentally. I was already casting quickly with spells I am very familiar with. When I setup that contest with my students I spent some time before I introduced it to them working out the logistics of it. During the course of doing that I went several rounds popping those bubbles and considering how difficult or easy it might be for my first and second years. Popping the five ...
... bubbles over and over I discovered I could do it faster if I just thought it instead of actually saying the spell silently in my head. Try it yourselves sometime and you will see how much faster you can cast. It works well for Stupefy as you just witnessed." "That was wicked fast, Harry" said Neville. "Thanks, Neville. I have managed to improve my time. On that Hogsmeade weekend I was faster than in my classroom and just now I believe I was faster than that. However, I do not think I can make it any faster. Maybe one of you could" Harry said looking at Hermione who blushed, "but I am pretty sure I have peaked at my fastest time. Plus, you need to remember that this kind of speed casting only works with simple spells like a stunner that does not require a complicated wand movement or a multi-word spell." "Right, very good information Sensei" added Kingsley. "Very impressive as well. I did not get to see you in action in Hogsmeade. I just heard the report. I am glad I got to see this even though you were expecting to do something different." "Oh, I called you Harry" they all started saying at once. "Sorry Sensei" they all said. "No worries. This is different" said Harry. "If you want to call me Harry in these classes I will not object. If this was strictly a karate class then I would insist on Sensei but it is no longer just a karate class so we will relax that rule. Respect for each other and this class still stands though. We do not want to get stupid and have someone get hurt ...