Elder Blood Witcher 325 Don't Be A Patranus...

After the blinding light had faded everyone opens their eyes, only to be face to face with a huge corporeal Patronus in the shape of a wolf, a scar over it's left eye giving Ciri an indication of who it actually represents.

Meredith stands up and claps, "MARVELOUS, ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!" She exclaims loudly, apparently overjoyed at the incredibly powerful feeling Patronus standing before them.

The wolf turns it's head and Ciri could swear it winks at her before leaping up and into Reima's chest, disappearing and leaving the room and indeed, the rest of the castle feeling dull, as if it'd lost a spark of life.

Trumpus himself was struck senseless by what'd just happened, did this young man really just cast that!?! How is such a thing even possible!

Snuffles who'd also been basking in the happiness radiating from the wolf felt almost empty when it disappeared, she was determined to have Reima cast it again in private for her.

After the commotion had died down Ciri steps up, "I would also like to cast the Patronus." she states, still feeling the lingering joy from Reima's Patronus.

Meredith nods and gestures for her to continue "Please go on, if it is only a fraction of Mr Ludvig's then you'll be receive a high commendation from myself."

Ciri nods and begins looking for her own happy memory, as she'd improved with Occlumency and organising her memories she'd been able to unlock more of her earlier memories. The most notable being of her mother Pavetta, instead of going backwards like Reima had, she went forwards. Starting from when she was three years old and moving up. She though this was the correct choice as her life hadn't been a happy one, lacking joyful moments and being dominating by the painful, sad and violent ones. Her time with Reima had been a welcomed break but she remembered Reima's comments about the charm, "Any emotion that isn't joy is useless for the spell." and so most of her interactions with Reima himself wouldn't be good enough. Even the time she spent with Nerissa was more for the girls sake than her own, even if it was the happiest she'd been in the last couple years. Eventually, she'd found a memory, one that she'd forgotten until now as it wasn't significant or memorable... Instead, it was simply happy. She was sitting on her mothers lap while she read Ciri a story, a story about Witchers.

"Expecto Patronum!" she shouts with a smile on her face, causing a flash of light and a bird to shoot from her staff. It was small but had two long tail tip, it's a Swallow! The spell itself isn't nearly as powerful as Reima's but the feeling of it was similar in that it also produced happiness in anyone nearby. The bird continued to fly around the room for a minute or so before flying into her chest and disappearing.

Edmund "Ahh.. Both geniuses?" he says, mentally complaining to whatever G.o.ds exist that allow two students to both be better than him at magic...

Meredith "Extraordinary." she mutters, still feeling high from the Patronus.

Reima grins at Ciri while giving a thumbs up at a job well done.

After all the excitement dies down Meredith stands along with the other examiners, "The tests are complete, unless you have anything else to show..." she asks expecting something else, Reima and Ciri shrug, not wis.h.i.+ng to show anything else. "Very well then, both of you are free to do as you please. We will mark the tests and present our findings to the Albus and his staff to see where you'll be placed. Please try not to disrupt school activities in your free time." she says and shakes each of hteir hands before leaving out the door on the far end of the room quickly followed by Edmund and Trumpus, the former giving them a wave before leaving.

Reima breathes a sigh in relief at finally being done with the test, looking over to Ciri he asks "How'd you think you did?"

She frowns, "I could barely answer most of the questions... So pretty s.h.i.+t."

Reima "You cast a Patronus though, that'll count for something."

Ciri "I also cast a Reducto on my statue instead of vanis.h.i.+ng it like you did."

Reima "And? They're similar level spells, the only difference is what school they belong to."

Ciri sighs, "Whatever, let's go get lunch or something..." she says as she picks up Snuffles and exits the room, followed by Reima.

The duo walks through the halls for a while, only realising that they'd gotten lost after an hour of walking...

Reima "Er, where are we?" he asks, more to himself then Ciri as she'd shown no directional awareness since they started walking.

Ciri sheepishly shrugs, "I'm.. Not sure." She says, spotting a window and looking out of it... "Since when did we get to the third floor?" she asks not believing what she's seeing.

Reima looks outside and sees, they are indeed on the third floor.

"Er, maybe we... Yeah, I have no idea." he says, incredibly confused how they'd ascended a couple floors without going up stairs or even an incline... Though, this does give him an idea of how to spend his time until the end of the day... The room of requirement!