He was pulled from his thoughts by James, who was sounding very serious and determined, the usual light-hearted tone completely absent from his voice.
"So what will be different?"
"Well, I'm going to leave it up to you guys to bring the others up to speed on what we've done so far", Harry began.
The marauders nodded their understanding.
"The first thing I'll work on with you all is spell identity and how to defend yourselves against different types of spells", he continued, knowing how important it was to know what shield was cast to protect from them accordingly. "That's important", Lily agreed. "But what are the rules?".
Harry again dragged his hands through his hair. "Firstly, what happens in here or anything you see stays between us", he requested sternly. "Why?", Alice asked.
"Because some of the spells and magic I will show you is frowned upon here, some bordering on illegal, so if you can't keep it to yourself I can't teach you".
The girls looked surprised and a little worried whereas Frank looked more curious, a look that Harry did not miss.
"I know your Dad is an Auror Frank, but you can't say a word to him".
Frank chuckled and held his hands up in a placating manner. "My Dad will be glad I'm learning it, he's an Auror but to him it's a job, I know he'd do whatever he had to, to make sure he came home at the end of the day, shit, he knows more than a few questionable spells himself".
Harry nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.
"How do you know this kind of magic?", Marlene piped up, looking at Harry questioningly.
"And that brings me on to the second rule", he sighed. "You can ask me anything you like and I won't lie to you, but if I refuse to answer then I just want you to respect that. You have to remember that my education has been very different to yours, the magic I know is not as frowned upon everywhere else".
"Why won't you tell us where you were taught?", Alice questioned.
"Because it is a family thing", he replied dismissively. "Some of the spells you might see I can't teach you also because they aren't mine to teach, I had to give magical vows not to share them", he added thinking back to the training and lessons in magic with Filmore and his team.
The others nodded their agreement. They all knew the severity of breaking a magical vow.
"They are the only two rules I guess", Harry shrugged. "Shall we begin?"
The group became attentive as Harry thought best where to start.
"What do you know about the unforgivables?", he asked as he began to pace in front of them thoughtfully, offering one and all to answer.
"They can't be stopped with a magical shield", Lily answered.
Harry nodded.
"And that is the main reason they are as frowned upon as they are", Harry replied. The rest of the group looked a little confused so Harry decided to elaborate, again thinking back to his lessons with the unspeakables on the matter.
"Let's look at each curse and the effects they have", he suggested. "The imperious can be fought against if you are mentally strong enough to do so, but the immediate spell leaves no physical injury and the spell cannot be shielded against magically as Lily pointed out", he continued. "It is because of the intention of the spell that gives it its dark reputation because you can essentially subject someone to your will and have them carry out any task you set them".
The others nodded and waited for him to proceed.
"Mostly, the spell is used for nefarious reasons, but can any of you think of a time it could be beneficial?". Frank coughed nervously before he spoke.
"If someone was trying to commit suicide you could put it on them to stop it", he stated questioningly.
"Exactly", Harry praised. "And what does that tell you?".
"That it is the intention of the spell, not the spell itself that is dark", Lily whispered.
Harry nodded and smiled at how quickly they were reaching that conclusion.
"I could just as easily levitate someone off of a building as I could force them to do it under the imperious curse", he explained.
The rest of the teens shared looks of understanding, though Harry could still see they were nervous.
"What about the killing curse?", Marlene asked. "There's no good that can come from that". Harry chuckled and shook his head.
"The killing curse is a mercy killing at worst and compared to a lot of other ways you can be killed, that would be a pleasant way to go. The main reason that is illegal is because you truly have to have hate towards someone to use it on them or truly want them dead for strong enough reasons", he explained.
"I don't get it", Alice broke in.
"The fact is that you can't shield against it magically and there is no cure to it, but it can be defended against quite easily through transfiguration or moving out of the way, it is easier to defend against because you know you can't shield against it", Harry pointed out.
Alice frowned but nodded to show she understood a little more.
Harry sighed and conjured a transparent human sized dummy in which the structure of the skeleton and organs could be seen. "The killing curse leaves no mark and death is instantaneous and painless, but if I were to cast it in here the aurors would arrive in minutes to lock me up for life only for the reason of it's unforgivable status but I can fire much more painful and debilitating things that will kill you slowly and get away it without any issues".
To give an example he gave a casual flick of his wand towards the dummy, sending a bolt of purple flame towards it.
The rest of them watched in shock and horror as a large jagged laceration appeared on the flesh and the organs inside became a dark, tar like substance and began leaking out of the orifices of the body.
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