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"In this class," says Longbottom, distantly, thinking back to old cauldrons, "you won't find much call for wand-waving. But, that said, you don't know how or if a straightforward incantation might aid you. Think of Lumos. It's just about your first charm to cast. Or, shall I put it, my first."

That was what scholars didn't think so much about. That fight, staring down Nagini, burning in Hogwarts' old Sorting Hat and finding Godric Gryffindor's sword, looking at Harry's body--was how dark it all was. A silly occasion for a war fought by young warriors, and still a day worth honoring.