It was a beautiful day, and Harry and his friends were back at Hogwarts. They were sitting at their table, chatting about Christmas and the gifts they got.

Ron was extremely jealous of Harry's Firebolt, and Hermoine was just shaking her head at his idiocy.

Ron's most special gift was the joke set given by Fred and George.

Hermione had gotten some muggle books from her parents, nothing special.

Luckily, their day started with a Defence Against the Dark Arts class. Harry looked forward to seeing Remus again. He and his uncle had made an arrangement for Harry to learn the Patronus Charm for protection against the Dementors that surrounded the school.

Harry walked into their classroom and sat down next to Hermione, leaving Ron to sit next to Neville. Remus approached their table.

"Be in my office at eight tonight. I'll help you then," he told Harry. Harry shared an excited look with Hermione, who he hadn't told about their agreement.

"What was that?" she asked him.

"Oh, uncle Remus is going to help me with the Patronus Charm to protect me from the Dementors," Harry mentioned casually.

Hermione's eyes widened. "What? The Patronus Charm? That's a spell for sixth and seventh year, Harry! Even I wouldn't be able to do that!"

"I can try, those Dementors are scaring the f out of me," he responded. "I'll risk it, how bad can it be when I fail?"

The rest of the day passed by quickly with their lessons and Hermione preparing him as good as possible for his extra lesson.

After dinner, he ran up to the DADA classroom, where his uncle Remus was waiting for him.

"Hello uncle Remus," Harry said.

"Hello Harry, are you ready for your first lesson on a Patronus?"

"Actually, Hermione just gave me my first theoretical lesson on Patronuses," Harry answered.

"So we can just skip ahead to the practical part." Harry laughed.

"We are not yet going to work with a real Dementor, that would be too dangerous. I have a boggart in here and since your boggart is a Dementor, I thought we could practice on it,"

After some explanation, Harry tried the first time. Remus opened the box and the Boggart/Dementor came out. Harry screamed the incantation out and made the hand movement. He was disappointed when only a bit of a smokey substance appeared.

"Don't worry, Harry. It's very rare to get it perfectly right in one try. Take some chocolate. May I just ask, what memory did you use for your Patronus?"

"How I felt when I rode my first broom. It was amazing," Harry responded.

"I'm sure it was, Harry, but you may need to use something stronger. What was the happiest moment of your life?" Harry's opened his mouth. "No, don't answer, think. Now, let's try again."

Harry thought of last Christmas, with Remus and his parents. The idea of spending Christmas with his parents was amazing, and while the Firebolt wasn't the main factor, it certainly helped.

"Just a minute. Concentrate and think happy thoughts," Remus said. He opened the box. The boggart flew out once again.

"EXPECTO PATRONUUUMMMMM!" Harry screeched. Again, only a bit of the silver smoke appeared. Harry was a bit disappointed, but he knew he was thinking way ahead of himself.

After Remus gave him another piece of chocolate (because that always helps for anything), Harry headed back to the dormitories and fell asleep with his clothes on.

[A/N] I know, not the longest chapter, but it's there and square. I won't make another chapter before I go absent tomorrow. I will be able to write, but not to publish, so I guess I'll see you in two weeks! Bye!