A poof of silver had appeared and faded already. That was a start! He beamed, though still eyed his wand. He needed to have more confidence he was sure of that. He was always afraid he'd fail with the spell he was doing and that was likely the problem. 'Expecto Patronum Expecto Patronum Expecto Patronum Expecto Patronum Expecto Patronum' he muttered over and over. A new memory? No, that had worked! So his mind concentrated hard again on that memory of being told he was in Hufflepuff. His mum had been so proud that he was in her house! "Expecto Patronum!" he said as he did the wand movement.

Again a poof of silver appeared but no more.