Beauty and the Beast
Chapter 1 'They Meet'
By: Broken Eyes
A new year began at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The new and upcoming first years had just entered before the rest of their classmates. The all watched as the group of nervous first years walked up to the Great Hall. It was complete silence, except for the pitter patter of feet. Professor McGonagall began sorting the children up into their respected houses and Professor Dumbledore began his usual start of term speech. Reviewing the boring rules and the announcement of new teachers and such. Professor Snape was sulking in his chair next to Dumbledore's. He yawned, uninterested in what Dumbledore had to say. He was curious about the new Defense Against the Dark Arts' teacher. "I am pleased to announce that we have a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher attending this year." This caught Snape's attention. "Professor LaNore Gale." Snape looked around for the woman, suspecting that she would be an old woman similar to the Transfiguration teacher, boy, was her wrong. Just then the doors slowly crept open and a young woman about 34 stepped out and into the Great Hall. "Terribley sorry that I'm late Professor." She said with a weak and silly grin that was being played on her face. She was a good looking woman. She had a very attractive face; long curly chest nut brown hair that caressed the side of her creamy white skin and cascaded down a set of shoulders that were covered by a big emerald green cloak. She had these indescribable pair of green eyes. They matched the cloak perfectly. The rosey lips curled up into a small grin when she stepped back behind the Professor's table and sat next to the spot where name thing was located. It said 'LaNore Gale' in very pretty handwriting. She was sitting between Rubeus Hagrid and Severus Snape. "Hello." She whispered to the pair of them. Hagrid smiled and nodded as a hello, although Snape didn't give her such a cheerful welcoming. He just hmphed and turned away from her. His face had a light crimson shade to it as she smiled at him. He was attracted to this teacher. She hadn't attended Hogwarts until her fifth year and she dated Lucius Malfoy the last two years and hadn't had the chance to grace her with his unholy presence. "Let the feast begin." Dumbledore announced and the food appeared. Snape couldn't look at her for the rest of the night. Tomorrow, maybe he'll get over her or will the attraction remain…..
A/N: This is my first HP fanfiction. RR!