"I am pleased to introduce the new defense-against-the-dark-arts teacher, Miss Glinda Upland." Professor Dumbledore announced. The students clapped and Glinda smiled.
Glinda Upland had left Oz two years after the Wicked Witch of the West had died. She couldn't stand the emptiness. She had friends, but none of them felt real. Not like Elphie…and then there was Fieyro. He had also disappeared. She wished she knew where he was.
Three months ago she'd received a letter from him. Saying that he had left Oz with the girl he loved. That had given Glinda some hope that Elphaba was alive, but she hadn't received anything yet. She had written back and told them she was also leaving Oz. Glinda had found herself in London, England. She had decided to start teaching. She found a job at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Glinda looked down at the other end of the table. The rest of her colleagues were smiling. Looking at the rest of them, she felt very young. She was only 20, after all. She had been very surprised when the school had chosen her to be the new teacher.
There was one teacher, however, that her caught her eye.
He was tall and wore all black. Unlike the other teachers, he wasn't smile. In fact, he was almost sneering. Glinda couldn't see why. She looked at him for a few more moments, until he noticed her and she quickly looked away.
"Excuse me," She turned to the teacher next to her. "Whose that man at the end there?"
"That's Severus Snape, the potions teacher." He said. Glinda studied him. He was larger than all the others, he seemed to be part giant. "I'm Hagrid, by the way."
"Nice to meet you, I'm Glinda." She smiled. Glinda decided right then and there that she'd get to know this Severus Snape better.
Severus was sitting at his usual spot at the table. Dumbledore was introducing the newest teacher, Glinda Upland. She had curly blonde hair and was wearing a white jacket and skirt. She seemed unnecessarily perky. Yet, in a strange way she reminded Severus of Lily. Lily had been perky in her own way and she was always excited about Hogwarts. Severus looked over at her and saw her looking at him. She looked away quickly. Severus decided right then and there that he would get to know Glinda Upland better.
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~Kate