The next day, Tuesday, came rather quickly, which was the start of classes.
"Welcome to Defense against the Dark Arts, at the N.E.W.T level." The Professor, Pedrosa Frost, was a middle aged witch with a deep, Spanish accent that occasionally made it difficult to understand her. Her hair was in a tight bun and gray, with small streaks of brown running through it, and she had large brown eyes and copper skin. Defense against the Dark Arts was the earliest class on Tuesday out of the group's schedule; starting at nine in the morning. Dante was in the front of the class and seeing as it was his best class, he was personally welcomed by Professor Frost when he walked in.
"Why did we take this class?" Logan asked Ravyn from the right side of Dante. Like Ravyn, Defense against the Dark Arts was currently his worse class. In fact, the two barely managed to scrape by during the O.W.L.S to even qualify to take the class in the first place. Ravyn utterly failed the wand play portion of the O.W.L.S exam, like most of her exams, but she did well enough on the written portion to qualify for the class. Logan on the other hand, did mediocrity on both and managed to reach the N.E.W.T. level by one point.
"The better question is why we let Dante convince us to sit up front." Ravyn was on the opposite side of Logan, and had already begun scribbling random drawings in her notebook.
"You chose to sit up front. He didn't make you do anything." Lex was sitting in the row behind the trio and had been annoying Ravyn by pointing out counter-arguments to every one of her complaints. But as she turned to say something to him, Professor Frost loudly cleared her throat, as was her custom.
"I do hope you all enjoyed your summers off. First things first, congratulations are in order for even reaching this level in your D.A.D.A careers. Where you go from here, will depend entirely on how much effort you are willing to put into this class. Now, let's start things off with something that should be review; the Patronous charm. Now who can tell me, besides Dante, the uses for a Patronous charm?" Dante's hand shot up into the air when she initially asked the question, but slowly rose back down. Sure, the group had their knack for causing chaos and mayhem, but they each still had their favorite classes. Instead, Miyavi Rhodet, a half Indian Hufflepuff who behaved more like a Valley girl accepted the challenge.
"To defend against Dementors and Lethifolds, as well as other dark creatures."
"It can also be used to send messages." Dante couldn't help but chime in when Miyavi missed that pivotal point of information. That, and because he personally enjoyed gloating his superiority over the girl. The two didn't quite get along after Miyavi attempted to jinx Dante back in their third year. She shot him an annoyed scowl, but said nothing to him.
"Correct. Now Dante, a demonstration please." Normally, Professor Frost called students by their last names. But considering Dante and Logan shared the same last name, she referred to Dante by his first name to save confusion. Besides, she genuinely liked Dante on a personal level. Dante shot out of his seat and brushed one of his bangs out of his eyes.
"Expecto Patronum!" Dante whipped out his cherry colored wand and out spat a burst of silver light that quickly took the form of a tiger. It let out a roar while darting from side to side, before vanishing into mist.
"Excellent. Now class; let's see what you all can do." In truth, the Patronous charm was a fairly complex spell to use in practice, and even more difficult in battle. A few of the class members managed to use the spell in succession, but not everyone. Logan's Lion shaped Patronous and Lex's Grizzly Bear shaped Patronous were joined by Miyavi's Falcon shaped spell and another student's Beaver shaped one. A few other animals filled the air as well, with an addition spray of mist from the members who couldn't quite make a solid form. "Miss Crowe, why aren't you trying?"
"I really don't think you want me to." Ravyn was standing silently, watching the rest of the charms being performed with her arms folded. She looked rather bored to be honest.
"Oh, I really do. Patronum charm. Now." Ravyn scoffed a bit, but pulled her wand out none the less.
"She's got her wand! Hit the deck!" Logan cried as he, Dante, and Alexander all plunged underneath the desks. The other students seemed more confused over the fact that the trio had hidden than concerned. Then again, they didn't know Ravyn's abilities with her wand.
"Expecto Pa-" Before the incantation finished leaving her lips, her wand made an odd backfiring noise, before unleashing a wave of energy that was similar to an explosion.
"Class dismissed." The Professor rubbed her eyes as she watched the students pile out of her classroom covered in soot.
"Hello! Welcome to destruction of rats at the O.W.L level." The purple haired woman who spoke had a slightly crazed look in her sapphire eyes. The class looked at the woman with a rather confused look.
"Professor Calvert...this is Herbology at the O.W.L. level." Carla was the one who decided to correct the eccentric professor. Mariella sat next to her and face palmed. It was true; if it were destruction of rats then maybe Carla and Mariella wouldn't fail so poorly in the subject. In truth; they barely managed to scrape by during their exams in the first place.
"Hm? Oh. Right. I forgot that. Welcome to Herbology at the O.W.L. level!" Mariella looked out the window and sighed as Professor Calvert spoke. Right about now, the rest of the group were meeting for lunch in the Great Hall; while Carla and Mariella managed o get stuck in a class that they couldn't stand.
"So Ravyn blew up the classroom." Dante had a full spread of food on his plate; as if he hadn't even begun to touch it yet.
"Used her wand?" Tyy's schedule worked out in such a way that he wasn't taking any classes on Tuesday. Because of that, and because he didn't receive any homework yet considering it was only the first day of classes, he had just woken up. Whereas Dante preferred chicken and a few sides, Tyy was still eating breakfast food.
"Tyy; I understand that you just woke up. I can respect that. But why, pray tell, are you still eating breakfast? It's nearly one in the afternoon." Lex had already finished eating and was remaining around the Great Hall purely for conversation.
"The better question is why you are limiting yourself to eating meals when society tells you to." Lex rolled his eyes when he heard Tyy's retort. "Really Logan? That's your fourth plate." Logan barely looked up as he continued to stuff his place.
"A growing boy has to eat." Logan was barely understandable while he chowed down.
"Bloody Hell Logan; you aren't growing anymore. We're in our sixth year. We might as well be adults." Dante's rant was met with a blank face stare from Logan. Dante scuffed, and went back to eating.
"Where are the girls anyway?" Tyy broke the short silence that had appeared between the group.
"Well Mariella and Carla should still be in class. I don't know where Ravyn is." Dante admitted he had no idea where Ravyn was. She should be free around this time, and they hadn't gotten any homework for the first day of class.
"Ravyn said, and I quote, I'm not being stuck as the only one with a brain in the group. I'll find you guys whenever Carla and Mariella get out of class." Logan finished his plate and chimed into the conversation.
"She's so sweet." Lex spoke sarcastically while looking at the clock. Carla and Mariella wouldn't be out of class for another forty-five minutes. "Well I'm going to take a nap before my Runes Club." Lex sounded particularly annoyed as he walked away from the table. He didn't appreciate his assigned detention in the slightest.
"Yeah and we have the Quidditch field tonight, so I need to rest too." Tyy was the sole Hufflepuff member of the group.
"You just woke up!" Dante and Logan retorted in unison.
"That was an hour ago." The two brothers said nothing as they watched Tyy remove himself from the table and walk towards the dorms.
"What now?" Logan looked at his brother with a rather bored expression.
"Wanna go see if we can get some first day snogging?" Dante suggested, which prompted Logan to give him a high five.
"Let's do it. Hide your witches; hide your squibs, because the Williams' brothers are snogging everybody up in here." Dante couldn't help but laugh at Logan's statement as the two walked away.
Carla and Mariella had been counting down the seconds for their class to end. Herbology had been so odd today. Even more so than normal. The two girls had no idea why they even decided to sign up for this course. "Now class for homework...let's be honest, I hate Herbology." Professor Calvert's statement made the class tilt their heads in confusion.
"Then why are you teaching i-"
"Detention!" Professor Calvert roared at the Hufflepuff that questioned her. Mariella couldn't help but laugh underneath her breath. The group had learned that Professor Calvert was completely and totally insane, and questioning her madness only angered her. But her rants took up about half of every class period, and it somehow made things more bearable. "Like I was saying. For homework, research one potion and prepare to present it to the class. It will go by alphabetical order according to your last names. Detention for anyone who presents the same potion as someone before them. Class dismissed." Mariella breathed a sigh of relief knowing that her last name started with a C, but Carla looked a bit worried.
"Anyone get detention?" Ravyn was waiting outside the classroom when Mariella and Carla walked out.
"It's Professor Calvert so...of course." Ravyn laughed when Carla answered. Professor Calvert's insanity was known throughout all students. "Anyway, Mariella you want to go nap and then grab dinner before Divination tonight?"
"Sounds delightful." Mariella and Ravyn waved goodbye to Carla, and walked away.
"Have fun snuggling!" Carla teased, before heading to the library. Her last name started with an L, so she decided that she would look for an extremely obscure potion to save herself from getting detention. Overall, the first day went by rather smoothly.