Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or the characters of the Harry potter series. I do own Shihosa Leviathan and any other characters outside the HP universe that may invade this story.

Previously: The teacher gave a brighter smile and then walked back to the front of the room. Shoving a few things backwards on the desk she then surprised the class by hopping up and sitting on the desk.

She swung her gaze through the room looking at each individual before looking at all of them in general again and saying "Well now, I am your substitute teacher Shihosa Leviathan and I'm here to hopefully change your life."

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Chapter 2

At that declaration Harry's mouth went dry and his eyes widened "was it possible? Would this person be able to do something for him?"

As if hearing his thoughts Shihosa's gaze swung to him and she gave him a slight knowing smile.

During this exchange, inquisitive clamoring from the children rang out from all areas of the classroom.

Instead of getting mad, like most teachers they had seen, Shihosa simply threw her head back and laughed delightedly "oh this will be a good class to work with!"

Leaping off the desk she turned and went around it to look at the syllabus saying "now one thing I want you all to first learn is to call me Shihosa, not Ms. Leviathan. I want you to get to know me as much as I want to get to know all of you."

Staring at the pages of the pamphlet looking for the assignments for that month Shihosa muttered "Hmmm it says here you guys are supposed to be having a pop quiz… Who in their right mind gives first graders a pop quiz?"

Moans of dismay were heard through out the class room at the mention of a quiz.

Moments later those moans were cut short as Shihosa slammed the small paper book closed and gave an un-ladylike snort while looking at the class with a wry grin "Bah! What a way to start my first day with you all. Well since she has a pop quiz for today looks like we'll just have to do it…"

Once again the classroom was filled with the moans and groans of disappointed children. Shihosa walked to the front of her desk and leaned back against it still grinning while waiting for the noise to die down a bit.

Chuckling the teacher said "now, now, I know no one likes quizzes let alone ones that were totally unexpected, but that doesn't mean we can't add a little spin to it hmm?"

Confused murmurs bounced around the room and Harry forgot most of his shyness to stare incredulously at the strange adult who had invaded the normal classroom.

Laughing Shihosa clapped her hands as she moved to stand behind her desk again while calling out "ok everyone, I want you to push your chairs a little ways back from your desks. We are going to make this a literal pop quiz. What I'm going to do is call out a question and if someone knows the answer I want you to literally jump up with your hand in the air and I will then call on you to give the answer."

Near the end her voice became slightly muffled as she seemed to be digging around for something behind the large wooden desk. Suddenly she straightened up with a large basket filled with trinkets and thumped it onto the desk with a sharp puff of air.

"Woof! Forgot how heavy this thing can get…"

Pushing her disheveled hair away from her face Shihosa's smile became brighter as she continued her explanation "Now for those who give a right answer…"

Shihosa blinked as her voice trailed off, due to the many hands waiving in the air for attention; The fair haired teacher finally chose a girl with long brown braids sitting next to Harry "Yes Joyce? Was there something you needed?"

Joyce tilted her head up a bit before replying "Ms., err, umm, Shihosa where did that basket come from? You didn't have it when you came in this morning."

Silver-green eyes glittering with mischief Shihosa threw her hand out and a daisy suddenly appeared; trailing gold glitter, to land on Joyce's desk "Why with magic of course."

Excited chattering broke out so loudly that only Harry managed to hear Joyce whisper to herself as she poked the simple flower "it's real… not a fake flower, it's real…"

Harry's eyes snapped to the front of the class to stare avidly at the strange teacher only to see her watching him with knowing eyes. Harry's heart leapt to his throat and he wasn't sure if it was excitement, fear, or most likely both. Would she know why strange things happen to him? Would she know how they happened? Suddenly his heart fell straight to his feet and his gaze returned to his clasped hands on his desk. Even if she knew the answers why would she bother telling him? He was a nothing freak and she was obviously a somebody…

A sharp clapping of hands jolted Harry from his depressing thoughts and brought his gaze to the front of the class again.

"Now as I was saying earlier, for those who give me a right answer they will get to choose a toy from the basket here. We will have the quiz during the last hour of the day so all day we will be reviewing your past lessons that pertain to the quiz questions. I suggest you use the time to remember facts instead of passing notes around." With her last sentence she gave a pointed look at Dudley as he stared at her open mouthed still holding the folded paper out to Piers.

Piers startled everyone in class as he quickly took the paper and looking contrite said "sorry Shihosa."

Shihosa gave a soft smile replying "that is all right Piers, and thank you."

Before anything more could be said the bell rang to signal it was time for the children's recess.

For once the whole class stayed perfectly still until, with a clap of her hands that flew silvery dust into the air, Shihosa cried out "well, what are you all still sitting in this room for? Go get to playing!"

With a bunch of loud laughing and talking all the children scrambled up from their seats and streamed out the doors, into the hallway beyond. Being the last one out Harry gave a curious look to the floor and to Joyce's desk looking for all the glitter that had been thrown about.

"You won't find it Harry."

Shihosa's gentle voice startled him and he looked up questioningly to the unusual teacher.

Tilting her head slightly while smiling, she gently pushed him out the door whispering "you won't find the glitter Harry… as I said before, it's magic."

Harry's mouth dropped open in shock from an adult admitting to magic, but before he could spin around to ask her questions the door had already been closed.

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Well there you have chapter two to this tale with the M word making it's first appearance! As for what grade Harry is in I am going by U.S. standards and 7yr olds balance between 1st and 2nd grade. I figured at a younger mindset Shihosa would have more influence not to mention the children might be a bit less skeptical at the notion of magic. Before anyone jumps on me for the secrecy of magic that the Ministry enforces let's just say Shihosa has an unusual way of doing things and they have no clue she's doing this. If you have questions you can either email me at or you can simply wait as most things will be answered in future updates. Thank you and all constructive criticisms and reviews are greatly appreciated!