A/N 1: Hi y'all, it's Ginny here - this is directly copied from Jossaphine - reviews please lovelies! Enjoy XOXO
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So the magnificent GinnyWeasley5 wrote the first amazing chapter to this story so now I've tried to follow her incredible lead. We're very different writers, her chapters will be more emotional and deep while I tend to veer towards banter, flirting and minimal description that gets confusing, so we balance each other out pretty well.
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"Wait here my dears, the head master will see you shortly," wheezed the old man.
"Thank you professor" Claudia smiled sweetly and waited until he was around the corner before turning to zoli; "You nervous Cumquat?"
"C, we're miles away from home in an ancient castle about to have a 'preliminary trial'," Zoli ranted in a whisper. "But I could deal with all that if we hadn't been shown in by Professor 'Nobblydong'," and both girls collapsed in silent giggles, just as the door opened revealing a middle aged man with a long auburn beard and half moon spectacles.
"Miss Estelle and Miss Jones?"
"Yep, that's us," Zoli smiled while Claudia winced at the 'yep'
"Please, come in," he smiled kindly and opened the door.
Most of the meeting was relatively boring, Zoli actually zoned out for a lot of it, fingers crossed that Claudia was paying attention, which luckily she was. She did listen however when Dumbledore said that most of their pupils were likely to be boys, and that there would be three buffet meals every day as well as feasts and dances.
"Please sir? When do we begin to tutor other students?" Zoli asked.
"Ah, now we've decided to start you with some of your more longterm students, the ones who need the most help. I do believe our Transfiguration teacher, Professor McGonagal, has gone to fetch them, they will be meeting you in an old classroom that is currently not in use for your first session." the older wizard smiled at them over his glasses. "I've asked Nearly Headless Nick to show you where it is, he should be waiting for you in the corridor," understanding themselves to be dismissed, the girls thanked him and made their way out the door.
Outside the door the girls were startled to see a translucent man with an ever so slightly crooked head hovering in mid air beaming at them.
"Do u think he knows his heads crooked?" Zoli whispered out of the corner of her mouth.
"I don't know, but the blood, or ghost vapor blood stuff whatever is certainly making a mess of his jacket!" Claudia whispered back as they followed him through a maze of corridors.
"For the record, both the crooked head and the dripping blood are for theatrical effect" the ghost huffed icily over his his shoulder and shot up through the ceiling, leaving them in front of a heavy wooden door.
"My bad" Zoli shrugged grinning.
"Yep, your bad, now come and help open this ridiculous door would u?"
Huffing and pushing on the massive door they managed to crack it open then nearly fell when it swung open from the inside. stumbling they picked themselves up and came face to face with the two boys who had one handed lay opened the door with apparent ease.
Both had light skin and dark hair but the similarities ended there. The one on the left was tall and well built with neat hair that had been ruggedly cut and piercing blue eyes. Irrelevant, but the girls couldn't help notice that he was very good looking, and by the way he squeezed into that shirt they had no doubts he was pretty hot to. Irrelevant, but true. The other was relatively shorter but still a lot taller then the girls. He was lanky in a sporty way and his hair was mussed up and sticking out at odd angles giving him a devil may care look. the girls grinned realizing that he was very attractive as well.
"This just got a whole lot more interesting" Claudia muttered and Zoli nodded.
"Your the tutors?" The tall one asked cooly.
"Yep" Zoli raised an eyebrow at his tone.
"Splendid to meet you, my names Chris p. bacon and this here is Bo N. Her" he smiled at them seriously. Not missing a beat Claudia introduced herself as Dill Doe and Zoli smiled saying her name was Seymour butts. "But u can call me Cc" she added as an after thought.
Looking at each other very seriously the quartet managed to keep strait faces for the whole of half a minute before they all cracked up.
"Ok ok seriously this time, who are you guys?" Claudia asked still laughing.
"Sirius black" the tall one slouched against the wall.
"And James potter, at your service" the one with the crazy hair swept them a bow grinning.
"Claudia Estelle" Claudia dropped a fake curtsy
"And Zoli jones" Zoli yawned.
Squeezing a past the boys Claudia looked around their room. It was very similar to all the classrooms at their old muggle school, although if anything a little old fashioned with wooden desks, sweeping windows a fancy black board and an old stuffed couch in the back corner.
"So what is it specifically you boys need help with?" Zoli asked already curled up on the couch, Sirius sprawled next to her.
"I can't write, or write grammatically correct more like, and pad foot here needs help with maths for arithmancy and ancient runes" James grinned pulling up a chair for Claudia near the couch with a flourish.
"Although your maths skills are certainly abysmal prongs" Sirius drawled.
"And you can't spell for shit so we both need help with everything" James pulled himself up a chair.
"Alright hang on" said Claudia pulling out her notebook and scribbling furiously. "How about history?" Both boys shrugged ruefully.
"We can do all the practical magic no prob but when they want us to get all technical about it, well frankly I don't have time" James shrugged
"Or patience" Sirius added wryly
"They won't need to learn geography science or technology Claude's" Zoli thought out loud.
"What's technology?" Sirius cocked his head in an almost dog like manner.
"Muggle stuff" Claudia shrugged still writing.
"Right well about that, we both need sirius help with muggle studies" James admitted sheepishly
"Dead boring subject" Sirius yawned.
"Then why'd you take it?" Zoli asked skeptically
"Fill up our timetable" Sirius shrugged.
"Keep the parents happy" James agreed.
"P.E.?" Claudia asked.
"Pee?" James scoffed
"Physical education" Zoli enunciated like she was talking to a toddler.
"What like sex and boobs?" Sirius smirked "nah mate, got that one covered" he winked.
"Ewewewewewew" Claudia scrunched up her face while Zoli face palmed.
"Well I'm glad we won't have to help with that one, but it means more like sport alright?" She shook her head.
"Wait hang on, are u offering classes in that area? Because then I most certainly need a lot of help" James smirked wrapping his arm around Claudia.
"Eww hands to ya self ya manwhore" she wacked him with her note book.
"Damn prongs, shut down" Sirius smirked.
"Oh not for long, pad foot, not for long" he grimaced rubbing his face.
"What with all this "pad foot" And "prongs" business?" Zoli asked.
"If I tell u can I have a kiss?" Sirius asked suggestively.
"Nup I'm all good, finally understood a situation where 'ignorance is bliss'" she scooted away from him on the couch.
"Now who's shut down hey pad foot?"
"Shut up prongs" Sirius threatened.
"Anyway, back to my question, how are you with sport?" Claudia heaved the conversation back.
"Only the griffindoor seeker of the century" James beamed modestly. "And pad foots keeper so we're all good with sport"
"Ahhhh ok well I'll just pretend that anything you just said made any sense then" Zoli grimaced.
"Seeker. On the quidditch team" James enunciated very slowly, clearly waiting for some sort of big reaction.
"Uhm ok... Poor you?" Claudia tried.
"Your supposed to be impressed" Sirius muttered while James looked incredulous.
"So um is quidditch some sort of disease...?" Zoli asked confused.
"Ok wow have you got a lot to learn"sighed James and launched into a detailed description which the girls could barely follow.
Sensing their confusion Sirius stopped James "prongs mate, you've lost 'em, we'll have to show them... Tell ya what, you girls teach us and help us with our grades and we'll teach you to play quidditch, deal?"
"Deal" the girls agreed.
"And if our grades really come up we'll consider throwing some 'physical education' into the deal" James smirked.
This time both girls whacked him.