"Um, hi," Harry greeted his first class ever. The Hufflepuff/Slytherin first year class looked back at him. "Now, my name's Professor Potter, and I'm gonna be teaching you Defence Against the Dark Arts." After he called out the register, he began to speak. "Now, as you may have noticed, I've assigned you books called: Practical and Safe Defence for First Years by Hermione Granger,yes, the headmistress. Professor Granger talks about what is safe for first years like you to practise and learn about, and why it is safe. She does not cover the nature of Magic itself, only briefly diving into that topic to classify as spell as 'harmful whenever used' and 'non-harmful in certain circumstances'. In the past, and some people still use this expression, it would have been classed 'light' or 'dark'. Do you know why this is false?" All heads shook. "Okay. A so called 'light' spell is, let's say, Wingardium Leviosa. Now, this lifts objects into the air, doesn't it? Observe." He swished and flicked, saying "Wingardium Leviosa" clearly so they could note the pronunciation...Maybe he should mention that... "Remember the pronunciation, it's very important," he said, floating the rag doll he'd prepared specially for this class in the air. "Now, this spell can be used to simply move something," he moved the doll over to a Slytherin's desk, "but it can also be used to harm." He floated the doll back over to him. "This is a real person and my desk is a cliff-top," he said, indicating the doll. He put it on the desk. He then used the spell to float the doll over the desk and suddenly dropped it. "You see? Would kill a person at worst, wouldn't it? At best, break bones or cause paralyse a person, and that's not the only one. There are many more. So, there's no 'dark' or 'light'. There isn't even 'grey'. There is simply intent. Any questions?"

"What about the Unforgivable Curses, sir?" Whispered one Hufflepuff, Serena Nobody, an ex-Greengrass, if he remembered right, disowned from her family for her house.

"Yes, those. Now, I don't really want to talk about them, but it's best to know...Imperious, that one's pretty useful. If someone's about to kill themselves by throwing themselves over something, you can't stun them, can you? Can't summon them, can you? Sometimes, it's the only. Cruicatus is good for shocking people out of something. The Killing Curse is good for putting things, such as animals, pets, down. It's quick, it's painless."

"I heard," ventured Serena, "that you have to have such hate to cast the Cruicatus and the Killing Curse."

"You do, but wouldn't that be a job for someone who has that hate?" He replied."This is truly interesting, Miss Serena, but we do have some reading to do, and then maybe I'll let you try something out." The rest of the class passed as smoothly as it was possible to do, with the kids testing his limits. He hoped he'd got the right balance: not too strict, but not going to put up with crap.

After a few more classes of the same material, only third years, sixth years and seventh years, the day was finally over for Harry, who felt it couldn't go by quick enough.

"The kids loved you," beamed Hermione, passing him the gravy. "Honestly, in my class all they could talk about was your lesson. Did you really let them practise the disarming charm?"

"Saved my life," he shrugged, "and it's in your book, Headmistress Granger."

"Shut it, you," she growled playfully, smiling. Harry simply rolled his eyes. He was glad the kids liked him, though. He wasn't planning on going anywhere soon.

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