After they wake up, Dante and Juni make their way to the great hall and sit down to eat their breakfast.
"Morning, Juni."
"Morning, Dante!" Juni replied with a smile, causing him to smile back.
"Sleep well?" he asked.
"Yep! How about you?"
"Yeah, I slept pretty well."
Juni smiled. "I can't believe we start classes today. I don't know why, but I'm sooo excited!" she said.
"Me, too!" says Shaiya as she seemed to have appeared from nowhere.
{Few minutes later inside the great hall}
"Wow, look at all this food!" Shaiya exclaimed and flew straight toward their seats, causing Dante to laugh as Juni smiled with amusement.
They sat down where Shaiya was waiting. "Well let's eat. Classes start at nine." Dante said. This is great! Dante thought as he ate his food.
Juni is eating French toast while Dante eats an obviously large breakfast, including an omelette, bacon, biscuits, and peaches. He has a glass of orange juice to drink. Shaiya happily munches on some bacon and toast.
As she sipped on a cup of Honeysuckle Tea, Juni notices how much Dante had on his plate. "Wow, I guess you must be REALLY hungry." she said with a mildly surprised expression.
He gave a nervous laugh. "Yeah, I guess so."
As they enjoy their meal, they look up and a moment later, see a flurry of owls fly into the great hall.
Soren flies down towards Juni and lands right in front of her after dropping the letter he brought.
Moonshadow darts down and lands abruptly in front of Dante with a letter, placing it in front of his plate.
Hmm, I wonder who it's from... Dante thought as he opened his letter.
Juni didn't expect the owls to fly into the great hall during breakfast. "Mail time already?" she asked as she opened the letter and looked at it. She smiled. "It's from my parents!" she said as she opened it and started reading the letter.
Dante reads his letter. After he finished reading his letter, he looked at Juni. "What does your letter say?"
Juni looked at Dante after she finished reading hers. "They were just wishing me a good first day and telling me they were proud of me. What did your letter say?"They also instructed me to be careful, but should I tell him that? I probably shouldn't... Wait.. why did my parents feel the need to say that? I'm not that careless...
He laughed a little. "It was from the people who had taken care of me at the orphanage. They said they were hoping I would enjoy my life as a wizard and were wishing me well. They'll miss me, hoping I become a great wizard and make them proud."
"Well, anything is possible if you just believe." Juni said.
Dante smiled as he looked at all the names on the last page of the letter. "The other kids signed it, too.
There's a whole page!" he said then chuckled a little. As Juni gave a tiny giggle, he looked at her. "Let's do this, Juni. Let's become the greatest wizards we can be!" as he thought, I guess her enthusiasm can be contagious.
"YEAH! And, let's have lots of fun, too!" she said with an eager expression on her face.
Dante looked at his watch. "We'll have to hurry. The bell will chime soon. The first class is Defense Against the Dark Arts."
Juni's eyes opened wide. "Oh, my! You mean Mr. Scaryman's class?"
Dante laughed. "He doesn't look that scary to me... Well, we better hurry, or else we'll be late."
Juni nodded with a nervous look on her face as they stand up. Dante noticed that most of the students were already on their way to class. Juni runs ahead. "Let's hurry!" she said, then thought, Even though I don't wanna go to Mr. Scaryman's class...
They eventually make their way to the dungeon toward the classroom. They soon take their seats. It is immediately evident that Professor Dragoneye has yet to enter the room.
Juni immediately thinks, He's gonna jump out at us. He's gonna jump out at us. He's jump out at us! as she looks around, appearing to be on high alert, in case he actually did jump out at the students.
They both look toward the door as Kron entered the classroom and walks through the room until he stood in front of his desk.
"Welcome to Hogwarts and to your first Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Now, I know I can be tough on you, sometimes, but it is because I believe and wish that you all become great wizards. Over the course of the next few years, I will teach you what you need to know to protect yourself from the dark arts and various creatures. We will learn defensive spells and what they are used for, as well as practical use through hands on training. This is a safe environment, though, so I will not tolerate misuse of magic in my classroom. I also will not tolerate horseplay. You wouldn't want to get on my 'bad' side." Professor Dragoneye said, then stared around the room with his dragon eye, causing Juni to become a bit uneasy.
Do not kill me, please? Juni thought to herself.
Kron then resumed. "Now, we will learn about jinxes and counter jinxes, as well as spells that are considered 'antijinxes', defensive spells, and offensive spells. We'll also be learning curses, counter curses, as well as other things aside from those. Dark wizards use these spells. You may say that there aren't many dark wizards around, anymore. But, the truth is that they're more tenacious than you would think. The dark side is alluring, but keep in mind that this class is to give you protection, should the time come when you'll need to protect yourself or others from such magic. Some of the coursework this year will include: Curse of the Bogies; the knockback jinx; the Verdimillious charm; the wand lighting charm, which is called Lumos; and how to cure werewolf bites. We will also learn about other things, including: Gnomes; Doxies; Giant Orange Snails; imps; bowtruckles; the Vermillious charm; and fire crabs. That is typically what a first year learns, but you will be taking on the second year coursework, as well."
As Professor Dragoneye continued explaining the lessons they would be learning, Juni couldn't help but want to run out of the room as she paid attention. His eye's soooo creepy! Even without it, he scares me!
"That's the majority of the coursework for this year. We will be learning about many of these things, firsthand. I will expect much of you, but remember: It isn't above your abilities. You are very capable." he says, then explains a bit of each topic he had mentioned for the remainder of the class.
Dante couldn't help but notice that, throughout the class, Professor Dragoneye kept glancing at him, as if he was waiting for something to happen.
Juni has noticed it, as well, but acts like she hadn't. Why does he keep looking at Dante? Is there something written on his face or something?
"Class dismissed." Kron says before he begins to walk toward his office.
As they left the classroom, Juni had asked him why the professor kept looking at him.
Dante shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know why he kept staring at me, but I look forward to learning more about the class."
Juni looked ahead. "Yep, I do, too. However, I can't but wonder if he thought something was on your face." she said with a small grin.
Dante chuckled. "I wouldn't have a clue about that. Anyway, are you ready for the next class, Juni?"
"Yay! I can finally leave the lair of Professor Scaryman!" she said happily, which made Dante want to laugh. "I wonder how he got the dragon eye to be smaller than normal size, though..."
"Does he scare you that much?" Dante asked.
Juni nodded. "My people both respect and fear dragons. While many would allow one of us near them, some of them are not as friendly. Supposedly, the black dragons are included in the list of dragons to avoid because to see one means death for you or someone you know. It is extremely rare that they target anyone else other than the one that finds them. Just to be safe, you better hope that you never meet a black dragon, red dragon, or even a green dragon. In fact, the safest ones are the dragons that have either silver or gold scales. Regardless, it's hard to tell which type of dragon he had taken the eye from, considering there are many kinds."
Silence filled the air for a few minutes. Dante was in thought, wondering what Juni knew, as well as how much of those things she knew. "Well, are you ready for the next class?" he asked after the silence felt awkward to them both.
Juni appeared to get her enthusiasm back. "Potions, yay!"
Dante smiled. "Okay, let's go." he said as they kept walking to the next class. I know I can't explain how, but I feel as if there's far more than that on her mind...
(To be continued.)
