I don't own anything except Aeryn and Traian
The next morning at breakfast Draco avoided them like plague, shooting Aeryn nervous looks. This of course got people talking, and by lunch there were rumors about Harry Potter being a new, up-and-coming, dark lord. Snape was as unberable as ever, but he stopped taking points off of them. However, that meant more points off for Ron. Dudley, for his part, didn't understand how they had gotten through the past five years. He thought most of the people were rather bigoted, but he acted his part well. Aeryn had a very hard time keeping people from being even more suspicious, and he had to get past his ingrained holier-than-thou attitude around his classmates. However bad these things may have been, they were nothing compared to the disaster that was Umbridge's "defense" class. They had to learn everything from the book, because they "wouldn't need to use it anytime soon". She, like the rest of the ministry, didn't believe that Voldemort was back. Aeryn, able to keep his cool well, didn't react to her taunts. Instead of divination, they took a lesser known class called Philosophy. Just because they could. It seemed very interesting, and the theacher made it interactive. The one thing that worried Aery, however, was that they would be doing reincarnation, and remembering your last life. The life he was still living. Dudley told him not to worry, he could fake it or something, but he was afraid of being found out. Finally it was the weekend. Dudley and Hermione were still a little awkward around each other, and they blushed a lot. However, they all sat together around the lake. Luna was playing with the giant squid, and Aeryn was happy she was having fun. He actually thought it was cute. He, Hermione, and Dudley were discussing their new philosophy class.
"I can't wait untill the reincarnation unit" Hermione said happily. "I wonder who I was."
Dudley shrugged, "probably someone who came up with an invention that changed the world."
"Mummy said I was going to be a princess in my last life" Luna said with a giggle and a sad sigh, "except something happened to my betrothed to be."
"Betrothed to be?" Dudley asked.
"Well, we hadn't met yet, and it wasn't an arranged marriage. But mummy knew the soul mates of everyone throughout history."
"How did she know who you were?" Aeryn asked. Luna just shrugged and continued playing with the squid.
"I heard that next week we are going to have a new history teacher"
"Really?" Hermione was excited. "Do you think we will learn about Dracula?"
"You really like that historical figure don't you" Dudley laughed.
"He was really interesting, even if he was a tyrant and had a few problems. That really makes him more interesting"
Aeryn laughed "Wasn't he a muggle?"
"NO" said Dudley and Hermione at the same time. "He was a wizard, so was his wife"
"Ah. So probably" Aeryn smiled slightly. Dudley smiled at him, indicating he was putting up a good front.
"I wonder who the new teacher is"
