Chapter 9: Harry Potter POV: 3 - Latin

September 1, 1:00pm, Latin

As he entered the classroom, Harry noticed a cat on the teacher's desk. There was also a giant stack of books on the ground behind a second table. Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick were definitely the ones teaching Latin.

There were three tables with three seats each. Harry and his two friends sat down at one, while Neville and Draco sat at another with Ferus. At the third table was Jenny and Alyss, and someone who was probably their friend. He had brown hair and bright blue eyes. That boy was talking to his two friends about the sword fighting class he had had earlier.

Like Harry had expected, the teachers were Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick. Obviously, Professor McGonagall didn't jump off the table and change into a human since it was muggle school, but the tiny Professor Flitwick did carry the cat into the closet.

At 1:00, Professor McGonagall walked out of the closet, while Professor Flitwick climbed onto his stack of books.

"Hello class, I am your teacher for Latin this year, Professor McGonagall. This is Professor Flitwick," she gestured to the teacher on the books.

"Thank you," Professor Flitwick squeaked. "Today we will be doing introductions first. Let's start at this table," he was pointing at Harry.

"Harry Potter," Harry said. "By the way, I really enjoy soccer."

"Ronald Weasley, and I also enjoy soccer."

"Hermione Granger, I enjoy studying."

"Ferus Olin, I enjoy baseball."

"Neville Longbottom, I enjoy gardening."

"Draco Malfoy, I enjoy soccer."

"Horace Altman, I take sword fighting lessons."

"Jenny Dalby, I enjoy cooking."
"Alyss Mainwaring, I'm taking lessons to be a diplomat."

"Thank you for those introductions," Professor Flitwick squeaked again. "Today we will be learning numbers in Latin and Roman numerals. unus, duo, tres, quattuor, quinque," he began. "Those are the Latin numbers one through five."

Professor Flitwick explained the numbers up to twenty, and then Professor McGonagall began Roman numerals. They were given many practice problems, and Hermione obviously did excellently on all of them.

1:25

"Tomorrow we will begin learning more vocabulary," Professor McGonagall said. "Your first test will be on September 4. Please study. Your homework for today is this worksheet on Latin numbers and Roman numerals. "Class dismissed."

Harry and his friends went to their last class of the day.