NINE
Narcissa
I handed my notice in and was officially starting at Hogwarts today...well since it's Saturday I would be going to Hogwarts today and getting settled in for classes starting on Monday. Halloween had passed and the castle was still quite busy and so when I apparated to the front of the gates my nerves officially kicked in.
I had asked Flopsy to go ahead and deliver my Potion tools and my other belongings ahead of time and so my quarters were mostly set up apart from my books which were all shrunk and placed in an extendable trunk in my pocket.
"Narcissa...welcome...I have to let you into the wards as a Head of House you will have certain benefits that the other professors don't but anyway. Tap your wand to this please..." I did so and it flowed green for a second before I felt this huge rush of magic surge through my body and it almost crippled me but almost made me feel inherently strong.
"That feels amazing..." Minerva smiles and nodded probably reminiscing the way it made her feel. "Does it ever go away?" The sheer power was enough to buckle my knees but with the Black elemental magic I was used to huge surges of magical energy.
"No...but you do get used to it..." She smiled before we began walking up to the castle and it honestly felt like coming home again. We talked about inane things before the conversation turned to the students.
"I would probably like to meet with them tonight after the feast if that is possible, I have noticed there is not a lot of children continuing into N.E.W.T's in Potions? We need healers and Unspeakables and Aurors so I was wondering if I could do something unconventional?" She nodded her head and allowed me to continue.
"In each year group I am going to chose the easiest potion from their first year upward to check their abilities how they work together and individually before branching out to the more difficult potions in each year group. To keep it fresh but also cover a vast range of information, it's not enough to know how to brew the potions but you have to know how the ingredients combine together, the ones that counteract each other and I don't mean to speak out of turn but I don't think these children know that, Horace was an extraordinary Potions Master as was Severus but both men were not teachers, not really and Horace had his favourites and Severus was straddling two masters and hated teaching." She seemed to be following me quite well up until now.
"Any students who are at a lower level of Exceeds Expectation will have small group tutoring from me groups of four most likely one from each house." She smiled at me with a smile that freaked me out slightly if I was being honest but she nodded and told me I was allowed free reign to do as I pleased with my classes and could not wait to see what I had planned next.
As we walked through the castle quite a few students nearly broke their neck to see me walking with Minerva and when we met Aurora Sinestra on the way no one was quite as relieved as her.
"Oh Professor Black thank Merlin you are here...I relinquish control of Slytherin to you...good luck you're going to need it." I was confused as the woman practically slipped away and Minerva shook her head and suddenly found her shoes very interesting.
"Something you want to tell me Minerva?" The older woman was looking everywhere but me and reprimanding students who were gaping at me so I stopped and grabbed her by the arm. "Minerva!" She sighed and shook her head.
"The students of Slytherin house are quite resentful of what happened at the war and how they have been perceived by the other houses so they have a little problem with authority..." I shook my head in shock at what I was hearing, Slytherin House were always refined and reserved and now they were acting like a group of Gryffindors. This was not going to happen not on my watch.
Once I arrived at the dungeons she left to let me unpack properly and settle in, the store needed a vast upheaval and restock. The day past relatively fast until it was dinner time and as so made my way through the Castle I felt so content. The closer and closer I got to the Great Hall the louder the noise I heard.
I steadily calmed my breath and held my head up before I walked into the room and it seemed like the whole place was so silent you could hear a pin drop. Minerva planned it like this I think for the biggest reaction, every single member of staff was smirking at the Headmistress who looked to be in her element.
I walked with as much arrogance and grace as I could not even bothering to look at the children of my old house, they needed to be brought down a peg and taught the proper way to conduct themselves as Slytherins.
I made it to the head table and saw Neville Longbottom who had taken over for Minerva as Gryffindor head of house Who waved and offered me a seat between himself and Minerva with Filius Flitwick and Septima Vector who must have took over as Hufflepuff head of house.
All of the students were still almost silent and in shock over the whole ordeal, upon seeing the children's reactions made Minerva stand up and take in her surroundings, the woman demanded attention of the entire staff and students.
"As you can see...we have a new face among us, Lady Narcissa Black has volunteered to take up the challenge of teaching you all Potions and she is also the Permanent Slytherin head of house, there will be a mandatory meeting in the Common Room after dinner for all Slytherin students so ensure you are there. Enjoy your dinner..." The tables filled with food and slowly but surely the conversation and noise started up again.
I ate sedately because truth be told I was so nervous. Mr Longbottom of all people seemed to understand because just held onto my shoulder in sympathy causing me to smile at the young man.
"It gets easier...I promise..." I nodded my head and are almost in silence only answering a few questions from different professors. Dinner trickled on and the Perfects led the students back to their dormitories leaving behind just the staff as I bid them farewell.
"Oh Narcissa how's your poker game?" I was confused but all she told me was to come see her after rounds and to bring Hermione if she is visiting and I nodded. I made my way to the Slytherin common room unprepared for what I was about to see, children were play wrestling, shouting over one another and being general pains in the ass.
No one even noticed my arrival so I cast a sonorous with my wand and roared channeling my inner Severus. "SILENCE!" Every single person froze and turned to face me. Quite a lot of the older students at least had the decency to look embarrassed but the younger ones didn't have a clue.
I walked further into the room until I reached the front of them and you could practically hear a pin drop again. "SIT NOW!" Slowly but surely they all lowered themselves to drop wherever they stood.
"Now...I am Professor Black your new Head of House and Potions Teacher...I was really looking forward to this job because Slytherin has always been a house of respect...respect for each other and your teachers, imagine my surprise when I show up here to find the standards have drastically slipped to that of Rowdiness, insolence and from what I seen when I walked into this room and the Great Hall Bullyish, why your behaving like a Gryffindors." This caused quite a lot of them to take offence and glance around as I pointed at the three young boys at the back.
"What are your names?" All of them looked scared and I decided in that moment to keep that fear because it also commands respect when idiots were being idiots.
"I'm Michael Frontz, Sebastian Rowle and Victor Habriel..." The one speaking had on airs and graces that I plan to smack down. He reminded me of Draco with that haughty sense of righteousness that his father taught him.
"Well Mr Frontz, why exactly were Mr Rowle and yourself picking on a much younger student don't deny it...I saw...this house is meant to be your family give yourselves a shake and act like it...I am not Horace Slughorn, you will not be given a by ball just because of who your family is. I expect each and every one of you to succeed to the best of your ability, in your Potions especially and I also urge you all to expect the unexpected. You will come to class prepared, you will do your assignments every time as your best work and I will be offering four on one tutoring to anyone I think is not up to the standard that will be mandatory and should also be inclusive of all houses." They children seemed to be taking in what I was saying.
"The war is over, blood purity is over and I have been given the task of transforming all of you children into competent and respectful members of society. I am in charge or breeding healers, Aurors, even Joke shop owners...So this is the rules. Three strikes and your out. You will lose points and have a detention many times in your Hogwarts career but if I hear of anyone muttering any slurs of blood predjudice, racial predjudice, gender predjudice, basically any form of ignorance and bigotry I will have all sorts of colourful punishments available on strike one, strike two well let's hope you don't get to that and strike three...I will have you out of Hogwarts faster than you can say Quidditch do I make myself clear." They all nodded their heads and quite a lot of them appeared to be taking on board what I was saying but the two culprits I had already pulled were going to make my life more difficult.
"Now that's not to say I am not going to help, I am here for anything day or night! Come to me...unfortunately Slytherin House does not have the best reputation due to the past but I am here to make this house extraordinary again and I need your help..." They all nodded and I let them all settle down for the evening before heading to my quarters and try and have a bath.
This was going to be interesting I can already tell, I was excited for what was to come but also nervous, I had a bath and pulled on a pair of comfortable jeans and robe before I was about to leave the whoosh of the F.L.O.O announced her arrival.
"Hey you..." She smiled at me before giving me a kiss and I felt all of the stress wash away from me but she seemed to notice my tense nature and I couldn't be more glad to see her.
Hermione
"Hey yourself...what's up? How was your first day?" I noticed she looked stressed already and she hadn't even started teaching yet. She had on a pair of jeans and robe ready to go somewhere.
"Strange...but I have rounds do you want to come? Cause a stir? Afterward we have a poker game to go to..." I was both intrigued and concerned because as far as I knew Poker was not a game many witches or wizards knew but she understood completely thecontext in what she just asked me. So we headed out and caught a few stragglers with wife eyes at Hermione who was a war hero and member of the golden trio etcetera. We soon made our way to Minervas office where the gargoyle jumped straight out of the way allowing us through without a password. I heard laughing and clinking before knocking on the door with a look of concern with Narcissa.
"Ah Narcissa and Hermione come on in..." In the room was Minerva, Poppy, Irma Pince and Aurora Sinestra all of which looking worse for wear. After offering us a drink Narcissa settled on Pumpkin juice which earned boos from them all except the Headmistress and I asked for a beer which earned a cheer for that.
The night was spent teaching my girlfriend how to play and then her proceeding to win a whole load of money from each of the woman in the room. Before I knew we were making our way back to her quarters before I had a pretty stupid idea and dragged her to her classroom which surprised her.
"Maya..." That was her pet name for me and I actually liked it, she followed me into the room as I got rid of my outer robe and sat on her desk which was free of papers. "What are we doing here?" I crossed my legs as she closed her classroom door and locked it.
"Well considering you are their new Potions Professor I cant help but feel slightly jealous, I mean I had Severus Snape who whilst brilliant was also not exactly an Adonis...so Professor Black..." I removed my shoes and blazer and began unbuttoning my blouse whilst she caught up with what was happening.
"Teach me..." She smiled at me and walked over to where I was perched on the desk causing her to spread my legs and hold onto my hips.
"I have to teach children in two days and I won't be able to concentrate if all I can remember is making love to you here Maya!" I tugged her down for a kiss and trailed my lips across her jaw before resting my lips against her ear.
"Come on Professor it will be our secret..." I smiled against her skin and she pulled my blouse off before taking in my chest which was covered with a white lacy bra and I also had a matching pair of knickers on underneath my jeans. We kissed and she stood me up which allowed my feet to meet the stone beneath which was surprisingly warm.
"Take of your jeans..." I immediately unbuttoned them and pulled them down allowing my white lacy pants to get caught and come down with them. I felt incredibly exposed as she looked over my body like a woman possessed before pulling me closer.
"I am going to enjoy this...turn around..." I turned and she pushed me down till I had my chest pressed against the hard wood of her desk and my ass was in the air for her to look at. She ran her hands down my back till my arsecheeks and slapped one side before slapping the other and she knelt down before I was UToPIA!
That night we spent making love in all different positions in all different surfaces before moving to her quarters and I took over and worshipped her body before collapsing in a heap of limbs as the sun was coming up.
We spent the late half of Sunday together before another more sedate round of lovemaking on Sunday night. We said goodbye that morning before I F.L.O.Oed to work leaving her to teach the next generation.
Narcissa
It was the first morning of my classes, my first class was a Fourth year Hufflepuff and Gryffindor class. I had spent the entire day of Sunday going over everyone's progress reports that Horace Slughorns left. Hermione spent the first half of the day in bed nursing her hangover as I tried to find potentials for an apprentice.
According to Slughorn there was potentially quite a lot of students but upon seeing the names I knew he was simply playing favourites, I guess it will be learning as I go.
Standing in my classroom my mind flashed back to my time with Hermione on the current desk I was leaning against, in any other situation I would have blushed but once these children smell weakness it was be forever ingrained.
As the class piled into the room I saw a few nervous glances from the corner of my eye and knew everyone was wary of me but I am going to be firm but fair, not even my own house was getting special treatment.
"Ok everyone before you take your seats please line up along the wall..." There was a lot of grumbling and noise and so I raised my voice for the first time. "Quietly!" The noise dimmed to a loud whisper and so I walked up to them all with a piece of parchment and didn't even bother explaining myself before moving to stand at the front two desks.
"Anna Walters...here..." The young Gryffindor looked like a deer caught in the headlights before walking over to the first desk and taking one of the two seats there. "Chris Burrows...here..." The young Hufflepuff boy looked even more scared at being separated from his friends.
This continued until I had everyone sitting down with one Hufflepuff and one Gryffindor at each table.
"Excuse me Professor why can we not just sit with our friends?" I shook my head at the young woman who was wearing too much make-up and had her school shirt unbuttoned with her tie half way down it.
"Well Miss Vanderbilt that is because you are just scraping by an acceptable and your previous partner was being held back by you...perhaps if you spent some time with someone else who half knows what they are doing you might learn something. Please also come to class with a clean face and your hair tied back please." The young girl looked horrified at having to come to class with no make up.
"Sorry Professor that is just not going to happen!" This one is going to irk me so much, already I could see the kind of girl she was and I remember Pansy Parkinson being the same way with my son when they were at school together.
"Either you take it off and let your classmates adjust to it before class or I will vanish it as soon as you sit you bum in that chair either way the last thing I want is some of that falling into a potion and causing a reaction..this is going to be your seats for the rest of the year, get used to it." No one was particularly happy about it but no one else said anything.
"Now since we don't know each other too well this first class is going to be very casual, we are not going to brew today but I would like you to brainstorm in your partner's and give me as many properties of Beetle eyes and what specific potions they can be used in, say ten minutes." I went to sit at my desk and watched as the vast majority was a little bit stumped for about two minutes before the Ice was broken and they slowly but surely started to do the assignment.
Most of my classes went by in a similar manner, the seventh year N.E.W.T students were the strangest because all four houses were mixed in together and had been together for two years and so were used to working together and considering it was their last year they were not going waste it on stupidity.
There was two Seven years students who were pretty good and once class was over I asked them both to stay behind, one was a young girl from Ravenclaw and a young man from Hufflepuff and they were the best by far in both theory applications and inspiring conversation.
"Is everything ok Professor? Have we done something wrong?" I shook my head and invited them to sit before taking out two pieces of Parchment and setting it on front of them.
"Don't worry you are not on trouble, I have been given permission from the Headmistress to recruit an apprentice to help me with Day to day brewing and such, I have to brew Potions and things for the Infirmary and the apprentice would be on charge of that and also receive private one to one lessons with me instead of your classes with your peers. After your year I would take you on if you wanted to try and complete your Mastery. If you are interested then please study up and come back heretomorrow nightand if both of you are interested then we might have to have a little competition. Now it is my understanding that you are not yet seventeen so I will need a parents signature Ok?" They both nodded and appeared excited at the prospect and signed their names on the parchment and left the room buzzing.
At that the day was over and I made my way to the Great Hall for dinner, I was something of a novelty to the student body and so when I walked into the hall and sat with the other heads of houses some students found me fascinating.
I expected some backlash from the article but it had not come yet and so it was no surprise to me that halfway through that same class that Miss Vanderbilt was in her and her posse of bitches proceeded to stand in the class with full make up and hair done to perfection.
"I have read the school rules Professor and you can't make us take this off. We all know your preferences for women and you might prefer the mousy type who don't try or wear make-up but some people like to actually make an effort." This girl was bold as brass bringing up my relationship in an open setting. Her family was that of high society definitely not more affluent than that of my own family or even the Malfoy Family What I married into but her father tested racing brooms and as such gained him quite a lot of influence.
"Miss Vanderbilt...I am not your classmate or your peer I am your Professor now we do this here or you can take it up with the Headmistress who I know has no time for young women who dress themselves up to look thirty." By this stage her classmates were snickering at her misfortune but the girl in question looked furious. I vanished the make-up from them all much to their horror and in my own opinion they all looked better without it.
It reminded me of the way Draco used to bluster and blow pretending to be better than everyone. She was clearly pissed off and was not going to let this one go which is why I had to inform Minerva later on that day of her behaviour because I know it's going to probably come back and bite me in the ass.
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