sorry due to nights, long days and puppies this update is slightly late
Chapter 9
Meanwhile Harry, Ron and Hermione had just come out of potions, they were due for defence against the dark arts after lunch. In the great hall they were greeted with an excited Ginny,
"Did you guys hear?" She asked, they shook their heads, she sat at the Gryffindor table they joined her grabbing the food and beginning to eat.
"We were jogging part of the new defence of dark arts routine near the forest when this huge snake with 3 heads jumped out and went for Emma, Professor Carter was amazing, she ran back. Jumping in its way, it was like 6ft long she just started to speak parcel tongue told us to run to Hogwarts. Then they attacked her all 3 heads she just jumped out the way then blasted them. It was seriously cool, then she just walked in here like nothing had happened" Ginny told them, then seeing her friends she waved goodbye running out.
Ron turned to Harry and Hermione,
"Parcel tongue, isn't that a dark trait" He asked, Harry glared at him, Ron backtracked
"Cept you but you only got yours because of your bond with you know who" Harry nodded conceding the point.
"Do you think she is working with you know who?" Hermione whispered, Harry shrugged,
"It's strange how after Hogwarts she disappeared, even people like Malfroy didn't know of her," Ron asked, they all nodded
"Yet she claims to have serious combat experience, so people would know wouldn't they," Hermione asked "I mean even if she was doing secret missions with the ministry someone would have seen her surely?"
"Well Dumbledore trusts her" Ron pointed out
"Dumbledore trusts Snape!" Harry pointed out Dumbledore still not in his good books. They discussed it for a bit longer before going to the lesson in question.
Sam stood at the front of the classroom, as they came in it was obvious rumour had spread.
"Right everyone, I'm sure rumour has spread about the snake, 3 headed, orange and black, 6ft long, identify it and discuss how you'd fight it. 5 minutes go" she ordered hoping they could identify it and discuss tactics. They all started talking Sam just hoped it was about the topic.
"Ok, name of the creature, you" she pointed at the blond boy, Malfroy she thought he might be called,
"It's a Runespoor"
"Correct 5 points Slytheryn" Sam awarded,
"Ok so how would you fight it?" She asked, generally
"Blast it" Ron muttered,
"Say it louder"
"Blast it" he repeated
"What spell?"
"Err..." he hesitated thinking of a good spell the normal disarming spells or bloody nose ones wouldn't work
"Anyone shout out spells to use"
"Avifors" Hermione yelled
"No never know which bird it would turn into could be a canary could be something worse, likely to still have 3 heads" Sam replied getting a fast pace up
"Conjunctivitis" Harry shouted
"No would only work on one set at a time this thing has 3 heads, you don't have the time"
"Stupefy" Neville asked nervously
"Perfect if it wasn't stun resistant, same as dragons it's the skin"
"Tarantallegra" Hannah asked, Sam stopped and laughed, it would be original.
"Dancing, well if I didn't die laughing that could work but it might just agitate it, it could dance towards you, come on guys I'd be dead by now"
"Wingardium Leviosa" Another girl asked, Sam raised an eyebrow
"So you have a flying pissed off snake?"
"Avada Kedavra" Malfroy asked,
"No that's unforgivable you should never use that curse not even in this circumstance."
"You missing some of the obvious ones the, Diffindo, Entrail-Expelling Curse, Expulso, how about transfiguration changing it into a harmless creature, go with your strengths, charms like Confundus Charm, or Hover Charm would be better. Or just plain running like hell out of there." Sam said "You need to think outside the box, sometimes the simple ones your confident with are better than the more complex ones that you haven't practiced" She lectured, they all hung on to her every word recognizing the voice of experience and the fact she'd taken out a pretty dangerous snake.
The lessons that day continued in the same way, Sam just hoped they were learning from it.
That evening on the way to the great hall Dumbldore caught up with Sam
"I've received several worried letters from parents of the students; therefore I feel we need to give a speech to reassure them," they came to the great hall teachers entrance when he turned to her with a wink. "I'm sure whatever you say will be great" he opened the door, pushing Sam in gently as she desperately searched for a speech to give.
The students all sat waiting patiently as Dumbledore stood
"After the events of today, Professor Carter would like to say a few words" everyone's gases passed to Sam who stood taking a deep breath. She wouldn't have thought she was more nervous doing this than she was taking on a tribal war lord.
"Hello, so I hear that rumours about me taking on magical creatures have spread wide and far. I hope the fact the snake is dead and the threat has vanished will reassure you to my competence of my abilities. I know Hogwarts deals with the unusual everyday but I think everything can return to normal now" She took a breath to steady his nerves. As a white light encompassed her and beamed her out of Hogwarts. The hall erupted in shock, how had she just vanished from Hogwarts the most protected place in the magical world. Harry and Ron turned to Hermione as did most Gryffindor's.
"I thought you said nobody could apperiate in or out of Hogwarts?" Ron asked,
"They can't, that was impossible" she said in shock. Even Dumbledore looked shocked as the teachers all shouted orders herding the students out of the hall.
