The next morning Merlin woke up before anyone else. He quickly and quietly got dressed before walking out into the common area. He sat down in front of the fire place, looked around for a moment, before looking back. He closed his eyes for a short moment and took a deep breath in, when his eyes opened, they burned gold and a fire appeared in the pit. Merlin smiled to himself, internally proud and content.
"That was quite a trick" A voice said.
Merlin whirled around and saw Remus leaning against the wall behind him. "It wasn't that great" He replied sheepishly.
"On the contrary, many wizards have a hard time learning wandless magic and non verbal spells; put those together and you only have a small percentage of our population." Remus sat down next to him.
"What about you?" Merlin asked.
"What about me?" Remus looked at him.
"Can you do non verbal and wandless magic?"
"Not that well, but some of the simpler spells aren't bad." Remus said.
"Hmm" Merlin looked back at the fire, with another flash of gold, the fire was gone; he looked back at Remus and gestured to the fire place.
"What?" Remus asked.
"Make a fire, using nothing but the words in your head." Merlin said.
"What! I can't do that. I can do it in my hands but that's close contact. It's not a cross the room." Remus exclaimed.
"It's not hard, just say the spell you use for up close and send it to the pit." Merlin assured.
Remus gave Merlin an unsure look, but closed his eyes and focused on the fire place. After a moment, a blue spark was visible in the fire place, floating above the wood.
"Not bad, but not what I was hoping for. What spell did you use?" Merlin asked.
"Incendio" Remus replied, creating the same blue fire in his hands. (I don't know if it's the spell he uses in the 3rd book but let's just say that it is)
"Never heard of it, and it obviously isn't very good. No, try saying Baerne" Merlin's eyes flashed gold and a larger fire started in his hands. He looked back up at Remus, "You said that you were trained in the Old Religion, it is time that you started using it"
"Okay" Remus looked at the pit again and focused on the word. When he opened his eyes, his eyes turned gold and a large fire appeared in the pit.
"Remus you did it!" Merlin exclaimed, he turned to Remus, but stopped. "Remus, your eyes"
"What about them?" Remus asked worriedly.
"They are still gold, not fully, but there is still gold in them. They should go back to their original color" Merlin said.
"Oh, well, my eyes tend to turn gold when my wolf comes out. Perhaps the magic just affects it somehow, I'm sure that I'm fine." Remus smiled.
Merlin returned it, "Well, I'm glad that you can perform those spells, maybe we can practice some more later."
Remus chuckled, "Yes, I would like that."
"What are you two doing up so early?" another voice asked.
The two men turned to see Gaius and Gwaine coming towards them.
"Just talking, Gwaine, I don't think I've ever seen you up so early." Merlin teased.
"Well, today is supposed to be the first day of classes, I can't wait." Gwaine smiled, "What do you recommend Remus? Which class should I go to first?" He asked.
"Well, seeing as you are the type for adventure, might I suggest Care for Magical Creatures? Hagrid is a very nice man and, as long as you respect the animals, you should be welcome in his class." Remus said.
"Magical creatures huh, I like the sound of that" The knight smiled.
"I don't like the sound of anything you like Gwaine." The group turned again to look at the rest of their group. Tonks came down a moment later.
"Well, I guess since we are all here, we should be getting down to breakfast." Remus led the group to the Great Hall.
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Once breakfast was done, Tonks and Remus said goodbye to the group. "I'll see you at lunch; try not to cause too much trouble." Remus winked before heading to his class.
"So where are you going father?" Arthur asked.
"Back to the room" Uther started to walk down the hall.
"Oh no you don't, I may not like you, but you are not getting away with sulking in a room. We are here and you need to learn about magic." Gwaine grabbed Uther, ignoring his loud protests, and dragged him outside.
"Watch out for him Gwaine; make sure he doesn't get into trouble." Arthur shouted.
"Yes Princess, he's safe with me" Gwaine called back.
"Well, I guess that just leaves us, see you all at lunch" The group went their separate ways.
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Gwaine and Uther were walking down the stone path from the castle. "Do you have any idea where we are going?" Uther asked.
"Not really, but I'm pretty sure that trail of students is a good guess" Gwaine pointed to the black dots heading toward the forest.
Once there, a few of the students looked at them strangely and whispered amongst themselves. Gwaine looked around, "Is there a problem, this is Care of Magical Creatures isn't it?" He asked.
"Yeah, but what are you doing here?" A boy in green asked.
"I'm here to learn, I never took this class when I was young. Mr. Grumpy over there is just along for the ride." Gwaine smirked.
"You never had Care for Magical Creatures?" A girl asked.
Gwaine shook his head, "I hear it's awesome though, what do you think?"
The girl smiled, "It's the best, Hagrid is a wonderful teacher."
"Ugh, how can you think that oaf is a good teacher?" The boy from earlier spat.
Most of the students glared at the boy. Gwaine looked around before returning his gaze to the boy, "What's got your knickers in a twist?"
"What? What are you talking about?" The boy glared.
"You seem to be the only one here, other than high and mighty over there, in a sour mood. This is supposed to be fun, taking care of animals, get that stick out of your ass and loosen up a bit."
The children snickered, but the boy glared. "I don't need someone like you telling me what to do. I am a pureblood and you can't talk to me like that. Do you even know who I am?"
"No, not that I care either" Gwaine huffed.
"Not surprising, you are probably another muggle loving fool. Just like anyone who can find that half-breed of a teacher fitting to teach."
"Oh, now you've done it." Gwaine approached the kid, "Listen here, blood means nothing, inside we are all the same, and if I cut you open right now you are just as red as the rest of us. Now, if I were you, I would show some respect."
The boy cowered and nodded hastily. Gwaine gave one last glare before returning to Uther. Not a moment later, Hagrid came up with his usual booming greeting.
"Welcome, welcome, and wha is this? Administrators welcome ta my class!" The half-giant exclaimed.
"Thank you Hagrid, I am intrigued to see what you have to teach. I've never taken a Care for Magical Creatures class. I am very excited." Gwaine smiled, he turned and nudged Uther, who smiled politely.
"Well, ya got great timin, I jus got a new shipment. Everyone come this way, I've got a real treat for ya."
They walked to the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest to a small clearing. The clearing was filled with small pens filled with small animals of every color. On closer inspection, the group could identify them as horses with wings. "Wow" A few whispered while running up to the pens to get a better look.
"What are they?" Gwaine asked.
"They are Pegasi, winged creatures that are very old. These are jus babies; the plan is ta raise them til they are bigger." Hagrid explained.
The group of students whispered excitedly amongst themselves. "Well, go on now, pick one for yerselves. There are enough ta go around." He shooed them away, everyone ran to a Pegasus, eager to start the assignment.
Gwaine dragged Uther over to a lavender colored Pegasus. "Hey there little guy" Gwaine cooed.
The baby gave him a look and made an affronted sound, kicking the ground.
"Sorry, sorry, uh, girl." Gwaine said quickly.
"You know it can't understand you right? You don't know if it's a girl." Uther said.
Gwaine glared at Uther and continued to call the baby over. The Pegasus' ears perked up and she trotted over. "Don't listen to the big bad king; I know you're a girl now, a very pretty girl." He brushed his fingers through her main and down her back. The Pegasus gave a gleeful sound, arching to his touch.
"Looks like ya hit it off. She likes ya." Hagrid observed as he walked over.
"Yup, she's beautiful." Gwaine stroked her back again. "Are we allowed to let them out of the pens?"
"I don see why not, they are gentle creatures." Hagrid said, "Unless provoked, they can understand us pretty well." He then went to retrieve something from his hutt.
"Unless provoked?" Gwaine muttered to himself. He turned to see Uther standing near a pen looking at the creatures with disgust. An evil smirk formed on his lips. He turned back to the horse in his arms, "So you can understand me?"
The Pegasus gave a small sound.
"Well, think you can get a bunch of your friends together and play with my friend over there," He pointed to Uther.
The baby cocked its head to the side, but galloped out the gate when Gwaine opened it. They both walked to another pen. Gwaine opened the gate and the lavender Pegasus called out and galloped in the opposite direction. The others looked and followed towards Uther.
"What" Uther gasped as the small, winged horses circled his feet. "No, get away you filthy creatures" He muttered and tried to move, but they followed him.
The students looked on in concern, but Gwaine laughed as the King continued to shout and swat at the miniature horses swirling around him.
The act continued for a few more moments, before the babies all spread their wings and jumped in the air. After a few tries, they were all at Uther's shoulder height, bouncing off of him. "Ah, get away from me!" The king shouted.
"Ha, how's that for stupid animals Uther." Gwaine called.
"Gwaine you make them stop or else!" He stumbled a bit from a baby bouncing of his back.
"Aww, but Sire, they seem to like you." Gwaine smiled.
"Gwaine! You get these pathetic animals away from me or you will regret it!" Uther threatened.
"First you call them stupid, now you call them pathetic? Uther, you are not a very nice person." Gwaine scolded.
"Gwaine, if you wish to live to see tomorrow, I suggest you do as I command. I don't care what Arthur sees in you, you are –
He was interrupted when Gwaine's lavender Pegasus came up front and pushed him backwards. Uther stumbled and fell into a large pit of mud. There was a loud 'splat' and mud flew outward. All of the students gasped and the Pegasi landed.
One of the girls came forward, "Are you okay sir?"
Uther didn't respond; he just glared at the girl. The group was silent except for Gwaine, who was almost on the floor, laughing. "What's wrong Uther, afraid to get a little dirty?"
Uther growled, he got up and wiped the mud from his face. The crowd parted for him as he left the forest, passing Hagrid on his way out.
"What happened?" Hagrid asked.
"We found out that the Pegasi can fly Professor" Gwaine said cheerfully.
"Really, that's great!" Hagrid exclaimed. "Excellent, truly excellent, I knew they were a good bunch." He smiled and gathered them all back in the pens. "Okay, tomorrow we'll start learning how ta take care o them, we'll be givin em back when they are almost grown, so take good care o them." Hagrid said.
Gwaine walked to his Pegasus who greeted him at the edge of the pen. "Thanks a lot little one, you did an awesome job." He whispered. He turned to Hagrid who was saying goodbye to his students. "Thanks Hagrid, I enjoyed my time here."
"No problem sir, feel free ta come back any time." He smiled.
On his way through the castle, Gwaine ran into Arthur. "Gwaine, would you care to tell me why my father returned covered in mud?" Arthur asked.
"Ah, it's such a funny story, I'm not sure you would appreciate it." Gwaine sighed.
"It's not funny Gwaine, I told you to keep him out of trouble." Arthur glared.
"Calm yourself Princess. He insulted some of the magical creatures and they pushed him into a mud pit, simple as that. He did get them to fly though, so I guess you can count that as an accomplishment."
"You are impossible Gwaine." Arthur shook his head.
"Happy to be of service my lord" Gwaine bowed extravagantly, then left.
Arthur waited until Gwaine was around the corner before breaking out into silent laughter.
Well, that's it for now. Next will probably be Merlin...any suggestions on where he should go? These class chapters will probably be in the same day, simultaneously happening, and stuff like that. I just want there to be enough detail for one class per chapter ^-^
Review please!