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Warning seriously evil chapters coming up, not for the queasy of stomach, vivid details of death will be provided.

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Chapter 11

Ron headed up to the 5th Grade dormitories along with Seamus, Dead and Neville. They were all tired. Ron collapsed onto his bed and closed his eyes.

Harry after making sure that the first years were settled in he went up to the dorm. He looked in on Ron but found him sleeping,. He jumped into bed and immediately went to sleep.

Ron however was wide awake. He recounted the entire day's events. The tears came unchecked down his cheeks, as the rest of the castle fell into a deep sleep

(Author: Look! It rhymes)

Next Morning

'Harry!' said Ron 'Wake up!'

'Man, he really sleeps doesn't he?' commented Dean.

'Well only one way to wake him up' said Seamus with a sly grin.

Gelu Aqualis Apparere

A jet of ice cold water shot out of Seamus's wand and hit Harry in the face.

He let out a scream and jumped out of bed. The rest burst out laughing.

'Good Morning, soggy pants' said Ron with a grin.

(Author: I know he was wearing robe, but for expressions sakes)

'What, what was that' said a shivering Harry.

'Water dispatch spell! Learnt it from my Uncle' chuckled Seamus

Neville popped his head in 'Come on, we'll be late for breakfast'

There was a scramble to get ready. Half an hour later the entire bunch trooped out of the dormitories and into the common room. A very angry Hermione was waiting for Harry.

'Well, you took long enough' she exclaimed crossly.

'Sorry, love' he reached and kissed her on the cheek. The entire common room stared, the boys grinning wide, something to tease Harry about, while the girls shot jealous looks at Hermione.

'Much better' said Hermione, not noticing the surrounding occurrences.

'Would you mind keeping your affections in control' said a very flustered Ron.

Harry looked around, and then went red, Hermione blushed pink (YES! PINK!).

'Sorry' Harry mumbled and took Hermione's hand and led her into the breakfast hall. Ron followed shaking his head.

They sat down at the Gryffindor table and started to eat. Ron as usual was hungry as ever. Hermione and Harry were more interested in each other than the food.

'Schedules!' Alicia Spinnet the new Head Girl announced and placed a stack on the Gryffindor table.

Everyone reached out and grabbed their copy, which magically converted to the subjects they had chosen.

'Oh! Man' said Dean, 'Look, double potions with Slytherin'

'Hey, it won't be that bad' said Ron 'Remember we have a new teacher'

'Yeah' said Neville. Potions was Neville's worst subject and Professor Snape never missed a chance to terrorize him. 'She can't be worse than Snape' he gulped 'can she?'

'A gal, who looks like that?' said George 'No way!'

George at this time received a swift kick from his girlfriend Katie Bell.

'Sorry, Kat' he gave her a lecherous grin.

'Defense is first, with the Ravenclaws' said Hermione pulling herself out of Harry's eyes. 'We better make a move I don't want to be late for our first class'. Grabbing Harry (YES! Grabbing Hermione is back!), and Ron (Dam!) she got up. They headed for the DADA classroom.

 When they entered the classroom there were no chairs or tables, not knowing where to sit they just stood standing. Once the entire class had arrived, the bell rang. The room was suddenly flooded with mist and incense, voice much like the divination teacher called out 'I can see into your hearts, there is much evil around us! EVIL!'

The entire class gasped in bewilderment. A few of the girls started to panic. Then suddenly every thing was clear again and an amused Professor Figg stood in front of them.

'Or not' she said.

A few students let out a reluctant laugh and school every one was in fits of giggles.

'She sounded so much like that old fraud'

'Nearly scared me to death'

'What an entrance!'

Professor Figg raised her hand to silence the class.

'Good Morning class. My name is Arabella Figg, you are to address me as Professor Figg, at least in front of me' she gave a wink.

'I have been an Auror for the past 20 years' she continued.

There were quite a few whispers at this statement.

'and I specialize in illusion charms, as you have already experienced' she finished.

'Now, everybody kindly sit down, yes on the ground' she said.

The entire class sat awkwardly around the ground in bunches. Professor Figg also sat down.

'Put away your books, you will not need them' she said.

The class did as she asked.

'Now, I have been in touch with your previous real Professor, Prof. Lupin, and talked to the Headmaster, it seems you have covered mostly dark creatures and of course the unforgivables' she said darkly.

Harry shifted uncomfortably as her gaze turned to him for a moment.

'With the return of Voldemort', the entire class flinched 'the headmaster has decided that you must learn more practical and advanced defense' she said.

'To defend yourselves against the dark side, you will need more than just spells, you will have to be physically and mentally fit, as well as have a thorough knowledge of the dark arts spells you will encounter'

'Professor' Hermione raised her hand.

'Yes, Hermione' said Professor Fig.

'Does, that mean we will be taught the Dark Arts?' she asked, voicing the question on everyone's mind.

'No!' Professor Figg said quickly 'But, you will be learning the names, functions and theories, so that you may know what you are up against'

'Since you do not have a integrated physical education program, I am going to make it a part your daily routine' she said faking an evil grin 'Every one will have to take laps around the Quidditch pitch at Six in the morning'

There was universal groan. Six in the morning thought the boys, she has to be nuts!. The girls were even more terrified, how could they let the boys see them in such a state!.

'I know, you all don't want to do this, but believe me sometimes the best way to defend your self is to run!' said Professor Figg 'your body must be in tip top condition to be able to dodge, attack and counterattack'

Bowing to the inevitable the class grudgingly grumbled its accent to the plan,

'Excellent, we will start tomorrow at the Quidditch field' she said.

Another set of groans could be heard from the now very unhappy group.

'I will also be started a dueling club, a proper dueling club' she said with a smile.

This cheered up everybody, the only experience they had at dueling was a complete farce setup by their second year DADA teacher (the fraud).

'If you wish to join there is a parchment in your common room, please add your name to it' she added.

There was a whisper of excitement this DADA class may not be that bad after all.

'Now, apart from running and dueling, you will also be taught how to create dark magic detectors, and identify people who are using covert devices such as the poly-juice potion, or the invisibility cloak.

Harry would later swear that she was staring at him, when she said the last few words.

The bell rang and the students quickly dispersed, potions was next and it was a long walk to the dungeons.

'Harry' Prof. Figg called 'I need to talk to you'

Harry walked up to her.

'The Headmaster wishes to see you after you're done with your classes' she said 'It's important'

Harry nodded. Hermione and Ron had joined them by this time.

'Prof. Figg, where is snuffles and Moony' said Harry, finally voicing his concerns.

'Lupin is fine, he'll probably be at Hogwarts tomorrow, so you can meet him and Sirius then' she said 'but, who or what on earth is snuffles?'

'Err, that's our code name for Sirius' Harry whispered 'He told us to use it'

Prof. Figg started giggling in a most un-professor like manner.

'Thank you Harry' she said between giggles 'I now have enough ammunition to tease him for at least a week, you better get going'

The trio ran out, with extremely strange grins pasted on their faces. Snuffles is going to be so mad…

They managed to reach potions just in time.

Author Note: Okay, okay sorry, not much action here, but I need to lay the ground work to shoot this fic into the sky!.

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