Right here is the next part and if you hadn't already please PLEASE go back and read the first chapter for important story info.
I Would have had this chapter out sooner but I have been battling with stupid X-ray diffraction patterns which I do not understand, so I hope you enjoy this chapter…
Part Eleven
The class filed orderly outside the classroom door. They didn't know what professor Turner was like so they waited patiently and quietly for him to arrive. Everyone was thinking what this subject would be like; considering the only thing that was known was that it would involve something about demons. All the girls seemed to be close to giddiness; it seemed that it was a case of Lockheart syndrome once again, Harry noticed as he waited for the class to start. While do girls always giggle? I don't think we will ever understand Harry thought, shaking his head, as watched a huddled group of girls whispering quietly then giggling very femininely. It was the exact same thing that had happened with Professor Wyatt. All the girls liked him but they knew they were too young, oh and the fact that he was married, Professor Turned was married as well but that didn't stop that incessant giggling! Just before the class was about to start Cole came down the corridor, upon seeing them outside the quietly he nervously bade them to enter and the class willingly went in quietly. They all sat down and took out their books and wands.
"Well, hi." Cole started nervously why the hell am I nervous… I have faced way scarier things then this before Cole thought before continuing. "As you all know I am Professor Turner. Umm... as you can tell I'm a little nervous as I have never taught before but I am very familiar with many demons so teaching you about them will hopefully not be too hard." He finished with a bright smile whilst some of the girls giggled. Cole tried to contain his laughter at the thought of 15 or so school girl crushes. But most people were confused at what he said about demons.
"Umm... lets see, I don't know much about your kind of magic but there are some spells that are very effective with most demons, but I will not be teaching you much about how to defend yourself against demons, just different types, so..." Cole trailed of when Hermione's hand went up into the air. "I don't know names so you will have to help me when you ask a question. Yes..."
"Hermione Granger. Why will we not be learning the defence part, isn't that the important part?" Hermione asked speaking allowed at what most of the students were thinking. Cole grinned looking at the class.
"Well you see Hermione, I will probably cover some defence but you have a whole class dedicated to Defence Against the Dark Arts so you will probably cover the defensive part in that lesson. "Cole chuckled slightly then continued "But the biggest reason is that not all demons need to be defended against." He looked around at the students most of them just looked confused. Hermione's hand shot straight back up into the air. Cole inwardly grinned and though, she is way to intuitive for own good.
"Why we wouldn't we have to defend ourselves against demons, they're evil?" She asked confusedly.
"Not every demon is bad" He explained briefly, that confused looked still placed firmly on most of the kids faces "Not every demon is evil, just like not every human is good. Ok, ok, let me try and explain differently. All throughout the world there are demons and just because they are demons does not make them immediately evil. Most demons do not have a soul and exist just to cause mayhem, but if defining evil by the presence of a soul means that all demons are bad, that should mean that all humans, because they have a soul, are good, which as most know that is not the case." From his speech he could tell that he was getting through to them as the confused look was finally starting to fade, but before he continue Hermione's hand was risen once again.
"Professor are you saying that most demons are not evil?" She asked.
"No, no of course not!" Cole replied, maybe I'm not being that clear "Most demons are evil but all I am saying is that the world is not defined by good and evil, black and white, you have to take into consideration the shades of grey as well. For example I know demons out there who are evil but have no desire to create mayhem and despair." Looking around the room he decided to take a different route, knowing that Piper wanted to impress her students in their first lesson with her. "Ok, right you have had DADA already this morning, am I correct?" he asked and looked around at their affirmative nods "Right so you all know that professor Wyatt is a whitelighter. There are many different things in the word beings of light and of dark. Sometimes the beings of dark are not always that dark. They can change their ways to fight for the light." Cole stopped his explanation as somebody put up their hand. He pointed to them to speak.
"Neville Longbottom. What would make an evil want to change to good?" he asked
"Well there are quite a few possibilities but the main one you will find is probably love." Cole replied with a hint of a smile. "Evil creatures do love, they love power, pain and sometimes the very thing they are meant to hate, human beings. Love is a very strong element. It can make even the evilest of monsters have the slightest change of heart, and most of all it can protect." He looked at Harry who was looking Cole straight in the eye. "You are wondering how I would know this. Well I know this as one of creatures used to be me. The reason that I am so perfect to teach this subject is because I'm a demon." As he bowed his head there were many a shocked gasps around the room and somewhere from the back of the room there was a 'cool'. "I do not deny that once all I was was evil. But like I said love is a very big factor in the way destiny plays out for you. I fell in love with the one thing I was sent after to destroy and it changed my life forever." Hermione put her hand up again.
"You fell in love with professor Halliwell?" It was more of a statement then a question. Some of the class was a little scared of Cole now but most were still alright as they thought 'Why would Dumbledore hire somebody if he was truly evil?'
"Yes. Don't worry I haven't been that same demon for more then a year now and I would never hurt anybody, so stop looking so frightened." Then he laughed, that made the class feel a lot better. "Ok so where were we before I spilled out my life story. Oh yeah the shades of grey. Some demons will never know what is like to be good or even slightly less evil, but on the rare occasions they find something worth fighting or they just have a slight twinge of a conscious in which they know what they are doing is wrong. I know exactly how they feel because that is how it started for me, a slight doubt in whether what I was doing was the right thing then changing into something completely different. Does everyone understand now?" he looked around the class and was glad to see that no one was confused anymore. "Ok are there any questions?" A few hands went up. He pointed to a boy in the middle of the classroom.
"Seamus Finnegan. What type of powers do you have?" he asked with a grin. Cole laughed wondering when that question was going to be asked.
"Umm... I can make energy balls and I can shimmer, which is like orbing but without the pretty light show and theatrical entrance," he said with a touch of mockery, earning himself a few muttered laughs. "Anyone else?"
For the rest of the class they had a little question and answer session where Cole got to scare most of the little with tales of his past. They still were not totally comfortable with him being a demon. Harry kept thinking that maybe it was a trick sent by Voldemort. But he then he thought rationally and thought 'Why would he tell us he was a demon?' and 'Why would a good witch marry a demon if he was evil'. The other thing that he quite replaying in his head was the speech that Professor Turner had made about Love and its effects on the evilest things in the world. Although he had been lost in his thoughts for a while, once it was time to leave he had to agree with his classmates, the lesson was one of the most interesting they had had since they had had DADA with professor Lupin. Maybe this year wasn't going to be so bad after all Harry thought finally.
