Chapter 13-Teaching Again
29 September 1977, 1300
Katja decided not to take Professor McGonagall on her offer, and decided to go to Defence that afternoon. Katja thought that she would take her up on potions, though. As Katja went into the Defence classroom for the class she was taking, Auror Williamson pulled her to the side. This was quite easy as, even in this time-frame, Katja was the first to class.
"Katja," Williamson said. "I hear that you are a Multicast. I was thinking that a demonstration might be useful to the class for today's lesson. I've got a couple of spiders and other small animals here in case you wish to use some spells on them. What do you think?"
"Well, Professor, not everyone can Multicast, but I will do my best to try. Do you want me to teach the class?"
"I assume that you know a lot about this type of thing?"
"Of course, sir." Reaching into her bag, which she had cast an Undetectable-Extension Charm and a Featherweight charm on, she pulled out her teaching robes and went to the girl's lavatory to put them back on. Then, she cast an Anti-Wrinkle spell on the robes, so that they looked like they just came out of the wash. She went back into the room, and took the second chair behind the professor's desk. Soon, the class had finished coming in. Professor Williamson got up and started to speak.
"I'm sure that you all know Ms. Katja Wagner" the professor said with a smile. "She will be talking to you today about Multicasts. You are to treat her with the same respect or more respect than you would give me." As he was saying "more respect," the Auror was looking over at the Slytherins with a knowing look. "She will have the power to dock points and hand out detentions as she always does. Ms. Katja Wagner!"
"Thank you, professor." Katja said. "Now can anyone tell me what a multicast is?"
Among the hands that went up, she saw Lily's, Sirius', and Snape's. She called on Lily. "Ms. Evans?"
"A multicast is someone who can cast spells in multiple languages. It is also said that some can combine spells so that they can cast multiple versions of the same spell."
"And why would this be helpful, Miss Evans?"
"Spells are countered most effectively in the language that they were cast in," Lily replied. "If rumours are true, the Dark Lord could easily use all sorts of unblockable spells just by using the Parseltounge that he is rumoured to be able to speak."
"Very good. 15 points to Gryffindor. Does anyone besides Miss Evans here know what languages English wizards tend to use?" Seeing Sirius' hand, she called on him. "Mr. Black?"
"Latin, Greek, and Aramaic" he replied.
"Another five points to Gryffindor. I will demonstrate a couple of spells on these spiders here, to show you that most spells used in England have counterparts in other languages. Grossissent!" At this, the spider grew in size. She then said, "What should I show first? Stupefy?" As the class nodded their approval, she pointed her wand at the spider and said, "Stupor!" and the spider fell over. "I may have accidentally used a little too much power on that one." She got another spider and demonstrated another spell. She went on for about fifteen minutes before she started to run out of spells. She told the class this.
"Although I know a lot about foreign magic, I am down to about three more spells. The use of these three spells is Forbidden on another human being. Any such use is a one way ticket to the local Wizarding Prison, unless authorised by the government. For a brief time where I come from, these curses were not illegal, but I never have actually used them. If you do not want to see these in action, I suggest you leave now."When nobody left, she looked at the spider, and aiming her wand at the creature said, "Commande!" Immediately, the spider started doing what she wanted it to do. "Just like our Unforgivables,you really have to mean them. I'm sure that everyone can identify the counterpart for this curse."
The whole class shouted that it was the Imperious curse, which she agreed with. She let up the spell, forced a face of deep revulsion, and shouted, "Douleur". The spider started to shriek in agony. Everyone realised exactly what spell it was. "The Cruciatus curse. Not very pleasant at all. Now for the spell to rule them all, the one most commonly referred to as an acronym, I present the DLA also known as the AK." She pointed her wand at the spider again and said, "Détruisez l'âme!" The effect was immediate. The spider fell dead in a flash of green light. "The French really outdid themselves on that one. They even got the colour of the spell right. Now, I'm afraid that you will need to take notes for the rest of class, so I'll give you a minute to take out your quills and parchment." She gave them a minute before continuing on.
"There are some spells that only multicasts can do. For example, the Dark Shield spell can only be accessed by a spell in at least two languages. I'll show you. Mr. Black, I need a volunteer for a demonstration." As Sirius came up, she told the class that she was giving permission for Sirius to use any non-Unforgivable curse against her.
"Sectumsempra!" shouted Sirius. Katja, in the brief moment that she looked around the room noted that Snape was looking particularly foul.
"SchwarzeZwart schilde!" Katja intoned. A dark shield erupted from her wand and the curse just bounced off, ricochetting into the wall. "Thank you Mr Black, Five points to Gryffindor. I've heard that it can withstand even more powerful curses, but as my knowledge of the shield was mostly theoretical, I didn't want to test it."
Someone from the Slytherin side of the classroom, Snape and Malfoy she noticed, said, "We'd be more than happy to help you test it, Professor." The boys made an identical sudden slashing movement with their wands, and a second before she saw the light of the curse, she knew what it was. Quickly, she put up her shield again and then muttered, "Dākushīrudo, Plus Grand Protéger!" The shield was quickly reinforced, and once again, the spell was deflected, although Katja did feel a hint of the spell. "Let's see, Messrs Malfoy and Snape, I think that you both added another week of Detention with McGonagall or Williamson and 100 points each from Slytherin. The Headmaster and Professor Slughorn will hear about this." she said this in a cold tone. If anyone from the future would have been there, they would have known that Katja was mere moments away from loosing all sense of control. Professor Williamson seemed to notice, and dismissed the boys to the headmaster's office, while he went into his office to Floo Slughorn. Katja continued to lecture about the ability to use multiple languages. She said that first, you had to imagine the result of the spell, similar to a non-verbal spell. Then, just like any other spell, you had to say the incantation and put just enough power into the spell to achieve the desired result. "After casting those Unforgivables and that Shield, especially the second one," Katja said, "I'm pretty worn out. It takes a lot of power to use that type of magic."
She then referred back to the beginning of class, when Lily had mentioned multiple spells. "Most wizards cannot use multiple spells at the same time, but any decent Spellsmith can combine two spells for more power. Some Spellsmiths even today create their own spells. Although, it is not necessary to be a smith in order to create spells." She then shouted, "Entwaffnen!" at Remus, and then said, "Sorry, Mr Lupin, but this demonstration won't work with a non-functional wand, which is what it would be if I just asked you. Pettigrew, Black, please come here."
The boys went to the front of the room, where she said that they were to attack her, and that she would use the two wands to stun them. The students got into position. They each said, "Expelliarmus!" but mere milliseconds before they said their spell, Katja yelled, "Stupor! Stupefy!" A jet of red light hit each of the boys and they collapsed. She yelled "Schildzauber!" and the shield redirected the Disarming Jinxes. Pointing the wands at the boys, she said "Tarmoa!" and tossed Remus his wand back. It was now towards the end of the class, so she set them an essay due next class about the advantages of Casting in Multiple Languages.
She decided to follow her earlier decision and skip Potions for once, going with Lily up to the Hospital Wing to see James.
29 September 1977, 1730
Katja brought the class to order. "I'd like your homework now. If you wish to reveal the identity of the werewolf/werewolves at the school, please put it on your paper. Then, bring your papers to me. After I collect the papers, anyone handing in the essay late will be docked 10 per cent and will loose the opportunity of extra credit." At this, there was furious writing as some of the students tried to put down their thoughts on their parchment. Then the students brought up their essays.
"Any more? Good. Anyone have the name of the werewolf/werewolves at the school?" A nervous Hufflepuff raised her hand, "Yes?"
"You, professor. You are a werewolf."
"Good. Five points to Hufflepuff. Yes, I am a werewolf, but I am perfectly safe as long as I am not near the school at the full moon. What gave it away?"
"You seemed to have all of the symptoms of a werewolf on Tuesday, which was the full moon. And I just happened to see you walk out the front door going towards the forest. Remus Lupin, Seventh Year Gryffindor is the other one, I think." the same girl said.
"Take another five points. Now, there will be a quiz on Tuesday that will comprise a large portion of your final grade in this class. Similar to some Muggle schools, I am weighting the grades, with Homework counting for 25 percent of the grade, Quizzes counting for another 25% and the two Major Exams will count for the rest of the grade. You will need to know everything since the beginning of term. Today, we will go over Runespoors. Can anyone tell me what a Runespoor is?"
She looked around and saw that the only hand up was the Hufflepuff's. "No-one can tell me what a Runespoor is? A Runespoor is a type of serpent with three heads. Can anyone tell me why they think I am talking about Runespoors in a DADA class?" She called on a Gryffindor. "Yes, Ms. O'Brien?"
"Since the Dark Lord is a Parselmouth, he can talk to all kinds of snakes."
"Yes, but that is not the only reason we are talking about them. By definition, these creatures were Designed by Dark Wizards, and therefore, are considered Dark themselves." She noticed that some of the students weren't paying attention. "Five points from everyone who wasn't paying attention. If I catch you again, it will be detention with Professor McGonagall or Professor Williamson! Apparently, there are some students at this school who think that they don't need to pay attention!"
Katja hated when she had to sound like her professors from her day, but sometimes, it was the only thing that worked. Soon class was over. She assigned the ones who had not been paying attention 2 rolls of parchment on Runespoors, while the five that had been paying attention only got 1 roll of parchment. "I hope these are better than the ones on Kappas. Only one person got a Outstanding. One person got a High Exceeds Expectations, two got lower Es, and five of you got As on your homework. The rest of you failed, because you didn't read properly, or listen to instructions properly. Miss Brown, please wait a moment."
The Hufflepuff looked worried. "You don't need to be worried," said Katja when it was just Williamson, her, and the Hufflepuff. "In fact, Miss Brown, you are the one who got the O on the paper. You seem to be a lot like me when I was your age. I always wanted to be the first with answers, the best of the best, but I never gave anyone else the chance to answer questions and I only had a couple of friends, who saw me not as a know-it-all, but as a good person. I am very proud of how well you are doing in my class, and if you ever need help, don't be too proud to ask for it, please? That's what one of my friends' problems was. He never asked for help. Oh, here is your paper. 99 out of 100. I only managed a 98 when I took Creature Defence."
Katja then asked if a girl named Annie was her sister. The Hufflepuff, whose name turned out to be Sarah, said that, yes she was. "Your sister is doing a good job in my Defence I class, too. Hopefully, when I become a full professor, I will meet more girls like you and your sister."
Just then, Professor McGonagall came into the room with a worried look on her face. "Ms. Wagner," she said. "The Headmaster would like to see you immediately. He says that he has something that he needs to tell you."
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I am basically trying to set up an "Extra" or two if I need them. I don't think that the Brown family will play a big part in the story, but Katja needed to find someone who acted like her (even though Katja is acting Snape-ish in her classes)
The languages that Katja uses are German, Dutch, French and Japanese. The Stupor spell is German, the Unforgivables are French, the Shield is German and Dutch, the second shield is Japanese and French; to wake up the boys, she uses Finnish
The spell that Malfoy and Snape use is designed to be identical to the one Dolohov used in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries
More between Remus and Katja about their common problem, along with romance between SB/Katja in upcoming chapters