After Christmas, the students and teachers returned to Hogwarts. That weekend Harry and Danny returned to their weekly ghost hunts but they didn't encounter the ghost again, Danny's ghost sense was still triggered but only for split seconds, not long enough to warrant warning the others. That Sunday Danny left breakfast early and waited for an arrival in his office. A faint ripping sound and a ghost sense later Wulf escorted Princess Dora into Hogwarts. She hugged Danny and asked how his Christmas with his family had been. Then Danny walked with Dora through empty corridors to Minerva's office to allow the headmistress to meet the ghostly Princess.
Sir Nick offered to give Dora a tour of the castle which she agreed to. Danny asked that Dora avoid being seen as he wanted her to be a surprise until his first lesson. Dora giggled and agreed, turning herself invisible, much to Minerva's surprise. Danny smiled and then left the room with the two ghosts.
The next morning Danny left the Great Hall early again, excited to see how his students would react to Dora. Dora was a gentle, sweet character. In Danny's opinion, the best ghost to start with. At least as long as she didn't get angry and trigger her amulet and change into a ghostly dragon. He shut the door and smiled at Dora who was sitting at his desk looking through the book Sam had bought him.
"Hey Dora, are you ready to meet my first class?" Danny greeted her. Dora looked up and grinned.
"You bet," she replied brightly. Danny laughed and leant against the desk.
"Anything you want to keep secret from these guys so I don't put my foot in it?" Danny asked. Dora giggled and shook her head.
"No, I don't think so. You?" Dora answered. Danny nodded.
"Don't mention Phantom. These people don't know about him or me. I'd like to keep it that way. I'm giving all the credit for what I've done to Fenton while I'm here alright?" Danny warned her. Dora nodded.
"Understood Danny," Dora retorted. Danny grinned and Dora turned invisible as the door opened and Danny's class filed in.
The fourth years took their seats and waited for Danny to begin. There were a few confused expressions to see Danny leaning against his desk rather than sitting behind the desk as usual. Danny smiled at them.
"I have a surprise for you today. I'd like to introduce Princess Dora of the Aragon Kingdom in the Ghost Zone," Danny announced dramatically and Dora appeared beside him, eliciting a few cries of shock from the students. Danny grinned and pushed himself into a standing position. Dora gracefully floated into a standing position and stepped out from behind the desk.
"Hello, it's lovely to meet you all," Dora greeted them. The students stared dumbly at the ghost, causing Dora to feel a little uncomfortable and glance nervously at Danny. Danny smiled reassuringly at her before clapping his hands together, snapping the students out of the stupor.
"Enough staring. It's rude and she is royalty. Feel free to speak with her and ask plenty of questions. With Princess Dora's help, I'll be showing you a few ghost powers common in the Ghost Zone," Danny explained.
A few hands rose and Danny gave Dora permission to choose the students with a wave of the hand. She smiled nervously before nodding to a girl in the front.
"You're a real princess? Like you have a crown and a throne and everything?" the girl asked. Danny rolled his eyes and Dora smiled and nodded.
"I do. But it is only a recent development for me. Danny helped me. My brother, Prince Aragon had the throne before me and he ruled our kingdom with an iron fist. He kept our realm in the dark ages. Time didn't move forward and our realm never grew alongside yours. Without Danny and his friends, I would never have stood up to him and taken the throne," Dora answered, her voice growing as she became more confident. The students began whispering among themselves before Danny cleared his throat from his position in the corner.
"Manners," he warned, his arms folded and a stern expression. Dora giggled at him before pointing to another student. It amused her greatly that Danny, a person who usually broke rules on purpose, was scolding these teenagers for being rude.
"Why did you need Mr. Fenton to help you get the throne?" A boy asked nervously. Dora glanced at Danny uncertain about how to answer. He smiled at her reassuringly and nodded. Dora smiled nervously before turning back to the students.
"My brother is a brute. He's powerful also. You see this amulet," Dora began and lifted her green necklace up to show the class.
"This is one of two amulets of Aragon. It enables the wearer to become a mighty, fire-breathing dragon when angry or upset. My brother used this power to force his subjects to listen and obey him. My brother kidnapped a human girl and was going to force her to be his bride but Danny defied him and fought him so that I could learn from his friends that I could be strong enough to stand up to Aragon. I then fought my brother and won, claiming the throne as my own," Dora recounted. The class glanced at Danny in surprise and then at Dora. A girl raised her hand and Dora nodded to her.
"Could you show us?" She requested. Dora bit her lip and turned to Danny. He scowled before nodding.
"If Princess Dora's alright with it, I guess she could transform outside and you guys could look out the windows," Danny suggested. The classroom was no way big enough for Dora to change in. Dora nodded and smiled. She floated into the air and phased through the wall. The students rushed to the large windows at the back of the class and watched Dora in anticipation. She smiled nervously before her amulet began to glow and her body elongated and swell into a large whitish-blue dragon with green horns, claws and spines. Dora demonstrated her control by flying out over the forest and breathing her ghostly blue fire and before returning and reverting to her usual humanoid form in the classroom. Dora glanced back at the forest and scowled. She turned to Danny but he shook his head. He knew what she was going to say. She'd felt the ghost's presence out there.
After a few more questions asking about Dora's kingdom, Danny asked Dora to show his class the basic ghost powers of invisibility, flight and intangibility and set an essay about medieval muggle life. He'd ask Dora to mark them for him, since he didn't know the first thing about the dark ages. They repeated the lesson for the next class, Danny explaining about the ghost in the forest to Dora between the lessons. Dora was a lot more confident during the second lesson. Afterwards, Sir Nick offered to show her more of Hogwarts and Danny went to dinner, meeting up with Harry who commented on how excited the students had been after his lesson.
So, I wanted to show Danny's first lesson with a guest ghost. Let me know what you thought…
And so, until the next chapter.