Last week, Harry had lectured in Draco's classes, which had been somewhat unsettling. Since their last encounter in the fields outside Hogwarts, the two men had once again resorted to communicating via owls. Harry felt fairly safe, not having to face the blonde and become distracted by what those lips could do or say to him. Consequently, the word 'Malfoy' returned to his dictionary, at least for a very short while.
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Potter,
Prepare those classes decently. I will not have a Gryffindor make a fool out of the (DA)DA classes. I suggest you start off with pooling the students' knowledge about the whole Dark Lord bit. Depending on how well the dunderheads perform, we can see where to take it from there on.
Ever so kind greetings,
DM.
Malfoy,
"The whole Dark Lord bit" as you call it is a rather gigantic part of history to be dealt with. Opposed to what you might expect of me, I was already ahead of you in that department. And just for the record, both the previous and current Headmaster of Hogwarts are of Gryffindor House. I do not think you need to worry about your (DA)DA classes being ruined by one.
Sincerely,
Harry Potter.
Potter,
The only reason McGonagall is Head of Hogwarts is because all the other good candidates are dead. Considering what Snape did for the Wizarding World, he ought to be in that chair. Your former Head of House was nothing but a leftover, which in no way says anything about her qualifications for the job.
Could you be more specific about "ahead of you"? What will you deal with? In what order? Are there handouts needed? Where do students need to participate? When do they need to take notes? Etc., etc.
Kindly,
DM.
Mr. Malfoy,
I will cease this badgering here, because it is, frankly, getting us nowhere. Clearly, our last encounter has left you somewhat confused, perhaps even pissed off. Considering our past, I would think both of us professional enough to let it go. Call it a bad game gone wrong, shall we?
Apart from that, I plan to ask them general questions at first: Who is Voldemort?; What does he stand for?; When did he live and die?; Who were his most important contemporaries?; When were the two wars?; Who were his allies and enemies?; What caused his downfall?; and so on. According to their answers, I will create a scheme in the air (so I'm easily able to move around answers). During this part of the lesson, they will not need to write anything down. I suppose this could already fill an hour, especially if I start asking people's opinion on different actions of different 'players' in the tale.
Kindly yours,
Harry J. Potter.
Since when are you mine, Green-Eyes?
DM.
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Harry had not bothered replying to that one, though the nickname 'Green-Eyes' had left him smiling like an idiot for the rest of the day. Somehow since their mission, Draco had become a lot less predictable. If Harry did not know any better, he would have thought the Slytherin had a crush on or some kind of 'thing' for him. Yet, being the modest Gryffindor that he was, the Boy-Who-Lived refused to accept that simple explanation. Occam's razor was lost on him. Besides, if he were to take Hermione's advice of messing around with Malfoy in order to 'deal with it', it was probably best not to get too involved and not to look too deep into Draco's behaviour.
Which was easier said than done. Neither of them mentioned their last 'encounter', as Harry had dubbed it in his letter. Yet both of them felt odd in each other's company. The first week of classes had worked out splendidly for the students, who all seemed to take a shine to "Professor Potter".