Here's the next chapter please read and review thanks, Angel x
The first year group were once again in Neville's class and he looked forward to their lesson today as Yesterday had been such an eye opener for him. He entered the room with the class entering in behind him. "Ok now have a seat everyone. Yesterday as you saw we got into two lines opposite one another and essentially we made a defense team. Now can anyone tell me what are two of the most important things needed in a defense team?" he asked as people looked around at one another. Parvati raised her hand to answer him. "Yes Parvati!" he called out looking at her. "They are accuracy and determination!" she called out happily.
"No Parvati that is not the answer but she is correct as these are two very important things in a defense team which should always be remembered. The two most important things in a defense team are each other and honesty as without the two of these your team is finished. You need to be able to rely on one another and trust that not only are they there by your side your team members that is but that you can trust every member on your team. I'm all for someone having a hunch but if you choose to be too Gryffindor for lack of a better phrase and barge in all guns blazing telling no one what it is you are thinking of doing, serious accidents will happen" he paused here to be sure his message had gotten home with everyone.
"Do not misunderstand me for everyone needs bravery in a defense team such as the Auror Corps for example but with bravery comes responsibility and I can assure you that petty things such as house rivalry matter not when you're out in the Auror field. There no one cares what blood status you have or money you own. Out there it's all about how good you are, whether you can handle extreme endurance and whether you have what it takes to be a part of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Do not assume that because you are a girl you do not have a chance to be part of that department. Equally do not assume that because you are a boy who has no interest in becoming an Auror that the department does not need you. You will find that while you don't want to be an Auror that you in fact make a great strategist and can help the Auror Corps and trainees with providing maps to the troops when needed. You can in this instance be the person to show them the best way to go about getting in and out of a location with as little damage as possible" he said pausing once again to see that they had understood what he had said.
"Also you should all note that Aurors need people to help them medically and so you can train as an Auror Specialist Injury Mediwitch. These are medical people who specialize with only Aurors and people of that Department. With this job you can also teach Aurors and staff some minimal ways to heal themselves if for instance they can't get back to the Department straight away. This can be interesting indeed. Also you should note these jobs are not sexist as some of the best Aurors have been female and have kicked many a males arse. Now then for this lesson I have decided that for fun I am going to look at the register and with my eyes closed point at one random name. When I call out that name you are to open your book on a random page and I will teach you all whatever spell it lands on. Ok so let's go!" he said doing just that.
His finger landed on Daphne Greengrass from Slytherin house. "Ok so Daphne you can choose the charm we will be learning off you go!" he said encouragingly. She flipped open her book on a random page as instructed. "Sir what's the Diffindo charm. I've not heard of that one!" she said as he smiled. "Ok so this is the cutting charm and it cuts things. This is a charm which is not considered to be dark but I want you all to know it can be when used differently. Generally you'll find this charm being used in classes such as herbology. However with this charm you can slice the neck of a deatheater killing him and all without using a dark spell. Now that is cunning indeed in my book as no one will expect it and you can't get into too much trouble for it as the spell you used was not in fact dark at all. It is a good spell to know as it can cut through absolutely anything freeing you in the most dire of circumstances. Now to perform this spell you need to raise your wand up like so and move it down rapidly like this and call out the spell words which are as you've guessed it Diffindo. Now then I will summon some tapestries which we are all to try and cut. The person who cuts theirs in half on the first go get's ten house points!" he said enthusiastically as the various tapestries came into the room.
It was important to him that they all learned that curses and charms that were labeled as good or light charms could cause just as much damage as dark curses. He was tired of people only saying that Dark curses could kill people. It was very silly and could get you killed. It was this kind of thought he felt which promoted lazy defense techniques. This would he hoped also show them that in a battle you didn't always have to revert to the most dark of curses to win. This would not only take your opponent by surprise but it could in fact save your life. Every second in the field counted. Hannah Abbot was the first to get it and he smiled internally at it not showing much emotions on his face. But inside he was so exceptionally proud.
"Well done Hannah and ten points to Hufflepuff. Ok now listen for your homework which is to completed all year long you are to maintain an exercise routine for my class. I have drawn up a schedule and so for half an hour in the mornings I want to see you walking around the quidditch pitch which should be four times in a row. In the evenings you are to read up and practice a muggle form of training known as fencing. I am passing you all out a handbook on fencing. The main reason for this is to quicken up your feet in a duel. If you can move as though you are fencing in a duel you will have better results. Now next to my classroom is an empty unused room which will be free to you all at eight pm each evening for one hour. I expect to see you using it for practice. Now bear in mind what I tell you next is not something anyone in the Auror Corps or anywhere would want you to know but you deserve to know it anyway. In order to shoot off any spell it is not necessary to shout out the words so as long as you say them meaning what you say it will work equally. I will now demonstrate what I mean. DIFFINDO! Diffindo! So you see they both got the same results while I said one and shouted the other. Tell as many people as you want and you can tell anyone you like that your teacher told you to do so. Class dismissed!" he said as his class left the room feeling elated.
Harry had the higher year class again with Fred and George in it and as they entered he told everyone to wait for five minutes asking Fred to come to his office. Fred wondered what he'd done wrong. "Have a seat Frederick. Now I would like to make you an offer but I would prefer that you tell only your brother George about it as I don't want this getting spread around as it could cause problems for me which I don't want. As you can see your amazing painting is stored here in that gold frame and it makes my office complete. Now as you can see the classroom doesn't look so good because there is nothing in it like this. Now my proposal is this. As you can do some great art I wondered if I could commission you to do some art for the classroom do you understand me?" he asked Fred who looked shocked.
"I eh don't know what commission means sir!" said Fred blushing. "That's not a problem Fred. It just means that I want you to do a task for me which I will be paying for. I would like you to paint me twelve paintings for my large classroom of anything you like. Now tell me if you do decide to accept how much would you want in payment for them? Would you also consider doing some for personal quarters here? I hope you do not mind me asking you this it's just that you are so talented that it would be a shame to waste your talent. You have a flare for becoming an artist. What do you say?" he asked excitedly while Fred looked as though he'd collapse.
"Sir I don't know what to say. I am so honoured! I will of course do it for you. I would rather you decide what to pay me as my family does not have a lot of money and so I would like for you to decide what I should earn!" he said honestly. "I really think you should take this up as a career Fred. I'll tell you what. I need six paintings for my personal quarters and twelve for my room however I will want more for my family manor at some other time in the future which I will let you know about. I have a cheque here for what I feel is an adequate price however there are some conditions to you getting it. Asides from the work you do for me I will need a vow that the only person you ever share this with will be your brother George. Speaking of brothers I would watch out for Percival as he called here the other day to ask me if I had really given you the money stating that you didn't earn it. I think he thought initially you had stolen it but I am not sure. Just be careful of him ok as attitudes like that can cause harm to the person whose attitude it is" Harry said seriously.
"Thanks for the advice sir. I Frederick Gideon Weasley do hereby swear on my life and my magic to share my money earned through painting with my brother George Fabian Weasley only so mote it be!" he said nearly fainting when he got the cheque for 401,606 G, 7 S and 9 K. This translated to two million pounds but as Harry had more money then he really needed it was mere dent in his fortunes and it felt good to be making him feel good. "Very good now send in George as I have a proposition for him and thank you very much for your help!" said Harry happily. He was delighted to be doing some good for that family. He smiled at George who entered the room smiling. "Sit down George I have an experiment I wish to run during this lesson with you. I have here a muggle device called a cam corder or camera recorder. It when I hold it up to my eye it enables me to go around capturing a constant photo which we call a video of what is going on. It is like a moving photo in our world only it only stops moving when we've stopped using it. I have been using it just now and I will show you how it works. Now here we have the screen which looks a bit like a picture frame only tiny. Now if you look at it you will see yourself and then you will understand hopefully how it works" he explained showing it to George who fainted. He was revived. "BLOODY HELL IN A HAND BASKET WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING!?" he shouted in shock. "This is what we in the muggle world call a video. Did you like it?" he asked George who said that he did. "You press this button here to record the image or take the video and then press it again to stop it. When you press it you will hear a beep sound and then once again when you stop it. These things can run for hours so you can record something for hours and watch it back any time you want. Your task is to record today's lesson and find out a way of making these for the Wizarding World if at all possible. If it's not possible that's fine but I think if you could find a way it would be a great thing to design a sell just an idea. Come on out!" he said leaving his office once again.
"Now today we're going to do some dancing. I'm going to put on some music and I will allow you all to dance as you feel like doing. It's a way of stress relieving. There will be various different types of songs roughly six in total and you are to dance in any way you feel like but beside me here I have a box full of fancy dress clothes each of you bar George Weasley is to wear when dancing to the songs. These are to be changed when every new song comes on. George is using a muggle device to record our dancing which we can then watch together after. I will of course be saying what the songs are as each one starts and everyone will have a chance to change into new clothes for each song. Please note the clothes in this box look silly as they are supposed to. You will find wigs and dresses and so on so I say enjoy yourselves and have fun. Muggles do this sometimes at their parties so have fun and sometimes I will take the device George has and he can join in! Let's go. Ok so the first song is called Brown Girl in the Ring by an old muggle band called Boney M" he said as they all went to select their clothes and magic them on.
Marcus Flint ended up dressed as a superhero with a cape and Oliver Wood was dressed as his side kick. Fred was as a fairy and Alicia was dressed a mermaid. They all danced around to the strange tune loving it. It was so much fun. "Ok now the next song is called Pour some sugar on me by a muggle bad called Def Leopard!" he called giving everyone a change to change. Angela was now wearing a seventies wing and some flares with some platforms and a floaty top. Harry went around with a muggle and wizarding camera when he wasn't dancing with them taking various shots of them. He was going to treat them afterwards by using the gemino curse on the items till he had twenty or so of each one and then taking it off so they could each have some photos of this time as a memory. George was jamming away to it as he filmed everything going on. He didn't really understand what he was doing but he knew it would probably make sense in the end when he watched it back with his class. "Ok now the next song is called I'm too sexy by a muggle band called Right Said Fred. Well done Fred Weasley your name is in the band name!" he said making Fred blush where he stood.
"Eh thanks sir I think!" he said while laughing as the song came on. It was so funny. Harry charmed some disco lights to come on as they danced as they marveled at them while dancing. The purebloods had a blast as the costumes were all so silly as was the dancing and no one actually cared or gave out to them for not being 'proper'. It was as the class was dancing that Harry felt himself getting sick each time he glanced at Flint and his damn mouth.
"Marcus Flint please come over here and close your eyes as you have a problem I need to fix. This will only hurt for a moment!" he said using a shrinking charm and straightening charm on his teeth to fix them. He was shocked at how normal he looked now. "What did you do to me sir?" he asked in awe. "Well Marcus your mouth did look disgusting and so I fixed it. Now I won't feel sick each time I see you. I am sorry to say that Marcus but your teeth were making me feel sick. Now they look great look at them" he said handing Marcus a mirror who smiled. "Thanks so much sir. Been wanting to fix em for years but didn't know the charm!" he said while joining his friends to dance who all admired his now amazing smile.
"Ok the next song is by The Features and it's called From now on!" he said as he joined them once again in dancing for a while. He too donned a wig and joined in making them all laugh at him. He was such a respectable teacher so to see him like this without a care in the world was so refreshing. "Ok now for this next song get into pairs and dance with your partner however you feel. This next song is called Witchcraft and it's by a man called Frank Sinatra!" he said amazed as they all laughed at the song not really knowing how to dance to it as they knew they needed to dance to it together but it wasn't necessarily slow either. Fred and Angelina got it faster then most and actually drew a slight crowd around them as they got lost in each other and the music. It was very special to see. It was clear they were in love and Harry was happy the Weasleys could still at least have some fun those of them that didn't do him wrong that is.
"Ok now the last song is called feeling hot hot hot and it's usually played by muggles in the summer time while they are on holiday! Make the most of it" he said smiling. These cultural classes were showing them the fun of the muggle world but as they were having so much fun sometimes they didn't realise they'd been learning muggle things. "Ok now George stop!" he commanded. "Yes sir!" he called out turning it off. "Now I have a surprise for you all. Please sit down. This muggle device is called a cam corder or video recorder. It is like a wizarding camera except the pictures it takes only stop moving when you stop them from moving. George has recorded us all dancing and now we will turn it on and pass it around so each table can see what they looked like. I hope you enjoy it!" he said as they all gasped and sometimes even clapped at what they were seeing. Both Fred and Angelina blushed heavily at the crowd they'd gathered while dancing. "Now that we've all seen what it does I will ask Marcus Flint to come up here and spin this globe of the world around with this eyes closed and then stop it by placing his finger on a random country!" he said as Marcus did as asked noticing his fingers were pointing to Ireland.
"Ok so everyone listen up. Marcus' hands landed on Ireland so for your homework I want two pages back and front on Irish dancing in Ireland and the History of it. Have fun ok and we'll see for our next class!" he said as they all thanked him and left. He was loving his new job. Who said Muggle studies or should I say now Cultural Studies couldn't be fun.