Morgana's Lesson

The sun shone over the great lake. Ginny's hand was cold but soft in his rough hand. He rubbed the smooth skin gently and warmed it. She looked comfortable and said,

'Thank you.'

With surging emotion, he pulled her in his arms and planted a kiss on the forehead. Strings of her ginger hair tickled his nostril. He came back after Voldemort hit the Killing Curse on the chest. He came back for her. He came back to restart his life together. Ginny spoke,

'Ritchie and Demelza will be happy with you. We were banned Quidditch last year, you know?'

Harry nodded quietly. He missed his Gryffindor Quidditch uniform he left in the Dursley's house. They had a lot to talk after a long time, but the beginning was always like this, the topic was about Quidditch.

Ginny looked up and said,

'I am wondering if you could play Seeker for this year. I'll ask my brother to be Keeper later.'

'Oh, it sounds fun, but we can't promise, you know. We can help you to train the younger Gryffindors though.'

'Yeah, right.' She heaved a big sigh.

'Relax, Ginny. I'll watch the tryouts this afternoon. I am hungry. Let's eat sandwiches you brought for me. ' Yawning, he took a basket from her hand.

'You look sleepy. Did you get a clue after the night patrol?'

'Yep. We need more evidences. Do you learn Astronomy lesson from professor Sinistra?'

'No, I chose Firenze's field work. It is more exciting compared with indoor study.'

They sat down on the lawn under an enormous oak tree. They were not alone. One by one, the other students came to the lake and enjoyed their short break before the next class. Harry ate chicken sandwiches and gulped down a bottle of pumpkin juice,

'Who teaches DADA this year?'

'Oh, I was going to ask you. Morgana Evans is our new DADA teacher. Do you know her? Her last name is your mum's.'

'No. I thought my mum was the only witch from Evans blood line. She was a Muggle-born.'

'Yeah, she was... ' She drank pumpkin juice. 'She teaches us how to tame a dragon baby.'

'How to tame a dragon? Sounds like Hagrid's field.'

'Yes, it does. She favorited me and Luna and told us to take an extra lesson after class.'

'An extra lesson? What for?'

Ginny shrugged, 'Maybe, she is so kind?'

Harry stopped eating and asked, 'Will you take the lesson? Can I observe it?'

'No, I won't. Tryouts, you know. But Luna will this afternoon.'

Harry touched the pocket and made sure his Invisibility Cloak was there.

'You are going to watch her extra lesson, aren't you, Harry?'

'Sorry, Ginny. I need to check her lesson, first, but I'll be come back to you after that.'

'Do you think professor Evans is up to something?'

'I don't know, but dragons have been banned to be brought in the school.'

'But we had the Triwizard Tournament in the past. You faced the Hungarian Horntail in the pitch. Professors have the right to decide what they will use for their lessons. '

'Yeah, but it doesn't fit professor's lesson plan. Remember Remus Lupin...' The name caused the pang of sadness that he lost one of the reliable professors in the battle.

'Are you okay, Harry?' Ginny looked into his eyes.

'Yeah, I am. Just ...well, I'll join you when you choose Seeker, so leave the position for the last.'

Ginny nodded approvingly and she stood up. The wind shook the reeds by the lake. Harry watched her walk off for the next class.

Morgana's face wore a slightly frown at Luna Lovegood skipping out from the castle. She expected Ginevra Weasley would come as well. The daughter of Molly Weasley who killed Bellatrix Lestrange. She thought highly of Weasleys. Lovegood smiled and asked,

'Are you disappointed, professor? I know you prefer Ginny to me.'

'Oh, no. You are under the wrong impression. I think highly of you, Miss Lovegood. ' She smiled.

'Okay, then. What will you teach me?'

'We'll practice how to summon dragons.'

'Cool. I learnt their words from the book in the library, but I don't know how to pronounce them. The book told me only the letters.'

'What the author did was right for your community. Once you pronounce the words, they will come to you. It is banned.'

'It's banned. Then why are you interested in teaching the banned content, professor?'

'Headmistress trusts me. You don't need to ask me. Do you want to learn the words or not?' Morgana managed to control her irritated feeling.

'I don't mind. We used to break the school rules for Harry.' Luna waited with an expectant look.

'Well, you can Apparate, Miss Lovegood?'

'Yes, I can. Will we leave the castle?'

'Obviously, yes. Follow me.'

They turned out of the gates to the crowded lane to Hogsmeade. Morgana showed Luna a picture of the hills. She whispered into her ear their destination. After a while they had gone together. Harry emerged from his Invisibility Cloak. Mortified, he kept staring at the spot where they vanished.