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Chapter 16: Rhetoro and the Note
The school was in an uproar. James Potter, Sirius Black, and Frank Longbottom, a group of first-years, had mysteriously disappeared last night during detention. Everyone seemed to think that they had runaway. Everyone, that was, except Dumbledore. He had known about Lily's confrontation with Voldemort, but instead of informing everyone, had quietly made plans.
"Where could they have gone?" wailed Petra. "Those three wouldn't just walk out like that, they like going to detention."
"Then that's ruled out," said Lily, crossing off a word on a piece of parchment.
"That means. . ." Sophie stared at Lily, her huge blue eyes opened wide, " . . .they've been kidnapped."
Lily stared back at her grimly. "Yes. And we've got to find out who."
"But wait, guys," Remus said, "we've forgotten something! An important point!"
"And what was that?" Alice asked expectantly.
"Our prankfest has been ruined!"
Everyone laughed. "There's still you, Reemie, you against us?" Petra said.
Remus raised an eyebrow. "I could take you on any time I liked," he drawled. "I just don't want to hurt you little girls TOO much - in case its permanently, if you get my drift?"
Petra slapped him. "Grow up, Reemie, those three are influencing you too much."
Lily laughed. "Did you notice that we already started arguing?"
Sophie's mouth twitched at the corners. "I think you're prone to it, Lily, seeing as you and James are always yelling at each other, honestly, what did the Sorting Hat THINK of when he put you two in the same house?
'What did it think of? I'm telling you, Sophie Belton, it was worse to put you and Sirius in the same house. Tell me, does he take a teddy bear to bed?"
'How am I supposed to know? I don't go up to the boys dorms and look if he is or not!"
"Oh really?" Alice asked sarcastically. "Where were you two nights ago? I woke up and couldn't find you. You didn't come back for AGES."
"I was in the toilet," said Sophie, nonplussed. "What's wrong? Is it against the law to go to the toilet in the middle of the night now?"
"Staying in the toilet for 3 HOURS?" Lily asked.
"Yes, well, I got locked in," said Sophie, colour rising up her cheeks. "Now drop the topic, mate, I'm EATING."
Lily, Petra and Alice glanced at each other. Remus smiled slightly. Here was a weapon he could use against Sirius for teasing.
"Well -" Sophie stood up and stretched. "We'd better get going, we've got Defence Against the Dark Arts first and I want to meet our new teacher."
Lily looked down at her timetable. "A Professor Rhetoro. Sounds weird."
"Well, lets hope he's not," Remus said. "How would you be able to do exams with HIM?"
"Gosh Reemie, why are you thinking about exams already!" Sophie said. "It's going to be the first weekend, its time to relax and enjoy ourselves."
Remus didn't answer. He quickly helped himself to liberal amounts of jam.
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"Good morning class," said Professor Rhetoro, sweeping into the classroom. "Had a good sleep?"
There were a few murmurs of assent around the class.
"Good, good," said Rhetoro, rubbing his hands together. "Well then, lets get cracking!"
"He sounds better than the others," whispered Sophie.
Rhetoro hadn't heard her. "Now, Defence Against the Dark Arts is a very complex subject, as it protects you against dark magic. Books will not help you very much, it is more practical. You wouldn't be reading a book when a dark wizard is facing you!"
A few people laughed, and Rhetoro looked heartened. "We won't be doing much today, just practising spells which you may have already learnt in Charms. Everyone please say 'Confundo'."
"Confundo!" shouted the class.
"Very good," said Rhetoro. "Now please take out your wands and swish it from side to side. Like this." He demonstrated with his own wand.
The class imitated him.
"Now put the spell and the action together, and say 'confundo'," said Rhetoro. Many people found this hard.
"No no no!" shouted Rhetoro. "Don't swish vertically, do it horizontally."
Lily was able to do it right on the first go, but she could see that several others were having trouble. Peter Pettigrew, of course, was disastrous.
"Now I want you to partner each other and confund each other!" shouted Rhetoro over the cloud of yellow smoke. "Only disarming. Do NOT try to enforce the spell."
Lily immediately partnered Sophie. Sophie set up some cushions to fall back on, then pointed her wand at Lily and said, "Confundo!"
Lily's eyes went blank and fell onto the cushions. Sophie immediately performed the counter-curse they had been taught in Charms, and Lily sprang back to life and put the spell on Sophie, who did the same thing.
"Excellent!" cried Rhetoro, after five minutes. "Ten points to Lily Evans and Sophie Belton each for doing the spell wonderfully. Also five points to Remus Lupin, Petra Femnae, Alice Kalven and Peter Pettigrew for attempting the spell and able to do it."
Lily and Sophie looked at each other in amazement. This teacher gave out points for no reason at all - and they were all Gryffindors!
After lessons, Lily went straight to the dungeons where James, Sirius and Frank had last been. Getting down on her hands and knees, he searched for clues that might tell what had happened. But she found nothing but a piece of paper with writing on it. Carefully unfolding it, she read it and her heart sank.
Dear Lily ( it said) this is James. In just a few minutes the three of us are going to be tekn hostage by an unknown person. I just know this, although the others don't. I'll tell them soon. Don't come after me, tell Dumbledore IMEMDIATELY and tell him that I am going to be in the snake- house.
~ James.
Yes, that really was James. Lily could recognise his scrawl. Reading it again, she made her way back to Gryffindor common room, her mind racing with all possible ideas.
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Chapter 16: Rhetoro and the Note
The school was in an uproar. James Potter, Sirius Black, and Frank Longbottom, a group of first-years, had mysteriously disappeared last night during detention. Everyone seemed to think that they had runaway. Everyone, that was, except Dumbledore. He had known about Lily's confrontation with Voldemort, but instead of informing everyone, had quietly made plans.
"Where could they have gone?" wailed Petra. "Those three wouldn't just walk out like that, they like going to detention."
"Then that's ruled out," said Lily, crossing off a word on a piece of parchment.
"That means. . ." Sophie stared at Lily, her huge blue eyes opened wide, " . . .they've been kidnapped."
Lily stared back at her grimly. "Yes. And we've got to find out who."
"But wait, guys," Remus said, "we've forgotten something! An important point!"
"And what was that?" Alice asked expectantly.
"Our prankfest has been ruined!"
Everyone laughed. "There's still you, Reemie, you against us?" Petra said.
Remus raised an eyebrow. "I could take you on any time I liked," he drawled. "I just don't want to hurt you little girls TOO much - in case its permanently, if you get my drift?"
Petra slapped him. "Grow up, Reemie, those three are influencing you too much."
Lily laughed. "Did you notice that we already started arguing?"
Sophie's mouth twitched at the corners. "I think you're prone to it, Lily, seeing as you and James are always yelling at each other, honestly, what did the Sorting Hat THINK of when he put you two in the same house?
'What did it think of? I'm telling you, Sophie Belton, it was worse to put you and Sirius in the same house. Tell me, does he take a teddy bear to bed?"
'How am I supposed to know? I don't go up to the boys dorms and look if he is or not!"
"Oh really?" Alice asked sarcastically. "Where were you two nights ago? I woke up and couldn't find you. You didn't come back for AGES."
"I was in the toilet," said Sophie, nonplussed. "What's wrong? Is it against the law to go to the toilet in the middle of the night now?"
"Staying in the toilet for 3 HOURS?" Lily asked.
"Yes, well, I got locked in," said Sophie, colour rising up her cheeks. "Now drop the topic, mate, I'm EATING."
Lily, Petra and Alice glanced at each other. Remus smiled slightly. Here was a weapon he could use against Sirius for teasing.
"Well -" Sophie stood up and stretched. "We'd better get going, we've got Defence Against the Dark Arts first and I want to meet our new teacher."
Lily looked down at her timetable. "A Professor Rhetoro. Sounds weird."
"Well, lets hope he's not," Remus said. "How would you be able to do exams with HIM?"
"Gosh Reemie, why are you thinking about exams already!" Sophie said. "It's going to be the first weekend, its time to relax and enjoy ourselves."
Remus didn't answer. He quickly helped himself to liberal amounts of jam.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Good morning class," said Professor Rhetoro, sweeping into the classroom. "Had a good sleep?"
There were a few murmurs of assent around the class.
"Good, good," said Rhetoro, rubbing his hands together. "Well then, lets get cracking!"
"He sounds better than the others," whispered Sophie.
Rhetoro hadn't heard her. "Now, Defence Against the Dark Arts is a very complex subject, as it protects you against dark magic. Books will not help you very much, it is more practical. You wouldn't be reading a book when a dark wizard is facing you!"
A few people laughed, and Rhetoro looked heartened. "We won't be doing much today, just practising spells which you may have already learnt in Charms. Everyone please say 'Confundo'."
"Confundo!" shouted the class.
"Very good," said Rhetoro. "Now please take out your wands and swish it from side to side. Like this." He demonstrated with his own wand.
The class imitated him.
"Now put the spell and the action together, and say 'confundo'," said Rhetoro. Many people found this hard.
"No no no!" shouted Rhetoro. "Don't swish vertically, do it horizontally."
Lily was able to do it right on the first go, but she could see that several others were having trouble. Peter Pettigrew, of course, was disastrous.
"Now I want you to partner each other and confund each other!" shouted Rhetoro over the cloud of yellow smoke. "Only disarming. Do NOT try to enforce the spell."
Lily immediately partnered Sophie. Sophie set up some cushions to fall back on, then pointed her wand at Lily and said, "Confundo!"
Lily's eyes went blank and fell onto the cushions. Sophie immediately performed the counter-curse they had been taught in Charms, and Lily sprang back to life and put the spell on Sophie, who did the same thing.
"Excellent!" cried Rhetoro, after five minutes. "Ten points to Lily Evans and Sophie Belton each for doing the spell wonderfully. Also five points to Remus Lupin, Petra Femnae, Alice Kalven and Peter Pettigrew for attempting the spell and able to do it."
Lily and Sophie looked at each other in amazement. This teacher gave out points for no reason at all - and they were all Gryffindors!
After lessons, Lily went straight to the dungeons where James, Sirius and Frank had last been. Getting down on her hands and knees, he searched for clues that might tell what had happened. But she found nothing but a piece of paper with writing on it. Carefully unfolding it, she read it and her heart sank.
Dear Lily ( it said) this is James. In just a few minutes the three of us are going to be tekn hostage by an unknown person. I just know this, although the others don't. I'll tell them soon. Don't come after me, tell Dumbledore IMEMDIATELY and tell him that I am going to be in the snake- house.
~ James.
Yes, that really was James. Lily could recognise his scrawl. Reading it again, she made her way back to Gryffindor common room, her mind racing with all possible ideas.
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