Author's Notes: Now, you get to really meet Xanthe! If parts in this story seem familiar, that's because some things are taken almost straight for an RPG called Mooney Wormtail Padfoot and Prongs. It had the same scene that I wanted to make in this chapter. Morgan, remember earlier in the RPG though, in our first chat with Remus? And James was sitting there for some 5 hours I think.... who knows how many he drank? *smiles*
I've half wrote chapter 11, I'll try and post it tomorrow, but I can tell you now, nothing will be out on Sunday, and maybe none monday. I'm taking a slight break in order to jot the crazy ideas floating around in my head.
I wrote my first HP short story, post Hogwarts, today, read it here:
http://www.fanfiction.net/index.fic?action=story-read&storyid=253466
Check out my website to read more of my stories, and for the newest updates to this story, before anyone else reads it!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters. I do own however, the families of the Marauders, some of the teachers, and Kimball Zenobia (who comes in later) Also, my fellow RPGer Morgan owns Xanthe Shannon, and is allowing me to use her in this story (and up-coming ones of this series)
This story is based on an RPG called Before the Downfall (http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/beforethedownfall)
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Chapter 10 - The New Teacher
Sirus dove at the werewolf, who was ripping up a chair. James knocked him onto his side. Soon, they weren't fighting to hurt, they were playing. Together, the 3 played, knocking each other over, running around the small shack.
Sirus briefly ran back into the tunnel, and a fair distance from the door, transformed into the normal 15 year old boy he was. Looking at his watch, he saw that it was 4:37 am. They'd been in the shack for almost 10 hours. Transforming back, he dove this time at James. Motioning towards the door, he told James and the werewolf that they had to go. The werewolf seemed to nod sadly and the dog and stag headed back down the tunnel. Staying in their animal form, they raced across the moonlit grass. Silently, they transformed at the broom shed. Grabbing 2 brooms, they flew up to their dorm bedroom. Quietly they entered and collapsed onto their beds. Transforming into their Animagi took a lot of work, so they were exhausted after having been with a werewolf as well. Soon, they were fast asleep.
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When Sirus and James awoke at 7:00 the next morning, Remus was sitting looking dead on his bed. His eyes seemed to be held open by invisible hands, and body looked like it'd been through a trash compactor.
Sirus rolled out of bed, and headed into the bathroom. Stripping off his robes from yesterday, he stepped into the shower. Soon he was done, clean with new robes on. James also cleaned up, and the 3 boys walked downstairs together. Walking right through the common room, they went to the Great Hall for breakfast.
Lily and Arabella were already sitting at the Gryffindor table. They smiled as the boys took seats.
"You guys look tired, what were you doing last night?" Lily asked gently.
Sirus grunted and Remus made no sound. "Stuff." was all James said. Lily glared at them, but didn't push the subject.
McGonagall came to the Gryffindor table with a stack of time tables. Handing them down, she stopped by the 5th years. "Mister Potter, Professor Dumbledore informed me that you will be having guests arriving tonight after classes." she went to the Hufflepuff table.
"Guests?" James mumbled. Then he remembered. "Oh ya, I was supposed to see Dumbledore last night. Whoops!"
"I don't think it matters Prongs." Sirus said, "They are arriving tonight, she didn't say that they had arrived yet." Sirus turned back to his plate.
"Prongs?" Lily said, "Where'd you get that nickname James?" she glanced at her time table. She scowled when James didn't answer. "We have Transfiguration this morning." she said. "Followed by Divination."
"Cool," Arabella said, "That means we can meet this new teacher. I heard that she's really young, but I didn't see her at the Feast yesterday."
"Well, we'll see her soon." Lily said, determined to meet her.
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Transfiguration went extremely slow. They were learning step transfiguration, meaning transforming something to something else using steps to get a complete finished project. By the end of class, Sirus had turned out with a red and yellow poka-dot lion statue, transfigured from a rock. It was one of the better results in the class. Lily's was far the best, a rainbow color sofa made from beanbags.
After transfiguration, they headed towards the North Tower. Remembering last year, they took one last breath, not looking forward to the think smell of incense. The silver ladder descended, and they headed up one by one.
Sirus stared in surprise. Gone where the crystal balls, the heavy drapes, the windows were wide open and a black owl perched on the window sill. 2 cats approached the new comers, and older ebony cat, and a mottled marmalade kitten. The round tables were gone, replaced by an assortment of chairs and small end tables.
"Good morning." A voice filled the tower. A young teacher emerged from the back room. "Welcome, to the new Divination class. I am Professor Xanthe Shannon." She smiled at the students as they milled in. "Please, have a seat in one of the chairs." she sat on a large couch and motioned the students forward. They all nervously entered the classroom.
Sirus saw the seat beside the teacher was open, and grabbed Remus's arm. Dragging him over there, he sat beside the teacher with a wide smile. "Good morning Professor Shannon. I'm Sirus Black, and this is Remus Lupin." he said. 'They were right,' he thought, 'She's pretty young, and HOT!'
"Hello Sirus Black." Professor Shannon said smiling at his boldness. 'So, this is the terrible Black I heard about, him and James Potter. He looks harmless.' But there was a devious twinkle in his eye. 'Or maybe not. We'll see.' Professor Shannon turned to the rest of the class. "As you can see, I don't teach the supposed normal Divination way." she glanced around at the students. "I believe the first step to being able to predict the future, is to fully see the world." she reached for a book off one of the tables. "You would have noticed that these are muggle books, but they show what I am going to teach you students." she smiled. "While wizards have magical power, most have little to no common sense. A gifted diviner will pay close attention to the person they are predicting for. The details of the person will better tell what he or she may have in their future then any reading of symbols and gazing into crystal balls. Any diviner can interpret the symbols they see in tea leaves, tarot cards, or crystal balls, but I believe you must first be able to interpret your surroundings." she paused, watching the class who was staring at her in disbelief.
"First, before we do any work, I'd like to learn a little about you. Just tell me your name, where you come from, and anything you'd like about yourself. I'll start." she paused. "My name is Xanthe Shannon, and I teach Divination, though my favorite class was transfiguration. I was born in London, and went to school here. I love to draw and paint, read and collect house pets." the class laughed as she said that. "The black cat is named Selene, the owl is Artemis, and the orange is Terry. I'm an excellent listener, so you can always come to me if you have questions of problems you wish to discuss." She turned to Sirus who was next to her. "That's all you need to know about me for now, Sirus, I know your name, but what else is there about you?"
Sirus flashed a smile that made most girls melt. "Well, my name is Sirus Black, and I live with my parents in a small village called Jetson Peaks. Though I prefer to say I live in Godric Hollow with my best friend James." he smiled over at James as he said this. "My favorite class is also Transfiguration, but I think I'm going to like Divination this year." Remus pertended to choke at this and Sirus elbowed him, causing Xanthe to stifle a laugh. "I really like flying and playing Quidditch, I'm the Seeker on the Gryffindor team. I am really good with animals," at this Terry hopped onto his lap and lay down. The students laughed.
Sirus cleared his throat. "Well, as I said, animals seem to love me, and I have an eagle owl named Sabre." he thought for a moment. "I often talk too much, but I do listen when needed. I am very creative with my spells, and I love inventing things." Laughter rose again, because the students knew what type of things Sirus invented. "That's about it. I also have a younger sister, Princess Astrid," there was a note of sarcasm on his voice, "who will be entering 3rd year. I often seem to get into trouble, though I don't know why..." Sirus tried to look innocent. A failed attempt, and everyone laughed again, including Professor Shannon. "And, besides James, my best friends are Remus Lupin and Lily Evans, and best enemy Arabella Figg." he smiled at the class.
Professor Shannon nodded, trying to keep from laughing again. 'This boy is a good speaker.' she thought. 'No wonder the teachers think he'd be a good student president.' she continued. "Okay, now, Remus, you are next." but she couldn't shake the feeling Sirus was hiding something. Or a few things.
One by one the students talked about what they liked, and who they were. Finally the last person had gone. Xanthe checked her watch. "My, class has been over for 20 minutes. Please look at the first book in the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series. We will start reading and discussing it next class."
The class began filing out of the classroom, most not wanting to leave the now comfortable Divination room. Sirus and Remus lingered even longer then the rest.
Xanthe turned to them. "Remus, could I speak to you for a second?" Remus nodded. "Sirus, please excuse us. It'll only take a moment." Sirus grudgingly walked out of the classroom. Remus gave him a weak smile, but Sirus turned away.
"Yes Professor Shannon?" Remus asked.
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So, what'dya think? PLEASE Review! I'd like it alot alot alot! If no one reviews, I'll stop posting my stories here, since it takes me extra time to, since all my stories are on my website first.
CassidyRai
cassidyrai@hotmail.com
http://cassidyrai.tripod.com/stories
I've half wrote chapter 11, I'll try and post it tomorrow, but I can tell you now, nothing will be out on Sunday, and maybe none monday. I'm taking a slight break in order to jot the crazy ideas floating around in my head.
I wrote my first HP short story, post Hogwarts, today, read it here:
http://www.fanfiction.net/index.fic?action=story-read&storyid=253466
Check out my website to read more of my stories, and for the newest updates to this story, before anyone else reads it!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters. I do own however, the families of the Marauders, some of the teachers, and Kimball Zenobia (who comes in later) Also, my fellow RPGer Morgan owns Xanthe Shannon, and is allowing me to use her in this story (and up-coming ones of this series)
This story is based on an RPG called Before the Downfall (http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/beforethedownfall)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 10 - The New Teacher
Sirus dove at the werewolf, who was ripping up a chair. James knocked him onto his side. Soon, they weren't fighting to hurt, they were playing. Together, the 3 played, knocking each other over, running around the small shack.
Sirus briefly ran back into the tunnel, and a fair distance from the door, transformed into the normal 15 year old boy he was. Looking at his watch, he saw that it was 4:37 am. They'd been in the shack for almost 10 hours. Transforming back, he dove this time at James. Motioning towards the door, he told James and the werewolf that they had to go. The werewolf seemed to nod sadly and the dog and stag headed back down the tunnel. Staying in their animal form, they raced across the moonlit grass. Silently, they transformed at the broom shed. Grabbing 2 brooms, they flew up to their dorm bedroom. Quietly they entered and collapsed onto their beds. Transforming into their Animagi took a lot of work, so they were exhausted after having been with a werewolf as well. Soon, they were fast asleep.
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When Sirus and James awoke at 7:00 the next morning, Remus was sitting looking dead on his bed. His eyes seemed to be held open by invisible hands, and body looked like it'd been through a trash compactor.
Sirus rolled out of bed, and headed into the bathroom. Stripping off his robes from yesterday, he stepped into the shower. Soon he was done, clean with new robes on. James also cleaned up, and the 3 boys walked downstairs together. Walking right through the common room, they went to the Great Hall for breakfast.
Lily and Arabella were already sitting at the Gryffindor table. They smiled as the boys took seats.
"You guys look tired, what were you doing last night?" Lily asked gently.
Sirus grunted and Remus made no sound. "Stuff." was all James said. Lily glared at them, but didn't push the subject.
McGonagall came to the Gryffindor table with a stack of time tables. Handing them down, she stopped by the 5th years. "Mister Potter, Professor Dumbledore informed me that you will be having guests arriving tonight after classes." she went to the Hufflepuff table.
"Guests?" James mumbled. Then he remembered. "Oh ya, I was supposed to see Dumbledore last night. Whoops!"
"I don't think it matters Prongs." Sirus said, "They are arriving tonight, she didn't say that they had arrived yet." Sirus turned back to his plate.
"Prongs?" Lily said, "Where'd you get that nickname James?" she glanced at her time table. She scowled when James didn't answer. "We have Transfiguration this morning." she said. "Followed by Divination."
"Cool," Arabella said, "That means we can meet this new teacher. I heard that she's really young, but I didn't see her at the Feast yesterday."
"Well, we'll see her soon." Lily said, determined to meet her.
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Transfiguration went extremely slow. They were learning step transfiguration, meaning transforming something to something else using steps to get a complete finished project. By the end of class, Sirus had turned out with a red and yellow poka-dot lion statue, transfigured from a rock. It was one of the better results in the class. Lily's was far the best, a rainbow color sofa made from beanbags.
After transfiguration, they headed towards the North Tower. Remembering last year, they took one last breath, not looking forward to the think smell of incense. The silver ladder descended, and they headed up one by one.
Sirus stared in surprise. Gone where the crystal balls, the heavy drapes, the windows were wide open and a black owl perched on the window sill. 2 cats approached the new comers, and older ebony cat, and a mottled marmalade kitten. The round tables were gone, replaced by an assortment of chairs and small end tables.
"Good morning." A voice filled the tower. A young teacher emerged from the back room. "Welcome, to the new Divination class. I am Professor Xanthe Shannon." She smiled at the students as they milled in. "Please, have a seat in one of the chairs." she sat on a large couch and motioned the students forward. They all nervously entered the classroom.
Sirus saw the seat beside the teacher was open, and grabbed Remus's arm. Dragging him over there, he sat beside the teacher with a wide smile. "Good morning Professor Shannon. I'm Sirus Black, and this is Remus Lupin." he said. 'They were right,' he thought, 'She's pretty young, and HOT!'
"Hello Sirus Black." Professor Shannon said smiling at his boldness. 'So, this is the terrible Black I heard about, him and James Potter. He looks harmless.' But there was a devious twinkle in his eye. 'Or maybe not. We'll see.' Professor Shannon turned to the rest of the class. "As you can see, I don't teach the supposed normal Divination way." she glanced around at the students. "I believe the first step to being able to predict the future, is to fully see the world." she reached for a book off one of the tables. "You would have noticed that these are muggle books, but they show what I am going to teach you students." she smiled. "While wizards have magical power, most have little to no common sense. A gifted diviner will pay close attention to the person they are predicting for. The details of the person will better tell what he or she may have in their future then any reading of symbols and gazing into crystal balls. Any diviner can interpret the symbols they see in tea leaves, tarot cards, or crystal balls, but I believe you must first be able to interpret your surroundings." she paused, watching the class who was staring at her in disbelief.
"First, before we do any work, I'd like to learn a little about you. Just tell me your name, where you come from, and anything you'd like about yourself. I'll start." she paused. "My name is Xanthe Shannon, and I teach Divination, though my favorite class was transfiguration. I was born in London, and went to school here. I love to draw and paint, read and collect house pets." the class laughed as she said that. "The black cat is named Selene, the owl is Artemis, and the orange is Terry. I'm an excellent listener, so you can always come to me if you have questions of problems you wish to discuss." She turned to Sirus who was next to her. "That's all you need to know about me for now, Sirus, I know your name, but what else is there about you?"
Sirus flashed a smile that made most girls melt. "Well, my name is Sirus Black, and I live with my parents in a small village called Jetson Peaks. Though I prefer to say I live in Godric Hollow with my best friend James." he smiled over at James as he said this. "My favorite class is also Transfiguration, but I think I'm going to like Divination this year." Remus pertended to choke at this and Sirus elbowed him, causing Xanthe to stifle a laugh. "I really like flying and playing Quidditch, I'm the Seeker on the Gryffindor team. I am really good with animals," at this Terry hopped onto his lap and lay down. The students laughed.
Sirus cleared his throat. "Well, as I said, animals seem to love me, and I have an eagle owl named Sabre." he thought for a moment. "I often talk too much, but I do listen when needed. I am very creative with my spells, and I love inventing things." Laughter rose again, because the students knew what type of things Sirus invented. "That's about it. I also have a younger sister, Princess Astrid," there was a note of sarcasm on his voice, "who will be entering 3rd year. I often seem to get into trouble, though I don't know why..." Sirus tried to look innocent. A failed attempt, and everyone laughed again, including Professor Shannon. "And, besides James, my best friends are Remus Lupin and Lily Evans, and best enemy Arabella Figg." he smiled at the class.
Professor Shannon nodded, trying to keep from laughing again. 'This boy is a good speaker.' she thought. 'No wonder the teachers think he'd be a good student president.' she continued. "Okay, now, Remus, you are next." but she couldn't shake the feeling Sirus was hiding something. Or a few things.
One by one the students talked about what they liked, and who they were. Finally the last person had gone. Xanthe checked her watch. "My, class has been over for 20 minutes. Please look at the first book in the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series. We will start reading and discussing it next class."
The class began filing out of the classroom, most not wanting to leave the now comfortable Divination room. Sirus and Remus lingered even longer then the rest.
Xanthe turned to them. "Remus, could I speak to you for a second?" Remus nodded. "Sirus, please excuse us. It'll only take a moment." Sirus grudgingly walked out of the classroom. Remus gave him a weak smile, but Sirus turned away.
"Yes Professor Shannon?" Remus asked.
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So, what'dya think? PLEASE Review! I'd like it alot alot alot! If no one reviews, I'll stop posting my stories here, since it takes me extra time to, since all my stories are on my website first.
CassidyRai
cassidyrai@hotmail.com
http://cassidyrai.tripod.com/stories