Mellyssa
Chapter 2: Nightmares and classes
Mellyssa woke up in a cold sweat. "*sigh* Well at least that one wasn't as bad as usual. Must be because I'm back here. After that night this was always my safe haven. It's only 3:00 a.m. maybe I can still get some sleep." Mellyssa layed down and tried to keep her mind empty of all thoughts as she tried to get to sleep but she just couldn't keep memories of her nightmare away. A large room with a pine tree in the middle of it. Two blurry figures laugh as they pack up a box with the word "Christmas" on it. Someone knocks on the door. It's a tall dark figure. He holds up his wand and says something and all of a sudden the two figures can no longer control their movements. They move towards each other.
Mellyssa sat back up, shaking the scene from her head. "Well I guess I won't be going back to sleep. I should probably look over my lesson plans." As she headed over to the desk to look over her plans she yawned. "Coffee, I need coffee." Mellyssa then corrected her path to bring her over to her wooden chest. She opened it and pulled out a small box. She brought it over to a small table and set it down on top of it. She pulled out her wand and made the box resume it's original size. She pulled out a small generator, a coffee machine, and a can of coffee. She used her wand to get some water. Once her coffee was ready she pulled out a large mug that had a small, animated lemming on it. "I just hope Sev doesn't see this. He wouldn't let me get a moment's peace." She filled it and sat down at her desk, reviewing her lesson plan.
She had finished going over the plans and was reading a book when it was time for breakfast. She looked at the clock and, seeing the time, said "finally!". She had gotten dressed hours ago so she ran a comb through her hair, packed up her "coffee kit" and headed down to get breakfast. She got there before most of the students and quite a few of the teachers. Actually, aside from a small group of students the only people in the room were her, Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape. This time she took the seat on Snape's left. "Hey Sev." "What's wrong with you? You look like you were up all night." "Close. I woke up at 3:00." "Well why didn't you go back to sleep?" " I couldn't." Snape just gave her a look that clearly said "I don't believe you" but Mellyssa didn't see it. "I wish she would tell me what was bothering her. The last time she acted like this was in third year after winter vacation. I want to know what the matter is but she looks so bothered by it that to pry might be disastrous. Well I'll find out sooner or later." Snape thought to himself as students slowly and sleepily walked in.
After breakfast the students and teachers headed to their classes. Snape grumbled the whole way. Mellyssa had turned his eggs into bagels and his orange juice had been turned into coffee. "Why she likes that muggle food I'll never know." but he did have to admit that at least it was bareable. Meanwhile Mellyssa had gathered up her stuff and was getting set up in the DADA classroom. "Let's see. I have fifth year Gryffindors first today. Well let's hope that they're a good group." The first kids to walk through the door were Harry,Ron,and Hermione. "Hello Harry." "You know me?" "Well of coarse. Do you have any idea how much publicity you got after you seemingly brought down Vold- I mean You-know-who?" "You almost said his name. Why did you not?" "Well he's back isn't he? I'd hate to alert him." "Oh. So you knew who I was just because of all the stuff in the newspaper?" "Actually that really didn't do much to help. You look so much like your parents." "You knew my parents?" "Yeah. I dubbed Lily my honorary sister to make up for that poor excuse for a sibling she had." "Oh. Was she nice?" By this time the rest of the class had taken their seats. "I'll tell you about her later ok?" "Ok." Then Harry sat next to Ron. Ron turned to him and whispered."What were you talking to her about?" "My mom. They were friends." "Oh, sorry." "It's ok."
Mellyssa stood at the front of the classroom and addressed the class. "Well as I said yesterday You can call me Mell or Mellyssa. Now, let's see who all is here. Alright, Harry Potter I know. Hmm, Red hair and an abundance of freckles. You must be a Weasley. What's your name?" "Ron. But how did you know I was Weasley? I thought you were a new teacher." "A new teacher yes but I used to be a student. Actually I'll bet I can remember most of you kid's parents." Hermione raised her hand. "Yes, umm, what's your name?" "Hermione Granger. I just wanted to say that you wouldn't know my parents." "Muggle-born?" "Yeah." "Not surprising. There are actually alot of kids like you here. A lot more then when I was a student. Well since I'm supposed to teach you kids I'll just have you write your names on a piece of paper as you leave. So what did you learn about last year? Those forbidden curse things?" The class just nodded. "Ok then. You, the boy in the back, what's your name?" "Neville, Neville Longbottom." "Longbottom hm? How far did you get last year?" "Well we learned about the different curses and what they did." "Did you get very in-depth?" "Not really." "Ok. Well I know what to do now. I'll just review those curses and then we can move on to how to defend against dark magic attacks. Now before I start talking I'd like to know if any of you have a problem hearing about any of these curses. And don't worry about teasing. I'm sure you've all seen what I've been doing to Professor Snape? Well I'm being nice to him so just imagine what I could do to anyone who thinks that it's a good idea to tease another student. Now, is there anyone out there?" Neville raised his hand. "Which one do you not like to hear about?" "The cruciatus curse." "Oh, yes. I know how bad that one can be. I've seen it used first hand." "Really?" "Yes. And I know what happened to your parents. They had been friends of mine. Well when we talk about that one I'll find something for you to do so that you won't have to be in here." "Thank you." "You're welcome. Now, Is there anyone else? No? Ok. When does this class end again? Wow, I didn't realize that I had been talking for so long. We only have a couple of minutes left. Does anyone have any questions? Nobody? Well then, you guys can talk until it's time for your next class."
Mellyssa's other classes went smoothly that day. Well except for the fifth year Slytherins.
As the next class walked in Mellyssa looked at her schedule. "Slytherins. Great. The only nice Slytherin I ever met was Sev and even he wasn't always all that great. That stupid rivalry he had with James for one. And he usually dressed like a punk. Well at least he was really good at playing the guitar. And his voice wasn't all that bad either. *sigh* Oh well, back to the present." As she looked around at her class she noticed that most of them were glaring at her as if she were no better than a house elf. But there were a few that were actually giving her what seemed to be death glares. "You kids have really got to work on your evil glares. They're pathetic. When I was your age I could do it better. And I was a Gryffindor. Of course I had a good teacher." "Who would bother to teach a Gryffindor anything?" "Snape taught me." Gasps followed closely by whispers and people saying things like "liar!" and "She's got to be kidding!" were heard all over the classroom. "Well if you don't believe me then you can just ask him. He's standing right outside the dorr. Hang on for a second and I'll invite him in." Mellyssa then got up and opened the door. Snape looked surprised. "How did you know I was there?" " When haven't I known when you were standing just outside a door to a room that I was in?" "You do seem to have a gift for that." This whole time the class just watched these two talking like old friends. Most of their jaws had dropped. "Well you obviously heard what we were talking about so how about you tell them that I wasn't lying." "This is your class, you teach it." "Fine. Just give 'em a good evil glare, will ya? These kids are pathetic." "Oh all right. Then I'm gonna find out where you're hiding that coffee and get rid of it. I honestly don't see how you can like that stuff." "Like you'll be able to find it. Now be a good Severus and leave." "I'm going already, you don't have to curse me." But before he left he gave the Slytherins a real death glare. A couple of the girls actually screamed. Then he left. "He's gotten better." The rest of the class went on rather smoothly. But at the end of the class, as everyone was leaving, one boy stayed behind to talk to Mellyssa. "Can I help you kid?" "I am not a "kid". I am Draco Malfoy." "Malfoy? Great, Well at least this time I'm the teacher instead of a peer." "What do you mean?" " I was in a mixed potions class with your dad. He was such a jerk. Not only did he make fun of each and every one of us Gryffindors but he picked on Proffesor Snape too just because he was friends with a couple of "Gryffindorks". Believe me, your dad wasn't very original. Well if you don't hurry you're gonna be late for your next class. What were you going to ask me?" "Never mind." And with that Draco left. "Creepy how much these kids look like their parents. Well lets see. Hey, I don't have any more classes today. Goody. Well I'd better go make sure Sev didn't find my Coffee kit.
Curiouser and curiouser. Guess I didn't reveal much in this chapter did I? Well actually you smart people should at least be noticing something. Next chapter I'm gonna try to put something about Mellyssa's school years if the opportunity presents itself. Well, as always, Please review! >^.^