The Coffee Howz
The next morning at seven Cougar woke brightly. This morning would be the first of his lectures. He was due in the Juniper building at precisely ten fifteen. He rolled out of bed and went for a shower. He then prudently awoke Mickey and ordered him into the kitchen to cook.
They were both sitting down to breakfast and reading the Daily Prophet which Hempy had brought previously that morning, when a sombre knock came from the front door. The two looked at each other, knowing that they were not expecting company. Mickey got up and answered. It was the girls from the night before, standing in the doorway looking hung-over.
"Hello." One of them said. They both had really glum expressions. "I'm Shelley, this is Indigo." The girl said, pointing to the girl behind her who had fallen into the door the night before. "We would like to thank you two for getting us into the flat last night. Sorry if we woke you up or anything. We were really drunk." Shelley frowned.
"Oh you didn't!" Mickey replied, smiling at them. They were actually very attractive, now that they had brushed their hair a bit and were more presentable. Cougar noticed this and came up for a look. "It was no problem at all." Mickey laughed.
"Yeah well, we're really sorry. So don't think bad of us." Said Indigo, in the back, looking for approval.
"It's forgotten!" Cougar shrugged it off.
The girls also must have thought Cougar and Mickey comely as they were checking them out. There was an awkward silence for a minute or more as both the pairs admired each other. But it was broken by "I'm Mickey Fisher, and this Cougar Slazer."
"Nice to meet you both." Shelley said.
"You're never Optimer Cougar Slazer?!" Indigo asked, sounding a tad astounded.
"I am, yes."
"Oh my god!" She laughed. "My cousin went out with you in Hogwarts. Olive Smith. God, it's a small world."
"Really? You're Olive's cousin? Wow! It is a small world! How is Olive now?" Cougar asked excitedly.
"She's doing good. She got her job working for the British Ministry as a decipherer." Indigo said.
The other two, Mickey and Shelley, could not have joined into their conversation if they had tried. But they latched onto one another. The four decided since it was only eight o'clock that they would go for coffees and talk. They went to the University café. The Coffee Howz. Very popular among the students.
Indigo Jih was of wizard blood, and it turned out that her father was congressman in the USA army. He had worked with Cougars father many times. Her ambition was to become an Alchemist, and work on theories put forward by the US government. She had attended the Academy of Sonne Tu Sonne, in South America, along with Shelley.
Shelley spent the morning talking to Mickey. They got to know each other very well also. Shelley was taught at Sonne Tu Sonne along with Indigo, or Indi as she preferred to be denoted by. She wanted to become a Potions Consultant for a Hospital.
The pairs felt something, most probably not magic, most probably not chemistry, but fate. They were fated to be together. Ordained by a higher existence.
Before they knew it, it was 10:10 and they had to run. The Juniper building was all the way on the other side of the grounds and apparation was not tolerated in the University for security reasons. But to their very much surprise, the lecture hall was empty when they arrived. Not a soul in the wooden pews, not a sound amplifying off the magic enforced walls, nothing.
"Ok, are we late?" Indi asked.
"Nope." Cougar looked at his watch. "Unless my watch is very slow then it is twenty past ten, and I just can't imagine that a lecture only lasts for five minutes."
"It doesn't!" A voice said startling them from behind. "You're the first one's here." The four spun around to find a tall black haired man who had appeared from absolutely no where. "I am Professor Caligo, your Caedes Potions Professor." The lecturer spoke in an eerie and unnerving way, almost through his nose. His eyes were screwed up, and he wore nothing but black. The rest of him was invisible as he was cowering away in the darkness.
"Why is there no one else here Professor?" Indi asked.
Caligo, still avoiding the light lifted his wand and cast several beams towards the blinds high above them, knocking them down and imprisoning them from the sunrays. At this point it got a little creepy. He then walked down to the bottom of the hall and into his position on the stage. "The other 'students' are absent from the class as they are foolish and believe simple rumours, Miss Jih!" He continued his preparation by bringing forth a blackboard from the back of the hall and into the centre of the stage. "For was it not said, 'Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people!'"
Something was wrong. He had been hurt by something. Most probably the lack of students that bothered to turn up to his class. But suddenly it hit him. The darkness, the pale skin, the skulking behind the blinds, it all mounted up. Professor Caligo was a Vampire. But according to Cougar's Defence Against the Dark Arts classes at Hogwarts, Vampire's were extremely dangerous and threatening creatures, unable to keep human emotions. But here was a fully emotional, balanced, and professional Vampire in front of him; he even seemed to be upset at the dramatic fall of pupils.
Cougar was about to point this out to the group when Caligo interrupted his movements by starting. "Since the rest of the students clearly have made their decision about whither or not they pass Alchemy, then let us begin!" He wrote up on the chalkboard 'CAEDES'. "This will be your Caedes Potions hall for the duration of your alchemy learning life, however long that may be. You come here every Tuesday at 10:15 and every Friday at 3:00. Caedes Potions does not normally involve a lot of practical work as it is one of the most dangerous forms of magic concocting known, so therefore, you will not be doing much work in the laboratories. As you may or may not have heard.. I am a vampire." He admitted.
Cougar felt Mickey beside him jerk and inhale a little faster than typical. But Cougar knew, and he also knew that this one was not a violent or malicious kind. He must also have been a good teacher if the University took the risk of employing him.
"But I mean you all no harm. Disregard any rumours or stories that you have heard of me, and take me at face value and I shall do my best for you all. I am a half-blooded vampire, so I can keep under control. Now if there are no further questions then we may start the lecture." Caligo ended and went on with the introduction. He dictated out a bunch of formulae and paragraphs, which they had to take notes on. On the whole, the class went well. Caligo was a good teacher, despite his blood.
They all left talking about the class and Professor Caligo. Mickey confessed to having an extreme fear of Vampires, and said that Caligo was just too much for him. They had another lecture at twelve, so they went to the Coffee Howz again, to get a cup of coffee and a chat.
A waiter in the Coffee Howz, Danny, had served them last time and started talking to them. He was taking his degree in Astronomical Boundaries and had to get up at twelve thirty every single night to do research in the Galway building. So he had taken a job in the café during the day to fill his time, which he did not spend sleeping.
"So that's one White Mocha, one Double Espresso, one Café Latte and one Regular Black?" Danny went over.
"Yeah. You guys want a cookie?" Mickey asked the group.
"No, I'm fine." Indi said.
"I'm good man!" Cougar said.
"I'll share it." Shelley jumped in.
"Yeah? Great! Can you get us one of those Mint Choc-chip Cookies Dan?" Mickey said delightedly.
Danny disappeared with the order and brought back the cups all levitating in front of him. Cougar took the cup and turned his attention to Indi. They arranged to go out that night, just the two of them, on an unspoken 'date'.
The date was all Cougar could think about through his lecture of ACH [Academic Chemical History]. He really did like Indi. She had a sense about her. An aura, you could say, which seemed to be pulling Cougar towards her. He walked her up to her room. He watched her light brown hair flutter by her big blue eyes as they walked. He was trying to listen to her telling him all about her journey on a cruise to Ireland and the British Isles but kept floating away in the moment. He found it possible that he had fallen in love..
The next morning at seven Cougar woke brightly. This morning would be the first of his lectures. He was due in the Juniper building at precisely ten fifteen. He rolled out of bed and went for a shower. He then prudently awoke Mickey and ordered him into the kitchen to cook.
They were both sitting down to breakfast and reading the Daily Prophet which Hempy had brought previously that morning, when a sombre knock came from the front door. The two looked at each other, knowing that they were not expecting company. Mickey got up and answered. It was the girls from the night before, standing in the doorway looking hung-over.
"Hello." One of them said. They both had really glum expressions. "I'm Shelley, this is Indigo." The girl said, pointing to the girl behind her who had fallen into the door the night before. "We would like to thank you two for getting us into the flat last night. Sorry if we woke you up or anything. We were really drunk." Shelley frowned.
"Oh you didn't!" Mickey replied, smiling at them. They were actually very attractive, now that they had brushed their hair a bit and were more presentable. Cougar noticed this and came up for a look. "It was no problem at all." Mickey laughed.
"Yeah well, we're really sorry. So don't think bad of us." Said Indigo, in the back, looking for approval.
"It's forgotten!" Cougar shrugged it off.
The girls also must have thought Cougar and Mickey comely as they were checking them out. There was an awkward silence for a minute or more as both the pairs admired each other. But it was broken by "I'm Mickey Fisher, and this Cougar Slazer."
"Nice to meet you both." Shelley said.
"You're never Optimer Cougar Slazer?!" Indigo asked, sounding a tad astounded.
"I am, yes."
"Oh my god!" She laughed. "My cousin went out with you in Hogwarts. Olive Smith. God, it's a small world."
"Really? You're Olive's cousin? Wow! It is a small world! How is Olive now?" Cougar asked excitedly.
"She's doing good. She got her job working for the British Ministry as a decipherer." Indigo said.
The other two, Mickey and Shelley, could not have joined into their conversation if they had tried. But they latched onto one another. The four decided since it was only eight o'clock that they would go for coffees and talk. They went to the University café. The Coffee Howz. Very popular among the students.
Indigo Jih was of wizard blood, and it turned out that her father was congressman in the USA army. He had worked with Cougars father many times. Her ambition was to become an Alchemist, and work on theories put forward by the US government. She had attended the Academy of Sonne Tu Sonne, in South America, along with Shelley.
Shelley spent the morning talking to Mickey. They got to know each other very well also. Shelley was taught at Sonne Tu Sonne along with Indigo, or Indi as she preferred to be denoted by. She wanted to become a Potions Consultant for a Hospital.
The pairs felt something, most probably not magic, most probably not chemistry, but fate. They were fated to be together. Ordained by a higher existence.
Before they knew it, it was 10:10 and they had to run. The Juniper building was all the way on the other side of the grounds and apparation was not tolerated in the University for security reasons. But to their very much surprise, the lecture hall was empty when they arrived. Not a soul in the wooden pews, not a sound amplifying off the magic enforced walls, nothing.
"Ok, are we late?" Indi asked.
"Nope." Cougar looked at his watch. "Unless my watch is very slow then it is twenty past ten, and I just can't imagine that a lecture only lasts for five minutes."
"It doesn't!" A voice said startling them from behind. "You're the first one's here." The four spun around to find a tall black haired man who had appeared from absolutely no where. "I am Professor Caligo, your Caedes Potions Professor." The lecturer spoke in an eerie and unnerving way, almost through his nose. His eyes were screwed up, and he wore nothing but black. The rest of him was invisible as he was cowering away in the darkness.
"Why is there no one else here Professor?" Indi asked.
Caligo, still avoiding the light lifted his wand and cast several beams towards the blinds high above them, knocking them down and imprisoning them from the sunrays. At this point it got a little creepy. He then walked down to the bottom of the hall and into his position on the stage. "The other 'students' are absent from the class as they are foolish and believe simple rumours, Miss Jih!" He continued his preparation by bringing forth a blackboard from the back of the hall and into the centre of the stage. "For was it not said, 'Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people!'"
Something was wrong. He had been hurt by something. Most probably the lack of students that bothered to turn up to his class. But suddenly it hit him. The darkness, the pale skin, the skulking behind the blinds, it all mounted up. Professor Caligo was a Vampire. But according to Cougar's Defence Against the Dark Arts classes at Hogwarts, Vampire's were extremely dangerous and threatening creatures, unable to keep human emotions. But here was a fully emotional, balanced, and professional Vampire in front of him; he even seemed to be upset at the dramatic fall of pupils.
Cougar was about to point this out to the group when Caligo interrupted his movements by starting. "Since the rest of the students clearly have made their decision about whither or not they pass Alchemy, then let us begin!" He wrote up on the chalkboard 'CAEDES'. "This will be your Caedes Potions hall for the duration of your alchemy learning life, however long that may be. You come here every Tuesday at 10:15 and every Friday at 3:00. Caedes Potions does not normally involve a lot of practical work as it is one of the most dangerous forms of magic concocting known, so therefore, you will not be doing much work in the laboratories. As you may or may not have heard.. I am a vampire." He admitted.
Cougar felt Mickey beside him jerk and inhale a little faster than typical. But Cougar knew, and he also knew that this one was not a violent or malicious kind. He must also have been a good teacher if the University took the risk of employing him.
"But I mean you all no harm. Disregard any rumours or stories that you have heard of me, and take me at face value and I shall do my best for you all. I am a half-blooded vampire, so I can keep under control. Now if there are no further questions then we may start the lecture." Caligo ended and went on with the introduction. He dictated out a bunch of formulae and paragraphs, which they had to take notes on. On the whole, the class went well. Caligo was a good teacher, despite his blood.
They all left talking about the class and Professor Caligo. Mickey confessed to having an extreme fear of Vampires, and said that Caligo was just too much for him. They had another lecture at twelve, so they went to the Coffee Howz again, to get a cup of coffee and a chat.
A waiter in the Coffee Howz, Danny, had served them last time and started talking to them. He was taking his degree in Astronomical Boundaries and had to get up at twelve thirty every single night to do research in the Galway building. So he had taken a job in the café during the day to fill his time, which he did not spend sleeping.
"So that's one White Mocha, one Double Espresso, one Café Latte and one Regular Black?" Danny went over.
"Yeah. You guys want a cookie?" Mickey asked the group.
"No, I'm fine." Indi said.
"I'm good man!" Cougar said.
"I'll share it." Shelley jumped in.
"Yeah? Great! Can you get us one of those Mint Choc-chip Cookies Dan?" Mickey said delightedly.
Danny disappeared with the order and brought back the cups all levitating in front of him. Cougar took the cup and turned his attention to Indi. They arranged to go out that night, just the two of them, on an unspoken 'date'.
The date was all Cougar could think about through his lecture of ACH [Academic Chemical History]. He really did like Indi. She had a sense about her. An aura, you could say, which seemed to be pulling Cougar towards her. He walked her up to her room. He watched her light brown hair flutter by her big blue eyes as they walked. He was trying to listen to her telling him all about her journey on a cruise to Ireland and the British Isles but kept floating away in the moment. He found it possible that he had fallen in love..