Harry, yet again, looked at the schedule, "Get ready for potions
guys, we've got it next."
"Awww," Ron groaned, "Snape's always horrible on the first day."
"Best get it over with now." Replied Hermione.
"Yeah, but Snape's always horrible." Harry pointed out.
"Too true." Ron muttered with a sigh.
They made their way down the dark smelly steps to the dungeon, passing only a few candles on their way. Ron even slipped on the steps once as he remarked that they seemed slimier than usual. Not a minute to soon they turned the corner and walked through the classroom door. As they took their seats at the back of the class Professor Snape burst through the door from his office the way he usually did.
"Class, this year we will start off learning about transforming potions." He barked in his usual monotone. "Now start copying this down!" As they rummaged their backpacks he started to write on the board. Halfway through a word the door opened and Anna walked in just like in their last classes.
"Err.. sorry that I'm late a had t-" She started in a rushed voice.
"JUST TAKE A SEAT!" he ordered as all the Slytherins smirked at her. "Professor Mcgonagall told me about you." He continued in a sly voice, as she took the empty seat in the back corner next to Ron, " I hope you don't have trouble keeping up with the class, it's fairly fast paced." Harry knew he was just trying to scare her. "We've starting very advanced potions this year. So I hope you've covered a lot in your old school." He smirked and turned back to the board. Harry glanced to his right and could see from the look on her face that Snape had succeeded in scaring her.
Hermione leaned sideways over Harry and Ron and whispered to Anna, "You'll be fine, he's just trying to scare you."
Anna smiled a small smile but it only lasted half a second.
The rest of potions passed as they copied notes and learned what they'd be doing first. They were going to learn the basic potion to turn people into frogs as well as the spell to turn them back. And finally the class was over and they rushed out on their way to transfiguration, their second last class of the day.
***
They got to Transfiguration early because Hermione wanted to talk to Professor Mcgonagall about Anna.
"She's been late to every class except Care of Magical Creatures." She was saying, "All the other teachers were okay with it because she was new but Professor Snape yelled at her. And I was thinking, me being a prefect and all, maybe I should give her a tour a around the castle and help her find the classes."
"That would be very nice of you, but don't push her into it if she doesn't want to." Mcgonagall said. "I knew I picked right when I chose you for a prefect." Hermione beamed at this, but Ron and Harry rolled their eyes.
The rest of transfiguration went by with them taking notes just as in Snape's class. This year they were starting off with turning normal rocks into other minerals. Anna came in late again but of course was forgiven by Professor Mcgonagall. At last it was time for the class Harry had been looking forward to most, Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Hermione asked Anna if she would later like a tour and for her to show her the Defense Against the Dark Arts room. Anna graciously accepted so Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Anna all walked there together with Hermione pointing out things on the way.
Harry stepped into the classroom first and as soon as he did Professor Lupin looked up from his desk.
"Good afternoon Harry." He said.
"You as well Professor." He said back with a smile.
"I'd like you, Ron, and Hermione to stay after class so we can go up to Dumbledore's office. Is that okay?" He said as the rest of them entered the room.
"That's fine." Harry said with a hint of excitement in his tone.
Just then the rest of the class came in and they started the lesson. The first half of the year they would be, yet again, dealing with dark creatures. The second half of the year they would continue what 'Professor Moody' had started with dark curses and spell. They started taking notes (just like the last two classes) on the subject in general. And soon enough the class ended and Harry, Ron, and Hermione rushed up to front of the room. As they did so Snuffles (or Sirius) emerged from under the desk in dog form and greeted them with a wag of his tail.
"All right," Lupin started, "Let's get to Dumbledore's office. He'll explain everything."
So they started out of the office, around some corners and up and down some stairs, Snuffles trotting behind them all the way. Soon they reached the stone gargoyle.
"Fizzing Whizbees!" Lupin said. And the statue jumped aside. Revealing a spiral staircase.
When they all got on it started to move. Ron and Hermione, who had never been to Dumbledore's office before were awestruck. When they came to the top Harry heard Dumbledore talking, though he could only snatch a few words: What happened---Triwizard Tournement---End---Third Task---Harry--- Voldemort---come back---and, Extra Precautions. From that he was pretty sure he knew what Dumbledore was talking about: They were going to take extra precautions because of Voldemort coming back and what happened to Harry in the third task of the Triwizard Tournement at the end of the year.
Professor Lupin knocked and Dumbledore immediately stopped talking.
"Come in." He said.
The door swung open and they all filed inside. Professor Mcgonagall was inside the room already. Apparently Dumbledore had been talking to her.
"Well, I'll be going now." She said. "Good day." She added as she closed the office door.
"Well everybody, have a seat." Dumbledore motioned to some chairs in front of his desk. "Sirius, you are safe to transform back." He added. And Sirius did so.
"Hello guys!" He said to the trio. "I haven't been able to talk to you properly since I've seen you. How are you?" He asked them.
"I'm fine." They chorused. He ruffled his godson's hair affectionately.
"Now," Started Dumbledore addressing Harry, Ron, and Hermione. "I bet you have loads of questions. So I'm going to try and answer some before you ask them. And after that I have a few questions I'd like to ask you, Harry. Are you ready?"
They all nodded.
"Well, First of I bet your wondering what Professor Lupin is doing back. Am I right?" He asked.
They all nodded again.
"Well now, we had quite a difficulty finding a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher as you can imagine." He paused. "So basically what we did was begged the Ministry to let us have him back." He said with a smile. "They were not very easy to convince at all. But at long last they finally gave way. And we agreed to take some extra precautions. That's that question now, next---"
Ron cut him off, "M-my dad said the ministry has almost captured Sirius! What's he doing here?"
"Mr. Weasly, I was just about to address that." Ron's ears went pink "You see, myself and Professor Lupin have actually tricked the ministry." He said very softly. "And we are not about to let ourselves get caught. What we have done is a very, very advanced spell that creates a hologram of the person who hair you cast it on. We have created one of Sirius and allowed it to be caught by the Azkaban dementors. The real lovely thing about this spell is that as soon as you do the counter curse the hologram is gone." Isn't that great?" He asked.
"That's brilliant!" said Harry.
"Wicked!" said Ron. . "How clever!" Hermione exclaimed.
"Isn't it thought?" Lupin said, a very pleased look on his face. Sirius was also smiling broadly.
"Anymore questions?" Dumbledore asked. After a long pause he continued. "Alright then. Harry," He turned to Harry, "How have you been during the summer?" He asked.
"Err.I've been fine." He answered him.
"You're scar has not been hurting you? No funny dreams?" He had a skeptical look on his face. Sirius was listening closely with the same look.
"No." Harry said.
"Not at all?"
"No." Harry said again.
"Hm, because considering your circumstances last year and with Voldemort back," Everyone but Harry and Dumbledore flinched at the name. "One would think differently."
"I know, " Said Harry, "I'm confused too."
"Yes, well, if your sure, I'll trust you." He said earnestly. "Now there is one more thing, while you're here I let you know ahead of time." He continued, "I think it is necessary, and so does the ministry, that we have an evacuation plan prepared if incase anything is to happen to our school. I'm going to announce it at dinner.
"Now you best get back to Gryffindor tower and do your homework. I will see you at the meal." He said.
And Harry, Ron, and Hermione left the office.
(A/N: Much thanks to all those reading this! Please do review! This is a picture of Anna that my friend Amy drew for me. I hope it shows up. Yes, yes, the feet and legs are out of proportion grr..Amy.)
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"Awww," Ron groaned, "Snape's always horrible on the first day."
"Best get it over with now." Replied Hermione.
"Yeah, but Snape's always horrible." Harry pointed out.
"Too true." Ron muttered with a sigh.
They made their way down the dark smelly steps to the dungeon, passing only a few candles on their way. Ron even slipped on the steps once as he remarked that they seemed slimier than usual. Not a minute to soon they turned the corner and walked through the classroom door. As they took their seats at the back of the class Professor Snape burst through the door from his office the way he usually did.
"Class, this year we will start off learning about transforming potions." He barked in his usual monotone. "Now start copying this down!" As they rummaged their backpacks he started to write on the board. Halfway through a word the door opened and Anna walked in just like in their last classes.
"Err.. sorry that I'm late a had t-" She started in a rushed voice.
"JUST TAKE A SEAT!" he ordered as all the Slytherins smirked at her. "Professor Mcgonagall told me about you." He continued in a sly voice, as she took the empty seat in the back corner next to Ron, " I hope you don't have trouble keeping up with the class, it's fairly fast paced." Harry knew he was just trying to scare her. "We've starting very advanced potions this year. So I hope you've covered a lot in your old school." He smirked and turned back to the board. Harry glanced to his right and could see from the look on her face that Snape had succeeded in scaring her.
Hermione leaned sideways over Harry and Ron and whispered to Anna, "You'll be fine, he's just trying to scare you."
Anna smiled a small smile but it only lasted half a second.
The rest of potions passed as they copied notes and learned what they'd be doing first. They were going to learn the basic potion to turn people into frogs as well as the spell to turn them back. And finally the class was over and they rushed out on their way to transfiguration, their second last class of the day.
***
They got to Transfiguration early because Hermione wanted to talk to Professor Mcgonagall about Anna.
"She's been late to every class except Care of Magical Creatures." She was saying, "All the other teachers were okay with it because she was new but Professor Snape yelled at her. And I was thinking, me being a prefect and all, maybe I should give her a tour a around the castle and help her find the classes."
"That would be very nice of you, but don't push her into it if she doesn't want to." Mcgonagall said. "I knew I picked right when I chose you for a prefect." Hermione beamed at this, but Ron and Harry rolled their eyes.
The rest of transfiguration went by with them taking notes just as in Snape's class. This year they were starting off with turning normal rocks into other minerals. Anna came in late again but of course was forgiven by Professor Mcgonagall. At last it was time for the class Harry had been looking forward to most, Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Hermione asked Anna if she would later like a tour and for her to show her the Defense Against the Dark Arts room. Anna graciously accepted so Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Anna all walked there together with Hermione pointing out things on the way.
Harry stepped into the classroom first and as soon as he did Professor Lupin looked up from his desk.
"Good afternoon Harry." He said.
"You as well Professor." He said back with a smile.
"I'd like you, Ron, and Hermione to stay after class so we can go up to Dumbledore's office. Is that okay?" He said as the rest of them entered the room.
"That's fine." Harry said with a hint of excitement in his tone.
Just then the rest of the class came in and they started the lesson. The first half of the year they would be, yet again, dealing with dark creatures. The second half of the year they would continue what 'Professor Moody' had started with dark curses and spell. They started taking notes (just like the last two classes) on the subject in general. And soon enough the class ended and Harry, Ron, and Hermione rushed up to front of the room. As they did so Snuffles (or Sirius) emerged from under the desk in dog form and greeted them with a wag of his tail.
"All right," Lupin started, "Let's get to Dumbledore's office. He'll explain everything."
So they started out of the office, around some corners and up and down some stairs, Snuffles trotting behind them all the way. Soon they reached the stone gargoyle.
"Fizzing Whizbees!" Lupin said. And the statue jumped aside. Revealing a spiral staircase.
When they all got on it started to move. Ron and Hermione, who had never been to Dumbledore's office before were awestruck. When they came to the top Harry heard Dumbledore talking, though he could only snatch a few words: What happened---Triwizard Tournement---End---Third Task---Harry--- Voldemort---come back---and, Extra Precautions. From that he was pretty sure he knew what Dumbledore was talking about: They were going to take extra precautions because of Voldemort coming back and what happened to Harry in the third task of the Triwizard Tournement at the end of the year.
Professor Lupin knocked and Dumbledore immediately stopped talking.
"Come in." He said.
The door swung open and they all filed inside. Professor Mcgonagall was inside the room already. Apparently Dumbledore had been talking to her.
"Well, I'll be going now." She said. "Good day." She added as she closed the office door.
"Well everybody, have a seat." Dumbledore motioned to some chairs in front of his desk. "Sirius, you are safe to transform back." He added. And Sirius did so.
"Hello guys!" He said to the trio. "I haven't been able to talk to you properly since I've seen you. How are you?" He asked them.
"I'm fine." They chorused. He ruffled his godson's hair affectionately.
"Now," Started Dumbledore addressing Harry, Ron, and Hermione. "I bet you have loads of questions. So I'm going to try and answer some before you ask them. And after that I have a few questions I'd like to ask you, Harry. Are you ready?"
They all nodded.
"Well, First of I bet your wondering what Professor Lupin is doing back. Am I right?" He asked.
They all nodded again.
"Well now, we had quite a difficulty finding a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher as you can imagine." He paused. "So basically what we did was begged the Ministry to let us have him back." He said with a smile. "They were not very easy to convince at all. But at long last they finally gave way. And we agreed to take some extra precautions. That's that question now, next---"
Ron cut him off, "M-my dad said the ministry has almost captured Sirius! What's he doing here?"
"Mr. Weasly, I was just about to address that." Ron's ears went pink "You see, myself and Professor Lupin have actually tricked the ministry." He said very softly. "And we are not about to let ourselves get caught. What we have done is a very, very advanced spell that creates a hologram of the person who hair you cast it on. We have created one of Sirius and allowed it to be caught by the Azkaban dementors. The real lovely thing about this spell is that as soon as you do the counter curse the hologram is gone." Isn't that great?" He asked.
"That's brilliant!" said Harry.
"Wicked!" said Ron. . "How clever!" Hermione exclaimed.
"Isn't it thought?" Lupin said, a very pleased look on his face. Sirius was also smiling broadly.
"Anymore questions?" Dumbledore asked. After a long pause he continued. "Alright then. Harry," He turned to Harry, "How have you been during the summer?" He asked.
"Err.I've been fine." He answered him.
"You're scar has not been hurting you? No funny dreams?" He had a skeptical look on his face. Sirius was listening closely with the same look.
"No." Harry said.
"Not at all?"
"No." Harry said again.
"Hm, because considering your circumstances last year and with Voldemort back," Everyone but Harry and Dumbledore flinched at the name. "One would think differently."
"I know, " Said Harry, "I'm confused too."
"Yes, well, if your sure, I'll trust you." He said earnestly. "Now there is one more thing, while you're here I let you know ahead of time." He continued, "I think it is necessary, and so does the ministry, that we have an evacuation plan prepared if incase anything is to happen to our school. I'm going to announce it at dinner.
"Now you best get back to Gryffindor tower and do your homework. I will see you at the meal." He said.
And Harry, Ron, and Hermione left the office.
(A/N: Much thanks to all those reading this! Please do review! This is a picture of Anna that my friend Amy drew for me. I hope it shows up. Yes, yes, the feet and legs are out of proportion grr..Amy.)
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