New Blood
Chapter 2
Disclaimer: These characters belong to J. K. Rowling with one or two notable exceptions that I'm putting into the story to interact with them. I write these stories for fun and they are not intended to infringe on the published works of the author noted above.
A/N: This story is set during the year five. J. K. Rowling does all of her stories from the Dream Team's point of view. This will be set from the point of view from selected characters on the Slytherin side of things. Just so the Purists know, this is an AU fic.
Symbology: 'something surrounded in single quotes always means someone is thinking.' Something surrounded in [square brackets] means telepathic communication is going on.
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The first day of classes dawned bright and clear. Draco and Samantha were still talking about their respective families over breakfast when the mail came in.
A pair of monkey-faced owls dropped a box and a letter in front of Samantha. In the box, there was a pair of matched jade bracelets. The letter was written in Japanese.
"Those are beautiful." Draco said.
"They are from my grandmother." Samantha said. "She heard what house I'd been sorted into. Even someone that was home-schooled in Osaka Japan has heard the reputation of this house at Hogwarts. They are charmed for protection and defense."
"Protection and defense?" Draco said, puzzled. "Aren't they the same thing?"
"Not in the least" Samantha said. "The protection is these make the wearer immune to a wide array of darker magic. The defense is that these bracelets will let me cast charms and curses without a wand."
"How do they do that?" Draco asked.
"I don't really understand it." Samantha said. "It was something that my grandmother had from her grandmother, and her grandmother before her. All I know is that it works."
Class schedules were handed out. Double Potions with the Gryffindors was the first class, followed by Care of Magical Creatures next. The final class of the day was history of magic. Draco looked at the later two classes and groaned.
"What's wrong Draco?" Samantha asked.
"Two of those classes are with Gryffindor. Potions is my favorite class and I'm Professor Snape's favorite student. Care of Magical Creatures is taught by a former Gryffindor and they get preferential treatement. Professor Binns is just Boring."
"Oh." She said. "How is professor Snape as a potions master?"
"The man is brilliant!" Draco was rather excited about this class.
"I hope so," she said. "My last potions master was hopeless. I had to learn to make the potions from the books and then had to teach the other people in class."
"Do you have a list of potions that you've done?" Draco asked.
"That is a valid question Miss Grey." Said Professor Snape who'd walked up behind the two as they were talking about her last potions master."
"Yes Professor." Samantha said. "As a matter of fact, here it is."
Samantha handed the Professor a roll of parchment about 18 inches long with two columns of potions that she had learned.
"Impressive." Snape said. "I don't foresee any problem for you in my class." Turning to Draco, "I trust you'll see that she is not late? She will be your potions partner for the year. I expect between the two of you there will be excuse to give Slytherin many many points."
"We'll try not to disappoint you Professor." Draco said.
* * *
At the entrance of the Potions Dungeon, Draco and Samantha ran into the Gryffindors.
"Hey look," Ron said, "it's Malfoy and his new Girl Friend."
"You seem to be obsessing about that." Draco said. "Hey Weasel, how's the jaw?"
Ron turned as red as his hair. "Aren't your Goons gonna be jealous that she's taking their place?"
"Actually," Samantha said, "they did try to say something, but it's hard to speak as a cat and mouse."
"You transfigured Crabbe and Goyle into a cat and mouse?" Hermione sounded impressed.
"It wasn't hard." Samantha said. "The hardest part was to transfigure them back before they ate each other. Either way, they won't mess with me. After they were changed back they tried to attack me. They got much the same treatment as Ron."
"Everybody take your seats." Professor Snape said as he entered the class. "I would like to introduce to the class our new student Samantha Grey. Miss Grey at her last school was slightly ahead of the rest of you, however we can catch the rest of you up rather quickly. Today we will be reviewing every potion that you've done through now."
[Watch this.] Draco heard Samantha's voice in his head.
Samantha turned and looked at the Weasel who turned purple in rage.
"I can't believe you said that." Weasely yelled.
"Mr. Weasely!" Professor Snape was at his most waspish. "10 points from Gryffindor. Control your outbursts if you please."
"How did you do that?" Draco asked.
[Just think your responses.] Samantha said. [I have a rare form of magic called mentalism.]
[I've heard of that.] Thought Draco. [Is it true that mentalists are able to mentally dominate other people?]
[They can.] Samantha said [but it is considered to be bad manners.]
To put things in short order over the course of the class Weasley lost 50 points from Gryffindor and got a Detention that was to be served with Mr. Filtch later that evening.
Over the first week of classes, the professors were all finding that Samantha was quickly becoming tops in every class.
Snape decided to take advantage of this fact and placed his two best students on one lab team and placed Longbottom and Weasely on another. Potter was paired with Crabbe and Granger was teamed with Millicent Bullstrode. With this setup, it was considered to have the maximum chance of uplifting Slytherin's points total.
Monday morning at breakfast, Professor Dumbledor made an announcement. "Due to the happenings of the past year or more, we have decided to introduce a new class to help defend yourselves. I am pleased to present professor Tomoko Grey, your new self-defense teacher."
When the lady stood up, Draco asked Samantha "isn't that your mother?"
Samantha seemed to be concentrating on her mother for a moment. "Yes," she said. "My father has decided to look into working with your father. Mother has decided to go back to work and her best subjects involve self-defense in both physical and magical manners."
Professor Dumbledor continued. Also, as the Defense Against the Dark Arts class had been cancelled due to lack of a teacher, Professor Grey will be teaching this as well. New class schedules will be distributed during the day. Gryffindor and Slytherin Houses will have the DADA classes today first hour. Now if we could just find a replacement for the Divination teacher."
Draco asked "Samantha. I know you've not received any owls, how did you find that out about your mother and father's plans?"
"Part of Mom's martial arts training awakens the part of the Human mind that allows Telepathic communication." Samantha explained. [Are you going to join the class? I could use the emotional support because I'm gonna have to help teach.]
"For you?" Draco asked. "Of course I will."
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That day, in the DADA class with the fifth year Gryffindors and Slytherins Professor Grey mentioned that the reason that a text-book wasn't mentioned at breakfast that morning, is that there is no textbooks that will be used.
"From what I understand about your class last year," said the professor, "you have a pretty good foundation in the defending against the dark curses. What you don't know, because most wizards discount it, is that there are other ways to control people. Ways that even muggles, with the proper training and mental conditioning can do.
"Professor Grey," said Hermione. "Are you referring to Mentalism?"
"Very good Miss Granger." Professor Grey said. "Take 10 points for Gryffindor. Yes, I am speaking of Mentalism."
The professor proceeded to lecture on mental domination and said that starting next class, she would begin to teach each and every one of them how to begin tapping into their potential for psionics. The best defense against Mentalist co-ersion is to be trained in mentalism yourself.
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A/N: I've been running around like a chicken without a head. I hope you still enjoy and I will still want you to review. If there's any elements that you would like to see or if you have any suggestions. Please let me know.
Chapter 2
Disclaimer: These characters belong to J. K. Rowling with one or two notable exceptions that I'm putting into the story to interact with them. I write these stories for fun and they are not intended to infringe on the published works of the author noted above.
A/N: This story is set during the year five. J. K. Rowling does all of her stories from the Dream Team's point of view. This will be set from the point of view from selected characters on the Slytherin side of things. Just so the Purists know, this is an AU fic.
Symbology: 'something surrounded in single quotes always means someone is thinking.' Something surrounded in [square brackets] means telepathic communication is going on.
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The first day of classes dawned bright and clear. Draco and Samantha were still talking about their respective families over breakfast when the mail came in.
A pair of monkey-faced owls dropped a box and a letter in front of Samantha. In the box, there was a pair of matched jade bracelets. The letter was written in Japanese.
"Those are beautiful." Draco said.
"They are from my grandmother." Samantha said. "She heard what house I'd been sorted into. Even someone that was home-schooled in Osaka Japan has heard the reputation of this house at Hogwarts. They are charmed for protection and defense."
"Protection and defense?" Draco said, puzzled. "Aren't they the same thing?"
"Not in the least" Samantha said. "The protection is these make the wearer immune to a wide array of darker magic. The defense is that these bracelets will let me cast charms and curses without a wand."
"How do they do that?" Draco asked.
"I don't really understand it." Samantha said. "It was something that my grandmother had from her grandmother, and her grandmother before her. All I know is that it works."
Class schedules were handed out. Double Potions with the Gryffindors was the first class, followed by Care of Magical Creatures next. The final class of the day was history of magic. Draco looked at the later two classes and groaned.
"What's wrong Draco?" Samantha asked.
"Two of those classes are with Gryffindor. Potions is my favorite class and I'm Professor Snape's favorite student. Care of Magical Creatures is taught by a former Gryffindor and they get preferential treatement. Professor Binns is just Boring."
"Oh." She said. "How is professor Snape as a potions master?"
"The man is brilliant!" Draco was rather excited about this class.
"I hope so," she said. "My last potions master was hopeless. I had to learn to make the potions from the books and then had to teach the other people in class."
"Do you have a list of potions that you've done?" Draco asked.
"That is a valid question Miss Grey." Said Professor Snape who'd walked up behind the two as they were talking about her last potions master."
"Yes Professor." Samantha said. "As a matter of fact, here it is."
Samantha handed the Professor a roll of parchment about 18 inches long with two columns of potions that she had learned.
"Impressive." Snape said. "I don't foresee any problem for you in my class." Turning to Draco, "I trust you'll see that she is not late? She will be your potions partner for the year. I expect between the two of you there will be excuse to give Slytherin many many points."
"We'll try not to disappoint you Professor." Draco said.
* * *
At the entrance of the Potions Dungeon, Draco and Samantha ran into the Gryffindors.
"Hey look," Ron said, "it's Malfoy and his new Girl Friend."
"You seem to be obsessing about that." Draco said. "Hey Weasel, how's the jaw?"
Ron turned as red as his hair. "Aren't your Goons gonna be jealous that she's taking their place?"
"Actually," Samantha said, "they did try to say something, but it's hard to speak as a cat and mouse."
"You transfigured Crabbe and Goyle into a cat and mouse?" Hermione sounded impressed.
"It wasn't hard." Samantha said. "The hardest part was to transfigure them back before they ate each other. Either way, they won't mess with me. After they were changed back they tried to attack me. They got much the same treatment as Ron."
"Everybody take your seats." Professor Snape said as he entered the class. "I would like to introduce to the class our new student Samantha Grey. Miss Grey at her last school was slightly ahead of the rest of you, however we can catch the rest of you up rather quickly. Today we will be reviewing every potion that you've done through now."
[Watch this.] Draco heard Samantha's voice in his head.
Samantha turned and looked at the Weasel who turned purple in rage.
"I can't believe you said that." Weasely yelled.
"Mr. Weasely!" Professor Snape was at his most waspish. "10 points from Gryffindor. Control your outbursts if you please."
"How did you do that?" Draco asked.
[Just think your responses.] Samantha said. [I have a rare form of magic called mentalism.]
[I've heard of that.] Thought Draco. [Is it true that mentalists are able to mentally dominate other people?]
[They can.] Samantha said [but it is considered to be bad manners.]
To put things in short order over the course of the class Weasley lost 50 points from Gryffindor and got a Detention that was to be served with Mr. Filtch later that evening.
Over the first week of classes, the professors were all finding that Samantha was quickly becoming tops in every class.
Snape decided to take advantage of this fact and placed his two best students on one lab team and placed Longbottom and Weasely on another. Potter was paired with Crabbe and Granger was teamed with Millicent Bullstrode. With this setup, it was considered to have the maximum chance of uplifting Slytherin's points total.
Monday morning at breakfast, Professor Dumbledor made an announcement. "Due to the happenings of the past year or more, we have decided to introduce a new class to help defend yourselves. I am pleased to present professor Tomoko Grey, your new self-defense teacher."
When the lady stood up, Draco asked Samantha "isn't that your mother?"
Samantha seemed to be concentrating on her mother for a moment. "Yes," she said. "My father has decided to look into working with your father. Mother has decided to go back to work and her best subjects involve self-defense in both physical and magical manners."
Professor Dumbledor continued. Also, as the Defense Against the Dark Arts class had been cancelled due to lack of a teacher, Professor Grey will be teaching this as well. New class schedules will be distributed during the day. Gryffindor and Slytherin Houses will have the DADA classes today first hour. Now if we could just find a replacement for the Divination teacher."
Draco asked "Samantha. I know you've not received any owls, how did you find that out about your mother and father's plans?"
"Part of Mom's martial arts training awakens the part of the Human mind that allows Telepathic communication." Samantha explained. [Are you going to join the class? I could use the emotional support because I'm gonna have to help teach.]
"For you?" Draco asked. "Of course I will."
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That day, in the DADA class with the fifth year Gryffindors and Slytherins Professor Grey mentioned that the reason that a text-book wasn't mentioned at breakfast that morning, is that there is no textbooks that will be used.
"From what I understand about your class last year," said the professor, "you have a pretty good foundation in the defending against the dark curses. What you don't know, because most wizards discount it, is that there are other ways to control people. Ways that even muggles, with the proper training and mental conditioning can do.
"Professor Grey," said Hermione. "Are you referring to Mentalism?"
"Very good Miss Granger." Professor Grey said. "Take 10 points for Gryffindor. Yes, I am speaking of Mentalism."
The professor proceeded to lecture on mental domination and said that starting next class, she would begin to teach each and every one of them how to begin tapping into their potential for psionics. The best defense against Mentalist co-ersion is to be trained in mentalism yourself.
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A/N: I've been running around like a chicken without a head. I hope you still enjoy and I will still want you to review. If there's any elements that you would like to see or if you have any suggestions. Please let me know.