I will write longer chapters for all you people who want one because I am so nice (not) I also know that I haven't been updating as much, but too bad. This chapter took forever.

Chapter 9

Sarina went to the door, and opened it. No one was there. She heard a faint whimper by her feet. Sarina looked down. She couldn't believe her eyes. There was a black dog with green eyes staring at her. Around its neck was a black collar, surrounded by a faint purple light. The dog looked up at Sarina and smirked.

It suddenly transformed into a man, but this wasn't the one, he was supposed to be. This man was almost snake-like, with black hair. His eyes were blood red. He held a wand solid black wand that was emitting purple and green sparks. He pointed his wand at her and spoke one word. Sarina could not hear what it was, but then a blast of green light burst out of it, right at her.

Sarina sat bolt upright in bed. She almost screamed, but she bit her lip and didn't.

"It was only a dream. It was only a dream. It was only a bloody dream." Sarina just kept repeating this for a while. She then stopped and went right back to bed.

Then rest of the night was completely uneventful (Sophie didn't eat her squeaky toy). That morning Sarina got up early. She had forgotten to set up her classroom, so she went there after she got into her robes. Today, they were red.

Her classroom was quite normal. Sarina was quite glad of that. The only thing she needed to do was put away her required books and read over her lesson-plan. Sarina read her schedule, and discovered her first class was with the fifth years.

Suddenly, there was the sound of the breakfast bell throughout the whole castle. Sarina popped into the Great hall through a secret passage that only the "professors" knew-about.

All of the other professors were already there. There was only one seat left. It was next to Snape. He was about to say something to her when the post came. A strange owl landed on the table and dropped a letter into her lap. There was no return address on it. Snape looked at it over her shoulder. Sarina glared at him, so he stopped. She cast a temporary unreadable spell over it, so no one else could read it other than herself. The letter read as this.

Dear Shadow,

I hope this arrives safely. Moony told me that you were teaching Defense against the Dark Arts. I wanted to ask you a quick question. Could you keep an eye on my godson for me? I would like to know what he's up too. He needs as many extra eyes as can be spared.

Sincerely,

. Padfoot

P.S. Please write back.

PPSS. Soon





`~^ ^^` (~ *()~^^ v^/

Sarina's eyes fell on something scribbled at the bottom of the page. She knew what it meant. Padfoot had given her the location of where he was staying. Sarina smiled as she folded the letter up and placed it into her pocket. Snape looked at her for a bit. Then, he spoke. Nothing came out. Sarina wiped her eyes, as he tried again to speak. There was nothing. His pale skin turned to a pale pink.

Sarina looked around at the house tables. Her eyes fell on the Gryffindor table, Harry was looking at the photos that she had given Hermione. Harry looked up and smiled at her. She nodded. Sarina finished her food, and left the Great Hall.

People were lined up outside her classroom. She let them inside. They all hoped that she would be an amazing teacher because they had seen her make Snape blush that is a feat to its self. Sarina went inside.

She waited for a couple students to rush in. Then she spoke.

"I'm Professor Fain," Sarina paused. I've gotten letters from two of your pervious professors "They have informed me that you have covered most beasts and all of the forbidden curses. As far as I know, you haven't covered much defensive magic or anything that involves transformation."

Sarina looked around at her class for a second to see how they would react. They were all staring at her. Then Hermione raised her hand.

"Miss Granger?"

"Um, Professor.what do you mean by transformation magic?"

"Good question Hermione. I guess I should start with that. As you all know being able to transform into a different creature is quite hard. Not too many people have done it within the last century. Today you will learn how to tell the difference between a real animal and a fake one. Please take notes on page 800 in your book, Complex Hexes, Charms, and Spells. I'll be back in a bit to see how you are doing."

Sarina left her classroom through a hidden door. She had to go get her cat Sophie to test them. Sarina looked almost like her cat when she transformed. Sophie was sleeping outside Sarina office door.

"Wake up, I have work for you to do"

Sophie looked up at her and nodded. They went outside Sarina's classroom and listened. Some students were talking.

"What do you have there Potter?"

Sarina could tell that there was going to be a fight. She transformed into a black cat with emerald green eyes. If the cat had stood up against a wall you would think it was a shadow.

Both black cats entered the classroom unnoticed. Draco was standing near Harry. He was reaching for the envelope. Then something happened. A blast of violet light hit Draco's hand turning it a light shade of purple.

"What the Hell," Draco said with a small cry of pain.

One of the cats spoke with an air of authority.

"Mr. Malfoy, I would suggest that you leave Mr. Potter, Miss Granger, and Mr. Weasley alone. I would also suggest that you don't take anything that isn't yours"

He nodded, dumbfounded.

"Now, I hope you have all finished taking your notes. If not I advise you to look at a friend's paper."

Most of the students were wondering who was speaking.

The cat continued, "You could call this your first open-note test. I want you to tell me which cat is real and which cat is not."

Two cats walked out from behind Sarina's desk. Both cats walked the same. They both looked the same. They acted slightly different. Then Sarina knew that someone would notice something. She and Sophie were both on Sarina's pressure sensitive rug. If no one was stepping on it, it was dark blue. If someone was stepping on it, it was white. Around Sophie the carpet was white, but around Sarina it was still blue.

Hermione stood up. It looked as if she was testing a theory. Hermione walked over to the rug, and stood on it. The area around her turned white.

"I know which one is which." There was a smile of triumph on her face. She pointed to the cat that didn't have the white aura around it.

"That one is Professor Fain"

The cat turned into the Professor.

"Good, Hermione. Ten points to Gryffindor. he homework is for you to write at least a 9in essay on how to tell a real animal from a fake one. Class is over."

All of the students left in a hurry for there next class. No one wanted to be late.

Sarina didn't have any more classes till after lunch, so she went to her office. ~ I should write to Padfoot. ~

Suddenly it hit her. There was a fireplace in her study, so she went there. ~Duh. I'll just talk to him. ~ Sarina mentally kicked herself. She looked around and saw that there was a little pot of hearsay powder. ~Perfect~

She grabbed some, chucked it into the fire, and said Remus Lupin. Remus's head appeared in the flames.

"Hey Shadow," he said.

"Hi, Moony. I was wondering if I could talk to Padfoot"

"Is there anyone around?"

"Nope," she said with a quick glance around the cozy study.

"Give me a second."

"Okay"

Lupin's head disappeared with a pop. Sarina waited a moment for Sirius's head to appear. It did with a pop. A black-haired head with green eyes stared back at her. She smiled, and began to speak.

"Padfoot" she paused. The next couple words made no sense at all. ^^^^^so there is no point putting them here^^^^

"Slow down, Shadow. Could you speak a bit slower, and tell me in English." Sirius grinned in his annoying way.

"Fine, Severus Snape," Sarina paused again, and took a deep breath. "Snape likes me"

Sirius couldn't believe his ears.

"Come again?" he asked, knowing he had heard correctly.

"He likes me," Sarina shivered at the thought.

"Really? That slime ball likes you?"

She nodded and said, "Dumbledore told me at the feast, after Snape ran off. He looked really embarrassed."

"What did you say to him?"

"I had said, 'You're acting as if I was your worst rival ever, and I know that's not true because I know who your "rival" is'

"Well, I don' t blame him, for running away from you. I would have."

Sarina knew he was joking. "Anything new?"

"Well in a matter of fact there is" Hahahahahahahaha, I'm not going to tell you what happens next. You just have to review a lot, and you have to send me an email or two with ideas. My email is DragonFae9@aol.com