A TALE OF TWO PROFESSORS
CHAPTER 3
BY CELTIC GUARDIAN PRINCESS
CGP: Hey, anyone who is reading this, especially Ryoko, help me with ideas for later chapters. I have writers block and I need help.
Lupin: Well, are you going to write?
CGP: Yeah, hold on. Ryoko, hope you get fully better by Monday! Now read on minna-san!
"Welcome, all of you, to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. First years will note that The Forbidden Forest is off limits. And we have three new teachers to add to our staff this year. Filling the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is Professor Ryoko Dracula." Dumbledore said.
Applause sprouted in the hall, mostly from the Slytherins who got a good look at her.
"And taking the Charms field, now that Professor Flitwick retired, is Kassandra Lupin. And taking the Care of Magical Creatures spot is Professor Cedric Diggory. I hope you treat them all with respect, and if you see Peeves or a ghost being rude towards them, please inform the head of your house." Dumbledore looked around the Great Hall once more before it became noisy again. "That is all. Let the Feast begin!"
All this time, Ryoko, Kassie, and Snape were sitting at the end of the table waiting for him to say that. As soon as the noise erupted, Kassie turned to Ryoko.
"Hey, Ry, how come you didn't tell me you were teaching here?" she asked, using Ryoko's newest nickname.
"Don't call me Ry." Ryoko growled. "I took the job because I needed to get away from the mansion. Kahla told me this job was open, so I applied. Now, why didn't you tell me you changed your name when you wrote me from Tokyo?"
Kassie gave a sheepish grin. "Well, the Ministry was after me at the time, so I couldn't unless I wanted to get arrested. Well, how about the dude next to you. I think Severus likes you. I've seen him watching you all day."
Snape interrupted the, er, interesting conversation (a/n: Yeah, right!), to speak.
"Excuse me ladies, but do you know that Dumbledore is a fruity old cactus?"
Kassie immediately started to giggle. Ryoko raised an eyebrow.
"What?"
"Lupin is such a fraud. He was never the same after he screwed the Whomping Willow." Snape continued.
Kassie stopped giggling and glared at him. "You'll pay for that, Slime Ball!" she said quietly.
She pulled out her wand, but Ryoko grabbed her wrist. "No, Kassie. I think he's drunk. Don't drink anything. We don't need you drunk too. God, the castle would fall down."
Kassie nodded, the proceeded to pout because she couldn't curse him.
Ryoko stood up. "Come on Severus. I'll get you back to your room. Come on you old geezer!"
She helped Snape walk down the corridors to his rooms and let him wander to the bed. She started to leave when Snape cried out.
"Ryoko, stay, please! Help, poison, curse, torture…" He said weakly.
Ryoko turned around to see him holding his stomach while curled into a ball.
"I need Kassie." She said to him. "Please, just stay there. I'll be right back. Stay put."
As she turned to leave, Kassie was right behind her. Ryoko jumped in surprise.
"How do you do that?"
Kassie shrugged. "So, whatcha need? Help with organizing, planning, decorating…what?"
Ryoko backed up a bit. "It's Severus. I think he's cursed. He said he was and he can't have a hangover because it hasn't even been a full hour yet! So, Kassie, help him!"
Kassie pulled out her wand. "Fine, just don't blow a fuse." She walked over to his bed and looked at him. Kassie watched as he cried a little more, then walked to the other side of the bed. Walking back to Ryoko, her face said everything.
"You don't know what it is, do you?" Ryoko asked, knowing the answer.
"Actually, I do, but I don't have the right qualifications to perform the spell. But you do. It's a deadly curse, a Dark curse. Come on now, think. You've seen it bunches of times. Just think."
Ryoko thought. She usually used every curse she saw, but she had never seen this one. Wait, yes she had! It was her specialty curse reserved for her many enemies. The Fideliousdeliano curse (a/n: Hey Ryoko, wanna try to pronounce that?). She pulled out her wand as Kassie smiled.
"Later!" she said, and then disappeared.
Ryoko performed her counter curse, and then left before Severus could notice her. But he did.
"Thank you Ryoko. I think I love you even more."
The next morning brought lots of sounds, smells, and loud peoples for Kassie's werewolfness. Her nose was finding all kinds of smells. Fear, excitement, happiness, love, and nervousness. The sounds were almost too much to bear. Shouting, laughing, squealing, complaining, and fighting were the main ones as she walked up to the staff table.
Ryoko, Snape, and a witch with gray hair all looked up as she approached.
"Good morning Kassandra." The witch said.
Kassie looked at her. "Who're you?" she mumbled in her post sleep gibberish.
"I am Professor Sprout, the Herbology teacher. I hope your first class goes well. You have first years first. They should be easy. Just be nice to them and they'll listen. Well, best be off." Sprout said.
Kassie plopped down next to Snape. "Why does this place look like Hell with new wallpaper?"
Snape smiled down at her. "Maybe because usually you sleep until noon, take 2 hours getting dressed, then another 3 hours just to figure out were you are going. So by then it's 5 in the afternoon and you come to dinner, go back to your room, and stay there all night. You're not used to it in daylight." He explained.
Ryoko laughed. "Well, Kassie, ready for your first class? Starts in 10 minutes."
Kassie woke up right then. "10 MINUTES! Gotta go! Talk to ya later!" she said as she grabbed some toast and ran off, her robes tripping her as she went.
Snape stood up. "I suppose I should go too. I have 7th years first, so I shall see you at lunch." He said to Ryoko.
"Yes. I need to get out my model for the first lesson. The worst curses there are." And with that, she walked off, leaving a surprised Snape behind.
CGP: Well, Ryoko, do you like this chapter? I'll try to get another one up tomorrow. Hey, I can't come to werewolfregistry.net tonight. Grandma won't let me. Maybe we can find somewhere else we can chat. Review and tell me!
Lupin: And everyone else, R&R!
