Note: Another thing I'm not sure of: I don't know if there are four or six
classes in a day at Hogwarts. I guessed at six so PLEASE don't kill me!
Author's Note: 'Saw Pirates of the Caribbean, the Curse of the Black Pearl'! It's awesome! Everyone needs to go see it!
Chapter 4
Devil's Snare
Classmates pressed questions to Hermione and Ron until they would be surrounded by a mob back to back. They needed to be rescued by a professor before they were suffocated like celebrities. During classes students would point and whisper. Ron found it hard to concentrate but Hermione managed to maintain her studious manner.
In the Gryffindor Common Room it was even more chaotic. Ron shut himself up in his room with Harry so the girl's wouldn't glare at him for entering their dormitories.
Ron had another uneasy sleep that night and was exhausted come morning. He double-checked his timetable to see that he had double Defense against the Dark Arts, Herbology, Divination-which was now quite humorous with Firenze and Trelawny competing with one another-and double Transfiguration.
When they entered the classroom, Harry was on Ron's left and Seamus on his right. Hermione sat next to Harry and was leaning in close to join their conversation.
'Fred told me that he gave them the easiest homework assignment ever!' insisted Ron.
'What was it?' asked Harry, delighted at the look of disappointment on Hermione's face.
'He never told me.' muttered Ron. 'But He got it done immediately!'
At that moment, they heard the door to the classroom open. There in the doorway stood Professor Everest, who bustled in almost clumsily.
'Very sorry I'm late!' he said clearly in a softly-toned voice. Ron leaned forward to peak at Hermione, who was swooning like a goose. He felt his chest rise with jealousy. 'I had to rush and see Professor Sprout about a certain plant.' then he pulled a small pot out of his silver velvet robes and placed it on his desk.
After taking off his cape and writing his name and the date on the chalkboard he looked back at the class. Ron could hear the sounds of love struck girls. No way was I this stupid, he thought.
'Now, today is your first Defense against the Dark Arts lesson with me and I wanted to show you something that I found very interesting when I first learned it.' He pulled out his wand and placed it against the edge of the pot's rim. 'Fellindirvo!' Harry watched. Nothing seemed to happen, but Professor Everest stepped back quickly.
'What I just said was a spell that would make the plant grow faster.' He continued to step back until he was against a pillar. He crossed his arms and watched. The class stared, still expecting something to happen.
Ron gasped as a melody of song entered the room, seemingly to come from the pot. His eyes widened as a small vine crawled from the dirt.
'Now, you're probably wondering what this plant has to do with the Dark Arts.' said Professor Everest over the song. 'If the first three rows will stand up and go to the back of the room, then I will gladly show you.'
Ron smiled excitedly as the first three rows stood and left them have the front seat. He didn't know he would regret it.
Professor Everest waved his wand and stated: 'I've put a charm on my desk and items so that they won't be all over the place when I've finished.' Everest removed his long robe and scarf so that he was only where his pants and a button-up tee shirt. He pulled a hair-tie out of his breast pocket and tied his silvery locks back. The vine had grown three feet long and was creeping down his desk's leg.
Everyone watched in curiosity as Professor Everest took several quick steps towards the plant. Ron's eyes widened when he stepped on the vine that now sprawled on the floor. A shriek ripped through the air and their classmates covered their ears. The vine sprang to life and binded around Everest's chest. Everest gritted his teeth as he was lifted into the air, but shock or fear never entered his eyes. More vines sprouted and binded his legs together. Ron could tell he was flailing his arms in a fake way, and he new why.
The Devil's Snare crept around the desk, curling around its legs and the arms of Professor Everest.
'Watch carefully now!' he coughed as he was lifted higher in the air. He wrenched his arm from a vine and pointed it at the base of the plant. 'Friddlikus!' he cried as he gasped from more breath. The plant suddenly cringed and the binds fell from Everest, letting him fall to the floor gasping for breath. The class watched as the plant swiftly shrank and retreated back into the dirt where it had been before.
'I have just performed a reversal spell that may save you from deadly plants such as this devil's snare here. Most of these vines are faulty in the sun but some that dwell in rainforests and sandpits can bear it to devour their enemy. The Friddlikus charm causes a deadly plant to retreat back to its seed and it cannot grow again unless forced by the Fellindirvo Curse.' He started putting his robes and scarf back on. 'Any questions?'
The class just stared back at him in amazement.
*
'I don't believe it!' said Ron for the thousandth time that day. 'Everest is amazing! I mean, who would do something that crazy just to teach us a charm?' Hermione sighed at the mention of Everest's name.
'I'm so surprised at the homework!' said Harry happily. ''Sketch a drawing of Devil's Snare reacting to the Friddlikus Charm': that's just a couple of vines in a pot!'
Ron finished the homework in Transfiguration after he failed an attempt to make his quill write on its own. Harry was still going at it. Hermione had not only drawn hers, but colored it and shaded it as well.
Least I won't have to listen to her this evening, thought Ron.
Author's Note: 'Saw Pirates of the Caribbean, the Curse of the Black Pearl'! It's awesome! Everyone needs to go see it!
Chapter 4
Devil's Snare
Classmates pressed questions to Hermione and Ron until they would be surrounded by a mob back to back. They needed to be rescued by a professor before they were suffocated like celebrities. During classes students would point and whisper. Ron found it hard to concentrate but Hermione managed to maintain her studious manner.
In the Gryffindor Common Room it was even more chaotic. Ron shut himself up in his room with Harry so the girl's wouldn't glare at him for entering their dormitories.
Ron had another uneasy sleep that night and was exhausted come morning. He double-checked his timetable to see that he had double Defense against the Dark Arts, Herbology, Divination-which was now quite humorous with Firenze and Trelawny competing with one another-and double Transfiguration.
When they entered the classroom, Harry was on Ron's left and Seamus on his right. Hermione sat next to Harry and was leaning in close to join their conversation.
'Fred told me that he gave them the easiest homework assignment ever!' insisted Ron.
'What was it?' asked Harry, delighted at the look of disappointment on Hermione's face.
'He never told me.' muttered Ron. 'But He got it done immediately!'
At that moment, they heard the door to the classroom open. There in the doorway stood Professor Everest, who bustled in almost clumsily.
'Very sorry I'm late!' he said clearly in a softly-toned voice. Ron leaned forward to peak at Hermione, who was swooning like a goose. He felt his chest rise with jealousy. 'I had to rush and see Professor Sprout about a certain plant.' then he pulled a small pot out of his silver velvet robes and placed it on his desk.
After taking off his cape and writing his name and the date on the chalkboard he looked back at the class. Ron could hear the sounds of love struck girls. No way was I this stupid, he thought.
'Now, today is your first Defense against the Dark Arts lesson with me and I wanted to show you something that I found very interesting when I first learned it.' He pulled out his wand and placed it against the edge of the pot's rim. 'Fellindirvo!' Harry watched. Nothing seemed to happen, but Professor Everest stepped back quickly.
'What I just said was a spell that would make the plant grow faster.' He continued to step back until he was against a pillar. He crossed his arms and watched. The class stared, still expecting something to happen.
Ron gasped as a melody of song entered the room, seemingly to come from the pot. His eyes widened as a small vine crawled from the dirt.
'Now, you're probably wondering what this plant has to do with the Dark Arts.' said Professor Everest over the song. 'If the first three rows will stand up and go to the back of the room, then I will gladly show you.'
Ron smiled excitedly as the first three rows stood and left them have the front seat. He didn't know he would regret it.
Professor Everest waved his wand and stated: 'I've put a charm on my desk and items so that they won't be all over the place when I've finished.' Everest removed his long robe and scarf so that he was only where his pants and a button-up tee shirt. He pulled a hair-tie out of his breast pocket and tied his silvery locks back. The vine had grown three feet long and was creeping down his desk's leg.
Everyone watched in curiosity as Professor Everest took several quick steps towards the plant. Ron's eyes widened when he stepped on the vine that now sprawled on the floor. A shriek ripped through the air and their classmates covered their ears. The vine sprang to life and binded around Everest's chest. Everest gritted his teeth as he was lifted into the air, but shock or fear never entered his eyes. More vines sprouted and binded his legs together. Ron could tell he was flailing his arms in a fake way, and he new why.
The Devil's Snare crept around the desk, curling around its legs and the arms of Professor Everest.
'Watch carefully now!' he coughed as he was lifted higher in the air. He wrenched his arm from a vine and pointed it at the base of the plant. 'Friddlikus!' he cried as he gasped from more breath. The plant suddenly cringed and the binds fell from Everest, letting him fall to the floor gasping for breath. The class watched as the plant swiftly shrank and retreated back into the dirt where it had been before.
'I have just performed a reversal spell that may save you from deadly plants such as this devil's snare here. Most of these vines are faulty in the sun but some that dwell in rainforests and sandpits can bear it to devour their enemy. The Friddlikus charm causes a deadly plant to retreat back to its seed and it cannot grow again unless forced by the Fellindirvo Curse.' He started putting his robes and scarf back on. 'Any questions?'
The class just stared back at him in amazement.
*
'I don't believe it!' said Ron for the thousandth time that day. 'Everest is amazing! I mean, who would do something that crazy just to teach us a charm?' Hermione sighed at the mention of Everest's name.
'I'm so surprised at the homework!' said Harry happily. ''Sketch a drawing of Devil's Snare reacting to the Friddlikus Charm': that's just a couple of vines in a pot!'
Ron finished the homework in Transfiguration after he failed an attempt to make his quill write on its own. Harry was still going at it. Hermione had not only drawn hers, but colored it and shaded it as well.
Least I won't have to listen to her this evening, thought Ron.