hermionegreen: Thanks so much! I can't give anything away about the
surprises to come, but I will tell you that that was not one of them. But
that's a really cool concept, I may use it.
Kady Rilla Wholi: Thanks! I thought they would be cute together. I agree, Emmalise is awesome like that.
A/N: Still waiting on your opinions! Let me know about the snogging! TELL ME NOW! *pulls out rubber chicken again* HE'S HUNGRY!
Another A/N: This chappie, about the first DADA lesson, features Patronuses because I think it's so cool seeing which character has what as a Patronus. I know Professor Cherub and her rhyming is kinda cheesy, but think it's funny.
(from now on, I will be featuring a quote from my day in every chappie, know as Daily Dumbness, or D/D!)
D/D: Down with Georges! Up with Bobs!
Disclaimer: I know I don't own Harry Potter. I'm no J.K. Rowling. Brunettes are much sexier. (in case you're wondering, J.K. is blond) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Professor Cherub entered the classroom, and everyone fell silent. Today Professor Cherub was wearing blue robes that blended perfectly with her hair and eyes. She obviously had a great love for the color blue because all the walls were now blue also. The professor looked around the room and smiled slightly.
"You'd think that someone was dead! What? Does the color blue fill you with dread?" said Professor Cherub brightly.
The class released its collective breath. Professor Cherub smiled and walked up to the front of the classroom.
"Wands out, quills away. We're having a practical lesson today," she said.
"Er. . . ." said Seamus. "Do you always- ?"
"Yes, I always speak in rhyme. It's from a curse when I was nine," said the Professor, answering his question before he finished. "St. Mungo's wizards found no cure, so you, my students, must endure. I rather liked it, anyway, so my rhyming shall stay. Now that you have all settled in, pay attention and I will begin."
Professor Cherub turned to the blackboard, raised her wand, and then paused, examining the board critically.
"One can never have too much blue. I think this board could use some too." She waved her wand at the blackboard. The board instantly changed to the exact same shade of sky blue as the rest of the room. She then tapped her wand on the board, and the words "THE PATRONUS CHARM: EXPECTO PATRONUM" snaked their way across the board in sparkly dark blue script.
"We'll be working on Patronuses today, so listen to what to do and say. If you need to repel a dementor quick, the Patronus Charm will do the trick. You stand up straight, hold out your wand, and pick your happiest memory to concentrate on. Expecto Patronum is the spell. It takes a great deal of magic to do this well. Patronuses come in all sizes and shapes. The wizard who conjures it determines which form it takes. Most times they are silvery misty animals, but they may be not. A difference like this cannot be taught. Watch me now. I'll show you how."
Professor Cherub raised her wand and said "Expecto Patronum!"
A beautiful winged silvery-white angel burst forth from her wand. It swooped gracefully down on the Hufflepuffs on the other side of the room, many of whom gave noises of admiration or surprise, then disappeared.
"Now, can anyone here do it already? Raise your hand if you are ready."
Harry raised his hand, as did Hermione.
"Yes Mr. Potter, I knew you could. And Ms. Granger too? Good, good. Now come down here and face your classmates, just like I did, to demonstrate."
Harry and Hermione made their way into the middle of the classroom. Hermoine stepped back a little, indicating that Harry should go first. Harry raised his wand, summoned the memory of Ron holding the Quidditch Cup, borne on the shoulders if the Gryffindors, who were singing "Weasley Is Our King," and said "Expecto Patronum!" A silver-white stag exploded from the end if his wand, cantered around the room, and then evaporated into the air. There was a loud round of applause, during which Harry grinned sheepishly. Hermione then stepped forward, wand at ready, and said "Expecto Patronum!" An otter flew out of Hermione's wand and swam the length of the room before it disappeared too.
"Very good, ten points each. Now, I think I have nothing left to teach," said Professor Cherub as the applause for Hermione died down. The Professor waved her wand and all the desks flew to the walls. "You know what do, so you may begin. Harry, Hermione, can you to help them?"
Harry and Hermione nodded as everyone spread out through the room. Professor Cherub smiled and dimmed the lights a little, the better to see the Patronuses. Hermione went off through the good deal of slivery mist already issuing from various wands to assist Ron, who was looking confused. Harry grinned and began walking around the room.
It was a very enjoyable lesson. By the end of the double-period, everyone had conquered the spell. After help from Hermione, Ron had managed to produce a lion-shaped Patronus. Emmalise's Patronus was a very handsome panther. After many, many tries, Neville had conjured a very large elephant. Seamus's was a gorilla, Dean's was a crocodile, Lavender Brown's was a unicorn, Parvati Patil's was a rabbit, Hannah Abbot's was a fox, and Ernie Macmillan's was a rhino.
"Excellent, class! You learned very fast!" said Professor Cherub as the bell rang. "Ten points to every student today! No homework in honor of the first day!"
Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Emmalise left the classroom and headed for the Great Hall for dinner. They sat down at the table and had hardly started serving themselves when Katie Bell walked up.
"Hello!" she said, sitting down next to Harry. "All right, so, since I'm the oldest player on the team, I've been made Quidditch Captain. We're having Keeper and beater tryouts next Monday instead of in October so we can get a head start on training. You'll need to be there, you two, so don't plan anything. Six o'clock, all right?"
"Okay," said Harry.
"See you then," said Ron.
"Are you going to try out?" said Harry to Emmalise as Katie walked away.
"Yeah," she said, "I really want to play. Hermione, what's up?"
For Hermione was staring off into space looking very preoccupied.
". . . oh-oh nothing," she said, snapping back to reality.
Kady Rilla Wholi: Thanks! I thought they would be cute together. I agree, Emmalise is awesome like that.
A/N: Still waiting on your opinions! Let me know about the snogging! TELL ME NOW! *pulls out rubber chicken again* HE'S HUNGRY!
Another A/N: This chappie, about the first DADA lesson, features Patronuses because I think it's so cool seeing which character has what as a Patronus. I know Professor Cherub and her rhyming is kinda cheesy, but think it's funny.
(from now on, I will be featuring a quote from my day in every chappie, know as Daily Dumbness, or D/D!)
D/D: Down with Georges! Up with Bobs!
Disclaimer: I know I don't own Harry Potter. I'm no J.K. Rowling. Brunettes are much sexier. (in case you're wondering, J.K. is blond) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Professor Cherub entered the classroom, and everyone fell silent. Today Professor Cherub was wearing blue robes that blended perfectly with her hair and eyes. She obviously had a great love for the color blue because all the walls were now blue also. The professor looked around the room and smiled slightly.
"You'd think that someone was dead! What? Does the color blue fill you with dread?" said Professor Cherub brightly.
The class released its collective breath. Professor Cherub smiled and walked up to the front of the classroom.
"Wands out, quills away. We're having a practical lesson today," she said.
"Er. . . ." said Seamus. "Do you always- ?"
"Yes, I always speak in rhyme. It's from a curse when I was nine," said the Professor, answering his question before he finished. "St. Mungo's wizards found no cure, so you, my students, must endure. I rather liked it, anyway, so my rhyming shall stay. Now that you have all settled in, pay attention and I will begin."
Professor Cherub turned to the blackboard, raised her wand, and then paused, examining the board critically.
"One can never have too much blue. I think this board could use some too." She waved her wand at the blackboard. The board instantly changed to the exact same shade of sky blue as the rest of the room. She then tapped her wand on the board, and the words "THE PATRONUS CHARM: EXPECTO PATRONUM" snaked their way across the board in sparkly dark blue script.
"We'll be working on Patronuses today, so listen to what to do and say. If you need to repel a dementor quick, the Patronus Charm will do the trick. You stand up straight, hold out your wand, and pick your happiest memory to concentrate on. Expecto Patronum is the spell. It takes a great deal of magic to do this well. Patronuses come in all sizes and shapes. The wizard who conjures it determines which form it takes. Most times they are silvery misty animals, but they may be not. A difference like this cannot be taught. Watch me now. I'll show you how."
Professor Cherub raised her wand and said "Expecto Patronum!"
A beautiful winged silvery-white angel burst forth from her wand. It swooped gracefully down on the Hufflepuffs on the other side of the room, many of whom gave noises of admiration or surprise, then disappeared.
"Now, can anyone here do it already? Raise your hand if you are ready."
Harry raised his hand, as did Hermione.
"Yes Mr. Potter, I knew you could. And Ms. Granger too? Good, good. Now come down here and face your classmates, just like I did, to demonstrate."
Harry and Hermione made their way into the middle of the classroom. Hermoine stepped back a little, indicating that Harry should go first. Harry raised his wand, summoned the memory of Ron holding the Quidditch Cup, borne on the shoulders if the Gryffindors, who were singing "Weasley Is Our King," and said "Expecto Patronum!" A silver-white stag exploded from the end if his wand, cantered around the room, and then evaporated into the air. There was a loud round of applause, during which Harry grinned sheepishly. Hermione then stepped forward, wand at ready, and said "Expecto Patronum!" An otter flew out of Hermione's wand and swam the length of the room before it disappeared too.
"Very good, ten points each. Now, I think I have nothing left to teach," said Professor Cherub as the applause for Hermione died down. The Professor waved her wand and all the desks flew to the walls. "You know what do, so you may begin. Harry, Hermione, can you to help them?"
Harry and Hermione nodded as everyone spread out through the room. Professor Cherub smiled and dimmed the lights a little, the better to see the Patronuses. Hermione went off through the good deal of slivery mist already issuing from various wands to assist Ron, who was looking confused. Harry grinned and began walking around the room.
It was a very enjoyable lesson. By the end of the double-period, everyone had conquered the spell. After help from Hermione, Ron had managed to produce a lion-shaped Patronus. Emmalise's Patronus was a very handsome panther. After many, many tries, Neville had conjured a very large elephant. Seamus's was a gorilla, Dean's was a crocodile, Lavender Brown's was a unicorn, Parvati Patil's was a rabbit, Hannah Abbot's was a fox, and Ernie Macmillan's was a rhino.
"Excellent, class! You learned very fast!" said Professor Cherub as the bell rang. "Ten points to every student today! No homework in honor of the first day!"
Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Emmalise left the classroom and headed for the Great Hall for dinner. They sat down at the table and had hardly started serving themselves when Katie Bell walked up.
"Hello!" she said, sitting down next to Harry. "All right, so, since I'm the oldest player on the team, I've been made Quidditch Captain. We're having Keeper and beater tryouts next Monday instead of in October so we can get a head start on training. You'll need to be there, you two, so don't plan anything. Six o'clock, all right?"
"Okay," said Harry.
"See you then," said Ron.
"Are you going to try out?" said Harry to Emmalise as Katie walked away.
"Yeah," she said, "I really want to play. Hermione, what's up?"
For Hermione was staring off into space looking very preoccupied.
". . . oh-oh nothing," she said, snapping back to reality.