Hello everyone!!! I'm finally free at last thanks to Fireblade K'Chona! One of the many fire extinguishers that Fireblade gave me really came in handy… AHHHH!!! It burns! [Screams while running around blindly] YOU IDIOT, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DOUSE THE FIRE WITH IT, NOT SPRAY IT IN MY EYES!!! Oops…oh well, at least now I'm free to write again!
P.S. THANKS FOR ALL OF THE REVIEWS!!! [Starts crying tears of joy, and then immediately perks up and does happy dance (if you've ever seen Spirited Away, it's the same dance that the little toad guy does when sucking up and begging for tips)] KEEP THOSE REVIEWS COMING! MWA HA HA!!! Hey, when did you get better Evil Side…? I'M A QUICK HEALER ^_^! [Falls over anime style] Ouch…
P.P.S. I'M SOOOOOOOOOO SORRY FOR THE DELAY! [Begins weeping for real this time] It's all because of all of the stupid homework I've had lately and the fact that I'm suffering from the ever-present writer's block…Stop making excuses! Geez, you are so pathetic! *Sniff* I'm a terrible person!!! WWWWAAAAAHHHH!!!
Disclaimer: I'm getting really sick of disclaimers…
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Strange Circumstances
Botan_Rocks721
After a whole lot more 'stupefies' and an even larger number of 'expellimerases', people were beginning to lose hope…and many others lost consciousness. But almost everybody, well everybody that hadn't been knocked out, had began to respect Miss Botan. And some people were beginning to wonder if she acted ditzy just to throw everyone off-guard. (A/N Geez, what idiots! Of course she's stupid! YOWCH!!! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?!? [Hollers while rubbing the lump that's quickly forming on head])
Throughout the entire time, Botan kept her smile and cheery demeanor. She'd shout encouragement to her opponents, before either knocking them out or sending them flying. Man this sure is tons of fun! If this is what school is like, I should've done this a long time ago! She thought while up against yet another challenger. A fairly ticked off Pansy Parkinson unleashed her spell straight at Botan's head. She quickly dodged the blast, which ended up blowing up yet another desk. She jumped high in the air before bringing down her oar onto Pansy's rather fat head. "Bingo!" She exclaimed when finished doling out punishment to a now senseless Pansy. The strange teacher then began dancing, which consisted of pumping her arms up and down, and then began to laugh insanely.
All of the class was now wondering how such a cheery person could be so extremely violent. The few students, who were conscious, which included Malfoy, Hermione, and Harry, shrank away from the idea of facing their maniacal teacher. Ron hadn't stood a chance. And Crabbe and Goyle, well you know how the saying goes, "The bigger (and stupider) you are; the harder you fall".
Now done with her insane giggling and victory dance, Botan opened her eyes and for the first time noticed what a wreck the classroom was. "Oh dear, looks like the class got a bit carried away…" she said in a concerned tone. You could've sworn you could see large anime sweat drops on all of students. "Oh well, I guess I'll clean it up later…SO WHO'S NEXT?" At that precise moment, the bell rang. Everyone left to fight sighed in relief, never had they been so grateful for the end of class. All of students began to pick themselves up while nursing their injuries. The unconscious ones began to wake up groggily as everyone moved slowly and painfully to the exit. The blow to Neville's head must've been a powerful one because he had a weird bemused smile on his blank face and was chuckling hysterically.
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**A month later…**
The wind howled like an angry beast while it crashed against all of the poor defenseless windows. A gray blanket of clouds was strewn about the sky, covering the tiny sliver of a moon completely. Rain was threatening to pour down at any minute. The storm clouds were like giant buckets filled to the brim with water, one careless mistake and it would all spill out.
Though miserable outside, Hogwarts was warm and cozy on the inside. Gryffindor common room especially so as a merry blaze crackled in the fireplace. Because of the time, there were only three students left. Books and papers were scattered carelessly on the floor around three overstuffed chairs as two of the teens in them scrambled to finish homework. (A/N More idiots…*sigh*)
"Darn it you two, why do you constantly wait until the last minute to finish things!" Hermione said in an exasperated tone while checking Ron's paper on the properties of an extremely dull, dull, dull assignment that Professor Snape had given them. Even the perfect student Hermione had trouble staying awake while doing that one. "It's not our fault!" Ron snapped indignantly. "We had a full solid week of ruddy Quidditch practice! And in the rain too for Pete's sakes!"
Harry looked up from his Astronomy worksheet smiling and said, "Hey, at least we didn't have any Defense Against the Dark Arts homework!" Ron agreed by nodding and added with glee, "Yeah, we haven't had any in that class. It's great, we haven't even used our book this entire year!"
You could've sworn you could see a vein on Hermione's forehead about to burst. "I don't see why you must constantly bring up that subject," she said evenly while obviously trying to control her temper. "We do because it's the best bloody class we've had since Lupin left!" Ron retorted while getting steadily angrier. "Besides, this whole unit we're doing on self-defense against dark wizards is great! We're learning all of these cool Japanese fighting moves." Again Harry smirked while saying in a satisfied tone, "And in what other class do you get to beat up Malfoy and get away with it?"
Hermione exclaimed exasperatedly, "Yes but that's the thing, we haven't learned any new magic! In a real battle, by the time you got up to the evil wizard to kick him, he'd zap you into oblivion! And besides, have you ever seen "Professor Botan" do any real magic?" The two boys looked at her strangely. "What does that have to do with anything? You've seen her floating around on her weird broom thing." Harry asked questionably. "Well if you ask me, I don't think she's even a witch!" She snapped back. "That's ridiculous!" Ron retorted. "She has to be a witch!"
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Botan sighed as a class of smiling third-years made their way out of the room. This is ridiculous! How can I pull this off for an entire year? I'm not even a witch! She thought miserably. The class had been lots of fun for they had all been practicing proper sword techniques (A/N I wish they taught things like that in my school!), but that wasn't the point. The point was they couldn't do that kind of thing forever. Sooner or later, students were going to begin to wonder why they hadn't learned any new spells. Maybe if I wasn't so lazy I could think of good lesson plans and didn't wait until the last minute to think about it, I could pass by…Hey, wait a second, I have a great idea! I'll-
The Deity of Death's train of thought was quickly interrupted as her stomach growled loudly with impatience. She blushed even though there wasn't anybody in the room, and made her way to Great Hall for a quick meal before her next class.
…20 minutes later…
Botan burst through the door to the Great Hall rather unceremoniously. Her hair was astray, sweat was dripping down her face, and her bright pink kimono was extremely disheveled. All of the people in the room looked up in surprise at the commotion but when they saw her, immediately returned to their business. It was no shock that she would turn up in such a way considering how often she got lost in the school. Only three days ago, the bubblehead ended up locked in an unused dungeon for over two hours.
Why do they keep a three-headed monstrosity like that in a school? Her mind shouted while still thinking about a certain three-headed dog. The thoroughly freaked-out Grim Reaper made her way down the Great Hall. She was walking past the Gryffindor table when Neville stopped her. "Umm, Miss Botan…Would you uh like to sit here…um… by us?" He stammered out while blushing furiously. Dean, Seamus, and just about every other boy at the table were also turning beat-red. Hermione, who was sitting near them with Harry and Ron, shook her head in exasperation while thinking. Great, now she has a fan club…
"Oh, I'd absolutely love to, thank you!" Fluffy forgotten, Botan sat down across from none other than Hermione, Harry, and Ron. The two boys smiled politely, while Hermione just groaned and put her head in her hands.
Botan had just started digging into her ramen (luckily for her the cooks were extremely talented in the way of good Japanese cuisine) when the loud screech of a bird disrupted her. Everyone looked up to see what could've made such a horrible cry. But, it ended up only being a tiny owl that was no larger than a fist. The poor thing must've been exhausted as it wheeled around the room sluggishly. It made one last weak call and fainted. The pitiful bird fell through the air and landed…right in Hermione's soup…
Unusual events were very common at Hogwarts, so most of the students went back to their meals. Hermione on the other hand was wondering how her life could get any worse as she pulled the unconscious bundle of feathers out of her lunch. She blinked in surprise when she saw that there was a package attached to the back of the senseless bird. "That's strange," she muttered to herself while taking off the parcel. "Mail always gets here at breakfast, not in the middle of the day..." Ron grinned deviously and quickly snatched it from her hand. "Let's see who got a love note! It's obvious that whoever sent it wanted it to get here later when most likely there'd be nobody around. Oh look, it even smells like perfume!"
Botan who had paid no attention to the whole incident due to the fact of how fast she was consuming her food, looked up at that comment. Hermione was too busy calling Ron immature to notice, but Harry saw hope glimmer in her candy purple eyes.
"Will you give them here so I can see who they're for!" Hermione shouted finally as she seized the tiny box once more. "Geez Ron, you know you really get on my nerves sometimes! You should start behaving better seeing as we are in our sixth year here. We're supposed to be the role models for our school!" When done with this speech, she looked over at Ron and then sighed in frustration when she saw he hadn't paid attention to a word she said. "Boys…" She murmured under her breath while tearing open the package. "Hey Hermione, that's illegal you know!" Harry joked while trying to lighten up the mood. Man, those two are sure going for each other's throats this year! Finally done shredding the parcel, (which she was probably trying to take her anger out on) Hermione took out whatever was inside it. Her eyebrow shot up in surprise and suspicion as she said slowly, "Well what do you know…these letters are for you ma'am…"
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Wow, that was an extremely unexpected cliffhanger! I was going to make this chapter much longer, but I figured by the time I was done, I'd be dead considering the rate I was going at… It was really hard to get through this because I had so many ideas for how this one would go that I just kind of wrote as I went along…Sorry again for the long delay!!! Oh, and by the way…a reviewer gave me a great idea for my Evil Side… [Smiles evil grin]
To Be Continued…