Chapter 5:Year1: Professor Kensuke

Severus awoke the next morning quite early. He could still hear

the light snoring of Lucius from across the room.

It must have been about five thirty, because the sun had not yet risen,

but the sky was a dull grayish blue. There was no point in trying to

go back to sleep with the thought of classes on his mind, so he got up

and dressed in the black school robes and green and silver necktie

that was the uniform for the Slytherin house. Careful not to disturb

Malfoy or Crabbe and Goyle he snuck out into the common room. He had

not been to thrilled that he had the same dormitory as Malfoy and his

two cronies, but they were better company than James Potters group.

The fire in the common room had just been lit by someone and the room

slowly began to warm up. Severus knew that in about an hour and a

half the room would start to get more crowded as people headed down

for the first breakfast of the year. He wanted to enjoy the quiet as

long as possible.

Around seven Severus left the common room and headed for the Great Hall.

It was bright and cheerful and a few of the students were already at

their tables, waiting for the golden plates and goblets to fill with

food and drink. Lilly, James, and Sirius were at the Gryffindor table

chatting amongst themselves. Lilly tried to wave at him, but Severus

pretended not to see her. He didn't want her to come over and ask him

a bunch of silly questions again. Sirius grumbled something to her and

she turned back to them, looking slightly annoyed.Soon after Severus

found a seat at the Slytherin table, Lucius came strutting up to the

table with Crabbe and Goyle in tow.

"Aw. There you are, Severus. Early riser?" he asked.

"I suppose." he responded.

Lucius sat down in the chair next to him.

"We should be getting our school schedules from the Prefects

soon. I do hope we don't have any classes with Gryffindor today." he

sneered.

Severus nodded in silent agreement. He would prefer to be away from

James' group as much as possible.

"You don't talk very much, Severus." said Lucius analyzing

him with his clear cold eyes.

"I'm sorry... does that trouble you?" Severus asked giving

him a smirk.

"No... it just makes me wonder what's on your mind. Quiet

people see a lot... but do not always tell what they know." responded

Lucius.

"Don't worry. If I find anything worth telling you about I

will." said Severus.

This didn't seem to satisfy Lucius but he gave a thin smile

and watched as the Prefects handed down their schedules. Their very

first class was indeed with the Gryffindors... Defense Against the

Dark Arts.

Severus walked with Lucius and his group down to the Defense

Against the Dark Arts room. On the way they passed many portraits,

whose inhabitants were whispering to each other about their own

affairs, hoping to not be overheard by the passing students. A knight

who was standing next to a horse made a pathetic attempt to charge at

them when they were passing by, but must have forgotten that he could

only go as far as his frame, and fell flat on his face with his sword

stuck in the ground. "Come back here you slimy, curs!" it shouted

angrily, with bits of grass sticking out of his helmet."

"How pathetic." sneered Lucius as they reached the door to

the classroom.

The classroom was very large, and was decorated in a very oriental

style... one that looked quite out of place in a British classroom.

The walls had many scrolls covered in Japanese style paintings of

Japanese wizards. Some were taming long lizard like, wingless dragons.

They were quite different from the European dragons which had visible

wings. There were others that showed Fearsome looking Kappas that

looked half monkey and half turtle. There were also charts with

Chinese characters on them with the English translation underneath.

Most of them were for charms to ward off dark magic and some of them

were actual spells in Japanese. Paper lanterns hung around the room to

help light the area.

The students all took their seats and took out their books,

quills, and parchments before the class began. Lucius glanced over at

Lilly who was talking to the Lupin boy in the shabby robes.

"Think you can handle a school for wizards?" asked Lucius

giving her a nasty smirk.

"I am a wizard... and I can handle anything that the likes of

you can do." she responded.

"Really? I would think that you might have trouble getting

through... being that your parents were... muggles," he sneered.

Lilly blushed angrily, but James came to her rescue.

"Leave her alone, Malfoy." he hissed.

"Oh... do you have a boyfriend Evans?" he asked her.

"Shut up! Leave them alone before I ..." started Sirius,

but just then Professor Kensuke strode into the room. He glared at

Sirius and Lucius.

"Is there a problem, boys?" he asked in a dark tone.

"No, Professor." replied Sirius cooly, giving Lucius one last

glare.

"Good. I will not tolerate any nonsense in my classroom." he

stated moving up to the front of the room and grabbing the parchment

with the student's names on them. He called attendance, then wrote his

name on the board in English and Kanji.

"My name is Professor Kensuke. Not Kunzooki, not Kensucki, not

hey you. Ken- su- ke. You can call me Kensuke Sensei if you please,

but I will only go by those two names. If you expect me to learn your

names, you will learn mine." he smiled slightly easing some of the

tension in the room. "I am your Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

I am here to teach you one of the most important skills you will need

for your wizarding life. You may come by in event in your lifetime

where Potions, Fortunetelling, or even Herbology will not save you.

The day you come across a dark wizard or creature who will stop at

nothing to kill you."

Professor Kensuke had the whole class on the edge of their

seats. They seemed to be hanging onto every word he was saying. His

voice was very powerful, and he was a good speaker.

"Now if you will please open your books, we will begin our

lesson for today... I think I will begin by telling you about the

Kappa which makes it's native land the same as mine, in Japan."