Destined for Greatness
Child of the new Dawn
Disclaimer: don't own don't sue
Thanks to my Beta Kemenran
A/N sorry for the long wait but with ff.net's problems I decided to wait a bit
Lessons and Arguments
Al groaned as a ray of sunlight came through the window on to his face. He threw a pillow over his head, but now that he was awake there was no chance he would get back to sleep.
Excitement rose in him, however, when he remembered that classes started today. He threw on his Hogwarts robes and grabbed his wand.
He stopped outside the portrait and looked around trying to remember which way the prefect had taken them last night. The stone corridors all looked the same. After a quick round of inne-meany-mione-mo he strode off down a corridor only to turn around and go down the other.
Al jumped as the poltergeist, Peeves, swooped down on him then glided off rattling the suits of armor that lined the walls. He was so distracted he didn't see Kent.
'Bam!'
Both boys found themselves on the floor clutching their heads, but the pain vanished once the room stopped spinning and they recognized each other.
"Al!"
"Kent!"
"Hey are you lost too?" Al blurted out.
Kent laughed, "I'm glad I'm not the only one!"
"What's all this racket?"
Both boys jumped and looked up at the wheezy-voiced woman who had brought them across the lake.
"S-sorry err ma'am" Al stammered, caught unawares by her sudden appearance.
"Humpt, nasty little children always making noise," she muttered, "I'm the caretaker Edwina and you had better get into the Great Hall if you want any breakfast."
"We don't know how to get there." Kent muttered softly.
"Humpt, useless first years, go down that corridor." She said pointing toward the stone corridor to the right.
Al and Kent got to their feet and started down the corridor, speeding up when they heard, "And be quick about it or I'll hang yah by your thumbs in the dungeon!"
The boys burst out laughing as they came out of the corridor and into the main hall.
"Hey," Al said suddenly, "We should walk to brekfast together every morning since we don't have the same house."
"Sure" Kent said nodding, "How's Griffindor by the way?"
"Great," Al said grinning, "We've got this big common room that always has a roaring fire and great big four poster beds! How about you?"
Kent grinned as well as the headed down the stone steps to the Great Hall, "Our common room has lots of books and tables to work at. There's a book on everything! And the prefects say they're going to help us study and check our work and stuff. We've got four posters too."
They both shared a final smile before splitting up and going to respected tables. The conversation at the Gryffindor's table was about the school. Al soon learned from his dormates; Eaton, Garrick, Hadden, and Nelson that Hogwarts was a lot bigger than he thought.
There were a hundred and forty-two staircases varying from the wide marvle ones in the Main Hall to narrow rickety ones in the high towers. Walls pretended to be doors and some walls had secret passages inside them. When Al heard this he made a mental note to tell Kent and see if they could find any.
Their first classes today would be Defense Against The Dark Arts and Transfiguration. After lunch would be History of Magic and Charms.
Al and Eaton had become friends and set off to Defense Against the Dark Arts together. Professor Slade was a tall man with broad shoulders and shoulder length brown hair. He had soft steely voice that he could project effortlessly.
"In this class," he began, "We will study both the history of defense and the actual spells."
They spent the lesson taking notes out of the book, but Professor Slade promised to move on to spells soon.
After Defense, Eaton and Al had to run to class after getting lost, yet again, in the corridors.
Professor Dippet smiled at the Gryffindors, though he was not supposed to be biased, as he was head of the house he tended to favor the members. After taking complicated notes they were allowed to try a spell.
Al had always wanted to transfigure something after watching his parents do it everyday. Their first task was to turn an ordinary stick into a quill. Al managed it on his second try and was excused from homework that night. Eaton had less luck but had managed to make his stick sprout a few feathers.
Al felt a twinge of pride as he found the Great Hall without one wrong turn. He was just loading his plate when Alber sat beside him. "How's lessons so far Al?"
"Not bad, I transfigured a stick into a quill on my second try."
He grinned teasingly, "Looks like at least one family member can 'uphold the family honor.'"
Al snorted, "Right, I already insulted Vito Grindelwald before I got sorted."
Alber raised his eyebrows, "Grindelwald? As in THE Grindelwalds? The ones we're supposed to show respect to at all times?"
Al felt a blush start to come on his cheeks, "Yeah, that's him. But he was making fun of muggle-borns."
Alber nodded thoughtfully, "That makes sense coming from his family........"
Al frowned suddenly, "Hey! What was with the whole 'you have to go through this whole obstacle course' to be sorted?"
Alber walked away laughing.
Al's glaring was cut sort when Eaton grabbed his arm telling him it was time to get to class.
"I heard that Binn's is the most boring teacher in all of Hogwarts." Eaton told him after the late bell had rung. The class whispered quietly before the door opened and a wizard walked in.
The wizard seemed to be withering away as he took attendance. Then he started to talk, with no introduction into the subject, on some ancient wizard.
After about ten minutes, Al wouldn't have know if the wizard had invented tweezers as he sank into a sleepy stupor.
The ringing of the bell broke Al's stupor and he poked a glassy-eyed Eaton in the arm to wake him up.
Professor Todd taught Charms. He was a short stoutly wizard with a ruddy complexion and fiery red hair. Unlike Professor Slade, Professor Todd had very little control over the class and often had to shout to make himself heard.
Al couldn't help but think that Professor Todd wasn't that good a teacher after he was thrown across the room for the third time as the class practiced levitation.
After classes, Al found Kent and the two boys went off in search of secret passages. They wandered down the corridors talking about classes, when Kent grabbed Al's arm and pulled him behind a statue.
Professor Dippet and Slade were arguing in loud voices.
"We can't expel students who have done nothing wrong!" Slade half-yelled.
"I know how you feel Thane, but you know how powerful that family is!"
"Almardo we can't let one family decide who can be enrolled in this school or not! It's open to everyone muggle-born to pure blood! Would we really expel students like, Zinia Storm? She's on the top of every class!"
"I know, it would be a great loss to the school to-"
"Not just the school! Where would these children go to finish their education? Durmstrang wouldn't let them in, perhaps Beauxbatons but that's all the way in France."
"I'll let the headmaster know your opinions Thane, but the Grindelwalds aren't a family to fight."
"Someone should."
Kent and Al looked at each other for a moment after their teacher's footsteps faded.
Al broke the silence saying, "I think Professor Slade just became my favorite teacher."
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EriEka127- thanks! Sorry for the wait!
Sasinak- thanks!
Athenakitty- I dunno do you know who was headmaster before dippet? Yeah I'm making Vtio the Grindalwald he fights when he's older. Al's brother is already in Hogwarts.
Scarysecrets- oh dear your going to faint again when you catch up with my fics! Anyone know CPR? Lol Dumbledore gets that job first! He was a teacher in transfiguration before he was headmaster! Guess who I based Vito on? *Grin* alby-poo? Wait a moment YOUR alby-poo? Well your one of my fav. Reviewers so I'll share.... Lol is it? I didn't know! Lol I must torture you so by mentioning those books! Thanks! Lol I am dedicating all future McGonagall POV's to you!
Child of the new Dawn
Disclaimer: don't own don't sue
Thanks to my Beta Kemenran
A/N sorry for the long wait but with ff.net's problems I decided to wait a bit
Lessons and Arguments
Al groaned as a ray of sunlight came through the window on to his face. He threw a pillow over his head, but now that he was awake there was no chance he would get back to sleep.
Excitement rose in him, however, when he remembered that classes started today. He threw on his Hogwarts robes and grabbed his wand.
He stopped outside the portrait and looked around trying to remember which way the prefect had taken them last night. The stone corridors all looked the same. After a quick round of inne-meany-mione-mo he strode off down a corridor only to turn around and go down the other.
Al jumped as the poltergeist, Peeves, swooped down on him then glided off rattling the suits of armor that lined the walls. He was so distracted he didn't see Kent.
'Bam!'
Both boys found themselves on the floor clutching their heads, but the pain vanished once the room stopped spinning and they recognized each other.
"Al!"
"Kent!"
"Hey are you lost too?" Al blurted out.
Kent laughed, "I'm glad I'm not the only one!"
"What's all this racket?"
Both boys jumped and looked up at the wheezy-voiced woman who had brought them across the lake.
"S-sorry err ma'am" Al stammered, caught unawares by her sudden appearance.
"Humpt, nasty little children always making noise," she muttered, "I'm the caretaker Edwina and you had better get into the Great Hall if you want any breakfast."
"We don't know how to get there." Kent muttered softly.
"Humpt, useless first years, go down that corridor." She said pointing toward the stone corridor to the right.
Al and Kent got to their feet and started down the corridor, speeding up when they heard, "And be quick about it or I'll hang yah by your thumbs in the dungeon!"
The boys burst out laughing as they came out of the corridor and into the main hall.
"Hey," Al said suddenly, "We should walk to brekfast together every morning since we don't have the same house."
"Sure" Kent said nodding, "How's Griffindor by the way?"
"Great," Al said grinning, "We've got this big common room that always has a roaring fire and great big four poster beds! How about you?"
Kent grinned as well as the headed down the stone steps to the Great Hall, "Our common room has lots of books and tables to work at. There's a book on everything! And the prefects say they're going to help us study and check our work and stuff. We've got four posters too."
They both shared a final smile before splitting up and going to respected tables. The conversation at the Gryffindor's table was about the school. Al soon learned from his dormates; Eaton, Garrick, Hadden, and Nelson that Hogwarts was a lot bigger than he thought.
There were a hundred and forty-two staircases varying from the wide marvle ones in the Main Hall to narrow rickety ones in the high towers. Walls pretended to be doors and some walls had secret passages inside them. When Al heard this he made a mental note to tell Kent and see if they could find any.
Their first classes today would be Defense Against The Dark Arts and Transfiguration. After lunch would be History of Magic and Charms.
Al and Eaton had become friends and set off to Defense Against the Dark Arts together. Professor Slade was a tall man with broad shoulders and shoulder length brown hair. He had soft steely voice that he could project effortlessly.
"In this class," he began, "We will study both the history of defense and the actual spells."
They spent the lesson taking notes out of the book, but Professor Slade promised to move on to spells soon.
After Defense, Eaton and Al had to run to class after getting lost, yet again, in the corridors.
Professor Dippet smiled at the Gryffindors, though he was not supposed to be biased, as he was head of the house he tended to favor the members. After taking complicated notes they were allowed to try a spell.
Al had always wanted to transfigure something after watching his parents do it everyday. Their first task was to turn an ordinary stick into a quill. Al managed it on his second try and was excused from homework that night. Eaton had less luck but had managed to make his stick sprout a few feathers.
Al felt a twinge of pride as he found the Great Hall without one wrong turn. He was just loading his plate when Alber sat beside him. "How's lessons so far Al?"
"Not bad, I transfigured a stick into a quill on my second try."
He grinned teasingly, "Looks like at least one family member can 'uphold the family honor.'"
Al snorted, "Right, I already insulted Vito Grindelwald before I got sorted."
Alber raised his eyebrows, "Grindelwald? As in THE Grindelwalds? The ones we're supposed to show respect to at all times?"
Al felt a blush start to come on his cheeks, "Yeah, that's him. But he was making fun of muggle-borns."
Alber nodded thoughtfully, "That makes sense coming from his family........"
Al frowned suddenly, "Hey! What was with the whole 'you have to go through this whole obstacle course' to be sorted?"
Alber walked away laughing.
Al's glaring was cut sort when Eaton grabbed his arm telling him it was time to get to class.
"I heard that Binn's is the most boring teacher in all of Hogwarts." Eaton told him after the late bell had rung. The class whispered quietly before the door opened and a wizard walked in.
The wizard seemed to be withering away as he took attendance. Then he started to talk, with no introduction into the subject, on some ancient wizard.
After about ten minutes, Al wouldn't have know if the wizard had invented tweezers as he sank into a sleepy stupor.
The ringing of the bell broke Al's stupor and he poked a glassy-eyed Eaton in the arm to wake him up.
Professor Todd taught Charms. He was a short stoutly wizard with a ruddy complexion and fiery red hair. Unlike Professor Slade, Professor Todd had very little control over the class and often had to shout to make himself heard.
Al couldn't help but think that Professor Todd wasn't that good a teacher after he was thrown across the room for the third time as the class practiced levitation.
After classes, Al found Kent and the two boys went off in search of secret passages. They wandered down the corridors talking about classes, when Kent grabbed Al's arm and pulled him behind a statue.
Professor Dippet and Slade were arguing in loud voices.
"We can't expel students who have done nothing wrong!" Slade half-yelled.
"I know how you feel Thane, but you know how powerful that family is!"
"Almardo we can't let one family decide who can be enrolled in this school or not! It's open to everyone muggle-born to pure blood! Would we really expel students like, Zinia Storm? She's on the top of every class!"
"I know, it would be a great loss to the school to-"
"Not just the school! Where would these children go to finish their education? Durmstrang wouldn't let them in, perhaps Beauxbatons but that's all the way in France."
"I'll let the headmaster know your opinions Thane, but the Grindelwalds aren't a family to fight."
"Someone should."
Kent and Al looked at each other for a moment after their teacher's footsteps faded.
Al broke the silence saying, "I think Professor Slade just became my favorite teacher."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Please review! Lady Zee- thanks! Yep it's THAT grindelwald!
EriEka127- thanks! Sorry for the wait!
Sasinak- thanks!
Athenakitty- I dunno do you know who was headmaster before dippet? Yeah I'm making Vtio the Grindalwald he fights when he's older. Al's brother is already in Hogwarts.
Scarysecrets- oh dear your going to faint again when you catch up with my fics! Anyone know CPR? Lol Dumbledore gets that job first! He was a teacher in transfiguration before he was headmaster! Guess who I based Vito on? *Grin* alby-poo? Wait a moment YOUR alby-poo? Well your one of my fav. Reviewers so I'll share.... Lol is it? I didn't know! Lol I must torture you so by mentioning those books! Thanks! Lol I am dedicating all future McGonagall POV's to you!