-THE CURSED POSITION
CHAPTER 4
Hermione, Harry and Ron were sitting together chatting and waiting for the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher to arrive.
"At least this one doesn't look threatening like the others, she seems nice!", said Harry.
"Yeah, I wonder how good she is, I mean, she must be if Dumbledore hired her...", Said Ron.
"It doesn't mean a thing, you remember Lockhart, don't you?", Harry answered and they both snorted and looked at Hermione.
"What?", she asked.
"Hermione didn't seem to think so, did you 'Mione?, Ron joked.
She scowled at them and said, "Well... anyway, there's something about her that's not right..."
"Oh, come on! What could possibly be wrong with this one?", asked Ron rolling his eyes up.
"Why don't we wait and see, then?", answered Hermione.
The truth was that she didn't have a good feeling about the new teacher from the moment she walked in the Great Hall the previous night. But she just brushed it off not wanting to sound paranoid.
Professor Nox walked in slowly, looking intently at every face in the room. Her eyes lingered on the trio for a moment and she seemed to recognize in Hermione's eyes, the doubts the girl had about her.
Hermione shivered and shifted in her chair uncomfortably.
"She gives me the creeps!", she thought.
The Professor started the class and everyone seemed to like her, it was easy to like her. She had a pleasant demeanor and spoke softly and musically. For some reason, she could have the whole class' attention on her without even raising her voice much.
Her hair was falling over her eyes and she kept brushing it away and pushing her glasses up. "Now, that's annoying!", Hermione thought.
Kali went through her plan for the year carefully, explaining what they would have to achieve.
"We're going to have to work hard and fast to learn everything you missed out after so long without a proper teacher!", she finished and looked around, "Any questions?"
Hermione shot her hand up, and Professor Nox looked down at the table searching for her name on the list.
"Yes Miss uh.... Granger?"
"Are you going to follow the book, should we focus on the first chapter for next class?", Hermione asked.
"Not always, no, I intend to speed things up a little so we'll have to get what's more important in it.", she answered with a smile.
"But you just said we have to work hard and learn everything we missed out, so the whole book seems to be important!", said Hermione, feeling Ron and Harry's inquisitive looks on her.
Professor Nox glared at her still smiling, but not at all happy.
"I am going to be the judge of what's important!", she simply said, "Any more questions?"
"Are we going to practice, I hope you're not only giving us theory?", Hermione seemed to be attempting to attack Kali, for a reason not even she knew.
"Yes... there will be practice!", Kali seemed to be losing her patience, but she never stopped smiling.
The bell sounded, warning it was the end of the class and they started to get their stuff together.
"What on earth were you trying to do?" Ron asked Hermione.
"I was just asking her about the classes!"
"I don't get you sometimes, Hermione!", he said and they left.
Kali smile faded slowly as they were leaving and she stared at Hermione with cold eyes.
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Later that night Snape was grading the potions of the day. His mood was the worst ever. Longbotton had pushed him out of patience, if there was any left after his horrible night. The boy had managed to melt his cauldron and spilled the potion all over the floor.
"Bloody kid's a menace!", he thought sourly.
He stood up, closing his books and decided he was going to patrol the halls for a while, it was almost curfew time, and he liked to scare the students off to their dormitories.
Before he left, he put an incantation on the lock so no one could get in. By no one he really meant Kali. She was bound to go look in his office for whatever she was looking for in his bedroom the previous night.
He then proceeded to walk around, lost in thoughts when she emerged from a dark corner. He stopped and eyed her cocking his head to the side. His narrowing eyes showed as much hostility as he could gather.
"Can you remove yourself out of my way?" he asked trying to put on his most controlled and emotionless voice.
"Why! aren't we a bit too harsh?", she asked with the most captivating smile.
"WE aren't anything! I, on the other hand, am trying to pass and you are blocking the way!"
"I can't understand your aggressiveness!", she extended her hand towards him, "How about a truce... shake hands?"
"Don't try to pose as innocent, because I know it was you last night! And even though everybody seems to trust you so much, I am not going to rest until I find out what you're up to!", he confronted.
She looked at him furiously and he turned on his heels, leaving her with her hand still in a shaking position. She turned to go, muttering something angrily under her breath and bumped into Hermione who was practically running.
Hermione had been in the library and had lost track of time, she was trying to get to the common room and only saw Professor Nox when she had already bumped into her.
Professor Nox shot her the creepiest look and as Hermione bent down to pick the books she had let fall down, she saw a long necklace sticking out Professor Nox's blouse. Hermione thought it was very familiar and when the Professor saw what she was looking at, she quickly pushed the necklace back into her blouse. She left without a word.
Hermione thought hard trying to remember it and then her eyes brightened and she gasped. The neck lace looked just like the time-turner McGonagall had given her on the third year.
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CHAPTER 4
Hermione, Harry and Ron were sitting together chatting and waiting for the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher to arrive.
"At least this one doesn't look threatening like the others, she seems nice!", said Harry.
"Yeah, I wonder how good she is, I mean, she must be if Dumbledore hired her...", Said Ron.
"It doesn't mean a thing, you remember Lockhart, don't you?", Harry answered and they both snorted and looked at Hermione.
"What?", she asked.
"Hermione didn't seem to think so, did you 'Mione?, Ron joked.
She scowled at them and said, "Well... anyway, there's something about her that's not right..."
"Oh, come on! What could possibly be wrong with this one?", asked Ron rolling his eyes up.
"Why don't we wait and see, then?", answered Hermione.
The truth was that she didn't have a good feeling about the new teacher from the moment she walked in the Great Hall the previous night. But she just brushed it off not wanting to sound paranoid.
Professor Nox walked in slowly, looking intently at every face in the room. Her eyes lingered on the trio for a moment and she seemed to recognize in Hermione's eyes, the doubts the girl had about her.
Hermione shivered and shifted in her chair uncomfortably.
"She gives me the creeps!", she thought.
The Professor started the class and everyone seemed to like her, it was easy to like her. She had a pleasant demeanor and spoke softly and musically. For some reason, she could have the whole class' attention on her without even raising her voice much.
Her hair was falling over her eyes and she kept brushing it away and pushing her glasses up. "Now, that's annoying!", Hermione thought.
Kali went through her plan for the year carefully, explaining what they would have to achieve.
"We're going to have to work hard and fast to learn everything you missed out after so long without a proper teacher!", she finished and looked around, "Any questions?"
Hermione shot her hand up, and Professor Nox looked down at the table searching for her name on the list.
"Yes Miss uh.... Granger?"
"Are you going to follow the book, should we focus on the first chapter for next class?", Hermione asked.
"Not always, no, I intend to speed things up a little so we'll have to get what's more important in it.", she answered with a smile.
"But you just said we have to work hard and learn everything we missed out, so the whole book seems to be important!", said Hermione, feeling Ron and Harry's inquisitive looks on her.
Professor Nox glared at her still smiling, but not at all happy.
"I am going to be the judge of what's important!", she simply said, "Any more questions?"
"Are we going to practice, I hope you're not only giving us theory?", Hermione seemed to be attempting to attack Kali, for a reason not even she knew.
"Yes... there will be practice!", Kali seemed to be losing her patience, but she never stopped smiling.
The bell sounded, warning it was the end of the class and they started to get their stuff together.
"What on earth were you trying to do?" Ron asked Hermione.
"I was just asking her about the classes!"
"I don't get you sometimes, Hermione!", he said and they left.
Kali smile faded slowly as they were leaving and she stared at Hermione with cold eyes.
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Later that night Snape was grading the potions of the day. His mood was the worst ever. Longbotton had pushed him out of patience, if there was any left after his horrible night. The boy had managed to melt his cauldron and spilled the potion all over the floor.
"Bloody kid's a menace!", he thought sourly.
He stood up, closing his books and decided he was going to patrol the halls for a while, it was almost curfew time, and he liked to scare the students off to their dormitories.
Before he left, he put an incantation on the lock so no one could get in. By no one he really meant Kali. She was bound to go look in his office for whatever she was looking for in his bedroom the previous night.
He then proceeded to walk around, lost in thoughts when she emerged from a dark corner. He stopped and eyed her cocking his head to the side. His narrowing eyes showed as much hostility as he could gather.
"Can you remove yourself out of my way?" he asked trying to put on his most controlled and emotionless voice.
"Why! aren't we a bit too harsh?", she asked with the most captivating smile.
"WE aren't anything! I, on the other hand, am trying to pass and you are blocking the way!"
"I can't understand your aggressiveness!", she extended her hand towards him, "How about a truce... shake hands?"
"Don't try to pose as innocent, because I know it was you last night! And even though everybody seems to trust you so much, I am not going to rest until I find out what you're up to!", he confronted.
She looked at him furiously and he turned on his heels, leaving her with her hand still in a shaking position. She turned to go, muttering something angrily under her breath and bumped into Hermione who was practically running.
Hermione had been in the library and had lost track of time, she was trying to get to the common room and only saw Professor Nox when she had already bumped into her.
Professor Nox shot her the creepiest look and as Hermione bent down to pick the books she had let fall down, she saw a long necklace sticking out Professor Nox's blouse. Hermione thought it was very familiar and when the Professor saw what she was looking at, she quickly pushed the necklace back into her blouse. She left without a word.
Hermione thought hard trying to remember it and then her eyes brightened and she gasped. The neck lace looked just like the time-turner McGonagall had given her on the third year.
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