"So out of 5 teachers, only two were worth it?"
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Chapter5!
Don't own anybody!!!!
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Hermione, Harry, and Ron met up with Neville a little ways from the DADA(1) classroom.
"How was the new potions teacher?" Neville asked curiously as they walked towards the classroom.
"Better than Snape!" All three answered in unison.
"His name is Heero Yuy." Hermione said thoughtfully. "That is a Japanese name, but he didn't look Japanese at all. He had blue eyes."
"GORGEOUS blue eyes!" Lavender interrupted meeting up with them and opening the classroom. "I just hope this new teacher is hot toooooohhhhh wow!" Her word turned into an exclamation of surprise. The Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom hardly looked like a classroom. The walls were a shimmery silver color, and there were no desks, just chairs placed in a circle. All the windows were gone, and there was no teacher in the room.
Hermione was looking hard at the silver paint. "I've read about this stuff!" She exclaimed surprised. "This is a kind of paint that is basic, but if you tap it with you're wand and imagine a place, the walls take on the physical appearance."
Ron looked at Hermione. "I don't speak gibberish Hermione," He stated bluntly.
She sighed and tapped the wall with her wand. The room seemed to disappear and it looked like they were standing in a meadow, with a circle of chairs.
"Wow." Harry said sitting down in a chair. "This is amazing." His amazement was heightened when a door they had previously been unable to see opened and more students walked into the room. Well, actually, they stopped, shocked at the look of the room.
Hermione tapped the wall again and they were back in the silvery classroom.
Everyone began sitting down when all the light disappeared for a second.
When they came back up, there was a young man sitting in the biggest chair in front.
"Hi!" He had long chestnut brown hair pulled back into a braid that hit his knees, and big violet eyes. He was wearing a black priest's outfit as opposed to the usual robes, and had an amused grin on his face. "What's up?"
A few of the students answered, but most of them were either a) drooling or b) too dumbfounded by his entrance to answer.
"Ummmm, professor? How did you get all the way across the room to that chair in about 3 seconds?" Hermione asked in an odd voice.
"Well…. That's a good question. But first let's cover some other stuff first!
"My name is Duo Maxwell, and I expect you to call me Duo. I'm only 23, the word Professor makes me sound like I'm 50. If you absolutely can not call me Duo, you can just call me Maxwell, although my nickname of choice is Shinigami. I am American, and proud of it, so I dun wanna hear any bashing on the good ole' U.S of A." He picked up his braid and twirled in his fingers for a moment while he thought. "Ummmm, this is Advanced Defense Against the Dark Arts, so well, that's what we are going to learn. Together. I've never taught before and well, I'm not really sure how to go about it. I'm basically gonna throw shi-stuff at you, and see how you deal with it. Do forgive me if I accidentally cuss though.
"Let's see…. My birthday is June 17. I am a Gemini, and my favorite color is.. well… black! My best friend is Quatre…. The new caretaker. I am in love with Heero, the new Potions teacher….."
"Does that mean you are gay?" Parvati asked
"Hell no! I'm not gay, nor am I straight!" Duo looked offended, then laughed. "I'm BI! I LOVE EVERYBODY!"
At this a lot of the class loosened up, and laughed.
Duo got serious for a minute. "Now, we are in the middle of a war. There are the bad guys, and the good guys. Everybody is accusing everybody else of being bad, and a traitor and everything, so there is a lot of hate going on right now. If I hear one jibe about race, sexual orientation, or any sort of discrimination, I'm personally gonna let you meet Shinigami." He smiled again. "I know everyone is much more mature than that though, so I don't think it will be a problem."
He picked up a sheet up paper and eyed it. "From what I've read here, you have had one evil teacher, once moronic teacher, one good teacher, twice I see! One crazy, evil and good teacher, and one just clinically insane teacher. So out of 5 teachers, only two were worth it?"
"Just about!" Ron said, laughing. "That is so sad, isn't it? I never thought of it like that."
"Well… let's see… this Remus Lupin, it say's he's half werewolf, and he taught you all about creatures your third year, and continued that along with basic curses, your sixth year, right?"
"Yes." The class said together.
"And this Crouch, disguised as Mad-Eye Moody, wow I bet mad-Eye was pissed, well, he taught you the Unforgivable curses?"
"Yes." The class responded again.
"So really… all you need is some touch ups, and learn the more difficult curses, and practical skills, right?"
"Yes!"
Duo laughed. "That was rhetorical, by the way, but that's okay. So, this is going to be a virtually homework-less class…."
There was a loud cheer at this.
"A virtually essay homework-less class!" Duo said loudly. "You will HAVE to practice there counter curses! There is no way to get around it. Unfortunately, I will be cursing you, and believe you me, it's better if you know the counter curse. Much less messy that way." He said Neville's frightened face and smiled at him. "Don't worry. If you say, 'I'm not sure I know how to do this', then I'll help you."
He smiled and looked at the rest of the class. "We will also be learning some basic muggle skills that I think are very important to know for various reasons. For example, expect to walk out of this class knowing how to pick locks, and sneak around without getting caught. Believe me, using magic is a wonderful help, but other witches and wizards can tell when there is someone around if that someone uses magic. So yes, the alohamora jinx is very useful, it can give you're position away in a second to someone who is on the defensive."
"Well, why don't we go around the circle and hear things about everybody? Let's start with you." He said to Hermione who was directly across from him.
"Okay. My name is Hermione Granger. I am a Virgo, and head-girl this year. I love cats and my favorite color is turquoise."
"Why don't you give your say, favorite number between 1 and 5,(2) and ideal job?" Duo added.
"Well, my favorite number," Hermione looked baffled by this. "My favorite number is probably 3." Duo shrugged at this, and she looked at his strangely and continued, "and I want to work at the Ministry of Magic, maybe in the Department of Mysteries." She looked at Neville who was sitting next to her.
"Hello, I'm Neville Longbottom and I am a Taurus. I love my toad Trevor and I am fond of the color red. My favorite number is 4, and I want to work with Herbs when I get older."
"4 is a very good number." Duo said, "Next?"
"Hi, my name's Ron Weasly and I'm an Aries. I like birds and my favorite color is green! My favorite number between 1and 5 is probably, 1…."
"Good choice." Duo muttered.
"And I want to be an aurorer. Oh yeah, my favorite quidditch team is the Chudley Cannons. Harry's turn."
"My name is Harry Potter, and I am a Leo, I think. My owl Hedwig is the smartest owl ever, and I love the color blue. I like the number 2, and I also want to be an aurorer."
"Yeah!!!! Beat that everybody else! #2 all the way, baby!" Duo said, jumping up and slapping Harry a high five.
Harry looked startled, and Duo laughed at his face. "Let's continue, and I will explain things later."
After everyone in the classroom had gone, Duo jumping up and high fiving anyone who said 2 was their favorite number When they finished Duo smiled and looked at the students. "Let me explain." He sat back down. "All of the new staff at this lovely school, well, we know each other, and we were working together against Voldemort, and we always work in a group. Well, we have positions, and Heero Yuy is 001, I am 002, Trowa Barton is 003, Quatre Winner is 004, and Chang Wufei is 005. These numbers relate to our different positions as a team. Now, as I knew would happen, because I'm psychic like that, you have al just picked your teams for the first assignment. Let's see…." Duo surveyed the classroom. "You, Mr. Redhead…" He was pointing at Ron "what is your name again?"
"Ron Weasley"
"Right, Well, Ron, you picked 1, didn't you? Well… you get to be 001 of the first team…." Duo went on assigning the different teams and after about 10 minutes, everyone was standing in 5 different groups Duo laughed and said, "okay. Now everyone look around your groups, any objections?"
Harry looked at his group, he ended up with Ron, Hermione, Neville, and Laverder.
"No objections! Okay good. Here are the assignments. 001-you are in charge, essentially, you make sure everyone does what they are supposed to, and you get to gather supplies and you are basically the map." He paused, "It's not as easy as it looks, now, 002-you are the spy. Basically, you sneak around, and gather information and you are the inside person. You are second in command, and if 001 dies, you take over. 003—you are genius. You are the person who deals with any and all intelligence. You are the person who hacks and the one who makes sure that there is money in the bank account. 004- you are the outside connection, you secure the money for 003, you secure safe houses, you are the one who give information to 003, and clothes to 002, in the case of a fight, you are also a fighter. 005- your main job is to cover everyone's asses with backup. If anyone is approaching you make sure that the someone is stopped any way possible. You try for the smallest number of casualties, but hey it happens… Now those are everyone's responsibilities." Duo stopped talking and surveyed the class. They were staring at him dumbfounded.
Duo smiled, "Don't worry, I don't expect anyone to have to do any of those things in real life, but that's how our team works. Now, in your teams you have the first assignment. There are five different colored flags." He held them up. "Now 001 of every team come get a flag."
Ron ran up and grabbed the black flag. He walked back and handed it to Harry.
"Good, now write the name of your team on it, and each of your names and numbers."
"Let's be Dumbledore's Army, again." Hermione suggested. They all agreed and it was written down along with everyone's names and numbers.
"Okay, now you have one assignment for the next two weeks. This is just a trial to see how well y'all will do. I want everyone to capture someone else's flag. They have been bewitched with an anti-cheating spell, so no swapping flags. You will have until our next lesson. No rules, except no cheating. And by cheating I mean just leaving the flag conveniently where someone could find it. Let's say, 001 will carry the flag on them at all times. Chances are 002 will be the one to end up getting it! Now one last thing, I forgot. If you are caught stealing the flag, it goes to the owner, and if your flag gets stolen, and you can get it back, get it. Whoever has the most flags next week, wins. " As he finished talking, the bell rang. "Try your best!" he shouted over the students leaving.
Ron, Harry Hermione, Neville and Lavender were the last to leave the room. "Seems like an amazingly fun assignment." Ron was saying as he clutched the black flag tightly in his hand.
"Well, "Harry said, snatching the flag from Ron, "If it's as easy to get the flag from everyone else as it is from you, this should be no problem."
Ron grabbed the flag back and looked at Hermione, "So Hermione, our intelligence, who are the other 001 people that Harry has to steal the flag from."
"I'm not sure." She admitted. "I'll find out by tomorrow though."
"Well, I'll just make sure to stick by Ron's side." Lavender said, smiling.
"I'm not sure what part I play in this, yet." Neville stated.
"You are the one who helps me gather information, Neville." Hermione said. "I get the feeling that 004, is the one who isn't as well known to be with a specific group, so It will be easier for you to find out the different groups than anyone else."
"Cool." Neville said as the walked. "Sounds Awesome."
"Lunch anyone?" Ron asked, as they walked into the Great Hall.
"I'm starving." Harry said as they sat down.
"Well, eat up." An familiar voice interrupted. They turned to see Duo and Professor Yuy standing together. "You have Self Defense next, and you need your strength in that class." Duo said, and then they began walking away. "Have fun" he called back at the students. "And good luck." He said under his breath.
"They need it." Heero said, hearing Duo. "HE needs it too."
"True True."
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OMG! THAT TOOK LIKE A MONTH TO FINISH!!! Hehehe…. I am dedicating this chapter to a few people…. Chibineko12 first, because she added me to her favorite authors list, and that makes me feel so special! And this is dedicated to my love, Adam… even though he laughed at this chapter! Hehehe.
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