IMPORTANT READ THIS: this is not chapter 7, this is chapter 8. The author's note that was chapter 7 has been removed and replaced with the real chapter 7. If you have not read that, don't read this part yet.
AN-Yeah, I know, it's been quite awhile again. But nowhere near as long as the last wait and I might pop out some more chapter here because I'm visiting my sisters in California, and don't have my boyfriend, Adam around to preoccupy my attention. Good for you reader, bad for me. =( But don't worry, my friends, all is well. My muses are missing, all except my faithful Damion. And he hasn't been so faithful with the story he is supposed to be creating for me. Tentatively called "Ivory skin and Crimson tears" at the moment, it's a vampire novel.
I do believe that that is enough of an author's note.
p.s.
I don't own anything.... Except maybe the idea. Maybe.
"Hello Class. My name is Trowa Barton and I am your Care of Magical Creatures teacher. You can address me as Professor Barton. "The brown haired man with emerald green eyes turned to face the class. His voice was quiet and calm and he had the most bizarre hair any of them had ever seen. His bangs were long and covered one side of his face. He then motioned to the various animals tethered and caged in the area. "Pick an animal, one per person and then we will discuss everyone's decisions."
"Professor?" Dean Thomas asked with his hand raised "Are these muggle animals?"
Trowa laughed a deep rich laugh. "There is no such thing as a muggle animal and wizard animal. All animals are equal and all animals have some kind of magical abilities."
The class broke up and began to mill around the animals. Hermione kept walking up to a creature that resembled a lion. She would then walk away again to look some more. Trowa finally pushed her to the lion and told her to trust her instincts. Ron ended up choosing a Hawk, while Neville chose a stallion. Lavender decided on a small dragon. Harry was torn between two animals. He felt an intense draw to the caged Snake and also a draw to the Black Panther.
He hadn't decided yet when Trowa clapped his hands. "Okay everyone, now let's talk about what animal we chose and why. Let's start right..." He looked around and his green eye settled on Ron, "you. Then you say the next name and they will talk and so on. What is your name?"
"Ron Weasley. Umm, I chose this hawk, because I felt drawn to it, and also because I remember when I was little I used to lay in my backyard and watch the hawks fly above. Harry, I suppose."
"I couldn't choose Professor. I had two choices." Harry admitted, his cheeks feeling stained red.
"That's alright. Tell us why you were drawn to both."
"Well, with the Panther, it was almost instantaneous. I looked at it and almost felt like a connection, but then I glanced to the right and saw the snake. I know after our second year scare, Snakes and I aren't good things, but I almost felt sympathy for the snake. It called to me just as strongly as the Panther just in a different way. Hermione, your turn."
"Well, this lion just called to me. I tried to walk away and maybe look at the other animals, but I always came back to his noble and majestic beauty. Neville."
"Well, my whole life I have been short and small and week, and I felt a draw to this stallion because he started out his life the same way, and then one day grew into a strong fast, brave, free creature, and I like to think it might happen to me too." He tinged a dark red. "Lavender, your turn."
"Well, I chose this dragon because he is strong and old and wise, and I felt very drawn to that. Dean."
As Dean began to explain his choice of a bear, Trowa turned and looked up into the window Heero and Professor Dumbledore were looking out of. He nodded once and Heero turned around to look at the other Professors.
"Trowa just introduced each of the Chosen to their animals." Heero stated.
"Except Harry." Dumbledore interjected, still looking out the window. "Harry couldn't choose between a Panther and a Snake."
"He still battles with himself. In time he will come to know that he has both the Panther and the Snake inside him. He has no need to choose one over the other. What did the others choose?" Quatre sipped his tea, after his bout of impeccable wisdom.
"Ron chose a Hawk, Hermione a Lion, Neville a Stallion and Lavender a Dragon." Heero stated.
"To be expected." A voice said from the doorway. Trowa entered the room and sat down next to his lover. "They chose those animals because they are their animals. Nothing but a hawk for Ron would have worked. It is who they are."
Professor McGonagall took off her glasses and wiped her eyes. "Do we know who is what color and who is what element?"
"It will reveal itself soon enough." Dumbledore stated. "Their true colors will emerge quickly... in auras or a flash of that color hair, or eye color or something similar and they will become apparent to us then. Come now. It is time for dinner." With those words he walked out of his study and towards the great hall.
That's that for chapter 8... so what do you all think? Review please!!
AN-Yeah, I know, it's been quite awhile again. But nowhere near as long as the last wait and I might pop out some more chapter here because I'm visiting my sisters in California, and don't have my boyfriend, Adam around to preoccupy my attention. Good for you reader, bad for me. =( But don't worry, my friends, all is well. My muses are missing, all except my faithful Damion. And he hasn't been so faithful with the story he is supposed to be creating for me. Tentatively called "Ivory skin and Crimson tears" at the moment, it's a vampire novel.
I do believe that that is enough of an author's note.
p.s.
I don't own anything.... Except maybe the idea. Maybe.
"Hello Class. My name is Trowa Barton and I am your Care of Magical Creatures teacher. You can address me as Professor Barton. "The brown haired man with emerald green eyes turned to face the class. His voice was quiet and calm and he had the most bizarre hair any of them had ever seen. His bangs were long and covered one side of his face. He then motioned to the various animals tethered and caged in the area. "Pick an animal, one per person and then we will discuss everyone's decisions."
"Professor?" Dean Thomas asked with his hand raised "Are these muggle animals?"
Trowa laughed a deep rich laugh. "There is no such thing as a muggle animal and wizard animal. All animals are equal and all animals have some kind of magical abilities."
The class broke up and began to mill around the animals. Hermione kept walking up to a creature that resembled a lion. She would then walk away again to look some more. Trowa finally pushed her to the lion and told her to trust her instincts. Ron ended up choosing a Hawk, while Neville chose a stallion. Lavender decided on a small dragon. Harry was torn between two animals. He felt an intense draw to the caged Snake and also a draw to the Black Panther.
He hadn't decided yet when Trowa clapped his hands. "Okay everyone, now let's talk about what animal we chose and why. Let's start right..." He looked around and his green eye settled on Ron, "you. Then you say the next name and they will talk and so on. What is your name?"
"Ron Weasley. Umm, I chose this hawk, because I felt drawn to it, and also because I remember when I was little I used to lay in my backyard and watch the hawks fly above. Harry, I suppose."
"I couldn't choose Professor. I had two choices." Harry admitted, his cheeks feeling stained red.
"That's alright. Tell us why you were drawn to both."
"Well, with the Panther, it was almost instantaneous. I looked at it and almost felt like a connection, but then I glanced to the right and saw the snake. I know after our second year scare, Snakes and I aren't good things, but I almost felt sympathy for the snake. It called to me just as strongly as the Panther just in a different way. Hermione, your turn."
"Well, this lion just called to me. I tried to walk away and maybe look at the other animals, but I always came back to his noble and majestic beauty. Neville."
"Well, my whole life I have been short and small and week, and I felt a draw to this stallion because he started out his life the same way, and then one day grew into a strong fast, brave, free creature, and I like to think it might happen to me too." He tinged a dark red. "Lavender, your turn."
"Well, I chose this dragon because he is strong and old and wise, and I felt very drawn to that. Dean."
As Dean began to explain his choice of a bear, Trowa turned and looked up into the window Heero and Professor Dumbledore were looking out of. He nodded once and Heero turned around to look at the other Professors.
"Trowa just introduced each of the Chosen to their animals." Heero stated.
"Except Harry." Dumbledore interjected, still looking out the window. "Harry couldn't choose between a Panther and a Snake."
"He still battles with himself. In time he will come to know that he has both the Panther and the Snake inside him. He has no need to choose one over the other. What did the others choose?" Quatre sipped his tea, after his bout of impeccable wisdom.
"Ron chose a Hawk, Hermione a Lion, Neville a Stallion and Lavender a Dragon." Heero stated.
"To be expected." A voice said from the doorway. Trowa entered the room and sat down next to his lover. "They chose those animals because they are their animals. Nothing but a hawk for Ron would have worked. It is who they are."
Professor McGonagall took off her glasses and wiped her eyes. "Do we know who is what color and who is what element?"
"It will reveal itself soon enough." Dumbledore stated. "Their true colors will emerge quickly... in auras or a flash of that color hair, or eye color or something similar and they will become apparent to us then. Come now. It is time for dinner." With those words he walked out of his study and towards the great hall.
That's that for chapter 8... so what do you all think? Review please!!