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AN. I have nothing to say, but Raoul and Fred do.
Chapter 6
Things were looking good for Harry in the second week of school. His godfather was alive!! Plus he was the new DADA teacher, who favoured the Gryffindors shamelessly. Harry had left all thoughts of glowing-eyed, blonde-haired girls behind. Who cared, he was happy, he was free.
Sirius black was sitting in his office on Thursday evening in the second week of school. His lesson plans were spread out in front of him. His regular classes were going well. His elite classes were to begin the next day and he was worried. His encounter with elite students in the Great Hall had gotten him into Dumbledore's bad books, and with any luck, the students would not improve for class. Sirius sighed. How would he keep them in order?
Bethany sat down to breakfast as early as usual with Draco and Yukiko. "So, what's on the schedule for today?" asked Bethany.
"Transfiguration, then DADA with Dumbledore's lapdog" supplied Kathryn, sitting down beside Draco, while Alec sat beside Bethany.
"Where is Michiko?" inquired Alec. Yukiko smiled her shy smile.
"She'll be in class with us" she said, and that's all she would say. The group went slowly to Black's third floor classroom, discussing whether or not he was qualified enough to teach elite classes. They met up with Michiko, just outside the door.
"Hey guys" she said brightly.
"Ugh" said Alec, with his usual rolled "r"s "You're far too cheerful, far too early". They entered the class, and took their seats.
"Good morning" said Professor Nothiz in his calm voice. "I am glad to see you all after the summer; however, your classes have been switched. You have Professor Black right now."
"Oh" said Michiko "When do we have Transfiguration?"
"When you would have had defence against the dark arts" supplied Professor Nothiz.
"Bye professor" said Michiko as the group moved to the different classroom. When they reached Black's classroom, he wasn't there.
"He's late" complained Kathryn.
Alec sat down beside the door, took out a book, and began to read. The others followed suit. They were interrupted ten minutes later by professor Snape striding down the corridor towards them.
"Good morning professor!" called Kathryn brightly. Snape actually cringed at her falsely bright tone.
"Miss Smythe, if you never use that tone again, it will be far too soon." Snape said "Is professor Black in there?".
"Black's not there" said Kathryn.
"Professor Black" Snape corrected.
"Whatever" put out Michiko "It's not like he deserves the title, he's just a lapdog". Snape looked from one student to the next.
"Listen here, all of you" he began seriously "I understand your biases towards Black, but Dumbledore has chosen him to be a professor, and it is my duty to remind you of the respect he is owed".
"I owe Black nothing except a few well-placed curses" muttered Draco.
"I will pretend I did not hear that" Snape said "He will favour Gryffindor, do not get any house points taken away for stupid comments". Snape strode back down the hall, and disappeared around the corner.
"Well, I don't think he'll take any house points" said Michiko.
"For what??" demanded Draco. Michiko grinned
"You'll see" she said smugly, and even Yukiko smiled.
"I hate twins" remarked Kathryn.
"Well" Bethany said "They'll never lack a partner in crime"
"Very true" said Alec.
"There he is" whispered Michiko. The group turned to see Sirius Black walking down the hall. He was chatting with a Gryffindor girl with bushy, brown hair.
"Could someone please tell me what Granger is doing here?" whispered Draco with disgust.
"Black needs a Gryffindor to support him" whispered Kathryn "The lapdog's companion". AN. think of the word Black strode past the group, unlocked the classroom and entered. Bethany and her friends followed Granger through the door. They each took seats, Draco and Kathryn, Bethany and Michiko. Yukiko and Alec took separate seats. I wonder why Bethany thought. She got her answer. Two Ravenclaw students entered the class, a boy and a girl. The girl sat with Yukiko, and the boy with Alec. Bethany recognized them from her other elite classes as Padma Patil and Helios Todros. She had been shocked to learn that her Slytherin friends had friends in Ravenclaw as well. She smiled at Padma, who smiled back. Helios and Alec were deep in conversation. Black was sitting at his desk, and Granger was sitting just in front of him. The bell rang and the talking stopped immediately. Each student in the small class, in the large classroom took out a quill and parchment with the exception of Hermione, who was talking to Black quite animatedly.
"The blue orang-utans are coming!!" Black cried in anguish.
"Excuse me, professor Black" said Kathryn loudly "when the bell rings, people stop talking and class begins". Sirius looked at her as if she'd sprouted antlers, then nodded curtly and stood holding the attendance roster.
"When I call your name, say here" said Black. He glanced down at the attendance in his hand.
"Mister Anselov"
"Present" said Alec.
"Miss Granger"
"Here professor!" said Hermione brightly. There was a retching noise in the room, but Black could not tell where.
"Miss Knight"
"Here" was the quiet response.
"Mister Malfoy" said Black with distaste.
"I resent that comment" Draco said.
"I did not hear you say here..." Black said.
"You're stupid if you think my ghost is answering you" Draco said.
"You will watch your tone" said Black. When Draco didn't answer, he continued.
"Miss Patil"
"Here" she said.
"Miss Smythe"
"I am here" said Kathryn in a monotonous voice.
"Miss Tanaka"
"Here" said Michiko
"Miss Tanaka" said Black "Sorry, I repeated..."
"Here" said Yukiko.
"There are two of you?" asked Sirius.
"Yes" said Michiko.
"Oh" said Sirius.
"Mister Todros"
"Here" said Helios.
These kids are too good for me Black thought. How can I manage them?. He strode to the blackboard and picked up the chalk. He heard a snigger behind him, but he ignored it.
"Take down these notes about the patronus charm". First thing on the lesson plan I received Black was thinking. He needed to keep to the curriculum. I hope this isn't too difficult, Harry can do it, but he's the best of all them. He glanced at the class, and saw that only Hermione was taking notes. The rest weren't even paying attention, they were reading other things. Fine! I'll give them a quiz when I'm done Black thought, now angry I'll show those Slytherins. He finished the note, and waited for Hermione's quill to stop moving. When she finished Sirius said,
"Okay, since the rest of you were so intent on that lesson... Pop quiz!!" He waited in anticipation for gasps of dismay. The class; however, seemed bored. "Put away your books and bags, and take out a quill" He waited for them to comply, and was secretly relieved when they did as he asked. "Describe the patronus charm, spell, cause, effect, look etc. Anything you can remember, maybe this will teach you to listen!" He watched as the class began to write. Hermione was writing, but what unnerved him was the rapid speed with which the rest of the class was writing. He collected the quizzes.
"Okay, I want you all to do the first ten questions on page 4 in your textbooks" said Sirius. He sat down at his desk and began to correct the quizzes. Hermione's was first. She only missed two questions, and she was a little vague. Sirius wrote "great" on her paper, and turned to the next one: Patil and began to read. Oh my god!! She has the literal definitions about everything! This is perfect, auror-level work!. He turned through the rest of the pile and was stunned to see that most of the results were similar. A couple were not as detailed as Patil's, but they were still perfect. He handed them all back as the bell rang.
"Finish those questions for homework" Black said.
"That was the largest waste of time I have ever had to suffer!" Kathryn complained. There was a general murmur of consent from the rest of the group as they walked towards their next class.
"Hey Michiko" said Draco "What happened to the stunt that you were going to do?" She grinned and shook her head.
"It will take some time" she said.
"Whatever" said Kathryn. "Let's go to lunch". They headed down to the great hall.
A few days later, Harry, Ron and Hermione were preparing for a visit to the Burrow. They chose to go there by portkey instead of going to Hogsmead.
"Come on guys!" Harry said as the landed with a thump in the woods outside the Burrow, "Let's get going".
"If we go any faster, we'll be going backwards" Hermione grumbled. The trio made their way up the hill.
"Hey Ron" Harry said, "I bet you that your family's going to be..." Harry's throat caught as he beheld the Burrow. Things were strewn across the lawn. It was dark and looming over the house was a ghostly figure. A skull with a serpent crawling out of its mouth.
AN dun dun dun!! Mua ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha !!!!! Oh I know its lame, get over it. Only for human locker did I post this.