Ch.14 Reluctant teacher
Disclaimer: I do not own Rowlings' characters, or Mercedes Lackey's. the only thing that's mine are the ideas and a few oc's.
AN: for those of you who are trying to figure out where the summary came from you will have to hang in there with me for a while yet. I really want to get to that chapter myself, cause that's when the real fun starts. This chapter is from Ria's pov and there will have to be a filler or two before I get to it. I'll give you a hint though, it has to do with the ML crossover. Thanks again to my wonderful reviewers.
Arianrhood Lupin surveyed her soon-to be students over her first cup of coffee. "Are you ready for your first class Arianrhood?", McGonogal asked as she helped herself to some toast.
"As much as I'll ever be. I've got Gryffindorr and Ravenclaw sixth years first thing this morning. And please, it's Ria."
McGonagall smiled and said, "All right then , Ria it's Minerva to my colleagues. I'm glad to hear that your ready, I know you didn't volunteer for this job."
"Please don't remind me. I couldn't say no to Fudge, Dumbledorr and Remus." McGonagall chuckled and mercifully let the conversation drop.
Ria was sitting down in her cubicle prepared for another day of shuffling reports around, granted she had more to do now that Fudge had finally acknowledged Voldemortes reemergence. Ah, the joys of being the Lycanthropic Liaison for the Aurors. Paperwork, paperwork and more paperwork. And that's when I'm not dealing with irate clan leaders or misplaced abuse cases. She pulled a report towards her and started to work. She was midway through the report when the sudden silence of the office got her attention. Ria looked over her cubicle wall to see what the disturbance was. It was the Minister Fudge. He seemed to be making his way to her cubicle, then she noticed that Professor Dumbledorr was just a step behind him. They stopped in the doorway of her cubicle. " What can I do for you, Minister? Professor?"
"Do you remember the twenty-second educational decree?", Fudge asked.
"The one where the Ministry could implant a teacher in Hogwarts? What about it?" she asked. Of course I remember it, the whole bloody office heard my opinion on those.
Dumbledorr took up the thread of conversation, "I have been unable to find a new DADA teacher. You were suggested."
"WHAT??? No, I have no teaching experience at all. The only experience I have with teens is connected with the clans, and that's limited at best."
"Your abilities in Defense are invaluable for this position. As I remember you scored an O in your DADA NEWTS. You have better credentials than most of our previous teachers." Dumbledorr said mildly.
Ria looked at him nonplused and said, "Who will handle Lycanthropic Liaisons for the division if I say yes? Not meaning to put down my colleagues, but I'm not sure that I would trust anyone else in the division to handle the job like I do. I know the people in Ranai like no one else does. The clan trusts me now. I-"
"There is nothing you can't at Hogwarts that you can do here." Fudge said.
"You want me to work two jobs at once?" Ria asked incredulousl.
"Er, well, yes. All that paperwork is not strictly necessary. And it will not take you two to three days to visit the clan. You will of course be paid for whatever liaison work you have to do." Fudge answered, "You do not have to make your decision right now, just think about it."
In the end she had given in, so here she was preparing to teach to a group of students who had had only one decent teacher, and maybe she was biased at that. She could only hope that she didn't botch things too badly. After a slightly hasty breakfast she went up to her classroom to prepare for the day's lesson. She gathered up the "tests" that each class would have to take and waited for her students to come in.
Students began trickling in a few minutes before the bell rang. Ria smiled to herself as each group stopped dead and surveyed the room in shock. Every time they did she told them to sit wherever they wanted. When everyone was seated Ria took the role. When she called Hermione Granger's name Ron said, "She's with Professor Dumbledorr, Professor." She nodded her thanks and continued with the role.
Ria took the stack of tests and handed them to the person on the right side of her desk and said, "Take one and pass the rest on down the circle, please keep them face down until I tell you otherwise." When everyone had one she said, "These are simple self-explanatory quizzes. You have twenty minutes to complete them. You may begin." Ria sat down at her desk ready to watch the show. Many of the students' jaws dropped as they moved into the quizz. Ria watched in amusement as students got up and wrote various names of months on the board and performed other odd tasks. The test contained a list of strange tasks to be completed, but if they had read to the bottom of the page as told by the instructions they would have know that they only had to put their name at the top of the page to be done. Ria notice that Janie was also sitting back and watching the show. Ria caught her eye and winked.
Promptly twenty minutes later Ria called time. "How many finished?", two Ravenclaws raised their hands with Janie. Ria smiled in amusement, "everyone look at the last question." The room was filled with groans and quiet expletives when they recognized their mistake. Ria laughed and said, "From now on I hope you will follow the directions on my tests, for all you know I'll do this again. This will not be graded so don't worry. I'm going to have to ask you not to tell anyone about this quizz, I don't want to ruin anyone's surprise." The class sniggered appreciatively at the joke and nodded their assent. "Good. Now who can tell me what to do when…". She spent the rest of the period finding out where the holes in their education were. Midway through the round robin Hermione came in. Ria gestured for her to take her seat and continued the review. When the bell rang she dismissed them without any homework. Their so far behind, I just hope I don't botch the job any more. Ria sighed and started to prepare for her next class.