After her introductions were complete, the meeting began. Lesson plans and timetables were given out, as well as a list of various passwords.
When they were done, Amy began to think about her lesson plans. Suddenly, she was facing Lynne Jonstone and Estella Thacker, professors of Charms and Astronomy.
"Hello, Miss Jonstone, Miss Thacker. I'm Amy Wright."
"Hi Miss Wright." they chorused.
"Please, call me Amy."
"Only if you call me Lynne."
"And me Stella."
Amy smiled. She knew at once that they would be friends. "Alright then Lynne, and Stella." She thought of something, turning to the Astronomy teacher, she said, "Is it coincidence that you teach Astronomy and the name 'Estella' means 'stars'"
The other two laughed, "I like you already Amy," said Lynne. "Come on. We'll give you a real tour of the castle."
Stella added, "We've been here since first year. We know every single secret passage and trick." Amy was reminded of Fred and George. She quickly pushed them out of her mind.
They had fun looking around. Amy found out that there were four houses. Named after magical creatures, they were, Hippogriff, Chaemera, Dragon and Manticore. The st up was the same as at Hogwarts. The students lived with their house, had classes...etc. There were house points taken off and given. There was even a Quidditch Cup.
They returned to Amy's room to help her unpack, while she told them all about Hogawarts. When they were done in her room, they went to her office.
Amy checked out the store cupboard, satisfied with what she saw, and laid ou her own potions on the shelf. There were various potions which she could display in class so as to let the students examine what a proper sample should look like. She then set about decorating the room. She didn't want it to feel like a prison.
A red and gold rug was laid out on the floor, and Amy conjured everlasting flowers to set in vases around the room. She Vanished the great chandelier, and instead conjured a number of large bubbles, each containing a candle. These were her specialty. With a wave of her wand, the bubbles floated to the low ceiling. Meanwhile her friends were enjoying themselves. Stella had transformed the ceiling into an image of the night sky. The ceiling looked as though it stretched to the heavens. Lynne was charming the walls, so that they changed colours, depending on Amy's mood. Amy hung a british and American flag on the wal, and underneath, hung a Hogwarts banner, and a Salem banner.
When that was done, the three of them wandered the castle some more, each tellilng stories of their school days.
With her two friends, the last two weeks of August flew by. By the first of September, she was ready for her students. She dressed carefully in her wine coloured professors robes, and descended to the great hall.
The students had already startet to arrive. Amy felt out of place. Students were talking to each other, and greeting their favorite teachers. She sat down at the head table between Stella and Lynne. There was no Sorting ceremony here. Lynne explained to her that when stusents apply, the fill out a questionnaire charmed for no lies, and then are placed in a house before term starts. They are told what house they're in before term.
After the students had arrived, Professor Witham stoood up and gave the standard start of term speech.
"We welcome a new teacher to our staff, Professor Amy Wright will be teaching Potions." There was a light polite applause for her as she stood up.
The next day, she was excited for classes. Her first class on Monday was fourth years, which satisfied her. She made it clear that though she was a kind teacher, there was to be no fooling around in her class. She was not afraid to give out punishments. She became most students' favorite teacher, but they still respected her.
She was enjoying herself so much that she didn't even realise when September had become October.