Chapter 7
Upon going to breakfast the trio were given their schedules, Hermione and Harry had NEWT potions first thing in the morning which the two groaned about, while Ron had Divinations, something he groaned about. After that was NEWT Transfigurations, then lunch, and then NEWT level DADA which the trio and everyone else in it was looking forward too. After that would be CoMC and Herbology. Hermione had Arthimacy instead of Herbology, but the two young men had the class with Neville, who was a genius in the class. Harry was trying to become an Auror, Ron was going to try and get a job in the ministry, and Hermione wanted to become a member of the Muggle-Wizard Relation part of the ministry, something it had been lacking for a long time.
At breakfast the news was as always bad, more deaths and disappearances with Voldemort being the reason behind them, of course. The young DADA teacher seemed to take everything in stride, although she had a slightly sick look behind her eyes, showing her distress over the deaths. Everyone was looking forward to taking her class, wondering why she was going to be teaching. Malfoy sat at the Slytherin table separated from the rest of his classmates, who did not want to be associated with the son of a captured Death Eater.
After breakfast Hermione and Harry split from Ron, walking in different directions to face their doom, Ron's being told by the professor, and the other two at the hands of theirs. After OWL's, which Snape accused Harry of using his fame to pass, the man had gotten even worse to the two, blaming them for every potion that was messed up. It had gotten to the point where they had requested another teacher grade their essays because of Snape's hatred for them. If the situation had been different and Snape didn't need to be a spy for the light side, he would have been fired along time ago.
They entered the class only a minute before the class began, knowing from experience that arriving too early would only loose their house points, and being too close to when the class began they would again lose points. They took seats near but not next to each other, with no body else sitting near of next to them. The other houses knew from experience that anyone sitting around the Gryffindors was fair game, and they would loose many points for their house. The Slytherins spoke to them, to make fun of them, however, because they would retaliate for fear of losing points they soon lost interest and sat in their own seats.
The class began as it had before, with Snape grilling the only Gryffindors on knowledge, that they had made sure to know, with the knowledge of what would occur. The other houses were also questioned, although the Slytherins were never called upon. Harry kept in mind that this class was needed to become and Auror and after this year he would never again have to be taught by Snivillus. The last day of classes, Hermione and Harry had planned a huge prank to get back at their tormentor, but it would take place during lunch when it would be Dumbledore and not Snape that punished them.
The class was as always torture, having to make a potion with Snape hovering over them, trying to make either of them make a mistake, although thankfully Harry already knew how the potion was supposed to have been made. The wolfsbane potion was something, Harry was know very familiar with having to brew it twice with Remus when Snape hadn't been able to do so. When class was over, Gryffindor had already lost 50 points, although they knew with Harry's new experience with magic and his strength in it and Hermione's brains the two would be able to make up the deficit in the rest of the day.
Transfiguration was as always a treat, with Harry finally having grown into his power and with Hermione's forcing him to read ahead, the two were able to complete what was needed to gain back twenty points, with Ron gaining five for his almost complete transfiguration. Neville had also grown into his own and was only a little behind Ron, with the Slytherins trailing far behind. For all their sneaky ways, they still didn't realize that MaGonacal only went on pure work and not the tricks they could pull, and was a fair teacher. They were learning how to change animate objects into different related animate objects, which was easier then trying to make them something that wasn't related. Those that would be taking NEWT DADA were all antsy, wanting to go to class, knowing that something interesting would happen.
Upon entering the classroom, the students were immediately stunned, the walls were covered in weapons. All kinds of swords, knifes, even pieces of wood littered the selves around the room. In the front of the classroom sat Professor Summers, dressed in a light purple robe and a flower print skirt and white baby-tee, she looked like a regular teenager and not a teacher. The Gryffindor trio were the first students to arrive, and they took seats at the front of the class, wanting to learn everything they could. The rest of the students trickled in, talking in low whispers to each other as they took their seats. Just before the bell rang, Draco Malfoy walked casually into the room and took a seat, the professor didn't even blink an eye at his lateness.
"Welcome to DADA! First thing to keep in mind is that you are to call me Buffy, Professor Summers is to strange, especially when you guys are the same age as me. This year you will be learning about many of the more common and dangerous dark creatures, starting with vampires. We will also be working on physical and magical defense, mostly physical." The professor said with only a slight hint of nervousness in her voice. She continued saying, "Who can tell me three of the most notable vampires?"
At this question Hermione's hand of course shot up, along with Neville's, Ron's, and many of the other people that had been raised in wizarding world. It was Neville that was called upon and he answered with, The Master, Dracula, and William the Bloody. Professo...Buffy nodded before giving Gryffindor five points for his answer. She asked for the fourth and this time called upon Draco, the students had noticed her look at him oddly for a moment, as though considering something and then smiling to her own secret joke. In Buffy's mind she had been comparing Draco to William the Bloody, also known as Spike. They both had the same platinum blond hair gelled to their scalp, the same white skin and skinny appearance, and the same cocky swagger and smirk.
"The fourth is the most notable and vicious of the vampires and goes by the name of Angelus, given the title of The Scrounge of Europe, and Prince of Darkness heir to the master." Draco said concisely. Buffy nodded and added five points to Slytherin.
"We will begin with the Master, who was created in the year 600 A.D. and took over the vampire community in 196 B.C. He achieved a true vampire face in the year 314, when he was 914 years old, one of four who ever achieved such a state."
Hermione's hand had risen into the air, and waving almost frantically. When Buffy nodded to her Hermione said, "Professor Summer's what is a true vampire face? I've read about it in books, but it is never explained, and ..."
Buffy stopped her in the middle of her sentence saying, "It's Buffy, and a true vampire face is when the demonic face which before they reach their true face, they only scrunches their brow, changes their eye color to gold, and elongates their carnivores. When they reach a certain age, however, they begin to develop their face into that of a true demons. Their lips become glided in with their face, and their brow ridges to stand out more and pull their eyes out. Their eyes become golder as they age and begin to turn red with their vampire face. Certain other things change as well, although that is more specific with the personality of the vampire then anything else. Once they achieve their true face, their face becomes stuck, no longer only for the feed or because of their passions. Does that answer your question Hermione?"
Hermione, who had been scribbling everything that was said down, looked up at Buffy and nodded a smile on her face and her eyes glowing with happiness, at the fact they had a teacher that knew what they were talking about. The Professor began to speak again, explaining about the Master's life before he became a vampire, the fact that his real name had in fact been Samual, but he had renamed himself upon taking over the vampiric community.
By the end of class, they had learned a lot about the old vampire, for homework they had been assigned a four inch paper detailing the titles and levels of the vampire hierarchy, and were told that they would have to wear clothes they would be able to exercise in. The bell rang and the students poured from the classes, excitedly talking about the new teacher and just how much she seemed to know about the subject matter. It was Hermione that was the most happy over the revelation, stating that she many questions about what the books said about vampires, one of the more confusing matters in the wizarding world. She was especially curious about the Vampire Slayers something, she had read only the name of, and had no information of any kind about. Ron just shrugged taking Hermione's hand giving Harry a look, that showed his amusement over his girl friends love of knowledge and stated he would be having fun staring at the teacher.
Harry almost laughed at the look, he knew of course that the teacher was attractive, even more then that she was gorgeous, but he had the feeling there was more to her then that. He sensed a sorrow and strength that he hadn't thought exisisted, something was tearing Buffy apart like Sirius' death had done to him. He wanted to help her deal with that pain.
He would of course see her tomorrow in class, but he couldn't wait to have her tutoring him and his friends on Wednesday. For now, however, he forced his mind to Quidditch and the dilemma the team was facing having to replace their two great chasers and one of their beaters, who had left the previous year. He had posted on the board in the common room that tryouts would be tomorrow, and which positions were open, now he just hoped that there were enough good players to fill the holes left from the year before.
Upon going to breakfast the trio were given their schedules, Hermione and Harry had NEWT potions first thing in the morning which the two groaned about, while Ron had Divinations, something he groaned about. After that was NEWT Transfigurations, then lunch, and then NEWT level DADA which the trio and everyone else in it was looking forward too. After that would be CoMC and Herbology. Hermione had Arthimacy instead of Herbology, but the two young men had the class with Neville, who was a genius in the class. Harry was trying to become an Auror, Ron was going to try and get a job in the ministry, and Hermione wanted to become a member of the Muggle-Wizard Relation part of the ministry, something it had been lacking for a long time.
At breakfast the news was as always bad, more deaths and disappearances with Voldemort being the reason behind them, of course. The young DADA teacher seemed to take everything in stride, although she had a slightly sick look behind her eyes, showing her distress over the deaths. Everyone was looking forward to taking her class, wondering why she was going to be teaching. Malfoy sat at the Slytherin table separated from the rest of his classmates, who did not want to be associated with the son of a captured Death Eater.
After breakfast Hermione and Harry split from Ron, walking in different directions to face their doom, Ron's being told by the professor, and the other two at the hands of theirs. After OWL's, which Snape accused Harry of using his fame to pass, the man had gotten even worse to the two, blaming them for every potion that was messed up. It had gotten to the point where they had requested another teacher grade their essays because of Snape's hatred for them. If the situation had been different and Snape didn't need to be a spy for the light side, he would have been fired along time ago.
They entered the class only a minute before the class began, knowing from experience that arriving too early would only loose their house points, and being too close to when the class began they would again lose points. They took seats near but not next to each other, with no body else sitting near of next to them. The other houses knew from experience that anyone sitting around the Gryffindors was fair game, and they would loose many points for their house. The Slytherins spoke to them, to make fun of them, however, because they would retaliate for fear of losing points they soon lost interest and sat in their own seats.
The class began as it had before, with Snape grilling the only Gryffindors on knowledge, that they had made sure to know, with the knowledge of what would occur. The other houses were also questioned, although the Slytherins were never called upon. Harry kept in mind that this class was needed to become and Auror and after this year he would never again have to be taught by Snivillus. The last day of classes, Hermione and Harry had planned a huge prank to get back at their tormentor, but it would take place during lunch when it would be Dumbledore and not Snape that punished them.
The class was as always torture, having to make a potion with Snape hovering over them, trying to make either of them make a mistake, although thankfully Harry already knew how the potion was supposed to have been made. The wolfsbane potion was something, Harry was know very familiar with having to brew it twice with Remus when Snape hadn't been able to do so. When class was over, Gryffindor had already lost 50 points, although they knew with Harry's new experience with magic and his strength in it and Hermione's brains the two would be able to make up the deficit in the rest of the day.
Transfiguration was as always a treat, with Harry finally having grown into his power and with Hermione's forcing him to read ahead, the two were able to complete what was needed to gain back twenty points, with Ron gaining five for his almost complete transfiguration. Neville had also grown into his own and was only a little behind Ron, with the Slytherins trailing far behind. For all their sneaky ways, they still didn't realize that MaGonacal only went on pure work and not the tricks they could pull, and was a fair teacher. They were learning how to change animate objects into different related animate objects, which was easier then trying to make them something that wasn't related. Those that would be taking NEWT DADA were all antsy, wanting to go to class, knowing that something interesting would happen.
Upon entering the classroom, the students were immediately stunned, the walls were covered in weapons. All kinds of swords, knifes, even pieces of wood littered the selves around the room. In the front of the classroom sat Professor Summers, dressed in a light purple robe and a flower print skirt and white baby-tee, she looked like a regular teenager and not a teacher. The Gryffindor trio were the first students to arrive, and they took seats at the front of the class, wanting to learn everything they could. The rest of the students trickled in, talking in low whispers to each other as they took their seats. Just before the bell rang, Draco Malfoy walked casually into the room and took a seat, the professor didn't even blink an eye at his lateness.
"Welcome to DADA! First thing to keep in mind is that you are to call me Buffy, Professor Summers is to strange, especially when you guys are the same age as me. This year you will be learning about many of the more common and dangerous dark creatures, starting with vampires. We will also be working on physical and magical defense, mostly physical." The professor said with only a slight hint of nervousness in her voice. She continued saying, "Who can tell me three of the most notable vampires?"
At this question Hermione's hand of course shot up, along with Neville's, Ron's, and many of the other people that had been raised in wizarding world. It was Neville that was called upon and he answered with, The Master, Dracula, and William the Bloody. Professo...Buffy nodded before giving Gryffindor five points for his answer. She asked for the fourth and this time called upon Draco, the students had noticed her look at him oddly for a moment, as though considering something and then smiling to her own secret joke. In Buffy's mind she had been comparing Draco to William the Bloody, also known as Spike. They both had the same platinum blond hair gelled to their scalp, the same white skin and skinny appearance, and the same cocky swagger and smirk.
"The fourth is the most notable and vicious of the vampires and goes by the name of Angelus, given the title of The Scrounge of Europe, and Prince of Darkness heir to the master." Draco said concisely. Buffy nodded and added five points to Slytherin.
"We will begin with the Master, who was created in the year 600 A.D. and took over the vampire community in 196 B.C. He achieved a true vampire face in the year 314, when he was 914 years old, one of four who ever achieved such a state."
Hermione's hand had risen into the air, and waving almost frantically. When Buffy nodded to her Hermione said, "Professor Summer's what is a true vampire face? I've read about it in books, but it is never explained, and ..."
Buffy stopped her in the middle of her sentence saying, "It's Buffy, and a true vampire face is when the demonic face which before they reach their true face, they only scrunches their brow, changes their eye color to gold, and elongates their carnivores. When they reach a certain age, however, they begin to develop their face into that of a true demons. Their lips become glided in with their face, and their brow ridges to stand out more and pull their eyes out. Their eyes become golder as they age and begin to turn red with their vampire face. Certain other things change as well, although that is more specific with the personality of the vampire then anything else. Once they achieve their true face, their face becomes stuck, no longer only for the feed or because of their passions. Does that answer your question Hermione?"
Hermione, who had been scribbling everything that was said down, looked up at Buffy and nodded a smile on her face and her eyes glowing with happiness, at the fact they had a teacher that knew what they were talking about. The Professor began to speak again, explaining about the Master's life before he became a vampire, the fact that his real name had in fact been Samual, but he had renamed himself upon taking over the vampiric community.
By the end of class, they had learned a lot about the old vampire, for homework they had been assigned a four inch paper detailing the titles and levels of the vampire hierarchy, and were told that they would have to wear clothes they would be able to exercise in. The bell rang and the students poured from the classes, excitedly talking about the new teacher and just how much she seemed to know about the subject matter. It was Hermione that was the most happy over the revelation, stating that she many questions about what the books said about vampires, one of the more confusing matters in the wizarding world. She was especially curious about the Vampire Slayers something, she had read only the name of, and had no information of any kind about. Ron just shrugged taking Hermione's hand giving Harry a look, that showed his amusement over his girl friends love of knowledge and stated he would be having fun staring at the teacher.
Harry almost laughed at the look, he knew of course that the teacher was attractive, even more then that she was gorgeous, but he had the feeling there was more to her then that. He sensed a sorrow and strength that he hadn't thought exisisted, something was tearing Buffy apart like Sirius' death had done to him. He wanted to help her deal with that pain.
He would of course see her tomorrow in class, but he couldn't wait to have her tutoring him and his friends on Wednesday. For now, however, he forced his mind to Quidditch and the dilemma the team was facing having to replace their two great chasers and one of their beaters, who had left the previous year. He had posted on the board in the common room that tryouts would be tomorrow, and which positions were open, now he just hoped that there were enough good players to fill the holes left from the year before.