Yeah that was more of a transitional chapter than anything...
Chapter XI
James was very excited for his next class, Defense Against the Dark Arts. Professor Circone seemed to know what he was doing. James knew he needed to learn even more jinxes and curses. They even arrived 5 minutes early because they were so anxious.
Minutes later the rest of the year arrived. Lily and her group of friends strategically arranged themselves in the very center of the classroom. This time however, Peter nearly knocked Sirius to the ground as he took a seat next to James. The bell rang and Professor Circone still hadn't arrived. Moments later however the door opened with great force and the doorknob disappeared inside the wall, which already had a hole in it.
"Welcome to the Defense Against the Dark Arts. I'm Professor Circone. This class will be as difficult as it is practical. You will find that learning jinxes and shields will be very important to learn if you intend to prance around this school for the next 7 years."
Many of the students looked surprised at Professor Circone's bluntness. But James seemed to know what he meant. After all, James got into his first fight before he even arrived in Hogwarts.
"I am not going to waste any time with that theory malarkey. Lets learn a useful spell. Now I want two volunteers right now." About 10 people raised their hands including James, Sirius and Remus. "Haha well to everyone who didn't volunteer, this will be a great year for you because you will be forced to volunteer. I may as well jinx you into oblivion right now because if you aren't willing to learn then you may as well be dead. You guys think this is a joke. You there! Boy! Get over here!"
Peter slowly stood up with fear in his eyes. "Now I will choose a volunteer." Professor Circone said. He chose Audrey. He then told them to try to use expelliarmus on each other. Audrey quickly picked up on it and easily disarmed Peter. Peter fell flat on his butt. The whole class applauded Audrey. James wanted to be up there next getting the glory.
"See there boy, you should have been more willing to learn and defend yourself. You will always be hiding behind someone if you don't learn to defend yourself. I hope you are happy that a girl just beat you."
Peter again looked on the verge of tears. Professor Circone was not joking around. His slight Italian accent sounded only angry for the rest of the class as he instructed pairs of students working on their spells. James and Sirius already knew this spell as well. They only further excelled their work on other unsuspecting pairs. One of Lily's friends looked extremely pleased with herself when James disarmed Lily.
"Really, Cathy are you truly that ignorant? Look at Black and Potter. They are the ones who disarmed me."
"Glad that you know us by names." Said James
"Enough of the chit chat Evans and Potter. I want to see more practice." Professor Circone announced.
Lily rolled her emerald eyes and James smirked.
With James' new talent for jinxes, he decided to celebrate his success by disarming as many Slytherins as possible. Rabastan Lestrange was Sirius' favorite to jinx. After Snape of course.
Chapter XI
James was very excited for his next class, Defense Against the Dark Arts. Professor Circone seemed to know what he was doing. James knew he needed to learn even more jinxes and curses. They even arrived 5 minutes early because they were so anxious.
Minutes later the rest of the year arrived. Lily and her group of friends strategically arranged themselves in the very center of the classroom. This time however, Peter nearly knocked Sirius to the ground as he took a seat next to James. The bell rang and Professor Circone still hadn't arrived. Moments later however the door opened with great force and the doorknob disappeared inside the wall, which already had a hole in it.
"Welcome to the Defense Against the Dark Arts. I'm Professor Circone. This class will be as difficult as it is practical. You will find that learning jinxes and shields will be very important to learn if you intend to prance around this school for the next 7 years."
Many of the students looked surprised at Professor Circone's bluntness. But James seemed to know what he meant. After all, James got into his first fight before he even arrived in Hogwarts.
"I am not going to waste any time with that theory malarkey. Lets learn a useful spell. Now I want two volunteers right now." About 10 people raised their hands including James, Sirius and Remus. "Haha well to everyone who didn't volunteer, this will be a great year for you because you will be forced to volunteer. I may as well jinx you into oblivion right now because if you aren't willing to learn then you may as well be dead. You guys think this is a joke. You there! Boy! Get over here!"
Peter slowly stood up with fear in his eyes. "Now I will choose a volunteer." Professor Circone said. He chose Audrey. He then told them to try to use expelliarmus on each other. Audrey quickly picked up on it and easily disarmed Peter. Peter fell flat on his butt. The whole class applauded Audrey. James wanted to be up there next getting the glory.
"See there boy, you should have been more willing to learn and defend yourself. You will always be hiding behind someone if you don't learn to defend yourself. I hope you are happy that a girl just beat you."
Peter again looked on the verge of tears. Professor Circone was not joking around. His slight Italian accent sounded only angry for the rest of the class as he instructed pairs of students working on their spells. James and Sirius already knew this spell as well. They only further excelled their work on other unsuspecting pairs. One of Lily's friends looked extremely pleased with herself when James disarmed Lily.
"Really, Cathy are you truly that ignorant? Look at Black and Potter. They are the ones who disarmed me."
"Glad that you know us by names." Said James
"Enough of the chit chat Evans and Potter. I want to see more practice." Professor Circone announced.
Lily rolled her emerald eyes and James smirked.
With James' new talent for jinxes, he decided to celebrate his success by disarming as many Slytherins as possible. Rabastan Lestrange was Sirius' favorite to jinx. After Snape of course.