At Hogwarts.
"In addition to our new students we have a new teacher, Prof Halliwell," As Dumbledore said this he indicated Mia. Many of the students looked towards her and then back to Dumbledore as he continued, "she will be teaching an advanced Defense Against the Dark Arts class. This is completely different to the original class so if you wish to take it you still need to take the original one. The Advance class will only be open to 6th and 7th years and unfortunately not all will be able to attend. Everyone in those years can apply while if you are not suitable you will be dismissed. I however will be teaching the normal Defense Against the Dark Arts class. And if I find you are performing poorly in my class and are a part of the advance class you will be pulled from advance until you get better grades. Enough of that now let us eat," he said and sat down as food appeared on the table and the feast began.
Mia was situated between Hagrid and Snape during the feast and talked mostly to Hagrid as Snape had treated her coldly every since she had first come to the headquarters. She knew about his history with Harry, intrigued by how he treated her brother she had gone into his mind to see why and saw exactly what Harry had seen the year before. She didn't know what to say to Snape anymore, but at least she didn't deny that her father had been arrogant, she just wished she could apologize to Snape for the things her father had done, but how could she apologize for something she wasn't even supposed to know about.
Nearing the end of the feast Snape turned to Mia even though he look shows he was very reluctant to do so. "Amelia, I have been told that you will be teaching some of the students potions in your class." He said his voice flat and void of emotion. "Yes, I will be but I will definitely stress the differences in ancient potions to the potions you teach so that they wont get them mixed up Severus." Mia replied politely placing her fork down having finished eating. "It is not that, I am interested myself of the potions you teach, and I am wondering if you could tell me when you are planning to teach them so that if I am free I can sit in on the class." Snape admitted looking down at his plate as if this were the worst thing he ever had to do. "I would be glad to, you could give me some tips on your potions if I have some problems." Mia replied and Snape nodded in acknowledgement.
After the feast everyone went their own ways, Mia could see Hermione and Ron as prefects of Gryffindor round up the 1st year Gryffindors to take back to the common room. Harry and Ginny walked over to Mia as she left the great hall. "Can we walk with you to your room?" Ginny asked as they came over. "Sure replied Mia, "I am just down the hall from your common room to the left, as you know McGonagall is to the right." Mia replied and let Ginny and Harry tell her about what they had talked about in the feast. Harry was just telling Mia about one of the jokes Semus had been entertaining them with when Mia stopped in her tracks and gasped. The vision flashed though her eyes quickly in black in white as always. "Are you ok?" Asked Harry and Ginny simultaneously as they noticed Mia's behavior. "I'm ok." Replied Mia looking at the statue she had just touched. It was a statue of a humpbacked one-eyed witch.
She looked at the statue closely and then said softly, "it opens up." She said looking at it closely. "Yea, the passage leads to Honeydukes, how did you know that?" Harry asked confused. "My vision, it showed a." she paused realizing what she was about to say and then looked at Harry and Ginny who were watching her carefully. "Someone came though it," she said quickly and then the three of them left the statue and went the rest of the way to the Gryffindor common room. Leaving Harry and Ginny at the painting of the Fat Lady, Mia walked the last stretch to her room. As she entered her room her kitten familiar whom she had named Selenia rubbed herself across her ankles. Mia poured a saucer of milk and poured out some kibble for the kitten and the sat on her own bed pulling her feet up next to her smiling down at Selenia as she ate. With a sigh Mia looked up at the ceiling. She needed to tell someone what she had seen, usually it was Piper, Phoebe, Paige or Wyatt but Mia knew that telling them would be useless now as she knew that they were too far away to deal with this. Closing her eyes she thought back to the vision trying to remember anything about it that could show her when it was to happen. It was then she saw a flash of a light from inside the tunnel and it brought her directly back to reality.
Mia stood up quickly and left her room only minutes from arriving. Closing her door she realized the hall was empty and she took this as her chance to make her way back to the statue. She looked at her magical watch on her hand, it had roman numerals and Mia used ancient magic to power it by jolting it with magic to keep it charged. She waited for exactly five minutes before taking out her wand, holding it with her left hand she tapped the statue muttering 'Dissendium' as the witch's hump opened Mia saw a flash of yellow eyes and conjuring up a fire ball in her right hand she threw it at the demon in the passage. She saw the being burst into flame and cry out as it died leaving a burn mark on the stone ground and the edges of the passage where it had been. As the witch's hump closed again Mia realize that you could still see the damage from the fire and when she waved her hand over it all traces of the fire disappeared and the statue was completely normal.
Mia spun around and went to go back to her room when she heard a very slight gasp from behind on of the doors. She opened the door to find Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny fall out as they had their ears pressed up to the door. "What are you four doing here?" Mia asked as she put her wand away and crossed her arms across her chest. "Harry and Ginny told us how you acted earlier and we figured you would come back." Admitted Ron as he rubbed his head where it had bashed with the floor. "Well you shouldn't have, if something had gone wrong I may not have been able to protect you." Said Mia pulling Ginny and Hermione to their feet letting the boys fend for themselves. "That is part of the reason I am here, so you can learn to deal with demons without me. The only problem is there is a different vanquishing potions for every different demon type." Mia said obviously thinking on how she was doing to set out to prepare them. "Will we be able to throw fire balls?" asked Ron sounding excited. "No," replied Mia "that is a power, it is impossible to learn those sort of powers without them being naturally you ability. For example Piper can freeze and blow things up but can not learn to get premonitions like Phoebe does." Explained Mia and they nodded, "but there are some potions that can simulate fire and explosions." Said Mia smiling.
"In addition to our new students we have a new teacher, Prof Halliwell," As Dumbledore said this he indicated Mia. Many of the students looked towards her and then back to Dumbledore as he continued, "she will be teaching an advanced Defense Against the Dark Arts class. This is completely different to the original class so if you wish to take it you still need to take the original one. The Advance class will only be open to 6th and 7th years and unfortunately not all will be able to attend. Everyone in those years can apply while if you are not suitable you will be dismissed. I however will be teaching the normal Defense Against the Dark Arts class. And if I find you are performing poorly in my class and are a part of the advance class you will be pulled from advance until you get better grades. Enough of that now let us eat," he said and sat down as food appeared on the table and the feast began.
Mia was situated between Hagrid and Snape during the feast and talked mostly to Hagrid as Snape had treated her coldly every since she had first come to the headquarters. She knew about his history with Harry, intrigued by how he treated her brother she had gone into his mind to see why and saw exactly what Harry had seen the year before. She didn't know what to say to Snape anymore, but at least she didn't deny that her father had been arrogant, she just wished she could apologize to Snape for the things her father had done, but how could she apologize for something she wasn't even supposed to know about.
Nearing the end of the feast Snape turned to Mia even though he look shows he was very reluctant to do so. "Amelia, I have been told that you will be teaching some of the students potions in your class." He said his voice flat and void of emotion. "Yes, I will be but I will definitely stress the differences in ancient potions to the potions you teach so that they wont get them mixed up Severus." Mia replied politely placing her fork down having finished eating. "It is not that, I am interested myself of the potions you teach, and I am wondering if you could tell me when you are planning to teach them so that if I am free I can sit in on the class." Snape admitted looking down at his plate as if this were the worst thing he ever had to do. "I would be glad to, you could give me some tips on your potions if I have some problems." Mia replied and Snape nodded in acknowledgement.
After the feast everyone went their own ways, Mia could see Hermione and Ron as prefects of Gryffindor round up the 1st year Gryffindors to take back to the common room. Harry and Ginny walked over to Mia as she left the great hall. "Can we walk with you to your room?" Ginny asked as they came over. "Sure replied Mia, "I am just down the hall from your common room to the left, as you know McGonagall is to the right." Mia replied and let Ginny and Harry tell her about what they had talked about in the feast. Harry was just telling Mia about one of the jokes Semus had been entertaining them with when Mia stopped in her tracks and gasped. The vision flashed though her eyes quickly in black in white as always. "Are you ok?" Asked Harry and Ginny simultaneously as they noticed Mia's behavior. "I'm ok." Replied Mia looking at the statue she had just touched. It was a statue of a humpbacked one-eyed witch.
She looked at the statue closely and then said softly, "it opens up." She said looking at it closely. "Yea, the passage leads to Honeydukes, how did you know that?" Harry asked confused. "My vision, it showed a." she paused realizing what she was about to say and then looked at Harry and Ginny who were watching her carefully. "Someone came though it," she said quickly and then the three of them left the statue and went the rest of the way to the Gryffindor common room. Leaving Harry and Ginny at the painting of the Fat Lady, Mia walked the last stretch to her room. As she entered her room her kitten familiar whom she had named Selenia rubbed herself across her ankles. Mia poured a saucer of milk and poured out some kibble for the kitten and the sat on her own bed pulling her feet up next to her smiling down at Selenia as she ate. With a sigh Mia looked up at the ceiling. She needed to tell someone what she had seen, usually it was Piper, Phoebe, Paige or Wyatt but Mia knew that telling them would be useless now as she knew that they were too far away to deal with this. Closing her eyes she thought back to the vision trying to remember anything about it that could show her when it was to happen. It was then she saw a flash of a light from inside the tunnel and it brought her directly back to reality.
Mia stood up quickly and left her room only minutes from arriving. Closing her door she realized the hall was empty and she took this as her chance to make her way back to the statue. She looked at her magical watch on her hand, it had roman numerals and Mia used ancient magic to power it by jolting it with magic to keep it charged. She waited for exactly five minutes before taking out her wand, holding it with her left hand she tapped the statue muttering 'Dissendium' as the witch's hump opened Mia saw a flash of yellow eyes and conjuring up a fire ball in her right hand she threw it at the demon in the passage. She saw the being burst into flame and cry out as it died leaving a burn mark on the stone ground and the edges of the passage where it had been. As the witch's hump closed again Mia realize that you could still see the damage from the fire and when she waved her hand over it all traces of the fire disappeared and the statue was completely normal.
Mia spun around and went to go back to her room when she heard a very slight gasp from behind on of the doors. She opened the door to find Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny fall out as they had their ears pressed up to the door. "What are you four doing here?" Mia asked as she put her wand away and crossed her arms across her chest. "Harry and Ginny told us how you acted earlier and we figured you would come back." Admitted Ron as he rubbed his head where it had bashed with the floor. "Well you shouldn't have, if something had gone wrong I may not have been able to protect you." Said Mia pulling Ginny and Hermione to their feet letting the boys fend for themselves. "That is part of the reason I am here, so you can learn to deal with demons without me. The only problem is there is a different vanquishing potions for every different demon type." Mia said obviously thinking on how she was doing to set out to prepare them. "Will we be able to throw fire balls?" asked Ron sounding excited. "No," replied Mia "that is a power, it is impossible to learn those sort of powers without them being naturally you ability. For example Piper can freeze and blow things up but can not learn to get premonitions like Phoebe does." Explained Mia and they nodded, "but there are some potions that can simulate fire and explosions." Said Mia smiling.
