Chapter 10
Coming True
Professor Campell looked pretty young and was smiling. She had Brown curly hair and weirdly enough Pink eyes! She was thin and looked tall. When the class was assembled she flicked her hand and the door closed. "Good Morning, my sixth year potion class. It's wonderful to meet you. I'm professor Campell- you can call me Abagail, or Abby or Gail for short. I'll tell you a little bit about myself. I'm 25 years old and have been a potions mistress for 4 years. I went to Hogwarts and I did extra classes so I could become a potions mistress faster. I became qualified when I was 21. I'm also qualified to be a DADA teacher. I worked for Beauxtons for 1 year and than brewed potions for the hospital in France for another year. Than for a 2 years I worked in America. For one year over there I worked as an Advanced DADA teacher. And for the other year I taught potions. I decided to come back to England and The headmaster offered me this job. So I took it. Any Questions?" asked Professor Campell.
Neville put up his hand. "Yes. Mr…" Professor Campell looked at her list. "Neville Longbottom is it?" she asked. Neville nodded. "Yes. Professor Campell. I mean Abagail. I don't want to be rude but why do you have pink eyes?" Abagail smiled "Glad you asked." Abagail screwed up her eyes and than opened them. This time they were blue. A lot of people in the room gasped. "I, Mr Longbottom am a Metamorphiagus. At one stage during the year we will be looking at and making potions that change your eye colour, hair colour, your height, your weight, your teeth, your nose etc."
Hermione raised her hand. "Yes… Miss Granger" Hermione put her hand down "What other things will we be learning this year?" Abagail jumped off her desk and tapped the board. Big block letters in different colours appeared. Pointing to the first line she turned to the class. "From September to December we will study truth serums. From January- March we will study healing potions. We will have the potions we make given to Madam Pomphrey to use. From April-May we will study physical features. We don't have to spend too much time on that since in your seventh year you do more in that subject. For the month of June we will be looking at some of the more dangerous potions and potions that need special ingredients to will be hard to find. We will not be making these potions just looking at them. We will look at re-birthing potions, Wolfsbane, From death potion, Spirits Potion and Invisibility potion." Abagail tapped the board and the words disappeared. For the next 3hours or so they talked about different truth serums.
The rest of the day flew by and by Bedtime they were exhausted. Auror theory had been interesting. Their teacher Professor John Roberts was a cool guy and knew some serious stuff. As the week flew by they had their first DADA lesson and Advanced DADA. Professor walker was cool and she knew a lot. Their Advanced DADA was handled by two teachers- Abagail, their potions teacher and by none other than Remus Lupin himself. Professor Dumbledore was teaching them Occulmency along with Professor McGonagall- who turned out to be a very skilled at Occulmency. Tonks was teaching them Auror training. At the moment she was teaching them Martial Arts. Along the way they'd had mishaps and Brooke was doing a splendid job at making Malfoy believe she liked him.
When Wednesday of week 2 dawned bright and sunny, Ron was sitting in the common room looking nervous. Neville was sitting next to him looking sympathetic. Ginny and Hermione came down and comforted him. Brooke was already down stairs with Draco. There came yawning from the stairs as Harry came down. Ginny got up and ran over to him. They hugged "Morning Sunshine" whispered Ginny in his ear. "Morning". He kissed her lips lightly and turned to Ron. "Hey mate. You ready to be kissed senseless" Harry grinned and Ginny whacked him in the arm "Don't be a prat. Come on we should get going." Ginny led the way out of the common room. They stopped at the tops of the stairs. "Ready?" asked Harry. They nodded. They began to walk down the stairs.
In the entrance hall Brooke was standing there with her arms around Draco. Pansy was not to far away glaring at them. Brooke kissed his cheek and snuggled in closer. 'Gross' she thought. She looked up and saw a mop of red hair. The group were making their way down the stairs. When they were almost at the bottom Brooke released Draco and stepped away. "Brooke what are you doing?" asked Draco trying to pull her back. At that moment they reached the bottom step and Brooke pulled herself away from his grasp and ran towards Ron. Harry and Ginny slipped at little to the side. So did Neville and Hermione. When she reached Ron she gave him a fierce hug and than the big moment. They kissed. Everyone in the hall gasped. Their kiss seemed to last for ever until they finally broke apart. Brooke slipped a hand around his waist and Ron put a hand across her shoulders.
Harry leaned towards Ginny "I bet that those to will become a couple any time soon. No one kisses like that and doesn't mean it." Ginny smiled. Brooke looked at Draco who was standing there with his mouth wide open. "Oh Draco Darling. I completely forgot to tell you. This is my boyfriend." She said sweetly. With that she walked past Draco, purposely giving Ron another kiss. Draco stuttered and than stormed away. Pansy ran after him and the people in the hall burst out laughing. Everyone filled into the hall. Today was going to be a great day.
As the day wore on it neared Dinner time. Ron was late as Tonks held him back to give him a message from his mum. Ron was walking past a set of stairs that led to the dungeons when Peeves appeared. "Go away Peeves can't you see I'm busy" growled Ron. Peeves Cackled and began to pelt Ron with Water Balloons. Ron was dogging them when he lost his balance. "Whooaa" shouted Ron. He fell backwards right down the stairs. He shouted all the way down. He landed a the bottom and crashed into a suit of armour. Peeves wasn't laughing anymore. Ron was at the bottom of the stairs and he wasn't moving. Peeves may be annoying and loves pranks but he didn't want serious harm to come to a student. Luckily Sir Nicholas floated by and saw Ron. He glided to the Great Hall as fast as he could so he could alert the teachers.
In the great hall Harry and his friends were sitting at Gryffindor table. "Where is Ron?" asked Ginny. "I dunno. He should have been here by now" said Hermione. At that moment Sir Nicholas came gliding through the wall towards the teachers table. He spoke with Dumbledore and Professor McGongall. McGonagall got out of her seat and ran out of the hall. Dumbledore stood up and made his way over to Gyrffindor Table. "Mr Potter, Miss Weasley, Miss Granger and Miss Crawfield. If you wouldn't mind. I need you to come with me right away." Said the Headmaster.
They all got up and followed Dumbledore. When they reached the Hospital Wing they saw Ron on a bed unconscious. "What happened to him?" screamed Ginny rushing over to his bed. They all followed and sat around him. Madame Pomphrey was giving him some potion to ease his pain. "Sir Nicholas found him at the bottom of a staircase. Peeves has admitted it was his fault after Sir Nicholas confronted him. It appears Peeves was chucking water balloons at Ron from the ceiling. Ron lost his balance and fell down the stairs" said Dumbledore. "How long will he be in here?" asked Harry. "Oh I expect not to long. He should be free to go Monday next week" said Madame Pomphrey. "He broke some bones and cracked a couple of ribs. He had a concussion but after the potions I gave him, he should wake up in, 24 hours I say. You'd be better of going back to your house and coming back in the morning. OF YOU GO!" said Pomphrey ushering them out the door. "Bye Ron!" They said as they left.
Next Morning they went to see Ron right after breakfast. Brooke was already there. She'd had a quick breakfast and than come up. They all sat around him. "Falling Balloons" whispered Ginny. "What?" asked the others. "Brooke. Remember you said to Ron beware falling balloons. You were right. Peeves was chucking water balloons from above Ron." Whispered Ginny. "Oh. I wish I was wrong though. Did something happen to you yet Hermione?" Hermione blushed. "What happened?" asked Brooke.
"Well in the middle of last week I was walking to class when my bag split. I was picking everything up when a boy came and helped me. It turned out he was in my class and he's in Ravenclaw. His name is James Harrington." Said Hermione "We've been going out since than. I'm sorry I didn't believe you Brooke." mumbled Hermione. Brooke smiled and patted Hermione's arm. "It's Ok. I think its wonderful your going out with this guy. I knew already but hearing it from you is great. Now all we have to wait for is my Prediction for Harry to come true." They were interrupted by laughter. "Ron! Your awake!" exclaimed Ginny.
"Yeah I've been awake for awhile. Seems we have a real seer in our midst. You could have given me more clues you know." Groaned Ron. "Sorry. But I'm not allowed to say to much." Replied Brooke. "How are you feeling anyway?" Ron smiled "I'm alright. I might have to be in here again soon when Draco tries to give me a bashing for stealing his so called Girlfriend" Brooke laughed. "Trust me. He won't come near you". They spent some more time with Ron before going to class feeling happy about their day.