Okay, so this chapter sees the teaching, and you finally discover more about the Deadly Curses. I hope you like them. I've pretty much made them up, though I got some ideas from other fics, which I read ages ago and can't remember, but thanks to them!
Anyway, enjoy, and I'll talk at the end.
Chapter 3: Teaching
The next morning saw James Potter wake up incredibly confused. Where was he? Where were the others? It took him about five minutes to orientate himself and remember he was in the Heads' Tower, where he and Lily had bedrooms, common room and bathroom to themselves.
Groaning, he got out of bed, predicting that Sirius and Peter would probably miss breakfast without him there to help Remus wake them up. It was a two-man job. He walked into the bathroom in boxers and a t-shirt, wearily rubbing sleep from his eyes under his glasses.
"Aargh!" There was a shriek and a flash of red hair.
"You alright, Li...?" James began, a little worried, before realising that she had been taking a shower at the time and was now only wearing a towel. "Oh."
"Oh? You walk in on me in the shower and all you can say is 'oh'?" Lily demanded, her voice dangerously quiet.
"It wasn't deliberate. We ought to work out some way around this. A rota for showering or something. Or else, the room ought to separate showers, toilets and basins for male and female use." He spoke, almost hinting to the castle.
As he did, the castle heard, and Lily gave another shriek as her shower stall disappeared and then reappeared next to the door that came from her bedroom. A tiled wall separated the area from the rest of the bathroom, as it did for James' area. The bath was still a similar size to an Olympic swimming pool, but in the middle.
"That's better." James grinned. "Sorry, Lily, my dad told me about the shower and everything being next to each other. I was too tired to get it to rearrange itself last night. Won't happen again."
"Well at least I can shower without that picture perving on me!" She replied.
James stuck his head out and saw a fairly large painting of an under the sea landscape with four Mediterranean merpeople in the scene. They seemed to be playing some sort of game. One of the mermaids, a blonde, grinned at him.
"Don't worry, we won't tell anyone what we see you do in here." She raised her voice so Lily could hear.
James went scarlet. "You won't be seeing anything." He told the portrait sharply.
The chestnut-haired mermen smirked. "Yeah, because you can keep your hands off a body like that." He had to be referring to Lily.
"And she can keep her hands off yours." The dark-haired mermaid giggled.
The final merman, a redhead, told him in a wicked voice. "They all say that. And in the end, there's always something that happens. Not always between them, but there have been others invited in. But I don't think you two will last very long."
Lily, now dressed in jeans and shirt, appeared and glared at the painting's members. "You've got to be joking, that's Potter."
"I thought we were on first-name terms." James raised a brow, smirking ever so slightly.
"In this context, it's better to call you Potter." Lily smiled sweetly at him, and then glared at the painting again. "That is not going to happen!"
"Uh-huh." The blonde mermaid giggled.
The brunette and redhead exchanged glances. "There's chemistry."
Lily and James looked appalled (James had been trying to get over his crush for the past year by denying it). "Argh!" They both complained and retreated into their selected areas.
The merpeople smirked at each other. "Oh, I think we're gonna get gossip here."
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Lily and James entered the Great Hall early, both in bad moods. As they swept in, they both bumped into the new DADA professor.
"Bad day already?" He asked, looking between them, surprised.
"Of all the paintings in the castle, our bathroom had to have the one with airheaded merpeople!" Lily fumed.
"Who are now going to gossip about every single thing that happens in that bath, normal or not." James looked annoyed.
"There shouldn't be anything happening in there other than bathing." The professor pointed out.
"We know that. It's just... the suggestion that we might do something else that bugs me." Lily snarled.
"And me. I mean, come on, what is going to happen in the bath?" James asked.
The professor smirked. "A lot of interesting things can happen in a bath. Just be careful Moaning Myrtle doesn't end up in there. I heard a rumour in the staff-room that she's a bit lonely."
James and Lily stared at him.
"What?" He asked. "I'm only nineteen, I'm allowed to listen to rumours, torment students and generally wreak havoc. After all, I was famous for doing that at school. Not that I tormented anyone on purpose, of course. It's just, well, hexing me in a bad mood isn't a good idea. Nor is it sensible to insult my friends." He looked annoyed for some reason, then shook his head. "Sorry, I actually wanted to say well done on being Head Boy and Girl, good luck with the position and have a good first day. For a Friday, it's a good day. You've got me this afternoon. Good luck."
He walked away.
"Okay, is it just me, or is he rather odd?" Lily asked.
"Just a little." James agreed. "Come on, I'm hungry."
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Harry grinned, the first three lessons of the day had gone very well. (A/N: Five lessons a day, each an hour, one, half hour break, two more, hour for lunch, two more.) Now he just had the Seventh-years – all of those who qualified for NEWT Defence Against the Dark Arts – for a double period Friday afternoon.
Of course, he had lunch first.
"So, Professor Potter, how were your first lessons?" McGonagall asked him.
"Harry, please." He grinned.
"Then it is Minerva."
"Yup! I'd say the lessons went well. The Gryffindor third-years were impressed by my knowledge of Dark Creatures. Since I haven't been able to procure any Boggarts yet, we were just doing an overview of the course. Slytherin first-years were reasonable, but they need to learn to watch their tongues." He scowled at this. "And the Ravenclaw Fifth-years were good. We're reviewing everything from the past four years they were supposed to have learnt." Harry explained.
Minerva smiled. "Yes, the Ravenclaws are good students, if a little... overly-studious. The Slytherins do have tendencies to shoot their mouths off. You haven't encountered any Hufflepuffs yet?"
"Not especially."
"They are exceptionally hard-working. Very loyal, they're quite bright, despite some of what is put round by other houses. Now the Gryffindors." Minerva shook her head. "Some of them are very bright. But there's the bravery factor, coupled with recklessness, and several troublemakers."
"The Marauders. Albus told me." Harry's eyes danced.
"Yes, they are rather... exuberant in their display of pranks. Potter, Black and Lupin are very smart, I daresay, top of their classes, especially Potter. Often fighting with Miss Evans for that spot." McGonagall smiled.
"There seems to be a rather... unusual relationship there." Harry told her, and recounted their comments at breakfast time.
"You're supposed to teach the students, not mentally scar them with suggestions of ghosts watching them as they bathe." Minerva reprimanded him. "And I don't remember that rumour."
"There wasn't one, I made it up." Harry smirked.
"What? How do you know about her?"
"I know a lot of things about this castle." Harry told her mysteriously. "Actually, Moaning Myrtle's more likely to end up in the Prefects' Bathroom."
Minerva just stared at him. "There is something very odd about you, Harry Potter." She informed him shamelessly.
"I know. People have been trying to decipher what it is for years." Harry smirked. "Some aren't at all close, and others... Well, Ginny was nearly there, but then she might have just been flirting with me."
"Ginny?" Minerva raised a brow.
Harry wondered, for a moment, whether his comments about Ginny now were the reason that McGonagall had constantly suspected them of being in a broom closet snogging during his seventh-year. They had certainly ended up out of the tower after curfew enough times, and been caught.
"My best friend's little sister. She's a great friend, skilled witch, fiery temper, but then she's a redhead. And an uncontrollable flirt."
Minerva raised a brow. "What colour hair did your mother have?" She asked unexpectedly.
"Red." Harry replied without really thinking about it.
"I think it must be something about Potters, no matter whether they are descended from ancient bloodlines or from Muggle-borns. The men love redheads." She shook her head.
"Why do you say that?"
"Your father went for a redhead, you say. James Potter, the Head Boy, has been crushing on Lily Evans since his Fifth-year, everyone knows it, though he's trying to deny it. His mother and grandmother were both redheads. He didn't stand a chance." She looked at Harry and smirked, he'd never seen his professor smirk at him like that, but then she only looked to be in her thirties at the moment. "And now you, another Potter, of no relation, though the looks are uncanny, are flirting with a redhead, who, since you have mentioned her a number of times, you obviously like."
"Of course I do, she's a friend of mine." Harry replied.
"I've heard that line before, Potter. It doesn't work." Minerva told him, a glint in her eye. "And did anyone ever mention that once upon a time, I caused my teachers nearly as much hell as the Marauders? Ask Albus if you don't believe me."
Harry's eyes widened. "I will."
(A/N: I know Minerva may be a little OOC, but she's that much younger. And I've always seen her as secretly being a bit less stern than she appears – she definitely has a soft spot for Hermione and Harry. Plus the whole Umbridge thing. She was definitely wicked during that.)
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The Seventh-years entered the DADA classroom, unaware of what was going to occur that lesson. As soon as they all entered and placed their bags down, the room was plunged into darkness and they all felt themselves shoved to one side of the room.
As this happened, a number of students pulled out wands.
"Lumos!" Lily Evans' voice cried out, intermingled with that of James Potter.
"What is it?" Peter Pettigrew whimpered.
"The light works, so it's not a Moses' Darkness spell." Sirius reasoned, illuminating the tip of his own wand.
"You are correct, Mr Black. The spell is a temporary spell known as the Eclipse Charm. It lasts for five minutes, or until someone says the countercharm. Finite obscurato." The charm ended, and everyone found themselves at their desks once more, stood up. "Take your seats. Oh, and that's fifteen points to Gryffindor. Ten for Miss Evans and Mr Potter's wise thinking in lighting their wands and five for Mr Black's use of deduction in attempting to ascertain the origin of the spell." He blinked. "Okay, I start talking like that again, tell me. I've spent way too much time around academics as well as Aurors. At least the Aurors had a better vocabulary." He grinned at them. "Anyway, today's just going to be a review lesson, I want to know what you've done, and then we're starting on the Deadly Curses, a subject I know a lot about." He surveyed the class. "Ah, Mr Snape. How far has this class progressed in learning about Dark Creatures?"
"We have learnt the basic creatures studied in third-year, along with Dark Creatures such as Lethifolds, Dementors and Nundus, as well as the ways in which to defend against these creatures." Snape replied promptly, surprising Harry.
"You've learnt the Patronus Charm?" Harry asked, surprised.
"We've learnt of it, but not all of us can successfully produce one." Snape replied, sneering somewhat.
"Who can produce a Patronus? Raise hands." Harry ordered. Four students. James, Lily, Remus and Snape. "Are these corporeal?" They nodded in the affirmative. "Good. The Patronus Charm is the only defence against Dementors and Lethifolds, and believe me, you do not want to be stuck with a Dementor and no Patronus." He looked sober for a moment. "We'll be reviewing that at a later date. Defensive Charms? Mr Pettigrew?" Harry's lit with something akin to malice for a second, before dissipating. Only Lily noticed it, and she wondered why he should feel malicious to a student he'd never met before.
"W-we've covered patronuses, shield charms and basic counter-charms and jinxes."
"Curses? Black?"
"Only the basic curses. We've yet to cover the Unforgivables, Deadly Curses and Dark Curses, or the counters to them."
Harry found out that while they had learnt a lot of the course, they were sorely behind on the kind of curses they would face in the fight against Voldemort. He needed to correct this, as well as teach them the assigned material and some of the more powerful forms of defence.
"Very well. First, I want you to write an essay on all the spells, charms, jinxes, hexes, curses, anything, that you know and how they could be used in battle situations. I recommend doing them in categories and alphabetical order. Minimum of one roll of parchment, you've got until the first lesson of October to complete it." He informed them. "And now, the first section of this term will be concentrating on Curses. And we'll start off on the Deadly Curses. Firstly, does anyone know what the Curses are?"
Several hands were raised.
"Yes, uh, Kirrin?" Harry asked a blonde Ravenclaw.
"The Deadly Curses are seven curses of which all but one correspond to the classic Seven Deadly Sins. The Sin of Greed is replaced by the Bestial Curse within the curses. The Seven Deadly Curses are those of Lust, Bestial, Wrath, Sloth, Gluttony, Envy and Pride." Kirrin replied.
"Correct, five point to Ravenclaw. Which of the Curses are permanent and cannot be removed by any known remedy? Yes, Evans?"
"The Bestial and Lust Curses are permanent. Wrath and Sloth are temporary, rarely lasting more than a few minutes and the affects will never last longer than an hour. Pride is a longer-lasting curse, as are Gluttony and Envy, they take one or two days to reach their climax, but wear off after a few days." Lily replied.
"Very good, a little more than I was expecting." He joked. Lily blushed as there were titters about the class. "But very good, ten points to Gryffindor."
"Typical, the little Mudblood thinks she knows everything." A voice snarled.
"Five points from Slytherin, Nott." Harry told him without looking in his direction. He surveyed the class. "Something I forgot to mention. If I hear one word of bigotry, racism or the suggestion of pureblood being best, you will lose points. Use the word 'Mudblood'," he spat out the word as though it were poison, "and you will automatically lose five points. For every time you use it after that, the number of points you lose will be doubled. I recommend you cease to use that term. Next time I hear you say it, Mr Nott, you will lose ten points. Then twenty, and so on after that. Do I make myself clear?" He looked around the class.
Some members looked pleased, Lily, several others he assumed were Muggle- born, along with the Marauders, who he knew had no tolerance for that kind of treatment. Others – the Slytherins – looked angry.
"In this class we are all equal. Blood and heredity do not matter, neither does money and wealth. For some, a wealth of love and family is far more valuable than a wealth of money." Harry looked sincere. "Talent, willingness to learn, hard work and listening will get you by in this class. Not money, blood or bribery. Understood?"
A murmured "Understood," came from the class.
"Good. Then let's get back to the lesson then." He smiled brightly. "Mr Lupin, what do you know of the Bestial Curse?" Harry asked.
"It is a permanent curse that afflicts people with lycanthropy. They become a werewolf every full moon. Should they smell human blood, they will bite the human and thus pass on the affliction. Those afflicted by the curse suffer more pain during the transformation, but find it easier to control the wolf during the full moon, however, should they even catch a whiff of human blood, they are far more active in their search for it." Remus replied, looking tired.
Harry nodded. "Correct, five points. The Sloth Curse? Miss McKinnon?"
"The Sloth Curse is temporary, it lasts for an hour at most. It causes the victim to become incredibly lazy and apathetic, they do not respond to things around them, someone they love could be murdered before them and they would not bother to stop it. They remember what happened though, and once the curse is removed, are frequently struck by a heightened sense of guilt, because they always feel that they could have done something, despite the fact they are powerless to do so." Mary McKinnon answered, sister to Marlene McKinnon, a member of the Order of the Phoenix who was murdered.
"Correct, take five points. It seems this class has read the material first." He grinned, but then noticed some students at the back. He scowled. "Of course others see fit to not concentrate." He was struck that he sounded like Snape of the future, but shrugged it off. "Mr Lestrange, tell me, what does the Envy Curse do?"
"The Envy Curse causes a person to be filled with envy of another person, usually chosen by the caster. It takes one or two days to build up, but then it reaches the critical point and the victim snaps and will take what they want. If they are jealous of someone's home, they will take it. If it is their wife, they'll take her. They will kill anyone who gets in their way. The curse is particularly effective because it doesn't show up in routine inspections; therefore the victim is more likely to be seen as the perpetrator of the crime." Rabastan Lestrange sneered. He was the younger brother of Rodolphus Lestrange by a number of years, but a Death Eater nonetheless.
"Five points, in many ways that curse is far worse than the Lust or Bestial Curses because the victims of those become a different entity and retain no memory of what they have done in their transformed state." Harry looked rather disgusted. "The Wrath Curse, anyone?"
Sirius raised his hand.
"Black?"
"The Wrath Curse lasts for a few minutes, and its effects completely dissipate after an hour. It fills the victim with unspeakable rage, they strike out at any and everyone they see, feeling that striking out at them will make them feel better. They will blindly strike out at anyone, unable to recognise who they harm. Dark Wizards are famed for having used it centuries ago to dispel the ranks of good. One furious wizard can cause a lot of damage within a few minutes."
"Another five points. That's correct. The Pride Curse, anyone?"
A brunette from Ravenclaw answered. "The Pride Curse plays on a person's vanities. It is like the Envy Curse in that it takes longer to reach the critical point. The trigger is usually an insult of some kind, where the victim becomes filled with fury at being insulted and distinctly arrogant, they are consumed by the need for vengeance upon this supposed slight and will gain the powers of the Veela, who are prideful creatures – they begin to shoot fire. A modified version of the spell makes it permanent and the victim becomes a Veela."
"Ten points, knowledge of the modified version is rare." Harry smiled. "Does anyone know about the Gluttony Curse?"
"It turns the victim into a hoarder. They don't just crave and eat food, they hoard everything, money, possessions, anything they desire, they take. They become completely self-absorbed and end up killing anyone who prevents them in their acquisition of goods. Often this is used with specific goods in mind, the caster impresses a desired document or rare magical item in the victim's mind. The victim takes it, harming or killing anyone who gets in the way. The curse is removed once they get the item, and the victim left to feel immense guilt and that they have helped the enemy." Snape answered.
"Correct, five points. Now the last curse, the Lust Curse, is similar to the modified Pride Curse, known as the Pride of Vanity Curse, and the Bestial Curse. In what ways?"
James Potter answered. "The curse changes the victim into another creature at some point of the month and is permanent. It is more similar to the Bestial Curse because the victim becomes a Dark Creature at the full moon, as well as carrying on certain traits of the creature to the wizard or witch's human form."
"Correct. Every full moon the victims of the Lust Curse become what are known as Moonlight Vampires. The only difference between their human forms and vampire forms physically is the addition of fangs and their eyes. You can know a Moonlight Vampire for the red fire that floods their irises, obscuring their true colour. Unlike normal vampires, a Moonlight Vampire's lust for blood is much stronger. They do not take the time to lure or seduce their victim, they are less subtle. They take what they want. The bloodlust is insatiable. And of course, the sexual lust is as bad, if not worse. Should they come upon a human of the opposite gender, they will quench their lust before the need for blood. That is one of the reasons they are often shunned, many believe that the sexual lust carries on and that they are untrustworthy. That is untrue. However, a Moonlight Vampire cannot control his or her actions during the full moon, nor do they remember what they do. The same is true for werewolves of any sort. The main difference between Moonlight Vampires and true vampires is the fact that Moonlight Vampires are normal humans most of the month. They do not die in sunlight, a stake through the heart will not turn them into ashes, though it might make them bleed a lot. Holy water will not burn them, neither will a cross and they can still eat garlic bread if they wish. They do, however, maintain some of the advantages. They are stronger, faster, suppler than normal humans, they have more stamina, their senses are sharper. There are few ways to tell a Moonlight Vampire in their human form unless they display those skills, whereas werewolves are easier to tell, usually because of approach of the full moon. They will get more tired and more irritable as the wolf rises. Many werewolves die young from the pain of the transformations. Moonlight Vampires do display certain factors, such as being easy to irritate and they tend to examine members of the opposite sex much more than usual. Any questions?"
"How do you know so much about Moonlight Vampires and the Lust Curse?" One of the Slytherin girls asked.
"Experience. Voldemort has used it before. I did some research into it. The Ministry of Magic's harsh rules on employment for people afflicted with lycanthropy or vampirism means that some will go to Voldemort's side because he is offering them a better deal."
"Why do you call the Dark Lord by his name?" Nott asked.
"Because I am not scared of him. Saying his name will not bring him down upon you, otherwise I'd have died years ago. One point from Slytherin. Within this classroom, you will refer to him as Voldemort, Tom Riddle, Riddle or Tom."
"Why Tom Riddle?" James asked.
"Because that is the name Voldemort was born with. It really annoys him if you call him that though." He looked thoughtful for a moment.
"How did you know Professor Videl was the Potions Mistress?" Lily asked.
Harry grinned. "There must be a penchant for those who teach potions to be severe. My old teacher was extremely harsh, but he hated me because he hated my father, which was kind of unfair. He was a biased bigot, but don't tell him I said that." He had to enjoy insulting Snape when he didn't know it was him. "He didn't even lighten up when I got into NEWT Potions, which I was a little annoyed about."
"Are you related to Jamie here?" Sirius asked, his voice loud.
Their professor laughed. "Unless my father isn't who I thought he was, no. He's not my brother, cousin or anything else."
"Father?" Sirius asked.
"It'd be a medical miracle since I'm nineteen and he's seventeen. He wasn't even conceived at the time." Harry smirked wickedly.
James groaned. "Between Professor Potter and Sirius, I think I'll be insane by the time the year is out." He confided in Lily, who was sat next to him by some off chance.
"Ah, poor ickle Jamesie." Lily teased.
"Hey!" James protested.
Lily grinned at him.
"Maybe you're his son from twenty-odd years in the future, come back to teach us DADA because Dumbledore told you we didn't have a teacher and you need a break after defeating Voldemort." Sirius suggested, then added thoughtfully, "Oh yeah, and Lily-flower is your mum."
"SIRIUS!" James and Lily roared in unison.
Harry clutched his heart dramatically. "Oh no, my secret's out!"
Sirius sighed. "That's a no then?"
Harry raised a brow. "What do you think?"
"Well, it was worth a try." Sirius said to no one in particular.
"Now, do we have any questions relating to the subject, rather than any more far-fetched theories as to how I'm related to Mr Potter?" Harry asked.
"Where did you learn to duel like that?" Someone Harry couldn't identify asked.
"School. A couple of Auror friends helped me 'n' a friend of mine out. We'd both had some bad experiences with Voldemort. We were both on his hit list, so we learnt how to fight. She's one of the few people who can beat me now." He grinned. "Not that I'm being big-headed or anything. But Videl is clearly a skilled dueller, and you saw me beat her."
"He's got a point." James muttered. "Wonder if he can teach me."
He thought no one heard him, but a certain Miss Evans did.
The rest of the lesson passed quickly, but he was a certified favourite with all his students by that point.
Harry grinned. It was a day well done.
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A/N: A lot of description in that, but I've a feeling that the Deadly Curses may play a special part in this story...
Oh, the pervy painting! I loved that! I couldn't resist! They're just so wicked! Same for McGonagall! I like writing her, she's cool!
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