Chapter 9
Start of Term and Professor Evans
As the students entered the Great Hall, they all felt a sense of relief that so far, everything was quiet within the wizarding world. Ron had finally given up on his attempts to change Harry's mind. Jealousy had begun to rear it's head as he watched his two best friends chat. Harry has it all, money, fame, Hermione...Mr. Perfect. All he was was the bloody sidekick.
"You all right there, Ron?" The redhead turned to see Seamus and Dean sitting there watching him.
"Just fine," he muttered, turning his attention to the start of term feast, not noticing the concerned looks from Harry and Hermione, or the speculative one from across the Hall. Soon the meal was over and all eyes went to the Head table as Professor Dumbledore stood for start of term announcements.
"Good evening. Let me start by introducing the new faces at our Head table. First, for Defense Against the Dark Arts, Professor Fiona McGonagall. She asks that you call her Professor Mac to avoid any confusion with her mother. We will also be adding two new classes to the curriculum and I highly recommend that all students pay attention. For the first term, these classes are mandatory. After Christmas, you may choose whether or not to continue. First we have Weaponry and Self Defense with Professor Skye Sartor. Second, Muggle-Wizarding Relations/Muggle Studies with Professor Petunia Evans." Dumbledore continued the announcements as the students began whispering to each other. The whispering continued even as everyone headed to their dormitories.
The next morning, Harry and Hermione met Ron at the Gryffindor table for breakfast and to get their timetables. Ron's jaw dropped when he saw how full Harry's schedule was.
"You sure you want to do all that, mate? All work and no play makes Harry dead boring." Harry shrugged his shoulders and smirked.
"Maybe so, but better to be dead boring than to be plain dead." Even Ron couldn't argue with that as Hermione checked her watch.
"We better get going. We have Pe...Professor Evans in ten minutes." The Trio stood up and rushed to their first class.
Petunia was standing at the front as all the students walked in. She had just started taking roll when Draco Malfoy and his cronies sauntered in. Petunia glanced at their robes and pursed her lips.
"You are late. That will be five points from Slytherin...each." Malfoy started grumbling, causing Petunia to get angrier. "Would you care to make it fifty, Mr. Malfoy? Sit down." She dimmed the lightsand pulled a large screen down. "Good morning class. Today we will be viewing a film about Muggles. This movie was made a few years ago, but it shows exactly what muggles are capable of. Many of you have been taught that magic and wizards are superior to muggles. Muggles have ways of killing people by the thousands. They have weapons that no spell can stop. Muggles outnumber wizards ten to one. Imagine if Muggles found out us and banded together to destroy the magical world?" At that, Malfoy snorted, causing a deeper frown to cross Petunia's face. "I can stand here and talk until I am blue in the face. I think it is time to show you. This is based on a true story, the story of Schindler's List."
As soon as the movie was over, Petunia turned the lights back on. Nearly every student was pale and in shock. Neville shyly raised his hand.
"Professor, why did...what did they do?"
"The dead people, the ones being tortured and killed?" Neville nodded. "They were different. They had different customs, different beliefs. They looked and dressed differently. Over six million Jews died in a matter of a few years. Hundreds of thousands more people died in the war that was occuring at the same time. All because some people thought they were superior than others. For your homework, I want two feet of parchment on what you think of the movie you just saw. Class dismissed."